HEAR'SAY

Greetings Friends and it is with reciprocity I must first acknowledge my feeling of our town Mayor towards this new area of cold wars between us Shannocks and them there Cromer"ites" Re. the new upgrade for small to large township status. Perhaps I ought to level the ground and start by saying that in all honesty I'm a little sick to my back dentures on hearing about how great Our Neighbour Cromer is, and latterly has become. Of course it's worth remembering that Confucius he Say that the bigger you are the harder you fall! I don't know. What is it with us modern folk, completely obsessed with size and how big ones crabs are, not to mention the fact where they came from in the first place. No, I do wonder just exactly how Cromer came to get so big up to now? Obviously it strikes me as their NNDC who are based there, thought it prevalent to allow this expansion of it's town's encroached boundaries to make way for umpteen out of town stores, supermarkets and Commercial lets including themselves. Yet still finding it in them to totally disregard the feelings so far, of many "puny Shannocks" by denying us "serfs and retrogrades" a decent place to shop for groceries other than an oversized market stall! Isn't it a shame about all this recent squabbling between the towns and who'd have thought it was started all those years ago, and was about who'd got the biggest Crustaceans? Well for what it's worth I say let it go. And if Cromer want to prostitute itself into greatness by selling out to the developers then so be it. My Mum always told me that small was beautiful as many of you diminutive businesses will agree. What a shame that such a large decision must have been made by a load of big wigs. All of Small Tiny Minded people who can't have taken the trouble to turn left on their way from London. Where they would have encountered Sheringham's Greatest feature, that is its enormous heart and warmth from its people. And that if they'd bother to stay for more than a second, they would have been burdened with the memory of just what greatness is - Sheringham's local people. At the end of the day it's worth remembering that it is the folks that matter and not the buildings and flash street furniture. So I say crabs to the lot of them and good on you Mayor Gant! Good ho and keep them there pincers out, and deadmens fingers to the lot of them.  Gosh I feel better for that. Me thinks I should write the PM's closing address. Oh and talking of old monuments before I go I've just got time to tell you about a few of Sheringham's own Classics. Firstly if you happen to look into this years Towns Guide that slipped through the letterboxes, you may have noticed that the map is at least 20 years old. As according to it, the primary school is still in Barford Road, Snafell caravan park is apparently still up Holway Road and that the biggest of all the local church denominations' telephone number does not get a mention. Perhaps it was compiled before St Peter's church was built in 1897.   Of course old monuments are one thing, but what of Sheringham's newest and, in my opinion, the most exciting yet. Yes, this is of course our new sacrificial Sheringhenge. Situated on the Green. Yes just think in the millennia to come pilgrims from across the land will come to marvel at this wondrous site. It will become a place of spiritual enlightenment, especially on a Friday night; a place of meditation for lost 'how muchers'! from Leicester, and will become the embodiment of refuge for any vagrant holiday maker who has just lost his wife in the labyrinth of obscurely parked cars during the height of the holiday season. Yes this monument already has rebuffed consternation and has survived the rigours of a few wild weather battered Saturday night pub-crawls to have established a small but serene following of regular returning derrières.  Right I'm off to find one of Teapot West's old crab Pots to see if I can land a lobby. Till next time. Take care now Vic.

Traidcraft

The Traidcraft Stall on Saturday 16th June outside Keys was well supported and well entertained by Jefferson's Mandolins!  We sold £192.03 worth of goods produced and crafted by Third World workers until we were washed out by the rain! We appreciate everyone's supports, including Keys, thank you very much. Brenda Smith and Barbara Dew.