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

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Village Correspondents:Baconsthorpe: Ro Hardingham 577262Barningham: Sara Buxton 577207Hempstead: VacantMatlaske: Florence Hunt 577363Plumstead: Vacant

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Mobile Library Every fourth ThursdayVillage Old time New time LocationMatlaske 12:20 pm 12:30 pm Old Post OfficePlumstead 13:00 pm 13:15 pm Walnut FarmBaconsthorpe 14:25 pm 14:45 pm Council Bungalows

15:45 pm 16:10 pm Old Post Office16:05 pm Cut The Street

Hempstead 15:00 pm 15:20 pm Hare and Hounds15:20 pm 15:40 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 Keith ClarkeHempstead & Plumstead Stacey Barnetson

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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

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EditiorialMy first edition of this newsletter just so happened to coincide with the start of the debate about whether or not to approve a wind turbine in Bodham. My opinion has wavered but one thing that I have felt I should do is understand the truth behind the options.

A friend in our village has sourced all sorts of material about this and it looks at the bigger picture. Whether we like them or not, it would appear that we should approve such structures. Here is the reasoning.

Big businesses make decisions that have enormous implications if they get them wrong so they employ organisations such as Bxxx to investigate and come up with facts that are in no way influenced by political/lobbying motive. They present their findings on energy as follows: But there is a bigger picture re biodiversity, resouces being used up

Holt Safer Neighbourhood TeamHolt SNT have had a change of personnel. The new PCSO covering Baconsthorpe and Matlaske is PCSO 8462 Keith Clarke. Hempstead and Plumstead will be covered by PCSO 8642 Stacey Barnetson. PC Nick Smith is still the Beat Manager for the Holt area. The following are dates for the May police surgeries.

PuzzlesWords the same across and down

M E A TE A S EA S K ST E S T

How many grids can you make like this?In particular can you discover the grid using these clues for the four words?1. Decayed vegetable matter found in

bogs2. Creating an overhanging part of a

roof3. State to be true (definitely obscure)4. A gull like bird with a forked tail and

pointed wingsWith thanks to Collins Scrabble Word Dictionary for the definitions.

Last month’s answer A camel.

Front Cover PictureThe chimney pots can be found on the lodge at the entrance to Barningham Hall.

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Answer: P E A TE A V EA V E RT E R N Puzzle for July A cube is a number found by multiplying a number by itself three times. We write 43 meaning 4x4x4 or 64.Can you find three cubes that add up to a fourth?Hint: You need not consider numbers larger than 10. You may not use 0! Answer: 27+64+125 = 216 or 33+43+53=63.

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Hempstead 28th May at 2.15 pm

Baconsthorpe 29th May at 11 am

Matlaske 30th May at 12 noon

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Time has again proven my wife right (aren’t they always?) I should have bought a digital camera six years ago, I should have recognised the advances in things like ipads that are able to show the night sky and locate the stars and planets. Maybe now was the time to buy a fully computerised GOTO telescope? I set up my trusty 30 year old mechanical telescope one last time. The wooden tripod legs that I had so lovingly varnished all those years ago still glistened in the fading light. The lumbering black metal mechanical mount still guided the telescope to those distant stars and planets, most of the time, more or less. The old girl was showing her age, she has been a loyal friend all these years but was now barely working, it was time to say goodbye. I packed her away in the footlocker one last time and whispered a sad farewell.I ordered my new computerised telescope and was delighted when it arrived, it looked so smart, all chrome and white painted aluminium. I set it up and keyed in the basic data it needed, and was ready to go. When it was dark enough I placed the telescope on its concrete base, pointed it north and switched on the hand controller. After that all I had to do was enter the date and time, line it up with two stars the computer selected and that was it, ready to go in 2 mins. compared to 30 mins. with the old one. I decided to try out ”Guided Tour, Tonight’s Best” and pressed GOTO. With a busy whirring noise off it went, swivelling the telescope until it aligned on Jupiter and gave a friendly little beep to say it was ready. Jupiter was dead centre in the eyepiece, its dark bands clearly visible and four of its largest moons. Satisfied, I pressed a button and off it went again whirring and buzzing and within a few seconds gave another little beep. This time it had selected the Orion Nebula, one of my favourite astronomical objects and it looked amazing. After that it went to the Perseus Double Cluster, a beautiful sight, billions of stars clustered together like diamonds on black velvet. I was convinced, such ease of use, I should have bought it years ago.Technology is a wonderful thing, it has its place in modern society, but I think it also has its downside, it can make us lazy. I learned astronomy the hard way, using star charts and books, I know what I am looking at and I know my way around the night sky. I remember the thrill of finding those first distant galaxies and the sense of pride it gave me that began a lifelong fascination with the stars. The current generation of young astronomers only need to know how to press a button to see the wonderful sights the heavens have to offer, it is so easy for them. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Will they be inspired for a lifetime or just a few minutes?

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Church Matters

Church Services29 May Ascension Day Thu @ 7 pm Communion Plumstead Church

Priest: Rev Brian Faulkner 1 Jun Easter 7 10 am Matins Baconsthorpe Church

Priest: Rev Brian Faulkner 8 Jun Whitsunday 10 am Communion Barningham Winter Church

Priest: Rev Andrew Lane 15 Jun Trinity 10 am Matins Hempstead Church

Churchwardens 22 Jun Trinity 1 10 am Communion Plumstead Church

Priest: Rev Canon Fiona Newton29 Jun Trinity 2 10 am Matins Matlaske Church

Churchwarden(s) 3 pm Benefice Evensong* North Barningham Church

6 Jul Trinity 3 10 am Communion Baconsthorpe ChurchPriest: Rev Julie Wiseman

God Still Loves UsThe month of June gives us four special Sundays: the Sunday after the Ascension; the Feast of Pentecost; Trinity Sunday; and two weeks later the Feast of St Peter.

The Ascension brings to an end the earthly ministry of Jesus when we celebrate his kingship. Jesus promised that he would not leave his followers bereft but would send them the Holy Spirit which we celebrate at Pentecost. A week later we begin the long season of Trinity by recalling that we believe in one God who is three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit. On the last Sunday of June we celebrate St Peter the Apostle, for many men and women this is the time of Ordination to the Diaconate and Priesthood, which also means that for many clergy this is the anniversary of their Ordination.

So this year I celebrate forty years as a priest and like many of us looking back brings memories, happy but also sad. The important thing though is to go on learning and growing; to allow God to grow closer to me as time goes by. That is the challenge to all of us even if the reality is often two steps forward and one step back and sometimes the other way round. We are not perfect but God still loves us as we are.

With every blessingAndrew SSL (who is taking the service on 8 June)

* Annual Patronal Festival at St Peter’s Service, North Barningham The service will be conducted by the Rev Canon William Bestelink and we are very grateful to John Richley for agreeing to provide the musical accompaniment for the occasion. This will be the forty-first consecutive year that such a service will be held in the church. This is a Benefice-wide service and we hope that those of you who are able to do so will join us; notwithstanding the counter-attractions of a Sunday afternoon in high summer.

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For once Michael didn’t have to perform two roles as Richard Peaver was the organist. He also had the assistance of Dr Philip Wood as Server and Crucifer; a role he usually fulfils in Norwich cathedral. Miss Frances Jenkinson, Lay Chairman, Holt Deanery also assisted in the reading of a passage from Isaiah.

The choir, so ably encouraged and developed by Michael over five years, played an important part in the service. Although few in number their singing of the Sanctus and Benedictus from Schubert’s German Mass as well as other pieces sung during Communion contributed greatly to the solemnity of the occasion.

The atmosphere changed to a lighter note at the end of the service when Michael was joined by Jo for the presentation of gifts and a short speech by John Durdin, church warden at Plumstead. A painting of all the churches in the Benefice by Michael Thody, an artist from Hempstead, was presented to Michael and Jo together with a cheque. Refreshments were then enjoyed by everyone and an opportunity for people to express their personal ‘Thanks’ to them for the loyal service they have both given to the Benefice over the last five years.

Many personal tributes to Michael and Jo were written in last month’s magazine and all that remains is to wish them a full and enjoyable retirement, remembering that in the best Jane Austen tradition they are only going to be ‘the other side of the Park.’! PW

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A Very Big Thank YouMy Dear Friends

Jo and self would like to thank everyone for your support and generosity since we moved into Matlaske Rectory in 2009. Our time in the Benefice has been our happiest in thirty-one years of ordained ministry. There are far too many good souls to mention by name and we have been privileged to be welcomed into the Barningham Winter Benefice family.

My last Eucharist as your parish priest was a wonderful gathering of friends from near and far. Jo and I are deeply moved by the choir’s surprise ‘farewell’ song, your generous cheque, the beautiful painting by Mike Thody, flowers for Jo, the rose bush for our new garden – and the welcome bottle of ‘Oh be joyful!’.

Now we look forward to a few months of relaxation before I take up the Bishop’s offer of ‘Permission to Officiate’. We go to see our family in South Carolina in mid-June and we shall be there for Sam’s (our grandson) seventeenth birthday. It seems only yesterday that I baptised him at St Peter, Treverbyn in 1997.

But enough of my ramblings. You will always have a special place in our hearts and in our prayers.

God bless you all

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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 termsMonthly Events

6 Jun Fri @ 10:30 am Hempstead Coffee & Gossip In Village Hall. 12 Jun Thu @ 12:40 pm Mobile Library Van See page 2 for times

Special Events12 Jun Thu @ 2 pm Barningham PCC Meeting13 Jun Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe Bring & Buy

Please come and join us for a traditional Bring & Buy Sale. There will be a cake stall, nearly-new, books, Bric-a-Brac, and also, importantly, as the name suggests a Bring & Buy stall so you can bring along any goods, new items or unwanted gifts that someone else might buy and find something to buy while you are browsing and having a tea/coffee amongst friends. There will also be a raffle.

26 Jun Thu @ 7 pm Hempstead Play Reading Group Village Hall27 Jun Fri @ 6:45 pm Barningham Winter Concert

Join the very accomplished Cantilena Choir for a special evening of choral and solo music in Barningham Winter Church – The Soprano, Jayne May-Sysum, is the soloist, and the conductor is Rosemary Kimmins – A donation of £12.50 in support of St Mary’s will ensure a most enjoyable evening. Wine and canapés will be included after which the concert will begin at about 7:30. It is scheduled to end at about 9 pm.

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Please note that we need more help and ideas to keep your village hall running. We have a lovely modern, spacious hall but our committee needs more help to maintain this community facility. Any nominations for officers, members, Chairman, Secretary etc can be left at the Village Hall or given to any current committee member or ring John 711320 with any offers of help. Please come along and give your support.

11 Jul Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe QuizQuiz night returns by popular demand – £5 per person to include a Jacket Potato supper with various fillings, a roll, tea/coffee, there will also be a raffle. Bring your own tipple. Teams of up to 4 persons but please come along on your own as there is always a team that needs you.

20 Jul Sun @ noon Charity LunchAt Hempstead Village Hall in aid of Norfolk Venda Educational Trust. Michele and Ceri Holmes from the charity will be attending the church service in the morning and then joining us for lunch. All welcome from all villages – a really good meal in return for a donation. Put the date on your calendar now!

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Baconsthorpe NewsEvent in Baconsthorpe

13 Jun 7 pm Bring & BuyMore details on centre pages

Jumble SaleWe had a successful Jumble Sale on Friday evening the 16th May with £165 raised which will go towards our repair bills and upkeep of your Village Hall.

WelcomeAndrew and Peta Galpin and their daughter Elfie, who have come to live in The Street. We wish them many happy years in our midst.

Plant Swop and Coffee MorningTuesday 29th April saw the tenth Plant Sale at Baconsthorpe Old Rectory.

The amount raised was:Coffee morning and sale £1042.55Donations £27.50Stately Home Sale £236.50Total £1306.55

With only three members on the PCC this would not be possible without the huge contributions made by friends. Providing and wheeling plants up the road, pricing plants, making cakes, manning stalls etc to all of them a huge Thank you.

The biggest thank you must go to David and Tessa McCosh who provide the venue and work tirelessly in the preceding weeks to organise and make the event possible.

It takes £6,500 a year to run the church. This includes our share of the Rector’s wages, clock and organ maintenance, insurance, wages, heat, etc. Fund raising events are really important in the maintenance of the church and enabling it to stay open. Most people in the village at some stage wish to hold a christening, wedding or funeral in the church and it would not be possible if the church is forced to close through lack of financial support. So thank you to everyone who supported this event. CY

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  Memories from childhood.   My grandfather died just before I was born, but I was brought up with numerous stories of life in his household.   My father was the youngest of nine, living with domestic servants in a big vicarage.   Grandfather had a large parish in urban Southampton.   Many of his flock were illiterate sailors, so he read their letters to them, and drafted the replies.   In late nineteenth century Social Services and the like hardly existed, and often he was the only educated man they could talk to, so he spent much time dispensing wisdom on all sorts of topics.   Things were black or white, with no time for shades of grey.   We may now disapprove, but then the alternative was naked despair.   Nowadays it is all so different, particularly for parsons.   Daviid Durst

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Recycling at PlaygroundPlease could all recycling be put into the recycling bins and not left in bags on the floor in front of them.

Please could household waste be taken to the Household Waste Site at Sheringham and not left at the recycling point.

We would like to thank all of those who use the recycling bins. All the money that is raised from recycling is used to improve the village facilities. This includes the updating and maintenance of the playground and the recent installation of solar powered street lights at the playground car park.

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Barningham NewsEvents in Barningham

12 Jun 2 pm PCC Meeting27 Jun 6:45 pm Winter Concert

More details on centre pagesDeathMrs June Hannant who lived at Barningham Rectory from 1954 to 2004 has died at St Michael’s Court, Aylsham. Mr and Mrs Hannant had 50 years at the lovely old Rectory bringing up their six daughters. A busy farmer’s wife, she was churchwarden to St Mary’s for many years and also belonged to the Women’s Institute and the Mothers’ Union. She loved flower arranging at the church, painting, sewing and being in her garden (when time allowed!). She will be greatly missed by all her family.

Moving HomeWe send our very best wishes to Brian and Marilyn Clements who are moving to Yorkshire. Huge thanks to both of them for all they have done for St Mary’s Church. Brian has been our only churchwarden and has been wonderful in all the time and support that he has given to the church.

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We will miss them both but wish them all the happiness in the world in their new home.

Hempstead NewsEvents in Hempstead

6 Jun 10:30 am Coffee & Gossip26 Jun 7 pm Play Reading Group

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Hempstead 200 Club£25 G Thurlow; £10 M Scarff; £5 A Fielding, J Loach and M Newell.

The Last Film of the SeasonWhat a way to end the season! Well done Adrian for leaving us this special treat.

When I first saw this film, way back in 1960, I found it depressing, rather than funny: far too close to reality for comfort. Now, its cynical and exaggerated view of life in the world of industry seems vastly entertaining, including a brilliant performance from Peter Sellers as the shop floor steward!

No-one escapes merciless depiction: not the factory workers playing cards, the shop floor steward mouthing political platitudes, the heads of industry enmeshed in elaborate and distinctly crooked money-making schemes, the silly ass of a trainee. The only     Dates for 2014

9 April Wed @ 7:30 pm Village Hall AGM10 May Sat @ 10 am Village Hall Tidy17 May Sat @ 7 pm Hog Roast10 Aug Sun @ 2 pm Hempstead Fête

1 Oct Wed @ 7:30 pm Fish & Chip Quiz6 Dec Sat @ 7 pm Christmas Party

people relatively unscathed are the nudists. And all this accompanied by a very catchy theme tune.

If you missed seeing it, more is the pity. We hope for great things to come for next year’s season at Hempstead. CdeB

Hog RoastRemember the Bisto Kids with the heads in the air? As people arrived for the Hog Roast a few sniffed the air to get the first whiff of roast pork – and they were not to be disappointed. Seats were chosen, a bag or two were opened and a bottle or three joined the crisps and nuts already on the table and soon we were called forward to have our plate covered with slices of pork, crisp yet soft crackling and as much salad as needed. A few managed an extra – small – helping; then it was time for the sweet course.

A variety of home-cooked dishes had been prepared. All looked (and tasted) delicious so it was either a second helping, or as several did, a small sample of two or three. ‘Very tasty, very sweet.’ (Can anyone remember who used to say that on the wireless? And that dates me!)

Then it was time to draw the raffle and think about home... Or even a long walk to settle the meal. As usual a very enjoyable evening, but it was disappointing to see a

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Paschal candleOn Easter Sunday in St Peter’s Matlaske anyone sitting near the front of the church would have noticed a rather splendid Paschal candle standing at the side of the altar. This is a present to St Peter’s from Michael and Jo Cartwright.

ThanksFor some time now the organ used for services at St Peter’s Matlaske has been a small electric organ belonging to Brian and Marilyn Clements of Baconsthorpe. Later this month Brian and Marilyn are moving back to the North of England and they have very generously donated the organ to St Peter’s. Brian will play for the last time on 25th May for morning service.

Plumstead NewsRNLI collectionThe Plumstead collection raised £72.65. Thank you to all who kindly contributed. Nick and Linda Fulford

Church EventKeep the date free – Saturday August 2nd 2–4.30 pm.

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few vacant chairs; as one person mentioned, ‘has the hog roast had its day?’ I hope not – for as long as I have been in the village, there has been a barbecue or hog roast in the summer. Long may they continue. GH

Matlaske NewsCoffee MorningThis went ahead with the blessing of Richard and Michelle. Thanks to those who attended and enjoyed the home-made cakes. A donation of £40 from the proceeds was given in remembrance of Aaron.

100 Club£25 Angela Lander; £10 Sally Willis; £5 Summer Batterham.

PC AGMSara Buxton was re-elected as Chairman.

Quiz NightA big thank you to so many of you for attending and contributing, to what proved to be another evening of brain teasing, fun and merriment, in aid of a good cause! The Christmas Party. Huge thanks again to Thomas and Amelia Courtauld for being so generous in letting us use the Old Stables. What would we do without you!

Cherry and Marion

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Description of ? in 1937From the Kelly’s Directory – ? is a parish about 4 miles south-east from Holt station and 3½ north from Corpusty station, both on the Midland and Great Northern joint railway, 8 north from Aylsham station on the London and North Eastern railway and 8½ south-west from Cromer, in the Northern division of the county, North Erpingham hundred and Cromer petty sessional division, Erpingham rural district, Holt county court district, rural deanery of Repps and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of St Michael is an edifice of flint in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch (used as a vestry) and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing one bell: the organ was presented in 1875: the church was thoroughly restored in 1873, and has 100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1557. The living is a rectory, with that of Matlaske annexed, joint net yearly value £315 including 37 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Duchy of Lancaster, and held since 1916 by the Rev Joseph Whiteside MA of Trinity College, Oxford, who is also chaplain to Erpingham Institution, and resides at West Beckham. The Methodists meet for worship in a room formerly a cottage. Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe esq is Lord of the Manor and chief landowner. The chief crops are wheat, turnips, barley, oats, and some land in pasture. The area is 1,279 acres; the population in 1921 was 160 in the civil and 263 in the ecclesiastical parish. Post & Tel Call Office Letters through Norwich, via Aldborough.The nearest Money Order & Telegraph Office is at Baconsthorpe.

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People & BusinessesPrivate ResidentColtart John Simson, The Orchard CommercialMarked thus * letters should be addressed

Edge?eld, Melton Constable.Marked thus † farm 150 acres or over.* Brind Rt Jas farmer, Heath farm

Bumphrey Martin, gardener to the Rev Wm Lievesley Stock MA, hon C F

Cherry Tree PH (Geo Alfd Gee)Coltart B M (Mrs), poultry farmer, The

Orchard. Matlaske 39Coltart Jn Simson, fruit grower, The

Orchard. T N Matlaske 39England Kate (Mrs), shopkpr Post office.

T N Matlaske 34Grout Wm farmer, Mill farmJarvis Sidney, gamekeeper to R Deferding

esq Plumstead HeathNewstead Jas farmer, Green farmReynolds Bros. threshing machine owners.

Matlaske 55Reynolds Ernest A. farmer, Mill rdReynolds Leslie Ernest, shopkprReynolds Wltr T farmerScarf Wm farmer

† Seaman Sydney Geo farmer, Church farmThaxter Jn farmer

† Turner Edwd Hy farm bailiff to C E Mott-Radclyffe esq. Plumstead hall

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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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There was I, waiting at the church...

I have only ever met two people from Røros. One is my neighbour Rose Carver from Hole Farm. This tale is about the other one: Jo, my Australian cousin.

Jo was visiting England in 1995. She is an ace birdologist and we were discussing our visit to Sweden later in the year. I don’t quite know why but I said ‘Why don’t you come and join us for a few days?’ Jo replied ‘Why not?’. So we arranged that we would pick her up from the nearest airport which was Røros in Norway. Scandinavians very sensibly have one church for about six parishes so they tend to be pretty good landmarks and I told Jo we would meet her outside the church at 6 o’clock.

After a long journey north into Jamtland we arrived rather late in Funädalen, picked up our keys, unpacked and realised we were a bit pushed to reach Røros by 6 pm. Luckily the roads in Sweden and Norway are superb so I was able to exceed the speed limit by a good margin and we stopped by the church as the bell was tolling six. There was no Jo waiting for us! After an hour; still no Jo. What now? No mobile phones in those days and no Norwegian money to use in a phone box? Luckily, the local hotel took pity on us but proceeded to eat our money at a prodigious rate and we learnt that SAS (Scandinavian Air Services) were on strike! So Jo was not going to appear today. We had a lovely slow drive back to Sweden in glorious evening light when the reindeer

were sitting in the middle of the road which would have been a disaster on our earlier trip.

Our landlady rushed in at 9 am to tell us SAS had rung to say Jo was due in at 5 pm today. So we set off in good time back again to Røros. Nearly there and with time to spare an English-Heritage-type sign said ‘Olavsgruva’ which we thought might be an interesting grave site but was a fascinating 1600s copper mine. Sitting in a bush there was a bird I had never seen before called a bluethroat – rather like a robin with a spectacular (you’ve guessed it) blue throat. We picked Jo up from the station in Røros and set off for home. But wait a bit – no Aussie can have seen a bluethroat can she? So it was back to Olavsgruva where, by chance, it was in the same bush next to a bank of snow. Jo’s comment was that she had never in her life been so cold birdwatching but it was worth it! Bertie Harmer

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