Church & Village News • Barningham Winter • Edgefield• Hempstead • • Little Barningham • Plumstead • Saxthorpe with • with Wolterton August 2015

Hempstead Village Fête Sunday 9th August 2.00pm Nature Notes What’s On two to three significant AUGUST meals each year is enough to sustain them Wed 5 7.30pm Hempstead Play Reading Village Hall and allow them to grow. Fri 7 10.30am Baconsthorpe Coffee & Gossip Ash Tree Farm Whilst the snake grows Sun 9 2.00pm Hempstead Fête Village Green their skin does not, so Mon 10 7.30pm Baconsthorpe Parish Council Meeting Village Hall once the outer layer Sat 15 10.00am Corpusty Craft Fair St Andrew’s Church, Saxthorpe becomes too small, it Wed 12 10.30am Plumstead Open Invitation - see page 23 Oak Tree Cottage splits open allowing the Wed 12 7.30pm Matlaske PC Meeting St Peter’s Church snake to wriggle free. Thur 13 2.30pm Plumstead Angels & Dragons St Michael’s Church During this sloughing Wed 19 12.30pm Corpusty LinC Fish & Chips - call Brenda 587917 Duke’s Head process the snake’s Sun 23 2.00pm Little Barningham Village Fête & Tug o’ War eyes become cloudy, weakening eyesight, Fri 28 7.00pm Baconsthorpe Jumble Sale Village Hall bringing movement Sun 30 3.00pm Wickmere Rounders Beck Farm to a standstill and SEPTEMBER leaving them most vulnerable to predation. Sat 5 10.00am Hempstead Arts - until 5pm Village Hall One thing guaranteed to Understandably, Sun 6 10.00am Hempstead Arts - until 5pm Village Hall encourage wildlife into a this is when they will be most aggressive, Mon 7 7.00pm Plumstead PC Meeting TBC garden faster than anything though being non-venomous their defence Thur 10 7.30pm Baconsthorpe Village Hall Meeting Village Hall else is a pond. Many years is confined to exuding foul smells, inflating Sat 12 Hempstead NCT Sponsored Bike Ride ago we installed three small Sue Appleby their bodies and making fake, venomous- Wed 30 8.00pm Itteringham - Future of the Shop Village Hall pools. Within half an hour less strikes. If such scare tactics fail, they will the first whirligig beetle landed and ever since feign death, rolling onto their backs, mouth OCTOBER populations in and around this watery habitat gaping, blue forked tongue protruding, Wed 2 7.00pm Hempstead Fun Quiz Village Hall have gone from strength to strength in both remaining there, motionless, until the danger Thur 3 6.30pm Edgefield - A Touch of Class Village Hall numbers and diversity. has passed. Wed 14 10.30pm Matlaske PCC Meeting Hall Farm Cottage The largest inhabitant yet arrived this My last delightful encounter with a grass summer is a handsome, dark green, grass snake snake occurred some years ago. Canoeing Mobile Library Van with its characteristic yellow and black collar. with my daughter along the canal at , Every fourth Thursday One of only three native snakes, grass one skimmed across in front of us, head held 6 Aug 3 Sep 1 Oct 13 Aug 10 Sep 8 Oct snakes are the UK’s largest reptile, with high above the water, before heading off into females measuring up to 3½ feet, some 20 Itteringham 11.00 NR11 7AP The Common Saxthorpe 11.50 NR11 7BL Old Post Office the reeds on the opposite bank. Whilst such 11.15 NR11 7AY The Rectory Corpusty 12.10 NR11 6QP School inches longer than their male counterparts. strong swimming skills may not be required Lt Barningham 12.05 NR11 7AG The Street 12.40 NR11 7BU Great Farm Cott’s The males leave hibernation in early spring to for my tiny garden ponds, the presence of Matlaske 12.30 NR11 7AQ Old Post Office 2.00 NR11 6QJ Adams Lane Plumstead 1.15 NR11 7LG Walnut Farm bask in the warming sunshine, raising their a healthy population of amphibians on 2.15 NR11 6QL 3 Council Houses body temperature in preparation for mating a Baconsthorpe 2.45 NR25 6LJ Council Bungalows 2.30 NR11 6QL 16 Council Houses which the snakes dine, along with the close 4.10 NR25 6LG Old Post Office Edgefield 3.15 NR24 2AX The Street couple of weeks later. The young hatch from proximity of a garden compost heap, where Hempstead 3.20 NR25 6LE Hare & Hounds 3.40 NR24 2AL The Memorial leathery eggs in summer, eighteen inches long the warmth and humidity provide a perfect 3.40 NR25 6TL Telephone kiosk Wickmere 5 Aug 12.45pm Wolterton Hall and immediately able to fend for themselves. incubation site for its eggs, have clearly made 1.15pm Village Sign Cold-blooded grass snakes do not this something of a ‘des res’, for this most Holt Library 9 Church Street, Holt NR25 6BB 712202 produce heat internally so require little food - harmless and, to date, impressive visitor. Mon–Wed and Sat 9.30am – 1.00pm Fri 9.30am – 6.00pm

2 3 Regular Events Baconsthorpe Village Hall 7.30pm Line Dancing - 711320 Mondays 10.00am Diocesan Play Van - 07918 027092 Tuesdays during term time 7.30pm Carpet Bowls - 711320 Tuesdays during term time Corpusty Village Hall 2.00pm - 4.00pm Bure Valley Quilters & Stitchers 2nd and 4th Mondays 2.00pm - 4.00pm Short Mat Bowls - suspended until September Tuesdays 10.00am - 12noon Knitters 2nd Tuesday Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. There is yarn to play with as well as lots of magazines and patterns for inspiration. All levels of ability are catered for with an experienced knitting and crochet teacher. Cost is £7 for a 4 week term or £2 per week Contact Rita Taylor 01263 587507 [email protected] 10.00am - 12noon Art Group Thursdays 9.30am - 11.30am Toddler Group Fridays during term time Edgefield Village Hall 10.30am Coffee Morning - Jeff Witts 587661 Last Thursday each month Hempstead Village Hall 10.00am Charcoal Drawing - Mike Thody 711282 - from September Tuesdays The fee of £4 includes coffee, biscuits and paper

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4 5 Reflection from the Rectory Church Services for August and purpose and at the end strength and Midweek Communion: Saxthorpe hope in the life to come. They were, and still are, an example of God’s continuing grace to 2nd August - Trinity 9 us through the work and lives of the people Exodus 16:2-4.9-15 / Ephesians 4:1-16 / John 6:24-35 around us. We often think of mission as something 9.00 Family Service Edgefield others in the church do or “go on”. We think 9.15 Holy Communion Plumstead of mission as making disciples for God, 10.45 Matins Matlaske getting “bums on seats” and increasing our 11.00 Holy Communion CW Little Barningham number, thereby giving the church financial security, well, for the time being. th We so often overlook that mission is 9 August - Trinity 10 prayer, quietly and continuously given. 1 Kings 19:4-8 / Ephesians 4:25-5:2 / John 6:35,41-51 Mission is allowing others to minister to you, 9.00 Morning Praise Saxthorpe so that they may grow in faith and service. 9.15 Holy Communion Baconsthorpe Mission is being there to listen to others who 10.45 Matins Barningham Winter Marion Harrison feel no one else does. Mission is, having found On Sunday 26th July we interred the ashes God in that still, silent centre of our being, 11.00 Holy Communion CW Itteringham of June Clarke in St Marys, Itteringham. On sharing His grace with the people around us. Community Weekend Little Barningham Monday 27th July we held the funeral of Jean Don’t get me wrong, mission is active and Cooper of Little Barningham. demanding but it is also quiet and unassuming. 16th August - Trinity 11 These two women were both devout Without mission being all of the above, Christians and both these women will be how else do we find the peace that passes all Proverbs 9:1-6 / Ephesians 5:15-20 / John 6:51-58 missed by the communities within which understanding, that strength of faith that moves 8.00 Holy Communion BCP Wickmere they lived. They will also be very much mountains, and at the last leads us home? 9.15 Holy Communion Hempstead missed by me. For while Jean and June were Jean and June, thank you for allowing me 10.45 Matins Plumstead very different in their characters and in their to be a small part of your lives and for the 11.00 Holy Communion CW Saxthorpe outlook on life and the lives they had led, example that will help to anchor me in times their depth of faith gave their lives meaning of doubt. 23rd August - Trinity 12 Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18 / Ephesians 6:10-20 / John 6:56-69 10.00 Holy Communion - All Benefice Matlaske

30th August - Trinity 13 Deut 4:1-2,6-9 / James 1:17-end / Mark 7:1-8,14,15,21-23 10.00 Holy Communion - All Benefice Little Barningham

Blacksmith’s Cottage, Baconsthorpe Emma Youngs CW = Common Worship BCP = Book of Common Prayer 01263 570252 or 07884 432412 www.baconsthorpemeadows.co.uk

6 7 Baconsthorpe Barningham Winter Fri 7 10.30am Coffee & Gossip Patronal Evensong to the sense of it being a truly Fri 28 7.00pm Jumble Sale St Peter’s North Barningham festive occasion and, not This event, which has been a fixture in the least, to Mr John Richley, 200 Club who kindly agreed to play the £25 William Peck, £10 James Rudd, £ 5 Geof Reason and Roger Hall local calendar for over thirty years, took place on the last Sunday in June, as it always does, portable, battery powered this being the closest we can get to St Peter’s keyboard to accompany the the tail on the pig, guess the Ro Hardingham Sara Buxton Village Hall day itself. choir. Gratitude is also due 577207 weight of the pig, name the 577262 After a very disappointing AGM your It is always difficult for the key-holders to the flower arrangers whose pig, pig coconut shy etc etc – all followed by committee will struggle on for long as we can. – who help to organise the event – to assess efforts were appreciated for days after the a hog roast! We had hoped to see some new faces with accurately how much of a success it actually service had taken place. There have been offers of help and suggestions of what would is. Those of us seriously involved in getting many comments in the Visitors Book to that attract the villagers to use their hall? effect. Roll on next June! th the church ready for the occasion, tend to be We will have a jumble sale on Friday 28 too taken up with mundane details such as A service was held at St Mary’s August at 7pm. Any jumble, books and / or ensuring that the church is clean, the pews Barningham Winter earlier this month for bric-à-brac can be left at the hall or brought a blessing of Michael and Jo Cartwright’s th and altar rails polished, the grass cut, the on the Thursday 27 August between 7.00pm flowers arranged and the worst of the rabbit daughter Anna and son-in-law Glen’s and 8.30pm. holes filled in. There is always a touch of wedding. They were originally married in a The village hall would like to thank all apprehension – probably needless – that one civil service in America many years ago and those who supported the fête enabling them of the worm eaten pews might collapse under they had always wanted Michael to conduct to give us £400. This will go towards repairs the unaccustomed burden of worshippers. a church ceremony for them. We send the etc. We are looking to have a new front door. However, all took place without incident whole family our very best wishes. A huge thank you to all you helpers. Everyone The cost will depend on what we are allowed and a congregation of forty seven people asked to help did so and worked so hard, Barningham Request to do as we are a Grade II listed building. were present, in spite of the fact that it was th it was a real community event and this was Please can I ask that everyone is aware of the Our next Meeting is on Thursday 10 a temptingly pleasant summer afternoon what made it so successful. £1,405 was raised, time of year and realises that when farmers September 2015 at 7.30pm outside. Among the many members of of which £400 went to the Church, £400 to are loading and unloading corn they don’t ALL WELCOME. the congregation were Mr and Mrs Derek the Village Hall and the remainder has gone hear approaching traffic. Also, be aware that Palgrave, who continue to support the John Cooper - Chairman into a village social fund which will finance there are combines being moved from field to church to this day, and their children and a village Christmas party and hopefully a field and it is quite hard for a combine to pull grandchildren. Coffee & Gossip regular pop-up bar and film night. up onto the verge. Friday 7th August sees the annual Coffee Many thanks are due to the Rev Brian & Gossip outing to Ash Tree Farm Faulkner for conducting the service, to the PLEASE BE PATIENT AND CONSIDERATE Baconsthorpe from 10.30am. Everyone is choir, who sang valiantly and greatly added Thank You most welcome to join us for coffee, scones and chat. This month’s proceeds will go to the Hospital Renal Dialysis Unit.

Midsummer Fête This event was intended more of a village get together than a fund raising event and it was successful on both counts. Playing on the village name we took pigs as our theme – every tombola prize was a pig. We had pin

8 9 Edgefield Hempstead Church News Communion and a 9am Wed 5 7.30pm Play Reading Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who Family Service within the Fri 7 10.30am Coffee & Gossip - Ash Tree Farm, Baconsthorpe helped at The Open Gardens in June. The six weeks. There will be a garden owners need very special thanks for variety of services within 200 Club the Benefice each Sunday. £25 J Matthews, £10 P Wallace, £5 R Collier, R Hall, B Rudd Richard Peaver It is very much hoped that Sharon Hannah you will go to other parishes 587486 There will being sent to Venda is made 711769 to get to know them and enjoy meeting be a public up of £200 from the many people when we do not have a service meeting at PCC, £185 from the ourselves and especially to join in the Group 7pm Thursday church collection Services. The present rota is for a trial period, 30th July at the and £508.83 from and can be fine-tuned over time. village hall for donations at the lunch. As we do not have a service on 9th August, all helpers and Thank you, thank you could we please tackle the churchyard clearing contributors. for the amazing total of that morning? Strimmers, rakes and gloves We also £893.80 raised that day! are needed. Please let Angela know if you can welcome Norfolk Churches all their extremely hard work, resulting in come. We could make it an evening session if donated books Trust sponsored bike wonderful gardens which were so much there are not enough people for the 9th. and bric-à- ride and walk is on 12th September. Thanks to enjoyed. One owner was told that ours were Angela Turner brac to be left the enthusiasm of our cyclists and generosity vastly better than those at Brundall! To Janet between 10am of our supporters Hempstead has an enviable and her excellent team who provided such Congratulations Congratulations to Ghislaine Kinsley, who and noon from record in raising funds for our Norfolk delicious teas, and to those who made such was among four volunteers who received Monday 3rd to Churches Trust. We hope to excel again this good cakes, a big thank you, too. Thank you presentations from the Break Charity to mark Friday 7th August in the village hall. year. Please contact Yvette Gibson on 712460 also to everyone who gave raffle prizes, books 25 years of voluntary service at their Holt Coffee & Gossip takes its annual outing for sponsorship forms or further details. and plants to sell, and who helped in many shop. Belated congratulations, too, to Sarah to Ash Tree Farm in Baconsthorpe by kind I am sad this month to see that the ways on the two days. Our final amount Cletheroe, who won first prize for her Haiku invitation of Corinne Youngs, on August 7th. adorable little family of moorhens that live raised was £1,656. at the 2015 Norfolk Festival of Nature held at Please see Baconsthorpe listing for details. in the banks of my pond are disappearing At a recent Benefice meeting, the Gresham’s School. Hempstead play reading group meets in the quickly. There was a mother and six chicks and new service rota that Marion and Brian village hall, 5th August, refreshments at 7pm. now we are down to a mother and two chicks... had devised was discussed. It is now a six Village Hall News Hempstead Arts takes place in the village week rota in order to accommodate all ten The Edgefield Fête was held on a beautiful hall 5th and 6th September 10am-5pm. Please parishes, so you will have to check with the summer’s day and was thoroughly enjoyed put it in your diary and come and see our magazine every time. We will have an 11am by all. Young dancers from Dance Attitude lovely artwork which is for sale at affordable entertained the crowds and the Fun Dog prices. Includes a lucky dip and raffle. Show was a huge success. Music was supplied Refreshments are available all day, including by local group Compass Moon and cream light lunches. teas by the village hall committee. Look Thank you to all who attended and who rd out for our next big event on Saturday 3 helped with the charity lunch on Sunday, October at 6.30pm when we will be visited it was lovely to be up-dated by Michelle by some highly talented entertainers known who gave us lots of information about the Hollie Mitchell, Freya Taylor and Beau-Jessica Hannah! as A Touch of Class. Tickets are £10 each 10 schools in South Africa that have been Girls from Hempstead playing to children and parents of and include supper - available from any supported by Hempstead church. The money Holt Primary School - all played beautifully! committee member. 10 Jim Frost 11 Itteringham A young man of was last for the Sterling Prize but is month found guilty of causing death by noble in the annals of The dangerous driving. He had been behind the Common, a shelter to the wheel of a heavy tractor and it was revealed spring which gave succour to that he had taken cocaine in the hours before villagers over milllennia. Jeff the fatal trip. These mighty machines are very and Allison Hoskins, Chris familiar on our pretty rural lanes now and Spencer and Robert Fowell Eric Goodman 587278 only last week your writer and a following car and his tractor formed the were squeezed into a hedge close to the top work team that has restored and renewed the of Sovereigns. The vehicle had not slowed small building. It is now positively blooming. and a similar incident occurred again on The Your labours are gratefully acknowledged. Street in Itteringham only a day or two later. Rachels’ brownies, no! Not a plateful of It would be wise to report these dangers. Your dark squares of rich cakes but Rachel Siddell’s writer will compile a summary for submission troop of young Guidian girls who earned to contractors and authorities piles of points early last month serving the (email: [email protected]) eager guests at host Sandra Walker’s, now This is a positive danger. annual, cream tea afternoon held at her cottage on The Street and attracting local and notable parishioners too many to mention but it seems appropriate to say “thanks for the memory” to Sandra (hope the knee soon restores), to her bakers, helpers and assistants, to Rachel’s Regiment (more of those), to the beasts that gave us that delicious cream but mostly to yourselves who came and made the day such a pleasure. Three hundred pounds clattered and fluttered into Church coffers. Hooray. Hurrah. It is known as THE PULK which is a little Happy birthday to Sophie Fowell odd because The Shorter Oxford English (28th August). Dictionary defines the word as ‘referring Good Wishes to Julia Maron. If wishes to a Cossack regiment’?! Certainly not a and prayers were enough you would have no pulchritudinous edifice, not shortlisted need of medics.

Now in our 11th year! Monthly classical concerts Thursday lunch hour or Saturday evenings Aylsham Parish Church

John Snape 01263 768441 www.aylshammusic.org 12 13 Four Seasons Garden & Property Maintenance Little Barningham Lawn management pruning • fencing Sun 23 2.00pm Fête & Tug o’ War Hedge triming hedge triming • leaf clearing garden clearance • tidying borders It was with great sadness and shock that we The Baptism service for small tree removal lawn management • cleaning gutters learned of the sudden death of Jean Cooper. Alexander Westmore Bindley garden clearance small tree removal • painting & decorating Living nearly all her life in the village Jean was attended by over fifty leaf clearing building small garden walls • repointing brick and flint was a well known and loved member of the people who received him in Fully insured with 10 years experience pruning community and will be remembered for to the Church. He was not Derek Wintle Ben Radley tidying borders her friendly nature and hospitality. Over only anointed by Marion but 570097 07776 197288 01263 577569 [email protected] the years she was a stalwart member of the by several others. Alexander church and could always be relied upon to was so good he won the hearts of all. help in any way. Jean was always ready to Due to lack of space the Times Past welcome newcomers to the church and have a Remembered by Martin Burton re Beck friendly chat. She will be greatly missed. Our Cottage could not be included in last month’s condolences to all her family. magazine, so it is on page 23 in this issue Although the time and venue did not under Know Your Village. Thank you Martin. appear in last months magazine never the THE LAST REMINDER about the less over 20 villagers gathered in our village Fete and Tug of war on Sunday 23rd August. hall at 10.30am for our usual get together. She has been officially adopted, that is Remember this always take place on the the puppy found by Thelma on the 13th June second Sunday of the month and is open to outside her front door, Tinkerbell shortened people from all over the benefice. A warm to Tinker is now very happy to be part of the welcome awaits you so do come and join us. Love Family. Lucky Girl!!

Matlaske Wed 12 7.30pm Parish Council Meeting - St Peter’s Church 100 Club £25 M Sprigs, £10 L Kinsley, £5 D Woolf Marion and Jim are taking over Dennis the event in their beautiful Whalley’s delivery of the Church & Village garden. News. Jackie has also volunteered to deliver As some Matlaske Florence Hunt the magazines. residents can see the spire of 577363 Many thanks to Marion and Cherry Wickmere church, Leslie Ash has contacted for organising a most enjoyable Coffee me regarding WiSpire at Wickmere Church. Morning on 24th June in They are hoping to extend the range to enable Blacksmith’s Cottage’s higher quality broadband reception to be beautiful garden. A available. If you perfect location. Thank are interested you also to everyone who read the article in supported the coffee Church & Village morning and those who News or contact gave raffle prizes, cakes etc. Also a big thank Leslie Ash you to Jim and Marion Shepherd for hosting 577566.

14 15 Happy 90th Birthday to Donny. Do you need a Helping Hand? We offer a Live-in Care service which enables you or a loved  Custom Built Quality PC Systems one to remain at home with compassion and dignity. So if you are looking for an alternative to residential care or  Laptops  Tablets  Upgrades as a short term answer whilst recovering from illness or The Home Care Specialists Plumstead operation - then we’re here to help.  Repairs  Antivirus Call our local care team on 0808 180 1016  Troubleshooting Thur 13 2.30pm Angels & Dragons - St Michael’s Church or visit www.helpinghands.co.uk  Do you need a Helping Hand? Onsite Home And Business written it was the hottest day Technical Support Plumstead Open Gardens We offer a Live-in Care service which enables you or a loved Plumstead’s Open Gardens on June 14th of the year! one to remain at home with compassion and dignity. The Kongskilde Building, Hempstead So if you are looking for an alternative to residential care or Road, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6EE raised £1,599 for the church. From this, Summer had arrived and on as a short term answer whilst recovering from illness or th The Home Care Specialists Email: [email protected] £150 was added to the £94 collected for Saturday 4 July it was very operation - then we’re here to help. Holt Tapping House. warm indeed! The pond Mary Lintott Call our local care team on 0808 180 1016 01328 888060 01263 711052 and its surround looked an 577718 or visit www.helpinghands.co.uk 07881 650615 07979 238114 The Parish Council is looking at our driving absolute picture - thank you to habits in the village. The police recently Doreen Hebron for all the mowing. conducted a traffic survey on Cherry Tree The heat drove nearly 30 of us into the shade Road, between 8.00 and 9.00am. During the but it was a marvellous day for a picnic. survey, 13 vehicles were recorded travelling PEG who had worked hard to organise the along Cherry Tree Road. Of these vehicles, 9 event generously kept us well lubricated. Joe were travelling in excess of the 30 mph speed limit. Further surveys are to be undertaken in the near future. If we all chose to drive with care though the village, the Parish Council would not need to spend any money reminding us to do so! Angels & Dragons – an activity afternoon for children and families. Learn about angels, hunt dragons and explore the church. Refreshments included. Children to be accompanied please. Contact Eleanor on 577868 or just turn up! WiSpire is being invited to assess 01263 577800 / 07880 722707 Plumstead church tower as a site for installing Hanks brought along not only some home WiSpire. If this goes ahead, a much improved Registered Installer • Service • Repairs • Bathrooms made cider but his impressive canoe, so that broadband service should become available Natural Gas • LPG • Oil • Heat Pumps we could explore foreign shores! So that we to residents of Plumstead and, possibly www.northnorfolkplumbingandheating.co.uk did not nod off we were invited to apply our Little Barningham too. If you would be minds to a nature quiz. The children suitably Church Barn, , Norfolk, NR11 8RU interested, please contact Eleanor Faulkner occupied with a scavenger hunt. [email protected] Bike, Ride, Walk & Even Drive! Sponsorship forms have arrived for the Norfolk Churches Trust’s annual event. Contact churchwardens for information. This applies to each village in our Benefice but this is calling on those in Plumstead. Picnic by the Pond As I sit and type this it is pouring with rain - hard to remember that when this piece was 16 17 Saxthorpe with Corpusty Wickmere with Wolterton Sat 15 10.00am Craft Fair, St Andrew’s Church, Saxthorpe Sun 30 3.00pm Rounders at Beck Farm

Many congratulations to Mary and Freddie About 25 attended, with I would like to start with belated birthdays The Parish Council Newstead on the safe arrival of another some young folk adding to from last month. David Shaw on 22nd June, and PCC have contacted Tom Hamilton’s ‘BIG one’ on 11th July and WiSpire, this could increase grand-daughter, born a month early but the number. Fortunately, a Judith Banks Vic Shaw on 16th July. our pathetic broadband speed Helen Goulty mother and baby are doing well. marquee had been erected by 587319 570043 Brian, Ian Wylie, David Potter As I write, the harvest is in full swing. he to 8mb! There is a need for and aided by Heather, since the rain came just fields are being cut and baled. The smell of 25 potential customers to make it profitable before the raffle. The photo shows the event in dried straw is in the air. The birds are taking and worthwhile. If you want to find out more full swing. advantage of spilled grain and the owls are info please check out their website at https:// The Craft Fair to be held at St Andrew’s also making the most of there being no cover wispire.co.uk/register-interest/. It could be Church, August 15th, 10.0am, is much for their tea. It is a lovely time of year, very the answer we’re all looking for, and give the anticipated as there are many skilful hands in soon the fields will turn from yellow to brown overworked hamster in the wheel a rest! this part of Norfolk. and we move through to another season. Aldborough Shop is closing in the very Thank you to all those who supported A note for your diaries: Rounders will near future. This is a well-used asset that th afternoonTea at Three. One little girl wanting be on Sunday 30 Aug, at Beck Farm. needs to be kept. Convenient for those last “to help the children in Nepal” made and Donations of cakes would be welcome for minute essentials as well as the daily needs of The photo above shows a beautifully sold cakes, books and toys and presented half-time tea. Donations for church funds milk, papers etc. There is a questionnaire in manicured St Andrew’s, Saxthorpe, Ann Eglington with £200. That’s love and would also be appreciated. circulation, if you can help in any way please graveyard, a result of the Community compassion in action. About 75 people Churches Bike Ride will be on Sept 12th, fill in and return to the Post Office or Black Payback Scheme. The men have completed enjoyed the lovely sunshine, delicious cakes anyone interested in dusting off their lycra can Boys. A big thank you to the great staff who an excellent task this time. The graveyard and handbell music. We have nearly £600 to get in touch with Paddy for a sponsorship form. have given many years service, despite so looks superb and definitely has a ‘wow’ send out to Nepal. Welcome to Carol Fisk, new stock-lady. much uncertainty recently. factor. Thank you to Mark and his team, St Hopefully she is settling in well and will Just a reminder that schools are out: Andrew’s PCC is very pleased and grateful. enjoy a happy time in Wickmere. Please take care when driving through the Please deliver your filled NSPCC boxes Welcome also, to Andrew and Alison village as there will be children playing outside. to Judith Banks, who will pass them onto who have moved into Church Farm, we hope August birthdays are: Pam Daniels, for despatch to headquarters. they enjoy our lovely village. Matthew Shaw on 5th, Victoria Goulty 21 Thank you. On June 25th over 300 Agricultural on 16th and Billy Riches 12 on 31st students, from many local 6th form colleges Many happy returns to them all. were treated to farm walks and insight into farm working. This was sponsored by NFU, Brown & Co and Holt Farmers. A hog roast On 19th July, a full St Andrew’s Church was held at the end of the day. Thanks to enjoyed a splendid concert, given by the Tony, Philida and all at Hall Farm. New Singers and a superb Tuesday 7th July was another farm open guest flautist, Scarlett Askew. Delightful evening. This included Farmers, homemade cakes completed the afternoon. NFU and Young Farmers. Thanks to Anne Humphrey and Heather Three large trailers carried the guests around The LinC Summer Buffet, hosted, very Monks for arranging it. If you have any the village to showcase various aspects of generously by Heather and Brian in their celebrations or any news you wish to share, farming, finishing off with a hog roast. Well beautiful garden, was a very happy occasion. please contact me. done Tony and Philida, a VERY busy time.

18 19 From the Editors

Goodbye! Hello! It is with a mixture I am sure I speak of sadness and relief for all of us when that I am working I offer Richard on this issue of hearty thanks for Church & Village the great job he News, the last I has done as editor, shall deal with. I and for so skilfully have edited it in managing things its various guises when the two since September benefices and their 2011 and now pass the baton to the excellent newsletters were combined. It’s largely down Michael McMahon. Michael, unlike me, is to him that we have a newsletter that is both a professional journalist and editor and so is familiar and fresh. That’s quite a balancing the perfect person to take the magazine on to act! We wish Richard and Kathy every better things. Before I close the door I must happiness in their new home in Fakenham. thank each of our dedicated and talented When I visited Barnwell’s recently, I was correspondents, whether they write for their shown some fascinating archive material, villages or the specialist articles. Truly, the including parish newsletters they had printed magazine would not exist without them. in the early part of the last century. The paper And I could never have done this job at all felt very different (and much nicer!) and without the help of the back-room team of the prose was a little more formal, but there Clive Rammell our ad man, Karen Hall our was something charmingly familiar about very creative designer, Corinne Youngs our their contents. It made me realise why I am financial supremo and, of course, Barnwells, always pleased to see that the newsletter has our printers, who never complain when we been popped through the letterbox: it is a ask for the impossible! I am fortunate to have reminder that our way of life goes on, and we had such an able, selfless and talented team. are all in it together. I find that reassuring. Finally thank you for being So, your new editor does not plan any extraordinarily faithful and supportive dramatic changes – but I would like to readers. I am so grateful for all your kind include a few more images and memories of comments when we got things right, and how things were, to sit with the photos and even for the brickbats when we went wrong articles about how things are now. If you have – both eventualities proved to me how very any interesting old pictures or stories to share, worthwhile, well-read and community- please scan them or type them and send them in! cementing our little magazine is. I wish it, Michael McMahon and you, all the best for the future. Richard Lynam

20 21 Village Gardeners Know Your Village - Beck Cottage can be frozen in was a long-vanished ice cube bags and public house of is lovely in fruit similar vintage. Beck punches. Cottage is of largely Tomatoes and brick construction, cucumbers should although the be ripening well. internal walls which Continue feeding were originally the tomatoes, two or external faces are three times a week flint and brick, as are with a high potash many feed. It is popular buildings. Inside to stop tomatoes it retains original after five trusses but features such as I always continue exposed beams, to train them into pamment tiles and the roof of the simple country-made greenhouse and doors with sneck get eight to nine Beck Cottage, named in the 1980s for closures though the trusses, which will the stream that runs beside it, was built in lath and plaster ceilings were removed when give fruit until the approximately 1870, as a pair of dwellings the two were converted into a single dwelling The warm sunny weather has been a real tonic first frosts. for workers on the Mannington Estate. The in 1981. Subsequently space was added in and our gardens should be looking good at Cucumbers need more nitrogen. If the deeds have the signature of a contemporary 1992 when it was extended by a third, in the moment. To keep the flower garden at cucumber starts to drop flowers instead of Lord Walpole. keeping with the original style. its best, make sure to remove all dead flowers producing setting fruit it is probably short Originally the two cottages stood on a Interestingly, in the nineteenth century regularly and do not let weeds get established. of food. Pot grown strawberries are now larger patch of ground with outbuildings the left hand of the original pair was occupied A small amount of fertiliser applied now will available and can be planted into the ground now lost but providing challenges in the by seven members of a family working for the also help keep most plants looking healthy or three to four plants in a pot. These will give present garden! Conversations with the Walpole estate. A tight fit, and no bathroom! and last longer. Do not forget to feed any a good crop next year. Strawberries benefit late John Smith revealed that behind the tubs and baskets twice a week and never let from a dressing of bone meal as the nutrients cottages, on the corner of The Lane, there Martin Burton them dry out. are released slowly over a long period. The grass is also probably looking a bit Lettuce seed can be sown at the end An Invitation to Everyone Churches’ Trail Booklet Out Now tired and not growing strongly but as I said of this month for plants to grow in the A Rector lives in a Rectory, a Vicar lives in a This is a free booklet featuring the last time a clean edge improves the look! greenhouse. Use a short day variety to give eleven churches in our Benefice Summer prune apples and pears as this Vicarage but an Honorary Curate lives at home! organised into a trail. It’s available good quality heads. Over-wintering Japanese from all of our churches now. pruning helps to expose the ripening fruit to onions should also be sown now to harvest in Eleanor and I invite you – especially if we The trail guides you from more sun and unlike winter pruning will not church to church (you’ll need a June next year. haven’t met you yet! - to join us for car or, better still, bicycles) and encourage the vigorous growth of new shoots. There is an abundance of fruit and vegeta- coffee at our home gives one interesting little fact Red and black currant bushes should be about each. It also encourages you bles ready now so enjoy them all. Oak Tree Cottage, Cherry Tree Road to explore more fully by hunting pruned in winter. The red currants have been Happy gardening Plumstead, NR11 7LQ inside each church for answers to clues to complete a crossword. particularly good this year - as well as making th Wednesday August 12 In addition to the booklet a the usual jelly and summer puddings - juice Peter Eglington 10.30am to 12.00noon website has been set up which has all the details as well as a blog: We do hope you can come www. churchestrail.uk 22 23 Children’s Puzzles & Quizzles Learning to Swim Three trick questions for you. First, an easy one: With around 300 other lads I volunteered (we were told we would grow into them) the to join the Royal Navy in the late 1950s, physical training instructor asked for a show 1. There are twelve 1p stamps in a dozen. How many 2p stamps are there in a dozen? enlisting at the onshore establishment HMS of hands to indicate swimmers and non- 2. There are 30 days in September; there are 31 in December. How many months have 28 days Ganges at Shotley in Suffolk. We were almost swimmers. I had spent my childhood here in them? all fresh from school and very nervous not in Hempstead and had enjoyed the ponds, 3. Jack & Jill spent all afternoon playing chess. All the games ended in checkmate. They each knowing what was in store for us. streams and rivers during seemingly long hot played 5 games, and Jack won the same number of games as Jill did. How did that happen? summers days, but could not claim to be a confident swimmer. I exercised caution and Now for a challenge: do you know what a palindrome is? joined the non-swimmer group. We were It’s a word (or a number – or even a phrase) that reads the same backwards as forwards. Here are ordered to muster at the two ends of the pool, some examples: mum; Hannah; peep; ‘no lemon, no melon’. How many words like that can you swimmers together at one end, non-swimmers think of? Write them down and show your list to someone you want to impress! Here are some at the other. On the instructor’s command we hints to help you find some easy ones: obediently jumped into the water. • mum and --- Within seconds, absolute pandemonium • the name of a builder broke out. We non-swimmers had, of course, • close one of these, and you can still see been sent to the deep end of the pool and See page 25 for answers there were now at least 20 young lads in the Over the first few days we underwent all process of drowning, desperately trying to Arts News manner of tests to assess our strengths and reach the poolside! As if by magic several Summer Exhibition at The Old Workshop Gallery, Corpusty weaknesses. We were kitted out with our instructors came to the edge of the pool with On now is a terrific exhibition of a vibrant mix of arts and crafts with work from many important bedding, boots and uniforms and received long wooden staffs, which they reluctantly local artists. The exhibition continues until Sunday 13 September and is open from Tuesday to the ritualistic haircut of a shaven head. offered to the “flounderers” all desperate for Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sundays from noon to 5pm. Bank holiday 10am to 5pm. More details Nowadays it is quite popular but back then it a moments respite. I was asked if I was ok, from www.corpustygallery.com. marked you out as a novice, at the bottom of I splurged out the reply “yes sir”. It was the the pecking order in all things Navy! signal for him to manoeuvre me back into the Meet the Animals at the new show in the Hobart Gallery One rule among many was we were all centre of the pool, flick the staff, me to lose In the Hobart Gallery at Blickling Hall local artist Anne-Marie Wills-Wilson expected to be able to swim. my grip and the whole dreadful experience to will be exhibiting her wonderful animal portraits until Monday 10th August. HMS Ganges’s indoor swimming begin all over again. Anne-Marie’s passion for her subjects shines through her work, whether it be of facilities were quite modern back then and The swimmers were, naturally, paddling the wildest of wild beasts or the most domestic of pets. Well worth a visit. we all looked forward to taking advantage around at the shallow end of the pool in of them. However now knowing what was approximately four feet of water. But by the Calling all Musicians expected of us, it was with some trepidation end of the week we could boast a 100% pass Are there any musicians in the 10 parishes who would like the opportunity to play in a home- that the following day we found ourselves arriving rate for our first 100-yard swim. A proficiency grown concert at Plumstead church? This is just at the idea stage at the moment but it would at the pool in complete darkness 6.30am. certificate has never been more hard won; I help to know if there is anyone who would like to take part in such a concert. Shivering uncontrollably on the edge of still have it to this day. Please contact Eleanor Faulkner on 577868 or by e-mail. the pool in our navy issue swimming trunks Tim Scarff

Paper Cuts at The Hare & Moon Gallery eye Bob, dad, hints: Palindrome

They weren’t playing each other! each playing weren’t They Claire Knight is paper cut artist who is interested in exploring the relationship 3.

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You enter a greyhound world when you for Greyhound Rescue West of visit Richard King. The door- knocker is a and is now press officer for the Greyhound greyhound and when you enter his cottage Rescue Association in Ireland. He has worked at Plumstead Green you’re greeted by three alongside the RSPCA to highlight anxieties greyhounds and two lurchers, each very about the welfare of greyhounds in racing. anxious for a prolonged sniff of this new He points out that at least 16,500 puppies human being. King, who is 42, moved to were registered in Ireland in 2013. Many Plumstead six years ago and for the past nine will race this year but thousands will be months has been working for the RSPCA killed, put to sleep or dumped in pounds. In at their kennels near Dereham, mainly one recent case, within two weeks of its last on rehabilitating abused dogs. One was a race, a perfectly healthy dog was dumped labrador, Gracie, who was ‘shut down’ when in a pound, another had its ears cut off and she arrived and too scared to do anything. He was dumped in a river. A mass grave was sat in her kennel, fed her by hand and read uncovered in Ireland in 2012. His welfare to her softly. Seven months later she settled work now takes him across the world. He has happily in a new home. addressed the European Parliament and is off But it is greyhounds that are King’s to the United States in October. obsession. The five dogs in his cottage have Greyhounds make wonderful pets, he all been rescued. Winnie (the black dog at says. They are so gentle, so docile, so lazy. The right in the picture) cowered in a corner biggest misconception is that they need a lot of the cottage for a year. He spends most of exercise. A half-hour walk twice day is all they of his time voluntarily lobbying for their need - they are built for speed not stamina. welfare. He was Greyhound Welfare Officer Brian MacArthur 28