THE MARLPIT July 2010 VVillage DiarD ry Juuly 2010 Saturrday 3rd 11.00 - 2.00 Horninng Communiity Primary SSchool and HedgehogsH Pre-school, Summeru Fair Saturrday 3rd 1.00 - 4.00 Tunsteead School SSummer Fayrre, Tunstead Primary Schhool, Market Street, Tunsstead Mondday 5th 7.30pm Coltishhall Parish CCouncil Meetting, Village Hall Wednnesday 7th 7.30pm The Elleventh Mikee Groves Ruun, Start Foottball Field, RRectory Roadd Saturrday 10th 10.00 - 4.00 Girl GGuides Leadinng the Way, Wroxham Scarecrow Coonvention froom Wroxhamm Sundday 11th Churchh Hall Wednnesday 14th 7.30pm Horsteead with Stannninghall Parrish Council, Hayloft, Tiithe Barn, Hoorstead Saturrday 17th 7.00 - 10.00 Traditional Jazz Band Concert, The Museuum of The Brroads Sundday 18th 11.00 - 4.00 1st Hovveton and WWroxham Sea Scout Groupp, 7th Annuall Classic Car Show Wednnesday 21th 7.00pm Womeen’s Institutee, Meeting, VillageV Hall, Coltishall Sundday 25th 3.00pm Duck RRace, From HorsteadH Miill to Horsteaad House Saturrday 31st Coltishhall Fete Auggust 20102 Tuesdday 10th 10.00 - 12.00 Centraal Norfolk Health Walk from Coltishall, from Colltishall Villagge Hall Car Park Saturrday 14th 2.30pm The MMill House Nuursing Homee, Garden Paarty The Marlpitt aims to produce a magaazine as an innformative coommunicatioon of local neews, events and articles. AArticles are ppublished inn good faith aand are not necessarilyn thhe opinion off the Editors. Anyy item submitted must haave a contactt name and teelephone nummber for usee by the Editoors. Noon-Commerccial Advertissements for VVillage Evennts, Interests and Activitiees are free off charge for oone issue onlly. They will oonly be acceppted if they fit a maximum of a ½ pagge and will be re-sized at the Editors’ discretion. Artticles for Salle - Personal and Domesttic. Personal aadvertisemennts for local residentsr aree free of charrge for one isssue only. Front Cover PictureP Let’s Go To The Coltishallo l Fete! The Marrlpit DeadD dline CCopy foor the AAugust/SSeptemmber Issue by MMondayy 13th July 2010 Editorial One of The Marlpit Editors was at a recent Coltishall Parish Council open meeting when the plight of the Coltishall and District Branch of the British Legion was made known in that, not only were they needing more members but, they were running out of funds to maintain their branch activities. Fortunately their situation did not fall on deaf ears as Trish Frost, Club Secretary of Colt Jags Youth Football Club, who was at the same meeting, took their message back to the next Colt Jags meeting and this resulted in Colt Jags donating their sponsorship money from one of their activities at their recent Fun Day to the Legion. This donation will, we understand, enable the local branch to carry on for a further year, and is to be highly commended. The British Legion were not only present at the Fun Day but agreed to present the players awards for the season. This is a great example of the youth of the village, through their football club, coming together with and in support of an older group (formed in 1923). What the Legion needs now is new members and continued support and that must be where the readers of The Marlpit come in. The same Editor also recently took the time to visit the Coltishall Parish Plan exhibition in Coltishall Village Hall. Considerable hours of work had been put into both establishing what the village expected of their Parish Council and in representing this graphically in a format that could be easily understood by those visiting the exhibition. What was disappointing were the few people who bothered to turn up at the exhibition. The exhibition moved on to an evening event (which he also went to) with the Village Hall being filled with the sounds of the sixties by an excellent entertainer and there was also a free raffle and a very generously priced bar. All the ingredients you would think that would make for a well attended event but again not so. Why didn’t you attend either of the above? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Marlpit Annual Collection The annual collection will be here for this issue of The Marlpit. You should receive an envelope together with your copy of the July issue and we do hope that you will feel able to make a contribution towards the cost of producing the magazine. If your Marlpit deliverer does not call, you can either drop the envelope into the Post Office or call one of the Editors whose names appear at the foot of the back page and they will arrange collection. In most years our advertising revenue plus the contributions received in the annual collection cover the annual costs. Not so in the year to end March 2010 when, not surprisingly, we have experienced a further drop in advertising income and an increase in costs. We have a deficit which can be covered from Reserves but we do need your support. Thank you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Good Result! On Sunday 13th June, as reported in the Marlpit last month, the Norfolk Mead Hotel hosted a Charity Function in aid of Macmillan Cancer support and Help for Heroes. Over 110 guests enjoyed a glass of fizz and a special barbecue on the lawns and in the marquee Colonel James Woodham, Commander in Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment, came up from London especially to say a few words about Help for Heroes and Jane Seymour, from Bijou Bottles, spoke on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support Through an auction, very capably handled by John Buchanan and his wife Amanda, raffle, ticket sales and other donations, over £ 10,000 was raised on the day. A collection of army vehicles and classic cars were paraded on the lawns and some guests enjoyed a car treasure hunt before lunch We at the Mead would like to thank everyone involved behind the scenes, our staff who donated their time, our guests, suppliers and all who donated auction prizes and raffle prizes. 1 Coltishall Fete . It’s Go, Go, Go!! The organisers of the long awaited Coltishall Fete are delighted to announce full details of the day’s activities. Taking place on Saturday 31st July the Fete will be held at two venues - the Lower Common and the Cricket Ground, Rectory Road. The Lower Common will be providing activities and games for the younger community whilst the Cricket Ground will be offering enjoyment for the older members of the area. However, spokesman Dave Chisnell is hoping for an overlap on the two areas. ‘What we really want is a fun day out for all the family.’ he said, ‘people shouldn’t feel restricted to one venue or the other, I’m sure they’ll find plenty of entertainment at both.’ The fete will start at 12.00noon when Coltishall’s very own Carnival Queen will arrive at the Lower Common in a horse drawn carriage to officially open the Fete. And then the fun begins. At the Lower Common there will be a bouncy castle, swing boats, swing chairs, junior gladiator jousting, junior striker and a giant slide. Stalls will include toffee apples, candy floss, ice cream, popcorn and soft drinks. Games such as Hook A Duck, Search For Treasure, Hoopla, Knock Over The Cans and Guess the number of sweets in a jar will run alongside three legged races, sack races and wheelbarrow races. There will be prizes for the winners and fun for all. A tombola will also be held and there will be burgers and hot dogs available. On the Cricket Ground activities will include Giant Slide, Adult Bouncy Castle, Adult Gladiator Jousting, Striker, Bungee Running, Rodeo Bull, Coconut Shy and Wellie Boot Throwing. It’s hoped that an inter-pub tug of war will also take place. There will also be around 40 craft stalls selling their wares and a food area which will include Hog Roast, Burgers and Hot Dogs, Sea Food and Do-Nuts. The Social Club bar will be open from 12.00noon and music will be provided in the afternoon by Johnny Jump and in the evening by Hard Rain. Free car parking will be available at Hautbois House and also in a private field along White Lion Street. There will be a free bus service provided by Netherbus to and from the car parks and between the two venues running all day. ‘All in all it should be a great day out for the whole community’ said Dave Chisnell, ‘and let’s not forget it should raise some well deserved cash for the local Church Clock Appeal.’ When asked if the fete would become a regular event in the yearly calendar, Dave Chisnell smiled, ‘let’s get this one out of the way first,’ he said, ‘if all goes well then we’ll start thinking about next year.’ Anybody requiring any further details or willing to offer their help on the day should contact Dave at the Railway Tavern ' 738316. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Carbon Footprints Eco-Warrior has mentioned before how unfriendly buying bottled water is - but did you know that a 500ml bottle has the same carbon footprint as 1,000 pints of tap water (0.14gm per pint) plus 2 plastic bags (10gm each) - i.e. 160gm. Sounds bad doesn’t it!? If you have bought a bottle of water recently, then use it again and again by filling it with tap water. Then, when it’s completely finished, stick the bottle in your recycling bin. To put things into perspective, the Eyjafjallajokull Eruption is spewing out 230,000 tonnes per day - equal to 50 space shuttle flights. But you know what they say . ‘Every little helps’! Eco-Warrior * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For Sale: Nintendo DS Lite games.