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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SAVE A LIFE<br />
Norfolk Accident Rescue Service<br />
Bale’s own Dr Fiona and Critical Care Paramedic,<br />
Mark, held an action-packed session in Bale village hall<br />
teaching life-saving skills. Fiona and Mark are both<br />
volunteers with the Norfolk Accident Rescue Service<br />
(NARS) which has, since 1970, been providing<br />
additional support to the ambulance service in Norfolk.<br />
Volunteers include doctors, paramedics, nurses and first<br />
responders who attend emergencies in NARS vehicles<br />
from their base in Dereham or from their own homes<br />
both day and night. Emergencies include cardiac arrest,<br />
serious falls, road traffic collisions and seizures.<br />
During a very entertaining morning, Fiona and Mark<br />
demonstrated how to perform CPR, how to use a<br />
defibrillator and how to treat someone who is choking.<br />
Attendees were encouraged to practice administering<br />
CPR on adult and child manikins and we came away<br />
feeling we had gained the confidence to begin CPR on<br />
someone in an emergency.<br />
We learned the ‘DRABC’ sequence to assess an<br />
unconscious casualty. This stands for Danger,<br />
Response, Airway, Breathing and CPR, all of which<br />
was explained in a tiny pocket guide. We learned to<br />
give chest compressions during CPR at a rate of 100-<br />
120 compressions per minute. Few of us realised how<br />
tiring it is to perform CPR and were filled with<br />
admiration for anyone who can continue it for more<br />
than a few minutes.<br />
Despite the serious content of the course, we were all<br />
entertained by Mark’s amusing jokes and anecdotes,<br />
most of which helped us to memorise the information<br />
being given. It was an hour and a half well spent and I<br />
would encourage anyone to attend one of Fiona and<br />
Mark’s courses. It really could save a life. Mark and<br />
Fiona are happy to receive enquiries about group<br />
courses in surrounding villages. Email<br />
mark.milsom@nars.org.uk.<br />
NARS is a registered charity and relies on the<br />
Norfolk community to raise money through donations<br />
and fund-raising activities. To find out more or to make<br />
a donation, visit the NARS website at<br />
www.nars.org.uk.<br />
church and the evident care that is taken to keep the<br />
building in a good condition. It is worth repeating that<br />
thanks for this are due to Richard Scott, the Fabric<br />
Officer on the PCC, and to all those who regularly clean<br />
the church and provide flowers.<br />
Holy Communion will be celebrated in Bale at<br />
9.30am on the first and third Sundays of each month<br />
(2 nd and 16 th <strong>October</strong>, 6 th and 20 th <strong>November</strong>). For those<br />
wishing to attend church on other weeks, there is a<br />
schedule of all services in the Benefice on the<br />
noticeboards inside and outside the church.<br />
This year’s Harvest service will be on Sunday 2 nd<br />
<strong>October</strong> at 9.30am. Gifts of food items to decorate the<br />
church for the service will afterwards by donated to a<br />
local food bank. Canned and packet items (with at least<br />
one month to the ‘best before’ date) will be particularly<br />
welcome. In the current financial climate we would ask<br />
you to be as generous as possible in sharing with those<br />
who are struggling to manage. Please leave anything<br />
you can spare in the church porch by Saturday morning.<br />
13 th <strong>November</strong> is Remembrance Sunday and<br />
although this is not one of our ‘regular’ weeks, there<br />
will be an additional service of Morning Prayer at<br />
9.30am. This will include a commemoration of those<br />
who have served their country in times of conflict and a<br />
reading of the names of those from Bale who gave their<br />
lives in the two World Wars.<br />
PM<br />
BALE BOOK GROUP<br />
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell<br />
Maggie O’Farrell imagines the brief life and death of<br />
Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, whose<br />
name the playwright adapted and gave to the hero of his<br />
eponymous play. Hamnet is not an historical novel: its<br />
focus is on character and emotion and the world of the<br />
ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, BALE<br />
During August All Saints was again visited by a<br />
group as part of a cultural tour of churches in Norfolk.<br />
The particular point of interest was the stained glass<br />
window on the south wall but members of the group<br />
were very taken with the welcoming ambience of the<br />
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