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Editorial

As the snowdrops fade and the daffodils bloom, it April 2015 is a sure sign that winter has come to an end and Community Magazine for , Horstead with Stanninghall, Great & spring has arrived. Indeed, it’s that wonderful time Little Hautbois, Scottow & of year when the clocks have sprung forward an Badersfield. hour, our villages are awash with yellow, and the sun starts shining that little bit stronger. Volunteer Editorial Team This year, Easter is upon us at the very beginning Secretary: Philippa Weightman of April, and there are plenty of activities featured 737 962 both on our ‘What’s On’ calendar and within the [email protected] magazine, including Easter Egg hunts in Stalham Treasurer: Vac cant and Ashmanhaugh, an ‘Open Lambing Day’ at Please contact other editors Swannington and a ‘Churchyard Gift Day’ in [email protected] Coltishall. There are also various activity days taking place at Hautbois Activity Centre this Compilation: David Pye month, while the Hoveton, & District 738 599 [email protected] Gardening Club is holding a ‘Spring Show and Bargain Plant Sale’ on Saturday 11 th . Advertising Renewals: Margaret Woodham If you would like to welcome spring 2015 by 736 411 getting stuck in and doing something to improve [email protected] your community, why not join the WI on Saturday 11 th for the ‘Community Clear Up’? The WI will be Advertising Copy: Derek Allday meeting at 10am to pick up litter in Horstead and 738 032 Coltishall, more details can be found inside. [email protected] Alternatively, you can raise some money for a Distribution: Colin Prentice good cause by taking part in a sponsored walk 738 533 along the Bure Valley Railway (Sat 25 th & Sun [email protected] th 26 ), in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, or by Sub Editor: Gemma Carter assembling your best team for the charity quiz 736 976. being held at Wroxham Barns on Saturday 2 nd [email protected] May, which is raising funds for Parkinson’s UK. Facebook Page: Gemma Carter We would like to take this opportunity to wish all 736 976 of our readers, advertisers, contributors and www.facebook.com/TheMarlpit deliverers a very happy Easter 2015, and we hope you enjoy your April issue of The Marlpit. Website www.themarlpit.com The Editors

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[Member of Parliament ] Keith Simpson, The Stable, Church Farm, , NR9 5ST Tel: 865763 [Member of Parliament ] Norman Lamb, Unit 4, The Garden Centre, Nursery Drive, Nth Walsham, NR28 0DR Tel: 01692 403752 [ County Councillor] Thomas Garrod, 32a Station Road, Ormesby St Margaret, NR29 3NH Tel: 07515 356821 [ District Councillor] Alan S Mallett, The Cabinet, High Street, Coltishall, NR12 7AA Tel: 738577 Coltishall Parish Councillors www.coltishall.org.uk [Chairman] Robert Watson, 12 Westbourne Road, Coltishall, NR12 7HT Tel: 738857 [Vice Chairman] Mike Warren, 39 College Close, Coltishall, NR12 7DT Tel: 738332 [Parish Clerk] Barbara Elvy, 1 Drovers Rest, Kirstead Green, Brooke, NR15 1EW Tel: 01508 558761 John Harding, 2 Church Street, Coltishall, NR12 7DJ Tel: 737721 Doreen Snelling, Red House, Church Street, Coltishall, NR12 7DJ Tel: 737955 Michael Spinks, Alan’s View, 11 Frogge Lane, Great Hautbois, NR12 7JT Tel: 737332 Mark Rischmiller, 36 Ling Way, Coltishall, NR12 7HX Tel: 737748 Keith Childerhouse, 9 Kings Road, Coltishall, NR12 7DX Tel: 737797 Sue Brodie, 15 Kings Road, Coltishall, NR12 7DX Tel: 738561 Mike Kirkham, 20 College Close, Coltishall, NR12 7DT Tel: 739157 Penny Loiez, 19 White Lion Road, Coltishall, NR12 7AS Tel: 926428 Horstead with Stanninghall Parish Councillors www.horsteadparishcouncil.org.uk [Chairman] Mrs M Gurney, Heggatt Hall, Horstead, NR127AY [Vice Chairman] Kate Lawrance, Mancroft, Church Close, Horstead, NR12 7ET Tel: 737562 [Parish Clerk] Philippa Weightman, 1 Stanninghall Cottages, Horstead, NR12 7LY Tel: 736725 Barry Benton, Beverley Farm, Road, Horstead, NR12 7EH Tel: 737279 Michael Blackburn, Sunny Croft, 24 Rectory Road, Horstead, NR12 7EP Tel: 737495 Caroline Fleming, Horstead House, Mill Road, Horstead, NR12 7AU Tel 737686 Paul Skippings, 112 Norwich Road, Horstead, NR12 7EQ Tel: 736054 Dr. Bernard Watts, Thatch Cottage, Norwich Road, Horstead, NR12 7EF Tel: 737245 Diane Williams, 5 Robert Norgate Close, Horstead, NR12 7BT Tel: 737719 Robert Jennings, 3 Rectory Road, Horstead, NR12 7EP Tel: 738335 William Randell, 16, Old Library Mews, Norwich, NR1 1et Tel: 468047 ‘All correspondence and queries should be sent to the Parish Clerk’ Directory of Clubs and Associations 1st Buxton Lamas Sea Scout Group: Vereen Marcer 279457 Hautbois Rangers: Emma Brown 898983 1st Hoveton & Wroxham Sea Scout Group:T Hughes 01692 Horning Amateur Theatrical Society: Pauline Gedge 01692 630554 630688 Badminton Club: Carl Tipple 738399 Horstead Bowls Club: [Secretary] Peter Cobb Tel: 737600 Broadland Chess Club: Paul Badger 737572 Horstead Tree Warden: Barry Benton Tel:737279, Broadland Tots2Teens Club: Maria Alborough 430538 Tony Codling Tel: 737093 Coltishall & Horstead Youth Forum: Mike Warren 738332 Horstead Trust: [Clerk] Brian Lloyd 737632 Coltishall & Horstead Womens Institute: Judi Howett 736147 Horstead Tithe Barn Community Association: Coltishall Activities & Sports Trust [CAST]: Chairman Luke Blackburn: 078170 61324 [Chair] Doreen Snelling Tel: 737955 Hoveton Wroxham & District Gardening Club: Pat Crouch: 782523 Coltishall Allotments Association: Chairman TBA Coltishall Bridge Club: Peter Cobb 737600 Jubilee Players: Ros Chamberlin 736287 1st Coltishall Guides: Claire 07826 444 046 Lions Club, Wroxham & Hoveton Lions Club: David Barnett Brownies: Emma 07504 447 720 782002 Coltishall Church Bell Ringers: Tony Weston 737269 Mardler [ Talking Newspaper]: Coltishall Commons Management Trust: Daphne Davy Tel: 01263 732933 [Clerk] Barbara Elvy Tel: 01508 558761 Rotary Club of Broadlands: Richard Mayer 715796 Coltishall Cricket Club: Kevin Fisher 07849 275688 Rotary Club of Wroxham & Bure Valley : Jonathan King 784482 Coltishall Jags Running Club: Alan Groves 737262 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes [Llamas KC Lodge]: Coltishall Jags Football Club: Bob Jennings Tel: 738335 [Chairman] Steve Frost Tel: 07540 303313 Royal British Legion: Mr B Jordan 738325 [Secretary] Sarah Nice Tel: 07771 545771 Spirit of Coltishall Association: Secretary Jeff Ayling Coltishall PF Bowls Club: [Captain] Rob James Tel: 890905 [email protected] Secretary Linda James Tel: 890905 Wellington Dance [Ballroom Dancing]: Dave Cox 737907 Coltishall Tree Warden: Peter Croot 737427 Wroxham Flower Club: Pat Barnes 720466 Community Lunch Club: Joan Milligan 737270 Wroxham Folk Dance Club: Mick Wade 01692 404447 Coltishall Create & Share Craft: Sylvia Coward 737915 Wroxham, Hoveton & Twinning Association: Friends of Coltishall & Surgeries: Jane Monks Tel: 782496 Christine Hubbard 736912 Wroxham United Reform Church: Rev Matt Stone 781623 Friends of Coltishall Church: Henry Bradshaw 738009 Secretary: Mrs Liz Haines 736081 Please inform the editor if any of the above is incorrect, out of date , no longer valid and for the inclusion of a new club, society or association Page 4 View the Full Year Calendar at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/calendar/ What’s on the Marlpit Calendar for April 2015 [see LATE NEWS pageS 11.12.13 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nb - What’s On is a snapshot of more details to be found in the magazine [The editors will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions in this summary or the printed article, everything is processed in good faith by volunteers and as in The Telegraph, mistakes may occur] Church Service details can be found with Church reports - too many to list here!. A full programme of Library events is also featured .

LAST MONTH The

MARLYGRAM was WHERE IS MARLY? Last month our miniature CHAMELEON This month, S T out o season but still plenty I L O E MARLEY was by the church wall on page 27, this of it to see before Spring is E T month it may be a first in one way or another so mind your Sprung!. , don’t forget P’s , no problems with the q’s M is as in Marly’s legs . Page 5 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Useful Telephone Numbers Police [non Emergency] 101 Coltishall Pharmacy 736784 Crimestoppers 0800 111 8555 Coltishall Post Office 737277 Coltishall Primary School 737481 Coltishall Surgery 737593 Broadland High School 782715 Coltishall Community Centre 738435 Citizens Advice Bureau [North Walsham] 01692 402570 Priest in Charge, Coltishall Rector 737255 Citizens Advice Bureau [Appointments] 01692 405847 Good Neighbour Scheme ( Horstead & Coltishall ) 07799 277455 Citizens Advice Bureau [Norwich] 626145 Recruiting Sergeant (Defibrillator) 737077 Dial-A-Ride Community Transport 01692 500840 Horstead Tithe Barn Monday 7.00 - 10. 00 pm Badminton Carl Tipple 738399 Tuesday 7.00 - 9.00 pm Line Dancing Glenda/Shelia 890708 / 279294 Wednesday (1st & 3rd) 10.00 - 11.30 am Tiddlers Baby & Toddler Group Michelle 736486 Wednesday 6.00 - 7.00 pm Zumba Debby Priddy 736492 Wednesday 7.30 - 10.30 pm Jubilee Players Ros Chamberlin 736287 Thursday 7.30 - 10.30 pm Ballroom Dancing Dave Cox 737907 Friday 7.30 - 10.30 pm Short Mat Bowls Jill Bunn 737516 Saturday (2 nd ) 10.00 - 4.00 pm Craft Buddies Karen Rhodes 861515 The Hayloft is available for hire for £12.60 per 3 hour session or £5.25 per hour for shorter periods. The Main Barn is available for hire for full or part day sessions on Saturday or Sunday at a full day rate of £200, 9am - midnight(15 hours). Part day sessions £12 per hour. Saturday evening session 6pm - midnight £100. The Main Barn is available for hiring mornings or afternoons on weekdays at £12 per hour with a minimum of two hours. Bar by Request. Charge to regular (weekly) hirers £19.50 per 3 hour session. £78.00 per month. £963.00 per year. For booking & enquiries: Sue Blackburn Tel: 01603 737495 email: [email protected]. We also have a website : www.horsteadtithebarn.wordpress.com Coltishall Village Hall Monday - Wednesday [Term Time] Coltishall & Horstead Pre-School 9.00 am - 3.30 pm Monday [September - March as required] Short Mat Bowls 7.00 - 10.00 pm Monday [Term Time] Coltishall Guides 6.00 - 8.00 pm Monday [Term Time] Coltishall Brownies 6.00 - 7.30 pm Tuesday Vibes Health & Fitness 6.00 - 8.00 pm Wednesday[September - March as required] Short Mat Bowls 7.00 - 10.00 pm Thursday [term Time] Coltishall & Horstead Pre-School 09.00 - 12.15 pm Thursday [Term Time] Dancezenery 3.30 - 6.30 pm Thursday Coltishall & Horstead Youth Forum 7.00 - 9.00 pm Friday [Term Time] Coltishall & Horstead Pre-School 09.00 - 12.15 pm Friday [Fortnightly] Ballroom & Latin Dancing for Improvers 7.00 - 8.00 pm Saturday Zumba 09.30 - 10.30 pm The Lounge Monday [2 nd in month as required] Royal British Legion 7.30 - 8.00 pm Monday [10 per year] Coltishall Parish Council 7.30 - 9.30 pm Thursday [April - September] Coltishall Jaguars Running Club 6.00 - 7.30 pm Wednesday Good Neighbour Scheme (as required) 7.30 - 8.30 pm Thursday Coltishall & Horstead Youth Forum 7.00 - 9.00 pm Sunday Coltishall Jaguars Running Club 8.30 - 9.30 am

The village Hall and the Lounge are available for booking. Regular users £5.00 per hour. Casual users £10.00 per hour. Saturday £150 per day. Friday & Saturday evening 6.00pm - midnight £75. Hall and Lounge booked together £100. Bar by request. For Booking & Enquiries: Doreen Snelling Tel: 737955 Coltishall Church Room Mondays 1st Coltishall Rainbows 6.00 - 7.00 pm 2nd Monday Create and Share Craft 2.00 - 5.00 pm Tuesday Art Class [Term Time] 11.00 am - 2-00 pm Wednesday Community Lunch Club 12.30 - 1.45 pm 3rd Wednesday Coltishall and Horstead WI 7.30 - 10.00 pm The Church Room is currently available for hire at the following charges: £5 per hour or £12.50 per 3 hour session, casual users (one off’s) £8.00 per hour. For Bookings and Enquiries: Joan Milligan Tel: 737270 The Marlpit Editors Secretary (Chairman) Philippa Weightman, 1 Stanninghall Cottages, Horstead, NR12 7LY 737962 Treasurer Position Vacant Compilation David Pye, 6 Road, Horstead, NR12 7LB 738599 Sub Editor Gemma Carter, Geldeston Cottage, Mill Road, Horstead, NR12 7AT. 736976 Advertising Coordinator Margaret Woodham, 40 Anchor Street, Coltishall, NR12 7AQ 736411 Advertising Copy Derek Allday, 13 Patricia Avenue, Horstead, NR12 7EW 738032 Distribution Colin Prentice, Horngate Cottage, St James, Coltishall NR12 7AP. 738533 Hon. Ind. Accountant Alan S Mallett, The Cabinet, High Street, Coltishall, NR127AA 738577 The Marlpit E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.themarlpit.com Please contact The Marlpit Editors between 10.00 am & 9.00 pm Page 6 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/

Notes From Horstead with Neighbourhood Plan, obviously some experience of local Stanninghall planning or of drawing up formal documents would be an HW S P C March advantage, but is not essential as many parishes employ an t i n g The Elections – Your Parish agent or consultant to do this for them. There is assistance M e e Needs You! and funding available to help with this aspect and with other N o t e s The Elections will soon be upon us. expenses from Broadland District Council, who are the local All Parish Councils will be looking planning authority for most of Horstead with Stanninghall. for nominees to their Council for Although the process of drawing up a Neighbourhood Plan can the next four years. If you are take a year or more, once adopted, the Plan becomes part of interested in local affairs and the statutory development plan and a main consideration in would like to serve your the determination of planning applications in the area. This community and influence decision making within your parish, means that as someone who takes part in formulating the Plan please consider asking someone to nominate you to the Parish you can have real influence in the way your village can Council. Last time, Horstead did not manage to fill all 11 of its develop in the future. allocated seats and it would really like to do so this year. In Broadland, , and have adopted There is still time as nominations do not have to be in until a Neighbourhood Plan and Aylsham, , , 16.00 on Thursday 09 April 2 015. Electronic versions of Drayton, Gt and Lt Plumstead, and are nomination papers are available from developing theirs. [email protected] and paper copies from If you are interested in joining a working party to develop a Broadland District Council, Thorpe Lodge, 1 Yarmouth Road, Neighbourhood Plan for Horstead or would like further , Norwich, NR7 0DU. information, please contact the Parish Clerk, whose details are Planning listed near the front of the magazine. The Clerk attended Broadland District Council’s Planning Police Community Support Officers Committee to put the Parish Council’s views on Application This parish has been fortunate to have the support of PCSO 20141658, Two Jays Farm. After a debate lasting just over an Laura Munro-Oakley, but due to budget cuts we have had to hour the application was REFUSED, for several reasons but share her with more and more other parishes, meaning she is mainly on the grounds that the access did not meet with the able to spend less and less time with us. Norfolk Constabulary Highways Standard for visibility. has given parishes like ours the opportunity to work in To application 20150158: 88 Norwich Road, front and rear partnership with them to fund a PCSO in our community on a extension, the Parish Council had no objection. 50:50 basis. This means we could have an extra PCSO ring Neighbourhood Plan fenced for us and neighbouring parishes, over and above that As previously reported, this is an initiative made possible by which would otherwise have been allocated. The Parish the Localism Act 2011 and is intended to give you, as the Council is in the process of finding out more and approaching residents of Horstead with Stanninghall, a greater say in neighbouring parishes which might also be interested. planning decisions. Although the Parish Council is willing to Date and Time of the Next Meeting offer support in any way it can, it is important to emphasise The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 08 that it is not something which can’t be led or controlled by the April 2015 at 6.15 pm Parish Council. The Parish therefore needs to know whether The Annual Parish Meeting, an open meeting for all the there is anyone out there who has is interested in the future of electors of the parish, will be on Monday 11 May 2015 at Horstead and who would be willing to become part of a 6.15 pm in the Parish Church. This will be a good opportunity working party to take it on. to find out about and meet your newly elected Parish Council. As Neighbourhood Plans set out policies regarding the development and use of land in a defined neighbourhood area and anything that uses land such as a new shopping area, Philippa Weightman , Parish Clerk local green space, new housing, etc. can become part of a HORSTEAD TITHE BARN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

rning The Tithe Barn needs ee Mo painting inside and this is Coff th pril y 11 . A Saturda going to be done on 12.30pm 10am – tead Sunday 26 th April ad, Hors tory Ro commencing at 9am. If you 26 Rec ents Refreshm oks s and bo could spare some time in es, Card helping to paint the Barn ffle, Cak Ra internally please contact the o w a r d l v i a C hes Chairman, S y p of Churc shall Grou Luke Blackburn on r the Colti Fo 07817 061324.

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20 Questions by Harriet Pelissier YOUR LETTERS; APRIL QUIZ The editors publish but do not necessarily share any views raised in the correspondence. All addresses may 1. Which herb is known in the US as cilantro ? be withheld, replies can be forwarded via the Editor 2. What is the main colour of a Scrabble board ? 3. What was the pen name of the Bronte sisters? 4. Which British cheese has a sage flavoured variety ? Ling Common 5. What colour is the Bakerloo line on the tube map ? Ours is a rural community that offers many wonderful hobbies, 6. Inspired by Suffolk, who painted The Hay Wain ? such as shooting. Goodness knows there's always a plethora 7. Which city is served by George Best airport ? of pigeons about for practice! On Friday, 27th of February this 8. Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress while in jail ? year, in the morning, someone shot his rifle off in or very near 9. Which fruit is used to make Tapenade ? Ling Common. It was close enough to the neighbouring 10. Which king's bones were discovered in a car park ? houses to rattle the windows. Dog walking without a lead is the usual in the common and I am very concerned for the 11. In which US city is the Astrodome situated ? 12. Which food is collected by apiculturists ? many people that visit there every day. Whoever you are, please consider your surrounding communities when you are 13. What is studied by a somnologist ? getting a shot off at that pheasant, rabbit, pigeon, etc. 14. What is Earth's most remote continent ? 15. What is the aquatic larval stage of a newt or toad ? 16. Who composed the music for Peer Gynt ? Mrs Susan Bunn 17. How did Charles Blondin cross Niagara Falls ? 18. What did Sir Hiram Maxim invent in 1883 ? The editors always consider if a letter would benefit from a 19. Name the small flute used in military bands ? informed response, in this case by the Commons Committee. 20. What is the medical name for the shoulder blade ? Ling Common. The short answer to your supposition is that the Commons Trust has NOT granted consent to anyone to shoot on the Common, nor can I envisage a time when such THE ANSWERS consent would be given. If anyone is shooting on the Common then the police should be informed. If you have any queries

about any of the commons then it is always better to contact

19 Fife, 20 Scapula 20 Fife, 19 the Trust in the first instance. However I should point out that

Tadpole, 16 Grieg, 17 On a Tightrope, 18 A machine gun, gun, machine A 18 Tightrope, a On 17 Grieg, 16 Tadpole, there are fields surrounding the Common that the Trust have

III, 11 Houston, 12 Honey, 13 Sleep, 14 Antarctica, 15 15 Antarctica, 14 Sleep, 13 Honey, 12 Houston, 11 III, no jurisdiction over and with the appropriate consent could be Constable, 7 Belfast, 8 John Bunyan, 9 Olives, 10 Richard Richard 10 Olives, 9 Bunyan, John 8 Belfast, 7 Constable, quite legal for people to shoot over. Again if you are concerned

1. Coriander, 2 Green, 3 Bell, 4 Derby, 5 Brown, 6 6 Brown, 5 Derby, 4 Bell, 3 Green, 2 Coriander, 1. Nigel Noble Chairman of the Trustees

A ‘new and bold’ service is eventually recover from the effects of it. understand the real impact of what they have “Restorative Justice can give victims of crime done and to do something to repair the harm.” being launched to give victims a voice in the Criminal Justice process. Whilst Restorative Justice (RJ) brings together of crime in Norfolk and Suffolk the victim will be the focus of our work, there victims of crime and those responsible to find are added benefits to the wider community, a positive way forward for all concerned. It the chance to meet and offenders and others who cause harm as we gives victims the chance to have their say, to question those responsible . know that Restorative Justice does reduce re get answers to their questions, and to move on offending and provides long term solutions to with their lives. The Police and Crime Commissioners for reducing levels of crime. Evidence shows that 85% of victims who have Norfolk and Suffolk have commissioned Victim Support to deliver the new Restorative Justice If anyone has been a victim of crime, or has taken part in RJ activity have been satisfied been harmed as the result of a crime or other with the outcome and that it has reduced Service, which will put the needs of the victim incident, and feel they want answers to reoffending rates by 14%. The Victims’ Code first. questions about the crime from the person now states that all victims of crime should Deputy PCC for Norfolk Jenny McKibben, who committed it, then they can contact the have access to RJ in appropriate cases. said: “ As a county Norfolk leads the way in Restorative Justice Service to discuss their The service will use its trained volunteers to terms of Restorative Justice approaches and case and how we may be able to help them” this new service is the next step forward. It will undertake safe RJ activity with victims and Kevin Wilkins, Head of Criminal Justice at offenders, working alongside other partners in enable more specialist provision for more Norfolk Constabulary, said: “Norfolk the Criminal Justice and Restorative Justice complex cases, freeing up police officer time. Constabulary is fully supportive of this fields. Importantly the service will be victim lead and will help victims cope and recover.” additional service to deliver Restorative Justice The new service officially launches on in Norfolk and Suffolk. We know Restorative Tuesday February 24. Neil Luckett Victim Support Restorative Justice Justice works. It gives victims the chance to Service Manager said: “This new and bold tell offenders the real impact of their crimes, To contact the Restorative Justice Service initiative will bring benefits to victims of crime get answers to their questions and receive an people can e- in appropriate cases, enabling them to initially apology whilst giving offenders the chance to mail [email protected] or cope with the impact of the crime and call Victim Support 0845 4565995 Page 8 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/

COLTISHALL PARISH COUNCIL Sanders bus service P C Excerpt from Coltishall Parish A parishioner heard that the bus route along Rectory Road and C Council’s March Meeting Westbourne Road was to be withdrawn at the end of March, M e e t i n g although neither Sanders nor Norfolk County Council had e s informed the Parish Council. Upon investigation, this was found N o t Planning th to be correct, so a meeting was arranged for 11 March There were no objections to : between Councillors, Mr Sanders, County Councillor Tom Application 20150191. Erection of Garrod, Highways, and parishioners to explain the detrimental garden shed, Great Barn, Grange Farm effect of this decision on local residents, the increased Lane congestion it would cause in the High Street, and discuss Application 20150063. Single storey side and rear extensions, Brook possible solutions. It seems that deciding factors were financial Cottage, 3 Station Road viability, overhanging branches, and parked cars, especially at Application 20150050. Single storey rear extension and dormer window the Rectory Road/ Church Street junction, which obstructed to rear, 6 The Street buses causing them to be delayed. Application 20150123. Dwelling and garage (revised proposal), The Old RAF base Railway Station, 31 Station Road Work is progressing on the solar farm and the company is trying Application 20150071. Two storey front and side extension, single storey to minimise the impact on surrounding villages. The Fire extension to front and rear, Service will use part of the airfield for training, Vitromite is in dormer windows to front, The Third House, 17 Westbourne Road. operation, and a public meeting demonstrated plans for the In circulation : Application 20150193. Installation of first floor window to Officers’ Mess area. The intention is to leave the main body of side, Meadow Cottage, the building, perhaps as a museum, and wrap some 76 new houses around it. Issues with access remain, but there are White Lion Road. . Broadland DC had produced the main modifications to the Site proposals to retain the heritage and landscape the area Allocations Development Plan. It removes the condition that developers of both the Rectory Road site and Jordan’s site must Recycling banks progress to planning permission stage within two years and commence building within a further three to five years. Broadland DC will begin removing bottle banks in April unless Councils take over and run them privately. The Council decided Play area that they would continue to provide glass banks at the Village A quotation from SportsCourts has been accepted : the first Hall. The rebate we receive from glass recycling help to pay for stage will be to remove the old fencing and prepare the ground essential work in the parish so please continue to use them! for the new multi-use surface. It will be marked out for football and netball, and if our grant application to Broadland DC is successful, there will be rigid panels to form a recessed goal Next meeting is the Annual Parish Meeting on Monday area. The topsoil will be used to make a contoured, grassed 13 th April 2015 in the Village Hall Lounge at 7.30pm . area for spectators unless it can be sold to defray some costs. Come along, have a cuppa – you are most welcome! The new surface and fencing will complete this stage, with work due to begin in April. The plan is to install some exercise equipment suitable for all ages next year. Neighbourhood Plan Barbara Elvy , Parish Clerk We have examined the pros and cons of devising a Neighbourhood Plan, and believe it is in the best interests of our village to go ahead with it. The Plan carries legal status and must be taken into account when any development is put forward to Broadland DC. It will also entitle us to a greater share of the Community Infrastructure Levy imposed on developers. We have applied for a grant from Broadland DC, who have offered to guide us through the process. We have invited Horstead to make a joint plan, which could benefit both parishes. Defibrillator training Our First Responder has offered to hold a training session, which would be open to all. It will be advertised in the Marlpit, so do come along – you never know when your training might be needed! PCSO funding Councillors have held talks with the Police to discuss the possibility of part-funding our own PCSO. Residents have told us that they feel safer when there is a uniformed presence in the village, but changes to local policing have meant that there is no longer a PCSO on foot in the village. The Police would pay half the cost of £16782 p.a. As there would be insufficient work for a full-time PCSO in Coltishall, it would be ideal if we could share one with a neighbouring village, and split the cost. We have asked Horstead to consider this option, and await their response.

Page 9 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Project update (no 4) are also aware of some isolated incidents of anti-social behaviour by individual workers; these matters are under from Scottow Moor investigation but again please accept our apologies. Solar Ltd (March 16th) Given the size of the solar farm and the deadlines set to get it built, we are delighted with what has been achieved by our I am pleased to report that we are teams. We have local people and businesses involved in the approaching the end of the solar farm’s project, but it is truly a massive pan-European effort. The construction. We have benefited from relatively good weather teams have been installing 10,000 solar panels a day, and they over the past few weeks that has enabled our 200-strong should install the last of the 130,000 panels this week. workforce to get their work done without too much difficulty. We remain on schedule for construction to be finished by the Please contact me on 020 3170 8466 / [email protected] end of this month, making it one the quickest built large-scale if you have any comment or questions about the solar farm. solar farms in the UK, and perhaps even Europe. Thanks for your continued co-operation and patience; it’s very much appreciated. I will issue another bulletin once the work We however do realise that there have been issues with some is completed. of the HGVs delivering the many thousands of solar panels and other necessary pieces of equipment needed. Despite extra signage, written instructions in various languages and Paul Taylor “watchmen” along the route to and from the airfield, some of Taylor Keogh Communications (on behalf of Scottow Moor Solar Ltd) the lorries destined for our project have not stuck to the T: 0203 170 8465 / DDI: 0203 170 8466 correct routes. We are very sorry for this and we have M: 07966 782611 reprimanded the drivers and their companies. Thankfully, the E: [email protected] main bulk of materials have now been delivered so you should W: www.taylorkeogh.com now see a drop-off in HGVs over the final couple of weeks. We Address: No 1, LYRIC SQUARE, LONDON W6 0NB

reported to the Parish Council and efforts to solve the issues SANDERS 55 BUS SERVICE had proved fruitless. Requests for double yellow lines ,once in the system would take some 3 years to implement if the application was successful. The main issue from Norfolk A meeting was held on th County Council was lack of funding. Parishioners were most Wednesday 11 March concerned that the High Street was extremely busy with many to discuss the new heavy goods vehicles non stop and that many elderly , timetable for the 55 mobility challenged and young children would find it almost service which excludes impossible to access the stops, therefore leaving them without both Westbourne and a service to Norwich and North Walsham. Mr Sanders pointed Rectory roads. out that the decision was not taken lightly and that he hoped Attendees were Parish the issues would be resolved so that the service could return councillors Vice Chairman Mike to Rectory and Westbourne roads as soon as possible and was Warren, Penny Loiez, John Harding, Doreen keen to work with all concerned to enable this to happen. Snelling, Charles Sanders, County Councillor Tom Garrod, Broadland District Councillor Alan Mallett, Norfolk County Following on from the meeting a site visit was undertaken and Council Highways representative Simon Briggs,Transport the suggestion from a parishioner that buses could do a loop representative Helen Martin and 15 parishioners. past Londis and pick up near the red bin on the Common to go to Norwich and drop off the opposite side going to North Mr Sanders explained that the reason for the change was Walsham, it was decided by Mr Sanders to operate a two week overhanging branches which were damaging the windows of th the double decker buses and parked cars which obstructed the trial commencing Monday 30 March . Following this a review would be done and the Parish Council informed of the junctions of Westbourne and Rectory roads and also the results. junction of Rectory road and Church Street. This had resulted in the buses running late to Norwich to pick up school children Highways will do a feasibility study and report back to the and as there was a time frame for the slots at the bus Station Parish Council meeting on Monday May 11 th . this was often missed causing a knock on effect. This had been

Norfolk Yacht Agency are again our main sponsor, and our thanks go again to BeWilderwood for the free use of their car park. The 3rd Horning Boat Show There will be Shuttle Buses running from Bewilderwood to the nd Village Exhibition sites at £1.00 adults 50p children return. Saturday 2 May 2015 . Try Sailing is again available at Horning Sailing Club. There will be Luxury Motor Cruisers to Canoes and all sizes and types of boats in between. And around 100 Trade stands WANTED usable boat jumble for our Boat Bits sale and displaying Marine equipment and services, and others with Auction.If you have any Boat Bits to offer, please contact Dick broader appeal. Turpin on01692-631351. The Show sites are the Swan Green, Village Green, The Please come and enjoy a family day out at The Horning Boat Recreation Ground and the Riverside moorings. Show. There will be entertainment for adults and children plus a Information: Please go to our website www.horningboatshow Food Court on the Recreation Ground, with drinks and food for or Telephone The Chairman of the Horning Boat Show Roger all. Tomkins on 01692-630892.

Page 10 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Norfolk violinist returns to play Spring Strings Former Frettenham resident Thomas Leate returns to his roots when he will play as a member of the Billroth String Quartet on Saturday 4 th April, 7.30pm, to perform 'Spring Strings', a concert of classical music at Frettenham Village Hall. Thomas was born and raised in Frettenham before training at the Royal College of Music and following a career which has taken him to many parts of the world as a professional violinist. He and his colleagues are also committed to music education in schools and institutions around their London base. The Village Hall is very pleased that he and his colleagues in The Billroth String Quartet have agreed to put on a concert which will help to fund the purchase of much needed projection equipment. For alternative ticket arrangements and further information go The concert will include works by Borodin, Dvorak and Elgar to:- frettenham.org.uk/whatson amongst others and starts at 7.30pm – doors open 6.45pm. Stan Ward says “This will be a first class evening” Tickets cost £10 and are available from Prelude Records, 25B St. Giles Street, Norwich [ 01603 628319 ]

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On page 21 last mon in “Can you Help?” We mentioned a visit to Mr & Mrsl Wells regarding their weeding reception in the Central Hall in the old maltings beside the main road between the River Rooms and Church Close. Sadly it was a particularly uninspiring building from the the outside, accessed via a narrow alley opposite the Central Fish Shop and another building. [Shown here] We will be featuring more wedding photos in July on the occasion of Greta and Russell’ Diamond Anniversary but do have this one of them alighting from their wedding car. Probably recognisable by many of our older residents as it was one of the few cars in the villages owned by Woodcock Taxis. Our thanks to Russell who is eager also to have a “Mardle” and have his childhood and livelong memories saved for generations to come. This will be interesting, so, as they say in such cases “Watch this space”

Page 11 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ LATE NEWS RECEIVED AFTER THE PRINT DEADLINE AND BEFORE HARD COPY DELIVERY 19 March 2015 Development Sub Committee, said: “The former Jaguar Simulator building lends itself brilliantly for film and TV production use. It is a deceptively large building which includes a mixture of offices and really quite big rooms. “From the time we acquired the site we have had interest from L film-makers. In addition, we have had a number of organisations from the creative industry use the site for location A filming and a growing number expressing an interest in coming T ‘Drama’ in the making at to the site for studio production uses, so momentum is starting E to build. We believe Scottow Enterprise Park is an excellent Scottow Enterprise Park location for creative industries, and it would be great to see more of its potential realised in the not too distant future.” N A leading British independent film and television production ine Producer Vaughan Watkins at October Films said: “We at E company has submitted a planning application to operate at Scottow Enterprise Park. October Films are very much looking forward to coming to the W former RAF base. The possibilities for our filming are very S October Films, who are based in London and New York, plan to exciting, with many new locations within the site itself and the use the Jaguar Simulator building for television production work, surrounding area.” costume and prop storage, and editing. The application can be viewed on North Norfolk District Council’s L They will use the building to assist them in their filming of a website at: https://planning.northnorfolk.org/online- A new factual crime drama. ‘Serial Killer – Angel of Decay’ is the applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal= T first of three films - this has already been shot in Aldershot. _NNORF_DCAPR_84945 October Films will be initially filming two more films, that are E currently in pre-production. Notes to editors October Films’ clients include: Channel 4, Sky, BBC, ITC, HBO and Five. North Norfolk District Council’s Development Committee will N Recent productions include: Walking the Nile and Operation Stonehenge: consider the application, which is for up to a five-year lease, in What Lies Beneath. E approximately two months time. Since 1989 October Films’ productions have received over 100 W Bev Spratt, Chairman of Norfolk County Council’s Economic international awards. S

L Wroxham Football Club A Skinners Lane, Wroxham… T Car Boot Sales Starting this Sunday,29th March and every Sunday apart from the 28th June we will be holding E our car boot sales. Starting @ 8.30am for booters and 10am for the public. Johnny Cash tribute night featuring the very talented internationally acclaimed Dale Corcoran in this special role N on Friday, 17th April from 7.30pm. Tickets are available in advance @ £5.- each or £6.- on the door. Numbers are limited !! E W Keith Baker S Commercial Officer - Wroxham Football Club, [email protected] or tel 07767 151908.

L A T E North Norfolk Speakers NORTH NORFOLK SPEAKERS CLUB Club meets on alternate Wednesdays, 6.45pm at N North Walsham High E School, Spenser Avenue, On Wednesday 18th March, North Norfolk Speakers Club held an North Walsham. W International Speech and Speech Evaluation Contest, which was For further information S was well supported by members. please The International Speech Contest was chaired by Ann Paynter. visit www.nnsc.co.uk , The audience was entertained by contestants whose brief was to email northnorfolkspeaker deliver a speech with universal appeal. [email protected] or The eventual winner was Paul Rosier with his speech ‘Sodium contact Gillian 01692 Odium’. 650250 The Speech Evaluation Contest was chaired by Lynne Goddard, Guests and new members with Gillian Beecroft giving the test speech. The award for the are always warmly best Speech Evaluation was won by David Ley welcomed. with a skilful and constructive evaluation. Both winners will represent North Norfolk Speakers Club at the Karen Battrick (North Norfolk Speakers Club) Area Contest to be held in North Walsham on Wednesday 1st April.

Page 12 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Issue 8 March 2015 Coltishall Medical weeks Practice Patient Participation Group News Surgery Improvements 82% of patients who responded to this question felt that there were no specific improvements that Welcome and goodbye to: could be made within the surgeries and their operation. This Dr Selvam joined the practice on 1st May last year. He took over obviously means that we received several comments on how from Dr Malpas who retired in April. things could be improved. As mentioned above, all the Christina Armitage also joined the Practice in March last year as suggestions have been, or will be considered by the Surgery Assistant Practice Manager. staff and Patient Participation Group to look into what actions can be taken if at all possible. Patient Survey 2014 As in previous years, can I again thank L all the patients who contributed to the Annual Surgery Survey Friends and Family Test A towards the end of last year. A similar number to those who As well as the annual survey, patients now have the opportunity T completed the 2013 questionnaire did so last year. This provided to provide immediate and, if required, confidential feedback on us with very valuable feedback and comments, and we will be their experience in the surgeries. Feedback forms can be found E looking at what we can improve in the coming months. The full on the Reception desks at both Coltishall and Spixworth. Further survey results and summary documentation can be found on the details can be found on the Practice website where you use the N Surgery website at www.coltishallsurgery.nhs.uk . Previous survey link to provide this feedback. surveys have highlighted various aspects that patients had Suggestion Books E suggested as improvements at both the Coltishall and Spixworth W surgeries and, where possible we have acted on these. In the Although the survey that we hold is only an annual event, S past few months a Blood Pressure test machine has been please be aware that you can also make suggestions by leaving a message in the Suggestion Books that can be found at both introduced at Coltishall. May we take this opportunity to again thank the Friends of Coltishall and Spixworth Surgeries who surgeries, or alternatively, you can send a message using the L have donated this valuable piece of equipment that is sited in patient group email address - [email protected]. A the waiting room near the dispensary. Water Dispensers have Flu Clinics also been introduced in both surgery waiting areas. One T 2013 saw some issues with the way that the clinics had been E significant change that is currently being looked at is the run - We hope that if you attended last year your experience redesign and redecoration of the Reception Area at Coltishall. was positive and issue free. Although this is in the early stages of planning, it is hoped that N patients will see some activity this year. Patient Participation Group new members E Summary of results from the Survey We greatly value feedback from the surgeries patients and, as in previous years, the latest survey included an invite to join the W Appointments Patient Participation Group. All those who indicated an interest S 85% preferred to book by phone or in person 11% preferred to have been contacted, to establish whether they wish to be part book online** 4% had no specific preference ** Booking online of our "virtual" team. Those who wish to be involved will receive L saw a slight increase on last year, and we have received several copies of our quarterly minutes, detailing what the Group has A requests for further details and support to allow patients to be discussed and been involved with. Although the actual Group able to book online - we will be contacting all of these patients meetings are fully subscribed at present, should a member of T in the near future. that group decide not to continue in that role, a member of the E "On the day" appointments (urgent) 66% of patients virtual Group will be invited to replace them and attend the surveyed stated that they had wanted to see a doctor on a meetings. Online appointment booking / repeat N specific day, of those who were offered an appointment, 74% prescriptions E were seen quickly. Of the 26% who did not take up the offer of As with the interest in being involved with the PPG, we will be an appointment, the reasons and numbers are as follows: 10% contacting all those who showed interest in online bookings / W declined an appointment when their first choice of doctor was repeat prescription requests, providing details of the S not available 1% declined an appointment with a nurse procedures. practitioner** 11% declined an appointment as surgery was not Car Parking Reminder of their choice 4% various other reasons why the appointment L was declined **The nurse practitioner has undertaken advanced Polite Reminder - please note that the car parks at the surgeries A training and is able to see adults and children with minor illness are only "for the use of patients attending appointments". There T or minor injury. The receptionists are able to advise whether the continues to be situations where cars are being parked on the Nurse Practitioner is able to help and examples of minor illness car parks that do not belong to patients or attendants. This can E conditions are given in the Practice Leaflet which are available result in a great deal of inconvenience to genuine patients. from reception and also can be viewed or printed from the Parking is limited at both surgeries, so please respect this N Practice website. request to ensure those who need to use the car park are able to do so. E Appointments booked ahead W 87% of patients surveyed were happy to accept the time of a Chairman non urgent or routine appointment being offered: 28% within 1 Steve Kempson S Coltishall and Spixworth PPG week 38% within 2 weeks 12% within 3 weeks 9% within 4 Coltishall Allotments

I am writing to ask if you can please remove my contact details from the Marlpit which are currently Coltishall Allotment Association: Chairman 737644, I have retired from the position after more than 20 years so no longer require my number to be listed. The Parish Council will advise you of the new contact details when these are available Many Thanks Rachel Thrussel Ed Note:Telephone number for Rachel on Page on Page 4 has been changed in this E addition to TBA the printed version will still show it as previous, we hope to have the name and number of Rachel’ successor next month in the meantime on behalf of our readers we weish Rachel well in her reitrement and convey deserved thantks for such a long stint in the hot seat.

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Space was at a premium this month so this PR for Aylsham Festival in May was set aside for May issue, however on th L reflectlon after starting to compile the May issue it was noticed that returns for the competition are needed by 13 of Aprill, we hope we have not caused too much disappointment with this lapse of concentration.. A T E N Aylsham Ahoy! Join in ‘Dazzling’ arts project E W that will set town alight AND afloat… S Spectacular installation on medieval fish-ponds will be a highlight of Aylsham Festival – everyone can L sponsor a lantern featuring their own home A An inspirational art project in Aylsham is calling on local people to sponsor a lantern and get their property in the frame – or in the pond! Called Aylsham Afloat, the project will culminate in an exhibition and a spectacular display of floating T lanterns, featuring pictures of Aylsham properties drawn by local people, on the medieval fish ponds in the gardens of E Burgh House, during this year’s Aylsham Wide Sky Festiva l (22nd - 26th May). Organised jointly by Aylsham High School (AHS) and the Aylsham Festival, the project is supervised by local artist N Jessica Perry. E “We are inviting people to get drawing and ‘Sponsor a Lantern’ for £3.00,” explains Jess. “It's open to all ages, with proceeds going to the Aylsham Festival. W “Aylsham Afloat is the chance for everyone to get involved in a community arts project that will be dramatic, S extravagant and dazzling.” In return for the £3.00, sponsors get an Aylsham Afloat kit, which includes the bag (or lantern) and full instructions. It is L available from a variety of outlets in Aylsham, including Aylsham Library, Coxfords Butchers, Bure Valley School and A Woodgate Nursery. T “All you need to do is draw the front of your home on the paper bag provided and return it to Aylsham High School by the deadline of 10am, on Monday April 13th ,” says Jess. “Use felt tips, biros or crayons. Draw it from the bottom right E up to the roof and, if you want, add drawings of the people who live in the house too.” All the bags, along with others made by AHS students featuring Aylsham’s shops and businesses, will be N waterproofed. Once that’s done, they’ll be floated at night on the school’s swimming pool, with pictures and film E footage being taken by local professional photographer Debby Besford, working with AHS students. W The photographs will be on exhibition in the Town Hall during the Aylsham Festival, and available for sale as cards and prints. S The lanterns will then be re-floated on Burgh House’s medieval fish ponds during the Aylsham Wide Sky Festival as part of the Art of the Garden event, when visitors will have the opportunity to take part in guided tours of the gardens. L “This is a really exciting arts project,” says Helen Homewood, Head of Art at AHS. “We have already had a trial run, floating lanterns illustrated by students on the pool, and the results were brilliant.” A Sue Sharpe of the Aylsham Festival says, “What is really fantastic about this project is the way so many people and T organisations are working together to make it happen. It’s a true community event. And as an art installation, it’s going E to be amazing.” The Art of the Garden walks take place at Burgh House, Burgh Road, Aylsham, on Saturday 23rd May and Monday N 25th Ma y. Tickets are £2.50 with all proceeds to the festival. For more information visit www.aylshamfestival.co.uk or call the festival box office on 01263 733441. Numbers are strictly limited, so booking will be essential. E More information: W Aylsham Festival: [email protected] / 07796 519987 S Jessica Perry: [email protected] / 07502 368 715

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Page 14 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Beer, Easter Eggs and Shantymen

– all at the Museum of the Broads Yarmouth and the Broadland village of Coltishall. Look at today’s regional and micro-breweries, and the science of brewing. It all happens from April. Some of you will know the And there’s something for the younger members of the family connection too with the Museum’s Easter Trail. Follow a fun trail around between the the Museum and win an Easter prize at the end. The Trail runs Museum’s steam boat, ‘Falcon’, and from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Or come along Tuesdays, Lacon’s Brewery of Great Yarmouth. Wednesdays and Thursdays to take a river trip on our steam But do you know the difference boat, ‘Falcon’. between ale and beer, where local The excitement doesn’t end there! If you like shanties, folk pubs had a smoking ban 450 years songs, and a bit of cheeky fun, come to Hoveton Village Hall on before the current legislation, or that Friday 10 April for an evening with the Shantymen. Coltishall, not , was once Tickets cost £10, from the Museum in advance, or on the door, the centre of brewing in Broadland? and there is a bar available too. Be there from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. You won’t forget it! The Museum shop sells items handcrafted by local artists, our café sells light refreshments and you can picnic by the river. We are open daily from 10am to 4pm until 01 November.

The Museum of the Broads, Stalham Staithe, NR12 9DA, 01692 581681. www.museumofthebroads.org.uk

Lacon’s logo was the Falcon and our steam boat was owned by Sir Edmund Lacon. The photo of the Rising Sun pub, brewery and malthouses at Well, to find out this and more, and to soak up the atmosphere Coltishall is reproduced courtesy of the Marlpit of brewing through the centuries, don’t miss our 2015 Community Magazine. exhibition, ‘Beer – Broadland’s Breweries Past and Present’. Discover the history of brewing, its impact on Norwich, Great

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Page 15 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Rescued Hens We've kept hens for donkey's years and always talked about adopting rescue hens, that is, hens that have lived their short lives of one and a half years as battery hens. We were strong supporters of Little Hen Rescue charity and so when we finally took the leap to get some this past summer, it was through them. These hens were going to slaughter because their egg production had dwindled. As with all our new projects, we dove in with gusto and read everything we could find about caring for these hens. The task seemed a little daunting but we were semi-confident that we could do this. Being raised in the USA I had to go whole hog and ask for a dozen hens. We arrived on a sunny Sunday afternoon, as many others, with all of our straw filled boxes and much anticipation. The volunteers disappeared into a long shed and after a while came out with our boxes full of hens and ready for transport to their new forever home. Not a peep from the boxes on the way home. Surely they should be protesting just a little bit - hope they're not dead. We saw plenty of pictures of rescue hens and were prepared for what we thought we would find. What we discovered when we took the lids off was not what we expected. The hens were healthy, bright eyed, clean as a whistle, and no bugs, diseases, etc. The bad bits were that they had six inch long nails on their feet, their upper beaks had been clipped off, their wings shaved, and very few feathers, no down at all. The hens had very pale pink combs that flopped into their eyes. They just stood around, squinting and lifting their feet uncomfortably. This is NOT what I had expected in my dreams. We fed them their mash and they ate ferociously. Then came the first lesson. How to drink out of a bowl. That lesson was learned in two days. Dropping the water into the bowl from a height, made the sound of running water and they drank and drank. I never thought this would be a learning experience for us. I swear that the Infra Red Light Activated Photography hens and we were both on a steep learning curb. The second day, the hens walked around a bit and started to make some gravelly sounds in their throats. [IRLAP] We got twelve eggs - one the size of a black bird's egg. Next lesson took over Not for profit[nfp] organisation PRILA first came a month to master and that was that there is night and day. Hens go into the on the scene during the 60’s looking for ways hen house at night. Not these birds. Each one had to be carried in. We'd put to increase gullibility and not make a one in and two would get out. Never mind the fact that they were limping profit doing it. They have badly because they were using their leg muscles for the first time. Once these recently created a minuscule hens discovered the great outdoors, sore feet and muscles didn't stop them one wafer thin camera that can be bit. They layed their eggs all along the border, not in the nest box, killed a toad hidden in a crack in a and ate it, and every poor butterfly or moth that came within range. telephone pole [or similar After a week, they started associating humans with all good things and would location]. It is powered by mob anyone who came near them, pecking at their legs and feet in adoration. solar energy with a back up They learned to sun bath, dust bathe, and dug up every one of my precious, battery the size of a pinhead to enable 24-hour nurtured plants in my garden. We were soon enduring teases from the surveillance. The equally small wide-angle lens which is mailman and our friends about where our garden had disappeared to. copied from the eye of a Spanish flea has a 345 degree But I can say in all honesty, that it was all worth it. They run now just for the range of vision. This enables the device to capture any fun of it, have feathered out and their toenails are of normal length. Their movement within a 200 yard periphery. Extremely smart upper beaks have grown back and they will eat just about everything except and very soft, software can be programmed by any smart cabbage. They flap their wings, some better than others, as some of them phone to pick up a variety of misdemeanours. Coltishall have wonky ones. Best of all is that they talk to each other in that chicken has a proliferation of problems ranging from speeders, language that any hen owner knows. mobile phone users, and since this equipment was Now that it is Spring, they are two years old. One of them died this winter, and surreptitiously trialed last month a particularly high we have another one that is getting quite weary now. The hen that lays tiny percentage of passers by wearing fake designer clothes!. little eggs is laying about once a week. i think it is fair to say that we are only One good thing from the trials of those who do wear them getting about four eggs a day now. Their latest escapade, with Mission there is a particularly high percentage of green and yellow Impossible playing in the background, is sneaking into the house to eat the cats' boxer shorts – bought from the Canary shop. Oh yes the food. They are manic for that stinky stuff. Our cats run for cover and complain mightily once we get the hens out again. technology can read and confirm designer labels. So as this is now "live" any of you wearing designer copies will I found an excellent book in the Wroxham Library entitled Once Upon a Flock, Life with my Soulful Chickens, by Lauren Scheuer. She really nails the quirky be receiving a visit from trading standards. relationship people develop with their hens and her flock reminded me of my This is a privately run scheme funded by a anonymous own pet hens. Wish I could write as eloquently as she. The ISBN is 978-0- lottery winner who has moved to the area. Your Parish 28564-278-2. Lots and lots of illustrations and photos and it is written on a very and District councils will be made aware of it when the easy level. first wave of images are published later in the month in a Susie Bunn name and shame campaign similar to the recent festive drink and drive campaign. Note: Lauren has a nice little website, Beware - don't say you knew nothing about it, you do now! www.laurenscheuer.com though she hasn't updated it in a Page 16 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Hoveton, Wroxham and District Gardening Club

Gardening Tips for the Month of April

So far this year we have been lucky with the weather, which has meant we’ve had some superb displays of snowdrops and crocus.

● Keep on top of weeds in your border, especially as the sun will help to germinate weed seeds quickly. ● Give a light feed to your roses, climbers and around your shrubs. Gently fork it in. ● You should have pruned your roses by now, if you have not, do it soon. Cut out dead, diseased and weak growth first and reduce strong stems to an outward facing bud. ● Sow fresh salad crops like radish, spring onion, lettuce and salad leaves in short rows or in pots. ● Plant out onions and shallots in open ground. If you prefer pre-plant in cell trays and then, once rooted, plant out in the veg plot. ● Broad beans can still be sown, but do it before it’s too late. ● It’s also time for sowing spinach, loose leaf and pointed cabbage, beetroot and peas. ● If you like bedding plants, sow them in the greenhouse early in the month or buy some plug plants to grow on. ● Your lawns should be growing well, keep trimming them regularly. If you have moss and have not treated it yet, do not worry, you can incorporate it with a spring fertiliser containing iron. If you have a lot of moss, rake out once it has blackened and lightly over seed any thin areas. Cover thinly with some fine soil. ● My fish have been swimming around for weeks now and I have been feeding them recently. Divide any overgrown pond plants, keep the best and plant into pond planters and clear any remaining debris. Replace your net to keep any herons away.

Enjoy whatever you are doing in the garden and make the most of the lighter evenings! Michael Ottaway, Chairman

Come morning, the weather had cleared, the sun was shining and they A fisherman’s Tale! carried on their way to the lake. They enjoyed a great weekend of Bob decided to go fishing with his friend Mick. They fishing.But about nine months later, Bob got an unexpected letter from a loaded up Bob's van and headed towards Oulton lawyer. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally Broad. determined that it was the lawyer of that attractive widow he had met on After a couple of hours driving they got caught in a the fishing weekend. terrible thunderstorm with torrential rain. They He dropped in on his friend Mick and asked, 'Mick, do you remember that pulled into a nearby farmhouse and asked the good-looking widow from the farmhouse we stayed at on our fishing trip attractive lady who answered the door if they about 9 months ago?' 'Yes, I do ' said Mick. ' Did you happen to get up in could spend the night. the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit? ' Bob 'I realise it's terrible weather out there and I have asked. 'Well, um, yes, ' Mick said, a little embarrassed about being found this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently out, 'I have to admit that I did.' 'And did you happen to give her MY widowed' she explained. 'I'm afraid the neighbours name instead of telling her your name?' Bob continued. Mick's face will talk if I let you stay in the house.' turned a bright red and he said, ' Yeah, look. I'm sorry buddy, I'm afraid I 'Don't worry,' Bob said. ''We'll be happy to sleep in the did. Why do you ask?' barn, and if the weather breaks, we'll be gone by first light.' The lady agreed, and the two men found their Bob looked at Mick straight in the eye and said 'She just died and left me way to the barn and settled in for the night. everything.'

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Page 17 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Then & Now The editors are creating a gallery of pictures of the Marlpit area. Here we have two postcards of the River Bure kindly sent in by Malcolm Harvey.

The two pictures show boats on the backwaters of Coltishall around 1926.

We would be pleased to receive your pictures of “Then and Now” of your own homes or local area - Not just views but people around the area too. It would be helpful if you could include a date and a little detail of were the picture was taken. Please send your photographs to [email protected] . Alternatively post ( with return address ) in the Marlpit boxes at the Post Office, Chemist or Farm to Fork and Fish. Coltishall Primary School: The Cherry class Hello everyone, We are the Cherry class and we are the youngest children in school. We’d like to share some of the things we’ve been doing and although we’ve only been in school for just over one hundred days, we have been busy and have tried lots of new activities, learning lots of new things and making lots of new friends. We have wonderful Top Buddies, children in Year 5 and 6 who lead the Buddy Group, and they make sure we settle into our school really well. Our whole school celebrated 100 days in school for this school year, just after the Half Term holiday and we joined in too! Not only did we learn how to write one hundred as numerals but in Chinese and in Roman Numerals too! We continued to work on the ‘hundred’ theme and collected one hundred natural objects and we challenged ourselves to read one hundred books between us in one week – phew! The celebration of the Chinese New year also played a part in our interests and learning this half term. We were able to explore lots of the customs and traditions and try out some new activities and experiences. We found out about the Dragon dance and really enjoyed ‘ being ’ the dragon in our school hall, moving to some great music all under an enormous length of silk! Writing in the style of the Chinese characters was fun if tricky and the lanterns we wanted to make were great for our cutting skills! We watched a clip to learn about the Chinese Willow Pattern story, made our own version of the famous plates and acted out the drama in the playground. Eating a Stir fry and noodles in our own Chinese restaurant was the best – as you can see from the photograph! We’ll look forward to writing again in Year 1.

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BUXTON A challenging walk along the riverside past Tuesday Bure Valley Railway Car 4.2 miles, 50% Oxnead and Burgh Mills returning through th Park, Stracey Road soft, several 12 April Brampton on a short loop fromthe railway Map OL40: TG233228 stiles 10-30am path. NR10 5ET

SWANNINGTON Thursday Walk through woodland and Upgate Common 3.5 miles, 50% 23rd along an old railway track, with Map 238: TG142183 soft, steps April fine views. NR9 5AH 10-30am Peter Neave, Broadland & Coordinator 0783 3435 771

There are more of Broadland , South Norfolk and City walks arranged by this Active Norfolk, Walking for Health accredited Scheme. Their webpage at www.activenorfolk.org/fittogether explains everything, there are down loads available as well as a FREE 36 page programme for those without computer access. Just contact Peter, mention the Marlpit and perhaps he will provide you with one at one of the walk locations, get out and meet new friends…. Bure Valley Railway Walk Saturday 25th/Sunday 26th April 2015 Aylsham/Wroxham/Aylsham Register now! www.bvw2015.co.uk or call Andrew Hadley 01603 280873

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Pop up Café. Thank you On Tuesday March 3rd. our Pop up Café celebrated its first birthday. There was the usual good turn out and we had a happy morning. The ladies would like to thank our customers for their birthday cards and good wishes. If you have not visited us yet we would love to welcome you at our next café on Tuesday April 7th . You can be assured of a warm welcome, good company and homemade cakes.

Sylvia Coward

Bottle Bank at Horstead Tithe Barn We know you are now able to put glass bottles, jars, etc in your wheelie bins but we would ask, if you are able, that you continue to put them in the bottle bank at the Horstead Tithe Barn - you may not know that the income from this recycling goes to help the upkeep of the Tithe Barn. As you can imagine it is an expensive place to run and wh atever income we receive helps with these every increasing costs. Horstead Tithe Barn Community Association Sue Blackburn

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COLTISHALL & HORSTEAD W.I. Commons Trust Report of FEBRUARY 15 worthwhile amount of revenue, so February A lot of work has been done by Peter please continue to use it as normal - it Meeting for is not just for holiday makers. Naturally the Marlpit Croot to hone the Trusts Risk Assessment procedure. The outcome of there is a financial implication for the this work should become evident, when Trust so it will be monitored to ensure As the meeting that it pays for itself. fell in half-term new signage is erected. week our Lower Common Upper Common numbers were a The Fields in Trust organisation have sent the The hard standing area in front of The River little diminished, however it was as usual documentation through to complete the Deed Rooms is to be tidied-up. There will be some very busy, with lots of dates for the diary of Trust. This was signed by the Trustees and new oak post put in and the area will be and business to attend to. will be sent off to the Fields in Trust levelled and a surface dressing of compacted The money raised for chairs at Evelyn organisation for completion. Once completed stone applied. This should make the whole Suffied House will be forwarded. There will this will further enhance the protection area look better and be more pleasant to use. be outings to the Group meeting on 25 th afforded to each of the Commons. It goes without saying that work on this scale March and the FAM on the 31 st March is going to necessitate closing the area Janot reported that 30 members and some for at least a day while the work is carried husbands, thoroughly enjoyed the trip to out. We will try to arrange this on a Monday. see Sister Act. It was a very professional Some new signs will also be fitted advising show with wonderful singing and some everyone that they use the common at their classy dance routines. own risk. As it is the Centenery Year of the At last we have the necessary consent establishment of the WI there will be many from the Broads Authority to carry out exhibitions to attend. There will be a trip the work recommended in the tree to Gressenhall in July and members could report that was commissioned last visit Harrogate in September for a large WI September. This work will be put in Fair. hand without delay to ensure that not The speaker Ruth Evelyn Smith then read a The mud and weeds are out of the dyke only are the trees safe but that the very detailed and amusing account of her now. Our grateful thanks go to Roy work is carried out with minimum ‘Life with Nanny’, who in this instance was Smith for doing this for us. Now we disruption to birds. her Grandmother, having been abandoned must tidy up the bank and this will be A walnut tree will be planted to the at the age of 4. She had vivid recollections done a little later once the silt has dried memory of Joe Chapman. Joe served of her early days and painted a wonderful out, we will spread it out further and the village for many years both as a image of life in the East End of London in then re-seed the area. This should the parish councillor and as part of the the 1940’s. She hopes to have her recovered in time for the summer time. Commons Committee when it was memoires published. under the auspices of the Parish The next meeting will be on April 15 th , Council. In time this tree will replace when Rose Wilkin will take us back to Anglo the poplar tree when it dies. Saxon times with food tasters – should be The Owl boxes mentioned in our last very entertaining. Do come along for a report will not now be placed on the visit we’re always pleased to welcome new Upper Common. One is already in that members. area and it is in use. In this day of food advice and the horror stories of wasted food here is one of my Ling Common husband’s favourite recipes It was reported that a tree had fallen on this Bread Pudding common, we will ask a local wood man to clear it. Soak approximately 8ozs The District Council’s new system for of stale bread in water collecting glass will be in place in April, for about half an hour. so the Trustees agreed that we should THIS ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED IN Strain through a tea continue providing the bottle bank. The THE MARLPIT, THE PARISH towel and wring to fear is that unless there is a proper COUNCIL WEB SITE AND IN OUR remove excess moisture. Then add glass bank available then glass could be NOTICE BOARD ON THE LOWER 2ozs brown sugar left around the Common and become a COMMON CAR PARK 2 ozs suet real danger. 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Page 20 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Living in Coltishall, why ever think of Cambodia? Local resident and travel writer Paul Thomas suggests we too might like this unusual country 6000 miles away My heart lies at home in Coltishall – despite as a mere Londoner, East London at that, I am grateful for you Norfolks accepting me – over more than 60 years. But look abroad, instead of at the Broads, as Mary and I do from time to time, and a visit to another C – Cambodia – is an incredible awakening, surprise, education, humble happening, indeed an aspiration some of you fellow Colts might like to consider one day. It has many characteristics, some saddening and you question its stability. You soak up its heritage – and surprise, even find it Cambodian waterborn church - unlike Coltishall has the most incredible waterways scene – with numerous floating villages, little like our own Broads but stirring for for instance spend an evening in bustling, boisterous, boozy and boating people like us. well-fed Pub Street in the district of Siem Reap – and you will think not of our own Kings Head, Red Lion or Rising Sun – yet Cambodia was just two days in 17 we spent visiting Vietnam, a more of London’s provocative West End. provocative destination in itself, yet Cambodia seemed close to our actual home, albeit 6000 miles and in character a thousand Tourism too is aided by Tonie Sap, Cambodia’s Great Lake. It is years from our friendly village. by Phnom Krom (PK), the only hill in an otherwise flat landscape. Here, however is “a sea” of water that annually To me Coltishall is unique, a beauty spot, purely local yet rises 40 feet by November, then drops to a dry bottom in April. cosmopolitan in some ways, unlike most of England, And living on this lake are seven floating villages housing 5,800 increasingly immigrant-loaded and too-busy. Coming home is people. always special, reassuring, safe, sound. And so it was, after this very special trip to “a new/old world”. Schools, shops and restaurants, petrol In fact Cambodia is far from a new world – indeed it houses the and police stations, most recently recognised UNESCO Wonder of the World, less fish and crocodile known or understood so far as I am concerned – and, I’d wager, farms, all lie on many of you. buoys – till the water goes down leaving them sitting in rice fields! When the water reaches top level they have to move “up hill” to PK to keep their homes and heads linked to land that is still above water. However PK is being gradually quarried away… and while generations away, This Wonder is Angkor Wat, the largest, greatest temple in the one day it will be there no longer… world. Set in 200 acres; built over 35 years, from 1113 AD by one million people (and using 4,000 elephants) this Meanwhile, for centuries to come I guess, the children and Hindu/Buddhist creation provokes a questioning, a self- families will fish farm and spend their lives in this vast floating examination, a look back at your – and their life – that is land… amazing! unique. But you’re also aware that our own Norwich Cathedral This typifies much of Cambodia’s character. Long in heritage, was built too in that period, though not taking a third of a war-torn from its neighbours, politically abused by corruption, century! still questioning in its future with neighbours Thailand, Laos, But Cambodia is not just one temple – there are 200 in this Vietnam – and China! region. You stagger up hundreds of steep, stone steps – A long way from Coltishall, perhaps. But emphasising just how clambering to the headiest heights of numerous Cambodian lucky we are living within the peace and prosperity of this kings, each one of whom created varying numbers of these 200 Norfolk village. lesser temples scattered around Angkor Wat’s unique monumental setting. Today Cambodia is making headway from tourism (27 per cent Paul Thomas of its Gross Domestic Product [GDP] comes from we travellers, admittedly far more from Indo-China than Europe, let alone Norfolk or even England!) Aiding this is colour too, however. There are cities and towns – Page 21 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ The Horstead Roll of Honour

[September 2014 edition] Following on from last month, Steve Smith has sent as a lot more information which we will publish at a page a month [ space permitting] - Should any reader wish to have a copy of the whole list [9 pages in total] these can be emailed foc - hard copies would be possible but at a price of £5:00 Ed dp

Clarke, Bertie Private 4th Norfolks on 9th August 1915 and was discharged from the Army on Private 34718 Bertie Edward Clarke 8th Battalion 17th May 1919. Northumberland Fusiliers. Bertie also served in the 1/4th, the 10th and the 18th Northumberland Fusiliers. CLARKE, B E Rank: Private Drake, Horace Private M.T.A.S.C. Service No: 34718 Private M2/073078 Horace Drake Army Service Corps is Date of Death: 27/09/1918 listed as living in Horstead in the 1901 Census. Horace Cushion, William Private 7th Norfolks Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Bn. landed in France on 4th April 1915 died of wounds on 21st Private 9219 William Cushion was killed in action during the Grave Reference: E. 8. April 1917. final phase of the Battle of Loos. Cemetery: CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY- DRAKE, H CUSHION, WILLIAM LESTREE Rank: Driver Rank: Private Additional Information: Service No: M2/073078 Service No: 9219 Husband of Christine Kiddle (formerly Clarke), of London Date of Death: 21/04/1917 Date of Death: 13/10/1915 Rd., Attleborough, Norfolk. Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment 7th Bn. Name: Bertie Edward Clarke Mechanical Transport Coy, attached Siege Battery. Panel Reference: Panel 30 and 31. Birth Place: Horstead, Norfolk Canadian Garrison Artillery Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL Death Date: 27 Sep 1918 Grave Reference: V. D. 5. Name: William Cushion Death Place: France and Flanders Cemetery: VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS- Birth Place: , Norfolk Enlistment Place: Norwich AU-BOIS Death Date: 13 Oct 1915 Rank: Private Name: Horace Drake Death Place: France and Flanders Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers Birth Place: Tunstead, Norfolk Enlistment Place: Norwich, Norfolk Battalion: 8th Battalion Residence: East Rank: Private Regimental Number: 34718 Death Date: 21 Apr 1917 Regiment: Norfolk Regiment Type of Casualty: Killed in action Death Place: France and Flanders Battalion: 7th Battalion Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Enlistment Place: Colchester Regimental Number: 9219 Comments: Formerly 3466, Norfolk Regt. Rank: Private Type of Casualty: Killed in action Regiment: Army Service Corps Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Crane, Claude Private 4th Norfolks Regimental Number: M2/073078 Listed as Louis Claude Crane in the 1911 Census. Corporal Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Cushion, Horace L/Corporal 3rd Norfolks 278355 Claude Crane Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Corporal 19126 Horace Cushion served in the 2nd and Royal Field Artillery). Also served in the Norfolk Comments: Formerly 1148, 4/Batt. Norfolk Regt. Battalion Norfolk Regiment and survived the war he died in Regiment as Corporal 1500 and had the TF No of 711508 1965. this denotes that he served in 212 BDE RFA. Claude Drake, George Trooper 19th Hussars ***Recorded on the Horstead War Memorial is this lad who survived the war. Private 5958 George Edward Drake, brother of Horace, also came from Crostwick*** landed in France of 17th August 1914. CUSHION, ERNEST GEORGE Chambers, Lewis Private 4th Norfolks DRAKE, G E Rank: Private Private 1456 Lewis Frederick Chambers served in the 1/4th Rank: Private Service No: 37393 Battalion Norfolk Regiment and enlisted on 1st June 1911. Service No: 5958 Date of Death: 18/02/1917 He was called up on 5th August 1914. But was discharged Date of Death: 25/11/1917 Age: 28 on 3rd December 1914 after being deemed medically unfit Regiment/Service: 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers 11th Bn. to serv e. Hussars Grave Reference: I. I. 15. Grave Reference: III. F. 21. Cemetery: VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY Chambers, Edward Private 4th Norfolks Cemetery: ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY Additional Information: Private 27416 Edward Chambers 7th Battalion Norfolk Name: George Edward Drake Son of George and the late Mrs. Cushion, of Crostwick, nr. Regiment who also served as Private 29262 in the 1/7th Birth Place: Neatishead Norwich; husband of B. Cushion, of Gunthorpe, nr. Melton Battalion Warwickshire Regiment. Edward survived the war. Residence: Yarmouth Constable, Norfolk. Death Date: 25 Nov 1917 Name: Ernest George Cushion Chambers, Leonard Private 6th Norfolks Death Place: France and Flanders Birth Place: Crostwick, Norfolk Private 43590 Leonard Chambers served in both the 8th Enlistment Place: Norwich Residence: Bale, Melton Constable and 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. This fits with him Rank: Private serving in the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion as most of those were Death Date: 18 Feb 1917 Regiment: Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line sent to the 8th Battalion in July 1916 after their initial losses Death Place: France and Flanders Battalion: 19th (Queen Alexandras Own Royal) Hussars Enlistment Place: on the Somme. The 8 th Norfolks were disbanded in Regimental Number: 5958 Rank: Private February 1918 and Leonard was sent to the 9 th Battalion. Type of Casualty: Killed in action Regiment: London Regiment Leonard survived the war. Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Battalion: 11th Battalion Regimental Number: 37393 Daynes, Frederick Private 4th Norfolks Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Private 4413 Frederick Daynes served in both the 1/4 and the 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. He landed at Gallipoli [To be continued in a future edition of the Marlpit] Page 22 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ 10750/15 Burglary in a Building other than a Dwelling with Intent RAF COLTISHALL Window smashed. Weekly crime summary 6th to 12th March 2015 Weekly crime summary 13th to 19th 8951/15 Burglary in a Building other than Broadland Home Watch Message February 2015 a Dwelling HALL ROAD Parts 13th March 2015 stolen from BMW. Broadland Home Watch Message A number of crimes have been reported 20th February 2015 8096/15 Other Criminal Damage To A over the past week including shed and Building Other Than A Dwelling HIGH garage break-ins and theft of catalytic Thankfully, there has been very little STREET COLTISHALL Glass bottle thrown crime of note this week to report on converters. through window. across the two areas. Sheds in Foulsham, Briston, Coltishall, Weekly crime summary 26th Ludham and Brundall have been broken A number of residents in Thorpe St Febraury to 5th March 2015 Andrew had the inconvenience and into with items including bicycles stolen. Such incidents should serve as a timely aggravation of their walls being knocked Broadland Home Watch Message 5th reminder to ensure your sheds and any down by reckless means. However, Crime March 2015 other outbuildings are kept locked and Stoppers has come up trumps yet again and a possible named offender has been Crimes across the two districts this week where possible, a closed shackle padlock seem to have been centred around items is used to prevent the use of bolt put forward for police to follow up on. of garden furniture, household fittings croppers. Property should also be marked We will update you as and when the investigation is complete. and theft from insecure motor vehicles. where possible. The latter of which could have all been We are currently experiencing a spate of Foulsham was yet again a target for shed prevented by taking basic precautions in catalytic converter thefts across North thieves with one being broken into and locking the vehicles. this time a number of pedal cycles stolen. Norfolk and Broadland which have, in the We’ve had burglaries in main, been from vans. Where possible Worthy of mention again to please and Field Dalling where items of high please park your vehicle in a well-lit or ensure you have a substantial lock on value including a wood burning stove and secure area and if you do see any your shed and other outbuildings. ornamental items have been stolen. suspicious activity please call us on 101 Previous bulletins have included features Home owners are encouraged to review or 999 if a crime is in progress. on dangerous dogs and the new their own home security and the Finally please note Norfolk and Suffolk legislation that came into force last year. following link gives crime prevention I suspect many of you wouldn’t consider advice: police have been taking part in a week- long European-wide seat-belt a Terrier or a Greyhound falling foul of http://www.norfolk.police.uk/safetyadvic enforcement campaign. There is no the law, but in two separate incidents e/homesecurity/burglary.aspx over the last week or so, these dogs have excuse not to belt up! Not wearing a Overnight in Ludham at least four cars seatbelt still remains one of the main come to notice where injuries have been were broken into and items stolen, three factors in fatal and serious injury inflicted, or the fear of the dog attacking has caused significant harm. Remember of these vehicles had been left insecure, collisions, closely followed by use of allowing the thief easy access. Please mobile phones whilst driving, so please also, a dog can now be dangerously out ensure you leave your vehicle secure and drive safely. of control in a private place, not just a with no items of value on display. For public area. District summary further crime prevention advice please District summary visit www.norfolk.police.uk Superintendent Stuart Gunn Superintendent District summary Stuart Gunn 12312/15 Other Criminal Damage To A 11798/15 Burglary Dwelling with Intent 8885/15 Burglary in a Building other than Vehicle CROMPTON ROAD AYLSHAM CAWSTON ROAD AYLSHAM Property Vehicle scratched. a Dwelling BADERSFIELD Site entered entered and searched, nothing stolen. fence and wires stolen. Useful Contacts Norfolk Police – Non-emergency 101 Emergency 999 [email protected] Crimestoppers 0800 111 555 NC Council 0844 800 8020 BD Council 01603 431133

The 2015 cricket season will soon be matches there is no lower age limit on either ring me on 01603-452550 or email with us, and in addition to our usual who can play. So, whether you are 20 or [email protected] Saturday fixtures we will be playing a 60 you will be most welcome to join us. I should also say that as a club we run 4 number of evening midweek friendlies. The main purpose of these games is to Saturday sides playing our home So far, nine games have been arranged provide an opportunity to play for those fixtures at a combination of Barton Turf, with six at the ground in Rectory Road in who, for whatever reason, cannot play at Coltishall and Ashmanhaugh. We would Coltishall. Most of the games are on weekends. And of course to have some also be keen to hear from anyone who Wednesday evenings but one or two are fun! wants to play with us on Saturdays. on either Tuesday or Thursday. All the With all this in mind we should be very home games will be followed by a visit to pleased to hear from anyone who would Keir Hounsome a local hostelry! be interested in joining us for a social Unlike last year’s midweek league game of cricket. In this respect please

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medicines in the UK. Homeopathy is much more widely used by Complementary & some of our neighbours on the continent. Alternative Medicine: A good example of where homeopathy could be considered Homeopathy would be warts. Warts are caused by a virus, usually non serious and can be suitably classed as an unsightly annoyance. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Conventional treatments to look at would be a salicylic acid gel encompasses a wide range of treatments which dissolves the wart, often taking a few weeks for full effect and therapies that are not considered part or freezing the wart off. These would be the first choice. However of mainstream healthcare. Examples in a small number of cases these conventional treatments may not include homeopathy, reiki, acupuncture, herbal medicine, flower be 100% effective or suitable for all customers. Trying the remedies. They are unlikely to be available on the NHS and homeopathic remedy of Thuja would be an option. It doesn’t evidence of how they work and their effectiveness (and in some interact with anything and could be worth a consideration. cases safety) can be very limited. Another example is hayfever. Again rarely serious in medical There is a plethora of anecdotal evidence for many alternative terms, but can have a detrimental effect on wellbeing at certain products and, times of the year. Conventional treatments may provide some with or without the scientific evidence, it cannot be denied that relief, but they do have side effects and in some cases interact for many people alternative medicines do just what their term with other medicines. Often they work, but a customer may want suggests – they provide an alternative for people. some additional support. The homeopathic remedy, Pollena, could be considered as either an alternative or an addition. There The reasons for turning to alternative medicines are widespread are no side effects and can be taken alongside conventional – dissatisfaction with the conventional offerings, a belief that therapies. they are more natural and less invasive to the body, reduced side effects- to name but a few. Teething is another troublesome problem where homeopathic Chamomilla granules may provide some relief. It is safe and an Homeopathy is an alternative medicine that has gained alternative to giving babies medicine for a condition that doesn’t increasing popularity in recent years. Put forward in 1796 by a have a serious impact on the babies health, but keeps many a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann, the basic premise is parent up at night. that “like cures like”. It is suggested that your symptoms will be alleviated by treating them with a very diluted product of an Homeopathy should not be considered first line and is only ingredient that in a stronger concentration would cause them. suitable for non serious, self limiting conditions. Most Pharmacies This may not seem such a big step away from some more and many supermarkets offer a selection of remedies, so make modern concepts, until you look at the level of dilution. It is not sure you ask your Pharmacist for advice. uncommon that the concentration is more than 1:50,000 (so dilute it is arguable that there is anything active left in the As with all ailments, minor or otherwise you should seek medical mixture). As a result homeopathic remedies are not considered advice before commencing or changing any treatment. You to interact with conventional medicines. should certainly never stop or change conventional treatment without consulting your Dr first. Homeopathic Remedies work by – well the truth is no one is exactly sure. In fact, scientifically there is very little evidence to show that they do work. Two important facts remain we don’t COLTISHALL PHARMACY have to understand something in order for it to be valid and the 30 High Street, Coltishall,NR12 7AA Tel: 01603 736784 lack of evidence is in part due to the lack of interest in these

By the time you read this we will have heard David Reville talk about the restoration of the Dilham canal.

Our meeting on 21 st April will be the Annual General Meeting at 2.30pm. There will also be a presentation by our History group about the things they have been researching recently.

On May 19 th we will hear John Balls talk Wroxham and District U3A about ‘Titanic and the Norfolk survivors’ What is U3A? It is a national organisation for people no longer So you see we have a in full time employment. It is a learning cooperative of people varied programme which enables members to share many educational, creative and with something to leisure activities. interest everyone! Here in Wroxham we have a meeting together on the third Visitors are welcome Tuesday of the month at The Hub when we have a speaker, and to our meetings, at a the groups of various activities meet at various times and venues cost of £2 during the week. Present activities include French conversation, . bird watching, walking, music, painting, art appreciation, history, Do come along and see for yourself – you will be most welcome! eating out and garden visits, and we are always looking for people to take the initiative and start new interests. The annual subscription is only £15. Anyone interested can ring Corrie Lynne Howard Secretary 01603 782755.

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WROXHAM BURE VALLEY ROTARY CLUB

This is positively the last chance to buy tickets for our spectacular Masked Charity Ball in aid of EACH (East Anglia Children’s Hoveton, Wroxham & Hospices) who are shortly building a new hospice on the south side of Norwich. It takes place at Dunston Hall on Saturday 18 th April District 2015 and includes a three course meal and dancing to Lee Vasey – it will be a great evening as well as raising much needed funds for Gardening Club this wonderful charity. Tickets are £55, and are available from Anne Kittle, telephone 07887 523071, or [email protected] . Please contact her now if you are interested in coming along. “Going Global” We recently held our Schools Technology tournament which took place at Broadland High School, Hoveton on Friday March 20 th . We are opening our Spring Show to 6 local schools were represented with a record number of individual the General Public. teams participating. The challenge this year involved electric motors and pulleys - full results will appear next month. Are you up for the challenge? We were delighted to welcome back as a new member Peter Runagall – he had been a member previously, but has spent the last few years working in Australia, so it was great to see him back. We The 6 open categories are as follows. also celebrated 110 years of rotary with a cake specially made by Sam Varley, the son of one of our members, and a delicious cake it 1. House Plant Foliage, any size. was too. Our up-to-date programme through to the middle of 2015 is now on the web site – we have a very varied programme of speakers and 2. Pot of Daffodils, any size. outside visits, and already this year have had several stimulating talks and lively question and answer discussions. If our lively social group with its great balance of committed fund raising and 3. Miniature Flower arrangement interesting meetings and visits sounds good to you we are always (under 4ins). looking for new members. We welcome both men and women from all walks of life, so if you are interested in joining us please come 4. Jar of Jam or Chutney (labelled). along to one of our meetings where guests are always welcome, we meet Monday evenings from 7pm. Our meetings generally take place in the restaurant at Wroxham Barns, and include a two course meal. 5. Lemon Drizzle Cake. Visit our web-site on www.wroxhamrotary.org.uk for more information, or contact our president, Jonathan King on 01603 784482. 6. Children under 12’s Category of Peter Milsted 6 Decorated Iced Buns. THE ROTARY CLUB OF BROADLAND th Future events organised by the Rotary Club of Broadlands, and Saturday 11 April 2015 others in the region, always have as one of their objectives, the raising of money for charity. Rotary has a single charity, the Rotary in Hoveton Village Hall. Foundation, which channels funds to many good causes throughout the world. For several years now, since the United Nations' 40th anniversary, Exhibits to the hall 10-30 to 12-00, viewing Rotary has been working with the World Health Organisation and from 13-30 with presentations at 15-00. Unicef, to raise – so far - £400 million towards the cost of immunising over two billion children in 122 countries against poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis. At a recent National Immunisation Day in India, Free entry with light refreshments over 160 million children were vaccinated in one weekend. available. Last year there were only three countries where the disease was endemic and the number of cases totalled just 359. There were only Plus a bargain plant sale . 25 in the whole of Africa but Pakistan with 333 remains a difficult Further information from Pat or problem and so far this year is the only country to have reported new cases. Terry on 01603-782523. Our members are the lifeblood behind the End Polio Now campaign. Please consider joining – if not us, then one of the other local Rotary clubs. Contact Peter Holdroyd , Vice President of Broadlands RC, on 01603 568439 or [email protected] to arrange to join us as our guest for lunch at the Old Rectory Hotel, North Walsham Road, Crostwick, on Thursdays at 12:30-14:30. [email protected]

Page 25 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ The Probus Club of Broadlands sales, Harley Davidson created, in America, the Harley Owners Club (HOG). HOG is a sponsored community-marketing club, operated by The Probus Club of Broadlands is a club for men who Harley Davidson for enthusiasts of the brand’s motorcycles. HOG has have worked in a professional or business capacity and been described as “the granddaddy of all community-building efforts”, who are retired, semi-retired, or approaching retirement. serving to promote, not just a consumer product, but also a lifestyle. The purpose of the Club is to provide an environment The local HD dealers sponsor chapters and a typical HOG member for socialising between Members who share common spends 30% more than Harley owners, on such items as clothing and interests and to enable them to increase their social HD sponsored events. Much of the intent of this branding effort is to contacts. The Club is non-political and non-sectarian. It present HD as an American icon with a focus on authenticity and pride in meets on the last Wednesday of the month at the Norfolk Mead in being American made. HOG has since spread worldwide and now has Coltishall. one and a half million members. At the February meeting Neil Searle-Jones (a member of the Club) gave To signify their affiliation, Chapter members wear leather waistcoats that a presentation entitled Harley Davidson . are adorned with patches. The position of the patches has great Neil explained that Harley Davidsons are American motorcycles (not significance. The topmost band (called the top rocker) denotes the motorbikes, which is British terminology) that are of very distinctive Chapter to which the wearer is a member, Neil being in the Iceni Chapter. design. They have large, air-cooled low revving V twin engines ranging The middle band has the Harley Owners badge. Various other from 883cc to 1690cc whose performance has been patches denote the rider’s specific roles within the affectionately described as “agricultural”. Chapter. Neil is a Road Captain, an Activities Officer. The company was founded in 1903 and its motorcycles were All “ride outs” are well organised and managed. All of the relatively rare in Europe until after the Second World War. Hav motorcy cles are of similar power and top speed so the riders ing been supplied to the forces in the European theatre duri comfort ably stay together. A ride is organised and led by a Road ng the war they were sold off to the public and became pop Captain supported by Road Marshals within and at the rear of ular in the 40’s and 50’s as a cheap form of transport. Neil the group to ensure no one gets lost. During the summer explained that at this time most riders came together to form you can often see the motorcycles about the Norfolk roads clubs to enhance the social life of members and promote the joy of and supporting the Sheringham and Cromer Carnivals. the motorcycle riding experience. Unfortunately, some of the clubs were The cost of the motorcycles is high: they range from about £10k to £20k anti-social and had criminal associations. and more when accessories are added. They are designed to be reliable Realising that this small minority had an adverse effect on the company’s long distance cruisers so they are not noted for their sporting performance. They appeal to those who are buying into a historical brand with an endearing product and a social lifestyle. Neil is due to take delivery of his new top-of-the-range Harley and has promised to bring it to a club meeting in the summer. Some of us will be pressing for a ride around the car park! Our Members were very appreciative of this unique and interesting presentation. New members are always welcome. Those interested in joining The Probus Club of Broadlands should contact Ian Anderson on 01603 737298. We hope to see you at our next meeting. Ian Anderson

Wroxham & Hoveton Lions Club business meeting and banquet and ball our members also took part in the fancy dress evening which had the theme “The 50’s”.We all had a It is with great sadness that we report the passing to great time with lots of fun and fellowship throughout the weekend. higher service of Lion Ralph Daniels. Lion Ralph Nine of our members are looking forward to visiting our twin club, the was a Charter Member of our club and was Lions Club of Kochersberg, near Strasbourg, from 10 th to 13 th April. President in 1998/99. He will be greatly missed by Our small community group of “amateur entertainers” continue to be us all. Our thoughts and deep sympathy go to his busy with a number of visits to different clubs and associations, wife Elsie and family. already booked. On a happier note, I would like to wish you all an During March we have also packed up boxes of used spectacles and enjoyable Easter with some warmer brighter weather accompanied by sent them to our Lions Club in Chichester to be checked and sent the spring flowers and blossoms. onward to Lions Clubs overseas for distribution. We held a successful Craft Fair in March with many people buying This month’s £100 Charity Shop Draw prize goes to Arthritis Care, gifts for Mother’s Day and Easter and many visitors enjoying the which was nominated by R Morris of Horning who donated goods to excellent refreshments. our Charity Shop. The Charity Shop has recently undergone a major re-decoration We are always keen to welcome people who have a few hours to spare programme. Many new donations are arriving daily and it is well occasionally and would like to make a difference in the local worth a visit when you are in the Hoveton precinct, who knows you community into our group. if you would like to know more about what may be able to pick up a bargain. Lion do why not give our President Lion Dave Barnett or our After a relatively quiet period, we are looking forward to a busy start Membership Chairperson Lion Suzanne Barnett a ring on 01603 to the summer period. We will be opening the precinct tombola on the 782002. Or if you prefer, come along to one of our meetings which are first week-end in May and the charities we will be supporting will be held in the Broadland Youth and Community Centre Hoveton at 8pm announced next month. on the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday of each month. We are a friendly bunch Several members and I recently visited Tunstead Primary School and who enjoy being Lions and you will be made very welcome. presented them with a cheque to purchase a new Play House to replace Lion Dave Barnett President. the one we originally donated 10years ago. Lion Dave Barnett President. A number of our members attended the Lions Clubs District 105EA 36 th Convention at the Holiday Inn, Peterborough. In addition to the

Page 26 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Our by Book Susie Bun n Review Jessie Burton WHB Twinning Association We had another very successful quiz on 7 th March in Wroxham Church Hall, much enjoyed by all, and many thanks to the The Miniaturist committee for all their hard work in getting tables organised, by buying and preparing the food, organising the raffle and prizes etc. and, of course, many, many thanks to Gill for compiling Jessie Burton and running the quiz. It was a great evening’s entertainment. How about something We’ll be concentrating now on this summer’s trip to our French unformulated for a change? So twinned villages of La Pommeraye and Montjean-sur-Loire in many books written by popular August, the coach is all booked and deposits collected, still a authors these days seem to be few places if anyone would still like to join us. It will be most written using a formula. One can enjoyable, as ever, with our visit to Chartres en route and then predict with confidence when 'a five nights with our French hosts in the Anjou wine region of spanner will be thrown into the the Loire. Before then we shall convene for our annual flotilla in works' and the final outcome of a June/July for a day of boating and picnics and also a social book. This is fine, if all one wants evening in Wroxham for all where we shall also distribute final is a secure, predictable read. itineraries for our trip to France. Our monthly activities continue Some people relish any book successfully with French Conversation at Gill’s in South whose setting is in a certain part Walsham in March on the second Wednesday of the month and of the world. I love stories with Book Club at Phil’s in Horning on the last Wednesday to discuss the settling of the American “Enigma” by Robert Harris. Our Twinning sign, a 20 th prairies. This book, however, is anniversary present from our French Twinning villages, is now unusual, original and set in a on the wall on Granary Staithe and everyone can see where place unexpected. Imagine they are in France and admire the illustrations by a local artist Amsterdam in the 1700's, an arranged marriage between two there. For any more information do contact us via our merchant families, and very unusual and eccentric characters. chairperson, Peter, on 01603 782733 or Teenager Petronella, whose father drank away their fortune, [email protected] arrived at her betrothed house expecting romance, fabulous wealth and a busy social schedule. What she finds is an Sheila Milstead absentee husband, the sister-in-law from hell and two very strange servants. She didn't expect the plate of herrings for supper or the paintings of dead animals in her room either. Just when all of the basic details of her new life are put in place, her husband brings home a huge doll house for her. It is a complete replica of the house she lives in. She initially is insulted by the gift, but soon starts to enjoy filling it with items. This is when many subplots start in the book and there Daffodil and are many more questions than answers. Items arrived that were not ordered and seem to be warning her of the future. I Narcissus Evening. guarantee by the time you reach half way through the book, at you will not be able to put it down. Gardeners Cottage It was so very refreshing from the setting, to the unusual 1 Gt Hautbois Road, Coltishall NR12 characters that grew more eccentric with each page, to the 7JN final outcome. Do not expect the predictable outcome - it isn't there. This is just the right book for the last dull days of Wednesday, 22 April 2015 winter! 5.00 pm – 7.00pm Susie Free glass of wine or Non Alk drink and Nibbles £5 for adults, accompanied kids free V The Attic Hair and Beauty Studio V All Welcomed is seeking a Full Time Hairstylist within the Studio. A The right candidate must have at least Three A years’ experience and have skills in all aspects of C hair design. C Proceeds to: Coltishall Benefice fund A This position is on a self-employed basis with your A own clientele with much potential to expand. N For more details contact Klare Thomas on N C 07920428016 [email protected] C Y Y Page 27 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/

Wroxham Library NEWS FROM THE BELL TOWER “Not just books” It was great to start off in March with “The Tuesday Group of Ringers” visiting us at St.John’s Happy Hours 2 for 1 on on Tuesday (of course!) the 3rd March. There DVDs and CDs. were around twenty people and they were very experienced ringers, so if you were about in Monday 10am-1pm, Coltishall from 10 to 10.45 a.m. I hope you Wednesday 2pm-5pm, enjoyed the bells ringing. Friday 4.30pm-7.30pm. We were all very interested to read in the E.D.P Bounce and Rhyme that St.Peter Mancroft are preparing to celebrate Time is now weekly on the 300th anniversary of what is known as “The First True Peal in the Tuesdays 1.30pm- world which took place in Norwich. I understand that the St.Peter 2pm, term time only . Mancroft Guild of Ringers is planning a series of events, and one of the Songs and rhymes for items which caught my eye was the creation of a teaching resource and babies, toddlers, parents centre where ringers can learn to develop their skills, how great is that! and carers. We have been really pleased to welcome to the Monday night practices The Scrabble Club Edward Cubitt from North Walsham who is making great progress learning meets on the last to ring as part of his “Duke of Edinburgh Award” The Tower Captain Thursday of each assesses the ringers progress and at the end of the course will have to fill month from 2- in and sign the appropriate from and register his comments on the newly 4.30pm . All welcome. learnt skills that Edward has acquired as a bell ringer. He is making great Refreshments provided. progress and we hope we will continue to see him from time to time when We are now running a his task comes to an end. Storytime for the under fives on the following We were all delighted to welcome aboard a certain Mr. Mike Gander, who Saturdays: 4th April and 2 nd May, between used to ring at St.John’s many years ago, and is once again in this area 11.30am and midday . Come along and listen to a and wanting to start to ring on a regular basis. I have a feeling someone story. Booking not required. is watching over us, because over the past two years we have been able to Why not join the Wroxham Bookgroup? A great welcome Christine and Christopher Hall and Marguerite Smith, and they opportunity to try reading something new and to are so keen and enthusiastic it is a joy to go along for the Monday meet new people! The group meets at 2pm on the practices. Whilst mentioning them I mustn’t forget our Richard Bland, a third Wednesday of every month. new ringer who is making great strides in learning to ring (that is of course in between watching his favourite football team) Norwich City of Introducing ‘Brave New Reads 2015’ (previously course, so if you want to know any information as to what City has been known as ‘Summer Reads’). Wroxham Library is up to, where they are playing next, etc. etc. just ask Richard! Whilst on hosting a 'Get Involved' event on Wednesday 4th this particular subject we have a very loyal band of ringers for the Sunday May 6-7pm . Come along and discover this year’s morning service, and whilst John Wilson is a very busy man, he does his shortlisted books! best to ring for us all on Sundays, so many thanks to everyone who turns The Library is also holding informal and friendly out in all weathers to keep those bells ringing for everyone. ‘Brave New Reads’ reading group meetings on The weddings starting soon, watch this space. So until next time, enjoy Wednesday 10th June 6-7pm and Wednesday your ringing. 15th July 6-7pm . Come along and share your thoughts and views on this year’s featured books! Audrey Weston (secretary)

WROXHAM SOCIAL CLUB 90 Norwich Road Wroxham.

Come and join us for lots of events. The Club is open most nights from 7pm for Snooker, Darts, Table Tennis, Cards and other social events. Lawn Bowls in the The Marlpit summer: Organised events for April/May:- needs You Sat 4 th April Whist…Sat 11 th Quiz n Chips (Sold out). We have a position Sat 18 th April Bingo… Sat 16 th May Whist…. Bingo Starts 8pm everything else 7-30pm. for a Volunteer Sat 30 th May 11am to 3pm. Jumble/Plant/Whatever sale with teas and cakes Advertising Editor to Sat 6 th June Quiz n Chips (Open to all) is tables of 4 Contact Julian on join our Team 01603 782883 to book your table. Please contact us at: 2nd Friday in the Month is Crib Night. 3 rd Friday in the Month is Darts. Table Tennis most Fridays at 2-30pm…. [email protected] or New Members Welcome (Try before you buy) For more information, please contact:

Rosemary Burdett (Chairman) 419811

Page 28 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ “That’s Entertainment” Churchyard Gift Day Saturday 4th April 2015 Flower Festival, Buxton The annual Churchyard Gift Day will be held as usual on Easter Late May Bank Holiday - 23 rd , 24 th & 25 th May Saturday, 4th April, and your support by way of a donation towards the upkeep of the three community churchyards in Some love ballet, some adore Rock, for others the craftsmanship of Coltishall and Great Hautbois will be most welcome. Shakespeare is the pinnacle of an ideal evening. Whatever your idea is of amusement, come and celebrate big entertainment at Buxton Church Grass cutting and maintenance of trees and hedges are never over the late bank holiday weekend in May. ending tasks and the support of Coltishall Parish Council in assisting the Parochial Church Council to meet the cost of this Fancy a little razzmatazz, elegance or suspense? Well, in May, Buxton’s work is much appreciated. However, there is still a substantial the place you need to be! 2015 is the year for Buxton’s bi-annual amount to be raised by the PCC and parishioners donations are Flower Festival; a festival which has a rich heritage going back to vitally important. A Churchwarden will be at Coltishall Church 1963 , the year of the first festival. Noted as one of the region’s best - on Saturday 4th April, from 10 am to 12 noon to receive and this year’s will be no exception – the event celebrates “That’s donations. If you are unable to call at the church at the Entertainment”. Each delicious floral display will celebrate what we do appointed time on Easter Saturday, donations will still be to entertain ourselves; carnivals, fireworks, ice shows, the theatre, gratefully received at any time by Revd. Christopher Engelsen, barbeques, military tattoos…and so many more. Mr. B. Jordan or Mr. D Francis.

So if you are intrigued to know how we can portray such activities in Please help to ensure that the local churchyards are well kept the magnificence of floral displays, then visit the festival us to find out. for the benefit of the whole locality. In past years the festival has been graced by outside broadcasts by BBC Radio Norfolk’s fabulous Maggie Secker; a fine lady of the airwaves and “Treasure Quest ” found its convoluted way to the festival to David Francis discover a clue amongst the flower displays. Buxton has justly built a great reputation for its Flower Festival, with each flower display stunningly depicting aspects of the theme in floral glory, with striking colours and sculptured forms. In previous years visitors have come from as far afield as France for the 3 day event. Coltishall and Horstead Good Neighbour Scheme INVITATION Coltishall & Horstead Good Neighbour Scheme Would like to invite you to a TEA PARTY Phoenix Male Voice Choir http://www.norwichphoenixmalevoicechoir.com/ This time in addition to the main occasion, there is a fantastic line-up of On activities for all the family including live entertainment on the Saturday th evening with the Phoenix Male Voice Choir (tickets available now). Thursday 30 April Why not come to our café for morning coffee and cake, lunch or afternoon tea? There will be one or two interesting stalls which you From 2.00pm – 4.00pm can browse at your leisure and for the youngsters and those still young at heart, you could treat yourself to a ride on the Bure Valley Steam Railway when all have had their fill for floral perfection. In the lounge Coltishall Dates are Saturday 23 rd , Sunday 24 th & Monday 25 th of May at Village Hall Buxton Church. Click on www.buxtonflowerfestival.co.uk for more details. If you require transport please call the For more details contact: Good Neighbour Scheme on Jonathan Whitbread 07799 277455 01603 279 239, 07760 362466 Buxton Flower Festival [email protected] www.buxtonflowerfestival.co.uk

07799277455

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Come and join us at 1.30pm on Saturday 11 th April at Hoveton Village Hall, Stalham Road, NR12 8DU for our Spring Show and Bargain Plant Sale . This year the show is open to the public with 6 categories. Please take exhibits to the hall between 10.30am and 12pm . There will also be refreshments and a raffle before the presentations at 3pm . Further details from Terry or Pat 01603 782523 .

Westover Veterinary Centre. As any pet owner will know animals, like people, are all different in their habits and personalities. They vary in how gregarious and sociable they are and the Dates for your Diaries ways in which they interact. A classic example is how different dogs approach others and how they play and Sunday 12 th April at 2pm - “Opening the Green” [Subs, socialise. The two fixture lists, raffle, etc] spaniels in the Sunday 19 th April at 2pm - “ Grand Jumble, Bric-a-brac, photograph below Cakes”, Coltishall VH weren’t fighting they were just boisterous in Pam Thomson Secretary nature and enjoying a spot of ruff and tumble (excuse the 'Here for the beer: Coltishall pun!). as a major brewing centre'

For those dog walkers An illustrated talk by Margaret Bird amongst us it can Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 7.30 pm make life a little tricky in terms of predicting how our dogs may respond to others and vice versa, but there is much we Coltishall Village Hall, Rectory Road, NR12 7HF can do to help them along the way. As puppies there is a The period 1700-1840 shaped the period of time, known as the “socialisation window” that lasts village we know today. Coltishall was around 16 weeks and is imperative for a dogs’ social one of the leading centres for beer in development. During this time puppies are much more the region, with eleven maltings and Blood Donor - Gypsy responsive to new environments, dogs and people, and, if three wholesale breweries in 1780. Its introduced in a controlled environment, are much less likely to very early steam brewery of 1795 in develop fear or aggressive behaviour. Of course there are Anchor Street could brew more beer than any other in the county. A exceptions to every rule, but the first four months are a vitally generation later a fourth brewery was important time and as owners we should do everything we can producing more than Lacons of Great to ensure our pets are properly socialised. Yarmouth. With this in mind Westover Vets use a vaccination protocol that allows our patients to have completed the course within 2 Margaret Bird, who recently brought out the Diary of Mary weeks of starting, meaning they are able to be walked 3 weeks Hardy, wife of one of the brewers, will describe the river's role in bringing Tyneside coal to power these impressive enterprises. after their first vaccine (many other protocols require 5 weeks She will also highlight the contribution of the public houses to from the first vaccination until they can be walked). We also the vitality of Coltishall, Great Hautbois and Horstead. work closely with Ann Beavers, a qualified behaviourist, who Li nk to web si te: http://maryhardysdiary.co.uk/13-may-2015-here-for-the-beer- leads our puppy socialisation classes. These 4 weekly with-the-bure-navigation-conservation-trust/ programs are run from the practice and are included free of “All are welcome” charge with all puppy vaccination courses. It is something we feel very strongly about and cannot stress the importance of Admission £2 at the door (BNCT members £1) to include a enough, which is why we support the classes and recommend glass of local beer or a soft drink them for all puppies and new dogs. If you have a new dog, or Sue Baker any behavioural problems with a current pet, you can contact the surgery on 01692 403202 and we would be more than happy to help. OLD NORFOLK WOODMAN Toby Morrell MRCVS After his horse had dropped down dead while delivering wood: "Well I'm blowed - never known 'im play that trick afore." Page 30 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ Ashmanhaugh & Beeston Rev Sandra Ellison Pam Culley – Bookings Secretary (tel 01603 782041) Preston Room If, you weren’t able to attend the AGM, but would like Following the Annual General Meeting for the to volunteer, or help in any way please contact one of Ashmanhaugh and Beeston Preston Rooms the trustees above. Management Association on 5 March, a team of A Calendar of Events is available for all to see, via the trustees has been nominated and selected for the notice boards in the Preston Rooms and around the coming year. village. Hopefully there will be something for everyone The Trustees of the Ashmanhaugh and Beeston in this huge list of fun events. Preston Rooms are: Steven Newstead – Chair (tel 01603 783045) With Easter arriving early this year, we have several events to Sue Watts – Secretary (tel 01603 783297) tempt you. On March 21 st we held a coffee morning with hot Andrew Buxton – Treasurer cross buns, 3rd April will be Children’s craft activities, church Tom Hannant – representing the Parochial church Council service and an Easter egg hunt, then on 11 th April , The Bunny Gary Saunders – representing the Parish Council Drive – an evening of great fun and excitement! Please come Jenny Payne – representing the Gardening Club along and support these events if you can. Marta Gibbons – representing the Close Knit Community Knitting Group Hazel Flavell – representing the Gardening Club Sue Watts Secretary NEATISHEAD COMMUNITY GYM

QUIZ EVENING NEATISHEAD COMMUNITY GYM We are organising a quiz in aid of gym funds on Saturday May 9th 7.00pm for 7.30pm at the New Victory Hall, Neatishead. Bring your own food / snacks and drink. Tickets costing £5.00 will be available from the White House stores Neatishead and the Gym during its opening hours at the New Victory Hall Neatishead - Mon Wed Sun 8.30am to 12.30pm. Tables of 6. You can also reserve tickets by phoning Malcolm Tipler on 01692 535342 Book your free taster session now by phoning Carol on 01692 535342 Carol Tipler

Ashmanhaugh and Barton Wanderers Cricket Club : If you are interested in joining a progressive, forward thinking club or taking part in one of our coaching sessions please contact either Director of Cricket Head Coach – Luke Caswell 07795 460326 or Youth Development Officer – Darren Marrable 07931 723396. Details of the club can be viewed at our web-site www.abwanderers.org.uk . Cricket for all the family! Youth coaching with qualified coaches Friday evenings from 17 th April - Seniors nets Thursday evenings from 9th April . All held at our ground in Barton Turf 6.15 – 7.45pm.

In the Norfolk League, with just over half the season’s matches played, Broadland Bitterns lead Division 1 on points, Broadland A busy season continues well for Broadland Chess Club . In Harnsers lead Division 2 and Broadland Harriers are in second the Four Nations Chess League, on Saturday February 14th place in Division 3. Also in Division 3 Broadland Swallowtails Broadland Bitterns won 4½-1½ against Oxford 2 to take remain mid-table. second place in Division 3 South. Then on Sunday 15th, against In the UK Chess Challenge, since January Broadland Junior the leaders, The Rookies, an emphatic 5-1 win put the Bitterns Chess Club has been playing once a week winning many small at the top of the division. prizes along the way. The best scoring children in each age group will qualify for the Norfolk Mega-Final in May. Broadland Chess Club meets at the King’s Head in Coltishall (NR12 7EA) on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:30. To find out more, contact Club Secretary Paul Badger on 01603 737572, e-mail him at [email protected] or come to the club and introduce yourself. New faces are always welcome. Endgame tournament at the club Heather Enid Wells and Val Johnson Andrew Gilling

Page 31 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ As we head out From our of summer Coltishall and Horstead into autumn Antipodean here in Good Neighbour Scheme 07799277455 the Reporter Antipo Table Top Sale des the The Good neighbour Scheme volunteers Future Events ground is would like to thank all those who attended Thursday 30 th April - Tea party in the still bone dry and supported our 2 nd Table Top Sale on lounge Coltishall village hall from 2pm – through lack of Sunday March 8 th . We had a fantastic 4pm. All the residents of Coltishall and any rain over last attendance with the help of radio Norfolk Horstead are invited to join us for the few months. No and treasure quest. With 24 tables filled afternoon and enjoy tea and cakes. We lawnmowers needed and the hardiest of with bargains there was a lot to choose have a guest speaker from Broad land weeds finding it difficult to from. Teas and homemade cakes were District Council who will be giving a talk on raise their heads. available throughout the afternoon. The the Handyman Service available to local grand total raised on the day was £514.60p. residents. Some of the services available Have included a link to a a short We would like to thank the following are practical help, support, and advice. The video of next months Global businesses for the donation of raffle prizes. service is for age 65+. If you require Astronomy month which could Ali Spice transport please call 07799 277455. interest anyone interested in the Central garage Coltishall night sky. I don't know if you have a Coltishall pharmacy Red Lion PH Bottle Bank local astronomy group, if you do they Farm to Fork & Fish Please continue to recycle no doubt will be staging some public Forget-me-not your glass at the Red lion as events for people of all ages to look Kings Head the Good Neighbour Scheme through viewing equipment at stars Londis Coltishall benefits from this. and planets etc. Mead Hotel Randall’s Foot care Kind regards Randell’s Machinery If you would like to join the Good Neighbour Peter Hogg Recruiting Sergeant Scheme as a volunteer please call 01603 Red Lion 737637. Drought declared in Rising Sun PH Sandra’s Hair Salon South Island Large parts of Scrumptious Buns Cake School Coltishall and Horstead the South Island have officially been Shades Hair Fashions declared in drought. The drought Swallow tail picture framing Good Neighbour Scheme 07799277455 declaration was made by the Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy as he visited farmers in South Canterbury. ECOWARRIOR

This gorgeous taste of Spring we’ve been having has turned many a green-fingered villager to thoughts of the garden and all that grows therein. Eco-Warrior is no exception. But, as we reach for our bags of compost at the garden centre, we should STOP and consider if that bag contains any peat. Gardeners like peat because of its consistency & water-retaining properties, but we only started using it in the 1970’s. All the great gardeners in history managed without it, so why can’t we? Why shouldn’t we? Canterbury farmer David Williams' Opuha Dam property where Mr Guy made the announcement Well, peat is remarkable stuff. It acts like a massive lung soaking up & storing carbon dioxide Photo: Sally Murphy / RNZ (CO2) from the atmosphere. But it takes time. A 100 litre bag of peat compost takes 100years to develop and will soak up as much CO2 as would be emitted on a 240mile car journey. Each month Next month is Global Astronomy UK gardeners use 17,000 of these bags, so that’s a lot of car miles! month when Astronomy Groups We’ve already lost 94% of our peat bogs in the UK, but it continues to be extracted. A BIG problem around the world invite interested for climate changes issues, but also for the plant and animal species which need peat to survive. people to view the night sky. Look out So, Eco-Warrior feels it’s time for amateur gardeners to make a pledge to for notices in your area and take only use peat-free compost because; the opportunity to see our amazing • We’ll reduce our contribution to climate change universe. For those in South Canterbury we have several events • We’ll help to protect important wildlife planned in our two local • Peat-free compost is made from waste materials, so the observatories and at the Piazza in amount going to landfill will be reduced Timaru. The 2.5 minute video at • We’ll be supporting the UK peat-free compost http://youtu.be/V8Jx-tqtDE8 industry & hence UK jobs, instead of overseas peat- extraction companies • Probably won’t notice the difference if we adapt watering and feeding regimes.

So, let’s go peat free – For Peat’s Sake!! Thank you Peter, not sure if we have any astronomy buffs among our readers but And here’s your link for more information; having viewed the video we think it is www.mayaproject.org/peat-free-pledge well worth including as it may encourage someone to take it up. Ed dp Page 32 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Minister Vacant Secretary: Lynne Howard, 01603 738835. [email protected]

Services and Events in April (all at the Hub unless stated otherwise)

Sun 5th, 11am Communion Service led by Revd Robin Pagan Sun 12th, 11am Service led by Mr George Long Sun 19th, 11am Family Service led by Nicola Grieves Sun 26 th 11am Service led by Pastor John Hindley Tuesday 28th 2.30 Healing prayer group at Dilham.

Coffee is served after each service. Please do join us!

Our weekly Community Café on a Thursday 10.30-12.30, is a great opportunity to meet up with friends over a coffee and slice of homemade cake, or for a simple soup lunch. It’s free – all we ask for is a small donation towards the costs. All are welcome!

JAM (our Sunday Kids Club) is always open to new children for fun, cooking, games, crafts and Bible stories. JAM+ is similar, but takes place once a month on a Friday evening from 6-7.30pm and is targeted at youngsters in school years 8-11. Please contact Chris Billing at [email protected] or phone 01603 783992 for more details.

Whilst there is a Ministerial vacancy, if you require pastoral help, please contact our secretary and she will be able to put you in touch with a URC minister. Lynne Howard Church Secretary

Temporary Notice Boards To promote an event in the village it is customary to place small notice boards describing the event at strategic points in the village. The Coltishall and Horstead Good Neighbours scheme recently tried to promote their table top sale in this manner with small notice boards placed at the entrances to Coltishall and a larger board (borrowed from the Jubilee Players) at the end of Rectory Road. For an unknown reason some person (or persons) took exception to this and, under cover of darkness, removed and retained all of these notice boards. The GNS members would like to understand why this action was deemed necessary and would appreciate the return of their notice boards.

Editors Note: This is the second recent charitable event we have been made aware of that this has occurred. Earlier in the year every single sign put out on all approach roads into Horstead for a Church Charity Craft Fair were taken. We would welcome any reports of similar incidents. Page 33 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ News from Rev Deb, Community Priest at St. Edward’s Community Church, Badersfield The unexpected sometimes happens. I have been very touched by several people who, having read my last article (well, someone is!), have asked about my parent’s health. I am thrilled to be able to say that the latest news is unexpectedly good! Mum decided she could no longer care for Dad at home. Mum has been assessed and has some helpful extras to help her at home, and last week dad was transferred to the preferred care home in the small Scottish Service pattern for Benefice Holy Week town where they live. Pretty amazing within a month! The and Easter unexpected kindness of the care co-ordinator who kept in touch was so reassuring. Sunday 29 March: Palm Sunday: 10.30am Benefice Service at Badersfield We also received an unexpected and exciting ‘phone call from 2.30pm Baptism at Lammas our second son, who announced that he and his girlfriend had got married quietly in Gretna the previous day whilst on holiday Thursday 2 April: Maundy Thursday in Scotland! 11am Annual Service at The Cathedral The unexpected song of the skylark high above us last week on 7pm Benefice Maundy Thursday Eucharist, Marsham our walk, the riot and colour and exuberance of the Second Exotic Marigold Hotel film, which has been an unexpected and Friday 3 April Good Friday: happy celebration of the lives of the silver haired generation! Pilgrim Walk from at Oxnead at 12 Noon, to Brampton & Burgh Unexpected events can be sad as well as happy; the effect Saturday 4 April Holy Saturday: either can have can be massively challenging, and we can, as 7.30pm Evening Confirmation Service at The Cathedral human beings, feel stretched to our limits. The Easter story is about human beings being stretched to their Sunday 5 April Easter Day: limits. Within a week a man who was celebrated as a hero was 10.30am Easter Day Benefice Communion at Lammas condemned to death. No one expected that. His mother and his 4.00pm Families First Badersfield. Eggpect the friends and followers were not prepared for this. A riotous mob uneggspected!! and a weak leader sealed his fate. Can we say that this sort of 6.30pm First Oxnead Evening Prayer of 2015 thinning isn’t still happening in the world today, over 2000 years later? Christians today know that the death of Jesus wasn’t the Weekday Church events end; he did the unexpected and came back to life. Faith can still be hard to sustain in a world where it is given short shrift. I Mondays & Tuesdays: believe that some of the unexpected moments of life; joy, 10.30am–12. High Fliers Baby, Parent & Toddler (closed 30/3 & friendship, creation, tears, laughter, hope, thankfulness and 6/4) peace, are given to us from God. So, on Easter Day, the celebrations remind us that nothing is impossible with God! Fridays: Slice of Life Cafe: Could we see the hand of God in some of the unexpected 11.00am–12 (not open on Good Friday) events that happen in our lives? There’s a challenge! Happy Easter to you all! Love Rev Deb.

Roman Catholic Holy Week services

Maundy Thursday, 2nd April Sacred Heart Church 7.00 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper

Good Friday Churches Together Wroxham/Hoveton Procession of Witness Gather at St John's Church 10.00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Church 3.00 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Passion

Holy Saturday

Sacred Heart Church 8.30 p.m. Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday

St John of the Cross Church, Aylsham Mass 9.00 a.m. St Helen's Church, Hoveton Mass 9.00 a.m. Sacred Heart Church, North Walsham Mass 11.00 a.m.

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St John the All Saints Baptist, Horstead Coltishall

WORSHIP IN THE BENEFICE IN APRIL 2015

Wednesday 1 st April Wednesday in Holy Week Readings; Hebrews 12:1-3 & John 13:21-32 10.00am Holy Communion at St. John the Baptist, Coltishall 7.30pm Compline (Quiet evening prayer and reflection) at Holy Trinity, Gt. Hautbois

Thursday 2nd April MAUNDY THURSDAY Readings; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 & John 13:1-17, 31b-35 7.30pm Holy Communion for Maundy Thursday at All Saints, Hainford

Friday 3rd April GOOD FRIDAY Readings; As Announced 10.00am Short Service and Prayer Walk from St John the Baptist, Coltishall to All Saints, Horstead. (See Holy Week Details) 10.45am Short Service at All Saints, Horstead

Sunday 5 th April EASTER SUNDAY Readings; Acts 10:34-43 & Mark 16:1-8 9.30am Holy Communion at All Saints, Horstead 9.30am Holy Communion at All Saints, Hainford 10.00am Family Service with Holy Communion at St John the Baptist, Coltishall 11.00am Holy Communion at St Swithin’s, Frettenham

Sunday 12 th Apr The Second Sunday of Easter Readings; Acts 4:32-35 & 1 John 1:1-2 & Ch.2 10.00am Joint Benefice Holy Communion at St Margaret, No services elsewhere today.

Sunday 19 th April The Third Sunday of Easter Readings; Acts 3:12-19 & Luke 24:36b-48 (NB: No 8.00am Holy Communion at Holy Trinity, Great Hautbois today) 9.30am Holy Communion at All Saint’s, Horstead 9.30am Morning Prayer at All Saint’s, Hainford 11.00am Morning Prayer at St. John the Baptist, Coltishall 11.00am Holy Communion at St. Swithin’s, Frettenham

Sunday 26 th April The Fourth Sunday of Easter Readings; Acts 4:5-12 & John 10:11-18 9.30am Morning Prayer at All Saints, Horstead 9.30am Holy Communion at All Saints, Hainford 11.00am Holy Communion at St John the Baptist, Coltishall 11.00am Morning Prayer at St Swithin’s, Frettenham

Sunday 3 rd May The Fifth Sunday of Easter Readings; Acts 8:26-40 & John 15:1-8 8.00am Holy Communion at All Saints, Horstead 9.30am Morning Prayer at All Saints, Hainford 10.00am Family Service at St John the Baptist, Coltishall 11.00am Holy Communion at St Swithin, Frettenham

SUNDAY SCHOOLS Coltishall and Horstead We meet each Sunday in term time from 10.00 to 11.00am in the Church Room, Rectory Road, Coltishall, apart from the first Sunday in the month when we are at the 10.00am Family service in Coltishall Church. Children of Primary School age are welcome to join Sunday School for fun with craft, stories, songs as we learn about Jesus. Just come along or phone Jill Blackburn 737442

Page 35 Tell your Friends & Relations to view The Marlpit at http://www.themarlpit.co.uk/current-edition/ From The Reverend Chris Engelsen

Dear friends

A very happy Easter to you all. April begins in Holy Week, and you are welcome to come to all these services –please see the HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES IN Holy Week list. Following the Big Breakfast Family Service COLTISHALL BENEFICE in March, there are some exciting plans been made –watch out for details each month. Sunday 29 th March - Palm Sunday Join together in Holy Week with Maundy Thursday Holy 10am Holy Communion at Frettenham Church Communion at Hainford Church ( 2nd April 7.30pm), walk with us in the way of the Cross from Coltishall Church to Horstead Monday 30 th March Church on Good Friday. Hot cross buns at end! ( 3rd April 10.00am) –and greet the Risen Lord on Sunday ( 5th April ), 7.30pm-Compline, a quiet, short service for the when we break bread at 9.30am Horstead and 10am Coltishall end of the day, at Frettenham Church Family Service. st Do make an Easter journey to the lovely St Margaret’s Church, Tuesday 31 March Stratton Strawless, on Sunday 12 th April , which is a joint 7.30pm-Compline at Stratton Strawless Church service for all our parish churches at 10.00am. Later, there is a candlelit Evensong on April 26 th at 6.00pm. Wednesday 1 st April Thank you to all who make the churches beautiful for Easter 7.30pm-Compline at Gt Hautbois Church with flowers and to the Sunday School for their Easter Garden. nd Welcome to anyone those who have recently moved into the Thursday 2 April - Maundy Thursday area, and a welcome to all that are new to our Churches. There 7.30pm-Holy Communion at Hainford Church are five C of E parish churches in the area-Coltishall, Horstead, Frettenham, Hainford, and Stratton Strawless, and we seek to rd be a loving and worshipping community where all may make Friday 3 April - Good Friday their walk with God, and find support, prayer, inspiration, and 10am at Coltishall Church and walk to Horstead friendship. Do come to the Daffodil Evening at 1 Hautbois for 10.45 short service followed by Hot Cross Road, Coltishall, on April 22 nd . - £5 to enjoy the lovely garden. Also Wine and nibbles provided. (Proceeds for Church funds) Buns. You may do the walk or just come to the There are leaflets in churches and villages with full details of our service. social events. th After Easter, the Bishop has given permission for me to have a Sunday 5 April - Easter Day Sabbatical until the end of July. This time will be for me to 9.30am Holy Communion at Horstead reflect, pray, and rest and to explore the theme of Creativity and 9.30am Holy Communion at Hainford Prayer. I will share my experiences with the parishes on Wednesday August 5 th 7.30pm at Hainford Church-all 10.00am Holy Communion at Coltishall welcome. This will be part of the local Church Arts Festival 11.00am Holy Communion at Frettenham ‘Saints’ in the Making’. There will be a Concert at Coltishall Church on August 8 th 3pm. Details will follow. Sunday 12 th April In my absence, enquiries and parish matters will be looked after 10.00am Holy Communion at Stratton Strawless by my colleague Revd Keith Dignum, who can be contacted on Church. 01603 710397.

May Easter blessings be your s Christopher

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Page 43 Sew and Sew Beauty Solutions Alterations and repairs Coltishall High Street Collections and deliveries locally Please call:- See board outside salon for Maureen Kemp MONTHLY The Bungalow, Greyfriars, Mill Road, Horstead SPECIAL OFFERS Telephone: 01603 736585 Call Emma Jordan on 07717 006783

THE MILL HOUSE NURSING HOME Please tell our advertisers you saw them in The Marlpit A B SATELLITE SYSTEMS HAIR DESIGNS BY DONNA Ladies and Gents Sky Digital Specialising in all aspects of Multi-point TV hair design, TV Aerials and hair for that special occasion: Telephone work weddings and proms etc. For free estimates The Pharmacy, High Street, Call Andy Coltishall Tel: (01692) 651528 Call for an appointment: Mobile: 07776 304615 Te1 07778 599120

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Two photographs taken by Marlpit Reader Vernon Bunn while enjoying a walk by the river at Coltishall Lock, behind the old water mill at Horstead. If any readers have a photograph they would like to see in the Marlpit we would be pleased to see them and include them when space is available.

Horstead Mill

Two more readers have allowed us to print photographs of their pictures of the old mill. The two lozenges above are oil on plywood, unnamed or dated are owned by Brian Thirtle of Rectory Road Coltishall. The larger water colour on the right is owned by Brian’ sister Greta who lives with her husband Russell in Buxton. The artist was “Tony Bryant” , not dated but we think a relatively modern copy of either other work or a photograph. We thank them for allowing us to display them and how many more similar pieces of artwork are there? We will come along and photograph them or you can bring them along to one of our sessions in the River Rooms, we can copy them there.

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