Peter B Gunn, Aviation
Historian
27 November 2021
Seafields
Brancaster Road
Docking, PE31 8NB
Tel: 01485 518775
Email:
mailto:[email protected]?subject=1930s Information
Dear Editor
I am seeking information on the history of air displays, especially
Alan Cobham's Flying Circus, which were held at Church Farm in a
field called Stonier's Field from about 1932. If any of your readers
have any other information I would be most grateful, anecdotes,
photos etc etc.
Peter B Gunn
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The Drift Open Garden
(Changing Faces) Sunday 13th June 2004
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Hi Malcolm & Barry
Just to let you know all about my open garden event that took place
last Sunday 13th June for Changing Faces.
As you know the weather was absolutely marvellous and as the time
approached for us to open our Hosta garden at 2pm the people just
rolled in. By about 2.10pm the garden had started to fill up, I would
imagine that there must have been around 60 or 70 people milling
around in this small area. We had an incredible response to all
of the brilliant advertising and the people really were fantastic.
They really supported this event well and spent their money on the
plants stall, bric-a-brac table, refreshments (teas, coffee, squash
& cakes) and also the raffle. By 3.30pm the garden had
filled to capacity and I think that everybody enjoyed themselves as it
was just like a good old get together.
Just after 4pm things started to slow down but there were still a few
people who turned up to look round. We eventually closed at
around 5.30pm and cleared up what was left on our tables.
I am really grateful to both of you for your help in advertising this
event and I am also appreciative of the help from David & Jean
Worrell, Mrs Vera Dawkin, Mr Roy Carter, Joanne & Lindsay Bird
& Chelsea.
This has been a very successful fund raising afternoon and I sent the
cheques off on Monday to Changing Faces to the value of £410.17
Since sending this money to the charity I have been given money yet
again for plants that we have been selling outside the front of our
house and also donations from people who were unable to attend.
The grand total now comes to £425.67
Many thanks again for all your support.
With best wishes
David
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Play area for the
children
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Where I live on College Drive there is a large
green. There used to be some swings for the children to play on but
they got taken down. Now the children have nothing to do and
there are quite a few children on the estate. They are always nearly
getting hit by cars that come flying down the road and I think the council
should put some money up and give the children a mini play area, some
swings, slide and a brick wall for them to bounce their balls against.
All the council rates we pay and they are not giving us anything for
our money, in fact they are taking it away.
It is about time they put money back into the community. Maybe then
the children will keep out of trouble.
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Tammy Taylor,
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College Drive,
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Heacham.
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25th May 2003
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Broadband in Norfolk
Dear all,
Norfolk County Council
has recently been successful in receiving funding through EEDA to help
improve the availability of Broadband throughout the County. Part of
the initial process is to identify the demand for Broadband at
district level. A consultant has been commissioned to gather
information which will enable NCC to identify needs and expectations,
and he is anxious that he discusses the initiative with
representatives from this area.
A lunchtime
meeting/workshop to do this has been arranged starting
at 11.30am on 5 June at Knight's Hill hotel.
The meeting should last no longer than 2 hours. The intention is to
invite representatives from each political group, from the 4
communities from our area that have applied for funding through the
EEDA 'Connecting Communities' competition and also from local
businesses, so that we can have a good area representation and present
a cohesive picture of our needs. Can
you let me know if you, (or a representative) will be able to attend.
If anyone wants
to go contact Gordon Penny on 01553-616322 or [email protected]
Thank you
Gordon Penny
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19th January 2003
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The village conservation area is being
reviewed, and the draft version has just been released for
consultation. It can be inspected at the parish council
office, or copies can be requested from Borough Planning from Chris Pearce
01553-616238 or Pam Lynn 01553-616235
Closing date for comments is 28th February
2003
Paul Cobb,
Borough Councillor,
Heacham & Ringstead Ward.
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17th November 2002
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PAUL COBB
Borough
Councillor for Heacham & Ringstead
34
Staithe Road,
Heacham,
King’s
Lynn,
Norfolk
PE31 7EE
Tel:
(01485) 570909
Email:
[email protected]
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Does
anyone know exactly how far the sea reached in the 1953 floods, which
roads were flooded and which not, and how high above mean high water
it reached? I need these details to counter Environment Agency
scare-mongering about flood risk today.
Paul
Cobb.
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4th November 2002
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Dear Editor,
My husband and I love Heacham and Hunstanton,
now my husband, because of a aneurysm, can no
longer walk unaided and uses an electric scooter. We would
love
to move from Kessingland Lowestoft to
Hunstanton,
so he can ride along the sea front and give
him back
some independence.
Alas the property prices
have risen
so high, you can no longer get an apartment or
bungalow
for eighty thousand pounds (our limit). If anybody knows
of a property in this price bracket will they
please let me Know.
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2nd October 2002
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I am sad to report the death of my Mother this morning.
Isabel Edith Pott was just short of her 92nd birthday and she died
peacefully in her sleep at Ounce House, Bury St Edmunds, her home
for the past ten years.
Born in 1910 at Halsall, the youngest of five daughters, she moved
with her family via Everton and Lincolnshire, to Annan in
Dumfriesshire. As a career she became a Norland nanny engaged in
London and it was there that she met Roger Pott, whom she married in
1942.
In 1945 they moved to Heacham where Roger was appointed vicar and
together they started what eventually developed into St Michael's
School. While the Headmaster had the high profile there is no doubt
that his wife had a great influence and quietly and effectively
undertook much of the background work.
The twins, Andrew and Simon, were born in 1948 and Caroline in 1950
and with their Father much engaged in the School, Isabel took the
leading role in the family.
Playing a further part in Heacham Isabel was Chairman for many years
of the Women's Institute and for a very long time President of the
Young Wives. This seemed to have no age limit in the village,
despite what the rules might have said!
Retiring from Heacham, Roger and Isabel lived for some years at
Ringstead before moving to Bury St Edmunds in 1992. Roger died later
that year and Isabel has lived with her enlarged family since that
time, with her older sister Dorothy, now 94, joining her in living
at Ounce House in the past two months.
Simon Pott
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21st August 2002
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Having recently had the need
to call upon the services of the Community Nurses my sister Anita and
our families wanted to find someway of expressing our gratitude to
them. Having had some experience of Fund Raising and knowing that Liz
Plumb was holding her Annual Car Boot Sale on Riverside Caravan Park
for Headway and The East Anglian Air Ambulance, I asked her advice.
After consulting Liz it was decided to have a Car Boot on Putting
Green Caravan Park on the same morning (17th August). We targeted to
raise£1000.00 to purchase a Pressure Relief Mattress, a piece of
equipment desperately needed by the Community Nurses. We thought this
might take several months. However, the event grew to become a mini
fete with a Grand Raffle, Cake Stall, Children's Tombola, Adult's
Tombola etc. Offers of assistance, cakes, raffle prizes etc
came pouring in. The sun shone and the crowds came spending
generously. A friend had volunteered to be Treasurer for the day and
it was not until just before the raffle was drawn we asked how much we
had raised. We were overwhelmed when she announced £1256.00. We had
raised our £1000.00, Liz was handed £207.00 for the Air Ambulance
and £49.00 was specifically raised by the sale of carpet squares for
the newly formed drama groups, "The Lavender Hill Mob" and
"The Others" for 5-11 year olds and 11 upwards, which are
run by Leslie Miles (Tel: 571781).
We wish to thank each and every person who had
anything to do with the event, whether it was help or turning up to
spend, without you all it would not have been possible.
Thank you so much.
Pam Thomas
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26th May 2002
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This is a copy of a
letter sent to Heacham Parish Council and we have also been requested
to forward it to the Heacham Newsletter. Address withheld on request.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
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We are writing to complain about the distinct lack of benches in and
around North Beach. There are 2 benches at South Beach that look out
to sea. These are constantly in use and give a lovely vantage point to
sit and watch the Wind Kites. Considering the amount of people that
walk between the two slipways there should be many more. You should be encouraging people to walk along
the beach and provide seating for the local community as a public right. Old people love to sit and
watch the world go by. Why are you not meeting their needs? What
reasons do you have for not providing adequate seating? Perhaps it is
just an oversight, due to excessive workloads, and has not been
brought to your attention before. Perhaps
this letter will be sufficient for you to act upon, and quickly site
some new seating!
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Thanking you in advance,
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Mr. & Mrs. Lees
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21st April 2002
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I'm writing to let your readers know about our work in the hope that
we will get the opportunity to travel to Heacham. Close for
Comfort Theatre Company is unusual in that we have turned our back on
conventional theatre buildings and are taking plays to living rooms
across the country! Myself and Glenn Johnson met when we
performed in a play together in 2001. We both wanted to
try something different and decided we'd see if there was a market for
drama in the home. Since our first production in August we have
found that people love what we do and enjoy the unique experience of
watching live theatre from their armchairs.
We will perform for audiences of a minimum of ten people as the shared
experience is more enjoyable. Consequently we are frequently
asked to perform at birthday parties, anniversaries and housewarming
parties, but we are keen to point out that you don't need an excuse to
gather a group of friends together. Your room will
be left as we find it as we bring all our own props, but we will need
to use your sofa! At the moment we perform two one-act plays
(one drama and one comedy) in an evening which lasts about two and a
half hours.
Close for Comfort Theatre Company will perform in your home for a
basic rate of £185, on top of which will be added transport charges
which depend on the distance we travel from our base in Leatherhead,
Surrey. For more information please contact us on 01372-378613
or 07710-258290 (mobile) or email [email protected]
View our website at www.hometown.aol.com/close4comf
Yours faithfully,
Janet Gill
Close for Comfort Theatre Company
Leatherhead
Surrey
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28th March 2002
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PAUL COBB
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Borough
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34
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Heacham, |
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King’s
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Norfolk
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Boundary
review - the last lap |
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Local Government Commission for England has now published its Draft
Recommendations, having received the Borough Council's proposals and
everyone else's proposals and objections, following all the
controversy of a few months ago. The Commission propose
exactly what the majority of us want, namely that Heacham should
remain undivided as a single 2-member Borough ward. |
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This means we have nearly
won, but not quite - the Commission's draft proposals still have to be
approved by a final round of public consultation before they are
confirmed and become law. Therefore, write before May 20th to
say you support the Commission's draft proposals for Heacham,
to Review Manager, King's Lynn & West Norfolk Review, Local
Government Commission for England, Dolphyn Court, 10/11 Great
Turnstile, London WC1V 7JU, or email [email protected]. (And
surfers can read the full report at www.lgce.gov.uk - not published on
the website at the time of writing, should be by the time you read
this - click on Latest News-Norfolk.)
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It really is important to
write in and support, because one objection and no support could ruin
everything, as the Commission make a big thing of being able to show
that their final recommendations have public support.
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Only five of you wrote in
at the last stage, but that was more members of the public than wrote
in from any other parish, and obviously helped sway the Commission in
Heacham's favour. Well done the five, whoever you are, and
please do it once more to wrap things up.
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Paul Cobb
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Borough Councillor,
Heacham & Ringstead Ward
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Dear Editor,
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I remember Heacham when at a very young
age my mother and three sisters went to Hunstanton
on the train every year from 1948 until the trains
stopped. I cannot quite remember when that was?
We used to walk to Heacham along the
beach to see our aunt who had a holiday bungalow near North Beach. We did this three days out of the seven as
we had a runabout ticket and traveled to and from Cambridge every
day.
Then, when my children
were small we stayed in my aunt's bungalow for holidays and walked along
the beach just as I did.
Nine years ago I
moved to Lowestoft but still visit Heacham regularly as my son lives
there.
I want to thank Barry for sending me
the Heacham News Letter.
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Rosa Pearson.
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PAUL COBB
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Borough
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THE BOROUGH WARD REVIEW |
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sooner have we defeated attempts to divide Heacham into wards during
the Parish Review than the idea comes back again in the
Borough Ward Review. |
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what is the Borough Ward Review (more properly called a Periodic
Electoral Review)? This
is carried out by the Local Government Commission for England, and
the idea is that each Borough Councillor should represent as nearly
as possible the same number of voters.
The last time West Norfolk was “done” was in the 1970s,
and so much has changed since then that many councillors now
represent far too many people, or far too few. |
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happens is that the Commission asks the Borough Council to prepare
draft proposals, consult on them, and submit final proposals to the
Commission. This stage
has already passed the deadline for commenting or objecting to the
Council. Next, the
Commission considers the Council’s proposals, and any others it
has received, and may adopt the Council’s proposals or prepare its
own for a second round of consultation.
Finally the Commission considers responses it has received,
and makes the final decision. |
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present Heacham Ward consists of Heacham and Ringstead, and has 2
Borough Councillors (myself and Marcus Liddington), both of us
representing all of you, but we have far too many people for the
ward to remain unchanged. However,
what counts most is the situation in 2006, and trends* are moving in
our favour. If we lose
Ringstead, at 2006 our variance from the average councillor/voter
ratio will be just (and only just!) inside the limit beyond which extra
justification is needed, so we have a strong case for Heacham being
a single undivided 2-member ward - but we still need some
justification. |
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for the bad news. The
Borough Council’s draft proposals are for Heacham to be divided
between 3 wards. Two of
them will be roughly the eastern and western halves of the village,
voting separately to elect one councillor to represent their half of
the village only. The third ward will include Hunstanton Road,
Ringstead Road and Church Lane, and will share a councillor with
Sedgeford, Fring, Shernborne, Ingoldisthorpe, and Snettisham beach! |
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can’t deal with this the way we did the Parish Review, an opinion
survey will not do. The
Commission want well-argued reasons supported by evidence, so if you
want these proposals thrown out, and you want two Borough
Councillors of your own representing the whole of an undivided
Heacham, then you must
write to the Commission. |
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You
need to be making points about our community identity and interests,
things like:
- Ringstead
Road has nothing in common with Snettisham beach, you shop in
Heacham not Fring, you work in Heacham not Shernborne.
- Heacham’s
interests and problems are common to the whole village, it
can’t be represented in parts.
- Your
daily life involves things in all parts of the village, not just
the bit you live in.
- You
don’t want to check the map to find out which councillor to
complain to.
- You
live in one part of Heacham and have a complaint about something
in another part, will one councillor say “the problem’s not
in my ward, see him” and the other say “you don’t live in
my ward, I can’t act for you”?
- Heacham
is a single undivided community.
Facilities (Post Office, schools, shops, surgery etc) are
scattered in different parts of the village and used by people
from all parts of the village.
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if you want to keep Heacham in one piece, write before 22nd October to Review Manager (Norfolk), Local
Government Commission for England, Dolphyn Court, 10/11 Great
Turnstile, London, WC1V 7JU, or email [email protected]. |
| Paul Cobb |
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changes in total Borough population, average household
size, number of holiday homes, likely new building etc, that affect
the councillor/voter ratio. |
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