A local pharmacy in Watton, Total Health Pharmacy, is providing a service to collect prescriptions from surrounding GP surgeries for patients who have been de-registered from their local Watton Medical Practice. This is in response to concerns from patients about obtaining their regular medications now that they must travel further to their new GP surgeries. Total Health Pharmacy will collect prescriptions from surgeries in Swaffham, Hingham, Shipdham and East Harling and dispense them at their pharmacy in Watton free of charge. They aim to make the process as convenient as possible for patients affected by the changes.
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The Wayland News is the community newspaper for Watton & Wayland in Breckland, Norfolk, UK.
A local pharmacy in Watton, Total Health Pharmacy, is providing a service to collect prescriptions from surrounding GP surgeries for patients who have been de-registered from their local Watton Medical Practice. This is in response to concerns from patients about obtaining their regular medications now that they must travel further to their new GP surgeries. Total Health Pharmacy will collect prescriptions from surgeries in Swaffham, Hingham, Shipdham and East Harling and dispense them at their pharmacy in Watton free of charge. They aim to make the process as convenient as possible for patients affected by the changes.
A local pharmacy in Watton, Total Health Pharmacy, is providing a service to collect prescriptions from surrounding GP surgeries for patients who have been de-registered from their local Watton Medical Practice. This is in response to concerns from patients about obtaining their regular medications now that they must travel further to their new GP surgeries. Total Health Pharmacy will collect prescriptions from surgeries in Swaffham, Hingham, Shipdham and East Harling and dispense them at their pharmacy in Watton free of charge. They aim to make the process as convenient as possible for patients affected by the changes.
Kimberley Townsend looks a picture during the Waton carnival held on 8th June. Picture by Bryony Horn Following reports that 1,500 patients of Watton Medical practice are to be de- registered, requiring them to register with neighbouring GP surgeries, patients have raised concerns about the possible interruption in the supply of their regular monthly medication and the difficulties of travelling miles to collect repeat prescriptions. Total Health Pharmacy, have put in place a service to ensure that patients can continue to make use of their local pharmacy service which opens long hours and provides easy access to prescriptions and advice 7 days a week. Geoff Ray, owner of Total Health Pharmacy in Watton said, due to the geography of our rural community, customers have real concerns about how to get their regular medication from their new GP surgery, having previously been able to access this at their convenience and on their doorstep. There is a degree of uncertainty and most patients do not realise that they do in fact have a choice when it comes to the supply of their prescription, even if their new surgery is a dispensing practice. Their new surgery should make them aware of this. Patients have the choice of where to have their prescription dispensed. For some it will be convenient to have this done at the surgery, but for others it will be more convenient to have it dispensed locally. We have taken the decision to make the process easier by offering to collect the prescriptions from the outlying surgeries with the patients consent and dispensing them as normal in our pharmacy, for collection at their convenience. Geoff explained Patients are able to order their prescription direct with their new surgery or we can do it on their behalf as we offer a telephone prescription ordering service. If you have been receiving your prescription from us all you need to do is call us with details of the items you require or let us know that you have ordered your prescription at the new surgery. We will collect your prescription and dispense it in Watton. Just let the surgery know that you would like Total Health Pharmacy to dispense your prescription. The surgeries we will be collecting prescriptions from include the Swaffham surgeries, Hingham, Shipdham and East Harling. We have discussed the new service with the surgeries who are working with us to make the process easier for patients. When asked how much this would cost (Continued on page 2) local pharmacy makes life easier for de-registered patients Coastal trip from Watton There is a coach leaving Watton Queens Hall at 10am for a coastal trip on July 10 th .Would anyone who would like to join Paul and Christna for this day to stop off at Manor Hotel, Mundesley, for a fish and chip lunch while looking out over the sea. Returning at 4pm the trip will cost 16. If you would like to join us please phone 01953 884213 to book your seat. The Wayland News Page 2 July 2014 patients, Geoff said, We will not be charging for this service. Having provided pharmacy services to many of the residents of the Watton and Wayland area for years, we want to make life easier for those who have been affected by the new arrangements at the surgery. If patients have any questions about how the service could help them then I urge them to contact the our friendly team at pharmacy Total Health Pharmacy is a local family run business which has been open for 8 years providing full pharmaceutical services to the Watton and Wayland area. The 7-day-a week opening hours provide an essential service after hours to local residents. Geoff said working in Watton we understand how much people rely on their local services and we hope that we can go some way to bridging the gap for those patients that have had to move surgeries. We are open all week for prescription collection and general pharmaceutical advice For more information about how to obtain your repeat prescription, contact Total Health Pharmacy on 01953 881157 or visit the pharmacy at 14 Gregor Shanks Way, Watton , IP25 6FA (Continued from page 1) Those boots are made for planting! 3rd Watton Brownies have been busy making gifts from recycled objects as part of The Big Brownie Birthday Challenge. The BBB Challenge has been set to celebrate of 100 years of Brownies and everyone who completes the challenge will receive a Badge. For one particular Challenge 3rd Watton Brownies chose to recycle wellington boots by filling them with compost and planting some plants in them. They also recycled old mugs and put strawberry plants in the mugs. Then, during a recent Brownie meeting the Brownies and their Leaders walked to Linden Court armed with the heavy boots and not so heavy mugs and presented their gifts to the residents of Lime Tree Walk for their new garden area. The gifts were gladly received and placed within the new garden area for all to enjoy. After a while the Brownies said their goodbyes and then went on to Grandma Owls house and had an ice-cream with a flake before heading back to their meeting place. At Brownies you can do craft, play games, go on outings, work in your Adventure Book, earn Badges and sometimes Brownies even go away on Brownie Holidays and overnights, amongst other things. If you have a daughter aged between 7 and 10 years who would like to find out more and give 3rd Watton Brownies a try, please visit the website www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested fill in the information asked for and once the Brownie Leader receives notification of your enquiry she will get in touch with you. 3rd Watton Brownies meet on a Wednesday night at Watton Youth Centre from 6 to 7.30pm during term time and are ready to give you a warm welcome. Home Section Wayland Show August 3rd I cant quite believe that another year has come around and the Wayland show will be here! We have some great categories in the Home Section, and only one set recipe this year, so you can all use your favourite recipe for a round of short bread, savoury scones and 1lb jar of lemon curd. The parkin is the only set recipe which is included in the schedule which can be downloaded from the Wayland Show website. Entry fee remains at 50p and the prize money is 10 - 1st, 5 - 2nd, 2 - 3rd with rosettes and certificates. We have a new guest judge this year, Mary Kemp who was delighted to be invited to judge the cookery section and we look forward to meeting her on the day. The childrens cookery category is for 4 decorated cupcakes using own recipe. The craft categories are for a decorated stone and an edible necklace! This should be an interesting one. Entry is free and the prizes are 7-1st, 3-2nd and 2-3rd plus rosettes and certificates. We have a photography section for a labelled Photograph of the Norfolk Countryside. The craft categories are a knitted or crocheted item, a patchwork or quilted item and any other handmade item. The Home Section marquee is situated next to the members car park for easy access to drop off your competition entries prior to 8.45am. If you want to drop them to me prior to the show please contact me, Helen Crane 01362 821440 or email me at homesection@waylandshow.com I live at Shipdham and will happily take care of your craft items, photographs and jar of lemon curd in the week before the show if you are unable to drop off on show day. Entry fee remains at 50p and the prize money is 10 1st, 5- 2nd, 2- 3rd plus rosettes and certificates Also in the Home Marquee is the stand for Project Linus Norfolk, who make quilts for child/teenager cancer patients, seriously ill, bereaved or traumatised children. They welcome visitors to come along and find out what its all about. There will be a display of quilts made by the Watton group which will be judged in the morning. We look forward to seeing you on the day. July 2014 The Wayland News Page 3 DEREHAM & DISTRICT CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road, Longham, Dereham NR19 2RP Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice & Help With Neutering OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm Telephone . . . 01362 687 919 Councillors Chat with Michael Wassell Fun for all will be had at this years Festival on the Farm. This years festival will embrace the great outdoors and explore the wonderful wilderness in the grounds of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. A woodland survival camp will teach people how to build fires and dens, the festival menagerie is set to be bigger and better than ever, and festival favourites the Tortoise Club, Raptor Trust and the Barry the Beekeeper are returning. Pif Paf Theatre presents Bee Guides Bombus and Borage who will be exploring all things Bees and Pollination. The storytelling tent returns with local author Karen Clarke and Dereham Library reading childrens classics such as Where the Wild Things Are and The Gruffalo. The Gruffalo is back for an encore following last year's visit and children can join him for a Gruffalo Feast. Children will make their lunch including scrambled snake pasta salad, roasted fox wraps (roast chicken, with a vegetarian alternative), purple prickle juice and much more! The feast will cost 4 per child and there are a very limited number of tickets available on the day. The Festival will be held at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, on Saturday 26 July from 10am - 5pm. The ticket price includes entry to the museum. Online bookings can be made at www.fotf14.eventbrite.co.uk (no card charges). The full programme of events for the day is available at www.festivalonthefarm.com or just call 01362 656870. Registering to vote is now simpler due to a new online process. From 10th June 2014, people will be able to register to vote at https://www.gov.uk/register-to- vote by simply providing a name, address, date of birth and National Insurance number. This new service is designed to make voter registration easier, simpler and faster. The launch of the new online tool is part of a wider move to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), where the old household registration is being replaced by individual registration. As part of the transition to IER, if you are already included on the register of electors you will be sent written confirmation in July/August 2014. If not you will receive an Invitation to Register. Further information about IER is available from http://bit.ly/1oAiiaj or alternatively direct from Breckland Council http:// bit.ly/1nMA72h or 01362 656875 At the recent Watton Town Annual Meeting I presented a report on Breckland Councils activities during 2013-14. If anyone would like a copy of the report please contact me (details at the end of the article). A few highlights: Breckland gave grants worth over 8,000 for the benefit of organisations in Watton A business grant program run by Breckland gave grants totalling 57,000 to 5 Watton businesses. The 2013-14 savings made by Breckland to date is 963,735 against a target of 456,820. 12.4% reduction overall in Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) across Breckland district compared to same time last year. Brecklands council tax remains at 69.03 for a Band D property, by far the lowest of any district council in the country. The majority of the houses in the Watton and Wayland area are in Bands A C so will pay less than 69.03. We are able to maintain such a low level of taxation, whilst maintaining the services that our residents value by being efficient and also by maximising the use of our assets to generate income, whilst maintaining the value of these assets. On the subject of funding, Breckland Council has a wide range of grant funding available. The funding is designed to empower groups and individuals within the district to deliver projects at a local level. We have simplified the process and applications can be filled out online, or alternatively hard copies can be completed and posted to Breckland. Many worthwhile causes have been supported by these grants and I would love to see more applications from the Watton area and am always pleased to help in any way I can. Finally there has been a lot of adverse publicity about Watton Medical Practice. On a personal level my family and I have never had other than excellent service from the practice. I recall very well the furore when the new appointments system was mooted, but now most people will admit that the new system is a great improvement. Much has been made of the current situation being caused by the vast numbers of people that are moving into Watton. But the reality is that since 2009 104 houses have been completed in Watton and 307 in Carbrooke. This makes a total of 411 homes which based on the average occupancy within Breckland of 2.005 people per house equates to 824 people moving into new homes within the 2 parishes. If we consider that the national recommended GP to patient ratio is 1 GP to 2000 residents these new people would generate 0.4 of a GP! The actual completions for each parish by year are as follows: 2013/2014 35 - 16 2012/2013 35 - 18 2011/2012 2 - 11 2010/2011 16 - 86 2009/2010 16 - 176 The situation at Watton Medical Practice is not unique, it is caused by Drs retiring and leaving for other reasons. I understand that there are 40 - 50 vacancies for Doctors across Norfolk, and this shortage is occurring across the country. It takes 10 years to train a GP, so the real problem was a lack of planning at a national level back in 2004. I know, from a very recent meeting that I had with the practice manager, that the decisions taken were not taken lightly and were taken in the interests of patient safety, which has to be paramount. I also firmly believe that all of the adverse and often ill founded comments that have appeared recently on online social media have been counter- productive to the practices attempts to recruit more doctors. So whilst we need to hold the services that we receive to account to ensure that they are adequate and robust, we also need to understand that the Doctors, Nurses and other staff at the practice operate under very difficult circumstances. Health provision is outside the remit of a District Council like Breckland, however, one of the responsibilities of Breckland Councils Overview and Scrutiny Commission (OSC) is to allow citizens to have a greater say in Council matters by holding public inquiries into matters of local concern. Accordingly, at their meeting on the 19th June 2014, the OSC commissioned a group of Councillors to inquire into the whole situation around the de-registering of patients at Watton Surgery and report back. They will take a wide ranging view and speak to relevant parties. The Chairman of the OSC, Cllr Phillip Cowen, is the Breckland Councillor for the Wayland ward and a number of his residents are amongst the 1500 patients who have been de-registered, and who are quite rightly upset and concerned about the situation that they have been placed in, through no fault of their own. I will of course, assist in any way that I can, and hopefully the situation will be resolved soon. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you feel I can be of assistance on any Breckland Council matter. My contact details: Email: michael.wassell@breckland.gov.uk Phone: 01953 882884 or 07778 491569 Twitter @CllrMWassell Hackers, Tackers and Stuffers (HTS)
This busy and vibrant group continues to meet in Watton Christian Community Centre from 7 to 9 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month apart from August. We also have day workshops held in other venues. During the last few months we have had several new members including two as a result of the Project Linus Norfolk Exhibition held in Barn Ruche in May. Meetings are well attended. Watton and District Rotary Club presented HTS with their Vocational Service Award 2014 in recognition of the work we do on behalf of Project Linus Norfolk. The certificate and cup were received on behalf of the group by our Chairman Jane Lond Caulk and Treasurer Brenda Hales. We feel highly honoured and would like to thank the Rotarians for this much appreciated gesture. Activities for June include day workshops making a Hexie Caddy for keeping sewing accoutrements tidy, a fabric flower demonstration at the meeting on 24th June and on 22nd July a lead tidy (in my experience every modern home needs a number of these). Looking ahead several members are joining another group on a coach to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in August. Once again there will be a coach trip in aid of Project Linus Norfolk to The Fabric Guild in Leicester, on 18th September. The cost is 16. Please ring Pat on 01953 882966 for details and booking. Further workshops are planned for the following months. Currently we have a couple of normally very active members unable to attend meetings and other activities owing to illness or injury. We want them to know that we are thinking of them, miss them and wish them well. For further details of all our activities ring Jane on 01953 884215 or for Linus only email plnorfolk@yahoo.co.uk . Details of events can also be found on our Blog at http://htsqgroup.blogspot The Wayland News Page 4 July 2014 Wayland CMA July 19th Georgia Pine 8 tll late at the Queens Hall The difficulties at the Watton Medical Centre in recent months culminating in their difficulty retaining and recruiting GPs and the sudden news last week of the compulsory re-registration of 1500 patients at neighbouring surgeries in Swaffham, Hingham and Shipdham raise some very important issues facing our town. And our country. The growing cost and demand on healthcare services from an increasingly ageing society in Western countries like ours, and the cost of advanced modern medicines. The particular cost pressure on rural services in areas like Mid Norfolk. The pressure on services from an influx of migrant labour especially in agricultural areas like ours where businesses increasingly struggle to find local people who want to do manual or menial work and made worse by the success of the Governments economic recovery making the UK the fastest growing economy in Europe, driving up demand for labour. And the pressure on local services from an influx of new housing for commuters and retirees, with too little investment in infrastructure. In the 40 years Ive lived in and known this area, Ive seen rural areas like ours be treated by successive Governments in Brussels and Whitehall as rural backwaters: areas where Governments feel they can dump houses and commuters and retirees with too little investment in services, facilities, opportunities and the local economy. It has led to a wave of problems we see around us: too few people of working age living and working in rural communities, a decline of community spirit and local identity, an increasingly elderly and often lonely population as the young move out to seek opportunities elsewhere. I believe we need a new vision for rural communities. With good connectivity (fast broadband, road and rail links) and a different approach to planning, with local businesses back in vibrant villages and thriving towns I believe we could see a Rural Renaissance of people coming to live in places like Wayland to enjoy a rural way of life AND the ability to work and make a living. Here in Watton we have seen in recent years growing pressure on the surgery, leisure centre, high street shops and street market , the lack of community facilities at developments like Blenheim Grange and youth facilities such as the Surge: all symptoms of a town which is on the edge of everywhere and all too often misses out on investment in the bigger centres such as Thetford and Dereham. Thats why I set up The Norfolk Way 7 years ago as a project to champion and promote a different model of rural economic growth and community enterprise. Through our programme of Speaker meetings, our Rural Enterprise Bursary, and our new Awards scheme we are trying to promote a new vision for this area and put it on the map. Through my campaigning on fast broadband, A11 and A47, Apprenticeships I am trying to promote our local rural economy. With the great progress being made by the Wayland Academy, the Norfolk rural Apprenticeship Programme, and the 1000 local businesses in Wayland, there is lots to be positive about. Whilst the problems at the Doctors Surgery are principally to do with the way rural GP services are run by the NHS, and the way the local surgery is organised, it also reflects this wider pressure on rural towns like ours. After receiving a number of complaints over recent months about the pressures on GP time at the Surgery, I have had a number of meetings and correspondence with the Surgery, NHS England, the local Clinical Commissioning Group, raised the matter in Parliament and had a meeting with the Health Minister. I am very unhappy at the way the re- registration of patients has been handled on a postcode lottery bases with very vulnerable and elderly patients told they must now travel to a distant surgery, with seemingly too little sensitivity to peoples clinical need or circumstances. But I can reassure people that Watton will not lose its practice, and that this is not to do with any cuts: in fact, as David Cameron promised, NHS spending is ring-fenced from any cuts and is increasing year on year under the Government, with more GPs and Nurses in the NHS since 2010. The local NHS are very clear: the Watton Practice is extremely viable and well resourced and should be able to cope with the workload. The problems are caused by their difficulty in retaining and recruiting GPs. Whilst GPs in the NHS operate as independent private businesses contracted with the NHS to deliver services, where a practice fails the NHS can ultimately award the contract to others a neighbouring GP practice or a new group of GPs. But if we can help recruit 2 new GPs to the practice there should be no need for any re- registrations or such drastic measures. That should be our goal: to help get the Watton practice back to full capacity. What we need now and what I believe the people of Watton and Wayland would expect - is for all of us in public office in the area to come together and try and solve the problems, rather than descend into party political or he said / she said squabbling. This is too important an issue to be treated as a political football. Since being elected I have been very sensitive not to interfere in local council politics: as the MP my job is to represent you in Parliament, not behave as a super -councillor or interfere with your elected Town, District and County Councillors. But I do believe the issue of the surgery and the wider issues it raises are a wake- up call and demand a new sense of urgency and unity in helping promote this special part of Norfolk. Thats why I have taken such a close interest in the Surgery, Blenheim Grange, and the Leisure Centre and, working with local Councillors, suggested we pull together a Task Force of local agencies to try and prevent any further closures and get the investment we need. We need to work together. So I was disappointed to read the recent comments by UKIP County Councillor Stan Hebborn, criticising local residents for complaining about the surgery, and conveniently blaming everything on the Government. The truth is we ALL have a responsibility to look after our own communities, and local residents who have paid in their taxes all their life have EVERY right to expect the services they have paid for, and complain when they dont. And as public servants we have a duty to listen. So lets recognise that everyone who relies on public money whether GPs, NHS, local Councils, MPs, or MEP - have a duty to work together for the good of the people we serve. Lets use the Watton Surgery saga as a spur to come together and speak with one voice for our town. George Freeman MP, Member of Parliament for Mid-Norfolk George Freeman MP Says the problems with the Watton Surgery requires all elected public servants to work together Jazz at Breckles Church Breckles church was packed to hear 4 top drawer musicians present a wonderful jazz concert held on 30th May. They are all masters of their instruments, Pete Oxborough, saxaphone and clarinet, Phil Brook, guitar, Ivars Galeneiks, bass and Bob Dore, drums. Thank you to all who supported the evening which made a marvellous profit of 1,305.00 for church funds.
Luncheon Club Hello, its Paul and Christina Weatherhill. We are still about on the first Wednesday of every month with the Luncheon Club at the Sports Centre. If there is anyone out there who would like to join us please feel free to give us a call on 01953 884213. We can have a little chat. Carbrooke Church News Carbrooke Church Lottery 18th May 2014, drawn by Rev. Neil. (Raising money towards essential church restoration). 1st prize (40) Cherrill Saunders (No. 24), 2nd prize (20) Helen Riley (No38), 3rd Prize (15) Dave Baker (No. 16). On 23rd May, a Funeral Service was held for Alan Cammidge of Caudle Springs, who died aged 90 years. Alan is remembered for his cheery disposition and as a kind and considerate neighbour. Afternoon Tea will be held as usual on the 25th July at 2pm in the Village Hall. All welcome. Come along, bring your children, or your parents! Arrangements are now in Full swing for our Village Festival of St Peter & St Paul, both Carbrooke Church and Carbrooke School are dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, whose festival date of is 29th June, and in past times would have been an excuse for a celebration. This offers a great opportunity for local organisations to raise their funds and profile. We have local talents on display, in the form of Arts, Crafts and Music during the weekend. St Peter and St Paul are regarded as founders of the Christian church, St Peter a simple fisherman, and close friend of Jesus. St Paul, a Roman citizen, had been responsible for persecuting Christians, and was converted, by a life changing event. Peter and Paulcame from very different backgrounds and didnt always see eye to eye on how the church should be run, but 2000 years later their witness is still visible in Carbrooke. Please support this community event, and help our local organisations, as we work together to enhance our diverse facilities, creating a great place to live. Finally, we welcome everyone to our varied services which are followed by coffee, biscuits and a chance to chat. July 2014 The Wayland News Page 5
Watton Medical Practice Should I have spoken sooner? From The Editor, Julian Horn In a report published in 2012*, The Carnegie Trust says The Trust is convinced that a robust and reliable news media are essential for an informed democracy and healthy society. and it that same belief that has driven me to publish The Wayland News, the past 18 years. I am sorry that, from time to time, I have been intimidated, to the point that I haven't published reports about something happening in our community that I know is wrong. Most of these things have not really mattered that much, but I may have missed a chance to prevent or at least reduce, the worry and stress now being suffered by the people deregistered by Watton Medical Practice. As far back as January 2012, I became very concerned because a number of people were approaching me, as Editor of their local paper, seeking help because they were afraid to complain of their experiences at the practice. I should point out that this did NOT relate to the medical care they received from the Doctors but related to the administration of appointments and other 'back office' matters. I was so moved by what I had heard that I wanted to broker a meeting to see if these complaints were well founded and widespread. In the spirit of co-operation I emailed the management at the surgery as follows (for brevity these are edited extracts but in no way have I misrepresented what I said): Just so as you are aware, I am printing this piece in February. The reasons are self- explanatory from the words. The people who have approached me have expressed (what are for them) real fears and I feel deeply troubled for them. If what was said to me is correct there are people, in the later years of their life, who are frightened and feel unable to speak. Sadly there was no way I could persuade them to speak to yourself or the surgery because of (I hope) unfounded fears of the consequences of complaining . . . The editor of this paper has been approached by residents expressing concerns about their experiences at Watton Surgery. Sadly, they feel unable to express their concerns in person and have appealed to this publication for help. In conjunction with others we are considering organising a confidential meeting with concerned residents to establish whether this really is a problem that needs to be addressed and, should the concerns be proven, ways in which we might address the issue. In this exploratory meeting there will be no one present from the medical practice so you need have no worries about being able to speak freely although hopefully in later meetings we can bring all sides together to find a good solution. A response came back the same day. Because the reply contains a confidentiality footer, I am not going to reproduce the text of that email; but I was accused of inciting trouble and that if the piece (above) went to print the surgery would need to contact their solicitors. They claimed the allegations were ludicrous and like many other issues are totally unfounded and rubbish. All of these assertions were made even though they had no idea about who was complaining or what they were complaining about. I would describe my experience with that first reply as akin to being bullied; which was exactly what some of the people who were appealing to me for help at the time were saying was happening to them. There then followed a long exchange, initially bad tempered, during which I tried to engage with surgery management to find a way forward. There was a meeting between myself and the Practice Manager, a Doctor, and the Chair of the Patient Liaison Group (PLG), but it became clear to me that NO criticism of the surgery was going to be tolerated either by the surgery, or by the Patient Liaison Group Chairman. As a result of an error by the PLG, I was accidentally copied in on exchanges between the PLG and the Practice Manager. I cannot print the emails I received from the surgery (although I have retained them and I will make them available to any formal investigation that may take place and has the right to see them) but, MY final email to them should give you the gist of what had been said: I am not publishing the piece in the next edition. You may be aware, [Name Removed] accidently replied to me rather than you and I cannot ignore the import of what he said (even taking into account the circumstances at the time.) There is a clear desire indicated in this and previous emails to remove any reference that criticisms have been made of the surgery - this is in both in the reply to the last email and in the previous emails. And I fail to understand how, given the strength of feeling I have observed that any reference to criticism must not be published, I can reasonably report this issue. I am not prepared to sanitise the piece in the way that is being asked; instead I am going to review the whole issue quietly and take advice on what my role is here. I will be asking my original correspondents to get in touch again and will appraise them of our discussions and the information and procedures you have supplied. I really do feel that a golden opportunity has been missed here to improve relations between the surgery and its patients. [last line edited out] I did take advice, and I thought long and hard about what had been said to me; and I am sorry now that I did not (publicly) pursue this matter. It is my strong belief that the pressures that have led to 1,500 people being deregistered from Watton Surgery, with only 2 weeks notice, were clearly building as far back as 2011. I did draw these matters to the attention of the NHS Commissioning department in 2012; there was another meeting, but in the end, nothing effective was done to change things. I feel I may have contributed to this problem by remaining silent, when every bone in my body was telling me to speak out about the complaints brought to me. As you can see, I have changed my attitude somewhat. Councillor Wassell writes this month: I also firmly believe that all of the adverse and often ill -founded comments that have appeared recently on online social media have been counter- productive to the Practices attempts to recruit more doctors. The same views have been expressed by County Councillor Stan Hebborn. BUT I would like to ask WHY were people complaining so vociferously on Social Media about Watton Medical Practice? How does Cllr Wassell KNOW that the comments on social media are ill-founded? It is my belief that in the same way that I experienced, the 'Social Media Moaners' are voicing their complaints in the only way they feel is open to them. I have been told by some of those self-same complainers, that they felt bullied, felt they were ignored and some have even said they felt belittled by their experiences with Watton Medical Practice. I realise that working in a Medical Practice IS stressful. In today's society people believe everything should go according the expectations they have been given; we expect good medical care and we no longer compliment someone when they simply do their job 'properly'. But when something goes wrong or if expectations are not met, then we complain. Nothing can be done now that will change that. Watton Medical Practice is there to serve us in the best way possible, medical care is not charity, it is something we pay for and are entitled to. Those who work in the management of the surgery do so by choice, but the people who really need our support, the 1,500 who have been dismissed by the surgery, have had no choice and have not been consulted. Myself, my wife, my son and his wife and my grandchildren all rely on Watton Medical Practice for our health care, particularly as two of my grandchildren suffer from Cerebral Palsy. And, honestly, I am printing this with some concern that we will be singled out for speaking out on behalf of the people of Wayland. I hope this fear is unfounded, but it is the perception that it might be possible that has kept me silent these past couple of years. The problems at Watton need to be thoroughly investigated by the Care Quality Commission who are the ONLY organisation with authority to ask the questions that MUST be asked. We NEED to know why what has happened came to happen. We cannot blame national or regional issues because the other practices around appear to have been able to cope with the sudden and massive influx of those patients dismissed from Watton Medical Practice. How is it that we are such a special case that we can't cope with what we have or recruit the Doctors needed in order to cope? The NHS have said, quite clearly: It should be noted that NHS England has no plans to commission a second surgery in Watton as the existing practice, with sufficient GP resources supported by other clinical staff including Nurse Practitioners, would be able to provide services to the local population. If it SHOULD be able to cope and it can't, then clearly something has gone seriously wrong. You cannot blame the people who publicly complain about the service they have received. We all DESERVE to have FULL and proper answers from those in control of this situation, not just the excuse that it is the moaners on Facebook or Streetlife who are putting doctors off coming here. Please, please let me have your views on this, by letter, by email or by word of mouth. If you think I am wrong then please tell me. *'Better Journalism in the Digital Age', The Carnegie Trust, 2012 Coming to St Mary's For those of us who missed a music treat last year, at St. Marys we are delighted that renowned musician, Philip Aldred together with his choir, Dolce has kindly offered to give a concert at 7pm on 12th July 2014 in aid of the Organ Refurbishment Fund. Tickets are 7.50 and will include seasonal refreshments and may be obtained from the Church Office and at Adcocks in Watton. There will be a raffle too! Philip is passionate about choral music. This passion led him to study conducting at Durham University where he gained his degree is Education and Music. He also studied Music at Trinity College, London. He was appointed Chief Examiner in Music at the London College of Music in 2008. He is currently examining in Istanbul, having examined in South Africa, Barbados, Kuala Lumpur, Stornaway, Isle of Skye, Turkey, N. Ireland as well as in the UK earlier this year. He is the Director of Dolce Choir a mixed choir of 16 voices who sing a variety of music from the Renaissance to the present day - Byrd to Snow Patrol!. He is also the Musical Director and founder of the Norwich Music Group, NMG a large choral society and orchestra who perform the great choral works in the fine churches and venues in and around Norwich. Our Organ was built in 1887 by Norman Brothers of Norwich and restored in 1974. Since then it has been maintained regularly, but the time has come when essential repairs need to be carried out. To enable us to do this essential work, we have initiated the Organ Refurbishment Fund which was launched in July 2013. Please do come, enjoy wonderful music and support us in our quest! Rev Gerry Foster, Vicar, St Marys Watton The Wayland News Page 6 July 2014 May and June at the Wayland Partnership
It is always busy at Wayland House with tenants, clients and visitors coming and going throughout the day, but the past two months have been exceptional. Any local issue, controversy or publicity always brings an increase in visitors wanting information, assistance or just to mull things over and while they are all, always most welcome, in a period when we were short of people because of holidays and were busy planning a special event in the Gallery, Watton found itself in the News and the number of visitors more than doubled. In addition to the exhibitions and the constantly changing display of craft work in the Dragonfly Gallery, we were delighted to welcome a new patron to the Gallery joining the wonderful Peggy Spencer MBE. Sue Welfare is a prolific and talented writer and artist and we celebrated her new role as patron at a cheese and wine reception at the Gallery. This was a lovely evening with both our patrons and a large number of invited guests in attendance. The following weekend Sue was with us again for a sell-out felting workshop. We hope that she will teach some creative writing classes in the autumn. At the beginning of May we were really pleased to display some of the work of the Wayland Academy GCSE Photography group alongside the work of professional and semi- professional photographers celebrating East Anglian Life and Landscape. The Acorn Learning Centre has also been busy. Earlier in the year we ran computer courses and smart phone courses; more recently we have run tablet training and in mid-June we completed a series of Ipad courses. In the midst of all this activity the second Ready for Work programme began with ten Year 10 students working together to prepare themselves for the world of work. It is a delight to see their growing confidence week by week. In the meantime we have spent time researching, talking about and writing to Partners about Dementia Awareness in order to develop a dementia aware community that will encourage sufferers from this illness to feel safe and supported in their community. In addition to our own projects we work closely with our partners so Carnival Day found us helping to man the Chamber of Commerce stall raising awareness of the Chamber and funds for Age UK Norfolks dementia campaign. We were also working on the art-work and publicity for the Town Teams Classic Car Event on June 22nd. Despite the hectic schedule at Wayland House we do get out and about occasionally to Pride Meetings and funding meetings at Breckland Council, to a coffee morning for Tourism Businesses at College Farm, to the Wayland Women in Business Lunch at Broom Hall, to Safer Neighbourhood Team meetings and to meet with the Head of the Wayland Academy. Special Visitors have included a whole host of local artists, Peggy Spencer MBE, Sue Welfare, Michael Wassell, Leader of Breckland Council, Joanne and Aileen from Age Concern Norfolk, George Freeman MP and Nigel Pickover, Editor in Chief of the EDP. The best news of June has been the award of World War One Heritage funding from both Breckland Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund totalling 10,400 for a project which will focus on the impact of WWI on a rural area such as Wayland on its way of life, its women and children, its agriculture. Rocklands Community Shop News
The front of the shop is now looking great, and the painting will commence very shortly. Thank you to Alan and Elaine for providing all of this for us. We now have all of our services up and running, including the Lottery. The Post Office is now open the same as shop opening hours, which are 7.30am-6.30pm Monday to Friday, 7.30am-5.30pm on Saturdays and 7.30am-1pm on Sundays. We are stocking a lot of local produce, including asparagus, fresh strawberries and honey, all from local farms in the area. Meat, which is very popular, is supplied by Barnards and we have the front of the shop looking very attractive with plants from Walnut Tree nursery. We have local Norfolk beer, which is flying off the shelves, as well as Pipers crisps and the delicious Divine chocolate, which tastes as divine as its name. Hingham bakery produce is proving to be a great success, particularly with its specialist bread which is available at weekends. We have a local Norfolk mill flour, which is also proving to be popular. We have our own range of Rocklands Community shop cards, which can also be personalised and made up to order. The cards will normally be ready the following day to collect, if the details are left at the counter. If there is anything that we do not stock that you would like us to, please write it in the comments book, at the counter and we will see what we can do. The tea-room with its sumptuous home- made cakes, is definitely worth a visit and proving to be popular. We are still in need of Volunteers to sign up. Our volunteers are so important to us and together and help to provide us with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, that so many people , comment on. So if you can spare two and a half hours a week, or more, please go along to the shop and sign up. It is a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience which is not difficult to do. There is always somebody on hand to help and train you. The shop is doing well, but we are always looking for more customers, so please tell your friends to come along and if you have not yet visited, do please come along and visit us, where you will receive a very warm welcome. Win a car with the Great Ellingham Recreation New Build Project To help raise the necessary funds for this exciting project to provide the 1100 inhabitants of this vibrant village the committee has plans to build a new hall at an approximate cost of 1million. To help with that East Anglia Leisure directors are planning a competition to raise vital funds. The Competition is a Penalty Shoot Out where players select 5 locations from a 6x6 goalmouth grid. Each line costs 2 and the prize is a VAUXHALL ADAM SLAM 1.4i in brilliant yellow and black. The winner has the option to upgrade if required. The suppliers are Thurlow Nunn. To access the competition rules and entry form please go to www.greatellingham.org.uk/penalty. There will also be an event at Sainsburys, Attleborough on Saturday 28th June where the car will be on display and players can do so in cash or by cheque if they prefer not to go on line. It is hoped we can secure a date for The Forum, Norwich later in July. Your help is very much needed. Please support the New Build Project and who knows you may win this fabulous car. Friends of Shipdham School Summer Fete The Friends of Shipdham School will be holding their Summer Fete and Car boot Sale in the school grounds on Saturday 12th July from 1pm - 4pm. We have lots of stalls and attractions planned including Arena Displays, Craft Stalls, Bouncy Castle and Slide, Tea Cup Ride, Hog Roast, Beer Tent, Archery, Games, Tombola, Refreshments and lots more. If you would like a craft stall or car boot pitch we still have space available, please contact us via email at friendsofshipdhamschool@gmail.com, leave us a message via the school office, 01362 820300 or contact us via our Facebook page. News from Great Hockham Primary School
A wonderful June is almost over with July and end of term heading our way. We will be very sad to see our Year 6 children leave flying the nest of school and off on the next step of their exciting educational journey to high school. The end of term will be filled, as ever, with a talent show, leavers prom, leavers lunch and the leavers service in the church. The schools community event took place in June. The evening was attended by many, representing groups, businesses and other relevant parties. The Year 6 children were proud to show the visitors around, and gave a wonderful commentary about the school. The working groups throughout the evening looked thoughtfully at the future thinking about what changes will need to happen, and how we can work together as a community to manage and support each other through this. The chair of governors, Helen Thomas-Jones, closed the evening with a thank you speech, and promoting the importance of governors, as well as sponsorship to help us, financially, secure the future. There are still opportunities to be involved, so if you were unable to attend or would like to make contact with the school, please call or email the school office. We look forward to the outcomes of the event, thinking about the next steps for us all. As we see out the end of the school year we also look ahead to the beginning of the next academic year. September brings about some changes, but for the good. We will have nursery children (aged 3+) joining us at school. There are still some spaces available if you and your child would like to join with us here at Great Hockham.
Diabetes UK Our June meeting was was rated as very good by our members! We were entertained and sometimes amazed by our speaker Graham Davey. He is an antique dealer and a collector of weird and wonderful objects* and he brought with him several items, some unusual and some made of strange materials. We were able to handle some of these items and tried to guess a) what they were, b) what could they could be used for and c) what were the objects made of. This in turn led to some interesting discussions and laughter. It has been unanimously agreed that we would like to invite Graham, (and his lovely wife), back to see us again next year. At our next meeting on July 14th, our speaker will be Radha Chilleystone, Podiatrist, a regular visitor to us. We meet at the Pentecostal Church, Watton, (and we thank them for the generous use of their facilities) at 10.15am. For details of this or any of our meetings please phone Helen, 01953 884713, leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible. * So obviously he was extremely interested in John!! July 2014 The Wayland News Page 7 Carnival this year was a little different for us because we had our Weeze Twin Town families here at the same time which was a bit hectic but very enjoyable. Our Carnivals are quite a lot different to the Weeze Carnivals and our visitors were very happy to carry our Twinning Banner and walk in the parade, they also joined in and helped us on our Tombola and Gone to the Dogs games. The day was certainly a different experience for them. On the evening before the Carnival we had Open House this is where we all get together and celebrate another year of being twinned (our 27th year). With excellent weather the crowds certainly came out and made it a really successful Carnival day and we also had a successful, enjoyable time with our Weeze friends. Every year Cheryl Clayton from the Carnival Committee writes to all the Junior Schools in the Wayland Area asking for a 10 or 11 year old girl to take part as Carnival Princess or Attendant, when we have the names of 6 or 7 girls the Twinning Association then choose one girl to be Carnival Princess and the rest are her Attendants, we then along with their parents dress them in our white dresses, which we look after very carefully as they are now 27 years old and with 7 different colour sashes and matching headdresses (the Princess always wears red and a tiara) the girls look absolutely beautiful and get very excited when taking part in the festivities. Every year Alison at The Village Florist makes and donates the lovely bouquets that match their colours and the girls get to keep them as a memento of the day. Many thanks to Alison, the girls were delighted with them. Each year I take photographs of the girls singly and also with their parents. Each girl receives printed copies of both. The girls who took part this year were:- Sophie Bates (Princess), Faith Muggeridge, Olivia Bailey, Kimberley Townsend, Jasmine Bush, and Tia Mallows (Attendants) It was great to see Mike Wormalls lovely cars again this year, the Mayor of Watton John Rogers rode in a wonderful white vintage convertible followed by the Carnival Princess and her five attendants in a white open top London taxi. The girls were so excited about everything and had a truly magical day altogether. The ATC pipe and drum band were extremely good especially as they have only learnt to play the pipes this year. (WELL DONE TO ALL). The evening finished with all our helpers having a delicious Chinese meal together. A huge Thank You to my committee and all of our members for all their help in making the day the success that it was. Next year it is our turn to visit Weeze, two members of the Weeze Tambourcorp Band are looking for a twinning link in Watton, preferably two couples in their fifties, if you are interested in making a link with these families this would be the ideal time and opportunity to visit Weeze and meet the people and learn about their culture. Please contact me by telephone or e-mail below and I will give you more information about them. If you would like to know more about the Watton Twinning Association please contact me on 01953 883317 or magsdevine@tiscali.co.uk Margaret Devine (Chair) Watton Twinning Association Lef to Right: Jasmine Bush, Olivia Bailey, Tia Mallows, John Rogers ( Town Mayor), Sophie Bates (Princess), Kimberley Townsend and Faith Muggeridge. Inner Wheel Club of Watton The Inner Wheel Club of Watton held its AGM recently at the home of George and Judy Wilson. The formal business meetings were preceded by a delicious two course supper provided by out-going President Pam Challand. After the meal, the monthly Club meeting was held and the business included making final arrangements for the forthcoming annual Strawberry Tea and also allocating an impressive 1100 to various charities. This brings the total money donated to charity during the past Inner Wheel year to 3970 Inner Wheel members are grateful to all the people who supported the events which have raised this amazing amount. The Annual General meeting followed after a short break. Officers reports were submitted and adopted and the programme for the coming year was distributed. Presentations were made to retiring President, Pam Challand , retiring Treasurer, Pauline Baldry and Judy Wilson the hostess for the evening. Outgoing President Pam Challand handed over the Collar of Office to her successor, Brenda Davis, (pictured right) and wished her well for the year ahead. On the previous Tuesday members, with their partners and friends, enjoyed a lovely day out in Suffolk visiting Lavenham in the morning and then taking a cruise on the Orwell Lady from Ipswich in the afternoon. The weather was glorious wall to wall sunshine all day and the Cream Tea on the boat was seriously scrumptious. A great time was had by all! Club activities tend to quieten a little during the Summer although more interesting outings are planned. However, come September and October, the Wheel starts turning again in earnest with a Gardeners Question Time on September 11th , the first of a new season of Lunchtime Concerts on October 1st. and a presentation entitled Marie Lloyd Queen of the Music Halls on October 17th. We look forward to welcoming Wayland News readers to any or all of these events. Lesley Cowling Club Correspondent. July 2014 The Wayland News Page 8 Bradenham's traditional village fete and car rally success
Bradenham Village Fete, Sports and Vintage Car Rally on bank holiday Monday was a huge success. Hundreds of families took advantage of the glorious weather and enjoyed taking part in the many activities to offer on the village green. The sun shone on all of us and we had the most successful Fete ever. Successful, not just because we raised over 4,000, but because of the huge numbers attending and fantastic atmosphere. Everyone I spoke to thoroughly enjoyed the day. Yes there were the usual grumbles about queues and things running out but most people were generally having a good time and the day was a success. Funds were also raised for the Norfolk Air Ambulance service from many generous voluntary contributions. Sports Day Prizes (and record winners) George Tufts Shield 1st, Alistair Raper & Joe Taylor; 2nd, Adam Thacker & Lewis Watts Fountain Shield 1st, Joe Taylor; 2nd, Adam Thacker Kathleen Lord Sheild 1st, Georgie Grey & Robyn Joseph; 2nd, Alice Hart Jean Tufts Shield 1st, Joe Taylor; 2nd, Jake Wilford Grand Draw prizes: 100 Helen Modart, 50 Mrs Dixon, 25 Dee Ruppert 5John Allen, 5 John Tufts, 5Derek Rant, 5T. Ladge, 5 S. Tagg Congratulations to all our Sports Winners and many thanks to Jo, Ruth, Jenny, Suzie and Lizzie Ostler for running the sports for us again so successfully. Thank you to Huey for organising the spectacular display of vintage cars, bikes, tractors and army vehicles. The numbers grow every year and attract such a good natured crowd. A big thank you for everyone who helps, year after year and even more thanks to some who have said this will probably be their last year. Thank you for many years hard work. It was great to see not only new faces helping this year but younger faces. Tin-Can Cooking On Thursday 12th June 2nd Watton RAF Brownies had our tin-can cooking night. The weather was good being dry, sunny and a lovely June evening just what we needed for our cooking outside. What we used is a baked bean tin with holes in it to let the air into the tin. We then had a tile on the ground to stand our tins on. The tins were turned upside down so we could put our tee-light under the tin to light it, putting a little oil on the tin, before putting our bacon on it. Yes, it does work surprisingly well! Halfway through the cooking the girls turned their bacon over with a cocktail stick. When cooked the girls had a roll and had tomato sauce on it and enjoyed eating it. They had their drinks to wash it down. The Brownies thoroughly enjoyed themselves you can tell by their smiling faces, and singing brownie songs. This evening we were helped by a member of the Trefoil Guild, which was a great assistance to our pack. They are still within the Guiding Movement and help out when they are needed at different events. Thank you for your help. If your daughter should be interested in joining Brownies then do give us a call on 01953 882992. Our age group is between7-10 years old. We have lots of fun and interesting activities that we do. We meet on a Thursday evening at the Blenheim Centre, Tedder Close, Watton. Wayland Chamber at the Carnival The committee of the Wayland Chamber of Commerce ran a game at the Watton Carnival on 8th June, promoting local member businesses whilst raising money for Age UK Norfolks dementia awareness campaign. Chamber Chairman, Paul Adcock, said We had a fantastic time at the carnival. Several Committee members helped at various times during the day and we raised 105 for Age UK Norfolk towards helping raise awareness of the difficulties faced by those living with dementia in our community. This is particularly important for local businesses who deal directly with the public, whether face-to-face or on the telephone. First and second prizes of a family ticket for Go Ape and a giant teddy Bear were won by Mrs Val Winter and Mr Paul Short. The Wayland Chamber also sponsored the stage at the event. Right Paul Adcock, JanGodfrey and Michael Wassell on the Chamber stall Little Acorns Playgroup
Sunday 8th June was a glorious hot and sunny day for Watton Carnival. We had a tombola stall to raise funds for our group so we could purchase new toys and equipment for the children. The good weather brought out lots of people to support us and we raised a grand total of 210.40 As the summer holidays are getting closer some of our children have been visiting their new school before starting in September. We send them our best wishes and hope they settle in well. If anyone has a child who is 2 years old or soon will be we have places available for September. We run from the front hall of the Youth & Community Centre, Harvey Street, Watton 8.45am to 11.45am Monday to Friday term time only. For more information please call in and see us or give us a ring on 07843772712 or alternatively call Angie on 01953 883233 or Dawn on 01953 881382. The Wayland News Page 9 July 2014 On 5th of May, 48 members of the Watton U3A went on holiday to The Isle of Wight. We visited Carrisbrooke Castle, the prison of King Charles I, and the history museum run by an independent charitable trust. The museum was founded by HRH Princess Beatrice, Queen Victorias youngest daughter, as a memorial to her husband Prince Henry of Battenberg. We took a trip on The Isle of Wight steam railway in one of the beautifully restored Victorian/ Edwardian trains, which gave us an idyllic view of the islands unspoilt countryside. We visited the Waltzing Waters, which dance to music, The Needles, and a donkey sanctuary. On our last day some of the members visited Osborne House and gardens, Island home of Queen Victoria and Albert, a splendid house with many rooms full of wonderful treasures and paintings. On our way home we stopped at Browns Restaurant in Windsor where we had a most enjoyable lunch. Our thanks go to Ron Upton and his wife Margaret for organising such an interesting and enjoyable holiday. Our speaker at the meeting on 29th May was Dennis Powell, who managed a cinema in Norwich in the 1950s. He presented a talk on Cinema from Earliest Beginnings. He explained how things developed over the years until the advent of the talkies in 1927, and the heyday of cinema in the 1930s to the decline of cinema in 1953 when there was an explosion of TV sales, as people wanted to watch the Queens Coronation. This badly affected cinema audiences, and the rest as they say is history. Alans pub lunch group will meet at The Millwright in Toftwood, on Thursday 10th July. Brians group will be meeting at The Garden Centre in Bawdswell, on Tuesday 29th July. Susan Pages gardening group will be visiting Blickling Lodge at Blickling on Sunday 6th July. The next monthly meeting will be on Thursday 24th July when Tom Ormiston will be presenting The Work of BLESMA, The British Limbless Association. For further information on The National U3A go to www.u3a.org.uk Watton & District University of the Third Age Carbrooke Heritage Group The weather did us proud on Friday June 6th, when we welcomed Carbrooke descendants, John and Dorothy Johnson from Michigan USA, whose ancestors were James and Elizabeth Sayer, born in the late 1700s. They had a large family. John is descended from their son William, who emigrated to America to start a new life in 1840s, which must have been quite an undertaking, leaving a quiet little village in Norfolk, everything he knew, and travel across the world into the unknown! James and Elizabeth had another son Henry and one of his sons left for London. Patti Moore was also able to join us. She is descended through Henry, and hoping to move back to Carbrooke. John, Dorothy and Patti were delighted to meet each other, and discuss their connections. Sayer is quite a common name in this area, so if you have that name in your family, perhaps you are related too. We were also able to welcome Anthony and Phyllis Boddy, from Harwich, whose ancestor (Anthony Boddy) was also born in Carbrooke, and his father was a Shepherd at Shipdham Road ( Tun Moore in 1851). We started the day, by attending the Community Assembly at the school, and as the date coincided with the D-Day Landings, Mr King explained the importance of the events to the children. We were then shown around the school, and how much it has changed since Anthony Boddy would have attended in the 1850s, soon after it was built as a single roomed building! We followed this by a look around the church, and John and Dorothy were able to visit the grave of their ancestors. We had a quick look around the village and then Mr and Mrs Johnson visited Woodrising where they also have connections. A most enjoyable get together was held in the Village Hall at 2pm over tea and refreshments, as local residents arrived and we chatted about Carbrooke in past times. Although our older residents lived here during the first part of the 20th century, Carbrooke life was probably more similar then to what it had been 200 years earlier, than what it is today. Thank you to everyone who took part, it is great to be able to show off our village like this, and the visitors were very appreciative, we presented them with local books and information. Next meeting: Wednesday 9th July 7pm in the Church. All welcome to our informal meetings. We are also hoping for another visit to Norwich Records Office on Wednesday 2nd July, contact me if you are interested in going. Still seeking local information relating to WW1 . Web: www.carbrookehistory.co.uk Email: history@carbrookehistory.co.uk Facebook: Carbrooke History and Heritage From: Angela Weatherill Dorothy & John Johnson by Carbrooke grave of ancestors Christian Aid in Watton
Once again the people of Watton have shown great generosity in their support of Christian Aid. Envelopes were distributed in the churches and members were invited to make a donation themselves and ask a friend to do likewise. A street collection was held on Wednesday 14th May and a total of 16 people took a turn with a collecting box at various strategic points in a High Street which was decorated with red Christian Aid balloons. The box collection realised 302:86. At the Christian Community Centre a selection of home made soups were on offer and these were enjoyed by around 80 people who donated a total of 382.80. A coffee morning at St.Marys Church added a further 160.13 to the coffers. As a result of all these efforts, plus the envelope collections, 1365.13 has been sent to Christian Aid. This amount will increase when the tax refund from gift-aided donations has been claimed. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this result possible. You can be sure that the money collected will be put to good use amongst the poorest communities of the world. Lesley Cowling July 2014 The Wayland News Page 10 BOSCH WAE24369GB 7Kg Load, 1200 Spin Washing Machine Efcient A+++ Ratng Super Quick 15 min Quickwash 24 Hour Timer Vario Perfect Opton 2 year Guarantee ONLY 329.99 Including FREE Delivery Installaton Disposal of your old machine 32 High Street, Waton 01953 881248 A member of: Making life just a litle bit easier! GREAT SERVICE - GREAT CHOICE and on your doorstep too! The Wayland News Page 11 July 2014 Bradenham & District Horticultural Society Our July meeting is also our annual Sweet Pea and Rose Competition and if that's not worth attending on its own we are also to have a talk entitled 'Rare, Interesting and Unusual Shrubs' by the returning and ever-popular Jim Paine from Walnut Tree Garden Nursery in Rocklands. If Jim's previous visits are anything to go by there'll be a bit of retail therapy as well. The meeting will be on Thursday 17th July in Bradenham Village Hall at 7.30pm. Any questions? Contact Marianne Kilmartin 01362 820744 Watton Evening Women's Institute Paul Bryant made a welcome return at a recent meeting. His talent as an artist cannot be challenged as he enthralled members and guests as he produced first a seascape picture and then one depicting flowers during the evening. They were both raffled and two excited members went home with the results. As usual we took part in Watton Carnival with its Fairytale theme, three or four pink fairies attracting a good number of visitors to our Tombola stall and bran tubs for the children. What a great occasion it was? The diners club visited Babaco in the High Street this month enjoying a excellent meal whilst the venue for June is Broom Hall. Craft club members have been producing some lovely work and great ideas. In July we are pleased to welcome Rachelle Duffield who returns to Watton this time as Queen Victoria. She will speak about the Queens wardrobe before gradually dressing in the style of the day. New members and visitors are always welcome, just come along to the Community Centre by 7.30pm or for further details ring Hazel Gillingham on 01953 881510. A Quick Look Round By ORBITER Without doubt the biggest story of recent weeks concerned the local elections, and the success of the UKIP party. This was hardly a surprise in view of the recent talks about trying to disentangle our country from the EU. But many government officials have stressed the fact that only a relative few people chose to exercise their vote, and calls have been made to make voting compulsory. While it may appear that this would be able to produce a more accurate assessment of the feelings of the electorate, obviously there would be lots of individuals who would maliciously vote for the most unlikely candidates, or spoil their voting papers, with possibly disastrous outcomes. While voting used to be a most cherished entitlement, in recent years there has grown the feeling that elected members have less and less chance to air the views of their constituents, due to dictatorial methods used by central government, and thus local interest has diminished. There is also the bugbear of traditional voting. In many areas it is a case of if the family have always voted for, say, Labour, then nothing will change them, and no arguments in favour of any other party candidates will be even considered. With just a under a year to go before the next General Election we will be bombarded with all manner of suggestions for improving our world, and we will have to try to judge which party is most likely to fulfil its promises. Unfortunately, as with all elections, there will never be a unanimous result, so the outcome will be a disappointment to many. But thats life. Looking around in a different direction I see that there seems to be a real prospect of the driverless car, which sounds interesting. If this does come about, perhaps we wont have to travel so much ourselves. We would be able to telephone an order to Tesco, then send the car to pick it up, while we doze off in our armchairs. And there are many things to attract our imagination, such as will there be automatic signs in addition to winkers, to enable the car to vent its rage against any other one guilty of tail-gating or cutting up ? If it takes as long to introduce the driverless car as it has to popularise the all electric one, I doubt if many of us will still be around to see them. Much has been written in recent months about the decline in the number of birds in evidence these days, and, as usual the RSPB has put the blame on the poor old pussycat, which they say accounts for up to ten million songbirds each year. Of course they may well be right, but they also report a huge drop in the numbers of wading birds, and I am sure that the humble cat can have little to do with that. Whatever the cause there has certainly been a big drop in the number of birds in my garden, where they used to be queuing up at the feeders, but now only visit occasionally. On the subject of gardens, I read the articles in Wayland News by Lotta Potts and appreciate the many tips given therein, but after all consideration I still feel that the best thing in my garden is the good old Weed. Weeds will grow anywhere, they dont need watering, so you can go on holiday without worrying about them, they seed themselves, arent fussy as to the type of earth they are in, and you dont even have to go to the garden centre to get them, they sow themselves and come completely free. What more could a gardener want ? It is probably that Im old- fashioned, but am I the only one to think that the world has become scruffy ? It used to be the essence of the British Summer to watch the cricketers in their whites, but nowadays, at least in senior cricket, they turn out in the most ghastly coloured outfits, while the leading tennis players often look like tramps that have invaded the court. This may not apply so much at Wimbledon, who have a rule for kits to be predominantly white, though this does not seem to be strictly observed. And even the Prime Minister often wears no tie with a suit. Theres nothing really wrong with that, though we have always reckoned that the leaders should be distinguished from the underlings, thus the different uniforms for officers to separate them from Other Ranks in the armed forces. I have recently returned from a short break in Welsh Wales, travelling by coach, and the thing that impressed me most was that through the whole journey, which took in the counties of Cambridge, Leicester, Stafford, Chester and a bit of Lancs, only very rarely did we see any sign of human habitation. Obviously the motorways avoided the towns, but for miles and miles all that was to be seen was great expanses of open green fields, just occasionally with the odd farmhouse .All this unoccupied land made sense of the governments plans to build thousands of houses, though they seem to be concentrating on the South, which is over-crowded already. My few days in North Wales surprised me in that all the natives actually talked to each other in Welsh (in Scotland, for instance, only English is generally in use), and even the road signs are in duplicate with the Welsh to the fore and an English translation beneath, which was a good thing with all those place names (mostly seeming to include two Ls, as in Llanberris). In fact I became so used to seeing the double L, that on the way home when I saw a sign saying Drive Carefully I thought we had reached another Welsh town ! My whole visit was favoured with fine weather, so I can treasure the memory of sitting in the sun, enjoying that Welsh delicacy, an Iced Eddford. Good afternoon. Remember, remember the 5th of November this is obviously most associated with bonfire night and Guy Fawkes and his (misguided?) attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. However, this year, Wednesday November 5th will mark the 40th Anniversary since Watton Country Market (then the W.I Market) began trading. We are planning some special events in the run up to our Ruby Anniversary, with the culmination of events on the day itself. More details will be revealed over the next few months as things are finalised. During the past 4 decades an awful lot has changed, but what has stayed constant is the Country Market ethos of offering locally produced goods at attractive prices in a convivial atmosphere. With summer now here, there are plants aplenty on offer and soon the first of the new season fruit and veg will be available. Bakery, preserves and free range eggs are here all year round, as are a diverse range of handicrafts, knitting, wooden toys and greetings cards. Come in and see us at the Christian Community Centre. We are open every Wednesday from 8.30 until 11.30. All produce may be left for later collection (by 11.15 please). Refreshments are available, as always in the adjacent hall, courtesy of the church. Watton Country Market Coffee Morning at Queens Hall The ladies from Stow Bedon Church will be hosting a coffee morning at the Queens Hall Watton on Saturday 5th July. Homemade cakes, sausages rolls, ploughman's lunches from 12.15 Coffee and tea served from 9.30 till 1.30. Homemade jams and marmalades and a selection of gift items and books also on sale. All in aid of St Botolph's Church, Stow Bedon. West Norfolk Aviation Society The West Norfolk Aviation Society meets every first Tuesday of the month at 7-30pm in the Methwold Social Club and the speaker for the evening in July will be Chris Haliday who will be talking to us about his experiences with rockets. Guests are welcome. July 2014 The Wayland News Page 12 Summer Fayre Holme Hale Village Hall Saturday 19th July 12 Noon - 6pm Fun dog show, Tombola, BBQ all kinds of stalls, Birds of Prey, Tractors, Mini Club Plenty of things to do Music and Refreshments WHY TRABITZ A short story by Ken Knowles Henry woke up early and decided he needed to visit the bathroom, so he got up quietly so as to not rouse his sleeping wife. He suddenly remembered it was the first day of the new month, so in keeping with the old superstition he mouthed the words WHY TRABITZ. Way back , when he was about eight years old, his mother had told him that it brought good luck to say these words the very first thing on each new month, though it was some considerable time before he realised that what she had actually said was White Rabbits. At first he thought WHY TRABITZ must be a magic word like ABRACADABRA, since it was used to bring good luck, but when he found out the expression was actually using ordinary words, he wondered how they could really work. Nevertheless, with his mother reminding him as each new month came round, he joined in with the general belief, and usually managed to utter the words as soon as he awoke on the first morning, though naturally there were times when he forgot completely, or remembered just too late and said something else first. Perhaps it was those occasions that were followed by the minor mis-fortunes that befell him, such as grazed knees through tumbles in the playground. He recalled on time, when he had become a teenager and rather sceptical about all these superstitions, that he had deliberately refused to comply with the tradition, just to test its validity, and sure enough later that day he crashed on his bicycle and broke his wrist. Of course even that could have just been coincidence, so the safest way was to conform, and now seventy years or so later he still said White Rabbits the very first thing on the first day of every month. He made a quick calculation in his head twelve months each year, seventy five years, he must have said it, well, well. quite a lot of times (getting a bit rusty, he realised). Henry crept back into bed, and lay there waiting for his wife to wake up, and in due course she sat up, and looking at the clock, said Good heavens, is that the time ?. Henry was most surprised, for his wife rarely failed to say the magic words, but he said nothing, and hoped nothing ill was awaiting her. Then when his wife said she would get up and make some tea, Henry said that, no, he would make it, and when, after breakfast she went to get the ironing board out, Henry said to leave it to him, he would do the ironing. When she said she would go to Tesco, he insisted on driving her there, and pushing the trolley round the aisles, and in fact everything she started to do throughout the day was over-ruled by Henry, much to her puzzlement. Eventually it was time to go to bed, and she could contain her feelings no longer. Are you feeling alright ?, she asked him. Usually you plonk your fat bottom on that armchair, with your nose in your newspaper, or your eyes glued to the telly, and you dont lift a finger to help me, but today you seem to be falling over in your efforts on my behalf. Its a bit worrying, to say the least. Perhaps I should take you to see the doctor. No, Im quite O.K., its just that I was a bit worried that something might happen to you, as you forgot to say White Rabbits when you woke up this morning. Oh, I didnt forget, you daft old fool. The 1st. isnt till tomorrow ! Shipdham & District Book Group The Book discussed in May was This isnt the sort of Thing That happens to Someone Like You . This was promoted as a collection of short stories set in the Fens. It read as a book of notes, lists and ideas with few recognisable stories with a beginning , middle and end, most might be described as jottings. One or two were set in what the Fens but many were further north indicating the author shares the common misconception that the whole of the large county of Lincolnshire and surrounding areas are the flat fenland drained by dykes and cuts. Many of the places named are distinctly undulating and some comparatively hilly. The general verdict from the members who managed to read the whole book was depressing. Looking for something positive one said it was alright to dip in and out of when sitting around on hospital waiting rooms, another thought it was the literary equivalent of the Modern art as typified in the Turner Prize or an impressionistic view as see through a childs eyes . The same member drew our attention to a spark of humour. Overall as our first venture into this genre it was disappointing. On 18th June we discussed The Thread by Victoria Hislop. The novel is about Greeces second city Thessaloniki beginning in 1917 when there is an even distribution of Muslims, Jews and Christians living and working in harmony. 30 years later only Christians remain. The story is told through the lives of two people who live through the political turbulence, war, fire and catastrophe bringing it up to date until 2007. The majority of members loved this book, several having read it for the second time. It was agreed that Hislop researches in great detail including the references to fabric, tailoring and dressmaking, the background of many characters. Those who knew the basic history surrounding the break up of the Ottaman Empiire and rise of Ataturk together with the invasion of Greece by the Germans in World War II felt that this put the flesh on the bones so to speak. We learnt much about the lives of ordinary people caught up in this, many losing homes, loved ones, forced to flee and worse. One dissenting voice felt that there was too much research, it was over plotted and she did not finish it. The discussion then opened up to the fate of the Jews throughout history, persecuted and massacred including here in Norfolk; the continual displacement of people through war and invasion; the lot of women often forced for their own survival to marry men they found repulsive who were often violent and the destruction of lives through the craze for power whether it be political or religious in its source. The conclusion was that humanity has learnt little and this evil continues. We are now even more aware of it through modern media. The book for discussion on 16th July is The Hundred Year Old Man who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Who Cares?
We Care, and we truly believe God Cares.
Who Cares? Is a mission initiative around the biggest national survey this year asking one question What hurts you the most? or put another way Whats the one thing in life you find hardest to handle? All kinds of groups in Watton will be invited to help with responding to this question over the two months of June and July, launched at the Watton Carnival on Sunday 8th June. On the afternoon of Wednesday 30th July, well have 20 young delegates in Watton from the Newday annual conference held at the Norfolk and Norwich showground. They will be helping to increase the number of people we can ask. The response to this question will be kept anonymous, but to give age bracket and gender will help in the analysis. The responses will be entered on a special computer database with Wattons code. A feedback report will be generated and returned to Watton Churches Together. Well then be prayerfully considering how we respond positively and actively to what has been raised. In the meantime, were already praying for Gods direction for all of us taking part. Who Cares? We care and we truly believe God cares and we want Him to inspire how we can show that more and more, as we reach out empowered by His love. If you would like to join us at Watton Churches Together gatherings, as we take part in the Who Cares? county-wide initiative, forming part of the HOPE 2014 mission throughout the country, please contact the Revd Gerry Foster 01953 881439. Its a wonderful opportunity to go forward with our Mission Statement: Reaching out with the power and love of Jesus in a caring, family atmosphere. Caston VA Primary School
The summer term is always a busy time of year, with lots of events and trips. Please see below for a sample of our school life here at Caston VA Primary School. Birthdays: We would like to congratulate the following children who have a birthday in June: Izac Price, Charlie Cockerill, Aimee Fowler, Junior Allen, Sophie Cooper and Harrison Downing. July: Annika Hargreaves, Ashton Cockerill, Liam Gwillim, Ryan Aldis, Craig Gwillim and Brandon Woodhouse. Sharing our learning assembly (S.O.L.A) We welcomed parents/ carers to our SOLA assembly for Kingfishers Class in June. These SOLAs are an overview of the learning over the half term (not a big formal performance but a chance for the children to share their learning from the classroom). We look forward to the Seagulls SOLA in July, based on their current Seaside Topic. Father Bob Father Bob will be re- starting Pray and Play in July, due to demand. We welcome him into school for these sessions. They are for pre-school age children and anyone in the local area is most welcome to attend. They will start on Wednesday 2nd July from 10.15 -11.30am in the school hall. Catering Parents and carers have been able to sample our new catering contractor EATs this term as we have been offering the opportunity to join your child for lunch. We look forward to extending these to the local community in the new academic year. Golden Mile The Golden Mile programme is up and running in school and the children are really enjoying the challenge. The children have run 455.73 miles since the start of this programme this summer term. Well done Seagulls and Kingfishers Classes. Cluster Sports We have a very busy term of Cluster sports this summer term from football, to Multi skills to the Wayland Olympics. We wish all our children the very best for the competitions. School Council - Fundraiser - Chicks for sale The School Council have chicks for sale as one of our school Bantam chickens laid 16 eggs and we are most fortunate to have 10 chicks as a result; 10 per chick. Please register your interest with the school office (tel: 01953 483304). All proceeds to the playground games fundraising as decided by the school council. School Garden - plants...can you help? We are setting up a school garden this term with support from Wayland Academy and Mrs Dunnett. If there are any keen gardeners out there in the local area who would be willing to help in our garden (subject to DBS checks) please contact the school office. In addition, if anyone has any spare fruit/vegetable plants and would be willing to donate them to school, we would be very grateful. Thank you. Walk to school week We were fortunate to have permission to park in the village hall car park for this event. We would like to thank the parents and carers who made use of this facility and to the village hall for their permission to support us in encouraging children to walk to school. Easyfundraiser We are registered with this service and can you raise money for us every time you shop online with Amazon, M&S, Tesco and many more! Please see the link below. Thank you. http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ causes/castonprimary New Website We have a new site up and running, please see: http://www.caston.norfolk.sch.uk/ Facebook Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ caston.norfolk.sch.uk
July 2014 The Wayland News Page 13 Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for July St. Marys Church, Watton www.stmaryswatton.org 1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion 2nd Wednesday Morning Worship Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm Tel: 01953 881252 margaret@churchadm.freeserve.co.uk Sun 6th 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Holy Communion Sun 13th 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Holy Communion Sun 20th 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Holy Communion Sun 27th 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Worship 12 Noon Holy Baptism 6.30pm Choral Evensong
Watton Methodist Church www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and prayer between 10.15am & 11.30am Its your quiet place. At 10.30 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member. Minister: Deacon S Sowerby 01953 881035 Sun 6th Church Anniversary 10.45am Mr J Winner 6.30pm Mrs J Roebuck Sun 13th 10.45am Rev. D Greenaway Holy Communion 6.30pm Rev V Spencer Sun 20th 11.00am Deacon S Sowerby 6.30pm Mrs E Warby Sun 27th 10.45am Mrs A Fox 6.30pm Miss J Woor
Pentecostal Church, Dereham Road, Watton Children have their own programme during the Sunday morning services on 6th, 13th & 27th Sun 6th 10.30am (Zambia) Stories from the Mission Field Sun 13th 10.30am (Zambia) Stories from the Mission Field Sun 20th 10.30am Next Steps Family Service Sun 27th 10.30am (India) Stories from the Mission Field
Roman Catholic Community Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church
St. Nicholas Church, Ashill Tuesdays at 10.00am Holy Communion Sun 6th 9.30am Lay Led Morning Worship Sun 13th 9.30am Family Holy Communion Sun 20th 9.30am Morning Worship Sun 27th 9.30am Holy Communion
St. Georges Church, Saham Toney Sun 6th 11.00am Lay Led Morning Worship Sun 13th 11.00am Family Holy Communion Sun 20th 11.00am Morning Worship Sun 27th 11.00am Holy Communion & Holy Baptism
S.S. Peter & Pauls Church, Carbrooke Sun 6th 10.30am Family Holy Communion Sun 13th 10.30am Morning Worship Sun 20th 10.30am Holy Communion Sun 27th 10.30am Lay Led Morning Worship
St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington Sun 6th 6.00pm Missa de Angelis Sung Communion Service Sun 20th 10.30am Lay Led Morning Worship Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham, Griston, Merton, Stow Bedon & Thompson Worship Calendar for July Sunday 6 th July3 rd Sunday after Trinity 10:30 am United Holy Communion Griston
Sunday 13 th July4 th Sunday after Trinity 9:00 am Matins (BCP) Merton 10:30 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon
Sunday 20 th July5 th Sunday after Trinity 9:00 am Matins (BCP) Gt. Hockham 10:30 am United Holy Communion Thompson
Sunday 27 th July6 th Sunday after Trinity 9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton 10:30 am United Holy Communion Breckles
Sunday 3 rd August7 th Sunday after Trinity 10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston
Watton area Food Bank donations received at all regular Sunday morning services
PRAY AND PLAY Wednesdays, 10:15 am, Caston Primary School Hall For those of all our parishes with children aged 0-5 Worship with kiddies Christian songs; social & play time
THE WAY YOUTH GROUP (ages 11+) Sunday, 6 th July, 7:00 pm, Rectory Friday, 19 th July, with other Church youth groups, 6 pm, Necton
Enquiries: Revd. Bob Nichols Tel.: (01953) 483222; Email: revbobnichols@gmail.com
All Saints Church, Threxton Sunday 6th July 10am All Welcome WATTON BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Wed 2nd July Annual Summer Outng Mon 21st July 12 for 12.30pm Lunch at Griston Wagon & Horses Dance Away at the Queens Hall Ballroom, Latn and Sequence dancing July 5th, August 2nd, September 6th 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. admission 4 St Marys Church, Watton Saturday 12 th July at 7pm Renowned Musician Philip Aldred with Dolce Singers in Concert Something for every musical taste In aid of the Organ Refurbishment Fund
Tickets 7.50 to include seasonal light refreshments From the Church Office 01953 881252 or Adcocks Electrical Shop, High Street, Watton Thought For The Month by Pastor Neil Starling, Watton Pentecostal Church When I was growing up, I really did not like mushrooms. They looked grey, slimy and unappetizing, and I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to eat them! The rest of my family told me they were delicious, but I was not convinced. The fact is, I had never actually tasted them, but I couldn't imagine I could possibly like them. Then one day I had a meal which had mushrooms in. By the time I had realised what I was eating it was too late - and I discovered that I was actually enjoying them. Now I love just about any meal that contains mushrooms! Many people dismiss God as 'not for me', without actually finding out what it means to have a relationship with God. Many times I have heard people say things like 'Religion is fine if that's what you want, but I don't need it', or 'God is irrelevant in modern society' or other such statements. But in the Book of Psalms it is written: Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Psalm 34 verse 8) It is only by entering into a true relationship with God that we can really discover that He is real, and that He is good, loving, forgiving, compassionate, righteous and just. But how can we enter into that relationship? We can do so by asking God to forgive us for all the wrong things we have done in the past, and recognising that we can receive that forgiveness because Jesus took the punishment we deserved when he died on the cross. Be assured that God will not turn you away - in the Bible God says: You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13) I wish I had discovered the pleasures of eating mushrooms much earlier, but at least I enjoy them now! I have tasted, and seen that they are good! God is good, in so many ways. His love is a transforming love, changing lives for the better. But don't take my word for it - taste and see for yourself! Shellrock Circle Club For The Over 50'S of Rocklands and the surrounding villages. Venue: The Village Hall, The Street, Rocklands. On Wednesday the 11th of June the club enjoyed a Bring and Buy sale which helped to sell a few of the items donated for the Spring Fete. A reasonable sum was achieved and then the afternoon continued with a quiz which Margaret (our Quiz Master) assured us would not be "too hard." This was won by Reg & Gillian Ellis of Attleborough. A few rounds of "Hoi" was played as most people seem to like playing this game. This was won by Mrs. Gerry Dunning of Shropham. The competition for the letter "N" was represented by items as diverse as nettles to necklaces. The necklace of Audry Kirby of Rocklands was the winner. Next month's letter will be for the letter "O."THIS IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO ANYONE READING THIS ARTICLE and have been thinking of coming along to see if they would like to join our club. On the 9th of July we will be entertained by Mr. Tony Barker with his musical instruments, songs and jokes. What better way to spend a summer afternoon. Meet old friends, make new ones, and be entertained at the same time. Entrance is just 2 at the door and this includes tea/coffee and biscuits. Doors open at 2pm and the activities end at 4pm. Hope to see you soon. Allyson Blandford (Sec) contact phone No. 01953 488103. The Wayland News Page 14 July 2014 In Your Garden With Lotta Potts As the old red top tabloids used to say 'Phew What a Scorcher'. Well the early part of June was just that but it went a bit downhill. All the plants that had taken advantage of the wet winter had a surge of growth once it got hot. It all looked wonderful if a little wild and woolly. Then it cooled down and got a bit damp so if that continues we shall be looking out for potato blight. This occurs when we get a 'Smith Period' of warm humid weather. Who Smith was I have no idea. For those of us who are growing spuds for the first time it starts off as inoffensive brown spots on the potato leaves. Then it spreads rapidly from leaf to leaf. At this point cut off all the foliage down to just below the ground as once it gets into the stems it shoots down into the tubers and you'll lose them. Blight will also attack tomatoes and again remove any affected foliage. If the weather is wet before you notice blight you can spray potatoes and tomatoes with Bordeaux mixture which is readily available. Unfortunately it needs to be done every two weeks until mid-August and after rain. That could be quite a lot! The other plan would be to grow tomatoes under cover if you can and to grow early potatoes which are normally harvested before blight. Second earlies are a bit at risk but will keep under ground for a little while after the foliage is removed and main-crop are most at risk but unless you have a particular variety in mind they are so cheap it makes you wonder if they are worth the effort. Added to which greengrocers and supermarkets are selling them marked for variety, rather than just 'reds' or 'whites'. The other essential in the veg plot is to keep it well watered. If any veg is subject to a 'stop-go' situation it will deteriorate and the crop will be well- nigh inedible. A boring job but if you want good crops it has to be done. Hanging baskets are the worst offenders for drying out whether they have tomatoes, herbs or ornamentals in them so the only way to rescue them is to dunk them in buckets of water so they absorb the moisture properly. This applies to small pots and containers but large containers need to have water dripped into the middle then as it is absorbed pour a little quicker. The other hint with water is to spray runner beans that won't set as humidity helps. Runners are notorious for requiring huge amounts of water up to advice that they should be watered even in the rain. I love brassicas and butterflies. I don't love caterpillars so that's a bit of a problem. I have found the best thing is to net the cabbages etc. while butterflies are about and hope they can lay their eggs on nettles in somebody else's garden. Not too charitable I know and I also know that butterflies are fussy about the nettles they use. However, not being a naturalist I just hope they find some to suit. Flowers should be dead-headed regularly, particularly those in containers. Sweet peas should be live headed ie picked for vases just about every day as once those furry little pods get going the plants have done their job and stop flowering so keep them picked. If you are growing for show then they need to be grown up individual canes and every time they reach the top take them down, run them along the ground and up another cane. Also they need to have the tendrils removed so have to be tied in. The results are spectacular but it's a bit labour intensive. Once a patch of flowers has finished it might be a good idea to cut the stems and foliage back as some plants will give you a new flush later in the summer. Irises are a prime example and now is the time to divide them as well. Ease the plant out of the ground with a fork but don't spike the rhizomes. The clump is then pulled apart and discard all the oldest parts from the middle then divide up the healthy young bits that were round the edge. Cut the foliage down by half and put two or three new plants back so that the rhizomes lie along the ground with only the roots and half the body buried. They need a good baking to produce flowers next year. The big perennials such as lupins and delphiniums need to have the flower spikes removed once they've gone over. You could, of course, cut them while in full flower and enjoy them indoors. Again, there's a good chance that they'll produce a small flush later on. Once you have harvested or cut back you have spare ground so why not sow some seeds? Cottage gardens always had fruit trees, veg and flowers all growing together. It's not as easy as it looks but fill up the ground and it will look like that. Not if you want a regimented ordered garden! Things to sow now include main-crop carrots, lettuce, spring cabbage, kohl rabi, turnips, endive, oriental leaves and anything else you have been succession sowing. It's as well to water this ground before sowing and sprinkle a little fertilizer to give it all a boost. Some roses need to be pruned this month. All the climbers, ramblers, old- fashioned and shrub roses that only produce one flush of flowers usually finish by the end of July. These are the ones to prune except the varieties that are grown mainly for their autumn hips. Basically it's a case of hard pruning the varieties that make lots of growth (mainly ramblers) to keep them within their framework but the smaller varieties just need a bit of a tidy. The roses should have more detailed instructions but if all else fails you can refer back to the grower or retailer. Modern bush roses dont need summer pruning but do need dead-heading. This can seem like pruning as to dead- head tidily usually involves removing quite a bit of stem with the old flower, back to a leaf or bud. The other pruning that gives people headaches is wisteria. It will run riot and attempt to take over the roof and wheedle its way into the loft. If you have a wisteria it's the one plant you can't neglect when it comes to pruning. If it's to grow against a wall make sure you put in horizontal wires then train the stems along until it's covered as much wall as you want. In July cut back the long, whippy tendrils back to 6 (15cm) to stop it going everywhere. It should build up short flowering spurs. Whilst cutting the whippy bits back cut the main stems back to their limit on the wire. It will continue to make growth during the season and will need cutting back again in mid-winter. It's very hard to kill by pruning. You might lose flowers a year after July pruning if you get it wrong hard to see how but persevere. You can also train wisteria into a standard by letting it twine up a strong stake then keep stopping the new shoots until it forms a dense head. If you do this it will still need to be pruned now but at least it's more accessible. The grass will need to be cut regularly but if we do get a lot of hot weather don't cut too short or even leave it until it's had a wet. Don't waste water on it as grass will recover from crispy brown to green very quickly after rain. We're coming up to the holiday season which I'll go into in more detail next time but if you need to go now pick all the veg that's ripe and freeze it, cut the flowering plants down a bit and bribe next door to water and pick flowers and veg. Beware of having hanging baskets and containers at the front in case you can't persuade anyone to look after them. It's a bit of a give away if they suddenly disappear or die. On the other hand, if you are at home this month do keep weeding. Ashill and Holme Hale Garden Club How different our gardens looked in spring and early summer this year compared with the long cold spring of 2013. However, how do we keep the beds and borders full of interest as we move into August and beyond? How do we fill the gaps left by the earlier flowering plants. Shelagh Ashe, a garden design consultant from Sparham, gave a truly inspirational talk at our May meeting on this subject. Tree and shrub gardens are the easiest to maintain. Whereas the perennial border, favoured by large estates with many gardeners, requires the highest maintenance. Shelagh concentrated, therefore, on the mixed border, which is the average gardener's choice, and illustrated her presentation with photographs of many different designs. Firstly, we looked at structure. A good yardstick is 'does the garden look good in February'. Texture and shape are just as important as colour. Evergreen foliage is always useful and spring bulbs are, of course, the first 'gap fillers'. For later colour plant sedum, fuschia, penstemon and asters next to spring and summer flowers. Penstemon should be cut down to about 6 inches in April and sedum chopped by a third in May to encourage sturdy stems and late flowering. For the front of border use plants which hold their foliage well, which will disguise gaps behind it. Suggestions for plants in full sun where herbaceous geranium or dianthus. While for shade try hostas, heucheras or begonias. Other ideas included late flowering deciduous grasses, vegetables with coloured leaves, such as ruby chard, and, in dry shade cyclamen or white periwinkle. Pelagoniums in pots placed in gaps are very handy, especially when the ground can be baked in August, as they need little watering. Even interestingly shaped empty pots or ornaments can be effective. Finally there are climbers which flower late in the season. Shelagh recommended the vitacella group of clematis. They are hardy, often free flowering and easy to prune as they can be cut right down in February. A succession of flowering could be delphiniums followed by perennial pea and then clematis. What a wonderful spectacle that conjures up. Thursday 24th July: Dr Ian Bedford 'Silent Invasion' Thursday 28th August: AGM, Vegetable show and 10th anniversary meeting.
A full house at Ovington Flower Festival On the 24th May Breckland Js and the Harmonettes sang to a full church surrounded by beautiful flower arrangements arranged by the local residents in Ovington. The Breckland Js sang their full programme of songs. This included solos and 2 part harmony. They were also joined by the Harmonettes (ladies quintet) to sing Rule the World and Lean on Me. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the concert and the Breckland Js were thrilled to help raise 2000 for the local community. Their next concert is on the 19th July at Wayland Academy 7pm - 9pm. Where they will be singing with the Breckland Harmony Choir, Harmonettes, dancing and singing acts from the Wayland Academy students to raise money to send a little girl with Cerebral Palsy to Disney Land to see the princesses. Look out for the posters in town (below). Thank you to everyone who helped in any way towards the success of the Ovington Flower Festival and to the many people who visited raising the grand total of 2,000. Keeping local tradition alive, the long established event of Watton Carnival took place on Sunday receiving support from local organisations and businesses. The sun beat down on Watton High Street and hundreds of people took to the street. The day started with open air morning worship which was lead by Tina Pawsey and was a great church's together effort with lively praise and songs and very well attended. Cllr John Rogers the newly elected Town Mayor performed the opening and was delighted by the event's community spirit and support and at how well attended the free children's attraction 'Spider Mountain' which was sponsored by Watton Town Council, with hundreds of children using it throughout the day. Heading the parade was the 864 (Watton) Squadron, Air Training Corps Pipes and Drums Band. closely followed by two chauffeur driven vintage cars, courtesy of Breckland Belle Classic Carriages transporting the Town Mayor and the Carnival Princess Sophie Bates and her 5 attendants. The procession was larger than recent years and well attended by local groups. An array of vibrant fairytale costumes, from dragons to knights with a hoard of mascots from Arnies-Attics Fancy dress including Mickey Mouse, Iggle Piggle Peppa Pig and flowerpot men plus many more. There was live entertainment from Dale Bullimore (singer), The Indie 500's (Band) with a performance from Watton Pantomime Group, and belly dancing demonstration from Daughters of the East, plus storytelling by local children's entertainer Kevin Chilvers. Cheryl Clayton from the organisers said The organising committee have received positive feedback from stall holders and participants alike, and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Cheryl continued We would really like to thank our main sponsors this year, Watton Town Council, The Wayland Chambers of Commerce and Ridgeons Timber and Builders Merchants, and for the donation from Eastwood Catering and Consulting Ltd. There is a full photo gallery of the day on www.thebrecklandview.com The sun showed up and the crowds turned out at Watton Carnival please menton The Wayland News when shopping with advertsers! July 2014 The Wayland News Page 15 Watton Hockey Club is a thriving club and are looking to give something back to the community so over the summer we are offering free hockey coaching for anyone aged 6-60 every Thursday in August from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. For more details, contact the Club at the Sports Centre, Dereham Road, Watton or visit www.wattonhockey.co.uk or on Facebook Watton Hockey Club The Watton under-10 boys entered their first tournament in Dereham and an enjoyable time was had by all. The development girls play in a development league and finished in fourth, their highest ever position, after a tremendous season. Watton Hockey Club offering free coaching Watton Rotary Round Up June was a very busy month for Watton Rotary Club. At our first Thursday evening meeting of the month we presented our 2 annual vocational awards to the person and to the group that had shown exemplary dedication to an objective. Silvia Slaughter received the Individual Vocational Cup for her work masterminding the regeneration of Thomas Bullock Park in Shipdham. Recent visitors from Shipdhams twin town, Noyant la Gravoyre, had commented on the great improvements in over 30 years. The Group Vocational was received by Jane Lond-Caulk, leader of the Watton Hackers, Tackers & Stuffers group. Having been going for some years as a hobby, members of the group became involved with Project Linus, an organisation which aims to provide a sense of security and comfort to sick and traumatised babies, children and teenagers through the provision of new home made patchwork quilts and knitted/crocheted blankets. The group is now making and sending over 20 quilts a month to the NNUH as well as to Nelsons Journey, and Norfolks James Paget and QE2 hospitals. On 7th June we ran the coffee facility in the Queens Hall, a quiet morning raising some 96. Next day we had a straw tombola stall for Carnival day. We made 329.50 for Rotary supported charities, including WaterAid (a demonstration box was on display), and the End Polio Now campaign. Many thanks to Cheryl Clayton and her team for the excellent arrangements including the weather! The following Thursday we presented the prizes for our young designer competition, run within the curriculum for year 11 students of Wayland Academy. The winner was Charlie Read for his "Horror in Gotham" board game, which was judged to be meticulous in concept, detail and manufacture; in fact it was far beyond the syllabus brief. Charlie received a certificate and prize voucher for 30. The runners-up,
Pictures: Top - The Young Designer winners with teacher John Allott, President Roy and Coordinator David Branson. Below: Jane Lond-Caulk receiving the group cup & Silvia Slaughter receiving the cup from President Roy Challand. who received a certificate and 15 voucher each, were Sky Noble for her Japanese dress, and Caitlin Shaw for her African wedding dress. Both garments were cleverly conceived and beautifully produced. The end of the month sees the annual change of presidency: Francis Ulrych is taking over from Roy Challand. As it is our special year, our Diamond Jubilee, the handover meeting has been moved to the Queens Hall on Friday 27th June with an invited audience of paying guests. There will be a full report in the next issue. For further information about Watton Rotarys activities, including pictures of the winning young designers work, see our on-line almanac at www.wattonrotary.org,uk Martin Anscombe A funeral home in Watton is joining other funeral homes around the UK to help bring communities together as a mark of respect for the 100th anniversary of World War One which falls on August 4th. Breckland Funeral Services, 25 Norwich Road, Watton is appealing to the local community for any photos from the Great War, which can be carefully copied and displayed on a remembrance board in the funeral home, along with a short description, as a montage of remembrance for the whole community. Tanya Marwood, Manager of Breckland Funeral Services, said: We want to commemorate the huge sacrifice made by millions of men and women during the Great War and believe that by bringing people together in an act of remembrance and displaying local photos and artefacts, we can mark the anniversary of the Great War in a way that really means something to our whole community. If you have any WW1 photos which can be copied in for the display, along with some background information, please contact Laura Stevens at Breckland Funeral Services, 25 Norwich Road, Watton or call on 01953 881229. The Remembrance board will be displayed from August 4th, until November 11th, the anniversary of the end of World War one. Funeral home appeals for photos to mark WW1 anniversary The Wayland News Page 16 July 2014 THE WAYLAND NEWS Page space is allocated strictly on a frst come, frst served basis. Deadline is 12Noon on 16th of the month preceding publicaton and that is the last date and tme that copy will be considered for inclusion. Arrival of copy before deadline does not guarantee inclusion, if you wish to be certain your entry gets published, then please make sure it arrives in plenty of tme otherwise you may stll be disappointed. If you are submitng on paper you MUST sign and include your contact details with each item. If you do not, the item will NOT be published. You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908. You can write to 8 Princess Close, Waton IP25 6XA The e-mail address is julian@waylandnews.com Views expressed in artcles in The Wayland News are those of the contributors and may not refect the views of the publisher or printers. While every care and efort has been taken to ensure accuracy, the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions. This issue of the The Wayland News was published by: Julian Horn, 32 High Street, Waton IP25 6AE and printed by: Sharman & Company Ltd, Newark Road Peterborough PE1 5TD. Phone: 01733 424 949 WAYLAND EVENTS DIARY July Sat 5th Queens Hall Coffee Morning 9.30 till 1.30 hosted by Stow Bedon Ladies in Aid of the Church. Thurs 10th Coastal trip form Watton, See front page Sat 12th Philip Aldred with Dolce Singers in Concert at St Marys Watton. See article Page 3
August Sun 3rd Wayland Agricultural Show, Brandon Road, Watton.
Always read the articles for more events not listed here! May has seen the usual rush of fun activities, as usual the month commenced with the Wolfgang Escrima Pack training day, followed by all the preparations for the National Ishin Ryu Ju Jitsu competition held in Cambridge. The day got off to an early start with the younger students (pictured) opening the day. Honbu students Romeo Brennan, Rauiri Bruce and Artemis Bruce, all represented their dojo in the infant section, followed by Persephone Bruce, Grace Norcutt, Aston, Bradley and Ruby Green, Adam and Sam Lucas, George Ward, Cassius Francis and Joe Kemp competing in the junior section. Honbus teenagers also put out a strong representation with Sebastian Weatherill, Hayden and Mia South and Morgan Mcarthur all bringing home a medal. Well done to all those who took part. Students of the month for May goes to infant class, Ava HARRISON and junior class, Joseph KEMP. Well done to you both for you dedication and commitment to training. May has also seen a busy time with progress medals being awarded to :- Rebecca Bradbury, Kaine Sale, Rauiri Bruce, Conner Riches, Myles Staisorowski, Callum Lodge Xavier Harrison and Jack Whitlam News from Caston Dojo - Ishin Ryu Ju Jitsu Cum Grano Sallis (with a grain of salt) Ever since I crept past my three score years and ten. I have been inundated with offers of help to do things which hold no interest for me what so ever. I do not wish to Google, boogie, blog, divulge my personal problems or idiosyncrasies via Facebook, town crier or any other method. I have no desire to text, or E mail on any subject nor do I wish to receive them. I remember Spam with some affection. Sky diving is for the birds, I have not visited a cinema for thirty years or indeed watched a film. The current crop of actors are woeful, from the pale insipid young ladies to the whey faced young men who depend upon two days facial stubble to create an aura of maturity which even the whiz kids of computer technology cannot create. I do not need a television the size of a barn door and often wonder why those who do never have net curtains, but fortunately each to his own and I am able to follow my own interests without let or hindrance and am glad to report that I am having a wonderful time. Thank you. From the new owner of the Drome Garage Watton Hello, my name is Chris Nolan and I have recently taken over the Drome Garage, Watton. I would like to thank Geoff & Derek Angell for all their help to get me 'behind the wheel' of Drome Garage & I wish them well in their retirement. I would like to let all Drome customers that I have retained the workshop staff Neil, Dave & Kevin who are fully trained & experienced, and able to work on all makes of vehicles. Trina, Nancy & Abbey will be in the shop & on reception. They will concentrate on stocking up the shop with all new products. That leaves me rounding off the team with 30 yrs experience in all aspects of motor vehicle repair. We pride ourselves on customer service & great honest workmanship & would like to welcome all loyal and new customers to Drome Garage Watton. 01953 881 343