Local Lynx No.146 (v2) October-November 2022
The community newspaper fort ten North Norfolk villages.
The community newspaper fort ten North Norfolk villages.
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themselves. As a result this will be a regular event on the<br />
first Friday of each month. Doors open at 7pm.<br />
Looking ahead, our next major event is our Christmas<br />
Fayre to be held on Saturday 26 th <strong>November</strong> between 10am<br />
and 1.30pm. See our separate advert for more details.<br />
David Webb Chairman<br />
ROBERT (BOB) MCQUADE<br />
16 TH AUGUST 1942 - 26 TH JULY <strong>2022</strong><br />
As many of the readers from Sharrington will be aware,<br />
Dad, Bob, sadly passed away in late July following a short<br />
illness. Husband to Philippa, father to Ian and Bruce, and<br />
grandad to Ben and Aaron, he will be very much missed by<br />
both family and friends. He had lived in the village since<br />
1990 but had been a regular visitor since 1976 when<br />
Philippa’s mum and dad, Joy and Phil Connolly, had moved<br />
to the village and bought The Old Swan. Bob and Philippa<br />
moved into the Old Swan when Joy and Phil renovated<br />
Swan Cottage. Bob and Philippa subsequently moved into<br />
the cottage just a couple of years ago.<br />
Bob was born in Salford, Manchester, and after<br />
schooling at the local grammar school, he went into a<br />
fledgling computing industry. It was on a training course<br />
that he met Philippa, and they were to be married for just<br />
under 56 years. He stayed in computing until 1974, when a<br />
change of career for them both, saw them spend six years<br />
running pubs in London, Norwich and Essex. On leaving<br />
the pubs, he went back to computing and spent more than<br />
20 years selling Apple computers across the region, mostly<br />
with Jarrolds, but then with a specialist firm, System<br />
Solutions, until his retirement.<br />
He was always willing to support events in the village<br />
and spent more time on this following his retirement.<br />
Whether participating, helping to organise, or producing the<br />
promotional posters for events, he was always happy when<br />
involved. He was a regular attendee at the music events at<br />
the hall and was a well-known and loved member of the<br />
community.<br />
Another passion was bowls. Bob and Philippa started<br />
playing when they moved to Norfolk in the early 1980s and<br />
they continued until the end. Their last holiday in <strong>November</strong><br />
was in Cyprus, with the Bury Lodge Bowls Club.<br />
Philippa has been incredibly touched by the support<br />
from their friends in the community, both whilst Bob was<br />
ill, and since his passing. Bruce and I would like to thank<br />
you all for that support. It has been very helpful during a<br />
difficult period.<br />
Ian McQuade<br />
SHARRINGTON MUSIC NIGHTS<br />
The music nights at the village hall are proving as<br />
popular as ever and here is another one for your diary.<br />
The North Norfolk quartet ‘Bandwidth’ led by Chris<br />
Abrams, are coming to the hall on Saturday 1 st <strong>October</strong>.<br />
They are accomplished musicians with a full repertoire of<br />
covers from the late 60’s through to the 90’s so put on your<br />
foot tapping/dancing shoes for this one. There will be a full<br />
bar provided. Please enquire about tickets via<br />
sharringtonvh@gmail.com.<br />
Following on from this, on 22 nd <strong>October</strong> the legendary<br />
Gordon Giltrap pays us visit. There are still at the time of<br />
writing a few tickets left for this, but do not miss out, so<br />
grab yours now via the village hall website<br />
www.sharrington.org.uk.<br />
Further dates will follow so keep an eye on the website<br />
for details.<br />
Gary Bishop<br />
24<br />
CHURCH NEWS<br />
The heat of the summer is behind us now and although<br />
many enjoyed the hot sun others found it all too much. The<br />
church remained cool inside throughout and if we have<br />
similar weather next year, do remember that the church is<br />
always open and offers respite from the heat if you want to<br />
take a break from the sizzling temperatures.<br />
The church saw many visitors in the summer months<br />
from near and far, including New York, the British<br />
Embassy in Khartoum and visitors from New Zealand<br />
carrying out ancestral research. Nearer to home, one couple<br />
from Brundall commented in the visitors book that out of<br />
the 200 Norfolk churches they had visited, the corbels in<br />
Sharrington church made it their favourite. Many visitors<br />
also commented on their pleasure at finding it open and in<br />
such good order.<br />
On 23 rd July the wedding took place in church of Alison<br />
Mary Lee and Lyall John Dochard. Alison lives in<br />
Thursford but has strong family connections to Sharrington<br />
and good wishes go to them both.<br />
In August the church BBQ took place again after a gap<br />
due to the pandemic and our thanks go to Perry and Pippa<br />
Long for hosting it in their lovely garden. The weather was<br />
perfect and Simon Poole took up his role again as chief<br />
chef. Everyone enjoyed the traditional fare and delicious<br />
puddings and stayed on chatting afterwards for quite some<br />
time.<br />
Looking ahead there will be an Antique Valuation Day<br />
in the village hall in aid of church funds and you can find<br />
more details below.<br />
The Harvest Festival service will be held on Sunday 2 nd<br />
<strong>October</strong> at 9.30am with refreshments afterwards. and as of<br />
last year, donations to the foodbank will be especially<br />
welcome. In <strong>November</strong> the traditional Service of<br />
Remembrance will be on Sunday 13 th <strong>November</strong>, also at<br />
9.30am.<br />
CD<br />
ANTIQUES VALUATION DAY<br />
SATURDAY 8 TH OCTOBER<br />
Come along with your treasured items to an Antique<br />
Valuation Day in Sharrington village hall NR24 2AB on<br />
Saturday <strong>October</strong> 8 th from 10am-3pm. It is being held in<br />
aid of Sharrington Church and will be kindly hosted by<br />
Keys the auctioneers and valuers of Aylsham who give<br />
their time free for these local church fund raising events.<br />
Valuers from Keys will be there to look at your items<br />
and give you an idea of their value. Entrance is free with<br />
a charge of £3 per item viewed made, with all proceeds<br />
going to church funds. To allow plenty of time for