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864 (Watton) Squadron RAF Air Cadets

864 (Watton) Squadron’s Junior Girls Team after winning 3rd place at the cross country and Cpl Lawlor and Cpl Sims ready to take controls of a plane for the first time
2020 has been a busy year already for members of
864 (Watton) Squadron RAF Air Cadets!
The beginning of the year kicked off when 2 of our
cadets took to the skies out of RAF Cranwell,
taking the controls of an aeroplane! They
completed familiarisation of the controls and even
had the opportunity to do aerobatics!
The following weekend saw cadets from Watton
competing in a cross country competition with all
other air cadet squadrons from across Norfolk &
Suffolk. Our junior girls team even came back with
medals for 3rd place overall!
Meanwhile another cadet from Watton was
completing his Air Cadet Pilot Scheme, totalling 12
hours of flying including flying solo. This took
place over 2 weeks in Dundee, Scotland with
intensive training which was only possible after
being selected out of all the cadets in Norfolk &
Suffolk to attend this prestigious course. CWO
Reynolds said “It’d been 2 of the best weeks of my
cadet career, improving my flying skills. The
course is extremely valuable to cadets as it gives
them 12/48 hours needed for a Private Pilots
License and is just one of the fantastic opportunities
that the Royal Air Force Air Cadets offer.”
CWO Reynolds was also selected, not only as the
best cadet from Watton but as the best cadet for
Norfolk & Suffolk Wing in 2019! This has meant
that he has been put forward for selection to be the
best cadet for the Central and East Region of the
Air Cadets due to his outstanding commitment,
enthusiasm and success that he has been able to
achieve within the Air Cadets.
Watton has also been the hosts to the training
sessions for the Nijmegen marches, which is a 100
mile march in 4 days in the city of Nijmegen,
Netherlands. One of our cadets has also been keen
to get involved, attending all training sessions in the
hope to make the Norfolk & Suffolk team for 2020
later in the summer.
The first recruitment evening was also in late
January whereby the opportunity for potential new
members to take a look around and meet our
current members to talk about their amazing
experiences. Our next recruitment evening for
anyone wanting to find out more about what we can
offer will be in April 2020.

so you never know what to expect. Some

Quiz Time in
Scoulton
Scoulton's popular monthly quizzes with
a selection of food from Little Gary's
Plaice continue in 2020 in the Village
Hall. Tickets are only £7.50 with a full-
sized meal.
Every month has a different quizmaster
use a projector to help you see the
questions and answers.
The quizzes are all on Saturdays at
7.30.pm. The next is on March 28th at
7.30. Then and April 25th.
Contact Tony Grover 01953 483654 or
Roy Potton 01953 852337, or e-mail
juliagrover464@gmail.com to buy a
ticket and order your choice of food.
Wells Cole
Quiz Night
28th March 7 for 7.30pm
Have you booked your team yet for the quiz
night at Wells Cole Community Centre? If
not please contact Roger -
rb.tpl@btinternet.com / 01953 881372 or
Raechal - chair@sahamvillagehall.co.uk.
Entry is £6 per person for teams of up to 6
members, and includes a light supper. There
will be cash prizes for the winners, a raffle,
and the bar will be open. Bookings need to
be made by 23rd March to assist with
catering. All proceeds are for the upkeep of
this excellent hall.
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A Quick Look
Round
By Orbiter
Well here we go, under the new regime,
divorced from the EU by Brexit, which has
arrived at long last. What difference it will
make won’t be evident for some time, but at
least it has happened, and although friend
Boris put the final signature to the deal, we
must not forget the efforts made on our behalf
by Mrs. May, who bore the brunt of dealing,
not only with the rest of Europe, but the
Remainers in our own government, who made
every effort to upset our withdrawal plans.
Fortunately wiser heads obeyed the wishes of
the country that were made clear in the
Referendum, so now we are out of the EU.
Time will tell if the vote was a wise one or
not.
Meanwhile Norwich City continue to fight the
threat of relegation, and though their results
have been disappointing they have provided
the fans with some fine football, and, to their
credit, the fans have supported them well,
home game crowds rarely dipping below
25000, a figure that many other clubs must
envy.
A contrast to the loyalty shown by the City
fans was the behaviour of many so-called
supporters of Aston Villa recently, who could
be seen streaming out of their ground after
Manchester City had established an early three
goal lead.
Such a time is when a team needs support
most.
A recent road crash at King’s Lynn that closed
the A47 for a whole day reminded the local
population of the increasing number of delays
that beset motorists these days. Locally they
usually only add just a few minutes to our
journeys, but radio bulletins throughout each
day regularly report closures of vital
motorways, often for hours, due to accidents
and vehicle breakdowns. Just listening to one
station for a whole morning one often hears of
more than a hundred breakdowns in various
parts of the country, which at first glance
might suggest that the roads are full of ‘old
bangers’, but then when it is realised that there
may be several million vehicles on the road,
the a hundred may not seem so excessive.
Accidents, ranging from minor shunts to
serious smashes can block roads for hours,
with, first, the actual incidents, then police
inquiries attempting to find the cause, with
road repairs necessary in some cases.
What can be done to reduce all this waste of
time, life and limb ?
Personally I think a lower speed limit on
motorways, of, say, 55 mph might help, but
it would be a brave Transport Minister who
dared to impose it.
My thinking on the subject comes from
several coach journeys around the country.
The coach cruises along, sometimes as fast
as 60 mph, and I see lorries in the slow lane
that we overtake, while in the fast lanes
other cars overtake us, obviously travelling
at 70 mph or more. After a few miles the
whole procession of traffic slows down, and
we find that the lorries we overtook ten
minutes before now pass us on the inside,
while soon we filter past those fast cars that
had seemingly left us ‘for dead’ way back.
Of course most of us would feel frustrated
by being restricted to the slower speed of
55, but continually coming to a halt for
several minutes can be equally annoying,
and it is often annoyance and impatience
that leads to collisions.
Yes, it is great to sail along at 70, and
sometimes this can be achieved with no
bother, but it rarely lasts long before a hold-
up is encountered.
It is ironic that motorways were introduced
to speed our travels in a way that could not
be achieved on our local by-ways, but now
it is often faster to use those local routes
after all.
Now that the Christmas period is well
behind us, the results of the trading have
come in, and the well- publicised demise of
some of our favourite shops has been under-
lined by notices of closure, often preceded
by clearance sales. In many cases
where small shops are involved, others take
their place, but in the current economic
climate new tenants for large properties are
hard to find, with the resultant empty
premises adding to the depression already
pervading in shopping centres.
But while some famous names are
disappearing, some stores seem to be
bucking the trend, as displayed by Primark,
who have their re-vamped store in Norwich
already becoming popular. Perhaps now that
Brexit has taken us out of the EU a general
recovery will slowly occur.
My look round reveals that there has been a
revival in the interest in HS2, the high-
speed rail link between London and
Birmingham, which is rather surprising
since little success has attended the intended
up-grades on the existing lines, even the
much vaunted new rolling stock suffering
breakdowns, one of which stranded
passengers for over five hours on the main
line to Liverpool Street, while the local
services around East Anglia, which would
seem to be the easiest to modernise, are
frequently having to be replaced by buses.
But it is easy to criticise, and I sympathise
with the good lady who acts as spokes-
person for British Rail, who always has the
unpleasant task of apologising on television
for whatever failures in services may have
occurred.
On a personal note I must admit I am being
out-Smarted by today’s technology, as I
have no Smart Phone, Smart Camera, or
Smart Car, have not yet used a Smart
Motorway, do not possess a Smart
Television, and though Radio 2 tells me I
may be listening on a Smart Speaker I do
not recall buying a new set, and though my
electricity and gas supplies are governed by
a Smart Meter, I don’t seem to mange to
read it as easily as I did the old one, and,
completely without my knowledge I find
that my credit card has been changed to a
Smart one.
If seems that I have been left behind in a
different world, one in which I am not
Smart enough. But, as the old saying goes –
it’s a great life, if you don’t weaken, so I
will press on.
Good afternoon.
Charity Race
Night at
Thompson
We are holding another Charity Race Night
at Thompson Village Hall on Saturday
March 21st at 7pm.
This time we have chosen to support
Watton Thursday Club which is run by a
handful of volunteers and they rely totally
on donations. The club is a social evening
for adults with special needs which meets
every third Thursday in the month. At the
present time they are looking for a venue for
the club on a regular basis.
If funds allow they arrange entertainment,
games nights and bowling once a year as a
treat.
All the members receive a birthday present
and card and attend a Christmas party with a
present delivered personally by Santa.
The last race night raised £900 for the club
funds which was held in memory of Stewart
Dickson who had been a long-standing
volunteer and as his widow Alison is now a
committee member she thought it would be
a lovely idea to run another charity event to
tie in with what would have been Stewart’s
60th birthday.
The other charity we have chosen to support
is CHECT (The Children’s Eye Cancer
Trust).
Brody who lives in Watton with his family
was diagnosed at 6 months old with a rare
eye cancer called Retinoblastoma. His mum
took some photos of him at Christmas and
noticed a white marble dot in his right eye
on one of the photographs. Brody was taken
to the doctors and was instantly transferred
to Royal London Hospital and then onto
Great Ormond Street where he started
chemotherapy to treat the tumour.
Brody is now 16 months and has check ups
in London every 6-8 weeks and this will
continue until Brody is 5 when his eye will
be fully developed. As a family all they can Dance-Away at The Queens Hall
wish for is that the tumour can be treated
and his eye can be saved.
CHECT do so much to support families
7.30pm - 10.30pm
going through their Retinoblastoma journey Saturday March 7th - No Dance in April
which is why Brodys auntie and uncle are
running the London Marathon this year. Ballroom, Latin & Sequence
The money raised will help Lisa and Jamie
with their sponsorship goal. Bar - Raffle
Tickets are available from Adcock and Sons
and cost £15 to include hog roast.
If you are unable to attend but would like to
show your support pop into the shop as we
are selling raffle tickets and race horse
ownership.
Break free from
debt in 2020
A local charity says breaking free from debt is
the best goal you can work towards in 2020.
The Mid Norfolk branch of national charity
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) runs a free
debt help service in partnership with the
Fountain of Life Church.
Mid Norfolk’s Debt Centre Manager, Heather
Nunn, said: “Financial problems feel
overwhelming but there is free help available
to deal with them. If you are worrying about
how to deal with money after Christmas, do
not delay, make the call today and we can deal
with it together.
“Our lines have reopened to take on new
clients and we have a freephone number -
0800 328 0006 - to make it as easy as possible
to get in touch. The team are ready and
waiting for your call so that at the beginning
of 2020, you can start on the journey towards
getting out of debt.
“They’ll sort out an appointment for you with
with a local debt coach from the Fountain of
Life Church who will come to visit you in the
privacy of your home.”
“Poverty affects the whole household,” said
Heather, adding that one in three (27%) CAP
clients grew up in a home affected by debt and
four in five (80%) say debt negatively affected
their children.
Former client, Carol said about working with
CAP: “For a start, I have a much better
relationship with my children now. When
you’re stressed and anxious you’re very short
tempered. I was so stressed I wasn’t sleeping,
eating properly, I wasn’t looking after myself.
When I think about it now - I felt so awful a
person that I’d got into that situation where I
couldn’t feed my family.”
Since starting in 1996, CAP has helped
thousands of people deal with problem debt
and has attracted trusted advocates like Money
Saving Expert Martin Lewis.
The majority of CAP’s clients (66%) have
waited more than a year before seeking help
revealing that people are suffering in the grip
of poverty while help is a phone call away.
For free debt help call 0800 328 0006 or visit
capuk.org
Watton Surgery
Patient
Participation
Group
There were 163 Patients who did not attend
appointments at the surgery during the
month of December 2019. This number is
slightly down on the 168 patients who did
not attend in November.
The NHS averages the cost of DNAs at
Primary Care to be £30 per patient. This
means that the 163 patients who did not
attend in December cost the surgery £4890.
This also resulted in other patients had to
wait longer for an appointment.
The PPG would also like to give advanced
notice that they are organising an open
meeting on Friday May 22nd at the Queens
Hall starting at 7pm. The PPG have invited
support groups to attend the event and there
will be two formal sessions one of which
will be a question & answer session with
the Surgery’s Doctors. Further
information of this event will be given
nearer the time.
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In your garden
With Lotta Potts
March is supposed to come in like a
lion and go out like a lamb. Early
February seemed to want to change
places as we had some really lively
winds and storms. There was
unseasonably warm weather too,
bringing on the spring bulbs at pace
early in the month. Once or twice we
had a really hard frost but these were
overnighters, not ones that lasted all
day and snow was confined to
Scotland. I am starting this a bit earlier
than the deadline so there might be
some updating to do on the weather
front. There certainly is. Over the first
full weekend we got Ciara. Then a bit
of snow and ice and now Dennis next
weekend. As someone who hasn’t
suffered too much damage as a result
may I send my sincere sympathy to
anyone who has been flooded, had
wind damage or mess. As I get closer
to the deadline I am going to leave it
there before it gets worse and I take to
my bed. However, it has been
wonderful to see snowdrops and
daffodils coming out before we got to
double figures in February; I even
spotted a small pulmonaria and a few
hellebores, which aren’t ever so early
but a sight for sore eyes nevertheless.
An expert suggested in the press early
February that we should keep lawns to
ankle deep and mow round dandelions
for the benefit of bees. I bet a few of
you will have questions on that one.
My own view is that there are more
than enough dandelions under hedges
alongside roads and in fields and even
in large gardens where there is plenty
of room. Ankle deep grass sounds nice
until you need to use the lawn for any
purpose at all specially if it’s wet. If
you have a large enough space, leave
some of the grass to grow a bit ‘wild’
at different heights and a really large
space like that would be wonderful
with a few paths mown through and
the lot cut once after the flowers have
died back and set seed. If you can’t
spare this sort of space keeping the
grass a little longer and allow some of
the native flowers to grow for the bees
would be a good compromise. A two-
line exhortation in the national press
really isn’t enough! March is the time
to think about this as the mowing
season should be here and if the
weather bucks up at the end of
February many will have started to
mow already. Keep the blades high for
a few weeks.
So assuming we make it to the first day
of spring and look forward to the
clocks going forward at the end of the
month we need to be waking up,
stretching and thinking about the
garden for the next few months. If
there’s anything in the way of repairs
or paint jobs that should have been
done, any winter digging left over then
now’s the time to be getting on with it.
Whilst we’re on the subject of ‘outdoor
housework’, the greenhouse should be
washed down inside and out to
maximise light for plants stirring in
there or the ones you’ll be adding soon.
Clean by using a stiff yard brush or a
pressure washer any surfaces that have
grown algae or other slippery
substances on paving or decking. If
you have a gravel drive, path or area
for pots and growing things this is the
time for raking it over and removing
any plants that shouldn’t be there and
just for good measure dig out any plant
material that has turned up in the
cracks in other paving. If you want to
grow plants in these cracks (thymes are
good) then remove unwanted plants
and drop in some compost. If you
have no intention of having plants in
these cracks put in a 1-part cement 5-
part sand mix and water very gently.
It’ll probably be raining thus saving
you the trouble.
Get into the borders to tidy and weed
as you go. Cut back dead stems so that
they don’t catch you out and spear
your hands later in the season. If you
have perennials that need splitting dig
the clump out re-plant or pot up the
healthy new shoots from round the
edges and throw away the exhausted
middle. I wouldn’t be too enthusiastic
about this as you can end up with eight
or nine new divisions. All well and
good if you have room or a new bed
but it can be a bit dismaying. I try to
divide less frequently and have three or
four good clumps and probably a
couple to pot for insurance and gifts for
later. Mulching as you go is a good
idea. Anything organic will do
including the compost from old grow
bags, compost from your bin or heap if
you have it, well-rotted manure,
chipped bark, even newspaper or
cardboard well anchored. All these
materials will rot down and improve
the soil structure. A couple of
reminders – try not to bury plant labels,
watch out for seedlings of plants you
can use (hellebores are a famous
example) and thirdly remove any pests
you find.
As you complete the above you’ll see
what spaces you have created. Bear
this in mind when in the garden centre
or anywhere they sell plants and seeds.
If you were organised earlier while
enjoying the winter weather with
catalogues you’ll have a good selection
of seeds and here we go! I can
guarantee that those spaces will have
multiplied by at least three in your
head. Less is more when sowing
seeds. Those tiny little bits of dust (try
not to sneeze) will grow. That’s what
they do and are desperate to get on
with it. The thing not to do is to add a
few more ‘just in case’. I tell myself
every year that the world will not end
if the entire first sowing of something
fails. It is not too late to put in a
second lot. Also if you sow later than
it says on the packet (not months
obviously) the plants will catch up. A
good trial is to plant a few seed
potatoes in pots in the greenhouse for
an extra early crop. I shall be trying
this and will report back
There is still pruning to do. If you cut
back roses in autumn to prevent wind
rock now is the time to do the full job.
Remove dead, dying, diseased and
crossing shoots right to the ground.
Then take about a third off each of the
remaining shoots to an outward facing
bud. If there are no buds (there
normally will be in March) look for the
little scar where a leaf fell off and cut
to that. The aim is for an open goblet-
shaped shrub about two feet tall.
Buddleja should be pruned hard this
month as well. These shrubs are pretty
much guaranteed to have new leaves
by now so really it’s the same as the
roses: remove the dead and crossing
shoots completely then take each
branch down to about three feet. In all
cases remove very weak shoots
completely to either the ground or a
main stem. If you grow dogwoods for
the winter coloured stems March is the
time to prune the lot back to the ground
to give them time to refresh the plants
for next winter. If left these plants will
produce attractive leaves and will
probably flower later in the season but
will not have the same stem colour
next winter. They can be a bit straggly
if left as well.
This is the last chance to move
deciduous trees and shrubs and plant
new bare-root ones. Any container
grown specimens can be planted just
about any time but may need extra
watering though the growing season
and an eye kept on them while they
establish. Last chance, too, for laying
turf if the new lawn wasn’t started in
September. If you want to grow a new
lawn from seed next month is the
proper time. Keep the area well-
prepared with the rake and that strange
shuffle to keep it firmed.
Just in case you have any time left now
the days are getting longer remember
to keep weeding.
Later opening for
Wretham gardens
The National Gardens Scheme gardens
at Wretham Lodge, the former rectory
to the church of St Ethelbert, will not
be open at Easter this year, nor will the
church be opening for its traditional
refreshments and book sale.
The reason is the extremely early
arrival in the calendar of Easter,
meaning there will not be enough for
visitors to see in the gardens.
Instead, the gardens and church will be
open during the Bank Holiday
weekend, on Saturday and Sunday
May 9th and 10th.
The annual church Summer Party at
Wretham Lodge will be held on
Saturday July 4th.
Great Ellingham
Chit Chat Group
Every Wednesday 10-12 noon Gt
Ellingham Recreation Centre
We now average between 40 and 60
folk who attend every week, including
a few children who accompany
Grannies from time to time. We have
toys for the children and the sheer
delight of seeing the children playing
together adds to the pleasure of
everyone who attends.
Childhood Memories - Book Launch
(A Social history BOOK of the time)
where and when: February 29th 3 pm
at The Crown Great Ellingham
The book is completed, and we are
very excited that after all the hard work
the book is now in print. There are
wonderful coloured illustrations
throughout the book, illustrated by one
of our group members, Christine
Fuller; there are 30 stories in all. The
Great Ellingham Crown have very
kindly agreed to host the launch, and
we are convinced we are going to be
very, very busy. Posters are out and
feedback is very good. Most of the
Authors will be at The Crown and will
be happy to sign ‘their story’ if anyone
would like them too. We sincerely
hope this book will inspire other
communities to do the same, for once
folk pass away, unless their story has
been told, wonderful tales can be lost
forever. Although the stories are from
the Great Ellingham Chit Chat Group,
the stories are from far and wide. Many
tell of evacuation during the war. Some
of the stories are happy, some sad and
many quite hilarious. The Childhood
Memories Book will be available on-
line from our website or can be
purchased from J C Books, 55 High
Street, Watton. I have already been
asked to start a second book; however
this will have to wait until we ‘catch
our breath’ because getting everything
together has been quite intense. We
will be starting to go out once a month
for lunch, starting February, and to
date there are 28 for our February
lunch date at The Kings Head New
Buckenham. We continue to have new
folk popping into Chit Chat regularly
and we are proud of the fact that so
many happy friendships have been
formed because of the group. We
realize that loneliness can be a soul-
destroying condition, and we also
realize how difficult it is for someone
to come to a group if they don’t know
anyone. I would like to reassure any
would-be newcomer that we will do
our utmost to make any new person
feel at home. We promise that the
kettle is always on the boil!
Great Ellingham Chit Chat Group
Contact: Ann Reeve
07733211410/01953 882065
annreeve2008@gmail.com
greatellinghamchitchatgroup.co.uk
Good Neighbour
Scheme
Project in Watton, Saham
Toney and Caston
According to the 2019 report ‘Closing
the Distance Between Us’ which was
commissioned by The Big Lunch;
More than half of the UK feel distant
from their neighbours
 1 in 5 people in the UK have never
spoken to their neighbours
 A fifth have no-one in their
neighbourhoods outside their immediate
family they could call on if they needed
help or support
 76% believe that people were closer to
their neighbours 20 years ago than they
are today
 Three quarters believe it would be better
for our communities if we were closer to
our neighbours, but the same proportion
feel there are barriers to doing so
Community Action Norfolk (CAN) is
offering help for residents in Breckland
who want to bring back a sense of
neighbourliness to their community by
setting up a regular, day to day support
network known as a Good Neighbour
Scheme. The schemes are run by local
people and aim to help those most in
need in their own community through
practical help with things such as lifts
to appointments or to go shopping,
simple DIY tasks, dog walking or just
having a cuppa and a chat.
CAN have already helped to set up 15
schemes across Norfolk and have a
team of Development Workers ready
to help support local people who are
willing to volunteer some time to
create a scheme in Watton, Saham
Toney and Caston.
If you could spare even just 30 mins a
week to help your neighbour and want
to find out more about how to set up a
scheme. Please get in touch;
For more information call Tracey on
01362 698216 or email
tracey.allan@communityactionnorfolk.
org.uk
Watton U3A
Our speaker for January was Charlie
Haylock who gave us a highly
entertaining and informative talk on the
history of the English language. His
talk started with a brief history of
invasions of England from the Saxons
who came into Norfolk and Suffolk,
later followed by the Danes in the 7th
century. He explained how English
had evolved based on dialect which in
turn changed into the different regions
following invasions, and which
contributed so much in the
pronounciation of words. Charlie
ended by giving us a brief synopsis of
different dialects from regions around
England.
Our speaker for February is Megan
Dennis who will be giving a talk
entitled ‘Voices from the Workshop’.
Apart from monthly meetings, there
are several small groups that meet
regularly, covering many different
subjects.
The U3A membership is for retired
and semi retired people. New
members are always welcome to come
along to one of our meetings which are
held in the Christian Community
Centre, Watton on the 4th Thursday of
every month commencing at 2pm, or
contact our membership secretary
Christine Warne on 01760 440820 for
more information.
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Somerfield Reunion
You may well recognize some of these faces and
think were do I know them from?. We all at
sometime over many years worked at Gateway/
Somerfield. Many worked for a lot of years some
like me only a short while.
I was in a local pub when I saw a YOUNG lady ( l'm
OLD) whom I worked with years ago. I had this
bright idea how nice it would be to meet up with
others . I thought probably just a few of us.
Well as you can see 25 of us eventually got together
at The Willow House and had a fabulous time, and
an excellent meal. l can well and truly recommend.
Lovely to catch up with everyone. I must just say
SORRY Mel you worked with a lot of us and had to
work (Willow House) and watch us all enjoying
ourselves.
Back Row L/R: David Wheeler, Sharon Mackie,
Kathy Crooke, Glenda (Ging) Saunders, Carol
Thackery, Caroline Wheeler David's wife, Di
(Diane) Wenden.
2nd. row. Linda Hoskins, Sharon Tilford, Carol
Shipp, Kay Dyer, Judith Middlebrough.
3rd row: Pauline Cremers, Sarah Mann, Janet
Bennet, Shirley Beesley, Lindsey Bunn, Laura
Dilley, Sandra Rant, Joanny Palmer, Peter Buffin.
Seated: Pat Escott, Beryl Goulding , Kay Johnson,
Sheila Websdale. Thanks to Mark Bunning
Photography of Watton .
Many long standing loyal staff.
Di ...32 yrs... Joanny...27yrs 3 months... Pete...24
The Watton Society’s
yrs ... Sharon 20yrs... Carol (T) 19 yrs... Carol
Shipp...15yrs. Caroline 14 yrs. Kay 13yrs Picture Competition for Children
approx...Judith...10yrs… Names here who were
unable to joins us... Julie Reeve... 31 yrs 9months...
Joanne Watkins 26yrs approx. Barbara Easton...23
yrs… Trudie Hannaway... 18 yrs. If I missed you it
means I had no way of contacting you. Or if I have
incorrectly spelt your name sorry.
Remembering colleagues no longer with us..... Pat
Dilley...Laura's Mum, keeping in touch with Laura
was how this came about. Eileen Tinkler.... I
remember her son but not his name. Lesley ?? she
had two daughters one was in nursing I think.
l did ask several of the long standing members of
staff if they could recall a local lady Mrs. E Snare
cutting the red ribbon with staff I recognized outside
the store a photograph which was in a local paper,
was it when it went from Gateway to Somerfield ?
I must now tell you a STORY. Which may well
bring a smile to your face. The topic for 2019 was . . . What I Want be archaeologists, actors, pilots, singers
One day while l was on the tills Mrs E Snare ( Ester To Be When I Grow Up. We had sixty and dancers, and many more. Well done
maybe) I knew her all my life as Esse. I had a hot four entries from schools and Brownie to all the children who did a picture for
flush she looked at me and said " Are you ok Beryl? Groups. The children had a wide variety the competition and good luck with your
just menopausal l said, what l need to know Esse will of aspirations for their future occupations future careers. Our picture shows some
it get any better on the OTHER SIDE. Looking – many wanted a job involving animals, of the Brownies of the 2nd Watton
upwards " well l'm not up there yet Beryl". including dinosaurs. Others wanted to (RAF) Brownie group receiving their
l guess many of us will remember another local lady be teachers, firefighters, work for NASA, prizes.
Elsie Cursons always waiting for the shop to open to
buy her loaf's of bread to go down to Loch Neaton to England and Breckland Council, brings
feed the ducks. Wearing her old hat and socks bless The Silver something a little different to daily life in
her. At xmas she brought her organ in to play carols towns and villages across Breckland,
missing the occasional odd note, singing away Social Project Norfolk. Whether you want to meet new
raising funds for charity. I have known her all my life The Silver Social Project is an exciting people over a cuppa, take part in new
and use to sing along with her at the then daytime touring arts programme, aimed social pursuits, or you know a neighbour
Congregational Church as a child. Maybe l was not a at older people in rural communities or family member who might like to join
bad singer after all. Esse and Elsie lived till a good across Breckland. The Project puts on a new group, we aim to bring high
age.. l must just say Thank-you to Joanny l started monthly events, alternating between quality accessible arts in a friendly,
this off and then had a bad head injury so called for workshops and performances in multiple familiar space. To find out more visit our
her "HELP" l knew she would have a lot of phone venues over the Breckland district. The website www.thesilversocial.com; phone
numbers I would need. Without her help this would project, which is run by Breckland 01362656870 or email
have given me another head ache. Beryl Council and funded by Arts Council community@breckland.gov.uk
The Wayland News March 2020 Page 6
It's Election Time!!
There have been rather a lot of
elections recently what with our
national elections causing a certain
amount of upset and now with the
American elections causing a lot of
excitement in the US, the election
which took place at our February
meeting was a relatively tame affair!
This is the month when we are asked
to vote for the next International
President of Inner Wheel and for the
various officers who will support her
and also for the ladies who will
become the Board Directors and help
form the policies which will take our
organisation forward over the next
few years. Always difficult to choose
between people you do not know
although information is always sent
with their names about their history
in Inner Wheel. This made me think
about how well we actually know
about any of the people we elect to
represent us.
Still, enough of politics! Our club
elections went along smoothly
enough with a new President elected
and the rest of our present officers
willing to continue for another year.
Two members were willing to join
the committee for the first time. They
will be very welcome. These
procedures were greatly helped along
with a glass of wine and a selection
of food delights supplied by our
current President, Carole and the
hostess for the evening, Brenda.
The rest of the evening was spent
finalising the arrangements for our
next two events, the Coffee Morning
at the Queens Hall on Saturday,
March, 7th 9.30 – 11.30 when our
ladies will have the usual range of
cakes and goodies for you to enjoy,
and the Lunchtime Concert on
March18th,
again at the Queens Hall when Stuart
Hull, guitarist and singer will be there
to entertain you with songs from the
40s and 50s. He also brings along a
song list for you to choose from so
you may be able to hear your absolute
favourite.
Our photograph this week shows the
Queens Hall full of dancers at our
recent Valentines Barn Dance which
was absolutely sold out. Everyone
enjoyed an evening dancing almost
continuously and an excellent supper
in the hall decorated beautifully for
the occasion with hearts and balloons
by members Lesley and Bunty. As
ever Shinanikins were the band with
George as the caller, always popular,
always expert and often amusing.
Most of those there were people who
are familiar with this sort of dance
but there are always a few who don't
know their left foot from their right
which adds to the fun!!
Elsewhere in this paper you will find
information about the Westend
Waiters and a poster ad. about their
forthcoming 10th Anniversary
Concert on Sunday afternoon , April
19th in the Queens Hall.
This is an event the ladies of Inner by 1926 it was a dental surgery, at this Mrs R.Callan and during the next year
Wheel are supporting with the U3A Looking at time a lock - up confectionery & business boomed to such an extent
provision of tea and cakes and raising Watton . . . tobacconist's was erected in the front that they decided to add an extension PLEASE SAY YOU
funds for research into Motor garden, this closed after 6 years. to make a Public House which would
Neurone Disease. The Willow House is one of the oldest A Co-operative Stores was opened in be an extension to the building.The
SAW THEM IN
Tickets for our events are always buildings in the town dating back another part of the front garden in extension was built with materials THE WAYLAND
available at Mullengers in Watton to1556. During its long existence it 1928 and the building then became from a 40 year old barn, the fine old
High Street, tel.no. 01953 883474. has had many varied uses. In 1769 it first Rodney Williams Gent's oak beams were incorporated into the NEWS
We do hope you will come along and was a Vicarage and the incumbent was Outfitters and then a shop for car main structure,the walls and ceiling
support us at all these events. the Reverend Thomas Pigg and in it's spares followed by Harmony Kitchens were given an impression of maturity WHEN
Brenda, Club Correspondent (01953 time as a vicarage was occupied by 13 and since Easter2010 Belvoir Property match the beams. The exterior was
881792)and Pam our Secretary vicars. It was subsequently used as a Letting Agents. The Ancient Willow also constructed to blend in with the
SHOPPING
(01953 884090) are always pleased to
hear from anyone interested in
private school and a boarding school
and not only boarding accommodation
House was purchased by Modus
Developments in 1973 when it was
original property. The new public
house which was named "The Tavern"
WITH OUR
joining Inner Wheel or who wishes to but also a billiard saloon. Following converted to a very attractive was opened to the public on 23d May ADVERTISERS
find out more about our organisation. that, half of it became a laundry, and restaurant. In 1977 it was sold to Mr & 1978.
The Wayland News March 2020 Page 7
Rotary Roundup
Without notes or a video support, for 35
minutes at our ladies guest night on 30th
January, attended by our partners and
members of Inner Wheel, we were
treated to a riveting and inspiring
presentation by Rotary Scholar Jude
Alawa, a Syrian American studying for
his Masters Degree in Public Health at
Cambridge University. He explained
how his family had emigrated from
Damascus to Miami, where he was born
23 years ago. He had visited Syria on a
number of occasions and witnessed the
ever increasing destruction, even close
to Damascus, where other relatives had
been bombed out of their homes. He had
become interested in and involved with
international relations from a young age
at high school and went on to gain a first
class degree at Yale University in
Connecticut, and thence obtaining a
Rotary Foundation scholarship, enabling
him to attend an overseas university
placement for his Masters Degree.
The Rotary Foundation is one of the
largest international charities with the
aim of achieving world understanding
and peace through humanitarian,
educational, and cultural exchange
programmes. It is supported solely by
voluntary contributions from Rotarians
and friends of the Foundation who share
its vision. It funds one-year international
scholarships at a cost of about $25,000
each. That nowadays barely covers
study and tuition fees; travel and living
expenses are usually obtained from other
grant sources, which Jude managed to
obtain. On completion of his course
Grand Second
Hand Book Sales
Our first Bookworm sale of 2020 will be
on Saturday 7th March at Thompson
Community Hall IP24 1PY, from 10am
until 4pm. The books on offer will
include fiction, reference, children’s and
poetry, and still with no book costing
more than one pound. There will be hot
and cold drinks, homemade soup, cakes,
savouries and snacks to eat in, including
those wonderful freshly-cooked scones,
plus whole bakes to take away. We are
selling plants, both indoor and garden
varieties, to kick start your summer
display, potted and cut daffodils, and
garden tools, pots, etc. There will be an
assortment of Easter and Mothering
Sunday goodies and gifts for sale, and
the very popular Chocolate Tombola to
try your luck at. And, as if all that isn’t
enough to tempt you, we are once again
putting out CDs, DVDs, music/audio
here, mainly based at Addenbrookes
Hospital, Jude will be returning to
Harvard University, to complete a
further 4-year course to become a
medical doctor.
The picture shows (left to right), club
treasurer Andrew Barwood, Rotarian
John Helmsing of Cambridge South
Rotary Club (Jude’s counsellor),
President Peter Cowling, Jude Alawa,
and club foundation officer Martin
Anscombe.
At the other end of the educational scale,
on 6th February we welcomed the
finalists in our annual Wayland
Academy Young Chef competition to
our meeting to talk about their efforts.
The competition was in two phases. In
the first part contestants had to produce a
plate of finger food snacks, and then to
cook a two course meal. Our president-
elect, Michael Haythorpe, liaised with
the school and, with staff, formed a
panel of judges to adjudicate the results
using an agreed format covering the
brief, quality, presentation and so on.
The winner was Chloe, centre, and
runner-up was Finley, far right, in the
picture
Don’t forget, our spring DixieMix
concert is at the Queen’s Hall on Friday
20th March, 7 for 7.30pm. Tickets from
Adcocks, £12.50 incl light supper. Bar,
and Raffle dedicated to the Rotary
International Australian Bush Fires
Appeal. This appeal will enable 100% of
donations to be sent directly to
Australian Rotary Clubs to assist with
their recovery and rebuilding
programmes in their affected area.
Martin Anscombe.
cassettes, and vinyl!
If you have any spare plants, either
indoor or garden varieties, or any garden
paraphernalia, all donations will be most
welcome. So too any of the music items
mentioned above, but not VHS videos
thank you. Collection can be arranged,
just give us a call. Entry is free and open
to all, so come along to browse through
our huge choice of books, new every
time.
Looking ahead to our Summer Sale on
Saturday 6th June, once again we are
utilising the gorgeous Millennium Green
for outside activities, and offering three
square metres of space per pitch to
anyone who’d like a stall of their own.
More information will be available soon,
but the numbers available are limited so
it will be on a first come first served
basis.
Many thanks and we look forward to
seeing you soon. Keith and Caroline
880153.
Bradenham and
District
Horticultural
Society
February brought some
surprisingly sunny weather and
suddenly it was starting to feel like
Spring. Wise gardeners know not
to be lulled into false security - and
this was confirmed as hail and
snow cascaded down between the
sunny days!
Our Beetle Drive with
Bangers`n`Mash on the 16th
January was a great evening. Fast
and furious dice shaking saw Katy
Hillier the winner and we had more
delicious mash than you could
shake a potato peeler at. Our Mini-
Show Winners for the best pot
plant were Pauline Rant (1st), Ava
Malt (2nd) and Pam Walker (3rd).
We had more than 40 attending, so
a big thank you to all who made
the meeting such a success!
On Thursday 19th March we will
welcome the return of Dr Ian
Bedford, this time talking on All
You Might Ever Need to Know
about Slugs! (and possibly were
afraid to ask?). We hope that he
will provide some suggestions in
controlling these gardens pests
without the use of slug pellets,
which can have such a devastating
impact on other garden creatures.
Our mini show will be for one stem
of blossom
Our Saturday April 4th Spring
Show approaches with a huge
variety of flowers, produce,
cookery, photographic art and
crafts. More next month on the
entry categories.
Membership is just £12.00 for the
year. Non members can pay £2.00
to attend meetings, while members
of other garden and horticultural
societies pay just £1.00 (showing
proof of membership). A warm
welcome awaits!
Look out for our updates on
Facebook at Bradenham
Community Hub
Barbara Steward Chairman
barpamsteward@gmail.com
Laurene Henderson Publicity
Officer LaureneH1@outlook.com
Norfolk Wildlife
Trust, Breckland
Group
We started off 2020 as we hope to go on, with
a very good attendance for Martin Hosier’s talk
and photos about Wildlife in Borneo.
A fascinating place and some wonderful photos
and tales of his and his wife’s holiday there,
enough to make you go green!
Martin did sadly comment on the changes from
when he was there several years ago,
particularly the palm oil plantations which have
taken over from indigenous forest.
As well as Orang Utans, Giant Squirrels 1m
long, Straw-headed Bulbuls, Atlas moth,
Bamboo and Rothschilds Slipper Orchid, he
also saw the Common Kingfisher!
On Wednesday 11th March we have Return of
the Osprey with Brenda and Richard Todd,
who have worked with wildlife for many years.
Now, where I live we often see Osprey- but
they’re the aeroplanes.
Brenda and Richard will give us an illustrated
talk on the history, changes and developing
story of the Osprey’s return to Scotland as a
breeding bird. Including their protection and
conservation issues.
April 8th will be a talk by John Ford from The
Adrian Bell Society.
Both talks start at 7.30pm and held at Watton
Christian Community Centre, High Street,
Watton. IP25 6AB. Cost £2 members, £3 non-
members, refreshments included.
We hope you’ll come along.
St Mary's Quiz
Night
Would you like to make up a table of 4 and
come to a Quiz Night at St Mary’s Watton?
It will be starting 7pm on Saturday 25th
April 2020? Please book the date ….. more
details to follow from St Mary’s Church
Office Tel: 01953 881252 or
wattonchurch@gmail.com or the website:
www.stmaryswatton.org …. ‘A Fundraising
night’, for this historic building in our
community.
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Wayland Mens Shed Great Hockham
Gardening Club
Social Group, Old school house, Church Walk, Watton.
I start this month with our "Quiz and Chips" evening on 7th February at the The Nature Reserve Outside My Door
Community Centre in High Street, Watton. This event is as popular as ever with
some 72 members, partners and friends attending making this the most successful Hardly a day goes by without being
of these events so far, our Master of the Questions and organiser, Mr Malcolm reminded about how the wildlife necessary
Trayhorn d.a.b, was recently heard to say when asked about the success of this to support our home is being threatened.
regular event; One day I may become Famous, If my wife lets me! More "Quiz What can the individual do to contribute to a
& Chips" evenings coming soon. remedy? With what by any standards is a
With the Spring Season on the way and with regular request from the general small garden, Steve Cale (pictured) is trying
public our workshop is now busy making a number of Bird Stand, Nesting
to make a difference. Steve is an artist and
Boxes, Hedgehog Houses & Insect Hotels ready for sale for when our feathered
naturalist, and rather than rip-off text from
friends return from their winter homes in warmer climates and our resident
wildlife comes out of hibernation, all these items can be purchased from our his website, may I point you to the original
workshop in Church Walk during our regular open hours, order or purchase yours at:
now dont leave it too late. www.steve-cale-artist.co.uk.
Our workshop can also offer a bespoke service to customers that require items Steve started his talk
made to their own requirements, please call in and submit details to John Bush by saying that
our workshop supervisor for prices and delivery times. although some efforts
Following a request from our members we are now opening for a "Games
are being made to stop
Evening", 7pm to 9pm "every other Tuesday evening" commencing from the 4th
the decline of our
February thereafter : 18th February. 3rd, 17th, 31st March and so on. As is the
native species, it is
case with most of our evening and daytime outings and events, Members Wives,
certainly not enough
Partners are also welcome to come along to either join in or just have a chat.
Refreshment will be available, any enquiries Just ask for Peter Bellingham. and some schemes are
even misguided.
Also on the agenda for this year will be a "Yard Sale" where we will have a
Although hedgerows
variety of interested items for sale Including some of our own Garden products, a
have been regularly
date for the sale will be confirmed in my April article in the Wayland News.
Our list of up and coming outings for the coming months is as as follows: * promoted, their actual
Thursday 26th March, Coach to Yarmouth for Greyhound Racing, Now FULLY ‘modern’
Booked.* Saturday 2nd May, Coach trip to Newmarket Races, The QIPCO 2000 configuration make
Guineas * Saturday 23rd May, Afternoon Tea on the Train, Dereham to them not as beneficial
Wymondham and return, a very enjoyable event. * Wednesday 10th June, to wildlife as some
Escorted Coach trip thru & around the Stanta Battle Area,Military Training
people might think.
Grounds, on Wattons doorstep. * Wednesday 24th June, Visit to "The Archangel
Gin Distillery", in Fakenham. * Thursday 6th August, Coach to the Cromer Pier Many of those that are retained have been
too truncated and thinned out to provide an
Show 2020. Please note we may have some availability--Spare Seats on some of
our outings that we can offer to Non Members/general public, if you are adequate habitat to very much at all.
interested please ring Malcolm on: 07729 993163 who will be pleased to answer Steve moved into his present home about 10
your enquiries. years ago and from the start wanted to
Well I think thats enough from me for now, our regular opening times at our Hall change the garden to help wildlife. One of
in Church walk are as follows: Mondays & Wednesdays 9.30am to 1pm, Fridays the most essential features of a wildlife
& Saturdays 10am to 1pm (Computer Group in attendance). Games Nights (as
above) 7pm to 9pm every other Tuesday evening. if you have any other enquiries
habitat is a pond. The soil he removed was
not wasted but retained and used to make
you can call me on 01953 881004 or e mail: waylandmensshed @gmail.com
Cheers, Richard Adams
raised vegetable beds. He used a liner to
construct the pond in two halves: one with
just water, the other filled with soil for marsh
plants. It is important that this area has the
pond liner punctured to provide drainage. He
listed the wide range of wildflowers he had
selected to entice as many insects as
possible. To avoid disappointment, anyone
wanting to do this should be aware that
wildflowers survive best in poor soil. Very
shortly after planting the area around the
pond the first visitors arrived: two mallards
that seemed intent on wrecking everything.
But as the planting began to become
established an environment developed and
more species started to come in. Insects,
birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals
have all visited his garden and Steve had
many fine images of these to augment his
talk, all taken by himself, in just that small
garden.
As his talk progressed Steve had many tips
to help would-be imitators. Many insects
have part of their life cycle associated with
grasses. Power mowing will almost certainly
be disadvantageous to them. Around
February Steve uses a sickle to carefully
clear away the old grass to allow for the
coming year’s growth. Some of Steve’s
neighbors come to see the butterflies and ask
how he manages to have so many. Don’t
power mow is his answer. Insects bother
some people. Instead of killing them, Steve’s
method of catching them alive is to have two
matching clear containers and to bring them
together to trap the offending creature. He
claims that the insect is confused as to where
the threat is coming from and is easy to
catch. There has been a significant drop in
the numbers of greenfinches. This is thought
to be due to bad hygiene with birdbaths and
bird tables. We must make ourselves more
aware of this problem and maintain a regular
cleaning programme. People can be upset
when predators like sparrow hawks visit
their garden and prey on other birds. If they
frighten the hawk away it will have to kill
again and the original victim will almost
certainly die anyway. 85% of sparrow hawks
die in their first year and 85% of those die of
starvation.
In addition to all the other insects there are
about 270 species of bees, 280 of hoverflies
and 9000 wasps. For those of us who would
like to identify them, or at least separate
them into their correct genus, Steve had a
couple of books he recommended: The Bees
of Norfolk by Nic Owens, ISBN 978-1-
874357-78-0. And for more general
identification, Insects of Britain and Western
Europe, (not author credited), ISBN 978-1-
4081-7948-2. The easiest way to make an
identification is to try and take a photograph
and then to compare that with an illustration.
Even a bad picture will often be good
enough.
My wife and I think we are making a
contribution to wildlife by ‘wilding’ parts of
our garden. Unfortunately, this has been
more to do with an
inability to do the
amount of work we were
once able to than a
planned conservation
effort. But Steve’s
presentation has made us
think that we need to be
a little more proactive.
We have a pond, but I
think we may need to
make something more
attractive to wildlife, and
after all, you don’t need
to mow a pond. Steve’s
efforts were an
inspiration and a
motivation for us all to do more. As Audrey
Hepburn once said, “To plant a garden is to
believe in tomorrow”.
Late January saw us attending our annual
lunch. This year we returned to Lynford
Hall, which as well as being a very
impressive dining venue in it’s own right, is
noted for being just across the road from one
of the most significant Neanderthal sites in
Europe. See ISBN 978 1 84802 063 4.
Those successful in this month’s
competitions were as follows:
Floral: First: Sue Cunningham. Second: Jane
Dalton. Third: Chris Dalton.
Fruit / Vegetables: First: Eric Rogers.
Second: Sue Thomas. Third: no entry.
Seasonal Photograph: First: Jane Dalton.
Second: Nigel Lincoln. Third: Laura
Lincoln.
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 11th
March. Trevor Nash will be telling us about
‘Honeybees’. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00
start. Edward Szczepanowski.
Ashill & Holme
Hale Garden
Club
Jewels in the Clouds (Alpines Flowers) -
Presented by Rosemary Ward
For the first monthly meeting of the
Ashill & Holme Hale Garden Club in
2020, held on a bleak and misty Thursday
afternoon, members were treated to a
delight of colour in Rosemary Ward’s
presentation of Alpine
Rosemary, who hails from Norwich,
flowers.
delighted the 60 members present by her
wonderful slides showing where Alpines
are found in their natural surroundings as
well as how to grow them in our own
gardens. Rosemary explained that
Alpines grow between the coniferous tree
-line and below the permanent snow line.
They include a wide variety of plants
including woodland and shade loving
plants. They are often found in high
mountain valleys such as in the pyrenees
and regularly populate crevices in rocks
and on slopes where they can access
water from snowmelt higher up. Alpines
include such species as muscari, lilies,
tulips, anemones, orchids and aquilegias
to name but a few. Surprisingly, despite
their natural habitat being on higher
ground many will thrive well in our
gardens and in pots if given the correct
growing conditions and location. If
Alpines are planted in garden beds they
are best grown on south or west facing
slopes in the garden to capture the sun.
They also like good drainage so when
planting use a fine gravel. For woodland
alpines use both gravel and humus. When
first planted alpine plants should be given
a good watering but after establishing
will rarely require additional watering.
When growing alpines in pots the
specialists recommend terracotta pots,
rather than plastic, as it helps to protect
the plant against wide temperature
fluctuations. For anyone interested in
seeing a range of alpine plants a good
introduction would be to visit the East
Anglian Alpine Garden Society’s annual
show at Framingham Earl High School
on May 2nd. Our next monthly meeting is
on February 27th at 2.30pm at Holme
Hale Pavilion when our speaker Jonathon
Carrie will demonstrate “The Art of
Willow Weaving” and show members
how they can produce their own baskets
from hedgerow material
New members are always welcome so
come along and join us.
Watton Family
Fun Day for VE
Friday 8th May, 1pm – 7pm Watton Sports
Centre
Watton Town Council and Watton Sports
Association invite the people of Watton to
join them for a fabulous Family Fun day to
celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day.
There will be free family entertainment –
with a forties feel. Meet the animals from
Wycombe Pastures, have your face painted
or try the vintage fun fair rides there will be
swing boats, chair-o-planes and a helter-
skelter all free for children to ride. Have a go
at some traditional games, show off your
footie skills and cheer on the Tug of War
teams! Lots of stalls and displays to explore
including 40s vehicles and fire engines (old
and new!). Why not come dressed in 40s
style?
The first 500 children will receive a free
‘goody bag’ to remember the day by. Bring
your own picnic or there will be fantastic
food available on the day. There will be
music throughout the event so come along,
sit back, relax and enjoy.
Watton Town Council & Watton Sports
Association and Social Club
VE Day at the
Queens Hall,
Watton
Dance-Away organise monthly ballroom
dances at the Queens Hall and felt that we
shouldn’t let this anniversary pass without
celebrating 75 years since the end of WW2
in Europe.
We are, therefore, organising an afternoon
TEA DANCE on Friday 8th May at the
Queens Hall and hope that members of
Wayland will come along and join us for an
afternoon of dance, tea and homemade cake.
It will be a ticket only event, to help with
planning, and will cost £5.
Tickets will be on sale at our next dance,
which is on Saturday March 7th and also in
Adcocks during April. You can also contact
me on 01953882790 to arrange ticket
collection at the door.
We look forward to welcoming you to this
special event. Val Simspon
The Wayland News March 2020 Page 9
The Wayland
Partnership
Development
Trust Is Seeking
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed for Wayland
House, High Street Watton
We are always seeking to add to our
wonderful band of volunteers. The new
season at the Dragonfly Gallery is about
to begin and we are recruiting people to
add to the rota of those manning the
gallery and Tourist Information Centre.
We have a great team in place who
would welcome extra help.
However, there are other aspects of our
work requiring volunteer support for the
Partnership. If you would like to help
out in the Dragonfly Gallery, help with
Swap Shop, help man the front office
reception, help maintain the Sensory
Garden or help out at the Memory Café
we would love to have you join the
team. In addition, the Wayland
Partnership is involved in many projects
and other opportunities will arise from
time to take part as a volunteer.
If you are seeking work or returning to
work, volunteering with us can be a
valued addition to your CV as well as
help improve confidence. We cannot
guarantee that you will gain
employment but many of our past
volunteers have gone on to be
successful in obtaining a job. There is
an opportunity to develop many skills.
Volunteering is a good way to meet
people. If you are retired or not
working, volunteering can be a social
outlet, can help with feelings of
isolation, or be a way of continuing to
feel useful.
If you are new to the area then helping
out in the Gallery and Tourist
Information Centre or reception is a
great way of getting to know more
about where you live.
You can give as much or as little time as
you feel able. If you can only manage
once a month for an hour or two then
that is fine. Sometimes we need
volunteers for one-off activities too.
All our volunteers are covered by our
insurance when working on our behalf.
If you are interested but would like to
discuss what might be involved before
committing yourself we would be happy
to meet with you.
Contact amanda@wayland.org.uk or
phone 01953 880205 for more
information
Councillor's Chat
With Cllr Claire Bowes
I’d like to begin by expressing my
heartfelt sympathy with the businesses
and families who were affected by the
fire in the High Street in early February.
Thankfully no one was hurt but a fire
such as that is always a shocking event
for those directly affected.
Breckland council officers have been
giving support and advice to those
involved and the County Highways
team have been working with agencies
to make the High Street as accessible as
possible whilst salvage works are in
process.
County Council News
Residents are being invited to a pre-
planning drop-in event to view plans for
a new school in Fakenham for children
and young people with autism. The
school would be based on the former
Fakenham College site, subject to
planning and other approvals and is part
of Norfolk County Council’s £120m
investment to transform education for
children with special educational needs
and disabilities in the county. As part of
this programme, the county council is
currently consulting about proposals to
create around 142 additional specialist
learning places in mainstream schools
across the county. This consultation can
be found at
www.norfolk.citizenspace.com/
childrens-services/srbprovision.
Tenancies ranging from five to ten years
are being offered as Norfolk County
Council invites applications for four
farms on its County Farms estate.
The four farms are all located in the
west of the county. To help with the
application process, a free training
course will take place over two days (5
and 12 March). It is specifically
designed to assist new entrants and
those unfamiliar with producing a
business plan.
Further particulars for each farm,
application details and information
about the training course can be found at
www.norfolk.gov.uk/countyfarms.
Norfolk County Council’s County
Farms estate extends to over 6,800
hectares of prime agricultural land and
has 145 tenants.
The estate provides significant income
for the council, which helps to pay for
services and to meet our ongoing
sustainable development commitments.
County Farms are an important entry
point for new farmers and the estate
supports many rural jobs throughout the
county.
As well as the financial benefits and
opportunities for rural businesses, the
estate is used to improve public access
to the countryside and to protect
biodiversity and archaeology.
Breckland Council News
Breckland councillors have debated
plans to adopt a budget for the coming
year which avoids service cuts and sets
aside money for investment, but will see
a small rise in local council tax. The
proposed budget for 2020/21 will avoid
reducing local services while enabling
the council to invest in a number of
projects in the future which help the
district to grow, but there is uncertainty
around exactly how much money the
district council will receive from
business rates and central government
grants going forward. Consequently, the
draft budget report outlines how the
district council will seek to minimise its
reliance on central government funding
to balance its books and instead strive to
generate income through other means
and make efficiency savings to cut its
costs. For example, Breckland Council
has a diverse property portfolio and has
won a national award for its commercial
approach, receiving close to the amount
of income from commercial rents as it
does in local council tax. This stream of
income is one of many which help to
keep council tax low, while other
sources of income include optional paid-
for services, such as garden waste
collections. The council is also aiming
to save around £0.5m in 2020/21 and a
further £1.1m in 2021/22 through
efficiencies. This includes digitalising
services to cut processing costs and
procuring less expensive providers for
services and systems while maintaining
service standards. In order to maintain
the council's good financial position,
Breckland plans to increase district
council tax by £4.95 for a Band D
property from April 2020. This would
mean council tax for a Band D property
would rise to £93.78 for the full year,
the equivalent of 25p per day. Despite
the proposed rise, district council tax in
Breckland is expected to remain among
the lowest in the country and, as most
residents (76%) live in Bands A-C
homes - including 54% of people in the
district who live in the lower-priced
Band A or B homes, the majority of
residents would see their tax go up by a
smaller amount. The majority of been working with the local community, Hopefully, the future is looking good but
households will pay less than £1.60 a organisations and groups to combine are view may be impaired when they
week towards district council services, skills and talents to ensure that the 2020 build the housing estate on the opposite
which include bin collections, planning, Show is indeed a regional celebration, corner, that is a discussion for another
housing support, licensing and more. proud of its heritage yet looking to the day
Breckland is to invest £60k in the future. We are keen to promote local For further information regarding Barn
installation of new Automatic Number
Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology
participation to truly reflect the diverse Ruche, please contact me, Neil Fegan on
cultural heritage of our area. 01760440788 or
in Breckland, to support Norfolk Please visit our website at lindafegan@mypostoffice.co.uk
Constabulary detect, deter and disrupt www.waylandshow.com for much more
criminal activity. ANPR cameras are information on what you will find at the
able to read car number plates so Show. Loch Neaton
criminals can be tracked and Police We are looking for willing volunteers
forces notified if a criminal's vehicle who would like to assist with varied
Short Mat Bowls
comes into the area. The one-off spend sections of our Show going forward but
is in addition to funding allocated by the in particular to help with set-up and take-
Club
@ Watton Sports Centre
Police and will see additional cameras down of this year’s Show. All welcome!
put in place to help further widen the If you would like to know more please My first report for 2020 is all good news,
thanks to the hard work of our secretary
coverage of the ANPR scope in order to call or email Claire Bowes our Show
help keep Breckland safe. Breckland's Secretary. Telephone: 07789 796937 or Norma and committee members our club
has been going from strength to strength,
Cabinet have also discussed proposals to Email secretary@waylandshow.com
invest a further £1.75m over the coming Why not become a Member or Supporter so much so that we have now invested in
our 4th Mat and with some 25+ members
three years on initiatives which will or Sponsor? Not only will you have a
boost all of Breckland's towns and great day out, but you will enjoy special turning up for a Roll up on our popular
Tuesday afternoon event it was very
support some of the most vulnerable in privileges and be helping to raise money
local communities. This includes for many local charities and groups. much needed.
Due to this increase in numbers it has
schemes to help older people at risk of
becoming isolated, people potentially now been necessary for us to move to the
vulnerable to drug or people trafficking,
Barn Ruche main Hall on Tuesday Afternoons and
those experiencing domestic abuse, and Coming into Watton from Thetford on Thursday Evenings at the Sports Centre
the Thetford Road lays back off the road to accommodate our additional Mat, our
people who need support with their
mental health. on a right hand bend an unusually shaped revised Times are: Tuesdays: 1.45pm to
building which is Barn Ruche. 4pm and Thursdays Evenings: 6.45 to
And finally, Breckland continues to
make successful prosecutions for Fly This building has been many things 9pm, Tea,Coffee, & Refreshments
during its history, from night club to available during our break and heating
Tipping - for example a Thetford man,
who fly tipped a substantial amount of factory to offices and other things in has now been laid on in the event its a bit
between. chilly.
DIY waste within Thetford Forest, has
been fined £600 for fly tipping and The Freemasons of Watton purchased the Friday the 7th February was our first
hall back in 2002 after moving from the Club Dinner this took place in the Bar
operating without a waste license. The
extensive fly tip site was reported to old Masonic Hall in the Norwich Road Room at Watton Sports Center. Thanks
which has now been turned into a to the staff there for taking good care of
Breckland Council's Enforcement Team
by the Forestry Commission. The housing development. us and the 3 course meal was enjoyed the
Barn Ruche was just a damaged shell 20 members that attended our first
council's staff led an in-depth
investigation, including analysing local with graffiti and general damage the official dinner.
result of years of neglect. With summer now hopefully on the
CCTV which showed the culprit fly
tipping fencing panels and other DIY With the help of various members, it was horizon we will be preparing to organise
rebuilt turning into the building we have our Teams for the Bowls League Season
waste using his work vehicle.
Claire Bowes County Councillor today. With meeting rooms for the for those members that like a bit of
members, a large dining/dance hall and a friendly competition against other local
Watton Division,
claire.bowes@norfolk.gov.uk bar. clubs, but this is not compulsory and only
The building has over the years been for those that want to get involved.
District Councillor Watton Ward,
claire.bowes@breckland.gov.uk transformed from a building site with all As always we look forward to seeing you
the rubble and debris to a very all at our Roll ups, New members
07789796937
comfortable premises for both Masonic welcome just call in and have a chat or
functions and private hire for weddings call Norma on: 07748245496.
We've been busy and other celebrations. Cheers, Richard Adams
organising an
even better
Wayland Show
for 2020
The new, family-orientated Spring
Wayland Show which will be held on
Sunday May 3rd, and will reflect the
heritage of the region and the
countryside of the 21st century, and
provide visitors old and new with a truly
rural show experience. New and
exciting interactive events and
competitions will offer visitors of all
ages the opportunity to enjoy hands-on
experiences. The Wayland Show
committee have been working with the
local community, organisations and
groups to combine skills and talents to
ensure that the 2020 Show is indeed a
regional celebration, proud of its
heritage yet looking to the future.
New and exciting interactive events and
competitions will offer visitors of all
ages the opportunity to enjoy hands-on
experiences. At the heart of the new
Spring Show will be all that is best from
the region; quality livestock, unique
craftsmanship, local musicians, and
local foods and produce. The show’s
impressive display of livestock, gun
dogs, vintage vehicles, food halls,
shopping village, tractors, horticulture,
cooking and crafts and many trade
displays will ensure an unmissable day
out.
The Wayland Show committee have
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Palace. Although this was probably nearly and in my office we all were admiring the
Church Services In March Thought for the Month eighteen miles away, the extent of the flames skill and handiwork of the painter, until he
St. Mary’s Church, Watton By Deacon Jen, Watton Methodist Church. had made this disastrous event seem only a was in the process of painting the first ‘S’,
www.stmaryswatton.org Follow us @StMarysWatton In January Watton Churches Together shared few streets away. when it became obvious to us that he had mis
If I can be of help to you please do not hesitate to contact me, an act of worship at the start of the week of My next excursion into the realms of memory -judged the available space, and there would
on 01953 881439,email:gerryfoster@runbox.com I can then Christian Unity. This is always a special time took me back to the world of broadcasting, be no room for the second ‘S’. We tried to
email or telephone you back or arrange to meet up with you. when individual denominations put aside somewhere about 1938, when most homes temper our amusement with sympathy for the
Thank you: Your Vicar, Revd Gerry Foster. some of their traditions, show a bit of had what we called ‘wireless’ sets. ( In those little man, who was unable to step back to
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion humility, and celebrate being able share in the days everyone ‘listened in’ to the wireless, assess his progress as the cradle on which he
2nd Wednesday Morning Worship love of Jesus Christ. never calling it radio, despite the programmes was working was about twenty feet from the
Thursdays 7.30-8.00am, 5.00pm - 5.30pm Parish Prayers Some of the service focussed on being kind to being listed in the Radio Times.) ground.
Saturdays 9.30am - 10.00am Parish Prayers one another. This included a poem by W. The latest ‘novelty’ was listening to a station But the laugh was on us. We had suffered the
5.00pm - 6.00pm Prayer & Praise Lomax Childress by which I was particularly called Radio Luxembourg, which broadcast effect of an optical illusion, and there proved
Sundays 10.00am-11.30am ADventure!-free for 0-16 yr moved. Two lines stood out for me. lightweight shows financed by advertising to be exactly the amount of room that he
term time only Let us be kind, this is a wealth that has no sponsored by many leading companies, one needed.
Breakfast - Crafts - Games - Faith in Jesus Teaching measure, this is of Heaven and earth the of which divined that the biggest potential I think we all have many such fragments
Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-12 noon highest treasure – let us be kind. audience would be in the late afternoon on locked away within our minds, though often
Tel: 01953 881252 email:wattonchurch@gmail.com Let us be kind; the way is long and lonely, Sundays, when adults would be resting and we may temporarily mislay the key, though
and human hearts are asking for this blessing their children returning from Sunday School. sometimes . . .
Sun 1st 8.00am Holy Communion BCP only – that we be kind.
10.00am Holy Communion But few people tuned to Luxembourg on
This reminds us that kindness is one of the Sundays, as commercial broadcasting on the
Sun 8th 8.00am Holy Communion BCP greatest gifts we can give to others. Kindness Sabbath was considered by most to be anti-
The Ovington Crower
10.00am Informal Holy Communion requires thoughtfulness. It doesn’t just come By Boy Sid
Sun 15th 8.00am Holy Communion BCP religious and down-right sinful.
on its own. We need to focus our thoughts, if But children were not steeped in tradition so Hent we hed a bitta wind leartly, thas shifted
10.00am Holy Communion only for a moment, on someone else and sum stuff we hent sin fer years. We hatta goo
Sun 22nd MOTHERING SUNDAY ways were found to tell kids that there would
share God’s love. Kindness can take many be a programme especially for them at tea- an hull sum roop oova tha stack o bales we
8.00am Holy Communion BCP forms, and can be received in many ways, but hed inna tha yard cos thet wos gittin on tha
10.00am 4th Sunday at 10 time on Sundays, and children from five
I believe that the love of God can manifest years old would be eligible to join their own huh a bit, an iffen thet hed gorn oova that
6.30pm Choral Evensong itself in a myriad of thoughtful and kind acts. wooda put paid tew tha ole chicken shed.
Sun 29th 8.00am Holy Communion BCP special club, members of which would
We don’t always need to do anything receive a secret message in code in each Aside o thet, har yew bin gitten on tergitha,
10.30am Group Service at St Nicholas, Ashill energetic but we do need to show we care – nun onya hev got tha ole viarus wos gooin
weekly broadcast. Parents were soon
Watton Methodist Church we can all do that. inundated with requests to be allowed to abowt I hoop.
www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk We also need to be kind to ourselves. How listen to the new show, and within a couple of My missus she say she hed a Corona viarus
Every Wednesday the Church is open from 10.00 to 12noon often we give ourselves a hard time instead of weeks it seemed that nearly every child in the wen she ware a littul ole gel, she yesed tew
for quiet reflection and prayer. It’s your quiet place. treating ourselves kindly. We must be kind to country was singing the new signature drink gallons o thar Corona ginger beer, cos
There is a half hour midweek service on the 2nd and 4th ourselves in order to be kind to others. tunethat began “We are the Ovaltiniies little thet wos wot har daddy yesed tew drink, only
Wednesday of each month from 10.00am in the large vestry, Three years ago, in the Norfolk and Norwich girls and boys” and parents were being hissen dint hev ginger innit.
led by a Minister. Hospital, there was a ‘cloth of kindness’ harassed into buying a tin of Ovaltine which Horry an me dint git tew tha larst Cowncil
made by patients, staff, volunteers and would contain a coupon to be used to join the meetin cos we wos called tew a mergency
Sun 1st 10.30am Mr Peter Wright visitors. Small squares of cloth, stitched meetin o tha darts team. Tha local leeg hent
club, receive details of the secret code, as
6.30pm Mrs Judith Semmons together, had been embroidered with people’s tew happy abowt us movin our dart board
well as a handsome lapel badge with the
Sun 8th 10.30am Mr Alan Warby definition of kindness. On it were these inna tha pub ware we play. Sum otha teems
letters L O (League of Ovaltinies).
6.30pm Rev’d Barbara Winner words: The radio show itself seemed to be an all- hev hed a bitta of a hellup abowt it an tha leeg
Sun 15th 10.30am Mr Tony Het Being kind to ourselves and others changes children affair, although the voices of the hev sed we shell hatta move it back or be
6.30pm Deacon Jen Woodfin the world. main characters, (Elsie, Winnie and Johnnie) hulled owt. So we hed a meetin an orl onnem,
Sun 22nd 10.30am Mrs Elsie Warby During this time of Lent, as we travel towards were actually provided by a chap named cept me an Horry, sed we hed betta move it
6.30pm Rev’d Jacqui Horton Easter, may we be ready and open to Harry Hemsley, who had developed this back tew ware it wos. Shooda gone tew tha
Sun 29th 10.30am Miss Jackie Woor receiving kindness offered. May we look out ‘Radio Family’ just recently as his own act. A cowncil meetin, I did hear thet nuthin
6.30pm (3.00pm Circuit Songs of Praise at for all opportunities to be kind to others. new addition to this family was a baby named happened cos tha ole Chairmawtha sed afore
Thursford): No evening Service Every blessing. Horace, who burbled away in a sort of tha meetin started she woont stand fer any
Deacon Jen, Methodist Church. language that only Winnie could understand, tork wot weren’t cowncil bizness, an no
Roman Catholic Community ansrin back from ennywun. I bet har ole
Each Sat 5.00pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church and this has led to old folks, like myself, even
woodin hammer wos in har hand orl evenin. I
Church Services for the ACOS Benefice
Fragments today, nearly eighty years later, whenever we
rekkun she missed us boys cos sheeze corled
By Ken Knowles hear someone muttering indistinctly, asking
St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill “What did Horace say then, Winnie ?” anutha meetin fer this week, she sez thas fer
As we get older we accumulate more and planning, but she jist wont Horry an me tew
Sun 1st 10.00am Lay Led Worship Advertising seems to have dominated my
more memories, but unfortunately sometimes give har sum lip, she like it reely.
Sun 8th 9.30am Family Holy Communion our ability to recall them at short notice is memory cells, and two items that popped up
Sun 15th 9.30am Morning Worship were ones that appeared in newspapers Well thet look like I shall hatta goo shortly
lacking. cos boy Julian he say “Git yerself a moovin
Sun 22nd 9.30am Mothering Sunday Service But from time to time some chance remark or frequently were, firstly, the image of a cheery
Sun 29th 10.30am Group Holy Communion. little man, bare-footed, wearing striped Sid” he say “Cos I’re gotta git this pearpa owt
event triggers off the appropriate memory cell an oova tew tha printas afore tha weekend,
and we remember an episode that we may not pyjamas, pictured astride a bottle of Bovril in
St. George’s Church, Saham Toney cos thas a short munth”. Thas oonly a cuppla
have even realised we knew. Perhaps a brief the middle of the ocean, while the second
Sun 1st 11.00am Lay Led Worship days I say, but I better dew wot he say.
review of a few of my recent recollections of depicted two poor children in Dickensian
Sun 8th 11.00am Family Holy Communion So dew yew look arta yerselves and Fare yew
this kind will stimulate similar memories clothes, blissfully inhaling the aroma given
Sun 15th 11.00am Morning Worship well an dunt fergit “Dew yew kip a troshin”
from some of my readers. off by a nearby cooking pot, and breathing
Sun 22nd 11.00am Mothering Sunday Service PS Granma allus sed “A woman is judged by
I have arranged them in chronological order, the words “Ah, Bisto !”. These Bisto Kids
Sun 29th 10.30am Group Holy Communion. Ashill her company - - - but not until arta sheeze
but of course they occurred to me singly at became a favourite theme for entrants to
fancy dress competitions that were popular at left.
S.s. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke various odd times.
the time. Good artanewn. Boy Sid
Sun 2nd 10.30pm Holy Communion My very first memory of all took me back to
Sun 9th 10.30am All Age Worship my very early childhood, and must have been Next on my memory chart came yet another
Sun 16th 10.30am Holy Communion in about 1930, when my mother woke me cooking aid ad, this time one that adorned Letter to the Editor
Sun 22nd 10.30am Mothering Sunday Service from my sleep and carried me out to the back hoardings all over London, and probably the Wayland Show
Sun 29th 10.30am Group Holy Communion. Ashill garden of our house in north London, to make rest of the country too. One day the Capital Twenty years ago I found myself, chairman
me look up into the sky to see what my dad woke up to see numerous posters, with the of the Wayland Show, in Watton.
St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington message ‘A is for Archery’, with a depiction
surmised, correctly as it turned out, would be Unfortunately, work got in the way and I
Sun 1st 10.00am Holy Communion of a bowman, followed by the legend ‘O is
a unique and unforgettable sight. had to eventually step down.
Sun 15th 10.30am Family Service for Oxo’, plus a few words about that
I looked up and saw this enormous thing, Due to retirement, I decided to volunteer
Sun 22nd 10.30am Mothering Sunday Service product. About four weeks later a new poster
about as long as a football field and almost as and come back to the show and join the
Sun 29th 10.30am Group Holy Communion. Ashill showed ‘B is for Bowls’, with an appropriate
wide, slowly moving across the sky, comm. after I heard they were looking for
accompanied by a deep humming noise. It illustration. Each month a new sport or new members.
was not until I was much older that I learned pastime was featured, and the travelling This show is one of the oldest country
All Saints Church, Threxton that I had witnessed part of the last flight of
the ill-fated airship R101, which had gone on
public began to await each new poster with
eager anticipation, everyone wondering if ‘F’
shows in England and has gone from
Our Next Service is Sunday 1st March at 10.30 a.m. strength to strength from when I was
and crashed on the other side of the English would be for football, or for fencing, and so involved with a small comm. to having 30
Everyone Welcome Channel, and had been completely destroyed on right through the alphabet. (I can’t recall plus people involved with the organisation
in flames. what ‘Z’ was for !). of the show.
Surprisingly my next memory also concerned My last of these advertising memory For many years the show was held in
Fountain of Life Church a major fire disaster. Only a few years on
from that just related, I was again roused
fragments came when the large hoarding in
front of the office in which I was working,
August but for various reasons, the show has
been moved to May 3rd. It is still being held
The Well Christian Centre, Swaffham Road, Ashill from my sleep to watch a huge conflagration one day was visited by a little man who began on the same field adjacent to Cranswick.
that dominated the skyline, somewhere in to paint words, apparently in freehand and I'm have now become the trade stand
1 March 10:00 & 18:00 8 March 10:00 & 18:00 south London. Next day the newspapers told with no visible template to guide him, what secretary and if anybody requires
15 March 10:00 & 15:00 22 March 10:00 & 18:00 us that what we had seen was the end of the were obviously going to read “GUINNESSS information please contact me, Neil Fegan,
29 March 10:00 famous landmark building, the Crystal Is Good for You”. All apparently went well, on lindafegan@mypostoffice.co.uk
The Wayland News March 2020 Page 11
Saham Toney
Neighbourhood Plan Update
Shaping the future of Saham Toney!
In last month’s issue of Wayland News, we
mentioned the Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulations
Assessment (HRA) of the Neighbourhood Plan
that need to be undertaken. That work has now
started. The two must be tackled somewhat
differently:
For SEA the first stage is a report setting out a
scope of work for the assessment. Our comments
on the draft report have just been included and it
on 5th February it was sent to the Environment
Agency, Historic England and Natural England,
who may want changes or additions to the scope.
They get five weeks to make comments, then we
and our consultants will decide if we accept
those, then the first stage of the assessment can
start. That process reviews what’s in the
Neighbourhood Plan, together with what are
called ‘reasonable alternates’ which we have
agreed with the consultants. After we have
reviewed the report on that, we will know what
changes to the Neighbourhood Plan, if any, are
needed. Later the consultants will
update their report to reflect any
changes we make to the
Neighbourhood Plan over the
coming months. That report will
be published for a 6-week public
consultation, and we may need to
update the Neighbourhood Plan
again as a result of comments.
For the HRA we have just
received our consultant’s draft
report, which assesses the
Neighbourhood Plan as
published last summer. They
have advised a few things that
should be added to our policies to further protect
wildlife and habitats, so we will need to decide if
we agree with those. We may ask Natural
England for comments at this stage, but it’s not
obligatory. Then later, the assessment will be
updated to reflect changes we’ve made to the
Neighbourhood Plan since last autumn’s
consultation on it. The final report is then
consulted on by (only) Natural England for 3
weeks. If necessary, as a result of any comments
they have, the HRA report will be amended as
may the Neighbourhood Plan. We will then
submit the HRA report to Breckland Council and
ask them to confirm that it meets the legal
requirements. If it does, we will then be able to
make the final submission of the Neighbourhood
Plan and all its supporting documents.
In January we received the additional grant we
applied for and will use it to commission various
consultants to do the following:
A full review of the Neighbourhood Plan and
other key documents by our main consultant,
who will tell us if we’ve dealt with all the
consultation responses correctly and fairly. She
is very thorough and will inevitably have advice
on how to improve the Neighbourhood Plan.
An independent review of our housing needs
assessment, including recommendations for any
ways we can improve our approach to affordable
housing; and
A transport study: Rather than solving the
village’s existing problems with roads and
footpaths etc. the aim of the study is to review
the impact of the allocated sites on those issues,
hopefully including a detailed study of the
junctions at each end of Pound Hill. We cannot
anticipate what the study report will conclude,
but there is every chance its recommendations
will lead to changes or additions to the
Neighbourhood Plan. We are hoping the study
will be finished by the end of March (when the
grant will lapse), and we will keep you updated
with progress.
Following a meeting with two Breckland
Council planners to discuss their comments on
our design policy and the village design guide,
we have updated both documents, and if our
main consultant confirms they are okay, we will
ask the planners to review them again. This
iterative process of review and update is all part
of one of our key aims, which is to get to a point
where Breckland will have no comments on the
final plan. This means things take longer now,
but if we can achieve that aim, the
Neighbourhood Plan should have an easier ride
through its examination, and overall time and
trouble will have been saved. That is because we
have no control over changes made by an
examiner, and examiners often accept any
objections of a district council.
Having had chance to discuss the sequence of
events and timetable for SEA and HRA with the
consultants, we’ve refined our overall schedule.
Our latest estimate is that we may be able to
make the final submission of the Plan around the
middle of August – about a 6-week saving on
what we told you last month. After that we have
no control over the timetable but would hope
examination of the Neighbourhood Plan will be
complete before the end of the year. Then there
will be a village referendum and the date of the
referendum depends on Breckland Council. We
hope they will arrange one quickly, but it is
possible they could defer it to tie in with local
elections in May: let’s hope not!
As usual, if you have any comments or questions
on any of this, or anything else to do with the
Neighbourhood Plan, or if you would like to be
added to our mailing list, please look on our
website or contact Chris Blow on 01953 880915
or at stnp2036@gmail.com.

Watton Society's January Report What’s on at St Mary’s, Watton

Watton Society's first meeting of 2020 began with a full house all
fascinated by the story of the honey bee. Trevor Nash's interest in bees
began as an 11 year old school boy, and he finds it still absorbing today.
He is now the vice chairman of the Norfolk Bee Keeping Association. The
number of different types of bee you wouldn't believe. The way the honey
bees organise the working of the hive, and their interaction with each other
is riveting.
Our March meeting is on Wednesday 18th March at 7.45pm in the Watton
Christian Community Centre When the speaker will be Malcolm Trayhorn
talking about his police career with the Metropolitan Police. All are
welcome, non-members £3.50. Watch out for our posters.
Watton Evening WI
At the end of January, our Craft Workshop members made 60 green hearts
mostly using scraps of fabric and stuffing – upcycling. The hearts were
given to members at the February meeting. Each February, the WI
encourage members “to show the love” for everything we want to protect
from climate change.
We started February with members having a pamper session at a member’s
home. Various treatments were available from Neck and Shoulder Massage,
Reflexology, Manicure, Pedicure, Facials, Indian Head Massage and Back
Massage.
This month, we started by celebrating members who have birthdays in
February. Our speaker Yvonne Neville a WI member talked about
Dementia. She has worked as a Specialist Dementia Carer and now works
for the NHS as a Dementia Link Nurse. As Dementia is such a vast subject
we handed in questions last month for Yvonne to focus her talk on. She
explained Dementia is an umbrella term for several types of illness, which
affect different parts of the brain. We were given examples of how to look
after and live with a person who has Dementia and reminded that sometimes
a small fib is better that telling them the truth as it can be confusing to them.
ADventure! Sundays 10.00am-11.30am - free for 0-16 years at
St Mary’s Church. Breakfast – Crafts – Games – Faith in Jesus
Teaching. (term time only)
Story Bags: Mondays 9.30am – 10.45am At St Mary’s Church
for parents and preschool children (term time only).
Breastfeeding Café: Friday 28th February, 13th & 27th March
10am - 12 noon Meeting on the 2nd and 4th Friday’s of each
month in the Church Rooms, for expecting, new & experienced
parents to make new friends, enjoy hot drinks & peer support.
Older children welcome.
Watton Rainbow Brownies: Mondays 4.30-5.45pm At St
Mary’s Church Rooms for girls aged 5-7 years. The Rainbows
meet each Monday (term time only) at St Mary’s Church
Rainbows1stwatton@hotmail.com or look on Facebook
Coffee and Chat: Thursday 5th March 10.00am – 12noon. A
social coffee morning at St Mary’s Church on the 1st Thursday
of each month. All welcome.
Watton Community Cinema: Friday 20th March 2.15pm At St
Mary’s Church “Downton Abbey” Refreshment Café opens one
hour prior to screening (1.15pm). Tickets £5 available at the
box office on the day (drink and cake included in the price.)
Sat Chat: Saturday 21st March 10.00am – 12noon A social
coffee morning at St Mary’s Church on the 3rd Saturday of
each month. All welcome.
Let’s Talk About It…….: Thursday 26th March 2.00pm –
3.30pm All welcome to come to St Mary’s on the last Thursday
of the month to talk about a ‘hot topic’. We want to listen to
each other and grow in confidence, considering how our
Christian Faith speaks into the issues which surround us in the
news and/or local community.
Watton Churches Together Lent Programme: Thursday 5th
March 9.30 for 10.00am start Held at the Watton Christian
Community Centre over 5 consecutive weekly sessions. The
subject this year is ‘What’s the Story?’ taking the form of a
short time of worship, group study and discussion, followed by
a time of reflection. All are welcome!
February Winners of the 150 Draw 1st prize £50 - number 19,
Ron Smith, 2nd prize £25 - number 83, Vera Amys
Diabetes UK
Barry Gayton, from Stanton Downham was the speaker at our
February meeting. He gave a look into how he became a
renowned gardener, He told us about how he got the gardening
bug when he was 7 years old, when he was helping his father.
In March, our speaker will be Debra Lawrence-Bell, from
Adult Social Services and she will be talking about "Early
Help and Prevention". We will be meeting, as normal, at the
Pentecostal Church, Watton, 10.15am on Monday 9 March.
We thank the church for the generous use of their facilities. For
more information about the group, please phone 01953 884713
leaving a message, or email rjwhrt56@btinternet.com
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Summer in Australia
By Chris O'Connor
Summer in Australia is something we all
yearn for. The national identity is built
around it. It’s a time when we shrug off the
working year, go on holidays, and head
outdoors. But for many Australians,
summer 2020 has been far from carefree.
Bushfires have been burning since
September. Lives have been lost. Houses
and livelihoods have been decimated in fires
that burnt so hot they created their own
weather systems.
On the east coast, more than 800 homes
have been destroyed in bushfires since
December. Behind those statistics is an
anxious community. Frankly I’m looking
forward to summer ending even though
where I live has not seen the disastrous fires
that have destroyed homes, flora and fauna
in other parts of the nation. We are sitting
and just waiting for the inevitable to happen
and that is something that jumbles your
brain after a time.
It's a constant on-edge feeling. I've never
wanted summer to end, actually, but I think
it'll be just nice to get through to winter or
get some rain and cooler weather. We’ve
had days where the temperature has hovered
around 45C for days on end (that’s 113
The West End Waiters
10th Anniversary Concert, Queens Hall,
Watton Sunday April 19th. 2.30pm
It was in 1997 when Ken & Brenda Davis co
-ordinated the “Good Old Days”, which
played a major part of the Watton Festival,
that the West End Waiters first trod the stage
of the Queens Hall. Ken was able to
persuade many individuals that they could
sing, or at least perform, in some capacity or
other. Over the years there have been many
changes of personnel but the joy and
satisfaction of performing has not
diminished.
The very first song in 1997 was ‘My
Grandfather’s Clock’ and in the next few
years followed ‘The Quorn’, The Daring
Young Man on the Flying Trapeze’,
‘Harvest Festival’, The Galloping
Major’,’Sweet Phoebe’, ‘A Policeman’s
Lot’, Widdicombe Fair’, ‘Pansies’, ‘Rubber
Duckie’ and ’Sitting on Top of the World’.
To be honest, not all were great successes
but the audiences loved them, especially
when things went a little wrong.
The changes in personnel were quite
numerous as the Festival was held every
other year. However, they included, Martin
Parker, Lionel Fleet, Ron Hillman, Ollie
Adcock, Vernon Brodie, Derek Smith,
Gordon Barley, Jim Scrymgeour, John
Vincent, Gary Palmer, David Myers,
Richard Akister, Paul Weatherill and Roy
Challand. Roy insist that his part as the back
end of a horse in Widdicombe Fair justifies
recognition although nobody recognised him
at the time.
After successful performances of Pansies
and Widdicombe Fair at the 2009 Festival it
was decided to ‘go on the road’ so as not to
waste the effort that was put into the
rehearsals. The first Concert was in April
2010 at Thorpe House, Griston. Since then
Murder,
Mayhem and
Mischief for all
to enjoy!
The world famous crime novelist, Agatha
Crusty, is spending a few days with her
sister-in-law Alice, who lives in the
village of Chortlebury. It’s a typical
quaint old English village, where
everyone knows everyone, there’s an
amiable bobby, the village hall hosts
cookery, knitting and art clubs and the
Farenheight).
This summer has really
changed Australia; it's
shown us what climate
change might actually
looks like.
Often when we talk about
climate change, it is
something that will
happen in the future,
something that happens to
other people. But what
we have seen this
summer is that this is
something that is here and
now, and it does affect our way of life. I'm
somebody who has grown to love an
Australian summer and this summer has not
been fun.
I’ve heard extraordinary stories of people
who have left the major capital cities or
bushfire areas and taken their children away
from the raging fire zones simply to enable
their children to breathe fresh air and not the
polluted air that the fires have created. At
one stage Sydney’s air quality was worse
than that of Beijing and that is a very sad
story. The only difference being that Beijing
smog is manmade.
This bushfire season will have caused
people to reconsider where they live,
there have been some 300 concerts all over
Norfolk and Suffolk. The venues have varied
between Assembly Halls, Town and Village
Halls Churches, Church Room, Chapels, and
Care Homes. In addition, they have
performed at County Hall, Mustard
Television, Raffles Restaurant and Banham
Zoo. Three of the Waiters helped by Brenda
even gave an impromptu concert in a hotel in
Scotland whilst on holiday. The material
travelled well and the performance was well
received. More recently there was a joint
Concert with the Military Wives at the
Queens Hall. In fact, they have been
Ambassadors for Watton for the past ten
years.
When the Waiters started ‘on the road’ in
2010 the line up was Ken Davis, Derek
Smith, Martin Parker, Ollie Adcock, John
Garratt and Richard Akister. June Garratt
was on the keyboard and also was charged
with knocking them all in shape. With her
professional backgound she was well
qualified to be Musical Director. Brenda
acted as Compere.
Richard left for pastures new, but Roy
Challand and Peter Cowling were recruited
in 2012. Lesley Cowling and John Shead
joined in 2013 and Graham Gabbatis in
2016. Martin left in 2014 to spend more time
in the US. Sadly, John died in 2014 and Ollie
died in 2015. The full complement is now
Ken, Derek, John S, Roy, Peter and Graham,
with Lesley and Brenda compering and
giving the lads a rest with additional
humorous verses and of course, June
accompanying and still trying to knock them
into shape. June does add a little culture with
a piano piece at each show. If you have seen
the Waiters you will know that the rest of
them don’t do ‘culture’. Over the years there
have been many hospital visits, operations
and the like and recently Peter has been very
poorly but the Show must go on. He and
panto, and suspicious deaths occur about
every ten minutes. Will Agatha - no mean
sleuth herself - discover the identity of
the fiendish and quite merciless mass
murderer before the village becomes
entirely dispopulated? Will the chair of
the village hall’s committee catch the
vicar? Will the vicar notice? Will the
caretaker ever be able to buy a lottery
ticket again? Will the art class model ever
take her clothes off? And will the world’s
dopiest Chief Inspector ever actually
work out what’s going on? To find out,
come along to the Queens Hall on April
the 2nd, 3rd or 4th at 7.45 PM and see the
Wayland Players perform “Agatha Crusty
and the Village Hall Murders”. Join in the
particularly those living in tree change and
sea change parts of Australia. In Australia,
we pride ourselves on being a country
society, but most of us live about 100
kilometres from the coast. Each morning I
take my dog for a walk along with a few
other people and for an hour we chat about
life in general – the news, some idiot
celebrity, a recipe we have found or the
weather, mostly we bitch about how cold or
how hot it is. These days we are yearning
for those frosty mornings when the grass
crunches beneath our feet. Roll on winter. I
never thought I’d say that.
Pictured Chris’s son James and children
on a typical summer day at the beach.
Lesley have often written material for the
Waiters and some has been recorded in the
Wayland News under the heading of Songs
of the Waiters. He tells of the adventures in
various venues and reminds us that
SATNAV doesn’t always mean you end up
at your destination.
John Garratt’s death in 2014 affected the
Waiters greatly. He was diagnosed with
Motor Neuron Disease in 2009 and was
active with the Waiters for some time before
he was unable to continue. At the outset it
was decided that all donations received by
the Waiters would go towards MND
Research and Support. The total is now
£25,000.
The repertoire of songs has increased greatly
over the years and there are now over 200 to
choose from. Many of the songs, music and
scores have been obtained with the help of
our Honorary Waiter from Norwich, Edward
Murray Harvey. He and his friend Maggie
are frequent attendees at the Concerts in and
around Norwich.
For many years the Waiters have joined in
with the Watton Inner Wheel Club
Christmas Concerts at the Queens Hall and
they very much appreciate the close
relationship they have with the Club.
Without their help with refreshments, ticket
sales and organisation the Waiters’ Concerts
at the Queens Hall would not have been
possible. Thanks are again due for the
forthcoming Concert.
The 10th Anniversary Concert in April will
no doubt include a few old favourites with
some new material added not previously
performed at the Queens Hall. The difficulty
is, what to leave out.am advised that
Rehearsals are going well. June has her whip
out and the Waiters are raring to go. Don’t
miss this opportunity to see the West End
Waiters close to home and enjoy their unique
blend of humour, songs and monologues.
traditional British pastime of having a
jolly good laugh while the bodies pile up
- and at the same time use your little gray
cells to work out whodunnit!
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