THE HEACHAM NEWSLETTER June 2016 This newsletter reflects the views of its contributors, not necessarily those of the editors, any sponsoring body or advertiser. When contacting one of the advertisers please mention you saw their advert here first. Thank you. Deadline for the next edition is 12 noon, Tuesday 14th June Do Something Amazing Today y Birth pp da a Ma’am y The National Blood Service will be visiting Heacham H and would welcome existing and new donors. Heacham will be Wednesday 15th June 2016 at the Public Hall, Celebrating your special day Station Road. 1.15pm - 4pm and 5pm – 6.30pm. with a party in the Please make an appointment if you can, by calling the recreation ground Helpline 0300 1232323 or online at www.blood.co.uk Details inside page 4 THE HEACHAM NEWSLETTER c/o Heacham Parish Council Office, Pound Lane, Heacham, Norfolk PE31 7ET E-MAIL: [email protected] www.heachamnewsletter.org.uk ADVERTISING: Moira Barnes ( 01485 570401 Adverts cost £15, £30 or £60 per month THE NEWSLETTER VOLUNTEER TEAM: Moira Barnes - George Bradley - Jackie Davis Roger Drinkwater - Brian Faulkner - Kerry Long - Mary Sheldrick - Robby Topliss THE HEACHAM NEWSLETTER is published THE FIRST SATURDAY of the MONTH A voluntary non-profit publication produced with financial assistance from Heacham Parish Council * Cedar Springs Holiday Park Heacham Dear Newsletter Railway Line Footpath * Regarding the letter published in the May Heacham Newsletter Cheney Hill concerning the use of the old railway track as a footpath. As the Dear Newsletter owner of Cedar Springs, I must point out that there is no 'clear Fundraising challenge for Breast Cancer well-used footpath across Cedar Springs'. The pathway shown Well what a busy period me and Dean have had training for our is on private land that runs along the field the other side of the Trek in 2017. hedge that borders Cedar Springs. First Dean did the King’s Lynn Gear Run coming in at a time Cedar Springs is a family run holiday park that has a strict 'No of 53 mins 22 secs. Not bad for an old human!! dogs' policy. None of our chalet owners or holidaymakers are I of course cannot run with my little penguin feet - I would still permitted to have dogs on the site. This rule also applies to all be out there!! visitors to the park. Then, on Sunday 15th May, we got together with a group of Cedar Springs is a safe place for children to play without the friends to walk from Sandringham to Hunstanton, then back to contamination of dog mess. We must be one of the few dog-free Heacham. Dean had to carry me, I had better cut back on the zones in Heacham and we would like to keep it that way. fish as he complained of my weight. Antonia Howe We have also signed up to the Poppyline Walk on 12th June. The walk travels along the railway line from Sheringham **************** towards Cromer a distance of 18 miles (more details next issue). The big one is our first walk up Ben Nevis on June 25th. There might be snow on the top for me to slide around on. Great fun. * Heacham We have our Just Giving page set up now. Head over to the Just Giving page via internet then type in Dean Rawnsley and click Dear Newsletter on the picture of yours truly. It would be great if you feel you can contribute, every little helps. Railway Line Footpath We have a Facebook page but it needs some work so not quite Like the correspondent in your last issue, I have also been a ready just yet. regular visitor for long periods of time over many years and was So lots happening as we prepare and build our stamina. All this also very disappointed to discover the gate and sign barring talk of exercise is making me hungry so I’m off for a fresh access to the walk from Hunstanton Road. This has always been mackerel !! a favourite country walk alternative to the beach promenade and I believe most walkers, like me, respect farmers’ lands and the The Trekking Penguin countryside. I hope the farmer will not allow a few schoolchildren and inconsiderate dog owners to spoil it for the rest of us and deny us the pleasure of this walk. I would also urge dog owners to please do the right thing. 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Station Road Garage 33 Station Road, Heacham Norfolk PE31 7EX : 01485 570259 ü Mechanical Repairs ü Servicing ü Welding ü Tyres and Exhausts ü Clutches ü Diagnostics ü Collection & Delivery ü Accessory Shop ü Car Sales ü Air Con Repair & Service ü State of the Art MOT bay ü MOT Repairs Friendly, family run garage. All Makes and Models Accepted Vehicle Testing Station www.stationroadgarageheacham.co.uk 3 MOJO UPHOLSTERY 32. STATION ROAD, HEACHAM 07591 194411 RE-UPHOLSTERY CARAVANS PUBS / CLUBS Saturday, 11th June 2016 3.00 – 5.00pm HEADBOARDS / BEDS Party Food, Games, Bouncy Castle, Table DINING CHAIRS Magician and much more. Tickets £5.00 each ONE - OFF DESIGNS (non refundable) available from Heacham Parish Council Office, Pound Lane, CARPET FITTING SERVICE Heacham. ALSO AVAILABLE 01485 572142 CARAVANS - NEW COVERS / Heacham Sports & Social Club NEW FOAMS TO COMPLETE RE - FURBS AVAILABLE Entertainment for June in the Club:- FOAM CUSHIONS CUT TO ORDER Wed 15th: Prize Bingo. Eyes down 1.30pm FREE QUOTES ALL FABRICS £10.00 PER METRE Fri 24th: Live band "Jimmy Rockitt" from 9pm 28 YEARS EXPRIENCE Sat 25th: Live music with Donna Duvall from 8.45pm All welcome 4 * Heacham Dear Newsletter School Road Planning Inquiry Over 60 people came to Lynnsport to support us on the first day of the School Road Planning Inquiry on 17th May. It's expected to last at least 6 days with another site visit by the new Inspector who has already visited the village to familiarise himself. Press coverage from BBC Radio Norfolk, KLFM, the EDP, your Local Paper and the Lynn News were all in attendance. Tracey Swann **************** School Road Development Inquiry Sir Henry Bellingham, MP addressed the Planning Inspector at the Inquiry into the proposed School Road development at Lynnsport on Friday, 20th May. He spoke passionately about the village and his opposition to the development. "These are people whose lives are likely to be turned upside down on this application and dreams of living in Heacham destroyed", The hearing concluded on 24th May. Keep Heacham a Village Team L-R. Sir Henry Bellingham, Adrian Hood, Terry Parish 5 THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY Sunday Services in June 2016 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 12th and 26th 10.00am 5th Holy Communion 12th Morning Prayer CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEACHAM 19th Morning Prayer GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN 26th Morning Prayer 6.00pm 5th No Service Between her natural birthday in April and her official birthday 12th Evening Prayer this month we continue to celebrate the Queen’s remarkable life 19th Holy Communion of service to nation and Commonwealth which has made her one 26th Evening Prayer of the most admired people in the world. CHURCH CONTACTS: (telephone code: 01485) William Shawcross, Royal Biographer, wrote: Methodist Church Rev'd Stephen Oliver 570232 “Two things stand out – the Queen’s constant sense of duty and St Mary’s Church Rev’d Veronica Wilson 570697 her devotion to God. Of this she speaks humbly but openly, St Mary’s Church Office 572539 especially in her Christmas broadcasts.” She is the Supreme email: [email protected] Governor of the Church of England, attends church weekly, even on holiday, and prays daily but never tells anyone to go to REGULAR ACTIVITIES at ST. MARY’S CHURCH church. You may think she has had an easy life living in the lap Looking at the above information you might think that St. of luxury and it is true that she employs 1200 people but chooses Mary’s is only open on Sundays, but it is a busy church with to feed her own dogs. Impressively, she has worked 50 hours a things going on throughout each week. There are Bible Study week for most of her working life and still, in her 91st year, puts groups with people meeting in their own homes; there are in a 40-hour week. How many of us do that in our 70s? In her Prayer Meetings; we have a Choir, and there are Music Groups; Christmas broadcast 2012 she said “this is the time of year when all the women are welcome at Girls Together and there is a we remember that God sent his only Son ‘to serve, not to be served’.