Local Lynx No. 150 - June/July 2023

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DELIGHT, HONOUR AND RELIEF Ousted Parish Council Chairman takes stock I clearly remember the delight and honour I felt, in May 1999, at being elected to serve on Morston Parish Council and work on behalf of everyone in our great little village. After 24 years, with 11 of those as chairman, I have new challenges and priorities to deal with and am now delighted and relieved to have been replaced at this May's election. I thank everyone I have worked with for their forbearance and support, everyone who voted in the outstanding 75% turnout and our seven elected councillors for their commitment to carry on the good work. Very best wishes to everyone in Morston. John Burdell S.W.A.M.P UPDATE Sustainable Work at Morston Pond Morston residents gathered at the village pond on Coronation bank holiday Monday afternoon for a community celebration picnic and conservation working party. A dead hedge and log pile were constructed along one side of the site to encourage wildlife. Hopefully this will be another step toward making the pond and its surroundings an increasingly biodiverse area to be enjoyed by all villagers and visitors. After the hard work came the reward of a community picnic and a toast to the new monarch, courtesy of the Parish Council. This event follows regular working parties which have been clearing the invasive crassula from the banks of the pond. Many more will be needed to keep this species in check. The S.W.A.M.P. committee is currently creating a five-year plan for the pond and surrounding area which will be published on our updated website soon. If you would like to be kept informed of up-coming working parties, or the progress of S.W.A.M.P. via a WhatsApp or email group, please email Sandra Morris (morstonpondproject@gmail.com) or contact the group via one of our social media accounts: Twitter: @MorstonPond Instagram: instagram.com/morstonpondproject Website: morstonpondproject.wixsite.com/morstonpond-project SAXLINGHAM Contact: John Pridham 01328 831851 jcwpridham@gmail.com ST MARGARET’S CHURCH ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ 2023 Love them or hate them, it is good to learn more about bats and at Saxlingham we have one of the largest maternity roosts of Natterer’s bats in Norfolk. At the launch of the art installation ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ on 25 th April we had a most entertaining evening with talks from Phil Parker environmental consultant and Diana Spencer from Bats in Churches. This is a new touring artwork celebrating bats in churches and may well be visiting a church near you in the future. The destinations on its journey may be found via: batsinchurches.org.uk. This is a short extract from our late much loved and respected Lynx Rep John Rayner’s column being a fascinating piece by Simon Dixon dated 6 th August 2009. SCHOOL HOUSE, SAXLINGHAM Lynx 71 April/May 2010 p22-23 The school was first occupied as a National School in 1855. National Schools were founded by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education which itself was founded in 1811 and by 1851 there were 17,000 National Schools. “The Rules and Precepts” of Brooke and Kirstead National school in Norfolk dated 1839 gave some idea of the type of establishment that would have been run in Saxlingham. These state that parents should pay two pence per week for the education of one child, and a further penny per week for any additional children. Children must come with their hands and faces well washed and their hair clean and neat, and never to be without pocket handkerchiefs. Saxlingham seems not to have been able to sustain its own school for long. In 1876 the parish was united with Field Dalling as a school board district and the children then attended the school in the neighbouring village. 22
SHARRINGTON Contact: Claire Dubbins 01263 862261 cdubbins@btinternet.com www.sharrington.org.uk SHARRINGTON AND DISTRICT GARDENING GROUP Our programme of evening events (see sharringtongardening.org.uk) got underway in March. We had a fabulous turnout for the Bob Coutts talk ‘Gardening for Spring’ which followed our AGM. Bob had been for many years head gardener at Somerleyton Hall. He arrived armed with pots, twigs, branches, compost soil etc. and not only explained in lay-men’s terms how preparations for spring should be done, but demonstrated too. Bob is a natural communicator, humorous too and I am sure the sight of him rolling his seeds in talcum powder and holding up his freshly potted young plants by the leaves will fix those valuable tips in our minds for ever. All in all it was a wonderful evening. In April we enjoyed a talk by master bee keeper John Everett of Appletree Orchard Apiary, Rockland Farm. We learnt that in Britain we have around 270 species of bee, 24 of which are species of bumblebee, one recognised species of honey bee and the remainder come under the category of solitary bees. John emphasised the importance of encouraging bees as pollinators, not only in and for the benefit of our own gardens but in the wider environment. 75% of crop plants require some degree of animal pollination, including many fruit and vegetables, and of all the different animals and insects that serve as pollinators, the most important are bees. He encouraged us to be on the lookout for the solitary bee, which does not live in large communities with worker bees, and is often mistaken for a wasp and therefore suffers the same unfortunate fate. John also brought honey from his apiary, which proved very popular with our members. BW FOODBANK NEWS There was a great response to our appeal for a bumper food bank collection to mark the Coronation. Our 17.6kg donation included both treats and staples, and of course lots of tea, coffee and biscuits to enjoy in front of the television. As we know from the press reports and also from the dramatic figures Roger Bland included in his sermon at the group service in April, legitimate demand for food banks is increasing and so as we move forward to the summer we are looking to provide as many items as possible for children, to help families having to provide extra meals during the school holidays. In the past many of us have found our grandchildren an excellent source of ideas for what would be welcome, though a diet consisting solely of chocolate biscuits would probably not be recommended by dieticians. AS NOBLE ROTTERS WINE CLUB The last tasting of season eight back in mid-March featured the wines of Languedoc and Rousillon. 11 wines were perhaps, a bit of a challenge but the two regions cover a large area around the Mediterranean coast from Montpelier in the east to Collioure south of Perpignan in the south-west. Languedoc is quintessentially French in character but Roussillon shows clear influences of Spanish and Catalan culture. The five white wines tasted included a sparkling Blanquette de Limoux, an increasingly popular Picpoul de Pinet, a Cotes du Roussillon Blanc and a Limoux Blanc featuring the chardonnay grape which is widely grown in the region. The reds featured a Fitou, a Saint-Chinian, a Pic Saint-Loup, a Minervois La Lavinière and a Faugères, 23
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