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I must draw readers attention to the article on page 8 and would like to thank Jean Thirtle very much for sending it on to us.The original article by Timothy Snyder, was first published in a New York paper in early March and covers the major issues ofthe unending problems in Ukraine at the moment.As a minor local free publication I do wonder if this is what our local readers should be considering on a day to day basis?Your views are always welcome on what you want from a locally based free paper produced by a locally based couple of people.I would also like to point readers attention to page 6, where I cover the opening of a new look and new feel pub in East Runton. The ‘Dozy Dormouse’ is one of those places you cannot but like as it is friendly, welcoming and very open to everyone.I really admire Adrian and Carol and wish them all the best for a very long & successful business venture with this place.The food, by the way, is great, so they seem to have already got it right.Great to discover that the Red Arrows are beck again this year, during Carnval Week (See page 10)We have had a great response to our ABBA competition, which will be drawn on March 19thand will be announced in our next issue out on 28th March.

I enjoyed covering Laura & Paul’s wedding in Gresham (Front Page) Their cafe Huckleberries has been running for some time now and is very popular and at the same time, Laura has done so much for the Pier Show with the wonderful costumes that she produces.I am looking forward to watching the Red Arrows again this year and would like to thank Paul Damen for his great photos of them. (See Page 10). “Enjoy Your Crab Tales”

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Dear Mr. Keddell,We are told by NNDC that the North Norfolk Coast is worth £100,000,000, yet less than one third of one per cent of that value is allocated to the maintaining of it.The coast is the reason for the area's popularity and is its greatest asset, yet only £320,000 is spent looking after it.It seems that there is no 'emergency fund' to repair the damage caused by the recent extreme weather and there seems to be little incentive to repair any such damage.In Mundesley a vital path (at the gun emplace-ments, behind Trafalgar Court) has been damaged

Dear Editor,If anyone finds two white towels which “blew” off our line in Suffield Park between 10.30pm on the 15th & 6.30 am on the 16th February, could they please return them to us at 19 Station Road.They are not of great value, unless classed as antiques, they were given to us by a grandma, before our first child was born and were not new then, so must be between 40 and 50 years old.We do not know how the wind made a large footprint in our back garden, or broke the wooden number on our front pouch, or left our gates half open even the one secured into the ground!! We thought Mother Valentine brought gifts and did not take things away!!YoursTrevor & Valerie Pells.

Dear Philip,After leaving property on the Sanders 44 bus I phoned the depot to explain and was told by Martin that he would be in touch if it was located. Sure enough he phoned me with the good news and advised me which bus to catch and asked my driver to put me off at the end of the road to collect my property. So on Feb 11th, on the no 5, I asked my driver Mick and I was told

Yes, certainly, he then took it a step further and drove me into the depot, advising me where to go and there’s more. He waited to take me back. Unbelievable.As I sat on the bus home, I reflected that sometimes kindness comes from the most unexpected sources.Thank you Martin & the lovely lady in reception. Thank you Mick for driving me. Thank you to the driver who handed the property in. Thank you Sanders. Nice oneRegards,Cindy JohnsonCromer


Dear Philip,Not content with just knitting Oddball Cedric, the ladies & gents of Shannock Court have come up with another novel idea for this year’s Sheringham Carnival.

The competition this year is to design a creature from the Great Norfolk chalky reef which will be displayed in the MO museum for judging.The reef discovered by divers in 2010 stretches for over 20 miles and is home to rare anemones, slugs & sponges & is said to be the longest chalky reef in the world. Shannock Court residents in Sheringham paddled out to take a look and not only found a Smiling Tompot Blenney but a wonderful mermaid named Shellika.Knitted in an array of colours, it is hoped she stands a chance in the competition and will be displayed in the Mo museum in July.Further details of the competition can be obtained from the carnival website or from [email protected] secret of Shellika’s real location is closely guarded by the residents in fear of disturbing her habitat and the following is a small reminder.The Barrier Reef of Norfolk is a world once no-one knew ~~ This chalky reef of nature, hides a secret known to few ~~ The smiling Tompot Blenney and a Butterfish or two ~~ Makes this a divers heaven and a tourist trap for you ~~ So, Norfolk folk be proud, the longest reef you have ~~ But respect our precious marine life - to loose it would be SAD!(this little reminder being on the treasure chest Shellika has her tail on) Thank you,Sharon Bowen & Residents, Shannock Court Retirement complex, Sheringham

Dear Philip,On Friday 21st February, I was invited to Cromer Social Club for a cheque presentation on behalf of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

They had a fantastic sum of money to donate which amounted to £1,000. We are so grateful to the Social Club for supporting our charity and a very valuable life saving service.Also on behalf of EAAA, I would like to thank Iceland in Cromer, for their donation of £150 for our charity, we are very grateful to Iceland for supporting a very valuable life saving service. We receive no government or National Lottery funding so are etherefore ntirely reliant on public generosity and support. Once again many thanks to the staff at Iceland.With Kind RegardsJamie Edghill(For the EAAA)

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Dear Editor,I am a great dog lover, my dog Snipe is my world. So I was interested to read about how Pauline of Yappers & Barkers got her business started. However I think that coats for medical reasons is a really great idea and feel the business would do well in this field, but dressing dogs up like dolls is degrading for the dog and does not say much for the owners that buy them. So come on Pauline, a shop that cares for dogs is great!! But leave the frills for the ballerinasYours Sincerely,Julia Cole Northrepps

and closed, yet the District Council appears reluctant to repair it, in spite of it being a huge asset to the community and greatly missed by locals, dog walkers, visitors, runners, students and tourists. It is also a vital for the emergency services to have access to one of Norfolk's finest & most popular beaches. There are three ways that anyone can help:1. Sign the petition in the Mundesley shops.or online at: www.ipetitions.com/petition/rebuild-beach-access-behind-trafalgar-court2. Write to the District Council : Mr. Steve Blatch, Strategic Director, North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9EN3. Write to: Norfolk Coast Partnership, South Wing, Fakenham Fire Station, Norwich Rd, Fakenham, NR21 8BB. Their website is:www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.ukThe Norfolk Coast Partnership is developing its 5 year plan and we would like them to play their part in getting this essential footpath reopened.Yours faithfully,Harry Hicks

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It was great to see so many dancers and former dancers from the Seaside Special Show at this quite lovely wedding.

Above L- R: Beryl Patterson (Who works with Laura on the Pier Show customes) Andy Young, Laura, Jessica

(nee Bedford) husband Adam Jenkins.It is always lovely to see Jessica and Adam (above) as they lodged with us the last time they were in the Show, and we enjoyed going to their wedding a couple of years ago.The following day, a Sunday Brunch was served up

for the wedding guests at the same venue in Gresham.With over a hundred guests turning up, the whole event was a delight to witness and was enjoyed by everyone involved, many of who had travelled many miles to attend.On behalf of our readers may I wish this lovely couple and long a happy marriage together.With only a couple of days away from their Cromer business, it was back to work by the 4th April. PK

New Look, That Looks Great.On Wednesday March 4th, I went along to an opening /come launch evening, of the new look / new named pub in East Runton.What was, and has been for some years - The White Horse in East Runton is now The Dozy Dormouse, Bar & Restuarant, which looks and feels brilliant thanks to all the work, time and money that Adrian Hill and his partner Carol have put into this pub. (Pictured below)

I must admit that I found the former pub rather dull to go into having been run for many years with not a great deal of changes being made.As a free house, Adrian seems to have got it right in the way it looks and feels, as it is all clean and tidy, without any rubbish being fitted everywhere, as is so often the case in many pubs generally.

‘Young Councillor Of The Year’ North Norfolk District Council Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Corporate Assets, Democratic Services & Electoral Services, Rhodri Oliver, has received the ‘Young Councillor of the Year’ at the annual Councillor Achievement Awards ceremony, held at Westminster City Hall in London on Tuesday 25th March.Judges at the annual achievement awards, organised by the LGiU and CCLA (Local Government Information Unit), awarded Councillor Oliver for ‘setting a fantastic example for young people in politics’. They went on to say how they were ‘impressed that Councillor Oliver has achieved a leader-ship position at a very young age’.NNDC Leader, Tom FitzPatrick, said: “I was delighted to see Councillor Oliver receive his award as ‘Young Councillor of the Year’. He is a great example of how young people in Local Government can make an impact and I believe his success will encourage others to consider how they too can get involved in making a difference within their own communities.He is the youngest deputy leader in the country, a position he achieved solely on merit and he makes a huge contribution as a member of the Cabinet and as a local Member for Sheringham South Ward. His work to gain funding for a skate park for Sheringham and to ensure improvement works were made to Sheringham Little Theatre has proved that he has a lot to offer residents of north Norfolk in what I hope will be a long and rewarding career in politics.”

Councillor Rhodri Oliver became the youngest deputy leader in the country at the age of 22 in January 2013.

Over 80 guests were invited to drinks and taste the samples of food that they have been serving since Friday 8th March and no doubt they will have many customers using this local, as it is a great pub-restaurant and open for business.The East Runton artists group, when asked what they thought of it, all gave a 10 out of 10 score to this local pub. Some of their work is already on the walls of the place. (The Group are Pictured below on left)

Likewise above L-R: Rosemary Curtis, Sue Lunken, Victoria & Greg Lunkin & Andrew

Curtis thought that the Dozy Dormouse looked and felt great. This is certainly one of those places, that you have to admire by the way in which it has been so greatly improved. Now open from 6pm to 9pm every night for dinner and during normal pub hours with lunch every day, Adrian & Carol should do well and I wish them all the very best. PK


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From Moscow......to London to New York, the Ukrainian revol-ution has been seen through a haze of propaganda. Russian leaders and Russian press have insistedthat Ukrainian protesters were right-wing extrem-ists and then that their victory was a coup. President Viktor Yanukovych, used the same clichés after a visit with the Russian president. After his regime was overturned, he maintained he’d been ousted by “right-wing thugs,” a claim echoed by the armed men who seized control of airports & government buildings in the southern Ukrainian district of Crimea.The message from authoritarian regimes in Moscow& Kiev was not so different from some of what was written during the uprising in the English-speaking world, especially in publications of the far left & the far right. The story was essentially the same: little of the factual history of the protests, but instead a play on the idea of a nationalist, fascist, or even Nazi coup d’état. In fact, it was a classic popular revolution which began with an unmistakably reactionary regime. A leader sought to gather all political & financial power in his own hands and came to power in democratic elections, to be sure, but then altered the system from within. The leader had been a common criminal: a rapist and a thief. He found a judge who was willing to misplace documents related to his case. That judge then became the chief justice of the Supreme Court. With no constitutional object-ions, subsequently, the leader asserted ever morepower for his presidency In power, this leader, this president, remained a thief, but now on a grand, perhaps even unsurpassed, scale. Throughout his country millions of small busin-ess men & women found it impossible to keep their firms afloat, thanks to the arbitrary demands of tax authorities. Their profits were taken by the state, and the autonomy that those profits might have given them were denied. Workers in the factories and mines had no means whatsoever of expressing their own distress, since any attempt at a strike or labour organization would simply have led to their dismissal. The country, was in effect an oligarchy, where much of the wealth was in the hands of people who could fit into one elevator but even this sort of pluralism, the presence of more than one very rich person, was too much for the leader, Viktor Yanukovych. He wanted not only to be the president but the oligarch-in-chief. His son, a dentist, was suddenly one of the wealthiest men in Europe. Tens of billions of dollars simply disappeared from the state budget. Yanukovych built for himself a series of extravagant homes, perhaps the ugliest in architectural history.It is hard to have all of the power and all of the money at the same time, because power comes from the state, and the state has to have a budget. If a leader steals so much from the people that the state goes bankrupt, his power is diminished. Yanukovych actually faced this problem last year so, despite everything, he became vulnerable, in a very curious way. He needed someone to finance the immediate debts of the Ukrainian state so his regime would not fall along with it. Struggling to pay his debts last year, the leader had two options. The first was to begin trade cooperation with the European Union. No doubt an association agreement with the EU would have opened the way for loans. But it also would have meant the risk of the application of the rule of law within Ukraine. The other alternative was to take money from another authoritarian regime, the great neigh-bour to the east, the Russian Federation.In December last year, Vladimir Putin, offered a deal. From Russia’s hard currency reserves accumulated by the sale of hydrocarbons he was willing to offer a loan of $15 billion, and lower the price of natural gas from Russia.

Putin had a couple of little preoccupations, how-ever. The first was the gay conspiracy which was a subject that had dominated Russian propaganda all last year but had been essentially absent. Perhaps Ukraine could join in? Yes indeed: the Ukrainian prime minister began to explain to hispeople that Ukraine could not have closer coop-eration with Europe, since the EU was interested chiefly in gay marriage. Putin’s 2nd preoccupation was something called Eurasia, which was & is Putin’s proposed rival to the European Union, a club of dictatorships meant to include Russia, Belarus, & Kazakhstan.Again, perhaps Ukraine could join? Yanukovych hesitated here as the subordination of Ukraine meant his own subordination, but he did allow himself to be jollied along toward the necessary policies and began to act like a proper dictator. He began to kill his own people in sig-nificant numbers. He bloodied his hands, making him an unlikely future partner for the Union.Enter a courageous Ukrainian rebel, a leading investigative journalist. A dark-skinned man who gets racially profiled by the regime. And a Muslim. And an Afghan. Mustafa Nayem, who started the revolution,using social media, called students and other young people to rally in Kiev in support of a European choice for Ukraine. When riot police were sent to beat the students, who came to defend them? More “Afghans,” but of a very different sort: Ukrainian veterans of the Soviet Red Army, who had been sent to invade Afghanistan during after the Soviet invasion of that country in 1979. But they were also defending a protest initiated by a man born in Kabul at the very time they were fighting their way toward it.In December the crowds grew larger. By the end of the year, millions had taken part in protests. Journalists were beaten. Individual activists abducted, some were tortured and dozensdisappeared and have not yet been found. As the New Year began the protests broadened. Muslims from southern Ukraine marched in large numbers and representatives of the Kiev Jewish community were prominently represented, some of the most important organizers were Jews. The telephone hotline that people called to seek missing relatives was established by gay activists and some of the hospital guards who tried to stop the police from abducting the wounded were young feminists. In all these ways, the “decadent” West, as Russia’s foreign minister put it, was present. Yes, there were some Jews, and there were some gays, in this revolution which was exploited by both the Russian and Ukrainian regimes in their internal propaganda. The Russian press presented the protest as part of a larger gay conspiracy. The Ukrainian regime instructed the riot police that the opposition was led by a larger Jewish conspiracy and both regimes informed the out-side world that the protestors were Nazis. Almost nobody in the West seemed to notice this contradiction.On January 16th, Yanukovych signed a series of laws that had been “passed” through parliament, entirely illegally, by a minority using only a showof hands. The laws, introduced by pro-Russian legislators & similar to Russian models, severely constrained the freedom of speech & assembly, making of millions of protesters “extremists” who could be imprisoned. Organizations that had financial contacts with the outside world, including Catholic and Jewish groups, were suddenly “foreign agents” and subject to immediate harassment. After weeks of maintaining their calm in the face of repeated assaults by riot police, some protesters now chose violence, out of public view, people had been dying at the hands of the police for weeks and now some of the protesters were killed by the regime.

On February 18th the Ukrainian parliament was supposed to consider a compromise that many believed was a first step away from bloody con-frontation: a constitutional reform to return the state to parliamentary democracy. Instead, the riot police were unleashed in Kiev, armed with live ammunition and the protesters fell back to the Maidan and defended it, with cobblestones, Molotov cocktails, and in the end their bare hands. On February 20th, an EU delegation was suppos-ed to arrive to negotiate a truce. Instead, the regime orchestrated a bloodbath and the riot police fell back from some of the Maidan. When protesters followed, they were shot by snipers positioned on rooftops. Again & again people ran out to rescue the wounded, and again they were shot. Who was killed? In all about 100 people, mostly young men. Bohdan Solchanyk, a young lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University, was shot &killed. Yevhen Kotlyov, an environmentalist from Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine was alsoshot and killed. One of those killed was a Russian citizen, and at least two of those killed by the regime, were Jews. One of those “Afghans,” Ukrainian veterans of the Red Army’s war in Afghanistan, was Jewish: Alexander Scherbatyuk. He was shot and killed by a sniper. Another was a Pole, a member of Ukraine’s Polish minority. Has as it ever happened that people associated with Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, Armenian, Polish, and Jewish culture have died in a revolution that was started by a Muslim? Can we who pride ourselves in our diversity and tolerance think of anything remotely similar in our own histories? The people were victorious as a result of sheer physical courage. The EU foreign ministers, supposed to be treated to a bloody spectacle saw some-thing else: the successful defense of the Maidan and the horri-fying massacre provoked a general sense of outrage, even among some of the people who had been Yanukovych’s allies. He did something he probably had not, when the day began, intended to: he signed an agreement in which he promised not to use violence. His policemen understood, perhaps better than he, that this meant the end of the regime and they melted away, and he ran for his life. Power shifted to the parliament, where a new coalition of oppositionists & dissenters from Yanukovych’s party formed a majority. Reforms began, beginning with the constitution and Presidential elections were called for May.The propaganda continued, Yanukovych recordeda video message, claiming he was the victim of a Nazi coup. Russian leaders maintained that extremists had come to power and that Russians in Ukraine were under threat. These charges of a right-wing coup are nonsense, the Ukrainian far right did play an important part in the revol-ution and what it did, in going to the barricades, was to liberate itself from the regime of which it had been one of the bulwarks. By imprisoning his major opponents from the legal political parties, Yanukovych was able to make of democracy a game in which he and the far right were the only players. The far right, a party called Svoboda, grew larger in these conditions, but never remotely large enough to pose a real challenge to the Yanukovych regime in democratic elections. In this arrangement Yanukovych could then tell gullible westerners that he was the alternative to the far right. In fact, Svoboda was a house opposition that, during the revolution, rebelled against its own leadership. Against the wishes of their leaders, the radical youth of Svoboda fought in considerable numbers, alongside of course people of completely different views. They fought, took risks and they died, sometimes while trying to save others.


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The radical alternative to Svoboda is Right Sector, a group of the far-right organizations whose goal was not a European future but a national revolution against all foreign influences. Right Sector is the group to watch, its leaders have been very careful, in conversations with both Jews & Russians, to stress that their goal is political and not ethnic or racial and in the days after the revolution they’ve not caused violence or disorder. On the contrary, the subway runs in Kiev.

The grotesque residences of Yanukovych are visited by tourists, but they are not looted. The main one is now being used as a base for archival research by investigative journalists.The transitional authorities were not from the right, or western Ukraine, where nationalism is more widespread and the speaker of parliament & acting president is a Baptist preacher from southeastern Ukraine. All of the power ministries, where any coup-plotter would plant his own people, were led by professionals and Russian speakers. The acting minister of internal affairs was half Armenian & Russian. The acting minister of defence was of Roma origin. The provisional authorities are now being sup-planted by a new government, chosen by parlia-ment, which is very similar in its orientation. The new prime minister is a Russian-speaking conservative technocrat and both of the major presidential candidates in the planned May elections are Russian speakers. The likely next president is Vitali Klitschko, sonof a general in the Soviet forces and best known in the West as the heavyweight boxer.He is a chess player and a Russian speaker and does his best to speak Ukrainian which does not come terribly naturally as he is not a Ukrainian nationalist.

As Russian and Ukrainian specialists have been predicting for weeks, the claim that the revolution is a “nationalist coup,” has become a pretext forRussian intervention and this now appears to be underway in the Crimea, where the Russian flag has been raised over the regional parliament and gunmen have occupied the airports. Meanwhile, Russia has put army battle groups on alert and sent naval cruisers from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Whatever course the Russian intervention may take, it is not an attempt to stop a fascist coup, since nothing of the kind has taken place. What has taken place is a popular revolution, withall of the messiness, confusion, and opposition. The young leaders of the Maidan, have risked their lives to oppose a regime that represented the inequalities that we criticise at home and thus far the new Ukrainian authorities have reacted with remarkable calm and it is entirely possible

that a Russian attack on Ukraine will provoke a strong nationalist reaction: indeed, it would berather surprising if it did not, since invasions have a way of bringing out the worst in people. If this does happen, we should see events for what they are: an entirely unprovoked attack by one nation upon the sovereign territory of another. Insofar as we have accepted the presentation of the revolution as a fascist coup, we have delayed policies that might have stopped the killing earlier, & helped prepare the way for war. Insofar as we wish for peace & democracy, we will have to begin by getting the story right.

Thanks vry much to Jean Thirtle for sending this article on to us.

This is an edited version of the original article by Timothy Snyder, originally published in the New York Review of Books.

Things To Do..........before you get old!! Cliff camping.Skywalking in the Alps .Portaledge camping at Yosemite.Climbing Redwoods.Sitting on the Trolltunga rock in Norway.Jumping on the Trolltunga rock in Norway.Rock climbing in South Africa.Ice climbing a frozen waterfall.Extreme picnicking.Extreme skiing in Wyoming.Skywalking on Mount Nimbus in Canada.Tree camping in Germany.Just having a look around.Extreme kayaking at Victoria Falls.Diving 30 meters through a rock monolith in Portugal.Climbing Mt. Wellington.Standing on the Edgewalk in Toronto.Cycling in Norway.Sitting around at Yosemite.Walking over a crevice.Glacierboarding anywhere.Biking on the Cliffs of Moher.Fortunately, I am ALREADY old!

Thanks to David Thorne for this


Freestyle Motocross Display Team and the Romford Drum & Trumpet Corp.Tony Shipp said:“Once again we are putting together a programme of some of the country’s top arena and aerial displays. On Carnival Day we see the return of the Bolddog Lings Display Team, with even more death defying stunts. The Cossacks, who are regularly called upon to provide horse riding stunts in films will be with us again along with other supporting acts making it an exciting day out for all the family.” On Carnival Children’s Day, Tuesday 19th August, it has also been confirmed that, due to popular demand, they will be welcoming back the Wildcats Aerobatic Display Team. The Wildcats performed on Carnival Day last year as a replacement for the Red Arrows and are East Anglia’s premier formation aerobatic display team.They deliver a crowd-thrilling formation spectacular that encapsulates both close-formation aerobatics and synchronized pairs flying.Wildcat pilot, Al Coutts said:“We are genuinely delighted to be back inCromer supporting the Carnival this year. Cromer is the biggest Norfolk display inour calendar and as team based in this great county, it’s such a great local event that we always bump into friends and family there.”

The Carnival programme will be available from July 2014. Meanwhile visit:www.cromercarnival.co.uk for further information.

Dates For Your DiaryCromer Carnival Art Week

23rd - 28th May: Cromer Parish HallRaft Race and Tug of War20th July: East Beach, Cromer

Children’s Week One4th – 8th August

Children’s Week Two11th – 15th August

In their 50th flying season the world renowned Red Arrows will appear at the 45th Cromer Carnival.The Cromer Carnival has confirmed that the Red Arrows will make a welcome return to the Cromer Carnival line-up this August.Celebrating their 50th display season, the Red Arrows will headline at the Cromer Carnival Day on Weds. 20th August.Carnival Chairman Tony Shipp said:“We are delighted to have the Red Arrows back at Cromer Carnival and are looking forward to seeing their 50th Anniversary display. Whilst most of the activities on Carnival Day take place on the Runton Road Showground, the Red Arrows bring visitors into the town. Cromer Carnival will be celebrating its 45th Anniversary, so it will make it a very special year for us.”

The Red Arrows who have been coming to Cromer since 1981 are traditionally one of the highlights of Carnival day. Over the past 31 years Cromer has been very fortunate to have them attend the Carnival over 25 times.Last month the Red Arrows revealed a new Union Jack livery on the tailfin to celebrate their 50th display season. The new tailfin which was revealed at the team’s home at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, is the most significant change to the look of the team’s famous aircraft in its history.Plans are well underway for this year’s Carnival which looks set to be another bumper year. Acts already confirmed for Carnival day in the Runton Road arena include The Devil’s Horsemen Cossack Riding, Bolddog Lings

The Red Arrows Are Back

Many Thanks to Paul Damen for these photographs.

They Said...We hang petty thieves and appoint the great thieves to public office.Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.Quoted in ‘Clarence Darrow for the Defense’ by Irving Stone.

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.John Quinton, American actor/writer.

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor & campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.Oscar Ameringer, “the Mark Twain of American Socialism.”I offered my opponents a deal: “if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them”.Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman.

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)

Thanks to Jeremy Westenra for this

From Pete’s Pen


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Singer songwriter and raconteur Harvey Andrews will be returning to Norfolk and claiming he is ‘Glad To Be Grey’. Harvey who is a world renowned songwriter and folksinger has agreed to play at North Walsham Community Centre on May 9th, to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis society.At the age of 70, Harvey stated: ‘I am missing performing and have been thinking of ways to keep my hand in. I have a one man show that I am calling ‘Glad to be Grey’.An entertainment of self-writtensongs, monologues and stories for baby boomers & beyond – in other words, my own generation. I won’t be performing greatest hits, but will be setting out to entertain with humour, nostalgia and a very occasional rant. The idea is to entertain people who don’t really know my general body of work.’

Harvey will also be playing at the Cromer Folk Festival on the same weekend and he has expressed a great desire to play in North Walsham, as he has never visited before. Tickets at £10 are available only from: The Music Hut in North Walsham. tel: 0787 4007 240 or Teresa Dixon, Local Support Development Officer - E.A. MS Society tel: 02084 380 887

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Consultation & EngagementOn Tuesday 4th March, I sat in on the Healthy Communities Consultation and Engagement event held at the Atrium in North Walsham.Over 20 good folk turned out at 10am to discuss, debate and answer questions put to them from the organisor Lara Williamson, who was helped by Jane Bartram.After coffee and a biscuit, Lara explained what was going to be happening before lunch.Groups of about 4 people sat around the tablesto discuss issues such as Health and Wellbeing in North Walsham. Questions like Hopes and Concerns - Recognising the potential of what we have available now - What else do we need? and generally identifying some priorities.All, bar me, were involved in the communities,with a couple of social workers on our table and a local parish Councillor.Over another coffee, and a very tasty sandwich lunch everyone discussed various other issues.

Above L-R: Jane Bartram & Lara Williamson. Both Lara and Jane organised the whole eventvery well, on behalf of the Norfolk County Council’s Social Services Department.Just before lunch we discussed moving forward with questions such as: Should things be done differently? Making services more accessible.Working together & learning from others. What was not discussed was the cost of providing all the additional services and what did not seem to be addressed is how to encourage young people to use these numerous services.I must say that I enjoyed meeting a number of interesting and very caring people during the couple of hours we were there.Over the coming year Healthy Communities are going to be working with 10 market towns and wards that have been identifyed as having the greatest overall health needs of all the Norfolk towns. These are the places they are considering: Cromer, Fakenham, Diss, Wymondham, North Walsham, Hunstanton, Downham Market, Great Yarmouth & Kings Lynn.For further information I would encourage readers to go to : www.norfolkslivingwell.org.ukThank you very much for a most interesting morning.

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CPRE Photography Competition Every year, the Campaign to Protect Rural England hold a photography competition across all schools in Norfolk, with a theme to capture the true beauty of the Norfolk landscape. The theme for the competition this year was: “The Landscape and Us: How people use and shape the Norfolk landscape” The judges are looking for a single photograph that captures how the Norfolk landscape is currently being used, or has been used in the past.In October, Cromer Academy held an internal photography competition in order to find the popular choices to submit. The standards were incredibly high and it was clear that there are many talented photographers at the Academy. All photographs were uploaded onto the web-site, which, during voting week, received a record number of views.Two photographs for the Key Stage 3 category - Noah Downes & Holly Hardingham & two for Key Stage 4- Zeke Downes & Rebecca Austin were entered into the competition.We are are delighted to announce that Noah, Zeke and Rebecca have all been shortlisted by the judges for the final which takes place on Thursday 27th March.

Pictured Above with their photographs Left - Right: Rebecca Austin, Noah Downes & Zeke Downes

The first prize in each category will receive Wex photography vouchers to the value of £350 and second prize is Wex photography vouchers to the value of £150.Good luck to the entrants from the Cromer Academy!

Above: Rebecca Austin’s Entry

Above: Noah Downes’s Entry

Above: Zeke Downes’s Entry

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Cromer Gift Shop has (re) opened it’s doors after originally closing only one week previously, as Cromer Giftware.Jeff and Jayne Bowyer had bought the business from Andrew Gray, and have set about putting their mark on Cromer’s ‘newest’ shop.Jayne said: “We have already had lots of customers wishing us luck, and giving us very positive comments”.Cromer Gift Shop offers gifts for every occasion and person, and alongside its sister Shop, just 20 yards down the street, in the Cromer Shopping Centre, the shop allows the customer

to accentuate any room in their house, or Beach Hut, when they get a new one, to suit their budget.There will be a continuous flow of new lines arriving regularly throughout 2014 and beyond, so definitely worth repeat visits!

Without wanting to sound like an Oscar’s speech, a task of this magnitude could not have been achieved without a dedicated and hard working team, and Jeff and Jayne would like to pay special thanks to theirs, comprising of Colin, Gill, Nicky and Jane, who all made this happen.

The Ribbon Has Been Cut And It’s All Systems Go!

A New Teacher was...........was trying to make use of her psychology courses and she started her class by saying: 'Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!' After a few seconds, Little Larry stood up. The teacher said: 'Do you think you're stupid, Larry?' 'No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!'

Larry watched, fascinated, as his mum smoothed cold cream on her face. 'Why do you do that, mommy?' he asked. 'To make myself beautiful,' said his mother,whothen began to remove the cream with a tissue. 'What's the matter’ asked Larry 'Giving up?'

Thanks to Ingrid Campbell for this.

Larry’s class was on visit to their local police station and saw pictures tacked to a bulletin board of the 10 most wanted criminals. One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person. 'Yes,' said the policeman. 'The detectives want very badly to capture him.' Larry asked: "Why didn't you keep him when you took his picture?"


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Grandparent’s RightsWritten by Rob Colwell – Solicitor at Hayes + StorrDo I have a right to see my grandchildren? Unfortunately, there is no fundamental right for grandparents to have contact with their grandchildren. The Family Law Courts do however recognise the importance of contact with grandparents during any child’s upbringing.I am being refused contact with my grandchildren, what do I do? 1. Try to negotiate with the child’s parents. This is the best way to have contact reinstated, and it saves costs. 2. Mediation. This is an independent process, in the absence of solicitors, whereby each of the parties meets with a legally trained mediator. They are each seen separately, and where an agreement looks possible, all parties will be invited to a roundtable meeting. Once an agreement is documented, it is not legally binding, but is persuasive to a Court. *Costs – are dependent on your income. They can range from £0-£200 approximately. If the referral is made via a solicitor, you will need to consider their hourly charging rate in addition to this. 3. Application to Court – this must be considered as a last resort as it can be very lengthy, stressful and expensive. *Costs – are dependent upon the facts of each case and can be discussed on an individual basis. There is a Court fee of £215 required to make such an application. What do the Courts consider when an application is made for contact? 1. Nature of the application being made;2. Your connection to your grandchildren; and


Care UK are holding IMMEDIATE LOCAL INTERVIEWS for Community Care Workers. We are eager to speak to people who can work in Cromer and all surrounding areas.We require daytime, evening and weekend care workers that can drive and have their own vehicle. We have Full and Part-time vacancies available for those WITH or WITHOUT previous care experience.There are many benefits of working for one of the largest care providers in the UK – including:• Up to 28 days paid holiday (inc. bank holidays)• Weekly pay and paid mileage• Childcare vouchers• Full, free ongoing training• Free uniform• Excellent career development opportunitiesTo apply: Call the recruitment team on: 0333 321 8854 or you can meet Jo Kendrick at “The Fishing Boat” every Monday between 11am and 12pm.

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The Bowen Technique - Health Care With A DifferenceThe Bowen Technique is a drug-free, non-invasive, hands-on therapy, mainly done through light clothing, with the client sitting, lying or standing.Using only fingers and thumbs, small rolling-type movements are performed over muscles, tendons, ligaments and soft tissue at precise points on the body. One of the most profound effects Bowen canhave is in shifting the Autonomic Nervous System – which controls over 80% of our body’s functions –from sympathetic to parasympathetic dominance.This subtle but dynamic process allows the body to release stress at a very deep level, re-align & address imbalances in functions and chemical composition and, as far as possible, restore homeostasis (physiological equilibrium) within the body. This process could explain why even a small number of Bowen treatments often reactivate the client’s recovery process, when healing from trauma, sickness, injury or surgeryhas stalled or reached a plateau.Short-term (acute) injury is often addressed in three to five sessions, each lasting 45-60 minutes.Long-standing (chronic) conditions may require further care.In addition to addressing muscular-skeletal problems such as back, neck, shoulder and knee pain, whiplash, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, carpel tunnel syndrome & sports

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AylshamBridge Club 7pm Fri 7.15pm t: 761 308Broadland Juniors Chess. 8.30am term-time Sat. t: 735 740 https://sites.google.com/site/broadlandchessclubjuniors/Country Market each Friday 8.50-noonCricket Club indoor Sun 3-5pm t: 510 102 Evening WI 7.30pm 1st Thurs Town Hall.Extend Over 60’s Exercise Fridays Jubilee Family Centre t: 01692 407 851 Farmers Market 9am-1pm 1st & 3rd Sat Market PlaceF.I.T. group 2nd & 4th Weds t: 731 177Flower Club 2nd Wed 7.30pm Town HallFitness Yoga/Pilates Tues & Thurs Friendship Hall t: 01692 538 569 Gym Club Fri 5pm. High School t: 576 609Inspired Gardeners group. 2nd Thurs 10.30 - noon. Methodist Church Hall. t:733 535. Lammas KC Lodge ROAB Tues 8.15pm Sutton School Of Dance, Mill Row.Monday Stall Parish Church 8.30-noon N. N. Mental Health Users & Carers Forum 2nd Weds Jubilee Centre 1- 3.30pm. Guest speakers on mental health care & wellbeing. RBL (Womens) 1st Mon Salvation Army Hall t: 734 091 N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt.Wed High School t: 01692 402 662Scalextric Club Presto Park Weds 7.15-9.45 pm. t: 01603 754 319 Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Peggs YardYoga Tues 7.30pm Peggs Yard. t: 732 426CromerAge Concern Fri 10am The Cottage.Aqua Therapy Classes Mon 11-12am Wed 7-8pm Country Club t: 501 914 Air Training Corps. 7pm Mon & Thurs, High School t: 515 452Baptist Church 1st & 3rd Sat Coffee morning t: 576 524 Bridge (Duplicate) Mon 7pm t: 822 778C.A.B. Appointments: t : 01692 405 847Chesterfield Hall Mon 10am Parent & Toddlers. Sun 11.45am Family Service & Children’s Club Christian Fellowship Sun 10.30am former Gospel Hall t: 838 180Cromer Orchestra meets 7-9pm The Belfry Arts Centre. Overstrand. t: 511 600Cromer Forum 1st Tues 7.30pm Methodist Church New Hall t: 515138Diabetes UK 4thThurs 7.30pm Methodist Church Hall. t: 01692 405 492 Elderberries Badminton 3-5pm Mon & FriCromer sports hall. t: 761 142 Elderberries Short Mat Bowls 3-5pm Mon & Fri Cromer sports hall. t: 511 246Flower Club 7.30pm 3rd Mon Junior School. t: 513 408Folk Dance Club 7.30pm Tues Community Hall t: 578 224Garden Society 7.30pm 2nd Weds Community Hall t: 514 399Hockey Club Mon under16s & under13s 6.30pm Adults 7.15pm Sports CentreKorean Martial Arts t: 07765 282 981Lip reading classes Thurs 10 - 12noon Methodist Church Rooms t: 0344 800 8002.NHS Retirement Fellowship 3rd Weds 2.30-4pm Cromer Hospital. t: 510 002 N & N Assoc.for Blind 9.30-1pm Tues Merchants Place. N.N. Mencap Society Thurs 1pm Merchants Pl. t: 578 116Parkinson’s Disease Society 10.30am 2nd Wed of month St. John Hall, Bond St.R.E.M.E. 2pm. 1st Wed Halsey Hse t: 512 450RBL 7.30pm 1st Wed The CottageRBL Women’s Section 2.30pm 1st Thurs Royal Naval Assoc. t:720 107 or email: [email protected] for infoROAB Wed 8.15pm The Cottage.

CromerSing for Joy Singing Group Thurs 10am. Community Centre. t: 570 117St John Ambulance Adults Tues 7.30pm Cadets Tues 5.45pm St John Hall, Bond St. Sea Scouts Overstrand Rd info t: 514 562 Tabletop/Craft Sale 9am-3pm St.John Hall, Bond St. Last Fri. t: 513 115 Taekwondo Sports Centre. t: 711 824 Tennis Club Sun, Weds & Fri t:513 741 The One O’clock Club over 60’s.1-2pm Thurs. Barker’s Herne. W.I. 2nd Thurs 2 pm, Garden St.

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Sheringham Alcoholics Anonymous Sun 3pm St Joseph’s ChurchBeetle Drive 3rd Tues 7.30 pm St.Josephs Church Bridge :The Morley. Duplicate pairs Thurs 7pmBeginners Fri 2pm t: 822 087Bounce & Rhyme for under 5’s & parents/carers.Tues 10.15-10.45am at the Libraryt: 822 874CAB. YESU,Thurs 10-2pm t: 01692 402 570Chess All ages & abilities t: 01692 404 649 Evening W.I. 2nd Mon. St. Josephs Church Hall t: 823 889Flower Club 1st Thurs 7pm St.Andrews Church t: 825 059Gingerbread Fri pm. Friends Meeting House t: 0785 9364 702 Harry Upcher Lodge ROAB Mon 8.15pm Tyneside Club. Hearing Aid Clinic 10-12pm 1st Mon. Age Concern.Ladies Fellowship 7.30pm 2nd Tues Salvation Army. Lip reading classes Thurs 1.30 - 3.30pm Health Centre t: 0344 800 8002 MS meetings 7-9pm 1st & 3rd Wed. Robin Hood Pub, t: 823 392Morris Dancing. Oddfellows Hall. Weds 7.30pm t: 837 693N.Norfolk Model Group 8pm last Fri St John’s Hall t: 514 059 Old Shannocks 2.15pm last Wed Community Rooms. Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Cremer St. R.A.F.A. 4th Tues of month. t: 837 229Saturday Super Sale First Sat 9-11am. Salvation Army Hall. Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club 2nd & 4th Tues.The Morley Club. t: 821 276 Sheringham Singers Ladies Choir Tues 2-4pm Friends Meeting Hse, Cremer St. t: 768 126 Sheringham Voyager 2pm 1st & 3rd Thurs Community Centre t: 01692 500 550 Sheringham Youth Choir 11-18yrs.Weds 7pm (term time) Baptist Church

The Runtons Bingo 7.30pm Sun & Mon Bernie’s Social Club East Runton N.N. Chess Club Fri 7.30pm. W. Runton Social Club t: 823 814Philatelic Society 2nd Mon of month 7.30pm West Runton Church Hall.Cromer & Sheringham Probus Club 12.30pm 1st Tues, Links Hotel t:824 306 Rotary Club Weds 6pm except 5th Weds Dormy House W.Runton, t: 578 194 Sequence Dancing Mon 7.30-10pm E. Runton Village Hall.t:01692 403 071West Runton Scouts info : 712 288W.I. 2.15pm 2nd Wed. W. Runton Church Hall

TriminghamCoffee Morning 3rd Weds 10.30am Pilgrim ShelterPoppyland Club (Ladies) 2nd Weds 2.30pm. Pilgrim Shelter

Trimingham Slimming Club Tues 1.45pm Pilgrim Shelter t: 579 797 Table Top Sale 1st Sun 8.30am Pilgrim Shelter t: 834 965 Whist 1.45pm Mon & Thurs. Pilgrim Shelter. All levels welcome.t: Liz 834 965

Elsewhere:Antingham & Southrepps Playgroup t: 834 148 Badminton Thurs. Gresham Village Hall t: 07917 596 797 Beachcombers Dining Club 1st Mon 7pm: The Feathers Hotel, Holt. Speakers alt months. t: Hazel 838 566 Cash Bingo Tues 8pm Aldborough community centre. Cantamus Choir 7.30pm Thurs. Southrepps Church. t: 07785 782 498.Crazee Kidz Club 7pm 2nd & 4th Fri. term time. Roughton Village Hall 7-16yrs. t:768 138 Cromer & Sheringham Brass Band 7.45pm Thurs Upper Sheringham Village Hall t:733 638 Cromer Air Rifle Club 9am -noon Sundays Nr Sheringham. t: 570 223Extend exercise for over 60’s Mon 2.30pm Northrepps Village Hall t:768 159Farmers Market 1st Sun 9.30am - 12.30pmAldborough Community Hall t: 768 766Fit Together Health Walks Info 07766 259 999 Fit Together Tea Dance Tues 2-4pm Briston Copeman Centre - £2 Info: 07766 259 999 Greenfingers Gardening Club 7.30pm 1st Thurs Jubilee Hall, Banningham t: 761 620 Gym Club Thurs 5-8pm Northrepps Village Hall t: 576 609 Knapton Ladies Club 3rd Mon 7.30pm Village Hall t:720 908. 1st Tues Women’s Own Methodist Church t: 721 439 MS Group Mon 10 - 2pm Southrepps Village Hall t: 823 392 Nordic Walking Tues & Thurs 11am t: 07825 773 368Norfolk Submariners 1st Wed 12noon Kings Head, Horsham St Faith t: 511 758N. Walsham Cage Bird Club 8pm 3rd Tues Felmingham Village Hall. t: 01692 404 750 Northrepps Pre-School Mon-Fri Term-time t:579 396 Northrepps R.B.L. 1st Mon. 2nd.Mon. BH’s. 7.30pm. Northrepps Cottage t: 579 633. NN Amateur Radio Group Wed & Thur 10-4 Muckleburgh t: 821 936Nth Norfolk Model Engineering Club 1st Fri 7.30pm High Kelling Social Centre Prize Bingo 7.30pm 1st & 3rd Fri Gimingham Village HallRoughton Under 5’s Playgroup t: 07553 456 083Ruby’s Prize Bingo. 1st Sat of month 7.30pm.Lower Southrepps Social Club Seniors Swimming Club Mon & Weds am, Fri pm. Greshams Swimming Pool, Holt. t: 711 123 Suffield Park Bowls Club. Whist Drives Tues 2.15pm. Fri twice monthly 7.30pm.Traditional Catholic Latin Mass 4th. Sun 5.30pm Mission Rooms Horsham St. Faiths (opp. Parish Church) t: 01603 788 873 Trunch Bumbles Pre-school t: 720 931 Trunch Friends 2nd Tues 2pm Trunch Village Hall t:721 570Trunch Methodist Church 1st Sat 10am - noon Coffee Morning. Stalls Cakes t: 720 145 Weybourne Folk Club 3rd Sun 3-6pm Maltings Hotel, Weybourne.t:588 781

What, When & Where All Phone tel nos. are code 01263, unless otherwise stated.

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Special EventsMARCH

Friday 14th March 1.45 - 4pm: Pilgrim Shelter TriminghamCraft Afternoon ~ Bring your craft knitting, tatting, rug making or just to chat with other like minded ladies £1.50 includes tea/coffee biscuits.Tel June 833 382Monday 17th March 1.30 - 4pm : Pilgrim Shelter,Trimingham Whist Afternoon ~ Singles or pairs - all welcome £1.50 includes play, entry into raffle & tea/coffee, free parking. tel: Liz 834 965Thursday 20th March 1.30 - 4pm: Pilgrim Shelter TriminghamWhist Afternoon ~ Singles or pairs, all welcome £1.50 includes play, raffle & refreshments, free parking. tel: 834 965 7pm: Suffield Park Bowls Club, CromerThe Cromer Society ~ Illustrated Talk “South Pole to Everest” presented by Stephen Scott-Fawcett

Friday 21st March 2 - 4pm: Pilgrim Shelter TriminghamGardening Afternoon ~ Humorous chat & info from Roger Leggett, £1.50 includes tea/coffee. Free parking. tel Liz 834 965 7.30pm : Cromer Community Centre, Garden St.Friends of Cromer Museum ~ Ancient Trees In The Norfolk Landscape. Talk by Professor Tom Williamson (from the UEA) Fri 21st & Sat 22nd MarchSheringham Little TheatreThe Sheringham Players ~ 10 short plays, with shortintroductions including Score - Lyndon Brook, Night - Harold Pinter, Doggies - Jean McConnell & What’s for Pudding - David Tristram.Tickets £9 from the Box Office: 822 347. www. sheringhamlittletheatre.comSaturday 22nd March1.30 - 4.30 pm : North Walsham LibraryBusiness Basics Workshop ~ Enterprise N.Norfolk will teach some skills you need. Writing a business plan, marketing, developing an on-line presence, financial management & legalities. To book a free place tel: 569 360 or visit: ww.enterprisenn.co.uk7pm : Gimingham Village Hall Quiz Night ~ Irish / St. Patrick’s Day theme. Fancy dress optional. To support the Village Hall. Price - £5, includes light buffet, BYO drinks. Raffle. Max 6 per team. Advance tickets from: 721 229 or 720 058.Sat 22nd - Sun 23rd March10am - 2pm : Little Barningham Village HallGrand 2 Day Table Top ~ plus Sale. Free entry, Refreshments (For Hall Funds) Details: 570 097

W.G.STEVENSONPLASTERING CONTRACTORHigh Quality Work, Friendly Professional Service

All Aspects of internal & external plastering& rendering, new builds, renovations

and period restoration work.GREG STEVENSON

Tel: 01263 834 572 Mob: 07867 777 938 Email: [email protected]

Senior Citizen ServicesFor All The Odd Jobs You Hate

Painting & DecoratingGrass Cutting & GardeningFencing & Shed Repairs

All Odd Jobs Large & SmallFast & Friendly Service

01263 515 250 07836 227 490

Events Continued on Page 18

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comfort of your own home.Andrew Benn 01263 761 133

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A J B BuildersAll types of Building work undertaken.Plastering, Roofing, Brickwork, Installations,

Damp Proofing & Timber Protection work.35 years experience.

Phone: 01263 649 347 or 07887 671 141

THE WHITE HORSE

The Best Pub in Town Stylish En-Suite rooms available. Free Wifi.Lovely home-cooked

meals available Tues - SunTaking Bookings NOW for

Mother’s Day Sun 30th MarchFriday 18th April : 7.30pmDawn Mc Minn Memorial

Darts Trophy - Mixed PairsSunday Lunches ~ 12noon - 4pm

Voted one of the Best Lunches in Cromer

Booking advisableLunchtime Specials

Tuesdays - Fridays ~ 12 - 2.30pm

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24 West Street Cromer

01263 512 275

NORTH NORFOLK FUELSWe offer pre-packed Coal

including smokeless. Also Logs, Kindling & Firelighters from our yard in Jubilee Close

ErpinghamTel: 01263 761 359

PLEASE NOTE We CANNOT accept details or corrections to

Special or Regular Events over the phone. Please post CONCISE copy to LIS at 30 West St. Cromer. NR27 9DS

or e-mail : [email protected] via: www.crab-tales.co.uk by NOON Weds 19th March

Sunday 23rd March11 am - 4 pm: Corpusty Village HallExhibition ~ Local history - art & craft - photographs - bygones - wildlife. Old airfields etc. Refreshments - plant sales - books & raffle. admission - adults £1 children free. Proceeds for the Village Hall funds 11am - 4pm: Chestnut Farm. W. Beckham NR25 6NXOpen Gardens ~ Visiting nurseries & light refresh-ments available. Ample field parking. weather permitting. Info: 822 2417 for 7.15pm : Trimingham House Caravan Park, Quiz Evening ~ £1 per player, max 4 in team. 3 quiz team prizes & 3 raffle prizes Free parking. Tel: Liz 834 965Monday 24th March 1.30 - 4pm: Pilgrim Shelter TriminghamWhist Afternoon ~ singles or pairs, all welcome £1.50 includes play, raffle & refreshments, free parking. tel: 834 965Tuesday 25th March 7 for 7.30pm : Mundesley Coronation Hall Coronation Hall AGM ~ All welcome. Come & see how your Hall is run.Wednesday 26th March 7pm: Suffield Park Bowls Club, CromerThe Cromer Society ~ Recorded Music Section “Celebrating Concertos” by William Bestelink7pm : Sheringham Woodfields SchoolQuiz Evening & Pudding Club ~ £5 per person including puddings! Book your team on: 820 520 max of 6 per team. Proceeds to Friends of Sheringham Woodfields SchoolThursday 27th March1.30 - 4pm: Pilgrim Shelter TriminghamWhist Afternoon ~ Singles or pairs, all welcome £1.50 includes play, raffle & refreshments, free parking. tel: 834 9657.30pm.: Cromer Community Hall, Garden Street.Cromer Preservation Society A.G.M. ~ followed by Cromer’s Sea Defences talk by a representative of Volker Stevin contractors. All welcome.Friday 28th March2 - 4pm: Pilgrim Shelter TriminghamCraft Afternoon ~ Bring your craft knitting, tatting, rug making or just to chat craft ideas with other like minded ladies £1.50 includes tea/coffee biscuits.Tel June 833 382

All Saints’ Church EventSoup & Pudding Mornings

From 12noon : Church Rooms MundesleyLast Friday of month - May. Light music & Raffle

at each meeting. Come and enjoy.

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Saturday 29th March 10am: Baconsthorpe Village Hall Easter Fayre ~ Refreshments and Raffle.10am - 2pm: Wiveton Hall Farm.NR25 7TEFarmers Market with Artisan Crafts ~ fresh local produce, plus artisan handmade crafts, two barns full of stalls, plus lots of outside stands. Entry free & large car park.Light refreshments & lunches available. Info: 07775 741 752

APRILWeds 2nd - Sat 5th April 7.30pm :The Auden Theatre, HoltNth Norfolk Chamber Opera ~ Orpheus & Euridici by Gluck. Tickets £14 (Concs £12) from Box Office: 01263 512 291 Friday 4th April 7.30pm: Baconsthorpe Village Hall An Evening Of Songs ~ Country & Western, Blues & Favourites by the BLUE SKIES, £5 pp. includes refreshments. Raffle. Tickets from: 711 320. Saturday 5th April7pm : Briston PavilionCinema for Briston ~ Philomena (PG13) Judy Dench & Steve Coogan star in the Oscar nominated film about a woman searching for her son who was adopted Licensed bar (patrons only) Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets £4.50 each on the door 7.30pm: St Botolph’s Church, Trunch.Concert ~ David Ballard (Organ) Verity Ransom (Soprano) Matthew Martin (Trumpet) A cheering up-beat to the season from three talented young UEA music graduates, featuring the recently renovated historic 1808 Wm Gray organ. Purcell, Bach, Byrd, Stanley, Pergolesi. Admission by programme at door, £9 (£7 concs). Sunday 6th April from 10am : TriminghamYard Sale ~ Various sellers throughout the village Lots of bargains and 100s of books at 20p each. Tea coffee bacon rolls 50p each at the Pilgrim Shelter. Free parking admission & toiletsTuesday 8th April 10am -noon:Merchants Place, CromerKeeping Abreast Group ~ Coffee & Chat Drop in Session. Find out more about Breast Reconstruction following Breast Cancer. Volunteers who have had breast reconstruction on hand to offer support & information about reconstruction in an informal & relaxed atmosphere.7.30pm : Coronation Hall, Mundesley Village Cinema ~ Saving Mr. Banks PG 125mins The account of how Uncle Walt Disney (Tom Hanks), after 20 years was finally able to persuade the British author PL Travers (magnificently played by Emma Thompson) to grant him the film rights to her Mary Poppins books. Tickets £4 on door.Refreshments from 7pm. Info: www.mundesley.org/filmWednesday 9th April 7.30pm: Baconsthorpe Village Hall Easter Prize Bingo.7.30pm : Overstrand Parish HallOverstrand Annual Parish Meeting ~All Welcome - light refreshments from 6.45pmSaturday 12th April 10 am: Spixworth Village Hall.Craft And Gift Fayre ~ Stall Set Up 9am. £10 per pitch / £15 for two. Details from : 01603 781 864. In aid of New Farm Aviation Heritage Group museum refurbishment.

Special Eventscontinued from Page 17

“Reaching Out” Visiting TeamDo you know of anyone in the Trunch area who

would value a visit?A team of volunteers from the churches of

the Trunch Group are happy to call on anyone who might:

• have just returned home from hospital

• be housebound or feel isolated• have newly moved into the area

If you would like someone to call - either for yourself or someone you know - please contact

Betty on 079 606 17172

At Your Local LibraryHome Library Service

If you can’t get to the library due to disability or ill health our volunteers can bring books

to your home.

Find It If you need information on local services,

starting your family history, what to read next, finding a job, down loading an electronic book,

mobile library routes & more. Visit: www.library.norfolk.gov.uk

12th April-19th MayMundesley LibraryNorfolk Narratives ~ focusing on fiction & non fiction books with a local interest. We will hold a community read for adults & quiz sheet with a £25 Jarrolds token as 1st prize & hope to host a talk by a local author. Info: 720 702Thursday 17th April 7.30pm : Antingham Village HallEaster Prize Bingo ~ All types of prizes on offer. £5 a book.Monday 21st April11am-5pm: Chestnut Farm. W. Beckham NR25 6NXOpen Gardens ~ Visiting nurseries & light refresh-ments available. Ample field parking. weather permit-ting. Info: 822 241Thursday 24th April 11am-5pm: Chestnut Farm. W. Beckham NR25 6NXOpen Gardens ~ Visiting nurseries and light refreshments available. Ample field parking. weather permitting. Info: 822 241

Coming Soon at Mundesley Library12th April -19th May

Community Read For Children ~ To get children in Mundesley and surrounding villages reading and talking about Gangsta Granny, the hilarious novel

from David Walliams, the fastest growing children’s author in the country. This is a story of prejudice

& acceptance, funny lists & silly words. The hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house, she’s the

boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble & eat cabbage soup.

There are 2 things Ben doesn’t know about his gran. 1) She was once an international jewel thief.

2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels & now needs Ben’s help.

Pick up your copy from the library. Info: 720 702

PLEASE NOTE We CANNOT accept details or corrections over the phone. Please post CONCISE copy

to LIS at 30 West St. Cromer. NR27 9DS or e-mail : [email protected]

or via: www.crab-tales.co.uk by NOON Weds 19th March

Young Mums Aquafit ClassesStarting April 2014New classes starting at Cromer Academy in our newly refurbished pool.The classes will be led by a qualified instructor with a series of water based exercises in a warm environment. The instructor will motivate you and guide you through a workout, which is a popular form of exercise, great fun with a lovely sociable atmosphere. If you feel that our pool is somewhere you would like to get active, why not try our Aquafit sessions. These classes are a fantastic way to start building up your fitness levels.Session times available: Monday from 5pm. Wednesday from 3.30pm.and Friday from 3pm.Introductory rate of £2. per one hour session. Classes will be held in 6 week sessions. To register your interest and preferred time please contact Judy Ellis at Cromer Academy on: 01263 511 433

Community Café OpeningAbout With Friends is opening their new Community Café in Cromer at 9.30amon Monday 17th March.This is like no other café in the town as it is not just a place to get a drink and a snack; it is also somewhere to come and enjoy the company of others, enjoy some light entertainment and relax for an hour or two.As well as an array of hot & cold food; drinks, cakes and much more, the AWF members will be chatting with the customers and even enter-taining them with the odd game of bingo.Later the charity will be fetching shopping and running other errands for the customers whilst they enjoy a leisurely coffee and cake. As with everything AWF do, the café will be run by adults with learning disabilities supported by staff.The menu will include Homemade Specials of the Day; Snacks; Toasted Sandwiches; Jacket Potatoes; Light Lunches; Afternoon Delights and more. However it’s not just a place to eat great food but a place to make & meet friends and enjoy a few hours in a happy environment. There’s no need to be lonely when About With Friends is open.See our website for the latest information.About With Friends is a fun, active and energetic charity based in Cromer. We offer children, young people and adults with learning disabilities the chance to lead the lives they choose. When they become part of our family they have opportunities to develop lasting friendships; engage in fun and active social activities; get involved in the community; have the chance to try new experiences; learn new skills both for life and work; but aboveall feel a valued part of society while enjoying life to the full.Our services include evening & weekend social activities; a daytime Work Skills programme; supported living and outreach work; transition support, holidays; and bespoke services designed to meet an individual’s specific needs.General Enquiries : Phone: 01263 515 230Email: [email protected]


31st Mundesley Festival August 4th - August 8th 2014

Book Now on 01263 721 189

Glad the Royals are OK!!!

Thanks to William Keddell for this.

Up to 500 children flocked to Cromer Academy on Thursday 27th February to hear skate park campaigners tell of their excitement at the progress made to date in their bid for a dream skate park.There were two special assemblies for prospective skate park users of the future, the first for Year 7 and 8 students at the academy, and the second for the children of Cromer Junior School. The children asked many searching questions, demonstrating a particular focus on how long it would take for the skate park to be built, and how big it will be upon completion.Following the assemblies, the academy hosted a meeting for the general public, which was opened by Whil de Neve, who is a trustee and member of the Cromer Skate Park committee.Committee member Nyall Brown, a Year 10 pupil at the Academy, made a passionate speech which encouraged everyone present to back the campaign. “We get in the way a lot and need somewhere to ride our skateboards. Our team of parents and children are dedicated and we have raised £85,000 so far through fundraising and grants. Please get involved and help us raise the £65,000

extra we need.”Ian Jennings, skate park designer for Maverick, the company chosen to design the park, travelled from Dorset to talk about the plans and to show some pictures of how the skate park will look. “This skate park will have a unique identity with a beachscape, shoreline theme, it will be a positive commun-ity space, with no age boundaries, with everyone interacting in a non-competitive and supportive environment.”Mr Jennings explained that the park would bring in ‘skate park tourists’ from across the UK and this would in turn provide a big boost for local businesses. Planning permission has already been granted to build the park on The Meadow in Cromer.The next fundraising event lined up is a Charity Ball, which will take place at Northrepps Cottage Country Hotel on the evening of Saturday 22nd March 2014. There are still tickets available. (See Poster on Right)

For further details visit: http://cromerskatepark.co.uk/latest-news/cromer-skatepark-charity-ball/

Alternatively, keep up to date via the campaign’s Twitter feed:@CromerSkatepark

Cromer Skate Park Progress


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