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Mobile Library Every fourth ThursdayMatlaske 12:20 pm Old Post OfficePlumstead 13:00 pm Walnut Farm

Baconsthorpe 14:25 pm Council Bungalows 15:45 pm Old Post Office 16:05 pm The Street

Hempstead 15:00 pm Hare and Hounds 15:20 pm Telephone kiosk

See www.libraries.norfolk.gov.uk

Holt Library 9 Church Street, Holt NR25 6BB Tel: 712202

Mon–Wed, and Sat: 9:30 am to 1 pmFri: 9:30 am to 6 pm

Books can be dropped off out of hours in the letterbox labelled ‘bookdrop’ in the blue door.

Post Office Baconsthorpe Village HallTuesdays 12:30 pm to 4 pmFridays 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

For a full range of services offered at this branch and all other enquiries call 712139.

Norfolk Constabulary 101 for non-urgent calls Holt Safer Neighbourhood Team

e-mail: sntholt@norfolk.pnn.police.ukPolice Community Support Officers:

Baconsthorpe & Matlaske PCSO Gary BaxterHempstead & Plumstead PCSO Rachel Howard

Police Direct about crime and policing issueshttp://tinyurl.com/cra3u4j

Dog Warden516085 (out of hours 513811) ep@north-norfolk.gov.uk

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‘Well I’m John, without a Y – don’t see the point in that’. Fine – that told me.

Then he asked what work was needed and why. My turn, I thought. I asked why he was so interested. ‘Because I’m the boss’. And so we jested for a while. And then I found out, when I wrote the cheque, it was for John! His dad is a lovely person, and I saw him with his arms around John in the digger teaching him to drive it, it really moved me. (not the digger!). And before he went he said ‘When can I come back?’ But his dad said ‘Don’t worry – school starts again tomorrow! What a shame! J

PuzzleBe the last one in the roomTwelve people are arranged in a circle. We’ll number them 1 to 12 in order going clockwise. Start counting at number 1 until you get to the fifth person in the circle, ie, number 5. That person leaves the room. Repeat the process, starting with the next person (number 6 for the next round) until there is only one person left. Note that it’s only people still in the circle that are counted in each round.

Question: Which position would you need to choose to be the last in the room?

Heating Oil Security.• Regularly check the oil level in the tank.

Note when you have a delivery.• Install security lighting; this could be sensor

or dusk-to-dawn lighting which will highlight the tank and area around it.

• Lock the tank using a good-quality padlock.• Position tanks in a well-overlooked area.• Consider fencing around the tank making

it less visible.Report any suspicious activity to the police immediately on 101 and in the case of an emergency dial 999. Officers at Holt can also provide more crime prevention advice including a crime prevention survey. Contact 101 or sntholt@norfolk.pnn.police.uk

When a 6.5 year-old and a65 year-old get together...I called in a contractor to work on my place (after recently moving in) to remove dangerous containers, etc, that I had found on the property. He brought his son with him. He is the 6.5 year-old person. I didn’t think he should be around the dangerous stuff, so I found some frozen Mars bars and Coke and lured him away.

Well; I got interviewed... ‘What’s your name?’ I said ‘Jayne, with a Y in it’. He said

When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we hadthe land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened themwe had the Bible and they had the land.Desmond Tutu***** America is the only country where a significant proportion of thepopulation believes that professional wrestling is real but the moonlanding was faked. David Letterman**** I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. God dammit, I'm a billionaire. Howard Hughes***** Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all overthem for thirty years.~ Betsy Salkind***** The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test thestrength of the lifeboats.~ Jean Kerr***** I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither would takeout the garbage.~ Zsa Zsa Gabor**** You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.~ Jeff Foxworthy***** When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a newwife.~ Prince Philip***** A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.~ Emo Philips.***** Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.~ Harrison Ford***** The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree.~ Spike Milligan***** Lawyers believe a man is innocent until proven broke.~ Robin Hall***** Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.~ Jean Rostand.***** Having more money doesn't make you happier. I have 50 million dollars butI'm just as happy as when I had 48 million.~ Arnold Schwarzenegger.***** We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others are herefor, I have no idea.~ WH Auden***** In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who sits on the furniturenaked.~ Jonathan Katz***** If life were fair Elvis would still be alive today and all theimpersonators would be dead.~ Johnny Carson***** I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very skeptical.~ Arthur C Clarke***** Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a manwearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.~ Steve Martin***** Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.~ Jimmy Durante***** As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - everypart of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.~ John Glenn**** If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on theirfeet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat?~ Steven Wright***** America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.~ Doug Hamwell***** The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone.~ George Roberts***** If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to theairport~ Jonathan Winters*****

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EditiorialMy first edition of this newsletter just so happened to coincide with the start of the debate about whether or not to approve a wind turbine in Bodham. My opinion has wavered but one thing that I have felt I should do is understand the truth behind the options.

A friend in our village has sourced all sorts of material about this and it looks at the bigger picture. Whether we like them or not, it would appear that we should approve such structures. Here is the reasoning.

Big businesses make decisions that have enormous implications if they get them wrong so they employ organisations such as Bxxx to investigate and come up with facts that are in no way influenced by political/lobbying motive. They present their findings on energy as follows: But there is a bigger picture re biodiversity, resouces being used up

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12 Oct Sat @ 6:30 pm Edgefield Social EventCelluloid and Beyond – Live performance and sausage & mash supper with bread & butter pudding to follow – 6:30 for 7 pm £10 – Contact Dawn 587379

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Church Matters

Church Services29 Sep Trinity 18 9 am Eucharist Barningham Winter Church

St Michael 4:30 pm Choral Patronal Evensong Plumstead ChurchPreacher: Her Majesty’s Chaplain of the Savoy

6 Oct Trinity 19 9 am Eucharist Plumstead Church10:45 am Mattins Hempstead Church

13 Oct Trinity 20 9 am Eucharist Baconsthorpe Church10:45 am Mattins Matlaske Church

4 pm Evensong Plumstead ChurchThe singing will be led by Gresham’s School Girls Choir

20 Oct Trinity 21 9 am Eucharist Hempstead Church10:45 am Mattins Barningham Winter Church

27 Oct Bible Sunday 9 am Eucharist Matlaske Church10:45 am Mattins Plumstead Church

2 Nov All Souls Sat @ 10 am Eucharist Matlaske Church3 Nov All Saints 10:45 am Choral Patronal Eucharist Hempstead Church

Preacher: The Ven John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn

Weekday Holy Eucharist You are most welcome to join us every Thursday morning at 10 am in Matlaske Church for Holy Eucharist

From the RectoryThe Rectory Matlaske NR11 7AQ 577455 (any day but Wednesdays)

My dear friendsIf you didn’t manage to get to Hempstead Arts Exhibition & Sale you missed a really outstanding event. The exhibits were of a very high standard and showed just how much artistic talent we have hereabouts. Although the exhibition was for church funds it was doubly successful because there was so much help and support from the whole community. It is good to see the Church and the wider Hempstead family creating such a wonderful combined effort. Heartfelt thanks to you all.

Our friends at St Michael’s, Plumstead celebrate their Patronal Festival with Choral Evensong on Sunday, 29th September at 4:30 pm. The preacher will be Her Majesty’s Chaplain of the Savoy. Do please come and swell the ranks; it will really encourage our very small but faithful congregation at St Michael’s.

Do you like singing? Nothing too ‘high folutin’! You Do. Then please give me a ring if you’d like to give it a try. The Advent Carols and the Christmas Carol Service will soon be upon us and we really could do with a few more voices. Go on! You’ll be made most welcome to join the Benefice Choir.

God bless you all

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interests me because the parish boundaries of Baconsthorpe, North Barningham and Bodham all meet in the centre. This suggests to me that it is a site of some antiquity and possibly importance. But I have hunted high and low and cannot discover anything about its history. Can anyone else do better? The three definitions at the top of the page I found by putting ‘Hell Hole’ into my search engine and the only other entry I could find was:

‘A tree-filled hole, possible an old quarry, situated at the exact junction of three parishes. People on Poor Law funds had to work in the parish quarry: they might have given it this name.’ Bertie Harmer

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Bertie’s Ramblings A place of extreme wretchedness or squalor; an unpleasant or evil place; a place totally

lacking in comfort and cleanliness.I think that sums up Baconsthorpe, North Barningham and Bodham perfectly don’t you? Before the Baconsthorpe, North Barningham and Bodham Klu Klux Klan start sharpening their sickles and putting on their hoods to come down here and indulge in a good ole little bit of lynching, I would like to make clear I am talking about Hell Hole.

Many of you will now be thinking: ‘What’s the old fool talking about?’ Patience. Hell Hole is a large and deep pit hole which

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Cottage, Little Barningham: Monty: Large tabby and white neutered male, short haired, distinctive white stocking on right hind leg, 2 years old – missing since 3 July; Tommy: Slim tabby and white neutered male, short haired, very long tail, extremely friendly, 1 year old – missing since 3 August; Pinkle: Large black neutered male, short haired, plumper than he should be(!!), friendly, 9 years old – missing since 5 September. These cats are all much-loved family pets and we are mystified as to their whereabouts. If you have seen any of these cats or have any information at all about them, good or bad, please notify me. Many thanks. Sally Feistner 577535 or 0780 305 3458.

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Wanted Rabbit/guinea-pig hutch and run. Phone 01263 711117

Wanted Cleaner 3 hours per week for domestic cleaning of house and annex. £6.50 per hour. References required. Contact Francis Feilden 713137.

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Missing Cats The following cats have recently gone missing from Richmond

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Quote of the monthSurprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Emma (1816), Jane Austen

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Home LoverIt was dull in MayWhen I went astrayAnd visited friends down Devonshire way.I didn’t careFor so far from YareAnd only politeness held me there! But I went to CleyIn early JulyWhen wild rose blushed and the tides were high.The blackbird pipedIn the inland dellsBy Walsingham, Warham and Wighton and Wells. It rained in JuneWhen I went to Troon(They said it was something to do with the moon).The chilly sceneWas all grey and green,My only comfort to say I’d been! So I went to CleyIn early JulyWhen cattle by the Glaven ’mid meadowsweet lieAnd scent of elderIs weaving spellsRound Sheringham, Salthouse and Stiffkey and Wells. I’ll always rememberNorth Wales in SeptemberWith sepia peaks in cloud-topped splendour.I looked with aweupon all I sawAnd my heart fled back to a marsh-fringed shore! So give me CleyIn early JulyWhen mallow in Morston is banked waist high.And oh! for the taleThe wild tern tellsBy Brancaster, Burham and Blakeney and Wells! Joan Watson-Cook

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Weekly EventsMondays * 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Line Dancing 711320Tuesdays † 10 am Hempstead Charcoal Drawing 711282Tuesdays ‡ 10 am Baconsthorpe Diocesan Play Van 07918 027092Tuesdays * 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe Indoor Bowls 711320

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Monthly Events3 Oct Thu @ 12:20 pm Mobile Library See page 2 for times    4 Oct Fri @ 10:30 am Hempstead Coffee & Gossip Village Hall    7 Oct Mon @ 11 am Hempstead Kneeler Group At Rose’s    

16 Oct Wed @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Film Club Contact: 712640    31 Oct Thu @ 10 am Baconsthorpe Textile Group Contact: 577263    

Special Events27 Sep Fri @ 6:30 pm Barningham – Michael Brunson OBE

In conversation about his broadcasting career with Steve Benson at Baconsthorpe Village Hall. Tickets (preferably in advance) £12.50 including wine and canapés from John Perks 577359.

11 Oct Fri @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe – Pat Neirney and DannyA new show of songs and comedy – and very good fun all round. See Baconsthorpe News for details.

23 Oct Wed @ noon Plumstead Police Surgery Bus Shelter until 1 pm

23 Oct Wed @ 1 pm Hempstead Police Surgery Bus Shelter until 2 pm

Further Ahead14 Nov Thu @ 7:30 pm Baconsthorpe VH Meeting All welcome

15 Nov Fri @ 7 pm Baconsthorpe Quiz£5 per person to include a Jacket Potato supper. Bring your own tipple.

29 Nov Fri @ 7:30 pm Hempstead Fun QuizIn the Village Hall, the Hempstead Annual Fun Quiz, hosted by your genial Quizmaster Mike Thody, supported by Iris’s celebrated sausage rolls. No general knowledge needed. Singles welcome. £3.50 guarantees a lot of laughter.

30 Nov Sat @ 9 am Plumstead Police Surgery Bus Shelter until 10 am

30 Nov Sat @ 10 am Hempstead Police Surgery Bus Shelter until 11 am

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General NewsGeoff & Mary Wortley

After the Benefice Harvest Festival service held in the beautifully-decorated Baconsthorpe Church, there was a ‘farewell and thank you’ presentation to Geoff and Mary Wortley in the village hall. We are very grateful for all they have done in our community over the last 13 years and wish them well in their new home in Hampshire.

Baconsthorpe NewsEvent in Baconsthorpe11 Oct 7:30 pm Pat Neirney & Danny

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Village Hall NewsThe Jumble sale on Friday the 13th September was very successful and made £190 which will go towards our insurance. We have had to buy oil recently so it’s not surprising your Village Hall running costs are high. Thank you to all who supported us in any way.

Please don’t forget to buy your tickets for Pat Neirney and Danny Platton on Friday the 11th October at 7:30 pm. It’s a good evenings all round entertainment for £6 per person to include Tea/Coffee/squash and light refreshments. There will be a raffle. Tickets are available from John 711320 or Evelyn 577315 or any committee member.

We have a Quiz on Friday the 15th November at 7 pm. £5 per person to include a Jacket Potato supper. Bring your own tipple.

Our next meeting is on Thursday the 14th November at 7:30 pm. All welcome. JC

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Baconsthorpe 200 Club£25 Alison Cook; £10 Sheriden Blake; £5 June Dagless and Jonathan Cooper.

Dolly GeeA large congregation of family and friends gathered at St Mary’s Church on 30th Aug 2013, for the funeral service of Dolly Gee who, before moving to Holt, had lived in the village for many years. In her younger days, as well as raising her family, Dolly worked in the local fruit fields picking strawberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries. Her baking skills were also in much demand in the wider community; especially the delicious cakes she made. Later she became assistant cook at the village school, until its closure in 1983. Before failing health prevented, Dolly was a keen member of the Carpet Bowls Club and was by all accounts an accomplished player. We send our condolences to Steven and Pat, Sally and Richard and their families.

Holy BaptismOn 1st Sept 2013 at St Mary’s Church – Harry Peter, baby son of Emma and Paul Marsh.

CongratulationsWe send best wishes for their future happiness to Laura Peck and Stuart Harper. They were married at St Mary’s Church on 14th Sept 2013.

Barningham NewsEvent in Barningham

27 Sep 6:30 pm Michael Brunson OBE

More details on centre pages

Hempstead NewsEvents in Hempstead

4 Oct 10:30 am Coffee & Gossip7 Oct 11 am Kneeler Group

16 Oct 7:30 pm Film Club23 Oct 1 pm Police Surgery

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CongratulationsWell Done Rebecca Gee from Becketts Farm Cottage for gaining a first class honours degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Lincoln.

Congratulations to Lucy and Daniel Cahill on the birth of their son, Archie Benjamin on 22 Aug; 7 lb 3 oz. Also to proud grandparents William and Lynda Mack.

And to David and Sarah Bowden of Chapel Lane on the birth of their baby boy.

Good ByeGood luck to Sandra and Sophie Colley who have moved out of Church Cottage.

Charity LunchThe charity lunch took place on Sunday 26th August at Hempstead Village Hall. Thanks to all those that made and donated food and drinks. A magnificent £810 was raised which included Church collection, donations and gift aid. This has been passed on to Norfolk Venda who tell us that it will provide water for a school that has none in South Africa. More details about Venda are available at www.norfolkvenda.org Francis Feilden

Selbrigg PondFinally, after a few last-minute delays the piling work to replace Selbrigg Pond’s retaining wall is under way. The work is scheduled to last three months. A temporary access point has been created near to the public footpath bridge, but this will be removed and road bank restored at the end of the programme. The second phase, for which planning permission is about to be sought is the dredging of the pond itself. For this various habitat surveys have been conducted over the spring and summer. May I thank everyone for their understanding during this initial phase. Photos and further details are on Selbrigg.com website. FF

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For Your DiaryChristmas Party and Get TogetherAll Hempstead residents and their guests are warmly invited – 7 for 7:30 pm in the Village Hall. The Hempstead Follies will take the stage. And there will be a Raffle; your prizes, wrapped and brought on the night, will be very welcome. Bring your own liquid refreshments.

Anyone able and willing to provide food or to help in any way is asked to contact Yvette Gibson on 712460.

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them from the depths of degradation.’ The answer probably lies in the last paragraph of Halliwell’s quote above.

Hazel Flagg (Carol Lombard) thought to be dying of Radium poisoning is built up by Wally Cook (Frederic March) of the New York Morning Start and becomes a national heroine and is feted by New York. When the diagnosis turns out to be wrong all hell breaks loose. A film to be enjoyed by committed film buffs and historians perhaps! Bring back Jaques Tati. MRT

Matlaske NewsChurches Cycle RideThank you to all who manned the porch for the Churches Trust Cycle ride on 14th September. There were new faces this year who are so very welcome. Also, to our new cyclist Roger Kilsby who cycled for us with his son-in-law and grandson. Our thoughts were with David Wooff who has cycled for Matlaske for many years and can no longer do so. He has set a bench-mark indeed. We hope you are gradually getting stronger, David. WR

100th Birthday CelebrationMrs Mary Hook would like to thank all those kind people who sent her cards, flowers and gifts on the occasion of her

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Resounding SuccessHempstead Arts Exhibition and Sale was an enjoyable and successful event. Thank you to everyone who came; those that helped with mounting the exhibition; and with the stewarding and refreshments. Particular thanks go to the artists who allowed us to share their varied work and helped us set up and run the event over the weekend. A big, big surprise is that, all together, over £1560 was raised for church funds.

Film ClubNothing Sacred: ‘Hollywood’s most bitter and hilarious satire with crazy comedy elements and superb wise cracks; an historical monument of screen comedy, though the freshness of the time can’t now be recaptured’ – Halliwell’s

The re-screening of David Selznick’s film of Newspaper excess and cheap sensationalism here in Hempstead did not produce many laughs amongst the members (despite wine and Yvette’s wonderful cake). Why, I wonder, was the reason for this? The answer, I suppose, is that we are looking at this with a 2013s gaze. Even the wise cracks seemed lame and heavy-handed. For instance, the doctor (Charles Winninger): ‘I’ll tell you briefly what I think of newspapermen: the hand of God, reaching down into the mire, couldn’t elevate one of

Parish HistoryA few copies are still available of Hempstead’s Parish History. Compiled by Robin Carver in the Millennium, an 88-page parish history detailing all the key events in the parish. Priced at £10 (donated to Hempstead Church) it contains fascinating details and facts of most of the homes and farms in the village. A must have! For your copy please call Francis Feilden 713137.

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Is Welcoming Volunteers!Thornage Hall, CCEA provides supported living and

day services to adults with a learning disabilityThe following workplaces need your help: Farming and Gardening, Weaving, Arts & Crafts,

Willow Weaving, Wood Working and TextilePlease contact 01263 860305 if you are interested

100th birthday. The Tea Party celebration at Barningham Hall with Thomas and Amelia Courtauld brought a memorable week to an enjoyable end and gave an opportunity to meet up with old acquaintances as well as more familiar faces. A sincere thank you to everyone.

Plumstead NewsEvent in Plumstead

23 Oct noon Police SurgeryMore details on centre pages

The North Norfolk ‘Energy Box’Each Energy Box includes information for residents on a wide range of energy issues, mostly targeted at helping residents reduce their energy costs and finding out about support and advice which is available to them.

The box is especially aimed at residents without access to the internet, as it collates a range of materials which are available on-line into one locally-accessible resource. Please contact 577447 to borrow the Energy Box.

Village Flagpole

The flagpole gets its annual check and cleanDon’t forget to celebrate your birthday, anniversary or any other special occasion by flying the Union Jack. There’s no charge. Contact Julie Brown on 577447 and she will ensure the flag is raised on your requested date.

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