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Contents<br />
4 Upcoming Events / Regular Events<br />
7 School Speak<br />
8 Church News<br />
9 Community Hospital LofF/Plowright MC<br />
11 Rotary/<strong>Swaffham</strong> Jazz Club<br />
13 GBC /<strong>Swaffham</strong> Arts/WI<br />
14 <strong>Swaffham</strong> & District Lionesses<br />
15 <strong>Swaffham</strong> & District Lions<br />
17 Merle Boddy Centre<br />
18 Age Concern<br />
19 Ashill & Holme Hale Gardening Club<br />
20 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Neighbourhood Plan<br />
23 WEA/Royal British Legion<br />
25 Iceni Rural Writers<br />
28 U3A/Community Pick Up<br />
32 Museum Matters<br />
34 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Hare/Fridge/FoSM<br />
36 <strong>Swaffham</strong> & Litcham Home Hospice<br />
37 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Town Council<br />
39 Mayor’s Parlour<br />
It’s Our Golden Anniversary!<br />
Doesn’t time fly, this is the 50th edition of the<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> since Iceni Partnership took<br />
on publishing your monthly magazine. A big thank<br />
you from us for all your contributions which help<br />
fill an average of 36 pages per issue, 12 months a<br />
year. Many thanks to all our advertisers too, your<br />
continued support of this community asset is much<br />
appreciated. By no means least, thank you to all the<br />
volunteer distributors, past and present, who make<br />
publishing the newsletter viable. Here’s to the next 50.<br />
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Tuesday 24th April,<br />
4.30pm<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Assembly Rooms<br />
‘Inspiring Iceni’ Photo Competition<br />
Next month we will be launching a photography<br />
competition with the theme of ‘Inspring Iceni’<br />
to celebrate the beauty of our area. This will be<br />
a perfect opportunity for both professional and<br />
amateur photographers to showcase their talents<br />
to visitors from near and far. There will also be<br />
the possibility of the photographs entered being<br />
exhibited in Gallery Iceni and being published in a<br />
spread in the newsletter.<br />
The only restriction on content is that the pictures<br />
must be taken in the Iceni area. A condition of entry<br />
will be that the Iceni Partnership has permission to<br />
use any of the photographs for our marketing and<br />
publicity to promote the area.<br />
Look out for full details coming soon!<br />
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Upcoming Events<br />
Cheese & Wine Evening<br />
The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Twinning Association are holding a Cheese and wine evening in the<br />
Community Centre <strong>Swaffham</strong> on Saturday 14th April at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 per<br />
person. All enquiries and tickets for this social plus future events please contact Stan<br />
Sole (secretary) on 01760 724413.<br />
Colin Mason Quartet with Mike Clifford<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Jazz Club, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Conservative Club, London Street. Tuesday 10th<br />
April at 7.30pm. Tickets on door £7. Contact Norman on 01760 722384 or Geoff<br />
on 01366 328730.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Swimming Pool AGM<br />
April 23rd, 7.30pm at the Assembly Rooms. We want your support to get a<br />
swimming pool for <strong>Swaffham</strong>. We are a group of parents and swimming enthusiasts<br />
who want to make it possible for people to swim in the town.<br />
www.swaffhamswimming.wordpress.com/<br />
The Wildlife of East Anglia<br />
Nar Valley Ornithological Society (NarVOS) illustrated talk by Dr Kevin Elsby,<br />
an award-winning photographer, tour guide, lecturer and Fellow of the Royal<br />
Photographic Society.<br />
Tuesday 24th April 2018, 7.30pm at the Barn Theatre, Sacred Heart Convent<br />
School, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Access and parking from Sporle Road. Visitors most welcome.<br />
Admission £2 on the night if you are not a NarVOS member. For more information<br />
about this meeting or NarVOS call Ian Black on 01760 724092.<br />
Kirtan for Health<br />
Sing and chant ancient mantras/simple melodies in a call and response style.<br />
You don’t need to be concerned with how well you sing, just relax and feel<br />
the meditative benefits. Thursday 12th & 24th April at 7.30pm. £6 including<br />
refreshments. For more information please contact Chris on 07957 405823 or<br />
chrissywillis57@yahoo.co.uk.<br />
Evening of Clairvoyance<br />
With guest medium Sue and psychic artist Mark Dowler from Peterborough.<br />
April 20th, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, 7.30pm. £6 per person. The proceeds<br />
to be given to our nominated charity of the year – The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Cottage Hospital<br />
League of Friends.<br />
Great Massingham Film Club<br />
The following film will be shown at Gt Massingham Village Hall on Thursday April<br />
19th. ‘Filmstars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ (15). As usual tickets will be on sale between<br />
7o’clock and 7.30pm, with refreshments after the film.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Arts: Serenade for Strings<br />
Directed by Steve Bingham, Sunday April 22nd at 3 pm <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms.<br />
Members £9, non-members £12, children free.<br />
Silver Social – Stamp & Collage Print Making Workshop<br />
The popular Silver Social Project presents a brand new stamp and collage print<br />
making workshop, entirely for grown-ups, led by Norwich based print artist Vicki<br />
Johnson. The free, daytime sessions will run at <strong>Swaffham</strong> library on Tuesday<br />
17th April 2pm – 3:30pm. For more information please contact Sophie Soto at E:<br />
community@breckland.gov.uk T: 01362 656870 W: www.thesilversocial.com<br />
Paddocks Annual Open Day<br />
Saturday 21st April, 10am -12pm & 2pm -4pm. Everyone welcome.<br />
An afternoon of Singing<br />
King’s Lynn Festival Chorus would like to invite you to join them in an afternoon<br />
of singing on Sunday April 15 in St Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn. We will be<br />
singing selected choruses from ‘Oliver’. The afternoon starts at 1pm – 4pm, with<br />
a free concert at 4.30pm. All ages and abilities are welcome – accompanied<br />
under 18’s free, and adults £10 per person. To book a place, contact secretary@<br />
kingslynnfestivalchorus.co.uk or register at www.kingslynnfestivalchorus.co.uk<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Players are currently working on a new production featuring<br />
some of the great TV moments from the 1980s. The show will take place April 20th<br />
and 21st at the Conservative Club <strong>Swaffham</strong>. For more information contact Brian<br />
Hubbard on 01760 721899.<br />
Northwold Annual Village Yard Sale & Scarecrow Trail<br />
Monday 7th May 2018, 9.00am ‘til 4.00pm. Come along, have fun and grab a<br />
bargain. Raffle, Light Refreshments and Maps will be available in the Village Hall<br />
School Lane, IP26 5NB. For further information contact: Brenda 01366 728565 or<br />
Rebecca rsilvester2@gmail.com<br />
Westacre Theatre<br />
www.westacretheatre.com 01760 755800<br />
On Stage with Westacre Theatre’s Young People: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR<br />
Fri 13th and Sat 14th April at 7pm £10 (under 21s £5)<br />
On Stage with the Westacre Theatre Company: LILIES ON THE LAND. Final<br />
performances on Fri 30th and Sat 31st March at 7:30pm £16 (under 21s £12)<br />
On Stage with touring production from fEast Theatre: SALT Fri 27th April at 7:30pm £16<br />
On Stage with touring production of Fabulous Tales: REBEL QUEEN Suitable for 14+.<br />
Sat 5th May at 7pm £10 (under21s £8)<br />
Wednesday Flicks all at 2pm £8: PADDINGTON 2 (2017) [PG] on Wed 4th April.<br />
BREATHE (2017) [12A] on Wed 18th April.<br />
Regular Meetings & Events<br />
MONDAY<br />
1st <strong>Swaffham</strong> Scouts 7-9 at Cockley Cley, Iceni Village, Scout Hut.<br />
For ages 10 1/2 -14. New recruits welcome. Boys or girls. Contact Paul<br />
07711761364. Paul@1stswaffhamscouts.org.uk<br />
Argentine Tango<br />
Ballroom and Latin Dance with Emma. Convent of the Sacred Heart School,Mangate<br />
Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. 7.30-9.30pm £12 per person. Tel: 07812 212117<br />
Art Class at The Old Art Room 93 Market Place. Techniques,<br />
Tips, Inspiration in a modern equipped Art Studio. 10am until 12.15 £10<br />
Tel.01760 337181 je.clark176@btinternet.com<br />
Central Norfolk Dog Training Club Upstairs in Church Rooms,<br />
Campingland. 4 classes available, from puppies to intermediate.Tel: Chris 07745 892417<br />
Citizens Advice <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, 10am until 12:30pm<br />
Kickboxing Club Juniors 5+ 5pm – 6pm, Inters 6-7pm, Adults 7pm –<br />
8.30pm Plowright Place. Call Trevor on 07585707196<br />
The Phoenix Singers rehearse each week in the Methodist Church Hall<br />
at 7:30pm. New members welcome. Contact Marion 01760 724 473<br />
Playdayz – Parent/toddler group Sacred Heart School 9.30-<br />
11.30am term time only. £1 per session/per family (includes a snack)<br />
Contact: Tor Howman 07854 736 920<br />
Rotary Club of <strong>Swaffham</strong> Meets at The George Hotel - 1st Monday of<br />
the month, 12:45 for 1pm, other Mondays 7 for 7:30pm. Tel Claire Dunne 722504<br />
Seniors Keep Fit 6.15pm at Stanley’s, Lynn Road Tel Gemma on 07702<br />
197994/07425 607667<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> 1894 Squadron Air Training Corps 7.00 - 9.30pm.<br />
TA Centre, Sporle Road, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Ages 13 to 18 years. Tel: 01760724617<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> History Group 2nd Monday, 2 – 4pm, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Museum.<br />
New members always welcome – no charge. Tel 01760 724470<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lions Meet on the 2nd Monday of the month at <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Assembly Rooms,7:30pm. All welcome. Contact Peter Young 01760 724120<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Players every Monday and Wednesday, 7:30pm Baptist<br />
Church, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. If you are interested in joining a fabulous team please<br />
come along but call Marcie on 07867943102 to ensure we are in rehearsal<br />
Junior Snooker & Billiards 4-7pm @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy,<br />
West Acre 01760 755337 for details and to book, 9 -16 years<br />
TOSH community drama group meets 7.30pm Monday & Wednesday at<br />
Stanley’s, Lynn Street. All ages welcome. More details Fiona 07768211087<br />
Youthie 5:30 – 7pm, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre. For ages 8 to 11.<br />
Free entry. Contact sally@iceni.info 07772 852284 / 01760 722800<br />
TUESDAY<br />
1st <strong>Swaffham</strong> Beavers 1st <strong>Swaffham</strong> Beavers 5 - 6.15 at Cockley<br />
Cley Iceni Village Scout Hut. For boys and girls ages 6 - 8 . New recruits<br />
welcome. Contact Paul 07711761364 Paul@1stswaffhamscouts.org.uk<br />
1st <strong>Swaffham</strong> Cubs 1st <strong>Swaffham</strong> Cubs 6.30-8pm at Cockley Cley,<br />
Iceni Village, Scout Hut. For ages 8-10 1/2. New recruits welcome. Boys<br />
or Girls. Contact Hayley 07516095019. Akela@1stswaffhamscouts.org.uk<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Army Cadets TA Centre, Sporle Rd 7.30-9.30pm. Ages 12 – 18.<br />
www.norfolkacf.org 2907pea@armymail.mod.uk 07899 189 973 The<br />
Art Studio Modern Art Evening Classes By Peter Henry PGCE, BA.<br />
Tuesdays 7-9pm Church Rooms, Campingland. Refreshments. Adults/all<br />
abilitiesEmail: salsum06@aol.com/01760 720540<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Bridge Club The Church Rooms,Church of Our Lady of Pity<br />
31, Station Street. <strong>Swaffham</strong> PE37 7HP 6.30pm for 6.45pm. Sue 01328 701545<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Carpet Bowls Community Centre. 2 hours from 2pm for £2.<br />
Tea & biscuits inc. Call Alan on 01760 723 910<br />
Child Health Clinic at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Children Centre. 01760 721101 1st Tuesday<br />
monthly 1.15 - 2.45pm run by local Health Visiting Team<br />
Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Coffee Morning, third Tuesday<br />
at 10:15am. Methodist Hall, London Street. Tel: David Moore 01760 723740<br />
CAMEO Coffee 10am-noon. ‘Come And Meet Each Other’. Free tea, coffee<br />
& hot chocolate in a relaxed cafe style setting. Discovery Hour: 10am - 11am.<br />
Looking at and discussing a small bible passage. Oasis Centre 01760 723 175<br />
Crafts, Textiles and Dressmaking at The Old Art Room<br />
93 Market Place. Techniques, Tips, Inspiration in a modern equipped Art<br />
&Textile Studio. 10am until 12.15 and 12.30 until 2.45 £9 Tel.01760 337181<br />
Jump, Jive & Swing <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, 7.45pm. Classes<br />
8pm until 9.45pm with social dancing until 10.30pm. www.jumpjiveswing.com<br />
Little Treasures and Breastfeeding Support 1.15 - 2.45pm Drop in<br />
for parents and babies aged 0-1year at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Children Centre. 01760 721101<br />
Mamma Munay (Mother Love) - antenatal classes on alternate Tuesday<br />
afternoons at The Green Parrot. …all welcome at all stages of your pregnancy.<br />
Booking essential on 01760 724704 or Anne 07469243052<br />
Pickenhams’ WI 2nd Tuesday 2pm St Andrew’s Church (not August)<br />
PROBUS Club of <strong>Swaffham</strong> Meet second Tues of the month for lunch at the<br />
George Hotel, 12.30 for 1pm. Rod Goddard 01760 722 834 rodgoddard@hotmail.com<br />
Rainbow Community Choir 7.30-9.30pm. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community<br />
Centre. Interested in joining us? 01760 336 313 rainbowcommunitychoir.org.uk<br />
The Royal Elizabethan Lodge Meets alternate Tuesdays, 8pm in the<br />
Conservative Club. Tel: W Rogers 01760 720632 or S Trattle 01760 721760<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club Tuesday Seniors Training 7:30 - 9<br />
Seniors Keep Fit 3pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit<br />
Stitch, Mardle and Mend A group of keen crafters covering Patchwork,<br />
Knitting, Crochet, Cross Stitch etc 7-9pm, £1. Tel Adrienne 01760 336268<br />
Slimming World Conservative Club, 10am. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Asssembly<br />
Rooms 7pm. Clare Hughes 07535237618<br />
Sporle WI 3rd Tuesday, 1.45pm ready for our speaker at 2pm. For any further<br />
information please ring Celia on 01362 687316<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> St John Ambulance Cadets 7.15pm until 8.45pm,10 to<br />
17 year olds. Natalie Rudd on 07771620634/natalie.rudd@btinternet.com<br />
Taekwondo 6:30 - 7:30pm <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre 01760336044<br />
Tai Chi beginners welcome East Dereham at 1.30pm 01760723102<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Wellbeing Group Are you feeling low, or recovering from ill<br />
health? Just want to meet other people? Make new friends at Community Centre,<br />
every Tuesday 10.30 – 1.00. Contact Family Action. Tel: 01760 725801<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Market (Morning) WI Second Tuesday of every Month, 10.30am<br />
Assembly Rooms. Ladies over 18 welcome. Meg Dorling: 01760 722139 meg_dorling@msn.com<br />
West Acre Carpet Bowls Club West Acre Village Hall, 2 - 4pm. £2 per<br />
session. Equipment and refreshments provided – all welcome. Tel: Belinda<br />
01760 755184 or Betty 01760 755235 Email: belindabush@hotmail.com<br />
Women’s Section Royal British Legion At Valentine Barker Court,<br />
2nd Tues at 2.30pm. Tel: Frances 01760 724445 or Iris 01760 721430<br />
Weight Watchers 5:30-6.30pm <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre.<br />
Nikki 07970316054<br />
Yoga Gt Dunham Village Hall, 10 -11:30am, £6.50 Tel: 01603 478456<br />
Yoga Necton Community Centre £7 2-3:30 Tuesdays Jayne 07544974342<br />
Yoga 10.30-12.00 Green Britain Centre, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. £7 per class. Contact<br />
Jayne on: 07544974342 or email: greenwillowyoga@outlook.com<br />
Zumba With Becks <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms 7-8pm bectuff@hotmail.co.uk £5<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
1st <strong>Swaffham</strong> Rainbows Term time only, 17:00-18:00 <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Infant School. Girls aged 5 to 7 yrs. Tracey Clements 07770236689<br />
2nd <strong>Swaffham</strong> Brownies Term time only, 18:00-19:30. Meeting at<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> First School. Girls aged 7 to 10 yrs invited to join. Contact Clare<br />
Smith 07917468057 or Chrissie Brown 07970104771.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> 1894 Squadron Air Training Corps 7:00-9:30pm.<br />
TA Centre, Sporle Road, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Ages 12 (yr8) to 18 years. Tel: 01760724617<br />
Alzheimer`s Society Dementia Café first Wednesday every month<br />
from 10am-12noon. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms, Market Place, <strong>Swaffham</strong>.<br />
Support, information and social activity.Refreshments provided. 01603 763556<br />
Arts Lounge beginners/refreshers art classes Wednesday,<br />
Thursday & Friday 10-1pm or 1.30-4.30pm, £25 per session Call 01760 723624<br />
Bingo First Wednesday of every month, Holme Hale Pavilion. Eyes<br />
down 7:30pm. Cash prizes. Tel: June Hewing 01760 441327<br />
Bingo <strong>Swaffham</strong> Conservative Club 7:00 – 9:00pm (eyes down for<br />
7:30). Non-members 30p entry.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Camera Club 1st and 3rd Weds of every month, 7 for 7:30pm<br />
at Lydney House, Norwich Road. All abilities welcome! Steve Ward 01366 328567<br />
Creative Textile Certificate 10 Week Course at The Old Art Room, 93<br />
Market Place <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Tel Jane 01760 337181<br />
Dementia Café Free cafe offering support, information for those living with<br />
dementia and their families/carers. Free refreshments. Assembly Rooms. 01603 763 556<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Evening WI Church Rooms, Campingland. 1st Wed 7.30pm<br />
Telephone Fiona Walker on 01760 722879.<br />
Healing Rooms The Oasis Centre, Cley Road 11am - 12noon. Book a<br />
session to experience the healing power of Jesus. Tel: 01760 723175<br />
Henchmans Henchmans Junior Magic the Gathering, trading card game,<br />
for 8-11 year olds from 5pm - 6.30pm. Free intro packs for beginners. All<br />
welcome. £2 per person, first session free. 13 Station Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong> PE37 7LL.<br />
Henchman’s Magic the Gathering Standard Showdown 7pm.<br />
The <strong>Swaffham</strong> and District Branch of the Labour Party meets in the<br />
Community Centre at 7.30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month<br />
Stitch, Mardle and Mend A group of keen crafters covering<br />
Patchwork, Knitting, Crochet etc. From 10am at Market Cross Inn, <strong>Swaffham</strong>.<br />
Oasis Wednesday Worship: 10am - 11am. Worship and prayer<br />
Studio Sessions at The Old Art Room Studio and Inspiration in a<br />
modern equipped studio 93 Market Place. 10am-1pm £6.50. 01760 337181<br />
St. John Ambulance - <strong>Swaffham</strong> (Adults) Every Wednesday<br />
7.30pm - 9.30pm First Aid training 18 years upwards. 07900927233<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> & Watton Club for the Visually Impaired<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre 4th Wed (except August) 1.30-3.30pm £3.<br />
01603 629558<br />
Tai Chi beginners class 10am <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre<br />
01760723102<br />
Whist Drive Bradenham Village Hall, 7:30pm. All welcome. 01760 440038.£3<br />
Youth Café 7:30 – 8:30pm, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre. For ages<br />
13 – 18.<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Beachamwell WI 1st Thursday 7.30pm. New members or visitors<br />
always welcome. Contact Maggie 01366 327023 or Helen 01366 328589<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Bridge Club See Tues for details. 6.30pm for 6.45pm<br />
start except for the first Thursday in the month 2pm to 6pm<br />
Crafts, Textiles and Dressmaking at The Old Art Room<br />
93 Market Place. Techniques, Tips, Inspiration in a modern equipped<br />
Art &Textile Studio. 10am until 12.15 and 12.30 until 2.45 £9 Tel.01760<br />
337181<br />
Happidojo Marham Judo Club Sandringham Centre, Marham,<br />
PE33 9NP 3-4yrs 5.20-6 Fun & Games,5-7yrs:6-7pm, 8-16yrs:7-8pm. Adv.<br />
Juniors, Seniors 17+ : 8-9.30pm FIRST LESSON FREE. Then 3-4yrs £2, 5-12yrs-<br />
£3. 13-16yrs -£1.00. 17+ - £3.50. Colin McCallum. 07905278857 or www.<br />
happidojomarhamjudoclub.btckco.uk<br />
Henchmans Board games. £2.50 per person. 7-11pm. Henchmans, 13<br />
Station Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. 01760 788427. New players always welcome<br />
(over 18)<br />
Holme Hale Carpet Bowls Every Thursday 7-9pm, Holme Hale<br />
Community Hall. No experience or equipment needed. £2<br />
Iceni Stitchers Ladies group meeting on 3rd Thursday of the month<br />
at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, 1.30 - 4.30pm. Kate Davies 01760<br />
622254<br />
Kickboxing Club Juniors 5+ 5pm – 6pm, Inters 6-7pm, Adults 7pm<br />
– 8.30pm Plowright Place. Call Trevor on 07585707196<br />
Labour Party - <strong>Swaffham</strong> & District Branch<br />
Meeting second Wednesday in January at Community Centre<br />
Free Lipreading Classes for people with an acquired hearing<br />
loss. Thursday’s at 10 am to noon in the Catholic Church Rooms, 31<br />
Station Road, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Contact Hayley at lipreadingwithhayley@<br />
gmail.com<br />
RAF Marham Food and Craft Market 1st Thursday 12am to<br />
5 pm. Sandringham Centre Upper Marham PE33 9NP (Behind Spar)<br />
07766 078123<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lioness Club First Thurs of every month, 7.30pm in<br />
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Church rooms, Station St., <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Enjoy<br />
friendship whilst serving the community. All ladies welcome. Tel:<br />
01760 723377<br />
Pilates 3 – 4pm, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre. Call Di Graham –<br />
01328 851970 – before your first session.<br />
Royal British Legion, <strong>Swaffham</strong> & District Branch 8pm,<br />
3rd Tuesday <strong>Swaffham</strong> Conservative Club. Tel: David Thorogood<br />
01760622751<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club Seniors 17+ training 7:30-9, social<br />
after Salsa 7-9pm <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms. 07912366661<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Sparklers <strong>Swaffham</strong> branch of the Red Hat Society meets<br />
2nd Thurs of the month, 7 pm, The George Hotel,: Jill Neale 01760 723466<br />
U3A The Wissey U3A 1st Thursday of the month at Holme Hale<br />
Pavilion, 09.45 - 12 noon. Annual Memb. £10. Contact 01760 721247 for<br />
more details<br />
Weight Watchers 10-11am <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre.<br />
Cheryl 07941 319 742<br />
Young Explorers 1.30 - 3pm at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Children Centre. 01760<br />
721101<br />
Youthie Plus 5:30 – 7pm, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre.<br />
For years 6, 7 & 8 Free entry. Contact sally@iceni.info 07772 852284<br />
West Acre Carpet Bowls Club See Tuesday listing<br />
FRIDAY<br />
2nd <strong>Swaffham</strong> Guides Term time only, 18:00-20:00. Church<br />
Rooms, Campingland. Girls aged 10-16yrs invited to join. Contact<br />
07769294414<br />
Acoholics Anonymous Every Friday at 1pm in Parish Rooms at St<br />
Dominic’s RC Church,Howdale Rd, Downham Market<br />
Adult Ballet For Beginners 6:15pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit<br />
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Age Concern-<strong>Swaffham</strong> Support Services at Community Centre<br />
Volunteer recruitment 10.30am - 12.00 noon 1st Friday of the month<br />
Adult Tap 7:15pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit<br />
Arts Lounge Drawing/sketching classes 10-1pm and 1.30-4.30pm.<br />
723 624<br />
Art, Printing and Paper Craft Session at The Old Art Room<br />
93 Market Place. Techniques, Tips, Inspiration and printing presses in a modern<br />
equipped Art &Textile Studio. 10am until 12.30 £10 Tel.01760 337181<br />
Bingo at Narborough Community Centre Doors 6.30pm,<br />
eyes-down 7.45pm Contact Mrs Hennessy 01760 337540<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Bellringers Practice St. Peter & St. Paul Church, 7:30pm<br />
on the Friday preceding the 2nd Sunday of the month. Beginners welcome. Tel:<br />
01760 724944/lindaringer0447@gmail.com<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Carpet Bowls Community Centre. 2 hours from 6.30 for<br />
£3. Tea & biscuits inc. Call Alan on 01760 723 910<br />
Coffee Morning At Ashill Community Centre<br />
2nd Friday every month, 10am until noon. 01760 441 651<br />
Country Music Last Friday of each month at the communal lounge<br />
at Valentine Barker Court, 7.30 to 22.30. Families and friends, free raffle &<br />
donations for Wish Upon a Star children’s cancer charity. 0370 192 4797<br />
Games Evening & Social 2nd Friday/month <strong>Swaffham</strong> Baptists<br />
Church Hall - 7:30. All welcome<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong>’s Green Gym Friday 8.30am Recreation Ground, Haspalls Rd<br />
Henchmans Early Friday Night Magic at Henchmans, 13 Station<br />
Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. 2pm to 6pm. Friday Night Magic at Henchmans<br />
Iceni Lunch Club <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, £6.00 for two<br />
courses and tea/coffee every Friday 12.30pm. 01760 722 800<br />
Indoor Market <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms 9am-2pm, free entry.<br />
Refreshments, various stalls… bookings contact Haydn 07957 862 239<br />
Judo Sacred Heart School 6-7:30pm £2.50 5 years+ Tel. 07920440235<br />
Oasis Messy Church 6pm every 3rd Friday Fun event for all ages.<br />
£1. www.facebook.com/oasiscentreswaffham<br />
Rise and shine Baby & Toddler Group: 10am - 12noon. Large play<br />
area. £1.50 per adult/chld. 50p any extra persons. Incl drink & a biscuit<br />
Senior Snooker (60 years +) @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy, West<br />
Acre £4 per session Facebook - Norfolk Snooker Academy 01760 755337<br />
Sporle Art Group meets every Friday at 1pm-3pm. in the community hall. No<br />
tuition given, bring your own materials. Free intro then £2 per week. 01760 724615<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Senior Section Term time only. 19:30- 21:00. For young women<br />
aged 14 to 25yrs. Contact Tracey Clements 07770236689 or Chrissie Brown 07970105771<br />
Tai Chi for Health 10am Advanced Class. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre.<br />
Tel: 01760 723102 or barbara.smith58@yahoo.co.uk<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Veterans Snooker Group (60+) 2-5pm at West Acre<br />
Village Hall, PE32 1TQ. £3 per player. Call Phillip on 01760 755337<br />
Yoga 10.30 - 12 Green Britain Centre, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. £7 per class. Contact Jayne<br />
on: 07544974342 or email: greenwillowyoga@outlook.com to book a place.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
Art Class for over 12s ...and accompanied Children who want to use<br />
the sewing machine. The Old Art Room 93 Market Place. 2nd Saturday of<br />
the month.10 until 1pm £10 Tel.01760 337181<br />
Arts Lounge Silver Workshops 9:30-3:30 October 22nd & December<br />
10th. All equipment, silver and refreshments inc 01760 723 624<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Bingo Club Community Centre last Sat in month, 7pm for<br />
7:30pm start. £2.50 annual membership, 50p for visitors. Paul Darby 07880 568628<br />
Children’s Art Club 1st Saturday of the Month. 10am until 12.15<br />
£10 All Equipment, Snack and Drink provided Tel. 01760 337181<br />
Henchmans (1st & 3rd of month): Warhammer 40k & Age of<br />
Sigmar. All day Games Workshop; collect, model and paint + tabletop<br />
battles. All ages welcome. Customers are welcome to bring their<br />
existing models to paint and battle with but we also now stock Games<br />
Workshop paints and models. £3 for the entire day or part thereof,<br />
terrain/accessories and rules provided. Henchman’s, 13 Station Street,<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> PE37 7LL. (2nd & 4th of month): Pokemon / Lightseekers<br />
trading card games. All ages welcome.<br />
Pentney Country Music Club www.pentneycowlsclub.co.uk<br />
weekly 01760 337 392 karenpentneycountryclub12@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Pilates Class 9-10.15am All Saints Centre, Church Lane, Boughton.<br />
Beginners welcome. £8 per session. 07515834729<br />
Pokemon; Yu-Gi-Oh! Magic: The Gathering for beginners alternate<br />
Sat. www.henchmans.com. Children welcome. 10.30am – 2pm<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Market Traditional market, now 800 years old! Every<br />
Saturday 6am until 3pm. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Market Place. Details 01760 722 922<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club <strong>Swaffham</strong>RUFC@outlook.com<br />
West Norfolk Crafters & Needleworkers Stitchers, crafters and<br />
knitters who meet at Leziate Village Hall on the 2nd Sat. 01553 765870<br />
SUNDAY<br />
Henchmans Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game from 12 noon until 4pm.<br />
£2.50 per person. Regular friendly tournaments. Konami registered store.<br />
Henchman’s, 13 Station Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong> PE37 7LL.<br />
Kuk Sool Won Narborough Com. Centre 5.30 - 6.30pm. 07541261713<br />
Pentney Indoor Bowls Club bowls coaching for beginners and<br />
improvers Sundays 10am - 12noon. G Freezer 01760 722262<br />
Star Wars @ Henchmans 12-4pm www.henchmans.com<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club Minis 10:30-12. Games see Saturday<br />
Snooker @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy West Acre<br />
3 hours play £9. Facebook - Norfolk Snooker Academy 01760-755337<br />
Spiritual Awareness Group Most Sundays 5:15pm to 6:30pm for<br />
Healing and 6:30pm to 8:30pm Service at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre<br />
Popular artist at Gallery Iceni<br />
Ingrida, or ‘Danila’, went to art college in her younger<br />
days and has a background in textile design and<br />
dressmaking. Over the course of her creative career<br />
she created many unique outfits. Now in retirement<br />
Danila dedicates all of her free time to developing<br />
new artwork.<br />
Danila’s favourite artists are the painters Monet and<br />
Cecil Kennedy, whose style greatly inspire her. She is<br />
particularly interested in recreating the methods of<br />
painting they used.<br />
You may have already admired Danila’s unusual<br />
ribbon needlework pieces, which were on display in<br />
Gallery Iceni throughout March and received much<br />
praise. Next month sees Danila returning to the<br />
gallery, this time working in the medium of oil paint<br />
like the famous artists she so admires.<br />
All artworks displayed are available to purchase, so<br />
please feel free to pop in and take a look. It’s free to view.<br />
The Nicholas Hamond Academy<br />
Supporting ‘one of our own’<br />
We are proud to support our students fundraising<br />
efforts for ‘one of their own’ during March. Several<br />
weeks of events are planned in order to raise as much<br />
money as possible in support of the family of TNHA<br />
student Archie Ramshaw and the inevitable expenses<br />
they will incur whilst he undergoes a bone marrow<br />
transplant. The campaign launched on Friday 9th<br />
March with staff wearing silly wigs and creating a noisy<br />
welcome into school including balloons, party poppers<br />
and whistles. BBC Local Radio attended and the podcast<br />
will be available on our website. There are many other<br />
‘fun’ events planned – keep your eyes peeled for further<br />
details. Should you wish to donate please contact the<br />
academy on 01760 721480 or office@tnha.org.uk.<br />
Evaluating resources for essential life skills<br />
First aid is an essential life skill which enables young<br />
people to safely help themselves and others; and can<br />
even save lives. Students are enjoying participating in<br />
a research project run by the British Red Cross giving<br />
them the opportunity to learn about first aid using<br />
specialised resources aimed at young people. As<br />
part of the research, students will complete a short<br />
questionnaire before and after learning, to help the<br />
Red Cross evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching<br />
resources used.<br />
6 7<br />
Raid on the Ramparts<br />
Battering rams, catapults and fire balls were just<br />
some of the ways that students considered when<br />
planning a raid at the Castle Acre ruins. Learning<br />
about how castles were attacked and defended<br />
was part of a history trip when learning about life<br />
in medieval times. On returning to school students<br />
worked together to make replicas of the weapons used<br />
and presented their own mini battles to their peers.<br />
VI form sign up<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong>’s VI Form Centre is busy recruiting and signing<br />
up students for courses in Years 12 and 13 starting in<br />
September 2018. Students interested should contact<br />
Mr. Segar, Head of VI Form, at the academy on 01760<br />
721480 or email: office@tnha.org.uk.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Junior Academy<br />
Team Holkham at SJA:<br />
This term Year 5, at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Junior Academy, are<br />
learning about transport, focussing on air transport.<br />
We started with an inspirational trip to the Imperial<br />
War Museum at Duxford,<br />
where we were able to<br />
see a whole variety of<br />
aircraft. We were even<br />
lucky enough to see a<br />
Spitfire taking off! Just<br />
after the half-term break,<br />
we were very fortunate<br />
to be visited by Corporal<br />
Steven Davies from RAF<br />
Marham. He explained<br />
all about the work<br />
that the military do in<br />
transporting things by<br />
air. Harvey asked how<br />
some planes are transported, and it turns out that<br />
you can fit a smaller plane inside a larger aircraft by<br />
detaching the wings first!<br />
Corporal Steven Davies explained how a large vehicle<br />
is used to reverse heavy machinery onto the back of<br />
an aircraft.<br />
In science, we have been learning all about the<br />
different forces which act on aircraft, investigating<br />
air resistance using parachutes and gravity using<br />
different masses. Later on this term, we will be<br />
making our own model aircrafts in Design Technology<br />
– we will have to use our knowledge of air resistance<br />
to make them streamlined.<br />
As part of our focus on extended writing across<br />
the curriculum, we produced information texts<br />
comparing the Spitfire with the Harrier Jump Jet –<br />
two British aircraft from very different eras.
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Methodist Church<br />
Sunday April 1st<br />
10.45am Easter Day Service. Transformation of<br />
the Cross from Tragedy to Triumph. Followed by<br />
refreshments.<br />
Friday April 6th<br />
9.30 am Power of Prayer.<br />
Saturday April 7th<br />
9.30am - 12noon Coffee Morning.<br />
Sunday April 8th<br />
10.45am Morning Worship followed by refreshments.<br />
Thursday April 12th<br />
2.30pm Thursday Group. Talk by Kay Kennedy.<br />
Friday April 13th<br />
9.30 am Power of Prayer.<br />
Saturday April 14th<br />
9.30 - 12noon Coffee Morning.<br />
Sunday April 15th<br />
10.45am. Morning Worship followed by refreshments.<br />
Friday April 20th<br />
9.30am. Power of Prayer.<br />
Saturday April 21st<br />
9.30am - 12noon Coffee Morning.<br />
Sunday April 22nd<br />
10.45am. Morning Worship followed by refreshments.<br />
Thursday April 26th<br />
Thursday Group. Talk tbc.<br />
Friday April 27th<br />
9.30am. Power of Prayer.<br />
Saturday April 28th<br />
9.30am - 12noon. Coffee Morning.<br />
Sunday April 29th<br />
10.45am. Morning Worship followed by refreshments.<br />
Our Lady of Pity <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Japanese researchers have discovered that<br />
the ancient practice of Shinrin-Yoku, or ‘Forest<br />
bathing’ can help reduce stress, reduce blood<br />
pressure and even help with depression. Forest<br />
bathing refers to allowing the forest to envelope<br />
you with its energy. We all know how lovely it<br />
is to walk in the woods, breath the woodland<br />
air, smell the wonderful fragrances, listen to the<br />
birds and feel the gentle breeze. The Japanese<br />
put great emphasis on the presence of great<br />
trees especially the very old ones. In Japan there<br />
are forty four accredited Shinrin- Yoku forests.<br />
But we do not need to travel to Japan to seek out<br />
such a forest. There are little oasis’s near to all of<br />
us. It might even be your back garden if you have<br />
one. Nature’s beauty and energy are all around<br />
us, but we often pass it by without appreciating<br />
it. Even very populated areas have their share<br />
of trees. Take a leisurely stroll and you soon<br />
realise they are there. If I have something that<br />
is troubling me or I just feel out of kilter, a walk<br />
to the duck pond will often put me right. There<br />
I find still water, waving reeds, Willow trees and<br />
ducks of course! It’s hard to be obsessed by the<br />
modern world when we are surrounded by the<br />
ancient one. The natural world has great power<br />
to lift your spirit. It reminds us that we are part of<br />
it all, not separate from it.<br />
Fr Gordon Williams (Roshi)<br />
St Peter & St Paul’s <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
The 2018 April Services in <strong>Swaffham</strong> parish church<br />
will be as follows:-<br />
Easter Sunday 1st<br />
8.00am Holy Communion<br />
9.30am Sung Eucharist<br />
6.00pm Evensong (BCP)<br />
Wednesday 4th<br />
10.00am Holy Communion BCP<br />
Sunday 8th<br />
8.00am Holy Communion<br />
9.30am Sung Eucharist<br />
Wednesday 11th<br />
10.00am Holy Communion BCP<br />
Sunday 15th<br />
8.00am Holy Communion<br />
9.30am Sung Eucharist<br />
Wednesday 18th<br />
10.00am Holy Communion BCP<br />
Sunday 22nd<br />
8.00am Holy Communion<br />
9.30am Sung Eucharist<br />
11.15am Family Service<br />
Wednesday 25th<br />
10.00am Holy Communion BCP<br />
Sunday 29th<br />
8.00am Holy Communion<br />
9.30am Sung Eucharist<br />
(a united service with the Sporle congregation)<br />
NB<br />
Sunday 6th May Rogation Sunday<br />
8.00am Holy Communion<br />
(followed by an open-air service in Sporle later in<br />
the morning. Further details will be announced in<br />
the church <strong>Newsletter</strong> and pew sheet)<br />
Plowright Medical Centre<br />
Have you heard about NHS Enhanced Summary<br />
Care Records??<br />
If you are registered with a GP practice in England<br />
you should have a ‘Standard Summary Care Record’<br />
(unless you’ve previously chosen to opt out). It<br />
holds important information about your health,<br />
the medicines you are taking, (including any bad<br />
reactions) or any allergies you’ve had or suffer from.<br />
You can now sign up for an ‘Enhanced Summary Care<br />
Record’. These have more detailed information about<br />
your medical history, illnesses, health problems,<br />
operations and vaccinations. It also includes how you<br />
would like to be treated, such as where you would<br />
prefer to receive care, what support you may need,<br />
and who should be contacted for further information<br />
relating to you. These ‘Enhanced Summary Care<br />
Records’ are particularly useful if you are taken into<br />
hospital unexpectedly, or are away from home and<br />
need medical attention (in England). In stressful<br />
times details about your medication and health can<br />
sometimes be difficult to remember, or in extreme<br />
circumstances the healthcare team is not able to<br />
ask you the information. If you are signed up for an<br />
‘Enhanced Summary Care Record’, the health and care<br />
professionals involved in your treatment can make<br />
better and safer decisions about your medication<br />
and can begin your care sooner. Your consent is still<br />
needed to access your records, except in extreme<br />
emergency situations, when the medical team would<br />
take the appropriate decisions. If you would like your<br />
medical records updated to an ‘Enhanced Summary<br />
Care Record’, just ask at reception for a form to fill in<br />
and sign. Don’t delay; speak to your reception team<br />
as soon as possible.<br />
Pharmacy Opening Hours<br />
Recently the opening hours of the pharmacy<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> have changed – the pharmacy opens<br />
each day between 9.00am and 12.30pm and again<br />
from 2.30pm until 6.00pm. The Necton pharmacy<br />
remains unchanged and opens between 9.00am and<br />
12.00pm, and from 2.30pm until 5.00pm.<br />
SMS Text Appointment Reminders<br />
Don’t forget to sign up for SMS Text Appointment<br />
Reminders – this can help cut down on the amount<br />
of appointments which are missed or forgotten. 85<br />
of our patients in January and 97 in February didn’t<br />
show up for their booked appointments - more<br />
importantly they didn’t ring to cancel them. If you no<br />
longer need a booked appointment, please respect<br />
your Drs and take the time cancel the appointment.<br />
This can then be allocated to another patient. Similar<br />
figures for ‘Did not show’ are reported all across the<br />
NHS regions – let’s all try to reduce this number.<br />
For further information please contact: Plowright<br />
Medical Centre, 1 Jack Boddy Way, <strong>Swaffham</strong>,<br />
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Iceni Youth Clubs<br />
Youthie:<br />
Year 4 to 7 Thursdays 5:30pm – 7:00pm .<br />
Youth Voice:<br />
Wednesdays 6:00pm – 7:30pm 2nd and 4th<br />
Wednesdays of each month<br />
Youthie Plus:<br />
Years 6, 7 and 8 Thursdays - 5:30pm – 7:00pm<br />
Youthie Hub:<br />
13 to 18 years Thursdays - 7:30pm – 9:00pm<br />
Staff are happy to give information, guidance<br />
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Community Hospital LofF<br />
We have a couple of events booked for your 2018<br />
diaries, they are:<br />
Saturday 1st September<br />
Our Annual Street Collection. 9am - 1pm.<br />
Saturday 22nd September<br />
A Coffee Morning at The Methodist Church Rooms<br />
9am - 12 noon.<br />
As usual you can contact The League of Friends by<br />
ringing Colin Houghton (Chairman ) on 01760 336025<br />
or Iris Reeve (Vice Chairman) on 01760 721430.<br />
SWAFFHAM<br />
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the sharing of good quality food.<br />
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Community Centre, The Campingland,<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong>, PE37 7RB<br />
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<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rotary Club<br />
President’s Corner<br />
By the time this article is published,<br />
Easter will be upon us, or even just<br />
past. I hope everyone had an enjoyable<br />
time. And a week before Easter <strong>Swaffham</strong> Rotary<br />
Club will have held their Bollywood night. At the time<br />
of writing this is still to come, but it promises to be<br />
an enjoyable evening, with Indian food and dance. I<br />
will report on this event in next month’s article. We<br />
held raffles for 2 Easter hampers to raise funds to be<br />
distributed to charities, and we want to thank The<br />
George Hotel and The 20 Churchwardens for selling<br />
entries to the raffles.<br />
On a sadder note, in February one of our members,<br />
Barry Briggs, died, after a painful illness. Barry, a<br />
proud Yorkshireman, had transferred to <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Rotary from the Dereham Club about 3 years ago,<br />
and in that time had made a valuable contribution<br />
to our Club’s activities and fellowship. We will miss<br />
his friendship, practicality and sense of humour, and<br />
our thoughts are with his wife (and fellow-Rotarian)<br />
Nancy.<br />
Barry was a keen golfer, and a staunch supporter of<br />
our annual Charity Golf Day. Planning is well under<br />
way for this year’s event, which will be held at<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Golf Club on Monday 23 July. This year we<br />
are supporting Big C (Norfolk’s Cancer Charity) and<br />
SSAFA (the Forces’ Charity). If anyone is interested in<br />
entering a team of 4 for the Golf Day, please contact<br />
me for details at bill.muir13@talktalk.net, or on<br />
01760 788084. We are also seeking donations of<br />
items that can be auctioned on the day, and for raffle<br />
prizes. In addition, local businesses can sponsor<br />
holes on the course. As with possible entries, I can<br />
provide details. Please consider supporting the Golf<br />
Day and these great local charities.<br />
Our usual programme of meetings has continued.<br />
Sue Gattuso from the <strong>Swaffham</strong> Museum spoke to us<br />
about the history of <strong>Swaffham</strong>, giving a fascinating<br />
insight into the development of the town, by<br />
reference to various buildings constructed over<br />
different historical periods. We have also had a<br />
talk from Robin Wraight, who runs the Rotary Youth<br />
Leadership Awards (RYLA) for East Anglia. RYLA is a<br />
personal development programme for young people,<br />
taking place at Grafham Water over a week of<br />
intensive activity in September. It involves a mixture<br />
of “outward bound” type activities and discussion<br />
work in teams, and nurtures self-confidence, teambuilding<br />
and problem-solving skills. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Rotary<br />
Club tries to find a candidate each year, and over the<br />
years have received extremely positive feed-back<br />
from the candidates, who invariably feel they have<br />
benefited from the experience.<br />
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<strong>Swaffham</strong> Jazz Club<br />
Our March session saw a full house welcome for their first<br />
visit to the Club the well established local Dixieland band,<br />
The Nene Valley Jazz Group. As did the original marching<br />
bands that gave birth to jazz, they perform mostly outside in<br />
the open air and make no concessions for playing indoors,<br />
having a full-on sound at all times.<br />
Their leader, Bill Brewer, plays both trumpet and trombone.<br />
I have never come across this double before, the<br />
embouchures being so different in each case. The pressure<br />
in playing the trumpet is considerable and needs rockhard<br />
lips, but Bill could switch effortlessly to the trombone<br />
midway through a number and execute a succession of liptrills,<br />
which requires very flexible lips. He also had a good<br />
comedy act going with his father Neale on sax and vocals.<br />
The other two soloists were Pete Scott, clarinet, and Ed<br />
Reed, guitar.<br />
The tight-knit rhythm section were Mal Ashby-drums,<br />
Martin Haley-banjo and Jeff Scullard-bass. I was a bit<br />
disappointed that none of this section played a solo. I know<br />
Jeff can play a fine solo and I like to hear the (occasional!)<br />
banjo and drum solo.<br />
The band’s repertoire is drawn mainly from the 1920’s and<br />
30’s and included many well known numbers such as I<br />
Can’t Give You Anything But Love Baby and That’s My Baby.<br />
They finished with I’ll Be Seeing You, which is true! They’re<br />
coming back to the Club next October.<br />
Future events:<br />
Tuesday 10th April. The Colin Mason Quartet with sax<br />
virtuoso Myke Clifford.<br />
Tuesday 8th May Swing That Thing - quintet 7.30pm<br />
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The Green Britain Centre<br />
The growing season is well underway, the<br />
atrium here is an excellent propagator for<br />
seedlings that will soon be set out in the<br />
organic gardens.<br />
Our partners at Escape allotment project<br />
are starting up salad crops that will become<br />
available from the Café soon.<br />
The GB Centre café is now also a collection<br />
point for veg boxes, contact Emma if you are<br />
interested. Other seeds being sown here are<br />
plans for events for the community and wider area.<br />
Open mic continues first Friday of the month<br />
followed on Saturday by a repair café Save cash<br />
and spare the landfill by fixing up your bike,<br />
much loved clothes or hand tools.<br />
Larger summer events are planned including a<br />
vegan beer festival in May, a midsummer music<br />
festival in June and a “Clean Air Fair” to begin<br />
a discussion and find solutions to <strong>Swaffham</strong>’s<br />
poor air quality, an environmental concern in<br />
our backyard and front yard.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Arts<br />
A close look at Musical Angels with Martyn<br />
Clarke was a reminder of the beautiful works of<br />
art in the windows of our churches. The quality<br />
of the early stained and painted glass from<br />
Oxborough Church was particularly poignant<br />
in the detail of expression on the faces of the<br />
angels. That they have survived for hundreds<br />
of years, and look as fresh as ever, only adds<br />
wonder to their delicate presence.<br />
Three years ago, Steve Bingham, directing<br />
a chamber orchestra, gave a stunning<br />
performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.<br />
This month the Ad Hoc Strings from Ely,<br />
directed by Steve, are returning with Serenade<br />
for Strings, an afternoon of music including<br />
Mozart “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” and Elgar<br />
Serenade for strings, two well-known and wellloved<br />
pieces. Steve is not only a wonderful<br />
musician, but also a superb communicator, and<br />
always has a great rapport with his audience.<br />
The concert will take place on Sunday April<br />
22nd at 3 pm in <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms.<br />
Tickets are available from our box offices,<br />
Ceres Bookshop 01760 722504 and the Green<br />
Parrot 01760 724704, priced at £9 members,<br />
£12 non-members, and accompanied children<br />
free; and on the door. We hope you can join us.<br />
All welcome!<br />
Experience wind<br />
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windmill<br />
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for the public to climb. Follow the<br />
eco trail around our heritage<br />
orchard and organic gardens, enjoy<br />
Fairtrade coffee and homemade<br />
cake in our vegetarian café.<br />
For opening times and to<br />
book your turbine tour call us<br />
on 01760 726 100.<br />
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The Green Britain Centre, Turbine Way,<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong>, Norfolk, PE37 7HT<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Evening WI<br />
The March meeting was held at 7pm<br />
on 7th March at the Church Rooms.<br />
We listened to an amusing Poem read<br />
by one of our members and gave out our monthly<br />
birthday cards. Our speaker this month told us<br />
about a voluntary organisation called Norfolk Blood<br />
Bikes. This is run entirely by volunteers who operate<br />
mainly during the night to get blood and other much<br />
needed fluids to our county hospitals. They even<br />
take donated breast milk to Neo Natal units.<br />
The speaker covered much more than I can include<br />
here but he was extremely interesting and it was an<br />
eye opener.<br />
After the talk and many questions we had a social<br />
break and afterwards concluded our monthly<br />
business which this month mainly consisted of<br />
arranging a trip to West Acre Theatre and the<br />
transport for auditions. The raffle was drawn and the<br />
meeting was closed.<br />
Next month we are looking forward to hearing Rachel<br />
Duffield (a favourite of ours) give us her version of<br />
Elizabeth I. We meet on the first Wednesday of each<br />
month so if you would like to come along as a visitor<br />
you will be very welcome. Contact our secretary on<br />
01760 722879<br />
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Sporle Afternoon WI<br />
February’s meeting was a very busy<br />
one and it was good to see so many<br />
members who had recovered from<br />
the “bug”. The meeting had been made an open one<br />
as the subject and speaker were of interest to many<br />
people as it was all about Marham Air Base and its<br />
future. Our speaker, an RAF member of considerable<br />
service, was very clued up on the changes already<br />
made and those outstanding changes still to take<br />
place so that the base can take the new fighter<br />
planes coming this autumn. Many of us expressed<br />
sorrow to be losing the Tornado as it has become a<br />
regular sight in our skies for many years. The new<br />
plane in turn will become a familiar sight and sound.<br />
The speaker was happy to answer many questions<br />
especially from our gentlemen visitors both before<br />
and during our break for tea and cake.<br />
The regular club business followed with the financial<br />
situation, possible outing venues, and a lively debate<br />
over the resolutions. Members were of the opinion<br />
that we should have something closer to home to<br />
campaign for, something our WI weight could maybe<br />
influence. Birthdays and the raffle then followed and<br />
a different kind of poem closed the meeting.<br />
Sporle afternoon WI each 3rd Tuesday of the month.<br />
Pickenhams WI<br />
The meeting on March 13th in<br />
North Pickenham church at 2pm<br />
was opened by Carolyn Vincent<br />
with an amusing poem about her new“ socks.”<br />
Our speaker was one of our members Sue Potter<br />
who spoke about “ Her Nursing Journey”. It<br />
started with her training at Great Ormond Street<br />
Children’s Hospital and this was followed by an<br />
interesting career in the Queen Alexandra Nursing<br />
Corps, both here and abroad. She then returned<br />
to civilian life to fund raise and open the early<br />
Children’s hospices in East Anglia having seen the<br />
need for them. Finally, she did community nursing<br />
in very rural Scotland. A fascinating story to tell.<br />
This was followed by our “ Tea “ and the Business<br />
part of-the meeting.<br />
Matters arising:<br />
• Nar Valley Group WI’s - it was discussed again<br />
about joining this group.<br />
• Arts and Crafts Group - They have met and have<br />
some projects in mind for the future<br />
Future Plans:<br />
• Coffee and chats restarting in <strong>Swaffham</strong> monthly.<br />
• The Cinema Club continues.<br />
• Suffragette celebration Tea and talk at Broom<br />
Hall on Tuesday the 15th May<br />
New Members and Visitors always welcome<br />
tel. Carolyn 01760 755089<br />
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Beachamwell & District WI<br />
Our March meeting was due to take<br />
place on an evening when the village<br />
was firmly in the grip of snow and<br />
ice. We had been looking forward to<br />
exploring the art and architecture of<br />
the ‘Art Deco’ period. But local driving and walking<br />
conditions were treacherous and would have meant<br />
a hazardous journey for our speaker, so we felt we<br />
had to cancel the meeting.<br />
Now we are anticipating our next get-together.<br />
Penelope Watkins will talk on the subject ‘Know your<br />
shape, enjoy your assets’. Intrigued? We are. We<br />
think it may involve underwear and fashion! Why<br />
not come and find out more?<br />
Visitors and prospective members are very welcome<br />
as always. We are an informal and friendly group and<br />
we enjoy seeing new faces. The meeting takes place<br />
in Beachamwell Village Hall on Thursday, 5th April at<br />
7.30pm. Enquiries: 01366 327023 or 01366 328589<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lioness Club - the Pride<br />
of <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Our Multiple District (National) Conference was held<br />
at the Marriott Hotel, Huntingdon on 16th – 18th<br />
February, and was a most enjoyable and informative<br />
weekend. It is great to meet up with Lionesses from<br />
other Districts for some fun and fellowship.<br />
We had a speaker from “Tiny Tickers” our Chairman’s<br />
chosen charity for the year, which provides support<br />
for babies diagnosed with congenital heart defects.<br />
We have donated £100 towards this worthy cause.<br />
To top off a lovely weekend, we won the Scrapbook<br />
competition trophy again this year.<br />
On 24th February we hosted our East Anglia District<br />
Lioness Meeting here in <strong>Swaffham</strong> Lionesses Karen<br />
Nye and Rosemary Skea were awarded Membership<br />
Certificates for completing 25 Years of Service in<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lioness Club.<br />
On Saturday 31st March we will be running our charity<br />
Easter Egg Tombola stall in the Assembly Rooms, and<br />
will be attending the Mayor’s Civic Reception on 7th<br />
April.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> & District Lions<br />
Due to poor weather conditions<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lions held their 3rd<br />
Annual Pancake Race inside the<br />
Assemble Rooms this year. With<br />
eight teams of two from the<br />
Lions, Lionesses, Home Hospice, the Sacred Heart<br />
School, Iceni Partnership, Ward Gethin Archer and<br />
Louise & Ben, the races were very competitive,<br />
with the local brother and sister winning the final<br />
against Ward Gethin Archer. The engraved frying<br />
pan trophy was presented by Lion President Pam<br />
Tallon to the winners. Before the finals race the<br />
under-fives held a series of fun races much to the<br />
amusement of the mums and dads.<br />
The Lions Clubs of the British Isles are celebrating<br />
the 100th anniversary of Lions Clubs International:<br />
100 years of proud service to our communities.<br />
We were delighted that our Patron, HRH, The<br />
Countess of Wessex G.C.V.O. hosted a Reception at<br />
Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, 28th February<br />
to help Lions Clubs mark this milestone.<br />
The work that <strong>Swaffham</strong> Lions do in the community<br />
has been recognized by this honour and completes<br />
a year of celebrations that included a Civic<br />
reception by <strong>Swaffham</strong> Town Council, 208k cycle<br />
ride, a month at the Tesco store, a charity quiz,<br />
children’s peace poster competition and a thanks<br />
giving service at St Peter & Paul church attended<br />
by 200 people.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lions President Pam Tallon had the<br />
honour of representing the club at the Palace for<br />
Lions Clubs International Centenary Celebrations.<br />
At the reception, the Countess of Wessex said she<br />
was honoured to be the patron of the Lions. When<br />
she visited different countries she was proud when<br />
she saw the Lions Logo in hospitals or clinics. She<br />
also said she gets the praise, but it’s the Lions’<br />
membership that spends hours doing the work all<br />
over the world.<br />
Following support for local children who have<br />
serious illnesses, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Lions have donated<br />
£500 to the Archie Ramshaw appeal. In October<br />
2010, the life of Archie Ramshaw changed forever.<br />
Then aged just seven, Archie was diagnosed with<br />
a rare form of anaemia known as Congenital<br />
Sideroblastic Anaemia. The condition means<br />
Archie’s bone marrow is unable to produce<br />
15<br />
healthy blood cells. Sideroblastic Anaemia stops<br />
Archie’s body transferring the iron in his blood into<br />
haemoglobin, which red cells need to transport<br />
oxygen efficiently. Now aged 14, the teenager,<br />
who lives in <strong>Swaffham</strong> with his older brother Harry<br />
and mother and father Theresa and Craig, has had<br />
more than 150 blood transfusions and takes 11<br />
tablets a day. The Lions are also looking at ways<br />
of supporting Archie and his family during his time<br />
with treatment, with further donations of time or<br />
money.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Lions were at <strong>Swaffham</strong>’s Tesco store for<br />
two days collecting for Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil<br />
Appeal. Lions throughout the country support this<br />
great cause, which provides nurses for patients<br />
who have cancer as well as running nine hospices<br />
and a helper home service.<br />
As part of the 100 years celebrations of Lions<br />
International, the Lions have set a target of feeding<br />
5000 people with food donations. <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Lions have answered the call and club members<br />
have supplied 44kgs of food, which will go to the<br />
Norwich food bank along with other donations<br />
from Lions clubs in East Anglia. You don’t need a<br />
miracle when you have Lions.
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Merle Boddy Centre<br />
Thank you to all the lovely people who attended<br />
our quiz. The theme was very loosely connected to<br />
Valentine’s. The winners were a girl’s night out, they<br />
won a bottle of wine and chocs. Our lovely, young<br />
farmers came at the bottom but didn’t go home empty<br />
handed, with something nice and gooey to tuck into.<br />
We made a fantastic £472. All our supporters are just<br />
the best. Our next fundraiser was on 16th March with<br />
an Easter bingo, fantastic prizes and a raffle.<br />
I once saw on the back of a Landrover that young<br />
farmers do best in green wellies, well our local young<br />
farmers are the best in what ever they wear. On the<br />
night of the quiz we were presented with a cheque for<br />
£300, doesn’t this just go to prove that the younger<br />
generation do care. I am so very pleased that we have<br />
made such a brilliant connection with such a fantastic<br />
group of people. Many, many thanks to all of you.<br />
The Merle Boddy Centre has had its face lift. We now<br />
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At the same time as the major refurb of the toilets, we<br />
took the opportunity to re-decorate the main room<br />
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and volunteers, who pitched in and did a fantastic job<br />
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Ian Clews has been hard at work raising money and<br />
we are the lucky recipients. Ian gave us a cheque for<br />
£800 and a skittles game, both gifts were very much<br />
appreciated. The skittles game was tried out straight<br />
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lovely roadie Maggie too.
Age Concern <strong>Swaffham</strong> & District<br />
April and therefore Spring has arrived and we at Age Concern have our loins girded up for doing what we<br />
can to continue assisting older folk in the town and in the villages round about. There is still a bit of confusion<br />
regarding what the difference is between Age UK and our own Age Concern organisation. Age UK is a large,<br />
nationally based charity whereas we are a local group just for this area. Officially we are “Friends” of Age UK<br />
and have a particularly close relationship with Age UK Norfolk, in Norwich. All three organisations operate for<br />
the benefit of people over 60. We have just under 200 members (there is no upper limit) and it costs only £5<br />
per year to join. If interested, please contact our Membership Secretary Vicky, see details below.<br />
What do we do? For our members generally we hold a free monthly entertainment meeting in the Assembly<br />
Rooms, last Tuesday in the month, 2 pm, (in house) unless there is a trip out.<br />
During the better weather we organise trips out by coach, three or four per year, plus a Christmas attraction of<br />
some sort e.g. the Thursford Spectacular. John Clarke (see below) organises these, so please contact him for the<br />
latest info. Upcoming events are:<br />
April 24th – Sister Francis on her recent television series (in house)<br />
May 29th - AGM and talk on Scams and Awareness (in house)<br />
Our new Project Manager for <strong>Swaffham</strong> Support Services including befriending is Brad Stein who has replaced<br />
Barbara Lock. We operate with funding from the Big Lottery our popular Hospital Buddy Service. Volunteers to<br />
act as drivers are always needed. Our Coordinator, Clair has recently resigned her position<br />
and we are now recruiting a replacement.<br />
For those lonely people at home we also provide a Befriending Service and again if you<br />
would like to consider volunteering to help visit, you would be most welcome. Our office is<br />
open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 am to 4 pm from where an Information<br />
Pack for both Buddying and Befriending can be obtained. Please contact Pam in the<br />
office, phone (07393 981 295) or for general queries.<br />
Please also contact John Clarke, Outings Organiser regarding trips out. Chair, Diane<br />
Sanderson, 725715; deputy Chair, Barbara Clarke, 720140, Treasurer, James Dean, 720756;<br />
Trips Organiser, John Clarke, 720140; Membership Secretary, Vicky Slater, 627031.<br />
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Ashill Holme Hale Gardening Club<br />
At our February meeting Kathy Gray gave an<br />
enlightening talk about ‘The Plant Hunters’. There<br />
has been an interest in collecting plants from other<br />
parts of the world as far back as the Queen of Egypt<br />
in 1495BC. In this country the Trandescant family in<br />
the 16th and 17th centuries were early collectors<br />
and gave their name to the tulip tree, Tradescantia<br />
virginiana. But Kathy’s talk concentrated on four men<br />
who, between the mid 18th and early 20th centuries,<br />
collected thousands of specimens, many of which are<br />
common features of our gardens today.<br />
The first of these was Joseph Banks who made several<br />
voyages with Captain Cook to South America, Tahiti,<br />
New Zealand and Australia. His finds included the<br />
passion flower, gardenia, jasmine, phormium, hebe<br />
and leptospermum. He gave his name to Banksia<br />
integrifolia, commonly known as coast banksia and<br />
persuaded King George 111 to create the botanical<br />
gardens at Kew.<br />
Francis Masson was a gardener at Kew who made<br />
several trips to South Africa in the late 18th century<br />
bringing us Erica, protea, amaryllis, aloe and the arum<br />
lily among many others. The Massonia lily is named<br />
after him and the encephalartos he brought home<br />
in 1775 is still thriving at Kew - probably the world’s<br />
largest pot plant! He also introduced kniphofia,<br />
pelagonium and agapanthus from North America<br />
where he died in 1805.<br />
David Douglas from Scotland did most of his<br />
exploration in North America in the early 19th<br />
century. He is known primarily for the introduction of<br />
the douglas fir but, as the UK had only three varieties<br />
of conifer at that time, most of the species we have<br />
today are attributable to him. However, he was also<br />
responsible for introducing solidago (golden rod),<br />
aster, mahonia, penstemon and lupinus, the basis for<br />
all our varieties of lupins today.<br />
Kathy’s last plant hunter in this talk was Ernest<br />
Wilson, who was sent to China in 1899 in search<br />
of the hankerchief tree, Davidia involucrata. Along<br />
the way his discoveries included acer griseum,<br />
clematis armandii, meconopsis, magnolia sinensis<br />
and rhododendron, the legacy of which can still be<br />
seen at Sheringham Park. In the early 20th century<br />
he moved to North America from where he gave us<br />
viburnum, daphne and primula.<br />
There were so many species mentioned in Kathy’s<br />
talk it left us with the question ‘what on earth is<br />
indigenous to this country?’ We obviously owe these<br />
plant humters a great debt for providing our homes<br />
and gardens with such a diverse array of plants.<br />
What’s on in the next 3 months:<br />
Thursday 26th April Jim Paine ‘Plants for Shade’<br />
Wednesday 19th May Coach outing to Kentwell Hall<br />
Thursday 24th May Tony Goode ‘Alpines in the Time<br />
Challenge’<br />
Sunday 24th June ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW<br />
Thursday 28th June Charlotte Philcox ‘Getting the<br />
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />
APRIL 23<br />
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We want your support to get a swimming pool for <strong>Swaffham</strong>. We are a<br />
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We have the designs worked up and are talking with planners at<br />
Breckland District Council in the Spring to see what is possible.<br />
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WEA<br />
Our course beginning in April focuses on the history<br />
of rural life in East Anglia. Popular tutor Mary<br />
Fewster has previously led courses in <strong>Swaffham</strong> on<br />
transport, religion and industry in East Anglia and<br />
she now returns with a course looking at a period<br />
of major changes in the landscape, society and<br />
economy of the area: Country Life: Rural East Anglia<br />
1700 – 1900. Topics will include enclosure; the role<br />
of the great estates and the influence of the squire<br />
and the parson on rural society; and the lives of the<br />
labouring poor and the rural unrest that flared from<br />
time to time as a result of changes or conditions.<br />
The course runs for 7 weeks starting on Friday 20th<br />
April, 10am to 12 noon. The fee is £51. You are<br />
welcome to attend the first session as a ‘taster’ for £7<br />
with no obligation to continue. Fees may be waived<br />
for those in receipt of benefits. Courses are held at<br />
the Community Centre, Campingland, <strong>Swaffham</strong>.<br />
Information about courses is available online at<br />
www.wea.org.uk where you can also sign up to<br />
attend. However there is no requirement to book<br />
in advance: just come along and you will be very<br />
welcome. Further information: Tel 01760 723558<br />
The Royal British Legion<br />
This year, as the Nation commemorates 100 years<br />
since the end of WW1, <strong>Swaffham</strong> Royal British<br />
Legion are proud to announce that their Standard<br />
will be travelling to<br />
Ypres in Belgium as part<br />
of the Great Pilgrimage<br />
90 event in August.<br />
Two representatives of<br />
the Legion will attend,<br />
one as Standard Bearer<br />
and the other to carry<br />
and lay a wreath which<br />
will contain a message<br />
of Remembrance from <strong>Swaffham</strong> schoolchildren.<br />
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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE<br />
New team members for Andy R.<br />
Palmer Wealth Management Ltd<br />
Andy R. Palmer Wealth Management Ltd are proud<br />
to introduce two new members to their team. Over<br />
the past months, both Felicity Smith and Bethany<br />
Moulton have joined the <strong>Swaffham</strong> based wealth<br />
management Practice.<br />
Felicity joined the team in Autumn 2017, training<br />
as an Adviser. She previously spent 9 years as a<br />
Personal Banking Manger in <strong>Swaffham</strong>. Felicity<br />
states “I am delighted to be welcomed in to the<br />
Practice and look forward to getting to know our<br />
clients.”<br />
Bethany joined over the summer, as a Practice<br />
Assistant. Bethany is now taking responsibility for<br />
the complex systems supporting the business. She<br />
comments, “this is a great practice to be a part of,<br />
and I have been made to feel like part of the team<br />
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Andy, the Director of the Practice, comments on the<br />
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“The addition of people of the quality of Felicity &<br />
Bethany completes our current team, with Hayley<br />
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giving us the capacity to continue to provide high<br />
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Welcome to Downham Grange Care Home, a striking new<br />
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The home has been designed to meet the needs<br />
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Like all Kingsley Healthcare Homes, our care is<br />
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Our strong ethos of person-centred care runs<br />
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We really want to make a difference<br />
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With this in mind we have built the<br />
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giving particular consideration<br />
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This new home will enable us to<br />
continue to provide high-quality<br />
surroundings and environment. It<br />
will ensure our staff deliver quality<br />
of service and improve the quality of<br />
life of our residents every day.<br />
The staff at Downham Grange go<br />
that extra mile to make the home<br />
feel comfortable and relaxed. We<br />
like Downham Grange to feel like<br />
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people to take part in the daily living<br />
activities as well as other ongoing<br />
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“It took me just a few<br />
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Refit at the Red Lion<br />
After a long process of upgrading the Red Lion we<br />
can finally see a major improvement in the main bar,<br />
restaurant and the rooms. For the past few years we<br />
have improved and upgraded the 10 en-suite rooms<br />
to a much higher decorative and living standard and<br />
the start of 2018 we decided the finish the project<br />
with a complete refit and refurbish of the main bar<br />
and both the toilets. After a period of closure of 4<br />
weeks of repairs and upgrades we are happy to be<br />
open and completely different to before. We are still<br />
offering a great selection of drinks to compliment<br />
our mouthwatering bar menu and delicious specials.<br />
We hope that our regulars that have put up with our<br />
being closed will approve the changes.<br />
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<strong>Swaffham</strong> Counselling and Psychotherapy<br />
Barbara O'Hanlon is now working from her private<br />
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Women and Words<br />
People who attended the Iceni Rural Writers’ event<br />
in the George Hotel on 8 March were treated to an<br />
interesting evening of readings from local writers.<br />
Because it was International Women’s Day, the writers<br />
chose readings connected to the theme of being<br />
a woman. There was a mixture of fact and fiction;<br />
poetry and prose - something for everybody in the<br />
audience to enjoy.<br />
The highlight of the evening was a reading by Heidi<br />
Williamson, who grew up in <strong>Swaffham</strong>. She read from<br />
her two published anthologies ‘Electric Shadow’ and<br />
‘The Print Museum’. It was very interesting to hear<br />
Heidi put her poems into context and we were given a<br />
preview of three poems which will appear in her next<br />
collection.<br />
To end the evening several members of the audience<br />
read pieces during an open mic slot. Leah Spencer<br />
(secretary) said “The evening was a great success and<br />
Iceni Rural Writers would like to thank <strong>Swaffham</strong> Town<br />
Council for supporting this event. We plan to hold a<br />
similar evening in June or July. Look out for details in<br />
future <strong>Swaffham</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong>s!”<br />
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St.Mary’s Church, Houghton-on-the-Hill<br />
From Sunday March 25th the church will be<br />
open again every day between 2 and 4pm.<br />
Come and enjoy the Spring flowers in the<br />
garden. Take a rest as you walk Peddars Way.<br />
Be captivated by the ancient wallpaintings<br />
which tell the story of our journey through life.<br />
No charge, but donations are welcome.<br />
Group and individual visits available with prior booking<br />
at times to suit. SATNAV ref. PE37 8DP<br />
Contact houghtonstmary@gmail.com or 01760 720070<br />
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The<br />
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We have a few spaces in our warm and<br />
friendly day service for people living with<br />
dementia & other mental health problems.<br />
For more information please ring Georgie on:<br />
01760 724527<br />
or email:<br />
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At the Iceni Partnership, we are always looking<br />
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If you or someone you know would be<br />
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Wissey U3A<br />
On Thursday 1st March the appropriately named<br />
‘Beast from the East’ and storm ‘Emma’ from the<br />
South visited the area to deposit great quantities<br />
of unwanted snow and create as much havoc as<br />
they possibly could. As a result, and much to the<br />
dismay of many members, the monthly meeting<br />
was duly cancelled. Although the presentation by<br />
David Mason about Wildlife Photography was sadly<br />
missed, David agreed to return again in 2019.<br />
Members who had previously attended a Red Cross<br />
First Aid course at <strong>Swaffham</strong>’s Community Centre<br />
attended a refresher course on Monday 26th February<br />
to experience some practical and possibly more<br />
realistic first aid situations. The meeting started with<br />
some video clips to illustrate appropriate responses<br />
for various injuries. Members then responded to a<br />
number of casualties who had injuries ranging from<br />
Burns to Bleeding and there was one casualty who<br />
was unresponsive and not breathing. This casualty<br />
required Responders to use a dummy ‘Manikin’<br />
for practising CPR techniques. Grateful thanks to<br />
members of the ‘<strong>Swaffham</strong> Players’ who kindly acted<br />
as casualties on the day and added a greater sense of<br />
realism to the first aid situations.<br />
Members of the Table Tennis group met Downham<br />
Market U3A’s team for another friendly tournament<br />
at Denver village hall and after some exciting games<br />
were treated to refreshments with teas and cakes.<br />
A new group entitled ’Family History’ has recently<br />
been proposed and a workshop entitled ‘Learn<br />
Russian Words’ is to be held at the Great Britain<br />
Centre on 30th March. If these subjects interest you,<br />
or if you have an interesting hobby or pastime which<br />
you would like to share with others why not make<br />
enquires about joining the Wissey U3A.<br />
The U3A is an international movement whose aims are<br />
the education of retired members of the community<br />
or those in their ‘Third Age’ of life. U3A membership<br />
is open to any individual who by definition is not in<br />
full-time gainful employment, so anyone working<br />
‘part-time’ can also apply for membership.<br />
For more information about the U3A movement, go<br />
to www.u3a.org.uk. To enquire about Wissey U3A<br />
Membership contact Ian Clews on 01760 721247.<br />
For information about group activities contact Dave<br />
Thorogood on 01760 622751 or visit the Wissey<br />
Homepage at www.u3asites.org.uk/wissey. If you<br />
are a ‘Third Ager’ and may have just moved to the<br />
area, come along to the Playing Field Pavilion at<br />
Holme Hale at 09.45 on Thursday 5th April when<br />
David Morton will speak and give a presentation on<br />
‘The Wonder of Light’. Annual membership normally<br />
costs £10 and renewals are £7 with a small charge of<br />
£1 for admittance to each monthly meeting.<br />
Community Litter Pick<br />
On the 20th February staff from Hughes Electrical<br />
were joined by children from <strong>Swaffham</strong> CE VC Infant<br />
and Nursery School to help tidy up the town. The<br />
litter pick began around Campingland as it’s close to<br />
the school and safe for the children. We then headed<br />
towards the church. We are hoping to continue to<br />
organise further days like this throughout the year.<br />
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London Street<br />
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Colin Mason Quartet<br />
with sax virtuoso Myke Clifford<br />
Tuesday 7:30pm<br />
April 10th<br />
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LOTS OF STALLS, REFRESHMENTS, INFO ON HOUSING & CARE<br />
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View some of our flats to see what we have to offer,<br />
Come and meet some of our management team!<br />
ANY INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: COURT MANAGER –<br />
JAYNE READ @ 0370 192 4797<br />
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The museum is open again!<br />
New displays. Lots for families to see and do.<br />
New Displays:<br />
From Beginning to End – the story of <strong>Swaffham</strong>’s<br />
railways<br />
Images of <strong>Swaffham</strong> – A collection of paintings,<br />
posters and photographs of <strong>Swaffham</strong> over the<br />
years. Includes a selection of photographs of<br />
old(er) <strong>Swaffham</strong> onscreen<br />
Also available on application<br />
• Guided walks<br />
• Talks<br />
• School Activity Day - Carter meets Tutankhamun<br />
•Loan Boxes for schools, groups or families.<br />
Can you solve a mystery for us?<br />
Archivist, Emma Ward, who is a member of our Group,<br />
would love to hear from you if you can help. She is<br />
shown in our picture holding the item. The only thing<br />
that is known is the name on the object: ‘Bingoscope,<br />
ideal home cinema.’<br />
DO YOU FEEL VULNERABLE OR<br />
ISOLATED?<br />
DO YOU HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES OR<br />
ARE YOU PRONE TO FALLS?<br />
DO YOU FEEL SAFE & SECURE IN<br />
YOUR OWN HOME?<br />
• Personal Alarms monitored<br />
24/7 for £2.96 per week<br />
plus installation<br />
• Pendants can be<br />
worn either around<br />
the neck or wrist<br />
• Keysafes allowing<br />
relatives & emergency<br />
services access<br />
to your home<br />
• Assistive<br />
Technology -<br />
including falls<br />
pendants and<br />
smoke detectors<br />
Please contact<br />
the Careline<br />
Community Service<br />
team today on<br />
01553 616200 or<br />
visit our website<br />
careline-cs.org.uk<br />
Living Independently<br />
in Later Years<br />
Information for Older People<br />
Living in West Norfolk<br />
Telephone information line<br />
LILY Advisor Home visits<br />
Online directory<br />
Community locations<br />
FoSM (Friends of <strong>Swaffham</strong> Museum)<br />
We support the Museum financially.<br />
Our Membership Scheme is a one off Life<br />
Membership payment of just £10 for an individual<br />
and £15 for a family. This gives you free access to all<br />
the museum galleries for life. For more information<br />
please contact our Hon Chairman Stuart Clapton by<br />
ringing the museum, or on stuartclapton@aol.com.<br />
FoSM Outing to Gressenhall Museum<br />
Open to all. Wednesday 18th April. Depart: 10am<br />
from outside Sue’s News. Return: Leave Gressenhall<br />
3pm. Cost: Coach & Entrance £15 per person.<br />
Contact Carol Farmer on 01760 723397 or email:<br />
stuartclapton@aol.com.<br />
The 100 Club<br />
Run by the Friends - open to ALL<br />
A yearly subscription of £20 could win a prize of<br />
£40, £20 or £10 each month with special extra<br />
prize of £100 in May and November. For more<br />
information contact Stan Roberts Tel: 07825885254<br />
or stanroberts4@icloud.com<br />
Prize winners:<br />
Feb draw - £40 No.51 / £20 No.76 / £10 No.30<br />
March draw - £40 No.5 / £20 No 86 / £10 No 41<br />
Wanted – Volunteers<br />
We are currently looking for volunteers to work in the<br />
Museum. We require Stewards for 3 hr sessions (10-<br />
1 or 1-4) And help with the Education team to work<br />
mainly with school visits. An interest in Egyptology<br />
would be helpful. For further information contact<br />
Steve Gregory 01760 721230<br />
Emma was guest speaker at our last meeting, explaining<br />
the work she does (all voluntary!) and how the records<br />
are computerised. She brought with her a few items<br />
which have caused a headache for the Museum during<br />
a recent inventory. Why has something been saved?<br />
What does it have to do with <strong>Swaffham</strong>, or basically<br />
- just what is it! She also showed the group copies of<br />
some of the records which the archives keep and which<br />
researchers can use - by request - in the Archive Room.<br />
Emma can be contacted via the Museum.<br />
CORRECTION: In the last <strong>Newsletter</strong> we remembered<br />
the late Mr Reg Stibbon who died in January. It was<br />
stated that during WWII he served in the Royal Air<br />
Force. This was incorrect, he served with the Royal<br />
Norfolk Regiment. Reg, a carpenter by trade, then<br />
studied to qualify as Clerk of Works, Buildings and Civil<br />
Engineering, going on to work on air bases all over East<br />
Anglia. Apologies for our error.<br />
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The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Hare<br />
Those of you who follow us on social media may have<br />
noticed the emergence of ‘The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Hare’.<br />
We can’t give too much away yet, but you should be<br />
seeing much more of this mysterious figure around<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> in the coming months! #thehareiscoming<br />
Community Fridge Update<br />
The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Fridge has now been open<br />
for over 3 months and we have seen great success<br />
already. Thanks to our regular donations from local<br />
businesses such as Starlings grocers and Wellbread<br />
Bakery we are always well stocked with a great mix<br />
of fruit, veg, cakes, pastries and other baked goods.<br />
Thanks to word of mouth we are seeing steadily<br />
increasing numbers of visitors to the fridge, with<br />
many now regularly popping by daily or weekly.<br />
As the fridge is part of a Breckland Council initiative<br />
to prevent food waste to landfill, we are required<br />
to weigh in and out all of the food from the fridge<br />
and keep a written record. From our records we are<br />
pleased to announce we have already saved well<br />
over a kilo of food from landfill at the time of writing.<br />
If you would like to donate or take food from the<br />
fridge, then feel free to visit between 9am and 4pm<br />
Monday to Friday. The fridge is located just outside<br />
the Iceni Partnership office in the Community Centre.<br />
Icenima presents...<br />
York Theatre Royal Live Stage Production<br />
Visit from the ‘Beast from the East’<br />
Last month saw temperatures in <strong>Swaffham</strong> plunge.<br />
We may find seeing such heavy snowfall in March<br />
unusual in 2018, but as the images from the<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Museum archive show, it used to be a<br />
much more commom occurence!<br />
You can see more stories of <strong>Swaffham</strong>’s weather in<br />
the past in the Local History Group’s new booklet<br />
“Whatever the Weather” coming out soon.<br />
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#COMMUNITY FRIDGE<br />
166kg<br />
Wednesday 18 th April, 2pm<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre<br />
Tickets: £6<br />
For more info call 01760 722800<br />
or visit iceni.info
<strong>Swaffham</strong> & Litcham Home<br />
Hospice Support<br />
Rapid progress towards our major event this year<br />
“The Relay Together”, on Sunday the 17th June at the<br />
Rugby Club is being made as Teams are beginning to<br />
place their names to take part. For further information<br />
please contact the Home Hospice Support Team on<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> 01760 722937 where posters of the day<br />
are available to collect. Come along and enjoy the<br />
fun at this community project knowing that you are<br />
supporting a vital Charity within our Town.<br />
The Home Hospice Support Team were involved in the<br />
annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race organised by<br />
the Lions of <strong>Swaffham</strong> held at the Assembly Rooms,<br />
but owing to the inclement weather conditions, the<br />
event was transferred to indoors of the building. As<br />
in the past it was very well supported and great fun<br />
too.<br />
The Quiz Night that was scheduled for March 2nd at<br />
the Conservative Club had to be cancelled caused by<br />
the Beast from the East. It will now take place on April<br />
12th with a 7.30pm start and costing £5.00 per head<br />
with a maximum of six per table. Contact: Adrian on<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> 01760 724304 for further information.<br />
The Charity’s annual Town Collection takes place on<br />
May 12th and if you are interested in standing for an<br />
hour or so, then I am sure the Home Support Team at<br />
the office would be pleased to hear from you, or you<br />
can contact Adrian.<br />
The Charity are seeking out further volunteers to<br />
serve and support the Fundraising Committee in<br />
their work to raise vital income ensuring the survival<br />
of the Hospice. The commitment is left to those who<br />
have the desire to assist us, but be rest assured you<br />
will certainly enjoy meeting those who already give<br />
their time for this wonderful cause. There is always a<br />
need for the Committee to receive new ideas to take<br />
forward for planning future events. On the other<br />
hand why not organise an event for us and if you<br />
require assistance then the Committee will only be<br />
too pleased to work with you.<br />
For further information please contact the Home<br />
Support Team on <strong>Swaffham</strong> 01760 722937.<br />
David Gulliver<br />
Mind Body Spirit<br />
Want to relax and release stress?<br />
Well Kirtan could be your answer.<br />
A local <strong>Swaffham</strong> lady Chrissy Willis runs a number<br />
of workshops for people to enjoy and relax as you<br />
sing/chant beautiful ancient mantras. You will<br />
sing together simple melodies in call and response<br />
style and don’t be concerned about how well you<br />
sing, just relax and enjoy the meditative benefits.<br />
Tuition and words are provided and explained.<br />
Kirtan, is singing/chanting beautiful ancient<br />
mantras/melodies in a call and response<br />
style. It’s a shared offering and you don’t have<br />
to be concerned with how well you sing, just<br />
enjoy the benefit it brings to you. Another way to<br />
describe Kirtan is perhaps a singing version of your<br />
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physical yoga practice. It is a truly beautiful way<br />
to express the profound feeling and experiences<br />
that come to us during meditation and in our<br />
physical asana practice. It is a great way to release<br />
stress and tension, relax and melt into a larger<br />
experience, some may know it as Kirtan-yoga, as<br />
an integral part of bhakti-yoga, which is the yoga<br />
of developing pure spiritual love.<br />
Often described as people coming together Kirtan<br />
is a family-like atmosphere within a music session<br />
which gives the result of deep meditation. More<br />
specifically, it is the call and response singing<br />
used in spiritual tradition from India.<br />
Kirtan is a ‘sanskrit’ word meaning “to chant”<br />
referring to the process of chanting and it<br />
includes a sense of repeating and describing,<br />
which makes it very simple to learn. Specifically,<br />
it refers to the glorification of the Supreme. You<br />
may doubtlessly be familiar with other sanskrit<br />
words such as, yoga, avatar, mantra, guru and<br />
karma, which are in use worldwide and perhaps<br />
in the coming years, we can expect kirtan to<br />
become another word that will be more familiar<br />
as it starts to experience general usage around<br />
you.<br />
The origins of Kirtan go back to India where<br />
people have been singing about Rama, Krishna,<br />
Govinda, etc in their local languages and in<br />
Sanskrit, for a millennia as a non-denominational<br />
language for the universal Spirit; the song of the<br />
soul. Traditionally it is sung in Sanskrit, but in<br />
today’s times it can be heard in many different<br />
languages, including English. You can think of it<br />
as a singalong.<br />
Chrissy runs classes out of Sporle with her April<br />
classes on 12th and 26th April usually they start<br />
at 7.30pm. Finishing with a hot drink and open<br />
discussions. She will be delighted to discuss this<br />
with anyone interested so for further information<br />
please ring Chrissy 07957 405823.<br />
One final note the next Mind Body Spirit Exhibition<br />
will be in The Assembly Rooms on Saturday 28th<br />
April where a vast number of beautiful stalls with<br />
Spiritual Gifts, Healing, Readings and Therapies<br />
stand by for your assistance. A footnote to say<br />
Chrissy does attend these events so if you want<br />
to chat to her about Kirtan, you’ll find her serving<br />
up teas and coffees.<br />
Thank you very much everyone for reading about<br />
all the different aspects we can offer. There will<br />
be more and more as another year develops.<br />
Steve Hudson<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Spiritual Awareness Group<br />
Meets in the Community Centre,<br />
Beech Close, Campingland, <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
at 6.30pm.<br />
We offer healing from 5.30pm prior to our Sunday services<br />
Our trained healers can help with various types of pain and tension from<br />
stress. This service is free although donations are gratefully received<br />
In Touch With Your Town<br />
‘In Touch with your Town’ is<br />
put together by the Town Clerk<br />
Richard Bishop or occasionally<br />
by the Deputy Town Clerk Claire<br />
Smith. It deals with some of the<br />
most topical items of the day and<br />
the odd item where the Council want to share<br />
information with the Town.<br />
LET IT SNOW – True Grit!<br />
Well that was a little bit chilly wasn’t it? There we<br />
are sitting pretty almost at the end of February<br />
and into early March, and down comes the snow<br />
in abundance this year. As the Country ground to<br />
a halt as temperatures plummeted to -8 degrees,<br />
much to the amusement of those who live in Siberia<br />
coping with -45 degrees, and going about their<br />
everyday live as normal, believing their weather<br />
was being kind to them in their springtime at -32<br />
degrees.<br />
Our grateful thanks to our small team of voluntary<br />
gritters, the number of volunteers has steadily<br />
reduced year on year over the past five years, as<br />
the Town has become complacent with mild winters<br />
being the norm. Our thanks also to the outside staff<br />
of <strong>Swaffham</strong> Town Council who did their best to<br />
keep the Town Centre pathways clear, they worked<br />
extremely hard and beyond their call of duty.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> was the first Town or Parish in Norfolk to<br />
introduce a voluntary gritting scheme some years<br />
back, it worked really well for a couple of years, but<br />
other Towns and Parishes have overtaken us now.<br />
We were unprepared and lacking in numbers.<br />
As usual the thanks, compliments and good wishes<br />
were balanced with the odd inappropriate or<br />
ridiculous comments or complaints. “What do I pay<br />
my Council Tax for?” “You haven’t cleared Theatre<br />
Street Car Park.” “My street isn’t cleared, what<br />
are you going to do about it?” “This is disgusting,<br />
the Council have let us down again.” Most of the<br />
negatives started with “You haven’t done this…” or<br />
“When are you going to do that…” There were of<br />
course some comments that we cannot print in this<br />
newsletter...<br />
The assumption that some people make is that<br />
clearing snow is someone else’s problem, or<br />
someone else’s job, whereas with our voluntary<br />
gritting scheme, it is down to you. As austerity cuts<br />
have worked there way through local government,<br />
most outlying estates will never see a gritting lorry<br />
as County Council budgets are cut year on year,<br />
neither will they see any volunteers, particularly<br />
if you haven’t volunteered… Norfolk County<br />
Council prioritise the main road network, and<br />
their resources are stretched to the full during the<br />
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period when snow falls. The Town Council staff<br />
clear pavements in the Town Centre, everywhere<br />
else is down to you.<br />
We have had the issue of private use of grit in grit<br />
bins again this year. We are currently reviewing<br />
whether we need bins in new locations, and<br />
whether some bins need to be re-located as they<br />
have been misused. The grit is supplied by Norfolk<br />
County Council for use on the public pavements<br />
only.<br />
ShopAppy to launch in <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
The Breckland launch of ShopAppy is set to take<br />
place in <strong>Swaffham</strong> during April, so watch this<br />
space. <strong>Swaffham</strong> is set to be the Flagship Town for<br />
Norfolk, as over 20 independent local businesses<br />
are already signed up to this scheme. Find out more<br />
on www.breckland.gov.uk/shopappy This will bring<br />
a greater digital presence for our Independent<br />
Traders and more of a level playing field with our<br />
National multiples, as click and collect will add a<br />
new dimension to the town.<br />
If we are ever going to attract new independent<br />
traders to invest and trade in this town, we have<br />
to patronise, and regularly support the traders that<br />
we already have. A greater on-line presence will<br />
mean that at least they have a fighting chance to<br />
compete.<br />
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY<br />
The Annual Town Assembly this year will be held<br />
on Wednesday 27th April 6.30pm at the Town Hall.<br />
IN MY BACK YARD<br />
The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Neighbourhood Plan is a communityled<br />
document for guiding the future development<br />
of our Town. It is about the use and development<br />
of land over the next 20 years. The plan will set out<br />
a vision and aspirations for the future development<br />
of the Town and will be an important document<br />
that will help influence and control the way our<br />
town changes in the future, including any new<br />
housing developments<br />
This is the third in a series of Articles designed<br />
to give you the latest information on how we<br />
are progressing with the development of our<br />
Neighbourhood Plan. Firstly, we want to remind<br />
you of our two key Consultation Events in April. It<br />
is important that we hear from as many people as<br />
possible about the way in which we all envisage<br />
our Town changing and developing over the next
20 years. All age groups welcome.<br />
This is the third in a series of Articles designed<br />
to give you the latest information on how we<br />
are progressing with the development of our<br />
Neighbourhood Plan<br />
We also want to remind you of our two key<br />
Consultation Events in April. It is important that we<br />
hear from as many people as possible about the<br />
way in which we all envisage our Town changing<br />
and developing over the next 20 years. All age<br />
groups welcome.<br />
The Dates are Saturday 14th April, 10am to 3pm<br />
and Tuesday 17th April, 3pm to 7pm. VENUE:<br />
Assembly Rooms in <strong>Swaffham</strong><br />
Emerging policy ideas fall under the following<br />
broad headings:<br />
• Housing and the Build Environment<br />
• Environment and Landscape<br />
• Community and Services<br />
• Business and Employment<br />
• Transport and Access.<br />
One of our ongoing tasks is to continue to consult<br />
with Organisations, Charities, Clubs, local business<br />
etc to gather evidence to develop the policies<br />
that go into the Neighbourhood Plan. This work is<br />
underway but if you would like to ensure that your<br />
input is heard we would welcome the chance to<br />
come and meet you.<br />
Another Opportunity to hear more about the Plan is<br />
to attend the event known as the “Town Assembly”<br />
This is held in the evening of Wed 25th April in the<br />
Assembly Rooms. There will be a short presentation<br />
about where things stand and the process leading<br />
to a formal consultation when the draft plan will be<br />
considered by all residents.<br />
The Steering group met again on the 5th March<br />
and reviewed what was emerging on the main<br />
policy ideas. It also looked at what is known as<br />
a “Scoping report” which helps review relevant<br />
plans and policies, sets out the baseline data for<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> and identifies the key sustainability<br />
issues. This in turn leads to a “Sustainability<br />
Appraisal Framework” which will be used to assess<br />
the emerging N P policies and to consult Breckland<br />
District Council.<br />
An initial set of draft policy ideas continue to be<br />
developed during March and these will be an<br />
important part of the Consultation events in April.<br />
Keep up to date on the Town Council Website:<br />
www.swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk<br />
Contact details: Rachel Leggett. Project Manager<br />
swaffhamplan@gmail.com 079477615335<br />
Town Council Dates<br />
Wednesday 11th - Full Town Council meeting<br />
6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m, Council Chamber, Town Hall.<br />
Monday 16th – Full Finance Committee meeting<br />
6.30 – 9.00pm, Council Chamber, Town Hall.<br />
Monday 23rd – Market Committee meeting<br />
6.30 – 8.30pm, Council Chamber, Town Hall.<br />
Tuesday 24th – N Plan -Steering Group<br />
12noon<br />
Planning committee<br />
1.30pm, Council Chamber, Town Hall.<br />
Wednesday 25th – Town Assembly<br />
6.30pm, Council Chamber, Town Hall.<br />
Highway problems<br />
Highway problems should be reported to Norfolk<br />
County Council: Tel. 0344 800 8020.<br />
Give the location of the problem and a telephone<br />
number where further information can be obtained.<br />
Faulty street lights can be reported at the Town Hall<br />
during office hours or by telephoning Norfolk County<br />
Council 0344 800 8020.<br />
Reports should give a precise location of the light<br />
and the number on the column.<br />
Alternatively visit www.norfolk.gov.uk.<br />
Search: Street Lights/Pot Holes<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Relief in Need Charity<br />
Registered Charity No. 1072912<br />
Relief in Need is a Registered Charity which meets 6<br />
times a year, offering grants for a specific purpose for<br />
the relief of persons resident in the area of benefit<br />
(i.e. <strong>Swaffham</strong>) who are in need, hardship or distress.<br />
Application Forms are available from the Town Hall<br />
or reliefinneed@swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk<br />
Agencies at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Town Hall<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Museum Gift Shop & Tourist<br />
Information Centre Open: Mon-Fri, 10am – 4pm<br />
& Sat 10am - 1pm 01760 721230<br />
Breckland Council Room 1: Open 9am – 1pm & 1:30pm<br />
- 4pm every Monday. 9:30am – 1pm every Tuesday,<br />
Thursday & Friday. Council Tax & benefit enquires.<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Home Library Service<br />
The Home Library Service delivers books and audio<br />
books to people who are unable to get to their local<br />
library whether permanently or temporarily. Books<br />
are delivered once a month by friendly volunteers<br />
who have been vetted by the Royal Voluntary Service.<br />
If you live in <strong>Swaffham</strong> or the surrounding area and<br />
would like to use the Home Library Service please<br />
contact <strong>Swaffham</strong> Library on 01760 721513.<br />
The Town Council<br />
Mayor – Cllr Jill Skinner 01760 336 121<br />
Deputy Mayor – Cllr Colin Houghton 01760 336 025<br />
Cllr Steven Allen<br />
Cllr Terry Jennison<br />
07825 801 605<br />
01760 720 608<br />
Cllr Robert Bartram<br />
Cllr Sheila Lister<br />
01760 721 022<br />
01760 720 114<br />
Cllr Wendy Bensley<br />
Cllr Shirley Matthews<br />
01760 722 524<br />
01760 723 205<br />
Cllr Brenda Bowler<br />
Cllr Les Scott<br />
01760 788 519<br />
01760 720 465<br />
Cllr Jan Buckley-Stevens<br />
Cll Anne Thorp<br />
01760 722 604<br />
01760 722 611<br />
Cllr Paul Darby<br />
01760 622725<br />
Breckland Councillors:<br />
Cllr Paul Darby, Cllr Shirley Matthews and<br />
Cllr Ian Sherwood 01760 725 550<br />
twitter@ CllrIanSherwood (your.cllr@breckland.gov.uk)<br />
Your County Councillor is Cllr Ed Colman<br />
01362 697 397 / email ed.colman.cllr@norfolk.gov.uk<br />
Officers<br />
Richard Bishop – Town Clerk<br />
townclerk@swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk<br />
Twitter - @<strong>Swaffham</strong>Clerk<br />
Claire Smith - Deputy Town Clerk<br />
deputyclerk@swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk<br />
Hannah Duggan – Office Administrator<br />
administrator@swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Town Council<br />
Tel: 01760 722 922<br />
www.swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk<br />
Town Hall Opening Times<br />
Monday 9.30am-1pm and 1.30pm-4pm<br />
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday : 9:30am-1pm<br />
Did you see our centre page pullout?<br />
In case you managed to miss it, we are giving<br />
the public the opportunity to give their views on<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Neighbourhood Plan this month.<br />
To ensure your opinions are heard we ask that<br />
you please try to attend one of the meetings at<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms on either Saturday 14th<br />
April, 10am - 3pm or Tuesday 17th April, 5pm - 7pm.<br />
The <strong>Swaffham</strong> Neighbourhood Plan will be a<br />
document written by the community to guide future<br />
development of our parish over the next 20 years. If<br />
successful at Referendum the Plan will become part<br />
of the statutory development planning process for<br />
the area. The Plan will be written over the summer.<br />
If you would like to comment online, please visit<br />
www.swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk or find us on<br />
Facebook or Twitter.<br />
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From the Mayor’s Parlour<br />
Dear All,<br />
I must say that the cold snap<br />
certainly focussed my mind<br />
where using the car was<br />
concerned, main roads were not<br />
too bad but side roads were treacherous. A big<br />
thank you to our volunteer gritters and also to<br />
the council outside staff who did a great job<br />
with the Town pavements. It ended up being a<br />
mini holiday for some and very exciting for the<br />
children.<br />
Thanks to all those who contacted or attended<br />
Breckland Air Quality Consultation, your ideas<br />
and comments were very helpful at the meeting<br />
we had last week. Unfortunately, there will not<br />
be a quick fix, Norfolk County Council will I think<br />
be doing a traffic survey and basic solutions<br />
tried in the first instance, we will update you<br />
as this develops. This situation has been with<br />
us for a number of years, in the meantime<br />
lorry and traffic generally has increased, the<br />
A1065running through the town can’t cope<br />
with traffic congestion without repercussions.<br />
I’m very pleased Breckland and NCC have taken<br />
on this project.<br />
The Town Council with the help of the Town<br />
Team have started to revisit the toilets once<br />
again.<br />
This is joy to my ears as our present facilities<br />
are expensive to run and because of the design<br />
makes it a meeting point for drug users. In turn<br />
it has been expressed by some young people<br />
that it is a place to be avoided. We shall work<br />
on it, but like everything we shall have to find<br />
that pocket of money from somewhere!<br />
Lastly our lovely town clock that is rather<br />
erratic It is the towns clock and our average<br />
spending on it is £900 a year. Thoughts within<br />
the Council was to make it a digital mechanism<br />
to make it more reliable, this was muted with<br />
the Diocese who came back to us saying that<br />
could not be done.<br />
We have written back to ask advice on how to<br />
proceed, interestingly enough Aylsham have<br />
had so much trouble and expense they’ve<br />
stopped theirs altogether We don’t want this<br />
for <strong>Swaffham</strong> but in the meantime apologies<br />
for any inconvenience.<br />
Cllr Jill skinner<br />
Mayor of <strong>Swaffham</strong>
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