The
Reeve's Tale Magazine June 2008
CONTENTS
LETTER PAGE
LOCAL EVENTS DIARY
SCHOOLS
SUMMER CLUB
BAWDESWELL CLUBS
FRIENDS OF BAW CHURCH
FOXLEY VILLAGE HALL
SINGING FARMER
BAWDESWELL VILLAGE HALL
& BLOOD DONORS
BAWDESWELL FETE
PROJ. BAWDESWELL
BAW. PARISH COUNCIL
ROTARY
FREE TRADE
BOGUS CALLERS
BANHAM POULTRY
WENSUM BIRD SOCIETY
JUNE CONCERT
BENEFICE NEWS
FOXLEY CHURCH
BAWDESWELL CHURCH
RECTOR’S LETTER
CHURCH SERVICES
25th Anniversary
Bawdeswell Garden Centre
Congratulations to Peter and Judy Underwood
and their dedicated staff on the 25th Anniversary of their Garden
Centre.
Whenever you tell someone you live in Bawdeswell, they say “Oh, yes the Garden Centre, we know it
well.”
Peter and Judy
Underwood purchased the garden centre in 1983. It was originally a
conifer nursery, but with a team of ambitious and knowledgeable staff it has
grown and gone from strength to strength.
It has remained a family business and
become one of the finest Garden Centres in the
region.
For the Millennium they created a beautiful
landscaped garden which has matured into a peaceful area to relax and enjoy
running water and stunning shrubs and statues.
Celebrations take place on Sunday 1st
June. Do join in.
COPY FOR THE July ISSUE BY
15th
June. PLEASE
Editors: Robin Taylor
688268;
David Cockburn 688749
e-mail :
magazine@bawdeswell.net
LETTERS
Derek Moore - I
would like to offer sincere thanks to friends and neighbours
who provided support during Derek's illness. I am grateful for the
kindness everybody has shown to myself and the
family and also for the numerous offers of help over the past months.
Heather Moore, Foxley
(The above letter was
received in time for publication last month and the editor apologises
sincerely for its omission.)
Christina Ivy Daisy Sparkes
21/09/1909 – 1/04/2008
Christina was cremated at Earlham Crematorium on
Friday 2nd May, the service was conducted
by the Rev Tom Candeland.
She retired in Norfolk in 1980 after her last position
as the Personal Assistant to the Group Captain in charge of RAF Swanton Morley.
She enjoyed the community life that she and her husband, Charles, found in Bawdeswell.
After Charles died in 2001 she found it increasingly
difficult to manage on her own and so greatly valued and appreciated the help
and support that she enjoyed at Hill Barn Residential Home during the time she
stayed there.
Christina’s main interests were her family, especially
the close relationships she had with family abroad, (Canada, Holland and South
Africa) gardening, listening to a good “who dunnit”
on her cassette tapes and intelligent conversation!
In many ways Christina was not a traditional lady and
this is reflected in the fact that she wishes some of her ashes to be scattered
over the hills and mountains of England and some to eventually find their way
to a little part of India where she was born. The rest of her ashes will be
interred with Charles’ ashes in Bawdeswell Cemetery.
Charlie and I would like to thank all family, friends
and neighbours for the many cards and kind words and
for the donations made to the Macular Disease Society.
Christina trod this earth gently and her footprints
have left their mark. She will be sorely missed by her family and by all who
were touched by her presence.
Thank you. Pat Cronin (daughter)
Tony Shepherd -
died last month
after an illness which had been with him for some time and forced his eventual
retirement.
Tony was a CDT teacher at Greshams,
Reepham High and in London before taking on Bawdeswell Garage from his daughter and son-in-law. He was past retirement age then and ran the
business very much as a hobby. A real
workaholic he took on the running of the post office and manned the petrol
pumps at his busy garage in the Street. He was also a hovercraft enthusiast,
building, repairing and racing them.
He worked well into his seventies or was it eighties? I don't know his exact age. We all miss him.
R.T.
JUNE EVENTS
|
1 Sun |
25 Anniversary
Celebrations at Bawdeswell Garden Centre |
|
2 Mon |
Back to School – half
term over. Bawdeswell Parish
Council meeting – 7.45pm, Village Hall |
|
5 Thu |
Bawdeswell Book Club
7.30pm at the Old Workhouse Bar |
|
6 Fri |
Julian Group meet – 8pm Barwick House |
|
7 Sat |
Singing Farmer at Foxley Village Hall
7.30pm |
|
10 Tu |
Blood Donor Session at Bawdeswell – see
page 11 |
|
11 Wed |
Mobile Library Bawdeswell – see
page 7 for times |
|
13 Fri |
Mobile Library Foxley - see page 7
for times |
|
14 Sat |
Project Bawdeswell meeting 10am in the Village Hall Gerald Gifford Concert in
Bawdeswell Church
7.30pm Elsing Hall
Midsummer Picnic 5pm |
|
15 Sun |
Reeve’s Tale deadline for
July issue |
|
16 Mon |
Bawdeswell Village Hall
Committee meeting 8pm |
|
19 Thu |
Wensum Birdwatching Society Nightjar evening – see page 21 |
|
20 Fri |
Julian Group meet – 8pm Barwick House |
|
22 Sun |
Bawdeswell Fair – Fete
& Car Boot Sale – 10am onwards |
|
28 Sat |
Sparham Garden Party
at the Old Rectory – 2.30pm |
Regular
Weekly Events
Bawdeswell Village Hall
Aerobics Mondays
Young Farmers Tuesdays
Countrysiders Every other Wednesday
WeightWatchers Thursdays
Parents &
Toddlers Fridays 9.30am
Pilates Fridays
Foxley Village Hall
Exercise Classes
every Tuesday morning at
9.30am.
Short Mat Bowls Every Monday & Friday
Evening
BAWDESWELL COMMUNITY
PRIMARY SCHOOL
EXCELLENT NEWS!
After our last visit from HMI we are now no longer in
“Special Measures”. Congratulations to all the staff and children who have
worked extremely hard, and to everyone in the community who has supported
us. The full report will be available on
the OFSTED website on Tuesday 20th May.
Vouchers for schools
The closing date for Tesco Computers for Schools and
Sainsbury Active Kids vouchers is fast approaching. Please forward any vouchers you may have to
school as soon as possible. Thank you.
Parent & Community
Governor Vacancies
Due to Mrs Allen changing
her Governor role from Parent to LA, there is a vacancy
for a Parent Governor, details to follow. There is also a
Community Governor
vacancy, if you feel you would enjoy this role, which is a
worthwhile role to have,
please contact Mrs Vaissiere at the school on 01362 688282. Hopefully these
vacancies can be filled as soon as possible.
School closes of Half-Term on
Friday 23rd May and re-opens Monday 2nd June
Parents &
Toddlers / Baby Group
We meet at Bawdeswell Village Hall from 9.30am to 11.30am every Friday
in term time.
Come along for a
chat and a coffee & let your child have some fun with play dough, colouring and puzzles plus lots of toys and there are additional
activities most weeks. (There is no
charge but a donation is invited)
For more
information call Kate on 688834
If you have any
larger toys or play equipment suitable for toddlers that you no longer require
please contact Kate.
Monday 28 July to Friday 1 August
Sparham Old School Room
£1.50 per session
Discount
for more than one child
Games,
art, craft, drama
Lots
of fun for children aged 5-11 years
Contact: Karin Mason –
01362 688338
Gill Page – 01362 688379
BAWDESWELL FOOTBALL CLUB.
Bawdeswell FC have
now almost completed their league season games with a very creditable 42 pts
from 14 wins and 11 losses. The club has far exceeded its target for the season
so very well done all of you. At the time of writing they have one match left
to play as, unfortunately, a member of Foulsham
Reserves whom they were playing on 10th May suffered a broken leg
and the game had to be abandoned. Our best wishes go to the Foulsham
player for a speedy recovery.
New players and supporters are
always needed for the team. For information about the club please contact
Philip Duffield on (01362) 688611
More club information is available online at http://bawdeswellfc.co.uk/default.aspx
BAWDESWELL BOWLS CLUB.
Bawdeswell has had a very good start to
the season winning all of their first 3 matches. They have an excellent venue
situated behind the Village Hall and members are invited to join the club.
For further information please contact Paul
Digby on (01362) 688615
Mobile Library Service
Home Library Service
The Mobile Library calls regularly at Bawdeswell on a Wednesday and Foxley
on a Friday.
Bawdeswell: - Paradise Road 10am, School 10.20am, 12 Reepham Road 10.45am, Bawdeswell
Hall 11am, Hall Road 11.15am, 3 Bell Close 11.35am and Chaucer Close
11.50-12pm. Next Visits are
11th June, 2nd July, 23rd July.
Foxley: - The Chequers 3.10
– 3.25pm. Next Visits are 13th June, 4th July, 25th July.
For further
information on any aspect of the service please call 01603 222267
The
Home Library Service provides books on wheels to people in the community
who like to use the library service but are unable to get there due to age,
disability or restricted mobility. To use the Home Library
Service or to volunteer to help deliver the service, please telephone 01603
506848.
The Bawdeswell Book Club meets at the Old
Workhouse Bar on the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. New members always welcome.
Friends of
Thank you everyone who supported the May Ball on 17th May. Two hundred and fifteen tickets were sold
which was a tremendous response. We
think we cleared £3,000. Our best fund raiser to date. Thank you everyone.
A special thank-you to our Sponsors this
year, E-Builders of Reepham (www.ebuilders.co.uk) , Thomas Sanderson
Blinds (www.thomas-sanderson.co.uk)
, and Adnams Cellar & Kitchen (www.adnams.co.uk), without whose support we
could not stage such a grand event.
The meal was good, the company excellent
and the Big Band music full of nostalgia – and what a good Disco too! A memorable evening.
Thanks to one and all for your
support. We hope you all enjoyed
yourselves and will come again another time..
We must thank the ladies who decorated the
marquee and the tables with beautiful flower arrangements, Great Witchingham Cricket Club for running the bar, and the small
team of committee members who worked so hard in the background, setting up,
running and finally clearing up. It was
a lot of work for such a small team.
After
the Ball was over and we had all gone home, the marquee was vandalised
- slashed along one full length with a sharp knife – mindless damage ruining the marquee,
damaging the business of the owner and the name of Bawdeswell. This
happened between 2am and 9am and we wouldn’t like to think it was someone
local, carrying a sharp knife. If anybody
has any information please phone Crimestoppers on
0800 555 111 (you don’t have to say who you are), or the police Crimes
Investigation Unit on 0845 456 4567 quoting Crime Reference number CR25938/08/5 .
FUTURE EVENTS 2008
Bric-a-Brack stall at the Village Fete Sunday 22nd
June
Coffee Morning and Quarterly Draw Saturday 5th
July
Harvest Supper
Village Hall 7.30pm Saturday 4th
October
Christmas Concert
4pm Sunday
14th
December
Bawdeswell Village Hall
Bawdeswell Village hall can be hired by parishioners
and non residents. You can also hire
tables and chairs for your own events. Regular activities at the hall include
Aerobics on Monday Evenings, Young Farmers on Tuesdays (from 13th
May), Countryside Rangers every other Wednesday, Weight Watchers on Thursday
evenings and Pilates on Friday evenings. The Mothers & Toddlers group meet on Friday mornings 9.30 to 11.30 – there is no
admission charge for this and light refreshments are available.
Hire
Charges from May 2008
|
Period |
(1)
Standard Hire Charge |
(2)
Parishioners other
than in (3) |
(3)
Parishioners - Hires ending by 5pm on Weekdays # |
|
Minimum (2 hrs) |
£16 |
£15 |
£10
(NEW) |
|
4 Hours |
£30 |
£25 |
£15
(NEW) |
|
6 Hours |
£45 |
£35 |
£25
(NEW) |
|
8 Hours |
£50 |
£40 |
£30
(NEW) |
|
10 Hours |
£60 |
£45 |
n/a |
|
12 Hours |
£70 |
£50 |
n/a |
|
Full Day |
£85 |