Welcome to Stoke Ferry
Includes the Wissey Valley villages of Boughton, Stoke Ferry, Wereham, West Dereham, Whittington and Wretton
Bombed Out
June 2002
Ron recalls the destruction of his family home in London during the Blitz It was October 1940, there...
A Tree Is For Life - Not Just For Christmas
June 2002
The thirteenth day of Christmas Ah! What a great day. Nice cool crisp breeze, birds singing in the...
A Special Agent
June 2002
From door to bore There's a knock on your door and who is it? Well it's that nice Insurance Man. You...
A Question of Knowledge
June 2002
Les glazes over another topic One of the things that never cease to amaze me is that when it comes...
A New Club
June 2002
Too much useless information? Did you know that I gave up smoking some 512 weeks ago last Sunday?...
Your Letters
May 2002
Favor Parker's £1.3 million profit Dear Editor, Favor Parker made a profit of £1.3 million last...
You A Preacher?
May 2002
Les Lawrence tries to convert I have some news for anyone who has my best interests at heart; I have...
Why Move?
May 2002
A newcomer gets Les thinking about moving, or maybe not I was talking the other day to a charming...
Village Kitchen
May 2002
Recipies for Moussaka and Pork Oaties 450 g/ 1lb aubergines 1-tablespoon salt Good cooking oil 2...
The Story So Far
May 2002
Les returns with chapter two, but so has the ghost writer... Some compelling instinct has drawn Les...
The London Taxi
May 2002
All hail this remarkable vehicle The London taxi is unique, no other city requires a purpose...
Soapbox
May 2002
Danger line In the past month, two incidents have infuriated me as a driver. Firstly, I got stuck...
Soapbox
May 2002
Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime That is what they said. How are they doing? Now they...
Soapbox
May 2002
Not in my backyard As we all know, Norfolk has many attractions. Perhaps it cannot compete for...
Runnin' on
May 2002
Birds in our garden One day last week we were shopping in Downham when someone said, "Hello...
Rector's Letter
May 2002
Practice practical love May is still in the season of Easter. There's hope and there should be...
Potential Authors
May 2002
Lawrence asks for contributors (Repeat) (Subtitles) Did you know that this article is the 55th one I...
If it should be...
May 2002
In memory of Elsa and for anyone else who has lost a dog If it should be that I grow frail and weak...
Green Living
May 2002
More ideas for the reluctant environmentalist The aim of this column is to publicise good ideas for...
Garden Talk
May 2002
Natural Fabric - The garden of Stoke Ferry's Claire Smith Colour and texture have always played an...