Catfield News January 2020
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Issue 193 Catfield News January 2020 Nigel Jocelyn Bradbury Gardiner 23/02/48 - 31/10/19 January 2020 Dates for your diary Sundays Church Services Page 9 Mondays Indoor Cycling 6.15pm & 7.15pm - Village Page Hall 22 (Vibes Health & Fitness) Thursdays Indoor Cycling 9.30am, 6.15pm & 7.15pm Page - 22 Village Hall (Vibes Health & Fitness) Friday 3rd Catfield Community Shopper Coach - Page 3 Norwich Monday 6th Parkinson’s group - The crown inn Page 4 Wednesday Parish Council Meeting - Village Hall Page 8th 12 Friday LAST DAY FOR FEBRUARY ITEMS 10th Tuesday 14th Catfield Stitchers - Village Hall Page 5 Friday 17th Catfield Community Shopper Coach - Page 3 Gt. Yarmouth Tuesday 28th Catfield Stitchers - Village Hall Page 5 Wednesday Catfield Crafters - Village Hall Page 4 29th Friday 31st Catfield Community Shopper Coach - Page 3 Gt. Yarmouth 2 The Catfield News Team would like to welcome Judith Gardiner to the team CATFIELD COMMUNITY SHOPPER COACH DATES FOR JANUARY 2020 Come and enjoy an inexpensive day out Friday 3rd January - Norwich Friday 17th January - Gt. Yarmouth Friday 31st January - Gt. Yarmouth Contact Pat Letten on 01692 652399 for further details MOBILE LIBRARY www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk Route enquiries call 01692 402482 The mobile library will next be visiting the village on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 Stopping at: Lea Road 9.45am - 10.00am Thorn Road 10.05am - 10.20am Village Hall 10.25am - 10.40am Public Transport Services in Norfolk Timetable changes w.e.f. 06/01/2020 to Konect X11 & 5B Peak services between Stalham, Sutton, Catfield and Ludham added to X11 to replace those previously on 5B The peak 5B journey between Stalham/Sutton/Catfield/Ludham to Norwich will become a route X11 journey fast via Sprowston . Passengers from Ludham and Catfield in the morning will need to board the X11 on the opposite side of the road and travel via Stalham towards Norwich, and vice versa in the evening. The 0747 Norwich to Wroxham and Stalham journey will be part replaced by a new X11 journey leaving Norwich at 0805. Please see the website www.konectbus.co.uk for more information. 3 Catfield Stitching Group The Stitchers met regularly on the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons during 2019. We were sorry to lose a few members, but glad to welcome new ones and there are usually about 15 members with room for more if anyone would like join us. We normally do our own chosen work which includes sewing, knitting, embroidery, weaving, etc, but we occasionally have a short course for those who want to try something different. After last year’s workshop in tapestry weaving, led by Ros Wilson, two members went on to do an advanced two-day course, and in November Ros joined us again to show us how to make felted and decorated Christmas globes to sell, together with other things we had made, on our stall at the Catfield Christmas Fayre in aid of church funds. One member brought her embellishing machine and taught us how to use it to make attractive spectacle cases and purses, some of which were for sale on the stall. Others have shared their skills throughout the year and there is always a lively exchange of ideas. Next meetings Tuesday 14th January & Tuesday 28th January 2pm - 4pm In Catfield Village Hall New members are welcome. Call Pat Reid on 582978 or Brenda Hackney on 678128, or just turn up! CATFIELD GARDENERS’ CLUB There will be no meeting in January The next meeting will be on Friday 7th February when we will meet in the Crown Inn For further information please contact either Jean on 01692 6707679 or Pam on 0169 2580751 The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 29th January from 1.00pm to 4.00pm in the Village Hall. if you have any questions regarding the club please contact, Gill on 01692 631592 who will be only too pleased to answer them for you, if she can! Parkinson’s Group at The Crown Inn, The Street, Catfield NR29 5AA This group is for anyone who has, or is living with Parkinson’s Disease and open to family and friends. We start at 7.30pm so please do come along and join us. Our next meeting will be on Monday 6th January 2020. Please call Dave Easton on 07817 998771 for more information. 4 There is No Planet B Now the magic, worry, razzmatazz & general fun and kindness of Christmas are over, 2020, a magic number (?) heralds in a new decade! Will life, personal & public, go on as before? Most of us make New Year resolutions...how many of us keep them ? This time we must ! Our planet needs clear change of direction! I look at our 2 year old granddaughter & 8 month old grandson and fear what lies ahead for their generation and their children's children... more unpredictable turbulent weather, exhausted, depleted soils, fewer species and numbers of birds, butterflies, insects, trees, con- gested roads, poor quality new builds? ....what a depressing list that goes on and on...not to mention the lonely, the isolated, the homeless, the poorly and those who have lost their hope. We most definitely cannot continue without clear change. We must stop thinking 'Progress' in money terms is our only path. The small kingdom of Bhutan include wellbeing and happiness in their criteria for national success alongside the usual GDP statistics. If we all worked to cooperate rather than disagree, listen rather than pronounce, be thoughtful, putting others before ourselves, the human, animal and plants world would be much happier and life on Earth more balanced and sustainable. The biggest change we definitely need to strive for is respecting our unique precious planet Earth. There is no Planet B! I believe strongly in the principle of 'the ripple effect sent out by a single pebble being dropped in a pond'. If each of us does some thing different for the Planet each day !1+1+1+....equals an enormous number! This is the first month we have run this column. The plan is for readers to email in their ideas for making a small positive difference to our world. Each month we look forward to your contributions...simple, practical ways you are helping each other and by the ripple effect the tapestry of living beings on our Planet A. For starters I propose 'Talk to at least one stranger a day'! This will go a tiny way to reducing prejudices, raise the spirits of another, help you feel cheerful! I'm hopeful we'll receive a great mail bag of varied suggestions! (Black and white cartoons too if they illustrate your ideas) Please send me your ideas by the 7th of January [email protected] Anne Filgate 5 As I write this, the school is in the midst of its Christmas Celebrations at the end of a long and busy term. As a federation of schools we are really excited about our trip to the pantomime at St. George’s Theatre to watch Beauty and the Beast next week. Along with our Christmas crafts morning, Nativity, Carol Concert, Christmas parties and Christmas dinner we will certainly have celebrated in style! All our children have continued to work hard and enjoy their learning this term as we all try to show our commitment to our federation vision of “With friendship, trust and kindness we fly! Year 3 and 4 visited the Time and Tide Museum and found out what it was like to live in the Stone Age. Our youngest children took, what was for many, their first trip to the theatre to see Oi Frog! at Norwich Playhouse. Our oldest children joined children at both our partner schools, Sutton and Hickling, to support their work around our school values of ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Service’. Working alongside younger children and leading Collective Worship they showed themselves to be great role models and excellent future leaders As always a visit to our website www.swallowtailfederation.co.uk/catfield, will allow you to see the wide range of activities that the children take part in. The blogs on our class pages contain many great pictures of our learning both inside and out and about. Jacqui Sinkins (Head of School) As ever, we welcome all members of our community to visit our lovely school and are always looking for volunteers. Maybe you would like to help listen to children read, are a keen gardener or have a hobby you would like to share. We would love to hear from you. Please contact the school office on 01692 580568 Tip; Pack a bar of your favourite scented soap when you store clothes or luggage. It will keep clothes smelling fresh until next season and prevent musty odours developing in your luggage. 6 ThinkWilt on .... Shenanigans Emerging briefly from retirement to be granted the courtesy of these pages for a New Year message, ThinkWilt is in an unusual and privileged position. With a copy deadline just before a general election for which few have had either enthusiasm or expectation, and a publication date well after the results have been declared, your columnist cannot be accused of trying to influence the result. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the dying Mercutio, victim, like many today, of an almost incidental stabbing in a pointless brawl between rival gangs, chokes out, “a plague on both your houses”. The plot proceeds to its inevitable tragic conclusion in the manner of the Ancient Greek dramas with which its writer was certainly familiar. In today’s fragmented political landscape, “both” has to give way to “all”, but the same applies, as we, like the audiences at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and its successors, watch with mounting horror as the vulnerable suffer, businesses struggle with future plans, and Leavers and Remainers alike, though for different reasons, rue the past Referendum and its inconclusive aftermath.