Yesterday saw the annual President's Day at Hethersett and Tas Valley when the club came together to celebrate a hugely successful season that saw us finish sixth in our first year in the Premier Division of the Norfolk Alliance.
Our youth section won a number of trophies and the whole club is buzzing at the moment. As I always say, if you live anywhere near Flordon where we play our matches, do pop in on a match day. Even if you don't like cricket, the surroundings are wonderful and we have a fully stocked bar.
As for President's Day itself, well we had some heavy rain but the cricket was just for fun anyway. I took a couple of photos which I reproduce with this blog.
Staying with a sporting theme, we went to Carrow Road on Saturday to watch Norwich grind out a 1-0 win over Stoke. I found myself being bored by much of the football played. Before the game we almost have a ritual with grandson Elliot. We start at the Gelato in Opie Street where there are what seem like hundreds of different flavours and in reality are about 30. Everything imaginable. Then we go to an old fashioned sweet shop where the sweets are still just 99p for 100 grams. I always go for bon bons.
At the match we usually have a pie at half time which means forcing your way through the crowds and queuing up at one of the rather outdated eateries that they have in our stand.
These pies are very difficult to eat. To start with they are very hot and then you have only small wooden forks which often snap. It can be a very messy operation. The noise in the enclosed area is horrendous, but that's probably what football matches are all about - noise (and occasional bits of football).
We have bought tickets for the away game at Coventry in a few weeks time. I have never been to Coventry but, as we will be staying in Milton Keynes, it seemed the ideal opportunity to visit this historic city. It's pretty easy to get trains from MK to Coventry and that saves having to drive as long as the railways aren't on strike.
Very often on any given day we find events clashing. I have mentioned President's Day at the cricket club yesterday but I also wanted to go to Vintage Day in Wymondham and particularly to go to the ex serviceman's club to see a film of the town in the past.
We did manage to fit both in but I would have liked to have spent more time in Wymondham as it was a good event. Once again did manage to take a few snaps and once again they are included.
I believe that today Wymondham has a population of around 17,000. I enjoyed the film which looked back at various buildings and places in the history of the town including the day it featured in BBC TV's Antiques Road Show.
I'm not sure where my love of history in all its forms comes from. I did study the subject at Grammar School up to A levels. But it's over the past 10 years that it has become a passion with me. And I'm always mindful that we are ourselves part of history. In 30: years time perhaps our grandchildren will be sitting somewhere watching a grainy version of Wymondham Vintage Day 2023 and marvelling at how the town looked when they were children. And we must all realise that COVID lockdown will definitely be part of history.
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