THEHEACHAM

NEWSLETTERDecember 2009 - January 2010

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THE HEACHAM NEWSLETTER C/O Heacham Parish Council Office, Pound Lane, Heacham, Norfolk PE31 7ETE-MAIL: theheachamnewsletter@yahoo.co.uk DIARY-WHAT’S ON: Derek( 01485 579403ADVERTISING: Moira Barnes( 01485 570401 Adverts cost £15, £30 or £60THE TEAM: David Barker - Moira Barnes - Pat Barrow - Derek Chester - Brian Faulkner Kerry Long - Dean Rawnsley - Robby Topliss

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* Linn Chilvers DriveDear Newsletter,

*@*!?!* Fireworks!I had just reached boiling point over the annual firework bonanzathat has once again continued night after night, before and after theactual date of November 5th terrifying my dog as per last year andthe previous year, and doubtlessly will next year too, as inconsider-ate residents of our village continue to let them off in their backgardens or on the streets with no regard for any pet owners that livein the area.However....I suddenly had a much more sobering thought... today,as I write, is Remembrance Sunday and I feel it is very insensitiveto be letting off fireworks on this particular day as a "celebration"when so many people have been spending the day "remembering"the fallen soldiers of previous world wars and more poignantly, thisyear, of recently fallen soldiers from current conflicts. I supposebecause some people may have attended services this morning, ormaybe marked the 2 minute silence at 11am or have been wearinga poppy they thought that they had "done their bit" in showing theirsupport for all soldiers and their families.Remembrance Sunday is but 24 hours out of our lives and it wouldhave been nice if the residents of Heacham could have had thewhole of the day in which to remember their loved ones inwhatever way they choose without the intrusion of fireworks.Maybe by next year I will find another item to add to my list ofgripes regarding fireworks !

Roz Gauthier****************

* Cherry Tree CloseDear Newsletter,

Thank YouWe’d like to say a very big thank you to Carol at the Co-op forthe safe return of my husband’s travel pass. It was very kind ofher and was very much appreciated. Thanks.

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* March, Cambs.Dear Newsletter,

Shame About TescoI think it is a shame that Tesco has been allowed into Heacham.The money that goes into the Tesco tills is money lost from theindependent local traders and this is bound to have an effect onthe local businesses. I will be sorry to see the local small shopshaving to close down as has happened in many other villagesdue to the pressure from the likes of Tesco. Local traders are avital part of the community as they care about the localresidents. Tesco is only interested in more and more profit.I shop regularly in Heacham, especially in the excellent Bakersand my mother lived in the village as a young girl beforemoving on to live in Hunstanton.

Dinah Lilley**************** * Heacham

Dear Newsletter,Thanks For Help & Support With Fish Bar

I would like to thank all the customers of Michael’s Fish Barwho have made my first month on the road so successful.As with any new venture there have been teething troubles, butthe positive comments and support from local folk have made itall worthwhile.Extra big thanks to Pat & Jim Simpson for the advert in lastmonths issue; Paula & Mark Hammond at the Bushel for thespace for storage and preparation; Edd Hammond for workingalongside me - and fixing things!To Jenny & Mick Partyka - Mick, who advised on welding &electrical skills and freely gave his time - I simply could nothave done without it, and Jenny, for her kindness andtolerance......just when she thought she’d seen the last of that oldvan......

Cheers y’all!Dolly

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* School RoadDear Newsletter,

www.heacham-village.co.ukHeacham has a new community website. The website isdesigned to give all businesses in Heacham the opportunity toget on the World Wide Web (the internet) either for FREE orvery little cost. The website was launched at the beginning ofNovember 2009. The website will not be an all singing dancingsite, but mainly a 'yellow pages' of Heacham. The website hasbeen started off with over 50 businesses already on the'Businesses in Heacham' page. Any Heacham business can havea small advertising box containing, name, address andtelephone number, this is a FREE entry for the life of thewebsite. If you want to add more than this information, for a oneoff payment of £10 you can have a larger box with a photo andmore text. If you already have a website for your business forthe same £10 one off payment you can have a direct link to yourwebsite. To see the different types of advertising mentioned, logonto the website. You will already notice many FREE entries,also £10 website links and one £10 large advertising box(Virginia Cottage Self Catering Cottage).The first year of the website is being sponsored by Richard Dixof Positive Computing of Heacham, the second year is beingsponsored by Aubrey & Neil Thomas of Thomas ConstructionHeacham. It will cost approximately £50 a year to keep up thedomain name and the hosting package on the internet. So if anyHeacham business would like to sponsor the website for a yearplease get in contact via the website, this would of courseinclude what you would get for the £10 advertisement plus yourown sponsorship banner on the website. I will keep the websiteup to date for free.The website also has a Bulletin Board, Photo Section and theHeacham Beach Webcam and Contact page.So if your business is not already on the website, or it is as aFREE entry and you would like upgrading please contact us.There are contact details on the website.NOBODY WILL CALL ON ANY BUSINESS, IT WILL BEUP TO YOU TO CONTACT THE WEBSITE, THIS IS A NONPROFIT MAKING WEBSITE WITH HEACHAM BUSINESSINTERESTS AT HEART.

Malcolm Diggins****************

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Dr. Daley’s Oncology Fund 01230Many thanks for your continued support throughout the year.The money recently raised, will be used to enlarge theChemotherapy treatment room at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Thank you all for providing me with the goods to sell and thanksalso to those of you who buy them.At the time of going to press the total stands at £53,004. 00

Thanks againMary PISHORN

Keep Fit Classes In SedgefordA new class of keep fit, exercise and dance has started atSedgeford village hall, every Thursday morning at 10am-11.30am. A warm welcome awaits everyone, of all ages, withthe first class free of charge. The normal class fee is then £3.50per session. A fun, friendly class that seeks to enable people toachieve fitness/ stamina/ strength at their pace. I am a fullyqualified teacher with the Fitness League/ Reps 3. All enquiries to Val Barnes on 01328 864358

* Mill View, SedgefordDear Newsletter,

Tesco ExpressNow that the new Tesco Express has opened I expect you willreceive numerous letters commenting either favourably orunfavourably on the new store.As a regular commuter driving to work from Sedgeford toHeacham, and return, which involves passing the new Tesco,my initial experiences have been somewhat alarming and nerve-racking.On the first day of opening, Wednesday 4 November, as I wasapproaching the entrance to the store, a car shot out from theexit/entrance (only one of the two entrances can be used bycustomers, possibly for safety (?) reasons as the other entranceis close to the junction of Station Road and Hunstanton Road)narrowly avoided me and then did a sharp right hand turn intoHunstanton Road almost without slowing down. My vision ofthe entrance was obscured by vehicles parked outside theproperties adjoining and in front of the Tesco car park.On Friday 6 November, as I was approaching the turn off to theHunstanton Road from the Social Club direction a vehicle againexited from the Tesco car park at speed and turned across me togo up the Hunstanton Road.To cap it all, on Saturday 7 November when I myself was usingthe Tesco car park, I had considerable difficulty exiting the carpark as my vision of oncoming traffic from the lavenderjunction traffic lights was obscured by a 4 x 4 parked in themain road close to the car park exit.I have always had an open mind about the desirability or not ofa Tesco opening in Heacham, but my experiences during thefirst week of operation have convinced me that it is in entirelythe wrong location. Obviously Tesco are not going to moveelsewhere, but at the very least I am of the opinion that theParish Council and the Highways Department should considerprohibiting parking from outside Tesco’s and also from outsidethe properties either side of the entrance/exit to the store. Thisshould, at the least, give road users better vision of the Tesco carpark entrance and also provide users of the car park better visionof oncoming traffic along Lynn Road.

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TESCO OVERSTEPS THE MARKOn 4 November 2009, Tesco Express opened at the site of theWheatsheaf Inn, Lynn Road, Heacham, but without fullplanning permission.

At the last meeting with the DCB Board in connection with theapplication put forward by Tesco for two flats, permission wasgiven for the building to have the top area of the building madeinto two flats. Tesco's did not have to go for planning consent toopen as a store as this was in fact already a retail outlet and didnot need additional permission. But they had to apply forplanning consent to put up signs and lighting. Today’s date, 14November 2009, they still do not have planning permission forthis. These signs were put up without planning consent.

I have seen an email from Tesco’s agent who I understand isworking with the planning department, saying this should bepassed by next week. It should have been passed before any signsor lighting were put on to the building. If any of the public hadgone ahead without planning consent for any project, I am surethey would have found themselves in court, served with a heftyfine and possible prison sentence. It appears to be one rule for oneand one for another.

The opening went ahead on 4 November with a town crier in tow.Outside the Tesco Express shop no problem, but when he decidedto go down the High Street and stand outside our local shops thathave been there since the 1800s and 1900s shouting his mouthoff, he was well out of order. These businesses have been keptwithin the families for generation two, three or four along the line.These traders have served the village for years and have keptHeacham as a village and their livelihood could now be at risk.Tesco’s presence threatens our village status.

Since the short period of time Tesco has been in the village, wehave more youths gathering at their site. We then have the prob-lem of gang fights. Police have already been called out over anincident at the Tesco site (group trouble). The police presence ismuch more noticeable now in this area of Heacham. I have livedin the village for 30 years plus and have never felt vulnerablewalking down the street at night, but over these past 2/3 weekssince Tesco has opened, that is not the case.

The light over the ATM machine is so bright that, as you drivedown Hunstanton Road, you are blinded by this light whenapproaching the junction of Lynn Road. One could end up in themiddle of Lynn Road by not being able to see the end of thejunction, and this could cause a serious accident.

St Mary’s church for many years has had a lighted Cross at nighton top of it. As you come from the direction of Hunstanton orSedgeford this light is not overpowering, it is a landmark at nightfor Heacham. It has sure been out-lighted by Tesco’s ATM light.

I do appreciate people have choices and Tesco suits some peopleand life moves on. But it is the despicable way Tesco have goneabout this development and many other developments up anddown the country, by the looks of it, by breaking rules to get whatthey want when they want, with no consideration being takenabout the terrible effects it has on others close to the site.

If you experience any nuisance in connection with the new TescoExpress, especially in the early morning or late evening, or haveany other complaints or other issues you feel need to beaddressed, please phone the Enforcement Department at theBorough Council, or email Matt Carey (matthew.carey@west-norfolk.gov.uk) or phone 01485 571110 so your complaint can beadded to the formal list. The date and time of the experiencewould be useful.

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CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEACHAM

Greetings from the manse. Members of Parliament arenone too popular with the public at the moment. This isnothing new of course! But did you know that in1652,during the Commonwealth when General OliverCromwell was Lord Protector and the Puritans ruled thecountry, they abolished Christmas in England? Suchfirmly religious and devout people, as they undoubtedlywere, strongly disapproved of keeping any day exceptSunday, 'the Lord's Day.' So they passed an act ofparliament to cancel Christmas 1652, and to show thatthey meant it, they decided that parliament would sit justas on any other day of the year. Everything connectedwith Christmas was banned from mince-pies to churchattendance. Indeed there was no connection in theirthinking between their devotion to Christ and all thefestivities and revelries that were held purportedly in Hishonour by the populace on this day, 25th December.Even today it is often pointed out that the winter solsticefalling around this time of year has always been a dayfor celebration, perhaps to the darkness and death of theold year and to encourage the light and the new year orperhaps because people in the northern hemisphere needsome kind of half-way merry-making in order to endurethe entire winter. Yet others express their belief that theearly Christian missionaries to the Germanic lands ofnorthern Europe transformed the pagan rites of Yuletideby designating 25 December as the birthday of Jesus. OnChristmas Day 1652 John Evelyn, the diarist, defied theban and went to church with his wife. He records whathappened. As they were receiving communion a party ofmusketeers broke in. They waited till the service wasover, and then arrested the worshippers. They soon letthem go again, unsure how to punish people for going tochurch. No one is likely to cancel Christmas again, butperhaps for many people the real Christmas is alreadycancelled if not abolished. How come? Simply becauseJesus is left out of the celebrating and festivities. He maymake an appearance here and there, on greetings cardsor in the Queen's Christmas broadcast, but generally Heis left out of sight and put out of mind, an unwelcomeguest at His own party. However I for one believe thatthe Christmas story of the birth of the Son of God cannotbe cancelled or abolished, no more than can the life,death and resurrection of Jesus be separated from God'sgift of salvation and eternal life for those who believe inHim and put Him at the centre of Christmas. With everyChristmas blessing for 2009.Rev'd Kim NallyMethodist Church Minister

PARISH REGISTERSFaithful Departed (Church linked funerals)26/09/09 Kenneth John Witton 82"Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted"We do extend our sympathy and condolences to all whohave been bereaved, and who are prayed for at theSunday morning services around the time of the funeral oftheir loved ones.

METHODIST CHURCH: Sunday Services10.30am Morning WorshipThe Rev'd Kim Nally and the Stewards of HeachamMethodist Church wish all Heacham residents a veryhappy Christmas and, as it is still wise to follow Jesus,invite you to our Christmas celebrations. On Sunday 20thDecember at 10.30am there will be a Carol Service con-ducted by Brian Ogden; on Christmas Day at 10.00am(note early start) All Age Worship will be presented byHelen Martin; and on Sunday 27th December at 10.30amwe shall have Christmastime with Rev'd Kim Nally.

ST MARY’S PARISH CHURCH: Sunday Services 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Morning Worship

(Holy Communion on 2nd and 5th Sunday)Provision for children during services

10.30am Morning Worship at Junior School (Holy Communion on 3rd Sunday) 6.00pm Evening Worship

CHRISTMAS SERVICES IN ST. MARY'S

Sunday 20th December 6.00pm Village Candlelit Carol ServiceChristmas Eve 6.00pm Christingle Service 11.30pm Midnight Communion ServiceChristmas Day 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Christmas Morning Worship followed by Holy Communion

Contacts (telephone code 01485)Methodist Church The Rev'd Kim Nally 570232St Mary’s Church The Rev'd Steve Davies 570268St Mary’s Church Office 572539

email: heacham.church@googlemail.com

CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMEOn Wednesday 9th December at 6.30pm in St. Mary'sChurch the Saltmine Theatre Company will present theirChristmas production "Robin Hood, Merry Christmas,Merry Men". Admission free, but you must have a ticketfrom the Christian Bookshop in Station Road, Heacham.

December Services in Nursing/Residential HomesTue 1st 2.30pm Rebecca Court (and 5 Jan)Fri 11th 10.30am Fridhem (and 22 Jan)Mon 14th 11.00am Holy Communion at Millbridge (and 11 Jan)Wed 16th 2.30pm Summerville (and 20 Jan)Fri 18th 2.30pm Sunnyside (and 29 Jan)

(services subject to confirmation)Sun 20th 7.30pm Neville Court (and 17 Jan)

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CATHOLIC SERVICES INTHE HUNSTANTON PARISH

Catholic Churches: Our Lady & S Edmund's Catholic Church,Sandringham Road, Hunstanton. St Cecila's Catholic Church,Mountbatten Road, Dersingham.The times of our services over the Christmas period appear below.We will be very happy to welcome visitors to these services, whetherthey are visiting the parish from elsewhere, or live in the area.Christmas Services: 24th December 4.00pm Congregational Carols andCHRISTMAS EVE Readings - Hunstanton 8.30pm Vigil of Carols and Readings - Dersingham 9.00pm 'Midnight Mass' - Dersingham 10.45pm 'Midnight Mass' - Hunstanton25th December 9.00am Mass of the Dawn - DersinghamCHRISTMAS DAY 11.00am Mass of the day - Hunstanton26th December 10.00am Mass -HunstantonST STEPHEN (Altar Servers renew their Guild Promise)27th December 9.00am Mass - DersinghamHOLY FAMILY 11.00am Mass - Hunstanton1st January 10.00am Mass - HunstantonSOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GODSunday Mass times 9.00am St Cecilia's, Dersingham 11.00am Our Lady & St Edmund, HunstantonWe would also be delighted to see visitors at our regular services.Refreshments are served after the 11am Mass every Sunday at thechurch in Hunstanton, and after the 9am Mass at Dersingham onthe first Sunday of the month. We also have a friendly andinformal gathering after the 10.15 Mass at Dersingham onWednesdays. Do come and visit - we'd love to see you.

KING’S LYNN MALEVOICE CHOIR

continues to seek new members, for the new season whichstarted on September 1st

The choir numbers around 30 enthusiastic, friendly men, whowelcome new members, and has been performing and giving

enjoyment to audiences for over 50 years.Why not come and join them? - Age is no barrier

Concerts are held in King’s Lynn and surrounding towns & villages,and rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.15pm, September

to June, at Springwood High School, Queensway, Gaywood.

telephone Brian on 01553 672388or Maurice on 01485 570687

For more information

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Do Something Amazing TodaySave a Life

The National Blood Service will be visiting Heacham inJanuary and would welcome existing and new donors.

Wednesday 20th January 2010 at the Public Hall,Station Road. 1pm - 3.30pm and 5pm - 7pm.

Please make an appointment if you can, by calling the Helpline0300 123 23 23 or online at www.blood.co.uk

TREFOIL GUILDWhat a marvellous meeting with a full house andlots of chocolate to try, because it was a talk by arepresentative of Thorntons Chocolates. In the

tastings, we had Galaxy, Cadbury’s and Thorntons – yum, yum.We were shown the range that they produce, including toffeesand sweets for children. The firm started out making toffeewhich was sold on markets in the Midlands – e.g. Alfreton,Sheffield and Leeds. New products have an introductory periodbefore investment is made in special machinery for that particu-lar job.On the table was a huge display of Thorntons’ products, andtowards the end we swarmed around to buy our Christmaspresents, whilst dipping fruit in melting chocolate and eatingthere and then!Thorntons are already planning for Christmas 2010 and Eastereggs are ready now – what about an Easter talk?

A Reynolds

KEEP THE PRINCESS THEATRE OPENThe EDP reports that West Norfolk council leaders want to moth-ball the Guildhall Theatre at King's Lynn Arts Centre, and close thePrincess Theatre in Hunstanton through the winter, to reduce theamount the authority spends on subsidising the arts. Under theplans the Guildhall Theatre would be closed after the 60th anniver-sary of the King's Lynn Festival next summer and the PrincessTheatre would only be opened for the summer season.Hundreds of people have signed a petition against the closure,saying that the theatres are vital to local drama groups, and bringinternationally-renowned performers to Lynn and Hunstanton. Thepetition says:“Both these venues are vital for local community arts groups,King's Lynn Operatic and Dramatic Society, The College of WestAnglia, and the Lavender Hill Mob, as well as providing the best ofUK and international culture to West Norfolk. Our nearest profes-sional theatres are approximately 30 to 50 miles away in Peterbor-ough and Norwich, to which there are no direct rail links."“Both venues offer significant opportunities annually to youngpeople in West Norfolk, it is our only youth theatre, and providesarthouse cinema and visual arts exhibition opportunities.”To sign the petition go to:http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Norfolk-Arts-Cut/

Beth

A Great Evening Of Entertainment ForHeacham Gardeners

There was a good turnout for the Heacham Gardeners NovemberSocial Evening on 19th November, and they were glad they came.As well as the buffet supper, Peter “Waddo” Waddison, a popularlocal Country & Western singer, provided the entertainment (seephoto below by George Suranyi). Peter gave an excellent perform-ance which was much appreciated.Look out for details of future Social Evenings which will be adver-tised in the Newsletter next year. If you are interested in joining theHeacham Gardeners, please ring Hazel Wade on 579386.

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Shoe BoxesThank you to everyone who helped with the shoe box appeal. Over220 have been sent from Heacham, to make a total of over 1000 fromthe Hunstanton area. As you prepare for Christmas remember thepresents, with or love, going from Heacham to Kyrgystan and Serbia.

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THAT DREADED 'C' WORD - CHRISTMAS!Every year, from September onwards, we're bullied into believingthat we've got to start preparing for that one time in the year wheneverybody in the civilised world is supposed to SPEND too much,EAT AND DRINK too much, and above all ENJOY THEM-SELVES!! Equally surely, every year, from September onwards,everyone moans and groans about the COST, the WORK, theSHOPPING in over-heated stores, not knowing WHAT TO BUY,the TIME it all takes, the CALORIES you eat, the criminalWASTE, and the cost, the cost, the COST of it all. Everywhere yougo, on the bus, in the train, on the High Street, people whinge, 'God,I hate Christmas!' and often they add, 'But you've got to do it,haven't you?'

HOLD ON A MINUTE!! GOT to do it? Says who?Let's do a rethink. We're not automatons. Actually, we don't HAVEto do any of it. We can choose NOT to be forced down the funneland chewed up in the Christmas grinder, to emerge exhausted,bad-tempered, and with great holes in our bank balance. Let's defythe forces of commercialism and RECLAIM CHRISTMAS, re-place the scowls with smiles. Peace and goodwill... 'Oh, if only....'I hear you sigh. Well, let me suggest some answers.You could begin by asking your family and friends if they wouldbe willing to STOP exchanging presents. Just agree not to do it.After all, who needs another ornament? Or yet another tea-cloth?Or some useless hand-crafted piece of tat that will just get handedon from jumble sale to car-boot-sale to bring-and-buy stall? Howmany scented candles can one person burn? How many boxes ofsweet things go uneaten because the recipient is diabetic? A friendof ours, Christmas after Christmas, received a bottle of after-shave from a lady who evidently hadn't noticed the beard he'd beensporting for ten years. What was she trying to say - 'I don't noticeyou as a person, but look how kind and giving I am?' BONG!!Years ago, my sister and I decided not to send each other giftscosting more than fifty pence. We had a lot of fun finding andswapping ingenious 50p items. You could do the same. Put theMerry back into Christmas.Of course nobody wants to be nicknamed 'Scrooge'. It takes somecourage to be the first to suggest that you might drop the annualexchange of unwanted bric-a-brac, but if you can summon thenerve you'll be amazed how relieved your friends will be. Believeme. We've tried it and it works.Same applies with Christmas cards. When our list grew to way overa hundred, costing a small fortune in both cards and postage, oneyear we cut out the people we could hardly remember. Next year,those people very happily stopped sending to us, too. We have nowstarted to cut out all those who send cards mechanically, with justa scribbled signature, 'Fred and Ethel', not even a word of greetingor news. Each year, these people sigh with relief and concur, only

too happy to stop so long as someone else takes the initiative.Genuine friends who are far away and who care about you willenjoy receiving a card and maybe a few news headlines to keepthem up to speed (but most people hate those computerised round-robins boasting at length about expensive holidays, new cars,successful children etc. etc...).Then again... why do we bother to send cards to friends we'reactually going to see? Can't we agree with each other to make dowith a cheery, sincerely meant, 'Happy Christmas!' and maybe achat over coffee, or a cup of tea in your kitchen? Children at schoolmay measure their self-esteem by how many cheap cards theycollect, but we're supposed to be grown-up. Cards are not impor-tant. (Except to the people who make and sell them of course, butthat's their concern, not mine.)Christmas is, as the cliché goes, a time for children. Well, wewouldn't want to deprive the little darlings, though frankly whenI've watched my own grandchildren ravage their way throughmounds of beautiful parcels only to emerge from oceans of ruinedwrapping paper moaning: Got that already... Oh, not another jig-saw... That's so babyish! ..This is the wrong size... the wrongcolour... hate those... never wanted that... Bo-o-oring!... Don't theyknow I'm a boy?... They may not say it aloud but you can see it intheir disappointed faces. You want to say to those absent present-givers, 'Why do you bother? Save your hard-earned money.' Or,better still, give it to children who don't have a dozen other peoplebuying things for them. Agree to send a cheque to the Children ofthe Andes, or the orphans of Africa. Get your own childreninvolved, explain to them how lucky they are to have any presentsat all, let alone a slightly smaller mountain this year. Some of theworld's poorest children would be delighted with a hillock. Andwhat about the waste of paper, expensively bought only to bethrown away, adding to the piles of rubbish in our land-fills?Then the food... Do we HAVE to have turkey and 'all thetrimmings'? Even if we hate them? Turkey leaves me cold, and asfor overcooked Brussels sprouts... Lately we've settled for a joint ofbeef and vegetables we actually like - much more of a treat.On the day itself... Try cooking dinner in the evening, rather than atlunchtime. You have the whole morning then to enjoy lazing (orwatching the Huns'ton swim!!), something light for lunch, the restof the afternoon to share the cooking, and when you've done eatingyou can roll straight into bed to sleep it off. Much more civilized.And why not stagger the celebrations, spread it out over the wholeten days or so, instead of trying to cram everything and everyoneinto one day? If father-in-law hates Auntie May, don't invite themboth at the same time. Make it easier on everyone involved.I could go on, but you've got the idea. Anybody with me? Want tojoin a campaign?Anyway, Crumble Chrimble to you all.

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HUNSTANTON LIONS CLUBInvite all our Senior Citizens living in

Hunstanton and the surrounding villages to a special“Turkey & Tinsel”Christmas Lunch

to be held every lunchtime at The Green Lodge Restaurant,Hunstanton during the week commencing

7th December 2009.The cost of this traditional three course lunch is

£3.00 per head.Some places may still be available at the end of the week

Please call Ian – 01485 533108 for further details.

Hunstanton & District Lions ClubIt is now very nearly December and the end of 2009. There’s stilla lot for us to do before the year ends though. Starting on MondayDecember 7th for the week, we’ve invited all the senior citizens inour area to a special ‘Turkey & Tinsel’ lunch at the Green LodgeRestaurant on The Green in Hunstanton. The cost is only £3 perhead, with the Lions subsidising the balance. There may still besome places left for the end of the week, so if you’re interestedplease call 01485 533108. This has been very well received, andwe hope to be able to fit you in.Keeping on the run-up to Christmas, as usual we will be carolsinging with the residents of Docking Grange in December.Every year we do this and they really enjoy themselves. We leavegiving them each a Christmas present.Talking of Christmas presents, our now famed ‘ChristmasGrotto’ is again being held in the basement of Hunstanton TownHall, so please bring along all your young children to be escortedby our elves, walk by the misty stream, be mystified by lights andbubbles, ending up meeting Santa himself, who will give them alla present. Our thanks go to a local toyshop which has sourcedsome really good presents. The Grotto will be open on Saturdayand Sunday December 12th and 13th and Saturday and SundayDecember 19th and 20th and also on Christmas Eve. To coincidewith the Grotto we are holding a Craft Fair in the Town Hall, socome along and buy some special last minute gifts for Christmas.There’s going to be a great selection of toys, decorations, jewel-lery, home made preserves, plants and lots, lots more. Reallysomething for everyone.Not only do we donate to people and organisations who needfinancial help, we also provide practical help ourselves. Amongother things this year we are providing a new kitchen to a localscout group and, just recently, we laid out the back garden withtwo raised sandpits, pathways and a paved area for children’sswings etc. at a refuge in our area. For this project we areextremely grateful to Messrs Ridgeons of Snettisham whoarranged, at no cost to us, the supply of nearly all of the materialsinvolved. Without their great help this project would have beenfar more costly.We also, yearly, sponsor a young child in Zimbabwe – ShepherdTenser – for his education, and we are also helping build a schoolin Nepal. In future editions of the Heacham Newsletter we hopeto give you more information about our international help.After a small rest over Christmas and the New Year, we will beback with new ideas and events. Our car boot sales will be heldevery other Sunday at the Glebe School, Hunstanton, startingaround Easter. Exact dates will be given in the HeachamNewsletter as will details of all the other events we are planning.The lucky winners of our 200 Club in October were M.Haton,Dave Page, Kath Wallis and Carl Mayes, and in November theywere Pauline White, David Mountain, Gareth May and Mrs RNobes. Congratulations to all of you.Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organ-isation with 1.3 million members in 45,000 clubs in 205 countriesand geographic areas. Founded in 1917 we are people whovolunteer our time for good causes. Remember, our motto is:’We Serve’, so as ever if you know of some body or organisationwho we may be able to help please let us know. Our area extendsfrom Brancaster to Dersingham taking in Docking, Shernborne,Sedgeford, Snettisham, Heacham, Hunstanton and all the villagesalong the coast.We hope you all have a great Christmas and we wish you all avery happy New Year.

Peter Mills

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Heacham’sPOCAHONTAS PLAYERS

presents

'RED RIDING HOOD'Written by John Southgate

Directed by Peter EveringhamCo-Directed by Warren Marshall

Come along to Heacham Public Hall, Station Road for a greatevening of Panto entertainment! Where you will see the cast ofthe POCAHONTAS PLAYERS performing this very funnyshow and enjoying every minute of it!!We have all our usual charactors - Dame Penny as the zanyDame, played by our expert 'frock' wearing Gary Pearce! PeterEveringham (Capt Roger) and Jim Race (Co-Pilot Over) aseccentric, Aircraft pilots! Watch out for a performance and ahalf, from Warren Marshall as 'Oddjob'!!We have the delightful Laura Thomas, as leading lady 'Scarlet',Red Riding Hood and the dashing Jenny Rudd as the PrincipleBoy 'John Bond'. Their duet sounds amazing!We welcome new members, young teenage sisters Emily andAnnie, who along with Becca Whybrow are 'The 3 little pigs'Where they have to keep looking over their shoulders, for thehungry Boss Wolf played by Mike Trebbick and the nasty wolfpack - Janet Fuller, Jeannie Tooley and Janice Curtis. Also newto the group, with her first time on stage, is Christine Vincentwho dons on the hard hat, to become the builder with 'TheVillage People' accompanied by Jodie Richardson as the cow-boy, Poppy Hawkins as the motor cop, and Jack Hawkins as theindian.For those who watched last years panto Robin Hood, you wouldhave seen a very talented young lad Alex Kendal as a jollymonk, riding around the stage, sitting on a stool, with wheels??You must watch out for him as the very funny Traffic Warden!Granny Smith, played by Jean Smith. The very lovable PantoGranny! Every panto should have one! Also, Spasm played byJohn Southgate, as the rather mad butler!Many more favourites to look out for - Lin Woodley as the 'dryhumoured' airport check-in person, and Air security man, BarryShaw trying to keep the uncontrollable Plonker family in order,played by Tom Whybrow, Pat Southgate and Poppy. Watch outfor the hilarious air hostesses Sharon (Sarah Reed) and Tracey(Elaine Pygall).This all adds up to a great evening of fun-fun-fun entertainment

"Oh yes it Does!!!!"Pop these dates in your diary or calendar:

Thurs 21st January - 7.30pm, Fri 22nd January - 7.30pmSat 23rd January Matinee - 2pm, Evening - 7.30pm

Tickets - ADULTS - £6.00, CHILDREN (8 and under) £4.00Ticket sales - Phone - Jim 01485 571267 or Lyn 01485 571749We ALL look forward to seeing you there! Please dont leave ittoo late before ordering your tickets - 'They go very fast'!!!

GRAND OPENING AT SUNNYSIDE CLOSEA very happy afternoon was enjoyed by the Residents ofSunnyside Close at the opening of the brand new COmmunityRoom. Henry Bellingham M.P. cut the ribbon and guestsincluded our local "bobby", representatives of the Fire Service,our own Clerk to the Parish Council, as well as Jan Mitchall,Housing Manager, (Care & Support) and other officials fromFreebridge Housing Association, residents, friends and manyothers. Mr. Bellingham planted a tree in the garden attached tothe new room.The surrounding area has been completely up-dated with newparking areas, including disabled bays, new paths, and a gardenwith seating attached to the Community Room.We sincerely hope the local community will come along andjoin with us in our activities which include coffee mornings etc.

Liz Highland,Tenant Rep., Sunnyside Close

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HEACHAM WIVES GROUPWe have now arranged our pre-Christmas meal. It is being heldon Monday 14th December at the Fox and Hounds PH, meetingat 7 for dinner at 7.30pm. As usual further information fromBrenda on 570727 or Anne on 571885.The January meeting, our AGM, will be held on Monday 11thJanuary, 2010, when we hope to be able to sort out ourprogramme for next year.

Anne Beere

John Harrisinvites you to his

BIRTHDAY COFFEE MORNINGat the Old Friends’ Hall, sunnyside, Heacham

on Wednesday 16 December 2009From 10am to 12 noon

Carols - Musical Games & Quizzes -Entertainment by Local Artistes -Coffee (or Tea) and Mince Pies.

No admission charge,but John will invite his guests to sponsor him for his

26th consecutive participation in the Hunstanton ChristmasDay Swim, in support of Round Table Charities.

N.B. Back to our old ‘home’ this year, but in the morning for achange, as I have other appointments in the afternoon and

evening this year.I look forward to seeing you! John.

Chop 'n' Change would like to welcome back stylist Jodie afterher maternity leave. Jodie will be available for appointments onThursdays and Fridays. Also we would like to wish stylist Claireall the best during her maternity leave and look forward to herreturn in the new year.To all of those who attended our open evening on 3rd Decemberwe hope you had an enjoyable evening and thank you so muchfor your support!Christmas is fast approaching and to help you with gift ideas whynot purchase a Hair or Beauty voucher for a loved one. You canpick up your voucher from the salon at any time. This is an idealgift and can be used into the new year. Vouchers are available forpurchase all year round and can be to the value of your choice.BEAUTYMIX....CHRISTMAS OFFER!! Book a manicure anda pedicure together for the special price of £25.00. This is asaving of £7.50! Book now, as for a limited time only. For moreinformation about all of the treatments available at Beautymixcontact the salon or pop in for a brochure.

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A Day in the Life of the King's Lynn Samaritans06:00 From an upstairs window, Malcolm could see the sun riseover the town. He and Angela looked tired. It was not surprisingreally. They were just coming to the end of a four-hour night dutyfor The Samaritans. Malcolm had taken a two-hour call in theearly hours from a depressed young mother who could not sleep.She had lost a baby through cot death and now could not bear toclose her eyes in case anything happened to her new-born baby.Fear and fatigue had given way to despair. Finally after talking toMalcolm she decided to return to bed and try to sleep. Mean-while, Angela had taken a series of silent calls. The phone wouldgo, and when she picked it up, saying gently, "Hello, Samaritans.Can I help you?". The person at the other end would not, or couldnot, speak. Occasionally, Angela repeated that she was still listen-ing and there was no hurry to speak. After long silences, thephone would go dead. She hoped that the caller would soon gainthe courage to speak, perhaps to another volunteer later on, as shewas now going straight to work, buying a takeaway breakfast onthe way.08:35 Martin, Chair of the Friends group who raise money tosupport the King's Lynn Samaritans, calls in to pick up collect-ing tins, publicity materials and posters for a collection dayoutside one of the local supermarkets.10:00 Dorothy, who has recently retired from her job as aschoolteacher, and now has more time to give to The Samaritansand Dave who is a young salesman currently between jobs, are inthe Duty Room. They are ready to answer the phones and toreceive emails from people who need emotional support to helpthem through a difficult time in their lives.10:15 A man in his fifties calls at the Branch. He was maderedundant last week but doesn't know how to break it to hisfamily. Each morning he leaves home and pretends to go to work.Today, instead of sitting in his car he has summoned up thecourage to visit The Samaritans. He is very depressed and talksabout feelings of uselessness and failure. He feels his whole lifehas crumbled. He weeps. Dorothy asks if he feels suicidal. "Yes",he says,"I can't believe I'm telling you this. It's just such a reliefto admit how black and hopeless things are......"11:25 Upstairs, Dave and another volunteer, Jane, chat. She'spopped in to collect a video and some leaflets as she is on her wayto do a talk at the local secondary school. Jane enjoys doing'outreach' activities, going out and raising awareness of the serv-ice amongst groups at high risk of suicide. She will get a class of14 year olds to talk about the importance of discussing feelingsand to explore the difficult and taboo subject of suicide.12:50 Marian, the Branch Director also drops in during her lunchhour. The Samaritan correspondence includes requests for speak-ers at meetings of Young Farmers and the Wl, a request from astudent doing a project on the charity, a cheque for £300 from alocal trust, latest training information from The SamaritansGeneral Office and an anonymous letter which just said, "Thankyou for being there".

13:45 Carol calls in to pick up some publicity leaflets for thetable in the entrance to the hospital. Two Samaritans will besitting at the table all day talking to patients, staff and visitorspublicising the work of the Samaritans and listening to those whowant to share their feelings with them.18:00 Sue and Sandra, a nurse and bank clerk, arrive to take over.There's a call from Sally. She was in the class that Jane spoke toearlier that day. She wanted to speak to someone about herstepfather. She couldn't tell her Mum and her mates wouldn'tunderstand.19:10 In another room, Diane and her training team are preparingfor a selection day. Held three times a year, it will be a chance totell people what becoming a Samaritan volunteer really entails.Those that are selected to continue will embark, during the fol-lowing weeks, on on a course of thorough training and supervisedshifts. Those who decided that being a volunteer was not for themcould still support the charity by helping in many other ways.23:55 It is the early night duty. The phones ring again andagain.The room is quiet just the sound of hushed voices on thephones. The volunteers are busy concentrating, listening andanswering emails. Pubs and clubs close, families and friends gohome, and the night gets busier. Many go to sleep but for thoseleft awake there are few people they can turn to for support. Forsomeone distressed and having no one to talk to, a stranger whowon't judge them and who will treat everything they say inconfidence, is a vital lifeline.All Night The phone rings. It rings again. And again. And again.Throughout the night. The Samaritans are always there to answerthe call, every day and night.The scenarios above are not real, but could very well havebeen. If you are over 17 years, and feel that you would be ableto listen without judgement to others, who may be despairingand suicidal, please contact the King's Lynn Samaritans tohear more about becoming a Samaritan Volunteer. Tel No:01553 761616

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TEN YEARS AT THE FOX & HOUNDSThis month marks the tenth anniversary of Mark and Marie’s arrivalat The Fox and Hounds so it seems a good opportunity to wave the flagfor Heacham’s own brewery. The following was extracted from anarticle in “The New Imbiber” by Howard Gladwin.Mark and Marie bought the pub in December 1999. Before then Markwas working in local government in Sheffield but changes resulted inhis becoming privatised - not to his liking. I asked Mark what decidedhim to try brewing after three years in the pub. He explained that withthe pub, a typical 1920s style building, had come a cottage, about 150years old, in poor repair and they decided to have it renovated. Whilethis was in progress Brendan Moore from the Iceni Brewery arrivedwith beer delivery for the pub. He looked at the cottage, asked Markwhat he was going to do with it and then suggested turning it into abrewery.And that was how it all came about. With some initial help fromBrendan, Mark set about learning the art of brewing. I gather that Markwas largely self taught - reading widely and taking advice from otherbrewers. The first brew, Heacham Gold (3.9%) was produced in2002. This is a delicious, fruity bitter and one I highly recommend. Italso comes bottle conditioned as do most of Mark's beers. Since thatfirst brew the brewery has gone from strength to strength. The plantconsists of one kettle, two fermenters, one mash tun and threeconditioning tanks. The brew size is five barrels and Mark brews twiceweekly. All bottling is done at the brewery. Maris Otter Malting Barleyfrom Teddy Maufe's Branthilll Farm is used (the home of The RealAle Shop).Regular brews include the aforesaid Heacham Gold together withLJB (4%) (Little John Bitter named after Mark and Marie's son John,born in 2002) and Nina's Mild (3.9%) (named after their eight year olddaughter). The brewery's website www.foxbrewery.co.uk detailssome 19 different beers and is well worth a visit. Of those I highlyrecommend Villeneuve's Tears (4.1%), Nelson's Blood Bitter (5.1%)and Lady Hamilton's Sorrow (3.9%). Astute readers will have spottedthe Nelson connection. The great man was, of course, born not faraway at Burnham Thorpe and Fox beers are always available at theLord Nelson pub there, one of the main Fox Beer outlets.Further afield draught and bottled beers go to pubs around Cambridge,South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. A regular customer is theoddly named Letter B pub in Whittlesey in the Cambridgeshire fens.However, unless you are a staunch republican, pride of place must goto Sandringham, the Norfolk retreat of the Queen. I asked how thiscame about and Mark explained that three years ago Sandringham washolding one of its regular Food and Drink fairs. Another brewer was tosupply the beers but pulled out at very short notice and Mark was askedto fill the void. He did so with such success that Fox beers are nowalways available in the restaurant and local produce shop at Sandring-ham. So well worth a visit if for no other reason.The pub usually has six different real ales on draught. AdnamsBroadside is always available, three of the Fox's own beers. and twoguest beers which come from East Anglia and further afield.I came away greatly heartened by meeting Mark. Establishing abrewery from scratch with no previous experience is quite a feat. Andwhat is pleasing for me, having sampled a good selection of his beers,is that each one has something different to offer in taste. As Mark isresponsible for the recipes, with a little help from his staff, this isanother tribute to his brewing skills.

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Collectors (for a cancer charity) required as well as singers!Please join us for an enjoyable and worthwhile evening,

whatever the weather!

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ARTHRITIS, JOINT & MUSCLE PAIN‘Well you’ve got arthritis, what can you expect’….. A commonthing to hear at the first sign of any new ache or pain. Oncewe’re over the age of 40 it’s assumed that joint & muscle paincomes with the territory.In my Acupuncture practice I have two approaches to joint pain.FIRST I look for muscular problems. Localised acutely tenderpoints in muscle were first documented by Professor JanetTravell, a brilliant American physician. She mapped out areasof dull aching referred pain which often spread into joints andbecome confused with joint problems. Many of the musclesaround the shoulder blade send aching into the joint forexample, and often down the arm. Muscle ‘trigger points’ in thehaunch may get confused as hip joint pain.Using a needle to stimulate the muscle at the point can releaseit, thereby removing the pain. If the muscle points are there youcan easily tell because when those points are pressed, they hurteven though the area around doesn’t.Clear the superficial problem first. If the muscle problem isgone and the pain goes also, we know it was being created bythat muscle problem. If the pain’s still there then we know it’sprobably created by the joint itself (in my experience, don’tassume that just because an x-ray says there’s arthritic changein a joint, that’s automatically going to cause all the pain).SECONDLY if there are no muscle trigger points, or clearingthem doesn’t resolve the pain, then I look at Classical ChineseAcupuncture where we use points away from the area as well aspoints around the joint to try and help blood flow in the tissuesof the joint (helping to clear inflammation) leading to a possible,albeit gradual, improvement in joint health. However it works,this kind of acupuncture has been used for over two thousandyears and nothing survives that long if it’s just the latest health fad.In some cases I also use Chinese Herbal Medicine. Plant-basedmedicine has been the primary form of medicine up to the lasthundred years or so. In the Han dynasty of the second centuryAD a sophisticated method of treating severe epidemic diseaseusing combinations of plants (formulae) is well documentedand that sophistication has developed over subsequentcenturies. Many plants we use have anti inflammatoryproperties and have been used in arthritic pain for at least athousand years.

Tony SugdenTony Sugden has practised Chinese Medicine for the last 17 years inCambridge, and having moved to mid Norfolk, has also started work inHunstanton at the Serenity Natural Healing centre (Tel. 01485 535321).He is happy for anyone to contact him to discuss individual problems.

Where does Tarzanbuy his clothes?A jungle sale!

Heacham Football Club 2009/10Since the report in the November newsletter we have played 4games:- Losing 3-1 to Reffley Royals, winning 5-0 away toLynn Docklands, drawing 1-1 away to Wiggenhall and winning5-2 at home to Sandringham.The reserve side are involved in good close matches and wereunlucky losers 2-1 against the unbeaten Denver F.C.The standard of football is good, entrance to our ground is freeso why not come along on Saturday afternoon to watch.Fixtures for December / January1st Team

Reserve Team

Secretary Heacham Football Club Harry Hornsby

Date Kick off venue opposition Match Sponsor

05.12.09 14.00 H Sutton Bridge

12.12.09 14.00 A Wisbech United

19.12.09 14.00 H Wisbech United

01.01.10 14.00 H West Winch

09.01.10 14.00 To Advised

16.01.10 14.00 H Docking

23.01.10 14.00 A King’s Lynn A

30.01.10 14.00 A Pott Row

Date Kick off venue opposition Match Sponsor

05.12.09 14.00 A Snettisham

12.12.09 14.00 H Dersingham A

19.12.09 14.00 A Dersingham

01.01.10 14.00 A William Burt

09.01.10 14.00 H West Winch

16.01.10 14.00 A Wiggenhall

23.01.10 14.00 H South Creake

30.01.10 14.00 A Walsingham

What can you serve butnever eat?

A tennis ball!

FACING REALITYI’ve been prompted to reach this conclusion

That inevitably as we grow olderOur eyesight deteriorates slowly

As the lines on our faces grow bolder.I happened to be in the bathroom

New ‘Spec savers’ perched on my noseAnd a bloke staring out of the mirrorWas a stranger to me in my clothes.

His jaw line had sagged, he looked ancientCrow’s feet and a mouth looking sad,

Then I realised I knew him from somewhereThe reflection was that of my Dad.

So remember to “not” wear your glassesThe next time you’re combing your hair

Your delusion that you haven’t changed muchWill be shattered – you may shed a tear.

D. Ives

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The first photo was taken around 1999, when this gloriousbuilding STILL had the original chequered front. The secondphoto was taken in November 2009. We wonder how manyfolk, during the last few weeks, have walked in and asked "CanI have a pint please??!!!"

THE WHEATSHEAF.....TEN YEARS ON

AN AUSTERE CHRISTMASWe hear much talk these days about the credit crunch and howwe may be facing a period of austerity. With the festive seasonalmost here it set me thinking about the post war period and aparticular Christmas. In 1949 the country still carried the scarsof six years of bombing raids and rationing was still in force formost of life's essentials.There were decorations in the main stores and on high streets,but nothing like the brash displays we see today. Most of thedecorations in homes were hand made by parents and childrenat home, or teachers and children at school.The thought of actually buying a Christmas pudding or cakewould not have occurred to the average mother, who wouldprobably not have been able to afford it anyway. As with thedecorations, the children would have been involved in thepreparation and certainly the tasting!As a boy of nine I spent that Christmas at a friend's house andon Christmas morning I found a stocking at the end of the bed.It contained an apple, an orange, some sweets, a few chocolatecoins and some hand made woollen gloves. There was also oneparcel that turned out to be a board game, either Ludo or Snakesand Ladders but, at this distance in time I can't remember which!Christmas dinner consisted of sausages, yes sausages, not thesucculent chicken I had been thinking about beforehand. Therewas a Christmas pudding just big enough for a miniscule por-tion for everyone at the table, but the children each found a newsixpence ( two and a half pence ) in theirs.The afternoon was spent playing with any new toys and theboard games, with a break for the King's speech on the wireless,no television in those days.We had a tea that was no different to tea on any other day of theyear, followed by another spell with the games and then bed.How times change and today many children could fill a contain-er truck with their presents and I would guess that most will getsome sort of computer game and spend their time in front of ascreen.Will they enjoy Christmas ? Yes, I am sure they will, but morethan I did ? I doubt it. We only expected one present and a fewgoodies, which is what we got. And the sausages ? We enjoyedthose too and the absent chicken was soon forgotten.An austere Christmas, certainly, but definitely a merry one.

D.C.

Janice & Dave Curtis

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HO! HO! HO!MERRY

CHOCOLATE!You know, it's a constant battle trying to eat healthy. One which Iam losing fast. The government is trying to make the nation eathealthily, but they are still allowing the packaging on sweets andchocolate to look so, so inviting. I try to avoid chocolate at thesupermarket, but it's saying in a big loud voice "EAT ME". Look-ing all shiny and lovely.The other day I was walking around Tesco's and I was doing allright, a very healthy looking shopping trolley full of fruit and veg.I had the chocolate aisle coming up but I was feeling quite good, Iknew that I could walk right past it. Then I saw it. It stood there onthe end of an isle, looking at me, no, it was laughing at me!! Stoodin front of me was a big pick and mix stand. I just had to have some.Once again I walked out of Tesco's with sweets. I didn't just get ahandful; I filled up a carton right to the top. Do you think I sharedthese with Laura? No, I got her one too so I could have a wholecarton to myself!!!Then, next door to Chives, the best shop ever has opened. Achocolate shop!!! It's fantastic. The chocolate there tastes like I'vedied and gone to chocolate heaven and I am being fed by nakedchocolate ladies!! It's heavenly. Which is good, but I'm trying toavoid chocolate........ It's all so good though.So, I was thinking. Maybe I should just give up and give in to allthe nice things out there. This month I've got a nice chocolate recipefor you. It takes a little effort, but it's so light and silky I'm sureyou'll love it:

Chocolate and Whisky Terrine300g decent (70%) chocolate150g unsalted butter

150g caster sugar6 TBLS cocoa powder6 eggs450ml double creamWhisky to taste (at the restaurant, I used about ½ pintwhich left a nice subtle taste at the back of your throat!)

Melt the chocolate with the whisky in a Bain Marie. Once melted,leave to cool. Put the butter and half the sugar into a bowl and beatuntil light and creamy, then beat in the cocoa. Separate the eggs(save the whites for meringues or something) and put the yolks ina bowl. Tip in the remaining sugar and beat until pale and creamy.In another bowl, whip the cream to soft peaks. Pour the meltedchocolate into the butter mixture and carefully stir through untilwell combined. Gently fold in the egg mixture. When mixed, foldin the cream. Line a 6.5cm x 22cm loaf tin (or any loaf tin will doreally) with 3 layers of Clingfilm, leaving a 10cm overhang. Try tosmooth out the Clingfilm before you lay it in the loaf tin so you getrid of all the creases. Add the mixture and gently tap/bang the loaftin to even out the mix. Use a palette knife to smooth over the top.Fold over the Clingfilm and chill overnight. To serve, overturn theloaf tin and the terrine should come straight out. Using a hot knife(carefully heat over a flame) slice a portion off. The hot knife willhelp 1. Cut through the Clingfilm without dragging it and 2. Giveyou a nice smooth appearance.If you don't like whisky, you can leave it out, or fold in a handfulof raspberries at the end for a chocolate and raspberry terrine, oryou could even add orange segments. It is a difficult recipe to do,but if you take your time, it's not that bad really. Give it a go.Anyway, I’ve got some money to spend, and a certain chocolateshop is calling! Happy cooking.

Michael Prince

MONDAYSAGE CONCERN Info & Advice Centre, High Street 9.30am-12.30 pm Tel: 579077DROP IN AT AGE CONCERN 10.00 am to 12 noon for coffeeand a chat1st HEACHAM RAINBOWS Term time Girls 5 to 7 years old5.00 to 6.00 pm . Tel : Mary Harpley 07813 014477 (PRH)TABLE TENNIS 9.30 am Tel: Adrian 570477 (PH Top Room)DRAMA JUNIOR CLASSES 4.15-5.15 pm Tel: 579074 (SG)BEAVERS Term Time 6.00-7.15 pm Tel: Kelly 570956 (SG)LINE DANCING 7-9 pm £3.00 Tel: 532317 (PH)SCOUTS 7.30-9.30 pm Tel: Jill 535130 or 07799 138014 (SG)HEACHAM WIVES GROUP meets 2nd Monday of mostmonths at 7.30 pm (HSC Top Room) Contact Brenda on570727 or Anne 571885MUMS & TOTS 1.00 pm in school term time Tel:Pip 570182or Karen 571837 (SM)TUESDAYSHEACHAM DAY CENTRE FOR ELDERLY 9 am- 3.30 pmTel: Geoff Speed 572584 (OFH)SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP Term Time 9.30 - 11.30 amTel: Liz 571773 (SG)ACTIVE FOR LIFE Exercise classes for the over 60’s with, orat risk of OSTEOPOROSIS at Methodist Church Hall (oppositethe Co-op) 10-11am Tel: Pat 572414 or Clara 540411. Pleasenote this is a change of venueCARPET BOWLS 10.30-12 noon Tel: 570776 (PH)KEEP FIT FOR OVER 50’s 10.30 - 11.30 am Tel: 01553774343 (SM)CARERS SUPPORT GROUP Run by W.N. Mind. Lunch,Coffee and Chat. Peace of Mind, 4 Poplar Avenue Tel: Hannahor Mandy 01553 776966KEEP FIT 10.00 am to 11.00 am Contact Shirley Tel : 572247(PRH)WOMENS FELLOWSHIP 2.45 pm (MC)SLIMMING WORLD 6.30 pm Tel: Julie 528796 (SM)WEIGHT WATCHERS 7pm (OFH) Tel:Alison 07796 904311HEACHAM DIGITAL CAMERA CLUB meet 1st & 3rdTuesday of the month 7.30 pm at Sandringham Club, WestNewton. Email: heachamdigitalcameraclub@yahoo.co.uk orcall Viv for info on 07906 056019HEACHAM BOOK CLUB meet 3rd Tuesday of each monthTel: Beth 570479POCAHONTAS PLAYERS Drama Group Pantomime rehears-als 7.30 – 9.30 pm Tel: 570402 (PH)HANDS & NEEDLES GROUP meets every other Tuesday7.30 – 9.00 pm Tel: Joan Careless 570363 (MC)LIVE ENTERTAINMENT from 8.30 pm at Fox & HoundsWEDNESDAYSAGE CONCERN – See entry on MondayACTIVE FOR LIFE – see entry on TuesdayCARPET BOWLS 10.30 – 12 noon Tel: 570776 (PH)LINE DANCING 1.30 – 3.30 pm £3.00 Tel: 532317 (PH)LINE DANCING FOR IMPROVERS – 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm.£3.00 per session. Contact Diane 01485 571166 (SM)PATIENT ADVICE & LIAISON SERVICE 2 – 4 pm on 2ndand 4th Wednesdays at Heacham Council OfficesDOG TRAINING with Robert Frost 7.30 pm Tel:542861 (SG)WEST NORFOLK SINGERS 7.30 pm Tel : Adrian Huggins01485 542359 (MC)QUIZ NIGHT 8.45 pm Prompt start. New teams of up to 5welcome. £1 entry pp Cash Prize & Cash Snowball (HSC)

OLD FRIENDS CLUB Enjoy meeting new friends, play Bingoetc at 2.00 pm Tel : Vicky Morison 570892BINGO 7.30 pm Neville Court Grouped HomeCAR BOOT SALE 8.00 am to 12 noon on the Field (HSC)HEACHAM SONGSTERS rehearse from 10.00 am to 12 noonTel : San 571660 (PRH)THURSDAYSACTIVE FOR LIFE – see entry on TuesdayTABLE TENNIS CLUB 10 am (PH Top Room)WHIST DRIVE 2 – 4 pm Entry £1 with prizes (CC)1st HEACHAM BROWNIES Term Time Girls 7 to 10 yearsold 5.00 – 6.30 pm Tel: Louise (Brown Owl) 07912 888947(PRH)TREFOIL GUILD meets on 1st Thursday 2 -4 pm Tel: 01485579440 Mrs Christine Crisp (MC)CARPET BOWLS 10.30 am to 12 noon Tel : 570776 (PH)JUDO Beginners 6 – 7.30 pm Tel: 571614 (PH)CUBS 6.45 – 8.30 pm Tel: Steve 525577 (SG)JUDO Advanced 7 – 9 pm Tel: 571614 (PH)HEACHAM GARDENERS ASSOC meets on 3rd Thursday7.30 pm. Guest speaker and trips in Summer. Contact HazelWade 01485 579386 (SM)FLOWER CLUB meets on 4th Thursday 7.30 pm. Flowerarranging and demonstrations. Tel: Mrs Sandra Panton 571029(SM)RAO BUFFALOS 8 pm (HSC Top Room)QUIZ NIGHT Cash Prizes 9 pm at Fox & HoundsFOOTBALL Under 8’s 5.30 to 6.30 pm Heacham Field/Astro-turf. Contact Stephen Joyce 01485 579009FUTURE CLUB meets for bereaved people on the fourthThursday of every month in the back room of Heacham PublicHall from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. Tea, Biscuits & a chatFRIDAYSAGE CONCERN – see entry on MondayACTIVE FOR LIFE – see entry on TuesdaySOLO WHIST – 2.00 pm Entry £1 ( PRH )INDOOR CARPET BOWLS 7 – 9 pm Tel: Kim 570232 (MC)GUIDES Term Time 7 – 9 pm (SG)WILDFOWLERS CLUB meet 1st Friday 7.30 pm (HSC TopRoom)CASH BINGO 7.30 pm (PH)TAI CHI Adults 7.30 – 8.30 pm Beginners welcome Tel: Derek01553 674779 (PRH)BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT - Meetings are held on the thirdFriday of every month 10.00 am to 12 noon in the Church Hall,High Street, Heacham Tel : Barbara Fargher 01485 534741SATURDAYSGIGS from 8.30 pm. Free entry for Members (HSC).COFFEE MORNING 9.30 - 11.30 am ( MC )

WHAT’S ON REGULAR EVENTS

CC = Cunningham Court OFH = Old Friends Hall, Sunnyside HSC = Heacham Social ClubPH = Public Hall PRH = Pine Resident’s Hall, Wilton Rd MC = Methodist Church Hall, Station RoadNC = Neville Court SG = Scout & Guide Hut, Sunnyside SM = St Mary’s Church Hall, High Street

HEACHAM DIARYSaturday 5th December - GIG at HSC with LLOYD E.MOON from 8.45 pm * * FRIDHEM CHRISTMAS FETE – 2-4pm. Tea,coffee & mince pies £1. * * CENTENARY COMMITTEE - COMMUNITYVILLAGE QUIZ in the Public Hall. Entry is £2.50 per personwith a maximum of four per team. Prompt start at 7.00 pm.Sunday 6th December - INDOOR CAR BOOT SALE in thePublic Hall. Doors open 7.00 am for stallholders, 8.00 am forpublic. £5 per pitch,contact Janice on 01485 572120. Proceedsto Heacham Tennis Club.

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GROTTO AND CRAFT FAIR. Children will be enthralled bythe Grotto, ending with a visit to Santa and a present.Monday 21st December – FOLK DANCING at Brancaster StaitheVillage Hall 7.30 pm. Contact Janet Bowles Tel : 01485 210587Friday 29th January – STACKS OF SMILES – Doreen Reedreads her poetry in aid of the RNLI at The Granary Theatre,Staithe Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea at 2pm. Tickets £4. Tel:01328 710193Mondays – AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP 8.00 pm UnionChurch, Hunstanton Tel : 0207 4030888* * U3A HUNSTANTON meets on the third Monday of mostmonths (except August and December) at 2.00 pm in theHunstanton Community Centre. Tel : Jan (Chairman) 534700 orNorma (Secretary) 533579 for further details.Tuesdays - KEEP FIT FOR OVER 50’s 10.00 to 11.30 am atRingstead Village Hall. Cost £3.50 Tel : Val Barnes on 01328 864358Wednesdays – YOUTH GROUP meet at Ringstead VillageHall 7.00 pm to 8.45 pm for young people aged 7-14 Cost is £1per evening and the contact is Mr T Large, 11 Holme Road,Ringstead. Tel : 01485 525480* * SINGING WORKSHOPS FOR FUN 10.00 to 11.30 amSnettisham Village Hall Tel : Cath Coombs 07810 146501Thursdays – KEEP FIT, EXERCISE & DANCE – 10.30 -11.30am at Sedgeford Village Hall. First class free, then £3.50per session. For details contact Val Barnes on 01328 864358.First Friday in month - CARERS MEETING at UnitedServices Club, Hunstanton 10.00 am to 1.00 pm Tel : 01553768155 for details.HUNSTANTON WORLD TANG SOO DO CLUB. Koreanmartial arts of self defence. Mondays 6.30 to 8.30 pm at StGeorge’s School, Dersingham. Tuesdays 6.00 to 8.00 pm andFridays 6.30 to 8.30 pm at Smithdon High School, Hunstanton.For details contact Liz on 07948 407694.

Tuesday 8th December - GIG - TIPITINA from 8.30 pm atFox & Hounds and also celebrate the 10th ANNIVERSARYOF MARK & MARIE at the Fox & Hounds.Friday 11th December – CHRISTMAS KARAOKE WITHMICK’S SENSATIONS at HSC frm 8.30pmSaturday 12th December – GIG at HSC with MARK DEREKfrom 8.45 pm * * MELLORS SOUL NIGHT in Public Hall. See postersin Club and elsewhere for detail.Sunday 13th December - INDOOR CAR BOOT SALE in thePublic Hall. Doors open 7.00 am for stallholders, 8.00 am forpublic. £5 per pitch,contact Janice on 01485 572120. Proceedsto Heacham Tennis Club. * * SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS CONCERT at3.00 pm in Public Hall. There will be a retiring collection.Monday 14th December – HEACHAM WIVES GROUP -pre-Christmas meal at Fox & Hounds, 7 for 7.30pm. Tel: Bren-da 570727 or Anne 571885Wednesday 16th December – John Harris’s BIRTHDAYCOFFEE MORNING at the Old Friends’ Hall, Sunnyside 10amto noon. All welcome, no admission chargeFriday 18th December – CAROL SINGING IN HEACHAM– meet 6.30pm outside the West Norfolk in Station RoadSaturday 19th December - GIG at HSC with ROGER WIL-LIAMS from 8.30 pmThursday 24th December – XMAS EVE GIG at HSC withJULIE- ANNE from 8.45 pmThursday 31st December – NEW YEARS EVE PARTY atHSC with PHIL CHRISTOPHER from 8.45 pm * * NEW YEAR’S EVE FANCY DRESS FAMILY DISCOin Public Hall. Ticket entry only. For tickets phone Debbie K01485 572576. * * NEW YEARS EVE LIVE WITH JULIE ANN at SilverSands, North Beach 7pm ‘til late. Admission £5 includes freebuffet (children under 12 free). Tel: 07779 0119372010Monday 11th January – HEACHAM WIVES GROUP AGM.Tel: Anne 571885Tuesday 12th January – GIG – DNA from 8.30pm at Fox &HoundsFriday 15th January – GIG – Hillbilly Cats from 8.30pm atFox & HoundsWednesday 20th January – BLOOD DONING – 1pm –3.30pm and 5pm – 7pm at the Public Hall, Station Road. Plesecall 0300 123 23 23 to make an appointment.Thursday 21st – Saturday 23rd January 7.30pm (2pm &7.30pm Saturday) – PANTO – RED RIDING HOOD presentedby the Pocahontas Players at The Public Hall. Tickets: adults£6, children under 8 £4. Ticket sales- phone Jim 01485 571267or Lyn 01485 571749

OTHER EVENTSSaturday 5th & 12th December – FESTIVE WREATHS ATADVENT – 9am – 12 noon at St Mary’s Church Snettisham.Sunday 6th December – LIGHT UP A LIFE SERVICE for theNorfolk Hospice – 3:00pm at St. Margaret’s Church, King’sLynn.Monday 7th December – LIGHT UP A LIFE SERVICE forthe Norfolk Hospice – 4:00pm at Sandringham Visitor Centre.Wednesday 9th December – LIGHT UP A LIFE SERVICEfor the Norfolk Hospice – 6:30pm at St. Edmund’s Church,Hunstanton. * * SNETTISHAM CHRISTMAS EVENING – A TOM-BOLA STALL for Heacham Twinning Association from 6pmSaturday 12th, Sunday 13th, Saturday 19th, Sunday 20thDecember and on Christmas Eve – Hunstanton Lions’

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Remembrance Sunday in MaltaBetween Monday 19th and Wednesday 21st October 2009 I visitedyour wonderful village and paid a couple of short visits to friendsin Heacham. But unfortunately this time I did not had enough timeto visit all. So I hope that next time I will have more time to do so.The front article of The Heacham Newsletter, November 2009issue was about Remembrance Sunday which was held on Sunday8th November. In Malta the same commemoration was also heldon the same date, and The International Al Jolson Society of whichI am an Honorary Member and also the Representative, took partin the commemoration for the first time ever.During the First World War the legendary minstrel Al Jolsonappeared often to raise money for Liberty Bonds and the war effort.Al Jolson also accepted invitations to raise money for war veterans.During World War Two Al Jolson was one of the first singers toentertain Allied Forces in various countries including the UK. InOctober 1943 he collapsed in the lobby of a hotel in New York, illfrom malaria contracted overseas. On December 23, 1944,malarial symptoms returned and on January 16, 1945 parts of tworibs and a large section of his left lung were removed.Al Jolson died on October 23, 1950, 26 days after he arrived homeexhausted and suffering from ill health after a vast tour entertainingU.S. and United Nations troops during the Korean conflict.Knowing all these facts, at the start of the present year an idea cameto my mind. Why don't we as a society take part in theRemembrance Sunday ceremony? I wrote to the Malta branch ofThe British Legion and we were at once accepted to take part in theWreath Laying Ceremony. I also made contact with the MaltaNational Festivities Committee who organize the ceremony.On Sunday 8th November 2009 The Int'l Al Jolson Society tookpart in the Pontifical Mass at 9.30am held at St. John's Co-Cathedral in capital city Valletta. Then at 10.45am our society tookpart at the Wreath Laying Ceremony at the War Memorial inFloriana just outside Valletta city gate.For both ceremonies the President of the Republic of Malta, thePrime Minister, the leader of the Opposition and variousrepresentatives of Constituted Bodies participated.I am sure that in the future our society will continue to take part inthe Remembrance Sunday Ceremony.

Vince WilliamsHonorary Member & Rep.

Int'l Al Jolson Society (Malta Branch)Vince Williams worked at High House during the sixties when itwas a Workers Travel Association Hotel. He has visited Heachammany times since and should by now, I think, be considered anhonorary “Heachamite”!

Coastguard Sponsored Walk In Aid Of TheEast Anglia Air Ambulance

Yes, they made it! On October 31st and November 1st all theHunstanton Coastguards walked from King’s Lynn Dock Gates toBrancaster Harbour.On the first day they set out at 9:00am from King’s Lynn in pouringrain, carrying a bucket for donations. They saw hardly a soul untilthey reached Snettisham by which time the bucket had plenty ofwater in it! By this time the weather had decided to give them abreak and they were able to dry off as they finished the first leg oftheir walk, arriving at the pier in Hunstanton at around 3:15pmwhere they were met by the Mayor of Hunstanton. By this time thebucket had a tidy little collection in it.They reconvened at the pier on Sunday and continued their walk(again in pouring rain) at 9:00, collecting as they went. They wereparticularly well received at “The Lifeboat” in Thornham wheregenerous diners helped to swell their collection. They finallyarrived, in improving weather, at Brancaster Harbour at around2:00pm.The final total raised from sponsors and the collection is not yetknown but will be published on the February Newsletter.They would like to thank everyone who supported them anddonated to the worthy cause of the Air Ambulance. Yourgenerosity made it all worthwhile.

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HEACHAM & CRITEUIL-LA-MAGDELEINETWINNING ASSOCIATION

As promised last month, here is the report on our recent highlysuccessful and most enjoyable first full visit to our twin village insouth-west France. I was delighted that my young friend CarolineDix offered to write it, and trust that it will encourage even morefriends to join our association - see her last paragraph.

John Harris, ChairmanBienvenue!At the early hour of 5am, dark on October 14th 2009, 30+ membersfrom Heacham started their trip to Criteuil la Magdeleine. Wearrived at Stansted with surprisingly high spirits for such an earlystart, and got through to the plane with no problems. On arrival atAngoulême Airport, we were greeted by the Mayor and others,with a brief speech from both the Mayor and John Harris. Weshared food they had prepared and cassis. Everything was runningsmoothly until there was confusion over when the bus was going topick us up and what we were doing about lunch. Eventually the busarrived and we took a scenic tour down to the Mairie of Criteuil(the Town Hall,) to meet with our hosts.

After getting installed at our accommodation for the week, we haddinner with our hosts and had an early night (most of us!) after along day travelling.No rest for the wicked! Early the next morning we were off toCognac, where we had a tour of the distillery where the localbrandy is made, followed by tasting many different types of thecognac. “Les vendanges” (grape picking) was the subject of thatafternoon. We were given a pair of shears each, and told to fill asmany buckets as possible with the grapes from the vines. Wemanaged to fill a whole trailer full from just a few rows of grapevines! After the work we watched the grapes being pressed in theold fashioned way, (it took a while to work out how to use thepress!) Even John had a go at the pressing! We had a 4 courseevening meal at the Salle des Fêtes (village hall,) with everyoneand their hosts.On the Saturday we all had a boat trip (on a gabarre which used tocarry the barrels of Cognac,) down the river “la Charente”, with apicnic provided by our hosts, followed by a free afternoon withthem. That evening we had a dinner at the Salle des Fêtes withmusical interludes in between courses (another 4 course meal!).Before the eating began we had a formal ceremony with speechesfrom the Mayor, John Harris, (Chairman of Heacham’s twinning,)Sally, (Chairman of Criteuil’s twinning,) and Martin Johnson,(Vice- Chairman of the Parish Council).Sunday was a completely free day with our hosts, some went tochurch, others went for the long lay-in option!! That night we haddinner at a piano bar: the Mayor, John Harris and I played, andothers also entertained.Monday began with a tour of a barrel factory. Sounds unexciting, Iknow, but it was quite interesting - you wouldn’t know so muchwent into making a single barrel! After a lovely dinner at a Frenchcouple’s house, we went to visit the school at Criteuil. The childrentook us round to see a local elderly man whose house wasextremely old. We rounded the whole visit off with a buffet thatevening (a nice break from the very filling evenings the past fewdays!).On Tuesday we set off home again!As a child, I found this trip very beneficial, because I learnt somuch about the French culture, and I learnt more French (language)in those six days than I have in a whole term of French lessons atschool! I hope this twinning will continue because I thoroughlyenjoyed myself.Our French friends will be coming over to Heacham next summer,and I’m sure they will receive as much hospitality and entertain-ment as we did. We have already planned a few fund-raisingevents, and we welcome anybody else who would like to join inwith the twinning in any way – Information and application formsare available at Fran’s Pantry Fayre in The High Street.

Caroline Dix (age 13)

NORTH BEACH, HEACHAM

NEW YEARS EVELIVE WITH

JULIE ANNSEVEN ‘TIL LATE

£5 ENTRY(including free buffet)

Children under 12 free

Families Welcome

Tel: 07779 011937

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HEACHAM CLUB CHARITYMany of you will have noticed the changes that have recently beenmade to the car park area around the hall……at the time of writingit is still a bit of a mess but hopefully by the time the Decemberedition of the Newsletter comes out it will be greatly improved.The blocking-off of the archways has been necessary to providesafe disabled and pedestrian access to both the Hall and the SocialClub and at the back of the Hall, 5 parking bays have been createdfor Blue Badge Holders only. Barriers / handrails around the fieldside of the Hall will create a safe walkway and prevent cars fromintruding upon that safe area. Signage has been ordered to indicatetraffic flow and pedestrianised areas and will be evident in the nextfew weeks. Lighting of the whole area is the next job to be complet-ed and further down the line, a more suitable surface for the carpark will be undertaken.As you can imagine, the cost of providing this facility has beenenormous but thanks to a Grant of £9,999 from the King George VJubilee Trust and £500 from the Poors Land Charity, we have beenable to meet all costs through the Charity which at present timestands at a staggering £34,000!For regular Hall Users, the recent upgrading of the heating and newcurtains have been a very welcome addition to the facility. Again,a Grant through the Borough Council of £4,000 and donations fromsome of our regular Users Groups has made these upgrades possible.Protection and safeguarding of Charity Grounds has become amajor priority for us in recent months with Police involvement ona daily basis. It is unfortunate that the field is deemed a secludedhide-away by some of our younger element and this has caused usmany headaches. If it were only our Heacham youngsters whowere using the field to congregate, we don’t think the problemswould be as great as they are; unfortunately, when we are accom-modating young people from other villages, that’s where the prob-lems begin. We firmly believe that our Heacham young people arenot the cause of the problem and they are all, individually and in agroup, basically a good group of youngsters, as we know themajority of them are affiliated to one sporting group or anotherunder the umbrella of the Charity.Recent events of vandalism, under-age drinking and to a certainextent, drug abuse, has necessitated us to take a firm hold of thesituation. Police involvement has advised that unless we erectproper signage and provide a suitable barrier or gate, then we, as anorganisation within our community of Heacham, leave ourselveswide open to these situations. With that in mind, though loathe totake the ultimate step, we find ourselves today with no other optionother than to go along with Police advice and close the field offcompletely other than to those who have a genuine reason to bethere i.e. an authorised sporting or social event under the umbrellaof the Charity.Conversations and meetings with residents and other agenciesalong Station Road and the upper end of Neville Road have pro-duced good support and in the very near future, any access routesonto the sports field from that direction will be barred. This hasincurred major expense to all concerned – Heacham Club Charityis no exception. Signage, fencing and a barrier to date has cost us£4,000 – money we can ill afford to spend on such items. Unfortu-nately, there are no grants to cover such circumstances. Rather thanspend on deterrents, shouldn’t we be investing our money in a moreencouraging, supporting and positive direction? Moves are afoot toerect some sort of fencing along the railway side of the field too asthe landowner has approached the Charity with concerns as to thedog fouling that is taking place on his fields so it has also beennecessary to close off the field to the dog-walkers as well. Thoughthe majority of people who walk their dogs on the field are veryconsiderate and respectful, unfortunately there are a minority whodo abuse the field and let their dogs roam, unchecked across thefield and don’t bother to clear up after their dogs have fouled.Heacham Club Charity has a ‘Duty of Care’ to our bona-fide

members and we have to admit to the liability aspect of negligenceon what is, after all, a sports field. Fortunately for us, we hadalready been approached by a handful of regular, considerate dog-walkers who thankfully suggested we block off the field for thatpurpose. A most understanding group of people- thank you. Tosatisfy all eventualities, it has been necessary to erect signs advisingof Private Grounds and the fact that there is No UnauthorisedAccess or Right of Way.By Christmas, the general policing of our Grounds will be onething less for us to worry about but there is a ‘down-side’ to ourefforts which will affect the rest of the village……where next willthese young people find to congregate? Our close contact with thePolice has given us a certain amount of hope in that they are tryingdesperately hard to deal with the situation but like everything elsein this world – they can only do so much as the restraints put uponthem are many and their hands are tied beyond belief.Heacham Club Charity tries its utmost to accommodate all – youngand old alike and we are most fortunate to have the facilities toenable us to do just that. Many of our Heacham young people areusing our sporting facilities and attend weekly clubs/groups that areheld in the hall. Pocahontas Players for example, have increasedtheir numbers of youngsters within their group; so too has theDance Studio and Judo has such a great following, I’m sure theyare close to capacity anyway. Over the years the Social Club hasopened its doors (with a few age and time restrictions) to welcomeyoung people into the Club. This is a decision that has had to beclosely monitored due, not only to parental consent and the fact thatwe are not a youth club but also to our having to adhere to all theLicensing Laws etc and after all, the Club is a place where alcoholpurchase is one of the main attractions and predominantly an adultenvironment. It has been proven – young people (minors) andalcohol are not a good mix; a fact that we are extremely aware of.We consider Heacham Club Charity has done it’s best to accom-modate young people in many ways. The element of the youngergeneration who don’t wish to be involved in any sporting or otheractivity under the umbrella of the Charity, I’m sorry, we can’t, atthis time cater for due to the reasons already mentioned.

We are a village. We are a community. We are HEACHAM.We are sure, between us all, we want to maintain this safe environ-ment, not only for our generation but also for our children and theirchildren further down the line as our f orefathers did for us.Times change and different problems manifest themselves and wetoo, as a community, must change to accommodate this ever-changing world before we can, once again move on.With that in mind – Heacham Club Charity has dealt with the past,are dealing with the present and look to the future with open eyesand are prepared to adapt in whichever direction is appropriate andwithin our power, both in expertise and financially, to fulfilcommunity requirements.

Janice Campbell

COTTAGES TO CASTLES

PAINTING - DECORATINGWALLPAPERING

WALL TILING - FLOOR TILING

F.W.SMITHHEACHAM

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Coming up to Retirement? - Now could be the time to boostyour fund, with a little help from the Inland Revenue

by Nigel Munton CertPFS of Dakings Financial Services If you are approaching retirement, it is well worth considering making aone off pension contribution to your pension fund. Inland Revenue rulesallow for a maximum contribution to pensions in any one tax year equiva-lent to 100% of your gross annual income. Tax relief at the basic rate of 20% is deducted at source, so typically aperson making a pension contribution of £10,000 would only need to remit£8,000. Contributions made during the tax-year to a pension plan, shouldbe deducted from the figure when calculating the maximum amount youcan remit. The major benefit of this exercise is to increase your pension benefits,thereby also increasing your Tax-Free Cash element with the help of,effectively, a 20% contribution from the taxman. It gets even better if youare a Higher Rate Taxpayer, as an additional 20% relief can be claimed bywriting to the Inland Revenue. Please note this facility is only availablewhilst you are working, so if you are considering this, don't delay, ring metoday on 01485 572392 to discuss your requirements. Dakings Financial Services would like to wish all of our clients a MerryChristmas and a safe and happy New Year. We would like to thank youfor your support over the past year and look forward to welcoming newNewsletter readers in the coming year.

Annual General MeetingA well attended Meeting was held at 35, High Street, Heacham.It seems there are more people than ever who really care aboutour lovely beaches, and what they can do to help.We had several successful issues resolved, i.e. litter binsreplaced by extra large ones; the North Beach Disabled CarPark given a new surface, and restriction bars on both entrancesto North Beach Car Park. (This to prevent unlawful stays bytravellers)Some concern was voiced re dog fouling, especially at SouthBeach. Dog owners seemed to think that the beautiful dunesdidn’t need clearing up, but believe me, they do.We haven’t received the support from Resort Services this yearthat we had come to expect, in connection with policing the boatramp at high tide, regular litter picking and general care of thetwo beaches.Please, if you see anything you think needs attention, ring meon 01485 570623.Lets make out beaches the best and most friendly along thisCoast.

Mary PISHORN (Chair)PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HEACHAM’S BEACHES

HUNSTANTION LIONS CLUBWe are pleased to announce that our famous

Grotto and Craft FairWill be held in Hunstanton Town Hall on 12th,

13th, 19th, 20th December and on Christmas Eve.Children will be enthralled by the Grotto,

ending with a visit to Santa and a present.Everyone welcome

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Don’t Tread On The Butterflies. Or Us!It all began when I was due to lead a group of fellow churchgoers fromSt Mary’s on a walk around the Harbour at South Beach, Heacham. Sueand I go that way almost every week and many residents and visitorsknow it as the place to go to walk the dog and (or) get a bit of peace andfresh air.The Harbour teems with interesting wildlife and, with my head so oftenstuck in the grass, I had rarely looked at the wider picture to reflect onhow things came to be like they are there. Not, that is, until the walkloomed ever larger and I began to think that it might be an idea to do a bitof serious preparation.This took me once again to look at Joan Sternberg’s little book ‘Don’tTread on the Butterflies’.Joan loved the Harbour and knew it intimately as a girl. She says in herbook: ‘The South Beach at Heacham was a two – mile strip of turf,perhaps fifty yards wide, between the shingle beach of the Wash on oneside and the Heacham River on the other. At high tide it was muchnarrower. Before a dam was built in the 1930’s at the river mouth andthe water diverted to a culvert this was a tidal estuary which we called‘the harbour’. Later she talks about walking down: ‘….a long peninsu-lar to ‘the point’ at high tide’ and this gave me a clue about how herHarbour or estuary might have been formed.Round here we get a lot of ‘long shore drift’ where shingle is swept bywaves and currents along the coast: in our case in the direction ofSnettisham and Kings Lynn. This often drives a peninsular of shingleparallel to the shore and partly across an estuary, deflecting the flow ofthe river sideways and then round the end or ‘point’ to reach the sea. Sureenough, a look at the old 1912 OS Map shows a prominent peninsularguarding Joan’s Harbour between South Beach and Snettisham on whatwas then the estuary of the Heacham river. So, in the 1930’s, when theriver was returned to its original exit at South Beach the peninsular (moreoften called a Bar or Spit) was left behind, now high and dry, as a part ofthe Harbour area.On her walks Joan Sternberg may well have taken the sandy track thatleaves South Beach by the DoNut Stall. Now, it is lined by holidaybungalows, but soon these are left behind and you reach a gate whereJoan may once have stood, the scent of the sea salt in her nostrils,savouring the first sight of her Harbour.The view must have changed quite a lot since then. The Old River, nolonger an estuary, and more a long shallow, ‘reed’ fringed pool, hauntedby Coots, Little Grebes and Tufted Ducks stretches out into the distanceon the left. Some way away on the right is the sea wall, in fact a small,much abused and modified sand dune guarding the sea, and in the centre,forming a broad backbone to the Harbour area, as it sweeps southwards,is a wide strip of sea turf, broken in places by the occasional patch ofscrub or bare shingle: the remains of the peninsular which we wouldfollow until we came to Joan’s beloved point. Or so, in my ignorance, Ithought!The day of destiny, the 15th of August, dawned fine and fair, with asteady SW breeze and fluffy, flat based bubbly clouds sailing bravelyalong through a blue sky. Our little group met at the South Beach Caféand got into the Harbour Area by walking along the beach and thencrossing the dunes forming the ‘sea wall’ once the bungalows had beenleft behind.At this time of year much of the Harbour area is like a desert. Just behindthe dunes dry plants crunch underfoot and only a few flowers such as theyellow Hawksbeard and the lovely little purple Storksbill show through.Had the walk been a few weeks earlier, Bramble flowers, a rich sourceof nectar, would have been at their peak, visited by myriads of Bees andHoverflies, and Butterflies such as the Gatekeeper, a dainty member ofthe Meadow Brown family. But still, in odd sheltered corners away fromthe wind, a few Common Blues flickered here and there in the sunlight,with the occasional Small Copper, a tiny Butterfly of bronzed brilliance,putting in a sudden star turn only, as suddenly, to disappear.Out on the short sea turf of Joan’s ‘peninsular’ and under constant threatfrom heavy Rabbit grazing, plants such as Bird’s Foot Trefoil, Hawks-

beard, Dandelion, Sea Campion, or Storksbill, normally much bigger,here become tiny, shy and retiring and therefore a much more difficulttarget for those sharp teeth. Difficult to see, too, so in dire danger of beingtripped over by mystified holidaymakers, and nobly pursuing the causeof science, we courageously lowered ourselves down to see what wasgoing on at ground level. There below us was a, peaceful world inminiature, with plants like trees in a fertile landscape, tiny Toadstools,and Insects, ever active, leading busy lives. A real community in fact, andso, a lot like Heacham! Or more likely, Lilliput!Joan Sternberg hated the damming of the river and what she saw as thethoughtless destruction of that once resplendent ‘harbour’ habitat. Shesays: ‘It is almost a freshwater pasture now and cows graze there. Thewater is brackish. It attracts many Swans, but how much was destroyedto produce just one more grass meadow for cows? This seemed to metoo dark a view, for some of the plants that she knew remain and evenflourish. Indeed, once we had recovered from our battle with gravity, andcarried on we came across lots of plants that Joan mentioned in her bookincluding Shrubby Sea Blight, rather like a straggly Heather, YellowHorned Poppy, and the ghostly blue green Sea Holly, once collected forits supposed aphrodisiac properties, that I sometimes pass glowing eerilyin the twilight of balmy high summer evenings.As we walked along, the Old River became broader, and more estuarine,and the sea turf narrower until finally we came to a halt facing the low,overgrown bank thrown up in the 30’s to block any further its access tothe sea. Immediately to the right was the sea wall and to the left, a kindof lagoon where wooden piling sticking out of the water suggests a oncebusy harbour. Here, the path, constricted between the lagoon, the dam,and the sea wall, is made of a sandy shingle only a few metres wide. ThisI had always assumed was Joan’s narrow ‘point’. But as I stood there amassive penny dropped and as if to emphasise things, rolled aroundpainfully in my mind before finally settling with a massive clang! Foryears I had been missing the obvious. No one in their senses would builda Harbour so exposed to the open sea. The peninsular must have extend-ed well beyond it towards Snettisham. But where would it have been?This was the end of the walk and we all went home after a really goodmorning but a few days later I cycled back and climbed up to where thelittle dam intersects with the sea wall. There I stood, looking southtowards Snettisham, and soon got my answer. To the left, now over-grown with rough scrub and patches of reeds, was what had been thefinal stretch of the estuary before it finally entered the Wash whilst aheadthe sea wall curved gently across where its mouth had once been somehundred yards or so further along the beach. Without much doubt, thepeninsular must once have followed the line of the sea wall from whereI stood and ended at the ‘point’ some way across the river’s mouth.Standing where I was, on a sunny day and in the teeth of a brisk southwesterly I could understand why Joan was so nostalgic for the Harbour.In my mind’s eye I could see her standing motionless on the point at hightide, the wind in her hair, and the waves lapping at her feet. As she says:‘You felt that this had been so for centuries, ever since the retreat of theice age.’ Such a lonely beautiful and seemingly ageless spot must havehelped to give her as a child a precious sense of continuity and place.

John Bird

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HEACHAM YOUTH CLUB RECEIVESDONATION FOR EQUIPMENT

On Saturday, 7 November, Heacham Youth Club was presented witha cheque for £2,000 from Heacham Youth and Community Trust. Thefunds were donated to enable us to provide a storage facility for HYCtogether with new equipment to replace the existing things we hadbegged and borrowed in order for us to start HYC up and to providenew equipment as requested by HYC members when compiling a"wish list".

Shown on the photo are Marcus Liddington of HYCT presenting thecheque to Daniel Jackson HYC vice-chairman and Youth Panelmember. Also on the picture are Paul Cobb HYCT, Julian GeraghtyHon President of HYC, Tracey Swann Chairman of HYC, GarethLiddington, Youth Panel and HYC Committee member, together witha few of our adult volunteers and some of the members of HeachamYouth Club.Thank you for your support. Tracey Swann

Chairman, HYC

A C G N I P I P S R E P I P N E V E L EN G K N Y O W G A Q K Z O F K S D T O NX I G H U M T F O U R T H V E D I A F SS O N I N E L A D I E S D A N C I N G SL I T T L E D Y K B A D O H F E W U X BH J X C H Q H C T K Z U G O T M R Y P CQ M A G F O N I S E C O N D S F Y L A SG Y O T E B I X R P Q M I E C O I A K AN T T O A E C K Y T P A K R I C B F O MI R W Y P P S E V O D E L T R U T O W TM U R U A M E E X P A B I I P H M U D SM E S W R T V I A F Q J M O V B I R L IU L A U T L E A F L O P A C X G W C B RR O M P R U N F J Q A M S D F T J A Z HD V T U I G S A X Y I Y D F I O D L A CS E S R D T W H U A K H I N V Q I L D FR S I E G H A T Q I F D A N E W T I U OE E R Z E D N F K R Y V M J G O I N G SM N H A I C S L D R I H T I O M F G A YM T C E N E A E I G H T H P L G B B V AU T F U A F S W V D B J G D D P F I Y DR O O Q P J W T G E U H I C R X T R K ED M Y G E T I K F M N Q E U I Q A D T VE E A Z A C M Y A K S T Y Q N O M S U LV A D F R K M Q U M R E H I G F R L F EL F H A T S I M G O T N A L S I F K G WE E T S R S N E H H C N E R F E E R H TW F X D E D G H R S W T K Y V C I Z S ET A I A E F J W V K B H T N E V E L E HD O S F G N I P A E L A S D R O L N E T

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMASTWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING

ELEVEN PIPERS PIPINGTEN LORDS A LEAPINGNINE LADIES DANCING

EIGHT MAIDS A MILKINGSEVEN SWANS A SWIMMING

SIX GEESE A LAYINGFIVE GOLD RINGS

FOUR CALLING BIRDSTHREE FRENCH HENSTWO TURTLE DOVES

A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREEMY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME

FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH,SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,

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NEWSLETTER SUDOKUComplete the puzzle so that each row, each column and eachblock of nine contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solution next month.

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NAME THAT STREET!The following cryptic clues and anagrams all relate toHeacham thoroughfares. Can you unravel them? To makeit more interesting, there are three locations which are notthoroughfares hidden amongst the clues. 1. Angry method 2. Sterling route 3. Fruiting plant shut 4. Lofty residence 5. Celebratory tree-lined way 6. Edge of financial building 7. Shore grass route 8. Fireside nook nearby 9. The meaning10. Equestrian sports course11. River span nearby12. Riverside coal depot13. Site of Admiral’s trial14. Adjacent to the supervisor15. Confused adder or a sting (anagram)16. Entrance to swamp17. Arc Royal18. Fresh argument19. Walford’s intimate pub20. Scottish new moon21. Police base thoroughfare22. Languish in this lobby23. Horticulturalists captured?24. Near two billiard terms25. Trafalgar admiral is near26. Route to MCC HQ27. Spry bait (anagram)28. Follows near Gonville in Cambridge29. Compass point steers Dart, Ex or Bodmin30. Final arboretum path

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What bee can never beunderstood?

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They deserved to live in comfortafter all they had endured

Fighting countless days and nightsand the cruelty of war

For many there was unemploymentrationing and poor homes

Apart from their families and loved onesthey had little to call their own

But people were still not defeatedthey pulled together and soldiered onThey made the best of what they had

They made themselves some fun

They'd hold dances in the village hallfor girls, stockings were only a dreammany would stain their legs with tea

a friend would paint on a seam

Folk didn't care about labelsThere were no fancy brands to impress

If you were lucky you could have St Michaelor may be CWS

Schoolgirl's knickers made of navy cottonwould last them for ten years or moreif no younger sister to pass them on tothey'd be cut up for cloths for the floor

Wives would cook and sew and knitthey'd mend and they'd make do

Husbands grew vegetables and did DIYrepaired toys and the family's shoes

Meat cooked on a Sundaywould stretch for half the weekMy favourite day was Monday

when we had "Bubble and Squeak"

Folk didn't have the luxury of toilet rollsmost had yesterday's news

cut up in squares and threaded on stringand hung up in their outside loos

If ever you found something interestingon the sheet that hung on the string

you could be sure someone had torn off the endthat could be quite frustrating

Families would take it in turns to batheby the fire in a bath of tin

so the water wasn't so clean or warmif you were last one in

Folks never locked doors, they were open for airor a neighbour in distress

They were never bothered by burglars,there was nothing worth stealing I guess.

There were very few toys and most were homemadeChildren would use imagination

People shared and they cared about one anotherTruly a great British nation

They deserved so much but had so littlewe can't imagine what each one went through

but one thing's for sure, all they endureddid improve life for me and for you

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THE POTTING SHED

GARDENINGORGANICALLY

Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants ownedby charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful,balanced meals for insects, birds and animals. Beard & McKie: Gardeners dictionaryI've been wandering around my vast estates looking at the myriadjobs that need to be done and wondering which to tackle first. Attimes like this, I get paralysed with indecision and finish up runningoff indoors, making a mug of coffee/tea and looking at the paper.This is, of course, idleness and sloth and must be overcome. Whichis why I'm sitting here, typing rubbish when I should be out thereemptying my trailer load of horse manure. But the newsletter articlemust be done and I've got visitors coming for lunch so I'll have todress up posh(ish) ready to welcome them. Another excuse toavoid the chores. There you go, a whole paragraph of absolutedrivel!We have now reached the end of the Year as regards gardening, inthat the harvests will be gathered in, beds will be tidied and forkedover, manure and compost will have been applied and we can goinside and hibernate until the end of February. Well maybe youcould do that if you were a TV gardener or had buy-in gardeners todo your bidding. Most of us, like me, will be surveying the messwe've managed to get into and wondering where to start. Well I didmanage to plant some 20 garlic cloves the other day. Don't forgetthis is written about a month before you read my prose so the garlichas been planted in November. Actually, if you've been on the ball,you will have planted Japanese onions and Aquadulce claudiabroad beans, either in pots or in the ground, I think pots are betteras the plants will get away faster and can be planted out with someprotection in February. Garlic, if you sow it, should be done asapas it needs a cold spell to produce cloves. Otherwise you will get asingle bulb.I managed to get some spring cabbage plugs in early Septemberwhich are under a netting cage to keep the pigeons – and chickens– away. They look OK if a bit small but I must clear out the weedsand grass. Hopefully, this will have been done by the time you readthis. In fact, this is the time of year to be tidying up and coveringeverything with a mulch of compost, straw, leaves or what haveyou to keep the weeds smothered. Of course, the really goodgardeners out there will have sown a crop of green manure in lateSeptember (Tares, Field lupins, Field beans, Mustard) to hold thesoil's goodness and provide valuable nourishment when it is dug in,in the spring. Me, being idle, I tend to put a 6” layer of strawy horsemanure everywhere which rots down amazingly quickly and savesme digging. In fact I have a trailer load outside as I type this,waiting to be emptied. So really it's all clearing up and keeping thegarden reasonably clean until it's time to start again next year. Ifyou have a greenhouse, that also needs serious attention. As soonas the tomato plants etc are out, wash it down and spray disinfectantaround to kill off any lurking nasties. You can't get 'proper' Jeyesfluid anymore but the new version of Armatillox seems to workquite well. I have been very lucky in that I've never had a badinfestation of whitefly and I put that down to keeping the greenhouse clean. Oh dear, I shouldn't have said that. Now I'll have theworst attack of whitefly ever, next year.The chickens have been great fun this last year and until fairlyrecently have provided a good supply of eggs. This has beencountered by a good supply of deep green potatoes produced by thechickens uncovering them with the scratching. The potatoes lookquite pretty but are also quite poisonous, the skins being full of

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alkaloids (like deadly nightshade to which family they belong). SoI need to extend the fencing around the veg plot to include thepotato area. I'm not absolutely sure these chooks are worth it but asI said they are very amusing. Currently they have free range of theveg plot to, I hope, clean out any pests.I suppose many of you saw a group of people pretending to urinateon a straw bale on “Look East” recently. Well the stuff is a verygood compost activator and I keep a bucket handy for relievingmyself when I'm outside. I also put any torn up envelopes – minusplastic windows – unwanted begging letters, tissues etc as well askitchen waste and the odd weeds, in the same bucket. The contentsget tipped on the compost bin regularly. If you find all this a bitoffensive, a solution of ammonium sulphate is almost as good (butmore expensive). It also saves water as you don't have to flush thetoilet so often. Sadly, the system is only really suitable for men!I didn't like Botany at school but I did manage to get a poorish Alevel in the subject. That was in 1955 oh so long ago. Now,however, I wish I had studied harder as I have got quite interestedin the subject. I have a book entitled Botany for Gardeners which Iam finding fascinating. So, next year, I propose sharing it with you.I obviously won't be able to quote it verbatim because I would beguilty of infringement of copyright but I'm hoping to share some ofthe knowledge with you all. This is because, as I said in my lastarticle, I can't be going over the same stuff every year and I've beenwaffling on for ten years now! So, unless someone comes forwardto offer their services pretty soon, you may be subjected to"Botany". You may even find it interesting.Finally, I would like to wish you all, a very happy Christmas and aNew Year that will be less full of gloom, despondency and globalunhappiness than 2009. And may your gardens flourish.

Michael Drew

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Want to Quit Smoking?If you are reading this article now, chances are you are either asmoker who wants to quit or know someone who is. The truthis the vast majority of smokers do want to quit. The intent ofthis article is to highlight why many people either fail in theirattempts or are too scared to try. It is also my intent to give youpersonally, a little help in quitting the habit and enjoying all ofthe benefits of being free from the burden of smoking.Whilst in some ways it's unfair to generalise, from my experiencemost smokers fail for one (or a combination) of 3 reasons:1) They are trying to quit for someone else. Maybe their

children have been nagging them or maybe their GP has toldthem they must stop. On some level we all resent being toldwhat to do and tend to do the opposite as a result, even if itharms us to do so.

2) Fear of failure. Maybe they think it will be too hard or their"addiction" is too great and they don't have the belief thatthey can achieve it.

3) Fear of the consequences. Some people think they will beisolated from their group of smoker friends, will lose the 5minute breaks they currently have as a smoker or think theywill gain weight (Quitting smoking does NOT mean youhave to gain weight by the way).

So what should you do if you want to quit? The key then, is tomake quitting as compelling as possible. Note on one side, allof the benefits you will receive as a non smoker. The extramoney, the health and vitality, the confidence throughachieving something worthwhile and so on. On the other side,note all of the negative consequences of remaining a nonsmoker. The feeling of being controlled by your habit, yellowteeth and rotten gums, premature death and so on. Not adifficult decision is it?!Next, deal with the concerns you may have about quitting.Understand that many people gain weight as a result of quittingbecause they substitute the cigarettes for food. With hypnosisyou don't have to, you have a choice. Realise as well that youcan still take that 5 minute break to relax. Nicotine is astimulant so is in no way relaxing. What is relaxing aboutsmoking is taking 5 minutes to stop and take a few deep breaths.You can still do this, just without inhaling poison. I couldcontinue but you get the idea don't you?So where does hypnosis come in? Hypnosis has been found tobe 3 times more effective than nicotine replacement.* Hypnosisis a simple, safe and relaxing process that will enable your mindto understand that you are a non smoker and to help you act assuch. It will allow you to have greater influence over yourhabits and behaviours to make achieving your goal easier thanyou might imagine.David Woolley (tel: 0845 603 4421)DipCAH, HPD, MPNLP, CertSCS, MNCH (Reg), MNGHCertified Smoking Cessation Specialist.

*New Scientist Vol 136 issue 1845 p6.

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1st HEACHAMCUBS

To celebrate the 200th year of the Bramley apple the Cubs madetoffee apples on 15th October.On the 22nd October we had a visitor to Heacham Cubs, Gillcame with her guide dog (Sadie) and gave us a chat about guidedogs for the blind and Braille reading. We were given thealphabet in Braille and hope to incorporate it into a pack nightin the New Year. We were able to donate £26 on the night to theRNIB.Big Bang Camp 2009Snettisham Cubs and Scouts invited Heacham Cubs and Scoutson their camp at Jimmy's field for 1 night (31st Oct - 1st Nov).We took 12 Cubs and although we arrived in the rain on theSaturday it did clear up in time for everyone to have lunchoutside. During the day there was plenty to keep them all happywith hikes, archery, shooting, gutting and cooking mackerel onan open fire. For the more creative they could carve pumpkins,have a woggle or key ring made from leather craft, make abookmark, photo frame or Halloween fridge magnet, write theirname on a graffiti wall or make mini pancakes.The bonfire looked good with all the pumpkins around lit andglowing. After a firework display we went on a night hike thenit was back for hot chocolate a piece of cake then off to bed.Sunday saw a change in the weather and as the rain came downand the wind picked up the Cubs were up at 7am and after ahearty breakfast went home.Happy Scouting to all our Cubs

Akela & Bagheera

RSPB West NorfolkLocal Group

The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in Europeand you will almost certainly be aware of the two superbreserves in our area, but do you know of the RSPB Local Group?One of 170 nationally, run entirely by volunteers and you do notneed to be a twitcher or a member of the RSPB to join. Wewelcome anybody with an interest in wildlife and conservation.Founded in 1976 by a small group of people in West Norfolkwho were keen on birds, we are a friendly bunch of around 200members ranging from garden birdwatchers to experiencedinternational birders and most of us live in West Norfolk.Meeting once a month during the winter in South WoottonVillage Hall, King’s Lynn for an illustrated lecture on someaspect of birds or conservation. These talks are open to all at acost of only £2 per person or free to group members. We alsorun a monthly outdoor field trip, year round, to nature reservesin Norfolk or to neighbouring counties.

The indoor meetings are held in South Wootton Village Hall,Church Lane, South Wootton, King’s Lynn. PE30 3LJ.

Your Local Group contact is Neil Stephenson 01553 828752 orfind more information at www.rspb-westnorfolk.org

Sun 24th Jan Visit to RSPBTitchwell, meet at 9:00am inthe car park.

Wed 27th Jan at 7:30pmIllustrated talk “The RSPB inthe Fens” by David White

Sat 13th Feb Visit BurnhamNorton, meet at 10:00am inthe car park.

Wed 24th Feb at 7:30pmIllustrated talk “Mallorca”by Steve Lovell

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THE CHRISTMAS TERM(Reproduced from the Ruskin School-Home Magazine, Christmas1906. The school was situated in the High House, Heacham, whenthis was first published)

HRISTMAS TERM which begins about themiddle of September is the last one of theyear. During this term we play football, tennis(at the beginning), and hockey now and thenas a change from football. When we cannotgo out of doors on account of the weather weplay quiet games such as chess, draughts, orcards; or we can choose a book from the

library and settle down to a quiet read.

Being autumn, we have the ripe fruit from the orchard and wineryon our tables. If the weather permits we indulge in a few swims atthe beginning, but not many, as it soon becomes too cold.

The lessons this term are often taken in the vinery as it is too coldto have them outside. The rambles of the summer term cease, andin their place we have science. Instead of drill in the morning weusually go for a good march, which keeps us warm, and gives us agood appetite for breakfast. On a Sunday morning our walk oftentakes us to our boat-house on the beach, the roads being too muddyto go for a long walk.

While the blackberries are ripe we take a basket and gather them;we may have them cooked and have them on our tables, or eat themraw. In the mornings we sometimes get up and look for mush-rooms, which are cooked for our breakfast or dinner.

This term is the best one for hunting for pre-historic flintimplements,the crops having been removed and the ground freshlyploughed. This, the rain of the term, and the fact that their surfacesare a shiny black, renders their finding easier.

On Wednesdays there is a dancing class, when Mrs. Ward teachesthose whose parents desire them to learn.

Sometimes, on Saturday nights (there being no school), Mr. Morrisor Pater*, or Mr. Dawson, gives us a lantern lecture. When we donot have a lecture we occasionally have round games,such asmusical chairs, or perhaps dances.

On a Monday evening we have a debate: we choose the subject,and if somebody volunteers to defend a special subject, and some-body to go against it, we have that debate. We have a book in thelibrary called “Pros and Cons”, for the purpose of referring towhen preparing our speeches. The best of our debates, so far, hasbeen “Should motor cars be abolished as being objectionable.” Themover of the motion was Frank and his opponent, Lionel.

C. Bruce*Pater was the name by which the pupils referred to HarryLowerison, who was the Principal of the school.

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“False” Self-Employment in theConstruction Industry

The Government remains committed to addressing “false” self-em-ployment in the Construction Industry. Recently, just as we had all gotused to the Construction Industry Scheme [CIS] methods andprocedures, the Government are planning the release of new legislationconcerning the employment status of “sub-contract” workers.The Facts (the boring bit!....please stick with me!)On 20 July 2009, a consultation paper was issued entitled “Falseself-employment in construction: taxation of workers”. This examinesthe problem of categorisation of construction workers and whetherthey are employed (an employee) or self-employed (a subcontractor…or “subbie”). This subject has always been somewhatcontentious!HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has historically always taken ahard line against what it sees as “false” self-employment i.e. workerstreated as self-employed when in HMRC’s opinion they should betreated as employees. This is simply because employed workersgenerate a higher tax take than the self-employed.At present, there is no simple test to define whether someone isemployed or self-employed. The matter is determined through judicialprecedent and the bank of case law which has addressed the matterprovides a considerable list of factors that must be considered in orderto ascertain the nature of an engagement.The new legislation now being tabled, proposes a test which, in certaincircumstances, will define hitherto self-employed workers as“deemed” employees. This would mean PAYE & NIC would have tobe deducted from their pay, and, employers NIC would have to be paidas well.The proposed new test for “deemed” employment, which is consider-ably simpler than the current Employment Status Indicator, asks 3questions:

· Does the worker provide their own plant & equipmentnecessary to perform the job?

· Does the worker provide all materials necessary to completethe job?

· Does the worker employ the services of others to perform thejob?

A worker will have to meet one or more of these 3 criteria in order tobe categorised as self employed.Just to put things in perspective this test is designed to try and take upto 300,000 sole trader sub-contractors out of CIS and into PAYE . . . .so be warned!I would therefore strongly recommend that all businesses and sub-contractors in the construction industry immediately consider theimpact of these proposals and contemplate what action should be takenas a result. The potential cost and cash flow impact must be consideredwithout delay.Employee?Ok, so you’ve carried out the test and think you’re an employee. Butbeware . . . . . you are not an employee for all purposes, just for the sakeof tax and NI purposes. Come on, surely you didn’t really think theRevenue would make it that easy for us did you?Puzzled?In troubled economic times such as these, it seems crazy to introducenew legislation to an already heavily regulated industry. However, assoon as the Government defines the industry as being in a “strongerposition” it is likely that these new provisions will be effected.Getting it wrongGetting the status of a worker wrong can have serious consequencesfor both the contractor and the “subbie”.Confused? … We can help you….So, are you are a contractor struggling to keep abreast of the everchanging government legislation? Do you need some help to manage

your monthly returns and paperwork? Are you in a conundrum as tothe status of your workers?Or perhaps you are a sub contractor and are confused with the newregulation and require some advice and assistance with your personalSelf Assessment Tax Return?If this is you, please call either myself, Susan Fish FMAAT, orKate on 01485 534800 for some friendly advice and solutions toyour needs. You really can leave the headache to us!!Oh and by the way,…. An extra little tipThe Construction Industry Scheme does not issue CIS cards anymore.There has been some confusion recently as the old scheme requiredthe sub-contractor to present their card to a new contractor for whomthey would be working. Nowadays, all that is necessary is the “subbie”needs to provide their contractor with their name, address, NI numberand UTR and the contractor can then verify with HMRC and confirmthe CIS tax deductions.And finally . . . . . . Gross Payment StatusThe number of sub-contractors failing the Tax Treatment QualificationTest and losing their Gross Payment Status (GPS) as a result, continuesto be significant.The loss of GPS is declared to all existing and prospective clients of abusiness by the Revenue and this can cause severe damage to thereputation of the business (out of all proportion to the compliancefailings that gave rise to the loss of the GPS in the first place).So if you suddenly find yourself in this position please call usstraightaway. We have recently won a number of appeals on behalfof clients and won back their Gross Payment Status, with their cashflow being unaffected. And today . . . . . that says a lot!Caution: This newsletter article is produced for guidance only and should not be used asa substitute for professional advice. Accordingly, no liability for any loss or damage canbe accepted by Kathryn Gigg Chartered Accountants or other contributors, as a result ofany person, company or other organisation acting, or refraining from acting, uponcomment made in this article.

© Kathryn Gigg 2009

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Heacham Minors Under 7s receive their first kit sponsored byECAL property maintenance. Terry Willett of ECAL (back row,2nd left) presented the shirts to manager Tony Richardsonduring October. For further information please call 01485570549 or 07918 724229.

Heacham Football ClubCentenary Committee

The Centenary Committee met another challengehead-on this last month, this time against Heach-am Social Club - Darts & Dominoes. Once again

a credible effort was made by the Centenary Committeenarrowly losing 13-8 in the Darts and 5-4 in the Dominoes. Theevening was really enjoyed by all those who took part.Congratulations and well done to Sue Nobes and Lydia Pagewho could do no wrong in the Dominoes, and to Joan Hornsbywho has found a talent in Darts she did not know she had.January will see us try Carpet Bowls. Any one interested injoining us, please contact me.We are holding a CHARITY QUIZ EVENING on Saturday 5December 2009 at The Public Hall, Heacham, starting at7.00pm prompt. The Centenary Committee would like to inviteyou to enter a team (or more) to compete on the evening. Therewill be a maximum of 4 people in a team and the cost is £2.50per person. Tickets are available from Suttons Estate Agents,29 High Street, Heacham. The questions have been set byRonnie Clark who has appeared on TV on ‘Countdown’ andwas winner on ‘The Weakest Link’. She has said that thequestions will not be too onerous and it should be a lot of fun.Monies raised during the evening will be divided betweenMIND and the YOUTH CLUB. We do hope that you will comealong and join in the fun. Please come even if you have notorganised a team.

Peter Sutton, Chairman – Centenary Committee01485 570030

Heacham Minors Football Club

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HEACHAM PARISH COUNCIL NOTICEBOARD

Parish Council Meetings November in Brief

Cycle Route: The Council noted that work had started on thecycle link between Heacham and Hunstanton. The route whichwill run from Smithdon High School to the bottom of RedgateHill should be completed in December.Local Area Action Group: Mr Mallam reported that the LocalArea Action Group had been renamed Safer NeighbourhoodAction Group (SNAP).Heacham Flooding Issues: The Chairman reported that themeeting with the various agencies had gone very well. Theagencies were taking the issue seriously and would meet backin January to report on progress. There would have to be acoordinated investigation in certain parts of the village to ensurethat household surface water was not being routed through thesewerage system. It was also agreed by the Parish Council thatimprovements to the inadequacies of the drainage system inStaithe Road should be made a priority by Highways next yearas should linked drainage works in the High Street.Lamsey Lane Junction: The Council reviewed the complaintsand noted that 1 accident with slight injury had been recordednear the junction, a shunt, north bound on A149 prior to thejunction, since the junction reopened. The Council consideredthat there had been improvements, but acknowledged that withthe volume of traffic along the A149, drivers leaving the villagewould always need to take the utmost care. It was agreed tocontinue to review the issue.Saltings: Mr Cobb thanked all those who attended the work dayat the Saltings to clear brambles.Day Centre Closure: The Council agreed to seek moreinformation about the withdrawal of funding which had led tothe announced closure of the day centre.Recreation Ground: The Council noted that an order had nowbeen placed for a modern replacement to the old roundabout forthe recreation ground.Wash Management Strategy: The Clerk circulated details ofthe issues facing the Heacham section of the Wash. The paperdealt with rising sea levels, erosion and the possible effects ofclimate change on storms and surges. The Parish Council’sinitial response would be discussed at the next meeting. MrDrinkwater would attend a meeting of local stakeholdersorganised by the Environment Agency and Borough Council toassess views and opinions prior to the meeting.Norfolk Playing Fields Association: The Council noted that agrant of £500 had been secured to meet the cost of new playequipment this year and a further £1000 had been pledged formore planned for next year.Tesco: The Council reviewed the list of complaints made byresidents since the opening of the store. The Clerk confirmedthat the Planning Enforcement Department at the BoroughCouncil had been made aware as some were clearly planningcontrol issues. The Clerk confirmed that she had requested acopy of the delivery schedule so that any breaches could bereported.Damaged Seats: The Council noted that a programme toremove damaged public benches would start this month withBrays Pit.Next Meeting: The next full Council meeting will take place onTuesday 15 December and Tuesday 19 January, both at 7.30pmat the Parish Council Office.

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Xtra rubbish at Xmas

Plan for Christmas and New Year rubbish and stock up with ared rubbish tag for rubbish that cannot be recycled. The red tagscost £1.20 each and go round a black bin liner which you put outnext to your wheelie bin on collection day. The tags areavailable from the Parish Council Office.

Benefits

From 2 November, Child Benefit will no longer be taken intoconsideration when calculating your entitlement to housingbenefit or council tax benefit. In addition the savings limit forover 60s has been raised from £6000 to £10,000, this amountwill now be totally disregarded when calculating yourentitlement to Pension Credit, Housing and Council TaxBenefit. Call 01553 616200 for a free benefits check or pop intothe Borough Council Office, Lynn Road.

County Council Teleshopping Service

Do you need help with your shopping? Do you need someoneto deliver your groceries at a time to suit you? Do you need helpwith unpacking? Membership is £10.00 a quarter or Rainy Daymembership, ideal for perhaps in the winter, is £10.00 for 6deliveries at any time of the year.

Contact number -01603 638435

Seasonal Best WishesHeacham Parish Council members and staff wish Heachamresidents a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy NewYear in 2010.

Christmas Opening TimesParish Council Office Closed 24 Dec & Opens 5 JanParish Library Closed 24 Dec & Opens 4 JanOne Stop Shop Closed 24 Dec & Opens 4 Jan

Heacham Parish CouncilJubilee ClinicPound Lane

HeachamNorfolk PE31 7ET

01485 572142Open 10.00am-12noon Tuesday to Friday

Safer Neighbourhood Surgery

The next surgeries will take place on Wednesday 9 Decemberand Wednesday 13 January at the Parish Council Office from10.00am until 12noon. At the surgery a police constable orPCSO will be on hand to assist residents with any concerns.

HELP LINESHEACHAM GROUP PRACTICE 572769HEACHAM MON TO FRI 08.30 TO 13.00 14.00 TO 18.30SNETTISHAM MON TO WED 08.30 TO 12.30 14.30 TO 18.00 THURS/FRIDAY 08.30 TO 12.30 Closed p.m.OUT OF HOURS DOCTOR 01603 488488A Doctor will advise on your emergency - Please think before callingHEACHAM & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CAR SCHEME 572777HEACHAM CHEMIST 570297OPENING HOURS MON TO FRI 09.00 TO 18.30 SAT 09.00 TO 17.30Open 13.00-14.00 - prescriptions and certain other products only availableif Pharmacist is in attendanceDUTY CHEMIST NOTICE DISPLAYED ON DOORHEACHAM PARISH COUNCIL OFFICE 572142OPEN TUES TO FRI 10.00 TO 12.00STREET LIGHT FAULT REPORT 572142BOROUGH COUNCIL OFFICE 01553 616200BOROUGH COUNCILLORS (01485)Mrs S. SMEATON 572528 / Mr A. MORRISON 518469NORFOLK C C MICHAEL CHENERY 01328 823411ONE STOP SHOP and LIBRARY 571928OPEN MON WED FRI 10.00 TO 16.00HEACHAM POST OFFICE 570330OPEN MON TO FRI 09.00 TO 17.30 SAT 09.00 TO 12.30EMERGENCY SERVICESQUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL 01553 613613DENTIST Emergency only for patients notregistered with a dentist 01553 769264COMMUNITY MIDWIFE (Ask for Hunstanton M/W) 01553 613613POLICE 0845 456 4567SAMARITANS 01553 761616CHILD LINE 0800 1111ELECTRIC 0800 7838838ANGLIAN WATER 0845 7 145 145GAS ESCAPE 0800 111999EMERGENCY 24hrs VETERINARY CLINICS 01485 570065HUNSTANTON LIBRARY 532280OPEN MON. TUE. WED (No lunch closure) 10.00 TO 17.00 THURS. 10.00 TO 13.00 FRI. 10.00 TO 19.00 SAT 10.00 TO 17.00 (All year)HEACHAM COMMUNITY WEBSITESwww.heacham-on-line.co.uk E-mail stella@heacham-on-line.co.ukwww.heacham-village.co.uk E-mail enquiries@heacham-village.co.uk

MOBILE LIBRARYROUTE E4 (Tuesdays) ROUTE E3

1st / 15th ; 12th / 26th December ; January 8th / 22nd; 5th / 19thCOLLINGWOOD CLOSE 09.40 ROBIN HILL 10.25SOUTHMOOR DRIVE 10.00 CHURCH LANE 10.40SANDRINGHAM DRIVE 10.20 RINGSTEAD ROAD 10.55CHENEY HILL (F/SIDE) 10.40 NEVILLE CT 11.40WOODSIDE AVE 11.05 NEVILLE ROAD 12.15HEACHAM INFANT SCH. 11.20 PINE MALL 12.30NOURSE DRIVE 12.20 FIR CLOSE 12.50ROLFE CRESCENT 13.50 SUNNYSIDE 14.15BUSHEL & STRIKE 14.05 MEADOW RD 14.40GIDNEY DRIVE 14.20 POPLAR AVE 15.30BANKSIDE 14.40 GYMKHANA WAY 15.50MARRAM WAY N CL 14.55 JENNINGS CLOSE 16.15MARRAM WAY S CL 15.10 COLLEGE DR/G CL 16.50MARRAM WAY/N RD 15.25CUNNINGHAM COURT 15.45

LOCAL BUS SERVICE TIMETABLEServices 40, 40A, 41, 41AMONDAY-FRIDAY TO HUNSTANTONLODGE 0658 0728 0806+* 0806s* 0806s 0909 0929* 0939ROAD 0959* 1009 1029* 1039 1059* 1109 1129* 1139 1159* 1209 1229* 1239 1259* 1309 1329* 1339 1359* 1409 1429* 1439 1459* 1504 1546* 1616 1631* 1646^ 1651c* 1701* 1716 1731* 1746 1801*

1816 1829* 1848 1928* 2028 2158* 2328*NORFOLK 0703 0733 0811s 0914 0944 1014 1044 1114LAVENDER 1144 1214 1244 1314 1344 1414 1444 1509

1621 1651^ 1721 1751 1821 1853 2033 TO KING’S LYNNNORFOLK 0758 0841 0911 0941 1011 1041 1111 1141LAVENDER 1211 1241 1311 1341 1411 1441 1531s 1541+

1611 1641 1716 1741 1811LODGE 0640* 0728* 0748c 0803* 0846 0858* 0916 0928*ROAD 0946 0958* 1016 1028* 1046 1058* 1116 1128*

1146 1158* 1216 1228* 1246 1258* 1316 1328*1346 1358* 1416 1428* 1446 1458* 1528+ 1536s

1538s* 1546+ 1616 1628* 1646 1658* 1721 1728*1746 1758* 1816 1854* 1924* 1954* 2054* 2224*

2354*SATURDAY TO HUNSTANTONLODGE 0709 0809 0909 0929* 0939 0959* 1009 1029*ROAD 1039 1059* 1109 1129* 1139 1159* 1209 1229*

1239 1259* 1309 1329* 1339 1359* 1409 1429*1439 1459* 1509 1529* 1539 1559* 1609 1629*1639 1659* 1709 1729* 1739 1759* 1809 1829*1848 1928* 2028 2158* 2328*

NORFOLK 0714 0814 0914 0944 1014 1044 1114 1144LAVENDER 1214 1244 1314 1344 1414 1444 1514 1544

1614 1644 1714 1744 1814 1853 2033 TO KING’S LYNNNORFOLK 0841 0911 0941 1011 1041 1111 1141 1211LAVENDER 1241 1311 1341 1411 1441 1511 1541 1611

1641 1711 1741 1811LODGE 0640* 0740* 0846 0858* 0916 0928* 0946 0958*ROAD 1016 1028* 1046 1058* 1116 1128* 1146 1158*

1216 1228* 1246 1258* 1316 1328* 1346 1358*1416 1428* 1446 1458* 1516 1528* 1546 1558*1616 1628* 1646 1658* 1716 1728* 1746 1758*1816 1854* 1924* 1954* 2054* 2224* 2354*

SUNDAY All services via Hunstanton Rd TO HUNSTANTONLODGE 0929 1029 1129 1229 1329 1429 1529 1629ROAD 1729 1829 2028 2158 2328 TO KING’S LYNNLODGE 0958 1058 1158 1258 1358 1458 1558 1658ROAD 1758 1858 2054 2224 2354

* = via Hunstanton Road s = Schooldays only c = College days only+School holidays only ^ = College holidays only __= via QE Hospital

Bus Enquiries? Call 0845 020121 (0900-1630 Mon-Fri except publicholidays) e-mail : ptu.pt@norfolk.gov.uk

NORFOLK GREEN BUS SERVICE 31THURSDAYS TO FAKENHAM

Departs Fenside at 9.10a.m. via Hunstanton & Docking. Arrives Fakenham10.27a.m. Departs Fakenham 1.30p.m. Arrives Heacham 2.40p.m.