MORSTON Contact: Jock Wingfield 01263 740431 jocelynwingfield@gmail.com
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Sat 6 Aug. Morston Regatta. Sat 13th Aug. Noon-5pm. PCC Stalls on Quay including Bric-a-Brac & Bottle Tombola. Thu 25 Aug) see article on p.18 “Flotilla… Fri 26 Aug) …Oyster & Gypsy World… Sat 27 Aug) … Championship” Sat 10th Sep. NCT Annual Bike Ride (Details from Ned Hamond on 01263 740188) Mon 26th Sep. 9.30am. PCC Meeting Chez Rolfe. Sat 15th Oct. FMC Shovell Dinner in the Anchor. Dr. John Villiers on Augustus Keppel of Elveden and Augustus Hervey of Ickworth: A Tale of Two East Anglian Admirals.
and vessels, Roberta Hamond and Jill Tibbetts for organising food and drink, Charlie Ward and Archie Harrod for building the bonfire and all the PC for a wonderful time and for organizing three cheers for the Queen. More than 100 guests had a great time – especially the children. The BBQ eats were particularly delicious and the birthday cakes were spectacular.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
PCC CRAB SUPPER
Saturday, 11 June 2016
70 attended the annual sail to Blakeney Point on Friday 17 June in wonderful evening weather – and this was followed by a great crab supper. The evening made for the PCC £1,274 – with Ned Hamond running the bar (which made £154). Mary Athill and the PCC would like to thank Willie & Dawn Weston for delicious crabs, Jim Temple and Steven Bean for providing free boat travel, and Victoria Egan and Ajay Tegala of the National Trust team, for giving - as usual - enthralling on-board commentaries about the wild life on Blakeney Point and the birds and the seals. Yet again, faithful old friends, and several new friends, attended and made it such a pleasant evening.
(1) The Parish Council (PC) organised a perfect seal trip in two full boats, which in lovely weather, made many passes to see the seals, both on the point and in the water, followed by drinking – out there - the Queen’s Health in champagne and eating delicious little eats. (Cover photo.) (2) Next came the music of bells ringing out from the church, which attracted many visitors – dodmen and those walking within earshot. This was PCC-organised instruction in the church vestry for budding bellringers: individual instruction being given by David Carnwath or Gill Kay. In the end 52 dodmen and Morston visitors took part. After 2-3 minutes’ instruction, some took just naturally to bellringing. These included Vicky Starman and Tom Law, both only aged 8, and Kieran Belton, 15. All the Starmans were pretty good and so were Lily Temple and her family. So the PCC may be calling on you newly skilled campanologists to bellring one Sunday! (3) As it turned to dusk the Parish Council’s magnificent BBQ for us dodmen was run in the “quay corner” of Gill Kay’s field – many thanks, Gill! And many thanks, too, to Bean’s Boats and Temple’s Boats for giving their time
STALLS ON QUAY SAT 13 AUG In order to help keep Morston church in good repair, the PCC will hold Stalls on the Quay again on Sat 13th August from 12 noon until 5pm and this will include a Bric-a-Brac Stall and a Bottle Tombola – bottles of anything from champagne to shampoo. If you are kind enough to donate some bottles, please contact Jock & Sara Wingfield who will collect and store them at Coastguard House (01263 740431).
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