Local Lynx No.146 - October/November 2022

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story is not weighed down with perioddetail. The book is a study ofopposites: city versus country/nature;male versus female; work versusfamily; life versus death. At the centreof it are two love stories, the firstbetween Shakespeare (never explicitlynamed in the book) and his wifeAgnes, the second between a motherand her child.Told in two parts, the first half of the book is rootedin the domestic world of the house and the daily rhythmof ordinary life, introducing the characters of Hamnet,his twin, Judith, their grandparents and parents. Inavoiding naming Shakespeare, the narrative centres onfamily life and Agnes. This is not a story about afamous author; it’s the story of the lives that shaped himand his work.Agnes is an outsider. Happy alone in the naturalworld and uncomfortable in town life and amongstpeople, her knowledge of nature and herbs makes herboth revered and feared by the Stratford locals. This‘otherness’, which attracts her husband to her, alsothreatens to separate them. This is the conflict at theheart of the book and their love story is moving andreal.The second half, following Hamnet’s death, is astudy of grief. Without chapters, the latter part of thebook is untethered from the more conventional style ofthe first half and echoes Agnes’s emotional state. Heretheir oppositions threaten to overwhelm the characters:Shakespeare, a man of poetry unable to express hisfeelings, retreats to the noise and distractions of the cityand his work to navigate his grief; Agnes, the empath,grieves in the silence of the house and nature. Will theirlove survive their tragedy?Although O’Farrell adds detail for the fans (Hamnetand his twin sister, Judith, swapping clothes for fun tofool the adults; Hamnet’s burial in a herb-filled field bythe river recalling Ophelia’s watery grave), this is not abook for Shakespeare enthusiasts looking forrevelations or details about his work. This is a smallstory about the bigger things in life: family, grief and,above all, love.Fiona PetersonBINHAMContact: Liz Brady 01328 830830lizsdavenport@gmail.comANDREW TAYLORI first met Andy 57 years ago atthe McCauley flying group atLittle Snoring. At that time, hewas an agricultural student withthe Lyles family. We learnt to flytogether.Andy was not at all ‘NFN’ hewas quiet, studious, and veryclever, a quick learner. He wasone of the boys and we had a grand time.On one of his solo trips, he had an engine problemand landed the Tiger Moth in his own field.He was brought up in Reading where his father,Cyril, was a very successful businessman in the aviationindustry. It was not a life he wished to follow, and Cyrilrecognized this. After agricultural college in Essex, theypurchased Manor Farm in Binham (1966).He married Anne Codman and Jeremy, Alastair andCaroline joined the fold.He was a benchmark farmer for the area – he wonprizes for his crops and even the old established farmersof the area would take stock of what was happening atManor Farm.All the time he was farming, he had his Chipmunkaircraft in which he gave many people flights.Andy and Anne parted and in 1995 he marriedBeverley, and they were together for 31 years.He was as we all know, the most incredible aeromodeler– in design, build and flying, his modelmeetings are legend and he always looked so happy onthese occasions. Raising thousands of pounds for EastAnglia Air Ambulance (with Bev’s help and her rockbuns!).He was kind and generous – he liked people to sharehis land by walking and he gave Toby a place for hislivestock.Andy was non-confrontational and so modest, but hewas a giant of a quiet gentleman, and will be hugelymissed in the community.Our commiserations to Beverley and his family.Henry10
TRIBUTEMr Andrew Taylor, you will be sadly missed byeveryone. You were taken too soon from us. You werethe heart of Binham and helped anyone if you could.Going to be strange not seeing you pottering aboutBinham and getting your paper from the shop. Can justsee your face now when your aeroplane book came inand when I handed it to you smiling away made melaugh. You could always know when you were drivingthe tractor, the sound of it was different to other ones.You knew it was Andrew coming down the road, goingor coming back from cutting grass fields.You have worked hard all your life and achieved toget where you are on the farm plus allowing people towalk your fields and tracks around the farm. We allappreciated it. You have always been good to meallowing me to have a place for my chickens, geese,turkeys, guineafowl and grazing the land with mysheep.A huge part of Binham has gone with you and youwill be missed by everyone who knew you as a kindcaring person, RIP Mr Taylor. Toby MorganTHANK YOU“I would very much like to thank the wonderful peoplewho sent so many cards, letters and beautiful flowers tome and the family after Andrew died. Everybody,especially in Binham, has been so kind and caring.Thank you all for your lovely messages of sympathy”Beverley TaylorBINHAM PARISH COUNCILThe nights are drawing in, children are back toschool, fewer visitors around and farmers busy with themaize harvest, winter feed for the cattle, and drilling theland in preparation for the next crop as well as trimminghedges.The telephone box on Front Street has beenrefurbished with generous funding support from thevillage hall trustees. It is watertight and ready for use;therefore, I ask again for any suggestions as to how wemight best use it, ideas so far include a book exchange(favoured option), a plant/seed exchange or a space toshare information although there is a perfectly goodnotice board in the bus shelter opposite. Please contactme (Lizsdavenport@gmail.com) or the PC clerk(sarah352hayden@btinternet.com) with your ideas orindeed if you would like to be involved in looking afterit. The PC will work with the village hall trustees todecide on the best option.Since the last PC meeting in July there have beensome planning applications received from NNDC tocomment on, none of which have been straightforward.Therefore, the PC planning subcommittee chaired byCllr Alford has been diligent in considering these andwhere necessary taken advice from the NNDC planningofficers. The committee is continuing to use a consistentapproach in determining responses, to maintain thevillage structure. If you have any concerns aboutplanning notices, do make comment to the PC or indeedsend your own comments into NNDC planning withinthe time frame advertised.A reminder that Covid has not gone away. For thoseover 70 and vulnerable you should have received aninvitation to attend your GP surgery to have the fourthbooster Covid dose and annual Flu jab together (inseparate arms!). You are strongly advised to make thatappointment as the winter months approach and there isuncertainty about how Covid will manifest this winter.Elizabeth S Brady , Chair Binham PCBINHAM PRIORY CHURCHAs well as maintaining a pattern of Sunday morningservices, on the 2 nd October we will celebrate with aspecial service of Harvest Thanksgiving at 11am. Comeand join in signing harvest hymns before going acrossthe road to the Memorial Hall for the harvest lunch.You are invited to come for lunch in the VillageHall, pre-lunch refreshments will be served at 12.30 for1pm sit down. To book lunch tickets (£5 per person)please contact Liz Brown 01328 830519 or Andy Marsh01328 830178.After a break, caused by Covid, we are very pleasedthat on Sunday 6 th November at 7.30pm Greshams’Choir and Orchestra will be returning to the PrioryChurch. We hope many will want to attend thiscombination of great music and sombre remembrance inpreparation for the next Sunday 13 th November,Remembrance Sunday. We start by assembling roundthe War Memorial at 10.50 to hear the names read outand hold a 2 minute silence before entering the PrioryChurch for the remembrance service.Everyone will be welcomed at all these servicesDavid FrostBINHAM VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALLwww.binhamvillagehall.co.ukThank you to everyone who attended the village feteand show on 14 th August. What a gorgeous time we allhad and thank you to our local MP, Duncan Baker, who11
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