KL Magazine May 2014

ISSN 2044–7965

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A GREAT BRITISH INSTITUTION We are immensely proud of our heritage, our deep-rooted passion for Norfolk and its residents, and the principles by which we have become the county’s finest home furnishing store. We have always championed Great British furniture brands which represent our own values and which epitomise traditional British craftsmanship, quality and design. So why not come along and enjoy the very best ranges, galleries and displays, and be inspired to change your home and lifestyle.

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ou’d be forgiven for thinking the image above comes from some lucky traveller’s recent holiday snaps, but it was taken a lot closer to home than an island in the Mediterranean. Hunstanton, in fact. As the weather gets better and the nights get longer, it’s a timely reminder of just how much natural beauty we’re surrounded by in Norfolk – and how many wonderful places there are in the county to visit, re-visit, or even discover for the first time.

Norfolk never fails to surprise. We’ve all heard of saffron, and we know that historically it’s been the most valuable spice on earth. But it comes as something of a shock to learn that saffron of world-class quality is currently being produced on the Norfolk coast near Burnham Market. You can read about the amazing work of Sally Francis and her family-run Norfolk Saffron on page 64 of this month’s issue.

One of the highlights of the local sporting year returns to Norfolk this month in the shape of the EQ Life Houghton International Horse Trials. The event is held in the stunning grounds of Houghton Hall, and always attracts world-class competitors. See page 8 for a preview of the event, which promises to be as exciting as ever in 2014. Also promising – as ever – an exciting programme of cultural events is the King’s Lynn Festival, and you’ll find details of the 64th event on page 16. As always, have a great month exploring everything the county has to offer – and enjoy the magazine!

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WHAT’S ON This month’s diary of forthcoming events

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A FEAST OF WORLD CLASS SPORT The Houghton International Horse Trials

MAY 2014

16-18 KING’S LYNN FESTIVAL 2014 A special preview of this year’s event 20

THE BIG INTERVIEW With Nick Holt of Holt’s Auctioneers

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THEN & NOW The changing face of the local area

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30-33 THE GREAT WAR COMES TO HOLKHAM A new exhibition looks back at 1914-18 35

PETS Help and advice with local vet Alex Dallas

36-38 THE MARSHMAN’S HARNSER A look at herons – and the little egret 40-45 FASHION The latest looks from the local boutiques 48-53 CARRY ON CRUISING...

Why cruises are more popular than ever

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54-63 FOOD AND DRINK Recipes, reviews and recommendations 64-66 WORLD-CLASS SPICE: FROM NORFOLK Sally Francis and her locally-grown saffron 68-79 EXTERIORS Making the most of your space at home 80-82 A VISUAL CELEBRATION A look at John Warham’s new book 84-88 EXPLORER Visiting Hunstanton and Heacham 97

MY KL The page made by KL magazine readers

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CROSS CURRENTS Canon Chris Ivory’s look at local life

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MAY BOX OFFICE: (01603) 63 00 00 Tues 29 Apr–Sat 3 May DIAL M FOR MURDER Christopher Timothy stars in stylish thriller £6.50 - £25

Sun 11 May ROBERT CRAY Blues guitarist £6.50 - £29.50

Thur 22 May TOUMANI DIABATE World music star £6.50 - £25

Thur 1 – Sat 3 May PRIVATE PEACEFUL Touching adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s story £5.50 - £15

Tues 13 – Sat 17 May A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Northern Ballet with enchanting dance adaptation £6.50 – £36.50

Sat 24 May MICHAEL CLARK COMPANY Iconoclastic c ontemporary dance £5.50 - £23

Sun 4 May YVONNE SCHOOL OF DANCE Talented local young people £5.50 - £17

Sun 18 – Mon 19 May CIRCA: S Stunning contemporary circus £6.50 - £26.50 Wed 21 May HUGH MASEKELA Legendary trumpet player £6.50 - £26.50

Tues 27 – Sat 31 May BETTY BLUE EYES Witty musical comedy £6.50 - £25

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Tues 6 – Sat 10 May THE TWO WORLDS OF CHARLIE F Darkly comic and uplifting view of war and injury £5.50 - £23

Sun 25 May HALFWAY TO PARADISE Billy Fury tribute £5.50 - £21

Book online: www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk THE AT RE STREET, NORWICH NR2 1RL

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20 YEARS AGO: On May 6th 1994 the Channel Tunnel linking England and France was officially opened – it had taken 15,000 workers over seven years to complete.

May Saturday 3rd Saturday 24th to Sunday 8th June

EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS & OPEN STUDIOS Framin’ Art, 15 High Street, Downham Market PE38 9DA Get ready for a fantastic series of art exhibitions, creative workshops and Open Studios as Framin’ Art in Downham Market opens its doors to a range of talented local artists over the next few weeks: Exhibitions Exhibiting until 23rd May: Pat Newton – mixed media paintings

MAY FARMERS’ MARKET Creake Abbey, North Creake, Fakenham (9.30am-1pm) Creake Abbey’s hugely popular Farmers’ Market takes place with around 54 of the region’s very best food and drink producers. Come and discover a feast of outstanding fresh seasonal produce including meat, vegetables and fruit, cakes, tray bakes, dairy produce, artisan beer, apple juice, artisan breads, morning goods, puddings, pies, tarts (sweet and savoury), olives and prepared meals (all made with the finest local ingredients). The Café and Food Hall at Creake Abbey will be open, with bookings for lunch taken from 1.30pm. Outside the Food Hall the Café team will also be serving hot food to keep you warm. For further details, see www.creakeabbey.co.uk.

Open Studios 24th May: Storytelling with writer/illustrator Izzy Wingham 25th May: Making a clay head with ceramic artist Becka Elliott 1st June: Meet the Artist – with mosaic and textile artist Sue Welfare 8th June: Heroes and Villains – with graphic artist Andy Scordellis Workshops 1st, 8th, 15th May: Silk Painting (10am – 12.30pm) with Julie Spriggs 10th May: Mosaic Making (10am–12.30pm) with Becka Elliott 17th May: Rag Rugging (10am–12noon) with Sue Welfare For further details and information, please contact Framin’ Art on 01366 382002, visit the website at www.framinart.co.uk, send an e-mail to enquiries@framinart.co.uk or see Framin’ Art on Facebook.

Friday 23rd

CHOIR BY CANDLELIGHT Norwich Cathedral (9pm) As part of the 2014 Norfolk & Norwich Festival, the boys, girls and men of Norwich Cathedral Choir present a late-evening candlelit programme of 20th century French choral and organ music, concluding with Duruflé’s haunting Requiem. The concert – which takes place in Norwich Cathedral’s awe-inspiring nave – will be conducted by Ashley Grote, and also features organist David Dunnett. Tickets are £6-£12, and can be booked either online at the Norwich Cathedral website at www.cathedral.org.uk or by calling 01603 766400.

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What’s On

ABOVE: The glorious setting of Houghton Hall welcomes back the EQ Life Houghton International Horse Trials later this month

A highlight of Norfolk’s sporting calendar...

Last year, some 700 horses and some of the most famous names in the sport competed at the Houghton International Horse Trials.

KL magazine takes a look at what this year’s event has in store.

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ne of the top fixtures in the Norfolk sporting calendar, the EQ Life Houghton International Horse Trials returns to the county later this month, and preparations are already well in hand to welcome visitors to this hugely-popular annual event, which promises to offer more things to see and do than ever before.

The Trials are set in the stunning parkland surrounding Houghton Hall, which was built in the 1720s by Sir Robert Walpole and remains one of England’s very finest Palladian houses.

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Actually, Houghton Hall first hosted a horse trials back in 2006 – although an affiliated event it was a national competition, a much smaller affair than the subsequent International Three Day Events.

Organiser Alec Lochore of Musketeer Events – who also organises the Burnham Market International Horse Trials every Spring – had been working to get an event off the ground on a nearby estate, but was making little headway. He decided to write to Houghton Hall, saying “how about it?” – two days later he received a reply, and later that week was at a site

meeting. As both Lord Cholmondeley and his land agent Robert Miller had an interest in horses and riding, they felt that a horse trials would be in keeping with the heritage of the park, and their enthusiasm was just what Alec had been looking for.

Alec had big plans from the very start, and just a year after the inaugural One Day Event he achieved international status – no mean feat at all, and a reflection of his reputation within the sport (he was recently the Eventing Manager at the London 2012 Olympic Games).

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ABOVE: The EQ Life Houghton International Horse Trials attract world-class competitors

to build the stunning cross country courses. High standards are expected by both riders and spectators, and the condition of the ground over which the horses gallop is paramount. This work is ongoing, year on year, and continues to build on the event’s standing and success.

The EQ Life Houghton International Horse Trials have gone from strength to strength over the last seven years, and many of the biggest names in the sport attend – William Fox-Pitt was a winner at last year’s event, and Zara Phillips also made her first visit in 2013.

This year, Houghton has been selected to run the National Under 21 Championships, and the stunning setting is also the venue for the British leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup competition. This is a prestigious global team event run over nine legs in nine nations, and as the only British venue in the series, Houghton can look forward to a healthy entry from overseas riders – many of whom are also wellknown names and medal winners.

The feature classes are, of course, the Eventing classes which take entries from both up-and-coming riders and top names with their star horses of the future. There are always plenty of opportunities for fans to get up close to the riders – at least, when they’re not competing!

However, it’s not just the event riders who entertain the crowds. Young horse classes, pony club, inter-schools, show jumping and showing classes also take 10

place – and last year Houghton staged the inaugural Norfolk Festival of Showing, which returns this year. Over 700 horses competed across the various disciplines in 2013, making it a must-visit for all equestrian enthusiasts.

And if horses aren’t your thing, don’t worry – the event also features over 70 on-site stalls selling everything from homemade cakes and sweets to stunning locally-produced jewellery and artwork. You’ll find plenty of children’s entertainers, along with a bouncy castle, fair rides and bungee jumping. There’ll be dog agility classes to enter, and picnic parking is available by the water jump – which is a stunning setting from which to enjoy the action.

Houghton Hall itself and its beautiful gardens will be open on the Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday providing a diversion for those more culturally-minded members of the family – and for the really clever clogs, Houghton’s official charity, the Big C is hosting a quiz night on Friday 23rd May. If you book a place in the on-site campsite, you can enjoy the late night bar and music after the quiz, and still be raring to go for Saturday’s cross country action!

EQ LIFE HOUGHTON INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS 22nd – 25th May For more information, event details and advance ticket bookings, visit www.houghtoninternational.co.uk

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Your Local Downham Market Auction Rooms

We hold regular auction sales of antiques, household furniture effects and collectables on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Advertised on www.the-saleroom.com

Auction dates for your diary: 7th & 21st May 4th & 18th June 2nd & 16th July

6th & 20th August 3rd & 17th September 1st & 15th October

BARRY L HAWKINS Auctioneers 24th May - Hilgay Collective Sale of Farm Machinery

Contact Julia or Barry for more information.

15 Lynn Road, Downham Market Tel: 01366 387180 Web: www.barryhawkins.co.uk

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May

Saturday 24th to Wednesday June 18th

Tuesday 20th

MEDITERRANEAN WINE TASTING EVENING Strattons Hotel, 4 Ash Close, Swaffham PE37 7NH (7pm) Join head chef Julia Hetherton and wine expert James Long from Corney and Barrow for a fabulous evening of continental style and authentic tastes. You can enjoy five taster wines followed by a delightful 3-course meal that includes tapas with a special dish from Spain, France, Portugal and Italy. Every course will be matched with specially-selected wines from different countries around the Mediterranean. Tickets are £49 per person and booking is essential.

Call 01760 723845 or e-mail enquiries@strattonshotel.com.

SCARECROWFEST Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, King’s Lynn PE33 9PS Children from a number of local schools have been busy making a variety of scarecrow characters based on the theme of 50 Things to Do Before You’re 11¾, and here’s your chance to follow the trail and vote for your favourite. The lucky scarecrow with the most votes will win National Trust membership for a year for their school.

Meanwhile, if you need some help thinking of 50 things to do before you’re 11¾ then visit Oxburgh Hall on Thursday 29th May for a day (11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm) packed with activites. See how many you can tick off the list! Normal admission applies to the Scarecrowfest, but there is a charge of £3 per child for the activity day (which includes all activities). For more information and details, telephone 01366 328258, e-mail oxburghhall@nationaltrust.org.uk or visit the website at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/oxburgh-hall.

Saturday 31st to Wednesday June 4th

Friday 30th & Saturday 31st GET UP AND TIE YOUR FINGERS Guildhall Theatre, King’s Lynn Arts Centre (2pm and 7.30pm) In the 19th century, young Scottish men sailed to Greenland to hunt whales, while the young women travelled all the way along the coast to Yarmouth and beyond to gut herring. This delightful play by Ann Coburn dramatises the daily lives of the herring lassies, whose lives were dominated by work, overshadowed by the moods of the sea, but released in the telling of stories and the singing of songs. A local choir will be included in the performances. Tickets are £10 (£8 for concessions) and are available online at www.kingslynnarts.co.uk or by calling the Corn Exchange box office on 01553 764864.

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ANNUAL FLOWER FESTIVAL St. Peters, Walpole The Annual Flower Festival at Walpole’s charming St. Peter’s church starts at the end of the month and is open from 9am6pm daily and from 11.15am-5.30pm on Sundays.

Although there are plenty of magnificent flower displays to admire, there are also plenty of other things to enjoy, including live painting inside the church itself. Outside, there’ll be a variety of stalls, a tea tent and various displays. Lunches can be booked in advance in the Parish Hall – please contact Mrs Brooks on 01945 780235 for more details and information.

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Every kind of cake – for every kind of celebration...

The local cake specialists who are celebrating their own birthday!

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aving spent years creating handmade cakes of every shape, size and description for every kind of occasion, Kirsty Milnes and her mother Shirley Wallis of Celebration by Mother Krusty are now looking forward to May 13th and a rather special event of their own – the first anniversary of opening the family-run business at Gaywood in King’s Lynn.

They both admit it’s been a rather hectic year – full of weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, corporate events and christenings – but it’s also been a very successful one.

“We’re really pleased with the response we’ve had,” says Shirley. “There’s a real buzz and energy in the store, and it’s lovely to meet so many people coming in for help and advice – and to see them come back!”

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been the real foundations of our success, and they've become firm friends too!”

In addition to creating wonderfully individual custom-made cakes (Kirsty and Shirley seem to be able to craft virtually anything from sugar and icing!), Kirsty also runs a popular series of cake decorating courses.

Covering everything from Sugarcraft basics to the intricacies of modelling, the courses are tailored to people’s needs and abilities – and when the courses take a break over the summer (it’s wedding cake season!) they’ll be replaced by a series of special flower-making sessions.

Celebration by Mother Krusty also sells a wide range of Sugarcraft and cake decorating supplies, offers tin and cake stand hire and can even produce ‘edible printing’ – which means your cake can be decorated with everything from a treasured photograph to a company logo for a truly individual touch.

“It doesn’t matter what you’re celebrating or how much you want to spend,” says Kirsty. “By working with you,

we can create the perfect cake for the occasion.

Whatever it is!”

So, will Kirsty and Shirley be making a cake to celebrate their own first birthday?

“We’ve been so busy designing, baking and making cakes for other people,” laughs Kirsty, “we really haven’t thought about making one for ourselves yet!”

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Local Life

ABOVE: Acclaimed classical guitarist Craig Ogden and (left) English jazz singer Clare Teal, both of whom are appearing at this year’s Festival

A feast of world-class culture comes to town...

On July 13th, the 64th King’s Lynn Festival kicks off with Walton’s Spitfire Prelude, a fittingly high-flying opener to a fortnight of fantastic classical music, talks and films.

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nce again, a collection of world-famous names will be heading to King’s Lynn this summer to take part in the town’s 64th Festival of music and the arts from July 13th-26th. The King’s Lynn Festival programme always has wide appeal and this year includes the renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, pianist John Lill, jazz singer Clare Teal (together with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra), and guitarist Craig Ogden with the London Tango Quintet.

Adding to the amazing variety of entertainment will be comedy cabaret duo Kit and McConnel, and speakers will include the Antiques Roadshow ceramics expert Lars Tharp, and geographer, writer and BBC Coast presenter Nicholas Crane. There’ll also KLmagazine May 2014

be films, exhibitions and themed walks around the historic town centre.

“The Festival programme has very broad appeal and includes a wide range of music performed by highlyacclaimed international musicians,” says Artistic Director Ambrose Miller. “This year’s busy schedule maintains and builds on the Festival’s long tradition of cultural excellence.”

The Festival has a rousing start on July 13th with a brass spectacular staged by the Fairey Band, one of the world’s finest brass bands who are currently enjoying considerable success in national competitions. The concert includes the premiere of a short, specially-commissioned piece marking cultural links between King’s Lynn and Amiens in France.

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Lynn will be guitarist Craig Ogden, who’ll appear with the London Tango Quintet on July 23rd.

The Jubilee String Quartet will be launching the Festival’s popular series of five coffee concerts at Lynn Town Hall, but they’ll firstly perform an afternoon concert at Park House, Sandringham on July 20th. The coffee concerts feature rising stars of the classical music world in a variety of ensembles and programmes.

Meanwhile, at a Royal Geographical Society lecture on July 16th, writer and broadcaster Nicholas Crane will be talking about the fascination and importance of maps, and Living Up to One’s Teapot is the title of an illustrated lecture by Lars Tharp.

Renaissance wind band Blondel will be celebrating the joys of summer at All Saints Church, and Contemporary Consort will be featuring works by eminent British composer David Matthews – who’ll be on hand to talk about his music.

During the final concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on July 26th, acclaimed Bulgarian cellist Michael Petrov will be performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto before Brahm’s Second Symphony marks a fitting finale to the 2014 Festival.

The Festival Exhibition will be featuring work by the West Norfolk Artists Association at the King’s Lynn Lynn Arts Centre, there’s an exhibition focussing on Charles Burney in the town’s Custom House, and a short series of films are being shown at the Arts Centre in partnership with King’s Lynn Community Film Club.

The King’s Lynn Festival box office is now open for ticket bookings at the Corn Exchange (01553 764864) For more information on the King’s Lynn Festival and event details, visit www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk or call the Festival Office on 01553 767557.

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three orchestral concerts features the inspiring Orchestra of St John’s in the town’s Minster (formerly St Margaret’s Church) on July 15th conducted by the orchestra’s founder John Lubbock.

As well as marking the start of the Great War 100 years ago, the Festival will also be marking the death 200 years ago of Charles Burney, the distinguished musical historian who was church organist at St Margaret’s in King’s Lynn for nine years.

There’s an interesting and coincidental link between the two, as the First World War covered all Europe as did Burney’s two great journals of his travels. Taking the theme of European diversity as its keynote, the Festival will be reflecting that in several concerts – including the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus performing Brahms’ Requiem on July 20th.

Charles Burney will be celebrated with a special Burney Day on July 19th when Dr Peter Sabor will talk about the musician/historian’s friendship with the famous Dr Johnson. That will be followed by a performance by English Concert, tracing Burney’s travels around Europe and an organ recital by John Butt, which will include some of Burney’s music.

The Ruth Fermoy Memorial Concert, remembering the Festival’s founder, will be given by the Navarra String Quartet at St George’s Guildhall on July 17th.

The quartet has an international reputation and has been described as one of the most dynamic and poetic quartets of today. Pianist John Lill – a firm favourite with Festival audiences – will return on July 24th to play music by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms and Beethoven.

After her sell-out Festival concert two years ago, the hugely-popular jazz singer Clare Teal will be back as special guest of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra on July 18th. Another artist making a welcome return to King’s

ABOVE: From top to bottom are featured just a few of the Festival’s stars: English Concert (which is Europe’s leading baroque orchestra), writer and broadcaster Nicholas Crane, Contemporary Consort’s cellist Ben Davies and Bulgarian cellist Michael Petrov.

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The Big Interview Since its foundation in 1993, Holt’s Auctioneers has grown to become the world’s dominant auction house in the field of modern and antique shotguns, rifles and associated militaria.

KL magazine talks to Director Nick Holt about his work and support for the important and time-honoured craft of skilled gunmaking...

KL MAGAZINE: Could you give us a brief overview of Holt’s Auctioneers?

NICK HOLT: I set up the company in 1993, and during the ensuing years we’ve become the dominant auction house in our field, worldwide. We specialise in fine modern and antique shotguns, rifles, edged weapons and militaria. We’re based two miles from Sandringham and hold quarterly sales in London.

KL MAGAZINE: What does your role as Director entail on a daily basis?

NICK HOLT: It’s totally unpredictable!

Every day is different and whilst one day I’ll be valuing a collection in Suffolk, the following day I might be heading out to Norway or South Africa!

KL MAGAZINE: When’s your next auction?

NICK HOLT: Our next auction is on Thursday 19th June. We’re just beginning to accept consignments for this sale – but we already have some really interesting pieces. Two that immediately spring to mind are a very early example of a breech loading gun

by Lang dating to the 1860s, and a very rare example of a LeMat carbine – of which very few are known to exist.

KL MAGAZINE: What’s the most unusual item you’ve ever auctioned?

NICK HOLT: Probably ‘The Triumph of Love’ – a most extraordinary rifle profusely carved, engraved, bejewelled and plated in gold and silver. It was a real ‘objet d’art’ and sold for an impressive £120,000.

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KL MAGAZINE: What’s the most rewarding part of your job?

NICK HOLT: Spotting a gem and then releasing it to the market and watching it fly at the auction. It’s also great to work in an area where you’re constantly learning – no matter how long you’ve been in this business, there’s always something new to discover.

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KL MAGAZINE: What have you learned from your work?

NICK HOLT: A very great appreciation for not only the craftsmen who build fine guns, but also how important a role gunmaking and shooting has played throughout the ages – and hopefully will continue to do so.

It’s also one of the reasons that as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, I really wanted to get involved in helping to further promote the future of British gunmaking by becoming a Trustee of The Gunkmakers Company Charitable Trust.

It’s been established to provide financial support for the development of craft skills and new technology associated with the gunmaking trade. This mostly involves bursaries to support trainee gunmakers, but also helps with other grants in other areas, such as training and education for conservators working in arms and armour at the V&A and the Glasgow Museum, or supporting charitable activities of the City of London and the Borough of Tower Hamlets.

KL MAGAZINE: What do you like best about Norfolk?

NICK HOLT: I like the fact that it remains relatively quiet and untouched – it provides the perfect antidote to a life in airports or on the road.

KL MAGAZINE: In your free time, how do you like to relax?

NICK HOLT: I really don’t get time to relax!

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CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM COUNTRY Purveyors of fine country wares

KL MAGAZINE: Who’s your biggest inspiration?

NICK HOLT: The Queen.

KL MAGAZINE: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

NICK HOLT: Specialise in a small commodity and you’ll become a wanted commodity.

KL MAGAZINE: What was the last book you read?

NICK HOLT: I probably spend more time reading newspapers than books, as I like to keep up to date on current affairs.

KL MAGAZINE: Tell us something about yourself that would surprise people...

NICK HOLT: I have one O-Level (in art) and I left school at 16.

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West Norfolk: Then and Now

History

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GREETINGS FROM NORFOLK STREET Times change, and tastes obviously change with them! Whereas people used to congregate outside Watson’s Sweet Shop (on the left), they seem to prefer something a bit spicier these days. Many thanks to Mrs Clarke of King’s Lynn for sending the original KLmagazine May 2014

image to us (it seems to have been a postcard), but she can’t date it – if you can, please let us know!

For more photographs of how things used to be in King’s Lynn and the surrounding area, contact Picture Norfolk – at the Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norfolk and Norwich

Millennium Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1AW. We’ll be bringing you another nostalgic look at West Norfolk next month.

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The secrets of a stress-free move with Fine & Country...

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any times over the course of the year, we’ll receive praise and compliments at Fine & Country for the quality of our aftersales service. It’s a clear sign that our distinctive approach to property – whether you’re buying or selling – really makes a difference.

Most people take it for granted that from the point of agreeing a sale, the process will simply find its own way to a successful exchange and completion.

I’m quite sure that many of you are aware that in the real world, this just isn’t the case. In fact, the national average for sales that fall through for some reason or another is 20% – although I’m quite proud to say that ours is only 15%.

I’m always amazed when purchasers tell me of previous experiences when they’ve had no contact from their estate agent throughout the whole buying process! Rather than leaving it in the lap of the gods, at Fine & Country we believe it’s in the client’s best interests (and our own) to promote and maintain communication between all parties involved, including the solicitors.

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That’s one of the reasons why we have a dedicated and professional Sales Progressor (her name’s Philippa, by the way). The buying and selling of property can be an extremely stressful process with emotions running high – so it’s our responsibility to ensure everyone knows exactly how the sale is progressing on the journey to the exchange. It doesn’t have to be such a worrying time, however, and there are several ways you can help ensure a stress-free sale.

Firstly, your choice of solicitor is of huge significance. Fine & Country has dealt with hundreds of solicitors over the years (both locally and nationally), and that experience and knowledge means we can recommend and deal with the select few within in the region who offer our clients the very best service. That means they’ll be proactive and willing to communicate with you throughout the sale process.

Secondly, a lot of the groundwork can be done prior to agreeing a sale by ensuring things such as guarantees, planning consents, registering of land and deeds are all in place from the start.

Thirdly, make sure your onward movements are sorted out quickly. As soon as you’re on the market, you need to be aware that you could find a buyer at any moment! Whether you’re buying on, renting or moving in with family you must have an idea of what your options are – and don’t forget the removal company either!

If you’re looking for some genuinely helpful advice about sales progression or you believe you haven’t received the support you should have, then please feel free to give me a call or chat to one of my team. We really are here to help!

NEIL MACLENNAN Director of Sales (North and West Norfolk) neil.maclennan@fineandcountry.com

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Enjoy a dispute-free Spring with the legal expertise of Fraser Dawbarns

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pring has sprung and we’re now looking forward to the Summer, which means plenty of us are either considering moving, getting out into the garden, or decorating our properties. It’s also a time when the legal team at Fraser Dawbarns frequently gets asked some questions relating to these matters. Here are just a few of the most common:

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How long does the process of buying and selling a house take?

It really depends on a number of matters – how many parties are in the chain? Will you require a mortgage?

Are there any problems with the title deeds? How many searches are likely to be involved? If there’s a chain and a mortgage is required, we’d normally allow six to eight weeks for the process.

However, if there’s no chain or mortgage required, and you’re prepared to risk not having any searches or enquiries raised it can actually be completed within a week!

In some circumstances, we’ve even exchanged contracts within a day. This was, however, a very unusual case in which the buyer knew the property very well and didn’t require a mortgage or survey, and needed no searches or enquiries made. Remember, you can only move as quickly as the slowest person in the chain.

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One of the fences at my property has fallen down – how do I know to whom it belongs?

You need to check your title deeds. If these are ‘silent’ and don’t indicate one way or the other to whom the boundary belongs then it’s probably a shared boundary and comes under the provision of the Party Wall Act 1996.

If the boundary is shared, then the best course of action would be to speak to your neighbour before carrying out any work.

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Can I put a ladder on part of my neighbour’s property in order to paint my house?

Again, you’ll need to check your deeds as these may include a ‘right of entry’ over the neighbouring property to maintain your own. However, you do need to give the necessary notice to your neighbour(s) that you intend to exercise this right and repair any damage caused. If your deeds are silent on the matter, then under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 you can apply to the County Court for access. The best course of action is to speak to your neighbour first.

Although these questions are very common, they’re by no means the only ones we get asked regarding property boundaries and people’s rights regarding their neighbours – especially at this time of year!

For more details on any of these matters, or if you have any related concerns, contact the legal team at Fraser Dawbarns using the details below.

Q A

If I have a shared driveway, where does the actual boundary lie?

You need to check your deeds, as these will clearly indicate the extent of your ownership.

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Can I cut down a neighbour’s tree which obstructs my view?

You can lop off any overhanging branches up to your boundary, but you must give these branches back to the neighbouring owner. Under the terms of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, if your neighbour’s trees or bushes adversely affect the property and are more than two metres high, it is possible to raise the matter with the local authority. However, by far the best course of action is to speak (politely!) to your neighbour first.

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Discover the new Heat Recovery System from 4 Way Refrigeration Ltd ffective ventilation in your home is essential. In addition to the moisture in the air produced by activities such as washing and cooking, the average person adds up to 2 litres a day – and that’s 10 litres for a family of five!

Add additional environmental factors to the domestic atmosphere such as carbon monoxide, aerosol emissions, formaldehyde (it’s present in furniture), allergens and odours, and you can begin to see the problem.

It’s bad for your home as all that moisture will soon turn to mould, and it’s also bad for your health, as it’s an attractive environment for carpet mites and bed bugs. It’s very important that your property ‘breathes’ – especially when it’s super-insulated and airtight for maximum energy efficiency. But if that means dumping your warm air to simply replace it with cold air that needs re-heating there has to be a better and more efficient way to ventilate a building.

There is – thanks to the brilliant new Heat Recovery System from 4 Way Refrigeration Ltd. The system takes all

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“It’s a high quality, high performance and totally energy-efficient ventilation solution,” says Steve Simpson of 4 Way Refrigeration Ltd. “The main benefit is that by retaining the heat in your home, you’re still getting rid of everything in the atmosphere you need to remove – but you’re only paying to warm the air up once!”

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PICTURES: The current exhibition Duty Calls (Holkham 1914-1918) details the world-altering impact the First World War had on the Coke family and the people of Holkham village. Arthur Coke (below) took part in the first battle of Ypres in 1914, although sadly only his faithful terrier Jack returned from the front. He lived out his days at Holkham and was buried near the orangery (left) in 1918. The last two people from Holkham died on November 4th 1918 – just a week before the armistice.

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ABOVE: Inspired by a member of the Holkham staff, this carousel of WWI aircraft (see photograph opposite, top) makes for a wonderfully atmospheric entrance to the Duty Calls exhibition, which runs until October 31st.

The day the Great War came to Holkham...

A new exhibition at Holkham Hall details how the ‘war to end all wars’ had a devastating effect on an historic family, a Norfolk village, and the people who lived and worked there.

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hen Holkham Hall opened the doors to its exhibition Duty Calls last month, it lifted the curtain on many poignant local memories of the First World War, including those of one member of the Coke family – whose faithful canine companion sadly returned alone from the front to live out his days on the historic north Norfolk estate.

Arthur Coke, grandfather of the present Earl of Leicester, spent his early service days in the Royal Navy before moving to the Horse Guards and seeing action in Flanders in the first Battle of Ypres, which lasted for three months at the end of 1914.

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The exhibition features some poignant extracts from the letters Arthur wrote at the front and which take the reader from the build-up to war, his reaction to battle once it started, and his very early realisation that the war in Europe was set to be a static war in the trenches.

The letters offer a priceless source of first-hand wartime experiences. For example, on 7th November, 1914, Arthur wrote: “Yesterday, I had my first experience of real fighting – a French regiment had lost all its officers and the Germans broke through. We galloped to their help and then dismounted and drove the retreating French back who then fought splendidly... I always thought I

might rather funk it... it was all grand and yet awful.”

At the end of 1914, Arthur wanted to see more action and transferred to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Armoured Cars.

Four months later the Armoured Cars were in Lemnos, the Greek island in the north of the Aegean – the island was being used by the allies as a base from which they could capture the straits of the Dardanelles. With the cars waiting for action, Arthur volunteered to help man the SS River Clyde – the first troopship to put men ashore at ‘V’ beach on the Gallipoli peninsula – and he was put in charge of five machine guns in the bows.

Battle commenced and was to last

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Throughout his time in Gallipoli, Arthur was accompanied by his faithful Airedale terrier Jack – and after Arthur’s death, the dog was brought back to Holkham by Arthur’s fellow officers. He lived out his days at Holkham and was buried near the orangery in 1918 (which was, of course, the last year of the war).

The exhibition features details of Arthur’s two brothers Tom and Roger, who were also involved in the war and details the impact the war had on the family. Personal letters, archives, books, photographs and artefacts are all on display and the exhibition shows the effect of the war on the families of over 90 Holkham men who are mentioned on the Roll of Honour.

“The Great War was supposed to be the war to end all wars,” says Viscount Coke, “but as Harry Patch (the last surviving soldier known to have fought in the trenches) said – we’ve learned nothing from it. The making of this exhibition has been fascinating. I knew a fair bit about my great-grandfather’s service and his death at Gallipoli, but we’ve unearthed so much more about his brothers’ involvement in the war and that of many other Holkham men and women. I challenge our visitors not to be moved by it.”

Two special features in the courtyard at Holkham Hall demonstrate the creative talents of students at Norwich University of the Arts, who have designed and built a 2/3rds scale profile of a Mark V tank and a replica 20ft section of a trench representing the Somme battlefield.

“NUA students Andrew Rhodes and Jason Billman were delighted to have been selected to work on the Holkham project,” says Sarah Steed, business director at Norwich University of the Arts. “They hope their skills as a fine artist and an illustrator will bring the exhibition vividly to life for the families that visit.”

The Duty Calls exhibition at Holkham Hall is open until October 31st on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays between 12noon and 4pm. For further details, please visit the website at www.holkham.co.uk. On Monday, August 4th there’ll also be a very special day of reflection at Holkham to commemorate Britain joining WWI. Further details of the day will be published on the website above in the coming months.

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ABOVE: These memorial willows overlooking the lake at Holkham were grown from cuttings brought back from High Wood near Ypres on the Somme by Lady Marjorie, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Leicester.

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Pets

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

FREE CHIPS! Following government legislation, all dogs in England will have to be microchipped by 2016 to help reduce the stray dog problem.

We’re proud to announce that we’re currently working with The Dogs Trust to provide FREE microchipping for dogs until the end of March next year to help people comply with the new law. These free microchipping clinics will be held on Tuesday afternoons at both surgeries – so if you know of someone who would benefit, tell them to book an appointment with the nurse at either London Road in King’s Lynn or the Hollies in Downham Market.

If Tuesday afternoons aren’t convenient, we do offer this very straightforward procedure at a time to suit you from Monday to Saturday – at a cost of £10.

Chips are only free on Tuesdays!

Saying yes to vaccines R ecently, the media has reported that dogs don’t require an annual vaccination. It’s a dangerous idea that tends to crop up from time to time and it can lead to unnecessary illness and even deaths in our pets if taken literally.

Vaccination is all about reducing the risk of a disease affecting an animal, and that risk will vary from pet to pet.

Those dogs who travel throughout the UK and abroad, and those that attend shows and competitions are all at higher risk than the dogs who rarely leave the back yard or meet other dogs.

However, what worries me when vaccination is ‘talked down’ in this way is that even back yard dogs are at risk from Leptospirosis, a disease carried by rats and found in ditches and puddles – places where every dog enjoys playing.

This is a bacterial disease and the immunity for protection against it is hard to measure and may not last very long with this ever-present threat.

Increasingly, we accept that the viral diseases in the vaccines (like distemper and parvovirus) are rare nowadays, and that’s precisely because of effective

vaccination. If we see a drop in the vaccinated dog population, these diseases could well resurface and we’d be back to the bad old days. We may be being over-cautious vaccinating annually for these diseases, and three yearly vaccinations can be adequate for lower risk dogs. Assessing that risk isn’t easy and as the annual vaccine hasn’t caused any problems in our patients, perhaps it’s a lot better to be safe rather than sorry.

So what should you do? Well, my dogs will certainly continue to have a vaccine annually. A vaccine appointment also includes a health check and advice on weight, preventative products like wormers and flea treatments, and addresses any changes in your pet that may have developed in the last year. Without the annual trip to the vets, other medical conditions may arise that could have been dealt with earlier – and with much less difficulty.

As Leptospirosis is a real hazard to our dogs in this rural part of Britain, I’d strongly urge that we continue to keep them safe.

Your pets Thanks to MARK FARNHAM and STEPHEN MONSEY-CRIBB of Methwold for these pictures of their two rescue cats – Charlie (top) who came from Cats Protection in Stow Bridge, and Lola (bottom) who had been abandoned and was found by Mark at Elveden. The two happy cats are now great companions!

Don’t forget to keep sending pictures of your pets to me at Animal Matters, KL magazine, 18 Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1JW or you can e-mail them to editor@klmagazine.co.uk

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ABOVE: At first glance it looks like a heron, and it certainly acts like one – but this beautiful all-white bird is actually a little egret

On the trail of the marshman’s harnser...

The graceful heron is one of the most familiar of our local water birds, and its lookalike cousin the little egret is one of our most recent, having been first recorded in Norfolk as late as 1952.

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he gaunt, grey heron is one of the most familiar of our local water birds, and you'll find them in fresh or salt, clear or muddy water – antyhing’s acceptable so long as it’s likely to yield something tasty!

The bird doesn’t always stand perfectly still, patiently waiting for quarry (which is how most people see them) but often stalks through the shallows with long deliberate strides, neck muscles tensed for spearing an unwary fish.

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known as the marshman’s harnser, a name that probably originates from the days of commercial shipping to Norwich, when these very successful hunters regularly patrolled the waterways following the coasters on the lookout for damaged fish – without hesitation the herons would land on the water and swim towards their prey.

The heron’s breeding season is prolonged. In early February (in a mild season) you can spot them soaring over the nesting wood and chasing one another, tilting from side to side and diving head-long. It’s an exciting

performance to look out for – especially as next to the swan the heron is our largest common bird.

The heron’s seemingly endless display takes place on old nest platforms and consists of elaborate neck movements with crest and neck plumes erect and accompanied by billsnapping and a variety of ear-piercing calls. Herons build their nests in the highest trees from branches and sticks, and they seem to prefer alder and Scots pine. Unless blown down by winter storms, the same nest is used each spring. Old heron nests, which are

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often massive platforms around three feet across, also provide convenient homes for nesting tree sparrows.

If you’ve seen an all-white heron on your trips around Norfolk, it was almost certainly a little egret. These small white herons are becoming widespread in the UK and are occurring in increasing numbers along the Norfolk coast and in the Broads. They’re also now beginning to appear in other areas of inland Norfolk.

Amazingly enough, Norfolk’s very first little egret was only recorded as recently as 1952 (it was filmed at NWT Cley Marshes) and they remained an extreme rarity until the 1990s.

Over the last ten years, however, they’ve started breeding both in the Norfolk Broads and on the coast and the rate of increase has been quite phenomenal.

Many people have suggested the increase of little egrets is related to climate change and global warming. It also seems another member of the family – the cattle egret – is beginning to colonise the country and parties of a dozen or so have been a regular feature of south-western Britain recently. To add to the picture, Great White Egrets

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(about the size of our grey heron but all white) have been wandering around Norfolk and Suffolk for the last few months – perhaps it won’t be too long before they’re another heron resident in the county!

You can recognise the little egret by its white feathers and it has fluffy white plumes on its crest, chest and on its back above the tail feathers. The bill and legs are black, although its feet are a striking bright yellow.

They feed by walking through the water and catching prey such as fish and crustaceans, and those distinctive yellow feet are thought to act as a tempting lure for fish!

Generally, little egrets are solitary birds – although they do breed and roost in colonies in the tops of trees near water.

If you’d like to spot little egrets, the most important point to remember is that they feed in water, and so can be found in marshy or flooded grassy areas, lakes, rivers and estuaries. In Norfolk your best chances of seeing them are along the north coast, especially at places like Holkham and Titchwell, but they also inhabit the Broads in increasing numbers.

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ABOVE: James Hoddy (left) and Dan Ashton (right) of Heritage Tree Specialists Ltd, together with apprentice Morigan Griffin (centre)

A growing reputation in quality tree care...

From tree supply and planting to felling and stump grinding – Heritage Tree Specialists Ltd have it covered

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ince 2003, Heritage Tree Specialists Ltd have been providing a full range of Arboricultural services throughout Norfolk. This ranges from planting to final felling, all carried out by an efficient and highly trained team.

With over thirty years experience between them, Directors Dan Ashton and James Hoddy are often called in to carry out large-scale precision tree dismantling in areas where access is extremely limited. Their reputation has been built over the years by providing clients with sound, honest advice followed up with workmanship of a high quality.

“James and myself pride ourselves on reputation and the efficiency of the company,” explains Dan Ashton. “I think this shows in our work and I hope that the company’s election to the Guild Of Master Craftsmen in 2005 reflects our high standards.”

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recycle 100% of the arisings from their work.

“All branches and brushwood up to 6” diameter are chipped to produce fuel for woodchip powered domestic boilers or garden mulch,” says James Hoddy. “Larger timbers are processed as split firewood which is then sold on and delivered to local homeowners.

Occasionally we’ll be asked to dismantle a tree which has high timber value and we’re able to mill the stem on site with our portable Chainsaw Mill.”

Based in King’s Lynn, Heritage Tree Specialists Ltd aims to cover every aspect of tree work. This includes stump grinding, which leaves the site completely clear and is carried out using an extremely powerful narrow access machine that will fit through most garden gates.

Always happy to provide free written quotations and professional advice, Dan Ashton and James Hoddy look forward to hearing from anyone who may have use of their services.

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Taking care of your child’s eyesight...

The importance of a childrens’ healthy eyesight has never been more important: at D.A. Seaman, it’s never been easier!

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ot all parents are aware that the National Health Service (NHS) provides free sight tests for all children under 16 and those under 19 in full-time education.

Consequently, very few parents make use of this service and rely on the child reporting a problem with their vision – or trusting to the basic tests carried out in the child’s first year at school.

All children learn by a number of methods, and visual recognition is one of the most important. If a child’s eyesight is impaired this can dramatically affect the child’s ability to learn.

It’s important to realise that not all eye conditions present themselves in an obvious manner. For instance, if a child has a visual impairment from birth, the way they see the world will be perfectly ‘normal’ to them and they are unlikely to report any difficulties.

At D.A. Seaman Optometrists we have many ways to check your child’s eyes – even if they’re unable to read yet.

We offer all eligible children a free NHS sight test, which identifies any refractive errors and determines if spectacles are required.

In addition, we offer the Optomap Retinal Exam, which takes pictures covering up to 200o of your child’s retina (the internal back surface of the eye). This allows the optician to see much more than the standard NHS test allows and can help to confirm your child’s eyes are healthy. This advanced imaging is offered at the reduced rate of £15 to children, and is only £25 for adults.

Should your child require spectacles we offer a wide range of child-friendly frames for them to choose from. We stock simple discrete styles to the latest ‘retro’ fashion, and our qualified staff will help and advise

both you and you child to make sure you select a frame that’s well fitting, comfortable, and perfectly suited to the prescription needed.

By using the optical voucher supplied by the NHS (these are issued by us), spectacles start from as little £25 – including single vision lenses.

To ensure the health and quality of your child’s eyesight, contact the friendly team at the practice and arrange an appointment today.

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he eye works along the same principles as a camera. It has a lens at the front that focuses light on the retina, which acts like a camera film. For a sharp, crisp image to form on the retina it’s essential that the lens is clear.

Over time, and quite naturally, the lens in the human eye loses its transparency and turns cloudy. This is called a cataract, and it causes deterioration in the quality of vision by obscuring the passage of light to the retina and causing distortions in the images received.

Cataracts are most commonly a result of natural aging – in the UK, over 50% of people over 65 years of age have some cataract development in one or both eyes – but they can also occur as a result of certain eye conditions or significant eye trauma. Indeed, the long-term use of some drugs (such as steroids) can also be a factor in the formation of cataracts.

Cataracts can cause a variety of symptoms, and they include (but aren’t limited to) blurred vision, a reduction in contrast and a lowering in the quality of colour vision. These symptoms are very gradual in onset but occasionally they can

develop rapidly and rather alarmingly.

Usually both eyes are affected by cataracts, but it’s not uncommon at all for one eye to be more severely affected than the other. The ability to read, recognise faces and drive is often affected, and early cataracts may also cause some troublesome glare during night driving, even though the vision overall may still be quite good.

It’s probably worth noting at this point that there’s no pain associated with cataract symptoms, and that plenty of help is at hand at BMI Sandringham Hospital. To a certain extent, symptoms of very early cataracts can be relieved by simply changing your spectacles or increasing lighting levels when working (symptoms of advanced cataracts can’t be rectified in these ways), but eventually, they’ll require surgical removal in order to restore normal vision.

The good news is that cataract surgery is a very successful operation – it’s normally carried out under local anaesthesia and is relatively painless.

Modern microsurgical techniques entail the removal of the cataract with a high frequency ultrasonic probe. At the end of the procedure, a prosthetic lens implant is fitted – the implant material is very safe and is not rejected by the body.

The recovery time involved also offers little to worry about. Most patients are able to return home on the same day of surgery, and are able to resume normal activities very quickly. Normal vision usually recovers within a few days.

The eventual outcome of the treatment can be affected by the underlying state of your eyes, and sometimes visual improvement may be limited due to the presence of other conditions such as macular degeneration. We’re often asked if spectacles will still be needed after cataract surgery, but it really depends on the choice of lens implant and whether the patient already wears glasses. If you are long-sighted, near-sighted or have astigmatism, it may be possible to rectify this. Multi-focal or accommodative lenses may be considered for the correction of presbyopia (age-related weakness of near vision), while astigmatism can be corrected with Toric implants, thereby eliminating the need for spectacles altogether.

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ABOVE: Accounting for one in every eight foreign package holidays, cruising is the fastest-growing sector of the holiday market

Time to discover the joys of a cruise holiday It’s the fastest-growing sector of the travel industry and currently accounts for around one in every eight package holidays. Taking a cruise has never been so popular – or so appealing!

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ruising occupies an odd place in the travel world.

It’s absolutely loved by most of the people who’ve tried it, yet it’s almost totally dismissed as a holiday choice by the many who haven’t. The former will need no convincing, but the fact that around one in every eight foreign package holidays is now a cruise (making it the fastest-growing sector of the holiday trade) may well make the latter think again.

Especially as cruising can appeal to virtually everyone.

“As long as you don’t mind not being on a beach (though there are sunbeds and swimming pools on board), there’s no reason you shouldn’t enjoy a cruise,” says Bill Irwin of West Norfolk Travel.

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“If you like to visit a number of different places and enjoy company, you’ll love it. Cruises aren’t for those who want solitude!”

Indeed, one of the greatest appeals of a cruise holiday is that it makes destinations so accessible – and it’s often the best way to reach many offthe-beaten track destinations or visit popular destinations where hotels simply can’t keep pace with demand.

New ships (at least six ocean-going ships are due to be launched this year) and new ports, new itineraries and destinations, together with a world of on-board innovations, all continue to fire enthusiasm among regular and first-time cruisers alike, and the sheer diversity available means that finding a cruise that suits you has never been

easier. People who’ve never been on a cruise holiday before seem to have much the same concerns, so it seems a good time to dispel some of those cruising myths: YOU’LL GET SEASICK...

While bad weather can strike at any time, the modern technology and design of cruise ships makes it very unlikely you’ll ever lose holiday time to seasickness on board a mid-size or resort ship. If you are predisposed to motion sickness, take precautions such as pressure bands, drugs or natural remedies. If possible, pick an itinerary that hugs the coast – and on a transatlantic voyage choose a ship designed for ocean travel, not cruising.

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advice from a specialist agent and choose a ship, destination and season that will reduce the chances of seasickness to almost zero.

YOU’LL BE SURROUNDED BY PENSIONERS...

It’s true the average age of ‘cruisers’ is 55.6 years (hardly pensioners!) but increasing value for money and shorter cruises are luring plenty of younger holidaymakers, including families and children. During the summer, P&O Cruises carry up to 800 children a week and you’ll find many ships have special play zones and activities for children.

Seating at mealtimes is far less regimented than it used to be and there are far too many distractions both on land and on board to let your fellow passengers spoil the fun. On larger ships you’re more likely to get upset about not bumping into that couple you hit it off with on the first night.

Seek advice from a local travel agent with cruise experience – if you’re travelling alone, you can choose a smaller ship or one that caters to single parents or solo travellers and has ‘meet-and-greet’ hosts.

YOU’LL GET ILL...

If you’re happy to travel to a far-flung destination, stay at a hotel, and mingle with other guests, there’s no reason why you can’t do the same on a cruise liner. Cruise lines, working with international health organisations, have developed strict policies to help avoid the spread of illnesses and infections, and you’ll find their commitment to the 50

health of passengers is really first class – and often actually better than the provisions of many hotels. Always follow the advice given by your cruise line on how to reduce the risk of becoming ill or spreading infection, both on board and ashore. Just as you always do on holiday, learn how to eat ‘defensively’ – avoiding salads, buffets and ice, and sticking to freshly-cooked hot food.

YOU WON’T GET ENOUGH TIME IN PORT...

Although it’s true that mid-sized and resort-sized ships can’t dock in smaller ports, the fear of being ‘trapped’ on board is totally unfounded. Indeed, it’s not uncommon to find yourself ashore every day. If ‘destination’ is the key element of your holiday, it’s essential to pick a ship that spends adequate time

in your chosen ports. Some ports of call are little more than a cursory stop, but at others the ship might stay three hours or the best part of a day.

Cruise-and-stay packages and extended stays in port are increasingly popular, and you’ll find most ships offer excursion options in each port to cater for a wide range of different tastes and physical abilities. Once you arrive at port, you can expect to choose from sedate coach tours to kayaking, from snorkelling to chef-led tours of the local food markets.

YOU WON’T ENJOY ON-BOARD DINING...

The traditional view of a highly formal dinner is badly outdated now. Most of the larger lines offer much more flexible and informal dining options than they used to, and open-seating policies in their main restaurants. For instance, Royal Caribbean has ‘My Time’ dining, Saga Sapphire passengers can eat at any time in any of the ship’s three restaurants at no extra cost, and on P&O ships, you can simply turn up at any time from 6pm to 9.30pm and request a table for two. As for dress, most lines rule out shorts, flip-flops or T-shirts for dinner, but that’s true of many restaurants ashore. A good idea is to discover how many restaurants there are on board and what the seating and sitting arrangements are. Make bookings in the ship’s speciality restaurants, and in the main dining room simply ask if you’d like to spend time on your own – tables for two are often available on request.

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YOU’LL MISS YOUR INTERNET ACCESS...

Yes, communications are expensive at sea. Because the signals are satellitedependent over very long distances, service can be slow and access can be unreliable. But the fear of being cut off from the outside world is unfounded – Wi-Fi hot spots are becoming more common and ships are making better provision, with more terminals available and specialist technical help at hand.

If the thought of not seeing Facebook or your share portfolio for a few days fills you with dread, however, remember that travelling on a ship on the ocean always was – and remains – the ultimate escape from modern-day tethers. Isn’t that why we go on holiday? If going online really is essential, you can always catch up on e-mails (or do whatever else is necessary) when you’re in port. Internet cafés are ubiquitous the world over and many cruise ports and portside cafés and bars offer free Wi-Fi. YOU’LL GET LOST...

Being on a cruise ship can be slightly disorientating at first, especially as the largest liners are bigger than most hotels (the world’s biggest ship rises to 16 decks) –so if you are the sort of person who can lose your car in a supermarket carpark, make some preparations or simply choose a small or mid-size vessel. On a truly large liner,

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multiple staircases and similar physical features can be confusing, but you’ll find maps on every deck and plenty of helpful cabin stewards wandering around.

Some of the bigger cruise operators have recently installed interactive touch-screen systems to direct guests around, and many use Braille on their signage. Always allow yourself more time to get to restaurants, theatres and pools – it can be frustrating, but it’s very unlikely to ruin a holiday. It can actually be good fun! A good idea is to study the ship’s layout and book a cabin that’s likely to be easy to locate (near a lift, for example) or isn’t too far from a helpful ‘landmark.’

YOU’LL GET BORED...

This is extremely unlikely to happen.

The key word in cruising is “enrichment,” with diversions available at every moment. You’ll find opportunities to learn fencing, improve your photography skills, learn Spanish or the piano, immerse yourself in yoga or take part in a drama class.

If you’re thinking of taking up a new hobby, see what’s available on board (tuition is often included in the price) – and you’ll discover your fellow passengers probably include historians, celebrity chefs, naturalists and famous authors – who’ll be giving special talks and demonstrations.

Of course, you could simply relax and

enjoy the holiday – and what’s so boring about that?

YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT...

It’s a myth that cruise holidays are prohibitively expensive. Consider this: 2011 was one of the toughest years for the travel industry, yet sales of ultraluxury cruises rose by 8%, and nearly 40% of cruises cost under £1,000.

Cruising has long ceased to be an exclusive holiday. When you factor in that fly-cruises include the flights, transfers, meals and entertainment, the costs start becoming very attractive.

If you’ve never tried cruising before, then consider taking a shorter cruise.

You’ll find many operators now offer fantastic short and mini-cruises. It’s the perfect way to enjoy a great holiday at a highly-competitive price and it's a sensible way to introduce yourself to cruising.

If you are thinking of giving cruising a try, maybe West Norfolk Travel’s Bill Irwin should have the last word.

“Make sure you book the type of cruise and ship that suits you,” he says.

“Ships come in many different sizes.

Some people prefer a smaller ship because they find it more personal, while others choose a large ship because there are more things to occupy them. Choose carefully – as your first cruise will almost certainly decide whether you take another!”

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Enjoy a taste of the exotic...

I t sounds like the perfect food – it’s low in fat and cholesterol, it’s high in protein, iron, and calcium, and it tastes very similar to beef.

The only slightly odd thing about it is that it comes from a bird that can grow up to 9ft tall and lays the biggest eggs in the world.

There are some very good reasons why ostrich meat continues to grow in popularity. Amazingly enough, ostrich is 90% lower in fat than beef and even has fewer calories than turkey – while still maintaining all the richness and flavour of red meat. Moreover, unlike its counterparts, ostrich doesn’t shrink when you cook it, which makes it ideal for burgers and steaks. As an added bonus, ostrich meat naturally repels the harmful bacteria responsible for those memorable summer barbeque-induced food poisoning cases.

Even though ostrich tastes like beef, the meat doesn’t have fat marbling, and most meat comes from the leg, thigh and back – the ostrich has no breast meat like chicken or turkey. Ostriches do have fat, but it collects outside the muscles and is easily removed during processing. Therefore, the cuts of meat are very lean – which makes it ideal for weight watchers who love red meat!

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COOKING...

Ostrich Steak/Fillet Because ostrich has such a low fat content, it’s best to cook over a high heat to seal the meat, before reducing the heat and cooking as you would a beef steak according to the cut.

To appreciate the full natural flavour of ostrich, fillets are wonderful cooked on their own. They can easily be cooked to your taste, and can even be eaten raw (as Carpaccio) so a little pink in the middle is ideal. Overcooking to ‘very well done’ will actually ruin the steak. Fry for approximately 3-4 minutes per side and check during cooking with a knife by cutting open slightly. If you’re grilling under a gentle heat, cook for approximately 6 minutes each side and check with a knife as per above. Ostrich steaks and fillets are excellent with a delicate marinade, and cranberry or redcurrant sauces are particularly good accompaniments.

Ostrich Roast The larger leg muscles are excellent for roasting as the weekend joint or even as a (hot or cold) midweek treat. Use a roasting bag to contain the juices and prevent the meat from drying out.

Centralise the meat in the roasting bag (don’t pierce the bag) and place on a tray in a preheated oven. Cook at 150°C for 45 minutes per kg plus 20 minutes.

Reduce the temperature by approx.

20°C if you’re using a fan-assisted oven.

Check the roast is cooked to your taste as you would any other joint.

MORE IDEAS...

Ostrich is remarkably versatile – you can use diced cubes for a rich goulash, mince for a full-flavoured bolognese, stir-fry it for Chinese dishes and even use it in your favourite curry!

Ostrich burgers Fry in a little light oil or grill under a low heat for 6-8 minutes each side. Ensure the burger is cooked all the way through but try not to overcook (particularly if grilling) as they’ll dry out.

The meat needs to be just brown.

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Recipe by Tim Bryan

INGREDIENTS 3 bunches of baby carrots washed, stems trimmed 1.5 tbsp harissa paste 300g chicken, roasted and shredded 1 packet wild rocket 2 tbsp mung bean sprouts 3 sprigs mint, picked and hand torn 5 sprigs coriander, washed 3 tbsp roasted cashews, chopped 2 avocadoes, cut into wedges 3 tbsp citrus dressing (see below) For the citrus dressing: 1 orange 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 300ml extra virgin olive oil

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Spiced Carrot & Chicken salad with Citrus Dressing METHOD 1 Place the carrots in a baking dish, rub with a tablespoon of olive oil, and then toss with harrissa, season with a pinch of salt. Roast at 180oc until golden, tender and a little burned at the tips. Allow to cool at room temperature.

DRESSING 1 Zest the orange and cut in half. Sear the ‘open’ sides in a hot non-stick pan for about 5 minutes until caramelised.

2 Squeeze out 3 tablespoons of juice from the caramelized orange and whisk in 1 teaspoon of the zest along with the vinegar and a pinch of salt.

2 Combine all ingredients along with a pinch of sea salt and a generous crack of pepper. Toss until all ingredients are combined.

3 Finally, whisk in the olive oil. The dressing can be kept in the fridge for about four days.

3 Arrange the salad in 4 decorative bowls or plates. Alternatively, you can omit the chicken and serve the salad as an accompaniment to a roast dinner.

Preparation: 15 min Cooking: 30 min Serves: 4 Wine Match: Verdelho

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Recipe by Maggie Cooper of CoCoes at Strattons Ash Close, Swaffham PE37 7NH 01760 725605 www.strattonshotel.co.uk

INGREDIENTS For the cake: 9 medium eggs, separated 375g golden caster sugar 525g ground hazelnuts 2 level tsp baking powder, sifted For the filling: 250g Marybelle Creme Fraiche 25g icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting 1 tsp Vanilla extract 300g raspberries, coarsely mashed, plus whole ones to decorate For the icing: 150g icing sugar, sieved 2 tbsp fresh lime juice, sieved

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Raspberry & thick crème fraiche layer cake METHOD 1 To prepare the sponges, pre-heat the oven to 180oF or gas mark 6 and butter three 20cm sandwich tins with a removable base.

2 Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together but don’t let the mixture become too pale and thick. Stiffly whisk the egg whites and gently fold them into the mixture in three stages. Fold in the ground hazelnuts and baking powder.

3 Pour the cake mixture into the tins.

Give them a couple of taps on the worktop to bring up any air bubbles.

Bake the cakes for 20-25 minutes or until the top feels springy to touch, the sides are shrinking away from the tin and a

skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove the collars from the cakes and leave them to cool.

4 Fold the icing sugar and vanilla extract into the crème fraiche in a bowl, then stir in the mashed raspberries.

5 In another bowl, mix the ingredients for the icing until smooth.

6 Place the first cake on a cake plate.

Spread with half the filling and lay the second cake on top of it and spread with the remaining filling. Coat the top of the cake with the icing using a palette knife, and pile the raspberries in the centre.

Dust them with icing sugar and set aside in a cool place until the icing is set.

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RestaurantReview

KL magazine discovers the many delights of Chives Brasserie in Hunstanton

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hives Brasserie is situated on the bustling high street in Hunstanton, and is clearly a popular local hotspot as it was very busy when we visited, with virtually all tables being occupied. The restaurant itself has an intimate, cosy feel and is tastefully decorated with Mediterranean tones with a clean, modern touch.

We were seated at our table and perused the menus – the wine list was extensive and the fine dining menu really was a treat. From Italian classics such as pasta dishes and pizza (with a tempting and innovative selection of toppings) to classic dishes such as rump of lamb and pan-fried lemon sole – it really was quite hard choosing from all the options! Additional dishes on the specials board made the final decision even harder, with a great choice of seasonal dishes such as local crab salad and Olde English sausages with horseradish mash and onion gravy.

To start, my partner eventually ordered the slow-roasted belly pork with poached rhubarb, while I chose the grilled King Prawns with guacamole and a Virgin Mary shot. Both unique dishes were generously portioned, beautifully presented and tasted fantastic!

My partner followed with the 10oz rib eye steak, served with dauphinoise potatoes, cherry vine tomatoes and a field mushroom. The steak was cooked to perfection (getting a medium-rare 60

steak just right can be tricky) and I was feel relaxed and at home there, with the told that all the accompanying staff being both attentive and elements were a treat. The stilton sauce accommodating. was noted to be particularly delicious, Chives has a fantastic seasonal menu rich, strong and creamy, just as it that changes regularly with the produce should be. being sourced locally. They also have For my main course I ordered the mid-week deals such as a Pizza and Duo of Duck (pan-fried duck breast and Pasta Night and ever-changing themed confit leg) which was also presented evenings such as quiz nights. The beautifully and served with dauphinoise evening menu is served from 6pm until potatoes and braised red cabbage. The 9.30pm and afternoon teas, light duck was absolutely beautiful and lunches and a tempting array of cooked perfectly, still slightly pink in the homemade cakes and pastries are centre. All the food we enjoyed was served during the day. perfectly seasoned and the flavours If you fancy a light lunch or truly fine were second to none. To accompany dining, look no further than Chives – it our main courses we were really is a hidden gem of the North recommended the house red wine, Norfolk Coast. which was (thanks to the recommendation!) the perfect complement to our meals.

Although the dessert menu looked extremely enticing – with the homemade ice cream especially catching my eye, we simply couldn’t find the room to eat another morsel!

We were, however, certain that all the available options would have been FOOD SERVICE VALUE delicious – a fact made clear by the satisfied faces on the other diners in the restaurant.

We really were impressed

by Chives, which is perfect CHIVES BRASSERIE for either a romantic meal or 11 High Street, Hunstanton, Norfolk PE36 5AB a casual drink at the wine Tel: 01485 534771 bar. With such a welcoming Web: www.chivesbrasserie.co.uk ambiance, it’s very easy to

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he Duke’s Head Hotel’s Gryffen’s café is named after the inn that stood on the spot and overlooked the Tuesday Market Place in King’s Lynn until 1683, and its central position makes it perfect for a lunchtime visit.

Every day of the week from 10am until 6pm, Gryffen’s offers a wide range of sandwiches, salads, omelettes and hot snacks – and if you’re in the mood for a traditional English afternoon tea there are five tempting options to choose from. The Duke’s Champagne Afternoon Tea looked particularly impressive, ideal for turning lunch into a very special occasion indeed.

The café itself is light and airy and comfortably spacious, and even though it was busy when we visited, there are plenty of tables to choose from – as well as some lovely sofas to relax in. The atmosphere is very welcoming, and we were made well aware that our visit was genuinely appreciated – it made a refreshing change not to be rushed!

For lunch, I decided to have the home-made fish cakes with sweet chilli dressing, while my friend ordered a smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese sandwich.

The staff were notably friendly and professional, and we shared a delightful pot of tea while waiting for our food.

My fish cakes were packed with flavour, and came with a generous salad together with peas and fries – while my friend had just as much praise for her sandwich as she did for the coleslaw and crisps that accompanied it!

We were very impressed with the quality of the food – so much so, in fact, that I’m afraid the wonderful selection of various desserts and cakes had to be left for another day.

And that day should be dawning pretty soon, as with the recent improvements to the Tuesday Market Place, Gryffen’s will soon be providing outdoor seating and tables, making it an even more desirable destination for lunch – especially when the sun’s out! Lovely food with great service – highly recommended!

GRYFFEN’S CAFÈ Dukes Head Hotel, 5-6 Tuesday Market Place King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1JS Telephone: 01553 774996 Web: www.dukesheadhotel.com

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Brilliant bangers H.V. GRAVES www.hvgraves.co.uk | 01263 860333 Briston-based H.V. Graves’ pork sausages are one of the butcher’s best sellers and it’s not hard to see why. They’re packed with flavour. Top quality, a distinctive taste and some truly individual seasonings – a real treat for the plate.

E.H. PRIOR & SONS www.ehpriorandsons.co.uk | 01485 542589 Home-made (and hand-linked) sausages from a family business that’s been established for over 80 years. With more than 30 different recipes to choose from, the sausage selection is one of the widest – and tastiest! – in Norfolk.

WALSINGHAM FARMS SHOP www.walsinghamfarmsshop.co.uk | 01328 821877 With a firm commitment to supporting local producers and a dedication to promoting the very best tastes of Norfolk, Walsingham Farms Shop also makes a delicious range of sausages in a wide range of tempting flavours.

FRUIT PIG COMPANY www.fruitpigcompany.com | 0845 548 0046 For a distinctly original taste, try the flavoursome Fruit Pig Sausage – created with 75% meat, fresh Anglian red onions, chopped apricots and ginger. You’ll find them online and at a number of local stockists, including the Food Hall at Creake Abbey and Thornham Deli.

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Fresh ideas for the summer!

With the imminent arrival of summer, it’s time to start enjoying all the fantastic food that’s grown and produced on our doorstep.

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We also ensure that you can enjoy the county’s finest produce and still receive truly excellent value for money.

Now that really is a fresh idea for summer!

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PICTURES: SALLY FRANCIS, NORFOLK SAFFRON

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ABOVE: The delicate flower of Crocus sativus – every single one of those deep red stigma have to picked by hand to produce saffron

From Norfolk: the world’s most precious spice...

From her family smallholding in Burnham Market, botanist Sally Francis produces some of the best quality saffron in the world.

KL magazine enters the exotic world of Norfolk Saffron.

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ased near Burnham Market, Norfolk Saffron is England’s first modern-day commercial saffron producer, and is run by Sally Francis, an Oxford-educated botanist with a doctorate in plant pathology.

She’s ably assisted by her family during busy periods in the year, especially by her mother Jill – who’s probably the most experienced saffron picker in England!

“Actually, I have my mother to thank for getting the whole thing started,” says Sally. “She bought me 20 saffron corms as a birthday present back in

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1997, though I had no intention of going into commercial production at the time. Over the years, the stock of plants multiplied, and by 2009 we had far too much saffron to use ourselves so we took some to market – and were astounded by the enthusiastic response we received.”

Using her expertise in ‘alternative crops’ to take things forward and aided by funding from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), Sally founded Norfolk Saffron.

“You don’t usually associate Norfolk with saffron,” says Sally, “but we discovered that saffron was once very

important locally – and it had a reputation for excellent quality too.

After more than ten years’ work in experimentation and development, we’re really proud to be the first people to offer Norfolk-grown saffron for sale once again.”

For those not familiar with saffron, it’s actually the rich, deep red stigmas of the flower Crocus sativus. They can only be picked by hand, and it’s estimated that it takes around 250,000 stigmas to make just half a kilo of saffron. Therein lies the secret of its status as the world’s most precious spice.

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And though Burnham Market might seem a long way from India and Iran, Sally’s award-winning saffron is demonstrably the best in the world.

Independent laboratory testing has confirmed that it conforms to ISO 3632 category I, which is the top (and rigorously monitored) international grade for saffron quality. It’s a result that puts Norfolk Saffron in very good company – with the very best Spanish saffron (only premium Mancha grades and Coupe/Coupé grade) and the finest Iranian/Persian saffron (Sargol grade).

“Several of our customers and many professional chefs have commented on the quality and potency of our saffron,” says Sally. “It’s very strong, and you’ll find a tiny amount will go a very long way!”

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Based on the edge of marshland with nationally-important conservation status and in the centre of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it’s not surprising that Norfolk Saffron makes a number of efforts to protect the environment.

“We don’t use herbicides, fungicides or pesticides on our saffron,” says Sally.

“We care for our soil properly, building up and maintaining fertility whilst preventing compaction and erosion.

Also, the saffron itself is grown in a crop rotation, which makes it sustainable.”

Last year, Norfolk Saffron secured a grant from the local Sustainable Development Fund for buying seed-sowing equipment, and alongside the saffron, Sally is now growing ‘pollen and nectar mixes’ to help bumblebees and other insects, and seed-

bearing plants to help feed birds in winter. Every purchase of Norfolk Saffron contributes to the ongoing costs of this conservation work.

The glass jars containing the precious spice are recyclable, and for the last two years all orders have used a new biodegradable packing product, specially made in Norfolk using expanded maize, straw, dried flowers and leaves.

In addition to growing and producing world-class saffron, Norfolk Saffron also makes a deliciously unique orange and saffron liqueur called King Harry and has just introduced an exciting idea for home bakers in the form of Saffron Flour – an idea originally developed by the Victorians.

“It’s simply a blend of two ingredients – flour and powdered Norfolk Saffron,” says Sally. “It looks just like ordinary flour until it’s made into a dough or a cake mixture, and then the wonderful sunny colour of saffron and its delicious flavour develops.”

For more information on Sally and Norfolk Saffron, please see the website at www.norfolksaffron.co.uk.

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Exteriors The best results are achieved by a well-proportioned conservatory that’s fit for purpose. Inevitably, this means sacrificing part of your garden, but hold tight to your goal of creating a structure that provides an effortless link between inside and out through good design...

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onservatories fall into two broad categories – contemporary and traditional. Contemporary conservatories have clean lines and unfussy frames. They can have pitched, flat or lean-to style roofs and are usually simple square or rectangular structures.

Traditional conservatories take their inspiration from historical structures.

There’s a broad agreement on each style, but it’s vital you look at the particular designs and work closely with your chosen supplier to ensure your interpretation is the same as theirs.

Here’s a few of the most popular styles: Victorian Conservatories Think ornate. These conservatories have multi-faceted fronts, like a bay window. They also have pitched roofs and decorative ridges.

Georgian/Edwardian Conservatories They may be different eras in history, but in conservatory terms this is a symmetrical structure with a pitched roof. It has a flat front and more useable floor space than the Victorian because of its square or rectangular shape. Like the Victorian, it will usually have plenty of ornate detail.

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Lean-To Conservatories Also known as Mediterranean conservatories, these are contemporary and unfussy rectangular structures with a single roof pitch. Some companies will add decorative detail for a more traditional look.

Gable Front Conservatories A vertical front and steeply pitched roof that can look contemporary, or have lots of ornate detail that makes it appear more traditional. This style creates a generous ceiling height.

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Lantern Roof Conservatories A second tier of windows creates a ‘roof on top of a roof’ – a design feature that makes for a grander structure.

Whatever you choose, you’ll find there’s a style to suit your home!

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Water can bring a magical ‘fourth dimension’ to the garden – however you decide to use it. The reflections and sparkle, the musical sounds and the opportunity to attract wildlife and grow the types of plants that are only happy in a watery environment... all of these can make a huge difference to your garden and the way you and your family enjoy it...

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ater can bring a magical ‘fourth dimension’ to the garden – however you decide to use it. The reflections and the sparkle, the musical sounds and the opportunity to attract wildlife and grow the types of plants that are only happy in a watery environment... all of these can make a huge difference to your garden and the way you and your family enjoy it...

There are so many ways of working with water that you’re spoiled for choice. You can go formal or natural, traditional or modern, and you can choose from open ponds or enclosed water features. There’s something to suit every style and size of garden.

A pond takes a fair bit of construction and isn’t easy to alter once it’s in place, so think before you dig. Choose a style that matches the area in your garden you want to put it in. Also, think about the maintenance a pond will need. A small pond with plants and fish needs nearly as much upkeep as a flowerbed of the same size!

Don’t just put a pond where there’s a gap in the garden. It needs to be sited where you’ll get the most enjoyment from it. Think of the way you and your family use the garden. Don’t park the pond right where the children want to play football!

When the pond is close to the house, you can see it from your windows, or when you’re sitting out on the patio. It’s a good place for a formal water garden or the family fish pond, but because of all the activity in the area it probably won’t attract much wildlife.

The end of the garden, where it’s quiet and secluded, is the perfect place to put a wildlife pond. An even more impressive touch can be the addition of a rustic gazebo nearby to use as a ‘hide’ for pond-watching – it makes a great garden retreat.

A water feature with no standing water makes a great alternative to a pond if you don’t have much room, you’ve little time for pond maintenance or there are young children around and a pond is impractical on safety grounds.

A wall fountain, a pebble pool or simply a large decorative jar of water (with a small pump inside rippling the water surface) all have the benefits of a water feature without all the hard work of maintaining a pond.

With this type of feature, the same water is endlessly recycled using a pump (so it will need a power supply).

And as there isn’t a home for plants or animals, you can use water gardening chemicals to keep the water clear.

As always, use your imagination – and add some water to your garden!

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ot so long ago, a garden building was a simple shed or (at best) a gazebo with some cheap cladding around the outside. Now, however, there are all shapes and sizes on offer, some with a mezzanine floor and some even with double glazing.

Since more than two million of us are estimated to be swapping office life for a room at home, this new generation of garden buildings could provide a useful separate workspace – or just a place to lounge and relax with friends and family!

Before you decide whether to invest in a room outside, you must check if planning permission is needed. It’s a vital first step, and although building regulations don’t normally apply to the building of a timber garden room (as it’s classed as a ‘temporary structure’) it’s essential to get some professional advice from the outset.

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patio into shadow may have an adverse effect on your outdoor activities and may even put off future buyers.

There’s no hard and fast rule on the optimum size, but it should never look overbearing or take up more than a quarter of your overall garden space.

A location away from the house is ideal for daytime use (such as a home office) but for a child’s playroom or studio, close to the house may be better. At the planning stage, think about creating a hard pathway so you don’t create a muddy path through the lawn, and consider planting tree or shrub screening to make it less conspicuous. On the plus side, there’s a growing demand for well-appointed outbuildings from housebuyers sick of cramped living/work spaces. Even in today’s market, they can add some value and often make your home more saleable – but only if well-planned and well-built.

Some activities are better suited to a room away from the rest of the house, and a summerhouse offers a great space to escape, whether for work or leisure.

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Exteriors There’s absolutely no reason why a classical piece of art cannot be placed in a contemporary garden. Indeed, if planned carefully, it can work really well...

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sing art in the garden doesn’t have to be a complicated affair – but with a little time and effort it can be a lot more effective than most people think.

For starters, never forget your personal style and pick something that has a genuine connection to you and your family. Garden art doesn’t have to be sculpture – it might be a collection of found objects or something much less formal.

Try not to be restricted by the current style of your garden. Just as we’ve freed ourselves from the idea that you should only serve red wine with meat dishes and white wine with chicken and fish, the barriers are coming down.

There are no hard and fast rules.

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There’s absolutely no reason why a classical piece of art cannot be placed in a contemporary garden. Indeed, if planned carefully, it can work really well. Always consider how the art works with the garden. It’s there to enhance the overall experience of enjoying the garden – it’s not there to overpower it and become the centre of attention.

And don’t think you need a big budget. Although art for the garden comes in all sizes and at all prices, cost-conscious gardeners could take inspiration from the Japanese and create an inexpensive sculpture using standing stones. It’s particularly easy to do, and the results can be amazing.

You also need to think about how you would like to view the art once it’s in place. Consider whether it will be seen from the house all year round or if it will be hidden away in a secret spot in the garden. Will it be viewed from only one side or from many? Does the object need to be shown off on a pedestal? Remembering these simple design basics will help you achieve the perfect result.

Finally, a great idea to try (especially before you invest in something like a costly Italian urn!) is experimenting with less expensive stand-ins to check the scale and colours to establish just the right placement.

There’s more to garden art than a gnome or two – be creative!

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Making the great outdoors even greater – with style!

With new ranges and plenty of new ideas, Setchey-based Norfolk Leisure brings a stunning new look to all outdoor spaces

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Combined with an unrivalled in-depth knowledge of the outdoor furniture market and a dedication to customer service, Norfolk Leisure takes al fresco living to a whole new level.

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ABOVE: Stiffkey Cockles at Morston is just one of over 600 wonderful photographs in The Glaven Ports: People & Places

A visual celebration of life on the Norfolk coast KL magazine talks to John Warham about his compelling new portrait of the villages of Blakeney, Cley, Morston and Wiveton – along with the fascinating people who live and work in them

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ith last month’s publication of The Glaven Ports: People & Places, John Warham (together with Liz Kendall and Judith Paxton) has completed a visually-stunning quartet of books celebrating life in the villages along the North Norfolk coast. The series started with Thornham – where John has lived for 15 years – and finishes appropriately enough in Cley, the first place in Norfolk John visited, as an aspiring young birdwatcher back in 1956. The new book – which has taken the trio some two years to produce –

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isn’t just a fascinating collection of beautiful photography, though. John, Liz and Judith have once again produced a lavishly-illustrated book with a serious purpose.

“Our objective was to offer a snapshot of the villages in a given year and to freeze the situation for posterity,” says John. “These coastal villages have seen massive changes over the centuries, developing from important trading ports in the middle ages into important centres of bird conservation and tourism today. We were conscious of the remorseless change which time brings and wanted

to capture how these villages looked, worked and played in the early twentyfirst century.”

That meant not only capturing the scenic views, churches, pubs and iconic sights such as the windmill at Cley, but also portraying the holidaymakers, artists, shopkeepers and tradespeople who comprise the true heart of the villages.

“Obviously we couldn’t include everyone, but we have chosen a fair and representative cross-section,” says John. “We’ve also ensured everything and everyone looks their best – even if that meant returning to a location

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several times to get it just right!”

John first met Liz Kendall and Judith Paxton while studying digital photography at Wells Learning Centre under the inspirational guidance of Julia Rafferty, and the three have become firm friends.

“Both Liz and Judith have lived in Blakeney for many years and are able to provide the local touches which help bring the book alive,” says John. “Taking the photos is one thing, but turning them into a finished book is something else entirely – a lesson I learned when I started on the Thornham book back in 2006.”

The trio count themselves lucky to have the services of Dick Malt, who works from a small studio in Hoe, just outside Dereham, and is responsible for the book’s design.

“Dick’s advice and criticism have been invaluable to us,” says John. “He’s a great pleasure to work with and we’ve become the best of friends – which has been another bonus from doing the project.”

And completing the ‘made in Norfolk’ status of the book is the fact that it was printed by Swallowtail Print in Norwich.

With such a visual feast to choose from, it’s impossible to avoid asking John the obvious question – what’s his favourite photograph in the book?

“That’s really difficult!” he laughs. “I do love Liz’ photos of the marshes,

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particularly her image of a barn owl hanging in mid-air, but if I had to choose one which sums up the purpose of the People & Places books, it would have to be Judith’s photo of Tony Hoare emerging form the reed beds on his small boat laden with the raw material to make his reed panels.

For me this captures the essence of man at work, and man at ease in the environment.”

So, having completed a remarkable photographic portrait of life on the local coastline, what’s next for John Warham?

“Our next project is to go back to the beginning,” he says, “for a book on Thornham – then and now. It’s going to compare and contrast the Thornham of yesterday with the village of today and it’s already shaping up to be a really interesting project. After that, well, maybe I can retire properly!”

The Glaven Ports: People & Places (£25) by John Warham with Liz Kendall and Judith Paxton is available from Jarrolds of Norwich, Crabpot Books in Cley, Big Blue Sky in Wells and several other bookshops along the Norfolk coast. It can also be obtained by post directly from John Warham. Call 01485 512546 for more details or send an e-mail to johnwarham@hotmail.com

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A true festival of treasures for Lynn The Treasures of Lynn Collection by David Auker

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he Treasures of Lynn is a truly amazing collection of jewellery.

Painstakingly designed and crafted by David Auker Jewellery, the collection comprises some 19 different pieces inspired by the architecture, heritage and legends of King’s Lynn.

Iconic buildings such as the Customs House, the South Gate and the Minster (St. Margaret’s Church) are brought to sparkling life in a range of expertlymade silver jewellery (some designs are also available in gold) that includes beautiful pendants, cufflinks, tie pins and brooches.

The crossover between truth and myth is recreated in the mysterious footprint in Devil’s Alley, the famed Exorcist’s House, and the ever-popular legend of the Witch’s Heart. Carved high on a wall overlooking the town’s Tuesday Market Place, this enigmatic symbol is said to mark the final resting

place of the heart of Mary Smith, executed on the spot after being condemned as a witch.

The Treasures of Lynn range also includes the jester mascot of Festival Too, cleverly crafted into a lighthearted pendant, tie pin and cufflinks.

David Auker Jewellery has already built a 20-year tradition of designing and producing quality jewellery, and the Treasures of Lynn is a wonderful fresh look at our town’s fabulous heritage.

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The town that was built for holidaymakers The brilliant brainchild of Henry Le Strange, Hunstanton and Heacham continue to appeal to holidaymakers and visitors – long after the demise of the railways that helped them grow

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n Christmas Day 855, a 14 year old Saxon called Edmund landed on the Norfolk coast. A year later he was crowned King of East Anglia, before being killed by the Danes in 870 and becoming the first patron saint of England. The place that he first came ashore is still called St. Edmund’s Point, and it’s a reminder that Old Hunstanton had a pretty illustrious history even before it was mentioned (as Hunestanesteda) in the Domesday Book.

However, the origins of today’s Hunstanton were largely due to the efforts of one man – Henry L’Estrange Styleman Le Strange, who inherited some 10,000 acres stretching from Wolferton to Thornham in 1840. He lived in Hunstanton Hall and conceived KLmagazine May 2014

the idea of creating a new town when he realised more and more people were coming to enjoy the sea air and stroll along the beach.

His grand ideas took shape and in 1846 the first building was erected – the New Inn (now the Golden Lion Hotel), which fronted the focal point of a large triangular green sweeping down to the shore with beautiful open views across the Wash.

Sadly, it remained the only building between the lighthouse and Heacham for some 16 years, and was often referred to as Le Strange’s Folly. It would take the coming of the railways before his vision of a new town came to fruition – but by that time, Henry had died.

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If you are unmarried and live with a partner they may not be able to benefit. In Law, there is no such thing as “Common Law Husband/Wife”. The law would determine the distribution of your estate even if you are married. For example your spouse, if you have children, would recieve only the first £250,000, and this is including the value of your house.

Q) I already have a will. How often should it be reviewed?

A) You should review your will whenever there have been changes in family circumstances or a significant change in your wealth. Also, there may be changes in the law that should be taken into account.

by both the investment boom of 1850-70 and the 1861 purchase of Sandringham by Queen Victoria, Hunstanton rapidly grew beyond the original planned coastal village to become a fully-fledged Victorian seaside resort.

The very fact of a ‘Royal’ station at Wolferton on the LynnHunstanton line added strength to the venture and it really did become a railway with a difference. Despite the dismantling of the railway in 1969, Hunstanton’s place as a premier holiday destination was guaranteed.

Naturally, the town boasted a Victorian pleasure pier – although the fates weren’t particularly kind to it. Built in 1870, it had several fine attractions, a pavilion and even a miniature steam railway that ran up and down it. The pavilion was destroyed by a fire in 1939, the pier itself was badly damaged by another fire in the 1950s, and virtually the entire structure was washed away by a fierce storm in 1978 – leaving a mere 15 feet, which eventually burned down (in yet another fire!) in 2002.

Meanwhile, just three miles to the south is the lovely village of Heacham, which also became a popular seaside resort with the opening of the railway line between King’s Lynn and Hunstanton. The replacement of the old wooden bridge which crossed the river – which provided the only access to the beach – also helped.

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Heacham is probably best known for its link to Pocahontas (her portrait is on the village sign), the daughter of an American Indian chief who became famous when she saved colonist John Smith from a fate worse than death at the hands of some Indian braves.

Converting to Christianity, Pocahontas (or Rebecca as she was by then known) married tobacco plantation owner and Englishman John Rolfe, whose family home was Heacham Hall. Following her death in 1617, it’s believed her body was returned to Heacham and buried somewhere in the cemetery, although the exact location is unknown.

Overlooking the cemetery is the distinctive church of St Mary the Virgin, which is the most ancient building left in the village, and has a claim to fame of its own. Dating from 1230, the church is essentially Norman in design, and the cupola on the tower contains a bell that dates from around 1100 – making it the oldest in East Anglia, and the seventh-oldest in the whole country.

Whether you’re interested in a traditional seaside holiday or delving into Norfolk’s remarkably rich history, Hunstanton and Heacham have it all.

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ABOVE: The opening of Tedworth House in Wiltshire – one of four Recovery Centres run by the charity Help for Heroes, which was set up by Bryn and Emma Parry (below) in 2007

A remarkable story of helping the heroes...

It’s not often that a charity grabs the national interest as quickly and as effectively as Help the Heroes. Only formed in late 2007, the inspirational charity has already raised almost £200 million.

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elp for Heroes is one of the most instantlyrecognisable charities in the country. It has found a very special place in the nation’s heart, appeals to all age groups, has attracted support from the very highest places, and has raised almost £200 million.

The most remarkable thing about the charity, however, is that it was founded less than seven years ago.

Help for Heroes was the brainchild of Bryn and Emma Parry, who were moved to ‘do their bit’ after the couple (who were running a successful cartoon business on the outskirts of

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Salisbury at the time) visited Selly Oak Hospital near Birmingham in 2007.

The first task, which was suggested

by General Sir Richard Dannatt (then Chief of the General Staff) was to fund a swimming pool at Headley Court, the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre near Epsom in Surrey. However, because of legal restrictions it wasn’t possible to channel the money raised through existing service charities, so a new charity had to be established.

As a result, Help for Heroes was launched on 1st October 2007.

The charity’s central message – “it’s not about the rights and wrongs of war, we just want to support those who

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ABOVE: Princes William and Harry at the opening of Tedworth House in 2013. In a speech to mark the opening, the Duke of Cambridge said “we must not let the wounded men and women of our armed forces down.”

serve our country and are injured in doing so” – immediately caught the public’s imagination and became a focus for a huge ‘demonstration by donation’, as the public showed their support for the Armed Forces.

Very quickly it became clear that the scale of the injuries being sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan needed a comprehensive and long-term response, and the British public were more than willing to support the effort.

Help for Heroes supports veterans and serving personnel from all branches of the armed forces who’ve been wounded or injured as a result of serving their country. Additionally, their families and dependents receive support from the charity as they care for their loved one(s), and adapt to the new challenges they face.

The primary focus of the charity is on those affected by recent and current conflicts due to the urgency and extent of their needs. Anyone can apply for support and everyone is considered on a case-by-case basis. The charity prides itself on maximising the efficiency of donations, and estimates that some 98p of every pound goes towards helping the people who need it.

The achievements of Help for Heroes is nothing short of amazing.

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To date, the charity has spent over £50 million on individual support, providing immediate help to over 2,000 individuals through the Quick Reaction Fund, funding the running costs of the Help for Heroes Recovery Centres (see below), and making grants to other specialist charities (such as the Haig Housing Trust, SkillForce and Horseback UK.) The charity has also committed £60 million to develop and equip four Recovery Centres in the UK for serving personnel, veterans and their families, and funded the £8.5 million rehabilitation complex at Headley Court and projects for other charities such as Combat Stress, Fisher House and Blind Veterans.

Help for Heroes has committed to funding the delivery of services within the Recovery Centres for the next 20 years, a programme which includes mental and physical well-being, adaptive sport facilities, Battle Back programmes, education, training and a host of support services.

The charity’s Recovery Centres are a nationwide support network, offering the next stage of care after clinical treatment. The wounded use these centres to continue their recovery, build up their strength and plan for the future either while they’re serving

or as veterans if times are difficult and they need a safe place to come and access a wealth of support.

The Recovery Centres aim to ‘Inspire, Enable and Support’ – delivering comprehensive, long-term support for the wounded, injured and sick and enabling access to life skills courses, training and education; top class sports activities; welfare support and advice.

All this is available in one place and can be accessed whenever they need it, for life.

Although the charity’s plans for future projects are continually evolving as it learns from the wounded about the long-term support they need, there’s no sign of the public slowing down in its commitment to fundraising activities. For more details on the work of Help for Heroes, visit the website at www.helpforheroes.org.uk or call 01980 846459 (for general enquiries) or 01980 846459 (for fundraising enquiries).

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As an artist there’s something I find acutely compelling in the landscapes of West and North Norfolk. e empty, isolated panoramas of the Wash and of the North Norfolk coast are a short trip from my home and my paintings draw strongly on the sense of space, light and atmosphere that I find there...

– Lorraine Bewick

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Local Life

ABOVE: The work of local artist Lorraine Bewick presents the open spaces of Norfolk’s coast in a beautifully evocative way

Capturing the serenity and beauty of Norfolk...

The work of local artist Lorraine Bewick has been exhibited from London to Edinburgh and her Norfolk landscapes are growing in popularity. Gareth Calway visits the artist’s most recent show

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orraine Bewick is a quite extraordinary artist. Her recent exhibition of oil paintings at the Greyfriars Art Space in King’s Lynn excited the admiration and enthusiasm of local art lovers and passers-by in a way usually reserved for major national exhibitions.

“That’s the one I like best!” said one visitor, pointing at a distinctive Wash landscape before they’d even entered the gallery! The month-long exhibition drew over 300 visitors and was a considerable success – some 63% of the exhibition’s paintings (covering a range of shapes, sizes and prices from £65 to £2,200) had been sold by the time it closed.

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How does Lorraine explain this popularity and success? When asked, she rather modestly cited the early spring weather, the good light and the open doors – but none of that would matter without her combination of artistic excellence and accessibility.

It’s a combination well served by the welcoming space at 43 St James Street in King’s Lynn, a local artist-led initiative opposite the town’s famous Greyfriars tower that provides professional exhibition opportunities and affordable studio workspace for artists.

I asked Lorraine about the many and distinctive round frames on show, an attractive and unusual feature of the exhibition. She explained that the difficulty of keeping everything in

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Local Life

I strive for paintings with a liquid, viscous quality where ambiguities of surface and reflection, and of depth and distance can combine to convey the ambiguities of land, sea and sky...

– Lorraine Bewick

ABOVE: Lorraine Bewick’s paintings have an unmistakable feeling of natural peace and serenity

proportion within a round oil painting – especially in smaller frames – may have made the experiment a ‘one off’ but she expressed satisfaction at how balanced these paintings appeared.

“Like a world in a globe,” she says.

There’s an obvious absence of figures in Lorraine’s landscapes. Is that a celebration of Norfolk’s empty natural spaces rather than its humanity?

Lorraine looks at it in a different way.

For her, the human element lies in the viewer’s engagement with the magical isolation, freedom and space evoked in the wide sweeps of subtle colour and the rich textures.

The paintings certainly bring that unique Norfolk feeling of having the North Sea coast to ourselves, an elemental harmony undisturbed even by dog walkers – except in one painting of a dog dwarfed by a whale on Hunstanton beach.

Does Lorraine have any idea why so many visual artists (as she did herself five years ago) are drawn here to live and work?

“It’s the magical changing atmospherics and the special light,” she says. “I used to be an abstract painter but painting real Norfolk landscapes combines the freedom of abstract painting with the attraction of authentic places. The Wash in particular 94

fascinates me. It’s a place without human presence. Its shifting vistas of mudflat, saltmarsh, sand and open sea combine with changes of weather, time and light to create at times a vast and featureless emptiness. The shifting and blurring of the borders of earth, sky and sea fills me with a sense of awe and danger – and I find a lot of excitement in the often iridescent light.”

The very first painting to sell at the exhibition (very quickly) was purchased

by Vicky Hussain, co-curator of the gallery, who must have seen a few paintings of Norfolk windmills in the marshes in her time. What was so attractive about this one?

Vicky echoed Lorraine’s own thoughts, commenting on the abstract quality yet high visualisations of her chosen painting – she also confessed to preferring the colours of this particular painting to all the others!

A gallery full of faces admiring and appreciating stunning vistas of isolation with ‘sold’ dots on most of them.

Like I said, Lorraine Bewick is a quite extraordinary artist.

For more details of Lorraine and her work and information on forthcoming exhibitions, you can visit her website at www.lorrainebewickart.co.uk KLmagazine May 2014

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DEAR KL MAGAZINE...

I think your readers will be interested in an exciting new event to be held in Thornham’s new village hall. Called Maker’s Mark, it’s a great chance to view and buy from a number of locally-based craftsmen (and women!) who transform raw materials such as wood, glass, metal, fibre and fabric into beautiful, high-quality objects. This will be the first mixed-media sale in a planned series of arts and craft exhibitions in a lovely new venue – the hall is a light and airy space with excellent parking and catering facilities.

Among those featured will be James Spedding of Holkham Forge, who’s the current link in the chain of Norfolk village blacksmiths – each of his pieces is unique and lovingly crafted. Also unique are the intricate delicacies of plant forms in Lotte Attwood’s photograms, all of which are one-off exposures onto photographic paper.

Meanwhile, Rob Dunster describes his English hardwood weaving equipment as ‘engineered craft with both function and aesthetics in mind’ – his shuttles have been very busy lately, as you’ll see from the wonderful range of fabric and accessories from Norfolk Handwovens.

From functional pot to sculpture, clay is perhaps the most versatile material of all. Michelle Daniels creates useable items for everyday in stoneware, and her non-functional vessels are inspired by patterns in the landscape of Kerala. Phil Arthur’s marvellous ceramic birds all have different personalities, and each jug is assembled from five individual pieces of terracotta, slip-painted and decorated with sgraffito designs.

The Maker’s Mark is open from 10am to 5pm on Sunday 4th May. Refreshments will be provided by the newly launched Cakes & Ale team, and entry is free. For further information and details about future such events, please don’t hesitate to contact me!

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DEAR KL MAGAZINE...

I have recently been doing some research on how our local football team fared around the time the First World War started in July 1914, and thought your readers would be interested to hear about it.

Lynn Town’s first home game of 1914 was a 6-1 victory against Fakenham in the Norfolk Senior Cup on January 10th and their last game of the season was on 25th April (only three months before the outbreak of the war) when they drew 3-3 with Lowestoft.

The team played 45 games in total that season, winning 23 of them and scoring 101 goals in the process.

Their biggest win was an 8-0 home trouncing of Kirkley on 28th March, 1914 and their heaviest defeat came at the hands of Norwich City Reserves on February 21st, when they lost 12-0.

In the final standings of the Norfolk & Suffolk League, Lynn Town finished in first place, three points ahead of Cromer.

I was most interested to learn there was a team called the 12th Lancers in the league, and Lynn played them twice in 1914, drawing 1-1 away and winning 3-0 at home.

The team do not appear in the final league placings, and I found a poignant reference that said the 12th Lancers had to withdraw from Norfolk & Suffolk League – for obvious reasons, you have to think.

If I discover any more details about local sport at this worldchanging time, I will let you (and your readers!) know.

SIMON JAMES South Wootton

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The Last Word

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with Canon Chris Ivory, King’s Lynn Minster

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’m very fond of my garden, but she’s a very demanding mistress.

There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting in a comfortable chair in the warm sunshine, surrounded by the sights and scents of beautiful flowers with the bees buzzing merrily, the butterflies flitting around and a curious songbird joining the scene. But it never happens – there’s little enough time to spend there, and the opportunity is always sabotaged by weeds to be ousted, grass to be cut, shrubs to be pruned, and dead flowers to be removed – all this beauty is too often more demanding than generous.

My pride and joy is my plum tree. It demands very little of me, but produces an abundance of sweet juicy plums from late August into September.

They’re my favourite fruit and I eat as many as possible fresh from the tree, always leaving plenty for jam, or to be stewed and frozen to make pies and crumbles throughout the winter.

The tree was originally a discard, offered at a knockdown price and not expected to survive, but survive it did.

There was no crop the first summer, but every year since it’s been laden – except last year when there wasn’t a single plum! This year delivered an abundance of blossom which appears to have set fruit, so there’s hope for a bumper crop of wonderful plums to compensate for last year.

Spring is a time of promise and hope after the deprivations of winter. The daffodils, the blossom, the greening of the trees; they’re all signs of better things to come, but the blossom soon fades and the daffodils wither as the tulips come out, before giving the irises their turn – each having a short time of glory before they’re gone for another year. I’m reminded of the verse from

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the Psalms often used at funeral services – “we flourish like a flower of the field, when the wind goes over it, it is gone and its place will know it no more.”

Lent is the old word for Spring, but its meaning has become restricted to the 40 days’ preparation for the most important Christian festival of Easter – the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus after his sacrificial death nailed to a cross. It might appear that Easter is a festival of chocolate eggs rather than of eternal life, but eggs do foretell new life. And chocolate? Well, why not – it’s about pleasure. But the difference between a chocolate egg and a square from a bar is that the egg has to be unwrapped, broken open and shared to make it really enjoyable, so it has a great deal more to link it with Easter than merely representing the arrival of new life.

The burial shroud is unwound, the tomb is broken open and the risen Jesus sends Mary Magdalene to share the good news with his friends.

Daffodils are Lent lilies; they’re followed by the white Easter lilies and not long after the gladioli appear. The chocolate eggs are soon eaten and the spring lambs are soon sauced with mint, but my plum tree keeps on going.

It bears among the earliest of the blossom before the leaves begin to appear, but all the while the fruit is developing. At first they’re green and hard, but with the warmth of summer, they yellow and are blushed with red as they’re ready to harvest. The plum tree, you see, is in it for the long haul. The blossom is pretty, but patience is required for the real delight.

“We flourish like a flower of the field, when the wind goes over it, it is gone and its place will know it no more, but

the merciful goodness of the Lord endures for ever and ever toward those that fear him.”

Is life a succession of transient delights, or a slow maturing to perfection? Probably at best it’s a mixture of both, but unless the vision is kept, the perfection cannot be achieved. Great buildings of the past like the Minster often took generations to build. Christopher Wren lived to be 91 and saw St Paul’s completed – although Christopher Jr had to supervise the topping out ceremony because his father was no longer nimble enough!

In 1903 when Giles Gilbert Scott was chosen to build the new cathedral for Liverpool (planned to be even bigger than St Paul’s) did he expect to see it complete? He died in 1960, 18 years before his masterpiece was finished.

The vision evolved and was entrusted to other hands to complete it, but it was eventually achieved. If a great building is more than a lifetime’s work, then so are we – even more so.

For human beings, perfection is a work of eternity. There will be great delights on the way, but if they become an end in themselves, the way will be lost.

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