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Message from the Editor Seasons Greetings to all our readers and advertisers.

In March 2006, Issue 1 of The was published. It had 32 pages with a mix of news from local organisations and articles on local people. In that issue we stated our objective “to be interesting, informative and entertaining.” This is Issue 12. The magazine has evolved over these three years; we now use colour and the number of pages has increased up to a maximum of 52 pages, but we have tried to remain true to our original objectives. Along the way new issues have arisen, the Post Office closure being one!

We always try to represent the community view and now we have given a community award of £50. On the 25th November the Community Award was made for the most deserving local organisation, as voted by the editorial and distribution teams. Print deadlines do not allow us to publish the winner, but watch this space in the Spring edition!

Thanks to a great team of volunteer distributors and a great editorial team.

Chris Earl - Editor

Contents Page 5 Page 7 Page 12 - 15 Page 19 Page 21 Page 23 - 26 Page 27 Page 28 - 30 Page 34 Page 36 - 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 44

History of the Juniper Group Feather Report by Trevor Raven Water in Zambia by John Baines Farming Diary by Sue Redgrave From Workhouse to Hotel by Chris Earl Church pages Scole Post Office by Kim Charles Manx Grand Prix by Graham Moore Mind Yar Hid by Betty Drake Climate Change by Roy Philpot Poems from School Recipe by Georgina KingFisher Council News

plus........Mothers’ Union, WI, Club News, School, Homewatch, Playing Field & Community Centre, Garden Tips and more!

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To be interviewed or submit articles: Chris Earl on 855416 E-mail: chrisjearl@hotmail.com Main Village Contact & Advertising Co-ordinator David Hillier on 740158 E-mail: chocs4@aol.com Business Advertising & Distribution Trevor Raven on 741285 E-mail: trevor@listangels.co.uk Billingford Correspondent & Thorpe Parva News Sue Redgrave on 740837 E-mail: susan.redgrave1@homecall.co.uk Distribution : Gordon Larkins on 742713 E-mail: gordonlarkins@tiscali.co.uk

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THE HISTORY OF SCOLE JUNIPER GROUP August 2006, whilst helping run a series of children’s activity days in Scole, friendships were formed and several ladies decided to get together afterwards to produce crafts to sell at the Christmas Craft Fayre. They so enjoyed each others company they continued to meet every week for coffee and a chat. gradually evolved and became known as However, someone suggested they were not really drinking tea – but gin! So, knowing that gin was made from juniper berries, the name was gleefully adopted. to meet at 10am each Thursday in the church kitchen and we have plenty of chairs for new members. Although meetings take place in St. Andrew’s, we are not a church group and all ladies are welcome to join us around the table where we discuss life, the universe and everything. We never run out of conversation and the group is always happy to help out around Scole whenever asked

GARDEN TIPS FOR DECEMBER 1st week:

Prune outdoor vines. Earth up spring cabbage plants.

Complete fruit tree pruning.

2nd week:

Keep greenhouse glass clean. Burn fruit tree prunings.

Sow onions in heat. Inspect fruit tree stakes.

3rd week:

Force rhubarb. Prepare trenches for runner beans.

Top-dress fruit trees with sulphate of potash. Prune vines and peaches under glass.

4th week:

Spray fruit trees with tar oil wash. Manure well trained fruit trees. Top-dress hardy primulas. Force mint for winter use.

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Feather Report THE CHRISTMAS ROBIN The Robin is our favourite bird. With its bright red breast it is familiar in our gardens throughout the year, but especially at Christmas time.

Robins live as interesting a life as any garden bird. Male and female look identical (to us humans) and both sing identical songs during the winter. Careful observation however, reveals that outside the breeding season they both sing to defend their own individual territories, but around Christmastime they begin exploring other robins' territories seeking a mate. By mid-January the majority will be paired and the females then stop singing.

However, the male continues, with a slightly different song, declaring what has become a joint breeding territory.

Fights often ensue, and can be very brutal.

Outside the breeding season the female robin moves a short distance from the summer nesting territory, to one she thinks is more suitable for winter feeding. The male robin keeps the same territory throughout the year. They both eat worms, seeds, fruits and insects, and in times of scarcity, food on the garden bird table keeps many more alive.

Robins have an average life span of around 18 months; however, once past its first year it can expect to live longer, and one robin has been recorded as reaching the age of twelve. Predators include the domestic cat and sparrowhawk. A spell of very low temperature in winter may also result in significant mortality.

A gentleman surprised me recently with the news that there are Swifts nesting down Reeve Close. They’re in Africa at the moment, but when they get back I will certainly go to have a look. I’m keen to learn about any winter visitors for a list of local birds I’m building, so if you do see an interesting bird in the Scole area please let me know. Tel. 741285.

Email: trevor@listangels.co.uk.

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Samuel Speare revisited In earlier issues of PostHorn we told the story of Sam Speare, the boy from Rickinghall who, in 1868 at the age of 15, became a missionary to Zanzibar. He served with great energy and enthusiasm, writing back home of his hopes and observations at the time. The details for these articles came from a book published in 1876 and kindly loaned by his great grandniece Joan Speare.

To celebrate Pentecost in May this year, a “Songs of Praise” service was held at Rickinghall Superior church presided over by the Bishop of Bury St. Edmunds. Much of the Sam Speare story was on display at the Church.

Joan, fourth from left had gathered together members of the Speare family and they are shown along with PostHorn representatives David Hillier far left, and Chris Earl second from left.

THE STORY OF THE FIRST NEGOTIATION IN HISTORY In the Garden of Eden, Adam is comfortable, but lonely. He calls out to God telling him how he feels and God’s voice replies from the heavens: “Adam, I have the perfect solution, I can create woman for you.” Adam is pleased to hear there is a solution, but asks: “What’s a woman, Lord?” “Woman will be my greatest creation,” say God, “she will be intelligent, caring, sensitive, and her beauty will surpass anything on Earth. She will understand your every mood, care for you in every way, and she will make you happier than you can imagine. She will be the perfect partner for you, Adam, but there will be a cost”. “She certainly sounds wonderful,” says Adam, “But what will the cost be Lord?” “Well, says God, “let’s say an arm, a leg and your right ear.”

Despite the promised return, Adam is not very happy about this. He ponders the arrangement for some time, finally saying: “I think that’s just too much to ask, Lord – what would I get for, say, just one rib?”

And the rest, as they say, is history.

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HOMEWATCH Recently 2 European women were trying to sell rings in a Diss supermarket which constituted begging. Do not negotiate!

A bogus electricity meter reader was detected in Diss. Please be aware that criminals are very clever and are well aware that it is meter reading time so DO ask for identification from all so called Officials.

There are a number of postal scams going around. Please note there is no such thing as a Spanish Lottery and there is little likelihood that you have won anything if you haven't entered anything. You will be asked for a variety of things including names, personal details, bank and credit card details and other sensitive information. You will also be asked to keep your win a secret.

Believe it or not money HAS changed hands.

Any concerns, contact Norfolk Police on 0845 456 4567

The Playing Field & Community Centre The Committee is still working hard towards the proposed improvements to the Field and Community Centre. Because it is such a large project there are many avenues to go down before we can form a complete picture and hopefully produce a model for the villagers to see. We have had many enquiries as to the progress of our venture and our aims, so I will try to update on the present state of play.

The overall project should include extensions to the existing pavilion enabling it to live up to its new title of Community Centre. We hope to purchase additional land for extra pitches for our increasing numbers of junior football teams who at present have to play some of their matches and train at Diss.

Negotiations are in progress.

A Multi Use Games Area is well on its way in its bid for funding. A children's Play Area has reached the daunting task of form filling for funding and the youth of the village have requested a cycle track and mounds for those who at present play in the streets. This was considered vital to provide facilities for this group of youngsters. We continue to fundraise to back up our applications for grants for our projects and would ask for the parishioners of Scole to help by supporting these events. If there is a particular type of entertainment you would like to see please don't hesitate to let us know.

We look forward to seeing you.

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Norfolk Schools are Appealing for Local Volunteers to Join their Governing Bodies.

School governors form the largest group of volunteers in the country and anyone over 18 can apply. Community governors do not need to be parents or have any particular skills – just the desire to make a positive difference to the education of local children.

As a collective group, governors have responsibility for matters such as planning the school’s long term future, allocating budgets and appointing senior staff. Therefore a school governor has the chance to enhance their own self development and training.

Anyone who is interested and has between six and eight hours a month to spare can find out more by contacting School Governors’ One-Stop Shop on 020 7354 9805 or email info@sgoss.org.uk

DISS FIRST RESPONDERS We now have seven qualified Responders and three waiting for training enabling us to offer greater coverage locally. Our second kit is now fully operational and based at Bressingham Steam Museum where we also do our monthly training.

In addition to the generous donation from Scole Parish Council mentioned in the last edition, we have also received funding from Palgrave Parish Council and Roydon & District Model Railway Society. We are also delighted to have received a donation from Scole Stores and thanks to Kim who organised a Guess the Date and Weight of Lisa and Karl’s baby. We send them all our congratulations on the safe arrival of Tobi as well as our thanks to all who took part and we were delighted that Rick Wakeman won – especially as he has also agreed to do a fund raising concert for First Responders in East Anglia in 2009!

In addition to this we will also be holding a charity shoot at High Lodge Shooting School in April and are keen to put in an appearance at any local event to publicise what we do.

We should be delighted to welcome more volunteers – for further information contact: The Community Responder Team on 01284 731802 (9am–5pm) 01603 481220 (out of hours) or E-mail: responderadmin@eastamb.nhs.uk.

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Water in Zambia

By John Baines Activities in Zambia started in a bizarre way and grew like TOPSY. Neither Liz nor I had been there before. In June 2006, Rotary decided that their project would be water. As a member of both Rotary and the British Dowsing Society, (BDS) I mentioned Village Water, a subsidiary John Baines of BDS working in Zambia providing wells and water in the rural villages of Western Province.

The Club President, Richard Pither, then got people to sponsor him jumping out of an aeroplane and raised £2,000 - enough to finance a well. Then we asked Rotary International in the USA for a grant to match the £2,000 and invited other Rotary Clubs for further support and amassed enough money for ten wells.

As a Charity, we had to meet our own transport, accommodation and food costs for eighteen days.

That year’s holiday budget was decided upon!

Daughter Louise and Liz both thought it was Richard Pither essential that my bags had to be carried and joined the party (both Dowsers). Four of us arrived at Lusaka by courtesy of Ethiopian Airlines via Rome, Addis Abba and Harare and joined the Village Water group - four members thus forming two teams in the field.

The day after arriving we breakfasted at the ‘Rotary Club of Kusinta Lusaka’ who joined with us to locally oversee some of the project and justify the uplift on the matching grant. This was the first such grant obtained by the Diss Club. It was also observed that the British High Commissioner was a gentleman from Wortham, His Excellency Alistair Harrison. Greetings from Diss were presented and his response was to invite the Team for evening cocktails. A very pleasant occasion.

Next morning, a 400 mile drive west over the few tarmac roads outside the capital to Kaoma. Here we stayed at the Cheshire Guesthouse run as an orphanage under Sister Mary - a very talented Irish lady who supported the 150 children in her care by running a farm, a pork butchers shop and an infant school. It only took an hour before Liz and Louise were among the children and enjoying every minute.

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Our quarters were a novelty. Water was intermittent. Electricity was on a ‘shedding basis’. The chance of both systems operating simultaneously for a shower was equal to Lottery odds.

Evening meal was in town at Charles Mosi’s - eaten in near darkness (treated as a blessing) with a menu of either fish or beef stew. At that time it was welcome and washed down with local ‘Mosi’ beer. Smile and whistle under all adversities! Morning breakfast was unforgettable - hot coffee, cold fried eggs (you could have more than one) and toast made on a previous occasion. This was first base for a week!!

To work - start at 7am - joined by local health workers who acted as interpreters and guides. Lunch and water prepared, petrol laden and off to the villages.

The selection of the villages was made with the assistance of the local authorities who were aware of the most needy, longest clinic queues and poorest conditions.

The traditional daily programme is for each team to venture into the bush and visit four villages for the purpose of discussing with the village committee a suitable location for a well. First, the existing water supply is inspected.

This is usually at a distance of two to three kilometres from the village and just a sump hole in the ground, open to all the elements, including the animals with their own contribution and with a familiar green haze on the surface. Water is gathered by each household three times a day in a plastic twenty litre can borne on the head, often by children.

The villagers are then asked through the interpreter the place they prefer.

This site is investigated (out of courtesy) and invariably it is unsuitable, much to the irritation of the Headman’s wife who influenced the decision on personal grounds. The optimal site is then sought.

Three dowsers independently dowse to trace a water course. The results are then compared to eliminate gross error. This is then further traced for additional tributaries and if three courses converge together, each is then addressed as follows:

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Are all courses providing sweet uncontaminated water?

Are all courses seasonal flows or all-year round?

What quantity does each flow contribute?

What depth will a well get the most benefit of all three flows?

Is there any threat of pollution?

Dowsing for water The siting of new future latrines.

The siting of existing latrines (should they be threatening).

If all criteria are feasible, the villagers are consulted for approval, the interpreters explaining the details. A discussion takes place with some dissension. This may require investigating another site within the village and the result declared. There have been occasions when the villagers have been correct. Principal worries were: too near the next village, too near the road, it is within a person’s land who objects to the whole scheme (whose back-yard?), too far for the liking of the Headman’s wife, or we would have to move too many latrines.

When the agreement is reached, a stake is placed. The position is noted

by GPS (Global Positioning System) ensuring the position can be located should the stake be removed.

Just here!

Each of four villages are visited in the day and two villages where wells were installed since last year are inspected. Not only is the well inspected for malfunctions and ensured that anti-pollution works are working, but for latrine numbers, conditions and food hygiene as well. Health enquiries and school attendance data are recorded.

The benefits of cleaner water are monitored. Childhood diarrhoea cases are noticeably reduced by 80%. School attendance increased by over 50%.

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Prior to our visit, the health visitors spent a week in each village giving advice on improved hygiene, latrine positioning and construction and also the provision of hand washing facilities.

The day ends shortly before sunset at 6.15pm. Back to base for a sundowner and preparing for the next day.

This is a typical daily routine. We have in the three successive years located well sites in forty-five villages. The whole team has located 105 wells benefiting some 20,000 villagers.

Liz Baines attending to a villager.

Completed wells, with thatch roof, and cattle proof fencing.

They provide a new social centre for the village.

John (on left of picture) with the team in 2006.

Congratulations John on this wonderful achievement and we look forward to reading more about this very worthy project in future issues.

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Farming Diary All in a Day’s Work by Sue Redgrave It’s early morning and the machinery needs to be oiled and greased and the tractor needs fuel before a working day can begin. The agricultural worker can never be sure what a day will bring forth. Of course, most things depend on the weather - he could be fertilizing the fields before the crops are planted; if so other workers will have ploughed and cultipressed the land before this to make a good seed bed. (Cultipress is a machine pulled behind the crawler which sub soils, discs and presses soil to make a seed bed). Next, perhaps he could be called to load lorries with corn that has been sold. Grain also needs monitoring for moisture throughout its stay in the barns. It may need to have air blown through it to keep moisture at a constant level, or it may be moved from barn to bins.

A few things included in the workload on the farms nowadays are maintenance of machinery and buildings, hedging, fencing, cleaning cattle yards and there are a multitude of other jobs that crop up throughout the year. In the winter, gateways need to be extended and repaired to allow the heavy machinery to flow freely over ditches and onto the fields when necessary.

It was not always so busy on the farm in the winter. Years ago after harvest, when the land had been ploughed, it was left fallow over winter and drilling would be done in earnest in the spring. But with modern technology, grain can now be planted in the autumn. This means the busy time for the workers does not stop with harvest, but carries on all through the year. Some crops, such as oil seed rape, is planted in September before the harvest is finished, so if the drill man is also the Combine driver, he will hand the huge machine over to another to bring in the rest of the harvest.

In the 21st century the agricultural worker must turn his hand to anything that may crop up throughout his working day, and when it’s time to leave off, he could have completed as many as seven different tasks, but it’s “ALL IN A DAY’S WORK” (thanks to Ronald for his helpful notes)

GARDEN TIPS FOR JANUARY 1st week:

Top-dress lawns. Prune outdoor vines. Stake indoor bulbs.

Renew grease bands on fruit trees.

2nd week:

Repair lawns. Take chrysanthus cuttings. Prepare ground for outdoor chrysanthus. Sprout seed potatoes.

3rd week:

Prune fuchsias. Sow onions under glass. Make first sowings under glass. Tie in raspberry canes.

4th week:

Prune gooseberry bushes & newly planted fruit trees. Plant fruit bushes. Divide herbs. Replant herbaceous borders.

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Scole Mothers’ Union Christian Care for Families At the August meeting, the speaker was the Mothers' Union Diocesan President, Win Sutton, who talked about the work of the M.U. in the Diocese.

Members discussed with her how well the M.U. works in the parishes. The September meeting saw a very lively debate in the form of Does the Team Think? when Rev. Michael Paddison, Rev Christine Brooks and Christine Virgin answered questions ranging from has the Church gone grey in dealing with controversial issues such as same sex marriage, multiculturalism in Britain, the experiment in Switzerland regarding the belief of scientists about the creation of the world, and the story of Christ's marriage to Mary Magdalene. In October, the branch met for an ordinary meeting.

10 members attended the annual Festival service at the Cathedral on 1st October, then lunch at Framingham Piggot.

Future meetings: The Deanery Carol service will take place on Thursday 18th October at Pulham St. Mary on Thursday 18th December at 2.30pm.

15th January 2009 - AGM. 19th February 2009 - Holy Communion - subject to confirmation. All meetings take place in the Church unless otherwise stated and all are welcome.

The Mothers' Union wishes everyone a very happy and peaceful Christmas.

Women’s Institute On Thursday 4th December Maureen Jones will be telling us about complementary therapies. As it is the party season, the competition is for 4 “nibbles” to share at refreshment time.

The January meeting will be a week later than usual on the 8th to avoid New Year’s Day. Chris Davies M.B.E. will talk on “Marathons around the World”.

At the time of writing the competitions for 2009 have not as yet been decided.

On Thursday 5th February there will be an interesting talk with “Antique and Vintage evening bags” owned by Iris Overall.

A subject close to W.I. events, “tea”, is the title of the talk on 5th March by Thomas Jarrett.

All Thursday meetings are at “Hopefield “ Norwich Road. Female visitors welcome. Phone Liz Baines 740187 or Shirley Hall 740636 20

From Workhouse to Hotel

By Chris Earl The name “Depwade” crossed our desk at The PostHorn. Surely, we thought, this was the name of the predecessor to South Norfolk District Council. Does anyone remember Depwade Rural District Council?

Little evidence remains of this once seat of local government, other than it was based in Long Stratton. According to the Norfolk record office, it existed from 1615 to 1974 when SNDC was formed. If any readers have knowledge or maybe worked for Depwade RDC please contact us as we would enjoy hearing more.

When searching the Internet we can find lots of information on the Depwade Poor Law Union workhouse erected in 1836 at Pulham Market. The Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £8,240 on construction of the building which was intended to accommodate up to 400 inmates. It was designed by William Thorold who was also the architect of workhouses for Guiltcross, Thetford and Walsingham. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 53 in number, representing its 43 constituent parishes. In the 1881 census, the staff comprised William Hardwick (master of workhouse), Emma Hardwick(matron), Edgar Chenery and Emma Brock (schoolteachers) and William Bullock(porter). Residents totalled 203 of which 11 were classed as “imbeciles.” After 1930, control of the Depwade workhouse site passed to the local authority and it became Depwade Public Assistance Institution. From 1948 to 1955 it was known as Hill House Hospital, and then as Hill House County Home. Following its closure, it was used for a period as a hotel called The Beadle. The building, now known as Hillcrest Court, has been converted to residential use.

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Thoughts from the Rectory ‘It was he who gave some to be apostles ... prophets ...evangelists ...pastors ... and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service’.

Ephesians 4:11 and 12

With Christmas ‘looming’ our thoughts will be turning towards the festivities and no doubt the giving of gifts. The giving of gifts reminds us of the wise men visiting the manger - bringing their gifts to the new-born baby, Jesus. Gifts also remind us of the Christ-child himself - God’s gift of love and saving grace to the world.

Of course, giving of gifts is not confined to Christmas. We give at birthdays, anniversaries or at other special times. And, gifts is not just about purchasing in a shop, for each and everyone of us has gifts.

Gifts that are God-given. Gifts that we often hide or neglect. It may be the gift of organising, of caring, of acting, of singing, of reading, of making ....etc, etc.

Christmas can be a time to dust down those natural God given gifts and use them. Perhaps you can sing - then why not come along to the Benefice Singing Group or come Carol Singing with us on December 19th. Or why not show others your God given gift in the New Year as we hope to put on a ‘Scole has got talent’ somtime in 2009.

DON’T HIDE YOUR TALENT - YOUR GOD GIVEN GIFT - it’s been given for a purpose - to gladden the hearts of others and to give glory to God. May your Christmas be enriched by many gifts and especially the gift of Jesus, the Christ-child.

With every blessing for Christmas and the New Year.

Trevor

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Church Contact Details Priest-in-Charge Church Warden Scole Reader Church Secretary Scole Billingford

Rev. Trevor Riess The Rectory, Mill Lane, Scole IP21 4DB

Tel: 742762

Maurice Cormack Sue Auckland

Tel: 741197 Tel: 740325

Diane Worthington Brian Nunn

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From the Records Baptisms:

Nil

Thanksgiving & Dedications:

Charlie Timmon Calum Gorma

Marriages:

Nil

Funerals:

Sept. 1 Sept. 4 Sept. 15 Oct. 23 Oct. 24

Peter Underwood Martha Humphreys Geoffrey Goddard Caroline Stockwell Arthur Overton

Sept. 13 Sept. 27

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THANK YOU to individuals and organisations who came to the Harvest Thanksgiving Service in Scole Church (Oct. 5th) - YOU MADE IT SPECIAL. We hope this will become an annual service where all the community come together to give thanks.

Don’t miss the following regular events at Scole Church: Lighthouse: - 9.30 am for 9.45am, every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.

The alternative worship - informal, accessible, flexible - just to meet your needs.

Celebration Services; 4.30pm in Scole Church every 4th Sunday of the month. An ideal family time for those who can’t make the morning service and who want informality, more modern worship songs and a time of friendship and refreshment.

The Juniper Group: - Every Thursday morning 10 - 12 in Scole Church.

A non-church group which enjoys talking, discussion, ‘putting the world to rights’, crafting and drinking tea / coffee.

Contact: Georgina Kingfisher (740249) or Sue Auckland (740325) for further details.

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Films for Everyone Come and join us in Scole Church on the last Friday of every month except August and December - film details are displayed on the church noticeboard.

Christmas Fayres Billingford: Saturday November 29th, 1.30 - 4.00 Brockdish Village Hall.

Don’t miss the bargains and those special gifts.

Scole Extravaganza: Saturday December 6th, 10.00 - 2.00 Scole Church Stalls, games, crafts, activities, refreshments, lunches, Santa’s Grotto .......a real special treat.

CAROL SERVICES BILLINGFORD SCOLE

Sunday December 14th - 6pm Sunday December 21st - 11am

We hope to see lots of people coming to celebrate the birthday of Jesus.

If you are coming, please bring a photograph of someone who is special to you. There will be an opportunity to share them in the service.

Scole Community Christmas Celebration Monday December 8th in Scole Church at 7.30pm - It will probably be too late to get tickets to this popular annual event featuring Rick Wakeman and the Diss Salvation Army Band. Tickets were / are available from Scole Stores at £5 each to cover refreshments and a Charity donation.

Village Talent Is singing your thing? We have a Benefice Singing Group which meets from time to time. New talent would be welcome. Further details from Trevor Riess (742762) or David Hillier (740158) OR try Carol Singing around Scole on Friday December 19th, starting from Scole Church at 6.30pm.

If you can sing or indeed have another talent - storytelling, dancing, comedy act, acting etc....Ralph Barnett (740303) wants to hear from you!!

Sometime in 2009 we are planning a ‘Scole has talent’ event in Scole Church .... YOU COULD BE THE STAR!!

Contact Ralph - do it now!!

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December Sunday

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Services for Scole and Billingford 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole 11 am Scole 9.30 am Billingford

Sunday

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11 am Scole 6.00 pm Billingford

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Christmas Eve

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Christmas Day

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11 am Scole

Lighthouse MP HC HC Carol Service Carol Service

9.30 am Billingford

MP

4.30 pm Scole

Crib and Christingle

11.15 pm Thorpe Abbotts 9.30 am Brockdish 11 am Scole 10.30 am Brockdish

HC FS and HC FS and HC Benefice Carol Praise

January Sunday

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9.30 for 9.45 am Scole 11 am Scole 9.30 am Billingford 11 am Scole

Sunday

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Sunday

18 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole

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Lighthouse MP HC HC Lighthouse

11 am Scole

MP

11 am Scole

HC

4.30 pm Scole

Celebration Service

February Sunday

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9.30 for 9.45 am Scole 11 am Scole 9.30 am Billingford 11.00 am Scole

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Wednesday 25

Lighthouse MP HC HC Lighthouse

11 am Scole

MP

11 am Scole

HC

4.30 pm Scole

Celebration Service

7.30 pm Scole

Ash Wednesday HC

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Scole Post Office When the last transaction took place in Scole Post Office at 3.00pm on the 13th October 2008, it was a very sad moment. I had been Sub Post Mistress for a number of years and this was the very last time I would be! We hosted a tea and coffee morning as our way of saying a big thank you to all our loyal customers who had fought hard to try to save the Post Office when the closures had been announced in January, and who would now have to find their way to another post office or bank to collect their allowances and pensions.

There has been a Post Office in Scole for many years, and when I took over the job from Liz Howard in 2002, I had no reason to believe that in six years time it would be closed as part of government cut backs. I believed that as a busy office we would at least be in with a good chance of remaining open, but sadly this was not to be, and in the end I felt that the decision to close us had already been taken.

I have enjoyed my time serving as your Post Mistress and will miss many of the faces who would come to Scole just because of the post office and the friendly staff. The shop will continue to be here and we look forward to welcoming you. Kim Charles.

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Manx Motorcycle Grand Prix 37 mile Mountain Course

by Graham Moore

Each year Corinne and I make our annual pilgrimage to the Isle of Man for either the TT or Grand Prix races. For those of you who are not motorcycle nuts like us, the Isle of Man has been running what many consider to be the greatest road races on the planet for over 100 years, with over 30,000 bikes visiting the Island at the busiest times. Luckily we are able to stay with friends as finding accommodation, at least at non-5 star hotel prices, can be a problem during the races. Of course, if you are the hardy type, you could always camp.

History of the Races The Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races for professional riders started in 1907 due to the fact that the English Government would not allow the closure of public roads for any sort of motor racing. A proposal was put to the Isle of Man Government (Tynwald, the oldest continuous democratic parliament in the world) who quickly brought in new legislation to enable this and the Isle of Man was thus ready to take up the mantle of the Road Racing Capital of the World, a slogan it has used for many years. The first races were won at average speeds of around 40mph which must have been quite impressive at the time. In 2007 a new lap record was set for the mountain course of over 130mph average with maximums approaching 190mph. When you consider that much of the course is on narrow, dry stone wall lined roads, you can appreciate what a feat this is.

The Manx GP (Grand Prix) race began in 1923, as “insurance” in case the now hugely popular TT Races were moved off the Island back to the “adjacent Isle”, as the Manx colloquially refer to England. Started by the Manx Motorcycle Club, the race was originally named the 'Amateur TT' and used the TT Mountain Course over 5 laps. Raced by non professionals, the term 'Amateur' really meant that the rider and stock machine had no manufacturer support or reward. The first race had 33 entries each paying an entry fee less then a quarter the price for the TT. The Manx Grand Prix celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 1998, and is still held every August on the Mountain Circuit. So each year, either in June or August we set off, usually at some unearthly time, to head North to Ellan Vannin (as the locals call it).

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Our Bikes We normally ride up to the Island, usually via Liverpool and the Super Sea Cat. Watching the deck hands marshal hundreds of bikes into the lower decks is something worth seeing, although last year there was an old 2-stroke MZ being ridden on, that put out so much smoke nobody could see anything!

However, considering that we decided to take a couple of old British bikes we thought it prudent to trailer them up to ensure meeting the ferry deadline. When I say British, I suppose I mean British designed, as although mine is indeed an old 1947 AJS 500 single, based very much on the famous wartime Matchless G3L, Corinne’s was actually made in India in 2004!

For those of you who don’t know, all of the old Royal Enfield designs were taken to India in the late 60’s where they have happily been building 1950 designed British bikes ever since. If you enjoy that sort of biking, which will definitely need the use of an occasional spanner, then go and try one – they are a hoot!

Anyhow, we safely made it to our friends house in Ramsay ready for a few good days spectating and riding.

The Island The Isle of Man is a fascinating place to visit at any time but it really excels during the biking events. One attraction is that there really are no speed limits once you get outside town. The sign really does mean “no speed limit”. Another point is that during the race week the road over Snaefell from Ramsay to Douglas is one way only. Imagine a UK Police force doing the same for the biking community! Of course, on the bikes we took this year that really didn’t make any difference – a good steady 45 was just right to see the sights and prevent things dropping off (both personally and from the bike).

There are many sights to see on the Island, not surprising seeing that its heritage goes back over a thousand years of Viking and Celtic history. But the thing that brings us back time and time again are the Glens. Always accessible from a road, we can park the bikes and walk for perhaps a couple of miles down a cool, fresh streamside until it reaches the sea.

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It’s a strange sensation to be walking along a picture book grotto with a bunch of hairy, leather clad bikers commenting on the scent of the wild garlic or how the Himalayan Balsam is becoming a real nuisance.

The photo here is of Glen Maye, in our opinion one of the prettiest places on the Island.

The Races

The Manx GP has a selection of races, the most interesting for me being the ones held with the contestants riding true 50’s and 60’s classic racing bikes.

Names such as the Manx Norton and the AJS 7R cause everyone to wax lyrical, especially after a few pints of the excellent Okells Ale. Where else in the world can you stand in a pub garden, 20 feet from the race track, with a pint in one hand and take photos like this without a zoom lens!

This is Alan Brew on his superb Seeley G50 racing through Ramsay’s Parliament Square in the Senior Classic Race. What a wonderful noise!! And all of this is a two minute walk from our B&B. During the GP week there are 6 races, all of 4 laps or 148 miles on the mountain course. Unfortunately, this year the weather was particularly poor and many of the races were shortened to either 3 or 2 laps which was somewhat disappointing. Although, why we should always be surprised that the weather is changeable on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea beats me!

However, on non-race days the sun shone a little and we did manage to do a few tours of the island on our bikes, only having to “stop to make adjustments” a couple of times.

So after a week, we had recharged our batteries for another year. On a particularly wet morning we loaded the bikes on the trailer and started the trek home. So, what are we going to do next year? Same again, no doubt!

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90 years ago - One VC remembered

By Roy Philpot ******************************** How many times do we all pass the War Memorial on Scole Green and remember those that perished in both World Wars? Every year we formally commemorate those we have lost on every Sunday nearest to the 11th November, but I think every now and again we should stop and spend a little more time to reflect on what they gave to their country. One quiet Sunday morning I took the time to take a further look at the Memorial and decided to pick one name from the list to see what they had done.

How many of you know that we have a soldier born in Scole that was a winner of our nation’s highest decoration, the Victoria Cross? The citation is an interesting one.

SEAMAN, Ernest. (reg No. 1122).

Lance-Corporal. 2nd Battalion. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Born on 16th August 1893. Killed in action on 29th September 1918 at Terhand, Belgium. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, Belgium and at Scole, Norfolk. (No known grave).

Digest of Citation reads: Lance-Corporal Seamen showing great courage and initiative rushed forward with his Lewis gun, under extremely heavy fire, when the right flank of his company was held up by a post of enemy machine-guns.

Single-handed, he engaged the position, captured two machine-guns and 12 prisoners, after killing an officer and two men. The same day, he charged under heavy fire, another enemy machine-gun post, capturing the gun. He was killed on this occasion. Additional information: Army No. 42364 , Lance-Corporal Seamen also held the Military Medal (MM) awarded for gallantry whilst voluntarily attending to a wounded comrade. He was the son of Henry Seamen and Mrs Palmer, of the Kings Inn, Bungay Road, Scole, Norfolk. He had a Council School education, joining the Army (Expeditionary Force Canteens) in December 1915. He was sent to France on 24th December 1915, serving with the the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, until he was killed in action on 29th September 1918.

We will remember them.

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Mind Yar Hid Who would have thought seeing those three words in an English country garden could bring back so many memories.

We, (Paul and Betty Drake) have just returned to Stanthorpe in South East Queensland Australia after spending three wonderful weeks catching up with family in Norfolk. Two of those weeks at Billingford with John and Sue Redgrave.

I grew up with my Grandparents, Johns parents, some of the time at Hoxne and then again in Scole and Diss. I attended school in Scole in 1955 until I went to Diss Secondary School which was where I met Sue. Paul was also part of the extended family and spent many holidays at Stable Court, Hoxne.

We arrived just in time for the Scole Parish Open Gardens and this was such an enjoyable weekend. We visited the gardens with John and Sue, took lots of photographs, we walked the country lanes, laughed and reminisced about our childhood and the pranks we got up to, even shed a tear or two, but what a great time we had. I dropped straight back into the Norfolk accent especially after seeing “MIND YAR HID� in one of the gardens. Returning home to Stanthorpe, the accent stayed a while but MIND YAR HID will stay for a very long time. The country side was at its best, we could not have picked a better time to visit. The weather was just perfect, and the people we met were just wonderful. We wandered through the lovely gardens and the village and it was so sad to see how progress has forced the closure of the Post Office, as is happening to so many of our shops and businesses here in country areas of Australia.

Life is not so different here in Stanthorpe where we live. Stanthorpe is a small farming community mostly stone fruit, apples, pears and vegetables.

Also a fast growing wine industry with some of the best Australian wines being produced here, and good country folk such as the people who made us feel so welcome while visiting Billingford. Thank you to all those lovely people, we will remember our visit for a very long time.

Congratulations to the Parish of Scole on a wonderful weekend. Thank you Kim and Boris for your hospitality at Belmont Grange - a perfect end to a perfect day.

Elizabeth (Betty) Drake (Queensland, Australia)

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Climate Change - So what?

by R.Philpot

This article is not a fully comprehensive scientific argument about climate change. Whether or not you are a believer in the arguments that are currently predominant, is of course a matter of personal choice. This article will provide you with certain facts presented in a way that might allow some additional discussion and further examination when presented with certain stories from the media. I hope this provides you with a little more clarity on this very complex issue. While our climate may currently be changing, this has already happened in the past. Greenland was covered by forest that supported butterflies less than 1 million years ago.

A mere 10,000 years ago glaciers extended south of Birmingham. In Britain, and probably globally, our climate was relatively warm in Roman times and again in the medieval warm period. This was followed by a ‘little ice-age’ from about 1350 to 1850, followed by a further period of warming. Global temperatures increased during the twentieth century by only about 0.7 degrees Celsius despite the large-scale industrialisation that took place, with little control of emissions.

Cyclical changes in the brightness of the sun, variations in the earth’s orbit, and cosmic and solar radiation effects influencing the amount of cloud formation on earth, may be raising global temperatures directly and indirectly through the release of carbon dioxide and methane from the earth’s crust and oceans. There is an historical association between global temperature and the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide, but rises in temperature have generally preceded rises in carbon dioxide (by about 800 years).

Which is ‘cause’ and which is ‘effect’ has yet to be settled convincingly.

Oceans act as buffer absorbers of carbon dioxide. They may be approaching saturation but the extent and consequences of this are not well established.

Greenhouse gases (principally water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone and nitrous oxide) keep our planet habitable. The level of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased from about 280 parts per million in the preindustrial period to about 380 ppm in 2005 .

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Some part of this increase is almost certainly due to the burning of fossil fuels, though the continuing destruction of rain forest (a net absorber) is also a major contributor together with other anthropogenic sources which include agriculture (for example, methane from farm animals and nitrous oxide from fertiliser use), gas pipeline losses (methane) and so on.

The Fourth report published by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), using computer models based on a number of scenarios, predicts that the mean global surface air temperature will increase by between about 2 and 6 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. It predicts an increase in adverse weather patterns and a rise in sea-level over this period somewhere in the range 0.2 to 0.6 metres. It sees carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels as the main factor driving the change in temperature.

Vast areas of natural vegetation continue to be destroyed in the name of progress . Can we survive these changes?

But these model forecasts do not correlate well with actual measurements, and many fail to take account of important influences such as cloud formation and dissipation.

This newly-revised model now predicts little overall warming until after the year 2014. Work elsewhere on cloud effects also suggests that there is still more to be done to achieve forecasting accuracy, even in the short term.

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One of the first major published sources to accuse greenhouse gases of driving climate change was the UK Meteorological Office Hadley Centre computer model, first formulated with numerous assumed, rather than measured, climate parameters. Very recently, Dr. Doug Smith's team at the Hadley Centre have modified their basic model to include more ‘real’ information about natural ‘cyclic’ factors which include the influence of our oceans, particularly their circulation patterns, and our atmosphere, although cloud effects may still be under-represented. At a conference in Oxford in March 2007, the Chief Officer of the Royal Meteorological Society warned that the global warming situation remains complex, and that sound-bite solutions beloved of press and politicians could bring serious climatology into disrepute.

However, the IPCC also says that much of the expected change in temperature and sea level over the rest of this century will continue even if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels can be held at current values. If their view is essentially correct, should we avoid actions to severely cut emissions? Would this modify the climate much further? Would we risk serious economic, social and political consequences in vulnerable societies if we fail to act?

If non-human factors prove to be major drivers of recent global warming, our chances of intervening successfully are slight. Efforts then need to be directed at mitigating consequential problems, for example by moving populations from low-lying areas, enhancing sea and other flood defences, modifying agricultural practices to suit the new conditions, and fishing in more northerly waters expected to have enhanced fish stocks. The world will have to co-operate. Reductions in the use of fossil fuels would have to be made globally to effectively reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. There is no present indication that China, India and Brazil, all major industrial powers of the future, will comply with any enthusiasm.

Whatever the view, it is apparent that the arguments will rage on for some time yet, but we must find answers for the future, regardless. Perhaps the time has already passed to rectify any damage? The big question remains, can we afford to keep saying, so what?

(My thanks to Prof. Stephen Bush for his assistance with this article)

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Poems from School Help Us Please!

1. The litter sand, The oily sea, A helping hand, Is what we need.

3. If we don’t help now, 5. The fish in the sea, We will be in trouble, Gets trapped nets, The sea will growl, As they try to flee, And we will pay double.

From being fish pets.

2. So help this world, 4. The earth will die, And make it clean, Along with trees, Spread the word, The aqua sky, And make it gleam.

The birds and bees.

6. So stop with that axe, Save that tree, This poem is a fact, So help us please.

Amber Elliott

Imagine a World Imagine a world with no trees.

No butterflies, no bees.

Imagine a world with no flowers.

No tulips, no cauliflowers.

Imagine a world with no crops.

No bread to buy in shops.

Imagine a world full of sorrow.

If we carry on like this there could be no tomorrow.

Spencer Davey

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Sunday 14th December 3.00pm - 5.00pm Fun for all the Family!

Magical train ride to Santa's Grotto!

Guess how many feathers on the turkey & win a turkey!

Raffle, Tombola, Games, Face Painting Stalls Body Shop, Craft, Jewellery, Home-made Cakes/Jam Tea, Coffee, Mulled wine Scole Community Centre, Ransome Ave.

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Hearty Beef Stew with Dumplings (serves 4) Ingredients Stew Dumplings 2 tbsp vegetable oil 100g (4oz) self raising flour 450g (1lb) braising steak, diced 50g (2oz) vegetable/beef suet 2 tbsp flour pinch of salt Salt & pepper 1 small egg, whisked 1 large onion, skinned & diced 1-4 tbs water 2 medium carrots peeled & sliced Try using cheaper cuts such 750mL (1½ pints) stock/water as stewing beef or skirt 2 beef stock cubes 2 tbsp horseradish sauce (optional) Method 1 heat vegetable oil in pan, add onion 2 roll diced beef in flour and season with salt and pepper 3 add meat to pan and fry gently until sealed and browned 4 place mixture into a large casserole dish, add stock and cubes Combine well, add carrots 5 6 7

add horseradish now if desired place dish in pre-heated oven 140-150°C and cook for 1½ - 2hrs check halfway through cooking time, top up with stock as meat may absorb all liquid

8 make dumplings as follows: Mix flour, suet and salt in a bowl. Whisk egg into 2 tbsp water, add to dry mixture until pliable. Divide into 6 small balls. Add to stew for last 20-30 minutes of cooking time. They should double in size. Serve immediately with extra gravy made with granules.

Billingford Coffee Morning Thank you to everyone who supported the Macmillan Coffee Morning at Billingford. A tremendous sum of £350 was raised. What a wonderful result. It just shows how this event touches the hearts of our small community.

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Answers to Bottom Gear 1 Vauxhall Victor Mk1 2 Standard Vanguard 3 Austin Atlantic 4 Jowett Javelin 5 Jaguar Mk IX

Letters to the Editor I came across this notice in our village post office.

I wish I was a glow worm, A glow worm's never glum, It's hard to be unhappy When the sun shines out of your bum On a dull old day with closure of the post office imminent, it brought a smile to my face, and made me realise that whether it’s a post office or not, this cheerful little shop will always be a nice place to visit. It deserves our full support.

Trevor Raven, Bungay Road

Information for all Bus Pass holders in South Norfolk South Norfolk Council is offering up to 50% off its leisure centre charges to people who live in South Norfolk and who hold a national bus pass. You can now show your bus pass to the receptionist at any one of our 3 Leisure Centres and you will qualify for our “Leisure Passport” discounted rates. You are also entitled to try an activity free, at any one of the leisure centres. You will need to call in or telephone your chosen centre and ask to book your free taster session. The council leisure centres are: Gym, swimming pool, sauna, spa and excercise classes

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Scole & District Bowls Club In spite of the vagaries of the British summer weather we did manage to complete all our league matches and had another successful season. After being top in our division of the Norfolk E.B.A. last season we were promoted, and that meant competing this year against much stronger opposition. We accredited ourselves reasonably well ending in mid table of the division.

The other league that we compete in is the Border League, comprising 12 clubs from the towns and villages close to the Waveney. We won this league last year but were beaten into second place this year by Gissing, newcomers to the League. They also beat us in the final of the Knockout Cup, so we have every intention of turning the table on them in 2009. The Club did however, once again, produce the League’s singles champion.

This time it was Roy Frostick, one of our newer members from Diss, who took on the mantle from Vic Buckle.

In addition to the friendly match we play annually against our friends at Thetford, we did offer an invitation to Norfolk E.B.A. Past Presidents team to visit us during the season. This they did in the middle of August and it was such a resounding success, that they have requested we join friendly battle with them again next season.

We were also invited over to Mattishall B.C. to join them in a ‘friendly’ on the last day of August. Everything went well until the last two ends when the weather forecast proved right and the heavens opened in a downpour, accompanied by thunder and sheet lightning, the like of which few of us had seen before. The ensuing ‘power cut’ meant that we were eating and drinking in their Community hall in total darkness; an eventful end to the season.

Now that the playing season has finished we look to the winter months to refurbish the club’s coffers. We hope that you will enjoy, or have enjoyed, those social events in the Community Hall that we advertise. You are always welcome to join us at these events, as well as on the green if you want to ‘try out this wonderful game’.

You will find us a friendly club and eager to meet you.

Robin Shortell. (Sec.) 740053.

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Scole Dominoes Club The new season has begun with renewed optimism. With only a few games played, so far we have won half of them. The team is also buoyed up by winning a local pairs competition at Brome Social club. The Pat and John Ward Shield is a competition played by teams in the Domino League each year. With luck and a following wind, Mick and June managed to bring it on home.

We now go on with the rest of the season’s games and hope to continue as well as we started. If you would like to join us, call Peggy on 740986 to find out more.

Over 55’s Friendship Club Again we had lovely weather for our three outings. Three new members have joined us. On November 4th we have a chocolate demonstration and on December 5th the Prize Bingo night.

Please support us as we will have been going 30 years next March. New members welcome.

Joyce Coleman - Secretary.

GARDEN TIPS FOR FEBRUARY 1st week:

Prune winter flowering shrubs. Make and plant rock gardens.

Keep sowing seeds under glass.

2nd week:

Feed spring cabbage plants. Plant lilies. Sow sweet peas.

Complete the planting and pruning of fruit trees.

3rd week:

Plant lilies of the valley. Prune buddlejas. Take fuchsia cuttings. Prune autumn fruiting raspberries.

4th week:

Start begonias and gloxinias. Sow parsnips and Brussels sprouts. Prune fig trees. Sow lettuce and radishes. Spray peaches against leaf curl.

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Council News for August, September and October

by Sue Redgrave Main items discussed in the last three meetings were as follows: 40 mph at New Road, Thelveton. This has been discussed at some length and will be an extension to the limit in place on Norwich Road, Thelveton. Speed and weight restriction Low Road, Billingford.

Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005 The District Council has adopted this under section 57. An offence is committed when a person in control of a dog fails to clear up after it has fouled any area where the public has access. This allows the District Council to carry out enforcement. Several signs and bins are in place in the parish.

Unitary Status - details in minutes for August and September.

Notices on Parish notice boards and website advertising for new councillors.

Come along to a meeting to see what it’s all about.

Police Liaison report - PCSO Jason Dack was in attendance at the September meeting - still reporting low crime figures for our parish. They will be keeping a check on vehicles using Low Road Billingford as a rat run.

The ‘TROD’ (pathway which is tarmac sprayed on top of grass) between Thelveton and Scole was going to be repaired by Probationers. It was deemed too dangerous under Health & Safety rules for them to carry out the work. This was very disappointing for the PC as the work should have been completed before the winter.

Affordable Housing update from Mark Walker from the Housing Association and Abi Dennington-Price of SNDC - the extra land has been purchased, but now planners have asked for more alterations to the layout of the proposed housing. Things are moving along very slowly.

Allotments - several parishioners have expressed an interest in having an allotment - the parish council is looking into this.

Report from Trustees of Scole Community & Playing Field - it was reported that fund raising is going ahead in earnest to hopefully enlarge the facilities there. Mr Ian Constance gave the PC an explanation of the Multi Use Games Area, (MUGA). Plans have been put forward to SNDC. PC agreed a donation towards this, subject to planning approval.

The full minutes can be read on the notice board or at Scole Stores. The Parish Council meets every 3rd Tuesday at 7.30pm in Scole School.

All welcome.

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Feb

12 & 26

09.55 10.15 10.27 10.45 11.15 11.30 11.45

50 £3.

Thelveton Ransome Avenue Reeve Close St Andrew’s Rd Robinson Road Clements Close Karen Close

3 weekly intervals on Mondays

Upper Street Post box 10am - 10.15 December 15 January 5 & 26 February 16

2009 CALENDARS

Norwich Diocesan Association of Ringers Calendar in full colour depicting 12 different towers in the region with accompanying text.

Size 30mm x 21mm. All proceeds go to the Bell Restoration Fund.

Obtainable from Scole Church.

Parish Councillors

Situated in

50 £3.

Tel. No.

Graham Moore (Chairman)

Thelveton

01379 741716

Sue Redgrave (Vice-Chairman)

Billingford

01379 740837

Pearl Fisher

Scole

01379 740753

Ray Franklin

Scole

01379 741141

Alan Frith

Scole

01379 742739

Roy Philpot

Scole

01379 670255

Corinne Moore

Thelveton

01379 741716

Jackie Jones

Thelveton

01379 740920

Fran Pitt - Pladdy

County Councillor

01379 853276

Jenny Wilby

District Councillor

01379 741504

Marion Cook (Clerk)

Shimpling, Diss

01379 741453

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VILLAGE DIRECTORY Group / Organisation Contact Scole Pre-School

....... Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri 9.15 - 11.45

Scole Baby & Toddler Group

Kim Cattermole (Sec) 741802 or Shirley Shiress 740574 ....... Every Wednesday in term time 9.30 - 11.30

Friends of Scole School

....... Lindsey Chapman 741811

Laura Barnes 740060 1st Scole Brownies

....... Jenny Hubbard ( Brown Owl ) 741372

Scole Mothers Union

....... Georgie O’Shaughnessy 740127

Scole Women’s Institute

....... Shirley Hall 740636

Scole Social Club

....... Pearl Fisher 740753

Scole Domino Club

....... Peggy Stygall 740986

Over 55s Friendship Club

....... Joyce Coleman 740384

Scole & Distict Bowls Club

....... Robin Shortell 740053

Big G Youth Club

....... Lynda Mansfield 740401

Scole Lads FC

....... Paul Partridge 650538

Scole United Football Club First Team Manager Reserves Manager Scole Parish website

....... ....... ....... .......

Brenda Harman 740608 and June Foreman 740902

Vic Buckle 740327 Ron Edwards 740316 Paul Edwards c/o Edgars Hairdresser 07768 087144 scoleparish.org.uk

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Medical Emergency (out of hours)

01603 488 488

NHS Direct

0845 4647

Norfolk Constabulary (non emergency)

0845 456 4567

Gas (emergencies)

0800 111 999

Anglian Water

08457 145 145

Home Watch

01379 650773

South Norfolk District Council

01508 533 633

Street lighting, pavements, litter Marion Cook (Clerk to Parish Council)

01379 741453 scoleparishcouncil @msn.com

District Councillor (Jenny Wilby)

01379 741504

Network Rail (enquiries)

08457 484950

Borderhoppa

01379 854800

Meadow Green Dog Rescue (Loddon)

01508 548216

Tim Page - Scole Bridge Ranger

01379 788008

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Police Mobile Unit Visits Tuesdays 9.20am To 10.50am (Not December) Jan 20 Feb 17 The unit will be parked in Scole at the Bungay Road lay-by

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