​Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 2022
June 2-5th June 

All Saints,  Cockthorpe

The children and residents of Cockthorpe have been busy building a wild flower garden in the church grounds and picking  flowers from the surrounding fields, 
gardens and supplemented by local florists to arrange and display in the church, to celebrate HM Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 

The church is open all day. 

Do take time to visit,  as you pass,  or as part of your daily walk.

After 40 phenomenal years of helping at the Hall, being a Trustee of the Hall and running the 100 Club, we are sad that June has decided that she is looking for a new challenge (!) and has retired as a Trustee. 
June has been involved in both incarnations of the Hall - from where it started opposite Abbey Farm through to the planning, building and opening of the new Memorial Hall on it's current site opposite the Priory.
She has run the 100 Club with panache and determination - woe betide if you failed to get your subs to her in suitable time! - and runs the raffles and tombolas at the Fete and other fund raising events with a smile and a keen eye on people trying to slip past without purchasing a ticket.
We are all so grateful to June and thank her very much for all her very hard work over what is astonishingly four decades.

We are sad also to report that Richard Lewis, previous Treasurer of the Hall, has sadly died. At the AGM on 30 May we paid tribute to Richard with a minute's silence.

Slightly more cheerily, we are very pleased to welcome Anne Hooper as a new Trustee and are delighted that she has agreed to join our merry band.

There are now wonderful maps up opposite Trevor's shop and on the roads into Binham with further details and everyone should have had a leaflet dropped through their doors.
A couple of updates :
Due to unforeseen circs, the proposed bonfire lighting on Thursday 2nd June has been cancelled.
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​Don't forget to decorate your front gardens and come to some of the things the village has planned!

The Parish Council have sent us the following links to the plans for the Jubilee weekend so do click on them to see what's happening. It's going to be amazing!


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May 7th at 7pm QUIZ NIGHT
Following the storming success of the last one, we are delighted that our very own Andy Marsh and his family are going to be the Quiz Masters again. There will be supper! There will be laughter! There will be competition! For more info call Andy on 01328 830178.

May 11th at 7.30pm MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING
Gresham's School are bringing us popular favourites, musical theatre and instrumental classics. Their young musicians are brilliant. Do come. Tickets are £5 from Janet Hewitt on 01328 830652 or on the door.
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May 27th 10am -2pm TABLE TOP SALE
Postponed because of those dang storms in February. To book your table please ring Liz on 07435 788221 or email abbot.farm@hotmail.com. Refreshments will be available. Tables are £5 and you pay on the day.

Due to the worry about Storm Eunice, it has been decided that the Table Top Sale on Friday 18th February  is postponed.

This is an excellent upcycling opportunity. We are having a table top sale between 10 and 2 on Friday Febr 18th. Rent a table for £5 and sell the bits and bobs you have discovered over the last couple of years that you no longer want or need but can't bear to throw away. To rent a table call 07435 788221. 

We had such plans! The date for installation was confirmed, we had the hashtags ready. Alas, we have been scuppered by Openreach at the absolute last minute which is a bore. It will happen. Just not on January 4th 2022. 

We are delighted that Seb Barboteau, the Catering General Manager at Gresham's, has agreed to come to the Hall to offer a Taster Evening - so come along and enjoy a taste of oriental food. Seb is going to take us on a trip to the Orient tasting exciting food flavours from the East. Tickets are £5 on the door and drinks will be available.

The Wighton Players return! Hooray! They are bringing their storming pantomime to the Hall on 29 January at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 on the door or from Liz Brown and there will be refreshments and a raffle (of course!)