Filby in Bloom 2016 Village Portfolio
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Filby in Bloom 2016 Village Portfolio Contents Filby in Bloom 2016 Item Page Section Item Page Section Trinity Broads A5, B1, B3, 19 Cover 1 Village Pond B1, B3 Contents 2 Wildlife Area 20 Village Map 3 Ormesby Little Broad Viewing Platform & Walkway Introduction Filby in Bloom 4 B1 Filby’s New Village Hall C1 Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Living Landscapes 5 Project 21 Anglia in Bloom Judging Day C3, C4 Nest Boxes Open Gardens Weekend C3, C4, C5 6 Domestic Waste Recycling 22 Britain In Bloom Judging Day C3, C4 B - Plant and Compost Recycling August Bank Holiday Weekend C4 C5, Environmental Garden Waste Composting Responsibility B2 Anglia in Bloom Awards Ceremony Peat Usage Reduction 7 23 Yarmouth in Bloom Awards Ceremony C4 Mulching Filby in Britain in Bloom Awards Ceremony Bloom’s Year Chemical Treatments Village Hall Official Opening C4, C5 Information Boards B3, B5 Grand Firework Display 8 Cleanliness B4 Anglia in Bloom Seminar C4 Welcome Signs B5 Christmas Bazaar Street Furniture Filby in Bloom Coffee Mornings C4, C5 Watering A2 24 9 Easter Bonanza Other Activies B2, B4, B5 Gardening Club Filby In Bloom’s Accounts C5 Spring & Summer Activity The Press 10 Autumn and Winter Activity The Filby Flyer 25 Growing-on Facilities Local Radio & Television A1, A2 11 C2 Planning for Summer Displays Filby on the Web Kings Head Bed Other Means of Publicity 12 Barrels and Planters BID 26 Village Pound 13 Quiz Night C5 Club Room Garden 14 Open Gardens Weekend C3, C4, C5 A1, A2, A3, B3 Village Hall Garden C - Grand Fete C4 15 Community A - Queen’s Golden Jubilee Bed Grand Firework Display Horticultural Participation C4,C5 Achievement Thrigby Road Corner Bed Christmas Bazaar A1, A2 A Broads Influence Easter Bonanza Business Premises A4 16 “My Year in the Life of the “ Saturday 27 C4 Crew”” Residential Gardens A3, C3 Branded Products Tree Planting A1, A2 Sponsorship C5 Hedge Planting Filby Primary School C3 28 Allotments A3 17 “Notes from a Foreigner from Over the Wildflower Planting A1, A2, A5 C4 29 Hill” Rotary Crocus Beds A1, A3 18 The Future C1 30 Community Orchard A5, B1 The contributions from Ken Saul (Nest Boxes), Joan Saul (Wildlife Garden) Village photographs in this Portfolio are from Tom Green, Gwen Caroline Nicker (Planters & Club Room Garden) Kate Foster (Pound & Thurtle, Kate Foster, Keith & Leslie Johnson, Ken & Joan Saul Queen’s Jubilee Bed) Keith Johnson (Orchard), Nick Dawes (Notes from and Derek & Caroline Nicker. Some Broads images are from the a Foreigner from Over the Hill), Gwen Thurtle (My year in the life of “The Saturday Crew”), Eilish Rothney (NWT) and Wendy Yassin (Gardening at Norfolk Broads Authority archives. Scans from the local papers Filby Primary School) are appreciated. are reproduced by kind permission of Archant Newspapers. Page 2 Village Map Filby in Bloom 2016 Filby Bridge Restaurant Bus Shelter Millennium Clock Playing Field Water Feature Shop & P.O. Ormesby Little Broad Bowls Club Village Hall Club Room Green Lane Boardwalk Ken Martin Memorial Pound Lane Ormesby Lane Filby Main Road Broad Church Broad Lane Filby Lane York Villa Close Close Poplar Drive Paddock A1064 Farm Drive Filby Broad FEPOW Memorial Mautby Lane Thrigby Road Mill Lane Staithe Kings Head P.H. Primary School Village Pond Jam Shed Wildlife Area Clay Pits Parish Church Village Sign Unitarian Site Orchard Allotments Thrigby Road Corner The Pound Page 3 Introduction Filby in Bloom 2016 Filby in Bloom The village of Filby is situated on the edge of the Norfolk Broads, between Filby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, some 6 miles north-west of Great Yarmouth and 16 miles east of the city of Norwich. The parish has an area of a little over 2.2 square miles (543 acres) and, in the 2001 census, it had a population of 740 in some 308 households. Essentially agricultural in character, until the late 1950s Filby was known for its market gardens. Astride the busy A1064, the village has now become an attractive base for commuters, to both Great Yarmouth and Norwich. The village entered Anglia in Bloom, for the first time, in 1995, had its first Local Map success in 1997 and has participated in the event every year The Team Key Tasks since. Adrian Thompson Chairman, planting, potting on and watering All involved do so to make Filby a better place in which to live, for Paddy Hudson Secretary the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Everyone Joy Baldry Potting on & planting makes a contribution in the best way that they can. There is no Jenny Barnes & Tony Elms Fund raising quizzes and special evenings Peter Chapman Water feature maintenance and litter formal ‘In-Bloom’ committee, as such. Instead, everyone has a Nick Dawes Planting & potting on say in the planning. A Chairperson and Secretary are elected for Amanda Dobson Planting the purpose of those meetings that are held but all participate in Barry Forsdyke Planning and potting on the discussions and everyone has an equal vote. Kate Foster Potting on, planting & maintenance Team work is evident throughout the organisation of the many Les Futter Orchard & Wildlife Garden schemes and projects that run every year, to which so many of Mervyn & Sandra Gibson Planting, potting on & maintenance, use of greenhouse the residents willingly give their time. Every Saturday morning, Tom Green Display design, planting a small team is assembled to conduct all necessary clearing, Percy Hudson Floral displays, strimming and maintenance, potting on cleaning, planting and other sundry tasks to ensure that the Caroline Nicker Club Room Project, planting & potting on village stays in great shape. Individuals often initiate their Derek Nicker Portfolio & Press Officer own projects and the sheer number and variety of the tasks Jeroen Reuvekamp Planting & potting on, maintenance undertaken demonstrate the innovation within the village. Its Ian Richardson Planting & potting on, maintenance enthusiasm for the In-Bloom competitions and for the overall Joan Saul Orchard, Wildlife Garden improvement to the fabric of the neighbourhood, in general, is Ken Saul Nest Boxes self-evident. David Shaw Planting, potting on and maintenance Filby is well known throughout the area as ‘The Flower Village’ Rev. Graham Steel Planting & potting on and the media pay close attention to activities in the Parish, David Thompson MBE Planting, potting on & watering Jenny Thompson Fundraising which are also publicised in a monthly newsletter, the Filby Flyer. Gwen Thurtle Potting on, planting & maintenance Fundraising is a year round activity. A regular income is derived Victor Tungate Orchard from the collection of recyclables and sponsors are attracted Gordon & Margery Ward Planning & displays from local businesses. Villagers participate in regular events that raise money for the horticultural front. These include popular quiz nights at a local restaurant, coffee mornings, an Open Gardens Weekend and the Annual Fete. There really is a great community effort, well demonstrated by the projects described within this portfolio. Filby in Bloom is, indeed, “a lovely place to be”. Current members of the In-Bloom team are listed here but they are ably assisted, on a regular basis, and in a variety of different roles, by other village residents, too numerous to mention. Filby in Bloom’s accounts for 2014 / 2015 are available on page 25. Tidying Up (4th April 2016) Page 4 Filby in Bloom’s Year Filby in Bloom 2016 Filby’s New Village Hall - C1 No document, focusing on Filby, can ignore the biggest event occurring in the village in the last decade, the opening of a new Village Hall! In 2006, when closure of the village’s Church Hall was inevitable, Filby’s only remaining meeting place was its ‘Club Room’, a small but picturesque thatched cottage donated to the village in the 1800s. The Club Room could accommodate no more than forty, very cramped people at best. It, therefore, became clear that Filby was in need of a new, modern communal building if the growth of the village’s community spirit was not to be stifled. It was agreed that a project to acquire Filby’s new Village Hall (13th Jun 2015) new facilities would be best undertaken by the Playing Field Committee, which includes a significant number of In-Bloomers. The village has been fundraising since then and had raised close to £200,000, to such an end, through donations, small grants, income derived from recycling newspapers, glass, clothes and shoes and holding events such as our Annual August Bank Holiday Fete. Over the years, a number of grant applications have been made, principally to the Reaching Communities Building Fund of BIG Lottery and, so far, our track record is Played 8, Won 5, Lost 3! The last was made to a very small fund, available for new village halls, which was announced in November 2010. Filby’s new Village Hall (19th Jun 2015) The building would cost £629,000 against which the village sought £500,000 from BIG Lottery, with the remainder to be met from village funds. After a long and arduous application procedure, we learnt of our success on 2nd October 2014. The new Village Hall was completed on 19th June 2015. A further £50,000 was spent on equipment and the Hall was available in time to be used by both Anglia in Bloom and Britain in Bloom judging parties, that year. Anglia in Bloom Judging Day 2015 - C3, C4 This year, we were competing, once again, in Anglia in Bloom’s Village (Pop.301-2,500) Category. We were defending our title of Best Village and were judged on Wednesday 8th July 2015. Our judges were Margaret Albinson, from South Wootton near Kings Lynn, and Joan Gibson from Halstead in Essex.