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New Buckenham Parish News November 2019 New Buckenham Parish News 2 November 2019 New Buckenham Parish News November 2019 Festive Double Edition Please note that the next issue of Parish News will be a double issue covering December 2019 and January 2020. Please send details of any festive events or news items to the editors before the copy deadline on 19th November. Full submission details can be found on the back cover. Parish News Committee Thank You This month’s issue is kindly sponsored by New Buckenham Parish Council. We are grateful to all our sponsors who help with the magazine’s production costs. If you would be interested in sponsoring a future issue of Parish News, please contact Mary Dowson (01953 860320 or [email protected]). Parish News Committee New Buckenham Parish News 3 November 2019 New Buckenham Players New Buckenham Players’ Christmas play this year will be The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, adapted by Glyn Robbins and published by Samuel French. The play is directed by Sally Elvin and Ellie Hupton. The story is about four children who are evacuated during the Second World War. They arrive at a very large house. The occupants are a professor and his housekeeper, they welcome the children and hope that they will enjoy their stay. This is where their adventures begin, when Lucy opens a wardrobe door she discovers a magical place called Narnia! Ellie and I have had this play in mind to direct for several years, and we hope that you all enjoy the new experience of something modern and new. When so many adults and children came forward for the auditions, Ellie and I said we would make sure that everyone would have a part to play especially the children. The play has been cast and all are working hard to bring this show together for you all to enjoy, adults and children alike. The crew have been working back stage to make the props and scenery, which this year will be challenging as they have two directors to deal with. As always, they will bring the stage alive to enhance the magic of the play. The dates for the performance are the 5th, 6th and 7th December. The adult ticket price will be £9 for all performances. Children under 16 attending the matinee will be charged £5. Performances will start at 8pm and 2:30pm for the Matinee. The tickets will go on sale from 18th November. Phone the box office on 01953 861438/860320. Tickets are also available from Kings Stores. We look forward to seeing you all. Sally Elvin, Chairman & The New Buckenham Players New Buckenham Parish News 4 November 2019 New Buckenham Parish News 5 November 2019 HAND-MADE WINDOWS DOORS, KITCHENS AND FURNITURE EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT JAMIE’S HAND MADE WOODWORK TELEPHONE JAMIE ON 01953 860 933 New Buckenham Parish News 6 November 2019 All We Need — Is You! Everything is now in place for our tree-planting ceremony on Saturday 9th November! We have the tree, a native oak, purchased from Barcham Trees nursery in Ely. We have permission to plant it on the village green in a position approved by the High Bailiffs. We have devised a safe and simple route for our celebratory procession around the village starting from the church. And last, but definitely not least, we have chosen our special dignitary to plant the tree — it had to be Violet Highton, who, just three months ago, wrote her impassioned piece on global warming for Parish News, inspiring us to form a local climate action group Climate Action Now! (aka New Buckenham CAN!) All we need now is YOU! Everyone is warmly invited to be part of this historic occasion, but we would especially love to see families with young children, since it is their future — and their children’s and grandchildren’s futures — that we are all concerned to protect. Planting carbon-capturing trees is now known to be one of the cheapest, most effective ways to fight climate change. Please come and join us if you can for this very special celebration, which we envisage as the first in an intensive programme of tree planting and other related events in our village. We will be meeting at the church from 1:30pm so that people can make brightly-coloured banners, have their faces painted (if they fancy it!) and write special wishes for the peaceful future of our planet (to be later tied on the tree) before setting off on the procession. The tree planting itself is scheduled for 3pm. We are hoping to attract some press coverage. Jan Prior & Annie Dalton for New Buckenham CAN! New Buckenham Parish News 7 November 2019 New Buckenham: A Planned Town at Work 1530—1780 by Paul Rutledge Some of you will remember (and may have a copy of) the first edition of this work about the occupations and activities of people in New Buckenham in the 16th to 18th centuries. A new edition based on the revisions and additions made by Paul before his death has now been published by Poppyland Publishing. The book costs £9.95 and is available from bookshops such as Jarrolds, or online from poppyland.co.uk or Amazon. It can also be ordered by phone on 01502 370515. There is even a Kindle version! Elizabeth Rutledge Join the Mailing List If you would prefer to receive an electronic copy of Parish News by email in PDF format as well as, or even instead of, a paper copy please fill in a subscription form at http:// eepurl.com/dhB-1P. You can also find an online archive of past issues of Parish News at http://www.newbuckenham.net. Parish News Committee New Buckenham Parish News 8 November 2019 St Mary’s Residential Care Home Market Place, New Buckenham, Norfolk, NR16 2AN tel: 01953 860 956 email: [email protected] A home from home, at St Mary’s, we offer 24-hour person-centered care within safe, warm and friendly surroundings with an emphasis on providing a high quality of life. • Care services offered include day care, respite, dementia, palliative, end of life and long/short-term residential care • Day care services include hot meals & refreshments • Freshly prepared meals, including catering for special diets - Consistently received highest Food Hygiene rating of 5 star • Single occupancy rooms, passenger lift, two enclosed gardens, Wi-Fi, nurse call facilities, wheelchair friendly wet room and a hair salon • Residents enjoy engaging and stimulating activities • Top ratings by residents, family & friends and healthcare professionals • Social Services and self-funding residents welcome • Self-funding residents offered very competitive rates • Care package tailor-made to meet your requirements • No-obligation free trial day offered For further information or for a fact-finding visit, please contact the manager on 01953 860 956 or email [email protected] Registered and licensed to provide services by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - Under new management - New Buckenham Parish News 9 November 2019 Winter Warmer On my early(ish!) morning walks around the village I have been struck by the amount of people I have met who have expressed how much they dislike the winter, particularly the early darkness and long evenings. This has prompted an idea: a once -a-month drop in cafe at the Village Hall on Mondays between 4pm—6pm from December to March. I'm not thinking of a club, with subs which have to be paid, committees, etc., just a very loose arrangement, turn up if you feel like it, maybe play cards, board games, bring your knitting, have a chat and a cuppa with others. The dates I have in mind are 9th December, 6th January, 3rd February and 2nd March, just until the days are a bit longer. I've been involved in several things in the village, but never ‘run’ anything before, so any and all ideas/help/support would be very welcome. Please give me a ring/e-mail me if you would be interested in coming along to these drop-ins and/or have any advice. Kathie Steel 01953 860521 / [email protected] New Buckenham Parish News 10 November 2019 New Buckenham Parish News 11 November 2019 New Buckenham Parish News 12 November 2019 To All Hall Users The New Buckenham Players are putting on a show for Christmas — The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe — and the extended stage will be erected on Saturday 23rd November. This will mean that the door from the main hall into the store will be blocked and the only access to the store will be via the Small Meeting Room. It will be like this until Sunday 8th December and we apologise for the inconvenience this may be for some users of the hall. Please contact me if this limited access will create a problem and I will try and organise assistance for you. Do come along to the show and we hope you will forgive us for rather taking over the Hall during production week! Gill Goodwin (for NB Players) 860703 New Buckenham’s Biggest Coffee Morning It was lovely to see so many people supporting our Big Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support at the Village Hall. I know many of you have been coming to this event for a few years now. It is a very social occasion and a time to sit and chat over a cup of coffee and enjoy the wonderful cakes. A big thank to everyone who helped make this such a success: to those who helped with the breakfast; those who helped serve the coffee and cakes; those who helped with the raffle; and those who stayed and helped wash up or clear away! Lastly, a big thank you to everyone for the wonderful cakes — they were delicious and were all eaten or bought.