THE MERRY MAWKIN THE FRIENDS OF NORFOLK DIALECT NEWSLETTER Number 62 Winter to Spring 2017 £1.50 www.norfolkdialect.com WINTER to SPRING 2017 THE MERRY MAWKIN 1 Chairman’s report can’t believe how Iquickly time is going by this year and so far we seem to have had a mild winter. I’ve been able to enjoy the sunshine, as I spent some of my half term being a tourist around Norfolk with a friend who came to stay. I always enjoy being able to explore this glorious Front cover: The inviting glow county we live in. We had a great time visiting from a bookshop’s windows add charm to an out-of-season iconic Norfolk places (those ones you often see on Cromer street. postcards!) such as How Hill, St. Benet’s Abbey, Back cover: Hazel catkins – Happisburgh lighthouse, the Bure Valley Railway, heralds of Spring. Ranworth church, the seals at Horsey, Felbrigg, Sheringham Park and Norwich Cathedral. We IN THIS ISSUE often ended up talking about how we pronounce things as she has a distinctly northern accent, 2 Chairman’s report it didn’t stop us having a good mardle though. I 4 FOND officers & committee do recall that when we first knew each other at 4 Annual Subscriptions university in the walking club, my Norfolk phrases 5 New Treasurer sometimes earnt me some funny looks from other 6 Secretary’s Squit members. I distinctly remember it wasn’t until the 7 Boy Colin’s Quiz end of one rather long walk when I announced I 8 Moi Resoomay was ‘knocked up’ that I found out the phrase had an entirely different meaning to being very tired! 9 Suffen ter sing about! 10 Old Ingham Shop It was good to see some of you at the FOND AGM in November at Yaxham Village Hall. As a result of 13 Panto Report the meeting there have now been a few changes to 17 Wordsearch the committee and you will find an up to date list of 18 Trosher Winners contact details in this Mawkin. Both the treasurer 18 Floods at Wellls 1953 (Toni Reeve) and secretary (Lyn Fountain) stepped 17 Norfolk Threw and Threw down from their roles, although Toni is still going 21 Recipe Corner to be on the committee. Again I would like to 22 We hatta git a-moov on thank them for all the work they have done for 23 Wordsearch answers FOND, as a token of thanks we presented Lyn with 24 Letters to the Editor a FOND memories clematis and Toni with a bottle of wine. I am pleased to announce that we were 25 Quiz Answers able to fill both these officer positions at the AGM 26 Morris Dancing - a history and also add another member to the committee. 2 THE MERRY MAWKIN WINTER to SPRING 2017 We welcome Richard Reid as our new treasurer, THE MERRY Ann Reeve as our new secretary and David Raby MAWKIN as a committee member; I wish them well in their new positions and look forward to working with EDITOR them. I would also like to thank Alan Cooper for Diana Rackham his work as technical officer, he too stepped down DESIGNER at the AGM. I am pleased that Stewart Orr agreed Bob Farndon to return to this role which he has previously done. EDITORIAL OFFICE Stewart has been busy sorting our recordings and Tel: 01692 584809 has some exciting ideas which I look forward to Email: working on with him. Please do get in touch if you [email protected] are interested in being involved in any recording PLEASE NOTE work. After the formalities of the AGM we were The editor reserves the right treated to the light-hearted tales of My life in Steam to amend or reject any item by Bev Woolner, always a joy to hear him speak, submitted for publication thank you Bev. considered unsuitable or not in the best interests of the Friends I was very pleased with the success of our panto of Norfolk Dialect (FOND). The Wizard of Ouse, it was particularly great to Editorial decisions are final. see so many people there all enjoying themselves. It is the responsibility of all I know a lot of time and effort went in to it, but I’m contributors to ensure any sure those of you who came will agree it certainly material submitted – written or paid off. Thank you to those who came to support photographic – is copyright-free us and to all those involved in helping to put the or use has been cleared with the show on. It was also lovely to hear the Trosher copyright holder. entries, I hope people enjoyed contributing to our The opinions expressed by new poetry category, hopefully we will get even contributors in The Merry more entries this year. Mawkin may not necessarily be held by the officers or committee The winning Trosher entries are just one of the members of the Friends of many things printed for you to enjoy reading in Norfolk Dialect (FOND). this Merry Mawkin. We have for you yet another No part of this publication may packed edition and if you missed the panto or just be reproduced, in any form, need a reminder of the many laughs do take a look without the prior permission of at some of the photos. the Friends of Norfolk Dialect (FOND). © 2017 FOND Hope to see some of you at the Celebration of Norfolk Dialect event in Cromer. Fare ye well, PRINTED BY Diana Harlequin Colour Print 6 Swan Drive, Gressenhall P.S. My mother she say, when her brother was at Dereham, NorfolkNR20 4SW university, everybody thought he had a harmonica Tel: 07941 513 683 but he actually had a little sister, referred to in his Norfolk way as “Our Monica.” WINTER to SPRING 2017 THE MERRY MAWKIN 3 FOND Officers and Committee CONTACT DETAILS PRESIDENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Professor Peter Trudgill, 6 Amelia House, Tina Chamberlain, 53 Orchard Way, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1DD Wymondham NR18 0NY Tel: 01953 606061 Tel: 01603 618036 Owen Church, The Post Office, Ormesby Road, CHAIRMAN Hemsby NR29 4AA Tel: 01493 730210 Diana Rackham, 41 Neville Road, Norman Hart (education officer), Avonside, Sutton NR12 9RP Tel: 01692 584809 42 London Road, Harleston IP20 9BW VICE-CHAIRMAN Tel: 01379 852677 TBA Stanley Jones, 133 Gertrude Road, SECRETARY Norwich NR3 4SE Mobile: 07899 056567 Ann Reeve, 6 School Road, David Raby 44 Bishop Brisge Road Martham NR29 4PX Tel: 01493 740674 Norwich NR1 4ET Tel: 01603 61052 TREASURER & MEMBERSHIP Toni Reeve, 6 School Road, SECRETARY Martham NR29 4PX Tel: 01493 740674 Richard Reid, Fern Cottage, The Green, NON-COMMITTEE MEMBERS Stalham, NR12 9PU Stewart Orr (Archives and Recording), Tel: 01692 582978 Prior’s Croft Barn, To contact any officer or committee member Withersdale Street, Harleston IP20 OJG please email: [email protected] Tel: 01379 854458 [email protected] Annual Subscriptions Richard Reid At the Annual General Meeting on 27 the year ending 31 March 2017 is very November 2016, the members present voted politely requested to do so. For next year, for new subscription rates as follows, to take commencing 1 April 2017, and subsequent effect from 1 April 2017: years, it would be very helpful if as many • Individual members, £10 per year each members as are able to do so would pay by • Family membership, including all Standing Order. This can be done directly members at the same address, £15 per year. through your bank, in person, by telephone • One copy of The Merry Mawkin will be or online, or by completing the form sent to each unique address, addressed to enclosed with this issue and sending it to the alphabetically first-named member at the Treasurer. Members who already pay the address and intended for all members by Standing Order are requested, please, to living at that address. amend their order, by the same means. These new rates will help to stabilise FOND’s SPECIAL OFFER. To encourage prompt financial position, and your co-operation payment, any member who wishes to pay in is requested in paying your subscriptions advance for the 2017-2018 year may pay at promptly and at the correct rate. the existing rates provided that payment is Subscriptions are due annually on 1 April. received by 31 March. To take advantage of Any member who has not yet paid for this offer, please contact the Treasurer. 4 THE MERRY MAWKIN WINTER to SPRING 2017 Introducing the new treasurer A message from the man who wants your money Congratulations to our Chairman, not proper German!”, Diana, on her powers of persuasion, I did I realise that I had knew the writing was on the wall when been learning one of she sidled up to me one evening after that country’s many band practice. Thanks, too, to Toni, colourful dialects. our retiring Treasurer, for the smooth I was let off with a handover of a set of books in good caution and returned order. I was honoured to be asked, and to my new friends, who found the gratified, though not entirely surprised, whole business hilarious. Who says to be elected unopposed. I have never that Germans have no sense of humour known a Treasurer’s election to be – especially at the expense of a rather contested. I wonder why? over-serious foreigner? So who is your new Treasurer? Not a More seriously, the Treasurer’s job Norfolk man, as anybody at the AGM is to keep FOND solvent by making will have spotted as soon as I opened my sure subscriptions are collected mouth, but one with a lifelong interest promptly and correctly, and all fund- in and affection for Norfolk (especially raising opportunities exploited, and the Broads), its people and its language.