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Issue JULY/AUGUST 2016Copy date for the next issue is:14th AUGUST 2016
[email protected]. 728317
St ANDREW’S CHURCHCOFFEE MORNING
Everyone is
Join us in the Church onThursday 11th August
from 10.30am
All proceeds to Church funds
St Andrew’s Restoration Appeal(SARA)
Withpresent the film
A BIGGER SPLASHRated 15, A crime, drama mystery, starring:
Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts & Ralph Fiennes
The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by theunexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter, creating a whirlwind
of jealousy, passion and, ultimately, danger for everyone involved.
atNorthwold Village Hall
onFriday 12th August at 7.30pm, Doors open at 7.00pm
Tickets £6 at the dooror
£5 in advance from: Ann Howarth – 01366 727772Jenny Bunyan 01366 728105
St Andrew’s Restoration Appeal(SARA)
Withpresent the film
HAIL, CAESARRated 12A. A comedy mystery, starring:
Josh Brown, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes & Scarlet Johansson
Hail Caesar! Follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixerfor Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, when studio star Baird Whitlock disappears,
Mannix has to deal with more than just the fix.at
Northwold Village Hallon
Friday 15th July at 7.30pm, Doors open at 7.00pm
Tickets £6 at the dooror
£5 in advance from: Ann Howarth – 01366 727772Jenny Bunyan - 01366 728105
IS IT WINE OR WATERSTALL FOR THE CARNIVAL
Many thanks to those who contributed fullbottles of wine for our stall at the carni-val.
We shall be doing the stall again at thisyears Christmas Bazaar so any donationswill be gratefully received.
Many thanks once again Lyn and MikeArman.
FROM THE CHAIR
Stephanie Squires has been editing our newsletter for the past six years and has decided tofinish at the end of this year. She has done a magnificent job and has produced every edi-tion with enthusiasm, care and expertise. I am extremely sorry that she is producing herlast edition in December but I have no doubt that she will be of great help to a new editor.
I hope that there is a willing volunteer in the village who is prepared to have a go at edit-ing Village Life. I know that the copies are of special interest to new residents givingcomprehensive coverage of all the events, dates and goings on in Northwold and Witting-ton. It presents a service to the community, keeping us informed and entertained.
Please contact Stephanie if you would like to know more about what is involved. Her de-tails are on page two.
Carol Sharp
SAINT ANDREW’SCHURCH
CREAM TEASThursday 7th July
2pm – 4pmAt
3 StablefieldsRAFFLE BRIC-A-BRAC
Come along and meet with yourfriends for a good old mardle whilst
enjoying a delicious cream tea
CAKES BOOKS
Cinema Night Northwold Village HallMessage from the ChairSt. Andrew’s Church Cream TeasSt. Andrew’s Coffee MorningIs it Wine or Water Thank You
cover
St Andrew’s Church DairyWelcome PackSt. Andrew’s ChoirNorthwold Tennis Club100 Bowls ClubNorthwold Sports & Social Club Event
2
The Benefice Christ Church Whittington etc., 3
Feltwell Village Yard Sales DayBrandon Arts Society - Arts Exhibition50’s Night Northwold Village HallExcessive Speed Notice (contd.)
4
Excessive Speed NoticeFeltwell Playgroups 40th Anniversary CelebrationIs Swaffham Museum on your list of places to visit
5
What does the Dr. Think this Month (contd.) 6
What does the Dr. Think this MonthNorthwold Village Hall - Boughton Surgery
7
Northwold Care Group - Lunch ClubNorthwold Carnival 2016
8
Bus InformationCelebrate at The Crown Inn, Northwold
9
The Norman Church of England Primary School 10
Northwold WIFlower Festival St. John’s Church, OxboroughVillage
11
Classified AdsNorthwold Parish Council Meeting Dates 2016
12
Inside this issue:
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The Village Life TeamEditor/Advertising
Stephanie [email protected]
Tel 728317
Deputy Editor
Circulation ManagersMavis & George Gillett
Tel. 727465
CommitteeChair
Carol SharpTel. 728227
TreasurerGeoff Bartram
Tel. 728673The views expressed in submitted items are notnecessarily endorsed by Northwold & WhittingtonVillage Life. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that allinformation contained in the newsletter is correct, wecannot be held responsible for errors. The Editorreserves the right to refuse or omit items withoutexplanation.
GRIMSHOE BENEFICEST.ANDREW’S NORTHWOLD
CHURCH SERVIICES
JULY 2016Sunday 3rd9.15 Holy Communion, Rector
18.00 Benediction, St. Mary’s FeltwellRector
Sunday 10th9.15 Service of the Word, Gareth Price
11.00 Holy Communion, St. Mary’sFeltwell Rector
Sunday 17th8.00 Holy Communion, Rector
Sunday 24th10.00 Benefice Eucharist, St. James’Hockwold - their Patronal Festival
RectorSunday 31st10.00 Benefice Eucharist, St. Mary’sFeltwell Rector
AUGUST 2016Sunday 7th9.15 Holy Communion Rector
18.00 Benediction, St. Mary’s FeltwellRector
Sunday 14th9.15 Service f the Word, Gareth Price
11.00 Patronal Eucharist, St. Mary’sFeltwell Rector
Sunday 21st8.00 Holy Communion Rector
Sunday 28th10.00 Benefice Eucharist, St. Mary’sSouthery Rector
N.B. ALL BENEFICE SERVICESARE IN BOLD & ITALIC
If you have any questions or would like fur-ther information, The Churchwarden,Gareth Price (728283) may be contacted.
Church website:www.northwoldchurch.org.uk
THERE MAY BE CHANGES SOPLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON THE
NOTICE BOARDS
To discuss weddings, baptisms,funerals or any other pastoral matters
please contact theReverend Joan Horan on01842 828034,email:[email protected]
WELCOME PACKSt. Andrew's gives all new residents a
pack full of useful information about thechurch and the village.
If, by any chance, you have not receivedone and would like to, please contact
Irene Quinn the organiser.at 55 Methwold Road, 01366 728098,
She will be pleased to visit youwith the Pack
St. Andrew's choiris always looking for new members.
We rehearse weekly and sing once amonth and for special festivals in church.
If you enjoy singing and would like tojoin us please contactCarol Sharp, 728227.
100 BOWLS CLUBJUNE1st Prize £20.00 Dean Preston 902nd Prize £15.00 Bernie Bartlett 773rd Price £10.00 Hazel Hearne 88
Roger
NORTHWOLD SPORTS &SOCIAL CLUB
9TH JULYABBA will be with us, it will
ABBA tribute band,the full works
NORTHWOLD TENNIS CLUB
The tennis season is about to begin andtennis is an excellent way to keep fit andmeet some nice people. The Club is situ-ated on the Recreation Ground and is opento everyone, once the subscription is paid.Members may bring guests for a smallfee.
The subscriptions for this year aredetailed below. If you would like a mem-
bership application form please let meknow by email:
[email protected] by telephone: 728227.
Charges: 1st May 2016 – April 30th 2017
Adult £30Junior (under 16) £7.50Student £20Family ( parents,children, grandparents) £65
See you on court!
Carol Sharp.
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Church contacts:Dr Ian Nesbit 01842 828956 St George’s MethwoldMiss Elaine Taylor 01366 500948 Christ Church Whittington and All Saints Wretton with Stoke FerryMrs Sheila Smith 01366 858765 St Margaret’s WerehamMr Michael Poole 01553 812112 St Andrew’s West Dereham
Mrs Nancy Achurch & Mrs Janet Allen are in charge of the cleaning and flowers at Christ Churchthis month and Mrs Ann Hilton and Elaine will be doing the same at All Saints.
Mrs Davina Eves & Mrs Ann Zizzler are in charge of the cleaning and flowers at Christ Church thismonth and Carol and Elaine will be doing the same at All Saints.
Sunday 3rd 9.30am Holy Communion Whittington Rev Ken WatersSunday 10th 9.30am Service of the Word Wretton & Stoke Ferry Carol Nicholas-LetchSunday 17th 9.30am Service of the Word Whittington Carol Nicholas LetchThursday 21st 5.30pm Compline Whittington Michael PooleSunday 24th 10.30am All Age Worship Wretton & Stoke Ferry Carol Nicholas-Letch
Sunday 7th 6pm Riverside Songs of Praise Grange Farm, Whittington Carol Nicholas-LetchSunday 14th 9.30am Service of the Word Wretton & Stoke Ferry Carol Nicholas-LetchThursday 18th 5.30pm Compline Wretton Michael PooleSunday 21st 9.30am Holy Communion Whittington Rev Alan BennettSunday 28th 10.30am All Age Worship Wretton & Stoke Ferry Carol Nicholas-Letch
AUGUST 2016
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Excessive speed of vehicles in thevillage Michael Parfitt
There is a great deal of concern aboutthe speed of some of the drivers of vehi-cles in the village particularly MethwoldRoad, and West end through HighStreet.
Norfolk Constabulary have a schemewhereby members of the public mayconduct speed checks using officialequipment. However, although the de-
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Please save this date in your diary
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are organising a
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Live entertainment - licensed bar -refreshments
Please come and join us for a night ofall things 50's
More details in September issue ofVillage Life
BRANDON ARTS SOCIETY
Summer 2016ARTS EXHIBITION
Baptist Church Hall, High StreetBrandon
Thursday 7th July toSaturday 9th July
10:00am to 4:00pm
Original Artwork by local ArtistsAll Artwork for sale
Free EntryTea, coffee and cakes available
FELTWELL VILLAGEYARD SALES DAY
SATURDAY2ND JULY 9.00 TO 2.00
Maps and Addresses available in St. Mary’s Church from 8.30am
For more information visitwww.facebook.com/FeltwellFundraisers
In aid of Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation & The Childrens Heart Foundation
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tails of the offending vehicles are re-corded by the volunteers this in itselfwill not end up in anyone being prose-cuted.
The police will inform the vehicle own-ers of the situation and hopefully thatshould be enough.
I am willing to organise and co ordinatethis scheme but I must have a goodnumber of volunteers who are willing toattend training given by the Constabu-lary and then take a turn on manning thechecks.
So I am asking for volunteers, the morethe better for this scheme. I you wouldlike to take part please let me know assoon as possible, then if we haveenough volunteers I will get thingsmoving.
If things go on as they are it is only amatter of time before a very nasty acci-dent happens.
A note through the door of number 10Methwold Road or a phone call on728233 will be sufficient but there mustbe a definite commitment otherwise theConstabulary will not do it.
YOU’RE INVITED TO HELPCELEBRATE
FELTWELL PLAYGROUPS40TH ANNIVERSARY
Have you or your children attended FeltwellPlaygroup during the last 40 years?
Were you a staff or committee member atany time?
Do you have any old photos or memories ofFeltwell Playgroup that you would like to
share?
Please join us atFeltwell Playgroup (The
W.I. Hall, The Beck)on
Saturday 9th July 20161pm - 3pm
& enjoy some afternoon tea refreshments.Have a look around the premises to see howFeltwell Playgroup is set up today - we’d beinterested to know how it differs from yearsgone by.
There will also be a raffle (always on thelookout for fundraising opportunities) & abouncy castle for the children.
Past & present parents, carers, family, staff& children welcome to come along, as wellas anyone interested in learning a bit moreabout how we run today.
Some invitations have been sent out but weknow there are lots of people that we havemissed. Please accept our apologies if youare one of the many wonderful people thathave helped keep playgroup running over theyears & we hope to see you there.
Is Swaffham Museum on your listof places to visit?
Summer and school holidays are on theway. Bring your children or grandchil-dren to the Swaffham Museum. Thereare free children’s activities throughoutthe museum. There will be opportunity todress up, make your own paper plane,put the pot together, colour in, try someEgyptian hieroglyphics, go on a trailand, when you leave you may takehome some activity sheets. This is funand what summer is all about. Why nottry it?
And for adults, there are many fascinat-ing exhibits. ‘Victors, Vulcans and aPocket Calculator’ celebrating the cen-tenary of Marham as an RAF base; localhistory and archaeology; 800 years ofSwaffham Market; and the Carter Col-lection explores his link with Swaffhamand the finding of the tomb of Tutank-hamen in 1922.
Open Mon – Fri 10am until 4pm and Sat10am until 1pm.
Normal museum entry charges apply -£3 for Adults, £2 Concessions and £1per child . Under 5’s are free.
Veronica Hutchby (Publicity Volunteer)
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Northwold SpiritualistsMeet every other Friday in the Village Hall,School Lane, Northwold , Thetford IP26 5LL at7.30 pm, doors open at 7pm and on other occa-sions. (subject to change)
JULY8th - Mick Kenning - Clairvoyant Night
22nd - Penny Francis
AUGUST26th - Sheila James - Clairvoyant Night
Enquiries:Faye 07523 866797
AdmissionDonation per person - £2.00 normal serviceincluding tea/coffee. No collection.Clairvoyant evenings - £4.00 per person
WHAT DOES THE DOCTORTHINK THIS MONTH?
be viewed in our yard, with a flower poton top. Back to the changes – the wholearea is now full of bijou hotels, street ca-fes and bars, all sorts of ethnic, orientaland Eastern European shops in the backstreets and heaving with people enjoyingthe scene. Our lovely boutique hotel wasbuilt in a converted warehouse. I took thecar to a nearby car park and got lost on theway back to the hotel. I asked a passingstranger if “that is the Clerkenwell Roadover there”. He stopped, told me in frac-tured English that he did not know, pulledout his mobile 'phone, punched a button,looked at a map of where we were stand-ing, scrolled it up and down and reassuredme that it was the Clerkenwell Road overthere! This was amazing to me, being aLuddite who turns on my mobile ' phonewhen I want to make a call but I expectmany of you will be familiar with suchmatters.
My other problem with change is that Ihave not kept up with the devaluation ofthe currency. I often convert a price backto pounds, shillings and pence and have afit! The hordes of people drinking in thebars and restaurants seemed to have infi-nite disposable income, both for eatingand drinking, and would think nothing of
next day so I booked an hotel about 100yards away from the Crypt in Clerken-well. Now, last time I was in that area ofLondon was in the early 1960's. I wasstudying medicine at The London Hos-pital in Whitechapel and I would cyclearound Clerkenwell and Shoreditchwhich were little more than semi-repaired bomb sites. All the buildingswere black with soot and there weremany warehouses associated with theleather and brewing industries. As thehotel was about 400 yards into the Con-gestion Zone, I had to pre-pay £11.50 toenter the zone and I did that a couple ofweeks beforehand.
When we arrived, it soon became appar-ent that much had changed in the 50years since I was cycling in the area(there was a rather good record librarywhich carried all the Deutsche Grammo-phon Gesellschaft classical records). Iwould borrow the Bach organ musicrecords, record them to tape and thentake the records back. I would play thetapes on my Garrard SP25 deck into aspeaker mounted in the top of a 4ft highchimney, standing on bricks to let thesound out at the bottom. The acousticswere astounding! The speaker may still
Head Office and I went to a wedding inLondon recently. Our niece was gettingmarried and her parents and family hadcome over from New Zealand. Deanne'ssister Sally and her husband, Frank,stayed with us the week before the wed-ding and great excitement prevailed.Many of you will know that 75 Squad-ron of the Royal New Zealand Air Forcewas based here during the second WorldWar and that The Wellington Pub andRestaurant in Feltwell is something of ashrine to that squadron. Well, (GroupCaptain) Frank Sharp, Deanne's brother inlaw, was the squadron commander of 75Squadron long after their return to NewZealand and he had a great time exploringat the Wellington, imparting informationabout the men who featured in many ofthe photographs.
The wedding was to take place at BAFTAin Piccadilly and the reception was to beheld in The Crypt, under St Ethelreda's inEly Place. The Crypt dates back to the 6th
Century and Henry Vlll once held a fiveday bash there. We had to leave early the
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it together and he was amazed to findtwo crocheted dolls and nearly £100,000in cash. Apparently, she explained, hergrandmother had told her that the secretof a happy marriage was never to argue.Grandma had told her that, if she be-came angry with her husband, sheshould crochet a doll and keep quiet.The old man nearly burst with pride andhappiness. In 60 years of marriage, hiswife had only been angry with himtwice! He then asked her where all themoney had come from. “Oh” she replied“That's the money I made by selling allthe other dolls”
A 40 year old man's wife left him. Incompensation, he bought himself aBMW sports car. He was trying it out onthe open road and was doing 120mphwhen he became aware of blues andtwos behind him. He pulled over and theofficer said “It's been a long day, I amabout to go home to my family and Idon't feel like more paperwork. If youcan give me an excuse I have not heardbefore, I shall let you go”. “Well” saidthe man “Last week my wife ran off witha traffic cop and I was afraid you werechasing me, trying to give her back”“Have a nice day, Sir” said the officeras he walked away.A cruise ship magician was tired of hav-ing his act spoiled by the ship's parrot
who would fly about the room giving awayall the secrets “It's up his sleeve” etc. Oneevening, during the act, the ship hit aniceberg and sank within seconds. The ma-gician and the parrot ended up clinging tothe same piece of driftwood. The parrotstared at him for hours, then said “OK, Igive up. What did you do with the ship?”
Best wishes to you all
Ian Nisbet
shelling out £25 for a cab home.
Howmsomever, the wedding and the re-ception were brilliant and we then spent 5days in France where it never stoppedraining. I looked at my mail when we gothome; someone had sent me a photographof our car with a demand for £65 for en-tering the London congestion zone. Confi-dently, I pulled out my booking receipt,only to discover that the date I had enteredto visit London was not the day I neededto visit London, but the day I was payingthe charge! GRR.
I'll tell you another time about how theblack cab swindled me. One word ofwarning – If you are walking about Lon-don, do not hold your mobile 'phone inyour hand. It is quite likely that a cyclistwill whip it out of your hand and speedoff. Many of the hotel staff had sufferedfrom this. I was OK because mine is virtu-ally glued into my pocket for fear of ex-cess charges and data roaming charges,etc.
An elderly couple had been married for 60years. They were extremely happy andhad no secrets from one another. She kepta small locked chest in her wardrobe andtold her husband never to ask her about itand never to try to open it. When his wifebecame very ill, she agreed that her hus-band should open the chest. They opened
Boughton SurgeryPatient Notice
We anticipate that a GP will be in atten-dance at Northwold on the following
Thursday mornings at 9.00am
7th July 201614th July 201621st July 201628th July 2016
The attending GP leaves the hall afterseeing the last patient waiting.
Please contact the surgeryon 01366 500331 if you require any fur-ther information.
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NORTHWOLD CARE GROUP- LUNCH CLUB
in was at the end of the parade, the viewwe had of the procession was magnificent.
The WI ladies who really were paintingthe village red! Looked amazing with themany red helium balloons they were hold-ing as they strolled along the road. welldone to everyone who was involved in thecreative creations that brightened up ourvillage, and to the drivers who took careas they showed amazing driving skillswith their precious cargo in tow.
The Fendick Field was the final destina-tion for the parade where there were manyside stalls and attractions on offer to keepus entertained. Jill Fysh who up until lastyear taught at the primary school hadkindly accepted our invitation to judgethis year’s floats and costumes. Our sin-cere thanks as this is not an easy job to doat all.
As always there are many thanks to say tothe many people who help out in any way,shade or form, especially as the time givento the village carnival is volunteered.Without these people we cannot bring youcarnival so to them I am eternally grateful.Northwold is a special place with manyspecial people living in or around it, bothnew and old. Thank you to you all. Mine,Roger and Dawn’s last carnival was fan-tastic and it is all down to YOU.
Warms regards from Sheena Randell.
Competition Results
Floats Adult1st The Northwold Moulin Rouge2nd The WI Painting the village red
Floats Children1st Carnival Queen2nd Tots & Co Painting the rose’s red3rd KS2 London
Costume Adults1st Holly and Donna-Moulin Rouge2nd Breda-Painter and Decorator3rd Sheena-Moulin Rouge
Costume Children1st Jack Greenacre-Big Ben2nd Callie Mountford-Chinese Dragon3rd Mollie Mann--Mini Alice
This month the ladies produced ameal of cottage pie and vegetablesfollowed by apple cake and cus-tard. Once again, it was a much qui-eter meal than normal, as only 19 ofus were eating our lunch to-gether. The weather didn't raise ourspirits any either. It rained andrained and rained. We also have oneor two of our members rather poorlyat the moment and weare wishing them all a speedy recov-ery and hoping theywill be back with us, as soon aspossible. It was, however, lovely tosee our Robbie back and feelingmuch better.
Now for just a little moan. I havementioned this before and peoplehave been very kind to us so amhoping for the same kindness again,please. The Lunch Club takes placeon the second Monday of everymonth and it would help us a greatdeal if the Village Hall Car Parkwasn't so full especially near thefront door. We have several mem-bers who have difficulty walkingand getting them in and out of thehall is very difficult if drivers can'tpark in the car park. It was so fullthat there wasn't room to park leavealone get these people in andout. Apart from that it was rainingvery hard. So please could youleave us some room on the Car Parkwe would really appreciate it.
The Car Scheme continues to pro-vide a very good service to many inthe village. We have many driverswho are now out several times aweek taking people to and frommany of their hospital, doctor's, den-tist's etc appointments.
For July's lunch on Monday 11thJuly, the ladies will be serving gam-mon, potato salad, lettuce, cucumberand tomatoes with strawberries andcream. I hope that many of you willbe there to enjoy this.
CHRIS
NORTHWOLD CARNIVAL2016
Saturday the 11th of June saw our vil-lage of Northwold hold its 40th Carni-val. Many thanks to the people whoworked before and after the event. Theeparade was awash with the many shadeof re which reflected this year's them of‘Paint the Village Red’.
Our Carnival Queen this year was thebeautiful Katy McGann who looked sdream in her spectacular gown. TheKing, Max McGuirk was looking verydapper in is fine attire as he sat by thequeen’s side . Their float was trans-formed into a Mascaraed Ball and theroyal courtier id not fail to impress, asthey smiled and waved to the crowdswho lined the route clapping and cheer-ing.
The parade was led by The NorwichSamba Band and as always they are joyto behold as they dance and play thevarious drums along the route.
I must say the float that I was taking part
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BUS INFORMATION
Northwold – Thetford(Coach Services)Monday – Friday @ 08.50 amPick-up Points: Bus stop same sideas St. Andrew’s Church or oppo-site side of road to the Tile Centre(main road)
Leaves Thetford Bus Station @11.00am (for any other times checkwith driver)
Northwold – King’s Lynn(Coach Services)Monday – Saturday @ 10.10 amPick-up Point: Only outside ofTile Centre (opposite Graeme Coo-per) as bus only travels downMethwold Road and turns left intoHigh Street.
Leaves King’s Lynn bus station @13.30 pm (for any other timescheck with driver)
PLEASE NOTE THERE IS ANEXTRA BUS ON
TUESDAY’S - MARKET DAY
PICK- UP POINTS:
9.26AM AT LITTLE LONDON. THE
BUS STOPS OPPOSITE 5 LITTLE
LONDON ROAD,9.28AM BUS STOP OPPOSITE SIDE
TO ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH
9.30 OPPOSITE GRAHAM COOPER
ELECTRICIANS
CELEBRATE ATTHE CROWN INN,
NORTHWOLD(phone 01366 727317)
JULYTHURSDAY 28TH
LADIES WHO LUNCH CLUB2 course meal £10.503 course meal £13.50
(bookings only)
QUIZ NIGHTS WEDNESDAY,6th & 20th
AUGUSTTHURSDAY 25TH
LADIES WHO LUNCH CLUB2 course meal £10.503 course meal £13.50
(bookings only)
BANK HOLIDAY SATURDAY 27TH2 Steaks & Bottle Wine £30
(bookings only)Charity Quiz in aid of Air Ambulance
QUIZ NIGHTS WEDNESDAY3d, 17th and 31st
SEPTEMBERWE WILL BE CLOSEDFROM 5TH TO 13TH
THURSDAY 29THLADIES WHO LUNCH CLUB
2 course meal £10.503 course meal £13.50
(bookings only)
QUIZ NIGHTS WEDNESDAY,21ST
Early supper Quiz night6-7pm from £6.95
Pub is available forPrivate Hire, Funerals etc.,speak with Cheryl & Dave
Leaves King’s Lynn bus [email protected] pm (or if you wish you canleave on the 1.30 pm as above)
Northwold – Downham Mar-ket(Eagle Coaches)Friday only @ 09.20 amPick-up Point: Opposite GlebeClose
Leaves Downham Market @11.40 amPick-up Point: where the busdrops you when you arrive.
Northwold – Norwich(Coach Services)1st and 3rd Wednesday’s in themonth08.55amPick-up Point: Bus stop TileCentre and St. Andrew’sChurch
Leaves Norwich @ 1.30 pmPick-up point: John Lewis De-partment Store.
For further information pleasespeak with the bus drivers orcontact the following:
Travel Line - 08712002233Coach Services –
01842821509Eagle Coaches –01760725392 or 01760755641
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FOOT HEALTH CLINIC
May we remind our readers that the next foot health clinic is asfollows:-
Wednesday, 13th July, 17th, 24th August, 28th September2016
at the Village Hall, Surgery Room.
I also carry out home visits for treatmentFor appointments tel. 01362 652757 David Noble.
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Fun & learning round every turningThe Norman Church of England Primary School
[An Academy Member of The Diocese of Ely Multi-Academy Trust (DEMAT)]School Lane, Northwold, Thetford, Norfolk IP26 5NB
Telephone: 01366 728241E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.norman-pri.norfolk.sch.ukExecutive Head Teacher: Mrs C Reich
Head of School: Mrs S White
the pre-school children begin their tran-sition into school. Amidst all of this,there are many additional activities thatwe are involved in including Netball atthe UEA Norwich, School Sports Day,Whole Class Music Teaching beingfilmed and an end of year ‘musical’.We also look forward to making someformal presentations to our Year 6 asthey leave us on the 8th July. No doubt,many more events will occur betweennow and the end of term.
As has been the positive news story, forthe sustained future of the schoolthroughout this school year, we haveagain welcomed new children and theirfamilies into our school family; by thetime this article reaches print another 2children will have joined us taking ournumber on roll to 89 – it was 76 in Oc-tober! Such changes in numbers placeextreme pressure on the school finan-cially and we consequently face a finan-cially difficult year ahead. Villageschools can find survival extremely dif-ficult; however, the current ‘picture’ forThe Norman is certainly strong in termsof numbers of children and we hope tokeep it that way.
As Albert Einstein said: ‘In the middleof difficulty lies opportunity.’
Sue WhiteHead of School
‘Fun and learning round every turning’that is The Norman School ‘motto’ andthis term so far has certainly been full oflots of learning with a good ‘handful offun’ thrown in.
The Year 2 and Year 6 children haveworked incredibly hard towards theirEnd of Key Stage Tests. For Year 6children in particular, the tests were anextremely demanding time which tookimmense emotional, mental and physi-cal commitment. I can honestly say thatthe Year 6 children all gave it every-thing they possibly could and we nowawait the results of their efforts. As theirHead of School and teacher, I was ex-tremely proud of the maturity the chil-dren showed during their tests. Thetests included questions such as: Circleall of the prepositions in this sentence:‘He walked through the doorway andsat behind the desk.’ Underline the sub-ordinate clause in this sentence: ‘If youget hungry, help yourself to a snack.’Some of the spellings the children weretested on included: cousin, facial, ceil-ing, ferociously. In maths, the childrencompleted an arithmetic paper of 36questions in 30 minutes. These includedsome of the following questions: 125.48– 72.3 = 122,456 – 11,999 = 3/10– 1/20 =725 ÷ 29 = In the 2 main maths pa-pers (40 minutes each) children werechallenged on their ability to applymathematical reasoning. One of theirquestions was: Lara chooses a number
less than 20. She divides it by 2 thenadds 6. She then divides this result by 3.Her answer is 4.5. What was the num-ber she started with?Our Year 2 children also completedtests – not quite as time-bound as theYear 6. The Year 2’s applied them-selves and worked very hard to achievetheir best – at 6 and 7 years old the mereconcept of formal tests is mind-blowing;the expectations placed upon our chil-dren today is beyond belief at times!
Aside from the tests, we have seen thechildren engage in the fun and creativityof manufacturing art work for the 2floats that the school adorned for the2016 Carnival. In addition to this, MissRandell inspired several children to per-form in the ‘main arena’ some tradi-tional dances that were previously per-formed on May Day. As always, thevillage Carnival was very successful andthoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.
Some of our older children exploredoutdoor and adventurous activities at theHilltop Residential Centre near Shering-ham at the very end of May. Adrenalineflowed and all of the children achievedbeyond what they imagined they could.The team-spirit during the 3 days wasvery powerful with everyone supportingeveryone – well done children!
As we approach the end of anotherschool year, our oldest children begintheir transition to secondary school and
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It has been a busy week for theNorthwold WI. On Saturday 11th
June we took part in the AnnualNorthwold Carnival parade. Thetheme this year was ‘Paint the TownRed’ and the ladies were dressed aspainters and decorators, dressed inwhite overalls splashed all over inred paint. They carried paint cansand brushes, pretending to splash thespectators with paint, I admit to be-ing one of those people who ducked!The WI won second prize for theirpart in the parade, and Brenda Ayrescame second in the individual cos-tume completion, well done!
On Tuesday 14th June we held ourAnnual Garden Party, it was due tobe held in Patricia Haye’s lovely gar-den. Unfor-tunately, theweather hadother ideas,so in themorning theCommitteemade the
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As usual, the hall was buzzing withchatter and laughter and all too soon,another June party was over but agood time was had by all.
Beryl Quilter
decision to move the party to theVillage Hall. Thank goodness wedid, as there was an horrendousstorm just as the party commenced.The storm, however, did notdampen enthusiasm and after ashortened business agenda, theparty commenced with a toast toHer Majesty the Queen.
The food for the party was pro-vided by Pauline Cundy, AngelaEglington and Beryl Quilter. Thetables were decorated with posiesof flowers provided by PatriciaHaye. The competition for the eve-ning was ‘a desert’, there werearound 12 entries and at least onemember managed to sample all ofthem! Everyone voted for theirfavourite and the results were, inthird place, Barbara Ayres with achocolate and raspberry tart; sec-ond place, JennyBailey with lemonmascarpone puffs,and in first place,Angela Eglington
Flower FestivalSt John’s Church –Oxborough Village
16th & 17th July
Any individuals or businesses are invitedto enter an arrangement
Theme - Famous Women
£5 per entry
Proceeds shared between“Women v Cancer” & St. John’s Church
Fund
Raffle and Refreshments available
Contact Wendy Hodson 01366 501052Or [email protected]
asap for further information
THE CROWN INNHome Cooked Food Served
Saturday 12noon-2pmSunday Lunch 12noon-2pm
Wednesday to Saturday 6pm-9pmPub available for Private Hire, Funerals etc.,
Closed lunchtimesMonday-Friday
Sunday, Monday evenings andall day Tuesday
Alternate WednesdayQuiz Night
Tel. (01366) 727317
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Northwold Parish CouncilMeeting Dates for 2016
All meetings are held at Village Hall, School Lane, Northwold
Tuesday 5th July 7.30pmTuesday 6th September 7.30pm
Tuesday 4th October 7.30pm
Tuesday 1st November 7.30pm
Tuesday 6th December 7.30pm
Vicky Bright - Clerk, (Northwold Parish Council)
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The club is open for bookings forsocial events, birthday parties,
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For information. call Bernie on01366 727250
The Committee