The Mallard

Issue 333 July 2019

Arthur is Biennial
Mike Tilbury Award
Winner.
V ic Cross presented the biennial
Mike Tilbury Award to Arthur
Allen at the Parish Council Meeting
on Monday 17th June.
Arthur, a long - term resident of Great
Massingham, has been very much
involved in bringing improvements to
the village, for many years. He was
chosen to be the recipient of the Mike
Tilbury Award primarily in recogni-
Vic (right) presents the Award to Arthur (left) tion of his involvement with the, now
thriving, Village Tennis Club. Membership has increased from around thirty-five since
Arthur first became involved and now has over two hundred members, with a good pro-
portion of these being from Great and Little Massingham!
With great foresight, Arthur made the decision to leave the tennis courts unlocked, with
balls and racquets available, so that village youngsters could use the court at their con-
venience. This led to a huge increase in the interest and participation of many youngsters
and now there is a thriving Saturday Junior Club. Coaching is also now available for
both youths and adults. Indicative of the success of the Tennis Club is the fact that it has
been voted the Norfolk LTA ‘Club of the Year’ for three of the past four years .
Although the Tennis Club was mentioned most in residents’ comments other aspects of
Arthurs’s valued contribution such as the setting up and continued involvement with the
highly successful Film Night were also cited. The Film Night has been running since
2011 and now enjoys large attendance numbers with people travelling from outside the
village as far afield as Fakenham to enjoy the experience - not bad for a small village
venture set up from scratch! Again it appears to have a solid future and is a valuable asset
to the village.
Finally, mention was also made of Arthur's involvement with the Village Hall. Having
been a Trustee for about eight years, Arthur has been heavily involved in restructuring of
the management and the development of the Village Hall, again giving valuable time,
energy and experience to the benefit of the village.
On receiving the award, Arthur said that it was an ‘Honour and a pleasure to be nominat-
ed and presented with the award, especially as it was named after one of the great sup-
porters and benefactors of the village’. Mick Wingell
Arthur was congratulated by the members of the Parish Council and other attendees
present at the meeting. The Mallard also adds it’s own special congratulations.
Well done Arthur! Your contribution is very special.
We are so fortunate to have so many hard working volunteers working
tirelessly for our village, in many ways. Thank you to you all.
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In this issue
• Mike Tilbury Award
• Village Yard Sale
• Dabbling Duck Thanks
• Parish Clerk
• Magpie Centre
• ‘Histry’ Bits
• Village Hall Events
• West Norfolk Folk
• Quiz Night
• Craft & Chat
• Gert & Daisy
• Strimmers Appeal
• Historical Society
• Store & Deli Update
• Ladies Night
• Hall Open Evening
• Snooker Final
• HC4U
• Afternoon Tea
• Film Night
• Film Night review
• Village Clean Up
• Treasurer Needed
• Rev’d Judith’s Notes
• Dogs in Churchyard
• Church News
• Church Services
• Grassroots Malawi
• Biodiversity Project
• Dates for your Diary
Great Massingham 11th Annual Village Yard Sale
Sunday 19th August from 9am-1pm
To be held again the weekend before the Bank Holiday.
The pitch price remains at £5.
Don't forget – ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ so,
if you are planning to throw something away, don't. Be honest
with yourself when pricing. Some items are valuable for every-
valuable item with a less valuable one and sell them as a set.
Bottom line, try to make all of your belongings look like new
with a bit of spit and polish!
All monies raised from pitch fees go towards church funds.
Some people also donate all their proceeds to other charities.
If you are a tax payer, you can gift aid
your £5 fee to ensure the church receives an extra £1.25.
Envelopes will be available from the church or direct from me.
Contact: Penny Perry at 35 Walcups Lane, Great Massingham
Telephone: 01485 520978 E mail: kenpen.perry@gmail.com
Please get in touch & book asap so I can put you on the map.
Maps for buyers, available a week in advance, 50p from me.
First Dabbling Duck Charity Ball, 2019 - Thanks
We want to thank everybody who helped or attended our first
Charity Ball on Saturday May 18th. It was a lot of extra work
but ‘putting something back in’ was what we wanted to do.
The charity we chose, a small local charity ‘Pandora Project’,
concerns a subject which is as unglamorous as it gets. This
makes it difficult to raise the funds that it needs to survive.
The charity helps family members suffering from domestic
abuse - a problem more common than most people realise with
some shocking statistics of abuse - and is utilised by both the
police and social services. ‘Pandora Project’ is our chosen
charity 2019, so we will continue to raise funds for them for
the remainder of the year.
We are delighted to have raised £6,415 on the night and our
thanks extend to everybody - from the villagers and other
guests who attended or bought raffle tickets to our brilliant
sponsors and staff and anyone who helped in any way.
THANK YOU, Sally and Mark x
Kevin Webb Steps Down as Parish Council Clerk ……
After nearly nine years as Clerk he says, “Its been a challenging
role, particularly in the early stages, but has proven to be im-
mensely rewarding from a personal achievement perspective.
Great Massingham is a unique village and it is blessed with
able, committed and hard-working individuals who volunteer to
give their services, for free, both on the Parish Council and in
other ways. It’s been a pleasure working with them. I’m indebt-
ed to a number of people for all their help, support & advice.”
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‘Histry Bits’.... The Lost House
One day in the early sixties, my father Ken Miller and the late George Warnes were dig-
ging trenches to lay the foundations for a new turkey unit facing onto Drunken Drove. In
the days before JCBs, the job had to be done by hand and, at break time, they were tak-
ing a well-earned rest when George pulled something out of the pile of earth beside him.
It was an oyster shell. He showed it to Dad who brought it in to show me when they’d
finished for the day. It was clearly very old, its surface stained by exposure to the boggy
subsoil. But what was it doing three feet underground and so far from any beach? We
decided to investigate further.
Next morning we dug a shallow trench close to where George had been working, and we
struck gold – or at least oyster shells – with almost the first spade-full. There were scores
of them, many of them showing cut-marks where a knife had been inserted between the
two halves to prise them apart.
As we continued to dig, we began to uncover pottery too. Lots of it and all of it broken.
There were bowls, jugs, drinking cups and sections of what must have been large cook-
ing pots, some blackened with soot from the fires that had been used to boil their con-
tents. Many of the pieces had been decorated with a yellowy- green glaze, and some had
crude designs scratched into their surfaces.
The following week we took our finds to Lynn Museum and showed them to Miss Mot-
tram, the curator. What we’d discovered, she told us, was a midden – a medieval rubbish
pit. In the days before weekly wheelie-bin collections, garbage had to be disposed of by
the householder, and the simplest solution was to dig a hole and bury it. The oysters
would have come from Brancaster, carried by itinerant vendors, probably in baskets on
their heads. And the pottery would have come from – yes, you’ve guessed it – Pott Row,
then a major industrial centre, churning out vast numbers of glazed pots known as Grim-
ston Ware, for sale nationwide.
The presence of a midden was a strong indication that there
was once a domestic dwelling nearby, most probably a two
-roomed thatched cottage with an attached barn or cattle-
yard, and a well to supply water. Our find would be record-
ed, Miss Mottram told us, but unless circumstances
changed, the site was not important enough to warrant fur-
ther investigation.
I remember being quite disappointed by her words, having
developed a keen interest in archaeology but there was
nothing more that could be done. It was only several years
later, when the turkey buildings were being dismantled,
that the digger-driver working on the site reported finding
A Medieval several low flint walls just below ground level. These were
Grimston-ware jug almost certainly sleeper walls, built to keep the lower sec-
tions of timber-framed buildings clear of wet and rot.
The Lost House of Drunken Drove, complete with its medieval rubbish tip, had finally
been located! David Miller

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Keep Fit Not during refurb. In the Village Hall Bar,
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Gert & Daisy.... .... Well, here we are agin.
We’ve both hed buthdays and we wud like ter thank yew awl fer the cards and presents.
Daisy and Sid hed their 45th Wedding Anniversary but she dint git a sapphire! Mind
yew she do’t look auld enuf enyway.
We’ve hed an anonymous letter giving us details of an incident concerning sumwun who
we write abowt quoite ofen. As yet, we hint bin able ter find owt who the ‘respected
pensioners’ were who wus on the receiving end of the inappropriate conversation! We
ownt close this case til we hev got ter the bottom of it even if that takes as long as Brex-
it!
Did yew notice awl them bikers gawn thru the village? We wus gawn ter dew the 100
mile one but we wus worried we wunt get back in toine ter mek the tea.
We nearly went on the Tractor Rally but Mr Brun wunt lend us a tractor (can’t imagine
why not). There is another wun afore yew read this but we ownt be on that wun either.
We hope your gardens hev hed enuf rain now. We herd the lifeboat came down Walcups
Lane and arsked if enywun wanted anything from the Shop. Mark sed he wud dew deliv-
eries in his dingy. The grass is growing so farst we will soon need a combine harvester
to clear it – don’t suppose he will lend us wun of those either!
We would loike ter sen our luv and best wishes ter Peggy after her recent hip operation –
she is now more bionic than she wus afore!
That’ll soon be the school harvest holidays. We’re really looking forward ter being on
call fer babysitting. Mind yew Gert has already booked her holiday with Bert so she’s
gitting owt of it fer a cupple of weeks.
As yew ken see, we’re still short of gossip so please keep us in mind when yew’re owt
and about. Dew yew keep atroshing. Gert and Daisy.
A little joke from Keith Skipper – a proper ol’ Norfolk boy!
Charlie rushes indoors to tell his Dad: “Mum reckons someone’s pinched a pair of your
Y-fronts off the linen line”.
“The cheeky beggars!” exclaims Dad.
“She says she’s not bothered about the pants,” says Charlie, “but she wouldn’t mind
getting the 20 pegs back!”
Strimmers Wanted!
Many villagers might not be aware but three of our village stalwarts;
Richie Fanneran, Martin (Jim) Twite, and Pip Brown regularly strim the
churchyard to keep it neat and tidy.
They provide the strimmers and the fuel at their own expense and, up to
now, they are pleased to do so. However, the strimmers are doing a lot of work and are
taking a lot of time to maintain and repair. So, if you have a decent strimmer that you
don't need.. and.. that works please consider donating it to this worthy cause !
Please contact any of the strimming team or Andre Wilding on 01485520053
if you would like to donate a strimmer.
Great Massingham Historical Society Primary School
Our next meeting is on 8th July, 7.30pm, at the Village Hall 100 Club - May
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Advance Notice…. August Guest Speaker 2nd
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Members free, guests £2. 07761 983212
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We now have new chilled food ranges helped by the intro-
duction of new chilled food cabinets.
The new ranges include but are not limited to:
Fresh single and double cream
Onken bio yoghurts
Childrens yoghurts
A range of over 7 fruit juices including small
bottles if you’re on the go and …….
An extensive range of over 15 ready meals and ranges of milks including soya, almond,
coconut and hemp.
We have a new deli with new and improved ranges including Pork pies and sausage
rolls from National award winning Brays Cottage. Fancy an onion marmalade, piccalilli
or a black pudding pork pie anyone?
We now also stock fresh chicken, steak mince and rump steaks to complement our fresh
meat offer.
We can now boast over 600 new lines in recent months and the most recent additions
include: Starbucks chilled latte
Crush oils
Candis chutneys
Breakfast bars
Belvoir cordials
Gluten fee ale

Also - we are now a proud partner of Currylicious, based in Fakenham and providing
authentic Indian ready meals that you can takeaway 7 days a week.
….and, finally, just in time for summer we now have a beer and wine fridge serving you
with ice cold drinks when you need them.
Mobile Post Office Service… Many of you will know
that we are operating a mobile Post Office service in 14
villages including East Rudham, Bircham, Harpley and
Hillington, to name just a few of the local villages.
If you wish to know more, then please pop in or visit our
website www.massinghamstores.co.uk for more details.

Ladies’ Night Last year we had a fun evening playing

against the men. This will be repeated if
Bowls Challenge enough people sign up.
Look out for the posters in the social club
Monday from July 10th.
July 22nd It is Ladies’ night at the Social Club
from 7pm Come and join us.
Massingham This is for Female Club members- £2 sign
in fee for non-members, or join for the year,
Social Club on the night. It is only £10.
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Holiday Club for you
HC4U
Gt MassinghamVillage Hall
July 29th, 30th & 31st
10am - noon
Now in its fifth year, a small team from our
churches (led by Kim Frazer &
Rev’d Judith) run a FREE
Children’s Holiday Club aimed at children
from Reception to Year 6.
FUN & Friendship
Bible Stories, Craft Activities, Games,
Singing, and more. Tell your friends - even
better- BRING your friends.
More info: Rev’d Judith (01485 601251)
Registration forms will also be
available at schools
Houghton Festival (8th to 11th August)
Open evening for Residents - 12th July,
5-8pm, Tearoom Marquee, Houghton Hall.
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Mike Tilbury Snooker Final
Besides the Mike Tilbury Award men-
tioned on the front page, the village also
holds a snooker competition in Mike’s
memory. The final of this year’s event
took place at the Village Hall on June 6th.
The two finalists were John Harris and
Danny Chase with Danny being the even-
tual winner. (See picture below)
John Danny
The raffle raised just over £100 and will
be used to help buy another high backed
chair at the Massingham surgery.
A big thank you to Ian Crisp for organis-
ing it again. Mel Whitmore
AFTERNOON TEA
at Little Massingham
House
By kind permission of Mr Oliver Birkbeck
In aid of St Andrew’s Church, Little Massingham
August 17th 2019
2pm to 4pm
Tickets £10 each to include entry into prize
draw for a luxury hamper available from:
Michelle West (520612), Angela Fordham
(520162) or Ruth Swithenbank (520275) or
email: sheneil.mw@googlemail.com
Raffle on the day also
FILM NIGHT
Thursday July 18th
7pm for 7.30pm, £4 per person
Gt Massingham Village Hall
‘Mary Queen of Scots’
Starring Saoirse Ronan and
Margot Robbie as rival queens.
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Great Massingham Film Night Review
90 performances, 4,000 tickets and going from strength to strength!
Seven and a half years ago, the Village Hall and Community Cars got together to start
the Film Club. Now rebranded as Film Night and with audiences in the mid-fifties –
that’s the number coming, not their age – the organisation held its eighth Annual General
Meeting on 3rd June.
Film Night screens a film every third Thursday of the month, except December, choos-
ing a mix of well-known box office hits and more unusual gems that our audience is
unlikely to see elsewhere. Our next film - the 90th we have screened - is on 18th July:
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ starring Saoirse Ronan (see more on page 9). This is a special
benefit evening for Creative Arts East who do much to foster the arts in this part of Eng-
land and who, like the Mallard, helped Film Night get up and running.
About five evenings a year, Film Night also runs very sociable Members’ Evenings, at
the Village Hall, where members are welcomed with a glass of wine, a two course meal
that matches the following film. Coming up in September is the wonderful French box-
office hit ‘Intouchables’ with coq-au-vin and other French delights. All this for £16 per
head. Membership is £5 for life.
Over the years, Film Night has contributed to the purchase of the new sound system, the
new chairs, banqueting tables and linen and recently made a contribution of £2,000 to
the Village Hall refurbishment.
At the AGM, the members re-elected committee members Dave Butterworth, Fiona
Cutts, Dave Davies, Gill Davies, Arthur Allen (Chair), Phil Ward, Maggie Prue and two
others from outside the parish. The Chairman thanked the Mallard, the Village Stores
and Listawood for their help with publicity.
Email massinghamfilmnight@gmail.com to get on the mailing list for forthcoming films.
You’re missing out if you don’t. Arthur Allen
A Boost to our Village Clean-up amount of rubbish discarded. We now
Great Massingham is one of a number of know of the damage caused to our planet
villages chosen by the Borough Council to by discarded plastic, so it is even more
receive their own ‘Clean-up Kit’. Now with important to continue our good work.
our own kit we will be better placed to keep As well as the annual spring clean I am
on top of any litter problems in our village. hoping to have an autumn clean-up to
When we first started our annual spring which you are all invited!
clean, about twenty years ago, we filled a As a member of the litter bin emptying
trailer with heaps of rubbish that had accu- team, could I please ask all dog walkers to
mulated over many years. Since then, with deposit dog waste bags in the dog waste
the installation of litter bins, annual clean-up bins or take them home. We are not paid to
events and regular litter picking by residents, deal with dog excrement - we are volun-
there has been a noticeable reduction in the teers! Andrew Bickerton
Your Historical Society needs YOU!
The post of Hon. Treasurer has become vacant, so we need a willing volunteer to step up
please & take over the monies! The duties are not very onerous, could you help?
Alternatively, our existing clerk is willing to move posts, so could you act as Hon. Sec?
Here the duties involve producing the agenda & taking the minutes at meetings as well as
helping the Chairman with the odd correspondence. Nearly all the duties are conducted
electronically, so both internet access and a printer are essential.
For more details, please contact the Chairman, Peter James.
Massingham 521706 or peterthetoggie@gmail.com
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Message from Reverend Judith
T A
Love O P
is... ? LL ARISHIONERS
Do you remember those gentle ‘Love is…’ cartoons from a few years ago,
perhaps more innocent times? There was a time when you couldn’t avoid
them!
At the moment we - older and younger generations alike, often female – are glued to
our TV screens once more for our annual dose of Love Island, medicine(?) for the amo-
rously challenged. Although this TV reality show is filmed on an island (Mallorca) I
doubt if love will be found there - plenty of splashy emotions certainly but not love -
even though this microcosm of relationship fun and frolics is filmed 24/7 – there is no
hiding place, even when sleeping. In some countries this would be deemed torture, not
cynical mass entertainment where hell is other people.
Love is complex. The Beatles say love is all you need; a 1970 film, Love Story, tells us
love is...never having to say you’re sorry. Does that mean never doing anything wrong or
never apologising if you do?
Love is in the air, that’s official. Summer is the season of weddings, especially church
weddings when ancient buildings are not so cold. With many picturesque and exotic/
historic places now licensed for civil weddings both at home and abroad, competition for
where to tie the knot has never been more intense. And yet, we are told weddings are on
the decline - Church weddings in particular – but that has not been my experience. It is
always a particular joy to be alongside a couple as they plan their wedding. And I genu-
inely believe that the Church of England offers so much more than a public legal com-
mitment.
‘God is love and those who live in love live in God and God lives in them.’ The love of
God will sustain and strengthen a couple who marry in church throughout their married
life together. Nothing can separate us from the love that God has for each one of us
through Christ Jesus our Lord. God is love.
As we congratulate those couples who will choose to marry this summer, let us share in
their joy and give thanks that our churches are privileged to be at the heart of our com-
munities, willingly accompanying us on all our major life journeys – of both joy and
sadness - with commitment, integrity, generosity - and, of course, love. After all, God is
love. Have a brilliant, fun and frolic-filled summer, Love is all around us.
With my love and prayers, Judith xxx

Please Keep the Churchyard FREE of Dog Fouling!

Reverend Judith writes:
“Recent incidences of dog fouling in our churchyards have caused
distress to mourners and will not be tolerated. Please supervise your
dog on a lead and, if required, clear up afterwards.
Thank you. Reverend Judith.”

NEXT MOBILE LIBRARY VISITS GRASSROOTS MALAWI

2nd & 30th July- As timetabled. The dates for the next ‘Stall on the Green’
Please view new timetable on: is Saturday 27th July. From 9am.
www.greatmassingham.net The June 1st stall raised £390 for Malawi.
Amazing! Thank you for your continued
Fitness Mobility Every Thursday support. Lots on sale. Come and see for
11.30 to 12.30 at Docking Surgery yourself. Cancelled if wet. Jenny Borley
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Church Services July 2019
Date Time Service Location
3rd July 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley
th
7 July 8.30 am Holy Communion Ashwicken
9.30 am Family Service Harpley
10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston
10.30 am Morning Praise Gayton
11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham
6.00 pm Evensong Congham
14th July 10.30 am Group Holy Communion Grimston
4.00 pm The Gap Pott Row Methodist
17th July 9.00 am Holy Communion Grimston
st
21 July 8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon
9.30 am Holy Communion Little Massingham
10.30 am Holy Communion Gayton
10.30 am Morning Praise Grimston
11.00 am Family Service Great Massingham
11.15 am Sung Holy Communion Harpley
28th July 8.30 am Holy Communion Congham
10.30 am Family Service Grimston
11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham
3.00 pm Celtic Service Gayton Thorpe
4th August 8.30 am Holy Communion Ashwicken
9.30 am Family Service Harpley
10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston
10.30 am Morning Praise Gayton
11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham
7th, 14th, 28th July 9.30 am Lay Services Little Massingham
Benefice Prayer Meeting, Sunday 7th July, at 3pm at All Saints, Ashwicken.
For more news please visit our benefice website at www.ggmbenefice.uk

CHURCH NEWS helped and supported the coffee morning

Wednesday Teas, held every week, in St on June 8th. We raised the amazing amount
Mary’s Church, from 3pm to 4.30pm. Lots of £535. Thank you to everyone.
of chat and delicious cakes! Please join us. Walks Through our Parishes.
Living On a Prayer. Our July walk, a walk round Ashwicken, on
The next session is on 25th July and the Saturday 13th July, will be led by Rev’d
subject is Intercession. Held at Pott Row Sue Martin.
Village Hall from 7.30pm to 9pm. Please
For information contact meet at
Rosemarie Bowers on 01485 600 485. 3pm at
A Huge Thank You from Little Massing- Ashwicken
ham St Andrew’s Church to all those who Church.

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 Useful Numbers
Organisation Contact Phone No.
Allotment Association Gill Goold 0750 824 2223
Biodiversity Project Mike Jackson 520 056
Borough Council James (Jim) Moriarty 07879 492400
Bell Ringing Dale Gagen 520 024
Bowls Club Peter Wadham 520 796
Church Contacts Revd Judith Pollard 01485 601 251
Community Car Scheme Office 520 823
Coronation Club Jill Whitmore 520 609
County Council Stuart Graham Dark 07450 679 355
Doctors Massingham Surgery 520 521
The Film Night Arthur Allen 520 628
Fishing Warden Paul Smith & Ken Perry Sue Nash 07802 670 711
Guide Trefoil Guild Shirley Rae 520 259
Massingham Historical Society Peter James 521 706
Tennis and Multi-Sports Club Arthur Allen 520 628
Parish Council Clerk (Vacant Position) Vacant position
Mick Wingell (Chair) 520 369
Pre-School Pip Armitage 07807 185 746
Police Non-emergency 101
School Ann Beardall 520 362
Village Hall Hall & Bar & Vic Cross 520 588/520 387
Village Stores and Deli Mark and Kerry Eldridge 520 272

MASSINGHAM STORES & POST OFFICE

FOOD - WINE - DELI OVEN CLEANING
Mark, Kerry and staff welcome you to
your local shop, 7 days a week.
Monday to Saturday
CARPET CLEANING
7am to 7pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm SOFA CLEANING
Tel: 01485 520 272
Call the local experts now
Our Post Office is open from 9am - 5.30pm
Monday to Friday & 9am -1pm on Saturday.
It offers euros on demand as well as holiday
Clean Tech
insurance & other foreign currency.
We have a huge number of new lines such as 01485 609223
a new range of newspapers, magazines, DIY,
stationery, cakes and biscuits…….. Card, cheque and cash
FREE HOME DELIVERY, FRIDAYS, 1 - 5 PM
www.massinghamstores.co.uk payments accepted
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Biodiversity Project News
Recently, Kew Gardens reported that 20% of the world’s plant species are threatened
with extinction and, last month, a United Nations science report told us that nature is in
trouble with 1 million species of plants and animals at risk. In March, thousands of pupils
in 2,000 cities worldwide missed Friday school to protest against our collective failure to
act against global warming with the Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg proclaiming, “I
want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day." Following demonstrations
on Parliament Square, by ‘Extinction Rebellion’, even the House of Commons caught the
current mood declaring the impact of climate change to be a national emergency.
I’m sure these and other similar announcements and actions will have motivated many in
the Village to try harder to lighten their personal contribution to our environmental woes.
After-all, most people want to feel like they’re doing something and, with seven billion
people on the planet, ‘every little helps’ could be transformational. I hope this also applies
to our village Biodiversity Project volunteers who, little by little, have transformed a little
-known and unattractive part of the Village into somewhere worth a visit at any time of
year (see photographs below). It’s home to an increasingly diverse range of plant species
and, hopefully, of animals too, especially birds - now we have two feeding stations and
over a dozen nesting boxes. Our Parish Council provides a small annual grant to help
with the inevitable costs and you could help put that grant to best use by lending a hand
at one or more of our regular 10 am Saturday morning working parties. Mike Jackson
The next working party will be on Saturday 6 th July. Please come if you can.
You are also invited to our
OPEN AFTERNOON
on Sunday 14th July, 2pm to 5 pm.
It will be held at the Biodiversity site
in Weasenham Road. You will have
the opportunity to be shown round by
volunteers, learn from several
displays while enjoying light
refreshments.
There will be no charge.
Everyone is welcome. Please join us.
Mike Jackson 520 056
Dates for your Diary – July
Date Event Time Place
8,22 July Craft & Chat 2 - 4.30 pm Village Hall Bar
8 July Historical Society 7.30 pm Village Hall
10 July Hall Refurbishment Opening 6.30 - 8.30 Village Hall
14 July Biodiversity Open Afternoon 2 - 5 pm Weasenham
18 July Film Night 7pm for 7.30 Village Hall
22 July Ladies Night Bowls Challenge 7 pm Village Hall
25 July Quiz Night 7pm for 7.30 Village Hall Bar
27 July Stalls on the Green From 9 am Near the Well
28 July West Norfolk Live 7 - 10 pm Village Hall Bar
29,30,31 HC4U 10am to 12 Village Hall

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