Welcome to Stoke Ferry
Includes the Wissey Valley villages of Boughton, Stoke Ferry, Wereham, West Dereham, Whittington and Wretton
Memories Shaken - Not Stirred
December 2002
A former prisoner of war returns to Japan My recent letter to the "Pump" describing an...
Marshmallows
December 2002
A poem to roast your sweets to If you stick them on a stick,And put them over the fire.You'll have...
Letters to the Editor
December 2002
A bumper mailbag this month Dear Ray, Regarding your editorial in October on the subject of road...
Just Talking
December 2002
Tell people how much you give, as well as how much you spend I was in conversation with a friend of...
Just Neighbours
December 2002
Just Julia's Jacuzzi I was talking to a friend of mine the other day. Yes, you are quite right! I...
Holiday In Madeira
December 2002
The Forster family head out to sea Clare and Justin, our daughter and son-in-law, have very...
Green Living
December 2002
More ideas for the reluctant environmentalist Food: This Christmas and all year round we can keep to...
Food For Thought
December 2002
We enter the world as we leave, with nothing! A letter in a village newsletter caught my eye...
Fear of Diagnosis Puts Patients at Risk
December 2002
Alzheimer's - three years is far too long for someone to wait On Monday, 8 July the Alzheimer's...
Editorial
December 2002
A wet and windy autumn, but a very merry Christmas! Hello again, To my amazement, I find myself...
Community Education Development
December 2002
The Wissey Valley gets a new community worker I would like to take this opportunity to introduce...
Ambition - It's A Must
December 2002
Les sings you more of his thoughts I have always considered that I have got a good singing voice and...
Advent
December 2002
The history of the lead up to the festive season The Adventszeit are the four weeks (each concluded...
What is Peace?
November 2002
Do you know what it means? Peace; everyone's heard the word, but do they know what it means? My...
Thinking Out Loud
November 2002
TV and working conditions, in that order I have to say I watch only a little TV these days. I seem...
The Way I See It
November 2002
Or, quite possibly, the way Les hears it The other Sunday at Chapel we sang a Hymn, which to my...
The Village Pump Soapbox
November 2002
A load of rubbish Surely untidiness is not a British characteristic? And yet there is evidence of...
The Village Kitchen
November 2002
More delicious recipies, including onion cake, corned beef and mashed potato pie Traditionally...
The Story So Far
November 2002
Chapter Eight Les has a date with destiny, alias Anne's Mother, who he has discovered is relatively...
The Story of an Evacuee
November 2002
Part 2 After our train ride to Brighton and the assembling of all the children in Patcham School, so...