What's On In Winterton

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1 Produced on behalf of Winterton on sea Parish Council. Deadline for receipt of messages for the newsletter is 15 th of the month preceding publication. Please note that trade adverts are taken in good faith there is no implication that the Parish Council offer any recommendation or otherwise of these businesses or contact the Editor on We reserve the right to edit or omit any submissions. What's On In Winterton Event Date Time Location Quiz Night Thursday 10th March 8.00pm Hermanus Parish Council Meeting 16th March 7.30 pm Village Hall WI 3 rd Tuesday of the month 7.30pm Church Rooms Winterton Carers Group Last Wednesday of the 2.00pm-4.00pm Church Rooms Month Royal British Legion BINGO 1 st Saturday of the Month 2.00pm Village Hall CONTACT DETAILS FOR YOUR PARISH COUNCILLORS Please note the Clerk s working hours are Monday - Thursday 9am 12pm Chair: Michael Blake Clerk: Sarah Welsh Emma Punchard Vice Chair: Peter Gardner Mike Ross Christine Iles Mark Bobby Steve Chalkley Eric Lund BCllr Shirley Weymouth BCllr George Jermany CCllr Jonathan Childs WINTERTON POST OFFICE Jane and Jeff would like customers to know that the Post Office alterations have been completed and normal service has been resumed! A message from Bonnie I'm so eggcited (well, it is nearly Easter) that there's going to be more bins around the village. See the Letters Page. Thank you to all those owners who 'bag and bin' and help keep the village clean and safe. Report dog fouling:

2 CLUB CORNER Organisation What we ve been up to What s Coming Up Garden Club Michael/Valerie nd Weds 7.30 pm Church Room February s meeting brought back a favourite speaker, Dr Ian Bedford, who told us all about Butterfly Gardening and how to encourage these beautiful creatures into our garden and just why we need to due to their serious decline. NEXT MONTH: March is the annual Fish & Chip Supper per head for supper from Debbie s. BYO wine if you wish (soft drinks will be provided). The Committee will be providing a selection of desserts and there will be a Quiz too. Numbers are needed for forthcoming trips Wednesday 11 th May Evening trip to North Walsham Garden Centre by car (no meeting that day!) and day out on Sat 16 th July to Gooderstone Water Gardens & Nature Trail near Kings Lynn travelling by coach. In Bloom Jean Neve co.uk Quiz Nights 8pm Hermanus Mark Cox Have a look at the website at This month's quiz night raised 127 and was donated to the cricket club. Next month's quiz is on Thursday 10th March. WI Judith Bews rd Tues monthly 7.30pm Church Room This evening we had Brian Sivyer talking about Birds and how to care for them. What an interesting topic, Brian told us what to look for Colour, Beak, & legs to help us distinguish between them. There is a serious decline in some birds like the beautiful gold crest, & we should not put out peanuts in our garden during April to August because the young birds cannot digest peanuts properly, instead use sunflower hearts or dry worms. Future Events Gerry Roper has joined our Committee welcome to her & all the talents she can bring & share. Gerry will be responsible for buying raffle prizes in future so watch this space. April 19th will be our Birthday Party with The ABBA Babes, a list went round for members to choose items to bring along & share the food. Federation Annual Meeting Tues 22nd March 10. Winterton Village Hall Committee are organising a large celebration for our Queen's birthday June 12th & for us WI to think of fund raising activities on the day. Please let us know ideas. 901 Troop Marine Cadets Capt Paul Dodson Winterton Carers Group Cricket Club Winterton Church 100 Club Lottery. Friendship club meets fortnightly in the Village Hall on Thursdays from pm Interested in joining the Troop, we re a friendly bunch visit our website ARE YOU A CARER? DO YOU GIVE UNPAID CARE TO A RELATIVE, FRIEND OR NEIGHBOUR WHO CANNOT COPE ALONE BECAUSE THEY ARE ILL, FRAIL OR HAVE A DISABILITY OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM? The Winterton Carers Group offers support and information about services and benefits that are available to help you with your caring responsibilities. We meet on the last Wednesday of the month (except December) in the Church Rooms from 2pm to 4pm We suggest you contact us before your first visit as the times may change if we have an outing planned. Please phone Brian on or Pam on for more details. Further information and contact from: We are looking for new members! All proceeds go towards maintaining the Church and Church Room. Non church members are very welcome. It cost 1.00 a month or you could pay yearly The lottery is drawn at the end of each month. Please contact Margaret in the evening on for details. More info from Di Jones

3 Lifeboat Restoration Group Bev Kay ration.org ononsealifeboatrestorati ongroup We re beginning to make some progress with the charity application following a very kind offer of help and also have now nearly finished preparing the new site at The Old Rectory gardens to get the Edward Birkbeck moved in as soon as possible so hopefully restoration work can get underway again once the weather warms up a bit! If you re interested in getting involved please get in touch. Editorial Nomination papers will soon be available for the forthcoming Parish Council elections, taking place on Thursday 5th May in the Village Hall. If you're interested in becoming a councillor, see the back page of the Newsletter and keep an eye on the noticeboard outside the Post Office. The Chair or myself as Clerk, can discuss what s involved and there is free training available to help and support you in your role. You will be doing your community a service and helping to give them a voice through the local democratic process. Councillor Emma Punchard gave the council good news about the Playground being entered into the Tesco funding vote at local stores and the Tourism Improvement Bid - see details in box and on Letters Page. Easter comes early this year, so I wish you all a Happy Easter and hope the Easter Bunny leaves you with an egg or two! Sarah. Keith Jones Painter and Decorator (City and Guilds Inst.qualified ) Property and Garden Maintenance 19 Hillview Drive Winterton on sea Situation Vacant (voluntary): Fabric Officer Our PCC (church management committee) find ourselves needing a Fabric Officer. This is the rather grand title for someone who would be able to take a lead, on the PCC s behalf, in working with our architect, applying for planning permission for projects if necessary, generally keeping an eye on the state of the building and reporting back to PCC meetings. It s a job that was done very well for several years by Catherine Jordan but a few months ago she felt it was time to hand over to someone else; and so far no-one has volunteered. If you think this might be interesting for you, and you d like to learn more, then please speak to Phyllis or Sandra as soon as convenient; or call Selwyn on

4 VILLAGE HALL EVENTS 2016 We propose holding the following functions so please put a note in your diary (timings to be advised later): Garage Sale - Sunday July 24th Collection for Salvation Army - Thursday November 24th Christmas Fayre - Sunday December 4th We are also trying to arrange a village event to commemorate the Queen's 90th birthday. If it goes ahead, it will be held on Sunday June 12th (the weekend of her official birthday.) Further details will be advised in later Newsletters. Chair Chris Barlow. Message from Parish Clerk: due to poor phone reception, I've not been able to return calls left by message because the number left is not clear. If you call me on my mobile phone, please state your number slowly and repeat it or leave your address, spelling it out slowly and repeating if possible. Alternatively, me: clerkwinterton@yahoo.com Thanks! TESCO BAGS OF LIFE - VOTE FOR WINTERTON PLAYGROUND AT YOUR LOCAL STORE Please share widely the great news that Winterton Smilers has won some funding from the TESCO #BagsofHelp initiative. We are guaranteed 8,000 but could get 10k or even 12k if we gain enough votes from customers at our local TESCO stores. We are competing with 2 other projects in East Anglia - so please get on down and help us buy new equipment for under 7's, some desperately needed seating and maybe some trees too - voting begins on the 27th of Feb. NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL (WINTERTON-ON-SEA) (EMERGENCY NOTICE) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTION 2016 Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984 Section 14(2) In accordance with the provisions of Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, the Norfolk County Council HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that owing to urgent road surfacing works carried out by Norfolk County Council the use by vehicles of the C643 Somerton Road from 40m west of its junction with C453 Black Street eastwards for a distance of 80m in the PARISH OF WINTERTON ON SEA will be temporarily prohibited from 09:30 hrs to 14:30 hrs on 24 th February 2016 for the duration of the works, expected to be about 5 hours within the period. If necessary the restriction could run for a maximum period of 5 days. Alternative route is via: 1) C643 Bulmer Lane/Hemsby Road/Winterton Road/Kingsway, C454 Yarmouth Road/Water Lane/Martham Road/Hemsby Road, C640 White Street/Somerton Road/Martham Road, C643 Horsey Road/Dark Lane/Winterton Road/Somerton Road. 2) - Access to C453 Black Street - C453 The Craft/The Lane/Black Street. The person dealing with enquiries at Norfolk County Council is Adam Mayo (Community and Environmental Services Department) Telephone Dated this 24 th day of February 2016

5 Your Letters Information about Gary Bendelow I was wondering if you could help me locate Gary. My dad Kenneth Wood age 88 years old from Rochester Kent and Gary have been friends since their school days and in the last few years have only kept in contact by Xmas cards. Last year they did not hear from Gary and are worried that his health may have declined. My dad would love to hear from Gary. [Editor: if you have any information please Linda.] Linda lee leelindauk@yahoo.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George Family Tree Dear People of Winterton on Sea, I am researching my GEORGE family tree, my great great grandfather was James John George born the 19th October 1841 at Winterton. He married Hannah Wales Goose of Ludham in 1866 at Great Yarmouth. He had ten brothers and sisters but died at sea in 1876 on a vessel named WAVE. If I give more family information, could you please put me in touch with someone who could tell me if there are any of this family's descendants still in the village. The o in front of the 2 in my address is a letter o, not a zero. Many thanks, Les George of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, formerly from Hull. les-george@o2.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank You A big Thank You to everyone who has sent cards, thoughts and prayers, and been so kind to me since my wonderful Mum Elsie sadly passed away on 26th January 2016, age 96. All donations received are going to Winterton Church. Elaine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Footpath at Mill Farm A new permissive path has been opened running along the west side of Hemsby road, between the S bend and the village. Although, it does not connect all the way up to Bulmer Lane, villagers and walkers can cross onto the new footpath and avoid crossing the road on the bend at Mill Farm and then continue on the circular walk around the village. Please be aware that there is a bank to go up and down and it can be slippy at times. There are free range chickens at Mill Farm so dogs must be kept on the lead whilst on the path and at Mill Farm. We would also appreciate it if you put all dog mess in the shiny new red dog poo bin provided. Thanks to Norfolk Trails for completing the fencing work and we hope that you can all enjoy the safer walk around the village. Success for Winterton's Tourism Improvement Bid A group of Tourist Businesses have successfully applied to the Great Yarmouth's Tourism Business Improvement Area for some money to support Winterton in Bloom, the provision of some new bins and a walking map and information for walks around Winterton. Emma Punchard. BRITISH DOMESTIC PLUMBING Eastern Lights, Beach Road, Winterton on Sea Tel: Mob: We are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week Your local Winterton Plumbing/Heating Company Co Reg No. C12368 Technician Reg No. C29910

6 Message from Father Selwyn Tillett People sometimes ask me why I m a priest. It isn t meant as a criticism! people are genuinely interested to know. What makes someone decide this is a path they have to follow? My usual answer is that I actually enjoy it, I ve not often had doubts that I made the right decision, but in the beginning I didn t want to be. For several years I fought against the feeling that this was what I was being called to do, but eventually I gave in and decided that I had to offer myself for ordination. My vocation was tested and accepted, and here we are. I didn t want to be God had other ideas. The thing that ultimately convinced me I had to go in this direction was my experience of Lent in my final year at college. Those six weeks of preparation for Easter are a time when traditionally people look at themselves and their lives, particularly their relationship with God, and try to correct anything that has gone askew. I decided I d spend that time wrestling with this question and that hopefully by Easter I would know he would have helped me understand where I should be going. It didn t actually take quite as long as Easter. I knelt in church in front of the cross on Good Friday afternoon, and the decision was made. What finally got me there was the celebration of what we call Holy Week that final week before Easter when every day in church we follow Jesus step by step, minute by minute, through his last days before his death and beyond. It wasn t just real and vivid there was an unmistakable sense that the events of that week were central to what I believed, and I was being called to try to put the reality of God s love, shown that week, into words and actions in people s lives. Not surprisingly Holy Week has always been a special and important time for me personally, as well as being at the heart of everything we all say and do in church all the rest of the year. Elsewhere you ll find details of the main events of that week as we celebrate them in our churches. The procession into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday Jesus s last supper with his friends on Maundy Thursday night, and his arrest and trial afterwards his death on Good Friday and the unlooked-for miracle of his resurrection at Easter. There are special services to mark all of these, some of them at unusual times when we try to follow exactly where he and his disciples were. Sharing in this extraordinary week can be a very powerful experience. Even if this might be the first time you ve tried don t be afraid to come and join others seeing the cost of the reality of his love. And who knows maybe you d discover a new direction he wants you to follow... Selwyn Events: Tues 1st 7:30 pm Emmaus group on Reading the Bible in Winterton church room Wed 2nd 10:00 am Somerton monthly coffee morning in the village hall 12:30 pm Lent lunch in Hemsby Barn Room Wed 9th 9:00 am Open the Book at Winterton school 2:30 pm Winterton (Norfolk) Trust Fund Trustees meet at 50 Bulmer Lane Sat 12th 12:30 pm Lent lunch in Winterton church room. Tues 15th 7:00 pm Winterton PCC in the church room. Wed 16th 3:30 pm Messy Church in Winterton church room. Mon 21st 7:00 pm Said mass and Stations of the Cross at Winterton. Wed 23rd 9:00 am Open the Book at Winterton school. Sat 26th 10:00 am Messy Church Easter egg hunt through Winterton, ending with building the Easter garden 4:00 pm Building the bonfire for dawn service on Winterton beach - all help gratefully received! Services: All regular weekday services continue as usual during the first four weeks except that Evening Prayer will not be said on Good Friday (25th). There will be no weekday services anywhere in the week beginning Easter Monday (28th). Friday 4th 2.45 pm Winterton Open the Book team lead a family-themed assembly, thinking towards Mothering Sunday, at Winterton school. Sunday 6th: Mothering Sunday / Lent 4 9:00 am Parish Mass for Lent 4 at Winterton (with distribution of posies) Sunday 13th: Lent 5 9:00 am Parish Mass at Winterton (Fr Charles Powles) Sunday 20th: PALM SUNDAY Thursday 24th: MAUNDY THURSDAY 9:00 am Morning Prayer at Winterton. Friday 25th: GOOD FRIDAY 9:30 am An Hour s Devotion before the Cross at Horsey - followed by walk to Horsey Mill. The walk then re-assembles at EAST Somerton church and continues to Winterton 11:30 am Stations of the Cross through Winterton 2:00 pm Liturgy of the Day at Hemsby, followed by hot cross buns in the Barn Room Sunday 27th: EASTER DAY approx 6:00 am (service starts by 6:15 am) Easter dawn service on Winterton beach followed by breakfast in the church room 9:00 am Parish Mass at Winterton. Is your group, organisation or school looking for project funding? Community Action Norfolk have issued their latest Funding Newsletter More info from: or office@communityactionnorfolk.org.uk Norfolk Rural Community Council T/A Community Action Norfolk, Ambassador Way, Greens Road, Dereham NR203TL

7 Winterton-on-sea Parish Council Meeting Short Minutes February Residents and BCllr Weymouth were welcomed to the meeting. 1. Crime Report. PCSO Andy Hunt sent a report: There have been no serious incidents of note in the village since the date of the last meeting, and we are continuing to engage with young people across the area in order to reduce anti social behaviour. Parishioners are encouraged to report any issues they have to us by calling 101 or by ing me at hunta@norfolk.pnn.police.uk 2. Public discussion James Bensley introduced himself as a new Conservative Party candidate in the forthcoming Borough Council elections. He confirmed to a resident that George Jermany had not been re-selected to stand. A resident asked James Bensley if he is elected, will he attend the Parish council meetings on a regular basis. He confirmed he would attend as many as possible. 3. Report from Borough Councillors. BCllr Weymouth reported she had contacted the police after the last meeting re the problems with parking and access at North Market Road, and they have visited. BCllr Weymouth recommended residents attend the next SNAP meeting to raise their concerns. A discussion followed among the residents, but the problem was to be looked at under Agenda item To consider Planning Applications received/approved Planning Applications: 06/15/0699/F Proposed first floor rear extension and front extension to form porch. Greenways, Low Road Winterton NR29 4BJ. 06/15/0785/F proposed residential development of 4 detached bungalows and garages, Low Road East Coast Drums Winterton NR29 4BJ 06/16/0025/F Proposed side and rear two storey extension and single storey rear infill extension 78 Bulmer lane Downing Farmhouse Winterton NR29 4AF. 06/16/0010/F Proposed ground and first floor extensions. Balcony at rear. Bush Road Green Tiles Winterton NR29 4BY. The Parish Council had no objections to any of the applications. 5. Grants Update The next phase of the Playground development project has been accepted by the Tesco Bags for Life programme and the public will be invited to vote for it, in competition with two other projects, at their local Tesco store from 27th February. Success for Winterton's Tourism Improvement Bid A group of Tourist Businesses have successfully applied to the Great Yarmouth's Tourism Business Improvement Area for some money to support Winterton in Bloom, the provision of some new bins in the village and a walking map and information for walks around Winterton. 6. Date of the next meeting: Wednesday 16th March in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Hall Hire Winterton Village Hall Tel: clerkwinterton@yahoo.com Church Rooms Tel:

8 BECOMING A PARISH COUNCILLOR FOR YOUR VILLAGE Parish council elections are due to be held on Thursday 5th May and nomination papers will be available soon. TO STAND AS A PARISH COUNCILLOR IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU:- Are a United Kingdom or Commonwealth citizen, or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or a citizen of another European Member state. Have lived in, or within 3 miles, of the Parish or your principle place of work is in the Parish for the past 12 months. Are aged 18 or over IT IS ALSO HELPFUL IF YOU:- Have an interest in local issues. Have an understanding and willingness to represent the views of the whole community. Are able to attend regular monthly evening meetings Have an interest in learning and developing your role in the community. Free training and information is available and recommended to support you in understanding and carrying out your role. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BECOMING A PARISH COUNCILLOR PLEASE CONTACT:- SARAH WELSH (CLERK) ON OR MICHAEL BLAKE (CHAIRMAN) ON