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Chairman's ChatLadies Alone
With no Men's matches (I assume the men need longer to recover from the excesses of Christmas and the New Year!) it is left to the Ladies' teams to take the entire stage this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday the Ladies' 1sts play in Division 2 South of the national indoor league at
Magpies failed to make the top three last season and having qualified for Div 2 South this season through the regional qualifier at
We have just two matches at Weybread this Saturday; at
Meantime the Ladies' 3rds have a friendly away to Beccles while the Ladies' Development will be in league action away to
Date for your diary please – Savoury & Sauvignon Soiree (
Did you know? Hockey is played in over 130 countries around the world; its modern origins started in
I hope you were able to enjoy a happy Christmas and I wish all members, parents, sponsors and other supporters of the club (and all other readers of this blog) the very best for 2009.
Mike Denham Tel: 01603 506925 E-mail: MDenham975@aol.com
Spotlight Musical Theatre GroupSweeney Todd
Preview Information Evening
Thursday 8th January 2009
7.30pm to 9.30pm approx
at the
Quaker Hall, Smallgate, Beccles
Click above image for larger posterThe production team are looking for singers, actors, and chorus members, with 100% commitment and dedication to be in the show.
This is a challenging show, but an amazing one, and has all the ingredients to be Outstanding and Award Winning!!
Please note that due to essential building work the Sainsbury Centre will not re-open immediately after the New Year.
The permanent collections, Gallery Shop and Gallery Café will close for Christmas on Tuesday 23 December and will re-open on Tuesday 20 January.
Our public events programme will begin again on Sunday 1 February and our new exhibition, China China China!!! will open on Tuesday 10 February.
You are invited to a very special outdoor learning event especially for playgroups, nurseries and foundation level.
We invite you to a place where the sun sometimes shines and the rain sometimes falls; where the wind blows and the clouds float by; and where you can learn to be a nature detective. We’re going on a bear hunt in the woods… and if we’re really quiet what might we see…a squirrel, a rabbit, a deer…or even a gruffalo?
There’s plenty of space to play and explore, and we’ll all squash into the big house for hot chocolate and cookies, and oh… remember to dress up in your warm clothes, and don’t forget to bring your teddy.
Ringsfield’s educational activity programme is being developed to meet the needs of early learning and foundation level classes who want to enjoy learning outdoors as set out in the Manifesto for Outdoor Learning.
Our grounds include native woodland, meadow and pasture as well as play areas and animals to feed. This two hour activity includes hands on nature trail, storytime, activities, quiet spots, play and refreshments at £5 per child. (Minimum no. 8)
For more details or to book,
please contact us on info@ringsfield-hall.co.uk
or 01502 713020 (see www.ringsfield-hall.co.uk)
Ringsfield Eco Study Centre is off the B1062, Beccles to Bungay road: turn off for Ringsfield then immediately right down Hall Road, past Grange Farm 1.5 miles.
OR from the A144 Halesworth to Bungay road, turn off for Ilkesthall St Andrew down Top Road,, turn left into Tooks Common Lane, and right down Banters Lane.
being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
Voices of Angels (?*!)I'm sure, even with our rough and ready approach to singing, it would sell like the proverbial hot cakes.
As usual we had a good turn out from Normanshurst and what we lacked in musical talent we certainly made up for with enthusiasm!
And even with a recession the good people of Lowestoft dug deep and helped us to raise nearly £1000 for charity. Thank you!
The money is being split between the Fire Fighters Charity and Sportability, a charity that helps people with paralysis to try adventurous sporting activities.
Sportability is close to my heart as I have been a trustee of the charity for around 10 years and it helped my wife Karen travel to Moscow back in 1992 for some ground-breaking rehabilitation therapy.
Back at Normanshurst to count our donations and then sit down to Lil's Christmas Dinner. Starters, main, dessert, mince pies, fruit, mints and coffee - all for just £3. Thanks Lil, I don't know how you do it but as always your hard work is very much appreciated by us all.
Of course it doesn't take long for improvised missiles to be launched at the other tables using party poppers loaded with cranberry sauce, sprouts or peas. And when Red Watch got a shout a hail of peas and grapes were sent back and forth as they made they way out to Ladder 1.
And not much later the bells went again, accompanied by our alerters, with a turnout for the PRT see my next post...
Pretty good timing too as it got us out of the tidy up - removing peas and other items from wherever they had landed!
Back on station soon for our drill night. Hopes of an 'end of term' evening playing games, watching video's and not wearing uniform were dashed with news that we are meant to be having a BA drill this evening. Hoorah!
– IAN CARTER (www.accessiblewebsites.co.uk)
5th Jan 2009
Film Starts 8pm
Members £3 Non-Members £4 Students £2 (under 21)
LE CIRCLE ROUGE (15)
Origin: France/Italy
Year: 1972
Running Time: 140 mins
Director: Jean-Pierre MelvilleAn excellent scene from a classic theft film by Jean-Pierre Melville:
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What's On in Diss? visit
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Mike Daniels presents Abby Broughton from Wortwell with her£100 Christmas Hamper prize (click image to enlarge)
£100 Christmas Hamper
kindly provided by
Mike Daniels & AcciDON’T
John Groom Butchers of Bungay
see in the
New Year
at the
Jubilee Hall, Loddon
December 31st 2008
doors open 8pm
Top East Anglia Group 'Bright Spark' see in the new year at The Jubilee Hall in Loddon.Organiser Simon Lovick says, "See in the New Year with stars of the Evening News "Golden Years" shows, Bright Spark, everyone's favourite songs by The Beatles, Elvis, The Shadows, The Stones and many more, plus one or two originals from the critically acclaimed Bright Spark album. From raging rock'n'roll to smouldering smooches, it's time to party, dance and sing along with the great music from the 1950-60s and beyond, played by three of the best instrumentalists in the area and topped with authentic vocal harmonies.
Every year we have a full house, and this year the tickets are going fast, and at only £8 when in advance, its no surprise.
The night will start and finish with Rory's Rockin' Disco, and there will also be free nibbles all in the price. We have really gone up a gear this year with probably the most sought after band in the area, and everyone is invited to party until the early hours, doors open at 8pm, like I said. Tickets are available at £8 in advance in Loddon at 'Rosy lees Tea Room' and at the 'Jub-club bar', and all tickets on the night will be £10, so get them early."
For more details please ring on 01508 528292
Rare Bird Alert - Mealy Redpollimage © Dave Hutton
uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com
ANNUALCROSS COUNTRY
10.30am
Outney Common, Bungay
(A143 opposite Clays, printers)
By kind permission of the Common Owners
Trophies for winners:
Senior Male and Female, 2 laps, 5 miles approx
Age 9–12 Male & Female, 1 lap, 2.5 miles approx
Age 13–16 Male & Female, 1 lap, 2.5 miles approx
Dog and Handler, 1 lap, 2.5 miles approx
Entries on the day £3 or £5 non-affiliated/Juniors £1
Riverside Course **** Races for all the family
Refreshments at The Queens Head, Earsham 12.30
for runners and helpers
Sponsored by
www.sanderling.co.uk
www.bungayblackdogrunningclub.co.uk
Get walking this winter
RIAS is encouraging people to beat the bulge this Christmas by being more active. The over 50s insurer has joined together with the National Trust to promote a range of walks that open up the great outdoors to young and old alike; a perfect way to walk off the Christmas turkey while spending more time with the family!
The walks can be downloaded free from the National Trust’s website NationalTrust, providing an invaluable guide with easy to follow directions, maps and points of interest along the route. They cover some of the most beautiful parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland including coastal, woodland, upland and riverside routes, making exercise a pleasure that can be had by all the family.
Janet Connor, Managing Director of RIAS, says: “Walking is a great way to exercise for all ages. It is a fun – and a sociable activity for family and friends to take part in at this festive time. Through our sponsorship of the National Trust walks, we hope to encourage more people to take pleasure in our beautiful countryside by going for walks on a crisp winter’s day to watch the wonders of our wildlife. These walks are not just for the Christmas period, they are perfect to get 2008 underway – a great New Years’ resolution for all of us.”
The National Trust has some great downloadable walks perfect for Christmas including: Harting Down in West Sussex, one of the largest areas of ancient chalk downland owned by the Trust; Ashridge in the Chilterns, with its rich variety of wildlife including the renowned red kite; and Dedham Vale in Suffolk, the famous location for John Constable's idyllic pastoral paintings.
RIAS selected the National Trust, which has 3.5 million members and 49,000 volunteers throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as a partner due to its relevance to the interests of primary market, the over 50s. As a respected and trusted brand, the National Trust fits well with the RIAS philosophy of offering quality and reassurance to their policyholders.For more information on the RIAS/National Trust walking initiative visit NationalTrust.org.uk
being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
Cylinders roasting on an open fire...This morning I must have been in a really deep sleep because when I did fall out of bed it felt like I was wading through treacle. I careered into furniture, tripped over my own feet and finally struggled into my clothes.
I must have been slow off the mark because I was third in, behind Cheesey and Mel.
It was a while before I realised we weren't off to back up White Watch but that we had our own shout in the south of Lowestoft. Maps out to locate Briarwood Road and Cheesey took us on our way.
The tip sheet just said 'Shed', which isn't much to go on but as we neared Briarwood Road we could see an ominous orange glow lighting up the night sky. As we pulled up there were a few pops and bangs - either petrol cans or paint tins.
We had to extend the hosereel to its full 120 metre length as our only access was via a track leading round to the back of the houses.
Rounding the corner we got a fullview of the fire. It had well and truly taken hold and was well on its way to spreading to the boundary fences to the left and right of the garden.
With the hosereel run out. Mel and I donned BA and, under Rapid Deployment rules, made our way round to the branch to start tackling the fire.
The volume of water from the hosereel just wasn't making an impression on the fire at all. The shed had been up against the back fence (which was burnt away by now) and must have stretched the full width of the garden (maybe 30 feet). After just a few seconds Mel spotted a couple of Propane cylinders close to where we were working. While he tried to keep the flames at bay I reached in and removed the cylinders, placing them out of harm way further up the track.
By now Cheesey had set into the nearby hydrant and Ben had run out a line of 45 to give us a bit more welly.
Dennis had already put in an assistance message of Make Pumps 2 and we were soon joined by the Clifton crew.
By now the fire had destroyed the fence at each side of the garden, warped the metal framed green house and had started to take hold of another shed nearer to the house.
With the excitement over, the ruins of the shed were turned over revealing yet another Propane cylinder and a petrol generator.
Then it was make everything up and back to Normanshurst and service our BA sets.
Finally got home sometime after 3am for a cup of tea and some shuteye.
Forgot to mention earlier that just as we were booking mobile, the bells went for the PRT. White Watch had now made up at their job - a polytunnel containg a tractor and other machinery at the local council nursery.
Busy old station. Well, for a few days anyway!
Christmas Fire Safety Message
Courtesy Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service 2008 :)
www.alerter.co.uk
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Going about our daily chores it would be difficult to accept that only one in ten of the people we meet are not happy. Of course, much depends on the researcher’s interpretation of happiness and if they happen to question individuals at work or play, alone or in a crowd or what their circumstances are at that precise moment. Any one of those surveyed might give a different response if the same question had been put to them a few hours later. There are many interpretations of ‘happy’.
Did You Know?
Happiness is not something that is permanent and when achieved it has to be worked at if it is to be maintained. We all have good days when everything seems to go our way as well as bad days when nothing goes right. It is assumed you are happy when you are having fun doing something you enjoy or are with someone you are fond of but there are many other kinds of happiness. A young child is always considered to be happy when it is content, yet an adult does not necessarily have to be happy to be content or vice versa. It all comes down to how it is interpreted. Being sad or discontent does’nt mean that a person can’t experience a few hours of pleasure doing something they enjoy. Generally, when we refer to someone being happy, we mean in a specific situation at a certain time.
It is often said that the children of today, unlike their forefathers, do not have any fun. Many reasons are given to explain this but it seems that the uncertainties of our modern Society are blamed as being chiefly responsible for their lack of freedom. Can this mean they are unhappy most of the time? ‘I’m bored’ seems to be a statement often expressed by young teenagers. So why don’t they do something they enjoy and get satisfaction from doing? The answer might be that gradually over the last fifty years young children have been strictly managed and given all that it was thought was needed to keep them occupied and content. Today they no longer have to use their imagination and make do with what they already have in the same way many of their grandparents did. Everything has to be regularly updated.
Girls and boys used to have very different roles. Probably because their first instincts were to copy their parents and being part of a stable family with a set daily routine made this a natural thing to do. Girls played with dolls and improvised where necessary to imitate their mothers going about their daily chores. The boys had a wider choice. If their fathers job was not glamorous enough they could easily choose one of their favourite occupations like a Carpenter, Train Driver, Fireman etc.. The only time brothers and sisters came together was later when they were a little older and played ‘Mothers and Fathers’. As they grew up their pastimes changed but they retained the ability to plan and improvise which later on helped them achieve their aims.
Having a strong family background gave children the foundation on which to build their character. There was the discipline of sitting round the table for meals three times a day when they learned good manners by example from their parents. Having to wait until a birthday or Christmas for something was exciting and although what they got was sometimes inferior to what they really wanted, they made the most of it.It soon became apparent to youngsters that the longer they had to wait and make sacrifices to get what they wanted, the more the excitement built up and as the time got nearer the stronger the satisfaction and appreciation became.
Happy days and miserable days! We have all had them and probably always will. However, I feel sure we can feel much better if we always make an effort to look on the bright side of things. Let us give more thought to the pleasures that can be derived from helping someone else. Even if it only means holding a door open or giving up your seat on a bus for someone more frail than yourself. Nothing can be more satisfying than being with a crowd of content, fun loving people who are all happy to look out for each other.valley lad - [SIXTY]
Chairman's ChatWet, cold and fine
Despite last Saturday's horribly wet and cold weather the first half of the season ended in fine style for most of our teams as they played the matches postponed from earlier in the season. Spectators hardy enough to brave the elements (or to watch from the comfort of the clubhouse) saw plenty of goals at Weybread and especially from the men's sides with the 2nds beating Vauxhall 4-3 in an eventful match to be followed by 7-0 wins for the 4ths and 5ths over UEA 2nds and 3rds respectively. The 2nds are now in second place in Div 1 East six points clear of
Meantime away from home the Men's 3rds continued their fine form and top place in Div 3NE with a 7-0 win over Pelicans 2nds. Injury has confined Joel Nelson, the team's captain, to encouraging very successfully his team from the touchline in recent weeks and it is to be hoped he will soon be back in action. There were also away wins for three of our Ladies' sides. The 3rds consolidated their 5th place in Norfolk Premier Division just one point behind second placed Pelicans 2nds with a game in hand; the Ladies' 5ths (5th in Norfolk Div 3) won 4-1 and there was another win for the remarkably successful Development squad who have yet to lose a match since the formation of their league at the beginning of last season.
The Men's 1sts had no trouble with the weather last Saturday as they made their debut in the Premier Division of the national indoor league at
This weekend the squad is in action again as they participate in the East Championship in
Date for your diary please – Savoury & Sauvignon Soiree (
In my last 'Chat' for a couple of weeks I take this opportunity to thank all officials of the club (including, of course, team managers, captains and coaches) for their hard work so far this season and I wish them and all members, parents, sponsors, other supporters of the club (and all readers of our excellent website) the very best for Christmas and the New Year.
Mike Denham Tel: 01603 506925
E-mail: MDenham975@aol.com
Christmas Quiz 2008 Result!
Winning entrants were drawn by Mike Daniels of Accidon’t£100 Christmas Hamper
prizes kindly provided by
Mike Daniels & AcciDON’T
Abby Broughton from Wortwell
Abby will be presented with a Fantastic Christmas Hamper
from John Groom Butchers of Bungay
Runners-up Prize:
£20 Boots Voucher
Andy Morris from Northfield, Birmingham
Thank you to the hundreds of entrants, sorry no more prizes, but we do wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Studio SaleFriday 19th Dec 9.00 - 6.00
Saturday 20th 9.30 - 4.00
Knitwear, Nightwear & Childrenswear
French children’s clothing from 6mths to 14yrsAnd more……….! Prices from £2!
A fantastic opportunity to stock up on amazing bargains before Christmas!
VISA, MASTERCARD and DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED
The Studio,
Rear of 10 Salisbury Road,
Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6LG
For more information
Tel: 01502 722535
or 07775673966
visit: www.OutrageousDesign.co.uk
Shop OPEN all Winter
Your local convenience store at Burgh St Peter is open right through the winter this year, 9:00 to 4:30 every day except Sundays. We sell a very wide range of convenience foods, wines, beers & spirits, cigarettes & tobacco plus fishing tackle & outdoor gear.We also have excellent deals on Joules winter clothing including ladies, gents & kids' fleeces - so come and give us a look and maybe even have lunch at the Waveney Inn while you're there.