THE HEACHAM NEWSLETTER April 2021 This newsletter reflects the views of its contributors, not necessarily those of the editors, sponsoring body or advertiser. Deadline for the next edition is 12 noon, Tuesday 13th April 2021 The editorial team are pleased to bring you another edition of your Village Magazine “The Heacham Newsletter”. Heacham Parish Library We would like to say a big “Thank You” to our is due to reopen on: advertisers and contributors, as without your Monday 12th April 2021, at 10am support we could not keep going. (subject to government guidelines) Please keep sending in your letters, articles, photos St Mary’s Church Hall, High Street, Heacham etc. we would love to hear from you. Please go to page 28 for more information. With very best wishes. 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Dear Newsletter * Rosalind ‘Ros’ Marsden – 1930-2021 Marram Way We would like to thank Heacham people and organisations for Dear Newsletter the support, friendship and understanding given to our mother, Heacham Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club Ros Marsden, in the years up to her death in February. I would like to announce the formation of the village branch of Many we don’t know but, amongst others, we are grateful to: the above club. Alison, Brenda, Brian, Colin, Gordon, Katie, Lynne, Marie and Dean, Mavis, Rosie and Chris, Sheila, Susan, Veronica, the Meetings are not happening yet due to the current situation. teams at Boots, Extra Hands, Fridhem Rest Home, Heacham We are a group of veterans and serving members of Her Group Practice, Millbridge Care Home and U3A members. Majesty’s Armed Forces and, like other Veterans’ The recording of Ros’s funeral is available until Saturday Breakfast Clubs around the country and overseas 10th April at www.obitus.com Username Sina7877, Password (http://www.afvbc.net/find-a-club), our ethos is mutual support. 747524. It works because we all have a similar humour and outlook and the social life we now enjoy is like our service days. Our club Thank you. will meet on the first Saturday of every month from 9.30am The Marsden family onwards at: **************** Chatterbox Café, 34-36 Station Road, Heacham. PE31 7EY. * Heacham Our Facebook page is: Heacham Armed Forces & Veterans Dear Newsletter Breakfast Club (www.facebook.com/groups/heachamafbc) Cats/Small Animals Boarding John Hopkins In 2019, Lesley and Kim Suter purchased Catnaps Cattery in Tel: 01485 779985 North Wootton and did a wonderful job of looking after cats and **************** small animals for the residents of West Norfolk, including myself when I went into hospital for a back operation. Heacham Brays Pit Cruises However, the Coronavirus Lockdowns and not being able to visit family and friends or be on holiday during 2020, has meant Come and join us for a leisurely 20 minutes Cabin cruise around the Cattery has been unwanted and Lesley and Kim have had to the lake, taking in the wild life, feed the ducks and wave to the find work in supermarkets. Now with a plan to come out of neighbouring houses on the water front. Lockdown, they intend to re-open the Cattery in the Spring. In conjunction with the owners of the lake we have purchased a redundant Broads Cruiser which became available due to the Covid situation. So, if you intend to visit your relatives or go on holiday, contact them on 01553 631463 and they will ensure your pets that have been such Boarding will initially be by gang plank, but if negotiations with a support to you in these difficult times, are safe, dry and happy. a local building firm are successful and a price is agreed, we will be having a landing stage and decking installed so there can be Terry Martin wheelchair access. Future Public Hop-on trips for 2021 to be confirmed. These are likely to start in early April and will be free to all those living in the village. ID will be needed when boarding. Just come along and join the queue. Remember you can always book private tours anytime, with upgrades to add music, food and drink, Cream Tea or Afternoon Tea. We can’t wait to welcome you aboard to enjoy our trips. 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Telephone Keith at oapc on (01485) 570479 mobile 07977 560955 or email [email protected] 2 * Hunstanton Dear Newsletter Station Road Garage Heacham Shops & Businesses 1965 33 Station Road, Heacham I found a list of shops and businesses that were in Heacham in 1965 Norfolk PE31 7EX and I thought it would be interesting for your readers to see where most of them were situated, but a few of them do not state where. : 01485 570259 Anglia Furniture Products, Cheney Crescent; Barclays Bank, High St; G Bartle Fruiterer, High St; Bartle Agricultural ü Mechanical Repairs Engineers, High St; Baxters Butchers, High St; Bean G Garage, ü Servicing The Drift; Beeken & Son, Motor Engineers; Booth Turf ü Accountants, Station Rd; Bradfield & Son Ironmongers, High Welding St; Bloomfield & Wells Plant Hire, Staithe Rd; Bunkall G Fish ü Tyres and Exhausts Merchants, High St; Bullens Taxis, Poplar Avenue; Bushel and ü Clutches Strike, Malthouse Crescent; Collisons Taxis, Poplar Avenue; ü Covell T Motor Engineers, Station Rd; Cram F Chemist, Station Diagnostics Rd; Crisp Butchers, High St; Cunningham & Sons Nurserymen; ü Collection & Delivery ü Deakin D Electrical Contractors, Poplar Avenue, Dix & Fenton Accessory Shop Builders, Station Rd; Drug Store, High St; Drift Garage Pound ü Car Sales Lane; East Coast Lime Co, Manor Rd; Eaton J Furnituremakers, ü Air Con Repair & Service School Rd; English F Chimney Sweep, Caley St; Faulkner Post ü Office, High St; Fakenbridge Butcher, High St; Firth Lavender State of the Art MOT bay Hill Filling Station; Flood Brothers Furniture Removers, ü MOT Repairs Woodend Rd, Fox and Hounds, Station Rd; Gennery Grocer, High St; Gorden J Barber, The Drift; Gower Heating Engineer, Friendly, family run garage. Church Lane; Grade A Dairy Farm, Lynn Rd; Groome Baker, All Makes and Models Accepted Neville Rd; Greyhound Public House, High St; Hammond Coal Merchant, Church Lane; Hammond Toy Shop, High St; Heacham Stores Newsagents, High St; International Tea Stores, High St; Jason Ladies Hairdressers, High St; Jennings Nurseryman, Vehicle Testing Station Station Rd; Johnson Baker, High St; Joplins Hairdressers, Station Rd; Joyce Builder, Church Lane; Kill Printer, Meadow Rd; King’s www.stationroadgarageheacham.co.uk Lynn Co-op, Caley Street; Loowater Nursing Home, Lynn Rd; Moulam & Horn Corn Merchants, Pound Lane; Peatling & Cawdron Wine Merchants, High St; Piper Ladies Hairdresser, Station Rd; Pitcher Landscape Gardener, Hunstanton Rd; Powley Butchers, High St; Proctor Tiler and Slater Woodend Rd; Raines Slater and Tiler, Lords Lane; Heacham Store Manor Rd; Roberts Footwear, High St; Robinson Antiques, Lynn Rd; Rudds Livestock Transport, Lords Lane; Rudd Pig Farmer, Lords Lane; Shaw & Son, Organ, Piano Repairs, Wilton Rd; Stainsby Motor Engineer, Lynn Rd; Stanley Mason Ladies Hairdresser, Station Rd; Stebbings Decorator, Meadow Rd; Stockdale Industrial Vendors; Taffs Tiler and Slater, Lamsey Lane; Taylors Boot Repairs, Station Rd; Thrower & Co Mineral Waters; Tidd Antique Dealer High St; Wadsworth Grocer, Lynn Rd; Walduck Chimney Sweep, Lodge Rd; Wagg Baker High St; West Norfolk Hotel, Station Rd; Wheatsheaf Public House, Lynn Rd; White Heather Café, Lynn Rd; Witton Motor Engineers, Station Rd; Witton Builder Undertaker, Station Rd; Wallis & Sons Bicycles & Electrical Goods, High St; Wright Brothers Grocers, High St. Dick Melton (Sunny Hunny) 07884 454480 Email: [email protected] 3 APRIL CROSSWORD VOTE INDEPENDENT VOTE for CHRIS MORLEY on 6th MAY Hello, I am standing as an Independent Candidate for the Docking Area at the forthcoming County Council Election. This area extends from Heacham across to South Creake and to the Rudhams and Harpley. I live in Great Bircham where I am a Parish Councillor and I am the District Councillor for Bircham with Rudhams. I have a background in commerce and use my experience in management and finance to make sense of operational and financial reports published by County and Borough Councils and through scrutiny press them to deliver the value for money services we all need. Being a County Councillor will give me a better opportunity to do this effectively for the benefit of this area. I will seek, encourage and support the best way forward for us irrespective of party politics. I would welcome your vote. Thank you. CLUES: Across: 1. First bolt fixed to bridge is blind (7) 5. Stop to catch up, then say “Goodbye” (7) 9. It’s stopped publication (5) 10.