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Editor: Ian Summers, 14 The Knoll, Hempstead, Holt NR25 6TJ 01263 710702 editor@villagediary.net

Sub-editor: Su Summers

Village Correspondents:Baconsthorpe: Ro Hardingham 577262Barningham: Sara Buxton 577207Hempstead: Betty Hart 712726Matlaske: Florence Hunt 577363Plumstead: Julie Brown 577447

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ChurchwardensBaconsthorpe: Tessa McCosh 577611Barningham: Brian Clements 570293Hempstead: Ann Udale 713656

Su Summers 710702    Matlaske: Florence Hunt 577363

Thomas Courtauld 577250Plumstead: Thomas Wormald 577239

John Durdin 577234

Village Diary & Newsletter

Community Information and Services

Mobile Library Every fourth ThursdayMatlaske 12:20 pm Old Post OfficePlumstead 13:00 pm Walnut Farm

Baconsthorpe 14:25 pm Council Bungalows 15:45 pm Old Post Office 16:05 pm The Street

Hempstead 15:00 pm Hare and Hounds 15:20 pm Telephone kiosk

See www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk

Holt Library 9 Church Street, Holt NR25 6BB Tel: 712202

Mon–Wed, and Sat: 9:30 am to 1 pmFri: 9:30 am to 6 pm

Books can be dropped off out of hours in the letterbox labelled ‘bookdrop’ in the blue door.

Post Office Baconsthorpe Village HallTuesdays 12:30 pm to 4 pmFridays 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

For a full range of services offered at this branch and all other enquiries call 712139.

Norfolk Constabulary 101 for non-urgent calls Holt Safer Neighbourhood Team

e-mail: sntholt@norfolk.pnn.police.ukPolice Community Support Officers:

Baconsthorpe & Matlaske PCSO Gary BaxterHempstead & Plumstead PCSO Rachel Howard

Police Direct about crime and policing issueshttp://tinyurl.com/cra3u4j

Dog Warden516085 (out of hours 513811) ep@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Norfolk Carers Helpline – 0808 808 9876 Mon–Fri 8 am to 8 pm. Free and confidential listening, support and information for family carers. www.norfolkcarershelpline.org.uk

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily the views of the newsletter. The newsletter apologises if contributed material is not published due to space constraints. All facts are

believed to be correct at time of publication. The editor reserves the right to amend material.

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General RepairsServicingFree Courtesy CarPre-MOTs and MOTs arrangedTyres Supplied and Fitted

Norwich Road, Edgefield NR24 2RL

Contact Ross on the new number01263 587970

WeldingRecoveryCar Sales

Hempstead Toad Patrol

We expect the toad migration to start shortly as the present milder and damp weather is just how the toads like it. There is already a nightly check on the area. Once the toads start moving towards the pond, could motorists please be aware as they drive in and out of the village that there there may be toads on the road. There will also be Toadwatch volunteers patrolling if the toad signs are out. This year we have enough volunteers to have a full patrol at Selbrigg, taking the pressure off Jenny and Paul who for some years did Selbrigg alone. We are very grateful to these volunteers from Holt, Briston, Hunworth, Cromer and Kettlestone who are joining us to help both at Hempstead and Selbrigg.

Thank you.

For SaleHay for sale 577459

NNDC v SSCLG and MackThe High Court has quashed a decision of an Inspector granting permission for a controversial wind turbine, because the Inspector failed to comply with his statutory duty to have special regard to the desirability of preserving the setting of a number of heritage assets which would have been harmed by the turbine.

Permission to appeal was refused by the High Court.

PuzzlesCan you find another fraction that behaves like this?

2 = 26 = 266 = 2666 etc.5 = 65 = 665 = 6665 etc.

Hint: You need only make the first two fractions fit the pattern and all the rest will too!

Last month’s answer Blathering/blethering, blithering, bothering, brothering, dithering, fathering, feathering, gathering, heathering, lathering, leathering, mothering, slithering, smothering, tethering, weathering, withering all end in ‘thering’.

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Dear old Adrian. To describe him as a cantankerous old so and so would not be too far off the mark but he was a man you either loved or hated and, behind that mask of abruptness, he hid a great sense of love, loyalty and, in particular, un-political correctness, art and music.

I only really got to know Adrian and Yvette in 2000 when it was a delight to visit their stone-age habitation in Pond Hills – they were affectionately known as the ‘Babes in the Wood!’ I must admit that with no mains electricity it had a very particular charm. I seem to remember that Eastern Electricity many years ago quoted £70,000 to connect the house to the grid. Adrian sorted them out and, with the help of Russel Harrod and his JCB did the job much cheaper – and soon the floodlights were on. These were not the only lights in Pond Hills. Adrian was a world-class pyromaniac and his firework displays were always a high spot in the calendar – especially on one memorable occasion when he arranged for Steve Benson’s car to catch light in the middle of the performance.

Adrian and Yvette travelled widely and I waited with baited breath for one of their postcards. As you can see from the reproduction below these were a work of art and guaranteed a good 30-minutes work in trying to decipher what they said! Perhaps his pièce de Resistance was his work for the Village Hall and his legacy must be the Hempstead Follies. I had never been on the stage before. I can remember when I had been asked to read the lesson at the Harvest Festival in church quaking at the knees and having to cling onto the lectern. He brought together a very disparate band and taught us to stand up and make fools of ourselves without any fear. And we (and I hope you) enjoyed it – although we were all a bit surprised that his exasperation at our inability to act or remember our lines did not lead to a much earlier demise.

I will miss Adrian very much. It is typical of him that at his Memorial Service we were invited to make donations to the Tibet Relief Fund. Who else would think of taking on the might of the Chinese Republic.

What a lovely Man.

Bertie’s Ramblings

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Church Matters

Church Services2 Mar Next before Lent 9 am Eucharist Baconsthorpe Church

10:45 am Mattins Barningham Winter Church5 Mar Ash Wednesday 7 pm Benefice Eucharist Hempstead Church9 Mar Lent 1 9 am Eucharist Barningham Winter Church

10:45 am Mattins Plumstead Church16 Mar Lent 2 9 am Eucharist Matlaske Church

10:45 am Mattins Baconsthorpe Church23 Mar Lent 3 9 am Eucharist Hempstead Church30 Mar Mothering Sunday 9 am Eucharist Plumstead Church

10:45 am Benefice Mattins Barningham Winter ChurchWe will be delighted to welcome families to the 10:45 service in which we give thanks for our mothers. Posies will be distributed.

6 Apr Passion Sunday 9 am Eucharist Baconsthorpe Church10:45 am Mattins Matlaske Church

From the RectoryThe Rectory Matlaske NR11 7AQ 577455 (any day but Wednesdays)

My dear friendsLent – a good spring clean

Lent is often thought of as a rather miserable season in the Church’s year. This simply isn’t true. It is, rather, a time for re-awakening – all around us we see bulbs coming into flower – a promise of spring around the corner. And for us, what is round the corner? Easter. The greatest festival of the year.

Christians really do need to prepare for Easter – Lent and Holy Week give us the opportunity to be ready in heart and mind. How? More attention to daily prayer and Bible reading and by making a real effort to attend weekday Lenten Services. As in former years, we shall have Compline on Wednesday evenings in Lent - all at 7 pm. A warm welcome awaits you. Switch off the TV and spend a little time in quiet, reflective stillness. Each weekday service lasts for about 35 minutes.

God bless you all,

Compline for each Wednesday in Lent12 Mar 7 pm Matlaske Church19 Mar 7 pm Hempstead Church26 Mar 7 pm Matlaske Church

2 Apr 7 pm Hempstead Church9 Apr 7 pm Matlaske Church

Weekday Holy Eucharist

You are most welcome to join us every Thursday morning at

10 am in Matlaske Church for Holy Eucharist.

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Baconsthorpe Village HallIdeal for Parties and Receptions

Fully equipped Kitchen with Matching Crockery for 100 settingsNew Tables and Chairs

Large Main Hall or Committee Room

Charges: £8 per hour£25 deposit will be required to cover

damages or breakages

To book contactMrs Doris Hill 01263 577489

Ivan’sPainting & Decorating

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Bed and BreakfastBlacksmith’s Cottage

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STUART’STAXI TRAVEL

Sheringham: 01263 824444Holt: 01263 710088

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FRIENDLY & RELIABLESHORT or LONG DISTANCE

John Perry-Warnes

Your North Norfolk District Councillor

Please contact me if I can be of Service

concerning the following issues

Housing Council Tax

Waste Collection Planning Matters

Tel: 01263 715577perwar33@gmail.com

WILL’SProperty Maintenance

Inside and Out

General DIY Jobs, Tiling, Pressure

Washing, Mowing, Hedging, Strimming, Guttering, Paths, Patios, Fences, etc.

Work carefully undertaken01263 577581

This poem was published in the February 1957 issue of East Anglian Magazine by Diana Spalton’s mother, Joan Watson-Cook.

It was dull in MayWhen I went astrayAnd visited friends down Devonshire way.I didn’t careFor so far from YareAnd only politeness held me there!

But I went to CleyIn early JulyWhen wild rose blushed and the tides were high.The blackbird pipedIn the inland dellsBy Walsingham, Warham and Wighton and Wells.

It rained in JuneWhen I went to Troon(They said it was something to do with the

moon).The chilly sceneWas all grey and green,My only comfort to say I’d been!

So I went to CleyIn early JulyWhen cattle by the Glaven ’mid meadowsweet lieAnd scent of elderIs weaving spellsRound Sheringham, Salthouse and Stiffkey

and Wells.

I’ll always rememberNorth Wales in SeptemberWith sepia peaks in cloud-topped splendour.I looked with aweUpon all I sawAnd my heart fled back to a marsh-fringed shore!

So give me CleyIn early JulyWhen mallow in Morston is banked waist high.And oh! for the taleThe wild tern tellsBy Brancaster, Burnham and Blakeney and Wells!

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Home Lover

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It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela

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a call; it’s picked up and exchanged if needed. Nettles/brambles/weeds/grass, hedge and tree cuttings. Why risk scratching and marking your car wasting time and fuel. Bags can be used for other things by arrangement only. £9 for 1; £16 for 2.

Is Welcoming Volunteers!Thornage Hall, CCEA provides supported living

and day services to adults with a learning disabilityThe following workplaces need your help:

Farming and Gardening, Weaving, Arts & Crafts, Willow Weaving, Wood Working and Textile

Please contact 01263 860305 if you are interested

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Weekly EventsMondays * 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Line Dancing 711320Tuesdays 10 am Hempstead Drawing Sessions 711282Tuesdays † 10 am Baconsthorpe Diocesan Play Van 07918 027092Tuesdays * 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Indoor Bowls 711320

* Not on Bank Holidays    † During school terms

Monthly Events7 Mar Fri @ 10:30 am Hempstead Coffee & Gossip Village Hall

19 Mar Wed @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Film Club Village Hall 20 Mar Thu @ 12:20 pm Mobile Library Van See page 2 for times

Special Events28 Feb Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe Quiz with Jacket-Potato Supper

£5 per person bring your own tipple. Teams of four; you can come on your own as there will be teams that are short. There will be a raffle.

3 Mar Mon @ 7:30 pm Hempstead PC Meeting Village Hall10 Mar Mon @ 2:30 pm Matlaske PCC AGM At the Rectory11 Mar Tue @ 2 pm Barningham PCC AGM

This year’s AGM will take place at Manor Farm House, North Barningham followed by the regular PCC meeting.

13 Mar Thu @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe VH Meeting All Welcome19 Mar Wed @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe PC Meeting In VH – All welcome29 Mar Sat @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Easter Fayre

If anyone has any prizes and/or can make a cake we would be very grateful. If you want we can collect. Ring John on 711320.

Further Ahead4 Apr Fri @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Entertainment

The Trio we have coming are called Blue Skyes they sing a mixture of Country & Western, Blues, Jazz, 60s Boogie Woogie and more. Tickets are £5 per person to include light refreshments tea/coffee. Tickets are now on sale from John on 711320 or Evelyn on 577315. There will be a raffle.

9 Apr Wed @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Easter BingoEyes down for a good evening of fun with Good Prizes. Come along and join us. If you can help with an Easter Egg or any prize please contact John 711320

29 Apr Tue @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Plant Swop & Coffee MorningUntil 12:30 at The Old Rectory. Entrance £2.50 to include coffee and home-made biscuits. Proceeds to St Mary’s Church.

What’s On

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Car ValetingService

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choice and clean your car. From a basic car wash to a full valet.

Example: Wash, hoover, dust and air freshener for just £12.00 (within a five-mile radius of Holt)

Phone Dave: 07825 544045 01263 711850 (evenings)

Baconsthorpe NewsEvents in Baconsthorpe28 Feb 7 pm Quiz13 Mar 7:30 pm VH Meeting19 Mar 7:30 pm PC Meeting29 Mar 10 am Easter Fayre

More details on centre pages

Baconsthorpe 200 ClubThis month’s winners: £25 M Jackson; £10 David Youngs; £5 Andrew Rudd and Richard Youngs.

Barningham NewsEvent in Barningham11 Mar 2 pm PCC AGM

More details on centre pages

Hempstead NewsEvents in Hempstead26 Feb 7 pm Play Reading3 Mar 7:30 pm PC Meeting7 Mar 10:30 am Coffee & Gossip

19 Mar 7:30 pm Film ClubMore details on centre pages

Adrian TaylorWe were so sorry to hear of Adrian’s death. I have rarely met anyone with a more original and idiosyncratic mind which meant that any conversation always included fascinating diversions. He was one of those refreshing and exciting people who shine in an otherwise undistinguished world.

He will be long remembered – not least by the dullards at County Hall to whom he must have been their best-known and most-feared protester. He will be particularly well remembered by everyone in Hempstead for his long fight against Pond Hills becoming a gravel pit – and extra-well remembered by those of us at Hole Farm who can never be grateful enough for what he and Yvette achieved. Robin Carver

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Church LegacyThe Hempstead Church Buildings Trust has been left a legacy of £1000 by the late Mike Culverwell for which the trustees are very grateful. Mike was a churchwarden and Ann was PCC Secretary for many years.

Surveys at Selbrigg PondThe Norfolk Rivers Trust (NRT) have now started to prepare for more restoration work at Selbrigg Pond by trying to gauge the current fish population. The survey was conducted by Econ Ecology with help from NRT. They used a combination of electro-fishing and seine netting to record what species were present and in what numbers. The pond had previously been surveyed in 1999 and will be surveyed again following the restoration work so they can keep an eye on how the fish populations develop.

The surveys were a huge success, and hundreds of fish were caught, identified, measured and released. The vast majority of the fish were roach, with good numbers of perch and pike and a solitary rudd. Tench have recently been caught at the pond – so although none were recorded we know they

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Garden & Home Helpers

All basic  help for you in your house or garden by husband and wife team from Matlaske.

We can do the whole job or simply help you to complete a task. Hourly or fixed-rate prices

from £8. References available.

07909 183190 07950 822802

CAST IRON COOKERS

Service & RepairJon Cooper

Dales House, The Street, Baconsthorpe NR25 6AB

01263 577527 or 07767 494369

Bed & Breakfast Ann & Richard Brooks welcome you into their quiet and comfortable home where guests have the use of the whole house and garden which has a tennis court and croquet lawn. Your hearty breakfast can be served anywhere from the beamed oak-furnished dining room to a shady spot in the garden.

Also Self-catering CottageChurch Farmhouse, Edgefield NR24 2AFTel: 01263 587208 Fax: 01263 587814

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are there! No eels were caught but may well have been present in the mud or the reeds.

Separately, Dr Carl Sayer, Ian Patmore and Dave Emson from UCL together with Steve Lambert (SJL Consultancy) have also collected two sediment cores samples from Selbrigg Pond; one is shown in the photo. Average sediment depth is about 60–70 cm and it has a peat base along the sides and more gravelly in the middle.

As a result of the two core samples a full history of pond was captured. There is a fascinating phase likely over a century ago when Dr Sayer suspects that the pond contained a different water plant community (from evidence seen in the sediment structure).

Work is now underway to cut back the reeds and dredge the pond before fish spawning gets underway. Francis Feilden

Film ClubThis month’s film Roxie Hart with Ginger Rogers was a great success. A twenties showgirl confesses for the sake of publicity to a murder of which she is innocent – a farcical show trial ensues where even the judge poses at every photo opportunity. Plenty of laughs here – an inspired choice by our dear Adrian. MT 

Hempstead 200 ClubThis months winners: £25 J Neville; £10 T Geens; £5 W Mack, P Joseph and R Watters.

Events at

Dog PooThe Parish Council have had a couple of complaints about dog poo around the bus shelter, and on the Knoll bank, where the children walk and wait for the school bus. It is very distressing when a child walks in it and has to been cleaned before getting on the bus. We love to see villagers enjoying walking their dogs in our lovely village, but please, keep your dogs under close control so that you can clean up after them should they foul our village verges. Thank you for your co-operation on this matter.

Matlaske NewsEvent in Matlaske10 Mar 2:30 pm PCC AGM

More details on centre pages

New for 2014 – Matlaske 100 ClubHave you got your number yet? Many have joined but there are still some numbers left so don’t miss out, or maybe, you would like another number to have an even better chance of being a winner. The first draw will be at the end of February.

Contact Marion on 577521 or Cherry on 577827 for more details. We will also be arranging different events throughout the year in order to host a Christmas event with the proceeds.

Plumstead NewsPlumstead DefibrillatorFollowing the successful fund raising efforts in Matlaske to purchase a defibrillator for their village, a British Heart Foundation/ EEAS approved Heartstart course was organised earlier this year which we attended. We realised the importance of the first few minutes should you find yourself in a life-saving situation. Consequently we felt it would benefit Plumstead to purchase a defibrillator.

We are in the process of getting a quotation. The Trustees of the Plumstead

or mobile library in Norfolk. Mobile libraries do not charge for overdue books, although a repeat loan charge may apply for hired items not returned on the due date (principally DVDs, games, CDs, and spoken-word formats). A replacement charge may apply if items are lost or stolen. Please try the Mobile Library Van – it’s largely free and such a precious resource. For more information contact 0344 800 8020 or www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk

Baconsthorpe Night LifeFinally, a clear night, the stars above Baconsthorpe shining brightly against a dark sky. I took my telescope out of the shed, set it up, switched on the anti-dew heater, attached the dew shield, levelled the mount, aligned the mount with Polaris, dialled in the time, day, date and year and adjusted the mount until Polaris was centred in the cross hairs, corrected the finder alignment, switched on the electric drive motor, aligned the GOTO computer using three known stars, selected a bright star and tested the accuracy, used a hair dryer to demist the corrector plate and was finally ready to start observing, the whole process only taking thirty minutes. I enjoyed a couple of hours of good observing, finding Jupiter, The Orion Nebula, The Great Andromeda Spiral Galaxy and a few other galaxies. Finally the cold drove me back indoors into the warmth and a hot cuppa.

Over my cuppa I remarked to my wife what a good evening it had been and the objects I had so cleverly found. You just can’t beat experience. She replied by switching on her iPad, selecting the Nightsky2 app, and started pointing the iPad around the room without leaving the comfort of the settee. On the screen was shown a very accurate rendition of the night sky, it was like looking at the real sky as she moved it around. Oh look, she said, there is Jupiter, and just to right Mercury and Neptune (both of which I had missed) and Saturn is just below the horizon, should be up in an hour or so. Switches off the app and returns to watching the film.

Which one of us is daft? Keith Mayes

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2000 Fund have indicated that they would be happy to support the project. If you would like to find out more or would like to help with this project please contact Mary Lintott on 577718 or Julie Brown on 577447. More later – so watch this space!

WebsiteNine-year-old Plumstead resident Ayrelia O’Leary-Leeson has created a Plumstead Village Website and she would be thrilled if you would visit it. If you would like something added to it, you can email her via the website. Click the Contact Us link on www.plumsteadvillagenorfolk.yolasite.com Many thanks. Her mum

Christine & PeterMcAllister-SmithWe send our very best wishes to Christine who is safely out of hospital. Our thoughts are with Peter as he continues his recovery. Hopefully by the time the newsletter is published, Peter will be back home as well.

Mobile Library VanMobile libraries are free to join and are open to all ages. There are 11 public mobile library vans that call at 2,000 stops across Norfolk. All mobile library vans are equipped with a lift for people with mobility problems and wheelchair users. Our mobile library offers:• Fiction books for adults and children• Non-fiction books for adults and children• Large print books• DVDs, Audio books on CD and tape

(for which a small charge applies)The mobile library service visits our

villages on a four-weekly rota (see page two for times and the Monthly Events on the centre pages for dates). Items can be chosen from the van or reserved via the on-line catalogue for collection from the mobile library (a charge is made for reservations). They can be returned to any branch library

North Norfolk Speakers Club How often have you been in a situation where you have been called upon to speak in front of people – to deliver a wedding speech, to give an opinion, or make a report – and quaked with nerves and fear? Whether you love public speaking or loathe it, North Norfolk Speakers Club is the place for you. North Norfolk Speakers Club offers a sociable, relaxed, friendly, constructive and supportive environment in which people can overcome the nerves and fear of public speaking.

Confidence, communication skills, presentation, listening and leadership skills are all developed, whilst having fun! You may want to polish existing skills, deliver that perfect speech, or need to build confidence for that important interview, meeting or social event.

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Whatever you want to achieve, you will be warmly welcomed by our members. Guests may attend three meetings free of charge, and are welcome to join in or just observe.Why not come along? Find your inner voice and become the confident speaker you deserve to be.

Meetings are held on alternate Wednesdays 7pm at North Walsham High School, Spenser Avenue NR28 9HZ northnorfolkspeakersclub@gmail.com nnsc.co.uk – Contact: Gillian 01692 650250.

Did you knowBT CustomersIf you pay for a year in advance you can save over £50 on line rental each year. Get in touch with BT at any time to pay £141 instead of 12 x £15.99 ( = £191.88).

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28 Feb Fri @ 7 pm Holt – Gardeners’ Question TimeTina Hammond, Head Gardener at Felbrigg Hall, Judy McNeil-Wilson of Chestnut Farm West Beckham, Tessa McCosh of Baconsthorpe. Compere John Durdin. Organised by Holt Rotary Club, £10 including wine, proceeds to Walking with the Wounded and other charities. Tickets: Cockertons 711167.

18 Apr Fri @ 10:30 am Edgefield – Hot Cross BunsAt Church Farm, Edgefield from 10:30 am – Home-made hot cross buns and coffee – Bring and Buy Produce and Gifts – Cards in aid of ‘Multiple Sclerosis’ – Donations as usual – please come with your friends.

18 Apr Fri @ 7 pm Blakeney Church – Bach St John PassionOn Good Friday the Kelling Concert, orchestra and soloists, directed by Angela Dugdale, will present Bach’s St John Passion in St Nicholas Church, Blakeney – The Passion was first heard on Good Friday 1724 in St Nicholas’ Church, Leipzig. Admission is free but there will be a retiring collection in aid of the Pilgrim Federations of Church Schools ( Blakeney, Hindringham, Kelling and Walsingham). Members of the audience who wish to join in singing the chorales are invited to do so as they would have done in Bach’s day – please come at 6:30 pm.

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