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Wayland News digital on www.waylandnews.com Issue Number 197 - February 2013
Wayne is losing weight to save lives
For many years now I have
gradually put on weight moving
from a healthy thirteen stone
eight years ago to a gargantuan
twenty one stone, from a pretty
standard 32" waist to a rather
over sized 48" waist.
Well two weeks ago I decided
enough was enough, but my
willpower with food being what it
is I needed an incentive to make
sure that I stayed on track with
my new healthy life choices. Two
years ago I was blessed with a
daughter so incentive number one
was to make sure I am around to
watch her grow up and see my
Grandchildren.
Incentive number two is much
deeper. A month or so before we
conceived my daughter my wife
and I suffered a miscarriage
which was hands down the
toughest thing I have ever had to
go through. I have decided to
make my weight loss a sponsored
one, to support Tommy's charity,
an organisation that funds
research into pregnancy
complications.
I am going to lose 7 stone by
December this year (a third of my
body weight) and raise money to
help a great cause. If you have
Facebook please show your
support and join my group and
keep up with my efforts and
struggles at
www.facebook.com/groups/
fatwaynesaveslives/
or if you don't have Facebook
then please go to my sponsorship
page at www.tommys.org/fatwaynesaveslifes
If you are not comfortable
donating online or you just want
to show me some moral support
(Trust me I will need it) than you
can contact me on
Watton Country Market
producers will be back in force
on Wednesday, 6th February, at
8.30 a.m. to welcome customers
old and new. We shall be open
every Wednesday morning from
8.30 to 11.30 a.m. in the Watton
Christian Community Centre
from then until Christmas.
Baked goods, jams and chutneys,
fresh eggs and produce as available
will be on sale along with our wide
range of craft items and greetings
cards. Knitted goods and jewellery
are a speciality. All our producers
welcome orders for special items.
We also now have a collecting bin
for plastic bottle tops, food trays,
yoghurt and margarine pots. These
are used to raise funds for the
Matthew Project, helping young
people affected by drug and
alcohol abuse. No coffee jar lids
please and no meat trays: any
plastic tray that has the recycle
symbol on it is welcome.
Watton Country Market
re-opens on the 6th
A local church is one of 400
congregations across the UK set to
offer free courses to help people
get their New Year finances in
order.
The Fountain of Life Church at
Ashill will be running the CAP
Money Course following training
from the debt charity Christians
Against Poverty.
Lead CAP Money coach, and
member of the congregation,
Heather Nunn, said: “We are
putting on this course because we
know how financial worry can
mess up relationships and caused
havoc with health and wellbeing.
“The CAP Money Course is there
to debt-proof families against this
kind of stress and with something
like a third of us relying on credit
to get us through Christmas, it
might be the best resolution we can
make going into 2013.”
The confidential sessions each
comprise two hours a week spread
over three weeks and help people
to create a household budget,
prioritise spending, begin saving
and re-organise banking.
It is designed to be helpful to
anyone whether unemployed,
receiving benefits, working, self-
employed, retired, newly married
or recently divorced.
“More than 20,000 people have
enjoyed these debt prevention
sessions across the UK in the past
few years and it’s helped bring
them real peace of mind – which
we think is a good way to start the
New Year!”
To book onto the course, call
Heather on 01760 440837 and to
find out more visit
www.capdebthelp.org
Starting 2013 with a
financial makeover
Wayland Happy Circle will be meeting
on Tuesday 5th February. Please come
along and air your views on the future
of the club. We have been running now
for six years under the guidance of the
same committee. Most members will
agree that we have heard of the work
of interesting organisations, lives,
hobbies and pastimes of various local,
and sometimes not so local, individuals
and couples. We've been entertained by
bell ringers, cooks and talented
craftspeople and enjoyed day trips on
The Broads, Stanta and last year to Long
Sutton Butterfly Farm. Unfortunately
several committee members have not
enjoyed the best of health in the past
couple of years and to be honest we all
need a break and are stepping down.
Your input as a member into the
decisions which have to be made is
valued so please remember to come
along on the 5th at 2 pm at the Christian
Community Centre.
Jenny, Doreen, Jean, Sylvia, Shirley
and Brenda
Important meeting in February for
all Wayland Happy Circle members
West Norfolk Aviation Society
At the first meeting of 2013, Chris Lucas, Aviation enthusiast, Skilled,
Photographer, keen Motorcyclist and the Societies Chairman entitled his
presentation “Through the Fence”. Aircraft photographs he had taken of military
and some civil aircraft during 2012. Locations included Germany, Belgium and
in the UK the mountainous areas of Wales and nearer home RAF Mildenhall.
Chris’s presentation was once again well received by the members who showed
their appreciation. Next Meeting Tuesday 5th February 7.30pm at Methwold
Social Club. AGM followed by a Quiz and a Film. All Members to attend if
possible.
New members & guests welcomed. For more Information Tel: 01842 879210 Or
visit our Web Site www.westnorfolkaviationsociety.org.uk.
Wayne is looking to shed those surplus lbs!
The Wayland News Page 2 News
St. MARY’S CHURCH WATTON
PANCAKES & COFFEE
in church on Shrove Tuesday 12th February 11am – 2pm
(Savoury and sweet pancakes will be served)
On the afternoon of 14th
December 2012 The Rt Hon Mr
George Freeman MP kindly cut the
blue ribbon to commence
operations of the replacement
heating and new sludge filtration
system at the Watton Sports and
Social Centre.
After meeting trustees and staff of
the charity a conducted tour of the
sports facilities was made. The
history and governance and right
of access under which sports and
recreational opportunities to those
people residing in Watton,
Carbrooke and surrounding
villages within a ten mile radius
were discussed.
Concerns regarding financial
security were talked about in some
detail and particularly the failure
of sufficient revenues needed to
meet the outlay of renewal, repair
and general maintenance of
buildings and equipment after the
costs of staff, fuel, water, grounds
maintenance etc.
Cutting the ribbon Mr Freeman
said: “Watton Sports and social
Club is a very special facility: a
charitable organisation with only
12 members of staff that provide
local football, hockey, rugby and
other clubs a place to play their
sport, under one roof, for a small
subs fee. With 1200 paid up
members this centre is doing its
very best to provide a welcoming
and efficient environment for the
people of Watton, offering them a
range of services from fitness
suites and function rooms to
Astroturf and courts.
“Watton can often miss out on
funding that goes to bigger towns
and cities, and having this facility
here is vital to help promote
fitness, teamwork, camaraderie,
volunteering and community spirit.
I am sure I speak for the whole
town in extending our thanks to
the voluntary committee that help
run the facility along with Sandra
Cockerill, manager.”
“Watton Sports Association and
Social Club had been without heat
for 10 months and it gives me
great pleasure to officially cut the
ribbon on the new heating system,
funded by memberships and group
fees.”
A representative for the Sports
Centre said “For some years self
generated income has enabled the
centre to hold its position
without incurring debt.
“Regular support from the Town
and District Councils is now a
requirement to provide a basis of
income to forestall a situation
where a reduction in or closing
of non profit contributing
activities is necessary in order to
continue core activities to satisfy
the local populations needs. The
heating system failure has been
only one of various building
maintenance repairs that are to be
considered.
“We are particularly disadvantaged
by the commitment made by
Breckland Council to Parkwood
not to support conflicting sports
activities within ten miles of their
Dereham, Thetford, Attleborough
and Swaffham sports sites
contracted to Parkwood. Those
people, past and present, involved
in the continuing development and
management of Watton Sports and
Social Centre are rightly proud of
their achievements. The efforts of
the benefactors and generous
contributors to success have
created a facility open to all. It is
to be hoped that the very
enterprising spirit so prevalent in
Watton, that has created such a
splendid facility, should be
penalised by lack of support from
the local authority to whom we
all pay our local taxation.”
George Freeman MP cuts the
Blue Ribbon at Watton Sports Centre
Shellrock Circle Club
for Rocklands and the
surrounding districts Venue: The Village Hall, The Street, Rocklands. 9th
January 2013: The monthly club meeting was an
opportunity to re-forge friendships seasonally terminated by
Christmas. The hall echoed to the sound of “Happy New
year” good wishes. A few games were played and everyone
got into the swing of them. The raffle was well sponsored
and a welcomed cup of tea/coffee and biscuits lubricated the
proceedings.
For February: 13th February I sour Monthly Club meeting.
Our speaker will be Denise James and her subject will be
“Service with a smile.” Reflections on her many years
handling a tourist information centre. The task for this
month will be to “make a Valentine’s Day Card.”
SOS Homeless
young
people The youth club fondly named and
known as The Surge by the young
people of our community ceased
operating on Monday 14th January.
The Surge was a great place for
young people to meet and socialise
with their friends and hosted a range
of equipment such as pool, table
tennis and air hockey tables.
There was also a music and mixing
room, musical instruments and an art
room, and the venue provided a safe
haven for our young people.
Project Rainbow, the Charity that
runs the Youth Club in Watton, was
in the process of putting a funding
bid together to secure the long term
future of the building as a Youth
Venue. However it has now been let
for commercial business use.
The group and the young people are
extremely grateful to the building
firm Iceni Developments who own
the building, for letting them have
the long term use of the premises.
In the next few weeks, efforts will be
put into clearing the building and
putting the equipment and furniture
into storage until a new venue
becomes available.
Measures are being taken by the
committee to find temporary means
to accommodate a Youth Service
which is more of a necessity now
than ever due to government
cutbacks in this sector.
We are determined to ensure that the
young people of Watton will have
'somewhere to go and something to
do'. It's not the end!
Community Radio Has returned to
Wayland listen in at
www.watton-radio.co.uk Twitter: @wattonradio
News The Wayland News Page 3
People from many different countries
and cultures use our libraries and it
was fascinating to talk to people about
how they celebrated Christmas, Yule,
Winter Holiday, whatever their
tradition called it. We have some
wonderful children’s books on
different festivals and celebrations as
well as books for adults on just about
every tradition imaginable. All this got
me thinking about the myriad of
festivals that guide us through the
year, whatever our beliefs, so here’s a
look at some that are celebrated in
February.
The Anglo Saxons called February Sol
Monath or Cake Month, which I rather
like the thought of! Monath is the Old
English word for month and Sol could
mean mud, earth, sun or the yoke that
oxen wore to plough. Personally I
think Mud Month seems quite
appropriate!
Buddhists celebrate Nirvana Day
(nothing to do with the grunge group!)
on 8th or 15th February. This is the
celebration of Buddha’s death at the
age of 80 when he reached total
Nirvana or enlightenment.
The 10th February is Chinese New
Year, celebrated with dragon dancers,
feasting, fire crackers and red
envelopes containing money are given.
2013 is the year of the snake.
Christians celebrate Candlemas on 2nd
February. This is often called The
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
and commemorates the day Mary took
Jesus to the Temple at Jerusalem to
present him to God. On this day
candles are blessed in church for use
during the year. In Poland candles are
blessed and given out to be lit during
thunderstorms to protect the home.
In the past Candlemas has been a
time for weather divination. In
ancient Scotland they watched for
badgers but in Germany they looked
for hedgehogs to predict the coming
spring. This tradition was taken to
America in the 1840s, but as
hedgehogs are not a native species
groundhogs were substituted. On
Groundhog Day Americans watch
for the creature to emerge from its
burrow. If it’s cloudy then spring
will come early; if it is sunny the
groundhog will supposedly see its
shadow and retreat back into its
burrow, and the winter weather will
continue for six more weeks.
Candlemas also coincides with the
Pagan celebration of Imbolc (from
the Irish for ‘in the belly’ as in a
pregnant sheep, or the word for
ewe’s milk) also known as Brighid’s
Day or Oimelc; celebrating the re-
awakening of the land and the
growing power of the Sun. Brighid
(later to become the Christian Saint
Brigid) was the Gaelic goddess of
poetry, healing and blacksmiths.
Imbolc is half way between the
Winter solstice and Spring Equinox.
It is celebrated with bonfires,
lighting candles and eating milk
based foods.
In Gaelic tradition Imbolc was
believed to be the day the Cailleach
gathers her firewood for the rest of the
winter. Legend says if she wishes to
make the winter last longer, she will
make sure the weather on Imbolc is
bright and sunny, so she can gather
plenty of firewood. Therefore, people
would be relieved if the weather on
Imbolc is bad as it means the Cailleach
is asleep and winter is almost over.
Why not pop in to your local library
and discover more about festivals and
celebrations? Or if you were lucky
enough to get a Kindle Fire or other e-
reader for Christmas why not borrow a
title from our electronic library? Visit
www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries for more
information.
Will you be celebrating
Mud Month?
The AGM was held at the 8th
January meeting. Having dealt
with the election of the committee,
heard the report from the Chair
and Treasurer and begun the vital
task of the coffee rota, plans and
suggestions for the programme for
the year were discussed.
Membership renewal forms and
subscriptions were collected,
please bring or send yours to the
next meeting if you wish to rejoin
for 2013.
To date we have demonstrations
for: a tea cup and saucer pin
cushion; a fabric necklace; quilt as
you go hexagons; a Christmas tree
in a pot and other possibilities. We
have workshops making quilts for
Project Linus on the 18th February
and 18th March. Another outing to
the Fabric Guild in Leicester is
planned. Members who were
unable to attend the previous
meeting are asked for suggestions
and offers.
HTS members are asked to let the
committee know what help they
can offer for the coffee morning
we are hosting on 6th April. There
will be a list of what is required on
the Blog. This really is going to be
‘all hands on deck’.
For further details ring Jane on
01953 884215 or check our Blog
on http://htsqgroup.blogspot
News from Hackers,
Tackers and Stuffers
Women's World
Day Of Prayer On Friday 1st March at 2.30pm at St. Mary’s
Church, Watton, the speaker will be Ms. Martina
Rappenecker on a theme of “I was a stranger and
you welcomed me”
Women’s World Day of Prayer is a unique
organisation; truly interdenominational and truly
international, it speaks with the voices of women
from all corners of the globe. Involvement in
WWDP creates a network of Christian women on
a worldwide scale which also reaches into our
local communities. Preparations go on for months
in advance. Finally, at a church near you on
March 1st, women and men will be gathering to
celebrate using a programme of worship prepared
this year by women in France.
When the women of the French Committee met
to work on the material for 2013, the theme
chosen for them became close to their hearts: I
WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED
ME. The service they have written for us has a
strongly French feel and flavour.
France, like other European countries, receives
many asylum requests. In 2011, 51,900 people
applied for asylum in France. The presence of
these people in the country both enriches the
culture and can cause social difficulties. Behind
each request, each statistic, is the story of a life.
Some of those stories will be shared in the
service.
We envisage a great annual wave of prayer,
rising with the sun over the island of Samoa and
then sweeping across Asia, Africa, the Middle
East, Europe and the Americas, until it comes to
rest in American Samoa some 36 hours later. By
then services will have taken place in over 170
countries.
All are welcome to attend, men and women and
people of all ages. After the service we invite you
to join us for refreshments and a time to enjoy
friendship. For enquiries locally please contact
Margaret Cator at St. Mary’s Church Office
01953 881252.
For further information see the WWDP website
www.wwdp-natcomm.org
Ovington
Gardening Club 2013 began well with a talk by Terry Rands on
'Container Vegetable Growing'. This showed how
pot size, compost and spacing all worked together
to produce the best plants. This talk was given by an
expert and was very well received by members.
The February talk will be held in Ovington Village
Hall at 7.45pm on Wednesday 6 February and will
be given by Ian Stanton on 'Gardening in the
Shade'. Non-members are always welcome. More
details can be obtained from Ed on 01953 885848
or Carol on 01760 440719.
In recent weeks we have had the
failure of some large national and
regional high street names. The online
sales of some retailers have grown
tremendously, especially John Lewis.
Some of their success and others
demise is the result of on-line sales.
However the local high street can
continue to win if there is good
service, knowledgeable advice and
good presentation of products. If
consumers understand that often
there are inherent risks and very
little monetary gain from buying on
the web what can be obtained
locally.
Retailers must have a presence on
the web showing their wares as often
this is the first place someone looks.
This is not necessarily a shop but a
catalogue of what can be obtained on
a visit. The consumer may want
something special but find they can
buy it less than a mile away but not
in any other town in the area. The
elusive yeast, the set of wheels to
complete a toy, are all things that
bring people to a shop.
The Wayland Chamber with its 180
members are well aware of the high
street issues and that is why for
example we have issued some
guidance to members on how they
can make the best use of their 500
characters on their webpage on the
chamber website.
The Watton Town Team continues
with their work to create an
entrepreneurs market and other
events during the year. The Town
Team needs more members to help
keep the high street vibrant and
welcome others to join the team.
Good service is also one of the key
indicators for service industries. It
was good to be reminded that there
are banks that offer good service.
Handelsbanken is a privately owned
bank that acts like the old bank
manager of 20 or 30 years ago.
There are no bonuses and the person
you see is the person who will
decide. They are opening branches
very rapidly. Perhaps others who
buy the branches on offer from RBS
and Lloyds will take a similar
attitude or do we need a “Bank on
Dave” as in Burnley. In other
countries there is strong Credit
Union network. We have a branch
of the Norfolk Credit Union locally
and the Chamber will increase its
support of them as they start to
office business loans.
Chamber Comment
By Wayland Chamber of Commerce Chair, Norman
The Wayland News Page 4 News
Dance Away at the Queens Hall Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dancing at the Queen's Hall,
8 p.m. to 11 p.m. admission £4 No dances in February
Dances March 2nd, April 6th, May 4th, June 1st, July 6th
By Rosalie Davis Gibb
… with the onset of the new year, newspapers
and magazines alike practically explode with
adverts for holidays, but not all our well-known
travel agencies have any connection to our green
and pleasant land whatsoever?
Holidays became accessible to the working
masses in 1938 when mandatory holiday pay was
introduced in Britain with the Holiday With Pay
Act (does exactly what it says on the tin! No
highfaluting euphemisms there!) Seasides were
the preferred holiday destinations and by the end
of the 1930s 15 million people a year spent at
least a week by the sea. (So only an increase of 5
million since then, the rest of today’s
holidaymakers still seeking sun, sea, sand, safari
or whatever floats their boat overseas). Before too
long many seaside resorts boasted a bandstand,
primarily in the north of England, adding to the
attractions never before experienced by the eager
holidaymakers, closely followed by the
ubiquitous pier. Holiday savings clubs sprung up
in the workplace all over the country and even the
jobless were able to get away from it all. Clement
Attlee and Harold Laski organized a committee to
subsidise holidays for those
without employment. As long ago
as 1918, 20 years before the
Holiday With Pay Act, workers at
the Rowntrees factory in York first
enjoyed a week’s annual holiday
on full pay. On the subject of
seaside holidays, the
Knickerbocker Glory first
appeared as a plain Knickerbocker
in the recipe book of a New York
soda dispenser in 1915. The origin
of the name has been a perennial
mystery and no-one seems to
know when or why the Glory was
added.
Thomas Cook, born in Melbourne,
Derbyshire on 22nd November
1808, a cabinet maker and strict
Baptist, started his commercial
career on 5th July 1841 by
chartering the first train excursion
advertised to the general public
from Leicester to Loughborough,
all of 12 miles away. In 1833
Cook took the pledge, and became
a campaigner on behalf of the
Temperance Society, so
Loughborough was the ideal
destination since not only were the
500 day trippers conscientious
observers of the Temperance
pledge, but Loughbourough was
an alcohol-free zone. The rail
company charged one shilling per
passenger with Cook being paid a
share of the fare, the passengers
travelling in open carriages. Since
by then sea air was being
trumpeted as a cure for virtually
all ills, in 1845 Cook organised his
first trip from Leicester to New
Brighton, a popular seaside resort
serving Liverpool, charging 15
shillings for first class and 10
shillings for second class travel.
Persuaded by Sir Joseph Paxton,
architect of the Crystal Palace,
Thomas ferried 150,000 people to
the Great Exhibition of London in
1851, organised his first overseas
excursion four years later to
coincide with the International
Exhibition held in Paris, started his
own rail excursion business,
formed a partnership with his only
son John Mason Cook which
became Thomas Cook and Son,
expanded into exotic tours and the
rest, as they say, is history. With
the Bank Holidays Act of 1871,
giving workers a day off at
Whitsun and the beginning of
August, organized
trips to the seaside
became
increasingly
popular.
Following a trip to Paris, probably courtesy of
Thomas Cook, in 1891 the mayor and hotelier
John Bickerstaffe commissioned the Blackpool
Tower. In 1881 John Mason Cook was asked by
the British Government to organize a relief
expedition up the Nile to rescue General Gordon
from Khartoum, and although a huge operation
was organized Khartoum fell in January 1885 and
Gordon was killed. In 1928, Thomas’ grandsons
Frank and Ernest unexpectedly sold the business
to the Belgian Compagnie Internationales des
Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Européens,
operators of most of Europe’s luxury sleeping
cars including the Orient Express. Cook’s British
assets were requisitioned by the British
Government when Paris was seized by occupying
forces shortly after the outbreak of World War II,
the company was sold to Britain’s four mainline
railway companies and in 1948 the company
became state-owned as part of the nationalized
British Railways. Today, Thomas Cook UK &
Ireland own more than a dozen well-known travel
companies in addition to their own including Club
18-30, Sunset, Airtours, Tradewinds and Going
Places and operates a fleet of 44 aircraft.
By the beginning of the twentieth century it was
common for employees to be given Sunday off.
The five day working week was first introduced
by the Americans, when, in 1908, the boss of a
spinning mill in New England introduced the five
day working week so his Jewish employees could
have Saturday off and his Christian employees
Sunday, without causing offence to either. The
adoption of the five day week by Henry Ford, not
entirely altruistically, to hopefully encourage his
workers to be more productive with increased
leisure time and also take longer trips in his
Model-T Fords, certainly endorsed the two day
weekend.
The good old package holiday was first
introduced on 20th May 1950 by the Russian
born Vladimir Gavrilovich Raitz who moved to
Britain with his parents when he was six, worked
for Reuters, went on holiday to Corsica in 1949
and decided to set up a business offering all-in
holidays to the Mediterranean and so Horizon
Holidays was born. Not quite as he had hoped, as
initially British European Airways objected and
although the Ministry of Civil Aviation ruled in
his favour, he was limited to students and teachers
only, eleven of whom travelled from Gatwick to
Lyon in a DC3 Dakota. Horizon was taken over
by Clarksons in 1974, which subsequently went
bust.
Thomson, although perceived as British, was in
fact Canadian and is now owned by the German
Tui Travel, formerly the Prussian Mine and
Foundry Company, who own about 100
companies including First Choice, Hayes &
Jarvis, Sovereign and LateRooms.com.
Did you know that the world’s first commercial
jet plane service was launched in 1952 by the
British Overseas Airways Corporation (known as
BOAC) when a de Havilland Comet flew from
London to Johannesburg, named after the
designer of the Mosquito bomber and cousin of
the actress Olivia de Havilland, Geoffrey de
Havilland? And did you know John Cleese’s
Fawlty Towers was far from fiction but based on
the Hotel Gleneagles In Torquay and Basil on the
ex-naval commander proprietor, Donald Sinclair,
by all accounts far worse than the fictional Basil?
Did you know … one of the most well-known
holiday entrepreneurs, who started his empire
in 1936, was born in South Africa with the
forenames William Heygate Edmund
Colborne? But who was he?
Did you know . . . January's answer? One of America’s most famous Presidents, with a
Norfolk connection, had only eighteen months’
formal education from several itinerant teachers,
gained most of his knowledge from self-education
and in his youth had a reputation for brawn rather
than brains? But who was he?
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the
United States, born to Thomas, a carpenter and
farmer, and Nancy Hanks Lincoln on Sunday
12th February 1809 in a 16 x 18 feet log cabin
near Hodgenville, Kentucky, whose ancestors
originated from Hingham, Norfolk. On 8th April
1637 Abraham’s great, great, great, great
grandfather Samuel, a weaver’s apprentice under
Francis Lawes of Norwich, sailed on the John and
Dorothy of Ipswich for the United States of
America with the Lawes family, arriving on 20th
June in Boston, eventually settling in New
Hingham, Massachusetts, where he died in 1690.
Samuel’s very wealthy grandfather Richard (so
Abraham’s great, great, great, great, great, great
grandfather) spent the majority of his life in the
Norfolk village of Swanton Morley. The mansion
Richard built for himself still stands in Swanton
Morley, today known as The Angel public house.
According to church records Richard was
churchwarden there from 1599 until his death in
1620. The church still has a Lincoln bible dating
back to 1686. The Lincoln family ended up in
Hingham after Richard changed his will and
disinherited his son Edward (Abraham’s great,
great, great, great, great grandfather) who moved
to Hingham, scraped a living from the land, died
on 11 February 1640 and was buried in the
graveyard of St Andrew’s church. Richard had
probably been born in Hingham since his father
Robert died there in 1556.
Abraham Lincoln, known as Honest Abe, famous
for his role in beginning the process of abolishing
slavery in the United States and his Gettysburg
Address on 19th November 1863 at the ceremony
to dedicate the battlefield there to the soldiers who
had perished in the Civil War, an attorney and
Judge and father of four sons, only one of whom
lived to adulthood, was sworn in as President on
4th March 1861. Abraham died on Easter
Saturday 15 April 1865 after having been shot in
the back of the head whilst watching a play
entitled Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre,
by the actor and Confederate spy John Wilkes
Booth the previous evening, six days after the
surrender of Confederate commanding general
Robert E Lee. Abraham was the first President to
be assassinated, an excellent wrestler, owned a
German newspaper, wrote poetry, never joined a
church, kept mail, his bankbook and important
papers in his stovepipe hat, suffered from
depression, had his coffin moved 17 times partly
due to fears for his remains which grave robbers
tried to steal in 1876, was named after his paternal
grandfather (a friend of frontiersman Daniel
Boone), who had been killed at the age of 42 by
Native Americans in May 1786 and, bizarrely, on
9 November 1863 watched his eventual assassin
starring in a play called the Marble Heart, also at
Ford’s Theatre. Samuel Lincoln was baptized in
St Andrew’s church, Hingham, Norfolk, on 24
August 1622. Abraham Lincoln is honoured by a
bust in the church, unveiled in a 1919 ceremony
by the then-American Ambassador John W
Davis. Abraham’s grandfather, in case you are
still keeping up with this and wondering, was
called John and his great grandfather Mordecai.
So working backwards from the President to the
US immigrant the Lincolns were: Abraham,
Thomas, Abraham, John, Mordecai and Samuel.
There are no direct living descendants of
Abraham Lincoln, but descendants from other
branches of the family include William and Kate
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (both 16th
cousins 5 times removed) and movie actors Tom
Hanks (3rd cousin 4 times removed) and George
Clooney (half-first cousin 5 times removed).
Although three out of four of Richard’s sons,
including Samuel, sought their fortune in
America, presumably Norfolk Lincoln
descendants survive to this day.
Did you know . . . ?
News The Wayland News Page 5
Mayor's Mardle With Cllr Paul Cooper
Sorry I missed the deadline for the last issue, so
no Mayor’s Mardle last month. Lots of things
were going on, some of them time consuming
and trivial.
May I take this opportunity to wish all those
who read this paper a belated Happy and
Healthy New Year for 2013.
Some of you will be thinking thank goodness to
see the back of 2012, and will 2013 be any
better? Who knows, life goes on, make the best
of it.
It was pleasant to visit Wayland Academy for
their presentation evening on 22 November,
well done to all the students involved. We
enjoyed the evening especially me, being an old
pupil from 1959-63.
The Mayoress and myself were guests at the
Thursday Club’s Christmas Party, thank you for
the invitation.
Norwich Cathedral was the venue for a Night to
Remember in aid of Marie Currie Cancer Cure.
RAF Lakenheath celebrated a Winter Yuletide
Reception.
George Freeman our local MP did the official
opening of a new boiler at the Sports Centre it
was badly needed.
I escorted Santa around the Christmas market
then it was the Senior Citizens party at the
Academy, this seemed to be a great success.
The mayoress and myself visited the Junior
school yet again, this time to pick the short list
Christmas Cards designed by the children. The
final result will be judged at the end of January.
Did you know Christmas cards were introduced
in about 1843. If you have any old Christmas
cards and they are not wanted please recycle
them.
Final event of the year was to accompany the
mayoress and clerk to visit all the market stall
holders and offer then a drink and mince pie.
The council has been busy with the budget
precept for 2013/14. The final figures have just
been finalized. All details will be on line by the
end of January 2013.
You can be assured we endeavoured to keep
the budget as low as possible. I hope you will
appreciate, the likes of Christmas Lights for
2013 will not come cheap. The Town Clock
needs to be professionally repaired. Remember
if you want things done in the town you the tax
payer have to pay for it. I think you can forget
about a swimming pool unless someone has got
a spare couple of million pounds spare.
I think you will find Watton of all the Breckland
towns, will be one, if not the lowest for council
rates. I will let you know next time of the band
‘D’ rates for all the Breckland towns.
Driving tips.
I have been reading all the motoring sections of
the local press, it looks like my tips are being
copied. Lets face it most of my tips are common
sense but then again a lot of drivers haven’t got
much. Even todays EDP states, “Snow caused
accidents”, I don’t think so, it’s driver not
driving correctly in the prevailing conditions.
Yes the snow could be considered a
contributing factor
Personally I would not like to be driving any old
vehicle without the modern safety features. No
matter how good a driver you consider yourself
you can always get hit by someone else.
A Quick Look
Round By Orbiter
Well another year is well on its way, and as
usual our leaders, though going under the
classification of Coalition, seem to be more at
loggerheads with each other than with the
opposition.
One of the main points that no-one seems to be
able to agree on is that of the changes to the
Planning regulations, whereby, if some are to
believed, individuals will be able to erect
extensions to their houses that could amount to
doubling their size. While not everyone is
happy with the current restrictions, it is
generally realised that, in the main, it is to our
advantage that indiscriminate building should
not be permitted, particularly with respect to the
boundaries set for green-field areas.
Despite the assertions that relaxation of rules in
that area will result in most of England
becoming covered in concrete, the fact that one
can travel miles and miles across many parts of
the country with never more than an occasional
farmhouse in sight hardly supports such views.
Obviously building is needed in some areas,
mainly around existing towns and cities,
because that is where the jobs are concentrated,
but surely developers are not likely to despoil
the countryside in places where it would
difficult to make any sales.
Unfortunately these days any application for
building seems to attract opposition as a matter
of course. Imagine what we would have missed
had such views been current three hundred
years ago, when the local landowner announced
his intention to erect his ‘pile’.
His tenants would have been horrified when
they learnt his plans to erect a building several
hundred yards wide, and several storeys high,
on the most prominent part of the local
countryside. Luckily they had no powers to
oppose such a construction, so that today we
enjoy visiting such wonderful places, such as
Holkham Hall, which we regard as our national
treasures.
Probably our forebears also were none too
pleased when the local miller decided to build a
windmill on the highest point of the village,
though at least they had the knowledge that it
would be to everyone’s advantage to have their
daily bread provided for.
Unfortunately modern proposals for wind
turbines come without any guarantees of being
to our benefit, since while the vested interests
assure us that they do a fine job, opponents say
that they are inefficient, and cost more money
than they save. Who are we to believe?
Sadly we do not trust our politicians these days,
whatever their particular allegiances, and, in
fact, we do not afford them the deference that
they enjoyed not too many years ago. Once
upon a time they would have been called Mr.
Balfour, Mr. Asquith, or Mr. Baldwin, etc., and
in 1939 our newspapers actually reported that
“Mr. Chamberlain had flown to Munich to
confer with Herr Hitler”.
These days even the leading news sheets bear
the headlines, “Dave” did this, “Nick” did that,
and we all know who they mean when we read
about Tony and Gordon, Boris and Ed, and so
on. The most they can expect is for their
surnames to be quoted, and the ‘Mr.’ has almost
disappeared into history.
My Look Round brings various annoying things
to my attention, and one of the latest is that my
daily newspaper now regularly contains
advertisements occupying whole or even double
sheets, which to me seems to be a complete
waste of paper, since I (and others that I have
spoken to) immediately turn to the next page
without reading the content. So as far as the
advertiser is concerned these are a complete
waste of money if they aren’t read, though
possibly they are there just to reduce their tax
bill, and I suppose I should accept that these ads
help to keep the price of the paper down, but
just the same they annoy me, but not as much as
the adverts that appear on BBC radio. Yes, on
BBC. Not for products, but for other
programmes. Just as I get interested in what I’m
listening to some stupid voice intrudes to tell
me what awaits my attention next Tuesday
night at ten o’clock. This same announcement
will intrude on nearly every broadcast until that
time. Surely if I wish to learn what programmes
await me, I can inquire myself.
Every few years television and radio throw up a
new personality whose presence then dominates
the media scene for long periods. Earlier
examples include Carol Vorderman, Alan
Titchmarsh and Julia Bradbury, and now,
following her successful presentations of the
Olympics we have Clare Balding. While she is
a pleasant enough character, do we really need
to see or hear her nearly every moment on
shows varying between quiz shows and
religious broadcasts ?
Wayland Women
In Business News
Our Christmas lunch was a thoroughly enjoyable
time with delicious food at Broom Hall in Saham
Toney.
We were very pleased to hear
Jane of Jane Richards Interiors
speak (right). Her interest in what
has proved to be a forward
moving business, started at the
tender age of 4 when she was
fascinated by the sewing
machine being used by her
mother and aunt to make
Christmas decorations, owning
her first (toy) sewing machine at
the age of 7. Inspired by her
creative family around her, an
aunt teaching her to knit, she also
helped her grandfather paint and
hang wallpaper as a child – they had a lot of fun
together but he was meticulous, hence Jane’s
attention to detail today.
As a teenager Jane was very interested in fashion
and became frustrated when friends continuously
copied her style, so she decided they couldn’t copy
what she made herself! This led to her starting her
own client base at the age of 15. Developing two
businesses and sets of employees in the knitting and
home interiors areas, the time came to decide which
to focus on. To the benefit of many homes in
Watton, Wayland, Norfolk and beyond, Jane chose
the interiors.
Jane continued to develop her business and juggling
life with a young family and
enhanced her skills with a course
with hours of coursework
learning 18th century sewing
techniques and she passed every
module with distinction status.
With Wayland Women in
Business in its infancy in January
2006, Jane and other like-minded
ladies met Bev Hurley at the first
event organised by the Wayland
Partnership. Bev is the founder
of Enterprising Women and Jane
realised that she need help with
PR and marketing. Jane is a
staunch supporter of EW, which
offers lots of mentor training course, and this has
made her the business woman she is today. As well
as being a committee member and organiser of
WWIB, Jane frequently attends networking events
run by WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) and
would advocate to anybody to make use of the
excellent networking and training opportunities
offered by such organisations.
Jane is now a role model for Enterprising Women
and was approached by Jane Goodchild handbags
to offer assistance. With a background with high
class brands, Jane Goodchild started her own
business has received lots of help and advice from
Jane applying this to her own business.
With Jane’s business continuing to build, Jane
opened up her boutique interiors shop opened
last Spring in The Lanes in Norwich which also
employs her husband Simon and her son John
who are integral to the shop front and
marketing. If you are near If you are near Lower
Goat Lane, do take a look if you are nearby!
The lunch also provided a Christmas shopping
opportunity for our ladies with Angela
O’Sullivan from The Body Shop at Home,
Catherine Downes designer jewellery, Gone
Crabbing and Jane Richards.
Finally, we would like to pass on our
condolences to the family of Janina Dingwall of
Smith and Pinching. Janina was frequently a
smiling friendly face at our lunches which she
attended with much enthusiasm and was always
disappointed if prior commitments prevented
her from joining us.
See www.waylandwomeninbusiness.com for
further details and to subscribe to our newsletter
for notification of our events.
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The Watton Society Talk Wednesday, 20th February, 7.45 pm at the Watton
Christian Community Centre. Sian Hogarth from Swaffham Museum 'Murder Most Horrid' Famous
Norfolk murders in the 1800’s Members £1.50, non-members very welcome at £2.50
The Watton Society - J Kerr 01953 882613
Dereham Organ and
Keyboard Society Our next meeting is on Friday 8th February at the Meeting
Point, St Withburga Lane, Dereham NR19 1ED.
From 7 to 10pm you can listen to live music by our members
and catch up with friends old & new and we have our AGM
for about 30 minutes.
There is a £2 entrance fee including refreshments. Enquiries,
Secretary, 07845 937358
In your Garden
with Lotta Potts
Here we go - it’s snowing and
forecast to carry on for three weeks,
which by my reckoning just before
Boy Julian’s deadline, takes us to
the middle of February. I just
found the lyrics for Flanders &
Swann’s ‘A Song of the Weather’
and ‘February's ice and sleet freeze
the toes right off your feet’ seems
rather apt.
Even more depressing is the
thought that once the snow goes the
ground will still be waterlogged.
Lucky people will not be flooded
but in parts where there is nowhere
for the water to go the snow melt
will cause problems. Still, let’s not
be too pessimistic. Last February it
was mild and went on to be too
warm so plants made too much
progress then it went cold and wet.
Whatever is going on there will be
signs of spring - bulbs will start to
appear and there will still be winter-
flowering shrubs at their best. One
of these is Garrya elliptica. This is
a large evergreen shrub, not
completely hardy so can be grown
against a wall for a bit of
protection. There’s a terrific one
in the walled garden of Oxburgh
Hall and this specimen has
enormous grey-green tassels. As I
visited last February, mainly to see
the wonderful snowdrops (do go!)
this was a real bonus. I don’t
know if the gardeners at Oxburgh
run a clematis through this large
shrub for interest later in the year
but it’s certainly worth
considering. Obviously it would
need to be a texensis or viticella
variety that can be cut down to the
ground in winter so both it and the
Garrya get maximum advantage.
This shrub will grow in any
reasonable soil in a sheltered
position in sun or partial shade,
including north-facing. How very
accommodating of it! Couldn’t be
much easier to please. Another
easy-going shrub is the contorted
hazel. This is as tough as old
boots as it is a variety of our native
hazel, originally found in a hedge
many years ago. It will grow just
about anywhere but is worth either
growing towards the back of a
border since once the catkins are
over in the spring and the leaves
come out it’s not really
outstanding. It is, however,
outstanding in winter when the
bare branches show off their
contortions and in spring with
bulbs beneath the catkins.
There are flowers out as well as the
bulbs: Iris reticulata’s flowers only
grow to 4” before the foliage
appears, making them ideal for
rockeries and pots. The native
primroses should be appearing and
there will be a huge selection of the
cultivated multi-coloured ones
available in pots from garden
centres. These will probably need
to be hardened off a bit before they
are planted out as they aren’t as
hardy as the paler natives.
So far all I have mentioned are
things to look at. As far as activity
is concerned it’s more don’t than
do. Keep off the grass unless it
really is mild and dry and the grass
is growing. In this case it’s
possible to mow with the blades as
high as they’ll go. Don’t tread on
soggy soil as it will compact and
anything underneath will be
squashed. If you can stand on a path
it’s a good time to prune the
clematis that flower later in the
year. The viticellas can be cut to
the ground and the large flowering
typical clematis that come along
after June can be cut to a healthy
bud about 12” from the ground.
The Montana types that grow really
quickly should be pruned after
flowering. If they’ve made a real
tangle they will take severe pruning
but you may sacrifice flowers for a
year or two. This is better than
letting them go until you get the
benefit of a good view of the
tangled stems but need a ladder to
see the flowers.
As far as the veg garden is
concerned, have you chitted your
spuds yet? If not now’s the time
to get on with it. I get caught out
every year. The catalogues drop
into the letterbox and the inbox on
the computer with lots of lovely
pictures and I think that there’s
lots of time. Then it dawns that
they should have been ordered and
started off in seed trays or egg
boxes - ideal. The only problem is
that they need a cool, light space
to chit so that they grow strong,
bushy and green. Too warm and
they go leggy. Too dark and they
go pale and leggy. I sneak the
heating off in one room and hope
it doesn’t get noticed before the
spuds get planted out. It usually
works. You can also start seeds
off for early crops as long as they
are early varieties - normal
summer ones will bolt. This will
only work as long as the soil is in a
suitable condition for sowing.
Otherwise, if you are lucky enough
to have a greenhouse with a border
you can grow lots of salads and
those early veg suitable for under
glass. I can’t be specific, you need
to read the packets. Flowers can
also be sown now: busy lizzies
and sweet peas as long as you have
a heated propagator or experiment
with a sunny windowsill. It’s
always a gamble and probably the
best thing is to wait until late in
the month or March then it all
becomes easier.
If you really are in need of
‘something garden’ to do and the
weather is not too bad then look
around for those cleaning up type
jobs that are still about - clean the
greenhouse out, wash pots and seed
trays, fix fences, paint things that
need it and so boringly on. At least
then you won’t be trying to catch up
when more interesting activities are
on the menu.
If all else fails and the ground is not
covered in snow keep weeding.
They’ll still be there and then you
can get a ground view of bulbs
emerging.
Great Hockham
Gardening Club Our club meeting on Wednesday 9th
January was attended by 24 members.
Our Chairman, Ed, welcomed everyone
and wished them a Happy New Year.
Our speaker, Shelagh Ashe (pictured
below) was really lovely to listen to, she
developed her theme of ‘Mind the Gap’
beautifully, painting inspirational pictures
with her eloquent language and giving us
interesting, enlightening ideas for
planting. She showed us lovely
photographs to illustrate ways that
borders can be filled with different
colours, textures and scents the whole
year through – something we all aspire to
and rarely achieve.
Shelagh has a garden consultancy/design
business in Norwich, Google her if you
need any help – she was brilliant!
The Club Flower Competition was won
by Jill de Ruyter, 2nd Jane Dalton, 3rd
Hazel Dunn.
The Vegetable Competition was won by
Chris Halford, 2nd Hazel Dunn and 3rd
Jane Dalton.
The Photo Competition was won by Dave
Thomas, 2nd Jane Dalton, 3rd Sue
Thomas.
Congratulations and thanks to all those
who entered - our speaker, who judged
the competition, was amazed at the
quality of all the entries, especially for the
time of year.
Also please book in advance for the
Clematis Pruning at Thorncroft Clematis
Nursery, Reymerston on Saturday
morning, 16th February. We need a group
of 10 and are looking for anyone
interested to make up the numbers…. To
book or for more information please give
me a call as soon as possible. Just £5 in
advance – instead of £9!
Come on, make a New Year’s resolution
to do something new - join our club, make
new friends and learn new skills.
Membership fee just £10 per year. We
meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every
month.
Our indoor meetings are at the Edinburgh
Hall, Harling Rd. Gt. Hockham and start
at 7.45pm. Free refreshments.
Look us up on our website:
www.greathockhamgardeningclub.org.uk
Jane Dalton Club Sec. Tel: 01953 498694
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Inner Wheel
News
As usual, the members of Watton Inner
Wheel have continued to be very
active: in December they were pleased,
along with many other clubs and
organisations, to have a stall at the
Festive Market. This raised £71
bringing the total money raised in
December alone (through a Christmas
Coffee Morning and a Lunchtime
Concert) to an amazing £1137:73 for
charities supported by Inner Wheel.
January 10th is celebrated worldwide
as World Inner Wheel Day and this
year Watton Club marked the occasion
by having an
event at the
home of
President Jenny
Simons. Billed
as a ’Frugal
Lunch’ it was,
in fact,
anything but
frugal since
guests were
offered a choice
of various delicious home-made soups
served with French bread and followed
by coffee and chocolate biscuits! About
30 people attended including some
members of Watton Rotary Club and
£160 was raised for the President’s
chosen charity McMillan Cancer
Support.
Later the monthly Club meeting heard
a talk from Helen Chapman the
Fundraising Coordinator for McMillan
in this area. She traced the history of
the organisation from its inception
more than 100 years ago to its valuable
work in the present day. She spoke
movingly of some of the problems
cancer patients and their families face,
and of the ways in which McMillan
Support can help to alleviate these.
Helen was thanked by member Judy
Wilson who also presented her with a
donation of £294:30 for her work
(pictured). This was money raised by
the lunch but also by monthly ‘fines’
paid by members for the past six
months. These were based on things
like ‘10p for every item of pink
clothing you have’ and ‘10p for every
picture in your home’.
The Club business meeting followed
the coffee break and plans were made
for future activities. In February two
popular events return to the Queen’s
Hall. On February 15th at 7:30 there
will be a Valentine’s Barn Dance
with dancing to Shinanikins. (Tickets
£8 to include supper) On February
20th there is a Lunchtime Concert
starting at 12 noon with
entertainment by regular performers,
Pam Warren and friends. This time
they will present their favourite
characters from Gilbert and Sullivan
Operettas including the Mikado.
Tickets are £5 to include lunch, all
tickets are available from Mullengers
and Inner wheel members. Proceeds
are for charities supported by Inner
Wheel. On March 2nd the ladies
look forward to serving you coffee
and homemade cakes and pastries
from 9:30-11:30 at their Coffee
Morning in aid of the Queen’s Hall
Maintenance Fund.
NEW LUNCHEON CLUB for Senior Citizens
The Watton Sports Centre WEDS 6th FEBRUARY
12 mid day for lunch fun and fellowship for afters
Pick up service available For details phone
Paul and Christina 884213
The Ovington
Crower
I hafta rekun iffen yor readin this,
yew musta servived tha
Chrismus celarbrearshuns, hoop
yew orl hed a gud toime an I
betta wish yew orl tha best for
tha Noo year.
That hev snew orl artanune an
thas a layin tidy thick so I sharnt
hefta worit abowt gittin my
teartas in jist yit.
I hev bort a few seed teartas an
theara chittin under tha bed
orlright, jist as longa tha missus
doont goo jumpin up an down on
tha ole bed too orften.
We went tew a pantamime tha
otha day, blarst thet ware a rare
ole larf, thet ware orl dun in reel
Norfick an I rekkun harf tha
awdence hent gotta clew what
thet ware orl abowt.
I sorta hed tew drag Horry along
cos he warnt tew keen cos thare
wornt a bar thare, he kep a
mobbin me abowt missin
walubal drinkin time, but he sed
arta wards thet ware tha best larf
he’d hed in years. He speshully
liked tha bits ware the peeple
onna tha stearge forgot thar wuds
an heddta arsk tha otha acters
wot cum next.
Yis thet ware a reel gud show, an
I hoop thar’ll be notha nex year.
Thar’s northin like a gud ole lood
o’ amtures mucking abowt an
gitten lottsa larfs, we yewsed tew
hev a lood o silly fewls inna tha
willage wot put on a few shows
inna tha willage horl, even hed a
stearge up wun end fer them tew
hoss abowt on. Dassent say tew
much cos my missus yewsed to
swannick abowt longa sum o tha
otha yung mawthas, kickin thare
legs up an orl sorts. Tha oonla
otha times tha ole horl has bin so
full is when thares a public
meetin abowt suffin wot the ole
cownsil wanta dew thet doont
meet wi tha willagas approoval.
Wen we wossa cummin hoom,
Horry ‘fessed tew me he yewsta
be inna pop groop,
afore thar wos
called thet, I say
ter him I say “Wot
wos thet corled
then Horry?”
He say. “We wos
orl set ter becum
fearmus, but tha
peepal in Norrige
dint think much o our
group nearm”
“So” I say ter him “Wot
wos yew corled?”
He say “Horry an tha sugarbeets”
Well blarst I thort, thas a turnup.
So I arsed him what he pleard.
“Tha spoons” he say, “Boy
Jimma wos onna the drum, we
only hed one, and ole Wally
pleard the trumpet, thet warnt
tew sharp cos thet wos wun tha
boys brigeard hed chucked owt
cos tha wicars hos hed trod onnit.
Wally wos gud witha hamma
tho, an thet blew a tidy noot arta
hed givit a clowt or tew”
“Wot happened tew yor groop” I
arsed.
“Thet ware a reel sad cashun”
he say. “Boy Jimma wos
corled up fer his nashnul
sarvice an took his drum
wi him, an pore ole
Wally hed a hart
attack tryin ter hit
top “C” at our
farewell concert”
See, yew larn suffin
noo evraday.
Tha missus hev bin a
mobbin me abowt gitten tha front
parth cleerd afore tha pusman
cum inna tha mornin, so I reckun
I shell hefta git tha ole shuvvel
owta tha shad and git rid of tha
snow wos layin thicker now.
Mynd how yew go, keep owtea
tha win an rearn, an dunt run on
if yer dunt know wot yewre
slavrin abowt, keep owta polertix
an chatchyards at nyte. Moosta
orl, dew yew kip a troshin.
Boy Sid.
Project Linus
in Norfolk
Open
Workshop
Project Linus Norfolk is holding
an open workshop on Saturday
20th April, to quilt, layer and
make quilts. Spaces are limited,
so places must be pre-booked.
The workshop is being held at
The Well Christian Centre,
Swaffham Road, Ashill, IP25
7BT from 9.30 to 3.30. There is
ample parking and good disabled
access. Tea and coffee will be
provided but please bring a
packed lunch. Fabric and other
materials will be supplied, but if
you have any unwanted cotton
fabric, please bring it along.
Sewing equipment required will
include a sewing machine;
threads suitable for sewing and
machine quilting, neutral greys,
greens etc are useful for the
former; a rotary cutter, cutting
mat and general sewing
equipment.
This will be on a first come, first
served basis, so Book Your Place
Now!!!!
For booking and further
information call Susan Walker on
01760 440313 or email
On 6th April the local Watton
Group, Hackers, Tackers and
Stuffers (HTS) will be hosting a
Coffee Morning at the Watton
Christian Community Centre for
Project Linus Norfolk . Project
Norfolk is an international
voluntary organisation. In
Norfolk we provide quilts for
Nelson’s journey camps for
bereaved children; seriously ill
children in the N&NUH;
hospices and individual cases
brought to our notice.
You may contact us by email
[email protected] or ring:
Jane 01953 884215; Susan 01760
440720 and Suzanna 01953
880057
Diabetes UK
At our January meeting our
members were treated to a
talk by Julian Horn entitled
"A walk through Watton
around the 1900's". Obviously
Rod and John remembered
this era well! It was an
extremely interesting and
fascinating meeting looking
back at how Watton used to
be and seeing how it has
altered, or not, over the years.
We also learn't about the
history behind some of the
buildings too, as well as the
people who used to own or
work in them. It brought back
many memories to some of
our members, who could
relate to the information
Julian gave us. He was
warmly thanked by us all and
the group decided that they
would like to invite him back
at a later date to possibly talk
about Bodney Camp.
Our next meeting, which will
be at 10.15am on February
11th, will be a Coffee & Chat
one where our members talk
about things that might be of
interest to others. This means
that the "Watton Two"
usually talk about themselves!
We meet at the Pentecostal
Church, Watton and we thank
them most sincerely for the
generous use of their
facilities.
New members are always
welcome. For more
details, please phone Helen,
01953 884713, leave a
message and I will get back to
you as soon as I can.
News The Wayland News Page 11
Watton Town Team’s Next
Entrepreneur’s Market Saturday March 16th @wattontownteam
Watton Rotary
Roundup
2013 got off to a cracking start: at
our first meeting of the year - 3rd
January - we hosted an ambassadorial
scholar, William Usher, who is
sponsored by the Rotary Club of
Broadwater Southport, Gold.Coast,
Australia. Will is studying at Jesus
College, Cambridge, for a Masters in
Engineering. He gave an excellent
talk about his studies and ambitions
and described how his contact with
Rotary led to the award of an
overseas scholarship.
On 8th January 5 Watton Rotarians
went to the luncheon meeting of the
Andover Rotary Club to ‘hand over’
Richard Akister, who had moved to
the town from Ovington last year. He
was presented with an album of
photos of his 5½ years of service
with Watton Rotary, and also with a
video of the West End Waiters with
which he had performed on
numerous occasions.
Two days later we were pleased to
support our sister club, Inner Wheel,
by attending a ‘frugal luncheon’ to
mark International Inner Wheel Day,
which raised funds for Macmillan
Cancer Care.
At our own meeting that evening, our
guest was Sergeant Pilot Eric
Quinney, aged 89 from Narborough,
who recounted his experiences of
joining the RAF towards the end of
WW11 leaving and rejoining in the
late 1940s and finding himself
piloting one of the 3 specially
modified Lancaster Bombers used in
the making of the film “The
Dambusters” released in 1955. He
said that flying at just 60ft was very
scary but exciting and he paid tribute
to the crews who did it for real in the
dark and under fire. Eric is a keen
supporter of the Lincolnshire
Aviation Heritage Centre and its
preserved and taxiable Lancaster
aircraft at East Kirby.
Last year we helped the local Friends
of Chernobyl Children group bring
10 fallout-affected youngsters to
Breckland for a month of
recuperative care.
In common with other European
administrations, the UK government
has waived the fee for the necessary
visa – until now. The fee of £86 per
child will now be charged, which will
add £3,440 to the cost of bringing
these children over each year for
another 4 sessions to complete the
recuperative process – all money that
has to be raised by charitable giving.
There is an E-petition against the
impost, which, if 100,000 signatories
are achieved, will achieve at least a
parliamentary debate. To sign up
visit
www.focc.org.uk – please do!
Tickets for DixieMix at the Queens
Hall (22nd March) will go on sale in
Adcocks from 15th February. A
reminder: we have copies of
Winston’s DVD, ‘the singing farmer’
as recorded at the Queens Hall in
November 2011, for sale at £11.
Martin Anscombe
Councillor's Chat With Cllr Claire Bowes
I'd like to begin by wishing all Wayland News readers a
happy, healthy (and warm!) New Year. I hope that by
the time this goes to print the temperature will be at
least a few degrees higher than it is as I write. The
weather outside is positively arctic. If you know
anyone who may be struggling to keep warm in these
low temperatures (a predicament that can particularly
affect the elderly) 'Warm Packs' containing items such
as blankets, hot water bottles and gloves are available
as a form of immediate assistance from Breckland
Council's Principal Housing Officer, Gordon Partridge
on 01362 656870. These have been made available
through government funding secured jointly by local
councils and health and voluntary organisations and are
part of the 'Warm and Well' initiative which also
provides emergency heating oil, portable heater loans
and low level home insulation to vulnerable residents.
Help and advice is available on the free Home Heat
Helpline (0800 33 66 99). You can find more information
about the Warm and Well initiative on the Norfolk County
Council website (www.norfolk.gov.uk).
Breckland Council and it's Councillors are very keen to
increase public engagement and understanding of the
Council's work and Councillor's roles by increasing it's
use of digital communication channels. You can watch
Council Leader, William Nunn's New Year video
message on You Tube in which he looks back on the
highlights of 2012 and on to 2013 which he predicts to
be a year both of 'challenge and achievement' at this
address http://youtu.be/H6pfgVoHqG4 or view via
www.waylandnews.com
And good news for us all in this digital age was
announced on 21st December when Norfolk County
Council signed the contract that will bring about tens of
millions of pounds of public and private investment in
Norfolk's superfast broadband.
The historic deal with BT aims to nearly double the
number of Norfolk homes and businesses able to access
superfast broadband within three years.
A new programme of business start up support has
been launched in Breckland.
Aspiring business people in Breckland now have access
to an extensive programme of free support to help them
take the next step in starting a business.
Funded by the County Council, Breckland Council and
Norfolk and Waveney Enterprise Services have teamed
up to provide a suite of business support activities in
Breckland's market towns including Watton. The
object is to enable people to gain the necessary skills to
start a successful business and receive ongoing advice
and mentoring during the first year of trading. To find
out more about the Enterprise Norfolk programme
contact NWES on 0845 6099991 or Dan Cox at
Breckland Council on 01362 656235
COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS - DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
Grants of up to £100,000 pounds are available for
building projects in Norfolk. The County Council's
Community Construction Fund has been created to help
deliver and bring life to building projects in the
community. The second application round is currently
open and final submissions must be in by 14th
February. There are of course criteria that have to be
adhered to but they are not onerous. If you are a
community organisation with a building, land, or a
project that you think may benefit from this please see
http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/Business/Grant_funding/
NCC111290 for details. If you need more time to
prepare, for instance if your project will require
planning permission, then remember that a third round
of applications will be held in September.
Finally, if you're still feeling the effects of seasonal
over indulgence Breckland Council can help you on
the path to a newer, fitter you! The Council has
teamed up with Active Norfolk to offer a great range
of activities throughout the district including
badminton, netball, riding, swimming, Nordic
walking, indoor bowls, archery and indoor cricket,
The courses will be lead by qualified and
experienced instructors and are open to participants
aged over 18 years. Classes start late Jan-Feb and
run for four, six or eight weeks. Cost is £20 to £60
per course. For more info or to book visit
www.activenorfolk.org/getinto or call Active
Norfolk 01603 732334 / 732333. Advance booking
is essential as numbers are limited.
Please do feel free to contact me regarding any concerns
and issues on 07789796937
Running again
for rhinos The plight and survival of the rhino in
Africa and Asia has become critical.
At the moment rhino in South Africa
are being slaughtered almost daily (455
illegally slaughtered in 2012) to feed
the Chinese and Vietnamese market in
the misguided belief that the horn has
medicinal properties. The horn does
not cure anything. You may as well
chew on you own toe nails which have
about the same medicinal properties.
Even now in our own country zoos,
safari parks and museums have extra
protection to prevent the senseless
poaching of such a magnificent animal.
The charity web site, savetherhino.org,
has full details of its aims and work
and I would like to contribute in some
small way to help them protect this
magnificent lumbering beast.
Having run the London Marathon in
2009, 2010 and 2012 (injury stopped
me in 2011) for wildlife charities, the
plight of the rhino has persuaded me to
have another go and I’m taking the
challenge again in April 2013. No
doubt you’ve all seen the “crazy
people” running in the rhino suits in
past Marathons - well I was asked if I
would have a go but I am not that crazy
as it’s a challenge enough to get from
the start to the finish line without
having that extra burden. Even so, I
will have my work cut out to be fit
enough for the race and the people of
Saham Toney and surrounding villages
will no doubt see me pounding the
tarmac again!
My aim is to raise £1,500 for this
worthwhile charity and I will
therefore be organising a couple of
quizzes in the coming months. The
first event is a “Quiz ‘n Curry”
evening at the Wells Cole
Community Centre on Friday 22nd
February. Teams of up to six and
there’ll be a full bar and raffle. For
further details please contact me.
Dave Edwards, Tel: 01953 881973
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Saham WI Jumble Sale
Saturday 23rd March 9.30 to 11am
Wells Cole Community Centre Saham Toney
Clothes - Bric-a-Brac - Toys Books - Tea - Coffee
Entrance 30p
Jumble can be collected by calling
01953 884880
Music, Music,
Music By Ken Knowles
One unexpected result from the
outbreak of the Second World War
was the change in our treatment of
music, pop music in particular.
Previously many families enjoyed
musical evenings singing around a
piano, which was usually played by
some female member of the group
using sheet music which lived in the
piano stool, or sometimes by ear if she
could manage it. The radio, or wireless
as it was then called, brought us a
reasonable variety of music, both
played live and on record, but the BBC
gave the impression that popular music
should be tolerated rather than enjoyed.
Some measure of relief from formality
was afforded by Radio Luxembourg,
which put out programmes sponsored
by leading national companies, but the
war put an end to these broadcasts, and
for a couple of months any music
coming our way was played by a chap
named Sandy MacPherson on the BBC
theatre organ.
But as the war effort got under way it
was realised that munition workers
toiling away in the factories would be
more productive if given music to
accompany their efforts, so all the
various dance band leaders were
drafted in to provide easy listening
throughout the working day. Thus
everyone soon knew all the latest
tunes, and if they were not sure of the
words, Woolworths produced a
monthly sheet setting them out in
detail. Cashing in on all this the record
companies issued discs on what was
almost a daily basis and the craze for
buying records really took off.
Being a keen follower of this trend I
decided to be a collector, so in 1942 I
saved up my pennies (literally, for my
wages provided little pocket money)
until I could afford a wind-up portable
gramophone together with two records
(one was by the Andrews Sisters, the
other a Bing Crosby), and thus my
hobby was launched.
All my spare cash, such as it was, went
towards buying more records, until
within a year or so I could reasonably
say I had a ‘collection’, though playing
them on a portable gramophone did not
do justice to the artists involved.
Then I had a stroke of good fortune
when an elderly lady in my office
announced she was clearing out
unwanted items, one of which was a
cabinet gramophone, which I could
have for free together with 30 or 40 old
records. This completely changed my
listening pleasure, for (a) this machine
played up to eight records on one
winding, and (b) it was equipped with
a large sound chamber, which gave far
greater depth to the reproduction of the
music.
With my collection now numbering
about 100, including items from all
types of music, from dance, swing,
ballads (old and new), military bands
and excerpts from classics ( at that
stage I couldn’t afford whole
symphonies, which might require up to
five records), I had to take steps to
store them properly and list them so
that any record could be selected
instantly, so I invested in a supply of
stiff covers and a bit of shelving, and
these efforts earned me admiring
comments from all round.
A year or so later a friend of mine with
a bit of technical knowledge persuaded
me that the substitution of an electrical
pick-up for the existing sound-box
would enhance the out-put of my
equipment, as this would enable the
records to be played through the radio,
and so it proved, for this arrangement
provided for volume and tone controls,
improving the sounds enormously.
I was so pleased with the new format
that it formed the basis of my
collection until after the war, in 1947,
when my gratuity upon discharge from
the army allowed me to add another
100 or so recordings to my catalogue.
Then another stroke of luck. My boss
was rewarded for his long service to
his company, his choice being not a
gold watch, but a state of the arts
radiogram, and was kind enough to
pass his old one on to me, this one
being far superior to the old equipment
I had been pleased to use for so long.
Not only was it a stand-alone all- wave
radio, but the gram section had a
facility for loading eight records, which
would then play through un-attended.
Of course this feature would appear on
hundreds of models in the following
years, but to me it was a great novelty.
For another ten years or so this
radiogram suited me admirably, until
in about 1956, married and looking for
a smarter piece of equipment, I went
with my wife to a local radio supply
store to see what was available, with a
budget of about £50.
Though not usually swayed by clever
shop-talk, we were both impressed by
the details fed to us by the salesman,
who persuaded us that the up and
coming thing in radio was FM, and
with a most impressive radiogram with
this feature, a three speed turn-table
and a really splendid cabinet, standing
there ready for immediate delivery, we
were relieved of £105, an enormous
sum in those days.
Of course we had the nasty feeling we
had been taken for a ride by a clever
salesman but we were to have no
regrets, as this new piece of working
furniture gave us really excellent
service for the next twenty years and
yes, FM was the new thing, and only in
the last two years has digital
superseded it.
With my new machine I could now
play the new 45s and EPs that were
now all the rage, as well as the LPs
which were just coming on to the
market, and although my old 78s were
still giving me great pleasure it was
obvious that their days were numbered,
so in future all my purchases would be
for the newer types, which besides
taking up less space, gave far better
reproduction.
Of course technology doesn’t stand
still, and twenty years later the new
craze was for cassette recorders, and so
I grabbed the opportunity to transfer all
the old 78s on to the new format, and
was lucky to find a buyer to give me a
reasonable sum for the old bulky discs,
thus freeing up many feet of wall
space.
Not content with its progress so far,
technology went even further, and so
cassettes themselves became
obsolete, being overtaken by CDs, so
once more I found myself behind the
times, but no, I decided, that’s
enough for me, I’m not going to
change things again. Besides, no
sooner might I make the change than
some other format would be
introduced.
So today I have a comprehensive
stock of cassettes, covering all the
older part of my collection, plus
numerous tapings made direct from
the radio, as well as 60 or so EPs,
and a similar number of LPs, which I
don’t get a chance to hear, since for
24 hours of every day there are
countless radio stations playing
records old and new. My wife and
family all tell me to clear all my stuff
out – “it’s old hat and you never use
it” they say. So there it is, the result
of a hobby that has lasted me or over
70 years lying unused. Do I just take
it up to the local tip, or what? Any
suggestions ?
Life on the
Frontline
Watton Churches Together – Lent Course
Life on the Frontline explores some
important questions about how God
might use us to make a difference in
today’s world. Where we live and
work matter a great deal and we all
have a role to play – These are our
Frontlines.
The Lent course runs every Thursday
evening at 7.30pm from 21st
February to 21st March at the Watton
Christian Community Centre. Each
week we follow a theme:
21st February: Introduction – The
Frontline Commission (What
happens if our Frontline feels
difficult?)
28th February: The Frontline
Community (How do our church
activities equip us for our personal
Frontlines?)
7th March: The Frontline Concern
(How do you know what to do on
your Frontline?)
14th March: The Frontline Cry
(How does our Frontline shape our
prayers?)
21st March: The Frontline
Commitment (How can we sustain
our commitment to one another as
whole-life disciples?)
A short film introduces each of the
six sessions which is followed by
discussion and opportunity to take
away information to pray, reflect and
act during the week before the next
Thursday evening. Each week
includes time to worship in song,
word and prayer and will always
conclude with refreshments!
SSAFA FH
NEWS Happy New Year!
Better late than never?
As I write the sun is shining on a very
sparkly and bright landscape after a
heavy snowfall. The birds in garden are
not too happy just now but at least the
chill is going to control lots of unwanted
bugs and bacteria in the garden. As you
will be aware by now, nothing can stop
the SSAFA FH volunteers! Do you
remember the Big Brew UP? There are
no final figures available yet but we do
know over 600 BB UP were held
worldwide including Germany, Nepal,
Cyprus, France and Colombia!
If would like to be involved this October
www.thebigbrewup.org.uk is the web
site to visit for all the information you
need.
The SSAFA FH Adoption Service
continues to provide children with
loving homes. ** The Service was
founded in the 1960s with the purpose of
assessing childless , serving British
Military couples as adopters of babies
who had been voluntarily given up by
birth parents within the Military, and
supporting civilian community in
overseas locations. Since then the
service has grown and is now a
successful voluntary adoption agency,
which last year placed 25 children with
permanent families.
Adoption Manager, Leslie-Anne
Doughty, says “As a charity, we realized
many years ago that the adoption system
was, in the main, failing to consider her
special circumstances of military
families, and the realities of Service life.
Even the ethics of a military career were
often misunderstood thus severely
affecting children who desperately need
a ‘forever family’’
**As well running their own successful
adoption agency, the charity also advises
local authorities on the intricacies of
military life ensuring that members of
the Armed Forces are not disadvantaged
when trying to adopt. By demonstrating
that life is not at odds with good
parenting, he charity hopes to show that
when it comes to providing a loving
home and secure home, serving families
have much to offer.
** Source; SSAFA News and Views
Issue 27
If you have any Questions about this or
any other issue affecting you or
someone you know who has served with
the Army, Navy or Air Force please
‘phone 01 603 40 33 22 mornings
Monday to Friday to chat.
Your Show
committee
needs YOU! The Wayland Show Committee are
looking for a volunteer Minutes
Secretary for its monthly evening
meetings.
Anyone interested in joining a
friendly and enthusiastic team to
help raise money for local charities
should email us
or call 07789796937 for details.
The Wayland News Page 16 News
WAYLAND CMA February 9th J C King
Tel 01953 889 890 for details
“The Best In Country Music” 8 ‘til late
Letters to the
Editor Safety of Ovington residents
Concerns for the safety of our non-driving
residents continued for me, having read the
December issue of the Village News. I noted
that the Parish Councils had more or less given
up on their struggle for creating a safe route to
and from Watton.
The children are expected to use the same main
road for going to and from school. Our son,
since the age of 10, has been denied access to
transport, despite the unsuitable route or
alternative (the Watton Green footpath that is
impassible for many months of the year.)
As expected, every parents worst nightmare
happened on the Wednesday prior to
Christmas. I had that phone call to say my son
had been hit by a car while cycling home along
the main road. To make matters worse, the
female driver only stopped and got out of the
car long enough to see if he was moving,
before running back to her car and driving off.
I don't feel that my son was lucky, despite
only being hit by the car's wing mirror, it still
threw him from his bike into the ditch., but
we all know that it could have been far
worse. He is ok, although we are very
anxious about living here where some
drivers have no concern for pedestrians.
After speaking to the police and the
headteacher at the Academy, I felt I had no
choice but to contact the county council,
again, about how inappropriate it is that the
children of this village were expected to
travel along that road to school and back.
Having walked the route several times
myself I was able to explain about the lack of
path and lighting, as well as the speed and
ignorance, at times, of some drivers. People
who slow down to over take you, but shout
at you to get out of the road! Ok, so where
would you like me to walk?
The council, at first, gave the usual party line
'it is within the recognised distance...there is
a suitable alternative route...' I then recapped
the incident from the previous day and
explained that if transport was not put on for
my son then he would be home educated and
I would immediately get in touch with the
press.
Thankfully, they saw sense and agreed for
a taxi to collect and return our son from
home the very next day. However, the
longer explanation saw the council admit
that the routes along the main road, or on
the footpath, are unsuitable for our
children, and they said that ANY new
application for transport from Ovington to
Watton, will now be granted and the child
given free transport.
It is sad that the council refused the
transport before an incident occurred, and
as I had said previously to them, it is not a
safe route. However, I felt a total sense of
relief that no other parent would have to
go through the same telephone call that I
got about their child being involved by a
hit and run at 60 mph.
I beg of the Parish Councils, use this incident
to further fuel your evidence that we need
that footpath. I know that the bridge causes
an issue, but would they rather people walk
on the road for 4 steps or 400? Now is the
time to push and push and not to stop until
we get a footpath, or at least a cycle way, on
the road where even large lorries struggle to
pass each other.
Finally, if you were the driver of the car
involved in the hit and run, I have your
mirror from your Renault, that hit my son.
By all means come and collect it, and
perhaps offer my son an apology? Hannah
Wheeler, Ovington resident & Headteacher,
Great Hockham Primary School.
Redhill Park thanks
May we say a big thank you to the Redhill
Park Managers and residents who ferried
neighbours to the shops, the Medical Centre
and the chemist during the recent inclement
weather. This is in addition to keeping the
roads on the Park safe to drive on and
checking up on friends and neighbours to
ensure they are keeping safe and well. Name
and address supplied
From Bonnie Robertson Secretary to the
Wayland Players to Keith Gilbert copied
to readers
I have just read your article in the recent
Wayland News and The Wayland Players
wish to thank you for your kind thoughts and
sentiments. I agree that it is amazing how a
small town like Watton can struggle to get
support – and the required energy – to get
some projects off the ground and yet can
successfully support three theatre groups. It
does of course reflect well on the people of
Watton that they choose to participate and
support them in all sorts of ways whether
that be as a participant, a promoter, set
builder, a fund raiser. Thank you all. Perhaps
the Govt has inadvertently done us a favour
in facilitating the need to be cheered? Enter
stage right The Wayland Players, Boo and
Hiss and the Pantomime Group who
willingly oblige!
We are also grateful to the Queens Hall for
being there and providing such a generous
stage space for us all to bring live
entertainment to cheer the town
But most of all we are grateful to the people
of Watton, and beyond, who travel to see our
offerings and who appreciate the amount of
effort involved in bringing a production to
the stage.. But in any event thank you Keith
for highlighting something good in our linear
little town. Maybe one day we can work
together to produce an extravaganza?
Happy New Year!
Watton
University of
The Third Age
(U3A) With seventeen active Groups in 2012 the
New Year is looking to add a further three
with - Classical Film Appreciation – Art –
and Digital Camera Groups. The new
Group Leaders are formulating their final
details and we expect to announce the start
dates shortly. One Group that requires a
new Leader is the Croquet Group. This
Group has professional equipment
available and playing facilities at the
Sports Centre between the months of April
and September. If any member would be
willing to lead this Group or would like
further information please contact the
Group Coordinator Barbara on
01760440178
Alan Bickers Pub Luncheon Group will
meet on Thursday 14th February
(Valentines Day) at The Deers Leap Inn
at Thetford and Brian Eulers Group on
26th February at The Wagon and Horses
in Griston.
Payment is now due for the visit on
Wednesday 27th February to the Jaguar
car plant at Castle Bromwich of £30. Cost
includes a buffet style lunch at Jaguar. The
coach will leave the Queens Hall car park
at 8am.
Final payment for the Lakes Holiday is
due at the February meeting.
Members are reminded that the annual
subscriptions are also due at the February
meeting. In accordance with members
wishes this subscription will be inclusive
of all the years’ monthly meetings and
refreshment charges at £20 per member.
To avoid congestion when paying
subscriptions would members please have
the correct money or cheques made out in
advance please.
The Annual General Meeting of Watton &
District U3A will take place at 2pm on
Thursday 28th March at the CCC.
Nomination forms for Committee
Members are available from the Secretary
or at the monthly meetings. Nominations
close on Friday 15th March.
The next monthly meeting is on Thursday
28th February with speaker David Brooks
presenting “Dads Army”.
For further information on the National
U3A go to www.u3a.org.uk
Mid-Norfolk
Flower Club Our January meeting started with a cheese and
wine lunch (enjoyed by all) and followed by
our AGM. We meet at the Queen's Hall on the
second Tuesday of the month at 2pm and our
February demonstration will be "A frosty
morn" by Dulcie Lofting. Visitors are always
welcome.
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We have been going now for six months,
and we have found that our approach to
our work, and the care we give to other
people`s homes, has helped us to build a
solid client base. Our ethic of hard work,
thoroughness and, above all, reliability,
has been our mainstay.
We are getting to recognise our client-
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out in our original business plan! It seems
to be a straight mixture of people who just
haven`t got the time to do the things they
would like to do, usually because of work
or family commitments – or both – and of
people who have got the time but,
unfortunately, no longer have the ability to
do what they used to do. Here, bending
and stretching are things we can do for
you, so no need to worry anymore about
getting those curtains down, or reaching
corner cobwebs.
A popular pattern we have found is that a
new client will request an initial head-to-
toe cleaning visit, and then a follow-up
visit every two weeks. Families seem to
want weekly visits! Of course, you don`t
have to have a head-to-toe visit; we can
work through your property a room at a
time over a period of weeks to achieve the
same effect.
We have also started offering cleaning
services to offices and small factory units,
and here we have found early morning and
weekend visits popular, as they interfere
less with the day to day running of that
business.
We are happy to do any domestic chore.
We thought that laundry and ironing
would be a draw, but people have been
much more interested in us cleaning their
porches and conservatories, which can
easily be overlooked until they have
become jaded. We are becoming
specialists, and clients can really see a
difference in their glasswork, upvc
surrounds, nets and blinds when we`ve
finished.
We realise that finances are tight for all,
and people don`t know if they can afford
the ‘luxury’ of a cleaner, but we have been
pleasantly surprised by the acceptance of
our charges, which we think offer real
value for money with the amount of work
we can get through in the time allotted.
We are now covering the Watton,
Swaffham, and Dereham areas, and we
look forward to hearing from you so that
we can come and help with that spring
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Shipdham & District
Book Group At our first meeting of 2013 on 15th January we discussed Never the
Bride by Paul Magrs. The central character, Brenda, has settled to
run a B&B in Whitby after a long and eventful life. She and her best
friend Effie love going out for tea with their eyes open for
mysterious happenings in the town. There are many of these
including: satanic beauty salons; roving psychic investigators and
the terrifying owner of the Christmas Hotel. Brenda herself is
unusual with horrific scars, no surname and two different shoe sizes.
There are clues in the book’s title and its setting in Whitby.
Despite a ‘white out’ snow storm falling on already settled snow and
ice, the loyal and determined from within the village made it to the
meeting to be well compensated by a log fire
and lively discussion. One or two members
from more outlying areas had been good
enough to let us know their views. Opinions
varied from total dislike to humorous
enjoyment. It was definitely not a book to be
taken seriously or the usual choice of reading
for the membership as a whole. On further
analysis we decided that it was a humorous
spoof on earlier Gothic texts with Brenda as
the female created and then supposedly
destroyed by Frankenstein; Whitby had to
have Dracula; Effie came from a long line of
witches and could the family with a daughter
with tentacles and a son with third eye
descended from aliens landed generations
ago in an isolated village in Norfolk( where
else?) from which they were trying to escape,
be of the Midwich Cuckoo genre? Further
research confirmed our suspicions that the
author had lectured in Creative Writing at
UEA. One member suggested the fun BBC
Look East might have had with such a
village.
IMPORTANT NOTICE. The meetings for
February and March will be on the 3rd
WEDNESDAYS of the month thus the 20th
in each case. This change may be permanent
and is subject to discussion. For 20th
February we are reading Oystercatchers by
Susan Fletcher.
Tick Tock - Is Your
Body Running Like
Clockwork? Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease,
diabetes or kidney disease or suffering a stroke.
These conditions can often be prevented, even
if you have a history of them in your family,
but you can also be at increased risk of
developing them if you are overweight, smoke,
drink excessively, take little exercise or have
high blood pressure or cholesterol.
FREE NHS Health Checks are being offered
by Total Health Pharmacy in Watton to assess a
person’s risk of developing stroke, diabetes,
heart or kidney disease, later in life.
The Health Check is free to people between the
ages of 40 and 74 who are not already being
treated for these conditions. An initial
assessment will determine if you are eligible
for the free health check taking approximately
30 minutes, during which various health details
will be recorded, your blood pressure will be
taken as well as a simple blood test to check
your cholesterol.
The results of the check will determine a risk
factor for the likelihood of you developing the
mentioned conditions later in life and you will
be given advice on how to lower your risk and
maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Pharmacist, Geoff Ray, said “We are keen to
help people to be proactive with their health.
NHS Health Checks encourage people to be
aware of their potential risk factors to allow
them to take action now rather than waiting
until it is too late.”
This free NHS Health Check is available from
Total Health Pharmacy by calling 01953
881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14 Gregor
Shanks Way, Watton, opposite the Watton
Medical Practice.
The Launch of
eCommerce Angels Have you ever thought of setting up an ecommerce site?
Are you fed up with people buying online instead of from
yourselves? Think it’s far too expensive or technically
involved?
Well there is an answer . . .
The Wayland Business Centre (www.waylandbusiness.co.uk)
and The 4 Marketers Limited (www.the4marketers.co.uk)
have put together the ultimate ecommerce mentoring
package, and would like to invite you to attend our 1st
launch briefing, during which we will give you:-
Reasons why you should be trading online as well as
your existing methods
A full and detailed brief of what the scheme entails
The one thing we hope you take away from the briefing is
that there is a low cost way to get involved in ecommerce
and that you won’t need any technical or 'geeky'
qualifications to do it.
The ultimate goal of the ecommerce angels is to...
Help you chose the right URL for your business
Get you online with your own quality ecommerce
website – it is possible that we could have you online
and ready to trade in less than 2 hours! - why wait
months for an expensive web design company to charge
you a fortune and take weeks
Provide you with monthly workshops covering all
aspects of your site and how it works
Keep you updated on the progress of your website
through quality monthly reports on how well your site
is ranking in the search engines
We will regularly keep in touch via email should you
have any questions or need any help
Yes it is going to cost you to get online and host your
website but this starts from as little as £3 per day –
including an ecommerce site complete with your logo,
hosting and monthly workshops!!!!
The Introduction to ecommerce angels will take place on
WEDNESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2013 STARTING @
7.00PM SHARP at WAYLAND BUSINESS CENTRE,
WAYLAND HOUSE, HIGH STREET,WATTON, IP25
6AR
Places for this are limited so first come first served – if we
need to run more events then these will be arranged.
To book your place, email [email protected] or
[email protected] or call Iain on 01953 880204.
Norfolk Knitters –
Shipdham Group
Craft Fair We are holding a craft fair on Saturday 9th March from
10am to 2pm at the WI Hall in Shipdham. There will be a
cake stall, refreshments, knitting stall, and lots of
different craft stalls. Proceeds go towards purchasing
more knitting wool for us to knit for charities. All
welcome with free entry.
Rocklands Bingo The next Bingo will be held at Rocklands Village Hall on
Wednesday 20th February. Doors open 7pm for 7.45pm
start. Have a great night out for less than £5! As well as
a warm welcome, there will be cash prizes, refreshments,
raffle and a very generous Jackpot on offer. All Proceeds
go to the Village Hall.
more news updated regularly on-line at
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Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for February
St. Mary’s Church, Watton
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion 2nd
Wednesday Morning Worship
Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm
Tel: 01953 881252 [email protected]
www.stmaryswatton.org
Sun 3rd 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
Sun 10th 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
Wed 13th 7.30pm Ash Wednesday Group Service
of Holy Communion
Sun 17th 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Service of Confirmation led by
The Rt Rev’d Jonathan Meyrick, Bishop of Lynn
Sun 24th 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am All Age Worship
6.30pm Praise and Worship with Shine
Watton Methodist Church
Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and
prayer between 10.00am & 12.00noon
It’s your quiet place. At 10.30 there is a half-hour Midweek
Service in the Large Vestry led by the Minister or a Church
Member. www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk
Minister: Deacon S Sowerby 01953 881035
Sun 3rd 10.45am Deacon S Sowerby
6.30pm Mr S Lynn
Sun 10th 10.45am Miss J Woor
6.30pm Mr B Lawrence
Sun 17th 10.45am Mr A Warby
6.30pm Rev J Pathmarajah Holy Communion
Sun 24th 10.45am Mrs S Greenaway
6.30pm Rev M Pillay
Roman Catholic Community
Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church
Pentecostal Church, Dereham Road, Watton
Children have their own programme
during the Sunday morning services
Sun 3rd 10.30am Morning Service:
Colossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Downwards
Sun 10th 10.30am Morning Service:
Colossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Upwards
Sun 17th 10.30am Morning Service:
Collossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Inwards
Sun 24th 10.30am Morning Service:
Colossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Outwards Sunday Evenings at 6.00pm in the Church we shall be taking part in
Reinhard Bonnke’s 10 week Full Flame Evangelism Course
St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill
Tuesdays at 10.00am Morning Worship
Sun 3rd 9.30am Lay Led Morning Worship
2.00pm Holy Baptism
Sun 10th 9.30am Morning Worship
Sun 17th 9.30am All Age Worship
Sun 24th 9.30am Holy Communion
St. George’s Church, Saham Toney
Sun 3rd 10.30am Benefice Service of Holy Communion
Sun 10th 11.00am Morning Worship
Sun 17th 11.00am All Age Worship and Holy Baptism
Sun 24th 11.00am Holy Communion
2.30pm Girl Guide Thinking Day Service
S. S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke
Sun 10th 10.30am Holy Communion
Sun 17th 10.30am Lay Led Morning Worship
Sun 24th 10.30am All Age Worship
St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington
Sun 10th 9.30am Holy Communion
Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham,
Griston, Merton,
Stow Bedon & Thompson
Worship Calendar for February
Sunday 3rd February - Presentation of Christ
10:30 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon
Sunday 10th February - Sunday next before Lent
9:00 am Matins (BCP) Merton
10:30 am United Holy Communion Thompson
Wednesday 13th February - Ash Wednesday
7:00 pm Holy Communion Caston
Sunday 17th February - First Sunday of Lent
9:00 am Matins (BCP) Gt. Hockham
10:30 am United Holy Communion Breckles
Sunday 24th February - Second Sunday of Lent
9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton
10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston
Sunday 3rd March - Third Sunday of Lent
10:30 am United Holy Communion Gt. Hockham
Watton Food Bank donations will be received at all our
regular Sunday morning services.
PRAY AND PLAY Wednesdays at 10:15 am 6th, 13th and 27th February, Caston
Primary School Hall & 20th February, Chase Farm, Caston
For those of all our parishes with children aged 0-5
‘THE WAY’ YOUTH GROUP (ages 11+)
3rd and 17th February, 7:00 pm, Rectory
Enquiries: The Revd. Bob Nichols: Tel.: (01953) 483222;
Email: [email protected]
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS Hosted by St. Mary’s Church in February
Sunday 17th February at Watton Christian Community Centre 2.30pm until 4.00pm Please join us, a warm welcome awaits you and your friends.
Watton Bereavement Support Group Meetings
Wed 6th Feb 2pm Tea and Chat at Watton CCC Mon 18th Feb 12Noon for 12.30pm Lunch at Griston Wagon & Horses.
All Saints Church, Threxton
Our next service is Sunday 3rd February at 10am
Do not worry Thought for the month by Deacon Steve
Sowerby, Watton Methodist Church
When my family and I moved from Sheffield to Watton, I was
instantly struck by the variety of birds that loved to fly in and out
of the garden of the manse.
There were birds of all sizes and colours. Some sang songs that
would not be out of place in a Disney cartoon; some made an
almighty racket and some just simply cooed a satisfied coo.
Here in this wonderful part of England, we are blessed with a
staggering array of our feathered friends, and it is a joy to watch
them as they land on my bird table to feast on the seeds and
other treats I have carefully selected and laid out for them.
As I write this, the birds have been busy getting reading for the
winter and the squirrels have been busy burying some of the
scraps left out, occasionally glancing in my direction as if to say,
“I’m watching you” and my thoughts begin to wonder on the
provision that I have provided for them and about where they
might have got there food from had I not put some on the bird
table. Would they starve if I had not put any food out? Would
the bird population of Norfolk suddenly plummet?
What would they do for food if Humans didn’t build bird
tables and put seed out for them?
I needn’t worry about this really because birds have always
been taken care of. The nourishment they need has always
been available without our help. They are quite capable of
surviving without our help and had been doing so for
thousands of years before humans farmed and sowed the land
and provided easy pickings for the crows.
Worrying is a very natural human thing to do of course. We
worry about the future; about our health; about our families;
about our job security and all manner of things.
But Jesus taught his disciples that the very nature of God is
his love and care of all creation.
He said to his disciples to think about the birds of the air and
how they are always fed by God. They are not hampered by
worry. The point being that we, as God’s creation are much
more valuable to Him than the birds and therefore we need
not worry because God cares for each and every one of us.
It is comforting to know that as we watch birds fly around us
that God has provided all their needs and in his love he
continues to provide all our needs, day after day.
DEREHAM & DISTRICT
CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road, Longham, Dereham NR19 2RP
Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice & Help With Neutering
OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm
Telephone . . . 01362 687 919
Busy, Busy, Busy – the
Wayland Players Latest Calendar Girls, Friends Christmas Party and Christmas
and New Year with our own families, it is all go! So this
is going to be a brief but important note to let you know
that The Wayland Players are reading plays for this
year’s productions.
Several Members have submitted ideas so we shall be
sitting around the tea pot in a house near you to read and
have a bit of fun too.
If you would like to ‘have a go’ or you are new to the
area and would like to get involved please contact us on
our web site www.waylandplayers.org.uk and press the
CONTACT US button or ring our Vice Chairman
Richard on 01953 883738 for more details.
If you don’t want to ‘tread the boards’ we always need
spare hands too so if you would like to build a set,
prompt, make teas and coffees and cakes or drive a van
just get in touch.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Caston Primary
School Quiz Night Our Quiz takes place on Thursday 28th Feb 7pm. Adults
only, £2 per person, max 6 per team. Refreshments
available or feel free to bring your own. Thank you to the
winning team from last time for donating their £25
winnings to the school for Children In Need. For more
details or to book please phone 07899040119.
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Very little information has emanated
from the Men’s Section of Richmond
Park Golf Club during the last year, so
here is a revue of the winners and
champions of 2012.
The Richmond Pots: During the early
months of the year through the winter
period, The Richmond Pots were
played- a pairs Greensome competition,
sometimes in difficult conditions, but
popular in the circumstances. The best
four pairs qualify and then play match
play. The competition was eventually
won by Geoff Ashby & Gary Szabo.
The Peach Bowl: This was played each
month during the so-called summer,
and was decided by the four best net
scores, playing medal. It was won in
fine style by Darryl Woodward.
The Famous Grouse Foursomes: A
stableford, half combined handicap
competition was played in good spirit
and won by
Butch Feltner & Mark Duffield.
The Jubilee Cup: A medal competition
was battled out in right royal fashion
and won by Alan Hewison (pictured
below)
The Whitfield Trophy: This
stableford competition was won by
the Club Captain Tom Wright
The Worden Cup: Singles match play
competition, maximum handicap 20
was won by Paul Bond
The Saham Shield: A scratch singles
match play knockout competition was
won by Paul Bond.
Congratulations to all the other winners
in 2012. These were:-
Nigel Davis Trophy Ernie Churchley,
Myt Salver Mike Mccormack, Sole
Bay Cup Neil Brown, Presidents
Putter Don Beeson, Secretary’s Spoon
Sean Parnell, Commans Trophy Andy
Adams & Simon Pettifer, Monthly
Medal March – Gerry Knox; April -
Butch Feltner; May – Colin
Stubbings; June – Peter Seth; July –
Sean Parnell; August – Mike Mc
Cormack; September – Neil Perryman
The Club Championship (Aspect
Cup): A 36 hole scratch competition
played over two days was closely
contested and was eventually won
with the last put on the 18th green by
Alan Hewison with Peter Seth runner
up.
During the recent presentation
evening, in the absence of Tom
Wright, Club Captain, formalities
were carried out by Vice Captain,
Colin Chapman who presented all the
trophies to the winners and runners
up. In his speech the Club Champion,
Alan Hewison, thanked Colin, he also
thanked the house, restaurant and bar
staff for their politeness and good
work over the past year. He remarked
on the amount of work carried out by
the green keepers under difficult wet
conditions, and the tuition given, in
particular to the Junior Section, by
Keith Capindale-Scott, the Golf Club
Professional. He also thanked the
members for the welcome and the
camaraderie he had received during
his first year after returning to
England from France, and hoped he
would eventually get used to the
Norfolk banter.
On behalf of the members present he
wished the new Captain for 2013,
Colin Chapman, good luck in his
forthcoming year.
Richmond Park Golf Club Mens
Senior Section: What a good year
2012 was for Richmond Park Senior
Men! Some really good competitions,
all played with a competitive spirit,
but in a light-hearted manner. The
team competitions were played
throughout Norfolk, home and away,
with over 15 Clubs taking part, each
Club bringing its own character to the
fore. Each club team members
brought their own individuality and
bonne humeur to the day’s
entertainment. Even the after lunch
jokes, including the 2012 Senior
Captain, Dave Palmer’s, were always
met with applause and revelry.
The senior section at Richmond Park
is particularly vibrant. I suspect that is
why it is renowned as one of the best
senior sections in Norfolk.
Captains Charities: Richmond Park
2012 Captain Tom Wright collected
over £1000 for his charity - Help The
Heroes.
Richmond Park 2012 Senior Captain
Dave Palmer, who had a very good
year, chose as his charity – Steps, (club
foot/ talipes) and raised £1,598-30. He
would like to thank all members for
their generosity, as well as the shops
and businesses around Watton.
The Club Captain for 2013, Colin
Chapman, (above) has selected as his
charity for the year, Sheringham
Woodfield School, for pupils with
learning difficulties.
The Senior Captain for 2013, John
Crowdy, has chosen The Quidenham
Hospice, which supports children
with life threatening conditions, as his
charity for the year2013.
Richmond Park Golf Club 2012 Revue of the Men’s Section
Senior Captain, Dave Palmer, handing over responsibility
to new Captain, John Crowdy
Lucinda Fredericks at
World Horse Welfare World Horse Welfare will be playing host to a demonstration by
champion equestrian sportswoman Lucinda Fredericks. The lecture
demo evening will be held at Hall Farm Rescue and Rehoming
Centre, Snetterton, on Saturday 23rd February. Lucinda, a star of the
equestrian world, will be delighting the audience with a display of
the talent which has enabled her to reach the highest echelons of
three-day eventing. Many will remember her victories at elite four-
star events Burghley and Badminton in 2006 and 2007 respectively,
aboard the awesomely plucky little chestnut mare Headley
Britannia. Lucinda has ridden and won at Grand Prix level and also
competed at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn from a champion rider
in the superb facilities at Hall Farm.
You will see Lucinda work her own horses and some of World
Horse Welfare’s horses will take part as well, proving that Lucinda
can work her magic at all levels! The demo is being held at 6.30pm
on Saturday 23rd February, with doors open from 6pm. Tickets are
£20 for adults or £12 for children aged 14 years and under. For
more information and to book your tickets contact Maxine Langley
on 01953 499100 or 07801 880201 or email
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WAYLAND EVENTS DIARY
February Weds 6th Ovington Gardening Club 7.45pm in the Village Hall
Weds 6th Watton Country Market reopens.
Weds 6th Luncheon Club for Senior Citizens 12 Noon at
Watton Sports Centre Ring Paul & Christina on 884213
Fri 8th Ashill Community Centre Coffee Morning 10 - 12 Noon
Fri.15th. Inner Wheel Valentines Barn Dance 7:30 Queen’s Hall
Dancing to Shinanikins. See article
Weds 20th 7.45pm Watton Society Talk at Watton CCC ‘Murder
Most Horrid’ a talk by Sian Hogarth. Non members £2.50
Wed. 20th Inner Wheel Lunchtime Concert 12 noon. Queen’s Hall
Pam Warren & friends - Meet the Mikado See article
Thurs 21st Bradenham & Dist. Hort. Soc. Talk Jim Paine ‘A late
Winter talk’ 7.30pm Bradenham Village Hall. See art.
Fri 22nd Charity Quiz & Curry Night at Wells Cole CCC See ad
Sat 23rd 9.30am -12 Noon Coffee Morning at St Mary's, Watton
March
Sat 2nd Dance Away at the Queens Hall. Ballroom Latin &
Sequence 8pm to 11pm Admission £4
Sat 2nd Inner wheel Coffee Morning at the Queen’s Hall 9:30 to
11:30 With delicious home made cakes and pastries.
Sat 16th Entrepreneurs Market, Watton High Street from 9am
Sat 23rd Saham WI Jumble Sale at Wells Cole CC, Saham
9.30 to 11am Entrance 30p
Sat 23rd 9.30am An Easter Coffee Morning at St Mary's, Watton
Attleborough and Watton Martial Arts
Group Kuk Sool Won are proud to
announce the promotion of Paige Bonner
1st Dan Dan Black Belt.
Paige has trained for 5 years at the
Attleborough club which has been open
for 15 years, she is a model student who
always listens and trains hard, which
helped her achieve Gold for Form (pre-
arranged set of moves) in Liverpool late
last year, she also helps to teach the Lil
Dragons a program for our 4-6 year olds
that we run in Attleborough and Watton.
Paige proves that this activity is not just
for men or boys as 11 ladies and girls
have reached Black Belt like Paige, who
has achieved beyond her expectations.
If you would like to take up an activity
that can last a life time keep you fit
improve confidence and help you defend
yourself visit our website for class times
and locations at
www.kuksoolwon-gillingwater.org
or call/text 07775890359
Paige earns her Kuk Sool Won Black Belt
Ashill Community Centre Coffee Mornings
Friday 8th February, Friday 8th March Friday 12th April
10am to 12 Noon In aid of Community Centre funds