Hethersett
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February
February
2nd -
Britain in Conflict - Napoleon to Kaiser Bill -
Ten week course organised by the Hethersett branch
of the Workers' Educational Association.
Hethersett High School, 7.30 p.m. Week three of
ten.
February
4th -
Volunteers from
the Wymondham and Attleborough Talking Newspaper
will be visiting Hethersett Library on Saturday
4th February to raise awareness of the free audio
news and information service for visually impaired
people. Norfolk Library Services will also be
highlighting the facilities available to blind and
partially sighted library users. The visit will
take place between 10 a.m and midday.
February
5th - Hethersett
Hawks Cycle Speedway Club's annual general meeting
in the upstairs room at Hethersett Methodist
Church from 2 p.m.
February
6th - Book Group meets at Hethersett Library -
first Monday of each month. This will be the first
meeting. Running from 2 to 3 p.m to share thoughts
on latest books, magazines or any thing else to do
with the literary world.
February
6th - Hethersett Society - Terry Hickman-Smith
Architect on New Uses for Old Buildings.
February
6th - Hethersett Parish Council Planning
Committee, 7 p.m, Hethersett Village Hall
February
8th - Hethersett Athletic Football Club
Committee meeting at Park Farm Hotel from 6.45
p.m.
February
9th - Britain in Conflict - Napoleon to Kaiser
Bill - Ten week course organised by the Hethersett
branch of the Workers' Educational Association.
Hethersett High School, 7.30 p.m. Week four of
ten.
February
9th - Hethersett Old Hall School open morning
from 9.30 to 11.30 a.m for prospective senior
school pupils and parents.
February
11th - Hethersett and Tas Valley Cricket Club
winter nets at Wymondham Leisure Centre, 5.30-7
p.m.
February
11th - All Day Craft Event in Hethersett
Village Hall from 10 a.m to 4 p.m.. For more
details contact Sharon March on 07939 430753. Cost
£25 to include all supplies, light refreshments
and homemade cakes along with a raffle ticket to
win £100 of craft supplies.
February
11th - Blues Brothers at Hethersett Social
Club
February
11th - Hot soup lunch at Hethersett Methodist
Church from Noon.
February
13th - Hethersett Pensioners, Methodist Church
Hall, 2 p.m.
February
13th - Basic Computer skills event for Over
60s. The
three week course is aimed at absolute beginners
aged 60 and over and will cover writing and
sending e-mail, shopping online, exploring the
internet and booking holidays online Runs
from 2 to 4 p.m.
February
15th - Hethersett Library celebrates “one village, one library, one book and one
day.” Hethersett Library is on a mission to see
how many members of the local community they can
encourage to read and share the same book at the
same time. The book chosen is the bestseller One
Day by David Nicholls. Launch of idea from 10
a.m to 1 p.m.
February
15th - Public screening of film Cool Runniings
at Hethersett High School as part of the South
Norfolk True Film Festival 2012 programme
featuring true stories of British and
international talent and achievement in
recognition of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The
film is inspired by the true story of the first
Jamaican Olympic bobsled team. Tickets are £3,
bookings can be made on 01603 810924
February
15th - Hethersett and District Horticultural
Society meeting 7.30 p.m, Hethersett Methodist
Church Hall. Len Spiller on Acer Cultivars
February
15th - Hethersett Little Acorns Group meets in
Church Hall, Henstead Road, 10.30 a.m.
February
16th -
Basic Computer skills event for Over 60s. The
three week course is aimed at absolute beginners
aged 60 and over and will cover writing and
sending e-mail, shopping online, exploring the
internet and booking holidays online Runs
from 2 to 4 p.m.
February
16th - Britain in Conflict - Napoleon to
Kaiser Bill - Ten week course organised by the
Hethersett branch of the Workers' Educational
Association. Hethersett High School, 7.30 p.m.
Week five of ten.
February
18th - Hethersett Social Club Fish and Chips
quiz evening in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support.
February
18th - Crazy Quiz Night, Old Hall School, 7.30
p.m in aid of Wulugu project which works in
Northern Ghana to tackle poverty through education
and training. Visit the Wulugu web site by clicking
here.
February
18th - Hethersett Methodist Church Ladies
Breakfast. Speakers Frances and Michael Holmes on
the History of Norwich Market Place.
February
18th - Hot soup lunch at Hethersett Methodist
Church from Noon.
February
20th -
Basic Computer skills event for Over 60s. The
three week course is aimed at absolute beginners
aged 60 and over and will cover writing and
sending e-mail, shopping online, exploring the
internet and booking holidays online Runs
from 2 to 4 p.m.
February
20th - Hethersett Parish Council meeting,
Hethersett Village Hall, 7.30 p.m. Preceded by
Hethersett Parish Council Planning Committee
meeting at 7 p.m.
February
23rd - Basic Computer skills event for Over
60s. The
three week course is aimed at absolute beginners
aged 60 and over and will cover writing and
sending e-mail, shopping online, exploring the
internet and booking holidays online Runs
from 2 to 4 p.m.
February
23rd - Britain in Conflict - Napoleon to
Kaiser Bill - Ten week course organised by the
Hethersett branch of the Workers' Educational
Association. Hethersett High School, 7.30 p.m.
Week six of ten.
February
25th - Hethersett
Churches Together Barn Dance, dancing to
Shinanikins, Little Melton Village Hall, 7.30 to
11 p.m. Adults £7, children £3 to include a
ploughman's supper and soft drinks. Tickets
available from Rosie Hubbard on 01603 810337, Anne
Steward on 01603 811052 or Pauline Cubitt on 01603
810016.
February
25th - Hethersett and Tas Valley Cricket Club
winter nets at Wymondham Leisure Centre, 5.30-7
p.m.
February
25th - Humbleyard Hoofers walk - more
information to follow.
February
25th - Hethersett Our Way action group
quiz in Hethersett Village Hall. Teams of 6 to 8 -
£5 per person, 7.30 p.m for 7.45 start. Raising
funds to pay for expert planning representation in
opposition to village development. Further details
available on 07990 827940.
February
25th - Hot soup lunch at Hethersett Methodist
Church from Noon.
February
27th - Hethersett and the Meltons Sports
Association meeting in the Ellingham Suite at Park
Farm Hotel at 7.30 p.m.
February
27th - Basic Computer skills event for Over
60s. The
three week course is aimed at absolute beginners
aged 60 and over and will cover writing and
sending e-mail, shopping online, exploring the
internet and booking holidays online Runs
from 2 to 4 p.m.
March
March
1st - Basic Computer skills event for Over
60s. The
three week course is aimed at absolute beginners
aged 60 and over and will cover writing and
sending e-mail, shopping online, exploring the
internet and booking holidays online Runs
from 2 to 4 p.m.
March
1st - Britain
in Conflict - Napoleon to Kaiser Bill - Ten week
course organised by the Hethersett branch of the
Workers' Educational Association. Hethersett High
School, 7.30 p.m. Week seven of ten.
March
2nd - Hethersett Old Hall School taster day
for Year Six pupils joining the senior department
in September when girls will have the opportunity
to experience science in the laboratories, cooking
in the home economics room, drama on stage, art in
the studios and outdoor activities. Parents will
also be able to tour the school in the afternoon.
Day runs from 9.30 a.m until 3.30 p.m.
March
3rd - Slides of Old Hethersett with village
archivist Bill Reekie, St Remigius Church, 7 p.m
Tickets £5 including light refreshments. Tickets
available at church services and also Hethersett
Library and Bartrams Funderal Services. Proceeds
towards St Remigius Flower Festival
March
3rd -
Heat pop group at Hethersett Social Club
March
3rd - Women's
World Day of Prayer - “Let
Justice Prevail” will be the subject for this
year’s Women’s World Day of Prayer.
Hethersett’s special service will take place in
St Remigius Parish Church at 10 a.m All
welcome (the service is not just for women).
Refreshments will be served at the end.
March
5th - Hethersett Society. Talk from a member
of the Environmental Development Team from Norfolk
County Council
March
7th - The RiNG meeting, Hethersett Village
Hall 2-4 p.m. Sandra Edgel, Practice Manager at
Hoveton and Wroxham Surgery on NHS Reforms.
March
8th - Britain
in Conflict - Napoleon to Kaiser Bill - Ten week
course organised by the Hethersett branch of the
Workers' Educational Association. Hethersett High
School, 7.30 p.m. Week eight of ten.
March
12th - Hethersett Pensioners, Hethersett
Methodist Church 2 p.m.
March
15th - Britain in Conflict - Napoleon to
Kaiser Bill - Ten week course organised by the
Hethersett branch of the Workers' Educational
Association. Hethersett High School, 7.30 p.m.
Week nine of ten.
March
18th - Hethersett 30/60 Charity Cycle ride.
More details to follow.
March
18th - Hethersett Hawks Cycle Speedway Season
Begins
March
21st - Hethersett and District Churches
Together's Lent Course launched at 7 p.m at
Hethersett Methodist Church. The course details
will be preceded by pancakes.
March
22nd - Britain in Conflict - Napoleon to
Kaiser Bill - Ten week course organised by the
Hethersett branch of the Workers' Educational
Association. Hethersett High School, 7.30 p.m.
Week ten of ten.
March
24th - Hethersett and Tas Valley Cricket Club
winter nets at Wymondham Leisure Centre, 5.30-7
p.m.
March
31st - Humbleyard Hoofers walk - more
information to follow.
March
31st - Usual Suspects at Hethersett Social
Club
Rest
of 2012
April
2nd - Hethersett Pensioners, Methodist Church
Hall, 2 p.m.
April
2nd - Hethersett Society - The Hawk and Owl
Trust talk.
April
4th - The RiNG meeting, Hethersett Village
Hall, 2-4 p.m. Birthday Celebrations with Tracey
Hancock, Director of Development from the National
Rheumatoid Arthritis Society.
April
8th - Children's Easter Party and Excite
kareoke
April
21st - Music from What's Up at Hethersett
Social Club
April
28th - Old Time Music Hall in St Remigius
Parish Church.
May
14th - Hethersett Society - Richard Matthews
talks about Robert Toppers, mercer of Norwich.
May
30th - Come and Try Sports Event, 6-9 p.m.
Hethersett Memorial Playing Field. Sports likely
to include bowls, cycle speedway, cricket,
badminton and archery.
June
3rd - Queen's Jubilee fete on Hethersett
Memorial Playing Field (provisional date) - more
details to follow.
June
10th - South Norfolk Village Games -
Hethersett will be fielding a team - more details
to follow
June
22nd-24th - Hethersett Open Weekend - For
more details on this visit our special Olympic
section by clicking here.
June
22nd-24th - St Remigius Church Flower
Festival. Celebration of the 350 years of the Book
of Common Prayer, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the
Olympics coming to the UK and the official Olympic
torch coming to Hethersett.
July
5th - Visit to Hethersett of the official 2012
London Olympic torch. More details as they become
available.
July
6th - Hethersett summer ball in the grounds of
Hethersett Old Hall School. The event will include
a buffet, bar, raffle and dancing to live music.
It will be the seventh ball in the village, an
event that stretches back to the beginning of the
millennium. For further details and to make
bookings contact Heather Emery on Norwich 812928.
July
15th - Norfolk Village Games Finals
July
31st - Hethersett Hawks Cycle Speedway Club
hosts Great Britain v Poland international at
Junior, ladies and senior levels.