Garboldisham loses Village Supporters and Welcomes New Store Owners

It has been an interesting start to this New Year in the village, with  Bill & Cheryl Hamblin moving to Thetford and leaving vacancies for a Parish Councillor and a member of the Village Hall. Management Committee. We wish them well in their move and thank them for their services to our village, which included creating and supporting F.R.O.G.S. our school PTA, organising and setting up the licensed bar for our Village Hall, representing villagers as a Parish Councillor and actively supporting the cry for re-opening the Fox public house.

We also have new owners of our Garboldisham Post Office & Stores. Robbie, Kelly, Dorothy & Dylan have arrived and are making great positive moves to get our village store back to the thriving business is was, offering good produce at competitive prices. Don't forget Use It or Lose It (see the Fox) more about the store later.

First Aid Course for Villagers

 

September saw nine participants enjoying a light hearted yet informative First Aid course where each achieved a Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work, learning some very useful skills. 

 

If anyone else is interested in doing the course, please contact a Garboldisham Vllage Hall committee member.

 

 

 

Liz Simcock returns to Garboldisham

It wasn't quite Rick's bar in Casablanca at the Village Hall on 14th September - no white piano or Humphrey Bogart for a start - but we were able to sit at our tables sipping cocktails enjoying some very sophisticated music, courtesy of Liz Simcock and her back-up duo of Dave Ellis and Boo Howard, playing a variety of instruments in a variety of styles.

Many villagers will remember Liz appearing at the hall on the same bill as The Churchfitters. She has a sweet voice and great skill as a lyricist, performing expertly, movingly, and often humourously, songs which speak of incidents in her life, often coming from experiences in Norfolk and elsewhere in East Anglia. 

John Sears