Sustainability Saturday

11th March 2023

This was the fourth meeting in the new series of Sustainability Saturdays at the Quaker Meeting House, Sheringham Dr John Hopkins, a former government advisor, gave us a talk on Nature Based Solutions; that is restoring nature, not just for its own sake, but also to benefit people It as an idea promoted first by the UN and then by the UK Government and has been adopted by many local authorities, NGOs, landowners, and private companies It includes benefits as diverse as carbon storage, flood protection, air purification and noise reduction Often a wood, wetland or other habitat, can inexpensively provide many of these services at the same time The Riverlands Project on the River Bure, rewilding at Wild Ken Hill and plans to create wetlands to protect the river Wensum from polluted runoff, are a few examples of this approach in Norfolk Gardeners too can make a difference by reducing paved surfaces, planting trees, shrubs and pollinator friendly plants, as well as doing less digging to conserve soil carbon and biodiversity (a welcome excuse for some)

The next Sustainable Saturday is 15th April, the Saturday after Easter, from 10 30am for 11 am, at the Quaker Meeting House, next to 14 Cremer St, Sheringham NR26 8DL, when there will be the speaker will be Beau Pearson from the Anglian Water Sustainability Team Co-ordinator.

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On Tuesday 7 March, after an excellent lunch, Tim Groves, a retired primary school teacher, gave a fascinating talk entitled ‘The Development and Growth of Sheringham as a Seaside Resort’.

Tim started by passing round some interesting artefacts, stressing the enjoyment and significance of ‘hands-on’ history One of the objects, a 19th century corn measure, belonged to one of his ancestors After a brief talk about his family’s history, and encouraging members to investigate their own families’ ancestry, Tim spoke about the Sheringham Museum, of which he is a director

Next, Tim asserted that the development of Sheringham from a small fishing and farming community to a thriving seaside resort was the result of three factors: the Industrial Revolution; the impact of the Upcher family from 1812; and, most important, the arrival of the railway in 1887

The final part of Tim’s talk included the presentation of many pictures of old Sheringham, for example, of the fishing community and of Upper