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Good news from our region

15 The Girl on the Train arrives at Norwich Theatre Royal

19 Bungay Bitesize 20 On your plot - here comes the sun!

23 Chocolate’s dark secret 25 What’s in season - produce for June and July

27 Ladies who lunch visit The Apiary in Harleston

34 Poetry corner - Jan Feaver from Yaxley

37 Falcon Meadow and its exciting summer programme

39 Exercise your brain cells with our crossword

41 Delicious recipe for Frederick’s smoked salmon and avocado surprise

43 Skincare – erasing the blemishes of ageing

29 Village notice board

45 WIN tickets to Newmarket

33 Recipe for strawberry lemonade cake

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46 National Volunteers’ Week

49 Two Rivers Book Festival 51 Medical laser tattoo removal 53 Refreshing Waters talks finding a purpose

55 Norwich celebrates 75 years of challenging art

56 WW1 local history in Harleston

59 Fashion - be on trend this summer in casual denim

61 Ditchingham Men’s Shed 62 Find a local business or service in our directory

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Who likes competitions? We have lots for music fans in this issue’s packed magazine, with tickets for Thriller Live, Pete Tong and The Heritage Orchestra and Years & Years at The VP drea m team! Newmarket Racecourse up for grabs. We W also have a pair of top quality musician ear-plugs to giveaway — perfect for loud concerts — and our Bella the Beagle competition returns where you can win a £100 M&S voucher simply by finding a mini version of our new ‘pet’ on one of the pages in this magazine. Simply visit www.village-people.info and follow the links to the competition page. Summer is a time to get outside and there is so much on offer in our rural countryside, from art exhibitions, local book festivals, village fetes, festivals, fairs and farmers’ markets. We have two pages full of local village events but, as usual, we can’t fit everything in, so make sure you pop onto our website where we continually update the list of events. We are always happy to promote local charity and community events for free, so do make sure you mention this to anyone organising something. Also in this issue; our regular ‘Memories’ village feature, which we always get lovely feedback from. Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, takes a trip back in time to Starston. And we’ve had so much fantastic poetry sent in by readers that we are thinking of starting a local poetry book! Watch this space and keep it coming! If you have a local story to share please get in touch with me on my email at the bottom of the page. So pour yourself a cuppa (or Pimms in the garden) and enjoy your new magazine. Find Bella the Beagle and you could be spending a £100 M&S voucher soon. Keep this copy in a safe place until we’re back at the end of July. Please wear sunscreen!

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respectively, director Anthony Banks believes the fact The Girl On The Train is set in the present day, in familiar but unspecified locations, is an extra lure for theatregoers. “It’s instantly recognisable for that reason,” he says, “and it could be your street and they could be your neighbours. This could be happening to you. “On stage we can play out a scene between two characters which is naturalistic and believable, while showing something that contradicts it. It’s a crime drama that takes place across a week. Each day they get closer to finding out who the perpetrator is and all the evidence is about images and identity.” The specific hook with The Girl On The Train, he feels, is that it revolves around an anti-heroine. “And it’s fascinating for an audience to follow the journey of a protagonist like that.” Samantha said: “Having been thoroughly captivated by the novel, the opportunity to take on a role like this is incredibly exciting. I’ve been fascinated by thrillers for a long time and this kind of storytelling, like Hitchcock’s Rear Window, offers us a voyeur’s journey into a world which is dangerous and full of suspense. “There’s something about Rachel’s devil-may-care rebellion that appeals to lots of people. She says what you shouldn’t say, she thinks what you shouldn’t think, she’s a victim of circumstance and you have sympathy for her because of everything she’s been through.”

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n 1870 the Liberal government under Lord Gladstone established Education Boards to provide schooling for all children between the ages of seven and twelve. In Bungay the United School was established in May 1875 in temporary premises. Parents didn’t have to make their children attend until 1880, and fees were payable until 1891, so many were initially excluded.

The first meeting of the School Board to discuss progress was held in November 1875 and painted a gloomy picture. The Chairman reported: “I find this school in a very bad condition. Children under seven know nothing, not even their letters. Those over seven, reading Fair, writing very Poor and arithmetic Atrocious . . .The discipline is bad, the children talk incessantly.” It appears that the school was understaffed, and some classes were managed by the older children, staff complaining that they were receiving “no help whatever.”

With improved staffing, the visiting Schools’ Inspector affirmed satisfactory progress during the summer, although there was absenteeism when pupils bunked off to attend the annual May Fair. Later, many were also absent helping their parents with the late harvest to earn some much needed income. The latest School Report pronounced: “Arithmetic is weak, in the Third Standard, but otherwise instruction is remarkably good, and discipline satisfactory.”

Severe weather during that winter lasted well into 1876, resulting in absenteeism and outbreaks of scarlet fever and measles. Dinky Payne, who attended the school in the 1920s, remembered that many of the poorer pupils were scantily clad and without adequate boots to walk through the snow, resulting in severe chilblains.

Unfortunately, it was through harsh measures that discipline was improved. Anyone caught throwing stones received two strokes of the cane on the hand, and two strokes on the hand and posterior for spitting in the playground. The School Punishment Book recorded that one difficult boy following “many previous misdemeanours, and after defiance following punishment,” was given six strokes on the posterior, and kept in after school.

The situation must have been considerably worse 40 years earlier but, by March, Mr Childs reported that the school was in better order, and pupils were given a half-day holiday to attend the Circus on the Common on 14 March.

In October 1877 the new school building was completed, which continues as the Primary School today. Thankfully, harsh punishment is no longer permitted, and we can only feel admiration for the plucky lad who tried to resist it.

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n French Beans – really versatile picked fresh from plants in your garden. Try sautéing them with chilli and garlic or adding them to a summery risotto with some asparagus and fresh peas and parmesan. Delicious! n Broad Beans – lovely in a tortilla, added to a lamb or chicken tagine, or a wholesome bean stew with some spicy paprika. n Asparagus – ending in July but still around in June, weather permitting, so make the best of it. Make a simply delicious supper of asparagus and poached egg on a slice of sourdough with a drizzle of tarragon hollandaise sauce. n Globe Artichokes – if you’re growing them yourself the young ones can be cooked and eaten whole. If you’re buying them, look for tightly packed heads to make sure they are fresh and then luxuriate in dipping the cooked leaves in butter and eating the fleshy base and eating the ‘choke’ at the end. Messy but fun! ry adding to a n Watercress – so full of goodness, try smoked salmon quiche or pairing with asparagus and peas for a refreshing salad. n Swiss Chard – similar to spinach, but offten with wonderful rainbow coloured stems which you can cook separately. Great in a gratin, or witth pasta.

n Greengages – sweeter than they look so give them a go! n Raspberries – how about having raspberries and pancakes for a summery weekend breakfast, or making a lovely light raspberry mousse to end a celebration meal? n Strawberries – ever tried strawberries and rhubarb? Sounds weird but tastes delicious, either over meringue or in a crumble. n Cherries – make a cherry pie and don’t stint on the local ice cream! Cherries are also well worth trying in cranachan instead of raspberries, or even adding into a chocolate brownie for a rather decadent cake or dessert! n Redcurrants – summer wouldn’t be summer without delicious summer pudding, so go out and find those redcurrants and blackcurrants!

FISH n Crabs – crab cakes are one of our favourites, add a little chilli, fresh coriander and fresh ginger to lift the flavour into something special. n Mackerel – mackerel rilletes, or mackerel pate, is a lovely way to start a meal and so easy to make using smoked mackerel fillets.

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I haven’t eaten cake since Dr Marmite (love him or hate him) told me to get some weight off, so I only ordered a very small chocolate topped oat biscuit, with the premise of eating a very tiny bit, and leaving the rest for Alice. Yeah, nice try, I ended up eating the lot and then nibbling her bits of leftover dessert! Dr Marmite would not approve. But it was delicious, and went nicely with the espresso (mine) and Alice’s cappuccino, which she remarked was really hot and more than large enough. Alice’s desert was Tiffin, which seemed to contain bits of everything delicious. All the staff were incredibly pleasant and eager to please, despite the fact that one of them was learning the ropes and had never produced a double e(X)spresso before. She now knows its correct pronunciation! As to disabled access; you could enter the building, sit down and be waitress served, but how you would get to the facilities is another matter – best to phone and check. They do outside catering, and special Pizza nights, so phone and ask for details. Bottom line; £27.20 and well worth it.

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GARDENS OPEN GARDENS WEEKEND AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION SATURDAY 8TH JUN 11AM The Pennoyer Centre, St. Mary’s Church, Pulham St. Mary, Diss 12 lovely gardens to walk round. Photographic display from Diss club in the church. Refreshments at the Pennoyer Centre.

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SUNDAY 16TH JUN 10AM Over a dozen gardens all shapes and sizes. £4 entry under 16s free. Tickets from Denton Village Hall. Lunches and teas served in gardens. Plant sales

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Ben, one of Pennoyer Café’s star bakers, dreamt up this cake last summer. Raiding the fridge for flavourings he found some strawberries and lemons… and this delicious, moist cake was born. It keeps for several days in an airtight tin, although it never lasts that long in the café! Serves 12-14

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INGREDIENTS 360g self-raising flour 2 teaspoons baking powder Zest of 2 lemons 180ml milk Juice from 2 lemons 200g butter 400g caster sugar 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon lemon extract Frosting (icing & filling): 200g strawberries (fresh or frozen) 225g softened butter 425g icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

METHOD 01. Combine the flour, baking powder and lemon zest. In a separate bowl, mix the lemon juice with the milk, and set aside for five minutes. 02. In a large bowl cream the butter with the caster sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking between each, then add the lemon and vanilla extracts.

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Poetry

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FLORA, FAUNA AND BATTLING WITH THE ‘green devils’! Falcon Meadow Trustee Tim Child looks at the growing beauty of the meadow and the exciting events coming up this Summer

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ou can cut all the flowers but you still won’t stop Spring from coming” – according to one American authoress.

At the time of writing, with Spring now set in with its usual wet, warm, cold, dry and confusing mix, our lovely Waveney-banked Falcon Meadow is already well-blessed with views of Wordsworth’s golden host of daffodils, But we’ve no intention of cutting all the flowers, and we’re certainly not going to mow down the daffs. Not so Falcon Meadow’s notorious nettle patches. The ‘green devils’ will be hewn down with vigour, and the resultant largely inedible crop carted off before it’s nitrate-heavy remains can overenrich the moist soil and grow back the problem ‘stingers’ in even greater and stronger numbers. Falcon’s 4.2 acres of publicly-owned and volunteer-managed water meadow has its busiest ever Summer-in-waiting, so it’s got to look its best for 2019. And while you’d think that this ambition could be reached with relative ease just by regular trimming of what is mainly grassland, you’d be misled. When a water meadow must also serve as a public amenity and carry a busy public footpath, its management is actually a host of tricky compromises. Cropped green turf may be great for picnics, but our meadow is also a natural habitat for a sprinkling of protected rarities like Wild Orchids and Black Poplars. And while most of our wild flowers are admittedly quite common, they’re still a rare treat to view, just so long as the ‘green devils’ give them a look in.

And of course, that’s just the flora; there’s also all our fauna to consider and care for. We folk just visit a water meadow and enjoy – they actually have to live there and thrive. All these are good reasons why Falcon’s Trustee with the green portfolio, Katie Utting, will have her work cut out. Together with her small band of volunteer eco-warriors, Katie is tasked with making sure the meadow works well for its human visitors, while also keeping it a great place for the permanent population. And when you look at the 2019 programme ahead you can see how important that’s going to be. For this year’s Summer Solstice on 22 June there’s a Sleep Out Bat and Moth night in tents for children and a chance to spot some of our overnight callers. Full details are on the website. Sunday 14 July is when this year’s Great Bungay Duck Race floats off. Not just duck racing, but music, food and drink on the meadow, and a chance to win big prizes. That’s followed on 1 September by the Greater Bungay Dog Show. It’s our second attempt at this event and we’re confident it will be even greater. Then on 6 October another family event, as we celebrate Family Nature Day, with a two-hour exploration of the meadow and refreshments thrown in. Hopefully ‘Spot the Nettles’ will not be included! If you can spare time to volunteer on the meadow go to www.falconmeadow.org.uk

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Friday 19 July

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Pete Tong and The Heritage Orchestra Performing Ibiza Classics on Friday 2 August

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Friday 16 August

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NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK 1-7 June

Art writer Kristy Campbell interviews two volunteer-run art and creative groups in Norfolk and Suffolk

ational Volunteers’ week starts this year on 1 June, and commemorates the contributions made every day by people throughout the UK in aid of others. It is a time to give thanks and recognise the faces behind the magnitude of groups, events and support offered by volunteers. I’m always excited to investigate the way that art is used within communities to enhance learning, as a form of therapy and to showcase creative talent. Artistic programmes are often heavily reliant on the co-operation of volunteers to enable events to come together; roles might include invigilating exhibitions, supporting the running of workshops, installing artwork in spaces, or perhaps distributing information for and throughout events. This month I have had the pleasure of interviewing two fantastic groups of people. In the village of Wangford, Suffolk, we observe a wonderful weekly toddler’s group. Sara Campbell tells us about the arts and crafts projects designed to engage the youngsters

in the foundations of more complex subjects, as well as problem solving and experiential learning. In Norfolk, Linda Brown gives us an account of the exciting projects that the Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers have embarked on, and an insight into how the programme aims to contribute to the immediate community and those further afield. Wangford’s toddler group is run by committed volunteer Sara Campbell and her assistant Gillian. Sara’s experience in Primary School teaching contributes to the high quality learning experiences the children receive, from a volunteer with proven professional values and core knowledge. The group is also an opportunity for parents to meet other parents or relatives of the children, expanding their social networks. Sara has been leading the group for a couple of years now, and she tells us about the array of activity areas set up for the children, including the home corner, the designated baby area, and more active free play areas where there are bikes, slides and a trampoline. Each session begins with an hour-long arts and craft activity; these are based on learning experiences, from which the children practice co-ordination skills, fine motor skills, following instructions and interaction with other children and adult helpers, all essential in early years development. While the activities always

Art have a theme in mind, the learning resources can range from Play-Doh and bead threading to painting and cutting and sticking. The importance of providing a space for young learners to be creative is exhibited through the knowledge that artistic activities stimulate both sides of the brain. In addition, having the freedom to be expressive (or messy!) presents the children with a tactile experience in which they can engage with their feelings and develop their identities. During these early years, learning activities are designed to be easy and quick, but most importantly fun. As Sara says: “Success is measured in mess and laughter!” The Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers was founded in 2008 by avid knitter Linda Brown. Through the publication of a parish magazine article she initiated a group of local knitters and hosted the workshops from her home; they called this a ‘knit and natter’. As the number of knitters grew, so did the number of groups, and Linda quickly found herself assisting the development of community groups around Norfolk, all of whom knitted for different causes. This movement of craftspeople found outlets with the International Aid Trust, and by 2009 the knitters had teamed up with Volunteering Matters, a hub of programmes that connect volunteers with young people, disabled people, families and older people. Linda says: “Our aim is to always use our skills to provide things for those in need, but in doing this we also benefit so many people who take part in our groups and activities. People find support and companionship and a sense of purpose, often at a time in their lives when these things can be hard to achieve.” This ever-evolving group of knitters and stitchers have provided support to community groups, refugees, hospitals, and charities. Linda lists some of the remarkable work the teams have contributed to. “Blankets and cushions for homes where women and children go to escape domestic violence, we make hats and gloves for the homeless, twiddle muffs and shrugs for Care Homes, and mountains of clothes each month for international organisations.” From running the groups and sorting the products, to correspondence with charities and organising forthcoming projects, each volunteer plays an active role in the success of the movement. The Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers have established themselves locally and internationally, inspiring the creation of groups in their neighbouring counties of Suffolk and Essex. The unique bodies of knitters make

use of living rooms and community centres, benefiting from resource centres across the countryside to allow each member to access the project. Amongst the many accomplishments of the groups are the 15ft knitted Christmas tree, the Knitted Pergola, and the Christmas project to give all refugees in Norwich a gift. These tremendous efforts have resulted in individual and collaborative rewards, including a City of Sanctuary award, on top of each member developing their skills, interests and friendships. To learn more about how to participate in Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers see the information below. The diverse range of activities going on in our communities are beneficial to so many of us in a myriad of ways, so do get involved if you can. Big thanks to our volunteers, this week is for you! Kristy Campbell Kristycamp17@gmail.com www.axisweb.org/p/kristycamp Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers norfolkknitters08@gmail.com www.norfolkknitters.org.uk

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TWO RIVERS Book Festival

Liz Calder

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new book festival will be arriving along the Norfolk/Suffolk border during the second half of June. The Two Rivers festival is organised by Waveney & Blyth Arts and will bring publishers, editors and authors to towns along the two rivers. The focus is on books themselves – the festival strapline contains the phrase ‘connecting people and books’ – so there will also be opportunities for people to participate in book-making crafts, as well as learning how to get books published.

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The festival opens on Sunday 16 June with a conversation between festival patron Liz Calder (Booker Prize judge and co-founder of Bloomsbury Publishing), Dan Franklin (associate publisher at Jonathan Cape) and Lucy Hughes-Hallett (prizewinning author) about how books are chosen and edited for publication. There will also be readings from Lucy’s new collection of short stories, Fabulous. This opening event is titled How Books Get Published, and is at the Angel Hotel in Halesworth. Liz Calderr will also chair a sister event, How Books Get Made, att The Cut in Halesworth on Tuesday 25 June, involving the renowned book designer Will Webb and prolifi fic book cover illustrator Jeff Fisher (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin among very ry y many others).

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This first year of the Two Rivers book festival will also include a panel discussion in Southwold on Friday 28 June, as Connecting people and books part of the town’s arts along the Waveney and Blyth festival. A creative writing academic will join bookshop owners and local publishers to consider issues like the decline of independent bookshops and the expansion of self-publishing. Waveney & Blyth Arts is a voluntary organisation established and run by local people. It supports and promotes the cultural identity of this area through arts projects and events, and covers the area surrounding Diss, Harleston, Bungay, Beccles, Halesworth, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, and Southwold. Its website, waveneyandblytharts.com has details of events in the Two Rivers festival, as well as its other activities, including the famous Raveningham sculpture trail, a programme of walks, and events around the theme of bugs and blossoms. You will also find copies of our printed summer programme in all the usual places.

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traumatic past life of drinks, drugs, violence and homelessness helped result in a father’s ‘total mental and physical breakdown’. Jack W Gregory was skin and bones when he stopped breathing for three minutes as his life hung in the balance. But members from his South Norfolk church mounted a love and prayer vigil around his Norwich hospital bed. Within a month he gained two stone and left hospital after a turnaround from double pneumonia, pleurisy, lung failure and the psychological damage that dogged his mind. Jack now has a purpose and a certain hope with a transformed persona and identity as a Christian. Despite being unable to read or write until early adulthood, Jack has authored two published books in the last 18 months, including his own life story: ‘A Personal Apocalypse – the Poetic Ramblings of a Troubled Man’, which details his former life and recovery from the inner scars and self-destruction associated with mental illness. From experience, Jack believes there is no pit too deep for suffering souls. “You are loved, respected, wanted and known by God. No matter how broken, unloved and unwanted you may feel, there is a way and that is Jesus who brings healing, he did it for me.” On his eighth birthday, he was told he was adopted. “Although I knew my adoptive parents loved me it gave me a fear of loss and rejection. Coupled with learning difficulties, because I had dyslexia, I felt I wasn’t good enough, so I acted up. I always had a good head for knowledge, but I couldn’t read or write it down, so I couldn’t always express myself.” Together with other difficulties, it led to spates of drinking, drugs, violence and a time in prison. In between he moved to various parts of the country and trained in performance poetry, as a health practitioner and learnt the art of illusion and magic, which he demonstrated at various clubs. His life was seriously rocked when his marriage broke down. “I had 12 years of being clean and sober, but ended up sofa surfing between getting flats and losing them and being made homeless

and unemployed for a long time. My mental health went downhill, and I went on a self-destructive path. “My life had turned before I got ill, but in late 2015 I suffered from life-threatening lung failure and a total mental and physical breakdown. Unable to eat, my weight dropped to six-and-a-half stone as my past came to a head.” After two years’ study as a student at the ‘School of Supernatural Life’ at Hope Community Church Wymondham, Jack now helps new students benefit from deeper healing. His latest book ‘Between the Street Lights and Red Lights – escaping from human trafficking, sexual slavery and exploitation’ features victims’ stories and letters to the abusers and traffickers. Both books, published by Warcry Press, are available from Amazon as hard copies (£9.99) or e-books (99p). ‘Between the Street Lights and Red Lights’ is also available in Norwich from Revelation and The Book Hive, www.hccw.co.uk Facebook: Refreshing Waters Christian Media)

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Celebrate 75 years of challenging art from 2017 and 2018, who will be showing their work at the group’s summer show alongside that of more longstanding members. Just 14 artists set up the group where membership is selective, with less than a handful of new members admitted each year. Norwich 20 Group now has 92 members encompassing many art forms including paint, sculpture, installations and digital. Artists range from their mid-twenties to their nineties, many of whom have exhibited both throughout the UK and internationally.

Leading Norwich art group, Norwich 20 Group, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this summer with a series of exhibitions. The June exhibition in Norwich, called ‘N2019G – 75 years’, will showcase current members’ work, from abstract and representational paintings to large-scale silkscreen prints, photography, digital video, drawings and sculpture.

As well as the annual show, in St Margaret’s Church of Art, St Benedicts Street, Norwich, there will be two additional shows as part of the celebrations – ‘Naked in Norwich’ in July in the same venue and an exhibition ‘Metamorphosis’ in October in the Undercroft Gallery, Norwich Market.

Peter Offord, chair of the group, says: “Norwich 20 Group was established at a time of incredible change in art, as it began to shift from more traditional representation to what we now know as ‘modern art’. It was inspired by artists like Picasso who was hugely controversial in 1944 because he was so innovative. “We may have been in existence for 75 years, but we are still a forward-looking organisation. The ethos of challenging and staying contemporary is alive in the group and crucial to our existence.” The group has close links with young and up-andcoming artists and runs an annual scheme to support and work with graduates from Norwich University of the Arts. This year the group is working with Su Nicholls, Jocelyn Jacobson, and Leah Sims, NUA graduates

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The Norwich 20 Group was founded in 1944 by a group of forward-thinking artists who wanted to champion contemporary art in Norwich. The founding artists wanted a meeting place in Norwich for artists who were experimental and looking to the future. They intended to raise standards of local professional art by mutual criticism and appraisal of work. Now, 75 years on, Norwich 20 Group maintains the ethos of supporting the contemporary and modern.

Pictured are 20 Group artists Anthea Eames (top left) and Monika Wesselmann, plus work by other members Tracey Ross and Nell Close

N20 19G – 75 years: 17-29 June, St Margaret’s Church of Art, St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4AQ Opening hours: Mon to Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm. Free entry. For more information contact Peter Offord on 01603 405098, mobile 07757 752485, email peteroffordis@gmail.com or Liz Hollis 07889 680302, liz@lizhollis.co.uk

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Research has so far discovered that five of the soldiers with their names on the tablecloth were awarded medals for gallantry. One soldier was awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal. Three other soldiers were awarded the Military Medal and one was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. There are also some tragic tales, with at least five of the soldiers being Killed in Action after returning to the Front Line. This includes a local soldier from Pulham St Mary. The tablecloth and the research will be showcased at suitable venues and events in and around Harleston during the coming months, when we hope to learn much more about the huge community effort that people from Harleston and nearby villages must have made to help the sick and wounded soldiers, and possibly other casualties such as Woolwich Arsenal munition workers. For any further information on this remarkable tablecloth, please visit: branches.britishlegion. org.uk/branches/harleston/ww1-tablecloth

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