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ISSUE 134
October -
November
2020
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OCTOBER _________________________________________________________________________
We welcome articles, drawings, photos, poetry and
1st Thu. Binham Priory Church Quiet Morning with advertisements for publication fr om all ages but
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4th Sun. Binham Priory Church, Harvest Thanksgiving, submissions. A maximum of 400 words is
BP 11am recommended. Please contact your local rep on
NOVEMBER their email or phone number listed under your own
village heading.
8th Sun. Binham Priory Church, Remembrance
Sunday, BP 10.50am All submissions must go through the village rep.
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REGULARS (All subject to easing of lockdown) 6 March, 6 May, 6 July, 6 September & 6 November
Tuesday Binham, Art Group BMH 9.30am to
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First and third Tuesdays in the month Binham, Sew For enquiries about advertising in Local Lynx, contact
and Natter, The Gallery in the Chequers, 7-9pm Sally Metcalfe: sallymetcalfe@btinternet.com
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Third Wednesday in the month, Binham, Cosy Club, Available for individuals and businesses
providing local services. Cost: £36 for six issues.
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Third Thursday in the month Binham & Hindringham And please don’t forget….
Open Circle Meeting, Hindringham VH 7.15pm Lynx 134 and all back issues are permanently available
Fourth Thursday in the month Binham Local History on our website at www.locallynx.co.uk. The website now
Group BMH 7.30pm has an Ads Directory, an ‘In More Detail’ page and a
1st & 3rd Saturdays in month Langham Coffee ‘Local Charities’ page to cover relevant articles in
Mornings, VH 10am -12noon (VH currently closed at greater depth. (Paper copies of website articles are always
time of going to press) available from Roberta on 01263 740188.)
The mobile library run by Norfolk County Council
is currently suspended due to Covid-19 regulations.
See article under Langham section for information
on online library services.
MOBILE EAR CARE CLINICS
DUNCAN BAKER M.P. Hear for Norfolk clinics at Holt and Wells
N. Norfolk Conservative Assoc: 01692 558458 from October 2020
www.duncanbaker.org.uk Hear for Norfolk (formerly known as Norfolk Deaf
Association) is about to restart its mobile clinics for ear care,
JEROME MAYHEW M.P. which include a microsuction ear wax removal service. To
Broadland Conservative Assoc: 01603 865763 find out more go to www.hearfornorfolk.org.uk. You can
www.broadlandconservatives.org.uk also ring 01603 404440 or email appointments@
hearfornorfolk.org.uk.
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Church Services for Bale and Stiffkey Benefice for October and November 2020
HC=Holy Communion. CFS=Church Family Service. MP=Morning Prayer. BCP=Book of Common Prayer CW- Common Worship
Parish 4th October 11th October 18th October 25th October
Bale 9.30am Harvest Festival 9.30am HC
Field Dalling 11.00am CFS At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC At Field Dalling
Gunthorpe 11.00am Harvest/MP 4.30pm Silent Meditation
Sharrington 9.30am Harvest Festival 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC
Binham 11.00am Harvest 11.00am MP
Festival
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 9.30am MP BCP
Langham 9.30am Harvest Festival At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP
Stiffkey At Langham 9.30am HC At Langham
Parish 1st November 8th November 15th November 22nd November 29th November
Remembrance Sunday
Bale 9.30am MP 9.30am HC Service of At Field Dalling
Remembrance
Field Dalling 10.45am Service of At Saxlingham 11.00am MP 10.30am HC
Remembrance BCP Group Service
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC At Field Dalling At Field Dalling
Gunthorpe 10.50am Service of 4.30pm Silent At Field Dalling
Remembrance Meditation
Sharrington 9.30am MP 9.30am Service of 9.30am HC At Field Dalling
BCP Remembrance
Binham 11.00am HC 10.50am HC Service of 11.00am MP At Field Dalling
Remembrance
Morston 9.30am HC 2.00pm Service of 9.30am MP BCP At Field Dalling
BCP Remembrance
Langham 10.50am Service of At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Field Dalling
Remembrance
Stiffkey At Langham 9.30am HC At Langham At Field Dalling
Additional Services
Stiffkey: Wednesday 11th November, Remembrance Day Gathering at the War Memorial, 10.45am.
RECTOR’S LETTER plan to make all things new.
Dear Friends and Parishioners, May Almighty God bless and keep all who live, work,
This is a medieval Prayer for the Journey… enjoy and travel through our lovely parishes. May He bring
you Autumn Glory.
‘Here I am and forth I must, Yours truly, Ian Whittle,
And in Jesus Christ is all my trust. The Rectory, Langham 01328 830246
No wicked thing do me any harm,
Neither here nor elleswhere. Seek the Lord
The Father with me, the Son with me, Seek the Lord, and in his ways persever.
The Holy Ghost, and the Trinity, O faint not, but as eagles fly;
Be betwixt my ghostly enemy and me. For his steep hill is high;
In the name of the Father and the Son Then striving gain the top, and triumph ever.
And the Holy Ghost, Amen.’ Anonymous When with glory there thy brows are crowned,
It’s like a nice tidy parcel packed with faith, hope and New joys so shall abound in thee,
determination; and like all nice parcels it needs to be opened, Such sights thy soul shall see,
used, consumed or worn. Every age has its problems, some That worldly thoughts shall by their beams be drowned.
worse than others. What never changes is human folly, Farewell, World, thou mass of mere confusion,
occasional sharp, persistent nastiness and the wonderful False light, with many shadows dimmed,
capacity for kindness and self-sacrifice. And have you noticed Old witch, with new foils trimmed,
that the rats in the nest never have a sense of humour? Thou deadly sleep of soul, and charmed illusion.
Autumn and Winter have their delights. I’ve always I the King will seek, of kings adored;
savoured October, a time for me mostly of new beginnings: Spring of light, tree of grace and bliss,
new terms, new posts, new places to live; and often very Whose fruit so sovereign is
sunny. What could be better? We need gentle newness now, That all who taste it are from death restored.
the faith, hope and determination to plant new things, begin Thomas Campion 1567 - 1620
new kindnesses and to heartily participate in the grand divine
3It has been an incredibly busy summer with a huge
LOOKING AFTER LOCAL LYNX influx of visitors to our area. This has been a lifeline to our
covers 10 villages in North Norfolk local economy, and North Norfolk alone has enjoyed
published every other month 203,000 discounted meals through the Eat Out to Help Out
scheme, benefiting local businesses by over £1m. Despite
voluntarily produced by village members
such a busy period we have continued to see remarkably
distributed to 1,265 households, pubs, churches, low infection rates. As our children return to school, having
libraries, tourist information offices and shops missed seeing their friends for many months, I wish them all
estimated readership 2,000 plus 400+ on-line a safe return. In the run-up to Christmas, I will be visiting
readers at www.locallynx.co.uk more towns and villages around the constituency, offering
Local Lynx is a not-for-profit community newspaper, surgeries, and supporting residents, charities, and businesses
supported technically by parish councils, PCCs and, of in any way I can. Duncan Baker MP
course, our brilliant advertisers. Sometimes this covers our
costs, but at others, we fall short. COUNTY COUNCILLORS’ NEWS
Although our overall financial position is still healthy, …from Dr. Marie Strong
we need to make up the shortfall. So we are turning to you,
I hope you and your families are enjoying good health.
our readers, for a little help. Firstly, if you run a local
In my report this month I am commencing with two items
business or service, please consider advertising. Secondly,
which I think reflect normality - getting rid of rubbish and
we know that you value your Local Lynx and, if you would
enjoying the resources offered by our libraries. After which
like to help ensure its long-term future, then please think
I follow with the latest COVID-19 related information
about making a small donation. Six pounds a year would be
provided by NCC, Norfolk Resilience Forum, and the
£1 per issue; ten pounds a year would be a round sum, but
Government, much of which is regularly updated and worth
please give whatever you feel is appropriate.
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out that there are some residents who receive a ‘hard’ copy
lynxeditor @pobox.com to arrange this.
so I have responded to the request to also provide full web
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Account number: 6500 4288 Sort code: 09-01-54 before you type in all the heading.) This was a somewhat
With special thanks to our individual donors. Ed. complicated task so I hope all is okay.
Of course in both instances electronic equipment is
required so please if you know anyone who does not have
COMMUNITY news appropriate equipment but would benefit from the
information consider providing them with a copy.
M.P. UPDATE NCC’s free hazardous waste amnesty days at our
…from Duncan Baker Recycling Centres
Dear all, Hempton is the most convenient site for our division and
I hope you have enjoyed the summer and fine weather will be open for hazardous waste 9-4pm 9, 10, 11 October.
throughout most of August. Parliament has now resumed Free for residents with hazardous waste needing specialist
for what is sure to be an extremely busy few months back in disposal. The following types of products are accepted:
Westminster. As I look forward to that, I want to reflect on paint, paint thinners, wood preserver, fertilizer, fungicides,
what has been my first Summer Recess and just how pesticides, weed killer, thermometers, drain cleaners, oven
enjoyable it has been to spend the majority of my time cleaners and aerosols. Items such as asbestos, fireworks,
touring the constituency, meeting so many of you. There has explosives and gas cannisters are not accepted. More
been no sitting about and on my first day back home, I information is available here: https://www.norfolk
started a 54 location tour working from East to West across recycles.com/household-hazardous-waste-day-2020/. If
the constituency. From the brilliant sunshine in Horsey, you have other waste to dispose of it is advisable to choose
Hickling and Ludham on day 1 we finished in the pouring other days since the hazardous waste days are already
rain in Langham, Holkham and Wells six weeks later! proving very busy.
Being active, approachable, and visible in the Norfolk’s Libraries
community are some of my principle aims as your MP and By the time you read this most libraries will have opened
as I made my way around the constituency, the reception (details on the following link). Library users are required to
from everyone I met was hugely welcoming. I have been wear a face covering in line with the latest Government
truly humbled by the warmth from so many residents who guidance. Each library will have a one-way system to allow
took the time to meet me and ask me questions, and it’s for social distancing and hand sanitiser available to use on
been a pleasure solving so many problems that people the way in and out. Open library access remains unavailable
wanted to share. and opening times have been changed accordingly. Latest
Whether helping constituents with cancelled operations information on: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries-local-
or taking up highway issues in many of our villages, the tour history-and-archives/libraries/coronavirus-update.
has been a great success and it has been enormously (Mobile libraries will return once prepared to meet Covid-
rewarding to help so many. From listening to many stories 19 regulations.)
of people overcoming such difficult situations throughout The Distance Aware Initiative –
the pandemic, to meeting entrepreneurs who’ve started a favourite subject of mine
businesses in their garages during lockdown, not a day went The Distance Aware initiative has been recently
by when I wasn’t amazed by the spirit and communities that endorsed by the Department of Health and Social Care. The
define North Norfolk. initiative was set up to enable individuals and organisations
4to politely prompt ongoing distancing and respect of wellbeing and support them in their caring role. You can
individual social space. Badge/poster templates are available find out more information about the service by visiting their
to download from the site: https://www.bevan website at carersmatternorfolk.org.uk.
commission.org/distance-aware Back to School
Coronavirus Latest Information We have developed a ‘Back to School’ section on the
The information below is intended to keep you up to NCC website, https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and
date with the latest information and is in the main updated -how-we-work/campaigns/back-to-school.
regularly. The most recent verified data on cases in the UK Kickstart Scheme
and Norfolk is available from Public Health England. PHE The government has introduced a new Kickstart Scheme
is addressing common questions on its Public Health in Great Britain, a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of
Matters at https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/. Also we thousands of high quality 6-month work placements aimed
have a dedicated webpage for coronavirus updates (https:// at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are
www.norfolk.gov.uk/care-support-and-health/health- deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment.
and-wellbeing/adults-health/coronavirus/community- Additional guidance and promotional materials can be
support-for-people-at-home/help-if-you-are-self- found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/
isolating) in Norfolk and impacts on Norfolk County kickstart-scheme?utm_source=9110972d-4588-4bc2-
Council services (which affects us all one way and another). a272-6bb7da082115&utm_medium=email&utm_
This is updated regularly so please re-visit this page. campaign=govuknotifications&utm_content=immediate
New payment for people self-isolating Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
in highest risk areas Guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the
People on low incomes who need to self-isolate and are scheme. The scheme ends on 31 October 2020. Find out
unable to work from home in areas with high incidence of more at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/
Covid-19 will benefit from a new payment scheme. Criteria coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-step-by-step-guide-
and more information at https://www.gov.uk/government/ for-employers?utm_source=8b21f2f9-507f-4ee6-ab3f-
news/new-payment-for-people-self-isolating-in-highest- 8b31380a33e9&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=g
risk-areas. ovuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate#history
Guidance for landlords
Legislation has been introduced so that, until at least Wellbeing
March 2021, landlords must now give tenants 6 months’ As much as possible, people are encouraged to improve
notice before they can evict. Guidance provides advice their mental wellbeing to tackle negative thoughts that can
for landlords, tenants and local authorities. https:// lead to more serious mental health issues down the line.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and- Using the Five Ways to Wellbeing or making a ‘mind plan’
renting-guidance-for-landlords-tenants-and-local- can help people take constructive steps towards getting
authorities. better: www.norfolk.gov.uk/wellbeing. Take care, Marie
Shielding guidance published for young people County Councillors’ contact details:
Public Health England has updated guidance written for Dr Marie Strong: County Councillor Wells Division
young people on shielding and protecting people most likely (Glaven, Priory and Walsingham Parishes)
to become unwell if they catch coronavirus. The guidance marie.strong@norfolk. gov.uk or 07920 286 597
provides information on how the shielding advice has Steffan Aquarone: County Councillor Melton Constable
changed, the definition of clinically extremely vulnerable Division ( incl. Bale and Gunthorpe Parishes)
people, and the clinical risk to children and young people. steffanaquarone@gmail.com or 07879 451608
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance- District Councillors’ Contact Details:
on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable- Richard Kershaw e:richard.kershaw@north-norfolk.gov.uk
persons-from-covid-19/covid-19-guidance-for-young- (Binham, Cockthorpe, Field Dalling, Gunthorpe & Bale,
people-on-shielding-and-protecting-people-most-likely- Langham & Saxlingham)
to-become-unwell-if-they-catch-coronavirus. Karen Ward e:karen.ward@north-norfolk.gov.uk (Morston
& Stiffkey)
Enhanced Carer Support from Andrew Brown e:andrew.brown@north-norfolk.gov.uk
Tuesday 1 September 2020 (Sharrington)
Carers Matter Norfolk delivers a highly personalised
service that enables carers to improve their health and GLAVEN CENTRE UPDATE
Glaven is still working hard throughout this mad time,
providing hot meals every weekday to our clients and
anybody else who would like them.
CLEANER REQUIRED We provide a bath service on a Monday morning and the
foot clinic is with us every Friday; appointments from
For 2 Bedroom Holiday Rental Cottage in Binham 9:15am - 3:30pm. Ring 01263 740762 for more details.
Starting in the New Year (2021) Kind regards,
Friday changeover day, approx 3 hours required Keith Barnes, General Manager
Full clean throughout including washing and ironing
bed sheets
Generous rates of pay
Please call Sue Sullivan on 07730 859156
5LOCAL LYNX WILL MISS YOU ALL
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our Bale
rep since January 2007(!) Jane Wheeler. Our loss is
Scotland’s gain and I hope she will send us news when she
settles in.
The Local Lynx collection point for 1280 hard copies of
the newsletter (remember hard copies?), has always been Almost there A great sight - finally on its plinth
John and Sue Hughes’ house in Langham. I have absolutely On 1st September we welcomed ex-Royal Engineers
no idea how we will manage without them. Happily, they Steve Craddock and Matt Lum who were raising funds for
are not moving too far away and so local friends will be able Help4Heroes on a bike ride from Kent to the National
to visit. (Remember visiting?) Ed.. (see pages 10 & 19) Arboretum in Shropshire. This is an annual event called the
Big Battlefield Bike Ride and this year was originally
WELCOME TO THE LYNX scheduled to take place in France to celebrate the 80th
They say every cloud has a silver lining and I am Anniversary of the Dunkirk Evacuations. This was
delighted to welcome Maggie Thomas as the new rep for cancelled by Covid-19 - so they decided to do the same
Bale. You will find her contact details on the Bale page. distance in the UK, and lay wreaths at war memorials along
Thank you Maggie for stepping up to the plate at such short the way. Steve himself suffers from PTSD, but he has been
notice, especially during these trying times. Ed. a phenomenal fundraiser for the cause – close to £500,000
in the last 13 years, and he is the largest individual fund
raiser for the charity. The Lord Lieutenant for Norfolk, Lady
Pippa Dannatt accompanied by General the Lord Richard
Dannatt, and North Norfolk MP Duncan Baker, were at the
Dome to greet him, along with Dome Trustees and
volunteers.
LANGHAM DOME NEWS
(www.langhamdome.org)
The Dome reopened for visitors, but with numbers
strictly limited, in August and will remain open until 31
October. The open days are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays The Greeting Party Steve with Lord Dannatt
and Sundays from 10:00am to 4:00pm. We have purchased Continuing our tales from squadrons based at Langham
PPE items for use by our volunteers and others together during WW2, No.521 Squadron went through two
with sanitisation equipment. The Dome is employing the incarnations during the Second World War, in both cases as
services of Norfolk Cleaning Ltd. who are a local firm a meteorological squadron. The squadron was formed for
specialising in cleaning as required under Covid 19 the first time on 1st August 1942 from No.1401 Flight, and
conditions. The website (link above) gives more details and was based at Bircham Newton (Norfolk). This incarnation
is regularly updated, so please refer to that for the latest of the squadron used several different types of aircraft.
Dome news and to confirm that nothing has changed. Gladiator biplanes were used for local weather reporting.
The Spitfire was mounted on its plinth on 20th August Twin engined Hudsons and Blenheims were used over the
and will remain there until the end of October. However as North Sea. Finally faster Spitfires and Mosquitoes were
noted in issue 133 the formal unveiling and dedication used for flights over German occupied Europe.
ceremony will only take place once the Dome can re-open The squadron was split into Nos.1401 and 1409 (Met)
normally - hopefully in Spring 2021. However, the Spitfire Flights on 31 March 1943, but then was reformed at
has already sparked a great deal of interest, not least Docking on 1 September of the same year. This second
amongst the many people who have supported the project version of the squadron inherited the Gladiators and
during the last two years. More details of the dedication Hudsons, and also used Hampden bombers no longer
plans will follow. needed by Bomber Command. The squadron moved to
6Langham in October 1944. The Hudsons and Hampdens approach he crash landed at 06.35. It was decided that there
were replaced by Venturas by the end of 1944, and the must have been an instrument lag in the altimeter as the
Gladiators were joined by Hurricanes from August 1944. A pilot had made many sorties under similar difficult
shortage of Venturas in front line units meant that they were conditions with successful landings on the beam at Docking.
withdrawn in the autumn of 1944. They were replaced by
Hudsons for a short period, but were then replaced by B17
Flying Fortresses in December 1944. At the end of the war
the squadron was operating a mix of Fortresses, Gladiators
and Hurricanes, and had spent the entire war based in
Norfolk before moving to RAF Chivenor in Devon at the Gloster Gladiator used until 1945 by Met Sqns/Flts
end of November 1945, but leaving 1402 Met Flight The second example follows the fortunes of one war
operating THUM missions from Langham until the end of weary Hudson aircraft serial number FK740 - our historian
RAF flying operations with two Hurricane THUM flights John Allan calls the story “Ice, Snow and Sacrifice”.
on 30 April 1946 being the last operations of the Flight.
RAF Hudson
5th November 1944 Fg Off Churchill and crew. Take
off 04.00 land 09.45. Mission RHOMBUS 1. The ascent
was abandoned on this sortie. The whole trip was made in
521 Sqn Fortess landing at Langham exceedingly rough conditions - gale winds and heavy rain as
The Squadron was mainly involved in two types of the area was covered by severe frontal conditions. The
sorties from Langham: average wind for the whole sortie was 53 knots at 800 feet -
THUM (Temperature & HUMidity) reaching 73 knots at the highest. Icing was experienced at
Local / Short Range Sorties 950mb.
Staged Climb to Approx 24,000ft 6th November 1944 Fg Off Stollery and crew. Take
Performed by Gladiator and Hurricane off 08.55 land 14.55. No RHOMBUS was done by 521
RHOMBUS Sqn. The aircraft was to have taken off from RAF Skitten
Long Range Sorties Landing in Scotland at Wick or (in Ciathness near Wick) but owing to severe frontal
Skitten conditions over the whole area and icing it was cancelled by
Triangular Route with Turning Point off S.W. Coast of Group.
Norway 8th November 1944 Still at RAF Skitten. The 521
Approx 5 Hours, Operating at Sea Level to 18,000ft Sqn aircraft was to have taken off on RHOMBUS I from
Performed by Hudson and Fortress Skitten at 04.00 but the aircraft iced up on the runway
Operated as a “Shuttle” with Skitten/Wick based 519 before take-off was possible. There were snow showers
Sqn passing approx. every 15 minutes and as the freezing level
The dangers inherent in the Squadron’s operations in was at approx. 50-100ft the sleet froze on the aircraft before
virtually all weathers can be illustrated by a couple of take-off was possible. The sortie was abandoned.
examples: 9th November 1944 Fg Off Stollery and crew. Take-
On 16th November 1944 Gladiator K.7972 flown by off 11.25 from Skitten - landed Langham 15.05 - mission
Pilot Officer W McKay took off at 05.25 from Langham on RHOMBUS II. Take off was delayed because the aircraft
a THUM sortie - in darkness with the cloud base at 150ft. had to be cleaned after a heavy snow shower and a suitable
On his return, with the Langham weather unsuitable for an break in the showers gave time to be airborne. At position 3
approach and landing, he decided to make a descent below on the route the A/C had to fly approx.70 miles south to
cloud at Docking on the (radio) beam. Having descended to avoid a very extensive snow storm and then course was set
50ft over the airfield and still in cloud (and darkness) the to position 2 on the second leg. At 550mb [equivalent to
aircraft bounced badly on the aerodrome, and the pilot knew about 14,000 feet] the port motor began to throw oil and the
that his undercarriage was damaged. In a subsequent climb was abandoned. Gale winds of 40-55 knots for the
7whole sortie. good potential. Harvest itself was also relatively
10th January 1945 Warrant Officer Locke and crew. straightforward this year, which was a relief. The
Take-off 06.20 and return to Langham 11.30 - mission convergence of early dry weather, a reduced wheat area,
RHOMBUS I via position 6 - planned ascent to 15,000ft. thinner-than-average crops and a large new combine (very
Take-off had been delayed so that it would be daylight at exciting for us farmers!) meant we completed wheat harvest
the datum for the climb as there were extensive CuNb on the 7th of August. To put that into context, in 2019 we
clouds and snow storms. On the ascent the GEE aerial iced started wheat harvest on the 6th of August and were
up and broke off. Shortly afterwards the ASV aerial iced up promptly rained off the same day.
and broke off hitting the starboard propeller. It damaged the One of the beauties of farming is that every year you get
propeller - an indent of 1” and bending the end approx. 3” to start afresh and so far, we are off to a good start. The rain
from the end. At 15000ft the climb was abandoned and in August has put a good amount of moisture into the soil
returned to base - engine vibrating badly. and the seedbeds for next year’s crop are looking good with
7th February 1945 Fg Off Hinton and crew. Take-off some settled weather for drilling on the horizon. Tough
from Langham 04.15 - did not return - mission RHOMBUS years are good learning experiences, and they offer
I. The aircraft took off as normal. The weather was bad with opportunities to test the limits of what is possible (or more
heavy frontal conditions and a strong wind (35/40 knots). At likely, sensible) in a way we would not normally. I am glad
06.15 an SOS was received from the aircraft and Kirkwall to be turning over a new leaf (too on the nose?!) but I
and Inverness obtained a 3rd class bearing. Nothing further suspect these lessons will prove the most valuable output
was heard from the aircraft. The bearings gave an from 2020. Jonathan Darby Albanwise Farm Manager
approximate position at Position 6 on the route [this would
have been around 57.3N 05E]. On plotting the time flown COVID - 19 AND CARE HOMES
the aircraft should have been commencing the ascent at the Have you had a loved one in care during Covid-19?
time of the SOS. Four (4) Air Sea Rescue Warwicks were Healthwatch Norfolk want to hear your experience to
airborne before 0900 hours and searched the area around improve safety in the care sectors.
Position 6, but no trace was found of the crew or aircraft. JB If a friend or relative of yours has spent time in a
residential or nursing home during the pandemic,
FARMING UPDATE Healthwatch Norfolk wants to know how you have coped
JULY-AUGUST 2020 with the changes, to understand what worked well and what
Lessons Learned the Hard Way could have been improved.
Another year, another harvest in the shed and one that, Feedback will be collected anonymously and fed back to
on this occasion, I’m quite glad to see the back of. The Norfolk County Council, which want to learn by listening to
horrendously wet autumn and winter was followed by the public so that care homes can be safer, more resilient
another extensive dry period in spring, for the third year in a and communicate better with families in the future.
row, all of which took its toll: spring barley did not have You can participate by going to www.healthwatch
enough moisture to establish well early on and the winter norfolk.co.uk where you will find a link to the survey on
crops had not developed good enough root systems to its home page. Alternatively, you can call the office on
endure the drought like they could have, if the autumn had 01953 856029 to share your views on the phone or arrange
been kinder. In short yields were down on average, for a survey to be posted to you directly.
somewhere between 5-15%, depending on crop but the In the survey you will be asked questions about:
results were not a surprise on the whole. Dealing with changes to visiting, communicating and
As always there were some positive aspects to the year. contacting staff
We got lucky with our pea drilling date being quite late in The impact on you and your loved ones
the spring (early- to mid-May) so they emerged into some Examples of good practice from care homes
glorious rainfall and were able to do quite well in the Getting the right information to feel safe and informed
subsequent sunshine. Sugar beet too, although yet to be How things could have been improved during Covid-19
harvested, looks in fine fettle despite a protracted battle with All care homes are included in this project, including
weeds. The dry conditions meant weeds were ‘hardened’ to specialist homes for people with learning disabilities,
herbicide and hence very difficult to control, especially autism or mental health problems and the survey will
without damaging the fragile beet but, again, once the rain close on 16th October 2020.
came they were able to grow away and look to have some Alex Stewart Healthwatch Norfolk
8owls. Bimba found several almost dead voles in the garden
BALE that summer.
On a happier note, going through the old stuff one
always finds treasures, like a sketch book from my last year
Contact: Maggie Thomas 01328 822481
at Corsham (Bath Academy of Art) full of watercolour and
maggie2403@icloud.com pencil studies of wild flowers - marsh marigolds and sedge
spikes, honeysuckle in a glass.
BALE DIARY After two and a half storms the garden is not looking too
Clearing the sheds wonderful, but I had a lovely second flowering from all the
25th August 2020 roses, and the purple cactus dahlias are doing their thing. I
Goes on for ever, inner circles of dirt/slip and glaze don’t understand why the red ones I bought produce these
splash/limewash, crumble/cobweb. Then one suddenly purple flowers. The wind is currently giving everything a
notices the filthy state of all the windows, never before good thrashing, so I am not sure my sunflowers will be
thought of. upright now. Jane Wheeler
My veg garden is full of sunflowers this year. A very
long time ago I grew sunflowers up here. They were a bit BALE DIARY 2
bigger that time. Then I had all these sheds pulled down and Losing the saltmarsh
rebuilt. They were put up originally on the site of an old post 30th Aug 2020
mill which is documented by an auction notice from 1845 Walking at Morston again this morning, I reflected that
(on a website about Norfolk mills). The previous owners, this kind of environment is one I won’t find in Fife.
the Hudsons, kept seven sows and their offspring, a pony There are sandy beaches with dunes and flowery
and chickens in them. Another of the sheds was especially machair and rocky beaches on the coast there, and reed beds
for onions, equipped with shelves. They were fascinating, in the Tay estuary at Newburgh. At Tentsmuir there is pine
made with old doors and windows, bits of wood from Reg forest behind dunes, with heather and ferns, more beautiful
Hudson’s forestry job, and corrugated iron from when part than Holkham’s pinewoods. But there is nowhere as liminal,
of Stiffkey army camp was dismantled. A few bicycle where sky and land and sea segue into each other with this
chains helped to hold things together, plus an enormous very special mixture of plants – the sea-wormwood, sea-
number of nails. But they were leaking when I got them. I lavender, sea-purslane, shrubby sea blite, sea-beet, all the
definitely bought the house because of the garden and sheds, succulents that grow on the salty silt, especially samphire.
though, charming as they were, the roofs had gone, and they Soon to turn rusty maroon and pink, their autumn colours,
were unusable in the winter. along with the mauve and yellow sea-aster.
The old chicken shed was the first to go. The long range This morning the high wind was in our ears, echoing the
of sheds were the last, except that the one on the end surf thundering on the sand banks; curlew and redshank
became my kiln shed and had some alterations before loudly disapproving, although the nesting season is well
anything else was done, and was basically the inspiration for over, the tide on its way out. And here's bladderwrack left
the rest. The big studio was the next to be sorted out, with behind, attached to its brick holdfast, all barnacled.
three panels of double glazing in the roof. I had a contact The texture of this place is extraordinary; pebble-
who worked for a hardwood conservatory company in studded, sometimes slippery with black silt; smooth clay
Aylsham, and he retrieved several useful things which deposits; loose sand; stinging sharp marram stems; dry
would have been skipped, like the huge doors which are a paths; wet channels and pools. Always the pools that reflect
little twisted and let a bit of cold wind through when it’s upwards the light of whatever weather happens on the day. I
from the East, and the roof lights. counted twenty swans in the Stiffkey’s freshwater outflow
Now I am giving up all this space I have been cleaning it and in the marram grass were tiny ghosts of crabs. On
out, and realising that it’s better to do a regular clean and not Thursday there were ghosts of Covid-19 – disintegrating
have a box of pigments lurking under your plan chest, latex gloves all over the purslane lawns next to the channel.
entirely forgotten and the paper packaging eaten by mice. In the sun and wind it’s hard to remember the pandemic,
Weirdly this shed suffers from house mice, whereas the still a rising tide.
house only gets visits from wood mice. The local vermin The marsh seems empty except for me and the dog, for
controller did a good job on them three years ago, but then half an hour, until we turn back and meet more dogwalkers.
left for Scotland. However, the first to die are always the It’s full of life, of course, birds, insects, fish, crustaceans,
voles, and if you are using poison it’s not good for our barn
9seals, even hares. I shall miss this place most. But who in Fine Arts at Northumbria University.
knows how long it will persist, surely before too long rising Jane moved back to Norfolk 20 years ago, renting a
sea levels will cover it and destroy Blakeney spit too. cottage next to the Red Lion, Stiffkey, and then a barn in
But now I want to paint its looping shapes and its Cockthorpe, while her daughter Lucy was a student at the
colours, its drama, now when my studio is all packed up and University of Kent, Canterbury. Her earlier interest in
I am busy organising the move, the change of address, and ceramics was rekindled on her return to Norfolk. She found
the last skip. Jane Wheeler ‘an almost uninhabitable cottage’ in Bale in 2001 and
gradually renovated it, converting outbuildings to house a
HUNDRED CLUB DRAW RESULTS stoneware kiln, pottery workshop and office space.
We are continuing to hold the draw, despite fish and It is to be nearer to her daughter that Jane has decided to
chips not being possible for the time being. move to St Andrews where Lucy is now a senior lecturer in
July 20 August 20 Film Studies. All Jane’s friends in Bale and the surrounding
villages will miss her wonderful pottery and paintings. She
Emily Antcliffe £25 John Allison £25
has recently sold many pieces of ceramics to raise more than
Walter Hammond £10 Cicely Postan £10
£250 for Bale Village Hall. We all wish her great happiness
Maggie Thomas £5 Alastair Macorkindale £5
in her new life in Scotland and hope she finds ‘fresh woods
Mark Milson £5 Martin Moore £5
and pastures new’. Maggie Thomas
TO JANE WHEELER
A FOND FAREWELL
A well-known resident of Bale is leaving the village
after almost 20 years. Jane Wheeler will be known to many
readers of the Local Lynx for her detailed descriptions of
BINHAM
Contact: Liz Brady 01328 830830
nature walks with her dogs, first Tilda and more recently
lizsdavenport@gmail.com
Bimba. Her knowledge of the countryside, its animals,
flowers and butterflies has delighted readers for the last 14
years BINHAM PARISH COUNCIL
Jane has for many years been a member of Bale village As is always the way, our next Parish Council meeting is
hall committee and belonged to the Bale art group and Bale before this edition is published, on Monday 14th September.
book group. Many will know her as a potter or a painter, a The agenda is varied, and issues related to the effects of
writer, a fashion designer: her creative talents are wide- Covid-19 will no doubt be considered and plans for the
ranging. continuing months whilst the virus is still evident.
Jane was born in the Norfolk and Norwich hospital and This leads me onto the very great need to remain vigilant
spent her first 18 months in North Walsham, at which point especially as schools, colleges and universities and
her family moved to Stoke Holy Cross. She attended companies workforces to return to their institutions or
Norwich High School for Girls early on and then North workplaces. Cleary the government’s thrust at the moment
Walsham High School where she initially excelled but is to rejuvenate the economy and return children and young
admits that she put less effort into her studies as the years people to their learning environments. Many parents and
went by. Her love of pottery took her to Bath Academy of children alike have worked hard together to maintain their
Art in Corsham where she took a Diploma in Art and learning during the past six months. They are keen to get
Design, specialising in ceramics. back to a safe school environment sooner rather than later.
While at Bath Academy, she took up knitting: designing The preparation has been immense at all levels and huge
and making clothes for friends. She was so talented that in thanks and congratulations to those who have been
1973, having moved back to Norfolk, she was selling instrumental in making sure those who have and will return
designer knitwear to an American company under the label to school, college, university and work can do so safely .
‘Jane Wheeler for San Francisco clothing’. She was soon I make no apologies for reiterating just how important it
travelling to New York and selling to other stores. She is for all of us to pay attention to ‘Help Control the Virus’ to
remembers spending all morning packing up orders for protect ourselves and others. This is especially important
despatch and spending the afternoons painting. now as Norfolk has been placed on the Watch List because
Her next move was to Newcastle where she did an MA of a Covid-19 outbreak at Banham Poultry in Attleborough.
10Currently, the outbreak is mainly confined to the areas harvest and planting times.
where the workforce lives - Great Yarmouth, Norwich and We look forward to an ordered return to some sort of
Attleborough/Thetford. It is worth noting that Norfolk normality hopefully before Christmas, but many think this
County Council Outbreak Control Plan, it sets out how the might be optimistic as the rates of Covid-19 infection have
NCC and Public Health will aim to ensure that people, increased in recent weeks and that autumn and winter
businesses and communities can go about their normal daily approach. Let’s be sure that we:
lives as safely as possible while the Covid-19 pandemic Protect Ourselves. Protect Others. Protect Norfolk
remains in the county. There is a single Outbreak Centre Elizabeth S Brady (Chair Binham PC)
with a dedicated team for the next 12 months (https://
www.norfolk.gov.uk/care-support-and-health/health- BINHAM PRIORY CHURCH
and-wellbeing/adults-health/coronavirus/norfolks- The church is open every day from 10am to 4pm for
response-to-coronavirus/outbreak-control). A useful individual private prayer and the opportunity to enjoy the
summary outline ‘Coronavirus (Covid-19) of the current up feeling of tranquillity and uplifting spirituality of being in a
to date policies and procedures related to help to control the scared space, welcoming parishioners and visitors for more
virus and keep safe can be found at https://ww.gov.uk/ than 800 years.
coronavirus. Because of the continuing restriction of Covid at the
In recent months NCC Highways have been busy in the time of going to press only two services are confirmed;
village, first of all reviewing where SAMS (speed indictor Sunday 4th October at 11am “Harvest Thanksgiving”
device) can be positioned and agreement for additional sites with the church suitably decorated.
and secondly Warham Road and Langham Road have been Sunday 8th November at 10.50am “Remembrance
resurfaced – always interesting to watch the process! Sunday” starting with the Act of Remembrance at the War
Entrance speed gates have been placed on the Hindringham Memorial before going into church. There will be other
Road. Several of the neighbouring villages have also Sunday services during the two months which will be
followed suit with gates and speed monitoring devices. advertised in the Lynx and on posters.
Does any of this make any difference? We are monitoring Additionally on Thursday 1st October there will be a
this carefully, what we can say is that while we think that “Quiet Morning” from 10.30 to 12.30 of reflective time, led
speeding is the norm, SAMS will help us fully understand by Revd Susanna Gunner, Diocesan Advisor for Spirituality
whether that is actually the case. The pattern of traffic in and Discipleship.
terms of busy times, average speed through different parts, Everyone will be welcomed to any of the services with
volume and speeding patterns will be monitored. A small the seating arrangements in line with government
subgroup has been tasked with maintaining the SAMS and guidelines.
at each change over the data is reviewed to determine all The Parochial Church Council is very grateful to the large
aforementioned aspects of traffic and reported at PC number of volunteers who, each day on a rota, come to clean
meetings. Any such data will also inform the PC in due and sanitise surfaces that may have been touched by visitors,
course whether or not additional speed gates will be placed thus allowing the church to be open and welcoming.
on the Warham Road and Langham Road entry to Binham
village. More data needs to be collected before any decision
can be taken. The SAMS will appear at one or two new
places around Binham and Cockthorpe. It has recently been
positioned in Cockthorpe because of reported speeding and
increased traffic during July and early August.
The PC continues to consider planning applications, and
make comment as and when appropriate. Sometimes the
planning subgroup will visit a site to understand better the
proposed layout and consider the effect it might have on the
village. The PC will be consistent about asking for specific
requirements during development or redevelopment mainly
because our roads and access to properties are narrow or
awkward, therefore traffic management is necessary to
avoid prolonged blocking of the roads especially during
11BINHAM VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL help keep the building interior safe.
We are keeping the playground equipment closed for the The Friends would also like to take this opportunity to
time being. Currently the requirements to keep it all Covid welcome our newly joined members. Your support is really
safe are rightly complicated and serious but we do not have appreciated. We try to keep in touch through our website. It
staff to keep it sanitised. We know this is disappointing and has a Binham what’s on section as well as information
promise that as soon as we can, we will open it. about our charity and a colourful photographic record of
There is still a problem with flytipping by the recycling Binham and Binham events.
bins – please, please do not leave rubbish by the bins. The The website address is https://friendsofbinham
recycling centre at Wells is open Friday – Monday so if priory.weebly.com. Here, you will also find contact
your own bins are full, please take your rubbish there. The details for the Friends of Binham Priory plus an easy to
trustees have spent time on clearing up the extra rubbish and download membership form. Please do get in touch if you
it is a truly disgusting job. We would be very grateful for all wish to contribute photographs to the site, or provide ideas
your help in making sure this doesn’t carry on. or manpower to help at future events. Carolyn Raymond
We’re very hopeful that in the next few weeks we will
be able to re-open the hall for hirers and regular groups. In BINHAM YOUTH GROUP
this new world, it will now be the responsibility of the hirer Schools went back in early September, but until children
to clean the hall to the required standards after any events are mixing freely and without restrictions in their schools,
and it will also be their responsibility to maintain social we will not be able to reopen Youth Group.
distancing and keep limited numbers of attendees. We will be guided by what is happening in local schools
In the meantime, did you know that we can hire out our and by government advice.
crockery and glassware if you’re having an event at home? Binham Youth group is held in the Binham Memorial
Please don’t hesitate to contact Liz Brown for further info. Hall on Wednesdays 6-8 pm, term time only, age 5-16
The 100 Club has been quite nice and busy over the last years, £1 entry fee, tuck shop. All staff DBS checked. And
few months. There are some numbers available and if you’d there is a NO mobile phones policy.
like to join, please get in touch with June Read. Her details We have Art ‘n’ Craft, board games, table tennis, pool
are on the website. table, karaoke, books, 10 pin bowling, indoors during winter
We are very hopeful that the Village Show will have and summer time we use the large playing field and play
happened on September 26th. If it has, then there will be equipment or just chill out and make new friends.
more news in the next online issue. It’s a great way to spend your time” (William), “You can
Keep an eye on the website www.binhamvillagehall.co. uk make new friends” (Lily) and “There’s lots of fun”. (Ben)
– and the Facebook page for all information. There is now a We are always looking for volunteers to help out, even if
direct link to the Local Lynx from the website. Mary Hunt only now and again. Contact Amanda Able (01328 830828)
or Andrew Marsh (01328 830178) for further information.
THE FRIENDS OF BINHAM PRIORY
We had an exciting year planned for 2020 but we hope HINDRINGHAM AND BINHAM
you will bear with us and join us in 2021 when we hope to OPEN CIRCLE
roll out the events we have now cancelled due to Covid-19. It’s hard to think when we met for our AGM in
Our special members’ evening is officially postponed. February, August would have drawn to a close and we are
We are also delaying the much looked forward to talk by no nearer meeting again and our calendar of events for 2020
Peter Brookes, political cartoonist for The Times. With has not happened. Most of the speakers I have contacted are
restrictions on numbers at gatherings, and with our desire to happy to re arrange for a future date.
work safely for everyone, we feel both events should be The beautiful weather has certainly helped lockdown
held when the virus threat subsides. We will announce new and the change to our way of life, but there is a change in
dates as soon as circumstances permit. the air now as nature takes us in to Autumn and light levels
On a brighter note, we wish you a happy and safe change too. The weather extremes seem to be a visual sign
Autumn. You can still visit our magnificent Binham Priory of the chaos the world faces in so many ways.
Church which is open daily. Please practice social I hope everyone is well and now we wish all the
distancing and use hand sanitiser provided at the door. A county’s children who are returning to school in the next
team of volunteers has organised a daily cleaning rota to week a safe return and also those whose care they are in.
12Let’s hope in the next few months we might be in a stating “Sir, It would not be to much
position to make some plans to meet in some way. to say that this district is literally
Best wishes, Sue Elkins, Hon Secretary alive with sparrows which seem to
me have increased enormously in
BINHAM LOCAL HISTORY GROUP the past twenty years. The damage
Just an update on the group’s current situation in respect done by these voracious birds is
of COVID 19. I had planned two speakers for September almost incalculable”.
and October 2020 but of course in light of current Some shooting clubs also offered challenge shoots for
circumstances I have regrettably cancelled these. Therefore, modest sums, and the prizes for handicaps and sweepstakes
BLHG will remain dormant in as far as events and speakers tended to be watches, clocks, cases of stuffed birds and
certainly till end of 2020. I will review the situation at that firkins of ale. It was not just sparrows that were employed as
time and look to see whether we can restart again in 2021. targets in these shooting matches, but also starlings, and it is
In the meantime I have created a Facebook page for perhaps not widely known that sparrow and starling
Binham Local History Group and I do post items of interest shooting clubs were widespread throughout England
that I discover on there. through the greater part of the 19th century and into the
There will be no call for membership fees which are following century, until the practice was brought to a halt by
normally due in September of each year until such time as a ban in 1921. During a debate in Parliament relating to the
the group can commit to having a viable diary. ban, it was revealed that in the previous year one million
Sparrow Clubs starlings had been shot at club matches and a further half-a-
I do know that some of you have used this period of million sparrows.
Covid-19 to make best use of online archives and I finish with a line from another letter to the Times from
researching family trees. For me, using available archives is a Mr Gilbert McIllham
very much a key component to understanding our ancestors supporting H Rider Haggard’s
past lives and the times they lived in and most importantly observations, he stated: “ I believe
attitudes towards all elements of the world as it was then the sparrow pest would in a few
and not as we would see it now. years would be brought quite
This thought came very much to mind when I was sent a under control”. Sadly, his words
copy of document recently by Alex Smith of Binham who of some 112 years ago have
has been busy researching her Howell family tree. The become prophetically true. Our
document I received was a copy of the formation of the role now as 21st century
Walsingham & District Sparrow Club in May 1911 which observers of the past is to work with nature now to try and
lists membership from 32 villages covering the area from conserve the declining numbers of the humble sparrow.
Walsingham to Sculthorpe and including the town of Wells. Pennie Alford
As I looked at the document of which Mr J W Howell was
shown as the secretary and treasurer it listed the following
detail:
Sparrows will be paid for at Threepence a dozen.
Unfledged sparrows and eggs at three half pence a dozen
No Birds to be counted except sparrows
Birds will be paid for on July 1st and January 1st
Curiosity led me to research the British Newspaper
archive to find out what was the story behind the destruction
of sparrows on a payment by results basis. Up popped
various articles some making very proud claims of the
number of sparrows destroyed plus adverts for the Norfolk
Sparrow trap.
The question that springs instantly to mind is why?
Especially when in our modern times the House (Passer
Domesticus) and especially Tree (Passer Montanus)
sparrows have become a much rarer sight and are now listed
by the RSPB as Red status. Monitoring suggests a severe
decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently
estimated as dropping by 71% between 1977 and 2008 and
93% for tree sparrow. It seems though that in Victorian and
Edwardian era, the sparrow was present in huge numbers
and was a big culprit for eating the grain and of course this
had a detrimental effect on farming community livelihoods.
I found an article from 1912 which stated that the
Norfolk Hingham Rat & Sparrow Club claimed destruction
of 34,642 rats, 35,208 sparrows and 14,766 eggs in two
years. Rats of course were also a perpetual problem. The
money earnt from the destruction brought much needed
extra income to the low-income households.
I found a letter to the Times from the author H Rider
Haggard of Ditchingham, Norfolk, dated August 1908
13BINHAM MEMORIAL HALL Churchyard
100+ Club winners Take a gentle stroll around the old churchyard. Now that
July winners: £25 Mr Mike Calvert, £10 Jenny a trusty band of villagers have done the annual strim and
Hewitt, Mr Tony Pepper, £5 Kevin Cooke, Jane Groom, rake of the long grasses and wildflowers, it is possible to
Mrs Clare Winkley have a quiet wander, and ponder the names of our forebears
August winners: £25 Clive and Liz Brady, £10 Sheila who are buried in our churchyard. Mind your footing
Law, Mark Bartram, £5 Nora Bond, Neil McArthur, Lucy though - there are humps and bumps a-plenty.
Walduck Fiona Newton
If anyone would like to join the 100+ Club, please call at
8 Priory Crescent or ring June Read on 01328 830106. QUIET DAY
Once again, in Binham Priory, on 1st October beginning
FOOD FOR THOUGHT at 10.30am. The Revd Canon Susanna Gunner will be
Happiness is when what you think, leading us in a chance for a mini Retreat. Sign up with Fiona
what you say, and what you do are Newton on 01328 830 947, fionanewton46@gmail.com or
all in harmony. (M. Gandhi 1869-1948) Maureen Frost on 01328 830362.
BEREAVEMENT GROUP
COCKTHORPE Friday October 9th, 4.00-5.30pm at Manor Farm
Cottage, 67 Langham Road, Field Dalling.
This confidential group is for any who have experienced
Contact: Maurice Matthews 01328 830350 loss.
maurice.matthews@peppard.net We shall be seated well apart, but close in understanding
of the feelings of sadness. Contact: Fiona Newton 01328
No news from Cockthorpe this time. 830947; fionanewton46@gmail.com.
VILLAGERS’ HALL
www.fdands.org
FIELD DALLING At the time of writing, we are in the process of putting
measures in place to safely re-open the hall for bookings;
this will be done in line with Government guidelines.
Contact: Julie Wiltshire
If you wish to book the hall, please make contact via the
julie_wilson75@hotmail.com website, or contact Julie Wiltshire (07908 262502).
ST ANDREW’S CHURCH
We are very pleased that the latest announcement about 200 CLUB WINNERS
social distancing does not prevent us gathering for worship, July: £50 Henry Wiltshire; £25 Judy Dunn; £15 Ian Ladley
though we are asked not to gather at the back of church for August: £50 John Spooner; £25 Mary Adcock; £15 G. Peel
chat at the end, rather to go outside and natter as we
disperse!
In October, we will therefore welcome folk to celebrate VILLAGE SERVICES
Harvest Festival at 11am on Sunday October 11th, and to Mobile Post Office
join us for Morning Prayer at 11am on Sunday October This visits the Villagers’ Hall every Wednesday from
25th. Do bring gifts as usual for harvest and they will be 10.20am to 10.50am. Onboard you will find a range of
distributed to the food bank and Glaven Caring as usual. groceries as well as postal services.
On November 8th, we remember those lost in war. The Feast Van
service is in Field Dalling this year and will start at Every Tuesday at Highfield from 6pm to 7pm. Feast
10.45am. Morning prayer takes place at 11am on Sunday offers a range of burgers along with sides. To pre-order, ring
November 22nd. 07957 917508.
For the past 6 months, we have been running weekly
services on Zoom and these have proved really popular,
with over 100 joining us on Easter Day, around 66 until
churches reopened in July, and between 20 and 30 since; we
even have about a dozen friends and family from North
Carolina! We are very grateful to members of the Zoom
congregation and others who have made donations to their
church in lieu of collections during this period; you have
been most generous.
The needs have changed as churches have reopened and
a monthly Zoom Evensong service will now take place on
the first Sunday of each month, at 5pm. Do contact Ian
Newton on iannewton46@gmail.com (01328 830947) if
you would like to hook up; everyone is, of course, most
welcome. Ian Newton
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