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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

Hempstead 15:00 pm Hare and Hounds 15:20 pm Telephone kiosk

See www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk

Holt Library 9 Church Street, Holt NR25 6BB Tel: 712202

Mon–Wed, and Sat: 9:30 am to 1 pmFri: 9:30 am to 6 pm

Books can be dropped off out of hours in the letterbox labelled ‘bookdrop’ in the blue door.

Post Office Baconsthorpe Village HallTuesdays 12:30 pm to 4 pmFridays 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

For a full range of services offered at this branch and all other enquiries call 712139.

Norfolk Constabulary 101 for non-urgent calls Holt Safer Neighbourhood Team

e-mail: sntholt@norfolk.pnn.police.ukPolice Community Support Officers:

Baconsthorpe & Matlaske PCSO Gary BaxterHempstead & Plumstead PCSO Rachel Howard

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EditiorialMy first edition of this newsletter just so happened to coincide with the start of the debate about whether or not to approve a wind turbine in Bodham. My opinion has wavered but one thing that I have felt I should do is understand the truth behind the options.

A friend in our village has sourced all sorts of material about this and it looks at the bigger picture. Whether we like them or not, it would appear that we should approve such structures. Here is the reasoning.

Big businesses make decisions that have enormous implications if they get them wrong so they employ organisations such as Bxxx to investigate and come up with facts that are in no way influenced by political/lobbying motive. They present their findings on energy as follows: But there is a bigger picture re biodiversity, resouces being used up

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Memorial ServicesMavis Nunneley

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Mike Culverwell11:30 am on Saturday, 26 Octoberin Hempstead Church. See page 11.

Notice BoardGrit on the RoadsAs winter looms we are reminded by NCC that the grit found in bins on the highway is for use only on the public highways and footways in the vicinity of the bins. Anyone using it for private drives and paths runs the risk of being accused of theft. You may also be interested in the Government’s Snow Code which includes advice on clearing by the public (http://tinyurl.com/snowywinter).

Coffee & GossipOctober’s coffee morning raised £105 for McMillan Cancer Support. Thank you everyone for your generosity. In November we revert to any modest surplus being for the newsletter. These events are an enjoyable way to spend an hour or so and open to everyone.

PuzzleMy daughter, a pianist, has just married a violinist. They are both lovely, so I composed this puzzle for them:

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with each letter representing a different digit. All of the numbers from 0 to 9 are included except one. What do the letters N, O, I and A represent if the addition is correct? You’ll find help in odd places if you need it. AGS

Answer to last months puzzlePosition one.

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Quote of the monthThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.

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Church Matters

Church Services27 Oct Bible Sunday 9 am Eucharist Matlaske Church

10:45 am Mattins Plumstead Church2 Nov All Souls Sat @ 10 am Eucharist Matlaske Church3 Nov All Saints 10:45 am Choral Patronal Eucharist Hempstead Church

Preacher: The Ven John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn10 Nov Remembrance 9 am Eucharist Baconsthorpe Church

10:45 am Benefice Remembrance Matlaske Church17 Nov 2nd before Advent 9 am Eucharist Barningham Winter Church

10:45 am Mattins Hempstead ChurchThis will be our annual Toy service. If you are able, please bring along a wrapped, labelled toy or gift, showing gender and age for which it is suitable. These gifts will be given to the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal for distribution to families for whom gifts at Christmas prove difficult and for many, impossible. If you are unable to attend but wish to donate a gift, any churchwarden will be pleased to take it.24 Nov Christ the King 9 am Eucharist Plumstead Church

10:45 am Mattins Matlaske Church1 Dec Advent Sunday 9 am Eucharist Baconsthorpe Church

10:45 am Benefice Advent Carols North Barningham ChurchWeekday 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 (any day but Wednesdays)

My dear friendsRemember, Remember!

No, I’m not talking about Bonfire Night – but do enjoy it safely and look after your pets! The Church has a lot to remember in November. On Saturday 2nd we keep All Souls

Day – there will be a service at 10 am at Matlaske. We remember loved ones who have gone to God; their names are remembered and candles lit. If you would like anyone to be remembered do please print their names on the list at the back of Matlaske Church.

On Sunday 3rd we keep the great festival of All Saints’ at Hempstead – remembering that the little church was dedicated to All Saints hundreds of years ago. Do come and join us for the special service – the Archdeacon of Lynn is preaching and the music will be led by the Benefice Choir.

Remembrance Sunday is on 10th November and the traditional service and laying a wreath of poppies will be at St Peter’s Matlaske. The men and women of our armed services are still making the ultimate sacrifice: and we gather to remember them all. So wear your poppy with pride as we thank God for our freedom.

God bless you all

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preferring AWOL to the Army. Bill stayed on the train that terminated at Liverpool where they quickly were transported to Northern Ireland and trained as infantry.

Just as quickly they found themselves in Burmah. Certainly no picnic. One day a Signals Colonel turned up asking for volunteers. Bill stepped forward although his mates said ‘A Bren gun’s heavy enough - do they want to hump a radio set as well?’ The interview followed. ‘Were you a Boy Scout, did you learn semaphore and Morse?’ Bill replied ‘I never had time for that, I was too busy looking after the family.’ Surprisingly the Colonel said ‘You’re just the sort of chap we are looking for.’ The official course to learn Japanese Morse (which has 240 symbols) was 18 months in England. He had a theory that he could teach someone with no knowledge of Morse or Japanese in six months. Which Bill did and was sent to a listening station in Nepal where they intercepted traffic between Tokyo and the Japanese Embassy in Geneva. An idyllic situation where they felt at ease to ask the officers what the important messages said. He assured me that he knew about the atom bombs almost before President Truman.

I cannot resist telling the tale of an RAF officer who was a POW in Nagasaki. One night unloading a ship the air raid warning went off and the guards scarpered. So he sat behind a concrete block for a quiet fag. Where better to be when an atom bomb goes off than behind six foot of concrete? Moral: Smoking saves lives! Bertie Harmer

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Bertie’s Ramblings Why not to be in the Boy ScoutsIn 1961 I happened to be in the back of a trailer with a farm labourer (who I will call Bill). Not knowing quite what to say I opened with ‘What will you do if you win the pools (think lottery nowadays)?’ To my great surprise he replied. ‘I think I will take the missus for a holiday in Nepal.’ That’s a bit of a show stopper! But life ran a fair bit slower in those days so I was able to question Bill over several days. What a fantastic story.

Bill was one of 12 children so left school at 14 to support the others; and I got the impression that the supplies, or lack of them, in the early years of WW2 were a bit Mafia like! He was called up into the Navy where he served on destroyers in the Atlantic as a stoker. In 1942 they returned to Portsmouth but had to anchor offshore where they were told that the Battle of the Atlantic was being won. So they would all be transferred, Petty Officer downwards, to the Army. At the dockyard they were put straight onto a train. When this stopped for three minutes somewhere outside London nearly two thirds of the crew jumped ship

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Home LoverIt was dull in MayWhen I went astrayAnd visited friends down Devonshire way.I didn’t careFor so far from YareAnd only politeness held me there! But I went to CleyIn early JulyWhen wild rose blushed and the tides were high.The blackbird pipedIn the inland dellsBy Walsingham, Warham and Wighton and Wells. It rained in JuneWhen I went to Troon(They said it was something to do with the moon).The chilly sceneWas all grey and green,My only comfort to say I’d been! So I went to CleyIn early JulyWhen cattle by the Glaven ‘mid meadowsweet lieAnd scent of elderIs weaving spellsRound Sheringham, Salthouse and Stiffkey and Wells. I’ll always rememberNorth Wales in SeptemberWith sepia peaks in cloud-topped splendour.I looked with aweupon all I sawAnd my heart fled back to a marsh-fringed shore! So give me CleyIn early JulyWhen mallow in Morston is banked waist high.And oh! for the taleThe wild tern tellsBy Brancaster, Burham and Blakeney and Wells! Joan Watson-Cook

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Weekly EventsMondays * 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Line Dancing 711320Tuesdays † 10 am Hempstead Charcoal Drawing 711282Tuesdays ‡ 10 am Baconsthorpe Diocesan Play Van 07918 027092Tuesdays * 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Indoor Bowls 711320

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Monthly Events31 Oct Thu @ 12:20 pm Mobile Library See page 2 for times1 Nov Fri @ 10:30 am Hempstead Coffee & Gossip Village Hall

There will be a stall selling knitted goods & crafts in aid of the kneeler group which pays for church flowers. Maybe you will find a Christmas present!

11 Nov Mon @ 11 am Hempstead Kneeler Group At Betty’s20 Nov Wed @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Film Club Contact: 71246028 Nov Thu @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Textile Group Contact: 57726328 Nov Thu @ 12:20 pm Mobile Library See page 2 for times

Special Events4 Nov Mon @ 7:30 pm Hempstead PC Meeting See Hempstead News  

14 Nov Thu @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe VH Meeting All welcome15 Nov Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe Quiz

£5 per person to include a Jacket Potato supper. Bring your own tipple. 25 Nov Mon @ 2:30 pm Matlaske PPC Meeting At the Rectory27 Nov Wed @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe PC Meeting VH. All welcome29 Nov Fri @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Fun Quiz See Hempstead Panel30 Nov Sat @ 9 am Plumstead Police Surgery Bus Shelter ’til 10 am30 Nov Sat @ 10 am Hempstead Police Surgery Bus Shelter ’til 11 am30 Nov Sat @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Christmas Fayre See News13 Dec Fri @ 7–9 pm Matlaske Carols

At Barningham Hall in aid of Matlaske Church. Mulled Wine – Raffle.14 Dec Sat @ 7 pm Hempstead Christmas Get Together20 Dec Fri @ 6:30 pm Plumstead Event See Plumstead News

Further Afield 7–20 Nov 10 am–4 pm Cley Norfolk Wildlife Trust Art Exhibition

Come and see Irene Miller’s paintings and John Miller’s photographs of Birds.10 Nov   Sun @ 3:30 pm Salthouse Church Remembrance Concert

Mozart Requiem – Ireland Greater Love – Kelling Consort directed by Angela Dugdale – Tickets £8

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Baconsthorpe NewsEvents in Baconsthorpe14 Nov 7:30 pm VH Meeting15 Nov 7 pm Quiz27 Nov 7:30 pm PC Meeting28 Nov 10 am Textile Group30 Nov 10 am Christmas Fayre

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Village Hall NewsIt was a great disappointment to see so few people at our evening of Norfolk Squit with Pat Neirney and Danny Platton. The Hall rang with laughter with these very funny people. Unfortunately we lost on this event, which your Village Hall can ill afford to do. Perhaps a few more people will attend our Quiz on Friday the 15th November at 7 pm, £5 per person with a Jacket Potato supper with various fillings, bread roll and Tea/Coffee. Bring your own tipple. There will be a raffle.

The Christmas Fayre is on Saturday the 30th November at 10 am. Any Bric-a-Brac, Tombola or raffle prizes would be gratefully received. Ring John on 711320 if you are able to give; or to any committee member.

J R Cooper

Baconsthorpe 200 Club£25 Pat Youngs; £10 Bill East; £5 Will Peck and Grainger Jorden.

Barningham NewsMavis NunneleyWe send our condolences to the Cozens-Hardy family whose mother Mavis died peacefully on the 4th October. The Cozens-Hardys farmed for many years at North Barningham and later Mavis moved to Holt. She will be greatly missed by our community as she regularly attended church at St Mary’s and was always a willing helper at every event for the church. It was lovely to see her at the talk at Baconsthorpe Village Hall exactly a week before she passed away.

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TalkOn Friday, 27th September Michael Brunson OBE was in conversation with Steve Benson about his very interesting broadcasting career. Many thanks to John Perks who arranged this event which raised over £600 in aid of St Mary’s Church.

Hempstead NewsEvents in Hempstead

1 Nov 10:30 am Coffee & Gossip4 Nov 7:30 pm PC Meeting

11 Nov 11 am Kneeler Group20 Nov 7:30 pm Film Club29 Nov 7:30 pm Fun Quiz30 Nov 10 am Police Surgery

More details on centre pagesHempstead ArtsThe Draw for a picture by Margaret Glass has raised £265. The picture was won by Pam Hope of Long Sutton in Lincolnshire. Hempstead Church is very grateful to David Durst for donating the picture to raise money for church funds. The Churchwardens

Mike CulverwellSadly, we have to report that Michael Culverwell died recently. Mike and his family came to Hempstead in 1976. He was a friendly, kind man and always cheerful.

Mike was churchwarden at Hempstead until 2009. As every cricketer knows, it is famously difficult being the next batsman at the crease after the fall of a long partnership by two expert bats. For many years the churchwardens were Henry Mack and John Hagen; each had followed after their previous generation. So this difficulty befell Mike when he replaced John Hagen in 1995 – but his steady nature fitted him well in the circumstances. Parsons came and Parsons went with long gaps between and Michael adjusted to this new dimension in which all the Benefice came to work together. From my perspective as Treasurer, Mike was always easy to work with: supportive and tolerant. DWD (& DS)

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Hempstead 200 Club£25 P Payne; £10 K Power; £5 Kneeler Group, V Collier and P Joseph.

Follies at Christmas Get TogetherPlease see panel alongside and then contact Jason Matthews jtm1367@yahoo.co.uk or 710131. Put 14 Dec in your diary now.

Playing Field FutureThe Diocese of Norwich wish to charge the village for the use of Glebe land, eg, the playing field. The Parish Council will be looking to see if this is affordable, or even reasonable after years of usage, or whether we will have to return the field back to the Diocese and do away with the play area. The Parish Council would like to know how the people of the village feel and what cost may be deemed reasonable. All interested people are invited to attend, and contribute to the discussion at the meeting on November 4th in the Village Hall at 7:30 pm. We stress that it is the Diocese making these demands, not Hempstead Church. Paul Sanders, Chairman

Matlaske NewsEvent in Matlaske25 Nov 2:30 pm PPC Meeting

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Get Well SoonWe wish Derek England a speedy recovery from his hip replacement operation.

George CheneyOur deepest sympathy goes to Veronica, Julie, Paul and their families on the very sudden loss of George. He will be greatly missed by all.

North Norfolk Energy BoxThis box includes information for residents on a wide range of energy issues, mostly targeted at helping residents reduce their energy costs and finding out about support and advice which is available to them. The box is especially aimed at residents without access to the internet. Please contact 577521. 13

Fun QuizIn the Village Hall on Friday at 7:30 pm, the Hempstead Annual Fun Quiz, hosted by your genial Quizmaster Mike Thody, supported by Iris’s celebrated sausage rolls. No general knowledge needed. Singles welcome. £3.50 guarantees a lot of laughter.

Christmas Get TogetherHempstead Village Hall Committee request the indulgence of aspiring actors, musicians, magicians, comedians, etc, to perform individual pieces at this year’s Christmas Follies. No auditions necessary. Contact Jason 710131. E is 0.

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“Staying Alive”Matlaske & surrounding area

Defibrillator Familiarisation

If you are interested in learning about

CPR, how to deploy a defibrillator and

other related skills

Please phone Marion & Jim Shepherd

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Tel 01263 577521

Please register your interest by

20th November

WelcomeA very warm welcome to Brian and Eleanor Faulkner who have moved into Oak Tree Cottage.

Frank KerrellIn this month of Remembrance we recall Frank Kerrell (Late of Plumstead) who had an interesting and varied career in the Services. Originally offered a position as an air gunner in the RAF which he declined, he subsequently joined the army and became a Glider Pilot.

Going solo on Tiger Moths after eight hours, he then went on to fly Hotspur, Horsa and Hamilcar gliders and took part in Exercise Longstop in September 1947 – one of the largest post-war exercises.

His personal memoirs of the Glider Pilot Regiment and their activities make fascinating reading, particularly to those interested in aviation and post-war Britain. Further details are available from his daughter, Mary Keasley.

Community NewsCommunity Lunch ClubAfter much soul searching it is with deep regret that we shall not be continuing with the lunch club. We miss the help and encouragement of our three most wonderful friends: Theresa Courtauld, David and Pauline Wooff. Dear friends, we could not have achieved what we did without you. We will miss you all and wish you all well for the future. Bless you. Jo

Jo’s feastsAs one of those who used to go to the Community Lunch Club when it met monthly in Baconsthorpe Village Hall, I would like to send a big thank you to Jo Cartwright and her team. For those of us who are gastronomically challenged, Jo’s feasts were a godsend; and a welcome rest from solo ready meals or the like. It is very understandable why it cannot be continued. Well done Jo. DWD

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Fête

ChristmasGet-together

Quiz NightAfter a successful and enjoyable evening attended by 80 people on 20th September, we raised a magnificent £750 which was matched by organiser Julie Reynolds and her team at Barclays Bank, Holt. With donations we have achieved a total of £2300 for a defibrillator. This will cover Matlaske, North Barningham, Plumstead and the local vicinity, within a short drive.

Fund raising, income and expenditure records have been lodged with Matlaske Parish Council and are available on request. Thanks to Thomas and Amelia Courtauld for their support in allowing us to hold the Quiz at The Stables and to all those who attended, helped and gave donations, including our residents, parish council, parochial church councils, visitors, local farmers & businesses.

There has been a logistics meeting and there will be further events, to offer familiarisation for all (including ‘non volunteers’) interested in the deployment of defibrillators and useful tips on Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), etc. Please see advert. We have ordered the defibrillator and ancillary kit, including housing. Signage will follow. Location and access procedures will be issued when installation is complete.

Plumstead NewsEvent in Plumstead30 Nov 9 am Police Surgery

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Plumstead EventWild horses couldn’t drag me on board the seasonal bandwagon that drives us ever nearer to Christmas at a time when we are still clinging to the last vestiges of a lovely long Summer... but, hey... I must just bring to your attention that Plumstead Events are still alive and well! That is – Complimentary Mulled Wine and Mince Pies at the Church on Dec 20th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. All Welcome! – Put it in your Diary.

Parish HistoryA few copies are still available of Hempstead’s Parish History. Compiled by Robin Carver in the Millennium, an 88-page parish history detailing all the key events in the parish. Priced at £10 (donated to Hempstead Church) it contains fascinating details and facts of most of the homes and farms in the village. A must have! For your copy please call Francis Feilden 713137.

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