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Contents

APRIL / MAY 2021

Good news from our region

12 Gardening - success with your seedlings

16 Smart Money Secrets -

inheritance tax planning

19 Skincare with Geraldine Walters

39 Health - facing up to skincare issues

41 National Shakespeare Day

51 Virtual Vegan Luncheon Club 55 Recycling - SMART ways to make an impact

44 Walking for health around

59 Fabulous Falcon Meadow

47 Fashion - perfect pastels for

60 Find a local business or

49 Six great ways to cook

62 Exercise your brain cells with

Blofield and Braydeston spring

asparagus

and the reasons you love it service in our directory our crossword

41 22 Vegan recipe for mince and wild mushroom pie

26 On your plot - nature and nurture

29 Bungay Bitesize – the history of Easter bonnets

30 Norfolk Wildlife Trust -

spotting newts in Norfolk

33 WIN £100 M&S voucher 35 Recipe for salted peanut butter chocolate cake

36 Poetry Corner - Siobhan

Guthrie from Wymondham

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Good News from our region EAST CARLETON STEPS UP FOR NHS When Hilary Springett, from East Carleton, heard from a neighbour that staff morale at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital was low, she and her friend Jenny Cannon decided to do something to cheer them up. “One email went out to the residents of East Carleton asking for donations of either personal care products or treats,” says Hilary. “These could be hand cream, body wash or shampoo, as nearly all the staff have a

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is still thriving today, along with other bakeries in both Eye and Diss — all long-standing features of their respective towns. The Tudor Bakehouse also has a second bakery and coffee shop in Harleston. Paul Muncila said: “Throughout our three decades, our motto has always been ‘baked fresh every day’, with the emphasis on quality products and as many

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f you have ever had an ingrown hair, you will know how sore and uncomfortable it can be. The problem arises especially after shaving, which is why men find them on the face and neck and women on legs, armpits and, most uncomfortably, the bikini line. An ingrown hair isn’t dangerous, but it can be an annoyance. This common condition happens when a hair curls back or grows sideways back into the skin, resulting in an inflamed, raised, red bump, or sometimes a boil-like sore. Some methods of hair removal such as waxing, tweezing or shaving can cause an ingrown hair. It may also be caused by a lack of exfoliation in the area, dry skin, or even irritation from tight clothing that chafes. The best treatment is simply to stop waxing, shaving, or plucking the hair until the ingrown hair goes away. A warm compress can be applied to help open the follicle and, once the hair has lifted, you can use a sterile tweezer to gently pull the hair out. But don’t tweeze the hair if it’s visible under the skin, as this can break the skin in the area and cause an infection. Once the hair has emerged you can use sterile tweezers to gently pull it out. If the ingrown hair is infected, and there is pus, you’ll need to see your doctor, who could prescribe an antibiotic. Sometimes you can just gently exfoliate the area to help lift the hair above the skin, using a flannel or body exfoliator. Some body lotions contain salicylic,

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n the Georgian and Victorian periods, it was fashionable for women to have a new hat or bonnet to wear for church on Easter Sunday. Before that time, the frowsty kill-joy Puritans frowned on any flamboyant or colourful apparel, but following the reign of Good Queen Anne women’s gowns became more decorative, partly due to the imports of brightly patterned fashions and fabrics via the East India shipping trade. Then, later in the 18th century, British manufacturers in the north began producing gaily printed cotton and muslin fabrics, and stylish flowery bonnets became desirable to enhance the ‘New Look’.

The two important occasions for wearing a smart hat were weddings and Sunday morning church. ‘Hat-spotting’ was a popular diversion during the long services of the period, when most women’s eyes were eagerly peering around to see who was wearing what, to be discussed later over Sunday lunch! “Well, dear, you should have seen what that young Mrs Shirley had on her head this morning! Folks were trying not to titter, ‘cos her face is sallow as a lemon, and you could see the vicar gettin’ right tetchy, cos no-one wuz attendin’ to his sermon!” Even women in the poorest families contrived to have a new hat for Easter Sunday. Pigot’s Trade Directory of 1839 records no fewer than 19 shops making and selling hats in Bungay, so there was something to suit everybody’s purse. They could be made of a wide variety of fabrics, with straw hats popular in spring and summer, and of course decorating them was an art in itself. You will know from looking through your old Victorian family photo albums how elaborate the hats and bonnets could be, some like two-tier wedding cakes or Harvest Festival baskets. The more elaborate, the more expensive. But women often economised (prompted by their husbands) by taking an ‘old’ hat – worn on only one previous occasion – to their favoured milliner and having the ribbons, feathers and silk flowers replaced with stylish new ones in fashionable colours.

A Reeve family wedding in Bungay, in 1882

So ‘Hat-spotting’ in church often drew caustic comments such as: “Well, I know for a fact that’s the third time she’s had that pertickler hat trimmed, ‘cos I recognise thet blue stitchin’ round the brim!” In the 20th century, following WWII, the wearing of hats became A lady in fashionable bonnet less popular. My and gown, circa 1800 mother was born in 1908, so belonged to the generation of women who would never enter a church unless their heads were covered. She continued to wear a hat long after younger ones had discarded them. She, and others of her age, regularly attended Sunday morning service in Holy Trinity Church, sitting near each other in the south aisle. They were dubbed ‘The Hat Brigade’ – a title they were rather proud of. And you can bet that on Easter Sunday their headgear was particularly colourful and flowery!

Nature

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By Helen Baczkowska, Conservation Officer at Norfolk Wildlife Trust

fter the February snows, spring in the Claylands is suddenly everywhere, from the white blackthorn flowers and primroses, to a chorus of birdsong every morning. Inspired by the season, I have been venturing out on mild evenings to visit local ponds – in the shallows at their edges lurk miniature dragons! From spring until early summer, great crested newts make their way to these ponds to breed, but identifying them can be tricky. For a start, only the males have crests and only in the breeding season; although it looks impressive when they are in water, out on land the crest is barely visible. Confusingly, male common newts also have a crest, but theirs runs in an unbroken line from the back of the head to the tip of the tail. In contrast, the crest of a great crested newt has a noticeable gap at the top of the tail and the tail itself has a wide silver-blue stripe on the side.

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SALTED PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CAKE Ben from Pennoyer’s Café team dreamed up the idea for this decadent cake: salted peanut butter frosting on a dark chocolate cake, with a surprise caramel filling. It makes a perfect Easter treat, or indeed at any time…and a little goes a long way! Serves 12 684kcal, 69 carbs per slice INGREDIENTS Cake: 250g salted butter, softened 250g caster sugar 190g self-raising flour 60g good cocoa powder (we use Green & Black’s) 2 teaspoons baking powder, sifted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 large eggs 100ml milk

tin. Put all the cake ingredients in a food processor and whizz until smooth. If you don’t have a processor, use the creaming method from any Victoria Sandwich recipe. Turn the mixture into the tin, smooth over and bake for 50 minutes or until risen and a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn onto a rack. 2. For the frosting, beat together the butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and salt, then beat in the icing sugar with the milk for 3 minutes or so. 3. For the caramel shards, sprinkle the sugar in a single layer on an A4-sized sheet of good kitchen foil on a baking tray. Grill until it melts and goes deep brown – but don’t let it burn. Allow to cool. As you peel

back the foil, the shards will form. 4. Split the cake in two. Pipe two rounds of frosting around the perimeter of the base cake to form a ‘wall’, then spoon the caramel into the middle. Top with the other half cake and pipe on the remaining frosting. Decorate with shards just before serving. The Pennoyer Centre’s volunteer BakeForce make delicious cakes for sale in the café, which won the EDP Norfolk Food & Drink “Best Baking” Award. Check the café’s Facebook page for up to date opening details. www.pennoyers.org.uk 01379 676660 The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT

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These beautiful and evocative poems are by Siobhan Guthrie, from Wymondham. A recent English Literature graduate from UEA, Siobhan is very inspired by the Norfolk landscape, and when she isn’t writing or reading she enjoys baking, gardening and spending time with her friends – albeit virtually! Siobhan Guthrie

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Are you a poet from Norfolk or Suffolk? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Email a selection of poems and a bit about you to editor@village-people.info for the chance to be featured in a future issue.

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nnouncement of the third lockdown in the UK from the New Year has spurred many of us on to source new hobbies, arrange indoor family activities, and to celebrate national holidays and observances that we might not have taken the time to do before.

site, where flowers are laid annually during the celebrations. It is here in this medieval market town that pageants and processions take place to commemorate his work. Music and dancing bring the town to life, with actors in themed attire retelling his tales.

Already, 2021 has gifted us the Orthodox New Year, Burns Night, Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, Purim, and Maha Shivaratri. So why stop there? Each year on the 23 April, National Shakespeare Day is observed globally, to commemorate one of the world’s most distinguished poets and playwrights.

Along with the remarks ‘Love is blind’ (The Merchant of Venice), ‘Vanish in to thin air’ (Othello), and ‘Break the ice’ (The Taming of the Shrew), Shakespeare also left behind the very place where many of these terms were first projected, The Globe Theatre in London. Originally built in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, an acting company Shakespeare wrote for, the theatre was later destroyed by fire and replaced by a contemporary structure in 1997 in Southwark, London.

Shakespeare’s contribution to the English Language has left a monumental mark to this day, gifting us an exceptional list of plays, sonnets and verses, composed of elaborate speeches, dramatic metaphors, rhyming couplets, and vivid representations of comedy and tragedy. Throughout the UK, students often have the pleasure (and the challenge) of studying his works in English and Drama studies, while many individuals join production companies to indulge in and master the complex style and expressions. Some of Shakespeare’s treasures include - Richard III, Henry VI, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, is also home to his burial

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‘Shakespeare’s Globe’ is now home to not just a theatre, but a production company for artists, an educative site, and a gallery of Shakespearean archive. While Shakespeare’s works remain a source of inspiration and technical brilliance in literature, we may also spy depictions of his scenes in the works of Sir John Everett Millais, who produced the stunning representation of Ophelia (1851), a study from Hamlet; John William Waterhouse’s portrait of Miranda – The Tempest (1916); and Edward Austin Abbey’s oil painting of King Lear, Act I Scene I (18971898), to note a mere few. If you haven’t yet had the chance to immerse yourself in the romantic and radical tonguetwisting writings of Shakespeare, why not consider taking part in some fun activities such as playing with some of the language used in his works, incorporating thee and thou, or perhaps taking a look at the clothing of the time and designing a facepiece for a masquerade ball? You might want to try your hand at writing a sonnet, which requires 14 lines of text, divided into three sets of four lines, and one of two lines. Celebrating alternative observances can be educational and help foster new lines of interest. So, if you can, take the time to make this last cycle of the lockdown calendar an insightful and enjoyable last stretch into summer. Stay safe.

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Directions Roadside In front of St, Andrew and St. Peter Church, Church Street, Blofield, N13 4NA – if no service

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This is a shorter walk, ideal if lockdown restrictions apply. From the front of the church, walk west along the wall until you get to a gate signposted ‘Footpath and Braydeston Church’. Go through the gate into the churchyard. Follow the church path, going over the first stile and continue along the path. There are some boardwalks, so take care as they can be slippery. Walk straight ahead, going up a gradient across two fields, and go over a second stile. Turn left and go through a kissing gate (main gate might be open), St Michaels & All Angels Church Braydeston is on your right. Turn right and go over the third stile next to the church and walk diagonally across the field. Look for a stile half way along the hedge. Go over the fourth stile and continue walking over two more fields and head for the farm buildings. Turn left at the yellow arrowed way marker post and walk away from the farm to the road. Turn left and follow the road for some distance along this lane, as it runs seamlessly through to Braydeston Hall Lane. When you reach the residential area, turn right into Shillito Road, passing several retirement bungalows. Turn left at the top and walk along the pavement until you reach a left turning to Danesbower Lane. Follow it to the end, and at the bottom turn right back to St. Andrew and St. Peter Church.

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Laura Myatt, from Falcon Meadow Community Trust, looks at the Top 5 reasons why YOU love Bungay’s green haven.

alcon Meadow is one of Bungay’s most beautiful natural assets, bought by and for the people of the town and surrounding areas in 2015. The huge number of people who enjoy the meadow each week, as well as the dedicated supporters who regularly give time and money to maintain it, are testament to the special place it occupies in the hearts of many.

When the nights were at their longest and the news at (perhaps) its bleakest, we ran a survey to get people thinking positively about what they liked best about Falcon Meadow. Here are the top 5... is yours in there? 1. Nature The importance of nature, and the pleasure you get from it, featured time and time again in your answers. For some, it was the joy of feeling surrounded by green, for others; seeing the wildflowers along the riverbank, and birds and animals at quieter times of the day. Thank you to the person who shared their magical experiences of otter and barn owl watching at dawn – what an incredible way to start the day! 2. Tranquility The growing body of evidence linking nature and wellbeing is compelling, and it seems that Falcon Meadow is the perfect case study. At a time when our mental health is more fragile, and more important than ever, it was heartening to read people’s descriptions of the solace and peace the meadow provides in their daily routine. One person described it as “a haven on my doorstep!” We hope that the meadow continues to provide more people with its own special therapy in the months to come.

3. It links up the town Many of you described how you use the meadow as a ‘linking route’ to walk into or around the town. You told us how you build a walk over the meadow into your day, as a more enjoyable way of getting to the shops or work. As daily commutes go, surely it’s got to be one of the best in the country! 4. A community asset One of the most enthusiastic set of answers, and summed up perfectly with one comment: “What I like best about Falcon Meadow is…the fact it’s there.” We estimate that almost everyone in Bungay has contributed to the meadow at some point – whether buying a duck, a cake or helping to clear nettles – and because of this people don’t simply take it for granted. You value the meadow because you have done your bit to keep it. Thank you to everyone who has been involved so far. 5. Exercise My daily walk…my daily run…a wild swim…my Sunday afternoon fishing trip…the fifth thing you like most about the meadow is that it provides a stunning outdoor location for exercise – with far greater benefits than simply a trot around the block. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey, and took the time to celebrate the meadow. If you’d like to share with us what makes the meadow so special for you, please do get in touch on info@falconmeadow.org.uk or comment on our Facebook page: Falcon Meadow.

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