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This remember, she was so traumatised that she could barely walk road to recovery. make an appointment to come and visit-our fully volunteer applicants City’, ‘The Room Outside’, ’Inconsistent Visitors’, and recently, well-managed coastal stretch. visitors, with the number of people visiting the means that North Norfolk’s beaches are amongst to the end of the lane. The photo of me and her was taken on Thanks to fellow trained kennel team at Hillside Dog Rescue in is 21 and minimum ‘The Rose in Winter’, Mr Culliongford explained about his latest, Councillor Sarah Butikofer, Leader district’s beaches rising from 100,000 a year to the cleanest and safest in the country. Monday 20th May. As you can see, she has put on weight walkers Chris • Me with Squeak. Frettenham, just off the B1150. 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He is not food or often mistrust adults beaches that have the highest • Me with Bambi recently. legs. He is a Shar- toy aggressive and has and need positive role quality of water, facilities, pei crossed with interacted with children. models to show them environmental education and Hello fellow dog lovers. a Basset Hound! He is good on the lead that relationships can management, with superb I wish to begin with a massive thank you to the Yes, a strange but his recall needs a bit be trusting, healthy and levels of cleanliness and wonderful readers who responded to my appeal for mix, but it shows of work. Bear would positive. The role of safety. It means the hundreds executive of Keep Britain Tidy, which runs the Blue 400,000 since they started being awarded Blue Sadie’s operation. Because of your amazing generosity • Words and picture by Maurice Gray. to me that Bambi benefit from living with an Independent Visitor of thousands of residents and visitors Flags scheme, agreed: “The success of the beaches in Flags. The water quality at all the award-winning we are well on our way to reaching the target, we are still will not react to all another dog but equally can be immensely A modest author who uses his academic skills to create the who visit North Norfolk’s beaches reaching the very high standards demanded by both beaches meets the required European Union needing £1,000-plus to enable Sadie to have her op’. She dogs and is getting he would be happy rewarding; taking unusual in book form has just released his latest publication. each year can be sure they are enjoying awards is testament to all those who have worked standards, with the water quality at Blue Flag is doing really well and still manages her little walks with socialised. Our with a family as he is • Bear. a child or teenager top-notch destinations. so hard to protect and improve our beaches – from beaches subject to even tougher tests, meeting the the aid of pain relief. Every penny will go towards her lovely kennel team affectionate and loves to chill out out once a month to Professor Cedric Cullingford, a well-known author on the book As well as the Blue Flags, the beach beach managers and volunteers to local people and very highest international standards. operation and I will keep you updated on her treatment. are giving the best on the sofa. He will make a great pet for the have fun together by shelves with a readership that follows every word around the at Wells, which is owned by the businesses. When you enjoy a trip to a beach flying of care as always, right person or family. engaging in community world, has published ‘Elegies’. Mr Cullingford, who says he Holkham Estate but jointly managed an international Blue Flag or Seaside Award, you Since the bathing water directive changed a few Good news! Bambi is getting better by the day and this and they work activities or visiting has retired and now lives in rural Norfolk, is already working on by NNDC and the RNLI, has won know you are on one of the safest, cleanest and very years ago, it has become increasingly difficult to week she walked confidently by a road and walked 2½ miles with me in getting If you are interested in any of the dogs above, or places of interest. another two books for later this year. a Seaside Award, which guarantees best in the country.” win a Blue Flag, as the water quality now has to without stopping! This is huge for Bambi because, if you Bambi well on her indeed any of our rescued doggies, then please Minimum age for With a display of more than 40 publications, including ‘In the visitors a clean, safe, attractive and There is evidence that the awards attract more be at “excellent” rather than just “good”. This remember, she was so traumatised that she could barely walk road to recovery. make an appointment to come and visit-our fully volunteer applicants City’, ‘The Room Outside’, ’Inconsistent Visitors’, and recently, well-managed coastal stretch. visitors, with the number of people visiting the means that North Norfolk’s beaches are amongst to the end of the lane. The photo of me and her was taken on Thanks to fellow trained kennel team at Hillside Dog Rescue in is 21 and minimum ‘The Rose in Winter’, Mr Culliongford explained about his latest, Councillor Sarah Butikofer, Leader district’s beaches rising from 100,000 a year to the cleanest and safest in the country. 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It s an at St Benet’s reen in Horning by 10.4 am, and for absolute one-off event and not to be missed!” the afternoon performance by 1.00pm. et rn tickets for the ississi i are available from Horning Post Offi ce 01692 630833 or from The St Benet’s Abbey Car park will be closed on eventbrite co k dditional free erformances will th and 9th une so the only other way people can take lace at dham illage all on h rsda get to see this unique play is either to travel there by 13th June, at Horning Recreation Ground on bicycle or to walk to the Abbey site from Ludham Friday 14th June and at New Victory Hall, Bridge along the permissive path. Neatishead on Saturday 15th June. Trish Fit maurice, Chair of the Friends of St Benet’s Abbey, said. “It is fantastic that the spotlight will he village of orning will also be celebrating be back on this icon of the Broads. I am so excited t Benet’s Abbey’s illenium holding several about this opportunity to share my love for this special events from th to 4th uly to mark the The fi rst fi ve months of 2019 have been the most Further afi eld, three cadets took part in the Warma glorious place.” th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey. successful yet for the Air Cadets of 1895 Cromer marches at RAF Cosford Toby Mournian was The director of Parrabbola, Phillip Parr, says “The hese events are as follows uadron. n February ten cadets took part in the completing the event for the third time, while ack exciting part about making a community play is St Benedict Trail which runs from the th to 14th ing cross country running event in hetford Thorndyke and Harry arbo were completing for the that it involves people from the community telling uly in Horning Village and includes competitions where the nder- boys team of om uckley fi rst time. All three will now take part in the famous the stories of that community. With , years of for adults and children. Trail forms can be picked (2nd), Alex Downing (4th), Harry Yarbo (7th), Nijmegen marches later in the year. stories and history to choose from, our fantastic up in Tidings Newsagents, Horning Post Offi ce, and Jay Peebles (10th), won fi rst prize in their age In early May it was the Wing Field Weekend community cast have become completely involved in The New Inn Horning Church. category. Competition at West Tofts camp near Thetford, the lives and personalities of the real life characters a competition consisting of ten events over two they re portraying. The result will be a compelling Celebrating St Benedict at Horning Church, with fl ower displays, an art exhibition, a model of St In April it was back to Thetford, this time for the days, including orienteering, fi rst aid, leadership and entertaining theatre production in the most Wing Touch Rugby Competition, in which Cromer ,aircraft recognition and raft building. This was won seven games to reach the fi nal, where they met the competition Cromer had set their sights on and near-neighbours and old friends from Broadland after two days of tough competition against 2 other Squadron. In a closely fought game it was all square squadrons the Cromer team were delighted to win at the end with the game going to extra time. At the event for the fi rst time one minute intervals one player from each team was Finally, one week later, 1 cadets were again in withdrawn until just two players from each team action at the Wing Athletics competition in Ipswich, were left, an at this point Cromer managed to break and once again the whole team performed superbly, clear, with Tom Muckley going over the line to win bringing home eight gold medals, two silver medals, the tournament for Cromer. seven bron e medals and two trophies.
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This is not just a political book as follows: service there at 3.30pm on the afternoon of the fi rst but an overview of the social Mississippi Riverboat For further details please 13th April Cromer Sunday in August (4th August this year), arriving history of North Norfolk over contact David Russell, Archivist (Street Collection) ‘Southern Comfort’ from The site, now owned by the Norfolk Archaeological on board one of the old sailing wherries ver one the past 100 years. The booklet North Norfolk Labour Party, via £73.68; Horning, which will have Trust, is also open daily with free entry. There are is welcome to attend is free to North Norfolk Labour email at redrussell88@gmail. refreshments and toilets 26th April, Tesco, Party members, or can be com, by calling 01263 761419 or on board. 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It s an at St Benet’s reen in Horning by 10.4 am, and for absolute one-off event and not to be missed!” Lessingham Methodist Chapel is thriving; in addition to its regular services the afternoon performance by 1.00pm. et rn tickets for the ississi i are available of worship it hosts coffee mornings on the second and fourth Wednesdays Great hearing from Horning Post Offi ce 01692 630833 or from of the month, it opens to welcome and support dementia sufferers and their The St Benet’s Abbey Car park will be closed on eventbrite co k dditional free erformances will carers at the Forget Me Not Club on the third Thursday of the month, and th and 9th une so the only other way people can take lace at dham illage all on h rsda hosts the Lighthouse Lunch Club on the fourth Thursday of the month. STARTS WITH US get to see this unique play is either to travel there by 13th June, at Horning Recreation Ground on bicycle or to walk to the Abbey site from Ludham Friday 14th June and at New Victory Hall, On April 26th the Altissimo Ladies Choir presented a concert of sacred music, Bridge along the permissive path. Neatishead on Saturday 15th June. which was a great success. A late Summer flower festival is always a delight Trish Fit maurice, Chair of the Friends of St Benet’s and, more recently, the Chapel was chosen by author John t Lander to have Abbey, said. “It is fantastic that the spotlight will he village of orning will also be celebrating its history researched and presented in the book 'The Chapel that Moved' be back on this icon of the Broads. I am so excited t Benet’s Abbey’s illenium holding several (available from the Chapel at £8.00). about this opportunity to share my love for this special events from th to 4th uly to mark the The fi rst fi ve months of 2019 have been the most Further afi eld, three cadets took part in the Warma Peggy Brown, who has just celebrated her 96th birthday, is a wonderful poet glorious place.” th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey. successful yet for the Air Cadets of 1895 Cromer marches at RAF Cosford Toby Mournian was who regularly attends the Chapel, and she has written a poem dedicated to it. It The director of Parrabbola, Phillip Parr, says “The hese events are as follows uadron. n February ten cadets took part in the completing the event for the third time, while ack was at one of the coffee mornings that Pastor Ros Peedle mentioned how nice exciting part about making a community play is St Benedict Trail which runs from the th to 14th ing cross country running event in hetford Thorndyke and Harry arbo were completing for the it would be to have poem about Lessingham. Without making any promises, that it involves people from the community telling uly in Horning Village and includes competitions where the nder- boys team of om uckley fi rst time. All three will now take part in the famous Peggy gave the request some thought and soon came back with a suggestion the stories of that community. With , years of for adults and children. Trail forms can be picked (2nd), Alex Downing (4th), Harry Yarbo (7th), Nijmegen marches later in the year. the poem has now been overwritten on a backdrop photograph of the chapel stories and history to choose from, our fantastic up in Tidings Newsagents, Horning Post Offi ce, and Jay Peebles (10th), won fi rst prize in their age In early May it was the Wing Field Weekend door, framed and presented to Pastor Ros. community cast have become completely involved in The New Inn Horning Church. category. Competition at West Tofts camp near Thetford, As you enter Lessingham It cooks a village lunch the lives and personalities of the real life characters a competition consisting of ten events over two A building you will spy At times, a coffee morning, they re portraying. 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