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Tel: 01485 540620 email: editor@townandaround.net                           Town & Around May 2018   9
        RNLI Quiz Night at Caley Hall Hotel
        Thursday 17th May from 6pm, quiz begins at 8pm

        Join us for a quiz night on Thursday 17th May and help us raise money for
        Hunstanton Lifeboat Station.
          Entry to the quiz is £12 per person and includes a choice of Sausage and
        Mash, Scampi and Chips or Vegetarian Risotto. Food will be served
        between 6 and 7.30pm and the quiz will begin at 8pm. There will also be a
        happy hour from 6-8pm.
          Booking is essential, teams of up to 8 people. For more information or
        to book a table call 01485 533486. Everyone welcome!

        Civic Society news



                           Monthly talks
        The next talk is at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 16 May 2018. We welcome
        back local author Mary Mackie.  Mary will be talking about her latest
        publication “Hunstanton’s Highland Heroes” which is a fascinating
        story of how in 1915 the town welcomed and was entertained by the
        Highland Mounted Brigade of some 600 men and an equal number of
        horses  under  the  command  of  Lord  Lovat.   The  information  was
        gathered together by John Smith and Tony Armstrong along with Nigel
        Day, the new owner of Dreamy Hollow in Docking.  Admission £1 for
        members, £3 for visitors includes refreshments.
                          Heritage Centre
        During the Summer, the Centre is open on Wednesdays, Saturday,
        Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from 1 pm until 5 pm.   Heacham
        has been the first village to be featured; Snettisham follows from the
        end of April until the middle of June when it will be the turn of
        Dersingham.  The displays show aspects of the history, the important
        buildings, the conservation area and the magnificent church.  Mrs.
        Terry Ashworth would be pleased to hear of anyone who would wish
        to  join  the  band  of  volunteers  who  staff  the  centre.    She  can  be
        contacted on 01485 535292.
                      Mary Rhodes 1924-2018
        Although ‘Born and Bred’ in Hunstanton, during the past few years,
        Mary has been living near Acle.    This lady’s funeral was held on 10
        March.    Christine  Earnshaw,  Tony  Armstrong  and  John  Smith
        represented the town’s various organisations.  Some of the books that
        she wrote are available in the Heritage Centre for a minimum donation
        of £1 that will be put towards the cost of memorial plaque.
               The building of a new pier at Hunstanton
        Although the Hunstanton Heritage Pier Community Trust (HHPCT)
        sent answers to the 23 questions posed by the Coastal Community
        Team (CCT), these did not seem to satisfy the Borough Councillors
        on the Committee who voted not to support the Pier Project at the CCT
        Committee meeting on 21st March 2018.   The reason(s) why these
        Borough Councilors did not support the proposal ‘in principle’ are not
        clear and the Trustees of HHPCT have requested a meeting with the
        Borough Councillors concerned.

           The re-instatement of a Rail link from King’s Lynn
                           to Hunstanton
        A presentation was made to the CCT because the project team wish to
        obtain a little of the £40m Coastal Community Fund in order to expand
        the railway heritage display near the coal shed gallery so that it can act
        as a base for information about the project, to consolidate support and
        raise funds for a thorough feasibility study about the type of railway
        and the optimum route.
        For further news, details of our activities, picture gallery, please see
        our web-site www.hunstantoncivicsociety.org.uk, or telephone 01485
        532376
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