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R.S.P.C.A...... 0870 555 5999 An ambulance was sent for and he was We have also supported others in accessing gathered up and ferried to the Norwich voluntary work and the project is continuing Tourist Info-Cromer...... 01263 512 497 hospital still unconscious. and we have room to take on more youngsters. Travel Enquiries...... 08712 002 233 May I use the courtesy of your Letters Page Referrals can be made by the young person National Express...... 08705 808 080 to wish him a speedy recovery, whoever he themselves or by their families or any Rail Enquiries...... 08457 484 950 is, and give a literary pat on the back to the professionals working with them. Veterinary Surgeon...... 01263 822 293 Paramedics. Letter continued on Page 4 Victim Support...... 08453 030 900 POLICE...... 0845 456 4567 All material is strictly copyright. The views expressed in the CRAB TALES are * Cromer Police Station Staffed Mon 8am - 3.30pm, not necessarily those of the publishers or the Editor. Material including letters may Tues & Weds 8am - 4pm* be edited. Layout & Design by Lis Keddell. Published by The CRAB TALES. Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 3 Letter Continued From Page 3 However, the campaign is far from over, and Dear Editor, we are appealing to local businesses to set up North Norfolk Chamber Opera is an amateur To qualify, the person must be between 13 and a standing order with the Cromer Skate Park. performing group set up some 25 yrs. ago by 25years (inclusive), have Special Educational Even as little as £5 or £10 per month would our President, Janet Bryant-Heron to perform Needs, and live in the North Norfolk area. help to keep the park thriving, and benefit works seldom, if ever, seen in North Norfolk. We can provide a tailored service to meet the the community as a whole. Our venues have included Sheringham Little needs of the individual and will spend as much This years fundraising includes a Charity Ball Theatre, Kelling Barn, The Maddermarket time getting to know them as is necessary to at Northrepps Cottage on 14th March & Phil Theatre and for many years now the Auden find an activity or club that suits them. Weston of ‘Wet Dog’ is raffling off a bespoke Theatre, Greshams School in Holt. We can then continue to support them to access specialist skateboard worth £266.50, which We have put on an opera annually in the spring, that club and help them build the confidence was donated by a family from Sheffield who performing such works as:‘The Marriage of they need to access it independently. have been regular visitors to Cromer for years. Figaro’, ‘The Magic Flute’ & ‘Don Giovanni’ Additionally we can provide young mentors They believed it would benefit Cromer to have by Mozart, ‘Die Fledermaus’ by Strauss, who act as role models. a skate park of its own. Gregg - the dad - built ‘Sister Angelica’ by Puccini, ‘Albert Herring’ Those who have been on the programme have the skateboard himself, and it is a thing of rare by Britten, ‘The Song in the Blickling Garden’ seen some of the following positive outcomes: beauty.’ To see the skateboard and buy a raffle by Davidson & many operettas & one act operas. • Being included in their local community ticket visit ‘Wet Dog’ surf shop on Tucker St. Our Autumn concerts have been both serious and • Attending youth club/activity As always, the campaign thanks all those who light-hearted including ‘The Hills are Alive • Family feel supported/ not alone have supported and continue to support the with the Sound of Mozart’ and ‘Opera and • Widened social opportunities campaign. Your input is always welcome. Chips’ performed in a barn at a pub! • More friends Please contact us on: 07775 830 907 Our next production will be an English translation • Improved self confidence or visit : www.cromerskatepark.co.uk of ‘The Elixir of Love’ (L’Elisir d’Amore) by Gaetano Donizetti, nightly on 16th - 18th April For more information please contact Lucy Sait Dear Philip, 2015 at the Auden Theatre – a fun ‘Rom-Com’ on: 01263 515 230 or 07778 653 314 or e-mail: I just wanted to let your readers know that in which a lovelorn young man takes an Elixir [email protected] or visit: Mundesley’s Ambulance First Responders (actually only wine but he doesn’t know that!) www.aboutwith friends.co.uk received £200 from the bucket collection in order to try and win his love. at The Christmas Eve Pageant. We are a very small amateur group and new Dear Editor, members are always welcome; non-performing By the early summer of 2015, Cromer will as well as performing. Rehearsals are underway have its own skate park on the Meadow. but there is still time to join us for the forthcoming Maverick, the company that is building the skate production, in particular tenors and basses. park, has committed to a provisional start date Rehearsals take place in the Loades Hall, Holt of 2nd March 2015, dependent upon prevailing on Monday evenings at 7:30pm. weather conditions and they expect the park to If you would like to know more, please contact be completed by June this year, and perhaps Maggi Warren, Musical Director/Acting Chair even in time for the May bank holiday. on: 01263 761 482 or see our web site The Cromer Skate Park campaign reached its www.northnorfolkchamberopera.co.uk fundraising target of £150,000 in September Thank you in anticipation. last year but unfortunately, the building work Christine Wheeler had to be put on hold until after the winter. 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The script was lively and engaging and the On the final day, the whole story came children loved learning their lines/words together in the morning – and we found and adding actions to perform. out who that naughty thief was! Music and singing was also involved and the simple masks & props provided were endearing! The children then, so successfully, with great enjoyment, ended their theatre experience, by Many traditional characters were in the story taking part in two afternoon performances and familiar to the children. This acted as to a real audience of the invited and stimuli for all children to come to school very happy parents. dressed up as their favourite character on the final day. Thanks very much to John Neenan Each class spent about a day in total with Sam, for sending us this article and these who through her fun & games and repetitive delightful photographs. techniques, encouraged them all to take part. Overstrand Boxing Day First of all, our apologies to all of the brave swimmers at the Boxing Day Swim..we lost the original file to put in the last issue! Boxing day was celebrated by 31 swimmers plunging into the balmy North Sea just after 11.30am on December 26th.

The swimmers ages ranged from a very brave ten year old accompanied by her not so keen dad, to those just over forty! Bill and Jenny Wallace as usual provided the very welcome mulled wine to all the hardy dippers and spectators. There were over three hundred of them which resulted in donations of over £360 towards the upkeep of the Millennium Playgroup of Overstrand. LK. 6 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk NEW SAGE MrMoveIt.24/7 12 Cromer Road Mundesley Collection/Delivery Service OPEN 01263 722 828 OPEN FRI - SAT SUN - THURS 01263 722 110 07447 936 736 12 - 2pm 5 - 11pm Fully insured for: & & ALL BANK 5 - 11.30pm HOLIDAYS Removals House / garden clearances Year Of the Goat P u b l i c a u c t i o n s S m a l l o f fi c e m o v e s Happy Chinese Internet collections DIY collections Motorcycle moves & much more. New Year No job too small, no job too far! We also hold a Waste Carriers Licence From Sam & June for all waste removal.

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Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 7 A ghost tells them that there is treasure buried The Aldborough in the grounds of the hall - this would save them Players Panto from rack and ruin. Their cook overhears and rushes off to tell her brother, Moriarty, who I went along to Aldborough on Sunday the 1st with a gang of sundry cronies, determines to February to watch the rehearsals of this year’s get to the treasure first. Panto: “Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Aldborough - the Return of Black Shuck”

The show begins with the best of baddies with This is Aldborough Players’ 22nd pantomime appropriate facial hair! With a great voice and (the first one was in 1993 and they have only superb presence, he is obviously enjoying him- missed one year in all that time). self which encourages the audience to enjoy themselves as he sets the scene. He will use the myth of Black Shuck to keep the locals out of the way. The Herbs contact their old friend Sherlock Holmes, who arrives with Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson. Mrs H discovers her old love in the person of the Herbs’ butler, Roger and Holmes of course defeats Moriarty. All is well. But are we sure of the happy ending? ...There could be a sting in the tale! Performances at 7.30pm from Wed. 4th to Sat. 7th February in Aldborough Community Centre. The Action centres around Sir Basil and Lady Tickets available from Aldborough Post Office Photographs by Herb, residents of Aldborough Hall but now and Spar shop (both on the Green). Bob Eke sadly impoverished. New Start For Old As usual, I went along to the end of our road to watch the rehearsals of this year’s Panto at the Mundesley’s Coronation Hall where the cry of “New lamps for old” will be heard when the pantomime Aladdin hit’s the stage between the 17th and 20th February. This year the new for old situation is linked directly with the producers of this yearly and well attended event. For the last 41 years the pantomime has been organised by the “Friends of Mundesley Lifeboat” but for 2015 the “Friends” have stepped down and a group of regulars have taken over. The Mundesley pantomime is a immensely popular production and often sells out very quickly. This is due to the local content Tickets are on sale from Monday 2nd February and jokes aimed directly at some of onwards and can be purchased from 10am to the great and good of the area. 1pm at the Corner House Café in Mundesley. £6.50 for adults and £3.50 for under 12’s. This year’s Production is directed by Ian Cashmore and the well known local Info : www.MundesleyPanto.co.uk comedian Pat Nearny (above right) Proceeds will be distributed between three very takes on the roll of Widow Twanky. deserving local charities: The First Responders, As usual the cast is drawn from Mundesley and The Air Ambulance, and Together We Share, the surrounding villages with a large hoard of a local fund set up in memory of Trevor Sizer children being involved with the singing and who was himself involved in the Mundesley dancing in the chorus. pantomime on many occasions. As always, you are promised an extremely entertaining evening with songs, dancing, and lots of audience participation. Oh yes you are! Above: Most of the cast On Right: L-R Paul Reynolds who plays Wishy Washy & Nigel Holmes who wrote it. See you there. PK 8 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk HG & Sons Redecoration to Restoration 07980 528 027 01263 510 978 [email protected] £5 million commercial & public liability Waste registration (upper tier carrier) CB/BM3145BW painting and decorating tiling and wallpapering bricklaying and pointing cherry picker hire waste removal loose shingle and sand delivery full bathroom & kitchen installations total renovations ground work including digger roof and gutter repairs property maintenance & servicing All Trades Covered

Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 9 New Sports Facility In December last year the Mundesley Youth & Community group assembled for the big light switch on following installation of the Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) floodlights.

The contractors had been on site for nearly a month and will be returning in the Spring to colour the court green. The MUGA is a tarmac sports court (37m x 21m) with permanent Football goals and Cromer & Sheringham Crab & Basketball rings for “Open Access”. Lobster Festival 2015 A Feast of Fun, Food, Art, Music & Heritage. Full details of the locations of decorated wheels will be published in the leaflet, guiding people The Cliftonville Hotel in Cromer played host to to discover them on display in businesses and the launch of the 6th Crab & Lobster Festival shops throughout Cromer & Sheringham. on January 15th. If you are interested in to purchasing Wheely Good Wheels Art Trail brings an array one of the Wheels to decorate of ship’s wheels to be decorated, they are made please Email: . from solid wood approx 24ins in diameter and [email protected] cost £60 each to sponsor. The evening was presented by Tony Shipp Local shops, offices, schools, pubs, individuals, MBE, Cllr Hilary Cox and Noel Gant with businesses and groups are invited to sponsor a a presentation of awards and grants from wheel and work together with an artist, school last year. or individual to decorate it for display as part of The Crab & Lobster Festival will commence the Art Trail. It is a great way to attract interest on Friday 15th May, with a concert in the Netball posts and Tennis nets will be stored in your business, organisation or as an artist. Pavilion Theatre through to evening of in the locked storage area but are available At least 15,000 copies of the leaflet will be Sunday 17th May. for “Bookings Slots”. published and available all over the area. There will be street entertainment in Cromer & The facility also has floodlights that can be The decorated wheels will be sold at the Grand Sheringham with the main weekend site being used for just £2 per hour. Charity Auction on Sunday August 30th with on Evington Lawns (Cromer boating Lake) the proceeds going to the Community Grant with various stalls, Cookery Theatre and music. Scheme, which, since 2010, has donated Don’t forget The Food Trail with some cheeky over £33,000 to local charities. fun in the window displays around the town. The trail runs from Easter until August. Cindy Johnson WHERE CAN I GET MY CRAB TALES? ALBY Service Station, Alby Horse Shoes Inn SIDESTRAND Sidestrand Church ALDBOROUGH Spar Shop AYLMERTON Service Station SOUTHREPPS Mace Shop, Vernon Arms AYLSHAM Aylsham Garden Centre, Budgens, Somerfield, SUSTEAD from Mrs Jubb, Pear Tree Cottage Tourist Info Centre BACTON Bacton Fish & Chip Shop. 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I say as well, Matt has taken on the cleaning up, phone Liz King on: painting and getting this 28 foot long missile as well as the launcher, looking a million dollars. 01263 834 965 I would guess that a million dollars is less than the Ministry of Defence would have paid for such an amazing bit of kit, back on 1964, when they SPOT THE CRAB were first situated at RAF bases in Norfolk and and win a Family Swim voucher from in Suffolk. ‘SPLASH’ in Sheringham ( 2 Adults & 2 kids) Known as the ‘Mark two Bloodhound’ this If you are under 12, tell us your name, missile can besides flying at over Mach two, age and address, also in which advert can then blow up a complete squadron of jet So the question one has to ask is how come the Crab is hidden and the page number. aircraft, flying in squadron format. Boyers Body Shop end up repairing and Please Note : Entries should be written by In the next couple of weeks, the missile will cleaning up a missile in Cromer? the child themselves, at least their name. be returned to the Neatishead Museum where A couple of years ago, while Matt was buying OR - If you are a pensioner, it will be sited for visitors to enjoy seeing and some milk at Morrisons he started chatting to being part of our defence history. Beth Condle, curator/manager of Neatishead SPOT THE COD and win who then contacted Matt TEA & CAKE FOR TWO and as a result the missile now at Huckleberries was hauled to Cromer. 43 Church Street, Cromer Asked about this rather Hand in your Entry, with your name & where you unusual job, Matt said: found the cod and the page number please, “ I have enjoyed all the to: K. Hardware in Cromer, or post it to: work involved with it as Crab Tales, 30 West St, Cromer NR27 DS have many others working before the next issue comes out. on this job. The first entry out of the hat wins ! I have to say it looks a great deal better than ISSUE 052 WINNERS when it arrived here” Congratulations to Ann Paynter, from “Would you do it again?” North Walsham, who found the cod in Norfolk I asked. Computer’s advert on Page 5 and to “Yes, we have all enjoyed Bradley Pouley, aged 9, from Stalham, working on this missile” who spotted the Crab on Page 16 PK in Anderson’s Plumbing advertisement. The Ship Inn 21 Beach Road, Mundesley Beautiful Seaview Restaurant Fantastic, locally sourced, New Menu Valentine’s Day Special £57.50 per Couple Entertainment from 7.30pm by “G” Singer / Impressionist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday Roast 12 - 8pm See our web-site for Menu Thursday Evenings 'Curry & A Pint' £9.95 Quiz Night 1st Tuesday of each month. Rooms Ready for Booking! Competitive Rates Apply Seaview Function Room available for ALL occasions. 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Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 11 John C. the camp General Manager - a very tall Goodnight ex-copper - would come into the service area and, obviously with toast in mind and, seemingly Campers oblivious to all the mess and dramas at his ‘Have You Got The Butter, Mark?’ feet, would always beg the question: “Have you got the butter, Mark?” Learning of the closure of Mundesley Holiday Or, bearing in mind he was a Geordie: “Have Village - and its planned journey into ‘the you’s got the bu’-er, Maaark?. It was obviously world of posh’ - has saddened me along, no his priority, and every single day, and bang-on doubt, with many of its long-time campers. the minute. I had the undoubted joy of working a stint in the service room, there, over the Christmas/ New Year break of 1989 / 90. My Stepson, Will, and I were both looking for something I have already mentioned food-skating, haven’t I? to tide us over the Festive period having just It has to be said that there was no point in trying moved back to this area and ahead of my to be any different or better-behaved than anyone joining British Rail Traincrew in Norwich. else you worked alongside, to attempt to be would have resulted in being ostracised or made an The vacancies were for 4 days over Christmas object of derision so you just joined in. itself and then a further 4 days spanning Old Years Night and New Years Day. Will, who The bon ami amongst workmates was quite special had recently left boarding school, and wasn’t - most came from a ‘coloured’ and varied back- particularly ‘people-savvy’, was assigned a ground - I mean, we were all transients or social post as a waiter while I was unceremoniously misfits in our own particular way - one mature despatched to the service room. American guy being a US Army Draft Dodger or, should I say, Vietnam War dodger. I returned to help at a few one-off evening functions He was a quiet, gentle soul and, like many of during the following February - one, at least, his contemporaries, wasn’t cut out for My Lai being a Masonic Dinner-Dance; on sliding or Da Nang or such places of battle; anymore, open the door of one of the hot cupboard - maybe, than he was for the service room at yes - several rancid, barely recognisable Mundesley Holiday Camp. breakfasts still awaited our attention... Who am I to judge? Happy days, but sadly no more. I guess the most important task of any of our split Micky Peters shifts (we would be stood down after each meal) was to make sure we had our own personal meals Thank you Micky for your amusing memories. lined up - I say ‘meals’, plural, because we all The pictures here are from the Coastwatch had voracious appetites. Museum in Mundesley....possibly before The waiting job needs no description - please your time there Micky.....! tell me it needs no description - while my work We would stack these loaded platters in a corner entailed plating up the meal-of-the-hour, on a of one of the giant stainless steel hot cupboards production-line basis with half-a-dozen or so ready to scoff at the end of each appropriate shift. colleagues, ready to be rushed into the dining Trifles, too, were one of our favourites and would The Satnav room by the frenetic waiting staff and dropped be on the menu as an alternative pudding most in front of the bewildered punters. evenings. These wouldn’t be secreted in the by Pam Ayres The whole process was madness and seemed hot cupboards, however ... to operate on a system of shouting, swearing, After the days slog we staff would often meet I have a little Satnav, It sits there in my car spilling, scolding, more swearing and slipping in the bar of the function/ballroom to recount A Satnav is a driver’s friend, about on food-splashed floors; Health and the events of the day and one night in particular it tells you where you are. Safety had no place here. were alarmed to discover the Entertainments I have a little Satnav, I’ve had it all my life Host & his wife assistant were no longer there... It’s better than the normal ones, The post meal emptying of the tables and the It seems a true, Hi-de-Hi style bingo fiddle My Satnav is my wife. dining room was even crazier, on the basis of had been uncovered - no joke! ‘as soon as you’d cleared everything you were It gives me full instructions, done for your shift’. The batwing doors between Especially how to drive the service room & dining hall were supposed “It’s sixty miles an hour”, it says, to have an in-&-out system but for some strange “You’re doing sixty five”. reason, in the heat of battle, most staff appeared It tells me when to stop and start, spontaneously ‘entrance/egress dyslexic’ and And when to use the brake collisions at these pinch-points were manifold; And tells me that it’s never ever, food skating could be added to your CV after Safe to overtake. only one day of employment here. It tells me when a light is red, And when it goes to green It seems to know instinctively, Just when to intervene. It lists the vehicles just in front, I’m thinking that all of you readers would know And all those to the rear the song ‘Goodnight Campers’? And taking this into account, What you may not know, however, is that it It specifies my gear. contains the lines: ‘You must cheer up or you’ll soon be dead, I’m sure no other driver, For I’ve heard it said - Folks die in their bed’. Has so helpful a device For when we leave and lock the car, This was a bad omen and had to be re-written as, It still gives its advice. far too often, this was a self-fulfilling prophecy Now began my main job - that of washing up It fills me up with counselling, - the excitement of the first evening would, sadly, Each journey’s pretty fraught - we had a couple of machines but they were all too often see some poor soul despatched all more-or-less knackered and only served as a So why don’t I exchange it, too soon. My wife and I would usually know And get a quieter sort? pre-wash rinse; mostly the dirty crockery was what the wailing sirens, racing by our house dropped - often (intentionally) along with half- along the Coast Road on a Summer Saturday Ah well, you see, it cleans the house, eaten meals - straight into the slurry that was teatime, would signify. the washing-up ‘water’. Makes sure I’m properly fed The Service Room Manager was a great chap in It washes all my shirts and things, You had to become pretty adept at poking mashed his late twenties by the name of Mark who would And keeps me warm in bed! potato, and trifle alike, through the grills of the turn a blind eye to all of the extra-culinary Despite all these advantages, stainless steel sink plug holes; that being the activities but there was a strange ritual, And my tendency to scoff, mashed potato & trifle that hadn’t already been before breakfast started to be served, I only wish that now and then, smeared across each other’s face and hair. each and every morning. I could turn the bugger off. 12 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Jarrold’s Top 5 In Paperback Fiction: Buy One Get One Half Price 1 ‘Elizabeth is Missing’ by Emma Healey 2 ‘The Miniaturist’ by Jessie Burton 3 ‘Abattoir Blues’ by Peter Robinson 4 ‘Murder in Piccadilly’ by Charles Kingston 5 ‘The Son’ by Jo Nesbo Book Choice Contact us: ‘All That I Am’ by Anna Funder Telephone: This is not a 01263 837 728 novel, rather the true but Mobile: possibly little known story of 07557 117 050 the thousands of German Email: dissidents [email protected] of varying political persuasions The workers put down their lunches and began and levels of society who, I Was Asked...... to gather around. I played out my heart & soul in the 1930’s .....by a funeral director to play my bagpipes at for this man with no family & friends. I played vehemently a graveside service for a homeless man. like never before for this homeless man. opposed He had no family or friends, so the service was And as I played “Amazing Grace”, the workers Hitler’s rise to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the Nova Scotia began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept to power. back country. together. When I finished, I packed up my bag- As I was not familiar with the backwoods, pipes and started for my car. Though my head Many were murdered by the Nazis, many I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn’t was hung low, my heart was full. others arrested and imprisoned in the new stop to ask for directions. concentration camps such as Dachau. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of I finally arrived an hour late and saw that the the workers say : The book focuses on a group who fled Germany funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse “I never seen anything like that before, and I’ve and sought refuge in . There, with infor- was nowhere in sight. There were only the been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” mation smuggled out of Germany, they published diggers and crew left and they were eating newsletters warning of the build up of Germany’s lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the Apparently, I’m still lost....it’s a man thing. military capabilities and the continuing erosion men for being late. of civil liberties. When you have stopped laughing be sure to tell I went to the side of the grave and looked down this to others who would enjoy a good story. This exposed them to the constant threat of depor- and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t tation back to Germany by a British government know what else to do, so I started to play. desperate to maintain a political dialogue with Thanks to Russell Sparkes for this. the Nazi regime. Sadly, the group came to realise that they also had a traitor in their midst, who, to save his/ her skin and curry favour with the Nazis was feeding information back to Berlin. Their activities had also attracted the close attention of Nazi agents operating in London and culminated in the murder of two of the group in a particularly callous, vile way - a heartbreaking breaking episode in the book. The 18th century politician Edmund Burke wrote that : “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. Well, these good men & women, did do something -“they stood up to be counted” and many of them paid with their lives. It did seem for twelve years that evil had indeed triumphed but that does not detract from what these brave people tried to do and I, for one, admire and honour them for it. This book is a chilling yet moving account of a terrible period of history but a book well worth reading. 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Barker’s Herne. Orchard Gardens Pub. t: 721 484 Badminton Thurs. Gresham Village Hall Family Centre t: 01692 407 851 W.I. 2nd Thurs 2 pm, Garden St. Victory Explorers Weds evenings t: 07917 596 797 Farmers Market 9am-1pm 1st & 3rd Sat. Overstrand 14 - 18 yrs t: 01692 406415 Beachcombers Dining Club 1st Mon 7pm: F.I.T. group 2nd & 4th Weds t: 731 177 Acorns Parent & Toddler Group 1.30 -3pm Walsham Writers’ Group : The Feathers Hotel, Holt. t: Hazel 838 566 Flower Club 2nd Wed 7.30pm Town Hall Thurs (term-time) Belfry School. t: 579 275. www.walshamwritersgroup.com Cash Bingo Tues 8pm Aldborough Fitness Yoga/Pilates Tues & Thurs Gardening Club 2.30pm 1st Tues Parish Weavers Morris Dancers Wed 7.45pm community centre. Friendship Hall t: 01692 538 569 Hall t: 576 437 St Nicholas Room t: 01692 404 447 Cantamus Choir 7.30pm Thurs. Southrepps Gym Club Fri 5pm. High School t: 576 609 Church. t: 07785 782 498. Carpet Bowls 2.30pm Thurs. Parish Hall Sheringham Crazee Kidz Club 7pm 2nd & 4th Fri. term time. Inspired Gardeners group. 2nd Thurs 10.30 t: 833 369 Beetle Drive 3rd Tues.7.30pm St.Josephs Church - noon. Methodist Church Hall. t:733 535. Roughton Village Hall 7-16yrs. t:768 138 Railway Quilters & Craft Group 2nd & 4th Bridge The Morley. Duplicates Thurs 7pm Cromer & Sheringham Brass Band 7.45pm Lammas KC Lodge ROAB Tues 8.15pm Tues.10-12 Parish Hall t: 576 986 Beginners Fri 2pm t: 822 087 Sutton School Of Dance, Mill Row. Thurs Upper Sheringham Village Hall t:733 638 Strand Club 2nd Wed of month (except Aug) Bounce & Rhyme under 5’s & parents/carers. Cromer Air Rifle Club 9am -noon Sundays Monday Stall Parish Church 8.30-noon 2.30pm Methodist Church t: 578 250 Tues 10.15-10.45am : Library. t: 822 874 N. N. Mental Health Users & Carers Forum Near Sheringham. t: 570 223 W.I. 3rd Wed 7.30pm Parish Hall t: 834 242 CAB. YESU,Thurs 10-2pm t: 01692 402 570 Extend exercise for over 60’s Mon 2.30pm 2nd Weds Jubilee Centre 1- 3.30pm. Chess. All ages & abilities. 7.30 Fri. RBL (Womens) 1st Mon Salvation Army Hall Mundesley Northrepps Village Hall t:768 159 Badminton Tues & Fri am: Coronation Hall. Morley Club. t: 576 575. Farmers Market 1st Sun 9.30am - 12.30pm N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt.Wed High School Christian Spiritualist Church Tues 7.30pm t: 01692 402 662 Tel: 722 835 Aldborough Community Hall t: 768 766 Bowls Pavilion Bingo: Sun 7.30pm, Whist Oddfellows Hall t 513 067 Fit Together Health Walks t: 07766 259 999 Scalextric Club Presto Park Weds 7.15pm. English Country Dancing Mons 7.30pm t: 01603 754 319 Drive: Tues, Wed & Fri 1.45pm t: 721 815 Fit Together Tea Dance Tues 2-4pm Briston Cafe Church 1st Weds 10.30am Church Rooms. Methodist Church Hall t: 01692 404 447 Copeman Centre - £2 Info: 07766 259 999 Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Peggs Yard Evening W.I. 2nd Mon. St. Josephs Church Yoga Tues 7.30pm Peggs Yard. t: 732 426 Carpet Bowls Mon 1.30pm Coronation Hall Greenfingers Gardening Club 7.30pm 1st t: 722 054 Hall t: 823 889 Thurs Jubilee Hall, Banningham t: 761 620 Cromer Come & Meet Club 3rd Weds 11am. Royal Flower Club 1st Thurs 7pm St.Andrews Gym Club Thurs 5-8pm Northrepps Village Age Concern Fri 10am The Cottage. Hotel, Coffee Bar t:720 558. Church t: 825 059 Hall t: 576 609 Aqua Therapy Classes Mon 11am-12pm Community Choir Tues 7.30pm Methodist Gingerbread Fri pm. Friends Meeting Hse Knapton Ladies Club 3rd Mon 7.30pm Wed 7- 8pm Country Club t: 501 914 Church t: 722 022 t: 0785 9364 702 Village Hall t:720 908. 1st Tues Women’s Air Training Corps 7pm Mon & Thurs, Craft Club 10am - 12pm 1st & 3rd Mon Harry Upcher Lodge ROAB Mon 8.15pm Own Methodist Church t: 721 439 High School t: 515 452 Coronation Hall. t 720 549 Tyneside Club. MS Group Mon 10-2pm Southrepps Village Baptist Church 1st & 3rd Sat Coffee Creative Writing Group 1st Fri 2.15-4.15pm Hearing Aid Clinic 10-12pm 1st Mon. Hall t: 823 392 morning t: 576 524 Library t:720 702 Age Concern. Nordic Walking Tues & Thurs 11am Bridge (Duplicate) Mon 7pm t: 822 778 Knit & Natter Tues 4-5pm Library t:720 702 Ladies Fellowship 7.30pm 2nd Tues t: 07825 773 368 C.A.B. Appointments: t : 01692 405 847 Library Mon & Sat:10-1pm,Tues 2-5.30pm Salvation Army. Norfolk Dixieland Jazz Band 1.30pm 1st Sun Christian Fellowship Sun 10.30am former Fri 10-1pm & 2-6.30pm. t: 720 702 Lip reading classes Thurs 1.30 - 3.30pm Goat Inn,.Free. t: 01692 538 600. Gospel Hall t: 838 180 Luncheon Club for over 60’s & disabled. Health Centre t: 0344 800 8002 Norfolk Submariners 1st Wed 12noon Kings Cromer Orchestra meets 7-9pm The Belfry Mon &Thurs 12-2pm Free Church t :721 984 MS meetings 7-9pm 1st & 3rd Wed. Robin Head, Horsham St Faith t: 511 758 Arts Centre. Overstrand. t: 511 600 MADRA t: 07734 689 978 Hood Pub, t: 823 392 N.N. Minni House Club 2 - 4pm (except Cromer Forum 1st Tues 7.30pm Methodist Methodist Church Sun worship 10.30am Morris Dancing. Oddfellows Hall. Weds August) Bodham Village Hall t: 826 970. Church New Hall t: 515138 RBL 4th Weds Haig Club. t: 722 238 7.30pm t: 837 693 N. Walsham Cage Bird Club 8pm 3rd Tues Diabetes UK 4thThurs 7.30pm Methodist RBL Womens 3rd Weds 1.45pm Coronation Old Shannocks 2.15pm last Wed of month Felmingham Village Hall. t: 01692 404 750 Church Hall. t: 01692 405 492 Hall t:721 021 Community Rooms. Northrepps Pre-School Mon-Fri Term-time Elderberries Badminton 3-5pm Mon & Fri Scrabble Club Fridays t: 720 663 Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Cremer St. t:579 396 Cromer sports hall. t: 761 142 Table Tennis Club Thurs 7pm Coronation Hall. R.A.F.A. 4th Tues of month. t: 837 229 Northrepps R.B.L. 1st Mon. 2nd.Mon. BH’s. Elderberries Short Mat Bowls 3-5pm Mon t: 722 930 or 07828 175 493 Saturday Super Sale First Sat 9-11am. 7.30pm. Northrepps Cottage t: 579 633. & Fri Cromer sports hall. t: 511 246 Village Cinema 7.30pm Coronation Hall 2nd Salvation Army Hall. Nth Norfolk Model Engineering Club 1st Suffield Park Guides 7pm.Weds. info: Tues Info: www.mundesley.org/film Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club 2nd & 1st Fri 7.30pm High Kelling Social Centre www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved.aspx W.I. 2nd Mon 7pm Church Rooms t: 720 744 4th Tues.The Morley Club. t: 821 276 Prize Bingo 7.30pm 1st & 3rd Fri Flower Club 7.20pm 3rd Mon Junior School. North Walsham Sheringham Singers Ladies Choir Tues 2-4pm Gimingham Village Hall t: 513 408 Lighthouse Community Church t: 768 126 Roughton & District WI. 2nd weds of month. Folk Dance Club 7.30pm Tues Community AgeUK 4th Thurs 10 - noon Drop in for info Sheringham Voyager 2pm 1st & 3rd Thurs & advice. Library t: 01692 402 482 7.30pm Roughton Village Hall t: 768 106. Hall t: 578 224 Community Centre t: 01692 500 550 Roughton Under 5’s Playgroup t:07553 456 083 Garden Society 7.30pm 2nd Weds Animal Magic Dog Club t: Kathy 720 730 Sheringham Youth Choir 11-18yrs.Weds Bipolar Self Help Group 3rd Thurs 2pm Ruby’s Prize Bingo. 1st Sat of month Community Hall t: 514 399 7pm (term time) Baptist Church 7.30pm. Lower Southrepps Social Club Hockey Club Mon under16 6.30pm Adults Saddlers Shop t: 0854 434 9872 The Fellowship Choir 10-11.30am Mon Charity Bingo Weds 8pm Community Centre. Seniors Swimming Mon & Weds am., Fri pm. 7.15pm Sports Centre t: 01692 404 440 St. Andrews Church. t:761 482 Greshams Swimming Pool, Holt. t: 711 123 Korean Martial Arts t: 07765 282 981 t: 01692 407 214 Chess Club 7.30 Mon. Orchard Garden Pub. The Runtons Suffield Park Bowls Club. Whist Drives Lip reading classes Thurs 10 - 12noon Tues 2.15pm. Fri twice monthly 7.30pm. Methodist Church Rooms t: 0344 800 8002. All abilities. t: 01692 404 649 Bingo Sun & Wed 7.30pm Bernie’s Social Extend Over 60’s Exercise Mon. Methodist Club East Runton Traditional Catholic Latin Mass 4th. Sun N & N Assoc.for Blind 9.30-1pm Tues 5.30pm Mission Rooms Horsham St. Faiths Merchants Place. Church Hall t: 01692 407 851 NN Amateur Radio Group 7- 9.30pm 2nd Judo Tues from 7pm. Millfield Primary School. Thurs East Runton village hall t: 519 485 (opp. Parish Church) t: 01603 788 873 N.N. Mencap Society Thurs 1pm Merchants Trunch Bumbles Pre-school t: 720 931 Place. t: 578 116 t: Hazel: 579 345 N.N. Chess Club Fri 7.30pm. W. Runton Lions Club 7.30pm 1st Mon. Community Social Club t: 823 814 Trunch Friends 2nd Tues 2pm Trunch Parkinson’s Disease Society 10.30am 2nd Village Hall t:721 570 Wed of month St. John Hall, Bond St. Centre. t: 01692 400 702 Philatelic Society 2nd Mon 7.30pm N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt. Weds. High West Runton Church Hall. Trunch Methodist Church 1st Sat 10am - noon. R.E.M.E. 2pm. 1st Wed Halsey Hse t: 512 450 Coffee Morning. Stalls Cakes t: 720 145 RBL 2pm 1st Wed. The Cottage t:510 146 School t: Gillian :01692 650 250 Cromer & Sheringham Probus Club Parkinson Support Group 2nd Tues 10:30am 12.30pm 1st Tues, Links Hotel t:824 306 Weybourne Folk Club 3rd Sun 3-6pm RBL Women’s Section 2.30pm 1st Thurs Maltings Hotel, Weybourne.t:588 781 Sing for Joy Singing Group Thurs 10am. Sacred Heart Church Hall. t:01692 406 486 Rotary Club Weds 6pm except 5th Weds Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Meeting Dormy House W.Runton, t: 578 194 Woodlands Pre-School Mon am, Community Centre. t: 570 117 Tues - Fri 9am-3pm t: 834 148 St John Ambulance Adults Tues 7.30pm House, Mundesley Rd. near Swafield. Sequence Dancing Mon 7.30-10pm Cadets Tues 5.45pm St John Hall, Bond St. RAFA 7.30pm First Tues. Bluebell Inn E. Runton Village Hall.t:01692 403 071 PLEASE NOTE ~ We CANNOT accept details or corrections over the phone. 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Tuesday 10th February 10:30am: from Church car park, Metton. NR11 8QS NORTH NORFOLK FUELS Fit Together Walk ~ Metton to Hanworth Approx. We offer pre-packed Coal 3.5 miles on field edge, cross field paths, gravel including smokeless. tracks & minor roads. Please arrive 20 mins early if Also Logs, Kindling & Firelighters you are new. Info t: 07766 259 999. from our yard in Jubilee Close 1:30pm :from Lloyds Pharmacy, Sheringham. Erpingham Fit Together Walk ~ Sheringham Town & Prom Tel: 01263 761 359 Bookable Walk. Introductory Walk. Any distance to 1.3 miles Approx. Mainly promenade walk with views of Sheringham Beach. Please book on 07766 259 999 by 3pm on Mon 9th Feb. 1.45pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Slimming Club ~ all welcome Details Val : 579 797

Friday 6th February 11am: from Old Reading Rooms, Kelling, NR25 7EL. Fit Together Walk ~ Kelling/Muckleburgh 2 miles on grass & hard tracks. Arrive 20 mins early if you are new. info: 07766 259 999. From 2pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Gardening Club ~ all welcome Cost £1.50 Free Parking Details Liz : 834 965 THE WHITE HORSE Saturday 7th February 24 West Street 10am-12.30pm:Sheringham Library Cromer National Libraries Day ~ Free coffee & biscuits to celebrate. Also a free Book Swap event, so bring 01263 512 275 books you don’t want to swap for something else. Sunday 8th & 22nd February The Best Pub in Town From 1pm: St Margaret’s Church, Thorpe Market Wednesday 11th February Stylish En-Suite rooms. NR11 8UA 2.30pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Snowdrop Sundays ~ Beautiful churchyard flowers, Free Wifi. home-made cakes & teas in a warm & welcoming Poppyland Club ~ Details Dot : 833 249 village church. A well-stocked book stall offers a 2.30pm: Methodist Church, Overstrand Lovely home-cooked meals wide range of reading material. Exhibition by Lis The Strand Club ~ Talk by Laura Duncan about Tuesday - Sunday Keddell & Paul Damen on both Sundays. the Fitness League - Past and Present. Laura will also take show us some exercises. £1.50 entrance 12pm - 2.30pm Monday 9th February includes raffle ticket & refreshments. Info: 576 539. & 6pm - 9pm 10.30am: from Fountain Pond,Sheringham, NR26 8LG 7pm : Suffield Park Bowls Club, Cromer Sunday Lunches Fit Together Walk ~ Sheringham to Weybourne 6 The Cromer Society ~ Recorded Music Session: miles along the cliffs around Weybourne & back with “Songs without Words” presented by Mike Green. from 12noon to 4pm steep inclines. Walk 3 miles to Weybourne & bus or walk back. Walk leaders will return by foot. Arrive Thursday 12th February Voted one of the 20 mins early if you are new. info: 07766 259 999. 1.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham 1.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Whist ~ cost £1.50 all welcome, prizes to 4 places, Best Lunches in Cromer . Whist ~ cost £1.50 all welcome, prizes to 4 places, free parking tel: Liz 834 965 Booking advisable free parking tel: Liz 834 965 7.30 pm: Antingham Village Hall Sunday 1st February: 8pm 7.30pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Prize Bingo ~ Raffle will be held Yoga ~ Details Linda t: 834 349 More Special Events on Page 18 Grumpy’s World Famous Quiz

Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 17 Special Events Friday 20th February From 2pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Half-Term Fun.. continued ....at Holt Country Park Friday 13th February Gardening Club ~ all welcome Cost £1.50 Free Parking Details Liz : 834 965 NNDC Countryside Rangers are hosting a From 2pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Saturday 21st February range of activities for children and adults Craft Afternoon ~ info: June : 833 382 11.30am - 1.30pm: Cromer Parish Hall Coffee Bar during the February half-term holiday. Saturday 14th February There’s no need to book in advance, 10am - noon: St. Andrew’s Church, East Runton Cromer Ladies Lifeboat Guild ~ SOUPA Saturday Join us for a bowl of delicious homemade soup just turn up on the day. Chocolate Valentine Coffee Morning ~ Home- served with roll & butter. All proceeds to RNLI Monday 16th February made cakes, Raffle & much, much more.... Sunday 22nd February 10.30am – 12.30pm Monday 16th February 11am - 4pm: Chestnut Farm West Beckham NR25 6NX Shelter Building ~ Learn how to survive in the woods! 10:30am : Mannington Hall, NR11 7BB Snowdrop Gardens Open ~ Over 100 varieties in Build an outdoor shelter from woodland material Fit Together Walk ~ Mannington Hall Approx. 3 miles garden with early flowering shrubs & bulbs. Light without any tools – just use your skill. Your well- Mainly flat on a mixture of field edges, woodland, refreshments, Visiting Nurseries. Plants for sale. earned reward is a hot drink & marshmallows farm tracks & minor roads. Please arrive 20 mins In aid of Norfolk Churches Trust. info:822 241 and a prize for the best shelter design. £1 per child early if you are new. Info t: 07766 259 999. Adults free. No booking required. Children must be 1.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham From 7.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham with an adult at all times. Whist ~ cost £1.50 all welcome, prizes to 4 places, Quiz Evening ~ Max 4 in team, £1 pp. BYO booze, Wednesday 18th February free tea/coffee Free parking. Details Liz : 834 965 free parking tel: Liz 834 965 1 - 3pm 7.30pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Monday 23rd February Explore The Woods For Winter Wildlife ~ Enjoy a Yoga ~ Details Linda t: 834 349 1.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham mini beast hunt, followed by scavenger hunt. Learn Whist ~ cost £1.50 all welcome, prizes to 4 places, about our different trees & how birds and mammals Sunday 15th February free parking tel: Liz 834 965 survive in winter. Make a leaf crown, bird mask and From 1pm: St Margaret’s Church, Thorpe Market bird feeder to take home. £1 per child. Adults free. 7.30pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham NR11 8UA No booking required. Yoga ~ Details Linda t: 834 349 Every Monday & Wednesday Tuesday 24th February Muddy Boots Volunteer Club 10:30am : from Priory Maze Car Park, NR26 8SF. Mon 1pm - 3.30pm. Weds 10am - 12 noon Fit Together Walk ~ Beeston Heath 3 miles on heath, NNDC’s rangers run Muddy Boots conservation woodland, grass, dirt & pavement. Arrive 20 mins events for volunteers who would like to help with early if you are new. Info t: 07766 259 999. practical conservation work and wildlife surveys. 1.45pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Come along & carry out practical conservation work Slimming Club ~ all welcome Details Val : 579 797 to help improve habitats for wildlife, where you can lend a hand with physically active work, learn new Wednesday 25th February skills such as tree planting & pruning, making wildlife 7pm : Suffield Park Bowls Club, Cromer homes & much more. Free. No booking required. Snowdrop Sundays ~ Beautiful churchyard flowers, The Cromer Society ~ Recorded Music Session: Children must be with an adult at all times. home-made cakes & teas in a warm & welcoming “Musical Memories” presented by Patrick Fuller village church. A well-stocked book stall offers a For all events parking is not included parking wide range of books and local artist Max Brooker Thursday 26th February charge : £1.50 all day for each vehicle. will be exhibiting his water colour paintings & will 11am - 4pm: Chestnut Farm West Beckham NR25 6NX All events start from the Visitor Centre. Please be on hand to chat to visitors. wait for the Rangers or group leaders. Please Snowdrop Gardens Open ~ Over 100 varieties in wear suitable outdoor clothes and keep dogs Tuesday 17th February garden with early flowering shrubs & bulbs. Light on leads during events. Toilets are available. 1.45pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham refreshments, Visiting Nurseries. Plants for sale. In aid of National Garden Scheme. info: 822 241 Further info: www.northnorfolk.org/events Slimming Club ~ all welcome Details Val : 579 797 or tel: 07920 576 634 1.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Whist ~ cost £1.50 all welcome, prizes to 4 places, free parking tel: Liz 834 965 Clubs & Hubs Friday 27th February NNDC Sports Clubs and Hubs project has started to help more local people get into 10:30am :from playing field car park, Colkirk sport with a variety of different activities Fit Together Walk ~ Colkirk Nth Walk 3.7 miles on minor available for the over 50s. roads & dirt, gravel & grass tracks (one small bank & Classes ranging from Belly Dancing to Badminton one stile). Arrive 20 mins early if you are new. are now available in community ‘hubs’ across Info t: 07766 259 999. North Norfolk and are a cost-effective way to From 2pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham participate in and try a range of new activities. Craft Afternoon ~ info: June : 833 382 The courses are available for the 50+ age group, cost just £1 per session and can be joined at any stage during a 10 week programme. If My Body...... The project aims to build on the work NNDC ...... were a car, this is the time I would be has already delivered through its successful thinking about trading it in for a newer model. mobile gym service. I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my Emphasis will be placed on making these finish and my paint job is getting a little dull. activities self-supporting in the longer term, ..... But that's not the worst of it. something that has already been achieved with a number of ‘community gyms’ in My headlights are out of focus and it's the district. especially hard to see things up close. My traction is not as graceful as it once was. The second phase of the project will start in February and will see sporting activities I slip and slide and skid and bump into things delivered in local schools for even in the best of weather. 14 – 25 year olds. My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins. Wednesday 18th February Activities will include Street Dancing, It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed. 10.30am: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham Martial Arts and Boxing. My fuel rate burns inefficiently. Coffee Morning ~ Coffee/tea plus a scone £1, raffle, To book any of the activities or for more bric a brac, books & marmalade for sale t: 833 249 But here's the worst of it -- information, please visit: Thursday 19th February Almost every time I sneeze, cough or www.northnorfolk.org/clubsandhubs 1.15pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham sputter, either my radiator leaks or or contact Wyn Nurse my exhaust backfires! Whist ~ cost £1.50 all welcome, prizes to 4 places, on 01263 516 305. free parking tel: Liz 834 965 Thanks to David Thorne for this 18 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk North Norfolk Trimingham Cats Lifeline Lunch Club Trust Over twenty people enjoyed a super Christmas lunch at the Pilgrim Shelter including turkey with all the trimmings then Christmas pudding with cream followed by a mince pie and tea or coffee and then a small present.

Linda & her team are looking forward to seeing regular and new diners in the New Year and are enjoying using the new equipment purchased with funds from a grant from Norfolk Community Foundation Warm and Well Fund.

Hello I am Saphire a neutered 3 year old girl Over the year the lunch club has enjoyed their and like my name a real gem. lunches on the 4th Wednesday of every month and the excess funds raised are being donated to three charities chosen by the diners: The Air Ambulance, Dog’s Trust & The Pilgrim Shelter

Roger & Maureen Leggett celebrating 60 years of marriage at the December lunch club. January’s lunch was enjoyed by twenty diners and we hope that more will join us in the Pilgrim Hello Silver here, I am 7 years old, a neutered Centre at 12noon on Wednesday 25th February boy, looking for a loving permanent home. when our new kitchen will be up & running. LK.

Winter Weather In addition there are over 1,800 grit bins around the county that have been filled With the first taste of ‘real’ winter being forecast by the County Council. for the next few days, NNC’s salt stocks for treating roads are a healthy 15,000 tonnes - Salt supply: NNC has a long-term contract with enough for up to 50 standard gritting runs. Salt Union to supply salt and maintain supplies So far this winter a see-saw pattern of often windy above a minimum level. weather has kept the number of gritting runs At the start of the season the stocks in Norfolk down, with only 20 by mid January. are 17,180 tonnes, held in seven salt domes and Last winter (2013-14) was even milder - but one 5,000 tonne strategic reserve (Swaffham). forecasters now expect cold weather to set in This is sufficient for over 50 actions (at 15 over the weekend and through much of next grammes per square metre). There is a further 3,000 reserve held at Ellesmere Port, Lancs. Hello I am Taz, a friend of Silver, like him week, with a risk of sleet and snow showers. Nick Tupper, NNC’s Highways Maintenance Salt Union are under contract to maintain the I am a seven year old neutered male looking in-county stocks above a minimum level of for a loving permanent home. Manager, said drivers could well be facing road conditions they had not encountered for nearly 7,665 tonnes – about 24 actions. Hi I am Oliver, friend of two years. He urged them to allow more time The 2013/14 winter was exceptionally mild but Da Vinci (below) we are and take extra care. the wettest for over 100 years. There were 65 both 4 years old and both “Even roads on the treated network can become gritting actions, using 15,679 tonnes of salt. neutered boys. icy. We try to get out early & have roads salted Total cost (including fixed costs) was £3.5m. We are really looking for before they can freeze, but weather conditions Average cost per action was almost £54,000. a loving permanent home can make timing of gritting runs very difficult. In contrast, 2012/13 was a record winter for together as we came It’s pointless to put down salt during heavy rain, together. gritting actions. There were 159 altogether, but roads can freeze quickly when skies clear. using over 41,000 tonnes of salt between If gritters go out as soon as the rain stops, it 27th October and 4th April. will take up to 3 hours to complete the run. There’s always a chance that run-off from fields Throughout the colder months, the Norfolk will freeze, even on treated roads, and of course Winter initiative is helping people to stay safe, many minor roads – over 60% of the network in warm and well by providing easy access to fact – are not on the priority gritting routes. information, using the #NorfolkWinter hashtag on Twitter and on the Norfolk Facebook page During cold snaps there’s always the chance www.facebook.com/norfolkcc to provide daily that a shady corner will stay icy, & wet roads updates on weather alerts, service disruptions can quickly turn to black ice in the evening. & whether the gritters are going out etc. It’s a myth that snow won’t settle on treated roads. Heavy snow falling on a salted road causes a General advice, photos and information about rapid drop in road surface temperature. services is posted regularly, including on the Salt then becomes less effective at melting the dedicated Norfolk Winter blog: snow & ice, so even treated roads can become www.norfolkwinter.com snow covered. In time treated roads will clear down to the asphalt again, but it often takes the Hello I am Oliver’s friend Da Vinci. action of traffic - especially heavy vehicles - to speed up the process.” If you could offer any of these cats a loving permanent home please phone Mrs Rees In prolonged severe wintry weather, priority 3 roads are treated as resources allow. In snow, on 01263 822 560 between the hours the council can call upon 90 farmers to snow of 09.30am and 5pm to visit them. plough local roads. Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 19 20 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk