About Thetford Community Magazine

Issue 88 March 2013

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Charity Car BootEaster Sunday 31st March • 7am to 2pm

On Tesco Car ParkHot & Cold Snacks

Pitches £6 in advance or £7 on the dayTickets available from the

Customer Service Desk - Tesco Main Store

All proceeds to Cardiac Risk in the Youngin Aid of the Stewart Howard Memorial Fund

for C.R.Y.Registered Charity No 1050845

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Services at St Cuthbert's

Sunday 3rd March - 8.00am Holy Communion10.30am All Age Worship - 6.30pm Evening PrayerSunday 10th March - 8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Mothering Sunday ServiceSunday 17th March - 8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Holy CommunionSunday 24th March - 8.00am Holy Communion

Palm Sunday 10.30am Morning PrayerSunday 31st March - 8.00am Holy Communion

Easter Day 10.30am Morning PrayerSunday 7th April - 8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am All Age Worship - 6.30pm Evening PrayerIn addition to the above there will be special services

on Maundy Thursday 28th March and Good Friday 29th March

Each Wednesday a service of Holy Communion is held at 10.30am and each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

a service of Morning prayer is held at 9.00am.

OPEN DAY31st March 12-3pm

Roudham Road, East Harling NR16 2QNGifts and GoodiesRefreshmentsGiant TombolaBeautiful CakesBouncy Castle

Home-made TreatsCats to Meet • Cat Advice

Disabled parking availableEntry £1 adults • 50p kids • under 3’s free

Thetford Friends of St. Nicholas Hospice

Quiz ‘n’ ChipsSaturday 27th April 2013

7pm for 7.30pmThetford Grammar School

Fish and Chip Supper • £7.50 personFor more information or to book your table

(4 people per team)please phone: 01842 764046

Or contact: Mary RoltonHillside, Castle Lane, Thetford IP24 2ER

Come and join the new Improve Group every Thursday 10am-1pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm. It will cost £3.00 each session. Youcan attend either one or both the sessions and each session willinclude a meal. So if you cannot cook we will help you to learnor if you can cook you could help to pass on your knowledge toyour fellow group members. We will occasionally have guestSpeakers attend the Thursday sessions too!

All are welcome! We look forward to seeing you soon.

Riversdale Centre, Tanner Street, Thetford, Tel: 01842764647

Email: [email protected]

For further information please contact either: Pauline or Fiona on 01842 764647

Funded by The Norfolk Community Foundation

Need a place to go that will provide youwith a sympathetic ear? Would love tolearn some ways of expressing yourfeelings that will help to improve yourown coping strategies for everyday life?Want to learn new skills that willimprove your chances to get a job in thefuture or how to keep to a householdbudget? Maybe some art work will helpto relieve your stress!Whatever might help you to improveyour everyday health and happiness,we can work together to help achieve abrighter future.

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EASTER FAIRSaturday 23 March 10am-3pmAt the Church on the Way

Admirals Way Estate IP24 2JZin aid of the Roof Fund

All day Coffee Shop Cakes - Lunches - Cream Teas

Stalls - SideshowsFun Activities for all the family • Entrance Free

Church of the

Nazarene

Croxton Road Christian ChurchA praying, mainline church in the community

for the communitySunday Morning Worship 10.45 a.m.

Crafts l Songs l Celebration l Games l MealA fresh way of experiencing Church for all the family

www.thetfordnazarene.co.uk

Messy Church is held every first Saturday in themonth 2nd March @ 3.30 pm 6th April @ 3.30 pm

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Beaters Hut Bakers ClubFree monthly themed events. Bring your bake

and share alongside other food lovers. Professionals and non-professionals welcome.

Just for the love of baking and good fun!Events held at Shadwell Estate Beaters Hut nr. Thetford

All profit donated to East Anglian Children's Hospice.For more information and dates of our events;

www.beatershutbakersclub.comAlternatively, email

[email protected] tweet Shauna @BHbakersclub

Every Friday 6-10pmBistro - Fitness Club

Bookshop - Social ClubYouth Activities

Please note: No Wellspring on Good Friday 29 March

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ELIJAHSaturday March 23rd at 7:30pmSt Cuthbert’s Church, ThetfordBaritone Soloist – James Wicks

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Link-Up, the Breckland talking newspaper forpeople with sight problems and first formed in1984, is looking for some extra volunteers.

We are now looking for volunteers to help with editingand technical issues and we would also like to invitenew listeners who might benefit from our services.Link-Up is a fortnightly roundup of local news whichwill be sent totally free of charge to our listeners onmemory sticks and we will supply the equipment onwhich to play it. It is available for blind or partiallysighted people, so if you are, or know someone whois please contact us, by calling John Kitson(Chairman) on 01953 498609 or Jenny Sutcliffe(Publicity Officer) on 01842 762052.

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traditional Korean martial arts.

Classes for the following:

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THETFORD TWINNING ASSOCIATIONNotice of

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGTo be held on

Friday 8th March 2013 at 8pm

United Reform Church, Earl Street

This meeting is open to all who wish to knowabout our activities with Thetfords’ four TwinTowns.

If you would enjoy getting to know the peopleof Europe in their, or your, towns and homesthen Thetford Twinning is the Association foryou.

For further details contact either

Graham Sigley, [email protected]

Secretary Margaret [email protected] 01842 763183

You are invited to an:

EASTER EGG HUNTAt Cloverfield Community Church,

from 3pm on Saturday 30th March.

Games, Crafts and Chocolate Eggs

No charge.

Come And Join Us!

Friends of Barnham School (FoBS)are holding an Easter Eggstravaganza

on Sunday 24th March 2013 at Barnham Village Hall from 2pm to 4.30pm

There will be various stalls, including crafts, cakes and sweets, a raffle,children’s crafts, an Easter Bonnet competition and an Easter egg hunt.Refreshments will also be on sale.

Tickets are £4.00 per child (adults free) and children must be accompaniedby an adult.This event is open to everyone so come along and have some fun.

Friends of Barnham School (FoBS) will be holding monthly car boot salesthroughout the summer at Barnham Village Hall on the following dates:

28th April • 26th May • 30th June • 28th July25th August • 29th September • 27th October

These will run from 10am until 1pm. Outdoor pitches will cost £5.00 a carand indoor tables will be available at a cost of £10 per table. Refreshmentswill be on sale on all of these dates.

For further information or to book a pitch please contact Sherrie on 07786 991013

REDCASTLE ACTION GROUP Meetings held on the 1st Monday of the month at 7pm

in the Sheltered Housing Common Room next to the shops on Redcastlefurze Estate

Next meeting is 4th March at 7pm

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Thetford Methodist Church, Tanner Street

SPRING FAYRE April 6th 9.45 to 11.45

Cakes • Books • Jigsaws • Collectables, Bric-a-Brac and Plants

12.00 Lunch £5 for a 2 Course Hot MealEveryone Welcome

ThetfordFestival and Concert CommitteeSaturday 9th March at 7:30pm

at the Carnegie RoomDoors open 7:00pm

Voice SquadA group of young people ages rangingbetween 13 and 20 with a repertoire of musicfrom Shows, Jazz, Folk and much much more.

Under the direction of Birgitta Kenyon theyperform with movement and costume. Pastvenues include The Albert Hall, LondonPalladium, The Royal Opera House and theFestival Hall to name a few.

Many former members of “The Squad” haveprogressed to be professional entertainers.

Please support the committee for whatpromises to be a truly memorable evening.

Tickets at £5 can be purchased from Mrs PatPearson on 01842 755881 or Wendy Raphaelon 07712 347 822, or if sold at the door £6.

Wretham’s village community spiritcomes to the fore at the Easterweekend as three different venuesthrow open their doors to holidayweekend visitors.

On both Easter Sunday and EasterMonday, village hall, church and

Wretham Lodge gardens will offer a warm welcome topeople from a wide area.

In the Village Hall, at the entrance to Church Road, localcraft experts will display a wide range of crafts, withproducts for sale, on both days between 10am and 5pm,with refreshments available for visitors.

At St Ethelbert’s Church, further down Church Road,there is the chance to see a church full of Easter flowersput into the building by members of Wretham Raverswomen’s group and their friends. A second hand bookstall and homemade cakes and refreshments will beserved between 11am and 5pm on both days in a churchbuilding approaching its 150th anniversary after itsVictorian rebuild.

Across Church Road at Wretham Lodge, the formerRectory, the gardens will be open on both Easter Sundayand Monday from noon until 5pm. The tranquil andbeautiful gardens have been a fixture in the annualcalendar of the National Gardens Scheme and arecontinually developed for the pleasure of both theirowners and visiting garden enthusiasts.

Wretham stands almost midway between Thetford andWatton on the A1075.

Easter welcome as Wretham gets together for visitors

Barnham Village Hall

SPRING is just around the corner whichmeans DAFFODIL TEAS are here again

do come along to Barnham Village Hall

March 16th 2 - 4:30pmMarch 23rd 2 - 4:30pm

April 6th 2 - 4:30pm

A wide selection of home made sandwiches,scones, cake and a pot of tea for only £3.00

All proceeds for the Village Hall Fund.

Croxton Road Community Association

Litter Pick Saturday 23rd March at 10am. Meet outside The Church of the Nazerene.

Action Group meeting Monday 4th March 7.30pmAction Group Open Meeting Monday 11th March 7.15pm

at The Church of the Nazerene Light refreshments available

Come and find out about what's really happeningat The North Academy and voice all your concerns.

New notice board coming soon with updates aboutyour bottle bank.

Chairman: Ian Dixon eveningsTel: 01842 765890 e- mail:[email protected]

Isabel Publicity Officer C.R.C.A.

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Coming to Thetford

Easter Sunday 7pmat The Church on the Way

A Thetford Christians Together event Entrance is FREE but there will be an offering.

Refreshments available

Impossible God

is a one-manpassion play written by

Frank Toppingand

performed byMark Topping

Impossible God recreates the world of those whowitnessed the passion. Palestine AD32 is brought to lifeas numerous characters relive their experience of theevents.

Impossible God is a powerful exploration of the historicalevents at the heart of the Christian faith.

This inspiring one-man play challenges us to look againat Jesus of Nazareth and consider the meaning of hislife, death and resurrection.

Mark Topping is a professional actor who has appearedas John Wesley on BBC TV’s Songs of Praise and FlogIt! In 2008 he was Che Guevara at the King’s Theatre inGloucester.

'It is rare to see acting of this quality. I would recommendit to any church.' Rev. Graham Peacock.

'Be prepared to be moved and challenged.’Rev. Helen Hoe.

'You made us feel we were there.' Rev. Malcolm Peach.

'Unforgettable... a very professional and imaginativeperformance.' Joan Appleton, former principal of the MackenzieSchool of Speech and Drama, Cambridge.

'I imagine most people who come to a performance, likeme, wonder how you will sustain our interest in all thosecharacters and whether you will say anything new. Youoffered us a novel way of looking at the passion whichwas gripping and provocative.' Rev. Rob Hufton.

The Play is based on the devotional book ‘An ImpossibleGod’ written and adapted for the stage by author, actor,broadcaster and Methodist minister,Frank Topping.

Frank is perhaps best known for his 'Pause For Thought'appearances on the BBC Radio 2 Terry Wogan breakfastshow.

Apart from his role as the priest who married Ken andDeirdre Barlow (making Coronation Street history as thefirst screen vicar who had been ordained in real life). HisTV work includes his own series, 'Topping on Sunday'and 'Sunday Best'.

He is also remembered for his partnership with DonaldSwann in the West End production of their show "SwannWith Topping". He has written 16 books and countlessradio and television scripts.


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Thetford Past and Present


A century ago, Minstergate was full of the sights, sounds and smells of Charles Burrell & Sons ‘St Nicholas Works’where a variety of steam-powered engines and other machines were produced. By the time that the past photographwas taken in the mid-1970s many of Burrell’s old buildings had been used as a canning factory for three decades. Past photograph from the David Osborne collection.

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Mr G’s Bowling Centre has a stylish andmodern 8-lane facility to ensure plenty offun for your family or friends, but there’smuch more to enjoy too! A visit to Mr G’sis a real night out! Relax in our modern bar before or after yourgame - we can deliver drinks to your lane whileyou play. Try our fabulous restaurant, whichoffers a traditional menu, party packages, andSunday Carvery all at great value. Experience our ‘Cosmic Glow’ bowling onweekends and party nights, when we crank upthe music and go cosmic with the lights! We have full disabled accessibility - ramps tothe lanes, ball ramps & lane bumpers for usewith or without wheelchairs.

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And We’re Not Just For Bowling! For some great evening entertainment, join us for adrink - we have Big Screen TV and Plasma Screens,ideal for watching our Sky Sports, including ESPNmatches.

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Thetford parkrunHit the great outdoors and get in great shape whenthe FREE weekly parkrun event comes to Thetford!

‘parkrun’ is a programme aiming to get people fit andactive with a 5km course once a week. parkrun startedin 2004 with just 13 participants in Bushy Park,Teddington. Since then, parkrun events have taken off ina big way with 158 locations across the country and1875 runs.

Abbey Meadows will host Thetford’s parkrun everySaturday from 9am, and is open to all ages, abilities,shapes and sizes – what better way to get into shape inpreparation for the summer or simply improve yourhealth. Participants will need to register onwww.parkrun.org.uk to get a unique bar code whichthey will need to bring with them each time they take part.

Breckland Council, Moving Thetford Forward, ActiveNorfolk, Thetford Town Council and parkrun aresupporting the initiative and need your help to get theexciting and energetic programme off the ground.

Lynda Turner said: “It’s a fantastic way of committingyourself to a weekly programme of exercise in a waythat’s great fun, motivational and with a distance of just5km; it is achievable for most people. We hope theThetford parkrun will be just as successful as it is in allthe other locations across the country.”

Melanie Floyd, Event Director, said: “This fantasticinitiative caters for all levels of runner/jogger/walker.Whether you’re putting on your trainers for the first timeor have a passion for marathons, parkrun offerssomething for everybody.

The great thing about parkrun is that it is run by thecommunity for the community. Initially, we need 10volunteers to get the event off the ground. The volunteerswill receive training and help organising the weeklyparkrun event. You don’t have to be a runner to volunteer,just someone who may have an hour or two spare everyother Saturday morning who we can call upon to help.”

For more information on taking part in the parkrun or ifyou are interested in becoming a volunteer please contactMelanie Floyd on 07702 493492 or [email protected].

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Pupils at Thetford Grammar Junior School havebeen busy taking part in the annual RSPB’s BigSchools’ Birdwatch. With binoculars and clipboardsat the ready they have been helping to count the birdsaround school in order to contribute towards the nationalsurvey that takes a ‘snapshot’ of bird numbers acrossthe UK.

After an assembly that taught the children specialtechniques for identifying birds, including by recognitionof their bird song, it was then the pupils’ job to identifyand count their sightings.

“After a slow start due to the recent snowfall, many ofour pupils from ages 4 – 11 have enjoyed spending timeoutside looking closely at the birdlife that visit the schoolgrounds. We are lucky that we have plenty of outdoorspace and greenery where the birds like to feed!” – MrsButler-Hand, Head of Junior Department.

The final results show that pigeons and blackbirds werethe most frequently seen birds around Thetford GrammarSchool and this information will now be sent off to theRSPB database.


Pictured Top: Rory, Sophie, Harvey and India - Year 6Middle: Frankie and Christian - Year 5Bottom: Joshua and Gabriel - Nursery

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Breckland Cats ProtectionTel: 01842 810018

Last month we spoke about getting cats neuteredand we have just had to take in our first pregnantfemale. She is barely more than a kitten herself.Some people still seem to think cats can’t beneutered until they are a year old but they can bedone from approx 4 months on advice from your vet.At 6 months it could already be too late!

We have had some really nice items donated, includinga World Atlas from The Times, still in it’s shrink wrap,brand new, £150 when purchased. A lovely Winstanleycat which are collectors items, a chocolate fountain onlyused once, to name but a few. If you are interested inany of these please ring us or come to our Spring Fayreon 9th March in St Cuthbert’s Church Hall, Thetford,9.30am to 1.30pm. There will be clothes, some new,tombola, bric a brac, crafts, books and of course,cats/kittens looking for loving homes.

We are always pleased to receive just about anything forour sales, we can also make use of drinks cans, thankyou to several people around town who are collectingthese for us, old kettles etc which we can cash in asmetal for the cats. Sheets, towels, clothes, even old wornout items, which we can sell to the textile man, alsobooks, puzzles, print cartridges and unwanted gifts.Nothing is wasted.

Little Abbey is longing for a home of her own, she is soweary of being in a pen. Abbey is a friendly girl, mediumhaired, so will need some brushing and needs to be anonly cat. Aged about 2yrs, she loves a game and looksso cute as she wanders around because of her shortlegs, we call her our little munchkin.


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Have you visited Thetford’s Forgotten Garden? It isa walled, wildlife garden in the old part of Thetford.Nestled in the grounds of Ford Place Nursing Homein Ford Street, it is open to the public Thursday toSunday, all year round.

Fourteen years ago the previous owners of Ford Placewanted to build sheltered housing in the walled gardenbut discovered that they would never get planningpermission because of it’s historical importance.Thetford’s heritage officer heard of this and offered totake the garden on if he could get help from thecommunity. He approached a local garden designer,looked for funds and put the word out that help wasneeded to reclaim this gorgeous walled garden. The rest,they say, is history!

The local volunteers were enthusiastic and committed.Many work parties later, support from all different partsof Thetford and beyond, some serious fundraising and,nature taking its course, the garden is now a peacefulhaven.

Initially, the idea was that the garden would be ashowcase for a range of our beautiful native plants butwhen rabbits moved in they had different ideas! Afterlots of experimentation, there are now plants that therabbits leave. However, the glory of the garden is a smallorchard of old Apple varieties – with beautiful blossomin the Spring and great crops from August onwards. AQuince avenue, Medlars, Bee Hives and a maturing pondalso delight visitors.

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Queen's JubileeThe Thetford Society organised a tribute to QueenElizabeth II's sixty year reign by planting a short avenueof six established London Plane trees near the GentleBridge. Each tree was planted to represent each decadeof her reign.

Mayor Terry Lamb and the Shadwell Estate's FinancialDirector, Chris Kennard, carried out the openingceremony despite the recent rains trying to put a damperon the proceedings. Society members and TownCouncillors braved the elements to applaud thecommemoration.

Barcham, the Tree Specialist from Ely, kindly donated thesix trees. Other costs were met by donations from Societymembers including corporate members, the TownCouncil, the Shadwell Estate, Simark and Leaping Hare.

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At the February meeting at Wereham House Hotel SusanGlossop gave us an insight into the nine years she hadworked in Thetford. Having come as Town Manager shetook up the role of Deputy Town Clerk and finallytemporary Town Clerk. She had had a busy time but therewere still a few ideas left unfulfilled.

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Every child who enters is guaranteed an Easter egg atthe end of the hunt when they hand in their completedform. Plus there will be an amazing Easter prize for theone lucky person in each age group if their name ispulled out of the hat at the end of the day.

The idea of the whole hunt for the older children will beto solve cryptic clues to lead them to a particular shopor attraction and once inside they will have to find eithera stamp or they may well get a spot prize!

There will be 3 age groups: Under 5's in a more confinedlocation within the town centre, 6-10 and over 11. Thecost will be £1 each and entry forms will be availablefrom myself, any adult member of Thetford 's St JohnAmbulance, Chilterns Estate Agents, Select, Leaping Hareand hopefully your child's school.

Entry forms will be available in English, Polish andPortuguese. All children must be accompanied on thehunt by an adult.

We would like to say a huge thank you already to all thepeople who have come on board, Chilterns, producingour posters and organising printing for us, Simply Reikifor donating £75 towards the prizes and the shops andattractions for helping us to run this. There is still timefor YOU to get involved either as a business or as a familyor if you simply want to donate. Please spread the word- get your groups involved, get your entry forms andcome into town and have yourself a great day out.

The more people that enter the better it will be and themore chance you have of us organising something elsein the summer!!!!

For more details or to get your entry forms pleasecontact me Sharon Thompson on 07940029510,[email protected] or look us up onFacebook:Thetford's EGGcellent adventure!

Plans are well underway now for Easter Saturday30th March 10 – 3pm, when both museums reopenfor the season and show off their new displays – thebiggest one of course and the one everyone iswaiting for will be Jones’s Van.

We can’t wait to show her off so why not come andjoin us – she will begin the day at the Burrellmuseum (10 –1pm) and then travel through town tothe Dad’s Army museum, where she will stay until4pm.

We are currently working on several new displays atthe Burrell and Dave and Esther will provide 1940smusic and dancing at the Dad’s Army, where ofcourse Marigolds Tea Rooms will be open. Bothmuseums will also be taking part in Thetford’sEGGcellent Adventure.

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Another Successful YearThetford Flower Club held their Annual GeneralMeeting in February after a full year of fundraising.

Mrs Dorothy Marshall, pictured right, presented JanetOliver with a £250 cheque for the Motor Neurone Society.

Janet gave a short but informative talk about the affectsof Motor Neurone Disease on sufferers and their familiesand the research that continues through donations to tryand find a cure for this debilitating disease.

During the meeting Mrs Dorothy Marshall and Mrs NormaGifford, both with over thirty years service, and MrsBarbara Kay with ten years service retired from thecommittee. They were all thanked for their hard work andsupport over the years.

Mrs Lynda Moore, Press officer, was elected as the newchairman and Mrs Mary Griffiths, Programme Secretary,was elected as vice chairman.

The flower club has a full programme for 2013 and willparticipate in Flower Festivals at Ely Cathedral and localchurch festivals. A cheese and wine evening and theChristmas open evening both raised funds for theChairman's Charity for 2013 Quidenham Hospice EACH.

Thetford Flower Club are planning to support outingsorganised by NAFAS, meeting old friends, and areplanning a club trip in June to the Cambridge BotanicalGardens, for members of friends.

The flower club meets on the 3rd Thursday of eachmonth at 7.30pm at the United Reformed Church, nextto the Snooker Club, Earl Street.

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Annual House Swimming GalaOn Friday 8th February, Thetford Grammar JuniorSchool held their annual House Swimming Gala atBreckland Leisure Centre.

All pupils aged between 3 ½ and 11 had been involved inweekly swimming lessons and the Gala was a culminationand celebration of their sporting efforts. All of the childrentook part in competing for their house in a variety of eventsincluding relays, single length set styles and freestyle races.The younger children competed in age appropriate eventsincluding their favourite ‘Kipper Sandwich’ and ‘Woggle’races. Both parents and pupils cheered the competitors alongwith a great team spirit being shown amongst the pupils.

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Did you know?.....that the Tourist Information Officehas been unfunded since the Town & District Councilswithdrew their funding in March 2008 and closed the TiCin White Hart St? Yes, that’s right – NO funding – we havecontinued to provide this service on a voluntary basis.However, if we are to continue with our work, we mustfind suitable funding - any help with this will be greatlyappreciated! We passionately believe Thetford has agreat deal to offer and the financial benefit visitors bringto the town is crucial to the town’s economy.

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Event Box OfficeWe offer a box office service that has proven extremelybeneficial to many of the local community groups thatdeliver events to fundraise, Thetford Players are just oneof the groups that have used our great location to market,promote and sell their event tickets. They have enjoyedrecord audiences at their pantomimes year on year from2011-2013.

Community Event ManagementWe also deliver a number of events ourselves. We haveworked in association with a number of CommunityGroups, statutory authorities and individuals to supporttheir Charitable Fundraising. We have helped raisethousands of pounds for organisations such as: CancerResearch UK, St. Nicholas Hospice and Thetford TownCricket Club. Leaping Hare has a wealth of experience inevent management and delivery and has played asignificant role in last year’s Town Council’s DiamondJubilee Events and helped to launch and deliver lastyear’s Night Markets for SoRT iT and the Town Council.We are looking forward to this years and also lookingforward to assisting the Thetford Festival (24.8.2013 –8.9.2013) again this year.

Our next event is ‘Breakfast at Tiffanys’ Sunday 24thMarch, 2.30pm (doors open 2pm) – see this film classicon a BIG screen, right here in Thetford for only £3 + FREErefreshments!

Thetford Players new production “Musical Mania” will beperformed at the Carnegie Room on 25th - 27th April.

Community ShopSince Leaping Hare opened the King Street premises in2010, we have offered space to local traders, communitygroups and artisans to display and sell their wares. Thishas proved successful and generated much neededfunds for both parties. It is a project that we are planningto extend further and are, therefore, seeking qualityartisan crafters and businesses to partner with us. If youare interested please contact us on 01842 751975 oremail: [email protected].

In addition to the above we also offer a wide range oftravel services – we are the only official National Expressticket agency in town and we do not charge additionalbooking fees. Day trips and weekly excursions plus tripsto live concerts with Coach Travel partners: CoachServices Thetford, Eastons Travel Norwich & Chenery Live.

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I'm sure, when I was a kid, all we seemed to get was asugar lump, a “TB jab”, and left to fend for our owndevices, or perhaps just get ill. It seems these days thereare a vast array of childhood immunisations, so I thoughtI'd explain a little about the immunisations that childrenget these days, and what might be just around thecorner.

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Hard Times: Thetford 100 years agoSaturday 26th January – July 13th

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Pentecost Festival 2013Thetford United Reformed Church

A week long art exhibition is being organised by theUnited Reformed Church in Earls Street as part of theirPentecost celebrations. Paintings by local artists will beexhibited in the church from May 20th through to May24th and the church will be open all week for viewingand refreshments.

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Hi Gardeners!

Well, we are in to the month of March, so what shouldwe be doing this month? By now the parsnips seedsshould be in and the shallots and onions too, but onlyweather permitting. It is still very cold at the moment, soyou may have to pick your timing.

You should have chitted your potatoes by now (meaningstood them in an egg tray with the eye pointing upwardsand place them somewhere cool until planting.) I neverplant mine out until Easter, so that I miss the frosts.

You will need this time to get your manure dug in, if youhave not already done so, and make sure there are noweeds in the garden or allotment.

If you have planted tomatoes in trays and they are upalready, prick them out into pots and if the weather iskind to us then put them in a cold greenhouse to growon, ready for planting out when the time comes.

The daffodils are starting to come up now, so they willbe a pretty sight when they open up. We have had a goodshow of snow drops, which are just about finished as arethe crocuses.

Time to clean out the pond in the bottom of the garden,if it is not frozen over, and you can start to feed the fisha little at a time. And don't forget our feathered friendsout there, who are now calling with the dawn chorus inthe mornings looking for a mate. Such a lovely time ofyear Spring, everything coming into bud and coming tolife again.

Well reader, that is all for this month.Take care and if you need some information pleasecall on 07867974544 or email me on [email protected]

The next speaker for March is Ian Limmer from PeterBeales Roses at the United Reformed church 7.30pmMarch 28th. We have a seed swap too.

The Spring show will be April 6th at the Church on theWay, Churchill Way. if you would like to enter please comeand join us setting up is 8.30am to 10.15am.....Judging is 10.30am to 1.00pm andopen to the public is 2.00pm prize giving is 3.00pmAll are welcome the more the merrier.Bye for now Yvonne

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Mundford Road Allotment Club invites you all to an evening with

Twigs Way on Wednesday 17th April at 7pmThe British Legion Rooms, Market Place, ThetfordThere will be a small entrance charge to cover costs.

Any profit will be shared betweenHelp for Heroes & The Royal British Legion

Refreshments will be available.

About Twigs Way Twigs Way is a freelance lecturer,historian, and broadcaster aboutallotments and gardens past andpresent. She often broadcastson Radio Four. Twigs has alsopublished a number books on a variety of subjectsconnected with the social histories of both allotmentsand gardens from Garden Gnomes to Digging forVictory and more.

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Thetford Garden and Allotment Club

Spring Show

The Church on the Way, Churchill Road

Please hand entries in from 8.30am to 10.15am Judging takes place from 10.30am to 1.00pm

Open to the public at 2.00pm Prize giving at 3.00pm

Why not bring your daffodils, tulips and spring flowers to our show?

Why not bake a Norfolk treacle tart or cheese scones for the WI judge to taste?

How about arranging some flowers or creating an Easter bonnet?

There are cups and prizes to be won, so why not come and join the fun?

More information and show schedule from

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Yvonne Rout07867 974 544

Thetford Open GardensJune 23rd 2013

One of the loveliest days in the Thetfordcalendar and all in a good cause. There will bethe usual mix of gardens old and new and alllovingly tended by their owners.

If you would like to join in and help raise muchneeded funds for our local hospice St NicholasHospice Care please call Liz on 01842 753872or Rachel on 01842 762165

If you just like admiringother people's hardwork and having teain beautifulsurroundings, pleaseput the date June23rd 2013 in yourdiary now!

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All part of the fun and fellowship.. meeting old friends andmaking new ones

Recently Lion Zone Chairman Derek Fripp and MultipleDistrict Lioness Chairman June Mills joined the ThetfordBreckland Lionesses for their meeting at Kings Court.

They were very interested in the time club membersspent helping those who were ill or housebound andfund raising ideas of the club. Also during February,Thetford Breckland Lionesses welcomed ChristineBerwick from the Cystic Fibrosis Society to receive acheque for £300.

Christine explained that the donation would go a longway to help those with cystic fibrosis "to get on with theirlives" by providing smaller portable nebulisers and assistwith transport arrangements for their appointments.

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March at Thetford Library!GREAT Big Read Goes to the Movies!

Join us during March and April to celebrate books whichhave been adapted to films. Library staff and membersof the public have helped choose 10 books that havebeen made into films. Why not pop into Thetford Library to pick these and otherbooks up, discuss them with friends and simply enjoyreading.

The 10 books chosen to be featured in this year’sGreat Big Read are:

l Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurierl The Hobbit by JRR Tolkienl Atonement by Ian McEwanl Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carrel Brighton Rock by Graham Greenl Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capotel The Borrowers by Mary Nortonl Life of Pi by Yann Martel l We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriverl Dracula by Bram Stoker

Breckland Book Festival!Calling all would be authors and bookworms- theBreckland Book Festival is coming back to Thetford witha programme of literary and creative events! Inspirationfor many of the events this year has come from the GreatBig Read Goes to the Movies.Organised by Breckland Council and Creative Arts Eastwith support from Norfolk County Council Library Service,events in Thetford include author talks and readings, acreative writing workshop, a performance and a filmscreening!

Thursday 21st March, 7.30pm at the CarnegieRooms,Thetford Mike Dilger “The One Show’s ownanswer to Dr. Doolittle!”-Mike Dilger presents his newbook “My Garden and Other Animals”.

“Anyone who has ever fed the birds, watched wildlife intheir garden, or simply enjoyed getting closer to naturewill find this book funny, uplifting and ultimately verymoving”. (The Daily Mail)

Tickets can be bought from Thetford Library, onlinevia www.brecklandbookfestival.com or on the door.

Friday 22nd March, 10.30am – 1.00pm at ThetfordLibrary, Raymond Street, Thetford.Introduction to Creative Writing Workshop withLynne Bryan.Lynne Bryan is the author of two novels and is currentlywriting her third novel “Long Lost”. She “writes withsensual precision and jaunty assurance in crisp, livelyprose”. (The Observer ) In this workshop she will belooking at how to place a character within a setting.

Tickets can be bought from Thetford Library, onlinevia www.brecklandbookfestival.com.


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Friday 22nd March, 7.30 pm at Thetford LibraryDavid Copperfield – a new adaptation by Stephan

Drury Suitable for ages 12 +“With all its dark comedy, Dickens favourite novel isbrought to the stage in this fast-paced and faithfuladaptation”.


Saturday 23rd March, 12.00 pm at Thetford LibraryAlex Scarrow – suitable for 10 years +, this FREEevent includes lunch.Join us for a fun and interactive session with the wellknown author of the very popular “Time Rider” series.

No booking required for this FREE event.

Saturday 23rd March, 12.00pm at Thetford LibraryWords and Women – FREE event with lunch.Words and Women promises a lively mix of poetry andprose from published and up-and-coming writers suchas Megan Bradbury, Clare Jarrett, Helen Ivory and others ,aswell as music from local singer-songwriters AnnaMudeka and Kimberley Moore.

No booking required for this FREE event.

Saturday 23rd March, 3.00pm at Thetford LibrarySarah Ridgard & Natasha Soobramanien introducetheir debut novels.“Seldom Seen” , Sarah’s novel was picked as one of thecontenders for Amazon’s Rising Stars Competition 2012and is set in a sleepy Suffolk village in the 1990’s.Fourteen year old Desiree is haunted by her gruesomediscovery of the body of a baby in a ditch whilst outwalking, and finds herself compelled to unearth secretsthat perhaps should be left alone.A mesmerising debut, “Seldom Seen “ is particularlydistinctive for its striking “evocation of landscape , offarming, its season, cruelties and epiphanies”. (TheGuardian)

A reworking of the French 18th century classic, Paul etVirginie, “Genie and Paul” is set in London, Mauritius andRodrigues, and is an original love story: the story of asister’s love for a lost brother, and the story of his lovefor an island that in reality lives only in his imagination.A Guardian Book of the Year 2012 and shortlistedalongside “Seldom Seen” for Amazon’s Rising Stars, thenovel was published to critical acclaim.


Sunday 24th March, 2.30pm at the United Reformed Church, Earls Street, Thetford

Film –Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New Yorkapartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty,quirky, free-spirited neighbour Holly Golightly. Tickets £3.

Bookings: 01842 751975 / 07802 701911or at Leaping Hare Tourist Information Office, BelmontHouse, 20 King Street, Thetford or online viawww.brecklandbookfestival.com

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Board Games MorningsRelax and enjoy a game of Scrabble, dominoes, chess ordraughts at our FREE drop in Board Games mornings,twice weekly on Monday and Thursday mornings,between 10am – 1pm. Everyone is welcome.Groups are welcome to use the Board Games in theLibrary for free at other times –please contact David atthe Library for further information.

NEW Books and Buggies Meet Up!Are you a parent/carer with children aged 0-4 years?Why not come to the library on a Monday morning tomeet with friends for a chat and listen to a story.These FREE sessions are held every Monday between10am - 11.30am and you are welcome to stay for thewhole session or drop –in.

NEW Thetford Writers GroupAre you a budding Rowling, Motion or E.L. James?Whether you want to write diary entries, poems,prose oran epic trilogy come to this new group where you canhelp, listen and share your work.The March meetings will take place in the library on

Friday 1st March & Friday 15th March, 5.45pm - 6.45pm.

Baby Bounce & Rhyme TimesSongs and rhymes for babies and toddlers and theirparents/carers

Tuesday 12th March • 10.30am - 11.00amTuesday 26th March • 10.30am - 11.00am

No need to book, just drop in for these fun, free sessionsand meet some new friends at the library!

Reading GroupFriday 22nd March, starting at 2.30pm.

The Book ClubFriday 22nd March, 5.45pm - 6.45pm

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