FLITCHAM CUM APPLETON

VILLAGE NEWSLETTERFebruary 2017

Produced by the Parish Council for the community

CHURCH SERVICESSunday 5th at 8.00 am

Holy Communion

Sunday 26th at 11.00 amThe Family Service

Social ClubMEMBER’S DRAW

JanuaryThe winner of the £10 drinks voucher forJanuary is -

Fred SturmanPlease collect your prize from the bar be-fore the end of February. Unclaimedprizes will be rolled over into the nextdraw.

Draw for FebruaryThere will be a draw of paid-up member’snames during the month of February. Thelucky member will win a

£10 drinks voucher(redeemable for drinks at the bar)

The winner will be announced in thenewsletter for March. If you want to be inwith a chance make sure your member-ship subscription is up to date.

The Mobile Library VanNext visits

Friday, February 10thFriday March 10th

Abbey Rd, 1.20 to 1.35pmCommunity Centre 1.40 to 1.55pm

New Years EveCelebrations

About 60 residents and some of theirfriends gathered at the Social Club to wel-come in 2017. The rooms were still verynicely decorated after Xmas and therewas a lovely fire blazing in the barroom.Things got going about 9.00pm althoughthe premises were open much earlier. Gra-ham Kirby-Jones provided music from hisextensive collection creating a happy at-mosphere and prompting some dancing.Member of the committee and the Stew-ard combined efforts to provide an amplesupply of finger food.

On the stroke of midnight everyone inthe bar took part in the traditional singingof “Auld Lang Syne” and there were hugsand handshakes all round. Then up to theclub garden for a splendid display of fire-works sponsored by Patsy Young, profes-sionally set off by Richard Gray havingbeen fetched all the way from the factoryup north by Terry and Sue Allen. Our sin-cere thanks to all of them.

All agreed that the evening was a suc-cess and a very happy and convivial oc-casion, always something we all lookforward to.

Churchwarden’s reportChristmas Coffee Morning in aid of

the ChurchThe Christmas coffee morning held in theCommunity Centre raised £470 forSt. Mary's church. The PCC are so grate-ful to everyone who contributed tothis event especially those who got up veryearly on Friday morning todecorate the room - Christmas had defi-nitely arrived!

Christmas ServicesCarol Service - Once again the church, litwith candles, looked very beautiful andthe PCC want to thank everyone whohelped with the decorations. Roger Bem-rose organised a small male choir to singat the beginning of the service and chil-dren from Flitcham Academy sang twocarols around the crib.

After the service we all enjoyed mulledwine and delicious mince pies made by thevillage - THANK YOU.

Christmas Day Sally Stanton led theFamily Service on Christmas Day. Asour usual organist was playing in anotherchurch we were accompanied by guitaristSteve Davis who led us happily throughfavourite and well-known carols.

Quality Bone China Mugs - £6 Threedesigns available: HM The Queen’s por-trait –90th Anniversary; Scenes from 90years of The Queen’s life; and St Mary’sChurch, Flitcham. Available in thechurch or call John or Buffy Ross600018, or Harry Verney 609099.

Flower Festival in St. Mary's Church in2017Please put a note in your new year's diaryabout a Flower Festival that willbe held in the church on September15/16/17/18. More details to follow.

Social ClubDiary dates

Burns Meal NightSaturday 21st January 7.30pm

Haggis, Neeps, Tatties with DessertCost £7.00 book with Steward

***Pancake Night

Saturday 11th February 7.30pmPancakes with sweet & savoury fillings

Cost £4.50 book with Steward***

Beetle DriveSaturday 18th February 6 — 8pm

Great fun for the kiddies or grandchil-dren to compete. An easy dice game.

Come and learn if you don’t know how.Prizes for winners. Cost £1.00 per per-son, book at school or with Steward

***Meal Night

Saturday 25th February 7.30pmFish Shop Pie & Chips with home mademushy peas. Cost & menu with steward.

***Darts Competition

Saturday 4th March 7.30pmGreat cash prizes.501 best of 3 legs.

First prize £50 Second prize £25£10 highest shot out

Small buffet included.Cost £5.00 tickets from steward.

***Vintage Night

Saturday 18th March 7.30pmPut your vintage best on

and come enjoy the eveningFull details at the Social Club

***FOR ALL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CALL

GAVIN ONMob 07867 615947Land 01485 600703

A Messagefrom Jane Gardener

Dear Residents of Flitcham,A very Happy New Year from everyone

here at the school! All the children havecome back to school raring to go after alovely Christmas break and a hugely busyAutumn term. We really enjoyed takingpart in the village carol service and lookforward to more combined events. The start of this term saw the traditionalNew Year’s party, with children enjoyinga special treat on Friday afternoon of tra-ditional party games, such as Pass the Par-cel, plenty of party food and music. Muchfun was had by all, including the staff.Later in January we have a visiting dramagroup, who will be performing Dick Whit-tington, which looks set to be a wonderfulperformance.

One of my reasons for writing was tointroduce myself as the new ExecutiveHeadteacher, I work across the twoschools Sandringham and West Newtonand Flitcham, spending half my time ineach school. Having moved to Norfolk 18months ago from Buckinghamshire, I canhonestly say living and working in thiswonderful area is a real dream come true,having spent much of my childhood uphere, visiting my aunt.

The school is very much at the heart ofthe community and as such I would like toappeal to you. The children can really ben-efit from working with volunteers. I haveno doubt that many of you have skills toshare and we would be really happy towelcome you into school. Reading withchildren, gardening, sewing, arts andcrafts, music, cooking, really any skillsthat you would like to share; we wouldlove to hear from you.

For SaleBeko White Larder Fridge 1.50m highx 55 x 55 cm (one year old) £75.00

Chest of Three Drawers white 80 cmhigh x 80 cm wide x 50 cm deep. FromJohn Lewis (not a flat pack). £30.00

Cream Hand made Indian Rug 2.40 x1.50 m from John Lewis (as new) £75.00

Two Old Dining Type Chairs hardwoodupholstered in pink fabric. £25.00 eachAll enquiries phone 01485 609221.

The Storytelling EveningA cozy, warm and very pleasant evening

was enjoyed by the group who came tojoin the fun. The room was quite atmos-pheric, lit only by a host of candles andtwinkling Christmas lights. It proved anideal setting for the circle of people of allages who had come along. There werereadings of well loved poems and extractsfrom seasonal stories, some serious someamusing. Even the very well behaved fiveyear old enjoyed it so much she wanted tocome back the next evening for more.

An original humorous poem from Deb-bie bemoaning the moles in their gardenwas much appreciated as was the christ-mas music played by Dawn on her accor-dion. Don gave us Dylan Thomas’ “FernHill” followed by two of his own sensitiveand thought provoking poems. Robert,Joey, Harry, Patsy and Roger all read or re-cited enjoyable pieces.The wine and warmmince pies went down well during thecourse of the evening and while peoplechatted happily before heading home. Weare wondering now if we could do a simi-lar evening around Midsummers Eve.Why not? Thanks to all who came alongto take part.

Community thanksto

Robert Walden for spring-cleaning thevillage sign and the Community Centresign and to Rick Elyard for helping him

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Justine Cullum for paying for the NewYear’s Eve advertising banners.

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Patsy Young for paying for the NewYear’s Eve fireworks.

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Robert Walden for paying for andmaintaining Flitcham History website.

Parish CouncilThe Parish Council met on Tuesday 3rd

January 2017. Monica Mortensson at-tended for her first meeting as a Councilorfollowing her co-option last Novemberand we welcomed Dawn Nash who wasco-opted at this meeting, thank you to youboth for answering a call for new Coun-cilors. We now have 6 on the team but weshould have 7 so we would love anotherParishioner to come along. The normalroutine is that we meet on the first Tues-day of every other month so only 6 meet-ings a year, not much to commit to. Ournext meeting is in March. In January'smeeting we discussed the precept andagreed the expenditure for the comingyear. Parishioner Harry Verney attendedthe meeting to discuss the contribution theParish makes to the Church in the villageto assist with the grass cutting. Due toother expenses the donation given thisyear of £100.00 could not be increased.The Council was delighted that Jane Gard-ner, Flitcham Executive Head Teacheralso attended the meeting and it is hopedto build a good relationship between theSchool and Flitcham community.

The minutes of the meeting are on theParish Council web site and will be put onthe Parish notice board. JS

Flitcham Online***

Parish Councilhttp://flitchampc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/

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The Schoolhttp://flitcham.dneat.org/

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Abbey Farmhttp://www.abbeyfarm.co.uk/

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Flitcham History Websitehttp://flitcham.com/

A REMINDERPlease remember to renew your subscrip-tion for 2017. Fees remain at £5. Pay yourfee to, and get your new member cardfrom the steward, Gavin.

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