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Ashill Village Aid Archive Group Afternoon Tea
The AVA Archive Group was delighted
to welcome 17 specially invited guests
to a complimentary afternoon tea on
Sunday 16th July 2017.
This was a new venture which the
group hopes to continue approximately
four times a year.
It aims to provide a social gathering for
those who are alone or have restricted
mobility, giving them an opportunity to
socialise with old friends and
neighbours. Transport was provided for
some with mobility issues.
The guests enjoyed sandwiches,
sausage rolls, scones and cakes all
washed down with liberal quantities of
tea and coffee.
Everyone had a great time, some
remarking that they had seen friends for
the first time in many years and were
hoping for an invitation in the future.
Many thanks to Candy, The Community
Champion at Tesco, for the lovely
spread provided from their Swaffham
Store.
The photos below are a selection of
both guests and the AVA Archive
Group members who organised and
helped at the event.
Boo & Hiss are In
a Twist
The Boo & Hiss Theatre Company are
busy preparing for this years production
at the Queens Hall, Watton. Its a little-
known comedy by Ann Gawthorpe and
Lesley Bown, called Dont Get Your
Vicars In A Twist and will run for 3
nights at the end of September, as usual.
Its always a gamble when we choose to
do something that no-one has heard of,
but we looked at several scripts earlier in
the year and decided this was definitely
the one to do. Its fast-paced, cleverly
written and extremely funny and,
although its hard work at times, we are
having a blast at our weekly rehearsals.
In the past weve always had the good
fortune to be able to rehearse at the house
of Keith and Rita Gilbert (two of our
founding members) but as this play is
quite complicated, technically-speaking,
we realised early on that it would be
much more beneficial if we rehearsed at
the Queens Hall every week. Im not
going to give the game away but,
although there are no set changes, a lot of
precise, quick-fire navigation is required
for this show.
Unusually, there are no pivotal characters
this year there are eleven players and
each one is vital to the plot. There are a
few cases of mistaken identity throughout
the play add that to the fact that one of
the characters has the same name as one
of the cast members and you can imagine
it gets a little chaotic at times! But in this
business we call show, chaos means fun,
and were certainly having a lot of that.
We welcome a fantastic newcomer this
year Jacob Brook makes his debut
appearance and everyone else is a
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A New Man On
The Churchyard
Mower
After nearly 14 years of maintaining the
churchyard at St Ethelbert at Wretham,
John Kitson (right) has retired.
The 78 year old handed over all his
equipment and a brand new Countax ride
on mower bought by the church, to
Malcolm Stoodley. (Left)
At the end of a service of Morning Prayer,
there was a surprise for Mr Kitson when
church warden Ian Salter spoke warmly of
his efforts and presented him with a case of
assorted wines, the gift of the church.
Praising his dedication for keeping the
churchyard in an immaculate condition, Mr
Salter suggested that it was very likely the
best cared for village churchyard in the
Diocese.
Mr Kitson, married to a church warden and
himself church secretary for 12 years,
thanked Mr Salter and church members for
their kindness. He also expressed gratitude
to church member George Stronge, with
whom he first strimmed, cleared and
individually mowed a churchyard often the
home of sheep or geese; to Abrey Farms
for the gift of a first ride on mower; to
church member Jon Ford for more recent
help; to the Parish Council for its financial
backing; and to his wife for her regular
'Our Day Out'
Group in Watton
Our Day Out is a dementia inclusive
programme run by Arts and community
development charity Creative Arts East,
and welcomes all older people to take
part in high quality music and dance
activities Join us in Watton for the
chance to try something new, meet new
people and have some fun! The sessions
are led by professional artists and take
place from 2-4pm every first and third
Thursday of the month at the Watton
Christian Community Centre. Tea and
cake is included.
Throughout August, the Watton group
have been enjoying some fantastic dance
sessions with Laura and Sarah from
Glasshouse Dance Company. The
sessions have included seated and non-
seated dance exercises to a variety of
musical accompaniment including jazz,
rock n roll and more! Our 6-week series
of dancing with Glasshouse has included
some highly entertaining hand clapping
to generate the giggles, through to
integral gentle leg and arm extensions
that stimulate the muscles and allow
you to engage with and benefit your
arrival with lunches while he worked!
Recalling that it could take around nine
hours each fortnight to strim mow,
trim, weed and tidy the churchyard
and longer when he broke off to show
unexpected visitors around the church
building - there was also mole catching
and weed killing to do. Mr Kitson said
he had loved to care for the
churchyard, a task which gave him
pleasure and, happily, church members
whole body.
The dancers each have years of
professional experience, covering a
variety of dance styles, and deliver these
fun and high-quality workshops tailored
so that everyone in the group can join in
as much or as little as they like. People
who have been taking part have
expressed how much they have enjoyed
the sessions with Laura and Sarah, and
how it made them feel relaxed and better
afterwards. The dance workshops have
been hugely beneficial for participants
who have been asked by their
physiotherapists to maintain regular
exercise after having had operations, or
to benefit their general health and
mobility. The group has a very friendly
atmosphere and is looking forward to
welcoming new participants.
In September, we will be holding a
special love themed Tea Dance event
with Spilt Milk Dance Company,
involving arts and crafts, cake, dance
performances, games, and (optional)
fancy dress! We welcome all friends and
family of those coming along too! Join us
for this event on Thursday 21st
September from 2pm - 4pm at the
Christian Community Centre, High
Street, Watton.
and the general public.
Later that morning he turned over all his
equipment and a brand new Countax ride
on mower, bought this time from church
reserve funds, to Malcolm Stoodley,
retired airline pilot who moved into the
village in recent years.
As Mr Kitson remarked earlier, Mr
Stoodley was a young man at only 65
he hoped he would enjoy years of
churchyard maintenance ahead of him.
Artichoke
Charity
Fashion Show
On Wednesday 20th September
Wayland Women in Business are
having an Artichoke Fashion Show
which will be a fundraising evening in
aid of Wayland Dementia Cafe.
Tickets for our fabulous Fashion show
include a glass of wine on arrival, the
fabulous fashion show of clothes for
the new season and the opportunity to
up date your wardrobe. Tickets are on
sale now from The Wayland
Partnership or Belvoir Lettings or via
www.waylandwomeninbusiness.co.uk
If you would like to model the
beautiful clothes on the evening, or
donate a raffle prize, please get in
touch.
Great Hockham
Gardening Club
West Acre Garden/Nursery: Well, we never
got there! For a few days before Wednesday
the forecast was not exactly promising and
on that morning I was awoken by a heavy
and persistent rainstorm. The forecast for the
afternoon was more of the same. Its not often
we chicken out, but this seemed exceptional.
So it was a panic ring-round to make sure we
contacted everyone and the visit was off.
However, at the same time we were
contacting West Acre, we also managed to
arrange a replacement date two weeks later.
So, our next meeting (we hope) will be
Wednesday 23rd of August, when the
weather will be wonderful. The venue is
West Acre Garden/Nursery, Tumbleyhill
Road, West Acre, Kings Lyn, PE32 1UJ.
We leave the village green at 13:00 to arrive
for 14:00.
The meeting following this, the meeting
returning to our regular periodicity, that is
the second Wednesday of each month, will
be our AGM, when we will look back at the
previous season and forward to many
exciting events of next year, all held in
perfect weather. (Could be a good time to
join our club).
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Boo & Hiss
familiar face. We have very loyal audience who
return to watch us perform year after year, and
thats what spurs us on to put on a great show
every time. Please note that one scene does
contain some strong language but its in keeping
with the characters and no offence is intended.
The show dates are 28th, 29th and 30th
September, with the curtain going up at 7:30pm.
Tickets are still only 5 and are available to buy
now at Mullenger & Co, High St, Watton.
Stacy Wilkinson, Director
A Quick Look
Round
By Orbiter
With September now upon us that means that
summer is over, and most of us can look back on it
as a fairly good one, though some parts of the
county fared worse than others. Once again the
seasons seem to have got a bit ahead of
themselves, for the autumn raspberries were
coming on stream at the end of July, and folks
were gathering blackberries not many days later.
It seems that hardly a day goes by without there
being some changes to our way of life being
announced, some of them very minor and others of
great importance. The latter include such as the
closure of bank branches and Post Offices, Court
Houses and some of our well-known department
stores, while the cash-less society is being brought
closer and closer.
Banks want to get rid of cash transactions
completely, which seems to go against their very
reason for existence, since they have dealt with
our money for more than two hundred years, but
now they consider hard cash to be rather a
nuisance, though banks without cash would be
akin to green-grocers failing to handle fruit or
vegetables.
Of course, with prices as high as they are today, it
makes sense to use credit or debit cards or direct
transfers for many transactions, or we would need
to carry satchels of bank notes around with us, but
for small items hard cash would seem to be
essential. Imagine the children lining up to buy ice
-creams at the Mr.Whippy van, all having to have
cards to be put through a machine ! (And the
bullies that would relieve the little ones of their
cards).
And we like to reward a waitress when she has
given good service with a tip, for which hard cash
is essential. Yes, many restaurants add a
percentage to our bills, alleging that this is shared
between all staff, but this makes no distinction
from ordinary to any extra special attentions we
may have received. And there are many other
instances when coins are essential. Imagine the
referee at a football match tossing up with a credit
card there is no heads or tails! And would Guest speaker this month at the West Norfolk
polite ladies say Excuse me I must go and spend
a Direct Debit ? No, the cash society must stay.
An item in my newspaper recently announced that
Suffolk County Council has decided to replace the
good old-fashioned striped deck-chairs at their
coastal resorts with more modern fold-up chairs,
which makes good sense, but is yet another
example of how our seaside holidays have
changed over the years. And a fight to put up the
old chair without trapping a finger was all part of
the fun, as were the old saucy post cards that it
was obligatory to send to all your friends and
relations (except Aunt Dolly, who always had to
have one with a pretty view) and have virtually
died out, due to the immense increase in the price
of postage stamps.
In the old days it seemed that anyone who took a
sea-side or country holiday was expected to not
only send cards, but to special friends, examples of
local specialities, such as a box of bloaters or
kippers from Great Yarmouth or pots of clotted
cream from anywhere in Devon.
Of course the herring fisheries have long since left
Great Yarmouth, but many visitors to the east
coast still like to take their folks a Cromer crab or
two.
For a brief while after the Second World War,
when flying abroad became popular, people
packed their cases for the return trip with such
presents as pine-apples and other exotic foods, but
baggage restrictions largely changed all that.
But the custom of taking back presents still
persists, albeit on a smaller scale, so that gifts of
licquorice from Pontefract, mints from Kendal,
and sticks of rock from almost everywhere still
help to keep the economy going. (Ed: Fudge from
Devon? Although, that which we get now is
nothing like fudge to my mind.)
In these days, when rules and restrictions usually
dont always seem to make sense, it is good to find
an exception, and one is that learner drivers,
provided they are accompanied by a qualified
instructor, will be allowed to drive on motorways.
Hitherto it has always seemed strange that they
have been barred from receiving instruction on the
very place it was most needed a bit like being
taught how to swim without actually getting in the
water. Like every innovation that is announced,
this will not come into effect immediately, but in
2018, but better late than never.
It would be unusual to go through a whole month
without some authorities arguing with each other,
and this time it is the medical profession, on the
subject of anti-biotics. Most doctors tell us that the
full course of these drugs must be completed, even
when a cure seems to have come half-way
through, but the other medics say this is harmful,
and fills our system with unwanted anti-bodies.
What are we to do ? My advice - keep on with the
tablets !
Good afternoon.
Open Day At
Merton Church
On July 30th, St Peters church, Merton, held its
first Open Day for several years. We were
delighted to welcome so many visitors, most from
Watton and the Wayland villages but also some
from as far afield as Stowmarket, Colchester,
Cambridgeshire even Florida! There were
family reunions and meetings of friends old and
new, and it was a delight to see so many people
reminiscing and swapping stories together.
As always, Tony Brooks old photographs of local
places and people - projected onto a screen in the
chancel - excited great interest. A unique
collection of historical artefacts and archaeological
finds was also on display, giving visitors
fascinating insights into earlier times. And a
representative from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust was
on hand to introduce people to some of the flowers
and butterflies that can be found in our beautiful
churchyard.
The weather was (unexpectedly!) fine, so visitors
were able to sit outside with their ploughmans
lunches and teas, enjoying the wonderful view
across Merton Park.
The sale of refreshments, raffle and kind donations
raised just over 700, all of which will go to the
fund for the repair of the church roof. Many thanks
to all those who helped with their time and hard
work - baking cakes, getting the church prepared
and helping on the day. We are especially grateful
for the loan of the historical display, and to Tony
for his invaluable part in the day. And thank you
to all who came along it was the visitors and
their interest that made it such a successful day!
West Norfolk
Aviation Society
Sun 17th September 2.30pm-4.00pm
Aviation Society was George Collins, an authority
on military uniforms and insignia. Mundford
Bowls Club hosted the event, this time, unusually,
on the first Thursday of the month. Georges
service career was chequered; he spent time in all
three services and started to collect memorabilia
on a casual basis at first, but now, in retirement, it
seems to have become an obsession with him. His
depth of knowledge is remarkable and his display
of collectables is equally impressive.
It seems strange to some of us that others have this
predilection for collecting specialised artefacts and
its intriguing where the habit fits into the human
psyche but, it seems, we should be grateful they
do, if only to keep history alive. George finished
his two hour presentation with an apology for not
mentioning one aeroplane; we absolved him and
gave him a round of applause. We also, as usual,
thanked our hosts, Val and Len, for their
hospitality and gastronomic delights. We also
thanked - und ve vill say zis only vunce - in order
to avoid repetition in the future: Gordon Corke on
raffle, Andrew Barnes on projector and, compere
for the evening, Alan Badgery.
Also, on Thursday 20th of July, at the very kind
invitation of Mo Truss and Chris Stone of the
Methwold History Group, our society was invited
to one of their meetings for a viewing of a piece of
navigational equipment called a bubble sextant.
The provenance of the instrument started when it
was used by 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF
bomb group operating out of Methwold during
WW2. It eventually found its way back to
Methwold History Group as a result of a kind
gesture by some of Mos Dutch friends. If theres
anybody out there with personal experience of
these devices were sure that Chris and Mo would
be delighted to hear from them. For more
information please visit our website:
westnorfolkaviationsociety.org.uk
Diabetes UK
Our August meeting was a "Coffee & Chat" meeting.
We hold these so that our members can talk about
things that we do not have time to talk about at our
usual meetings. One of the things we discussed was
a river trip we are hoping to go on next year. Finer
details are yet to be sorted, but the general opinion is
that is a very good idea.
Also at the meeting, we had two extremely lovely
people visit us. Geoff & Rachel Ray have been an
enormous asset to our group over the past few years
and we, like many others, are sorry that they are
going to retire. They will both be sorely missed. We
presented them with a card and gift as a thank you for
all they have done. We wish them well in their
future and a long and happy retirement.
At our next meeting we hope to have Eirlys Johnson,
from Eirlys Johnson Funeral Services, as our
speaker. The meeting will start at 10.15am on
Monday 11th September, at the Pentecostal Church,
Watton, who we thank for the generous use of their
facilities. For any information about the group, or
our meetings, please phone 01953 884713, leave a
message and I will get back to you. Or you can
email rjwhrt56@btinternet.com
Whats on at St
Marys Church
Open Church: The Church will be open Wed 10.30-
3.00pm & Thurs 10-12.30pm. You are welcome to
come into church to enjoy the peace and tranquillity,
say a prayer & light a candle, or just to look round.
Church members will welcome you and serve
refreshments.
The August Winner of the 100 Club Draw Number
72 Jimmy Johnson
Thurs 31st August 3-5.00pm Messy Church at St
Marys Church, Watton. All age fun, friendship food,
crafts and games. Children please bring an adult.
Thurs 7th September 10-12noon Thursday Chat a
social coffee morning at St Mary's, Watton, all are
welcome Fri 8th September at 7.30pm Dance to
1940s music with Timescape in the marquee on St
Marys Church Green. Tickets 8.00, from Adcocks
Shop or the Church Office
Sat 9th September 10am Military
Vehicle Day and Community Event
with the Royal British Legion on St
Marys Church Green. To book a stall
or for more information please contact
Helen Daly 01953 885124 or Paul
Weatherill 01953 884213.
Mon 11th 18th & 25th September
9.30am Story Bags at St Marys Church
for parents and preschool children
during term time only.
Sat 16th September 7.00pm Inaugural
Organ Recital by Julian Haggett on the
Rebuilt Organ. Free entry, donations
welcome for the continuing musical
education of the Young Choristers.
Caf Stop at The Blenheim
Centre, Tedder Close, Watton. Crafts
for all the family, free refreshments.
Sat 23rd September 6.15pm Caf
opens at St Marys for Watton
Community Cinema 7.15pm Screening
Beauty & The Beast
Sat 30th Sept 3-4.30pm Harvest Cream
Tea 2.50 Raffle, Produce, Come along
and view the Harvest floral decorations,
whilst enjoying tea and cake
Simply Breathe
A fourth series of Simple Breathe,
(simple breathing exercises), will be
held in the Watton Library for 6
weeks, starting on Wednesday 6th
September for 6 weeks until the 11th
october.
Learn how to:- Reduce Anxiety and
Stress; Relax your mind; Enhance
your Wellbeing; Improve sleep
Attendees have made improvements
in each of these areas and have found
the sessions very worthwhile.
The six sessions are being run in
association with the Watton Library to
run alongside the Healthy Libraries
project, to help people lead improved
lifestyles.
The new sessions are held on
Wednesday evenings from 5.30 pm
6.30 pm at Watton library and cost 7,
(6 for anyone receiving income
based benefits). Booking is essential.
Please call Watton Library on 01953-
881671 or email
jillrobertsuk@yahoo.co.uk
if you have any questions.
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In your garden
With Lotta Potts
It doesnt seem very long since either the
beginning of the year or even this time last
year. It must be something to do with the
fact that you have more information
sculling around in your head the older you
get. I bet Methuselah had a terrible time.
We had a pretty mundane lot of weather in
August too hot, then too wet, then so it
goes on but this years summer wasnt that
much different from last years or 2015s.
Perhaps we should just plan for a lousy
August and work round it. I had a quick
look at my new little RHS book, which is
no longer so new and there it was for
September not much in the way of snow
apart from the summit of Ben Nevis. I told
you before that they are obsessed with the
stuff.
September very often seems like the end of
things and if you grow food then harvesting
drifts to a close by the end of the month
unless you are very clever and have seedlings
to plant in soil left from harvest. Geoff
Hamilton was a whiz for this, even
demonstrating how it could be done even in a
small plot. I remember his series on creating
various types of small gardens and always
seemed to have a pot of something at the right
stage to pop into a gap. I have tried, really I
have but always ended up with plants that
have exhausted the resources in their pots and
are busily dying or have not really got started
and die of fright when introduced to a big,
wide world of soil and no restricting pots. I
am determined that this year I shall cheat.
There must be some veg seedlings on sale
somewhere.
So what else should we be doing? Staying
on planting, bizarrely autumn and spring
bulbs are for planting now. There are those
really posh autumn crocus and colchicums
with large crocus-like flowers. They are on
sale late summer to early autumn and have
to be planted right away as they will
commence flowering. Their real party-
piece is that they can just get on with it if
left on a window-sill. They have to be
planted afterwards but look stunning, even
magical. How does anything grow and
produce large flowers without compost or
water? Plant spring flowering bulbs except
tulips. The narcissus family need an
amazingly long time to establish roots
before the leaves appear in early spring but
tulips are best left until later - November to
the end of December is ideal.
Add new winter-flowering and spring-
flowering plants to the border. Divide
herbaceous perennials while the soil is still
warm. Theres always a debate as to
whether this should be done in autumn or
spring so we have to assume that either
season will do. Tall examples should be
staked or tied in before autumnal gales.
A lot of pruning can still be done -
anything out of place and the usual dead,
weak or diseased branches. Prune late-
summer flowering shrubs and give
evergreen hedges and conifers a final trim
to make sure they are in shape for winter.
However, this is a generalisation and its as
well to check the labels. If the weather is
already autumnal, you can now plant and
move shrubs and trees without having to
worry excessively about their survival and
establishment. Shrubs planted now will get
off to a flying start next spring, as they will
have had all winter to settle in.
Climbing roses can be pruned once they
have finished flowering; sideshoots from
the main branches can be cut back to a
couple of buds. Any dead, diseased or
spindly growth should be cut out and new
young shoots tied in to the supports, from
the base. If there is an old, thick and
woody, unproductive stem, it can be
removed from the base to stimulate more
vigorous growth. Dont do this to roses
you have grown for hips!
Take semi-ripe cuttings of evergreen
shrubs. Take hardwood cuttings of roses,
choosing well-ripened, healthy shoots.
These should be about 12 (or 30cm in new
money), make a slit in the ground with a
spade and put in the cuttings right way up
about 9 (22cm) apart. Leave them alone
for a year. Some of them will root and its
as well to plant them somewhere out of the
way so they dont get disturbed.
Bulbs and tubers that have finished
flowering and are not winter-hardy should
be removed from the ground. This tends to
depend on whether or not theres a frost as
many of the more tender plants, such as
dahlias and cannas, will carry on. Its a
shame to waste any flowers and some
people leave them in with a bit of
protection. If lifting them, store in trays of
compost or sand. Theres always
disagreement as to whether the storage
medium should be kept moist or dry. Frost
-free is always a good idea.
With all the harvesting going on at this time
of year, you'll be producing a lot of 'waste'.
Potato haulm, sweetcorn stalks and brassica
stems. Of course, to the gardener, there is no
waste, just compost material. If you have the
use of a shredder, it's well worth shredding
the more woody materials. It's amazing how
quickly shredded materials rot down
compared with normal. The shredded pile is
heating up before you have even got it to the
heap. If you don't have a shredder, try
bashing thick brassica stalks with a large
hammer. It will break them up enough to get
them rotted down in one go.
Collect and sow seed from perennials and
hardy annuals. Alternatively just let them get
on with it and seed about where they will.
The results are interesting to say the least and
the self-sown survivors always do much
better than fresh out of the packet ones. I
now have an interesting selection of
sunflowers and cosmos. I cant remember
when I sowed seeds of either. They really are
tough, even though theyre only supposed to
be half-hardy. Violas do well. I did try seeds
once but they werent a great success so I
usually buy plants to put in pots and baskets
in late spring. Dead-heading is not my
favourite occupation so their seeds escape
and they do like a crack in paving! It cheers
up an otherwise dull path.
Lawns need a lot of attention at this time of
year. Starting with new ones now is the
time to sow seed as long as the area has been
well prepared. This takes the form of
clearing weeds and stones, levelling, treading
firm, raking and sowing then raking again to
cover at least some of the seed. Watering will
be needed unless it rains nicely. If its a
monsoon cross your fingers! On the other
hand wait until October and plant turf. Either
way keep off it until next year.
Established lawns should be raked over to
remove thatch the combination of moss and
mowings that have accumulated. This is a
good workout for you and the lawn. It then
should be spiked every couple of years on our
sandy soil. Clay needs it more often. A bit
more exercise for the gardener as it means
poking the tines of the fork into the lawn,
wiggling about and doing this every few
inches. Machines will do both tasks and (I
believe) can be hired. Feed with low-
nitrogen formula to toughen up the grass for
winter. Then top-dress with about quarter of
an inch of fine soil or a compost mix and
spread it with a yard brush. Some of it will
go into the holes that you created with the
spiking and the worms will do the rest. Now
you are exhausted but you dont have to do it
all at once spread it out over the month or
until October or better still pay someone else
to do it.
Last but not at all least - keep on weeding!
Shipdham &
District Book
Group
The meeting on 16th August began with a
delicious al fresco lunch at the home of a
generous member and her husband. After
partaking of superb food we revived our
brains and discussed At The Edge of the
Orchard by Tracy Chevalier.Members gave
donations towards our hosts upcoming
Macmillan coffee morning
The early chapters reveal a dark story. In
1838 James and Sadie Goodenough have left
the prosperous family farm in Connecticut for
the inhospitable wetlands of Ohio where they
try to grow apple tree as a requirment of their
land grant. They are beset by problems and
tragedy. Five of their ten children die, James
is obsessed by apples, partly from necessity,
while Sadie hates them although finding
solace in the alcoholic spirit Applejack.
Further tragedy follows. Their youngest son,
nine year old Robert escapes, and the reader
reads of his perilous adventures until he
becomes involved with a plant hunter,
William Lob (who actually existed),in finding
giant redwoods and sequoias. There is still
more tragedy but also some remarkable
coincidences and the possibility of a happier
life to come.
The discussion was very interesting, to such
an extent that the one person who had given
up half way through decided to go home and
finish the book. All agreed that it showed the
hardship and fragility of existence in the
opening up of America. The characters were
well portrayed although not all likable. It was
well researched, with the occasional
anomoly, most notably one on breast feeding.
The darkness and tragedies did not make for
light relief. We were glad that we had read it
as it opened our eyes to struggles easily
overlooked.
For our September meeting we are reading
Anne of Green Gables by L. M.
Montgomery.
Ashill and Holme
Hale Garden Club
Bob Coutts, retired Head Gardener at
Somerleyton Hall, always brings a wealth
of practical knowledge and advice to his
talks. So his return July visit to speak about
'Keeping the Garden Going' was greatly
appreciated. In addition to answering many
questions from the audience of 71 members
Bob had tips on a wide range of gardening
topics from lawns, vegetables, fruit, pots
and baskets to shrubs, roses and herbaceous
borders. In fact, there was far too much
information to reproduce here, but one or
two are worth a mention.
The best time to apply weedkiller to lawns
is early in the year when the weeds are
actively growing. Mow lawns regularly but
not too short - to 1" for most lawns.
Water pots and baskets regularly even if it
has rained. Those in greenhouses or
conservatories are best watered in the
morning when you can feel whether they
are in need. Feed every week (ignoring
instructions on the pack) but if the soil/
compost is very dry water then feed the
next day.
Cut off the old foliage on strawberry plants
because new leaves provide for a better
crop of fruit in the following year. Also,
unless these are new plants in their first
year, remove all runners.
Lavender will always become woody
eventually and it is advisable to take soft
wood cuttings and replace old stock every
few years. Cuttings from any plant should
be watered only once until the roots appear
and don't leave them in direct sunlight.
Cuttings from plants with hairy leaves,
such as geraniums, should not be covered.
Finally, if you intend to lift and divide
herbaceous plants when they are dormant
in the autumn or early spring, remember to
label them with details of height and colour
whilst they are flowering.
We ran out of time for any more questions
but fortunately that means we will have to
invite Bob to return in the future.
For members who joined our visit to Dale
Farm on 19th July but may not have been
at the July meeting you will be pleased to
hear that the total raised for charity from
our entrance fees and sale of plants etc was
over 600.
What's on in the next 3 months:
Thursday 28th September Tom West 'An
Introduction to Arboriculture'
Thursday 26th October David Boulton
'Garden Wildlife'
Thursady 23rd November Barry Gayton
'Weird and Wonderfuls of the Plant
Kingdom'
Thompson
10/5k Run
Thompson Millennium Green committee is
organising a 10/5K run on Sunday 1st
October at 10.00 am, to raise money for the
upkeep of the green. It will be on a figure
of eight course with many varying terrains.
There will also be medals for all entrants,
refreshments in the village hall and a free
Fun Run for Juniors around the green. The
run is a affiliated with England Athletics.
Find the entry information on line at
Eventbrite searching for Thompson run.
We will be pleased to see all standards of
runners.
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Regional Recognition
For Local Project
The Wayland Partnership Growing Together Project came to a
close at the end of July after a truly amazing 12 month run.
Thanks must go to the Peoples Post Code Lottery for funding,
and the Wayland Partnership for the vision of an environmental
initiative for the area. Almost 600 people have been involved
across community projects and the highly successful Acorn Fair
held in January.
July 18th saw Trevor Bunce and myself Pam Morgan (pictured
right) attending the prestigious Norfolk Biodiversity Awards
which each year acknowledges and celebrates voluntary efforts
to improve wildlife, and encourage greater community
engagement with conservation. The Saham Toney Wells Cole
Community Project received a Highly Commended award and
was runner up to Sprowston Town Council.
This well-deserved award for the people of Saham was the icing
on the cake for the Growing Together Project which has re-
invigorated and breathed new life into many existing Millennium
Projects in our Wayland Villages. We have also worked in
partnership with Norfolk Wildlife Trust on their County Wildlife
Action Plan, churchyard wildflower surveys, and created from
scratch a wildlife area for the community of Saham Toney.
Much has been achieved for wildlife and conservation in Watton
and the Wayland district during this project. There has been no
shortage of commitment, enthusiasm, and fun for all involved with
communities and our treasured wildlife all coming out winners.
Sustainability and continuity are now the watch words for all
our projects as I step aside as Outreach Worker. My key
objective was to set a few seeds and hope that giant Oaks
from little acorns might grow and flourish, indeed they have.
Pamela Morgan, Outreach Worker, Wayland Partnership

Wayland Mens Shed. The old

School House, Church Walk
We have attended our second year at The annual "Wayland Show", this year five
of our members Harry Moult, Brian Dyson, Ron Payne, Jeff Heath and Alan
Dockray all took a turn at our stand in the Health and Wellbeing Marque, they all
seemed to have an enjoyable day with lots of interest and enquiries. Our
membership is now almost at 50 and with requests for membership reaching 2 to 3
a month we may soon have to consider putting a limit on the total membership we
can accept, this is a difficult decision to have to make after spending the last 18
months trying to recruit members!
Our Workshop is now up and running with our workshop supervisor David
Gambrell and one or two of our other members putting in a lot of hard work over
the past months sorting all the Tools and equipment and getting the electrical items
PAT tested with a lot of help from "Dave Galvin Electrical Testing Service" this
job is now finally nearing the end.
As usual Our Social Secretary Malcolm Trayhorn has been busy, with a visit to 10
Pin Bowling in Dereham. Several members attended our outing to Duxford for
their main event of the year, and lastly but not least our Quiz + Fish and Chip
evening on 28th July with 38 members, partners and friends turning up for a September, hopefully we are now more prepared in the event one of our members
bumper evening of Quiz and corny jokes (sorry Malcolm). becomes ill. Well its time for me to finish or I will rabbit on for ever, but for some
Our bi-weekly visit to a local pub for lunch is also becoming a regular fixture on important news our web site is now up and running: www.waylandmensshed.com
our calendar usualy on on a Wednesday around 12.30pm with more members Our revised Mens Shed Video Has now been approved and will soon be uploaded
turning up each time to enjoy the luvly Pub grub. onto our web site. Many thanks to Elliott Gillespie for all the work producing the
Jeff Heath and John Bunning our resident Computer gurus have been busy in their Video. You can e mail us on: waylandmensshed@gmail.com Enquiries;Tel: 01953
workshop fixing lots of widgets and didgets and refurbishing some computers that 881004, (Richard Adams). We are open Mondays and Wednesdays: 10am to 2pm
have been donated to us, we usualy sell these to the public or on ebay it helps to pay & Saturdays: 10am to 12pm. Remember "The Kettle is always on" so pop in for a
our bills. Thursday 10th August: Was WMS First Aid Training Day with 11 cuppa! PS: Many thanks to Brian Lawrence for Fitting all the new Drain Pipes on
members attending from 9.30am to 3pm, a 2nd course is being arranged in our the Hall.

Breckland Cats Protection Biodynamic Massage : An

You may recall that I recently wrote about Dora, a cat in our care who
suffered a collar injury, due to an ill fitting collar. Dora managed to get
her front leg through the collar, causing a large split to occur where her
leg meets her body.
Ed: Poor Dora's injury was
so awful I could not print a
picture of her.
She was seen several times
by our vet, who tried to
stitch the split together, but
because it is a moving joint,
the stitches just pulled out
again. The only solution he
could recommend was to
remove the front leg. This is
a bit drastic because there is
nothing wrong with her leg, so Dora was referred to a specialist centre
where they have a Soft Tissue department. She is now receiving oxygen
treatment which means she is put into a hyperbaric chamber several
times a day where she receives 100% oxygen at 1.5 - 3 times normal
atmospheric pressure.
This treatment enhances wound healing and Dora is doing very well. It
is hoped that the wound will heal enough to allow them to stitch it back
together. All the nurses at the hospital love Dora, as she is so friendly
and purrs all the time, despite the ordeal she is going through.
However, this specialist treatment is likely to run into several thousand
pounds and we are therefore appealing for funds to help us pay for
Dora.
We have a Just Giving site on our facebook page - Cats Protection
Breckland, or you could send a cheque to Wendy Raphael, 113 Bury
Road, Thetford, IP24 3DQ, or you can ring me on 01842 815550.
The photograph is of Dora in her pen at the hospital, where she looks
very comfortable. For help or advice, or assistance with the cost of
neutering, please call us on 01842 810018. Rita Thompson.
Alternative Approach To
Well Being
Im just not feeling quite right or Im a little under the weather
may be phrases that we utter when there is no obvious diagnosable
reason. Equally life events and experiences may subconsciously
weigh heavy with us and create stress related symptoms such as
headaches, aches and pains, anxiety, or insomnia and so on.
Biodynamic massage is a deep form of psychotherapeutic massage
which is concerned with the integration of all aspects of an
individual within their life, physically, emotionally, intellectually
and spiritually. Developed in the 1960s in Norway by Gerda
Boyesen, a physiotherapist and psychologist, therapists work with
an understanding that psychological issues can impact the flow of
energy through the body. Biodynamic massage seeks to address
emotional and psychological blockages that may be having a
physical impact on the body and creating the feeling of
unwellness. Biodynamic massage is used for rebalancing the
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, relaxation, ache
and pain relief, releasing toxins, anxiety, arthritis, depression, ME,
learning difficulties, feeling under the weather, improving breathing
and self-development and awareness.
The therapist uses a range of different massage techniques and
intuitive non-verbal communication in order to release repressed
energies to create a new balance within oneself. The treatment is
very individual to each person and the therapist will take time to
understand the current health and feeling of wellbeing or otherwise
as well as what they want from the massage.
Biodynamic massage is now available from Wayland Wellness
Clinic in Watton with complementary therapist Susan Leet. To find
out more about biodynamic massage or to book an appointment,
contact the clinic on 01953 886860 or visit 8 Thetford Road,
Watton, Norfolk, IP25 6FA.
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The Wayland News September 2017 Page 7
Inner Wheel
Summer Treats
During the summer months members of the
Inner Wheel club of Watton like to be out and
about rather than being at meetings indoors. The
first event was our annual Club Outing on June
29th when a party of 36 members, husbands and
friends set off by coach for a day at the Suffolk
seaside.
We set out in good spirits on a rather grey
morning but as we progressed there were
murmurs of here comes the sun and by the
time we reached our first stop the sun was
shining. Coffee in the cafe at the Wyevale
garden centre in Woodbridge was much
appreciated as was the opportunity to browse
and even buy
We were joined here by our guide for the day,
Jan, from City and Village Tours, she is
extremely knowledgeable about the area and
pointed out many points of interest as the
journey progressed through the leafy lanes of
Suffolk towards the sea.
We passed through Orford, Snape Maltings and
on to Aldeburgh where there was time to visit comical postcards (not all of them rude!) and to discuss and learn about their various roles.
the ancient Moot Hall or simply have a stroll on even a cream tea by the boating lake. A cheerful, noisy event as friends from other
the beach or patronise one of the many huts You will not be surprised to know that the clubs are greeted and successes and problems
selling fish, fresh or smoked. A few intrepid journey home was quiet as people enjoyed a are aired and resolved.
members even had time for a paddle! Then it snooze after all that sea air and sunshine. Inner Wheel is an organisation with District,
was time for lunch and where else to go than Back in Watton tired but happy after a National and International responsibilities and
Dunwich and the famous Flora Tearooms for thoroughly enjoyable day. it is at these events that members can become
fish and chips, bread and butter and tea. A real On Thursday 13th July club members taking aware of how their club can participate.
East Anglian tradition. on the various officer roles for the club went In August, President Lesley Cowling is
A short journey passing through the scenic to the Park hotel at Diss for the annual organising an Outing to Lexham Hall and
village of Thorpeness with it's eccentric houses Officers Assembly. This is when Presidents, gardens so more enjoyment to come.
and we were at Southwold. Some of the party Vice Presidents, Treasurers, Secretaries, If you would like to find out more about Inner
went on a tour of the town with Jan while others International Officers and Club Wheel please ring me on 01953 881792.
enjoyed a walk along the pier, a look at the Correspondents from all over the District meet Brenda Davis

heart, with passion and a great

Watton Rotary
Roundup
The speaker at our meeting at the end of July
was Pat Alker, who has been running a charity
called Project Dukem with her husband for over
10 years. Originally based in. the North
Yorkshire, Pat is now based in Brundall and
when not fundraising she is a regular visitor to
Ethiopia to oversee the many Project Dukem
activities.
Named after the town of Dukem, where Pat first
saw the need for a school for HIV/Aids orphans,
abused and disadvantaged children, the charity
funds a programme not just for a school building
and a teacher but also for clean water and a
lunch each school day - You cant teach hungry
children. The education the children receive
enable them to attend high school at the age of
11 and then qualify at the age of 14 so that they
become employable.
Pat came dressed in an Ethiopian robe, and is
one of those people who can speak from the
clarity based on her personally
experiences. One of our members
present said that it was the best
presentation of its kind he had the
pleasure of listening to; he and
other members made ad hoc cash
donations to her cause, adding to
the 200 cheque our President
was pleased to present to her from
our Trust Fund. (Picture:
President Martin with Pat)
We thoroughly recommend Pat
Alker to other organisations as a
speaker - on Project Dukem or on
any one of a number other topics
she has to offer. Contact her via
email: p.p.alke02@gmail.com. Tickets Jazz at the
We have booked a stall on Carnival Day - Queens Hall with
Sunday 3rd September - with our ever popular DixieMix on 6th
Straw Draw and a chance to win up to 50 cash October will be
on our Game of Squares. The latter will also available from
feature on our stall at the Military Vehicles/ Adcocks by the end of
British Legion day the following Saturday. August.

ADL the final four matches against Dereham St Nicholas,

Watton (Loch Neaton)
Bowls Club
Ron Harrells Presidents day started in wet conditions with
the sun gradually showing through later on. Kevin Simpson
was the lucky winner of the bottle of whisky when bowling
for the spider. In the afternoon game there were 8 triples
competing, with the declared 21-10 winners being Rons
son Michael an ex Bengeo bowls club member from
Hertfordshire with Wattons Jim Adams, another old
Bengeo player, and skip John Hunter. Approximately 80
was raised on the day for the childrens charity EACH .
The league matches this season have not gone Wattons
way, despite the players always trying their very best. In
the EBA the last three matches against Ashill, Mundford
and Northwold all resulted in 0-5 defeats. Likewise in the
Connaught Ash, Swaffham A and Mundford B there
were no wins to celebrate. In the ACL an away win at
Scole was a very good result. Unfortunately Watton were
then losers against Diss District, Diss Causeway and
Shropham Red.
In the Anniversary Triples eight teams were competing
with the ultimate undefeated winners on shot difference
being skip Graham Vellam with Pat Prior and Jim Adams.
Forthcoming home matches and events to note in
Spetember: Saturday 02 Club finals open singles & 4 wood
pairs, morning and afternoon; Monday An extra special
meeting for the way ahead 2018; Thursday 07 Ashby
Shield against Bradenham; Wednesday club event followed
by fish & chips supper; Sunday 24 end of season closing
day. The weekly Saturday coffee mornings will then
resume at the end of September.

St Andrews Church Watton Societys

(Bradenham) Cleaning
CHURCH CLEANING ON Wednesday 6th September 2017 AT 10.00
onwards. We will be focusing on things both inside and out. Here are
some ways you can help: Polishing, washing window sills, dusting,
cleaning pews, tidying hedges, etc. So, please bring along any cleaning
equipment that could help, including: cloths, dusters, polish, brushes,
hedge trimmers etc.
Dates for your diary! Friends of St Andrews Church would also like to
tell you about some exciting events coming up: A car treasure hunt -
Sunday 29th October 2017 fun for all the family, by using your car, to
follow the clues around the local area. A prize for the winner. Entry fee
per car. Further details to follow.
In the spring 2018 a fashion show. Again, details to follow.
These events are to raise money to repair the stain glass windows in St
Andrews Church . All are welcome to our next meeting on Monday 18th
September 2017 at 7.30pm in the village hall (committee room).
Grim Tales
Watton Society had its second summer
outing to St. Mary's Church, Houghton-on-
the-Hill. This church is a must to visit
again and again. A splendid talk was given
on the history relating to Bob finding the
building, the renovation and inside magical
finds. Well attended evening, enjoyed by
all.
Our next meeting is the first one of our
winter programme. Wednesday 20th
September 7.45pm at Watton Christian
Community Centre. The speaker will be
historian Neil Storey "Grim tales and Dark
Deeds in Norfolk".
All are welcome. Look out for the posters.
The Wayland News September 2017 Page 8
ENORMOUS
polar bear from
Griston looking
for a new home
The recent Grand Second Hand Book
Sale at Griston Church raised a fantastic
778.64 towards our Heating Fund, so
THANK YOU to everyone who came
and supported us, and the dedicated team
of volunteers who ran it. We hope you
and your families enjoy your purchases.
We are now busily preparing for the final
book sale of the year, which will be on
Saturday 7th October. This time around,
with the festive season approaching, the
theme is Gifts & Crafts. We will have
handmade gifts for sale including
clothing, household items, and
decorations, plus the raw ingredients to
make your own such as beads, ribbons,
and card blanks. There will be a teddy
tombola, plus we are raffling an
ENORMOUS polar bear a stuffed one!
We are also offering for sale beautifully
packaged new and pre-loved gifts,
starting at just one pound. All this as well
as HUNDREDS of second hand books,
with no book costing more than 1, and
all a different selection to last time, with
a larger than usual choice of crafting and
seasonal titles. There will of course be
refreshments and whole cakes and
savouries for sale, plus fresh filled rolls.
We aim to cater for all dietary
requirements, including low fat, gluten,
and dairy free. Seating will be available,
so come along for a chance to have a
chat in lovely surroundings, with a hot
drink and a good book.
More volunteers are always welcome, so
please get in touch if you could give us
an hour or two of your time. All
donations are gratefully received; we can
collect if its easier for you. Many
thanks, Caroline & Keith 880153.

Museum complimentary prize draw and

opens its
doors for
the first
time
The Museum 4 Watton group
will be opening its museum
premises to the public for the
first time on Carnival day,
Sunday September 3rd from
11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Chairman of the Trustees
explained: We have had a
pop-up museum in the High
Street on carnival day for the
last two years, but felt that
this year, we would like to
show our premises in
Wayland Hall to the public
along with a few of the items
from our collection. He
stressed that this is a one-off
event to enable the public to
see the grade 2 listed building
prior to the opening of the
museum in Spring 2018.
The group plan a varied day,
with free tea and coffee, a
a display of items relating to
the Town, including some of
the Court Baron Minutes
dating from the 1600s and
other documents relating to the
Church and clock tower, along
with a few other items from
their collection. Children (and
others!) will be able to handle
Roman pottery and other
items, and there will be a
recording of the first ever live
TV broadcast from an
aeroplane, made at RAF
Watton in 1955 to enjoy whilst
taking the weight off your feet.
The museum will be in
Wayland Hall (the Town
Hall) in the Market Place,
next to the newly reopened
Kings Arms.
Members of the group will be
present to chat to anyone, and
they hope to meet people who
want to join them or who
have items relating to Watton
or the surrounding Villages
which they would like to
donate or lend to the
Museum. The group may be
contacted on
info@museumforwatton.org.uk
or @MuseumForWatton.

Lunch Club met at The Chequers, Thompson this

Watton Evening WI
What a delight to see so many of you at the Charity
Fun Day & Dog Show. It was so lovely speaking to
you all and the doggies all behaved, especially after
visiting our stall to get a Doggie Bran Tub Lucky Dip
(chews and toys) a great reward. A fun day was had
by all.
Lord and Lady Warpole welcomed WI members from
all over Norfolk to visit Mannington Hall & Gardens
recently where Norfolk Federation held a Garden
Party with Afternoon Tea. The weather was glorious
and we walked around the extensive gardens also
being invited to view the ground floor of the Hall and
private gardens. This was followed by Afternoon Tea
sitting under the many huge trees shading us from the
sun. This was an enjoyable event where we chatted to
so many other members and friends.
Another evening practice was held at a members
home in preparation for our forthcoming Boules
match against Thompson in order to fine tune our
skills. Much laughter was had by the Team and
members who came to support them.
month and we were served by friendly staff and we
are sure to return.
The Walking Group met at Queens Hall and then
drove to Wretham where the walk, part of Peddars
Way, commenced to Thompson.
Our Craft Group have also held some evening
sessions in order for all members to be able to attend.
The Carnival items are all prepared and so our minds
are focused on the Festive Market. Members are
learning new crafts and items are now being produced
amidst chatting and putting the world to rights and of
course much laughter.
At our next meeting, 14th September, we are looking
forward to hearing Annie Munston who will speak on
the subject of the Womens Refuge. Should you wish
to visit us as a guest (guest fee 3.50) on that night
please make yourself known and we will be pleased
to welcome you. If you would like to find out more
please contact our President Anita on 01953 882151
or Secretary Carole on 01953 881006 who will be
pleased to speak to you. Meetings are held in the
WCCC and start at 7.30pm on the 2nd Thursday of
the month. We hope to see you there.
The Wayland News September 2017 Page 9
On the air
By Ken Knowles
It is not generally known, but throughout my
life I have been intimately involved in
broadcasting. Not as a technician, musician,
performer or actor, but as a listener, which
means that I have provided the most important
service to the radio industry that there is, since
without listeners there would be no point.
My involvement began when I was just a wee
lad by my dad inviting me to listen to an
earphone which was connected to a small
contraption that I now know was called a
crystal set, through which I heard a dim voice,
apparently produced by a magic
thing dad said was a cats whisker.
It needed no battery or power
source, though the signal was so
weak that it was really no more
than a novelty to most people.
My first taste of real wireless (no
-one in my circle of life ever called
it radio until many years later
despite the fact that we bought the
Radio Times) began when my dad
acquired a proper set, although
initially it inflicted a kind of torture
to my mother and me, since it had
three wave bands - long, medium
and short, and for the first few
weeks dad would spend hours
attempting to find distant stations.
Unfortunately most of his efforts
merely produced static interference
and oscillations, although he
remained oblivious to our
discomfort.
Since at that time we were not
connected to the electricity system
the new set had to be powered by
an accumulator, which was a thick-
glass walled jar containing acid,
which held an electrical charge for
a limited period.
This jar contained two red and two
green tiny balls and a chemical re-
action caused the red ones to rise
to the top whenever a new charge
was required, at which point it was
my task to carry the whole thing to
the local garage, where it would be
hooked up to a generator for about
three days until the green balls
were in the ascendant, showing
that it was again ready for use.
Obviously we kept a spare for
use in the meantime.
Fortunately within a couple of
years we were connected to the
mains electricity supply and
listening became simpler,
although another new set was
needed.
My first memories of actually
listening-in (as it was known for
many years) was tuning to
Childrens Hour to enjoy
Toytown and the ministrations
of Uncles Mac, David and
various other relations.
The general run of programmes
followed the rather stuffy mode
of the BBC that prevailed at that
time, such as the earliest
deejay, Christopher Stone,
who will now present a
programme of gramophone
records, hardly a recognisable
introduction to the ears of
modern audiences.
But things were about to change
and two new shows appeared
with a much relaxed method of
presentation - Band Wagon and
Monday Night at Seven, the first
of these being a mixture of
interviews, sketches and light
entertainment, and introduced the
comical doings of Arthur Askey
and Richard Murdoch in their
pretended occupation of a flat at
the top of Broadcasting House,
this being a complete break from
the usual BBC output, while the
other was a magazine-type
programme containing regular
items such as a quiz, topical news
items, and even a short detective
story (Inspector Hornleigh
Investigates) in which the
listeners were invited to spot
where the criminal went wrong,
though as there were no phone-
ins in those days, any of our
successful sleuthing remained un
-publicised.
These two were also probably the
first programmes to be graced by
their own especially composed
signature tunes, this idea soon
becoming the norm for any
shows that were shown regularly.
While these light-hearted
presentations quickly established
themselves as the most popular,
drama also took its turn and
inspired versions in serial form
of first the Count of Monte
Christo, and then Les Miserables
ensured that people were
determined not to miss an
episode, while the Adventures of
Paul Temple (a detective)
provided a lighter but exciting
alternative.
Then the Second World War
broke out and heralded a
complete change in broadcasting,
with the BBC becoming much
lighter in content with the accent
on entertaining the troops and
munitions factory workers, and
one of the most popular shows
was Its That Man
Again(ITMA) which caused an
outbreak of the use of catch-
phrases throughout the country,
such as Can I do you now, sir ?
or I dont mind if I do, which,
at the time seemed hilarious,
though hearing a recording ten
years later I was forced to admit
was less than funny.
Although the most listened to
programme was the six oclock
news, but it no longer ended with
the Fat Stock Prices, or a
Shipping Weather Forecast, since
the latter might give help to
enemy aircraft, but it introduced
the custom of having the
announcer introducing himself by
name, so that soon such as Bruce
Belfrage, Stuart Hibbert and
Alvar Liddell became almost
household words.
It is often written of how
Londoners helped to brave the
Blitz by listening to such
programmes while in their air
raid shelters, but this was not
strictly true, since as enemy
bombers approached the capital
the radio would be faded out,
often just before the sirens were
sounded.
Following the entry of the
Americans to the war, and with
the arrival of their troops in
England, yet another change in
broadcasting took place, with
many of their own comedy shows
being aired, as well as items from
all their leading dance and swing
bands.
My listening days would be
interrupted by my military
posting overseas, but when I
returned in 1945,
entertainment world had changed
the
completely, with
afternoons devoted to British
Sunday
shows featuring nearly all our
famous comedians, and the
period could rightly be called the
golden age of radio comedy, but
sadly in recent years good shows
of their quality have become
extremely rare, most of the talent
having gone over to television.
With the coming of commercial
stations there seems to have been
a concentration towards music of
all kinds, though there does seem
to have been a general dumbing
down of broadcasting, and while
there are occasional brilliant
exceptions my listening in is
nowhere as exciting as it once
was. Bring back the crystal set !
The
Ovington
Crower
Well thas orl bin happnin in
Ovinton leartly, larst weekend we
hed thet ole rearce down Church
rood fer orl them ole hoom meard
goo carts, spoosed tew bin mearde
owt of scrap.
From wot I saw scrap wos a bit of
a complament but moost onnem
got down tha hill in one piece, sum
dint an hed tew be tunned back on
thar wheels.
I thort tha best bit was watchin
them tryin tew stop at tha end of
tha track, I bet sum onnem went
hoom with tha soles of their boots
fare worn away, thas a gud job boy
David lent us sum o his straw
bales, cos moost onnem hed tew
yewse them to stop, or else tha
people at the low end o Church
rood wood hev hed a rare ole
clecshun of scrap iron in tha
gardins.
Now Ime gooin tew tell yew
suffin wot I thort Id never hef tew Watton Town Council. The Town
say, tha ole Cowncil Chair mawtha
has tunned owt tew be a rare ole
sport. Even Horry hev fell in luv
wi hare, an thets sayin suffin cos
heeze crorsed har path an har
tongue more times than Ire hed hot
dinners.
No, she took on tha job of dewin
tha commtry as orl tha drivers set
orf down tha hill, they give har a
lowd speaker but she dint need it
cos wen she tork lowd yew ken
hear har in Saham. I rekkun she ort
tew dew tha commtry at carrer
rood, but she dunt support tha
Norrige team. Doont know why.
She did a reel gud job an orl, but
thet werent orl, cos wen tha
rearcin wos orl oova an it hed
started tew rearn, we orl went in
tha willage horl fer a bitta grub an
a hot cuppa and watched as the
Chairmawtha set down an hed orl
har hair cut orf for charity. Thet
wos gooin well till Horry jumped
in wi his chain saw runnin, and sed
Howld yew hard, thas my tun tew
hev a goo, I ken cut it a lot shorta
wi this he nigh on cleared tha
room, waving his ole saw around,
dam near smooked tha plearce owt
an orl.
We rekkuned he wos oonly hossin
arownd but yew niva know wi him,
any old how, tha Chairmawtha tuk
tha wind owta his sails wen she say
Goo yew on then Horry, but dunt
cut me ears orf cos they hold my
glasses on well tork abowt larf,
we orl nearly bort our oon beer.
Wen orl har hair wos orf an weed
orl put a bob or tew in har bucket
she dint harf luk diffrunt and Horry
sez tew har he say Cor missus he
say Ive tuk a fancy tew yew, wot
are yew a doing tewnite? Join
tha kew Horry she say.
I fergot tew menshun the willag
horl gang wot leard on a rare ole
passel of grub, wi a BBQ an orl an
tha yewshal tombola an bits an
peeses. Thar did well tew kip orl
tha hunnerts of folk wot tunned up,
fed an wartered.
There wos a little traction engine
on tha meddar tearkin peepal fer
rides, thet went down well an orl.
Cor luk at tha time, thas up
wooden hill next. Dew yew kip a
troshin, see yew nex munth, if Im
spared.
The Royal
British
Legion
It has been a fairly busy month for
the members of The Watton and
District Branch of the RBL. As
usual we had our meeting in The
Hare and Barrel which is starting
to look quite healthy as more
members join us. However as we
have a few people interested in
joining who are not able bodied it
is sad to say but this venue may
have to be changed.
Our lunch club had their lunch at
the sports centre. It was very well
attended with members and their
families. The sports centre gave us
very good service. Our next lunch
club is actually an afternoon tea
with the legion padre at the
vicarage. Let me know if you
would like to attend.
One of the events the legion had a
hand in was the presentation of
The Defence medal to Hilda Smith.
This was in conjunction with
Council hosted the county Lord
Lieutenant Mr Richard Jewson
who had kindly agreed to come
and present the medal with
members of the legion looking on.
To read more about it go to our
blog on our website. It tells you
about things we are doing and have
done so have a look at
www.watton-legion.org.
The Royal British Legion is here to
support past and present members
of the armed forces community.
This support may be given at the
national level or at times the local
level. Locally as we get active
members we can start to provide
more support. Things like telephone
buddies where we give people a call
every so often to give them someone
new to talk to. Home from hospital
visits as a means of helping them
settle back into their home. One of
the main functions is to bring the
legion to everyones attention by
holding legion awareness,
remembrance and fundraising
events. We desperately need more
active members so come along and
join and help us in our work in the
local community.
For help or information contact me
Helen Daly on 01953
885124/07999598691 or e-mail
helen.daly126@tesco.net
NWT
Breckland
Local Group
Apologies for not writing in the
last two months, I had a computer
blip and then a brain blip!
All working again now.
The group had a good morning
exploring Lynford Arboretum with
Paul Newport in July. Not the
busiest time of the year for birds
but its a very nice place to visit
and the trees were looking lovely.
Our outing for September is a
Fungi foray with Dr Tony Leech at
East Wretham Reserve on Sunday
24th from 10am until noon. Meet
at the car park, IP24 1RJ, cost is 2
for members, 3 for non-members.
Booking is essential, ring 01953
717227.
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Watton Churches Together Friendship through the Dance Away at The Queens Hall
St. Marys Church, Watton
www.stmaryswatton.org Follow us @StMarysWatton generations Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Dancing
Open for Visitors Wednesday 10.30 - 3pm By Bea Goulding
Thursday 10-12.30pm. September 2nd 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Today I am looking back on my family especially my mother
If I can be of help to you please do not hesitate to contact me, Rosina Baldwin (later known as "Rosie") who was born in 1915 at October 7th 7.30pm - 10.30pm Admission 4
on 01953 881439, I shall be available at church on Tuesdays No. 1 Harvey Street Watton (now No.4) and to tell you of her very
between 10.30am and 12 noon - Gerry Foster dear friend.
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am: Holy Communion 2nd At the end of the row the Bailey family lived. A post card
Wednesday Morning Worship: Thursdays 5pm - 5.30pm photograph of their children, Audrey and Paul dated 1924, I found
Saturdays 9.30am - 10am Parish Prayers: 5pm - 6pm Pray & Praise in Mum's album.
Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm I remember her saying she felt there was once a pub along this
Tel: 01953 881252 email:wattonchurch@gmail.com row perhaps so, as a pair of very high black gates joined my
Sun 3rd 8.00am Holy Communion grandparents cottage, so my brain tells me maybe for the dray
10.00am Holy Communion delivery (here I am imagining the horses ) usually in my
Sun 10th 8.00am Holy Communion childhood days the gates were closed as it led to the back of all the
10.00am Informal Holy Communion cottages.
Sun 17th 8.00am Holy Communion In the 1950's there was a lovely postman living in the middle
10.00am Holy Communion cottage (No.6) called Mr. Heyhoe, I can picture him still he was
2.30pm Caf Stop at Blenheim Centre always cheerful and whistling.
Sun 24th 8.00am Holy Communion I am assuming the street numbers changed, when a large house
10.00am 4th Sunday at 10 we welcome called the Wayland Club next to my grandparents was demolished
The Ven John Ashe Archdeacon of Lynn and Nelson court was built. The local toilets for the town were
6.30pm Choral Evensong then opposite my grandparents cottage.
Just a few yards away is Harvey House built in 1720 as far as I
know. The family name was Harvey, hence Harvey Street too I
Watton Methodist Church
www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk guess.
Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and Whilst I was growing up this lovely old house was home/
prayer between 10.15am & 11.30am. Its your quiet place. At surgery to Dr. Gregor Shanks (Scottish maybe with a name
10.30am there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large like this). Dr. Mary his wife, also her sister Dr. Sybil were
Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member. known by there Christian names. Doctor Shanks well
Sun 3rd 10.30am Carnival Service remembered in the town by many I guess and honoured where
6.30pm Rev E Reddington our modern practice now stands. He also became a hero to me
Sun 10th 10.30am Mr R Cunningham when my son at a tender age cut his cheek open on a tin lid in
6.30pm Rev B Trinder 1962, he decided to use plaster stiches which had just been
Sun 17th Harvest Thanksgiving invented never having used them before thus so avoiding stitch
10.30am Ms N King marks and a heavy scar tissue on his face.
6.30pm Rev J Pursehouse Dr. Plumbley seems to ring a bell?, did he have the practice
Sun 24th 10.30am Mrs E Warby between Dr. Shanks and Dr. Panting?.
6.30pm Mr & Mrs M Cook Dr. Panting had his practice here around 1920's if I'm correct? and
owned one of the first cars in Watton (imagine that) he had a
chauffeur a Mr. Sturman to take him on his rounds. He lived in
Roman Catholic Community
Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church the adjoining cottage, to the right of the house with his wife, son
Arthur and daughter Mary and this is factual from my mothers
lips, memoirs and photographs.
St. Nicholas Church, Ashill
Tuesdays at 10.00am Holy Communion Mary and my mother Rosina became the best of friends and
Sun 3rd 10.00am Lay Led Worship & Sunday Funday started school together, the first school being at the back of where
for school age children Lloyds bank is, and later the stone building where Eirlys Johnson's
Sun 10th 9.30am Family Holy Communion Funeral Parlour is.
Sun 17th 9.30am Morning Worship When Dr. Panting moved to a new practice in Great Malvern in
Sun 24th 9.30am Holy Communion Worcestershire the Sturman family were asked to go too.
Mary and Rosina missed each other very much (written in Mum's
book) but corresponded over the years.
St. Georges Church, Saham Toney
Sun 3rd 11.00am Lay Led Worship Mary joined the Army where she met her husband Ernest ( Ernie)
Sun 10th 11.00am Family Holy Communion Chaney they had an only child called Barbara and lived in
Sun 17th 11.00am All Age Worship Bromley in London.
Sun 24th 11.00am Holy Communion Rosina having married her fathers name sake Walter (Howe) and
had my three sisters by then.
They still remained very good friends and Mary, Ernie and
S.S. Peter & Pauls Church, Carbrooke
Sun 3rd10.30am Family Holy Communion & Barbara visited Norfolk often as Marys cousin lived at Rocklands.
Holy Baptism Sadly Mary died when Barbara was 12 years old . Mum was very
Sun 10th 10.30am All Age Worship distraught and missed her friend, but still remained friends with
Sun 17th 10.30am Holy Communion Ernie who brought Barbara up on his own.
Sun 24th 10.30am Lay Led Worship To this day us sisters remain friends with Barbara, Ken her
husband and extended family she really is like another sister to us.
My youngest sister arrived in the 1950's her and her husband often
St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington
have weekends and holidays together, and we all celebrate the
to be held in the Village Hall
Sun 3rd 9.30am Holy Communion special occasions .
Sun 17th 5.00pm Harvest Thanksgiving Harvey House then became residential homes for the elderly with
Sun 24th 5.00pm Hymns for a Summer Evening change of
ownership over the
years, until recently
All Saints Church, Threxton as it is now.
A little more
Our next service at All Saints Church Threxton will be history of our town
on Sunday 3rd September at 10.30a.m. and how important
A warm welcome to all. friendships can be.
P.S. I have since
found out from a
Coffee morning at very reliable
source, yes there

Threxton Church was a pub called

"The Red Lion"
where the cottages
Make a date in your diary, Saturday 16th September.
All Saints Church Threxton are holding their coffee morning stand. Bye for
from 10a.m.til 1 p.m. Do join us , for tea/coffee and homemade now. Bea
bakes, with plenty for you to also take home to enjoy. We will Goulding
have a variety of stalls, including tombola, books and crafts etc. Rosina seated on
We would like to say a big thank you to all who enjoyed and the windowsill of
supported our afternoon teas, it was a great afternoon. Do come No.1 Harvey
again, and for those who missed it, please put this date in your Street aged 15
diary, Sat 16th Sept. 10am till 1pm (1930)
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Watton U3A
In July Geoff Ray, formerly of Total
Health Pharmacy, gave us the insight
into his epic Marathon des Sables, in
which he took part in April of this year.
The Marathon des Sables (MdS) has
been going for 32 years and out of 1150
competitors 200 from the UK can apply
for places. Geoff applied and in January
2016 he was successful. He was told he
would lose 20 kgs. He commenced
training, 80-100 miles a week as well as
working at the pharmacy. MdS takes 6
days being virtually a marathon every
day .Each competitor has to take a self
sufficiently kit with them in a rucksack
to survive the 6 days. These items
included 10 safety pins, a venom
extractor pump for scorpion stings and
200 Euros!. Together with clothes and
sleeping bag and a very small cooker,
food to give a minimum of 2000 kcal a
day. Obviously an art to packing, his
rucksack weighed 6.9 kilos. The
temperature on day two was up to 55
degrees and on day three even hotter.
The runners were given a bottle of
water every 10 km, so on average 10
litres a day but this had to include
cooking. A field hospital followed to
rehydrate anyone who needed it. On
day 4, a 90 km run, Geoff needed a
rehydrating drip which took 40
minutes. During the run he went
through 10 pairs of running shoes, 6
pairs of shorts, only got one blister
and lost 19kgs!
So far Geoff has raised over 7500 for
Cancer Research. About 20% of the
runners were women and the British
winner was Elizabeth Barnes. About
200 runners failed to complete the
competition. A fascinating talk which
left us exhausted at the end! His next
endeavour will be in the rainforest in
Costa Rica next year. We wish him
good luck with that run.
The speaker on 24 the speaker on 28
September will be Simon White from
Peter Beales Roses.
The No 1 lunch group will be going to
The Waggon and Horses on 14
September and the No 2 lunch group
will be going to The Swan at
Hillsborough on 26 September.
We had a table in the Health and
Wellbeing marquee at the Wayland
Show to supply information to
interested people.
Please contact our Membership
Secretary, Anita Taylor on 01953
881110 if you would like to become a
member of the Watton U3A, or would
like further details.
For further details on the National U3A,
go to www.u3a.org.uk
Watton Society - Watton in Bloom
Town Mayor Councillor Stan Hebborn made the final selection for front gardens in bloom, and
chose Carol and Steven Lowen of 8 Wick Farm Close. Their front lawn with a floral circular
bed - all flowers purchased locally from Myhill - was deemed very pleasing to the eye. The
highly commended were 182 Lovell Gardens, 8 North Road. and the troughs and hanging
baskets cared for by the Town Council, adding beauty to our town.
where we are fundraising for the Wayland Memory
Wayland Women in Caf. This will be on Wednesday 20 September at
Broom Hall and tickets are available from Ann,
Business Clare, Debbie, Wayland Partnership for Belvoir in
the High Street. Tickets cost 6.50 and include a
drink on arrival. For queries regarding the Fashion
For our Summer Lunch, we were very pleased to
Show, please call 01953 886755.
welcome along Kate Barmby as our guest speaker
to our very well supported lunch. Kate is a
farmers daughter who is married with two
daughters.
More from the West
Kate developed a love of baking practically as soon
as she could stand up and was frequently baking at
End Waiters
Some folk got lost when trying to find the Village
home from a young age she recalls making
Hall in Dilham
biscuits unaided at the age of 6! This love of
We thought that we would have some parts with
baking, and cooking, continued and she is a great
nobody to fill em,
believer of sharing her love of what is baked for
When they arrived we were relieved,
others to eat and enjoy.
The show was very well received,
Kate is entirely self taught and was seen by many
A triumph once again achieved!
of us creating some wonderful bakes whilst she
was a contestant on the 2016 Great British Bake Hurrah for those old codgers!
Off where she was proudly flying the flag to
The final outing of the group in this, their current
promote her love of Norfolk. Keen to support all
season,
things local, she ensured the eggs on her chocolate
Was met with some relief all round and not
cake were, naturally, Wayland Eggs!
without good reason,
The last year have been somewhat busy for Kate
Not every show is just a breeze,
and many new opportunities have been created,
The Hellesdon folk were hard to please,
including Richard Hughes Cookery School,
It nearly brought us to our knees.
appearing at the Royal Norfolk Show and is now
offering tailored Home Courses. Hurrah for those old codgers!
At our lunch, Kate brought along a chocolate cake Peter Cowling with a little interference this time
which she covered with a chocolate ganache and from Lesley.
decorated with seasonal berries and beautify roses
handmade in modelling chocolate. After lunch this From Sept 2016 to July 2017 The Waiters
was auctioned off and added to the raffle proceeds presented 27 concerts in all parts of Norfolk adding
totaled 81 which was donated to the Purple Picnic each time to the total raised for research into Motor
Fundraising Efforts of Nelsons Journey, of which Neurone Disease. Our new season starts in
Kate is a supporter. September: we look forward to your support when
Our next event is an Artichoke Fashion Show we are performing in local venues.
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Ishin Ryu Ju Jitsu
Another awesome summer at Ishin Ryu Ju Jitsu
headquarters in Caston.
The children's summer gradings have been a
flying success with many celebrating children
ranging in from 4 to 16 years
Also the summer months see the teenagers and
adults, from around the UK, travel to Norfolk for
the 'summer adult gradings' held in Caston.
I would like to make special mention of Honbu's
(this means the home dojo-headquarters) very
own Grace Munday, who participated in her first
ever adult grading. Grace has been with the club
since the age of four and at the tender age of
'nearly 16' she decided she was ready to attempt
not one, but two gradings on the same day. After
12 years of consistent training Grace was very
proud to receive her adult yellow belt.
Congratulations Grace, and all the other
successful students.
If you are interested in seeing what it's all about
contact headquarters on 01953 483795 or take a
look at www.ishinryu.com
Right: Grace Munday receiving her Yellow belt
from Sensei's Sheila Eglen and Andrew Herbert.

Richmond Park
Golf Club -
Ladies Section
It has been a busy summer of golf for the
Ladies of Richmond Park Golf Club. On
Monday 31st July eligible ladies played an
18 hole Stableford competition for the
Granny Trophy. The trophy was presented
to the Ladies Section by Fran Parker a
previous Ladies Captain. It was a very close
competition culminating in a win for Eileen
Chard with a score of 33 points. In second
place, with 32 points, was Jeanette Fowler
and in third place, with 31 points, was
Cherrie Lawn.
On Friday 4th August it was Ladies
Invitation Day which was played in the 4
Ball Better Ball Stableford format. Although
conditions were quite tricky with a blustery
wind, Chris Bailey and her guest Val
Griffith, from Swaffham Golf Club,
produced some amazing golf to win with 41
points. In second place, with 36 points, were
Elaine Aberdeen and her guest Lesley
Bingle, also from Swaffham. In third place,
with 34 points, were Jeanette Fowler and
Jill Martin from Whitehill Golf Club.
Everyone agreed it had been a fun day and
after the golf the ladies sat down to a buffet
meal followed by the presentation of the
prizes of beautiful plants.
Attached photos show the Granny Trophy
being presented to Eileen Chard (left) by
Margaret Broadbent, and the floral prizes
for Invitation Day being presented to Val
Griffith (left) and Chris Bailey (right) by
Elaine Aberdeen (centre).

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