OCTOBER 2016

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Press release from our local MP

Norwich South MP Clive Lewis and local pharmacists welcome
government decision to u-turn on cuts to local Pharmacies.
(Sent 7th September 2016)
For almost six months, Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, has been
getting support across Norwich for his Save our Community Pharmacies
campaign.
Thousands of local people signed a petition to get the government to abandon
plans to cut the community pharmacies budget by 170bn from next month - a
proposal which could have lead to the closure of one in four local pharmacies.
Commenting on yesterdays announcement by health minister David Mowat
that the cuts have been shelved, Clive Lewis said:
Im delighted that the Government has listened to the concerns of people
across our city and country about these cuts.
Not only would the loss of 1-in-4 pharmacies had a devastating impact on
access to prescription medicines and ripped the heart out of many local shopping
communities, the cut was an obvious false economy for the
whole of our NHS.
Commenting on his local research which showed that cutting pharmacies
would increase pressure on our already overstretched GP surgeries and hospitals, Clive Lewis said.
I surveyed hundreds of Norwich residents to find out what they would do if
their local pharmacy closed.
Two thirds say they would go to their GP instead and a fifth would use an out
of hours service, such as a walk-in centre. Over 90% said theyd visit neighbouring businesses during their trip to the chemist showing that other traders would suffer if local pharmacies were to close down.
Tony Dean, Chief Officer of Norfolk Local Pharmaceutical Committee said,
We are pleased that the new Minister, David Mowat MP, has decided to review the proposals which so threatened our community pharmacy network.
The Minister acknowledges that the patient petition had influenced his department, and our pharmacies are extremely grateful to everyone who supported
their local pharmacy by signing it. To date over 2 million patients have done
so nationally - the biggest ever petition on a healthcare issue.
We are also extremely grateful to all our local MPs and local Councillors who
have visited pharmacies and offered support.
That said, so far the Department of Health has only indicated a delay in implementing the cuts- so the risks remain, and we hope we can count on the
continued support of patients and politicians to ensure community pharmacies
are invested in and developed going forward to better help the NHS face the
challenges ahead and to continue to provide patients with the great service
they deserve.

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Walk in the Park at Bowthorpe

Helping to reach out to communities in Norwich We are
expanding our Walk in the Park project discovering Bowthorpe
Heritage and Nature Trail. We will take a gentle stroll, finishing up
with refreshments and some
socialising in the cosy
and atmospheric Yurt
based in the grounds of
the Bowthorpe Youth
and Community Centre,
Bowthorpe Hall Rd, NR5
9AA. This is open to
people with dementia
and their carers and
anyone who would
benefit from a relaxed
afternoon out.
Small fee of 2 to help
cover costs for the
venue and refreshments.
Dates for your diary:
24th Oct, 7th Nov, 21st
Nov, 5th Dec and 19th
Dec (Monday fortnightly 1.30pm 3.30pm)

Main Service 10 : 30 am Sundays

Short Daily Prayer Monday to Friday 7.15 am & 7 pm
Sunday Evening Service Usually 6 : 30 pm Check on website
Wednesday 10 am Service of Holy Communion and Healing
What is the one thing you dread the most, the one thing you would hate to
hear? One of the most dreaded sentences any of us might hear is 'You
have cancer'. These words bring a chill to the heart. Although great medical
progress has been made in treating cancer, recovery can be long and painful, and some people do not survive.
Dan Richardson, a Christian from the USA, lost his battle with cancer. The
following poem was distributed at his memorial service. It helps us to see
that even though the physical body may be destroyed by disease, the spirit
can remain triumphant.
It cannot kill friendship,
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot shut out memories,
It cannot cripple love,
It cannot silence courage,
It cannot shatter hope,
It cannot invade the soul,
It cannot corrode faith,
It cannot reduce eternal life,
It cannot eat away peace,
It cannot quench the Spirit,
It cannot destroy confidence,
If a terminal disease has invaded It cannot lessen the power of the
your life, refuse to let it touch your Resurrection.
spirit. Your body may be severely
afflicted, and you may have a great struggle. Someone once said, if you are
going through hell, keep walking. Trust in God's love and your spirit will remain strong. Death will not have the final say, for Jesus has defeated death
through his resurrection. Because he lives, we too can live.
Loving God, keep me in your love and your hope, now and always. Amen.
Until next month,

Rev. Mark

P.S. Dont forget to come and celebrate the 30 th anniversary of the Church
at its present site on Saturday 15 th October, 3pm, with refreshments
afterwards.
For Catholic Mass please contact Rev. Bill Dimelow Tel. 743476
or Fr. David Ward, The Presbytery, Townhouse Rd, Costessey Tel. 742812

Rest In Peace
Wedding

12th August 2016

Oliver Robinson and

Chelsea Topley
both of Bowthorpe
at St.Mary's Earlham
on 17th September.

Stanley Charles Smith

19232016 Patriarch &
Prayer Warrior. Home at last.

ANNUAL
BEREAVEMENT
SERVICE
SUNDAY NOV.
6th

3pm
Bowthorpe
church
All welcome.
If you would like
the name of your
loved one read
out, please
contact the
church on
01603 749614
Or Sally on
01603 745698
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Mondays 2.30 Bowthorpe Church
October10th Speaker Lois Wiltshire The Willows
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Oct. 24th Shoe Boxes

A TAIL OF HOPE

One of them seemed nice to me,

Mistreated as a child,

But not a word was said;

Kicked and punched and broken.

I paced around the cage a while

When suddenly an angel came

And finally went to bed.

And not a word was spoken.

I was taken in a van,
The Journey took an age;

When I awoke, there were others

there,

The van pulled up,

In cages next to mine.

They took me out

I cowered in a corner

And put me in a cage.

And wished that things were fine.

Next thing I know
A dish of food
Is pushed right
through the gate
I was pretty hungry
So I seized the dish
and ate.
Later on a lady came,
She seemed so soft
and kind.
She stuck me with a
needle
But I did not really
mind.
She said cheer up,
youre not here long,
Spoken softly in my
ears,
She seemed sincere,
I liked her
And she calmed down
all my fears.
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The days dragged on,

I got so bored
Stuck in this small cell.
I thought be smart
I thought be wise
They let me out to exercise.

BOWTHORPE HERITAGE GROUP

COMMUNITY GARDEN
Sunday work-days in October
2nd, 16th, 30th 24 pm
All welcome
help.

Then one day of

deep despair,
I started to lose
hope.
Escape it seemed
my only plan.
I knew I could not
cope.
I heard the sound
of laughter,
It was music to my
ears.
A family stood outside my cage
And melted all my
fears.
Come on lad
come home with
us
You are the best
by far
Now wheres your
lead and collar
And well get you
in the car.
Dave Rugen
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to come and

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Autumn. It began officially on September 22nd with the

equinox. Just like the spring equinox (March 20 th) on Sept

22nd day and night are both 12 hours long, all over the world.
Now in the northern half of the world nights are longer than
days and it is slowly getting darker and colder. The trees are
putting on a colour display: yellow, red and gold. The hedgerows have
their own display of ripe hips, haws, berries and sloes. If you are up early enough it all appears strange through the mist. So look out your
warmer clothing and get outside to enjoy it.

To help you we have a Fungi Foray on Saturday October 15 th

in West Earlham Woods. Meet at 10 oclock at the corner of
Larkman Lane and Earlham Green Lane. There is a small car park by
Mount Mizar church. The Norfolk Fungi Recorder will be our guide. He
knows where to look, how to identify the different fungi and all about
them. There are lots of different fungi: some experts say about 5 million
species. Some you already know and, if you are like me, enjoy very
much indeed: mushrooms. And we can all picture the Fly Agaric Toadstool even if we dont know its name: a white flecked red circular disk,
white gills underneath and a white collar round a white stem. It likes
birch trees. And you may know King Alfreds cakes: they look like burnt
cakes and often grow on dead ash branches. Or Stagshorn Fungus: it
resembles tiny and many-branched antlers. It is yellow and likes
conifers. This will be a good event to bring children to. We will
finish the walk at 12.00 at the West Earlham community
centre on Wilberforce Road for a talk and refreshments.

There are of course lots of other things to do in an Autumn wood: collect

conkers, chestnuts and pinecones, look at changing colours through the
mist, find the very middle of the wood and listen to the silence, play hide
-and-seek or just kick leaves.

A special occasion. Want a party! Need to hold a meeting!

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Large or small room for hire( Very Competitive rates )
Bar available for extra charge. For details
email chapelbreakbookings@hotmail.com or call 01603 442059.
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Mow & Grow Top Gardening Tips

Here comes Autumn. Time to harvest the last of the berries and make a blackberry and
apple pie or an apple and mint jelly supply to last all winter.

General tasks....Fallen leaves can be left to rot down (or collected for leaf mould) but never
add diseased material throw this on a bonfire. If you have a compost bin great! If not
invest or build a part enclosed area for a heap.
Autumn produces masses of garden waste you can use to
replace vital organic matter in the ground for next year.
Add grass cutting, hedge clippings, kitchen peelings, tea bags,
shredded paper, and cardboard. Turn once a week and dig in to
the soil as soon as it has a crumbly texture and a rich, earthy
smell.
Keep off the grass... when its wet. While its still growing mow once a fortnight on high
blades. Rake out old dead grass and moss (scarify), spike to improve drainage and feed with
autumn weed and moss killer to strengthen grass for winter. Dont use spring lawn feed the
grass may not survive the cold.

Birds... need a little help to build winter reserves so put out

kitchen scraps (crushed breakfast cereals, pinhead oatmeal,
uncooked porridge oats, mild cheese, fresh and dried fruit,
cooked potatoes and cooked rice.
They love suet and fat balls as they are great high energy
foods for cold weather. Dont put out mouldy food or bread
which is an empty filler. They will be thankful for clean drinking
and bathing water and for melting the ice on frosty mornings.
Vegetables and herbs... once your veggie path is clear dig it over and add your home
grown compost. Winter will break down the soil so dont worry
about clumps.
Cut stems of pea and bean plants but leave the roots as they
return nitrogen to the soil and act as a natural fertiliser. Dig up
carrots, beetroot and potato and dry thoroughly but remember
to leave parsnips as they taste better after a frost.
Pot mint, parsley and chive for winter. Pop on a sunny
windowsill, water well and wait for your winter crop.

If you would like a FREE quote for garden clearance and garden maintenance services
please call the office on 01603 740107 or visit our website
www.thegroworganisation.org for more information

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TOWN CLOSE ESTATE

CHARITY
CORRECTION

The Town Close Estate

Charity is one of several
charities encompassed by the
Norwich Charitable Trust.
Contrary to the statement in
the September issue of
Bowthorpe News, this
particular charity does not deal
with General Welfare nor
does it give grants to
individuals unless they are a
Freeman of the City of
Norwich. Apologies for any
confusion caused.

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

3A, BOWTHORPE CENTRE,
NORWICH NR5 9HA

01603 747100

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Notices from
Neighbours
THE NORWICH
ELECTRONIC
ORGAN &
KEYBOARD CLUB
Drayton Village Hall,
7.30pm-10pm. 6.00 at
the door.

Tuesday October
25th Rod Pooley and
David Harrild Our
annual duet concert
this year featuring 2
of the top organ
players on the circuit.
Both players are
excellent organists
and arrangers by
themselves and
compliment each
other well when
playing duets so
another good
evening isanticipated

Do come and join us

for a good evenings
musical
entertainment, you
will be very welcome.
Pam Barnard Secretary
07786 445605

Leyham Court News

Hello Everybody
As you will see there has been another change
to the correspondent at Leyham Court - We
have said goodbye to Harry (who took over from
John) and his wife Linda). We have also said
goodbye to Rose and Brenda and Mike, all of
whom have moved away. That means we have
been able to say a warm welcome to Chris and
Julie along with Heather and Katrina and Philip.
After 3 months the Social Club has
established some regular events:Afternoon teas from 4pm on the last Sunday of each
month, with tea and cakes plus a quiz. Alternate Saturday evenings commencing at 7pm we
have nibbles together with quizzes or Hoy and
hope to introduce cards and board games in the
future. The next Saturday evening event will be
on 1st October. However please keep
and check on Paul's eye-catching notice which
will list forthcoming events. Tuesday afternoons
from 2.30pm there is tea, crafts and a mardle
(that's Norfolk for a natter for the "foreigners"
amongst you). Thursday evenings see a very
"competitive" game of darts and we hope
to expand to other table-top games. As always
we are open to suggestions.
Thursday morning breakfast club continues with our regulars anyone else for a bacon buttie? A party of club
members went to the Maddermarket Theatre we will hear how that went in the next edition.
Along side the Social Club, Pauline
continues to hold coffee mornings each
Monday and of course together with Carole
has organised Leyham Court's participation in
the Big Coffee Morning on 30th September in
support of the Macmillan Nurses.
Apart from this the fortnightly luncheon club
has recommenced after its Summer break on
the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in each
month.
Ann Nudd
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Hello again

ASHWELL COURT

We hope you have all been enjoying this glorious summer. How sad it is to
think that it is nearly over. Hopefully we have still got some good weather to
come before we have to think about winter.
On the last issue I reported that we had enjoyed a lovely trip to Gorleston
and a visit to the theatre there. This was really the end of our summer
activities with most people going off for short breaks before the onset of
winter. I too am going for a break this week but I cant say where because
it is a mystery tour, which makes it all the more exciting.
We are still having exercises twice a week, We also have Craft Club once
a week and Book Club once a month.
Thats all for this time. Goodbye for now.
Margaret

BRADECROFT
Annie is sorry she could not
write a piece this month, but
hopes to be back in
November.

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Drama Review

This Earth We Tread

Presented by The Slow Theatre Company

Sensational!
To mark 1000 years since the death of Norfolks own St
Walstan, last month The Slow Theatre Company presented
an original, imaginative and entertaining production of his
life, works and legacy in the grounds of Bowthorpe Church.
In This Earth We Tread, ingeniously directed by Danny OHare, talented
players of many ages and abilities performed an inventive narrative that
progressed the audience from the modern church and throughout the
ncient ruins, which not only poignantly illustrated the commitment of St
Walstan to his calling, but also referred to many similar issues that still exist
today, such as environmentalism, land ownership and commercialism, the
displacement from living and working environments, and migration.
In the central role, Mark Womersley was unforgettable as the noble but
humble saint, and gave a regal performance of great dignity, sensibility and
professionalism.
Alexander Scott, as young Stanley, provided us with an essential guide
throughout the production and also added his distinctive presence to many
key scenes.
The companys musicians and singers offered an exceptional Rachel Elvin
and Rueben Elvin colourfully enhanced many set pieces.
Lastly, a mention must be given to Georgette Vale for her performance as
the passionate
conservationist Bee
1108, which stole
the show and, if we
had not have been
outside, would
have raised the
roof.
Congratulations to
all for a sensational
performance.
Brian Lamont,
Humbleyard, Clover
Hill.

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News from Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery

School

We are pleased that all of

our new children have
settled in so quickly and
seem to be embracing
school life. Well done to
them for such a positive
start!

This term, the children in our

Early Years will be going on
a Bear Hunt. They will be
doing lots of activities based
on this well loved book.

The children in Key Stage 1

have had an exciting start to
the new school year they
found a huge egg in our
school playground. They are
busily investigating and
finding out where it came
from. The egg has been
scanned by a local vet, who
has confirmed that there is a
baby dragon inside!

School Open Day

Thursday 13th October 2016
9.00am-10.15am
Do you have a child aged 3 7
years? Perhaps you have just
moved in to the local area and
need to find the right school for
your child?
Please come and have a chat and
a look around. We are very proud
of our well-resourced school and
our exciting curriculum.
Please visit our website at
www.cloverhillschool.co.uk to read
our OUTSTANDING SIAMs and
OFSTED inspection reports.

Harvest Festival
Tuesday 11th October

We are collecting tins and

packets of food to donate to the
Norwich Foodbank. Please bring
them to the school office. All
donations will be much
appreciated.
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News from St Michaels VA Junior

Welcome back

Macmillian Coffee

It has been such a pleasure

to welcome the children back
to St Michaels after
the summer. The new
children have settled
in well and all the rest of the
school are enjoying getting to
know them.

Afternoon
We

will

also

be

raising money for MacMillian

with a coffee afternoon on
Friday 23rd September. Come
along

from

support

this

3.15pm

and

wonderful

charity, by having a hot drink

The same, but different.

and cake. It will also be a

Children were really excited to

see all the changes which
happened to the school over the
summer holiday.

out our new-look hall!

great opportunity to check

The hall has been extended and

acoustic sound panels put in
place.
We have an updated kitchen,
with a brand new serving station,
offering tasty new food options.
The brand new salad bar has
been a real hit with the children!
The childrens entrance and pupil
library is looking good and the
pupils are looking forward to
using it once complete.
Sarah Claflin Deputy Head

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Harvest Festival
St
Michaels
will
be
collecting donations for
Harvest
Festival.
The
amount of tins, jars, packet
foods and toiletry products
showed how generous our
families are. We are hoping
we can surpass this year!
Please drop any donations
into your childs class or
the
office.

CHILDRENS PAGE
Hi there Oz once again. Hope settling back into a school
routine hasnt been too painful. As Halloween is at the
end of the month I thought I would do a Wordsearch on
Halloweeny type things. See how you get on. with this.
y

CARNIVAL
HALLOWEEN
PUMPKIN

COSTUME DOORBELL EXCITEMENT

NIGHT
OCTOBER PARTY
SAFETY
SWEETS
TREATS

Well thats all from me this month. As always if any

young person would like to try their hand at doing a
Childrens Page, even just occasionally, let the Editor
know. Stay safe until next time. Bye Oz

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