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Vat No: 171416230 2 | Village LinkTHE VILLAGE LINK GRIMSTON, POTT ROW, ROYDON & CONGHAM reenact Hello Everyone, Oh dear! The Beast from the East is back again today, just a mini version we have been told, so it should be warming up again very soon. | hope it isn’t spoiling things for all you gardeners out there. Next time | write I'm sure things will be much warmer. Best wishes Your Editor The Deadline for submissions for the May issue is 19th April EDITOR: Chrissy Shale grimstonvillagelink@outlook.com KL-617817 ADVERTISING: Roger Haywood, — haywood301@btinternet.com KL-630301 Contributions by e-mail should be sent as plain textor if on paper should be delivered to 9,Leziate Drove, Pott Row PE32 1B Distribution: George Wood (Congham), Mary Roper (Grimston), Kath Evison (Roydon), Roger Haywood (Pott Row) WEB SITE: Steve Williamson —_ editor@ggmbenefice.uk KL- 630203 OUR PASTORAL TEAM Revd Jane Holmes Team Rector 01553 636227 jmh200@btinternet.com Rev'd Judith Pollard Team Vicar 01485 601251 wotzpoliard@aol.com Rev'd Sue Martin Hospice Chaplain 01553 636303 suemartin2gayton@hotmail.com Joy Smith Reader 01485 600769 joysmith56@tiscall.co.uk Nell Steele Reader 01553 840814 nellsteele@btinternet.com For Pastoral Care please contact either Revd. Jane or Revd. Judith as above. ST. BOTOLPH'S CHURCH, GRIMSTON Wardens: Mrs Jan. Willson, 50 Chapel Road, Pott Row 601666 ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, CONGHAM Wardens: Mrs Helen Lilley, Heath House, Hillington 600153, Mrs Hilary Scase, Little Congham House, Congham 600650 ALL SAINTS CHURCH, ROYDON Wardens: Mr Colin Grimes, 74, Station Road, Roydon 600059 Mr Ivan Hudson, 72, Station Road, Roydon 600471 CHURCH ORGANISATIONS WAHM Club: Mrs Joy Smith, 16, Gayton Road, Grimston 600769 Child Protection Officer: Mrs Shirley Hone, 8, Lynn Road, Grimston 600750 Bell Ringers: Mr Michael Harding, 4, Stebbings Close Pott Row Grimston 600041 POTT ROW METHODIST CHURCH Minister: Rev. Catherine Dixon, 9, Peckover Way, South Wootton ——-01553-676918 Church Mr Stephen Watts, 32 Chapel Road 600593 Village Website: www.grimston.org.uk Village Link | 3Chocolate Eggs and Bunnies As | write this Easter is approaching fast and I have been thinking about the talks I will give to schools and in family services with children present this Easter. | lead regular assemblies in our schools throughout the year and am aware that some are more ‘successful’ than others but hope that these occasions are a source of something useful for everyone. | was reminded of a particular assembly a vicar friend told me about which they delivered some years ago. Itwas actually a Christmas assembly but I think there is a parallel! which makes it relevant to our Easter reflections. The assembly was based around a Christmas cracker. Children were encouraged to share ideas about why the cracker was fun. Two children were then asked to pull a cracker, which they did with glee. They immediately discarded the paper wrapper and decorations (picked up off the floor up by a teacher and kept safe) whilst they explored the contents of the inner cardboard tube with great anticipation. Finally the toy inside was found and exclaimed over. The children were then told to go and put the toy in the bin and were given the torn outer wrapping of the cracker to keep All were of course very puzzled. The groans and moans reverberating from the children around the school hall gave testimony to this! Throwing away the treasure from inside but keeping the outside wrapping and frills — how odd! The point of the whole thing is, of course, that is what we do so often with Christmas. We hold on to the decoration, the superficial — and we lose the central message of the season —the birth of God's Son, Jesus Christ, come to live among us. I think this is even more the case with the Christian festival of Easter. For so many, Easter is about chocolate eggs, and maybe a bunny or two when in fact the heart, the very centre of Easter, is the fact that Christ died for us and rose again Easter isn't really about chocolate eggs, or bunnies. The reason we have these associations is because they provide images of new life and that image is tightly bound up with the theology of Easter. At a simple level we could associate new life with the resurrection of Jesus on that first Easter Sunday and this is probably where the images come from. But for Christians, the real message of new life associated with Easter is that through what Jesus did for us on the cross we have the opportunity for new life with Him, with God, starting now and lasting on into eternity. ‘! am the resurrection and the life’ said Jesus. He shows us that death is not the end, and so changesilife. Now that's worth celebrating! So don't throw away the treasure inside the story this Easter. 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As a result, over the last two years since Eddy Jones took over the management of the side, | have had plenty to cheer about. We have been very successful, that is until a fortnight ago Losing to the Scots and, worst of all, to the French has been hard to bear. Never mind! It's only a game. Maybe we will give the Irish a surprise by beating them at Twickenham on St Patrick's Day! Remember last month's article? Mention was made of seagulls devouring large quantities of turkey muck. Well, recently a team of manure spreaders arrived and spent the afternoon and evening broadcasting the said heap over the field next to us. This was of course much to the alarm of the seagulls who had become quite part of the scenery up here. The next morning dawned to a Spring like day with a warm southerly wind. First up as usual | let Jake out of the house for his morning tiddle. Even he was taken aback by the stench coming from the neighbouring field. This was, of course, the well stirred up turkey manure lying over 40 acres of land! This awful situation continued over the weekend. The house windows remained firmly closed and Lanky Hill became Stinky Hill. Thankfully, come the next week, a tractor and plough arrived and buried the offending stuff some twelve inches down. The only disappointed party was, of course, the seagulls As predicted, the arrival of The Mart brought a bout of bad weather. There was no problem with the amount of snow that fell until the wind started to blow, resulting in blizzards on Wednesday February 28". | remember the mid 80's when drifts of two or three feet of snow completely cut off Lanky Hill from Grimston Village. We were only rescued by Roger Coe's snow plough and digger. Thankfully, nothing that bad happened this year. Aptly named, “The Beast from the East” soon became the “Blast from the Past”. But wait a minute, today's forecast warns of a return of “The Beast”. Shall | ever get my new potatoes planted? Mike Chamberlaiw Village Link | 7GRIMSTON MEDICAL CENTRE 01485 600341 MINOR INJURIES As a cost-cutting measure, West Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group no longer funds a minor injuries service in General Practices in West Norfolk. Grimston Medical Centre therefore no longer provides a service for minor injuries. You should to go to the Accident & Emergency Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment of cuts scalds stings bites sprains head injuries 8 | Village LinkYOUR LOCAL OIL HEATING SPECIALISTS FOR ALL YOUR OIL HEATING NEEDS, CALL BYWATER BOILER SERVICES Tel 01485 601461 SERVICING, REPAIRS & INSTALLATIONS RELIABLE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE GUARANTEED CARLTON’S SOLID FUEL APPROVED COAL MERCHANT GREAT MASSINGHAM SMOKELESS & OPEN FIRE FUELS QUALITY FUELS AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE ON 500 KG OR MORE FOR AN ORDER OR QUOTE TEL: 01485-520637 ot 07780-776576 HE | HREE HORSESHOE Local country pub in the heart of the village of Roydon. Serving real ales and traditional pub food. We will be opening 7 days a week from Monday 30th April Mon-Fri Food: 12-3pm & 5.30-9pm. Drinks 12-11pm Saturday Food: 12-9pm. Drinks 12-11pm. Sunday Food: 12-8pm. Drinks 12-10.30pm. We are looking for experienced bar/restaurant staff. If you are interested in joining the team, apply to wayne.saint@thethreehorseshoespub.co.uk Tel: 01485 600666 Village Link | 9SHEDS ; Cay FENCING West Norfolk Electrical RIAL ND HEDGE TRIMMING ip lla Phone Eric on 01553-630208 Mobile 07867- 860820 Free Estimates Ballroom & Latin DOMESTIC i i G.W.LAKE American Dancing SnD CUEE APPLIANCE Pott Row Village Hall wide ore REPAIRS Every Wednesday oftesse A Washing Machines Children’s Classes 6-6.45pm £3 || groketees Tumble Dryers ‘Adult Improvers 7-8pm £5 Fuels. Cookers Adult Beginners 8-9pm £5 Collections 25kg bags Fridges and Freezers t Yard HILL FARM, DK APPLIANCES For details POT as caoste NY | | Shop 01553 768557 Sorte sotass Mobile 07775 858255 C. P. COOPER Mole Control and PLUMBING & Pest Services Ltd HEATING Alan V. Barlow Tel. 01553 674 508 3 The Grove, Mobile: 07971 772 732 Pott Row : Mobile 07789 758741 for all your plumbing . Home 01485 600178 and heating needs 10 | Village LinkGrimston Eye €68. Thinking about the winter weather we have just had - no problems with water being cut off for days, only one or two blips with the supply of electricity, not too much snow to cause worry about flooding when the thaw came, and the main roads soon passable. Not too far away from us the scene was very different and the difficulties far greater. Ithinkwe should look up and say THANK YOU! Whata lovely picture I saw today - a horse was happily eating the fresh grass on the verges while his rider was enjoying the warm sunshine. When we geta different car, like many other car owners, look at the colour and give it aname. Icallmy friend's green car THE GREEN GODDESS. He has informed me there isa GREEN PEA also driving around the village! Time to look out for the daffodils around the village! Grimston & District Good Companions We began our New Year with a pleasant social afternoon, which included a fun ‘Beetle Drive’. Our ‘Tea Ladies’, Margaret and Ann, treated us to a delicious tea and lovely raffle prizes. We are so grateful for all they do for us each month. Since writing this report Margaret has suffered a TIA, but is thankfully on the mend, and we all wish her a speedy and full recovery back to her usual lively self. Our February meeting was our annual lunch held at the Three Horseshoes - as usual, an enjoyable time of good food and great company. Our March meeting will be the AGM - often considered a dull time, so we also plan to have an activity to help us look forward to Easter time! We always welcome newcomers and visitors - just ring Nick (600769) or Shirley(600750) for details Friends of St. Botolph's, Grimston. Notice is hereby given that the 14" Annual General Meeting of Friends of St. Botolph's will take place in church on Monday, April 30”, 2018 commencing at 7.30pm. Abrief business meeting will be followed by cheese and wine refreshments. Everyone is welcome. Village Link | 11Holly Meadows School Acontinuation of our 'Time Travel' theme this half term. The StarLincs team came to Pott Row chapel on Monday 12" March with the children visiting throughout the day. The children crawled through a dark tunnel into a large dome where they were able to be immersed in the stars and planets with some super learning taking place. On Thursday 15” March, the astronomers came to see us again and set up the ‘sun’ in our front hall. Abig thanks to the StarLincs team, the King's Lynn astronomy club and Mrs Rice, our Science lead, for organising some super space science. Along with hundreds of other schools in the county, we closed the school for two days earlier this month. We enjoyed the first day of snow on our lovely fields, with snow sculptures and snowmen. Then the roads were too icy and the power was off, so we too enjoyed the snow with our families. Last Friday our PTA provided the children with a disco, a very well-attended evening, with super behaviour and groovy moves from the children. We are hoping to put some of the PTA funds towards improving access to Science resources and to purchase more Robotics equipment. The Morgan family have kindly offered to donate funds to purchase Easter eggs for a giant hunt on our school field. This will take place on the first day of the summer term. We do hope that the sun makes an appearance! We are still hoping to employ an additional Midday Supervisory Assistant for 5 lunch times per week at Holly Meadows, ready for the Summer term. Please contact us on 01485 600241 if you are interested in this post. Jennie Wildsmith-Garton Headteacher Holly Meadows PTA We are now entering our busy time of year for the PTA as we prepare for our MeadowFest event. This year it will be held on Saturday 16th June from 12-5 on the School field at Holly Meadows. We have a fun afternoon planned including live music, traditional fete stalls, inflatables, craft stalls, market stalls, bar and food. We will also be holding a dog show again this year after it proved so popular last year, and we are extremely grateful to Sunnyside Veterinary Clinic for sponsoring and judging our dog show for us. If you would like to have a stall at MeadowFest please contact emwhitmore@icloud.com for more information and if you would like to keep informed of events happening during MeadowFest and the stalls joining us on the day please search for MeadowFest 2018 on Facebook. We look forward to welcoming you on the day. 12 | Village LinkHOLLY MEADOWS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB NEEDS NEW PLAYERS!! You may remember our call for new players to join us last Spring. As a result of the fantastic interest and support received, we have been able to run three teams this season, providing organised football for over 30 local girls and boys aged 6 to 10. We are now looking to get more children playing and will be starting up one or more teams for next season, subject to enough interest from players but also from adults, who we'd need to help out with coaching and running the new teams. If your child is currently in school year 1 or reception class (aged 4, 5 or 6), we will be running new sessions for them every Wednesday from 18th April (after the Easter school holidays), 5-6pm, on the field at Holly Meadows School, Vong Lane, Pott Row PE32 1BW, so come along and find out what we're about. All children are welcome, even if they only want to have a run around for an hour on Wednesdays and don't really want to play for a team! We treat all our players equally during both training and matches, irrespective of their current ability levels and we actively follow and promote the FA Respect Codes. If you'd like to find out more, email us at hollymeadowsyfe@gmail.com, check out our page at https://www.facebook.com/HMYFC/, or call one of us on the below numbers. We hope you can join us! Phil Hurr - Chairman Nigel! Billing - Secretary and Welfare Officer 07881 905067 f - 07771 840894 Grimston Remembers the Great War e On 11 November 2018, it will be the centenary of the first Armistice Day, when after four long years Peace was declared and what came to be known as the Great War was over. Residents and Community groups, hosted by Grimston Parish Council, have met to discuss how to mark this significant anniversary. There has been a very positive response so far. There will be several events and activities organised, culminating in a Special Armistice Day Service on Remembrance Sunday. Village Link | 13For SW GENERAL & AGRICULTURAL ee a WELDING REPAIRS Electrical 8 cu Any Electrical works undertaken by our NIGEL DREW E Friendly Family business. 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Keep Your Car Safe: Norfolk has seen a rise in the number of high value vehicle thefts which use keyless entry. Criminals are exploiting the keyless entry system using radio transmitters to capture the signal from the car's fob. Follow Norfolk Police’ 's simple security steps: Contact your dealer and talk about the digital features in your car. y Check if your keyless entry fob can be turned off. If it can, and your dealer can also confirm this, then do so overnight. v Store your keys away from household entry points and windows. Keeping your keyless entry fob out of sight is not enough. Drivers are also being urged to keep both sets of keys in a faraday cage or pouch which blocks the signal from the fob. v Review your car security and look at devices such as mechanical locks (steering / gearstick/ pedal / wheel clamp) and trackers, which are proven to # deter thieves. Tyre Damage: The Council has passed on its concerns to Police about several incidents where car tyres have been slashed near the Chapel in Chapel Road, anyone with any information on who might have done this, please pass the information onto Police. Next Parish Council meeting is on Monday 9 April at 7.30pm at Grimston Village Hall, Pott Row The Annual Parish Meeting will take place on Monday 14 May at 7.30pm at Grimston Village Hall La » ‘LY Cleaner Required. Grimston Village Hall is looking for someone who would be able to clean hall every week. 2 hours per week (times can be negotiable). £10 per hour. For more information please contact David Giles, Chair on 01485 600440 Village Link | 15Greenfingers March 2018 April 10” is the Spring Show & Supper and members were reminded to confirm and pay for their menu choices and also to bring their own drinks and glasses if needed. They were also reminded that there can only be one entry per person per class, due to shortage of space. This promises to be an enjoyable social evening. June 20" is the day visit to Easton Walled Garden, near Grantham. Cost £15 for coach and entry. Our visit coincides with the sweet pea festival. A talk on the history of the garden is inclusive for those wishing to partake and refreshments are available on site. May 26”, 10am until noon, the club will be holding a Plant & Cake Sale in the Village Hall to raise money for funds. The Sandringham Flower Show garden theme is “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. The club will be entering. All ideas from members will be appreciated Members were asked to vote for the annual charity from a short list of suggestions: West Norfolk Befrienders, The Purfleet Trust and Tapping House. Members were also asked for suggestions to contribute to the Grimston Remembers project, commemorating 100 years since the end of The Great War. Our speaker Sue Stephenson called herself a plants' person. Her story, Part One, she called a Passion for Plants. Without notes and with only one visual aid, which was a hand drawn map of their house at Puddle Paddock, she spoke for over an hour and filled the Village Hall with non-stop laughter. She painted a very colourful picture of their lives. Brian, her husband, did the structural and heavy work. They moved house several times, each time creating a new garden from scratch. Their last home was in the outpost of The Fens: an acre of grass, a walnut tree and a barn. A house was thrown in as a freebie. That was part one of her talk, it would be nice to hear part two. Plant of the month winners were: 14° Sabine Root 2™ Brian Woollatt 3° Mary Roper. Plant and Cake Sale Saturday, May 5", 10.00am until noon at Pott Row Village Hall Stock up on seedlings, plants and cake! 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March at Mintlyn Crematorium Alan Bedwell of Gayton 5" March at Mintlyn Crematorium John Allard of Pott Row 20" March at Mintlyn Crematorium Mark Redhead of Grimston 21% March St Nicholas, Gayton Edith Evelyn Davidson 26" March at Mintlyn Crematorium Cyril Gardner of Roydon Baptisms 25" March at St Nicholas, Gayton Samuel James Nigel Morrison Dates for your diary Monthly Benefice Prayer Meeting Join us as we gently pray together over matters across our parishes. This is always important - especially so in these changing times. All are welcome Sunday 6'" May if St Andrew, Little we Massingham. IAF Sunday 8" April at 4pm At Pott Row Methodist Tue Gae Chapel Avery relaxed time together with prayer and praise THE MATTHEW BASON MUSICAL VARIETY CONCERT At St Botolph Grimston on Saturday 19" May at 7.30pm Tickets are priced at £10 and will include punch and nibbles available from David Ellis 01553 674286 or Joy Smith 01485 600402. Don't miss this opportunity to see a great talent. Thursday 26" April St Nicholas Church, Gayton Arrive from 3.30pm for colouring activities juice and biscuits. Make sure you're there in time for 4pm start. Don't forget we provide you and your children with tea! Yummm. If you haven't tried Messy Church before — come and give it a go — it's fun! There is no fixed charge but your donations are welcomed to cover the cost of food, craft materials and heating the church We look forward to seeing you Village Link | 19Pott Row Methodist Church Divine worship for April 2018. 1st April - Easter Day 8.30am Holy Communion led by Rev'd Catherine Dixon 10.30am Easter Worship led by Mrs Elizabeth Batstone from Dersingham 8th April - To be arranged by local Methodists 10.30am 15th April - Mrs Jenny Sparks from Stanhoe 10.30am 22nd April - Rev'd Catherine Dixon Holy Communion 10.30am 28th April - To be arranged by local Methodists 10.30am Coffee Morning will be on Thursday 12th April at 10.30am. Pott Row Lunch will be on Thursday 26th April at 12 noon. Just to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who came to the Coffee Morning on Saturday 3rd March in aid of Tapping House Hospice. It was a cold snowy morning, butwe still raised the grand total of £307.96. Thank you once again. Yours, Stephen Watty Glady Spragg Chris & Linda Spragg would like to thank all family and friends for their support after the sad loss of Glady over Christmas. It was great to see over 90 people attend the service and donate £474 towards the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Many thanks. Chriw & Linda King's Lynn Hospitals League of Friends This year we all really excelled ourselves and collected the fabulous amount of £1831.34, which is £150 more than last year. | would like to thank all our brilliant loyal collectors, as this year seemed very cold to me, and you obviously all did extremely well. Abig Thank You to all of you for your generosity and the many of you who made collections of coins, as they obviously made a difference. | would also like to thank the three new people who have volunteered to help next year, my niece Sharon who collected for me this year when collectors were ill and Jenny, Roger, Kath and Judith for all their help | know the League is very pleased with the amount we collected and has asked me to thank you all. Marlene Chettleburgh 20 | Village LinkRachael Spooner DOMESTIC PLUMBING SERVICES MCFHP MAFHP Repair or replacement of Leaking Taps, root health : roressionai Ball valves, pipes etc. ee OMCe Ok Washing machine, dishwasher and AN APPOINTMENT bathroom installation. 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An afternoon's fun musical workout is promised, that the young, young-at-heart and fans of music theatre will enjoy . Fancy dress is encouraged but not compulsory. However there will be prizes for the best creations! There is a nominal fee of £10 per adult singer. FREE for accompanied under 18s. What an opportunity for an activity that the whole family can enjoy to celebrate the joys of Spring! However if you would rather be a spectator, there will be a FREE performance of the afternoon's efforts at 4.30 p.m. See you there! a & Spring Coffee Morning- Saturday 7th April Lb Join us for Coffee and Cake at St Andrew's church, Congham on Saturday 7th April between Saturday 7th April between 10.30am and 12pm. Our March Coffee Morning was cancelled because of the snow. Let's hope for spring sunshine for our April event! Coffee and cake £3.50 - Proceeds to the church. Special this month - Raffle in aid of Tapping House. Village Link | 23Grimston and District WI Grimston and District WI would like to thank everyone who took part in our quiz on 22” February. There were ten teams in all. A special thanks goes to Stephen Hayter for being an excellent quizmaster and to Pat Watts who set the questions. We hope you can all come back next year and enjoy yourselves again! Thank you, Mary Lupton a ve ee Open Gardens 2018 ° é tere es eal J As s of the fund raising programme for this year, Friends of St. Botolph's plan an Open Gardens event on Sunday afternoon, August 26" from 1.00pm until 5.00pm. However, to make this happen, we need some gardens! If you live in Pott Row or Grimston and are willing to open your garden for public enjoyment, please 'phone 01553 630301 or email haywood301@btinternet.com. The garden doesn't need to be huge or extraordinary in any way. We don't do ‘Best in Show' category! You don't have to be a member of 'Friends' to take part. At this stage, it would be an expression of interest only, with no firm commitment.'Friends' would provide any help required on the day, for instance in checking or issuing tickets. Nar Valley Ornithological Society (NarVOS) Tuesday 24” April 2018, 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 Dr Kevin Elsby, entitled: The Wildlife of East Anglia Amazingly, Dr Kevin Elsby has combined a career as a Norfolk family doctor with a passion for wildlife and photography. He is an award-winning photographer, tour guide, lecturer and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. Kevin often gives talks about far-off places but this one is from our own backyard — East Anglia. Please come along for some brilliant photography from a first-class speaker. Visitors most welcome. Admission £2 on the night if you are not a NarvOS member. 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Last year we were lucky to secure a health visiting team for TiddlyPotts. They join us on a regular basis for a full session. We are very fortunate to have this service after many months of fighting to get it. The ladies that visit us are very friendly, they give reassurance and advice to families and offer services such as baby weighing. Our last session before the Easter Holidays was suitably themed. We had some lovely things to make at the craft tables including, bunny ears, egg decorating and fluffy chicks. Children (and adults!) could have their faces painted to look like the Easter Bunny! Some opted for some glittery spring flowers instead. We all enjoyed a themed Snack Time with Easter gingerbread biscuits, chocolate nests and hot cross buns. We had an Easter Prize Draw where families won prizes such as Days out to Church Farm and Bircham Windmill. Before going home the children took part in an Egg Hunt, finding eggs hidden around the Chapel. As we look towards summer we hope to hold some sessions again at Holly Meadows School. In May we have Tempest Photographers joining us again to take photographs of all the lovely children that attended our group. TiddlyPotts Stay & Play Group is open to families with children from birth to 4 years. We open every Friday during term time from 9:30 to 11:30. Entry is charged at £2.50 per child. We are fully equipped with baby changing facilities and we are breast feeding friendly. TiddlyPotts is a lovely, welcoming group. If you are new to the area or nervous about venturing out to somewhere new, | can assure you that all the families at our group will make you feel welcome and at ease. If you would like further information you can find our group on Facebook and Netmums or you can email us at tiddlypottsplaygroup@gmail.com We hope to see you soon! Emma - Group Leader Village Link | 27Save the Date for Roydon Fete or Rather Our Fifth Bit of a Do to be held on Saturday, 7 July 2018. All the usual stalls, cakes, refreshments, music, etc. Planning meeting to be held in church on 15 May at 7pm. Please come if you feel you can help in any way. Hudson Fen Leisure Ltd (incorporating PARC) HELP The Play area committee is desperately short of members and on the brink of folding. We urgently need new members who are willing to come on the committee and help. If you have children who use the play area and other facilities and have ideas and time (approximately 2 hours a month or more) we would love to hear from you. Please come to our next meeting on Thursday 26th April 2018 at 7pm at the Portacabin on the play area at Chapel Road, or contact any committee member. Ete oak THIS IS NOT A COUNCIL RUN FACILITY. East Anglian Air Ambulance Bingo on 9th March 2018 at Knights Hill Barn. We would just like to say a very big thank you to those who donated prizes for the Bingo, and everyone who supported us on the night. We raised a fantastic £1,674 .40. 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