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Publica tio n dateWednesday 14th April 2004Wednesday 9th June 2004Wednesday t f rb August 2004Wednesday 131h October 21104Wednesday Sth December 2004Wednesday 9th February 2005Wednesday l J th April 2005

Parish Council ReportThe highlight of the final two Parish Council meetings in 2003 was a

presentation by seven children from St Gcorgc 's Sc hoo l on the results of a project tolook into safety issues in Manor Road. Among the points that the children though tneeded atten tion were the overgrown footpath alongside the Pasture. badly-placedsigns, and blocked drains. They suggested tackling excess speed with a 30 mphreminder sign and a speed camera and also wanted the hedge cut back between theCoach & Horses and the Church Hall and work done on the foo tpath surface .

The Cou ncil Chairman thanked the children for their work and promised thattheir ideas would be followed up. Since then, the hedge has been trimmed and thesoil and weeds that had encroac hed onto the path have been cleared. effectivelywidening the path.

The Council has agreed that the 200.. Dcrsingbam Day . which gives localpeople the opportunity to find out what the many local voluntary organisat ions. clubsand socie ties do • will be held on Saturday 17 April.

Discussions about the possibility of installing skateboard facilities on theRec reation Ground arc ongoing. Types of equipment und costs arc being evaluatedand the experience of two villagcs , West Winch and Castle Acre - where suchequipment has recently been installed is being sought. The Council has promised toconsult fully once the details of a possible installation have been finalised.

Other manc rs being dealt with by the Council include speeding traffic inShembo me Road; the possibility of adding a statue of a soldier 10 the War Memorial(as was originally planned many years ago); possible improvements to the pedestriancross ing opposite Budgcns: and the provision of proper signs and timetables at busstops in the village.

TIll' next two Pa rish Cmmdl llll'l'li"g,\' will be I'" :\flm t/ay13 February allll .\lm rday 29 ,Harcll at the Firs t Sclrool: they start al 7 pm

wilh u session f or members of lire pll hl i<' III raise issues.

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For IhC' benefit of both advert isers and contributors 10 this magazine the followingda tes will appl y:Deadline date for receipt of copyWednesday 171h March 21104Wednesday 12th M<l Y2004Wednesday 14th July 2{J04Wedncsday 15th September 200..Wednesday 10th Novembe r 2fl04Wednesday 12th January 2005Wednesday 16th March 2005

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Editor's NotesI would like In take this opportuni ty to thank all o f those

contributors who have given their support since I took over theres ponsib ility for th is magazine. and a lso to say an especially bigthank s III Stella Cuuru who slav es away in the background se tting upall the advert isements and articles so tha t they are ready to r the printe r.

We appear to be go ing h um strength to strength. as in order toprepa re this issue, (w hich. like the last edi tion . has 33% more pagesthan were prev iously published) a lot of thought has had to be given as to

what to include. what III ho ld tor futu re publicat ion. and what to edi t to a)1'..... greater or lesser degr ee. because of the amount of copy whic h we have

received. Please keep it coming!As we wish to ensur e tha t the right sort of ma terial is publ ished 10 serve yo ur

needs, wc wou ld ask that you take the time to answe r the short Surve y Sheet whichwe have inclu ded in the Ce ntre Pages and the n to return it to one o f the co llec tionpoi nts named . Thanks. aga in. Bob Tiplin!{

Sandringham ViewWhat's in a Name?

Work comme nced in 1993 on Phase 1 of the de velopment of a 40 acre site inDcrsmgham which eventually created what we now know to be Sandr ingham View,After these first 50 properties were bu ilt. development by T.W, Suitc r and Sonco ntinued. to provide 362 in total of two to four bed-roomed propert ies in 14different designs, these be ing purchased as they became avai lable, In any newdevelopment there becomes a point at whic h streets have 10 be named and thefoll owing name s were put forward to the counc il for considera ncn : ROHER THA1.O/SG. WAUA CE TWITE, JA" tES JACKSON. REI',\'01.DS. STA/\/TON,REG JIO UCIIEN. IJ"tCK/.EWOOD. KERR/CII. SlIlJU/.I>IIA M. 1~-f.KHI\·IIA"t.

DUO.: DECOY C1.0SE, JtARSII ROAD mId FEN.'\; CU)SJ::, These names weresuppleme nted by the addition o f TIIOMAS DREW CI.OSE, PlI/UP NURSEeo.en and I/It>K/N ROAD.

Selling aside the nam e of Duck Decoy Close. which may be assumed to be namedafter [he then Duck Decoy Farm . wha t is it [hat ma kes the use o f the names o f theothers so special'! Who were these ind ividuals and what was so outstand ing abo utthem that they sho uld be so honoured? This magazine intends to look at each in turnam i to attempl to provide more background information which will be published overtime. beg inning with this issue's con trib ution relating 10 Reg llouchcn .

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IU:C; If(JUC IIE!'\ who d ied ill 19X9 at the age 0 1' 1'3 had lived in Dcrsingh amfor the whole of his life , and made a major con tribution to the community.

lie had been associated with Dcrsin ghurn Football Clu b for 62 years, wasChainnan tor almost 40 oft hose and Treasurer for}Oyears (obviously havingcombined the two duties ove r part o f his se rvice). llis e fforts saw club funds increased uring his term of offi ce from £2.5010 £1,050 , and on reti rement from the d ub hewas present ed with a trophy by no less a person than Tcd Crokcr. Chairman of theFootball Assoc iatio n.

Mr Houchcns wart ime efforts. assisted by his wile. Dora. raised money tow ard sprovid ing munitions. and the surplus funds afte r the war ended were used to provide,and maint ain, the first eve r swings on what was later to become the k eg IlouchenAdve nture Playground on the village recreation ground. He took a personal interestin atten d ing to this site until the Parish Council donated a sum of £2,5 00 to ex tendthe faci lity and make it more m less as it is toda y,

A butch er by trade. Mr Houchcn had started work as a boy in the gardens on TheSandringham Estate . later se tting up a taxi business in his spa re time, developingthis into a coach operation havin g at one time seven coaches ami taxis and threemini-buses at his disposal operating it is belie ved from the garage at the junction ofLynn Road and Post Office Road. One o f his contracts at this time was to trunspcrtstafffrom Sandringham Hous e Itl Buckingham Palace. Mr Houcheu retired frombusiness in 1l.J 73.

It is our intention to look at the othe r names which we re adopted and 10 sec k outthe history of these for publica tion in future issues. In the meantime, if you arc arela tive or fr iend of any of the people listed and can oile r any information orphotog raphs these would be gratefully received at any of the add resses listed on theinside bac k CO\'CL

lI"ilh ucknowiedgcments 10 the Lynn News .10/" III I/ ch ofthe information regardingRf!g llouchen - B.T.

Summer Activi ties 2004The Parish Co unc il is endeavouring to co-ordinate the various holiday activities

fo r ch ildren which arc provided in Dcrsingham. Last year's events were verysuccessfu l. anti we wish to build on thur. It makes sense to oile r Dersing ham'syoun gste rs a wide range of activities. includin g fun da ys. spo rts and trips out of thevillage. Wc hope that there will he even ts to ca ter for all age s and abilities. and wealso hope to amid any possibility o f events dashing or activ ities being duplicatcd. Ameeting will he arrange d in the nea r futur e, to whic h all gw ups in the village will hcinvitcJ .

Never Smile at a Galanthophile

It is not known for certain whether snowdropsarc nat ive to this country . If they were, they wouldhave originally been con fined to Wales and thewest rathe r than the d rier eastern regions . This iswhy they gr ow but don 't part icularly thrive Oil thetypica lly dry sandy soils of Dcrsin gham.Snowdrops have been cultivated for hundreds ofyears and many garden varieties arc nowavail able - all of which still have small whiteflowers and need a close look and an expert eyeto 10.:11 them apart . Snowdrop experts are calledgalnnthophiles (from the snowdrop 's scientificname Galanthus nivalis) - prob ably the onlyb'TOUP of people who would claim the end ofJanuary and beginning of Februa ry to be thei rfavourite time of yea r.

Snowd rops arc ottcn associat ed with mona stic sites. where they were grow n toce lebrate the puri fication of The Virgin Mal)' on Candlemas Day (2 February). Infact, one of thei r old names was Candlcmas bells . The famous snowd rops atWalsingham Abbey mllY well be descended from stuck origina lly planted byAugust inian monk s in the Middle Ages. The destruction of Walsingham Abbey in153R sparked off a rebellion that resul ted in twelve men being hung. drawn ,quartered and beheaded and the Sub Prior W 3S burnt al ive . It ....-ould be hard toimagine a more fitting memorial to these men than the abbey snowdrops.

Although snowdrops arc usually associated with hope and purity, they do have adarker side. There is an old rural supers tition that it is unlucky to have them in thehouse. It is also considered unlucky to have a single snowdro p growing in thegarde n. Nowadays. snowdrops offe r real rather than sym bolic hope beca use one ofthe new drugs being used to trea t Alzheimer's disease was origi nally iso lated fromsnowdrop bulbs.

I' m not particularly interested in gardens hut I do make an exce ption fo r theWalsingham snowdrops and try to go and sec them every ycar. Th is year' s visit willno doubt be like every other. I will take some photographs and he disappoint ed withthe results. my wife wi ll com plain about the mud. we will have a slice of carrot cak eand a pot of tea in the Sue Ryde r cafe - then we will go home. In the United States,Candlcmas is also known as Groundhog Day!

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Greenish Fingers' Garden Notebook2003 was a busy gardening year: w e were all taken by surprise . despi te a ll the

talk of climate change. by our beautifu l summer. I was loo busy to JOI more than avery few joyful notes into my garden notebook. TM) were: "Broad beans gorgeousth is year. and no blackfl y!" and ! "Glorious Flower co lours make up for scrawnybra ssicas!'

Garden birds were abundant at nesting lime. Wc were delighted to be host... to ababy robin. which see med to grow bigger by the day and developed the habit ofarriving on the patio each mornin g for a sprinkling of crumbs. It seemed IQ roostmost nights in a bushy cscallonia and perched there. loo. in the heal of the Jay. InAugust it vanished, 10 moult its baby leathers in private, reappea ring in earlyautu mn resplendent in its adult plumage.

Now. in January 2004 . the robin is a da ily visitor. sometimes jomcd by asecond. which may possibly have a rival territory with a less plentiful food supply.Or the two may alrea dy be thinking ahead tu spring - thcrc 's a deal of wing­Flapping and carrying 10 and fro of tit-bits going on!

It' s tempting to he IIUt in the garden in open weather. I' ve winter-pruned twosmall apple trees since Christmas and preparedthe ground for shallots. whichshould arrive by post any day now. They need more space than onions, so I plan toplant the sets in rows 12" (30 cm} apart . with 1f" (20 cm) between the sets. I havetwo shallot beds. 2m by LJ rn. so there isn't a lot of ro om to spread them .

People 's spirits wi ll be lining. like mine. at the sight ott hc delicate greenshoots of early bulbs nosing their way up into the light. I had len a pile ofperenn ial prunings last autumn on a bed where I know there arc bulbs III come.Yesterday I thought I'd mow the pile to the compost bin. only to discover. just inlime. a hibernating frog under the ' roof' of stems. Hastily I replaced the pile: thebulbs will just have to wait their turn!

Garden Open DaysThe Annual Village Garden Open Days will take place this yea r nn Saturday 15 andSunday 16 May. Enquiries .,'ho" IJ ht' addressed 10 EdXtlr COU/'l'r (5./tUl65J

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transport, T his service is not limited to trips to the surgeries only, It isin no way intended as a cheap taxi service bUI as a last resort for those within thecriteria of the scheme who cannot make alternative arrangements.

The car scheme office number is 0 14R5 544544 until 5 pm Monday to Friday,but, if no answer is received. then Keith or Peter. the co-ordinators. can be contactedon mobile numbers 07ROll R11 710 or 07ROO R5R2R2.

An unauthorised circular headed "Do you need a lift ? then phone 544544 andtransport will be provided " is inaccurate as this is not (he case unless those applyingcome within the criteria of the scheme.

It is stressed that this is a community scheme and drivers from the community areurgently needed, Age alone is no bar 10 these volunteer drivers. ami those wishing tohelp can get full details by ringing one of the above numbers. So please do get intouch.

Village Plan Questionnaire UpdateAt the time of writing (early January) about three-quarters of the returned

questionnaires have been entered into the database. Ju:-;I over I,onoof the surveyfor ms have been handed in and the task of sitting at personal computers has beenshared among nine homes. This amlYof volunteers. suffering from Repetitive StrainInj ury, has besieged the Carolc Brown Medical Centre! Seriously. the Village PlanSteering Group is extremely gratefu l for the time and effort they have put into thisproject and thank them most sincerely.

All the team of voluutccrs has enjoyed the task. We have learnt a lot about ourcomputers. had some disappointments as data was lost nnd had to be re-inputted buteveryone has enjoyed the exper ience. It is expected that all the data will be enteredinto our Master Database by the end of January and then we will be able to analyse itand promulgate the results. hopefully. during February.

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Cent re since the last Village Voice. Dorothy Nurse. who performed outsta ndinglywith the administruuon tasks du ring very di fficult times. has lcnro enjoy some well­earned time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Dororby joined thepractice as a rec eptioni st in \9X6 since when she has seen the number ofpatientsregistered at the surgery more thantrebled. Simon Humbling. who bore rhc brunt ofGP duties during the last couple of years. has [eft to r fam ily reasons to join anotherpract ice at Ramscy, Simon jo ined the Heacham Group Practice from the Royal Navyin [99X. 'Vc wish Dororhy and Sinum every good fortune and thank them for the irdedica tion and hard work over recent years.

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Dersingham First and Nursery School andDersingham St George's (CE) Middle School

Happy New Yea r fro m si all a nd childre n at our two Ih 'rsin 2ham Sc hoolsWe all enjoyed the fun leading up to Chriemas. with parties, plays and other special

times. Children and staff in Years 3 and 4 enjoyed working together on the Bridging Projec t todesi gn a jointleaflet about their schoo ls. The child ren used their skills in a range of waysincluding phot ography, leT, planning, discussing, wri ting lette rs and artwork. DolphinGraph ics arc printi ng this for us and then it will be available for peop le in the village 10 get acopy from ear ly Febru ary. Children in years] and 4 ulso enjoyed being part o f a juirrt choirand their mus icaltalents were enjoy ed by peop le at four loca l venues. The re arc more join tventures planned includin g maths workshops and spo rts fun events. Look ing ahead In thisterm we have some dates fur you.

lI alfTerm - J\l ond a~' 16 - Friday 20 Februa ryLast d ay of te rm - Fr ida:y 2 Apr il

Other First an d Nursery School dat es

• Schoo l closed fur slalr tra ining o n Frida y I] February - Design and Technology

Sc hool c losed for sta fftrai ning on Friday 19 March - Math sRoad Safety w eck . I · 5 March - have you seen o ur lovely Sa fety Sign desig ned hy ou rchildren at the: entrance tu our school?

Ot her SI Gcur!-:c's M iddle Sd uml dal es22 January ::! . 15 - 4 .30 pm Open ancm oon at SI. Gcorgc's::!9 January Year 4 parents lunch - 12.15 pm2 February Energy nu,HI February Parents Evening 3 .3U - 7.30 pm11 February Celtic worksho p - 9 .00 am. followed by theatre performance at

10,00 amSpecia l Valen tine lunch at 12.15 pmlnser Day - ArtBook Week with Clitford Norgarc doing dramatised readings on 2(,FebruaryYea r 5 parents lunc h - 12.15 pm

Cross Country at San dring hamTempest class photog raph, 9.00 amYear (,/7 parents lunch - 12.15 pmDecorated Fgg Com peti tionFr iends' Bingo - 7.30 pmEaster Service in SI. Nieholas Church at 10.00 amSpecia l Easter lunch I::! .on noonSuper Learn ing DayEaster Disco 7 - 1l.3tJ pmEaster FairEasie r Holidays

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St Cecilia's ChurchlI oly Mass is celebrated every Sunday at 9.30 am. With a few exceptions a

Euchar istic Ser vice is cele brated every Wednesday at 10.00 am.

(}lh t'r services a nd Iun cnon s ~s we huild up 10 El1Slt'r a rc as folhm s:·w cdncsdayWednesdayWednesdayWednesdayWednesdayWed nesdaySundayT hur sdayFridaySa turdaySundaySaturday

25 February3 March10 March17 Ma rch24 March3 1 March4 AprilS AprilI) April10 AprilI I Ap ril17 April

lI o ly Mass and distribution of ashesEcu me nica l Lent GroupEcumenical Lent Grou pEcumenica l Lent G rou pEcu menica l Len t GroupEcu menical Lent Grou pBlessings o r the palms and Holy MassMass of the Las t Suppe rPassion of the LordEas ter Vigil - Festiva l of LightEaster MassVillage OPl'l1 Day

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Ill .OO am7.30 pm7.30 pm7.30 pm7.30 pm7.30 pm9.30 am7.30 pm3.00 pm9.00 pm1).30 am2.00 pm

What have ....'e done: to progress. has it stea lthily been decreed:Wc must take much more than we give, and desi re's more importan t than need?

Show me some thing superfici al, if if s mater ial that's what countsEspecially i f it's consumable, in increasingly large amo unts.

lf you want to ma ke it attractiv e. then wra p it in plast ic or roamWhich can easily be disposed of, as long as you don't take it home .

The wrappi ngs of mortal tem ptation seem to form an expan ding slick.As if some mechanica l mon ste r has peen nauseatingly side

lfsome thin g looks attrac tive, es peci a lly with the righ t name,Then p urchase it wit h a credit ca rd, it's as easy as buying some fam e.

Is there any politica l party that ca n give us back o ur pride.Arc we subjec t 10 naked Ccrmuercialdorn . that is taking us all tor a ride?

Progress req uires dedication. and teamwork wh ich has to be led,"U nite d we stand. divided wc fa ll"', or so som eone fabulous said .

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A Walk Down the DriftThe Drill. 3t Dersingham is the small muddy lane that starts at the junction of

Manor Road and Lynn Road. westwards to the sea.The first field on the Id l is called Parker's Piece, as. years ago. a person ca lled

Parker lived at the corner of this field in a lovely old wooden. green-paintedcaravan.At the bottom of the next field on the right is a small birch wood. and,during the Second World wa r, iI gentleman called Fiddler Mitchcll kept a pony onthis field. when it died he buried it in the wood and ever since it has been calledFiddler 's Wood.

The next field is where the sewage treatment plant used to stand with its big armsgoing round and the water spurting out .

Opposite this field was Bauldings Moat, .1 small stretch of water that many yearsago formed a moat that went around an old manor house that belonged tu the Priorof Binharn. The last fi eld on the 11.'11 belonged to Ken Martins. on the lcll hand sidewas .1 large rabbit warren. and, on the other side, Ken kept his pigs.

You then came to the railway line, on each side ufwhich were large five barredgates . Us boys would sit on the gates as the steam trains went by and wave to thepassengers on their way tu and from Hunstamon,

Over the railway line the next field WilS where Mr Bob Baulding kept his turkeys,they would all roost on an old elevator in the corner or the field .

Next was the little wood , this is where you could get the best black berries inNorfolk. In 1953 a person's body was found in this wood , the person having beendrowned on Sncuishnm in the January and the body not being found until theSeptember.

Just past the wood the Drift becomes a concrete mad and turns right to join upwith the beach road. Before the Second World War, and before the concrete was laiddown. the Drill. went straight on towards the sea and finished ju st the other side ofthe old sea wall close to where the pumping station was built in 1947.

It was a good place to play and be. down the old Drill!Dick .\fd TtI/l. SI/I1IlY IIIUmy

The Wond er of DarrenCongratu lations to twelve-year-old Darren Pouchcr of Station Road. Dcrsingham

who becamea star for a day by singing Elvis Presley's song "The Wonder of You" onCarlton Television's "Christmas Show" broadcas t on ITV I on Wednesday 17December, Darren had been selected to appear on the show afte r approaches hadbeen made to the TV com pany by the "Make u Wish Foundation UK", and he had av~ry eventful time in London where he was chauffeur-driven in London O il the daybefore the show, then received singing lessons from Carric and David Grant or "TheFame Academy" talent show, before appearing live in the TV programme which wasbroadcas t from Covent Garden and was hosted by Eammon 110lmes and ~ess Daly.

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What's On at Dersingham libraryFebruary and March 2004

BB C People's War CampaignThe BBC is interested in gathering experiences of the British people during

WW2 for its website at wv.w .hbc.co.uk/dna/ww2. The library will be running aspecial Internet taster session on 'Iuesd ay 2J March from 2-5 pm when you canuse our free interne! computers to add your own stories and to read those posted byothers. Staff will he available 10 help you use the computers.

There will also be displays of books and memorabilia throughout Februa ry andMarch. If anyone has items. particularly clothes from the 19-'Os, which we couldborrow. please contact us on OI-'X5 5401XI

WHSmith Book AwardsYou can vote onlinc for your favourites between I-'th January and 25 February.

watch out for the notices around the library.

Children 's A ctivitiesThere will be a Winnie the Pooh half-term storytime on Thursd ay 19 February,

fru m 11 - 12.

Volunteers RequiredThe WRVS runs a ' books on wheels. ' service for housebound readers in the

Dcrsingham and Hunstanton area. On Wednesday mornings between 9 and 10volunteers can he seen at Dcrsinghum Library choosing hooks and tapes which theyhope their readers will enjoy. Once these items have been issued. the volunteers setoil" in their cars and spend a short time with each of their 'c ustomers' . Thehousebound people then have a chance to discuss their likes and dislikes and makerequests for other books. If you have a few hours to spare every fortnight, if you haveyour own car and wou ld like 10 help with the service. or to find nut moreinform at ion, please contact the library.

***Coming Soon***April is Crime Month in Norfolk Libraries so watch out tor our specia l book

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Ki ng's Lyon Fu ndi ng Informat ion DayThis event is organised by The Borough Cou ncil together with the West Norfolk

Council for Voluntary Services. Date: Friday 20 February 201M. 1030 am - .1. 30 pm.at West Norfolk Professional Development Centre, Kilhams Way. King's Lynn.Norfolk, PE30 2HU. There will hi.' information stands from a variety of fundcrs anda workshop entitled "What makes a good application?" Th is is a free event hutplaces are limited and must he booked in advance .

Hvuse contact: Hannah Monsters on KL 616274. or Rosalind O il KL 76()56R

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A Simple Act of Char ityIn our world of speed and our 'must have ' society an art icle I read in a recent

edition of the ' Tablet" a Catholic weekly magazine, reminded me of the words Portiaspoke in Shakespeare 's ' Merchant of Venice ' . "How far that little candle throws itsbeam ! So shines a good deed in a naug hty world ." The writer of the article lived inYorkshi re and told of a tube journey he had made on a grey day in London in earlyDecember. lI is descriptive style of writing brought back many memories of travel onLondon underground. In the mid 70s I spent a lot of time at IUM training centre atSudbury. When travelling on the tube, espec ially if I was on the earty shin, I tookgreat delight in smiling at fel low travellers and de libera tely saying "good morning"to them as they hid behind their papers. But I digress. Here is a condensed version ofthe article.

The writer described arriving at King' s Cross and descending to the tuncplatform. which was filled with damp. silent and irritable people, and hoa rding thetra in. He, like most others kept himselfapart. carefull y avoid ing eye cont act byexamining the adverts for cough -mixture. foreign holidays and mobile phones. Asthe train stopped at Euston his eye was caught by a well dres sed family boardin g thetra in. With mum and dad were twin sons, aged about ten . both sporting two verylarge balloons. one red the other blue. But they were not just any old balloons, theywere Christmas balloons on polished wooden sticks. The boys were obviouslydelighted with them. At the next stop the heavy silence was shattered by the arr ivalof a litt le girl of about seven who was screaming as she clung to her father 's jacket.There was nothing anybody could do In comfort her, and everyone was simply tryingto pretend she wasn 't there. Everyone . that is. except the boy with the red balloon.The writer cou ld see the boy attempting to identify the source of the tears hy standingon his tip toes. Then the boy disappeared, bUI the red balloon started to make its waydown the carriage, held a loft above the heads of the crowd. As the tra in approachedOxford Circus the young boy stood in front of the little gir l. Once the tra in stoppedand more people tried to enter the carriage, the boy said in a loud and grave voice :"He llo. this is for you. Happy Christmas. Good-bye." Then he disap peared back tohis parents. The effect was instantaneous . Everyone heard the words and turned Insec what was going on. The little girl stopped cry ing, clutched the balloon andstarted to show it otfto her father and all the peop le around her. It seemedaston ishing that one small gesture could change the sense of everyone 's grim andsilent alienat ion into the sudden warmth of community. The carriage had beeninvaded by a sense of celebration and the warm glow of happiness. People werelooking at each other, they started talking abou t the weather and basking in theradiance of the linlc girl' s laughter. The truth is, of course , that the gesture hadn ' tbeen a small one , out a very big one. Whal was clear was that the boy had givenaway to a complete stranger what was, at that moment. his most treasuredpossession. Christmas came early to the Victor ia Line that evening. l.cn Manliews

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Letters to the Editor

Dear EditorThis is an appea l to readers who had a relative that served or was wounded or

died at Gallipo li tu make contact. ' The Gallipol i Assoc iatio n ' was fo rmed in 1969 10keep alive the memory of the Galli pol i campaign of 19 15 - to ensure that the menwho fought and died in the.' campaign arc not forgotten - to enCllurage and faci litatethe study of the campaig n so that lasting benefi t can be gained from its valuablelessons . The television program me ' All the King's Men' starring David Jason drewatten tion to the.' involvement of the 51h Nor fo lk Battalion with Captain Bec k of theSandr ingham Estate. Althoug h not very accura te it drew atten tion to the campaig nand the involvement of ordinary working people from this pan of Norfolk. TIleabove association publishes a number of jo urnals each year in which ind ividualstories with photographs are published - do you have any letters. diar ies ,photogra phs that you wou ld like to share with the association and its readers ? Ifinteres ted contact John Crowe. a membe r of the association, whose fathe r was amembe r of the 5th Nortolks at Suvta Bay and was wounded, but survived to serve inEgypt and Palestine until 191H. Con tact address: U 5 Bellinghum Rnad, Cot/flrJ,1,/lIIJOIl SE6 1{'{' - Telephone: 0108 69 7 2 787 - MlIbile: (17956 188826 - or I:'·mail:jcrOH'I.' II@) U't, ·,m m J.:,v,lIk. Joh" arm has 011 address at 12 The Green,Dersinghum, "'or[olk P£ 31 6RG

Dear Ed itorI mea nt to write to yo u back in September but alas tim e.' flies by and [ forgot. I

was g iven a copy of the July/August Village.' Vo ice which had a picture of two younglads outsi de.' Heath Garage. I have to ow n up and say that the yo ungster leaningagainst the midd le pump is me, the other lad is Roy Cross. My pureuts. Vie &Audrcy Gr cyson . ow ned Heath Garage where we lived (that is my two sisters Valeric& Viviennc and myself) unt il the mid 70·s. I have many happy memories of my timespent grow ing up in Dcrsinghum and it was a nice surprise to sec the picture on thefron t cover. Jalm Grt'y.'il1Il

Dear Ed itorTo all past members of the now defunct Mountbeucn Residents' Associa tion it is

con firmed that the balance of the funds left aft er the dissolution of the.' assoc iation,B OO at till' final A.G.M. in June 2003 . were, in accordance with mem bers" wishesdonated to the Dersingham Surgery Patients ' Comfo rts Fund. Although fo rmallyacknowledged at the time it is reg retted that publication and d issemination of thiswas nOI publ icised and distrib uted to all members as should have been done,al though I understand it was displayed on the notice board on the space oppos iteHudgens Store. It is regretted that this delay has occurred and apo logies d ue fromthose respon sible . Jack J U': N eale

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A Lea p In The Darkby Kmlfy Jordar 0 January lOfI3

Long time waiting luckle ss ladies. Who' ve been angling for a ring'?Now's your time to test his 10\-1,' , To reel that 'last fish ' in'?

For only one year out of four can it be her not he,Enquiring on the twcntyninth • "Please, will you marry me'?"

Be prepared though for rejection, As his answer may he "No !"for your handsome hunk may tell you where the devil you may go.

He may well be weak and lickle, struck dumb for words to say,So dead aga inst commitment that he'll quickl y leap awayl!

To leave you in deep darkness where mostly men have been before ,So on February 's extra day, he may even up thc score.

Or give a happy yea not nay, then he'll be set for l ife.Knowing he himself could not have asked for a bcucr leap year wife !

Tod ay, Dear Lord, I'm 80111Anon

Today, dear l ord, I' m eighty, there's so much I haven 't done ,So I hope, dear Lord, You'Illcr me live - Umil l'm eighty -one.

But, if I haven 't finished ali i want 10do,Would you let me stay a while - Until I'm eighty-two'?

So many places to explore, so very much to see ..,I ask you Lord to stre tch a point - And make it eighty-three.The world is changing very fast, there is so much in store.

I'd like it very much 10 live - Until I' m eighty-four.And, if by then, I'm still alive - Cou ld you make it eighty-five?

More plans will be up in the air, so I' d really like to stick,And see what happen s to the world , When I am eighty-s ix,

I know, dear l ord, it's much to ask (and it must be nice in heaven) ,AUI I would really like to stay around- Until I' m eighty-seven.

I know by then I won' t be fast, and sometimes will be late,But it would be really pleasant - to be alive at eighty-eight.

I will have seen so many things, and had a super time,I' m sure that I will be willing thcn , To leave at eighty-ninc.. MAYBE!!!

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A Walk in the RainPasricia }(ll/III4S ~() 2 X. I .98

The spruy of water hit me in the face.Ilis driving and speed was a big d isgrace .

It had bee n raining for days on end,As this rondhog came around the bend.

[ was soaking w'et and flaming mad,How could someone be such a cad '!

I wa lked on . dete rmined 10 enjo y the air.The wind and sun dried my hair.

I splas hed through the puddles just for fun.Enjoying the hrig ht winte r' s sun.I stopped by a st ile to have a rest.

The birds were start ing 10 buil d their nests.Then, from a distance, I heard i l call .

li e looked hand som e. strong . and so ta ll.Afte r apologisi ng for makin g rnc wet.

I gracio usly accepted. and our ey\.'s met.It turned out. that he ' d lost his way.

I gave direct ions hut he wan ted to stay.The sky got dark, and it began to rain .

Together we started back down the lane .

Jillflg. ' rhin'

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BroadbandLife for Internet users in Dcrsinghum is abou t 10 become much easier. Most users

know the frus tration of intcrrniuublc wa iting fo r web sites to open and info r mationand tiles to download .

Broadhand - already availab le to more than two -thirds o f people in Britain ­speeds things up by as much as ten times. making the Internet an easy-to-use 1001 toexc hange info r mat ion. shop, resea rch facts or acce ss news. phone numbers. traintimes and so on.

Now the benefits are com ing to Dcrsinghum. RT is converting the Dcrsinghumtelephone exchange 10 hand le Broad band from 2 1 January. And a local orga nisation- WNCH.net - is al ready offer ing a com petitive radio-bused Broadband service(con tact them eithe r at www.w nch.nct or by phoning 0 1485 5400 11).

Uroadband will open new horizons for anyonc using the Internet . Majorbene ficia ries will be loc al busin esses. peop le working from home. and students of allages who will find thc lmcmcr suddenly becoming an eas ily-accessible educational10 0 1.

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On PorridgeI have c.ncn a plate of porri dge for breakfast for as long as I can remember. I

conside r myself a com peten t porridge-maker, and I'm sure there arc a number ofsimilar folk in Dcrslngham .

Wen.' they not, then. like me, appalled at the dry, lumpy, disg usting-looking messthat was served to poor little Charfie on the two "Tonight with Trcvor t>.1cDonald"progrunun cs on an experimental d iet given to a class of eight- year-uld s in So uthLondon'! No wonder the litt le lad whined for his usual unhealthy, sugary, j unkbreakfast! lr was a rel ief III sec his mother switch to a potuto-cakc-and-buconbreakfast for him in the second programme- While heart ily agreeing with themessage of the programmes. I felt the use made of the ' wartime" ingredients wasummaginativ c . apart fro m the parsnip chips.

ln case there arc Dcrsingham mothers kee n to feed their offspring for the firsttime with healthy porridge, here arc a fe w hints to get them off to a good start!I Try out more than one brand of porridge oats, Some make porridge like

wallpaper paste ami will put you and your chi ldren off for ever. Do avoid'i nstant' porridge which doe sn't need cooking. It' s pretty "Yuk".

2 If you arc stuck with a packet of the abo ve, you can use it up by makingflapjacks. or thickening stews with it.

3 Follow the packe t instructions. but leave out the salt and use slightly less liqu idto start ....-ith. It's easy tu dribble a bit more water or milk-and-water into themixture if you stir it gently.

4 Don't leave porridge to cook by itself. It only takes four to five minutes 10

thicken, and you need to stir it now and then. Use a low to medium heat. Don 'ttry to rush it.

5 Serve hot, and at once, and, for perfec tion, on heated plates.6 Do serve with your favourite type of milk. be it skimmed. semi, or whole. A tiny

dollop of cream is a treat.7 Finally, do add whatever "flavouring" you fancy. I like a spoonful of molasses,

which will also prov ide vegeta ble iron and several other nutrients. Dark brownsugar, honey, syrup or treacle arc all aucmauvcs.

PS [' 11 submit a recipe for ' real' , oatmea l porrid ge next time - if the Editor wi ll letme, and someone else hasn 't beaten me 10 it!

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A History of the PresentShould you be a relative newco mer to the village you will have found that you arc

on a co ntinuous learning curve. for Dcrsingham has so much to offer.Every day creates new insights into what is available: shops which you were

unaware of arc discovered: organisations and clubs come to your attention; gro upsand services; hostelries and much more become drawn to your notlee. increasingyour knowledge and appreciation of the place in which you now live.

Even as a resident of many yea rs standing, you may 1I0t appreciate what isread ily available to you. for how ofte n has it been said that those who live the closestto a place from birth lend to be the ones who know the least about it. It is the' tncomcrs' who find it essentia l to know the names of streets. the local history, whois who and the nest places to shop. Those who have grown lip in the urea may takeevery thing for granted, and often not take the trouble to visi t those places which avisitor would find to be the most interesting .

Under whatever category you would classify yourself. it is recommended that youtake the opportunity to visit the village library and request that yOll may sec two verycomprehensive works which have been produce d, one by the Jubilee Commit tee andthe other by the Evening w omen 's Inst itute. these being the equivalent of 't imecapsules ' but which are not to be hidden from sight for the next 50 10 100 years.

The first of these two large. beautifully bound and titled, documents is concernedwith the Golden Jubilee celebrations in June 01'2003, whilst the seco ndcommemorates the Millennium Period of 19l.)<J to 2000.

On opening either of these absolutely supcrb documents it bccome s apparent howmuch effort has been put into their preparation, ami how much derail has beenincluded to enable future readers to have an insight into what are snapshots of twopoints in urnc.

The contents includc not only accou nts of the celebrations which took place.complete with photographs. but also info rmation about almost anything whichaff ects th.... village . These cove r everything from where to shop. what is fo r sale. howmuch it costs , what organisations exist for both young and old. places to visit.transport. public services. etc.. the list is almost endless. and is supplemented bysuch dctails as receipts. bus tickets and othcr such infonnation.

Thcse magnificent works are ava ilable for inspection as a reference facility onrequest of the staff at the library, and it is highly recom mended that you takeadvantage of this hy lak ing lime to sit and p.... ruse thcm al your Icisurc.

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Dersingham Hort icul tural SocietyThe C hr istmas Part)'

SUI;"h a good atmosphere at SI. Cccilia's with the sound of r'mmm" {i.e. "mmm")all rou nd as members enjoyed the delicious food. The gent:n~ity and talent for goodcooking (If our fellow mem bers is w ell known and apprec iated by all. Wc had anopportunity 10 mee t friends and take part in the "Askcr' qu izzes. maybe win a prizein the Tame and enjoy listening 10one of Gilly's pcK.'Tl1s. The \10 hole evenin g was wellorganised by the Fund Raising Team.

Janua ry :\t eetingOn his second vis it to our society David Gnrncs" topic " as "The way we used to

live Ui50·1950·'Dealing only with the co untry living that he had experience d. he first dealt with

agric ultura l tools, mach ines, and the labou r intensive processes such as bind ing cornand po tato picking. which were so essential in supplementing the income of poorerfamilies.

This was foll owed by some inte resting slides o f [ll.JSlers from the 20's and 30's·Guinness, Player 's. Bovnl. among ot hers. and some hand-embroide red postcardsfrom the Grc'at War.

His fin al thoughts were on the social and domestic aspect s of the life led byco untry folk er this time. \\-'hilst providing some enjoyment for all, David 's talkpr oved of special interest to ou r members who had lived in the area fo r most of theirlives .

Mem bers were pleased to hear our sec retary report that letters o f thanks had beenreceived from the various grou ps and organisations to which thc society had madedonations at our AG \ t in Novembc-r. and that these had been appreciat ed .

Om'id Clark (5Jl / S! J

Al"tid l'S fOI" publication in th e ~ta rc h/A pri J edition of Villa~e Voice mustreac h the ed itor at 45 Queen Elizabeth Drive. Dcrsingham. or at the Parish CouncilOffice. before the deadline dal e of W('d nesda~' 17 'larch l OO·"

AdHrti!t>l'nu,'nls fo r indu!t>ion in the same newsletter should be in the hands ofKim Dunford. Parish Clerk, Dersingham Parish Counc il. The Police Station. ManorRoad. Dersingham PE3 1 nl.H b,., th e sa me dale . Enqui ries regarding adve rtise mentsmay he made hy ca lling Kim on 0 14 1\5 54 1465,

T his edltien will he inserted in t he tree -Cn b cn ' newspaper UII \\'l'dn~'!>d ll~'

14 April 1004. (Co ntr ibutors who are promoting events should take note of thisearlies t dale o f publication).

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