Coming soon The awkward time: winter is leaving but not quite yet. More snow may come but delicate snowdrops are in bloom and bright primroses and daffodils emerging. The miraculous transition from death to new life is almost here. Priest-in-Charge: Rev. Marion Harrison, Itteringham Rectory, The Street, Itteringham NR11 7AX. Tel: 01263 587977 St Andrew, Blickling; St Andrew, Little Barningham; St Andrew,Wickmere; St Andrew, Saxthorpe with Corpusty; St Mary, Itteringham; SS Peter & Paul, Edgefield; SS Peter & Paul, Oulton and Irmingland. www.sevenchurches.org.uk Se en Churches Newsletter 7 March 2013 In this issue March Reflection p. 3 Dogs: menace or benefit? p. 9 & p. 16 A history of Wickmere Church p. 11 The Benefice Planner p. 13 NEW: Revised Service Rota and Easter Services pp. 14 & 15 Beulah! A Grape! p. 17 Nature Notes p. 23 Arts News p. 24 KIDS p. 25 Parish Reports: Blickling p.5 Edgefield p.7 Itteringham p. 8 Little Barningham p.9 Oulton p.19 Saxthorpe/Corpusty p. 21 Wickmere p. 22 And, of course, those terrible Groans
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Coming soonThe awkward time: winter is leaving but not quite yet.
More snow may come but delicate snowdrops are in bloom and bright primroses and daffodils emerging.
The miraculous transition from death to new life is almost here.
Priest-in-Charge:Rev. Marion Harrison, Itteringham Rectory, The Street, Itteringham NR11 7AX.
Tel: 01263 587977 St Andrew, Blickling; St Andrew, Little Barningham; St Andrew, Wickmere; St Andrew, Saxthorpe with Corpusty;
St Mary, Itteringham; SS Peter & Paul, Edgefield; SS Peter & Paul, Oulton and Irmingland.www.sevenchurches.org.uk
Se en Churches Newsletter7
March 2013
In this issueMarch Reflectionp. 3Dogs: menace or benefit? p. 9 & p. 16A history of Wickmere Church p. 11The Benefice Planner p. 13NEW: Revised Service Rota and Easter Servicespp. 14 & 15Beulah! A Grape!p. 17Nature Notes p. 23Arts News p. 24KIDS p. 25Parish Reports:Blickling p.5Edgefield p.7Itteringham p. 8Little Barningham p.9Oulton p.19Saxthorpe/Corpusty p. 21Wickmere p. 22And, of course, those terrible Groans
As I mentioned before, over the last year we have had a very nice student visiting the Church as part of her project on bats and bat conservation in this country. She has now completed the first part of her work and has reported back that she thinks that we have two types of the funny creature living with us; the pipistrelle bat and the brown long-eared variety. The former, where we probably have a colony of around eighty or so, is the smallest bat in Europe, but still eats over three thousand insects a night. The latter is larger and eats larger bugs like earwigs (don’t you hate them!) and moths, devouring its prey at night while we are hopefully fast asleep.
My own view is that, although everyone is of course welcome in the Church, I would rather that it was people that dominate our congregation and not bats. And my family is very nervous that all of these lovely flying mammals will relocate to our house while the Church roof is repaired. On that note, I’ll end with the last few verses of a famous poem, ‘Bats’ by D.H. Lawrence, with apologies to our friendly student.
Bats, and an uneasy creeping in one’s scalpAs the bats swoop overhead!Flying madly.Pipistrello!Black piper on an infinitesimal pipe.Little lumps that fly in air and have voices indefinite, wildly
vindictive;Wings like bits of umbrella.Bats!Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep;And disgustingly upside down.Hanging upside down like rows of disgusting old ragsAnd grinning in their sleep.Bats!
In China the bat is symbol for happiness. Not for me!
Blickling Community Centre SavedAfter 30 years of playgroups, classes, groups, parties, dancing, fetes and community
events the Blickling Community Centre, owned by the National Trust, faced the cost of urgent and significant renovation. 18 months of appeals for help and new volunteers seemed unsuccessful. The lease was given up.
Then the National Trust stepped in. It decided to fund repairs and keep this lovely old school building open for use by the community and the Trust itself. So local groups can still use the building, and the Community Association will be able to rent it for local events. From 18th April bookings will be run by the Trust and can be made by contacting Susan Price on 01263 738012. Good news for the whole community.
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photographs and memories of a person with dementia, producing a book. The benefits for the person living with dementia are the satisfaction of producing the book and enjoying the completed album with others. It is also very helpful communication tool.
As previously notified, our “Soup and Sweets” Supper is for church funds, and should cheer us up! There will be a choice of homemade soup, with French bread and butter, followed by a splendid choice of puddings. Tickets are £7.50 per head and can be obtained from Lorna, Janet and Angela. Bring your own booze and glasses; soft drinks, tea and coffee will be available. We would be very grateful for any offers of food. If you have a favourite soup or pudding that you enjoy making, please ring Lorna or Angela.
On Good Friday, Richard and Ann Brooks are again providing hot cross buns and coffee at Church Farm, together with a bring and buy, with produce and gifts as well as cards in aid of “Air Ambulance”. Donations are welcome, as usual. Please come, together with your friends. Details of both these events are given in the Monthly Planner.
Edgefield Village Hall Committee (from Jim Frost)
A final reminder for our next event, which is the Irish Evening (see the Monthly Planner). This will include a hearty Irish supper, plus a fun St Patrick’s Day quiz and dancing to music performed by Compass Moon. There will be a licensed bar and it promises to be an enjoyable evening for all. Tickets are £10, and are available from any member of the committee.
There are still spaces available for the Barn Yard Sale at £5 per pitch. Please speak with Dawn Hulbert if you wish to book.
For the technologically minded amongst you, the Village Hall has its very own Facebook page. Please feel free to view it and click “Like”!
Details of times and venues are on the Monthly Planner on page13 Richard Peaver: 01263 587486, [email protected]
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A new middle east crisis erupted last night as Dubai Television was refused permission to broadcast ‘The Flintstones’.
A spokesman for the channel said, “A claim was made that people in Dubai would not understand the humour or catchphrases, but we know for a fact that people in Abu Dhabi Do!”
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Important change. St.Mary’s Church, Itteringham is now twinned with St.Andrew’s, Wickmere for the purpose of Sunday worship. In effect this means that the services alternate and in a five week month the odd week is hosted by St.Andrew, Blickling. (See Page 15 for the schedule).
The annual St.Marys’ Vestry Meeting will be held at the church on Monday 8th.April. This meeting is called for the election of Church Wardens and all of this parish are welcome to attend. Following this will be the Annual PCC meeting which is closed to all but councillors.
On Sunday 3rd February Imogen Chloe Taylor, first grand-daughter of your writer and Diane Cranmer of Trowse, was christened at Christ Church, Chorley Wood, Hertford. Imogen behaved impeccably though the vicar had suffered at the hands of the previous candidate who, at the very moment that holy waters were being administered made a lightning grab at the throat of the parson and adroitly removed his back-to-front collar. After a brief tussle the collar was recovered, aplomb restored and submersion of the child in the font avoided.
Our church warden, Ray Covell, on a recent visit to the churchyard, in pursuit of litter and other undesirable remainings, discovered the object shown in the image opposite. This is of an unknown composition and is intended to emulate a sharpened stick. There is a hollow at the top and the colour is creamy white. Does anyone have a clue as to its ’origin or nationality, or age? Answers on stone tablets to Ray at 01263 587659. And thank you Ray for your attentions to the upkeep of the Church gardens. We are indeed grateful.
Early this year The Village Shop achieved a substantial grant from ‘The Big Lottery Fund and Village SOS’ and so far the community kitchen at the village hall has been modernised, a projector and screen has been
bought for the showing of films, new benches and tables installed at The Village Shop, new espresso coffee machine and a major change and update to floor plan which is taking place as I write.
Correction. The Village Shop website is ‘ourvillageshop.co.uk’
Bond......James Bond, in his latest movie, Skyfall at The Village Hall. Late March.
Ray Covell’s mystery object. Any ideas?
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LITTLE BARNINGHAM
Debbie Love: 01263 577430
February seems to have been a quiet month, we have probably all been staying indoors trying to keep warm! The Village Hall AGM took place on Tuesday 19th February thank you to those who attended, the Committee members have stayed the same with me as Chair, Gavin as Treasurer and us both as joint Secretary, however we do have a new ‘delivery boy’, Den Farmer has offered to deliver leaflets for upcoming events so you should know about them well in advance! It was agreed that the bigger events involving food seemed to be the most popular, so we therefore will endeavour to hold more of these events, the next event will be the Quiz and Chips which is held on Saturday 23rd March. Ticket prices remain at £7.50 which includes entry into the quiz, fish and chips, a free raffle ticket and refreshments. This event is well attended and gets booked up in advance, should you wish to attend please book your tickets with me on 577430 as soon as possible. Other events to look forward to will be St George’s Day lunch, Big Breakfast and the ever popular Village BBQ!
Services in the Church will now be two per month: 9.00am Holy Communion on the first Sunday and Morning Prayer on the third Sunday at 11.00am. Community Sundays will now be held on the second Sunday in the month in the Village hall at 10.30, everybody is welcome to attend. The Church AGM will be held on 3rd April at 7.30 again in the hall.
Report from Mrs Sally Feistner, a local resident: ‘On Monday 4th February two dogs entered the property of Richmond Cottage, Barningham Green, and proceeded to kill and maim a number of chickens. Although the dogs both wore collars they did not appear to be accompanied by an owner and ran away when approached. The owner of the chickens is understandably shocked and upset at the damage caused and would like to request that people using the footpaths adjacent to her property ensure that their dogs are kept well under control to avoid this sort of thing happening again. Please note that egg supply has not been affected by this attack and Sally is happy to take orders from customers old and new.’ Please also see page 16 for the Country Code guidelines about walking dogs in the countryside.
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I phoned the local builders today. I said to them “Can I have a skip outside my house?”
They said, “We’re not stopping you!”
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Mothering Sunday 10th MarchAt the Greedy Goose
Morning: floral workshop with JoflowersAfternoon: Special teas, hall display Mothers and Children.
Pre-booking essential17th March Gardens open 12-5 for NGS
28th March Easter Floral workshop
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Visit to Norwich by the new ArchbishopOn Thursday March 14th 2013 Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend
Justin Welby, will be visiting Norwich as the first stop on his journey in prayer around the province of Canterbury leading up to his enthronement at Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday March 21st.
This is a chance for us to pray with and for our new Archbishop and his ministry, and Archbishop Justin wants to pray with and for us in our mission in this diocese. So do come if you can on that day, and encourage as many people as possible to do so too.
The Archbishop will begin his Journey in Prayer in Norwich outside the Forum at 11.30am. He will walk to the Cathedral and you are invited to walk with him.
He will then spend from12 noon (approx.) to 6.15pm in Norwich Cathedral in prayer and conversation. The Archbishop would like to engage with those who come to join him. There will also be a prayer space for children.
Hall open Fridays from April 12th to November 1st, 2-5pm and by appointment. Last entry 4pm
2013 exhibition: Pleasure Grounds
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Our Benefice churches: a brief history
In the second in our series of brief histories of Benefice churches, Church Warden Scott McKenzie writes about the Benefice’s only round tower church: St Andrew’s, Wickmere.
In 2006, architectural experts and historians met on site to discuss the restoration of St Andrew’s. A surveyor from English Heritage remarked…”we see churches with individual important features, but it is rare to encounter one like this which has
everything”. This is why a walk through St Andrew’s is also a walk through the history of our realm.
The origins of St Andrew’s are Saxon as evinced by the round tower, the herringbone masonry at its base and the use of brown carstone with the flint. The carstone quoins of the Saxon building are seen in the west elevation beside the base of the tower.
The 2007 restorations unearthed the Saxon grave of a young girl. This was a proto-Christian burial orientated north-south. Domesday Book mentions the “remains of an ancient church in Wicmera” and that our earliest patrons were the “Monks of Castleacre”. The earliest lord of the manor commemorated within the church is William Dix whose tomb is in the sanctuary. Dix was estates manager to the Duke of Norfolk at the time of Queen Elizabeth. Around 1550 he obtained the manor of Wickmere, sequestered from the Boleyn family when Anne and her brother were executed by Henry VIII. The Arms of Baron Hunsdon, Mary Boleyn’s son, are in the church.
Dix and his successors in title ran out of direct male heirs and the manor was sold to Horatio Walpole in the 1720s. The memorials of the Walpole family, descended from the brother of England’s first Prime Minister, are throughout the building and on their vaults in the Churchyard.
One of Dix’s successors to the title was the Spelman family whose monuments are in the church. An ancestor of Henry Spelman, also named Henry, left Norfolk aged 14 for the American Colony at Jamestown. The famous Pokahontas, daughter of the King of the Patawomeke Indians, “saved a boy called Henry Spilman that lived many years after amongst them”. Spelman married a sister of Pokahontas who, under the name of Martha Fox, survived him for many years.
St Andrew’s church is testament to over one thousand years of care and witness. The recent 5 year renovation project continues this important work.
Some material in this article was sourced from “A brief guide to St Andrew’s Church, Wickmere”. Available in the church and locally (20 pages, 24 illustrations, £3.00)
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March6th Lent Course The Rectory, Itteringham 7.00 pm9th “Soup & Puddings” Supper Edgefield Village Hall 7.00 pm10th MOTHERING SUNDAY 10th Floral Workshop with Joflowers Mannington 10 am10th Hall Display, HighTea Mannington 2.30 pm12th Police Surgery Corpusty Village Green 11 am-12 pm13th Lent Course The Rectory, Itteringham 7.00 pm12th North Norfolk Knitters Corpusty Community Centre 10 am-12 pm12th Police Surgery Wickmere Village Noticeboard 3 pm-4 pm16th Red Nose Day Events St Andrew’s Church, Saxthorpe 10.30 am-12 pm16th Quiz and Chips Wickmere Village Hall 6.45 pm16th Blickling Church AGM St Andrew, Blickling 10.30 am 16th Irish Night Edgefield Village Hall 7.00 pm17th Local History Exhibition Corpusty Community Hall 11 am - 4 pm17th Comic Relief Football Funday Bodham Playing Field 11 am - 3 pm17th Car Boot Sale Bodham Playing Field 11 am - 3 pm17th Garden Open for National Garden Scheme Mannington 12 pm-5 pm18th Police Surgery Lt. Barningham Village Hall 9am-10 am18th Police Surgery Corpusty Village Green 10am-11am20th Lent Course The Rectory, Itteringham 7.00 pm20th LinC Corpusty Community Centre 7.15 pm22nd Quiz Night Edgefield Village Hall 7.00 pm23rd Quiz and Chips Lt Barningham Village Hall 7.00 pm24th Hindringham Hall Garden open (NGS) £5 Blacksmith’s Lane, Hindringham 10.30 am-4.30 pm28th Edgefield Village Hall AGM Edgefield Village Hall 10.30 am29th Hot Cross Buns / Bring & Buy Church Farm, Edgefield 10.30am30th British Summer Time begins at midnight clocks forward 1 hour31st EASTER SUNDAYApril1st Easter Monday Bank Holiday3rd Lt Barningham Church AGM St Andrew, Lt Barningham 7.30 pm8th Itteringham Vestry and Annual PCC St Mary, Itteriogham TBC9th North Norfolk Knitters Corpusty Community Centre 10 am-12 pm9th St Andrew Saxthorpe AGM St Andrew’s Saxthorpe 7.00 pm17th LinC (PACT Animal Charity) Corpusty Community Centre 7.30 pm18th Families Together Corpusty Community Centre 3.30 pm - 5.30pm21st St George’s Day Lunch Lt Barningham Village Hall 1.00 pm28th Edgefield Garage Sale Various Edgefield venues TBCMay6th Spring Bank Holiday17th Pub Games Lt Barningham Village Hall 7.00 pm 27th Bank HolidayJune9th Big Breakfast Lt Barningham Village Hall 9.30 am22nd Oulton Box Day Oulton Playground 3 pm - LateJuly7th Oulton Open Gardens Oulton TBC
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On the opposite page you’ll see the new style Rota of Services for our Benefice.
At this time of a reduced ministry team, the Church Wardens and I have been reviewing different ways of looking after and serving the seven worshipping communities of our Benefice within existing resources.
One we thought worth trying is Twinning. This allows two congregations to come together to strengthen their worship
experience and also enjoy the different styles of worship. It also enables us to combine the congregations’ resources.
This experiment starts in March and will be reviewed in July. Please feel free to make your views known about how you think it is going to
me or to your Church Wardens. Meanwhile I do hope you will participate and enjoy the experience.
- Revd Marion Harrison
24/3/13 Palm Sunday Wickmere 10.30am Blessing of the Palms and Procession25/3/13 Monday Itteringham 7.30pm Compline with reflection – Sounds of Easter26/3/13 Tuesday Itteringham 7.30pm Compline with reflection – Sounds of Easter27/3/13 Wednesday Itteringham 7.30pm Compline with reflection – Sounds of Easter28/3/13 Maundy Thurday L. Barningham 7.30pm Foot washing 8.30pm Watch of passion29/3/13 Good Friday Oulton 12.00 noon Easter reflections: a service for Families, followed by Hot Cross Buns and coffee Edgefield 2.00pm Prayers at the foot of the Cross30/3/13 Holy Saturday Saxthorpe
7.30pm Easter Eve Service of the Light31/3/13 Easter Sunday See Rota opposite for details
Services for Holy Week 2013
Services Rota: Important Announcement
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March Midweek Holy Communion: 9.00am on Wednesdays at Saxthorpe
HC = Holy Communion, MP = Morning Prayer, EP = Evening Prayer, ES = Evensong, FS = Family Service
CW = Common Worship, BCP = Book of Common Prayer
March 3rd
March 10th
March 17th
March 24th
March 31st
Lent 3 Mothering Sunday
Lent 5 Palm Sunday
Easter Sunday
Blickling 11.00HC BCP Benefice
Service10.30amWickmere
11.00FS
Itteringham
and
Wickmere11.00 amFS
9.00 amHC CW
8.00 amHC BCP
Benefice Service
10.30amWickmere
11.00 amHC CW
8.00 amHC BCP
Edgefield
and
Little Barningham
9.00 am HC BCP
11.00 amFS
11.00 amMP CW
Benefice Service10.30amWickmere
9.30HC CW
6.00amDawn Service
Saxthorpe
and
Oulton9.30 am MP CW
11.00 am FS
9.00 am HC CW
Benefice Service10.30amWickmere
11.00HC CW
9.30HC CW
Benefice Services Rota: March 2013
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There have been a couple of incidents of dogs attacking livestock in the Benefice recently. Please follow the Countryside Code when you take your dog out into open country. Always ensure it does not disturb wildlife, farm animals, poultry, horses or other people by keeping it under effective control.
This means that you should:
• keep your dog on a lead, or
• keep it in sight at all times, be aware of what it’s doing and be confident it will return to you promptly on command
• ensure it does not stray off the path or area where you have a right of access
• Be aware of special dog rules which may apply. Always look out for local signs: for example dogs may be banned from certain areas people use, or there may be restrictions, byelaws or control orders limiting where they can go.
• Know that the access rights that normally apply to open country and registered common land stipulate that dogs are kept on a short lead between 1st March and 31st July to help protect ground nesting birds, and all year round near farm animals. At the coast during other times of year, there may be local regulations requiring dogs to be kept on a short lead during the bird breeding season to prevent disturbance to flocks of resting and feeding birds.
• It’s always good practice (and a legal requirement on ‘open access’ land) to keep your dog on a lead near farm animals and horses, for your own safety and for the welfare of the animals. A farmer has the right to shoot a dog which is attacking or chasing farm animals without being liable to compensate the dog’s owner.
• However, if cattle or horses chase you and your dog, it is safer to let your dog off the lead – don’t risk getting hurt by trying to protect it. Your dog will be much safer if you let it run away from a farm animal in these circumstances.
• Dog mess is unpleasant and can cause infections, so even in the countryside always clean up after your dog ,‘ bag it and bin it’. Also, make sure your dog is wormed regularly to protect it, other animals and people.
• You do not have to put your dog on a lead on public paths, as long as it is under close control. But as a general rule, keep your dog on a lead if you cannot rely on its obedience.
• Take particular care at this time of year that your dog doesn’t scare sheep and lambs, or wander where it might disturb ground-nesting birds and other wildlife.
Keeping your dog and farm animals safe
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“Beulah, peel me a grape!”
That’s what Mae West says to her maid in the film I’m No Angel. The maid is called Beulah and Mae West delivers the line whilst swinging her hips and flicking back her hair.
“Beulah, peel me a grape!”Beulah is an amazing word; it even sounds good; it rolls off the tongue
well. Say it to yourself now, “Beulah”. It’s not a new word. When Pilgrim, in the Pilgrim’s Progress eventually
makes it to heaven he discovers the place is called Beulah Land. But the word wasn’t new even then in the seventeenth century. One of the authors of Isaiah imagined God saying to his people,
“You shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land shall be married”, Isaiah 62, 4.
And the word the writer uses in Hebrew – which we translate as married – is Beulah. And amazingly it’s the only time the word is used in the whole of the Old Testament.
Beulah – married. A word used by Isaiah to express the relationship between God and the land. To use the word in this way required a great leap of imagination by the writer. It’s a truly bold, new and amazing claim. Beulah, God and the land are married. They’re bound together, committed eternally in a covenantal relationship.
The implications are huge. If God and the land are married it affects the way we treat creation and the way we look after the bits of land entrusted to us.
How are we doing? Rev. Andy Windross
What have the Brownies been up to?
1st Corpusty and Saxthorpe Brownies have been having a fun time. We have held a paralympic evening, completed our gingerbread challenge
badge, had an evening outside in the dark, done lots of crafts and cooking, and had a Chinese evening and a Christmas party. We even had a trip to the Harry Potter Film Studios.
We are very grateful to the Bonfire Committee for their generous donation to our funds which will be very useful. We have spaces available and if any girl age 7-10 would like to join, please ring Alison Mawson on 587236.
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As if awoken by an alarm, the Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) never fails to bloom at the appropriate time of the year. With shades from white to darkest maroon, these secretive flowers are a pure delight to gently lift and peep inside to witness the myriad of designs in their centres and if we experience a few mild weeks, the pasque flower may also be out in time for Easter Sunday.
If you would like to order an Easter lily for the church in memory of a loved one, please contact Judi Agnew on 587313.
Easter Services.There is a full programme of benefice Services
in this edition of the magazine. The Service on Good Friday is at Oulton, at 12.00 noon and is suitable for all ages. Also we will be serving hot cross buns and coffee after the service so make sure you don’t miss out.
Community Weekend.This month we are having another cleaning/tidying/maintenance day,on
Saturday 16th . Can you spare a little time to help? All welcome, any time between 10.00 and 4.00. and refreshments will be available. Spring cleaning can be fun, especially if shared!
Church Tower Fund.The PCC is in the preliminary stages of applying for a grant from The Heritage
Lottery Fund, for the urgent repairs that are needed. However it is unlikely that we will receive the full amount required and so our fund raising must continue. If you would like to make a regular contribution to the church, this can be arranged through your own bank and the details of the appropriate accounts are available from our treasurer, Sue Burton, on 733904.
Oulton Open GardensThe provisional date for this event which will be our main
fundraiser this year, for the church, is Sunday 7th July. Apart from having lots of gardens open, we also need volunteers to help with refreshments, publicity, car parking etc. If you would like to help in any way, please contact Sue Hall on the number opposite.
Wishing you all a very happy Easter.
OULTON
Sue Hall: 01263 734245
The Lenten Rose. Photo: Sue Hall
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Peter and Val at Corpusty Stores have kept the local villages, not just our two, well supplied with our needs throughout the snowy and wet weather of January and February. Thank you Peter, Val and your staff for your service and that of the Post Office.
St Andrew’s Church members held a coffee and chat event at Joyce Pemberton’s home. It was a very happy occasion, not a fund raiser, just the opportunity to mardle in warm surroundings. Thanks to Joyce for her hospitality.
A Red Nose Event is planned by St Andrew’s Church to be held in the Village Hall on 16th March. There will be a cake stall, and a raffle while the profits will be shared between the Red Nose Appeal and church funds.
North Norfolk Knitters meet on the second Tuesday of the month at the Village Hall. See page 13 for details, as with all events that are previewed in the column.
LinC’s speaker for March is to be John Hurren of Cromer, talking on War time and rationing.
Families Together will meet on 21st March. They will be celebrating Friendships incorporating Mothering Sunday gifts and all the usual activities. In April Families Together will be celebrating their second Birthday with a party and including the postponed celebration of Grandparents from January. This will be a very special afternoon.
The North Norfolk team of the Alzheimer’s Society gives advice, information and support to hundreds of people with dementia and their carers. A great deal of the money needed to provide this service comes from the local authority and the NHS, but from March 2013 this grant is to be cut significantly. Monthly groups have traditionally supplied a lunch which is much appreciated. From March this year the support workers will not be able to provide the lunches. Volunteers and supporters of the Alzheimer’s Society in North Norfolk intend to form a group:’ The North Norfolk Friends of the Alzheimer’s Society’. This new group will have to raise funds to pay for the venues, get insurance, and train the volunteers in basic food hygiene and first aid. For more details ring Ann Poberefsky on 01263 587302 or email her [email protected].
The Mardler, what’s that? It’s a weekly 80/90 minute sound recording of local news, as printed in the North Norfolk News, sent FREE, to blind and partially sighted people in the North Norfolk area. If you know anybody who would be interested in receiving the Mardler, please contact Jack Chapman on 01263 732863. Judith Banks: 01263 587319
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Dominic Boddington01263 577300
Janet Shaw8 August 1924 – 31 January 2013
When in 1952 Janet moved to Wickmere with husband Fred she thought she was only going to be staying for 6 months! The couple brought three children with them, David, Victor and Pat and three more were born in their house on Regent Street, Terry, Susan and Fred. The family became the soul of Wickmere with all the children continuing to this day to live in the village or very nearby. Janet was always at the centre and heart of the growing family which eventually included nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
In 1952 the only mode of transport was the pony and cart which she loved driving – although his high speed trotting through Cromer town centre might have earned Fred a ticking off! Cooking was the other love of her life - she was always coming up with something new and forever interested in new cuisines. No doubt her favourite season was Christmas, when on Stir-up Sunday all generations of her family and many other villagers would call in to stir the pudding and make a wish. In 2012 eleven village children came to do just that!
Janet always supported community events and is particularly remembered for her whist drives and the children’s parties she organised. Always there with a friendly ear and time for people, Janet loved chatting, was interested in whatever was going on and in how people were faring. She is greatly missed not just by her nearest and dearest but by the whole community which turned out for her funeral and filled St Andrew’s church to overflowing. As well as her many descendants she leaves a lifetime of fabulous memories.
Janet we salute you! - George Madeley
Quiz and ChipsPlease get your teams lined up for the
Quiz and Chips evening (see monthly planner on page 13 for details). Teams should be of between 4 and 6 members. The entry fee per team will be £5. Fish and chips will be optional. Please register your team and place food orders with Barbara (577705), Lesley (577566) or Gill (577300).
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Nature Notes
Going on holiday these days presents all sorts of issues. Forget cancelling the milk or switching off the cooker, the real poser is what to pack! Whilst one day we may be donning thermals and bobble hats, the next sees us reaching for the shorts and sunscreen. Global warming or signs of an approaching Ice Age?
Scientists are undecided. But whichever school of thought we subscribe to, one thing we cannot fail to miss are remarkable changes in the seasonal activities of our wildlife. Roses blooming into December. Birds gathering nesting materials in January. And what about that grass that now requires cutting late into autumn?
One delightful example of unseasonal activity I have witnessed in recent days has been a Bank Vole and her young, feeding on scattered seeds under the bird table. Normally you would not expect to see young until early April when the first of several yearly litters emerge from their underground nests.
Almost continual 24 hour feeding, 365 days a year, makes this rodent into a furry ball of protein, providing sustenance for many species, from Weasels to Tawny Owls. In fact, of the 600 million or so Bank Voles born annually in the UK, the majority do not make it as far as breeding age at just 4 ½ months old, before becoming something’s lunch!
With numerous predators about they cannot afford to be caught off guard for a second, so every movement is executed with utmost caution, every slight disturbance causing them to take cover. They try to remain hidden as much as possible by creating shallow networks of tunnels in the undergrowth, the entrances to which present themselves as small swirling holes in the long grass. A foolproof cover for their movements? Not really, for their high pitched communication largely inaudible to the human ear, is easily detected by many of their hungry enemies!
The smallest of the voles found on mainland Britain, subspecies of Bank Voles have evolved on several of our surrounding isles, perhaps arriving there as stowaways on boats or by using their remarkable swimming abilities. Same endearing round faces, same small ears and beady eyes, these island dwellers, whilst perhaps not possessing any, “super- powers,” or being in competition with,” Danger Mouse,” are truly, ”Super- Voles,” twice the size of their mainland counterparts and so perhaps a bit more of a match for any would-be predator! Sue Appleby
Bank Vole by Sue Appleby
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Local Arts News
Art Under 100Under 100cm and under £100. A wonderful and eclectic mix of smaller works from
14 artists, including woodcuts by Merlin Waterson of Saxthorpe. The exhibition runs until Sunday 21 April at The Old Workshop Gallery, Corpusty.
Magic Worlds: Fantasy, Illusion & Enchantment On until 14 April at Norwich Castle & Art Gallery 10am-4.30 pm (exc Sunday
1-4.30pm) Norwich Castle and Art Gallery has an extensive & fascinating loan exhibition from V& A Museum of Childhood, from Shakespeare to Harry Potter from Flower Fairies to Frodo Baggins, indulge your appetite for magic enchantment and make-believe
Bircham Gallery Winter Exhibition 16 February – 20 March 2013-Selected paintings and
prints by Leigh Davis, Mhari McGregor, Richard Tuff, Zheni Warner, Rosemary Vanns, Dale Devereux Barker, Stephanie Stow. Ceramics by Karen Atherley. (Holt, Open 9.-5 Monday to Saturdays)
Fantômas!Rebus troupe presents a new entertainement about surrealism and crime with
performance, film, poetry and song - and games with prizes! 8.00pm on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th March at Art 18/21, Laura Williams’ Gallery on Tombland. Tickets (£5.00) from Robert Short, 5 St Giles Terrace NR2 1NS, Tel. 01603 626667 or [email protected]
Oil Pigment masterclass with James Gillick.Tuesday 2nd April 1-4pm, £30.Gillick is a still life and portrait painter of great ability, who will be giving this
seminar and demonstration on making your own pigments, varnishes and surfaces to work on. You’ll learn what materials to use, where to get them, and how to blend the right paints for your own work. At the Anteros Arts Foundation [email protected]
For Jazz LoversNorfolk Jazz Quartet will be playing for Mundesley Rhythm Club on Monday
4 March at The Ship Inn, Beach Road, Mundesley, NR11 8BQ from 8.00 p.m. Admission is free but please buy some raffle tickets.
The Quartet plays melodic jazz standards and music from the Great American Song Book. The line-up is: Tim Densham (reeds), Peter Gregory (guitar), Liz Underdown (string bass) and Vic Brown (drums).
Red Roses by Mhairi McGregor
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Oil theft leaves church unheatedFollowing the second theft of heating oil from St Andrew’s church,
Wickmere, the Churchwardens, Scott McKenzie and Tony Hurn, apologise for the lack of heating there. They are considering future options – which are limited by cost – but at present, the church remains unheated.
CAR BOOT SALE
SUNDAY 17TH MARCH 2013
BODHAM PLAYING FIELD
11AM – 3PM £5 PER PITCH
HELP RAISE MONEY FOR COMIC RELIEF
Football Fun Day also taking place this day. This event is also organised by Holt Safer Neighbourhood Team, please contact PCSO Rachel Howard on
Wickmere’s Phillida Hurn has been appointed Vice President of the Aylsham Show for this 2013. Next year, with luck she’ll have an even grander title.
Millie Morgan (this magazine’s KIDS correspondent) of Corpusty would like to thank all the people locally who helped her and her friend Lydia Punchard raise money for the Norwich shelter when they went carol singing.
Wickmere’s Alasdair McKenzie, our magazine’s web-master, reports that as well as locals, the on-line mag was read by 8 people in Australia, 3 from New Zealand and 3 in Ireland. Click on http://www.sevenchurches.org.uk/newsletters if you’d like to join them.
Corpusty’s girl on a motorcycle, Liz Dagless, tried to persuade the Editor to join her motorcycle club. What the Editor’s wife had to say about this can’t be reported in a family magazine.
Little Barningham’s Derek Wintle has decided not to give something up but to give something away for Lent. He’s providing lovely afternoon teas for anyone who wants one on every Wednesday throughout Lent. And, if you know Derek’s brilliant cakemaking ability you won’t be surprised that so far 16 people have taken him up on his Lenten gifts!
Congratulations to Mrs Audrey Lincoln of Saxthorpe, who celebrated her 80th birthday recently and who still works four mornings a week. Where does she get her energy?
In Itteringham: Joyce Grand is to have plaster removed from her wrist very soon, Sue Lamb was seen on The Street in a wheelchair recently but her broken ankle will soon be strong enough to bear her weight again, we hope, and Marion Harrison will shortly cast off her support crutches though she can’t seem to shake off the parrot. It seems Itteringham ladies have been having a cracking time recently.
Milo McDonald-Thomas of Corpusty has been briefly back here from his army post in Afghanistan for some well-deserved R&R.
Congratulations to Wickmere’s Jenni Amis - to her great joy, she passed her driving test this month. Her instructor may need a quiet lie-down, however.
Quiz Answers
The answers to last month’s “Where are we?” Photo Quiz were:1. Blickling, 2. Oulton, 3. Itteringham, 4. Little Barningham,
