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Church & Village News Baconsthorpe • Barningham Winter • Edgefield• Hempstead Matlaske • Plumstead • Saxthorpe with Corpusty December 2019 & January 2020 Nave Window - St Mary's Church - Baconsthorpe Photograph by Norman Allen Patisserie Aernoon Tea Newsletter Team Village Correspondents DELIVERY to your Editor Michael McMahon Baconsthorpe Corinne Youngs Home or Venue [email protected] [email protected] 577263 01263 840 472 Copy Date third Wednesday of the month Barningham Winter Sara Buxton www.thenorfolkpatisserie.co.uk 15 January 2020 [email protected] 577207 Design Karen Hall 577547 Edgefield Richard Peaver Print Barnwell Print Ltd, Aylsham 732767 [email protected] 587486 Advertising Paul Boast 577883 Hempstead Su Summers [email protected] [email protected] 710702 Distribution Mary Lintott 577718 Matlaske Marion Shepherd Treasurer Corinne Youngs 577263 [email protected] 577521 Postal Subscriptions Plumstead Mary Lintott £15 per year – please contact Corinne [email protected] 577718 Open again after a full refurbishment Next editorial meeting Monday 10 February Saxthorpe & Corpusty Sophia Hodgson Come and enjoy our 2 course lunch menu (Monday-Saturday) for £15, To download previous editions visit: [email protected] 587510 www. churchandvillagenews.org.uk with a choice of starters, mains and desserts. Sunday lunch is always a popular choice, roast Rump of Blickling reared beef or Loin of Norfolk Parish Council Chairs District Councillors pork, served with all the trimmings. 2 courses for £19.50. Our main menu is available for lunch and dinner each day. Baconsthorpe Jonathan Cooper 577527 Corpusty, Edgefield, Saxthorpe Edgefield TBC Andrew Brown 587250 / 07745 907774 For further information or to make a booking please call us [email protected] on 01263 768909 or email [email protected] Hempstead Paul Sanders 713217 Visit www.saracenshead-norfolk.co.uk Matlaske & Barningham Sara Buxton 577207 Baconsthorpe, Hempstead, Matlaske & Barningham, Plumstead Nick Fulford 577433 Plumstead Saxthorpe & Corpusty Imogen Waterson 587610 Dr Pierre Bütikofer 838306 [email protected] Parish Council Websites or Email Addresses Baconsthorpe http://baconsthorpepc.wixsite.com/baconsthorpepc Edgefield http://edgefieldnorfolk.co.uk/theparishcouncil.shtml Hempstead [email protected] Matlaske & Barningham http://matlaskeparishcouncil.norfolkparishes.gov.uk Plumstead http://plumsteadparishcouncil.norfolkparishes.gov.uk Saxthorpe & Corpusty https://corpustyandsaxthorpeparishcouncil.wordpress.com Local MP Church People Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP Rector Revd Canon David Longe 577252 Unit 4, The Garden Centre Assistant Priest PTO Revd Brian Faulkner 577868 Nursery Drive, Norwich Road Lay Minister Gill Peat 734226 North Walsham, NR28 0DR Lay Minister Judy Rosser 587584 [email protected] Church Wardens http://www.normanlamb.org.uk/ Baconsthorpe Tessa McCosh 577611 Harry Steel 07711 890360 Office hours are Monday - Friday 9am – 5pm Barningham Winter Amelia Courtauld 577250 01692 403752 daily between 10am – 1.30pm Edgefield Emma Cletheroe 587049 Angela Turner 587292 County Councillor Hempstead Ann Udale 713656 Su Summers 710702 Steffan Aquarone Matlaske Thomas Courtauld 577250 [email protected] Plumstead Eleanor Faulkner 577868 01603 327827 Saxthorpe Judith Banks 587319 2 3 Cathy Stern 587014 What’s On Regular Village Hall Events DECEMBER BACONSTHORPE Sun 1 10.00am Saxthorpe Christmas Tree Festival St Andrew's Church Hall Tuesday 10.00am - 12noon Country Mice Play Group Sun 1 11.00am Barningham Advent Carol Service St Peter's Church Tuesday 7.30pm - 9.30pm Carpet Bowls - 711320 Sat 7 7.00pm Hempstead Christmas Party Village Hall Third Thursday 10.30am Community Coffee - All welcome Sat 7 6.30pm Edgefield Festive Event Village Hall Third Thursday 7.30pm Book Club - All welcome Sun 8 4.00pm Matlaske Christmas Party Baconsthorpe Village Hall Last Friday 6.00pm - 10.00pm Pop-Up Pub Mon 9 10.00am Barningham Wreath Making The Stables, Barningham Hall Mon 9 6.30pm Plumstead Parish Council Meeting Carpenters Cottage CORPUSTY Mon 9 7.00pm Saxthorpe - North Norfolk Hustings St Andrew's Church Second and fourth Monday 2.00pm - 4.00pm Bure Valley Quilters & Stitchers Sun 15 3.00pm Baconsthorpe Christmas Party Village Hall Tuesdays during term time 5.45pm - 7.15pm Brownies Sun 15 4.00pm Edgefield Carol Service St Peter's & St Paul's Church Second Tuesday 10.00am - 12noon North Norfolk Knitters Sat 21 5.00pm Matlaske Sing-Along St Peter's Church Rita Taylor 587507 [email protected] JANUARY Friday during term time 9.30am - 11.30am Toddler Group Mon 6 3.45pm Music in Hempstead Village Hall EDGEFIELD Third Monday 7.00pm Parish Council Meeting North Norfolk Hustings Clash Diary 2020 First Tuesday 2.30pm Tuesday Club Second Wednesday 2.00pm Ladies Club General Election 2019 June 27 Hempstead Open Gardens Last Thursday 10.30am Coffee Morning A chance to question your June 28 Hempstead Open Gardens parliamentary candidates July 25 Matlaske Fête HEMPSTEAD th Monday 9 December 7pm If you are arranging an event please check First Monday alternate months 7.30pm Parish Council Meeting St Andrew’s Church, Saxthorpe with Corinne Youngs Tuesday 10.00am Charcoal Drawing £4 - Mike Thody711282 that there is not already an event being Third Wednesday 7.30pm Film Club Harry Gwynne Brexit First Friday 10.30am Coffee & Gossip Duncan Baker Conservative held that day 577263 / [email protected] Emma Corlett Labour Mobile Library Van Post Offices Karen Ward Liberal Democrat 19 Dec / 16 Jan / 13 Feb / 12 Mar Baconsthorpe Village Hall Chaired by the Revd Canon David Longe Matlaske 11.40 NR11 7AQ Old Post Office Tuesdays 1.00pm – 4.00pm Rector of the Matlaske Benefice Plumstead 12.25 NR11 7LG Walnut Farm Fridays 10.00am – 1.00pm Hempstead 3.40 NR25 6TL Telephone kiosk All services Baconsthorpe 4.05 NR25 6LE Hare & Hounds 4.20 NR25 6LG Old Post Office Corpusty Stores 587202 Christmas Holiday Bible Club 4.40 NR25 6LJ Council Bungalows Monday-Saturday 9.00am – 12.00noon 23 Jan / 20 Feb / 19 Mar All services including Euros All children aged between 5 and 11 are invited Edgefield 1.55 NR24 2AL The Memorial Holt Library 712202 to this special event on Monday 23rd December 2.15 NR24 2AX The Street Corpusty 2.45 NR11 6QP School 9 Church Street, Holt NR25 6BB from 1pm until 4pm at the Copeman Centre, Hall 3.40 NR11 7BU Great Farm Cott’s Mon Wed Sat 9.30am-1.00pm Street, Briston. There'll be songs, games, crafts, prizes Saxthorpe 4.10 NR11 7BL Old Post Office Fri 9.30am-6.00pm and the Christmas story led by three qualified and Corpusty 4.30 NR11 6QJ Adams Lane 4.50 NR11 6QL 16 Council Houses experienced schoolteachers (DBS-checked). It's Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication Times and dates sourced from Norfolk County website: are not necessarily the views of the Church & Village completely FREE but booking is required so please News. Apologies if contributed material is not pub- https://bit.ly/2AJdSGA lished due to space constraints. All facts are believed call Matthew on 07910 383682 to secure a place or to be correct at the time of going to press. to find out more. 4 5 Early Flights over Norfolk Letter from the Rector - Revd Canon David Longe 577252 / 07881 950294 / [email protected] Dear All On 9th November if anyone had looked into Norwich Cathedral, they would have been a bit surprised. Bishop Graham Usher was 'enthroned' as the new Bishop of Norwich. As I watched him climb the steep steps to the throne at the end of the Cathedral, I imagined that his legs must have turned to jelly as he realised the task before him. When he arrived at the Cathedral, the door was closed and he had knock to be allowed entry by the Dean. He was then licensed (a formal legal declaration) before he preached,and then led up the nave and asked to kneel as he was robed in incredible green vestments. For me, beyond the inevitable pomp, three things stood out; three messages that I felt we all should be reminded of. They are messages that we will hear again and again over the Christmas period as we listen to those familiar stories of old, reminding us of the incredible gift of love revealed in the child born in a manager. The first message was buried deep in a hymn: Praise to Christ, who feeds the hungry, Frees the captive, finds the lost, Heals the sick, up-sets religion, Fearless both of fate and cost. J L Bell & G Maule The second message caught us off guard. Half way through the service, down the nave came a troop of dancers. Not any sort of dancers, but a fully integrated and inclusive group, ranging from The first aircraft to be seen in our area landed at Barningham Hall circa 1912. This fact is known as the old to the young, from the professional to the amateur, from the disabled to the able-bodied. the writer’s father, together with his friend Stephen Sewell, ‘bunked off ’ from Baconsthorpe School They pirouetted and turned with such grace, that we were entranced and transported to a different and ran all the way to Barningham Park to look at this new-fangled flying machine. Both boys were place. This I felt was surely a sign of what we should be as a community - seeing and knowing no good runners, but not quick enough to evade the attention of the then Headmaster, the tyrannical barriers and finding harmony and grace to live in peace with one another. William 'Billy' Crary, who handed out a beating to both boys as punishment for their absence. The third message was a challenge. The Bishop walked down those steep steps and crouched down At this late date, we can only surmise as to the identity of the pilot and his aircraft, but possibly it as three children approached him.