The Wayland News February 2013

Wayland News digital on www.waylandnews.com Issue Number 197 - February 2013

Wayne is losing weight to save lives

For many years now I have

gradually put on weight moving

from a healthy thirteen stone

eight years ago to a gargantuan

twenty one stone, from a pretty

standard 32" waist to a rather

over sized 48" waist.

Well two weeks ago I decided

enough was enough, but my

willpower with food being what it

is I needed an incentive to make

sure that I stayed on track with

my new healthy life choices. Two

years ago I was blessed with a

daughter so incentive number one

was to make sure I am around to

watch her grow up and see my

Grandchildren.

Incentive number two is much

deeper. A month or so before we

conceived my daughter my wife

and I suffered a miscarriage

which was hands down the

toughest thing I have ever had to

go through. I have decided to

make my weight loss a sponsored

one, to support Tommy's charity,

an organisation that funds

research into pregnancy

complications.

I am going to lose 7 stone by

December this year (a third of my

body weight) and raise money to

help a great cause. If you have

Facebook please show your

support and join my group and

keep up with my efforts and

struggles at

www.facebook.com/groups/

fatwaynesaveslives/

or if you don't have Facebook

then please go to my sponsorship

page at www.tommys.org/fatwaynesaveslifes

If you are not comfortable

donating online or you just want

to show me some moral support

(Trust me I will need it) than you

can contact me on

[email protected]

Watton Country Market

producers will be back in force

on Wednesday, 6th February, at

8.30 a.m. to welcome customers

old and new. We shall be open

every Wednesday morning from

8.30 to 11.30 a.m. in the Watton

Christian Community Centre

from then until Christmas.

Baked goods, jams and chutneys,

fresh eggs and produce as available

will be on sale along with our wide

range of craft items and greetings

cards. Knitted goods and jewellery

are a speciality. All our producers

welcome orders for special items.

We also now have a collecting bin

for plastic bottle tops, food trays,

yoghurt and margarine pots. These

are used to raise funds for the

Matthew Project, helping young

people affected by drug and

alcohol abuse. No coffee jar lids

please and no meat trays: any

plastic tray that has the recycle

symbol on it is welcome.

Watton Country Market

re-opens on the 6th

A local church is one of 400

congregations across the UK set to

offer free courses to help people

get their New Year finances in

order.

The Fountain of Life Church at

Ashill will be running the CAP

Money Course following training

from the debt charity Christians

Against Poverty.

Lead CAP Money coach, and

member of the congregation,

Heather Nunn, said: “We are

putting on this course because we

know how financial worry can

mess up relationships and caused

havoc with health and wellbeing.

“The CAP Money Course is there

to debt-proof families against this

kind of stress and with something

like a third of us relying on credit

to get us through Christmas, it

might be the best resolution we can

make going into 2013.”

The confidential sessions each

comprise two hours a week spread

over three weeks and help people

to create a household budget,

prioritise spending, begin saving

and re-organise banking.

It is designed to be helpful to

anyone whether unemployed,

receiving benefits, working, self-

employed, retired, newly married

or recently divorced.

“More than 20,000 people have

enjoyed these debt prevention

sessions across the UK in the past

few years and it’s helped bring

them real peace of mind – which

we think is a good way to start the

New Year!”

To book onto the course, call

Heather on 01760 440837 and to

find out more visit

www.capdebthelp.org

Starting 2013 with a

financial makeover

Wayland Happy Circle will be meeting

on Tuesday 5th February. Please come

along and air your views on the future

of the club. We have been running now

for six years under the guidance of the

same committee. Most members will

agree that we have heard of the work

of interesting organisations, lives,

hobbies and pastimes of various local,

and sometimes not so local, individuals

and couples. We've been entertained by

bell ringers, cooks and talented

craftspeople and enjoyed day trips on

The Broads, Stanta and last year to Long

Sutton Butterfly Farm. Unfortunately

several committee members have not

enjoyed the best of health in the past

couple of years and to be honest we all

need a break and are stepping down.

Your input as a member into the

decisions which have to be made is

valued so please remember to come

along on the 5th at 2 pm at the Christian

Community Centre.

Jenny, Doreen, Jean, Sylvia, Shirley

and Brenda

Important meeting in February for

all Wayland Happy Circle members

West Norfolk Aviation Society

At the first meeting of 2013, Chris Lucas, Aviation enthusiast, Skilled,

Photographer, keen Motorcyclist and the Societies Chairman entitled his

presentation “Through the Fence”. Aircraft photographs he had taken of military

and some civil aircraft during 2012. Locations included Germany, Belgium and

in the UK the mountainous areas of Wales and nearer home RAF Mildenhall.

Chris’s presentation was once again well received by the members who showed

their appreciation. Next Meeting Tuesday 5th February 7.30pm at Methwold

Social Club. AGM followed by a Quiz and a Film. All Members to attend if

possible.

New members & guests welcomed. For more Information Tel: 01842 879210 Or

visit our Web Site www.westnorfolkaviationsociety.org.uk.

Wayne is looking to shed those surplus lbs!

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St. MARY’S CHURCH WATTON

PANCAKES & COFFEE

in church on Shrove Tuesday 12th February 11am – 2pm

(Savoury and sweet pancakes will be served)

On the afternoon of 14th

December 2012 The Rt Hon Mr

George Freeman MP kindly cut the

blue ribbon to commence

operations of the replacement

heating and new sludge filtration

system at the Watton Sports and

Social Centre.

After meeting trustees and staff of

the charity a conducted tour of the

sports facilities was made. The

history and governance and right

of access under which sports and

recreational opportunities to those

people residing in Watton,

Carbrooke and surrounding

villages within a ten mile radius

were discussed.

Concerns regarding financial

security were talked about in some

detail and particularly the failure

of sufficient revenues needed to

meet the outlay of renewal, repair

and general maintenance of

buildings and equipment after the

costs of staff, fuel, water, grounds

maintenance etc.

Cutting the ribbon Mr Freeman

said: “Watton Sports and social

Club is a very special facility: a

charitable organisation with only

12 members of staff that provide

local football, hockey, rugby and

other clubs a place to play their

sport, under one roof, for a small

subs fee. With 1200 paid up

members this centre is doing its

very best to provide a welcoming

and efficient environment for the

people of Watton, offering them a

range of services from fitness

suites and function rooms to

Astroturf and courts.

“Watton can often miss out on

funding that goes to bigger towns

and cities, and having this facility

here is vital to help promote

fitness, teamwork, camaraderie,

volunteering and community spirit.

I am sure I speak for the whole

town in extending our thanks to

the voluntary committee that help

run the facility along with Sandra

Cockerill, manager.”

“Watton Sports Association and

Social Club had been without heat

for 10 months and it gives me

great pleasure to officially cut the

ribbon on the new heating system,

funded by memberships and group

fees.”

A representative for the Sports

Centre said “For some years self

generated income has enabled the

centre to hold its position

without incurring debt.

“Regular support from the Town

and District Councils is now a

requirement to provide a basis of

income to forestall a situation

where a reduction in or closing

of non profit contributing

activities is necessary in order to

continue core activities to satisfy

the local populations needs. The

heating system failure has been

only one of various building

maintenance repairs that are to be

considered.

“We are particularly disadvantaged

by the commitment made by

Breckland Council to Parkwood

not to support conflicting sports

activities within ten miles of their

Dereham, Thetford, Attleborough

and Swaffham sports sites

contracted to Parkwood. Those

people, past and present, involved

in the continuing development and

management of Watton Sports and

Social Centre are rightly proud of

their achievements. The efforts of

the benefactors and generous

contributors to success have

created a facility open to all. It is

to be hoped that the very

enterprising spirit so prevalent in

Watton, that has created such a

splendid facility, should be

penalised by lack of support from

the local authority to whom we

all pay our local taxation.”

George Freeman MP cuts the

Blue Ribbon at Watton Sports Centre

Shellrock Circle Club

for Rocklands and the

surrounding districts Venue: The Village Hall, The Street, Rocklands. 9th

January 2013: The monthly club meeting was an

opportunity to re-forge friendships seasonally terminated by

Christmas. The hall echoed to the sound of “Happy New

year” good wishes. A few games were played and everyone

got into the swing of them. The raffle was well sponsored

and a welcomed cup of tea/coffee and biscuits lubricated the

proceedings.

For February: 13th February I sour Monthly Club meeting.

Our speaker will be Denise James and her subject will be

“Service with a smile.” Reflections on her many years

handling a tourist information centre. The task for this

month will be to “make a Valentine’s Day Card.”

SOS Homeless

young

people The youth club fondly named and

known as The Surge by the young

people of our community ceased

operating on Monday 14th January.

The Surge was a great place for

young people to meet and socialise

with their friends and hosted a range

of equipment such as pool, table

tennis and air hockey tables.

There was also a music and mixing

room, musical instruments and an art

room, and the venue provided a safe

haven for our young people.

Project Rainbow, the Charity that

runs the Youth Club in Watton, was

in the process of putting a funding

bid together to secure the long term

future of the building as a Youth

Venue. However it has now been let

for commercial business use.

The group and the young people are

extremely grateful to the building

firm Iceni Developments who own

the building, for letting them have

the long term use of the premises.

In the next few weeks, efforts will be

put into clearing the building and

putting the equipment and furniture

into storage until a new venue

becomes available.

Measures are being taken by the

committee to find temporary means

to accommodate a Youth Service

which is more of a necessity now

than ever due to government

cutbacks in this sector.

We are determined to ensure that the

young people of Watton will have

'somewhere to go and something to

do'. It's not the end!

Community Radio Has returned to

Wayland listen in at

www.watton-radio.co.uk Twitter: @wattonradio

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People from many different countries

and cultures use our libraries and it

was fascinating to talk to people about

how they celebrated Christmas, Yule,

Winter Holiday, whatever their

tradition called it. We have some

wonderful children’s books on

different festivals and celebrations as

well as books for adults on just about

every tradition imaginable. All this got

me thinking about the myriad of

festivals that guide us through the

year, whatever our beliefs, so here’s a

look at some that are celebrated in

February.

The Anglo Saxons called February Sol

Monath or Cake Month, which I rather

like the thought of! Monath is the Old

English word for month and Sol could

mean mud, earth, sun or the yoke that

oxen wore to plough. Personally I

think Mud Month seems quite

appropriate!

Buddhists celebrate Nirvana Day

(nothing to do with the grunge group!)

on 8th or 15th February. This is the

celebration of Buddha’s death at the

age of 80 when he reached total

Nirvana or enlightenment.

The 10th February is Chinese New

Year, celebrated with dragon dancers,

feasting, fire crackers and red

envelopes containing money are given.

2013 is the year of the snake.

Christians celebrate Candlemas on 2nd

February. This is often called The

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

and commemorates the day Mary took

Jesus to the Temple at Jerusalem to

present him to God. On this day

candles are blessed in church for use

during the year. In Poland candles are

blessed and given out to be lit during

thunderstorms to protect the home.

In the past Candlemas has been a

time for weather divination. In

ancient Scotland they watched for

badgers but in Germany they looked

for hedgehogs to predict the coming

spring. This tradition was taken to

America in the 1840s, but as

hedgehogs are not a native species

groundhogs were substituted. On

Groundhog Day Americans watch

for the creature to emerge from its

burrow. If it’s cloudy then spring

will come early; if it is sunny the

groundhog will supposedly see its

shadow and retreat back into its

burrow, and the winter weather will

continue for six more weeks.

Candlemas also coincides with the

Pagan celebration of Imbolc (from

the Irish for ‘in the belly’ as in a

pregnant sheep, or the word for

ewe’s milk) also known as Brighid’s

Day or Oimelc; celebrating the re-

awakening of the land and the

growing power of the Sun. Brighid

(later to become the Christian Saint

Brigid) was the Gaelic goddess of

poetry, healing and blacksmiths.

Imbolc is half way between the

Winter solstice and Spring Equinox.

It is celebrated with bonfires,

lighting candles and eating milk

based foods.

In Gaelic tradition Imbolc was

believed to be the day the Cailleach

gathers her firewood for the rest of the

winter. Legend says if she wishes to

make the winter last longer, she will

make sure the weather on Imbolc is

bright and sunny, so she can gather

plenty of firewood. Therefore, people

would be relieved if the weather on

Imbolc is bad as it means the Cailleach

is asleep and winter is almost over.

Why not pop in to your local library

and discover more about festivals and

celebrations? Or if you were lucky

enough to get a Kindle Fire or other e-

reader for Christmas why not borrow a

title from our electronic library? Visit

www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries for more

information.

Will you be celebrating

Mud Month?

The AGM was held at the 8th

January meeting. Having dealt

with the election of the committee,

heard the report from the Chair

and Treasurer and begun the vital

task of the coffee rota, plans and

suggestions for the programme for

the year were discussed.

Membership renewal forms and

subscriptions were collected,

please bring or send yours to the

next meeting if you wish to rejoin

for 2013.

To date we have demonstrations

for: a tea cup and saucer pin

cushion; a fabric necklace; quilt as

you go hexagons; a Christmas tree

in a pot and other possibilities. We

have workshops making quilts for

Project Linus on the 18th February

and 18th March. Another outing to

the Fabric Guild in Leicester is

planned. Members who were

unable to attend the previous

meeting are asked for suggestions

and offers.

HTS members are asked to let the

committee know what help they

can offer for the coffee morning

we are hosting on 6th April. There

will be a list of what is required on

the Blog. This really is going to be

‘all hands on deck’.

For further details ring Jane on

01953 884215 or check our Blog

on http://htsqgroup.blogspot

News from Hackers,

Tackers and Stuffers

Women's World

Day Of Prayer On Friday 1st March at 2.30pm at St. Mary’s

Church, Watton, the speaker will be Ms. Martina

Rappenecker on a theme of “I was a stranger and

you welcomed me”

Women’s World Day of Prayer is a unique

organisation; truly interdenominational and truly

international, it speaks with the voices of women

from all corners of the globe. Involvement in

WWDP creates a network of Christian women on

a worldwide scale which also reaches into our

local communities. Preparations go on for months

in advance. Finally, at a church near you on

March 1st, women and men will be gathering to

celebrate using a programme of worship prepared

this year by women in France.

When the women of the French Committee met

to work on the material for 2013, the theme

chosen for them became close to their hearts: I

WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED

ME. The service they have written for us has a

strongly French feel and flavour.

France, like other European countries, receives

many asylum requests. In 2011, 51,900 people

applied for asylum in France. The presence of

these people in the country both enriches the

culture and can cause social difficulties. Behind

each request, each statistic, is the story of a life.

Some of those stories will be shared in the

service.

We envisage a great annual wave of prayer,

rising with the sun over the island of Samoa and

then sweeping across Asia, Africa, the Middle

East, Europe and the Americas, until it comes to

rest in American Samoa some 36 hours later. By

then services will have taken place in over 170

countries.

All are welcome to attend, men and women and

people of all ages. After the service we invite you

to join us for refreshments and a time to enjoy

friendship. For enquiries locally please contact

Margaret Cator at St. Mary’s Church Office

01953 881252.

For further information see the WWDP website

www.wwdp-natcomm.org

Ovington

Gardening Club 2013 began well with a talk by Terry Rands on

'Container Vegetable Growing'. This showed how

pot size, compost and spacing all worked together

to produce the best plants. This talk was given by an

expert and was very well received by members.

The February talk will be held in Ovington Village

Hall at 7.45pm on Wednesday 6 February and will

be given by Ian Stanton on 'Gardening in the

Shade'. Non-members are always welcome. More

details can be obtained from Ed on 01953 885848

or Carol on 01760 440719.

In recent weeks we have had the

failure of some large national and

regional high street names. The online

sales of some retailers have grown

tremendously, especially John Lewis.

Some of their success and others

demise is the result of on-line sales.

However the local high street can

continue to win if there is good

service, knowledgeable advice and

good presentation of products. If

consumers understand that often

there are inherent risks and very

little monetary gain from buying on

the web what can be obtained

locally.

Retailers must have a presence on

the web showing their wares as often

this is the first place someone looks.

This is not necessarily a shop but a

catalogue of what can be obtained on

a visit. The consumer may want

something special but find they can

buy it less than a mile away but not

in any other town in the area. The

elusive yeast, the set of wheels to

complete a toy, are all things that

bring people to a shop.

The Wayland Chamber with its 180

members are well aware of the high

street issues and that is why for

example we have issued some

guidance to members on how they

can make the best use of their 500

characters on their webpage on the

chamber website.

The Watton Town Team continues

with their work to create an

entrepreneurs market and other

events during the year. The Town

Team needs more members to help

keep the high street vibrant and

welcome others to join the team.

Good service is also one of the key

indicators for service industries. It

was good to be reminded that there

are banks that offer good service.

Handelsbanken is a privately owned

bank that acts like the old bank

manager of 20 or 30 years ago.

There are no bonuses and the person

you see is the person who will

decide. They are opening branches

very rapidly. Perhaps others who

buy the branches on offer from RBS

and Lloyds will take a similar

attitude or do we need a “Bank on

Dave” as in Burnley. In other

countries there is strong Credit

Union network. We have a branch

of the Norfolk Credit Union locally

and the Chamber will increase its

support of them as they start to

office business loans.

Chamber Comment

By Wayland Chamber of Commerce Chair, Norman


Dance Away at the Queens Hall Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dancing at the Queen's Hall,

8 p.m. to 11 p.m. admission £4 No dances in February

Dances March 2nd, April 6th, May 4th, June 1st, July 6th

By Rosalie Davis Gibb

… with the onset of the new year, newspapers

and magazines alike practically explode with

adverts for holidays, but not all our well-known

travel agencies have any connection to our green

and pleasant land whatsoever?

Holidays became accessible to the working

masses in 1938 when mandatory holiday pay was

introduced in Britain with the Holiday With Pay

Act (does exactly what it says on the tin! No

highfaluting euphemisms there!) Seasides were

the preferred holiday destinations and by the end

of the 1930s 15 million people a year spent at

least a week by the sea. (So only an increase of 5

million since then, the rest of today’s

holidaymakers still seeking sun, sea, sand, safari

or whatever floats their boat overseas). Before too

long many seaside resorts boasted a bandstand,

primarily in the north of England, adding to the

attractions never before experienced by the eager

holidaymakers, closely followed by the

ubiquitous pier. Holiday savings clubs sprung up

in the workplace all over the country and even the

jobless were able to get away from it all. Clement

Attlee and Harold Laski organized a committee to

subsidise holidays for those

without employment. As long ago

as 1918, 20 years before the

Holiday With Pay Act, workers at

the Rowntrees factory in York first

enjoyed a week’s annual holiday

on full pay. On the subject of

seaside holidays, the

Knickerbocker Glory first

appeared as a plain Knickerbocker

in the recipe book of a New York

soda dispenser in 1915. The origin

of the name has been a perennial

mystery and no-one seems to

know when or why the Glory was

added.

Thomas Cook, born in Melbourne,

Derbyshire on 22nd November

1808, a cabinet maker and strict

Baptist, started his commercial

career on 5th July 1841 by

chartering the first train excursion

advertised to the general public

from Leicester to Loughborough,

all of 12 miles away. In 1833

Cook took the pledge, and became

a campaigner on behalf of the

Temperance Society, so

Loughborough was the ideal

destination since not only were the

500 day trippers conscientious

observers of the Temperance

pledge, but Loughbourough was

an alcohol-free zone. The rail

company charged one shilling per

passenger with Cook being paid a

share of the fare, the passengers

travelling in open carriages. Since

by then sea air was being

trumpeted as a cure for virtually

all ills, in 1845 Cook organised his

first trip from Leicester to New

Brighton, a popular seaside resort

serving Liverpool, charging 15

shillings for first class and 10

shillings for second class travel.

Persuaded by Sir Joseph Paxton,

architect of the Crystal Palace,

Thomas ferried 150,000 people to

the Great Exhibition of London in

1851, organised his first overseas

excursion four years later to

coincide with the International

Exhibition held in Paris, started his

own rail excursion business,

formed a partnership with his only

son John Mason Cook which

became Thomas Cook and Son,

expanded into exotic tours and the

rest, as they say, is history. With

the Bank Holidays Act of 1871,

giving workers a day off at

Whitsun and the beginning of

August, organized

trips to the seaside

became

increasingly

popular.

Following a trip to Paris, probably courtesy of

Thomas Cook, in 1891 the mayor and hotelier

John Bickerstaffe commissioned the Blackpool

Tower. In 1881 John Mason Cook was asked by

the British Government to organize a relief

expedition up the Nile to rescue General Gordon

from Khartoum, and although a huge operation

was organized Khartoum fell in January 1885 and

Gordon was killed. In 1928, Thomas’ grandsons

Frank and Ernest unexpectedly sold the business

to the Belgian Compagnie Internationales des

Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Européens,

operators of most of Europe’s luxury sleeping

cars including the Orient Express. Cook’s British

assets were requisitioned by the British

Government when Paris was seized by occupying

forces shortly after the outbreak of World War II,

the company was sold to Britain’s four mainline

railway companies and in 1948 the company

became state-owned as part of the nationalized

British Railways. Today, Thomas Cook UK &

Ireland own more than a dozen well-known travel

companies in addition to their own including Club

18-30, Sunset, Airtours, Tradewinds and Going

Places and operates a fleet of 44 aircraft.

By the beginning of the twentieth century it was

common for employees to be given Sunday off.

The five day working week was first introduced

by the Americans, when, in 1908, the boss of a

spinning mill in New England introduced the five

day working week so his Jewish employees could

have Saturday off and his Christian employees

Sunday, without causing offence to either. The

adoption of the five day week by Henry Ford, not

entirely altruistically, to hopefully encourage his

workers to be more productive with increased

leisure time and also take longer trips in his

Model-T Fords, certainly endorsed the two day

weekend.

The good old package holiday was first

introduced on 20th May 1950 by the Russian

born Vladimir Gavrilovich Raitz who moved to

Britain with his parents when he was six, worked

for Reuters, went on holiday to Corsica in 1949

and decided to set up a business offering all-in

holidays to the Mediterranean and so Horizon

Holidays was born. Not quite as he had hoped, as

initially British European Airways objected and

although the Ministry of Civil Aviation ruled in

his favour, he was limited to students and teachers

only, eleven of whom travelled from Gatwick to

Lyon in a DC3 Dakota. Horizon was taken over

by Clarksons in 1974, which subsequently went

bust.

Thomson, although perceived as British, was in

fact Canadian and is now owned by the German

Tui Travel, formerly the Prussian Mine and

Foundry Company, who own about 100

companies including First Choice, Hayes &

Jarvis, Sovereign and LateRooms.com.

Did you know that the world’s first commercial

jet plane service was launched in 1952 by the

British Overseas Airways Corporation (known as

BOAC) when a de Havilland Comet flew from

London to Johannesburg, named after the

designer of the Mosquito bomber and cousin of

the actress Olivia de Havilland, Geoffrey de

Havilland? And did you know John Cleese’s

Fawlty Towers was far from fiction but based on

the Hotel Gleneagles In Torquay and Basil on the

ex-naval commander proprietor, Donald Sinclair,

by all accounts far worse than the fictional Basil?

Did you know … one of the most well-known

holiday entrepreneurs, who started his empire

in 1936, was born in South Africa with the

forenames William Heygate Edmund

Colborne? But who was he?

Did you know . . . January's answer? One of America’s most famous Presidents, with a

Norfolk connection, had only eighteen months’

formal education from several itinerant teachers,

gained most of his knowledge from self-education

and in his youth had a reputation for brawn rather

than brains? But who was he?

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the

United States, born to Thomas, a carpenter and

farmer, and Nancy Hanks Lincoln on Sunday

12th February 1809 in a 16 x 18 feet log cabin

near Hodgenville, Kentucky, whose ancestors

originated from Hingham, Norfolk. On 8th April

1637 Abraham’s great, great, great, great

grandfather Samuel, a weaver’s apprentice under

Francis Lawes of Norwich, sailed on the John and

Dorothy of Ipswich for the United States of

America with the Lawes family, arriving on 20th

June in Boston, eventually settling in New

Hingham, Massachusetts, where he died in 1690.

Samuel’s very wealthy grandfather Richard (so

Abraham’s great, great, great, great, great, great

grandfather) spent the majority of his life in the

Norfolk village of Swanton Morley. The mansion

Richard built for himself still stands in Swanton

Morley, today known as The Angel public house.

According to church records Richard was

churchwarden there from 1599 until his death in

1620. The church still has a Lincoln bible dating

back to 1686. The Lincoln family ended up in

Hingham after Richard changed his will and

disinherited his son Edward (Abraham’s great,

great, great, great, great grandfather) who moved

to Hingham, scraped a living from the land, died

on 11 February 1640 and was buried in the

graveyard of St Andrew’s church. Richard had

probably been born in Hingham since his father

Robert died there in 1556.

Abraham Lincoln, known as Honest Abe, famous

for his role in beginning the process of abolishing

slavery in the United States and his Gettysburg

Address on 19th November 1863 at the ceremony

to dedicate the battlefield there to the soldiers who

had perished in the Civil War, an attorney and

Judge and father of four sons, only one of whom

lived to adulthood, was sworn in as President on

4th March 1861. Abraham died on Easter

Saturday 15 April 1865 after having been shot in

the back of the head whilst watching a play

entitled Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre,

by the actor and Confederate spy John Wilkes

Booth the previous evening, six days after the

surrender of Confederate commanding general

Robert E Lee. Abraham was the first President to

be assassinated, an excellent wrestler, owned a

German newspaper, wrote poetry, never joined a

church, kept mail, his bankbook and important

papers in his stovepipe hat, suffered from

depression, had his coffin moved 17 times partly

due to fears for his remains which grave robbers

tried to steal in 1876, was named after his paternal

grandfather (a friend of frontiersman Daniel

Boone), who had been killed at the age of 42 by

Native Americans in May 1786 and, bizarrely, on

9 November 1863 watched his eventual assassin

starring in a play called the Marble Heart, also at

Ford’s Theatre. Samuel Lincoln was baptized in

St Andrew’s church, Hingham, Norfolk, on 24

August 1622. Abraham Lincoln is honoured by a

bust in the church, unveiled in a 1919 ceremony

by the then-American Ambassador John W

Davis. Abraham’s grandfather, in case you are

still keeping up with this and wondering, was

called John and his great grandfather Mordecai.

So working backwards from the President to the

US immigrant the Lincolns were: Abraham,

Thomas, Abraham, John, Mordecai and Samuel.

There are no direct living descendants of

Abraham Lincoln, but descendants from other

branches of the family include William and Kate

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (both 16th

cousins 5 times removed) and movie actors Tom

Hanks (3rd cousin 4 times removed) and George

Clooney (half-first cousin 5 times removed).

Although three out of four of Richard’s sons,

including Samuel, sought their fortune in

America, presumably Norfolk Lincoln

descendants survive to this day.

Did you know . . . ?


Mayor's Mardle With Cllr Paul Cooper

Sorry I missed the deadline for the last issue, so

no Mayor’s Mardle last month. Lots of things

were going on, some of them time consuming

and trivial.

May I take this opportunity to wish all those

who read this paper a belated Happy and

Healthy New Year for 2013.

Some of you will be thinking thank goodness to

see the back of 2012, and will 2013 be any

better? Who knows, life goes on, make the best

of it.

It was pleasant to visit Wayland Academy for

their presentation evening on 22 November,

well done to all the students involved. We

enjoyed the evening especially me, being an old

pupil from 1959-63.

The Mayoress and myself were guests at the

Thursday Club’s Christmas Party, thank you for

the invitation.

Norwich Cathedral was the venue for a Night to

Remember in aid of Marie Currie Cancer Cure.

RAF Lakenheath celebrated a Winter Yuletide

Reception.

George Freeman our local MP did the official

opening of a new boiler at the Sports Centre it

was badly needed.

I escorted Santa around the Christmas market

then it was the Senior Citizens party at the

Academy, this seemed to be a great success.

The mayoress and myself visited the Junior

school yet again, this time to pick the short list

Christmas Cards designed by the children. The

final result will be judged at the end of January.

Did you know Christmas cards were introduced

in about 1843. If you have any old Christmas

cards and they are not wanted please recycle

them.

Final event of the year was to accompany the

mayoress and clerk to visit all the market stall

holders and offer then a drink and mince pie.

The council has been busy with the budget

precept for 2013/14. The final figures have just

been finalized. All details will be on line by the

end of January 2013.

You can be assured we endeavoured to keep

the budget as low as possible. I hope you will

appreciate, the likes of Christmas Lights for

2013 will not come cheap. The Town Clock

needs to be professionally repaired. Remember

if you want things done in the town you the tax

payer have to pay for it. I think you can forget

about a swimming pool unless someone has got

a spare couple of million pounds spare.

I think you will find Watton of all the Breckland

towns, will be one, if not the lowest for council

rates. I will let you know next time of the band

‘D’ rates for all the Breckland towns.

Driving tips.

I have been reading all the motoring sections of

the local press, it looks like my tips are being

copied. Lets face it most of my tips are common

sense but then again a lot of drivers haven’t got

much. Even todays EDP states, “Snow caused

accidents”, I don’t think so, it’s driver not

driving correctly in the prevailing conditions.

Yes the snow could be considered a

contributing factor

Personally I would not like to be driving any old

vehicle without the modern safety features. No

matter how good a driver you consider yourself

you can always get hit by someone else.

A Quick Look

Round By Orbiter

Well another year is well on its way, and as

usual our leaders, though going under the

classification of Coalition, seem to be more at

loggerheads with each other than with the

opposition.

One of the main points that no-one seems to be

able to agree on is that of the changes to the

Planning regulations, whereby, if some are to

believed, individuals will be able to erect

extensions to their houses that could amount to

doubling their size. While not everyone is

happy with the current restrictions, it is

generally realised that, in the main, it is to our

advantage that indiscriminate building should

not be permitted, particularly with respect to the

boundaries set for green-field areas.

Despite the assertions that relaxation of rules in

that area will result in most of England

becoming covered in concrete, the fact that one

can travel miles and miles across many parts of

the country with never more than an occasional

farmhouse in sight hardly supports such views.

Obviously building is needed in some areas,

mainly around existing towns and cities,

because that is where the jobs are concentrated,

but surely developers are not likely to despoil

the countryside in places where it would

difficult to make any sales.

Unfortunately these days any application for

building seems to attract opposition as a matter

of course. Imagine what we would have missed

had such views been current three hundred

years ago, when the local landowner announced

his intention to erect his ‘pile’.

His tenants would have been horrified when

they learnt his plans to erect a building several

hundred yards wide, and several storeys high,

on the most prominent part of the local

countryside. Luckily they had no powers to

oppose such a construction, so that today we

enjoy visiting such wonderful places, such as

Holkham Hall, which we regard as our national

treasures.

Probably our forebears also were none too

pleased when the local miller decided to build a

windmill on the highest point of the village,

though at least they had the knowledge that it

would be to everyone’s advantage to have their

daily bread provided for.

Unfortunately modern proposals for wind

turbines come without any guarantees of being

to our benefit, since while the vested interests

assure us that they do a fine job, opponents say

that they are inefficient, and cost more money

than they save. Who are we to believe?

Sadly we do not trust our politicians these days,

whatever their particular allegiances, and, in

fact, we do not afford them the deference that

they enjoyed not too many years ago. Once

upon a time they would have been called Mr.

Balfour, Mr. Asquith, or Mr. Baldwin, etc., and

in 1939 our newspapers actually reported that

“Mr. Chamberlain had flown to Munich to

confer with Herr Hitler”.

These days even the leading news sheets bear

the headlines, “Dave” did this, “Nick” did that,

and we all know who they mean when we read

about Tony and Gordon, Boris and Ed, and so

on. The most they can expect is for their

surnames to be quoted, and the ‘Mr.’ has almost

disappeared into history.

My Look Round brings various annoying things

to my attention, and one of the latest is that my

daily newspaper now regularly contains

advertisements occupying whole or even double

sheets, which to me seems to be a complete

waste of paper, since I (and others that I have

spoken to) immediately turn to the next page

without reading the content. So as far as the

advertiser is concerned these are a complete

waste of money if they aren’t read, though

possibly they are there just to reduce their tax

bill, and I suppose I should accept that these ads

help to keep the price of the paper down, but

just the same they annoy me, but not as much as

the adverts that appear on BBC radio. Yes, on

BBC. Not for products, but for other

programmes. Just as I get interested in what I’m

listening to some stupid voice intrudes to tell

me what awaits my attention next Tuesday

night at ten o’clock. This same announcement

will intrude on nearly every broadcast until that

time. Surely if I wish to learn what programmes

await me, I can inquire myself.

Every few years television and radio throw up a

new personality whose presence then dominates

the media scene for long periods. Earlier

examples include Carol Vorderman, Alan

Titchmarsh and Julia Bradbury, and now,

following her successful presentations of the

Olympics we have Clare Balding. While she is

a pleasant enough character, do we really need

to see or hear her nearly every moment on

shows varying between quiz shows and

religious broadcasts ?

Wayland Women

In Business News

Our Christmas lunch was a thoroughly enjoyable

time with delicious food at Broom Hall in Saham

Toney.

We were very pleased to hear

Jane of Jane Richards Interiors

speak (right). Her interest in what

has proved to be a forward

moving business, started at the

tender age of 4 when she was

fascinated by the sewing

machine being used by her

mother and aunt to make

Christmas decorations, owning

her first (toy) sewing machine at

the age of 7. Inspired by her

creative family around her, an

aunt teaching her to knit, she also

helped her grandfather paint and

hang wallpaper as a child – they had a lot of fun

together but he was meticulous, hence Jane’s

attention to detail today.

As a teenager Jane was very interested in fashion

and became frustrated when friends continuously

copied her style, so she decided they couldn’t copy

what she made herself! This led to her starting her

own client base at the age of 15. Developing two

businesses and sets of employees in the knitting and

home interiors areas, the time came to decide which

to focus on. To the benefit of many homes in

Watton, Wayland, Norfolk and beyond, Jane chose

the interiors.

Jane continued to develop her business and juggling

life with a young family and

enhanced her skills with a course

with hours of coursework

learning 18th century sewing

techniques and she passed every

module with distinction status.

With Wayland Women in

Business in its infancy in January

2006, Jane and other like-minded

ladies met Bev Hurley at the first

event organised by the Wayland

Partnership. Bev is the founder

of Enterprising Women and Jane

realised that she need help with

PR and marketing. Jane is a

staunch supporter of EW, which

offers lots of mentor training course, and this has

made her the business woman she is today. As well

as being a committee member and organiser of

WWIB, Jane frequently attends networking events

run by WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) and

would advocate to anybody to make use of the

excellent networking and training opportunities

offered by such organisations.

Jane is now a role model for Enterprising Women

and was approached by Jane Goodchild handbags

to offer assistance. With a background with high

class brands, Jane Goodchild started her own

business has received lots of help and advice from

Jane applying this to her own business.

With Jane’s business continuing to build, Jane

opened up her boutique interiors shop opened

last Spring in The Lanes in Norwich which also

employs her husband Simon and her son John

who are integral to the shop front and

marketing. If you are near If you are near Lower

Goat Lane, do take a look if you are nearby!

The lunch also provided a Christmas shopping

opportunity for our ladies with Angela

O’Sullivan from The Body Shop at Home,

Catherine Downes designer jewellery, Gone

Crabbing and Jane Richards.

Finally, we would like to pass on our

condolences to the family of Janina Dingwall of

Smith and Pinching. Janina was frequently a

smiling friendly face at our lunches which she

attended with much enthusiasm and was always

disappointed if prior commitments prevented

her from joining us.

See www.waylandwomeninbusiness.com for

further details and to subscribe to our newsletter

for notification of our events.


The Watton Society Talk Wednesday, 20th February, 7.45 pm at the Watton

Christian Community Centre. Sian Hogarth from Swaffham Museum 'Murder Most Horrid' Famous

Norfolk murders in the 1800’s Members £1.50, non-members very welcome at £2.50

The Watton Society - J Kerr 01953 882613

Dereham Organ and

Keyboard Society Our next meeting is on Friday 8th February at the Meeting

Point, St Withburga Lane, Dereham NR19 1ED.

From 7 to 10pm you can listen to live music by our members

and catch up with friends old & new and we have our AGM

for about 30 minutes.

There is a £2 entrance fee including refreshments. Enquiries,

Secretary, 07845 937358

In your Garden

with Lotta Potts

Here we go - it’s snowing and

forecast to carry on for three weeks,

which by my reckoning just before

Boy Julian’s deadline, takes us to

the middle of February. I just

found the lyrics for Flanders &

Swann’s ‘A Song of the Weather’

and ‘February's ice and sleet freeze

the toes right off your feet’ seems

rather apt.

Even more depressing is the

thought that once the snow goes the

ground will still be waterlogged.

Lucky people will not be flooded

but in parts where there is nowhere

for the water to go the snow melt

will cause problems. Still, let’s not

be too pessimistic. Last February it

was mild and went on to be too

warm so plants made too much

progress then it went cold and wet.

Whatever is going on there will be

signs of spring - bulbs will start to

appear and there will still be winter-

flowering shrubs at their best. One

of these is Garrya elliptica. This is

a large evergreen shrub, not

completely hardy so can be grown

against a wall for a bit of

protection. There’s a terrific one

in the walled garden of Oxburgh

Hall and this specimen has

enormous grey-green tassels. As I

visited last February, mainly to see

the wonderful snowdrops (do go!)

this was a real bonus. I don’t

know if the gardeners at Oxburgh

run a clematis through this large

shrub for interest later in the year

but it’s certainly worth

considering. Obviously it would

need to be a texensis or viticella

variety that can be cut down to the

ground in winter so both it and the

Garrya get maximum advantage.

This shrub will grow in any

reasonable soil in a sheltered

position in sun or partial shade,

including north-facing. How very

accommodating of it! Couldn’t be

much easier to please. Another

easy-going shrub is the contorted

hazel. This is as tough as old

boots as it is a variety of our native

hazel, originally found in a hedge

many years ago. It will grow just

about anywhere but is worth either

growing towards the back of a

border since once the catkins are

over in the spring and the leaves

come out it’s not really

outstanding. It is, however,

outstanding in winter when the

bare branches show off their

contortions and in spring with

bulbs beneath the catkins.

There are flowers out as well as the

bulbs: Iris reticulata’s flowers only

grow to 4” before the foliage

appears, making them ideal for

rockeries and pots. The native

primroses should be appearing and

there will be a huge selection of the

cultivated multi-coloured ones

available in pots from garden

centres. These will probably need

to be hardened off a bit before they

are planted out as they aren’t as

hardy as the paler natives.

So far all I have mentioned are

things to look at. As far as activity

is concerned it’s more don’t than

do. Keep off the grass unless it

really is mild and dry and the grass

is growing. In this case it’s

possible to mow with the blades as

high as they’ll go. Don’t tread on

soggy soil as it will compact and

anything underneath will be

squashed. If you can stand on a path

it’s a good time to prune the

clematis that flower later in the

year. The viticellas can be cut to

the ground and the large flowering

typical clematis that come along

after June can be cut to a healthy

bud about 12” from the ground.

The Montana types that grow really

quickly should be pruned after

flowering. If they’ve made a real

tangle they will take severe pruning

but you may sacrifice flowers for a

year or two. This is better than

letting them go until you get the

benefit of a good view of the

tangled stems but need a ladder to

see the flowers.

As far as the veg garden is

concerned, have you chitted your

spuds yet? If not now’s the time

to get on with it. I get caught out

every year. The catalogues drop

into the letterbox and the inbox on

the computer with lots of lovely

pictures and I think that there’s

lots of time. Then it dawns that

they should have been ordered and

started off in seed trays or egg

boxes - ideal. The only problem is

that they need a cool, light space

to chit so that they grow strong,

bushy and green. Too warm and

they go leggy. Too dark and they

go pale and leggy. I sneak the

heating off in one room and hope

it doesn’t get noticed before the

spuds get planted out. It usually

works. You can also start seeds

off for early crops as long as they

are early varieties - normal

summer ones will bolt. This will

only work as long as the soil is in a

suitable condition for sowing.

Otherwise, if you are lucky enough

to have a greenhouse with a border

you can grow lots of salads and

those early veg suitable for under

glass. I can’t be specific, you need

to read the packets. Flowers can

also be sown now: busy lizzies

and sweet peas as long as you have

a heated propagator or experiment

with a sunny windowsill. It’s

always a gamble and probably the

best thing is to wait until late in

the month or March then it all

becomes easier.

If you really are in need of

‘something garden’ to do and the

weather is not too bad then look

around for those cleaning up type

jobs that are still about - clean the

greenhouse out, wash pots and seed

trays, fix fences, paint things that

need it and so boringly on. At least

then you won’t be trying to catch up

when more interesting activities are

on the menu.

If all else fails and the ground is not

covered in snow keep weeding.

They’ll still be there and then you

can get a ground view of bulbs

emerging.

Great Hockham

Gardening Club Our club meeting on Wednesday 9th

January was attended by 24 members.

Our Chairman, Ed, welcomed everyone

and wished them a Happy New Year.

Our speaker, Shelagh Ashe (pictured

below) was really lovely to listen to, she

developed her theme of ‘Mind the Gap’

beautifully, painting inspirational pictures

with her eloquent language and giving us

interesting, enlightening ideas for

planting. She showed us lovely

photographs to illustrate ways that

borders can be filled with different

colours, textures and scents the whole

year through – something we all aspire to

and rarely achieve.

Shelagh has a garden consultancy/design

business in Norwich, Google her if you

need any help – she was brilliant!

The Club Flower Competition was won

by Jill de Ruyter, 2nd Jane Dalton, 3rd

Hazel Dunn.

The Vegetable Competition was won by

Chris Halford, 2nd Hazel Dunn and 3rd

Jane Dalton.

The Photo Competition was won by Dave

Thomas, 2nd Jane Dalton, 3rd Sue

Thomas.

Congratulations and thanks to all those

who entered - our speaker, who judged

the competition, was amazed at the

quality of all the entries, especially for the

time of year.

Also please book in advance for the

Clematis Pruning at Thorncroft Clematis

Nursery, Reymerston on Saturday

morning, 16th February. We need a group

of 10 and are looking for anyone

interested to make up the numbers…. To

book or for more information please give

me a call as soon as possible. Just £5 in

advance – instead of £9!

Come on, make a New Year’s resolution

to do something new - join our club, make

new friends and learn new skills.

Membership fee just £10 per year. We

meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every

month.

Our indoor meetings are at the Edinburgh

Hall, Harling Rd. Gt. Hockham and start

at 7.45pm. Free refreshments.

Look us up on our website:

www.greathockhamgardeningclub.org.uk

Jane Dalton Club Sec. Tel: 01953 498694

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Inner Wheel

News

As usual, the members of Watton Inner

Wheel have continued to be very

active: in December they were pleased,

along with many other clubs and

organisations, to have a stall at the

Festive Market. This raised £71

bringing the total money raised in

December alone (through a Christmas

Coffee Morning and a Lunchtime

Concert) to an amazing £1137:73 for

charities supported by Inner Wheel.

January 10th is celebrated worldwide

as World Inner Wheel Day and this

year Watton Club marked the occasion

by having an

event at the

home of

President Jenny

Simons. Billed

as a ’Frugal

Lunch’ it was,

in fact,

anything but

frugal since

guests were

offered a choice

of various delicious home-made soups

served with French bread and followed

by coffee and chocolate biscuits! About

30 people attended including some

members of Watton Rotary Club and

£160 was raised for the President’s

chosen charity McMillan Cancer

Support.

Later the monthly Club meeting heard

a talk from Helen Chapman the

Fundraising Coordinator for McMillan

in this area. She traced the history of

the organisation from its inception

more than 100 years ago to its valuable

work in the present day. She spoke

movingly of some of the problems

cancer patients and their families face,

and of the ways in which McMillan

Support can help to alleviate these.

Helen was thanked by member Judy

Wilson who also presented her with a

donation of £294:30 for her work

(pictured). This was money raised by

the lunch but also by monthly ‘fines’

paid by members for the past six

months. These were based on things

like ‘10p for every item of pink

clothing you have’ and ‘10p for every

picture in your home’.

The Club business meeting followed

the coffee break and plans were made

for future activities. In February two

popular events return to the Queen’s

Hall. On February 15th at 7:30 there

will be a Valentine’s Barn Dance

with dancing to Shinanikins. (Tickets

£8 to include supper) On February

20th there is a Lunchtime Concert

starting at 12 noon with

entertainment by regular performers,

Pam Warren and friends. This time

they will present their favourite

characters from Gilbert and Sullivan

Operettas including the Mikado.

Tickets are £5 to include lunch, all

tickets are available from Mullengers

and Inner wheel members. Proceeds

are for charities supported by Inner

Wheel. On March 2nd the ladies

look forward to serving you coffee

and homemade cakes and pastries

from 9:30-11:30 at their Coffee

Morning in aid of the Queen’s Hall

Maintenance Fund.

NEW LUNCHEON CLUB for Senior Citizens

The Watton Sports Centre WEDS 6th FEBRUARY

12 mid day for lunch fun and fellowship for afters

Pick up service available For details phone

Paul and Christina 884213

The Ovington

Crower

I hafta rekun iffen yor readin this,

yew musta servived tha

Chrismus celarbrearshuns, hoop

yew orl hed a gud toime an I

betta wish yew orl tha best for

tha Noo year.

That hev snew orl artanune an

thas a layin tidy thick so I sharnt

hefta worit abowt gittin my

teartas in jist yit.

I hev bort a few seed teartas an

theara chittin under tha bed

orlright, jist as longa tha missus

doont goo jumpin up an down on

tha ole bed too orften.

We went tew a pantamime tha

otha day, blarst thet ware a rare

ole larf, thet ware orl dun in reel

Norfick an I rekkun harf tha

awdence hent gotta clew what

thet ware orl abowt.

I sorta hed tew drag Horry along

cos he warnt tew keen cos thare

wornt a bar thare, he kep a

mobbin me abowt missin

walubal drinkin time, but he sed

arta wards thet ware tha best larf

he’d hed in years. He speshully

liked tha bits ware the peeple

onna tha stearge forgot thar wuds

an heddta arsk tha otha acters

wot cum next.

Yis thet ware a reel gud show, an

I hoop thar’ll be notha nex year.

Thar’s northin like a gud ole lood

o’ amtures mucking abowt an

gitten lottsa larfs, we yewsed tew

hev a lood o silly fewls inna tha

willage wot put on a few shows

inna tha willage horl, even hed a

stearge up wun end fer them tew

hoss abowt on. Dassent say tew

much cos my missus yewsed to

swannick abowt longa sum o tha

otha yung mawthas, kickin thare

legs up an orl sorts. Tha oonla

otha times tha ole horl has bin so

full is when thares a public

meetin abowt suffin wot the ole

cownsil wanta dew thet doont

meet wi tha willagas approoval.

Wen we wossa cummin hoom,

Horry ‘fessed tew me he yewsta

be inna pop groop,

afore thar wos

called thet, I say

ter him I say “Wot

wos thet corled

then Horry?”

He say. “We wos

orl set ter becum

fearmus, but tha

peepal in Norrige

dint think much o our

group nearm”

“So” I say ter him “Wot

wos yew corled?”

He say “Horry an tha sugarbeets”

Well blarst I thort, thas a turnup.

So I arsed him what he pleard.

“Tha spoons” he say, “Boy

Jimma wos onna the drum, we

only hed one, and ole Wally

pleard the trumpet, thet warnt

tew sharp cos thet wos wun tha

boys brigeard hed chucked owt

cos tha wicars hos hed trod onnit.

Wally wos gud witha hamma

tho, an thet blew a tidy noot arta

hed givit a clowt or tew”

“Wot happened tew yor groop” I

arsed.

“Thet ware a reel sad cashun”

he say. “Boy Jimma wos

corled up fer his nashnul

sarvice an took his drum

wi him, an pore ole

Wally hed a hart

attack tryin ter hit

top “C” at our

farewell concert”

See, yew larn suffin

noo evraday.

Tha missus hev bin a

mobbin me abowt gitten tha front

parth cleerd afore tha pusman

cum inna tha mornin, so I reckun

I shell hefta git tha ole shuvvel

owta tha shad and git rid of tha

snow wos layin thicker now.

Mynd how yew go, keep owtea

tha win an rearn, an dunt run on

if yer dunt know wot yewre

slavrin abowt, keep owta polertix

an chatchyards at nyte. Moosta

orl, dew yew kip a troshin.

Boy Sid.

Project Linus

in Norfolk

Open

Workshop

Project Linus Norfolk is holding

an open workshop on Saturday

20th April, to quilt, layer and

make quilts. Spaces are limited,

so places must be pre-booked.

The workshop is being held at

The Well Christian Centre,

Swaffham Road, Ashill, IP25

7BT from 9.30 to 3.30. There is

ample parking and good disabled

access. Tea and coffee will be

provided but please bring a

packed lunch. Fabric and other

materials will be supplied, but if

you have any unwanted cotton

fabric, please bring it along.

Sewing equipment required will

include a sewing machine;

threads suitable for sewing and

machine quilting, neutral greys,

greens etc are useful for the

former; a rotary cutter, cutting

mat and general sewing

equipment.

This will be on a first come, first

served basis, so Book Your Place

Now!!!!

For booking and further

information call Susan Walker on

01760 440313 or email

[email protected]

On 6th April the local Watton

Group, Hackers, Tackers and

Stuffers (HTS) will be hosting a

Coffee Morning at the Watton

Christian Community Centre for

Project Linus Norfolk . Project

Norfolk is an international

voluntary organisation. In

Norfolk we provide quilts for

Nelson’s journey camps for

bereaved children; seriously ill

children in the N&NUH;

hospices and individual cases

brought to our notice.

You may contact us by email

[email protected] or ring:

Jane 01953 884215; Susan 01760

440720 and Suzanna 01953

880057

Diabetes UK

At our January meeting our

members were treated to a

talk by Julian Horn entitled

"A walk through Watton

around the 1900's". Obviously

Rod and John remembered

this era well! It was an

extremely interesting and

fascinating meeting looking

back at how Watton used to

be and seeing how it has

altered, or not, over the years.

We also learn't about the

history behind some of the

buildings too, as well as the

people who used to own or

work in them. It brought back

many memories to some of

our members, who could

relate to the information

Julian gave us. He was

warmly thanked by us all and

the group decided that they

would like to invite him back

at a later date to possibly talk

about Bodney Camp.

Our next meeting, which will

be at 10.15am on February

11th, will be a Coffee & Chat

one where our members talk

about things that might be of

interest to others. This means

that the "Watton Two"

usually talk about themselves!

We meet at the Pentecostal

Church, Watton and we thank

them most sincerely for the

generous use of their

facilities.

New members are always

welcome. For more

details, please phone Helen,

01953 884713, leave a

message and I will get back to

you as soon as I can.


Watton Town Team’s Next

Entrepreneur’s Market Saturday March 16th @wattontownteam

Watton Rotary

Roundup

2013 got off to a cracking start: at

our first meeting of the year - 3rd

January - we hosted an ambassadorial

scholar, William Usher, who is

sponsored by the Rotary Club of

Broadwater Southport, Gold.Coast,

Australia. Will is studying at Jesus

College, Cambridge, for a Masters in

Engineering. He gave an excellent

talk about his studies and ambitions

and described how his contact with

Rotary led to the award of an

overseas scholarship.

On 8th January 5 Watton Rotarians

went to the luncheon meeting of the

Andover Rotary Club to ‘hand over’

Richard Akister, who had moved to

the town from Ovington last year. He

was presented with an album of

photos of his 5½ years of service

with Watton Rotary, and also with a

video of the West End Waiters with

which he had performed on

numerous occasions.

Two days later we were pleased to

support our sister club, Inner Wheel,

by attending a ‘frugal luncheon’ to

mark International Inner Wheel Day,

which raised funds for Macmillan

Cancer Care.

At our own meeting that evening, our

guest was Sergeant Pilot Eric

Quinney, aged 89 from Narborough,

who recounted his experiences of

joining the RAF towards the end of

WW11 leaving and rejoining in the

late 1940s and finding himself

piloting one of the 3 specially

modified Lancaster Bombers used in

the making of the film “The

Dambusters” released in 1955. He

said that flying at just 60ft was very

scary but exciting and he paid tribute

to the crews who did it for real in the

dark and under fire. Eric is a keen

supporter of the Lincolnshire

Aviation Heritage Centre and its

preserved and taxiable Lancaster

aircraft at East Kirby.

Last year we helped the local Friends

of Chernobyl Children group bring

10 fallout-affected youngsters to

Breckland for a month of

recuperative care.

In common with other European

administrations, the UK government

has waived the fee for the necessary

visa – until now. The fee of £86 per

child will now be charged, which will

add £3,440 to the cost of bringing

these children over each year for

another 4 sessions to complete the

recuperative process – all money that

has to be raised by charitable giving.

There is an E-petition against the

impost, which, if 100,000 signatories

are achieved, will achieve at least a

parliamentary debate. To sign up

visit

www.focc.org.uk – please do!

Tickets for DixieMix at the Queens

Hall (22nd March) will go on sale in

Adcocks from 15th February. A

reminder: we have copies of

Winston’s DVD, ‘the singing farmer’

as recorded at the Queens Hall in

November 2011, for sale at £11.

Martin Anscombe

Councillor's Chat With Cllr Claire Bowes

I'd like to begin by wishing all Wayland News readers a

happy, healthy (and warm!) New Year. I hope that by

the time this goes to print the temperature will be at

least a few degrees higher than it is as I write. The

weather outside is positively arctic. If you know

anyone who may be struggling to keep warm in these

low temperatures (a predicament that can particularly

affect the elderly) 'Warm Packs' containing items such

as blankets, hot water bottles and gloves are available

as a form of immediate assistance from Breckland

Council's Principal Housing Officer, Gordon Partridge

on 01362 656870. These have been made available

through government funding secured jointly by local

councils and health and voluntary organisations and are

part of the 'Warm and Well' initiative which also

provides emergency heating oil, portable heater loans

and low level home insulation to vulnerable residents.

Help and advice is available on the free Home Heat

Helpline (0800 33 66 99). You can find more information

about the Warm and Well initiative on the Norfolk County

Council website (www.norfolk.gov.uk).

Breckland Council and it's Councillors are very keen to

increase public engagement and understanding of the

Council's work and Councillor's roles by increasing it's

use of digital communication channels. You can watch

Council Leader, William Nunn's New Year video

message on You Tube in which he looks back on the

highlights of 2012 and on to 2013 which he predicts to

be a year both of 'challenge and achievement' at this

address http://youtu.be/H6pfgVoHqG4 or view via

www.waylandnews.com

And good news for us all in this digital age was

announced on 21st December when Norfolk County

Council signed the contract that will bring about tens of

millions of pounds of public and private investment in

Norfolk's superfast broadband.

The historic deal with BT aims to nearly double the

number of Norfolk homes and businesses able to access

superfast broadband within three years.

A new programme of business start up support has

been launched in Breckland.

Aspiring business people in Breckland now have access

to an extensive programme of free support to help them

take the next step in starting a business.

Funded by the County Council, Breckland Council and

Norfolk and Waveney Enterprise Services have teamed

up to provide a suite of business support activities in

Breckland's market towns including Watton. The

object is to enable people to gain the necessary skills to

start a successful business and receive ongoing advice

and mentoring during the first year of trading. To find

out more about the Enterprise Norfolk programme

contact NWES on 0845 6099991 or Dan Cox at

Breckland Council on 01362 656235

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS - DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY

Grants of up to £100,000 pounds are available for

building projects in Norfolk. The County Council's

Community Construction Fund has been created to help

deliver and bring life to building projects in the

community. The second application round is currently

open and final submissions must be in by 14th

February. There are of course criteria that have to be

adhered to but they are not onerous. If you are a

community organisation with a building, land, or a

project that you think may benefit from this please see

http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/Business/Grant_funding/

NCC111290 for details. If you need more time to

prepare, for instance if your project will require

planning permission, then remember that a third round

of applications will be held in September.

Finally, if you're still feeling the effects of seasonal

over indulgence Breckland Council can help you on

the path to a newer, fitter you! The Council has

teamed up with Active Norfolk to offer a great range

of activities throughout the district including

badminton, netball, riding, swimming, Nordic

walking, indoor bowls, archery and indoor cricket,

The courses will be lead by qualified and

experienced instructors and are open to participants

aged over 18 years. Classes start late Jan-Feb and

run for four, six or eight weeks. Cost is £20 to £60

per course. For more info or to book visit

www.activenorfolk.org/getinto or call Active

Norfolk 01603 732334 / 732333. Advance booking

is essential as numbers are limited.

Please do feel free to contact me regarding any concerns

and issues on 07789796937

[email protected]

Running again

for rhinos The plight and survival of the rhino in

Africa and Asia has become critical.

At the moment rhino in South Africa

are being slaughtered almost daily (455

illegally slaughtered in 2012) to feed

the Chinese and Vietnamese market in

the misguided belief that the horn has

medicinal properties. The horn does

not cure anything. You may as well

chew on you own toe nails which have

about the same medicinal properties.

Even now in our own country zoos,

safari parks and museums have extra

protection to prevent the senseless

poaching of such a magnificent animal.

The charity web site, savetherhino.org,

has full details of its aims and work

and I would like to contribute in some

small way to help them protect this

magnificent lumbering beast.

Having run the London Marathon in

2009, 2010 and 2012 (injury stopped

me in 2011) for wildlife charities, the

plight of the rhino has persuaded me to

have another go and I’m taking the

challenge again in April 2013. No

doubt you’ve all seen the “crazy

people” running in the rhino suits in

past Marathons - well I was asked if I

would have a go but I am not that crazy

as it’s a challenge enough to get from

the start to the finish line without

having that extra burden. Even so, I

will have my work cut out to be fit

enough for the race and the people of

Saham Toney and surrounding villages

will no doubt see me pounding the

tarmac again!

My aim is to raise £1,500 for this

worthwhile charity and I will

therefore be organising a couple of

quizzes in the coming months. The

first event is a “Quiz ‘n Curry”

evening at the Wells Cole

Community Centre on Friday 22nd

February. Teams of up to six and

there’ll be a full bar and raffle. For

further details please contact me.

Dave Edwards, Tel: 01953 881973

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Saturday 23rd March 9.30 to 11am

Wells Cole Community Centre Saham Toney

Clothes - Bric-a-Brac - Toys Books - Tea - Coffee

Entrance 30p

Jumble can be collected by calling

01953 884880

Music, Music,

Music By Ken Knowles

One unexpected result from the

outbreak of the Second World War

was the change in our treatment of

music, pop music in particular.

Previously many families enjoyed

musical evenings singing around a

piano, which was usually played by

some female member of the group

using sheet music which lived in the

piano stool, or sometimes by ear if she

could manage it. The radio, or wireless

as it was then called, brought us a

reasonable variety of music, both

played live and on record, but the BBC

gave the impression that popular music

should be tolerated rather than enjoyed.

Some measure of relief from formality

was afforded by Radio Luxembourg,

which put out programmes sponsored

by leading national companies, but the

war put an end to these broadcasts, and

for a couple of months any music

coming our way was played by a chap

named Sandy MacPherson on the BBC

theatre organ.

But as the war effort got under way it

was realised that munition workers

toiling away in the factories would be

more productive if given music to

accompany their efforts, so all the

various dance band leaders were

drafted in to provide easy listening

throughout the working day. Thus

everyone soon knew all the latest

tunes, and if they were not sure of the

words, Woolworths produced a

monthly sheet setting them out in

detail. Cashing in on all this the record

companies issued discs on what was

almost a daily basis and the craze for

buying records really took off.

Being a keen follower of this trend I

decided to be a collector, so in 1942 I

saved up my pennies (literally, for my

wages provided little pocket money)

until I could afford a wind-up portable

gramophone together with two records

(one was by the Andrews Sisters, the

other a Bing Crosby), and thus my

hobby was launched.

All my spare cash, such as it was, went

towards buying more records, until

within a year or so I could reasonably

say I had a ‘collection’, though playing

them on a portable gramophone did not

do justice to the artists involved.

Then I had a stroke of good fortune

when an elderly lady in my office

announced she was clearing out

unwanted items, one of which was a

cabinet gramophone, which I could

have for free together with 30 or 40 old

records. This completely changed my

listening pleasure, for (a) this machine

played up to eight records on one

winding, and (b) it was equipped with

a large sound chamber, which gave far

greater depth to the reproduction of the

music.

With my collection now numbering

about 100, including items from all

types of music, from dance, swing,

ballads (old and new), military bands

and excerpts from classics ( at that

stage I couldn’t afford whole

symphonies, which might require up to

five records), I had to take steps to

store them properly and list them so

that any record could be selected

instantly, so I invested in a supply of

stiff covers and a bit of shelving, and

these efforts earned me admiring

comments from all round.

A year or so later a friend of mine with

a bit of technical knowledge persuaded

me that the substitution of an electrical

pick-up for the existing sound-box

would enhance the out-put of my

equipment, as this would enable the

records to be played through the radio,

and so it proved, for this arrangement

provided for volume and tone controls,

improving the sounds enormously.

I was so pleased with the new format

that it formed the basis of my

collection until after the war, in 1947,

when my gratuity upon discharge from

the army allowed me to add another

100 or so recordings to my catalogue.

Then another stroke of luck. My boss

was rewarded for his long service to

his company, his choice being not a

gold watch, but a state of the arts

radiogram, and was kind enough to

pass his old one on to me, this one

being far superior to the old equipment

I had been pleased to use for so long.

Not only was it a stand-alone all- wave

radio, but the gram section had a

facility for loading eight records, which

would then play through un-attended.

Of course this feature would appear on

hundreds of models in the following

years, but to me it was a great novelty.

For another ten years or so this

radiogram suited me admirably, until

in about 1956, married and looking for

a smarter piece of equipment, I went

with my wife to a local radio supply

store to see what was available, with a

budget of about £50.

Though not usually swayed by clever

shop-talk, we were both impressed by

the details fed to us by the salesman,

who persuaded us that the up and

coming thing in radio was FM, and

with a most impressive radiogram with

this feature, a three speed turn-table

and a really splendid cabinet, standing

there ready for immediate delivery, we

were relieved of £105, an enormous

sum in those days.

Of course we had the nasty feeling we

had been taken for a ride by a clever

salesman but we were to have no

regrets, as this new piece of working

furniture gave us really excellent

service for the next twenty years and

yes, FM was the new thing, and only in

the last two years has digital

superseded it.

With my new machine I could now

play the new 45s and EPs that were

now all the rage, as well as the LPs

which were just coming on to the

market, and although my old 78s were

still giving me great pleasure it was

obvious that their days were numbered,

so in future all my purchases would be

for the newer types, which besides

taking up less space, gave far better

reproduction.

Of course technology doesn’t stand

still, and twenty years later the new

craze was for cassette recorders, and so

I grabbed the opportunity to transfer all

the old 78s on to the new format, and

was lucky to find a buyer to give me a

reasonable sum for the old bulky discs,

thus freeing up many feet of wall

space.

Not content with its progress so far,

technology went even further, and so

cassettes themselves became

obsolete, being overtaken by CDs, so

once more I found myself behind the

times, but no, I decided, that’s

enough for me, I’m not going to

change things again. Besides, no

sooner might I make the change than

some other format would be

introduced.

So today I have a comprehensive

stock of cassettes, covering all the

older part of my collection, plus

numerous tapings made direct from

the radio, as well as 60 or so EPs,

and a similar number of LPs, which I

don’t get a chance to hear, since for

24 hours of every day there are

countless radio stations playing

records old and new. My wife and

family all tell me to clear all my stuff

out – “it’s old hat and you never use

it” they say. So there it is, the result

of a hobby that has lasted me or over

70 years lying unused. Do I just take

it up to the local tip, or what? Any

suggestions ?

Life on the

Frontline

Watton Churches Together – Lent Course

Life on the Frontline explores some

important questions about how God

might use us to make a difference in

today’s world. Where we live and

work matter a great deal and we all

have a role to play – These are our

Frontlines.

The Lent course runs every Thursday

evening at 7.30pm from 21st

February to 21st March at the Watton

Christian Community Centre. Each

week we follow a theme:

21st February: Introduction – The

Frontline Commission (What

happens if our Frontline feels

difficult?)

28th February: The Frontline

Community (How do our church

activities equip us for our personal

Frontlines?)

7th March: The Frontline Concern

(How do you know what to do on

your Frontline?)

14th March: The Frontline Cry

(How does our Frontline shape our

prayers?)

21st March: The Frontline

Commitment (How can we sustain

our commitment to one another as

whole-life disciples?)

A short film introduces each of the

six sessions which is followed by

discussion and opportunity to take

away information to pray, reflect and

act during the week before the next

Thursday evening. Each week

includes time to worship in song,

word and prayer and will always

conclude with refreshments!

SSAFA FH

NEWS Happy New Year!

Better late than never?

As I write the sun is shining on a very

sparkly and bright landscape after a

heavy snowfall. The birds in garden are

not too happy just now but at least the

chill is going to control lots of unwanted

bugs and bacteria in the garden. As you

will be aware by now, nothing can stop

the SSAFA FH volunteers! Do you

remember the Big Brew UP? There are

no final figures available yet but we do

know over 600 BB UP were held

worldwide including Germany, Nepal,

Cyprus, France and Colombia!

If would like to be involved this October

www.thebigbrewup.org.uk is the web

site to visit for all the information you

need.

The SSAFA FH Adoption Service

continues to provide children with

loving homes. ** The Service was

founded in the 1960s with the purpose of

assessing childless , serving British

Military couples as adopters of babies

who had been voluntarily given up by

birth parents within the Military, and

supporting civilian community in

overseas locations. Since then the

service has grown and is now a

successful voluntary adoption agency,

which last year placed 25 children with

permanent families.

Adoption Manager, Leslie-Anne

Doughty, says “As a charity, we realized

many years ago that the adoption system

was, in the main, failing to consider her

special circumstances of military

families, and the realities of Service life.

Even the ethics of a military career were

often misunderstood thus severely

affecting children who desperately need

a ‘forever family’’

**As well running their own successful

adoption agency, the charity also advises

local authorities on the intricacies of

military life ensuring that members of

the Armed Forces are not disadvantaged

when trying to adopt. By demonstrating

that life is not at odds with good

parenting, he charity hopes to show that

when it comes to providing a loving

home and secure home, serving families

have much to offer.

** Source; SSAFA News and Views

Issue 27

If you have any Questions about this or

any other issue affecting you or

someone you know who has served with

the Army, Navy or Air Force please

‘phone 01 603 40 33 22 mornings

Monday to Friday to chat.

Your Show

committee

needs YOU! The Wayland Show Committee are

looking for a volunteer Minutes

Secretary for its monthly evening

meetings.

Anyone interested in joining a

friendly and enthusiastic team to

help raise money for local charities

should email us

[email protected]

or call 07789796937 for details.


WAYLAND CMA February 9th J C King

Tel 01953 889 890 for details

“The Best In Country Music” 8 ‘til late

Letters to the

Editor Safety of Ovington residents

Concerns for the safety of our non-driving

residents continued for me, having read the

December issue of the Village News. I noted

that the Parish Councils had more or less given

up on their struggle for creating a safe route to

and from Watton.

The children are expected to use the same main

road for going to and from school. Our son,

since the age of 10, has been denied access to

transport, despite the unsuitable route or

alternative (the Watton Green footpath that is

impassible for many months of the year.)

As expected, every parents worst nightmare

happened on the Wednesday prior to

Christmas. I had that phone call to say my son

had been hit by a car while cycling home along

the main road. To make matters worse, the

female driver only stopped and got out of the

car long enough to see if he was moving,

before running back to her car and driving off.

I don't feel that my son was lucky, despite

only being hit by the car's wing mirror, it still

threw him from his bike into the ditch., but

we all know that it could have been far

worse. He is ok, although we are very

anxious about living here where some

drivers have no concern for pedestrians.

After speaking to the police and the

headteacher at the Academy, I felt I had no

choice but to contact the county council,

again, about how inappropriate it is that the

children of this village were expected to

travel along that road to school and back.

Having walked the route several times

myself I was able to explain about the lack of

path and lighting, as well as the speed and

ignorance, at times, of some drivers. People

who slow down to over take you, but shout

at you to get out of the road! Ok, so where

would you like me to walk?

The council, at first, gave the usual party line

'it is within the recognised distance...there is

a suitable alternative route...' I then recapped

the incident from the previous day and

explained that if transport was not put on for

my son then he would be home educated and

I would immediately get in touch with the

press.

Thankfully, they saw sense and agreed for

a taxi to collect and return our son from

home the very next day. However, the

longer explanation saw the council admit

that the routes along the main road, or on

the footpath, are unsuitable for our

children, and they said that ANY new

application for transport from Ovington to

Watton, will now be granted and the child

given free transport.

It is sad that the council refused the

transport before an incident occurred, and

as I had said previously to them, it is not a

safe route. However, I felt a total sense of

relief that no other parent would have to

go through the same telephone call that I

got about their child being involved by a

hit and run at 60 mph.

I beg of the Parish Councils, use this incident

to further fuel your evidence that we need

that footpath. I know that the bridge causes

an issue, but would they rather people walk

on the road for 4 steps or 400? Now is the

time to push and push and not to stop until

we get a footpath, or at least a cycle way, on

the road where even large lorries struggle to

pass each other.

Finally, if you were the driver of the car

involved in the hit and run, I have your

mirror from your Renault, that hit my son.

By all means come and collect it, and

perhaps offer my son an apology? Hannah

Wheeler, Ovington resident & Headteacher,

Great Hockham Primary School.

Redhill Park thanks

May we say a big thank you to the Redhill

Park Managers and residents who ferried

neighbours to the shops, the Medical Centre

and the chemist during the recent inclement

weather. This is in addition to keeping the

roads on the Park safe to drive on and

checking up on friends and neighbours to

ensure they are keeping safe and well. Name

and address supplied

From Bonnie Robertson Secretary to the

Wayland Players to Keith Gilbert copied

to readers

I have just read your article in the recent

Wayland News and The Wayland Players

wish to thank you for your kind thoughts and

sentiments. I agree that it is amazing how a

small town like Watton can struggle to get

support – and the required energy – to get

some projects off the ground and yet can

successfully support three theatre groups. It

does of course reflect well on the people of

Watton that they choose to participate and

support them in all sorts of ways whether

that be as a participant, a promoter, set

builder, a fund raiser. Thank you all. Perhaps

the Govt has inadvertently done us a favour

in facilitating the need to be cheered? Enter

stage right The Wayland Players, Boo and

Hiss and the Pantomime Group who

willingly oblige!

We are also grateful to the Queens Hall for

being there and providing such a generous

stage space for us all to bring live

entertainment to cheer the town

But most of all we are grateful to the people

of Watton, and beyond, who travel to see our

offerings and who appreciate the amount of

effort involved in bringing a production to

the stage.. But in any event thank you Keith

for highlighting something good in our linear

little town. Maybe one day we can work

together to produce an extravaganza?

Happy New Year!

Watton

University of

The Third Age

(U3A) With seventeen active Groups in 2012 the

New Year is looking to add a further three

with - Classical Film Appreciation – Art –

and Digital Camera Groups. The new

Group Leaders are formulating their final

details and we expect to announce the start

dates shortly. One Group that requires a

new Leader is the Croquet Group. This

Group has professional equipment

available and playing facilities at the

Sports Centre between the months of April

and September. If any member would be

willing to lead this Group or would like

further information please contact the

Group Coordinator Barbara on

01760440178

Alan Bickers Pub Luncheon Group will

meet on Thursday 14th February

(Valentines Day) at The Deers Leap Inn

at Thetford and Brian Eulers Group on

26th February at The Wagon and Horses

in Griston.

Payment is now due for the visit on

Wednesday 27th February to the Jaguar

car plant at Castle Bromwich of £30. Cost

includes a buffet style lunch at Jaguar. The

coach will leave the Queens Hall car park

at 8am.

Final payment for the Lakes Holiday is

due at the February meeting.

Members are reminded that the annual

subscriptions are also due at the February

meeting. In accordance with members

wishes this subscription will be inclusive

of all the years’ monthly meetings and

refreshment charges at £20 per member.

To avoid congestion when paying

subscriptions would members please have

the correct money or cheques made out in

advance please.

The Annual General Meeting of Watton &

District U3A will take place at 2pm on

Thursday 28th March at the CCC.

Nomination forms for Committee

Members are available from the Secretary

or at the monthly meetings. Nominations

close on Friday 15th March.

The next monthly meeting is on Thursday

28th February with speaker David Brooks

presenting “Dads Army”.

For further information on the National

U3A go to www.u3a.org.uk

Mid-Norfolk

Flower Club Our January meeting started with a cheese and

wine lunch (enjoyed by all) and followed by

our AGM. We meet at the Queen's Hall on the

second Tuesday of the month at 2pm and our

February demonstration will be "A frosty

morn" by Dulcie Lofting. Visitors are always

welcome.

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our work, and the care we give to other

people`s homes, has helped us to build a

solid client base. Our ethic of hard work,

thoroughness and, above all, reliability,

has been our mainstay.

We are getting to recognise our client-

base, and it`s rather different to that laid

out in our original business plan! It seems

to be a straight mixture of people who just

haven`t got the time to do the things they

would like to do, usually because of work

or family commitments – or both – and of

people who have got the time but,

unfortunately, no longer have the ability to

do what they used to do. Here, bending

and stretching are things we can do for

you, so no need to worry anymore about

getting those curtains down, or reaching

corner cobwebs.

A popular pattern we have found is that a

new client will request an initial head-to-

toe cleaning visit, and then a follow-up

visit every two weeks. Families seem to

want weekly visits! Of course, you don`t

have to have a head-to-toe visit; we can

work through your property a room at a

time over a period of weeks to achieve the

same effect.

We have also started offering cleaning

services to offices and small factory units,

and here we have found early morning and

weekend visits popular, as they interfere

less with the day to day running of that

business.

We are happy to do any domestic chore.

We thought that laundry and ironing

would be a draw, but people have been

much more interested in us cleaning their

porches and conservatories, which can

easily be overlooked until they have

become jaded. We are becoming

specialists, and clients can really see a

difference in their glasswork, upvc

surrounds, nets and blinds when we`ve

finished.

We realise that finances are tight for all,

and people don`t know if they can afford

the ‘luxury’ of a cleaner, but we have been

pleasantly surprised by the acceptance of

our charges, which we think offer real

value for money with the amount of work

we can get through in the time allotted.

We are now covering the Watton,

Swaffham, and Dereham areas, and we

look forward to hearing from you so that

we can come and help with that spring

clean that you`ve been putting off!


Shipdham & District

Book Group At our first meeting of 2013 on 15th January we discussed Never the

Bride by Paul Magrs. The central character, Brenda, has settled to

run a B&B in Whitby after a long and eventful life. She and her best

friend Effie love going out for tea with their eyes open for

mysterious happenings in the town. There are many of these

including: satanic beauty salons; roving psychic investigators and

the terrifying owner of the Christmas Hotel. Brenda herself is

unusual with horrific scars, no surname and two different shoe sizes.

There are clues in the book’s title and its setting in Whitby.

Despite a ‘white out’ snow storm falling on already settled snow and

ice, the loyal and determined from within the village made it to the

meeting to be well compensated by a log fire

and lively discussion. One or two members

from more outlying areas had been good

enough to let us know their views. Opinions

varied from total dislike to humorous

enjoyment. It was definitely not a book to be

taken seriously or the usual choice of reading

for the membership as a whole. On further

analysis we decided that it was a humorous

spoof on earlier Gothic texts with Brenda as

the female created and then supposedly

destroyed by Frankenstein; Whitby had to

have Dracula; Effie came from a long line of

witches and could the family with a daughter

with tentacles and a son with third eye

descended from aliens landed generations

ago in an isolated village in Norfolk( where

else?) from which they were trying to escape,

be of the Midwich Cuckoo genre? Further

research confirmed our suspicions that the

author had lectured in Creative Writing at

UEA. One member suggested the fun BBC

Look East might have had with such a

village.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. The meetings for

February and March will be on the 3rd

WEDNESDAYS of the month thus the 20th

in each case. This change may be permanent

and is subject to discussion. For 20th

February we are reading Oystercatchers by

Susan Fletcher.

Tick Tock - Is Your

Body Running Like

Clockwork? Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease,

diabetes or kidney disease or suffering a stroke.

These conditions can often be prevented, even

if you have a history of them in your family,

but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight, smoke,

drink excessively, take little exercise or have

high blood pressure or cholesterol.

FREE NHS Health Checks are being offered

by Total Health Pharmacy in Watton to assess a

person’s risk of developing stroke, diabetes,

heart or kidney disease, later in life.

The Health Check is free to people between the

ages of 40 and 74 who are not already being

treated for these conditions. An initial

assessment will determine if you are eligible

for the free health check taking approximately

30 minutes, during which various health details

will be recorded, your blood pressure will be

taken as well as a simple blood test to check

your cholesterol.

The results of the check will determine a risk

factor for the likelihood of you developing the

mentioned conditions later in life and you will

be given advice on how to lower your risk and

maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Pharmacist, Geoff Ray, said “We are keen to

help people to be proactive with their health.

NHS Health Checks encourage people to be

aware of their potential risk factors to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting

until it is too late.”

This free NHS Health Check is available from

Total Health Pharmacy by calling 01953

881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14 Gregor

Shanks Way, Watton, opposite the Watton

Medical Practice.

The Launch of

eCommerce Angels Have you ever thought of setting up an ecommerce site?

Are you fed up with people buying online instead of from

yourselves? Think it’s far too expensive or technically

involved?

Well there is an answer . . .

The Wayland Business Centre (www.waylandbusiness.co.uk)

and The 4 Marketers Limited (www.the4marketers.co.uk)

have put together the ultimate ecommerce mentoring

package, and would like to invite you to attend our 1st

launch briefing, during which we will give you:-

Reasons why you should be trading online as well as

your existing methods

A full and detailed brief of what the scheme entails

The one thing we hope you take away from the briefing is

that there is a low cost way to get involved in ecommerce

and that you won’t need any technical or 'geeky'

qualifications to do it.

The ultimate goal of the ecommerce angels is to...

Help you chose the right URL for your business

Get you online with your own quality ecommerce

website – it is possible that we could have you online

and ready to trade in less than 2 hours! - why wait

months for an expensive web design company to charge

you a fortune and take weeks

Provide you with monthly workshops covering all

aspects of your site and how it works

Keep you updated on the progress of your website

through quality monthly reports on how well your site

is ranking in the search engines

We will regularly keep in touch via email should you

have any questions or need any help

Yes it is going to cost you to get online and host your

website but this starts from as little as £3 per day –

including an ecommerce site complete with your logo,

hosting and monthly workshops!!!!

The Introduction to ecommerce angels will take place on

WEDNESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2013 STARTING @

7.00PM SHARP at WAYLAND BUSINESS CENTRE,

WAYLAND HOUSE, HIGH STREET,WATTON, IP25

6AR

Places for this are limited so first come first served – if we

need to run more events then these will be arranged.

To book your place, email [email protected] or

[email protected] or call Iain on 01953 880204.

Norfolk Knitters –

Shipdham Group

Craft Fair We are holding a craft fair on Saturday 9th March from

10am to 2pm at the WI Hall in Shipdham. There will be a

cake stall, refreshments, knitting stall, and lots of

different craft stalls. Proceeds go towards purchasing

more knitting wool for us to knit for charities. All

welcome with free entry.

Rocklands Bingo The next Bingo will be held at Rocklands Village Hall on

Wednesday 20th February. Doors open 7pm for 7.45pm

start. Have a great night out for less than £5! As well as

a warm welcome, there will be cash prizes, refreshments,

raffle and a very generous Jackpot on offer. All Proceeds

go to the Village Hall.

more news updated regularly on-line at

www.waylandnews.com

follow The Wayland News @thewaylandnews

Church Times and News The Wayland News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for February

St. Mary’s Church, Watton

1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion 2nd

Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel: 01953 881252 [email protected]

www.stmaryswatton.org

Sun 3rd 8.00am Holy Communion

10.00am Holy Communion

Sun 10th 8.00am Holy Communion

10.00am Holy Communion

Wed 13th 7.30pm Ash Wednesday Group Service

of Holy Communion


10.00am Service of Confirmation led by

The Rt Rev’d Jonathan Meyrick, Bishop of Lynn


10.00am All Age Worship

6.30pm Praise and Worship with Shine

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10.00am & 12.00noon

It’s your quiet place. At 10.30 there is a half-hour Midweek

Service in the Large Vestry led by the Minister or a Church

Member. www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk

Minister: Deacon S Sowerby 01953 881035

Sun 3rd 10.45am Deacon S Sowerby

6.30pm Mr S Lynn

Sun 10th 10.45am Miss J Woor

6.30pm Mr B Lawrence

Sun 17th 10.45am Mr A Warby

6.30pm Rev J Pathmarajah Holy Communion

Sun 24th 10.45am Mrs S Greenaway

6.30pm Rev M Pillay

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church, Dereham Road, Watton

Children have their own programme

during the Sunday morning services

Sun 3rd 10.30am Morning Service:

Colossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Downwards

Sun 10th 10.30am Morning Service:

Colossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Upwards


Collossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Inwards


Colossians 2: 6 & 7 - Build Outwards Sunday Evenings at 6.00pm in the Church we shall be taking part in

Reinhard Bonnke’s 10 week Full Flame Evangelism Course

St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill

Tuesdays at 10.00am Morning Worship

Sun 3rd 9.30am Lay Led Morning Worship

2.00pm Holy Baptism

Sun 10th 9.30am Morning Worship

Sun 17th 9.30am All Age Worship


St. George’s Church, Saham Toney

Sun 3rd 10.30am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 10th 11.00am Morning Worship

Sun 17th 11.00am All Age Worship and Holy Baptism


2.30pm Girl Guide Thinking Day Service

S. S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke


Sun 17th 10.30am Lay Led Morning Worship

Sun 24th 10.30am All Age Worship

St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington


Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham,

Griston, Merton,

Stow Bedon & Thompson

Worship Calendar for February

Sunday 3rd February - Presentation of Christ

10:30 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

Sunday 10th February - Sunday next before Lent

9:00 am Matins (BCP) Merton

10:30 am United Holy Communion Thompson

Wednesday 13th February - Ash Wednesday

7:00 pm Holy Communion Caston

Sunday 17th February - First Sunday of Lent

9:00 am Matins (BCP) Gt. Hockham

10:30 am United Holy Communion Breckles

Sunday 24th February - Second Sunday of Lent

9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston

Sunday 3rd March - Third Sunday of Lent

10:30 am United Holy Communion Gt. Hockham

Watton Food Bank donations will be received at all our

regular Sunday morning services.

PRAY AND PLAY Wednesdays at 10:15 am 6th, 13th and 27th February, Caston

Primary School Hall & 20th February, Chase Farm, Caston

For those of all our parishes with children aged 0-5

‘THE WAY’ YOUTH GROUP (ages 11+)

3rd and 17th February, 7:00 pm, Rectory

Enquiries: The Revd. Bob Nichols: Tel.: (01953) 483222;

Email: [email protected]

SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS Hosted by St. Mary’s Church in February

Sunday 17th February at Watton Christian Community Centre 2.30pm until 4.00pm Please join us, a warm welcome awaits you and your friends.

Watton Bereavement Support Group Meetings

Wed 6th Feb 2pm Tea and Chat at Watton CCC Mon 18th Feb 12Noon for 12.30pm Lunch at Griston Wagon & Horses.

All Saints Church, Threxton

Our next service is Sunday 3rd February at 10am

Do not worry Thought for the month by Deacon Steve

Sowerby, Watton Methodist Church

When my family and I moved from Sheffield to Watton, I was

instantly struck by the variety of birds that loved to fly in and out

of the garden of the manse.

There were birds of all sizes and colours. Some sang songs that

would not be out of place in a Disney cartoon; some made an

almighty racket and some just simply cooed a satisfied coo.

Here in this wonderful part of England, we are blessed with a

staggering array of our feathered friends, and it is a joy to watch

them as they land on my bird table to feast on the seeds and

other treats I have carefully selected and laid out for them.

As I write this, the birds have been busy getting reading for the

winter and the squirrels have been busy burying some of the

scraps left out, occasionally glancing in my direction as if to say,

“I’m watching you” and my thoughts begin to wonder on the

provision that I have provided for them and about where they

might have got there food from had I not put some on the bird

table. Would they starve if I had not put any food out? Would

the bird population of Norfolk suddenly plummet?

What would they do for food if Humans didn’t build bird

tables and put seed out for them?

I needn’t worry about this really because birds have always

been taken care of. The nourishment they need has always

been available without our help. They are quite capable of

surviving without our help and had been doing so for

thousands of years before humans farmed and sowed the land

and provided easy pickings for the crows.

Worrying is a very natural human thing to do of course. We

worry about the future; about our health; about our families;

about our job security and all manner of things.

But Jesus taught his disciples that the very nature of God is

his love and care of all creation.

He said to his disciples to think about the birds of the air and

how they are always fed by God. They are not hampered by

worry. The point being that we, as God’s creation are much

more valuable to Him than the birds and therefore we need

not worry because God cares for each and every one of us.

It is comforting to know that as we watch birds fly around us

that God has provided all their needs and in his love he

continues to provide all our needs, day after day.

DEREHAM & DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road, Longham, Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice & Help With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone . . . 01362 687 919

Busy, Busy, Busy – the

Wayland Players Latest Calendar Girls, Friends Christmas Party and Christmas

and New Year with our own families, it is all go! So this

is going to be a brief but important note to let you know

that The Wayland Players are reading plays for this

year’s productions.

Several Members have submitted ideas so we shall be

sitting around the tea pot in a house near you to read and

have a bit of fun too.

If you would like to ‘have a go’ or you are new to the

area and would like to get involved please contact us on

our web site www.waylandplayers.org.uk and press the

CONTACT US button or ring our Vice Chairman

Richard on 01953 883738 for more details.

If you don’t want to ‘tread the boards’ we always need

spare hands too so if you would like to build a set,

prompt, make teas and coffees and cakes or drive a van

just get in touch.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Caston Primary

School Quiz Night Our Quiz takes place on Thursday 28th Feb 7pm. Adults

only, £2 per person, max 6 per team. Refreshments

available or feel free to bring your own. Thank you to the

winning team from last time for donating their £25

winnings to the school for Children In Need. For more

details or to book please phone 07899040119.

Advertising The Wayland News

Very little information has emanated

from the Men’s Section of Richmond

Park Golf Club during the last year, so

here is a revue of the winners and

champions of 2012.

The Richmond Pots: During the early

months of the year through the winter

period, The Richmond Pots were

played- a pairs Greensome competition,

sometimes in difficult conditions, but

popular in the circumstances. The best

four pairs qualify and then play match

play. The competition was eventually

won by Geoff Ashby & Gary Szabo.

The Peach Bowl: This was played each

month during the so-called summer,

and was decided by the four best net

scores, playing medal. It was won in

fine style by Darryl Woodward.

The Famous Grouse Foursomes: A

stableford, half combined handicap

competition was played in good spirit

and won by

Butch Feltner & Mark Duffield.

The Jubilee Cup: A medal competition

was battled out in right royal fashion

and won by Alan Hewison (pictured

below)

The Whitfield Trophy: This

stableford competition was won by

the Club Captain Tom Wright

The Worden Cup: Singles match play

competition, maximum handicap 20

was won by Paul Bond

The Saham Shield: A scratch singles

match play knockout competition was

won by Paul Bond.

Congratulations to all the other winners

in 2012. These were:-

Nigel Davis Trophy Ernie Churchley,

Myt Salver Mike Mccormack, Sole

Bay Cup Neil Brown, Presidents

Putter Don Beeson, Secretary’s Spoon

Sean Parnell, Commans Trophy Andy

Adams & Simon Pettifer, Monthly

Medal March – Gerry Knox; April -

Butch Feltner; May – Colin

Stubbings; June – Peter Seth; July –

Sean Parnell; August – Mike Mc

Cormack; September – Neil Perryman

The Club Championship (Aspect

Cup): A 36 hole scratch competition

played over two days was closely

contested and was eventually won

with the last put on the 18th green by

Alan Hewison with Peter Seth runner

up.

During the recent presentation

evening, in the absence of Tom

Wright, Club Captain, formalities

were carried out by Vice Captain,

Colin Chapman who presented all the

trophies to the winners and runners

up. In his speech the Club Champion,

Alan Hewison, thanked Colin, he also

thanked the house, restaurant and bar

staff for their politeness and good

work over the past year. He remarked

on the amount of work carried out by

the green keepers under difficult wet

conditions, and the tuition given, in

particular to the Junior Section, by

Keith Capindale-Scott, the Golf Club

Professional. He also thanked the

members for the welcome and the

camaraderie he had received during

his first year after returning to

England from France, and hoped he

would eventually get used to the

Norfolk banter.

On behalf of the members present he

wished the new Captain for 2013,

Colin Chapman, good luck in his

forthcoming year.

Richmond Park Golf Club Mens

Senior Section: What a good year

2012 was for Richmond Park Senior

Men! Some really good competitions,

all played with a competitive spirit,

but in a light-hearted manner. The

team competitions were played

throughout Norfolk, home and away,

with over 15 Clubs taking part, each

Club bringing its own character to the

fore. Each club team members

brought their own individuality and

bonne humeur to the day’s

entertainment. Even the after lunch

jokes, including the 2012 Senior

Captain, Dave Palmer’s, were always

met with applause and revelry.

The senior section at Richmond Park

is particularly vibrant. I suspect that is

why it is renowned as one of the best

senior sections in Norfolk.

Captains Charities: Richmond Park

2012 Captain Tom Wright collected

over £1000 for his charity - Help The

Heroes.

Richmond Park 2012 Senior Captain

Dave Palmer, who had a very good

year, chose as his charity – Steps, (club

foot/ talipes) and raised £1,598-30. He

would like to thank all members for

their generosity, as well as the shops

and businesses around Watton.

The Club Captain for 2013, Colin

Chapman, (above) has selected as his

charity for the year, Sheringham

Woodfield School, for pupils with

learning difficulties.

The Senior Captain for 2013, John

Crowdy, has chosen The Quidenham

Hospice, which supports children

with life threatening conditions, as his

charity for the year2013.

Richmond Park Golf Club 2012 Revue of the Men’s Section

Senior Captain, Dave Palmer, handing over responsibility

to new Captain, John Crowdy

Lucinda Fredericks at

World Horse Welfare World Horse Welfare will be playing host to a demonstration by

champion equestrian sportswoman Lucinda Fredericks. The lecture

demo evening will be held at Hall Farm Rescue and Rehoming

Centre, Snetterton, on Saturday 23rd February. Lucinda, a star of the

equestrian world, will be delighting the audience with a display of

the talent which has enabled her to reach the highest echelons of

three-day eventing. Many will remember her victories at elite four-

star events Burghley and Badminton in 2006 and 2007 respectively,

aboard the awesomely plucky little chestnut mare Headley

Britannia. Lucinda has ridden and won at Grand Prix level and also

competed at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn from a champion rider

in the superb facilities at Hall Farm.

You will see Lucinda work her own horses and some of World

Horse Welfare’s horses will take part as well, proving that Lucinda

can work her magic at all levels! The demo is being held at 6.30pm

on Saturday 23rd February, with doors open from 6pm. Tickets are

£20 for adults or £12 for children aged 14 years and under. For

more information and to book your tickets contact Maxine Langley

on 01953 499100 or 07801 880201 or email

[email protected]


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WAYLAND EVENTS DIARY

February Weds 6th Ovington Gardening Club 7.45pm in the Village Hall

Weds 6th Watton Country Market reopens.

Weds 6th Luncheon Club for Senior Citizens 12 Noon at

Watton Sports Centre Ring Paul & Christina on 884213

Fri 8th Ashill Community Centre Coffee Morning 10 - 12 Noon

Fri.15th. Inner Wheel Valentines Barn Dance 7:30 Queen’s Hall

Dancing to Shinanikins. See article

Weds 20th 7.45pm Watton Society Talk at Watton CCC ‘Murder

Most Horrid’ a talk by Sian Hogarth. Non members £2.50

Wed. 20th Inner Wheel Lunchtime Concert 12 noon. Queen’s Hall

Pam Warren & friends - Meet the Mikado See article

Thurs 21st Bradenham & Dist. Hort. Soc. Talk Jim Paine ‘A late

Winter talk’ 7.30pm Bradenham Village Hall. See art.

Fri 22nd Charity Quiz & Curry Night at Wells Cole CCC See ad

Sat 23rd 9.30am -12 Noon Coffee Morning at St Mary's, Watton

March

Sat 2nd Dance Away at the Queens Hall. Ballroom Latin &

Sequence 8pm to 11pm Admission £4

Sat 2nd Inner wheel Coffee Morning at the Queen’s Hall 9:30 to

11:30 With delicious home made cakes and pastries.

Sat 16th Entrepreneurs Market, Watton High Street from 9am

Sat 23rd Saham WI Jumble Sale at Wells Cole CC, Saham

9.30 to 11am Entrance 30p

Sat 23rd 9.30am An Easter Coffee Morning at St Mary's, Watton

Attleborough and Watton Martial Arts

Group Kuk Sool Won are proud to

announce the promotion of Paige Bonner

1st Dan Dan Black Belt.

Paige has trained for 5 years at the

Attleborough club which has been open

for 15 years, she is a model student who

always listens and trains hard, which

helped her achieve Gold for Form (pre-

arranged set of moves) in Liverpool late

last year, she also helps to teach the Lil

Dragons a program for our 4-6 year olds

that we run in Attleborough and Watton.

Paige proves that this activity is not just

for men or boys as 11 ladies and girls

have reached Black Belt like Paige, who

has achieved beyond her expectations.

If you would like to take up an activity

that can last a life time keep you fit

improve confidence and help you defend

yourself visit our website for class times

and locations at

www.kuksoolwon-gillingwater.org

or call/text 07775890359

Paige earns her Kuk Sool Won Black Belt

Ashill Community Centre Coffee Mornings

Friday 8th February, Friday 8th March Friday 12th April

10am to 12 Noon In aid of Community Centre funds

The Wayland News February 2013

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