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Promote your own industry. The great success story of Britain's food producers must be heard loud and clear, a 70-strong meeting of Stalham Farmers' Club was told. Sophie Bambridge, of B & C Farming, said that farmers and growers should take every opportunity to promote their own industry. Speaking to the theme, "Meeting tomorrow's challenges . . . . today," she told her audience including more than a dozen members of North Walsham YFC, that there were great opportunities to feed a growing domestic market. But, the industry must make its voice heard and be prepared to use social media to get over positive messages.
(See full report in club reports).
Entry added: 17 Jan 2019
YFC thanks - A 13-strong group of members from North Walsham Young Farmers' Club were invited to the January meeting and joined the chairman Henry Alston as our guests to supper. A total of 32 members and guests enjoyed a hearty meal at Vera's Coffee Shop, Wayford Nursery. Sarah Norman, club leader, responded on behalf of the 70-strong gathering and in particular thanked the host inviting members to supper.
Entry added: 17 Jan 2019
Top Norfolk farmer dies aged 88. A former champion Norfolk farmer, Tom Crane, who founded one of the country's top Haflinger studs, has died aged 88 at his Oxnead home. The long-standing club member was Norfolk NFU chairman in 1982 and was made OBE in the 1988 new year's honours. He took over the family's Marsham farm from his father as a young man and built up a formidable range of enterprises over the following years. Then he spent five decades building up the Oxnead Haflinger stud, which was highly regarded around the world.
Obituary - See left, Past Club Members.
Entry added: 09 Jan 2019
Warm welcome- For a brief summary of the December meeting, please see meeting reports (left)
Entry added: 15 Dec 2018
A family affair - It was almost a family affair at Stalham Farmers’ Club’s December meeting when three new members joined. A former chairman, Alistair Wright, proposed that his wife, Junko should join the ranks and Andrew Spinks nominated his father Ian. Our former chairman, Jonathan Deane proposed Nick Collier too.
Almost 30 members and guests thoroughly enjoyed an informal and delightful presentation by award-winning bookbinder and successful local author, Judith Ellis. The retired Norfolk veterinary surgeon, who now lives in Aylsham, took up the technical challenge of book binding and has won several national awards. It led her into a second career as an author and her first volume, "Two Points East: A view of Maritime Norfolk," has just sold out and just been re-printed. She published a second, "Curlew Coast: Diversions on Maritime Suffolk, earlier this year.
She was thanked by John Grier, who recalled that they had first met when calving a calving a cow in the early 1970s.
Entry added: 13 Dec 2018
Radio star at our December meeting - Fresh from starring on Radio Suffolk, our December guest speaker Judith Ellis will be sharing some of her secrets as a "maritime" author. She had an hour-long appearance on BBC Radio Suffolk's Lesley Dolphin Show yesterday talking about her latest book, "Curlew Coast. Diversions on Maritime Suffolk." Judith will be at our meeting at Vera's Coffee Shop on Wednesday, December 12, 7.30pm. Members and guests welcome.
Entry added: 11 Dec 2018
Inspiring address - Six new members were welcomed at the opening indoor meeting of Stalham Farmers' Club at a new venue, Vera's Coffee Shop - Neil Punchard, Ben Catling, Harry Dustan, Charlotte Hovey, David Pickering, and Andrew Claydon. The guest speaker, Jake Fiennes, now general manager for conservation at the Holkham estate in north Norfolk, gave an inspiring address. A total of 34 members were briefed on the latest developments by Mr Fiennes, who had travelled from NFU headquarters at Stoneleigh that day having attended a meeting of the quarterly environment forum. Details - see minutes and reports (left).
Entry added: 15 Nov 2018
Congratulation to the new chairman - Congratulations to Nick Deane on his election as Norfolk NFU county chairman in its centenary year. About 100 members and guests at Easton & Otley College were also presented with copies of the 28-page "A Century of Growing" publication to mark the start of celebrations of the NFU's centenary in 2019. Nick takes over from Tony Bambridge, who now becomes county NFU delegate. Our president, Thomas Love, was, of course, county chairman until 2016. And another family connection to the club, Jamie Lockhart, was elected vice county chairman. Earlier members had stood in memory of former NFU members including our former president, William Donald. A collection for RABI, farming's charity, raised £566.06!
Entry added: 07 Nov 2018
Stalham's six-figure success. And yes, we've attracted 100,000 visits to the website. The club must have many busy members or many others who are following our club news with keen interest. Here's to the next 100,000.
Entry added: 02 Nov 2018
Dean of Norwich dedicates showground tree - An informal tree-planting dedication was held in memory of a former chief executive of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association and long-standing club and committee member.The late John Purling, who died in April last year aged 69, was at the helm of the RNAA for 18 years until 2012.A 40-strong group, including his widow Ena and family, met under leaden skies to plant a large-leafed lime near the light horse ring – just yards from his former Norfolk showground office.The Dean of Norwich Cathedral, the Very Rev Jane Hedges, who was the 2017 RNAA president, led the dedication and brief prayers, on Thursday, November 1. Incidentally, she will be speaking and presenting the trophies at the club's annual dinner on Wednesday, March 20 at the Boathouse, Ormesby.When a long-established tree fell in the January storms, Greg Smith, chief executive, said that it was fitting to plant a replacement in Mr Purling’s memory.Among those gathered at the showground were Sir Timothy Colman, who was chairman of council when Mr Purling was appointed general manager in 1994. Two years later, he became chief executive, working with Henry Cator until 2009 and finally Sir Nicholas Bacon, who stands down as chairman of council next April.The president, Ben Turner, and other senior officials, including finance director Grant Pilcher, vice-chairman Rob Alston, and head stewards, past and present, and RNAA staff also attended In her closing remarks, the Dean read a brief extract from Isiah, Chap 55, v12:
You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
As the rain started to fall, she invited members of the family to add some soil to the newly-planted tree.
Entry added: 02 Nov 2018
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