Issue 214 Catfield News October 2021
Time to cut the field edges and footpaths Photo sent in by Carolyn Skipper
October Notice Board
Ever played petanque and wanted to play some more.
We need your support to get a petanque pitch in the village. See page 15 for more information.
See page 3 for your letters and adverts.
With the darker evenings approaching why not be creative and make a Christmas tree for the Church Christmas Tree Festival. See page 11 for more details.
Try our Quiz with a difference. Turn to page 18 and have a go at the October Quiz. Why not make it a family effort?
The Mobile Library Service is now back. Check the website www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk for the latest updates. There are still books and jigsaws available in Catfield Church
porch for you to borrow .
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Your letters and adverts
We live down the far end of Sharp St. The footpath that's behind our house, the hedges at the start of the footpath were getting overgrown and stinging nettles and brambles were coming over onto the path, meaning you had to dodge them. My two young boys at the weekend with their own initiative asked me if they cut the stinging nettles and brambles back, so I said yes and gave them some small shears and kept a close watch while they cut them back. They did a good job and felt good about it afterwards. So between them and our next door neighbour Adrian Clare (Chuff) who always cuts the footpath on his ride on mower for free, the footpath is looking much better, well done Kasey and Riley Cooper.
Thankyou from their mum Emma Cooper
A MASSIVE thankyou to my dear friends and neighbours in Lea Road for looking after my dog at home while I was in hospital. Your kindness is much appreciated.
Carole
Swimming Sylvia Daniels is looking for some ladies to join her swimming group Thursday nights 6 until 7 For more information call Sylvia on 01692 583151 or 07470655799
3 The terms of office for two Trustees to Catfield United Charities are coming to an end. Please contact the clerk by 3rd October if you would be interested in being considered as a Trustee. [email protected] or 07818709080
OCTOBER PARISH COUNCIL MEETING The next Catfield Parish Council Meeting will be on Wednesday, 6th October at 7.00pm In the Village Hall.
Catfield Village Hall The Village Hall is now open for use. Anyone interested in booking please contact Elaine, the Booking clerk (see page 34 for contact details), who will send out the Village Hall risk assessment and simple guide to hirers and users.
THE CROWN INN The Street, Catfield NR29 5AA - 01692 580128 www.catfieldcrown.co.uk Email us at [email protected]
QUIZ AND CURRY NIGHT THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER 7.00PM, £6pp BOOKING essential
BANGERS & MAGIC EVENING SATURDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 7.30PM See website for menu Magic provided by Sean Goodman 4 Quilting Show and Concert
Catfield Church held a Quilting Show from the 10th-12th of September showing off the beautiful work of Heather Hasthorpe and friends.
People came from miles around to marvel at the talent and were also able to enjoy a sit down and of course a piece of cake (or two!) and a good chat.
On Saturday evening people listened to a wonderful young organist, Elinor Hanton, waking the organ from a deep sleep and showing what it could really do. Elinor is now off to University in Oxford to study organ.
May I, as Church Warden thank Heather and her team for a splendid display, also to the gentlemen who climbed the ladders and put up in the quilts and to those who manned the stall and worked so hard to make this event possible. A splendid total of £1900 was raised. A special thanks to those who came along and supported the event.
Judith Gardiner
5 There is No Planet B
Browsing through Country Life magazine recently I came upon an inspiring piece by Sally Smith McLeod. She lists many, many ways she tries to help our Planet in her home and garden following her parents’ example a generation before her. Things we can all do!
Like Sally, my parents lived through WW2 and endured rationing ‘til the early ‘50s.Through my childhood my mother let nothing go to waste. She only threw away things which she could not mend, reuse or recycle. She sewed many of our clothes, knitted our jumpers, darned, replaced buttons and even used remaining bits of wool to show us how to make pompom balls as toys!
In the garden, Sally advocates at the end of the summer, when flowers are over, to dry and store seed heads in airtight containers for use next year. This will save lots of money! She suggests using plastic yoghurt pots to make plant labels and for sowing seed. We cut up large milk containers to make bird seed scoops. We have aimed to have an organic garden for many years and have succeeded in the main, save when it comes to slugs! People say spreading egg shells broken up helps as these creatures like a smoother surface. Still at least we try and if millions of people try we’ll collectively get somewhere!
Anne Filgate Please write in with your ideas for subjects and useful information! My aim is for an interactive page…a conversation on what we can all do to help the Planet!
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This month I thought I’d write about an unusual, but very rewarding case. The dog in question is a very fit and energetic 4 year old Spaniel with no history of illness until recently, when she started occasionally being sick. This was followed by her stopping eating a short while later, very unusual for most Spaniels! She was brought straight in to see us as her owner had noticed her gums were yellow, or jaundiced. We ran blood tests which demonstrated elevations in all her liver enzymes so proceeded to ultrasound examination of her abdomen. At the time her abdomen looked quite normal and aspirates of her liver demonstrated inflammation of an unknown source. Initially she responded well to intravenous fluids and anti-biotics, but her liver enzymes remained high on blood tests and she started to be sick again. Blood tests were also run for leptospirosis as this is a relatively common cause of hepatitis in dogs, but she had been vaccinated and it was subsequently ruled out. At this point it was determined that liver biopsies were needed to reach a definitive diagnosis. Fortunately these could be performed by keyhole surgery which greatly reduced the risk and helped her recovery post surgery. These biopsies indicated that the inflammation had been going on for longer than we could know about and her liver had started to fibrose in places as well. She started anti-inflammatory medication and is currently still eating well (a special diet for liver disease) and back out on her walks. Her prognosis is uncertain, but we have some other patients with a similar condition who have continued to do well for a number of years, so our fingers are crossed for a similar outcome. Although this patient tested negative for leptospirosis we have unfortunately seen another confirmed case in the area last month. This water borne disease is something that can affect our pets so we strongly recommend vaccinating to prevent it happening.
Toby Morrell MRCVS Westover Veterinary Centre
7 Nature Notes for October 2021 By J & C As we now head into autumn, the sight of a gleaming otter, swimming along the river with a fish in its mouth, is undoubtedly one of the most special wildlife encounters you can have in Britain. Autumn and winter are brilliant times of the year to see these elusive creatures. They are most active at dawn and dusk, and they are identifiable from their broad head and long wide tail. Your best chance of seeing an otter would be to take a long walk along the Broads; they are often seen along the river Yare and Wensum. They are also seen at NWT Ranworth and Barton Broads, so a couple of hours waiting patiently in a hide could prove rewarding. Nature can be right on your doorstep as well. Take an early morning stroll around the garden to see intricately built spider webs glistening with dew covering the lawn and hedgerows. And look out for our only spiny mammal, the hedgehog. The characteristically long snout with a black nose, short tail, small ears and approximately 6,000 spines make hedgehogs easy to identify. At this time of the year, you can help hedgehogs by creating hibernation spots. This can be a box or an undisturbed log pile. Hedgehogs also love the warmth of compost heaps, which also provide hedgehogs with food. Please remember to check bonfires for hedgehogs before setting light to them. Norfolk is second to none as a county to see birds all year round. It is not renowned for just the sheer quantity of good birds to be seen but also for the quality of them. This is certainly helped by the fact that Norfolk holds a great variety of habitats within its boundary. From the flat Fenland in the west, the freshwater Broads in the east, to the dry Brecklands of the south and the coastal dunes and marshes in the north. Each habitat supports its own special birds. Many resident species are either not found elsewhere or are localised. Add to this the regular appearance of Scarce Migrates or National Rarities and it is obvious why birders return time and time again to Norfolk at all times of the year, year after year. The Eurasian collared dove bred for the first time in Britain in 1955 in Norfolk. Before 1930 it was confined to Turkey and the Balkans in Europe, although it was found as far east as China. In the next 20 years, it rapidly expanded its range northwest, quickly colonising most of Europe, and now lives north of the Arctic circle in Norway and as far south as Morocco and the Canary Islands. So collared doves have only lived and bred in the UK for a few decades, but they weren’t introduced – they spread to new areas on their own, as their young have a tendency to disperse far and wide. Eurasian collared doves are an invasive, non-native species in North America, where they’re now widespread since a few dozen collared doves escaped from an enclosure in Bahamas in 1974. Their range expansion through the US was even faster than their spread across Europe. Young, collared doves have been known to travel over 600km away from where they were born. These epic journeys, made all over Europe, tend to be in a northwest direction, reflecting the direction of the species’ range expansion in the 20th century. Collared doves are monogamous and can breed continuously in warm regions. When a pair has eggs in the nest, the female will incubate the eggs during the day before swapping over at dusk for the male to incubate through the night. One factor behind the collared dove’s success is its ability to breed year-round if the weather is mild. They may also start a new nest before the previous young are independent, with the female using breaks from incubation to feed recently fledged offspring. 8 ThinkWilt on Truth, or is it ….?
In a passage in John’s Gospel with which believers and non-believers alike are mostly acquainted, Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor, attempts to establish the credentials of Jesus of Nazareth. Frustrated by his failure to understand Jesus’s responses, Pilate exclaims, “What is truth?”. This question appears in the original Greek of the Gospel, and is usually rendered in the Latin in which it came down to generations of scholars as “Quid est veritas?”, leading some medieval wag to invent the apt and anagrammatic response “Est vir qui adest.” - “It is the man before you”.
So far, so good, so witty - and philosophically challenging. The unfortunate Pilate is, like any judge, doing his best to establish factually the validity of the charges brought against Jesus. Jesus, on the other hand, says that he is a “witness to the truth”, meaning the Big Message, later referred to in the Christian vocabulary as the Good News, of God’s love for the world. This difference between facts that can be supported by “evidence”, which itself may be “true” or “false” and with which generations of jury members have struggled, and the concept of Truth as an Absolute (and possibly abstract) Reality, is crucial and is poorly understood.
The law recognises the fragility of evidential truth. In a criminal trial, the jury is to be sure “beyond reasonable doubt” before a defendant can be convicted and punished. In a civil action, in which one party claims settlement of an alleged debt or redress for an alleged wrong, the less stringent test of “balance of probabilities” rules.
In private discourse, we are all familiar with “travellers’ tales” and with the fisherman’s account of “the one that got away”, and treat these with the appropriate pinch of salt. But what are we to make of supposedly authoritative statements by public figures with a record of dissembling, and by company spokespeople and call centre agents who are transparently parroting a script? ThinkWilt struggles with the balance between assuming that everyone is making an honest attempt to do their job properly and the slightly cynical feeling that their real objective is to keep their job, or in the case of politicians, to get re-elected. Readers will have their own views.
More difficult to grasp is the concept of Absolute Reality mentioned above. Adherents to a faith believe in what they regard as a set of Truths. These beliefs differ between faiths, and even between versions of the same faith. They cannot all be True, and people continue to die because of the differences. While it is possible that one bunch of believers is right and the rest are wrong, maybe it is more comforting to regard our Truths as metaphors for the Real Truth that is beyond our comprehension. That way we can all feel secure in our own respective beliefs. So that’s all right. Isn’t it?
ThinkWilt is the pen name of Richard Reid. The views expressed are his own.
9 All Saints’ Church Catfield October Services
3rd October Benefice Holy Communion at Ludham Rev’d Rhonwen Washford 10th October Harvest Festival at Catfield LLM in training Judith Gardiner 17th October Holy Communion at Catfield Rev’d Margaret Whitaker 24th October Holy Communion at Potter Heigham Rev’d Rob Hume 31st October Songs of Praise at Catfield LLM in training Judith Gardiner Catfield and Potter Heigham join together for services which are held at 10.00 am. We offer you a warm welcome and invite you to stay after service for refreshments
I heard on the radio this week a trailer for a programme about kindness. The presenter and guests were going to discuss what kindness really means. Questions such as ‘what happens in our brains when we act kindly?’ and ’is there a role for it in the worlds of business and politics?’ were going to be addressed. They were also encouraging members of the public to get involved in a study to help them understand the role kindness plays in our lives. Fascinating stuff.
Kindness in the New Testament is described as being a ‘fruit’ of the Holy Spirit along with love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. This passage appears in a letter by Saint Paul to the churches in Galatia - modern day Turkey. He is contrasting a religion that focuses on ‘Law’ with a new spirituality focused on faith.
Nowadays the answer some people seek to many issues concerning human behaviour is legislation. However, how do you legislate kindness or indeed any of the traits Paul lists. Legislation imposes rules on people from the outside. Kindness, love etc. grows out of a desire from within a person. The Christianity that Paul was preaching was not an imposition of a set of rules or ‘Law’, it was a relationship with the living God who helps us to grow the kinds of fruit listed above from the inside. In fact the very next line in the letter is “against such things there is no law“.
The kindness study will seek to “explore how people's attitudes and experiences might vary across different groups, and we also want to know how kindness might relate to health, well-being, and other social and psychological experiences.” I’ll be interested to hear the results in early 2022.
Stephen Pitkethly AWA.
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Have you noticed the new gate near the stile in the churchyard, put up in memory of Nigel Gardiner?
Put your thinking caps on!
Catfield Church would like to hold a Christmas Tree Festival and invite you all to think of making a Christmas tree with a difference.
Simple rules:- 1. Can be any size from 5 cms to 5 metres high. 2. Outside or inside church. 3. Can be a traditional tree with unusual decorations or made from absolutely anything. 4. Lights or no lights. 5. Flat or 3D.
Use your imagination…Just go wild!
11 October at the Museum of the Broads
As our season comes to an end and the nights draw in, take this last chance to see our special exhibitions on Holidays and the Broadland Futures Initiative.
Bring the family during half term, and discover the stories of Broadland’s ghosts in our spooky Hallowe’en Trail. There are prizes for all children and one of our boats is running each day too.
The Museum is open Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1100 – 1500 to 31 October. Remember, we are also dog friendly. Tickets are available in advance on our website, or just turn up.
The Museum of the Broads, Poor’s Staithe, Stalham, NR12 9DA, 01692 581681 www.museumofthebroads.org.uk @MuseumBroads on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
One Liner: Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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Chef’s Specials
Butternut Squash and Maple Pie
Ingredients
1 small butternut squash 60ml water 2.5cm piece ginger, peeled and grated 120ml double cream For the Pastry 90ml maple syrup 175g plain flour 3tbsp light muscovado sugar pinch of salt 3 eggs, lightly beaten 115g butter, diced 30ml brandy 2tsp caster sugar ¼ tsp grated nutmeg 1 egg, lightly beaten Beaten egg to glaze
Method
1. To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Rub or cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and the egg. Mix to a dough. Wrap in cling film. Chill for 30 minutes. 2. Halve the butternut squash, peel and scoop out the seeds. Cut the flesh into cubes and put in a pan with the water. Cover and cook gently for 15 minutes. Remove the lid, stir in the ginger and cook for a further 5 minutes until all the liquid has evaporated and the squash is tender. Cool slightly, then puree in a food processor until smooth. 3. Roll out the pastry and use to line a 23cm flan tin. Gather up the trimmings, re-roll thinly then cut into maple leaf shapes. Brush the edge of the pastry case with beaten egg and attach the maple leaves at regular intervals to make a decorative rim. Cover with cling film and cool for 30 minutes. 4. Put a heavy baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 180C. Prick the pastry base with a fork and line with foil and baking beans. Bake blind on the hot baking sheet for 12 minutes. 5. Remove the foil and beans and bake for a further 5 minutes. Brush the base of the pastry case with beaten egg and return to the oven for 3 minutes. Lower the temperature to 160C. 6. Mix 200g of the butternut puree with the cream, syrup, sugar, eggs, brandy and grated nutmeg (discard remaining puree). Pour into the pastry case. Bake for 30 minutes, or until filling is lightly set. Cool slightly, serve with cream. D.S.
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Combining is done for another year at Catfield. Generally, we’ve grown 90% of what we aimed for and got 90% of the quality right. The net result is I’m glad it’s finished, mostly on lorries and away and partly paid for. That just leaves potatoes, maize and sugar beet to harvest. The beet crops look excellent in Catfield despite being full of every known sugar beet disease but after a Summer with little sunshine I suspect the sugar percentage will be low but I have just booked the harvester to start in the middle of October on the wetter fields. Maize looks very well and nine foot tall with many plants having two cobs, some with three but the cobs are small and need to be much larger and more mature before harvest can start. Potatoes seems to be excellent quality if the blight will leave them alone but tuber numbers and size are low and small, so they need to grow on. The electric fences did their best to keep red deer out of wheat crops but the delayed harvest gave them a longer window to fatten up before the rut starts. For those that were too fat to jump the electric fences they found the maize (with no electric fence) and have eaten the top five foot, strangely they left the cobs, perhaps they are just awaiting maturity. There’s now an electric fence round the maize field. The red deer rut is about to start with some huge stags in the area waiting for the hinds to arrive. It also heralds the start of the poaching season. These people have no concern for public safety, firing from vehicles and not being aware of the public walking dogs etc in the evening or at night. The deer on the other hand are oblivious to poachers and have been known to walk up to vehicles to check out the threat to their hinds. So, if you are out walking at night around Longmoor or Fenside till the end of October, please be very careful and do not approach the stags as they could treat you as a threat and charge at you. On the other hand, that charge does give a young stag the opportunity to nip in and try his luck with the hinds. As a farmer the problem is that the rut happens in the open and that is generally in an arable field which has a crop in it. Whilst I like to see red deer and other deer on the farm, I don’t like to see 400 hinds being rounded up by sex starved stags impacting on my livelihood. I noticed that on September 1st there was a strange noise coming from the marshes. It’s the sound of strimmers mowing marsh vegetation. The marshes used to be quiet places where marshmen mowed using a scythe whilst the wildlife watched. The product (reed or sedge) was used as a roofing material after the reed cutter had processed it. I suppose that the next thing we’ll see is smoke from burning the rubbish. It’s such a shame that the traditional marsh skills are being lost and at the same time thatched roofs need re-thatching. September is the month to plan crop rotations for the coming year, pick varieties which perform best in certain conditions. But this year we are supposed to be looking at our carbon footprint and enhancing nature at the same time. We could even go to rewilding. We already have reduced electricity consumption to almost zero and where we use too much at home installed solar panels and a wind turbine. The tractor now does not have emissions and uses AdBlue but still consumes diesel. I suppose an electric tractor would be the solution or electric robots but I am not quite ready for that jump. The sheep produce methane but now have a new role in life as environmental lawnmowers now the new marshes have come on stream. Somehow, we need to find a way to produce red meat without methane as a by-product. No doubt the brains at COP26 have the answer to this. I am not going to waste time on that or rewilding. AWA 10.9.2021
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Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Hickling Broad
September saw the marsh harriers return to the reed beds. After breeding and moulting they head off for a while to harvested fields for some easy hunting. Crane have also become easier to see, especially as they gather and head off to roost beyond Stubb Mill.
Autumn is a great time to search for fungi and there is a fascinating array to discover on many of Norfolk Wildlife Trust's reserves. A search along the paths at Hickling may result in the discovery of the fly agaric, probably our most easily recognizable fungi, its redcap and white spots being the toadstool of popular culture. Large bracket fungus appear at the base of tree stumps, and among the deep rotting leaf litter you may find one of the large bolete fungi. With wonderful names such as earthstar, jelly-ear, birds' nest and elf-cup, they come in a mind-boggling range of weird shapes and colours and can be found in every habitat, even reed bed! At this time of year you may find a circle of small fungi in your lawn, the fairy-ring of folklore. This autumn NWT are asking you to help us record sightings of three iconic fungi species the giant puffball, hoof fungus and the snowy waxcap. Visit the spotter survey on our website www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk for more information on how you can help.
Rachel Frain – Senior Visitor Centre Coordinator Hickling Broad
Sea Palling Independent Lifeboat
Lifeboat Day – with the weather forecast the week before getting ever more dire we had grave concerns for our Lifeboat Day but what a day! The weather was kind, the crowds came and it was a great day! Thank you so much to everyone who came along and supported us and to our volunteer helpers who worked so hard. A special thank you too to Jason McGinty of Ginty’s Entertainment who was fantastic! Together we raised much needed funds to keep the service going.
For details of our supporters’ merchandise, memorial plaques, business advertising space or how to make a donation please see our website, face book page or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]
16 Local Homes Asking Prices Up 5% With Rightmove announcing a national drop of 0.3% in average asking prices in August, some are asking if the steam has been let out of the property market. Yet with the gains we have seen in the last 12 months, is this just a minor bump in the road? Alarm bells normally ring when new homeowners coming to the market for the first time are having to lower their initial asking price when compared to the market as a whole. So, what is actually happening in the national and local property market to asking prices and the number of properties for sale, and where does that leave homeowners and landlords?
1 in 7.4 homes already on the market today have reduced their asking price in the last two weeks That means new sellers bringing their property to the market for the first time, are having to curtail their initial asking price to remain competitive. Normally, this should ring alarm bells, particularly when this is the first time this has happened in 2021. Therefore, it’s vital to ‘look under the bonnet’ of the figures and see what, exactly, is happening locally.
Average asking prices for local homes are 5% up compared to July However, that figure hides some interesting anomalies - the average asking price of semi-detached houses is 4% lower than in July (that doesn’t mean they have dropped in value by that much – just the headline asking prices) whilst terraced properties have seen the average asking price rise by 12% in the last month. So, if this is what is happening to local asking prices, what about the number of properties for sale. Looking nationally first…
There are currently just 285,970 properties for sale in the UK, which means 1 in 67 British homeowners are presently on the market – interesting when compared to 2005, it was 1 in 13.5 homeowners on the market. With such little supply of properties for sale nationally, demand remains robust. Yet the property buyers in the market are being a little more reserved with the offers they are making compared to the Stamp Duty holiday frenzy times seen earlier in the year. They will pay handsomely, and yet top dollar won’t offer the ‘crazy price’ levels some buyers were offering in the spring – hence the recent reduction in asking prices to a more realistic level. The number of local properties for sale (and rent) is still at record lows when compared to the 30-year long term average. Many house sellers are selling their home before they buy. Selling before you buy can be a fruitful approach in a fast-moving property market. That does mean your own purchaser will have to demonstrate a certain amount of patience whilst you wait for the right home to come on to the housing market. However, because it is currently taking on average 19 weeks between sale agreed and exchange of con- tracts, with mortgage providers and solicitors taking their time due to the backlog, this often allows you to potentially play catch-up if it takes a couple weeks to find the right property for you. Many home sellers are going even further by selling their home first and then going into transitional rented accommodation. This subsequently puts them in pole position when their forever home comes up for sale as they have no chain. Although this takes a lot of determination and resilience, it does mean you will be in the very best position when the property of your dreams comes up.
The choice they say, as always, is yours!
If you would like a chat about the property market and the best thing for you and your personal circumstances, do drop me a line.
Daniel Trett 01692 531400 or email [email protected]
17 QUIZ with a difference for October
Answer the clues to find the name of a Norfolk Village. (Spelling may be different)
1. Often found in a pub, you light this on a candle……………………………………
2. A little thing, a small district in a large town ….……………………………
3. Squirrel home. A heavy weight…………………………….
4. Someone who works with clay, an old word for a homestead………………………………….
5. Children love to build these, nearly a sudden change of direction …………………..
6. Well known amphibians, ‘Its a Knockout’ presenter Stuart…………………………
7. A market town well known in the Lake District National Park ……………………………
8. Surname of the actor who plays Steve Owen, thought lucky with a hole right through……………………..
9. Surname of a happy six year old who won Opportunity Knocks………………………….
10. Waxham and Sea Palling have fine examples of this, end of Waxham, use to get water from these ………………………………….
11. Almost short form of Tobias…………………………….
12. Can’t stop I’m in a ………A past president…………………
13. 1760 yards, last part of the Hammer’s football team……………………..
14. Opposite of soft, Famous cricket ground just up the road…………………………………………
15. Change the y to a i to make a large cod like fish……………………….
Answers for September quiz 1. Ringland 2. Bale 3. Bush Green 4. Castle Rising 5. Trunch 6. Larling 7. Sutton 8. Lenwade 9. Little Snoring 10.Weston Longville 11. Burnham Deepdale 12. Glandford 13. Hunstanton 14. Stiffkey 15. Oby Winner Jenny Sharpe
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19 Stalham & District Horticultural Society
On Friday 15th October, Stalham & District Horticultural Society will be having a talk entitled “Fungi – Friend or Foe?” by Dr Tony Leech in the Poppy Centre off Recreation Road in Stalham (NR12 9BH), 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. There will be a raffle and refreshments. Website: www.stalhamhorticultural.co.uk This is subject to COVID restrictions being lifted appropriately for this event to go ahead
Tip: If you have ever dropped an uncooked egg, you will know how difficult it is to clean it up. Cover the spill with salt. It will draw the egg together and you can easily wipe it up with a paper towel.
SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, Column and every 3x3 box contains Every digit from 1 to 9 Last Month’s Solution
4 4 6 3 2 5 8 1 9 7 5 7 2 5 7 9 6 1 8 3 4 4 1 2 3 1 9 8 7 3 4 6 2 5 3 4 9 1 9 8 4 3 1 2 7 5 6 9 1 2 8 3 1 5 6 7 9 4 8 2 4 1 8 6 7 2 6 4 8 5 3 1 9 6 5 4 8 6 4 9 8 2 3 5 7 1 9 3 8 7 1 5 9 6 2 4 3 7 5 3 2 1 4 7 9 6 8
20 WROXHAM AND HOVETON LIONS CLUB
We are pleased to announce that this month, Sun 31st Oct at 10am, we will be holding our first Craft Fair since the start of the pandemic, in the Broadland Youth & Community Centre. Do you want to have a stall? If so please contact Terry Vout on 07850091570. Lots of good quality crafts and goodies will be there to browse and refreshments, including Bacon butties will be available. It will be great to see everyone again so come along. With the projected shortage of goods for Christmas you might find that elusive present or a gift just that little bit different.
Would you like to win £1000 worth of John Lewis vouchers in October and the additional chance of winning £25,000? For a chance of winning whilst supporting our charity, sign up by visiting the Community at Heart Lottery page at: https://www.communityatheartlottery.com/support/wroxham-and-hoveton- lions-club
We’re constantly on the lookout for any good, clean and undamaged Bric a Brac, toys, books, as well as clean clothing for our shop in the Hoveton Precinct. You can drop items off during shop opening times, preferably in the morning before the shop opens between 9 and 10am. For those unable to take items to the shop we can collect. Please ring the shop on 01603 783737 to arrange collection.
Why not join the largest charity service organisation in the world. Volunteering is rewarding as it gives you the satisfaction that you’re giving something back to the community. We always need volunteers to help in the shop or to lend a hand as a Friend of Wroxham and Hoveton Lions. If you are looking for a welcoming and friendly club environment, we’ll be happy to give you more information. Please ring me on 01603 781310, or our Membership Chairperson Lion Lydia Spight on 07503221485.
You can follow us on Facebook or our website. We look forward to seeing or hear- ing from you.
Lion Mick Holden, President.
21 CATFIELD PARISH COUNCILLORS
Name Telephone No Email address Keith Bacon 01692 581314 [email protected] Graham Edwards 01692 580219 [email protected] Mike Filgate 01692 581421 [email protected] Judith Gardiner 01692 580391 [email protected] Sam Hill 07881786690 Tim Harris 01692 580220 [email protected] Angie Johnson [email protected] Neil Jordan 07818 451907 Neil.j/[email protected] Ray Read 01692 580739 [email protected] Jill Wickens 01692 584179 [email protected] Lis Walker
Clerk of Parish Council [email protected]
Articles and pictures for the Catfield News If you have an article for the magazine we would love to receive it, but please remember to include your name as we do not print articles if we do not know who the author is. We don’t have to print your name, but we need to know who you are. Do you have a picture that you think would look good on the cover? We are always on the lookout for cover pictures. Articles and pictures can either be e-mailed, see page 34 for contact details, or dropped into the Catfield News box in the Catfield Stores. Thank you.
Need somewhere to advertise? We currently have advertising space available in the Catfield News. For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]
If you would like a copy of the P C Minutes please contact the Parish Clerk, [email protected] . The minutes can also be viewed on the village website www.catfield.org.uk and are displayed on the notice board outside the Village Hall. 22 CATFIELD STORES & POST OFFICE Opening hours Monday to Friday 7.00am - 8.00pm Saturday & Sunday 8.00am - 8.00pm Bank Holidays 8.00am - 8.00pm Tel: 01692 583489
THE CROWN INN The Street, Catfield NR29 5AA - 01692 580128 www.catfieldcrown.co.uk Email us at [email protected] Bar Food Monday 12.00pm - 2.30pm No food Evening closed Tuesday to Thursday 12.00pm - 2.30pm 12.00pm - 2.00pm 6.00pm - 10.30pm 6.00pm - 9.00pm Friday 12.00pm - 2.30pm 12.00pm - 2.00pm 5.00pm - 11.00pm 5.00pm - 9.00pm Saturday 12.00pm - 11.00pm 12.00pm - 2.00pm 6.00pm - 9.00pm Sunday 12.00pm - 10.30pm 12.00pm - 8.30pm 23 BURE VALLEY WOODBURNERS Multi Fuel Burners installed. Garry’s Property Maintenance Chimney Repairs. Fireplaces. HETAS REGISTERED Telephone: 01692 581823 Chris Beardsmore Mobile: 07859048007 Tel: 01603 736073 or 07717574659 Domestic Plumbing - All Tiling Undertaken [email protected] Kitchen & Bathroom Fitting - BUILDING WORK Decorating Extensions. Renovations. Garden Walls Drains Cleared & Installed - Glazing Lime Mortar Work. Fascias. Guttering. uPVC Facias, Windows & Doors www.burevalleywoodburners.co.uk NO JOB TOO SMALL
Your Friendly, Local Electrician Lighting Design Specialist Electric Heating, Storage heaters, Security lighting, Showers, Repair/Testing, Water Heaters, Emergency Breakdowns All work fully guaranteed, free advice, survey & estimates Broadland & North Norfolk Area GLEN ROGERS ELECTRICAL LTD Tel: 01692 538515 Mob: 07774 103426 www.glenrogerselectrical.co.uk
Irstead Cottage, The Shoals, Irstead, Norfolk NR12 8XS
Feline Executive Travel Operating out of our Office in Unit 2, Horizon Industrial Estate, Sutton Road, Catfield NR29 5BE. We are pleased to announce that we now offer a Private Hire Taxi Service + 16 seat EXECUTIVE MINICOACHES Serving the Local Community with all your Transport requirements. Medication Service. Doctor and Hospital Appointments. Shopping Runs. Airport - Sea Port – Railway Station. Licenced Uniformed Friendly Staff. Female Driver upon request. Competitive Rates, Reliable Service. Catering from 1 to 16 Passengers in Comfort. Call in at our Office or Telephone 01692 584987
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BROADLAND HOUSE VETERINARY SURGERY High Street, Stalham, Norfolk NR12 9AH Tel: 01692 580171 Fax: 01692 580577 Hilary WARNER BSc, BVM&S, Cert VC MRCVS And Associate. Veterinary Surgeons CONSULTATIONS BY APPOINTMENT
25 CLEARVIEW Financial Consultants Ltd. 1 Burgh Road, Aylsham, Broadland Fuels Norfolk NR11 6AJ An unbiased whole of market service, offering tailored & accountable advice. Investment Planning & Reviews Your local & reliable fuel supplier Inheritance Tax/Wealth Preservation For a competitive price, with a Care Cost Advice-Personal Protection Policies Pensions & Retirement Options. great service, call us today on … Home appointments to suit your diary Office: 01263 734859 Mob: 07584030071 01493 748 888 Part of NWF Fuels
Shop Open: MON-SAT: 6am to 9pm - SUN: 7am to 9pm
26 Green Gardens Landscaping est 2001 patios, turfing, fencing and planting from one off jobs to complete redesigns www.greengardensnorfolk.co.uk Contact Chris on Loads from £60 01692 581453 07553 926892
Rob The Window Cleaner BROADLAND PROBATE SERVICES LTD Your Traditional Local Window Cleaner Wills to include tax planning Reasonable Quotes for your Windows, Administration of Estates Gutters, Conservatories & Fascias Lasting Power of Attorney deeds Registration of LPA & EPA deeds
Court of Protection work, etc
FREE DOCUMENT STORAGE Contact Rob on NO VAT PAYABLE 07729833666 MICHAEL YOUNG FCILEx 01603 717175
Murrant Family Funeral Services Visit the new look Antiques, Books and Collectables Family Owned Independent Funeral Directors @ Bowline and Bunting. Michael & Lynn Murrant & Sarah Woodhall Womack Staithe, Horsefen Rd, For 24 hour personal attention Ludham. NR29 5QG. 14 The Green Vintage store. Martham Open daily from 10am. NR29 4PA Sundays from 11am. Telephone: 01493 748613 e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 07493 935106 27 Tel -01603 781655 DORRINGTONS MOB-07721608938 Cess-pool & Septic tank Emptying Service
Tina Thacker S.A.C. Dip. (Foot Health Practitioner) Barry Dorrington Professional treatment of foot related problems in the Proprietor
comfort of your own home TEL: 01692 584233 - Routine Foot & Nail Care - Fungal Infections MOB: 07775 995407 - Corn & Callus removal - Athletes Foot www.dorringtonscesspool.co.uk - Ingrown Toenail - Hard Skin Removal [email protected] - Foot Care for Diabetics - Verrucae Treatments [email protected] Chestnuts, Wood St. Catfield, Norfolk NR29 5DF
Sparkling Cleaning Services From one off to every week we do it all
All domestic cleaning, ironing. Holiday lets. End of tenancy and Lauren/Shel much more. Contact for more Cleaner/House keeper Information Family run business 07908628822
SYDNEY HOUSE Residential Care Home for Older people, Providing 24hr Person Centred Care for those needing long or short term Care. Also Day Care provision. Brochures and charges are available on request Please ring 01692 580520 [email protected]
LUDHAM BUTCHER
Our own Sausages & Burgers made on site
Local Pies & Bacon sold
Local quality beef, pork & lamb
Ludham (01692) 678226
28 Edward Boardman LOCAL FOOT HEALTH PROFESSIONAL Providing complete foot care in the comfort of your own home 5 DAYS A WEEK Treatments include Corn/Hard Skin Removal, Other Foot Treatments, Long Nails Cut t:01603 737452 m:07765 893913
e:[email protected] www.edboardmanfoothealth.co.uk Wednesdays at Miss Unique Ormesby www.miss-unique.co.uk 01493 732724
ALAN, YOUR LOCAL REPAIR MAN Washing Machines, Tumble Dryers, Dishwashers, Plumbing, Electrics fitted, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Telephone Extensions Property Maintenance 25 yrs experience FREE QUOTATION
Tel: 01692 580121 Mobile: 07818 670090 Pips Cottage, The Street, Catfield Gt. Yarmouth, NR29 5AA
Learn to L Fully Quailified A.D.I. Michelle Mobile Hairdresser Drive! with L Full one hour lessons Fully Qualified with over 20 years experience Pam’s L Instruction tailored to meet your needs Academy Ladies, Gents, Children of L Motorway Refresher Courses Family discounts given Motoring L Nervous pupils welcome
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Please ring for an appointment – 07766491169 07772 189210
ALEX WILLIAMS
JOINERY
TRADEBASE, CATFIELD
07899 793768
29 Lockwood Plumbing Heating & Gas Services Ltd
Free Quotations Boiler Installations and Services Services on Gas, LPG & Oil Appliances All Plumbing Jobs Undertaken 01692 580547 07765850365 www.lockwoodplumbing.com
Gas Safe & Oftec Registered
Flower Moments
Beautiful Flowers for All Occasions
OBJ
35a High Street, Stalham, NR12 9AH
Tel. (01692) 584804
www.flowermoments.com
HORIZON MOT Centre Class 4, 5, 7, Cars, Large Vans, Minibuses, Campers and Motorcycles too.
CATFIELD
♦ FREE RE-TEST
♦ FREE BULB FITTING
♦ FREE WIPER BLADE FITTING
♦ REPAIRS CAN BE DONE ON SITE Jeckells Upholsterers, Covermakers & Chandlers Unit One,Horizon Estate, Catfield, To update the upholstery in your Great Yarmouth NR29 5BG home, boat or caravan, call for a free quotation. Tel:01603 784488 Telephone and Fax email: [email protected] (01692) 582101 Riverside Road, Wroxham NR12 8UQ. Mobile 07774 734369 30 STEPHANIE ROWLAND NVQ Level 3 Hairstylist THE LITTLE STYLING HOUSE | Arcacia | The Street | Catfield For all your styling needs NR29 5AZ 07809442202
Platten Pest Control
Specialising in the Management of Wasps, Rats,Mice, Moles, Rabbits, Squirrels etc. Commercial, Agricultural and Domestic Locally Based, Family Run Business 01692 670219 Please contact us on for a no obligation quotation: Tel/Fax: 01692 631173 Mobile 07711391839 Web: www.norfolkpestcontrol.co.uk Email: [email protected]
Colin the Plumber The Cats Whiskers For Repairs and Renewal High Street, Ludham, NR29 5QQ of all types of Domestic Pre-booked appointments only Plumbing e.g. Debbie - Hairdressing Bathrooms, Wednesdays & Fridays Radiators, Stopcocks, 07771677447 Ball Valves and Lisa - Hairdressing Burst Pipes etc. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays Please call: Colin at home on 07733322413 Holly - Nail Tech 01692 670657 or Mob: 07990 650331 Tuesday & Wednesday evenings, Saturdays 07493482281 Ludham Carpets Carpets and vinyl flooring supplied and fitted, samples brought to your home, furniture moved and replaced as well as old flooring removed and disposed of. We also offer carpet and upholstery cleaning.
07841277482 or 01692678322 www.ludhamcarpets.co.uk
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SUTTON GARDEN & AQUATIC CENTRE P&A Plant Supplies Ltd The Street, Sutton, Norfolk NR12 9RA COME AND SEE US!!
The Street Sutton NR12 9RA AQUATICS CENTRE Tel:- 01692 580424 Email: OPEN AS USUAL [email protected]
PONDS, LINERS BUILDING SUPPLIES, FILTERS, PUMPS AGGREGATES, CEMENT, TIMBER FISH FOOD, PAVING, FENCING, BRICKS, TREATMENTS, SPARES BLOCKS, DECKING, FOR YOUR REPAIRS INSULATION, DRY LINING, CELOTEX
SLEEPERS, DECORATIVE STONE PAINT, STAIN, FENCE &WOOD TREATMENTS COMPOST, TOP SOIL. PLUMBING, DRAINAGE FITTINGS GARDEN CERAMIC POTS GUTTERING & DOWNPIPES A WHOLE RANGE OF D.I.Y.SUPPLIES, HARDWARE GOODS CALL IN AND SEE US!! SHEDS, SUMMERHOUSES GREENHOUSES, LOG CABINS, STORAGE & Tel: 01692 580424 GARAGES OPEN DAILY 9am - 5pm OPEN DAILY 8am- 5pm SAT 8am-12 noon SUNDAYS CLOSED SUNDAY CLOSED
Property maintenance for HOME& BUSINESS All Work Undertaken Tel: 01692 598430
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Catfield Fishing Club
Members applying for tickets should produce an Environment Agency Rod Licence Tickets available for the 2021/22 season From Jill Wickens on 01692 584179
If you would like to view the Catfield News on line it can be found on the Village website www.catfield.org.uk and the Waterside Group website www.watersidegroup.org.uk
Contact details for local clubs and facilities
Catfield community shopper coach Contact Pat Letten on 01692 652399
Catfield paper crafters Contact Gill on 01692 631592
Catfield stitching group Contact pat reid on 582978 or Brenda hackney on 678128
Parkinson’s group Contact dave Easton on 07484173099
Mobile library www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk
Norfolk wildlife trust www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
Stalham & district www.stalhamhorticultural.co.uk horticultural society VIBES HEALTH & FITNESS—Indoor Contact jane on 07907844433 cycling Classes 33 Some useful Contact and Telephone Numbers
Chairman of Dr. Keith Bacon 01692 581314 Parish Council Clerk of Sarah Vergette 07818709080 [email protected] Parish Council
Village Hall Elaine Smith 01692 580056 [email protected] Booking Clerk Village Correspondent Catfield Stores & Vish and Karthi 01692 580262 P. O. Head of Catfield Mrs Jacqui Sinkins 01692 580568 www.swallowtailfederation.co.uk/ Primary School catfield Catfield United Jill Wickens 01692 584179 [email protected] Charities Local District Pauline Grove-Jones 01692 580071 Pauline.grove-jones@ Councillors north-norfolk.gov.uk Marion Millership 07387586268 Marion.millership@ north-norfolk.gov.uk Local County Richard Carey Price 07880791258 richard.price.cllr@ Councillor (work hours) Norfolk.gov.uk Local MP Duncan Baker 01692 558458 [email protected]
Police PC 1298 Tom Gibbs 07800510713 [email protected] Beat Manager Non emergen- Hoveton Police Stn cy 101 CATFIELD NEWS Contacts:
Steve Beckley: Chair/Treasurer Tel: 582913 - Email: [email protected] Heather Hollister - [email protected] Judith Gardiner - [email protected] YOU CAN drop your competitions entries and /or ANY correspondence into the CATFIELD NEWS BOX inside the Post Office, Special thanks to Vish & Karthi. All submissions to be posted no later than the 10th of the month. Please address your envelope to Catfield News
The Catfield News is an independent magazine with no affiliation to the Parish Council, Church or any other body. We are a self funded magazine, produced by a group of volunteers with the income from advertisers paying for the production costs. 34
DOCTORS SURGERIES Staithe Surgery Stalham www.staithesurgery.co.uk Surgery - 01692 582000
Surgery Hours Monday to Friday 8.30 am – 5.30 pm
Dispensary Hours Monday to Friday 8.40 am – 12.30 pm 13.30 pm - 17.30 pm Stalham Green Surgery www.ludhamsurgery.nhs.uk Surgery – 01692 580880 Surgery Hours Mon 8.30 am – 6.00 pm 6.30pm - 7.30pm Tues, Weds & Fri 8.30 am – 6.00 pm Thurs 8.30 am - 1.00 pm Dispensary Hours Mon, Tue & Fri 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Wed 10.00 am - 6.00 pm Thurs 10.00 am - 1.00 pm Ludham Surgery www.ludhamsurgery.nhs.uk Surgery – 01692 678611 Surgery Hours Mon 8.30 am – 6.00 pm 6.30pm - 7.30pm Tues, Thurs & Fri 8.30 am - 6.00 pm Weds 8.30 am - 1.00 pm Dispensary Hours Mon, Thurs & Fri 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Tues 10.00 am - 6.00 pm Weds 10.00 am - 1.00 pm RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS
Church of England Service – See page 10 for details. Church Wardens – All Saints’ Church, Judith Gardiner Catfield 01692 580391 Dr Keith Bacon 01692 581314 Baptist See www.stalhambaptist.org.uk for Pastor – Rev. Ron Baptist Chapel, Stalham latest updates Skivington – 01692 582091 Roman Catholic See Father James Walsh Saint Helens, Hoveton www.sacredheartnorthwalsham.com – 01692 403258 Sacred Heart, for latest updates N. Walsham Methodist See www.eangliamethodist.org.uk or Rev. Andrew King Ludham facebook pages for latest updates – 01493 750799 Alan Croft - Steward (Ludham) Sutton - 01692 582104 Diane Mann - Steward (Sutton) - 01692 580827 Saint Fursey’s See website – www.saintfursey.uk Rev. Stephen Weston Orthodox Christian – 01692 580552 Centre, Sutton 35
Matrimonial and Family Law We currently offer a fixed fee initial appointment. Please see our website for further details. To book a consultation please contact Dawn Pennell on 01692 581231 or by email to [email protected]
6 High Street, STALHAM, Norfolk, NR12 9AN 01692 581231 Broads Centre, WROXHAM, Norfolk, NR12 8AJ 01603 783818 Station Road, WROXHAM, Norfolk, NR12 8UR 01603 783818 www.capronandhelliwell.co.uk [email protected]
CATFIELD NEWS – Contributions & Advertisements
Items for inclusion need to be received no later than 10 th of each month. Items can be e-mailed to the team, contacts detailed on page 34, or left in the Catfield News box in the Village Shop. Articles should be no more than 400 words and have the contributor’s name attached, but the name does not have to appear in the magazine. The Catfield News aims to be a magazine of local news and events and although we cannot always guarantee to include all items received, we will always give priority to Catfield news and events. If you have something you would like published in the magazine, please contact one of the team. For Business advertisements or small Classified Ads., please contact one of the Catfield News Team for details. Catfield News items are published in good faith with every effort made to ensure accuracy of content as given to us. No liability can be accepted for inconvenience arising from error or omission. The views expressed in Catfield News are not necessarily the views of the Team. We are dependent on our contributors for content. Sometimes the material they submit may have copyright attached, and we ask our contributors to check if this is the case. Nevertheless, sometimes material gets past our extensive editorial process. If we have inadvertently reprinted copyright material please accept our apologies. If any copyright holder feels they have had their work taken without permission, please contact the Catfield News Team and we will ensure due acknowledgement is made. 36