Quarterly Autumn 2012

Tasburgh Quarterly and Church News - Autumn 2012

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Classifieds

Your new, family run Opticiansin Cooper Court on The Street,

Long Stratton

For straightforward advice, comprehensive eye examinations,an extensive range of standard and designer frames and

sunglasses, contact lenses, accessories and a warm welcome,drop in to see us at M Shepherd on The Street.

Opening TimesMonday – Closed

Tuesday to Friday – 9am to 5pmSaturday – 9am to 1pm

Sunday – Closed

1 Cooper Court, The Street, Long Stratton, NR15 2XGTelephone: 01508 532669

www.mshepherdoptom.co.uk


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Useful ContactsParish CouncilChairman Mr Dave Moore 01508 471041Parish Council Clerk Mrs Catherine Moore 01603 758148

District Councillor Florence Ellis 01379 650032County Councillor Alison Thomas 01508 530652Norfolk Police Emergency 999 Non-emergency 101Safer Neighbourhood Team [email protected]

ChurchReverend Adrian Miller Inc Church News 01508 498317Parochial Church Council Mrs Julia Orpin 01508 470983Yellow Pages Mrs Julia Orpin 01508 470983

Village HallChair Tony Lacey 01508 470870Bookings Mrs Sheila Plunkett 01508 470485 Mrs Melanie Goodall 01508 470195Village Hall 01508 471189

Preston Primary School 01508 470454

Village GroupsPlayschool Amanda Ellis 01508 470795Scout Group Mr Graham Pates 01508 471518Social Club Mr Don Proudfoot 01508 471408Netball Club Mrs Rebecca Heaser 01603 812472Tasburgh Tots Rebecca Orford 01508 471539Players Mr Steve Beckett 01508 471198Eurolink Mr Steve Beckett 01508 471198Coffee Pot and Crafts Mrs Shirley Brooks 01508 470369St Mary’s Guild Mrs Margaret Madgett 01508 471525Tasburgh KnitWits Mrs Denise Kitchen 01508 470732Fitness Club (Over 50's) Mrs Ann Gibbins 01508 470225Fat Dad’s Football Mr Bill Wheeler 01508 471633Martial Arts Mr Andrew Gillingwater 07775 890359

Inaccuracies or omissions? Please contact the Parish [email protected].


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Meetings

Parish Council meetings are held on the third Tuesday of themonth in the Committee Room of the Village Hall at 8pm(refreshments available from 7.30pm). Planning Meetings, ifrequired, are usually held on the first Tuesday of the month, inthe Village Hall Committee Room at 7pm. Agendas are posted onthe village notice boards and the website at least three daysbeforehand.

Public are welcome to attend all Parish Council meetings; there’san opportunity to speak or ask questions.

Please note, if you would like an item to appear on the agenda,details must be sent to the Clerk at least eight days before themeeting. The Council is unable to make a decision on anythingnot included on the agenda but can discuss newly raised mattersand refer them to the next meeting.

Minutes of meetings are posted on the website or are availablefrom the Clerk.

Parish Council Surgeries

Councillors are always willing to discuss any issues with you; theircontact details are on page 7. In addition, Councillors areavailable on the evenings of their main council meetings (thirdTuesday of the month) between 7.30pm and 8pm during whichtime refreshments are served.

Tasburgh Parish Council,Serving the Village of Tasburgh


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Tasburgh Parish Council,Serving the Village of Tasburgh

The Parish Council is actively pursuing provision for a recreationalfootpath that will link Lower Tasburgh, between Low Road and theHeritage Site to Church Hill.

Negotiations with the relevant land owners are already well advancedand some Councillors have been busy helping to clear some of theland in order to provide an adequate footway.

The Council have split the project into two phases, one which willtake care of the purchase of the land and provide access from thenew footpath onto the Heritage Site, and the other to install stepsonto Church Hill. If the Council is successful in the provision of grantfunding, then this project should be complete by the end of summer2013.

One current project which is well advanced is the provision of anallotments site.

The purchase of the plot, which is situated at the far end of theplaying field at the Village Hall, is almost complete and all being well,a hand over ceremony will take place at the allotment site at theVillage Hall on September 29th. Everyone is welcome to attend –times will be posted on the notice boards and the Parish Council website.

South Norfolk Council has completed the first stage of consultationon the Local Development Framework (LDF) and has recommendedthat there is only one site in Tasburgh that will be considered forfuture housing development. The site, (numbered 511 on the LDFPlan) will have access from Church Road and be for 20 homes. Someminor adjustments have been made to the development plan inUpper Tasburgh to prevent “garden plots” and several of theintended plots in Lower Tasburgh have been removed due to the riskof flooding in those areas. Further consultation will be taking place in


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Tasburgh Parish CouncilSeptember. You can read more online at http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/1952.asp.

In June, the Parish Council made some minor amendments to themembership and remit of their Advisory Committees, which workoutside of the regular monthly meeting, but which report back to themain Parish Council meetings. Working in these small groups oftenmeans that more work can be filtered through each advisorycommittee therefore speeding up the time taken at main Councilmeetings. The five Advisory Committees are: Traffic Solutions;Procedural; Environmental; Development; and Grove Land Bends.Each has four councillors, one of whom is elected as the chairman.

And finally, the bus shelter on Ipswich Road is undergoing arefurbishment, with Councillors mucking in to clean it out, sandpaperthe metal work and repaint it a lovely shade of green. This shouldmake waiting for a bus a little more pleasant!


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Tasburgh Parish Council

Contacting the Parish Council

If you would like to know more, have any comments about TasburghParish Council and its work or you have any issues you wish to beraised, please contact one of the Councillors or the Parish Clerk.

ChairmanDave Moore 16 Henry Preston Road 471041 [email protected]

Vice-ChairmanGeoff Merchant 14 Orchard Way 470606 [email protected]

CouncillorsJill Casson 12 Hastings Close 470334 [email protected]

Brian Hill 8 Harvey Close 471011 [email protected]

Tony Lacey 1 Grove lane 470870 [email protected]

Don Proudfoot Aprilia Lodge, Saxlingham Lane 471408 [email protected]

Keith Read Thornly Barn, Saxlingham Lane 470229 [email protected]

Deborah Sacks Glebe Cottage, Low Road 471002 [email protected]

Rachel Simmons 2 Prior Close 471197 [email protected]

ClerkCatherine Moore 2 Low Road, Carleton Forehoe 01603

Norwich, NR9 4AP 758148

[email protected]

Website http://tasburghpc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/


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Police and Crime Commissioners

The Coalition Government's Police Reform and Social ResponsibilityAct (which received Royal Assent on 15 September 2011) outlinessignificant changes to the governance of policing. Those changesinclude replacing police authorities in November 2012 with a Policeand Crime Commissioner (PCC) for each police force area elected bylocal people; and creating a new Police and Crime Panel to whom theCommissioner will be accountable.

The Police and Crime Commissioner, who will be elected every fouryears, will be responsible for:

Holding the Chief Constable to account; Identifying the views and needs of Norfolk's communities to set

local policing priorities; Setting the police budget and precept; Setting and updating a Police and Crime Plan; Hiring, and where necessary firing, the Chief Constable.

The Police and Crime Commissioner elections will take place onThursday 15th November 2012. To vote in this election, you mustbe registered on the South Norfolk Council electoral register.Do not delay - make sure that you are registered today.

Contact South Norfolk Council [email protected]

01508 533692

Norfolk Police Authority


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Tasburgh Village Hall

Use of Tasburgh Village Hall is continuing to thrive, with ongoingsupport from our regular user groups plus an increase in ad-hochirers – in particular, weddings; for which we received the followingrecent appreciation:

“We had the most wonderful day and this was a great deal to dowith you allowing us the freedom to "get on with things" without a

whole raft of rules.

The hall itself was beautiful, the drapes made us believe we were ina marquee and being allowed to hang up bunting and lights

added to the magic.

Please will you pass on our thanks to your bar staff, who onceagain bent over backwards to accommodate us?

You obviously work very hard to make this hall a lovely place.”

BUT…………….


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The Village Hall and facilities are managed by a group of volunteertrustees, plus trustees appointed to represent the regular usergroups. We had a very disappointing turn out for our AGM (in starkcontrast to the previous two years) and our numbers have becomedepleted.

We are sorry to report that unless we secure somefurther support, we will be unable to continue.

In particular, we are in desperate need of a treasurer.

Trustees on behalf of members of the public need to be residents ofTasburgh. User group representative trustees can reside outside ofthe village.

We have many ideas for the year ahead, including replacing thewindows, exploring options for renewable energy including potentialfor securing grants and/ or funding but all of these need time. If wecan get just 2 or 3 more people on board that will make a realdifference to what we are able to achieve.

The need for a treasurer is pressing, however, we cannot functionwithout one and need to secure by our October meeting.

Additionally, we have a vacancy for our paid role of caretaker.

If you can help, by sparing a few hours a month, then pleasecontact:

Tony Lacey (Chair) 01508 470870 tony_ [email protected]

Angela Schug (Secretary) 01508 470788 [email protected]


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Did you know that Tasburgh has aCommunity Emergency Plan?

In 2010, Tasburgh Parish Council working in partnership with SouthNorfolk Council produced the Tasburgh Community Emergency Plan.

The purpose of the plan is to increase resilience within thecommunity. Recent flooding in parts of the country has remindedeveryone that our weather is very unpredictable, sometimes severeand could result in areas being cut off from outside assistance andresources for a period of time. The document lists those who mayneed help and those who may be able to offer help in an emergencysituation.

Local resources, equipment and skills have already been identifiedaccording to the needs of the local community.

A vacancy has arisen for a newCommunity Emergency Co-ordinator

The voluntary role would be to co-ordinate the distribution of anyresources, equipment and skills in the appropriate manner in theevent of an emergency and to keep the existing plan up to datewhere possible.

If you would like any more information or feel that you can fulfil thisimportant role, please contact the Parish Council [email protected] or the Emergency Planning Team atSouth Norfolk Council 01508 533607.

Tasburgh Emergency Co-Ordinator


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Tasburgh Village Hall – 300 Club:

June July August

1st £30 Mrs Beckett B Waters S Plunkett

2nd £20 Mr Read Mr J Few R Walker

3rd £10 G Watts Mr C Austin Mr C Austin

4th £10 A Vincent Mr J McKinney S Trayhorn

5th £5 Mr S Mills Miss L Read D Kitchen

If you would like to make a contribution towards the Village Hall,please join the 300 Club. A form can be found on the Village hallwebsite at www.tasburghvillagehall.org.uk/300-club/ orobtained from Tony Lacey on 470870.


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Mobile Library Timetable

Dates of visits to Tasburgh 7th August 30th August 13th September 27th September 11th October 25th October 8th November 22nd NovemberStop Arrival Departure Time TimeHarvey Close 14.15 14.50Valley Road Opposite No. 2 14.55 15.05Valley Road Near No. 27 15.10 15.20Lammas Rd / Henry Preston Rd 15.25 15.50Lammas Rd Near Prior Close 15.55 16.10Orchard Way 16.15 16.30

Any queries please telephone 01603 222267.

Long Stratton Library

Opening Times Monday: 10.00–1.00; 2.00–5.30; Tuesday: 2.00–5.30; Thursday: 10.00–1.00; 2.00–7.30;

Saturday: 9.00–1.00.


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Pr e- Sch oo l & P lay grou p

T a s V a l l e y

Pr e- Sch oo l & P lay grou p

T a s V a l l e y

Offers pre-school education and play for children2 ½ years to school age

We offer 5 sessions a week Monday to Friday 9.30 to 12.30

At Tasburgh Village Hall.

All of our activities are planned to offer learning opportunitieswhile taking children’s interests into account. During the finalweeks of last term we ran a very successful ‘Mini Olympics’, withthe children very proud of the medals they won and keen to keepon racing, even though we had to hold this event in the hall due tothe weather! On the last day of term we held a party with abouncy castle and then presented our own version of ‘I don’t likePeas’, before saying a sad goodbye to 14 of our children moving upto school.

Our last Ofsted inspection gave us a grading of ‘Good’ overall, with‘Outstanding’ for Keeping Children Safe. The report stated that‘children have fun and enjoy their learning in the inclusive andwelcoming atmosphere’.

On the last Wednesday of every month we hold joint sessions withTasburgh toddlers group, which all under 5s in the village are very

Tas Valley Pre-School and Playgroup


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Playgroup Paper Skip

The paper skip is now parked at the rear of theVillage Hall car park. A big thank you to all of youwho continue to bring your paper and card downto us – this remains a very valuable fundraiser forus.

The next dates will be:

Saturday 8 September 2012 Saturday 10 November 2012

The skip is manned between 8.30 and 11.30.

Tas Valley Pre-School and Playgroup

welcome to attend. We have close links with Preston and HaptonPrimary Schools and during the year hold sessions at both schoolsto help the children to make smooth transition.

We look forward to seeing all of our returning children plus a largenumber of new ones on Thursday 6 September. We currently havespaces in all sessions and are eligible for government funding for 3and 4 year olds. Ask about our special discount for twins!

For more information or to register a place please contact:Rachel Clayton 01508 470147 email [email protected]

Or feel welcome to just pop in and see us any morning.


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Preston Primary School

There have been many events to be recorded since the June Quarterly.The Year 3 and Year 4 residential trip to Eaton Vale on 14th and 15th Maywas very successful and enjoyed by everyone. The Friends of the Schoolhad a Cake sale, and the opening of Preston’s Plot on 18th May whichmade £131 for funds. On 21st May Year 2 went on an ’Orchestra Trip’which they all enjoyed.

There were extra sport sessions with Premier Sport on 25th May whichwas a very popular event. On Tuesday 29th May Year 6 left by coach at7.00 a.m. for a trip to the Houses of Parliament. This proved to be themost popular event of the term and all the children enjoyed their dayout and learned a lot. It was a long day but full of fun, learning andadventures.

On Wednesday 13th June the school played in a mini Korfball matchagainst Colman Juniors. It was a tough match and the final result was1:0 to the visitors. This is a new venture for our school and was verymuch enjoyed. Our team were praised for their warm welcome andattitude and they are improving with every match. A KorfballTournament at UEA Sportspark on 21st June was enjoyed by all theplayers who managed to win a game by a penalty shoot out. Thanks aredue to the parents who are coaching the team. Friday 28th June wasour Olympic Sports Afternoon.

On Tuesday 19th June Year 6 attended a maths day at Long Stratton HighSchool.

Wednesday 4th July heralded the Summer Concert giving a chance forour musical children to perform. The school has some very talentedmusicians and the concert hopefully will inspire even more children totake up a musical instrument.


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Family Fun Night, organised by the Friends of the School on 6th July, wasvery successful and a profit of £1,500 was made. Thank you to all whohelped with the success of this evening.

On Monday July 9th Josh Worley who carried the Olympic Torch inNorwich visited the school. He spoke to the children about the relay andhow he felt to be given the honour to participate in this historic event.On Monday 16th July the Leavers Play ‘Mary Poppins’ was performed inthe morning to the whole school and then in the afternoon to the seniorcitizens, who from the comments received seemed to enjoy itimmensely. The play was performed again to parents and friends on theevenings of Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th. The production as usualwas fantastic and the children performed very professionally. TheseLeavers Plays seem to get better every year and there were lots ofcongratulations from the audience.

Also on Tuesday Years 2, 3 and 4 celebrated their successful film-makingat an event at Fusion at the Forum where they were presented withcertificates. Our Annual Preston’s Got Talent competition was held onthe afternoon of 18th July organised by the Year 6 children and we had avariety of singing, dancing, instrumentalists and even Tai Kwando.

The Leavers Service on the morning of Friday 20th July was a mixture ofsadness at leaving, and expectations of a new experience at a newschool in September. The children all gave a speech about their time atPreston Primary and many paper tissues were used. Certificates forHeartstart were awarded and every leaver was given their Leavers T-shirt which by the end of the afternoon was covered with signatures.Our best wishes go with them as they start at their new schools.

We also said goodbye to Mrs Roberts who is retiring after being our cookfor 34 years. The children gave her a big send off and wished her a veryhappy retirement. They will all miss her ‘Toffee Cream Tart.’

We also said goodbye to Reverend Chris Martin who is moving to Devon.He will be greatly missed by everyone.

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Tasburgh United Charities

The Trustees of Tasburgh United Charities would like to remindparishioners that they have available each year a certain amountof money to be applied in helping the residents of the Parish who,regardless of their age and for whatever reason, find themselves inneed of financial help.

Assistance can be given by outright grant towards generalexpenses, by contribution towards a particular expense, atemporary loan or by purchases of equipment for use. Items offurther education will also be considered. Remember, the money isthere for use by any resident of Tasburgh. All applications areconsidered in the strictest confidence.

If your circumstances are not already known to the Trustees andyou feel that they might be able to help you please contact one ofthe trustees:

Mrs. Jill Casson12 Hastings Close,470334

Mr. Keith Read,Thornly Barn, Saxlingham Lane,470229

Mr. Ben Goodfellow,Rookery House, Saxlingham Lane,470668

Mr. Geoff Merchant,14 Orchard Way,470606.


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We are a small and friendly local group supportingmums with babies or toddlers. We meet for play,

craft, refreshments and chat. Come along to makenew friends for yourself and your child.

Currently meeting last Wednesday of the month inconjunction with Tasburgh Preschool / Playgroup,

10 - 11.30am (term-time)Tasburgh Village Hall

£2.00 per family, per session, first session free.

For details contactRebecca Orford (01508 471539)


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Tasburgh Scout Group

Our Summer Term has been a good andbusy one. We started with the Red Crossvisiting us to explain the key elementsneeded in setting up Refugee Camps.

The cubs, divided into small groups, designed their own 3D refugeecamps using paper, straws, colouring pens and plasticine. The ideasthe cubs came up with were all fantastic, many being eco-friendly andincluded wind turbines and solar panels. However, some of the boysforgot to include showers!! Also this term we have been on a hikefrom Flordon to Ashwellthorpe and enjoyed orienteering aroundTyrells Wood. Due to the hosepipe ban being lifted we were lucky tobe able to have our annual waterfight. We finished off our term withthe Tasburgh Scout Group AGM during which the Achievement

We have had a very busy Summer Term withmany activities centred around the Jubileeand the Olympics. All the children took partin a Jubilympics where they were sponsoredto complete 60 activities in one meeting!

They all received a special badge commemorating the Jubilee.We had a sleepover at Saxlingham Nethergate Scout HQ. Thechildren slept in pop up tents in the hall. We had lots of activitieswhich included looking at a moth trap which one of our cub leadershad set up the previous evening.At the AGM in July several children received awards: Joe Thorndykereceived the Annual Shield for the best Beaver, Eleri Spencer receivedan award for ‘Best Beaver Scouting Skills’ and Shay Flatt received anaward for ‘ Most Cheerful Beaver’! Bronze Awards were awarded toEleri Spencer, Zachary Quinton, Lucy Turner and Joe Thorndyke.Tasburgh Beavers caters for boys and girls aged between 6 and 8years old. We meet at the Village hall 5 - 6.15pm on a Thursdayduring term time. We are operating a small waiting list at themoment but please contact me if you would like more information -Kirsteen Mills 01508 471739


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Awards were presented. Well done to Ben Way who achieved 'BestNew Cub', Frank Turner for 'Best Cub at Camp', Harry Evans for the'Tim Braddock Memorial Shield Poseidon Pack' and Henry Thorndykefor the 'Tim Braddock Memorial Shield Neptune Pack'.Even though we are a big Cub group with two full packs, we do have awaiting list for any children who would like to join. If you areinterested please contact Sammy Harlow our Neptune Pack [email protected] or Trudy Musgrove our PoseidonPack Leader [email protected]

Scouts have been particularly busy since the lastissue of the Quarterly. The County WaterActivities Weekend at Decoy Broad was the usualhuge success with Scouts and Explorers enjoyingsailing, kayaking, canoeing, archery, backwards

cooking, crafts activities and more. We had good, sunny weather andit's always good to get out on the water to cool down!Explorers and Scouts joined together once more for a challengingweekend of hiking in North Norfolk. We arrived at Roughton Millnear Cromer on Friday evening and those who were feeling braveenough abseiled down the Mill tower. On Saturday we hiked throughthe woods to Sheringham, our objective being to get a Ronaldo's IceCream.We walked back along the coastal paths to Cromer before cuttingback inland to the Mill. Sunday was a shorter day, walking intoCromer, along the beach to Overstrand then back through the fieldsto the Mill. Over the course of the weekend, the Scouts andExplorers hiked 24 miles.The final camp of the term was our regular "Back to Basics" weekendwhere the Scouts must purchase all their food with coupons earnedby completing various tasks. The Scouts always enjoy cooking overopen fires so we've also done it during our regular Scout meetings.We've also been doing our bit for the community - you may have


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seen some of our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers on a litter pickaround the village on 20th May and we also washed all the streetname signs. Thank you to the Parish Council for their donation to ourfunds and also to B&Q for providing gloves for us all. We also helpedwith the Tasburgh Festival, acting as car park marshals and patrollingthe festival itself with collecting buckets.We are now running 2 Scout Troops and desperately need extraadults to help run activities, if you think you might be able to help(even once a month or once a term), please let us know!

Paul WilliamsScout Leader01508 471682

If any of you watched or even celebratedalong with the Queen on her Jubilee, thenyou would’ve known that it was such an

incredible 4 day weekend. Our Explorer group managed to get thechance to see the concert at Buckingham Palace. On the opposite pageare a few pictures of their trip to London.One young person that went, Rebecca Casson, said: ‘the trip wasinvigorating, the atmosphere at the concert itself energetic. Everyonethere clapped and sung along, even to songs they didn't know andinto the early hours of the morning. It was a truly spectacular, once ina lifetime event, and overall a perfect day.’A quick well done to Daniel Pates and Matthew Harlow forcompleting numerous badges and Young Leader training modules. Abig congratulations to Grace Downer for achieving the Explorer ScoutAward for everything she does with her Young Leader training andenthusiasm.Explorers is a great way to meet new friends and gain newexperiences. If you're interested or have any questions, please calleither Diane (07969939706) or Roger (01508 470991).


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Above: Pictures of Tasburgh Explorers day out in London and atthe Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace.


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Burrfeld Park has a lot of supporters in the village who are keen to helpand be involved with creating a welcoming place for wildlife and peopleand bringing the community together. Work has included; volunteerwork parties, donating plants, planting plants, strimming, andmonitoring the wildlife. Local groups like the cubs have met there and itis becoming a valuable amenity for the village.

We have recently held a very successful mothbreakfast. This is where we set up some lighttraps in the evening, and then opened them inthe morning. The variety in size and colour inthe moths captured was enormous andsurprised quite a few people.We also had some very nice bacon butties to complete the morning. Allthe moths were unharmed and later released.

We have built a new “bug hotel”. This is a simple structure made of oldpallets filled with all sorts of material to make new habitats for ourwildife. This will provide undisturbed nooks and crannies which willbecome useful to wildife, particularly during the winter months. I thinkthey look quite fun, and can easily be made on a smaller scale to fit intoa wildlife friendly garden.

We were pleased to see the reappearance of our wild common spottedorchid this year, we are keeping our fingers crossed that with carefulmanagement we can get these to spread in the wildflower meadow.Our Norfolk heritage apple trees have some fruit on them. These can bepicked by any one who wants to, just the same as you would pickblackberries in the wild - talking of which we have lots of those too.Blackberry and apple crumble is always my favourite!

A pair of great spotted woodpeckers have been spotted bringing up theirfamily in one of the oak trees, and it is surprising how often a wren fliesout from under the boardwalk when you walk over it. We were a littledisappointed that there was no obvious sign of frog or toad spawn in

Burrfeld Park


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Burrfeld Park

the pond this year, although we know that both are in the park,including a very large toad which has taken up residence in thebiodiversity window. We will look at the management of the pond andsee if there is anything else we can do for next year. The dragonflies anddamselflies seem to be thriving, and there are some really beautiful onesto be seen there.

Tasburgh Cubs have built some bird and bat boxes and these will be putup to provide some additional habitat for our wildlife. As we lose moreof our countryside to roads and housing, it is important that we protectwhat wildife we have. As our climate continues to change who knowswhat species will become more valuable in the future. It is noticeablethat this year a lot of apple trees locally have no fruit due to the earlycold snap, maybe one day we will have to go back to those heritagevarieties to get some good crops.

We hope to repeat our fungi walk of last year. Last year we had theproblem that the weather had been so dry there was not much fungi tobe found. Somehow I think this year will be very different!

Lastly – but by no means least - I do believe that the park has broughtmembers of our community together. Supporters, volunteers, peoplewho have attended our events, have come into contact with new peoplewho perhaps although living in the same village they would never haveotherwise met. On a personal level I have met some wonderful peoplewho are prepared to get involved, and give their time to make a realdifference to the community which we all live in. I feel proud to beinvolved with Burrfeld Park and the people who so actively support it.

If you haven’t been and visited Burrfeld Park (Low Road, Tasburgh) yet,please do. Feel free to walk around, or sit a while on one of thebenches, but make sure you really look and listen and you may besurprised how much you can see and hear.

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I know it’s a national obsession and that you are probably more thana little sick of hearing about it but it would hardly be appropriate tobegin this edition of Country Notes without mentioning it at all.Those two little words that are still hanging, as ever, on everyone’slips, no, not the Olympics, the weather!

As I sit and type I know that we have had one, literally one, hot sunnyweek which ended in a positive barrage of hail. The rest have beenfar from halcyon, instead filled with light showers (at best) andtorrential downpours that have obliterated the long awaited irisesand roses in a heartbeat. On the plus side the lawn is fabulouslygreen and lush but that is little compensation to farmers and growersstruggling to save crops every second the sun decides to put in afleeting appearance.

Goodness knows what the sky will be throwing at us by the time youread this so I have opted to carry on regardless and offer you avariety of local autumnal options to consider whether you feel likestaying at home or venturing further afield for a little excitement.

East Anglia, as you all know, hosts a plethora of fascinating wildlife,much of which can do with a helping hand to survive the rigours ofwinter. I implore you to try and kerb the desire to slash and burn atthe onset of autumn. It is tempting to celebrate the ‘season of mists’with bonfires and clearing but if you can leave just a small patch ofnettles, logs and leaves in disarray it will be of immense benefit to thewildlife on your doorstep.

Hedgehogs, bumblebees, slow worms,great crested newts and common toadsare all on the lookout for somewheresuitable to overwinter and that scrubbylittle patch you leave untouched will be

Country Notes, by Heidi-Jo Swain


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their idea of five star luxury! There is of course the addedgratification that when spring arrives many of them will help saveyour seedlings and hosta plants from a premature and often slimydeath.

If you have a pond in your garden then makesure there is a plan in place to stop it freezingtoo deeply when the frosts strike andtemperatures tumble. Frogs often hibernateat the bottom of ponds during the bleakestseason and if the water freezes too deeply orfor too long their oxygen supply is cut off with obvious consequences.

When you have taken care of everything on the home front you mayfeel like getting out and about before the warmth of the firesidebeckons so I have found some exciting outdoor opportunities totempt you with.

Fairhaven Water Garden is running bush craft courses in Septemberand October whilst Barton Broad has a guided canoe otter spottingtrail on offer. Further details for both can be obtained on 08454969177. Many of us, in these financially pressured times, are findingourselves increasingly distanced from the great outdoors and theseevents are the perfect opportunity to reconnect with nature, forgetabout work and routine and try something new.

Don’t forget that autumn is also the deerrutting season with majestic stags fighting towin the attention of the more demurefemales. Fortunately there is no need totravel too far to experience the awesomesights and sounds as the battles commence.



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Thetford Forest has a small number of red as well as muntjac deer toadmire from afar but if you would like to get a bit closer and learnmore then join the deer discovery walk that is being held in HolkhamPark in October. It will be led by the knowledgeable deer keeper andlast approximately one and a half hours. It sounds like the perfectchance to learn more about the fallow and red deer herds that live inthe park and I shall endeavour to attend myself. Details can beobtained on 01328 713111.

If all that all sounds a little too energetic then how about visiting theWWT Welney visitor centre on the 10th of November and taking partin the willow workshop? A great opportunity to learn a new craft andhave something to admire as you settle in front of the fire as theevenings draw in. Contact 07967 088348 for further details.

I myself shall be pickling and preserving, foraging for the annualautumnal windowsill display and generally making the most of anylast warm gasps before the onset of winter and the battening downof hatches. Whatever your plans for Lammas and beyond may I takethe opportunity to wish you all a calm and bountiful autumn.


Tasburgh Eurolink

Annual Wine TastingEvening

Saturday 23rd February 2013


Further details to follow in the next Quarterly!


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If you are interested in knitting, be it beginner or more advanced,then come and join us. We run every other Thursday at TasburghVillage Hall from 7–9pm.

On Saturday 10th November Tasburgh Knit Wits will be hosting aCraft Fair at Tasburgh Village Hall 10am - 2pm.For more details please ring Denise Kitchen on 470732.

If anyone has any scraps of wool they want to donate to our club,we would really appreciate it as we knit items for charities.

Dates for Your Diary8th September Playgroup Paper Skip, 8.30am, Village Hall

15th September Tasburgh Fete, 12noon, Village Hall

10th November Craft Fair, 10am, Village Hall

10th November Playgroup Paper Skip, 8.30am, Village Hall

If you would like your event listed onthis page just let us know.

[email protected]


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Recipe of the Season

Raspberry Frangipane Tart

375g pack of shortcrust pastry (Jus-rol I find the best)3tbs raspberry conserve75g butter75g caster sugar2 medium eggs75g ground almonds250g fresh raspberries, (not over ripe)25g flaked almonds2tbs apricot jam

20cm x 3cm deep fluted flan ring

Roll out the pastry and line the flan tin, making sure it fits well intothe corners. Prick the base. Cover with cling film and chill for about30 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 190c, gas mark 5.

Scrunch up some greaseproof paper and line the pastry case then fillwith baking beans. Bake for 15 minutes on a pre-heated bakingsheet.

Remove the paper and beans, then cook for a further 5 minutes untilthe pastry just starts to colour. Cool, then spread the raspberryconserve over the base. Turn the oven down to 180c, gas mark 4.

Cream the butter and sugar with an electric beater until pale. Whiskthe eggs then gradually beat into the creamed mixture adding theground almonds to stop the mixture curdling.

Spread evenly over the pastry case. Scatter the raspberries over thetop, pressing some down into the mixture; then sprinkle over theflaked almonds.


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Place the tart on a baking sheet and cook for 35 to 40 minutes untilgolden brown. The frangipane should be just firm when lightlypressed. If the tart starts to brown too quickly cover the top with asheet of foil.

Oven temperatures do vary so the cooking time may vary from thesecooking times..

Warm the apricot jam and sieve. Brush over the tart. Serve warm orcool.

Serves 6

With thanks to Joanna Merrills

Recipe of the Season

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Though the given date for the event is 28th September 2012,participants are reminded that they can hold their Coffee Morningfor the charity on any date of their choosing.

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Tasburgh Memories

This is the second part of 2 articles relating to Tasburgh UnitedCharities. My thanks to Ben Goodfellow for the information.

Clabburn’s CharityA brass plaque on the vestry door leading through from St Mary’sChurch into the Church Room records that by his Will dated 17th

February 1815 Thomas Clabburn left a legacy of £400 to the rectorand churchwardens invested in 5% Navy Annuities, the income fromwhich was to be spent on providing bread or coals for the poor ofTasburgh.

Navy Annuities were a form of government bond issued after thebattle of Trafalgar to fund the war against Napoleon and togetherwith various other government bonds were subsequently replacedwith a holding of 2.5% Consolidated Stock which is how the fundswere still held in 1928. The monies how form part of the funds ofTasburgh United Charities.

Miss Bateman’s CharityMiss Bateman who died in 1828 left £45 to be invested to provideincome for the poor of the parish. Again records show that in 1928this was also invested in 2.5% Consolidated Stock.

The Fuel Allotments CharityIn this case reference to allotments has nothing to do with pieces ofland used for growing vegetables and the like, but rather it refers toland allotted as compensation for the loss of ancient rights to gatherwood for fuel from the common land in Tasburgh when that wasenclosed by Act of Parliament in 1812.

One piece of the land allotted to the charity formed part of the fieldsold with the Poor’s Land property to Depwade RDC in 1972. Otherland allotted was a field which now forms part of the garden of The


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Grange then known as Malthouse Farm and in 1905 the parishcouncil who then acted as trustees of the Fuel Allotment Charity andthe Poors Lands Charity transferred that field and the field in StrattonSt Michael forming part of the Poors Land to Mr Berney-Ficklin inexchange for the remainder of the field subsequently sold toDepwade RDC.

Two other pieces of land totalling just over 4 acres forming part ofthe Fuel Allotments Charity comprised the area of marshes adjoiningthe River Tas behind the site of the old garage and Sweetlands in LowRoad, and land in Marlpit Lane partly let as an allotment and partly aspart of the garden of Mistletoe Cottage. The rent from these is stillused together with the other income of these four charities to pro-vide financial help to residents of Tasburgh.

Public Sand, Gravel and Marlpits CharityAlthough not part of Tasburgh United Charities, the trustees areconstitutionally also trustees of the Public Sand, Gravel and MarlpitsCharity which was established in 1981. When the old style districtcouncils took over responsibility for highway maintenance from theparish councils, Depwade Rural District Council also took overownership of the pits or quarries which had provided Tasburgh ParishCouncil with the necessary stone and hoggin. Once the use of tarmacbecame wide spread the old stone pits became redundant but it wasnot until 1981 that South Norfolk District Council as the successor toDepwade RDC returned the pits for the benefit of the parish.

The largest of the two pits is now leased to the Parish Council as thesite of Burrfeld Park but the other pit from which Marlpit Lane gets itsname is too deep and overgrown to have any current beneficial oreconomic use.

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Tasburgh Sports and Social Club

Chairman’s Blog

Well here I am with another blog on what’s been happening at the clubsince our last chat in May and some information on some forthcomingevents. The last 3 months have simply gone by so quickly, I supposethat’s because we have been so busy, not just with Club and Pool nightsand Club events but weddings, parties, Christenings and other eventsbooked via the Village Hall.

Back on June 4th we opened the bar, lit the BBQ and hired a bouncycastle for the children. We watched the Jubilee celebrations during theafternoon, this carried on into the evening with the Jubilee concert. Itwas nice to feel part of the general celebrations to mark the Queen’s 60years on the throne.

On the 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th of June we teamed up with The TasburghPlayers to supply the bar during their ‘Thank You for The Music’production. The bar staff enjoyed the four evenings with everyonesinging along to all of the songs. We hope that it’s not the last we willsee of the Players, as judging by the audience, they have plenty ofsupport. I’m told by their chairman, Paul, that they need more peopleand young aspiring actors. So if you think that you would like to treadthe boards on stage at the Village Hall, get in touch with them.

Better yet, if you can sing or play a musical instrument come along toour next ‘Open Mic Sunday afternoon’, we hope to have another inSeptember or October, so watch out for the notice boards.

Also in June we supported the Recreation For All Community Festival.What a fantastic day it turned out to be, despite the threat of rain. Wesold lots of lovely real ale in our ale tent which all helped towards RFA’sgoal for children's play equipment on the playing field. Everyoneseemed to have a great day out; the music and variety of the groupswho performed was fantastic, congratulations and thanks to everyoneinvolved.

Then came wet July, Sunday the 8th dawned and it was the VillageCricket Day. The infield and pitch looked great, the Pimms was ready


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and the bangers and burgers were sizzling, but as you’ve probablyguessed, the rain was lashing down hard. So at 1pm with an umbrella inone hand and a pint of Old Growler in the other, we decide to abandonthe match and reschedule it for Sunday 9th September. The match willstart as usual at 2pm and the day will again raise funds for EACH, theNorfolk Children’s Hospice, so please come and support your team andcross your fingers that the sun shines this time!

Looking ahead we will be supporting the Village Hall at their annualVillage Fete on Saturday 15th September. The bar will be putting on amini beer festival during the day, and in the evening we welcome backpopular local classic rock group Worlds Apart. At the end of Octoberwhy not bring the family to the Halloween Disco on Sunday 28th, 3-6pm,prizes for the best children’s and grown-ups scary fancy dress. If youcame last year you will know what a fun afternoon it was. Our everpopular Sunday Quiz will also return on September 16th, October 21st &November 18th. The Quiz starts at 7.30pm with teams of up to 6, entry£1 per person.

If you can play darts or fancy stepping up to the Oche [brewers case foryou historians] and you are over 18 years we would like to see you, aswe hope to re-form both our darts teams for the new season. Also, wealways need voluntary temporary bar staff for functions and events, so ifyou would like to give it a try and work for a few hours with a friendlybunch people, and also help raise funds for the community at the sametime, come and have a chat with us during open hours.

Over the past months we have welcomed many new members and someold members back to the Club so we must be doing something right,whether its the good value or the cheerful atmosphere it’s good to seeyou.

Cheers for nowDon

OPENING TIMESTuesdays 7:00pm. - 11:00 p.m. Wednesdays 7:00pm. - 11:00 p.m.

Fridays 6:00pm. - 11:00 p.m.

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“We had an excellent meeting, a good sing song. I laughed so much Ihad tears running down my face”, so said our president Pat Parsons.“A good cross section of music; an excellent ditty sending up the Wand jam; one of the funniest meetings we’ve had” said our vicepresident Cynthia Hill. What were they talking about? It was themeeting where the WI was entertained by the “West End Waiters”, agroup who obviously enjoy themselves whilst raising money formotor neurone research. And finally Janet Baker gave a brilliant voteof thanks when she said how lucky we were that they were notplaying at the Latitude festival as they were worthy of a place. Therewas enthusiastic applause from everyone.

Our Tadwits activity was a walk which started from Flordon and wentpast Hapton Hall around the Redwings estate and on to HaptonChurch before returning to Flordon. During the walk we saw hares,squirrels and green woodpeckers which is surprising when youconsider how much noise a group of WI ladies can make as they chataway! It was perfect weather for a walk and to make sure no onesuffered unduly from their exertions we ended up with cake and teaat Cynthia Hill’s.

We consider ourselves an active WI but we still find our numbersslowly declining. Raising our profile by reporting our activities in thelocal village magazines didn’t appear to encourage prospective newmembers to come to our meetings so we decided to show ourselvesat a fete in Forncett where we hold our meetings. We put up agazebo, decorated it with bunting, put out an assortment of itemsdonated by our members, displayed details of our meetings andactivities, donned WI aprons and then gave a warm welcome toanyone who showed interest in the stall. We all know WI ladies like totalk so we chatted away all afternoon and despite the intermittentshowers we had a group inside the gazebo or nearby much of thetime. One lady was heard to remark that as there were a lot of

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Forthcoming Events

Tuesday 18th September from 12 noonCelebration lunch at the Methodist Hall, Long Stratton

Tasty soup and delicious dessertsTickets £5

This is a great opportunity to come and have a friendly chat!For tickets call Jean on 01508 530289

Friday 27th October 7.30pmHalloween Quiz Night at Forncett Village Hall

Tables max. 6, hot mealPrize for best dressed pumpkin

Tickets £6This is open to all so come along and pit your

wits against others as good as you!

people around our stall it must be good so she was going to have alook. Like many other ladies she left holding a copy of ourprogramme and had actually met five of the members she wouldrecognise when she came to a meeting. Some of us didn’t sit downfor four hours (except for a cup of tea) but the positive feeling wereceived made it worthwhile.Of course time will tell but we havedecided this way of raising our profilein the local community has been asuccess and we look forward torepeating the exercise.

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CHRISTIAN AID WEEK

Once again I congratulate the generous people of this village onraising a magnificent £748.16 during Christian Aid Week this year.For the 3rd year running we have beaten the previous year's total -this time by almost £50. Amazing! Despite a recession and somuch gloom and bad news around us we are still able to help thosewith so much less than us and our money will go so much further inthose places. It is perhaps worth a reminder that Christian Aidhelps those of any faith or none. It does not give money togovernments but works directly with partners on the ground. Thisenables needs to be quickly identified and acted upon withoutdelay. A heartfelt thanks to the 11 'door-knockers' - never an easyjob - and to the counters and the accountant [you know who youare!] for helping me keep the books in order. Thank you Tasburgh!

Brenda Davison

GRIZZLY BEARS

Pauline & Ian Anderson were very pleased to send £428.00 toKnight Inlet Lodge in Glendale Cove, British Columbia for their"Stop the Hunt Campaign". This sum ($662.37 Can) will be usedtowards the purchase of the grizzly bear hunting rights forGlendale Cove, an annual cost of $20,000.00 Can. In purchasingthe hunting rights since 2006 the lives of 6 bears have been savedto date.

We would like to thank St Mary's Church Guild, the Norfolk HomeEducators & all who have supported us at the 3 slide shows heldover the last few months.

To find out more about the Lodge, the "Stop the Hunt Campaign"& to view wonderful photos & videos go to www.grizzlytours.com


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All regular articles to theParish Clerk,[email protected] Friday 16th November.

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Quarterly Autumn 2012

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