News archive
5 April 2020
Pic of the day
A cheering daily look at what’s going on in Stanhoe.
High Barn
Church Farm
Barwick
Stanhoe station
Station Road
Local photographer Pamela Austin has sent some great photos of what Stanhoe looks like outdoors, for anyone who might have forgotten. From today we’ll be posting a daily pic in the hope of cheering everyone up. All contributions are welcome: photos indoors and out, video, written thoughts and diary entries. Just email the .
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 5 April 2020
2 April 2020
Stanhoe Parish Council Minutes
Stanhoe Parish Council Minutes - 12 March 2020
The minutes from the meeting of Stanhoe Parish Council held on 12 March 2020 can be found here.
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 2 April 2020
31 March 2020
Palisade fencing
Stanhoe’s pond palisade fencing is replaced.
You may have noticed that the palisade fencing at the junction of Bircham Road/Docking Road/Burnham Road has recently been replaced.
We hope you will agree that it is a huge improvement and should ensure that the adjacent footpath remains accessible.
The Parish Council are extremely grateful to the Highways Department of Norfolk County Council for undertaking and funding the new fence, and for replacing the palisade fencing with wooden sleepers and not concrete slabs.
Work in progress:
photo: Rosemary Brown
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 31 March 2020
29 March 2020
Tree down
A fallen tree blocked Stanhoe’s Station Road on Sunday.
Sunday 29 March has been a windy day, and this morning Terry and Pamela Austin photographed a fallen tree blocking Station Road. It’s past the last bungalow, just before the onion store. Another gold star for Highways - Your Parish Council called the emergency number regarding the tree late in the morning and by 2.30 it had been fully cleared by Highways. Not a bad effort for a Sunday on short staff!
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 29 March 2020
21 March 2020
Cinema cancelled
23 March show cancelled, says Stanhoe Village Screen.
In line with government guidelines , our March film ‘The good Liar’ has been cancelled, reports Jane Coates of Stanhoe Village Screen. Moviola have advised us not to show any films until July at the earliest. We will inform you when we are up and running again. WE WILL BE BACK and have some excellent films in the pipeline!
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 21 March 2020
19 March 2020
IMPORTANT - Coronavirus
PLEASE READ - Coronavirus latest from the Parish Council
For all vulnerable, over 70, possibly solo, much loved Stanhoe Residents.
You will see in the Church News section of the April Saints Alive issue that if any shopping or medicine runs are required in the absence of normal services, you should please call the Parish Clerk, Wayne Leighton on 01485 518570 or email at parishclerk@stanhoe.org. Wayne will organise one of a number of volunteer drivers to help.
Please also call or email Wayne if you feel particularly vulnerable for any reason and we can also have someone call you back.
This is time to look after yourselves, so please call if you think we can help.
David Lord
Chairman
Stanhoe Parish Council
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 19 March 2020
19 March 2020
Village Spring Clean
Village Spring Clean - Postponed
The Village Spring Clean scheduled for 4th April 2020 is postponed until further notice. Any queries, please contact the Parish Clerk, Wayne Leighton on 01485 518570 or at parishclerk@stanhoe.org.
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 19 March 2020
16 March 2020
WI cancels April
Stanhoe WI has cancelled its April meeting.
With coronavirus spreading in Norfolk, Stanhoe and Barwick WI has cancelled its monthly meeting on Thursday 2 April, secretary Valerie Robson reports.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 16 March 2020
7 March 2020
Pond pic
Stanhoe’s Pit is full to the brim.
“What was little more than a dusty hollow last summer is now full to the brim, thanks to the lovely wet winter!”, says local photographer Pamela Austin as she snapped this tranquil photo towards sunset.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 7 March 2020
5 March 2020
Back to Bangladesh
Stanhoe WI members are transported by memories of a childhood spent in Asia.
The speaker at the March meeting of Stanhoe and Barwick WI was Junya Lewis who spoke about her Bangladeshi childhood.
Junya stared by welcoming everyone in her native language and getting a Bangladeshi response, which really alerted the attention of members and guests. This was followed by reminiscences of the colours of clothes and spices and food, and the environment, as well as for the smells of the early mornings.
photos: Rosemary Brown
Her family lived in a hamlet of four or five houses, wooden structures with a mud infill and a corrugated iron roof if you were wealthy. It was a settlement exclusively for Moslems, with a Hindu village nearby which was banned to Junya and her brothers. But everyone helped each other, and her mother worked as the midwife and received payment in rice, or spices, or foodstuffs to nurture them. Junya did jobs within the community such as looking after the goats, and catching fish in the monsoon season.
Her father left the family to work abroad, which was a local tradition, when she was a baby and did not send for the family until Junya was eight years old. So she arrived in Britain speaking no English but with a firm grasp of the Koran, and managed to sail through school maintaining her Moslem roots, and became a teacher, and married an Englishman.
We were delighted to be shown garments similar to those worn in her childhood, to see Saris, and see a member elegantly dressed in one in front of our eyes, and to see a man’s Sarong, and traditional jewellery.
It was an entertaining and enlightening talk and made for an enjoyable afternoon for a room full of people.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 5 March 2020