I think once you read this we will be well into Lent and all set to celebrate Easter – who knows what we will be able to do to then but I hope that you have something fun to look forward to! The week that I write this the season of Lent started. We’ve just celebrated Ash Wednesday, the day when Christians are marked with an Ash cross on their forehead. Lent is often thought…
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Pam Hayes, Programme Secretary, Gives an Update It has come round to finding a report for the magazine and in these very difficult times it is hard to find anything to report on. Like most clubs we have had to close all meetings and so have not had our usual monthly meetings with our wonderful Demonstrators to see and admire. I am sure that you are all hoping 2021 will prove a more happy year…
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Time for some spring cleaning says Littleport resident ‘Digby.’ Digby has plenty to say on the issue of cleaning up. ‘During this past strange year, my owner and I have been taking more local walks around Littleport. I was appalled to see so much litter and rubbish blighting our streets and open spaces. The town sometimes looks more like Litterport than Littleport! I had a word with my owner and we decided to do something…
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Joy says this cake is easy to make and very tasty. A popular recipe from previous editions of the famous BeRo Home Recipe book. Milk Chocolate Cake Ingredients 200g (7oz) Self Raising Flour 225g (8oz) Caster Sugar 1 x 2.5ml spoon (half tsp) Salt 25g (1oz) Cocoa Powder (sieved) 100g (4oz) Butter or Margarine 2 medium Eggs 5 x 15ml spoon (5 tbsp) Evaporated Milk 5 x 15ml spoon (5 tbsp) Water Few drops Vanilla…
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I have just been saying to my ever patient and loving partner, as she stood beside me, asking what I was up to, that this will be the fourth article I’ve written for Littleport Life for which the phrase ‘lockdown learning’ could apply. I sincerely hope that we will be out of this soon, but, as I write this, in the throes of a cold and miserably wet January day, none of us know, as…
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Remembrance Day dawned like any other this year – and the citizens of Littleport were ready to attend the special November service as usual. Although there was no march through the village, cancelled due to the pandemic, the leaders and members of Littleport’s many organisations and groups still mustered at the parade’s objective, the War Memorial on the green opposite St George’s. Organised and conducted by Littleport Royal British Legion Branch President Garth McGowen, the…
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Headteacher’s Message December 2020 ‘Tis the season to be jolly careful! Christmas under COVID conditions meant that things were a little different at the end of the autumn term for the school community. Instead of hosting a series of Christmas concerts and shows full of family and friends taking in the outstanding work of the children and truly setting the scene for family gatherings, we instead had to settle for recording our Christmas productions for…
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Written in 2015, we reproduce this slightly truncated article featuring Norman South as part of Littleport Life’s tribute FOCUS ON LITTLEPORT CRICKET CLUB – AND NORMAN SOUTH! “Come on Racey – you can do it”, cried Littleport Town Cricket Club’s Chairman and last year’s Captain Chris Farnell urging his team to notch up a good score only to be beaten by 8 wickets by winners and visitors Milton one sunny but blowy Saturday afternoon down…
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We haven’t had our regular weekly club meetings for over a year, we have been Using Zoom meetings as many have, through out the Covid-19 Pandemic. We frequently look at ways to generate funds which we donate to various causes. Our former President Colin Every is hopeful of running his Annual Golf Event which previously took place at Felixstowe. It was a super venue and those who attended were most complimentary both about the golf…
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Thoughts on Freedom As I write in January, we have entered our third period of lockdown because of the Covid 19 pandemic. Numbers being infected are rising rapidly, as are hospital admissions and deaths. Vaccinations are taking place increasingly quickly, but there seems little prospect of the situation being much better soon. Most of us are having to adapt to a very different and constantly changing world. We are realising that we are all vulnerable…
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