The Mallard

Issue 293 February 2016

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Help Norfolk libraries beat their
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listening to the same
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Come to Gaywood Library for
Norfolk Libraries Big Storytime
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prize draw and other activities.
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Massingham Mobile Library Visits -Times and Locations

Norfolk County Councils Mobile Library visits Great & Little Massingham on Tuesdays,
every four weeks and stops at the locations listed below. If you havent tried it please do.
The next two visits will be on 16th February and 15th March.

Use it or
Lose it.

11:00 - 11:15

SHRUBLANDS

Little Massingham

11:20 - 11:30

MIDDLE FARM

Little Massingham

11:35 - 11:45

74 SUMMERWOOD ESTATE

Gt. Massingham

11:50 - 12:00

SUMMERWOOD LAYBY

Gt. Massingham

12:05 - 12:25

CHURCH

Gt. Massingham

12:30 - 12:45

WEASENHAM ROAD

Gt. Massingham

15:40 - 15:55

59 STATION ROAD

Gt. Massingham

16:00 - 16:20

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Mallard News
This parish magazine is
published every month for the
residents of Great and Little
Massingham with the support of
the Great Massingham Parish
Council, the Parochial Church
Council and Massingham
Village Hall Trustees.

Histry Bits

FRENCH LEAVE
Two wealthy young Frenchmen, Francois and Alexandre de la
Rochfocauld made a year-long tour through Norfolk and Suffolk
in 1784. Here is an extract from their journal.
We passed through a place called Massingham, where we
www.greatmassingham.net went, for a moment, into a farm to have a word with someone
threshing in a barn and ask him a few questions. The farm bee-mail:
mallard.editor@btinternet.com longs to Lord Orford who lives at Houghton. It occupies nearly
Editorial Committee
two thirds of the parish. There are two other farms in the same
Editor: Bev. Randall.
village. They are not so big but, in general, all the farms of this
6 Abbeyfields
district are of a good size, their buildings greatly augmented
Great Massingham
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now, after harvest, by enormous stacks of wheat and, above all,
Treasurer: David Baines
of barley raised all around. As they had an excellent harvest
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this year the stacks were huge.
Website : Caroline Boyden
The parson of this parish is,
01485 521 816
Deadline for the so they say, the greatest fop
next issue
ever and, for this reason, very
th
20 February amusing. His parishioners told
us that he always gets up in
In this issue
the pulpit with his hair powdered and beautifully dressed,
Gaywood Library
but he reads so fast and also
Mobile Library
preaches so loud that no one
Histry Bits
can understand a word he
Historical Society
says. The manner by which he
Many Thanks
got his doctorate at Cambridge
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Be a Governor
is unique. Having gone there
1765-1848
SIA Event
to take his degree he was
Village Hall Events
asked: Does the sun turn
Protect Our Verges
round the earth or the earth turn round the sun? The cleric, not
Quiz Night
knowing what so say and wanting to say something declared:
Sometimes the one way, sometimes the other. The reply
Gert & Daisy
seemed so ridiculous that they made him a doctor for this fatuous
Toad Meeting
stupidity.
Film Club
The Rector of Great Massingham in 1784 was the Reverend
Health Visitor Clinic
Cock Langford, son of a London estate agent. He died of an
Baby & Toddler
apoplectic
fit while dancing at the Lynn Assembly Rooms. The
Tennis News
farm referred to was Leicester Farm.
Derek Skipper
Parish Council
Massingham Historical Society
Church News
We meet at The Barns, 9, School Road, on the
Church Services
3rd Wednesday each Month from 7.30 until 9pm.
Dates for your Diary
Next meeting - 17th February Contact Ant : 01485 520455
Befriending & Hospice
New members always welcome
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Great British
Fish and Chip
Supper
Friday 20th May

Many, Many Thanks

I want to say a big thank
you to my daughter Sally
for giving me such a
wonderful 80th birthday
surprise party.
For the girls who helped - Caroline, Steph,
Keeley, Tigga and, not forgetting, Ryleigh
the coffee waiter! Also thanks to all my
lovely friends and neighbours who came and
for all the many cards, flowers and presents.
God bless you all.
Dot Ford

Want to eat Fish and Chips, while raising money

for charity? Hold a fish and chip supper on Friday
20th May 2016 whilst raising awareness of spinal
cord injury and supporting SIAs vital services.

Have You Thought About

Becoming a School Governor?

FEBRUARY
STROLLERS WALK

For info or to request a fundraising pack

call Elizabeth Wright on 0845 071 4350 or
email fundraising@siafishandchips.co.uk
or visit www.siafishandchips.co.uk

The next walk, weather permitting,

will be on Sunday 21st February.
9.30 am at the Well.
Please Join Us

The Great Massingham and Harpley C of E

Schools Federation is currently looking for
people who are interested in joining their
team of governors for the two schools. We
are a very friendly group and would give
good induction support to anyone joining.
Please give it serious thought and contact
Bev Randall on 520 899 or
Karen Wadham on 520 796, if interested.

Craft and Chat

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Between 2 & 4pm, Village Hall Bar
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Village Hall

VILLAGE HALL REGULAR EVENTS

Keep Fit
Wed.12.30 to 1.30pm
Bingo
Fridays at 7.30pm
Auction
Sundays
Coronation Club (4th Wed.) 2pm - 4pm
Baby &Toddler
Thurs. 10am - 11.30am
Folk Spot
Sundays 7pm -10pm
Craft & Chat
(2nd & 4th Mon) 2 - 4pm
Short Mat Bowls
Mondays 2-4 pm to April
SMB League
Wednesdays 7 - 10 pm
Competition
until March.
Quiz Nights
Thursdays, once a month

FEBRUARY QUIZ NIGHT

Thursday, February 25th

at 7.30pm.
Village Hall Bar. See you there!

Please Consider Our Verges!

A letter received in the Editors postbag
this month expressed extreme concern
over the parking on the verges in our
lovely village, particularly around the
ponds and on the village green, leaving
the turf in a terrible state and mud everywhere. I am sure this concern strikes a
chord with many people who also agree it
is having a detrimental effect on the appearance of our lovely village.
The matter could easily be improved if all
people gave careful consideration to
where they were parking and made sure it
wasnt going to cause damage to the area
or inconvenience to other people using
the footpaths or visiting the ponds.
Please help us to keep our village an
attractive place to live.
Editor

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No live shows on 21st or 28th
7th
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14th Live broadcast featuring Reset Prose
A folk duo from Bury St Edmunds.
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Gert & Daisy......

Happy New Year ter everybody!

We hev hed a few comments that you missed us larst month. We hed ter put our report in
by the 10th December. We hed a feel round our presents and cudnt work owt what they
were so decided wed better wait until arter Christmas.
Bert bought Gert a fancy foodmixer hoping her cakes will now improve. She bought him
sum headphones so she dont hev ter listen ter motorbikes roaring round while shes
trying ter watch Pointless. She thinks shes good at that game cos she get 100 points
every toime.
Sid bought Daisy a banjo to go with her joanna. That wus luvly but shed asked fer a
mandolin. All is OK now as the nice man in the shop changed it. Not to be outdone, Gert
bought herself a cornet (small trumpet) which she larst played at school about 45 years
ago. The memory is coming back but they do say long term memory is the larst to go,
dont they? Apologies to anyone within a mile radius of her house. Watch this space for
Gert and Daisy The Musical.
We really enjoyed being in the Murder Mystery even though we hed ter mix with a load
of furriners. There wus people from Weasenham, Harpley and Rougham but we sharnt
hold that aginst em. Gert was murdered twice by the dodgy bloke from Harpley but the
audience seemed ter enjoy it.
Bert and Gert invited Daisy and Sid ter spent Christmas Day with them and they awl hed
a very noice toime. They dint get too drunk so there int no parties organised fer this year
but that is the Queens 90th birthday, so who knows? However.......
Happy 99th Birthday to Mrs Miriam Flower on Monday 1st February. May have to start
planning a party for next year!
We have had very sad news since last toime. We hev lost Carl Gostling (as reported in
last months Mallard) in November, Mary Hinds (a long term resident of Massingham
who moved in to a home in Swaffham), Sid Crisp from Harpley (Ians father, Sara from
the shops father-in-law) and Jim Boeckeler (the late Bobbys husband) in December.
Unfortunately 2016 started no better with the passing of dear Mr Derek Skipper who was
a true gentleman and will be sadly missed especially by the Sunday morning paper brigade and the Bowls Club. A few days later Miss Mary Birkbeck of Little Massingham
died in hospital. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all their familes.
Well, now is the toime to start dewing sum exercise ter work off the Christmas pudding
and mince pies. We expect ter see yew awl dewing a lot of walking about the village
we will be watching from our windas.
We see the film club is showing Suffragette in January. Daisy saw this with her granddaughter and hed to answer sum very difficult questions. If yew watch the film yew may
find owt what they were.
We would loike to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.
Dew yew keep atroshing until next toime.
Gert and Daisy
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An Evening With the
TILDENS

Meeting
Monday
8thFebruary
February at 7pm
Meeting
on on
Mon.
8th
at 7pm
in the Dabbling Duck, Massingham.
in the Dabbling Duck, Massingham

HARPLEY VILLAGE HALL

20th FEBRUARY at 7.30pm
To raise money for
St Lawrences Church Roof
Restoration Fund
Music, Buffet, Raffle
Tickets 6.50 available from
Neil Steed on 01485 520339 or
Lucy Brown on 01485 520252

massingham@toadwatch.org Annie: 01485

719 719
massingham@toadwatch.org
Annie520520

Great Massingham
Health Visitor Clinic
Make the most of this new clinic.

T h e Fi l m C l u b
th

Thursday February 18 , 7pm for 7.30pm,

Massingham Village Hall, 4 entry.
Refreshments available.

Dark

Horse

The incredible true story of racehorse Dream

Alliance set in the village of Cefn Fforest in
one of the poorest mining villages in Wales.....

17th March
21st April

Once a month for the

next two months the
Village Hall is hosting a
Health Visitor Clinic.
It is a chance for mums
(or carers) to come along with their babies,
have them weighed and to chat to the
Community Health Visitor about any
health concerns they might have. Its a
Stay and Play session so theres the opportunity to also meet other parents/carers.
The Community Health Visitor coming to
Massingham is Sue Wright.

The clinic this month will be between

10am 11am, on Tues. 23rd February.

Coming Soon...
The Lady in The Van
The Dressmaker

Tel Dereham Childrens Centre

01362 692 839,
If you need more information.
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The Toddlers Certainly Know
How to Have a Good Time!
Some of the children at the Baby and Toddler Christmas Party on 17th December are
pictured below as they settled down to their
special feast.
The Group meets at the Village Hall every
Thursday morning 10am 11:30am. It is a
great opportunity the children to have fun
together. Parents enjoy the company too.

Great Massingham Baby and Toddler

EVERY THURSDAY
10am - 11.30am
At the Village Hall

Come and join

the fun, meet new
friends and have
a good chat.

1.50
1.50
Snack

Tea
and
Cake

Please join us.

Brian and Sandy Francis are the

Tennis Clubs most improved players.
At the Tennis and Multi-sports Club Christmas Dinner at the Dabbling Duck, Phil
Ward presented the Herbert Raspberry Shield for the most improved
players to Brian and Sandy Francis
of Abbeyfields.
Brian and Sandy joined the Club a
year ago and, never having played
tennis before, came with great regularity and enthusiasm to the two
sessions a week aimed at beginners
and improvers. And now they cut a
dashing figure on the tennis courts!
The Shield is named in honour of
the late Herbert Raspberry who was
Court Keeper at Great Massingham
for many years.
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Mallard News
SAD FAREWELL TO POPULAR, MUCH-LOVED
LONG-TERM RESIDENT
It was with great sadness this month that we heard of the
death of Derek Edgar Skipper, aged 85years, and villagers
packed into Great Massinghams St. Marys on Thursday
21st January to pay their respects and thanks to this popular
resident. Derek will be sadly missed. He was a warm - hearted,
friendly person and a very active participant in Great Massingham over many years.
He was a local lad through and through having been born in
Castle Acre Road, Great Massingham in 1930 before his
family then moved to Jubilee Terrace in 1935. He was first
employed by Gagen Coal Merchants although, for most of his working life, he
worked for Hodgson Builders. From 1948 to 1950 he did his National Service (RASC).
He married Lena in August 1955 and they set up home in Rectory Row where Derek
modernised the cottage himself. They have three daughters - Avril and twins, Monica
and Maureen.
Derek was an accomplished sportsman for the village and played every sport and game
possible, both indoors and out. He was Great Massinghams lifelong bowling green
groundkeeper taking the task very seriously, tending the greens with great care. He kept
the bowling green immaculate for many years and it was a sad day when he decided to
step down from the role. In 2015, he was made an Honorary Member of the Bowls Club
in recognition of the valuable contribution he had made over the years both as player and
keeper.
An accomplished dancer, a devoted husband, father, grand father and great grand father,
a real gentleman he was greatly loved and will be sadly missed by us all.
Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
Parish Council Report January meeting Concern was expressed with the proposed
Nine councillors attended. Also present - Mr.
plans for developing the old RAF base at
Tilbury (Borough Councillor) & two parishioners. West Raynham and that, if granted, the
A response received from the Department
scheme would have a deleterious effect on
for Communities and Local Government,
the surrounding villages and the rural enregarding the new Transparency Code for
vironment, especially in view of the insmaller Councils, states the amount availcreased traffic. The current infrastructure
able to facilitate compliance with the new
was also considered insufficient for such a
regulations had been reduced. A new appli- large development.
cation has been submitted for a smaller figure. Next meeting, Mon. 15th February, 7.30pm.
The Budget and Precept requirements were
PHOENIX GROUP
discussed. The Central Grant available has
again been reduced (from 750 to 640) and
Harpley Village Hall at 7.30 pm
a small adjustment upwards in the Precept
Wednesday 10th February
was agreed. This will represent an additional
A games evening in the Village Hall
3p per week for Band D households.
Please join us. New members welcome.
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Message to all Parishioners

T A

Spring O
into Action
its only Lent again!
LL ARISHIONERS
We Brits like stability, dont we? We know where we are with Christmas
every year the same, December 25th. But as for Easter, well it moves around
all over the place. In the Church we call it a moveable feast. It makes for
huge complexity when planning ahead in business or education, for example. Easter is
really early this year; the start of Lent, Ash Wednesday, is on February 10 th, even before
Valentines Day. However, the Archbishops have now decided that Easter should come
into line with the Eastern Christian Church and, in the future, have the same date every
year. This will take 5-10 years to accomplish. So all we will have to contend with is the
clocks going back - and forward - as they will on 23rd March 2016 which this year just
happens to be Easter Sunday. Funny old world, isnt it?
Lent is the traditional time to give up something we enjoy (forgo chocolate?) and in doing so hope-fully become more appreciative of the pleasures of life when they are reinstated at Easter, forty days later. Or we can take something on a course of study perhaps? Lifelong learning has been described as the interaction between our experience
(good and bad) and our personal development. Lent Courses are a popular feature of this
season of the Church year and a great opportunity to dip ones toe into the water. This
year we are running the same course at each end of our benefice (group of churches) on
different evenings. We will be exploring together Not a Tame Lion by Hilary Brand, a
short course based on the writings of CS Lewis. Please see our website for further details
- or ask a member of the team.
We have now passed the first anniversary of our new benefice: the Gayton, Grimston,
Massingham and District Group of churches over ten different villages. Please check out
our exciting new website: www.ggmbenefice.uk We are fortunate in having several
groups that meet together regularly for prayer and Bible study. We hope to build on this
foundation over the coming months and offer other courses which could, if desired, lead
to confirmation. Please be in touch if this is of interest to you. I wish you a blessed and
rewarding Lent.
Reverend Judith.
PLEASE NOTE :
The Lent course at Massingham is kindly being hosted by Kim and Allan Frazer at
Cobwebs, Great Massingham on Mondays, starting on 15 th February at 7.30pm.

Funerals At Great Massingham

th

Mary Hinds 6 January.

Gunter Hans Otto Boeckeler 19th January
Followed by burial at St Marys.
Derek Skipper 21st January
Followed by burial at St Marys.
We offer our prayers and
condolences to their families.

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February Lay Services

at Little Massingham
Sunday 7th February 9.30am
Sunday14th February 9.30am
Sunday 28th February 9.30am
Funeral at Little Massingham
Sadly, Mary Birbeck of Little
Massingham died this month.
Her funeral takes place on 28 th
January at 2-30pm at St Andrews.

Church Services
Date

February
Time

rd

3 February
Wednesday
7th February

Service

9.00 am Holy Communion

Location
Harpley

9.30 am Family Service

11.00 am Holy Communion

Harpley
Great Massingham

10th February
Ash Wednesday

10.30 am Service of Ashing

Great Massingham

14th February

10.30 am Group Holy Communion

4.00 pm The Gap

Great Massingham
Roydon

21st February

9.30 am Holy Communion

11.00 am Family Service
11.15 am Sung Holy Communion

Little Massingham
Great Massingham
Harpley

28th February

11.00 am Holy Communion

Great Massingham

Monthly Benefice Prayer Meeting

Sunday 7th February at 3pm at St Marys, Great Massingham

CHURCH NEWS

14th February,
Easter lilies
GROUP HOLY
10.30 am
Once again we will have
COMMUNION
Great Massingham
our church decorated with
lilies for our Easter Day
service. The lilies are all
Come to the GAP at
donated in memory of our
Roydon Church at
dearly departed. There
4pm on
will be lists displayed
14th February
with all the people who
have had lilies donated for them. The lilies
cost 2 each and we need the names and
25th February
payment given to Gladys ( 520772) or myJubilee Hall, Gayton.
self (520450) before March 10th.
Arrival 3.30pm for
We would appreciate any help Good Friday
colouring & refreshments.
pm to display the lilies.
Songs and story at
Grave Plans
4pm sharp.
We have recently had two grave plans taken
out of church. I would be very pleased if
Special Mothering Sunday
they could be returned. Many thanks.
Service
Church Cleaning
at Gayton
Saturday mornings at 10am. Please join us.
Sunday 6th March at 10.30 am
Stephen Hudson
Do come and join us!
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A Warm Welcome Awaits
at
Heath Farm, Lynn Lane, Great Massingham
01485 520828 www.lingscountrygoods.com

Level 3 Advanced Personal Trainer,

Children's Fitness Instructor, GP Exercise Referral Instructor

Nutrition and Weight Management,

Level 2 ASA Swimming Teacher, First Aid Qualified.
Tel: 07825 371 381 - www.krosstraining.co.uk

Welcomes old & new members

Annual Membership Subscriptions
Adult Couple
20
Individual Adult
14
Over 65 years
10
Juniors (14 17yrs)
7

Excellent facilities and

a friendly atmosphere.
Good beer, real ale, wines and spirits
all at competitive prices.
Separate snooker room.
Satellite, large screen TV.
Outside drinking area.
Entertainment throughout the year.
Membership applications can be obtained
from the club bar

High quality fitted and free-standing

furniture. Individually designed,
traditionally hand-crafted and
personally installed by experts from
our Great Massingham workshops.

www.tenacityinteriors.com
CALL TODAY
01485 521888

Book the Village Hall for your function 01485 520588

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Useful Numbers
Organisation

Contact

Phone No.

Allotment Association

Gill Goold

07513125964

Borough Council

Mike Tilbury

520340

British Legion & Bell Ringing

Denys Winner

520598

Bowls Club

Peter Wadham

520796

Church Contacts

Revd Judith Pollard

or Revd Jane Holmes

01485 601 251

01553 636227

Community Car Scheme

Office

520823

Coronation Club

Pam Hales

520236

County Council

John Dobson

534989

Doctors

Massingham Surgery

520521

The Film Club

Arthur Allen/Barry Talbot

520628/07818 807 738

Fishing Warden

Nigel Yates

520844/07527 866 055

Football Club

Barry Talbot (seniors)

520653

Guide Trefoil Guild

Shirley Rae

520259

Massingham Historical Society

Anthony Robinson

520455

Tennis and Multi-Sports Club

Arthur Allen

520628

Parish Council

Kevin Webb (Clerk)

Vic Cross (Chair)

01328 855 046

520387

Pre-School

Pip Armitage

07807 185 746

Police

Non-emergency

101

School

Ann Beardall

520362

Village Hall

Hall & Bar & Vic Cross

520588/520387

OVEN CLEANING

The Village Store & Post Office

CARPET CLEANING
SOFA CLEANING

bacon.
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welcome you to
your local shop,
7days a week.
Mon. to Sat.
8am to 5.30pm
Sun. 9.30 -12.30
Tel: 520 272

Call the local experts now

Clean Tech

FREE local deliveries

every Thursday !

01485 609223

Village Store
Great Massingham

Card, cheque and cash

payments accepted
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Do you have good listening skills, a sense of

humour, enjoy meeting people and helping
them to be as independent as possible?
West Norfolk Befriending works with socially
isolated older people living in West Norfolk.
Many of our clients are socially isolated due
to a long term physical or sensory disability
or because of their role as a carer.
We aim to reduce social isolation by matching isolated older people with a trained and
DBS checked volunteer befriender, who will visit them on a regular basis.
We are especially looking for volunteer befrienders in Great Massingham.
The support a befriender gives will match the needs of the person supported. It may be
good conversation, the occasional trip out or helping participation in social activities.
Our volunteers are very valued members of our team. You will enjoy a full induction,
support, training, and professional work experience with a well respected local charity as
well as regular opportunities to meet other volunteers.
Befriending is an extremely rewarding experience, as our volunteers tell us; I enjoy
chatting with the clients and seeing the difference it makes. I enjoy the funny conversations we have, we always have a giggle. To find out more please visit :
www.wnbefriending.org.uk, or Email info@wnbefriending.org.uk or
Phone 01553 763500 or follow us on Twitter @wnbefriending

Dates for your Diary February

Date

Event

Time

Place

7,14 Feb

West Norfolk Radio Folk

7 - 10 pm

Village Hall Bar

8,22 Feb

Craft & Chat

2 - 4 pm

Village Hall Bar

7 pm

Dabbling Duck

8 Feb

Toads on Roads meeting

15 Feb

Parish Council Meeting

7.30 pm

16 Feb

Mobile Library

From 11am

As Timetabled (see front page)

17 Feb

Historical Society

7.30 - 9 pm

9, School Road

18 Feb

Film Club

7 for 7.30 pm

Village Hall

21 Feb

Strollers Walk

9.30 am

At the Well

25 Feb

Quiz Night

7.30 pm

Village Hall Bar

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Village Hall