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59 Fashion - purple picks for autumn Canine communication with Julia Collins Poetry Corner - Maureen Marlow from Sheringham Recipe for Rachel Khoo’s chocolate bark Village Notice Board Recipe for Nigel Slater’s marmalade tart Find a local business or service in our directory Exercise your brain cells with our crossword
29 Nature - making green hay with Norfolk Wildlife Trust
41 Men, music and mental health
12 New to the region Norwich Theatre Beyond
16 WIN £250 shopping spree at Glasswells
14 Five minutes with ….. Joyce Dunbar
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27 Greenfingers with Alan Titchmarsh
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24 Season food - wonderful ways with leeks
31 Wildlife - bring wildlife into your garden this autumn
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49 Cake recipe for the “Tazlova” with roasted figs and hazelnuts Memories of Stoke Ash
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also includes another 40 local businesses offering you their products and services for the first time, so make sure you read the magazine from cover to cover and support everything local.
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We may be a small independent business, but the reality is that Village People is the largest circulating magazine in the whole of Norfolk and Suffolk. I’m pretty proud that from starting small and working from the end of my dining table in Tacolneston, we now produce 64,000 copies and Royal Mail deliver every single one directly though country letterboxes. If I say it myself, well done us!
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And to celebrate you will notice that this issue has grown in pages, so we can include more of what you have been asking for…more recipes, more beauty and more of what to do in our fabulous region. Not to mention content from some big names like Marco Pierre White, Nigel Slater and many others.
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Owner and head chocolatier, Mel Pittman, said: “The need for a bigger shop space was really pressing, and when the chance came to move around the corner we jumped at it!
Award winning chocolatiers, The Pod Chocolates, in Harleston, are celebrating 12 years in the town’s historic centre by opening a new store in Union Street.
Visit The Pod Chocolates and bring the coupon in their advert to enter a free prize draw.
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8 with this voucher closes 30 November 2022 www.thepodchocolates.co.uk THE POD, 7 UNION HARLESTON,STREET,IP20 9BD TEL: 01370 851933 PRIZE DRAW ENTRY GOOD NEWS FROM OUR REGION:
Chocolates are offering delivery within a 5 mile radius of the shop (flat rate £2), and free delivery around town, while they continue. Call 01379 851933. Orders placed online can be collected in store, or posted to UK mainland addresses and Scottish islands.
“The range of delicious chocolates on offer is vast, also catering for diabetic and vegan/ vegetarian diets. With everyone facing difficult and uncertain times – whether as individuals or businesses – there’s nothing like a chocolate treat to cheer you up! We are still making our distinctive chocolates at 3A Church Street, where the website shop is also based.”IfHarleston roadworks are putting you off visiting, Pod
“Ouraction.strategy has been truly co-created and is all the stronger for it. We engaged with audiences, participants, artists, stakeholders, communities and partners to broaden the creative experiences we offer, to increase our impact, to become more inclusive, and to be even more representative of the communities, artists and audiences with whom we work.
The strategy is available to read and watch on Norwich Theatre’s website norwichtheatre.org
But how about Prosperity? Norwich Theatre’s CEO and Creative Director, Stephen Crocker, said: “We believe we have the ability to support positive change, improve people’s wellbeing and generate prosperity for our city, our region, our sector
The People and Place pillars commit the charity to doing the very best it can to support local people and communities, and the regional and cultural economies.
Norwich Theatre’s Mission: We provide creative experiences, rooted in the art of Performance and secure in our sense of Place, which generate positive impact for all People and inspire Prosperity in all its forms.
Norwich Theatre has launched a new four-year strategy focusing on the pillars of ‘Performance, People, Place and Prosperity’, unveiled in August at Norwich Playhouse.
Performance might sound expected: as a major UK performing arts organisation and the largest in the East of England, Norwich Theatre brings the very best performances in the world. The new strategy goes further, and gives equal prominence to supporting new and local talent and originating its own work, such
and our world. This pillar will include, the launch of a new Creative Matters season, with events exploring ways in which all of us can take climate
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as this summer’s stunning show, On Before, and the Christmastime essential Theatre Royal pantomime.
“It is hugely exciting to launch this strategy and we hope you join us for the amazing creative experiences it will provide and incredible positive impact it seeks to achieve!”
The free membership can be accessed and set up through a referral system from local council family support teams. For further information, visit: health-and-wellbeing/about-us/what-we-offer/www.everyoneactive.com/
“We want to provide opportunities for young people and children who have been in or currently are in care, and offer them a safe space to enjoy our sports and activity offering.”
According to latest figures from the Department for Education for children looked after (CLA) in England, the number of children in care is at an all-time high, at more than 80,000 children or 67 in every 10,000.
NHS on show
Organised by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust (NCH&C), the free-to-attend public exhibition runs from Wednesday 26 October to Tuesday 2 November and will feature a display of paintings, photography and artwork telling the story of community healthcare in Norfolk.
Reflecting on its past and looking to the future, the exhibition will explore NCH&C’s history and ‘roots’ in district nursing, while sharing stories and artwork to reflect the Trust’s place in the NHS Workingtoday.outin the community and the trust’s inpatient units, NCH&C employs a 2,500-strong team of nurses and health professionals, each one playing a vital, valuable role to ensure people can continue to live well at
An exhibition taking place at the Forum in Norwich this autumn will celebrate specialist clinical NHS staff who deliver essential health and care services to people in their homes, and in community settings, throughout Norfolk.
Caring about sport and leisure
Stuart Jardine, Everyone Active’s contract manager, said: “We are immensely proud to launch this partnership in East Suffolk. We understand the vital role we play in supporting all areas of the community and feel this membership will make a real difference to many young people’s lives.
The initiative, run by awardwinning operator Everyone Active, in partnership with East Suffolk Council, aims to reduce the barriers between children and young people participating in sport and physical activity, and will give them free access to a range of facilities, depending on their age, including gym, swim, soft play and group exercise.
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This year, Everyone Active launched its national Community Health and Wellbeing Strategy, with the aim to meet the needs of individual communities through programmes that support people to be physically active, and to feel happy and healthy.
Waveney Valley Leisure Centre, in Bungay, is just one of the leisure centres in the area now offering free membership for children in care and care experienced young people.
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Anyone interested in a career in NHS community healthcare should also attend to find out more about job and training opportunities, andApprenticeshipsincludinginclinicalnon-clinicalroles,such as nursing, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation.
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Stephen Collman, CEO at NCH&C, says: “Community health and care is an essential but sometimes overlooked part
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of the NHS, but one that is vital to ensure people can live well without making trips into hospital. We care for young people with epilepsy, help people live well with diabetes and other long-term health conditions, deliver specialist occupational therapy for children
and families at home, and run pulmonary rehabilitation courses for people with a diagnosed respiratory condition.
“This just scratches the surface of how our team members are caring for Norfolk people, and we urge people to visit the Forum this October half-term to learn more about their work.”
Norwich Theatre has launched a brand new stage: Norwich Theatre Beyond. It will see the theatre take shows that it has supported, produced or enabled out of its venues in Norwich and into the wider region.
Beyond sits alongside its other stages: Royal, Playhouse, Stage Two and Digital.
For more information about the show, head to Norwich Theatre’s website norwichtheatre.org
One of the newest shows going ‘Beyond’ is Rebel Rabble, produced by Norwich-based theatre company, Limbik, and supported by Norwich Theatre’s Artist Development programme. Rebel Rabble is a large-scale, immersive event on Mousehold Heath (16 Sep to 2 Oct). The production is inspired by the local history of Kett’sTheRebellion.showinvites a collective audience to a site-specific audio trail and promenade performance.
“With Norwich Theatre Beyond, expect to see fantastic
For more information about the show, head to Norwich Theatre’s website norwichtheatre.org
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As a group, they are guided through the landscape, listening to a fictional retelling of Kett’s Rebellion. Along the way, they encounter actors playing the characters, as well as extraordinary visual performance brought to life by a community cast embodying the Rebels.
Norwich Theatre has launched a brand new stage: Norwich Theatre Beyond. It will see the theatre take shows that it has supported, produced or enabled out of its venues in Norwich and into the wider region.
and enthralling productions in unusual places and communityowned spaces. This new stage will be a hub for local theatre, supporting local artists and telling stories of the community that surrounds us,” adds Stephen.
“With Norwich Theatre Beyond, expect to see fantastic
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Breaks boundaries to go ‘Beyond’
As a group, they are guided through the landscape, listening to a fictional retelling of Kett’s Rebellion. Along the way, they encounter actors playing the characters, as well as extraordinary visual performance brought to life by a community cast embodying the Rebels.
“Creativity has no boundaries, and neither does Norwich Theatre,” says CEO and Creative Director Stephen Crocker. “‘Beyond’ recognises the importance of accessing art in the places people live and reaching those who may not be able to access theatre by traditionalNorwichmeans.”Theatre
“Creativity has no boundaries, and neither does Norwich Theatre,” says CEO and Creative Director Stephen Crocker. “‘Beyond’ recognises the importance of accessing art in the places people live and reaching those who may not be able to access theatre by traditionalNorwichmeans.”Theatre Beyond sits alongside its other stages: Royal, Playhouse, Stage Two and Digital.
One of the newest shows going ‘Beyond’ is Rebel Rabble, produced by Norwich-based theatre company, Limbik, and supported by Norwich Theatre’s Artist Development programme. Rebel Rabble is a large-scale, immersive event on Mousehold Heath (16 Sep to 2 Oct). The production is inspired by the local history of Kett’sTheRebellion.showinvites a collective audience to a site-specific audio trail and promenade performance.
and enthralling productions in unusual places and communityowned spaces. This new stage will be a hub for local theatre, supporting local artists and telling stories of the community that surrounds us,” adds Stephen.
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Some say that the best start in life for a children’s writer is a difficult childhood. They grow into adults who write stories as a soothing balm. My best-selling title, Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep, is about waking up in the morning and finding everything in place. It’s still in print after 25 years and was written at a time of great loss. All stories start with a problem. On my writing courses I called this ’Spinning your straw into Gold’.
I recently rented a cottage with a friend on the Wiveton Hall estate, owned by Desmond MacCarthy of Normal For Norfolk TV renown. It was the first flush of spring with happy farm animals wandering about. We ate at wonderful pubs in Blakeney and Wiveton and bought great food from Picnic Fayre in Cley.
Being with friends and family. Downtime on Sundays with the newspapers. A film in the evening.
I'm pleased to say that I have recently written a new picture book text. Children's books are important because they are formative. It makes me happy to write them and to know that they add to the happiness of children all over the world.
Five minutes with… JOYCE DUNBAR
What do you do when you’re not working?
What is your perfect weekend?
What are you reading at the moment?
Portraits of Tibet by Diane Barker (Birds Eye Books, Graffeg). It’s photographic portraits of the nomad people of eastern Tibet, with commentary. I feel such an identification with these people and their Buddhist philosophy and such admiration for the author, who is a nomad herself.
During the pandemic I felt children’s books were irrelevant and I lost the playfulness needed to write them. Instead I wrote Facebook posts about Norwich in lockdown. I simply had to pay attention to this profoundly historic event.
I also love Beccles – where my daughter lives – and Bungay. They seem to be in a time warp and have escaped
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tai chi, art shows. These are mainly contemplative activities, good for dreaming up stories. I’m thinking of taking up fishing and joining a dance class. We need something jolly to help us through the dire predictions of this winter.
We get up close and personal with the well-known children’s author, who lives in Norwich.
I like walking, gardening, idling,
Where are your favourite places in Norfolk and Suffolk?
Are you working on a new book at the moment?
How did you get into writing children's books?
Village People has four of Joyce Dunbar’s newly published books to give away; Mouse & Mole: Clink, Clank, Clunk! and Mouse & Mole: Lo and Behold. To be in wth a chance of winning, visit www.village-people.info and follow the links to the competition page.
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02. Go through the gate and continue straight ahead, with the hedge on your left. Go through a second gate, passing the sewage works, then bear right and walk around the edge of the field, keeping the River Tas on your left – note the lovely clear water flowing over the river bed vegetation.
Route by Peter Neave and Ruth Burn Route checked and photography by Mark Johnson
01.Directions
REVIEWED BY MARK JOHNSON VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR AT CENTRAL NORFOLK WELLBEING WALKS
03. Go through the kissing gate and cross a bridge. Continue along the path. Turn left and cross the River Tas via the bridge with a gate at each end, then turn left and follow the field edge path, bearing right, then left. Keep walking clockwise around the edge of the field, (do not exit onto the road).
04. When you come to a path going right (there is a seat) walk down the hill, admiring the views. Cross back over the River Tas via the bridge with a gate at each end and turn left. At the tree standing alone (there is a seat overlooking the Tas) turn right and walk up the gentle slope towards the display panel, bear left along this part of the Roman Town wall.
Walking for Health Caistor St Edmund Roman Town
REVIEWED BY MARK JOHNSON VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR AT CENTRAL NORFOLK WELLBEING WALKS
From the car park, walk through the gate opposite the entrance – not the gate on the right. Walk along the grassy field keeping the Roman Town on the right and the sheep fence on the left. At the end of the fence turn left, keeping the hedge immediately on your left.
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06. Just before the 5-bar gate, turn right and follow the path in front of you, going through a wooden gate. Turn right and walk along the church access track to the church. Go around the church and through the gate, bear left, then right and go through the gate back into the car park.
Route by Peter Neave and Ruth Burn
From the car park, walk through the gate opposite the entrance – not the gate on the right. Walk along the grassy field keeping the Roman Town on the right and the sheep fence on the left. At the end of the fence turn left, keeping the hedge immediately on your left.
02. Go through the gate and continue straight ahead, with the hedge on your left. Go through a second gate, passing the sewage works, then bear right and walk around the edge of the field, keeping the River Tas on your left – note the lovely clear water flowing over the river bed vegetation.
Caistor St Edmund Roman Town Car Park, Stoke Road, Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk NR14 8QL
03. Go through the kissing gate and cross a bridge.
Continue along the path. Turn left and cross the River Tas via the bridge with a gate at each end, then turn left and follow the field edge path, bearing right, then left. Keep walking clockwise around the edge of the field, (do not exit onto the road).
Route checked and photography by Mark Johnson
Walking for Health Caistor St Edmund Roman Town
05. Walk along the top of the wall overlooking the site on your right, until you reach a gate, turn left down into a field, then bear right. Walk around the bottom of the Roman Town, keeping it on your right.
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It’s strange that mobile phones are such an integral part of our lives, yet many of us take for granted the competitiveness of the industry and don’t realise where we can be making savings.
say, Lebara Mobile or PlusNet or whoever it is offering the best deal on data. The reality though is that the communications network is run by four companies and four companies only – O2, EE, Vodafone and Three.
There’s so much attention at the moment on the cost of petrol, the cost of our utilities, the rise in inflation, and it all seems like bad news. Yet sometimes we are all guilty of obsessing over the negative elements, while failing to recognise good opportunities elsewhere. If you’re looking for one sector where costs, pretty much consistently over time, have always decreased, then reach into your pocket and take out your trusty mobile phone.
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needs, because once you find the right deal, it’s really very easy nowadays to grab your PAC code and switch networks.
Every other provider is piggybacking off their signal, so, in effect, it’s the same signal. So by selecting one of the smaller companies, all you’re doing is going with a virtual network, and everything else should remain the same. Obviously check before you sign up to see if 5G or tethering conditions are available, but beyond those things it’s the same line.
In an era of prices rising inexplicably across the board in other elements of our life, the time is now to start working the equation back in our favour, so have a look at your bill, survey the competition and start the conversation!
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the UK’s leading money saving expert – a journalist and presenter who has kept millions of pounds in people’s pockets, as well as lifting the lid on the threats and dangers we need to be aware of as consumers. In this article, Martin Lewis looks at how, in a time of rising costs, we can make savings in other places.
Now usually when I suggest switching to a different mobile provider, people come back with concern over signal strength for,
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250g button mushrooms, finely sliced
2 1/2 cups tomato juice (with an optional touch of gravy browning added for extra colour)
7 tbsp white wine
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3. If you’re using brandy, pour it in around the edge of the pan so that it runs underneath the chicken. Cook for 2-3 minutes to allow the alcohol to evaporate. Add the wine in the same way, and cook for a further 2-3 minutes to allow the alcohol to evaporate and reduce the acidity.
Serves 4
Either 1 small chicken, cut into 8 pieces, or 8 chicken thighs, or 8 chicken breast fillets (skin on or off)
3 tbsp tarragon, chopped
2 shallots, very finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp parsley, chopped
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to the frying pan, placing them under the chicken so they cook.
4. Next, add the chicken stock pot and the tomato juice (with gravy browning if using). Shake the pan to gently work it in and turn the chicken pieces until fully coated in the liquid. Bring slowly to the boil to allow the chicken stock pot to dissolve, then add the tarragon and simmer for 5 minutes.
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1 tbsp plain flour, for coating
1 chicken stock pot
A few sprigs of fresh parsley to garnish
1. Gently heat half the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. The oil should be hot, but not so hot that it scorches the floured chicken. Next, spread a layer of flour on a plate or a tray, and coat the chicken pieces evenly and thoroughly, shaking off any excess flour. This will add a golden brown colour to the cooked chicken and help thicken the sauce.
2. Put the floured chicken pieces into the hot olive oil, skin side down, and fry without moving the pieces until golden brown underneath. This should take around 8-10 minutes. Next, turn the chicken and fry until browned on the other side. Finely chop the shallots and add
5. While the chicken is simmering, take a separate frying pan and heat the remaining olive oil. Slice the mushrooms and add to the second pan, then fry for 3-5 minutes.
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Marco Pierre White’s Chicken Chasseur
6. Next, add in the parsley and diced tomato, shaking the pan to mix everything in well. Spoon the mushrooms, parsley and tomato over the chicken and garnish with sprigs of parsley, then serve.
The fearsome yet fantastically flamboyant Marco Pierre White shares his mouthwatering recipe for Chicken Chasseur.
2 tomatoes, skinned, de-seeded and finely diced
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Roast – halve lengthways, chop into 1-inch chunks, and wash thoroughly. Then, toss them in olive oil, salt and pepper and bake at 220oc for about 20 minutes, or until tender.
Leeks and eggs are made for each other. Fold sautéed leeks into an omelette or scrambled eggs, add to a frittata for a scrumptious Italian treat, or use liberally in a quiche or tart.
How you cook leeks is important to get the most out of them. Three of the best ways are:
Grill – slice in half lengthwise, rinse and dry well, and grill both sides on medium-high until they’re well charred and tender.
over a medium heat, add the leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften, about 5 minutes.
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Sauté – chop as above, warm a glug of olive oil in a large skillet
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This relative of garlic, chives, shallots and onions has a sweet flavour that adds depth to any savoury dish. They are milder than most other alliums, which means they are delicious on their own, or as a side dish. The possibilities are endless. Here are some wonderful ways to enjoy this green and white joy!
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then, winter is coming! Okay, so it’s a way off yet, but getting our plans together early for what we want to see in our gardens in winter is actually a really good idea, even if the whole discussion feels a little, well, ‘out of season’, you might say!
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In this case, definitely consider spinach, typically planted at the start of autumn, and carrots too. We associate carrots with sugary, summer flavours, but planted in November, and with a bit of protection, the Adelaide carrot flourishes across the colder months for an early spring treat.
Think about kale, brussels sprouts, parsnips, and who can resist the Jerusalem artichoke? These are all easy to get into the ground, simple to maintain, and will flourish as the year goes on, ready for picking just when the temperatures begin to drop sharply in November.
The notion of the winter vegetable is one we all stand by – rough, rustic, wholesome and happy. They are the meal mainstays of a season in which we want to be inside, wrapped up warm, with the products of our labour in front of us.
Leeks – a must on a winter plot – offer volume, flavour and spiciness right up until the soil freezes solid. Winter salads; rows of Lambs Lettuce, Land Cress and mustard, will need some protection from the elements, but once in the ground they are resilient and happy to be picked across the colder months, where they’ll regrow and keep the supply to your lunch table constant.
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too and require slightly longer in the ground, so planting now will mean they won’t be ready until nextAllsummer.ofthis proves that while many of us believe the end of the summer will gradually see our gardens lose their colourful, bountiful appeal, there is still plenty of work to do, and plenty of our outside spaces still to be enjoyed.
Horticultural inspiration, accomplished gardener, talented novelist and much-loved presenter, Alan Titchmarsh, discusses putting early preparations in place for the cold season.
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You also need to start thinking about early spring vegetables –they’ll be longer in the ground but still working their magic through the winter months.
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working with the parish council and local community to enhance the meadow for wildlife. They are also planting some trees, a new hedgerow and a community orchard in the green space. As well as being great for wildlife, this area will provide local residents with a beautiful area to walk and picnic and the opportunity to harvest fruit from the orchard.
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NWT has partnered with the Woodland Trust’s Easter Claylands Treescape project to deliver the
We have found a surprising diversity of plant species and these will be monitored over time while the meadow establishes. The hay has been recently cut by volunteers using scythes following training on our ‘Introduction to scything workshop.’ The parish has also planted a woodland and created a raised bank that has been seeded using wildflower seeds, and it will receive some ‘green hay’ as well.
Green hay refers to the process of cutting hay from a local wildlife-rich site and taking the cut hay to a new site to help create new wildlife-friendly areas. A local site is best, as it preserves the local genes and the habitat requirements of the wildflowers are likely to be met if they are sourced nearby.
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The receiving site is prepared in advance by cutting the grass and then disturbing the ground so that bare earth is exposed. The green hay is spread out thinly all over the meadow to allow the wildflower seeds to drop out and establish at their new site.
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We are also adding green hay to establish a meadow in Stoke Holy Cross, officially known as Jubilee Meadows, and will be
Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Connections project has been busy this year helping communities to support wildlife across the South Norfolk Claylands. At Burston and Shimpling we have been undertaking simple botanical surveys of playing fields, which had been left for No Mow May.
Pictures courtesy of Sue Grime
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Following on from our successful volunteer-led tree planting last winter, which saw us plant over 8,000 saplings, we have a new series of tree planting days lined up from November to February. If you’d like to volunteer to plant hedgerow or woodland trees in the South Norfolk area sueg@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk.contact:
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I have done this in my garden for many years, and have experienced the joy of watching the usual garden birds feasting
With thanks to Pete Eveson, from Pulham Market. Pete is a TV cameraman who has worked on dramas, nature programmes, studio and outside broadcasts for both BBC and ITV.
on windfalls, especially during harsh weather. But the more unusual visitors will also find their way to these winter stores, including fieldfares, redwings and waxwings – if you leave berries on the trees.
for the best bits of fruit. Don’t forget that weed seeds in the lawn provide finches with extra nutrition too. So enjoy your lawn, and get your camera and binoculars ready!
With this extremelysummer'shotweather, very little lawn mowing has been done on the scorched grass, and in my garden the fruit trees are dropping apples and pears all over the place. Now we're in the cooler autumn and winter period, it's a good idea to let the lawn recover by not mowing the grass and leaving all that fallen fruit to supply winter food for your garden birds.
If you have a garden with fruit trees growing in the lawn, allowing the windfalls to stay on the grass over the winter will help the wild birds that visit your garden. Although many fallen fruit go soft and unsightly, they are a winter bonus to resident and migratory birds who will eventually eat every last scrap of the fruit, leaving the lawn clear for the first mow in the New Year.
This doesn’t cost anything, and you’ll be providing extra food during the winter, and birdwatching amusement too, as they congregate and spar
Birds enjoying a windfall feast in Pete’s garden.
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The 12th Man Radio Show, which is dedicated to helping men talk openly about mental health by making it part of our everyday conversation, has been renewed by Future Radio following the show’s success.
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The 12th Man campaign provides Mental Health First Aid training to trades and interest groups, giving men the knowledge and confidence to talk about mental health and to use these skills to be the 12th Man at work and in their social lives.
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The 12th Man Radio Show is broadcast on the first Thursday of every month.
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It can also protect neurons and other cells from the harmful effects of certain types of oxidation by embedding itself in the structure of the cell and acting as an anti-oxidant. So it works wonders along with a good dose of topical vitamin C and E. In a
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can increase creativity, memory, concentration and improve energy. Remember that a good quality source is essential and more is not necessarily better.
In brief, this ingredient reduces the appearance, depth and length of fine lines and wrinkles and reduces or prevents DNA damage. When ingested, it
Not exactly a name that trips off the tongue, but those of you who are keen on supplements may have come across it in your local health shop. Here’s the lowdown:
A great method of applying DMAE in clinic is using it for skin needling. This sounds dramatic, but just means the therapist uses an electronic ‘pen’ device with tiny needles to break the surface of the skin. This allows the product to penetrate and get to work immediately. The result is a smoother, firmer and plumper skin, with cumulative effects after a second treatment.
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Chatting in her garden studio – shelves lined with plain vases and plates awaiting decorations and a kiln in the corner – it’s immediately clear that here is someone who absolutely loves her work. Living in the country, creating ceramics might seem a romantic idyll, but there are many frustrations and disasters along the“Becauseway.
The first thing that strikes me about Polly Fern’s exquisite ceramics is the elegance. There is charm, even humour, but everything is delicately balanced, with clarity and a seemingly effortless sense of design.
Much of her inspiration is drawn from her childhood, growing up in Norfolk, living in old houses with her cabinet-maker father and her mother, who is a
under the studio desk, to her fascination with period ceramics, and Georgian homes.
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Finely spun figures hold delicate dogs, skilfully drawn with a flick of a brush; leaves and branches entwine around stylish houses, and flowers spill around edges to frame the scenes; rhapsodic birds sit alongside heraldic lions and fleetingTheresquirrels.isadeceptive simplicity, and an almost folk-art naïvety that combines beautifully with the sometimes sophisticated purposes of her work – ornate vases, decorative plates, richly painted lampshades. There is so much of Polly in these designs, from her adored whippets, who in real life are usually found sleeping
She ended up working in a ceramics studio, learning new skills and techniques. She then began to release small, unique collections through her on-line shop, and placed a few pieces in galleries. A stint with Homes & Antiques magazine, illustrating maps for a monthly column, provided initial income, but Polly always believed she could succeed. “I knew I could, from the first time I sold a painting.”
I ask Polly a little more about the processes involved, and she shares some sketchbooks. “It’s not just making, decorating, glazing, firing, but also planning,
gardener. Polly initially specialised in Illustration at Norwich School of Art. But after trying an evening course in ceramics it was love at first sight. “I’ve always been focussed on making as well as drawing and painting – something I find very satisfying. When you are illustrating books it can only really be seen on paper. But I wanted my work to be seen in different areas; in homes, in gardens.”
Polly now lives with her partner, Richard, in a lovely Georgian cottage on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. She sees it as a blank canvas for her work. “When I couldn’t find the right wallpaper, I thought: “I’ll just make it!” Polly then taught herself to create repeats for wallpaper and ended up selling the result on her website. She also created her own tiles for a new kitchen. “Artists always have the most interesting homes,” she laughs.
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firing ceramics goes wrong so often, you can’t be precious,” explains Polly. Part of the excitement is the possibility of not knowing the outcome. Things may go wrong, but the end result often has its own beauty.
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It was certainly good, indeed you can find out more by visiting Polly Fern
much,” she says, although she is currently working hard on pieces for a pop-up shop at the designer store Pentreath & Hall in London a week before Christmas. “I’ve got to fill a whole shop, it’s a lot of work, but it’ll be fun. It’s good to meet real people.”
ART and developing new ideas.” Vases are first tried out with a card template, then a maquette. When she is happy with the design it will be constructed from clay. Other items like plates are made in a press mould – Polly doesn’t use a wheel – and then decorations like piped slip (liquid clay) are added before the design is painted.Liningthe shelves are hundreds of tiny ‘test tiles’, a reference library to record how different colours turn out in the firing process, knowledge only gained through trial and error. Polly also has a particular interest in lustreware, an application that
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400ml double cream, whipped
3. Dollop into your preferred shape on the tray – these quantities will make a 23cm circle. Bake for 70 - 90 minutes until crisp on the outside and it just peels away from the paper. Cool in the oven. Top with whipped cream, the roasted figs and hazelnuts, then drizzle with the pink syrup from the roasting dish. Serve as soon as possible.
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275g caster sugar (55g per egg white)
3 tablespoons runny honey
Topping:
- Use an electric whisk unless you’re a body builder!
One of our lovely café team members, Taz, hadn’t baked much until persuaded to try this foolproof recipe for pavlova. Her first attempt was a huge success, selling out immediately; since then she’s gone on to create lots for us. Now, they’re officially known as ‘Tazlovas’!
Cake:
Top tips for successful meringues:
2 tablespoons of finely chopped crystallised ginger into the plain mix before baking and serve with pineapple scattered over the cream. Chocolate – fold 3 tablespoonfuls of cocoa powder into the plain mix. Top the cream with grated chocolate or chunks of your family’s favourite chocolate bars.
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The ‘Tazlova’ with roasted figs and hazelnuts
The Pennoyer Centre’s volunteer BakeForce make delicious cakes for sale in the café, which won the EDP Norfolk Food & Drink “Best Baking” Award. The café is open Mon-Sat from 10am to 3pm.
- Separate each egg into a small bowl. If ANY yolk gets in the white, do not use it.
1 tablespoon brown sugar
395kcal, 45g carbs perServesportion10
Chopped hazelnuts, toasted
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Variations: Plain – omit the hazelnuts. Ginger and pineapple – fold
5 large egg whites
8 – 10 purple figs, halved lengthways
3 tablespoons wine or water
First, roast the figs. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. In an ovenproof dish, place the halved figs cut side up in the wine/water, drizzle with honey and sugar, then roast for about 45 minutes until slightly caramelised. Cool.
2. Make the pavlova. Preheat the oven to 120ºC. Cover a large baking sheet with baking parchment. In
1.METHOD
- Ensure all equipment is spotless, as grease will affect the whipping.
a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until combined, then add the cream of tartar and whip to soft peaks. Whisking slowly, add the sugar one tablespoon at a time, until thick and shiny. Fold in the hazelnuts.
Tip: For a lighter topping, use 50/50 full fat Greek yoghurt and whipped cream
3 tablespoons chopped toasted hazelnuts
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Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, shares with us his fascinating collection of old postcards, focusing on a different village in every issue. This time, we take a walk down memory lane in Stoke Ash.
The Baptist Chapel on Chapel Lane in 1920. Records shows that this handsome building dates back to the 1800s.
Memories of Stoke Ash
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Shown here in the 1930s, Stoke Ash Parish Church is All Saints, and flint, with dressings in the Norman and Perpendicular styles, and a tower containing four bells. The rector at this time was the Rev Frederick Perkins, who lived in the rectory.
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The village Post Office in the 1930s. It was run by Henry Lummis, who also ran the Village Stores alongside. Today, the Post Office is a private house. The population at this time was 248.
Stoke Ash Post Mill, in Mill Lane, c1920. It dates back to the early 1800s and was working until the late 1930s. Local vandals burned it down in 1959.
The interior of the Baptist Chapel, c1910. Gas lamps were used to light the building. Rev Abner Morling lived in the village manse on Chapel Lane. Today, it has been restored to retain the decorative carpentry, wall and pulpit.
The beautiful White Horse pub is on the A140 to Ipswich on the crossroads to Thorndon and Thornham. This 1922 postcard shows the stables at the back of the building, now a car park. The pub was a coaching inn dating back hundreds of years and is still serving customers today. Frederick Aldous was the landlord at this time.
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Chapel Lane, in 1910, shows some delightful cottages, which were lived in by local farmworkers. These cottages have now been modernised and rebuilt.
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In later years, we introduced a terrier puppy to a year-old Ragdoll cat. The similarly sized pair soon became inseparable, the cat’s supine ‘whatever’ attitude allowing a ‘rough and tumble’ sibling relationship right from the outset.
The newcomer is often young, and I think their infant demeanour activates a caring and gentle attitude in the older, established animal. We added a tiny kitten to our twoDobermann household with minimal kerfuffle. I ‘gave’ the kitten to the female dog to look after, praising her greatly for the maternal attitude she exhibited right from the start, and not particularly fussing the kitten, who was happy enough to be part of proceedings anyway!
Before too long it should be possible to let the pair get closer. Keep the dog on a lead and never pick up the cat to bring it towards the dog, as panicky spitting and scratching could easily ensue. You will be so familiar with itenergylanguagepet’sestablishedyourbodyandthatshouldn’t be difficult to progress.evaluate
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Whether introducing a kitten to an incumbent dog, or a dog or puppy to the resident feline, thought and patience make for success. It’s important that each pet has a place of comfort and peace to retreat to, somewhere containing their bed, water, food, toys and, in the case of a cat – a litter tray. Each then has a sanctuary.Beforebringing the two animals together, it can be really useful to introduce their respective scents. This is easy, simply wipe a soft cloth over the head of the cat and then leave the cloth in the dog’s area. Repeat the exercise, stroking over the
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dog so that a scented cloth can be left for the cat. You can later progress to using your hands to touch both pets, thus mixing and transferring the Introductionsscents.should be made carefully, with someone accompanying each animal. Make the intro brief and give rewards for calm behaviour. Repeat these short meetings frequently. Keep the dog on a lead and allow the cat to regard the dog from a distance. Cats like to watch and evaluate situations, favouring somewhere high up as a retreat when unsure. A platform bed is ideal for this.
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Poetry Corner
The town is vibrant
Friends coming together
Couples and solos Wearing sunglasses, face masks, hats and scarves
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I stop and take a pew too Four solo bodies find respite On the bench in front
A steady stream of people Hands clutching shopping bags
One sits, briefly, then suddenly departs swiftly One yabbers on a mobile
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It’s market day
Families with children, with dogs
Sitting here with Archie He selects who warrants a woof Whilst others are nonchalantly disregarded
Canines in every direction Dogs on laps Hounds in prams
Bounds over and plants herself on mine
And those with all four feet on the ground
Trying to dodge the slow moving traffic
Outside the bustling Gangway cafe Takeaway or dine in I follow the sound of jazz Amid the plentiful chatter, clinking crockery and laughing ladies
Maureen Marlow, from Sheringham, finds writing cathartic and penned this lovely poem about the town she loves. She runs her own dog sitting business, loves to travel and is a wild swimmer.
One waits to meet another One sips coffee, coughs often whilst dragging on a fag
The masses have arrived Birds
It’s a Saturday Late morning
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Amongst the concrete
Amble at a leisurely pace
Taking my leave
A lady rebuffs her seat
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3. Wrap the pastry in kitchen parchment and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Set the oven to 190oC/gas mark 5. Slice off onethird of the dough and set aside. On a lightly floured board, roll out the larger piece of pastry and use it to line the tart tin. Push the dough well into the corners and trim the edges. Scatter the ground
2. Next, pour in enough water –probably 1 or 2 tbsp – to produce a
Put the flour into the bowl of a food processor, add the butter in large pieces and process for a few seconds to the consistency of fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and the egg yolk and process until the mixture starts to come together to form a dough.
4 tbsp ground almonds
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almonds over the base of the tart, then spoon in the marmalade and gently smooth the surface.
100g caster sugar 2 egg yolks
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5. Bake for 30 minutes until the pastry is pale biscuit-coloured and the marmalade is bubbling. Let the tart cool before easing from the tin and slicing.
4. Roll out the reserved pastry into a disc roughly the size of the tart, then cut into 2cm wide strips. Brush lightly with a little beaten egg, then place the strips one at a time on to the surface of the tart in a lattice pattern.
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