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PostHorn

The local magazine for Scole & District

In this issue: Village Hall Book Review The Early Years Scole Pubs Scole Old Boys

Spring 2014 Volume 33

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Message from the Editor For some years now, Scole has been without a dedicated Village Hall which has been greatly missed by a lot of residents. Several plans have come and gone over the years but no concrete action has come of them; however things are about to change it seems. In this edition of PostHorn, at the request of its leading campaigner Trevor Raven, there will be an opportunity for all householders and residents to either petition for, or against, a new proposed housing development opposite St. Andrews Church which will include land for both a new Village Hall and some allotments. The District Council has been approached with some outline plans and the planning committee might be willing to change the land’s non-development status if the residents of Scole want the development to go ahead.

An A4 sized flyer of the plan is included within to assist all residents with how this proposed development might look. Register your vote on the cut out section of the flyer and return to Scole Stores. Should you have any further questions about this proposal please ask the Parish Clerk or any Parish Councillor for more information (contact details on page 41). Your District and County Councillors are also available if you require more information, subject to any approvals in the future. This is an opportunity for everyone to have a say on this project. The more people that participate in the petition, the more likely it will be discussed at a much higher level.

Roy Philpot

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Reader’s Letter Village Hall Book Review The Early Years Church Pages Scole Pubs Feather Report School Pages Scole Old Boys PC News 3

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Editor Roy Philpot 01379 670255 E-mail: royphilpot36@gmail.com Features Contributor Chris Earl 01379 855416 E-mail: chrisjearl@hotmail.com Main Village Contact & Advertising Co-ordinator David Hillier 01379 740158 E-mail: davidhpost@btinternet.com Advertising Trevor Raven 01379 741285 E-mail: trevor@listangels.co.uk Billingford Correspondent & Thorpe Parva News Sue Redgrave 01379 740837 E-mail: susan.redgrave182@btinternet.com Distribution : Gordon Larkins 01379 742713 E-mail: gordonlarkins@tiscali.co.uk

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Tom Williamson 6 Clements Close Scole Diss IP21 4EG Dear Editor:

Article Re Ernest Seaman VC In the Winter issue of the PostHorn, there was an article concerning Scole’s own Victoria Cross Holder and the fact that he is not commemorated within our village other than on the Scole War memorial.

I believe that it should be rectified at the earliest possible opportunity and that once this individual has been suitably honoured, by a street being named after him, that it is followed by other names that are contained in, or on the war memorials in the village and hamlets that make up our Parish and district area within South Norfolk; these being Scole, Billingford and Thelveton.

I do hope that other members of our village will support the assertion that our local heroes should be our preferred route for a choice of names.

Regards Tom Williamson

Billingford Lucky Number Fundraiser Date/No. Nov. 27 9th Nov. 13 16th Nov. 38 23rd Nov. 15 2nd

Date/No. Dec. 49 4th Jan. 8 11th Jan. 24 18th Jan. 33

Date/No 30th Nov. 15 7th Dec. 25 14th Dec. 8 21st Dec. 17

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Date/No. 25th Jan. 11 1st Feb. 29 8th Feb. 4 15th Feb. 27

The PCC thank you for your continued support.

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Harley’s Hints Jobs in the garden for March 1st week

Take cuttings of outdoor chrysanthus. Plant fruit trees.

Sow onions, parsnips and broad beans.

Re-plant snowdrops after flowering.

2nd week

Sow hardy annuals. Feed strawberries. Mulch raspberries.

Take dahlia cuttings. Thin herbaceous perennials.

Plant early potatoes. Feed hydrangeas. Plant early potatoes.

3rd week

Prune roses. Sow carrots. Start begonias and gloxinias.

Feed fruit trees. Spray blackcurrants. Sow main crop leeks.

4th week

Spray and feed roses. Plant gladioli. Sow half hardy annuals.

Sow peas. Sow viola and pansies. Spray pears.

Plant onion sets. Prune early flowering shrubs.

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A Village Hall for the Parish of Scole You don’t have to be in Scole long before you become aware that it has an important constituent of a village community missing - it has no village hall.

The realisation that something is missing comes when you are planning a special occasion, and discover that the only option is to hire an expensive venue in Diss or search for a suitable hall in one of the surrounding villages, and with a stage, dance floor and bar. Scole with a population of 2000 is growing and is already the largest village in South Norfolk without a village hall.

Soon it will be the largest village in the whole of Norfolk without a village hall.

A village hall can increase social cohesion The Government recognises that village halls that provide amenities for local activities can make an enormous difference to the well-being of their communities and should be encouraged. These places exist with the sole purpose of meeting the needs of the community. They increase social cohesion at a time when social and economic factors are shifting the demographics of many towns and villages throughout the United Kingdom.

The regular Norfolk Village Hall exemplifies this central role in enabling a wide range of social and leisure activities that serve to bring people together and help build a better society. In these times of change, when many new people move into the locality, the social events that are held not only help to integrate newcomers into the village, but also generate a real community spirit among residents, young and old. To emphasise the significance, on 28th January 2014, HM Queen officially opened a new village hall in Thornham, North Norfolk, a population of 400. The hall cost ÂŁ650,000 to build, aided by a ÂŁ475,000 National Lottery Grant.

Now at last there is a real opportunity to have a village hall. A suitable piece of land has been identified close to the church which the landowner has consented to donate. Subject to planning consent for the remainder of the site, he wishes to build 17 homes. The site architects will design a spacious modern hall, together with a large parking area and recreation area, some of which could be used for allotments. Finally, the developer is willing to make a significant donation towards the cost of building the village hall. We now need to convince the planners at South Norfolk Council to agree to the development and for this we need the support of the whole village. We already have the support of the Parish Council, County Councillor, Church and School. We now need the residents of this community to approve the project in a petition which we plan to present on 31st August 2014. Please sign the petition and register your support, so that we can have our village hall.

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A Village Hall in Scole will make a huge difference to life in the community.

For example:St. Andrew’s Church Scole will benefit from a large car park just across the road, thus ending the potential hazard from parking on the main road when a wedding, baptism or funeral is held.

Clubs and Groups: the Village Hall can become the base for local groups such as the Mothers’ Union, Youth Club, Toddlers Group etc.

Scole Parish Council can now hold its meetings in the Village Hall with information boards and notices on permanent public display. Villagers will hopefully become more familiar with the workings of their Parish Council and even attend its meetings.

Village People: the Village Hall will be available for meetings, parties, plays and musical events.

The PostHorn magazine will have a base at the hall and become more accessible to local people.

The Village School: the proposed site is 190 metres (205 yards) along the pavement from the school entrance. Parents will be able to park here when dropping off their children which could ease some of the congestion opposite the school twice a day. The School will be able to hold events such as, exhibitions and social activities when extra space is required.

These are some of the uses that would keep this hall busy throughout the year, and bring large social benefits to the people of Scole, Thorpe Parva, Frenze, Billingford and Thelveton.

Register your view (for or against) by completing the tear off strip on the flyer and returning to Scole Stores.

Further copies obtainable from the shop.

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The Elizabeth Davy Page Top ten books for teenagers+ (In order of greatness!)

10. Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Michael Morpurgo. “Morpurgo Does it again!”

9. The Girl Missing trilogy, Sophie McKenzie. “Gripping.”

8. Waiting for Anya, Michael Morpurgo. “Morpurgo does it again.”

7. The Horrible Geography series, Anita Ganeri. “Hilarious and educational.”

6. The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S Lewis. “A whole world of brilliance.”

5. The One Dollar Horse, Lauren St. John. “The best quality of writing.”

4. Race the Wind, Lauren St. John (sequel to “The One Dollar Horse”).

“The high quality writing a book needs; brilliant.”

TOP THREE… 3. An Elephant in the Garden, Michael Morpurgo. The touching story about a young boy who, of course, discovers an elephant in his garden during World War 1. In an air raid, his family are forced to evacuate over the border, but with an enormous, colossal elephant to evacuate, things are slightly harder…

2. The Pegasus series, by Kate O Hearn. A wonderful set of Greek mythology books, based on young Emily who lives in New York, with dad. One day, a large thump on the roof awakes Emily. Awaiting her is a glowing white horse, Pegasus. Emily suddenly finds herself plunged into an unimaginable adventure into Olympus and throughout the dangerous aspects of Earth. Will Emily survive the ins and outs of Olympus and Earth and rescue her dad? Or will she be slaughtered by the blood curdling, terrifying monsters invading Olympus? If you enjoyed Percy Jackson then this is your book!

No. 1. The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins. For anyone who likes a bit of death, romance, suspense and action… Panem is split into 12 districts and a super-rich, far-fetched fantasy land capital city. In penance for their uprising, each year, every district is forced to offer up one male and female tribute between the ages of 12 and 18, to be taken to the custody of the capital, and fight to death in an arena. Henceforth this duty is called “The Hunger Games.” When Katniss Everdeen finds herself competing in the games, everything is about to change… Absolutely magnificent!!! Look out for the new film of The Hunger Games, and the other books in the trilogy are Catching Fire and Mockingjay!

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The Early Years

by Audrey Welch

As I approach my 95th birthday, I think of the many things which have happened, not only to me, but to this country. When PostHorn contacted me, I wondered what I could tell you, having in 2007 told the story of my time in the A.T.S. between 1941 - 1946 and in a later edition written about my time in Hamburg from mid 1946 - late 1947. The experience of both I would not have missed.

I wish to take you on a journey covering years before you and maybe your parents were born. My parents had 2 sons and 4 daughters. 12 years passed and then I made an appearance on Sunday 2nd February 1919. We lived in a big house, necessary for a large family, in Thundersley Essex. I think we had around 2 acres of garden. As a toddler I loved the garden, especially if I found worms. I would tie the poor things in knots and throw them to the chickens.

What a sadist! I kept a pet goat called Snowdrop. Later in the year we moved to Bethnal Green. Dad was a glass merchant and had a factory. I know they made mirrors and there must have been other things, but as it was 85 years ago I cannot remember. The house was said to be over 300 years old. By now the older brothers and sisters had married and moved away and when I was 5 years old I became an aunt. My education started at a private school and at a later date I attended a grammar school where I stayed until getting a job. No rush for universities as now. Scholars left and got a job as I did. I worked in one of the offices of a departmental store in Oxford Circus until my call up papers for the A.T.S. arrived.

Returning to earlier years, people spoke about this marvellous thing called wireless. A number of people made their own sets and my family thought they would try. Mother was not very pleased when “some idiot spilled acid on the mauve carpet”. I think the signal was 2LO. In 1926/27 there was a general strike, but I cannot remember much about it. My mother took me to the pictures - it was always called the pictures. Movies was an unknown word. I was so excited because we could hear people speaking, not words on the screen and a lady at the side of the stage playing appropriate music - it was magic. Colour was not yet known around the 20’s or early 30’s.

One day Dad called me and Mum to come into the garden. The airship R101 was over the house. It was a shock when we heard next day that it had crashed with no survivors.

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In 1930 the country had a heroine named Amy Johnson. She was taught to fly a plane in 100 hours. She bought a secondhand plane and took off for Australia from Croydon Airport (later replaced by Heathrow). At one point on her travels she had to fix sticking plaster over the holes in the wings. It took 19 days to reach Australia. There were no commercial flights to Australia or New Zealand, and you went by sea. I don’t think she received an award. These days she would probably have been made a Dame. There was a song at the time called “Amy Wonderful Amy”, and I was age 11, but I can still remember the tune and most of the words today. During WW2 she and other women pilots ferried planes to airfields. Amy went missing, and her body and plane were never found.

In May 1935 my father died. It was poignant. His funeral passed through decorated streets prepared for George V and Queen Mary’s Silver Jubilee. In 1936 my mother booked a mediterranean cruise for the two of us. I think it cost £22 each. The ship was named Lancastria. Tangier was one port of call. At one point there were 3 or 4 locals all speaking to Mum. I was not sure whether they were offering Mum camels in exchange for me, aged 17, or selling a carpet.

I know I clung on to Mum like a limpet. In 1940, 2 weeks after Dunkirk, the Lancastria was sent to St. Nazaire to pick up anyone stranded there. The ship was overloaded and half way across the channel the German planes attacked the ship, which quickly sank. Reports stated that there were more people drowned from the Lancastria than the Titanic and Mauritania combined. When Churchill heard the news he banned all publicity, thinking it bad for morale so soon after Dunkirk. Military personnel in all 3 services were told they risked court martial if they disclosed any details.

1936 was the year we had 3 kings and in December mother and I listened to King Edward V111’s abdication speech. We both cried and Mum said “you silly fool”. We learned later that the government was not sorry to see him go as he was becoming too friendly with Hitler.

In 1937 we moved to Chingford, a suburb of London and I lived there until moving to Scole in 1980. In September 1939 we heard Chamberlain say “We are at war with Germany” followed by the frightening sound of the siren, but it was just a false alarm as it was one of our planes homeward bound. In 1940, my 21st birthday party was held in a restaurant in Moorgate, in the City and a few months later it was bombed during the blitz. Mum died in 1962.

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October 1973

Our journey has ended and I thank you for coming with me - I hope you were not too bored. It ends here as the next thing would be about my army days and Hamburg which have already been told in earlier editions of PostHorn.

On my 95th birthday, I would have liked my husband to have celebrated with me, but he died in October 1972, age 57. I wish that we could have spent more time together. I have a very loving family and friends, and could not wish for better neighbours. I am content.

Congratulations Audrey on your 95th birthday.

From all at PostHorn

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CONGRATULATIONS JOYCE Joyce Coleman celebrated her 80th Birthday along with 40 family and friends at the Community Centre on Sunday 9th February.

Joyce was dinner lady at Scole school for 21 years. Many readers will remember having their dinner dished up by her in the old Village Hall and later the Mobile in the school playground. She was also caretaker of the hall for 6 years, cleaner at Scole Church for 21 years and has helped cater for many events at the I am sure you all join the PostHorn Team in congratulating Joyce and wishing her many Playing Field. more birthdays to come.

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From snow comes a spring, So elegant and green, As buds and flowers sing, And from white comes a scene.

Sentimental thoughts, And happiness combined, Wondrous love and contentment, A world so very refined.

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Blue skies and crystal chandeliers, Appearing in the world above, Fresh grass and iridescent flowers, A place so joyful and loved.

Daisies and bluebells, Growing from the earth, With rays of sunlight, That was the spring’s birth.

5 From sunlight comes a path, A path to all things good, That is the way spring will be, The exact way it should.

Ringing “Taster” Day Saturday 15th March.

From 2pm at Brockdish Church, followed by Dickleburgh.

If you have ever considered ringing tower bells then do please make contact.

We are arranging a Taster Day on Saturday March 15th when you can visit a belfry and have a look at the bells under guidance of an experienced steeple keeper. You can also have a try at handling a bell, and be put in touch with an experienced teacher who will guide you through the early stages of bell-handling. If you would like more details of the day, please contact:

Chairman - David Hillier 01379 740158 Secretary - Gale Hodgkinson 01379 740042 Ringing Master - Mike Hodgkinson 01379 740042 www.southnorfolkringers.webplus.net 17

Harley’s Hints Jobs in the garden for April 1st week

Sow tomatoes for outdoors. Plant asparagus.

Feed spring cabbage.

2nd week

Sow a new lawn. Plant out sweet peas. Prune forsythias.

Sow melon and cucumbers. Disbud peaches. Spray pears.

3rd week

Sow main crop carrots. Spray raspberries and apple trees.

Plant main crop potatoes. Prepare ground for chrysanthus.

4th week

Plant dahlia tubers. Transplant annuals. Plant water lilies.

Protect strawberries. Prepare celery trenches.

See pages 7 and 25 for March and May For full timetables please visit our website or give us a call Depart Diss Time A Time B Service Time 08:08 08:11 2 06:54 09:33 09:36 2 07:09 11:10 2 07:29 11:50 11:53 2 09:57 13:10 13:13 584 10:50 15:05 584 12:10 17:10 584 13:40 18:05 2 14:35 19:01 584 15:30 11:10 09:57 15:40 13:24 18:10 18:25 09:05 Depart Scole

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Diss First Responders

We had a wonderful response from the Scole Community Christmas Celebration on 9 December where we received one third of the proceeds of the evening which benefitted St. Andrew’s Church, The Salvation Army and Diss First Responders.

A two day bucket collection at the Tesco store in Diss was highly successful, and we also received donations from the Carol Singing in Roydon White Hart and other generous supporters of our work.

During the coming year we will be increasing our skills in many more areas so the generosity of the community will be a support to gaining these enhanced skills, purchasing any equipment necessary as well as keeping our Responder Car in tip top order.

We look forward to playing our part in various fundraising events, quizzes and fetes and are always very happy to come and help any individual or group who would like to enhance their knowledge of first aid.

We are all British Heart Foundation Heartstart Instructors and give training for dealing with an unconscious casualty, the recovery position, dealing with severe bleeding, choking, chest pain, strokes and cardiac arrest. It is always better to do something rather than nothing at all in an emergency situation and having this basic knowledge could make a huge difference to a patient’s survival.

As a group we are hugely grateful for the tremendous support received throughout our response area and will always do our best to support our colleagues in the East of England Ambulance Service who haven’t always enjoyed the best coverage from press, radio and television in recent times. All I can say is that the people with whom I have been privileged to work alongside are highly skilled professionals who do a difficult job superbly.

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Ramblings from the Rectory As I write this I am trying to plan a Labyrinth to offer in my 7 churches and at church events. This may sound strange but I have found a labyrinth to be a powerful spiritual tool: a way to help people enter more deeply into the great mysteries of faith, life, death and birth. A labyrinth is such a powerful spiritual tool that many medieval cathedrals had them, and Norwich Cathedral has a new one built into the grass outside in the cloister. But before I say any more I suspect that some of you reading this will not know much about labyrinths.

So a few labyrinth facts. A labyrinth is not a maze. In a maze there are lots of false turns while in a labyrinth there is only one way to follow. So, you can't get lost or tricked in a labyrinth. You start at the outside and the paths lead you backwards and forwards until eventually you reach the centre (see picture). To use a labyrinth you can simply walk along the path and let your mind quieten as you go. You can also decide upon a mystery to be explored as you begin to walk in. You walk slowly, perhaps praying quietly about the mystery as you go deeper and deeper. In this way the walking becomes a mental guide for the inner journey. When you reach the centre you pause to reflect on the heart of the mystery, before slowly returning with insights for 'normal' life.

This journey inwards is one that I would encourage everyone to do, at any time, but particularly during the period of lent which begins with Ash Wednesday on 12th March. Think about your life: what is really important? What is good? What is wrong? How can I get better? If you can't get to a labyrinth, simply trace the one here with your finger. I often repeat the simple ancient prayer, “Come Lord Jesus,� as I travel the labyrinth. If nothing else, following the labyrinth provides a little peace in a hectic day, then we should be a little more prepared for the mystery of death and life that is Easter (20th April) and to appreciate even more the wonderful mystery of abundant life that is so apparent on a beautiful May day.

God bless, Nigel.

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Church Contact Details Priest in Charge Assistant Priest Curate Curate Honorary Curate Reader Reader Church Wardens (Scole) Church Secretary Scole Church Treasurers Scole Billingford Benefice

Rev. Nigel Tuffnell Rev. Clive Hudson Rev. Karen Rayner Rev. Sue Auckland Rev. Gerald Epps Lynda Mansfield Jamie Worthington Maurice Cormack Kay Liffen

Tel: 308905 Tel: 853284 Tel: 741223 Tel: 740325 Tel: 854532 Tel: 740401 Tel: 741437 Tel: 741197 Tel: 741054

Mike Rayner

Tel: 741223

Mel Veness Jill Mattsson Joan Blagg

Tel: 741915 Tel: 741741 Tel: 854156

To arrange Baptisms, Funerals or Weddings, contact Lucy Elton Benefice Administrator Monday - Friday 9am - 1pm Tel: 851148

From the Records Baptisms : Caitlin Elizabeth Root (Scole) - October 20th 2013 Funerals/Burials : November 12th Martin Bliss (55) December 6th Pearl Mortlock (92) January 6th Margarette Edwards (80) February 2nd Marjorie Allen (92) Various Items Scole Community Christmas Celebration - many thanks to all who took part and attended - as usual, it was a lovely enjoyable evening.

Scole School - Easter Service - Scole Church - Thursday 3rd April at 9.30am.

The monthly Meditation Group is on Wednesdays at the Rectory, Harleston, 7.30pm - 8.30pm. Contact Lucy (851148) or Sue (740325) for more details.

Cake and Coffee Mornings - 10.00 am - 12 noon,the first Saturday of each month at Scole Church from March. Come and enjoy homemade sausage rolls, cakes and a good chat.

Watch out for information about Messy church!!

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Weekday worship and Prayer - all are welcome at St. Andrew's Church, Scole for half an hour - worship or prayer - Wednesday at 11am, Thursday 9.15am and Saturday at 5pm. On the first Saturday of the month at 9am there is prayer for the community. If you would like to add someone to our weekly prayer list or the monthly prayer time, please contact Sue (740325).

Benefice Website - you can access this on Googlemail - the address is: http://scole-reden5.webplus.net This provides information about services, ministry and charity events. The Scole/Redenhall Benefice is also now on Facebook - facebook.com/redenhall.scole and if you are on TWITTER you can follow us on https://twitter.com/RedScole.

Lent Lunches at Scole - these raise money for charity and provide an opportunity for the community to get together and enjoy homemade soup, rolls and cheese. This year’s lunches are on Thursdays 12 noon until 2 p.m. on March 20 and 27 and April 3 and 10. Please come and join us if you can.

Easter Services and Good Friday half hour devotions are shown on the services page. In Holy Week there are special services and reflections. At the Western end of the Benefice they are : Monday April 14 - Brockdish - 7.30pm reading St Matthew’s Gospel; Tuesday April 15 - Thorpe Abbotts - 7.30pm, Evening Devotion; Wednesday April 16 - Billingford at 7.30pm, Evening Devotion; Maundy Thursday 17th April - Scole - 6.30pm, Holy Communion.

Don’t forget Waveney Valley Food Bank - collection every first Sunday of the month from our churches for those in need in the Waveney Valley. Food can be brought to church or given to church members.

Dog Excrement - sadly, people visiting graves are still reporting dog mess in the churchyard. Thank you to those who are keeping their dogs on leads and preventing their dogs from fouling. To jog the memories of others, we have erected reminder notices hoping that owners will respect that the churchyard is consecrated ground and that relatives of those buried there find the presence of excrement inconsiderate and offensive.

Scole Mothers’ Union meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 2pm in St. Andrew’s Church. It is an organisation that works to promote family life and family values, set in the context of Christian faith and love. Anyone interested in coming is welcome and can contact Sue (740325) for more details.

Watch out for : Celebrations in September to commemorate the reconsecration of Scole church after the fire, and..…‘QUIZ and CHIPS’ in March/April - Scole Church - dates to be confirmed. Contact Sue (740325) or Jamie (741437) to book. Look out for posters!

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March Sunday

Services for Scole and Billingford 2

9.30am Billingford 11am Scole

Ash Wednesday

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7pm Scole

Sunday

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11am Scole

Sunday

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Sunday Mothering Sunday (Clocks!)

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9.30am Billingford

Holy Communion (HC) Kaleidoscope (Informal) HC with Ashing HC & Children’s Church MP

11am Scole

MP & Children’s Church

11am Scole

HC

4.30pm Scole

Celebration (Informal)

9.30pm Billingford

Family MP

11am Scole

Family Communion for Mothering Sunday

April Sunday Palm Sunday

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Wednesday 16

9.30am Billingford

HC

11am Scole

Kaleidoscope

11am Scole

HC & Children’s Church

7.30pm Billingford

Evening Devotions

6.30pm Scole

HC

Maundy Thursday

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Good Friday

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2pm Billingford

Easter Day

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9.30am Billingford

Sunday

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3pm Scole

Devotional Half Hour Devotional Half Hour HC

11am Scole

HC & Children's Church

11am Scole

HC

4.30pm Scole

Celebration (Informal)

9.30am Billingford

HC

May Sunday

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Sunday

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Sunday

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11am Scole

Kaleidoscope

11am Scole

HC & Children’s Church

9.30am Billingford 11am Scole

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11am Scole 4.30pm Scole

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MP MP & Children’s Church HC Celebration (Informal)

Cauliflower Cheese with Crispy Bacon Recipe supplied by WI member Ingredients 1 cauliflower

Salt and pepper

6 rashers streaky bacon

2 tsp mustard

5 tbs plain flour

220 gms cheese (grated)

50 gms butter

500 mls milk

Cut cauliflower into large pieces and cook for 10 minutes in boiling water.

Grill bacon until crisp. Mix flour with a little milk. Bring rest of milk to boil.

Add flour and stir until thickening. Reduce heat and add mustard, salt, pepper and butter, stirring all the time. Add cheese and half bacon. Put cauliflower cut into small bits into heatproof dish. Spoon over sauce.

Cover with rest of bacon and a little grated cheese. Place under grill until golden.

Harley’s Hints Jobs in the garden for May 1st week

Tie up sweet peas. Be careful with bedding plants.

Plant out Brussels sprouts.

2nd week

Sow hardy annuals outdoors. Harden off bedding plants.

Sow french and runner beans. Spray blackcurrants.

3rd week

Watch for greenfly on roses. Apply weedkiller to lawns.

Prepare for summer bedding plants.

4th week

Take geranium and pelargonium cuttings. Thin raspberries.

Spray roses.

See pages 7 and 18 for March and April

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More from the Kings Head by Chris Earl Following publication of the Kings Head article in the Autumn 2013 PostHorn, Doreen Willings, the daughter of Licensees Claude and Ivy Bonner-Bowles, has agreed to provide further information. Claude and Ivy were married in 1926 and their daughter Doreen was born in 1928. They moved from Maldon Essex to Scole in 1929. Claude became chauffeur to Captain Tracy of the Paddocks. At first they lived in a cottage near the entrance to the Paddocks, then later moved into the Kings Head. 1932 was the year son Ronald was born and when it was decided to brick round the rendered exterior to modernise the look, inside it was no different at all. By this time Doreen had started to attend Scole School of which she has many happy memories; there were four classes, Miss Ivy Youngman teaching the infants. The next classes were taught by Miss Newson then Miss Thorpe. The headmaster Mr Jarman taught the seniors. Doreen passed the 11 plus exam and then attended Diss Grammar School.

Scole School 1935.

Miss Youngman with her class. Doreen second row down third left.

It was a well known fact that Ivy Bonner-Bowles was an accomplished pianist and she tried to teach both her children to play the piano.

Doreen proved to be most challenging, so a music teacher, Miss Margery Watling, the Brome postmistress, was employed at a rate of 1 guinea for 12 lessons. Doreen disliked the lessons but really loved Miss Watling’s Austin 7 car, remembering more of the car than her scales! Eventually after 6 lessons, Miss Watling decided that Doreen was tone deaf and more lessons would not be worth her parents’ expense. Doreen was very happy but her brother Ronald had to endure a full course of music lessons as he grew older.

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1939 brought declaration of war. After the family listened to the announcement on the wireless, the air raid siren sounded, so they headed for the air raid shelter which had recently been completed. At 7pm, the normal Sunday opening time, they were aroused by customers enquiring “when are you opening the pub?”

They had not heard the “all clear” siren! By 9pm the sound of marching feet announced the arrival of 20 Territorial soldiers who had marched from Chelmsford to Scole that day. A camp fire was lit in the car park where a late breakfast was cooked for some very hungry soldiers. The day war was declared was a very full day for the Bonner-Bowles and ended when the soldiers retired to bed in the “Club Room” where beds had been arranged. The following day they marched away to Thelveton and carried out manoeuvres, returning to Scole in the evening. The Bonner-Bowles had to arrange ration books so the soldiers could be fed, but they left without warning after 3 months. Doreen believes they were posted to the Far East and that none of them survived the war.

Once that group had left, 3 Territorial soldiers were billeted on the Kings Head.

They were allocated to the headquarters of the District Searchlight Unit at Warren Hills, Oakley. A flashing beacon was erected to guide the RAF towards Honington Airfield. This seems rather unwise as in 1940 it led a German bomber towards the camp which duly dropped five bombs. These missed the target but hit some chicken huts. The farmer reported that the surviving chickens laid no eggs for a week! All the village children cycled to see any action. One was an RAF Blenheim bomber which crashed into one of the searchlights. Much more exciting to Doreen was watching a German Dornier bomber being chased and shot down by two RAF Hurricanes. She and a friend were cycling towards Harleston when they noticed action in the sky. The Hurricanes latched on to the German bomber and brought it down. After furious cycling, the two girls found the crash site at Starston. It was common for children to collect shrapnel but this Dornier yielded parts of airframe which fitted into Doreen's bicycle basket which she still has to this day. One lunchtime as Doreen was walking from Diss school up Market Hill, a German fighter appeared ahead strafing pedestrians walking in the opposite Kings Head and Claude Bonner-Bowles. direction. Everyone dashed To the right is the clubroom where for cover. Doreen followed Army recruits were billeted. others, entering a hardware shop (now Larter & Ford) where everyone took cover under the counter. It was over very quickly and no one was hurt. Only the post box outside Diss Publishing bore bullet holes for several years.

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Scole Feather Report by Trevor Raven At 8:15am on Tuesday 28th January a Red kite glided low over Scole village in the direction of the river Waveney. This magnificent bird with a rufus forked tail and 5ft wing span caused alarm to our winter resident Gulls who flocked up around it trying to drive it off, but looking like small doves by comparison. The kite simply ignored them and carried on towards the river. Did anyone else see it? I am advised that Red kites have started to colonise the eastern counties from their re-introduction sites in the Midlands and West Country. We can expect to see more of them over Scole in the future. Don’t mistake the Red kite with our resident local Buzzards.

If you are interested to see some of the rarest birds in Britain then just 45 minutes drive from Scole is Lakenheath Fen one of the UK’s top sites for wild birds. April-May is the best time to visit when all the summer visitors have arrived. On the reserve, and easily heard will be Cuckoo, Nightingale, Bearded tits, and even the now the rare Turtle dove. The reed beds are alive with singing warblers. It’s worth the trip just to hear the song of Blackcaps and Garden warbler. Go on an early morning in May, and it is better than any aviary for colour and song. At Lakenheath you can hear the Bittern booming from the reedbed, and watch the ultra rare Marsh harrier hunting low over the reeds.

Only here, and in North Norfolk, is the stately Crane breeding.

Finally, it is here that the only known nesting site in Britain for the spectacular Golden oriole is located. People come just to hear this bird. Even a winter visit can be worthwhile, and on a sunny 2nd February morning this year we counted four Cranes, four Marsh harrier and a Slavonian grebe on the river. A Bittern was skulking around in the reeds and the resident Bearded tits were calling.

Not much has been about in the Scole area this winter compared to other years.

Winter thrushes (Redwings and Fieldfares) have been scarce in surrounding fields, so have Lapwings and Golden plover that in previous winters have arrived in their hundreds. Some garden birds such as Robins, Dunnock and Great tits have all been singing early, which probably has something to do with the seasonally mild temperatures (don’t mention the wind and the rain).

Crossbills are fairly common in Thetford Forest, but this year they have been joined by numbers of Parrot crossbills from Scandinavia. Occuring off the coast during winter are large numbers of Red-throated divers, but this year they have been joined by large groups of Great northern and Black-throated divers, probably escaping the exceptionally hard arctic winter.

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The Crane is a huge, graceful, mainly grey bird with long legs, long neck and drooping curved tail feathers.

Small numbers pass through Britain in spring and autumn, and at two locations in East Anglia there is a tiny breeding population.

The common Crane (Grus Grus)

The Parrot crossbill is a large powerful finch with a large parrot-like bill and sharply forked tail. The male is orange with dusky wings and tail, the female is olive-green or grey. It is very similar to the native Crossbill common in Thetford Forest. Its bill structure and the distinctive, deeper call is the most reliable way to separate them.

The Parrot crossbill

The Divers or Loons These streamlined diving birds sit low in the water. With their legs so far back on their bodies they are clumsy and barely able to walk. They usually jump up to dive and can stay underwater for a minute and a half.

They come ashore to breed. They are much less colourful in winter, looking similar and making their identification difficult.

Red-throated diver In summer plumage

Black-throated diver in summer plumage

Great northern diver in summer plumage Pictures : RSPB

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Scole Mothers’ Union A business meeting was held in November to discuss the programme for 2014.

In December a joint Carol Service was held at Harleston. The AGM took place in January.

Future Meetings - Rev’d Karen Rayner will be our speaker in March. In April we will welcome Irene Sayer as our speaker. Our annual shared lunch will take place in May when our speaker will be Rev’d Christine Brooks, formally of Scole. Subjects for talks will be announced when known.

Scole Mothers' Union meet in the Church at 2.15pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month and any non member who wishes to come and listen to our speakers will be very welcome.

Scole Women’s Institute We are now back to meeting at “Hopefield” Norwich Road at 7.30pm now that the weather is warmer and the evenings a little lighter.

On Thursday 6th March Shirley Hall will talk about Old Needlework Tools, and the competition will be a spring flower.

The annual federation meeting will be held in St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich on Tuesday 25th March.

On Thursday 3rd April Mr John Read will tell us all about the “History of Soap”.

The competition is to carve a bar of soap.

We will be hosting the group meeting in St. Andrew’s Church here in Scole on Thursday 24th April for the Diss and Pulham District Institutes. The talk will be “Gershwin and Jazz”.

On 1st May we will discuss the resolutions and vote yes or no about them before the AGM in Sheffield. This will be followed by a social evening. The competition is to write a limmerick beginning “A young man’s fancy in May…”

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Scole CE VC Primary School at a glance It’s incredible to think that we are half way through this academic year already.

– so much has happened and there is still so much to do!

Our reception children are fully integrated into the life of the school. The class is a wonderful place to be; there is always a buzz, the children are busy and engaged in their learning and they are so keen to learn. Recently the children had a whole day devoted to Chinese New Year, where they made dumplings, had a restaurant in the role play area (using chop sticks!) and made Chinese drums, which they shared in sharing assembly. I am sure that the children will continue their fantastic start to their school life throughout the rest of the term.

The children in Class 2 have been working extremely hard this term on their topic of ‘Castles’. There have been lots of adventures involving dragons, eggs and damsels in distress, which have provided the catalyst for brilliant writing and drama. You will be able to read excerpts of their writing and bearing in mind they are only 5 to 7 years old I think you will agree they have done a very good job.

At Christmas time Class 3 pupils said goodbye to their teacher Mrs Uebergang, who headed back to Australia. ‘Mrs U’ was an extremely popular member of staff and I know the children who were taught by her had a fantastic time and learnt a great deal. We all wish her well in her new life on the Gold Coast. We were lucky to able to appoint Miss Quick for the remainder of the academic year and she has embarked on an exciting programme of study for the children involving dragons! We look forward to seeing their work displayed around the school.

Our oldest pupils, in Class 4, are using World War Two as the focus for their learning this term. The children have been working extremely hard to develop their knowledge of rationing, life in Britain during the war, important battles and major historical figures. Mrs Minns has been very impressed with the children’s thirst for knowledge and their commitment to the learning.

On top of their learning in the classroom the children have also had the opportunity to take part in a variety of sporting, artistic and musical endeavours.

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We have had visits from an artist and an author, we have a professional dancer working with the children later in the year and before Christmas our school choir took part in the ‘Voice in a Million’ concert at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, which involved children from across the county. So all in all, we have been very busy!

Best wishes Mark Carlyle (Headteacher)

The Dragon and the Princess Once upon a time a lovely princess was living in a cave. She was living with a dragon. But King Ben wanted to kill the dragon. King Ben saw his daughter picking berries. He sent the guards. He said make sure the dragon dies! They did not see Niddy hiding in a bush.

When they got back they threw her in the tallest tower in the castle and locked the door. Niddy told Niddhogg the dragon that Princess Maria was stuck in the tower so Niddhogg flew to the castle. He saved her.

They went to the forest and built a house and built a fire. They were happy.

Cerys (Year 1)

Kidnapped Princess Maria Once upon a time there lived a beautiful lady called Princess Maria who was hiding in a cave because she was trying to escape evil King Ben. Unfortunately King Ben wanted to kill Princess Maria’s baby dragon, Niddy.

One sunny day King Ben was looking out of his window when he saw Princess Maria picking strawberries for her lunch. Suddenly King Ben ordered his guards to kidnap Princess Maria and destroy the dragon. Straight away the guards dragged her to the tallest tower and locked her away. As soon as Princess Maria had been captured she was dragged up the horrible steep stairs and locked in her bedroom. The room had a pink light, a sparkly mirror and a beautiful bed.

Even though she loved the bedroom so much she was horrified because she wouldn’t get to play with her dragon friend. At once Niddy flew to Niddhogg to tell him that Princess Maria was locked in her bedroom in the tallest tower. Then Niddhogg flew up to the tallest tower and rescued and brought her back to safety.

Finally Niddy and Niddhogg built a home and Princess Maria looked after them.

They lived in a wooden cabin and as they had lots of money they lived in peace.

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Scole and District Gardening Club A happy New Year to all our avid gardeners. When you read this we will have held our AGM so there may be changes to the committee. We have had a hard working committee over 2013 and the club boasts over 30 members. We have shared some delightful and informative meetings on all sorts of subjects to please everyone. Our speakers have covered the garden from roses to herbaceous plants and creepy crawlies to companion planting to eliminate them. We have enjoyed outside visits to very different gardens and we’ve swapped plants to enhance our own.

2014 offers an equally exciting year as Brenda has produced a varied programme for us to enjoy over the coming months. We look forward to welcoming new members at our meetings which are held on the 4th Thursdays of the month at 7.30pm in the Community Centre. We are looking forward to learning about lawn care, vegetables, pruning and a tree walk. We are staging an exciting “Village Open Gardens” event and also attempting to bring back a small horticultural show in the fall. The time is ripe to sow your seeds with this event in mind. We know we will not reach the dizzy heights of the shows that Shirley and Michael used to put on in our old village hall but everything starts from small beginnings. We will publish the classes for entry in the next edition of PostHorn. Do come and help us with your ideas and make the Gardening Club your own.

I’m sure you all appreciate the Community garden, which is lovingly attended by our members. It should be a blaze of colour this spring with additional bulbs to compliment the daffodils on the verge and the crocus display around the Memorial.

Pearl Fisher

Marquee for hire 4m x 10m Very reasonable rates Contact Sue on 01379 740837 Hire fees shared by the local churches of Scole, Billingford, Thorpe Abbotts and Brockdish.

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Scole Old Boys Club Since the last edition of the PostHorn, the Club has received a significant number of photos and postcards of the village and surrounding area which we have now copied. The photos will eventually appear on our Website whereas the postcards will be stored electronically and held on file. This unfortunately is due to possible copyright issues with the postcards appearing on the Web. This issue contains three and can be seen on the next two pages.

The Club would like to thank Tony and Marion Chapman, Cedric Patterson, Pammy Theobald, Ann Foreman, John Baines and Barry Lond for allowing us to copy their photos. Our current photo and postcard collection is now well over 200. Please let us know if you have photos or postcards of the village. We are able to scan these quite quickly and able to return them usually the same day.

Future Club Events Wednesday 26th March - a circular footpath walk from Scole War Memorial to Thelveton and Billingford, starting at 11am and returning hopefully by dusk. We will be calling in at Billingford Horseshoes for light refreshments (it would be rude not to.) If the weather is poor we will be using the much shorter circular walk route B around the street area of the village.

Thursday 10th April - next club night at Scole Sports and Social Club at 7.30pm.

If you require any further information please contact me.

Dennis Noble (SEC.) Tel 740688 See over 3 Photographs of Cricket Club, Football Team and Pretty’s Garage.

SCOLE AND THELVETON CRICKET CLUB soon after the opening of the Playing Field in 1959 Top row (l/r):- Donny Robinson, Rolly Lines, Harry Howlett, Cedric Patterson, Tony Chapman.

Middle row (l/r):- Herbie Larter, Gerry Patterson, Ronney Bowles, Pon Turner.

Bottom row (l/r):- Aubrey Bloomfield, Claude Buggs, Bill Frary.

Thanks to Gerry and Cedric Patterson for their help in naming the players.

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SCOLE FOOTBALL TEAM 1908/09 This is probably the earliest photo of a Scole Football Team. We are currently trying to identify the players but this is extremely difficult as the photo is over 100 years old. However, there is a general consensus of opinion that the player on the far left in the middle row is Scole’s own WW1 hero Ernest Seaman VC.

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WILLIAM PRETTY’S GARAGE, Diss Road, Scole, early 1900’s, now Scole Engineering.

This must be an early car recovery photo with a horseless carriage being recovered by the old faithful horse. The gentleman in the photo looking at the car must be asking “will this modern form of transport ever catch on?” Perhaps a caption should read - car recovery not by the AA but by the Gee Gee!

Scole Community Centre Volunteers have come forward to run a “Community Café” in the Community Centre. We hoped this would happen when the premises were improved. We can announce that this will happen sooner rather than later. This is a unique opportunity for all sections of the community, young and elderly to get to know each other. So often parishioners are involved in just one aspect of village life and this is often determined by age. How many retired people know young mums and the children that swell our school and equally how many busy young folk know how many elderly (often lonely) people live in their community?

Do come along to the Community Café on Wednesdays from 1pm - 3pm and enjoy a cup of tea and cake in a relaxed atmosphere and catch up on village life. Who knows how many new friendships will be formed. Please give these dedicated volunteers your support and show what a lovely village we live in and how friendly everyone can be. The Social Club is supporting this venture. It cannot work without you!

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Over 60s Friendship Club We had our Christmas Tea on December 17th, served by our committee and Jean Davis played keyboard for the carols. There was no meeting in January and the first one in 2014 was on February 4th. On April 1st we will hold the AGM. New members welcome. Joyce Coleman.

Scole Dominoes Club Despite very close matches, Scole Dominoes have been unable to get over the line with 3 draws being achieved in recent weeks.

There is a thought that the Club is suffering the after effects of an unfortunate incident against Walsham Le Willows in November. A brawl broke out following question marks over the visiting captain’s parentage. The police were quickly on the scene but 3 constables had to be admitted to the local A & E. Thankfully the only injury sustained by the team was a broken nail. We made Diss Express “Walsham Bar Steward queries results in toxic cocktail”. Diss Chief Inspector Pat Rolcar was quoted as saying “I am determined this mindless violence will be stamped out”.

The Domino League imposed the sanction that our next 3 matches had to be played behind closed doors - at least it is now warmer in the hall.

Parish Council News November/December 2013 & January 2014 by Sue Redgrave Main Items discussed: Bridge Road - January saw us into the start of the notice period for the stopping up order of Bridge Road. Site notices have been posted and if there are no objections by 28th February the bund will be removed and the PC can progress with the plans for the site.

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Street Lighting - we will continue to monitor our street lights and they will be repaired as and when needed. New chokes to repair the rusted ones have been fitted to some lights at Reeve Close and we now have an ongoing programme to continue the work.

Dog Fouling - whilst most pet owners are considerate and clear up after their pet, this is still an ongoing problem. We have eight bins already in and around the parish and two more to be purchased in the next financial year but it still seems that we have anti-social dog owners that live in or use our parish to walk their pets. This quantity of bins will cost the PC ÂŁ700 per year to have emptied; this money is from our precept which comes from YOUR COUNCIL TAX. PLEASE CLEAR UP AFTER YOUR PET, or perhaps tell a member of the PC if you see someone not doing so.

Trees - the trees at the junction of Ransome Avenue and Reeve Close have been trimmed away from the BT cable and overhanging branches cut away from the neighbouring property.

Planning Applications - these can be viewed online at the SNC website.

Land on Norwich Road - Mr B Tunmore is in negotiations to develop this land and planning permission for housing is being sought. This is still ongoing.

Footpaths - these continue to be monitored for ease of access.

Budget meeting - our annual budget meeting was held in early January and after much discussion and maths it became clear we had to increase by 3.8%, which makes an increase of ÂŁ35.14 per annum on a band D property. This compares favourably with other parishes of the same size as Scole, some of whom receive double the amount of our precept.

Grit Bins - the three new grit bins should be in place. They are sited at the junctions of Ransome Avenue/Norwich Road, Robinson Road/Bridge Road and Karen Close/Diss Road. These are for the general public to use on the roads where they are situated.

New Councillors - we have urgent need for new councillors to join our ranks.

Please come to a meeting to see how it all works. Meetings are held at 7.30pm on 3rd Monday of each month in Scole School Hall. Full minutes can be seen on Parish Notice boards and on the PC website, also in Scole Stores.

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All parish council information is available at the following office by appointment only: Sara Campbell (Clerk), Woodthorpe Farm, Goose Green, Winfarthing, DISS. IP22 2ER Tel: 01953 861486 E-mail : clerk@scoleparish.org.uk

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Parent/Baby/Toddler Group

..... Linda Clay 741187 Wednesday 1.30pm - 3pm

Friends of Scole School

..... Helen Clark 740413

Scole Mothers’ Union

..... Georgie O’Shaughnessy 740127

Scole Women’s Institute

..... Shirley Hall 740636

Community Centre

..... Ian Constance (Manager) 740265

Scole Social Club

..... Pearl Fisher 740753

Scole Domino Club

..... June Foreman 740902

Over 60s Friendship Club

..... Joyce Coleman 740384

Scole & District Bowls Club

..... Robin Shortell 740053

Shirley Shiress 07925 093551

Scole & District Gardening Club ..... Pearl Fisher 740753 Scole Lads FC (boys and girls)

..... Ian Logan 741586

Scole United Football Club

..... Vic Buckle 740327

First Team Manager

..... James Last 740568

Reserves Manager

..... Danny Philpot 07795 185671

Scole Parish website

..... scoleparish.org.uk

Diss First Responders

..... Rachel Hillier (Coordinator) 740158

OTHER USEFUL CONTACT INFORMATION Medical Emergency (out of hours) NHS Direct Norfolk Constabulary (non emergency) Gas (emergencies) Anglian Water Home Watch South Norfolk Council Street lighting, pavements, litter Sara Campbell (Parish Clerk) County Councillor (Martin Wilby) District Councillor (Jenny Wilby) Network Rail (enquiries) Borderhoppa Meadow Green Dog Rescue (Loddon) Tim Page - Scole Bridge Ranger

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www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk www.norfolk.police.uk www.anglianwater.co.uk www.south-norfolk.gov.uk clerk@scoleparish.org.uk

01379 741504 martin.wilby@norfolk.gov.uk 01379 741504 jwilby@s-norfolk.gov.uk 08457 484950 www.networkrail.co.uk 01379 854800 www.harleston-norfolk.gov.uk 01508 548216 www.dogrescuenorfolk.com 01379 788008

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