It's when I get this kind of response that I realise just how long I have lived in Hethersett. I know the visit to the school was particularly meaningful to my wife who was a teacher there 30 years ago. I believe it was her first teaching post after qualifying at the UEA. She went on to spend many years teaching at Cringleford.
My favourite post in response to my blog was from Sarah Collins who said: "Lovely pictures and lots of memories for both myself and my eldest daughter. Anne (Mrs Steward) taught me when I was in year two, I believe nearly 30 years ago."
I really appreciate all the comments made and try to answer as many as possible.
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Later in the day yesterday I popped along to see mother and daughter duo Clare and Isabelle Sayer who are arranging a garage sale in Hethersett on August 22nd. This is a lovely story that will appear in the next Hethersett Herald and, hopefully, other media outlets. You can see a photo at the top of this blog.
Clare and Isabelle were hoping to run 5km in the Race For Life event this year for Cancer Research, but it became a victim of the pandemic. So they decided to organise a garage sale instead.
So two very pleasant events during the day. Something not so pleasant was taking a photograph of the damage done to the table tennis table on the Memorial Playing Field.
I vented my anger on Facebook and was accused of blaming young people when it could have been people of any age. Sadly experience of living in the village for almost 40 years has taught me that these acts of vandalism are invariably carried out by teenagers.
Perhaps I should have been a little more charitable but the fact remains that people have deliberately vandalised this table by either pulling it apart with some force or by jumping on it. It's a deliberate act of vandalism and the kind of thing that prompted me into resigning as a trustee. I have great respect for all those who continue to fight this kind of moronic behaviour. If you are feeling charitable to these people just have a look at the photo which shows the damage (possibly irreperable) done to the table.