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ContentsPage 5 - 6 A Strange Experience by Roger DaveyPage 8 - 11 Water Wells in Zambia part 2 by John BainesPage 13 - 16 Micky’s Magic by Rolph TipoyPage 19 Farming Diary by Sue RedgravePage 20 - 21 A Willing Volunteer by Chris EarlPage 23 - 26 Church pagesPage 27 - 28 Feather Report by Trevor RavenPage 29 PostHorn CelebrationPage 34 - 35 Harbingers of Spring by Michael HallPage 39 - 41 The Coronation in Scole by Chris EarlPage 43 - 44 Council News by Sue Redgrave

plus........Garden Tips, MU, WI, Dominoes, Recipe and more!

These days we seem to read only bad news, so you will not find anymention of credit crunch or recession in this edition; instead we celebratethat according to “Country Life”, Norfolk has been voted as the eighth bestCounty to live in. A sense of community is an important element toachieving such an accolade.

In this magazine, we start a series of how Scole developed to suit themodern age. The formation of Scole United Football Club, covered in the

“Willing Volunteer” article and the “Coronation in Scole” article which coversthe proposals for a Playing field. Future articles will trace our progress after1953. Can anyone help with information? Please contact us.

Spring is in the air and we celebrate this with “Harbingers of Spring” byMichael Hall and “Feather Report” by Trevor Raven. We also look atdaffodils in Billingford in Farming Diary.

Wishing all a happy carefree Spring.

Chris Earl Editor.

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A Strange Experience in Mill Valley, California.by Roger Davey

10 May 2004. Ann and I were walking back to the house from Mill ValleyVillage when I saw two men from the San Francisco Water Supply Companyin the road. One was holding a metal rodin each hand and walking across the roadwith them pointed in front of him. The otherwas holding a board with a road plan on it.Each time the first man got near to themiddle of the road the two metal rodsbegan moving towards each other. Thesecond man then marked a yellow X on the road and made a mark on hismap at the point.We watched, fascinated, whilst this process was repeated along the road,and when I asked, was told they were tracing a water pipe by ‘dowsing’.The pipes, being made of plastic, no longer responded to metal detectors,and this was a simple way of finding them. I asked ifanyone could do it and the guy said he thought theycould, and offered the rods to me. The rods were ‘L’shaped, either copper or nickel and about 18 incheslong and 1/8 inch diameter. I took hold of them, andhe told me to extend my arms forward, showing mehow to cusp my hands with the thumb and forefingerforming a 1 inch diameter hole. He then rested thetwo rods across my fists with the short lengthshanging down each hole. In this way I started to walkslowly across the road. Nothing happened until I gotnear the centre when to my utter amazement the two rods started to movetowards each other. I could not believe my eyes; nothing I was doing couldcause this to happen. The rods were moving of their own accord. Theycrossed over each other and then as I continued over the centre of theroad they stopped moving. The man said that was where the water pipewas. I had to believe it. No way would the hard headed management atSan Francisco City Hall allow this to continue if it did not provide results.

It is now 2008, and I am still bewildered by the whole experience. What washappening ? Does it happen only when people are involved? What is theforce that causes the rods to move? Has anyone ever tried to explain itscientifically? It certainly doesn’t seem to be electro-magnetic. If it’sgravitational why do the rods move horizontally? Is it a new force of nature?

Exactly how, and if, divining works is the subject of continuing debate.

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When you ask the question, the answer will invariably depend on who you ask.Science says No, it does not work. Sceptics state that dowsing experimentsin controlled conditions have failed to produce convincing results. Otherspoint out that the practice has survived for at least five centuries with dowsersclaiming excellent success rates. Many people, myself hesitantly included,believe it does work, or something does. In fact if you ask some of the localtown workers who lay and fix water pipes, you may be surprised to learn howcommon is the use of Divining Rods to quickly find pipes. Indeed it seemsthat dowsing is employed by many large organisations, and even someGovernments.

I have read that many Dowsers believe the divining rods amplify tiny,imperceptible movements within the hand of the dowser. They believe it isnot the signal moving the rods, it is the hands that are doing the movement.The sensor is you - picking up information and passing the signal to themuscular part of your nerves. Perhaps this really does happen, but it stilldoesn’t answer the question, what is, and from where does the signal come?

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Village QuizThe annual village quiz has been arranged for April 24th.We hope to see all the organisations taking part in this funevent. Each organisation will be invited to put in a team viaa letter but please put this date in your diaries.

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Water Wells in Zambia Pt.2by John Baines

Our Kaoma programme lasted five and a half working days. The teamswere in the field and had found sixteen new villages with well locations.They had also inspected the previous year’s work in a number of villagesand this finished at noon on Saturday.

Our task was to lunch, pack and travel west some one hundred and fiftymiles to our second base in Mongu. It is the biggest town in WesternProvince and has a motel with electricity and water in more reliablequantities. There are bar and restaurant facilities at the “Oasis” and alsoa supermarket “Shoprite”.

Being Sunday morning we attend the Episcopal Church. The congregationis around three hundred with a choir of about fifty, a dozen Elders and theaddition of eight “palefaces”. The choir, from a tuning fork, sing theHallelujah Chorus masterfully.

We were expected to introduce ourselves and thank them for their warmwelcome concluding with sharing the Peace. At the end, the majority of thecongregation want to shake hands and the Elders invite us to share aSprite and nibbles. As each year goes by, the companionship increases.

Monday morning and we meet the Health Visitor team of three competentand impressive ladies who do their work mostly voluntarily but know thevillages well. Each have families - Claire, Precious and Albertina.Albertina was taught her Tropical Medicine at Liverpool, next door to whereI once lectured.

“You must be my Daddy!!” giving me a huge hug. “You must be my longlost wayward daughter”. “Don’t tell me you are in trouble!” “Not again.”

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The Mongu ground conditions are different. Whereas Kaoma wells are dugthrough self supporting earth, in Mongu the upper strata is mostly windblown sand from the Namibian Kalahari Desert.

The wells have to be supported the whole depth. This is done with concreterings about a metre diameter and 600cm high.

The rings are made of concrete in a plastic mould and cured.

The first one is laid over the stake where the well is located.

The digger (usually an enthusiastic lady) sits inside the ring and digs out the earth whilst lowering the ring, sealing the next one for abouttwelve metres deep (higher than our chimney tops). The latter part is inwater and wet sand. A sample of the water is tested by the local healthauthority. Sweet water is expected but monitored for traces of arsenic andiron.

There are some fifteen wells constructed in each village resulting from ourlocation work the previous year, so we are anxious to learn how efficient lastyear’s programme has been. Each will have been commissioned before ourarrival and every village will have had a couple of months experience of theirnew well.

Their joy and thanks is celebrated with a village meeting with speeches andsongs by the children and a speech of thanks from each Headman. It is anoverwhelming experience, and most rewarding.

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So far, the anticipated conditions have proved consistently successful for depths, flows and sweetness of water and the appreciation of the villagers.

In addition to the villages each sponsored by Rotary Clubs throughout EastAnglia there have been five opportunities to assist schools. In Zambia, thereare State schools which are not in every village. Consequently, independentCommunity schools exist which have no financial support. The latter areusually without adequate water and sanitation facilities and we have beenrequested to assist with good results.

It is noticeable that schoolattendance has increasedconsiderably where wellsare functioning effectively.

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The teams of Village Water do monitor the villages that have had wells installed, particularly with the sanitation and hygiene as the health and education are important unexpected by-products of the work.

(The Team in 2007 with me and Liz in the centre.)

These achievements have only been possible through Village Water teams,the Rotary Clubs who have supported financially and organised by RichardPither and lay dowsing members particularly our colleague Peter Taylor aspart of our team.

There have been several individuals who have provided financial supportand their funds have been devoted to construction wells for three communityschools for 900 pupils.

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by Rolph Tipoy

It seems a long time ago now. The blue moon andscarlet sea are long behind me, but my adventuresare just beginning. How could I possibly know whatlay between the Great Chasm and the Cantellian Void.I had to make a choice, once made it could not bereversed. The wave overcame everything.

Part 1

Charlie was my best friend, he was a whole six months older than me, but Ididn’t care. It was 1954 and I’d just had my twelfth birthday and here I was,out on my new bike. “Hop on the seat then, or you’ll bend the mudguard”, Imuttered. “Look, I’ll stand on the pedals and we can freewheel down the restof the lane to the beach”. Charlie didn’t look too reassured, he’d just boughtan ice cream cornet and was in the process of sticking his tongue right downinto the bottom of the square bit. “Look pal, my mum just spent threepenceon this and there’s no way I’m going to waste it ok”. He hadn’t noticed thewhite blob on the end of his nose and it looked pretty daft. We’d alreadywalked up hill for about a half mile and I was ready for that ride even if hewasn’t! “We’ve only got till teatime Charlie so get on that seat and let’s getcracking”. There was a big crunch and a slurp, and the last remains of theice cream disappeared down his gullet.

The beach was about a mile from the village of Little Munley where we bothlived. A narrow street of terraced cottages, a small pub called TheSmugglers Bay Inn and a school for children, up to fourteen years.Mr Hammond was the head teacher, and nobody argued with him. Whenhe told you to shut up in class, you did. He was alright though. “You’rewobbling”, Charlie nervously observed as we raced down the lane at highspeed. “Micky, if we crash I’m going to throw your bike into the sea and makeyou get it back!” he yelled, hanging on to my school blazer as if it was a lifejacket.

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We gathered more speed as we charged around the signpost at the junctionwhich pointed us off to the right, and we flew past farmer Johnson’s field withhis prize winning Hereford cattle still gently chewing the cud. This markedthe last part of the journey, and before we knew it, we’d accelerated on to thebeach with Charlie hanging onto his school cap for dear life as we slammedinto the dunes. “Ruddy maniac,” he stuttered, brushing himself off wildly.

“Do you know how much my mum paid for this uniform?” It didn’t matter a jot,we’d arrived in one piece and I couldn’t wait to start beach combing.

This was my favourite hobby and I eagerly awaited finding some long lostjewels or anything of interest that I could add to my collection. “I think we’lltry up at the cliff point this time around Charlie old chap”, pointing the way.This was an area that we’d never tried before. You had to be careful with thetide, but it was out, and I reckoned that we had around an hour to foragearound the pools. It took about five minutes of running before we arrived, ourlegs aching. We cautiously hauled ourselves between the jagged rocks andgot ready for digging. “Give us your pen Charlie, there’s a big hump overthere and I need to see what’s under it”. There was a grimace and a firmclasping of his top pocket to protect the highly valued fountain pen. “Shoveoff!” he rasped. “Do you know how much my mum spent on this pen?” I hadbecome slightly exasperated with his constant moaning about what his mumhad spent on his school stuff and was no longer prepared to hear any more.

“Give me that pen, you idiot,” I stormed. “How do you expect me to dig thisthing up if I don’t have something to dig it up with?”

Charlie might have been a bit older than me but he was much smaller. Therewas no way that he could resist me if I decided to take it off him. “Why can’tyou use your own pen? My mum spent one shilling and six pence on thispen, the last one of mine you used ended up with its nib all bent and the casescratched and broken”.

Standing up, I looked him squarely in the eye with my hands on my hips.This was my, ‘now I really mean this’ stance which everyone knew to be mylast approach. Alright, so I’m a bit of a bully, but what can you do when thetide is turning on you. This object was looking rather interesting. I neededto see what it was, for there was always a chance it might not be found again,

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The wind was picking up, and the strip of beach we were on was reducingfrom a good hundred yards when we first started, to half of that when weeventually sorted out the pen situation. He lost again! “If you break it you’llhave my mum to deal with Micky, I mean it, she’ll talk to your mum and you’llget into some real trouble this time!” I wasn’t really interested, I couldn’t bebothered. This lump in the sand was about the size of a dinner plate andwas raised about an inch. Wow, pirates’ treasure, lost smugglers’ booty?Expectation was high. The pen was a lot stronger than Charlie’s last one.I started easing the pen around the outer edge and started to tease the edgeup and down. It wasn’t going to yield itself easily. Fifteen minutes of wigglingand jiggling and digging into the lower surface surrounding the object justwasn’t going to shift it. “Micky, the water is getting closer, you’d better hurryup!” Sure enough, the sea was now lapping around the first set of rocksabout thirty feet away and water was starting to spray over the top of them.

”Give it up, it’s not going to come up is it?” urged Charlie. “If this uniform getsmessed up my mum won’t be happy!” Charlie looked nervously over hisshoulder at the lapping water. “Did I tell you how much this uniform cost mymum?” What was it with this object?

Most stuff I could collect with very little work. Normally all I had to do waspick it up or dig down into a very small amount of sand or pebbles and thatwas it, another prize. I scraped all of the sand off the top of the roundedobject, it glittered in the sunlight. “Wow gold!” I gasped. Well, it looked likegold, it was gold in colour, it MUST be gold! I had to hurry. We were at thebase of a very high cliff and we had to cover about two hundred yards to getto safety. The sand dunes were safely behind the tide line and we knew we’dbe ok once we reached them. “I’m off Micky, you can stay if you want to, mymum’ll be really mad if I get drowned, you wait and see!” he exclaimed,running for all of his worth. “I’m telling you it won’t come out, you’re mad ifyou stay!” He was right, the object was stuck fast and the water was nowonly three feet away from the last set of rocks. Time was indeed runningout. OK, I’ll come back for it tomorrow I thought, but how do I find the positionagain?

There was only one thing for it, I’d quickly get some loose rocks and pile themon the top, a dozen should do it. I must get busy before it’s too late.

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The last rock went on the pile rather awkwardly, but I managed to get a goodweight on the top and I reckoned that the sea wouldn’t shift that lot in a hurry.I’d be able to relocate this find easily. A sigh of relief as I clambered over theremaining rock before hitting the beach area, with minutes remaining beforethe sea overtook where we had stood. A last look back, and I heard whatsounded like some curious creaking and cracking coming from the rocks.Too late to do anything now, I had to run, and run fast. Well, I was the schoolsprint champion, and I was confident that I could easily make the dunesbefore hitting trouble. Charlie wasn’t such a good runner, and I caught himup as he started to sit down by the bike. “You’re mad you are!” he panted,

“one of these days we’ll be in real trouble, and my mum will come andget..........” I interrupted. “Shut up Charlie, we’re alright aren’t we?” I saidshrugging my shoulders. “This time tomorrow I’ll have that gold plate in myhands and we’ll both be rich!” This was pirate treasure, I had quiteconvinced myself it was pirate treasure, yes, of course it was pirate treasure.I knew that one day I’d get something really good, not just some nice shellsor a starfish but REAL treasure. I thought it was only a matter of time. Charlielooked at the bike and picked it up. “Well, I suppose we should be gettingback, it’s getting near tea time”. The worst bit was getting up that hill again.I thought I’d strained the chain as we were tearing down the road last time soI’d better be a bit more careful this time around. “Do you really think thatobject was solid gold?” he enquired as we walked up the lane. “I mean, youknow, real gold like my mum’s wedding ring.” We walked a bit further beforeI gave my reply. “Now look here Charlie, don’t say a single word to your mumor your dad, right!” Charlie’s face was scowled and upset. “Now look hereMicky, if you’ve found some pirate treasure and we come into a lot of money,how are we going to explain where it all came from to our parents?” I had toadmit he had a point. “Search me, besides we haven’t got it yet have we oldchap!”

Tomorrow was another day. I hoped that the pile of rocks survived and thatI could re-find my treasure. The weather forecast was for stormy conditionsovernight and rain for the following day, all day. This was frustrating, but Imight well take a risk if the weather wasn’t too bad. It was my treasure,nobody or anything was going to stop me getting it, nobody!

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Five years later they purchased the property next door, owned by the ComberFamily (which is now Fellows Drive). The business really grew, and in 1990 apurpose built workshop was built which allowed M.O.T’s to be carried out on site.

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Farming Diary by Sue Redgrave

Fluttering and Dancing in the BreezeMany of you will remember the wonderful fields of bright yellow in andaround Scole and Billingford in the spring, starting in the late 80’s. This wasnot the flower of the oil seed rape, but field upon field of golden daffodils.Thelveton Estate started growing them in 1986 and continued until 2000,when with a cut in workforce it was decided to sell off the grading machinerywhich was dismantled and sold on to someone in Ireland.

To grow a successful crop, the land had to be de-stoned, ploughed andridged. The bulbs were planted at the end of August and the fields ridgedagain. They were sprayed and fertilised in the spring.

After the first year of growth, the flowers were picked and sold at theroadside. Some were sent to market.

The second year, again flowers were picked and sold. After the remainingflowers had died, the fields were sprayed and the bulbs lifted and taken tothe grain store to dry. When dry enough, they were passed along amechanised grading line to sort into sizes and remove any diseased bulbs.

The working hours for this job was 5.30 am until 10.30pm, 7 days a week for8 weeks. It was very tiring, labour intensive work. Some casual labour wasbrought in to help with this and the flower picking. Once sorted, the smallerbulbs were inspected by the Ministry to make sure they were free fromdisease, they were then sold on in tonne boxes.

The larger bulbs which were kept, were sterilised in water and chemical anddried with cooling fans, then stored until time for planting. Then the wholeprocess started again.

In all, eleven varieties were grown. The picture opposite shows a field atBillingford. (Thanks to Paul for his helpful notes and good memory.)

Congratulations to these Scole residents:Audrey Welch who celebrated her 90th Birthday on February 2nd. Wehope she had a happy day.

Christina and Edward Williams on their 40th Wedding Anniversary onFebruary 14th.

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A Willing Volunteer - The Ron Hill StoryBy Chris Earl

“You have volunteered to join the RAF, it looks as if you had a goodeducation. What is your current employment”? “I work at RKO PicturesStudio in Elstree sir.” “Aahh! do you know the Morse Code”? “Yes, Ilearned it in the Boy Scouts.” “Good, then you will be trained as a radio

operator.”

It was 1940; 18 year old Ron Hill wasin the recruitment centre at EdgwareDrill Hall, Middlesex. After basictraining and a Morse Code trainingcourse, Ron found his way to DissRailway station where he was collect-ed by a motorcycle combination anddriven along some very narrow lanesto a farm gate guarded by a sentry.To this London lad it appeared to bethe middle of nowhere but in realityhe was at the top secret radio base atFrenze.

Located opposite what is now the DissBusiness Centre, the “Base” consistedof a pond, wooden sheds protected byblast walls, a scattering of aerials and

lots of cows. RAF Frenze was a truly secret base, few knew it was thereand certainly no one knew what it was for.

Ron was billeted in Diss where he heard many complaints from listeners tothe wireless about interference to their reception after dark. This was entirelydue to the activities at Frenze. Bound by the Official Secrets Act, noservicemen could make comments. What was going on at Frenze? Thisbase, along with many others in England, transmitted a radio beam towardsGermany. These beams helped guide RAF bombers towards their targets.

Shortly after this system became operational, it was discovered theGermans were using a similar system. How then could this be used to ouradvantage? The boffins came up with an answer; by transmitting a beamon the German frequency, they were able to guide the bombers away fromtheir targets, resulting in German bombs dropping in fields well away fromcentres of population.

Ron Hill in wartime RAF uniform

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Ron remembers changing frequency to achieve this deception. The systemworked well, in some cases the pilots became hopelessly lost. On oneoccasion, a German bomber crew bailed out complete with dingy ready forditching in the sea. In fact, they landed on Epsom Downs complete withdingy ready for ditching in the sea.

Ron met Irene Atkins, a Scole girl in 1944 and they married in Scole Church.After Ron’s demobilisation they moved in with Irene's parents living inNorwich Road, Scole, until they moved to their own home in RansomeAvenue. Ron found employment with Chittys of Diss where he remaineduntil his retirement in 1987.

In Scole, there was talk of reviving the pre-war football club; Ron alongwith Les Pretty, Laurie Foreman, Claude Bowles and Don Robinson joinedthis group but first they had to find a suitable field as the previous fieldopposite Scole Lodge was no longer available. Mr Alexander had a field tothe rear of the present playing field; Ron remembers looking at this over-grown field and after offering to clear the field they managed to secure itsuse as a football field for free! He became the secretary and set aboutcreating membership of the League for a club to be known as ScoleUnited. It only remained to secure the old pavilion from Sir John Mann;once this was agreed, the group dismantled and re-erected the pavilion atthe new field. The first game was played in 1947 with a match againstKerrison Reformatory School. Scole United won with Ron scoring a goal!

Interestingly, TedPhillips was a mem-ber of the Kerrisonteam, before signingas a player forIpswich Town FC.

Ron continued to helprun and play in thefootball team butother villageorganisations soughtthe help of this willingpair of hands.

In 1947, in addition to being Secretary of Scole United, Ron became aParish councillor, President of The Royal British Legion and along withmany other duties was to become prominent in the formation of the playingfield committee .

Scole United Team 1947. Ron Hill is bottom right

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Thoughts from the Rectory´I wish I could believe in God ...!`

This was the heading on the article about David Attenborough in the week-end supplement of the Daily Mail on Saturday January 24th. Perhaps youtoo can identify with this statement.

The article speaks of Sir David’s loss of his wife, Jane, in 1997 due to abrain haemorrhage and also the loss of his brother’s (Sir Richard) daugh-ter and grand daughter in the Asian tsunami. Both Sir David and Sir Rich-ard recognise that a faith in God would have brought them great comfort.

During December and January I’ve been exceptionally busy (for this area)in terms of funerals. Folk often ask me - ‘Do funerals make you feel de-pressed?’ I reply decisively - ‘No’. Funerals don’t make me depressed be-cause they are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate life in this world butalso they remind us to look beyond this life to that which God has preparedfor us - eternal life.

Lent and Easter are great times to look at our mortality and to seek God -a time to find faith or indeed re-discover it. The activities, events, servicesetc are organised especially leading up to Easter and are there for folk tofind faith in God. Why not give it a try and find that missing ‘part’ of yourlife.

Jesus said ‘For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, thatwhoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’John : 3 v 16

May your Easter and Spring-time be blessed with faith and a living hope.

Trevor

THANK YOUSt Andrew’s Church Scole would like to thank everyone who supported theChristmas Extravaganza in December, either by helping to make things orby coming to enjoy the occasion.

We raised £840 - so thank you all very much.

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From the RecordsBaptisms: NilThanksgiving & Dedications: NilMarriages: NilFunerals:Dec 9th Eric Knights (91) Dec 10th Sheila Davis (71)Dec 16th Donald Mileham (84) Dec 18th Joan Gilbee (88)Jan 8th Joan Charnley (58) Jan 12th Geoffrey Brown (80)Jan 16th Edith Houghton (82) Jan 22nd John Cook (82)

Various Items:Lent Lunches - every Thursday in Lent and Saturday February 28th.

Scole Church - 12 noon to 1.30 pmEveryone welcome

Donations to go to USPG - Anglicans in World Mission

Scole Church Quiz - Saturday March 14th; 6.30 for 7.00 at Scole ChurchQuiz and Chips. Tickets £5.00 in advance - look out for posters.

Further details from:Sue Auckland (740325) & Jamie Worthington (741839)

Mothering Sunday Services ( March 22nd)

Billingford 10amScole 11am - ‘featuring’ members of class 3 from Scole School

Church Contact DetailsPriest-in-Charge Rev. Trevor Riess The Rectory, Tel: 742762 Mill Lane, Scole IP21 4DBChurch WardenScole Maurice Cormack Tel: 741197Reader Sue Auckland Tel: 740325Church SecretaryScole Diane Worthington Tel: 741839Billingford Brian Nunn Tel: 740723

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Annual Parochial Church Meetings

It’s that time of year!!Billingford - Friday March 20th - 7.45 for 8.00 at Kayleen, Upper Street.Scole - Tuesday March 31st - 7.30 at Scole Church.At Annual meetings - Churchwardens are elected, reports received, folk areelected to the church councils, the financial accounts are received andmatters of general concern are ‘aired’.

Films for Everyone Indiana Jones 4; Friday March 2nd; 7pm; Scole Church

U U U U U U

Holy Week in the BeneficeMon.(April 6th) 6.30pm Reading of Mark’s Gospel - Brockdish ChurchTues.(April 7th) 7pm Half-hour Devotions - Thorpe Abbotts’ ChurchWed. (April 8th) 6.30pm Reading of Luke’s Gospel - Scole ChurchThurs.(April 9th) 7pm Holy Communion - Billingford Church

Good Friday (April 10th)

20 - 30 minute devotions in each of the four churches starting on the hour: 11 am Brockdish 12 noon Thorpe Abbotts 1 pm Billingford 2 pm Scole

Feel free to come to as much or as little as you wish.

U U U U U U

r r rHoly Week Holiday Club

Monday April 6th to Wednesday April 8th10am to 12 noon; Scole Church For children aged 5 - 7 years

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Coffee Mornings - 10am - 11.30amRe-start on May 7th in Scole Church on the 1st Thursday of each month.

Four Churches FestivalWe hope this will take place from Wednesday 27th May to Saturday 30th Mayusing all four churches in the Benefice. This has still to be confirmed anddetails will be available in March. Tickets (subject to confirmation) will be onsale from early - mid March at Scole Stores.

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March Services for Scole and BillingfordSunday 1 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole Lighthouse

11 am Scole FS with Baptism9.30 am Billingford HC

Sunday 8 11 am Scole HC

Sunday 15 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole Lighthouse11 am Scole MP

MotheringSunday

22 11 am Scole Family Service10 am Billingford Family Service

Sunday 29 10.30 am Billingford Benefice HC4.30 pm Scole Celebration Service

AprilSunday 5 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole Lighthouse

11 am Scole MP9.30 am Billingford HC

HOLY WEEK April 6th - 10th - See Church pages for detailsEasterSunday

12 11 am Scole HC6 pm Billingford Easter Praise

Sunday 19 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole Lighthouse11 am Scole MP

Sunday 26 11 am Scole HC4.30 pm Scole Celebration Service

MaySunday 3 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole Lighthouse

11 am Scole MP9.30 am Billingford HC

Sunday 10 11.00 am Scole HC

Sunday 17 9.30 for 9.45 am Scole Lighthouse11 am Scole MP

9.30 Billingford MPAscension

DayThursday

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Ascension Day HC

nearer the timeSunday 24 11 am Scole HC

PentecostSunday

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Benefice HC

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Scole Feather Reportby Trevor Raven

It’s February. Snowdrops and aconites are pushing up through the ground,whilst robins, blackbirds, dunnock, great tits and blue tits are all in theirsmart breeding plumage, and singing happily in the garden. Spring isreturning to Scole. Yesterday, for the first time, we heard a great spottedwoodpecker drumming on a dead branch, and a song thrush was singinghis simple, repetitive song, repeating each note two or three times.

There’s a kingfisher active on the Waveney at Scole Bridge. His piping callcan be heard quite distinctly, and there are reports of an otter being sightedfrom here. Early morning is the best time to catch this exotic creature.

There are plenty of rooks and crows around in the Scole area. They are notdifficult to tell apart when you know the distinguishing features. Rooks arenoisy and gregarious. They live in large colonies high up in the trees. Thereis a colony of 40 – 50 at Scole Bridge. Both birds are very shy, but will comeinto the garden to snatch food from the ground. The rooks have a bare,grey bill, quite noticeable even in flight. The crow has a heavy dark bill withfeathers covering the base. In flight, you can see that the rook has arounded tail, whilst the crow’s is square ended. Rooks are well known fortheir aerial acrobatics, rolling and tumbling in the sky. Crows have a steadydirect flight with a few soars.

An old Yorkshire saying goes: If it’s a rook, it’s a crow. If it’s crows, it’s rooks.

It’s been a hard winter this year, and no time is more important to feed thebirds than now. The berries are almost gone, insects are scarce, andSpring is still struggling to overcome old Winter. Sometimes he do comeroaring back with a ferocity, and birds, especially the small ones, then diein great numbers.Scole and its surrounding countryside is blessed with a wonderful variety ofgarden birds. The list on the next page are those presently coming to ourgarden down Bungay Road on an almost daily basis. Anywhere in thevillage you can get the same birds.

In addition to my list, magpies and jays are also seen in Scole, thoughnot in our garden, whilst in the surrounding area even more can beachieved. Around Thelveton and on the A143 barn owls are common atdaybreak and dusk. A tawny owl can be heard calling late into the nightaround the bottom end of Bungay Road, and little owls are a regularmorning delight posing on fence posts or low branches.

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Here is the list for my garden. Tick the birds you see in your garden, andplease let me know if you see any new ones.

q House Sparrow

q Blackbird

q Starling

q Robin

q Dunnock

q Wren

q Great Tit

q Blue Tit

q Coal Tit

q Long Tailed Tit

q Rook

q Crow

q Jackdaw

q Collared Dove

q Wood Pigeon

q Black Headed Gull

q Gt. Spotted Woodpecker

q Green Woodpecker

q Pied Wagtail

q Chaffinch

q Greenfinch

q Goldfinch

q Sparrow Hawk

q Pheasant

q Siskin

q Moorhen

SCOLE VILLAGE FETE - 2009Saturday 11 July

Saturday 11 July is the date for this year’s village fete so rememberto mark the date on your calendar! There are two competitions toenter and the first one is a PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITION. You mayenter up to 3 photos, max.size 8”x6” (20x15cm) including border.Subject: AN IMAGE OF SCOLE IN 2009. Age groups: 11 & under/12-15/16 & over. The second competition is for a PICTURE WHICHINCLUDES A RAINBOW max.size A4 (21x30cm). Age groups:pre-school/5-8/9-11. Entry details will be in the June edition of

so get snapping now and hunt out those paints and pencils!

PRE-FETE FUN QUIZSaturday 27 June

Another date to remember!

The colour theme for this year’s fete is A Rainbow so if you see acolourful poster with a rainbow, then it’ll be about the Fete or the Quiz!

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The PostHorn Celebration

On publication of the Winter Edition we reached our Third Anniversary.We felt this should be marked but it also gave us the opportunity to thank ourwilling team of distributors fortheir hard work in all weathers,delivering the PostHorn to theresidents of Scole, Billingfordand Thelveton.

At the same time we decided tomake an award to a deservingcause in our area. A £50 awardto be known as the PosthornCommunity Award was launched,and who better to decide thewinner than the whole PostHornteam including distributors.

On 25th November we held a PostHorn birthday party at The CommunityCentre. Sue Redgrave provided a buffet and decorated the birthday cake.

Each team member voted for theirchoice from five nominations for theaward. The resulting winner, DissFirst Responders was announcedand duly received the £50 award.

A fun quiz of 12 questions, all basedon articles from previous PostHorns,was held. It was a great pleasure toannounce Georgina King-Fisher thewinner and the title of our mostattentive reader!

The distribution team at workchoosing the winning good cause

PostHorn Team with birthday cake

Distribution coordinatorGordon Larkins and Roy Philpot

prepare to cut the cake

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Diss First Respondersreceive the PostHorn Community Award fromTreasurer Alan Frith. Coordinator Rachel Hilliersays:Our heartfelt thanks for this award together withgrant aid from both South Norfolk and Diss TownCouncils and kind donations from Scole SewingGroup, Scole W.I. and Juniper Group.We hope to take part in the Village Quiz in Apriland Fete in July.

We have a busy few months, made easier with more qualified Respondersswelling our ranks to 9. We cover a large area (Diss and surroundingvillages) but still need more to enhance the coverage we can offer.

Future Fund Raising Events are:

Charity Clay Shoot on Friday 3rd April at High Lodge Shooting School,Haw Wood, Hinton Nr. Darsham (Shooters and non - shooters welcome).East Anglian Game Fare 25/26 April on the Royal Norfolk Showground.Responder Fund Raising Day on Sunday 21June (Father’s Day) atBressingham Steam Museum - a fun day for the whole family, train & galloperrides and health checks available.Royal Norfolk Show Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 JulyScole Fete Saturday 11 July - Hope to see you at any of the above events.

Rachel Hillier

News from your libraryAll Norfolk libraries have regular activities for children. During term time werun baby bounce and rhyme times for babies and toddlers. In schoolholidays we have story time with colouring and crafts. At Harleston librarythese sessions are on Wednesdays at 10.30am and at Diss they are onFridays at 10.30am.

Diss library is also hosting a series of 'meet the author' events this spring,starting with local author Lucy McCarraher on Wednesday 18th March at7pm. Then we welcome Jill Dawson, author of 'The Great Lover' on Monday20th April at 7pm, followed by new author Alex Pheby in May. For moredetails of any of our events, visit the website www.library.norfolk.gov.ukor call Harleston library on 852549.

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Billingford Christmas Fayre

November 29th saw another wonderful Christmas Fayre held at BrockdishVillage Hall. What a tremendous fund raiser that was for St. Leonard’sChurch Billingford, with a grand total raised of £1,414.96.

The residents of Lower and Upper Street and Thorpe Parva really workedwell together to put on a Fayre to remember. Without the contribution, helpand generosity of all concerned the event would not have been such a hugesuccess. Thank you to everyone who supported us on the day with theirtime, and of course, their cash. We will certainly have to pull out all thestops this year to beat 2008. Any new ideas will certainly be welcome.

Thank you everyone and a Happy New Year to you all.

Theft from Scole ChurchyardHow sad that someone could steal flowers from a grave in our churchyard.We have a report from a lady who for 23 years has remembered her latehusband by placing red and white roses on his grave at the time of hisbirthday. On a recent visit, she found that the flowers complete with thecontainer had been stolen. We hope the thieves will realise how upsettingthis thoughtless act was.

Helpers at Billingford ChurchyardBillingford Church Council wish to thank EVERYONE who have helped tokeep our churchyard looking so neat and tidy in 2008. Whilst the grass isnot growing much at present it won’t be long before it will require a regulartrim. As you may know, we have a weekly mowing rota and will shortly bedrawing this up for the coming year April - Oct. We would really like toinclude more people as this will ease the load and only involves a couple ofhours 2 or 3 times a year. If you would like to join us please contact Brianon 740723.

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We hope that those of you who have been on the rota before will beprepared to continue for a further year so we will include you automatically.If you are unable to do so, please let Brian know.

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Harbingers of Springby Michael Hall

Just as winter seems to be going on for ever we get a couple of warm sunnydays and quite suddenly there is a different feel to the world. It is in thatsunshine that the first butterflies of the year can often be seen. If we arelucky there are four species, or possibly even five these days, that are to beseen nectaring on the early flowers like primroses and aubretia.

These are the species that have overwintered as hibernating adults either inthe shelter of a shed, porch or even unheated bedroom or among ivy orother slightly protected sites in the garden. The most colourful is thePeacock with four strikingeyespots on the wings, thatdistract would be predatorybirds away from the head andbody. This, together with theSmall Tortoiseshell, is a species that is sometimes found fluttering at windows during the winterwhen I have been woken up bya little more heat – either fromthe central heatingcoming onor from strong winter sunlightthrough the glass.

Both are species that used to be regularly seen in our gardens – more usuallyin the summer when a later generation is feeding on Buddleia – but in the lastfew years the Small Tortoiseshell has been notable by its virtual absence.

So far the Peacock is still much in evidence. The caterpillars of both species feed on stinging nettles so there must be other factors that are apparently harming the Small Tortoiseshell.

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One of the other species is the Comma, but this is one that does not come intoour houses or outbuildings for the winter. It is similar to the Small Tortoiseshell

but is a little less colourful and hasa much more ‘ragged’ outline to itswings. The caterpillars do feed onstinging nettle but they prefer hop,which is quite common in the localhedgerows, and also elm. Unlikethe other two species wherebatches of eggs give rise togregarious caterpillars the Commalays its eggs singly.

The fourth species that graces our gardens in spring is the Brimstone – the‘butter-coloured fly’ which gave its name to this group of attractive day-flying insects.

The Brimstone lays its eggs,usually in pairs, on buckthornleaves and the male can oftenbe seen flying up and downhedges looking for the palercoloured female. This butterflytends to hibernate in clumpsof ivy where it is particularlywell camouflaged among someof the yellowing leaves.

Until the last few years these were the only four species that survived Britishwinters as adult insects, but recently the related Red Admiral has also beenable to survive here. It is another species, with the caterpillars feeding onstinging nettles where they live individually in a tent of one or two leaveswhich they have sewn together with silk.

All five of these butterflies can be seen again later in the summer when the adult progeny from those that overwintered, are themselves feeding up in order to survive the next winter.

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Over 60s Friendship ClubOur Christmas Party was held on 16th December. The entertainment wasprovided by Jean Davey.

April 3rd is the date for Prize Bingo. Please support. Joyce Colemen

Scole Dominoes Club

The Domino League season is fast coming to an end. The team hasperformed very well this year with a few wins under our belt. As the seasonends, there are various cups to be played for and with the team on goodform we shall enter them with confidence.

The Domino Christmas dinner was held at Redgrave Crosskeys where ourPresident, Richard Youngs, presented members of the team with theirtrophies, won through the season for their in-house competitions. This isthe first year they have been played for. The "Peggy" cup for the singlescompetition was won by our Captain Peggy Stygall with runner-up JuneForeman. The winners of the pairs cup were President Richard Youngsand June Foreman. Runners up were Mick Fairweather and David EvansWell done to all of you.

If anyone would like to join us through the summer months when we meetto practice you will be made welcome. Please contact Peggy on 01379740986

Scole Playing Fieldand Community Centre

The A.G.M. will be held on Wed. 4th March at 7.30pm in the CommunityCentre. All welcome.

Also, a big THANK YOU to those who took the time to reply to the PlayArea survey. It was much appreciated. June Foreman.

NEW YEARS DAY 2010 Scole Stroll

Meeting to be held at The Crossways Inn, Scole in June 09 - all welcome.Watch this space for further details in the next edition of PostHorn.

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Women’s Institute

Scole Mothers’ UnionChristian Care for Families

At the Mothers' Union the winter months were taken up mainly with businessand Christmas celebrations. So in November the M.U. met to discuss nextyear's programme and agree on the distribution of money, collected through-out the year for the various M.U. funds. The Deanery Carol service washeld at St. Mary's Church, Diss in December. In January we held our AGM.

Future meetings:

March - Lynda Mansfield will be talking to members about the M.U. "HomePack".

April - A shared lunch is planned with Rev. Margaret Doggett from Pulhamas guest speaker who will be talking about the stained glass windows in thechapel at King's College, Cambridge.

May - June Kooij from Diss will be our guest speaker and her talk is entitled"Voices".

The M.U. took part in a memorial service held in St. Andrew's Church forJoan Gilbee on Sunday 18th January, which would have been her 89thbirthday, in celebration of the life of a much loved member who passedaway on 6th December. Meetings commence at 2.15pm in the Church andanyone wishing to join us will be very welcome. Georgie O’Shaughnessy

On Thursday 2nd April, Rachel Hillier will be telling us about “FirstResponders”. The competition is for a heart in any medium. The UpperWaveney W.I.s’ Exhibition of flower arranging, cookery and handicrafts isbeing held in Pulham Market Memorial Hall on Tuesday from 7 - 9pm on April7th and from 10am - 5pm on Wednesday April 8th. Another April event isthe group meeting on Tuesday 28th in St. Mary’s Hall, Diss with MarkMitchells telling us about Dr. Crippen.

Thursday 7th May is when we have a social evening and discuss the A.G.M.resolutions.

On June 4th, Anne Beckett Allen will inform us about her work as a funeraldirector. The competiton is for an amusing epitaph.

All Thursday meetings are at “Hopefield” Norwich Road at 7.30pm. Femalevisitors welcome.

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The Coronation in ScoleBy Chris Earl

How many can remember theCoronation of Queen Elizabeth II in1953? I am old enough to rememberhow, as a child, our family went to aneighbour lucky enough to have atelevision set where we all watched theservice! In the afternoon, a tea waslaid on for all the children in the village,that is all I remember.

All over the country, events were organised for Coronation Day, and Scole was no different. Thanks to Ron Hill, who saved a very interesting notebook containing minutes of meetings planning the Scole festivities,we can see the planning behind the Coronation celebrations.

The first meeting was held in December 1952. This was a public meetingheld at the Reading Room chaired by Mr D Robinson, Chairman of theParish Council and headmaster of the village school. The subject fordiscussion was arrangements for celebrating the forthcoming Coronation ofQueen Elizabeth II. Many proposals were made and a Committee elected.The tasks allocated to the Committee were:

1. Approach Mr Thonger to see if his meadow would be available for useon Coronation Day.

2. A marquee to be hired and booked as soon as possible.3. Fundraising for the event to be organised.

In January 1953 a Committee meeting was held. The following memberswere elected : Chairman Mr D Robinson, Treasurer Mr H Palprey andSecretary Mr E Hayward, later replaced by Mr R Hill.

The chairman reported that a marquee was available at a cost of £16/10/0and this was agreed. The Rev. Purser proposed that all the children receivea gift which the committee would chose and the chairman had asked thechildren if they preferred a book or a mug.

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A target of £100 was agreed and various fundraising activities werediscussed. Rev. Purser proposed that a playing field be obtained for thevillage and a committee was formed to work out all the details. At ameeting later in January, Mr Hayward had called on Mr. Thonger who saidhe would be pleased to allow the use of his meadow for the Coronation.After much debate, the choice of children's gift was deferred to a later date.

In February a public meeting was held at which the committee laid outproposals for the day:- a service to be held in the church at 9.30amfollowed by the judging of decorated village windows and pet and wild flowershows. Also planned was a fancy dress parade from the school to MrThonger’s field where sports would be held, followed by tea for the childrenat the marquee. There was a discussion about which present the childrenwere to receive. It was proposed that each child over 5 years receive abook and each child under 5 years receive a mug. This was carried by alarge majority.

In March the committee returned to the vexed question of the children's gift.Books and Mugs were examined, the book costing 2/4d and the mugcosting 1/11d were both chosen. A discussion was held concerningeligibility of the Scole Common and Frenze children. A letter would be sentto Mrs Alston to see if Frenze were joining with Thelveton. At this meetinga fundraising fete was discussed. The secretary was to write to Sir KennethHarper to ask if he consented to the fete being held at “The Paddocks”.

Later in March at another meeting, a reply had been received from SirKenneth saying that he would be pleased to offer his grounds for the fete.Another committee was set up to organise the fete and invite Lady Harperto perform the opening ceremony.

On 6th May the committee held their final meeting before Coronation Day.The Chairman thanked all who had helped make the fete such a success.The profit from the fete was £54 which brought the total funds raised to £90.The Rev. Purser expected a congregation of about 150 at the Church onCoronation Day.

The judges for the pet show, wildflower show, hobbies exhibition, fancydress parade and decorated window boxes were chosen.

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It was proposedthat two trees beplanted in Scoleto record the

Coronation.

These were a copper beech at the Greyhound and a red oak in Mr Thonger’s grounds.

Coronation day June 2nd was a rainy day but all events went ahead as planned.

Afterwards, another committee meeting was held at which the formation of“The Playing Fields Committee” was announced. In fact, they were themain beneficiaries in the allocation of surplus funds receiving £28/6/1

In his closing remarks, Mr Robinson thanked all who had helped adding,”this meeting brings about the end of chapter one. Chapter two, a permanentcommemoration, of a playing field for the village is just beginning”.

Memories

It has proved difficult to gather memories of Coronation Day. However,Ann Bentley remembers and still has the much debated book,”Elizabeth Our Queen” that she received as a child.

Pat Last remembers at age 3, taking part in the fancy dress parade as afairy! Both trees have disappeared. Thongers grounds are now RobinsonRoad. The Greyhound Norwich Road is now a private house. The sheds inthe background of the photograph mark the site of two new houses currentlynearing completion.

Tree planting at the Greyhound in 1953. Bob Reeve holds the tree while D Robinson plants.

Watched by Ron Hill, Winnie and Miss Reeve.

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Council Newsfor November, December and January

by Sue Redgrave

Grass cutting Tender - this has been discussed fully and a contractor hasbeen appointed therefore giving PC control about how the work is carriedout.

Post Office - Full PC agreed that if anyone has a difficulty in reaching a PostOffice, this can be overcome if they contact the Clerk - 01379 741453

Scole Community and Playing FieldsMulti use games area ( Muga) - Plans have been passed, but at this time thesearch for monies to fund this is ongoing, as is raising monies for theCommunity space.

Remembrance Service - Wreaths laid at Scole and Billingford for PC, whowish to thank John Baines for organising their purchase.

To receive information for a request for scoping opinion for wind turbines inPulham St Mary.

Police Report - we have had no police attendance at the meeting for a fewmonths.

Precept 2009/2010 - discussed and agreed by majority to set at 5% increaseon last year.

Village Fete - PC agreed to donate £100 and to gather some information fordisplay. (Donation given under Local Government Act section 137) I quote: “Power to incur expenditure not otherwise authorised on anythingwhich is in the Council’s opinion is in the interests of the area or partof it or all or some of the inhabitants”.

Update on Affordable housing - still moving along very slowly. We hopeto have more to report at the next PC meeting.

Accident reports - none reported for the whole of the last three monthswithin our parish.

Noticeboards - agreed to the purchase of three, one each for Scole,Billingford and Thelveton.

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GARDEN TIPS FOR MAY

1st week: Be careful with bedding plants. Tie up sweet peas. Plant out Brussels sprouts and outdoor chrysanthus .

2nd week: Sow half hardy annuals outdoors. Stake gladioli. Harden off bedding plants. Shade greenhouse. Sow French and runner beans.

3rd week: Watch out for greenfly on roses. Apply weed killer to lawns. Plant cucumbers.

4th week: Prepare for summer bedding. Take geranium cuttings. Lift and divide primulas. Plant cucumbers in frames. Thin rasp berries.

SND Councillor J Wilby informed the meeting that 11,000 homes will bebuilt in Norfolk over next 20 years ,1800 of those being in Long Strattonand hopefully enable them to get their long overdue bypass.

With this PostHorn you will have received the Community Survey. Thishas been drawn up for the Parish Council and it is hoped that you will allcomplete and return to the Clerk. Everything is confidential and only theperson compiling the results will have access to the surveys. When youcomplete, please ensure your name and telephone number is on the tearoff slip and return as instructed. A prize draw will take place for £50. Thissurvey enables the parishioners to have there say on what is needed orwanted in the Parish.

PC meets every 3rd Tuesday at 7.30pm in Scole school. We are gratefulfor the input of those who attend, but would also like to see some new faces.

Full Minutes can be seen on the notice board or inside Scole Stores.

The Friends of Scole School Easter Bingo

27th March 7-9pm

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Mobile Library VanTHELVETON & SCOLE

2 weekly intervals on ThursdaysBILLINGFORD

3 weekly intervals onMondays

09.55 Thelveton10.15 Ransome Avenue10.27 Reeve Close10.45 St Andrew’s Rd11.15 Robinson Road11.30 Clements Close11.45 Karen Close

Mobile Library VanTHELVETON & SCOLE

2 weekly intervals on ThursdaysBILLINGFORD

3 weekly intervals onMondays

March 12 & 26

April 9 & 23

May 7 & 21

09.55 Thelveton10.15 Ransome Avenue10.27 Reeve Close10.45 St Andrew’s Rd11.15 Robinson Road11.30 Clements Close11.45 Karen Close

Upper Street Post box 10am - 10.15

March 15April 5 & 26May 16

Parish Councillors Situated in Tel. No. Graham Moore (Chairman) Thelveton 01379 741716

Sue Redgrave (Vice-Chairman) Billingford 01379 740837

Pearl Fisher Scole 01379 740753

Ray Franklin Scole 01379 741141

Alan Frith Scole 01379 742739

Roy Philpot Scole 01379 670255

Corinne Moore Thelveton 01379 741716

Jackie Jones Thelveton 01379 740920

Fran Pitt - Pladdy County Councillor 01379 853276

Jenny Wilby District Councillor 01379 741504

Marion Cook (Clerk) Shimpling, Diss 01379 741453

We are grateful to our advertisers for their continuedsupport, many of whom have been with us from the firstissue in March 2006. This has not only enabled thePostHorn to exist, but to grow in size and introducecolour. At some point in the not too distant future, wehope to produce the entire PostHorn in colour.

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VILLAGE DIRECTORYGroup / Organisation ContactScole Pre-School ....... Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri 9.15 - 11.45

Kim Cattermole (Sec) 741802 or Shirley Shiress 740574Scole Baby & Toddler Group ....... Every Wednesday in term time 9.30 - 11.30

Laura Barnes 740060Friends of Scole School ....... Georgina King-Fisher 7402491st Scole Brownies ....... Jenny Hubbard ( Brown Owl ) 741372Scole Mothers Union ....... Georgie O’Shaughnessy 740127Scole Women’s Institute ....... Shirley Hall 740636Scole Social Club ....... Pearl Fisher 740753

Brenda Harman 740608 and June Foreman 740902Scole Dominoes Club ....... Peggy Stygall 740986Over 60s Friendship Club ....... Joyce Coleman 740384Scole & Distict Bowls Club ....... Robin Shortell 740053Big G Youth Club ....... Lynda Mansfield 740401Scole Lads FC ....... Paul Partridge 650538Scole United Football Club ....... Vic Buckle 740327

First Team Manager ....... Ron Edwards 740316Reserves Manager ....... Paul Edwards c/o Edgars Hairdresser 07768 087144

Scole Parish website ....... scoleparish.org.ukDiss First Responders ....... Rachel Hillier (Co-Ordinator) 740158

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERSMedical Emergency (out of hours) 01603 488 488NHS Direct 0845 4647Norfolk Constabulary (non emergency) 0845 456 4567Gas (emergencies) 0800 111 999Anglian Water 08457 145 145Home Watch 01379 650773South Norfolk District Council 01508 533 633

Street lighting, pavements, litterMarion Cook (Clerk to Parish Council)

01379 741453scoleparishcouncil@msn.com

District Councillor (Jenny Wilby) 01379 741504Network Rail (enquiries) 08457 484950Borderhoppa 01379 854800Meadow Green Dog Rescue (Loddon) 01508 548216Tim Page - Scole Bridge Ranger 01379 788008

Police Mobile Unit

VisitsTuesdays

9.20amTo

10.50am17 March14 April12 May

The unit will beparked in

Scole at theBungay Road

lay-by

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Scole Village StoresAsset House, Scole, Diss Norfolk. IP21 4DRTel: 01379 741494

Shop Opening Hours• Mon - Fri 06:00 – 20:00• Sat 07:00 – 20:00• Sun 08:00 – 17:00• Bank Holidays 09:00 – 17:00

Your local Convenience Storefor; Newspapers, Tobacco,Off-Licence, Sweets, Groceries,Mobile Top-ups, Faxing, Colouror Black & White copying (smallquantities) and much more.

Credit and Debit Cardsnow accepted

Support your LocalShops!

DECEMBER

DECEMBER

Fri 6 - B4 (Big Band)Sat 14 - Karaoke with PaulFri 20 - Fo’c’sle Irish Folk nightSat 21 - A.J.Sun 22 - Mothering Sunday (RoastLunch & Desert. £9.95 includes giftfor mums). PLEASE BOOK EARLY.

The Crossways InnBridge Rod. Scole Norfolk IP21 4DP

Tel: 01379 740638

Excellent Food and Great AtmosphereReal log firesFamily Friendly-toys & playstationLarge Garden with Play AreaLive music every weekend

Sat 2 - A.J.Sun 3 - Richard TaylorFri 8 - Fo’c’sle Irish Folk nightSat 16 - Karaoke with PrinnySat 23 - Bazza BizarreSat 30 - Steve PyeSun 31 - Open Mic Night

Sat 4 - Karaoke with PrinnySat 11 - Graham McGrottySun 12 - Easter Sunday - Lunchesas usual - Followed by Live MusicFri 17 - Walkway (Big Band)Sat 18 - Karaoke with PaulFri 24 - The Undecided (Big Band)

Forthcoming Events

Newly refurbished Setanta TV Spring Menu & Takeaway

APRIL

NEW MENU OFFERS2 courses £7.50 3 courses £9.95(Friday and Saturday nights £2.00 supplement.)Sunday Roasts – 2 for £12.00 booking advisable.Mini Bus Service. From outside Taylor Electrics

Diss to Crossways, Scole at 8pm for £1.00Return available at 12.30 am.

Ladies Night – Wednesdays. Drinks up to 50% off.Quiz Night. Last Wednesday of month. 9pm prompt.

MAY

MARCH

HALF MOON FARM, THE STREET, RUSHALL, DISS. IP21 4QD

Tel 01379 741409 Email : info@popsplace.co.ukWeb : www.popsplace.co.uk

......All in RUSHALL ......All in RUSHALL......

Land Rover Porsche Air-Conditioningwww.twocountiesgarage.co.uk sean@twocountiesgarage.co.ukWe repair all makes of car 01379 740911 Church Garage, Rushall