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March 2015

St Marys, Great Massingham in Early Spring

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THE GAYTON GROUP OF PARISHES MARCH 2015

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Our Pastoral Team

Revd Jane Holmes Priest in Charge 01553 636227 [email protected]

Revd Judith Pollard Associate Priest 01485 601251 [email protected]

Revd Sue Martin Hospital Chaplain 01553 636570 [email protected]

Joy Smith Reader 01485 600769 [email protected]

Nell Steele Reader 01553 840814 [email protected]

Revd Jane Holmes Pastoral Care 01553 636227 [email protected]

The Magazine Team

Guest Editor Editor 01553 630203 [email protected]

Steve Williamson Adverts 01553 630203 [email protected]

Steve Williamson Invoicing (adverts) 01553 630203 [email protected]

Sarah Renwick Distribution 01553 636275 [email protected]

Co-ordinators

Sarah Renwick Gayton 01553 636275 [email protected]

Sarah Kerkham Gayton Thorpe 01553 636253 [email protected]

Sarah Byatt Ashwicken, Leziate

& Bawsey 01553 630993 [email protected]

Bill Lewis East Walton 01760 337438 [email protected]

Church Contacts

All Saints Church, Ashwicken & Leziate with St James, Bawsey

Churchwarden: Steve Williamson 01553 630203 [email protected]

St Marys Church, East Walton

Churchwarden: Bill Lewis 01760 337438 [email protected]

St Marys Church, Gayton Thorpe

Churchwarden: Sarah Kerkham 01553 636253 [email protected]

St Nicholas Church, Gayton

Contact: Stan Watkinson 01553 636629 [email protected]

April issue is due from the 27th. March. Copy in by 17th March please.

Our Cover is of St Mary's Church in Great Massingham one of the now ten

Churches in our group. St Mary, of course, was the loving mother of Jesus.

This by Maureen Hawkins tells us all we need to know about Mothers(& Fathers too).

Before you were conceived, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before

you were an hour old, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of a Mother's

Love.

Your Mother loved you from the moment you were born & will love you every day of

her life. That's what Mothers do.

So on March 15th.,Mothering Sunday, remember your mother with a visit, a call, a

card.........and always with a prayer of thanks for her support, her encouragement

and her love. Steve

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Mothering Sunday: 15 March 2015

Mothering Sunday is an opportunity to pause and reflect on what our mums - or

those who love us and look after us - really mean to us. It's a celebration that

originates from the Middle Ages when, on the fourth Sunday of Lent, people gave

thanks to God for the Mother Church and remembered the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mother of Jesus. Traditionally it was a day when young people who were working

away from home were given the day off work to take presents home and share a

family meal together, with permission to break the Lenten fast, so it also became

known as Refreshment Sunday. As they walked along the country lanes they would

pick nosegays of wild flowers to give to their mothers. Food particularly associated

with Mothering Sunday included Simnel cake - fruit cake topped with almond paste,

sugar violets and 11 marzipan balls representing the 11 disciples of Jesus- Judas

was excluded; and frumenty wheat boiled in milk and sweetened with sugar and

cinnamon. Mothering Sunday was universally regarded as a good thing but over

many years, as more people moved to live in towns it declined in popularity.

After the First and especially the Second World Wars, with the arrival of many

American servicemen, Mother's Day came to the UK from America, where it had

been enthusiastically introduced in 1907 by Miss Anna Jarvis, a school-teacher from

Philadelphia. It had the aim of celebrating mothers everywhere and as commercial

interests became involved, the marketing of cards and gift items took off and we took

Mother's Day to our hearts.

Mothering Sunday was revived too, due to the efforts of Constance Penswick-Smith,

a vicar's wife from Nottinghamshire who fought a 30-year campaign, lobbying

parliament and Church leaders, sending leaflets all over the world. Nowadays

Mother's Day and Mothering Sunday are intertwined; each year there are special

services in the Church of England with the customary little bunches of Spring

flowers, very often involving young people and schools.

Mothering Sunday is a great opportunity to pamper our mums and the people who

love us and look after us with flowers, chocolates and perhaps breakfast in bed?

What will you do for your mum this year?

Reverend Judith Pollard.

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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Feb 2015

The journey of a lifetime and one which more than fulfilled expectations.

The pilgrims were all from the Norwich Diocese and led by the Bishop of Norwich,

the Rt Rev'd Graham James, Bishop of Thetford and the Dean of Norwich Cathedral.

We journeyed to the Sea of Galilee, and Nazareth and then on to Bethlehem, where

we stayed for several days and journeyed into Jerusalem. There we experienced the

Via Dolorosa, and the site of the crucifixion, the Garden of Gethsemane, the house

of Caiaphas, the Kidron valley, the Western Wall and much more.

Many sites and many moving experiences, not least of which was to celebrate the

Eucharist on the shores of Lake Galilee, and to pray for our benefice, as part of the

diocesan prayer rota, on the edge of the lake.

We did much more than just visit, but then is that not what a pilgrimage is all

about. a journey of discovery, a time for God to find us and to enable us, with

guided and prayerful direction, as we journey back home and then onwards from

there. As a colleague said to me,

Even if there are many places telling you that Jesus walked here and making

claims for his presence in that place, there is one thing that you must do. That is to

see the dawn appear over the Sea of Galilee, as it comes up between the dark hills

and that first shaft of light hits the water, then you know that Jesus would have seen

that same shaft of light so many years ago.

Rev'd Sue Martin

New beginners' walks in The Walks

A new walk has been added to the ever-popular Fit Together Free Guided Walks

programme designed especially for beginners.

Easy Walking Wednesday will take place at 10.30am every Wednesday in The Walks,

King's Lynn. Each walk is aimed at beginners or people recovering from illness or

injury and will be led by a trained volunteer walk leader. There will be distances to suit

everyone and plenty of support and encouragement from the walk leader.

All of the walks are free. Participants are asked to complete a short health

questionnaire before the start of the walk and should arrive 15 minutes early.

Places must be booked in advance by contacting the walk co-ordinator on 01553

616657 or by emailing: [email protected].


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Prescription costs

Over-the-counter nasal sprays usually cost about the same as a

prescription charge. A month's supply of antihistamine tablets usually

costs substantially more when bought over-the-counter than they cost on

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Start treatment for hay fever early

All treatments work better if started before the onset of the hay fever

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ASHWICKEN, LEZIATE & BAWSEY NEWS

Leziate and Ashwicken WI

In January, Leziate and Ashwicken WI held their 70th birthday party at Leziate

Village Hall with 17 members attending.

Members brought food and decorated the table, Jerusalem was sung and a prayer

of thanks for the food was given. Eileen Baxter and long serving member Wendy

Twite cut the anniversary cake.

Birthday ladies were Heather Box, Myrtle Roberts, Jan Eason and Wendy Twite.

The decorated parcel competition was won by Heather Box, second Ali South and

third Jan Eason. Marks and Spencer vouchers were presented to Joan Brown, Elsie

Bush, Sylvia Webber, Ali South, Myrtle Roberts and Wendy Twite for attaining their

20 points for entering the monthly competitions, there is no time scale it might take

two years but it does give everyone a chance to achieve this.

Members were reminded of the WI Table Top event on 7th March, 10.00 am-2.00pm

being held at Leziate Village Hall. The Nar Valley Group meeting is being held at

Swaffham Assembly Rooms on 11th March entitled Rolys on the Road, Sue Codman

is providing the entertainment, some members will be attending this event. We do

enjoy our WI meetings held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month 2.00pm - 4.00pm,

visitors welcome.

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This annual event is being held at

Lynnsport on Sunday 28 June 2015. This

will be our 7th year of entering as the

G.L.E.A.M. team, made up from people

who live in the parishes of Gayton,

Leziate, East Winch, Ashwicken or

Middleton.

We need people to take part in the

following events:

Badminton: senior & junior events

Table Tennis: senior & junior events

Mini Athletics: combined senior & junior

event (over 11 as at 01.09.14)

Netball: senior & junior events (juniors

over 11 as at 01.09.14)

Squash senior event

Indoor Bowls: senior & junior events

5-a-side-Football: senior & junior events

(juniors over 14 as at 01.09.14, ie school

years 10 and 11)

Darts: senior team

Gladiator Challenge: junior event

(juniors over 8 and under 11 as at

01.09.14, ie school years 4, 5 or 6)

Mini-Soccer: junior event (juniors over 9

and under 11 as at 01.09.14, ie school

years 5 or 6)Archery: senior and junior

events

Rounders: combined senior and junior

event

Fitness Triathlon: combined senior and

junior event (juniors over 12 as at

01.09.13, ie school years 8, 9, 10 and 11)

'Senior' means aged over 16 years and

'junior' means under 16 and over 8 years

as at 01.09.2014, unless otherwise

stated.

Urgent Appeal:

New Treasurer needed for

Leziate, Ashwicken and

Bawsey Village Hall

Management Committee

The village hall is situated in the centre

of Leziate, and is a focal point for a wide

variety of community organisations and

events. The Committee comprises of a

small group of volunteers who meet

every two months. It works hard to focus

on service to the community - keeping

the Hall running smoothly following a

major refurbishment in 2014.

Our current Treasurer will stand down at

the AGM and without a new Treasurer

the Committee will fold resulting in the

Hall being forced to close.

We are looking to recruit somebody who

can fulfil this key role, so if you have a

little spare time to give to your Village

then please get in touch and come and

meet us, maybe you are a regular hirer

and would not like to see the hall close,

for more information call 01553 630756.

A decision will be made following the th

AGM on 19 March 2015.

Thanks

Debbie Ess

If you would like to take part or would like

further information, please contact Sarah

Byatt ASAP either by email or telephone.

First-come-first-served!


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ASHWICKEN

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The building work at Ashwicken School

is well underway now and the next stage

is to add the roof and make the building

watertight.

The building team have been giving the

children lessons in bricklaying and they

have produced some impressive walls!

The children also took part in a 'Site

Safety' poster competition and the

winning posters will be displayed along

the building site fence.

LEZIATE PARISH COUNCIL

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The Council met on Wed. 11 February.

The Village Hall Committee sent

representatives to the meeting as, after

the AGM in March, they will have no

Treasurer. Without the essential officers

the Committee can no longer operate

and so there is a desperate need to

appoint a Treasurer. If you would like to

get more involved with the village and

this is a role you may be interested in,

then get in touch with Pauline the Chair

of the Village Hall Committee. I don't

think any of us would want to see the

Village Hall disappearing for lack of a

Treasurer, but at the moment this is a

real possibility.

A brief update on the Bawsey Lakes

proposal was given. A developer has

come forward who wishes to purchase

the site and at these preliminary stages

it looks as though his plans are much in

line with the responses of the

questionnaires received from residents.

There are meetings planned and

hopefully there will be more news next

meeting.

Also next meeting the Parish Council are

going to discuss provision of a

defibrillator in our Parish. If you would

like to voice an opinion on this or any

other parish issue, then you are invited

to come to the next meeting. We always

have a time allocated for residents to

have their say.

The discussion of better broadband was

continued. If you are experiencing

problems with speeds and it is affecting

your business please let the Clerk know

on 01553 630655. We will continue to

press our MP, County Councillor and

Borough Councillor for an answer as to

when our Parish will get higher speeds.

The Parish Council are very impressed

with our flashing speed signs and think

that it does encourage lower speeds,

special thanks were given to Cllr Barnett

for all the time he spends on managing

these for the parish.

Next meeting of the Parish Council is on th

11 March 2015 at Leziate Village Hall.

This meeting will start at 7.30pm, we

hope Anglian Water will be present to

answer questions and provide details of

the next phase of their mains sewerage

scheme. All are welcome.


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GAYTON NEWS

St Nicholas Churchyard

There are still a large amount of

Christmas wreaths on graves please

could these be removed and placed in

the bins provided by the car park gate.

The churchyard looks in a bit of a mess

at the moment due to the wet weather..

Continued building work should be

finished by the end of March and the

churchyard restored to its former self. It

will take time for the grass to regrow.

We have in the past told you that we

intend to remove the mounds from

graves over 12 months old to make it

easier for the mower to travel between

the lines of gravestones. It would be a

great help if relatives could remove these

for us; the soil can be placed by the back

gate - the same place as gravediggers'

use- this can then be spread over lower

places in the churchyard. Those graves

that have not been done by relatives will

be lowered later in the year when we can

organise a group to do so.

If anybody is unsure of the churchyard

regulations please ask to see a copy,

there is one displayed in the church on

the notice board inside the North door.

There should only be one vase per grave

placed by the headstone not in the

centre of the grave.

When you order a head stone from your

stonemason please ask them to remove

the mound when they site the stone. In

the past the Stonemason has

automatically done this but it seems now

they have to be ask.

Should you have any concerns about

this please contact the vicar or any PCC

member.

Thank you from the ladies of St

Nicholas Church Flower Rota

We have a sincere thank you for two of

our ladies that have retired from the

flower rota. Lady Romney for all her

valuable help over many years with the

flowers and events in the Church, you

will be greatly missed. Also Sheila

Thompson who has been a member of

the group for a long time and has also

helped with many events. We will miss

you Sheila.

We welcome Margaret Dennis onto the

flower arranger group and would like to

extend our thanks to John and

Maryanne Nash who, again, kindly

donated the lovely Christmas Tree for

the Church this Christmas. It is

appreciated by us all.

If anyone is interested in joining our

group of friendly flower ladies, please

ring Val on 636614 or Margaret on

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Dragons into school to decide which

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Gayton WI

Due to the icy conditions, the February meeting which should have taken place on rd th.

Tues 3 had to be postponed until Tues 24 The report from this evening will be in

the April TOVT.th

Meanwhile on Feb 14 members Penny Andrews Gillian Smith and Jan Newman,

went along to the Forum in Norwich where a small WI exhibition was being held.

This is the Centenary year of the WI in the United Kingdom (the very first to set up

was in Wales) and this year, WI's from all over are being encouraged to 'do'

something a little different; hence there was a large notice board in place for

suggestions from members of the public, amongst them were: visits to schools and

to teach cooking skills, using cheaper cuts of meat and leftovers.

Do you have any suggestions ? if so please let us know.

There were also photo's that were taken of trees throughout the seasons, which

were used in the Federation 2014 calendar, and posters of recent a competition.

The WI set many competitions, they help woman to keep minds and thinking alert,

using their many skills that may otherwise become redundant.

A number of small wall hangings were on display, each WI in Norfolk had hand

embroidered their own piece of fabric roughly 5x7 inches depicting what they

thought their branch represented, they were then carefully sewn together and made

into wall hangings, of course Gayton's was featured.

Archive material was also displayed. The WI is the largest woman's organisation in

the UK and can boast of 200,000 members belonging to 6,500 WI's.

At our January meeting all the members were presented with a centenary badge,

depicting the centenary rose, these worn by our three members at the exhibition

were greatly admired by ladies they met there from Winterton WI, they also

'bumped' into the Federation secretary Mrs Cindy Brooks and her husband, whom

we take it as read is a very good WI husband!

The three ladies rounded off their morning with an enjoyable lunch.

Gayton WI is open to all Woman, in the village or surrounding areas and we

welcome and look forward to new members. Why not come along and see what we st

are all about on the 1 Tuesday of each month 7-30pm in the Gayton Jubilee Village

Hall. Not March though because that is the evening our Birthday meal and we are

all going out!

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Membership

History Club meets on

the first Wednesday

of each month

Next meetings

4th March & 1st April

Club Opening Hours

Wednesday 1900-2300

Thursday 1900-2300

Friday 1600-2300

Saturday 1600-2300

Sunday 1200-2230

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Premiership Football

Sunday 1st March

Liverpool v Man City

Sunday 15th March

Man Utd v Tottenham

Saturday 22nd March

Liverpool v Man Utd

Hull City v Chelsea

New members always

welcome

Family - 10.00

Couple - 8.00

Single - 6.00

OAP - 3.00

2015 SUBS ARE NOW DUE

Spring is around the corner

and Easter fast approaching

Please watch noticeboards for

events taking place

Subs were due

by 21st December


Gayton Evergreens

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The January 21 meeting took place in

the Jubilee Hall, it was quite a nice day

for the time of year and we had an

attendance of 43 members.

Ms Doreen Read was our guest speaker

and she kept us all amused with her

poems about everyday life, which is

always funnier in retrospect than when it

actually happens, so we all had a good

laugh.

We then had tea and enjoyed

homemade cake. Two people won the

Football Tote, Mrs Becky Dearn and Mr

Arthur Franklin each winning 5. The

Raffle was drawn before the enjoyable

afternoon was brought to a close.

This report will be sent to the TVOTV th

before our February 18 meeting when

we will be looking forward to hearing

about Workers, Wellies and

Wheelbarrows. from our guest speaker

Charlotte Phillcox.

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March 18 our members will be in the

Jubilee Hall for a luncheon of 'Bangers &

Mash' for those attending please be at

the Hall for 12-30pm. Cost 6 per head.

Members only.

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April 15 we have pre booked tickets for

a matinee performance of 'Singing for

Victory' at the Princess Theatre,

Hunstanton. Please let Derek know asap

on 01553 636377 as we have a deadline

of the end of March for this. The special

offer ticket price of 12 applies to

members only. We will arrive there by

our own transport. Please meet at the

Theatre at 2pm.Programme starts at 2-

30pm.

Anything you need to know? Then

please ring: Kath Roberts 01553 636178

Gayton Jubilee Village Hall

Important Notice

The Halls AGM will be held on the st

Tuesday evening of March 31 2015 at

7-30pm.

If there is anyone who is interested in

becoming a Managing Trustee of the

Hall, please come along to this meeting.

At this present time there are four

Trustees, Three are stepping down from

the position, this is due to personal

reasons, the remaining person cannot

manage the Hall on their own, there

needs to be four minimum and nine

maximum.

The Parish Council do not manage the

Hall, they are the custodians on behalf

of the Village. The Hall belongs to the

Village.

Our Jubilee Village Hall is one that we

can all be proud of; over the past eight

years it has undergone vast

improvements inside and out, it is

greatly admired by visitors, it has an

ambience that is warm and welcoming

with first class facilities.

TO CLOSE THE DOORS on this very

special building because of the lack of

interest would be very sad indeed.

HOWEVER THIS IS WHAT WILL

HAPPEN IF, NO NEW TRUSTEES CAN

BE FOUND.

Hopefully if the Hall remains open the

regular meetings of all our groups will

be able to continue as they are at

present, plus private hire.

For information, booking etc, please ring

01553 636178

Kath Roberts (Mrs), Chair of Gayton

Jubilee Village Hall Trustees.


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Megans Challenge News

Lake District 24 Peaks

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18th May 2014, this challenge the

most demanding yet, was to walk

up 24 peaks, each over 2,400 feet,

in 24 hours total walking time,

covering approx. a total of 32

miles.

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along too. Not forgetting our

wonderful sponsors, Richard at

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challenge tee-shirts, Steve at

Robson Construction and Ian at

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fuel.

Also many many thanks to all

those who continually support us

and those who have donated so

generously.

The amount raised for this

challenge was 1100.00.

Presentation - On Sunday 1st

February 2015 at Gayton Social

Club we met Colin Moles

representing the East Anglian Air

Ambulance and presented him

with their cheque.

L-R Dom McCallum, Julian Howard,

Stephen Thrower, Pat McCallum, Debbie

Thrower, Emi Bennett, Colin Moles,

Stephen Stanforth and Simon Tidd

London Marathon 2015

On Saturday 26th April Jeff Reed

is running his first ever Marathon

(26 miles) at the age of 70 years

for Megans Challenge. He began

running again 5 years ago after a

50 year break. He is a member of

Ryston Runners and a regular at

Parkrun. If you would like to show

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there is a sweepstake to guess his

chip time. A form can be found at

Gayton Social Club.


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Gayton Parish Council News

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Meeting held 9 February 2015

New Councillor

The Council was pleased to welcome

Kirsty Vokes to join the Council and fill

the existing vacancy. Kirsty was

successfully co-opted and will join the

Council at the March meeting. The

Council now has a full complement of 11

Councillors.

Local Development Framework

Site Allocations and Policies

The Council considered the Borough

Council's Pre-Submission document

again and noted that the site that the

Borough has chosen as its preferred site

is at the same location to the site that

several residents expressed concerns

about in May 2014 when it was

submitted late in the consultation period,

for consideration for development. The

main concern relates to the access to

the site from an already congested part

of Back Street and the effect a new

development and therefore more traffic

movements will have. The Council

agreed to ask the Borough to make it a

condition of any planning application

agreed at the site that studies on the

effect of the development on traffic flow

in Back Street should be produced along

with a feasibility study on the possibility

of making Back Street one way to help

the flow of traffic. These are additional

comments to those already agreed

regarding the drainage issues.

CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy

)

The Council considered the possibility of

the Borough Council introducing a CIL

which would see developers pay a set

fee to the Council as a levy per square

metre of any new development over

100m squared. 15% of this revenue

would go to the Parish Council in the

Parish that the development would take

place in or 25% if the Parish Council had

a Neighbourhood Plan. The Council

agreed that it would, in principle, support

the introduction of a CIL. It was also

generally agreed that the costs of the

production of a Neighbourhood Plan

would still outweigh the extra 10%

revenue that the Parish Council would

receive through the CI if it had a plan in

place.

PCSOs

The Clerk confirmed that in order for the

Parish to have its own dedicated PCSO,

the annual cost would be 16,782 to the

Council. This would mean that the

PCSO would be 100% dedicated to the

Parish. The Constabulary confirmed that

several Parishes could join together to

share the PCSO and therefore reduce

their costs, however, the Parish Council

agreed that it believed the scheme to be

morally and financially wrong and did not

want to take part in it.

Next Parish Council Meeting

The next Parish Council Meeting will be th

held at 7.30pm on 9 March at Gayton

Jubilee Hall.

Megan's Challenge

A 10k Charity Run/Walk

Sunday 24 May 2015 in Gayton

Megan's Challenge is planning a 10k run

(or walk) starting and finishing at Gayton

Social Club.

More details to follow in the April edition

of 'The Voice' but, if you are interested in

helping or taking part, please contact

Helen Stevens on 07846 403880 or

email [email protected].


SERVICES FOR MARCH 2015

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1 Mar Second Sunday in Lent

8.30am St Marys East Walton Holy Communion

9.30am St Lawrence Harpley Sung Holy Communion

9.30am St Andrew Little Massingham Morning Prayer

10.30am St Nicholas, Gayton Family Service

10.30am St Botolph, Grimston Holy Communion

11am St Mary Great Massingham Holy Communion

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6 March Womens World Day of Prayer

11.00am Pott Row Methodist Chapel

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8 Mar Third Sunday in Lent

10.30am St Nicholas Gayton Group Holy Communion

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15 Mar Fourth Sunday in Lent, Mothering Sunday

8.30am All Saints, Roydon Holy Communion

9.30am St Andrew Little Massingham Holy Communion

10.30am St Botolph, Grimston Family Service

11.00am St Lawrence Harpley Holy Communion

11.00am St Mary Great Massingham Family Service

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22 Mar Fifth Sunday in Lent Passion Sunday

8.30am St Andrew, Congham Holy Communion


10.30am St Nicholas, Gayton Morning Worship

10.30am St Botolph, Grimston Holy Communion

11.00am St Mary Great Massingham Holy Communion

3pm St Mary GaytonThorpe Celtic Service

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26 Mar

3.30pm Jubilee Hall Gayton Messy Chruch

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29 Mar Palm Sunday

10.30am St Botolphs Grimston Group Holy Communion

3pm St Marys East Walton Donkey Service

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2 April Maunday Thursday

10am St Lawrence Harpley Holy Communion

7.00pm St Nicholas Gayton Passover supper

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3 April Good Friday

10.00am Grimston Walk with the cross

11.00am St Mary Great Massingham Liturgy of the Cross

4th April

3pm St Marys GaytonThorpe Family service followed by egg hunt


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5 April Easter Day

6.15am All Saints Ashwicken Dawn Service

9am St Botolph, Grimston Holy Communion

9.30am St Lawrence Harpley Sung Holy Communion


10.30am St Nicholas, Gayton Family Holy Communion

11.00am St Mary Great Massingham Holy Communion

Parish Registers

Baptismth

8 February at St Botolphs Grimston Alyssa Olivia Payne

Funerals

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12 February at Mintlyn Crematorium Gilliam Tollit of Harpley

Memorial Services

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7 February at Grimston Church Janice Granger th

13 February at Ashwicken Church Kenneth Chestney th

13 February at Gayton Church Lawrence Mack

Wedding

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14 February at Ashwicken Church Shaun Davies and Emily Churchyard

Monthly Benefice Prayer Meeting

Join us as we gently pray together over matters across our parishes. This is always

important and especially so in these changing times. All are welcome.

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1 March The Rectory, Gayton, at 3pmth

There will not be a meeting on 5 April as this is Easter Sunday.

EASTER LILLIES FOR ASHWICKEN CHURCH

If you would like to donate an Easter Lily for Ashwicken Church, contact Joy Smith

Around 30 Student Pilgrims pass through Gayton

every Maundy Thursday on their way to nd

Walsingham for Easter. This year, on Thursday 2

April, as in previous years, they will be calling at

Bridge House for a rest break and tea at around 3.00pm!

Please come and help us welcome them, feed them and send them on their way

rejoicing! As many local people as possible would be a great encouragement to them

and we are sure that you will enjoy the experience yourselves too!

For more information, call John and Margaret Currey, 01553 636756, or just come

along to see them arrive, or even walk a little way with them before or after their stop!


Womens World Day of Prayer

The Bahamas

Jesus said to them

Do you know what

I have done to

you?

A service for Womens World Day of

Prayer is to be held at Pott Row

Methodist Chapel on Friday 6th

March 2015 at 11am. The speaker

will be Revd Judith Pollard.

This years service is written by

Christian women from the Bahamas

The theme of the service is taken

from St Johns Gospel, chapter 13

verses 1-17, Jesus said to them:

Do you know what I have done to

you? and it challenges us to

demonstrate the same radical,

unconditional love for others that

Jesus showed when he washed the

feet of his disciples.

LENT COURSE.

The Long Road to Heaven

We are holding a Lent Course based

on the film The Way starring Martin

Sheen, about a father who follows in

the footsteps of his son along the

Pilgrimage to Santiago de

Compostela.. It starts on Thursday

26th February at Revd Sue Martins

house The Limes, Lynn Rd, Gayton.

4 further Thursday sessions to follow.

Led by Revd Sue Martin & Joy

Smith(Reader).Refreshments

included. Places still available

Please call Sue on 01553636570 or

Joy on 01465 600402 to book your

place.

PALM SUNDAY

Do come and join Timmy and

Jimmy as we

walk to church

for a service on

Palm Sunday at

3pm at St Mary

East Walton.

MAUNDAY THURSDAY

There will be two services on

Maunday Thursday a Holy

Communion 10am at St Lawrence

Harpley and at 7.00pm at St

Nicholas Gayton Passover supper

GOOD FRIDAY.

On Good Friday we will be walking

with the cross round Grimston,

starting at the Clock at 10am then

walking up Lynn Road, Low Road

and Gayton Road to St Botolphs

Church, do join us for all or part of

the walk or meet us at church for a

short service which will be followed

by a Fish Lunch at Pott Row

Methodist Chapel at 12 noon.

Alternatively there is a service at St

Mary Great Massingham at 11am

with The Liturgy of the Cross.

Look out for are Easter Day services

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EAST WINCH NEWSwww.eastwinchandwestbilney.co.uk

East Winch church services in March

Services are all over the place this month - Lent, Holy Week and the Archdeacon's

visit have all necessitated changes.

1st March 10.30. Morning Prayer at East Winch

6th March 3pm Women's World day of Prayer at Middleton

8th March 10.00 Benefice Holy Communion at West Winch with Archdeacon

15th March 8.00 Holy Communion at West Winch

10.00 Mothering Sunday Family Service at Middleton

22nd March 10.30 Morning Prayer at East Winch

29th March 10.00 Palm Sunday benefice Holy Communion at North Runcton

31st March 7pm Devotion at Middleton

1st April 7pm Devotion at East Winch

2nd April 7pm Maundy Thursday benefice Holy Communion at West Winch

All Saints' Tower update

The tower at the church is in poor condition, and an application to Heritage Lottery

Fund was made last year. Initial investigations, for which we have already received

(and spent) a large amount of money, have been completed, and we are now waiting

with bated breath for the Lottery's decision to allow us to go ahead with the works.

Meanwhile, we have continued to fundraise to cover the part of the cost not covered

by Heritage Lottery Fund. We have had a wonderful response from two local

businesses - 250 from Middleton Aggregates and no less than 3000 from Adrian

Flux! We are so grateful!

Parish Council Meeting 2nd March

Our NCC councillor, Toby Coke, has agreed to attend this meeting and talk to us

about the A47, what he foresees can be done to improve our situation, and what we

can do to help bring it about. He is the chairman of the environment, development

and transport committee, and should be made aware of our views on all roads.

Louise Hepburn from the EDP is also hoping to attend, please support this meeting.

SPEEDWATCH VOLUNTEERS WANTED!

Many people are worried about the speed of traffic through the village. This is how to

do something about it.

If we can get six or more volunteers prepared to spend at least one hour per week

checking speeds in the parts of the village where there's a 30mph restriction, the

police will equip and train them for free.

Volunteers cannot check speeds outside the 30 mph area. They will work in pairs or

threes, recording speeds and details of the traffic.

If you want to know more please contact Nell Steele, 01553 840 814.


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Support the village hall and win a cash prizes each month (hopefully)

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East Winch Village Hall News.

The village hall trustees wish to recruit new trustees working on a voluntary basis

and invite and welcome any resident who wishes to help in running the village hall's

affairs, working with the current chairperson and treasurer to maintain and oversee

the smooth running of this important village asset.

We have at this present time six serving trustees of advanced years and urgently

need new blood to run the not too onerous tasks that keep the hall alive and

prospering.

In the past seven years we have successfully improved and enhanced several

facilities at the hall and have encouraged and welcomed new clubs and users to the

hall.

With so many other facilities changing or closing down we are proud of what we have

achieved during that time.

However with the march of Old Father Time we do need to hand the baton on to a

younger generation.

So please if you can spare some of your time, everyone's most precious commodity,

please contact me on 01553 841309 to talk about our requirements.

Many thanks

Terry Robertson Hon treasurer.

Fourville Players

Though based in Grimston, The Fourville Players attract audiences from all over our

villages. Their new adult comedy play 'Quizzers' will be performed on

Wednesday 25th-Friday 27th March 7.30pm at Pott Row Village Hall.

Tickets are on sale now for 6 (5 for concessions).

Includes interval refreshments.

Contact Emma on 01485 609036 for details


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GAYTON THORPE NEWS

New Service update

The new Celtic Style service held in January proved very popular. It was so lovely to see so many people! I didn't know quite what to expect from the service, having never been to a Celtic service before. It's definitely worth giving it a try. It was a lovely, gentle, peaceful service and is well suited to the simplicity of our beautiful church.

Our next Celtic service is on the 22nd March and we always have refreshments afterwards, for those who would like to stay and chat.

Easter service

We will be having our usual Easter Service with Easter Egg hunt on Saturday 4th April at 3pm. This will be a short child friendly service followed by an Easter Egg hunt outside for the children while the adults can enjoy cake and a cuppa! Come along and have some early Easter fun!

Annual PCC Meeting

We will be holding our annual church council meeting on the 9th April, at 7pm in the church at Gayton Thorpe.

This meeting is the one where we review the activities of the previous year including services, fundraising, the state of the church building, the church finances etc. We also review future and current plans.

We have decided to hold it in the church this year, so that anyone who is interested in how the church functions on a day to day basis can come along and listen to what goes on.

After the meeting we will have an "open forum" so that if anyone has any questions about what has been discussed at the meeting, or about the church generally they can voice them and hopefully have them answered!

There is a lot of misunderstanding about how the church runs and is funded and so it would be a good opportunity to share information and understanding with anyone who is interested.

Walking paths

The West Acre Estate have produced a definitive map of all the paths which can be walked around the estate, including Gayton Thorpe. These are permissive pathways and, in some cases, along field boundaries. I will place some copies on the table near the door of the church. If you are an avid walker with or without dogs, please pop in and take a copy - you may find some places to walk that you weren't aware of.

There are many conservation schemes in place across all farms on the Estate, which are left untouched to encourage wildlife, beneficial insects and small mammals. We would ask that you kindly do not walk on these areas, as there are plenty of other beautiful areas to walk. If you stick to the paths marked on the map, you can't go wrong! "


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Meat sourced from local farms, processed here

at our own abattoir

Fresh bread delivered daily by a local baker

Fresh fruit and vegetables, sourced locally

Home made jams and chutneys

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Wide range of olives, pates and cheeses

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QEH MATTERS

At the time of writing this article, work was due to start to improve pedestrian access

at the main entrance. The work includes a new walkway onto the site, widening the

existing pavements, and replacing the paving at each entrance to meet the needs of

disabled visitors. Work has also started to expand and modernise the children's

treatment and waiting area in the emergency department.

After introducing bottled water as part of infection control, it has been decided to

distribute it to every ward following positive feedback from staff and patients. Patients

say that the water seems fresher from the bottle than in a jug as it is self contained. It

is also easier to drink and less likely to be spilt. Staff have found that it is easier to

monitor water intake and is more efficient, saving time cleaning, refilling and

redistributing jugs. Patients drink more water, keeping better hydrated and this aids

their recovery. This initiative continues to play a key role in improving safety and

decreasing the chance of norovirus spreading on wards. The public are also asked to

help by not bringing their own bottled water or food for patients. Viruses like

norovirus do not start in the hospital; they are brought in. By eliminating the risk of

outside germs entering the hospital, they reduce the risk of such viruses spreading

within.

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The next Governors' Council meeting is on Tuesday 2 April at 4.00pm; in the

Conference room at the QEH. Members of the public are warmly welcomed. Please

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Wisbech,

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PE14 7DL

Middleton & District Royal British Legion. March report

I start this report on a somber note, during the last month two of our members have

passed away, Joyce Wells and John Galley. Joyce had transferred in to our branch

last year and played a very active role, helping us with the Poppy Appeal and

attending all our Functions.

John Galley was our former Poppy Appeal organiser and branch committee

member. Our deepest sympathy goes to both families. th

We have a branch meeting on the 9 of March at the William Burt Center, West

Winch @19.30th

Our April Evening Buffet will be on the 15 at the William Burt Centre, West Winch,

6.30 pm for 7 pm. Please book tickets for this by contacting Lilian Fisher 01553 841

852 email: [email protected]

For those of you that have never attended one of our buffets please come and enjoy

an evening with us, all are welcome. Not only do we provide you with a full buffet but

also wine and or soft drinks are all included in the ticket price of just 6

th

We have a sponsored walk / run on the 10 of May in North Runcton, the course is

only one mile long starting and finishing at the Scout Hall, but you are encouraged to

complete as many laps as you wish. Monies raised will go to our Branch Funds and

the Poppy Appeal. All are welcome to enter, including wheelchair and pushchair

users, dog walkers and serious runners. Sponsorship forms are available to

download from our facebook page. Go to our website and click on the facebook

button. Sponsorship forms can also be obtained from Julian Kirk by calling

07816909870

Our 2015 Agenda /Events list is now live on www.britishlegion-middleton.co.uk

Julian Kirk. Chairman.

Nar Valley Ornithological Society (NarVOS)

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Tuesday 31 March 2015, 7.30pm at the Barn Theatre, Sacred Heart Convent

School, Swaffham. Access and parking from Sporle Road.

Please come along to this illustrated talk by David Lindo, entitled:

Urban Birding

We are delighted to welcome David Lindo of TV fame to NarVOS for the biggest

event in our calendar, namely this talk from the Urban Birder. David describes

himself as: A broadcaster, writer, naturalist, photographer, public speaker, tour

leader and oh, I have been known to do the odd bit of birding! We hope you can

join us for what promises to be a fabulous evening.

Visitors most welcome. Admission 2 on the night if you are not a NarVOS member. For

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frozen goods, wines, beer & spirits, soft drinks

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