FULMODESTON NEWSLETTER – MAY 2015
http://fulmodeston-and-barney-villages.norfolkparishes.gov.uk
This month we are pleased to welcome David & Frances Campion who have moved from Bunwell to The
Laurels, Croxton Road - David having been appointed as the new manager of Banham Poultry’s
Fulmodeston Farm. David & Frances share enthusiasms for cars and for walking - but Frances is less
keen to become involved in David’s other hobby - bee keeping.
Church Services
Christ Church
3 May
10 May
6.30 p.m. Evening Prayer
11.00 a.m. Holy Communion
Methodist Chapel (2.30 p.m.)
Rev. Michael Stamford
Members service
17 May
1.00 p.m. -Violin Concert ( note 1)
Rev. Andrew King (Holy Communion)
24 May (Pentecost)
6.30 p.m. - Taizé Service (see note1
Mrs Sylvia Williamson
31 May
No service*
Angela & Glyn Constantine
* Institution of the Rev. Francis Mason at Fakenham Parish Church
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5 May. - 9.00 -10.00 a.m. Police Surgery with PCSO Shane Artingstall outside O.S Hall.
6 May - 10.00 a.m. - The Churches’ House Group will meet at Lodge Farmhouse, Barney. Rev. Andrew
Butcher will lead the meeting on “Poetry and the Psalms”.
6 May - 2.00 - 4.00 p.m. - Barney and Fulmodeston Friendship Group meets in the Old School Hall. New
friends welcome. Tel; Rose on 878888.
9 May - 10.00 a..m. till noon - Food Production Club’s Annual Plant Sale in O.S. Hall.
11 May - 2.00 - 4.00 p.m. The Knitting Group/Project Linus meet in O.S. Hall (see note 1).
11 May - 7.30 p.m. - Bingo in O.S. Hall.
13 May - 10.00 a.m. for a 10.15 start - the Walkers Group meets at O.S. Hall (note 3)
17 May - 1.00 p.m. - The Cwizewicz Brothers - Virtuoso Violinists in Concert at Christ Church,
Free admission, retiring collection for the church. More info from Stephen on 878364
or [email protected] (note 3),
27 May - 10.00 a.m. for a 10.15 start - the Walkers Group meets at O.S. Hall (note 3)
27 May - 10.50 - 11.00 a.m. - The Mobile Library will be at Croxton Farm.
Fulmodeston and Barney Social Club.The opening dates for May are as follows;
Every Sunday- 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and Fridays 1st, 15th & 29th..
THE A.G.M.FOR THE SOCIAL CLUB IS ON 14th MAY AT 7.30 p.m. THE CLUB’S FUTURE WILL
BE ON THE MAIN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
The Social Club’s Committee have had no response to the Editor’s addition in the Barney Newsletter
regarding Village views relating to the Social Club. Dick LeRoy, Social Club Chairman.
1. The Village Knitting & Quilting Group with Project Linus - Gerta Roberts
Due to the bank holiday in May, we will only have one meeting this month and it will be on Monday
11th from 2.00 until 4.00 p.m. From June onwards we will go back to our regular meetings on the 1st
and 3rd Mondays of the month.
We now have several ladies making quilts alongside the knitters making blankets, hats, toys, etc.
These are taken each month by Project Linus to the children’s ward at Norfolk & Norwich hospital. If
you are having a spring clean or sort out, we always need new or pre-used clean cotton or polycotton
fabric. We can use any suitable cotton or polycotton fabrics (old duvet covers and sheeting is always
acceptable, as are shirts, blouses or dresses) so if you can donate any pieces however small, we
would be very grateful. We can collect from you.
All the quilts and knitted items are donated monthly, through Project Linus, to the children’s ward
and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at NNUH, to bring comfort to sick children and premature and
sick babies in Norfolk. We also welcome any donations of acrylic DK yarn in suitable colours (not
black, navy, dark green or brown please).
Please do come along and have a couple of hours knitting or sewing and chatting with friends – and
of course, a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit. We look forward to seeing you in the Old School Hall. If
you would like more details, please ring Rose (878888) or Gerta (878443).
2.Barney and Fulmodeston Walkers Group Rose Le Roy.
Our walks in May are on Wednesday 13th and 27th, We meet in Old School Hall at 10.00 a.m. for
departing at 10.15. In April we did a 5 mile walk around Guestwick taking in the conservation area
where the was an abundance of wild Primroses a real picture to see. If you would like to join the
group please in the first instance contact Brian on 878696 or myself on 8788888 for details.
3. A View from the Pew - Andrew Lee: 878870 & Stephen Miles 878364 - Churchwardens
Many thanks to everyone who helped make the church look so inviting over the Easter Festivities.
The Easter Egg Hunt brought in a number of visitors, young and old and they got through quite a
few of the chocolate eggs on offer!
In May, there are several events to which we are looking forward a great deal. As always, everyone is
invited free of charge. On Sunday, May 17th at 1.00pm for an hour, we present The Ćwiżewicz
Brothers - Virtuoso Violinists in Concert. Filip Ćwiżewicz visited us last summer with the BBC
Young Musician of the Year and many thought he stole the show with his passionate and skilful
playing. His older brother Michal is a professor at the Royal College of Music and the two of them
present a wonderful programme, full of catchy Polish Gypsy Music. You will be dazzled by their
musicianship, flair and dexterity. Do come early to be sure of a seat and please remember that this is
a lunchtime concert at 1.00pm on a Sunday.
At the Feast of Pentecost on May 24th at 6.30pm, we will once again be hosting the Norwich
Taizé Group in a beautiful meditative service with instruments and haunting folk tunes. Anyone can
join in these simple hymns to celebrate the beginnings of the church.
On Sunday, May 31st at 6.30pm in Fakenham Parish Church, the Revd Francis Mason will be
instituted as Rector of Fakenham and Priest in Charge of Fulmodeston by the Bishop of
Norwich. Please call Stephen on 01328878364 to arrange transport, if you do not drive.
We will also be able to welcome Francis to his first service with us in Christ Church on Sunday, 7th
June at 6.30 p,m, when the Archdeacon of Lynn will present him to the church at a service of
Evening Prayer. We do hope you can join for any or all of these events.
200 Club April 2015 Winners
£50 - M. Henderson;
£25 – S.Haney;
£10 – L. Main, S. Marshall; £5 – M. Betts
From the Parish Council - Christine Marshall
Faster broadband. The Norfolk County Council initiative to tie in with BT to bring faster
broadband to rural communities has now resulted in the majority of our parish being able to access
faster broadband speeds and better services. Sadly as a standard exiting Broadband user it does not
mean that you automatically benefit from this. To avail yourself of the faster service now on offer, you
will need to contact your broadband supplier and discuss a new package and tariff that will enable
you to take advantage of the faster speeds and the services that this improvement permits.
And more good news on the horizon. The PC has been made aware by the companies that that
there is a plan by Vodaphone and partners to upgrade the mobile phone aerial on the Old Brick Kilns
site. This will result in 4G mobile reception and better mobile reception for all of us who would just
like to be able to make and receive calls from our homes. Timescale to be notified.
New Bus Shelter. The PC is pleased to have been able to provide a bus shelter on the B1354
(outside Tracked Dumper Hire near the junction with Barney Street) thanks to a grant awarded by
NCC towards the cost. The base will be installed shortly and we hope all those who use the bus
routes will enjoy some shelter from the wind and rain on that exposed site.
Parish Council Affairs. A reminder that Minutes and Agendas for PC Meetings are to be found on
the parish notice boards and on the Parish website. Just Google 'Fulmodeston Parish Council' and
bookmark it to keep up to date. This PC website is available for all the organised groups in the Parish
to have a web presence on and you can be notified of events by automatic e mails.
Fulmodeston Parish Rights of Way - Mike Marshall
Those of you who have walked the rights of way in the parish in recent days will have found that
two of our legal footpaths* and one permissive path+ have been totally obstructed by green newt
fencing with a strand of high tensile wire above making it very difficult, if not impossible, to use the
paths. These obstructions should not have been put in place by the contractor doing the work in
preparation for the subsequent Dudgeon Windfarm cabling without a 'Temporary Traffic Regulation
Order' [TTRO] being submitted and notices put in the appropriate places. This requirement does not
apply to permissive paths.
Following contact via Norfolk County Council's Public Rights of Way Officer, Statkraft UK Ltd have
instructed the contractor, Carillion, to 'take the necessary steps to get the footpaths re-opened today'
[21st April]. As at this evening, same date, the re-opening has not yet happened, but may have done
by the time these Newsletters are delivered. A TTRO should then be applied for at some future time.
I do not know for how long the closures may be in place.
I will keep in contact with the Public Rights of Way Officer Officer and follow the situation as it
develops. If you have any comments or questions please contact me on 01328 878053 or
[email protected]
* Footpath 7 from Barney to Thursford and Footpath 2 from Clipstone Farm to Croxton.
+ Barney – from The Drift to the old railway line and Footpath 7.
NB a style has now been installed to alleviate the problem on Footpath 2
A Farmer’s View - William Runciman
Croxton Farm is playing host to a French guest this year. He went to bed quite late and
consequently was a little slow to wake up and get going. Finally with a little encouragement he seems
to be enjoying the Norfolk air. He’s reasonably well behaved seemingly without too many nasty vices,
and should stand nice and erect till harvest. Graham is a French bred variety of wheat, and the only
crop in the country is being grown on Croxton Farm for seed.
On another front completely Dudgeon Offshore Wind have started construction work on the
underground cable. Were it a project run by a public utility for the national good it would be easier to
accept. UK based companies such as National Grid need to work with farmers, and have spent forty
years developing an approach that is acceptable to farmers and anyone else disturbed by their
activities. Dealing with a private Norwegian owned company and financial backing from Abu Dhabi
is a different matter entirely.
The Natural World –Richard Brooks
Inevitably at this time of year the main interest centres on the spring migration - which for me
kicked off with a fine pair of Garganey (the only duck species which migrates here in summer) at
Holme Marsh from 23rd March; by which time good numbers of calling Chiffchaff were already
pouring through. Amazingly, my first Barn Owl egg had hatched by 26th March and I now have a
healthy brood of at least four and probably five young which are keeping both parents busy! A Green
Woodpecker calling opposite by the river on 27th was also fairly unusual for this area. The overlap
between winter and spring migrants was apparent when I recorded four late Fieldfare at Tattersett
Business Park on 5th April, followed by the first Swallow on 8th at Holme (appearing around Croxton
Farm from 10th). April 9th saw good numbers of Sand Martins and a few Wheatear along Weybourne
cliffs (but also sadly a dead Song Thrush under our kitchen window - later taken off and plucked by
the Sparrowhawk!).
The roadside hedge opposite produced a pair of Marsh Tits on 11th and a pair of Greenfinches
carrying nesting material the next day. By 13th a Blackcap had commenced singing in the garden
and the next day the Moorhens on my garden pond completed their clutch of five eggs - though how
long they'll survive with a Magpie's nest in the pine tree just above them remains to be seen! The
only other local highlight has been a Red Kite which I glimpsed from my bedroom window drifting
along the river valley opposite on 15th whilst watching my hunting Barn Owl.
Elsewhere, the main feature of the April migration has been the heavy passage of Ring Ouzels (the
handsome northern version of our Blackbird with their distinctive white neck ring and pale wings) en
route to their Scandinavian breeding grounds. The predominantly north-easterly winds of late have
'grounded' them for several days at favoured locations like Roydon Common (which at times held
30+) and Holme and Burnham Overy dunes. Though timid and difficult to approach I've enjoyed
some excellent views and attained some worthwhile images simply be sitting quietly in their known
feeding areas and waiting for them to come to me - often the best policy with birds! Sadly it hasn't
worked with the unseasonal adult Sea Eagle which was cruising the Titchwell-Holme area on 18th
and is currently residing in the Broads. Full adults are very rare in Norfolk at any time of year, but
particularly now; and one can only speculate as to its origins. Hopefully by the next time I write I'll
finally have heard (if not seen) my first Cuckoo; as a number have been reported along the coast as
early as 8th April. Surprisingly as of 23rd I also have yet to see my first House Martin.
Letter from the Manse - Rev Andrew King - Minister of Fulmodeston Methodist Church
None of us have escaped being aware of the upcoming General Election on Thursday 7th May. Many
leaflets have been posted to us, boards have been erected outside peoples' homes, the news each
night bombards us with something new each party aims to do which is severely rebuffed by their
rivals, and the debates whether nationally on TV or held locally with our candidates have helped to
guide us in our intentions. In various pastoral conversations I have experienced a sense of apathy
and weariness with the campaign. As Christians, whatever our party preference may be, what should
we do to engage in politics,
Churches Together in Fakenham held an election forum back in March for each of the five
candidates standing in our Broadland constituency. It was well attended and many came from across
a large surrounding area. One question raised by a local church minister was why should we trust
you to keep your word and your promises if we vote for you since when you are elected you never
keep them? I guess Christians can be cynical and apathetic as anyone else!
Some Christians withdraw entirely from engaging with the political sphere because they don't see
such matters as ultimately important in comparison to the spiritual nature of the gospel and
salvation. "You just replace one group of sinners with another" I have heard said. I believe that some
Christians misunderstand the meaning of what Jesus said to Pilate when he told him (as in some
translations) "My kingdom is not of this world" (John 18:36). They take it to mean we should only
focus on personal spiritual salvation and leave the affairs of the world to others.
The Greek is better translated "My kingdom is not from this world." God's ultimate standards of love
justice and peace are beyond what we see in this world. But by the very fact that He came into our
world as one of us, God showed that He cares passionately about the livelihood of all of us. When
Jesus fed the multitude he cared about both their physical and spiritual needs. We pray “your
kingdom come on earth” as well as “in heaven”.
Therefore I strongly encourage people of faith to vote, and to do so wisely and prayerfully. Then after
the election to pray for those who are elected by the people, and to continue holding our elected
leaders to account so that their words are matched by deeds.
Every blessing, Andrew
“Talks in the Chapel” - David Yarham
We have received the following note from Hatika the Ugandan medical student to whom Glyn
Constantine took the £151 raised in the retiring collection taken after his Talk in the Chapel in
February. Hatika’s Muslim father withdrew his support for her when she become a Christian:“I greet you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I want to say thank you very much for loving and
caring about me, for taking the time to pray and even financially support my studies, .I gratefully and
sincerely appreciate your love. I am very happy and excited that there are people elsewhere in the
world that do care about me. … May the Almighty God bless all of you,”
Thanks to all who came to Glyn’s talk about his surgical work in Uganda and contributed to the
collection for Hatika. Thanks too to those who, after Robert Smith’s hilarious talk in March, gave £85
for the crèche he supports in South Africa.
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FOR SALE: Two brand new ability beds, both of which have never been used, For further details
about them please telephone 01328 878842.
This Newsletter is produced for the village by Fulmodeston Methodist Chapel. Please send items for the next
edition to David Yarham tel. 878709; email: [email protected] by 22nd May, please, and copy them for
the Barney Newsletter to Gill Jarrett, tel. 878344, email [email protected]