Village People South Norwich edition – October / November (Autumn) by Village People Magazines Ltd

OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

South Norwich edition

COMMUNITY / LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE O OF THE YEAR

MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY and Look for Circles Day THE WAVENEY NAVIGATION A ‘Mediterranean Passage’

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T KEMAN’S RICK WA DYSSEY PIANO O TOUR

How you can help TO PRESERVE OUR LOCAL HISTORY

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Contents

OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

Out & About

47 Stories from our region –

8 Good news from our region 17 Shakespeare’s most popular

49 Library book review - The

tragedy heads for Norwich Theatre Royal 19 Exercise your brain cells with our crossword 20 Poetry Corner

51 55

reprobate uncle John

59 61 62

65 67

62 Home & Garden

27 WIN tickets to see Rick

29 31 33 34 37 41 42 44

Wakeman’s Piano Odyssey tour Garden Jottings from Ken Do you need a hearing test? Half price offer What’s in season – produce for October and November On your plot – time to prepare your garden for winter Memories of Bressingham Delicious recipe for Banoffee Cake Ladies who lunch visit Wyken Vineyard River Waveney Trust tells us about the restoration of Geldeston Lock

Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware Village notice board Walking for health, a selection of local group walks Bungay Bitesize – school life during WW1 Socks – a short story from Attleborough Writers’ Group Art writer Kristy Campbell explores autumn events from around the globe Wymondham Words returns for its eighth year Can you help provide wool for a women’s co-operative in Uganda?

Shopping, Health & Beauty 69 Regional reads – what we are loving this issue

71 Health Q&A – reducing your risk of breast cancer through diet

17 73 Refreshing Waters talks life after a health setback

75 Fashion – go wild with animal prints this autumn

76 Delicious recipe for autumn apple and lemon tart

77 More than skin deep – non-surgical procedures and their impact 78 Heroes of our time 79 Mulbarton village choir on singing to the community 80 Wild highways – the importance of hedge habitats

Jobs, Money & Business 83 Jill Wright explains the importance of preserving our local history

85 Smart money secrets – switching bank accounts

86 Find a local business in our directory

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To coincide with our tenth year of publishing Village People, and from ongoing requests from more villages to get the magazine delivered through their letterbox, we’re excited to confirm that our fourth title launches this autumn. Welcome to our Bungay and Harleston edition. Taking our total circulation up to a massive 60,000 magazines, we are excited to start to deliver to every home and business in Bungay, Harleston and another 70 villages surrounding these towns.

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Back to autumn and we have another packed Village Notice Board full of local events. As usual we can’t fit everything in the magazine so remember to have a look on our website for the complete and very long list of ‘what’s on’. It’s the place to submit your local event too and the best thing is it’s FREE! With local book reviews, seasonal fashion, recipes, community news and events, we are packed as usual so do keep your magazine handy for the full two months. We’re also the best way to find a local business or service so let’s continue to ‘keep it local’! As usual we are always pleased to hear from readers so get in touch and let me know if there’s anything particular you’d like us to feature in YOUR local village magazine.

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Good News from our region

A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES!

his summer, local optician The Specs Factory has been busy updating its Norwich and Ipswich stores to give customers an even more comfortable and relaxing experience. Managing director, Duncan Hockney, says: “As part of our commitment to customer service we have recently refurbished all our stores with new furniture, new flooring and frame displays. “We also now have air-conditioning in all our

stores — a great relief during the heatwave this summer — plus a huge range of new frames with something for everyone.” Free car parking at The Specs Factory stores makes it really easy to drive right up to the door, so pop in next time you are in Ipswich or Norwich to check out the new look!

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Good News dad and family. I enjoy cycling and the good thing is that at my age it’s something I can do that doesn’t damage the joints! I just want to make sure I finish and raise money in Jack’s memory, and I have raised over £630 already.’’ To support Mel please go to his online fundraising page on https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ melvin-hopkins

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MEL’S CYCLE CHALLENGE FOR CHARITY 70-year-old retired butcher, Mel Hopkins, has undertaken a long-distance cycle ride to raise money for a cancer charity in memory of a local teenager who died of leukaemia, aged just 18. Mel took part in the 100km (62 mile) Crafted Classique Sportive cycle event in the Woodbridge area on 11 August to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). He lives close to fellow villager Kevin Cook, who lost his son Jack in 2015. Mel said: “I didn’t know Jack, but I know his

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HOCKNEY COMES TO DISS The works of the most influential and popular artist of the 20th Century, David Hockney, will be exhibited in Diss Corn Hall from 7 September to 13 October, alongside works by artists including Rosie Copeland, Lucian Freud, David Suff, Jean Page, John Piper and Charlotte Verity. The exhibition, called ‘The Artist’s Garden’, explores how contemporary artists depict the garden and the beauty of nature and flowers. From Lucian Freud’s etching of his own London garden and Hockney’s flower studies, to Charlotte Verity’s lithographs of the artist John Nash’s Suffolk house and garden, which he bequeathed to his friend and writer Ronald Blythe, and were recently shown at The Garden Museum in London. The gallery spaces are open Monday – Saturday, 10am-4pm. All exhibitions are FREE.

ON YER BIKE FOR FUNDING! Diss Cyclathon is looking for local charities, events and good causes that are interested in receiving extra funding. In addition to supporting its partner charity, East Anglia Air Ambulance, the Cyclathon is looking to donate around £5,000 of the money it’s raised this year to causes in and around Diss. Alan Franks, from Diss Cyclathon, said: “We’re so grateful to everyone that helped us raise so much money this year, and now we want to give some of that back to the community. So we’re inviting bids for funding from local cycling organisations around Diss, community events in Diss which are free to attend, and any organisations which encourage kids to get outside and be active — particularly on bikes.” If you would like to apply for funding, please contact Diss Cyclathon by emailing info@disscyclathon.org.

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CROSSWORD Exercise your brain cells

CLUES ACROSS

CLUES DOWN

Header into a low down bar (4)

Nothing out of this is anything special (8)

Snuggle down at the bottom of the deep blue sea (3)

Quick swim in the briny (3)

Policeman’s order to a vagrant loiterer (4, 2)

10 Not as much just a reduced amount (4)

Could be the sign of a pretty good bet (4, 2)

11 What you want or must have to maintain body and soul (4)

Within whatever style of valise you may come to pack (2, 3, 4)

13 Stay behind when you are left (6)

Cause of the whispering grass and gently moving leaves (6)

14 Put another in the original juke box (6) 15 Will the belt go around the chalice (6) 18 Informal shoe you just slip on (6) 20 Run cars around the countryside and they’ll leave a mark (4) 21 The genie will do when he hears the wish (4) 22 Matched group to win the game and the match (3) 24 Cold piece of potato but financially sound (4, 4)

Just another way to establish co-operation (6)

12 Very difficult instruction to follow for a short man (4, 5) 16 Supernatural powers as well as the paranormal (6) 17 Reward at the end of many a competition (6) 18 Describes many of the manifestations of sixteen (6) 19 Having an active feeling of repugnance (6) 23 Not strict or stringent just deficient in firmness or precision (3)

25 Shows something else has to be taken into account (4) LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 5) Cap, 7) Editorial, 8) Belt, 10) Guidance, 11) Unit, 12) Fielder, 14) Zone, 16) Rude, 17) Lottery, 18) Will, 20) Musician, 22) Glow, 24) Stag party, 25) Gel. DOWN: 1) Odour, 2) Stud, 3) Transept, 4) Mace, 5) Cue, 6) Pat, 8) Blurry, 9) Laird, 12) Fellow, 13) Dressage, 15) Oriel, 19) Tasty, 20) Mute, 21) Crab, 22) Gag, 23) Oil.

Poetry

Poetryy Corner

Sandro Cecchini N Norwich i h

This issue, we feature a collection of poems byy Sandro Cecchini, a nurse from Norfolk who works with the elderly.

M O R N IN G MOUSEHOLD s Tumbling leave eyes, y m st pa swoop gers winter’s cruel fin h hig em hurling th

h above the heat , nd sta I ich wh on gorse, d an m midst broo land; y ar we e th g tampin circle, rudderless they muration, ur m a patchwork atched sn es ap sh fugitive es from skeletal tre

who sit, beneath birds tues, sta t ep sw wind es lifting their ey ing to the sky, watch fall the ragged gyre and climb, until, finally d beaten, earthbound an n smiles summers oake battle tile fu give up the at my feet, st re to e m co and d spent an ed frost embalm

ASHW ELLTH ORPE Sunshafts spearing through the grass, separating every blade into a latticework of light and shade, grow faint at the fields furrowed margin, where frost rimed weeds stoop over a cliff of corrugated earth, ridgeback spines dotted with flint climb towards the far horizon and dissolve in rain washed chalk terraces, where water-colour woods bare of leaf

stretch their arms in silent homage to the morning’s shining still and hazy distance, and beneath a pale blue sky, myriad scales of silver lie upon the rain clotted soil; arched mirrors to the sun left by horses soft ambling vibrate in time as they return over the fields edge now at a gallop, throwing up globes of shattered morning light that dissolve upon my shadow

PR E-R AP HE LIT E SK Y Stained glass sunset, molten sky caught in a spidery web, a branching crucible

pouring liquid light over the land, such colours, entwined and nameless; new minted starlight , times passing show unfurls er corn h re-tints eac of the sky, each deep fire glow, until a diminuendo of tones kindles a richer palette, an earthen furnace fts capturing the lambent sha in slow motion, falling upon the ochre rooves of terraced houses, whose tall, cerulean chimneys embrace the sky, ke gifting coils of filigree smo to frame the scene

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

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Keep an eye on what’s in season and you’ll get the most out of all the fresh local produce that Norfolk and Suffolk have to offer. Juliette from Fredrick’s Fine Foods in Diss shares her favourites for October and November. VEGETABLES n Broccoli is so good for you and really versatile. Have you tried a classic broccoli and stilton quiche?

n Pears – Why not try poaching pears in red wine or port and adding star anise for richness – serve with thick cream for a rather elegant dessert?

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n Celeriac isn’t as well known in the UK but wonderful grated and mixed with grain mustard and mayonnaise for an alternative to coleslaw.

n Mussels – Why not try mouclade, the lightly curried version of moules mariniere?

n Beetroot – How about being daring and trying a wonderfully moist chocolate and beetroot cake?

n Oysters are in season again and available from several local oyster farms.

n Jerusalem artichokes are nutty and knobbly treasures, great roasted with Sunday lunch or in soups, but beware as they do have a reputation for being rather windy!

n Whiting are delicious smaller fish. Why not try cooking them en papillotte with some shrimps and lemon for a lovely aromatic supper?

n Kale is one of our favourites just cooked simply in butter, but it can also make delicious mashed potato when paired with bacon.

FRUIT n Figs are early this year and delicious stuffed with taleggio cheese and driizzled d with m maple p syrup and cooked for 10 miins or so.

MEAT n Venison – Your local butcher will probably stock locally sourced venison – it’s a very healthy and delicious alternative to try. n Guinea fowl has a great autumn flavour which pairs well with quince, mushrooms and beetroot. b

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MEMORIES OF BRESSINGHAM Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, shares with us his fascinating collection of old postcards, focusing on a different village in every issue. This issue, we take a walk down memory lane in Bressingham.

The Chequers Public House shown here in 1933 was found on the Diss to Thetford road opposite the steam museum. The buildings on the right have now been demolished to make way for a car park. The landlord in 1933 was Mr Arthur Green.

Th he War Memorial and blacksmith shop were situated near the crossroads close to the centre off the village. Today the War Memorial has been m moved to the other side of the road, which then alllowed widening. The blacksmith shop was emolished at the same time. de

uated half a mile on the right from The Bressingham Windmill 1901 - Tower Mill was situ Cheq quers public house towards Thetford. The mill was originally owned by Mr Henry Hudson, who rented to miller Herbert Burroughes, who paid ÂŁ36 per annum. The mill and house were auctioned on the 15 Feb 1901, with Mr Burroughes buying both the mill and the buildings.

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Bressingham Common 1910 - This view has changed beyond recognition. Looking west towards Roydon you can see houses built on either side of the road. The particular house in this picture was the Whitehorse Public House, the landlord being Jas Elwood. y rebuilt and is now a private house. The p pub closed in 1969 and was totally house

The high street in 1935 looking towards Roydon and a Diss with an early motor car travelling towards the village. Bressingham shop in 1935 was run by Mrs Emma Howard, who also ran the village Post Office. Today the shop is still open for business. Note the horse waiting for its master, ready to be led to the fie fi eld to start the working day.

Bressingham from the St John the Baptist h h tower t i 1910 Th population l ti att church in 1910. The this time was 504. The Norfolk Postcard Club meets regularly in Trowse in Norwich and new members arre very welcome. The next meetings are on n 10 October and 14 November. Dennis is also the author of several local hiistory books that can be purchased by co ontacting him direct.

The school in Bressingham in 1935 - This public elementary school was built in 1878 at a cost of ÂŁ850. This was then enlarged in 1906 for a further 124 children to attend. Over the last few years further classrooms have been added.

If readers h have any local l l postcards d off Diss or the surrounding villages, please get in touch with him after 7pm on 01379 651897. ÂŠ

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BANOFFEE CAK AKE K Recalling the flavours of Banoffee Pie, this cake is a great option for Halloween or Bonfire Night – especially if decorated with crunchy honeycomb and shards of toffee ‘bark’.

Serves 10-12

459kcal

INGREDIENTS Cake 200g unsalted butter or baking margarine 160g soft brown sugar 40g dark brown muscovado sugar 4 eggs, beaten 2 large, very ry y ripe bananas, mashed 200g plain flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 70g pecans, chopped To decorate: 180g icing sugar 70g butter, softened 2 tablespoons caramel or 3 teaspoons black treacle Shop-bought honeycomb Caster sugar for toffee bark

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METHOD 01. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan. Line the base and sides of a deep 20cm round springform tin. 02. Cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy ffy. y Gradually whisk in the beaten eggs, followed by the mashed banana. 03. Sift the flour and baking powder together, and fold into the mix. Add the vanilla extract and pecans and stir through. 04. Pour the batter into the tin and bake in the oven for about 50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean, and the sponge springs back when gently pressed. 05. Cool in the tin for five minutes then turn onto a rack to cool fully. 06. To make the frosting, whisk together the icing sugar and softened butter until they form soft crumbs, then add the caramel or treacle. Keep whisking until the frosting is fluffy ffy, y at least five minutes in an electric mixer. 07. To make toffee bark, scatter a layer of caster sugar over a sheet of tin foil, then grill without stirring until dissolved and golden. Leave to cool completely then peel off and snap into shards. 08. Spread the frosting over the top and sides of the cake, then decorate with chopped honeycomb and toff ffe ee bark. The Pennoyer Centre’s delicious cakes won the EDP Norfolk Food & Drink “Best Baking” Award. The café, in Pulham St Mary, is open Mon-Sat from 9.30am to 3.30pm, and on Sundays 10am - 2pm for brunch. www.pennoyers.org.uk 01379 676660 The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT

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or this visit we chose the hottest day of the year and it was my turn to drive. Unfortunately, I have a very basic car whose air-con consists of opened windows, so I was more than relieved when Alice’s husband lent us his air conditioned car, and we were soon hurtling down the A140 suffering from Cold Toes Syndrome! On arrival at the vineyard we made straight for the shop to have a rummage through the lovely luxuries for sale. After some excellent browsing, we headed to the café which, like the shop, was housed in a light and airy cathedral of a barn. There are a lot of tables, but they are generously spaced so that when the café filled up to capacity there was still room to move.

Being a rather unsophisticated northerner, I needed several of the items on the menu explained or translated! The mezze platter that I chose consisted of lamb kofta (meatballs on sticks) with tzatziki (cucumber with yoghurt dressing), red pepper hummus and feta cheese with mint. But despite my lack of knowledge of Greek cuisine I thoroughly enjoyed it and only left a few raw onion bits. Alice had Wyken Eggs Benedict (poached eggs) on white muffin halves with slices of bacon slipped between the bread and the egg, then the whole thing was draped in Hollandaise sauce (egg yolks and butter, and a little vinegar). To fill her up she ordered sweet potato fries, which she demolished before I had a chance to sample one! To accompany the food I had a bottle of Good Dog ale, which was cool and slipped down a treat. Alice – being the driver – stuck to elderflower cordial. Delighted with our mains, we studied the dessert menu: no translation required here. I had lemon and almond cake with a tangy elderflower yoghurt, which was 98% perfect: a minute sprinkle of salt would have made all the difference to the subtle flavour of the almonds.

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THE WAVENEY NAVIGATION A ‘Mediterranean Passage’

Caroline Topping from the River Waveney Trust tells us about the restoration of Geldeston Lock – an important part of the River Waveney’s heritage. was implemented – the River Waveney between Beccles and Bungay was improved in the 1670s. Pre-1670 the river had been navigable from Yarmouth to Bungay, but over the years it had become obstructed and clogged with weed and silt so badly that boats couldn’t get beyond Beccles. The local people had to resort to land carriage of goods, which was far more expensive and brought hardship and poverty, especially in Bungay. Four locks were constructed within less than 4 miles; Wainford, Ellingham, Shipmeadow and Geldeston. Unfortunately this was the only part of the Mediterranean Passage ever built.

n the 17th century a man called Frances Matthew had an ambitious plan to create a ‘Mediterranean Passage’ in Norfolk. His idea was to connect Yarmouth and Kings Lynn by improving the course of the River Waveney and the Little Ouse to connect their headwaters through the minor watershed which separates them at Redgrave and Blo’Norton.

In 1656 he approached Oliver Cromwell for permission to commence his plan, but it was 1670 before the parliament of Charles II passed an act giving authority to improve the navigation of the river. The plan was hugely ambitious and it is hard to see how it could have been considered affordable. However, one section of the scheme

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After the necessary improvements to the river were made and the locks were built, trade at Bungay increased greatly with large quantities of

Local Nature corn, flour, malt and beer being taken by water to Yarmouth and other areas. These goods were transported on sailing barges known as wherries. From Yarmouth, goods could be taken by ship to markets elsewhere in the country, most notably London. On the return journey the wherries would carry timber, marl, fertiliser, whale oil and coal back to Beccles and Bungay. The importance of the Broadland waterways for commercial transport declined during the 19th and 20th centuries as the railways proved strong competition and road transport was improved. The last commercial wherry stopped trading during or shortly after the Second World War. Geldeston Lock closed in 1934 and fell into disrepair. The gates slowly deteriorated and disappeared sometime in the 1980s. Due to the lack of maintenance the walls of the lock became colonised by trees and vegetation. The trees caused significant damage to the brickwork above the high tide line and there was a danger that the top section of the south wall could collapse into the lock. If this were to happen the decline of the lock would be unstoppable and Geldeston Lock would be lost, like Botery, Ellingham and Wainford.

Last summer, we were lucky to secure the help of the Waterways Recovery Group (WRG), who attended a one week ‘camp’ during which 14 volunteers dismantled the damaged wall, cleaned the bricks and reconstructed the wall. This summer, the WRG volunteers returned again and camped out at Bungay. More tree stumps were removed and a longer portion of the wall rebuilt. However, this work is not sufficient to secure the future stability of the lock structure; an estimated £10,000 is needed to complete the project. We have a group of wonderful volunteers who are enthusiastic and keen to finish the project. When completed, the plan is to provide a centre for education projects that would offer a vital insight into the social and economic history of the area and wider river network.

In 2016 the River Waveney Trust (RWT) decided to try to save Geldeston Lock as an important part of the heritage of the Waveney and the last existing part of Francis Matthew’s Mediterranean Passage. Following an environmental impact assessment, a bat survey and permissions from the Environment Agency and the Broads Authority, work started in 2017. Volunteers from the Beccles branch of the RWT started to strip away the vegetation and reveal the true extent of the damage to the walls; it was clear that we had intervened in the nick of time.

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REPROBATE Uncle John Neil Lanham tells the tale of the mysterious Uncle John – the black sheep of his family.

e hadn’t even heard of Mary’s Uncle John when he turned up unexpectedly and uninvited for her wedding to my Uncle Tickles. John was the black sheep of her side of the family but had a way that made him everybody’s instant friend. It seemed that he had obtained entrance to almost anywhere, whether it be Royal Ascot, Wembley or Lords and he would keep us enthralled with stories about how he had overcome the simple barrier of free admission. There were stories about hoodwinking the bookies and collecting dividends for horses that he hadn’t bet on and I think it was tricks like this that made the family want to distance themselves from him. He had had a private school education but had dropped out and jogged along the bottom all his life. Now, Uncle Tickles, himself a bit of a reprobate, immediately took a liking to John. When John laid it on thick about how fond he was of shooting, Tickles immediately invited him down for a week after harvest. Although Tickles had been told that John was the sort of person who could come out of a pub with more money that he went in with, we all waited with bated breath for harvest to finish. John duly arrived and was collected from Sudbury station together with a small attaché case in which it appeared that he had room for no more than one clean shirt and a toothbrush. He had neither gun nor cartridges and it was strange how Tickles’ stock of the latter kept diminishing during the week. Nevertheless a great week of sport and banter was had with this lovable rogue and as John disappeared back again into a land of mystery we all looked forward to the same again next year. In the meantime, nothing more was heard of John but an expensive Harrods Easter egg arrived the following spring, albeit a week after Easter! The following Michaelmas Tickles duly collected John from the station, who now had with him a gilt inscribed gun case – the quality of which no one in our neck of the woods had ever seen before.

The following morning he appeared for the shoot with an unbelievable pair of matching Purdy shotguns inlaid in gold with initials and family crest. Although he kept mute, speculation grew and grew until a frustrated Tickles, remembering the Easter egg, phoned Harrods to ask if John worked there. The receptionist confirmed that he did indeed, “Yes but he is in the Depository Department ........and is on a holiday in Suffolk” Tickles had found his answer and John admitted that he had “only borrowed” them for the week!

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Amanda King, Library Manager at Bungay Community Library, reviews The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware.

erhaps with inspiration taken from Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca, this cleverly plotted murder mystery-meets-psychological family drama sends a shiver almost immediately down the spine. o way of With the winter season closing in and no bills, Harriet is also paying the rent and other bill being chased by lloan sharks for the few hundred pounds she owess them. ves from a solicitors When a letter arriv ng salvation in in Penzance offerin ance from the form of inherita unknown family, it iis almost too good to be true. Currently working as a fortune teller on Brighton’s pier, she is an g people and expert at cold reading

believes she has the skills to perhaps wangle her way to enough inheritance to solve her immediate financial issues. However, desperation speaks volumes and Harriet findss herself sole heir to a fortune and suddenly accepted by the loving g family she has always longed for. But as you pause for breath, as with all the best mysteries, everything is not a it seems and gradually as Harriet begins to piece together the unnerving tru uth. A family secret held by som me for over 20 years is worth kiilling for, perhaps even worth killin ng again for. This is the fourth h novel by Ruth Ware and the one I have e enjoyed the most – I hope you enjoy it too! bungay.library@suffollklibraries.co.uk

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DISS WOOL SHED OPEN MORNING

CASTON ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

CINEMA EVENING - THE BROMLEY BOYS

TUE 2ND OCT 10AM Diss Methodist Church Rooms, Victoria Road, Diss

13-14TH OCT 2018, 10 - 4 Caston Village Hall

Original art work by local artists on sale. Teas, coffee etc., home-made naughty cakes available. Free entry.

ART HETHERSETT ART EXHIBITION SUNDAY 14TH OCT 10AM Hethersett Village Hall, Back Lane, Hethersett, NR9 3JJ

Refreshments available. Ample free parking. Come and enjoy our artists’ paintings. Free Entry. Knit, sew, crochet meet new friends. Chat over coffee. Buy new wool, see our stalls with pre-loved haberdashery available. Raffle, refreshments, craft stall. Sewing area with tuition available.

TUE 16TH OCT 7.30PM Newton Flotman Village Centre, Grove Way, NR15 1QE

Adult - £4.50 Concession - £3.50 Family (2 adults and 2 children) £15, on the door £5. 7:30pm (bar opens at 6:30pm)

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WED 17TH OCT 7PM Saracens Head, Diss

SALE APPLE DAY & AUTUMN PLANT SALE

SUN 14TH OCT 10.30 - 3PM Redgrave & Lopham Fen, Low Common Road, South Lopham, Diss, IP22 2HX

EVENT STAR THROWERS OPEN DAY THU 4TH OCT 10AM - 4PM 30 Melton Road, Wymondham, NR18 0DB

Meet the therapists - all day. Book a trial complementary therapy, 10am - 1pm. Learn how complementary therapies can be beneficial to cancer patients and their carers, talk 2pm.

EVENT JUMBLE SALE FOR RETINOBLASTOMA CHILDHOOD EYE CANCER

SAT 6TH OCT 2PM Botesdale Village Hall, IP22 1DD

Retinoblastoma is a cancer that affects children under five. At the age of a 18mths my grandson lost his eye to this so some friends and I are holding a huge Jumble sale to raise funds for CHECT.

A three course dinner with a great menu selection, including vegetarian, for only £20 per person. One of our Doctors will be attending to answer any questions you may have. Apple, pear or nut identification by Suffolk Traditional Orchards Group. Range of plant and craft stalls. Free family games, trail and crafts to make. SWT volunteers’ cake and plants stall. Refreshments available including soup and hotdogs. Adults £3, children £2. No need to pre-book. Dogs on leads welcome. www.suffolkwildlifetrust. org/events/2018/10/14/apple-dayautumn-plant-sale

EXHIBITION BUNGAY AT WAR: THE HOME FRONT

FRI 19TH - SUN 28TH OCT St. Mary’s Church, Bungay

To commemorate the ending of WW1 in 1918. Open daily, 10 am. – 4 pm. Free admission, donations welcomed. For details of Preview on October 18th, Tel: 01986 892905/893133.

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SAT 20TH OCT 10AM - 3PM Village Hall, Ipswich Road, Long Stratton, NR15 2TA

FRIDAY 26TH OCT 7PM The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St. Mary IP21 4QT

Summer over and Christmas holidays still a way off.... so time to give yourself a little treat with a few pamper therapies, plus a chance to relax and do a bit of shopping.

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WED 31ST OCT 7.30PM Roydon Village Hall, IP22 5RB

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MONDAY 22ND OCT Hethersett Village Hall, Back Lane, Hethersett NR9 3JJ

Local florist Anna Potter will demo ‘Ragged Robin Flowers’. Doors open 7pm. Guests £5. facebook. com/Cringleford-HethersettFlower-Club-302807436749965

EVENT NORTH LOPHAM CHURCH KNITTED BIBLE FESTIVAL 24 - 29TH OCT, DAILY 11 - 5 North Lopham Church

BUGS: COHABIT, CONTROL OR CONSERVE SUNDAY 4TH NOV 2PM Palgrave Community Centre

A talk by Ian Bedford, Head of Entomology, John Innis Centre. Admission £6

FAIR BORDER CRAFT COLLECTIVE MASTER CRAFTS FAIR SAT 10TH NOV 10AM - 3PM United Reformed Church, Mere Street, Diss

Come and meet local crafters. Free Admission. www. bordercraftcollective.org.uk

EVENT NSPCC SPANISH EVENING SAT 17 NOV. 7PM FOR 7.30 Broome Village Hall

60 scenes with knitted people and animals show the most visual stories from the Bible. Admission is completely FREE. There are refreshments, activities and a craft stall too!

The Bungay Branch of the NSPCC is holding a Spanish Evening. Tickets £15. The evening will consist of a variety of fresh tapas which will make up a two/ three course meal and Spanish dancing and music. Those attending should bring their own drinks.

FRI 16TH NOV 7.30PM St Mary’s Church Hall, Mount Street, Diss, IP22 4QQ

Friends of Diss Museum’s annual celebration quiz night, prizes for the winners and mince pies for all. No need to register, or bring a team, just come along. Light refreshments available or bring your own drinks and nibbles. Entry fee: Friends of Diss Museum £3 and non members £5 at the door.

FILM CINEMA EVENING - THE MERCY

TUE 20TH NOV 7.30PM Newton Flotman Village Centre, Grove Way NR15 1QE

Adult - £4.50 Concession - £3.50 Family (2 adults and 2 children) £15. On the door £5. 7:30pm (bar opens at 6:30pm)

EVENT NATURE’S GIFTS - FESTIVE PRESERVES WORKSHOP

SUN 25TH NOV 10AM Redgrave & Lopham Fen, Low Common Road IP22 2HX

Join local master preserver, Janet Peachey, of Peacheys Preserves at this festive masterclass, at the Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Redgrave & Lopham Fen reserve. You will learn how quick and easy it is to make different preserves from nature’s bounty.

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The Central Norfolk Walking for Health group put on 6 or 7 walks a week in Norwich and the surrounding area.

alks are free and where possible end with a coffee and cake. Walks are divided into three ‘grades’ to help you find the best walk for your fitness level:

GRADE 2 Suitable for those looking to increase their activity level. They are between 30 to 60 minutes long, and may include moderate slopes, steps, stiles and the ground may be uneven.

GRADE 1 Suitable for those who have not walked much before, or are recovering from injury or illness. They tend to be on flat or gently sloping ground, with firm surfaces and no steps or stiles. The walks should take no more than 30 minutes.

GRADE 3 For people looking for more challenging walks. The walks are between 45 to 90 minutes long, and may include steeper slopes, steps, uneven ground and stiles.

WALKS IN OCTOBER

All walks start at 10.30 am unless otherwise stated. Date

Location

Monday 1st

Adam & Eve Car Park/Bridges

Grade

Area

Description

City

Across bridges to Barn

2.5

Road. Mostly flat, hard

60 mins

Bishopgate, NR1 1RZ

Miles/ Time

paths Monday 1st

Bergh Apton Village Hall Car Park

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South

Cooke’s Road, NR15 1AA Tuesday

Gibraltar Gardens PH, Car Park

2nd 11am

Heigham St, NR2 4LZ Coffee pub

Weds 3rd

Blofield Church, Church Lane, NR13

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City

Broad

Caistor St Edmund Roman Town

South

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City

Monday 8th

Cary’s Meadow, Oaklands Hotel Car

City

Monday 8th

Yelverton Village Hall Church Road, NR14 7NU

South

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Meadow, roads and tracks. 25% soft. 1 steep slope.

1/3

2.9 75 mins

Walk around city centre parks 100% firm

Park, Yarmouth Road NR7 1BP

3.2 60 mins

Field paths. Grass can be long and uneven. 90% soft.

Outside The Forum, NR1

2.4m 55 mins

Public footpaths, across meadow and countryside.

Car Park, NR14 8QL Coffee church

1.8/3.3 40/60 min

Walk around 2 meadows and River Wensum.

4NA Coffee in church Friday 5th

Walk around old villages of

3.3 65 mins 1.5/2.9

Lanes and field tracks. Uneven Moderate slope.

40/65 min

65% firm

Walkers should register with the Facebook page (Central Norfolk Walking for Health) to receive important messages. To find out more, visit www.walkingforhealth.org.uk.

Local walks Date

Location

Grade

Area

Description

Tuesday 9th

Whitlingham Broad Old Barn Car Park, Whitlingham Lane NR14

City

Flat circular walk around broad. Birds and wildlife

Tuesday 9th

Marston Marsh Waitrose Car Park

City

Cycle path, boardwalk,

Eaton (far corner) NR4 6NU

squeeze gates, moderate

Miles/ Time 2.3 50 mins 2.8 60 mins

slope. Weds 10th

Ranworth, Maltsters PH, Car Park,

Broad

The Staithe, NR13 6AB Coffee pub Friday 12th

Hethersett Queen’s Head Car Park

South

Norwich Road NR9 3DD Coffee Pub Friday 12th

Foundry/Riverside,

10.30/10.45

Recorder Road NR1 1BP

Monday 15th

Brooke Village Hall

1/2

City

Pretty walk around village.

3.2m

50% soft. Boardwalk option

70 mins

Rural walk. Grassy paths.

3.2m

90% firm. Mod gradients.

70 mins

Riverside walk and

1/1.5/2.4

cathedral. 100% firm. Buses

30-60min

to rail station 3

South

Norwich Road, NR15 1AB

Paths and lanes. 70% soft.

3.7

Two stiles, planks. Can be

85 mins

muddy Monday 15th

Earlham Cemetery, Inside main

City

gate, Earlham Road, NR2 3RJ Tues 16th

Gibraltar Gardens PH, Car Park

11am

Heigham St, NR2 4LZ Coffee pub

Weds 17th

Salhouse Church

City

Mulbarton Village Hall Car Park

Broad

Thorpe Marsh, Oaklands Hotel Car

2/3

South

Swardeston Village Hall CP, The

Broad

Waterloo Park, Car Park, Angel Rd,

South

1/2

City

NR3 3HS Coffee – Britannia cafe Tuesday 23rd

Thorpe St Andrew Rec CP Laundry

Country lanes, grass paths, Across fields, field edges Road and tracks along river. Can be muddy

Common NR14 8DL Coffee Monday 22nd

Walk around 2 meadows

and tracks. Can be muddy

Park, Yarmouth Road, NR7 1BP Monday 22nd

60 mins

70% soft. Can be muddy

The Common, NR14 8AE Friday 19th

2.6m

paths. Short, mod slope. and River Wensum. Coffee

Bell Lane, NR13 6RT Friday 19th

Tarmac and some grassy

Broad

Lane, NR7 OXG Coffee -The Place

2.4m 55 mins 2.9 60 mins 2.3/4.2 60/80 m 2.0m 50 mins

Roads and tracks, some

3.1m

uneven. 60%. One slope

60 mins

Walk in beautiful park.

0.8/2.4m

100% firm

30/60 min

Lanes and woodland. Moderate slope, Can be

2.4 50 mins

muddy. 50% soft Tuesday 23rd

Wreningham Bird in Hand

South

Car Park, Church Road, NR16 1BJ

Lanes and field paths. 50% soft. Moderate slope, 2

4.2m 90 mins

plank bridges Weds 24th

South Walsham Fairhaven Gardens,

Broad

NR13 6DZ Friday 26th

Foundry/Riverside,

10.30/10.45

Recorder Road, NR1 1BP

Sunday 28th

Mousehold Heath,

11am

Britannia Road NR1 4LU

Field edges, tracks and lanes. Mod slope. 75% firm

1/2

City

3.3 65 mins

Riverside walk and

1/1.5/2.4

cathedral. 100% firm. Buses

30-60min

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Woodland paths, 90% soft Slight to mod gradients

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History Histo ry

School Life during WWI W

Local historian Chris Reeve steps back in time to explore Bun Bungay’s ngay history

n April 1915, St. Mary’s boarding school for girls, in Earsham Street, Bungay, issued a new magazine called The Brownie. It throws light on what was happening on the ‘Home Front’ when the majority of the male population was engaged in military action abroad.

In the first edition, the editor enquires: “Have we spies among us? To judge by the vigorous handkerchief signalling proceeding from the dormitory windows, added to the frequent use of flashlights, we are inclined to fear the worst”. She was probably unaware that the girls were, as usual, only trying to attract the attention of the boarders in the boys’ grammar school next door. In July, the first ever cricket match was played between the two schools. The boys won and the editor comments: “This was only to be expected as ours was a scratch team; there was not more than three who had ever played before, some could not hold the bat correctly, and the best bowler could not have hit even a corpulent Hun, if he had been four yards away, though of course she would have had a good try”. The girls raised money for the British Prisoners in Germany, amounting to £1. 8s., and one of their old girrls reported that she had ga ained employment in a m munitions factory. In July y 1916, the editor enquires: “Are we becom ming indifferent to thee sufferings of the soldieers that we have sent ffewer eggs to the woun nded this term?” In O October, the girls gave e a concert to the troo ops, and raised fund ds for the Kitchener Hom me for Disabled The cover of the St. Mary’s School Soldiers at Lowestoft. Magazine , The Brownie. Brownie In November 1917,

an afternoon entertainment was provided for the inmates and wounded soldiers at Ditchingham Hospital, raising £5.10s. During the same year, the annual physical culture display did not take place due to the military having taken over all the Joe Stone, the last photo with his family public rooms. before he departs abroad, 1914. In addition, no hockey was possible because an army camp had been installed on their playing field on Outney Common. There were several alarms caused by night-time Zepp raids, when the girls were summoned from their dormitories and had to sleep on rugs and blankets on the dining room floor. The special constable lived opposite, and came to inform the headmistress when the danger was over, and on the following mornings, the girls were allowed an extra hour in bed. At the end of the term the editor writes: “We hope you have a jolly holiday, though there may be some things you will have to do without. Do not expect too much from Father Christmas, he still does his best, but the War has hit him very hard you must remember”. The Friends of St. Mary’s are organising an exhibition in the church in October, focusing on the home front during both world wars. If you have any memories or stories concerning evacuees or prisoners of war in Bungay, please get in touch with Chris on 01986 893155.

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Socks

A short story by Iris Welford of Attleborough Writers’ Group

t was the perfect opportunity. At last I could rid myself of the awful birthday presents which I had consigned to the bottom of my chest of drawers over the years. The “raffle” drawer contained scented candles, a pot with an ill-fitting lid made by some woman in Wales, a shell necklace suitable for a ten year old, royal jelly hand creams and the socks, with a label saying Hand-made by Meg in the Trossachs. These socks would make you believe what is made in the Trossachs should stay in the Trossachs.

They were multi-striped, multi-coloured, at least three sizes too big for most women’s feet and to boot, felt scratchy. Gaudy and lurid, the final insult was the small hole near the ankle where Meg had dropped a stitch. But, as a raffle prize, someone would learn to love them and though I had a moment of misgiving, I handed them over for the village hall tombola. Fete day dawned bright, stalls were erected, villagers mingled and the smell of the pub BBQ wafted on the air. The jazz trio played, the wine flowed and the village cannon, a civil war relic,

went off on cue whilst the Molly dancers pounded the road with their clodhoppers. I bought various raffle tickets including the tombola. “Everything ending in a five or a zero is a winner,” said Charlotte. I took the tickets out of the proffered tin and yes, I had drawn number 100. Charlotte disappeared to the back of the stall and brought me the prize. It was those unbelievably horrid socks. Even Charlotte thought it was a coincidence too far. But I knew the reason. Trossach Meg like mystic Meg of old had put a spell on these atrocities, one of those binding forever spells. “How could I get rid of this accursed present?” I took the socks home and with a little inspiration turned them into a pair of small rag dolls. “Just perfect for the garden club raffle” I thought smugly. “And I’ll be on holiday when it happens...” © Iris Welford Attleborough Writers’ Group

Art

WHAT A DIFFERENCE

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Arts writer Kristy Campbell explores a couple of events that occur annually all around the world; Make a Difference Day on 27 October and Look for Circles Day on 2 November.

hese two celebrations have little in common, but they do both draw awareness to what is around us; they make us think about and appreciate the opportunities we have available to us, and treasure the material and aesthetic world that we indulge in. Make a Difference Day Make a Difference Day was found ded d in 1992. Communiities of people have constructed this day to help groups and individuals on their doorsteps as well as those further afield requiring a diverse range of assistance. While the cause initially began in the USA, people are reaching out globally to offer services and make a change. The first advertisement of this day was in USA Weekend where they announced that “since 1992 was a leap year people should take

the extra day and use it to do something good for their communities or for those in need.” In short, this day is about ‘giving back’. It is about acknowledging the benefits and the support we have received, and to share these, to offer up guidance and

aid to others, to remember how we once reached out for a hand. Our day-to-day lives have a habit of taking over. “Life gets in the way,” we say. So this year if you cannot afford to give a day, perhaps think of a manageable way to create impact.

Art FOR EXAMPLE: • Become a ‘befriender’ – say hello to someone new • Stick a label on a jar and contribute your loose change to a charity of your choice • Have a big sort out! Clean out your wardrobes and donate to someone less fortunate • Give blood • Collect up the rubbish from the streets in your hometown. Be proud of where you’re from! • Become a volunteer • Share your knowledge; read to children; organise a community group • Donate your hair • Spend some time at an animal shelter • Offer someone a lift or offer to carry their shopping

Look for Circles Day The circle in all its simplicity signifies a range of meanings. The circle is formed by a continuous flowing closed line that encases a fixed space with a centre. The shape finds its way into so many aspects of our everyday. It has also played an enormous part in the development of life as we know it: the wheel, gears, mathematics, geometry. Looking around me, I see circles on the buttons of my

phone, a tennis ball, toilet roll tube, bottle lids, and shadows made by standing lamps. The circle has been associated with centering, completion, cycles, focus, infinity, mobility, moon, sun, wholeness and womb. To the Native Americans, the circle is the sun, the moon and her children. The Chinese use the circle to represent the union between heaven and earth. Many cultures and religions use the circle as a protective boundary. Set yourself the challenge of spying some circles in your space. Ask yourself what they mean to you and why they mean these things to you. I’ve collected a mixture of circles (accidentally): I wonder what they make you feel. Try to challenge yourself to see from new perspectives. Push yourself to learn new facts and apply this new knowledge to your everyday. I wonder what else you’ll see when you begin to understand new points of interest, I wonder what you’ll appreciate.

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Norfolk journalist, Sandie Shirley, spotlights the inspiring stories of men and women from the region and beyond that have seen them reach for victory. For more stories visit www.refreshingwaters.co.uk

fter a serious illness Sarah Hobday’s doctor issued a dire health warning – she would only regain 65 percent of her energy. But after a year of rest, journaling and prayer, Sarah had the direction and enthusiasm for a new beginning. She trained as a counsellor – providing a lifeline to many on the brink of despair – and opened her own practice at King’s Lynn this summer. “Sitting with someone for an hour a week can be life changing. They can turn their lives around when hope sparks in their eyes through revelation,” says Sarah. “I love to see people who were hopeless, lost and overwhelmed see new opportunities and no longer need counselling because they have got the job, made the move, or experienced the breakthrough they needed.” Sarah’s counselling career came after struggling with isolation and helplessness during ME/CFS when she was forced to give up her job as a nursery nurse. “When I wrestled with ME I was so tired I could not pick up the telephone and speak to someone and I longed for someone to sit with me and listen. “As a nursery nurse, I would get alongside struggling children to help them find solutions, now I am doing something similar with adults which I love and see as a privilege.” Sarah’s training at the London School of Theology and Waverley Abbey College in Surrey included a practical placement in Norwich. Three years on she is ready to receive clients at the King’s Lynn Innovation Centre and pass on her knowledge to organisations and other counsellors in the county. “During my time at the London School of Theology I learnt a lot of sound doctrine and background to spirituality – invaluable for understanding the struggles that are peculiar to Christians. But although I am a Christian counsellor, I want to be able to offer excellent care and provision to everyone.” Sarah continues to volunteer as a counsellor one

day a week for a charity in Norwich which welcomes clients referred by charities and organisations, as well as self-referrals. Clients may be facing relationship issues, crisis situations, anxiety and depression or seeking reconciliation for past decisions, explains Sarah. Other clients may be homeless, unemployed or disenfranchised and feel their lives are over as they struggle with identity, addiction and mental health issues. “I might be the first person to have heard that person’s story and therefore the first person to identify patterns or issues which may be impacting the client’s ability to move forward. Often the job of a counsellor is to signpost clients to other agencies as well as, or instead of, providing counselling support,” says Sarah. Sarah has a diploma of higher education (DipHE) in integrative counselling and is continuing her studies to become a supervisor and tutor. Email sarahhobdaycounselling@gmail.com or call 07565 768163 to find out more.

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AUTUMN APPLE AND LEMON TART The combination of cooking and eating apples with sharp lemon makes this the perfect after dinner dessert. Delicious paired with local ice cream and some locally sourced cream! Serves 10 INGREDIENTS PASTRY 100g unsalted butter 225g plain flour 1 egg – beaten FILLING 2 lemons – grate the rind and squeeze the juice 225g caster sugar 4 eggs beaten 100g melted butter 2 bramley apples – peeled, cored and grated 2 eating apples, quartered and cored and sliced into even, thin slices 1 tablespoon of soft brown or caster sugar Apricot jam to glaze

METHOD 01. You can either make the pastry by hand by rubbing the butter into the flour until it resembles

fine breadcrumbs and then adding the egg and forming a dough, or just put everything in the food processor and whizz. 02. Roll out the pastry until it is large enough to line your dish. Don’t worry if the edges hang over, you can cut them off once the tart is cooked. Then line a 28cm flan tin with the pastry, cover with baking parchment and baking beans and blind bake for 10 minutes at 200C. Remove from the oven and allow to cool while you make the filling. 03. Put the eggs into a bowl and beat in the sugar, lemon juice and rind. Pour in the melted butter and stir in the grated bramley apple. 04. Gently pour this mixture into your pastry flan case. Take the sliced eating apples and place them around the edge of the flan overlapping them as you go with the peel showing. 05. Sprinkle with a little caster or brown sugar just before popping into the oven for 35 minutes or until the tart is set in the middle and just lightly brown round the edges. 06. Warm the apricot jam in the microwave or in a saucepan until it is soft, adding a dash of water if it is too thick. Use a pastry brush to gently glaze the tart, giving it a lovely shine. Allow to cool and serve. With thanks to Juliette at Fredricks Fine Foods in Diss www.fredricksfinefoods.com

Health

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Dr Sanjay Gheyi from Coltishall Cosmetic Clinic shares the most popular non-surgical treatments at his clinic in Norfolk. Our most popular procedures are ‘no-downtime’ lunchtime treatments which have a big impact on your appearance and confidence but don’t require any recovery time. 1. Injectables and dermal fillers remain very popular. This is no surprise as these treatments deliver natural results tailored to your requirements.

Microdermabrasion and chemical peels are not included in these figures but these are relaxing anti-ageing procedures which work very well. A lot of our younger clients prefer and love these procedures. For more information about the treatments Coltishall Cosmetic Clinic offers, visit www.coltishallclinic.co.uk or call 0800 043 0737.

2. Laser hair removal and non-ablative laser & IPL skin rejuvenation is also very popular. With different lasers at our disposal we make sure that you are offered the best treatment for you. 3. Laser and sclerotherapy for leg veins, spider and thread veins are next in popularity. Remember that laser and sclerotherapy complement each other and a practitioner should be able to offer both for best results. 4. Ablative laser resurfacing is rapidly increasing in popularity. It offers unparalleled results in exchange for a little downtime.

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History

HEROES of our time Donna Gray tells us how she launched a website to share her late father’s research into the fallen heroes of past wars.

onna Gray lost her dad, Richard Charles Gray, very suddenly last year. She had always known that he was a great believer in respecting, researching and remembering fallen heroes of past wars, and following his sad passing she started to go through all the research he had left behind him. Donna was shocked and immensely proud to find a huge amount of research into military history which she simply didn’t want to waste. So, in his memory, Donna and her partner Darren started to create a website. Darren painstakingly went through nearly 3000 documents and 6000 photos to create the website, and share Richard’s mission to ensure that acts of heroism are never forgotten.

The website has been viewed worldwide – a great tribute to a man whose goal was to ensure that people who had given their lives for our country are remembered. One example of his great work was his research of a wartime plane crash in his village. He was so determined that these lost pilots should be remembered that he displayed a plaque outside his own home so that people would stop and remember them. With the anniversary of 100 years of the RAF and the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, now is a great time to remember the heroic endeavours of our ancestors. To find out more about Richard’s research, visit Donna’s website at www.heroesofourtime.co.uk

Donna’ss father, Richard, on a visit to Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre where he had a ride in a Lancaster bomber, his favourite plane.

Mulbarton Choir

VILLAGE CHOIR BRINGS THE beneﬁts of singing to the community

ulbarton Community Choir started as a short term project for the village’s 2016 Christmas concert, but after a year and a half has grown to over 65 members. Its repertoire is always varied and exciting; it encompasses traditional choral music, popular music and songs from shows, accompanied and acapella. The choir welcomes everyone with open arms, accepting all abilities and experiences, without audition or strict commitment to attendance. Members range from 9 to 84 years old and come from all walks of life. People who would otherwise be unlikely to meet are brought together through music, forming relationships and offering one another social support and acceptance. The choir focusses on the benefits of singing for all – physical, psychological or social. This all combines to bring together a wonderfully diverse group of people who become friends, meeting and supporting each other outside of the choir arena too. There are regular social events and the choir also includes other community groups in its performances: the local Primary school choir and school recorder group being examples. The choir is run by its members, so everyone can take ownership of its direction, suggesting and choosing the music which is sung. The choir aims to have a main concert at Christmas, in the spring and autumn, and likes to support local

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charities by including an aspect of fundraising into performances. The choir recently sang at the beautiful Wymondham Abbey, raising funds to support local pregnancy loss charity TimeNorfolk. The choir has accepted the special invitation to sing at Norwich Cathedral this autumn – the first non-choral choir to be extended this invite. It will also be raising funds for The Royal British Legion at a Remembrance concert at Hethersett Church, and has set an exciting competition for children aged 8 – 16 at local schools to write lyrics for their finale piece. For more information call us on 01508 500343, email us at andrew@mulbchurch.org.uk or find us on Facebook @MulbartonCommunityChoir.

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Nature

WILD HIGHWAYS

Helen Baczkowska of Norfolk Wildlife Trust explains more about our important hedge habitats. Think of hedges as wild highways, busy with traffic, stretching out across our landscape.

Photo: Alan Price

Woodland flowers like primroses and dogs mercury can be found at the base of a hedge and it is here that most hedgerow mammals live too, including wood mice, weasels and stoats. In the shade and shelter of a dense hedge, hedgehogs will breed and hibernate in their woven balls of grass and leaves.

Photo: AlanPrice

On the heavy clays of South Norfolk and Suffolk, hedges are often ancient, older even than the Roman roads. These hedges are thought to be strips of woodland left when the first small fields were cleared in the Iron or Bronze Age. Older hedges like this are rich in plant life, from tall trees of oak, ash, field maple or hornbeam to shrubs of hazel, blackthorn or hawthorn. Elm suckers die young, but their deadwood is haven for beetles, in turn attracting in woodpeckers seeking a meal. Climbers like black or white bryony tangle through, with ivy a good source of late nectar, its dark berries providing food for birds deep into winter.

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Frogs, toads and even great crested newts will use the cool of a hedge in summer, often using this safe route between ponds; they will also hibernate deep in the roots of a hedge or under fallen wood in the winter. Hedges thrum with insect life, from butterflies, moths and bees, to myriad flies, spiders, beetles and bugs. From dusk until dawn, bats hunt along hedges, with species like the rare barbastelle, found in South Norfolk, using hedges to commute between woodland and meadows for foraging. In daylight, sparrowhawks might be briefly glimpsed diving and gliding along hedges, hunting the small birds that shelter and feed there. As autumn comes, look out for migrant fieldfares and redwings, feeding on berries. In spring and summer, visiting whitethroats and turtle doves, with the bass notes

of their beautiful purr, find sanctuary in our hedges, alongside year-round residents from blackbirds and shy hedge sparrows, to the less common yellowhammers and bullfinches. Garden hedges can help wildlife by mimicking traditional farmland ones: plant a variety of native shrubs for shelter, nectar and berries, leave them undisturbed when birds are nesting and allow a quiet, dense base if you are lucky enough to have hedgehogs visit your garden. In farmland and village alike, hedges are important for wildlife in their own right, but also as highways connecting other habitats, allowing wildlife to move quietly and safely and proving a vital link in our landscape.

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History

SAVING History Jill Wright of Mulbarton explains why it is so important to preserve our local history.

istory is being lost. I don’t mean monuments or buildings or documents – although they can disappear. I mean memories, photos, everyday artefacts…. These all have a part to play in verifying facts – and also enlivening history, especially local history. It’s great that Village People regularly includes old postcards and photos that bring back memories of a South Norfolk town or village. But every village should be preserving its local history whilst people with the memories and the photos are still alive and willing to chat. And it is so easy now to create a simple website, upload text and pictures and invite comments and contributions. A book needs careful planning and a publisher; a website can have all sorts of items and links under a few headings with opportunities to update it regularly. I have written a local history book – The Book of Mulbarton (Halsgrave, £19.95) – but I am aware that a printed update is very unlikely and there

are many precious photos and extra snippets of information on this and other villages on my computer that could so easily be lost for ever. So, I decided a website was the answer. A professional site would be expensive, and I have only the most basic IT skills, but then I was introduced to Webnode (thanks to the Tharston History Society webmaster) and found that it really was possible for anyone who could copy, paste, save and scan!

and make a start! I already had photos for Bracon Ash and Hethel, and after showing a selection of these people enthused and offered more. The result is at www.bracon-ash-and-hethel-history. webnode.com. Now I am helping Flordon, whose history I know less well, but a small meeting in the Community Centre resulted in a lot of memories and several invitations, so a start has been made at www.flordonhistory.webnode.com. Each of these sites is very much ‘a work in progress’, so I make my plea that you have a look and if you can solve any of the mysteries (‘just who is on that photo?’) or make any contributions, then please get in touch through the contact page. And please consider finding a way to preserve your local history – it’s very precious and disappearing fast.

Starting www.mulbartonhistory.org.uk was very simple – I already had plenty of data. Then I was invited to help neighbouring villages I knew less well. So we began with a local meeting to assess interest, collect memories, ask for photos to scan

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The other key driver that makes people move banks is poor service, but again we Brits tend to put up with below par service because we’d rather do that than go through the rigmarole of trying to find a better option. Choose an account that mirrors the way you manage your money There is not one account that works out as the best for everybody, it’s more about weighing up the individual elements that are most important to you.

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For some people a low-cost overdraft will be the priority, while for others interest payable on credit balances or a debit card offering low cost transactions abroad will be key.

The rates offered on current accounts are far less competitive than a couple of years ago, but there are still a few that are worth a look.

The best accounts if you use an overdraft There’s nothing wrong with using an agreed overdraft to help you manage your monthly budget, but the cost of borrowing varies widely from bank to bank, so you need to check the charges. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy as the banks use different charging tariffs – some will charge interest at a set rate, others charge a daily fee whilst some charge a combination of a monthly fee and interest, so it’s no wonder people get confused.

The best deals are: • Nationwide Building Society Flex Direct which pays 5% on balances up to £2,500 (for the first 12 months only – then the rate drops to 1%). • Tesco Bank which pays 3% on balances up to £3,000 • TSB pays 3% on the first £1,500, although may not seem such an attractive option at the moment. Good luck with your switch – I’m sure you’ll wish you’d done it years ago!

The cheapest accounts for overdrafts are First Direct, M&S Bank, Post Office, Metro Bank and Starling Bank. To put it into perspective if you had an agreed overdraft balance of £600 for 4 days the five banks above would charge you less than £1. However, bank with Santander and you’d pay £4 and with TSB, NatWest and RBS your bill would be over £7 for the same overdraft.

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