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Gt. Hockham June 2021

WAYLAND GROUP DIRECTORY COUNTY COUNCILLORS Caston/Griston—Clare Bowes 07789 796937 Breckles/Gt Hockham/Merton/Stow Bedon/Thompson— Fabian Eagle 07450 679838

DISTRICT COUNCILLOR Caston/Griston/Breckles/Gt Hockham/Merton/Stow Bedon/Thompson— Phil Cowen 488393

PARISH COUNCILLORS Caston—Chairman: Jaki Porter 483899; Clerk: Jo Blackman 01842 829821 Gt Hockham—Chairman: David Childerhouse 498079; Clerk: David Childerhouse 498079 Griston—Chairman: Lee Steventon 01953 882441; Clerk: Jean Williams 884082 Merton—Chairman: Louise Hyde 889419 Clerk: Claire Prentice 07591 220390 Stow Bedon and Breckles—Chairman: Jonathon White 498515; Clerk: Julian Gibson 499980 —Chair: Jean Kaye 488254; Clerk: Kim Austin 07811 287071 Thompson WAYLAND GROUP MINISTER AND CHURCHWARDENS Interim Parish Minister: Adrian Bell Breckles—St. Margaret: Karen Allen 498408 Caston—Holy Cross: Bridget Hall 483751; Lois Gill 488157 Gt Hockham—Holy Trinity: Jamie Plummer Griston—St. Peter & St. Paul: Sylvia Wright 883608; Keith Mace 880153 Merton—St. Peter: Carole Haggett 483526 Stow Bedon—St. Botolph: Beryl Warren 483375 Thompson—St. Martin: Katharine Wolstenholme 483318 VILLAGE CORRESPONDENTS Breckles: Bella Sandcraft 798983 [email protected] Caston: Annabel Valentine 483440 [email protected] Gt Hockham: Christine Rogers 498492 [email protected] Griston: Jacqueline Bailey 889922 [email protected] Merton: Helen Riley 884555 [email protected] Stow Bedon: Clare Rowling 488993 [email protected] Thompson: Bronwen Tyler 483741 [email protected]

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2 In the Church of England Diocese of Norwich Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham, Griston, Merton, Stow Bedon and Thompson www.wgp.church WORSHIP IN JUNE 2021

WEDNESDAY JUNE 2ND 10.30a.m. Morning Prayer Holy Cross, Caston

SUNDAY JUNE 6TH – FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30a.m. United Holy Communion Holy Cross, Caston

WEDNESDAY JUNE 9TH 10.30a.m. Morning Prayer Holy Trinity, Gt. Hockham

SUNDAY JUNE 13TH – SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30a.m. United Holy Communion Holy Trinity, Gt. Hockham

WEDNESDAY JUNE 16TH 10.30a.m. Morning Prayer St. Peter & St. Paul, Griston

SUNDAY JUNE 20TH – THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30a.m. United Holy Communion St. Peter & St. Paul, Griston

WEDNESDAY JUNE 23RD 10.30a.m. Holy Communion St. Botolph’s, Stow Bedon

SUNDAY JUNE 27TH – FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30a.m. United Holy Communion St. Martin’s, Thompson

WEDNESDAY JUNE 30TH 10.30a.m. Morning Prayer St. Martin’s, Thompson

SUNDAY JULY 4TH – FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30a.m. United Holy Communion St. Margaret’s, Breccles

From 6th June, the Wayland Benefice will be in vacancy. For Pastoral visits, requests for Baptisms, Weddings, Sick Communions and pastoral support or just someone to talk to, please contact: Revd. Joy Fernando Home 01760 725938. Mobile 07905 039201 or email: [email protected].

3 VICAR’S LETTER

Dear Friends, So, how are you with change? Our lives have been full of it for the past year. Globally we have been gripped by the pandemic now known not so affectionately as Covid-19. We have had our movements restricted by two lockdowns but, as I write, we are beginning to emerge blinking into the sunlight. Constant changes to where we can go and what we can do has made many of us nervous in ways we have not experienced before. We wait for the promised “all restrictions lifted” on Midsummer’s Day: June 21st. Will all restrictions really be lifted? How will it be? Will we have learnt anything about life and how we want to live it by having some of it curtailed? Meanwhile, in the Wayland Benefice, we are experiencing change too. Adrian and Marian leave us on 6th June. They leave behind a rich legacy of care for the folk in the villages which make up this Benefice. We will miss their great experience of parish life and their good- humoured common sense. Now, hopefully, they will have more time for their growing family, their beautiful garden and Agatha Christie et al. As churches we wait to see how the Deanery plan will affect us and yes, you’ve guessed it, that will also bring some changes. My role will be to stay with you until the end of the year or until a new priest is appointed. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to a more settled time where the ministry of the church can be developed. School visiting will hopefully be safer soon and we will be able to reinstate our monthly service at Thorp House. Some of you may be feeling overpowered by all the changes which have occurred over the last year. For some there will have been unexpected losses through bereavement or by redundancies or business failures. If you would like to talk through anything which is concerning you, please get in touch. I am a good listener and sometimes all it takes to move something on is being able to talk it through until the way becomes clear. There is a hymn which some of us will have sung in school. The first verse is: “Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust ever childlike, No cares could destroy. Be there at our waking, And give us we pray, Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, At the break of the day. This sung prayer asks through its verses that God will be present with us through every circumstance through the days/our lives. When we are alone, when we do not understand what is happening and when we feel sad or desperate, we are assured that God walks with us. As we pray for you all in our weekly services, we pray for a growing knowledge of the Lord’s Presence with you through life.

With love, Joy

4 BRECKLES NEWS AND VIEWS something a little more like ‘normality’. I am sure we all think a little differently now St. Margaret’s Church and will value simple blessings more than The church is open on a Sunday from 9a.m. ever before. I hope you all find this period until 4p.m., and as many of you will now of unravelling a positive experience, and know, the Sunday services are now up and that the sense of community in our Benefice running again in the four main churches. stays as strong as it has been in this period The services can also still be found online well into the future. I’m really pleased that at www.waylandermagazine.org by clicking folks have found the online version of the on the church icon. The Breckles Annual Waylander useful in all the various stages of Parochial Church meeting has taken place lockdown, and that will be continuing as we and I was elected as church warden for know that several like to keep up to date another year. The next service at St. who are no longer living in the Benefice. Margaret’s will be Holy Communion, on Bella Sandcraft Sunday 4th July at 10.30a.m. Breckles Correspondent Karen Allen

Recipe Corner with Rachel Butterworth Rhubarb Fool – a simple fresh recipe perfect CASTON COMMENT for sunny evenings in the garden! 400g rhubarb, trimmed Adrian’s Farewell 125g golden caster sugar On Sunday June 6th Rev Adrian Bell will 300ml double cream take his last service in the Wayland Group. 500g greek yoghurt Due to Covid restrictions we are unable to 1tsp vanilla extract safely seat more than 30 in our church – so Crushed ginger biscuits (optional) we have decided to say our farewells outside 1.Cut the rhubarb into 2.5cm pieces. Place (whatever the weather) at the bottom end of in a pan with 75g sugar, and 75ml cold the churchyard in the recently created water. Bring to the boil then simmer ‘wildflower area’. We invite you to drinks gently for 5 minutes. Strain rhubarb & and nibbles to say farewell. The eucharistic keep the syrup. service will start at 10.30 and finish at 2.Pour the syrup back into the pan and approximately 11.20a.m. There is a baptism simmer until reduced by a third. Cool. in church at 12.00 but you can linger until 3.Whisk the cream, yogurt, vanilla and rest that is over. If you can come on foot where of the sugar until soft peaks form. Mash possible that would be helpful. half the rhubarb then stir into the cream. Fold in the remaining pieces. Holy Cross May Pop-Up Shop Divide among six 250ml glasses. Drizzle We are delighted to announce the success of with the syrup and sprinkle with crushed our May Bank Holiday Weekend Pop-Up ginger biscuits (optional). Shop. Despite the inclement weather (we had to A snapshot in time retreat inside the church) we raised the As I write this we have just learned that amazing sum of £570 – this includes the sale most restrictions are lifting and we can now of facemasks before and after the event. A start to hug each other with caution if we donation will be made to Trees for Tom (this wish to, and things can start to return to is supported by Captain Sir Tom Moore’s

5 family); an effort to reverse deforestation Caston Seed Swap News throughout the world. On Friday 7th May – we had some Thank you to all who helped and excitement when we found the Duchess of supported us. It was particularly great to see Cambridge’s book “Hold Still” in the some new faces to the village and we look telephone kiosk – beautifully wrapped with forward to seeing you again soon. a gold ribbon – saying it had been left by the book fairies. Inside the book was a message Holy Cross June Pop-Up Shop from Catherine on Kensington Palace We enjoyed it so much in May that we have headed paper saying please pass it on to the decided to open again in June. On Thursday Community. June 3rd 10a.m. – 2.00p.m. we will be We were a bit puzzled as to who had holding another pop-up shop; we hope to placed it in the Seed Swap box, but after have all the usual goodies, plus plants. We putting the news on Caston Village Website shall be serving refreshments and if the facebook page all became clear. weather is kind the event will be in the Annette Baker, one of the photographers churchyard. who was chosen to be part of the 100 Any queries Lois Gill (488157) finalists, had been sent a book to share somewhere. She chose Caston Seed Swap Caston Church Lottery as she had passed it on her way back home The May lottery was drawn on 8 May 2021. to Carbrooke and thought it was so lovely – Congratulations to the winners as follows:- a perfect place to share the book. She has 1st Prize £30 Wendy Chapman also used the box to share seeds. 2nd Prize £20 Pam Morley To quote what she said: “I am so pleased 3rd Prize £10 Margaret Hall to read that people are asking to be added to If you wish to join Caston Church Lottery the list to share the Book. This is exactly the please call me on 01953 483640. community spirit The Book Fairies are all Lynne Wellbelove about” It is really uplifting to know that the Seed Caston Church Cleaning Swap kiosk has caused such excitement and I would like to thank Pam for helping me fun since Stephanie Blincow and I – with a clean the church. A new rota will be lot of help from Tony have started it. The organised in due course. Many thanks. villagers have been a great support donating Lynne seeds, plants and gardening magazines for which we are very grateful. So if you have Library van a glut of plants or seeds bring them down – Good news that the library van will be and do a swap. starting up again, stopping as before outside Sue Ash “Arunmere” opposite The Red Lion, arriving at 13.50 and departing 14.15hrs. Do This is such a great idea and a very handy support it if you can, thus helping this good outlet for surplus plants etc. There seems to facility to continue. be quite a circulation of plants, and what a Dates for the next three months are: bonus to find the book! On behalf of us all, 24th June thank you so much to all concerned, and to 22nd July Phil at the Mill for having saved our two 19th August telephone boxes! AV

6 Caston W.I. May think we were conned! The only thing that As we enter June hopefully we will have at we missed apparently was a display by four least had some meals actually inside instead hares. A very enjoyable and sociable of sitting out in the wind and cold and will morning. be looking forward to resuming more social We are now looking forward to our events. summer social in July in Philippa’s garden We have been having small coffee . . . let’s hope the weather is kind to us. mornings in groups of six in Committee An outing to Thursford has been planned Members’ gardens which has been easing us on Friday 3rd December for the matinée back into being sociable again and it has performance. £50 a ticket including the cost been good to catch up face to face instead of the coach. We will be leaving the village of on the zoom meetings – hopefully we at 11.45a.m. There are a few tickets left so will be able to meet again soon. if there is anybody in the village that would On Wednesday 5th May some of us went like to join us please contact Brenda on a walk around Great Cressingham – there Southgate on 01953 483201. A spectacular were two choices – a short walk show and if you haven’t seen it before it is (supposedly) or a long walk. Well I was one well worth a visit. that chose a short walk – suffice to say 4 Happy birthdays in May were Pam C, miles later my legs and hips were not feeling Philippa, Marge, Lin, Alison and Donna. too good . . . on arrival back at The Hopefully they all managed to have a nice Windmill we were very glad to have some time. refreshment – after about 10 minutes the Keep smiling, and keep warm. long walk group arrived (says it all) . . . Sue Ash

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7 GRISTON GOSSIP Council. The meeting was held by Zoom, this will Mobile Library be the last virtual meeting that is held, The mobile library looks set to visit the because the Government have stated that all village on JUNE 15th calling at Church public meetings must now be held face to Rd/Carbrooke Rd between 14:45–15:00. face, this decision has been supported by the Face masks are required, hand gel will be High Court. available, and the bus will be regulaly The Parish Meeting was attended by five disenfected. Parish Councillors, the District Councillor Phil Cowen and the County Councillor Church News Claire as well as two residents. Lottery Results One resident has presented a letter to the The lucky winners for June are: Parish Council requesting that they consider 1st prize Lynn Wood 108 £25 providing Allotments for the residents of the 2nd prize Tracy Johnson 149 £15 village. 3rd prize Neil Hall 24 £10 The Clerk has placed the item on the Agenda to be discussed in July 2021. Griston Church Lottery The Annual Meeting of the Parish The 2020–2021 Griston Church Lottery is Council followed on from the Parish Annual shortly coming to the end of its year so we Meeting. would like to say a big Thank you to all who Five Councillors were present, the District took part in it and hope you will join again and County Councillor gave their apologies for the coming year. because they were attending another The lottery runs from June to May and meeting. Two members of the Parish costs £1 per month, per number, you may Council had also given their apologies for have as many numbers as you wish, and is non-attendance due to personal reasons. collected on an annual basis. The first prize There was one member of the public is £25, second prize £15 and third prize £10, present. This meeting was also held by as long as we have sufficient participants. Zoom. If you would like to join please get in touch A new Chairman was elected as well as a with Sylvia Wright 01953883608, Brenda Vice Chairman. The Chairman is Lee Southgate 01953483201 or Bridget Park Steventon, who is a new member of the 01953882840 who will come and collect Council, he with his wife has been resident your money during the month of May unless in Griston for twenty-nine years. you’d prefer to do a BACs payment details The Vice Chairman is Keith Mace who are PCC of Griston, sort code 30-92-88, has also lived in the village for a long time. account 00762332 Items discussed at the meeting included Once again Thank you for taking part and the Recreation Ground, Councillors have Good Luck for the coming year. made a rota to ensure that the area continues to be kept, clean, tidy, safe and welcoming Griston Parish Council News to users. The Councillors recorded their The Parish Annual Meeting was held on thanks to John and Cynthia Ashdown for Wednesday 5th May 2021. their dedication in looking after the area This is a meeting where residents are able for the past eighteen months especially to put their views and hopes for the village during lockdown when the Playground was forward for consideration by the Parish closed.

8 The mound is currently suffering because native British birds and you can see them in of the dry weather, hopefully the bouts of most parts of the UK where it is estimated rain we have experienced in the last few we have 1.2million breeding pairs. They days will help the grass to grow. have red patches on their heads and yellow The industrial site was also a subject for patches on their wings. During the winter, discussion, at the time of the meeting no goldfinches can roam about in flocks of up further information had been received. to 100 birds, searching for small seeds and John and Cynthia Ashdown have offered insects to eat. They prefer to eat small seeds to continue to maintain the flower barrels from plants like teasels, dandelions and and hanging baskets in the Village, they do thistles and their beaks, which are long and this freely and the Parish Council are very thin are designed to pick the small seeds out grateful. easily. Some goldfinches don’t take a Future dates for Parish Council Meetings chance with the colder British weather and were agreed. The day of the meeting has have been found as far south as Spain during changed to a Thursday. The dates for the the winter months where they have gone for coming year are: the warmer weather. 1st July 2021 Goldfinches are quite small birds 2nd September 2021 weighing in at between 14–19g (which is 4th November 2021 less than a packet of crisps), they are on 6th January 2022 average 12cm in length and have a 3rd March 2022 wingspan of between 21–25.5cm. 5th May 2022. Goldfinches usually lay five eggs at a time All meetings will start at 7:30p.m. laying their first eggs in June. It takes about Meetings will take place in the Church as two weeks for the eggs to hatch and a prior to the Pandemic. further two weeks before the chicks are ready to fledge. In a good year Goldfinch Rory’s Nature Corner parents can raise several broods. Spring is really late this year and lots of the The Anglo-Saxons called Goldfinches plants we would expect to see in bloom are Thistletuige or Thistle-tweaker because they not out yet, these include hawthorn and lilac were able to access the seeds of plants other and many others, including bluebells, birds found it hard to get at. The Latin name campion and stichwort have been real slow for the Goldfinch is Carduelis Carduelis and to emerge. Midnight the cat has started comes from the Latin name for the thistle going on her walks through the village again which is Caduss. The modern name for and waits for mum by the door, she has Goldfinch comes from the Old English walked all the way round to Yew Tree Farm Goldfinc which refers to the bright yellow on Little London Lane but mum doesn’t like stripe on their wings. taking her too far in case she runs off and The collective noun for a group of gets lost. goldfinches is a charm, which comes from the Middle English charme meaning a Goldfinches magic song or spell. When you hear a group Mum found a dead goldfinch on the road of goldfinches together they are all she said it was still warm when she picked chattering away at once. Goldfinches were it up and she couldn’t bear to leave it on the also thought to ward off plague and lots of road to get squashed so she brought it home people kept them as pets in the medieval to bury it. Goldfinches are very colourful times.

9 The average lifespan of a goldfinch is just next Parish Council meeting will be a face a measly two years!! to face meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 7th September at 6p.m., to be held at Thompson Community MERTON MIRROR Hall. Further details to be provided nearer the time. All residents are warmly invited to Merton Parish Council Update attend the Parish Council meetings, we hope We held the annual meeting of the Parish you will join us and we very much look followed by the Parish Council annual forward to seeing you. meeting on the 4th May. We would like to Louise Hyde thank all who joined us for the evening and Chairman also to those who submitted reports for the meetings. The councillor vacancy has been filled STOW BEDON NEWS AND VIEWS through co-option and we are delighted to welcome Peter Roat to the Parish Council Taking a Gamble and very much look forward to working My various great nieces and nephews have with Peter. given up quizzing me on the swinging 60s! The reports submitted for the annual Flat life in London was fun and countless meetings are on the website should anyone dinner parties and weekend house parties etc wish to read them. were the main way of expanding ones circle Highways continue to undertake remedial of friends. Of course I remember mini skirts, works in the village and have almost the Beatles, Biba, late nights at Annabel’s completed the filling of the many potholes. etc but my focus was my business! They are due to carry out the cleansing of One of the main inhibiting factors the road drains by the end of June with work influencing its growth was the shortage of to reinstate the verges during early summer. applicants. To this end we were introduced If at any time you notice any road defects to an advertising agency, and they came up then please report them using the online with the posters which led to our being form at Norfolk County Council – serious players in the market. We took https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/roads-and- ‘crowns’ and ‘double crowns’ on selected transport/roads/report-a-problem or email underground platforms – totally innovative. the Clerk to the Parish Council at They commissioned Nanette Newman, (a [email protected] and we model of Fairy liquid fame) and posed her will complete the online form. in profile, with a sideways coquettish look At the time of writing more than two in a floppy hat, feather boa and cigarette in thirds of adults in the UK have already a long cigarette holder – totally politically received their first dose of the coronavirus incorrect today – with the caption We’re vaccine, with over 53m doses administered looking for girls to fire our bosses with in total with the target of offering a first dose enthusiasm – but you’ve got to be good – at to all adults by the end of July with further your work. lifting of lockdown rules in England from The effect was almost instantaneous. But 17th May, a very considerable step on the instead of an influx of applicants we were road back to normality. inundated with employers and now the level As government legislation that has of the appointments had risen and we were allowed us to meet virtually has ended the able to attract the candidates with more

10 interesting assignments and higher salaries piped up in beautifully accented English – to boot. It was a big financial investment but “Ow many tarts are there?” To which 40 the gamble paid off. More consultants were hands shot in the air . . . recruited and we outsourced the payroll to a wonderful woman we called Ma Fraser. She A Return on Investment had offices in Soho and I always felt I had A year later in 1973 I was marrying Ian and to look over my shoulder when I entered decided to capitalise on the last 8 years and Her premises. She had this amazing sell the company. I approached my banking machinery which churned out the pay and friend yet again and asked if he could help dealt with all the PAYE etc. and he introduced me to a publicly quoted In 1972 ahead of our joining the Common holding company who were diversifying Market in 1973 we opened an office in and buying into recruitment. They agreed to Brussels on Avenue de Tervuren. This was purchase my company and I agreed to stay a very elegant street en route to the Centre with them for a year after the sale. from the airport. Recruitment consultants I had been paying Mother interest at 10% were unheard of there. Agencies for per annum on her loan and was delighted to temporary staff, yes. We had already set up be able to repay her £500 from the proceeds an overseas division in London and had of the sale. By this time Father had to admit multiple assignments with American he was impressed! companies to supply bi and tri-lingual Sadly it had been diagnosed that I was secretaries in Brussels so what could be unable to have children and when I was simpler? There were many Dutch, French asked if I would stay on and run the newly and Belgium tri-lingual secretaries already acquired group I agreed. I was now in Brussels. We introduced all manner of responsible for over 100 permanent staff psychological testing to overcome the and 1000 temporaries with 15 offices. bureaucratic obstacles and so to begin with In 1972 we had bought the cottage in I was flying off every fortnight to oversee Stow Bedon – what was then no more than the venture – the channel tunnel was not a hamlet – and it was always affectionately even begun then. People thought this was known as The Pub. So we were driving very glamorous but trying to get to London down to Norfolk on a Friday night and Airport or City Airport used to be a returning to London on a Sunday evening. nightmare and fog could hold one up for Life was pretty busy. In 1978 I was invited hours. Or on the return flight one might get to join the Board of Directors – one of the diverted to Amsterdam and then come into first women directors of a publicly quoted Stansted while the car was in London . . . company – and my business horizons now We had bonus schemes for our encompassed glass manufacturing, hotel consultants but we also had particular sales management, engineering contracting and drives and the prize for one such was a electrical wholesaling to name but a few. prestigious trip on Boeing to Moscow and a Board meetings, lunching with investors, visit to the Bolshoi Ballet. Another time we balance sheets, acquisitions and mergers had a group target of £1M to reach in 6 added to an already busy life. months. We made it and 40 ladies flew to It is extraordinary looking back. Manual Paris for lunch one Sunday. We had booked typewriters, succeeded by electric ones, a restaurant on the Left Bank and arrived in succeeded by computers. The latter used to high spirits. The waiters were getting pretty take up huge amounts of space and often exasperated trying to take orders and one had to have specially air-conditioned rooms

11 to accommodate them. Old fashioned organisations (Millennium Green, switchboards with plugs and switches. No Community Hall, Church, school, pub, W.I. mobile phones; very few Human Resource – sorry if I have omitted anyone), are getting officers; sketchy contracts of employment; together to organise a celebration event 2 weeks holiday; only Christmas and hosted on the Millennium Green. Hopefully Boxing Day holidays – not the virtual we will be celebrating the end of a very fortnight’s shut down today. difficult time for everyone and looking Gillian Machorton forward to enjoying new freedoms. We are also able to retain and use the grant given to us by Breckland to hold an event celebrate THOMPSON TIDINGS VE Day which had to be cancelled last year. September 11th is close to the annual Battle June News of Britain Day so we will also be having The latest announcement of the lifting of some WW2 related activities, food etc. The restrictions is seeing people cautiously date chosen is September 11th so do get this returning to planning events, meetings and into your diary. Plans are outline at the gatherings. The end of this month should moment and we would welcome see even more government announcements suggestions. The format will be a picnic and we look forward to these pages with an afternoon of old-fashioned games returning once more to a celebration of and activities. Perhaps you and your family all things happening in our villages and a and friends would like to plan a themed full diary. All we can ask is that people picnic, with food and costume to fit your continue to act sensibly and with theme – maybe WW2 but not essential. consideration for others. Those giving up There will be a small prize for the most their time to run organisations and events imaginative picnic. Not obligatory of are all volunteers who try very hard to course, but it would add to the fun. Many ensure everyone is safe; please do not put people have been using the restrictions of their hard work in jeopardy by disregarding lockdown to grow their own fruit and veg any measures they may still have to put in so we are considering an old-fashioned place. produce show. There is still plenty of time We would like to wish Adrian lots of to plant seeds and plug plants to get your happiness in his retirement and thank him competition entries going! We would also for his service to our community. I have like to have a category of making something enjoyed his contributions to the Waylander from what you have grown. This could be board, always accompanied by a touch of anything from a carrot cake to plum wine. hunour, The more inventive the better! How about a WW2 recipe? We will have plenty of things Dates for the Diary for the children to do too. We have lots more September 5th Lavender’s Lunch at College ideas which still need investigating. If you Farm have any ideas for outdoor games or September 11th. VILLAGE activities, we would welcome them. We CELEBRATION EVENT ON THE have already been promised some outdoor MILLENNIUM GREEN. games but the more the merrier. The school is busy designing bunting to make and have Update other ideas too. We are very grateful to Lisa, As mentioned last month, all the village the head, for designing the first of our

12 posters. We will keep everyone updated via website for news as and we can post this magazine, the various village websites updates. and facebook pages. We want this to be very Services at St. Martin’s in June are on much a village event, so if you wish to get Sunday 27th & Wednesday 30th. involved do contact one of us, we would Adrian’s last service with us will be at love to have extra help on board. If you Caston on Sunday 6th June. It would be wish to get in touch with any of us with lovely to have a full church to say goodbye ideas or questions, we can be contacted to Adrian & Marian. We are very lucky that via any of the village groups or send an Joy is able to take over from Adrian email to my contact details inside the cover immediately so there will be no break in our of this magazine and I will pass it on. pastoral & religious care. Bronwen Don’t forget that we are still here if you September 26th Thompson 5kand 10k need any help or just someone to talk to. Run. Adrian’s and Joy’s contact details are at the A reminder that the magazine is live front of the Waylander. online at www.waylandermagazine.org . We hope we will have more to report in next month’s Waylander, but in the Wayland News meantime we hope you all keep safe and The free paper for Watton and area well. continues to be made available in the porch of the Community Hall. Please help Useful Contacts yourself. www.dioceseofnorwich.org www.stmartinsthompson.co.uk Thompson Parish Council www.facebook.com/stmartinsthompson The Parish Council have agreed that www.facebook.com/waylandchurches Thompson should participate in this year’s https://www.waylandermagazine.org/wayla Great British Spring Clean campaign on 5th nd-benefice-church-page June. The churchwarden of this church can be contacted in an emergency as follows Annual Parish Meeting Katharine Wolstenholme (churchwarden) The Annual Parish Meeting was held on 01953.483.318 May 18th so will be reported on in the June [email protected]. edition. W.I. Church May’s meeting was again a zoom meeting. It was wonderful to welcome everyone back This time we had a talk on Travels in a to St. Martin’s again in May and, as always, Quirky Car, which was about the speaker’s thank you to Adrian & Joy leading our passion for her 2CV – more than one worship and thanks to Annabel & Sandie for actually. She has travelled all over the globe making the church look so beautiful with in some very remote places with incredibly such pretty spring flowers. awful roads, which the old cars cope better Fundraising events are still on hold but if with than some so-called ‘off road’ vehicles we are allowed to host events again please might struggle to do. Some of the put Sunday 5th September in your diaries modifications made to the cars were unusual for Lavender’s Lunch at College Farm. to say the least. One even towed a small Keep a look out on our facebook page and caravan made out of the two back ends of

13 old 2CVs joined together. Because it was a wide-ranging calls for assistance from zoom meeting one or two husbands joined across the County but we hope to get some in once they saw what the topic was! support to improve the flood management Later in May, if the weather is good, we in neighbouring land which impacts, were planning to meet for tea on the Green directly or indirectly, on the Green. As part so will have to report on that next month. of this dialogue we have identified ‘pinch This month we have a zoom meting with points’ near the Green which can be a tour around an alstroemeria nursery. Since improved to ease water flow. We have also we plan a garden party type event in July, urged NCC to modify their categorisation of this may well be our last zoom meeting for ‘extreme’ events which we think are now at least. generally acknowledged to becoming more We are always seeking to welcome new likely occurrences in the future. members so do get in touch if you would Once Covid restrictions are completely like to join us. Telephone 01953 483476 lifted we will be inviting suggestions from the local community on how we can Millennium Green improve the usage of the Green in the At long last we have received the go-ahead future. All practical and cost effective from Breckland to reopen our play and suggestions will be welcome! exercise area. Still subject to some In the meantime, we continue to manage restrictions but basically now open to all to the open spaces as best we can, improving use. It has been a long and frustrating period hedging and entrances, and removing those for everyone, particularly when we have all ash trees suffering from die back. We also all been exhorted to get out and get exercise had a helpful meeting on the Green with and give children somewhere to play. Norfolk Wildlife Trust who own large tracts Hopefully, come June 21, all Covid-related of land nearby. They made some useful restrictions will be lifted. suggestions about managing some of the We have been pushing for some form of wilder parts of the Green to encourage more celebration on the Green, to note the hoped natural habitat ti support native flora and for ending of the Covid controls and are fauna. delighted that Bronwen will be chairing that initiative to take place in September. We are Lottery also pleased that a group led by Martin Kaye Here are the April TMG Lottery results: are progressing the preparations for the 3rd No. 5 Kim Brennan Thompson 5k and 10k runs which take 10th No. 30 Helen & Clive place on September 26, another step Tompkinson towards regaining normality. Please 17th No. 4 Alison Newnham encourage friends and family to join in, and 24th No. 1 Colin & Liz Wigg if any of you would like to assist Martin with the arrangements he would be The Old Village Hall delighted to hear from you. The old village hall will be up for auction We have joined meetings arranged with on June 3rd with McHugh & Co. Details the Parish Council, with Norfolk Council can be found on their website representatives to discuss the flooding www.mchughandco.com which affected the Village so badly in August and then later in the year. NCC is New Community Hall under considerable pressure to respond to Following on from the Millennium Green

14 seeking advice from Breckland covid their family and friends at this difficult time. officers after the irresponsible removal of Mick was well-known in our village with a the tape and notices on the play equipment, love of his dogs and the outdoors. Jenny we decided to take advantage of this service would like to express her thanks to everyone to check that the measures we have put in who sent such beautiful flowers and cards. place in the Community Hall were He will be much missed. sufficient. This is a free service offered by Breckland for advice on business premises, A little bit of local history – what were village halls etc who want to make sure they we all doing in the 1980s according to are ready to open and have good procedures the Waylander? in place. We received a good report and I had a bit of a look back at some of my old there seems to be very little need to add to Waylanders. Frustratingly it wasn’t seen as the measures already in place. We are important to add the year or the month to certainly not keen to see further restrictions many early editions so some of it is imposed in the future so will continue to be guesswork and a check on the internet as to vigilant and careful to keep our users safe. what year certain dates fell on a Saturday! We have had a cleaning day, partly to One of the earliest I have is for July 1980. spruce the building up after such a long Apparently, there had been a gap of three period of closure, but also to remove the months without a magazine because the dust created by recent works. We have had Rector, Rev F Dorman, who was then the issues with cracks in the foyer and hall walls producer, had been ill. However, Mrs since not long after opening, but these have McDonald, Mrs Ferguson and Col Garnier now been rectified following surveys and kept the Thompson Tidings in circulation. advice. It did make rather a mess though! Sadly. I don’t have a copy of what was Hopefully, we shall soon be advertising probably a newssheet. The Rector was about events like coffee mornings once more and to retire and so the edition had appeals for are already receiving enquiries about private help in keeping the magazine going – hire and classes. One or two, such as the two nothing new there! He made a very strong sewing groups are being a little more case for the future of the magazine as a cautious and waiting a while yet before vehicle of communication between and deciding whether to meet up as before or try within the villages, and a way of helping to a different format. improve village life. He also promoted the If you need to contact us email is advantages to advertisers with local [email protected] and businesses. He must have been a fairly telephone is 488508 outspoken man, as he reminded people that the Waylander churches belonged to a group Thompson Weather for April but clearly didn’t see themselves as part of Date Rainfall Temp Wind speed one! He said life didn’t stop at the parish High Low boundary and saw the Waylander as a way mm deg C deg C mph of helping people to be more united. April 7.0 17.1 –4.2 28.0 In those days of the Waylander we wished a happy birthday to each child at the school Mick Peck who had a birthday that month, giving their It is with great sadness we learned of the name and age. The information was death of Mick Peck on April 12th and we supplied by the school. I wonder what the send our deepest condolences to Jenny and 15 reaction would be if we asked for it today! The children loved seeing their names in event with the money going to the Save the print though. Children Fund. They wrote to Princess Anne This edition carried a drawing of the about their efforts in raising £10 and village sign on the cover and a report on the received a letter back from the Palace which unveiling, with the comment ‘According to was to be kept in the school. I wonder if it the EDP of 25th June, Thompson caught up is still there? The Friends of the School with the rest of Norfolk when the Village group used their stall to raise money for the Sign was unveiled.’ Better late than never! school’s first computer. They did achieve it However, there was an excellent turn out of eventually and bought a BBC one as used in something like 90% of the village for the schools then. Unfortunately, the first ones ceremony. I wonder if anyone still has the purchased were stolen in a break in but souvenir pen given out to mark the quickly replaced. More events planned by occasion? the Friends in May were a Barn Dance and I shall embarrass David Syer by a Pippa Dee Fashion Show. The village shop mentioning that he was singled out as (yes we still had one then) played a part in collecting a huge amount of rubbish as part raising funds for the school and village hall of the Best Kept Village competition and by holding a raffle, There was also a village frequently filled his mother’s bin. darts match. Thompson was entered for the The Wi were planning a day out to Best Kept Village Competition again so Felbrigg Hall and Cromer in July for the there were spring clean events too. Some exorbitant cost of £2 a head. things haven’t changed and there was Last month we mentioned the Duke of concern by the Parish Council that the Edinburgh Award Scheme and I found that footpaths should be bettter used and in the June edition for 1982 Thompson had retained, so they produced a map to aid 3 Gold Medal holders. Unfortunately no walkers. names were given. The village was certainly In June it was reported that the school’s active. We had a Bumper jumble Sale, sponsored walk was a great success and meetings of the 3 in 1 Club (which was for raised £474.65. The Barn Dance added the over 60s), who were planning an outing another £100 to the sums raised. Slightly to the Heacham Lavender Fields, W.I., and more energetic were Doctor and Mrs Young a junior disco. In those days we were saying who both entered and successfully farewell to people moving out of the village completed the London Marathon. and welcoming those who had moved into Meanwhile, another local doctor, Dr their former homes, all by name. People are Shanks, after whom the address of the much more protective of their privacy these present surgery is named, retired and days. There had been a sponsored walk for Thompson contributed £68 towards his the Norfolk and Norwich Special Care Unit retirement gift. Several former Thompson which had raised £345 in total. lads were reminiscing recently about the In May 1984 the school were holding annual fishing permits on Thompson their annual sponsored walk and there was Common. This was advertised in June. a report of a Spring Fair which had raised Those were the days when the pingos had money for the various village organisations deep enough water to support good fish and two large charities – the RSPCA and stocks. Each year 12 boys under the age of Third World. There had been an Easter Hat 16 who were resident in Thompson, were competition judged by the Rev John Cooke. allowed to apply for a fishing permit. The Four village girls had a book stall at the only other requirement was that they must

16 be able to swim. I recall my sons thoroughly took part in some Special Olympics held in enjoying this privilege and some quite Norfolk, with one coming first in relay and sizeable fish were caught. They also used to shot-putt and the other coming first in the be allowed to fish on Thompson Water with 200 metres, 400 metres and relay. Quite an a permit and a small group of them would achievement! sometimes pitch a little tent there and go I am sure the Community Hall committee night fishing. The warden of Thompson would somewhat envy that of the village Water at the time, Stanley Baldwin, would hall of 1986. Their article advertising the pop down on his little moped to make sure Annual Meeting commented ‘we don’t do they were ok and report home that they were much but it would be nice to see a few new quite safe. What wonderful memories they faces’! many of them had been on the now have of a Thompson childhood. committee some time – sounds familiar – By 1985 the village had enough and wanted new ideas. Some things never youngsters to support a Youth Club, which change, although the rules and regulations met at the village hall and was run by faced by those who run halls today could volunteers. No fancy rules and regulations never be met with a feeling that we don’t do then! They played a darts match against the much! W.I. and won and were planning a day trip It is quite clear from these snippets from to Hunstanton by coach. They were also the Waylander of the 1980s that Thompson planning a disco and a BBQ.The money played together and supported village events raised from all these events bought tennis and organisations. Let us hope that the racquets, table tennis equipment, a removal of covid restrictions will see us all swingball , a new football and more. They appreciate the wonderful place in which we also gave back to the village by cutting the have been so fortunate to see out the grass around the village sign. One favourite pandemic by joining together once more as activity, mainly the boys, was fishing on a community. Merton Mere by kind permission of Lord Walsingham. It was a certainly a popular and active club but came to an end as the FOR ALL OUR VILLAGES numbers of youngsters living in the village declined. Wayland Partnership Development Trust June 1986 had a similar range of events Wayland House and activities with W.I. meetings, the 3 in 1 All of our tenants are now able to return to Club and Youth Club meeting regularly. The working in the building, with podiatry, Friends of the School and the Youth Club physio and beautician services now combined forces t hold an open air disco and available once more. The office will begin BBQ as well as a Bring and Buy coffee to be manned more as Amanda returns for morning to raise funds. The Youth Club had working from home. Hopefully we will had a winter with little outdoor activity so soon be able to plan projects with were enjoying rounders and football on club confidence and bid for the funds to make nights. They were also looking forward to them happen. another day trip. Spaces on these trips were The talks to create a Digital and Creative also offered to the village in order to fill up Media Centre by redeveloping our building the coach so were really fun village days are continuing and we will keep everyone out. updated if and when we have progress to Two village youngsters with disabilities report.

17 We are available for contact by email on boiler replacement for Wayland House. [email protected] or by phone on We envisage that we can improve the 01953 880204 and of course can put you in space to make it much easier to hold touch with any of our tenant businesses. We workshops and courses as well as create a are taking part in the government’s offer of more social atmosphere. Also in our list of covid testing kits for staff in our efforts to ideas, is to make more use of the garden make the building as safe as possible for all with outdoor workshops, community our visitors. gardening and more so watch out for details and plans unfold. Dragonfly Gallery In the meantime. the Gallery will remain Dragonfly Reborn closed until the work has been completed. We are delighted to announce that we have We shall be seeking new volunteers to join been awarded a grant of £9508 from the our lovely existing team so if this new National Lottery Awards For All Fund approach excites you do get in touch. Email towards refurbishing the Dragonfly Gallery. [email protected] or phone We are hugely grateful to National Lottery 01953880204 for supporting us. The money will be used to open up the Another Grant! space and enable a wider variety of activity. We have been awarded a grant from We aim to create and equip a small kitchen Breckland towards regeneration and covid servery area so that teas and coffees can be measures which has purchased a small more readily available. Our wonderful marquee for the Sensory Garden. This will volunteers have struggled for a long time provide sheltered seating in very hot or wet with our upstairs kitchen! More people will weather. In addition, it will extend the have the space to drop in and relax over a Gallery space so that we can hold outside coffee. The current bay walls are portable workshops or external displays, bake sales, and will be removed to make a more airy and enjoying a coffee and more. We see this flexible space. We will still be exhibiting arts purchase as a way of further unifying the and crafts but in a different way. Gallery and Garden space. With this grant In order to make the Sensory Garden we are also able to purchase a desk screen more a part of the Gallery we will be to help protect our volunteers. A big thank replacing the solid fire exit door with a you to Breckland for this and for supporting glazed one so that the garden can be viewed us during a very difficult year. from inside even on cold days. Meanwhile you can still view the amazing We have long been very aware of talent of the artists who contribute to our accessibility issues with our upstairs exhibitions by visiting the online exhibitions conference space so we will be purchasing a on: projector and screen to enable talks to take https://thewaylanddragonflygallery.co.uk/ex place in the gallery space too. We are also hibitions purchasing some laptops so that courses and If you are an artist or a crafter wishing to drop in use of these can take place. We have exhibit in future, or you wish to enquire a lot of ideas for learning new skills or about purchasing any of the art we have developing our existing community heritage displayed, please contact Ruth on work. [email protected] or telephone Wayland The fund can also be used to top up the House on 01953 889204. amount required to fund a very much needed

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