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NORMAN
HART, CHAIRMAN OF FOND
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SPRING
FONDdew
On
Sunday 28 March we held our FONDdew at Wymondham – our
first visit to the town – with an afternoon with Ray
Hubbard.
This
went extremely well and, for that, our thanks are due to Ray
who, as well as being so knowledgeable about horses and working
with them, is a born entertainer.
To
read an account of the ‘dew’ go to Good
Ow FONDdew.
FOND
OF OUR WEBSITE
In separate conversations with Keith Skipper and Peter Brooks
both remarked how they considered our website to be a very
important success they had not envisaged during the initial
thoughts of our founding fathers. The number of contacts our
website brings from all over the UK and the rest of the world
is amazing, and each month we are averaging well over 1,000
visitors.
Thanks
are due to Pauline Dodd for all her earlier work on the website
and to Ashley for his more recent developments.
CELEBRATION
OF NORFOLK DIALECT
It was an honour for FOND to have been formally invited to
take responsibility for the Dialect Evening of the Cromer
and North Norfolk Festival of Music, Dance and Speech, on
Tuesday 27 April. In
fact, there had always been informal contact through competitions
and the adjudicators – Keith Skipper (until the year
before last), and Colin Burleigh (ever since). In
the end, Derek Paul asked little of us as he and his team
did 90% of the work – thank you, Derek.
MEMBERSHIP
NUMBERS
It was good to hear from Brenda Bizzell, our membership secretary,
that we have over 300 members, but how many more ‘supporters’
do we have? We have had two ideas on how to increase the membership
numbers of FOND:
1)
Every member tries to recruit one more amongst people they
know who share our interest in the Norfolk dialect.
2)
We persuade parish magazines, society newsletters etc to carry
information about us and an application form. One of Ted Peachment’s
ideas – our vice-chairman – who has already started
the ball rolling!
BLUE
BADGE TOURIST GUIDES
Earlier this year, a letter appeared in the Eastern Daily
Press bemoaning the lack of knowledge of our dialect amongst
members of the Blue Badge tourist guides in Norwich. As a
result of a subsequent letter to the paper, the tourist guides
have contacted us and our president, Professor Peter Trudgill,
and I will be addressing one of their regular meetings in
December.
If
you are aware of any other opportunities for FOND to spread
the word, please contact me via this website, email:
Fare
yew well, together.
THE
BOY HART
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