A Monthly Publication

Joanna

Well what is ahead for us? So far September has been fairly warm and August managed to produce some summery weather too. The fruit seem to be ripening well, I did wonder if the blackberries would be small and full of pips, however the rain we have had recently seems to have filled them out and the birds and the animals are feasting on them as well as the blackstained fingers of the many humans who enjoy blackberry and apple pie. The apple harvest has begun and Katie and Peasegood Nons

Dave Hawkins, Visitor and Publicity Officer.

By the time you read this, the 2010 phase of the Titchwell Marsh Coastal Change project should be reaching its conclusion. This year’s work, which began on 19 July, has mainly involved restructuring the sea wall along which runs the footpath down to the beach. As I write in early September work is running slightly ahead of schedule and we are well on course to restore access to the marshes and beach by the beginning of October.

This just leaves...
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Please mark 19th November in your diaries for this year’s Edfest celebrations. St Edmund’s Day itself falls on 20th November so on this eve of Edfest, there will be a play, a meal and entertainment.

Although full details will be in next month’s newsletter, tickets for the Hog Roast (by the Hunstanton Hog Roast Company) with swing singer Cliff Allman, are limited, so please order your tickets now, price £12.50 each, by calling Elaine on 01485 533422.

Judges at the Anglia in Bloom awards ceremony on 15th September were very pleased with the improvements from last year and remarked particularly on the involvement of the business community in this year’s entry. Hunstanton was rewarded with a Gold Award and also scooped the Best Coastal Resort category for towns with up to 35,000 residents.

Old Hunstanton won a Silver Medal and Norfolk Lavender the award for Best Commercial Area.

Now, of course there is the anxious wait until the Britain...
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By late 1944, the Special Duties squadrons of No. 38 Group were busy dropping supplies to the numerous underground move­ments in the occupied countries, including Norway. Eight Stirling Mark IV aircraft were tasked to take off from their base at Rivenhall in Essex on 2 November 1944 to drop supplies at var­ious dropping zones in southern Norway. Flying his personal aircraft was Rivenhall's 30-year-old Station Commander, Group Captain Wilfred Edward Surplice DSO, DFC, DFC (Dutch), a veteran o...
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Nick Godfrey-Cole

I must say that this morning I saw something quite amazing! What? I hear you ask. Well like so many townsfolk, I ventured down to watch The Tour of Britain cycle race. What a spectacle. Well done to all the organisers of such a great and well attended event. Hope that similar amounts of people come out to support Christmas Cracker Event, Hunstanton’s own Pantomime and 2011 Carnival next year. These, and all local events take so much time and effort to organise for our ple...
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Dick Melton

Now, what a response I had to the whereabouts of Muffin the Mule in Hunstanton in the fifties. I have come to the conclusion that there must have been at least two of these in Hunstanton, one on the promenade just outside the Blue Lagoon near Brooke and Sanders café, and another on the corner of The Green outside Guise Brothers gift shop where the Pavilion coffee shop is today.

In one of John Maiden’s reports he mentioned Uncle Dennis and Aunty Jean, the children's’ entert...
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Work began very early for Town Councillors on the morning of 16th September; starting soon after first light they, together with helpers, began preparing the Green ready for the Tour of Britain to speed through the town. A stage was set up, the bandstand prepared and marquees erected.

Smithdon School and Redgate Juniors provided live music which was much enjoyed by the massive audience gathering on the Green. Students from Hunstanton Infants, Redgate Juniors, The Glebe School, Smithdon and...
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Tobias Nicholls

This autumn will see my biggest challenge grace the stage at the Princess Theatre. ‘Persona’ is the thirteenth production I’ve written for Purple Dreams, the drama group I established in 1999.

When I say ‘biggest challenge’, I mean it. It’s unlike anything I’ve written before. For anyone who hasn’t caught one of my productions at Hunstanton’s Drama Festival, I’m known for my ‘sitcom’ style productions. Usually based around a sofa, I present 45 minutes...
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The Annual Christmas Fair will be held at Glebe House School on Friday 3rd December 2010, 10am-4pm. This Promises to be a wonderful event with many stalls offering different ideas for presents to suit all the family. The Christmas Cafe is open all dayso come along and enjoy a warming drink whilst browsing.

This year, 31 Squadron from RAF Marham will be visiting us with a range of activities for children. 31 Squadron returned from Afghanistan in February this year and are currently prepari...
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Nick Godfrey-Cole

I must say that this morning I saw something quite amazing! What? I hear you ask. Well like so many townsfolk, I ventured down to watch The Tour of Britain cycle race. What a spectacle. Well done to all the organisers of such a great and well attended event. Hope that similar amounts of people come out to support Christmas Cracker Event, Hunstanton’s own Pantomime and 2011 Carnival next year. These, and all local events take so much time and effort to organise for our ple...
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Sandringham Sunday 15^th August Guide Dog

The Guide Dog tent stood proud, splendid in Gold and Blue, near to the yellow and blue walks in Sandringham Park woods. Our stall was sponsored by “Sunnyside Vets” of Hunstanton and Roydon.

Out of nowhere from all directions came dogs and their owners, to take part in our annual sponsored walk for guide dogs. Some of the owners had sponsorship and others gave a donation on the day, dogs came in all shapes and sizes and there were family groups an...
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Nice people in this town

There are some delicious people in this town!  The weekend before last the Lifeboat Crew were on the high street for the day selling their bits and pieces and collecting money etc, they even had one of their lifeboats on display.  Terry and Di who own the Rendezvous restaurant, who are fast becoming jolly good friends of ours, gave them all free tea and coffee all day, how nice is that!

The other good deed done was last week, I went to my car (silver beetle) park...
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As I am sure that most people know, the Royal British Legion is the leading the charitable organisation supporting our heroes both serving and ex-service, and their families. Remembrancetide Period runs this year from 30th October to 14th November and it is during this time that the Legion fund raises to obtain the funds to support our heroes and their families.

Last year we held a ceremony at the start of the remembrance period at the war graves in Hunstanton Cemetery and poppy crosses were...
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Stuart ( aka "Wayfarer" ) and Margaret Bellis celebrated their Golden Wedding on 3rd September this year. They first met at Upney Baptist Church in Barking, Essex in 1955. Margaret had recently made a decision and commitment to follow Jesus Christ at an Evangelistic Rally led by Dr Billy Graham at Wembley Stadium in June that year and had subsequently sought out a Baptist Church to learn more about being a Christian. Stuart - then 15 - was already a member there and he said that the very first

Æthelred the Unready was someone we learned about at school who served as a reminder either to be on your toes or be prepared or more accurately and nearer to the old English ræd, meaning counsel, advice, to which the name refers, to give more thought to the consequences of your actions. In the case of Æþelræd Unræd,he is nick-named literally the “ ill advised” or badly counselled , a pun on the meaning of his name in old English, æðele- ræd meaning "noble-advice." His policies an...
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- with Jennifer Rees Larcombe

By Gordon Tanner (Leader, The Way CF)

The Way is pleased to invite you to a series of talks entitled ‘Healing Life’s Hurts’ with international author and speaker Jennifer Rees Larcombe. She will be in Hunstanton for two days on Friday and Saturday 22nd and 23rd October. The meetings will be at The Way CF. There will be four sessions starting at 7.30pm on 22nd Oct with three sessions between 10am and 5pm on 23rd Oct. Drinks will be provided and we suggest

(Church of Our Lady and St Edmund, Sandringham Road, with St Cecilia’s, Dersingham)

Suddenly, the evenings are becoming chilly, the trees are changing colour and we are looking for the first signs of pink-footed geese – autumn is on its way. This autumn is special for us, as we look forward to welcoming Pope Benedict in mid-September. A number of parishioners are planning to travel to London for the Hyde Park prayer vigil or to Coventry for the Beatification Mass for John Henry Newman. B

Minister of Union Church

Recently my wife and I returned from a holiday in Cornwall. It was a great pleasure to share the experience with about forty six other people from the area including some from Hunstanton, as we were driven by coach to Newquay. Each day we travelled to different venues enjoying the various climatic conditions that holidays in Britain offer. Our hotel overlooked Fistral Beach which is famous for its Surfing facilities. The Atlantic Ocean constantly sending in waves nec...
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I write this on the 11^th of September. At our Eucharist this morning we remembered all those who lost their lives on ‘9/11’ We also prayed for those who lost loved ones.

I imagine many of us were shocked, unable to believe what we were hearing this week. A lone pastor from a small church in America was intending to burn copies of the Koran. As I write he seems to have drawn back from doing so, but he seems the type of person who could easily change his mind again, and wreak havoc amidst i...
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Gordon Tanner (leader The Way CF)

It was a joyful evening on 5th Sept at Old Hunstanton beach. The sun shone, it was high tide, and people from five churches (The Way, Union Church, St Edmund’s, St Mary’s, Heacham, and Ely Christian Fellowship) joined together to witness the baptisms of two local young people.

Baptism is the original process by which people became Christians. In the book of Acts people asked Peter and the disciples “Brothers, what shall we do?” to which he replied �...
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For many years I have covered games at Carrow Road for a variety of publicans - from Match magazine to the Lynn News. However, for the match at home to Barnsley I took the opportunity to get a bit closer to the action by taking a seat in the Lower Barclay Stand - vacated by Steve Millar who sadly had to miss the game because he was in hospital. All those who know Steve will be well aware that hospitalisation is the only thing likely to keep Steve away from the ground on a match day.

For anyon...
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Geoff Needham

At last the builders have moved in, and work is starting on the boathouse to accommodate our new Atlantic 85 Lifeboat due on station at the end of the year.

On Sunday 15th August at 12.50 pm Hunstanton volunteer crew launched on service to report of person in water off Scolt Head Brancaster after his dinghy had capsized, the wind was force 6 easterly, while proceeding to the area the Coastguard informed them that the person had been rescued by others, on returning to station i...
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Peter Atterbury

The Hunstanton Day Centre operating from The Hunstanton Community Centre in Avenue Road, Hunstanton is in need of new members. Our current weekly attendance is quite healthy at between 30 to 40 people, but we would like to see these numbers nearer to 60. The club has been in existence for over 30 years and every Tuesday offers for a cost £3.95 a hot two course lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea both with biscuits. After lunch we have a weekly raffle followed by bingo wi...
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Julie Goddard, Slimming World Consultant

By the time you are reading this it will be Autumn and our thoughts will be turning to casseroles and stews and hearty winter warming dishes.

Members at Heacham have been enjoying good weight losses with some members even coming back from holidays with a weight loss!

Last month we had our Woman of the Year Competition and the members at Heacham voted overwhelmingly for Dendre Bavastock. Dendre has been a member for some time and although she still h...
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Peter Mills

As the autumn is now with us our thoughts are very much to the busiest time of the year for us, December – Christmas !. We are delighted to be able to tell you that we are again holding our “Turkey & Tinsel” lunches. These are for all over “60’s” in our area, so don’t be afraid to let us know that you would like to come. The cost for a traditional three course lunch consisting of soup, roast turkey, sausage, stuffing and all the trimmings, a pudding and tea of c...
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11 girls plus 5 adults attended Norjam at the Norfolk Showground at the beginning of August. We had a fabulous time and everyone enjoyed themselves.  So much so, we are already looking into attending Camjam next year at Huntingdon racecourse.

It was terrific to see so many young people interacting with one another and meeting people from all over the world. The Irish contingent of scouts seemed a particular favourite of our girls!

There were so many different activities on offer that the...
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Alexandra Kemp

Nowadays when the campaign trail usually stops at Cambridge, Norwich or Peterborough, it is easy to forget that North-West Norfolk was once at the heart of the political universe and actually gave the country its first prime minister with Robert Walpole as far back as 1721.

So it came as something of a surprise when Labour Leadership Candidate David Miliband MP came all the way to King's Lynn to speak to local people in St Nicholas Chapel on a sunny day at the sta...
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Andrew Murray, Hon. Secretary

The membership year for the Civic Society runs from 1^st October to 30^th September. Letters have been sent out to existing members inviting them to re-join for the year 2010 to 2011. The subscription rates are £10 for an individual or £18 for 2 people at the same address. Life membership can be purchased at 10 times the annual rates. For those who have not been members, now is the time to join to enjoy the convivial company and the talks evenings.

This season�...
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The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House is looking for individuals and local Community Groups to help their vital fundraising by organising their own events. The Hospice relies heavily on the support of its volunteer workforce to be able to continue providing care and support across Norfolk and the Fens and is hoping to get a wider variety of groups involved within the local community. Are you the person The Hospice is looking for?

Putting on an event is a great way of supporting the Hospice, in...
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11 “Home is where .......?”

“An Englishman’s home is his castle” - or so many would like to think. It is certainly a concept that has been with us in some shape or form for centuries. In 1800, the biographer of Henry W. Grady, journalist and writer on the US Constitution, included this line: "Exalt the citizen. .... Teach him that his home is his castle, and his sovereignty rests beneath his hat” Makes me think that some people obviously consider they have a bigger hat than oth...
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Reg. Charity 1134490

By Sandra Hohol

Many thanks from us all at LHMTC to the United Services Club for £1500 they raised in August at their Fun Day.  The presentation took place on 10 September together with £1500 also for the RNLI.  This will go towards a multitude of things that the organisation needs, most importantly a van at some stage for transporting music equipment.

Norfolk Lavender will be holding a Christmas Festival on Sunday 7 November and our youngsters have been asked to p...
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Turnstone

The slogan "Keep Norfolk Local" was used by the Leader and Chief Executive of the borough council in their campaign against the Boundary Committee's recommendation for a single council for the whole of Norfolk.

To the cynics in our midst the slogan was interpreted as: "keep us in our jobs" and there was certainly a willingness to spend council tax revenue on challenging the Boundary Committee in the High Court to achieve that objective.

Fair enough, their campaign was s...
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Alan Rosenberg

Amsterdam’s mizzling rain in no way dampened my enthusiasm but rather whetted it, no pun intended, it both defines and refines its essence. The damp air was welcome after the long journey from London as I trundled a case over cobbles and negotiated pavements in what I hoped would be the general direction of the hotel. It was going to be easy, I had been assured, ‘They all speak English there,’ adding, ‘and they like us,’ as if it was unusual.

So far so good, but wha...
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Cllr Peter Mallam

Yet another busy, but thoroughly enjoyable month. August saw me attend the RAF Marham Family Day which was a fabulous day of activity. On the 22^nd it was the Rotary Clubs’ 14^th Kite Festival held at Smithdon High School. The glorious weather saw bumper crowds flock to this event, unfortunately some of the kites had trouble taking off due to the lack of wind, but this did not spoil the fun packed day. On the 27^th of August I had the pleasure of officially opening the Railwa...
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Clive Dellino.

Trustee, Heacham & District Community Car Scheme.

When I last reported on the Scheme’s activity we were in the throes of negotiating an office move (from Heacham to a small, vacant, office in the Borough Council’s premises next to the Doctors’ surgery in Valentine Road, Hunstanton) -and were somewhat baffled by bureaucracy bedevilling us. I’m pleased to report that our deadline, of mid-March 2010, was met and that our co-ordinators are now well settled in.

We h...
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Hayley Johnston

Game, set and match! Yes, that’s right...from the 15^th to the 21^st of August; Hunstanton welcomed its annual lawn tennis tournament.

This is one of the biggest events to happen in Hunstanton, and such talent has been showcased here since the 1920’s! It all started with a group of men who wanted to play professional tennis and gradually the group succeeded in making this tournament a real success, and building it up so much to make it the biggest lawn tennis tournament in...
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- The Egret has Landed (at Hunstanton)

John Smith

Bird Watchers will be aware of the spectacular increase in Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) numbers in recent years with many sightings around the Wash and North Norfolk Coast, but it was a pleasant surprise to get sufficiently close to one on Hunstanton beach to take the photograph below.

Best described as a small heron, standing about 60cms. tall (about two-thirds the size of a Grey Heron), its pure white plumage, yellow feet, black bil

Norman C Whye

When we first came up to Hunstanton from Heacham, the accustomed method of delivering local orders from the wine and spirits shop was to use a trade bicycle, and I have it on reputable authority that I was taken for rides in the front basket of this vehicle. As trade increased, this “old faithful” was substituted by a smart little van, green in colour, which was meticulously cleaned and maintained by the young shop assistant. The old trade bicycle was, like other redundant

What does this sign mean to you? Is it just a bunch of ‘do-gooders’ who play at being doctors and nurses? Nothing better to do in their spare time! Or do you see them as a dedicated group of people that train to help out in a situation?

Have you called on their assistance during an event with no hesitation because they are there? Was it for a plaster? Or was it something much more serious?

Did you know there is a Hunstanton division? Have you seen us around? Have you ever wondered if yo...
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Ken Arnott

The Cricket Book Society was started in 1946 by Roy Webber, a garage accountant and a keen cricket statistician who had recently been demobbed from the RAF. He moved from London to Hunstanton and set up his headquarters in the small brick building located in the lane next to Derek’s Hairdressing Salon in Westgate.

It was his ambition to create a kind of book club specialising in cricket with members, who paid an annual subscription of around £1.00, being sent a cricket bookle...
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Katie Young,

for the Princess Theatre Club

As the days grow shorter and the evenings start earlier, here’s news of a couple of events which may help to brighten your autumn gloom.

First, for those who enjoy a bit of rhyme and rhythm, there will be another of the Theatre Club’s popular ‘Poetry at the Princess’ sessions on the morning of Wednesday 27th October, starting at 10.30 a.m. Venue is the bar of the Princess Theatre. As usual, your host will be well-known local author Mary M...
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Firstly, a huge thank-you to everyone who contacted me with offers to help distribute the Newsletter. This month we welcome two new people, Adrian and Emma to the team. Thank you, and all the volunteers who deliver the Newsletter every month. Thanks also to Margaret for some splendid typing work.

I think that this month’s cover is the best yet; hats off to Vivien!

Of course the photos were taken on 16th when the Tour of Britain came to Hunstanton and you can find more pictures and a sho...
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