Articles from 2001
Ley Lines
September 2001
A network of straight lines connects our Churches The study of Ley Lines is generally attributed to...
Letter from the Vicarage
September 2001
The Parishes of Northwold, Wretton with Stoke Ferry and Whittington This is the time of harvest...
Green Living
September 2001
Ideas for the Reluctant Environmentalist This is the first of a regular column dedicated to sharing...
Garden Talk
September 2001
Final acts before the curtain of Fall Those nights have certainly started to pull in now but by day...
Editorial
September 2001
Staying Out for the Summer Well, the long hot summer is almost over! I'm sure for many Mums, the...
Community Meetings
September 2001
Let's get together It must be over 20 years since the inception of our Village Pump, and I have...
Autumn
September 2001
A poem to herald the new season Autumn has comeWith leaves rusty brownAnd trees that are coveredWith...
A Thief's Dilemma
September 2001
A steal? It was really easy pickings,A handbag in a trolley.He snatched it, grinned and...
A Sense Of Humour
September 2001
Why Not? I saw a cartoon recently where the Optician was saying to the client 'You will be able to...
A Conservative Opinion
September 2001
Who will lead the Tories? I packed up smoking some eight years ago and haven't been the same man...
Your Letters
August 2001
Batching plant? Law reforms? Dear Ray, I was out walking my friend's dog along Furlong Road. A...
Wandering Around the Wissey
August 2001
A tour of local gardens Inspired by Graham Forster's A Day Out in Norfolk, we decided to take...
The Village Pump Contributors
August 2001
The people that bring you your monthly dose of community life Les Lawrence said some very kind...
The Village Kitchen
August 2001
Starters 1. Choose even-sized potatoes. Scrub well. 2. Prick with fine skewer and rub with beef or...
The Tree
August 2001
Poet-tree For hundreds of years the tree has grown up,To touch the sky it will never give up,Tall...
The Percentages Have It
August 2001
90% of you should read this This expression 'social intercourse' first came to my attention many...
Stoke Ferry Annual Parish Council Meeting
August 2001
Held on 10th May 2001 at 7.30pm PRESENT Chairman, V.Chairman & Messrs Patterson, Bonnett and...
Stoke Ferry and District Ladies Group
August 2001
Minutes of the July meeting 23 members enjoyed a visit to 'Elgoods Brewery' at Wisbech. We were...
Soapbox
August 2001
Parliamentary Election Party politics have no place in the Village Pump, but it may not be out of...
Runnin' on
August 2001
Tree Henge Unearthed One day last week we decided to take a picnic to Holme, the sand dunes always...