THE CROWN INN Home Cooked Food Served Daily 12noon—2pm And 6pm to 8pm On Sunday and Monday 6pm to 9 pm Tuesday and Saturday Senior Citizens 2 Course Lunch every Wednesday £5. 95 Alternate Wednesday Quiz Night Tel. (01366)727317 Page 12 Sandra’s Cards Handmade cards for any occasion Made to your personal specifications at very competitive prices Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Let me introduce you to, or enhance an existing hobby in the comfort of your own home with friends and family Tel. 01366 728407 or 07806 616704 Dave’s Kitchen By our resident Chef David Wheatley This months receipt, I thought since the weather is on the cold side I might do a warming lentil soup you will need the following to serve 6 2 onions 2 carrots 2 sticks of celery the gated rind of 1 /2 a lemon 1 tble spoon of oil 1clove of garlic 1 bay leaf 1 sprig of thyme 1 tble spoon of tomato puree 8ozs of red lentils 21/2 pints of stock chicken or vegetable 4 rashers of bacon chopped small Method Roughly chop the vegetables add the lemon zest, heat the oil in a suitable pan heat and the add the garlic thyme and bay leaf put the rest of the veg in and the ba- con stir well and cook for 20 min- utes shaking the pan occasionally, stir in the tomato puree and add the lentils and the stock bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes this should give a warming and tasty soup to get it very smooth pass through a sieve or put in to a blender and season to taste serve with croutons liber- ally sprinkled with Parmesan cheese Please try this soup its very delicious! Great News. Against all the odds, and certainly against the trend our village shop is going to reopen. Claire and Jamie have taken on the lease to run the shop and almost cer- tainly the Post Office as well. Having lived in the village for a year they at least know the challenges ahead. When I received this information I went to have a look at what they were doing. They are re decorating the whole place and it appears that there will have to be some new furniture as well. Actually it was a shame to look around and see what a dreadful state our shop had got into. There will be Newspapers and magazines and also they plan to re in- troduce the newspaper delivery service, for which purpose they are looking for youngsters for this job, as was always the case until a few years ago. And of course the general store. Claire tells me she has spent her entire working life in the retail trade. But at the end of the day the future of the shop is in the hands of the people in the Village. Let’s make it work there’s no reason why it shouldn’t !! They hope to open in April more on this next month ED Have you ever wondered why people get so ex- cited by phrases quoted in the news- paper, by your nieces and nephews, or by your grandchildren, such as:- “Facebook”, “Silver Surfer”, “blog”, “myspace”, “tinternet”, “www dot”? If so, come and see our volunteers at the Village Hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 am to 12 noon. They will be able to show you the mysteries of the “world wide web” and how it can widen your horizons ... whatever your age! If you already know what these phrases are but are wary of testing the water ... come and speak to our volunteers. They can help you find out more. For exam- ple, how to find your way around a computer, how to access information, how to write e-mails and even give you some tips on getting the best from a computer. All this, without spending a penny!! Give us a go! SHARON FREEMANTLE Issue March 2009 Copy date for the next issue is; 23rd March 2009 [email protected]Tel. 01366 728233 Urgent The Car scheme is desperate for more drivers. If you are able to help – to take a patient to the Doctor or Hospital please contact Jim Booty on 728515 Don’t cut your finger on the Sabbath A message of cheer from your Editor. A couple of weeks ago I took possession of a new Computer which was supplied and installed for me by my Friend. (yes I still have some) And of course the first question arises, What to do with the old one?. I found that the old one nicely fitted in the box that the new one came out of, and so on the following Sunday morning I attempted to put the old com- puter in this box. And that was when the troubles began. As I put it in the box it slipped through my hand and a sharp piece of metal slit through the end of the little finger on my right hand. This was not a superfi- cial cut-it went very deep and left all sorts of flesh and so forth gaping open. Florrie was wonderful ! She stopped the bleeding and strapped it up as best she could but it was obvious that medical assistance ought be sought. I phoned the Surgery. I listened to a re- corded message followed by another recorded Message. I hung on. Oh how wonderful a human voice, female. The conversation went something like. “What’s the problem?” “I have cut my finger I think it needs stitching or something.” “Can I have your name?” Name supplied “And your date of birth.” Also supplied “And your post code and house num- ber.” “Ditto” “I will get someone to phone you back.” Meanwhile cut finger very tender bleed- ing and gaping open.(This is only pre- sumed as it is now under the dressing applied as above) About half an hour later the phone rang. I was informed that it was some fancy titled outfit and a female voice. “How can I help?” “I’ve cut my finger” “Where?” “The little finger at the end.” “How long is the cut?.” “About an inch” “Are you sure you’re not exaggerat- ing?” “No I have big hands” “Have you cut through any tendons?” “No” “How much blood have you lost is it more than a cupful.?” No” ( in any case it’s difficult to meas- ure when it’s down your trousers, up your arm and on the floor) “Well you can go to A and E.” “And be there all day and then come out with MRSA no thank you.” “Well you could go to the duty Doctor in some (vague location) but he does- n’t have many dressings” “Forget about it I’ll do it myself.” End of telephone conversation. On the following day which was the Monday the phone rang. It was the local Surgery. They had been in- formed of my mishap on the previous day. “Yes” I said “I cut my finger.” “Well according to our records you are due for an Anti tetanus injection.” (no query as to the state of finger) I said that I thought I didn’t need any more, but I was told that I did. I said “then in that case I had better pop up and have one.” “No you can’t do that there aren’t any free appointments.” “When can I have it done.?” Next Monday at 12. 30 pm In the meantime it is presumed that I will either have bled to death or died of Tetanus. At the appointed time I arrived at the Surgery for the Anti Tetanus injection. The receptionist duly poked some keys in a keyboard and then invited me to take a seat. Shortly after this I was summoned into the nurses room by the nurse, after which a conversa- tion on similar lines to “as follows” occurred. “How many anti tetanus injections have you had? “Pass.” There then follows some poking of keyboard keys, fol- lowed by, “I really don’t know why you’re here.” “Because you asked me to come” “I didn’t”. “Well someone at this surgery did “I cut my finger, look!” I produce my amateur surgery for inspection. “You made a good job of it”. “Yes Dr Bolam taught me how to do that”. “If you had gone to A and E they would probably have put a couple of stitches in it.” No reply– I think this is where I came in !! So decision made, up with sleeve in with needle total time something in the region of 15 seconds for surgery and about 2 hours administration work, sta- tistics etc. You can’t blame the people trying to do a decent job. I actually feel pretty sad especially for them and the abuse I bet the get from people who don’t under- stand the modern “system.” But as I was driving home I thought about a little Welsh Coal miner who went into Politics where he remained in parliament for over 30 years. He was the man who spearheaded the formation of the National Health Service which at the time was the envy of the rest of the world. “Nye” Bevan “. Apparently when he was at school he wasn’t very good at his lessons and was- n’t expected to rise above being a coal miner. But he must have had some qualities like being concerned about the well being of ordinary people but above all common sense and the desire to get something done must have been running around in his head. And in those days just after the war there was a shortage of paper and just about everything else. And of course people weren’t as clever then as they are now NUFF SED!!
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THE CROWN INN
Home Cooked Food Served Daily
12noon—2pm
And 6pm to 8pm On Sunday and Monday
6pm to 9 pm Tuesday and Saturday
Senior Citizens 2 Course Lunch every Wednesday £5. 95
Alternate Wednesday Quiz Night
Tel. (01366)727317
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Sandra’s Cards
Handmade cards for any occasion Made to your personal specifications at
very competitive prices
Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Let me introduce you to, or enhance an existing hobby in
the comfort of your own home
with friends and family
Tel. 01366 728407 or 07806 616704
Dave’s Kitchen By our resident Chef David Wheatley
This months receipt, I thought since the weather is on the cold side I might do a warming lentil soup you will need the following to serve 6 2 onions 2 carrots 2 sticks of celery the gated rind of 1 /2 a lemon 1 tble spoon of oil 1clove of garlic 1 bay leaf 1 sprig of thyme 1 tble spoon of tomato puree 8ozs of red lentils 21/2 pints of stock chicken or vegetable 4 rashers of bacon chopped small Method Roughly chop the vegetables add the lemon zest, heat the oil in a suitable pan heat and the add the garlic thyme and bay leaf put the rest of the veg in and the ba-con stir well and cook for 20 min-utes shaking the pan occasionally, stir in the tomato puree and add the lentils and the stock bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes this should give a warming and tasty soup to get it very smooth pass through a sieve or put in to a blender and season to taste serve with croutons liber-ally sprinkled with Parmesan cheese Please try this soup its very delicious!
Great News. Against all
the odds, and certainly against the trend our village shop is going to reopen. Claire and Jamie have taken on the lease to run the shop and almost cer-tainly the Post Office as well. Having lived in the village for a year they at least know the challenges ahead. When I received this information I went to have a look at what they were doing. They are re decorating the whole place and it appears that there will have to be some new furniture as well. Actually it was a shame to look around and see what a dreadful state our shop had got into. There will be Newspapers and magazines and also they plan to re in-troduce the newspaper delivery service, for which purpose they are looking for youngsters for this job, as was always the case until a few years ago. And of course the general store. Claire tells me she has spent her entire working life in the retail trade. But at the end of the day the future of the shop is in the hands of the people in the Village. Let’s make it work there’s no reason why it shouldn’t !! They hope to open in April more on this next month ED
Have you ever wondered why people get so ex-cited by phrases quoted in the news-paper, by your nieces and nephews, or by your grandchildren, such as:-
If so, come and see our volunteers at the Village Hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 am to 12 noon. They will be able to show you the mysteries of the “world wide web” and how it can widen your horizons ... whatever your age!
If you already know what these phrases are but are wary of testing the water ... come and speak to our volunteers. They can help you find out more. For exam-ple, how to find your way around a computer, how to access information, how to write e-mails and even give you some tips on getting the best from a computer. All this, without spending a penny!!
Give us a go!
SHARON FREEMANTLE
Issue March 2009 Copy date for the next issue is; 23rd March 2009 [email protected] Tel. 01366 728233
Urgent The Car scheme is desperate for more drivers. If you are able to help – to take a patient to
the Doctor or Hospital please contact Jim Booty on 728515
Don’t cut your finger
on the Sabbath A message of cheer from your Editor.
A couple of weeks ago I took possession
of a new Computer which was supplied
and installed for me by my Friend. (yes
I still have some) And of course the first
question arises, What to do with the old
one?. I found that the old one nicely
fitted in the box that the new one came
out of, and so on the following Sunday
morning I attempted to put the old com-
puter in this box. And that was when
the troubles began.
As I put it in the box it slipped through
my hand and a sharp piece of metal slit
through the end of the little finger on
my right hand. This was not a superfi-
cial cut-it went very deep and left all
sorts of flesh and so forth gaping open.
Florrie was wonderful ! She stopped the
bleeding and strapped it up as best she
could but it was obvious that medical
assistance ought be sought.
I phoned the Surgery. I listened to a re-
corded message followed by another
recorded Message. I hung on. Oh how
wonderful a human voice, female. The
conversation went something like.
“What’s the problem?”
“I have cut my finger I think it needs
stitching or something.”
“Can I have your name?”
Name supplied
“And your date of birth.”
Also supplied
“And your post code and house num-
ber.” “Ditto”
“I will get someone to phone you back.”
Meanwhile cut finger very tender bleed-
ing and gaping open.(This is only pre-
sumed as it is now under the dressing
applied as above)
About half an hour later the phone rang.
I was informed that it was some fancy
titled outfit and a female voice.
“How can I help?”
“I’ve cut my finger”
“Where?”
“The little finger at the end.”
“How long is the cut?.”
“About an inch”
“Are you sure you’re not exaggerat-
ing?”
“No I have big hands”
“Have you cut through any tendons?”
“No”
“How much blood have you lost is it
more than a cupful.?”
No” ( in any case it’s difficult to meas-
ure when it’s down your trousers, up
your arm and on the floor)
“Well you can go to A and E.”
“And be there all day and then come
out with MRSA no thank you.”
“Well you could go to the duty Doctor
in some (vague location) but he does-
n’t have many dressings”
“Forget about it I’ll do it myself.”
End of telephone conversation.
On the following day which was the
Monday the phone rang. It was the
local Surgery. They had been in-
formed of my mishap on the previous
day. “Yes” I said “I cut my finger.”
“Well according to our records you are
due for an Anti tetanus injection.” (no
query as to the state of finger) I said
that I thought I didn’t need any more,
but I was told that I did.
I said “then in that case I had better
pop up and have one.”
“No you can’t do that there aren’t any
free appointments.”
“When can I have it done.?”
Next Monday at 12. 30 pm
In the meantime it is presumed that
I will either have bled to death or
died of Tetanus.
At the appointed time I arrived at the
Surgery for the Anti Tetanus injection.
The receptionist duly poked some
keys in a keyboard and then invited
me to take a seat. Shortly after this I
was summoned into the nurses room
by the nurse, after which a conversa-
tion on similar lines to “as follows”
occurred.
“How many anti tetanus injections have
you had? “Pass.” There then follows
some poking of keyboard keys, fol-
lowed by, “I really don’t know why
you’re here.” “Because you asked me
to come” “I didn’t”. “Well someone
at this surgery did “I cut my finger,
look!” I produce my amateur surgery for
inspection. “You made a good job of
it”. “Yes Dr Bolam taught me how to
do that”. “If you had gone to A and E
they would probably have put a couple
of stitches in it.” No reply– I think this
is where I came in !!
So decision made, up with sleeve in
with needle total time something in the
region of 15 seconds for surgery and
about 2 hours administration work, sta-
tistics etc.
You can’t blame the people trying to do
a decent job. I actually feel pretty sad
especially for them and the abuse I bet
the get from people who don’t under-
stand the modern “system.”
But as I was driving home I thought
about a little Welsh Coal miner who
went into Politics where he remained in
parliament for over 30 years. He was the
man who spearheaded the formation of
the National Health Service which at the
time was the envy of the rest of the
world. “Nye” Bevan “.
Apparently when he was at school he
wasn’t very good at his lessons and was-
n’t expected to rise above being a coal
miner. But he must have had some
qualities like being concerned about the
well being of ordinary people but above
all common sense and the desire to get
something done must have been running
around in his head. And in those days
just after the war there was a shortage of
paper and just about everything else.
And of course people weren’t as
clever then as they are now NUFF
SED!!
Editor’s cut finger cover
Village Hall 2
St. Andrew’s Church 3
Northwold WI 4
Parish Council 5
What does the Doctor think? Produce Show
6
Riverwatch Letter to the Editor
7
Northwold Pre-School 8
Pog 9
Northwold Youth Club Northwold Art Group Northwold PTFA Carnival
10
Classified advertisements 11
Dave’s Kitchen Post Office re-opening Village Hall internet
The views expressed in submitted items are not necessarily endorsed by Northwold & Whittington Village Life. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that all information contained in the newsletter is correct, we cannot be held responsible for errors. The Editor reserves the right to refuse or omit items without explanation.
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Village Hall The Annual General Meeting of the Northwold Village Hall was held on Tuesday 17th February. The following were present and agreed to stand as Trus-tees for the coming year; Mr.Haye, Mr.Hathersoll, Mr.Howarth, Mrs.Elliott, Mrs.Roberts, Mrs.Ayres.Mrs. Crisp, Mrs.Clear and Mrs.Lynch. Mrs.Eyles attended as a member of the public. Mr.Hathersol is a new Trustee represent-ing the School and it is understood that Mr.John Burton will be rejoining as rep-resentative of the Art Group. The Hall was functioning well, was fully booked and a programme of maintenance work was being carried out. Mrs.Roberts, the Treasurer, reported that she was looking into the possibility of reclaiming tax on Hall dontations and registering for tax relief. After thanking her for her report it was proposed by Mrs.Crisp and seconded by Mrs. Ayres that her report be accepted. It was also felt that the time had come for the Hall cleaner to receive an increase in pay and this was unanimously ageed. Certain new cleaning materials needed to be pur-chased. The Hiring fees were discussed and it was unanimously agreed that these should remain as before. Mr.Haye stepped down as Chairman, his place being taken by Mr.Mike Howarth, Mrs.Elliott will remain as Minutes Secre-tary, Mrs.Lynch as Secretary and Mrs.Roberts as Treasurer. Mr. Howarth proposed a vote of thanks to the outgo-ing Chairman for his hard work and this was carried unanimously. Following the AGM the Trustees dis-cussed various other matters including the re-varnishing of the Hall floor, paint-ing of the Gent’s toilet floor, and repair of the stable door to the kitchen. The next meeting will be held on 17th March at7.30p.m.
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spring just around the corner. Now
is the time; to get your body fit and
toned for the coming months.
Yoga is a good form of fitness
which can be taken by anybody of
any age or fitness level. I run classes
in our village hall every Monday
afternoon and evenings. We are a
very friendly group that welcome
new members, and it won’t break
the bank at just three pounds per
hour.
For further information contact
Carol on 01366728154
Northwold Spiritualists
Meet every other Friday in the Vil-
lage hall at 7.30pm
And on other additional days.
Friday 13th March
David Taylor
Friday 27th March
Shirley Cimelli
Friday 10th April
Gay Harrison
Just read the Village Life and the letter
on the back page. I think the idea of a yard sale is a good
one. If several people had them it would
encourage more visitors to come
around and have a look...to everyone's
benefit. I suggest we do have one and everyone
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Gardening and T V Aerials. Grass
Cutting, Hedge trimming, Tree
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Also Digital TV aerials fitted,
CCTV, Signal boosters etc
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Mobile 07752 587111
D.E.T. T.V. Service - Repairs to
TV’s, VCR’s and Microwaves. Fast
reliable service. John Clifford. 01842
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Feeling Stressed? Why not treat
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727018.
2 Spinning rods, 2 reels and lures
etc £ 55. Phone 727018
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The area’s largest range of manual & automatic doors.
6p per word, minimum 20-words. To advertise, contact Michael Parfitt (details inside
front cover)
Commercial ads
1/8th page at £5 per month, 1/16th page at £3.10 per
month. 10 x issues of Village Life per year.
There is currently a short waiting list for commercial adverts, so get your details on the list now - email your name and phone number to [email protected],
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Ian Myers Bookkeeping Self employed? Small business? Fed-up with the hassle of keeping your own accounts? Let me handle them for you.
Even though it is early the PTFA have been getting together and the main programme for the School Carnival on the 13th June 2009 is almost sorted. The theme for the forthcoming Carnival is " THE SKY's THE LIMIT. We came up with sev-eral idea's so we believe the choices are vast.
We would like to see some new faces at our meetings if anybody is willing to give up an hour or so, its nice to hear other comments. If any group would like to put a float to-gether and/or book a stall please contact anybody on the committee or leave a message at the school. RogerRogerRogerRoger
NORTHWOLD YOUTH CLUB
As with every group, we must fulfil cer-tain obligations – one of them is to hold an Annual General Meeting. Yes, they can generate yawns but the young Mem-bers of the Youth Club were very atten-tive throughout the proceedings. (This could be because the last two meetings have been followed by a quiz when points were awarded for recalling com-ments made during the AGM!!)
It is hard to believe that this was our third AGM! At the meeting, the young mem-bers were told that the Club had contin-ued to grow with 43 children registered. They also elected Rebecca, Molly, Lau-ren and Max as their representatives on the “Management Committee”. Joe ex-tended a vote of thanks, on behalf of all the members, to the Helpers of the Club.
As with all the previous AGMs, the meet-ing was followed by a quiz with Ann Howarth kindly taking on the role of Quizmaster. There were some devious questions (and some devious answers ...) but everyone enjoyed making the paper aeroplanes and flying them. The overall winners were “Spurs” – who were Jor-dan, Lauren, George, Trinity (and Beryl Quilter!).
Our next meeting will be the Annual In-door Bowls Tournament. That report will follow next month.
Steve Freemantle
In the meantime, we have been asked by some people in the Village if the children could write an entry for Village Life. The following is the first of (hopefully) many.
Northwold Youth Club is a very good activity for bored 7 to 14 year olds. In our Tuck Shop we sell drinks for 20p each. We also sell little sweets for 5p and larger sweets for 10p. We have done obstacle courses including bouncing on bouncy hoppers around a course in the quickest time possible, as well as para-chute games, golf, fencing, circus and Christmas Party.
The youth club has helped one of its older members to participate and help in getting him one step closer to his Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award by letting him become a helper and to organise the Christmas Party as part of his achieve-ments.
Kitty, Lauren and Callum.
S teve & Sharron Freemantle Tel: 01366 727675
NORTHWOLD ART
GROUP
January saw the Art Group at full ca-
pacity with thirty-six members. Eve-
ryone came back after the Christmas
break full of enthusiasm for the New
Year’s programme. Well-known wa-
ter-colour landscape artist Stephen
Martyn gave a superb demonstration
on 22nd January, making his talent
look deceptively easy.
February brought Sandra Roberts,
from our own village, to the Group to
demonstrate her techniques with card
making, showing us that art has many
different forms for all tastes and abili-
ties.
However, the 12th February saw us
having to frantically telephone all the
members to cancel the meeting – for
the first time – as Northwold suddenly
disappeared under a blanket of snow
shortly before we set out to ready the
hall for the evening. As members
come from as far afield as Swaffham
and Brandon, etc, it was thought safer
to cancel the evening in case condi-
tions worsened during the evening.
On 21st February the Group held a
Saturday workshop with Rosy Cope-
land from Bury St.Edmunds. Twenty
people enjoyed tuition in mixed media
(including tissue paper, candles, and
glue etc) and watercolour and all went
home with a picture worthy of enter-
ing into the next Annual Exhibition in
the Village Hall. Lunch was provided
by Patsy and Glenda together with a
glass or two of wine, and everyone
went home tired, but happy.
Our next visiting demonstrator will be
Malcolm Brown, on 19th March, talk-
ing about his oil painting. This eve-
ning will be open to everyone.
Patsy and Glenda. Actually although the workshop
was OK for me the highlight of the
day was the Feast we had during
the interval. I have never attended
a function like this when there has
been such a spread. No wonder the
membership has reached satura-
tion point when you feed the mem-
bers like this. Well done both of
you Ed
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Wildlife, traditional, heritage/restoration gardening. New complete gardens/refurbishment Organic options available Herbaceous perennial bor-ders All year interest plant schemes Tree surgery Problem areas
Parish Council Notes on Parish Council Meeting 3rd
February 2009.
The Chairman of the Council was ab-
sent due to ill health and the Meeting
was therefore chaired by the Vice-
Chairman Mrs.Rosemary Crisp.Six
Councillors attended and there were 4
members of the public present.
Matters from previous meetings were
discussed or reported upon including :
The problem of the bare patches on the
Recreation Ground could not be dealt
with in the present weather conditions.
The idea of providing a skip for refuse
at the Cemetery had not been popular
and this had been removed.
Concern had been expressed for a long
time now regarding the illegal use of the
Recreation Ground Car park as a race-
track by unauthorised vehicles. The gate
which had been broken was replaced but
although a member of the public had
been prepared to lock this at dusk he
had discovered it open again the next
morning. The Council is hoping to
agree a system with the Sports and So-
cial Club and other authorised users for
the benefit of all.
The problem of surface water in Hov-
ells/Church Lane has been programmed
by Highways to be completed later .One
Councillor reported concern at the road
marking at the junction of the two lanes
as those wrongly painted at the top end
of Church Lane were still visible. High-
ways will be contacted. There was also
a query as to why there was no speed
limit at Little London, either entering or
leaving the Village. Enquiries will be
made.
Three Residents of Whittington who
attended the meeting put forward their
concerns regarding safety of pedestri-
ans using the A134 and round-about
crossing to access the road to Stoke
Ferry and also the problem of negoti-
ating their way around lorries and cars
parked on the road and partly on the
pavement near the Garage. There is
also a need for better signage for the
40m.p.h. speed limit. This whole mat-
ter will be raised with Highways and
the Police. Highways had previously
informed the Council that the flooding
in Church Lane was to be dealt with in
April 2009 and the Clerk will remind
them of this.
A letter from Northwold Football Club
was read enquiring whether the Coun-
cil had authorised the cutting of the
Pitch which had been carried out re-
cently. No such authorisation having
been given either by the Council or the
Club.
There was still concern over the state
of the chalk-lump/flint wall section of
the older part of The Manor House in
High Street. The condition of this
building having been an ongoing prob-
lem for a number of years it was won-
dered whether the Owner would be
prepared to meet Council representa-
tives on Site to discuss the many prob-
lems. This suggestion will be followed
up.
2.
The closure of the Post Office and
Shop was of great concern. Enquiries
had been made but the P.O. had no
intention of re-opening in the near
future nor would a Mobile P.O. be
provided. Councillors hope that ar-
rangements can be made to transport
pensioners to other Post Offices in the
vicinity to obtain their pension money
etc. and steps will be taken to see what
can be done generally.
Several dog-owners had approached
Councillors after their dogs had been
attacked quite viciously by another dog
in the Village. Although this dog was
on a lead it was not muzzled. One of
our Councillors will take this matter up
with the Community Police in the hope
of avoiding further injury.
The Parish had incurred high expendi-
ture over the last year regarding the
Recreation Ground, Car Park, the Ceme-
tery clearance and the walls and gates at
the Old Cemetery in Church Lane in
particular. The Budget for the coming
year will have to take this into consid-
eration and expenditure will have to be
carefully monitored.
Miss Jackie Hodges has been co-opted
on to the Council.
The next Council Meeting will be held
on Tuesday 3rd March at 7.30p.m.
Northwold Bowls
Club 100 Club Draw
for January 2009 Francis Everett £20
Sylvia Knights £15
Fiona Eyles £10
Sylvia
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WHAT DOES THE
DOCTOR THINK THIS
MONTH? Why do some old ladies have
white knees?
Many thanks to all of you who commis-
erated with me about my exploding
back. Happily, contra to the rumour
mill, I did not suffer a stroke or even a
broken leg in India, just a back problem
in Birmingham! It settled down fairly
well and Management and I decided to
take a last minute cheapo cruise in the
West Indies. Having obtained my
physio’s approval, we set of for Barba-
dos and “The Ocean Village” – the
cruise liner for those who don’t do
cruises. It was very inexpensive and
everything except alcohol was included.
It must be heavily promoted in the
Northwest of England and it was a bit
like Manchester at Sea. The food was
absolutely brilliant with a tremendous
variety and always a sponge pudding
and custard among the sweets. I put my-
self in the hands of the Physical Fitness
instructor and we spent two weeks
working on my core muscles to help the
back. After hours of Pilates, my core
muscles are strong and the back is
happy. The ship, whose chummy cap-
tain, Charlie Carr, came from Wigan
and was proud of it, had previously been
the Arcadia and could well have been
re-named The Coffin Dodger as the av-
erage age of the passengers was high
and there were motorised buggies in
evidence. So, why do some old ladies
have white knees? Well, there was a
great deal of sunshine and several of the
senior ladies saw fit to disport them-
selves topless, sitting or lying with their
knees covered by pendulous, browning,
long-redundant mammary tissue, totally
shielding their knees from the sun and
maintaining the white knee syndrome!
The ship was quite windy at night and I
could not help wondering why ladies
who were perfectly happy to parade
around the daytime deck in skimpy biki-
nis (often inappropriately given their
body form) should go to such lengths to
stop their skirts blowing around in the
wind when that which would have been
revealed had been on display all day. It
must be a girl thing!
We used valet car parking at Gatwick
and I was reminded of the over-60s
jokes:
Why should the over-60s use valet car
parking? Because the valet won’t
forget where he parked the car.
How can you increase the heart rate of
your 60+ husband? Tell him you are
pregnant.
What can I do for crow’s feet and fa-
cial wrinkles? Go without a bra – it
will usually pull them out!
Where should 60+ year olds look for
their spectacles? On their foreheads.
What is the most common remark
made by a 60+ year old on entering an
antique shop?
Gosh, I remember these.
Is it common for 60+ year olds to have
problem with short-term memory stor-
age?
Storing memory is not a problem. The
problem lies in retrieving it.
What can a man do when his wife
starts the menopause? Finish fitting
out the basement – when he has f i n -
ished, there will be somewhere for
him to live.
How about some “statistics”. There
are 700,000 physicians in the USA
and there are 120,000 accidental
deaths caused by physicians, an aver-
age of 0.171 deaths per physician per
annum.
There are 80,000,000 gun owners in
the USA and there are 1,500 acciden-
tal gun deaths per annum, an average
of 0.000188 per gun owner.
So, statistically, doctors are 9.000
more dangerous than gun owners! Not
everyone has a gun but most people
have a doctor. Alert your friends to
this little-known threat and get doctors
banned before they get completely out
of hand. The author of the above infor-
mation (the veracity of which I have
not checked) ended by saying that he
had withheld the statistics about law-
yers for fear that the shock would
cause people to panic and seek medi-
cal attention!
I saw a middle-aged man recently. He
was concerned that his father had
locked himself in his bedroom, quite
convinced that it was a pub and that he
was the landlord, pulling pints. I asked
the man what his father was actually
doing while in the bedroom – the reply
– “I have no idea, he has barred me!”
Medicine is a wonderful career.
Travel on our roads and, eventually, you
will come chevrons painted on the road
surface with the instructions “Leave 2
chevrons between vehicles”. If they
painted the chevrons twice as far apart
and instructed drivers to leave one chev-
ron distance, they could save a fortune
on paint and labour!
Best wishes to you all
Ian G, Nisbet
NORTHWOLD
PRODUCE SHOW 12
th September 2009 - Be sure to put
the date in your diary! The Show Committee met on 20th Febru-ary to discuss the 2008 Show and to finalise the schedule for 2009. Despite the success of last year’s show and the generosity of some kind supporters, in-creased costs meant that the show only managed to break-even. Unlike previ-ous years, therefore, the Produce Show cannot make any contributions to other deserving causes within the Village.
Entry fees for 2009 will be 20p each, but with this change comes other exciting news!
New for 2009 are two trophies kindly donated by supporters in the Village:-
“Best in Show – Vegetables” and “Best in Show – Flowers”
Additionally, due to popular demand, the entry for hanging baskets has been extended to include window troughs so that households with frontages immedi-ately abutting the pavements can enter the competition without risk to pedestri-ans!
We have also extended eligibility to the Show by allowing entries from non-resident, bone-fide members of volun-tary clubs in Northwold, e.g. the North-wold Art Club.
Full details will be published in the 2009 Schedule which should be available from the Show Secretary by the middle of March.
SHARON FREEMANTLE
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