Tasburgh Quarterly & Church News Spring edition by Tasburgh Parish Council

TASBURGH

QUARTERLY & CHURCH NEWS

TASBURGH NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN IMPORTANT NEWS INSIDE! Photo courtesy of : Janet Cane

ISSUE NO. 66

SPRING 2022

Classifieds

Useful Names & Contact Details LOCAL COUNCIL & COUNCILLORS Parish Council Chair Parish Council Clerk DISTRICT COUNCILLOR COUNTY COUNCILLOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT URGENT NUMBERS

GP SURGERY Long Stratton Medical Partnership

Jill Casson 01508 470334 Tina Eagle 01508 494569 Michael Edney 07725 971282 Mrs Alison Thomas 01508 530652 Mr Richard Bacon 01379 643728 richardbaconmp@parliament.uk EMERGENCY Non Emergency Police enquiries@norfolk.pnn.police.uk Non Emergency Medical Power Cuts

999 101 111 105

Swan Lane , Tharston

01508 530781

CHURCH Church News Rev’d Dawn Davidson Parochial Church Council/Yellow Pages Valerie Cook

01508 498924 01508 470298

VILLAGE HALL Chair Secretary Lynda Kay 07783 756258 TASBURGH SCHOOL & PRE-SCHOOL Preston CE Primary School Tas Valley Pre-school & Playroup

Dave Moore 01508 471041 admin@tasburghvillagehall.org.uk bookings @tasburghvillagehall.org.uk

01508 470454 Lucinda Terry chair.tvplaygroup@gmail.com

COMMUNITY GROUPS Community Speed Watch The Tasburgh Society Tasburgh Carers Group 1st Tasburgh Scout Group Social Club Chair

Jill Casson 01508 470334 Adrienne Watts 01508 470217 Rachel Mahoney 01508 471271 Mr Graham Pates 01508 471518 James Hanton james-hanton@hotmail.co.uk Eurolink Mr Alan Jones 01508 470092 Tasburgh Allotment Society (TAS) Mr Simon Orford 01508 471539 Tasburgh United Football Club Mr Matthew Read 01508 470612 Coffee Pot and Crafts Julia Fowler 01508 471833 St Mary’s Guild Julia Orpin 01508 470983 Joanna Merrills 01508 470451 Fitness Club (Over 50's) Mrs Ann Gibbins 01508 470225 Fat Dad’s Football Mr Bill Wheeler 01508 471633 Martial Arts Mr Andrew Gillingwater 07775 890359 Tasburgh Tea Room Mrs Andrea Sluman 01508 471529 Inaccuracies or omissions? Please contact tasburghpc@btinternet.com. 3

Tasburgh Parish Council, Serving the Village of Tasburgh

Meetings Parish Council meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month currently in the Main Hall of the Village Hall at 7.30pm . Planning Meetings, if required, are usually held on the first Tuesday of the month, in the Village Hall Committee Room at 7pm. Agendas are posted on the village notice boards and the website at least three days beforehand. Parish Council Meetings will continue to be held in Tasburgh Village Main Hall until further notice. Public are welcome to attend all Parish Council meetings; this is your opportunity to speak or ask questions. Meeting Dates 2022 18th January 15th February 15th March 19th April

17th May 21st June 19th July 16th August

20thSeptember 18th October 15th November 13th December

Please note, if you would like an item to appear on the Agenda, details must be sent to the Clerk at least eight days before the meeting. The Council is unable to make a decision on anything not included on the agenda but can discuss newly raised matters and refer them to the next meeting. Minutes of meetings are posted on the website or are available from the Clerk. Parish Council Surgeries Councillors are still willing to discuss any issues you may have with you; their contact details can be found opposite on page 5.

Tasburgh Parish Council, Serving the Village of Tasburgh Contacting the Parish Council If you would like to know more, have any comments about Tasburgh Parish Council and its work, or you have any issues you wish to be raised, please contact one of the Councillors or the Parish Clerk. YOUR COUNCILLORS Jill Casson 12 Hastings Close chair.tasburghpc@gmail.com

470334

Matthew Read

1 Harvey Close vicechair.tasburghpc@gmail.com

470612

Willie Crawshay

The Grange, Low Road willie.crawshay@btconnect.com

471650

Brian Hill

8 Harvey Close brianhill.tasburghpc@gmail.com

471011

Geoff Merchant

14 Orchard Way geoffmerchant@btinternet.com

470606

Andrew Patrick

Jasmine Cottage 07775 898301 andrewpatrick.tasburghpc@gmail.com

Keith Read

Thornly Barn, Saxlingham Lane k.a.read@btinternet.com

Adrienne Watts

Grove Cottage 470217 Adriannewatts.tasburghpc@gmail.com

Preston Thomas

4 Church Road 07730 049077 prestonthomas.tasburghpc@gmail.com

Parish Clerk Tina Eagle 17 Alder Close Poringland, Norfolk, NR14 7LY Email: tasburghpc@btinternet.com Website

470229

01508 494569

https://tasburghpc.wixsite.com/tasburghpc 5

Tasburgh Parish Council News The effects of climate change seem to be already apparent in Tasburgh. Due to the heavy rainfall, we are having increasing problems with rot everywhere. The wood frame in the ‘Rock’ and ‘Spiders Web’ in the playground have now been completely replaced and this item of equipment is open once again. However, more rot has been discovered in the supports for the swing basket, and therefore this item remains closed for now, but hopefully all supports will be replaced soon. Early problems have also been noticed in the boardwalk in Burrfeld Park – probably due to the flooding last winter. Some posts will be replaced, and treatment with preservative should ensure survival for some time. PRECEPT All of these problems are expensive to repair, and our other costs, such as printing and grass cutting, have increased too. Therefore we have had to increase the Parish Council share of the precept by 5% this year. This was a hard decision to take, as we are aware of the cost-of-living problems facing everybody, but the precept has not increased for several years. B and D property will increase from £52.96 to £55.61. VILLAGE NOTICE BOARDS Likewise, our village notice boards were showing signs of advanced decay. It has therefore been decided to replace all of our notice boards – not with timber! These should be installed early in the new financial year, and will be funded with CIL money that comes from the building of new houses in the village rather than from the precept. PARISH PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE The Parish Council have also applied for 50% funding from the Parish Partnership Scheme initiative to buy a second SAM2 machine. If our application is successful this new machine will concentrate on various speeding flashpoints on the Low Road, leaving the other machine to be based in Church Road and Grove Lane, other speeding blackspots. In this way, we can build up evidence about the very noticeable problems in the village and hopefully come up with future solutions. 6

Tasburgh Parish Council News COMMUNITY SPEED WATCH Community Speed watch sessions will resume soon as the mornings and evenings become lighter again. These sessions do act as a useful reminder and deterrent to speeding traffic, but more volunteers are still needed to enable us to run regular sessions. If you are concerned about traffic in the village, have a little time to spare and would like to help your community then please get involved. Details are available from Jill Casson or the Parish Clerk.

EVIDENCE LOG Also, don’t forget our incident log. If you see incidents of near-misses, inconsiderate driving, oversize vehicles that are clearly not delivering within the area or vehicles going the wrong way up Church Hill – please report these to the Parish Clerk. If you can take a photograph or record the number plate, that is even better. Parish Council meetings have now resumed face-to-face, and are held on the third Tuesday of every month in Tasburgh Village Main Hall. As always, details of future meetings will be advertised on Facebook, website and notice boards and all members of the public are very welcome to attend. You can also use the website or our Facebook page to forward comments or questions to the Parish Council. 7

Tasburgh Parish Council Saturday 22 January saw the grand unveiling of the Tasburgh Rock Snake display board on the village green. The rock snake which formed such a lovely display along Grove Lane at the height of the lockdown in 2020, began from a conversation between Laura Boon, Emma Townsend and Amy Prendergast. They placed a notice on the fence of the field next to the village hall, inviting people to place painted stones along the footpath. This grew until there were 278 stones. Not wanting to lose this, the Parish Council agreed to fund a more permanent feature to commemorate this time. The stones were collected, stored and individually photographed by Brian and Carole Hill and sent to Alan Harbord, who actually lives in Flordon and spent a considerable amount time designing the 2 sides of the plate. When manufactured, this was passed to Andrew Patrick, who designed and made the sign and erected the finished product. Many thanks to everyone whose efforts have enabled this and we hope that it will be something to be enjoyed for many years. We would also like to extend our thanks to Mrs Philippa Taylor, the Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk, who unveiled the board and presented the village with a Covid memorial token, and to Rev Austin Uzoigwe, who delivered a beautiful blessing for both of our village signs.

Jill Casson, Chair 8

Tasburgh Neighbourhood Plan

Parish drop-in event! Tasburgh Village Hall Sunday 13th March 2022 10am to 12pm We asked - You said! JOIN US Sunday 13 March to see the full analysis of your views and the proposed Vision and Objectives

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH Tuesday 26th APRIL, 8pm TASBURGH VILLAGE MAIN HALL This is your meeting, an opportunity to express your views about the community of Tasburgh. Come along and hear from other Village groups and find out about more about what is going on in the Parish.

ALL WELCOME 9

Tasburgh Eurolink Tasburgh Eurolink News I am writing this with my fingers metaphorically crossed! We have been promised a response any day now to our request for definite news about how many people from Linden are intending to come in May. We know that in Belgium, as well as here, people have been adversely affected by COVID, and that their AGM could not be held as planned last November due to sickness and restrictions. This means that their group, like ours, has not met up to take decisions. Also, none of us are getting any younger and the idea of driving your car on the “wrong” side of the road does not get easier with age! Everything was planned for their visit in May 2020 and is still booked, although it has been postponed twice, so here’s hoping this will be the year it happens! On this side of the channel, in fairness to the wine company involved and the village hall, the committee sadly had to take the decision to cancel our proposed wine testing at the end of February. We only break even with the maximum number allowed in the small hall, that would not be wise these days, the large hall would be expensive and the event would lose its atmosphere. Where does Eurolink go from here? Hopefully I will have much better news by the time the summer quarterly is published! Helen Burnett: helenmburnett@gmail.com (Chair) Alan Jones: jonesa@talk21.com (Secretary) or any other member of the group.

TASBURGH OUTREACH POST OFFICE TASBURGH VILLAGE HALL Opening Times:

Tuesday 9.30am - 12.30pm 10

Tasburgh Village Hall Welcome to another year. We start the 2022 in a sound financial place. With the return of our regular user groups, an increase in casual hire and planned fund raiser events Tasburgh Village Hall can look forward to continued improvements The toilets at the front of the hall have been renovated from floor to ceiling providing the same high standard of facility as those at the other end of the hall. Our thanks to James and his colleagues who completed the contract without disruption to the running of the hall. We are replacing the tired curtains in the large hall with fitted blinds. Repairs to the car park are in hand and we are working on a resolve with allotment holders with the rabbit problem. There’s always a wish list but we should reflect that over the past 4 years we have renovated both sets of toilets, decorated the hall, upgraded the electrics and added a conservatory to the rear (a TSSC project). CARETAKER VACANCY Do you have the skills to be able to carry out varied duties such as basic carpentry and property maintenance? Are you able to look after ground maintenance duties and oversee the general upkeep of our Village Hall? The role would suit a local person who is active and adept and able to work on their own initiative If you can tick all these boxes then we would like to hear from you. Our caretaker role is still available though but we are covering the 3 main elements of the role as follows: Fire safety checks by Francis, grounds maintenance by Lloyd and urgent repairs as needed by contractors. It will be 70 years next year when the hall was built, financed by public subscription and built on land given by a local landowner. 'The Village Hall and Tasburgh Allotment Society have had break ins to a storage container and a number of sheds. Alhough nothing appears to have been stolen, damage was caused. Anyone who has information regarding these crimes please let Norfolk Police know.

We would still like to welcome more TRUSTEES onto the Committee to share the load. If this is something you would be interested in or in the Caretaker role please contact me for further information. Contact details can be found on Page 3 or alternatively email dave.moore0246@gmail.com Dave Moore, Chair 11

Taburgh Sports & Social Club Hon Sec’s Dissertation of Wisdom “The Times They Are A-Changin’” penned one Robert Allen Zimmerman – better known to you and me as singer/songwriterBob Dylan – back in 1964. Whilst the Nobel Prize laureate was referring to change being necessary during the American civil rights movement, Times Have Been AChangin’ down at your Tasburgh Sports & Social Club for different reasons. Fast forward 58 years and metamorphosis has been evident of late: Firstly, we’ve all had to adapt and deal with a microbial invasion that’s turned our lives upside down and forced your Club to close its doors twice in the past 2 years – for 3 months between April & June in 2020, and then for 6½ months between November 2020 and May 2021. Fortunately, normal service has hopefully been permanently resumed, and we’re now used to the safety changes that have been required of us. Secondly, there’s been a significant change at your Club. Don “The Don” Proudfoot has been your loyal servant for 2 decades, both working behind the bar serving his adoring public and latterly as your Club Chairperson. But changing times have meant The Don has had to hang-up his barkeeps apron and roll down his sleeves to take some well-earned rest and bask in the glory of being the Club’s first ever Honorary President; you will be expected to genuflect appropriately when you next see his greatness out and about. He has passed the mantle of responsibility to someone new to continue the community spirit that’s at the heart of your Sports & Social Club. So step forward Mr James Hanton, who is your new chair of repute, ably assisted by Ms Mell Berry as vice-chair. There’s a new Treasurer in Ms Amanda Cook whilst some nondescript jobsworth apparently performs the role of Secretary. Supported by Director-without-portfolio Mr Eddy Cook [no relation to the fragrant Amanda], this team of noted village worthies is at your service.and dances including a conga or two of indeterminate length that encompassed the whole village hall. Great stuff and probably worthy of a repeat performance this year. Fortunes have been mixed of late with a number of members being understandably reluctant to congregate in confined indoor spaces whilst the dreaded coronavirus sought a new pulmonary target to invade. The final months of the calendar are historically busy times for us, but last year 12

Tasburgh Sports & Social Club brought us mixed fortunes. Our annual free Halloween Children’s Party was the biggest and best ever, with parents delighted at dealing with the outcome of the sugar rush induced by the free sweetie bags every child got. The December Walkway rock concert was extremely well attended given the health reservations abroad at the time, and has now become a legendary annual Tasburgh event – look out for their December date this year. Our Christmas & New Year festive events brought mixed results: Christmas was unusually subdued but we had a better New Year’s Eve, aided by an afternoon children’s disco hosted by the peerless James ‘D’. He managed with notable success to burn off huge quantities of pent-up energy in our miniature persons via games Moving into 2022 and our annual Burns Night tribute to the Scottish Bard was a roaring success with more people than ever before enjoying the refined contents of a sheep’s innards – ie Haggis – plus excellent musical entertainment from late stand-in Alex Asher. A cracker of a night that gets bigger and better every year. And we hope that this positive start to the year will continue. We aim to have a variety of musical entertainment for you every month. We’re planning a mini beer festival and music to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June. You may see a few food vans on selected Friday nights providing a varied diet to be washed down with sensible quantities of liquid nirvana from our impressive range of viscous delights. So watch out for updates via your Newsletter and on Facebook and Tasburgh Times. The Times may be A-Changin’, but now it’s time to follow legendary bluesman B.B. King and “Let the Good Times Roll”.

Hon.sec NEXT EDITION The Summer edition of the Quarterly and Church News will be distributed by the end of May Contributions from local organisations are always welcomed and can be emailed to the Parish Clerk for inclusion. We would be particularly pleased to receive suggestions for regular articles. All articles to the Parish Clerk, tasburghpc@btinternet.com by 6th MAY 2022 13

Norfolk County Council

If you have an ordinary watercourse or a main river running through your land or along the boundary of your property you are likely to be the riparian owner or joint riparian owner, unless the watercourse is known to be owned by someone else. Find out more about the responsibilities of being a riparian owner and more on how to protect your home from flooding here https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/.../information-for-homeowners

HIGHWAY PROBLEMS ARE EASILY REPORTED

From pot-holes to pavements and far more Anyone can do it and it really is easy! You can report anonymously, or you can register. If you register you will receive updates on the steps taken to resolve the problem www.norfolk.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/roads/report-a-problem 14

South Norfolk & Broadland District Council DOG FOULING The Broadland District and South Norfolk Councils are covered by their own Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) made under section 59 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Each PSPO makes it an offence for a person in control of a dog not to clear up the dog mess immediately, on any land that is open to the air and to which the public is entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment). In South Norfolk, the PSPO also restricts the presence of dogs in play areas, making it an offence for you to take your dog into any enclosed play area or children's playground. Offenders in Broadland and South Norfolk can be issued with a fixed penalty notice of £100, reduced to £60 if paid within 10 days, or if taken to court, a fine up to £1,000. If you see someone allowing their dog to foul and not clear it up, please contact us with the owner’s details and where it happened so we can investigate it. We will also clean it up. www.southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk/dog-issues-1/dog-fouling

Just Remember to Forget Everybody calls me Tom, so I guess that must be me, This chap says that he’s my son, but it’s my wife I long to see. They ask if I remember, events from years gone by, Bits and pieces seem familiar if I close my eyes and try. But there’s just one frequent vision that’s imprinted in my brain, Her face is kind and smiling, but beneath the eyes there’s pain. When I ask them where she’s got to, they show me photographs instead, And on days when I’m more lucid, I suspect she might be dead! At times like this I’m grateful that these memories soon go, Cos although I might seem miles away, sometimes it’s better not to know !! Robert Buttle 15

Tas Valley Pre-School and Playgroup TAS VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL & PLAYGROUP Pre school for 2 to year olds at Tasburgh Village Hall

Our winter of Woes To say that this winter has been tough on the Pre-school, our children, their parents and, not least, the Pre-school committee, would be something of an understatement. When we said a huge thank you, and goodbye to our long serving Play assistant Wendy in late November, it was not only the end of an era, but it presented the Pre-school with some huge challenges staffwise. Although we had only recently welcomed 2 new members of staff Sarah and Laura; a sudden, and very serious health issue meant Laura was unable to continue and had to leave us immediately. Unfortunately, and despite the best efforts of all concerned, this meant that the Pre-school had to close temporarily. The good news (yes, there is some!) is that in the meantime, another fantastic new staff member was hired. Both Stephanie and Sarah were keen to get started, and to get to know the children and their parents so the decision was taken to complete the rest of the term with “stay and play” sessions involving parents. Many thanks to all parents who took the time to help, particularly with the Christmas party, and thanks to the children who, as always took it all in their stride and spent their time making all kinds of wonderful Christmas decorations, cards, and even helping to decorate the Preschool Christmas tree. During the Christmas break, we welcomed Debbie to the Pre-school staff team, meaning we were able to open the Pre-school fully again for the spring term. We have slowly welcomed our children back, and look forward to welcoming more in the coming weeks/months (as there are plenty of spaces available) We understand how difficult the disruption has been for Pre-school parents (we are all parents ourselves) and would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for your patience and support. Pre-school Fundraising Despite all these setbacks giving us very little opportunity for Christmas fundraising, we were at least able to at least sell our ever-popular Christmas and Sticky Toffee puddings. Although (to use a popular phrase this winter) “supply chain issues” meant we couldn’t receive our order until the beginning of December, we were able to sell enough in a short space of time to cover our costs and raise some much-needed funds for the Pre-school. There are still a few Sticky Toffee puddings left, so if you would like to treat yourself this Easter, please place your order by emailing chair.tvplaygroup@gmail.com

Tas Valley Pre-School and Playgroup As with all charities, our fundraising efforts are never-ending, so keep a lookout, or indeed offer any suggestions/ideas, for more events in the future. Please think about pre-school whenever you shop online, by supporting us as your chosen charity on https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ (search ‘Tas Valley PreSchool And Playgroup’) or sign up to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/tvpp/ It’s quick and free for you to do, and companies pass on a percentage of their profits to us. On behalf of everyone at pre-school, we thank all of you from the community who support us and wish you a safe and happy Spring. All About Us! Tas Valley Pre-school & Playgroup is a small, committee-managed, term time setting, providing quality childcare in a safe and friendly environment. Established over 50 years ago, the pre-school is run by dedicated and qualified staff who help and support children to learn and develop their full potential through stimulating and imaginative play. Please get in touch if you would like a place for your child. For more information or to register a place for your child please Email: enquiries.tvplaygroup@gmail.com Session Times (term-time only): Monday to Friday 9am – 12pm Monday 12pm – 3pm (3+ years only) Tuesday 12pm – 3pm Funding & Fees: Free Entitlement All 3–4-year-olds (and some 2-year-olds) are entitled to up to 15 hours of preschool education per week funded by the Government. The entitlement begins the term after your child’s third birthday. 30 Hours Funded Childcare If you and your partner work, earning at least the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the National Living Wage and less than £100,000 per annum, then you could be entitled to 30 hours per week funded childcare for 38 weeks a year if you have a child aged between 3-4 years. Tas Valley Pre-school and Playgroup currently open for 21 hours per week. Funding can be split between settings. For instance, 21 hours with us and 9 hours with another nursery or childminder. Fees From September 2021, our fees for non-funded sessions are £14 per 3-hour session for all children. Lucinda Terry, Chair

1st Tasburgh Sea Scout Group Despite the current challenges we are all facing, the scout group ave continued to meet through the autumn and winter. We are starting to return to something looking more like normal scouting with some of our ‘old favourite’ activities taking place again; arts and crafts, outdoor cooking, Quasar laser fun & Christmas parties. We even have a camp planned for the spring, our first trip away since 2019; hopefully we will be taking 15 scouts to Decoy Broad for a weekend of water activities with scouts from around the county. Excitement is already starting to build! To keep things safe this term, we are spending most of our time outdoors where we can and the youngsters are really enjoying the freedom and opportunities that this gives – the darkness makes everything more exciting! This term we are doing some orienteering, star gazing, hiking, cooking and playing lots of games. Our smallest members do feel the cold so they have held most of their activities indoors with the doors and windows open, and lots of running around to keep warm. After a fall in numbers as we opened up after the pandemic pause, all three of our sections, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, are now over-subscribed showing that there is still demand for scouting in Tasburgh and the surrounding villages. Sadly, we have lost some of our adult volunteers over the past couple of years and now lack of adult support in some areas is limiting our ability to grow further and run more exciting and adventurous activities for the youngsters. In the coming months we will be losing our group Treasurer. After 20 (or more?) years supporting the group wearing many different hats (both literally and figuratively) she is stepping down to focus her time and energy on her growing family. We are so grateful for all the support she has given to all the young people and the adults over the years and will be saying a huge and heartfelt thank you. We would love to hear from anyone who would like to get involved and support the group. Volunteering is very flexible and you can give as much or as little time as you like and you don’t need any special skills or previous experience. Everyone is welcome and we’re a really friendly bunch as well! We have vacancies for adults to work with the young people but also in some of our support roles such as the group Treasurer and the Executive Committee. If you were a scout or guide when you were younger, or even if you weren’t but have always fancied seeing what scouting can offer, please get in touch. Email me on trudymus@gmail.com or call 0775 4570351 Trudy Musgrove 18

Preston Primary School

Norfolk Archaeological Trust As we move into spring 2022 after a difficult few years, thoughts are once again returning to community activity and events. Norfolk Archaeological Trust owns or manages 10 heritage sites across Norfolk including Tasburgh Enclosure. These special places are open free of charge to all, with the charity maintaining access and caring for the site. With the support of the communities and visitors, we want to make sure that visiting our sites is an enjoyable, safe and lovely experience for everyone. We also need to protect the wildlife and livestock who call this home (that is why we ask for dogs on leads).

THIS SUMMER WE ARE PLANNING AN EVENT AT TASBURGH ENCLOSURE

to bring together the local community at the site - in part to undertake practical conservation activity, but also to meet staff and find out more about how we can all contribute to the care of this historic site and green space. We are currently discussing dates and booking beautiful summer weather SO WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATE We would love to have as many people, including families, involved.

DID WE ALSO SAY THERE WILL BE CAKE?

We would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to join our volunteer Site Warden Team at Tasburgh Enclosure. More information can be found at https://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/support-us/#volunteer or email Jules Armour, Volunteer Co-ordinator at julesarmour@norfarchtrust.org.uk 28

Tasburgh Keep Fit With “lock down” in place, we closed the Club after our session on Thursday 12 March 2020 and did not resume again until 29th July 2021. It was most encouraging that only one person was unable to come back to the class due to other commitments. In order to comply with recommendations in place at the time, we decided to run the Club on a different basis. Instead of circuit training, we provided enough individual equipment (weights, balls, mats, etc.) for each member so that there would be no sharing. The class was then lead from the front by our trainer, Michael, and everyone now works in their own space. After such a long break, you can imagine how tiring it was for the first few weeks to get back to our previous fitness levels. Some of us are still trying! Hopefully at some point in the future we shall be able to resume the circuit training sessions but at present we are enjoying what is on offer. If anyone would like to join us on a Thursday afternoon between 2 pm – 3pm, you would be most welcome but there are only a few places available. The first session is always a free session, then it is £5 per week, payable on the day. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ANN GIBBINS ON 01508 470225

TASBURGH PHOTOGRAPHERS Remember if you enjoy taking seasonal photographs and would like one of them to be featured on the front cover of a future Tasburgh Quarterly & Church News THEN WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THEM! All photographs will be credited and may be held for future issues Email your photographs for consideration to tasburghpc@btinternet.com

Health & Wellbeing WHAT MAKES US HAPPY? We are all in search of it, but what makes one person happy will not be the same for another. And we are not alone in being unable to agree on what makes us happy, as nor can psychologists or philosophers. Behind the long-standing debate on defining how we achieve happiness are two popular concepts. The first we may be familiar with, hedonic happiness, which we associate with pleasure and enjoyment (good meals or fun events). The second and perhaps the less well-known concept is of eudaemonic happiness, which can be gained through finding meaning and purpose in life. Whilst it may be new news to us, the concept of eudaemonic happiness has been around for millennia. First proposed by Aristotle, as ‘living a life according to our virtues, where striving to meet our potential and be our best selves, leads us to feelings of greater purpose and meaning’, he suggested that eudaemonic happiness is the key to leading a long-term life of happiness, wellbeing and fulfilment. When it comes to how happy we feel, research has shown that we have what is called a ‘set point’ of happiness, to which we keep returning. So, whilst we may feel spikes in (hedonistic) happiness around events, the theory is that we soon after return to our set point. What’s more this theory suggests that our set point is determined 50% by genetics, 10% circumstances outside of our own control (where we are born for example), leaving only 40% under our own control. If this is right and largely, we are out of control of our own happiness, then what’s the best way to use the 40% that we do control? Psychologists argue that a combination of both hedonic and eudaemonic happiness are what is needed for enduring feelings of fulfilment. It is also suggested that as time goes on for us, we may find the need for more eudaemonic happiness in our lives. Whilst hedonism sometimes gets a bad rap as perhaps being ‘shorttermism’, we shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss it as research links this type of happiness to staving off negative emotion, stress, and depression. Advocates of eudaemonic happiness, in contrast, state that wellbeing and happiness are ‘ongoing processes’, rather than end states. Furthermore, if you’re pursuing (eudaemonic) happiness through finding activities that provide meaning and fulfilment, you might well also find this is a way of maintaining balance between spikes of hedonism. So, it seems that both matter. In what proportion is for you to decide, but you may find the dynamic alters over time so a review of the what’s and how’s might be useful. Jackie Trenavin. Mindful Body Coach. www.mindfulbodycoach.co.uk 30

Tasburgh Treats TORTA CAPRESE Similarly to the tomato and mozzarella based salad, this cake is named after the island of Capri. Traditionally the light, flourless cake is made with either almonds or hazelnuts but this Nadia Hussain recipe (which I adapted slightly) uses the former. I think it’s best served warm with a little cream as a treat. Time: ½ hr plus 1hr in the oven Serves:12 5 eggs, separated 200g margarine 180g caster sugar 200g finely ground almonds 200g dark (50-80%) chocolate 1 tsp baking powder Icing sugar for dusting Preheat the oven to 170 degrees and prepare a round cake tin. Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of simmering water, allow to melt gently. Once completely melted, set aside to cool. Get out two large mixing bowls and separate the eggs, whites in one bowl and yolks in the other. Take the bowl with the yolks, adding the margarine, sugar, ground almonds, the now cool chocolate and the baking powder. Add a pinch of salt to the whites and use an electric whisk to form stiff peaks. Transfer the whisk to the yolk bowl and mix until you are left with a smooth chocolate batter. Tip in the egg whites and fold in gently with a spatula. Pour into the tin and bake for 50-60 minutes until the middle is firm when you shake it (a fork may not come out completely clean and dry as the cake is meant to be moist.) Remy 31

Tasburgh Allotment Society News from down on the Allotments Its early February as I write and it’s blowing a gale. The site has suffered a bit of damage with sheds tipping over this week in the wind. One unfortunate shed has gone over twice in a couple of days - and in different directions? Gradually the site is waking up from the winter slumber, but very slowly, which really is how we like it. One serious blip was experienced over the turning of the year though (and I do like to report a record for you) On 1st January in St James Park London, 16.6O C was reached and equally as amazing, during the same period in Devon a minimum temp of 13.20 C was recorded over 24hrs. As I write its still digging season and not too much else really, although there is always scope for a bit of cleaning up around the site. The garlic that’s been in since last autumn is looking good and has evaded the rabbits. By the time you read this in March we’ll be hopefully feeling safe from the winter(?) and ready to really get going. The social aspect of TAS will (or should) be up and running soon with a Village Quiz night. Results are not in before going to Press though. Watch out for the Flower and Produce Show listings going up soon. I’ll put some forms out around the Noticeboards and on The Tasburgh Times Facebook page to reveal the Classes that can be entered. Hopefully we’ll be able to host this in late August or early September 2022 and start to make up for its absence during these last two years. Its coming up to 10 years of writing these notes from the allotment site for me, so maybe a good time to introduce some new elements. First up, I thought I’d hunt out one or two examples of how allotments have been portrayed on TV and Radio. For instance, who can forget ‘The Allotment’ on Radio Four in 2017? Probably everyone, as dramatizing life on an allotment did not go down well apparently, and it never got further than the pilot episode - despite having some big names such Jane Horrocks, Paul Whitehouse and Arabella Weir. Maybe it was the storyline of a stolen pumpkin that was just a little too stereotyped? 32

Tasburgh Allotment Society Somewhat more successful was the BBC2 ‘Big Allotment Challenge’ This even made it to a second series (2014 and 2015) and was Full Monty Don realiity TV for the green fingered. It was a last gardener standing format, after weeks of growing, preparing, and eating their own produce. Quite a pity this one is not still going to challenge for the Love Island audience. I guess in the end allotments are more about doing rather than watching. And finally, on to arguably the greatest onscreen allotment holder of them all; Arthur Fowler from the East end of London. During his 11 years on the show (1985-1996) he was regularly found on his plot, and in the show the allotment was often a positive release from his personal mental problems. In the end, he even died on the plot, just two days after release from prison following some shenanigans with the neighbours Christmas Savings Club. Happy gardening all and look out for those Flower and Produce Show details that will be popping up soon around the village Simon Orford – Secretary to TAS

Watch this space LITTER PICKING NEWS in the next Quarterly

Sunday 13th March

Neighbourhood Plan Event Tasburgh Village Hall

10.00-12.00pm

Thursday17th Feb Thursday 17th Mch Thursday 21st April

Tasburgh Carers Social Club Tasburgh Carers Group Tasburgh Carers Group

10.30-12.30pm 10.30-12.30pm 10.30-12.30pm

Saturday 26th Feb Saturday 26th Mch Saturday 23rd April Saturday 28th May

Tasburgh Tea Rm Church Rm Tasburgh Tea Rm Tasburgh Tea Rm Tasburgh Tea Rm

2-4pm 2-4pm 2-4pm 2-4pm

Tasburgh United Charities ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FUEL BILLS THIS WINTER? Tasburgh United Charities have a certain amount of money available each year to use in assisting residents of the Parish who, regardless of age or reason, find themselves in need of financial help. The cost of electricity and heating oil are rocketing, and some of you may be unable to adequately heat your homes this winter. Please do not feel that you have to choose between food or heat, as we may be able to help you. We are only a small charity and have limited funds, but we would like to stress that we are here for ALL residents of Tasburgh. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you do find yourself in need of help, as that is the reason that the Charities exist. Assistance can be given by a grant towards general expenses, by a contribution towards a particular expense, or a temporary loan. If you would like assistance, or to be considered for a distribution, please contact one of the trustees below. All applications are considered in the strictest confidence. Mrs Jill Casson 12 Hastings Close 470334

Mr Keith Read Thornly Barn, Saxlingham Lane 470229

Mr Geoff Merchant 14 Orchard Way 470606

Mr Roger Burnett 22 Orchard Way 471031

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A TRUSTEE OF THE CHARITY?

If you live in Tasburgh, have an interest in the village and would like to help the people who live here, then you could be just the person that we are looking for. There are five trustees who usually meet twice a year in May and November to consider applications for help, and who are nominated for a four-year term. We would welcome all applications, but those from younger people and those with young families would be especially welcome, as this is the section of the community which is suffering most economically but is currently under-represented among the trustees. If you would like more details about the role of the Charities, or would like to be considered as a trustee, please speak to one of the trustees named above or to the Secretary: Mr Ben Goodfellow 470668 34

Long Stratton Medical Partnership Swan Lane Surgery, Swan Lane, Tharston, NR15 2UY 2022 races ahead and as we head into March, I draw my breath remembering March 2020 when the covid -19 pandemic was declared by the WHO. The practice has faced immense challenges in the past 2 years and we have reflected and realised that there have been many positives which we hope to take forward. The practice needs your support as it expands its services to accommodate the increasing practice population that is expected with new housing. The question arises – how can our patients offer support and improve our service? One of the most effective methods is by joining our Patient Participation Group (PPG). Many of you are already aware of our PPG. We do need more members to ensure we have adequate representation of our practice population. Currently there are 11 members in our PPG. Our PPG would benefit from anyone aged 17 – 50 to make the group more representative of our practice population. The only membership requirement is that you are a registered patient at our practice. What is a PPG? A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff who meet to discuss practice issues and patient experience to improve the service. Purpose of a PPG: * To give patients and practice staff the opportunity to meet and discuss topics of mutual interest. * To provide a means for patients to become more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive. * To explore issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements. * To contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback to propose developments or change. * To support health awareness and patient education Our practice website gives more information: https://www.longstrattonsurgery.nhs.uk/practice-information/long-strattonnewton-flotman-patient-participation-group/ I do hope that this article will encourage you to join our PPG, especially patients in the 17 – 50 group. As we look forward beyond the pandemic, we want to ensure that the practice gets the best advice and support from an active PPG and thereby improve and expand services. Stay safe, Mini Nelson 35

Tasburgh History Society CAPTAIN BAKER – TASBURGH’S “SPY” Both William Moore’s memories of life in Tasburgh between 1939 and 1970, entitled Hard Times and Humour, and the History of Tasburgh booklet published in 1994 record an incident in 1941 when lorry loads of soldiers and Military Police arrived in the village one morning with an armoured vehicle escort to arrest a “spy” who was living in a cottage at the bottom of Church Hill, where Halloween now stands. William Moore, who was a schoolboy at the time, watched events unfold from the playground of the old school, and names the “spy” as a former British army Captain called Baker. A patrolling member of the Home Guard had apparently seen a light flashing from the cottage as enemy planes were flying overhead, and accounts mention messages being dropped and a radio transmitter being found hidden in the chimney. However such details may owe more to childhood imagination and growth in the retelling rather than to reality. Captain Baker, whose full names were Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker, was born in 1895 into a well-off Hampshire family, the son of John St.Barbe Baker and his French wife, Charlotte Purrott. He had an elder brother, Richard St. Barbe Baker, who became an early and leading international ecologist, concerned about deforestation in Africa, and an advocate for the planting of more trees. Thomas Baker had served in WW1 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery but after being buried alive by an explosion, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps where he rose to the rank of Captain. During the 1930s, as a member of the British National Socialist party, he came to the attention of the authorities for his ardent pro-German and anti-Semitic speeches, and was put on the list of persons to be rounded up and interned as a threat to national security in the event of war. On the outbreak of WW2 he avoided capture, shaving off his distinctive walrus moustache, and perhaps with assistance of contacts in the area, was able to lie low in Tasburgh until his luck ran out. Whether or not he actually passed any information to the enemy, he escaped the death sentence normally passed for spying and wasn’t even sent to prison, but spent the rest of the War interned on the Isle of Mann. Because of his unabated extreme views and eccentric behaviour, Captain Baker was one of the last of the internees to be released in April 1945, after which he settled in Jersey and died in 1966. Ben Goodfellow 36

Tharston & District WI We began the new year with a temporary change of venue. We had to return to Forncett Village Hall as due to a boiler breakdown we were unable to be in our usual meeting place. We are now such a large group that if all are present we need the extra space available at Wacton, For our January meeting we welcomed Jonathan Carrie with a demo and talk on basket making. He made the talk very interesting and explained each process as he worked. We were amazed at the beautiful basket that he completed in less than an hour. Luckily he had brought a selection of baskets that not only showed the different processes but were also for sale. The committee have been working hard to arrange events for this new year, hoping that we will be able to meet on a regular basis. Our health is a priority and we may have to do some things in a slightly different way. Our first event was a jigsaw race with tea and cake. Teams worked together to complete a jigsaw in the quickest time. Not easy when there is much chatter as there is a lot of catching up to do. The winners proudly displayed their finished jigsaw, to the groans of others who were almost finished. This event was held at the Woodlands Club at Tacolneston, where we were made very welcome. Other events include an Afternoon Tea, an Easter Craft Afternoon, a Treasure Hunt in Wymondham followed by refreshments at The Garden Café, a Coffee Morning and a visit to Peter Beales followed by lunch in the café. There is a theme running through all these events, maybe it is getting together or perhaps just food! Once again we are making marmalade and the short season for Seville Oranges means that we need to get on with the chopping, boiling and potting. The sale of all this marmalade and other preserves helps to fund some of the events that we arrange as well as the cost of transport for our summer outing. We sell the preserves at our meetings and also have a stall at fetes in our ‘District’. Let’s hope we have plenty of customers.

We meet at Wacton Village Hall on the 2nd Thursday each month at 7.30pm. Heather Jeary 37

Tasburgh Carers Group We have enjoyed meeting up over the last few months. Our group continues to focus on the important things in life like sharing a cuppa, catching up on news and offering peer support. New members are always welcome at our carers group. Please also pass our information on to any friends, neighbours or relatives from Tasburgh or surrounding villages who may be interested in connecting with us. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 10.30 – 12.00 in the social club room. Future dates 17th February , 17th March and 21st April

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