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News
We're lifting the roof!!
In April we saw the start of a major project
to
re-roof St. Margaret's church. Rain has filtered through for several
years and the ornate ceiling is now at risk. English Heritage are
giving us £24,000 towards a total cost of £115,000.
This year investigations have taken place to ascertain the condition of the
roof timbers and other unseen areas. The repairs will commence in
2009.
Like many churches, we have resident bats. They live in
the roof void so do not cause us any problems. Natural England
have granted consent for work to take place in those months (April and
September) when they will be least affected.
This means that our programme of community events in the church will have to be curtailed during this work.
Matters financial
The parochial church council budgets prudently and has reserves in
place for nearly 50% of this work, however, it will be necessary to raise a
further £13,000.00 over the next 12 months and an appeal has recently been launched.
Harvest Supper
at Northrepps Village Hall on Saturday October 11th. Tickets are
available at £10.00 each. A rustic sit-down supper, music
from Village Folk, proceedings led by our own "Boy John" and dancing.
This year all proceeds are for our roof appeal. Book your
tickets now on 833465.
September 27th
at Thorpe Market Church, the "NOT SO GRAND OPERA COMPANY" aka North
Norfolk Opera, present an evening of music from the shows.
Tickets on 833252. Show starts at 7.30pm.
Cantamus Community Choir regroups
for the autumn term on Thursday 18th September at 7.30pm.
Friendly atmosphere, no auditions, note-reading ability helpful
but not insurmountable.
Ring 833252 for more details or email via contact link.
Services
Sunday September 7th Holy Communion at 10.45am
Sunday September 14th Cluster service at Southrepps 10.45am
Sunday 21st September Celtic-style service 6.30pm
Please note: Harvest praise at 6.30pm on Sunday October 19th
Churchyard Conservation
The
churchyard is maintained by volunteers. Since 1998 it has received many
awards and accolades. This February we recorded over 500 visitors
viewing the snowdrops and aconites, who also joined us in the church
for refreshments and music.
Our churchyard team has 4 regular mower
persons, who cut all the short areas weekly between March and November.
Other volunteers take on specific tasks such as the flower borders.
This June we hope to welcome a team from the Unpaid Work Unit who
will provide younger muscle to do those jobs that are currently left
undone! (Painting gates, repairing the car park, removing ivy from
walls, lopping overhanging trees etc.)
The longer conservation areas are cut and raked in July/August, in order to allow butterflies an extended breeding season
The Hazel Grove area is now used as a Green Burial area for the interment of ashes. (See "Woodland burials").
We
encourage visits by conservation-minded people. May and June are
particularly colourful months, especially in the Hazel Grove.
We welcome new members to our team and any offers to undertake a specific task are gratefully received.
Recycling
We
now have 2 bottle banks as well as the paper skips on the church car park. The paper skips already
earned £1300+ in 2007/08 towards the church's £7000
running costs - so please bring all your bottles and paper to Thorpe Market!
Book Recycling - Our Village Library
The
back pews are now occupied by a large shelf. The books thereon have
been donated and may be borrowed, read, and returned, or taken
for "keeps" in return for a small donation in the wall box. There are
modern novels, classics, biographies and special interest books. We
hope that it may provide a resource for avid readers between village
visits by the county library van. Bags of unwanted books to refresh the
selection may be left at the back of the church.
Lighting Upgrade
This
project was completed in June. The total cost was
£5,500.00. N.N.D.C contributed £500 and NRCC £1,500
to towards the project. We now have a low-energy versatile system
which can be adapted for church use, exhibition use and concert and
performance use.
North Walsham and District Camera Club are testing
the system with their 2009 exhibition and have expressed great
enthusiasm for it.
Village memories
The
intention is to create an archive of historical village photographs and
memories. We have posted Anthony Beck's diary of life in
the village during WW2 on this site. We always welcome any archive
material and photos may be e mailed to us. We receive queries
from around the world and are always delighted to respond if able.
Demountable Stage Now Available!
Thanks to the generosity of: Awards for All,
Garfield Weston Foundation, Norfolk Rural Community Council,
Paul Bassham Trust and Fishmongers' Company, Thorpe Market now owns a "state of the art",
demountable stage that is available for community use.
Visit the "Downloads" section to see a picture of the stage set up for a performance.
This website has been designed to provide a source for visitors, residents
or indeed anyone seeking information about the village of Thorpe Market.
The website has been created with data provided by St. Margaret's Church,
Thorpe Market. |
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