- 20 national & local exhibitors
- at Carrow Road stadium
- free entry
- not for profit event organised by Norfolk branch of national charity

Companies and individuals who are in any way connected with the plumbing and heating industry should pay a visit to Carrow Road in Norwich on Thursday 7 October. That's when plumbing and heating exhibition p&h east will be taking place, organised by the Norfolk branch of national educational charity, The Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering (CIPHE).

p&h east will feature 20 leading national and local exhibitors, including such household names as Baxi, Vaillant, Saniflo and Mira alongside Anglian Water, Suffolk-based GAH and Norwich Gas Centre. Starting at 3.00pm and closing at 8.30pm, the exhibition will be opened by CIPHE national president Allan McKintosh and offers free entry. The venue is the Business Suite at Norwich City FC's Carrow Road stadium where of course there's plenty of free parking.

Pre-registration for p&h east is available at the dedicated website, http://pandheast.webplus.net where there is also a full list of exhibitors.

The Management at Lowestoft's Marina Theatre has announced that it has secured an historic seventh year of residency with the world famous Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).

In a major coup for the Marina Theatre, the Orchestra has been resident at the Edwardian venue since 2005. In the six years that it has already held the residency, the association has brought world famous musicians, soloists and conductors to Lowestoft, with the link hailed as one the most successful of its kind throughout the UK.

Ian Maclay, Managing Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra says:

"We are thrilled to confirm an extension to our association and announce details of our brand new 2011 series at the Marina Theatre. As Resident Orchestra, we continue to enjoy the loyal support of audiences from Lowestoft and the surrounding areas, and we do hope that our new season of concerts offers something to suit all tastes - from Broadway and West End musical magic to popular and evocative English orchestral works."

Theatre manager Martin Halliday added, "We are extremely proud of our association with the RPO and are delighted that once again the Orchestra has agreed to extend its residency at the Marina. Since the association began it has enabled us to present some of the finest musicians in the world here on stage in Lowestoft. It is a great honour that the Orchestra has agreed to further extend their residency and shows a great deal of faith in both the future of the Marina, its management and its audience."

Acknowledged as one of the UK's most prodigious orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra enjoys an international reputation for bringing audiences worldwide first-class performances and the highest possible standards of music-making across a diverse range of musical repertoire. This was the vision of the Orchestra's flamboyant founder Sir Thomas Beecham, whose legacy is maintained today as the Orchestra thrives undertaking a very busy schedule of UK concerts, international touring and recording. As we release news of the 2011 series in Lowestoft today, the Orchestra is embarking on its first year of a prestigious annual residency in Montreux, Switzerland.

Cllr Stephen Ardley, portfolio holder at Waveney District Council which owns the Marina said: "We are absolutely thrilled that the RPO has agreed to extend its association with the Marina Theatre. To have one of the best orchestras in the world resident for another year is just fantastic."

Chairman of the Friends of the Marina, Peter Wilson also welcomed the news, "With the reduction in the theatre programme over recent years and the current worry regarding the outsourcing of the venue, the news that the RPO has agreed to stay with the Marina for another year is an enormous boost. The Marina's association with the RPO is the envy of many towns and cities across the country and I am delighted that the Orchestra has shown and continues to show such commitment."

Tickets for the seventh year of residency will be available from mid September to coincide with the launch of the venues forthcoming Autumn season. Before that music lovers can look forward to the RPO performing a special Opera Gala on October 2 with virtuoso Chloë Hanslip featuring in a programme to include Beethoven's Violin Concerto on November 27. For more information please call the box office on 01502 533200.

It’s become a common feature of modern cars to be fitted with a spare tyre or space-saver tyre which is a different size in order to save room and weight.

DSA would like to remind driving instructors that any vehicle presented for test must be fitted with:

• the same size tyre on the same axle

• tyres that are not subject to speed restrictions

The fair has been running for over 30 years as an annual event, each year changing and adding new events and displays to the show. Last year was the the biggest show we had ever put on and from your feedback everyone agreed the best yet. For 2010 we've raised the bar again and by the time September comes, we hope you'll agree the this one was the best yet!

The fair starts at around 11 am in the morning with the first flying display at around 12 opening events in style. During the day there are other displays of Vintage cars, working Steam Engines and threshing machines as well as the traditional dog show, terrier & ferret racing and Clowns for the kids. Add to this the Model Aircraft Display and the East Coast Pirates American Car Club and you have a great day out.

This year we have a display from the Knights of Chivalry. From the first moment visitors set eyes on their tented arena ringed with heraldic shields and flags, the Knights, Squires and Ladies of the Swords of Chivalry dedicate the day to bringing alive all the pageantry, sights and sounds of circa 14th Century England.

With authentic fighting skills honed by hours of practice, coupled with more than a dash of courage, and leavened with humour, the Swords of Chivalry recreate the magic and excitement of a Medieval Tourney. You will be able to look and touch the weapons as well as get involved supporting you favourite knight.

For the children we have a Bouncy Castle, the traditional slippery pole as well as new for this year, Andy the Clown and displays from the Funky Feet dance troop. Add to this a display of Flying Owls, more Live music than ever before and you have an event that will keep everyone happy all day and into the night.

There's music throughout the day and "El Gato's Men" take over to take the fair late into the night with music and dancing in a corn field. The bar runs throughout the day and night providing Adnam's beer, wines and soft drinks. There's also various food, Hog Roast, BBQ and Cakes stalls running throughout the day with a final "Hot pasty" delivery late in the evening.

The aim of the fair is to raise money for local charities, whilst having fun for all the family. The proceeds are split between many local groups providing the much needed funds to develop local playgrounds and support the Scouts as well as many other smaller community organisations.

Saturday, September 11th 2010

Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham is staging its first Dog Show on Saturday, September 11th from 10.30am to 4pm.

The event, which is sponsored by James Wellbeloved and Acle Post Office, is a fun day for all dog lovers and a great opportunity for local residents to demonstrate their pride in their dogs.

There are 10 categories in the Dog Show including best puppy, waggiest tail, best trick, scruffiest mutt, prettiest bitch and most handsome male. It costs 50p to enter each category and all proceeds will go to local rescue centres. There is no need to enter in advance, just bring your dog along on the day and join in the fun.

Other activities are terrier racing, doggy dancing with Barbara and Snooker, agility displays, behaviour advice and children’s entertainment. The Dogs Trust, F.A.I.T.H Animal Rescue Centre and Pets as Therapy will all be at the show, along with doggy stalls and a pet photographer.

Admission is £2 adults, £1 children and dogs free. The Dog Show is being staged next to the main car park. There will be plenty of free parking.

Full List of Dog Show Categories

11am best senior dog (over seven)

11.20am best puppy (under one)

11.40am waggiest tail

12noon best trick

1pm best rescue

1.20pm prettiest bitch

1.40pm handsome male

2pm scruffiest mutt

2.30pm best in show

3.15pm awards presentation

Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, also signposted from Acle, tel. 01603 270449, www.fairhavengarden.co.uk.

The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales. Admission: adult £5, concessions £4.50, child £2.50 (under 5 free).

There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop.

Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is organic, only garden leaf soil, farmyard manure and the product of the annual dyke clearance are used as fertilisers. There are 30 species of tree, and more than 95 species of bird, 11 species of butterfly and six species of dragonfly have been recorded. The garden was created by the Second Lord Fairhaven from 1947 until his death in 1973. A charitable trust was then set up to care for the garden, and open it to visitors.

Secret Confessions?

In the 1960s my friend Charlie and I lived and played near the river waveney.

Down near the Staithe there use to be a ‘cut’ (waterway) from the old mill stream through to the river Waveney, and on the other side of the cut was what we called Apple Island! During the summer holidays the apples were nearly ready for some serious scrumping!

This was an annual event, dependant on convenient access across the cut, i.e. very hastily built and unstable rafts. Each year we would completely forget that most of the apples were ‘cookers’, and usually gave us the cramps.

This particular year an old tree had conveniently (persuaded by a friendly axe) fallen across the cut. It was a lovely warm August evening, and getting dusk, but there were still people about, holiday makers mostly, as in those days people stayed in caravans at the Staithe.

So we needed a reason to get across the fallen tree onto Apple Island . . . a well miss-kicked football flew accurately over the cut and onto the island . . . we had no fear of the water and boldly crossed the fallen tree to the island in search of our football(Apples!).

In the failing light and before reaching the football(Apples!), we managed to stumble into some nettles, or so we thought, actually my shorts were not that short for me to get stung so high on my inside leg, and my back, then my neck! . . . NOT NETTLES . . . WASPS . . . blooming swarms of them!

Frantically we scrambled back over the fallen tree like two wild boys, with gesticulating of arms, legs and screaming lungs! All the time removing our upper clothing, I was covered with wasps, and stung at least forty times. Charlie, who didn’t wash as often as me, only had one enormous sting on his wrist that swole up the size of a golf ball.

So no apples that year, and we never retrieved our football . . . the next year, for some reason or other, they filled in the cut, and venturing onto Apple Island never seem so appealing after that.

'A Kiss in the Tunnel' is available to buy as part of the BFI DVD 'Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers' - filmstore.bfi.org.uk

This story derives from a popular magic lantern slide show and shows a couple in a railway carriage, going into a dark, Freudian tunnel, taking the opportunity to steal a kiss. As the train emerges into the light the couple move apart in a guilty fashion, and although scarcely enough to make your Victorian grandmother blush, it gives the scene its slight frisson of naughtiness. (Bryony Dixon)

For more information about 'A Kiss in the Tunnel' see www.screenonline.org.uk

In for a Penny, in for . . . well 75p actually

Walking past one of the many pound shops in Great Yarmouth there's a sign in the window.

"SALE NOW ON" ??

And on the subject . . .

I used to know a lot of the traders in Regent Road. This is the main thoroughfare from the market to the seafront and full of "novelty" shops and tourist stuff.

One of my regular customers was next door to a pound shop (no, not the one with the sale). I was chatting away when all of a sudden there was a scream/shout from next door and the sound of things being thrown.

"Don't worry" says my customer, "It's him in the pound shop",

"At least once a day somebody asks the price of something in there and he's getting a bit tired of it"

I went back the following week, the pound shop was closed.

from: The world's worst debt collector

Norwich Twenty Group’s (N20G) autumn exhibition, showcasing more than 120 works, opens at the John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich, on Saturday, August 28th. The exhibition runs to Wednesday, September 15th and is open daily, 10am to 5pm, with free admission, www.norwich20group.co.uk


The exhibition features the work of more than 40 of Norfolk’s top artists, from traditional figurative painting to abstract painting, sculpture, stone carving and imaginative site installations.

As well as the exhibition of large works, there will be an opportunity to pick up many small items in the Art Bazaar. All Art Bazaar items are donated by N20G members to raise money for the group and are sold for £15.

New Members exhibiting with N20G for the first time are Martin Laurance, Keith Pomeroy and Julia Sorrell.

N20G reviews the Final Degree Show at Norwich University College of the Arts each year and invites three young artists of exceptional talent to join the group as 'licentiates'. This means they become members of the group for one year free of charge and are qualified to take part in exhibitions. This year’s artists are Emma Armitage and Lorna Johnson.

Rory McShane Chairman N20G said: "Our autumn exhibition celebrates the rich mix of styles and ideas coming from some of Norfolk’s top artists and will be a colourful, energetic and original show."


"The group, as the name suggests, was originally made up of 2O artists from Norfolk who came together to discuss work and ideas. We have now expanded to more than 80 artists, following a series of highly successful exhibitions and collaborations, and include recent graduates from Norwich University College of the Arts and new members with long established reputations such as Derek Morris."

Norwich 20 Group

N20G was formed in 1944 comprising professional artists from the Norwich School of Art and Design. The group is no longer limited to 20 and now has more than 70 members, several of whom exhibit regularly in the West End and abroad. All aspects of the practice of contemporary fine art are represented e.g. sculpture, print, photography and painting.

Over the years the membership has included nationally known artists, for example, Bernard Reynolds and Jeffrey Camp. Colin Self has taken an active role as have numerous art historians and architects. Mary Newcomb, one of Britain’s best loved artists, famous for her visionary ruralist paintings, who died in 2008, was a member of N20G for many years. Her work often sold at exhibitions for around £20. It now changes hands for five figure sums. Current N20G members include Andy Campbell, David Holgate, Ros Newman, Vanessa Pooley, Louise Richardson and Laurie Rudling.

Humanity First Pakistan is working around the clock with the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) in the north-west areas, and directly in Punjab and Sindh. HF has dispatched over 500 family tents, crates of blankets, boxes of household supplies including buckets, sheets and shoes, and a range of surgical supplies.


400 water survival boxes provided by Rotary charity WorldWaterWorks in the UK are being dispatched to various affected areas. Each Water-Survival Box contains water filtration as well as essential survival kits including tools, buckets, filters, sanitary kits, torches, and cutlery. These items help a family to re-establish themselves in temporary shelter when they have lost all of their possessions. The HFPK team is training villagers on the use of equipment in the boxes. Reports from the delivery team that went to Taru Jabba towards Peshawar suggested that flood marks could be seen to a height of 14 feet, and all of the local houses were turned to rubble.


Earlier, aid consignments were sent to Dera Ismail Khan, Taunsa, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pabbi and Muzaffargarh. The local team is also preparing packs of non-perishable food to last a month for displaced families. Two truck-loads of food rations for 400 families have already been distributed. HF PK is planning to provide weekly food parcels for 550 families (3,000 people approx) for the next 3 months in Punjab, Sindh and the north-west.

A team of HF doctors has also been active doing 3 medical camps each seeing on average 200 patients a day. The serious threat is the spread of cholera, malaria, diarrhea and other diseases such as dengue fever, measles, polio and scabies. Already 36,000 cases of diarrhea are reported, and this is backed-up by the experiences of our team. Our medical team is already treating minor injuries and illness, but we are planning to distribute malaria nets, water treatment kits and medical prevention kits.

The initial response package is for around 10,000 people, but the scale of the response is increasing. The rehabilitation phase will include deployment of water hand-pumps and secure shelter over the next 6 months.


The second consignment of 200 Water-Survival Boxes left our depot in Somerset on Friday 13th en route to Heathrow. On Saturday they were loaded onto a PIA (Pakistan International Airways) flight to Islamabad that was scheduled to arrive there that night.

The following e-mail was received this morning from Humanity First UK:


Attached are the latest two Operations Reports from Humanity First and photographs showing the first consignment of Water-Survival Boxes on arrival in Islamabad and as they were leaving for the first distributions – HF Operations Map below.


Given the logistical capability of Humanity First both in London and in Islamabad we have agreed to pack a further 200 WSBs for despatch next weekend, and for which sufficient funds are available.


Funding support received since 1 July amounts to some £42,000 (of which the bulk has been donated by Rotary Clubs specifically for the Pakistan Floods appeal). A non-Rotarian ‘friend of Chelwood Bridge Rotary’ made a personal donation of £3000 which he has gift-aided – a tremendous boost to my Club colleagues as we keep the production line going. To date 60 Rotary Clubs outside District 1200 (and 22 in D 1200) have forwarded donations – for which we are very grateful. By my reckoning that leaves about 1760 Clubs in RIBI we would love to hear from! Seriously, I am aware that many Clubs have been out raising funds over the past two weeks and more events are planned, but for those Clubs that have not yet dipped their toes in the Worldwaterworks water I hope you might yet be persuaded to give us your support too.

We are also indebted to the help of fellow District 1200 Rotarians from Chippenham, Bathavon, Bath West and Sherborne Castles for their physical help packing boxes last week. Tomorrow Inner Wheel teams fromDorchester and Wrington Vale (both in Rotary District 1200) will be packing with us.

It is likely that this emergency will continue for some weeks and Rotarians in Chelwood Bridge and District 1200 are standing by to respond. A further consignment of essential survival items has been ordered and should be delivered during next week. We will then be dependent on incoming funding to sustain this operation and to replenish our stock holding ready for the next emergency. As all the practical work and management of the project is carried out by unpaid Rotary and Inner Wheel volunteers every pound received is used to pay for the boxes, water-purification kits, the other contents, and the cost of air freight.


Yours in continuing Rotary humanitarian Service

Hugo Pike PHF
Chairman – Worldwaterworks Limited
PP – RC Chelwood Bridge, D 1200.

This early Peter Greenaway/Michael Nyman collaboration is nominally a COI-commissioned documentary about Britain's coastline, but you'd guess the director and composer in a millisecond. It's a veritable encyclopaedia of marine imagery, both still and moving, accompanied by a barrage of eccentric statistics. Some of these date the film: Milton Keynes now has several Japanese restaurants. (Michael Brooke)

The complete film is included (in HD) as an extra on the BFI's new Blu-ray release of Greenaway's 'A Zed and Two Noughts': http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/...

Backpackers from around the world visit, work and live in London, but very few backpackers visit the East of England - it’s time to change all that.

It’s estimated that over 90% of all backpackers travelling the world visit London at some point during their travels. Despite the proximity to London, the East of England fails to draw in backpackers. In the whole of the East of England there are less hostels than in Newquay (Cornwall), yet the East of England has just as much to offer as the South West and other backpacker hotspots. Residents and regular visitors to this fine region already know that there is a surfing culture, other excellent watersports, beautiful countryside, superb arts, thousands of years of history, tasty food, quaffable drink and so much more, with a short journey time from London.

The backpackers who do travel out of London to other location in the UK, primarily travel to Scotland, Wales and the South West. Jason Borthwick is developing this marketing group to divert backpackers into the East of England.

“We have everything that backpackers are looking for in this region, but without shouting from the right rooftops we’ll never attract significant numbers of them into this beautiful part of the world.” said Jason Borthwick. “The East of England Backpackers Network is about linking all those great organisations that already exist and putting them under the noses of the backpackers in London. The East of England offers everything I was looking for when I backpacked the world and I know this group will be a success, we just need to get enough organisations involved and shout loudly enough about this great region.”

The Network want to hear from organisations who would consider joining. If you are interested all you need to do is fill out the 2 question questionnaire at:

www.surveymonkey.com/eastofenglandbackpackers

“The backpacker industry could be worth millions to the East of England. Not only will existing businesses benefit from a new market for their services, but this group will be a catalyst for the startup of many new backpacker hostels, other accommodation, travel, activities and attractions. With a kick start, we can really put the East of England on the backpackers map and expand the tourism industry in a whole new way.”

An application is being submitted to EEDA for grant funding to start the marketing group. If enough companies express an interest, then around £50,000 of grants could be unlocked and the East of England Backpackers Network could launch in January 2011.

Part of the development will include a design competition with the students at Norwich University College of the Arts to develop a marketing name, logos and other marketing materials.

Over 50 organisations have already expressed an interest in being involved. These include: Essex County Council, Harlow International Hostel, National Trails, Clippesby Hall, BeWILDerwood, Youth Hostel Association, cycle hire companies, museums, Awayadays tour company.

Joe O’Connor (21) a former student at Notre Dame High School, Norwich, who lives near Bunwell, is cycling from London to Paris with two university friends to raise money for Help for Heroes, the charity supporting British Armed Forces wounded personnel.

They set off from Big Ben on Saturday, August 28, head for Newhaven and catch the ferry to Dieppe, then cycle on quiet roads to Paris, camping en-route, and aim to finish their 350-mile marathon at the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday September 1.

Joe and his colleagues, Paul Wakelin and Ali Tucker, have just completed the second year of their BA (Hons) QTS Physical Education course at the University of Bedfordshire. They have reached nearly half their target of £3000 and are planning an online auction to raise funds, which includes celebrity donations – a boxing glove from heavyweight champion David Haye, a signed football shirt from Chelsea’s John Terry and a signed Formula 1 hat from Red Bull driver, Mark Webber.


Joe O’Connor explained: "We all know people who are in the Army and decided to embark on this project and raise money for Help for Heroes to show our support for the soldiers in Afghanistan, many of whom are the same age as us."

Joe has been going on regular 20-mile cycle rides from home in Bunwell as well as doing gym sessions at UEA. The trio has been sponsored by AJ Cycles in Bedford who provided discounted bikes and cycling clothing to help speed them on their way.

To donate money to the Help for Heroes London to Paris cycling marathon go to www.justgiving.com/studentcycle or email londontoparis2010@hotmail.co.uk.

For more information contact Joe O’Connor on 07763 745825.