Erpingham with Calthorpe

(with Erpingham school)

Saturdays 18th and 25th April, 10.00 – 1.00

on the field next to Erpingham Village Hall

Come and help find the remains of Sir Thomas Erpingham’s Manor House

If taking part (rather than just watching), please bring a small trowel, strong gloves, and something to kneel on.

Refreshments and an exhibition about Old Erpingham made available in the Village Hall

with thanks to the Parish Council.

This Event is FREE.     EVERYONE WELCOME

Further information about the whole year of the battle of Agincourt sexcentenary celebrations can be found at www.erpingham.org

Friday 24th April, 7.15 for 7.30

Erpingham Village Hall

A showing of the classic film HENRY V starring Laurence Olivier

Tickets for the film £5 from Ros 01263 761702 Lynn 768314 or Helen 768209,

AND In the interval

THE BATTLE OF THE PUDDINGS (eating not throwing!)

French versus English puddings (e.g. Spotted Dick v Tarte Tatin !)

Tickets £3 on the night. 2nd and 3rd helpings (if available) at no extra charge

Can you help by cooking a French or English pudding?

If so please contact Helen or Lynn.

Further information about the whole year of the battle of Agincourt sexcentenary celebrations can be found at www.erpingham.org

27th February 2015 in the Village Hall.

Our Village Hall was packed to capacity for this memorable evening with Hugh Lupton, author and story-teller.

Hugh’s superb story telling skills and wide repertoire kept the audience mesmerised as he told of poachers and princesses, farmers and faeries, kings and tinkers.

His stories ranged from well loved traditional Norfolk legends, to contemporary anecdotes and a song of love for the girl in the Cromer fish shop. His story from “weird Suffolk” caused a shiver down the spine and his yarns of John Oliver the poacher reduced the audience to gales of laughter.

A supper buffet and licensed bar helped make this a most convivial evening.

23rd January 2015 in the Village Hall.

There are few members of our community who claim Scottish roots, yet we nonetheless filled the Village Hall to celebrate the anniversary of Scotland’s famous poet.

A delicious traditional dinner featuring haggis, neeps and cranachan was followed by poetry readings and a light-hearted “address to the lassies”.

The evening concluded with enthusiastic Scottish dancing led by expert dance teacher Joyce Sutherland.

8th November 2014 in the Village Hall.

A remarkable one man show by Alex Gwyther engaged an appreciative audience in the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce. Supported by the simplest of sets and an evocative sound track the eighteen year old actor brought an emotional intensity to the performance which left the audience hushed, with tears in their eyes.

Mulled wine and a delicious buffet accompanied this event which supported by Creative Arts East.

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RECORD CROWDS FOR THE TROSH – Sunday September 14th

After last year’s terrible weather the Ingworth Trosh (although now Erpingham/Colby way) was blessed with no rain and a smattering of sunshine.

This year the Trosh supported no less than three threshers (two Ransomes and one John Deere American thresher) which must be a record all in one place. They threshed wheat and baled straw all afternoon much to the delight of everyone there. This alongside two traction engines in full steam, multiple vintage tractors both static and ploughing, classic cars, and an enormous modern combine and beet harvester for comparison.

The rural theme continued with an impressive display of sheep shearing and then a Fun Dog Show. Every size and shape of dog imaginable and all so well behaved! Everything from ‘A Bad Hair Day’ (for the scruffiest dog) to that ‘Most like its Owner’.

Children’s fun rides, and owls and other birds of prey provided fun for all the family as well as a plentiful supply of stalls and displays and a large refreshment tent.

Erpingham Church next year is commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt when Sir Thomas Erpingham led the long bow archers to certain victory and on this weekend next year (i.e. 12th and 13 September) there will be a spectacular Medieval Pageant on fields near the church, so an archer from the Black Knight Historical was there to talk to people about that and medieval archery. The Trosh will still take place in 2015, most probably on the following weekend.

Thanks must go to all those  people who put in so much time, effort and money to make the Trosh such a success this year, but a special thanks to Alan Witham who is most instrumental in organising the event year on year and to the Alston family for very generously letting us borrow their fields.

The Trosh raised about £6,400 for the upkeep of the 3 medieval churches of Alby, Ingworth and Erpingham.