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Dear Margaret,
Once again the Christmas mail will increase so I am making another appeal for stamps for charity.
For those of you who have donated stamps throughout the year, many thanks.
Stamps may still be handed in at the Lottery counter in Sainsburys in North Walsham and also at the mobile library for those outside the area. Any large amounts I will collect – please phone me on 01692 405002. Yours sincerely, Arthur Gribben North Walsham
Dear Margaret,
I help to run a self-sufficient group of people who meet every Tuesday at Stalham Youth Club, Recreation Road, Stalham. It is primarily for people who have been mentally ill but anyone is welcome to join.
We find it difficult to attract new members. We have advertised in the surgeries and written to MIND in Norwich and Yarmouth. The group is very casual and the main function is to provide somewhere for people to go who may otherwise be a bit lonely. Tea and coffee are provided and one of the members cooks us a two course lunch. There is no charge on your first visit but after that we pay £4 each to cover the food and drink and the rent of the premises. We meet from 11am until 2pm.
Occasionally we go out for a change and sometimes we have a quiz. There are five pool tables which are free to use.
I’m afraid that only limited help with transport is available. We have Chris in Trimingham, Gary in Catfield and myself in North Walsham who will gladly give anyone a lift. If interested please contact me on 07919 865413 Yours sincerely, Richard T Baker
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‘Concrete Cockerill’ was the subject of a presentation to the Club last month by David Summers, a retired architect.
John Cockerill was Great Yarmouth’s surveyor for 40 years until his retirement in 1922. He began his career with the Borough in 1870 at the age of 21, as ‘inspector of nuisances’ at a salary of £45 per annum. His employment spanned over half a century, a period of change influenced by the development of the railways, and also by the introduction of statutory bank holidays in 1871. This led to Great Yarmouth acquiring a reputation as a tourist resort, apart from its role a fishing port.
He gained his nickname following the concreting of paths in Gorleston High Street in 1874. Born in 1849 the son of a successful builder he played an influential role in the town’s development especially in the provision of utilities including drainage, lighting and waste collection. The first of his sons. Ralph Scott Cockerill, became a talented architect, responsible for the design of the Hippodrome in 1903 and Falstaff House in 1908.
Members saw numerous slides showing buildings of particular interest taken during a walking tour. The first was the Town Hall, built in 1878, following a design competition. Next was the fire station built in 1908 recently acquired by the Saffron Housing Trust for 50P! The walk continued along Regent Street past Falstaff House, then past the ‘Herring Arch’, a reminder of the Borough’s connection with the fishing industry.
Through the park was seen the School of Arts and Crafts, designed by John Cockerill, ‘a remarkably sensible building with polygonal columns, with steel frames and brick cladding’. This was not the opinion of the mayor who opened the building in 1912, describing it as a ‘lost opportunity, with an austerely unlovely exterior’. John Cockerill’s designs for Britannia Pier were criticised by a councillor on the grounds that ‘he was not a qualified architect’, whereupon he later qualified to become a member of the ARIBA.
Slides were shown of the Windmill Theatre (1908) and the Empire Cinema (1911), the latter is claimed to be the first cinema in the country. Both were designed by ASHewitt. The tour returns to the quay to take the ferry up river to Gorleston and Lowestoft, finishing at Columbus House, again designed by John Cockrill together with Doulton tiles. The Club meets next on 22 January at the Community Centre, when ladies’ are invited. New members are equally welcome! Ted Gadsden
Happisburgh Lifeboat Station
Happisburgh RNLI Lifeboat Station volunteers would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers for their support throughout the year to enable us to carry out our role of saving lives at sea.
‘Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’
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