Kenninghall News July 2017
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Kenninghall News Issue 202 July 2017 Those summer holidays I remember it so well I’m sure it didn’t rain When the sun shone all day We kept looking for clouds And we lived in the fields But our search was in vain. And played in the hay. I remember it so well I remember it so well We lived out of our town Splashing about in the pool And enjoyed being in the country Everything getting wet Where our skins turned light brown. Just to keep ourselves cool. But my sister disagrees I remember it so well She only remembers other things Going away by the sea Like travel sickness, thunder Spending time on the beach storms With sandwiches for tea Family rows, sunburn and wasp stings. I remember it so well The skylarks were singing So whose memory is correct? And far in the distance Perhaps both can be right The church bells were ringing. She may like to suffer But I like my summers bright. I remember it so well © Ron Brewer Attleborough Writers' Group come back to them in later life. The secret is to link them with an easily remembered tune, then they are embedded in the memory. This may seem pretty simple stuff, but I believe it’s good for all of us to recall the wonderful blessings of life, “Count your Blessings, name them the measure of Health and Strength One by One, and it will surprise we enjoy, Family and Friends …… the you what the Lord has done” list is endless. You may think this sounds so simple in this fast, High-Tec If you are “getting on a bit”, as they world of today, but to stop and just say, (join the Club), these words recall all our Blessings is no bad from a Sunday School Chorus could thing. Try it and see!! tweak a memory of long ago! I have the privilege and pleasure of talking to boys and girls at the Preparatory School in Riddlesworth and I am teaching them this Chorus because, if it truly sinks in, the words may Tel: 01953 888533 Services at St Mary’s (We Are Open Again!) for July Sunday 2nd 11am Holy Communion Sunday 9th 11am Family Service Sunday 16th 11am Holy Communion Sunday 23rd 11am Service of the Word Sunday 30th 8am Prayer Book Holy Communion Said There is a plan afoot to have a Songs of Praise and Shared Supper at St Peters, Riddlesworth on the last Sunday of July involving all in our Group of Parishes (that includes us!!). A separate notice will appear and there will be announcements in Church. 2 2 Kenninghall On Friday May 24th the SNCBF held Carpet Bowls its presentation evening at Club Shelfanger Village Hall, where we enjoyed a buffet and music, and then were later presented with the Four players from the club went to trophies that we had won during the Potters Leisure to play in the season. English Festival of Bowls. Phyllis and Colin went through to the singles semi-finals, with Phyllis reaching the final and finishing runner up. In the rinks Rosemary, Gerald, Phyllis and Colin lost out in the semi finals. The club won their County League zone and went through to the final at Wortwell Community Centre to play Royden and Southrepps, and we came away as champions. We also won our Waverley League zone and played Colton in a two legged final, with Colton winning. Useful telephone/email contacts: Amblers: 01953 888343 or 888483 Kings Ride GP Surgery: 01953 887208 Carpet Bowls Club: 01379 687305 Parish Council: 01953 887521 Gardening Club Plus: 01953 888483 Playing Field : 01953 887521 K’hall Lands’ Trust: 01953 888117 Red Lion Bowls Club: 01953 887566 (email) [email protected] St Mary’s Bell Ringers: 01953 888117 Kenninghall Morris: 01953 888291 The Red Lion pub: 01953 887849 K’hall Pre-Schl Nursery: 01953 888048 The White Horse: 01953 887855 K’hall Primary School: 01953 887286 3 What should we be doing in our gardens? For July: Deadhead flowers to ensure continuous flowering; On 8th June 17 members visited Give lawns a quick acting summer feed, the garden at The Old Rectory at especially if not given a spring feed; Banham. Starting in 2010, Ben Regular watering of plants in containers and Heather Taylor have planned and hanging baskets; and planted a large garden after Pinch out side shoots of tomato plants and dredging out a large dried up give liquid feed once first truss sets; pond a couple of years earlier. Look out for pests and diseases - early The garden has several mature treatment best; trees, island beds planted with Thin out fruit on fruit trees to produce good shrubs, roses and herbaceous sized crops; plants, and a large vegetable Take cuttings from favourite plants; garden. Open greenhouse doors and vents, plus use shade paint to prevent overheating. A future date for your diary: Your pot of potatoes for our summer competition should now be growing well and the weigh in will be on Thursday 10th August at 7pm at: Avondale (David and Gabriele Kerr), Wood Lane, Fersfield, Diss IP22 2BN Next Meeting: A visit to Liz Bloom’s garden in Royden on Thursday 13th July at 7pm Sundown, Hall Lane Royden, Diss IP22 5XL If anyone requires a lift, please meet in the Market Place at 6.30pm 4 by Lucy Whittle Firstly I must apologise for the bravity of last month's write up. I was on Granny duty in Brighton and totally forgot about the Newsletter. Oh dear! The most important thing to mention is that we have changed the day of the monthly workparty. Just as everyone was getting used to the second Thursday we are changing it to the second WEDNESDAY of the month. This is partly because I expect to be on Granny Duty in either Brighton or now Northampton so will be likely to be away more. Adam or Pete Osborne will be cracking the whip when I am not there. If the change proves to be more difficult for people we can always change it back again. Please let me know your thoughts. So on the strength of that ......the next workparty will be on.........Wednesday 12th July. 9.30-12.30ish as usual. The August one will be on Wednesday 9th. On the list of jobs to do are, make another meandering path through the wood starting where the new path is then branching off to go towards the steps. If you haven't already walked the new path it is really lovely. I won't tell you where it is you will have to find it. Other jobs will be to dig a French drain around the hut to catch the rain water and stop it undermining the mud walls. Too much rain water will over time wash away the walls, so this is a very important job to do. Once dug we plan to fill it with stone or flint and to dig a channel towards the ditch for the water to drain into. That's the plan anyway. There is always plenty to do. Alex and the scouts have finished the pizza oven, it looks amazing and I am looking forward to trying one. Pip has nearly finished the wheel which will go in the roof of the hut, replacing the board which is there at present. It will be structural as well as aesthetic. After that we might put in some sort of seating, yet to be decided. The Midsummer Do was another success as ever, the weather being hot - too hot really. A big thank you to all of the school children who took part in the event and to the teachers who organised it. A huge thank you, too, to Jo and Christian, who played music for us and filled in the gaps. Thank you both so much. 5 The Lands Trust is in need of a person whose sole purpose in life is to make our posters. We miss Anne and Norman Groves...........come back! It is not a very onerous task, just posters for the Midsummer Do and the occasional workparty or guided walk around the parish. Please get in touch with any trustee, or contact me, details in this newsletter. Spring Watch on BBC1 struck a chord this week. They were talking about the decline of the wild bird population in the countryside. Some species have dropped by as much as 50 per cent in the last 20-30 years, the yellow hammer being particularly in decline. It did make rather depressing listening. This decline is mainly due to loss of habitat. We must not give farmers a hard time over this but try to persuade them to re-establish/ set aside strips around their fields, and plant more hedges and trees to provide wildlife corridors. Sitting with my 2-week old grandson in my arms I began to wonder what sort of countryside will there be when he is a man. Will he see meadows, banks and roadside wild flowers, will he hear bees working the flowers, will he smell the flowers? In the words of Joni Mitchell will he have to go to a "tree museum”? Or in the words of the hymn "when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds Thy hands have made" will his " soul sing”? Only if our precious countryside and all the animals, insects and birds it supports is enabled to do so. It is not a mystery why all species of wildlife and flora are under threat, let us all try to change this for the better.