• Report: Hindol Tea Dance 13th September 2019

    A good time was had by all at the Village Hall 1940’s Tea Dance in September.  Many thanks go to Mike and Alison Thomas of the Old Bakery B&B for organising the event.  They were inspired by their regular guests, John & Lorna, who stay every year for the Holt & Sheringham 40’s weekend. They provided the decorations for the hall and came along and danced all evening.  DJ Major Swing and Kitty were inspiring (and patient) teachers of some of the wartime dances including the St Bernard’s Waltz, the Foxtrot and the Palais Glide.

    Everyone dressed up for the occasion and some did so in 1940’s attire.  Judging for the Best Dressed Couple was difficult, with some very well turned out dancers.  The prize went to sailor and landgirl, George and Pearl Kemp.  Tea and cake were well received and the bar did a good trade, too. The event raised £266 for the village hall extension fund and put a smile on many faces.

    If you would like to organise a fundraising event for the village hall, please contact one of the committee and we’ll be happy to help out.

  • Report: Derek Sands Reaches 100 Not Out – 7th August 2019

     

    To download the report in pdf, please click here

  • Village Photos: August 2019

    The latest picture has been provided by a former member of the Hindolveston football team taken around 1986 – if you recognise anyone, please let the web manager know.

     

  • History: Heroes of Our Time

    Heroes of Our Time

    Among the many talents and attributes the late Mr Richard Gray and former resident had, was as a phenomenal researcher of military history and the stories of individuals that paid the ultimate price for their service to their country, including the Wellington BK440 crash into fields just outside the village in December 1943. In recognition of his work to highlight the plight of the crew of BK440, a plaque has been designed and mounted next to the village war memorial.

    Much of Mr Gray’s work has been captured on an excellent website created by his family and is based on the 2600+ documents and 6300+ photographs that he gathered. It is a huge source of local information including airfields, military bases and useful links for anyone wanting to follow up with their own research. The website is simply called Heroes of Our Time and can be reached by clicking here.

    Our thanks go to his daughter Donna Gray and her partner Darren Rose for taking the time to create the website which honours among the many, the Hindolveston soldiers that served and died in WWI as well as the crew of the Wellington BK440.

    The plaque was in place for Remembrance Sunday in 2018 and has since been visited by relatives of at least one of the fallen crew members in the summer of 2019.

  • Notice: A Big Thank You – St George’s 2019 Summer Fete

    The organisers of the St George’s summer fete held on a lovely warm sunny Saturday afternoon on 20th July 2019, would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who supported the fete. It raised an incredible £1,433.08.

    To download the poster click here.

  • Village Photos: Summer 2019

    The web manager has received these two beautiful photos from a local resident and wonderful photographer, Bev, for all to enjoy:

    “Owls” was snapped from the road between Hindol and Melton Constable

    This picture with a watercolour effect was taken close to bus shelter – entitled: Hindolveston in Bloom

  • Hindol History: Sgt Stuart Wilson RAF Navigator of Wellington BK440

    Stuart Wilson RAF was the navigator of the Wellington BK440 that crashed just outside the village in December 1943.

    In May 2019, one of his two nephews contacted the web manager to seek further information about the exact location of the crash and the new memorial plaque.

    He also provided the web manager with a photo of Sgt Wilson and has expressed his kind permission that this be made available on the village website.

    The text of this post was originally published on the website home page in June 2019

     

     

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