Tunstead & Sco-Ruston

  • Replacement chairs for the village hall

    The closure of Wymondham Red Cross Support Centre presented the Tunstead Village Hall Committee with the opportunity to obtain 2 dozen stackable padded wooden reception chairs for our modular building. These will be used to replace the collection of tired chairs that we currently have.

    The replacement chairs are similar to some of the wooden chairs we already use. The newer chairs come with blue backs and squabs or green backs and squabs. Being stackable has an advantage in that we can more easily move the unused chairs to one end of the hall. Stacking also came in handy when the Chairman of the Village Hall Committee and an assistant went to collect them. Wendy had already been to view them and returned with as many chairs as her car could hold, but a second trip was necessary. So last Saturday (19th August) we took a trip to Wymondham to collect the remainder.

    Wendy also collected an office cupboard, that once reassembled will be available for use in the hall.

    The Red Cross wished for a donation, which the village hall committee was only too glad to offer.

    So next time you come to use the modular building for a coffee morning or an evening bingo session, you can sit in a more comfy chair.

    Now to find some replacement tables, and of course a replacement modular building! We wish the committee luck with their endeavours.

  • SID comes to town

    SID (sometimes known as SAM) has been installed by Westcotec Ltd, in Tunstead. SID is a vehicle Speed Indicator Device.

    A Westcotec’s SID in use

    As you know, Tunstead’s through roads Anchor Street and Market Street have long suffered from speeding motorists. To help combat this, the parish council with financial support from The Parish Partnership Scheme sponsored by the Highway department of Norfolk County Council, have purchased and installed the SID. The intension of installing such a device is to inform and educate drivers of the speed constraints within our village. Whilst SID does not hold any punitive measures in itself, it is felt that it will be a useful tool in educating motorists and help reduce speeding in our village.

    SID at one of its four locations in our village

    The device can be quickly installed and secured in any of four locations in our village. The system is moved on every few weeks so to provide a dynamic indication of a vehicle’s speed, without it being seen as yet another piece of street furniture.

    The parish council is looking for volunteers to move and reinstall the device in different locations. Installation only takes five minutes (if that), so the task in itself is not arduous. The device is run on a battery which needs to be kept charged, so a second battery has been supplied by Westcotec, along with its own battery charger which plugs into an ordinary mains socket. Once the existing battery is run down, the replacement is used and the original recharged. If you have a few spare minutes, and a spare mains socket please contact us to join the team of volunteers and help reduce speeding through our village.

    Contact us via this LINK

    For further information on Westcotec Ltd, please use visit their web site via this LINK

  • Cinerary urn stolen

    Today I learned that one of our villagers has suffered the desecration of a loved one’s ashes, and the theft of the urn which held them. If you can help identify the perpetrators or help to recover the urn please use the contact information below.

    You may have had a slip of paper posted through your door recently. The wording from that note is retyped below:

    “Last Saturday (22nd July) in the afternoon, trespassers removed from a garden in Tunstead a blue and white patterned ceramic urn containing my father’s ashes, which they dumped on the ground. Other ceramic plant pots were also emptied out and stolen. Our neighbour spotted the trespassers, two grey haired ladies, one wearing a pink top and the other a stripy top. Unfortunately, he didn’t have time to challenge them, as he initially assumed they must be friends of ours. As they were on foot, we assume they live locally.

    If you have an information regarding this appalling theft please contact 01603 395373, or email [email protected] or simply return all items to their rightful place, so we can replace my father’s ashes on the vase lovingly chosen by his wife and myself.”

     

  • Church team tidies up

    I popped along to Tunstead’s St Mary’s Church to offer a helping hand. It was part of the preparations for a busy month at the church.

    Keeping the church spruce falls into two principle activities; work on the inside and work on the grounds. Whilst the fabric of the church has to remain untouched, as the building is hundreds of years old and is left to the experts, there is still plenty to do.

    Jobs inside the church get done on the morning of the day before a service to make it presentable for the small but faithful congregation. There is cleaning, sweeping and dusting to do. The cathedral-like size of the church means that the more hands there are to share the work, the better.

    Outside there is the regular activity of grass cutting, and tree trimming. This too, is left to experts with the skill and means to do it. However, today we were there to clear away the moss and ivy from the concrete plinth that surrounds the church. This keeps the area presentable, as well as preventing the growth from getting a foot-hold on the precious stone-work. Some of this clearing work had already been done on a previous occasion, so we concentrated on the north side of the church. Moss tends to collect on the flat concrete as this area remains damp because it is often in shadow. Again the stone-work of the building is left alone so to prevent unnecessary damage. The team set-to and whilst it was quite hard work, the moss, weeds and ivy were soon eradicated.

    We also checked and cleared blocked gullies and downpipes which if left unchecked would allow water from the roof to spill onto the area around the base of the church, so exacerbating the problem of damp in which the moss would thrive.

    Once we had done a circuit of the church foundations for a final check, we felt that the morning’s work was well done, and stopped for a coffee and a chat before departing. We had a team of over half a dozen, and work shared meant less time was needed to get things done.

    One of our number left before coffee

    During coffee we discussed the coming events for July. Firstly is Evensong. This service starts at 6:30pm on 9th July. Later that week; Wednesday 12th July, is bell ringing. This is an exciting occasion as a group of touring bell ringing experts will demonstrate their skills for half an hour or so “ringing the changes”, using St. Mary’s eight bells. This event starts at 4:00pm, and refreshments will be available. Later in the month the church will be prepared for a wedding on the 29th. Sunday 30th the church whose doors are always open anyway, will have a public display of the flowers used to decorate the church for the previous day’s wedding ceremony This event runs from 2:00pm until 4:00pm. St Mary’s also hosts its monthly Sung Eucharist Service which starts at 10:30am on the 30th.

    Please come along to the open house on Wednesday 12th at 4:00pm to listen to the bells or pop along on Sunday 30th to view the flower displays. Of course you are welcome to any of the church’s regular Sunday services.

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