KL Magazine July 2015 by KL Magazine

ISSN 2044–7965

ISSUE 58 JULY 2015 PRICELESS

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WEST NORFOLK | NORTH NORFOLK | COASTAL

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Horsey Windpump by Ian Ward

meet the team... MANAGING DIRECTOR Laura Murray MANAGING EDITOR Eric Secker DESIGN TEAM Amy Phillips Lisa Tonroe

PHOTOGRAPHY Ian Ward

CONTRIBUTORS Emma Barnard Alex Dallas Michael Middleton

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o, it’s not a scene from the BBC’s latest wildlife documentary. This beautiful picture of a deer at Snettisham Park was taken by Ian Ward on one of the centre’s popular deer safaris. You can read more about them on page 48 of this month’s magazine – and as it’s the best time of year to see the deer and their newborns, it should inspire you to see them for yourself. Of course, the arrival of July means it’s time for this year’s King’s Lynn Festival, and the event’s Artistic Director Ambrose Miller has kindly found time in his schedule to talk to us about his love of music, his passion for the Festival, and his penchant for classic Bristol cars (see page 20). As if Norfolk wasn’t already blessed with a fabulous array of outstanding food and drink, it seems there’s always something new to celebrate on the culinary front, and in this month’s magazine we’re taking a look at Norfolk’s Own Cookbook (page 78). The work of three remarkable women, it contains 80 recipes from the county’s finest growers and producers (in addition to some of its hugely-talented chefs) – and every single penny raised from its sales is going to a very good cause in the form of Marie Curie Cancer Care. And as Norfolk’s bestselling author Simon Scarrow releases his latest book – set on a Greek island during World War Two – King’s Lynn also gets ready to take a nostalgic look at the 1940s, with a weekend of events commemorating the fashion, food and music of a decade that had such an impact on the history of the 20th century. Enjoy – and have a great summer! KL MAGAZINE

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Contents

JULY 2015

78 94 KLmagazine July 2015

6-13 WHAT’S ON This month’s diary of forthcoming events

64-66 THE HISTORY OF BANK HOUSE The story behind King’s Lynn finest house

8-10 BACK TO THE 1940s King’s Lynn remembers a defining decade

68-79 FOOD & DRINK Reviews, recipes and recommendations

16-18 KING’S LYNN IN LIGHTS A tour of the town’s evening spectacular

78-80 NORFOLK’S OWN COOKBOOK 80 excellent recipes and a very good cause

20 THE BIG INTERVIEW With the KL Festival’s Ambrose Miller

84-86 SIGNS OF THE TIMES Why Norfolk is the home of the village sign

26-28 A HISTORY WRITTEN BY THE SEA KL magazine visits Cromer Museum

88-93 EXPLORER... Thornham’s future has never looked brighter

32-34 THE MAKING OF A TV CLASSIC The part Norfolk played in Dad’s Army

94-96 THE STORY OF WISBECH CASTLE From castle to palace, from prison to school

36 THEN & NOW The changing face of West Norfolk

98 BOOK REVIEWS From Penguin’s first to Simon Scarrow’s latest

42-44 AFTER THE FLOOD Restoring the NT’s Brancaster Activity Centre

102-104 THE ART OF THE EARTH The work of Candide Turner-Bridger

47 YOU AND YOUR PETS With local vet Alex Dallas

106 A BEAM OF BRITISH SUNSHINE One of Britain’s most celebrated cars

48-50 ON SAFARI IN SNETTISHAM Getting up close and personal with the deer

108-110 50 YEARS OF SPEEDWAY Catching up with the King’s Lynn Stars

54-60 FASHION The latest looks from the local boutiques

114 MICHAEL MIDDLETON On celebrities, women, and £10 notes...

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30 YEARS AGO: On 13th July 1985 two simultaneous Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia raised millions of pounds for famine victims in Africa.

July

Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th

DERSINGHAM SUMMER FESTIVAL St Nicholas Church, Manor Road, Dersingham PE31 6LN (10am) This year Dersingham’s annual summer festival showcases a mix of flowers, art and crafts. In addition to displays of paintings by local artists, you’ll find flower and craft displays in the church, craft stalls in the church hall and marquees in the church grounds. Refreshments will be available throughout the day starting with morning coffee, followed by lunches and afternoon tea. A large car park is provided, with disability friendly access around the venue.

Saturday 11th to Saturday 25th KING’S LYNN ART CLUB: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION Old Warehouse Gallery, King’s Lynn Art Centre PE30 1HA The King’s Lynn Art Club is proudly celebrating its 70th anniversary this year with an exhibition showcasing work from past and present members including Walter Dexter, Peter Moody, Frank Whiting and Cavendish Morton. The talented Wisbech-based artist Denis Pickles with be opening the exhibition on Saturday 11th from 12noon-2pm. For more information about the exhibition, or if you’re interested in joining the club, please contact Lynda Roberts on 01553 762218.

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Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th HOLKHAM COUNTRY FAIR Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1AB (from 9am) The much-loved Holkham Country Fair returns for another year with an exciting line up of entertainment including Gulliver’s Carnival’s breathtaking riding stunts and an RAF Battle of Britain memorial ﬂypast. Held in the beautiful grounds of Holkham Estate, the two-day event has over 200 trade, food and craft stands showcasing rural crafts and country pursuits. For the ﬁrst time, visitors can make the most of the weekend by camping (tents or caravans), exploring the fair during the day and enjoying a local band in the evening. Online ticket prices for adults are £15 (£18 on the gate) and children under 14 go free. Camping tickets start at £107 per pitch for Friday and Saturday night, including two 2-day adult tickets for the fair. Families are welcome to bring picnics to enjoy on the Estate lawns, and dogs are welcome on leads. For full details and online booking, visit the website at www.holkhamcountryfair.co.uk.

Sunday 26th ANNUAL ‘BIKE FOR BRIAN’ CHARITY EVENT The Angel, Watlington, King’s Lynn PE33 0HA (10am) Building on last year’s record turnout of over 150 people, The Angel hosts its fantastic sponsored bike ride this month in aid of motor neurone disease and in honour of Brian Smith, a keen cyclist and fundraiser. This year’s bike ride will leave from The Angel public house in Watlington, passing through the villages of Magdalen, Stow Bridge and Runcton Holme before returning to The Angel. Entry is £5, which includes a commemorative t-shirt and a hot dog/burger. For more information, contact The Angel on 01553 811326.

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July

Saturday 25th ART OF THE MART EXHIBITION: SAVAGES, FAMOUS FAIRGROUND MAKERS OF LYNN Lynn Museum, Market Street, King’s Lynn PE30 1NL (10am-4pm) A fascinating look at the story of Frederick Savage, his company and the production of his amazing fairground rides. The exhibition includes a close up look at many items relating to Savages, such as drawings, ledgers, templates, photographs, patterns and the gallopers themselves. There’s even some items that have never been on public display before! For more information about the exhibition, visit the Museum’s website via www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk or contact Lynn Museum direct on 01553 775001.

Sunday 26th

10th ANNIVERSARY OPEN DAY: RAF BIRCHAM NEWTON HERITAGE CENTRE The National Construction College, Bircham Newton, Norfolk PE31 6RB (11am-5pm) Discover the fascinating history of this former Royal Air Force station and its satellite airﬁelds with a proud history of 44 years’ service, spanning two world wars and involving more than 80 operational units. Visitors to the centre can see an eclectic mix of memorabilia, relating not only to RAF Bircham Newton and its personnel but to other associated areas of interest. A ﬂypast by a Tiger Moth is also due to take place in honour of the celebrations (weather permitting). Admission and parking is free with plenty of disabled access. For more information, visit the website at www.rafbnmp.org.uk.

Coming soon...

Sunday 16th August CHARITY CLAY SHOOT Creake Abbey, North Creake, Fakenham NR21 9LF (10am-3pm) This year Christopher William Country will be holding their third charity clay shoot (sponsored by Hayes & Storr) at Creake Abbey in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH). There’ll be a variety of disciplines including a 40-bird sporting, 2-man ﬂush, pool shoot and a ‘have a go’ stand for newcomers to the sport. Cash prizes for the hottest shots along with an amazing prize raﬄe, BBQ and refreshments. There’s no need to book, so you can just turn up on the day and join in the fun! For more information, e-mail enquiries@christopherwilliamcountry.co.uk or call 01328 738983.

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Sunday 23rd to Sunday 30th August

ACTIVE FAKENHAM Various locations in and around Fakenham town centre Fakenham is getting active in August and everyone’s welcome to join in! For the third year running, Active Fakenham will be coordinating a week of activities and have-a-go sessions run by local clubs, organisations and businesses. These range from cycle rides and runs to Balkan dancing, a barn dance, yoga, open days, free gym sessions, health advice, women’s sword classes, writing workshops, a special Fakenham fair and food fair, a duck race and much more. All activities are either free or available at a reduced price. The week starts with the fun runs on Sunday 23rd August and ends with the Fakenham 50 cycle ride on Sunday 30th August. More information and full details can be found on the Active Fakenham website at www.activefakenham.org.uk, on Facebook and Twitter, or by e-mailing Richard Crook at richard@activefakenham.org.uk. 13

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What’s On

BACK TO THE 1940s: King’s Lynn will be turning back the years later this month with a fun and informative look at a deﬁning decade

King’s Lynn looks back to the roaring forties... Remembering one of the most influential decades of the 20th century, King’s Lynn is preparing to step back to the 1940s with an event that captures the very essence of life on the home front.

ew periods in recent history have left such an indelible mark on our nation’s consciousness as the 1940s. Wailing air raid sirens, stirring speeches delivered over crackling wireless radios, and unimaginable loss – the depth of which was matched only by an astonishing resilience and camaraderie. They characterise a period that will be forever remembered. A period that will be with us again this month, as visitors to King’s Lynn are transported back to the 1940s on July 19th and given a glimpse of what life was like on the home front during the Second World War in a special event organised by the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk.

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“We wanted to evoke the sights and sounds of the era, reﬂecting the dark days of war, the great sense of possibility, and the optimism when victory ﬁnally came, so the activities are both informative and fun,” says Elizabeth Nockolds, Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage and Health. “People will be able to get a real sense of this part of our history and we’ll also be raising money for local charity The Bridge for Heroes, which supports HM Armed Forces veterans and their families.” But the return to the 1940s isn’t just an opportunity to indulge in a spot of nostalgia. “As a council, we feel events like this help people to connect with our history

and to take pride in our town,” says Elizabeth, “and it also supports the local economy by increasing the diversity and widening the appeal of our offer.” The historic Tuesday Market Place will become the ‘landing pad’ for a magnificent life-size replica MK805 Spitfire. A labour of love for its creator, Terry Arlow, the aircraft has taken over 25 years to complete and has been based upon original drawings which themselves took over eight years to secure. As well as being a striking centrepiece of the event, the Spitfire will also mark the starting point of a special trail being developed by the 42F (King’s Lynn) Squadron Air Training Corps to commemorate the 75th anniversary of

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the Battle of Britain, in which the formidable single-seater fighter planes played a vital role. On Saturday 18th July, no less than 24 model planes will take position around King’s Lynn – the same day that will also see the cadets exercising their Freedom of the Borough for the first time. And to crown the occasion, a real Spitfire will perform a flypast along King’s Lynn’s quayside. On Sunday 19th July, the replica Spitfire will be surrounded by lots of 1940s activity as Forties Lynn: Life on the Home Front kicks into action. Actors will resurrect characters from the pages of the history books, (including wartime leader Winston Churchill) and vintage band Timescape will rekindle the tunes that kept the spirits of a generation high at a time when they needed it most. The air raid shelters in the Tuesday Market Place, with their cave-like passages, will be opened to the public, and fire the memories of the local families who huddled there while bombs fell above them some 70 years ago. The market square will also be welcoming a collection of military and civilian vehicles from the era, displaying the design and engineering of the wartime Allies, and the original Jones the Butcher’s Van (from the muchloved television series Dad’s Army) will be located in Baxter’s Plain, where enthusiasts can meet the team from the Dad’s Army Museum, Thetford. Lynn Museum’s wartime-themed activities will explore how the people of King’s Lynn were affected by the war – and the trip will be well worth it for children who’ve first stopped off at King’s Lynn Town Hall to pick up their ration cards, as they’ll be able to collect their quota of treats! The lighter side of life in the 1940s will be captured by the Tea Dance being held at King’s Lynn Town Hall. Ahead of the dance, participants will be given a free dance lesson led by Esther from Cactus Promotions, who’ll show 10

visitors how to get to grips with the basics of the Lindy Hop and Swing Jive. Before taking a turn on the floor, people will have the chance to try out a Morrison Shelter and meet characters from the period, including Sid the Spiv, who gives an intriguing insight into the murky world of black market Britain in the 1940s. Despite being a period of austerity, fashion and beauty thrived in the 40s, and gave rise to a style which remains popular today. Fabric rationing and wartime solemnity heralded a chic utilitarian look and gave rise to androgynous, practical slacks. Later in the decade (with more available fabric and greater choice) colourful patterns and contrasting trims could be seen embellishing belted tea dresses up and down the country – always accompanied by Victory Rolls and vermillion lips! In celebration of a style that seemed to be a proclamation of the people’s determination not to be beaten by war, everyone will be invited to come in their best 1940s attire. Flamingo Amy’s Pop-Up Salon will be offering hairstyling, make-up tips and mini makeovers at King’s Lynn Town Hall and there’ll be a whole host of vintage gems on offer at the vintage market in the Tuesday Market Place to help local fashionistas and collectors create that perfect retro look. Activities take place throughout the day from 10am until 4pm, and all events are free of charge – including entry to Lynn Museum (19th July only). To find out more about Forties Lynn: Life on the Home Front or other free events organised by the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, visit the website at www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/events KLmagazine July 2015

JULY BOX OFFICE: (01603) 63 00 00 Thur 2 July NORWICH SCHOOL GALA Stars of the future £7 - £15 Tues 7 - Sat 18 July JERSEY BOYS Award-winning smash hit musical £8 - £48.50

Wed 29 July - Sat 1 August PETER PAN RETURN TO NEVERLAND Theatre Royal Youth Theatre with new family musical £7 - £9

Puttin’ On The Ritz

Sun 19 July 10 Centre Stage Performing Arts School £7 - £15.50

Tues 21 - Sat 25 July PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ Kristina Rihanoff & Robin Windsor (Strictly) star in Hollywood's Golden Age musical £8 - £33

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Get active this summer with Alive Leisure... Our new classes timetable covering July - September is out now!

ith over 125 classes a week in four locations (Lynnsport and St James Pool in King’s Lynn, the Oasis in Hunstanton and Downham Leisure) you can get fit and ready for the summer now! With Alive classes memberships there is no joining fee and you pay only £24 a month for unlimited classes. Don’t want to go it alone? Join with a friend, partner or colleague and get unlimited classes for only £18 each per month! Incredible value for money!

ALIVE CLASSES WEEKENDER! Alive Lynnsport Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July Why not come along to our Alive Classes Weekender and try out some of our classes for FREE*. Including the launch of the brand new LES MILLS releases. Classes on offer will include: 14

BODYPUMP, BODYCOMBAT, BODYATTACK, BODYBALANCE, CXWORX, TRX EXTREME & FIGHT CLUB Health checks, nutritional advice, personal training taster sessions, life coaching and health trainer advice will all be available over the weekend. This is the perfect opportunity to get free health and fitness advice whether you’re a complete beginner, want to set yourself a new challenge or take it to the next level. See our website for the full timetable. Open to members and non-members. *Pre-booking essential. Maximum 2 classes per person, per day. To book call 01553 818001. Find us at Alive Lynnsport, Greenpark Avenue, King’s Lynn, PE30 2NB. www.aliveleisure.co.uk @lynnsport

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SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES We have a great range of fun and affordable activities to keep children entertained for ages 3 to 16.

ALIVE LYNNSPORT Tel: 01553 818001 Activities include: Climbing, Football, Junior Gymnastics, Dodgeball, Roller Skating, Indoor Adventure Play, Multisport, Gladiator Challenge, Tennis, Mini Camp Chaos, Cricket, Archery, Tumble Teds, Speed Stacking, Badminton, Table Tennis, Tag Rugby, Trampolining and Wrestling.

ALIVE OASIS Tel: 01485 534227 Fun Castle Challenge, Street Dance Fun, Junior Circuits, Junior Fitness, Roller Skating, Multisport*, Rounders*, Dodgeball*, Run Around Games*, Football*, Ultimate Frisbee* and Swimming. *Activities held at the recreation ground.

ALIVE ST JAMES POOL Tel: 01553 764888 Swimming Pool family fun sessions and swimming crash courses.

ALIVE DOWNHAM LEISURE Tel: 01366 386868 Swimming Pool Fun Session, Sports Day Games, Arts and Crafts, Roller Skating, Football Fun, Benchball, Rounders, Taekwondo, Badminton, Junior Circuits, Tennis, Jewellery Making, Mosaic Workshop, Basketball, Kwik Cricket, Athletics, Archery, Speed Stacking, Netball and Athletics.

FOR MORE INFO Limited spaces available – call for times, prices and to book and guarantee your place. Visit the website for more details: www.aliveleisure.co.uk

Exclusive early bird panto offer for our readers Book now to receive a reduced rate for the Corn Exchange’s pantomime ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’

he early bird offer on pantomime tickets is due to expire but the Corn Exchange have extended the offer until 15th July especially for our readers! Just quote ‘KL Mag’ at Box Office to get the reduced rate of £16 per ticket. Robin Hood stars Shaun Williamson who will play the Sheriff of Nottingham. Best known for his role as ‘Barry’ in EastEnders, he also famously starred in Ricky Gervais’ hit show Extras. Returning by popular demand is King’s

Lynn’s favourite dame, the hilarious Ian Marr. This year he will be playing the delightful Dame Double Top! For the full programme of what’s on at the Corn Exchange, pick up a copy of the brochure or check out the ‘what’s on’ page of the website. Tickets for all shows are available from the Box Office on 01553 764864 or book online at www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk.

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PICTURES: IAN WARD ABOVE: King’s Lynn at night has never looked more spectacular at the moment, thanks to artists such as Gaëtan Robbillard and Halida Boughriet (below), who are responsible for the light shows at 18 New Conduit Street and Greyfriars Tower respectively

Time to see King’s Lynn in an artistic new light... For the last few months, a series of breathtaking laser shows has encouraged crowds of onlookers to see some of the most iconic buildings in King’s Lynn in a completely diﬀerent way.

ince the end of March, some of the most iconic buildings in King’s Lynn have been shown in an entirely new light, thanks to the crosschannel Art, Cities & Landscape project between the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk and the Maison de la Culture d’Amiens in France. While British artists have been busy creating a similar series of works in Amiens, a number of talented French artists have used the streets of King’s Lynn as an architectural canvas for a series of spectacular and thoughtprovoking light projections. The exchange has seen the sharing of KLmagazine July 2015

cultural experience and technical expertise, and has brought fresh interpretations to each location, resulting in some truly stimulating works of public art. “We’ve learned a lot from each other about how to enhance public space,” says Chris Bamfield, Director of Public Space at the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, “and the project has also encouraged community engagement with the landscape, and supported tourism in King’s Lynn.” As the light shows continue to fascinate crowds of onlookers and KL magazine photographer Ian Ward captures them in all their laser-

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projected glory, we thought it would be an appropriate time to take a closer look at the six installations and their meanings. EPHEMERAL SCENES OF LIN Greyfriars Tower Taking her cue from the tower’s past use as a landmark for sailors and the origins of the town’s name ‘Lin’ (lake), Halida Boughriet has developed an enchanting projection based on the town’s links with water. The projection also features performance art by local residents and captures the role architecture has played in their memories of the town. DOING UNDOING THE TIDE 18 New Conduit Street Gaëtan Robillard’s creation also explores King’s Lynn’s maritime past, and is inspired by the lighthouse-like tower of the modern building. Based on the movements of the sea, Gaëtan’s work sees undulating waves covering the building, responding to the architecture and rippling out from its features. Gradually, images emerge from the water, uncovering more about King’s Lynn’s heritage and inviting the audience to consider how the past continues to influence our modern world.

THE ROUND OF CLOCK King’s Lynn Minster This awe-inspiring projection by Amandine Meyer and Julia Dantonnet is inspired by the clocks on the western tower of King’s Lynn Minster, and explores representations of time throughout the world. It focuses on the Tide Clock, which was used by sailors to tell the time of local high tides, and incorporates elements from the building, including the magnificent stained glass windows, sculptures and memorial brasses. Animated by rotational movements and accompanied by an atmospheric soundscape, the work draws a parallel between the clock mechanism and the solar system. ST NICHOLAS' WAVES St Nicholas’ Chapel Responding to the resonance of the chiming church bell, Dorian Rigal and Shantidas Riedacker present a series of dramatically abstract patterns and shapes that envelop the belfry and spire of St. Nicholas’ in a striking and surprising way. It disrupts our conventional view of the 19th-century structure and encourages us to take another look at the magnificent and important architecture of St Nicholas’ Chapel.

NIGHT SAILORS King’s Lynn Custom House Julia Dantonnet’s evocative light projection Night Sailors is one of the most popular of all the light shows in King’s Lynn. Composed of archive images, geographical and stellar maps, it draws on the town’s enduring role as a cradle of development for deep-sea navigation. ECOSYSTEM 1- 3 Tuesday Market Place Creating a fascinating interpretation of how resources are used throughout the process of construction, Guillaume LePoix and Thomas Daveluy have considered how natural and human resources are used in a process of perpetual renewal – and how long this can continue. As plants emerge from the ground, these processes are played out on the façade of the building.

GET INVOLVED... The light shows run from dusk until 10pm and can be enjoyed until the end of October. An informative map of the shows can be downloaded from www.artcitieslandscape.com. You can also explore the light shows and share your pictures on Twitter using #KLlightshows

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The Big Interview

ABOVE: Artistic Director of the King’s Lynn Festival Ambrose Miller, whose passion for music is only equalled by his love of classic Bristol cars

ambrosemiller Artistic Director King’s Lynn Festival KL MAGAZINE: Could you tell us a little about your background? AMBROSE MILLER: My interest in music began when I was nine years old, when I learned the violin and won a Music Scholarship to Radley. I read music at Cambridge and London Universities and studied viola and composition at the Royal College. I then worked for the Royal Opera House for seven years, before managing the Edinburgh-based Scottish Ensemble and founding the European Union Chamber Orchestra – which I still manage. KL MAGAZINE: How important is the King’s Lynn Festival to the town? AMBROSE MILLER: I can’t emphasise too strongly how important I think the Festival is in putting the town on the national and international map. That we manage to attract such names as Kiri te Kanawa, Alfred Brendel and James Galway demonstrates that King’s Lynn

is a truly cultured town, and therefore a great place for tourists and an equally good base for companies and employees. Economic re-generation is thus fully encouraged. KL MAGAZINE: What does your role of Artistic Director of the Festival entail? AMBROSE MILLER: I work on which artists we’re going to engage at the Festival and negotiate fees and programmes. I always aim for an overall balanced programme with something large scale to start and ﬁnish, a central pillar and something for every taste in between. It’s actually much harder than it might seem. Happily, we now have a dedicated Programme Group which is really useful for me to bounce ideas oﬀ. KL MAGAZINE: What are you most looking forward to at this year’s Festival? AMBROSE MILLER: The Festival Chorus

“I fear that the media and politicians don’t promote the Arts as much as they should, and it’s therefore easy for people to dismiss great works of art as irrelevant.” KLmagazine July 2015

programme is really exciting this year, with Vivaldi’s Gloria and Four Seasons to open. I’m particularly looking forward to trumpeter Crispian SteelePerkins (right) playing Haydn as he’s such a star and amazing talent. The Royal Shakespeare Company’s programme of music for Shakespeare’s plays will be fascinating, the young classical pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is a real Festival catch, and I always love the rising stars featured in the Festival’s Coﬀee Concerts.

Crispian Steele-Perkins

Festival during the 1980s. He took great risks and managed to produce brilliant programmes. Otherwise, I ﬁnd listening to any great piece of music by composers such as Bach, Beethoven or Handel is always an inspiration to get up and do something!

KL MAGAZINE: What’s the most rewarding part of your job? AMBROSE MILLER: It’s really satisfying when the programme is complete and I feel there’s a good balance of great names, some new initiatives as well as old favourites. The secret is in achieving a good contrast between the genres of music being performed and the talks given by interesting speakers. It’s even better when people agree – and buy as many tickets as you hope! KL MAGAZINE: What do you consider to have been your greatest achievement? AMBROSE MILLER: I took over the Festival at a low ebb and happily it’s now really on its feet again, and recognised as something the town can be really proud of. I’m also very satisﬁed of having developed – with my wife – the European Union Chamber Orchestra which, over 30-something years, has played in many major Festivals and some of the world’s most famous concert halls in no less than 73 countries. KL MAGAZINE: What have you learned from your work? AMBROSE MILLER: That lack of education is the greatest enemy of the Arts. I also fear that the media and politicians don’t promote the Arts as much as they should, and it’s therefore easy for people to dismiss great works of art as irrelevant. If that continues, the

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result will be a smaller elite enjoying the Arts while the majority won’t know what they’re missing, and society will become less civilised as a result. KL MAGAZINE: What do you like best about Norfolk? AMBROSE MILLER: I love the wonderful historic buildings in King’s Lynn itself, the beautiful towns and the churches around the county and its open countryside. It’s a beautiful place. KL MAGAZINE: In your free time, how do you like to relax? AMBROSE MILLER: I very rarely have any free time as I enjoy my work so much! If I’m not planning the Festival and the other concert series I regularly programme across England and Wales, I’m working with our own orchestra, the EUCO. In fact, I’m in the fortunate position of being able to say that my work is also my hobby. I’m very lucky in that respect. KL MAGAZINE: Who’s your biggest inspiration? AMBROSE MILLER: I think that would be Festival Director John Drummond, who programmed the Edinburgh

KL MAGAZINE: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? AMBROSE MILLER: That if you don’t do anything, you’ll rarely make a mistake. It sounds like a contradiction, but it’s not a recipe for inactivity. Rather, it’s a warning to weigh all the options and consequences when making a decision. KL MAGAZINE: What was the last book you read?

AMBROSE MILLER: Stripping of the Altars – Eamon Duffy’s award-winning 1992 book about the Reformation. It builds a fascinating picture of life in the country in 16th century England, and at the same time makes one realise how ‘politicians’ of all leanings can destroy perfectly working structures through ignorance and intolerance. KL MAGAZINE: Tell us something about yourself that would surprise people... AMBROSE MILLER: I’m very interested in Bristol Cars, and have had a Bristol 409 for some years. Before I got married I had a 407, which I’d bought from the much-loved film and television composer Geoffrey Burgan when he was looking for an older model. I always bring my Bristol to the Festival as it always gets noticed. It gives me a good chance to talk to people – and sell some tickets!

The 65th King’s Lynn Festival runs from 12th to 25th July. Full programme details (including fringe events) can be found on the Festival website at www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk and tickets can be purchased from the Box Oﬃce on 01553 764864.

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“Your opinions matter, your work is supported and the tutors care...” Why aspiring teacher Claire Gosling believes that studying at CWA is better than going away to university...

laire has successfully completed the Foundation Degree (FdA) Early Years, Playwork and Education at the College of West Anglia (CWA), and is continuing her education at college by topping up to the full Bachelor’s degree. She chose to study at CWA to achieve her dream of becoming a teacher; completing a degree will allow her to turn this dream into a reality. “I really wanted to progress my career, but I couldn’t afford to give up my job,” says Claire. “I attended an open day at CWA and was impressed with the staff and all the facilities available. Staff members have gone

above and beyond to support me during my studies and care about me and my life outside of college.” For Claire, studying at CWA was a truly rewarding and fulﬁlling experience, and she’s more than happy to recommend it to anyone thinking of realising their dream. “Studying at CWA is better than going away to university,” she says. “It’s meant that I can study, work full-time and further my career – without moving house. The lectures are really interesting and have given me new ideas to try in the workplace. You can forget lecture theatres where everyone simply sits and listens – at CWA you

can study at a place where your opinions matter, your work is supported and the tutors really care.” The College of West Anglia oﬀers a huge range of courses in a wide range of exciting subject areas, and they’re available in ﬂexible options to cater for individual needs and circumstances. Whatever your current situation and wherever you see your future taking you, take a leaf out of Claire’s book and let CWA help you take control. l For more details and information about the opportunities available at CWA, and how to take the next step, please visit www.cwa.ac.uk/here

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ABOVE: From geology and natural history to the local ﬁshing community and bathing laws (opposite), Cromer Museum charts the life and development of a remarkable seaside town

A history written by the sea’s changing fortunes First opened 37 years ago in a row of former fisherman’s cottages, Cromer Museum tells the story of the town’s everchanging relationship with the sea – and its colourful characters

he church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Cromer is mightily impressive, and its tower casts a long shadow – hardly surprising since at 160ft it’s the highest one in Norfolk. Standing in this shadow towards the end of the 1960s was a row of former ﬁsherman’s cottages which were selected (out of several possible sites) by the town council as the location for a museum for the town. They were duly purchased for £1,000 and one of the conditions of the sale was that the remaining residents could stay for as long as they liked, meaning it actually took over ten years for the museum to admit its ﬁrst visitor on June 15th 1978. Since then, and under the care of

Norfolk Museums Service the museum has gone from strength to strength, acquiring several important collections and undergoing a major redevelopment that was completed in 2006. Cromer Museum is a real treasure, and a wonderful example of a truly ‘local’ museum. Don’t expect to see mummy beads from a dubious source in Luxor or a fragment of Mayan jewellery – Cromer Museum’s sights are ﬁrmly ﬁxed on the history of a town and its people and their long relationship with the sea. That doesn’t mean a visit won’t leave

you surprised, however. The museum celebrates some of Cromer’s most notable characters, and there have been plenty of them. Two of the town’s sons became Mayor of London, and one local man called Robert Bacon captured a Scottish prince oﬀ the coast in the early 15th century – a prince who eventually became (after 18 years in captivity) James I of Scotland. And then there was Henry Blogg, described as the bravest lifeboatman who ever lived. He was certainly the

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most decorated, and during an incredible 53-year career received the RNLI gold medal three times, the silver medal four times, the George Cross, the British Empire Medal, and a series of other awards. In a very real sense, the sea is never far away. From the fascinating recreation of a fisherman’s cottage to the objects and artefacts charting the town’s fishing trade, Cromer Museum traces the growth of its development from the time visitors first started coming for the curative properties of the seawater to the explosion in tourism following the arrival of the railway in 1877. It’s a fascinating journey. A poster dating from 1897 (below) details the times and places where mixed bathing was allowed on Cromer beach – with the provision that “gentlemen must wear a suitable costume from neck to bottom.” Mixed bathing was initially quite controversial, and Cromer’s Urban District Council passed what were possibly the earliest mixed bathing laws in the whole country.

By then, the writer and critic Clement Scott had published his series of articles about his visits to Cromer, christening the area Poppyland – and the museum has a wonderful collection of poppythemed memorabilia from jigsaws to ceramics and from shampoo powders to tobacco. Going back (a lot) further in time, Cromer Museum has a separate gallery dedicated to local geology and fossils, and while the bones of extinct bison and rhinoceros are all very interesting, pride of place naturally goes to the massive bones of the West Runton Mammoth. Discovered in 1990, it’s the oldest elephant skeleton ever found and it’s the most complete skeleton of the species in the world. KLmagazine July 2015

Local Life You’d think it must be the favourite item in the museum for its current Curator Alistair Murphy, but you’d be wrong. “I’ve had a lifelong love of dinosaurs, so I can’t help liking the huge fossilised skull of the mosasaur which used to be exhibited in Norwich,” he says. “With its big head and monstrous teeth it’s got everything a dinosaur should have!” But Alistair also has an eye for the more humble objects that can easily be passed by. “These stones don’t seem too impressive,” he says, pointing out three fist-sized pieces of flint brought up from the sea just off the coast by his predecessor Martin Warren in 1983. “They’re the remains of a structure that’s underwater and is probably part of the Saxon church of the village of Shipden that probably existed long before Cromer itself and has since vanished beneath the waves.” However, there’s no doubt about Alistair’s favourite part of the museum – the nationally important collection of photographs by another remarkable local celebrity. “Olive Edis,” he says with justifiable pride. “I’ve been working on the collection for years and I feel like I almost know her now. In addition to being a real pioneer in the world of photography, she was a significant figure in the changing role of women in the early part of the 20th century and that’s well reflected in her own life.” One of Olive’s most important legacies came from her trip to war-torn Europe, where she was the first official female photographer. “Her images of the devastation caused by the First World War and scenes of women working in that environment really did play a part in the movement for women’s suffrage,” says Alistair. “It’s an important part of her story that we’re hoping to bring to the museum in an improved and enlarged display in the next year or so.” From the bones of an ancient beast to the growth of modern tourism, Cromer Museum offers a wonderful journey through the history of a lovely Norfolk town – a history shaped by its relationship to the sea.

CROMER MUSEUM PICTURES: Highlights of Cromer Museum include (from top to bottom) one of the largest edible crabs ever caught in the country; a nationally-important collection of the photographs of Olive Edis (her image of local ﬁsherman Willie Long is beside her self portrait); a collection of Poppyland memorabilia; detail of a 1951 plaster relief mural by John Moray-Smith showing the launch of a Cromer lifeboat; and the toe bone of the West Runton Mammoth, showing signs of scavenging by hyaenas.

East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer NR27 9HB Tel: 01263 513543 Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk Open: until October 31st from 10am-4pm (Mon-Fri) and from 12noon-4pm on weekends Admission: Adult £3.75, Concessions £3.40, Children (4-18) £2.80. Family tickets are also available. Events:The museum runs a full calendar of activities for all ages. Forthcoming events include an exploration of Norfolk’s Deserted Villages on 3rd July, and a special look at the excavation of the West Runton mammoth from 22nd July. Contact the museum for full details.

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Take a friendly new look at your car servicing... t doesn’t matter what you drive or what you need, there can be something rather intimidating about having your car serviced. You’re not a technician or mechanic, you’re not entirely sure of the costs involved (or how they’re calculated), and you may well feel alarmingly out of your depth. If you’re feeling like that, one thing’s for sure – you haven’t taken your car to K Brown Auto Repairs in King’s Lynn or Hunstanton. “We’ve always tried to do things diﬀerently,” says Tamsin Brown, who founded K Brown Auto Repairs with her husband Keith over 20 years ago. “Lots of smaller garages can come across as very male-orientated and not very welcoming. One of the things that makes us unique is that we make people as welcome and as comfortable as possible from the minute they walk in the door.” The winning combination of Tamsin’s family-friendly customer service and

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Keith’s technical expertise (the couple have been together since they were 14) means that whatever you and your car needs, K Brown Auto Repairs offers a comprehensive range of services from general servicing and repairs to MOTs and air conditioning, from head gaskets and 4-wheel alignment to cambelts, clutches, and gearbox rebuilds. And all staff – there are seven mechanics in Hunstanton and four in King’s Lynn – are fully trained in fault finding, diagnostics, emissions and DPF systems. “It doesn’t matter if you need a single bulb or a major engine overhaul,” says Tamsin. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a brand new customer or you’ve been coming to us for years – you’ll be treated to the same level of service as everybody else. It’s very important to us that everyone is made to feel they’re a valued customer and that we’ve got their best interests at heart.” That commitment to customers isn’t

just conﬁned to the bright and relaxing reception area, however. “I think it’s fair to say that I was born with a spanner in my hand,” says Keith – who actually sold his car to help launch K Brown Auto Repairs in the mid-1990s. “My father got me interested in cars and I was taking engines apart when I was a child! I’ve always thought it’s essential that when it comes to car servicing costs you need to keep the customer informed at every step and at every stage. You don’t want surprises, you don’t want to worry, and you want to be able to see where every single penny has gone.” Realistic, justiﬁable pricing, a friendly and welcoming environment, and a determination to give you and your car the very best – you’re very welcome to K Brown Auto Repairs!

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OPPOSITE: John Laurie and Arthur Lowe share a joke during the ﬁlming of Dad’s Army in Thetford in the early 1970s. Although most of the original cast are no longer with us, the continued appeal of the show sees regular local tributes such as this one at Bressingham (above)

Norfolk and the making of a television classic... The BBC’s series Dad’s Army is one of the most popular and famous television series ever made, and its south coast setting disguises the surprising fact that much of it was filmed in Norfolk

n the early 1960s, while working on the now largely forgotten BBC sitcom ‘Hugh and I’, Jimmy Perry gave a script idea he’d written to the show’s producer David Croft. Called ‘The Fighting Tigers’, it was based on Perry’s experiecnes in the Local Defence Volunteers, who would later become known as the Home Guard. Perry had been 17 when he joined the 10th Hertfordshire Battalion, and he thought his experiences – including his mother’s constant worries he’d catch a cold and an elderly lance corporal who referred to his days ﬁghting the ‘fuzzy wuzzies’ – were ideal material for a comedy series.

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Croft was impressed with the idea and sent the script on to Michael Mills, the BBC’s Head of Comedy. After addressing initial concerns that the programme was making fun of the eﬀorts of the Home Guard and changing a few things (not least the title) the ﬁrst series of Dad’s Army was commissioned. Running from 1968 to 1977, Dad’s Army ran for nine series, comprising 80 episodes that regularly attracted over 18 million viewers. It’s still shown around the world to this day, many of the show’s catchphrases have passed into popular culture, it’s had an enormous impact on British television

comedy, and it never fails to feature in polls of the greatest British TV programmes ever made. A new feature film is currently in production and should be released early next year. And although the fictional setting of the seaside town of Walmington-onSea was supposed to be on the south coast, most of the external scenes were filmed in and around Thetford. Every summer, the Dad’s Army production crew and cast would come to Norfolk, staying at either The Bell Hotel or The Anchor Hotel on Thetford’s Bridge Street – and while the latter was demolished three years ago, the site is still overlooked by a life-size

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bronze statue of the series’ lead character Captain Mainwaring (played by Arthur Lowe). Unveiled in 2010, the statue was funded by the Friends of Dad’s Army Museum (which is also in Thetford) and created by sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn. It sits on a clever winding brick pathway that features a patterned arrowhead reflecting the opening credits of the TV series. Indeed, the Bell Hotel was used for the very first scene of the very first episode, and several of Thetford’s buildings would make memorable appearances in the series’ history. The town’s Guildhall became the town hall of Walmington-on-Sea, and it was from the Guildhall’s clock tower that a German pilot dangled in the 1972 episode ‘Time On My Hands.’ The beautiful flint cottages of Nether Row were used in four episodes, while Thetford’s Palace Cinema featured in both ‘The Big Parade’ in 1970 and ‘A Soldier's Farewell’ in 1972 – and it was there that the cast and crew gathered at the end of each week’s filming to view the ‘rushes’. It wasn’t all about Thetford, however. Oxburgh Hall featured in the 1968 episode ‘Museum Piece’, the beautiful railway station at Weybourne played a major part in 1973’s ‘The Royal Train’, and much of the 1969 ‘Sons of the Sea’ was filmed on the Norfolk Broads. But by far Norfolk’s greatest contribution to Dad’s Army was the use of the Stanford Battle Area (STANTA), which lies a few miles north of Thetford and was initially created (by evacuating five villages) during the Second World War as a training area for British and NATO forces. The area provides many of the iconic locations for Dad’s Army, including the marvellous end-credit sequence where the platoon moves across open ground

wearing camouflage. Many extras for the show came from the Thetford Music and Drama Society and the Thetford Senior Citizen’s Club, and the series’ legacy is still very active in the area. The steam museum at Bressingham – which provided the programme with authentic fire engines, steam rollers and traction engines – has been home to the Dads Army Appreciation Society’s collection since 2000 and features an impressive recreation of Walmingtonon-Sea. Meanwhile, the Dad’s Army Museum on Thetford’s Cage Lane has a fantastic collection of memorabilia and information about the programme and its characters – in addition to a faithful recreation of Captain Mainwairing’s office and the beautiful 1940s style Marigold Tea Rooms. It’s open on Saturdays and Tuesdays (during school holidays) from 10am3pm (until 4pm in August) and more information and details can be found at www.dadsarmythetford.org.uk Finally, there’s a chance that due to its local connections, someone in Norfolk may have one of the legendary ‘lost’ episodes of Dad’s Army. As part of a space-saving exercise in the early 1970s, the BBC wiped three original video tape recordings from series two of Dad’s Army. Although most of the missing episodes have been located over the years, three have never been found – ‘The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker’, ‘Under Fire’ and ‘A Stripe for Frazer’ (although an audio recording of the latter was discovered in 2008). If you do possess any recordings of these episodes (even if they’re incomplete), then the world – and its ever-growing legion of Dad’s Army fans – would love to hear from you!

PICTURES: Himself a long-time fan of Dad’s Army, KL magazine photographer Ian Ward has met many of the show’s leading lights over the years, including originator Jimmy Perry (top), co-writer David Croft (who died in 2011) and Phillip Madoc (bottom) who passed away the following year and famously played a German U-boat captain in a classic episode. Pamela Cundell (below) played Mrs Fox, a glamorous local widow to whom Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn) was attracted and ﬁnally married in the very last episode of the show. She sadly passed away in February of this year.

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omething’s changing underfoot this summer, and it’s not our footwear as the warmer weather gets here. After the restrained greys and subdued colours of recent years, the world of carpets and ﬂooring is moving forwards by looking backwards. “There’s a real trend at the moment for the type of floors our mothers and grandmothers had,” says Alistair Allen of Metric Carpets in King’s Lynn. “We’re seeing it in the colours, in the designs, and in the way people are thinking about their floors.” The growing popularity of these retro looks can be seen in the revival of the classic ‘dogs tooth’ design, in the use of alternating coloured stripes and plaids, in the circular patterns that were so popular in the 1950s, and in the new demand for stair runners and stair rods. But it’s not just carpets that are enjoying a touch of nostalgia.

“Many of our customers are now moving from carpets to hard flooring, which virtually everyone had 50 years ago,” says Alistair. “That was partly for financial reasons but also because they were much easier to clean. Today’s customers are more concerned with the fantastic way the floors look – and they’re still easy to clean!” Whether you think your home looks better with carpets or hard flooring, Metric Carpets has it covered (quite literally) with famous names such as Brockway, Brintons, Adam and Victoria Carpets, while the very latest options in luxury vinyl floor tiling come courtesy of Karndean, Amtico and Moduleo, among many others. Alternative Flooring have just launched a very retro Quirky B collection (below) and Brintons has recently introduced a new carpet range called Zuzunaga with distinct 1960s influences. It all comes as

no surprise to Alistair. “I think today’s designers have realised what was successful a few generations ago worked because it was a good idea in the first place – and it still is,” he says. “Stair rods were there for a good reason, and that’s still the case today.” Metric Carpets has been in business since 1973, and although the customer service oﬀered by Alistair and his team is very traditional, that has nothing to do with the trend towards all things retro – it’s always been the case. “We’ve always been a nice family-run business, we’ve always been family friendly, and we’ve always had family values,” says Alistair. “We’ve also always been willing to go the extra mile – sometimes literally! – to help people.” But how does Boris feel about this return to the good old days? “Oh, he’s happy,” says Alistair. “With ‘dogs tooth’ designs coming back in style, he’s like a dog with two tails!”

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cladding projects ever carried out in King’s Lynn. After a successful competitive tender at the start of the year, ECOnomy Windows was awarded the contract to replace windows, fascia and cladding at Trinity Quay in King’s Lynn by Watsons, who manage the architecturally striking development of residential apartments and ﬂats. Trinity Quay sits on the banks of the Great Ouse and lies within a conservation area, which meant that ECOnomy Windows had to work closely with local planning and conservation authorities to ensure the development work was sympathetic to

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t’s summer (at last!) and in whatever kind of property they live, more and more people are turning to air conditioning for a cost-effective heating solution and comfortable all-year environment – but as 4 Way Refrigeration Ltd will tell you, that doesn’t have to mean making any compromises on interior design. Today’s air conditioning technology doesn’t just perform amazingly well – it’s also been designed to fit your home and your lifestyle perfectly. They’re very discrete, incredibly quiet, and 4 Way Refrigeration Ltd can even ‘wrap’ the units themselves, meaning they can be disguised to fit seamlessly alongside any existing colour scheme and decor. “It’s a really clever way of enjoying all the benefits of air conditioning in an unobtrusive way,” says Steve Simpson of

4 Way Refrigeration Ltd. “We’ve wrapped air conditioning units in all sorts of colours, and even given one a woodgrain effect to make it look like a case of wine!” The units themselves can be mounted on the floors, walls or ceilings and are perfect for turning a conservatory into a true all-year room – especially as they’re more aesthetically appealing than radiators and include dehumidification functions. The units constantly monitor and maintain a constant temperature (which means they’ll keep you cooler in the summer and warmer in the colder months) and they only use as much power as they need to do so. By insisting on supplying the highest quality products currently available, 4 Way Refrigeration Ltd ensures the systems are a truly cost-effective solution (thanks to

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ABOVE: Following a major restoration eﬀort that took some 18 months to complete, the National Trust’s Brancaster Activity Centre has never looked better

Back from the flood: the Brancaster Activity Centre In December 2013, the most serious tidal surge for 60 years wreaked havoc along the Norfolk coast. Emma Barnard looks at the restoration of the National Trust’s Activity Centre at Brancaster

uch of the Norfolk Coast was seriously aﬀected by the tidal surge in December 2013, and it’s a story the Brancaster Activity Centre knows all too well. Extensive damage to the downstairs of the 400-year-old building meant the centre was forced to close its doors. However, after a Herculean amount of time and hard work, and an eﬀort King Canute would have been proud of, the centre was able to open its doors last month by reopening with an impressively and lovingly refurbished building. The centre was originally set up in 1999 to provide residential visits for

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schools, who can stay for a week or half a week and day visits are also available. Activities include adventures such as a coastal safari through the nearby salt marshes, orienteering, raft building and sailing – educational visits designed to teach children to care for and treasure their outdoor spaces. The value of the centre was always clear, making the damage sustained in the floods even more agonising. The storm surge seriously damaged the ground floor of the building, and while leaving it structurally sound, left the floors and walls in a particularly precarious state. “The underfloor heating was completely flooded, and due to the age

of the building the walls were extremely porous,” says Alex Green, the Digital Content, Marketing and Interpretation Officer for the Activity Centre. The clean-up has been a huge job – the whole ground floor walls needed completely stripping back to the original walling and all the floors needed pulling up. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. The whole building then needed to go through a ‘dryingout’ process. “We brought in a company that specialises in flood damage,” says Alex, “and they plugged in around 25 units that were effectively huge dehumidifiers into the whole ground floor of the building for two months.”

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ABOVE: Work begins on the repair and restoration work at the National Trust’s Brancaster Activity Centre following the tidal surge of December 2013

It was such a complex project that there weren’t enough units in the country, and more machines needed to be shipped in from Europe! Brancaster Activity Centre could have been repaired as it was (or at least as it had been) but the building was due an upgrade after being open for 14 years, so the decision was made to bring the much-needed refurbishment forward. This was time consuming in itself as the project needed to go through planning to ensure full flood precautions were taken and the whole project needed to be signed off. The National Trust’s Neptune Coastline Campaign is now in its 50th year and fully supported the project as part of its programme of preserving and caring for coastlines all around England, Wales and Northern Ireland – a campaign that currently looks after a massive 775 miles of the British coastline. The refurbishments at Brancaster took 18 months to complete, and on June 1st the Activity Centre welcomed children for an Educational Visit for the first time since the floods. The whole centre has been refurbished to cater for both school visits and group accommodation for weekends. “All the facilities have been upgraded and redesigned, and the kitchen in the self-catering accommodation has been kitted out with energy-efficient equipment,” says Alex. “The children even have an interactive television

which displays their full timetable.” Impressive new graphics have also been designed to grace the interior of the centre. Along with all the additional gadgets and upgrades you’ll now find in the centre, some other very important changes have been made to safeguard for future flooding. “We’ve introduced new flood mitigation technology to the centre,” says Alex, “and all the electronics are now at waist height and above.” One-way valves have also been added so water can’t come up through the drains and toilets – as it did with disastrous results during the storm surge. New flood gates have been added on all external doors, and the walls now have sacrificial plaster on them –meaning they’re waterproof and are much easier to take down and put up again. As you can imagine, the centre had to be completely shut down for a while and the team moved to offices in Burnham Overy. In order to carry on the activities for children, the team enlisted the help of a local company. “Rather than cancel all school bookings, we worked with Deepdale Backpackers and ran all the activity days from their buildings,” says Alex. “Even though some scheduled activities needed to be amended, everything went ahead as planned. Deepdale Backpackers were extremely supportive, and it showed an incredible sense of community. We’re very

thankful for their help.” Today, Brancaster Activity Centre is back up and running, and self-catering group accommodation is available for bird watchers, walkers and cyclists looking to explore the local area at the weekends (and when schools aren’t using the facilities.) The accommodation sleeps up to 48 people, and either half or the whole centre can be booked. “It means a huge amount to us to have the centre up and running again,” says Alex. “We’re back home and our activity staff can get back to providing the children our service!” The official opening ceremony of the Brancaster Activity Centre takes place on Saturday 18th July from 9.30am–12noon. It’s a great opportunity to see the new centre, speak to the staff and even join in with some activities!

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AnimalMatters Our monthly look at the issues concerning you and your pets with Alex Dallas of the London Road Veterinary Centre...

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Life in the old dog yet ne of the most frequent comments we hear when people come in for some help and advice regarding their pets is the comment that he or she is “probably just getting old” – the pet, of course, not the owner! However, there’s usually a good reason (other than age) for an older pet slowing down. If we can identify what that reason is, through discussion and examination, then we can often help rejuvenate your pet. We all know pets age more quickly than humans, but there’s still a lot we can do for pets over seven years of age. For example, we commonly ﬁnd pets have an arthritic joint or some spinal pain, and with the help of modern medicines we can reduce pain and discomfort, and make life much more comfortable for them.

Another common problem lies in your pets’ teeth and gums, which may have become scaled and infected, causing bad breath and signiﬁcant pain round the mouth and head. When ﬁxed through straightforward dentistry we can make a massive change to the quality of the animal’s life, restoring the activity and play that had perhaps stopped. Clients often have worries about their pet’s sight and hearing, or various lumps and bumps that have appeared over time. Again, these are all conditions which can be addressed successfully, giving older pets another lease of life. A simple blood test can be carried out to check for underlying problems which may not be obvious to the owner. Catching these conditions in the early stages means that we can put measures in place today to keep your pets healthier for longer.

e’re very fortunate in King’s Lynn to have the fabulous annual free music festival of Festival Too every July, and I’m sure you’re already aware that 2015 is the event’s 30th anniversary. Running over the ﬁrst weekends of July, some excellent and legendary acts are coming to the Tuesday Market Place and it’s set to be bigger and better than ever. I have my own small part to play in Festival Too this year, as I’ll be taking the stage on Friday 10th July at 8pm as my alter ego, the lead singer of Blurred Vision (if you want proof, please see the picture above – that’s me, second left!) Myself and four friends formed the band some years ago, and perform a mixture of pop classics and punk numbers. This year we’ve been tasked with warming the crowd up before The Stranglers and Republica! I hope you’ll all come along and see just how much life there is left in this old dog!

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ABOVE: Taking a deer safari at Snettisham Park allows you a unique opportunity to get a closer look at these enchanting animals

On safari with the deer of Snettisham Park... In the glorious setting of Snettisham Park, the deer are busy welcoming their young at this time of year – and even the stags are friendly. Emma Barnard talks to the park’s Trevor Walters.

t the same time Snettisham Park and Park Farm opened to the public back in 1986, 55 beautiful Red Deer hinds were introduced from Scotland – and almost 30 years later, the hinds you see at the park today are all descendants from that original group of deer. Park Farm grows wheat for animal feed, malting barley, sugar beet, and grass which is grazed by the herd of red deer, 400 ewes, and the horses and ponies from the on-site stables. Every season brings something new for visitors of Snettisham Park to marvel over and enyoy – and at the moment the spotlight is on the beautiful red deer.

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On the back of a tractor you can sit in a covered trailer and be treated to a truly magical deer safari led by the park’s experts Geoffrey Rolfe and Trevor Biscombe. It’s the perfect time to take advantage of everything the park has to offer as the deer are currently calving – a season which runs from the end of May to mid-July. Accompanying the beautiful female deer in the park, there are three wonderful males. Rufus is a majestic eight-year-old and the dominant stag. As his fellow stags are much younger (George is four and Roguey is three) Rufus is definitely the one in charge – as these wonderful animals can’t be dominant until they reach five years old.

“This means Rufus is very busy indeed during October when the rutting season begins as he has the 55 hinds to ‘look after’ during this time!” says Trevor Walters, the Shepherd at Park Farm. As I’m sure you can imagine, the summer months are the perfect time to take a safari around Snettisham Park because it’s the optimum opportunity to catch a hind giving birth (the hinds are calving daily so you’ll always have a good chance to witness a magical moment) and seeing many new-borns on foot, suckling their mothers. Interestingly, the hinds usually only give birth to one calf each (“sometimes the hinds can have twins but this is rare,” says Trevor) meaning the staﬀ at the park can expect 55 babies this year.

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A newborn is dark coloured and white spotted with a discernible line down its back and there’s a good reason for its appearance. “In the wild, newborn deer are hunted by foxes and eagles,” explains Trevor. “They’re born this way to make them difficult to spot. It’s a natural form of camouflage.” But don’t worry about missing out on seeing any of these cute creatures as the safari guides’ expertly trained eyes are able to point calves out to you. The safaris are run throughout the whole summer and autumn so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to take in the 42-acre deer park. “It’s an ideal environment for the red deer to thrive,” says Trevor. “It has a lake, a reservoir and a pond, a lot of woodland and even a river. It’s perfect for them.” You can even have a hand in feeding these gorgeous animals. As the trailer draws to a halt you can treat them to a special ‘deer feed’ – which is really important for the hinds as it helps them produce milk for their new calves. The feed is so important that even if there are fewer safaris than normal in a given day, the staff will go round themselves with bags of feed! Although most people’s attentions are focused on the hinds and their fawns at the moment, it’s also a very

exciting time to view the stags. Even though they’re at their most active in October, the stags show their gentler side at this time of year. “In April all of the stags shed their antlers and are now growing new ones,” says Trevor. “At the moment they have magniﬁcent furry velvet covering their antlers – it makes them look like reindeer!” While the stags are hard at work growing these impressive antlers ready for the rutting season to begin in late September, they are very docile. “It’s mainly because the new antlers are fragile and could easily be damaged,” says Trevor. “They need to be kept out of harm’s way because the stags will want to use them one day to protect themselves.” Just like a growing teenager, stags are also extremely hungry during this regrowth and will also beneﬁt from the deer feed and a nicely full stomach! The safari lasts on average 45

minutes and takes place around three or four times a day, during which time Geoffrey Rolfe and Trevor Biscombe offer lots of extra detail such as farming information and local history. An extra little treat at this time of year is that the resident ducks, geese and swans at Snettisham Park are also hatching – so lots of calves and ducklings will be making their first steps in the beautiful grounds. This is the most magical time of year to see the wonders of nature in Snettisham Park for yourself – it hasn’t won a 2015 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for nothing!

SNETTISHAM PARK Bircham Road, Snettisham PE31 7NG Tel: 01485 542425 Web: www.snettishampark.co.uk Open: The park is open every day from 10am to 5pm, and the deer safaris usually start at 11.30am.

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Everything Outdoor: and the style that’s right for you! From its two stores at Sandringham and Holkham, Everything Outdoor oﬀers a new approach to looking and feeling good

verything Outdoor has rather surprising origins, which go some way to explaining why a store best known for high quality clothing and contemporary styles for ladies and gentlemen offers little in the way of tents and camping equipment. “It all started when I set up a website to bring a wonderfully effective mosquito repellant to the UK!” says Julie Garner. “I’ve always been extremely allergic to mosquito bites, and when I discovered something that really worked, I wanted to share it with as many people as I could.” Everything Outdoor has come a very long way from those early days. As word and interest spread, Julie added more products – including clothing – to the website, and the business grew to the stage when it really needed a physical store. Julie opened her first Everything

Outdoor store at the Sandringham Visitor Centre towards the end of 2010 and two years later opened a second in the beautiful Reading Room at Holkham Village. Today, Everything Outdoor offers a comprehensive range of clothing for men, women and children that ranges from hard-core country to on-trend lifestyle collections, all characterised by an emphasis on quality. You’ll find the current collection of Kanyon boots (and the company’s recent collection of boat and deck shoes), together with jackets and waterproofs by Target Dry, the Belfast-based outdoor clothing brand. You’ll find the perfect balance between practicality

and fashion with brands such as Vedoneire, Grenouille, Alice Collins and Jack Murphy – and head-turning ideas such as Raging Bull (the Rugby heritage clothing brand founded by rugby legend Phil Vickery) and Joey D, the unique recycled tweed and leather bags regularly featured in New York’s annual ‘Dressed to Kilt’ show. And then there’s all the scarves and ties, walking canes and caps, gloves and socks, and selection of accessories – from leather iPad cases to (just in case of those summer showers) Mac in a Sac, the best performing packaways in their class. Of course, given the location of the two stores, a good percentage of Everything Outdoor customers are holidaymakers or visitors, and that fact has played a signiﬁcant part in Julie’s latest oﬀering. “A lot of our customers aren’t with the people they

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usually shop with,” she explains. “Unusually, they’re shopping with their husbands, and with the best will in the world, he’s likely to say ‘yes’ to everything! The truth is that while 90% of women wear black, 90% of them probably shouldn’t!” With that in mind, Julie has recently completed a Colour Me Beautiful training course, and is now a fully qualified consultant. “I did it mainly to help our customers who don’t have their friends with them for help and advice,” says Julie. “It means we can assess their hair, eye and skin colour and advise them on what works best for them – and what doesn’t. We’ve got a very popular range of gilets that comes in about 15 different colours, and we can now ensure ladies find the one that suits them perfectly.” The difference in wearing the colours that are right for you can be phenomenal – which is good to know when you consider Everything Outdoor offers around 200 different designs of women’s scarves – even the plain ones are available in 64 various colours! These are exciting times at Everything Outdoor. Julie’s currently planning on hosting Colour Me Beautiful miniconsultations in the evenings, an iPad now enables ‘facetime’ shopping between the two locations, and the Holkham store

has introduced a bean-to-coffee machine – which is even more welcome following the recent closure of the Holkham Village cafe. Everything Outdoor has also just launched a Loyalty Scheme, which rewards regular customers with free tea and coffee, advance notice on sales and special offers, and a special gift voucher at the end of the year. “We’ve got some really lovely and loyal customers, and this seems the perfect way to say thank you to them,” says Julie. “Especially those we only see a few times a year when they’re on holiday or visiting family and friends.” And though nothing beats a visit to the stores themselves, the Everything Outdoor website continues to go from strength to strength – not least in its commitment to operating on a ‘live stock’ basis. “It means we don’t sell anything online that we don’t have in stock, and I think that’s very important,” says Julie. “Looking after our customers has always been central to Everything Outdoor and there’s nothing worse than failing them. If it’s on the website, then we have it in stock – and we really will go out of our way to get it to you!” For high quality clothing, for the style and colour that’s perfect for you, and for friendly, personal customer service, there’s nothing better than Everything Outdoor. Oh, and if you’re still wondering about that mosquito repellant that started it all, Julie’s still selling it today.

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If you passed your driving test before 1997 then you can tow a trailer without restrictions, and if you passed after that date you can tow a car and caravan setup that weighs up to 3,500 kgs. If you want to exceed that, you’ll need to take an additional test. Towing is a very important part of caravanning, yet very few companies oﬀer help in this respect. I’ve developed a range of training courses for men and women to help them be better drivers when towing and reversing. These can be booked exclusively through the Greentrees CaravanStore – see below for full contact details.

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Why eye strain isn’t all part of the job! With today’s advancements in technology altering how we work, rest and play, there has been a rise in the symptoms of visual stress. Find out what D.A. Seaman Optometrists can do to help...

isual stress is mostly caused by time using computers, hand held tablets and smart phones. Symptoms can include eyestrain, redness of the eyes, tired irritable eyes, headaches and blurring of vision. It’s a common view that this is all ‘just part of the job’ these days but

there are a number of solutions available to counteract these symptoms. At D.A. Seaman Optometrists we offer a wide range of lenses suited to help those who spend long periods using various forms of technology. The Anti-Fatigue lenses by Essilor are a good choice for those who require a distance correction for general use but are starting to notice that tasks performed at a closer distance over long periods are becoming more difficult. These lenses have just a little ‘boost’ in the lower section of the lenses which can help take away some of the strain. Occupational lenses work similarly but don’t cater for distance vision. They are

geared for intermediate and near vision only, giving the wearer a much wider field of view than standard varifocal lenses do. Specialist anti-reflection coatings are also available to help protect your eyes from harmful rays of blue light that can be emitted by some devices. These are just some of the options available to help ease symptoms of visual stress. Our fully qualified staff are on hand to talk through your symptoms and how best to solve the individual issues you may be experiencing. For more information or to arrange an appointment please contact the practice where we will be happy to help.

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History

ABOVE: Bank House in King’s Lynn – over the years it’s been home to wine merchants, bankers, social reformers and arctic explorers

Bank House and the history of King’s Lynn... The great architectural scholar Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Bank House as one of the finest houses in King’s Lynn, and its beautifully proportioned walls contain a quite illustrious history

’m sitting in the wonderfully decorated and comfortably relaxing atmosphere of Bank House, enjoying a fabulous lunch (great value too!) that’s only equalled by the view outside the window – the famous Customs House of King’s Lynn. It’s a particularly grand setting, but that’s to be expected, as I’m sitting in one of the town’s ﬁnest houses, a listed Grade II* building that’s played a fascinating part in the history of King’s Lynn for over 330 years. The ﬁrst incarnation of Bank House was built in 1682 by alderman, mariner and wine merchant Thomas Lemon in King’s Staithe Yard. It stood beside a timber-framed tollbooth in the centre

of what was a thriving centre of commerce – a near-contemporary description has it containing a house, two tenements, 11 shops, a stable, a forge, two gardens, four coalyards and a crane (which no one wanted to hire). Lemon’s house wasn’t just a home for his wife, seven children and ﬁve servants, however. It also featured an extensive undercroft – a brick-lined and vaulted network of arches and bays (it exists to this day) that was dry, cool, and ideal for the storage of his imported French and Iberian wine. Sometime around 1740 the house was purchased by James Fysh, a member of a wealthy family of landowners from Yorkshire who used

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ABOVE: An engraving of Bank House from September 1864, shortly before Gurneys Bank moved to the Tuesday Market Place

his share of the sale of the family’s estates to invest in King’s Lynn (he also bought properties in no less than 18 villages surrounding the town). It was from Fysh that the Yorkshireman, banker, alpinist, and pioneer potholer John Birbeck took on the lease of the house in December 1781 and began the era that would give the building its enduring name. Birbeck was one of the original partners of Gurneys Bank, which had been founded by John and Henry Gurney in Norwich six years previously and was looking to expand to other parts of Norfolk – and opened for business in King’s Lynn less than a month after Birbeck purchased the lease. While Birbeck himself lived at the house, many of the rooms were used as the banking oﬃces – and not far

from where I’m sitting today, a considerable dip is clearly visible in the wooden floor of the present-day Brasserie’s front room. No faulty woodwork here, however – it marks the very spot where generations of nervous customers once shuffled their feet as they waited at the cashiers’ desk in the bank’s Counting House to make their withdrawals. Bank House underwent a considerable transformation in 1788, when the bank received permission to pull down the old tollbooth (providing us with the only known description of the structure) and replacing it with a brick building of the same dimensions – although the result was actually six feet wider than the original. The Gurneys also made a number of alterations to the house itself and erected railings along the front of the buildings – a move which cost them two shillings and sixpence. A frequent visitor to Bank House at this time was the famous prison and social reformer Elizabeth Fry, whose brothers were John and Daniel Gurney (fittingly enough, if you have a £5 note

to hand, that’s her on the reverse!) She combined her social calls with visits to the prisons in and around King’s Lynn to gather evidence for her reform campaigns. Elizabeth’s daughter married Francis Cresswell, who was another partner in the bank and who took over its running in 1820. The couple lived at Bank House, and it was there on 25th September 1827 that their son Samuel Gurney Cresswell was born. The banking life wasn’t for Samuel. He joined the Navy when he was 15, serving in the seas oﬀ the coast of China and surviving an encounter with pirates before participating in the ultimately unsuccessful eﬀorts to rescue Sir John Franklin in the arctic wastes. Cresswell’s considerable talents saw him appointed second lieutenant and ship’s artist aboard HMS Investigator under Robert McClure during the latter’s expedition in search of the elusive Northwest Passage, and although Cresswell’s sketches and paintings form a fascinating and

Bank House and a clash of kings... Describing King’s Staithe Yard in 1738, Benjamin Mackerell noted that “in the centre of the front buildings in a niche stands the statue of King James I.” The statue – which still stands proudly atop the front facade of Bank House (left) is interesting in itself. It was apparently moved (by wheelbarrow no less) from its former location at the town’s original customs house which stood in the Tuesday Market Place and which had been demolished some 35 years previously. Oddly enough, though, a green plaque on the wall of Bank House claims the statue to be of James’ unfortunate son Charles I. At right are images of the two kings, and the statue could well be either James (top) or Charles (bottom) – so does anyone know for sure which one is the real King of Bank House?

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History valuable record of the expedition, it was his humanitarian actions that made his name. With the Investigator locked in ice from September 1851 to the spring of 1853, several men became invalided, and Cresswell was given the task of transporting them to Henry Kellett’s ship some 160 miles away. It was something he achieved (with the help of an Inuit interpreter) with no loss of life, and he finally returned to England in the autumn of 1853 – along with the announcement that the Northwest Passage had finally been located. Indeed, Cresswell was the first naval officer to cross the entire Northwest Passage. His adventures had taken their toll, however, and Cresswell retired in 1867, and died just a few months later aged only 39. Two years later, Gurneys Bank left King’s Staithe Square and moved to the Tuesday Market Place, from where it joined with ten other private banks In 1896 to form Barclays. As for Bank House (as it continued to be called) it became home to Philip Wodehouse, the vicar of St Margarets, who lived there with his mother and five servants before the house was sold at auction to Fison & Co in 1876 for £1,000 and became the inland revenue office for King’s Lynn. In the 1881 census, Bank House is recorded as the home of a Margaret Dixon and her sister, together with Patrick Mulcahy and his assistant (they both worked for the Inland Revenue), and an unidentified 44-year-old musician. The modern history of Bank House has seen it used as a ship brokerage, a restaurant and a solicitors – and its beautiful 18th century exterior has featured in a number of small- and bigscreen productions. In 1985 it could be seen in Hugh Hudson’s epic failure Revolution (a film so poor that its star Al Pacino gave up the movies for four years), while in 1994 the BBC filmed part of their production of Martin Chuzzlewit there. The lovely setting of Bank House today is thanks to the work and vision of Jeanette and Anthony Goodrich, who’ve brought a contemporary flourish to the fine old building, creating a thriving eating and drinking venue with 11 beautiful bedrooms and a number of private meeting and dining rooms. Welcome to Bank House – one of those few remaining places where you can enjoy life in the 21st century and be surrounded by the proud trading history of King’s Lynn. For more, see the website at www.thebankhouse.co.uk

THE MANY FACES OF BANK HOUSE: The exterior of Bank House has changed little over the last few hundred years – compare its present-day exterior (top) with the 1864 engraving on page 65. It’s also been home to some remarkable characters. Above (from left to right) are the minister and banker Joseph John Gurney, whose views and actions ultimately led to a schism among American Quakers; his sister, the famous prison and social reformer Elizabeth Fry; and her grandson, the intrepid arctic explorer Samuel Gurney Cresswell. The 1851 painting above shows Cresswell’s ship HMS Investigator trapped in the frozen wastes – where it stayed for almost two years. Bank House has also made several big- and smallscreen appearances over the years, from the infamous 1985 ﬁlm Revolution with Donald Sutherland (left, top) to the BBC’s 1994 production of the Dickens’ classic Martin Chuzzlewit (left, bottom).

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The taste of summer he strawberry’s standing as the fruit of summer comes from its traditionally short season, which runs from now until the middle of August. Now, of course, thanks to the increased use of plastic polytunnels, strawberries have a much longer growing season – but this is still the best time of the year to enjoy them. Just one variety (Elsanta) accounts for 80% sold in our supermarkets, although many other varieties are available from farmers’ markets and pick-your-own farms and are well worth seeking out.

CHOOSING... Look for unblemished strawberries with bright-green hulls. Try to buy only British strawberries where possible: you’ll be rewarded with a better-tasting product, because Britain has a climate ideally suited to growing soft fruits. If you buy freshly-picked fruit from local farms or visit a pick-your-own farm, you’ll be getting produce that’s approaching the peak of ripeness in contrast to imported fruit, which is

likely to have been picked early. Locally-picked berries also have less impact on the environment, and environmentalists point out that the Elsanta ‘strawberry monoculture’ isn’t good for biodiversity – so it’s worth discovering less-familiar varieties, which have their own flavours and aromas. STORING... Freezing strawberries can prove disappointing as they become ‘flabby’ after thawing. To get around this problem, freeze whole strawberries in thick raspberry purée or pulp them and then freeze to use in other recipes. PREPARING... For the very best flavour, let your strawberries reach room temperature before eating them. If possible, put them out to warm in the sun

for a couple of hours to bring out their full taste and aroma. As strawberries are quite delicate, wash and handle them gently to avoid bruising them – and always wash them before hulling. If you’re not dipping them whole into melted dark chocolate, use your strawberries to garnish summer salads, stir them into meringues and whipped cream to make Eton Mess, or sandwich them between sponge cakes or pastries such as millefeuille. If you’d like to try something diﬀerent, try sprinkling a few drops of balsamic vinegar or a dusting of freshly ground black pepper over your strawberries – it really enhances their ﬂavour. And in the unlikely event you end up with some leftover strawberries when the season draws to a close, add them to homemade ice cream or sorbet, or make some vinegar or liqueur. If you make strawberry jam, remember strawberries are low in pectin – so add some lemon juice or bottled pectin to help the jam set.

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METHOD 1 Heat oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with non-stick baking paper. In a large bowl, beat all the cake ingredients together until you have a smooth, soft batter. 2 Divide the mixture between the two tins, smooth the surface with a spatula or the back of a spoon, then bake for about 20 minutes until golden and the cake springs back when pressed. Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool complete.

3 To make the cream filling whip the cream and then slowly add the caster sugar and vanilla extract. 4 To fill the cake, spread the jam over one of the sponges, top it with ¾ of the cream and sprinkle with ½ of the mixed berries. Sandwich the second sponge on top. Spread the remaining cream on top of the cake and decorate with remaining berries.

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dyllic views, beautiful properties and a long and proud history make Castle Rising a fantastic place to visit. Situated in the heart of the village is the Black Horse, a listed public house which has served as a welcoming watering hole to the community for many, many years. Whilst driving back to King’s Lynn from the coast on a sunny evening, we decided to call in for a meal and discover the Black Horse for ourselves. The pub is positioned next to the church, and has a large car park and beer garden surrounding the attractive building. The beer garden looked to be a great spot to enjoy a few drinks or even a meal on a summer’s day, with an abundance of lush greenery and a very

pretty view of the church. Inside, you’re greeted by a homely, comfortable feel, with a distinct community vibe. The décor is very traditional, and although it might be a little tired for some tastes, it’s exactly what you’d expect to see in an old village pub that’s much loved and used by its locals! We ordered a couple of drinks and sat in the large restaurant area. We were shown the menus and were told the specials of the day were a whole local pheasant served with an orange and wine jus and the pie of the day was minted lamb. Although they sounded tempting (and the pheasant certainly sounded intriguing) we decided to opt for choices from the main menu. The menu had everything you’d expect to see – from pub classics such as burgers and ribs to steaks and pie and mash. It also included a large selection for children and a light bites section. One thing we noticed was just how reasonably priced all the food was, with starters averaging around £4.75 and main courses around £9. We chose the crab cakes and the spicy nachos to start, and the fish and chips and Stilton chicken to follow. The starters arrived in great time and were simple but tasty. My chicken was full of flavour, and

was served with peas and lots of rich and creamy homemade Stilton sauce, while the fish and chips had a lovely crispy batter on the fish. Although we didn’t need a dessert, we were very tempted by the extensive dessert menu which offered a great variety of mouthwatering dishes – from the strawberry and almond tart to the lemon and orange roulade. We opted for probably the naughtiest puddings on the menu – a tipsy toffee meringue and the chocolate and hazelnut cheesecake. The meringue was served with ice cream in a sundae glass and was a lovely combination of crunchy meringue and sweet toffee with Irish cream running through it. The chocolate cheesecake was perfectly sized – and wasn’t too rich to enjoy. Overall, we were satisfied with our pub meal, the staff were very friendly, attentive and welcoming, and the menu provided a very affordable selection of non-fussy pub food, which is sometimes exactly what you’re looking for! The best bit was the value – our bill totalled around £50, which included a beer, a large glass of wine and two filling three-course meals. The Black Horse is also available for functions such as large parties, wedding receptions and funeral wakes, with its large bar and restaurant area. The pub also offers deals such as £5 OAP meals (Monday-Friday from 123pm), and steak nights on Fridays – which include two free puddings or sides when you buy two steaks.

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BOWERS BUTCHERS King’s Lynn Established all the way back in 1932, Bowers Butchers in Gaywood was founded by George Bowers and is now run by his son and grandson. Recently, Bowers deservedly won the Champion Sausage Award for the East Region with their Traditional Norfolk Sausage, and they also offer the delightful Pork & Wherry and Pear & Roquefort pork sausages. The pork is responsibly sourced from Blythburgh Free Range Pork in Suffolk. www.bowersbutchers.com GODDARDS OF NORFOLK Downham Market A butcher since 1969, John Goddard set up his own Downham Market shop in 1992 – and we’re very glad he did. Goddards produces a range of amazing sausages, including the fabulous Wild Boar and Apple, which is made from rare breed free range pork. The Minty Lamb sausages are made from fresh Norfolk lamb (and are a real treat), and don’t miss Goddards’ perfect breakfast sausage – the Cumberland, which is made from free range local pork. www.goddardsofnorfolk.co.uk M & M RUTLAND Melton Constable This butchers in north Norfolk was established in 1972 and sells no less than 28 speciality sausages and three real ale sausages. The speciality range includes Marmite, Spicy Mango and Rhubarb and Sweet Chilli. From the real ale range, the appetizing Woodfords Nog sausage (which includes wholegrain mustard and cheddar) really does stand out from the crowd. Rutland prides itself on being true meat specialists – all the meat is free range, naturally reared, raised and sourced in Norfolk and Suffolk. www.rutland-butchers.co.uk

Norfolk’s BBQs are the tastiest of all! As you write a shopping list for your summer BBQ, the one thing at the top of the list should be some delicious sausages – and we live in the perfect part of the world for it. Here’s a mouthwatering look at some of our ﬁnest local sausages... 74

PERFICK PORK Fakenham Perfick Pork has a shop in Great Ryburgh and an online shop that was launched in 2010 for you to purchase all the pork your heart desires – though they also offer beef, lamb and chicken. As you’d expect, the sausage range is perfick-ly tempting, and includes impressive bangers with Black Pudding and Strawberry Jam (well worth discovering), Chilli and Garlic, Norfolk Farmhouse and even a Thai sausage – along with another 13 varieties. www.perfickpork.co.uk

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Why King’s Lynn is home to the perfect sausage... n 1932, at his factory in Slough, Forrest Mars produced an edible treat that was named after him and is still enjoyed almost a century later. A similar story was taking place in King’s Lynn, as George Edward Bowers opened his pork butchers in the town’s St. James Street, creating Bowers’ Traditional Norfolk Sausage to his very own recipe. Not only are those sausages still with us today, they've probably never been more popular, and last year won the Traditional Banger Award (East Midlands Region) during BPEX’s British Sausage Week celebrations. George Bowers opened a second butchers in Gaywood during the 1960s, and it’s from there that Bowers Butchers has continued to thrive since 1975 – a momentous year in which George sold his original shop, retired (though he still couldn’t resist playing a part in the business), and saw the birth of his grandson James. ”You could say that sausages are in my blood!” says James, who joined the family business last year after a successful career as a chef. “I started

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making sausages when I was 13 years old, and though Bowers has always been a true family butchers, offering all sorts of meats and related products, our sausages are probably what we’re best known for.” Although Bowers’ Traditional Norfolk Sausage (still made to the original family recipe) is undoubtedly the star of the show, it’s been joined over the years by a number of mouthwatering choices as Bowers have introduced new flavours and different varieties You’ll find sausages with stilton, sausages with black pepper, and sausages with apple. You’ll find Lincolnshire, Toulouse and Cumberland sausages, and you’ll find some rather unique tastes too. “We like to introduce products that capture a flavour of the times,” says James, “and last year we re-worked a traditional recipe into our celebratory Cambridge Sausage. It’s been a great success, and it’s been so popular that customers have now nicknamed it the Charlotte!” Of course, with BBQ season upon us, it’s the perfect time to enjoy Bowers’ Pork & Wherry Sausage, which is made with a little of the famous Woodforde’s

ale once voted CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain. There’s no doubt that Bowers’ make some of the best sausages you’ll ever taste, but what’s the secret? “We take a lot of eﬀort to get the texture of our sausages exactly right,” says James, “and they’re completely made and even tied by hand. We also use the very highest standard of pork we can source, from Jimmy Butler’s free range farm at Blythburgh – and you really can taste the diﬀerence.” And it’s not just about what you can see on the shelves. “We’re very much a bespoke butchers,” says James. “We’ve produced ‘made-tomeasure’ sausages for people with their own ideas and we even do a special sausage for people on a gluten-free diet, replacing the rusk with rice.” Looking for the perfect sausage? Look no further than Bowers!

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Fabulous quality, amazing prices... hen Kris Bullen launched KB Kitchens four years ago, he knew exactly what he wanted to do. He’d come from a background as one of MFI’s top kitchen salespeople, was a trusted source of kitchen-related help and advice, and knew precisely what customers were looking for. “From the very start I wanted to provide kitchens of the very best quality we could find at the very best value I could offer,” he says. “Judged on the fact we get two or three recommendations from every single kitchen we install, I think it’s a recipe that works!” From their base in Wisbech, KB Kitchens has installed luxurious, high quality, made-to-measure kitchens across Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and their growing reputation has even seen them take their flair for great-looking design to Essex and London. “One of the secrets of our success is

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ABOVE: Mary Kemp, Vanessa Scott and Melinda Raker – everything (at last) is stopping for tea, but it’s all in a very good cause!

Supporting a good cause has never tasted so good KL magazine talks to Vanessa Scott about Norfolk’s Own Cookbook, which promotes the best of our local food and drink and hopes to raise £100,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care...

ake three remarkable women with plenty of passion for Norfolk and its food, add a generous helping of the county’s ﬁnest producers and growers, and season with a light sprinkling of celebrities. Combine with an extremely good cause, mix well, and you’ve got a quite amazing charity cookbook that’s designed to make a real diﬀerence to people’s lives. Published last month, Norfolk’s Own Cook Book: Everything Stops for Tea is the result of 18 month’s hard work, and it’s been a genuine labour of love for

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everyone concerned in the project, not least for the trio behind it: Mary Kemp, the experienced and well-known cookery writer and demonstrator with a proud Norfolk farming background; Melinda Raker, who in addition to having been involved with her family’s farming business in Norfolk for over 40 years is also the Norfolk Patron of the national charity Marie Curie Cancer Care; and Vanessa Scott, the tireless advocate for Norfolk’s producers and growers who’s been running the boutique hotel Strattons in Swaﬀham with her husband Les since 1990. “The project really started with

Melinda, who’d got together with other Marie Curie patrons in the region to discuss ways of both raising money and the proﬁle of the charity,” says Vanessa. “She’d contacted Mary to help arrange having a celebrity attend a local Blooming Great Tea Party, but she hadn’t really expected the fees big names tend to command – or how diﬃcult that can be to organise.” Never one to allow BBC contracts to get in the way of a good idea, Mary Kemp had the bigger – and more ambitious – plan of producing a quality cookbook that had the charity at its heart and placed Norfolk’s food and 79

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ABOVE: This recipe for Rare Breed Hock Terrine from the Market Bistro in King’s Lynn is just one of the recipes in Norfolk’s Own Cookbook

drink firmly front and centre. “Right from the start, we felt it was important the book didn’t just promote the food celebrities of Norfolk,” says Vanessa. “It needed to be about the local growers and producers who don’t have a massive profile, but who come in the back door with a box of their own fruit and vegetables in all weathers at all times of day all year round. They’re the ones with the interesting stories, and they’re the ones who really make the Norfolk food landscape so amazing.” Virtually everyone approached to contribute a recipe agreed to take part, and the trio of Melinda, Mary and Vanessa were constantly amazed (and humbled) by the amount of people willing to give up their time and efforts free of charge to help the book’s production. “It wouldn’t have been possible without the contributors, or the incredible team who worked so hard on it behind the scenes,” says Vanessa. “All the recipes were made by a team of four ‘recipe testers’ to ensure they were workable, then they had to be made again to be photographed. We had four proofreaders who made sure all the details were correct, and even found a 80

talented editor in Mari Roberts who pulled it all together at the end.” The result is a stunning book of 80 sweet and savoury recipes that offers a unique and mouthwatering glimpse into the wonderful diversity of Norfolk’s food and the people behind it – from 13-year-old Mermaid Sandelson to 103-year-old Alice Syzling. Some contributors will be familiar to readers of KL magazine (such as Sally Francis of Norfolk Saffron and Jo Coubrough of Jo C’s Norfolk Ale), but there's plenty of exciting new discoveries to be made – and the celebrity recipes include artist Anthony Gormley’s chocolate and almond cake and Stella Rimington’s family recipe for a creamy onion tart. Mary, Melinda and Vanessa have all contributed a recipe, and they’re justifiably proud of the finished book. “I’m thrilled with it,” says Vanessa. “I’m so pleased we stuck to our guns and produced a really high quality recipe book that offers such a great representation of the Norfolk food basket and the people who make such a contribution to it.” Of course, there’s a lot more to it that great food and great stories.

Every single penny of the book’s sales will go to Marie Curie, and it’s no coincidence that the book's price of £20 is exactly the same as one hour of Marie Curie nursing, which is provided free of charge. The charity has almost 2,000 nurses around the country who work in the community providing endof-life care to 94% of the UK population – and with nine hospices, it’s the largest provider of hospice beds outside the NHS, supporting over 40,000 people every year. “If we can sell every copy – and I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t – we’ll raise £100,000 for Marie Curie,” says Vanessa. “That’s really what Norfolk’s Own Cookbook is all about. It’s not about us. We’ve all had our reasons for the project, and for me I like to think of it as a tribute to my father and grandson. The book doesn’t just show the incredible quality of Norfolk food and the people responsible for it, but it will hopefully also help make a real diﬀerence to people’s lives.” Norfolk’s Own Cook Book: Everything Stops for Tea (£20) is available from the Ceres Bookshop in Swaﬀham; Gurneys in Burnham Market; Jarrolds, The Book Hive and the Assembly House in Norwich; and direct from the book’s own website at www.norfolksowncookbook.co.uk KLmagazine July 2015

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ABOVE: Norfolk’s village signs celebrate notable local buildings and trades, and often include references to signiﬁcant events in the village’s history, as in Snettisham’s sign (opposite)

How Norfolk’s villages set a nationwide trend You’ll find village signs all over the country today, but the very first ones appreared in Norfolk just over 100 years ago. Emma Barnard looks at some of the fascinating stories behind them...

ike most of the country, Norfolk’s villages and towns are adorned with painted signs, but did you know our county actually started this tradition in the ﬁrst place? It was the Sandringham Estate which commissioned and erected four signs in 1912 when King Edward VII suggested village signs would help motorists and give a feature of interest on the estate – and these still remain today. In Flitcham and Babingley the signs depict St Felix, who brought Christianity to the region in the 7th century. As legend would have it, St Felix made a beaver a bishop after he was saved by them from shipwreck! You will see this

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peculiar ceremony portrayed on the very top of the Babingley sign. This is the kind of legend you will see depicted on these signs – they are ornate and painted with either fact or fiction from the past, reflecting local traditional historical events. They are mainly placed on the primary road entrance or in a prominent location in the village, such as the green and are typically made of wood, metal or a combination of both – more recent signs are also made out of stone and fibreglass. Even though ornamental signs such as these were historically common to identify buildings of importance or town halls, the village sign tradition started here in Norfolk. After the

Sandringham Estate signs had been created, the Royal Family wanted and ordered more for other estate villages this concept became increasingly popular. Prince Albert, Duke of York was the man to spread interest further aﬁeld from the county when he gave a speech to the Royal Academy in 1920 promoting more widespread use of village signs which prompted the national newspaper the Daily Mail to run a nationwide competition. Numerous signs were commissioned after this, with many commemorating things like the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, the passing of the Millennium and others with more local celebrations.

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The distant cousin of Egyptologist Howard Carter, Harry Carter, was the Hamond’s Grammar School art and woodwork teacher in Swaffham in the 1960s and he had a huge part to play in local village signs. Carter started by making a sign for his town in 1929 depicting the legend of John Chapman, the ‘Pedlar of Swaffham’ – this stands in the corner of the market place, opposite the old school gates. Carter’s work was meticulous in detail and each sign would take from six months to a year for him to complete. By the time of his death in 1983, Harry Carter had carved over 200 town and village signs including Sea Palling and Welney - they are distinctive as they are carved in wood and brightly coloured. One of Carter’s signs was the old Bawdeswell village sign which was replaced in 2011 after the elements had taken their toll on the original work. The newer version of the sign was crafted and painted by husband and wife duo Kelvin and Mary Thatcher and it incorporated some extra reminders of Bawdeswell’s past – Oswald the Reeve from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is displayed on horseback. Back in 2011 the village vowed to keep Carter’s sign and mount it in their brand new village hall which has been realised this year. An aspect of another famous story is represented on the village sign for Heacham. As you may well know, the coastal village was the home of the Rolfe family, and John Rolfe was born and baptised in the village in 1585. After leaving England in search of the New World, he met and married the

legendary Native American Red Indian Princess Pocahontas. As these signs always capture something of local significance, it is no surprise that Rolfe has pride of place on the Heacham village sign. Thornham has an extremely interesting village sign as it’s doublesided. You might be thinking that lots of them are, and you’d be right, but Thornham is actually double-sided and different on both sides. One side details the sailing vessels that brought the village prosperity in mediaeval times, and the other side displays an image of the inside of the famous Thornham Ironworks. Interestingly, both sides have images of the church on them as do many village signs as important local buildings or landmarks are often integral features of these signs. It’s not only people and points of interest which are represented in village signs; occupations are also put under the spotlight – just like in Thornham, with the Ironworks and the craftsmen we see in the design. Historical occupations and methods such as farming are depicted in signs such as Great Bircham with oxen, there are horses on both the Gayton and North Creake village signs and on the Methwold sign there is a tractor which shows a more modern portrayal. These days you would be quite surprised to drive to any county in this country and not find village signs – and the tradition started right here on our doorstep. With them we have functionality in helping us find our way geographically, but they all give us a taste of each individual history in a wonderful way.

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“ornham is a brilliant location... it’s a really quite amazing place, and although it’s not particularly big, there always seems to be plenty going on at the moment...” PICTURES: IAN WARD / KL MAGAZINE

TOM WHEELER Drove Orchards Farm Shop

Thornham’s future has never looked brighter... Few villages manage to successfully balance the demands of continuity and change. Happily that can’t be said of Thornham, which is undergoing something of a renaissance at the moment.

n his introduction to his third photography-based book on the village, John Warham speaks about the home he knows and loves so well. “Many Thornham residents,” he writes, “whether they’ve lived here for ten or a hundred years, profess to love the village for the peace, tranquillity and slow pace of life which it oﬀers – while the reality is that they are surrounded by change.” John should know. As Chairman of the Thornham Village Hall and Playing Field Ltd he was one of the tireless group of locals behind the development of the new village hall, which was oﬃcially opened by HM The Queen on 28th January 2014. The village hall is the centre of a KLmagazine July 2015

thriving community, and although its current population is only around half that listed in the White’s Directory of 1845, Thornham’s star is deﬁnitely in the ascendant. Beside the village hall is Thornham Deli, and although it seems to have always been a part of village life it was built by Michael Goddard as recently as 2006. It’s been recently invigorated under the ileadership of Jeanne Whittome and Janie Thompson, and a major project completed towards the end of last year included an extension of both the kitchen and cafe areas, an expansion of the delicatessen, and the

creation of a whole new retail area that features a huge collection of lifestyle gifts and accessories and a selection of clothing from the Burnham Market based stores Anna and Gun Hill. Anna, which was founded by Anna Park over 20 years ago, is now one one of the largest and most successful independent womenswear retailers in the UK, thanks to a winning combination of beautiful clothes and exemplary customer service – and the store’s presence in Thornham is an ideal opportunity to reach a new audience. “Thornham Deli marries fashion and lifestyle and creates the perfect 89

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environment for our customers,” says Anna. “They can browse a small selection of the eclectic mix on offer at Anna, purchase small interesting finds, and hopefully they’ll be encouraged to visit our stores in Burnham Market and Holt.” Above the new retail area at Thornham Deli you’ll find the home of Barefoot Retreats, which was founded by Emma Tagg and Helen Millin and offers luxury holiday cottage accommodation in North Norfolk for self-catering holidays and short breaks. Launched last October with one property, the company now has a portfolio of over 35 from Old Hunstanton to Blakeney. “We specialise in luxury holiday cottages that are individual and unique,” says Helen. “Whether it’s a charming coastal gem or a barn conversion we offer some fabulous properties. It’s not just about holidays – its about experiences and memories.” In addition to having two properties in Thornham itself (Priory Barn and Hideaway Barn), Barefoot Retreats also

supplies the linen for the village hall, while Thornham Deli provides the food at the venue’s regular film screenings (the next of which takes place on 15th July with The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and both businesses make a point of employing local people. “We like to think we’re really helping put Thornham on the map,” says Helen. “It’s a lovely place, with a beautiful harbour and beach, some great pubs, and a wonderful atmosphere, these are undoubtedly very exciting times for the village.” Exciting changes are also afoot just down the road at Drove Orchards. The first apple trees were planted there just after the Second World War, and the orchard is now home to over 150 varieties of English Apple (including over 100 originating from East Anglia) in addition to five varieties of plum and ten pears, as well as strawberries and raspberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries, jostaberries, walnuts, hazelnuts, artichokes and a host of seasonally-available vegetables and

salads. The orchard’s award-winning apple, pear and quince juices are bottled on site and are available from the famous Farm Shop, which is now under the capable charge of Stephen Harrison and his team from the cafe and food hall at Creake Abbey. “Thornham is a brilliant location and we thought it was a fantastic opportunity,” says General Manager Tom Wheeler. “It’s a really quite amazing place, and although it’s not particularly big there always seems to be plenty going on at the moment.” Looking forward to expanding the shop’s range of locally sourced meats and cheeses, Tom’s also excited about his plans for the unique Drove Orchards Cafe – which is located within a distinctive yurt and is open from 9am5pm daily for breakfasts, lunches and afternoon teas. The homemade cakes are lovely, and the daily specials are well worth making a trip for. “It’s a wonderful venue,” says Tom, “and we’re really looking forward to turning it into something Thornham – and the whole of Norfolk – can be

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proud of.” Drove Orchards is also home to a collective of delightful local stores. Jo Griffiths’ Joyful Living is a beautiful lifestyle store that sells interior accessories and one-off vintage pieces, Jeanett Pugh’s Nelle DK offers a decidedly chic range of women’s and men’s clothing sourced from Jeanett’s native Denmark, and Bells & Whistles Kids is a handpicked collection of unique clothing and gifts for children up to 10 years old. A muthwatering recent addition to Drove Orchards is Eric’s Fish & Chips, a modern fish and chips restaurant from the justly-famed culinary experience and expertise of well-known and highly-regarded chef Eric Snaith from Titchwell Manor. Last but by no means least (and particularly good news for people who’d like to stay in Thornham a bit longer) Drove Orchards is also home to Wild Luxury, the original wild glamping company and arguably Norfolk’s most luxurious camping site. Bells and Whistles Kids is the most recent store to take up home at Drove Orchards, so it’s probably appropriate to ask owner Georgie Newling just what it is that seems to be getting people so excited about Thornham these days.

“It’s everything a Norfolk village should be,” she says. “There’s so much here to enjoy, and it’s such a lovely location. It’s really become a destination in its own right. Lots of people are saying that Thornham is becoming the new Burnham Market, but I think it’s far more individual than that. Thornham really does have its own special character.” That special character is nowhere more apparent than at the Orange Tree, which has been putting Thornham on the county’s (if not the whole country’s) culinary map for the last decade. Almost certainly the oldest pub in the village (it was the former King’s Head), the Orange Tree has been judged the Good Pub Guide’s Norfolk Dining Pub of the Year for the last three years, appears in EatOut magazine’s list of the top 20 dining pubs in England, has received two Certiﬁcates of Excellence from TripAdvisor, and also recently received the Seafood Pub Chef of the Year Award from the Great British Pub Awards. It’s all due to the dedicated work of Mark and Jo Goode and the Orange Tree’s talented team of 12 chefs, headed by prize-winning Executive Chef Philip Milner. “Our aim is to create a truly relaxed

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and welcoming atmosphere, and serve imaginative, innovative food along with Phil’s own twists on the age-old pub classics,” says Mark. “We’ve always had a really good reputation, and we’ve always been proud of attracting so many people to Thornham from near and far – and the recent initiatives at Thornham Deli and Drove Orchards has added another element to what’s a truly forward-thinking and exciting village.” The Orange Tree doesn’t just pride itself on award-winning cuisine, with ‘specials’ so memorable they’ve become ﬁrm favourites – the pub also

has six en-suite rooms and four in the Old Bakery annexe perfectly suited to short breaks and longer stays. They’re all dog friendly, and the pub even has a menu for canine guests! The Orange Tree also supports Thornham itself, regularly providing the food for the Winter Warmer talks at the village hall. With so much natural beauty, with so much already on oﬀer – from local food and drink to contemporary style – and with so many enterprising people fully committed to its continued success, the future for Thornham looks very promising indeed.

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ABOVE: Wisbech Castle today may be a little short on fortiﬁcations, but the site’s history goes all the way back to the Norman Conquest

From castle to palace, from prison to school... An important building has stood on the site for almost 1,000 years and it’s been home to everyone from kings to short-tempered bricklayers. Emma Barnard takes a look at Wisbech Castle

ith a history stretching back to Anglo-Saxon times, Wisbech Castle is a building with a quite remarkable story, and over the centuries since the original build, it’s been used for a variety of functions – as the venue for the Bishop’s courts, as a prison, as a palace and as a mansion. The original castle was constructed by William the Conqueror to a typicallyNorman design in a strategically important location – at the head of the estuary created by the River Ouse and Nene – which led to the town of Wisbech growing up around its walls.

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By 1215, Wisbech Castle had come under the control of the See of Ely, at which point it became the venue for the Bishop’s courts. The formidable Edward I visited on many occasions (as would Edward IV a couple of centuries later) but the most famous of royal visits was that of King John’s on Wednesday, October 12th 1216 – when he famously lost his treasures (including the Crown Jewels, a golden wand with a dove, and the Sword of Tristram) attempting to reach Wisbech quickly by crossing the estuary. Wisbech Castle itself was subjected to ﬂooding on a regular basis and was severely damaged by a particularly

strong ﬂood in 1236 – and the ongoing (often annual) repairs gradually took their toll on the ageing structure. Finally, in 1478 the grand Norman castle was almost completely demolished. It was replaced by a palace for John Morton, the Bishop of Ely, who later became the Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury – and is widely believed to have originated the account on which Sir Thomas More based his famous History of King Richard III. In 1580, the Privy Council decided that Roman Catholic recusants should be held in Wisbech Castle, and for over 20 years a number of important

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prisoners were held there, including John Feckenham, the last Abbot of Westminster, who died at Wisbech in 1585. Other leading Roman Catholics were held in Wisbech for political and/or religious reasons – at the time of the Armada, Robert Catesby and Francis Tresham (who were later to become principal conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot) were imprisoned at Wisbech. There’s some eye-catching stained glass in a door in the current building which has been expertly restored – and the fragments are thought to be surviving fragments from the chapel of the Bishop’s Palace. Church property was seized by the state at the time of the Commonwealth and Wisbech Castle was acquired by the Secretary of State to Oliver Cromwell, the Rt Hon Sir John Thurloe. The remains of the palace were cleared and a mansion built on the site by Thurloe. Recently, some fascinating hidden graffiti was discovered that dates from this period in the building’s history. “Even now the building is still revealing its secrets,” says Michelle Lawes, Wisbech Castle Coordinator. “Just recently I uncovered graffiti, hidden under many years of paint, scratched onto a fireplace which reads

‘Trafford Esq, born April 16th 1761, at a quarter past eight at night.” Research has revealed this refers to the first-born child of Sir Clement Trafford and his wife Jane Southwell, who were tenants of the mansion. During the Restoration in 1660 the property reverted to the See of Ely and it became the location for occasional visits by the Bishops once more. However, after a while the Diocese found little use for the Wisbech Castle and as a result it was rented out to local families. In 1793, under Bishop York, the Diocese put the Castle Estate up for sale and divided it up into several lots – but it was purchased complete by Joseph Medworth for the considerable sum of £2,305. As for Medworth, he was a bricklayer from London, and after seeing his plans for the development of the Wisbech Castle area deemed unacceptable by the local authorities, duly demolished the mansion in a fit of anger. He then recycled the external and internal materials from the demolition and built a late Georgian Regency villa in 1816 – which featured 17th century panelling and an ornate chimney piece which still exists and is now in the Castle’s Fendick Room. Joseph Medworth was a man of undoubted ability, but his short temper and colourful personal life (he had seven children with his two

housekeepers while his wife remained in London) left him very much open to criticism. When he died in 1827 at the age of 75, Wisbech Castle was inherited by his children and was put up for sale in 1864. William Peckover, a member of Wisbech’s influential banking family, duly purchased the building, and during the 19th century it was home to a school, a dentist’s surgery and an opticians. In 1957, the building was purchased by the wife of Mr Gordon Fendick who was Chief Education Officer for the Isle of Ely – and on his death in 1969 she donated Wisbech Castle and its grounds to the Isle of Ely and the Cambridgeshire Education Authority. The Castle – in its latest incarnation – is still going strong today and is used as a venue for meetings and as an education centre. “We offer schools a number of day courses, which range from the Victorian era through to the two world wars of the 20th century,” says Michelle. “The children arrive in costume, and the whole day is spent with them taking part in hands-on activities and roleplay.” Today, even weddings take place at Wisbech Castle – although records show they’ve done so since medieval times. This wonderful building, so rich in history, still stands as an integral part of education and community in Wisbech. For more information on the history of Wisbech Castle, its present-day educational resources and availability as a venue, please see the website www.wisbechcastle.ccceducation.org

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Books

It’s time to pick up a paperback 80 years ago, on July 30th 1935, the first ten Penguin paperbacks were published, revolutionising publishing and making good books accessible to everyone. Here’s six great ways to celebrate...

ABOVE: The ﬁrst Penguin paperback was a biography of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley

BURN James Patterson Detective Michael Bennett is coming home to New York and a world of unimaginable evil. Having brought an end to the vengeful mission of the ruthless crime lord who forced his family into hiding, Michael’s ﬁnally back in NYC. However, he’s thrust straight back into a horrifying case – a witness claims to have seen a group of well-dressed men holding a sickeningly depraved and murderous gathering in a condemned building. The report reads like the product of an overactive imagination, but the unbelievable soon becomes all too real.

AGINCOURT Sir Ranulph Fiennes As the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt approaches, Sir Ranulph Fiennes casts new light on this epic event , revealing that three of his ancestors fought in the battle for Henry V (and one for the French). A unique perspective on Agincourt from a trained and decorated soldier, Fiennes reveals the truth behind the myths and legends of the battle – from the origins of the two-fingered insult to the tale of Piers Legge of Lyme Hall, who lay wounded in the mud while his mastiff dog fought off the French men-at-arms. A great celebration of a major historical event.

THE WOMAN WHO FELL IN LOVE FOR A WEEK Fiona Walker Jenny loves to house-sit, looking after stranger’s homes and pretending to be someone else for a bit. Her latest book is a beautiful rambling country house owned by the glamorous Lewis family. Jenny plans to do nothing more challenging than walk the family’s badly-behaved dog and laze by the pool, but her idyll is disrupted by the skeletons in the Lewis closet. Stumbling across hidden messages and passionate secrets, Jenny ﬁnds herself exposing far more than just home truths and uncovers a seductive second chance.

STRANDED Val McDermid Passion. Obsession. Revenge. Oh, and a healthy helping of brilliant writing too. This is a stunning collection of chilling short stories from the queen of the psychological thriller that ranges from white nights of passion and revenge in St. Petersburg to a bingo-hall tyrant trapped by masked intruders. These 19 nail-biting, intense and intricately-plotted crime stories from one of the UK’s greatest psychological thriller writers perfectly demonstrates the scope of Val McDermid’s imagination, her versatility as a stylist, and her immense powers as a storyteller.

THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE Valerie Martin A mystery unsolved to this day, a mystic who confounds the cynics, and a writer looking for the story that will make his name. A ghost ship appears in the mist, and to the struggling author Arthur Conan Doyle, it’s an inspiration. To Violet Petra, the gifted psychic, it’s a cruel reminder. To the death-obsessed Victorian public, it’s a fascinating distraction. And to one family, tied to the sea for generations, it’s a tragedy. As the mystery of the Mary Celeste deepens, these stories converge in unexpected ways. But will the sea yield its secrets, and to whom?

PLAY ON Mick Fleetwood Mick Fleetwood has been a member of one of the world’s most successful rock bands for over 40 years. Here’s his full and candid story as one of music’s greatest drummers and band leaders, and the co-founder of the super group that bears his name. In this intimate portrait of a life lived in music, Fleetwood vividly recalls his upbringing in Cornwall, his experiences as a musician in the London of the 1960s, and the trials and tribulations of the real-life soap opera that was (and is) Fleetwood Mac. From intense love to plaintive heartaches, from collaboration to confrontation, it’s been a wild ride.

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Book of the Month Hearts of Stone | Simon Scarrow (Headline £18.99)

Norfolk-based author Simon Scarrow

Perfect r Summe reading

Love, war and peace

orfolk resident and author Simon Scarrow, renowned for his novels on the Roman army and the Napoleonic wars has now produced another unputdownable, thrilling adventure with his new book Hearts of Stone – but in a departure for Scarrow, this dramatic and atmospheric novel of war, betrayal and friendship is set against the backdrop of the beautiful Greek Ionian islands during World War II. It’s 1938, and it’s a perfect summer on the Greek island of Lefkas for three young people untroubled by the simmering politics of Europe. Peter, visiting from Germany while his father leads an archaeological dig, has become close friends with local Greeks Andreas and Eleni. As the world slides seemingly inevitably towards conflict, Peter is forced to return to Germany, but the three friends swear to meet again. Five years later, Andreas and Eleni have joined the island’s partisan forces resisting the German invasion. Peter has returned – but now he’s a dangerously well-informed enemy intelligence officer. The friendship formed in peace looks set to turn into a desperate battle between enemies sworn to sacrifice everything for the countries they love.

It’s a long way from Waterloo and the Roman Empire, so where did the idea for Hearts of Stone come from? “I visited the Ionian islands a few years ago and throughout the trip I came across stories of what had happened there during World War Two,” says Simon. “It’s easy to be impressed by the beauty of the Ionian islands. They’re a fabulous setting and it’s so hard to imagine them as a war zone, and that was really how my interest in the story began. With the clash between the peaceful aspect of the present and what would have been truly dramatic events in the past.” Described as compulsively readable and a moving tribute to the Greek resistance, Hearts of Stone is a fantastic book for people looking for depth of character and plot together with the adrenaline rush of a cracking historical thriller. “At heart it’s the story of what happens when war comes to the Greek island they all love,” says Simon. “It becomes a test of their friendship and their patriotism.” Hearts of Stone by Simon Scarrow (Headline, £18.99) is now available from all good bookshops. Signed copies are available from www.scarrow.co.uk

About the Author Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Simon Scarrow’s passion for writing began at an early age. Born in Nigeria, Simon completed his master’s degree at the University of East Anglia in Norwich before going into teaching (after a short spell with the Inland Revenue) at East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Great Yarmouth and City College Norwich. With his debut novel Under the Eagle in 2000, Simon launched the enormously successful ‘Eagle’ series of bestselling novels set in the Roman Empire featuring Roman soldiers Macro and Cato. The 14th book in the series is scheduled to be published in October. Simon has also written the standalone novel Sword and Scimitar (2012) about the 1565 Siege of Malta, and a quadrilogy of novels about the lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte. Together with author T. J. Andrews, Simon has co-authored the bestselling ‘Arena’ series concerning the gladiator hero Pavo, and the ‘Invader’ e-book novella series. Simon’s novels have been published in the USA and in translation all around the world. Simon Scarrow continues to live and work in Norfolk with his wife Carolyn and his two children. His brother Alex is also a successful author.

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Local Arts

ABOVE: Walsingham-based artist Candide Turner-Bridger, who creates her own pigments from the earth for her distinctive artwork

Where the world of art meets the natural world All artists have a personal relationship with their work, but for Candide Turner-Bridger that relationship is very close indeed. Emma Barnard talks to the local artist about her techniques...

espite her almost allconsuming love for sculpting and drawing, Walsingham-based artist Candide Turner-Bridger has only been pursuing her passion fully for the last ten years. After studying Foundation Art in Brighton in 1978, Candide didn’t make it onto a degree course. “I trained as a nurse, then a midwife and as motherhood took over I did arty crafty things with my children,” says Candide. “It’s only in the past decade that I’ve put my mind to doing what I wanted to with art.” Along with spending lots of time reading and investigating artistic techniques and theories, Candide

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worked for ﬁve years as a studio assistant to Martin Kinnear, the cofounder of and tutor at the Norfolk Painting School. Describing Kinnear as “a master of the renaissance techniques” it was during this period that Candide came to an important realisation. “Diﬀerent techniques are just a way of emphasising the point you want to make, as in literature,” she says. "Rather than use ready-made paints or oils, I prefer to create my own from the earth from under my feet. It’s washed and grinded into a dust before becoming a pigment. I can then use any technique I like to put my point across.” Another thing Candide learned from her research is that painting is currently

in a new era. “With a wealth of techniques and theories behind us, we have a new future for painting and we can ﬁnally consign ‘shock out’ art to post modernism!” There’s more than one reason why Candide uses earth as a raw material. “I can only describe my art in terms of a journey,” she says, taking her works based on Peddars Way as an example. “I wanted to portray the spiritual aspect of this ancient path, so I picked up the soil as a memory of all the people who had passed that way, leaving their footprints behind carving out the path.” An aspect of the work includes a map of Peddars Way with diﬀerent locations highlighted along the way showing the

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changing colour of the earth at each point – intriguingly, the further south the location the darker the soil. Candide wants to show the interdependent relationship we have with the earth, and uses the soil as a representation of our history and spirit. “I initially painted ﬁguratively so I’d paint a tree out of the earth – the tree was the earth and the earth was the tree,” she says. But she soon realised that approach encouraged the viewer to only see the ‘picture’ and imagined themselves in it – and that’s not what she was trying to achieve. “It made me move on to more abstract shapes and textures,” she says. “Speciﬁcally, with ancient symbols of circles and spirals and patterns to show how we are still so dependent on the earth – no matter how sophisticated we think we are.” One work that went through this process was a painting of the ‘Holy Mile’ in Walsingham, which Candide totally re-worked and adapted to show the ‘Holy Mile’ in the background, with intertwined branches at the forefront of the painting. Candide currently lives in Walsingham, which she describes as “a site of tremendous violence and upheaval during Henry VIII and

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Cromwell’s time, but also a site of hundreds of years’ worth of prayers and hopes.” She believes these memories are still very present in the earth. “I’m using soil from an old pilgrim path as pigment and I’ve been making a number of oils and watercolours using this Walsingham earth pigment,” she says. “I’ve even fired some of the pigment in a kiln and found that it resulted in a completely different colour – a brick red.” Having recently moved into Myrtle Gallery (a new studio and gallery in Walsingham Car Park) Candide now has her art permanently on display and is happy to talk to anyone interested in her work about it. When asked who her greatest creative influence is, Candide’s very passionate in response – but surprisingly it’s not a visual artist. “Nina Simone!” she says. “Not just because she stood up for black women’s rights (as many people did) but I admire her for singing about it and saying it as it is!” The message of Candide’s art is strong, and even after spending a small amount of time speaking to her about her art (and viewing it) it’s clear to understand why she sees her work as a journey.

“As I investigated more into soils I began to realise how intertwined humans are with the soil, and how we don’t even think about it,” she says. “My message has evolved into wanting to use soil as something amazing and not just dirt, and to try to point out how much we need it and need to look after it.” For more information on Candide and her work, see her website at www.candideturnerbridger.com

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Motoring

ABOVE: The famous Sunbeam V12 350HP – Malcolm Campbell set two land speed records in this remarkable car in 1924-25

A beam of British sunshine ow largely forgotten, the name of Sunbeam was a major homegrown force in motoring during the 1920s. It was the only British manufacturer committed to international racing and even produced the ﬁrst British car to win a Grand Prix. The marque had come a long way from the day in 1859, when the 23year-old John Marston bought two local tinplate manufacturers and – as an avid cyclist himself – began producing bicycles from his Sunbeamland Cycle Factory. Although his new company made a number of experimental cars, it was only after Marston started working with Maxwell Maberley-Smith that the ﬁrst Sunbeam production model appeared (in 1901), featuring a rather odd design and a single-cylinder engine of less than 3hp. It wasn’t a huge success, so Morston bought a Peugeot motor to study, formed the Sunbeam Motorcar Company, and enlisted the skills of the brilliant French designer Louis Coatalen. It was the turning point for Sunbeam, and the company was soon building all parts for the cars rather than

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relying on outside suppliers. Coatalen was particularly fond of racing as a way of driving excellence through the company (“racing improves the breed” he once famously said) and he began designing advanced, highpowered engines, building the dedicated land-speed-record car the Sunbeam Nautilus in 1910. Slightly disappointed with its performance, Coatalen produced the Sunbeam Toodles II the following year – an astonishing car which won 22 prizes at Brooklands in 1911 and achieved a record ‘ﬂying mile’ of 86.16 mph. Sunbeam cars went from strength to

strength, and in 1912 took 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the prestigious Coupé de l’Auto race. By then, Coatalen had also designed a number of beautiful passenger cars (notably the Sunbeam 12/16) and Sunbeam was a major manufacturer, becoming the real alternative of choice for people who felt Rolls Royce to be a little too ostentatious. Having spent the First World War producing aircraft engines, trucks, ambulances and motorcycles, Sunbeam entered its golden age when it merged with the French company Automobiles Darracq in 1920. Under

ABOVE: This painting of Campbell’s Sunbeam ‘Bluebird’ by the Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is a record beater by itself – for the highest price paid for a work by a living artist.

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Coatalen’s inspired leadership, Sunbeam manufactured a series of high quality cars with superb levels of engineering and reliability – and continued its great reputation on the track. In addition to the limousine, saloon and touring vehicles, Sunbeam built a number of racing cars for Henry Segrave (who drove them to success in both the French and Spanish Grand Prix in 1923/4) and the famous V12 18.3-litre Sunbeam 350HP. The latter established no less than three land speed records – the first (133.75mph) by Kenelm Lee Guinness at Brooklands in 1922, and the second two by Malcolm Campbell, who bought it, painted it blue, called it Blue Bird and reached 150.76mph in South Wales in 1925. It was the same year that Sunbeam’s 3-litre Super Sports (the first production twin-cam car in the world) came 2nd at Le Mans – beating the best that Bentley could offer. Never one to be outdone on the track, Coatalen then built himself the truly gigantic Sunbeam 1000HP, a car which captured the land speed record at 203.79mph in 1927 and can still be seen at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu in Hampshire. Sadly, Sunbeam didn’t really survive the great depression, and in 1935 went into receivership, eventually being sold to the Rootes Group (which included Hillman, Humber, Talbot and Commer). The last true Sunbeam was made in 1935, and though production of the marvellous cars had ceased, the factory (which was producing buses by then) would still have a national claim to fame – during the Second World War it manufactured the only trolleybus available in the UK, a four-wheeled double decker known as the Sunbeam W4. A true racing pedigree, a collection of fabulous cars, and a groundbreaking approach to design – it’s probably time to let Sunbeam shine again.

1924 Sunbeam Tourer 24/70 t the height of Sunbeam’s fame and fortune, they produced their true flagship model in the sublime shape of the 24/70. When released, it was Sunbeam’s top-of-the-range and most luxurious model, and featured a deliciously smooth 6-cylinder engine with overhead valves at 4.5 litres in a single aluminium block. There were brakes to all four wheels and various coachwork styles were available to suit all types of customers and their lifestyles – limousine, saloon and tourer. Sunbeam were clearly confident of the car’s quality, giving it the uncompromising name of Sunbeam Supreme. Only 100 of the cars were ever made, and only four of them have survived to this day. At the Historic Sports Car Collection, we’re very fortunate to have one in our Tottenhill showroom. And I think it’s probably the best one of the final four. The car’s in truly excellent condition, having had a full restoration from the chassis up that includes the paintwork and the trim. The car carries the desirable ‘touring’ body, but has a full hood and sidescreens for weather protection. The body itself is spacious and luxurious with seats for up to six passengers – and there’s even room to fit a couple of extra auxiliary folding seats if required.

The car’s got a fascinating history behind it too. It was originally exported to Australia in 1924, where its owner (who also owned a gold mine) apparently intended to use it to break the Australian land speed record – presumably with a degree of modification to the bodywork! Happily that never transpired, and the result is the finest surviving example of this rare and beautiful car. Of course, vehicles of this rarity and quality don’t come cheap, but at half (or even quarter) the the current price of a contemporary 4.5 Litre Bentley, our Sunbeam Supreme represents true value and is a seriously good long-term investment. And don’t worry. If you can’t afford the real thing just yet, you can enjoy a closer look by visiting the Historic Sports Car Collection at Tottenhill – where you can also buy a Sunbeam LSR model to take home to your man cave. JULIAN SUTTON The Historic Sports Car Collection

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Local Sport

ABOVE: King’s Lynn Stars’ Nicklas Porsing (right) shares a joke oﬀ the track, while Niels Kristian Iversen (opposite) builds towards his 11-point haul against the Poole Pirates at May 28th meeting at the town’s Adrian Flux Arena.

Celebrating 50 years of speedway at King’s Lynn Back in 1965, a derelict greyhound track was transformed into a speedway arena, heralding half a century of high-speed sport, international champions, and nail-biting competition...

he atmospheric images by Ian Ward that grace these pages were taken on May 28th at the Adrian Flux Arena on the outskirts of King’s Lynn, as the King’s Lynn Stars speedway team defeated Poole Pirates 48-45 in a typically (and literally) gritty encounter to move up to second place in the sport’s Elite League. Although the Stars’ return meeting last month was rather less successful, there’s still plenty of reason for local fans to celebrate as this year marks the 50th anniversary of speedway in King’s Lynn. The story actually started back in

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1952, when a grass speedway track was marked out on the inside of the greyhound track (sand was added to the bends to aid broadsiding) and a meeting was staged on September 7th to help raise funds for the Lynmouth Flood Disaster Fund – the original programme can be seen overleaf. Despite the event attracting over 3,000 spectators, only two meetings were held the following year – the ﬁrst in April (in aid of King’s Lynn Flood Relief) saw the home team beat Long Eaton, while the following month saw them lose to a team simply labelled East Midlands.

That was it for local speedway fans for over a decade, until 1965 – when a purpose-built 400-yard shale track was constructed at the then derelict stadium on Saddlebow Road. On May 23rd, speedway returned to King’s Lynn as Terry Betts won the Lynn Trophy – and the team became members of the British League the following year. As for Terry Betts, he went on to represent England, being a member of the British team that won the World Team Cup in 1972 and 1973, and winning the 1972 World Pairs Final with Ray Wilson of Leicester. King’s Lynn’s nickname originally

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came from the defunct Norwich Stars team (which had ceased racing in 1964), which explains the green and yellow colours they wore until they adopted the blue and yellow from the King’s Lynn town crest in 1994. The team’s also gone under a number of different names over the years, including the Knights, the Barracudas, the Kids, the Braves, and (in 2002) the Silver Machine. Whatever the name, there’s no doubt the team has enjoyed its fair share of success and attracted considerable amounts of talent – not least in the three World Champions of Michael Lee, Tony Rickardsson and Darcy Ward. The King’s Lynn Stars have also been KO Cup Champions no less than six times, and in 2009 won the treble of Premier Trophy, KO Cup and Premier League – becoming the first ever club to achieve the feat twice. Today, the team comprises the Danish trio of Niels Kristian Iversen, Kenneth Bjerre and Nicklas Porsing; the British contingent of Robert Lambert, Lewis Kerr and Ashley Morris; and the Australian Rory Schlein – the Stars’ inspirational captain, who’s twice won the Elite League Riders’ Championship and is currently recovering from a serious crash he suffered during a meeting in Poland in May. Under the guidance of Buster Chapman (himself a former junior rider at King’s Lynn) and team manager Rob Lyon (who was selected to be Team Manager for the Great Britain team in 2009), the sights of the King’s Lynn Stars are still firmly set on the top of the Elite League table – and it looks set to be a particularly exciting end to this 50th anniversary season. To keep up to date with the King’s Lynn Stars and other speedway events at the Adrian Flux Arena, please see the website at www.kingslynnstars.co

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13 13 MINI COUNTRYMAN 1.6D COOPER 5DR, Blue, 15,580 miles, ...................... £13,999 11 11 NISSAN JUKE 1.6 ACENTA PREMIUM 5DR, White, 36,207 miles, ...................... £8,999 11 11 NISSAN QASHQAI 2.0 DCI TEKNA 4X4 5DR, AUTO, Red, 53,642 miles, ...................... £13,499 14 14 PEUGEOT 107 1.0 ACTIVE 5DR, Red, 7,386 miles, ........................... £6,299 12 62 PEUGEOT 508 SW 2.0 HDI ACTIVE ESTATE, Silver, 36,637 miles, ...................... £9,999 12 12 PEUGEOT 3008 1.6 E-HDI ALLURE 5DR, Red, 47,753 miles, ......................... £9,299 10 10 RENAULT CLIO 1.1 TCE I-MUSIC 5DR, Black, 26,201 miles, ...................... £5,299 12 12 RENAULT MEGANE 1.5 DCI GT LINE ESTATE, Grey, 55,567 miles, ....................... £8,499 11 11 RENAULT WIND 1.1 TCE GT LINE CONVERTIBLE, Black, 54,594 miles, ...................... £5,999 13 13 SKODA FABIA 1.6 TDI S 90 5DR, Brown, 35,135 miles, ..................... £6,999 12 61 SKODA OCTAVIA 1.6 TDI SE CR ESTATE, Grey, 49,000 miles, ....................... £8,999 09 09 TOYOTA YARIS 1.0 VVT-I TR 3DR, Silver, 27,631 miles, ....................... £5,499

12 62 VAUXHALL AMPERA 1.4 POSTIV 5DR, AUTO, Silver, 11,260 miles, ..................... £14,999 13 13 VAUXHALL ASTRA GTC 2.0 SRI 3 DR, Grey, 19,045 miles, ...................... £10,999 13 13 VAUXHALL CORSA 1.2 LIMITED EDITION 3DR, Red, 21,542 miles, ..........................£7,699 12 12 VAUXHALL INSIGNIA 2.0 CDTI SRI 5DR, Silver, 22,689 miles, ...................... £9,499 13 13 VAUXHALL ZAFIRA 2.0 CDTI TOURER SE 5DR, 18,368 miles, ............................... £12,499 13 62 VW GOLF 1.2 S BLUEMOTION TECHN-G 5DR, Black, 37,184 miles, ....................... £9,999 12 12 VW JETTA 2.0 TDI SE 4DR, Black, 49,903 miles, ...................... £9,999 11 11 VW PASSAT 1.6 SPORT BLUEMOTION TEC ESTATE, Grey, 71,984 miles, ........................ £9,499 11 61 VW POLO 1.4 85 5DR, Blue, 20,615 miles, ........................ £8,999 08 57 VW TIGUAN 2.0 TDI 140 SPORT ESTATE, Silver, 100,046 miles, .................... £8,999 12 61 VOLVO XC60 D3 DRIVE 2.0 ES 5DR, 43,123 miles, ............................... £14,999

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Big changes to our smallest SUV. With the addition of design features like the 3D grille, chrome-plated tailpipe and optional LED headlights, the new Audi Q3 is now even more eyecatching. Inside, Audi drive select and front Sports seats with electric lumbar support mean that it’s not only beautiful to look at, it’s also comfortable to drive. I f you’d like to experience the new Audi Q3 for yourself, speak to a member of our team.

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thought it was just me, but it seems that women really are taking over our money. Two years ago, the Bank of England had to abandon plans to put Winston Churchill on the £5 note – and the fact that 36,000 people signed a petition against the idea probably influenced the decision. Churchill’s loss was good news for our very own Elizabeth Fry, who was born in Norwich and often visited her banking brothers at Bank House in King’s Lynn. In fact, at the moment Elizabeth is the only woman (apart from the obvious, of course) to have ever featured on our banknotes apart from Florence Nightingale, who appeared on the back of the £10 note for almost 20 years until 1994. All that might be about to change, however. It’s already been announced that Jane Austen will be gracing the £10 note from 2017, and a couple of months ago the Bank of England opened a two-month nomination period in which members of the public (that’s you and me) can suggest who they’d like to see on the back of the £20 note. The good news for women is that in avoiding criticism of sexism, the Bank is likely to choose another British heroine. The bad news, however, is that the person must come from the field of the visual arts, can’t be fictional (or even alive for that matter), and must be artists – according to the Bank’s Governor Mark Carney – “whose work shaped British thought, innovation, leadership, values and society and who continue to inspire people today.” It’s bad news because women have been woefully under-represented in the visual arts for most of our history 114

(through no fault of their own) and very few immediately spring to mind. In a recent poll of the 10 most popular deceased British artists, the top nine were all men. The 10th (who only polled 3% of the votes) was the modernist sculptor Barbara Hepworth, best known for creating big blocks of bronze with large holes in them. Not surprisingly she was good friends with Henry Moore. Virginia Woolf may have been innovative, but she’s probably too maudlin to be placed on a £20 note. Although I see that hasn’t stopped Sweden putting the equally-morose Greta Garbo on their new 100 kronor note. Having a £20 note is always a joy (albeit an ephemeral one, if Mrs Middleton is anywhere in the vicinity) and you should always be happy when you see one. On the other hand, Joyce Grenfell – who was a great comedienne and a successful writer and performer of songs at a time when it was unusual for a woman of her social background to work at all – may be a bit too ‘popular’ for the suits at the Bank of England. The same goes for Beatrix Potter. What we need is a sense of gravitas, a sense that a £20 note is worth more than the paper it’s printed on. Happily, the field of ‘visual arts’ can include printmakers, designers, craftspeople, ceramicists, architects, fashion designers, photographers and filmmakers – so there’s hope for the fairer sex yet. If you do fancy suggesting someone (and good luck in naming an innovative, famous and dead British female architect off the tip of your tongue!) you’ve got until July 19th to nominate them, something you can do online on

the Bank of England’s website. Before you start thinking I’d rather see Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Laurel on the new £20 note, I did think of a very likely and very local female candidate. Even though she fills all the necessary criteria, chances are you haven’t even heard of her. Until now. Olive Edis, who lived from 1876-1955, opened a studio in Sheringham with her sister and became a truly innovative and ground-breaking photographer. From 1912 she pioneered colour autochrome photography, took some portraits of eveyrone from George Bernard Shaw to Emmeline Pankhurst, patented her own design of ‘diascope’ viewers, took the first colour photographs of Canada, and became the first official female war photographer during World War I. At the Bank of England, Mark Carney (or his successor) will be making his decision on the new face of the £20 note early next year. Sadly, despite my carefully-worded nomination, I don’t think it will feature Olive Edis. Or Joyce Grenfell for that matter. I have a feeling the honour will go to someone like Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Another man in fact. What’s that they always say about building bridges?

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