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Street Lights Sometimes Fail.

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Street lights can sometimes fail, but it is important to know what you can do as a citizen to get them repaired, so we present a brief summary here. The starting point is to understand whether the location is still the responsibility of the developer, has been adopted by the Country Council or is on Town property. The majority of roads in Downham Market have been adopted, but it is worth checking if this is the case if the street light is on a new build location. For a guide the Norfolk County Council interactive map highways map  is a good place to start, and this also shows current foot paths and bridleways too (though is not definitive). The snapshot of the map below shows an example where the green marked roads are maintained by Norfolk County Council Highways but the newly developed parts of Grimshoe Road and Tinkers Way have not been adopted yet, and are still likely to be the responsibility of the developer. The other areas that have street lights are those that...
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Gold goes to....Downham Market

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Hooray!! Downham Market received a GOLD award from “Anglia In Bloom” at the Awards Event in Gorleston on the 14 th September.  The Live and Let Live or as it's known locally “The Livvy” Public House received a SILVER award on its first time of entry, so huge congratulations. “Downham In Bloom” activities carry on throughout the year, which runs from July to July, and affects varied aspects of the town.      The Willows Nature Reserve Firstly there is the floral aspect, which is very visual and noticeable. This includes the work carried out by our Borough Council in the parks and open spaces and also the beautiful displays created by many of Downham's commercial premises including The Crown and The Castle and also Barker Bros. this year amongst others. Go and enjoy a peaceful time in the Willows Nature Reserve, some say our best kept secret. The boat over the Hythe Bridge is kept looking great year round. And Travis Perkins make an annual...
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The Stone Cross

All that we had we gave: All that was ours to give: Freely surrendered all, That you in peace might live. In trench and field and many seas we lie - We who in dying shall not ever die If only you in honour of the slain Shall surely see we did not die in vain Words of remembrance underlying the poignant events of The Great War. Two men, likely friends, from Ryston and Bexwell fell on the battlefields of France exactly a year apart on the 25 September in the years 1915 and 1916. This memorial to their falling is one of the first erected, privately commissioned and erected whilst the conflict continued. Second Lieutenant Lionel Henry Pratt, 18th Battalion of the London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) was the third son of Edward Roger Murray Pratt and Louisa Frances Pratt of Ryston Hall. He fell on the 25 September 1915 at the age of 25 in the Battle of Loos and buried in a mass grave at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay Second Lieutenant Charles Prangle...
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Events Listing, 25 August 2017

It's Friday and time for another Downham Market event's listing. It's Bank Holiday weekend and it looks like a good one with maximum temperatures predicted at 25°C on Monday. Have a Downham Market and District event you want listed? Let  Martin at Downham Market Town Council know. As always this listing is an aggregation of provided and identified events. Content is the responsibility of the event organisers. Downham Market Town Council unless otherwise stated takes no responsibility for event details. When Time Organisation Event Cost Where Contact Sat 26 Aug The Chequers, Wimbotsham August Bank Holiday Beer Festival 6 Guest Ales & 2 Guest Ciders The Chequers, Wimbotsham 01366 386 768 infochequers@yahoo.com http://www.thechequerswimbotsham.co.uk/ Sat 26 Aug 1200-1300 Lewks FLYTE live in store Free Entry Lewks, Wales Court 01366 383762 http://www.l...
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Passchendaele Remembered

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Downham Market will hold a small service to remember the fallen at Passchendaele on:  Saturday 16th September 2017 at 10:45am on the Town Square. MEMORIAL TABLET Squired nagged and bullied till I went to fight, (Under Lord Derby's Scheme). I died in hell - (They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight, And as I hobbled back; and then a shell Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light. At sermon-time, while Squire is in his pew, He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare; For, though low down upon the list, I'm there; 'In proud and glorious memory'...that's my due. Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire: I suffered anguish that he's never guessed. Once I came home on leave: and then went west.... What greater glory could a man desire? -Siegfried Sassoon Oct. 1918, 1st pub. Picture Show 1919 Passchendale, a name synonymous with the horror of industrialised warfare, life and death i...
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