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Keeping you informed in Sculthorpe..

X8 Bus Route through Sculthorpe

News from County Councillor Dr Marie Strong In future the X8 will pick up and drop off on the Sculthorpe side of the A148! Sculthorpe residents told me of their concern in having to cross the main road (A148) to catch … Continue reading

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Sculthorpe Milestone

The renovated Milestone is now back in its original position towards the east end of The Street. Very smart it looks too. The first two letters of ‘Fakenham’ are not shown due to regulations stating the renovation can only bring … Continue reading

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The Sculthorpe Village Show

The Horticultural Show has now been running for 5 years. Over time we have gradually added new categories for the people of Sculthorpe to enter. Photographs and crafts are proving very popular, so we decided that it was time to change … Continue reading

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The Italian Quiz Night

Once again our village quiz night was a resounding success. This, the 4th quiz night to be arranged by the voluntary ‘Sculthorpe Events Team’, had an Italian theme with the serving of home cooked lasagne, salad & French bread. The … Continue reading

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Better Broadband for Norfolk – update from Dr Marie Strong

While we wait for news from the Community Construction Fund Iofferthe latest information on our Better Broadband project. In brief over 80% of Norfolk’s homes and businesses are expected to be able to access superfast broadband (24 Megabits per second plus) … Continue reading

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Village Hall Christmas Bingo

Many thanks to everyone who so kindly gave prizes, those who turned out in such awful weather to support us and all who helped especially Jean who sorts this out every year for our village hall funds.  We made approx … Continue reading

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Broadband Update

County Councillor, Dr Marie Strong, updates us on the developments around us all getting efficient, fast broadband… We have now signed with BT to roll out effective broadband throughout the county, including our most rural areas and ‘not spots’, by … Continue reading

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Pub Night

The pub night at the village hall proved to be a success, with over 40 villagers ‘popping in’ to mingle & chat over a glass of beer or wine. A pool table was very popular as was the darts contest … Continue reading

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Quiz Night… A Great Evening!

The 3rd village quiz night, with Drifters fish and chip supper, went really well.  With over 70 tickets sold the village hall was buzzing!  The food arrived piping hot and was delicious, the raffle was well supported with some great … Continue reading

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The Horticultural Show

Despite the bad weather during the year and a lack of choice for some would-be contributors, there was a very good show for people to enjoy and the event was well supported. Many thanks to all who contributed flowers and … Continue reading

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