[15] May 2012 - Village Diary & Newsletter

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Baconsthorpe Barningham Hempstead Matlaske Plumstead

What will the weather bring this year? For 100 years ago see page 16.

© Ian Summers

Editor: Ian Summers, 14 The Knoll, Hempstead, Holt NR25 6TJ01263 710702 [email protected]

Sub-editor: Su SummersProduction: Corinne YoungsVillage Correspondents:

Baconsthorpe: Ro Hardingham 577262Barningham: Sara Buxton 577207Hempstead: Betty Hart 712726Matlaske: Florence Hunt 577363Plumstead: Thomas Wormald 577239

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Mobile Library Every fourth ThursdayMatlaske 12:20 pm Old Post OfficePlumstead 13:00 pm Walnut Farm

Baconsthorpe 14:25 pm Council Bungalows 15:45 pm Old Post Office 16:05 pm The Street

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A Toad’s LamentHeard recently on the Nocturnal Croaking Network (NCN): My name is Tertius Toad the Eighth, I have lived (as my forbears have for centuries) at my address in Hempstead opposite Rookery Pit on the corner of Bertie Harmer’s field. I am now in my third season as a mature adult and it is my habit once a year to make a pilgrimage to celebrate the rites of spring by crossing The Street to Rookery Pit, a Mecca for all Hempstead toads. There to meet once a year friends and family for the Toadfest, where we take the waters followed by much carousing, cavorting and spawning over a seven-day period to ensure the lineage of the family. This year was particularly successful personally, with five thousand eggs successfully fertilised.However, upon returning home feeling happy but depleted and crossing the The Street one dark damp evening I was blinded by a flashlight; rudely lifted up; put in a bucket with thirty other friends; and deposited back in the pond where I stayed rather dazed until the following evening, when I again tried to get home with the same (I regret to inform you) result. On the eighth time of trying, again came the flashlight and I heard a voice saying “Here’s another one I think is going to the pond.” It did occur to me later that my highway code training of always facing the on-coming traffic might be the reason for my predicament. It’s a pity that instinct doesn’t allow me to go elsewhere for the Toadfest.A further broadcast by the NCN: We, the rest of Rookery Pit toad population, object to the moans and groans of that old curmudgeon Tertius Toad. We are very grateful for the kind and courteous help offered by the generous people of Hempstead saving many of our friends and family from certain death.

Children’s Drawing CompetitionTo complement the Baconsthorpe exhibition there will be a competition for children to draw a picture of the

Queen. Entries will be divided into three age brackets: under 5, 5-8 and 9-12. All entries will be on view in the church during the exhibition, the winner of each age group will be awarded a prize and the winning entries will be sent to the Queen after the event.Please send entries with name and address on the back by 14th May to PCC Secretary, Ash Tree Farm, Baconsthorpe NR25 6LF.

ThanksThank you to all our contributors both regular and occasional. Please keep articles coming in so that the Newsletter can maintain its colourful mix.

ErratumBertie Harmer has pointed out the error in the April issue. The correct name for the watery area referred to is Rookery Pit.

Commission OfferedA commission is on offer to a local artist to prepare and paint Broadland Scenes onto a cross-cut saw (pictures and photographs supplied) for up to the sum of £500. For more information 711657.

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Church Matters

Church Services6 May Easter 4 9 am Eucharist Baconsthorpe Church

10:45 am Mattins Matlaske Church13 May Rogation Sunday 9 am Eucharist Hempstead Church

10:45 am Mattins Barningham Winter Church17 May Ascension Day 7 pm Eucharist Hempstead Church20 May Ascension 1 9 am Eucharist Matlaske Church

10:45 am Mattins Plumstead Church27 May Whitsunday 10:45 am Eucharist Barningham Winter Church

This service is also a thanksgiving service for the birth of Susannah to Jim and Mary Pallister 4:30 pm Evensong Baconsthorpe Church

Choral Evensong with the Benefice Choir3 Jun Trinity Sunday 9 am Eucharist Plumstead Church

10:45 am Mattins Hempstead Church

Weekday Holy Eucharist You are most welcome to join us every Thursday morning at 10 am in Matlaske Church for Holy Eucharist

From the RectoryThe Rectory Matlaske NR11 7AQ 577455

My dear friendsForty Days

I don’t know who said it first but ‘Life begins at forty’, besides being often said on one’s fortieth birthday, is true of what happened after that first Easter Day. Jesus appeared to his friends on several occasions: to the disciples on the Emmaus Road; to his frightened followers in the upper room; and on the shore where He ate bread and fish with them. After the Resurrection Jesus said to his disciples ‘Peace be with you’. He also charged Peter to ‘Feed my sheep, feed my lambs’.Still He says to us in the stillness of our hearts ‘Peace be with you’. Still the Church has a pastoral duty to feed His sheep and tend His lambs. He gives His peace to all who trust in Him and each one is called to serve Him day by day in our communities. At the very heart of it all is love of God and our neighbours and, when the going gets tough we have Christ’s promise ‘I am with you always until the end of time’.

God bless you all.

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Living dangerouslyIt is the time of year when everything wild seems to lose all common sense in favour of chasing something edible, producing more children, and trying to kill their predators. Unfortunately, nature is such that many of these actions are not always successful.I recently observed many frantic small birds and game birds trying to pluck hair from my large hairy hound, clearly for nesting material. After much patience, he decided he was having Partridge for dinner, and the Partridge lost a few tail feathers before its escape. Blue Tits and Great Tits are so desperate for this nesting material that I have to throw them some dog hair in a separate area of the garden. However, on days that I leave the door open, they come in and collect it from the mats and dog bed. I then have to negotiate access. They still fly into the closed window at times, so I have to put stickers all over the windows, so that they can see that there is glass there and a window is a solid object.I think every gardener wishes they could find the ultimate answer to the expansion of the mole population (not so bad this year because it has been dry). Moles multiply by four every time they breed. People like me who use organic material on the garden encourage worms, which

encourages moles of course. When I find the answer to that one I will make my first million. I’ve tried the windmills, the bottles (for sound and vibration) the smelly stuff down the mole runs etc. The best I have done is to buy a huge pack of moth balls, which last a fair time. If anyone has the answer – tell me first and then I will sign us up with Alan Sugar.My horrible hound disgraced himself recently. A baby squirrel had fallen from its dray and was stunned in the road. I know people consider grey squirrels as vermin, but for the kind dog-walker who took my hound out, it was very distressing to see him eat it (it didn’t suffer).There is something about baby animals, isn’t there? I’m sure that they are designed to look pretty so that nothing wants to harm them. However, one squirrel on my property clearly had a spatial awareness problem, and every time it launched itself from a tree or hedge toward the bird table, it missed embarrassingly. I don’t know if it is practising for the Squirrel Olympics, but I won’t be signing up as its agent!Look to the skies at this time of year. There will be passing raptors. Look at the bird feeders. Is that really a Chaffinch?But when you look up or down, don’t live dangerously! J

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Then up onto the patio where home made bread we scatter.

Though brown or white or granary it really doesn’t matter.

Croppy comes to our house. Does she come to

yours?Don’t dare leave the door ajar or she’ll come

straight indoors. She sits upon the doorstep – spy on Miss Roxy

Cat.If she gets a little nervous we get a present on

the mat. Croppy comes to our house. A cheeky red hen

is she.Watch out for old Brer Fox my dear or you'll

end up in his Fricassee. We love your visits Croppy. There’s just one

thing I beg;After all the treats you’ve gobbled up would

you oblige me with an egg? And finally I’d like to mention... [will this ditty

never end?]When I sprinkled out some grated cheese,

Croppy brought her Chicky friend! E

Poets’ Corner

Croppy the Wandering Chicken

Croppy comes to our house dodging motors down the lane.

Nothing seems to faze her – not snow nor wind nor rain.

She rushes at those pheasants, they really make

her cross.They’re competition for the bird seed that’s

fallen on the grass. Croppy comes to our house, Comes down

from Bucko’s barnTo scratch around my garden. Croppy! leave

those plants alone!

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May 1 May Tue @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Diocesan Play Van 243kl

1 May Tue @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Indoor Bowls pWOB

4 May Fri @ 10:30 am Coffee and Gossip at Hempstead 56VmcIn aid of the Newsletter.

8 May Tue @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Diocesan Play Van 243kl


11 May Fri @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe – Pat Nearney & Friends 4tt9A

A hugely-popular and very funny man who has been on Cromer Pier. Tickets are £6 per person. Tickets are now on sale from committee members or contact John on 711320.

14 May Mon @ 11 am Hempstead Kneeler Group At Rose’s, Hole Farm 21X3m

14 May Mon @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Line Dancing pWOC

14 May Mon @ 7:30 pm Matlaske PC Meeting In St Peter’s Church 68w9d


15 May Tue @ 2:30 pm Matlaske PCC Meeting At the Rectory 6rOep


16 May Wed @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Film Club 6oLUd

Last showing of this season. New members welcome, wherever they happen to live. See Village Hall porch for programme and membership details, or contact Adrian Taylor on 712460. The next season will begin on Wednesday, 19 September 2012.

17 May Thu @ 12:20 pm Mobile Library See page 2 for times pWOD




25 May Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe Jubilee Celebration 4ttjBCoronation Supper in the village hall. The menu will be that served for the coronation. Film of coronation showing during evening. Tickets £6 per head are now available from 577263 – bring your own drink.

26 May Sat @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Coronation Memorabilia 4tto9Exhibition in the church – continues on Sunday. 10 am to 5 pm. Film of coronation and village silver Jubilee celebrations. Photos of village silver and gold Jubilee celebrations. There will be chairs used for coronation at Westminster Abbey, peeress’s coronation robes, mugs, spoons, books and masses of ephemera! Refreshments.

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26 May Sat @ 7 pm Hempstead Diamond Jubilee Feast 4tzUg

The Union flag will be raised on the new pole on the bank outside the Village Hall at 7:15 pm with trumpet fanfares. Hempstead’s traditional patriotic songs ‘Rule, Britannia’ and ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ will be sung to the accompaniment of a brass ensemble kindly provided by Gresham’s. Song-sheets will be provided and everyone is warmly invited to come and take part in celebrating this historic and happy event which will be followed by Hempstead Jubilee Feast, with traditional Hog Roast, or vegetarian option. Prices as before: £9 adults, £5 under 15s. Bring your own bottles.Raffle prizes, brought on the night, will be most welcome.To reserve and pay for your places, contact Ian Summers on 710702 [email protected] event was sold-out in 2010 and 2011, so please book early to be sure of your places.

27 May Sun @ 10 – 5 Baconsthorpe Coronation Memorabilia 4tto9




30 May Wed @ noon Community Lunch Club Contact: 577455 – Booking essential

31 May Thu @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Textile Group spcp

June

2 Jun Sat @ 2:30 pm Matlaske and Barningham 66vuk

Diamond Jubilee Tea PartyInvitations and more information to follow shortly.

4 Jun Mon @ 1 pm Plumstead Big Garden Party 5VNAT

We shall be celebrating the Diamond Jubilee and Opening the Phone Box as a Village Information Centre. The event will be held at Church Farmhouse starting with a BBQ, Buffet and, later on, Tea and Cake! There will be games and fun for all. If you would like to help please contact Mary Lintott on 577718.

8 Jun Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe Evening Jumble Sale 6oQ4H

Any Jumble or Bric a Brac would be appreciated and can be left at the Village Hall or ring John on 711320 who will collect.

Further Ahead

20 Jul Fri @ 6 pm Plumstead Fête At Plumstead House. 67g9t

28 Jul Sat @ 2:30 am Matlaske Fête At entrance to Barningham Hall 6rOhw

3 Aug Fri @ 10:30 am Baconsthorpe Coffee and Gossip 63F9P

This month we are going on an outing to Ash Tree Farm, Baconsthorpe NR25 6LF. Hope to see you there. Bring and Buy. Good Coffee and Tea. In aid of the Newsletter.

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19 Aug Sun @ 2 pm Hempstead Fête 4tzTj

Please note that the date has been changed so as not to clash with the London 2012 Olympics.19 Sep Wed @ 7:30 am Hempstead Film Club New season opens. 6tTO

26 Sep Wed @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Fun Quiz 6tTO6

9 Nov Fri @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe – Keith Loads 1VgbQ

We have booked the ever-popular and hugely-entertaining Keith Loads.£6 per person including a tea/coffee and Buffet Supper.Tickets are now on sale – book early for this very popular evening because tickets are limited. Contact: John 711320, Doris 577489 or Evelyn 577315

16 Nov Fri @ 7:30 pm Hempstead – King Henry’s Band 6nBtT

Robert FitzGerald and his (absent) friends present a unique entertainment of tuneful music from the 13th to 16th centuries featuring a wide variety of fascinating early instruments. Further details nearer the time.

12 May Sat @ 10 am Aldborough Stepping Stones Open Day 6n52o

Do you have a child or grandchild of pre-school age? If so, Stepping Stones Pre-School at Aldborough Primary School is holding an Open Day on Saturday 12th May between 10 am and noon. As well as fun activities for children there will be an opportunity to look around the pre-school and talk with staff and parents. Everyone is welcome to drop in, including prospective parents and carers. Stepping Stones Pre-school provides morning and afternoon sessions for children aged from 2.5 years to school age. Sessions include time for free play, art and craft activities, outdoor play and quiet time with stories and songs. Children aged 3 years and over are entitled to government funding and can access up to 5 free sessions per week. For further information about the Open Day or about Stepping Stones please contact the pre-school on 768766.

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Baconsthorpe News

Diocesan Lent Project The Bishop of Lynn took up cycling this Lent in an attempt to visit most of the benefices in his area and to raise support for this year’s Diocesan Lent Project. On March 23rd Bishop Jonathan included Baconsthorpe Church in his itinerary as representative of our Benefice, and members from all our churches met him for coffee in the church. Our Rural Dean, Jeremy Sykes, joined him at the same time and continued with him as he progressed round our Deanery. The Bishop spent nine days on the road, beginning on Ash Wednesday and said before starting ‘By cycling through nine deaneries over nine days, I’m hoping to pass through nearly all

69 benefices in my area, and to meet as many people as possible along the way’.He left his mitre at home, but his Bishop’s Crook was attached to his bicycle! The Diocesan Lent Project focussed on our Diocesan link with Papua New Guinea.

Baconsthorpe Choir 1953 (?) Photograph submitted by Joy Thurtell (nee Cheney) who tells us ‘My mother and sister are in the photo; also Harold Grout (my uncle). Mrs Watson-Cook is Mrs Spalton’s mother.’

Back row (left to right): Mr Hayman (school headmaster), Mrs Cheney, Mrs Jarvis, Trixie West, Mrs Newstead (village shop), Mrs Watson-Cook, Mary Winterbourne, Harold Grout.Front row (left to right): Margaret Cheney, Rev Scott-Little, Canon ?, Mrs Scott-Little, Elsie Smith.

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Resident Police Office: CommentAnother of the village bobbies that came to my mind when reading of the old Police House, was PC Bird. This would be during the late 1950s. I became friendly with his daughter Janet and to this day we still exchange Christmas cards with updates of family news. R

Moved in Welcome to Rev John & Liz Hardy from Newmarket, who have recently moved into Stonefield Bungalow. We wish them much happiness in their new home.

Village Hall News We have had two very successful Easter Events which will help with the cost of painting the ceiling of your Village Hall, which should start in early May. Thank you to All who helped and supported these events.

Baconsthorpe 200 ClubThis months winners were:£25 David Youngs; £10 David Nott; £5 Chris Gotts and Nancy Zebrook.

Coronation Memorabilia ExhibitionHas anyone got a video of the Village Golden Jubilee Celebrations held in Bev Cossey’s garden? Would you be prepared to lend it to be shown with footage of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations held at the Castle. If so please phone 577263. Would you like and be prepared to help at the exhibition in church during the weekend 26th/27th May? If so please phone as above. Finally hope to see as many of you as possible at the exhibition open Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th May which promises to be very extensive and wide ranging.

Baconsthorpe Request for Photos 1. Does anyone have photographs of Miss Eva Bumfrey’s leaving presentation at Baconsthorpe School c1968 where she had been cook for many year? 2. Does anyone have a picture of the ‘Jolly Farmers’ prior to its demolition? Please contact AP 713280.

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Quote of the monthBetter to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

B C Forbes

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Hempstead Floods in 1912The Titanic disaster of 100 years ago seems to be taking up much of the time in the media nowadays, but how many residents in our area know of another tragedy in that same year that was much nearer to home? Mention floods and most people assume the sea is responsible – but not in 1912. In August that year at the height of what should have been summer the heavens opened and seven inches of rain fell in just over 24 hours. This is the equivalent of two months of rain in just one day. Would our friendly reporter’s rain gauge in Hempstead have coped with that amount? (See his answer on the next page – Ed.) With a hose pipe ban now in place anything can happen!

Barningham News

Annual Easter Egg Hunt A huge thank you to all those who came and supported the 6th Easter Egg Hunt held at Barningham Hall in aid of Stepping Stones Pre-school, Aldborough. Over 10,000 mini chocolate eggs were hidden and despite the cold and changeable weather over 900 people attended. They came to hunt eggs in the garden, listen to stories, play with puppets, make Easter crafts, enjoy traditional fête games and eat good home-made food. The event raised over £5,000 which includes a generous donation of £750 from Barclays Bank. Thank you also to those who volunteered at the event and to the Norfolk Children’s Book Centre, Alby, The Puppet School, West Runton and the Easter Bunny for braving the weather and performing. It was a day of fun!

Hempstead News

Hempstead 200 Club This month’s winners are:£25 D Collier; £10 C Carrick; £5 M Scarfe; J Neville and B Hart.

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The writer’s father then a boy of eight years old recalled this flood very well due to the devastation it caused. Rivers broke their banks, properties and people were swept away and the harvest ruined. The low lying areas such as The Broads were worst hit as was Norwich where fatalities occurred. Nearer home the Bure navigation which carried freight by barge up to Aylsham was destroyed forever when all the locks were ruined. And even nearer to home the Glaven must have become a raging torrent as the road at Hempstead Mill was washed away. The author Henry Williamson in ‘Story of a Norfolk Farm’, gives a graphic account on the floods. He was cycling up to Norfolk at the time! Arthur Pentney

Weather Reporter answers: Yes, my rain guage could cope with over 6" of rain, but it is questionable if the local drainage system could. I have an article on the Norfolk Bridges which were affected. “Norfolk Bridges II” by D Manning in the annual Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society for 1996 included a sketch of the rainfall pattern for Aug 25–26 1912. The heaviest was 8.1" to the east of Norwich, and 7" around Holt. On Monday Aug 26 rain started at 4 am, and continued until 10 pm with winds gusting to 50 mph. The run-off accumulated in the Bure and

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Hempstead FêtePlease note that the date has been changed so as not to clash with the

London 2012 Olympics

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Wensum and took out numerous bridges on the way.My feeling is that the situation in 1912 included a group of coincidences which are unlikely to be repeated, but the climatological trend is towards more lively summer weather, amongst other things. So the best advice is to prepare for the worst, and don’t be surprised if nothing interesting happens. David Durst

Mill Flood in the 1950s (?)

And, talking about floods... here is a picture of the road outside Hempstead Mill during the flood of 19 something or other taken by John Hagan (died 1998) and contributed by Diana Spalton. Can anybody provide the date of these floods? Please contact the editor if you know.

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Hempstead Film Club The Lady Eve (1941) turned out to be one of the best of the season judging by the approval rating of members. Why is it that American film comedies of this genre all seem to have feisty wise-cracking female leads in contrast to rather wet naive male leads?In this case Jean Harrington alias Lady Eve (Barbara Stanwyck) and card-sharp dad (Charles Coburn) plan sweet revenge on Charles Pike (a very young Henry Fonda), a millionaire simpleton and snake fancier at his parent’s mansion. Leading to many pratfalls for the unfortunate Charles in a scintillating romantic farce. Great entertainment for all.A four star rating; more like it please Adrian next season!

Hempstead Fête Having decided that it is highly unlikely that the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics would be postponed due to the clash of dates, please note the change of date of the fête to Sunday, 19 Aug 2012. Apologies to our loyal and regular attendees and hope that this change does not upset the plans of too many.

Easter Monday at All Saints’The Kneeler Group raised £218 for Norfolk Venda. Thank you to all who helped and supported this worthwhile charity.

Matlaske News

Matlaske Church – Thanks Many thanks to everyone who cleaned and decorated St Peter’s for Easter. It was wonderful to see such a large congregation, especially the children, at the Easter Sunday Eucharist Service. Florence

Plumstead News

Plumstead Phone BoxAs part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, we will be staging a Coronation exhibition in the newly-refurbished telephone box. If you have any photographs or articles that you would like to see included please contact Julie Brown on 577447.

Cookery Column

Crusty Salmon (Tuna) CasseroleThis is the very first in my recipe book from the austere days when first married and has been a favourite ever since. SS

6 oz rice1 tin salmon or tuna¾ pint cheese sauce3 tomatoes (large)Salt and pepper to taste

1 oz butter (melted)2 oz toasted bread crumbsParsley to garnish

• Cook rice.• Arrange layers of rice, salmon, cheese

sauce and tomatoes in a greased three-pint oven-proof dish.

• Season.• Mix butter and bread crumbs together and

sprinkle over the top.• Cook in the oven at 190 C for about 30

minutes. Serves four.

Kick Pudding1 lemon1 egg2 oz sugar1 apple1 oz butterShortcrust pastry

• Line and grease a sandwich tin with the pastry

• Cream the butter and sugar together.• Add the well-beaten egg, grated rind and

juice of the lemon and the apple peeled, cored and cut into very small pieces.

• Mix well together and leave to stand for about ½ an hour.

• Pour into the pastry and bake at 180 C for ½ an hour or until golden brown. Serve hot or cold.

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