Saints Alive: Stanhoe and Barwick Newsletter

September 2021

Parish Council Matters/Reminders:–

• Queen Elizabeth Hospital:– A campaign was recently launched to encourage people to ‘sign’ a petition to trigger Government action to fund a new Queen Elizabeth Hospital for King’s Lynn and West Norfolk. It is very easy to do this, just go to https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590390. It takes seconds and may reward you many times over!
• Speeding in Stanhoe:– We continue to monitor the traffic situation; encouragingly July was relatively ‘calm’; of the 18,223 vehicles that passed the sign at Longwall Barn (facing the Pond) most were pretty close to the speed limit (of 30 mph) although as always we had a few getting up to 50 mph as they went by.
• Gardens Open Day:– Although it was nothing formally to do with the PC, there was some ‘overlap’ and we were delighted that the day was such a success raising an all-time record for the church. Congratulations to Mrs Roche and her committee, the Reading Room and some serious ‘diggers’ (gardeners).
• Egmere biodigester tractor traffic:– We are conferring with management of the plant in advance of the maize harvest which starts mid-September. Please let us know if you encounter any issues, particularly in the village.
• The next Parish Council Meeting:– This will take place in the Reading Room/Village Hall at 6.00 pm on Thursday, September 9th. This time we will be allowed public participation. The Agenda will be published on the Stanhoe.org website in advance, but even if there isn’t anything that is of interest on it, please feel free to join the meeting and raise any issues that concern you, and we’ll do our best to attend to them. Also you do not have to stay throughout (normally about 1.5 hrs) and can leave at any time. And your chance to speak will be at the beginning!

Gardens Open Day:–

Stanhoe Gardens Open Day on Saturday 17th July was a most enjoyable and successful event. The sun shone and more than 300 people visited the ten gardens which were open.

The garden owners had put in a tremendous amount of time and effort getting their gardens ready. The gardens all looked stunning. The various stalls, teas and art exhibition were all popular contributing to the record profit of £4,170.39.

A huge thank you to everyone involved.

WI news:–

Stanhoe & Barwick WI are pleased to announce that normal service is resumed! We were back indoors with a speaker for our August meeting and with plenty of prospective new members. Norfolk Milliner, Rebecca Tate, spoke to us, followed by tea and cake and a good old natter. It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

Our programme for the rest of 2021 is:–

• 2nd September:– Big Green Week
• 7th October:– Susan Barnett, Sandringham Secrets
• 4th November:– Annual Meeting (members only)
• 2nd December:– Juyna Lewis, Spice up your Christmas

All meetings are at 2:00pm in Stanhoe Reading Room.

Potential new members are always welcome, but please do contact Valerie (secretary) if you are planning to attend. 01485 576261

Exercise bike for sale:– SOLD

♰ Memorial Service for Mark Roche:–

There will be a memorial service for Mark Roche on Thursday 23rd September at 2:00pm in All Saints’ Church.

The Norfolk Churches Trust Bike Ride and Walk:–

Information and sponsor forms for the Norfolk Churches Trust Bike Ride and Walk, on 11th September 2021 9:00am to 5:00pm, can be found in All Saints’ Church.

QEH:– New Cancer Wellbeing & Support Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital:–

The new Cancer Wellbeing & Support Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is open to provide vital information and support to anyone who has been affected by cancer.

We offer a welcoming, friendly environment for patients, families and carers to come in and talk about what matters to them, at all stages of their cancer journey. In addition, we are here to provide extra support and resource to our secondary care colleagues in the hospital, GP’s and primary care colleagues.

The services being provided in the Centre include:

• Specialist cancer information and support
• Benefits advice, financial support and signposting
• Practical support
• Lifestyle advice (healthy eating, exercise – both before, during and after treatment)
• Self help and support groups
• Hair and skincare advice
• Complementary therapies

In addition to the above services, we are planning to offer in the near future:

• Counselling services

Some of these services will require a booked appointment, others are operated as a drop-in service.

We are here to provide cancer support to you as a patient, your families and carers or any health professionals needing further information to support their patients. Please contact our service by calling Vicky or Caroline on 01553 214547 or 01553 613985 or emailing miss@qehkl.nhs.uk

HAVE YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN A CHOIR?

YES, but, “I CAN’T SING”?

Bet you can! You just need the right environment…

“I DON’T UNDERSTAND HARMONIES!”

There’s no need : you can learn as you go along.

“I WOULDN’T DARE DO AN AUDITION”

You won’t have to : just come and join in.

“I WOULD BE TOO SCARED TO OPEN MY MOUTH”

No, you wouldn’t: we have all felt like that.

“I WON’T KNOW ANYBODY”

We are very friendly: someone will always talk to you.

“I CAN’T READ MUSIC”

There is no need: most of us can’t, but we are taught and encouraged every step of the way.

“WHAT IF I MESS UP IN A PERFORMANCE?”

You won’t: the rehearsals see to that. And it isn’t compulsory to sing in concerts, either, but nearly everyone does, as it is so rewarding: you are ‘on a high’ for hours!

“CAN I JUST COME IN AND LISTEN TO A REHEARSAL?”

Yes, of course!

Hunstanton Community Centre, Avenue Road, Hunstanton PE36 5BW

Wednesday evenings: 7.00pm until 9.000pm

REHEARSALS WILL RECOMMENCE ON WEDNESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER