The April / May 2012 edition of “Cock Crow” is available here in PDF format (opens in a new window).
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April / May 2012 Cock Crow
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Minutes of Parish Council Meeting 8 March 2012
The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held at 19:30 on Thursday 8 March 2012 at Malting Farm have been published. They can be read here (PDF format opens in new window).
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St Patrick’s Day Quiz
There will be a quiz organised by the Lophams’ Society to raise money for the Jubilee Celebrations held at the Lophams’ Village Hall on Saturday 17 March 2012 at 7pm.
Entry £6 per person including food. There will be a fully licensed bar and a raffle, with prizes for the winning team.
Make up a team of 6 or just turn up on the night to form a scratch team with your friends and neighbours. For more info or to book your team a place call 01379 640355.
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
On 2 June 2012 the Lophams’ will mark Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year on the throne with a Grand Celebration at the Lophams’ Village Hall. Click here to find out more.
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Community Walk on Rolfe’s Track
Rolfe’s track is a footpath from the visitor centre at Redgrave and Lopham Fen joining with the Redgrave Road that was created and dedicated due to the efforts of the community and Parish Council. There will be a community walk of the footpath on Saturday 10 March 2012 starting at 10am from the visitor centre. All are welcome to join us. The walk is reasonably easy going and will take around 30-40 minutes. Link to Google Maps for the Visitor Centre (opens in new window).
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Agenda for Parish Council Meeting 8 March 2012 published
Members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend a meeting to be held at 7.30 pm on Thursday 12 January 2012 at Pansthorne B&B, South Lopham.
Members of the press and public are welcome to attend.
Agenda in PDF format (opens in new window).
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Lophams’ News March 2012 Edition
The March 2012 edition of the Lophams’ News has been published and uploaded to the website. Click here to view it (Adobe PDF format opens in new window).
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Lophams’ News February 2012 Edition
The February 2012 edition of the Lophams’ News has been published and uploaded to the website. Click here to view it (Adobe PDF format opens in new window).
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Minutes of Parish Council Meeting 12 January 2012
The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held at 19:30 on Thursday 12 January 2012 at Pansthorne B&B have been published. They can be read here (PDF format opens in new window).
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New Year! Olympic Year! Try Something Different!
Want to try something new? For those of you that have never tried judo but live in the Lopham/Diss area Kumo Judo Club are running the new British Judo Association Adult Beginner Courses (ABC) at the Lophams’ Village Hall. This is aimed at those people that have never tried the sport before. It is suitable for all ages and sizes! It’s done in a relaxed environment and ideal for those that want to get or stay active, learn how to defend themselves or just want to get in on the Olympic action by trying one of the largest Olympic sports in the world!
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Diss U3A February Meeting
The guest speaker for February was Matthew Jackson who gave a most interesting and revealing talk on The History and Culture of Korea.
The next meeting of Diss U3A will be on 1st March at United Reformed Church commencing at 10.30am. The guest speaker will be David Eddershaw who will be giving a talk entitled The Real Lark Rise (Life Of Flora Thompson).
Please note the AGM will precede this meeting and will commence at 9.30am.
For further information on Diss U3A please telephone 01379 642674 or visit the Diss U3A website (opens in a new window).
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Diss U3A January Meeting
Wild and windy weather conditions in Diss were an apt accompaniment to guest speaker Roland Buggy’s talk for the new year recalling his visit to Antarctica in 2001. Replying to a newspaper advertisement Roland was able to fulfil a life-long dream to visit this white wilderness. Flying out to the Falkland Islands and transferring to a converted fishing boat Roland was one of 100 hardy travellers who were looking forward to spending a month discovering Antarctica. He illustrated his talk with many photographs of the features and creatures that inhabit this bleak and hostile landscape and which for Roland are a reminder of a never-to-be-forgotten experience.
The next meeting of Diss U3A will be held on 2nd February at the United Reformed Church commencing at 10.30am.
For further information on Diss U3A please telephone 01379 642674 or visit the Diss U3A website (opens in a new window).
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Private Ralph Ellis Bowell (1922-1942)
A new name was added to the village war memorial in 2011 , that of Ralph Ellis Bowell. Ralph was born and brought up in South Lopham . . . more.
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The Lophams’ News January 2012 edition
The January 2012 edition of the Lophams’ News has been published and uploaded to the website. Click here to view it (Adobe PDF format opens in new window).
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University of the Third Age December Meeting
Well known author and entertainer Charlie Haylock was the guest speaker at December’s meeting and for those of us without Suffolk roots,Charlie’s talk ‘An eccentric look at Suffolk’ was an opportunity for him to explain the eccentricities of the Suffolk character and dialect. His highly amusing talk a mixture of history,language,geography and social history was interspersed with large helpings of Suffolk humour and demonstrated that you don’t have to be an ‘alternative comedian’ to indulge in a little lavatory humour.
Charlie Haylock has written a number of books on the Suffolk dialect including the best selling ‘Sloightly on Th’Huh’ and although saddened by the way regional accents have disappeared or been diluted over the years he is determined that we in this part of East Anglia will continue not just to speak Suffolk but to understand it.
The next meeting of Diss U3A will be held at The United Reformed Church on the 5th January commencing at 10.30am.
For further information on Diss U3A please telephone 01379 642674 or visit the Diss U3A website.
