Calls for more affordable housing schemes in north Norfolk
Town and village leaders with the potential for more housing in north Norfolk have been urged to come forward as part of an effort to keep the…
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Town and village leaders with the potential for more housing in north Norfolk have been urged to come forward as part of an effort to keep the…
Published: 1:04 PM May 25, 2021 A post box in Bodham has been temporarily deccomissioned due to nesting birds deciding to use the box as their home. - Credit: Callum Ringer It may not be everyone's idea of first-class accommodation but for one nesting bird, a post box has been given the stamp of approval. Royal Mail has temporarily decommissioned a post box in Hart Lane, Bodham due to a bird using it as a nesting box. Callum Ringer, vice chairman of Bodham Parish Council, said while he was aware of other examples of post boxes being taken over by birds he thought it was a first for thi...
At The Wellington Pub and Smokehouse in Garden Street, people were enjoying a drink inside and outside at the venue, which was also open for the first time since 2020. Callum Ringer, who was having a drink with Chris Shepherd said: "This is a pub that hasn't been open for outside so it's nice to be able to be inside a pub like this. I've been waiting six months for this pint!" Staff at The Breakers Cafe in Cromer which has reopened as restrictions are lifted. From left, Rhys Davis, Megan Croucher, Leah Colebrooke, and Sylvie Fijalkowska. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY - Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archan...
The Red Hart Inn, Bodham. - Credit: ANTONY KELLY Villagers will have the chance to 'rescue' their local pub should it happen to go up for sale over the next five years. Bodham Parish Council has registered the Red Hart Inn as an asset of community value (ACV), after its previous registration ended earlier in the year. Callum Ringer, vice chairman of the council, said: "We don't see any reason why the pub would be put up for sale, but it's a form of insurance policy for the community. "If anything were to happen it would give us an opportunity to rally around it."
The Red Hart Inn, Bodham. - Credit: ANTONY KELLY A project to establish a permanent community shop in the north Norfolk village of Bodham has taken a step forward. The village had been without a shop since the closure of its previous business six years ago, but a temporary store has now opened in the local pub, The Red Hart Inn. Goods on display inside the Red Hart pub's shop in Bodham, north Norfolk. - Credit: Supplied by Lee Merritt This shop was only intended to run throughout the latest lockdown until the venue can reopen as a pub, but Callum Ringer, from the Bodham and Beckham C...