Big Cats, the Black Shuck and Rampaging Elephants: Norfolk’s Menagerie
This week, the local news once again featured a sighting of a Big Cat (capitals added for effect) in Norfolk. Those of us from these parts have seen a large number of these reports in the press in recent years, and indeed going back further – move over Beast of Bodmin! Norfolk and Suffolk have […]
The Rise, Decline, and Rise Again (?) of Market Gardens
Last spring, some colleagues and I began a gardening group in the grounds of our workplace growing potatoes, onions, squash and a little bit of everything else we fancied. Some of us were completely clueless (myself included – I entered into the lunchtime activities armed only with an iPhone app) while others already knew a […]
“Historic Market Town? Not us, we’re a Hanseatic Town!”
Many, many times on entering King’s Lynn I have pondered just how many people, local or otherwise, know why King’s Lynn’s urban gateways are proudly branded “King’s Lynn – A Hanseatic Town”. Recently, King’s Lynn has had a somewhat unfair reputation in my own humble opinion. As a ‘west area officer’ for several years I […]
