A Monthly Publication

By Christine Earnshaw, Mayor of Hunstanton

This time last year Unitary was high on the agenda and this year, the Town Councillors were awaiting with interest the latest decision of the Boundary Committee to the Secretary of State.   The all important briefing date of July 15^th came and went, the meeting was cancelled due to events in Suffolk and we are no further with the reorganisation of local government.   This is all very frustrating as we are left in limbo regarding the future of running some of our own services as outlined by the previous mayor in the May edition of this News Letter. 

  Every pensioner will tell you they don’t know how they found time to go to work but I didn’t think it would hit me so fast.  Having finally marked my last exam and written my last school report my Summer has been packed with Civic and private events  most of which reinforce  just how great a place Hunstanton is to live. 

  It was good to see a number of letters printed to rebuff the assertions ‘Sunny Hunny Now Crummy’ printed in the Lynn News; an opinion I trust the majority of us will disagree with. There has been so much of interest in the town this summer; so many activities for children and adults, sporting and cultural, for residents and visitors. I won’t single any of them out for fear of offending the ones not mentioned.  But, I would like to share with you the comments of a  a family on the beach who called in on Hunstanton en route to somewhere else, they were so delighted with what they found they stayed here for 3 days before continuing on their way. They couldn’t praise the town highly enough.  Perhaps I should add that they came at the time of the Britain in Bloom judging and wanted to know more about it, they wished us luck and of course we are still awaiting the outcome of this. But I would like to congratulate all who contributed to the Town looking so fine this summer.

  The next Town Council Meeting is on September 10th and ongoing issues like the registration of the Green, devolved responsibilities, and the need for more allotments will be discussed at various times during the Autumn. 

  The agendas are always posted on the notice board so please do come along to ask a question at the beginning of a meeting or just to listen.

 
At the time of jotting down these notes, only two matches have been played; one in the League and one in the Carling Cup, so there is not much to say, except to congratulate Brian Holmes on coming up with a new logo as soon as I told him that Peterborugh supporters had asked me to comment on the  promotion  of their club to the Championship, while the Canaries have replaced them in League One.

              On the first day of the new season, while Peterborough suffered a 2-1 defeat at Derby County, the Canaries were humiliated at Carrow Road, losing 7-1 to Colchester United. However, both teams bounced back in the Carling Cup by winning 4-0 away from home. Norwich celebrated victory against Yeovil while Peterborough triumphed over Wycombe Wanderers.

   Both teams were rewarded with home ties in the week beginning 24th August: Norwich being drawn against Sunderland and the Posh playing host to Ipswich Town.  By the time the September Newsletter is published these games and others will have been played and there will be a clearer indication of what we might expect our local League clubs to achieve in the coming months.

   Meanwhile, I can tell readers that another "Canary Walk"  is planned for Thursday 17th September, starting from outside the Library in Westgate at 10.15 am. The route will be via Downs Road and the Park to Old Hunstanton Church, from whence walkers will be at liberty to choose their own way back to their respective homes. Anyone may join in, not just football fans, but for those interested, before we leave the Library, I will say a few words about the sites of interest to be seen along the route we will be following.