CATS PROTECTIONLottie, Dottie and Spottie, three little ginger kittens about 4 weeks old, were
recently found on a footpath, by Elizabeth, who works at the local veterinary surgery,
while walking her dogs. As Margaret had just re-homed the kittens she had been caring for,
we were able to take them in straight away. They had a heavy flea infestation and were
treated immediately for this and for worms. Although some bottle-feeding was required to
begin with they soon learnt to lap up a mixture of kitten food and special kitten milk.
All three are now thriving and will shortly be leaving us for a new home together. Oddfellows HallNow Oddfellows Hall is officially open and up and running you may be interested to know
what facilities are available. Private Hire - Fund Raising Events - Business Meetings In the kitchen you will find all the necessary facilities to provide teas and coffees,
but any other catering would be the responsibility of the hirer. For business purposes, we
are able to provide a Data Projector, Screen, Flipchart and Pens. The Community Wardrobe"The Wardrobe" as it is known locally, is transforming costume hire from its' small beginnings. The initial costumes were gifted to the community by the Sheringham Little Theatre and the collection has grown from contributions from the Public and North Norfolk District Council. We have managed to hire out this core-business to Drama Groups, Carnivals and Regional Schools. Good examples are the Sheringham & Wells Carnival Organisations; where costume-making workshops have developed family learning. Schools are heavily involved as Drama Classes, for example at Sheringham High, are boosted by the flamboyant costumes and the roles take a "Real Personality". Steve Gare is the New Light for The Wardrobe and he brings with him a wealth of Costume Knowledge. His expertise will develop the Costume Design & Making. This added extra will see the Costume Niche expanded for the Wider Community! www.communitywardrobe.co.uk. Just before the Splash on the Weybourne Road as you leave Sheringham. Tel: 01263 823910. Hire individual garments or a small wardrobe, prices start from £20 per garment, £10 per hat, many accessories to match. £50 deposit Small wardrobe contracts are negotiable |
Right as Nine PenceMy first memorable thought of that dreadful dray or barrow was at High's Blacksmith Works in Priory Road watching its construction by welding angle on angle iron while my father was in deep discussion about unions in industry. i was later to drag this beast of burden many miles in and around Sheringham to keep me fit and wear down many cheap pair of shoes to destruction. I was seen all over town, all the year round, dragging this heavy cart selling my wares. I think that we Smith's were quite possibly the last of the barrow boys in town after many years of Sheringham pedlars. Half way around our journey we would stop and buy two stale cakes at Lusher's bake
house for a few pence, these we would quickly eat in Gun Street out of sight. To pay for
this luxury we would make up a bunch of flowers from the unsold bunches, or put a penny on
the next sale or two, as before we set out to sell flowers and vegetables my father would
know just how much we should bring home, almost to the penny. After this deception we
would call on Mr and Mrs Evans of the Sea View Hotel, our best customer. This large lady
would outstretch her arms and I would fill them with flowers. She was so generous and
would sometimes buy ail we had left. This was good, and I got to see her daughter in the
kitchen. Mr Evans would find the money and we would be on our way to the next stop to be
resupplied by our We would pass school friends and family ail enjoying themselves, but not us. On arriving home the money was stacked on the table, counted by members of the family while mother found something to give us to eat. Money checked off by our father it was pay time. Nine pence in old money each for dragging that barrow around all day. I once got greedy and asked for three pence more so we could get an ice cream at the cinema. Father's reply "give me the nine pence" which I did, and hand outstretched waited with great expectations for the increase, his reply "now clear off, with nothing that will teach you not to ask". And it did. I stood outside with my sister, she with nine pence, and me with nothing only a short lesson in life. In the years that followed townsfolk knew us as the barrow boys who collected the waste from hotel kitchens for the pigs, the boys who went behind the donkeys and horses collecting the waste for tomato plants with a shovel and dustbin dragging along the barrow. Many times we would see schoolmates and friends, who I'm sure looked down on us for having such a lowly task. There was embarrassment at being called 'swill boy' when all I longed to do was go swimming or play in the street just like the others. But there was always work to be done. Early morning we would be seen in the streets with the barrow full of produce; cabbage, lettuce, beetroot for the shops or late at night dragging wood and bags of compost from the woods, sacks of coke from the gasworks or bedding plants for gardens. I felt at times that I was joined to that barrow. In my late teens I got away from Sheringham to far off climes and exciting cities, and on the other side of the world I sat watching boys selling flowers, fruit and vegetables. They too were dragging a barrow about the city begging for a sale. After throwing a few coins in their bowl, but buying nothing I walked away to their amazement. SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER |
@ Sheringham Community Paper - Issue 80 - 26 October 2007