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Welcome to Stoke Ferry

Includes the Wissey Valley villages of Boughton, Stoke Ferry, Wereham, West Dereham, Whittington and Wretton

FOUR PARACHUTISTS

December 2004

Some political humour A plane was going to crash; there was panic among the five passengers as they...

European Freedom, first published in Post Box!

December 2004

A poem for today! Will the House of Commons lock its doors When it no longer makes our laws? What...

December Editorial

December 2004

This months message from our Editor May I start by saying a big thank you to all our regular...

COUGH IT UP!!!

December 2004

A naughty giggle A dad walks into a shopping centre with his young son. The boy is holding a 20...

Christmas Traditions 4 - Mistletoe

December 2004

So just why do we try to kiss the girls under the mistletoe? Mistletoe Mistletoe is a plant that...

Christmas Traditions 3 - Mumming

December 2004

Do you know how to go Mumming? Mumming is also an ancient pagan custom that was an excuse for people...

Christmas Traditions 2 -Wassailing

December 2004

Another of our now lost traditions Wassailing is a very ancient custom that is rarely done today....

Christmas Traditions 1: Mince Pies

December 2004

A look at one of our Christmas traditions Mince pies became popular in the Victorian age, but their...

Christmas Funnies?

December 2004

More christmas chuckles What do snowmen eat for breakfast? Snowflakes. What do you call people who...

Christmas Cracker Jokes.....

December 2004

Some smiles for Christmas Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid...

ANOTHER DAY OUT IN NORFOLK

December 2004

An erudite report on a visit to The Time & Tide Museum School holidays always generate the...

YOU

November 2004

A haunting poem from the past YOU This was passed to me by an Old RAF colleague. He says he was...

TIME TO REMEMBER

November 2004

Ron reminds us of the terrible losses incurred in the Second World War Once again we are approaching...

THE VISITOR

November 2004

Les tells of a new friend from across the sea. Some five months ago I met someone from the U.S.A. a...

The Village Soapbox

November 2004

Oil has become a predominat issue in our modern world SOAPBOX Headlong towards the cliff edge?...

THE PTA OF JAMES BRADFIELD V.C. PRIMARY SCHOOL

November 2004

A thank you to all who helped the school THE PTA OF JAMES BRADFIELD V.C. PRIMARY SCHOOL Wretton...

ST. ANDREWS, WEST DEREHAM

November 2004

The monthly happenings at St Andrew's West Dereham ST. ANDREWS, WEST DEREHAM (also St. Mary's,...

Runnin' On

November 2004

Janet has a bout of nostalgia Are you in the mood for a bit of nostalgia? I was sorting out a box of...

Parish Newsletter for St Andrew's Northwold etc

November 2004

The monthly update from Keith with a forthright view on our growing compensation culture. The...

November Editorial

November 2004

Ray pleads for care at the up-coming fireworks celebration and asks for material to be submitted...

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