Dear Ed,
It would seem that Tesco is about to submit revised plans for the building of a smaller
store in Sheringham. It is important that, this time around, the majority voice of our
community should be heard. We who want a supermarket in Sheringham, nothing more than the
normal thing for a town of our size, are and always have been the majority of the
townspeople. A referendum on the Tesco
question would have proved this point, and would have settled the issue quickly, fairly,
and finally at any point during the last 13 years, incidentally saving us council tax
payers a great deal of
money. However, we were denied a referendum, while a vociferous minority were encouraged
to whip up an atmosphere of panic. We in the majority were too complacent about this,
resting secure in our belief that rationality and common sense would surely and inevitably
win the day over mindless hysteria. However, in Sheringham, uniquely among all the other
market towns in Norfolk, this proved not to be the case. We evidently face special
problems here.
The solution is for all of us who are in the majority to write in to our four NNDC
councillors, making our views on this matter clear. We must urge them to change their
minds on this issue or, if that
is too much to ask of some of them, at least to grant us a referendum on this question, so
that it can at last be settled democratically. The responsible parties are Brian Hannah
and Penny Bevan Jones (Sheringham North) and Hilary Nelson and J.P. Moss (Sheringham
South). Their email addresses can be found on the NNDC website, or they can of course be
contacted by post at the NNDC offices, Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9EN. Ross Wordie, Sheringham
SEASONS
MIND, BODY, SPIRIT & HEALTH FAYRES
@ Sheringham Community Centre
Cromer Road, Sheringham
10.00-17.00, Sat/Sun, 11th-12th April, 2009
@ Sheringham Community Centre
Cromer Road, Sheringham
10.00-17.00, Sat/Sun, 1st-2nd August 2009
Welcome to a happy celebration of alternative healing, complementary and spiritual
therapies. Meet with expert practitioners of all sorts; from aromatherapy to Xango™.
Adults £2.00, concessions, (senior citizens, disabled, children under 16), FREE
Bring the whole family! Fun for young children.
Good, healthy food, snacks and drinks are available at both venues
Details: ring 01263 824407 or 07885 374056
e-mail mikefred@btinternet.com |
 North Walsham Citizens Advice Bureau
is open from 10am-3pm on Mon, Tues & Thurs for drop in and advice line on 01692
402570. We also have appointments only sessions on Monday evenings 5.30-7.30 and Sat
morning 9.30-11.30 at the Bureau.
If you would like to see an adviser, at one of our outreach locations, (Aldborough,
Bacton, Buxton, Cromer, Horstead, Hoveton, Mundesley, Sheringham & Stalham). this can
be arranged on our appointment line on 01692 405847.
£1000 DONATED TO LOCAL CITIZENS ADVICE NETWORK
The local Citizens Advice network is £1000 better off - thanks to a donation from
Cromer and Sheringham Rotary Club. Holt and North Walsham CABs each received £500 - part
of the proceeds of the Rotary Christmas Sleigh outside Morrisons in Cromer.
The presentations were followed by a talk on Citizens Advice by John Constance,
chairman of the Holt CAB.
He emphasised that a unique and crucial service was in danger of being held back by
increasing difficulties with funding. "Only so much of our work is funded by local
authorities", he said. "The rest we have to find ourselves. In the present
financial climate every little helps."
In the picture after receiving their cheques from Joe Floyd, President of Cromer and
Sheringham Rotary Club are Kate Lawrence, a Trustee of North Walsham CAB and Jon Constance
chairman of the Holt Bureau.
Alan Caine |
