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Village Booklet
A new booklet about Sea Palling has been produced recently and is on sale at the Village Store. Whilst mainly intended for visitors, it is hoped that it will also be of interest to residents. All proceeds are being donated to the Lifeboat.
1911 Census
FREE On-Line access to the 1911 Census has been restored at Norfolk Record Office. This facility will be available until 23rd October. The Record Office is adjacent to County Hall in Martineau Lane and full details are available on their website www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk
New Community Gym
A new gym has opened in Stalham. It is situated in Stalham Baptist Church Hall and sessions take place from 09.00 to 14.00 on Mondays and Thursdays and 18.00 to 21.00 on Tuesdays. Membership is open to everyone over 16 years and annual membership costs £10.00 (concessions £5) and then £12 per calendar month for one session per week or £16 per month for more than one session. There is a qualified instructor, professional gym equipment, personal fitness programmes and a very friendly atmosphere. Further details from Jenny Smith on 01692 581001 or Rita Wall on 01692 581179.
Dogs on Beach
From May 1st to 30th September dogs are not allowed on certain parts of Palling Beach. The area concerned runs from the LEFT of the ramp next to the Lifeboat Station (as you look out to sea) for about one mile until the second crossover on The Marrams. This exclusion is in accordance with North Norfolk District Council's "Sea Palling Beach Order 2007" and "The Dogs Expulsion Beach Order 2007". Penalties for non-compliance range from £80 fixed penalty to up to £1000 on conviction.
Parish Rate Precept
Sea Palling & Waxham parish council have set a precept of £9000.00 for this financial year. This means that the rate has doubled in two years. Anyone wishing to make their views known can find the councillors' details on the notice board at Sea Palling general stores.
Swimming for the over 60's
On account of Government funding decisions, free swimming sessions for theOver-60's at Victory and Splash centres ended on 31st July 2010.
Independent Lifeboat News
We would like to produce a PVRS cookbook so can we please have your recipes, Grandma's recipes and anyone else that would be willing to part with their culinary secrets! As we would like to have the book on sale by the summer we need the recipes as soon as possible. Please put your name on the recipe so that we can acknowledge their source. Angela and John at the Post Office and Barbara and Eddie at the Old Hall Inn have agreed to be drop off points for your recipes. Also, us at 3 The Hollies, Chapel Road have a mailbox outside our gate. We have received 40 recipes so far and more would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
The special party night held at The Lighthouse Inn, Walcott on 24th April, organised by Beach Rock Leisure, raised £450 for the lifeboat funds. Wroxham's Barton House Railway has adopted PVRS as its nominated charity for 2010 and monies raised by the Railway's runs will be donated at the end of the year. The BHR is open at Hartwell Road, Wroxham from 14.30 to 17.30 on the third Sunday of each month until October. On Saturday 19th June the lifeboat, together with Happsiburgh's boat, was called out to rescue two windsurfers who had got into difficulties near the reefs. A busy summer continues for the boat with callouts on 11th 12th July and two shouts on the 25th July
PVRS now owns a 'Zapcat' which is a 4.1m long inshore vessel. The catamaran hull boat will be on service alongside 'Lions Roar'.
High Tides
Booklets giving full tide tables for this area may be purchased from Sea Palling Post Office & General Store.
Happisburgh to Winterton Sea Defences
Work on the latest stage
of the Happisburgh to Winterton sea defences project has now come to an
end. The compound in
Clink Lane is empty again and the personnel have left after a stay of 5-6
months. During this time they have imported 31,600 tons of armour rock
from Norway, constructed ten new groynes complete with navigation markers
in the Bramble Hill/Crinkle Hill areas of Horsey, refurbished a
further 100 metre and recycled 25,000 cubic metres of sand from reef five
to build up the beach fronting the reconstructed revetment.
More than 520,000 cubic metres of sand from a licensed offshore dredging area have been pumped onto the beaches of Sea Palling & Waxham by the dredger 'Geopotes 15' to raise the beach levels and enhance the stability of the sea wall
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The completion of this work was marked on the 6th March 2009 by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Crinkle Hill Gap, Horsey, by Norman Lamb MP and Tony Wright MP. This ceremony was followed by speeches and a reception at Waxham Barn.
It remains only to say thank you once again to members of the local communities for their support and co-operation which has been much appreciated by the Environment Agency, contractor team Van Oord and consultants Royal Haskoning and Halcrow.
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