Aylsham Food Festival cooking theatre to feature top
local chefs
The popular free Cooking Theatre which is an essential part of the Aylsham Food
Festival will this year feature top local chefs Steve Norgate and Derrol Waller while Jo
Burdett from Fakenham's artisan bakery, The Cooking Angel, will be demonstrating her cake
making talents.
The chefs will each demonstrate one of their favourite dishes - with samples of course for
the audience - while Jo Burdett will be making her Fairtrade Brunch Muffins, again with
free samples.
Steve Norgate is head chef at the renowned Beechwood Hotel in North Walsham and Derrol
Waller has built his reputation as a freelance, working at a number of different
locations. Jo Burdett started The Cooking Angel four years ago and has quickly built a top
reputation for her traditional and gluten free range. In 2007 she received a Highly
Commended award in the Waitrose-sponsored Small Producer of the Year competition.
The Aylsham Food Festival Cooking Theatre takes place in the Town Hall on Saturday 3rd
October from 11am to 3pm. It will be run as a 'drop in' event so there is no need to book,
just turn up and stay as long as you like - and best of all, it's free!
Other events in the 2009 Festival include, on Saturday 3rd, Aylsham's FARMA-accredited
Farmers' Market, plus Kids Cooking Workshops for 4 to 11-year-olds in the High School. On
Sunday morning, the Town Hall will welcome guests to the Big Slow Breakfast when members
of Slow Food Aylsham will cook and serve a traditional English breakfast using local
ingredients. Tickets, available from Salad Days fruit and veg stall in Aylsham's Market
Square, are £4 or £14 for a family of 4 with two children under 12.
Supporting the Food Festival are two events in Aylsham's library: the first, on
Wednesday 30th September at 10.30am, will feature an illustrated talk, "The Millers
Tale", by Mike Thurlow on Letheringsett Mill - its restoration, flours and bread
making. Tickets are just £1 and include refreshments - contact the Library on 01263 732
320 for more details.
"Apple Sunday" is the second event and will be on Sunday 4th October between
11.30am and 1.30pm. There will be the opportunity to meet Francis James from The Apple and
Pear People of Hoveton and also to taste the true flavour of Norfolk apples. Entry is free
and more details are again available from the Library.
More details of all the events making up Aylsham Food Festival 2009 are available at www.aylshamfoodfestival.co.uk
RAILWAY CHILDREN WANTED!
The Poppy Line has arranged a special half-term treat - the chance for children to help
man the railway over the weekend of October 24th and 25th. They'll be able to work
with our volunteers to wave the guard's flag, check the signals, carry the baggage, help
the ticket clerks and keep the stations up to scratch. They'll be able to make their own
picnic. And the younger ones will love Morgan the Railway Cat. The Altogether Now!
Weekend is just that - the opportunity for children to have fun together and experience
the magic of the heritage railway. As a visitor to a previous Altogether Now! said:
"The sights, sounds and smells of the day will be something my children will remember
for a long time." The good news is that normal fares apply throughout the
weekend. The £35 family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children or 3 adults and one child even
includes a free £5 voucher to spend on refreshments or in the Sheringham Station
giftshop. Really good value! Step forward all you would-be Railway Children! |
Ivory: “You have heard, but have you
listened?”
Trevor Ivory raises doubts about whether public concerns over the fate of Cromer
Hospital will be listened to.
In a packed public meeting last night to discuss concerns over the scaled back plans
for the redevelopment of Cromer Hospital Trevor Ivory, the Conservative Parliamentary
Candidate for North Norfolk, questioned whether the meeting was too late and demanded an
assurance from NHS officials that the views of local people would make a difference.
“It is clear that plans are already at an advanced stage and past experience tells us
that public consultations on the future of the Hospital have rarely made a difference, so
we need an assurance that we are not wasting our time here tonight,” Mr Ivory told
David Prior and Anna Dugdale, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Norfolk and Norwich
University Hospital NHS Trust as they announced plans for a scaled back redevelopment of
Cromer Hospital that will not include endoscopy services that are provided presently.
The meeting was also concerned to learn that the current physiotherapy services cannot
be guaranteed, although the final decision on those would be for the Norfolk Primary Care
Trust.
The meeting came after Cromer Town Mayor and County Councillor, Hilary Thompson, took a
delegation to County Hall yesterday morning to persuade the Trust to put off making a
final decision on the plans until they had heard the views of the public.
“I am surprised to say the least that the Trust was even thinking of making a final
decision the morning before such a big public meeting on the issue and it reinforces my
concern that this is a done deal,” Mr Ivory added.
Speaking after the meeting Hilary Thompson said, “This was one of the best attended
public meetings I have ever been to – and I understand that about fifty people had to
be turned away.
This is a clear demonstration of the strength of public feeling and the Trust now has
the message loud and clear, we want endoscopy and physiotherapy services at the new
Hospital.”
Time to reverse the rise of the ‘surveillance state’ says Trevor Ivory
A future Conservative Government will drastically scale back the intrusive and
ineffective ‘Big Brother’ state, promised North Norfolk’s Conservative
Candidate. New policies by Conservatives are pledging to offer an alternative to
Whitehall’s curtailment of civil liberties and stop taxpayers’ money being
wasted on expensive and ineffective IT databases.
This comes amid growing concern about the Government’s new Independent Safeguarding
Authority. This scheme could force 11 million adults to be vetted and monitored –
even if they just give lifts to children as part of a school run or local football club.
Conservative proposals include:
- ·Scrapping the National Identity Register, which will contain personal details of every
citizen, and abolishing the Identity Cards that will accompany the database.
- Ditching the ContactPoint database - which holds the names, dates of birth, schools and
home addresses of all 11 million children in England until the age of 18, but is entirely
separate from the children at risk registers.
- Ending the permanent retention of innocent people’s DNA on the National DNA
database.
- Preventing councils from using controversial anti-terror laws to spy on local citizens -
surveillance could only be used where necessary to stop a serious crime (involving a
custodial sentence) and where a magistrates’ warrant has been obtained.
- Subjecting all new laws to a new ‘privacy’ test and beefing up the role of the
privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner.
Trevor Ivory said, “Labour’s approach to our personal privacy is the worst of
all worlds – intrusive, ineffective and enormously expensive. Labour’s
surveillance state and over-reliance on databases has exposed the public in North Norfolk
to greater risk, not less.”
Commenting on the Independent Safeguarding Authority, he added, “The
Government’s nanny-state attitude will do nothing to safeguard the children most at
risk. Checks are needed on those who have jobs working with children, but vetting one in
four of the population is complete nonsense.” |
