Charity Fish & Chip Quiz night
One of Sheringham’s trainee RNLI crew members, Caroline Muggridge, is embarking on a solo Channel swim this summer to raise funds for local organisations. “Having developed an interest for open water swimming in 2009, I was tempted by Channel swimming. A trip to Gozo followed in spring 2010, where I passed the qualifying solo swim. At this stage I was asked if I would be part of a four person relay team for a crossing in July 2010 – it was a great day and we completed in 12 hours 19 mins! I then arranged my solo swim for July 2011, a knowledgeable pilot and great support crew being key.” said Caroline. The Channel swim…
Sheringham – the yesteryears
Thanks to the power of modern technology, a set of photographs of historic Sheringham have been released via Facebook. Clive Hedges, local businessman, recently published his find for public view. “I’m privileged to have several black and white negatives from the 1930′s – I hope you enjoy them.” said Clive. “They were taken by a lodger that my granny looked after. He died many years ago but I kept the negatives hoping that one day I could use them. I printed a few when I had a dark room but now I have a scanner it’s much easier.” Clive’s profile and photo galleries can be seen at http://www.facebook.com/clive.hedges
Star takes part in charity walk
Former Norwich City footballer Craig Fleming and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb will join volunteers and staff from Norwich City Community Sports Foundation for a 47-mile walk around the North Norfolk Coast. The event, which will take place on Thursday (June 9), will part of the latest fundraising event for the foundation’s Sporting Light Appeal. The walk has been sponsored by Mattressman.co.uk and participants aim to raise a total of £5,000 to go towards the appeal which aims to raise £50,000 in all to help to continue vital services and activities for people with disabilities, as the charity is experiencing an income shortfall because of funding cuts. The team will begin their journey at 9am…
Heavy lifting at Sheringham Shoal
Although the project had faced a critical preparation and mobilisation schedule on Wednesday 20 April 2011, the newly built 5000 mT Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Oleg Strashnov sailed on schedule for its maiden trip to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm location. The vessel was loaded with 4 220 Ton, 25-meter-high transition pieces, each with a 5-meter diameter, that were installed on top of the existing foundation piles in water depths ranging from 15 to 22 meters. These transition pieces form the basis for the windmills that will later be placed on top of the structures by other contractors. The HLV Oleg Strashnov successfully completed the installation of the four transition pieces as scheduled, and…
One to watch
Supporting local charity
Local massage therapist Caz Sayles has been providing a range of treatments in Sheringham for several years; now she’s also decided to pledge her time to support local charities. In the next few months, she’ll be giving away special vouchers to allow charities to raffle treatment time and raise funds for their organisations. Caz, founder & principle therapist at Karma Massage, said ‘Speaking to fundraisers around our town, I realised Karma offers a special service which could be offered as part of fund raising activities. We’ve already worked closely with a women’s group where people learned some basic techniques and some of the history of massage –we also found that it was a real social…
General news
£1.6m church proposal
Sheringham Baptist Church has staged a public consultation about the proposed £1.6m building development on the site of the former Abbeyfield care home on Cromer Road. The two-storey building is set to have a capacity in the main worship room of 250 – up from the 120-150 at the existing Holway Road site. The design proposal has been produced by local company, SMG Architects (www.smg-architects.co.uk). Pastor the Rev Bryan Pickard said: “The present site is too small and the building is in a very poor state of repair. We’ve had subsidence and other problems. We can’t even run our present activities on site. We have so many young people there on a Sunday morning that…
2011 Carnival Queen
A new Queen has been selected for Carnival 2011. Bethany Kibble-White (aged 16) was chosen from 9 entrants at the Selection Evening hosted by The Tyneside Club, Sheringham. Also chosen were attendants Stephanie West (aged 19) and Laura Grief (aged 16). Bethany, Stephanie and Laura each receive a cash prize, dresses from Olivia’s and jewellery from Treasures. Their make-up and nails will be done for them by The Beauty Box, their hair will be styled by Oscars and Sullivans. Each will receive artificial flowers from The Flower Centre. The Crowning Ceremony will take place on Sunday 31st July. Sheringham Carnival runs from Saturday July 30 to Sunday August 7 when the week long programme of…
Calling all film producers
Sheringham Skate Project has just finished the latest round of maintenance and safety checks, ready for the summer months – they’ve also confirmed they’ve secured Zenith community insurance for a Sony HD digital stills & video camera, along with stands, flash gear, and fish eye lenses. “We’re now planning a special promotional video with elected members of the Social Group, in preparation for various events for the summer & Carnival period.” said Rob Sayles, Committee Chair. “We’ll be taking the message out to the community, local tourist spots, and out on the web. Anyone interested should join our Facebook Group and get involved.” More details are available at www.sheringhamskate.co.uk, or by contacting Rob directly on…
Shantymen in world’s largest festival
The Sheringham Shantymen are proud to be joining the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, recognised as the world’s largest free festival of maritime music. From June 17th til the 19th, the lads will performing alongside the chart-topping Fishermen’s Friends – all aboard The Matthew, the 15th century sailing ship featured in the latest “Chronicles of Narnia” film. A special service, led by the Sheringham Shantymen, will also take place at Falmouth Parish Church. Funded by the Falmouth Business Improvement District (BID), the festival will target a national publicity programme for the first time through a specialist public relations agency. It is hoped the extra publicity will see a further boost in visitor numbers and benefits…
High School’s star pupils
Three A-level physics students from Sheringham High School are hoping to embark on the trip of a lifetime after getting through to the finals of the UK Space Design Competition. Chris Leach, Sam May, and George Phillips, won their group with ‘Grumbo Aerospace’ – a design for a space station to travel between Earth and Mars. The team had to prepare a 40 minute proposal and present to the UK Space Design Competition judges, made up of space industry professionals. The penultimate step for the SHS students is attending the final at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre, Houston, in July, where they will have the challenge of designing a habitat system for people to actually survive…
Road accident in Sheringham
Commuters coming into Sheringham were met with flashing lights and recovery services last night, following an accident on Holway Road. A car is believed to have left the road at the crossing point at the brow of the hill, at around 4.30pm on Weds 16th Feb. It appears the driver swerved from the crossing point, mounted the grass verge, and drove through a safety barrier to the fence/treeline behind the pavement. A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said a man was being treated for head injuries and a woman had suffered back pain, but no one was believed to have been seriously hurt.
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