The Signpost The Signpost Signpost - Issue 63 Village Contacts Editorial Team: Cockley Cley Editor: Jim Mullenger David Hotchkin [email protected] [email protected] 01760 722 849 Sub Editor & Invoicing: David Stancombe Foulden Next copy date: David Stancombe 14th of March 2021 [email protected] 01366 328 153 Website: fouldennorfolk.org/signpost/ Great Cressingham Hannah Scott For obvious reasons, this is [email protected] a heavily redacted and online 07900 265 493 / 01760 440439 only edition. (At the time of typing, it is possible that No. 64 Gooderstone and Didlington may have to go out in the same Kate Faro-Wood way). So, the saga of Anne [email protected] Murphy and Charles Grantly is 01366 328441 missing (they are on COVID holidays and may return soon). Fiona Gilbert So is any input from our MP [email protected] and Nautical Expressions. I know that the new Hilborough & Bodney lockdown has produced a fair Keith & Linda Thomas amount of gloom and that it SignpostTreasurer doesn’t just apply to me… I’m @btinternet.com (no spaces) hoping that the lengthening of 01760 756 455 days and the onset of Spring will cheer us up. Oxborough On P.7, you will find a link to David Hotchkin (The Editor) some Norfolk walks… I would Email: See above left. very strongly urge you not to 01366 328 442 wander too far from home - and if you get caught, don’t blame Little Cressingham & Threxton me or Signpost! Chris Cannon Ed. [email protected] 2 The Signpost CONTENTS Page Signpost contact details ........................................................... 2 Contents ................................................................................... 3 Parish Councils ................................................................... 4-6 Village News Village News ....................................................................... 7-13 Church News Church Matters ................................................................. 13-14 From the Vicar ....................................................................... 15 Articles Poems .............................................................................. 16-19 Keeper of the Month ......................................................... 20-21 From Chris Cannon ................................................................ 22 Classified Adverts ........................................................... 23-49 For Advertisements Charges Per Issue: Whole page £14, back cover £16, 1/2 page (landscape) £7. Copy should be in MS Word or JPEG formats, please. Contact: [email protected] Please note that all ads. in this issue are ‘free’ because it is not a paper copy distribution. The ‘copy count’ will restart when our distributors can go door-to-door again. 3 The Signpost OXBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Simon Willies Vice Chair: Linda Buckingham Members: Ian Monson, Bernie Chapman Clerk: Susan Hernandez 07900 587825 Website: oxborough-pc.wixsite.com/website Next meeting: TBA The Village Green is available for hire (terms & conditions apply). Please contact the Parish Clerk for details and fees. COCKLEY CLEY PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Sir Samuel Roberts Bt. Vice Chair: Mr Jim Mullenger. Members: Mr Steve Mumford, Ms Karina Eagle. Mr David Johnson. Ms Donna Smith Parish Clerk: Sir Samuel Roberts Bt. Cockley Cley Hall, Cockley Cley, Swaffham, PE37 8AG Tel.01760 721 308 Next meeting: Date: 15th Feb. 2021 at 7.00pm, subject to COVID-19 restrictions. Website: cockleycleyparishcouncil.wordpress.com GREAT CRESSINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Michael Halls Vice-Chair: Marcus Rutterford Members: Victoria Rutterford, Kate Forsythe, Peter Heath, Ed Kittell, Sally Blundell Clerk Hannah Scott Homestead, Farm Common Road ,Ashill IP25 7BA 07900 265 493 / 01760 440439 Website: www.impulse-music.co.uk/great Cressingham Next meetings: TBA. 4 The Signpost FOULDEN PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Stephen Parker. Vice Chair: Jayne Winterbone Members: Stephen (Billy) Pye, Neil West, Richard Cooper, Marianne Christian. There is 1 casual vacancy: please contact the Clerk, if you would like to be co-opted. Parish Clerk: Claire Prentice, Tel: 07591 220390 Email: [email protected] Next meeting: Monday 8th March 2021 at 7.00pm, Zoom meeting: please apply to the Parish Clerk for a login link and key. Website: www.fouldennorfolk.org GOODERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Andrew Boughen Vice Chair: Ann Melhuish Members: Martin Belton, Judy Chandler, Kate Faro Wood, Lucy Mason Closs, Vince Martin. Clerk: Judith Taylor. Tel: 01366 500722. email: [email protected] Please note that the email given above is new and that it should please be used for all Parish Council business from now on. Website: gooderstonepc.wixsite.com/gooderstonepc Next meeting: Normally: second Monday every two months: 9th March 2021, 7.00pm, TBC Gooderstone Community Facebook Page: search for Gooderstone Community Group. 5 The Signpost HILBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Andrew Steward. Tel: 01760 756247 Members: Mrs. Sharan Newnham, Ms. Sarah Mennell. Carol Cox, Claire Bowes, Henry Sands, Steve Gornall Clerk: Melanie Cousins. Tel: 07840 814417. [email protected] Next Meetings: From 2021 the Council will meet 4 times during the year at 7.00 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Mills Memorial Hall, Westgate Street, Hilborough. The next meeting is to be 16th February - subject to Covid-19 advice. 18th May 2021 – AGM, Annual Parish Meeting & Parish Council. Other Parish Council meetings for 2021 are 21st September and 16th November. Website: hilboroughpc.wixsite.com/hilboroughpc/hilborough-parish-council LITTLE CRESSINGHAM & THREXTON PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Tony Abel. Mob: 07836 338100 Email: [email protected] Vice Chair: Tim Leonard Tel: 01953 882739 Members: Ashton Austin, Martin Kay, Chris Cannon. Clerk: Melanie Cousins. Tel: 07840 814417. [email protected] Website: lcparishclerk.wixsite.com/lcressinghamthrexton Next Meeting: Thursday 13th May 2021 at 7.30pm Venue, time and date to be confirmed. STANTA (Training Area): Details of military training activities are available from the Parish Council website quoted above. New information is now available for February. 6 The Signpost VILLAGE NEWS & WHAT’S ON HILBOROUGH Mobile Libraries Due to the COVID-19 lockdown all Norfolk Library services are suspended until further notice. Also, all items currently on loan will be automatically renewed and no further charges will be incurred until further notice. Visit our Library service coronavirus update page for further information on service closures and what you can still access from home. Please note that Twitter conversations are also suspended. [Please note: Make & Mardle and Village Hall activities are suspended due to COVID-19, Ed.] HILBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL Hall Bookings: The hall is available for functions, parties and other activities. Capacity 120 persons: Rates £12.00 per hour. Please contact Clare Gornall on 01760 756 561 or Gerald Gray on 01760 756338 or on [email protected] HILBOROUGH VILLAGE COMMUNICATIONS Hilborough Village has two forms of Communication. The aim is to provide residents with the means of sharing local news, events alerts, updates and general items of chosen interest to Hilborough villagers. If you would like to be included in this initiative you can do so via: 1. Facebook – Via your Facebook page search for Hilborough Village Community News and click the ‘joinrequest’ button; OR... 2. Email –[email protected] to be included in future mailing. (Please contact Sarah on 07974 955175 / 01760 756126 if you have any questions or difficulties in joining) 7 The Signpost WALKIES? [N.B. Don’t get caught outside your Parish! Ed.] Are you fed-up with doing the same old walks? Walking in Norfolk www.walkinginengland.co.uk/norfolk is the website for you! With hundreds of walks to download and print, free, it also has books of walks, contact details for all the walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place. John said ‘There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Norfolk (part of the Walking in England suite of websites (www.walkinginengland.co.uk) – one for each county in England) has brought it together in one place so whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you’. With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy. So home or away, check out the website and get walking! John Harris www.walkinginengland.co.uk email: [email protected] 8 The Signpost COCKLEY CLEY EVENTS & NEWS The Parish Council is actively seeking ideas to address the needs of children in the Parish. Please contact the Parish Clerk, Sir Samuel Roberts, if you have any thoughts. [I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Parish Council very much for their recent contribution to Signpost funds, Ed.] OXBOROUGH EVENTS & NEWS Wednesday. Every week. Fresh fish delivered by fish4you. Door-to-door. See Oxborough Voice website for details of services. Wednesday. Every week. Fish & Chip Van On the Pound between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. (May remain longer depending on the volume of customers). Oxborough Website ‘The Oxborough Voice’ has been set up by Tristan Tomlinson, in addition to his ‘Oxborough Village Hub’ Facebook page, and is now expanding in content. Simply put the following into your browser’s