WHAT’S ON WHERE
Tea Dance at North Walsham Community Centre on Monday 11 February 2pm to 4.30pm
admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome North Walsham Players Table Top
Sale on Saturday 2 February at North Walsham Community Centre. Doors open at 9am – 12 midday. Tables
available £5 (2 tables). To book telephone 01692 402116
Activities on offer for children in Cromer, North Walsham and Stalham during February half term A week of fun activities to keep children active during the break are available to book now
North Norfolk District Council is putting on another round of popular, great value Kids’ Zone activities across its dual-use sports centres at Cromer, North Walsham and Stalham during the February half term break (18 – 22 February). The sessions will offer healthy and fun activities in a safe environment and are delivered by experienced instructors for youngsters aged between 7 and 12 as well as Junior days and mornings for our younger Kids’ Zone attendees (4 - 7 years).
Football Fun Day, Street Dance and Multisports are just some of the activities on offer between Monday 18 and Friday 22 February at Cromer, North Walsham and Stalham sports centres.
All-day activities are priced at £10 and half day activities £5. Tickets can be booked now via our online booking service at www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/book where the Kids’ Zone brochure outlining all the activities on offer is also available for download.
For further details call Colin Brown, Sports and Countryside Manager, on 01263 516001.
The NEW Official North Walsham Town Guide
The Official North Walsham Town Guide is the latest in a long line of guides which date back until at least the 1930s. The earliest edition we have in the archives is from 1946 with the authority of North Walsham District Council.
By the 1950s the guide was produced with the authority of the North Walsham Urban District Council and printed by Rounce & Wortley of Market Street. These earlier editions are all printed using the Letterpress and feature photos taken by North Walsham photographer R E R Ling, grandfather of Mike Ling, the original chairman of North Walsham's Archive Committee. These earlier editions are essential to anybody interested in the town's history. Each guide shows a snapshot of North Walsham frozen in time with locally famous names such as Harmer & Scott, Fuller's, Loads, Ling's, Blyth's, Oliver & Griston, Leeders, etc. Many of these names now immortalised in local street names.
By the 1970s the guide had changed from the smaller 'pocket size' edition and merged with another regular publication ‘The North Walsham Directory’ (a list of every household in the town listed by the surname of the
household's representative). The 1967 edition of the directory cost a mere two shillings and sixpence. The 1974-75 edition of the guide had been promoted to the ‘North Walsham Official
1984-1985 editions and printing had evolved to use the modern litho method. What is great to see in these eighties editions are businesses such as East Coast Plastics and M & K Richardson Sawmill who were still advertising in the last guide over 30 years later. The 1984-1985 edition had changed allegiance slightly to now be published by the North Walsham Chamber of Trade and costing 75p.
From 1993 until 2010 the responsibility went to Express Printing of North Walsham and the directory section was dropped. One more edition of the guide was published after this with Town Clerk Margaret Foster, who retired shortly after, at the helm, and printed by ECP.
Guide and Residents Directory’ and issued under the auspices of ‘North Walsham Town Council’ - no longer the ‘Urban District Council’ as all Urban District Councils were abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act of 1972. This edition was published by Charles N. Veal & Co from Wisbech. The directory still exists in the 1980-1981 and
North Walsham Town Council are now producing a new 64 page, colour ‘Official North Walsham Town Guide’ to be distributed by late May 2019. Any advert enquires can be sent to ads@northwalshamguide.co.uk and contact details for North Walsham non-profit organisations can be submitted to copy@northwalshamguide.co.uk or by telephoning 01692 404114. More details available at www.northwalshamguide.co.uk
Here We Go Again
Weathermen say, here we go again, with icy winds and snow again. By now we should be used to it Winter is bad weather’s conduit. All year we have sun, rain and wind, then Winter leaves our gardens ruined. We hope this year it will be kinder, and surprise us all - play a blinder! But I think that is too much to ask, for Winter must perform its task. It has to cast a sleeping spell, So everything can rest up well. Then, when Springtime comes around, it wakes the cold, sleeping ground.
Frances Wraight
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North Walsham Times 559 February 2nd 2019