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The village has a strong community with a football team (Flitcham & Hillington), a cricket club (Hillington & Flitcham), bowls club, and a vibrant community centre housed in the old Bell public house which is also home for various clubs including Good Companions, Keep Fit, and the village darts and dominoes teams. We have a thriving village school which also runs a Mother and Toddler group'.

CHURCH SERVICES:  See the Parish Newsletter via the above link.

ABBEY FARM WALK

On Sunday 3rd July Edward Cross of Abbey Farm hosted another open day with a series of guided walks and additionally, visitors were allowed to wander at their own pace along set routes across the fields. Some 40 people attended a talk and walk hosted by guest expert Dr Andrew Rogerson of Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service at Gressenhall. He explained how Flitcham would have been settled in pre-Roman times and how, long after the early mediaeval period the landscape would have been considerably different from today. The Augustine Priory at Abbey Farm was one of several which existed in the county before their dissolution by Henry Vlll.

Dr Rogerson dismissed as unlikely the idea that the village's name originated from St Felix (who is said to have sailed up the Babingley river) or from the would "Flitch" meaning a side of bacon! The name is more likely to originate from the Saxon word for springs or ice fields - see here.

Of particular interest to local inhabitants was the revelation that Abbey Road itself is actually a relatively new road which during the early eighteeenth century, replaced a parallel route some quarter of a mile further north . The village's population has changed little in the past 100 years. The party enjoyed sandwiches in the Bell Community Centre afterwards.

        

         

FLITCHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE - 10th Anniversary Celebrations

On Sunday 20th September 2009 a garden party was held at the Bell Community Centre to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the community centre's opening. Highlight of the afternoon was the unveiling of the new village sign which had been commissioned through the generosity of Pamela and Richard Cross to commemorate their 50 year residency at Abbey Farm. The event was recorded by the Eastern Daily Press (Monday 21st edition).

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FLITCHAM FLOWER FESTIVAL (18th - 21st September 2009)

Val Blackmur led a team of Flitcham's finest to put on a Flower Festival in the parish church which surpassed that of the previous one in 2005. Assisted by Pam Cross, Margaret Elyard, Diana Hall, Monica Mortensson, Liz Osborne and Buffy Ross some stunning flower arrangements were created within the church and which drew high praise from the many visitors over the weekend. As well as the flowers a fine collection of needlework and crafts were displayed together with Paul Blackmur's superb collection of "bygones" from the past 200 years - over thirty were there to touch, examine and ponder over; most required Paul's insider knowledge to identify their true purpose. A total in excess of £1,300 was raised for new gates to the churchyard.

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BBC Radio Norfolk: The Sunday morning treasure hunt programme came to Flitcham on the 19th July. Their clue (from King's Lynn) was "solved" within seconds of it being read out and was along the lines of "The first path darts from place to place and the second starts a bubbly drink: this once rang out and then rang time and now draws the village together.." Michael Jarvis was there to meet Becky Betts and to give directions to Dersingham after the final clue was solved.

     Photos by Roger Young

Local Election Results: John Dobson (Conservative) 1648;  J Eels (Independent) 800;  K Sayer (Liberal Democrat) 614;  J Pennington (Labour) 438; D Rodgers (Green) 317 - Conservative hold . Turnout in Norfolk was just 38.6%

Royal Visit: Her Majesty The Queen visited Flitcham Primary School on Tuesday 27th January to open a new classroom and computer facility. Also in the picture are Sally Stanton (far left) and Headmistress Angela Eden.

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Garden Party Photos (25th August 2008): Click Here

Hillington & Flitcham Cricket Club (12th July 2008)

The club extended its lead to 30 points over second placed Swaffham by scoring 264 runs for the loss of just 8 wickets. Swaffham were all out for 167. Martin Wall was the highest scorer in a strong batting line up for Hillington whilst Mark Gricks was Swaffham's top scorer with 72 not out. (Click on the photos to enlarge)

 

  

Burns Night Dinner:

A first class meal of haggis, neaps, multi-mash and sausages was enjoyed by a happy gathering of villagers on Saturday the 19th January. Click here to see some photos.

 

Easter Sunday:

Some snow scenes in and around the village. Click here