Following good advance publicity, people came from far and wide to visit the Wildlife Photography Exhibition held in the Village Hall last Saturday.
As previously reported, it featured the work of two local photographers, our own Robin Brown (aged 9 and ½) and Nick Jermy (aged 37 and ¾) from Woodton. Between them they covered a wide array of fauna and flora with some really impressive pictures, much enjoyed by all.
Some excellent cakes were served with tea and coffee, and a substantial sum was raised for the
Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
It is not often that Denton makes the front page of the EDP, but on February 22nd it achieved that distinction. However, it was for all the wrong reasons.
Three winter storms had hit Norfolk in four days, but it was the third, codename "Franklin", that did a lot of damage in Denton. Many properties in the village had trees blown down and minor structural damage. The unfortunate residents of Upland Terrace, on Norwich Road, were not so lucky.
On Sunday evening, the 20th, what many observers called a Tornado, hit the area. As the EDP reported, its centre seemed concentrated on a small area but a number of properties suffered major damage to their roofs etc. Not surprisingly, the occupants, were terrified by the noise as the storm hit.
Needless to say, offers of help poured in from neighbours and further afield. Everyone feels the greatest sympathy for those affected.
The former, and much missed, Pomodoro Pizza service has changed its name, but not its wares, to "Bella Ciao" and will shortly resume their visits to the Village Hall Car Park.
These will commence on Friday 11th March when they will be open from 6 pm till 9 pm. You can either take you pizze home for consumption or eat them in the Hall once the bar opens from 7 pm.
As might have been expected, Denton celebrated the Millennium in 2000 in some style.
The various events have been recorded on the Village Website for some time, but now a significant omission has been sorted out.
Do you have a copy of the great group photograph, taken on the 1st July that year, hanging on your wall?
Well, thanks to Ken Ashton, who took the photograph, this has now been sorted out. Can you find yourself on
The Millennium Page?
BBC Radio 6 Music currently features a show hosted by Tom Ravenscroft (son of the late John Peel, the famous DJ, who lived for many years with his family near Stowmarket in Suffolk).
This reminded Adele Godsmark of another link between Denton, Norfolk, and Denton, Texas.
It is based on an item which featured in 2014 on the BBC Radio 4 documentary programme “Home Truths”. It concerned John, who himself compered the programme before his death in 2004.
John lived for a while in the Texas Denton and then resided near Stowmarket in his later years.
Adele came across this story on the BBC website –
HOME TRUTHS
BBC Radio One - 3rd October 2014
Nice Hat
The headgear? John Peel has the details...
"On Wednesday night over on Radio 1 we featured a band from Denton, Texas, called Lift To Experience."
"In tribute to their home-town, in which I had, years ago, attempted to sell insurance, our son Thomas and I travelled to Denton, Norfolk, where Tom took photos of me wearing my cowboy hat in front of Denton Village Hall to present to the band. They were quite moved that we’d gone to such pointless lengths. There’s another Denton just off the Al in Cambridgeshire and we’re planning a visit there soon..."
Thank you, John. These things matter.
