Sonia Harpley, with her three children (left to right) Daniel, Natasha, and Robin
- Credit: SUPPLIED BY FAMILY
A “light-spirited” retired foster carer, who helped improve the lives of countless children, has died aged 61.
Sonia Harpley, of Primrose Square, Swanton Morely, was a foster carer for almost two decades and has been praised for her efforts with the young people she took into her home.
Born on June 25, 1959, she grew up in the village of Hockering, near Dereham.
The youngest of four, she attended Nethered High School in Dereham before leaving at the age of 16 to work in Norwich’s Rowntree Mackintosh chocolate factory alongside her father.
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3:49 PM January 6, 2021
As a vital service providing food and conversation to thousands of people every week across the country, FoodCycle projects can legally operate
- Credit: FoodCycle
Foodcycle, a charity which fights food poverty and loneliness, will continue to provide free takeaway meals and delivery to people in need across Brent during the third national coronavirus lockdown.
Under normal circumstances, volunteers take surplus food and turn it into a nutritious community meal, but during the pandemic they are delivering food parcels and providing a cook and collect takeaway service.
Guests can collect meals from St Cuthbert’s Church in Kilburn on Saturdays at 1.30pm.
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Humshaugh Herbie Newell A reminder that opening hours for the village shop over the Christmas period are: Christmas Eve – normal hours, Christmas Day – closed, Boxing Day – 9-11. For takeaway meals from the Crown Inn, please check: https://www.facebook.com/humshaugh/. A huge thank you to everyone at St Peter’s Church for the excellent Christmas 2020 Carol Service DVD that has been distributed free of charge in the parish. The readings, singing by our first school children, and festive scenes of St Peter’s and Humshaugh bring much-needed cheer and joy at the end of a very challenging year. Some hopeful news on the George Hotel which is planning to reopen in April 2021, depending on the situation with hospitality and Covid-19 tiers. The George has reverted to its owners, who have appointed Bespoke Hotels to manage and operate the business.
The Italian Chapel, Lamb Home, Orkney The story behind the construction of this isolated chapel is fascinating enough – it was built on Lamb Home during the Second World War by Italian prisoners-of-war sent to work on the so-called Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow – but even without that narrative the building itself would stand as a thing of beauty in its own right. Begun in 1943 and not properly finished until after the war ended, it was constructed from two Nissen huts joined end to end, plastered on the inside and then decorated with ornate frescoes. Restored twice, in the 1960s and again in the 1990s, it is now an A-listed building and, in happier times, a popular tourist draw.