Giving a voice to the Wayland community Issue Number 189 - June 2012 Chris Edwards, Chair of Watton Town Team, has hailed the Town Team’s first Entrepreneurs Market a great success. Mr Edwards said “With fifteen stalls on the High Street, selling a wide variety of items from treasure trails to fancy dog collars and replica swords to baby items, I think we really brought something different to the usual Saturday morning.” Mr Edwards added "I want to thank the Wayland Partnership for their assistance and allowing us to use their market stalls; without that the project would have taken far longer to get running, and also to Watton Town Council and Wayland Chamber of Commerce for their start-up funding". Julie Moore who was selling jewellery and handbags said “It was lovely to see a lot of people about and having a chat even if they didn’t buy but just stopped and browsed” Local MP, George Freeman visited the market following up his interest in promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship in mid-Norfolk and said “Watton in particular needs us to do everything we can to promote rural enterprises, to create opportunities for school leavers and older entrepreneurs and to help maintain the vibrant high street.” His verdict was that “This is a really great initiative.” The idea of the market is to provide smaller businesses, often called “kitchen table businesses”, a way to see new customers that is simple and inexpensive; while at the same time, giving shoppers in our High Street, an opportunity to buy goods and services they wouldn’t normally encounter when shopping in a big supermarket. This was exemplified by stall holding brothers Joe and Tom Shepherd from Ovington, who started an internet replica weapons business, Arms of Chivalry, last September. Their visit to the Market was the first time they have the have met customers face to face. George Freeman chatted with Joe and Tom for some time and was clearly impressed with their entrepreneurial spirit. And entrepreneur Teresa Pawsey who makes and sells her own cards said “I had pleasurable interest in my cards which was nice to hear as I made them all myself and that gave my ego a boost”. Dave Senior of Treasure Trails Norfolk was asked if he had plenty of interest from shoppers? “Yes, as well as plenty of interest from business customers such as holiday cottage owners and youth organisations. To be honest I saw it more as a marketing opportunity for me as well; word of mouth and just talking with people is far cheaper, and more productive, than most forms of printed advertising, so I was prepared to accept a ‘no sales’ day as well.” “We were well looked after and it was also a pleasure not to have opposition from the resident High Street traders.” “Although I appreciate many of them are closely involved with the market concept, and wish it to work themselves, I have experienced the exact opposite in other places” The next Entrepreneurs Market will be on Watton High Street on Saturday 16 th June – Why not come along and see what you missed last time? Market hailed as great success Above: more used to battling his political opponents in the House of Commons, George Freeman MP crosses swords with brothers Joe and Tom Shepherd from Ovington, whose replica arms business was formed only a few months ago. The Wayland Chamber of Commerce are acutely aware of the lack of funded business support locally. They have assembled a group of Chamber members who will offer free of charge advice to small local businesses. This will cover most subjects including finance, marketing and legal issues. They hope to repeat this if there is the demand. Norman Wilson the Chair says many people have a business itch they cannot scratch, come and try us to see if we can help. It will be held on 13th June at Wayland House. Further information can be found on the Chamber website www.waylandchamber.org.uk. Free Business Advice from the Chamber
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Giving a voice to the Wayland community Issue Number 189 - June 2012
Chris Edwards, Chair of Watton Town
Team, has hailed the Town Team’s first
Entrepreneurs Market a great success.
Mr Edwards said “With fifteen stalls on the
High Street, selling a wide variety of items
from treasure trails to fancy dog collars and
replica swords to baby items, I think we
really brought something different to the
usual Saturday morning.”
Mr Edwards added "I want to thank the
Wayland Partnership for their assistance
and allowing us to use their market stalls;
without that the project would have taken
far longer to get running, and also to
Watton Town Council and Wayland
Chamber of Commerce for their start-up
funding".
Julie Moore who was selling jewellery and
handbags said “It was lovely to see a lot of
people about and having a chat even if they
didn’t buy but just stopped and browsed”
Local MP, George Freeman visited the
market following up his interest in
promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship in
mid-Norfolk and said “Watton in
particular needs us to do everything we
can to promote rural enterprises, to create
opportunities for school leavers and older
entrepreneurs and to help maintain the
vibrant high street.”
His verdict was that “This is a really great
initiative.”
The idea of the market is to provide smaller
businesses, often called “kitchen table
businesses”, a way to see new customers
that is simple and inexpensive; while at the
same time, giving shoppers in our High
Street, an opportunity to buy goods and
services they wouldn’t normally encounter
when shopping in a big supermarket.
This was exemplified by stall holding
brothers Joe and Tom Shepherd from
Ovington, who started an internet replica
weapons business, Arms of Chivalry, last
September. Their visit to the Market was the
first time they have the have met customers
face to face. George Freeman chatted with
Joe and Tom for some time and was clearly
impressed with their entrepreneurial spirit.
And entrepreneur Teresa Pawsey who
makes and sells her own cards said “I had
pleasurable interest in my cards which was
nice to hear as I made them all myself and
that gave my ego a boost”.
Dave Senior of Treasure Trails Norfolk
was asked if he had plenty of interest from
shoppers? “Yes, as well as plenty of
interest from business customers such as
holiday cottage owners and youth
organisations. To be honest I saw it more
as a marketing opportunity for me as well;
word of mouth and just talking with
people is far cheaper, and more
productive, than most forms of printed
advertising, so I was prepared to accept a
‘no sales’ day as well.”
“We were well looked after and it was
also a pleasure not to have opposition
from the resident High Street traders.”
“Although I appreciate many of them are
closely involved with the market concept,
and wish it to work themselves, I have
experienced the exact opposite in other
places”
The next Entrepreneurs Market will be on
Watton High Street on Saturday 16th June –
Why not come along and see what you
missed last time?
Market hailed as great success
Above: more used to battling his political opponents in the House of Commons, George Freeman MP crosses swords with
brothers Joe and Tom Shepherd from Ovington, whose replica arms business was formed only a few months ago.
Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Local group E-mail: [email protected]
Wednesday 13th June, 6.30pm-8.00pm. A guided walk with NWT Reserve Manager Darrell Stevens. Venue NWT East Wretham Heath car park off A1075. Cost: Members/Non members £2 Donation
A Quick Look
Round . . . By Orbiter
One of the most cheering items of
news this last month is that Tesco are
not proposing any new major stores,
since their profits have dropped to only
2.6 billion pounds, though of course
they will continue to expand their
smaller outlets. In my humble opinion
all applications for new supermarkets
should be thrown out, since there are
quite enough of these places in
existence already. This may suggest
that I m a hypocrite, since I use them
quite frequently myself (as well as
local shops where appropriate), but
they make enough profit without the
need for further expansion, to the
detriment of small traders. Surely 2.6
billion is enough!
Some parts of the country recently had
local elections, and all the main parties
complained about the low turn-out of
voters, even to the extent of reviving
the proposal that voting should become
compulsory. That seems reasonable at
first glance, but could it real1y work?
Even if everyone could be forced to
attend the polling station, could they be
relied upon to vote sensibly?
While moaning about the small
attendance at the polls, perhaps M.P.s
should examine their own attendance
at the House of Commons. How often
do we see television scenes showing
our representatives bringing up some
important point, with just a couple of
others, plus the Speaker, in the
Chamber!
But our parliamentary ways are always
rather puzzling. Take speeches, for
instance.
The Prime Minister is due to give a
speech somewhere, but in the morning
newspapers we are told what he is
going to say later that day. What’s the
point of him making the speech if we
know in advance what he intends to
say ? The Budget used to be a secret
known only to the Chancellor, but now
we are told in advance what the main
points will be. A few years ago we
would all be on tenterhooks waiting for
such announcements as ‘cigarettes are
to go up by 3 pence from midnight’,
when every smoker would hare round
to the nearest tobacconists to stock up.
Or similar tidings about petrol would
cause immense queues at every fuel
outlet. Now we are told that tax on
petrol will increase in August and
every subsequent August, so the
surprise is taken away!
Of course the Chancellor is under
immense pressure to reap in taxes, and
enormous amounts of his energies
have been spent on trying to recover
taxes avoided by the rich, which have
reached ridiculous proportions. But
surely the problem lies not with the
tycoons who are getting away with it,
but with the stupid tax laws
themselves, which in many cases are
beyond even the revenue authorities to
understand. When tax was originally
introduced it was fairly
straightforward, but as various
anomalies were revealed, more and
more exemptions were granted, until
we are told that the tax regulations now
cover over 1600 sheets, so if loopholes
exist, who can blame businessmen
who exploit them ?
A report last month suggested that
several million pounds are owed in
unpaid bail, which is due to the courts.
Perhaps I am out of touch with the
world, but I have always understood
that when a defendant was granted
bail, this money would have to be
produced before freedom was granted.
So how come the shortfall?
As usual, we are complaining (rightly)
about the price of petrol, although as I
write this there has been a slight fall
from the peak of 147.9 which obtained
a few weeks back) and this has brought
to mind the days when a gallon cost
only a few shillings and petrol stations
actually touted for our business by
offering (up to) triple Green Shield
Stamps on our purchases, or even a
useful glass tumbler for every few
pounds spent. But we still moaned
about the price, even then!
Now I will return to a point I made a
couple of years ago in this column
regarding food supplied by pubs and
restaurants. When we were younger
most of us liked nothing better than a
great plate piled high with food, but as
we get older our appetites tend to
diminish with each passing year. Thus
we oldies are apt to ask the waitress if
we may have smaller portions. In
many cases the reply is that ‘Sorry
that’s the way the chef sets it out’, or
else our request is simply ignored
completely.
An overloaded plate can be most off-
putting to the senior citizen, who does
not like to leave too much uneaten,
with the result that he does his best,
meaning that he has no room for the
dessert, which is usually the most
desired item on the menu.
Thus the caterer has to forfeit the sale
of the sweet course, which is usually
the most profitable part of the meal,
which is hardly the sensible way to run
a business.
So if any food providers read this,
please… please… if we ask for smaller
portions we aren’t just being fussy, we
really mean it.
Those of us who are life-long followers
of football will have been horrified that
the F.A. Cup Final this year had a kick-
off time of 5.15 p.m. This match has
been an institution for over a hundred
years, and Cup Final afternoon has
always been the highlight of the year.
While it is true that interest in the
competition has diminished in recent
years, it seems sad that decisions
regarding it have been made with no
regard to football itself, but merely
because television companies
reckoned they could make a bit more
money. What will happen at the
Olympics? Will some TV channel
decide that the pole vault will be
more popular in Australia or
somewhere, so it will take place at
midnight?
In our own local paper over the last
years, any letters received from the
public have almost always been in
support of a
skateboard park, but it
seems that no-one can
agree on a suitable
site. A glance at my
dictionary tells me
that skateboarding is a
sport, so am I wrong
in thinking that the
appropriate venue
would be the Sports
Centre?
Well, I only asked!
Free Hearing
Checks
Does everybody around you appear to
speak quietly? Are you struggling to
hear conversations in busy places? Is
your hearing affecting your enjoyment
of social occasions? Do you fail to hear
your door bell or telephone ringing?
Loss or deterioration in hearing could
be due to something as simple as
excessive earwax or an infection but a
more long term change could be due to
a number of factors. Almost 9 million
adults in the UK have a hearing loss.
For some it is just a factor of ageing.
However modern lifestyles mean that
people are also experiencing the effects
of hearing loss earlier in life.
Factors such as prolonged and repeated
exposure to noise can damage your
hearing. This can be caused by working
in a noisy environment, listening to
personal music players or spending
time in noisy nightclubs and bars.
Hearing loss generally occurs gradually
so it can take a long time for people to
realise there is a problem.
Hearing, like your eyesight is a vital
sense that affects every aspect of your
life. We readily have our eyes checked
and vision corrected with glasses or
contact lenses. Your hearing can be
easily helped with a simple set of
hearing aids. Modern hearing aids are
no longer the bulky and visually
obvious units that most of us think of.
Modern hearing aids are tiny in
comparison, neatly fitting in or around
the ear depending on what is needed.
These hearing aids are now stylish and
many come in a range of colours to suit
you.
Total Health Therapy in Watton, in
conjunction with national hearing care
experts, The Hearing Company, is
offering free hearing screening checks.
The hearing check is carried out in
private at the clinic in Watton and will
determine if there have been any
changes to your hearing. The service is
completely free to anybody who is
concerned about their hearing. If the
screening reveals a hearing loss, you
will be referred to our Hearing Aid
Dispenser (HAD) who will perform a
thorough examination of your ears and
chat to you about the options for
improving your hearing. The HAD is a
fully qualified professional registered
with the Health Professionals Council
(HPC)
It is important that everybody has the
health of their ears and their hearing
levels checked regularly so the next
time you book your eye appointment or
your annual dental appointment, pop in
to Total Health Therapy for a free
hearing check.
For more details Total Health Therapy
is at 8 Thetford Road, Watton or call
01953 886860
Great Hockham
Gardening Club On Wednesday 9th May our first outdoor venue
was to the John Innes Institute, Norwich. 10
members attended and although it was a small
group this was an advantage as we were taken
round by Mike Ambrose, Head of faculty, who
introduced us to a diverse range of aspects of the
centre. It was a very interesting evening and we
learnt a lot about genetics and the make-up of
plants and how they can benefit the consumer. The
best part was seeing the library of ancient books on
horticulture.
Horn Fair: Sunday 6th May was on a very cold and
damp day, but we didn’t let it dampen our spirits as
we raised over £250 towards club funds for the
coming year. Thanks to everyone who helped out –
in preparation, with cakes for the teas, on the plant
and refreshment stall etc.
Huge thanks to the Bouchards for the allowing us
their facilities.
Our next Club meeting is on Wednesday 13th June
and is to the home of Jean and Andy Wagnerin
Thompson. Members only. Please bring as dish to
share and drinks. Time 7.30pm. Please contact me
for more details.
For more information or a lift to meetings, look us
up on our super website….
www.greathockhamgardeningclub.org.uk
Best Kept Garden Competition
At the end of June our judges will be walking
round the village with clipboards to determine
whose gardens warrant a second look at their
back gardens. A note will be put through your
letter box if we are coming back for a second
look in July.
Please do not be alarmed, make them welcome!
It is all part of the fun at our Flower and Vegetable
Show, when prizes and a prestigious trophy will be
awarded for the villages
‘Best Kept garden’ and ‘Best
Tubs/ hanging baskets.
Jane Dalton
Club Sec. 01953 498694
ROGER TURNER 07759 948 830 01953 881 382
The Wayland News Page 12 News
A Different Point
Of View By Ken Knowles
Everyone knows that Norfolk is flat, but there should be
the addition of the word ‘comparatively’ to that
statement, as the bulk of the county is anything but. Of
course the two sides, east and west, with the Broads on
one flank and the Fens on the other, are pancake shaped,
but the rest of the land puts a lie to the first statement.
Anyone who accepts the suggestion that the land about
us is flat should try to ride a bicycle from Watton to
Necton, say, via Saham Toney, and then see how they
feel about it.
The Norfolk hills may not be a patch on those in the
Lake District, the Cotswolds or the Yorkshire Dales, but
they nevertheless make our countryside as attractive as
anywhere, in its own way.
It is quite surprising how a change of elevation of only a
few feet can give such a different point of view. For
instance when we travel by car we see the surrounding
features quite easily, but should we choose to take a
coach we start to see things we never knew were there,
while from the top of a double-decker the change in
outlook is quite startling. Every extra few feet enhances
our range of vision and our enjoyment of our
surroundings, which is why excursions to the top of
church towers or other large buildings are so popular.
Though our local hills are quite small as hills go, they do
wonders for our appreciation of the landscape, enabling
really magnificent views such as can be enjoyed just
north of Little Palgrave Hall on the road from Sporle to
Newton, looking westwards over the valley to Castle
Acre, while in that village itself the road up to the Green
is as steep as one could wish for anywhere in the country.
Rather surprisingly an equally steep climb is available in
the west of the county, at Downham Market, as a walk
up the path to the church from the clock tower will
confirm.
Yes, a few feet of elevation can transform what might at
first glance appear to be the dullest places, and most
people, particularly those interested in walking, cannot
resist any opportunity to reach high points. For instance
most visitors to Llandudno cannot wait to climb the
Great Orme, the large rock formation that dominates the
town, and while Norfolk cannot offer such ‘peaks’,
equally inspiring views are offered on the high ridge that
parallels the north coast inland from Cley right round to
Sheringham. In fact one of our most impressive views is
from the top of the countryside above Salthouse, marked
on the survey map as ‘The Hangs’, from which a 360
degree prospect takes in not only the scenery down to the
sea, but inland over several miles, and on a clear summer
day this outlook could hardly be bettered.
Of course everyone who is lucky enough to live in a
house with one of these nice views is incensed when
anything is proposed that might change that outlook,
which is why every building application invariably
meets local opposition. Usually these days, in the
open country areas it is the threat of wind farms, but
it is lucky for us that three or four hundred years
back the landowners were so much in control that
they could build what they wished un-opposed,
otherwise the famous great Houses that we treasure
today would probably not have come into being.
Imagine the rumpus a plan to erect a 300- roomed
mansion in the prime position on the skyline today
would cause. Or even an old-style windmill, for that
matter.
Surprisingly, quite frequently when new erections
are mooted, against vigorous opposition, after they
have taken their place in the landscape they become
accepted, and sometimes even welcomed eventually.
This can even apply to buildings that in themselves
are eyesores. For instance, when one visits the Blue
John Caves near Castleton in Derbyshire, the
exciting climb to nearby Mam Tor gives a
magnificent view over the local terrain, which
includes the main landmark - a cement works, one
of the ugliest buildings imaginable, yet accepted as
an asset to the view.
And the tower at Broadway, in the heart of the
Cotswolds, must have caused a few arguments before
becoming the main attraction for miles around.
Luckily Norfolk is not afflicted by many eyesores,
apart from a few television transmitter masts, which are
not too annoying, and the Bacton gas terminal, so what
pleasant scenes the county can provide can mainly be
enjoyed in their own right, and when added to the
magnificent beaches, surely our county, in its own way,
can compete with anywhere in the country.
Did you
know . . . By Rosalie Davis Gibb
. . . Cormorants have increased
substantially in Britain since the
1970s, particularly at inland
waterways? Excellent for the
Cormorants but the downside is the
increase in damage to fisheries and
threat to fish stocks. Since these
large, almost prehistoric and rather
sinister looking water birds are
extremely good fishers, they
inevitably come into conflict with
anglers. (Fossil evidence of
Cormorants has been found from
the Middle Pleistocene era, about
500,000 years ago).
An estimated 7,500 pairs nest in the
UK, with 1,500 pairs nesting
inland. Of the 25,000 Cormorants
wintering in the UK, 10,00 winter
inland. Although often perceived as
seabirds, Cormorants are also
freshwater birds, with one species
in particular, Phalacrocorax carbo
sinensis, favouring inland breeding
sites, particularly in trees. Although
the coastal Cormorant,
Phalacrocorax carbo carbo,
normally nests on cliffs and
offshore islands, even these have
ventured inland during the last few
decades, possibly due to the
creation of many reservoirs and
quarries since the 1960s, often
stocked with fish, so providing an
ideal habitat.
Two species of Cormorants occur in
North West Europe – the Great
Cormorant and the Shag. ‘Shag’
refers to the bird’s crest, which the
British Cormorants lack.
Cormorants have always been
found in Britain and although
numbers have been controlled since
Medieval times, increase in
numbers is causing concern
amongst fishing and fisheries
fraternities, particularly since the
protected status of Cormorants in
the UK prevents any form of
culling. ‘Quite right’ say the
conservationists, concerned that any
widespread effort to control
numbers could threaten the
Cormorant’s conservation status.
Whereas Cormorants are resident
around almost the entire coast of
the British Isles, East Anglia is the
only coast visited only during the
summer months.
Should you be even remotely
interested as to where Cormorants
have been espied around Norfolk
and in particular around the
Wayland area, visit
www.cormorantwatch.org/ which
has nice little pictures of
Cormorants scattered all over it,
63,883 sightings when I had a look
on the 15th of May, 3 of which
were in the Wayland area. Should
you perchance see a Cormorant,
you can add your own sighting to
the map.
Since a Cormorant eats around 400-
500g (about one pound) of fish a
day, a sizeable flock could soon
dessimate fish stocks. A normal diet
would consist of fish between 5 and
15 cms (2 to 6 inches) long,
particularly roach, perch, rainbow
and brown trout. 40 cms (16 inches)
long fish and 60 cms (24 inches)
long eel have been recorded as
having been devoured.
Whilst on the subject of the size of
the fish a Cormorant can swallow,
you may have seen the TV advert
with the Japanese fisherman
complete with a Cormorant on a
pole, the Phalacrocorax capillatus,
or Japanese Cormorant, native from
Taiwan through Korea and Japan to
the Russian Far East. The Japanese
Cormorant, known as umiu (Sea
Cormorant) has been domesticated
by fishermen and used in a tradition
known in Japan as ukai, which can
be traced back 1,300 years. Feudal
Lords bestowed the honour of
‘Master-Cormorant-Fisherman’, or
‘Cormorant Fishermen of the
Imperial Household Agency’, a
hereditary title that is passed on
from father to son, affording the
fishermen privileges and promoting
Cormorant fishing. The Sea
Cormorants are caught and trained
to catch fish, primarily ayu
(sweetfish), which takes about 3
years. Hemp strings are tied around
the Cormorants’ throats to restrict
swallowing so that only small fish
can be swallowed and partly
swallowed larger fish can be
retrieved by the fisherman, although
sometimes fish are also
regurgitated. These days, ukai is
only found in the city of Gifu on the
Nagara river, at night, between 11th
of May and 15th October, except
when the river level is high and
during the Harvest Moon (the
nearest full moon to the Autumn
Equinox, when the centre of the sun
is in the same plane as the Earth’s
equator), having evolved from a
means to live, to a profitable
industry to the present day tourist
attraction. Three Master-Cormorant
-Fishermen man each 13 metre
long, pine board boat, each with a
flaming beacon in a basket on the
end of a pole at the bow, reflected
in the water, which must be a
beautiful, magical, memorable
sight.
Because cormorant fishing is part of
the Imperial Household, the Nagara
has become a protected river,
ensuring it is kept clean and
healthy, allowing cormorant fishing
to continue. The birds have become
such a part of Japanese lore, that
they have given rise to the
expression unomi, to ‘swallow
whole like a cormorant’ or ‘accept
without questions’, because they
can swallow fish whole without
choking on the scales. Following a
centuries old tradition, the first
sweetfish of the season are still sent
to the Imperial Household Agency
today and Royal Viewings for
members of the Imperial Household
are held eight times a year.
Cormorant fishing is also carried
out in China using River
Cormorants, smaller than Sea
Cormorants, and, apparently, hot
tempered and more difficult to
capture! Cormorant fishing is also
an ancient tradition in Macedonia,
especially on Dojran Lake in the
South Eastern part of the country,
where it is still practiced today by
some traditional fishermen. In
Western Europe, cormorant fishing
took place briefly from the 16th to
17th centuries, primarily in England
and France. Though the fishing
method was similar to those used in
Japan and China, the European
method was developed
independently and more closely
related to falconry.
Most people’s immediate image of
a Cormorant is of a large black bird
with wings outstretched, apparently
having a preen! However, there is a
very good reason for this, but what
is it? Answer in the July issue.
News The Wayland News Page 13
Watton Ballroom
Dancing Association
Queen’s Hall, Watton
8 to 11.00
Admission £3.50
Saturday 2nd June
Saturday 7th July
Mike 01953 882799
So here we are in flaming June. Or
maybe not. The drought-driven
hosepipe ban certainly took off in April
(the wettest on record) and the first half
of May. We also had frosts and
hailstorms, sometimes on the same
day. Despite all this I am still amazed
that plants continue to grow however
badly they are treated. The only thing
that seems to faze them is shortage of
water so we are back to the draconian
measures taken by the suppliers of the
essential supply, based on a
monopolistic system. We are even
being told that the hosepipe ban will
last until the end of this year, maybe
longer. When asked about their
unacceptable leakage rate we are
blackmailed by being told that if we
want the leaks fixed the rates will go
up. This from companies that make
billions of pounds profit and dish out
huge bonuses to Australian and
Canadian bankers. Write to your MP!!
Supposing we have a normal June
there will be lots to do as this is the
month the first veg start coming up to
harvest, to be followed by successional
sowing. I will get it right one of these
days! The flowers are showing signs of
the bounty to follow either late this
month or into July. I am particularly
thinking about roses and large
flowered clematis. There used to be a
saying that if you dug a hole for a rose
you should plant a clematis in it as
well. This is still good advice but it’s
best to make sure that the rose is
vigorous enough to hold the clematis
and they don’t need to be pruned at
different times. This holds good if you
have two different varieties of clematis
growing together. The effect is
stunning if it’s right but a horrid mess
if wrong. I think the safest way would
be to put a late/early clematis such as
cirrhosa types (‘Freckles’ is a good one
that flowers January onward or even
December if it’s mild) to flower on
bare rose stems. These clematis don’t
need a lot of pruning, just a tidy and
this can be done when the roses are
pruned in spring. That way you have a
double period of flowers. The large
flowering clematis can be grown
through climbers and ramblers either to
tone or contrast with each other, then
the clematis are pruned early spring
and the roses later according to
whether they climb or ramble. Check
this out when buying.
Whilst the asparagus comes to an end
in mid-June, the earliest potatoes may
well yield a harvest, albeit probably a
small one. To find out if there are any
ready just rootle about with your
fingers under the plants. If there are
potatoes larger than a medium egg it’s
worth rootling on to fish out the
biggest. No potatoes taste as good as
these first few. If the fates are kind you
just might get the last of the asparagus
and the first potatoes on the same plate.
Now that’s what I call a result. The veg
prone to frost damage such as
sweetcorn, peas and beans can go out
now or be sown in situ. Squashes can
be sown or planted out and it seems
(not tried before) that the best place is
on top of the compost heap or a pile of
well-rotted manure. They need a lot of
room. Having said that I remember
seeing various squash plants grown up
trellis arches at Hampton Court Palace
Flower Show some years ago. They
did it with cucumbers as well so it was
necessary to duck quite frequently as
it’s allowable to go into the gardens
there. Hanging baskets can now be put
outside if May was too inclement. That
will be a relief if they’ve been
cluttering up the greenhouse. Herb,
fruit and veg baskets are pretty as well
as productive. Strawberries grow well
in baskets but have to be sited so you
get the ripe fruit before the birds do. A
bracket on a house wall is best as the
birds are a bit more timid than they are
with ones further out. Tomatoes of the
tumbling varieties are fun as well as
yielding delicious fruit (oh yes they
are!) and it’s not harmful to mix them
with trailing flowers such as lobelia,
million bells, petunia surfinia, fuchsias
and other trailing plants readily
available at sheds and garden centres.
Just about any herbs can be used and
also mixed with tomatoes but I
wouldn’t mix leafy herbs such as
parsley, basil etc with flowers as it
would be too easy to mistake one lot of
leaves for the other.
Perennial flower seeds can be sown if
you have room for a small seed bed.
You can also do this in trays and pots
but at this time of year there’s usually
too much going on to be bothered with
the way you sow seeds in winter and
spring. If you have time you can also
sow seeds of winter and spring
bedding. On top of all that the
perennials and flowering shrubs will
need deadheading, the lawn will need
regular mowing unless we have a
really dry spell, the indoor tomatoes
will need to have side shoots removed
and regular tying in of the main stems.
Don’t forget to keep on the
successional sowing when there’s
room for things like lettuce, carrots,
annual flowers for autumn colour now
first frosts tend to be later than a few
years ago, peas and just about anything
that will give a quick crop.
Pests need to be controlled as well.
There will be the usual slugs and snails
but also lily beetles, greenfly, blackfly,
caterpillars and ants. These last don’t
do a lot of harm but the nests will get
under plant roots leaving an air gap so
the plants will die. They also look
unsightly, particularly on paving or the
lawn. There are lots of ways of getting
rid of most pests and diseases but try to
avoid anything that might harm the
bees. We’re short of bees.
One last thing, when you’ve done all
the tasks and are looking forward to
that sit down with a glass of something
cool, keep weeding! And at this time of
year feeding.
In your garden with Lotta Potts
Bradenham
and District
Horticultural
Society Now we have had the showers, we
feel it’s time for some sun! So, for
us this month we are having a
variety of exciting events for your
diary.
For our members, the next meeting
on the 21st June 2012, will be a
talk by Angela Youngman titled
‘Grey water and recycling within
the garden’. It is likely to be useful
talk particularly with us enduring
hosepipe bans and droughts at
present.
In addition that evening the mini
show is open to members to bring
along ‘A vase of perennial flowers’.
As the summer is approaching we
still have tickets available, to both
members and non-members, for our
‘Annual Summer Day Trip’.
On Thursday 5th July 2012, we will
begin the trip by visiting ST
GEORGES DISTILLERY – THE
ENGLISH WHISKY COMPANY
AT HARLING and continuing on to
BRESSINGHAM STEAM
MUSEUM AND GARDENS,
NEAR DISS.
The total cost for the day will be:
Members -£20 Non members - £24
Why not come along for what is
likely to be a fascinating and
enjoyable day!
Looking ahead, on Saturday 8th
September 2012 we will be holding
our Autumn Show: so to give
everyone advance notice or to
allow preparation time we feel it
may be useful to know we do have
a number of classes open to both
non members and members.
In the Vegetable section - Class &
Quantity required: (1) Potatoes,
White 4; (2) Potatoes, Coloured 4;
(7) The Longest Runner Bean, 1; (8)
Tomatoes, any ripe 6; (16)
Courgettes, 2; (19) A trug of mixed
vegetables (may include salad and
herbs), 1
In the Flower Section - Class,
Quantity required: (30) Vase of
Annuals, single stem, 5; (31) Vase
of Sunflowers, any cultivar, 5;
In the Fruit Section - Class
Quantity required: (36) Apples,
Dessert, 4; (40) A Bowl of mixed
fruit, 1
For note, there are additional
classes in the Domestic Section,
both members and non-members
can enter, but details on this and
information about the Show will be
mentioned later in the year.
If you are interested about coming
on the summer trip or need further
information about us then please
do not hesitate to contact: Belinda
Ashman, Publicity Officer. 01362
821442 Or Margaret Arnold,
Events Organiser: 01362 697686.
For the second month, the group
read something from the spy
genre for discussion on 17th
April. The general consensus on
The Spy Who Came In From The
Coldby John Le Carré, was that it
was “not the easiest of reads”.
Starting and finishing in 1960s
communist East Germany, it
reveals Western spying methods
at odds with the social norms and
mores of the time. Alec Leamus,
the central character, as a result
of some failings, has been sent
on a complicated mission of
triple bluff. Characters and
motives are difficult to
disentangle.
Some thought the narrative was
arduous and found it difficult to
differentiate who said what to
whom and why. ‘What ifs’ and
‘wherefores’ were as confused as
the time line. It was felt too much
detail added to the lack of clarity
but it was agreed that treachery
and double or triple dealing are
difficult to simplify. Embedded
in the story was the protest
against the loss of individuality,
which one member found
reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984,
with its impending doom.
Another member thought it was a
super plot, despite its being two
dimensional. However, she also
found the syntax facile and
irritating. There was a lone voice,
who spoke in the book’s favour,
she enjoyed the twists and turns
and didn’t think it a complicated
read, although she felt it deserved
a happier ending.
As we are all old enough to recall
the rise and fall of the Berlin
Wall, an interesting discussion
followed the reviews. Do
characters like this still exist and
what draws people to this ‘dark
art’? Has spying changed? How
much spying is carried out? Who
is doing it and for what reason -
political or industrial? Is China
the new Russia? Thus the book
proved thought provoking, if not
enjoyable.
The book discussed at the
meeting on 15th May was The
Handbag and Wellies Yoga
Club by Lucy Edge. This is the
second volume of the
autobiographical account of a
dedicated career girl who had
decided to give it all up, travel
and discovered yoga and ‘aprés
yoga’ initially in London. This
book tells of her, having met the
love of her life in her early 40s,
deciding that she must move to
Norfolk and immediately start
breeding.
To say that, apart from one, the
members found this book
irritating would be to put it
mildly and to describe it as
‘Chick Lit’ an insult to that
genre. Apart from an initially
seemingly astute summary of
‘Chelsea by the sea’ AKA North
Norfolk Edge opts for a
farmhouse near Beccles,
including that lovely Suffolk
town as being in Norfolk. We
found her attitude to Norfolk
and its inhabitants patronising
and inaccurate throughout, not
helped by referring to ‘Normal
for Norfolk’, only truly
recognisable to natives and
offensive when used by
outsiders. For an intelligent lady
she shows little knowledge of
her own body and the fact that
fertility in women decreases
with age as eggs deteriorate in
quality and quantity. We
expressed sympathy with those
failing to conceive for many
years as opposed to seeing it as
a lifestyle add-on accessory as
in this case. There were far too
many yoga terms which even
those who had practised it did
not understand; some very
strange ladies with names like
Angel Wah Wah, always bizarre
in appearance, and if all the
Pinot Grigio drunk was accurate
that certainly wouldn’t have
helped conception, any more
than her partner being away all
the week. To sum up, we didn’t
like it.
For the meeting on 19th June we
are reading Notes From a Small
Island by Bill Bryson.
Shipdham & District
Book Group
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Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for June
St. Mary’s Church, Watton
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion,
2nd Wednesday Morning Worship. Church Office opens
West Norfolk Aviation Society On Tuesday 1st May, the society welcomed as guest speaker Martin McClelland
who‘s illustrated presentation was “Military Aircraft of the 60s, 70s & 80s” (plus
some interesting extras). Most of the photographs he had taken himself at
surprising number of bases where he served during his 22 years of with the R.A.F.
Martin showed an astonishing memory of aircraft types and technical detail of his
subject, this together with many anecdotes and his repartee with his audience made
for an entertaining evening.
Our Next Meeting Tuesday 5th June 7.30pm at Methwold Social Club. Speaker:
John Jones “Flying Fortress Crews Sport & Recreation 1940s” New members &
guests welcomed. For more Information Tel: 01842 879210 or visit our Web Site
www.westnorfolkaviationsociety.co.uk
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WAYLAND EVENTS DIARY
June Sun 3rd Rave On Buddy Holly and the Crickets Tribute See ad.
Tues 5th West Norfolk Avaiation Society talk See article.
Fri 8th } Methodist Church Flower Festival
Sun 10th } 10 am - 4pm each day See article for details
Sat 9th Ovington Village Fete 1 - 5pm See article for details
Sun 10th Watton Carnival in the High Street From 11am