July/August 2014 New Water Main Will Mean Dereham Road Closures

FREEREEPHAM LIFE YOUR Community Newspaper www.reephamlife.co.uk No. 15 July/August 2014 New water main will mean Dereham Road closures

ANGLIAN Water plans to install a new Townsend Corner and Smugglers Lane, imum of B-classified roads.” water main for Reepham, which will in- a second stage will be between Smug- There is no announcement of the tim- volve the closure of Dereham Road glers Lane and Park Lane, and the third ings yet, but Mr Bretton said Anglian Wa- (B1145). The work is scheduled to start will be between Park Lane and the Old ter will try to avoid road closures in De- later this year and extend into 2015. Cart House (formerly Blossom Barn), cember “for obvious reasons”. The company says this will help boost wa- some 100 metres west of Park Lane. The company said it will publicise the ter supplies for Reepham, making the town According to pipeline engineer Chris scheme nearer the time and will be mak- less dependent on its Salle works, through Bretton, Anglian Water is currently in dis- ing contact with local businesses and in- the investment in a 5-km pipe line from Fak- cussions with Norfolk County Council forming residents immediately affected by enham Road, Sparham, across country Highways regarding timings and diversion the works of the timings and “what they (crossing Marriott’s Way) to the town centre. routes, but confirmed that the official di- can expect”. As part of the works the plan involves version will be a long one, “as we can- The plans note that Dereham Road is closing Dereham Road in three stages. not divert onto smaller roads. B-road traf- “traffic sensitive” Monday to Friday, from One stage will be between School Road/ fic must be officially diverted onto a min- 7.30 am – 9 am and from 4 pm – 7 pm.

Members of the Treasure found at Cawston Big Weekend committee with Cawston Big Weekend Kirsteen Thorne and Ian THE three-day Cawston Big Weekend, Forster (centre) from BBC Radio Norfolk’s which was held on 13-15 June on the Treasure Quest. Left to Oakes Memorial Field behind the Village right: Theresa Carman, Paul Wilkinson, Trudy Hall, had a surprise Sunday morning vis- Wilkinson, Stephen it from BBC Radio Norfolk’s popular Bridges, Laura Bridges Treasure Quest programme. and Jane Bridges On the Friday, a music event was held for young people called “Cawston Pres- ents”, where three Norfolk acts perform- ed: Comic Book Ending, Chief Rockas (DJ) and the Piratones. On the Saturday, popular local band Sounds Imperial played to a crowd of There was a range of different games ston Olympic Games) winning this year’s more than 300. such as a hobby horse race and snail rac- trophy. The Cawston Commonwealth Games ing, as well as classics like the egg and Adding to the excitement, BBC Radio was held on the Sunday afternoon. The spoon race and tug of war. Norfolk’s Treasure Quest ended the pro- village was split into four areas – Hobart, Everyone who entered the events re- gramme at Cawston. To get the treasure, Cecil, Agnes and Kett – which dictated ceived a medal and certificate. It was a presenter Kirsteen Thorne had to complete which team people participating in the successful day with team Agnes (the the hockey relay event, which was part of events belonged to. reigning champions from the 2012 Caw- the Games.

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Chris Wheeler to step down as District Councillor

CHRIS Wheeler has announced his in- cessful Liberal Democrat candidate for the er, who is currently vice chairman of the tention not to stand for re-election as a Reepham Ward in 2011. Town Council, said he wants to devote Broadland District Councillor when elec- Announcing his decision at May’s Ree- more time and energy to local issues and tions are due next May. He was the suc- pham Town Council meeting, Cllr Wheel- concerns.

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Organised vandalism WE are very concerned at the Town Council’s plans to sanitise the Whitwell Road Cemetery [Reepham Life, June 2014] by removing all obstructions in the way of contractors’ grass cutting equipment, apparently in the interests of efficiency and Health & Safety, i.e. cost and trip hazards. To some extent these actions are un- derstandable in those very old areas of the cemetery that are no longer maintained by family relatives, although bi-annual grass cutting and wildlife conservation would seem a more sympathetic option. However, as one moves to the back of the cemetery there are many recent graves of both young and old, some “Now Sir, can you describe this panther you say attacked you?” having died under tragic circum- stances, including one of our own sons. to the purchasing of the exclusive right the cemetery, please do not hesitate Family members maintain these @reephamlife.co.uk of burial in a grave space and not the to contact the Town Council. graves with a lot of love and care, so for purchase of the land itself. Jo Boxall, Town Clerk, contractors to be given carte blanche to This means that you do not own the Reepham Town Council clear these is, in our view, nothing short land, but have the exclusive right, dur- of organised vandalism and not justified. ing the period stated in the Grant of More cemetery complaints Simon and Sylvia Rayfield, Exclusive Right of Burial (currently 50 REGARDING the cemetery on Whit - New Road, Reepham

years) to say who can be buried in the well Road, I abide by these rules on letters grave. where memorials can be placed at the Reepham Town Council replies: You also have the right to erect or head of the grave and no glass vases. It is not the Town Council’s intention place a memorial on that grave that is However, the memorial on the to cause any distress following its re- subject to the rules and regulations of grave of my parents has been hit yet cent request for all items placed Reepham Town Council; these are cur- again for the second time and has along the length of the grave space to rently being reviewed to give a clear- been totally destroyed. be moved up next to the headstone. er guide to people placing memorials I have complained to the Town Whitwell Road Cemetery is a lawned and items in the cemetery. Council before and was reassured that cemetery and the Town Council has I would like to confirm that contract- the ride-on mowers that have been used a duty to maintain it as such. ors are not given permission to re- [in the past] would not be used again, In this litigation culture, insurance move items left along the length of but to see the state of the cemetery I companies are imposing tighter rules grave spaces and it is my understand- know that they are currently being used. and regulations for cemeteries, and ing they will not do so, which is why To go to my parents’ grave and see councils must respond appropriately. there has been such a problem at the this damage is upsetting and totally Items left along the length of a grave start of the grass cutting season with unacceptable. I have also heard of oth- space are, regrettably, not viewed by areas of the cemetery being left uncut. er peoples’ complaints and it seems health and safety as memorials to lov- The grounds maintenance contrac- nothing gets sorted. ed ones, but as potential trip hazards, tor has experienced problems over the In the memorial garden where ash- so the Council must take action to lim- past two months and I would like to es are buried, [the contractors] have it highlighted risks or face a hefty bill apologise to people visiting the ceme- gotten that close that they have cut the from a litigation claim. tery for the state of the grass. heads of flowers placed there; it is a The rules in the cemetery must ap- It is my understanding that the prob- miracle the memorial has not been ply to everyone, regardless of circum- lems have now been resolved and that damaged. stance and level of private maintenance the cemetery will be cut in future every You can visit other cemeteries in the of the grave space, and I would like to two weeks as per the approved con- take the opportunity to thank all those tract. When you write to or email people that have responded positive- The Council will continue to mon- Reepham Life... please give your name, ly to our request and moved items pre- itor the cemetery on a regular basis full postal address and daytime telephone viously left along the grave space. and will review the grounds mainte- number. All verified letters will be considered It is worth reminding people that nance contract as appropriate. for publication – we aim to provide a wide cross-section of local views and opinions when a grave is “purchased” this refers If anyone has any concerns about www.reephamlife.co.uk 6 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 views surrounding area and they are kept a lot tery and that it was disgusting. better than Reepham – I cannot imagine The Clerk informed me that she would what visitors think of the state it is in at go and check and ring me back, which the moment. she did that afternoon to inform me the One part of the cemetery is maintained contractors would be returning to put by families and it looks so lovely to see things to rights. and shows what can be done without the However, I visited the cemetery again use of totally inappropriate machinery. [in mid-June] to find that the grass was Who do we contact to claim for the growing fast again and that dead grass dam age done? was still all over the cemetery. Beverly Timbers, I seem to get very little for the contin- There is a florist there, somewhere! Sun Barn Road, Reepham ued rise in the council tax, but do expect coming traffic, and mothers with push - something in return. chairs and children struggle to get past; Grass disgrace Let’s have a little more respect for the schoolchildren have to walk into the IS anybody else as disgusted as I am about people of Reepham who have passed on. road. the state of Whitwell Road Cemetery? This situation is a disgrace. The Dial House is set to open in Sep- I have recently noticed signs asking for Barry Barker, tember and Norfolk Country Cottages are items to be removed from the graves as Smugglers Lane, Reepham moving into their new premises soon. Yet the contractors are unable to look after this van continues to blight a pretty lit- the lawned areas. Parked van blight tle corner of the Market Place, not to I have always enjoyed a little sarcasm, FOR the past 14 months I have had Mel- men tion causing a dangerous obstacle to but this person takes it too far. If anybody oncaulie Rose’s van parked in front of the pedestrians. can find a lawned area could they please right hand side of my shop, Angelica, It is difficult to run a small business and show me where it is? which totally obstructs the view of the I lose customers because of this single- I went to the cemetery at the end of premises from the Market Place. minded disregard for other people. May and the grass was over two feet tall. Many customers, when they do find I find the whole situation intolerable, I tidied up the area around the grave I their way to me say “Oh, I didn’t know not just for myself, but for all of Reepham. was visiting and decided to ring the Town you were here, all hidden away!” I lose Hilary Livsey, Angelica, Market Place Council. business because of this. I checked a few days later before ring- I politely asked [the van’s owner Ge- Guerrilla marketing plea ing and the grass had been roughly cut and off Deal] to consider parking elsewhere, REGARDING the item on the new no- there was grass scattered everywhere, in- explaining that I had taken over the busi- ticeboard in Robins Lane [Your Council cluding all over the grave I had clean ed. ness and was trying to be visible to cus- Matters, Reepham Life, June], I am familiar I rang the Town Clerk, who told me the tomers, but he just said “no”. with the noticeboards in Reepham and contractors had cleaned it up. I explained I watch daily as elderly people are for - admit to being a guerrilla notice poster. that I had just returned from the ceme- ced to manoeuvre their way out into on- I run art classes in Cawston, where I

Paying divorce costs

HOW are you going to pay for a divorce? in the divorce. It is (usually) an unplanned event, and Of course, the availability of a legal it will cost several thousand pounds. It legal view services order will depend on the avail- isn’t something you have saved for, and MARK FOLEY ability of the other spouse to pay. The legal aid has ended for the vast majori- world being what it is, this type of order ty of people. the case report of that divorce now tells is likely to benefit wives rather than hus- Some look to friends, parents and rel- us lawyers how the courts will interpret bands. atives for help. Sometimes if I can iden- the rules. It is good news that the rules tify a fund from which I can get paid lat- are being applied liberally. n To discuss these issues or for er on (perhaps the proceeds of sale of a Before you can apply for money the help with your legal affairs, house, or the cashing in of a policy or laws says that you will need to show that contact Mark Foley, Solicitor. shares) then I will act for a client until the you: Tel: 07833 332055 or 01362 end of the case without monthly billing. l cannot obtain a litigation loan; 688946. Email: [email protected] In April 2013 it became possible to ap- l cannot grant a charge over assets Twitter: @lawyerfoley ply for a legal services order, which al- you will gain in the divorce. lows a person to ask the court to order In Rubin v. Rubin the court said that Solicitors Regulation Authority number 471736 the other spouse in a divorce to pay mon- you will not be expected to sell or mort- ey to meet their costs of divorce. gage your home or take on a high in- Now, thanks to the case of Mr and Mrs terest loan. Your solicitors can decline to Rubin, the court has applied the law and accept a charge on assets to be gained www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 7 views live, and other villages in the area, although not in Reepham, and obvi- Robins Lane noticeboard damaged ously need to advertise, usually three POLICE report that on the morning times a year to make known the start of 24 May an “unknown person” of each new term. caused damage to the noticeboard I do this for “private and commer- on the corner of Robins Lane, Reep- cial gain” and do understand the rea- ham, by damaging the locks used to sons for the criteria of the Reepham keep the noticeboard secured. Society and Reepham Town Council. It is thought that someone may If I could live on fresh air I would run have forced one of the locks and the courses for nothing. bent the cover to gain unauthorised access. Subsequently, when an unau- I want local people to know about thorised commercial notice was removed by Edwin Rose, who looks af- my classes, but where can I advertise? ter the noticeboards on behalf of the Reepham Society, he was allegedly The Times? The EDP? These are too confronted by a second person. expensive and too widespread. However, the police may be unable to take further action without an in- Local shops, Reepham Life, parish dependent witness to the criminal damage. The locks have since been fixed. mag azines? Yes, I do. The noticeboard, one of four around the town supplied and maintained But in addition to these the no- by the Reepham Society, was replaced just weeks earlier at a cost of around ticeboards are a quick and cheap and £160, most of which was funded by the Town Council. accessible way for me to put up in- The new noticeboard includes a “post-box” on the back for submitting formation to catch the eye of the event notices, which are posted if there is room. Priority will be given to many passers-by who flock to Reep- notices about events or activities taking place within four weeks of the no- @reephamlife.co.uk ham during the week. tice being submitted. So it saddens me to be excluded, The Reepham Society points out that advertisements for activities or serv- and of course also excluded are the ices for private commercial gain will not be accepted unless these take place potential artists who might never in the Town Hall, the Bircham Centre, Stimpson’s Piece pavilion or one know about my classes. of the churches, from which the community derives income from hire fees. On the Cawston noticeboards Meanwhile, with most of the other boards old and rotting, a decision will everything goes up, and every now letters need to be made soon on whether to replace these or possibly have just and then the boards are tidied of out one central noticeboard somewhere in Market Place, as has been suggested. of date, repetitive, inappropriate or However, the Town Council may be understandably reluctant to fund weary notices. new boards that can be damaged so easily by thoughtless individuals. So what about a little leeway here for anything that enhances community life in our area, as I hope my replied to, leaving matters that con- vote accordingly at next year’s elec- classes do? cern me greatly left unanswered. tions and replace this unsatisfactory Clementina Sutton, Meanwhile, four long-standing, parish council. Chapel Street, Cawston valuable members of the Council have Frances Rossington, resigned recently. Chapel Street, Cawston Failure to answer questions Secrecy in public matters is the en- I WAS interested to read the letter by emy of good practice and trust; the Impact of 24/7 noise Paul Sutton [Reepham Life, June] re- public expects and pays for openness I WRITE to support the sentiments ex- garding the “unclear minutes” of Caw- and efficiency. pressed in Paul Sutton’s letter in the ston Parish Council. Parish councils offering services to June edition of Reepham Life regard- I have written to the Parish Coun- the public must expect scrutiny from ing “Unclear Minutes” in the Views cil on two separate occasions about interested people before and after column. matters I feel are not being dealt with they are contracted. As a parishioner affected by noise correctly and they have refused to an- The mantra of commercial confi- from the electricity substation at Salle, swer my queries. dentiality is like a lazy spell reinforced I am concerned about the general lack My letters have been acknowl- by repetition to avoid justified en- of responsiveness by Cawston Parish edged, but only parts of the letter quiry. If this is allowed to continue it Council can harm lives and cost money. Importantly, I am looking for a pos- TWEETS The irresponsibility in continuing to itive way forward. To that end I would fail to answer questions raised by par - like to work with the Parish Council, tweet your views to @reephamlife ishioners only just portrays Cawston Broadland District Council and the Broadland planners in Reepham Parish Council’s contempt for its par - current operator [of the substation] to [on 27 May]. Not their finest hour, ishioners. One can only presume that find a way of mitigating the impact of wafer thin reasoning trying to con- if the questions are not answered then this 24/7 noise. vince they are doing a sound job. Stephen Mumby, @RealReepham they have something to hide. I hope the residents of Cawston will Chapel Street, Cawston www.reephamlife.co.uk 8 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 from the archive Help us complete the picture

THIS is just one of the many photographs he is sitting. and documents in the Reepham Archive We have a lot of infor- telling the story of the town and the peo- mation about The ple who lived there and made it what it is. Chimes. The Reepham However, as with many of the photos Society booklet Harry in the Archive, we have little or no in- Hawes Walk says: “By formation about the picture, although in 1900 George Fisher had this case we do have some details. taken over here as grocer We believe the man standing second and draper and the di- from left is George Fisher, who owned rectory describes him The Chimes in Market Place and the man also as ‘tea dealer and Do you know anything about any of the men in this photo? on the right is a Mr Howe. provision merchant… Do any readers know if this is correct? hatter, outfitter, etc.’ Obviously, a man of looks older than that in the photo, perhaps And who are the other three men? There enterprise and this is probably why he in his mid-50s? If so, the photo would date seems to be some resemblance between gave his name to the alley which goes up from around 1920 and that would fit with the man on the left and the man seated. the side of the shop.” the clothes the men are wearing. Might they be related? It appears the photo was taken in sum- If you have any ideas about the photo It is probably impossible to know mer from the leaves in the background, please email [email protected] where and why the photo was taken, but the white jacket and the panama hat in or write to: The Reepham Archive, Bircham the man seated seems to be the subject of the hand of the man on the right, but Centre, Market Place, Reepham NR10 4JJ. the photo, so perhaps it was taken to which summer? Better still, come and talk to us at the recognise or celebrate something in his life. According to the 1911 census, George Archive, which is open to the public on Or maybe the walking stick resting on Fisher was born in 1864, so he had cre- Wednesday and Saturday from 10 am – his thigh tells a different story about why ated his shop by the time he was 36. He noon, upstairs in the Bircham Centre.

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Community consultation on the future of Stimpson’s Piece pavilion

THE funding and future of the Stimp- Stimpson’s Piece generates around son’s Piece pavilion has been a major £15,000 per year (of which £8,000 is Your Town Council concern to the Town Council and it from the nursery school) against routine Chairman: Les Paterson continues to be so. It has also been writ- expenditure of around £23,000 (of Deputy Chairman: ten about before in Reepham Life, but which the majority is pavilion costs). Chris Wheeler (Broadland District this article provides information on the Therefore, even without unexpected Councillor) latest work that has been done. and capital costs such as repairs, the Mike Cowdrey James Joyce (Norfolk County Please read it and keep it because it shortfall is £8,000. These capital costs Councillor) may be useful when you are asked, vary each year, but are £12,000 to Ann Middlemas through a community consultation, for £20,000, so the overall deficit is £20,000 Joan Schulz your views on the pavilion. to £28,000 per year. Mike Urry In 2013 the Council commissioned an Very roughly that is 20% of the mon- Andrea Wilson independent appraisal of the options for ey Broadland District Council gives Anne Woollett Stimpson’s Piece and specifically the Reepham as its share of the communi- pavilion. ty charge, or about £20 per household Town Clerk: Jo Boxall The final version of this appraisal was in Reepham. Finance Officer: Judith Flack completed in May 2014 and discussed However, if the nursery school relo- in public at the Stimpson’s Piece Char- cates as it wishes, income would go might not attract more income and it ity meeting in the Town Hall on 11 down by some £8,000 per year so the seems unlikely that it could fully meet June; it forms the basis of this article. cost of subsidising the pavilion could go the needs of the nursery school. At the meeting it was agreed that be- up to £36,000 per year. l Replace the pavilion. There would be cause the pavilion is heavily subsidised It is against this background that you significant capital cost in demolishing by the people of Reepham through the need to consider what you think is the the existing pavilion and building a community charge, it was right that right future for the pavilion. The options smaller, purpose-built sports pavilion. everyone had the opportunity to ex- are: However, the running and mainte- press their view. l Do nothing. In other words, keep nance costs would be reduced. The A public consultation is planned that subsidising the pavilion heavily at the nursery school would have to relocate will probably include a questionnaire in expense of other things in Reepham. and so income from it and other activ- Reepham Life and online. l Increase the rates and usage. Even if ities would disappear. The pavilion was built in the early successful this will probably not make l Remove the pavilion. There would be 1990s and was much used by sports a big difference to the shortfall. How- an upfront cost for demolition and mak- groups and others. However, over re- ever, putting up the rates could drive ing good, but thereafter only the play cent years most of the sports users have users elsewhere. equipment and the grounds would gone leaving Reepham Town FC as the l Create an endowment/capital fund. generate costs. However, all current only major sports user. In effect, sell off part of Stimpson’s Piece users including the football club and Furthermore, the pavilion is only one to provide a pot of money. Although at- nursery would lose their accommoda- of an unusually high number of venues tractive at first sight, the strict conditions tion and facilities. in Reepham, including the Methodist on which the land was given to the These are the options that you will be church, the Bircham Centre, Reepham community and Broadland’s planning asked to give your opinion on. Town Hall, Whitwell Hall Country regulations make this highly unlikely. The future of the pavilion is of im- Centre, Whitwell Station, Reepham l Refurbish the pavilion. The idea is to portance to all of us, whether we use High School & College, the scout hut improve the building so the running it or not, because on the one hand it and St Michael’s. costs are lower and it is more attractive provides a community facility, but on The pavilion can generate only lim- to users and generates more income. the other hand it consumes a significant ited income, but faces increasing main- This would be a major capital cost and part of your community’s finances. tenance and capital costs as the build- the savings might not be great (the Please weigh up what course of ac- ing ages. pavilion already uses green energy), it tion you would support.

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www.reephamlife.co.uk 10 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 history Norfolk in the First World War

THE centenary of the First World War will in Belgium and France, Gallipoli, Palestine, Finally, we have to think about the im- be commemorated at the national and lo- Mesopotamia and Salonika. And we pact of our casualties on Norfolk com- cal level. A lot of work has been under- should not forget the tens of thousands of munities – the long list of casualties from taken already and we now have access fishermen who served in the Royal Navy. Gallipoli, the Somme and the Third Bat- to original sources thanks to the internet, Few expected the war to last more than tle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Most of the and we are discovering photos, letters, di- four years and mobilisation had a major dead had their names read out in their aries and documents that are held by in- impact on Norfolk. Farming was crucial local churches or the schools they had at- dividuals and families. and women served in the newly estab- tended. Remember the grief of parents, I commend the work of Ron Luton- lished Women’s Land Army, alongside wives and children. And more casualties Brown and his marvellous project children and prisoners of war. Thousands came in 1918/19 from the pandemic “Putting a Face to the Name: Reepham of women saw war service in Norfolk fac- known as Spanish influenza. Remembering 100 Years On”. This com- tories, and thousands of Belgian and Although there were Norfolk people memoration will roll out over the next six French refugees came to live in Norfolk. who opposed the war, protested against years until 2020 – beyond the centenary As casualties mounted, tens of thousands conscription and spoke out in favour of of the armistice in November 1918. of wounded men were brought to hospi- a negotiated peace, the majority were pa- All over Norfolk local communities are tals and temporary auxiliary hospitals and triotic and believed the war had been researching what happened in their village convalescent homes in hastily converted vil- necessary. Disillusionment was something or town, not just to the men who served lage halls, schools and private homes – that occurred in the following decade. in the armed forces, but to the men, there was at least one in Reepham. Keith Simpson MP, Broadland women and children on the home front. The war came directly to Norfolk with On 20 June I chaired a conference/ the German Navy shelling Great Yar - n Keith Simpson is workshop at the Norwich Forum on mouth and Gorleston in November 1914, a Commonwealth “Nor folk’s War”. Around 100,000 Norfolk followed by Zeppelin air raids in War Graves men served in the armed forces out of a Yarmouth in January 1915 and later on Commissioner and a member of the total male population of half a million. East Dereham – quite a shock to com- Prime Minister’s Some were stationed at home, but the ma- munities that had never experienced this Advisory Committee jority who served in the army saw action direct assault. on World War One

www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 11 history Reepham remembering 100 years on

Edmund by RON LUTON-BROWN Frankland

IMAGINE a world without TV, radio, internet or mobile phones, a world where news, food and goods takes days, weeks even months to reach you. This was Reepham 100 years ago, a place where you knew everyone and were probably related to a lot of them. A place where you worked within walk- was born in 1880 in Reepham and mar- ing distance of your home as a farm ried Ethel Chase in 1901, lived in Tun- labourer, baker or maybe as a servant for stead, Smallburgh and Hindolveston and the lord of the manor. died in the Norwich district in 1944. An- Families lived in homes with no cen- other cousin, John Frankland, who was tral heating or double glazing, where pay born in 1895, enlisted in 1916 in the 1/4th was low with some only just surviving. and 9th Battalions. John Frankland So when war was declared in 1914 on Did these men have families? What a nation many miles away, news started Frankland was one of 10 children of were their careers? How did the war af- to filter in to the town and the outlying Caleb and Jane, who were living on Ree - fect them and did they talk about what villages and hamlets. pham Moor. Caleb was a carter on a farm had happened? Many of the men that re- What was one supposed to do? Some in Pettywell at the other side of Reepham, turned never spoke about their experi- had fought in the Boer War more than a doing hard, physical work for low wages. ence and what they saw. decade before, but many were not pre- Would that have been a reason for Can you fill in the gaps on these or any pared for the fighting and thought it Ralph signing up to help ease some of of the other Reepham men and families would be over by Christmas. the financial pressure on his parents? listed on the memorials or provide the Most of the men signed up voluntari- With daughters working in service in names of men who are not listed? The ly at the start of the war to do their pa- London and Horsford, how did Caleb and memorial in St Mary’s only lists the men triotic duty, especially seeing posters and Jane cope with losing a son so early on from the parish of Reepham with Kerdis- reading news articles about battles and in the war and then see the other five ton that died. protecting the country. sons join up? Or maybe you have a relative from The press was censored and strict They lost their youngest son Clifford af- else where in Norfolk, the UK or Com- guidelines on what could and could not ter the end of the war. He was 20 years monwealth and want to share their life be printed remained throughout the war. old and served with the 33rd Battalion story and get them on the Imperial War In Reepham, the first fatality of the war Machine Gun Corps, dying in one of the Museum online war memorial. was Ralph Frankland, second oldest of remaining army hospitals in Rouen, n An exhibition of Reepham men serv- the Frankland brothers, who signed up France, either of battle wounds or the ing in the First World War will be held for the Norfolk Regiment in 1904. Spanish flu that was rife after the war. from Saturday 26 July to Monday 28 July He was reported missing in action, then The remaining four brothers returned and from Saturday 2 August to Monday dead, on 1 September 1914, around the to Norfolk. Caleb, the oldest, died in 1937 4 August in St Michael’s, Reepham, from time of the Battle of Mons. aged 54. Herbert died in 1967 aged 82 in 10 am – 4 pm. He is remembered on the La Ferté- the North Walsham area. Frederick died The town will also be remembering the sous-Jouarre memorial in Northern France aged 70 in the Norwich area. Ambrose 100th anniversary of the start of the war and the St Michael’s memorial in Reep- died in 1953 aged 65. on 3 and 4 August. Please see the notices ham. He was 30 years old. Their cousin Edmund Frankland, who closer to the time.

Long-standing chairman of Whitwell Common trustees retires

ANTHONY Foottit has retired as chairman He has steered the way towards the re- to perform a task. of the Trustees of Whitwell Common af- turn of grazing to the Common, which He will be greatly missed by all the ter serving for 10 years. will further enhance the range of plant Trustees, who wish to extend their thanks Tony has been a major influence on the species. He has also instigated the ap- for all his selfless devotion to the post. management of the Common; his knowl- plication for permission for some fenc- The new chairman is Lin Garland, who edge and love of wildflowers and ap- ing, should it be required. has bravely agreed to take on the re- preciation of the precious ecology of the Tony’s gentle manner, coupled with his sponsibility. Lin can be contacted via e- area has helped preserve and develop the wisdom and humility achieved much and mail: [email protected] nature reserve for all to enjoy. was certainly hard to resist when asked Daphne Ludgate www.reephamlife.co.uk 12 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 news First ever classic car and bike festival for Reepham

THE inaugural Reepham Festival of Clas- sic Cars and Bikes will take place from 11 am – 4.30 pm on Sunday 28 Septem- ber in Market Place, Reepham. By kind permission of Reepham Town Council, the town centre will be closed to through traffic and local traders will be providing food and drink for the many visitors expected to attend. Peter Fitzjohn and Brian Hope, who are also on the organising committee of the annual Reepham music festival, have teamed up with fellow classic car enthusiast Michael Pender-Cudlip to plan an event assembled around selected classic car marques, such as Rolls Royce, MG, Triumph/TR, Porsche, Lotus and Jaguar, and motorbikes of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Two of the organisers of the inaugural Reepham Festival of Classic Cars and Bikes outside the To make the most of the space avail- King’s Arms in Market Place, Reepham: Peter Fitzjohn (left) and Michael Pender-Cudlip (right), with an enthusiastic member of the BSA Owners Club. Photo: John Tym able, the lifespan of each marque will be illustrated by a single example of the most important models, thus providing Free furniture workshop a un ique record of the marque’s evolu- A free painted and distressed country furniture open workshop will be held on tion. Sunday 27 July from 2 pm – 5.30 pm at At the Cartshed, Churchgate Cottage, The festival will also display out- Briston Road, Wood Dalling NR11 6SN. standing individual examples of other This will be an opportunity to view the company’s stock of vintage pieces marques, such as AC Cobra and Ameri- and get inspiration for the home. Free cream teas will also be available and can “muscle cars”. n there is free parking at Churchgate House next door. If you are interested in displaying n For further information, contact Tessa Phillips on 07503 654912 or email: models of these and other marques, or [email protected] have questions about this event, please www.at-the-cartshed.co.uk email [email protected]

Cash investments: are you a winner?

THERE are a wide range of savings and so your original investment is guaranteed investment schemes collectively known against loss. as cash investments. These include bank money matters Prizes are currently distributed at a rate and building society savings accounts as JANE ARMSTRONG of 1.3% of the prize fund, thus for hold- well as products provided by the gov- ings of at least £10,000 or so, someone ernment-backed NS&I (formerly known cash away for a couple of years, the high- with average luck should get several as National Savings and Investments). est rate you might find is about 2% per prizes per year. These range in value from Generally speaking, cash investments annum. This means that with inflation £25 to £1 million and, importantly, they provide a return via a specified rate of in- currently running at around 1.8% per are tax free and, therefore, good value to terest. The great advantage of cash de- year, once you have paid tax on the in- tax payers, especially higher rate tax pay- posits is that the monetary value of sav- terest, it is quite likely that your cash’s ers. Furthermore, you can withdraw ings cannot fall. So long as you do not purchasing power may be falling over money whenever you wish. hold more than £85,000 with any single time. n Jane Armstrong is a Chartered Financial deposit taker, the balance in your account Although there is currently no ideal so- Planner at Almary Green Investments Ltd. is protected by the Financial Services lution to keeping your money both safe Contact her on 01603 706740 or email Compensation Scheme, even in the ev- and productive, there are some alterna- [email protected] ent of the deposit taker collapsing. tives to plain deposit accounts. On the negative side, interest rates have Premium bonds are a type of cash in- been very low for several years now and, vestment: you can now buy up to even if you are prepared to lock your £40,000 worth and they are held by NS&I www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 13 community news Fire station seeks another volunteer by KAREN BROCKMAN

HAVE you considered becoming a firefighter? There are 11 retained firefighters serving Reepham and they have a place for one more. According to watch manager Jeremy Cleall, who has served in the Fire and Rescue Service for 28 years, this requires major commitment but offers great rewards. There are 38 fire stations in Norfolk, of which all but five depend on retained personnel. It is demanding work, but you still do your day job. You carry an alerter and when it goes off, you drop whatever you are doing and head immediately to Reepham Fire Sta- tion. Main picture: The Reepham Fire and Rescue Service team (left to right): Jeremy Cleall (watch manager), Andy Betts, Roger McDowall, Karl Hendry, Graham Jackets, Dan Bartlette and James The crew aim to have their vehicle Duncan (crew manager). Absent from photo: Perry Smith (crew manager), Mark Pearson, Carl leave within five minutes of receiving a Musgrave and Bruce Bailey. Inset: Drill night at Reepham Fire Station, School Road call alerting them to an incident. This might be a fire, but is now far more like- vehicles to avoid further injury. The ma- part and continues throughout their time ly to be another type of emergency res- chinery for that task, which is carried on as a firefighter. cue, often a road traffic accident. board the fire service vehicle, is referred The firefighters in Reepham spend two Reepham Fire and Rescue Service cov- to as the “Jaws of Life” and the mobile to three hours every Tuesday evening ers an area within a seven-mile radius of data terminal provides technical details drilling and training, and are on call for the town and also travels further to ma- of every car on the road. 40 to 120 hours a week. jor incidents, such as the recent fire in Reepham operates a 2008 Scania ve- Although they are paid it is not just Fakenham town centre, where it was the hicle packed with equipment, which can about the money: it is about communi- fourth crew to arrive on the scene. pump 5,500 litres of water a minute. ty spirit and job satisfaction. Reepham Unlike in major cities, it is often the Most people would call it a fire engine; firefighter Daniel Bartlette said the job will case that the people in need of rescue Mr Cleall refers to “running the pump”, stretch you to test your limits in ways reg- will be known to the Reepham firefighters which has been the jargon since horses ular work rarely does. who attend, since they live or work in the pulled them. n The opportunity to serve in the Fire and town. Their motivation is to provide for A modern vehicle costs about £250,000. Rescue Service is open to anyone, male or the local community: if you serve in It needs a minimum of four crew and will female, 18 years or older. Further details of Reepham you will make a big difference carry up to eight, whose tasks rotate so what is involved at www.fireservice.co.uk to people you know. everyone learns. The initial training takes and if you are interested in applying, Meanwhile, there is a national proac- two weeks before a new recruit can take email: [email protected] tive strategy of fire prevention and public information, so the local service is pleased to attend events, talk to learner Residents invited to help people ‘live well for longer’ drivers at Reepham High School & Col- BROADLAND District Council is inviting members of the Reepham community lege, and help with risk assessments in – individual residents, community groups and professionals – to take part in an homes and businesses. informal workshop on 10 July at 10 am in the Town Hall, Church Street, Retained firefighters are required to Reepham. achieve the same competence as full-time The workshop will discuss the potential for Reepham to build on the staff; training involves gaining all sorts of community work already ongoing, to investigate common health issues in the skills, including operating technical area and to develop community-focused solutions. equipment and trauma care. The Grow Your Community project would love to have a wide variety of Firefighters are first on the scene and people contributing their views, whether you’re already involved with your pass on vital information to paramedics, local community or would like to feel more connected. Refreshments and a such as breathing and heart rates. They light lunch will be provided. also bring in a wide range of skills from n If you would like to be a part of this event, please book your place by email their outside lives, contributing to an ef- [email protected] or telephone Sally Hoare on 01603 fective team. 430142. Increasingly, victims are cut out of their www.reephamlife.co.uk 14 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 planning Farm shop and camp site proposed for Booton

AN application for outline planning per- ing local produce and providing some The area includes quiet roads and pub- mission has been submitted to Broadland catering. lic rights of way open to horse riders, in- District Council for a farm shop, bistro It is planned to continue establishing cluding a route from Eve’s Hill to join the and touring camping site at Eve’s Hill, a pedigree herd of Hereford cattle of ar - Marriott’s Way at Blackwater Bridge via Norwich Road, Booton. ound 20 cows alongside the tourism en- the public bridleway over Fiddler’s Hill. The plan has been prepared by CAM terprise. The existing farming business Broadland District Council’s planning Architects of Norwich on behalf of R S currently has no onsite accommodation department has yet to give a decision on Buxton & Partners and includes a new and is said to lack suitable buildings to this outline planning application, which vehicular access from Norwich Road, as house a pedigree herd. was submitted in mid-March. well as a new farmhouse, specialist cat- The proposed camp site area will, de- tle housing buildings and a DIY livery op- pending on layout and demand, accom - Bawdeswell Village Cinema eration for eight horses. modate around six caravans and four Eve’s Hill is owned and has been tents, and will include dedicated onsite moves to Reepham farmed as part of Town Farm, Church shower and toilet facilities. WHILE the new Bawdeswell Village Road, Booton, for several years by Rob- The farm shop plans to sell locally pro- Hall is being built, Bawdeswell Village ert and Rita Buxton. Their son, Jeremy, duced fresh food, including vegetables, Cinema will make a temporary move to has been incorporated into the partner- fruit, meat and other products such as Reepham Town Hall, Church Street, ship with a view to him having complete honey, juices and drinks, providing an Ree pham. control of the business within a few years. outlet for local producers to supply to the All the films from July to December The applicant says a camp site for car- wider Reepham market. 2014 and possibly January 2015 are avans and tents, initially with visitors dur- It is also envisaged that almost nine plan ned to be at Reepham. ing the summer, provides an opportuni- hectares of field margin paths will be pro- n Further information from Bawdes - ty to establish a small farm shop and vided on the farm for livery users to hack well Village Cinema 01362 688749 or bistro that will be open year round, sell- out on. [email protected]

www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 15 planning Dial House owners submit proposals

A FULL planning application has been l up to 22 guests staying overnight and submitted by James Henman Architects spending within the town; of Fakenham for the redevelopment of l a strong established database of “fol- the former Old Brewery House site in lowers” from the owners’ other inter- Market Place, Reepham. ests in Norfolk, which will help draw The Old Brewery House Hotel closed new customers to Reepham; in August 2013 and was bought by Iain l £20,000 annual marketing budget to Wilson of Holt-based Byfords in No- help draw people to the town; vember. The proposed elevations for 6-10 The Dial, l it will provide a quality brand pro- With the property renamed The Dial described by one resident as “like a barracks” viding another reason to visit the town; House, the planning application calls for l restoring a feature building in the the refurbishment of the main Grade II timated at £1.7 million, while the total market square “which gives the right listed building to provide a café/restau- profit on the residential development feel and quality”. rant and retail outlet on the ground floor (new build and conversion) is estimated The viability appraisal concludes that and “posh” bed and breakfast accom- at £360,000. the project will make an “essential con- modation (nine rooms) on the first floor. Once all the costs are taken into ac- tribution to the vitality and viability” of It is envisaged that 20 full-time equiv- count, the gross profit is estimated at the town. alent jobs will be created as a result of £14,120 – this is before the application of At its meeting in June, Reepham Town the commercial development, compris- the community infrastructure levy (CIL), Council made no objection to this plan- ing 15 full-time and 10 part-time em- which would normally be applied at a ning application, but did note residents’ ployees. rate of £50 per square metre of the res- concerns regarding the housing density The planning application also includes idential development. and parking, as well as issues over pri- the conversion of the east and west rear However, the applicant says “some flex- vacy with neighbouring properties. wings to provide six residential units, and ibility could be applied [with regard to the Mr Wilson said he was actively trying the demolition of The Maltings and lei - CIL] to ensure that this important heritage to improve the situation among residents sure centre to provide a further 12 asset is brought back into sustainable most affected. dwellings. use”. One resident described the proposed Of the 18 units proposed, two have two Arguing for a reduction in the CIL and housing as having “very little architectural bedrooms, 12 have three bedrooms, the removal of the affordable housing re- merit”, “more like a barracks” and “some- three have four bedrooms and one has quirement, the appraisal outlines the com- thing inappropriate for the heart of five bedrooms. Property prices are like- mercial benefit the project will bring to Reepham”. ly to range from £180,000 to £400,000 Reepham: Mr Wilson assured the meeting that in (based on £180-190 per square foot at l £300,000 wage budget with a mix of real life the scheme will not look as harsh. current market values). full and part-time jobs; “It will not be mock Georgian, but will The viability appraisal suggests the fi- l £300,000 annual spend of produce stand as a new build that mirrors the nancing of the project is “delicately bal- from mainly local suppliers; town’s Georgian DNA,” he said. “And I anced”. The total development costs of l £200,000 annual spend on overheads, am absolutely open-minded about this the commercial part of the plans are es- including some local services; development.”

Birdy’s Bike Ride raises more than £5,000 THE Katja Hansen-Livsey Trust has now Katja’s mother Hilary Livesey said: “So raised more than £5,000 following a cake many wonderful, kind and generous peo- and flower sale last month and Birdy’s ple have supported me since Katja’s ac- Bike Ride, a 20-mile fundraising cycle ride cident. I don’t think that I would have from Holt to Reepham. managed to survive without the support The trust was set up in memory of the and prayers from my friends in Reepham 19-year-old local girl, who was killed in and I just want to say how grateful I am. a road accident in November. The funds “Creating Birdy’s Bike Ride has been a raised will be used to set up a bursary to positive thing for us. All of Katja’s help students at Reepham College. friends, my children and Reepham High Birdy’s Bike Ride finished at Reepham College on Sunday 15 June. Pictured (left to right): Sam It is also planned that an award will be School & College came together and we Hewitt (cousin), Cameron Livsey, Finn Livsey, created at the University of Liverpool had an amazing day on 15 June. Hilary Livsey, Carina Livsey, Lucien Livsey and Jimmi Cubitt (Katja’s boyfriend) School of Medicine, where Katja had “Many thanks to everyone for the been accepted as a student, and also to many ways that they have helped Lucien, September 2014 issue deadline: create a bird sculpture in the Medical Finn, Cameron, Carina and myself over 15 August 2014 School’s admissions building. the past seven months.” www.reephamlife.co.uk 16 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 planning Full approval for Whitwell Station venue

PLANNING approval has been granted to In support of the application, it was ments at the boundary to the nearest res- the Whitwell and Reepham Railway Pre - stated: “The station site is an important idential property. servation Society to erect a permanent local tourist attraction and therefore im- The development is outside the set- building to replace the temporary mar- portant to the local economy. tlement limit of Reepham. quee, which is currently used for social “The current application effectively In its decision, Broadland planners felt events including Steam Sundays, wed- seeks to provide a permanent solution on the building “will be a visual improve- dings and meetings of the Reepham the site by way of providing a new pur- ment upon the existing marquee and al- Young Farmers Club. pose-built building to hold similar func- though larger in size it is considered to The application was submitted to Broad- tions as those previously undertaken. be both in scale and character with the land District Council by Stephen Moore Ar- “The erection of a [permanent building] existing buildings on site. chitectural Services of Costessey, agent for will enhance the range of facilities which “Given its remote location there should the own er, One Way Circuits Executive can be undertaken at the site, and will also be no adverse impact on the ameni- Pension Scheme and applicant Mike Urry. also have some benefits in terms of pro- ty of any nearby properties. The permanent structure, described as viding a purpose-built structure with the “The development is not considered to being of brick and tile, will be 23 square potential to result in an environmental/ be overbearing, there will be no over- metres larger than the existing marquee, amenity gain.” looking issues and the residential ameni- providing a venue of 218 square metres. There are several conditions attached ty of neighbours will be maintained,” The roof is to be of slate and the ex- to the planning permission approval: the Broadland continued. terior white, using materials to be agreed. development is to begin within three “The building will not cause any ad- The double-door acoustic lobby is in- years and that during performances of verse visual impact or any detrimental im- tended to help resolve any concerns re- live or recorded music all windows and pact on the wider character of the area garding noise at the venue. doors shall remain closed. or the adjacent county wildlife site. There is existing parking for 50 cars and Further, noise from amplified or live “It is considered that the proposal will 20 bicycles, which will remain the same. music shall not exceed the existing help to support economic growth in the No additional external lighting is pro- background noise level by more than 3 area.” posed. decibels at any time, taking measure- Karen Brockman

Bircham Centre office moves downstairs

THE Bircham Centre office has moved can be more involved in the day-to-day downstairs, to the rear of the kitchen, into activities of the centre.” one of the oldest parts of the building in As well as the Charity Shop, Reepham Market Place, Reepham. Archive Rooms, Library and Art Gallery, This has freed up the old office, which the Bircham Centre now offers two will be decorated and let out for com- large and two medium-sized rooms that munity and business use. can be rented by the hour. Administrator Gill Wheatley explained: There is also a garden that is open dai- “We have carried out extensive refur- ly to the public and available for private bishments to the old timber wing over the function hire. past year with the Archive Rooms upstairs n For all booking enquiries and for and are trying to maximise the space this more information, contact Gill wonderful building offers for communi- Wheatley on 01603 879242 or email Bircham Centre administrator Gill Wheatley in ty use. the refurbished new office [email protected] “The old office was quite large for one person and it seemed sensible to move “It also means, being downstairs now, Log on to www.reephamlife.co.uk it to a smaller room and free up the space that our customers can meet me easier for the latest news and updates as an income generator for the Centre. without having to climb the stairs and I

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REEPHAM Chamber of Commerce mem- “We are really grateful to everyone who One of the first tasks for the Chamber bers were delighted at the response to the has taken the time to fill in a survey and team will be to organise the prize draw recent shopping survey. More than 550 share their views with us,” she said. “We for completed surveys. Each survey has surveys were completed by people who will be reporting the results to all the or- been numbered – including those sub- live, work or study in Reepham, and ex- ganisations that make up the Town Team mitted online – and winners will be drawn pressed a wide range of views about their to help shape future strategies for the town.” for the three prizes shortly. experiences of shopping in the town. At the time of writing, Chamber mem- First prize is £100 to be spent in Ree- Chairman Brenda Gostling expressed bers are inputting the responses into a pham’s businesses and there are two fur- her thanks to everyone who submitted a database to allow the results to be care- ther prizes of a champagne afternoon tea survey. “We were hoping for up to 300 fully analysed – watch out for details of at Hampton’s and four tickets to the responses so to have over 550 has huge- what the survey revealed in the Sep- Reepham Festival. ly exceeded our expectations,” she said. tember issue of Reepham Life. www.reepham.uk.com

Hand painted furniture with coffee and cake

COUNTRY Modern is now offering “cof- suggested that we serve teas and coffees across the park.” fee and cake” at its hand painted furni- as our shop is in such a beautiful loca- During the summer, customers can en- ture and accessories shop in Nowhere tion. joy sitting out on the terrace or the Lane, Great Witchingham. “We always had this in mind as a fu- lawned area, where a few garden games Fran and Clive Osborne, who run the ture opportunity and given the level of have been provided to help keep chil- business in the former Norfolk Wildlife interest from our customers, we have dren occupied. Park, said: “Many of our customers have worked with Coffee Quest from Lyng to Mr and Mrs Osborne are also extend- install one of their latest ing the shop’s Saturday opening hours ‘bean-to-cup’, freshly and are now open on Mondays, Wednes- ground coffee machines. days, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am “We also have a selec- – 4pm. tion of teas, cold drinks, www.countrymodern.co.uk cakes and biscuits available so people can enjoy If you would like your company or business a drink and snack as they featured in Reepham Life, please contact the editor, Geoff Fisher, on 01603 308158 or look around the shop email [email protected] and enjoy the views digger’s diary Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu

SUMMER is coming on, the grass is grow- I went on holiday and when I came back Court”. What on earth was a pig doing ing, and if the kind, anonymous volun- I found it had grown a foot.” in the court in the first place? It would be teer who strimmed the grass behind Thanks also to the Whitwell & Reep- a very dangerous place for it, with all Smugglers Lane last year would like to ham Railway team for help on a recent those people trying to save their bacon. do so again we would be very grateful. project involving movement of stones. As lawyers say, the law does not care for (If you have done it already by the time Talking of stones, how many readers truffles, so that cannot be the reason. this is published, thank you.) have noticed the cobble mosaic that has But animals are strange things. Digger Everything is growing so quickly after appeared on the wall of the primary once knew a cocker spaniel who could the wet and warm spring that it reminds school? It can be seen distantly from Bar draw – not proper pictures, of course, just me of the story of the man who went into Lane. The people who made it seemed doodles. He lived on a farm and all the a shoe shop and asked for one Welling- to work all day without a break; a good animals were very impressed, especial- ton boot. example to set – if not taken to excess. ly the chickens, who liked to watch him “Do you mean one pair, Sir?” “No, just There was a report on the BBC that (I and would say “Cocker, doodle, do!” As one boot.” “Ah, I see, it is for a one-leg- quote) “a man has been charged with the spaniel said to the parrot, “I’m a cock- ged man?” “No, it is for my garden hedge; cruelty to a pig at Norwich Crown er too.” www.reephamlife.co.uk 18 Reepham Life, July/August 2014

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MY hostas, and my beans, have been do- my galoshes, food for the blackbirds in ing well, but so have the slugs and snails. UP THE GARDEN PATH the morning. So I did what I have meant to do for ages, WITH Nothing more to be said about that re- which is to take a torch out with me af- VICTORIA PLUM ally. Except that you can put the skin of ter dark and catch the creatures at it. citrus fruit out and the slugs and snails will There they were, eyes shining, anten- graze on it and it makes them comatose, nae waving confidently in the torchlight, so you can go out at night and pick them marching off to eat yet more, tummies full up as they slumber and then dispose of from eating so much already. them as you choose, even over next I have never seen them like this before, door’s fence if you want the easy way out. except on nature documentaries. There Don’t forget the next Reepham & Dis- they were, floodlit and shiny and glis- winter, but these seemed different crea- trict Gardening Club meeting about Kew tening while their strange, wet granular tures altogether, and to catch them out Gardens on 15 July. skin flexed as they glided elegantly over just now was too much. And make sure you remember, and my greens. So, although I try to live and let live, prepare for, the summer show on 19 Au- I am used to finding great housing es- I have to admit that I caught them in mid- gust, which is always a riot one way or tates full of hibernating snails curled up acrobatic action and swiftly threw them another, so please come and join us for together, dry, under a tile or pot in the on the path to crush under the rubber of this evening of gentle gardening fun. Key allotment jobs for summer

THE summer may just be the best time of put on an amazing amount of growth year on the allotment. It seems as though from seed to fruiting. I grow courgettes every week brings a different harvest. in my compost bins, boosted by ample Strawberries are followed by currants, amounts of manure, as they take over that gooseberries and raspberries. Any excess portion of the plot like triffids. of fruit can be turned into jams, fruit Of course, the weeds are growing swift- liquors or simply frozen for the winter. ly, too, and need hoeing out or chopping We all have our favourite fruit and the down before they set seed. But on choice of what you grow is up to you. warm days it’s lovely to take a breather One allotment holder has been tempted between tasks, admire your achievements by the warm spring to try growing mel- friendly neighbouring plot holder to and listen to the skylark singing in the ons in a raised bed under glass. water vulnerable seedlings if there’s a blue sky overhead. Broad beans give way to peas, runner drought while you’re away. Sarah Oates beans and French beans. A late sowing If you’re unlucky and your potatoes get n To ask about renting an allotment, of French beans in July will provide a sec- blight (identifiable by the dark brown or contact: Jo Boxall, Town Clerk, Reepham ond crop in September of tender beans black patches surrounded by paler areas Town Hall, Church Street, Reepham, after the harvest from the spring sowing on wilted and curled leaves), acting Norfolk NR10 4JW. Tel: 01603 873355. has finished. quickly to remove the foliage before the Email: [email protected] Regular sowings of salad crops should fungus is carried below the soil should n For information on joining the ensure a continual supply. Of course, lots save your crop. The blighted leaves Reepham Allotment & Leisure of us will be going away on holiday at should be burned, not composted. Gardeners Association (RALGA), email the peak of the season, so it’s worth a Courgettes, squashes and cucumbers [email protected]

Show us your plums Royal British Legion trip to Reepham & District Gardening Club will hold its Summer Show and Social Evening Springfield’s Outlet Shopping on Tuesday 19 August in the Town Hall, Church Street, Reepham, at 7.45 pm. THE Royal British Legion Women’s Sec- The event is open to members and non-members to submit home-grown entries tion (Reepham Branch) will again be for the following categories: foliage and flowers; vegetables; novelty – this year’s going to Springfield’s Outlet Shopping at Spalding on Sunday 26 October. theme is the ladybird and entries can include a cake, painting, embroidery, pa- Leaving Station Road car park, Reep- per craft, knitting, etc; and photography – photographs of your garden ornaments. ham, at 9.30 am, returning about 5.30 Entries should be brought to the Town Hall on 19 August between 6.30 pm and pm; also picking up in Cawston and 7.15 pm. Plates and vases will be available. Normal £1 entrance fee to members Aylsham. Cost £15. Please telephone which includes free class entry. Non-members £2.50 includes class entry. For a 0160 3871791 with names, etc. Payment full list of the show schedule/classes, please contact Judy Holland 01603 308158. required by the end of September.

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www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 21 arts Art trail blazes ahead come rain or shine

REEPHAM’S vibrant art scene came alive team to produce their own local trail map for two weeks between 24 May and 8 and by directing people between the four June with the launch of a new art trail in venues to ensure an even footfall, at- conjunction with the Norfolk and Norfolk tracting attention with posters, banners Open Studios (NNOS). and brightly coloured bunting. The event proved a huge success with Sales exceeded expectations with some more than 450 visitors attending from far receiving additional commissions for and wide to follow the trail, which led new work, as well as being approached them through pretty gardens and quiet by bloggers and online arts publications back roads, providing a glimpse of some for future features. of Reepham and Booton’s oldest and most Daily posts were written and added to historic properties. Facebook and Twitter with many beau- The weather was mostly kind with the tiful images being shared by Explore exception of one day of torrential rain Reepham and NNOS. and flash flooding, which almost forced The Reepham Open Studios Trail Face- the closure of the trail and set into action book page will continue to run with all the commissioning of an ark. the artist’s latest news and plans for fu- Amazingly, six diehard visitors braved tic talent that exists right on their doorstep ture events; please show your support by the storm to view the work, smiling from and fascinated by the live demonstrations liking and sharing their posts and page. within their dripping anoraks and clutch- and explanations of the many processes The artists thank all that supported ing their battered umbrella’s with true, de- and techniques employed to create the Reepham’s first collaborative art trail termined British spirit. work. ev ent. There was something of interest for all The event was hailed a “roaring success” n If you are an artist or craftsperson ages from fine art paintings, sculpture and by Annie Benton, who supported the trail who works within a three-mile radius prints to hand-crafted artisan products, by offering a discount in her tea room at of Reepham and would like to join the exquisite heirloom quilts and textiles, Hampton’s Home & Garden for the art-lov- art trail in 2015, please contact Jules on handmade books and intriguing models. ing visitors, many of whom said that they 01603 879687 or email Many locals were both surprised and would return to the town again. [email protected] delighted to discover the variety of artis- The 13 artists involved worked as a Jules Allen

Illustrations unfold at Booton church

UNFOLD, an illustration exhibition for the work from the University’s degree show. ing attention to composition and colour. public and young creative people, will be Key volunteers will be delivering an in- The event will include a print sale and held on Sunday 13 July at St Michael the teractive, hands-on creative workshop or will also be accompanied by live acoustic Archangel, Booton, from 11 am – 4 pm. a “taster” day of what it is to be an il- acts. It is free to the general public and Organised by Creative Arts East through lustrator. is open to all audiences. its Somewhereto project, this event will The workshop will involve creating a n For further information, contact: feature around 10 graduates from the Nor- concertina book responding to narratives Creative Arts East on 01953 713390 or wich University of the Arts exhibiting their about character, location and object, pay- [email protected]

The local music festival with the big atmosphere THE line-up for the Reepham 14 Music with the big atmosphere. ues over the two days, it’s great value for Festival on the weekend of 9 and 10 Au- “We offer as wide a range of music as money, which is an important consider- gust promises an eclectic variety of we’re able, to make the weekend inclu- ation for everyone nowadays.” bands and musicians to suit a wide range sive, and it works because people get the The festival will also include a draw to of tastes. chance to see the music they like, as well win a customised electric guitar signed by Now in its seventh year, the festival has as perhaps performances that might in- all members of Big Country. grown in popularity to draw audiences troduce them to something new. n Tickets are available from Very Nice from across the UK while still retaining “It’s a very family-friendly festival, Things, Market Place, Reepham; its community atmosphere. which makes people of all ages feel safe www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk 01603 Festival chairman Steve Jenkins is en- and comfortable on site,” Mr Jenkins con- 508050; and Soundclash, St Benedict’s thusiastic about this year’s line-up, de- tinued. Street, Norwich. scribing the event as “the local festival “And with at least 15 acts at three ven- www.reephamfestival.co.uk www.reephamlife.co.uk 22 Reepham Life, July/August 2014

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ON Wednesday 21 May, Year 4 Avocet Pupils from Reepham Primary Class from Reepham Primary School School’s Year 4 Avocet Class viewing old photographs of vis it ed the Bircham Centre and the Ree- Reepham during their visit to pham Archive. the Bircham Centre and the Reepham Archive. The Teacher Karen Phelps explained that Reepham Society’s Ann the children have been studying both Middlemas looks on World Wars. With the centenary of WW1 this year and knowing the Bircham Cen- couldn’t stop them asking tre had played such an important role as lots of questions which an auxiliary hospital during the First was great. World War, the school wanted the chil- “Children tend to visit dren to gain more hands-on experience. the library, but don’t realise “We have been using a Norwich The- the history and other ac- atre Royal website, sponsored by Norfolk tivities the Centre can of- County Council – “To End All Wars” – the Bircham Centre, its importance as a fer them. A lot of the children said they which takes you through the war expe- Red Cross Hospital and visited the Reep- would like to come back and see more riences of six different characters,” she ham Archive, where they viewed artefacts of the Archive Rooms with their parents.” said. from both World Wars and saw old pho- In June, the children re-enacted war- “That highlighted that more than 8,000 tographs of Reepham. time evacuees on the steam train at Whit - men were sent to the Norfolk & Norwich In the garden, the children sketched the well Station, with poetry written on Hospital (as it was then) in the first year building and re-enacted the hospital their experiences of the day. of the war alone. This meant the hospi- with bandaging. They are also dressing up as World War tal couldn’t cope and 60 auxiliary hos- Bircham Centre administrator Gill II children to experience “Children at pitals were set up around the county; Wheatley said: “The children had a mar- War” for a day at Gressenhall Farm and Reepham was one of those.” vellous morning and loved seeing the Workhouse (formerly Gressenhall Rural The children learnt about the history of Archive Rooms and old photographs. We Life Museum).

High school wins grant to replace ageing windows and doors REEPHAM High School & College (RHSC) Photos show typical classroom windows has been awarded more than £800,000 to (left) fitted in the 1959 replace the 55-year-old windows, doors building and and blinds in the original school build- equivalent Velfac window fitted in the ings. new sixth form These will be replaced with modern in- college stallations that are known to enhance academic attainment while reducing energy consumption. of the new windows and doors, and all first part of a planned four-phase pro- RHSC became an academy in October the work is planned to be completed by gramme which will see the old school 2012, which made the school eligible to September, ready for the new academic improved and refurbished so that it is at apply for a capital grant from the De- year. least as good if not better than our sixth partment for Education. RHSC business manager Peter Collins, form building and provide an out- Principal Mark Farrar said work has al- who has been instrumental in securing standing environment for our pupils to ready started in planning the installation the grant, added: “We hope this is the study.”

Tennis club summer picnic then this will also be a great opportunity to meet some of the committee as well REEPHAM Tennis Club is hosting a sum- will be organised for any willing partic- as other members and play some infor- mer picnic on Sunday 13 July from 2 pm ipants over 15 years, and there will be mal and relaxed tennis. Some adult and onwards. All members and their families mini-tennis on the grass around the kids equipment can be provided. and guests are welcome to bring a pic- courts for younger children. n Full details about membership, nic and spend a relaxed and fun after- Non-members are also welcome to booking courts, coaching and the noon playing tennis and other games at come along. If you’ve been thinking latest news and events at the Stimpson’s Piece tennis courts, off about joining the club and haven’t had www.reephamtennisclub.co.uk or Stony Lane, Reepham. the time to see the courts or find out email [email protected] A “pick and mixed” tennis competition more about what the club has to offer, with any enquiries. www.reephamlife.co.uk 24 Reepham Life, July/August 2014

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THE answer to that question is not the find myself amongst a group of people, of life any day of the week. same for everyone. For some it is the some of whom have become my friends. The very first churches were groups of building where people meet on a Sun- Together, each Sunday we hear about people who met regularly to sing psalms, day or on special occasions and for oth- what it means to be a Christian in today’s pray and eat together; they encouraged ers it is a community of people who fol- world, we sing (some of us not so well each other in the faith. low Christ. as others, but who cares?), we pray for The Way, as the church was then called, There is not a wrong or right answer each other, the local community and pub- were practical people too, looking after to the question, but for me, I think of lic services, our nation and the world. widows and orphans and those who church not as a place, a denomination or We like to chat over a cup of tea or cof- were in need by sharing their food and a building but people; as someone once fee and have fun together. The children possessions. They remembered, too, those said, “I don’t go to church, I am church!” are not forgotten either, with activities es- they sent abroad with the good news of I meet with other people most Sundays pecially with them in mind. Jesus Christ by sending gifts and messages. in the beautiful church buildings of St Belonging to a Christian family of be- I believe the purpose and mission of Mary’s and St Michael’s in Reepham. The lievers is not a club I belong to on a Sun- the church in 2014 remains the same to- reason I am there is to acknowledge the day. My friends are not just Sunday day as it did in those early days – that is importance of Jesus in my life. From turn- friends, but those whom I can laugh with why I am church. ing up as a stranger not so long ago I now and cry with, sharing the ups and downs Ann Knox-Whittet

SALT and Singing the Faith THE Sing And Listen Together (SALT) cluded, with newer entries by John Bell have a band to accompany us, but we do group meets on Wednesday mornings at and Graham Maule, Fred Pratt Green and our best with piano arrangements. the Chapel from 10.30 – 11.30 am. Of Graham Kendrick. Songs by Stuart Townend and Keith course, this might exclude anyone who Some of the new hymns are tradition- Getty are more accessible for us, as are goes to work, but we could be flexible al musically, in four-part harmony, but several Taize chants. We are also learn- about the time. with modern words. There are many ing some of the well-known church an- Singing the Faith (STF) is the name of songs from the world church. There are thems by John Rutter. the new Methodist hymn book, which we parts of the St Anne setting of the Mass Our pipe organ is not well at present: started using last year. It has a wonder- by James Macmillan, a contemporary it has a crack in the soundboard and has ful variety of new hymns and songs for Scottish composer. to go to the “doctor”. Christian people to express their faith and John Bell of the Iona Community is We are managing with piano and gui- their love of God. well represented; his music and words tar, but if you enjoy singing and would I should say that the best of the old are well loved by the congregation. like to join us, you would be welcome. hymns are retained in STF. Charles Wes- Worship songs by Matt Redman are It is great fun. ley still has by far the most hymns in- more difficult for us to sing as we do not Michael Price

Reepham WI gets a taste for saris and sport OUR May meeting gave us a glimpse into and the inevitable “chippings”. What’s next another culture. Ujjal Singh Kular and After achieving runner-up status in the WI As Rita Vizvary is un- Manjit Kular talked about the Sikh reli- League Ten Pin Bowling, we are trying well, she will be unable gion and with the help of two members something more gentle (or so I thought). to take the cookery demo on 14 July. We as models, they demonstrated how to At the end of May, three members, of wish her all the best for her surgery and wrap a turban and sari. which I was one, spent a day at Norwich hope she will make a speedy recovery. Members also discussed the WI reso- Croquet Club brushing up on our skills. l 14 July: Sugarcraft demonstration: lutions to be put to the annual conference It almost turned out to be aqua-croquet ducks and pigs – Sally Porter at the beginning of June. Our members as the rain relentlessly drizzled down on l 21 August: Sheepdog trials and voted in favour of increasing organ do- us until one court had to be closed. training – Gerry Foster nation in the UK. Vanessa Jones is our However, that did not dampen our spir- l 18 September: Islam in Norfolk – representative at the conference in Leeds. its and things got quite competitive with Hajira Ben Moussa. At the end of May, a group of members jump shots, blocking and whacking op- We welcome women of all ages to our visited GreenAcres Woodland Burials in ponents’ balls out of the way. It was a meetings on the third Thursday in the Colney and found it a tranquil and brilliant day with excellent teachers. It month at 7.30 pm in St Michaels, Reep- beautiful place. How perfect to rest in costs non-members of the croquet club ham, for fun, friendship and lively debate. peace with bluebells and foxgloves £5 each for a taster session and I can Sue Robinson 01603 261771 around you, instead of a slab of granite highly recommend it. www.reephamwi.weebly.com www.reephamlife.co.uk 26 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 food & drink Festival to showcase local beer and music

THE Reepham Beer Festival will be the play ing acoustically on the Sunday. Saturday night, with all proceeds going first of its kind in Reepham. To be held at There will be plenty of tasty food avail- to the Stimpson’s Piece charity. Stimpson’s Piece pavilion, the two-day able (to soak up the beer) including a Supported by Reepham Life, the event event on 2-3 August will showcase some charity barbeque provided by the Reep- will feature stalls including raffles, teas, of the best beers from Norfolk and Suf- ham Scout Group, who will be cooking coffees and cakes to raise funds for Reep- folk from award-winning microbreweries some of the finest quality meat from live- ham Nursery School over the weekend. as well as several locally produced ciders. stock fed with Panther Brewery’s waste n Tickets are available on the door or in Accompanied by music over both malt. There will also be freshly baked piz- advance from Panther Brewery, 1 Collers days from The Dirigibles (foot-stomping za cooked from a wood-fired oven. Way, Reepham (01603 871163); online rock and roll classics), The Harvs (father Free transport is being provided from from www.pantherbrewery.com; and and son acoustic duo), The Piratones Norwich by the Eastern Transport Col- from The Real Ale Shop, Branthill Farm, (original blend of reggae and soul) and lection Society on a vintage bus (places Wells-next-the Sea (01328 710810). The Ole Slewfoot Brewery Band (banjo must be booked in advance, contact duo) on the Saturday. [email protected] for more September 2014 issue deadline: This will all be followed by Dove and details). 15 August 2014 Boweevil, a blues and country duo Camping is also available on site for the Hendry & Sons Funeral Directors Private Chapels of Rest RICHARD HENDRY, DIP. F. D. Members of the N.A.F.D. Station Road, Foulsham Dereham, Norfolk NR20 5RG Tel: 01362 683249

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www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 27 guided tour of St Peter and St Paul, (Sunday 12 noon – 7 pm). Contact: WHAT’S ON GUIDE Salle. Afternoon, start time to be Steve Jenkins 01603 870645 or confirmed. For more information [email protected] nearer the date visit the Reepham Thursday 3 July Bawdeswell Village Cinema 01362 Society website Sunday 17 August Open session on mental health, St 688749 or www.reephamsociety.org.uk Summer Sunday Run, starting and Michael’s, Reepham, 10.30 am – 12 [email protected] finishing at Stimpson’s Piece noon. Volunteers will be available to Saturday 2 August recreation ground, Reepham, 10 talk about their own experiences of Sunday 13 July Film: The Invisible Woman (12A), am. This is a 10 km multi-terrain mental illness and to answer any Unfold, St Michael the Archangel, Reepham Town Hall, Church Street, race, running out on quiet country questions. It will be informal and Booton, 11 am – 4 pm. An Reepham. Doors open at 7 pm; film lanes and back along Marriott’s there will be free refreshments, illustration exhibition featuring starts at 7.30 pm; bar/café. Contact: Way. For entry form and more including cake. The event is part of Norwich University of the Arts Bawdeswell Village Cinema 01362 details see the Outstanding in the Field project graduates, accompanied by a 688749 or http://reephamrunners.webs.com/ funded by Time to Change. Contact: hands-on creative workshop, print [email protected] reephamsummer10k.htm or the Penny Parker on 01508 491210 or sale and live acoustic acts. Free Runners World website. Contact: [email protected] admission. Contact: Creative Arts Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 August Jenni Egmore 01603 308192 or East on 01953 713390 or Reepham Beer Festival, Stimpson’s [email protected] Saturday 5 July [email protected] Piece, Bartle Court off Station Launch of “Cawston Remembers”, Road, Reepham, 11am to midnight Tuesday 19 August a new film celebrating Cawston’s Sunday 13 July on Saturday and 11 am – to 5 pm Reepham & District Gardening history, Cawston Primary School, Reepham Tennis Club summer picnic, on Sunday. Good music, food, beer Club, Town Hall, Church Street, 6.30 pm. Contact: Des Cook, Stimpson’s Piece, Reepham, 2 pm. and cider. Entry £5; advance tickets Reepham, 7.45 pm. Summer show Chairman, Cawston Historical Email: [email protected] £3 available from Panther Brewery, and social evening. Contact: Judy Society 01603 872111 or Unit 1, Collers Way, Reepham. Holland 01603 308158 [email protected] Tuesday 15 July Contact: Martin James 01603 Reepham & District Gardening 871163/07766 558215 or Thursday 21 August Sunday 6 July Club, Town Hall, Church Street, [email protected] Reepham WI, St Michael’s, Steam Sunday, Whitwell Station, Reepham, 7.45 pm. The Royal Reepham, 7.30 pm. Sheepdog trials Whitwell Road, Reepham, 10 am – Botanical Gardens, Kew – John Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 August and training – Gerry Foster. 4 pm. An opportunity to see and Simmons. Contact: Judy Holland Swannington and the Great War, St Contact: Sue Robinson 01603 ride behind our steam engine 01603 308158 Margaret’s, Swannington, 12 noon 261771 or Victory. BBQ, tea, coffee, etc. – 5 pm. A display of what life in [email protected] available from Station Buffet and Thursday 17 July Swannington would have been like the Sidings Bar. Drivers experience Reepham WI, St Michael’s, at the outbreak of the war. Tea and Sunday 24 August available, £50. Tel: 01603 871694. Reepham, 7.30 pm. Sugarcraft cakes, crochet taster session. 1914 Steam Sunday, Whitwell Station, Email: [email protected] demonstration: ducks and pigs – Sally children’s amusements. Free entry. Whitwell Road, Reepham, 10 am – Porter. Contact: Sue Robinson 01603 Contact: Mary Gurteen 4 pm. An opportunity to see and Tuesday 8 July 261771 or [email protected] [email protected] ride behind our steam engine Reepham Society, St Michael’s, Victory. BBQ, tea, coffee, etc. Reepham, 7.30 pm. Kate Thaxton, Tuesday 22 July Saturday 2 – Monday 4 August available from Station Buffet and curator of the Royal Norfolk Reepham Tracks and Traces Putting the Face to the Name, an the Sidings Bar. Drivers experience Museum, will give a presentation on lecture: Religious Cults in Roman exhibition to remember the district’s available, £50; advance booking the Royal Norfolk Regiment and the Norfolk by Dr Adrian Marsden, Town men who fought and died in the essential. Tel: 01603 871694. First World War. Contact: Ann Hall, Church Street, Reepham, 7.30 First World War, St Michael’s, Email: [email protected] Middlemas 01603 870334 or – 9 pm. Sponsored by Reepham Reepham, 10 am – 4 pm [email protected] Town Council, free admission. Sunday 7 September Contact: World Tree 01603 870523 Sunday 3 August Steam Sunday, Whitwell Station, Wednesday 9 July or [email protected] Steam Sunday, Whitwell Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, 10 am – Reepham Town Council meeting, Whitwell Road, Reepham, 10 am – 4 pm. An opportunity to see and Town Hall, Church Street, Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 July 4 pm. An opportunity to see and ride behind our steam engine Reepham, 7.30 pm. Contact: Town Annual Steam Rally Weekend, ride behind our steam engine Victory. BBQ, tea, coffee, etc. Clerk 01603 873355 or Whitwell Station, Whitwell Road, Victory. BBQ, tea, coffee, etc. available from Station Buffet and [email protected] Reepham, 10 am – 4 pm. A available from Station Buffet and the Sidings Bar. Drivers experience gathering of steam traction engines the Sidings Bar. Drivers experience available, £50; advance booking Thursday 10 July and many other bygone engines, available, £50; advance booking essential. Tel: 01603 871694. Grow Your Community workshop, cars, motorcycles, tractors, static essential. Tel: 01603 871694. Email: [email protected] Town Hall, Church Street, Reepham, engines and our own steam engine Email: [email protected] 10 am. The event will discuss the Victory. Food and drinks available Wednesday 10 September potential for Reepham to build on the from the Station Buffet and Sidings Friday 8 August Reepham Town Council meeting, community work already ongoing, to Bar, and other stalls. Entry £6 adult, Film: Sunshine on Leith (PG), Town Town Hall, Church Street, investigate common health issues in £2.50 child and £15 family. Parking Hall, Church Street, Reepham. Reepham, 7.30 pm. Contact: Town Reepham and to develop at Reepham schools with free Doors open 7.15pm; film starts at Clerk 01603 873355 or community-focused solutions. minibus shuttle. Tel: 01603 871694. 7.30pm. Presented by Reepham [email protected] Refreshments and a light lunch Email: [email protected] Town Hall Management Committee. provided. Book your place by email Tickets (£4 each) available from [email protected] Saturday 26 – Monday 28 July Reepham Post Office and the or telephone Sally Hoare on 01603 Putting the Face to the Name, an King’s Arms 430142 exhibition to remember the district’s We cannot accept event men who fought and died in the Saturday 9 – Sunday 10 August details or corrections by Saturday 12 July First World War, St Michael’s, Reepham 14 Summer Music telephone. Please send to: Film: August Osage County (15), Reepham, 10 am – 4 pm Festival. Venues: Rookery Farm Reepham Community Press, Homerton House, 74 Cawston Reepham Town Hall, Church Street, Meadow (Saturday, 12 noon – 8 Road, Reepham NR10 4LT or Reepham. Doors open at 7 pm; film Saturday 2 August pm), St Mary’s (Saturday, 1.15 pm – email: [email protected] starts at 7.30 pm; bar/café. Contact: Reepham Society, picnic and 8.15 pm) and Whitwell Station

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www.reephamlife.co.uk 28 Reepham Life, July/August 2014 USEFUL INFO By Richard Cooke Words are our business www.richard-cooke.co.uk 01603 873011 Emergency services Fire, emergency only: 999 Fire Station, School Road, Reepham 01328 862222 (office hours) Police emergency only: 999, otherwise: 101 and ask for the Reepham Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) or email [email protected] Ambulance, emergency only: 999 Local representatives Member of Parliament: Keith Simpson 020 7219 4053 or 01603 865763 or email: [email protected] Norfolk County Councillor: James Joyce 01263 587212 or email: [email protected] Broadland District Councillor: Chris Wheeler 01603 871799 or email: [email protected] Town Council Chairman: Les Paterson 01603 871983 or email: [email protected] Shopping Market Day: Wednesday CROSSWORD Early closing: Some shops Thursday and/or Saturday ACROSS DOWN Public transport 7 Victory in Worcester river with 1 Monday disturbed to make Daily (Monday to Saturday) coach services to Aylsham and navy for fabled beast (6) electricity (6) Norwich via Cawston. There is also a once a week service to 8 Search engines found by 2 Just a lake (4) Gulliver (7) Fakenham, Wroxham and Dereham. Timetables are displayed 3 Any seal about to examine (7) 9 Friendly about meat (4) outside the side window of the Police Station. For information 4 Farm animal and me, we hear, 10 About mile spit to hold calcium for small chap (5) Monday to Saturday 8:30 am – 5 pm 0845 300 6116 carbonate (8) 5 Ship chop for a place to eat (8) Local help 11 Follow swimmer for another (7) 6 Advert confuses stop and queen 13 Horse about sea’s edge (5) (6) Reepham Patient Care Fund – Reepham Rover or general 15 A hundred risky for accident (5) 12 17 has file vats in August (8) enquiries. Contact: Jeannette Overton 01603 870426 17 Look about meat for a town (7) 14 Leave vault to decode (7) Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Girton House, Market Place, 20 Reprints about runner (8) 16 Meal about history (6) Reepham. Wednesdays 10 am – 12.30 pm only, otherwise 21 Manage bishop’s dress (4) 18 View from confused space telephone Norwich office 01603 765783 for advice or 01603 22 Sea cap for get away (6) junction (6) 660857 to make an appointment. Full information on services 23 Leap, parking on feline (6) 19 Headless parent is different (5) available at http://www.ncab.org.uk 21 Group on cards (4) Solution on page 30 police Drug testing devices rolled out across East Anglia

A NEW device that detects cannabis in use. death, and using this equipment shows drivers has been rolled out across Nor- Currently, officers will carry out a our commitment to tackling drug driving folk and Suffolk as police continue the field impairment test at the roadside to and making our roads safer. summer crackdown on drink and drug check if a driver is under the influence “Driving under the influence of drink driving. of drugs. or drugs impairs your judgement making The drug testing devices will be used These tests involve exercises, such as your reactions slower and therefore put- at the six Police Investigation Centres walking heel-to-toe in a straight line, ting lives at risk. across both counties and means drivers which aim to show if someone has tak- “These kits will make it easier for of- suspected of taking cannabis will be test- en drugs with officers looking for signs ficers to test for cannabis and hopefully ed using this technology for the first time. of drivers being unbalanced on their feet, act as a deterrent to those considering get- Norfolk and Suffolk are among 12 swaying or tripping. Driver’s eyes are also ting behind the wheel after the drug.” forces nationally using the equipment, checked as part of the tests, with drugs During last year’s joint campaign 4,648 which analyse mouth swabs for traces of affecting pupil size. people were stopped and breathalysed the Class B drug. Chief Inspector Chris Spinks, head of with 174 drivers found to be drinking and It comes as officers take part in the the joint Norfolk and Suffolk Roads driving. month-long summer drink-drive cam- Policing Unit, said the equipment will paign, stopping and breathalysing as help simplify the process of securing ev- n Contact the Reepham Safer many drivers as possible at all times of idence for drug driving prosecutions. Neighbourhood Team (SNT) by calling day to reinforce the “don’t drink and He said: “People who drive after tak- non-emergency number 101 or email drive” message and promote safer road ing drugs are quite literally dicing with [email protected] www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, July/August 2014 29 dishes, vegetables, fruit in season, voice choir. Contact: Louisa Dreisin REGULAR EVENTS free range eggs, jams, jellies, 01603 879466 or chutneys, etc [email protected]

Bircham Centre Shop Market Kurling Meets every Tuesday from Reepham & District Day Centre Reepham Society Holds public Place, Reepham. Opening hours 9 2 – 4 pm in the Town Hall, Church Meets every Wednesday from 9.30 meetings from February to am – 1 pm, Wednesday, Friday and Street, Reepham. First session no am – 2.30 pm. Welcome coffee on November, on the second Tuesday Saturday, plus tea shop open at charge, but if you decide to join it arrival, home cooked lunch and in selected months at 7.30 pm at St these times. Tel: 01603 879242. will cost £2 per session, tea/coffee/ social time. Contact: Beth Rossetti Michael’s, Reepham. Contact: Ann Email: [email protected] biscuits included. Contact: Gwenda 01603 870393 or Pauline Cooper Middlemas 01603 870334 or Dove 01603 870598 or 01603 871230 [email protected] Bircham Under 5s Music Group [email protected] Meets every Monday from 1.45 pm Reepham & District Gardening Reepham Tennis Club Members’ – 2.30 pm (term time only) upstairs Rayzone Youth Club Meets every Club Meets on the third Tuesday in club session Tuesdays 6 – 9 pm, in the Bircham Centre, Market Friday at Reepham Methodist the month at 7.45 pm (except for the women’s team practice Mondays, 6 Place, Reepham. All under 5s and Church, 7.30 – 9 pm (unless notified AGM, which starts at 7.30 pm) in – 8.30 pm, men’s team practice their adult welcome for lively fun. otherwise). Open to all Year 5-11 the Town Hall, Church Street, Thursdays 6 – 9 pm. All members Only £1 per child. Contact: Louisa students. Subs £1. Games, chat, Reepham. Visitors and new (16+) are welcome to any of these Dreisin 01603 879466 or tuck. Contact: Claire Mead, Rayzone members welcome. Contact: Judy sessions. Email: [email protected] Youth Worker 07748 502603 or Holland 01603 308158 [email protected] [email protected] Bridge Club Meets every Monday Reepham & District Photographic Reepham Town Council Meets on from 7.30 pm in the Bircham Centre, Reepham Archive Bircham Centre, Club Meets on the first and third the second Wednesday of the Market Place, Reepham Market Place, Reepham. Open Thursday of each month from 8 – 10 month (excluding August), at 7.30 Wednesday and Saturday, 10 am – pm in the Sidings Marquee, pm in the Town Hall, Church Street, British Legion, Men’s Section 12 noon. Tel: 01603 879242 Whitwell Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham. Contact: Jo Boxall, Town Meets first Thursday in the month Reepham. Contact: Michael Clerk 01603 873355 or from 2 – 4 pm in the Bircham Reepham Baby & Toddler Group Battams 01603 870874 or [email protected] Centre, Market Place, Reepham. Meets every Wednesday (term times) [email protected] Contact: Bernard Dye 01603 871791 from 9.15 – 11.15 am at Stimpson’s Reepham WI Meets on the third or [email protected] Piece, Reepham. For pregnant Reepham & District Rotary Club Thursday in the month at 7.30 pm at mums and parent/carers with children Meets 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm every St Michael’s, Reepham. Women of all British Legion, Women’s Section from newborn to nursery age. Toys, Monday at St Michael’s, Reepham. ages are welcome to join. Contact: Meets first Thursday in the month at crafts and activities and a snack time. Contact: John Tym 07760 272422 Sue Robinson 01603 261771 or 2.30 pm in the Town Hall, Church £2.50 per first child and 50p per [email protected] [email protected] Street, Reepham. Contact: Moira additional sibling. Health visitor in or Robert Buxton 01603 870200 Dye 01603 871791 or attendance every second and fourth Rock Solid, one of Rayzone’s [email protected] Wednesday of the month Reepham Golf Society Meets Friday clubs, meets alternate monthly at various courses around Fridays at St Michael’s, Reepham, Cawston Amateur Theatrical Reepham Badminton Club Meets Norfolk and Suffolk. Contact: Mark from 6 – 7 pm. Year 5-9 students Society Meets every Monday at 7 at Reepham High School Sports Smith 07824 849397 or Dean Mears welcome for games and challenges pm at Cawston Village Hall during Hall every Thursday evening during 07825 299634/01603 870814 (day – looking at life skills. Subs 50p. school term time. We welcome autumn and spring terms. Junior time) Contact: Claire Mead, Rayzone members age 8 years and over from session (for Year 7 upwards) from Youth Worker 07748 502603 or Cawston, Reepham and 7.00 – 8.15 pm. Adult session from Reepham Good Companions The [email protected] surrounding villages. Contact Liz 8.15 – 10 pm. Tel: 01603 873244 or Friday Club meets every Friday at 2 Beard 07884 488642. Email 01263 584221 pm in the Town Hall, Church Street, St Mary’s Sunday Worship at 10.30 [email protected] or Reepham. The Reepham Rover will am, followed by refreshments in St [email protected] Reepham Business Network Meets bring you and take you home if Michael’s. For details of services, on alternate Thursdays from 7.30 – 9 transport is a problem. Contact: Eve see the church noticeboard. Cawston Historical Society Meets am at V’s Café, Townsend Corner, Webber 01603 871943 Contact: Revd. Margaret Dean fourth Tuesday in the month from 10 Reepham. There is no membership 01603 879275 am – 12 noon at Cawston Village charge – just pay £6 for breakfast, Reepham Knit and Natter Meets on Hall. Contact: Des Cook, Chairman but please let us know if you intend the first Monday in the month from 2 Wednesday Weavers Line 01603 872111 or to come. Contact: David Laws 01603 – 4 pm in the Bircham Centre, Dancers Meet every Wednesday [email protected] 871126 or 07933 149810. Email: Market Place, Reepham. Contact: from 2 – 3 pm beginners, 3 – 4 pm [email protected] Brenda Palmer 01603 871641 improvers, in the Town Hall, Church Citizens Advice Drop in for free Street, Reepham. Country music- advice every Wednesday from 10 Reepham Carpet Bowls Club Reepham Methodist Church based/ 60s and pop. Refreshments am – 12.30 pm at the Police Station, Meets every Monday from 1.30 – Station Road, Reepham. Sunday included. First session free and then Market Place, Reepham 4.30 pm and 7.30 – 10.30 pm in the Worship at 10.30 am. Coffee £2.50 per session. Contact: Sandra Town Hall, Church Street, Reepham. morning/Traidcraft every Wednesday Williams 01603 872102 or The Craft Club Meets every Tuesday Membership £1 per year and £2 from 9.30 am – 12 noon. Contact: [email protected] from 9.30 am – 12 noon at The each session, including tea and The Minister 01263 732102 Annexe, Oak Farm, Park Lane, biscuits. Children half price. Contact: Wood Dalling Village Hall Coffee Reepham. Knitting, embroidering, Eve Webber 01603 871943 or Doris Reepham Raiders Dodgeball club Morning First Saturday of every tapestry, card making and other crafts. Frost 01603 870845 meets for training every Wednesday month, 10.30 am – 12 noon, Wood Contact: Moira Dye 01603 871791 or from 6 – 7.30 pm at Reepham High Dalling Village Hall, Prospect Lane, [email protected] Reepham Chamber of Commerce School. New players aged 15 and Wood Dalling Meets every month – for the date over, male and female, are Decibells Handbell Ringers Meets and venue of the next meeting see welcome. Contact: Henry Skinner Yoga Classes Held Monday 6.15 – every Thursday from 10 am – 12 www.reepham.uk.com. Contact: [email protected] 7.45 pm (£6) and Tuesday 10.30 am noon in the Bircham Centre, Market Brenda Gostling 01603 870582 or – 12 noon (£5). Also chair-based Place, Reepham. We are available to [email protected] Reepham Runners Meet Sunday exercises for mobility, flexibility and play for events, groups and concerts. mornings 8.30 am; Tuesday evening strength, breathing exercises and Newcomers welcome. Contact: Reepham Cluster Area Sure Start sessions 6.30 pm (structured relaxation, Tuesday 1.30 – 2.30 pm Tamara Goulding 01603 870249 or Bumps to 5s Meets every Friday training sessions, suitable for all (donations only). St Michael’s, [email protected] from 1.15 – 3 pm (term time only) at standards); and Thursdays 6.30 pm. Reepham. Contact: Angela Stimpson’s Piece, Reepham. Play, Meet at Stimpson’s Piece car park, Thompson 01603 870800 or Iceni Choir Meets every Wednesday chat and snacks including toy library Reepham. Contact: Jenni Egmore [email protected] from 7.30 – 9.30 pm at the Methodist every third week. No charge 01603 308192 or Church, Station Road, Reepham. [email protected] Contact: Beverley Cooper PR 01362 Reepham Country Market Held 858185 or [email protected], every Wednesday from 8 – 11 am, Reepham Singers Meet every September 2014 or Jim Stebbings, Concert Manager in the Bircham Centre, Market Thursday (term times) at 8 pm in the issue deadline: 01362 693277 or Place, Reepham. Home-made Bircham Centre, Market Place, 15 August 2014 [email protected] cakes, pies, biscuits, savoury Reepham. We are a small, female

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