2008 EVENTS
COLKIRK
Saturday 15th March - The Jumble Sale raised £232. Thank you to everyone who helped organise the event ,donated items for sale or who came along and purchased them.
Friday 11th April - The " Style 'n' Shop " Ladies Evening was a sell out and made a profit of £318. Everyone came away with great ideas for capsule wardrobes, how to make holiday packing easy and 101 ways to tie a wrap! Most bought jewellery, bags, greetings cards, chocolate, ceramics, aromatherapy oils and other goodies from the various exhibitors who also attended. Thanks again to all those who helped organise the event.
Saturday 14th - 21 June - Scarecrow Festival : the third Colkirk Scarecrow Festival attracted entries from 24 houses. Entries were hugely varied from traditional through mermaids and Mr Men to even the royal Sir S.C.A.R.E. Crow. Overall winner was the Corbyn-Smith family from Timperley Estate with their gardeners. Runner-up was the working windmill and Dutch girl made by the Charles family at Daisy Cottage in School Road. Third place was awarded to the Rand family at Dibblers in Gormans Lane for their realistic window cleaner. Highly commended were: the traffic cop(Grenville, Church Road); the paratrooper(23 Dereham Road) and the bricklayer (Melton Cottage, School Road). The Corbyn-Smiths were presented with their winner's certificate and silver cup at the Colkirk Gala on 21 June.
Click here for photos of winning Scarecrows 2008
Saturday 21st June - The 9th Colkirk Gala Day was one of the most successful ever. Over £2100 was raised which will be distributed among St Mary's Church, Colkirk School, Village Hall, the Playing Field, Bowls Club, St John Ambulance and the Pre-School.
The Gala was opened by Viscount Raynham who, along with hundreds of local people, enjoyed the wide variety of stalls, entertainments and competitions including classic cars, cream teas, coconut shy, crossbows, dancing display, medieval stocks and the unique bricklifting competition in which Ashley Hill set a new record of 17 bricks ( beating his own record of 16 last year ).
Sunday 13th July - National Garden Scheme Open Garden,6 Jarvis Drive
Geoff Clark & Jenny Filby's garden at 6 Jarvis Drive was selected for the 2008 National Gardens Scheme. Over 200 visitors attended to enjoy colourful borders, vegetable garden, sculptures and environmental art such as a Little Light Music and the Poetree. Admissions generated £600,the sale of teas and home made cakes another £400 with £200 being raised from the sale of plants so a cheque for £1200 was sent off to the NGS for redistribution to the charities they are supporting this year which includes Marie Curie Cancer Care, Macmillan Nurses and Crossroads: Caring for Carers.
Friday 31st October - Halloween Spooktacular
Saturday 29th November - A Quiz for Christmas
Saturday 6th December - Christmas Lights on at 23 Dereham Rd.
OTHER LOCAL VILLAGE EVENTS
The late Michael Bishop had been writing his autobiography for many years and it has now been published.
Titled " From Smock to Cassock, my personal journey ", it is available from Amazon.
Book Review on Amazon
From Smock To Cassock provides a thoroughly enjoying read about an area in which there has not been much written - both the insight into growing up in the English countryside as a farmer's apprentice after World War II, and how someone is 'called' to be a Priest. The writing style is very easy to read and enjoy. From Smock To Cassock has the same positive feel as Frank McCourt's books - Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. This is Michael Bishop's first book and an excellent one at that. As a side note, a Smock and a Cassock are the names given to items of clothing a farmer and a priest wear! I give this book *****.
2007 EVENTS
COLKIRK
Saturday 24th March - Jumble Sale, 2 - 4pm at the Village Hall
Saturday 23rd June - Gala Day and Scarecrow Event ( themed on celebrities )
If swimming had been an event at the 2007 Colkirk Gala, the day would have been well-named!
Thunderstorms and torrential rain throughout the afternoon forced an early finish but despite the appalling weather, many visitors still attended wearing waterproofs and smiles and were determined to still have a good afternoon out.
So the Friends of Colkirk, who organised Gala Day, would like to thank everyone who supported the event by either helping to set up the Campying Land, donating prizes, running events, manning stalls or just by coming along and spending money. The total raised is not yet confirmed but is likely to be at least £1000, all of which will be fed back into the various village organisations.
Only the scarecrows weren’t bothered by the weather! The 22 entries in the competition raised many a smile on the faces of those who saw them especially Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (winners), Noddy and his car (2nd) and John Lennon complete with “Beatle” hat (3rd).
Click here for Scarecrow 2007 photos
Click here for Gala Day 2007 photos
Sunday 15th July - Open Garden and Tea on the Lawn
The Open Garden with Tea on the Lawn event organised by Geoff Clark and Jenny Filby at 6 Jarvis Drive, Colkirk on Sunday 15 July raised £250.
Geoff and Jenny said: Our target was £200 so we are delighted we raised enough to now pay for all the hedgerow plants, stakes and tree guards needed to restore the boundary hedge around the village churchyard this autumn.
We’d like to thank everyone who made cakes and donated raffle prizes and also Tesco, Martin’s (Bridge Street) and Fakenham Garden Centre for their support of the event.
Saturday 1st December - Xmas Quiz
Questions about celebrity rabbits, Norfolk dialect and an observation test were just some of the mind-bending challenges faced by the 10 teams who took part in the Quiz for Christmas on 2nd December 2007.
The quiz was won by Andy and Teresa Rand's team, the 8 members of which were each rewarded with a bottle of wine.
Organised by the Friends of Colkirk Village, the quiz raised nearly £300
