Marsham Village News (31st Edition)

Marsham Village News

31st Edition March 2015

The deadline for the next edition is Monday 23rd March 2015. Any articles, letters or adverts should be sent to [email protected] or, if anything needs typing, to Linda and Eric at 3 Cranes Lane.

Those first signs of spring.. Included in this edition is a final piece on the Marsham men whose names are on the village war memorial.

Dont forget to let us have details of any up and coming events which we will include on this page. Send to [email protected] or deliver to 12 Old Norwich Road.

the village. Teas would also be available at the hall. The advantages for anyone wishing to have a sale at their house would be the benefits of the widespread advertising and the involvement in a community event. You could

Mobile library in Marsham The Norfolk County Council mobile library van will be in Marsham on Monday 17th March. The stop-off points are Le Neve Road - 15.30 to 15.45 Wathen Way - 15.50 to 16.05

The Bells are Ringing

Starting on Wednesdays in April, at 1.30, the Marsham Belles will be holding their rehearsals in the village hall. They are inviting people to come along and listen, and have a go if they would like to. The first two sessions will be on the 8th and 22nd and from then onwards always the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month. Although the Belles will be rehearsing, the idea is for anyone to come along to have a cup of tea and a chat on Wednesday afternoons. There is the possibility of this becoming a regular feature with perhaps other people taking it on for the other Wednesdays. Contact us on 01263 734091 (Hazel) or 01263 734115 (Lesley)

Garage and Garden Sale Following the article in last months Newsletter about the proposed Garage and Garden Sale the Village Hall

Committee has joined forces with the Defibrillator Project to further explore the idea. The proposed date is Saturday 30th May. Visitors would buy a map from the village hall, showing the location of the various

garage and garden sales dotted around

Queenie will be having a birthday party in the village

hall from 1 oclock on Sunday 5th April. Anyone

who knows her is very welcome.

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sell anything you wish plants, books, dvds, bric a brac etc. The map would send your customers to you! Anyone who lives outside the centre of the village could have a table at the village hall. The cost would be 5 per stall/table and funds would be going to the village hall and the Defibrillator Project. If you would be interested in having a stall, please contact Hazel Kingswood (734091) or Adrian Scargill (734488).

Letters to the Editor The letters in this section are published unedited and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editing committee. We see the Village Newsletter as a channel for people in the village to air their views positive and negative.

We have received this anonymous letter from a Distressed Neighbour. Can you put in the Marsham Newsletter about the noise caused by noisy cockerels on Le Neve Road. If nothing is done shortly, Broadland District Council will be notified. Can anyone help?

Class 2 Class 2 have been busy learning about Tudor life. They have studied different historical figures, houses and how their lives were different, if they were rich or poor. Our text level work has led to the children writing an explanation text about how Tudor houses were built. They have used a wide range of skills including conjunction use, looking at paragraph structure and using technical vocabulary. Our parents and carers have been supporting our children in making their Tudor house at home. This really helped them to understand the features that helped with their writing. The models are going to be displayed in the corridors, so please come and have a look after half term. We have enjoyed having Miss Cook working with us for the last two weeks, sharing her specialist science knowledge. We wish her well in her new ventures. We will be very sad to see Miss Moss leave us to return to Hevingham, but we know we will see her soon.

Class 1 We have had another busy half term in class one.The children have been looking at how technology has changed over the past 60 years. Our role play began as a modern day school and has been stripped back to a classroom with a chalkboard and slates as writing resources. The children had a great experience at the Bridewell Museum in Norwich where they handled many artefacts, including a typewriter and a feather and ink pot. During RE, the children have been sharing their own experiences of weddings and christenings. Many children brought photos, gowns and other memorabilia into school to show their friends. Come and see the church that the children made that is in our role play school, where the children have bible sessions and read books about various religions and their beliefs on belonging. Please come in and look through the books and on our working walls to see how much learning the children have been doing. Michelle Mitchell

Marsham Primary School

After half term, we will be going on our trip (Year 6s will attend!) and also welcoming Miss Rothon as a new Teaching Assistant.

Lydia Board

Marsham Community Public Access Defibrillator Project

The defibrillator and cabinet are now installed and we are just waiting for the East of England Ambulance Trust to register us on their system so we should be Live by the time you read this. Thank you to David Hibberd for installing the cabinet and putting up the signs and to Gavin Watson for the electrical work. Following the information session we thought it would be useful for everyone to receive a copy of the leaflet we were given which provides information on what to do if someone you are with collapses. You should have received a copy inside your newsletter this month. A 20 donation was sent by the group to the Community Heartbeat Trust (CHT) for these. We have received a further anonymous donation of 10 from a customer at the Plough. Thank you. We will be continuing to raise money as we will need to cover the costs of insurance, Governance issues, yearly information sessions and ongoing equipment replacement which will cost about 350 a year through the CHT. We are hoping to organise a quiz evening at The Plough in the next few months. If you are able to help or have any fundraising ideas please contact Nicola Hibberd on 01263 733557 or email [email protected]. Thank you

Telephone box begins its new life.

The Defibrillator is now live!

MARSHAM CHURCH SERVICES FOR OCTOBER 2013 6th October 10.45am Harvest Festival 13th October 10.45am Holy Communion 20th October 10.45am Family Service 27th October 10.45am Family Service

MARSHAM CHURCH SERVICES FOR MARCH 22nd March 10.30am Holy Communion Wednesday 4th March 12.30pm Lent Lunch in the church

NEWS FROM MARSHAM PARISH COUNCIL The Environment Agency has re-emphasised the importance of reporting distress or nuisance caused by odour from the site through the usual channels:- Freephone: 0800 80 70 60 (anytime day or night - and at any location)

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ALLOTMENT VACANCIES Marsham Parish Council has vacancies for anyone wishing to rent an allotment. If you are interested, please contact Nicola, clerk to Marsham Parish Council on 07855 947797 or [email protected].

Marsham WI

For our first meeting of the year we had quite a bit of correspondence to read, mostly about the

arrangements for the WI Centenary this year when many events are planned at various locations throughout the country. The first event in Norfolk was a WI exhibition in The Forum in Norwich on 14th 21st February showing how the WI has developed from its formation in 1915 to educate and encourage women in rural areas to become more involved in producing food during the Great War. The WI is now the largeWIs. Here in Marsham women have been attending our WI since it was formed in 1919.

members prepared and served a 2 course lunch of casseroles and pies with baked potatoes, followed by a selection of delicious sweets, to members of neighbouring WIs. Again it was a success with more than 50 satisfied diners, who hope to come again next year. Events in March include a Bridge Day with lunch, a Nosh & Natter event, both at Federation Office in Norwich, a Celebrity Lunch at Northrepps and Norfolk Federation Annual Meeting in St Andrews Hall

so always something to keep us busy if we so wish! Our speaker on 25th Coaches. If you are a woman interested in joining Marsham WI please come along, new or returning members will be very welcome. Meetings are usually held on the 4th Wednesday of the month in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Contact me on 01263 732606 or at [email protected] if you would like any further information.

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CONTINUING THE STORY ABOUT THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR GEORGE EDWARDS Part 4

George Edwards married in the 1872 aged 22 years of age and still unable to read or write. He moved from the family cottage in Fengate and rented a cottage in Oulton. George became very interested in the Union movement and attended meetings as well as regularly preaching on the Methodist circuit. His physical energy and stamina were phenomenal. On a Sunday he would walk at least 16 miles conducting two services and returning home after 11pm. He gave up smoking in order to save up money to purchase books now that his wife was teaching him to read. He was elected District Secretary with no salary addressing five meeting a week, on top of his daily work, in villages up to twelve miles away, often leaving a meeting at 10pm and not arriving home until 2am in the morning. George mostly had to walk as he had no cycle and if there was a train it was only one way. For 18 months he was unemployed again, blacklisted by the local farmers because of his radical political Union views, finally finding work with a sympathetic liberal farmer Mr Ketton of Felbrigg Hall and for the next 18 months walked 6 miles to and from a cottage in Wickmere each day, until in 1887 his employer found him a cottage at Aylmerton. His employer also put every kind of work in his way enabling him to earn extra money as well as paying a shilling a week over the depressed agricultural wages of 9s and lending him books and papers on political matters. He purchased as many books as he could afford and says 'many a time I went out at 11pm at night and wiped my eyes in the dew of the grass in an endeavour to keep myself awake'. The next stage in his life sees him in 1890 forming a Union again and becoming a full time official and paid 15s a week and in 1892 he fought his first political battle, with many of the leading Liberals, as well as Tories expressing their disgust at a working man having the audacity to fight a seat of the Norfolk County Council against a local landlord. George narrowly lost the election by only fifty votes, causing much concern in the aristocratic ruling community. In 1893 the government appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into the administration of the Poor Law controlled by Guardians who had to be property owners. George was asked to give evidence to the commission. He proved the poor quality of the flour supplied by the Guardians. He got his wife to bake two loaves: one from the Guardians flour and the other from the best flour. The Prince of Wales, later Edward V11, was shocked at the difference and thanked him personally for the trouble he had taken. When the report was published it caused quite a concern throughout the country. Will Ching

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