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A Happy New Year to all our readers
The new year begins with great news on theDefibrillator Project. The telephone box is now
owned by the Village Hall Committee, the
defibrillator has been purchased and the secure
box in which it will be stored inside the
telephone box has just arrived. Within the next
couple of weeks the village should have its own
defibrillator available for use. There have been
a number of cases in recent months where lives
have been saved by the use of community
defibrillators. Let us hope that ours never has
to be used but, just in case……..
This has been a real community project which
began 2014 searching for funds and now, one
year later, is about to come to a successful
conclusion. Congratulations and thanks to
Nicola Hibberd for leading this initiative. Help
on how to access the defibrillator will be in the
next edition.
Marsham
Village News30th Edition February 2015
The deadline for the next edition is Monday 23rd
February 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.
Following our World War One supplement last year, this month we remember a time when
Marsham had its own airfield! Thank you to Brian Willcocks for researching and writing this article and his
other piece on two of the names on the village war memorial. Next month, we will be including an article by
Richard Knight about his visits to the war graves where many of our Marsham soldiers are buried.
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Don’t 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.
Mobile library in Marsham
The Norfolk County Council mobile library van
will be in Marsham on Monday 17th February. The
stop-off points are –
Le Neve Road - 15.30 to 15.45
Wathen Way - 15.50 to 16.05
Fancy holding a
Garage Sale?
See article on page 7
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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.
Phil and Polly Pitt (Wathen Way), most deeply
appreciate all the love, concern, neighbourliness
and support given so generously by you all
during Phil's illness. You are contributing to his
fairly rapid recovery, and he is told to expect to
be 'around' for just a little longer to cause a bit
more trouble. Seriously, though, how can we
thank you enough?
Phil and Polly Pitt.
PLANNING UPDATE FOR MARSHAM AND THE WHOLE
OF BROADLAND FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2015 – 2026
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Government is currently considering proposals for
future housing development drawn up by Broadland
District Council.
These proposals which many residents have taken the
time and trouble to give their opinion on during the
opportunities for public consultation.
By the time this edition of 'Village News' is delivered,
the independent planning inspector appointed by theSecretary of State will have led an exploratory meeting
with the Broadland planners on 8th January 2015 to
clear up any outstanding matters.
It is expected that the long awaited public hearing will
then take place later in May/June 2015. The date at
the time of writing is not yet fixed. The hearing is open
to all; and all those who have made their views known
in writing to the planners will receive details of time
and place. A further 6 week public consultation period
will follow the public hearing.
The independent planning inspector (representing the
Secretary of State), in charge of the 'hearing' is then
expected to give within the following 1 – 2 months a
detailed written approval to the planning
policy for Broadland for the period up to 2026.No
changes are proposed for Marsham. This means no
change to the village settlement boundaries. Any
future housing will be only within the existing
boundaries , and of groups of 1 – 5 houses maximum
as infill.
I think most residents are by now aware that in
October 2014 an appeal for housing development on
the Fengate Farm (old chicken houses), site was firmly
rejected by an independent planning inspector. The
site is clearly established as 'Greenfield' land.
Greg Jarvis.
For SaleTall solid pine bookcase 137cm(h) x78cm(w) x20cm(d)
4 fixed shelves. Vgc. £25
Phone 01263 731586 or call at 8 Croft Lane
Marsham Community Public Access
Defibrillator Project
We have just received the defibrillator and
cabinet from The Community Heartbeat Trust
and will be installing these very shortly in the
phone box. Hopefully by the time you receive
this newsletter everything will be up and
running. Thank you to the village residentswho attended the defibrillator awareness
session this evening (19th January) delivered
by Martin Render from the Community
Heartbeat Trust. This was very informative
and has hopefully given everyone more
confidence in case they ever need to do CPR
or use the defibrillator.
Thank you this month to Beryl Deane for her
donation of £33.95. She has been collectingher spare change over the last year and
decided to donate it to our project. A good
idea perhaps for anyone else who would like
to help with our ongoing fundraising?
If you were unable to attend the awareness
session and would like more information
please contact Nicola Hibberd on 01263
733557 or email [email protected].
Thank you
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Marsham WI
Our last meeting at the Village Hall was our Annual Meeting in November when we heard
Secretary, Treasurer and President’s reports and reflected on our activities during 2014. We
already have some dates for our 2015 diary, the WI Centenary Year, and the first event is a
WI Exhibition at The Forum in Norwich on 14th – 21st February where you can find out all
about the organisation. We have also received details of competitions for The Royal Norfolk
Show on 1st & 2nd July and we will be giving thought to those over the next few months.
There will also be a 5 day WI event at Gressenhall on 22nd – 26th July.
The formal part of our November Annual Meeting was followed by everyone making a
Christmas decoration under the supervision of one of our members. In December we had our
Christmas Dinner meeting, this year at The Banningham Crown, which was enjoyed by all.
The first meeting of the year is in Marsham Village Hall on Wednesday 28th January, taking
the form of a social evening. Our February meeting is on Wednesday 25h when we will be
having a slide presentation of Norfolk Churches by David Boulton, so 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. There is a WI board on the wall at the right of the Village Hall kitchen where you
can see details of our programme for 2015. Contact me at [email protected] or on
01263 732606 if you would like any further information.
Dorothy McCall
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Two things stand out for me reading the autobiography of Sir George Edwards: his memory and resentment of
the unfairness and injustice meted out to his parents and himself during his boyhood, and through
his religious upbringing the realisation that the appalling social conditions at that time were not what God
intended and that he would do all that he could to improve them.
The year 1872 can be remembered as one of the most interesting and important periods for agricultural
labourers in England. Despite the increase in the purchasing power of their wages largely due to the abolition of
the wicked corn laws and a prosperous time for agriculture from 1849 –
1872; the working hours had notchanged for a 100 years and labourers were not free to bargain with the arrogant and oppressive
farmers and the gulf between the two was greater than ever. Many of the sons of labourers left the farms and
went into the town or emigrated.
A Primitive Methodist lay-preacher a Mr Joseph Arch was asked to form a Union and 2000 workers from all parts
of the country attended and a Union was formed. The newspapers gave it prominence with headlines such
as 'Uprising of the Agricultural Labourer'. Meetings were held in many parts and George attended one of them
on the childrens playground at Alby, at which he spoke a month before his marriage. A branch of the Union was
formed and he became a member. Trouble soon arose and labourers were discharged in their hundreds losing
their cottages and turned out on the road by the farmers determined to crush the movement in its infancy.
Scores of farmers locked their men out when they refused to give up their Union cards. Despite this within 6
months 150,000 labourers had joined some sort of Union although these were all independent of each other. A
national Union was formed in Warwickshire but not all branches joined: Kent, Sussex and Lincoln formed strong
Unions outside the National and unfortunately there was a lot of rivalry and mischief among the different
Unions.
Will Ching
As several homes in the village have changed hands recently may we welcome new parishioners to Marsham.
With properties changing hands, we thought it might be a good time to organise a garden/garage sale. Instead of
having to pack boxes of unwanted items into a car to bring for a table top sale, you could displaythem in your
driveway at home and we will send potential customers to you. We could have a coffee morning with stalls at
the village hall for our own funds and for say 50p sell a village map showing where garden/garage sales are being
held. Springtime is a favourite with plants etc also being available for sale. If you prefer the table top sale idea
please tell us, so we can arrange that instead for April as well as October.
Comments to any village hall committee member please - list of names is shown in village hall notice board.
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Free activities for adults
If you find it hard to make time to get active,
we’ve got a good incentive to help get you into
gear.
Starting 23rd
February, Fun & Fit courses are
coming to venues around Broadland, where
you’ll find a wide choice of fun activities to
choose from – all for FREE. Brought to you by
Active Norfolk in partnership with Sport
England, Public Health and Norfolk County
Council, Fun & Fit is a programme of free, 10-
week courses in a variety of activities that are
aimed at complete beginners which will help
make you feel healthier, more confident, and
give you the chance to meet like-minded
people. Try old favourites like badminton, golf,
and aerobics, or stretch yourself into something
new like yoga or dance. And don’t let the little
ones keep you away – there are also classes in
select areas that you can bring your kids to, like
buggy workout.
Courses will run for one hour, and with
convenient day and evening classes there’s
something for everyone. You will be supported
by our team of highly qualified sports coaches
to ensure you find the activity that suits your
ability, interests and confidence level.
So no more excuses. Spaces are limited, so book
now to get off the sofa and into something
you’ll enjoy!
For more information go to
www.funandfitnorfolk.co.uk, or for an informal
chat call 01603 732 333.