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TOWN MAGAZINEAUGUST 2014 - ISSUE 12
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Welcome to BrandonWelcome to our 12th edition. During the last year we are pleased to have been at the fore of numerous town events and August sees the chance for a short stroll along the riverbank and BBQ in The Orchard on the Annual 9 Stiles Walk (details on page 5).
As we look to improve on the articles, is there a subject close to your heart? Maybe you compose poetry or write short stories? If so, please send them to us and we’ll do our best to include them. For now, enjoy the sunshine and if you’re going away, enjoy your break.
RegardsThe Brandon Town Magazine Team
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Town Sign RefurbishmentBrandon’s town sign, which sits on Market Hill in the centre of the town, has been given a new lick of paint for free by a local resident.
Gordon Belling, of Nightingale Road, approached the Brandon Town Council earlier in the year and asked if he could refurbish the sign, something to which the council subsequently agreed.
The sign was taken to be refurbished at the beginning of the month and was returned to its rightful place on Wednesday 16th July.
Brandon Town Clerk, Christine Mason, said “The Town Council are absolutely thrilled with the newly restored Town Sign. An added bonus to Market Hill.”
Brandon Town Council ReportBreckland Brass Band Concert & Brandon in Bloom Wheelbarrow Competition
Despite a showery weather forecast, the event was very well attended and feedback has been very positive. Breckland Brass Band’s rendition of ‘Singing in the Rain’ was most appropriate! The two winning wheelbarrows and a selection of other entries are on display in the front garden of the town council offi ces. The remaining wheelbarrows have been positioned in various locations around the town.
The Annual Nine Stiles Walk at The Orchard, Coulson Lane, Brandon
Join us on Sunday 17th August at 1.00pm for the Annual Nine Stiles Walk. The walk is optional but feel free to come along at 2.00pm for a free concert with Breckland Brass Band, a BBQ and light refreshments.
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Weeting Steam Engine Rally 2014The Weeting Steam Engine Rally was started by Richard Parrot in 1968 and has grown over the years to encompass a whole variety of attractions and interests from a bygone era.
This year’s show number 46, and fast approaching the half century, freshened up a little on it’s displays. New for 2014 was the impressive Banham Zoo & Friends’ Heavy Horse Display.
There were demonstrations throughout the day and visitors were invited to come and meet the gentle giants and speak to the owners who are always happy to talk and answer questions about these magnifi cent animals.
In attendance this year were in excess of 100 tractors with parades of steam traction engines and steam lorries, vintage tractors and fi re engines. Visitors also saw a working steam-powered farmyard, a full sized steam train on rails, a model steam train and small steam models including boats on a pond. There were also static displays of vintage cars, motorbikes and military vehicles.
Once again there were helicopter fl ights which have proved to be popular way to get a birds-eye view of the whole show and some of the surrounding area.
Demonstrations of steam ploughing, steam threshing of corn, a steam powered sawmill, stone crushing, and farmyard implements kept the crowds entertained, alongside which ploughing and cultivating demonstrations using vintage tractors and horses
All in all an entertaining day out and for true enthusiasts a splendid way to spend the weekend.
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Brandon Town Youth FC30 years of football has seen Brandon Town Youth grow to the largest football club in the area, offering football to 200 members locally. The club has grown from one team in 1984 to seventeen for the 2013/14 season, offering football to both boys & girls from U7 right up to U18 and adult football for the Ladies. The club also offers Saturday Soccer for 5 & 6 year olds.
This year saw the club change its name from Brandon Lads, Lasses & Ladies to Brandon Town Youth & Brandon Town Ladies. The club has also had a change at the top as Chairman Kevin Briston has stepped down after many years at the helm; Kevin has guided the club to one of the biggest & best in East Anglia & must take a lot of credit for where the club lies now. The new Chairman and former club secretary Gary Rampley has also been at the club for several years and is looking forward to the challenge of making the club even better!
2014 saw the club celebrate its 30th anniversary with its annual football tour of Holland. Over 70 players covering four teams and sixteen adults made the trip, staying in Center Parcs and travelling over the border into Holland to play the matches. The football was only part of the trip which included a trip into Eindhoven and a tour of PSV Eindhoven football stadium. The week was a resounding success with Center Parcs making the Brandon invasion feel very welcome the whole week & many of the players coming away with some fantastic memories.
The club have already started planning next year’s trip and there are some great ideas to make it bigger & better. If you are interested in joining the club whether you are a player, coach or would just like to help in some way please contact Gary Rampley on 01366 382262 or 07716188800.
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Forest AcademyFeel ‘Good’ Factor at Forest Academy
The staff and governors of Forest Academy are delighted with the outcomes following their recent Ofsted inspection. Executive Principal Maria Curry, stated “The ever increasing demands of Ofsted raises the bar higher and higher, therefore to be judged ‘good’ in all four categories and have many ‘outstanding’ features is something to celebrate.”
The report highlights how children get off to an excellent start in the Nursery and make outstanding progress throughout the Early Years Foundation Stage. By the time they leave Reception, many exceed national expectations for their ages in each area of learning. The children then to go on to make outstanding progress in Key Stage 1, and so they reach high standards in reading, writing and mathematics, by the end of Year 2.
Children in Key Stage 2 are currently making good progress. All are on course to make nationally expected progress in English and mathematics, and a signifi cant number are on track to do even better, with many children making outstanding progress in writing.
The school is particularly proud that it was noted that children make at least good and often outstanding progress in physical education and in staying fi t and healthy, as a result of the excellent use of the primary school sports funding.
The report states ‘Teachers show high expectations for learning, plan learning in lessons eff ectively, maintain excellent relationships with pupils and manage their behaviour well. Behaviour is good throughout the academy’.
The school is particularly pleased that the academy’s eff orts to keep pupils safe are recognised as outstanding.
The principal and other senior leaders were praised for providing very strong leadership and direction and it was noted how well they are supported by other leaders and governors.
Forest Academy is winning the ‘Race to Read’
Staff and Year 6 children are celebrating having achieved excellent reading SAT results. 100% of the children achieved level 4 or better, and 58.5% achieved level 5. High standards in reading have always been a priority and four years ago the school launched its own ‘Race to Read’ challenge. Children are encouraged to read every day and
they receive stickers to reward this good habit. This year the school invested in a new library with hundreds of new books. The school encourages a love of reading in many ways. Mrs Grimes Head of School, stated, “By encouraging children to read for pleasure we have reaped the rewards in their reading attainment. This has also had a positive impact on the quality of children’s writing where 97% achieved level 4 and 58.5% achieved level 5.”
Children also excelled in writing and maths, a proportion achieving level 6 - the equivalent of a ‘C’ at GCSE.
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Chronicles of Brandon at WarAugust 1914...
It has happened! We have declared war on Germany!
Brandon is represented well in this new war. More than twenty soldiers and sailors are already bravely fighting the Germans. We reckon there’s more than double that number who are in the Reserves or Territorials. When war was declared they received their call up papers and had
to immediately leave the town to report to barracks. We know who has left to go and fight because all their names have been pinned up inside the porch of St Peter’s Church. All were here one day and then were gone. Off to fight for King and Country. Even our Police Constable, Arthur Gray, got his papers and left. We prayed for their safe return.
There really is a lot of excitement amongst the other men in Brandon. The Secretary of State for War, Lord
Kitchener, said our country needs men to volunteer and fight. This message has just been delivered to the local men by Mr Ian Malcolm. You may not know Mr Malcolm but he was our Conservative M.P. a few years ago before the Liberal, Mr George Hardy, got in. Anyway Mr Malcolm came to Brandon at the invitation of Colonel Hamilton, who lives in Brandon House opposite the Ram Hotel, and told us it was everyman’s duty to enlist without delay. Sergeant Edwards is Brandon’s Army Recruitment Officer and he also urged the men to sign on the dotted line. After that meeting the sergeant claimed he had sent thirty very enthusiastic men off to the Gibraltar Barracks in Norwich. All were keen to have their Army Medicals and go off to fight. Every day more men leave. Their names are printed in the local newspaper so we know who the courageous ones are amongst us. It seems Mr Malcom’s visit had done the trick.
It’s not just about men leaving the town. We have troops staying amongst us too. We are all doing our bit and looking after them as they prepare to fight. It had looked like the troops might be billeted with local residents, as has happened in other villages nearby, but their Commanding Officer preferred the men to stay close to their horses. So they set up camp on Brandon Park. Our excitement was heightened by the spectacle of them assembling for parade in the town one morning. The Paget Hall has been opened up to all the soldiers so they can use the quiet space to write letters to their loved ones. It is the least we can do.
Before you start thinking it is just the men who are up for this fight I have to tell you that even the young nurses of Brandon’s Red Cross are doing their bit. Six of them have bravely volunteered to leave the town and go wherever they are needed in order to tend to the wounded. The powers that be are now talking of setting up a temporary hospital in the town, staffed by the remaining Red Cross nurses. Residents are already offering their spare bedding. We all want to do our bit for the war effort and teach these Germans a thing or two. So if everyone does their bit it will be over by Christmas.
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At the end of term we held Learning Awards Assemblies to recognise the achievement and successes of each year group. Students were recognised and received certifi cates for: Outstanding attendance, Merit awards, Music and arts awards, National maths challenge, Extra-curricular PE, and Outstanding learning shown in specifi c subjects.
The student who received the most nominations in each year group won the award of the outstanding learner for the year group. The outstanding learners for this term were Jade Nelson (year 7), Jess Campling and Jack Marriott (year 8), Libby Cash (year 9) and in year 10 the coveted award was shared between the Ostrowski brothers - Grzegorz and Tomasz. The next set of Learning Awards Assemblies will be in December 2014. Details will be published in the autumn term newsletters.
Year 6 Transition Days to IES Breckland
IES Breckland welcomed 98 new students through the doors for three days. In preparation for September year 6 students from surrounding schools came to experience life at IES Breckland. They followed a timetable, negotiated their way around the corridors and tasted the wonderful lunches! On their last day they even had their own Awards Ceremony! We are looking forward to seeing them all again on Thursday 4th September.
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The open evening commences at 6pm with a talk from the principal of IES Breckland, Mrs Tilbrook. The school will be open for prospective year 7 students and their parents and carers to see the school and participate in a wide range of activities across all faculties.
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1st Brandon Scout GroupJune proved to be a very busy month for us all starting with the carnival which was such a huge success. 4 camps in all sorts of weathers, all enjoyed by the Beavers, Cubs & Scouts. Followed by the Wheelbarrow competition. A great deal of brainstorming went on & our 3 barrows proved to attract a lot of comments, especially the Scouts interpretation of a camp site.
We have now all fi nished for the Summer break. Not so for the Leaders as this is the time when we take stock of our equipment. It all has to be checked & repaired where we can. What can’t be repaired we cannibalise to do repairs on other tents.
We will be planning our programmes & outings for the forthcoming Autumn term, so as they say no rest for us. We still have lots to do in our back area. We will be back on week commencing 8th September. At the moment we do have a few spaces in all 3 sections. If you would like further information please contact me, Lynda Smith, on 01842 878765.
Enjoy your Summer holidays, I think it looks as if we may have some good weather ahead. Hope so.
Brandon & District Rotary ClubOur President Kevin Vare and Rtn Stuart Watson made a lunchtime visit to the Brandon Seniors Club on Thursday 17th July and enjoyed a superb lunch together with other guests.
Brandon Seniors Club have been raising money for a much needed mini bus in order to collect their members for lunch and other events; this is often the only contact their members get each week so this is a valuable asset for them.
Rotary Club of Brandon & District have been pleased to support this cause with our donation of £250 presented by President Kevin and Rth Stuart.
24th July was our clubs 39th Charter Night, eff ectively our Birthday, so it was a very important night in our calendar. Rotarians together with former Rotarians and the Rotary Club of Thetford’s President and other guests were joined by our speakers for the evening and District Rotary Offi cers at this Black Tie event.
If you are interested in fi nding our more about Rotary contact any Rotarian or call 07710 819 259 (offi ce hours please).
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Pantry Patter - Dig For VictoryI have previously touched on food rationing before in a previous issue but this year thoughts of rationing are more poignant as the Great War of 1914-1918 saw the start of food deprivation in this country.
During the First and Second World War Britain relied on imported food to a great extent and it was becoming a worrying fact to the government that if a second war was to materialise some of the important trade routes would be lost. Surprisingly most of our flour and fats were imported with about half of all meat imported and about three quarters of the sugar we used.
The farmers were trying to grow more, with production switching to crops that yielded the most food value per acre.
The government tried to keep flows of supplies from all our allies especially the U.S.A. and Canada, but with the demands for armaments, troop ships and various other military requirements there were fewer ships dedicated to food transport.
As the second World War broke out in September 1939 the first commodity to be rationed was petrol.
It wasn’t until January 1940 that bacon, butter and sugar became in short supply closely followed by many things such as meat, tea, jam, cheese, eggs, lard, milk and many tinned provisions.
As you can see from the list this may have spurred on many to ‘supply their own’ thus introducing an array of strange dishes made with equally strange ingredients.
Fresh fruit and vegetables were never rationed but were in short supply unless you had turned your garden over to an allotment which many people did do. This was spurred on by the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign.
Game meat was never rationed either and was always readily available. An order was passed prohibiting bread to be sold on the day it was made. It was not possibly to slice fresh bread economically and leaving it a day on the shelf made it easier to cut into thinner slices.
Fish was another food not rationed but seeing a need for nutritious food the fishermen started putting their prices up at an alarming rate until the government stepped in and started controlling the prices in 1941.
Bananas were completely unobtainable for the duration of the war which created many funny stories when they were introduced to children 9 years after the war ended. Most of these children had never seen a banana before and had no idea what to do with it. Bananas were the last products to be de-rationalised, a staggering 9 years after the war ended.
It came to light that following the start of the Second World War a scientific study was carried out at the University of Cambridge by a dietician and a professor of experimental medicines to see if the British population would be able to survive an extended period of time if all imports of food ceased. The results, kept secret until after the war, gave the government confidence that all food available would be distributed equally. In actual fact the studies done at Cambridge were more severe than that actual real life situation as Britain maintained American and Canadian imports, although on a smaller scale than pre war, for the entire time the country was at war.
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Pantry Patter - Anzac BiscuitsAnzac biscuits date back to the first World War. It is claimed that the wives of soldiers serving in the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps weren’t happy with the quality of food their loved ones were receiving and as the ingredients in these biscuits do not spoil easily, boxes full of them were sent out to Gallipoli.
Today Anzac biscuits are still made commercially on a huge scale and were, infact, one of the first things I ever made many years ago in a Domestic Science class at Breckland School.
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1 cup/150 g of plain flour (I used wholewheat/meal)
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1 cup/100 g of rolled oats
125 g of butter/margarine
1-2 tablespoons of golden syrup or treacle
2 tablespoons of boiling water
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
Method
1. Mix the flour, sugar, oats and coconut together
2. Mix the syrup/treacle and butter together and warm gently until thoroughly mixed.
3. Mix the boiling water and bicarbonate of soda together and add to the syrup/butter mixture and mix in well
4. Add the wet mix into the dry mix and bind together
5. Drop teaspoons of the mixture onto a lightly greased tray or parchment paper and cook for 10 minutes at 180°C until golden brown all over
6. Remove and leave to cool for 10 minutes before placing on a wire rack to finish cooling
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Brandon in BloomFortunately July 13th didn’t prove to be unlucky, as Brandon held it’s Blooming Barrows competition and the downpour the region suff ered mid afternoon came late enough for the judging to have been completed and the awards to have been made.
Organised by the town’s newly formed “In Bloom” group, this was an event hoping to raise maximum public awareness of the group and what can be achieved with limited resources.
Brightly coloured barrows and imaginative planting schemes were the order of the day and how they did. The Market Hill was awash with colour and once again the residents showed that they will support the town’s events team with their imaginative program throughout the year, designed not only to bring the community together but to help attract visitors and promote this lovely market town in the heart of The Brecks.
16 barrows were on display along with two “Best in Show” tables from the Gardening Club’s annual event the previous day. An information tent provided just that along with a seed give away.
Judges found the barrows to be very closely matched and deliberated for 45 minutes before choosing the winners in both the junior and adult sections. Following the proclamation from town crier, Mike Wabe, he continued his cry and announced the judges choices.
Junior winners and judges favourite was “The Mummy’s Cake Group” with a design entitled “I do believe in Fairies”. The adult section prize was taken by Clark Whiteman with his imaginative design of an upturned barrow. Awards were presented by Mrs Christine Mason, Brandon’s town clerk.
Prizes and certifi cates presented, everyone sat back to enjoy an afternoon of Brass. It was at this point the dark skies came over, organisers quickly tried to get the barrows moved and the tents rearranged for the audience, a task almost completed but not quite as 6 barrows stood alone in the deluge that followed. The tents played their part and just about held the rain off as band leader Dave Goodman pulled out a rather apt tune not often heard in brass “ Singing in the rain!”
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August GardeningIn August the most important gardening task is to enjoy your garden, all of your hard work throughout the year will now result in a glorious riot of colour, scent and abundance of crops. What could be more satisfying!
Watering is essential in August, and as it’s holiday-time you might need to enlist the help of friends and family to look after your garden whilst you are away. Alternatively, you might want to set up an automatic watering system. A drip kit can be attached to an outside tap with a timer, and individual spikes are pushed into every pot and basket. If you do not have an outside tap capillary matting placed in a bowl or sink full of water can be an aff ective watering method. Also group pots together in a shady, cool area to reduce water evaporation. Birds also need fresh water for bathing and drinking, especially during hot, dry spells so keep supplies plentiful and regularly changed.
One group of plants that rarely need watering, or much care, are ornamental grasses. Ornamental grasses are a very diverse group of plants; they can be used to fi ll gaps in borders, as container plants or specimens, or as ground cover. Their subtle beauty and adaptability make them perfect companions to other fl owering plants. One style of planting using grasses is to create a Prairie or meadow-style garden. These types of gardens have become hugely popular over recent years as they produce a really natural planting eff ect. Prairie gardens do well on poor soil, like our sand, and are a perfect way to plant up diffi cult areas. One of my favourite Prairie style gardens is the Millennium garden at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, created by Piet Oudolf. It’s a style that so inspired me I’ve replicated the eff ect in our own garden, to a much smaller scale!
The eff ect is easy to create using bold drifts of grasses including Miscanthus, Deschampsia, Stipa and Calamagrostis and perennials including Echinacea, Helenium, Crocosmia, Achillea, Asters, Sedum, and Rudbeckia. All of which are at their prime during August and September. Ironically, successful prairie planting demands careful planning to create something that looks natural. Plant spacing is very important to prevent your garden from becoming an ‘overgrown jungle’. Rather than randomly dotting plants about, plant masses of the same plant in curved drifts and repeat sections of the planting throughout the border. In a prairie border contrasts of height, texture and form are more important than colour. Drought tolerant grasses and perennials tend to be deep-rooted. With this in mind the soil will require some preparation on planting. Simply dig a hole twice as deep as needed and backfi ll with decent garden compost. However, once established the only care that is required is a harsh prune, almost to the ground, in early spring.
August is Wisteria care month. Summer prune Wisteria by shortening the wispy side shoots to about 20cm or 5 sets of leaves. If your Wisteria lacked fl owers this spring, soak the soil with high potash fertiliser, such as tomato feed. It’s also time to trim back lavender and rosemary, after fl owering, without cutting into the old wood.
Whatever August brings, I hope you are able to enjoy some time relaxing in your garden, or visiting others for inspiration.
Rachel Sobiechowski BSc (Hons) P&R Garden Supplies, Fengate Drove, Brandon 01842 814800
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Glade Primary SchoolThe school year has well and truly fi nished with a bang. As well as an amazing sell-out performance of Troy Story, we had 2 highly successful sports days (no rain!) and an end of year Oscars ceremony for our leaving Year 6 children, that easily matched the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
Lots of classes have had visits recently, with our Wrens pupils enjoying a day out at Banham Zoo. Herons visited Amazonia in Great Yarmouth as part of the Brazil topic (we couldn’t aff ord to go to Brazil), and Swallows visited the Time & Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth as part of their seaside topic. It’s fair to say that every trip was a huge success!
Kestrels celebrated the end of their time at Glade with a hugely prosperous enterprise fair, raising £350!! This allowed them to put on an amazing Oscars evening to a packed out hall. All of the staff and parents who came to the evening were impressed at the level of professionalism achieved by the children.
Term starts again in September, with 60 new children joining Glade, going into Wrens and Owls classes. Owls will be the fi rst class to use the new extension which will be opening in the Autumn. We are all very excited!
If you want to keep up to date with events at Glade follow us on Twitter: @glade_school, or subscribe to our Facebook page at www.facebook.co.uk/gladeprimaryschool.
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Brandon Royal British LegionThe Brandon branch of the Royal British Legion would like to invite you to their ‘Lights Out’ event which is taking place at Brandon War Memorial on Monday 4th August.
This candle-lit vigil will be taking place between 10pm and 11pm and everyone is asked to bring their own candle or a special Centenary Candle, available from your local M&S.
It was on the eve of the 4th August 1914 that the Foreign Secretary of the time, Sir Edward Grey, remarked “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime” as Britain officially entered the First World War.
Exactly 100 years later millions of individuals, households and companies are being invited to join together in a national moment of reflection.
Brandon’s search for Mr & Mrs StrongBrandon’s Power-lifting Club has launched its search to find Mr & Mrs Strong and will hold a competition at Brandon Leisure Centre in August in aid of the Huntington Disease Association.
The Club, which has been meeting at the Centre for 18 months and was opened by Paralympic Powerlifter Zoe Newson in October 2012, is holding the event on Sunday 10 August (competitors from 8.30am and spectators from 10am) to showcase the amazing strength their athletes show.
There will be several events including Tyre Toss, Loading Race, Hercules Hold, Farmers Walk, Dead Lift Medley, Bench Press for reps, Shoulder Press Medley and Squats for reps.
The event will be open to members of the public and all proceeds will go to the Huntington Disease Association which supports those affected by the disease.
Lee Hyne from the Club said: ‘We’re really looking forward to the day to challenge ourselves & hopefully others. We’ve been training hard specifically for this event since March.“
To enter you must be 18 or over and a member of Anglia Community Leisure. There is a £15 registration fee, and you will also be provided with a sponsorship form. There will be categories for age, weight, male or female. There will be prizes for the winners and free sports massage.
Nigel Snape, Centre Manager, said: “The event will be great for all the family and really showcase what powerlifting is all about. It is the ultimate test of upper body strength and you can sometimes see athletes lift more than three times their own body weight. It’s amazing to watch and a great way for the Club to showcase the amazing athletes that come here.”
There will also be other attractions at the event including music, bouncy castle, exhibitions of powerlifting, and refreshments provided by the Centre’s Montage Cafe Bar.
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