• Tunstead’s busy church

    Tunstead’s parish church; St Mary’s is going to be a hive of activity in July. There will be bell ringing (4:00pm, 12th July) and towards the end of the month; a grand wedding. The day after the wedding (2-4:00pm, 30th July) there will be a public viewing of the flowers that were used to  dress the church for the ceremony.

    Later in the year (1st October) will be the Harvest Festival. A celebration of the use of the land in the manufacture of food and other items we use in our day to day lives.

    In order to prepare the church for these events, there will be a church working party. The inside of the church and the grounds will be receive some attention; cleaning, polishing and tidying. To do this there is a need for additional volunteers to help the regular church-goers present our parish church in the best light for the visitors. The visitors may be making their first visit to the area, and it would be nice if people from the village could give a hand. I know it would be much appreciated.

    The working party will be on Saturday 1st July at 10:00am. If a lot of people turn up then there will only be a couple of hours work to bring the church up to scratch for our visitors. So please spare some time. You don’t even have to stay for the whole session; come when you can, and go when you wish.

    So see you there at 10:00am Saturday 1st July.

    reviewed 21/6/17
  • Village Fête – June 11th – 11:00am

    The 5th Annual Tunstead Village Fête will be held on Sunday 11th June 2017, opening at 11:00am, with the Fun Dog Show starting at 1:15pm. The event will be compared by local boy Graham John (or as some of you know him – Graham Bailey).Graham Johns

    This year’s special offers are: World War II vehicles, a Fire Engine, the local Vintage Tractor Club, and of course our Fun Dog Show.

    There are 12 classes in the dog show:

    1. The Prettiest Bitch
    2. Handsomest Dog
    3. Best Crossbreed
    4. Golden Oldie over 7 years
    5. Waggiest tail
    6. Snip & Stitch neutered/spayed
    7. Under 15 inches
    8. Over 15 inches
    9. One coloured coat
    10. Particoloured coat
    11. Scruffiest dog
    12. Smartest dog

    As usual owners will pay £1 per class entry and can enter as many as they qualify for, rosettes given to 4th place.

    We also have “the old favourites”

    • Tombola – where tickets ending with ‘5’ or ‘0’ win prizes.
    • Name the Teddy
    • Number of Sweets in the jar
    • Delicious homemade cakes!
    • Plant sale
    • Panning 4 Gold – always great fun and messy. There’s a coin in every cup of sand- but how much?
    • Face painting for the little ones.
    • Bouncy Castle

    Of course a fête wouldn’t be complete without Ice Cream, and when that’s all done how’s about a cup of tea and cake while you watch the dog show.

    We also run a raffle: prizes include tickets to Thrigby Hall Wildlife & Gardens, Broads Tours boat trips, bottle of drink, fruit basket etc.

    Parking is on the field – entrance is 50p PER PERSON of 16 years and OVER.


    On Saturday (10th) we shall erect the ring and mark off parking areas etc. The time for starting this will be arranged at the special meeting Tunstead Village Fête Volunteers to be held on Tuesday 30th May at 7:30pm in the village hall.

    New volunteers are very welcome to attend this meeting, or turn up to help prepare for the Fête.

    reviewed 30/5/17
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