Village People Norfolk / Suffolk border edition – October / November 2017 (Autumn) by Village People Magazines Ltd

OCT / NOV 2017

Norfolk/Suffolk border edition

COMMUNITY UNITY / LIFESTYLE LIFEST MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

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Contents

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017

Out & About

43 Rembrandt – a new

10 Good news from our region 14 Missing Kind – A ‘kinda’ approach to business

exhibition at Norwich Castle Museum

47 Garden jottings from Ken 48 Better by far – Attleborough

16 Ladies who lunch visit the Marsh Larder near Harleston

20 Film reviews – what’s on the big screen

Writer Group’s new short story

53 What’s in season – produce for October & November

55 Norfolk primary school

22 Eye goes green

learns lesson from Shanghai

59 Local stories by Neil Lanham

62 Memories of Dickleburgh 67 A sign of the times – Newton Flotman

69 ‘Local Action Groups’ rural business funding available

29 24 WIN vouchers for creative furniture workshops at Hilary & Alice

71 Village Wanderings navigates a circular walk around Bergh Apton

73 A new Arts Diploma launches in Norwich

brings back memories

77 Tai Chi – a quietly moving experience

78 The principles and benefits of acupuncture

79 Health Q & A – water and hydration

81 From medic to artist – Refreshing Waters talks to Hannah Dunnett

83 Skincare with Geraldine Waters

Shopping 84 Fashion – red alert! This seasons boldest colour loving this issue

home” to star in new musical

Jobs, Money & Business

30 Village notice board

Home & Garden

91 Smart money secrets – the

32 South Norfolk Model Flying

value of an independent mortgage broker

Club – a pastime for all ages

93 Exercise your brain cells

34 Recipe for Hummingbird

with our crossword

Cake autumn clear up

76 For sale - Diss calendar

86 Book reviews – what we are

29 Caroline Flack “comes

38 On your plot – the big

Health & Beauty

94 Find a local business in our directory

Are you looking for a particular product or service? Check out our Local Business Directory on pages 94 & 95 5

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LIVEN UP YOUR FURNITURE at a Hilary & Alice workshop

his issue, we’ve teamed up with Hilary & Alice to offer two pairs of £60 vouchers which can be used against a range of creative furniture workshops and classes. Hilary & Alice is a unique homeware shop based in Diss, which offers everything from cushions and lamps to hand-painted furniture. As well as the shop, they run workshops and classes from their beautiful studio at Darrow Farm in Shelfanger.

To win a pair of vouchers, visit www.village-people.info The lucky winners can choose from a wide range of classes and workshops – here are some of our favourites:

• Create and use different paint effects on your piece • Wax and distress to produce an aged finish or varnish and lacquer to create a clean modern look

Painting Master Class A jam-packed session which will leave you with the skills and knowledge to start transforming your own furniture beyond recognition.

Perhaps you could try updating a bedside table, a chair, a plant stand or a storage box – it’s up to you! We recommend that the piece should be no larger than 70x70x70cm in order to finish it in time. The workshop is 5 hours and costs £85.

In the class your will learn about applying chalk paint, waxing, one and two-tone distressing, decoupage, stencilling, aging effects and much more! This class does not involve participation, but is a perfect opportunity to discuss your specific projects with our experienced painters. It lasts 3.5 hours and costs £60, which includes a free stencil. My Furniture Face Lift Bring your own piece of furniture and leave with a masterpiece. This workshop is all about old and tired pieces of furniture you already have in your own home. Bring a piece to this workshop and leave with a thing of beauty! In this workshop, you will learn how to:

e’re celebrating here at Village People HQ because it’s our 9th Birthday. When I started the magazine from the end of my dining room table in Tacolneston, little did I think that it would become such a tremendous success. And five national publishing awards later (including the winner of the best Community / Lifestyle magazine of the year in the whole country), it doesn’t get any better so we must be doing things right. Happy Birthday to us!

Chair-Woman of the Workshop In this workshop you will get stuck in to painting and upholstering a chair, which you can take home at the end of the day. All equipment is provided by Hilary & Alice, including the chair, foam and wadding! The only thing you will need to bring with you is 1 metre of fabric of your choice (at least 80cm wide) to upholster the seat pad. The workshop is 6 hours and costs £115. Find out more about Hilary & Alice at www.hilaryandalice.co.uk or visit the shop at Unit 2 Carmel Works, Diss, IP22 4AS. Closing date is 30 November 2017. Usual Village People rules apply.

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This month we’re delighted to support the sale of a local 2018 calendar with proceeds going to the Big C, Norfolk’s cancer charity. Full of photos showcasing the history Diss, order your copy soon as there is only a limited number. What a great idea for a Christmas present!

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Don’t miss our article with information on a funding stream aimed at helping the region’s rural businesses. The scheme is managed by Norfolk County Council, distributing money generated from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and funding continues until 2019 so there’s still plenty of opportunity to submit an application.

Reliably delivered by Royal Mail, reaching 50,000 homes every two months. Three editions of Village People provide unrivalled coverage of South Norfolk, reaching more homes than ANY other local magazine. For more information, call our friendly team on 01284 788623 or send an email to office@village-people.info

Make sure your diary is full with the many events taking place locally. Our Village Notice Board pages are packed full and there’s never enough space to list everything so head over to our website for a complete list at www.village-people.info. It’s the place to submit details of your event too. We are very happy to support anything and everything local and it’s the best way to get enormous free promotion in the region. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter and see a bit of what goes on behind the scenes @vpmagazine. We’d love to connect! Have a spooky, safe autumn everyone!

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Lily Goulder editor@village-people.info 01284 788623

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Good News from our region

NEWTON FLOTMAN AWARDED NATIONAL LOTTERY FUNDING

The Big Lottery Fund has awarded Newton Flotman Village Centre a grant of ÂŁ4,643 to install state of the art audio visual equipment. An electric 2.4m widescreen, HD projector and hearing loop are just some of the new equipment which will help re-vitalise social activities in Newton Flotman. Newton Flotmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s village shop closed almost five years ago, and its only pub closed last year, leaving the village with no community hub. After consulting widely in the village, and after discussions with regular users of the Village Centre, such as Newton Flotman Football Club

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and Newton Flotman Preschool, the management committee came up with the idea of installing a big screen, projector and speakers, so the building could be used for a wide variety of social events. The new equipment will enable the Village Centre to hold cinema evenings, set up a social club and show live sporting events. The equipment will also be available to anybody hiring the Village Centre for parties and events. Newton Flotman Village Centre hopes to launch its first cinema evening later this month, and already has plans in place to use the big screen for other social events in the near future.

Good News

NORFOLK WALKERS ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENJOYING ENGLAND COAST PATH People in Norfolk are one step closer to being able to walk around the entire English coastline as Natural England announce that work has started on every stretch of the England Coast Path. The England Coast Path is an inspirational project to create the world’s longest continuous coastal trail. In Norfolk there are four stretches included in the project including Sea Palling to Weybourne, which has been open since December 2014 for everyone to enjoy and Hopton-on-Sea to Sea Palling which has been open to the public since October 2016. Ramblers’ volunteers now are working with Natural England to discuss the best route that the England Coast Path should take from Weybourne to Hunstanton and Hunstanton to Sutton Bridge. At almost 3,000 miles long, the path will stretch around the entire English coastline. Not only will this open up new paths, it will create new areas of open access land so people can freely explore headlands, cliffs and beaches, right up to the water’s edge. To find out more, visit www.ramblers.org.uk/ k// EnglandCoastPath.

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Explore a wide variety of stalls offering high-quality gifts, crafts and local food products in this magnificent hall. Lunch and tea will be available. Located between Diss and Thetford on the A1066

Good News

WYMONDHAM CHURCH OPENS COMMUNITY CAFE Wymondham Baptist Church has opened a community cafe in Wymondham town centre. Roots Community Cafe will run on Mondays and Fridays from 10am to 1pm, offering a safe, warm and welcoming place for members of the community to find a conversation or encouragement. Church supporters have raised funds and worked hard to develop a spare room at the church into an attractive space that will be comfortable for everyone, including those with pushchairs and wheelchairs. A small children’s play area will also be available.

The cafe, which will have room to seat more than twenty visitors at a time, is being run by the church in order to tackle loneliness in the community. Project Director Emma Smith commented: “In the 2013 Who Cares survey, we found that loneliness was overwhelmingly the need most commonly shared across all age groups and circumstances. That’s why we’re offering this cafe – as an affordable place for people to be around others.” For more information on Roots Community Cafe, please contact Wymondham Baptist Church on 01953 606520 or office@wy wymondhambaptist.org. y

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The Alzheimer’s Society, which runs several dementia cafes, activity groups and carers’ groups across Norfolk, ha as recently launched a new activity group at Long Stratton Leisure Centre. The group aims to help people with dementia keep physically and mentally active and support their carers. People who attend will be able to take part in a range of activities delivered by a qualified fitness instructor. Carers will be able to meet other people in the same position as themselves in a safe, supportive place for a coff ffe ee and a chat. To confirm availability and for further information please call Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Advice and Support Services Line on 01603 763556.

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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Royal Opera House Live)

23 October Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in Christopher Wheeldon’s exuberant ballet, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s much-loved book. This autumn, the performance will be broadcast live to cinemas across the country so even more people can enjoy the explosion of colour, magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century whilst Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real.

BLADERUNNER

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

6 October

3 November

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

A lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone’s a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.

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Environment

EYE GOES Green

here are a wide variety of local producers and craftspeople in the area who help to give Suffolk its unique character and the Eye Goes Green Autumn Fair will reflect this. The fair will be held on Saturday 14 October from 10am to 4pm, at Eye Town Hall and entrance is free. • Come and find a wide range of stalls selling local, seasonal, fair trade and organic produce including fruit and veg, jams, chutneys, olive oil, honey, cakes and savouries. • Bring your apples for identification by Paul Read of the Suffolk Traditional Orchard Group. • Discover stalls selling and promoting eco arts and crafts, many featuring recycled materials such as paper, wood and glass. • Get information on growing food, allotments, composting, nature conservation, tree planting and management of local woods. • Meet people involved in wildlife conservation and care of the environment and find out how you can become involved on a local, national or global level. • Be inspired by a ‘recycle-reuse-mend-it’ art project and competition involving local schools.

• Come and see the latest EGG projects featuring local and ‘environmental’ issues. • Be refreshed at Cafe Green selling teas, coffees, light lunches, soups, cakes and pastries. All ingredients will be local, seasonal, fair trade, organic, free range where possible. The fair is run by a new inclusive, independent group, Eye Goes Greener (EGG). EGG is a network of like-minded residents of Eye and the surrounding villages who are working to empower our communities to enhance, treasure and safeguard the natural environment and quality of life for all. EGG is open to all local people who would like to become involved. Together we can make a difference. In May, EGG’s organised a screening of documentary film ‘Tomorrow’ in Eye Community Centre. ‘Tomorrow’ showcases alternative and creative ways of viewing food, energy, economics, democracy and education. It offers constructive solutions to act locally to make a difference globally. The group have also produced sustainable cotton shopping bags with the ‘I SHOP IN EYE’ logo which are available from many shops in the town. For more information contact Frances Jannaway on francesjannaway@gmail.com or Simon Hooton on simon.hooton@phonecoop.coop.

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www.eastonsholidays.co.uk and one of the very few that still has a town crier. Like Bruges, there are also canals and a Belfry but other places not to be missed are Gravensteen Castle, complete with medieval torture chamber, the Cloth Hall and the old Town. Day 3: A free day for you to explore the delights of Bruges.

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Tues 3 – Sat 7 Oct BEAUTIFUL Award-winning Carole King musical £8 - £48.50

Wed 25 Oct JOHN MAYALL The Godfather of British Blues £8 - £32

Sun 8 Oct BROADLAND DANCE SCHOOL Talented local youngsters £7 - £13

Thur 26 – Fri 27 Oct TAP FACTORY Tap dance, percussion, comedy and acrobatics for all the family £8 - £25.50

Fri 13 – Sat 14 Oct THE NIMMO TWINS Norfolk’s comedy stars £7 - £19.50

Thur 19 – Fri 20 Oct RAMBERT World class dance £8 - £25

Sun 19 Nov UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN Entertaining musical evening £8-£28.50 Tues 21-Sat 25 Nov SLAVA’S SNOW SHOW Warm-hearted celebration of clowning and childhood £8-£31.50 Sun 26 Nov BOWIE EXPERIENCE Breathtaking concert celebrating musical icon £7-£24.50

Sun 29 Oct SHOWADDYWADDY Rock ‘n’ roll hits £7 - £20

Sat 21 Oct LULU All the hits £8 - £37.50 Sun 22 Oct ST PETERSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Rimsky Korsakov £8 - £36

Tues 31 Oct – Sat 4 Nov CRAZY FOR YOU Tom Chambers, Caroline Flack star in glorious Gershwin musical £8 - £42.50

Sunday 5 Nov MILTON JONES IS OUT THERE The popular comedian holds the mirror of truth up to society £8-£26

Mon 27 Nov-Sat 2 Dec HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES All-star cast brings Sixties-set Ayckbourn comedy to life £8-£28.50

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Tues 24 Oct KATE RUSBY Multi-award-winning British folk singer £8 - £25

Tues 14-Sat 18 Nov GLYNDEBOURNE The 2017 programme features Così fan tutte, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Hamlet £8-£55

Sat 28 Oct RICHARD THOMPSON Legendary songwriter/ guitarist £8 - £35

Mon 16 – Tues 17 Oct GIULIO CESARE Handel’s heroic opera £8 - £37.50

Mon 23 Oct CHRIS & PUI SHOW CBeebies’ favourite double act £7 - £12

Tues 7-Sat 11 Nov HEDDA GABLER The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of Ibsen’s masterpiece £8-£27.50

Theatre

CAROLINE FLACK ‘comes home’ TO STAR IN MUSICAL

popular TV personality who grew up in Norfolk is coming home this autumn to make her Norwich Theatre Royal debut in a new production of a musical favourite. Caroline Flack will star in the highly anticipated tour of Crazy For You which comes to Norwich Theatre Royal from 31 October to 4 November. She will play Irene opposite Tom Chambers who portrays Bobby. He stars as Sam Strachan in the BBC’s Casualty and is also no stranger to city audiences who enjoyed his high-energy performances in Top Hat back in 2011. Caroline grew up near Thetford and went to Great Hockham Primary School and Wayland High School. She trained in musical theatre before becoming a hugely popular TV presenter

on The X Factor and Love Island. Both she and her co-star Tom have also been crowned winners of Strictly Come Dancing. The visit to Norwich follows a hugely successful run of the show at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury which wowed audiences and critics alike. It tells the story of Bobby, a banker sent to close down a failing theatre, who falls for the daughter of the building’s proprietor despite being engaged to be married to the feisty Irene, who will be played by Caroline. Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes are all featured in this all-singing, alldancing story set to a Gershwin soundtrack which includes the likes of I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Embraceable You.

The show also boasts a strong creative team. It is directed by The Watermill’s artistic director Paul Hart with choreography by Nathan M Wright (High Society), design by Diego Pitarch (The Addams Family) and musical arrangements by Catherine Jayes (The Color Purple on Broadway).

CAROLINE FLACK

To book, log onto www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk or call the box office on 01603 630000

What’s on this month

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EVENT

ROCKLANDS HARVEST FLOWER FESTIVAL

SUN 1ST OCT & MON 2ND OCT – 10:00 St Peters Church, Rockland St Peter, Attleborough, NR17 1TT A church full of flowers, bacon butties for lunch. Tea, coffee and cakes all day. Harold Neale, shellrockgroup@gmail.com, 01953 488199. FREE ENTRY

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GRAND JUMBLE SALE

SAT 7TH OCT - 14:00 Lincoln Hall, Hingham Grand Jumble Sale in aid of Buckenham House Riding for the Disabled Charity No. 1074210. Jumble, bric-a-brac, books, cakes, tombola, raffle and refreshments 20P

MUSIC

EVENT TIBENHAM AUTUMN CRAFT FAIR

SAT 7TH OCT - 10-2 Tibenham Community Hall, Pristow Green Lane, Tibenham, NR16 1PX Come along to buy excellent local handicraft. Refreshments and raffle.

EVENT ANNUAL MODELS EVENT

HANGAR/JIVE DANCE

WED 11TH OCT - 19:30 Norfolk Gliding Club/ Tibenham Airfield Tickets are £8 and can be purchased from The Swan Hotel, Harleston, tel 01379 852221. Bus leaving from Harleston, Broad Street. Tickets are £5 per person return.

MARKET

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BORDER CRAFT COLLECTIVE MASTER CRAFTS FAIR

ATTLEBOROUGH ARTISANS MARKET

SAT 7TH OCT - 10-3 Eye Town Hall, IP23 7AF Meet local makers. FREE

EXHIBITION HEPWORTH ART EXHIBITION

SAT 7TH OCT & SUN 8TH OCT 10.30 - 4.30 The Pavilion, Church Lane, Hepworth A variety of art and styles by local artists. Paintings can be purchased or to just look at! Delicious refreshments available An opportunity to win an original painting. Children’s Art Activity Space. FREE

Apple, pear & nut identification by Suffolk Traditional Orchard Group. Variety of plant and craft stalls. Secondhand tools. Free family games, crafts and trail. Home made soup, cakes & teas. Dogs on leads welcome. ADULTS £3, CHILDREN £2

THU 12TH OCT & THU 26TH OCT - 10:00 Attleborough Town Hall Showcasing local Artisans & their handmade creations & produce. We have many fantastic exhibitors with original gift ideas. Refreshments available & entry is free.

EVENT APPLE DAY & AUTUMN PLANT SALE

SUN 15TH OCT - 10.30AM-3PM Redgrave & Lopham Fen, Low Common Road, South Lopham, Diss, IP22 2HX

SUN 15TH OCT - 11:00 Attleborough Scout Hall, Station Road, Attleborough, NR17 2AS Working and static models of all types to view. Off road model vehicles negotiating our outside site. Refreshments available.

MARKET CHRISTMAS VILLAGE MARKET

SAT 21ST OCT - 10:00 St Mary’s Church, Newton Flotman, NR15 1PR Crafts, food & drink on sale bring your Christmas present list and choose from ceramics, homewares, wood turned items, paintings, pottery, artisan bread, honey, apple juice, cakes, preserves& more! Refreshments served.

EVENT CASTON AUTUMN CRAFT FAIR

SAT 21ST OCT - 10:00 Caston Village Hall, NR17 1DD All local craftspeople displaying and selling - woodwork including turning, handmade quality jewelery, patchwork,

Village Notice Board aprons, ceramics, interesting gifts & more. Tombola, Refreshments all day. FREE ADMISSION.

EVENT

PENNOYER’S XMAS CRAFT FAIR

CAT’S CHRISTMAS AT FELINE CARE

SAT 4TH NOV - 10:30 The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, IP21 4QT Over 20 stalls by local artisans and crafters. Lots of gift ideas ranging from jewellery, textiles, ceramics, aromatherapy, to Christmas decorations & cards. Cafe open throughout serving refreshments, light lunches & homemade cakes.

EVENT NEW BUCKENHAM SILVER BAND 130 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

SUN 22ND OCT - 3PM Free Anniversary Concert on Sunday 22nd October 2017 in New Buckenham Village Hall at 3pm. Doors open at 2pm as there will be memorabilia to peruse and old friends to chat to. There will also be free refreshments and a raffle Come and join us for music and merriment. FREE

EVENT RADIO TIMES 2017

MON 23RD OCT - 19:30 Fairland Church Centre, Fairland Hill, Wymondham, NR18 0AW Wymondham-based play writing group, Four by Four, presents another selection of original radio plays. This time the theme will be “one thousand”, to mark the recording of the 1000th edition of the Wymondham and Attleborough Talking Newspaper.

MUSIC FOLK CONCERT - STONE ANGEL

SAT 28TH OCT - 19:00 Bergh Apton Church, School Road, Bergh Apton, NR15 1BX The Norfolk folk rock band blending medieval, traditional and new compositions. Tickets £10 including refreshments. Please book ahead

BORDER CRAFT COLLECTIVE MASTER CRAFTS FAIR SAT 11TH NOV - 10AM - 3PM United Reformed Church, Mere Street, Diss, IP22 4AD Meet local crafters.

EVENT WINTER FAYRE

SAT 11TH NOV - 10-2PM Wymondham College, Golf Links Road, Morley, NR18 9SZ Showcasing Norfolk Producers including some of the County’s finest award winning artists, crafters, designers & artisans with Special Guest Performer Storyteller The Yarnsmith of Norwich as seen at the British Museum.

EVENT CRAFT FAYRE

SAT 11TH NOV - 11:00 Pulham Market Memorial Hall Cafe selling bacon rolls, hotdogs, homemade soup & cakes. Tables available for booking contact Julie on 07753 689743 or jumarji59@ hotmail.com. FREE ENTRY

MUSIC AN EVENING OF COMEDY AND SONG

SAT 18TH NOV - 19:30 North Lopham Village Hall A new show with Pat Nearny and Danny Platton with singalongs, jokes, stories, skiffle & shanties.

SUN 19TH NOV - 14:00 Feline Care, Roudham Road, East Harling, NR16 2QN Plenty of fluffy residents to meet and greet. We’ll be having our Christmas tree up so be sure to wrap up gifts to place under the tree ready for the cats to tear open on Christmas day. The event shall also feature plenty of festive stalls to include amazing crafts some of which are cat-themed.

EVENT WEYBREAD CRAFT FAIR

SAT 25TH NOV & SUN 26TH NOV - 10AM - 4PM Weybread Hall Farm Barn, Weybread, IP21 5TR Stalls to include Christmas items, preserves, knitwear, cards, wood turning, barge art, pocket-money priced items. Refreshments, tea, coffee, cake, homemade soup, bread

FAYRE PALGRAVE CHRISTMAS FAYRE

SUN 26TH NOV - 10:00 Palgrave Community Centre, Upper Rose Lane, Palgrave IP22 1AP Return of the popular annual Christmas Fayre - lots of stalls.

ART HETHERSETT ART EXHIBITION

SUN 26TH NOV - 10AM TO 4PM Hethersett Village Hall, Back Lane, Hethersett, NR9 3JJ Refreshments available. Ample free parking. Come and enjoy our artists paintings. FREE

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Hobbies

A PASTIME for ALL AGES

Pete Leavesley tells us more about a hobby which keeps all ages entertained…

expect many villagers from the Forncett and Tacolneston area have travelled along Stickfer Lane and wondered what the little mowed patch at the top of the rise is for. Some people think that the carefully manicured lawn is probably a cricket pitch, and have registered some surprise when I’ve told them what it is actually used for. For the last twenty five years or more, the field has been loaned by an exceedingly generous landowner to the South Norfolk Model Flying Club to be used as a miniature airfield. The club uses the mowed area to take off and land a wide variety of model aircraft, ranging from the simplest chuck glider – the sort of thing you often see in newsagents or sweetshops – to larger, complex models, some driven by electric motors, others by small internal combustion engines. If you pass the field and spot somebody on it, you might see any of these models in flight.

The flying club has been in existence for over forty years and currently has about seventy members. Our youngest member is a lad of only nine years (though his skills are the envy of many of his elders) whilst a few of our older members are well into their eighties, and have been engaged in the hobby for scores of years. We also use a field at Suton, just a couple of miles south of Wymondham, which at eleven acres or so is somewh hatt larger than the meadow in Forncett. Club members come from all walks of life but are drawn together by their common interest – flying model aeroplanes. Often gatherings at the field are typified by hours of mardling interspersed with the occasional sortie into the blue. The social

Photo courtesy of Su Leavesley

side of the club is a much valued aspect of its activities – well, it doesn’t cost anything, does it? The activities of the club are overseen by a body called the British Model Flying Association (founded in 1922) which is directly responsible to the Civil Aviation Authority, which governs all types of flying in the United Kingdom. The models we fly are classified legally as ‘small aircraft’ and must comply when being flown with Air Navigation Orders – these are the laws by which we must abide. The club is always happy to acquire new blood and welcomes modellers of all abilities, from outright novice to complete expert. We will instruct beginners in the art of model fl fly ying and in the assembly or construction of models and the intricacies of radio control. Although skill and safety are treated seriously, the club’s main aim is to ensure that members are able to enjoy this immensely enjoyable hobby whilst remaining in harmony y with its neighbours.

Should you be interested in learning more, get in touch with Pete on 01953 789752 or visit www.snmfc.co.uk.

Photo courtesy of Terry Fulcher

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300ml rapeseed oil 300g caster sugar 3 mashed bananas (about 400g when unpeeled) 3 eggs 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 300g plain flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda ¼ teaspoon salt 125g pineapple, drained, in bitesize pieces 100g pecan nuts, roughly chopped 450g icing sugar, sieved 160g unsalted butter, in pieces, softened 40ml milk Whole pecans and ground cinnamon, to decorate

METHOD 01. Preheat the oven to 170ºC. Base line 3 x 20cm round cake tins with baking parchment. 02. Put the oil, sugar, mashed banana, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla extract in a bowl or mixer, and whisk until all the ingredients are well combined. 03. Mix the flour, salt and bicarb together, then slowly add to the wet mix. Stir in the chopped pineapple and nuts. 04. Divide the mixture between the three round cake tins, trying to make them equal. Smooth with a palette knife and bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes until they’re golden-brown and springy to the touch. 05. Leave the cakes to cool in their tins for five minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. 06. Now make the frosting: put the icing sugar in a large bowl, add the butter, and beat until the mix resembles crumbs. Add the milk gradually, then beat for at least five minutes until the frosting is light and pale. 07. Put one cake on a plate, then spread with ¼ of the frosting. Add the second cake, and spread another ¼ of the frosting on this. Top with the final cake then spread a very fine layer of frosting over the top and down the sides of the cake. Leave for 20 minutes to harden up – this keeps the crumbs out of your icing. Spread the rest of the frosting on the cake, and decorate with the whole pecans. Dust with cinnamon. Tip: Use the blackest bananas you can find – we pop any overripe bananas straight into the freezer (no need to wrap), then defrost in a bowl for an hour before use. They’ll be ready mashed!

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rass - it’s not just for sitting on, there’s always mowing, feeding, weeding, edges to be clipped and tidied, moss to be treated, leaves to be raked up, and stripes to be added - the perfect green sward is a time-consuming labour of love, to be admired, envied and even enjoyed! Fortunately not all members of the grass family are so demanding. Most are easy to keep and when placed within a garden setting they add a certain elegance and grace, whether planted in containers (try blue Festuca or a bronze Carex in matching coloured pots), or in the borders where they make a stunning foil to other plants, such as Echinacea, Perovskia, and tall Alstroemerias. One of my favourite feature grasses is the light and airy Stipa gigantea, or ‘Golden oats’. The thin leaves form an evergreen mound, and out of this rise tall seed wands which sway in the gentlest of breezes without obscuring the view behind. This group contains several other dependable members; S. arundinacea offers a wonderful show of colour late in the season leading to its common name of ‘Pheasant grass’, while the ‘Pony tail grass’ S. tenuissima has densely packed upright hair-like blades, tufted at the tips when the seeds form,

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ith a last tweak of his tie Gary called out to his wife: “I’m off, love.” Off to sanitary purgatory, he mumbled to himself. Shirley ambled into the room and was rewarded by a kiss on the cheek. “New tie?” she queried. “Yes, red is too Donald Trump” Gary retorted as he shrugged into his suit jacket. “Ew yes you’re so right. Go slay ‘em tiger, show ‘em how it’s done,” was Shirley’s parting shot. The slow commute into the city centre gave Gary time to reflect. The wrong side of 50, he had been struggling for some time not only to fit into his suit but into the sales team at Better Bathrooms. The team was getting younger and younger and Gary found little common ground. The new manager, Roger – some 15 years his junior – had recently shared the branch sales figures with the aside “not looking good, Gazza,

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With the rest of the team building a new installation, it was left to Gary to deal with the customers. First to enter the showroom was a glamorous couple. Gary left them for a while to peruse as he hated the ‘pounce on them’ mantra espoused by his boss whose eyes, he could feel, were boring into the back of his head. Better show willing, Gary thought as he caught up with the heels clattering across the laminate flooring.

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LOCAL Stories By Neil Lanham

y mother said to me many times, “If you do someone a good turn, boy, you will get it back a tenfold and you will know.” I have often dwelt upon her words and the strange fortuitous things that have happened since. This is an absolutely true tale of one of them… We moved to Newmarket in 1951. I was a teenager and knew no-one but a little jockey chap who lived next door, called Doug. He took me round a few pubs and the like when I was

hardly old enough to go in. He befriended me and bought me drinks when I did not have enough pocket money to pay and we would play darts. Four or five years later, when I had got into business and had a few quid in my pocket for the first time, I casually asked my mother if she had seen Doug lately. “Oh!” she said. “He is in a terrible way.” He had got into carrying on with a man’s neglected wife and the husband had got three heavies in and they had beaten Doug to a pulp and left his body in an old burnt out car on an abandoned site.

Fortunately someone heard a groan about a day or even two days later and they had got him out and saved his life. He was now in hospital and would be there for a long time. Mother told me who had done it and that Doug had enough evidence to have a legal case against this chap who now kept going in to see him, telling him how sorry he was and offering him money to settle. “He hasn’t offered him much,” Mother said, “but Doug hasn’t got any money at all and is worried about the rent on his flat.” I told Mother that I would send a few quid over, which I did on more than

Local Stories one occasion, not expecting or worrying about getting anything back. Well, Doug finally accepted this fiend’s offer and went away to recuperate in the north of England somewhere. We did not hear from him again until about 10 years later when I heard that he had returned to Newmarket and was asking for me, but we never met up. I knew the culprit who got the heavies in and swore vengeance against him which is something that one should not do. About 40 years after this deed I was doing some alterations to my garden and had a spot beneath a shaped brick wall ideal for one of those period curved stone garden seats like you see in Sotheby’s catalogues but they would be too expensive and I could not afford it. This particular hot spring day I had had my lunch and was lazing out at rest gazing at the spot where the seat would have gone when suddenly the evening newspaper arrived. Now this was usually delivered early evening, so I asked the paper man why and he said that the papers had unexpectedly arrived early so he thought that he would distribute them and be done. I lazed back in my chair now browsing the paper and when I had drifted through all else I scanned the small ads which is a thing that I never ever do. I suddenly noticed an advertisement that read: ‘Curved stone garden seat – £150’ with a telephone number. An absolute bargain, I thought, and ran to the phone only to

be answered by a pre-recorded answerphone. I left the message that if they would phone me I would come immediately and had the cash ready. Knowing that when things are offered this cheap you never hear because someone – a neighbour perhaps – usually buys it. Nevertheless about two hours later the phone went and an old squeaky voice said “Hello Mister Lanham, it’s about the seat. I’ve had phone calls from numerous people about it but you were the first so if you can come over now you can have it.” “Wait for me,” I cried, “I’ll be there in 20 minutes.” And I roared off down the road. When I got there, who should be selling the seat but the very man that I swore vengeance against for beating up my mate all those years ago. I knew him but he fortunately did not know me. My jaw dropped and my eyes were popping at the sight of the stone seat so I shelled out the £150 and shook his hand as quick as I could, telling him that I would get it picked up the next day.

I knew his history and was sure where this seat had come from but he confirmed that it was from an old mansion that he had bought to pull down in the 1960s. He then almost insisted that I bought two carvings that had come out of the ballroom at this house. I told him that I did not want them but when I saw the large caryatid of Janus with one face looking to the new year and another looking to the old I just could not resist them for about the same money as the seat. We enjoyed these things for a few years and when we moved house we put them in a local auction. The seat went for £3,000 and the carvings £2,000 which was a clear profit of even more than Mother’s tenfold. Neil Lanham runs www.oraltraditions.co.uk, a website devoted to the spoken word of the vernacular indigenous people and all that it passes in terms of traditional song, story, wisdom, history and cultural identity – folk life, folk song & folk story. You can contact Neil on 01379 890568 or traditionsofsuffolk@gmail.com.

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MEMORIES OF DICKLEBURGH 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 Dickleburgh

Norwich Rd, Dickleburgh in 1910 looking towards the village and All Saints Church from the green. These delightful thatched cottages were demolished in the mid-1960s to make way for a row of bungalows.

Steward & Patteson This 1915 postcard shows the former Kings Head Inn serving Steward & Patteson beers. George Cattermole was landlord at this time. This former public house has now been converted in houses.

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In 1910 you would see this view travelling through Dickleburgh. The one-time Kings Head public house is on the left and straight in front is the former post office and general store. Now demolished to allow for road widening.

Main M i St Street, t Di Dickleburgh. kl b h Th The building b ildi on the h left was once a post office which was closed in 1970 and demolished along with the adjoining house to allow the road to be widened. The village sign and shelter stand on this site today.

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Main Street, Dickleburgh looking towards Norwich in 1910 showing children from the local school posing for the cameraman.

This early view of Rectory Road in 1910 shows John Outlaws’ butcher shop on the left. On the right is W Smith & Sons millers’ agricultural merchants. Today the butcher’s is a post office and a recently modernised Premier Express store. On the right now is a housing estate called Smith’s Close. The Norfolk Postcard Club meets regularly in Trowse in Norwich and new members are very welcome. The next meetings are on 11 October & 8 November. Dennis is also the author of several local history books that can be purchased by contacting him direct.

Dickleburgh Rectory was built in 1839 and situated at the Rushall end of Rectory Road. At this time in 1911 the reverend was Rev. John Gregory Forbes MA. This delightful building was demolished in the 1970s and a large housing estate was built shortly afterwards.

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A SIGN OF THE TIMES

Newton Flotman

In the latest of her new series of articles, Sarah Doig explores the history of Newton Flotman from the perspective of its village sign.

he village sign for the Norfolk community of Newton Flotman is passed by literally thousands of people of every day. But I wonder how many of us who have made the journey up the A140 to Norwich have ever given it a second glance? It stands on the recently named King’s Green alongside the main road and tells the story of the village in just a few simple images. The cast-iron sign is mounted on an oak post which is embedded in a millstone. This stone represents the village’s connection with the milling industry over the centuries.

Newton Flotman sits alongside the River Tas which forms the boundary between this parish and the parishes of Saxlingham Nethergate and Tasburgh. Whilst the first part of Newton Flotman’s name means simply “new town”, the second part is derived from its position on the banks of the river. When the Tas was a wide, navigable river, a ferry or “flote” (in Old English) man was needed to transport people and goods across the waterway, hence the name “Flotman”. The Saxon ship depicted on the village sign shows what sort of traffic this larger river might have had. The five-arched stone bridge, which was built in medieval times, has pride of place on the village sign. It is a Grade II listed building and is one of the oldest surviving structures in the parish. It was extended and widened in brick in 1838. The main road no longer passes over the bridge but in Tudor times it would have been a major route for travellers going to Norwich. So it is highly likely that the large timerframed building which stands alongside the northern tip of the bridge, which dates from around 1500, was built as a wayside inn. Until the late twentieth century it was called the Maid’s Head. It has most recently been the Relish Restaurant and Bar. Several other medieval and Tudor buildings survive in the village, including two barns.

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The other building on the village sign is the parish church of St Mary’s which mostly dates from the 1400s. However, excavations in 2003 revealed some graves below the foundations, pointing to an earlier church on the same site. The existing St Mary’s Church houses several interesting monuments and memorials, the most prominent of which is one commemorating a number of generations of the Blundeville family, who were lords of the manor for over 500 years. In November 2016, the church was sadly targeted by thieves who stole valuable lead from the roof and the church is now trying to raise funds for the expensive repairs. Sarah Doig is an independent historical researcher, writer and speaker. Her website is www.ancestral-heritage.co.uk.

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orfolk County Council has contracted 46 rural projects for grants in excess of £1.8m with a further 20 projects to be proposed later this year. The council will be working hard to ensure that the money is spent across rural Norfolk and north Suffolk and aim bring in further money to boost business and services in the region.

Local Action Groups (LAGs) deliver the funding under the ‘LEADER’ approach, which decentralises the decision and funding powers in order to support the rural economy at a local level. The LAGs are made up of representatives from businesses, community organisations and public authorities, and help small businesses and community organisations create and sustain employment. A variety of projects have been funded including animal welfare projects, brewery expansions and wine producers, forestry projects, cheese production and care farms. Flint Vineyard received a grant of £42,500 from the Waveney Valley Local Action Group to help equip a state-of-the-art winery at Camphill Farm, Earsham. The project also includes a new visitor centre and specialist equipment to enable the best handling of juice and wine.

grant funding. It is a really exciting time to be part of this programme and having the opportunity to help the rural economy. The LAG ethos and delivery mechanism is different to other funding streams and means that local people decide on where the money is spent.” The consequences of Brexit mean that this EU funded programme will only be able to contract projects until March 2019. However, the team are pulling together evidence to persuade central government that this vital stream of local funding should be continued long after the UK leaves Europe. For further details about the programme visit www.norfolklags.co.uk or speak to the team on 01603 222930. To find out more about Local Action Groups in Suffolk, visit www.suffolk.gov.uk

Andy Thorpe, LAG Manager at Norfolk County Council, says: “We have had a good first 18 months despite disruptions to delivery of the programme since last year’s Brexit vote. We have the green light to carry on, and want to see more projects coming forward so that we allocate 100% of our

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Village wanderings Bergh Apton

Bergh Apton was once two separate villages of ‘Bergh’ and ‘Apton’. This circular walk starts at Bergh Apton village hall. Quiet lanes and footpaths lead us through two local conservation areas, before passing near the church that served ‘Bergh’. Further footpaths, marked by stately oaks, then lead us back, past the site of the churcch off ‘Aptton’’. Distance: approximately 3 miles. Using OS Explorer Map OL40. Start grid ref: TG 307013. Postcode NR15 1AA

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Blue skies andd sunshhine accompanied us on this high summer walk. Butterflies and dragonflies were also appreciating the warmth, their glorious vibrant colours adding to our enjoyment of the flowery roadside verges and field margins. Walking through the two quite different conservation areas reminded us of how local people can make a dramatic change and positive contribution to their environment. Walked, written and designed by Kevin Parker (keeper.kev@btinternet.com) and Kaarin Wall (kaarin@wizgraphics.co.uk) © 2013.

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A New Arts Diploma

LAUNCHES IN NORWICH This issue, writer and artist Kristy Campbell finds out more about a new arts course at the Anteros Arts Foundation in Norwich. on the ground floor, a music room above, and artist studios in the top rooms, there is ample knowledge on offer and likeminded craftsmen to be met.

nteros Arts Foundation, based in the heart of Norwich, is a not-forprofit organisation dedicated to the rise and restoration of arts education and creativity. Homed in a handsome Tudor mansion, the charity comprises three floors brimming with talent and opportunity. With two galleries

Frequent private viewings of exhibitions are held in the galleries at Anteros, where regional and international artists have shown their artwork to ever-growing audiences. The venue has housed auctions, concerts, and workshops, and now its latest venture: The Anteros Arts Diploma. The Anteros Arts Diploma com mmences in Sep ptember 201 17,

and has acquired a full course of students for its first year, ready to embark on an exploratory journey into new media. The diploma encourages adults of all ages and abilities to examine their relationship with familiar and contemporary techniques. With the assistance and guidance of mentors, the students aim to produce a body of work to commemorate their progress over the 28week period. The timetable is designed to work alongside prior commitments, with classes predominantly in the evenings and on Saturdays.

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160 hours of contact time entitles students to a spread of distinctive workshops including drawing, painting (watercolour/ spray-paint), sculpture, printmaking and art theory, with 24-hour access to studios based on the premises. The tutors are a collection of established designers, makers and artists with backgrounds linked to the National Trust, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Sainsbury Centre and Dove Street Studios. Although the course is not an accredited award, it will nurture a professional artist’s practice, building on confidence, strengthening styles and actively including students in seminars and dialogues to help them learn about and review their subject area. Throughout the course, students will complete various modules such as ‘Community art’ in which the students are expected to organise 12 hours of internship/ volunteering work in an arts context outside of Anteros. Marked by a tutor, this is the first milestone to present on a CV and a chance to build on business/administrative skills alongside practical ones.

At the end of the diploma each student is required to construct a ‘final major piece’, which will be exhibited in April 2018 in the Anteros galleries. If you are looking to step back in to an educative institution,

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DISS CALENDAR brings back memories

ennis Cross, local historian and Village People contributor, has put together a calendar for 2018, full of photos showcasing the history Diss. Many of the photos will bring back memories for residents of the town, featuring places like the old Picturehouse that was a wonderful meeting place for couples, friends and families in the past. The photos are varied and include images of the home guard during the Second World War together with many old shopfronts that do not exist in the town today. The calendar costs £9 and all proceeds go to the Big C, Norfolk’s cancer charity. It is available from Dennis directly on 01379 651897 and can be posted (P&P applies), from Photo Elite on Market Hill, Diss and Leslie Ward Collectibles on Church Street, Diss.

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ife today is a frenetic, fast-paced affair. More connectivity, more work, more coffee, more conflict with people we care about – and less time. We get caught in the ride and don’t ask where it’s going. Speed and stress take over when we aren’t looking. Bicycles speed along the pavement, notifications flood in through the smart phone and thoughts rush through the mind. It’s tiring. Surely there is more quality to life than passing through it as quickly as possible and with as many selfie posts on social media?

more stable. If we breathe and move more slowly our nervous system begins to reduce our stress levels. When we focus on slow movements whilst staying aware of what is happening around us, our mental stability and mindfulness are enhanced. Over time tai chi helps people to become more grounded, more earthed and more resilient in the face of a never-ending stream of demands and general craziness that seems to be modern life.

Instead of speeding up, what if we deliberately slowed down, slowed our movement, our breathing and our attention. This is the realm of tai chi as a form of moving mindfulness, as moving meditation. You get better at what you pay attention to. If we move slowly and deliberately and with good body mechanics our physical balance becomes

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