Les wonders if we should create a Village Pump calendar
This is the time of year when my thoughts go to buying a calendar for next year and to me this is a process that has to be treated with some caution; which wasn’t the case years ago.
Report of the November meeting of the West Norfolk Aviation Society
The speaker at the November meeting in the Methwold Social Club was Wing Commander Ken Wallis, one of the U.K’s top aeronautical engineers, who enthralled us with his life story, covering 85 years of individual enterprise and ingenuity and whose enthusiasm remains undiminished.
Minutes of the October Liaison Committee
Agriculture Division
Stoke Ferry Compound Feed Mill
VILLAGE LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday 6th October 2004
Present: Ms Jacqueline Murfitt (Environmental Health Officer, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council)
A description of the twinning arrangements in Downham Market
Downham is twinned with Civray, a small, attractive town south of Poitiers on the River Charente. It is about 12 hours drive from Calais. Twinning began 29 years ago and focuses on visits between the towns: a group of 40-50 people, young and old, go to Civray in August one year, with a similar visit to Downham from Civray the following year. Each visit lasts about 8 days; about half that time is taken up by planned trips or events, with the rest of the time being spent with the host family who make their own arrangements for your entertainment.
A computerised version of an old Christmas poem
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the shop,
The computers were whirring; they never do stop.
The power was on and the temperature right,