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Message from the Editor These days we seem to read only bad news, so you will not find any mention of credit crunch or recession in this edition; instead we celebrate that according to “Country Life”, Norfolk has been voted as the eighth best County to live in. A sense of community is an important element to achieving such an accolade. In this magazine, we start a series of how Scole developed to suit the modern age. The formation of Scole United Football Club, covered in the “Willing Volunteer” article and the “Coronation in Scole” article which covers the proposals for a Playing field. Future articles will trace our progress after 1953. Can anyone help with information? Please contact us. Spring is in the air and we celebrate this with “Harbingers of Spring” by Michael Hall and “Feather Report” by Trevor Raven. We also look at daffodils in Billingford in Farming Diary. Wishing all a happy carefree Spring. Chris Earl Editor.
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A Strange Experience by Roger Davey Water Wells in Zambia part 2 by John Baines Micky’s Magic by Rolph Tipoy Farming Diary by Sue Redgrave A Willing Volunteer by Chris Earl Church pages Feather Report by Trevor Raven PostHorn Celebration Harbingers of Spring by Michael Hall The Coronation in Scole by Chris Earl Council News by Sue Redgrave
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A Strange Experience in Mill Valley, California. by Roger Davey 10 May 2004. Ann and I were walking back to the house from Mill Valley Village when I saw two men from the San Francisco Water Supply Company in the road. One was holding a metal rod in each hand and walking across the road with them pointed in front of him. The other was holding a board with a road plan on it. Each time the first man got near to the middle of the road the two metal rods began moving towards each other. The second man then marked a yellow X on the road and made a mark on his map at the point. We watched, fascinated, whilst this process was repeated along the road, and when I asked, was told they were tracing a water pipe by ‘dowsing’. The pipes, being made of plastic, no longer responded to metal detectors, and this was a simple way of finding them. I asked if anyone could do it and the guy said he thought they could, and offered the rods to me. The rods were ‘L’ shaped, either copper or nickel and about 18 inches long and 1/8 inch diameter. I took hold of them, and he told me to extend my arms forward, showing me how to cusp my hands with the thumb and forefinger forming a 1 inch diameter hole. He then rested the two rods across my fists with the short lengths hanging down each hole. In this way I started to walk slowly across the road. Nothing happened until I got near the centre when to my utter amazement the two rods started to move towards each other. I could not believe my eyes; nothing I was doing could cause this to happen. The rods were moving of their own accord. They crossed over each other and then as I continued over the centre of the road they stopped moving. The man said that was where the water pipe was. I had to believe it. No way would the hard headed management at San Francisco City Hall allow this to continue if it did not provide results. It is now 2008, and I am still bewildered by the whole experience. What was happening ? Does it happen only when people are involved? What is the force that causes the rods to move? Has anyone ever tried to explain it scientifically? It certainly doesn’t seem to be electro-magnetic. If it’s gravitational why do the rods move horizontally? Is it a new force of nature? Exactly how, and if, divining works is the subject of continuing debate.
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When you ask the question, the answer will invariably depend on who you ask. Science says No, it does not work. Sceptics state that dowsing experiments in controlled conditions have failed to produce convincing results. Others point out that the practice has survived for at least five centuries with dowsers claiming excellent success rates. Many people, myself hesitantly included, believe it does work, or something does. In fact if you ask some of the local town workers who lay and fix water pipes, you may be surprised to learn how common is the use of Divining Rods to quickly find pipes. Indeed it seems that dowsing is employed by many large organisations, and even some Governments. I have read that many Dowsers believe the divining rods amplify tiny, imperceptible movements within the hand of the dowser. They believe it is not the signal moving the rods, it is the hands that are doing the movement. The sensor is you - picking up information and passing the signal to the muscular part of your nerves. Perhaps this really does happen, but it still doesn’t answer the question, what is, and from where does the signal come?
GARDEN TIPS FOR MARCH 1st week:
Take cuttings of outdoor chrysanthus. Sow onions, parsnips and broad beans. Plant fruit trees. Oil and grease the lawnmower.
2nd week:
Sow hardy annual, feed hydrangeas and plant early potatoes. Prepare celery trenches. Mulch raspberries. Feed strawberries and take dahlia cuttings.
3rd week:
Prune roses. Start begonias and gloxinias. Sow carrots. Feed winter lettuce. Spray black currants. Sow main crop leeks.
4th week:
Spray and feed roses. Plant gladioli. Sow half hardy annuals. Plant late potatoes and onion sets. Prune early flowering shrubs.
Village Quiz The annual village quiz has been arranged for April 24th. We hope to see all the organisations taking part in this fun event. Each organisation will be invited to put in a team via a letter but please put this date in your diaries. 6
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Water Wells in Zambia Pt.2 by John Baines Our Kaoma programme lasted five and a half working days. The teams were in the field and had found sixteen new villages with well locations. They had also inspected the previous year’s work in a number of villages and this finished at noon on Saturday. Our task was to lunch, pack and travel west some one hundred and fifty miles to our second base in Mongu. It is the biggest town in Western Province and has a motel with electricity and water in more reliable quantities. There are bar and restaurant facilities at the “Oasis” and also a supermarket “Shoprite”. Being Sunday morning we attend the Episcopal Church. The congregation is around three hundred with a choir of about fifty, a dozen Elders and the addition of eight “palefaces”. The choir, from a tuning fork, sing the Hallelujah Chorus masterfully. We were expected to introduce ourselves and thank them for their warm welcome concluding with sharing the Peace. At the end, the majority of the congregation want to shake hands and the Elders invite us to share a Sprite and nibbles. As each year goes by, the companionship increases. Monday morning and we meet the Health Visitor team of three competent and impressive ladies who do their work mostly voluntarily but know the villages well. Each have families - Claire, Precious and Albertina. Albertina was taught her Tropical Medicine at Liverpool, next door to where I once lectured. “You must be my Daddy!!” giving me a huge hug. “You must be my long lost wayward daughter”. “Don’t tell me you are in trouble!” “Not again.”
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The Mongu ground conditions are different. Whereas Kaoma wells are dug through self supporting earth, in Mongu the upper strata is mostly wind blown sand from the Namibian Kalahari Desert. The wells have to be supported the whole depth. This is done with concrete rings about a metre diameter and 600cm high. The rings are made of concrete in a plastic mould and cured. The first one is laid over the stake where the well is located.
The digger (usually an enthusiastic lady) sits inside the ring and digs out the earth whilst lowering the ring, sealing the next one for about twelve metres deep (higher than our chimney tops). The latter part is in water and wet sand. A sample of the water is tested by the local health authority. Sweet water is expected but monitored for traces of arsenic and iron. There are some fifteen wells constructed in each village resulting from our location work the previous year, so we are anxious to learn how efficient last year’s programme has been. Each will have been commissioned before our arrival and every village will have had a couple of months experience of their new well. Their joy and thanks is celebrated with a village meeting with speeches and songs by the children and a speech of thanks from each Headman. It is an overwhelming experience, and most rewarding.
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So far, the anticipated conditions have proved consistently successful for depths, flows and sweetness of water and the appreciation of the villagers. In addition to the villages each sponsored by Rotary Clubs throughout East Anglia there have been five opportunities to assist schools. In Zambia, there are State schools which are not in every village. Consequently, independent Community schools exist which have no financial support. The latter are usually without adequate water and sanitation facilities and we have been requested to assist with good results.
It is noticeable that school attendance has increased considerably where wells are functioning effectively.
Community School desks and chairs
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The teams of Village Water do monitor the villages that have had wells installed, particularly with the sanitation and hygiene as the health and education are important unexpected by-products of the work. (The Team in 2007 with me and Liz in the centre.)
These achievements have only been possible through Village Water teams, the Rotary Clubs who have supported financially and organised by Richard Pither and lay dowsing members particularly our colleague Peter Taylor as part of our team. There have been several individuals who have provided financial support and their funds have been devoted to construction wells for three community schools for 900 pupils.
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by Rolph Tipoy It seems a long time ago now. The blue moon and scarlet sea are long behind me, but my adventures are just beginning. How could I possibly know what lay between the Great Chasm and the Cantellian Void. I had to make a choice, once made it could not be reversed. The wave overcame everything.
Part 1 Charlie was my best friend, he was a whole six months older than me, but I didn’t care. It was 1954 and I’d just had my twelfth birthday and here I was, out on my new bike. “Hop on the seat then, or you’ll bend the mudguard”, I muttered. “Look, I’ll stand on the pedals and we can freewheel down the rest of the lane to the beach”. Charlie didn’t look too reassured, he’d just bought an ice cream cornet and was in the process of sticking his tongue right down into the bottom of the square bit. “Look pal, my mum just spent threepence on this and there’s no way I’m going to waste it ok”. He hadn’t noticed the white blob on the end of his nose and it looked pretty daft. We’d already walked up hill for about a half mile and I was ready for that ride even if he wasn’t! “We’ve only got till teatime Charlie so get on that seat and let’s get cracking”. There was a big crunch and a slurp, and the last remains of the ice cream disappeared down his gullet. The beach was about a mile from the village of Little Munley where we both lived. A narrow street of terraced cottages, a small pub called The Smugglers Bay Inn and a school for children, up to fourteen years. Mr Hammond was the head teacher, and nobody argued with him. When he told you to shut up in class, you did. He was alright though. “You’re wobbling”, Charlie nervously observed as we raced down the lane at high speed. “Micky, if we crash I’m going to throw your bike into the sea and make you get it back!” he yelled, hanging on to my school blazer as if it was a life jacket.
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We gathered more speed as we charged around the signpost at the junction which pointed us off to the right, and we flew past farmer Johnson’s field with his prize winning Hereford cattle still gently chewing the cud. This marked the last part of the journey, and before we knew it, we’d accelerated on to the beach with Charlie hanging onto his school cap for dear life as we slammed into the dunes. “Ruddy maniac,” he stuttered, brushing himself off wildly. “Do you know how much my mum paid for this uniform?” It didn’t matter a jot, we’d arrived in one piece and I couldn’t wait to start beach combing. This was my favourite hobby and I eagerly awaited finding some long lost jewels or anything of interest that I could add to my collection. “I think we’ll try up at the cliff point this time around Charlie old chap”, pointing the way. This was an area that we’d never tried before. You had to be careful with the tide, but it was out, and I reckoned that we had around an hour to forage around the pools. It took about five minutes of running before we arrived, our legs aching. We cautiously hauled ourselves between the jagged rocks and got ready for digging. “Give us your pen Charlie, there’s a big hump over there and I need to see what’s under it”. There was a grimace and a firm clasping of his top pocket to protect the highly valued fountain pen. “Shove off!” he rasped. “Do you know how much my mum spent on this pen?” I had become slightly exasperated with his constant moaning about what his mum had spent on his school stuff and was no longer prepared to hear any more. “Give me that pen, you idiot,” I stormed. “How do you expect me to dig this thing up if I don’t have something to dig it up with?” Charlie might have been a bit older than me but he was much smaller. There was no way that he could resist me if I decided to take it off him. “Why can’t you use your own pen? My mum spent one shilling and six pence on this pen, the last one of mine you used ended up with its nib all bent and the case scratched and broken”. Standing up, I looked him squarely in the eye with my hands on my hips. This was my, ‘now I really mean this’ stance which everyone knew to be my last approach. Alright, so I’m a bit of a bully, but what can you do when the tide is turning on you. This object was looking rather interesting. I needed to see what it was, for there was always a chance it might not be found again,
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The wind was picking up, and the strip of beach we were on was reducing from a good hundred yards when we first started, to half of that when we eventually sorted out the pen situation. He lost again! “If you break it you’ll have my mum to deal with Micky, I mean it, she’ll talk to your mum and you’ll get into some real trouble this time!” I wasn’t really interested, I couldn’t be bothered. This lump in the sand was about the size of a dinner plate and was raised about an inch. Wow, pirates’ treasure, lost smugglers’ booty? Expectation was high. The pen was a lot stronger than Charlie’s last one. I started easing the pen around the outer edge and started to tease the edge up and down. It wasn’t going to yield itself easily. Fifteen minutes of wiggling and jiggling and digging into the lower surface surrounding the object just wasn’t going to shift it. “Micky, the water is getting closer, you’d better hurry up!” Sure enough, the sea was now lapping around the first set of rocks about thirty feet away and water was starting to spray over the top of them. ”Give it up, it’s not going to come up is it?” urged Charlie. “If this uniform gets messed up my mum won’t be happy!” Charlie looked nervously over his shoulder at the lapping water. “Did I tell you how much this uniform cost my mum?” What was it with this object? Most stuff I could collect with very little work. Normally all I had to do was pick it up or dig down into a very small amount of sand or pebbles and that was it, another prize. I scraped all of the sand off the top of the rounded object, it glittered in the sunlight. “Wow gold!” I gasped. Well, it looked like gold, it was gold in colour, it MUST be gold! I had to hurry. We were at the base of a very high cliff and we had to cover about two hundred yards to get to safety. The sand dunes were safely behind the tide line and we knew we’d be ok once we reached them. “I’m off Micky, you can stay if you want to, my mum’ll be really mad if I get drowned, you wait and see!” he exclaimed, running for all of his worth. “I’m telling you it won’t come out, you’re mad if you stay!” He was right, the object was stuck fast and the water was now only three feet away from the last set of rocks. Time was indeed running out. OK, I’ll come back for it tomorrow I thought, but how do I find the position again? There was only one thing for it, I’d quickly get some loose rocks and pile them on the top, a dozen should do it. I must get busy before it’s too late.
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The last rock went on the pile rather awkwardly, but I managed to get a good weight on the top and I reckoned that the sea wouldn’t shift that lot in a hurry. I’d be able to relocate this find easily. A sigh of relief as I clambered over the remaining rock before hitting the beach area, with minutes remaining before the sea overtook where we had stood. A last look back, and I heard what sounded like some curious creaking and cracking coming from the rocks. Too late to do anything now, I had to run, and run fast. Well, I was the school sprint champion, and I was confident that I could easily make the dunes before hitting trouble. Charlie wasn’t such a good runner, and I caught him up as he started to sit down by the bike. “You’re mad you are!” he panted, “one of these days we’ll be in real trouble, and my mum will come and get..........” I interrupted. “Shut up Charlie, we’re alright aren’t we?” I said shrugging my shoulders. “This time tomorrow I’ll have that gold plate in my hands and we’ll both be rich!” This was pirate treasure, I had quite convinced myself it was pirate treasure, yes, of course it was pirate treasure. I knew that one day I’d get something really good, not just some nice shells or a starfish but REAL treasure. I thought it was only a matter of time. Charlie looked at the bike and picked it up. “Well, I suppose we should be getting back, it’s getting near tea time”. The worst bit was getting up that hill again. I thought I’d strained the chain as we were tearing down the road last time so I’d better be a bit more careful this time around. “Do you really think that object was solid gold?” he enquired as we walked up the lane. “I mean, you know, real gold like my mum’s wedding ring.” We walked a bit further before I gave my reply. “Now look here Charlie, don’t say a single word to your mum or your dad, right!” Charlie’s face was scowled and upset. “Now look here Micky, if you’ve found some pirate treasure and we come into a lot of money, how are we going to explain where it all came from to our parents?” I had to admit he had a point. “Search me, besides we haven’t got it yet have we old chap!” Tomorrow was another day. I hoped that the pile of rocks survived and that I could re-find my treasure. The weather forecast was for stormy conditions overnight and rain for the following day, all day. This was frustrating, but I might well take a risk if the weather wasn’t too bad. It was my treasure, nobody or anything was going to stop me getting it, nobody!
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Farming Diary by Sue Redgrave Fluttering and Dancing in the Breeze Many of you will remember the wonderful fields of bright yellow in and around Scole and Billingford in the spring, starting in the late 80’s. This was not the flower of the oil seed rape, but field upon field of golden daffodils. Thelveton Estate started growing them in 1986 and continued until 2000, when with a cut in workforce it was decided to sell off the grading machinery which was dismantled and sold on to someone in Ireland. To grow a successful crop, the land had to be de-stoned, ploughed and ridged. The bulbs were planted at the end of August and the fields ridged again. They were sprayed and fertilised in the spring. After the first year of growth, the flowers were picked and sold at the roadside. Some were sent to market. The second year, again flowers were picked and sold. After the remaining flowers had died, the fields were sprayed and the bulbs lifted and taken to the grain store to dry. When dry enough, they were passed along a mechanised grading line to sort into sizes and remove any diseased bulbs. The working hours for this job was 5.30 am until 10.30pm, 7 days a week for 8 weeks. It was very tiring, labour intensive work. Some casual labour was brought in to help with this and the flower picking. Once sorted, the smaller bulbs were inspected by the Ministry to make sure they were free from disease, they were then sold on in tonne boxes. The larger bulbs which were kept, were sterilised in water and chemical and dried with cooling fans, then stored until time for planting. Then the whole process started again. In all, eleven varieties were grown. The picture opposite shows a field at Billingford. (Thanks to Paul for his helpful notes and good memory.)
Congratulations to these Scole residents: Audrey Welch who celebrated her 90th Birthday on February 2nd. We hope she had a happy day. Christina and Edward Williams on their 40th Wedding Anniversary on February 14th. 19
A Willing Volunteer - The Ron Hill Story By Chris Earl “You have volunteered to join the RAF, it looks as if you had a good education. What is your current employment”? “I work at RKO Pictures Studio in Elstree sir.” “Aahh! do you know the Morse Code”? “Yes, I learned it in the Boy Scouts.” “Good, then you will be trained as a radio operator.” It was 1940; 18 year old Ron Hill was in the recruitment centre at Edgware Drill Hall, Middlesex. After basic training and a Morse Code training course, Ron found his way to Diss Railway station where he was collected by a motorcycle combination and driven along some very narrow lanes to a farm gate guarded by a sentry. To this London lad it appeared to be the middle of nowhere but in reality he was at the top secret radio base at Frenze. Located opposite what is now the Diss Business Centre, the “Base” consisted Ron Hill in wartime RAF uniform of a pond, wooden sheds protected by blast walls, a scattering of aerials and lots of cows. RAF Frenze was a truly secret base, few knew it was there and certainly no one knew what it was for. Ron was billeted in Diss where he heard many complaints from listeners to the wireless about interference to their reception after dark. This was entirely due to the activities at Frenze. Bound by the Official Secrets Act, no servicemen could make comments. What was going on at Frenze? This base, along with many others in England, transmitted a radio beam towards Germany. These beams helped guide RAF bombers towards their targets. Shortly after this system became operational, it was discovered the Germans were using a similar system. How then could this be used to our advantage? The boffins came up with an answer; by transmitting a beam on the German frequency, they were able to guide the bombers away from their targets, resulting in German bombs dropping in fields well away from centres of population. 20
Ron remembers changing frequency to achieve this deception. The system worked well, in some cases the pilots became hopelessly lost. On one occasion, a German bomber crew bailed out complete with dingy ready for ditching in the sea. In fact, they landed on Epsom Downs complete with dingy ready for ditching in the sea. Ron met Irene Atkins, a Scole girl in 1944 and they married in Scole Church. After Ron’s demobilisation they moved in with Irene's parents living in Norwich Road, Scole, until they moved to their own home in Ransome Avenue. Ron found employment with Chittys of Diss where he remained until his retirement in 1987. In Scole, there was talk of reviving the pre-war football club; Ron along with Les Pretty, Laurie Foreman, Claude Bowles and Don Robinson joined this group but first they had to find a suitable field as the previous field opposite Scole Lodge was no longer available. Mr Alexander had a field to the rear of the present playing field; Ron remembers looking at this overgrown field and after offering to clear the field they managed to secure its use as a football field for free! He became the secretary and set about creating membership of the League for a club to be known as Scole United. It only remained to secure the old pavilion from Sir John Mann; once this was agreed, the group dismantled and re-erected the pavilion at the new field. The first game was played in 1947 with a match against Kerrison Reformatory School. Scole United won with Ron scoring a goal! Interestingly, Ted Phillips was a member of the Kerrison team, before signing as a player for Ipswich Town FC. Ron continued to help run and play in the football team but other village organisations sought the help of this willing pair of hands.
Scole United Team 1947. Ron Hill is bottom right
In 1947, in addition to being Secretary of Scole United, Ron became a Parish councillor, President of The Royal British Legion and along with many other duties was to become prominent in the formation of the playing field committee . 21
GARDEN TIPS FOR APRIL 1st week:
Mow lawns. Complete gladioli planting. Sow tomatoes for outdoors. Plant asparagus. Feed spring cabbage.
2nd week:
Sow a new lawn. Plant sweet peas. Prune forsythias. Sow melon and cucumbers. Continue sowing vegetables.
3rd week:
Prepare ground for chrysanthus. Side shoot early tomatoes. Spray raspberries and apple trees.
4th week:
Plant dahlia tubers. Transplant annuals. Plant water lilies. Prick out half hardy annuals.
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Thoughts from the Rectory ´I wish I could believe in God ...!` This was the heading on the article about David Attenborough in the weekend supplement of the Daily Mail on Saturday January 24th. Perhaps you too can identify with this statement. The article speaks of Sir David’s loss of his wife, Jane, in 1997 due to a brain haemorrhage and also the loss of his brother’s (Sir Richard) daughter and grand daughter in the Asian tsunami. Both Sir David and Sir Richard recognise that a faith in God would have brought them great comfort. During December and January I’ve been exceptionally busy (for this area) in terms of funerals. Folk often ask me - ‘Do funerals make you feel depressed?’ I reply decisively - ‘No’. Funerals don’t make me depressed because they are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate life in this world but also they remind us to look beyond this life to that which God has prepared for us - eternal life. Lent and Easter are great times to look at our mortality and to seek God a time to find faith or indeed re-discover it. The activities, events, services etc are organised especially leading up to Easter and are there for folk to find faith in God. Why not give it a try and find that missing ‘part’ of your life. Jesus said ‘For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’ John : 3 v 16 May your Easter and Spring-time be blessed with faith and a living hope.
Trevor THANK YOU St Andrew’s Church Scole would like to thank everyone who supported the Christmas Extravaganza in December, either by helping to make things or by coming to enjoy the occasion. We raised £840 - so thank you all very much. 23
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
Tel: 741839 Tel: 740723
From the Records Baptisms: Thanksgiving & Dedications: Marriages: Funerals: Dec 9th Eric Knights (91) Dec 16th Donald Mileham (84) Jan 8th Joan Charnley (58) Jan 16th Edith Houghton (82)
Nil Nil Nil Dec 10th Dec 18th Jan 12th Jan 22nd
Sheila Davis Joan Gilbee Geoffrey Brown John Cook
(71) (88) (80) (82)
Various Items: Lent Lunches - every Thursday in Lent and Saturday February 28th. Scole Church - 12 noon to 1.30 pm Everyone welcome Donations to go to USPG - Anglicans in World Mission
Scole Church Quiz - Saturday March 14th; 6.30 for 7.00 at Scole Church Quiz and Chips. Tickets £5.00 in advance - look out for posters. Further details from: Sue Auckland (740325) & Jamie Worthington (741839)
Mothering Sunday Services ( March 22nd) Billingford 10am Scole 11am - ‘featuring’ members of class 3 from Scole School
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Annual Parochial Church Meetings It’s that time of year!! Billingford - Friday March 20th - 7.45 for 8.00 at Kayleen, Upper Street. Scole - Tuesday March 31st - 7.30 at Scole Church. At Annual meetings - Churchwardens are elected, reports received, folk are elected to the church councils, the financial accounts are received and matters of general concern are ‘aired’.
Films for Everyone Indiana Jones 4; Friday March 2nd; 7pm; Scole Church U U U U U U
Holy Week in the Benefice Mon.(April 6th) Tues.(April 7th) Wed. (April 8th) Thurs.(April 9th)
6.30pm 7pm 6.30pm 7pm
Reading of Mark’s Gospel - Brockdish Church Half-hour Devotions - Thorpe Abbotts’ Church Reading of Luke’s Gospel - Scole Church Holy Communion - Billingford Church
Good Friday (April 10th) 20 - 30 minute devotions in each of the four churches starting on the hour: 11 am Brockdish 12 noon Thorpe Abbotts 1 pm Billingford 2 pm Scole Feel free to come to as much or as little as you wish. U U U U U U r r r
Holy Week Holiday Club Monday April 6th to Wednesday April 8th 10am to 12 noon; Scole Church For children aged 5 - 7 years r r r
Coffee Mornings - 10am - 11.30am Re-start on May 7th in Scole Church on the 1st Thursday of each month.
Four Churches Festival We hope this will take place from Wednesday 27th May to Saturday 30th May using all four churches in the Benefice. This has still to be confirmed and details will be available in March. Tickets (subject to confirmation) will be on sale from early - mid March at Scole Stores. 25
March Sunday
Services for Scole and Billingford 1
9.30 for 9.45 am Scole
Lighthouse
11 am Scole
FS with Baptism
9.30 am Billingford
Sunday
8
Sunday
15 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole
Mothering Sunday
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Sunday
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11 am Scole
HC HC Lighthouse
11 am Scole
MP
11 am Scole
Family Service
10 am Billingford
Family Service
10.30 am Billingford 4.30 pm Scole
Benefice HC Celebration Service
April Sunday
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9.30 for 9.45 am Scole
Lighthouse
11 am Scole
MP
9.30 am Billingford
HC
HOLY WEEK April 6th - 10th - See Church pages for details 11 am Scole
Easter Sunday
12
Sunday
19 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole
Sunday
HC
6 pm Billingford
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Easter Praise Lighthouse
11 am Scole
MP
11 am Scole
HC
4.30 pm Scole
Celebration Service
May Sunday
3
9.30 for 9.45 am Scole
Lighthouse
11 am Scole
MP
9.30 am Billingford
Sunday
10
Sunday
17 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole
11.00 am Scole
HC Lighthouse
11 am Scole
MP
9.30 Billingford
Ascension Day Thursday Sunday
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Pentecost Sunday
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Details to be
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announced
11 am Scole 10.30 am
Venue - to be confirmed
4.30 pm Scole
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HC
MP Ascension Day HC nearer the time HC Benefice HC Pentecost Praise
Scole Feather Report by Trevor Raven It’s February. Snowdrops and aconites are pushing up through the ground, whilst robins, blackbirds, dunnock, great tits and blue tits are all in their smart breeding plumage, and singing happily in the garden. Spring is returning to Scole. Yesterday, for the first time, we heard a great spotted woodpecker drumming on a dead branch, and a song thrush was singing his simple, repetitive song, repeating each note two or three times. There’s a kingfisher active on the Waveney at Scole Bridge. His piping call can be heard quite distinctly, and there are reports of an otter being sighted from here. Early morning is the best time to catch this exotic creature. There are plenty of rooks and crows around in the Scole area. They are not difficult to tell apart when you know the distinguishing features. Rooks are noisy and gregarious. They live in large colonies high up in the trees. There is a colony of 40 – 50 at Scole Bridge. Both birds are very shy, but will come into the garden to snatch food from the ground. The rooks have a bare, grey bill, quite noticeable even in flight. The crow has a heavy dark bill with feathers covering the base. In flight, you can see that the rook has a rounded tail, whilst the crow’s is square ended. Rooks are well known for their aerial acrobatics, rolling and tumbling in the sky. Crows have a steady direct flight with a few soars. An old Yorkshire saying goes: If it’s a rook, it’s a crow. If it’s crows, it’s rooks. It’s been a hard winter this year, and no time is more important to feed the birds than now. The berries are almost gone, insects are scarce, and Spring is still struggling to overcome old Winter. Sometimes he do come roaring back with a ferocity, and birds, especially the small ones, then die in great numbers. Scole and its surrounding countryside is blessed with a wonderful variety of garden birds. The list on the next page are those presently coming to our garden down Bungay Road on an almost daily basis. Anywhere in the village you can get the same birds. In addition to my list, magpies and jays are also seen in Scole, though not in our garden, whilst in the surrounding area even more can be achieved. Around Thelveton and on the A143 barn owls are common at daybreak and dusk. A tawny owl can be heard calling late into the night around the bottom end of Bungay Road, and little owls are a regular morning delight posing on fence posts or low branches. 27
Here is the list for my garden. Tick the birds you see in your garden, and please let me know if you see any new ones. q
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SCOLE VILLAGE FETE - 2009 Saturday 11 July Saturday 11 July is the date for this year’s village fete so remember to mark the date on your calendar! There are two competitions to enter and the first one is a PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITION. You may enter up to 3 photos, max.size 8”x6” (20x15cm) including border. Subject: AN IMAGE OF SCOLE IN 2009. Age groups: 11 & under/1215/16 & over. The second competition is for a PICTURE WHICH INCLUDES A RAINBOW max.size A4 (21x30cm). Age groups: pre-school/5-8/9-11. Entry details will be in the June edition of so get snapping now and hunt out those paints and pencils!
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The PostHorn Celebration On publication of the Winter Edition we reached our Third Anniversary. We felt this should be marked but it also gave us the opportunity to thank our willing team of distributors for their hard work in all weathers, delivering the PostHorn to the residents of Scole, Billingford and Thelveton. At the same time we decided to make an award to a deserving cause in our area. A ÂŁ50 award to be known as the Posthorn Community Award was launched, and who better to decide the winner than the whole PostHorn team including distributors.
The distribution team at work choosing the winning good cause
On 25th November we held a PostHorn birthday party at The Community Centre. Sue Redgrave provided a buffet and decorated the birthday cake. Each team member voted for their choice from five nominations for the award. The resulting winner, Diss First Responders was announced and duly received the ÂŁ50 award.
PostHorn Team with birthday cake A fun quiz of 12 questions, all based on articles from previous PostHorns, was held. It was a great pleasure to announce Georgina King-Fisher the winner and the title of our most attentive reader!
Distribution coordinator Gordon Larkins and Roy Philpot prepare to cut the cake
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Diss First Responders receive the PostHorn Community Award from Treasurer Alan Frith. Coordinator Rachel Hillier says: Our heartfelt thanks for this award together with grant aid from both South Norfolk and Diss Town Councils and kind donations from Scole Sewing Group, Scole W.I. and Juniper Group. We hope to take part in the Village Quiz in April and Fete in July. We have a busy few months, made easier with more qualified Responders swelling our ranks to 9. We cover a large area (Diss and surrounding villages) but still need more to enhance the coverage we can offer. Future Fund Raising Events are: Charity Clay Shoot on Friday 3rd April at High Lodge Shooting School, Haw Wood, Hinton Nr. Darsham (Shooters and non - shooters welcome). East Anglian Game Fare 25/26 April on the Royal Norfolk Showground. Responder Fund Raising Day on Sunday 21June (Father’s Day) at Bressingham Steam Museum - a fun day for the whole family, train & galloper rides and health checks available.
Royal Norfolk Show Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 July Scole Fete Saturday 11 July - Hope to see you at any of the above events. Rachel Hillier
News from your library All Norfolk libraries have regular activities for children. During term time we run baby bounce and rhyme times for babies and toddlers. In school holidays we have story time with colouring and crafts. At Harleston library these sessions are on Wednesdays at 10.30am and at Diss they are on Fridays at 10.30am. Diss library is also hosting a series of 'meet the author' events this spring, starting with local author Lucy McCarraher on Wednesday 18th March at 7pm. Then we welcome Jill Dawson, author of 'The Great Lover' on Monday 20th April at 7pm, followed by new author Alex Pheby in May. For more details of any of our events, visit the website www.library.norfolk.gov.uk or call Harleston library on 852549. 30
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Billingford Christmas Fayre November 29th saw another wonderful Christmas Fayre held at Brockdish Village Hall. What a tremendous fund raiser that was for St. Leonard’s Church Billingford, with a grand total raised of £1,414.96. The residents of Lower and Upper Street and Thorpe Parva really worked well together to put on a Fayre to remember. Without the contribution, help and generosity of all concerned the event would not have been such a huge success. Thank you to everyone who supported us on the day with their time, and of course, their cash. We will certainly have to pull out all the stops this year to beat 2008. Any new ideas will certainly be welcome. Thank you everyone and a Happy New Year to you all.
Helpers at Billingford Churchyard Billingford Church Council wish to thank EVERYONE who have helped to keep our churchyard looking so neat and tidy in 2008. Whilst the grass is not growing much at present it won’t be long before it will require a regular trim. As you may know, we have a weekly mowing rota and will shortly be drawing this up for the coming year April - Oct. We would really like to include more people as this will ease the load and only involves a couple of hours 2 or 3 times a year. If you would like to join us please contact Brian on 740723.
Mower provided. We hope that those of you who have been on the rota before will be prepared to continue for a further year so we will include you automatically. If you are unable to do so, please let Brian know.
Theft from Scole Churchyard How sad that someone could steal flowers from a grave in our churchyard. We have a report from a lady who for 23 years has remembered her late husband by placing red and white roses on his grave at the time of his birthday. On a recent visit, she found that the flowers complete with the container had been stolen. We hope the thieves will realise how upsetting this thoughtless act was.
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Harbingers of Spring by Michael Hall Just as winter seems to be going on for ever we get a couple of warm sunny days and quite suddenly there is a different feel to the world. It is in that sunshine that the first butterflies of the year can often be seen. If we are lucky there are four species, or possibly even five these days, that are to be seen nectaring on the early flowers like primroses and aubretia. These are the species that have overwintered as hibernating adults either in the shelter of a shed, porch or even unheated bedroom or among ivy or other slightly protected sites in the garden. The most colourful is the Peacock with four striking eyespots on the wings, that distract would be predatory birds away from the head and body. This, together with the Small Tortoiseshell, is a species that is sometimes found fluttering at windows during the winter when I have been woken up by a little more heat – either from the central heating coming on or from strong winter sunlight through the glass. Both are species that used to be regularly seen in our gardens – more usually in the summer when a later generation is feeding on Buddleia – but in the last few years the Small Tortoiseshell has been notable by its virtual absence.
So far the Peacock is still much in evidence. The caterpillars of both species feed on stinging nettles so there must be other factors that are apparently harming the Small Tortoiseshell.
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One of the other species is the Comma, but this is one that does not come into our houses or outbuildings for the winter. It is similar to the Small Tortoiseshell but is a little less colourful and has a much more ‘ragged’ outline to its wings. The caterpillars do feed on stinging nettle but they prefer hop, which is quite common in the local hedgerows, and also elm. Unlike the other two species where batches of eggs give rise to gregarious caterpillars the Comma lays its eggs singly. The fourth species that graces our gardens in spring is the Brimstone – the ‘butter-coloured fly’ which gave its name to this group of attractive dayflying insects. The Brimstone lays its eggs, usually in pairs, on buckthorn leaves and the male can often be seen flying up and down hedges looking for the paler coloured female. This butterfly tends to hibernate in clumps of ivy where it is particularly well camouflaged among some of the yellowing leaves. Until the last few years these were the only four species that survived British winters as adult insects, but recently the related Red Admiral has also been able to survive here. It is another species, with the caterpillars feeding on stinging nettles where they live individually in a tent of one or two leaves which they have sewn together with silk.
All five of these butterflies can be seen again later in the summer when the adult progeny from those that overwintered, are themselves feeding up in order to survive the next winter.
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NEW YEARS DAY 2010 Scole Stroll Meeting to be held at The Crossways Inn, Scole in June 09 - all welcome. Watch this space for further details in the next edition of PostHorn.
Scole Playing Field and Community Centre The A.G.M. will be held on Wed. 4th March at 7.30pm in the Community Centre. All welcome. Also, a big THANK YOU to those who took the time to reply to the Play Area survey. It was much appreciated. June Foreman.
Scole Dominoes Club The Domino League season is fast coming to an end. The team has performed very well this year with a few wins under our belt. As the season ends, there are various cups to be played for and with the team on good form we shall enter them with confidence. The Domino Christmas dinner was held at Redgrave Crosskeys where our President, Richard Youngs, presented members of the team with their trophies, won through the season for their in-house competitions. This is the first year they have been played for. The "Peggy" cup for the singles competition was won by our Captain Peggy Stygall with runner-up June Foreman. The winners of the pairs cup were President Richard Youngs and June Foreman. Runners up were Mick Fairweather and David Evans Well done to all of you. If anyone would like to join us through the summer months when we meet to practice you will be made welcome. Please contact Peggy on 01379 740986
Over 60s Friendship Club Our Christmas Party was held on 16th December. The entertainment was provided by Jean Davey. April 3rd is the date for Prize Bingo. Please support. Joyce Colemen 37
Scole Mothers’ Union Christian Care for Families At the Mothers' Union the winter months were taken up mainly with business and Christmas celebrations. So in November the M.U. met to discuss next year's programme and agree on the distribution of money, collected throughout the year for the various M.U. funds. The Deanery Carol service was held at St. Mary's Church, Diss in December. In January we held our AGM. Future meetings: March - Lynda Mansfield will be talking to members about the M.U. "Home Pack". April - A shared lunch is planned with Rev. Margaret Doggett from Pulham as guest speaker who will be talking about the stained glass windows in the chapel at King's College, Cambridge. May - June Kooij from Diss will be our guest speaker and her talk is entitled "Voices". The M.U. took part in a memorial service held in St. Andrew's Church for Joan Gilbee on Sunday 18th January, which would have been her 89th birthday, in celebration of the life of a much loved member who passed away on 6th December. Meetings commence at 2.15pm in the Church and anyone wishing to join us will be very welcome. Georgie O’Shaughnessy
Women’s Institute On Thursday 2nd April, Rachel Hillier will be telling us about “First Responders”. The competition is for a heart in any medium. The Upper Waveney W.I.s’ Exhibition of flower arranging, cookery and handicrafts is being held in Pulham Market Memorial Hall on Tuesday from 7 - 9pm on April 7th and from 10am - 5pm on Wednesday April 8th. Another April event is the group meeting on Tuesday 28th in St. Mary’s Hall, Diss with Mark Mitchells telling us about Dr. Crippen. Thursday 7th May is when we have a social evening and discuss the A.G.M. resolutions. On June 4th, Anne Beckett Allen will inform us about her work as a funeral director. The competiton is for an amusing epitaph. All Thursday meetings are at “Hopefield” Norwich Road at 7.30pm. Female visitors welcome. 38
The Coronation in Scole By Chris Earl How many can remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953? I am old enough to remember how, as a child, our family went to a neighbour lucky enough to have a television set where we all watched the service! In the afternoon, a tea was laid on for all the children in the village, that is all I remember. All over the country, events were organised for Coronation Day, and Scole was no different. Thanks to Ron Hill, who saved a very interesting notebook containing minutes of meetings planning the Scole festivities, we can see the planning behind the Coronation celebrations. The first meeting was held in December 1952. This was a public meeting held at the Reading Room chaired by Mr D Robinson, Chairman of the Parish Council and headmaster of the village school. The subject for discussion was arrangements for celebrating the forthcoming Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Many proposals were made and a Committee elected. The tasks allocated to the Committee were: 1. Approach Mr Thonger to see if his meadow would be available for use on Coronation Day. 2. A marquee to be hired and booked as soon as possible. 3. Fundraising for the event to be organised. In January 1953 a Committee meeting was held. The following members were elected : Chairman Mr D Robinson, Treasurer Mr H Palprey and Secretary Mr E Hayward, later replaced by Mr R Hill. The chairman reported that a marquee was available at a cost of ÂŁ16/10/0 and this was agreed. The Rev. Purser proposed that all the children receive a gift which the committee would chose and the chairman had asked the children if they preferred a book or a mug.
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A target of £100 was agreed and various fundraising activities were discussed. Rev. Purser proposed that a playing field be obtained for the village and a committee was formed to work out all the details. At a meeting later in January, Mr Hayward had called on Mr. Thonger who said he would be pleased to allow the use of his meadow for the Coronation. After much debate, the choice of children's gift was deferred to a later date. In February a public meeting was held at which the committee laid out proposals for the day:- a service to be held in the church at 9.30am followed by the judging of decorated village windows and pet and wild flower shows. Also planned was a fancy dress parade from the school to Mr Thonger’s field where sports would be held, followed by tea for the children at the marquee. There was a discussion about which present the children were to receive. It was proposed that each child over 5 years receive a book and each child under 5 years receive a mug. This was carried by a large majority. In March the committee returned to the vexed question of the children's gift. Books and Mugs were examined, the book costing 2/4d and the mug costing 1/11d were both chosen. A discussion was held concerning eligibility of the Scole Common and Frenze children. A letter would be sent to Mrs Alston to see if Frenze were joining with Thelveton. At this meeting a fundraising fete was discussed. The secretary was to write to Sir Kenneth Harper to ask if he consented to the fete being held at “The Paddocks”. Later in March at another meeting, a reply had been received from Sir Kenneth saying that he would be pleased to offer his grounds for the fete. Another committee was set up to organise the fete and invite Lady Harper to perform the opening ceremony. On 6th May the committee held their final meeting before Coronation Day. The Chairman thanked all who had helped make the fete such a success. The profit from the fete was £54 which brought the total funds raised to £90. The Rev. Purser expected a congregation of about 150 at the Church on Coronation Day. The judges for the pet show, wildflower show, hobbies exhibition, fancy dress parade and decorated window boxes were chosen.
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It was proposed that two trees be planted in Scole to record the Coronation. These were a copper beech at the Greyhound and a red oak in Mr Thonger’s grounds.
Tree planting at the Greyhound in 1953. Bob Reeve holds the tree while D Robinson plants. Watched by Ron Hill, Winnie and Miss Reeve.
Coronation day June 2nd was a rainy day but all events went ahead as planned.
Afterwards, another committee meeting was held at which the formation of “The Playing Fields Committee” was announced. In fact, they were the main beneficiaries in the allocation of surplus funds receiving £28/6/1½ In his closing remarks, Mr Robinson thanked all who had helped adding, ”this meeting brings about the end of chapter one. Chapter two, a permanent commemoration, of a playing field for the village is just beginning”.
Memories It has proved difficult to gather memories of Coronation Day. However, Ann Bentley remembers and still has the much debated book, ”Elizabeth Our Queen” that she received as a child. Pat Last remembers at age 3, taking part in the fancy dress parade as a fairy! Both trees have disappeared. Thongers grounds are now Robinson Road. The Greyhound Norwich Road is now a private house. The sheds in the background of the photograph mark the site of two new houses currently nearing completion.
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Happy Birthday Stanley 11yrs on 6th March Love from Nanna & Grandad xx
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Council News for November, December and January by Sue Redgrave Grass cutting Tender - this has been discussed fully and a contractor has been appointed therefore giving PC control about how the work is carried out. Post Office - Full PC agreed that if anyone has a difficulty in reaching a Post Office, this can be overcome if they contact the Clerk - 01379 741453 Scole Community and Playing Fields Multi use games area ( Muga) - Plans have been passed, but at this time the search for monies to fund this is ongoing, as is raising monies for the Community space. Remembrance Service - Wreaths laid at Scole and Billingford for PC, who wish to thank John Baines for organising their purchase. To receive information for a request for scoping opinion for wind turbines in Pulham St Mary. Police Report - we have had no police attendance at the meeting for a few months. Precept 2009/2010 - discussed and agreed by majority to set at 5% increase on last year. Village Fete - PC agreed to donate £100 and to gather some information for display. (Donation given under Local Government Act section 137) I quote: “Power to incur expenditure not otherwise authorised on anything which is in the Council’s opinion is in the interests of the area or part of it or all or some of the inhabitants”. Update on Affordable housing - still moving along very slowly. We hope to have more to report at the next PC meeting. Accident reports - none reported for the whole of the last three months within our parish. Noticeboards - agreed to the purchase of three, one each for Scole, Billingford and Thelveton.
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SND Councillor J Wilby informed the meeting that 11,000 homes will be built in Norfolk over next 20 years ,1800 of those being in Long Stratton and hopefully enable them to get their long overdue bypass. With this PostHorn you will have received the Community Survey. This has been drawn up for the Parish Council and it is hoped that you will all complete and return to the Clerk. Everything is confidential and only the person compiling the results will have access to the surveys. When you complete, please ensure your name and telephone number is on the tear off slip and return as instructed. A prize draw will take place for ÂŁ50. This survey enables the parishioners to have there say on what is needed or wanted in the Parish. PC meets every 3rd Tuesday at 7.30pm in Scole school. We are grateful for the input of those who attend, but would also like to see some new faces. Full Minutes can be seen on the notice board or inside Scole Stores.
The Friends of Scole School Easter Bingo 27th March 7-9pm
GARDEN TIPS FOR MAY 1st week:
Be careful with bedding plants. Tie up sweet peas. Plant out Brussels sprouts and outdoor chrysanthus .
2nd week:
Sow half hardy annuals outdoors. Stake gladioli. Harden off bedding plants. Shade greenhouse. Sow French and runner beans.
3rd week:
Watch out for greenfly on roses. Apply weed killer to lawns. Plant cucumbers.
4th week:
Prepare for summer bedding. Take geranium cuttings. Lift and divide primulas. Plant cucumbers in frames. Thin rasp berries. 44
Mobile Library Van THELVETON & SCOLE 2 weekly intervals on Thursdays
March 12 & 26 April
9 & 23
May
7 & 21
09.55 10.15 10.27 10.45 11.15 11.30 11.45
Thelveton Ransome Avenue Reeve Close St Andrew’s Rd Robinson Road Clements Close Karen Close
BILLINGFORD
3 weekly intervals on Mondays
Upper Street Post box 10am - 10.15 March April May
15 5 & 26 16
We are grateful to our advertisers for their continued support, many of whom have been with us from the first issue in March 2006. This has not only enabled the PostHorn to exist, but to grow in size and introduce colour. At some point in the not too distant future, we hope to produce the entire PostHorn in colour. Parish Councillors
Situated in
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 Scole Baby & Toddler Group Friends of Scole School 1st Scole Brownies Scole Mothers Union Scole Women’s Institute Scole Social Club Scole Dominoes Club Over 60s Friendship Club Scole & Distict Bowls Club Big G Youth Club Scole Lads FC Scole United Football Club First Team Manager Reserves Manager Scole Parish website Diss First Responders
....... Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri 9.15 - 11.45 Kim Cattermole (Sec) 741802 or Shirley Shiress 740574 ....... Every Wednesday in term time 9.30 - 11.30 Laura Barnes 740060 ....... Georgina King-Fisher 740249 ....... Jenny Hubbard ( Brown Owl ) 741372 ....... Georgie O’Shaughnessy 740127 ....... Shirley Hall 740636 ....... Pearl Fisher 740753 Brenda Harman 740608 and June Foreman 740902 ....... Peggy Stygall 740986 ....... Joyce Coleman 740384 ....... Robin Shortell 740053 ....... Lynda Mansfield 740401 ....... Paul Partridge 650538 ....... Vic Buckle 740327 ....... Ron Edwards 740316 ....... Paul Edwards c/o Edgars Hairdresser 07768 087144 ....... scoleparish.org.uk ....... Rachel Hillier (Co-Ordinator) 740158
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 17 March 14 April 12 May The unit will be parked in Scole at the Bungay Road lay-by
Scole Village Stores
Support your Local Shops!
Asset House, Scole, Diss Norfolk. IP21 4DR Tel: 01379 741494
Shop Opening Hours • Mon - Fri
06:00 – 20:00
• Sat • Sun • Bank Holidays
07:00 – 20:00 08:00 – 17:00 09:00 – 17:00
Your local Convenience Store for; Newspapers, Tobacco, Off-Licence, Sweets, Groceries, Mobile Top-ups, Faxing, Colour or Black & White copying (small quantities) and much more.
Credit and Debit Cards now accepted
The Crossways Inn
Bridge Rod. Scole Norfolk IP21 4DP Tel: 01379 740638
Excellent Food and Great Atmosphere Real log fires Family Friendly-toys & playstation Large Garden with Play Area Live music every D Eweekend CEMBER
Forthcoming Events APRIL Sat 4 - Karaoke with Prinny - B4 (Big Band) MARCH Fri 6 Sat 11 - Graham McGrotty Sat 14 - Karaoke with Paul Fri 20 - Fo’c’sle Irish Folk night Sun 12 - Easter Sunday - Lunches Sat 21 - A.J. as usual - Followed by Live Music Sun 22 - Mothering Sunday (Roast Fri 17 - Walkway (Big Band) Lunch & Desert. £9.95 includes gift Sat 18 - Karaoke with Paul DE C E M B (Big E R Band) for mums). PLEASE BOOK EARLY. Fri 24 - The Undecided MAY Sat 2 - A.J. NEW MENU OFFERS Sun 3 - Richard Taylor 2 courses £7.50 3 courses £9.95 Fri 8 - Fo’c’sle Irish Folk night (Friday and Saturday nights £2.00 supplement.) Sat 16 - Karaoke with Prinny Sunday Roasts – 2 for £12.00 booking advisable. Sat 23 - Bazza Bizarre Mini Bus Service. From outside Taylor Electrics Sat 30 - Steve Pye Diss to Crossways, Scole at 8pm for £1.00 Sun 31 - Open Mic Night Return available at 12.30 am. Ladies Night – Wednesdays. Drinks up to 50% off. Quiz Night. Last Wednesday of month. 9pm prompt.
Newly refurbished
Setanta TV 47
Spring Menu & Takeaway
......All in RUSHALL ......All in RUSHALL......
Land Rover
Porsche
www.twocountiesgarage.co.uk
We repair all makes of car
Air-Conditioning
sean@twocountiesgarage.co.uk
01379 740911
Church Garage, Rushall
HALF MOON FARM, THE STREET, RUSHALL, DISS. IP21 4QD
Tel 01379 741409 Email : info@popsplace.co.uk Web : www.popsplace.co.uk