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16 Town & Around August 2023 Tel: 01485 540620 email: editor@townandaround.net
R&B Turf and Groundcare – A cut above the rest

garden machinery business based on the Royal Estate at
Wolferton has the tag line: ‘We mend you mow!’ however
ARobert Frost and his team do so much more than that.
Established in 2006 by Robert and his wife Julie, the business covers
west Norfolk and East Lincolnshire. Robert has been mending
lawnmowers since 1985 and prior to that he was a motor mechanic –
“I’ve had a working lifetime in mechanics”, he said.
A local chap he attended Sedgeford School and Hunstanton
Secondary Modern (now Smithdon High School). At 15 years old he
went straight from school and into a five year apprenticeship. Many
of the mechanical skills he learned as a young lad he soon found were
transferable and in recent years the introduction of battery powered
machines have added to his skillset - and the choices for the
horticultural and domestic users.
With cylinder and rotary machines, and petrol, electric and battery
options, choosing the right machine can be difficult, but Robert says
that there is a mower to suit everyone, and to ensure that customers
get the right machine for the job he will come to your garden, talk to
you about what you want to achieve (for example are you a lover of cut too short and don’t cut when it’s wet or frosty.”
the striped lawn?), who will be doing the mowing and then he’ll advise With one full time and two part-time skilled mechanics, a driver and
the best machine for you. R&B can supply and service every type of Julie in the office R&B supplies and services machines including
mower from small electric mowers to large ride-on machines. chainsaws, hedge trimmers, disc cutters, concrete mixers, water pumps
Robert said: “At this time of year our workshop is normally full of and generator sets for horticultural businesses and contractors
breakdowns. alongside domestic mowers.
“Most summer breakdowns are a result of not servicing the machine Outside the business, some readers may recognise Robert from
during the winter so we spend quite a lot of time replacing belts and either his twenty-three years with the Coastguard including the last 9
sharpening blades in August. years as Station Officer, or his other passion of dog obedience training
“It’s best to service your mower once a year, preferably between just over the past thirty years in Heacham and Hunstanton.
after the last cut in October until February so you are ready for the first
cut of the new season, but remember, come the first cut in spring don’t Call R&B on 01485 540645 – and mow safely!

Heacham Group Practice
Amenity Fund Reg. Charity No: 1090530

any services are available through the Practice, and in some
cases equipment is funded (wholly or in part) by the HGP
MAmenity Fund. The Fund is a registered charity, and is made
up primarily of donations from patients and their families in
recognition of the care received. The fund is able to pay for items not
normally provided to the Heacham Group Practice by the NHS.
Donations are always welcome, especially if they can be made under
the Gift Aid scheme so we can reclaim 20% tax. Another way to help
is by leaving a legacy in your will - please to take appropriate
professional advice when doing this.
The fund has paid for many items since its inception in 2002 and
these include: Wheelchairs, Defibrillators, Flu Campaign publicity,
ECG machines, DVT tester and Blood Pressure monitors. Recently it
paid for new chairs in the waiting rooms, including some heavy duty
ones.
It has part-funded things like the car park resurfacing at Snettisham
surgery, access gates at the rear of Heacham surgery car park, and new
flooring in the classroom at Heacham. Ongoing expenses can also be
met by the fund, such as oxygen and consumables, for equipment
which the fund provided initially.
Run by a small group of trustees which includes medical staff and
patients, we welcome suggestions for its use which can be for full or
part funding, depending on circumstances. Of course all requests must
meet the objects of the charity, to benefit patients of the Practice and
not be otherwise provided by the NHS. A request form can be obtained
from either surgery, and can also be downloaded from the practice
website where you will find full details of the charity.
Additional trustees would be most welcome - please do get in touch
if you would like to know more.
HGP Amenity Fund - Andrew Nicholl, Chair
Heacham Group Practice,
45 Station Road, Heacham PE31 7EX
annette.knight@nhs.net