Tai Chi and Qigong classes in the Waveney area

T’ai Chi & Qigong
Classes for Health & Relaxation

Carol Wrigley B.R.C.P has studied in China with Dr Wu Yang, one of the world’s leading teachers of T’ai Chi. She passes on her knowledge to groups throughout East Anglia, guiding hundreds of people each year to improved health and fitness.

• Enhance your strength and balance

• Improve your posture and muscular structure

• Loosens tight muscles and releases tension in the body

Classes in the Community

Mondays
7.00 - 8.30pm Li Style
Waveney Day Centre, Beccles
(Entrance at New Market Place next to Hughes Electrical)
£5 per session

Tuesdays
10.30-12.00 noon 88 Yang style
York Rd Drill Hall, York Rd, Gt Yarmouth
£ 4.00 per session
(supported by Gt Yarmouth Council)

Tuesdays
7.00-8.30pm 88 Yang Style
Stella Maris Hall,
Gordon Rd, Lowestoft
£ 5.00 per session

Thursdays
11.00-12.30 pm Li Style
Oulton Community Centre,
Gorleston Rd, Lowestoft
£ 5.00 per session

Fridays
10.30-12.00 Li style
Conservative Club,
Woodleys Yard, Southwold
£ 5.00 per session

Classes also available at:
Bannatyne Fitness Centre
Nirvana Health Club

For more information call Carol on
01502 724818

www.taijiwithcarolwrigley.co.uk

Silver Screen Studio, Bungay, T-shirt and clothing printers

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Welcome to Silver Screen Studio
We specialise in direct screen printing and embroidery onto T-Shirts, Sweat-Shirts, Polo-Shirts and customised School Wear, Sports Wear, and Work Wear.

High Quality Screen Printing
We have been printing T-Shirts for 32 years and pride ourselves on quality and excellent customer service - No Order is too Small or too Big!

www.silverscreenstudio.co.uk

Waveney Mushrooms, Flixton, Bungay

Waveney Mushrooms

English Mushroom Producers

Waveney Mushrooms produce, sell and deliver hand picked English mushrooms to retailers, caterers & wholesalers nationwide.

The Mushroom Farm, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1NR
Tel: 01986 782571

www.waveneymushrooms.co.uk

Treasure Hunt, Bungay Youth Association, 12 July 2008

Bungay Youth Association

Treasure Hunt

Saturday 12th July 2008
11am start at Castle Hills
estimated finish time 12.30pm

£2.50per child
pay on gate

Prize for Best Dressed Pirate
Prize for Best Pirate Flag
Prizes for finding the treasure

Organised by Bungay Youth Association
and proceeds towards the new play park and family area

Prizes kindly donated by the
Toy & Gift Emporium

Part of the
Bungay Summer Festival 2008
click here for full programme

Kid's Fun Day, Rotary Club of Bungay, 5 July 2008

Returning by popular demand

Rotary Club of Bungay

Kid's Fun Day


To be held at the opening of the

Bungay Summer Festival 2008
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on the

Grammar School Field
St Johns Road Bungay
Saturday 5th July
at 12.00 noon

An afternoon for all the family to enjoy!

Races
Egg & Spoon - 3-legged - fancy dress - many more
including races for mums & dads
(do you remember those old school days)

including:
Dog Show

Refreshments & Burger Stall

Trade Stands

Many more exciting events taking place

If you or your organisation would wish to bring a stall please contact

Mike Daniels
Club Protection Officer
Rotary Club of Bungay

Tel: 07860 452421

Monies to Rotary Charities
Youth Ass. Playground Field

Bungay Rotary Web Site

Thompson Transport, Light Haulage 07836240840

Thompson Transport
Light Haulage

Mobile - 07836240840

Tel/Fax - 01508 530629

Email - tommy_thompson@tiscali.co.uk

A bloke and a small flat truck is ordinary,
Tom and Saffey (my truck)
will get the job done, unlike some,
that too is ordinary for me.

Call and find out how ordinary I really am.
Or do I go that extra mile?
Only when I go the wrong way, some say :)

Has your production stopped because of a component malfunction?
Let me dash that all important part to the docks or airport.
Perhaps overseas. I have done it before.

Been on the road for 17 years
Max consignment 1500kgs
GIt (load insurance) up to £50,000 all risks.
Rates apply on a same day load and go basis.

P.S. I get really up close and personal,
for it will be me that collects and delivers.

From a wooden board, a steel beam,
to the finished product, plus plastics.

please find my card below, click to print pdf file - Tommy Thompson

Local Mills - Bungay Watermill

September 1968

Bungay Watermill

The last working version of Bungay Watermill was built in 1902 and constructed of weatherboard and brick with a corrugated iron roof. When the mill was sold in 1784 it was powering 3 sets of French burr stones but by 1788 it only had 2 sets. There were almost certainly two adjacent mills and in 1784 one was operating as a papermill. The cornmill was often known as Bardolph mill as it was originally part of the manor of Bardolph Ilketshall.

During the Days of the Navigation, wherries would moor at the staithe and were loaded using an extended hoist.

During the American War of Independance 1775-1783 Bungay, Ellingham and Wainford mills produced flour for export to America.

In April 1779 a dispute arose between Henry Gooch, Thomas Cotton and a group of local farmers who enlarged and deepened the watercourse of Chain Bridge Beck that was some 300 yards above the mill thus starving the mill of water. The dispute continued until at least 1781 and by 1784 Gooch and Cotton were bankrupt. It is possible that they were unable to fulfil their government contract to supply flour to America and if this was indeed the case they were probably faced with a considerable claim for damages.

Henry Gooch was married to Mary Killett of Gorleston. In 1772 he was mayor of Gt Yarmouth and deputy mayor in 1774. After his bankrupcy he moved to London.

October 1969

Charles Marston who owned the mill in the early 1900s was born in the Mill house in 1882. He apparently grew up learning every branch of his business as if it was his hobby. He also owned a 3 sack/hour plant at Harleston as well as Earsham Mill. At one point a roller mill was installed but this only ran for a short time.

Charles Marston was very particular and ensured that the corrugated iron roof was painted in red ocre every five years and the whole area around the mill was kept weed free.

Unfortunately, due to a gangrene infection Charles Marston was forced to have a leg amputated. The operation was carried out on the kitchen table and his leg was then buried under an apple tree in the mill house garden next to the mill.

Billy Patrick was the carter to Charles Marston and was known as 'Midnight' Patrick on account of his frequent late return home due to his habit of calling in at numerous pubs whilst on his rounds. On one occasion, whist passing under an oak tree, he heard the voice of God telling him to give up drink. This he promptly did and subsequently became a staunch member of Bungay Salvation Army.

Sadly, the pair of horses he drove perished in the fire of 25th February 1902.

April 2004

At one point after the mill had been rebuilt, the wheel was replaced by a turbine installed by Gilbert, Gilks & Gordan of Kendal. However, the changeover only took place on the understanding that if the turbine did not perform as well as the wheel, the wheel would be reinstalled. This is precisely what happened.

Charles Marston's self raising flour bag

Charles Marston's self raising flour plant was some 100 yards away from the mill occupying premises that later became the Staithe Garage. Harry Hall worked there and sold flour to customers in Kings Lynn, Norwich and Ipswich, normally in 10 stone bags. Harry Hall was brother in law to Charles Candace Marston who had married Harry's sister Kate (1883-1972).

News from the past . . .

In 1779 the Mills were destroyed by fire and all the stock therein being of the value together of £3,000 and upwards.

The Water Lane in which the wheel is placed remaining exactly the same breadth and length as before the Mills were destroyed and the depth or lower floor thereof was sunk lower by about 6 inches in order the better to admit of a higher Water Wheel than before, which was recommended by the Engineer (Mr. Nickalls) on account that it in consequence of the increased height would work with less water.

Wanted to purchase, in good preservation. a 5 or 6 horse power steam engine, with 7 or 8 h.p. boiler; what maker and when last at work. Charles Marston, Water Mill, Bungay, Suffolk.
The Miller - 1st September 1884

Wanted an undershot Water Wheel 12ft. to 15ft. high, 10ft. to 16ft. wide, with first motion wheels. Secondhand or new. Apply to Charles Marston, Water Mill, Bungay, Suffolk.
The Miller - 1st December 1890

For more history about this mill and many others, please visit - www.norfolkmills.co.uk

Waveney Valley Blog: MUCH MORE THAN A WEB SITE!

'Waveney Valley Blog'

MUCH MORE THAN A WEB SITE!
*Email contacts list 2,000+
*Local 'Blog' leaflets distributed 5,000+
*More and more visitors every week

Great advertising opportunity for local businesses

Waveney Valley Blog © imajaz limited

Harleston & Waveney Art Trail 2008

Image detail from: The Wrecked West Pier, Brighton, II - Gill Levin

Harleston & Waveney Art Trail 2008

Sat 5 & Sun 6 July 2008 11.00am - 6.00pm
Sat 12 & Sun 13 July 2008 11.00am - 6.00pm
Sat 19 & Sun 20 July 2008 11.00am - 6.00pm

Thirty professional artists, all within an easy bike ride of Harleston, invite you into their studios over three July weekends to see where and how they work, and to browse a wealth of paintings, prints, sculpture, photography, studio ceramics and textiles. Some studios offer workshops; and at all of them you can purchase original works of art at studio prices.

Entry to all studios is free, and many artists open their gardens too. You can follow the Trail as the mood takes you - a Harleston town route; a village route; or a Bungay route. Bikes are available to hire at the Swan Hotel, Harleston.

Throughout July there will be an exhibition by Trail artists at the new Harleston Gallery and Studio Café where you can see examples of their work and plan your route over a refreshing drink, snack or light meal.

Pick up an illustrated brochure with map and brief descriptions of artists’ work, from the Harleston Gallery, Harleston Information Plus, the Fisher Theatre Bungay, and shops and other public places in Harleston, Bungay and the surrounding villages - and meet for yourself some of the tremendously diverse community of artists living and working in the Waveney Valley.

For more information
Tel: Lesley Rock on 01379 854897
Email: harlestongallery@btinternet.com
Visit www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/leisure to download a brochure.

Woottens of Wenhaston, specialist plant nursery

Woottens of Wenhaston
specialist plant nursery
www.woottensplants.co.uk

Use the links on this page to purchase from our online shop

Woottens are specialists in Auriculas, Bearded Iris, Grasses, Hemerocallis and Pelargoniums.

We also grow the largest general range of sun and shade loving Herbaceous Perennials in Suffolk, plus a small but growing list of Shrubs, Climbers and Clematis.

Woottens is a real specialist plant nursery not a garden centre.

Click here for details of our opening times and special events.

We offer a border design service.


Auriculas
Woottens grow over 300 varieties of Auriculas.
We have large collections of Alpines, Border Auriculas, Doubles, Selfs, Stripes, Edges and Fancies.


Grasses
Woottens has a range of over 80 varieties of grasses.
View our collections of Grasses for shade and Grasses for sun.

Hemerocallis
Woottens grow over 300 varieties of Hemerocallis.The collection includes Selfs, Doubles, Edges, Eye Patterns, Spiders, Spider Variants and Unusual Forms. Visit Woottens on one of our Hemerocallis open days. Search for Hemerocallis by colour

Herbaceous Perennials
Woottens grow over 3,000 varieties of herbaceous perennials - everything you could need for the herbaceous border: Agapanthus, Ferns, Hardy Geraniums, Hostas, Paeonies and Penstemons….

Iris
Irises were recently ranked as one of the nation's top ten favourite flowering plants. We have one of Britain's largest collection of Modern Bearded Iris - over 300 varieties. Tall, Intermediate, Dwarf and our amazing repeat-flowering Irises The Remontants. We also grow Iris ensata, Iris foetidissima, Iris louisiana, Iris sibirica (over 50 varieties), Iris spurias, and Iris unguicularis. Visit Woottens on one of our Bearded Iris open days. Search for Iris by colour.

Pelargoniums
Not the usual boring old zonal geraniums. A range of over 250 varieties of angel pelargoniums, regal pelargoniums, scented leaf pelargoniums, decorative regals and species pelargoniums. Superb pot plants for the windowsill, conservatory or terrace.

Shrubs and Climbers
Woottens now grow a small but growing range of Shrubs, Climbers and Clematis.

Publications
Woottens "Woottens Handbook 2007" is now available for £2.50 + £2.11 postage.

Gardener's Guide
Use Woottens online Gardener's Guide.

These are just a few of the searches you can use to find the plants you require:

Choose plants by characteristics:
flower colour, flower season, plant height.

Choose plants for different conditions:
plants for full shade, plants for part shade, plants for full sun, plants for dry soil, plants for heavy badly drained clay, plants for moist well drained soil.

Choose plants for special conditions:
suitable for marine gardens, to attract bees, to attract moths and butterflies, deer-proof, rabbit proof.

Choose plants for containers.

www.woottensplants.co.uk

Bodywise Fitness Centre - Bungay's Gym

BODYWISE FITNESS CENTRE in Bungay is now in its 7th year, and Bodywise can literally be said to be going from strength to strength. In fact over a thousand local people regularly use the gym and membership continues to rise unabated.

With so many advantages to maintaining fitness - not least flexibility; lowering cholesterol! blood pressure/anxiety; improving posture and general life expectancy, it is not surprising that new beginners look for a gym that can offer patient advice and good all round care.

James Paterson is a fully qualified gym instructor and first aider. All new members fill in a medical questionnaire and undertake a short taster session on some of the basic equipment. This allows for an individual training programme to be devised that will cater exclusively for that new member.

Most importantly all members receive permanent on-going supervision to ensure they are achieving the maximum enjoyment and results. Friendly and approachable staff are always on hand seven days a week.

James really takes your fitness seriously, which is particularly encouraging for those members only just starting out, or those with any special needs. In fact the gym is able to cater for many disabled clients, designing a programme specifically for individual needs. Personal attention is paramount.

Fitness awareness, like the Atkins diet, is a very popular phenomenon yet James is a dedicated, long term professional who imparts his thorough expertise by giving customers prolonged fitness that should be the key to a new happy, healthy lifestyle.

Most gym enthusiasts will already know of Bodywise’s excellent variety of equipment. Along with all the customary treadmills; rowers; step machines; Swiss balls and so on, the gym has a notable selection of free weights and resistance machines. New equipment includes cross trainers and seated rowers plus an ab-machine.

The huge, ex-warehouse has been skilfully designed with over 45 variable work stations set in a bright modern environment: fully carpeted and wall mirrored and with tasteful showers and locker rooms. There is even a professional vertical sunbed offering fast tanning at just £1 for three minutes.

James is also a qualified personal fitness trainer and can offer the ultimate one to one session for anyone who has a mission to achieve that peak performance.

Bodywise is of course open to both male and females of any age (over 16). Potential new members are warmly invited to come along and view the facilities. There is easy parking in the extensive car park. From there on it is up to you, with a little professional guidance, to take on the challenge of getting the best out of yourself. It makes perfect sense and perfect bodies too. What more incentive could there be?

Ring James for more details on 01986 896134
or visit the website www.Bodywisegym.co.uk

Video Impact UK - Personal Photos, Film and Movie transfers

www.videoimpactuk.com

For your all 8mm, 9.5mm & 16mm Cine Film, Polavision, Betamax, Reel-to-Reel Audio, Video, Photo, Record & Slide Transfers

Most of our services entail the conservation of items of a delicate and sentimental nature. The processes' we use involve careful and time-consuming procedures designed to protect and safeguard your precious family recordings. We would not have it any other way. Video Impact doesn't charge extra for a good job, we just do it!

Photos, slides & negatives
Friends or relatives abroad? Send them a family DVD. All your Photos, slides and negatives transferred to CD, DVD or Video tape

Cine film Conversions
We make it easy to relive those cherished moments. 8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm or Polavision films converted into high quality digital video.

Not sure what's on your film? No problem, just ask for our 'Timeline' service which allows you to edit & direct your production from the comfort of your own home.

Our prices include film cleaning, picture & sound optimisation, splicing of broken film and removal of those annoying black or white blank strips in between reels.

Betamax Conversions
Convert your Beta (Betamax, Betacord, Beta hi-fi, Betamovie) tapes to DVD (other formats - VHS, DVD, Digital 8 or Mini-DV). Perhaps you're not sure what is on your tapes, no problem; we can provide you with a Review Service where we review and itemise your Betamax tapes so you know exactly what is on them before any transfer begins (just in case little Johnny taped over your favourite Live Concert!).

Home Video Transfers
As VHS quickly becomes obsolete it's time to think about saving those precious memories to a stable digital format for future generations to enjoy. We can reproduce an exact copy of your home videos onto DVD or other format.

Reel to Reel, Steno & Audio Cassette Conversions
Just like old cine film, these recordings are priceless and should be preserved in a format that is both stable and current. We convert 2 & 4 track 1/4 inch audiotapes (1 7/8ips, 3 3/4ips, 7 1/2ips or 15ips) to CD or DVD. We can also edit, enhance and mix audio output as necessary. Steno cassettes (micro, Philips mini or Grundig Steno) can also be processed.

LP's, 78rpm, 45rpm & 33rpm record transfers
Cherished record collections and archived vinyl's of all vintages can now be listened to on CD. We can professionally clean, repair & enhance your vinyl or shellac records to CD or DVD.

Foreign Video Format Conversions
If you send tapes overseas then you are quite likely to need those tapes converting into a format that will work in that country. The three primary world TV formats are PAL, SECAM and NTSC. This service will produce an exact copy of your tape in the format required for that country.

Video Impact UK
The Studio - 21 Church Plain - Loddon
Norfolk - NR14 6LX
Tel: 01508 522129

OPEN HOURS
Mon to Fri 9:00am to 5:00pm
Closed Weekends & Bank Holidays

Exercise is good for you

EXERCISE AND CORONARY RISK
It’s widely recognised that a sedentary inactive lifestyle is harmful to health. In basic terms you will have a lower risk of illness and death if regular moderate exercise is performed.


PERFORMING A BALANCED WELL DEVISED PROGRAM ON REGULAR INTERVALS WILL:

1 Reduce the risk of dying prematurely

2 Reduce the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease

3 Reduces the risk of developing high blood pressure

4 Reduces the risk in developing diabetes

5 Helps reduce blood pressure in those who already have it

6 Reduces the risk in developing colon cancer

7 Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety

8 Helps control weight

9 Helps build and maintain healthy bones and joints

10 Helps older adults become more strong and mobile

11 Promotes psychological well-being


MAJOR RISK FACTORS OF CORONARY RISK ARE:

1 Smoking is the biggest risk factor and you will have 2 or 4 times the risk of non-smokers. Smokers who have a heart attack are more likely to die within 1 hour than non-smokers.

2 High blood pressure causes the heart to enlarge and over time will weaken, regular exercise has been shown to lower diastolic and systolic pressure.

3 High blood cholesterol will increase coronary risk considerably, again a well devised program performed on a regular basis may lead to reductions in cholesterol levels.

4 A sedentary lifestyle is a major factor as is a poor diet.

Courtesy Bodywise Fitness Centre - Bungay

www.Bodywisegym.co.uk

Lamberts Coaches, Beccles, Suffolk - private & contract hire coach service

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Lamberts Coaches run a fleet of stylish and comfortable charter hire coaches, providing an excellent service to a wide range of the community, offering both private and contract hire.

Lamberts Coach Service is professional and reliable, providing coach hire for contracts, private hire, excursion, tours, pop concerts, theatre trips and short breaks throughout the UK and Europe.

We will go anywhere, anytime.

www.lambertscoaches.co.uk

Three Bungay businesses short listed for awards

Three Bungay businesses have been short listed for the East Anglian Daily Times Food and Drink Awards and need your votes.

This is the third year of the awards, which from their conception, have grown more than two-fold – this year, consisting of ten categories, which broadly encompasses the food & drink industry in this area of the country.

The objective of these awards is to recognise and celebrate the county's finest and leading purveyors in this ever-growing industry and for Bungay to have three businesses in the final is superb.

They are:
The Castle Inn - www.thecastleinn.net
Humble Cake - www.humblecake.co.uk
and 

Earsham Street Delicatessen

To make it through to the final they all need to get as many votes as possible, and as they are all in different categories they are not competing against one another.

To help them achieve this please go to:
www.suffolkmagazine.co.uk
and click on Food Awards, then Vote Now, and in
Best Food Pub category and pick The Castle Inn, Bungay from the drop down list,
In Best Delicatessen category choose Earsham Street Delicatessen and in
Best Baker select Humble Cake from the drop down list.

We wish all the Bungay business every success.

Val Page
www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk
www.sanderl