Local Lynx No.151 August/September 2023

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Chris Metcalf £10 Peter McGeown £5 Helen Clare £5 Alfred LW £5 We ended the 50:50 Club subscription year on 31 May with 141 members, with subscriptions totalling £1,692 and with £850 (50.24%) being returned to them in prize money. Thanks to all who organised and supported the monthly coffee mornings, led by Myfi Everett. The total raised for the Friends was £1,211.40, and we paid the Institute £121 for its hire. We started the new subscription year with 134 members, but we would like to try and get back up to last year’s record number. If you are new to the village or have been here awhile and not yet joined, would you consider joining us? If you would like more information on the 50:50 Club, please contact either Myfi Everett on 01263 860035 or John Blakeley on 01263 861008. As a reminder, subs for the Friends are £5 per head (although additional donations are aways welcomed) and for the 50:50 Club it is just £12 for the year. You can join the 50:50 Club separately from the Friends. All the subs for a family can be combined for a single BACS payment, or cheque (made out to Friends of Gunthorpe Parish Church please) or even cash. BACS payments should, please, be made to sort code 53-50-73 and account number 25727532 using your name and “subs” as the reference. John Blakeley FRIENDS OF GUNTHORPE PC The Friends AGM will be held on the 3 rd August in the Village Institute at 6:30pm. Fish and chips from Drifters in Fakenham (for those who order in advance) will follow with some social time, drinks and snacks. The (I am sure wonderful) Village Fair, expertly organized by Jane Carwardine and implemented by so many enthusiastic helpers, will have taken place at the Church…and summer is heading towards autumn… A plan to celebrate the Harvest Season is in hand and we will keep you posted by email. Here’s to the joint efforts of the Village Institute, Friends and Church ‘Committees & Helpers’ for pulling together in the spirit of Gunthorpe Village as a whole. Thank you all for the support and let’s hope the active year we are having will encourage repeat and additional helpers for next year. Many thanks to you all and very best wishes, Marie Denholm, chairman LANGHAM Contact: Debi McIntosh 01328 830767 debimcintosh0@gmail.com FROM THE REGISTERS Funeral Mrs Janice Margaret Rowe aged 84 years. Tuesday 16 th May 2023. 200 CLUB WINNERS May 2023 1 st £30 Mrs A Crossley 53 2 nd £20 Matt Hayland 92 3 rd £10 E Booty 100 June 2023 1 st £30 Mr P Cartwright 104 2 nd £20 Mr P Godfrey 47 3 rd £10 Mrs L Terry 54 ROUNDERS AND BBQ Saturday 12th August Weather permitting, the Friends of Langham will be holding our annual “Rounders and BBQ” night on the playing field on the 12th August. The BBQ will be fired up at 4.30pm and rounders will start at 6pm. For anyone who hasn’t been before it’s all very informal and great fun, open to all ages and abilities (those of us of a certain age can nominate runners). The BBQ and bar are cash only events please and as usual, profits made will be added to the FOL coffers! FOL committee MARQUEE HIRE If you came to our Coronation Big Lunch in May, you may have noticed the marquee (right next to “Coopers Bar”). This has been bought for the village by the Friends of Langham for our village events in the hope that, as it’s very 14
oomy and has sides to it, we can be weatherproof. We are happy to hire this to anyone in the village too. It is extremely easy to put up and take down and measures 8x4m. If you would like to hire it (cost £100) please contact any of the committee members. FOL LANGHAM VILLAGE HALL Help needed We are desperate for villagers to come on to the committee and help us to reinvigorate ourselves. If you have any ideas for what we could do and would like to see more happening in our village and enjoy being part of village life, please join us - its not very onerous. Edward Allen (Trustee ) 830276 LANGHAM WETLAND In 2021 Grove Farm was approached by the Norfolk Rivers Trust to come together on an exciting environmental project, to create a wetland area on some of the farms meadows which are located behind the sewage works, on the Binham Road. The discharge pipe from the sewage works originally flowed into the Langham stream, meaning that high levels of phosphates and other pollutants would enter the stream reducing the health of the watercourse. The aim of the project was to create a natural solution to the problem while also creating valuable wetland habitat. In Autumn 2022 work commenced and a series of wetland ponds (a total area of 2.7 acres), were created. These were planted this winter with a variety of native plants which will absorb nutrients and improve the water quality. A few weeks ago, the pipe was connected to the sewage works so now the treated water passes through the wetlands (taking about 10 days) before it enters the stream resulting in a far cleaner water body. In addition to this, and to further enhance the site, a 400m section of the stream has been restored to its natural meandering state. We were delighted to welcome Therese Coffey (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) on a visit to the wetland in May. She spent time looking around the wetland, and listening to our views as landowners on projects such as these. The children from Langham School also came for a trip to the wetland in their mini bus. They had a fun afternoon finding creatures which live in and around the wetland and stream, and learning about the water cycle and how they can do their bit to help the environment. It will be very interesting to see how the wetland settles down into its environment, and what the outcome is in the years to come with regard to the pollutant levels. The Phelps family (Grove Farm Partnership) STREET FOOD Village Hall At the time of writing the FOL committee have looked at inviting various street food vans to the village. We have secured the first but we’ve clearly had other things on our minds so haven’t really progressed this yet. We will be discussing and finalising all of the details at our next meeting which is on the 20th July so please keep a lookout 15
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