FREE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE November 2019 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE FOR COLTISHALL, HORSTEAD, STANNINGHALL, GREAT HAUTBOIS, SCOTTOW, BADERSFIELD, BELAUGH, HOVETON & WROXHAM At the going down INSIDE: Events calendar of the sun and in Sports & clubs the morning… Your local news Advertise with us We need HELP Tony Ivany playing the Last Post Horstead Memorial 2012 We will remember them. FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND AT WWW.THEMARLPIT.COM Please tell our advertisers you saw them in The Marlpit 2 THE MARLPIT - VOLUNTEER TEAM Chairman: Paul Thomas 01603 738582 [email protected] URGENT: We need help to keep The Secretary: Philippa Weightman 01603 737962 Marlpit alive 1 Stanninghall Cottages, Horstead NR12 7LY [email protected] Its been quite a month. Major rainfall causing serious flooding, particularly in Coltishall with even the Rising Sun shut for days Treasurer: Sue Dye 01603 738003 from flooding and pump problems. 9 Chapel Lane, Coltishall NR12 7DR [email protected] Full marks to the local sports people who ventured out in the non-stop rain and helped raise funds for the Nelson’s Journey Compilation editors: David Pye and Katie Barry charity. And well done to all residents who had to tackle floods [email protected] into their homes, deep rainfall round them – leaking roofs! Distribution: Bernard Mann 01603 738892 Onwards into November now – including Remembrance services, a past one pictured on our front page. [email protected] Praise too for the Marlpit team, including deliverers. BUT we Proof reader: Wendy Grodentz have to warn that, regardless of weather implications throughout the year, we need MORE HELP FROM YOU ALL if Honorary Accountant: Alan Mallett The Marlpit is not to die. CONTRIBUTORS INFORMATION: Thank you for Our team do their work charitably, often in the face of normal contributing to Marlpit editorial. Please check you have work and life pressures. the correct content editor and address below as they have changed. As early in the month as possible, We need more help from CONTRIBUTORS – PLEASE get th your copy, Word documents and high res pictures into us by the deadline 11 of the month preceding publication. 10th of the month for consideration of publication. SOME EDITORIAL: comes too late – or not at all. This makes our compilation task so difficult. Please send it EARLY when possible and to the News, Councils, events, letters, etc. right address, see right. Could you all send us your year’s [email protected] calendar events so we can enter them up onto our events calendar. 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Day/Date Time November Fri 1st Last Day Museum of the Broads, Closes for the Winter, The Staithe Stalham Sat 2nd 3-00 pm White Ensign FC v Wroxham in FA VASE 2nd Round Proper - See page 23 for more details Sun 3rd Gates open 5 pm Bonfire 6:30 Firework display 7:15 Wroxham FC, Skinners Lane Wroxham Tue 5th 10 am to 12 noon “Pop up Café” - Tithe Barn, Horstead 7-45 pm Wroxham FC v Brantham Athletic Trafford Park Skinners Lane Wroxham Wed 6th 9-45 am Tiddlers Baby and Toddle Group - Tithe Barn Horstead Sat 9th 10am - Noon Autumn Fair - The Preston Rooms, Ashmanhaugh 3-00 pm North Walsham RFC “Vikings” v Sudbury North Walsham Rd, Scottow Sun 10th 11-00 am Service and laying of wreaths at Horstead Memorial 3-30 pm Service at St John’s Church, followed by parade and laying of wreaths at Coltishall Memorial. Late PM COPY DEADLINE FOR DEC/JAN ISSUE OF THE MARLPIT = PLEASE SEND ARTICLES EARLY Mon 11th 11-00 am Service of Remembrance at Coltishall Memorial Tue 12th 6-30 pm Coltishall Parish Council Meeting - Church Rooms Coltishall Wed 13th 6-00 pm Horstead with Stanninghall Parish Council Meeting - Tithe Barn Horstead 7-30 pm Wroxham Flower Club, “All Spruced up” Hoveton VH, Stalham Road, Hoveton Thu 14th 2-4 pm Good Neighbours Tea Party - Church Rooms Rectory Road Coltishall Sat 16th 10 am to 2 pm Craft Fayre in aid of Priscilla Bacon Lodges new hospice - Tithe Barn, Horstead Wed 20th 9-45 am Tiddlers Baby and Toddle Group - Tithe Barn Horstead 2-30 - 4-30 pm AGM Coltishall and Horstead WI, The Church Rooms Rectory Road Coltishall Sat 23rd 3-00 pm Wroxham FC v Ely City Trafford Park Skinners Lane Wroxham North Walsham RFC “Vikings” v Amersham North Walsham Rd, Scottow Thu 28th 5 to 8 pm Horning late night opening for Christmas shoppers 7 pm AGM Wroxham Social Club followed by WSC Bowls Club AGM Fri 29th 6.45 for 7.30 pm Frettenham Film “Rocket Man” [2019] [Musical drama] Frettenham VH Sat 30th 3-00 pm Coltishall Church Concert - with Coltishall School Choir, Luxurious Hamper Prize Raffle TBA = To Be Announced,[ or no date given ] TFI + Telephone For Information NB- What’s On is a snapshot of more details to be found in the magazine [The editors will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions in this summary or the printed article, everything is processed in good faith by volunteers and as in The Telegraph, mistakes may occur] ● All Church Service details can be found with Church reports - too many to list here!. ● A full programme of Library events is also featured inside. ● Sporting events may change at short notice - please check with your clubs to confirm games are as published Coltishall & Horstead Good Neighbours Christmas Carols In The Tithe Barn with the Salvation Army Band Will be hosting a tea party on Thursday 14th November at the church rooms Coltishall from 2 -4 pm Saturday 21st December at 2.30 pm Refreshments will be served Tea and cakes provided and musical entertainment If you require transport please call 07799 277455 Come and start your Christmas with a Carol Julie Douglass 4 We’re BIG FANS of the Bure Valley LEOPARDS The local property market continues at a pace as sellers and buyers aim for a home move ahead of the New Year. We enjoyed a record-breaking month last month, so if you are still thinking about making move this year, don’t hesitate to call. In the meantime, we’ll always prefer our clients to do the talking for us: “We'd just like to say thank you so much for everything you did for us with the sale and purchase of our house. You really did look after us and were so thankful for it. We were blown away with how you presented our house and accurate you were with the valuation and advice on how to market it. There's no doubt about it that you really are the professionals in the business! And the photos were amazing! All of you were so helpful through every step of the way and even with all the trouble we had with the purchase through another agent and all the ranting I gave you over the phone about them, you always kept us calm and assured us that no matter which way things went, everything would be ok (you may want to add stress management to your list of services). We know we wouldn't have had as much support on such a personal level from any other agent!” - MR & MRS COX £200,000 £250,000 £ POA £450,000 £700,000 £725,000 WROXHAM Period COLTISHALL HORSTEAD Period 4 PANXWORTH BARTON TURF BELAUGH 4 bedroom, terrace A lovely 2 bedroom bedroom family A beautiful foundry A thoughtfully Period 5 bedroom house with off-road Maltings conversion home with a conversion in a improved home det family home set in parking with parking generous garden quarter of an acre in a third of an acre beautiful gardens 5 To the letters/reports Manager, The Marlpit First may I ask your readers if they know of an event that took place many years ago,of the unlawful demise of a lady [killed] and that of her I believe partner dont believe he went to court over its strange event in the sleepy village that is Coltishall.