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Issue No. 206 - September and
October 2003
As usual when I sit down to write this
load of old rubbish I have a quick look at what I insulted your intelligence
with in the last couple of issues. Well just in case you've forgotten,
or you don't normally read this claptrap anyway, I was bemoaning the
weather on both occasions and predicting another washout of a summer.
As usual I got it wrong and we have been having a scorcher of a summer
with records being broken right left and centre. Like many I don't
like being proved wrong but in this case I will make an exception.
Yes I know there are many who hate it when it turns too hot but I
love it. Lunch in the garden every day, a cold beer in the fridge
and an excuse to drink it. Shorts have become a regular feature of
my wardrobe and my tanned lower limbs have been displayed extensively
around the village. (Now that is a sight there should be a law against.
Er-indoors.)
Looking back on the carnival
I have to admit that it was a good week, and a credit to the younger
villagers who organized it. One can only despair however at the lack
of support they received from other people and organizations in the
village. Why were there only two floats? Why were there so few stalls?
All right some of the weeks events were better supported than others
for example the quiz, (And what sort of extremely sad person is it
who knows the name of Tonto's horse? Yes it's him. Er-indoors.) but
the Junior players
production attracted more people to two shows in Sudbury than it did
to three shows in their own village. Well all I can say to those who
missed it is it was your loss. The kids were superb and truly deserved
the ovations they were given at all the performances.
Still harking back to the carnival and youngsters, while some behave
in a manner that fills you with pride and hope for the future others
do exactly the opposite.
While the judging of the entries in the flower
showwas
taking place certain people thought it would be quite a "hoot"
to steal the prize winning cakes in one of the classes, as well as
abuse the doorkeeper when asked to leave. These people are doing the
village no favours.
Back in June I was contacted by the saleslady for the new houses being
built at Clopton who asked if I could supply a few copies of the "Scene"
to give to likely customers who, not knowing the village, wanted to
know about Wickhambrook before possibly purchasing a house here. Always
on the lookout for new readers and members of the Supporters Club
I readily agreed. Imagine my horror when arriving back from holiday,
having left John Bean to put the magazine to bed, I had to deliver
a magazine containing headlines like 'THE
VANDALISM GETS WORSE' and reports about the shooting
at of a public service vehicle which could have had disastrous consequences.
What on earth must people reading it have thought about our village?
Please if anyone does know the identity of these mindless morons,
tell the police. This is our village to save, not theirs to wreck.
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