Summary of 2023

The Parish Council applied for the Covid-19 community recognition plaque. The plaque has now been fitted on the post of the East Carleton village sign.

New Village Bench Has Jubilee Signs Fitted.

New village bench fitted in place on Monday 28th March 2022.

Thanks to the Parish Council for suppling the new bench and the new brass Jubilee signs.

January 2022 Soup Lunch and Charity Vote.

The Soup Lunch was very well attended and we raised £178. We also voted on the new charity which we will support for the calendar year January to January. The new charity is Little Lifts.

East Carleton Open Gardens 2022

After resting for two years we are running an Open Garden Event this year. The event will be held on Sunday 3rd July 2022. From 11am to 5pm. Check out the Events page for more information.

New Charity

We took a vote on our new charity at the Coffee morning in October. The charity will be active for the rest of 2021 as the defibrillator is now installed and ready for use.

The new charity is Blood Cancer UK.

Cars Coffee and Cake.

This was our first time at running such an event. We had over 45 cars turn up on the day and lots of visitors who came to view the cars. The cars ranged from Lotus, Morgans, MGs, Fords, Porsche, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Triumph and a Lamborghini. We raised some money for charity and the church by selling Coffee and Cake.

Village Sign in all it’s glory.

Sign was unveiled by Teresa and Olive. There were over 50 people from the village watching on. Everyone was amazed at how good the sign looked after Teresa worked her magic on it.

Refurbished Village Sign Unveiling.

Our village sign has been looking a little weather beaten of late. It has been away with a local artist Teresa Hill for a complete makeover. The grand unveiling of the freshly painter sign will happen on Saturday 21st August at 11.30am. All welcome.

Cars Coffee and Cake

A new event which has just gone live. Check out the Events page for more information.

Exciting Lotus News

You may want to watch the live stream of the launch of the all new Lotus Emira. This happens at 7pm on 6th July 2021. WWW.lotuscars.com

Speeding Traffic Through East Carleton #2

Our new local police Beat Manager was on patrol in East Carleton and stopped 3 drivers and warned them for there excessive speed through the village. I expect a few more would have got tickets as well. Please watch your speed when driving through East Carleton as the roads are narrow and some driveways are difficult to see.

Speeding Traffic Through East Carleton.

There have been over 25,800 cars going one way through the village during the month of May 2021. One car was doing over 90mph. These results from the SAM2 speed detector are sent to the local police.

Coffee Mornings Are Back.

Our first coffee morning for over 15 months was held on 5th June. All under covid restrictions. It went off very well. Even had waiter service. Look out for the next coffee morning in about a months time.

Another Wedding on a sunny day in May 2021

The marriage of Alice and Darragh at St Mary’s East Carleton.

Village sign taken down for a makeover.

The sign was removed on Thursday 27th May to have the paint work repaired. Hopefully it will be back soon.

East Carleton had the fire brigade out on Wednesday 19th May.

Extract taken from the Norwich Fire Brigade logs. I understand the deer was released and all ended well for the deer.

St Mary’s Church. Kitchen Refresh.

After 15 months without a coffee morning the Kitchen was looking very sorry for it’s self. Doors hanging off, sink had come away from the wall and drawers not opening. A two man team spent two days fixing up the kitchen. Then it was handed over for a spring clean. Ready for the next coffee morning. It will be great to catch up with everyone when we can.

The seat on the corner of Wymondham Road and Rectory Road has had a spring clean. The area around it has also been tidied up. Now we can see what needs fixing. That’s the next job.

Wedding at St Mary’s Church on 1st May 2021.

The first wedding in a long time at St Mary’s. The sun came out as Sophie Chapman and Tom Hutchinson left the church as husband and wife.

East Carleton Defibrillator

As of 28th April 2021 the defibrillator is now live. This has only been possible due to the very kind donations of the people of East Carleton. Check it out at the entrance to St Mary’s church. Check out Gallery 3.

Boarders Tidied and Grass Cut.

The garden around the village sign has had a bit of dead heading and weeding. The car parking area down at St Mary’s church has had the boarders weeded and grass cut. Just makes the village look so nice. Well done.

Speed Watch is back.

The Speed Watch time will be out in the village on 14th April 2021 checking for speeding cars. Keep to 30mph and all will be ok.

Carleton House Care Home.

Carleton House Care Home applies for planning permission.

Go to the link to find out more.

https://info.south-norfolk.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage

East Carleton Defibrillator Update.

The defibrillator is now in place. We are waiting on the electrics to be done, for it to be ready for use.

Village Litter Pick News.

South Norfolk Council has announced that this years community litter pick will be in September or October 2021. Date to be announced.

Speed Watch.

The village Speed Watch coordinator has been told that we can start Speed Watch again. This is in early planning stage as there needs to be some COVID practices in place.