The Wayland News May 2011

Supporting The Wayland Community Issue Number 167 - May 2011

Young Stars School of Dance are based

in Carbrooke, and since establishment in

2006, they have been supporting

Wayland‟s young people, with a high

quality education and professional

training over a wide spectrum of the

performing arts, covering a range of

styles and genres.

When Principal Carol Purton received a

phone call one evening recently, offering

the School a not to be missed

opportunity to perform not just ONE but

TWO routines on stage at Her Majesty‟s

Theatre, in the West End of London, she

could hardly believe the honour being

given to the School.

On Sunday 15th May the dancers will be

joining other Professional schools from

all over the UK, the Republic of Ireland,

The Channel Islands, Spain, Malta,

Malaysia and the United States of

America to perform at the home of some

of London‟s greatest hit musicals,

Carol said “This is a great opportunity

for our community to promote Dance in

Norfolk. We are delighted to have been

given the chance to perform in one the

world‟s most prestigious theatres.”

School Choreographer Lauren Purton

said “Young Stars School Of Dance

students will experience just what it is to

be a professional performer on a West

End stage, using the same crew who

work on famous hit productions 6 days a

week.

“They will be experiencing the thrill of

stage calls and the working day of a

professional West End show. This will

be a hugely valuable, enjoyable and

educational performance opportunity.”

She continued “Being able to offer a

West End performance experience such

as this to our students is an incredible

opportunity highlighting the quality of

training and support we offer, and

identifies our students‟ hard work and

tremendous dedication to the profession”

“To help us cover the costs of costumes

and coaches to get us down to London,

we are organising quite a number of

sponsor events to raise money, but we

would be very grateful for any donations,

no matter how small.”

Lauren added “Please help make this day

possible for our students and make their

dreams come true.”

If you are interested in making a

donation or require any further

information on this event and how you

can support us please contact Carol on

07887 77 0082 or by email to

[email protected] or visit

www.young-stars-school-of-dance.co.uk

West End beckons Young Star Dancers

Use your right to vote

Thursday 5th May is polling day in our

area and two or three very important

decisions are at stake.

Firstly we have the elections of District

Councillors to serve as our

representatives on Breckland Council.

They make some hugely important

spending decisions that affect you

directly so make sure you get the

chance to have your say on who will

be spending your money on your

behalf.

Secondly we have a relatively rare

event, a National Referendum where

you are being asked if we should move

away from the “first past the post”

system used in general elections to

something called the Alternative Vote

system where candidates are ranked in

order of preference.

Lastly, if you live in Watton, you have

the chance – the first in a while – to say

who you want on Watton Town

Council. This hasn‟t happened for

sometime, and again what is said and

done at council meetings DOES affect

you so do be sure you have your say on

who you think will best represent your

interests.

And remember, in Watton, there is

now going to be TWO Polling

Stations, one at the Queens Hall and

one at the Christian Community

Centre. Check your polling card to

make sure you go to the right one.

The Wayland News News

“The Best In Country Music” 8 „til late

Rockland Art & Craft Fair Sunday 1st May Enjoy a lovely restful Sunday walking round the

gardens at Rockland Manor, examining Pat

Ram‟s precious collection of War Memorabilia

in the manor Garden Room, having fly casting

tuition from James Harrold, looking over the art

and craft, zapping up your garden with plants

from Walnut Tree Nursery and Jennie Roberts,

there are static engines for the men while wives

may sit with a hot dog dripping with sizzling

onions while listening to the Rum Brothers

Country & Irish Band, gnome trail for children

with their daddies and grannies, free face

painting for all who need enhancement, examine

Tony Perkins display of local produce and his

own very special pork pies, taste Corina‟s

Ginger or Chocolate Cake or Ann‟s Lemon

Drizzle. All this for Adults £3.00. Children

£1.00. Infants free from 11 – 5 p.m. All

proceeds for Rockland St. Peter‟s thatched and

round towered glorious church.

STOP PRESS: We have just heard that

the barman who we asked to sell alcohol

for us at our Art & Craft Fair failed to get

the application for a license in before the

1st May dead line.

Therefore, please bring your own beer or

wine. We are all very, very sorry about

this. There will be lots of soft drinks, tea

and coffee of course.

Letter to the Editor After reading The Wayland News, especially

about RAF Watton and the aircraft, I see there was

no mention about the Spitfires that arrived at RAF

Watton at the start of the war. 19 Squadron sent

six Spitfires every day; they arrived about 7am,

stayed all day and then left at dusk to return to

Duxford where they were based.

I and several other people used to cycle from

what was then the Corner Shop towards

Griston. The Spits were usually parked just

over the boundary fence with their pilots. We

stayed all day on Sundays, hoping to see them

take off. They never did. I suppose they stayed

there some weeks. Eric King, Hingham

Ed: I am very grateful to Eric for his memories; he

has added a good bit to the history of the station

about which I was unaware. I wonder what else

there is yet to learn?

Further research suggests that after the declaration

of War on 3rd September 1939, RAF Duxford's

relatively inland position resulted in the

introduction of a pattern of operations from

forward aerodromes. These were established

initially from Watton and Horsham St. Faith. Nos.

19 and 66 Squadrons took turns to operate mainly

coastal patrols. I have had it related to me Douglas

Bader once landed at Watton to refuel during

operations. I was told by one of the ground crew,

who were responsible for refuelling the spitfires,

that Bader lambasted a shaken young pilot in front

of “other ranks” for lighting up a cigarette when

they landed. The person who told me this felt this

was bad form especially as Bader famously

smoked whilst flying and I think it probably says a

lot about Bader who was generally seen as rather

arrogant.

Christian Aid Week is fast

approaching and I am hoping,

through the columns of our excellent

local paper, to let you know how and

when we will be collecting this year.

In order to give as many people as

possible the chance to donate, we

shall be distributing Christian Aid

envelopes at the churches and

members will be asked to take an

extra envelope (or more than one if

possible!) to give to a friend. In

addition to this the village churches

have been asked to participate.

Wednesday 18th May is really

Christian Aid Day for us because a

soup lunch will be served at the

Christian Community Centre from

12noon – 1:30pm and there will be a

street collection in the High Street

from 9am-1pm. There will be no set

charge for the lunch, which will

consist of homemade soup, a roll and

tea or coffee, but donations will be

invited for Christian Aid.

Unfortunately we do not have the

personnel to „blanket‟ the town with

a House-to-house collection this year

but we are hoping for a fantastic

response from the generous people of

Watton when we are out with our tins

on May the 18th : remember to look

out for the iconic red and white of

the Christian Aid balloons and

buckets in the market on that day!

Thanks to Tesco for also allowing us

to collect at their store on that day.

Watton has a long and proud

tradition of wonderful support for

this worthy cause – please help to

uphold this and give as generously as

you are able during Christian Aid

Week.

Donation envelopes can be obtained

through the churches or by phoning

me on 01760 441094 or Rev. Rod

Broughall on 01953 881989 Thank

you. Lesley Cowling

Christian Aid Week 15th – 21st May

At Norfolk Credit Union‟s annual

general meeting in Dereham on 29th

March, members voted to declare a 3%

Dividend for all their savers. This is the

3rd year running that we have been

able to give our savers a 3% dividend.

We now have local branches in

Attleborough, Dereham, Swaffham,

Thetford and Watton, and the Watton

branch which is based in Wayland

House, are delighted to have again

been made honorary members of the

Wayland Chamber of Commerce, who

have also kindly included us in their

latest Directory.

The declaration comes after the Credit

Union scooped two awards recently

including the overall award for top UK

Credit Union in February. Norfolk

Credit Union had been selected by the

judges as finalists for three of the six

awards. This was a fantastic result for a

rural based credit union with strong

competition from the very large

metropolitan based Credit Unions in

Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham,

Manchester, London and the over 400

other Credit Unions in the UK.

Norfolk Credit Union was announced

as the winner of the category

Excellence in Active Partnerships and

were presented with their award by

Steve Johnson of Advice UK.

Norfolk Credit Union President, Alan

Squirrel, in accepting the award on

behalf of the Credit Union said “I am

very proud to accept the award on

behalf of the over 120 volunteers, 250

staff of partner organisations, our 5

staff and all those in Norfolk who

support the Credit Union. Their

dedication, commitment and

enthusiasm in providing local,

trustworthy and affordable financial

services to the Norfolk community is

justly recognised and rewarded by this

prestigious award.

“I must also thank South Norfolk

Council who have provided essential

support in hosting our head office

facility, Norfolk County Council for

funding the launch of the Credit Union

Current Account, Tudor Trust for

funding our Head Office Manager and

all our partner organisations without

whose support the Credit Union could

not operate so successfully”

Alan Squirrell said “The judges clearly

recognised the depth and strength of

the partnerships we had forged and our

clear strategy for this as an essential

way to be able to deliver low cost

services to a large predominantly rural

area. Partnership is a two way thing

and not always easy to maintain so we

are grateful to all our partners who play

a vital part in helping with our

community work.

Credit Union pays 3% Dividend

2011 sees the 10th anniversary of

Silver Surfers Day. This year the

Wayland Partnership will be joining

in.

Wayland IT Taster Day: Local IT

trainers will be in attendance to

assist visitors, answer questions and

to demonstrate the internet and other

programmes. There will be displays

and leaflets and a power point

programme. We will also run a fun

quiz throughout the day with a small

prize for the winner.

Anyone who is still seeking to learn

about the internet, email, Skype etc.

or has questions about using a

computer or their own computer, is

welcome to come to Wayland House

on May 20th between 10am and 2.30

pm. It is fine to drop in – but you can

also call ahead (01953 880202) to let

us know you are interested.

National Silver Surfers Day May 20th

News The Wayland News

Boo & Hiss say yes to “No Sex” A message from this year‟s Director

– Fleur Ravell-Lake

I am excited to announce that the

Boo and Hiss Theatre Group are

taking on the iconic show “No Sex

Please – We‟re British” as its

annual production.

It‟s an extremely well known stage

play, running in the West End for

several years. When it opened at

London‟s Strand Theatre, it boasted

the likes of Michael Crawford

among its cast and when made into

a film it starred legends such as

Ronnie Corbett and Ian Ogilvy.

Obviously this is a lot to live up to

but I have the utmost confidence in

my cast that I have chosen.

As a group we are all nervous but

more excited than we have ever

been about a production. The script

is pure comedy genius, and we can‟t

wait to share it with you all when

we hit the Queen‟s Hall stage in

September.

We will keep you posted with

updates on our progress and look

forward to seeing you in the

audience.

Watton Rotary Club has inducted a new

member. We were pleased to welcome John

Hardy of Ovington into the club at our

meeting of 17th March – see pic.

Our first experience of running a coffee

morning at the Queens Hall, which we did

on Farmers‟ Market day, Saturday 2nd

April, was most successful. Cakes,

savouries and all the necessary makings

were donated by members, and in the

allotted 2-hour period £180 was raised for

our charities fund. A further small sum

was raised by the sale of second-hand

paperbacks and handmade greetings

cards. This was carried forward to our

market stall sales on the following

Wednesday, realising a total of £75. Our

next Wednesday market bric-a-brac stall

will be on 4th May – weather permitting!

Our meeting of 7th April was our annual

„exchange‟ with Brandon Rotary Club. Our

President took charge of the Brandon Club‟s

meeting, accompanied by 5 of our members,

whilst their President, Ken Harris, came to

Watton with 5 of his members and ran our

weekly meeting. We had two guest speakers

for the occasion: Rebecca Gough and Victoria

Leggett. If the names are familiar it is because

they are journalists with the Eastern Daily

Press. Both are based at the Dereham office of

the EDP with Rebecca concentrating on the

Thetford area and the Thetford and Brandon

Times, and Victoria responsible for reporting

on Wayland and in the Watton and Swaffham

Times. They gave a most interesting insight

into the whys and wherefores of journalism,

their journey into the profession, and their

aspirations for the future. Martin Anscombe

Rotary Roundup Surge future looking safer? After many months of uncertainty

surrounding the potential closure of

„The Surge‟, a solution has at last

been found.

The Town Council who are also the

Trustees of the Youth and

Community Centre have for some

time been exploring various avenues

of funding, to purchase the building

and secure what has become a

vitally important venue for the town,

as shown by the winning of the

`Pride In Breckland‟ Community

Group Award‟ for not only the

Youth of the town but the whole

community.

The decision was taken at a special

meeting of the Charlotte Harvey

Trust, to accept a plan to sell part of

the land to the rear of the Youth and

Community Centre on Harvey

Street.

This will enable the Trustees to not

only purchase the Surge, but also to

carry out the much needed

modernisation and repairs to the

Youth and Community Centre, and

financially secure both buildings for

the future use of the whole

community for many years to come.

The Trustees fully believe that this

is very much in the spirit of what

Charlotte Harvey intended and gave

the land for all those years ago.

Councillor Roy Ivory, Town Mayor

and Chairman, For and on behalf of

Watton Town Council

Scarecrow Competition for Children and

Adults. Would you consider making a

scarecrow for Wayland Show? This popular

competition is open to everyone. The

Scarecrow can be made from any material, or

object. No entry form needed. Just bring your

Scarecrow along to the Horticultural Tent,

Wayland Showground before 8-30 am on the

day of the show. Scarecrows will be displayed

and remain in place until 5pm.

Trophy and prizes to be won. Further details

can be obtained from Alison Dickson, Village

Florist, High Street, Watton Tel; 01953

881118. Schedules for all flower and

horticultural competitions will be available

shortly on the Wayland Show website which

you can find at: www.waylandshow.com or

from Alison Dickson.

Home Section As a result of our plea in the

Wayland News in April we are pleased to

report that we have had offers of help to

organise the Home Section. Details of all the

Home Section competitions which includes

cookery, crafts and needlework will be

published shortly and again available on the

Wayland Show website

www.waylandshow.com.

Livestock/Fur and Feather/Horse Entries

Entries are always welcome in the above

sections. Details can be found on the website

www.waylandshow.com. Any further

information relating to the show please contact

the Wayland Show Secretary, Claire Bowes

email: [email protected] or

07789796937

Wayland Show Sunday 7th August

May is the month when our plant producers

really come into their own as bedding

plants, both floral and for the vegetable

garden, come in in increasing numbers.

Etched glass is also back on sale, while all

the usual items (knitted and crocheted items,

turned wood and toys, bird nesting boxes,

jewellery, beautiful bags and cushions,

greetings cards, fresh eggs, jams and

chutneys, and by no means least a delicious

range of baked goods) are all available for

your enjoyment.

We've had some lovely weather lately

tempting some to sit and enjoy a drink

outdoors - troubled by flies? No need to be

as we can offer you crochet mats with bead

weighting to cover your sugar bowl, milk

jug, cup or glass to keep those pests away

from the beverage you plan to enjoy.

Come in any time between 8.30 and 11.30

a.m. on a Wednesday morning and enjoy

shopping in a relaxed atmosphere with our

friendly and welcoming producers. All our

goods are locally produced by skilled cooks

and craftsmen and the eggs come from a

farm at Ashill.

Plants a'plenty as glass returns to Watton Country Market

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Holme Hale Village Hall

Car Boot

Sunday 8th May 8am - 12pm

Refreshments

£5 Car £8 Van Call 01760 440 25

In last month‟s Wayland News I

gave brief details of the events

that will make up this year‟s

Festival to be held 21st to 29th

October, 2011. In the next few

months I hope to give a little

more information so that no-one

misses out on the week‟s

festivities. Nearer the time

programmes will be delivered to

each house in the area. There

should be something to interest

everyone.

Supporters and Friends of the

Festival will not be surprised to

know that the first Saturday will

be devoted to the Good old Days.

As usual, we will have two

performances to ensure that we

can satisfy all our patrons

although with around 400 tickets

sold in 2009 some people could

not attend the performance of

their choice. (Buy tickets early)

The cast is made up of many

local talents under the direction

this year of Wendy Collins. I

understand that one or two of our

past stalwarts may not be

available and Wendy is looking

for a few new acts in the tradition

of old time music hall to come

forward and take part. A varied

programme is planned so

jugglers, magicians, comedians,

singers and instrumentalists are

all welcome to play their part.

Please remember it is „old time‟

so any act will need to fit in with

the general theme. If you‟re

interested, or need further

information, please contact

Wendy on 01953 884649.

On the Sunday we will have

Junior Startime. Once again,

Jenny Mann of Wayland Players

fame will be organising this and

encouraging talented young

people to entertain us. At a later

date full details of how to enter

etc. etc. will be given. Queries

please to Jenny at 01953 881954.

As mentioned last month the

films this year will be shown on

the Monday of Festival week. In

the morning we will have Walt

Disney‟s The Jungle Book. This

was the last animated film to

receive Walt Disney‟s personal

touch. Just the names, Mowgli,

and his friends Bagheera, King

Louie, Kaa, and Baloo bring back

fond memories which will be

further enhanced by “The Bare

Necessities of Life” and “I

Wan‟na Be Like You”.

In the afternoon we have a British

classic. “Passport to Pimlico” is a

1949 British Comedy film made by

Ealing Studios and starring Stanley

Holloway, Margaret Rutterford,

Barbara Murray and Hermione

Baddeley. The need for a passport

to Pimlico is established when

residents of a part of London

declare independence when they

discover evidence of an old treaty.

Other names of the cast make sure

nostalgia is to the fore…. John

Slater, Sydney Tafler, Charles

Hawtrey, James Hayter and

Michael Hordern with Naunton

Wayne and Basil Radford as the

bumbling British Diplomats. An

afternoon to look forward to.

On the Monday evening we have

a tribute to Ivor Novello. The

show is called “The Glamorous

Charm of Ivor Novello” when his

life and music will be recalled.

The charm and charisma of

Novello will be explored with the

help of Susie Turner and Annette

Jude. The Committee make no

apologies in arranging another

evening of nostalgia.

More next month.

As previously mentioned there is

already information about the

various acts on our Web Site:-

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/

wattonarts.

If you‟re interested in becoming

a Friend of Watton Festival

please contact Derek Smith on

01953 884044.

If you would like to Sponsor an

event or generally help the

Festival please call Judy Kerr on

01953 882613.

If you have any suggestions,

criticisms, advice, views or

whatever concerning the Festival

activities the Committee would

like to hear from you. Please

contact any of the following:

Chairman & Secretary: John &

Judy Kerr 10953 882613

Vice Chairman: Brenda Davis

01953 881792

Treasurer & Friends‟ Secretary:

Derek Smith 01953 884044

Watton Festival 2011 Useful Information Question - My Father, now in his

late 70's, has different sized feet. We

find it difficult to buy footwear for

him other than buying two pairs of

shoes in different sizes. I have asked

in my local shoe shop if they know

where we might get advice and

possibly be able to buy 'odd shoes'.

They had no knowledge of any shop

or organisation that might help, have

you?"

Answer - This question has been

asked before and seems to be quite a

common problem. I would approach

Solemates of 46 Gordon Road,

London (Tel: 0208 524 2423) which

is a voluntary organisation who help

with problems with footwear for

people with different sized feet and

amputees. The organisation covers

the whole of the British Isles and can

offer the service for both adults and

children.

Solemates can offer information on

manufacturers and suppliers of odd

sized footwear both pairs and

singles. On occasions it can supply

footwear.

Question - I live in Germany and my

Mother is in the South West of

England. I regularly send her small

presents as a treat. However, she

does not hear the doorbell when the

postman comes and is being left the

standard card which means she has

to get someone to collect the parcel

for her from the post office. Do you

know of any doorbell aid that she

could have to alert her to when her

front door bell rings?

Answer - The RNID sell doorbells

to help people with just this problem.

They have a range of doorbells that

are extremely loud, can be of varying

tune formation, and a receiver can be

carried round from room to room if

necessary and one has a range of up

to 200 yards. The receiver will ring

and flash up to 20 times to alert the

person or work to other

combinations.

For details on the various models

visit the RNID website at: http://

www.rnid.org.uk/shop

Question - Arthritis has affected my

hands and my dexterity is poor. I am

looking for clothing that may help

me, especially when I am out and

about and have to visit public toilets.

Any ideas?

Answer Regardless of whether you

prefer trousers or skirts there are

products on the market that will

make life a bit easier for you. It is

possible to purchase trousers that

have „drop fronts‟ and there are also

designs that have „open backs‟ (with

easy rear flaps to do and undo).

Skirts can be bought that have an

„open back‟ which hang just like an

ordinary skirt but have several inches

that „wrap around‟ on an easy to do

and undo basis.

Prices are in the region of £20 to £30

for each item of clothing and one

company that sells them is

Adaptawear on 0845 6439492 for a

catalogue or visit their website at:

http://www.adaptawear.com

Information supplied by Able

Community Care, The Old Parish

Rooms, Whitlingham Lane,

Trowse, Norwich NR14 8TZ

Tel No: 01603 764567

Fax No: 01603 761655

E Mail: [email protected]

Web Site: www.uk-care.com

Watton University of the Third Age (U3A) Sixty one members attended the

Ninth Annual General Meeting

on Thursday 24th March. The

following Officers were elected –

Chairman Ron Upton, Vice

Chairman Ken Philips, Secretary

Margaret Upton, Treasurer

Marion Smith. Committee

Members elected were

Membership Secretary Anita

Taylor, Group Co-ordinator Rita

Hellard, Speaker Organiser

Brenda Bracewell, Health &

Safety off Brian Cubby,

Refreshments Margaret Smith,

Hall Bookings & Books Diane

Coles.

The Chairman reported that

Watton & District U3A had

enjoyed a successful year and

this was reflected in the

accounts. Attendance at monthly

meetings was averaging around

63 and this had resulted in

capping the membership at 120.

Group activities had been well

supported and he thanked all

Group Leaders for this success.

The Chairman thanked retiring

committee member Maureen

Russell for all her work on the

committee and for the past year

as Membership Secretary.

Maureen will continue to run the

Solo Group.

After the formal meeting a film

on the Group Leaders role within

the U3A was shown. With this

film in mind Ken Philips

addressed the members outlining

the Groups within the Watton

U3A and encouraging members

to make the most of their

membership by joining groups in

the New Year

The members programme for

2011/2012 will be available for

distribution at the April monthly

meeting. Members are reminded

that the deadline for payment of

the New Year‟s subscriptions is

1st May. After that date potential

members on the waiting list will

be invited to join.

Member Sylvia Hackshall has

agreed to form a Stitching Group

that will meet on the fourth

Tuesday of each month .Any

member wishing to join this

Group should meet with Sylvia at

the next monthly meeting.

The New Croquet season starts

on Tuesday 19th April at the

Watton Sports Centre

commencing at 2.00pm. New

members to this Group will be

most welcome. This is intended

to be a fun afternoon nothing too

serious. Contact Margaret or Ron

on 01953 882136

Next venue for the Garden Visit

Group is Stody Lodge Gardens

Nr Melton Constable renowned

for its colourful displays of

Rhododendrons and Azaleas.

Visit is on Sunday 8th May.

Contact Susan on 01953 881373.

The Pub Luncheon Groups next

meeting is on Thursday 12th May

at The Crown Inn Gayton.

Follow A47 towards Kings Lynn.

The River Orwell Cruise on

Friday 6th May leaves the

Queens hall car park at 9.00am.

A list is now available for a visit

to Burghley House and Gardens

on Wednesday 6th July at a cost

of £18.

Other visits now available to

book are Sunday 18th September

1940s on the North Norfolk

Railway and on Monday 10th

October a Tour of The Houses of

Parliament and meeting with

George Freeman M.P plus a visit

to the London Eye. For further

information or to book any of the

above visits call Ron or Margaret

on 01953 889951.

The membership Secretary can

be contacted on 01953 881110

The next monthly meeting is on

Thursday 26th May when the

speaker will be Louise Brundell

with “Hearing Dogs for the

Deaf”.

For further information on the

National U3A go to

www.u3a.org.uk

The Wayland News Gardening

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc? Netted a virus? Mouse trapped and

wont work now?

For all manner of computer repairs and support

Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885 “Silver Surfer” support a speciality!

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By Chris O’Connor.

The Australian Defence Force Academy

in Canberra is considered one of the most

excellent officer military training

facilities in the world and those who gain

admittance are usually within the top

99% percentile when they leave school –

in other words they are no fools - but the

academy (which recruits both men and

women) keeps getting rocked by

scandals, and they are no ordinary

scandals. This time the Defence Force

has confirmed it has called in police to

investigate sex allegations made by an 18

year old first-year female cadet at the

Academy.

The 18-year-old, identified as 'Kate', says

she had consensual sex with another first-

year cadet but the intimate event was

transmitted by Skype (a live video link)

to six cadets in another room without her

knowledge. She only became aware of

the incident when she was contacted by

Defence investigators who were alerted

by another cadet.

"It was like my whole world came

crashing down around me," she said.

"They had to read the statements that the

boys had to make and I actually threw up.

I had to be asked to be excused from the

interview because it made me physically

ill."

She says still photos were also taken and

"then distributed to other people".

"You see it on the TV and you read it in

the papers that these things happen but

until it happens to you, you don't actually

believe that these things happen," she

said.

Academy chief Commodore Bruce Kafer

says "If the perpetrators, or those alleged

to have been involved, are found guilty of

a crime, this could result in termination of

their military careers," he warned.

The Canberra branch of the Australian

Federal Police is the body investigating

whether a crime has been committed.

The AFP is investigating whether charges

can be laid under the ACT's act of

indecency legislation, or under

Commonwealth telecommunications

laws.

As is usual, Prime Minister Julia

Gillard has once again said she would

not comment directly on the case

because of the on-going investigations.

This is becoming a regular habit and

starting to make many people in

Australia wonder what she does with

her days except keep a silent distance

from controversy.

But she said in broad terms any

conduct of that nature was "disgusting"

and would be "repudiated" by

Australians.

"Any conduct that treats a woman in a

way that her dignity (she forgot to

mention men as well) is pushed aside,

that engages in misusing trust,

breaching trust, going out of the way to

embarrass people and strip them of

dignity and a sense of self-worth is

disgusting conduct and we would all

repudiate it - it's not what we want to

see in this country."

Meanwhile Defence Minister Stephen

Smith says he cannot imagine a greater

"betrayal of trust".

Mr Smith said Defence Force personnel

needed to be able to trust their

colleagues.

"Once that trust is destroyed then it is

very difficult if not impossible for the

person who has broken that trust to

remain a Defence Force personnel

member."

Mr Smith said the entire Defence Force

leadership was taking the issue very

seriously.

"And I regard it as a most serious

issue," he said. "Any vilification ... is

inappropriate."

Ironically the woman could face her own

disciplinary procedures for potentially

breaking so-called fraternising rules and

going public with the scandal.

Mr Smith said that was entirely a matter

for the normal Defence procedures.

"If that is to occur, it will occur

subsequent to the investigation of this

very serious matter, which is qualitatively

different in every respect from any

suggestion that the young woman

concerned may not have followed

appropriate Defence procedure," Mr

Smith said. "I regard those as very much

10th-order issues."

Incredibly the Australian Federal Police

initially said the allegations did not

warrant a criminal investigation.

But Mr Smith said he queried that and

said ”I've long been a lapsed lawyer but

I'm not confident this is right,"

The federal police later decided to take

another look at the matter.

"I'm not suggesting they looked at the

matter again as a result of my response.”

"But when they looked at the matter

again they came to a formal conclusion

that the matter warranted investigation."

Mr Smith said he was entirely

comfortable with the woman's decision to

make the matter public.

"I believe a public airing of this issue in

all of the circumstances was appropriate,"

he said.

"I don't believe the young woman

concerned should be viewed poorly or

dimly as a result of bringing this matter to

public attention."

Mr Smith said he had not spoken to the

woman concerned and he would not.

And he issued a warning to any

Defence Force member who fell short

of community standards of behaviour.

"They run the risk of discovering that

their time in the ADF is cut short. That

particularly applies to inappropriate

conduct in public."

It gets worse I‟m afraid. A recent

commission of inquiry found that a

''tribal'' group of senior sailors on

HMAS Success engaged in predatory

sexual and drunken misconduct during

a deployment to Asia in 2009,

protecting themselves through a culture

of ''silence and mutual protection''.

As a result of the Success inquiry, Vice-

Admiral Russ Crane ordered all navy

personnel to watch a video message in

which he lambasted a culture of drinking

within the service and warned he would

implement measures to combat the

problem.

Only days later, two sailors were killed

and three others seriously injured in a car

crash near the HMAS Cerberus naval

base on the Mornington Peninsula. Senior

police said in the aftermath that alcohol

might have been involved.

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Letter from Australia Australian military under scrutiny over sex scandal

Bunwell and District Camera Club Exhibition Smile this Spring Bank Holiday weekend

as Bunwell and District Camera Club

present their annual exhibition of members

work. Held at Banham Community Centre

on Sunday May 29th (10am-5pm) and

Monday 30th (10am-4pm) the exhibition

will showcase some fantastic photography

with over 300 images on display. In

addition the exhibition will host a junior

photography competition with entries from

local schools. Visitors can also have a

professional photo studio session at the

venue for just £10, which includes a 10x8

print, thanks to photographs2art of

Attleborough (no need to book).

Entry to the exhibition is just £1 per person

with accompanied children free.

Refreshments will be available including

home-made sandwiches, cakes and

savouries, along with a tombola and raffle.

Further details about the club and

exhibition can be found at

www.bdcameraclub.co.uk. If anyone would

like to support the exhibition with

sponsorship or prizes, please contact Jon

White on 01953 788540.

Craft Market at the Queens Hall Thank you to everyone who attended the

Craft Market in March. We managed to

raise £125.61 for Macmillan Cancer Care

and Support in Norfolk.

Due to the good response at these events

there will be a Craft Market in the Queens

Hall every first Saturday, same day as the

Farmers Market, from now until

November. (Not including October).

The next Craft Market in the Queens Hall

will be on 7th May.

There will be up to 20 stalls of locally

handmade items including cards,

knitwear, wooden items, jewellery,

sewing, towel cakes and some unusual

items as well. Craft supplies will also be

available for those budding crafters.

Opening times will be 9.30am to 2pm and

admission will be free.

Refreshments, cakes and lunches will be

served by the Thetford based charity ASD

- Helping Hands who are there for adults

and children in the Norfolk area living

with Autism. Please come and have a

coffee and support this good cause.

If you require any further information

please call Brenda on 01953 885559.

Vouchers found in Watton High Street - are they yours? A quantity of gift vouchers in a card wallet

were found in the High Street in late March.

If you think they might be yours, would you

please contact Shirley at Adcocks on 01953

881 248 where recovery can be arranged.


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By Rosalie Davis Gibb

…so says Cy Payne, leader of the

Downham Market Swing Orchestra (right),

having spent his life doing what he loves

best. I first met Cy following an evening of

excellent entertainment by the Swing

Orchestra at the Queen‟s Hall in Watton

last March. It soon became obvious Cy was

an extremely interesting person, having

arranged musical scores for everything

from „musak‟ in lifts to 15 No 1 chart

toppers by the rich and famous, including

Cliff Richard, Julio Inglesias, Shirley

Bassey, Frankie Vaughan, Dusty

Springfield, Charles Aznavour, Elton John

and the original Brotherhood Of Man. The

floodgates of Swing opened for Cy at the

age of 12, when his music tutor introduced

him to the music of Woody Herman, Duke

Ellington and Count Basie.

Cy‟s career began in earnest just before he

was 15, when he started work as an office

boy and rehearsal pianist for a music

publisher. During this time Cy worked with

Ron Goodwin, the greatest arranger he says

he‟s ever met. You will undoubtedly

recognise Ron‟s theme tune for the London

Marathon. Dick James, the song salesman

(plugger) at the time, would take hopefuls‟

songs around to potential artistes and record

companies, when an arrangement would

often be requested for an orchestra. Dick

James was quite a famous singer at the time

and sang the theme tune to Robin Hood in

the days of black and white TV. Cy wanted

to be an arranger, saw an opportunity to

fulfil this ambition and offered to work free

of charge if his work was used.

During his National Service, Cy wrote

arrangements for the military bands. When

he left the Army in 1957 his first fully

fledged job was as an arranger at Feldman‟s

Music in Denmark Street, London, or Tin

Pan Alley as it was known, followed by a

stint as Assistant Musical Director at ATV

for the „Oh Boy‟ Show, set up in

competition to the BBC‟s ‟65 Special‟.

During this time Cy met a young man

called Harry Webb, soon to become known

as Cliff Richard. Cy was the arranger for

Cliff‟s first ever recording on a TV show,

„At The Hop‟. By way of a change, Cy was

the Musical Director on „The Ovaltinies‟

LP! Including, of course, „We Are The

Ovaltinies‟.

Whilst Cy was the staff arranger with Mills

Music, he arranged the Brotherhood of

Man‟s chart-topping song „United We

Stand‟, which went to No 1 in 22 countries.

Unfortunately, he only received an

arranger‟s fee and no royalties! Following

the tragic events of 9/11, New York

adopted this particular song and played it

on the radio twice every day.

Cy wrote the music for 16 film scores

and numerous commercials, made

frequent TV and radio appearances and

conducted many of the country‟s finest

orchestras. There is no end to this man‟s

talents! It would fill many pages to list

them all. Cy also arranged music for the

BBC, to have on standby for filling in

gaps between radio programmes.

Having been asked by Rediffusion

International to produce an LP of

romantic Mediterranean music, conjuring

up images of a beautiful sun-soaked

island, an LP was dutifully recorded with

flutes, mandolins and an accordion, but

much to Cy‟s surprise, he discovered he

had been re-named Camillo Francini!

Apparently Cy Payne wasn‟t romantic

enough! Following this, Camillo Francini

featured in many radio broadcasts, never

having been further than Southend! A

surprise of a different kind came when

Cy and Anne planned their wedding in

1962, when he discovered a freelance

musician was still classed as a „vagrant

and vagabond musician‟, dating back to a

law passed in 1200, which meant he was

unable to get a mortgage. Not much

changes! At the time Cy was working

with Kenny Woodman, Chief Arranger at

Mills Music, and worked with him on all

the Sandy Shaw records.

In 1974 Cy was commissioned to write the

music for Trooping of the Colour, having

worked with the military since 1965 and

recorded with many regiments including

The Royal Artillery, The Royal Signals,

The Blues and Royals, Grenadier Guards,

Welsh Guards, Irish Guards and Scots

Guards, as well as with The Band of the

Lifeguards for the Queen‟s Silver Jubilee.

Cy wrote the music for „Come Dancing‟

for 28 years and also arranged the music

for Torvil and Dean‟s last Olympic entry,

„Let‟s face the Music and Dance‟ and

„The History of Love‟. He also arranged

the music for „Bolero‟ for their world

tour. This led to Cy composing and

arranging 12 tracks for the ice skating

compulsory dances to qualify for the

Olympics. At Oprah Winfrey‟s request,

Cy produced 80 titles of International

Competition standard music. Illustrating

his diversity, Cy wrote a „Stripper‟ type

piece of music called „The Big Strip‟ for

Chappells, which has been used many

times around the world. For 15 years Cy

was the Musical Director for Mitchell/

Monkhouse Associates (Malcolm

Mitchell and Bob Monkhouse), making

one-off 90 minute shows.

With his 5 piece band, Cy provided the

music at the Sandringham Christmas Eve

and New Year‟s Eve staff parties, one year

writing „The Wrinkly Wriggle‟ to get

people off their seats and on their feet

before the usual 10pm! Requested every

year thereafter!

Cy started the Downham Market Swing

Orchestra to give people the opportunity to

play in a band who otherwise would not be

able to, hoping to give people the chance he

had. There are no auditions and anyone can

go along to St Edmund‟s Hall on a

Thursday evening and join in. Having been

to one of his concerts and also a most

enjoyable rehearsal evening, I can say Cy‟s

doing an excellent job in providing this

marvellous opportunity and bringing

together some amazing talent, not only with

the many musicians but also 4

accomplished singers, Amy Power, John

Frisby, Eileen Alexander and Joe

McCaffrey, each with their own individual

style. We particularly enjoyed Amy singing

„I Wonder‟, a song written by Cy. We hope

they will be returning to Watton before too

long, but in the meantime you can see the

Orchestra at Watlington on 3rd July, East

Rudham 9th July, Emneth Village 16th July

and Downham Market Town Hall on 9th

September and also for a Halloween Dance

on 28th October.

Members of the Orchestra give their time

voluntarily and all funds from concerts are

given to charity. The March concert at the

Queen‟s Hall raised the magnificent sum of

£592.52 for the Big C charity (pictured

above left are Linda Macaffrey and Cy with

the cheque). So many congratulations to the

Orchestra for their achievements and their

generosity. Be sure not to miss one of their

concerts should you get the chance – to get

your feet tapping and support their work for

charity.

Not only is Cy one of the luckiest men

alive, but also one of the most talented

and admirable, giving so much of his

time for the benefit of others, sharing his

wealth of unique talent and flair with

local musicians and making a difference

to the lives of many.

One of the luckiest men alive . . .

Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolk’s Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service. Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri. E-mail [email protected] Website http://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/naturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 17th May 7.45pm - 9.30.pm The RSPCA Rescue Centre - East Winch. A talk by Alison Charles about the rescue work of the RSPCA. Followed by refreshments and raffle. Venue: Watton Christian Community Centre, High Street, Watton. Cost: Members £2 Non members £3

Car Boot and Crafts Sat 21st May 9am

St Mary’s Church, Car Park, Watton 01953 882936 Car boots £4

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The Wayland News Gardening

Ashill Garden Club Notes April‟s guest speaker at the Ashill and Holme Hale Garden Club was

Graham Simmonds, whose subject was the History Beneath your Feet,

which provided a fascinating insight into an amazing array of artefacts

given up by the earth. Graham explained that his interest in such

objects combines a love of history and archaeology – nothing pleases

him more than getting his hands dirty in allotments, fields and gardens

in the pursuit of interesting remains; Norfolk abounds in these artefacts

due to its geographical characteristics and to the influx of various

invaders throughout history who left their relics behind them.

Graham asked his listeners to think about the kind of things most

commonly found when ground is turned over. Topping the list of lost

items are keys; we were asked to consider the significance of a lost key

- not only might a key holder have a certain standing, but the key itself

might hold other clues to the user‟s life.

One such example, which we were able to examine personally, was a

key designed like a palm tree – a significant Christian symbol which

might have been owned by a Roman who was finally able to profess his

faith by displaying this object.

Among many objects we saw were buttons, ¼, ½ and 1 penny pieces,

and a charming china dolls head. We saw a

pottery bottle (dated around 1890 and

produced by Doultons) which would have

been used as an ink container, and a very

pretty blue cobalt glass bottle which would

have contained tinctures, essences, etc.

Flint is a common find in excavations and

there was some discussion about

recognising whether a piece had been

worked – the secret apparently lies in the

small scalloped indentations around the

edges. One very large piece of worked flint

was around six thousand years old, and

would have provided an invaluable tool.

Members were asked to look at a box of

random objects retrieved from the ground,

including two heads of clay pipes

(differing in size depending on the price of

tobacco at the time) and a tiny china doll

made of Bisque. We saw a selection of

pottery pieces from amphoras and cooking

vessels, and on the base of one we were

still able to see where the potter had joined

the sides to the base with little crimp

marks.

We saw lead weights, topless thimbles

possibly for gleaning corn, a huge selection

of buckles and a case of seals. Graham went

on to discuss the significance of money in

history, and how coins would have been cut

in half or even quartered, as they were few,

and were valued according to weight. Thus a

coin which would have been cut into four

quarters would lead to the name “farthing

being given to a coin at a later date.

This talk was interesting and thought

provoking, giving us a wonderful insight into

the lives of our forebears – members were

most enthusiastic about this unusual topic.

Graham finished by kindly judging our

photographic competition, and the

photographer of a euphorbia won a beautiful

dicentra spectabilis.

Finally, our Chairman outlined ideas for

several planters to be strategically placed

around the village – an anonymous donor

has made this possible, and plans are afoot

to bring this to fruition. Watch this space.

David also showed members the pest

control netting discussed at the last

meeting and suggested looking at the

website if anyone was interested. There are

still one or two spaces left for the trip to

East Ruston – contact David or any

committee member for more information.

He also reminded us about the Flower Show,

50p for first entry, 30p each entry thereafter,

and to get us into training, suggested a

competition to show a single stem at the next

meeting. We need tombola prizes for the

flower show please, all items welcome.

Next meeting will be on the 19th May,

when Charlotte Philcox will be giving a

talk on A Hedgerow Harvest. All new

members are welcome – you may come

along on the day, or telephone our

secretary, John Vincent on 01760 440320.

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In your garden with Lotta Potts

Wasn‟t April wonderful? Those who

planted Magnolias deserve a big

thank you as they all gave us the

most marvellous display. Even those

trees and shrubs that would normally

be too small to flower did so

extremely well. The rest of the

blossom gave us a treat, coming out

in the midst of the Magnolia display

and I have never seen so much colour

or so little rain. Out with the

hosepipes but worth it. It seems

pretty clear that spring flowers of all

types benefit from a harsh winter. I

suppose it gives them a chance for a

good sleep. The downside of course

is that the weeds have flourished as

well. Last year we noted the

profusion of dandelions and this has

resulted in a new one this year! You

can rid the garden of them but know

that their wild cousins will spread

their seeds far and wide so we can do

it all again next year.

There‟s lots to do in May. Summer

bedding can go out in the middle of

the month when we should be frost-

free. However, the emphasis there is

on „should‟. Stand by with fleece or

other covering if the forecast is for

late frost. This applies to tender veg

plants as well. If you are organised

with seed sowing in the veg patch

there will be succession sowing

going on - every three weeks is the

advised time frame. The list of veg to

sow is a lengthy one and includes

swede, beetroot, carrots, autumn

cabbage, autumn/winter cauliflower,

calabrese, peas, chard, radish, lettuce,

spring onions, french beans, peas,

runner beans, sweetcorn, courgettes,

squashes and pumpkins. That lot

would take up a great deal of room!

Only sow what you like to eat.

However, if you have a small family

or a large freezer sow little and often.

It‟s worth trying something new if

possible - you never know it might

make it on to the annual list.

If you have fruit, soft varieties may

well need watering and protection

against birds as well as other assorted

pests and threatened frost.

Lawn care is a major feature this

month. If you have a pristine sward it

will need feeding if you didn‟t do it

in April. The normal stuff for this is a

weed and feed mixture. Funny stuff

grass when elevated to lawn status.

We give it food to make it grow then

commence the weekly cutting. We

get rid of the cuttings - compost or

Council bin then cut it again,

repeating the process until early

Autumn when we feed it again. If

there is a draught we then water it,

making it grow so we can keep

cutting it. I know very few people

who actually enjoy cutting grass so

why do we do it to ourselves?

In some ways May is a strange

month of endings and beginnings.

Most of the spring flowering bulbs

and shrubs will have finished so the

bulbs need dead-heading (don‟t bend

or remove daffodil leaves, they need

the sunlight to bulk up the bulbs for

next year) and shrubs that have

finished flowering like forsythia need

pruning. If the shrub is within its

bounds and not too high it just needs

the flowering shoots taking back a

third. On the other hand, if it‟s a bit

out of control remove a third of the

old stems down to the ground. Do

this twice more in subsequent years

and it should be manageable. I have

found out that when in doubt about

shrubs - I still have some I can‟t

identify - they will come to no harm

if pruned immediately after

flowering. Evergreens are a bit

trickier but the same principle should

apply but take it easy until you find

out if this approach works.

Perennial flowers should be well on

the way now and can be divided but

don‟t leave it too long or you may

damage the flowering shoots. Larger

species like delphiniums will need

support. Get this in now so the plants

grow through, rather than wait until

they flop as this job then becomes a

nightmare. Any spring flowering

plants that have finished can either

be removed to make way for summer

ones or trimmed over.

Don‟t forget, gardening is fun. Keep

telling yourself that as you pull

weeds, dispose of slugs and find that

hole in the hosepipe.

We held our Spring Show on Saturday 9th April. It was a truly lovely day with a

good turnout of entries. We were fortunate to get 128 entries from 18 exhibitors

which is, I believe, a record for this Show. The winter has been a little kinder this

year than 2009-10 and that probably accounted for the increase in entries, up from

111 items from 15 entrants). Interestingly the double daffodils that didn‟t open last

year were out in force this time. We had a visit from Paul Young from Wayland

Radio but unfortunately Gabbie couldn‟t make it this time. We‟d love to see them

both again at the Autumn Show on September 10th. The judges were very kind,

praising the high overall standard. It was also gratifying to see entries from new

members and from members unable to enter in previous years. The silverware was

awarded as follows:

Sid Lancaster Salver for highest points in Show - Ralph Kinsley

Spring Cup for highest points in flower section - Ralph Kinsley

Hendry Plate for highest points in domestic section - Judy Atkinson

Bill Aylott Cup for best arrangement of flowers „The Royal Norfolk Show‟ -

Geoff Twelftree

I regret that because of a hand injury limiting my typing ability and the

shortness of time, full results have not been included.

Marianne Kilmartin, Show Secretary

Bradenham & District Horticultural Society Spring Show

Gardening The Wayland News

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This year I‟m determined to out-fox the critters in

the herb garden. I started seeds of both fennel and

parsley, with half of them growing out in the open

for the caterpillars and half growing under netting to

try to keep the butterflies from laying the eggs that

will turn into caterpillars! These two plants are

much beloved by the Black Swallowtail butterfly,

and a gang of their caterpillars will strip a plant

naked in no time at all. If any eggs fall through the

netting and develop into caterpillars, maybe I‟ll be

able to catch them and move them to “their” patch!

Last year they gobbled up all the new growth as it

appeared, but the bright side is the hours of

entertainment they provide when they drop off the

plant and wiggle away to find a place to pupate - I

have some short videos that make me laugh on the

coldest/darkest days of winter!

Timing is everything in the Texas garden and it is

doubtful that we will get any more cool weather now

until October or November. Every year I try to avoid

putting the air-conditioner on until May 31st, but

seldom manage it. How quickly our short winter

passed by, but I‟m happy to say that all the plants and

shrubs that looked like they had been killed by the

unusually long periods of hard freezes have resprouted

from the roots. May is the latest recommended time to

sow radish, green beans, Pinto Beans, and Sweet Corn,

but by now the garden is full of tomatoes, peppers,

aubergines, etc. In fact, as usual, the vegetable plants

have overflowed into the flower beds.

The "Peggy Martin Rose" was one of only two

plants surviving in the garden of Mrs. Peggy Martin,

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana after the destruction

of Hurricane Katrina in late August, 2005. Mrs.

Martin indicated the house and garden were under

about 20‟ of salt water for two weeks following the

hurricane (pictured). When she was finally able to

return to visit their property she was heartened to

see the lush growth of her thornless climber, a

testament to its toughness and status as a true

survivor. This rose and one crinum were all that

remained of the once beautiful garden. The rose had

been there for years, and was an unknown variety.

Dr. William C. Welch, a renowned Texas

Plantsman, saw the rose and stated “I had already

been convinced that this rose deserved to be widely

available and enjoyed by gardeners in other

locations. Its disease resistance, thornless stems and

colourful displays of bright pink flowers along with

a graceful vining form make it a logical choice for

creating beautiful garden pictures. My specimen is

literally covered with clusters of dark pink flowers

each spring from mid-March through May. It starts

blooming again in late summer and repeats until a

hard frost slows it down for the winter”. Dr. Welch

took some cuttings, arranged for trials, and named it

“Peggy Martin”. The

one I have is in its

second year now, and

despite the lack of rain,

has bloomed

beautifully.

The lack of rain has

brought its own special

set of problems. At the

time of writing it is

estimated that well

over one million acres

have been burnt by

wild fires. Many

people have been

displaced and homes

destroyed, and most of

Texas is under a burn

ban. The earth and air

are so dry and the

incessant wind so

strong that all it takes

is a careless person

throwing a cigarette out of a moving car to start

another fire. Sparks from barbecues and dry

lightning storms are also dangerous. It will be a

long time before controlled burns to rejuvenate the

land and forest floors are again allowed, and

people who live “in the country” with no rubbish

collection are having to stockpile until they can

once again burn it. I remember many years ago

when there was a dustman strike at home in Sussex

people were “gift wrapping” their rubbish and

leaving it in unlocked cars – thieves were finding

all kinds of surprises when they unwrapped their

stolen loot!! Maybe this would be a useful tip for

my Texas friends!

Tomato - Tomayto Gardening in Navasota, Texas with Helen Quinn

Bradenham & District Horticultural Society May Meeting Our May meeting will be held on Thursday 19th at

7.30pm in the Village Hall when the speaker will be

Vic Cossins whose talk is entitled „Beekeeping and

Bees‟. he has assured us that the only demonstration

„prop‟ he will be using is a beehive but definitely no

bees.

Refreshments will be available and the usual raffle.

All are welcome.

A reminder for July, don‟t forget our coach trip to

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens on Sunday 10th July

at £17.50 for members and £22.00 for non-members.

For any information contact Marianne Kilmartin

01362 820744 or Belinda Ashman 01362 821442

News from Ovington Gardening Club and have a slice of cake The April meeting was a talk by Tim Fuller of

'Plantsmans Preference' on Hardy Perennials. This

was illustrated by superb pictures of plants, each

one being a good 'do-er', and a knowledgeable

description of the plant provided.

There will be no May meeting, but instead we will be

having a plant sale/cake sale on Saturday, 21st May at

10am to 12 noon. This will be held at Redwood

House, Carbrooke Road, Ovington by kind permission

of Ann and Richard Akister. This is your opportunity

to purchase plants for your garden at a very reasonable

price - so please come along to support us, even if you

only want a coffee and a slice of cake.

Kennow Sports & Social Club News

I am pleased to report that all our sections

seem to have had a good month.

The DARTS team won all their five

matches, and their latest recruit, Robin,

celebrated his first 180 by buying drinks

all round, after which it was explained to

him that the idea is to get that score with

only three darts.

At the BADMINTON AGM the Secretary

announced that the fees would have to be

raised to £2 per session, due to the higher

cost of shuttlecocks.

Miss Peebles said she was shocked by this

statement, and after a short discussion it

was agreed that in future the items should

be called simply „shuttles‟.

A letter was read out from the coach

company apologising for the error

whereby the driver taking the party

expecting to go to the National

Championships in Birmingham, took

them instead to the Badminton Horse

Trials at Burghley. But, as the Secretary

pointed out, at least we saw some English

faces in the Finals.

Unfortunately the DARBY & JOAN

CLUB was unable to meet last month, as

Darby had a cold and Joan had the hump!

The members of the CROQUET section

had a surprise when, in answer to their

advertisement in the local paper for new

recruits, over a dozen ladies turned up.

Some confusion ensued until it was

realised that due to a printing error they

had come expecting to join a CROCHET

class.

The TENNIS club are hoping for a

change in their fortunes after a poor start

to their season. It is thought that things

will improve when the new tin of balls is

opened later this month – the old ones are

getting a bit bald, and don‟t bounce very

well. It is also hoped that old Ted Simms,

the Captain, who celebrated his 92nd

birthday last month, will soon be back in

action, after spraining his ankle when he

hurdled the net to congratulate his

opponent after the singles final.

Tragedy threatened to spoil the

SHOVEHA‟PENNY match against the

Red Bull, when old Jasper collapsed and

died halfway through the first game, but

fortunately Ted Wills was in the bar and

our opponents kindly let him take over as

substitute, enabling out team to emerge

victorious. Please note that our next

match is at the White Lion, next Tuesday,

Shove Off, 7.30.

Harsh words were exchanged in the Finals

of the SCRABBLE championships, and

for a time it looked like fisticuffs would

be involved, until Henry suddenly called

„Fainites‟, followed by the offer of „Little

Fingers‟, which was accepted by Peter,

after which they linked hands in that time

-old peace keeping ritual, Peter finally

taking the first prize.

Unfortunately the inaugural field

expedition of the newly formed MAP-

READING & ORIENTEERING class had

to be abandoned as several members

failed to find the meeting place. Better

luck next time!

Now some dates for your diary : June 4th.

August 15th, and October 18th. (More

available on request ).

Finally a reminder that subscriptions are

now due. I would prefer cash, but any

cheques should be made payable to Ken

Knowles.

A report by Ken Knowles


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Acknowledgement We would like to say a big thank to everyone for the kind messages,

cards and donations totalling £600 for The Big C received in our loss

of our Dad, John Harwood, and a special thank you to Rev Jane

Atkins for the service.

David, Robert, Eirlys and Nicola.

Necton Little Oaks Playgroup

Wayland Agricultural Society donated

grant monies to Necton Little Oaks

Playgroup earlier this year amounting to

the sum of £1,250, monies raised at the

2010 Wayland Agricultural Show.

Part of the grant was for a spring outing for

the children to a farm park. The children

enjoyed a lovely outing to Church Farm,

Stow Bardolph on Thursday 24th March

2011. The weather was fantastic and

Church Farm provided the Playgroup with

an excellent day of education and fun.

With the remaining money from Wayland

Agricultural Society and some sterling

work from Nick Johnson one of our

Charitable Trustees the Playgroup now has

a raised vegetable garden for the children.

Kevin Bowes President of the Wayland

Agricultural Society attended the Necton

Little Oaks Playgroup on Thursday 7th

April to commence planting of some fruit

and vegetables with children and staff. The

Playgroup staff and Trustees were also

able to say a big thank you for the grant

donation of £1,250.00.

Kevin said “The visit to the farm park and

the experience of growing your own fruit

and vegetables are very important

activities for the children at the Playgroup.

Children of 2 to 5 years of age are so

impressionable and I do hope the

experience stays with them in the future.

“I am looking forward to seeing the

children‟s produce displayed at the

Wayland Agricultural Show 2011 on

Sunday 7th August 2011.”

Finally, Kevin selected the winning ticket

ORANGE 420 for the Playgroup‟s Easter

Egg Hamper Raffle and Heather Harvey

won the fantastic selection of Easter eggs.

Twins Ailish and Jacob Jenner with Jill Tarling, Playgroup Supervisor, and Mr Kevin Bowes, President of the Wayland Agricultural Society

Hackers, Tackers and Stuffers On Thursday 7th April fourteen

members gathered for a whole day

workshop with tutor Amanda

Hollman, who trades as Monkey

Buttons. Many people will know

her from her stand at Chilford Quit

Shows and consequently be familiar

with her lovely patterns, kits and

fabrics. She was teaching the

construction of two bags „Misty‟

and „Southern Belle‟. Despite

having huge fabric stashes most of

us had purchased kits of the fabric

required from her. It proved a

challenging, hardworking but most

enjoyable and satisfying day. We

look forward to producing

completed bags sometime in the

next few months or years. Possibly

finished examples may be shown at

future exhibitions.

We would like to thank all those

who have supported us for our 2011

Exhibition Quilts4 imminent or

actually showing at the time of

publication of this paper. If you

haven‟t been to see us yet do come

along to the Dragonfly Gallery.

Details are shown elsewhere.

We continue to meet at on the 2nd

and 4th Tuesdays of each month

apart from August in the Christian

Community Hall in Watton High

Street between 7 and 9 p.m.

Potential members with an interest

in needlecrafts are always welcome.

Further details are available from

Jane on 01953 884215 or Sue on

01362 822536 or on our Blog at

http://htsqgroup.com The latter has

a full calendar of our programme

for the next few months.

Fancy a New Hobby? Imagine sitting in the garden on a

lovely sunny day, listening to the

birds and smelling the flowers

whilst making Bobbin Lace. If you

have seen demonstrations of the

craft, it may look difficult; but I can

assure you it is not! If a six year old

can do it, anyone can.

Bobbin Lace was traditionally

worked by women (to supplement

the family income) but The

Wayland Lacemakers have had two

men in the group who were

excellent lacemakers!!

We will teach you how to get

started and support you with most

English and Continental laces.

The Wayland Lacemakers meet in

The Christian Community Centre

Hall next to the Methodist Church,

High Street, Watton. There is a car

park next to the Hall. Everyone is

welcome to come and see what we

do and enjoy a cup of tea and chat.

You will find us on the following

Monday evenings 7.45pm to

9.45pm. May 9th & 23rd, June 6th

& 20th, July 4th & 18th

For further information phone Anne

01953 882051

What, you may wonder, have these two

things in common? ….. Watton Evening

WI has enjoyed talks on both subjects

this last month.

Brian Hedge came along to our Group

Meeting and gave us an enthralling

illustrated talk on the History of the

Norfolk Broads. A very professional

speaker he kept our attention with ease.

After the talk we enjoyed wonderful

refreshments before working our brains on

the evening‟s quiz. This was about

identifying various well known signs and

logos and was won by Liz Wells and Gerry

Daisey of Saham WI – well done ladies.

Local potter, Heather Graham, was our

April speaker. Heather demonstrated the

art of making various pottery items – a

vase, a jug, a bowl etc. She made it all look

so easy!! And the previously finished items

she had brought along are a joy to see. Her

work will be on display in the Dragonfly

Gallery very soon.

An excellent event was enjoyed by many

when we held a combined Coffee

Morning and Table Top Sale in the

Community Centre on Saturday 16th

April. Naturally we were a little

apprehensive as to whether it would be

successful but we need not have worried.

Most members turned out to help and I

think everyone who came along during

the morning had a good time. We will

also be able to make a nice donation to

the Wayland Hall Luncheon Club.

We are planning a ½ day trip to Wells-

next-the-Sea on 26th July and will have a

few spare seats on the coach which we

will be offering to non-members.

New members are always welcome and

if you would like to know a little more

about the WI you can ring either Pat on

01953 882275 or Barbara on 01953

882595.

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Keo and Abby sniff out 864 Sqn Air Cadets

Watton Junior School Press Club Report It‟s been an activity-packed term

here at Watton Junior School.

World Book Day, visits to a

Victorian school and a Languages

Festival at Wayland Community

High School have been just a few

highlights of a hard-working term

for staff and pupils alike.

Early on in the term, Year 5 pupils

acting as Energy Busters spent a week visiting

all classrooms checking the use of radiators,

computer projectors, lights and windows in

order to save energy. Stickers were awarded to

every class, and the competition got even hotter

than the classrooms as pupils (and staff!)

counted up their number of green (good) or red

(bad) stickers every day.

As you may have noticed, in March it was

World Book Day and pupils and teachers had to

dress up as book characters (see picture).

Children went to different rooms instead of

their normal classes, the year groups were

mixed up, and they did lots of different and

exciting craft, art and writing activities. Adults

read stories to children and the afternoon was

filled with competitions with a book theme.

Money was also raised, through sponsored

reading over half-term, for charities working

with READathon to help children with cancer.

Visits outside school were organized towards

the end of term. Year 6 have been to the

Victorian school at Great Cressingham, which

is a real school now used as an educational

museum, and links with our local high school,

Wayland Community High, have been

strengthened during a visit by Year 6 to a

Languages Festival led by Wayland Year 9

students, where our children had fun playing

games and learning how to say “I like rock

music” in German!

It has been a busy term and we are now looking

forward to the summer, with a visit to

Kentwell, tests for the Year 6 children, project

work on the Tudors and, of course, Sports Day

– weather permitting.

Mrs. Ford and the Year 6 News Club

864 Watton squadron Air Cadets recently

paid host to a visit from HMP Wayland‟s

number one drug detection team. Keo a

passive drug detection dog and Abbey an

active drug dog and their handler Kelvin

Cross gave a demonstration and talk on the

capabilities of the dogs used at HMP

Wayland.

The cadets were treated to a demonstration

of how the different types of dog do their

work, firstly one of the adult members of

staff was planted with a drug scented cloth

and stood in a line up with some cadets to

resemble a prison visit search, the passive

dog a ginger Labrador called Keo, walked

down the line sniffing for any drugs, when

he got to staff member Sergeant D‟Aeth he

sat down beside him to signal to his handler

that he had found something suspicious, as

he had done such a good job he was

rewarded with his play ball. Cadet Blockwell

said after being searched in the line-up, “It‟s

amazing how the dog can find such a small

bit of cloth with just a few sniffs, and then

tell his handler what he has found, it must be

great being a drug dog handler.”

The cadets were then asked to leave the

room and there was another scented cloth

hidden in the room, when they returned a

few minutes later Abbey a nine year old

black spaniel cross, the active dog who

specializes in searching areas instead of

walking a line, was released to do her stuff.

Within a matter of minutes Abbey had found

the hidden “drugs” and again signalled to

Kelvin what she had found, and was also

rewarded with her play ball. Kelvin said at

the time that he enjoys his job, and these two

dogs are amongst the best they had.

Kelvin then gave a short demonstration of

some improvised weapons and drug

paraphernalia and followed it with

answering any question the cadets had

about his dogs and the job he does.

If you are interested in joining or just want

to see what we are all about Contact us at

[email protected] follow us on Twitter

oc864, or come and visit on a parade

evening Mondays and Wednesdays 1900 –

2130hrs, or call on 01953 885531 (only

during parade hours).

Barbara's Day at Rocklands Is to be held once again at

Cheyney, Low Lane (Opp. the

School), Rocklands on Wednesday,

May 18th from 10am until about

3.30pm. There will be our popular

ploughman's lunches and desserts

over the lunchtime period as well as

coffees and teas. Our stall holders

will be selling homemade cakes

and jams; bedding plants,

perennials and shrublets; bric-a-

brac and secondhand books.

All proceeds will go to ALL

SAINTS' CHURCH. This is our

main fund-raising event of the year

so we hope you will come and

spend a lovely day with us. I have

ordered some good weather!


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Watton. 30th April - 7th May

Saturdays 10am - 1pm Weekdays 10am - 4pm

(Including Bank Holiday)

Free Admission Bag Draw & Donations

Raising Funds for Project Linus & Heart Cushions

Contact Sue 01362 822536

Wayland Radio provides a variety

of music genres during our evening

programming and in this article

Alan Watson gives us the

background to Tuesday evening

programme „Let‟s Go Tripping‟.

Let‟s go back . . . into the mists of

time to 2007 when Station

Manager David Hatherly

advertised for volunteers to help at

Wayland Community Radio.

Alan Watson, who has been a

collector since his early teens and

has amassed a collection of around

2000 singles and a similar number

of albums which cover a variety of

musical styles over the last 60 or so

years, rang Dave with his ideas for

a show based around two concepts:

primarily sixties based, but

featuring artists and obscurities you

would rarely hear on radio, with

the selections from the original

vinyl source if at all possible.

A „mix tape‟ to David followed

and, pretty soon the show “was on

the air”.

At the outset, a whole evening was

devoted to sixties based music with

John, Little Al, Eric, Dennis and

Alan rotating songs. But,

eventually the presenters were all

granted their own shows allowing

them to concentrate on their own

specialities.

Alan and Dennis‟s show was

originally entitled „The Perfumed

Garden‟ as an affectionate homage

to the recently departed John Peel,

but after a couple of series, the

show was re-titled after its long

running theme music, Dick Dales

surfing classic „Let‟s go

Tripping‟ (itself used by Peel for

his „Home Truths‟ show).

The „modus operandi‟ has

remained since then, to look at the

„who, when, why and where‟ of

rock music. Luckily, both Alan and

Dennis have long memories (it

comes with age) and several very

large text books. Over the past

three years over 2500 tracks have

been played with, it is estimated,

only around a dozen or so being

duplicated!

The style of the show and its

presenters is both informal and

informative and is, we believe,

unique in local broadcasting where

formatting and playlists dominate

the airwaves.

„Let‟s go Tripping‟ is compiled

and presented by Alan Watson, and

produced and co-presented by

Denis Bray and is broadcast

Tuesday evenings 8pm to 10pm on

Wayland Radio on 107.3

Find out more about Wayland

Radio on the web at

www.waylandradio.com email

[email protected] or

telephone 01760 44 11 61

Wayland Radio 107.3

Watton United have announced

details of their Annual Golf Day,

with the event in its fifth year and

taking place on Friday 3rd June at

Richmond Park Golf, Saham Road,

Watton.

This year‟s competition will again

see the presentation of the RICK

NEAVE cup, in memory of

Watton United‟s former manager,

being awarded to the highest

scoring individual who has played

for Watton United.

This year, entry includes a

donation to the Light Dragoons

Colonels Appeal Fund

(www.ldcolonelsappeal.co.uk -

Registered charity No. 1041982).

Any golfers who are interested in

attending the event and entering a

team, can contact Kevin

Bloomfield on 07747 878340, or

visit www.wattonunitedfc.co.uk for

more information. Any businesses

who are interested in sponsoring or

advertising at the event, or even

entering a team can also contact the

club via email

[email protected]

Tickets cost £40 per person and

includes 18 holes of golf, post and

pre round food, prize giving and

raffle at the end of the day.

Watton United Annual Golf Day

Twenty two members and guests

were welcomed by Chairman Rod

Rumsby at the April meeting. The

guest speaker was Dick Russell,

who spoke of his experiences as a

young RAF national serviceman

during the 1950s, serving as an air

gunner on the legendry Short

Sunderland flying boats. He flew

on sorties from many UK seaplane

bases, also visited Jersey and

Jamaica.

The Sunderland had an excellent

range and during WW2 proved

itself able to successfully attack

and destroy U-Boats. They

continued in service with the RAF

until 1959 having given 20 years

reliable service.

Next Meeting Tuesday 3rd May

7.30pm at Methwold Social Club.

Speaker: Henry Prince “The Red

Arrows”

New members & guests

welcomed. For more Information

Tel: 01842 879210

West Norfolk Aviation Society

We were very pleased to receive

Elizabeth Truss at the March lunch

and she did not disappoint. Elizabeth

spoke of her role as an MP, the way

she successfully juggles family life

with the long hours she has to work

and was happy to answer questions.

The most popular topic was rising

fuel costs and the difficulties it

brought for businesses in rural areas.

We also discussed the duelling of the

A11 at Elveden as Elizabeth has

been an ardent pro-campaigner for

the duelling work to begin as soon as

possible.

Wayland Women in Business

meetings are open to everyone.

Although most attendees are running

businesses, do not let this deter you

from coming. We are always pleased

to see employed and retired ladies as

well as ladies who are seeking to return

to the work place. It is a great social

event and a relaxed way to make

contacts.

Our next lunch will be held at Broom

Hall Saham Toney on Wednesday

8th June 12Noon - 2pm which

includes a hot lunch, a glass of wine

and tea and coffee served with

homemade truffles. Danielle

Gravestock, fundraiser for the East

Anglian Childrens Hospices will be

talking to us about the amazing care

provided for the children and their

families at Quidenham Hospice, we

hope you can join us.

The exhibitors for June are Janette

Marler from Readeasy Lamps and

Debbie Harris from 2 Up Marketing.

All are welcome and tickets are on

sale now.

For further details please contact:

Jane Richards 01953 850810

[email protected] or Clare

Rowling 01953 488993

[email protected] or

Ann Lusher [email protected]

Wayland Women in Business &

Quidenham Hospice

Young people will be asked for their

views on Norfolk‟s new approach to

youth work as the county council

looks to communities to steer local

youth activities.

Norfolk County Council has

allocated £900,000 of its Early

Intervention Grant to support

vulnerable young people in the

county. The council wants to use the

majority of this funding to support

youth activities and projects, by

appointing an outside organisation or

organisations to develop and support

district based Youth Advisory

Boards. These boards will make

decisions locally on how to support

young people.

Norfolk County Council is now

asking young people, voluntary and

public sector organisations, town and

parish councils and local community

groups how this approach might

work, who should be involved and

what specific groups of young people

should be targeted.

Over the next three months the

county council will be holding a

range of stakeholder discussion and

focus groups across the county.

There will be separate events for

young people and there are plans to

meet with school councils and other

youth organisations to discuss the

proposals.

The council wants to know the

benefits and challenges of the

proposed model, how new

technology and social media could

support the project and how

information about activities should

be provided to Norfolk‟s young

people.

Alison Thomas, Cabinet Member for

Children‟s Services at Norfolk

County Council, said: “This year‟s

budget has been the most challenging

in the council‟s history and meant we

have had to look for new ways of

working and increasingly look to our

partners in the voluntary and

community to deliver work on our

behalf.

“We simply can no longer afford to

directly provide youth service

activities ourselves but we want to

ensure that the most vulnerable

young people still have access to a

range of activities within their

communities. We want to empower

communities to steer this new model,

via Youth Advisory Boards - this is

part of our new role to help and

enable others to build and maintain

strong communities.

“However, this is a completely new

way of working and we need the

views of all of those involved in

delivering and supporting youth

services locally. We are particularly

keen for young people to help shape

how this will be delivered in the

future as their input is important to

ensure that the approach is

sustainable. We are planning to hold

a range of events with local groups to

find out how they think the approach

should be developed."

Local events are expected to run

from May to July and will help

inform how the council supports

communities to meet young people‟s

needs.

Views sought on County Council’s new approach to

youth work

The Wayland News Comment & News

ST MARY’S CHURCH, WATTON

HOBBIES EXHIBITION at the

QUEEN’S HALL WATTON Sunday 12th June

10.00am to 4.30pm

Featuring some new hobbies & exhibitors this year

Admission Adults £2 Children under 12 –50p

Family Ticket £5.00

Refreshments will be available 10.00—3.30pm and Lunches

between 12 noon and 2.00pm

Junk-It! - The solution for parents

and young people looking for fun

activities for the summer half-term

that will be exciting and

challenging without breaking the

bank. Project Rainbow, the

Wayland Partnership, the Safer

Neighbourhood Team and others

are working with an exciting,

newly formed Youth and

Community Service called New

Beginnings. Their first main

project will be at The Surge in

Watton from May 28th to June 4th

providing a week of fun activities

based on recycling.

There is still some planning to do

and, funding permitting, more

events will be added, but at the

time of writing the programme is

as follows:

On the first Saturday there will

music workshops with the

wonderfully innovative group

JDT; Bank holiday Monday will

be Arts and Crafts Day with a

wide range of opportunities for

young people to use their

imaginations creatively. Tuesday

is Bike Safety Day when we will

be joined by Halfords from

Dereham to show how to keep and

use cycles more safely.

Wednesday is „Outdoors Day‟

with the Ecobugs team looking at

Wildlife and gardening. Thursday

is Trashion Day – making fashion

items from recycled materials is

enormous fun – and on Friday

there will be a Giant Jumble Sale

to sell some of the things that have

been made and to raise funds for

more youth activity.

Across the week another new local

company, Cob-it will be running

demonstrations and workshops on

making bread and pizza ovens

from Cob – or clay lump - a really

interesting and useful project by

Simon Blackwell who owns Cob-

it. We hope that there will also be

skate boarding available during

the week.

The organisers are very grateful to

the sponsors - Halfords, Simon

Blackwell, Project Rainbow, the

Safer Neighbourhood Team,

Ecobugs, The Wayland

Partnership, Breckland Anti-

Social Behaviour Team and New

Beginnings - without whose

generous support either in time or

funding, such projects could not

happen.

Junking it at the Surge

It‟s good to be able to bring you our

news again with The Wayland News

back in production.

As some of you may already have

heard or read about we had an Ofsted

inspection last December and we got a

“good” rating. Some of our parents

have already congratulated us on this

and we were very pleased with the

results.

We have a new member of staff who

joined us in October last year and she

has fitted in really well. One of our

mother helpers is also with us full time

and is studying for a level 2 in Child

Care and Learning and Development.

We have been very busy since January

with lots of new children joining us

and also sorting our fencing for our

outside play area. This is being made

for us as we couldn‟t find anything

suitable that was light enough for us to

lift as we have to put it up and take it

down every day. This has been the

final item to purchase thanks to being

successful in our bid for Early Years

and Childcare Quality Funding.

It will soon be carnival time again

where we are hoping to have our

tombola stall, if our parents are

generous enough to donate plenty of

items for prizes. This has been a very

good fund raiser for us over the years

and we hope to be there again this

year.

We operate from the front hall of the

Youth and Community Centre, Harvey

Street, Watton 8.45am to 11.45am

term time only. If you have a child of

pre-school age and would like to come

and see what we do, please call in and

see us or give us a ring at the Centre on

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Little Acorns Playgroup

By Rosalie Davis Gibb

… at 481‟ (146.5m), the Great

Pyramid is the oldest and largest

of the 3 pyramids of Giza and

was the tallest man-made

structure in the world for over

3,800 years, the longest period

ever held for such a record?

… the Great Pyramid is the

oldest of the Seven Wonders of

the Ancient World and the only

one to remain largely intact?

The Great Pyramid, completed

around 2,560 BC, is also known

as the Pyramid of Khufu

(pronounced Koo-Foo) or

Cheops (pronounced Kee-ops,

the Greek version), and was

constructed as a tomb for the

Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (2,589

to 2,566 BC). Ancient Egyptians

believed that when the Pharaoh

died, he became Osiris, king of

the dead. The new Pharaoh

became Horus, god of the

heavens and protector of the sun

god. This cycle was symbolized

by the rising and setting of the

sun. The corpse would be

mummified and provided with

all necessities,

including food long

after death, to ensure

the former Pharaoh

could carry out his

duties in the afterlife,

otherwise the cycle

would be broken and

disaster would befall

Egypt.

I was forcibly struck

by 2 things when

seeing the pyramids

for the first time –

firstly,

disappointment that

they didn‟t fulfil my

childhood image of standing in

isolated splendour in the middle of

the desert surrounded by sand as far

as the eye could see, but suddenly

appeared above the palm trees whilst

still in the suburbs of Cairo (the

largest city in Africa), with squalor

on the opposite side of the road, and

secondly, their massive, dominating

bulk, especially the Great Pyramid.

Nowadays, urban sprawl creeps right

up to the very feet of the Sphinx.

All 3 pyramids of Giza have

accessible burial chambers.

Having scrambled along

exceedingly long, low narrow

passages to the King‟s Chamber,

mostly up or down a 1:2 gradient,

bent almost double, I can say with

some authority a trip to the interior

is definitely not for the

claustrophobic, faint hearted or

anyone prone to panic attacks!!

Especially since the way in is the

way out along tourist-stuffed

tunnels! Prior to reaching the

burial chamber, the magnificent

154‟ (47m) long and 28‟ (8.5m)

high Great Gallery is a very

welcome sight, albeit still very

narrow.

There‟s not a lot to see in the King's

Chamber other than an empty

sarcophagus, with no evidence it was

ever used for a burial. Khufu‟s

mummy has never been recovered,

but his well preserved, dismantled

solar barge or „Khufu Ship‟, buried

as part of the internment rites, was

discovered buried in a pit at the foot

of his Great Pyramid in 1954 by

Egyptian archaeologists. The

impressive barge, taking 14 years to

reassemble, is now on public display

in the nearby Solar Barque Museum.

There are 3 main chambers in the

pyramid - the King‟s, the Queen‟s

and a smaller, unfinished chamber

cut into the bedrock of the pyramid.

The King‟s and Queen‟s chambers

are higher up, necessitating the

incline of the passages. In fact, of

Egypt‟s 138 pyramids, the Great

Pyramid is the only one known to

contain both ascending and

descending passages. Less

impressive, but also less stressful,

with shorter passages and fewer

people, are the interiors of the

medium (Khafre‟s) and small

(Menkaure‟s) pyramids.

Having gazed in wonderment at the

Pyramids, they are without doubt an

amazing feat of engineering and

construction, although their

appearance now is quite different to

what it would have been on

completion. The stepped sides we

see today are only visible because

the original smooth limestone casing

stones have mostly fallen away. The

Great Pyramid is surrounded by

pieces of fallen limestone. Khafre's

is the only pyramid to retain any

limestone casing, at the apex.

… the Great Pyramid consists of an

estimated 2.3 million blocks,

believed to have been transported

from nearby quarries? An

estimated 5.5 million tons of

limestone, 500,000 tons of mortar

and 8,000 tons of granite (imported

from Aswan 500 miles away), were

used in the construction. The

largest stones, found in the King‟s

Chamber, weigh between 25 and

80 tons. Having also stayed in

Aswan, I was very impressed by

the magnificence of the famous

Aswan Dam. But that‟s another

story!

… the structure to overtake The

Great Pyramid as being the tallest in

the world was much closer to home.

But what was it? Answer in the June

issue.

Did You Know . . . ?


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1946

1950’

1960’

1970’

1980’

Those Teachers . . . I gather these pictures created quite a stir in the old memory

banks! And thanks to everyone who took the time to contact me

with names of the teachers whose pictures I published in March.

What follows is a merging of all the names given. All are listed

left to right starting with the back row and working forward.

The ones with a “-” are still unidentified so if you can help . . .

Please get in touch.

And on the next page the challenge continues.

Starting with 1946 on the right we have

(Back) Mr Crooke, - , Possibly Mr Hare , Mr

Troy , Mr Bill Porter, - , -

(Middle) Miss Molly Whitmore, - , Mrs Stella

Carter, Mr Rump (Headmaster), Mrs Farrell,

Miss Dixon, Miss Dunthorne

(Front) - , Vera Tennant , Jean Breeze , Miss

Evelyn Lister (Secretary), Miss Beryl Rivett,

Miss Poppy Hoggett

For the 1950‟s we have:

(Back) - , Mrs Gilbert, - , Joan Parrott, Mr Bernard

Samuels, Mr Porter, Mrs Marriott, Mr Marriott

(Headmaster), Fred Hickling , - , Kathleen Crawford , Mrs

Elsegood, Mrs Brown, Mrs Olive Salter

(Middle) Miss Hoggett, Mrs Spiers, Mrs Carter, Miss

Maureen Pye, - , Mrs Thelma Hebden , Miss Judy Brown ,

Mrs Shepherd, Mrs Betty Fox, Mrs Ladell

(Seated) Mrs Margaret Greenwood, Mrs Mary Rose, Mrs

Earey

Moving into the late 1960‟s (this picture having been

identified now as having been taken in 1969)

(Back Row) Mr Woodward, Mr John Elliot, Mr John

Levell

(Middle) Mrs Gribbon, Mrs Peters, Mrs Poole, Mrs

Newton, Mrs Jelly, Mr Porter, Mrs Markey, Mrs

Bayles, Mrs Coughlan, Mrs Greenwood, Doctor ?, Mrs

Joy Yaxley

(Front) -, Miss Lesley Chapman, - , Mrs Earey, Mrs

Fox, Mrs Mitchell, Miss Brown, Mrs Learmonth

And the 1970‟s now identified as taken in spring 1975

(Back row) Mary Aldridge, Kath Parker, Betty Forder, Kathleen Glenn, Margaret

Woolnough, Avis Chamberlain, Joyce Long, Mrs Newall, Margaret Reynolds

(1st from back) Mrs Mary Riches, Mrs Greenwood, Miss Brown, Mrs Learmonth,

Barbara Bristow, Mrs Sue Amison, Mrs Boardman, Mrs Symonds, Mrs Jean

Cross, Pauline Keeney, Veronica Riches, Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Fox, Mrs Beryl

Brannan, Mrs Yaxley

(2nd from back) Joyce Spooner, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Arden, Mr Porter, Mr Bob Read

(Headmaster), Mrs Newton, Mrs Levell, Mrs Joyce Poole, Mrs Kath Grix

(Front row) Mr Levell, Mr Cliff Rule, Mrs Anne Scott, Patsy Carpenter, Mrs Anne

Stimson, Mr Rod Broughall, Miss Karen Woodyatt

And finally for the 1980‟s

(Back row) Lesley Burnell, Beryl Brannan, Jenny

Denham-Smith, Joy Yaxley, John Levell, Rod

Broughall, Margaret Greenwood, Beryl Whiting, Pam

Kilby, Beryl Egglington

(Front row) Jane Riches, Judy Wilson, Sue Amison,

Bill porter, Vernon Brodie, Peter Hamer, Jean Cross,

Evie Smith, Molly Gooch


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Pupils - can you name any of these?

Form 3 1947

County Shield winners 1950

Late 1940’s but no idea!

Continuing our trawl through the school album, thanks again to Sue Dockray, I thought it would be good to try and

identify some of the pupils. Two of the three are dated but the third one I have no idea about! Red Cross parcels

perhaps for a disaster? If you are in, or you know anyone in these pictures do please let me know and like the teachers

next door as soon as pace permits I will print all I have. Oh yes, and there are still more to come but I have resisted the

temptation to cram more on the page to make it easier for those of us with less than perfect vision - which given that

the people below must now be getting towards their 70‟s is probably all of us!

The Wayland News Obituaries

John Harwood A Service of Celebration for the life of Mr

John William Harwood was held at St

George‟s Church, Saham Toney on Saturday 5th March. The Revd Jane Atkins

conducted the service.

John was born on 10th February 1936 at Harpley

near Massingham, after a

couple of moves the family then settled in Saham Toney

in 1947, moving just once

more in 1950 they were the first family to move into the

Airey houses on Pound Hill. Over time he worked for

Peter Garner, Paul Garner

and Bernard Grammar. He was called up to serve his national

service, which he did in the RAF, and it was

during this time that he met his wife to be

Joan. They were married in February 1958

in Denbigh and made their home in Saham

Toney. In the early 1960s he then set up the plant

hire business, J & P Harwood Ltd with his

brother which operated from the Old Egg Packing station in Bell Lane and a few years

later started the joint business with Joan

called Tavisbay Ltd and as the business grew they moved the businesses to Lodge

Farm Buildings in Ashill.

John enjoyed his hobbies, shooting, greyhound racing and horse racing,

eventually becoming the proud owner of

two race horses. He was a great supporter of local charities and would do whatever he

could, when he could.

In March 1988 his wife Joan died and several months after her death John decided

to close the businesses and sell the

machinery. In June 1989 he married Barbara and moved

to Georgia, America. John was not a shy

man and soon got to know people. Over time they moved to Muscadine, Alabama

where they had bought an old turkey ranch and over time built their new home. It was

here that he used the surrounding land to

grow vegetables, not just a few to keep them going but copious amounts which he would

go and sell at the local markets and for this

even made the local papers there.

He would regularly keep in

contact with his family over the phone and occasionally

made the trip home to

England for a visit. July last year John was

diagnosed with an aggressive

form of cancer in his lung and underwent intensive

treatment, but sadly, although

fighting a brave battle, he passed away at home on Tuesday 15th February.

He leaves his widow, Barbara and children

David, Robert, Eirlys and Nicola and their

families.

Family mourners: Mr David Harwood, Mr

Robert & Mrs Joy Harwood, Mrs Eirlys & Mr Nick Johnson, Mrs Nicola & Mr Darren

Blake, Miss Laura Harwood, Miss Stephanie Harwood, Miss Ashleigh

Harwood, Miss Michelle Harwood, Miss

Hannah Harwood, Mr Benjamin Johnson, Mr Luke Johnson, Mr Connor Blake, Miss

Megan Blake, Miss Jessica Blake, Ms Kim

Hughes, Mr David Machin, Mr Kevin Smith, Mrs Anne Bell, Mr Ray Harris, Mrs

Rachel Barnard, Mr Peter Harwood (Mrs S

Harwood), Mr Brian & Mrs Norma Pierce. Other Mourners: Mrs Janet Howard (Darrel

Howard), Mr Malcolm & Mrs Avice

Johnson, Mr Oliver Adcock, Mr Charles & Mrs Daphne Duggan and Family, Mrs Jean

Jones, Mr John Adcock, Mr John Juniper,

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Creasey, Mr & Mrs P Ashman, Mr James

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Jackson & Family), Mrs J Fincham (Mr J

Fincham), Mr Michael Paterson, Mrs Peggy Barley (David Barley), Mrs Joyce Butler,

Mr Nigel & Mrs Shirley Howe, Mr & Mrs

Peter Chapman, Mr Roger & Mrs Barbara Horn, Mr Trevor Spilman (Gill Glen), Mr

Paul Thompson, Mr Malcolm & Mrs Donna

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Of all the RAF bomber men who flew in Liberators, few were to

have such a long association with

the aircraft as John Musgrave. He flew every bomber version and

all his 70 combat sorties were in

Liberators. In later years, he observed, “The Liberator was my

life for a long time. Forgiving

and tolerant, she was my first love - and I guess she always will

be.”

John Musgrave was born in Princes Gate, Kensington on

22nd June 1918. His father

Raymond Musgrave was serving in the Royal Flying Corps and his mother, Elsie,

had been a nurse until they married in 1917.

After the war, John‟s parents moved to

Chester and later to North Wales where

John and his younger sister, Peggy, went to

school. Later the family moved back to Chester where John joined his father

working in light engineering.

On 21st May 1939, John was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Territorial Army

and joined the 5th Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers which was shortly

converted into a Royal Artillery anti-tank

regiment. In August of that year, a few days before war with Germany was declared,

John, together with the rest of his unit, was

called up for full-time army service. He was posted to a regular army unit which

was already serving with the British

Expeditionary Force in France. He embarked from Southampton on 24th

February 1940 and within a few months,

and following a three week period of very active service, he found himself one of the

fortunate individuals who were evacuated

from the beaches near Dunkirk at the end of May 1940.

He then served with his unit on coastal

defence duties in Yorkshire. Early in 1941 he had the opportunity of transferring to the

RAF to train as a pilot, something that he

had always wanted to do. On 12th November 1941, he relinquished his

commission on appointment to a

commission as a Pilot Officer in the General

Duties branch of the Royal Air Force

Volunteer Reserve.

On 26th June 1942 John was posted to 159 Squadron of American-built four-engined B

-24 Liberator bombers about to deploy to

the Middle East. In September 1942, during John‟s first tour of operations, the unit was

moved to eastern India as part of the urgent

reinforcement of British forces resisting the Japanese forces already occupying much of

Burma. On 1st October 1942 he was

promoted to the rank of Flying Officer and five days later, the squadron moved, via Iraq

and Karachi, to their Indian base at Salbani,

about 100 miles west of Calcutta. Their first operation was an 8½ hour haul to

bomb an airfield near Rangoon. Difficulties

with starting the Liberator engines inspired John and his friends to produce hilarious re-

enactments in the bar of winding the crank

and pulling on a T-handle lever to achieve a connection between an inertia and a starter

motor.

His first tour of operations completed, John became part of the Heavy Conversion Unit

formed to convert trained bomber pilots and crews arriving in India to the Liberator

aircraft. On 12th November 1943 he was

promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. On 14th July 1944, John was posted back to

the Mediterranean Allied Air Force at

Amendola on the Foggia Plain in Italy for operational flying duties with 178 Squadron.

John‟s arrival in Italy was held back by his

being struck down by dysentery and having to spend a month in a tented hospital in the

Canal Zone. He became a deputy flight

commander on 26th September 1944 and was made flight commander and acting

Squadron Leader on 9th December of that

same year, flying operations in northern Italy, Central Europe and the Balkans and

bombing and mining the Danube as well as

dropping supplies to partisan forces. On 1st January 1945 his name was

published in the London Gazette as

mentioned in a Despatch for distinguished service. Based in Southern Italy and on his

second tour of operational duty, John was

awarded the DSO in May 1945. The citation in the London Gazette reads,

“Squadron Leader Musgrave has constantly

displayed a high standard of skill and devotion to duty. As a flight

commander, both in the air and

on the ground, he has set a magnificent example to those

serving under him. This officer‟s

tour has been marked by his courage and determination to

complete his mission undeterred

by either enemy opposition or adverse weather. He has attacked

heavily defended targets in

Salonika, also at Bronzala, Szombathely, Verona and the

railway sidings at Sarajevo. On

one occasion Squadron Leader Musgrave completed a telling attack on a vital target,

at a low level, despite appalling weather.”

There was one Liberator on the squadron at

that time – EW276 “L” - which developed a

reputation as a rogue aircraft and many

pilots were reluctant to fly it because of its regular mechanical failures. As flight

commander, John decided to adopt the

aircraft as his own and he flew it regularly to disprove its reputation.

His last operation was on 22nd March 1945 bombing marshalling yards at Villach in

Austria. It was a difficult target in a deep

valley between very high mountains which were visible in the moonlight as the aircraft

flew at 9000 feet.

After the war, John returned to the UK and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in

1947. He was granted a permanent

commission in the General Duties branch of the RAF on 22nd June 1948, his thirtieth

birthday.

On 14th January 1949, he married Joanne Ives (née Folwell) a WAAF officer with ten

years‟ service. In 1952, their only child, a

daughter, Rosanne, was born. Theirs was a long and happy marriage until Joanne died

after a short illness in July 2004.

During his peacetime service, until his retirement in 1970, John held a number of

varied appointments, engaged in both flying

duties and staff jobs, mainly with bomber and transport units and formations. He

served at the Air Ministry in London,

attended the RAF staff college in Bracknell

in 1949, the Joint Services staff college at

Latimer in 1958 and the Senior Officers‟

War Course at Greenwich in 1968. His service abroad included some months in

Berlin associated with the Airlift in 1949,

two years (1952 – 1954) in Norfolk, Virginia, USA with the Supreme Allied

Command North Atlantic Powers, three

years (1961 – 1964) at HQ RAF Germany based at RAF Rheindahlen, and two years

(1966 -1968) as the Military Attaché at the

British Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. He was promoted to the rank of Wing

Commander in 1966 and Group Captain in

1967. After his retirement from the RAF, John and

Joanne settled in Great Moulton, South

Norfolk, Joanne‟s native county. John worked with Craigmyle, a well-established

firm of fund-raising consultants,

successfully tackling a number of assignments for various charitable

institutions in England and Scotland.

In 1989, they moved to Burnham Market and then Burnham Thorpe in north Norfolk

where they enjoyed an active second retirement until 2004.

A modest and thoughtful man as well as a

keen amateur actor and a very talented mimic, John found delight in poetry, writing

articles and contributing to local activities.

Throughout his retirement John was an active and energetic supporter of the

Conservative Party in Norfolk holding

various local offices. He participated in the activities of the SSAFA, the RAFA and the

Aircrew Association. He remained in close

touch with his many American friends, visiting Fort Worth in Texas to speak at a

conference about the Liberator aircraft and

supporting the activities of the local branch of the English Speaking Union.

John decided to move in 2004 to Watton,

near Norwich, to be cared for in a retirement home but long continued to be a regular

visitor and well-known figure at the RAF

Club in Piccadilly. He was a man who lived his life to the full,

who went forward without fear or self-

regard, who left no good deeds undone and no kind words unsaid.

Group Captain J. R. Musgrave D.S.O., T.D.

Dorothy Learmonth

A former teacher at Watton

Junior School and

Westfield Infant School,

and also a dedicated

member of Watton (Loch Neaton) Bowls Club,

Dorothy Learmonth, after a

short illness, sadly passed away at Courtenay House

Care Home at Tittleshall on

Sunday 13th March. Daughter and eldest child of Ivor and Mary Jenness of

Heath Farm Thuxton, her early years were spent in the

Great Dunham area with her family. Dorothy married Adam Learmonth, from Edinburgh, in

1963, and before he was tragically killed in an accident

they spent their married life together in Cornwall, where Adam was serving in the RAF. She then returned to

Norfolk in the late 60‟s and settled into her teaching career

at Watton. Sometime later Dorothy began her pleasure pursuit of bowling at the Loch Neaton Bowls Club. After

the disbandment of the club in 1982, Dorothy became a

founder member of the new bowls club on the adjoining Memorial Playing Field in 1983. She was a stalwart and

devoted member from this time onwards, involving

herself in fund raising and numerous other activities associated with setting up a new bowls club, where she

continued playing here until the season‟s end in 2010.

Her various club positions included Secretary, County Representative and liaison officer and Ladies Club

President. She played in the Breckland Ladies League, the

Ashill & District League and Norfolk Ladies, whence she attained her county badge in 2004-05. She was also a

playing member during the winter months at Ashill Old

Hall. Between 1991 and 2002 Dorothy was the Watton Bowls

Club Ladies singles champion on five occasions. In

addition she also triumphed with partners in the triples and the pairs. Her last competitive matches were spent in

Jersey with the Norfolk ladies on tour last September.

Our annual presentation evening held in November was always arranged and organised by Dorothy. Those bowls

players fortunate enough to play with or even against her

were assured of a competitive and fair game. She gave no quarters and expected none from the opposition. Modest

in victory and magnanimous in defeat she lived and

breathed bowls in her single-minded manner. To some players she may appeared stern and perhaps a

stickler for protocol, but underneath this exterior was a warm heart, a sense of humour and a sincere lady. Watton

(Loch Neaton) Bowls Club have truly lost a faithfully

servant. We all give thanks for Dorothy‟s devotion, not only to our club, but also to bowls in general.


Inner Wheel News We met at the home of Valerie Semlyen and had Jacko Jackson as our speaker

from the World Horse Welfare Organisation. He told us there were 16 field

officers. Male and female would cover England, Scotland and Wales. The

majority are ex-police and ex-mounties. The Association owns 2,000 horses

but many of these are let out on loan and work or are family pets. They also

work in Third World Countries and teach the owners to be farriers and saddle

makers.

We had slides and were shown some very sad cases, it was heart rending to

see how some animals are treated. There are five freedoms that the horses

should enjoy. 1. Freedom to act naturally. 2. Freedom to eat. 3. Freedom to

drink. 4. Freedom from pain. 5. The freedom of a safe environment. The

World Horse Welfare is a charity, entirely dependant on public support.

The vote of thanks was given by Judy Wilson.

There were two raffles, one given by Jill Beech was

won by Lesley Cowling, the second given by Ann

Akister was one by Fran Parker.

The final total for the fashion show was £823.91, a

magnificent result and we are delighted and

thankful for the support we enjoyed.

The lunchtime concert made £177.38 profit. The

coffee morning held in The Queen‟s Hall raised

£135.40 for The Queen‟s Hall funds. We have

given £100 to the Horse Welfare Fund and

sponsored Judy Hardcastle who is running the

London Marathon for osteoporosis for £100.

Our next public function is the strawberry tea on 28

June in Brenda Davis‟ garden. All are welcome.

Our president, Beryl Brannan, closed the meeting

thanking Val for her hospitality.

Frank Wilder was born on the 9th

September 1917 in Chelmsford to Frank

and Minnie Wilder, whilst his father

was serving in France in the First World

War and he later became an older

brother for Jack, sadly now deceased.

He was a bright schoolboy and a

talented singer, being part of a church

choir which sang in Chelmsford

Cathedral and at St Paul's too at various

times. He sometimes got up to mischief

and on one occasion, raiding an orchard

and fruit garden, he came out with a red

fruit which the other boys told him was

an apple. He took a big bite expecting a

lovely familiar taste and it turned out to

be a tomato, which was a terrible shock

for him and he never in his life ate a

tomato again!

Following his attendance at the King

Edward Vlth Grammar School he joined

the Marconi Company as a Trainee

Engineer and in his leisure time played

the piano in a small dance band.

In 1938, just prior to the Second World

War, the Army advertised for volunteers

to join the Territorial Army and the

incentive was that if you joined you

could take your motorbike with you.

Frank was a very keen motorcyclist, as

was his brother Jack and several friends,

so the result was that a group of twenty

of them joined up, all between nineteen

and twenty-one years of age.

When War was declared Frank was

called up and the group members served

in various Theatres of War including

Europe and North Africa, losing only

one of their number on the infamous

Burma Railway.

Frank became a trainee in the Royal

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

and ended the War as a Captain in an

Armoured Regiment attached to the

Royal Scots Grays and always

remembered the meals taken in the mess

whilst being circled by the drone of the

ritual bagpipe players.

In 1944, whilst on leave, he got to know

Brenda, then an ambulance driver in the

ATS; they met at dances held for

Service Personnel, fell in love, he made

a formal proposal and they were married

soon after the end of the War and were

to be in a strong relationship for more

than sixty-five years. She joined Frank

who was serving in Germany after the

War and their son Peter was born in the

British Military Hospital in Hamburg in

1949.

When Frank left the Army in 1950, he

joined the Radar Research Division of

Marconi's, although his time there was

brief, because in 1951 he went back into

the army due to the Korean War;

however because he was a family man

he served at Bulford, Aldershot, rather

than being posted overseas.

By now the family had moved to

Braintree in Essex where his other two

sons were born, Christopher in 1951 and

Michael in 1956 and Frank commuted

on his motorbike between home and

Aldershot spending the weekdays away

and coming home at weekends. The

Army was his life and although he was

very pleased to be a father he took the

traditional role of the time and Brenda

was in charge of most things linked to

the children. However he did make his

boys various useful objects such as the

specially designed wooden case for

Peter which fastened onto his bike and

then could be taken off and used as a

school case, albeit a rather dangerous

one for the other pupils to make contact

with, and there was a wonderful model

jeep pedal car he also made for Peter.

In the mid-1950s due to cutbacks in the

Defence Budget Frank left the Army

and went back to Marconi's and stayed

here until he took early retirement at

fifty-five years of age. He had various

roles at the firm but concluded his career

as Senior Education Officer and was in

charge of the Trainee Apprentices, a job

he really enjoyed.

He was also a lecturer at the local

Technical College and taught

Mechanical Engineering, for which he

made a fully working model of the Car's

Transmission System, to aid his

students' understanding.

After retirement he and Brenda moved

to a cottage in Norfolk to Spooner Row,

Attleborough and after using all his

practical expertise to renovate and

refurbish the cottage, Frank and Brenda

continued to follow their hobby of

studying the architecture and artefacts of

hundreds of medieval churches in

Norfolk as well as engaging in a lot of

Brass Rubbing, eventually publishing a

booklet entitled 'Fashion Through the

Ages as Seen Through Brass Rubbing'!

History had always been one of Frank's

main loves and he now had the time to

immerse himself in it and to research the

history of churches, medieval warfare,

the history of peerages and heraldry, and

the life of Nelson, all in an area full of

related treasures.

Frank and Brenda were also City Guides

for Norwich and Stewards at

Wymondham Abbey and Frank was a

guide at Norwich Cathedral too and for

twelve years a tour guide at the Lotus

Company at Hethel, a position he

obtained by taking the tour himself and

then complaining about its poor quality

to the boss Colin Chapman!

Frank and Brenda were very busy with

all these projects and in addition they

worked for almost twenty years on a

casual basis for the Highways

Department of Norfolk County Council

as traffic enumerators. In his spare time

Frank pursued his hobby of photography

which he had become involved in at

Marconi.

Frank and Brenda had moved to Watton

in 1982 to be a bit closer to civilisation

and here Frank was a founder member

of the Watton History Society and of the

Tourist Information Centre as well as a

member of the Watton Probus Club

where he was Secretary for six years. He

was a committee member of the U3A

and organised the Norfolk Churches

Group within that organisation. As an

additional hobby Frank made Rocking

Horses and Dolls Houses which he

would sell at Craft Fairs and he also did

repairs on old Rocking Horses too.

He was very proud to become a

grandfather between 1978 and 1989 to

Brent, Jenny, Anna, Mark, Alexa, Isaac,

Jake and Phoebe and later to great

grandchildren born between 2002 and

2011, Madalyn, Savannah, Eddie,

Colby, Francesca and Monty who was

born the day before Frank died.

In 2008 Frank and Brenda moved to a

bungalow in Watton but Frank

continued to be active and energetic and

busied himself with all of his interests.

At this stage the neighbours kept an eye

on him and were a little concerned when

they saw him climbing a ladder to get on

the roof! He also embraced modern

technology and took up computing and

became an efficient word-processor,

which enabled him to do his writing

work more easily and accurately.

As Frank's health was declining, in the

autumn of 2010 he and Brenda moved

up to York to Chancery Court to be

closer to family. However his health

continued to deteriorate and he was

admitted to York District Hospital on

the 22nd February where sadly he died

on the 22nd March.

Frank had a broad range of interests and

although he could be placid did not

tolerate fools and was straightforward in

sharing his immediate feelings, although

reserved about his most private

emotions. Frank liked to be in control of

things and achieved so much in his life

due to this fierce desire to get things

done in the right way.

Frank led a very full and energetic life

for as long as he could and made the

most of his opportunities. Although he

didn't readily share his feelings, he was

very proud of his family and of their

achievements, as they are of his.

Frank James Harry Wilder Caston Village Fete Saturday, 4th June at 2pm

Chase Farm, The Street, Caston

Traditional Village Fete

Sideshows, raffles, cakes, refreshments, tombolas

plants and games Vintage tractors, mini steam engine

BBQ, books and bric-a-brac!

Watton Silver Band Everyone welcome - do come along

All proceeds to Caston Church

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queen’s Hall, Watton

8 to 11.00 Admission £3.50

Saturday May 7th

Mike 01953 882799

2nd National Collection Day:

Following the success of the 1st

National Collection Day in February

2010, Central Office have decided

to make it an annual event! And the

date this year is Saturday 14 May

2011! So the treasured, valued,

charismatic SSAFA Fund Raisers –

well some of them anyway! – will

be out and about around Norfolk

and in particular Chaston Place in

Watton. We‟ll be there with things

to sell, things to play with and

collecting boxes to the fore ready to

catch your £5!! Or at least your

loose change . . . I am hoping that

there may be some entertainment

too. Fingers crossed!

Volunteers: And that Big Society.

Well whatever you may think about

David Cameron‟s Big Society he is

years behind the times. You and I

and hundreds of others already

know that without the silent,

invisible volunteers the government,

any government, would have been

in trouble years ago. SSAFA is no

different and loves its volunteers

and cannot achieve its success

without them – and our volunteers

love SSAFA; some have been with

us for 10, 15, 25 years and received

their badge at the recent AGM. But

people move on, become older and

we get busier and at the moment we

particularly looking for volunteers

in PR (Public Relations) , Admin

(Norwich Office), Case Workers for

Thetford and Attleborough and in

North Norfolk. Whatever you can

do rattling cans, eager beaver

organizers or a pen pusher, you will

be welcome.

The joy of volunteering is that you

can do as much or as little as you

wish.

For more details please ring the

number below and leave a message

for Stuart Fidler, Chairman or Sue

Pilcher, Secretary.

“Question Time”: Would you like to

know more? Does your organization

enjoy presentations? Guest

speakers? After Dinner Speakers?

SSAFA Norfolk would love the

opportunity to come out and talk

about our work and our volunteers

to you and your colleagues and

friends. We are just a „phone call

away! If you would like more

information, if you think you

qualify for assistance or just have a

question, please ring 01603 403322

Welcome back to the SSAFA Story

Each year we approach the opening

of the Gallery and Visitors‟ Centre

at Wayland House with a mixture of

pleasurable anticipation and

trepidation. This year we need not

have worried – the exhibition „All

Creatures Great and Small‟ has been

a resounding success from its

packed preview evening to the final

morning. That is not to say that

large numbers of pictures were sold

– that would have been the icing on

the cake. In these times of financial

pressure, purchasing works of art is

not a priority – but the quality and

variety of the work and the

enthusiastic response to it from

visitors has been exceptional.

In May we will be holding a

„Wayland Week‟ exhibition in

support of the Race for Life. Susan

will be taking part with a „Wayland

Team‟ on May 14th – the start date

of the exhibition. This exhibition is

exclusively for artists living in the

Wayland area.

At the „Roots and Shoots‟

Exhibition in June - for which the

theme will be all things that grow –

we will be celebrating the wonderful

news that Peggy Spencer of the

original BBC “Come Dancing”

Fame, has agreed to be our honorary

patron. Peggy and her artist daughter

Helena Anderson, have become

great friends over the past year or so

and we are so privileged to be able

to use her name in connection with

our Gallery.

Dragonfly Gallery, Wayland House

MOTs £35.00 VEHICLES FROM V 99 ONWARDS. £40 FOR OLDER VEHICLES

IVAN CHUBBOCK GARAGE SERVICES

SHIPDHAM

Tel: 01362 820416

Church Times and News The Wayland News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for May 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 1st 8.00am Holy Communion

10.00am Holy Communion

12.30pm Holy Baptism

6.30pm Praise and Worship with Shine

Sun 8th 8.00am Holy Communion


7.00pm Informal Worship



Sun 22nd 8.00am Holy Communion

10.00am All Age Worship


6.30pm Choral Evensong


10.30am Group Service of Holy Communion

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

Sun 1st 11.00am Section Service at

Saham Hills Methodist Church

6.30pm Rev B Eagle

Sun 8th 10.45am Rev A Walker Holy Communion

6.30pm Mr D Harrison

Sun 15th 10.45am Rev B Winner

Women‟s Anniversary Service

6.30pm Miss J Woor

Sun 22nd 10.45am Mr P Wright

3.00pm Circuit Service at Dereham

Sun 29th 10.45am Mrs E Warby

6.30pm Rev A King Holy Communion

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 1st 10.30am How and Why Do We Read the Bible?

Sun 8th 10.30am How and Why Do We Pray?

Sun 15th 10.30am What is Worship About?

Sun 22nd 10.30am How Can We Resist Evil?

Sun 29th 10.30am What is Baptism?

6.00-8.00pm Drop in Prayer Meeting

St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill

Tuesdays at 10.00am Said Holy Communion

Sun 1st 9.30am Lay Led Morning Worship

Sun 8th 9.30am Morning Worship

Sun 15th 9.30am All Age Worship

Sun 22nd 9.30am Holy Communion and Holy Baptism

St. George’s Church, Saham Toney

Sun 8th 11.00am Morning Worship


Sun 15th 11.00am All Age Worship

Sun 22nd 11.00am Holy Communion

S.S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke

Sun 8th 10.30am Holy Communion and Holy Baptism

Sun 15th 10.30am All Age Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 22nd 10.30am Lay Led Service

St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington

Fridays at 9.00am Said Holy Communion

Sun 1st 10.30am Benefice Service of Holy Communion


Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham,

Griston, Merton, Stow Bedon,

Thompson

Worship Calendar for May

1st May (Second Sunday of Easter)

10:30 am United Holy Communion Breckles

8th May Third Sunday of Easter

9:00 am Matins (BCP) Merton

10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston

15th May Fourth Sunday of Easter

10:30 am United Holy Communion Gt. Hockham

22nd May Fifth Sunday of Easter

9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

10:30 am United Holy Communion Griston

29th May Sixth Sunday of Easter & Rogation Sunday

10:30 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

3:00 pm Farm Tour and Prayers Chase Farm, Caston

2nd June (Thursday) Feast of the Ascension

7:00 pm United Holy Communion Griston

5th June Seventh Sunday of Easter

10:30 am United Holy Communion Thompson

Wednesday Pram Services For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

‘The WAY’ Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sundays 8th and 22nd May, 7 - 8pm, Rectory

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

Email: [email protected]

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

Sunday 15th May at Watton Christian Community Centre 2.30pm

until 4pm Brighten up a Sunday Afternoon by joining us, a warm

welcome awaits you and your friends.

WATTON BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP MAY Wed 4th 2pm 20th Anniversary Celebration Meeting at Watton CCC Mon 16th 12.30 for 1.00pm Lunch at Griston Wagon & Horses

All Saints Church, Threxton No Service this month

Join us at All Saints for our Coffee Morning on Saturday 14th May from 10a.m. to 12 noon. Enjoy a cup of tea/coffee. Our stalls include

delicious homemade cakes, produce, bric-a-brac, bring & buy and tombola.

Bless You! Thought for the Month

by Rev’d Geoff Garrett, St. Mary’s Watton You know it‟s coming, you can feel it irritating your nose, you

apologise for the fact that you are about to sneeze, and then it seems

to go away, but all of a sudden and without warning you explode

with an almighty ATISHOO! Then comes the muted „Bless you‟

from the terrified onlookers, hoping they haven‟t picked up what

you have got!

The origins of the common response to a sneeze are varying

depending on who you speak to. If the question was to come up on

Qi, you can be sure that Stephen Fry would come up with a different

answer than „it was to do with the Plague‟.

Whatever the real answer, it is true to say that the words „Bless you‟

have become a part of the English language as one of those phrases

we trot out with great regularity without thinking about it or why we

say it. However sincere we might be about what we say, we have to

be careful it doesn‟t sound insincere or lose any of its meaning by its

overuse.

Bless you is a shortening of „God bless you‟, in the same way that

„Goodbye‟ is a shortening of „God be with ye‟. We say our farewells

to each other by asking God to bless us, for there‟s nothing we can

do for each other while we‟re apart except trust in God to look after

and be with the other person. We only have to think of our family

and friends living away from us to know the reality of that, never

mind watching the news of places where people are in terrible

conditions.

We see and hear this particularly in church at the end of a service

where the person leading the service gives a „blessing‟. In many

churches the words go like this . . . and the blessing of God

almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be with you now

and remain with you always.

Praying for God‟s blessing is not just a nice idea or vain hope or

wish, but it is a truth that winds its way throughout the pages of the

bible – the fact that God truly wants to bless us.

This month marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the

King James Version of the bible, otherwise known as the Authorised

Version. It wasn‟t the first bible to be published in the English

language, but as the name suggests it was the first that held universal

authority having been painstakingly translated from the original

languages of Hebrew and Greek in the reign of King James the first

at his request. In our day and age we marvel at the beauty and poetry

of the language and when read aloud it is indeed moving. It was the

intention that it should be read aloud and this is evident when it is

read well. In modern times, however, many different versions,

translations and re-translations of the bible have flooded the market

– some better than others, but as in everything it is all a matter of

opinion! These „modern‟ translations are like a different facet of a

beautiful diamond, often giving us a fresh view of a wonderful

treasure. The bible, whichever version you prefer, reminds us that

ultimately God‟s blessing is not found in mere words but in a person

– Jesus Christ.

That is why we celebrate this anniversary, because the bible is the

book that changes the world and Jesus, to whom the bible points, is

the person who has turned the world upside down. It continues to

outsell every other book in the world, it is translated into more

languages and distributed to more countries in the world than any

other book.

So truly and sincerely I say - God Bless You - and if you want to

find the richness of his blessing, then don‟t forget to read his book.

Break at Happy Circle Penny from Break revisited Wayland Happy Circle bringing one

of the women who had sought refuge at Ashworth, Break's home

from home for people in need of care at Wicklewood. This lady

told us of a history of childhood abuse and how she had

attempted suicide, first at the age of seven, due to deep

depression. Now in her forties she still has periods of despair but

manages to live by herself and keep busy although unable to

work any more because of her illness. Periods staying at

Ashworth in the care of Break staff and volunteers have literally

saved her life giving her a purpose to carry on. The charity Break

has worries about where funding is to come from in the light of

current economic cuts and Wayland Happy Circle handed over a

donation from our funds to support their work with vulnerable

people.

Plans are now firm for our summer outing on Tuesday 7th June

to Wroxham Barns and then on to the river at Horning for an

afternoons' cruise. Any ladies who have not already booked this,

which is open to family and friends, should please be sure to add

their names to the list and pay at our May meeting. This meeting

will be an opportunity to ask any questions of Mary Osborne,

practice manager at Watton surgery, who will be our speaker for

the afternoon and will take place on May 3rd.

Concert for All Saints Church, South Pickenham

On Saturday 7th May 7.30pm at Houghton Barns - signed on the

day from B1077 Ashill-Swaffham road, east of South Pickenham.

Featuring SOPRANO Karen Harries; BARITONE Huw Jones;

FLUTE Phyllis Clarke; CLARINET/SAX Martyn Clarke; PIANO

Lucinda Mackworth-Young (Sells). The concert will be featuring

light operatic, classical and jazz music by Mozart, Schubert, Bizet,

Gaubert, Gershwin and Dave Brubeck. Seats are £15 inclusive of

wine and light refreshments. To reserve seats please contact 01760

441444 or Email: [email protected]

ART @ Stoke Ferry Church (PE33 9SF)

Daily 10.00 a.m. and 5 p.m. Free admission From Saturday 21st May to Sunday 5th June

Around 100 exciting new pictures by five local artists, in a broad range of media and subjects: something for all tastes. Everyone Welcome.

Contact Teresa Waller on 01366 501369 for further details.


Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

Bullying/Abuse Addictions Depression

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It’s good to talk! Counselling can help if you’re struggling to cope with:

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

professionally trained counsellors, who work on a short-term or long-term basis. Call us on 01953 880922 to arrange an appointment.

Appointments are available 6 – 9pm Tuesdays and 9.30am – 1pm Wednesdays. Sanctuary Counselling Service is part of River Ministries (Norfolk), registered charity number 1054419

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Telephone . . .

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Diabetes UK At our April meeting we had as our speaker Sarah Fretwell,

who came to speak to us about Blood Glucose Meters. Most

of our members have a meter, but as this meeting proved

many of us do not use them as we should, calibrate them, or

even use the correct fingers to test their blood!! But, thanks

to Sarah, we now know how to do these things correctly.

This was such an informative meeting that our members

were reluctant to go home!! Sarah was extremely well

received, even sitting between John and Rod and talking to

them at their own level!!

Our next meeting will be on Monday May 9th and our

speaker will be Neil Richardson, a Fire Service Risk

Manager.

We meet at 10.15am at the Pentecostal Church, Old Dereham

Road, Watton, to whom we are grateful for the use of their

facilities. All welcome. For further details of this or any future

meetings, please phone Helen 01953 884713 and leave a

message and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Please mention The Wayland News

when shopping with our advertisers

Mr Oliver Adcock has continued as

Chairman of the Trustees for the

period March 2010 to date. The

Trustees continue to meet on a

regular basis to discuss the assets and

income of the Trust and to consider

applications for grants.

Charity Investments including

Deposit and Current Accounts are in

the region of

£32,000 and income, including rent

from the Golf Club for the land at

Saham Road Watton, is around

£3,400 p.a.

There have been 28 grants to

individuals agreed in the last twelve

months totalling £1,325. The

majority of these have, once again,

involved assistance towards heating

and seasonal costs for the elderly at

Christmas. The Trustees have also

been able to assist renovation work

on the Almshouses with a grant of

£1,000.

The Trustees are still keen to

encourage applications from all

sections of the community.

Applicants need not be elderly to be

in need and worthy of assistance. It is

felt that there are people and families

in Watton who are not aware of the

Charity but would welcome a little

financial assistance. It is acceptable

for anyone to advise the Trustees if

they know of others who are in need

and perhaps are too proud to come

forward themselves. Any suggestions

would still need to be considered and

assessed by the Trustees but no

preference is given to any section of

the community and applicants need

not have lived in the town all their

lives. Any information obtained by

the Trustees will be treated in the

strictest of confidence. Grants are not

normally large but can make all the

difference in relieving stress and

hardship in times of trouble..

It is perhaps appropriate at this time

to mention the clauses in the Trust

Deed which receive most attention.

The Trustees shall apply the clear

income of the Charity in relieving,

either generally or individually,

persons resident in the town of

Watton who are in conditions of

need, hardship or distress by making

grants of money or providing or

paying for items, services or facilities

calculated to reduce the need,

hardship or distress of such persons.

Institutions or organisations which

provide or undertake in return to

provide items, services or facilities

for such persons may also benefit.

Applications should be directed

through the Clerk to the Trustees.

At present the Council Nominated

Trustees are Mr Oliver Adcock, Mr

John Brannan, Mrs Lorraine

McCarthy and Ms Margaret Holmes.

The two co-opted Trustees are Mr

Roy Rudling and Mr Peter Sharman.

The Reverend Geoff Garrett is an Ex-

Officio Trustee.

Derek I Smith, Clerk to the Trustees.

39, Dereham Road, Watton,

Thetford, Norfolk. IP25 6ER.

Telephone: 01953 884044

Email: [email protected]

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Report to the Annual Town Meeting, April 21st, 2011

On 13 April we held on AGM

which was well attended. Our

Chairman thanked the Committee

for their service to the club over

the past year and told the meeting

that all but one member had

agreed to serve on the committee

for a further year. Mrs Joyce

Briggs decided not to continue

serving on the committee as she

had moved house and found it

difficult to get to meetings. She

was thanked and given a round of

applause. She will carry on

assisting with the activities of the

club including organising the

monthly competition. Mr Howard

Eyres proposed a round of

applause for our Chairman and

this was enthusiastically given.

Our Chairman invited members

to fill the vacancy on the

committee but there was no

interest shown. The Chairman

then asked for votes to reinstate

the current members of the

committee and all agreed by a

show of hands.

Mrs Pat Fox was voted on to the

committee having previously

been co-opted on. Pat has offered

to help the art group when it

recommences in September.

Not enough members wanted to

go on the outing to Taverham on

20 April, so it was decided to

cancel the booked coach and go

by private car and meet up and

the venue. Terry thought that it

would be an idea to make

suggestions of places that we did

want to go to and these could be

worked into the programme. The

days for outings have been

changed from Wednesday to

Thursday as Wednesday clashed

with other activities attended by

our members.

Margaret Witt, our Treasurer,

provided a breakdown of the

financial health of the club, a

copy of which was placed on the

notice board.

Members were reminded that we

needed their support to provide

items for the stalls for the Spring

Fete on 14 May.

After the tea break and raffle, we

had a quiz in which the answer to

the clues gave the name of a bird.

It ruffled a few feathers once the

answers were known.

11 MayShellrock Circle Club

2pm to 4pm. Our entertainer will

be Danny Platton with his guitar.

The competition will be to bring

along one flower. The most

popular will be the winner. The

“penny vote” will be the decider.

14 May Spring Fete. Bottles for

the bottle stall, cakes for the cake

stall and prizes for the tombola

urgently needed.

17 May Lunch club with Marion

at White Lodge, Attleborough. If

you would like to join in ring

Marion on 01953 48343 for

further details.

New members are always

welcomed.

Thank You The Junior Academy at Richmond Park Golf

Club would like to say a huge thanks to their

benefactors. The Academy received a generous

donation from the Wayland Agricultural

Association, which will go towards competition

fees and meals after matches. The youngsters

would also like to thank Total Health , Tim

Mullenger and Vicky Reeve Driving School for

2011 sponsorship. If anyone would like to know

more about the sponsorship please contact

Claire Bambridge, Junior Organiser at

[email protected]

The Academy is a voluntary group run by the

Golf Professional, Keith Capindale-Scott at

Richmond Park Golf Club, the aim is to

encourage the game to a younger generation.

We currently have about 12 youngsters

regularly playing, some representing the club in

club competitions and some representing

Wayland High School in an Interschools

competition over Easter.

The Juniors competition schedule starts April

3rd at home in the KK Smith trophy against The

Norfolk, then the club competitions begin with

an Adult/Junior team betterball competition on

April 22nd. The club competitions are for all

junior members with and without handicaps. We

have eight competitions this year culminating in

a Presentation Party in September.

The Academy also runs training sessions on

Saturdays, open to all, 1pm - 2pm for £3 a

session. For more information contact Keith at

Richmond Park Golf Club.

Shellrock Circle For The Over 50’s Venue: The Village Hall, The Street, Rocklands

April Medal Results Division 1: 1st Mrs Jan Bone 89

Nett 73; 2nd Mrs Barbara

Coverdale 98 Nett 78; 3rd Mrs

Julie Ellis 103 Nett 80

Division 2: 1st Mrs Margaret

Taylor 111 Nett 77; 2nd Mrs

Jeanette Fowler 105 Nett 79; 3rd

Mrs Rosie Sutterby 109 Nett 83

Division 3: 1st Mrs Jan Spencer

116 Nett 80; 2nd Mrs Dorothy

Stephenson 117 Nett 82; 3rd Mrs

Eileen Chard 124 Nett 88

April Stableford Results Division 1: 1st 37pts Mrs Anne

Bell; 2nd 37pts Mrs Margaret

Broadbent; 3rd 33pts Mrs Ann

Achilles

Division 2 Results 1st 38pts Mrs

Dilys Gibbs; 2nd 36pts Mrs

Yvonne Shaw; 3rd 30pts Mrs

Carol Marshall

Division 3 Results 1st 29pts Mrs

Eileen Chard; 2nd 28pts Mrs Jan

Spencer; 3rd 27pts Mrs Geraldine

Stammers

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section


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WAYLAND EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to [email protected] ACC = Ashill Community Centre, Hale Road, Ashill Watton CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre, Saham

May

Mon 1st } Quilts 4 Exhibition at the Dragonfly Gallery, Wayland House

Sat 7th } Weekdays 10am to 4pm Sat 10am to 1pm

Sat 7th Coffee and Crafts at the Queens Hall.

Fri 6th Ovington Annual Quiz

Sun 8th Car Boot Holme Hale Village Hall 8am - 12 . 01760 440 525

Tue 10th Young Stars School of Dance Prize Bingo Watton Sports Center

Eyes down at 7.30pm

Sat 14th Gt. Hockham Farmers Market and Craft Fair. GH Village Hall

Tue 17th NWT Talk work of the RSPCA Rescue Centre East Winch.

Watton CCC 7.45pm See ad

Sat 21st Car Boots and Crafts at St Mary‟s Church 9am

Sat 21st To Sunday 5th June - Art @ Stoke Ferry Church

Sat 28th Saham Methodist Church Plant sale 10 - 12Noon

Mon 30th Bradenham Village Fete and Bygone Transport Rally See ad.

June

Sat 4th Caston Village Fete at Chase Farm, 2pm

Tue 7th. NWT A Guided Walk at New Buckenham Common 6.30pm

Sun 12th Watton Carnival

We had a wonderful whole school music

day when Mrs Sayer, music teacher from

Mildenhall College, came in with a group

of sixth formers to give us a concert and

then help us make our own music. The

younger children worked on a production

of a mini-opera about the three little pigs,

and the older Key Stage 2 children used

their tsunami poems as the basis of an

amazing song. We composed, played

instruments, sang and recorded ourselves.

We are very much hoping that we shall be

able to visit Mildenhall to make a

recording in their studio!

Class 1 put on a magnificent assembly for

parents: a musical performance of the

Three Little Pigs story. That big bad wolf

had everyone really scared, and yes, by

the hair of my chinny chin chin, he (she)

could really sing!

On the last day of term we had an Easter

Bingo. The winners won Easter eggs and

even those that didn‟t win, went home

with a consolation prize. Thank you to

everyone who participated.

3 Little Pigs put on a show during Music Day at

Rocklands Primary School

Public meeting to discuss the future of

Watton Airfield Are you concerned about the future of Watton Airfield, and future planning

and development in the area? If so, come along to a public meeting which is

to be held on 13th May 2011 @ 6.30 pm in Carbrooke Village Hall. George

Freeman MP will be there and also local councillors, so come and have your

say. Any enquiries to Mrs Alison Mayhew-Grooms, 01953 883939.

The Wayland News May 2011

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