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BrandonTOWN MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2015
WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Remembrance SundaySee page 21
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As another year comes to an end, the final big event for 2015 takes place on the first weekend of December.
This year’s Christmas Fayre and lights switch takes place on Sunday 6th December on Market Hill. See the advert on page 24 for more information.
Don’t worry though, as 2016 will treat us all
with a host of events, starting in January with Shoestring’s annual pantomime.
Rest assured your Town magazine team will be on hand with camera and notebook to record it all but for now we wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
RegardsThe Brandon Town Magazine Team
Deadline for January issue 11th December
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We would like to thank everyone who supported us at the Brandon Firework Display. It was a very busy evening & although the attendance was down on previous years we still managed to make a reasonable profit for our group.
The Remembrance Parade was well attended by our Group with nearly all of our 4 sections in attendance. This year one of our Leaders TONY BRAGG was asked to carry the Royal British Legion Colours. Our Cub section made their own Poppy Cross using the idea from the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London last year. The poppies were made out of Coke bottles. If you happen to be near the War Memorial please go & see this beautiful tribute.
Christmas preparations are well on the way with parties planned & lots of craft work, making decorations & gifts. We will be closed over the Christmas & New Year holidays. May we all at 1st Brandon wish everyone a Happy Christmas & a Prosperous New Year & thank you again to everyone who has supported our fund raising efforts over the past year.
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Brandon & District Photographic ClubThe year started on a high note with a successful Exhibition held in October and we are now looking forward to some interesting Tutorial and Workshop evenings. On Wednesday 9th December we are holding a ‘Pick ‘n Mix’ Workshop on the theme of ‘Seaside’ at the Baptist Church Hall rooms on the High Street in Brandon. Members are welcome to bring along any ‘props’ they have relating to the Seaside and we will make up tables of still life studies. Experts will be on hand to advise on the settings to use on your cameras and offer alternative technique hints.
After Christmas there will be tutorials on flash photography and the secrets of the crop tool as well as competitions. We don’t forget
either the joys of good old fashioned film photography. Remember the fun of taking a roll of 24 or 36 shots, waiting a week to have them developed only to find that none of them are what you expected!! We hold a competition in February for those enthusiasts who still enjoy this style of photography. Come along and see for yourself.
Meeting dates are: Wednesday 6th and 20th January 2016
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In the first week of November we had an Ofsted inspection and I am pleased to say that we are out of Special Measures. By the time you read the Brandon Town Magazine the report will have been published and will be available via our website.
On the 11th of November we were presented with a very generous cheque from the Breckland School Re-union Steering Committee. Mrs Ingarfield said that strong community links were invaluable to the school and was grateful to the Steering Committee for its support of IES Breckland and looks forward to working together in the future.
The alumni of Breckland School (1963-1975)
held a dinner and dance at IES Breckland in October. Stirred on by interest on social media, Mike Palmer (Chair), Ann Bugg nee Stock (secretary), Terry Bugg, Lindy Wilson (nee Gordon), Robert Wells, Helen Jenkins (nee Zawiasa) formed the Steering Committee and forged ahead with bringing former students together again. Secretary, Ann Bugg, said the event went really well and there was a real buzz in the hall with everyone catching up with each other and reforming friendships. Ex-students travelled from all over the UK to attend the event and spend the evening with old friends while dining and dancing.
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CHRONICLES OF BRANDON AT WARDecember 1915
Christmas Day is here. Merry Christmas. Anyone passing St Peter’s church today should hear the joyous sound of the congrega-tion singing “The First Noel” and “Good King Wenceslas”. Within earshot, across the graveyard, in the Cemetery Lodge, live Fred Wilby and his wife. Today they appreciate they have a most precious gift for Christmas.
The couple’s home, on the edge of the grave-yard, comes with Fred’s job. He is em-ployed by the Brandon Council to maintain the graveyard and can often be seen mowing the grass or preparing graves. Most of the town know the couple. It is true to say most of the town also knows of one of their sons, Percy. Percy assisted the Scout leader in leading the summer parades, organising teams for sports days and was captain of their cricket team. Then war came. Percy, aged nineteen, did not hesitate to enlist with his pals, eventually going out to France in May this year. Although Percy grew up next to Brandon’s graveyard it still did not prepare him for what he saw in France. This sum-mer, while he and a mate visited the grave of a pal, an artillery shell exploded in a tree they were standing under. Wood splinters and metal shrapnel hurtled down and they were lucky to escape unscathed. It was a different story a few weeks later.
In October, Percy, of ‘D’ Company, 7 th Norfolk Regiment, was amongst a Brit-ish advance onto the German lines. Imagine if you will that bullets are flying eve-
rywhere, with men falling left, right and centre. However, through this commotion I will describe the journey of just one bul-let toward one man. This bullet leaves the German lines, travelling faster than the speed of sound and hits a drummer dressed in Khaki, square onto his heart. That drum-mer is Percy. The passage of the bullet sees it pass through Percy’s uniform, or more precisely a chest pocket, which offers no resistance. In that pocket is a wallet swollen with letters and photographs of loved ones. The bullet smashes through these and then rips through a New Testament bible, before entering Percy’s chest.
By rights the following day Percy should be lying underground in a grave, like the ones his father digs. This would surely make a most dismal Christmas tale. So I am de-lighted to tell you that Percy miraculously survived and was taken to the General Hos-pital, in Rouen, France. It seems the items in his pocket reduced the speed of the bullet enough for the bible to deflect it away from his heart. Had divine intervention stepped in and saved Percy? The bible had been virtu-ally destroyed and his treasured photographs had a bullet hole straight through them all. But do you know what? Not one person in any of the photographs was defaced. The bullet left the images of his loved ones un-spoiled!
Percy was shipped over the Channel to con-valesce in a British hospital. A few days ago he was awarded leave to spend Christmas with his family. At about that time the Dyer family, living on London Road, re-ceived sad news that their son James, missing since August last year, had been officially declared dead by the War Office. This heartbreaking news was not unexpected, but the timing was most unwelcome. Life is the most precious gift to be received, as both the Dyer and Wilby families can testify this Christmas.
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Shoestring Theatre Company would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Halloween Family Fun Night, “Nightmare on Market Hill”, which we hosted on Saturday 31st October. We hope you had as much fun as we did, inside our house of horrors, where we had a steady stream of
people, or should we say victims, throughout the evening. Visitors were greeted by the witches in their coven outside, and shown into the house of horrors where they were able to meet many different, scary and strange looking creatures, as well as apple bobbing , before passing by the graveyard on their way out. Judging by the screams, laughter, and queue to come in, the whole evening was a complete success. We would like to also thank all the stallholders who attended this event, and also Brandon Town Council for all their help.
We are pleased to be, once again taking part in the Brandon Christmas Fayre on Market Hill from 4.00p.m. until 6.00p.m. on Sunday
6th December. We will have our Christmas Grotto, and Santa Claus will be taking a break from his busy schedule in Lapland, where he has left his elves to carry on with the good work for Christmas, so that he can attend. He will be leaving the Aldi car park on his sleigh at 3.45p.m., travelling along the High Street to arrive at Market Hill at 4.00p.m. where he will be welcomed by the Brandon Town Crier. He will then be in his cabin, inside the grotto to meet and greet all the children (and parents/carers of course). This event is always popular and we look forward to seeing everyone there on the day.
Tickets will also be on sale at the Christmas Fayre for our pantomime in January which isCaptain Righteous and the Christmas Crisis.
In a change from the usual traditional pantomime this show is a hilarious, super-powered panto-ish comedy adventure with lots of audience participation and plenty of opportunities to cheer the goodies and boo the baddies. Even the pantomime Dame will be making an appearance!
The story so far: In the city of Cosmopolis, the baddie (Red Claw) is on the rampage and threatening to spoil Christmas (Boo!) What the city needs is a hero, a man that knows no fear, a man who wears his underpants over his trousers. Can Captain Righteous save the day? You will have to come along to the show to find out!
Performance nights are on Thursday 7th January, Friday 8th January and Saturday 9th January at I.E.S. Breckland School, Crown Street. Curtain up at 7.30p.m. & there will be a matinee performance on the Saturday at 2.30p.m. Ticket prices are Adults £6, Senior Citizens and Children (4-16 years) £4. Tickets will also be on sale from mid December, at Tramps Hairdressers, London Road, and Cobra Electrical, High Street. Please come along to what promises to be a fun filled evening for all the family to round off the Christmas festivities. We look forward to seeing you there.
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GardeningTO DO LIST
•Keep Christmas Trees well watered, they drink up to 1 litre a day.
•Check winter protection is secure and greenhouse heaters are working. •Remove leaves that accumulate around Alpines to prevent rot.
One crop that is best planted in winter is Garlic. Garlic is best planted between November and April, although the general rule is that the sooner the crop is planted the bigger the crop will be. Garlic prefers to be grown in full sun in a light, well drained soil (our sandy soil is perfect!), adding in some organic matter such as compost or well rotted manure will provide essential nutrients. Carefully split the bulb into individual cloves and plant each clove 2.5cm (1 inch) below the soil surface with the pointed end facing up. Plant each clove 4 inches apart in rows 12 inches apart. You may find birds are tempted to pull garlic out of the ground so it’s a good idea to cover the area with netting. Garlic needs a cold period to grow successfully so there is no need to protect the bulbs from frost. There are many different varieties of garlic however the group can be split into 2 different types, Hard neck or Soft neck, this simply refers to the way in which the garlic grows. Hard neck varieties produces a flower stem, called a ‘scape’ which can be removed and used in salads and stir fries. Soft neck varieties do not produce a flower stem and have better storage qualities than hard neck types. Garlic is an easy crop to grow and is generally trouble-free. There are however two diseases which you may find on
your garlic crop. Rust appears as spots on the leaves. There is no cure apart from avoiding growing garlic in the same place for 3 years. Garlic can also be affected by white rot, which decays the roots and the bulb, again there is no cure except crop rotation. Keep your garlic plot watered and weed-free and you will be rewarded with a high yielding crop.
The most popular Christmas houseplant is Poinsettias. When you purchase indoor plants at this time of year, especially poinsettias, request a paper sleeve or sack be placed around the plant for protection against cold temperatures. Take your plants straight home and remove the paper. Display poinsettias away from heat sources or cold drafts. Keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy. Dropping leaves are usually a sign that the soil is dry.
Whatever you are planning for your garden next season, Paul and I are available to offer advice. We look forward to meeting all of your gardening needs in 2016. Have a Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The whole school community gathered at 11am on 11th November for our remembrance assembly. Each class had worked on making their own wreath, whilst learning about the significance of the poppy and the history of our remembrance. The children presented their wreaths, and Mrs Close played the Last Post, after which, all of the school observed the 2 minute silence.
In other news, November also saw this term’s WOW day, this time focused on geography and particularly on the regions that make up the UK. Each class took part of the UK and learnt about the local geography, customs and dialect. The highlight must have been Mrs Reeve “speaking Norfolk” while the class tried to “translate” it into English.
It will soon be time for our Christmas Fair. Keep the date clear... Friday 4th December at 4pm. The whole community are invited and we even have a special visit from Father Christmas! Our Christmas Fair is always a great event and this year, the Friends of Glade are planning to make it even bigger and better. Come and join us. It’s free to get in!
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A joint initiative between Forest Heath District Council Families and Communities Officer Louise Fenwick, Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team PCSO Anne- Marie Powell and the youngsters at Forest Academy and Glade Primary Schools saw a competition where the children were asked to See Brandon through a child’s eyes and Love Where You Live.
They have been drawing their favourite things about Brandon as part of a campaign to encourage people to take pride in their area. Now eight winning designs are to be turned into road signs, six of which will appear on lampposts in the Market Square while the remaining two will go up in the High Street. Whether it is the Country Park, the river, Remembrance Playing Fields or the local shops, children in Brandon have been celebrating why they ‘Love Where they Live’ and have come up with some truly wonderful designs.
Cllr Robin Millar, Forest Heath District Council Cabinet Member for Families and Communities said: “These designs show some of the great things that Brandon has to offer as seen through the purity and innocence of a child’s eyes.
“The country park, the forest, the river, the Remembrance Playing Field - the abundance of open space all feature, as do some of the
town retailers.
“These happy signs will go up to encourage people to ‘Love Where they Live’, to build that sense of pride in their community and empower them to take positive action to look after it.”
The new signs due to be in place shortly have been paid for out of Cllr Reg Sylvester’s county council locality funding.
The eight winning designs have all received prizes kindly donated by Brandon Country Park Manager David Faulk. The individual winners were...
Glade Primary School:Jacob Berry, Kian Hall, Ellen Povey, Ben Outen
Forest Academy:Bethany Barker, Max Cutchie, Ella Wharf, Amy Leigh Wing.
Meanwhile 8 runners up have received a £5 gift voucher donated by Brandon Tesco, whom also donated sweets to all the pupils who took part. They were...
Glade Primary SchoolGeorgina, Alfie K, Kinga, Millie
Forest Academy:Isabelle, Abbie, Charlotte , Rosa
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Many of our winter birds need a little help to get through the colder months. We feed our birds all year round and I kid you not, it costs a small fortune. But we get great enjoyment watching their antics and I think it is the reason we have such a thriving colony of house
sparrows. They don’t stray far from a good food source!
House sparrow numbers have declined by a whopping 71% since 1977. These cheeky little birds like to live near people and make use of our wastefulness. Sparrows are
predominantly seed eaters, so a common visitor to my bird table.
We see a good variety of Blue, Great, Coal and Long-tailed tits, which prefer the peanuts.
Variety of bird life depends on what you put out.. The Robins love a meal worm! But beware, so do the Starlings. And once discovered, they will swoop down in a great ‘chattering’ and
polish off the lot!
We counted eleven pigeons round our bird table. I won’t begrudge them a meal, but they stuff seed down their neck like its going out of fashion and flick it everywhere!
We are lucky enough to have a family of great spotted woodpeckers and on the odd occasion, we also get a sparrowhawk. (Although it’s more interested in the other clientele
than the seed we put out!)
If you want to attract birds to your garden, simply put out food and water. You don’t even need a garden.. There are feeders available that have suckers on that stick to the window.
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When it comes to Remembrance, Brandon certainly played its part this year. Organised by the Brandon Carnival Committee and with donations from the town’s shopkeepers, Brandon’s market and High St areas were proudly flying a Poppy flag. Three unique flags, one for each of the Armed Forces with a giant poppy centre, were flown and proudly showing our towns veterans, serving members and their families just how much is owed and valued by us all.
This was the start of Remembrance week, with Bunches and Bows once again adding to the support with their “Living Display” in the shop window.
Remembrance Sunday was marked with the parade from the Leisure Centre to the town memorial. The British Legion colours headed the parade carried this year by Brandon Scout Leader Tony Bragg. An Honour Guard from RAF Lakenheath was in attendance, along with colours from Brandon Scouts and Guides. Following the act of remembrance led by Joe Rudniski, the parade and public moved onto St Peter’s Church for a service.
This year, as in previous years, on 11/11, many gathered on the Market Hill where at 11.00am the town fell silent to remember not just fallen comrades and family, but to remember men and women to whom many of us have no connection, men and women that gave the ultimate so that we can live life in the manner we do today. As the flags flying said LEST WE FORGET.
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Not one, not two but three local families will be adorning their houses with magical Christmas lights this year, all in aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA).
Carl Colyer from Ampthill has been decorating his house at Christmas time for the last six years. He is a tremendous EAAA supporter, and over the years, Carl and his family have raised over £500 for the lifesaving Charity
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On Sunday 29 November, the family will be serving burgers and hotdogs as well as hot drinks from 6pm and the switch on will be around 7pm.
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With Christmas almost upon us, I thought it best to remind you that it is never a good idea of give kittens as gifts for Christmas. Likewise any other pet you may be considering. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, are you sure the person you have in mind to receive a kitten, really wants one? And secondly, if they did, it would be better if they were to pick their own kitten, and thirdly, Christmas time is not a good time to introduce a new pet into a household. Especially if it is busy with lots of visitors, front doors opening and closing and lots of noise. A kitten or even an adult cat needs to have a quiet and calm environment when joining a new home, not when there is lots going, with various people who don’t usually live there, coming and going.
We at Cats Protection have a policy not to home anything between 20th December and 3rd January, as we don’t consider this a good time from the cat’s point of view. I know this can sometimes be disappointing, but our cats and kittens can be seen and reserved, just not homed until the festivities are over.
One year we had a call from a man who had promised his two young children a kitten each for Christmas, and was quite put out when we told him that was not possible. He pointed out that he had ‘promised’ them and they were looking forward to it, but in all honesty, it is never a good idea to promise a child a
pet. Young children cannot be responsible for looking after a cat or kitten, and probably by the time they go back to school, the novelty of a new addition to the family will have worn off. It should be a family decision, where they all come together to view a kitten or cat, and decide altogether which one they would like to reserve. If they really want a new pet, they will be prepared to wait until the New Year before taking it home.
Lots of rehoming centres for cats and dogs are inundated with unwanted pets when Christmas is over, because the pet wasn’t wanted in the first place, or because the novelty has worn off and the puppy is now chewing up everything in site. This puts a great strain on centres that are already full with animals looking for new homes.
So please think about it responsibly and come and reserve a cat or kitten and we will gladly look after it for you until the holiday is over.
For information, help and advice, or if you need help with the cost of neutering, call us on 01842 810018. To see the lovely cats and kittens currently looking for homes go to our website cats.org.uk/breckland or visit the Cats Protection Breckland Facebook page.
Rita Thompson
Breckland Cats Protection
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Remembrance weekend saw the lads and lasses of Brandon Town respectfully remembering the fallen heroes of conflict across the world. Each and every team, and their supporters, fell silent for two minutes to reflect and remember. Remembrance Sunday saw the U10 Girls welcome Felixstowe & Walton in a fantastic end to end game. The Brandon girls are showing great steps in their improvements and every week they are competing with every side they face. The club would like to take the opportunity to thank Northwold Rockery Stone who have kindly sponsored the U9/10 girls to provide them with the club’s traditional royal blue hoodies. Girl’s football continues to grow at Brandon Town Football Club but we are always looking for new members to strengthen our numbers.
If you would like to play football regularly, then why not come along to training sessions on Monday evenings 6-7pm or phone Steve 07969 870 405 for more information.
This month, we’d also like to say thanks to another local company that have always supported the club. Chilterns Estate Agents of Brandon have generously supplied the
U15 Girls with a new training / away kit. The girls, management and staff from Chilterns got together on a very windy and wet day to say thanks. The weather didn’t stop the girls smiling or their enjoyment of the game that followed though!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our players, coaches, sponsors, parents and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
If you are interested in joining Brandon please contact our club Chairman or direct message us on Facebook (Brandon Town Youth FC) or Twitter (@BrandonTYFC).
Along with players and volunteers, we are continually looking for sponsors and local companies to support the club, so if you are interested in seeing your name on the front of one of our kits or hoodies, please contact our Club Chairman Gary Rampley on 07716 188000.
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Flavoured nuts are very popular, especially at Christmas, but can be quite expensive to buy. Here are two tried and tested recipes for you to transform plain nuts into
something a bit special.
Chilli Coated Nuts1 medium sized egg white200g mixed blanched nuts
1 tbsp cornflour1 tbsp mild or medium-hot chilli powder
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat your oven to 160ºC/fan 140ºC/gas 3.
Whisk the egg white in a bowl with 1 tbsp water until foamy.
Add the nuts and stir until coated. Tip in to a sieve and drain well.
In another bowl mix the cornflour with the chilli powder and salt. Add the nuts and toss until well coated.
Put the nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and cook for 20 minutes, turning them over half way through, until toasted. Set aside to cool.
Sweet ‘n’ Sticky Nuts200g mixed blanched nutsA knob of unsalted butter
1 tbsp soft light brown sugarGenerous pinch of cinnamon
1/2 tsp each of ground cumin and hot smoked paprika1 tbsp clear honey
Sea salt for sprinkling
Heat a non stick frying pan over a medium high heat.
Tip in the nuts and toast for about 3 minutes.
Stir in the butter, sugar, spices and honey, tossing the nuts to coat.
Stir occasionally, let the sugar melt and start to caramelise for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.
Put the nuts on a sheet of baking paper and leave to cool slightly.
Sprinkle with sea salt.
These nuts can then all be mixed together or served separately.
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