KL Magazine May 2013

ISSN 2044–7965

ISSUE 32 MAY 2013 PRICELESS

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his picture of the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus (well, just over half of them!) is a timely reminder that tickets for this year’s King’s Lynn Festival are now available, and judging by the programme for 2013, the Festival is continuing the tradition of getting better every year (see page 82 for full details). The Chorus will be launching this year’s Festival (together with the European Union Chamber Orchestra) with The Best of British concert on July 14th.

We’re also celebrating the past of King’s Lynn this month with a visit to the town’s oldest houses and a look at Michael Walker’s fascinating new book on the history of the King’s Lynn High School for girls.

Further afield, one of the county’s most popular events takes place next month. Planning the Royal Norfolk Show is a huge task, but Chief Executive of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association Greg Smith still found time to talk to us about this year’s show. You can find the interview with him on page 16. Another event making a welcome return (especially after last year!) is the Stradsett Park Vintage Rally – see page 86 for details. And that’s just a few of this month’s highlights! Enjoy the magazine, and thanks for reading!

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MAY 2013

WHAT’S ON Forthcoming events in West Norfolk

12-14 THE SHRINE AT WALSINGHAM David Learner discovers a world of history 16

THE BIG INTERVIEW With RNAA Chief Executive Greg Smith

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THEN & NOW The changing face of King’s Lynn

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24-26 THE DEER OF HOUGHTON HALL A look at Julian Stoyel’s work on the estate 29

PETS Help and advice with local vet Alex Dallas

30-32 FASHION A day at the races – and a style to match 38-40 HOME OF THE LAW A look inside Lynn’s oldest houses 44-53 FOOD & DRINK Recipes, reviews and recommendations

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54-64 EXTERIORS Ten pages of great ideas for your home 70-72 EXPLORER Castle Rising, Babingley and West Newton 76-78 CHALK AND CHARM King’s Lynn High School for Girls 82-84 KING’S LYNN FESTIVAL 2013 A preview of this year’s cultural feast 86

STRADSETT PARK VINTAGE RALLY The ever-popular event is back for 2013

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MY KL The page made by KL magazine readers

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WILD WEST NORFOLK Michael Middleton’s lighter view of things

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Sunday 5 May ENCHANTMENT UNDER A TREE Heather Millan School of Dance & Performing Arts £5.50 - £15.50 Tues 7 – Sat 11 May NEW JERSEY NIGHTS Celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons £6.50 - £27.50

Sun 12 – Sat 18 May NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL Mon 20 – Sat 25 May NOISES OFF Michael Frayn’s hilarious backstage comedy £5.50 - £23.50

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Tuesday 7th COUNTRYSIDE DAY Fakenham Racecourse (First race 2.20pm) There’s never been a better time to discover all the thrills and excitement of a day at the races (and a lot more besides!) than at Fakenham Racecourse’s ever popular Countryside Day. Adult admission from £8, accompanied children (17 years and under) free. For details, call 01328 862388 or visit online at www.fakenhamracecourse.co.uk

to Saturday 11th DRAWN TO ATTENTION ART EXHIBITION Greyfriars Art Space, King’s Lynn (10am-4pm) The West Norfolk Artists Association’s exhibition Drawn to Attention is now open, featuring a very broad interpretation of drawing, from conventional sketches, to drawing with pieces of metal, embroidery, and photographs drawn with light effects. Note the exhibition is closed on Sundays and Monday 6th May. For details, call Jo Halpin Jones on 01485 541790 or visit www.westnorfolkartists.org.

Friday 10th to Sunday 12th 16th WELLS POETRY FESTIVAL The Maltings, Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-Sea The ever-popular festival returns with some great events, including a centenary tribute to George Barker by Elspeth & Raffaella Barker, Grey Gowrie & Oliver Bernard, readings by Martyn Crucefix and Sue Hubbard, and a celebration of 21 years of the Forward Poetry Prize by William Sieghart, in conversation with Brian Appleyard. Throughout the festival, recordings from the British Library will be played in a room upstairs. For details, contact Chair and Artistic Director Fiona Fraser on 01328 738243 or see the website at www.poetry-next-the-sea.com.

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40 YEARS AGO: On 25th May 1973, the groundbreaking album Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield was released. It was the first album released by Virgin Records

Friday 10th to Sunday 26th

Saturday 25th to Monday 27th DERSINGHAM ART & CRAFT TRAIL 2013 Dersingham (10am-5pm) This year’s Dersingham Art & Crafts Trail (part of Norfolk Open Studios 2013) opens, celebrating the work of a cluster of artists and craft-workers all located in or close to the village. Admission is free and everyone is welcome!

The trail also takes place on June 1st-2nd and 8th-9th. For full details and information, see www.dersinghamarttrail.org

NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL 2013 Various locations and times The Norfolk & Norwich Festival never fails to amaze, entertain and inspire, and this year’s programme is so packed with cultural events that it’s going to be more difficult than ever to choose what to see.

This year, Artistic Director William Galinsky has brought together a host of world and UK premieres, large-scale spectaculars, intimate interventions and international music. From the spectacular opening from France’s internationally-famous Compagnie des Quidams (above) in Norwich’s Cathedral Close to the closing performance of Verdi’s Requiem by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the Festival Chorus, there are over 165 performances of 75 shows in 29 different venues.

Whether you fancy Mozart with puppets, symphonic electronica with cinematic visuals (Woodkid), New York’s hottest theatre company (the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma), or authentic New Orleans jazz (The Soul Rebels), there’s something for every taste – and a world of new sights and sounds to discover.

The best way of finding your way around the Festival is to visit the website at www.nnfestival.org.uk, which has an online brochure and programme guide, background information on the events, and a ticket booking facility.

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Autistic Friendly Screenings We are very happy to announce that Autistic Screenings £3 A TICKET wit h carers in FREE at The Majestic Cinema will be taking place once with a carers ID a month! If you have any questions regarding these card or other showings then do not hesitate to contact us. documentation

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Sunday 12th BRIARFIELDS BOOKFEST Briarfields, Titchwell (3pm) Briarfields second Bookfest hosts best-selling novelist Barbara Erskine, the author of 12 novels and four short story collections. Her latest book, River of Destiny, is set in East Anglia around the River Deben and incorporates Anglo Saxon and Victorian period detail, brought alive by a modern day couple who move into the area and discover its dark history.

Barbara will be talking about her writing career and signing books for attendees. Tickets £10 include afternoon tea. Contact Briarfields on 01485 210742 or Jac Sandy by sending an e-mail jac@jjwilsonltd.com.

Wednesday 22nd THE SNAKE AND FIVE ARROWS Holkham Hall, Norfolk (6.30pm) Juliet Webster returns to Holkham with another scintillating historical tale of a Norfolk family. The Snake and Five Arrows is the story of the Elwes family of Congham, Norfolk, which included artists, writers, adventurers and explorers – all brought to life through a selection of pictures, poetry and prose. Tickets are £9 and include a glass of wine in the interval and a donation to Songbird Survival charity. To book, call the ticket office on 01328 713111 or email ticketoffice@holkham.co.uk.

Thursday 26th KLODS 110th ANNIVERSARY LUNCH AND EXHIBITION Riverside Rooms, King’s Lynn (2.30-5.30pm) King’s Lynn Operatic and Dramatic Society marks its 110th anniversary with a celebratory lunch and exhibition featuring billboard posters and programmes from the majority of the 250+ productions the Society has performed in King’s Lynn. Everyone is welcome to attend – to join the President’s Lunch Club, to book for the 110th Anniversary Lunch (subject to availability), or for further details of the Society and its forthcoming productions, please see their Facebook page or visit www.klods.org.

Friday 31st CAPTURING WILDLIFE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY Reffley Community Centre, King’s Lynn (7-8.30pm) The Norfolk Wildlife Trust presents a beautifully-illustrated talk by local naturalist and wildlife photographer Jerry Kinsley, who’ll be sharing his methods of how to photograph some secretive and elusive animals. Free admission. For more details, contact 01603 625540.

17th May to 29th September

The Holy Family with St John and Elizabeth by Nicolas Poussin (State Hermitage Museum)

HOUGHTON REVISITED Houghton Hall, Norfolk Wednesdays-Sundays and Bank Holidays (11am-6pm, last admissions 5pm) Masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg are brought back to their original home at Houghton Hall, one of the finest Palladian houses in Britain, for the unique exhibition Houghton Revisited: the Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great’s Hermitage.

The collection was originally brought together by Britain’s first prime minister Robert Walpole (16761745), and sold to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, in 1779. The paintings haven’t been seen in Britain for over 230 years, and they’ll be shown in their original settings at Houghton, the Walpole ancestral home in Norfolk.

One of the most famous art collections of eighteenth-century Europe, the display includes paintings from the English, French, Italian, Flemish and Spanish schools, with masterpieces by Van Dyck, Poussin, Albani, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velazquez, Murillo and several others. Works of art from other public and private collections will also be on show, from institutions including the National Gallery in Washington D.C, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and several other Russian galleries.

Please note that specially timed and dated tickets are required for the exhibition, and are available now from 01603 598640 or can be ordered online at www.houghtonrevisited.com.

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A day of Walsingham in the life of Norfolk For a thousand years Walsingham has provided a place of pilgrimage. KL magazine discovers that a world of history is just the start of the story...

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here to begin? At the beginning, one imagines, but the truth is that Walsingham offers so much it’s as hard to wrap it up into a couple of pages as it is to spend only half a day there. Bishop Lindsay Urwin, Priest Administrator of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, has been there four years and he’s seen the time fly by. I’m blessed – spending time with him is a luxury in itself; the thousands who trek to England’s Nazareth for religious (or entirely secular) reasons won’t get to do that.

Walsingham Abbey has welcomed pilgrims since the 11th century. The ruins of the medieval Augustinian Priory lead to a landscaped park, wildflower

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meadows, river walks along the Stiffkey and nearly 20 acres of woodland carpeted with snowdrops in early spring. The Abbey is message enough to give you food for thought, even if that were the sum total of your Walsingham experience.

Within the abbey grounds there’s the Shirehall, Walsingham’s original Georgian courtroom – now an absorbing local history museum, and a favourite of Scilla Landale, who’s been guiding visitors around her beloved part of the world for some time.

“Every Wednesday and Thursday from May to September, we run a two-hour tour around Walsingham,” she says, “and try our hardest to offer our visitors a taste of everything that Walsingham has to offer. But there are so many

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FOCAL POINT: the Holy House at the Shrine is always the focal point for all pilgrim visitors – especially during this month’s National Pilgrimage. facets to the place that it’s never long enough.”

A mile south of Walsingham at Houghton St Giles is the Roman Catholic Shrine that includes the historic Slipper Chapel. It was here that pilgrims once removed their shoes to walk the Holy Mile to the Priory.

A couple of minutes’ walk from the Shrine takes you to the world’s longest 10¼” narrow gauge track for the Wells & Walsingham Light Railway. Running from April to October its four-mile trip includes five bridges, some extraspecial Norfolk countryside and there are halts at Warham St Mary and Wighton. The railway’s main station at Wells houses a beautifully restored signal box and the station buffet has a wide selection of refreshments. The railway was the dream of Lt Cmdr Roy Francis whose passion for the project still sees him in personal charge of operations.

Walsingham is also home to the Walsingham Farms Shop Partnership.

Inside a beautifully converted (and worryingly huge) flint barn there’s a truly spectacular contemporary food shop and the village has eateries for everyone. There’s an unexpected chocolate shop, hairdresser’s and art gallery.

For nearly a thousand years pilgrims and visitors have found their way to Walsingham to discover peace and

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comfort. Even if the Shrine was not here the village (really two – Great and Little Walsingham) is a prime arrival point for weary feet, whatever time of year you appear. What was Bishop Urwin expecting to find? Originally from Melbourne in Australia via Horsham in West Sussex, Lindsay has the same view of Norfolk as many who discover it by chance.

“West Sussex is far less rural,” he says.

“When you arrive in Norfolk, there’s nowhere else to go. You stop. There’s no through traffic. I have a great love for this place.

“Walsingham is a Shrine as opposed to a monument,” he explains. “Men make monuments; God makes Shrines.

This shrine commemorates an event that happened in 1061; it’s the story of a frightened teenage girl who was chosen by God to be the mother of His son.”

A Saxon noblewoman called Richeldis dreamed she was taken to the house in Nazareth where the Angel Gabriel had asked the Virgin Mary to become the Mother of Jesus. A vision of Mary asked Richeldis to build an exact replica of that house in Walsingham saying: “All who seek me there will find succour.”

Known as the Holy House its fame would be sealed by royalty: Henry III’s patronage would ensure the best medieval marketing possible, but its

destruction on the orders of Henry VIII would cause pilgrimage to cease for almost four hundred years.

Father Alfred Hope-Patten established the present-day Shrine in 1931. His mark is still there, notably on the stones that came from other ruined Abbeys, now embedded into the back wall of the latter-day Holy House, bearing the carved names of their birth: Malvern, Chester, Sheppey et al.

There’s so much more to tell.

“This place shows us how we’re destined to live together,” says Lindsay.

“How to trust, to love, to bring us to God. It could be Walsingham, and it might be anywhere. It’s about finding God’s love. Evil is not the last word.”

The last word is Walsingham’s.

Peace, solace, a day out, a pilgrimage. Everything and anything you want. Purpose and destiny.

All the information you need about Walsingham has been wrapped up in its near-perfect website at www.walsinghamvillage.org This year’s National Pilgrimage to Walsingham takes place over the weekend of 26th and 27th May. The preacher at the Sermon, Procession and Benediction at 2.30pm on Monday 27th May will be the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.

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Greg Smith Chief Executive

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KL MAGAZINE: Could you tell us a little of your background?

GREG SMITH: I was born and brought up in Norwich, before reading Agricultural Marketing at Newcastle University and embarking on a business career in market research, starting in agriculture and ending up running the major consumer and business market research agency MORI. I have always been interested in joining the Army, so became a member of the TA and – 33 years later – am a Major General and have just completed my final tour as the senior Reservist in the UK, responsible for Defence’s Reserves and Youth policy.

KL: What does the role of Chief Executive of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association entail?

GS: The RNAA is a charitable body founded in 1847 to improve agricultural and farming practices. Our core purpose is pretty much unchanged although today we educate and inform people about food, farming and the countryside. The most evident way we do this is through the Royal Norfolk Show – which celebrates its 60th year at the Costessey site just outside Norwich in 2014. But there’s a lot more besides that. I’m responsible to the Trustees for all activities of the Association including strategy, leadership and organisation. We have

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over 3,000 members and a 360-acre estate on which we run our ‘enabling business’ – we host over 100 events on the Norfolk Showground each year. So there’s a lot to do!

KL: What can we expect from the Royal Norfolk Show in 2013?

GS: The Royal Norfolk Show is the largest two-day agricultural show in the country, attracting many visitors from all over the county and further afield. As well as the traditional elements of the county show (top-class livestock exhibitors and highly competitive show jumping and equestrian events) the Show offers a huge range of other attractions, including over 700 stands and a sumptuous food hall and cookery event. There’ll also be displays of modern and vintage agricultural machinery and rural craft demonstrations. And there’ll also be cultural and educational attractions and an exciting series of events and displays KLmagazine May 2013

in our Grand Ring. This year we’re also hosting a special ‘rare breeds village’ to mark the 40th anniversary of the RBST – with 40 endangered livestock and poultry breeds on show.

Our Show Director Julian Taylor and his team are responsible for the overall planning and delivery of the RNS. But we also rely on over 250 volunteer stewards, who freely give up many days to help with all aspects of the Show. In addition, we’re supported by about 100 judges from all over the country who come to help us with our competitions

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KL: What does the future hold for the Royal Norfolk Show?

GS: The Show aims to show people the very best of Norfolk – and especially the best of farming, food and the countryside at large. The future is bright. We want people to come along to see, try and learn about new things. It’s really important for people to support the Show and the businesses that come to it – and in doing so help sustain a strong rural economy which plays such an important role in the county.

KL: What’s the most rewarding part of your job?

GS: I’m so lucky to have a great job with a great team in a fantastic place – Norfolk.

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KL: What’s been your greatest achievement as Chief Executive?

GS: Ask me after this year’s Royal Norfolk Show!

KL: What have you learned from your work?

GS: Never give up. Keep learning. Give people space to grow.

The importance of perspective.

KL: What do you like best about West Norfolk?

GS: What characterises it for me is the beautiful Wash coastline and countryside around King’s Lynn and the changing agricultural vista that emerges as you explore the western boundaries of the county and get towards the rich black soils of Fenland.

KL: In your free time, how do you like to relax?

GS: I love boats and sailing and am generally most relaxed when I’m busy doing stuff in my garden!

KL: Who’s your biggest inspiration?

GS: Rebecca and my family. I also have several heroes: Lord Nelson, son of Norfolk and maverick military leader; Alanbrooke, the brilliant strategist; and Sir Bob Worcester, the entrepreneur, business leader and founder of MORI.

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GS: Never stand up in a canoe (that’s a joke!) I think it’s probably Sir Bob Worcester’s observation that if the data looks right, it’s probably wrong.

KL: Tell us something about yourself that would surprise people...

GS: During the Royal Norfolk Show I sleep in a tent on the roof of my expedition-prepared Land Rover Defender.

ROYAL NORFOLK SHOW 2013 Wednesday 26th – Thursday 27th June You can find full details and information on this year’s Royal Norfolk Show at www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk – tickets are now available and can be purchased online from the website

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Thanks to Peter King of Wisbech Grammar School for sending this lovely picture of the old Grammar School in Hill Street taken by John Kennerell about 1880. Look how smart all those young students look! The photograph of the site as it appears today was taken

by Tim Chapman, a teacher at Wisbech Grammar School.

For more photographs of how things used to be in King’s Lynn and the surrounding area, contact Picture Norfolk – at the Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, The Forum,

Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1AW. We’ll be bringing you another nostalgic look at West Norfolk next month.

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Thurlow Nunn celebrates arrival of new Vauxhall soft-top

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espite the recent dreary weather, a brand new ray of sunshine has arrived in the showroom of Thurlow Nunn.

An all-new convertible, the Cascada, is now on display at the King's Lynn dealership and local motorists invited to explore and test-drive the new four-seater model, which is set to revitalise the full-size convertible market.

Staff and customers alike are celebrating the arrival of this seamless and sophisticated soft-top at the dealership on Campbells Meadow, as Gordon Mills, General Manager, explains “Not only is the Cascada the fourth new Vauxhall model to be introduced in a year,” he says, “but it’s also the first full-sized convertible designed, engineered and manufactured by Vauxhall since the 1930s.”

Competitively priced from only £23,995 on the road – nearly £8,000 less than the smaller Audi A5 Cabriolet – the C-sector Cascada offers an exhilarating and comfortable ride whatever the

weather. With its multi layered fabric roof, which opens in just 17 seconds at speeds of up to 30mph, the model is ideally suited to travel all year round, from cosy winter journeys to top-down coastal cruising.

The new model is available in two trims: SE and Elite. The entry level SE boasts 18" alloy wheels, a sports chassis, LED tail lamps and aux-in/USB, all as standard. And in addition the Elite model comes with leather trim, heated front seats and steering wheel, front fog lamps, windbreak and dual zone climate control.

What’s more, the Cascada is available in ten colours and can be ordered with solid, two-coat metallic or two-coat pearlescent paint, as well as a choice of three roof colours, depending on exterior colour.

Cascada owners can enjoy its spacious cabin space and high-quality materials, with a wealth of well-equipped functionality and handcrafted features not found in any other Vauxhall.

“With outstanding levels of standard spec, even in entry-level SE trim, the Cascada offers high quality

equipment, technology and luxury at an affordable price,” says Gordon Mills. “Plus, with Vauxhall’s unique Flexible Finance scheme, taking to the road in a Cascada with a payment to suit a customer’s own budget means there’s never been a better time to get behind the wheel and embrace the open road.”

To find out more about the new Vauxhall Cascada and to book a test drive, please contact Thurlow Nunn at Campbells Meadow, Hardwick Road, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4YN. Alternately, call 01553 769799 or visit us online at www.thurlownunn.co.uk.

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A world of choice from a single local provider As unique as their products ECOnomy Windows offers each and every customer a tailor-made solution. KL magazine discovers how.

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f the latest Budget caused you to shudder and shake and throw up your hands in despair at ever being able to move so that you could have that much-needed extra room, think again. ECOnomy Windows have the answer and you can stay exactly where you are.

“It’s May,” says Jim McClure, ECOnomy Windows’ Business Manager.

“Traditionally, the property market’s at its most active and we’re scurrying around looking to upgrade. Why? What is it we’re looking for? More room? Stay where you are.”

Recent surveys reveal that conservatories and extensions are some of the most rewarding home investments you can make, based on the percentage return on your investment. Achieving thermal efficiency is effortless – you’ll find it warm and cosy in winter and reassuringly cool in the summer – and today’s new rooms are able to reduce the “racking” effect of wind. Solidity and assurance are built in as standard.

Your brand new or conservatory is the solution then, and there’s a new twist that makes it stand out as beyond the ordinary or expected: “Let’s say you’re looking for a great night out in your own home; let’s say you’re looking for an area of opulence and relaxation, and let’s say you want every element to be exactly how you want it: style, structure, function, design, lighting, everything. All of this can be possible, and there’s

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nothing left to chance.”

Jim likens the design of that perfect room to putting together a luxury holiday. “Package holidays are fine,” he says. “All the thinking’s been taken away for you – you just need to turn up and fly. But what if you wanted a different flight, a change of hotel, a view of the pool and a hire car as well… you’d create your own solution. That’s exactly what we do with your new room.”

Dwarf walls or windows all round?

The first offers a sense of solidity; the second maintains light and space.

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The first is there to bring structure; the second offers a dramatic and stunning effect, particularly when today’s glazing offers thermal and UV protection.

Double glazing or triple glazing? All ECOnomy Windows glazed products are A rated as standard; the added advantage of triple-glazed windows means even better performance.

“We spend time getting it right,” says Jim. “After all we’ve spent more than 25 years listening to our customers. The big question is not how can we make it work for you – it’s how can we make it great for you. Do you want to move?

Or do you want to move in a new direction? A new or Loggia offers the best of both worlds, combining the light and sky of a conservatory with the walls and ceiling of an extension, in your own home.”

Jim invites you to try before you buy.

At ECOnomy Windows’ Conservatory Show Park in Wisbech the multitude of

options have been drawn together into beautifully-built rooms and furnished to the highest standards that the company brings to all its projects. “I’d like to tell you we were having an Open Weekend,” he says, “but every weekend is an Open Weekend. Join us for a cup of coffee, or a cup of tea, or soft drink.

We’re there to transform your light and space into a beautiful extra room for use every day of the year, built to your exact specification. And compared to the economics of moving house? Well, quite simply, there is no comparison.

Your next move is your new room.”

The terraced home in Terrington; the semi-detached in Tydd; the lodge home in Tilney. You’ve loved them all these years. The location’s great, the children love it there, you’ve even got used to your neighbour’s fence. Why move, when ECOnomy Windows can bring your new home home?

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ABOVE: Julian Stoyel on the Houghton estate (note the white deer in the background)

Julian Stoyel and the call of the wild...

There are over 1,500 deer (and 14 different species of them) on the Houghton estate. KL magazine meets the man in charge of these magnificent animals. Pictures by Ian Ward.

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t’s one of those memorable visual moments. A stately Italianate home graced with a tint of summer light, mature parkland spread before it. Oaks, beech and chestnuts punctuate swathes of grassland and bracken. A group of teenagers amble into the landscape.

They wheel together and break apart and move slowly through the grass.

They’re a breathtaking and dramatic sight – but these boys are no college lads. They’re two-year-old bucks of the herd of white fallow deer on a

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lunchtime foray at Houghton Hall.

The origins of the white deer herd at Houghton are unclear. It’s thought the herd has been at the park for around 300 years after being introduced by the 4th Lord Cholmondeley. It‘s the largest herd of white fallow deer in the country.

Julian Stoyel is the man who looks after the white fallow deer at Houghton – and the 13 other species in the 450 acre deer park. Working with 1,500 deer is a 24-hour job every day of the year, but there’s no mistaking his

absolute passion for the deer. He’ll be the first to tell you he owes a lot to his west country farming background.

At 12, Julian was doing everything on his father’s farm on the Blackdown Hills. He knew how to work hard, he knew how to handle animals, he knew how to butcher a carcass and he’d developed a passion for food.

From there, he gained experience working on a number of high profile estates from Powderham to Woburn Abbey. In between turning around herds and developing deer studs, he’s

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...you’ve got to be confident and always aware that they are wild animals. You always have to have respect...

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worked in New Zealand and Australia, where deer farms and parks have been a traditional part of that continents’ trade.

Today, he’s at Houghton Hall, driving out to a series of paddocks in the deer park. In one, a group of young male deer are kept in check by the magnificent six-year-old stag Chamberlain.

Big-antlered, they come to Julian when he calls and he entices them closer with a scattering of protein feed.

Chamberlain is the boss among the younger males shaking their antlers and occasionally having a bit of a thrust at each other, but Julian is definitely the ultimate boss.

“It’s how you are with animals,” he says. “If you’re nice, you’ve got to be confident and always aware that they are wild animals. You always have to have respect.”

In the next paddock, the dark-eyed hinds gather, jostling forward for some feed and keeping their young offspring in the centre of the huddle of bodies.

All the deer are single sired and Julian has increased fawn rates to 102%. He can spot the different genetic bloodlines in the heads and features of the hinds. Chamberlain will cover 70 hinds this year and Sebastian (a two

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year old with striking antlers and quite a bit of character) is also in line for the stud.

Julian knows his deer individually and many have been christened. He’s continually on the lookout for any slight defect or injury, the status of the individual deer within the herd hierarchy and how this impacts on the genetic development of the bloodlines.

At the same time, he’s selecting deer for the table. He only sells young, top quality venison to the chefs and butchers who are clients of the Houghtion estate.

Julian’s interest is in keeping the deer as calm and happy as possible. When it comes time to cull from the herd, he walks out with his rifle knowing exactly which animal he is going to bring down. It’s his least favourite part of the job but it’s a necessity.

This approach means the deer don’t startle at the sight of a vehicle. When it comes to culling the white deer, it’s made easier by the strawberry blonde tone of the younger coats.

The deer are part of the overall conservation work in the park. Julian keeps the environment as natural as possible, providing bracken cover for the newborn fawns, wooden shelters for those winter days when the east

wind shrills in from the coast, and he plants about 50 trees a year. The grass is continually being improved naturally by rolling and harrowing to release nitrates from clover and other legumes in the mix.

Part of Julian’s passion is to encourage chefs to visit and learn about deer and venison. Every year students from Westminster Catering College come to Houghton to spend a day learning about the deer, how to butcher a carcass and cook the lesswell known cuts of meat.

He’d like to see greater awareness of the fact that venison isn’t only low in cholesterol but can also be very affordable. It isn’t just the meat of princes.

Julian looks up at a Chinese water deer scooting across the grass after her two fawns. Out in the deer park, a large, chocolate brown Samba stag called Sammy looks passively out from the bracken. Rare Pere David deer whose numbers were down to a mere 12 in the 19th century are part of a worldwide conservation effort.

They stand under the trees, adding to the Arcadian idyll. It’s deceptively peaceful.

“There’s always something happening with deer,” says Julian.

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The venison comes from Houghton Hall.

The excellent service comes naturally.

The fantastic atmosphere comes as standard.

At the newly-refurbished Kings Head, the fantastic food isn’t the only thing that’s sourced locally. The family-run hotel combines all the traditional warmth and friendly comfort of a long established country house with sleek contemporary facilities.

From business meetings and conferences to weddings and weekend breaks, you’ll find plenty of reasons to visit – and even more reasons to come back for more!

Discover the Kings Head today.

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PETS

AnimalMatters Our monthly look at the issues concerning you and your pets with Alex Dallas of the London Road Veterinary Centre...

Mad dogs and heroes O

ne of the best aspects of working as a vet in West Norfolk is that over the last 30 years I’ve met some remarkable people.

One particularly impressive profession I’ve been privileged to work with is our local Fire Service. These people, along with their more customary fire-fighting and road traffic rescue duties, are also called in to assist in animal rescues. This is where our paths have crossed.

One of my earliest shared encounters was the rescue of a dairy cow stuck in a ditch out on Wootton marshes. With ropes and hoses and a lot of muscle we got her safely out of the dyke she’d slipped into.

On another occasion a calf had strayed from its mother and fallen into water out in the Fens. I arrived at somewhere in the middle of nowhere, guided only by the flashing blue light of a fire tender. When I pulled up by the vehicle I was ushered into the engine (a boyhood dream fulfilled) and was put on the radio to help two fire-fighters rescue the calf with some instructions. I hadn’t allowed for fire-fighter humour, and soon various myths and practical jokes were being set up for me to choose to relay or not.

It all ended very successfully and I had a great insight into the camaraderie

and spirit of these people.

I’ve attended house fires where pets have been at risk, and again their heroism and compassion spills over to the animals they’ve rescued. I recall arriving at a fire and one fireman was cradling a cat in his lap whilst administrating vital oxygen from his own mask. Moving stuff indeed.

But my favourite encounter involved a large, angry German Shepherd dog who, while guarding his property, got his head stuck through the decorative bricks of an ornamental wall.

Having got his head in, it now wouldn’t come back out, and the dog was understandably angry. The fire service was called, but even these heroes weren’t prepared to get too close to the trapped but sharp-toothed casualty. I got the call to come and help by sedating the dog, which we did by injecting sedative well away from the sharp end. When suitably asleep, the bricks trapping the dog were cut away with a very efficient power saw, the sedation was reversed and we all left before the dog knew quite what had happened.

So the next time you see a fire engine with blues and twos don’t assume it’s a house fire – they could be heading to almost anything involving almost any species!

Oh no – they’re back!

Yes, ticks have reawakened from the cold winter and are appearing on our pets again for their first feed, ready to breed again.

On the other hand, fleas have never gone away, and will be gathering in numbers on your pet and (worse still) in your home where they can prosper and multiply.

It’s time to get ahead in the battle, with early treatments to prevent ticks and to stop the fleas in their tracks. A bit of time and effort now will make your summer much more manageable and enjoyable.

Take a look on our website at www.lrvc.co.uk and view our tips and techniques to beat the fleas, and view our upcoming offers on the best products to help you stay flea and tick free.

Your pets Many thanks to Jacob of Fincham for sending this charming picture of his 13½ year old Labrador enjoying some music – but what’s he listening to? Hound Dog or Hungry Like the Wolf? Don’t forget to keep sending me pictures of your pets to Animal Matters at KL magazine, 18 Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1JW or you can e-mail them to editor@klmagazine.co.uk

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Big thinking,big style at Goddards The bigger man has a clothing specialist close to home. KL magazine talks to Gary Tillott about a shop that’s always seen the bigger picture.

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anager Gary Tillott at Goddards of King’s Lynn has seen a multitude of changes during his time there. Really accessible at the moment is a welcome return to those slick-lapelled, sharply cut outlines of the 1960s. We need to know that our bodies have been defined and slimmed by what we wear, but the bigger man is demanding exactly the same style and design as his smaller counterparts, and that’s exactly as it should be.

“The Big Style department at Goddards is the perfect answer for an impeccable fit,” he says. “We can offer the entire range of men’s clothing – knitwear, swimwear, suits, jackets, trousers, shirts, formal wear, outer wear – in sizes you’d expect. Shirts start at 18½” and go up to a 21” collar; Big Style offers chest sizes from 50” to 56”; waists start at 46” and go up to 52”, and with a couple of days’ notice we can order in up to 60” chest and waist as well.”

So Goddards’ specialist service is at a premium price? “You’re a 36” chest and you’re looking for a new suit,” says Gary. “You’ve come in and chosen one of the many styles available. You’ll be paying exactly the same price as someone purchasing the same style in a 56” chest, in any one of seven patterns. There’s no premium just

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because you’re bigger.”

Over the last two years Gary has watched as Goddards’ extensive range of clothing has increased to include ever larger sizes, so much so that the Big Style department now has its own location within the shop. Already well-known for its free customer car parking close to Lynn’s town centre Goddards boasts a section especially carved out for the grander man; there’s the space you’d expect, the specialist service that’s become synonymous with the shop, and two spacious fitting rooms to allow changing in comfort and ease.

Coming through for May are some wonderful colours to show the big man at his flamboyant best. “Why should dynamic mean dowdy?” says Gary.

“Navy, black, brown… they’re fine for formal but getting out there is about colour and charisma. Checks, stripes, patterns right across the entire palette from Lacoste and Gant – they’re great to look at, and they really suit a great

man.”

Goddards has always moved with the times and it’s never been frightened of making a statement. For men Goddards has become a byword for recognition and style and now, when the early part of the century is demanding a fit that hugs its bigger men, it’s found its own niche and taken on the challenge.

“All big men are dreamers,” said US President Woodrow Wilson. “They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening.” At Goddards they can also see them in a fashion they’ll recognise, in a fit that’s fantastic from a shop that takes them seriously. “Our customers stick with us for the duration,” says Gary. “Once they’ve found us they never look back.”

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The home of the law – Lynn’s oldest houses Numbers 30 and 32 King Street in King’s Lynn were built around 1180. KL magazine talks to Alison Muir of MCP Solicitors, the current residents of these historic buildings...

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ou don’t appreciate them until you get inside,” says Alison Muir. “From the road they look like one building.

Come inside and you can see for yourself how history’s last 800 years have shaped the site.”

It was in 1951 that this piece of King’s Lynn real estate acquired Grade I listing.

Such buildings are “of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important,” and just 2.5% of all listed buildings are Grade I. Alison joined MCP Solicitors as a trainee in 1988. Now she’s the Managing Partner at the King’s Lynn office and head of the Criminal Law Team, which she has established as one

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of the largest in the region.

“I never tire of admiring this place,” she says. “Once a year, in association with the King’s Lynn Preservation Trust, we throw open the doors and invite everyone in to see it for themselves. It offers a historical timeline that’s fascinating not just from an architectural point of view but also from a domestic one.”

The homely nature of the buildings is striking. One of the first signs is the massive open fireplace that engulfs you almost as soon as you’ve walked through the main door. It’s the north and south stone gables that are the most ancient part of the buildings and it seems that the northern gable almost

certainly stood in the corner of what was once a much larger Tuesday Market Place.

That’s the next shock – look over your shoulder and consider just how far distant you are from the latter-day market’s reduced site.

The buildings’ stones arrived here as ballast from the trading vessels that plied their route to Lynn from the Scandinavian countries. There is thought to be only one other 12th century stone house in the country – the Jew’s House in Lincoln.

In the 1970s the “Stone Tape” theory saw an upsurge of interest following a television play of the same name by Nigel Kneale, the creator of

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Quatermass. It speculated that lifeless materials can absorb some form of energy from living beings. What would these unique buildings tell us?

Back to the present, and back to reality, Alison is more measured in her response to the building’s vitality.

“Over the years there has been talk of voices and shadowy figures,” she says, “but maybe the site’s history should speak for itself without intrusion from us.”

In around 1300 an open hall was built on the east side of the southern half of the stone hall. It’s still standing. A hundred years later a thick rubble wall was constructed from east to west, which divided the hall into two roughly equal parts. Later in the 15th century the timber frame building was erected, enveloping the second half of the stone hall and extending as far again southwards, and by 1500 eastern ranges had been constructed behind numbers 32 and 28. Thus the entire range of buildings had become three separate tenements, each at right angles to the street.

The northern hall still exists, and the passageway between numbers 30 and 32 acted as a right of way from the High Street to King Street right up to the 1950s.

Enjoying a variety of uses over the centuries, the three tenements were acquired by the King’s Lynn Preservation Trust in 1975. Gales in January 1978 blew in the brickwork of the north gable of Number 30 and it was decided to begin restoration work as soon as practicable. The restored shell was opened in 1980 to public view and investigations have revealed an intriguing record of how the buildings have been modified over the centuries.

MCP Solicitors’ own timeline begins almost 600 years after the construction of Numbers 30 and 32 King Street with the story of Charles Metcalfe, practicing solicitor of Wisbech.

Law derives from an Old Norse word meaning layers – items laid down one on the other, strengthening as they grow. It’s apt then that the first evidence of Mr Metcalfe’s work is his Book of Precedents No 2, dating from June 1787.

A Downham Market office was established in 1945, and Lynn’s premises opened in 1951. Thetford and Peterborough followed in 1974 and 1984, and in 1991 Downham and Lynn joined forces when the Downham offices were closed. Next year MCP will celebrate 225 years in practice.

Alison’s quite right; the buildings in King Street need no myth or supposition to declare their prominence, for they have a beauty in

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their own right. Those who jostle for a view during September’s Open Day will see that for themselves.

“We collaborate with our location,” says Alison. “The buildings are historic and traditional, and in common with MCP Solicitors they have pride of place in the 21st Century – classical buildings containing modern thinking for an innovative legal practice. Past, present and future. I’d call that perfect synergy.”

MCP Solicitors’ Open Day is on Sunday 15th September from 10am to 4pm. Please call the King’s Lynn office on 01553 778100 for more details and information For information on the work of the King’s Lynn Preservation Trust, see www.klprestrust.org.uk

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ABOVE: The new Denver Mills centre at the Hanse House in King’s Lynn – the successful meeting of two local traditions

Denver Mills: building on the heritage of Lynn...

For over 500 years, Hanse House has been part of the trading history of King’s Lynn, and now it’s the inviting and bustling home to one of the region’s best-loved family businesses

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anse House on the South Quay in King’s Lynn is a Grade 1 listed building – and the only surviving Hanseatic warehouse in England.

Currently undergoing a major regeneration project, its importance to the heritage of King’s Lynn and its association with river’s trading history (particularly in grain) makes it the perfect location for Denver Mills’ new centre.

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bar/eaterie and baking workshop, this famous family-run business is ideally suited to a location so thoroughly steeped in local history.

THE TEAROOM Serving as a showcase for Denver Mill’s own flour and bread, the tearoom’s reputation is built on fresh-baked scones, cakes, homemade soups and wonderful smoked bacon.

Hot and cold fresh food is prepared daily, and seasonal

specials are always on offer.

Denver Mills prides itself on the quality of the food, using locally produced products as often as possible and maintaining the friendly, informal atmosphere that’s so much a part of Denver Mills.

THE MILL STORES Adjacent to the tearoom, this is the first place to come if you’d like to take some of those fabulous tastes home with you. As you’d expect, you can buy Denver Mills’ own flour (stone

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ABOVE: Lindsay Abel (centre) and Duncan and Sally MacGregor are the experienced driving forces behind the successful family-run business of Denver Mills

milled from local cereals) and fantastic breads, but it’s also a great source for local products – including hand-made pickles from Norfolk’s Finest Foods in Diss, honey from the Green Bee Apiaries near Wisbech, ciders and apple juice from Watergull Orchards at Wisbech, and a range of beers from local breweries such as Elgoods, Brandon Brewery and the Two Rivers Brewery in Denver.

BAKING WORKSHOP Whether you’re a serious breadmaker or simply baking for fun, Denver Mills offers a wide range of regular workshops and classes designed to help you make the most of that carefully stone-ground flour. The current programme can be found online, and includes Monday morning workshops covering the basics of baking, Wednesday night classes for serious (or curious) bakers, and Friday Baking Parties.

It’s a fascinating experience – and a Denver Mills Gift Voucher makes

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for a very different and rewarding present!

MERCHANTS BAR Located in the former undercroft of Hanse House you’ll find the spacious Merchants Bar, the latest addition to the Denver Mills brand. An informal and genuinely welcoming venue for eating, meeting and relaxing, the bar is stocked with local ales, beers, wines and soft drinks chosen to complement the food, which ranges from delicious sharing platters to old English favourites.

With an interior fondly described as ‘spit and sawdust chic’ it’s a very cosy environment ideal for relaxing during the day or at night.

If you’re looking for a relaxing lunch, an enjoyable evening with friends and family, a selection of great local products, or some of the tastiest bread in Norfolk, Denver Mills at Hanse House is a wonderful addition to the must-visit destinations in King’s Lynn.

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t’s also known as brining, but pickling is a method of preserving food by fermentation in brine.

That produces lactic acid. There’s also marinating – storing it in an acid solution, usually vinegar. Pickling can preserve perishable food for months, and if the food contains sufficient moisture a pickling brine can be produced merely by adding dry salt – sauerkraut (sour cabbage) is just one food item produced by salting the vegetable to draw out excess water.

Herbs and spices can be added, and mustard seed, garlic, cinnamon and cloves are firm favourites.

BUYER’S GUIDE India has produced a vast variety of pickles made from mango, lime, chilli, cauliflower, tomato and more which are generally blended with other ingredients before being set to mature.

In East Asia fruits such as papaya and pineapple are pickled, while in China their favourites include radish and Chinese cabbage. The Japanese like to pickle plum, turnip and cucumber, and

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right across the Middle East and Asia Minor fruit and vegetable pickling are always popular. All offer an adventure to new tastes and all are now widely available at your local independent delicatessen or grocer.

STORAGE Such are today’s food rules and regulations that you’ll find dire warnings about ensuring you keep open pickle and relish jars for no more than a few days. Certainly the fridge is best, and be cautious about allowing a fine mould to coat your favourite jar of pickled onions, but they’ll keep well. As long as you can stop eating them, that is.

PREPARATION Once you’ve saturated your chosen ingredients in brine (heavily salted water to you and me – it effectively reduces the water content of the ingredients, thus avoiding over-dilution) give them a through wash and dry them completely. Transfer them to a sterilised jar or other sealable container and allow to ferment until the desired taste

has been reached. Weeks or months is a matter of taste – it’s up to you.

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To complement one of our fine Norfolk hams or cheeses there really is nothing better than a spot of pickle. It’s a marriage made in Heacham, and even better of course if you accompany them both with a drop of Norfolk ale.

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Most varieties of pickles are low in fat, calories and sugar so you can eat them in moderation without caring about an extra pound or two. But be aware there can be a high sodium content. The good news is that pickles created by using the fermentation process include natural properties that kill harmful bacteria and microbes in the stomach and intestine.

And even better, pickles made using vinegar provide health benefits by strengthening the immune system – good to remember if you feel a cold coming on.

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Herb Marinated Chicken Breast with Prosciutto and White Bean Salad INGREDIENTS 4 chicken breasts, breast bone removed, wing bone attached and skin on 1½ cups dried white beans a few sprigs thyme leaves a few sprigs rosemary leaves a few sprigs oregano leaves a few sprigs parsley leaves sea salt flakes pepper grinder 3 cups chicken stock extra virgin olive oil 80g thinly sliced prosciutto 2 lemons, juice only 3 cloves garlic Prep: 30 minutes (see recipe for 2 over night steps) Cook: 50 minutes Serves: 4

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METHOD 1 Soak the beans in water over night.

2 Place the thyme, rosemary and parsley into a mortar and pestle with a little sea salt, black pepper and 1tsp lemon juice and grind to a smooth consistency. Add a little olive oil and rub the chicken breasts with this mix.

3 In a tray or dish large enough to accommodate the chicken breasts, add some olive oil and then gently add the chicken until they’re all submerged. Add the garlic and place in the fridge over night.

4 Preheat oven to 180 degrees (350 fahrenheit).

5 Drain and rinse the beans well and place in a large mixing bowl.

6 Chop the prosciutto and cook it in a pan until crispy.

7 Remove the chicken from the oil and allow to drain.

8 Place the beans in a saucepan with the stock and simmer for 35 minutes or until al dente (you may need to add water depending on the type of bean used).

9 In a non-stick frying pan, sear the chicken over a medium-high heat until firmly crusted with the herb mixture. Transfer to an ovenproof dish and bake for a further 7 minutes.

10 Add the crispy prosciutto, oregano, lemon juice and a good drizzle of extra virgin to the beans, season to taste with salt and pepper.

11 Serve the chicken with bean salad together with a nice white wine such as a relatively young Sauvignon Blanc.

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RestaurantReview

There’s nothing better than locally-sourced food lovingly prepared and presented by people who love food – so is there anywhere better than Strattons?

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ou can’t fail to be impressed by your first look at Strattons, especially as it’s carefully tucked away from the bustling edge of Swaffham’s market place. Until you’ve taken the short drive down the quiet lane, you’d find it hard to believe such a wonderful building and beautifullylandscaped gardens are so close to the town centre.

You’ll first pass Strattons’ recentlyintroduced CoCoes cafe and deli, which is open daily with a delicious selection from local organic producers and suppliers.

It’s a commitment to supporting local food that runs throughout this familyrun and award-winning boutique hotel, and it’s a very welcome one too.

We were booked into the The Rustic restaurant for 7pm on a Friday – and following a hard week’s work felt instantly lifted and relaxed when greeted by the front of house manager. Indeed, she proved very competent and friendly throughout the evening. Her knowledge, cheery manner and skills at dealing with other diners’ special dietary requirements were exemplary.

From the menu – which changes on a refreshingly

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regular basis – we ordered the panfried cod with green sauce, peas, char-grilled baby gem, deep-fried cod cheek and lemon puree; and the vegetarian option, which was a superb leek, sage and Norfolk Dapple sausage, served with charred baby leeks, a delightful rapeseed oil mash and an extremely tasty onion gravy.

On the basis they sounded so tempting, we also ordered a serving of thrice-cooked beef dripping chips.

Whilst waiting, we were brought some truly wonderful (and warm) homemade breads with clotted cream butter, and ordered a glass of Merlot and a pint of Pride of Norfolk, made just up the road at the Iceni Brewery at Mundford.

The food was an absolute delight on arrival. Looking amazing, it was completely satisfying, with plenty of

genuine tastes coming through. It was faultless – and those temptingsounding chips were fantastic.

The mains left us struggling to manage dessert, so we opted to share the Cheese Slate. With four different homemade biscuits along with local goat’s cheese from Ellingham, Ellie Bett’s Norfolk Dapple and a rich Blue Monday, together with an elderberry jam, chutney and spiced nuts, it was a fittingly impressive end to an outstanding evening’s meal.

If you like truly lovely food by people who love food, you’ll love Strattons.

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CaféReview

Serving food from 12 noon until 10pm

THE HARE ARMS Traditional Country Pub & Restaurant

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e arrived at Wiveton Hall Café on a sunny weekday over Easter following a shopping session in Holt and prior to a bracing walk along the north Norfolk coast. It’s a lovely location hidden between Cley and Blakeney and overlooking the marshes – the café is reached down a long drive on a working strawberry and rasberry farm. Inside, the café has a bright, almost Mediterranean feel with brightly painted chairs and plenty of art on the walls – it’s a very welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere, and the staff were smiling all the time. Even though the café was busy, the table service was prompt without feeling rushed.

The Wiveton Hall Café offers an extensive range of delicious cakes and scones, morning breakfasts, lunches (and light lunch choices) and a very good children’s selection.

There are some very tempting dishes on the menu – the rabbit and chestnut mushroom tagliatelli and the white bean and garlic soup particularly caught our eye. And in addition to teas, coffee and cold drinks, the café is licensed and offers a good list of wines and beers.

It’s clear that the café cares about the locality and seasonality of their food – the menu changes regularly to reflect the seasons, and the food is cooked to order, using ingredients from the adjacent farm whenever possible.

My friend chose the light lunch of potted salmon with toasted sour dough bread – which she described as creamy and flavoursome, and she highly praised the side salad.

I opted for the generous fruit scone with fresh cream and jam (the latter coming from the Hall’s own fields). It was fantastic, and I have no hesitation in voting them the very best scones in north Norfolk!

We also shared a large pot of refreshing (and very tasty) breakfast tea. It was a lovely lunch in a lovely setting, and I’ve no doubt we’ll be back soon. Take my tip and book if you can – the café can get busy, although there’s plenty of colourful outdoor seating looking out to sea for sunny days.

Oh, and the café is starting its popular Tapas Nights again at the end of the month – even more reasons to go back for more!

WIVETON HALL CAFÉ Wiveton Hall, Holt, Norfolk NR25 7TE Telephone: 01263 740515 Web: www.wivetonhall.co.uk

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LocalTastes Selected by David Learner

H.V. GRAVES BUTCHERS Briston | 01263 860333 The range is as wide as you’d expect and only the best local ingredients (some of which come from their own farm) are used to ensure quality throughout the year. Wonderful taste and some truly individual seasonings to bring out the best.

PRIORS West Lynn | 01553 773677 With more than 30 different recipes to choose from, the selection from Priors is one of the widest in Norfolk. All the sausages are hand-linked and the Priors tradition goes as far back as the 1920s when Edward Prior took over a business on the Saturday Market Place in Lynn.

PAPWORTHS Fakenham, Swaffham and Sheringham See www.papworthbutchers.co.uk If sausages wore medals then Papworths’ little beauties would be weighed down. Their award-winning selection includes a tasty lamb and mint variety, as well as everybody’s favourites – pork and leek, farmhouse (tops for breakfast), and Lincolnshire. Or there’s the Cumberland, containing marjoram, nutmeg, mace and cayenne pepper.

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hile traditionally we may have been more conservative in our choice of sausage than the Germans or Italians, there’s absolutely no doubt that Norfolk’s butchers are amongst the finest – and creative – in the country. Our porkers, particularly in Breckland, find Norfolk living as good as it gets, and that’s why their meat is amongst the tastiest you’ll bite into. Here are just a few of our favourites – discover them today and you’ll never look at the humble banger the same way again!

GODDARDS Downham Market | 01366 388377 John’s team works wonders with cracked black pepper pork sausages, Norfolk gold pork, pork and leek, olde English (for a taste you thought you’d forgotten) and a new favourite – wild boar and apple. John claims he personally catches the ingredients for that last one, but then anyone can catch apples. The shop is a trip worth taking – a feast for the eyes.

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Extensive delicatessen counter with top quality Norfolk cheeses and olives from home and abroad!

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INGREDIENTS 20lg Mussels, washed and de-bearded Vegetables: 1 Carrot 1 White onion 2 Baby turnips Sea Purslane picked, washed and blanched Sea Aster picked and washed Crumb: 4 slices of thick white bread 50g butter 50g Smoked bacon lardons 2 banana shallots, thinly sliced 1lt vegetable oil Sauce: 50g Smoked bacon trim ( skin etc) 2 banana shallots, thinly sliced 500ml chicken stock 200ml white wine 800ml double cream juice of ½ a lemon Mussel cooking stock (see method) METHOD 1 Roast the carrot in duck fat at 180c, half submerged for 40 minutes until golden brown.

2 Cook the baby turnips in 300ml water with 100g butter and salt. Bring to the boil and then remove from the heat.

3 Slowly cook the onion petals in 300ml water, 100g butter and salt for 30 minutes or until very soft 4 For the crumb, butter the bread and bake at 180c until golden brown. Allow to cool, and process in a blender to achieve coarse breadcrumbs.

5 Pan fry the bacon on a very low heat, stirring often, and when very crisp strain and rest on some kitchen towel.

6 In a large saucepan heat the vegetable oil up to 180c and fry the onions until golden brown (take care as the oil will double in volume when the shallots are added).

Drain the shallots on kitchen towel and when all vegetables are cool, combine.

7 For the mussels, vacuum pack on full compression and cook for 6 minutes in boiling water. Refresh in an ice bath, then carefully remove the meat and discard the shells. Strain the mussel stock to use for the sauce.

8 For the sauce, reduce to a Âź the wine, chicken stock and mussel stock with the shallots and bacon, then add the cream and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve and season with lemon juice.

9 To serve, bring the mussels up to the boil in seasoned water and butter, place a spoonful of crumb in the centre of the plate and place the vegetables and mussels round one half of the plate, adding the sauce over the vegetables.

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stylish coastal retreat for those seeking fine dining, Titchwell Manor is renowned for its superb cuisine. Head Chef Eric Snaith was recently awarded three AA rosettes and won the Eastern Daily Press Norfolk Food and Drink Chef of the Year Award 2012. Dine from the à la carte menu in the elegant, candlelit Conservatory overlooking the gardens, or informal Eating Rooms and Bar. A gourmet four and eight-course Conversation Menu, with optional matched wines, is available every evening in the Conservatory allowing you to sample a selection of Eric’s most innovative dishes. Afternoon tea is served daily from 12noon until 5pm, while on Sundays a retro-style lunch offers traditional favourites.

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‘The pub by the sea’ The all day venue – Open for meals and snacks 12pm to 9pm daily A traditional pub with terrace and lawns sweeping down to the sand dunes and beach. Family rooms and children’s play area, a selection of cask ales, lagers and wines by the bottle and the glass.

Your special event is our special event.

Real food, Real ales, Real pub

Abacus Marquees provides both high quality frame marquees and traditional pole marquees, and have a wide range of furniture and accessories – including black Starcloth linings and Moroccan linings.

Great service, competitive prices, and the experience to make your dream day a reality!

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Chalk Farm, Druids Lane, Litcham, King’s Lynn PE32 2YA Tel: 01328 701331 E-mail: info@abacusmarquees.co.uk Web: www.abacusmarquees.co.uk

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MKM Building Supplies are considered a one-stop shop for all building requirements but at this time of year, attention tends to turn to landscaping, and after a bitterly cold Easter the landscaping season seems to have started much later this year. Whatever the project or whatever your budget, MKM has the right products at the right price to satisfy your project needs. With quality products from all the leading suppliers MKM has the lot, whether you’re replacing a fence panel or completely re-landscaping your garden. MKM is open to the trade and public and offers a free local delivery service.

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ay is traditionally the month you promise yourself to keep on top of hoeing so that weeds are weakened and removed before they run rampant. Just a little time each day, will offer a welcome return on its investment and you’ll be the envy of your friends.

It’s also the time when gardeners sharpen their wits for the annual ritual known as the Trial of the Slug. These little creatures love tulips and the tasty young shoots of delphiniums, and whether you decide to invest in one of the more lethal answers to this most hardy of perennial questions is up to you, but you can be sure of plenty of conversation and age-old advice whichever method you eventually decide on.

Late frosts can suddenly catch us unawares so it’s always worth keeping vulnerable plants protected overnight if frost is forecast. Steer away from putting out tender bedding until the middle of the month.

Finally, remember that water is a precious commodity. If you’ve treated yourself to a new lawn, or taken the time to treat your existing patch, then consider using so-called grey water (bath or washing up water) as long as it’s not full of detergents. There may be an expense involved in automatic watering systems but they generally pay for themselves in a relatively short period. The trick, as ever, is not little and often, but a good soaking once or twice a week.

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Nowadays it’s garden rooms that have taken pride of place and however small your bit of Norfolk you’ll find a refuge that’s exactly your size. Nick Haywood of Classic Sheds has been a skilled carpenter for so many years he can even tell you what a mortise and tenon joint does. His company – Classic Sheds of Burnham Market – has been called on to provide some wonderful refuges in a wide variety of locations as far north as the more remote parts of northern Scotland.

What’s new, Nick?

“We took a call from someone who lived in a mews house in London,” he says. “She wanted her room to act as a garden studio and workroom all in one.

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custom-built design very quickly. The issue was the space it was designed for. It fitted, but there was barely room to fit an ice cream wafer either side of it. We ended up craning it into position. I’ve never had to hold my breath for so long.”

Camping brings up memories of Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and projectile bikini tops.

Glamping is something else; it’s short for glamour camping, and more and more of Nick’s work is to provide a trendy garden escape that gives the children somewhere to bivouac for the night, with their mates, close to home,

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and double up as an office as well. “The shepherd’s hut is a great adventure for them,” says Nick, “and a brilliant way to keep an eye on them as well, while giving them the freedom they’re looking for. A sort of Famous Five Stay at Home.”

Since he exhibited at the RHS’s Hampton Court Show back in 2011 Nick’s seen his workload increase hugely and his imagination and flair, together with some rocksolid carpentry and joinery skills, have meant happy glampers right across Norfolk, and much further afield. You can find out more about Nick from his website at www.classic-sheds.co.uk

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Stone effect lovers bench by Sweetpea & Willow | www.sweetpeaandwillow.com

> Exteriors

Patios can be a main feature in any garden, and at Fakenham Garden Centre Landscape & Design our main aim is to create a garden that’s both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Natural sandstone paving emanates these factors. As well as being very robust and hardwearing, the natural colour variation in each individual slab makes every patio unique to each customer. You will never get the same slab twice, and you sometimes come across fossil prints within the stone which are a feature in their own right.

MICHAEL EMERSON | Landscape Manager Fakenham Garden Centre Landscape & Design | 01328 863380

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1 PATH Takes time and effort but once they’re down they’re all but maintenance-free.

2 POND The tiniest of ponds, carved out of your lawn and lined with a readily-available liner will welcome frogs and other wildlife.

3 GARDEN STUDIO An office or studio space in the garden offers a cost-effective solution to providing much needed extra space.

4 KITCHEN GARDEN Fresh herbs growing by the back door or a small vegetable patch in a corner can really make a difference.

5 BENCH Too often we forget to stop and admire our own gardens.

A bench is the perfect place to unwind and relax.

6 TUMBLING WATER A favourite feature for gardeners who like to keep ornamental fish, and are prepared to keep the cats at bay.

7 BRIDGE Even the smallest bridge, wandering over a pool or a pond, provides a focal point that’s a firm favourite with gardeners.

8 PERENNIALS AND SHRUBS Bushes, shrubs and small fruit trees offer balance and variety – and they’re easy to maintain.

9 WALLS AND FENCING It’s not just the neighbour who’ll benefit from a sturdy fence or wall between you, but the trailing plants who will happily find a home and add colour and interest to your garden.

They’re not just for disguise either – local stone used imaginatively will look terrific in the right setting.

10 FLOWERS Last, only because the choice is so wide that a trip to your local garden centre is a must over the May bank holidays. Or there’s plenty of inspiration from the National Gardens Scheme and the beautiful local gardens tended by the National Trust.

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an your garden sell your home? Teresa Fisher from independent estate agents Rounce & Evans in Dersingham certainly thinks so. “A neat and tidy front garden will always give good kerb appeal,” she says, “and an enclosed rear garden is always an added bonus.” So what should the best kept garden feature? Here’s our Top Ten that every garden could wish for:

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> Exteriors

If you do need a helping hand in the garden, look no further than Great Massingham-based Lings Country Goods. The company supplies a great range of new and used vehicles (plus a full range of accessories) including fertiliser spreaders, mowers, sprayers, and lots more. And when things don’t go exactly according to plan, they also offer servicing on all Honda, Briggs & Stratton and Polaris vehicle and mower engines.

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ove it or hate it, there’s little doubt that garden machinery can make life in the garden easier all round. But what is it you need, how do you use it, and where can you find it? You’ll find inspiration amongst the pages of KL magazine and whether you’ve got a pocket handkerchief or rolling acres a pair of secateurs can always come in useful. Here’s our top five garden friends:

1 HEDGE TRIMMERS All in one, easy to use, relatively inexpensive to purchase, and they even come in rechargeable versions. Top tip: charge it before the weekend. Sounds obvious, but there’s many a spat to be avoided by planning in advance to ensure your battery’s topped up before you come to use the trimmers.

In a variety of sizes, starting with the most basic of tillers, they really do come under the heading of “How did I ever manage without one?”

scarifiers or as something a lot bigger and far more industrial. Whichever size suits your garden they do a vital job of maintaining even the smallest of lawns.

3 SHREDDERS/CHIPPERS A bit on the loud side, but they can provide mulch from most of the smaller branches and offcuts from larger gardens. Just one of the many larger pieces of garden machinery that can be hired for a couple of hours, or over a weekend.

5 CONCRETE MIXERS Again, readily available to hire from your local supplier, concrete mixers benefit from a sturdy steel frame and loads of safety features. Easily transportable they can turn you into Bob the Builder overnight and take the donkey work out of a wide range of garden projects.

4 AERATORS The cost of replacing a lawn can be high, whereas a bit of tender loving care comes a lot more cheaply. Lawn aerators come as simple

2 ROTAVATORS For breaking up new ground (or aggressive old ground) this little beauty can do the work in a trice.

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Servicing carried out on all Honda, Briggs & Stratton and Polaris engines on vehicles and mowers.

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We are now taking bookings for annual servicing for all types of garden machinery!

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he extraordinary array of methods to distribute water artistically around your garden have evolved from the simple pool fountain into shimmering globes that seem to leak water back into the earth, and walls that might well have inspired the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Oriental stone has been turned into circular all-seeing eyes, pitchers and ewers are the age-old features that have been reinvented to hang in the air and tumble water over stones and great stone monoliths hark back to our Jurassic past and light the sky as they shimmer and gleam.

We’ve come a long way since water drawn from a well was the only way we used it. Sheets of water, falling from roofs, can look eye-catching and dramatic, or peaceful and ultramodern, and even the humble garden fountain has found a new place in the 21st century. Tapping in to a local aquifer may not have been top of your list when you promised to go green but plenty have now discovered that water is available not just from your local supplier.

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Limestones are a great option for inside or outside the home. The surface in texture is smoother and the composite is much harder, which makes cleaning and maintenance easier without compromising on the look or durability. Foras limestone starts from £34.00 per m2.

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A first for Jewson, 16 a first for King’s Lynn The launch of the Safety Centre at Jewson in King’s Lynn is a national first – and there are plenty of other reasons to celebrate!

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ewson is the UK’s leading chain of builders merchants, supplying a quality range of building products right across the UK, and the King’s Lynn branch on the town’s Saddlebow Industrial Estate is all set for a major new initiative later this month.

Jewson has a firm commitment to improving health and safety in the workplace, and on Thursday May 16th the King’s Lynn branch will open a dedicated Safety Centre – the first one of its kind across over 600 Jewson branches in the country. Developed to offer a comprehensive range of products and a highly professional level of help and advice, the Safety Centre at Jewson King’s Lynn really will make a big difference to the health and safety of all workers – whether they’re trade or retail customers.

The Safety Centre stocks an extensive

range of industrial quality clothing and footwear from major brands such as APACHE, ROUGHNECK, DeWALT, KUNY’S and IRWIN. You’ll find a wide choice of personal protective equipment (PPE) from SCAN, a great collection of security lighting and security products from BYRON and ABUS – and to make sure everyone gets the message, the Jewson range of high quality self-adhesive safety signage.

“This is great news for the health and safety of local builders,” says Branch Manager Andy Parsonage, “and we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to the branch.”

To discover how the Safety Centre can help you, visit Jewson King’s Lynn on Thursday May 16th for some special launch offers, refreshments, and a professional approach to working safely.

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Acer Road, Saddlebow Industrial Estate King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 3HN Tel: 01553 771058/764189 Web: www.jewson.co.uk

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The open interior of Thornalley Funeral Services in King’s Lynn – the atmosphere is always welcoming, and the air itself is noticeably fresh and inviting, thanks to the work of 4 Way Refrigeration

Cool air and clear thinking

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he temperature of the aisles in your local supermarket may seem cool, but the heat’s been carefully controlled to ensure the store’s best quality produce is kept like that – at best quality. But what about the workplace?

If you’re reading this in an office environment with limited control of the thermostat, you may want to hear the story of a well-established local company and how they overcame the problem.

Thornalley Funeral Services appreciates a reputation for its work that now extends over two generations.

As a member of SAIF (The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors) the company adheres to a strict code of practice to ensure the highest possible standards of service. At its Austin Street offices in King’s Lynn Andrew Thornalley describes the vital role the ambience in their new building plays.

“It’s nothing you’d immediately notice,” says Andrew. “As you enter our offices you might see the comfortable chairs or the airy open-plan nature of the reception area, but just as important to us is the quality of the air.”

He’s right. The oak and the atmosphere have come first, but now

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To get the best out of our working days the environment has to be right. KL magazine finds out how air conditioning can make everything better at work...

he’s mentioned it there is a difference in the heat that’s really very noticeable.

There’s no dryness, and certainly no chill – surprising on one of the many really cold days we’ve had this year, and given the large area that requires its heat to be perfectly controlled to cope with the rigours of the British weather.

Andrew points out a small airconditioning unit. Discreet and durable, it’s a powerhouse that does far more than its tiny footprint looks capable of – it’s the one in the picture, at the top of the stairs.

“This building has to be able to offer an environment that’s gentle and unruffled all the time and our airconditioning had to reflect that. We knew that 4 Way Refrigeration was absolutely the right company to work with on the project.”

4 Way Refrigeration had three things in its immediate favour: it had come highly recommended for the quality of its work, it was a local company and it offered a personal service – exactly the

same three items that Thornalley Funeral Services offers its clients as well.

“There was already a synergy there,” says Andrew, “and the added extra – one we hadn’t expected – was that the air-conditioning unit that Steve recommended to us was so quiet.”

Steve Simpson of 4 Way Refrigeration was aware that the offices of a wellrespected funeral company had requirements that needed delicate handling. “It was a pleasure to work with the Thornalley family,” he says.

“The company’s used us now for various projects and we’re always proud of what we’ve achieved there.

Office air can be become stale and unworkable very quickly, particularly in a large area like the interior of Thornalley’s, and as Andrew says it’s not necessarily anything you’d notice until it’s made better.”

For home, for office, for demanding environments, 4 Way is the right way.

Details 4 WAY REFRIGERATION LTD Unit 25, Bergen Way, North Lynn Industrial Estate, King’s Lynn PE30 2JG TEL: 01553 767878 E-MAIL: sales@4wayref.co.uk WEB: www.4wayref.co.uk

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Detached Family Home with Oil fired central heating and Upvc Double Glazing. The accommodation comprises Entrance Hallway, Lounge, Dining Room with patio doors overlooking the rear garden. Kitchen, Lobby, Cloakroom. First Floor – Landing, 4 Bedrooms and Family Bathroom. OUTSIDE: Concrete driveway leading to an Integral Garage.

Front garden is mainly to lawn. The rear Garden is beautifully cared for with lawn areas and well stocked flower beds. The Property is situated in a most favoured area of the village.

1 Bedroom End Terrace House, Gas Central Heating, UPVC, Off Road Parking, Garden, Unfurnished EPC Rating: D

2 Bedroom End Terrace House, 2 Reception Rooms, Night Storage Heating, UPVC, Enclosed Garden, Rural Views, Unfurnished EPC Rating: D Spacious Detached Bungalow with Gas fired central heating and Upvc Double Glazing. The accommodation comprises Entrance Hallway, 18’ Lounge, Kitchen/Diner, 2 Double Bedrooms, Shower Room.

OUTSIDE: Attached Garage. The Front garden is laid with shingle and shrubs for ease of maintenance. The Mature Private Rear Garden is south facing. The property is in a cul-de-sac position.

3 Bedroom End Terrace Cottage, Gas Central Heating, Basement Room, Courtyard Garden, Garage, Allocated Parking Space, Unfurnished, EPC Rating: E Non Estate Family House with Gas central heating and Upvc Double Glazing. The accommodation comprises Entrance Lobby, 18’ Lounge, 18’ Kitchen/Diner, Cloakroom. First Floor – 3 Bedrooms, Family Bathroom.

OUTSIDE: Driveway leading to attached Garage. Lawn area with flowers and shrubs. Enclosed rear Garden with Patio and seating area.

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astle Rising is one of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks (some of the largest in the whole country). The castle was begun in 1138 by William d’Aubigny for his new wife, the widow of Henry I, and was almost certainly modelled on the castle at Norwich.

Both castle and surrounding earthworks were originally half their current size, their present appearance being the result of a major building programme started as a reaction to the Revolt of 1173–1174 and the associated increase in military activity. Most famously, in the 14th century Castle Rising became the luxurious exile-home of Queen Isabella, the widow and alleged murderess of Edward II. Today, the castle is in remarkably good condition, and a walk around the earthworks offers great views of the castle itself and the nearby village of Castle Rising and its neighbours.

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hanks largely to the fact its church was ruined by the middle of the 19th century, Babingley features this quite remarkable place of worship.

The chapel of St Felix is unique in East Anglia (and perhaps in the whole of England) as a thatched, cruciform ‘tin tabernacle’ – in effect, it’s a corrugated iron building constructed from a kit probably made by Boulton and Paul of Norwich.

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aint Felix also puts in an appearance at the impressive church of St Peter and St Paul in West Newton, following the tradition that the French missionary (now co-patron saint of East Anglia) missionary first came to England. The church was almost completely rebuilt (apart from ther tower) by Arthur Blomfield in 1880.

West Newton itself is a delighful village at the heart of the Sandringham estate, full of finely-constructed workers houses.

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Castle Rising Dental Surgery Welcomes New Patients – and ® introduces Botox and Fillers

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or over 15 years, Castle Rising Dental Surgery has been offering a wide range of services – including cosmetic treatments such as tooth whitening and porcelain

veneers.

The friendly and experienced team of qualified dentists, hygienists and nurses prides itself on high levels of professional customer care, and is always looking to expand the choice of dental and complimentary services to new and existing patients.

Now, from its beautiful home in the shadow of the Keep at Castle Rising Castle, the surgery is introducing a choice of cosmetic treatments such as Botulinum toxin injections and dermal fillers. Botulinum toxin is a well-established solution for treating frown lines, crow’s feet, wrinkles and

forehead lines. Dermal fillers treat deeper lines (such as nose to mouth lines) and lip enhancements.

For both men and women, it’s a great way of feeling younger and fresher – and improving your confidence and general sense of wellbeing.

Best of all, Castle Rising Dental Surgery is only 10 minutes from King’s Lynn – and the large (and free) car park means there’s really no need to travel any further afield for professional cosmetic treatments.

For a healthy, confident smile and for a fresher, rejuvenated look, the team at Castle Rising Dental Surgery is ready to welcome you today.

To receive further details about their range of cosmetic treatments and to arrange an initial consultation and assessment (please note that terms and conditions apply) contact them now or visit the website at www.castlerisingdentist.co.uk

PRINCIPAL Mr William K Dryden BDS Dund 1983 MFGDP (UK) GDC 58347

ASSOCIATE DENTIST Miss Kinga Maciejewska Lek Stom Warsaw 2004 GDC 139876

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

FeetFirst

with Elizabeth Dutton

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10% reflexology disc ount hands, feet, back an d neck massage by Al ix 25% off all cryo and laser treatments du ring May and June

Total care: head to toe!

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HE FOOT CARE CENTRE is pleased to welcome professional and fullyqualified beautician Alix to the team in King’s Lynn, which means we’re now able to look after you from head to toe! Here, Alix talks about two of the treatments currently available from THE FOOT CARE CENTRE. > THREADING Threading is an ancient method of hair removal originating in the far East. A specially-designed cotton thread is doubled, twisted and then rolled over areas of unwanted hair, plucking the hairs at follicle level. Unlike using tweezers, where single hairs are pulled one at a time, threading can remove short lines of hair.

The advantage over eyebrow waxing is that it provides more precise control in shaping eyebrows and is gentler on the skin. When done professionally it’s a quick and largely painless procedure.

It’s also a very clean method and as it’s so precise it’s ideal for people with awkward brows.

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As no chemicals are applied to the skin, the treatment is available for those who can’t have waxing or similar treatments. > HOT STONE MASSAGE Hot Stone Massage is a speciality massage where the therapist uses smooth, sanitized and heated stones as an extension of their own hands, or by placing them on the body while the therapist massages other parts of the body.

The heat can be deeply relaxing and helps warm tight muscles so the

therapist can work more deeply.

The stones are usually basalt – a black volcanic rock that effectively absorbs and retains heat. They are smoothed by natural forces in the river or sea. During Hot Stone Massage, the therapist works on your back, warming the body with a traditional massage and then using the heated stones. As the stones cool they are replaced, and stones of different sizes and shapes are used according to the muscles being worked on.

Hot Stone Massage isn’t appropriate if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease or are on blood-thinning medication. It’s also not advised if you’re pregnant or menopausal.

On the positive side, Hot Stone Massage can help muscular aches, pains and strains, rheumatic and arthritic conditions, back pains and insomnia, and can help reduce stress, anxiety, tension and depression.

These treatments will be available from June 2013.

All you need to know...

ELIZABETH DUTTON is a qualified foot health care practitioner and trainer. Elizabeth and her qualified team offer treatments from THE FOOT CARE CENTRE, 4B Tower St, King’s Lynn, PE30 1EJ. For more information, details, help and advice please contact Elizabeth’s centre in King’s Lynn. You’ll find the Centre’s website at www.TheFootCareCentreKingsLynn.co.uk For details of how to train as a foot care practitioner please see the website at www.TheCollegeOfFootCarePractitioners.co.uk (note that the QR code on the right will also take you there) Finally, you can call us on 01553 768661 (clinic) or or send an e-mail to Elizabeth and her team at enquiries@thefootcarecentrekingslynn.co.uk

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You and your health MR PASAPULA Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dealing with a human ‘design fault’ How knees account for high number of injuries

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n many ways our knees were not designed for some of the rigors we put them through – hence the high percentage of knee problems suffered by sports people. Bones have different shapes, and when a weight-bearing joint doesn’t fit together its stability has to be provided by supporting tissues, such as ligaments, muscles, tendons and cartilage.

All these tissues can get damaged by injury or wear, causing knee pain and other symptoms. For example, cartilage – which acts as a sort of shock-absorber – is often subjected to forces of up to eight times a person’s body weight!

In fact, knee pain can be reduced significantly by sufferers losing weight and strengthening the muscles around the knee through exercise. Knee surgeons have a variety of surgical and non-operative options available to treat the litany of injuries associated with the joint. However, surgery is often the only option once damage has been done.

Torn ligaments can be repaired or reconstructed with surgery. The most famous example is the anterior cruciate ligament, because well-known footballers such as Paul Gascoigne and Michael Owen have suffered from such an injury. Muscle tears are also normally treated nonoperatively, but if a tendon around the front of the knee is torn it will most likely need surgical repair as well.

One of the most common knee operations is keyhole surgery (arthroscopy) for a torn meniscal cartilage. The meniscus has virtually no blood supply so tears don’t heal.

Apart from pain there can be clicking, swelling, giving way and locking symptoms.

With keyhole surgery the torn portion causing the trouble is removed, and recovery is usually quick.

Treatment of the ‘bearing surface cartilage’ is more complex. Once again this tissue has no blood supply and traumatic cartilage defects or wear frequently results in arthritis. There are many surgical options available which can help preserve the knee function, but these don’t provide a permanent cure. Using keyhole surgery, loose fragments of cartilage can be removed or isolated.

Cartilage defects can be treated with micro-fracture, a keyhole surgery technique where small holes are made in the bone supporting the cartilage.

Bone marrow contains cells which can produce a type of cartilage repair in the defect (albeit softer), which can reduce pain.

Cartilage can also be grown in a laboratory and implanted in a knee when cartilage defects are larger but this treatment isn’t available in every hospital due to its cost and the fact that long-term benefits aren’t yet known.

Not all knee damage can be repaired with keyhole surgery. Major knee operations, like an osteotomy, unloads painful localised areas in the knee. This operation involves realigning bones to force the load (body weight) through a good part of the knee.

Unloading the damaged cartilage can lead to significant pain relief, and all activities are allowed

afterwards. The number of knee replacement operations is expected to increase seven times in the next 20 years but joint replacement surgery at the moment is ideally reserved for people in the later stages of life. The aim of surgery is pain relief but movements and overall function doesn’t always improve once the knee is fitted.

People need to be realistic about the outcomes of a joint replacement operation.

Results can vary, depending on the patient and their condition. Although there have been excellent developments in recent years, returning to full mobility isn’t always possible.

For more active people a partial knee replacement is a better option when only part of the knee is worn out. Knee bending and overall function is better compared to total knee replacements, but partial replacements may not last as long – though statistics show that 80-90% of knee replacements are still working after ten years.

Research is going on worldwide to preserve cartilage, to improve knee implants and to find the best way to treat the supporting knee structures.

The knee surgeon’s box of tricks is everexpanding, but in principle major surgery is best postponed for as long as possible.

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ABOVE: The choir at the King’s Lynn high School for Girls under Miss Duggan pictured in 1965 – do you recognise anyone?

Chalk and charm of the High School for Girls...

Already hard at work on his next book, Michael Walker has tapped into a market that remembers its schools with fondness and pride. KL magazine meets him at Old School Court.

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ts Grade II listing in 1951 occurred while the chemistry labs at King’s Lynn High School for Girls were still lively with the heat of learning, when the Festival of Britain had captured the imagination with its Skylon Tower and its optimistic South Bank architecture had chilled the blood of the traditionalists. Today the Old School Court on Lynn’s King Street is a quiet jumble of flats and apartments carved out of school rooms and stationery cupboards. Des res, you could say.

Can you hear the ghost of laughter?

To watch the school’s DVD, which was constructed from scratchy 16mm films of life on King Street in 1937 and 1964, is to watch the past opening up like a

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picture book. To stand amongst its locations – the lawns and doors, entrances and staircases – is very close to standing in the past itself. It’s an eerie experience that makes one value the Old School’s English Heritage listing and realise the buildings have fared far better than many schools, bulldozed in the name of today.

Much of the school’s flavour has been retained in Old School Court together with a great deal of its charisma; indeed some of its residents have had personal connections with the school, either as teachers or pupils.

What is it they say? You can take the girl out of King’s Lynn, but you can’t take King’s Lynn out of the girl.

As a former teacher himself, Michael

Walker was ideally equipped to annotate the life of the High School – and his books and DVDs have sold well.

His Centenary Celebration of the King Edward VII School in Lynn and its sequel – Diary of a Grammar School – were perfect subjects for the school’s headmaster; he was at the helm there for twelve years before his retirement in 2002. They weren’t his first writing though: during his time as Geography tutor at the University of Oxford he produced a series of successful textbooks. How times, and teaching, have changed...

King’s Lynn High School for Girls opened at St Margaret’s House on 26th January 1886. Six months later it moved to 11 King Street – the Trenowath

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ABOVE: The triumphant hockey team of 1948-49 hockey team, and (right) Queen Mary meeting some of the High School students in 1938

Building – which would be its home until January 1903. The Head Mistress was Miss Bannister and the fees were £14 per term for boarders and three guineas (three pounds and three shillings, or £3.15) for day pupils.

Today’s equivalents are around £1,100 and £270 respectively. Both boys and girls were able to attend the Prep School from the ages of four to eight and for an extra guinea the boys could enjoy learning Latin. Wasn’t Latin suitable for girls? With books and stationery not costed into the fees the school was maybe not the cheapest option available for education in King’s Lynn.

The Queen’s Prize was a link with the royal family that was forged early on.

Since 1864 the Prince of Wales had presented a Gold Medal to the most academically successful student at the Lynn Grammar School and it was to be replicated at the Girls High School. It became the Queen’s Prize in 1901, after Edward VII had come to the throne.

Mabel Howell was the recipient of the prize in 1892. When the school magazine reprinted her thoughts in 1930 they were much the same as any pupil looking back at the formidable sense of authority that Miss Bannister exuded in those early days.

“Miss Bannister was very frail looking,” she wrote, “and always dressed in black.

She was very dignified and severe...”

From 1889 to 1919 Miss Edith Harrison was the Head Mistress. At the prize giving in 1889 the Rev’d Henry Smith referred to her as “a lady in every sense of the word... an enthusiast in education.”

The pupil roll increased steadily, new buildings were added and equipped

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and the curriculum was broadened.

While Michael Walker’s book is a chronological insight into the school’s life it’s also a delightful dive into its morals and creed. In 1913 Miss Harrison wrote to a Mrs Leeder, the mother of one of her pupils, regarding the conduct of her daughter.

“Doris has done splendidly”, she wrote, “and won all hearts. She is the sweetest little maiden. I can only hope that she won’t get spoilt with petting.”

Inside those undoubtedly heartfelt sentiments there’s a world of content in its words, written just one year before the start of the First World War – her everyday use of the phrase “maiden”, her hope that Mrs Leeder’s daughter wouldn’t become “spoilt with petting.”

What would today’s equivalents be?

Would today’s head teacher be so overt in their praise?

When Miss Harrison retired after 30 years her place was taken by Miss Rose Williamson. Not only did she have a 1st Class Honours Degree in English from London University but she fought off opposition from 100 other candidates.

Her starting salary was a creditable £350 (equivalent to around £50,000 today). Facilities were improved; a fiction library was built, kitchen and dining rooms were remodelled.

By 1931 the chemistry laboratory had been newly fitted and equipped, and a year later specialist accommodation for biology and botany was ready. This enabled science students to be taught to Higher School Certificate level.

An inspection of the school’s music in 1934 would have pleased Miss Williamson.

“The work is so good all round as to call for little in the way of criticism or

suggestion... a girl leaving this school has had every opportunity of forming a taste for music which should be the enduring influence on her life.”

It was stated and it was believed and while there’s a resounding formality in those words, pupil Ann Bromhead recalls an occasion when Miss Green, the Geography Mistress, made them laugh by telling them she’d worn out the seat of her knickers as she slid down some scree slopes. Miss Green must have appeared very racy to the High School’s girls.

Time wore on, another World War would interrupt the school’s idyll, and other headmistresses would come and go.

Finally in 1979 the High School girls – by now an episode in King’s Lynn’s historical legend – would become pupils of Springwood High School.

As Michael and I conclude our stroll around Old School Court I’m sure I can hear the girls. Friendship, learning, rectitude and fun – part and parcel of any school in any town, still there, still filling the playground with the laughter and freedom of early years and lesser cares. It’s such a lovely sound.

Michael’s books and DVDs are available to buy from Springwood High School and the King’s Lynn branch of Waterstones

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BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 10th – 11th May, 2013 This month, The Luxe is proud to hosting the British Independent Film Festival, an event designed to showcase independent films from around the world with a focus on British talent. Run by and for independent filmmakers, the Festival offers a selection of short films, documentaries and features. For full programme details and times, please see The Luxe website at www.theluxecinema.com

A new age of cinema at The Luxe As the movie-making world goes digital, one of the region’s best-loved cinemas gets even better!

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rom the first public showing of ‘moving pictures’ in 1895 to the introduction of feature-length colour film in the late 1930s, cinema is full of major landmarks. Now, the industry’s major producers are saying goodbye to 35mm and concentrating on digital film distribution. For The Luxe in Wisbech, the move to digital is just one of the current changes that look set to make a visit to this wonderful independent cinema an even better experience.

By the time you’re reading this, The Luxe will be fully digital, offering superb picture and sound quality, a wider choice of new film releases, and 3D capability – all with no cost to ticket prices (3D showings excepted). It’s certain to make this month’s films such as Star Trek: Into Darkness, Epic, and The Great Gatsby even more unmissable.

Together with this major development comes the plan to introduce a second screen to The Luxe

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(subject to planning permission), which will bring an even wider choice of films to the cinema and allow it to highlight more independent films outside of the mainstream.

It’s a move very close to the Wisbech cinema’s heart – the British Film Institute has recently chosen The Luxe to be a local hub for the BFI in cooperation with the Cambridge Film Trust, helping promote independent, cult and foreign language films.

It’s something already featured on the cinema’s website – Luxe TV, which offers mainstream tailers and showcases full-length short films by independent film makers.

No better time, then, to join Friends of The Luxe – a new membership scheme that offers a number of free tickets, together with discounts and priority bookings on future features for an annual subscription fee.

The Luxe has always offered a very special film experience – and it’s just got a whole lot more exciting!

The Luxe independent cinema

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ABOVE: The BBC Big Band performs at the King’s Lynn Festival on July 23rd, while Hannah Stone (left), current harpist to the Prince of Wales will be appearing at All Saints Church on July 25th

The King’s Lynn Festival: more exciting than ever The 63rd King’s Lynn Festival opens with a glittering concert on July 14th, setting the standard for an amazing cultural programme...

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he 63rd King’s Lynn Festival runs from July 14th-27th, 2013 and has especially broad appeal – with (to name but a few of the must-see events) a worldfamous orchestra, two BBC Young Musicians, the Prince of Wales’ harpist, the top-notch BBC Big Band, iconic jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine, exciting Scottish group Blazin’ Fiddles, and leading art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon.

“It will be a wonderfully lively festival maintaining its tradition of excellence but also introducing some new features,” says Artistic Director Ambrose Miller.

A rousing concert entitled The Best of British launches the Festival, bringing together the 100-strong King’s Lynn Festival

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Chorus, the European Union Chamber Orchestra and trumpet virtuoso Crispian Steele-Perkins to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation with music played during the ceremony, plus popular music by Benjamin Britten to mark the East Anglian composer’s centenary.

Current BBC Young Musician, the Dutch cellist Laura Van Der Heijden, joins the European Union Chamber Orchestra at the beautiful St Nicholas’ Chapel (with its nationally-acclaimed acoustics) on July 16th when she performs Haydn’s cello concerto.

One event expected to attract national interest will be the performance of Beethoven’s complete cello sonatas on July 22nd, featuring two major names – former

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BBC Young Musician, cellist Guy Johnston, and pianist Melvyn Tan. On July 25th the Festival returns to All Saints Church with a concert by Hannah Stone, the current Harpist to the Prince of Wales, an event with special links to King’s Lynn as the royal harp’s strings are made by the local business Bow Brand International.

The BBC Big Band display their impeccable musicianship on July 23rd, and acclaimed saxophonist Courtney Pine and his band will be in the town on July 19th.

Blazin’ Fiddles are one of Scotland’s top traditional bands, and bring their special brand of passionate and sensitive fiddle music to Lynn for the first time on July 26th.

Adding to the 2013 Festival’s interest and variety will be two illustrated lectures. One of the world’s leading art critics, Andrew Graham-Dixon, (also a television presenter and novelist), will be talking about the artist Caravaggio on July 24th, while on July 17th the Royal Geographical Society-IBG lecture will be given by respected mountaineer Stephen Venables, with an intimate portrayal of the Everest story to mark the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing.

Film is being reintroduced to the festival in partnership with King’s Lynn Community Film Club – and on the afternoons preceding the talks, films complementing the speakers’ themes will be shown. The Wildest Dream will precede Stephen Venables’ Everest talk and Artemesia prior to the Carvaggio lecture.

The Festival exhibition will feature Roland Penrose’s Surrealist Camera, staged in partnership with Lynn Arts Centre Trust. This also includes a tribute to Alexander Penrose (Roland’s brother), who bought Lynn’s Guildhall of St George to save it from demolition and spearheaded the campaign for it to be restored for use as an arts centre.

The celebration of the re-opening of the historic building by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother marked the start of the very first King’s Lynn Festival.

BIG NAMES: Acclaimed saxophonist Courtney Pine (top), current BBC Young Musician Laura van der Heijden (above) and former BBC Young Musician Guy Johnston (left) will all be bringing their considerable talents to the 2013 King’s Lynn Festival.

KING’S LYNN FESTIVAL 2013 Tickets for Festival events are now available from the Corn Exchange Box Office on 01553 764864 or online at www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk.

For more information on the Festival and to request a brochure, visit www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk, e-mail info@kingslynnfestival.org.uk or call the Festival office on 01553 767557.

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Discover the Treasures of Lynn A range of heritage jewellery by David Auker

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enigmatic symbol is said to mark the final resting place of the heart of Mary Smith, executed on the spot after being condemned as a witch.

New to the Treasures of Lynn range this year is the jester mascot of Festival Too, cleverly crafted into a light-hearted pendant, tie pin and cufflinks.

David Auker Jewellery has already built a 20-year tradition of designing and producing quality jewellery locally, and the Treasures of Lynn is a wonderful fresh look at a whole world of our town’s heritage.

he Treasures of Lynn is a truly amazing collection of jewellery.

Painstakingly designed and crafted by David Auker Jewellery, the collection comprises some 19 different pieces inspired by the architecture, heritage and legends of King’s Lynn.

Buildings such as the Customs House, South Gates and St. Margarets Church are all brought to sparkling life in a range of expertly-made silver jewellery (some designs and pieces are available in gold) that includes pendants, cufflinks, tie pins and brooches.

The crossover between truth and myth is the (alleged) satanic footprint in Devil’s Alley, the famed Exorcist’s House, and the ever-popular legend of the Witch’s Heart.

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Roy Lipscomb with his 1913 International Auto Wagon – it can be used a a truck or have seats installed for going out on Sundays! Roy won Best Commercial in 2011 at Stradsett Park

Vintage beauties head for Stradsett Last year’s rain-lashed summer caused mayhem among the motors. KL magazine celebrates the very welcome return of the Stradsett Park Vintage Rally to west Norfolk...

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he summer of 2012 brought us the Jubilee Celebrations, the London Olympics and a lot of rain. Amongst the casualties of the torrential downpours (that turned the early part of the year into a swamp) was the National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club East Anglia’s annual rally at Stradsett Park. It’s all the more warming therefore to see that it’s full steam ahead for the 37th rally, set to take place on the Bank Holiday weekend of 5th and 6th May 2013.

Readers will recall that when we interviewed Stradsett’s owner Sir Jeremy Bagge in December he’d also been upset the rally had to be cancelled due to the British weather.

When he welcomes it back for 2013 it will be with open arms as his visitors see for themselves a priceless piece of West Norfolk countryside that’s often overlooked, and well worth the visit even for those with little interest in vintage mechanics.

This year’s rally is set to knock the paintwork off anything that’s gone before. Organiser Gordon Carson is aiming to break attendance records by offering his spectators a classic collection.

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“For 2013 our rally field is bigger than ever,” he says. “140 vintage tractors, 100 stationary engines, 120 vintage cars as well as trucks and motor cycles will all be vying for attention. There’ll be more than 500 exhibits in all, including vintage caravans, ex-military vehicles, Land Rovers, commercial vehicles – it’s an amazing range.”

Working and demonstration areas will be showing stone crushing, threshing and wood cutting by mechanical monsters – an all-too-rare chance to share a farming past with our children – and just in case they’ve still got the energy there’ll be all the fun of the fair with children’s rides, trampolines, swing boats, human hamster balls and much more.

For the photographers there’ll be a prize competition, for the beer drinkers there’s the guarantee of pub prices and big weatherproof marquees, for everyone there are plenty of tables and chairs to rest weary feet and for Gordon there’s a promise – no rain.

“If only…”, he says. “It’s not as if we can put up a sign saying Inside if Wet.” As usual the rally will be raising much needed funds for charity; this year it’s Break who will benefit.

“Break supports children, young

people and families right across East Anglia,” says Gordon. “It offers homes, short breaks, assessments for families in crisis and a vast range of other services.

We’re proud to support the charity by means of the rally and hope to raise as much as £7,000.”

The pictures here show why families come so far to enjoy the vintage vehicles. It’s more than just a fondness for engineering and the gleam of highly-polished panels; it’s about a connection with the past that’s part of our heritage and part of our future.

Even if he can’t offer a gap in the clouds Gordon has ensured a day out to leave a lasting memory for his legions of vintage fans.

37th STRADSETT PARK VINTAGE RALLY Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th May Stradsett Park, Stradsett, King’s Lynn Admission: £5 for adults, children under sixteen free More details: www.nvtec-ea.org.uk Sat Nav: PE33 9HA For more details about Break East Anglia, see www.break-charity.org

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Almost exactly 480 years since they were married, the turbulent relationship between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is just one of the highlights of the Birmingham Stage Company’s two Horrible Histories productions (based on Terry Deary’s best selling books) coming to the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange later this month.

Discover the bits of history they never taught you at school as Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians take to the stage from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th May. For full details and to book tickets, call the Box Office on 01553 764864 – there’s also a 10% discount if you book both shows! History’s never been so much fun!

Thanks for the memories, Mike!

COMPETITION WINNER! Congratulations to Wendy Defty, who won the John Lewis competition in our December magazine. Above is a picture of Wendy when she visited John Lewis in Norwich for her pamper day enjoying a facial and body massage with Fiona from Decleor followed by a makeover by Bare Minerals.

Wendy then enjoyed lunch in the Place to Eat with her husband and was given a goody bag worth over £100.

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Please could you pass on my thanks to Mike Fell for his marvellous book on the port of King’s Lynn and the railways.

Many years ago, my father worked at the docks - and following your feature in April’s magazine, I purchased a copy of the book and have been thoroughly engrossed in it ever since it arrived.

It’s lovely to see how the port (and the town) has changed over the years, and it’s full of fascinating facts and information. Mike Fell has done a great job of helping preserve this part of our town’s heritage.

SARAH CAMPBELL King’s Lynn

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ou’ll be forgiven for not recognising the strange little critter pictured below. In fact if you do see one, you should count yourself very lucky. He’s a thylacine – commonly known as a Tasmanian Tiger – and the very last one (called Benjamin) died on the 7th of September 1936 as the result of being locked out of his pen in freezing temperatures at Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

Benjamin’s sad demise (and the end of the thylacines) came to my attention after reading that it is now possible to bring extinct animals back to the land of the living.

Now, if you thought that was the stuff of legend and blockbuster films about rampaging dinosaurs, you’ll be as surprised as I was to learn that it’s already been done.

The Pyrenean Ibex used to live on a mountain range around the FrenchSpanish border until the last one (named Celia), died on January 6th, 2000, after being found dead under a fallen tree at the age of 13 – her only companion having died just a year earlier due to old age.

Nine years later, a team of Spanish and French scientists managed to clone a new Pyrenean Ibex, although the poor thing died after just seven minutes due to lung failure.

So we can bring extinct animals back to life – the big question is whether or not we should be doing it. You could say we have a duty to redress the balance, considering it wouldn’t even be an issue if we’d left the animals alone in the first place.

For example, the Caribbean Monk Seal was the only known seal native to

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the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico when it was discoverd by Columbus in 1494, who promptly ordered his crew to kill eight of them for food. Following that inauspicious start, European immigrants happily hunted the seal for their oil and for fishing rights until it was officially declared extinct in 2008.

Similarly, the Bubal-Hartebeest used to roam throughout North Africa until European hunters began hunting it for meat and for fun. Many hartebeests managed to survive in captivity (one was in London Zoo until 1907), but the last one in the world was probably a female which died in Paris in 1923.

The Tecopa Pupfish was native to some hot springs in California until the early 1940s, when the springs were made into canals, and bathhouses, hotels and trailer parks were built in the area. In 1981 it became the first animal officially declared extinct according to the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

The Javan Tiger was limited to the island of Java, and were so common in the early 19th century that they were considered nothing more than pests – even though the Javanese believed they were the reincarnations of their dead relatives. The tigers were ruthlessly hunted down and poisoned, and none have been seen for 40 years now (though there may have been three left in 1979).

Even the waters haven’t been safe. The Baiji River Dolphin became a victim of China’s rapid industrialisation and the consequent increase in industrial and residential

waste. There were only 400 of them left in the 1980s, a mere 13 in 1997, and none at all less than ten years later.

Of course, it’s not all our fault. The Golden Toad of Costa Rica was only discovered for the first time in 1966, but because of erratic weather in 1987 its home pools all dried up, leaving only 29 toads out of an estimated 30,000. A year later, only eight males and two females could be located, and in 1989, a single male was found, and that was the last record of the species.

There are a lot more sad stories just like this (Passenger Pigeon, anyone?) but I think you get the picture.

The obvious response it that yes, we should make every effort to repair some of the damage we’ve done to these species and bring them back to their natural environments again.

But therein lies an equally important issue – nature maintains such a delicate balance that by doing so we may just upset that balance (once again) and cause irreparable harm to several more species in the event.

If you don’t agree, just remember what happened when they opened Jurassic Park. Ouch.

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