Saints Alive: Stanhoe and Barwick Newsletter

March 2014

Stanhoe & Barwick WI news:-

Tues 25th February: meeting at 1:30pm for a guided tour of former RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre, followed at 3:00 pm by tea and cakes at Costa Coffee on the construction college site.

Tues 4th Mar:2:30pm – Nelson Group meeting at Walsingham WI

Thurs 6th Mar:2:30pm – monthly meeting in the Reading Room – speaker from SERV (Service by Emergency Riders)

Thurs 13th Mar:12:30pm – spring lunch at Briarfields hotel. Advance booking necessary.

All newcomers welcome to attend phone Geraldine (518025) or Pamela (518033) for info/enquiries

Stanhoe Village Screen:-

Friday 7th March – Philomena;

Future dates:-

Friday 4th April – Gravity

Monday 28th April – Saving Mr Banks

Tickets £5 on the door to include a complimentary drink. For further information visit the website: Stanhoe. org (or ring 01485 518191)

Winter Lunchtime Soup:-

On Thursday 13th March come and join Karen, Margaret, Andy and Chris for Hot Soup Lunch and good company in Stanhoe Reading Room at 12:15pm until 1:45pm

Middle Eastern Dance – Taster Session:-

A taster session at 10:00am on 14th March in “belly dancing” is planned in the Reading Room, with a view to running classes here after Easter, provided that sufficient people are interested.

Please contact Pamela Austin on 518033 for further information, or just turn up on the day. Wear comfortable loose clothing and soft flat shoes!

Gift Boxes:-

A practical session of gift box making, organised by the WI and open to everyone, but advance booking is necessary, please. (See WI section for contact details)

Come along and find out how to make small, personalised gift boxes for your friends on Tuesday 18th March at 2:00pm in the Reading Room, Cross Lane.

There will be a small charge to cover materials and hall hire.

The Stanhoe village flower show, 2014:-

The 2014 Flower Show has been fixed for Saturday 2nd August, and the new schedule has been put together with much thought.

Whilst the vegetable, fruit, and flower classes remain the same, the classes for flower arranging, cookery, crafts, art, and photography have all been updated.

We hope to have the schedules delivered to everyone in the village, but a spare copy can always be obtained, if needed, from the Show Secretary, Rosemary Brown.

Riot In The Reading Room?:-

A black eye, cuts and abrasions were sustained at a recent meeting in Stanhoe Reading Room!

A very interesting speaker was on hand to talk about her work, and to demonstrate her skills, which were in the art of stage make-up, with the emphasis on casualties.

Members of our village WI were shown how make up is applied realistically, and volunteers were then sought, and willingly came forward, to receive the “injuries” referred to above.

More information and photographs are on www. stanhoe. org

Brancaster Camera Club:-

Tuesday 11th March:-

Battle V. Hunstanton CC (at Brancaster Staithe)

Judge Malcolm English LRPS

Tuesday, 25th March:-

An evening with David Tipling, International Wildlife Photographer & Author

This should be an excellent evening. Visitors are warmly welcomed. Please come along & bring your friends.

Meetings are held in Brancaster Staithe Village Hall at 7:30 pm. Entrance is £3 to include refreshments.

Contact Jim Till on 01485 210013 or Wendy Calow on 01553 674725

And finally:-

• The word ‘March’ comes from the Roman ‘Mauritius’.

• This was originally the first month of the Roman Calendar and was named after Mars, the god of War

• The Anglo-Saxons called the month Hlyad monath which means Stormy Month – let’s hope that March is less stormy than January & February 2014!!