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CHURCH NEWS
On June 24th, over 40 of us enjoyed a balmy evening sipping wine (or fruit juice), chatting, sampling food, and experiencing a rare opportunity to be warm outside on a June evening. Our rector, Revd. Ian Whittle, enjoyed meeting Stiffkey residents and visitors from nearby parishes.
It was a good opportunity for thanks to be offered to all who help to maintain the churchyard, and keep the church clean, attractive and welcoming. We are proud of our beautiful church and hope that more will come and share it with us
John Adnitt
MUSIC CIRCLE
We will re-start in September with two meetings at No2 Warborough Place. Both will start at 7. It will be the start of the 7th season!
On Sept 1st John will present a programme of music on DVDs on the theme of "Heroes and Villains". It will be in aid of the local UNICEF group's funds for children's health in Africa, and will follow the Scarecrows in Stiffkey event at the end of August. We will be joined by some of the local group members from West Norfolk. Most of the North Norfolk members already come!
Three weeks later on the 22nd Margaret will present her selection for a rather special birthday. She will concentrate on pieces which have had some special significance during her life, with no doubt a good representation of her favourites: Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.
Everyone is most welcome. Enjoy the music, the half time drinks and chat, and, quite often, comments and discussion on the pieces selected.
John Adnitt
This season is our busiest yet, so it would be well to summarise the results so far:
Beeston (away) Won by 228 runs
Rudham (away) Lost by 3 wickets
Marlingford (away) Lost by 151 runs
Burnham Thorpe (away) Won by 12 runs
Beeston (home) Won by 44 runs
Burnham Thorpe (away) Lost by 1 wicket
Harbour Taverners (home) Lost by 7 wickets
Bluebell Granchester (home) Lost by 9 wickets Aylsham (home) Lost by 7 wickets
Rudham (home) Won by 7 wickets
At the first game of the year the 272 scored was our highest ever and also produced the highest individual score from 0lly Webb (125).
We are very evenly matched with Rudham and they did well to win at our first meeting, recovering from 23 for 5 to make the 120 needed. In the return fixture there was no recovery from a score of 3 for 3.
Most of our early breakthroughs have been the result of keen bowling from Kevin Waddison. Kevin always seems to bowl better if he feels some real or imaginary slight. This was the case in the match against Burnham Thorpe. Kevin was given out lbw, he never likes that, off a ball that bounced several times and should have been dispatched into the pub yard. He was further inspired when a batsman was called back after treading on his stumps (no ball!). In that match Stiffkey had batted abysmally — all out 57, but the bowling was inspired, Pete Holmes taking 7 wickets for only 14 runs, helped by Dan Peel who took some magnificent catches. A tense finish came as the Burnham final pair slowly took the score from 42. The score was 56 when I started my first over —first ball an easy caught & bowled chance, to which I used all my years of experience to drop.
The team has welcomed back Struan McDougall, firstly leading the Granchester Bluebell team to victory, and later thankfully back in the Stiffkey team in six hitting form against Aylsham.
Aug. 1st Holkham 2 pm Away.
5th Aylsham, 20/20 TBC*
15th Holkham 2 pm Home
22nd Marlingford. 2 pm Away
Sept. 5th Kingston University - Home*, 2 pm
Steven Bashforth
ALBARACA NURSERY SCHOOL
PLANT SALE
The trustees of the school would like to thank all who helped us raise the staggeringly wonderful sum of almost £700 by selling plants on the knoll and all sorts of things in the village hall on Spring Bank Holiday Monday at the end of May. We didn't contribute to any traffic jams through Stiffkey this year, but were delighted by the steady stream of buyers who swelled the funds of the school.
The news of the success of the event was transmitted quickly to the school in The Gambia by the newly developed e-mail connection. The headmistress, the staff and the trustees in Africa all send their profound thanks to buyers, sellers, growers and transporters! Well done everyone!!.
John Adnitt
STIFFKEY SCARECROWS
For the last three years Scarecrows in Stiffkey Week has helped to raise hundreds of pounds for UNICEF and a variety of projects in the developing world. This will definitely be my last year for organising the event, and I appeal to you to help me make it a resounding finale in 2010! Thanks to all who have responded with alacrity, ingenuity and goodwill in the past. Remember the speed cop, the dragon, and those strange sea-horses in the trees near the church. They put the wind up many returning late from the Red Lion!
This year's theme is "MYTHS, MONSTERS AND SCARECROWS!" Please make your scarecrows ready to put up on Saturday August 21st to remain until the Bank Holiday Monday on the 31st.
This year's project is to support a programme of immunisation in Liberia, one of the poorest countries in Africa. Please contact me, Sally, on 830189 for further advice, or John on 830044.
Sally Amesbury
LOCAL HISTORY EXHIBITION
The Stiffkey Local History Group will be putting together an exhibition of artefacts, photographs; and cuttings illustrating aspects of village history to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend at the Parish Church. The exhibition will be open between 10.00 am and 4.00pm Saturday to Monday inclusive. We will be showing a number of unidentified old photos; come along and help solve the mysteries!
If you feel you can help in any way please contact Keith McDougall on 01328 830344
LOCAL HISTORY BOOK
Appeal for help
The Stiffkey Local History Group was recently approached by the Rev Tony Hodgson with a kind offer to write a book about the history and people of Stiffkey and Cockthorpe. Providing we can see our way to publishing we hope to produce a modest volume, suitably illustrated, that gives a glimpse of the events and people that have shaped our lovely villages.
Tony, who is leading the project, has kindly indicated that any profits will go to enhancing the History Group facilities. Tony was curate at Stiffkey in the early 60's and has maintained contacts in the village.
A working group has been set up with the aim of producing a readable journey through our history using the lives of the inhabitants to illustrate how these settlements were crafted throughout time to arrive at what we have now.
We are busy writing and, after lively discussion, rewriting with an aim to produce about ten chapters. We are looking for illustrations too, especially ones that may not yet be in the public domain. We can't find any of the windmill with its sails on or any of the 1953 floods. Can you help?
Geraldine Green 01328 830245
THE MONDAY MARDLERS
Here in Stiffkey for the past year, the Mardlers have met on the first Monday of each month at 2.30pm at The Red Lion Pub conservatory, for a get-together and chat along with some tea/coffee and excellent cake.
We have a raffle and a bring-and-buy stall and normally we have a quiz or beetle drive or similar and occasionally an outing, but always enjoy a `mardle' and a giggle! Why not come and join us? The entry fee of just £1.00 covers your refreshments.
If you have trouble with transport - we can help. Just call Pat on 830863 or Eva on 830709 and we will see what we can arrange. If you are coming by car - there is lots of parking space at the pub. Any other questions -call us!
Pat Price