"THE MALLARD" October 2015

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The MallardIssue 289 October 2015

Village Success Again For Macmillan Cancer SupportThe Macmillan Coffee Morning held at the Village Hall on Friday 25th Septemberwas as successful as ever and a true indication of how Massingham cares.

Nicola Clerk, from Macmillan Cancer Support and present at the event, expressedher sincere appreciation to the village for the tremendous support it has given year

on year. She found it amazing that such a small village could achieve so much.

Final figures are not yet available but the total is expected to be over 7,000. Manythanks to all who supported and especially to Chrissie Warnes for taking the lead.

Some members of the team of people helping to run the event.

The hustle and

bustle in the hall.


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Mallard News

This parish magazine ispublished every month for theresidents of Great and Little

Massingham with the support ofthe Great Massingham ParishCouncil, the Parochial Church

Council and MassinghamVillage Hall Trustees.

www.greatmassingham.net

e-mail:[email protected] Committee

Editor: Bev. Randall.6 AbbeyfieldsGreat Massingham01485 520899

Treasurer: David Baines01485 520966

Deadline for thenext issue

20thOctober

In this issue

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Histry Bits

Historical Society

Village Hall Plans Strollers

Village Hall Events

Craft & Chat

Folk Spot

Gert & Daisy

Road Race

Film Club

Allotments

Shoebox appeal

Baby & Toddler

Yard Sale Report

Celebration Time

School News

Harpley Craft Festival

Litter Bins

Message for Parishioners

Church News Grassroots Malawi

Church Services

Dates for your Diary

Histry Bits......NEANDERTHAL NEWSFor those of you who have long suspected as much, I can now

reveal that the original inhabitants of Massingham were Fred

and Barney Flintstone.

Two remarkable flint hand axes, originally found in Mass-ingham, and now in Ant Robinsons Historical Society collec-

tion exactly match a haul of 28 Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

hand axes recently dredged from the sea off Yarmouth.

The Massingham hand axes date from the end of the last ice

age, around 100,000 years ago, and were painstakingly

chipped from flint nodules by the hunter gatherers who roamed

the grass-covered plains that joined Massingham with the rest

of Europe, before water from melting glaciers raised the level

of the North Sea and turned Britain into an island.

We dont know much about how our Palaeolithic ancestors

lived. They were presumably not cavemen, since Norfolk is

not exactly noted for its caves. Instead they probably con-

structed shelters from tree saplings hacked down by hand axes

(which did originally have handles) as they pursued the herds

of game migrating across the plains and river valleys.

The animals they pursued (and which frequently must have

pursued them) included mammoths, woolly rhinoceros,

wolves, bears and reindeer. Recent archaeological analysis

suggests that Palaeolithic humans were mostly scavengers,

squabbling with wolves and hyenas over rotting mammoth

carcases. And yes, they were Neanderthals.

Modern humans had not yet arrived in Norfolkthough with

the recent widening of the A11 theres hope that they might do

soon! David Miller


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Next Strollers Walk18thOctober

Massingham Historical SocietyAfter negotiations with the City of Norwich

Aviation Museum we plan to donate the Sister

Lawrence RAF Massingham Museum to them.

The display is in need of a revamp and, ratherthan spend a lot of money on it, we want to devote

our time to produce new display panels that will

depict our village histories.

I visited the Holt Society's Exhibition last month,

was very impressed by the quality of their displays

and have sought their advice on how to set up our

new display for Massingham. It will be more user

friendly allowing us to show it in the Church on

occasions and perhaps, at the Village Hall. Thiswill not be cheap to set up so, if anyone would

like to sponsor a panel, please let me know.

We will try to digitally record as much of the

RAF material as possible and even retain some of

the artefacts but I am confident CNAM will take

great care of the main display. Being permanent,

it will be accessible to a wider audience such as

researchers and other interested parties and at the

same time ensure Sister Lauries work of manyyears is in good hands.

Ant Robinson

Village Hall RefurbishmentThe Refurbishment Committee of the

Village Hall invites everyone to

come to the Village Hall on

Wednesday 14thOctober

from 7 - 8pm

to view plans and ideas for the

Halls refurbishment.

Its an opportunity to share your

thoughts with the people who have

developed the proposals which are

both achievable and will also ensure

the Hall meets the needs of the com-

munity for the years to come.(Note: Village organisations have been

invited to come earlier)

Arthur Allen for the Village Hall

Refurbishment Committee


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VILLAGE HALLKeep Fit Wed.1.45pm to 2.45pm

Bingo Friday at 7.30pm

Auction SundaysCoronation Club (4th Wed.) 2-4pm

Baby &Toddler Thurs. 10am - 11.30am

Folk Spot Sundays 7-10pm

LIVE FOLKSPOT IN THE BAR

11thOct Featuring StarbuckandThe Hobblers

18thSept Featuring Greg Harper &

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Welcomes

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Quiz Nights22

ndOctober & 26

thNovember

7pm for 7.30

Village Hall BarIf you would like to run a quiz we would

love to have you on board. Please speak

to Peter Lawton or myself. The more quiz-zers the better! Keith Bowes

CRAFT AND CHAT

You may have heard of Knit and Natter

groups. Well, in Massingham we like to be

different so we are starting a Craft and Chat

group.

If you knit, sew, crochet or do any other sortof craft why not join us on the second Mon-

day of each month in the Village Hall bar

from 2pm to 4pm starting October 12th. To

begin with, there will be no facilities to use

electrical appliances but if there is a demand

we may be able to address it.

You can bring your current project with you

or just come for coffee/tea and a chat. If you

would like to learn a new craft or skill theremay be someone in the group who can help

you or we may be able to source help for you.

This is a new thing for us and the afternoon

will be very informal.

There will be a nominal charge of 1 per

person which is just to cover costs.

Why not give it a gowhat have you got to

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Gert & Daisy....... Well, there go summer. Plenty ter dew in the garden nowcuttingback and digging up. When awl thas dun, we ken sit inside until the spring then start awl

over agin.

Gert went ter the dance up the hall and had a really gud toine. Well dun ter her gal Mel

who worked hard ter organise it and sold raffle tickets anall. Sadly, the people of Mass-ingham hev either already gone inter hibernation or just cant be bothered anymore ter

support local functions. So, due ter lack of support only 10 wus raised terwards the

Coronation Club Christmas lunch but, thanks ter a kind donashun, there is now 50.

That shud feed a few.

We were very sorry to hear about the death of Sheila Smith. For those of you who didnt

know her she ran the Post Office for many years. Not only that but you could get wool,sweets and even a puncture repair kit and welly boots from her shop. Our thoughts go

out to her husband Maurice and family.

We hev hed a few replies ter our Celebration Tea Party invitation but are very surprisednot to hev hed more. Perhaps its the thought of spam sandwiches or mebbe you just

dont want ter show yer age. Still, we will hev a gud toime enyoldhow. Again, we won-

der if people just cant be bothered. Perhaps its toime fer those who keep trying ter keepthis village community spirit going ter sit back with the rest and see what happens!

Blast we int harf heving a gud old moan this month.

Arter Gerts holiday in Scotland where she saw tatties and neeps on the menu, she hed

ter dew sum research ter find owt exactly what they are. Tatties are potatoes of course

but she thort neeps wus swedes. Well, arter torking ter Mr Connolly (who is a true Scot)

he told her neeps are turnips or in his words large orange veg. Now we hint sin turnipsloike that, only swedes, so we reckon his swedes are our parsnips. Awl we ken say is

thas true what they say about furrinersthey dont know their onions.

So, dont fergit the Cycle Race on 18 thOctobertheyll be coming in ter the village four

toimes but dew ter Health and Safety (!) they int allowed ter cum through the middle. If

yew want ter see them in their Lycra yewll hev ter stand near the Butchers shop ter

watch them go up Lynn Lane. The Church is dewing teas in the porch so yew ken pop up

there in between laps.

Enywun who hint put their name down fer the Tea Party hurry up and let Gert or Daisy

know so they ken git started on the grub. (See details on page 10)Congratulations to whoever got married on 19 thSeptemberwe wunt invited but we

heard the bells ringing. Tek care til next month. Gert and Daisy

Thought of the month:-

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright

until you hear them speak.

Sub Text For Gert & Daisy

Tint very often that the editor knows more than Gert & Daisy but the editors research-

ers tell her that it werent a wedding on the 19

th

but visiting bell ringers from Watton!Mr Brun has done some research and he has discovered a small nugget of information

that the term Gert & Daisy is cockney rhyming slang for people who are at least a little

bit eccentric! ......... He said it not me! Editor


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Come and CheerGreat Massingham village

has been chosen again this

year as part of the route for

the Kings Lynn Road

Race, as you can see from

the poster left.

This is a British Cycling

event category 3/4 Road

Race, with seventy riders

from all parts of the United

Kingdom expected to be

competing. The route goes

through the villages of

Grimston, Gayton and Great

Massingham. There will be

four laps totalling fifty

miles with Castle Acre

Road and Lynn Lane being

the roads used in our village.

Riders commented last year

on the support from local

crowds. Please supportagain this year and witness

the speed and thrill of road

racing on your local roads.

Refreshments will be

available at the Church.

T h e F i lm l u b

Thursday October 15th

, 7pm for 7.30pm,Massingham Village Hall, 3.50 entry.

Refreshments available.

MarshlandMarshland, directed by

Alberto Rodrguez Librero,

sends mismatched pair

of Spanish cops on the

trail of a serial killer in the

aftermath of the fall ofFranco.

Coming on Nov 19th

- Mr Holmes

Allotment News

If you are interested in having anallotment in the future or even part of an

allotment, please get in touch so you can

be first on the waiting list and ready totake over the next available plot.

Call Ali Ward on 01485 520700.


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Mallard News

Operation Christmas Child ShoeboxesThis Christmas we want to send thousands of extra

Shoeboxes to refugees from Syria living in existing

camps in Northern Iraq and across Europe.

Get involved and bring joy and hope to refugees. We canput a smile on the faces of children who fled with their

families, leaving everything behind.

All boxes need to be ready and filled by the end of October

and left at the back of St Mary's Church. Leaflets giving details of

what gifts to put in your box are available in the Shop and in the Church. THANK YOU

Contact: Margaret Bowes

Great Massingham 7th Annual Village Yard Sale

WOW! This years village yard sale was the biggest and (I would say) the best ever.The weather was greatnot holding it over a Bank Holiday week-end definitely helps!

The eventual number of households taking part was fifty-two, which, together with the

sale of maps and gift aid, resulted in a total of over 300 for the funds of St. Marys

Church, Great Massingham.

All monies raised have been passed over for the church to use as they deem fit. Old and

treasured buildings like our church always need help.

As with previous years, the event was advertised in the local papers and radio with the

signs being used once again to help bring in passing tradewe had people phoning

from, Spalding, Diss and Norwichpassports were required for the out of county visi-tors! Some really lucky people got lost on route and saw the signswhoopeeonce

they had bought something they were free to go!Our Great Massingham Village Yard Sale is now seven years old and benefits the village

and its inhabitants in a number of positive

ways.

It only remains for me to thank all those who

took part and all who trudged round the vil-

lage in the sweltering heat to help support

our Parish Church and enjoy meeting manyfriends and fellow villagers who we maybe

dont see as often as we would like.Carly Ilott

Great Massingham Baby and Toddler

EVERY THURSDAY

10am - 11.30amAt the Village Hall

Come and enjoy toys,

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Mallard News

Celebration Time!We would like to hear from anyone who

was born before 1stSeptember 1939.

We want to commemorate the 70thAnniversary

of the end of WWII not just for the veterans

who served during the war but for anyone who

lived during that period. We are hoping toorganise an afternoon tea with some music

and memoriespossibly in November.

Please tell us NOW if you want to come.

Contact us on either 01485 520609 (Jill/Gert)

or 01485 520476 (Sue/Daisy) or leave your

name on the form at the Village Shop.

Gert & Daisy

HarpleyArts and Crafts Festival

at St Lawrences Church

Entry free

Sat. Oct.3rd 10.30am-5pm

Sun. Oct 4th 10.30am-5pm

Mon. Oct 5th 10.30am-4pm

Competitions, music, flowers and re-

freshments served all day.

New Venture this year:

Harpley Bake off - Baking/cake decorat-

ing for ALL.

St Lawrencess Art Competition - callingALL children/young people.

LITTER BINSThe bins on the

green are for litter

from passing peopleand those fishing on

Scotsman's Pit.

Recently , however, someone has been

disposing of wine bottles in the Abbey

Road bin. On one occasion at least five

Waitrose wine bottles and several beer

cans were deposited. While it is possi-

ble that they were deposited by fisher-

men it is also possible villagers wereresponsible. Hence this reminder.

Glass and tin should not go to landfill,

They should be put in green dustbins

for recycling. It is a problem for the

volunteers who take the contents of the

bins to a central collecting point each

week, as the bins are so loaded withheavy glass they can hardly be lifted.

PLEASEdispose of your rubbish inthe appropriate place rather than the

ones designed for sweet wrappers and

crisp packets. Liz Foster

School NewsWelcome To The New TermThe new school term is well under way and

everyone has settled down very well. Wel-

come to our new children - Emma, Noah,

Rhys, Gideon, Chloe, Mason, Charlie and

Beatrice - and our new Reception and KS1teacher - Mrs Karen Hall.

FederationWe have previously told you about our part-nership with Harpley C of E School. This has

proved very successful and, as a result follow-

ing a full consultation process, the two

schools have now formed a Federation which

formerly commenced on 21stSeptember. The

title of the Federation is Great Massinghamand Harpley C of E Schools Federation. The

two schools work well together to the benefit

of both village communities and a federation

puts everything on a firmer footing.

Macmillan Coffee MorningThe children raised 45 at the school which

was added to the main village collection.

Clothes Bank

Thank you for putting items in our schoolclothing bank. Please remember to put every-

thing in bags and make sure shoes are paired.

Many thanks.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR FLU JAB

SATURDAY 17THOCTOBER


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Message to all Parishioners

GRASSROOTS MALAWIOur next stall is on

Saturday 3rd October, from 9am.Cancelled if wet. Donations welcome.

Many thanks for your support

Jenny Borley

HOLY BAPTISMat St Marys

On Sunday 6th

September,Archie James Gould

Warmest of welcomes and congratulations

from the Church congregation.

Fitness Mobility, every Thursday, Docking

Surgery, 11.30 - 12.30. Details from surgery.

Does singing make YOU happy?Many experts tell us that all types of singing have positive psychological effects. Ap-

parently the act of singing releases endorphins - the brain's feel good chemicals - and

studies have shown that singing decreases both anxiety and depression. So, even if you

only sing in the showercarry on - its good for you!

Groups of people are also re-discovering the positives of singing together and choirs

have become popular again. It has been said that choral singers tend to be happier than

the rest of us! Maybe thats because there is an added social dimension which is also

beneficial to our wellbeing.

Those of us who attend church services tend to sing a great deal! So, hopefully, it fol-

lows that we are a happy bunch of people.

Every Sunday morning in church finds us singing our hearts out and I can personally

testify that, for me, Sundays are generally joyful and happy days!

However, there is more to singing in church than making us happy. God wants us tosing. Its not an option its a command!

Colossians 1:16 let the word of Christ dwell in you singing psalms

and hymns and spiritual songs to God.

Why is it so important to God? Does he simply desire our praise and adoration? No, its

more than that. When we sing we dig deep roots into the teachings of God, we build

each other up and, importantly, when we sing we are strengthened spiritually.

We often think of singing only when were happy and times are good:

Psalm 98.1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done

marvelous things.But what about when we are not feeling so good? Singing can actually strengthen us

and help us to cope and to persevere in the face of hard times and difficulties

Psalm 59.16 I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your

steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a

fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Singing is good for us, physically, mentally and spiritually. And to cap it all it makes us

happy!

So, whether you are joyful or whether you struggle for joy - SING! Get those endor-

phins going!Even better, join us happy bunch of people on Sundays, so together we can sing Gods

glory and spiritual songs. With Love, Revd. Jane Holmes

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Church Services September

Date Time Service Location

4thOctober 9.30 am

11.00 am

Sung Holy Communion

Holy Communion

Harpley

Great Massingham

7thOctober 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley

11thOctober 10.30 am

4.00 pm

Group Holy Communion

The Gap

Grimston

Roydon

18thOctober 9.30am

11.00 am

10.00 am

Holy Communion

Holy Communion

Family Service

Little Massingham

Harpley

Great Massingham

25thOctober 11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham

1stNovember 9.30 am

11.00 am

Sung Holy Communion

Holy Communion

Harpley

Great Massingham

Monthly Benefice Prayer Meeting, Sunday 4thOctober, Great Massingham, 6pm.Sunday 1stNovember, Ashwicken, 3pm

CHURCH NEWS

Produce Stall Cancellation

The produce stall on Saturday 3

rd

Octoberhas been cancelled due to illness and holidays.

We have had a very successful season and

are very grateful to all who have helped,

baked and all the wonderful support wehave had from the village. Hopefully, we

will be back in May 2016 as usual.

Wednesday Teas

Every Wednesday from 3pm to 4.30. This is

a good time to catch up with friends over acuppa. Our final Tea Time for this year will

be 28thOctober simply because the Church

is too cold during the winter. Thanks you for

your support with making cakes and your

company.

Is there another group who would like to

continue with the teas in the warm village

hall bar for the winter?

Church CleaningSaturday mornings at 10am . Please join us.

Funeral

Sheila May Smith at Mintlyn Crematorium.

Messy Church

Thursday 15thOctober from 3.30pm in

Gayton Village Hall. Please join us

Harvest

Our Church was beautifully decorated for

our festival service. Special thanks to

Elsie Winterbone and her niece Janet,

Betty Woodbridge and Judy Goodingsvery ably assisted by Barry. The flowers

were beautiful. The service was led by

Rev'd Julian Thomson assisted by one of

our lay readers, Nell Steele. We were well

supported in the readings and prayers byJoanne and Brian and their lovely family.We are blessed to have their support.

Family Praise Service onSunday 18th

October will start at 10am to enable the

Church to provide refreshments for sup-

porters of the Road Race passing through

our village.

Village Yard Sale

The PCC is very grateful to Carly and allof her helpers and everyone who contributed

to such a great day. Stephen Hudson


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Dates for your Diary October

Date Event Time Place3 Oct Stall On The Green 9 am Near the Well

11,18 Oct Folkspot 7 - 10 pm Village Hall Bar

12 Oct Crafts & Chat 2 - 4 pm Village Hall Bar

14 Oct Village Hall Plans Meet- 7 - 8 pm Village Hall

15 Oct Film Club 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall

18 Oct Strollers 9.30 am At the Well

18 Oct Road Race 10.30 on Caste Acre Rd/Lynn Lane & Church22 Oct Quiz Night 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall Bar

23 Oct Folk Concert 7.30 pm Village Hall

27 Oct Mobile Library From 11 am As Timetabled

Tae Kwon Do Students are

Part of Team GBOn August bank holiday Daisy

and Jake Linney who attend our

village school represented TeamGB at the World Martial Art

Games in Norwich.

224 athletes from eight nationsparticipated, representing a multi-

tude of disciplines. With up to300 divisions encompassing the

disciplines of Extreme Martial

Arts, Grappling, Ju-Jitsu, Karate,Tae Kwon Do and Kick Boxing

and many more, all up againsteach other, it was a real test.

Daisy and Jake are Tae Kwon Do

students and both took part on thefirst day, showing their tradi-

tional Patterns and Self Defence moves and, although they both missed out on med-

als, it was an experience and real honour to represent GB and will spur them on fur-ther in their training.

Daisy also took part on day two in the Combat divisions. This was only her second

competition fighting and it was a bit of a shock to the system! It was also a steeplearning curve as, although winning on points, she unfortunately got three warnings

and thus points deducted, meaning she lost the fight - but did learn valuable lessonsfor the next competition.

It was great to be part of Team GB - especially as the next one is in South Africa andtheir mum says theyll have to wait for a closer one before the opportunity arises

again! Well done Jake and Daisy!

"THE MALLARD" October 2015

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Transcript of "THE MALLARD" October 2015