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APRIL / MAY 2020

South Norfolk edition

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Contents APRIL / MAY 2020

Out & About 10 Good news from our region 19 Harrold Pinter’s The Birthday Party comes to Theatre Royal Norwich

21 Poetry corner - June Cutting from Hempnall

22 Let’s Rock Festival comes to

Norwich

Home & Garden 25 NEW Top Table visits the Hungry Cat Café in Harleston

41 History - looking at Norwich’s illustrious past

43 Vegan recipe for chocolate truffle cake

45 WIN tickets to Bryan Ferry at Newmarket Racecourse

47 WIN £100 Jarrold voucher 48 Walking for health around Mulbarton

50 Canine behaviour with Julia Collins

53 Beccles Food & Drink Festival

54 Recycling - get knitting 56 Art - Kristy Campbell

61 26 On your plot - time to blossom this April & May

29 The Garden Enclosure Jottings

30 Nature - a walk in the woods 33 WIN tickets to The Country Living Spring Fair

34 Recipe for toasted pitta bread with asparagus, halloumi and hummus

37 Memories of Yaxley

celebrates National Scrabble Day

59 Regional reads - what we are loving this issue

Shopping, Health & Beauty 75 Pretty and playful fashion for Spring

77 Body contouring explained

Jobs, Money & Business 78 Falcon Meadow - the wildlife corridor and beyond

81 How to protect your digital assets

83 Smart money secrets - be card smart when you travel abroad

84 Find a local business or service in our directory

86 Exercise your brain cells with our crossword

61 WIN tickets to see Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

63 Gospel from The Saints 65 Neil Lanham shares stories from our region

67 Bungay Bitesize 69 Village notice board 73 Diss Organ Festival

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Our local restaurant review returns, and we have changed the name from Ladies who Lunch to Top Table. It just means that we can expand our reviews so they cover dining at all times of the day. We kick off with a visit to Harleston where we enjoyed a delicious vegan meal. Have a read inside to find out how we got on. The 80s festival, Let’s Rock, is already in my diary. Last year I went with a group of girlfriends and we dressed up in Hi-de-Hi! outfits. Did anyone spot us? We’ll be meeting up soon to discuss our outfits for this year’s festival at Earlham Park on 23 May.

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Lily and fr iends with Pat Sharp at lastt year I think I’ve done rather well with ’ss Let’s Roc k festival this issue, with music tickets to win for two major artists: Bryan Ferry (oooh, maybe my favourite!) and Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. I’ve also managed to get a pair of tickets for Country Living’s Spring Fair in London to give away, and there’s our usual and super-popular £100 voucher when you can find Bella the Beagle. You need to read the magazine from cover to cover to find her!

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LATITUDE HAS ATTITUDE! Latitude Festival has unveiled a host of new names across the music and arts stages, joining headliners Haim, The Chemical Brothers, Liam Gallagher, and Bill Bailey. The 15th edition of the festival takes place in the magical grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, from 16-19 July. Snow Patrol were forced to cancel their headline slot at Latitude last year due to illness, and they make a triumphant return this year. The band will perform on The Obelisk Stage in the coveted Sunday lunch htiime sllot. This momentous perfformance celebrates 25 years in the business and coincides with the band’s latest album release, Reworked. Expect festival-sized anthems with hits such as ‘Crack The Shutters’, ‘Run’, and ‘Chasing Cars’ emotively reimagined with a thrilling live orchestra.

The band said: “Snow Patrol are thrilled to perform our Reworked set (featuring no less than 14 musicians) as special guests. Having played the first ever Latitude in 2006, we were gutted that injury forced us to cancel our headline slot last year. Thank you Latitude for giving us another chance to make it up.” Home of world-class comedy, this year features spectacular stand-up stars and cutting-edge new talent. Fresh from last year’s critically acclaimed deb but feature fi fillm, Benjjamiin, Simon Amstelll returns to bring his brand-new stand up to Latitude, headlining The Comedy Arena. You can buy weekend and day tickets from latitudefestival.com

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A FESTIVAL ON FOOT The 13th Suffolk Walking Festival launches at Clare Castle Country Park, Sudbury, on Saturday 9 May. The three-week festival runs until Sunday 31 May with over 120 engaging and entertaining walks and events. As well as previous favourites, there are plenty of new walks including: ‘Castle on the Hill’, which celebrates Ed Sheeran’s favourite castle; a fun photography scavenger hunt in Orford; and a spooky day headhunting in Ipswich! You don’t have to be an avid walker to join the fun, as walks range from short strolls and gentle rambles, right up to a five-day hike. Everything for families and walks

for hikers, history walks and food walks, nature walks and VE Day remembrance walks. This year also sees the return of the Festival Fringe, a series of events that get you close to nature in the very heart of Suffolk’s countryside. You can experience forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku), landscape photography, a seaside art class and a campfire ‘Make and Bake’. There really is something for everyone! Many walks are free, and many others cost just a few pounds. All events are ticketed, and all tickets must be bought in advance. To find out more and buy tickets visit www.suffolkwalkingfestival.co.uk

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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Theatre Royal Norwich – 12-16 May

wo of the UK’s favourite soap stars are set to bring one of Harold Pinter’s most popular and widely-performed works to life in The Birthday Party, when the show touches down during its UK tour at Norwich Theatre Royal from 12-16 May. EastEnders’ Michelle Collins and Coronation Street’s Tristan Gemmill head up the cast brought together by The Everyman Theatre Company in this darkly comic masterpiece from one of the most original dramatists from the latter part of the last century. Opening at The Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in April, the play goes on to tour the UK. It follows up on a two-year celebration in the West End of Harold Pinter’s works. The Birthday Party, written in 1957, was Pinter’s second play and remains one of his best-known and most frequently performed masterpieces in which a seemingly innocent situation spirals out of control as the characters‘ monotonous lives descend into chaos. It is characterised by Pinteresque elements, such as ambiguous characters with dialogue full of small talk and understatement, unpredictable plotline twists and dark political intrigue. The action is set in a dilapidated seaside boarding house where the mysterious Stanley Webber receives a visit from two sinister strangers, Goldberg

and McCann. They arrive on Stanley’s birthday – or is it his birthday – and what do they want and why are they intent on turning Stanley’s quiet world upside down? The character of Meg Boles is played by Michelle Collins, best-known for her roles as Cindy Beale in EastEnders and Stella Price in Coronation Street. Michelle has graced UK screens and stage for over 30 years, and in addition to notable television roles in Real Women, Dr Who and Casualty, her stage credits include Calendar Girls, Rattle of Simple Man, The Vagina Monologues and Never Forget. Tristan Gemmill, playing Goldberg, is widely recognised as Robert Preston in Coronation Street and for playing Dr Adam Truman in medical drama Casualty. Screen roles have seen him starring alongside Adrian Brody and Kiera Knightley in The Jacket and The Curse of the Midas Box with Michael Sheen and Sam Neil. Joining the duo on stage are Chris Garner as Petey Boles, David Carr as Stanley Webber, Stephanie Clift as Lulu and Paul Hickey as McCann.

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

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was very tasty, although the stew could have been a little thicker. My hoisin mock duck wrap with hummus and salad was the first time I had tried this soy-based ingredient, and I was very pleasantly surprised. A lovely texture, and the whole dish was a mouthwatering mix of sweet, savoury and crunchy.

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Wayland Wood, credit Neal Trafankowski

ncient woodlands are usually defined as those that have stood for at least 400 years and can be found on old maps or traced back through documents and deeds. Paperwork aside, old woods are magical places, reminding us of fairy tales and myths and allowing us close encounters with wildlife. In spring, before the leaves of the trees create the dense shade of summer, woodland flowers flourish at our feet and some are a rough guide to the age of a wood, as they do best where the

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Yellow archangel, credit David North

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NWT Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe Recorded in the Domesday book, particularly noted for large oak trees. Located 4km south east of Wymondham along Silfield Road. Entrance via a small visitor’s car park, open daily 9am-5pm. Access on foot outside these hours. Postcode: NR16 1HB. NWT Wayland Wood An atmospheric woodland near Watton, the alleged site of the ‘Babes in the Wood’ legend. Located just south of Watton on the A1075 to Thetford. Look for the brown tourist sign. Entrance from the car park. Caution – traffic is fast on this stretch of road and visibility is poor. Postcode: IP25 6PS. To explore all our nature reserves, with information on accessibility including visiting with dogs, visit www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk

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Yaxley Hall, 1909. Situated half a mile from the village along Hall Lane, this mansion in the Elizabethan and Jacobean style was the residence of Sir George Makgill Bart.

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Yaxley Street, 1912. At one time Yaxley had a lot of thatched cottages. During WWII thatches were replaced with galvanised sheeting. In 1920, when Yaxley was bypassed, many roofs were replaced with tiles and some were returned to their former glory and re-thatched.

The Red Lion pub, seen here in 1910, stood near the church. Mr John Lawes was the landlord. The pub is now a private residence.

This 1925 postcard shows a small garage and filling station run by Mr Bowels. On the right is the Cherry Tree pub, where Mr Arthur Downs was the landlord. The pub is still open, but the bungalows on the left have been replaced with houses.

Yaxley School, shown here in 1912, was built for 70 pupils. Miss Caroline Millyard was the headmistress. The school closed many years ago and pupils were sent to Mellis School.

The Norfolk Postcard Club meets regularly in Trowse in Norwich and new members are very welcome. The next meetings are on 8th April and 13th May. Dennis is also the author of several local history books that can be purchased by contacting him direct.

Yaxley Halt Station, seen here in 1923, was on the Mellis to Eye line, adjacent to Duke’s Bridge. Passengers used the station until 2 February 1931, and trains used the line until 13 July 1964. Many congratulations to Dennis on raising an incredible £2,520 for Big C with his 2020 calendar ‘A Trip Back in Time’, which features old postcards and photographs of Diss and surrounding villages.

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NORWICH – a ﬁne city Author and historian Michael Chandler looks at Norwich’s illustrious historical past

rom 892 to 910 there was a reference to Norwich, then known as Northwic, as a monetary centre that had a mint. By 1060 the Burgh, or Boroughs, had Norwich listed in the Domesday book as the largest in the kingdom.

1620 no fewer than 32 families from Norwich and Norfolk boarded the Mayflower for the New World. Luke Hansard, who was born in 1752 near Oak Street, printed debates in the House of Commons. The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital was founded in 1772, and Gurney Bank was formed in Norwich in 1775 before joining Barclays Bank in 1896. Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry lived at Earlham Hall and died in 1845. Sir James Brooke, who was educated at Norwich School in 1803, later became Rajah Brooke of Sarawak. The oldest common cemetery, the Rosary, opened on 14 June 1821. The Parliamentary Reform Act of 1832 saw the removal of Assize Courts from Thetford to Norwich, and in 1923 Dorothy Jewson was elected as Norwich’s first female Member of Parliament.

1144 was the year St William was murdered, and the Jewish community was blamed. This would later lead to the edict under King Edward I to expel the Jewish race from England. One of the Jewish Leaders of the time, Jurnet, lived in what is now Music House, King Street. He also had a house in London where the Bank of England stands today.

On 27 and 29 April 1942, German aircraft dropped 140 tons of explosive and incendiary firebombs on the city. Norwich was twinned with Rouen in France In 1959, Novi Sad in Yugoslavia in 1961, and Koblenz in West Germany in 1978. The first electric train arrived in Norwich in 1987, and in 1988 the title of City Macebearer was abolished after 585 years and changed to Civic Attendant. The Norwich Coat of Arms

The first Charter was given to Norwich in 1158 under King Henry I and the second in 1194 by King Richard I, which gave the city the right to elect its own reeves. In 1249, Bishop Walter de Suffield formed the Great Hospital. A row took place in 1272 between monks and citizens in which many buildings were destroyed. The citizens were ordered to pay 3,000 marks to repair the cathedral and many were executed. The building of the city walls was started in 1294 by Richard Spynk and others and took 50 years to complete. A favourite of King Edward II, Walterde-Norwich became Baron to the Exchequer in 1307 and later Treasurer to the Exchequer. The first woman of letters, Mother Julian, received divine love on 4 May 1373, and the site of her cell is at St Julian’s Church. Robert Kett, leader of Kett’s Rebellion, camped on Mousehold Heath. One of the earliest carpets made in England was the Norwich Carpet in 1583. The first English newspaper was printed in Norwich in 1588, and in

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WALKING FOR Health MULBARTON

Reviewed by Dougie Dingwall, Volunteer Co-ordinator at Central Norfolk Walking for Health Walk Information Start Point

Mulbarton: village car park, The Common, Mulbarton, Norwich NR14 8AE

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Walk Length (Miles / Km)

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his pleasant walk is one of four routes Central Norfolk Walking for Health takes from Mulbarton. It can be very muddy after rain.

DIRECTIONS Leave the car park with the Village Hall behind you and cross over onto the Common. Walk across, aiming for the far left corner, and exit just before the trees. Cross the road and turn right, then left into Forge Orchards. Go straight ahead and through a barrier into a walkway, which comes out onto Lark Rise. Walk along, crossing over Partridge Drive, Pheasant, Kestrel and Nightingale Closes. At the T-junction turn right and walk along Cuckoofield Lane, keep going and when you reach the roundabout cross over the B1113 road and turn left. Take care on this pavement, as it’s narrow and cars and vans don’t always stick to the speed limit. Continue, crossing over School Road and turn right into Poorhouse Lane. At the T-junction turn right and continue walking along this track, which becomes Laws Lane. This section can have large puddles after prolonged rain.

Mulbarton Common

Local walks Exit Laws Lane, cross over School Road and enter the field opposite. Walk along the field edge and take care, as the path is narrow in places with a ditch on the right. Turn left opposite a 6-bar steel gate and walk along with the ditch on your left, go over a plank bridge onto a woodland path. After a few metres turn right, go over another bridge and walk straight ahead. Continue walking along the field edge path with the hedge on your right.

Exit from The Carrs

Village Sign Cross another plank bridge, keep going, then turn right and immediately left, cross another plank bridge and turn right onto Spong Lane. Walk along (be aware of cars) and when you come to the Y-junction turn right and walk along Scotts Hill. Take extra care, as cars speed along here. After about 400 metres turn left onto a pathway (opposite a house) and keep going, crossing a plank bridge, then a wide wooden bridge, then a steel sheet bridge, then walk past grazing pasture with a wooden fence on your right. Turn left at the end and walk straight across the field, aiming for the marker post opposite. Turn right at the marker post, continue and exit the field edge path by Richmond Cottage. Walk straight ahead, cross over the B1113 Norwich Road and enter Mulbarton Common between two wooden posts. Follow the well-mown path, turning right then left through the trees and back to the car park.

St. Mary Magdalane Church Mulbarton 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.

Path North from Cranes Lane

Canine Behaviour

Parlez Vous POOCH?! Blogger and qualified ‘Dog Listener’ Julia Collins helps us to understand and deal with incessant barking issues

any of us acknowledge our dogs’ guarding abilities with both pride and maybe a little trepidation. It’s great having someone on the case, ready to warn of approaching strangers or trouble, but an over-protective dog can be a bit of a nuisance. A dog going ‘pop’ at every nuance gets on your nerves and often results in someone yelling “shut up.” Unfortunately, doing this only raises th he tempo, further arousing the dog and elevating your own temper/hack kles. Referring back ag gain to the structure found within the canine pack, each member is hardw wired to put pack survival before all else. Every ry y canine will be alert and some, in particular, will take on the ro ole of look-out. Amichien® Bonding refers to this as ‘Perceived Danger’. Any potential thre eat approaching nced. If you the den is announ think about it, tim me will be of the essence. A de ecision about response has to be evaluated by the alpha pair and d the appropriate strategy put into practise – pronto.. This is why all dogs bark k wh hen someth hing, usuallly a person, approaches the house. We don’t want to quash this invaluable warning system, We do, however, want to be able to turn it off, calmly, quickly and effectively. The correct sequence of events is as follows: Dog barks. Human thanks – “good dog” (boy, girl, bonzo, etc.) Human goes to look. This gives the dog the response he requires. His warning is taken seriously and acted upon with alacrity. He sees the human take a look, appraise the danger and assume responsibility for the situation. The dog can now relax in the knowledge that his duty has been carried out and appropriate action

will be decided upon by his leader. The problem most people encounter here is that the dog continues to bark! Well, I’m afraid you may be wearing your alpha canine suit, but not convincingly. You may be ‘styling it out’, but not authentically enough for your furry chum! Any form of raised or agitated voice simply adds to the sense of ex xcitement. Worse still, shouting “be quiet” just show ws that you are joining in with the general sense e of alarm. Instead, use a calm voice to tell him “good dog, in your be ed,” “sit” or “down.” Give a small tidbid. Once the dog is quiet, ta ake a look. Thank the dog again n and then take action, for exam mple open the door to the visittor if appropriate. If you have been signalling your leadership, your dog will accept your taking re esponsibility for this scenario. A dog that remains agitated should be ‘iisolated’. Calmly and gently lead it to a room where it can stay until quiet. The moment it’s quiet, it can be reintroduced, repeating the process until it’s no longer over excited. Enlisting someone to help practise the above is invaluable, repetition speeding up the learning process. The Reunion and The Hunt are the two remaining pillars of Jan Fennell’s Amichien® Bonding that we will explore in future issues.

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festival venues. A free Park & Ride shuttle service will run throughout the event from Beccles Quay, where additional parking will be available. Building on a successful introduction in 2019, fringe events at some food and drink venues in the local area are planned from the 15-31 May. Eateries in the town are already booked to host Thai, Caribbean and Spanish nights, while a popup Indian Restaurant is planned, along with a Festival Dinner at East Coast College’s Lowestoft Campus. The 32-page festival programme, including details of all the events, recipes and competitions, will be available on the festival website becclesfoodfestival.co.uk from mid-April, and on Facebook and Twitter.

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Little things are cumulative and make a bigger difference. Positive change in support of our planet.

n Friday 14 February, Valentine’s Day, there was a tree in my home town where you could hang a pledge to do something positive for the planet, ‘show your love for the planet’. Over the last year I have made lots of adjustments to try and lessen my carbon impact on the planet, and if you have been reading my articles you will know what some of them are.

I was unsure what to put on the pledge card, as it had to be something new that I wasn’t already doing. One morning I was doing the washing up and realised I was still using a washing up sponge. Not good! It wasn’t in the best of conditions and had to go. No more in the cupboard, which was good, so

I got a ball of string out of my gardening box and knitted myself a washing up cloth and took a picture to put on my Facebook page. The response was amazing! Friends told me they remember knitting these when they were children. Another said she was looking for constructive things for her mum to make. Many revealed they had been making these washing up cloths for years, and more said they were going to make them in the future. The best feedback was from a friend who was just throwing hers away after five years of using it again and again. I am now going to make string veggie bags and a string shopping bag. What will your pledge be?

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Art writer Kristy Campbell celebrates National Scrabble Day (13 April) and looks at its visual, creative and social power.

veryoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite household word game celebrates its national day every year on 13 April. Scrabble hit the shelves back in 1948, when architect Alfred Mosher Butts and entrepreneur James Brunot conceived the head-scratching, tea-sipping, family-gathering, dictionary-checking, spelling-disputing, educational and engaging game. Butts was attempting to construct a game that comprised the elements of crosswords with the thrill of chance and skill, in a way that would bring about point scoring. His study of board games involved the analysis of gaming categories and their guidelines, along with the study of language use, which further informed how creative and logical the decisions for designing Scrabble had to be.

After a slow start of hand-stamping letters to wooden tiles, Scrabble was discovered by the Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, who ordered it to be stocked in store, making it a huge hit in the 1950s. Scrabble changed hands over the years as the brand expanded, from the Brunots to Selchow & Righter Company, to COLECO Industries, and finally to Hasbro Inc, where variations of the game such as the Junior, Deluxe and Travel-sized versions have been produced and have consequently furnished our living room shelves over the decades. Scrabble is played all over the world, welcoming spellers to groups to participate and compete, where support and advice is offered to enhance gaming techniques. With over 100 Scrabble clubs and leagues in the UK and Ireland, there are plenty

Art of motivated and knowledgeable faces to meet and share an interest with. On sale in 121 countries in 29 languages, Scrabble is a tremendously inclusive strategic multi-player game, which challenges and stimulates in the form of a time-passing hobby or an apprehensive and immersive activity. Following the rise of Scrabble, we have seen the likes of Upwords, Typo, Word on the Street, Boggle, Bananagrams, Tapple, Equate, and One Up to also entertain the nation. These renditions incorporate compelling new concepts into their frameworks,

the end of the game is minus 49, on the basis that one misses plentiful goes and is left with unhandy consonants like J, K and X to get rid of. Some words to boost one’s scrabble score include ‘squeeze’, ‘flapjack’ and ‘jukebox’. The trickiest ones I find to remember are the two-lettered words such as ‘fa’, ‘hm’, ‘ae’ and ‘za’. I have been playing and appreciating Scrabble for over a decade. I am the youngest of three generations of women in my family that thrive in the discovery of new words and meaning, while tallying points against one another. This game has brought us together time and time again, each time teaching one another, sharing anecdotes and approaches. such as variations of speed, particular subject matter, additional cards or stimulus, and different aesthetic designs and formats. Fundamentally, these games have a few key attributes in common; a clear objective, strategy and constraints and, while being technical, they strive to be engaging and predominately fun! Visually, the Scrabble board is a symmetrical formation of coloured grid boxes indicating modifications of point accumulation. It’s a focus-driven board, using simple and limited colour variation so as not to mislead or fluster the players. Research suggests that the highest scoring Scrabble word is ‘quartzy’, while the lowest possible score at

Take note of 13 April and be sure to get in touch with someone for a game of Scrabble. Grab yourself a cuppa, a packet of biscuits and a dictionary and book the afternoon off — you just might learn something.

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Regional Reads

THIS ISSUE WE L VE JARROLD 250 YEARS: A HISTORY

Pete Goodrum Jigsaw Design and Publishing 9781910759554 £20

View our region from a different perspective with this fascinating selection of local titles from Holly Ainley of Jarrolds’ Book Department

Established in 1770 in a modest shop in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and based in Norwich since 1823, this year marks the 250th anniversary of Jarrold. Local historian Pete Goodrum has gathered research and photographs from the Jarrold archive for this full-colour book, piecing together a fascinating story of an independent family business that has become synonymous with Norwich and credits its longevity to the loyal support and fond esteem from the people of Norfolk.

HALES HALL IN LODDON: THE RESTORATION AND STORY

Terry and Judy Read 9780957463219 £19.45 A book about the restoration, and mostly unpublished history, of a group of rare surviving late 15th century buildings; the crumbling remains of one of the greatest early Tudor Norfolk houses. With meticulous planning, from the late 1960s, a young couple spent some 40 years restoring the buildings piece by piece as finances allowed. The house was originally built by James Hobart, a talented lawyer, who became Attorney General to Henry VII in 1487. His grandson later built Blickling Hall. With 141 printed pages including 146 illustrations.

NORWICH OVER THE WATER: DEMOLITION AND CHANGE Edited by Matthew Williams Independent Publishing Network 9781789728415 £9.50 With the fate of this part of the city at the mercy of the city planners once again, Matthew Williams presents a retrospective of Norwich ‘Over the Water’ before and after it became an area of redevelopment with the arrival of Anglia Square and the construction of the inner ring road between 1965-1973. The book includes a selection of photographs and a map of the northern city centre before and during redevelopment. There are more than 200 photographs of old buildings and historic sites that were demolished, many of which have not been published before.

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Gospel from THE SAINTS By Julia Collins, who lives in Saint Nicholas

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ad as a ...’ well, I know it’s ‘March hare’ but, as the days brighten and, if we’re lucky warm up, it’s easy to feel springy and less wintery. There’s nothing like a bit more light flooding into your eyes to make you feel optimistic and energised. Resolutions made back in the clove-scented days of New Year could maybe have a dust down, a polish up or even promotion to the top of the ‘to do’ list.

Any step, however small, towards positive change is good, and it’s so true that success breeds success. No need to overwhelm yourself and you’re on your way! Perhaps a bit more time exercising in the fresh air, 20 minutes gardening when you can, or just taking time to appreciate your surroundings properly – but without the current shopping list coursing through your veins or your inner stopwatch ticking loudly in the guilt department! Living where I do, one becomes very aware of the farms that surround us. Hard at it all year round, the farmers put the fields through their paces as crops are rotated and rough patches gently encouraged for the wildlife. Particularly prominent are the sheep, who are regularly trit-trotted up the lane, down again and then around the corner, as they steadily munch their way across any surface their neat little feet take them onto. Admirably blasé about electric fencing, they pose a daily optical illusion as I regard the field, the fence and the sheep, the latter frequently in front

of the horizontal lines of tape rather than behind. I suppose that sporting a coat that thick makes a joke of electricity, even when, for all the world, the line seems to lead up to the mains supply! We used to have some alpacas, and the very fleece that made those chaps so adorable made a complete chump of me and any attempt to keep the trio in one place. Leaning through on the inevitable ‘grass is greener’ mission, the super thick fleece proved delightfully insulating, the high visibility tape a mere irritation as the leader, Patchy Peter, gambolled through to the grazing I badly wanted to keep in reserve. Bound by their ‘all for one and one for all’ pact, Toffee and Albert would follow. This was annoying enough, but then the smarter than the average Welsh pony would follow suit. He definitely endured a few electric pings but, nevertheless, through he’d go, much to the annoyance and frustration of the thinner skinned and more highly strung horses. When I’m not dobbing in sheep absconders, I pursue that ‘good photograph’, but the surrounding wildlife always proves so much fleeter than me. Thank goodness then for the churchyard’s trove of wild flowers. Primroses seem to last for weeks, the patches growing larger as the petals pale to lightest custard before cowslips take their place, and a marvellous plethora of orchids, a breath of exoticism, rarity, a wonderful secret to behold.

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Stories from our region

Cock pheasants and cartoons

Our regular Oral Traditions storyteller, Neil Lanham, brings us another tale from gamekeeper Dick Ruggles

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ring the Rolls round on Wednesday morning,” said the guvnor to Dick Ruggles his trusted gamekeeper. “We are shooting at Braxted Park with Royalty. There will be Sir Gerrald Lascelles, Lord Montague, little David Brown of David Brown Tractors and Aston Martins and others. We shall use double guns and I want you to load for me.” Dick duly obliged but said that: “The shooting was absolutely abysmal, they could not hit a barn door with a banjo.”

Dick Ruggles in his gamekeeping attire

at the Sunday Express, who had translated Dick’s misdeed into his well-known cartoon Sporting Sam. Carlton then presented to Dick, his employee and friend in sport and fun, with the original artwork.

On the last drive of the day a cock pheasant flew down the line of guns where everyone had four barrels at it and could not bring it down. We were the last. The guvnor had two barrels at it and then turned to Dick for his second gun, but he was too late because the frustrated Dick had shot it with the second gun! The guvnor, Carlton Whitlock, was furious with Dick for making a fool of him in such company and Dick thought that he was going to get the sack. “The head keeper for the estate even gave me a brace of birds for what I had done, they were so amused,” said Dick. Not a word was said on the way home and Dick was relieved when he heard no more. At the celebration following the last shoot of the season, Carlton Whitlock got up to say a few words with something held behind his back. Apparently, he had now seen the funny side of what had happened and phoned Reg Wootton, the cartoonist

Dick loading guns for his guvnor

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REMEMBERING GORDON KNOWLES: NO The Chicken Man Local Historian Christopher Reeve steps back in time to explore Bungay’s history

ordon Knowles died in January this year, aged 87. Described in the Beccles & Bungay Journal as one of the most colourful characters in the region, he is fondly remembered by local people for daily feeding the stray chickens on what became known as Ditchingham’s ‘Chicken Roundabout’.

But it wasn’t just the chickens that he cared for. He loved all animals, and often took in stray cats at his home in Flixton Road if they wanted food and shelter. Passing his garden, you would see saucers of food on the path, which he put out in case any animals or birds might be in need. In 2012, well known Bungay resident Deirdre Shepherd and members of the Tourism group provided a plaque by the Falcon Bridge commemorating his care for the chickens on the roundabout. At the unveiling ceremony, Gordon commented: “I have always looked after the animals the best I can and it’s something I like doing. I was brought up with animals and they remain close to my heart.” Appropriately, the proceeds from his funeral service were donated to a local charity for the care of abandoned dogs.

Gordon Knowles and Tom Underhill swimming kept him very fit, he had an attractive thick mop of shiny hair and looked much younger than his age.

My earliest memories of Gordon date back to the 1960s, when I regularly saw him on his bike, cycling to or from Outney Common with a dog in the front basket. He often rose at dawn in the summer months to take a dip at ‘Sandy’, the popular bathing place on the Waveney adjoining the Haggard family’s estate in Ditchingham. The cycling and cold water

Gordon was always keen to stop for a ‘mardle’, and he treated children like my brothers and myself as equals, not talking down to us as some adults did. And he always had a fascinating fund of stories to tell. Several of these were recorded on a CD, Suffolk Voices 2010, and he wrote occasional articles for the Bungay Society Journal recalling his life during the war years. In 2016, his memoirs were published with the title: The Ole Chicken Man of Bungay, about his childhood living in Broad Street, and his employment at Clay’s printing works.

Gordon Knowles and the chickens

He recalled how in his younger days he took home a little brindle bitch puppy that was due to be put down because the owner couldn’t find a home for it. When his father found out, he was furious, shouting: “You aren’t going to bring a dog here at my time of life.” Gordon couldn’t argue about it as he had to be off to work. But when he returned that evening there was the puppy, sitting beside his dad, who was feeding her bits of meat. So she was there to stay! He named her Cindy and I reckon she was the dog I regularly saw riding in his bicycle basket.

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SUN 29TH MARCH 10AM – 4.30PM Jubilee Hall, Back Lane, Hethersett

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL 2PM Tasburgh Village Hall A day of family fun, with an Easterthemed treasure hunt for adults and children, kids’ crafts corner, pop-up cafe with cake, and our superb annual Easter Raffle!

ART NEW BUCKENHAM ART EXHIBITION

Admire the amazing blooms grown by local enthusiasts. Buy plants and supplies and enjoy sharing insights into this fascinating hobby. Entry for under 16s free, adults £2.

FRIDAY 10TH TO MONDAY 13TH APRIL 11AM – 4.30PM The Village Hall, Moat Lane, New Buckenham NR162AU All pictures are for sale. Watercolours, oils and acrylic paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, collage prints and greetings cards. Proceeds to New Buckenham Church and the Village Hall. Refreshments available all day.

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SATURDAY 4TH APRIL 11AM Flordon Church, Community Centre, Long Lane, Flordon NR15 1RP Good quality clothes and bric-a-brac. Refreshments available. Admission £1.

SUNDAY 12TH APRIL 2PM – 4PM Greyhound Pub, Tibenham NR16 1PZ

SALE INDOOR SPRING CRAFT & TABLE TOP SALE

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL 9AM Roydon Village Hall, 3 High Road, Roydon, Diss IP22 5RB Tea, coffee and cakes on sale. Large car park, indoor toilets. Entry free for buyers. Sellers £6 for a single 6ft table, double table £10 (tables provided). All proceeds to Diss Museum. Sorry no dogs. Contact Jan Smith at fodimus@ gmail.com

GARDENS OPEN GARDEN

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL 12PM The Old Coach House, The Street, Brockdish, Diss IP21 4JY A beautiful display of spring flowers. Teas, refreshments and stalls. Adults £3, children free with an adult. Dogs on leads welcome.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for eggs found, but a small gift for all who enter. Prizes for best adult and young persons’ (aged 10 and under) decorated bonnet. Hop along and have some fun! £2 entry.

SALE END OF SEASON SALE

TUESDAY 14TH APRIL 8AM Ketts Kabin, Queen’s Road, Hethersett NR9 3JF 50% off everything in stock to make much-needed space for our spring and summer collections.

SALE FORNCETT BRIC-A-BRAC SALE THURSDAY 16TH APRIL 10AM Forncett Village Hall, NR16 1JG A fund-raiser for St Peter’s Church, which urgently needs restoration. Quality items and NO jumble.

FRIDAY 17TH APRIL 7.30PM Syleham and Wingfield Village Hall IP21 4LT Teams of four needed for this fundraiser. £5 per person, includes ploughman’s supper. Raffle. Bar open. Contact Julie Thompson at juliethompson435@gmail.com or on 07929 794636, or call John on 01379 668150.

SALE PLANT SALE

SUNDAY 19TH APRL 10AM Redgrave & Lopham Fen, Low Common Road, South Lopham, Diss IP22 2HX A wide range of plants and bulbs, used tools and equipment. Hot and cold refreshments. £1.50 adults, children free. Dogs on leads welcome.

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SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 10AM The Honesty Library, Castle Quarter, Norwich Every item just £1 or 6 for £5. All proceeds towards supporting unemployed people into work.

ART HEMPNALL ART CLUB 15TH ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

SATURDAY 25TH AND SUNDAY 26TH APRIL 10.30AM – 4PM Hempnall Village Hall, Bungay Road, Hempnall, Norfolk NR15 2NG Over 250 exhibits for sale by club members and invited local artists. Tea, coffee and homemade cakes. Entry £1 per person, includes catalogue.

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SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 6.15PM Alburgh village Hall IP20 0BZ £12 per ticket (pre-booked only) which includes the quiz and delicious Thai supper. Prizes for the winning table, also raffle and bar. In aid of All Saint’s Church, Alburgh. Call 01986 788732 or email ann. wrench@btinternet.com

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FRIDAY 8TH MAY 12PM Dickleburgh Village Centre, Harvey Lane, Dickleburgh IP21 4NL Fun sports and games, stalls, exhibitions, music, hot food, bouncy castle. To help, contact Jim Kerr: cllr.jimkerr@gmail.com or 07419 113386.

EVENT WAVENEY HERITAGE VE DAY CELEBRATION. FRIDAY 8TH AND SATURDAY 9TH MAY 10.30AM – 4PM. Waveney Heritage Centre, Grove Road, Brockdish, Diss IP21 4JP Exhibitions, memorabilia and dressing in 1940s attire. Tea and homemade cakes.

EVENT VE DAY PICNIC IN THE PARK FRIDAY 8TH MAY 1PM Manor Road Playing Fields, Long Stratton NR15 2AH

SUNDAY 10TH MAY 10AM Gislingham Village Hall A selection of stalls, including crafts, books and plants. The Silver Band will perform from 2 - 4pm, finishing with Songs of Praise. Refreshments all day.

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SUNDAY 10TH MAY 4PM Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall IP20 9QS Choral music from Renaissance onwards performed by a cappella group Eight Voices. Fundraising for Harleston Choral Society. Refreshments afterwards. Contact Kate Peacher on kate@lamorn. co.uk or call 01379 854670.

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SATURDAY 16TH MAY 2PM Flordon Church, Community Centre, Long Lane, Flordon NR15 1RP All sorts of plants for sale; herbaceous, annual, vegetable and house. Most plants £1 or less. Refreshments available.

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SATURDAY 23RD TO SUNDAY 31ST MAY St Mary’s Church, Bungay. An exhibition featuring a variety of regional celebrities including Rider Haggard, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Adrian Bell, Thomas Bardwell and Edward Seago. Includes a preview lecture, readings, and a walk around Bungay, looking at the places associated with them, followed by tea and cakes.

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MONDAY 25TH MAY 11.30AM – 4.30PM Batteleys Cottage, The Ling, Wortham IP22 1ST A one-acre garden with mixed planting, stream, ponds, meadow, formal and informal areas. Tea and cakes. Plant sales.

DANCE COUNTRY & WESTERN 50S AND 60S DANCE SATURDAY 30TH MAY 7.30PM Dickleburgh Village Centre, Harvey Lane IP21 4NL

DOGS TRUST SNETTERTON FUNDAY Live music, food, youth football tournament and much more. We are looking for more stall holders. Contact Becky Buck at clerk@ longstrattoncouncil.info or on 01508 530524.

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SATURDAY 9TH AND SUNDAY 10TH MAY 10AM Learning Centre, Redgrave & Lopham Fen, Low Common Road, South Lopham, Diss IP22 2HX Display and sale of original work by local artists who attend the Fen’s monthly ‘Time to paint’ sessions. Includes paintings, prints, crafts and cards. Tea, coffee and homemade cakes and snacks. Free entry.

SUNDAY 17TH MAY 11AM – 4PM World Horse Welfare, Hall Farm, Ada Cole Avenue, Snetterton NR16 2LP Adults £1, children and dogs free.

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SATURDAY 23RD MAY 9AM Caston NR17 1DD Refreshments at the Village Hall and maps.

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SATURDAY 23RD MAY 8PM Syleham and Wingfield Village Hall IP21 4LT Enjoy the music of Buddy Holly. Raising funds for Children’s Liver Disease Foundation and Meningitis Now. Raffle, bar and buffet. Contact Julie Thompson at juliethompson435@gmail.com or on 07929 794636.

Licensed bar, burger van and raffle. Tickets £6.50, booking advisable. Contact Jan Logan on 01379 741535, or Rose Dorrington on 01379 741618.

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ack by popular demand, the largest event of its kind in the UK will return to this picturesque Norfolk market town on Sunday 17 May — Diss Organ Festival. From famous British fairground organs and magnificent mobile concert instruments, to beautiful Dutch street organs, the highways and byways of Diss and the town’s park will be alive with the joyful sound of over 50 mechanical music machines.

Courtesy of The British Organ Grinders’ Association, visitors will be able to sample the life of the ‘Organ Grinders’ who, over a century ago, were a familiar sight roaming the streets bringing music to the public. Continental café organs and bijou busker organs will be entertaining with their delightful melodies. Steering this popular event is Jonny Ling, from Palgrave, on behalf of the Mechanical Organ Owners Society, whose members are bringing these amazing instruments from across Britain and The Netherlands. “The Musical Box Society of Great Britain members are presenting a fascinating exhibition of superb Victorian musical boxes and rare mechanical musical instruments at the Corn Hall,” said Jonny. “And there will be organ recitals by concert organists with the Theatre Organ Club staging a nostalgic 1920s silent movie to dramatic organ accompaniment, recreating early cinema before soundtracks were incorporated in films.”

In addition, a display of vintage vehicles in the park, together with veteran traction engines in steam, will be accompanied by the Diss Rotary Club barbecue. There will also be stalls and refreshments available throughout the town. Many shops and businesses are opening especially for the day. The festival is a free event, supported by Diss Town Council and local sponsors Diss Town Team, Diss Cyclathon and TW Gaze. The last festival, held in 2018, was a huge success with over 6,000 people pouring into the town for the event and sampling ‘Diss At Its Best’. So come along and be serenaded in a day of pure fun! Diss Organ Festival will be held on Sunday 17 May from 10am - 5pm and is free to attend. For more details go to dissorganfestival.co.uk

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ommunity groups get things done — and Falcon Meadow Community Trust shows just how much can be achieved. Volunteering opportunities, conservation work and events like the ‘Bat and Moth Sleep Out’ will continue this year as the meadow goes from strength to strength as a green public space.

Our careful grassland management aims to increase the number of wet-meadow flowers, such as early marsh orchid, which attract bees, and butterflies. There is already a wonderful variety of plants growing along the river’s edge, such as water figwort and marsh valerian, providing great habitat for nesting birds such as reed bunting. When hay making season ends and autumn sees the evenings draw in, volunteers will be in demand. Help is needed to recreate our old pond, currently lost to encroaching vegetation, providing vital additional habitat for amphibians, aquatic plants and invertebrate species. So please do get in touch if you have any time to spare. We want to recreate conditions which would have existed along the river valleys in the South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands up until World War II. With hardships of rationing still in mind, few questioned the rapid post-1950 intensification of farming and changes it brought to the landscapes. This redoubled from the 1970s, with the development of ever more powerful machinery and new agrochemicals. Locally this resulted in the loss of floodplain meadows, field ponds, field margins, wetlands and hedgerows. Sadly, only around 3% of the speciesrich meadows that existed in the 1940s remain. The 2019 State of Nature report is the latest, most comp prehensive, rep port on how nature is chang ging g across the UK. It shows modern agriculture, human development, climate change and pollution are all

having a damaging effect on Britain’s wildlife. Farmland birds have been decimated, with a fall of 54% in numbers since the 1970s and insect life has been similarly hard hit. Decreases in plant diversity and flower-rich habitats have also fallen at an alarming rate. Up to 90% of lowland ponds in the UK were lost in the 20th century through neglect or direct human intervention. We cannot underestimate the scale of the problem we face to halt the decline in biodiversity and habitats. It continues despite agri-environment schemes and best efforts of fabulous organisations such as The Otter Trust, Wildlife Trusts, Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group, The River Waveney Trust and RSPB championing our wildlife. Community groups can make such a difference, being armed with local knowledge and not hamstrung by the long-winded internal processes which can delay larger organisations. Each parcel of land managed for wildlife by a small group of volunteers helps to connect nature and create much-needed wildlife corridors. Whether you have half an hour to spare, or would like to gain key experience to develop a career in conservation, there are volunteer opportunities in the South Norfolk and Mid Suffolk Claylands. Choose from Citizen Science Projects to dredging ponds and every ything g in between. Please contact Katie Utting g on 07966 510605, or katie.utting1@gmail.com to find out more.

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he use of digital platforms continues to grow, and this has created a new category of personal property known as a ‘digital asset’. This is essentially all content, accounts and files created and stored in a digital form, whether online, in the cloud, or on a computer or smartphone. These assets may have great financial or sentimental value, yet are often forgotten about when making a will or lasting powers of attorney. In a recent YouGov poll, over half those surveyed admitted nobody would be able to access their digital assets after their deaths, as they had not made any arrangements for anyone to deal with them. English law does not adequately deal with digital assets on the death of the account holder, and this means an executor or personal representative may find it impossible to access them. This is often made worse by the content providers refusing access, because in most cases the underlying content of the digital asset is not owned by the individual.

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