8/13/2019 Marsham Village News (20th Edition) http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/marsham-village-news-20th-edition 1/8 Marsham Village News 20th Edition February 2014 This stunning photograph, taken last winter, was sent in by Evelyn Meeks. Hopefully we will not be seeing similar scenes this winter. Please send any locally themed or seasonal photographs to [email protected]Deadline for the next edition is Monday 24 th February 2014. Any articles, letters or adverts should be sent to [email protected]or, if anything needs typing, to Linda and Eric at 3 Cranes Lane. A belated happy new year to everyone. Good news for the start of the new year - Norse has kindly offered to continue funding the printing of the Newsletter until October 2014. Many thanks to all those people who have sent in articles for this month’s edition. It is this level of community involvement that will ensure that Marsham News continues well beyond that date. Don’t forget that you can now see the village newsletter online through a Facebook account or by typing http://on.fb.me/1dDSpAy into the address line of your browser. You also have the possibility of leaving comments and feedback on our Facebook page.
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We have had a very good year entertaining around church groups, homes and village halls etc., andat our recent annual general meeting decided to invite requests from the area for anyone who
would like to book us to come to them for 2014. Obviously Christmas carols sound lovely on the
bells, but we play much other music all the year round. We make no charge as such, just ask for a
donation towards travelling costs. If you would like to book please contact me on 01263 734091 or
Alternatively, if groups or individuals would like to come and "have a go" please use same contact
details and we will organise a workshop in our village hall.
Further details will appear later, but we are taking part in charity events during the summer. A
strawberry tea, with entertainment, to be held in Corpusty in aid of helping fund items for Nepaleseschool children, and a similar event in Marsham village hall, to help raise funds for a Defibrillator to
be installed at the village hall. This will also mark the 30 year anniversary of the Marsham Belles.
Our last meeting at the Village Hall was our AGM in November when we heard reports from our Secretary,
Treasurer and President and reflected on our activities during 2013. We also had an entertaining report about
the 2013 Darts League which had been an enjoyable competition despite problems with transport and shortage
of players. We hope that we will be able to participate this year again. The formal part of the evening was
followed by everyone making a Christmas decoration under the supervision of one of our members. I proudly
took mine home to hang on my Christmas tree. In December we had our Christmas Dinner meeting once
again at the Marsham Arms which was enjoyed by all who attended.
We already have a few diary dates for 2014: the National AGM will be held in Leeds in June this year and
our Norfolk Federation AGM will be held in St Andrews Hall in March. We hope to enter the Cator Cup
competition again, the theme this year is “Gardens”and we hope to come up with some suitable craft items
for it by the end of March. We also have to give some thought to an entry for the WI competitions at The
Royal Norfolk Show in June, the theme is “On The Home Front” in keeping with the commemorations for
the centenary of the start of The Great War in 1914. So, a busy year ahead as we also give thoughts to
preparations for the national celebrations of WI’s centenary next year.
Our February meeting is on Wednesday 26th when we will be having a demonstration of beading, so if you
are a woman interested in joining Marsham WI please come along, new members will be very welcome.
Meetings are usually held on the 4th
Wednesday of the month in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. There is a WI board on the wall at the right of the Village Hall kitchen where you can see details of our programme for 2014.
Rev. Gregg-MacGregor’s WW1 kit bag (1916) Rev. and Mrs. Gregg-MacGregor in Australia (1921)
We’re trying to build a fuller picture of former Marsham resident Reverend J. V. F. Gregg-MacGregor
DCM.
Rev. Gregg-MacGregor led a remarkable life, comparable with the famous First World War Army
Chaplain Studdart-Kennedy (‘Woodbine Willie’). Rev. Gregg-MacGregor served as a stretcher bearer
and later as a Chaplain in The First World War. He became a priest in Australia and returned to
England in 1930. He and his wife came to Marsham from Kenninghall in 1950, where they lived atThe Old Plough (at the time known as Beulah.) Rev’d Gregg-MacGregor died in 1955 and is buried
in Marsham church yard.
Rev. Gregg-MacGregor's grave in Marsham churchyard Although it is over fifty years ago, perhaps there is someone in the village who will
remember him.
Please contact Joseph Jarvis - at The Old Plough (not the pub),Old Norwich Road 01263 734032
News from the School
A belated Happy New Year to everyone!
We are well into the new term now and the children are continuing to work hard. Class 1 have been
having road safety lessons. You may have seen them out and about.
A number of children in years 4, 5 and 6 are very excited about a football tournament that they are about
to take part in. The excitement can’t possibly be to do with it being staged at Carrow Road, can it…?
Our annual whole school Key Stage 2 residential weekend will be upon us soon. Children in years 3, 4, 5
and 6 get the opportunity to take part in activities such as abseiling, high ropes, zip wire, climbing wall
and the annual activity of not going to sleep and getting up at the crack of dawn, a personal favourite of
the teachers! It’s a good job that the weekend is immediately followed by half term!
Finally, we would like to say a warm “Hello and welcome!” to two new members of staff. Mr Walker is
currently working with Class 2 in the afternoons and Ms Allen is a teaching assistant who is working with
years 5 and 6 in the mornings.
(PS. Thank you very much to all the Marsham residents who came and supported our Christmas
Fayre in the Village Hall and Christmas Carol Service in the church. Your support is always much