Signpost - Ellingham and Kirby Cane
When times get tough...
...local support is available. Kirby Cane Charities (CC no. 1079345) can give a donation to help you. And that includes education - if you’re under 25 and need something towards your studies, we can help there too.
(Please note - This offer is only available to people in Kirby Cane)
Let us know what the problem is, how much you need and how soon, then we’ll see what we can do:
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write to KCC, 24 Newgate, Kirby Cane, NR35 2PP
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use the online form https://kirbycanecharities.org.uk/Contact-us/
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contact one of the trustees (they are listed on the Charity Commission web site).
Welcome
About us
Signpost will try to point you in the right direction for news, information, photographs, history, activities and events in the villages of Ellingham and Kirby Cane.
Tempoary A143 road closure
The A143 Yarmouth Road from its junction with Wardley Hill Road to its junction with Church Road for a distance of 1000m; and A143 Yarmouth Road from its junction with the A146 Norwich Road Roundabout for 260m westwards. The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) between 20:00 and 06:00 from 27th November to 8th December 2023 only while signs indicating the closure are in place for the duration of the works expected to be about 12 days within the period.
Morning Prayer, 9.30am on 3rd Dec.
Morning Prayer will be held at All Saints Church, Kirby Cane at 9.30am on Sunday 3rd December.
Christmas Carol Service, 10th Dec.
The Kirby Cane & Ellingham Chrismas Carol Service will be at St Mary's Church, Ellingham on the 10th December at 3pm. Music from Great Yarmouth Brass Band and refreshments will be available. All are welcome.
Quiz Time, 15th Dec. at 3pm
Kirby Cane Memorial Hall is the venue for Quiz Time. Teams of five can enter. Please book a table with Sandy on 01508 518819.
Morning Prayer, 10.00am on 24th Dec.
Morning Prayer will be held at St Mary's Church, Ellingham at 10.00am on the 24th December.
Morning Prayer, 9.30am on 7th Jan. 2024
Morning Prayer will be held at All Saints Church, Kirby Cane at 9.30am on Sunday 7th January 2024.
Holy Communion, 9.30am on 14th Jan. 2024
Holy Communion will be held at St Mary's Church, Ellingham at 9.30am on the 14th January.
Morning Prayer, 10.00am on 28th Jan. 2024
Morning Prayer will be held at St Mary's Church, Ellingham at 10.00am on the 24th January.
HELP! Support required to fund the new car park
Success can sometimes lead to issues. The popularity of the playing field and Ellingham Primary School has highlighted a lack of parking in the area, often with as many as 60 vehicles parked along the road and verges: thereby causing travel problems and posing a real safety hazard.
The parish council met with the school and other local agencies to try and find a solution. There has been good progress: Ellingham United Charities has agreed to rent out a piece of land on the corner of Mill Road and School Road for a car park; planning permission has been granted; the site surveyed and three quotations have been obtained; but now we face the biggest hurdle - funding.
The size of the problem is enormous - we need to raise a further £135,000 to £165,000 to complete the work. If you have any experience in funding large projects (for example, crowd funding, and so on), if you would like to help, or if you would like to make a donation, please contact the parish council. This task is one of the biggest for many years and will benefit our community for decades. Please help.
Memorial Hall
Regular Groups:
Monday: Chair Exercise 10-11am (Diana 01508 518148)
Art Group 2-4pm( Ann 01502 710342
Tuesday: Qi Gong 10.30-11.30 (Sara 01508 518488)
Pilates 6.15-7.15 ( Sarah Text: 07701091798)
Wednesday: Tai Chi 7pm-8pm (Natasha 01502 711127)
Thursday: QI Gong 7pm-8pm (Sara 01508 518488)
Knit and Natter (Alt. Weeks) 2pm-4pm ( Norma 01508 518012)
New Hire Charges: £6 per hour for regular groups, £10 for other users
Articles:
Lost locks
Ellingham mill
Ralph Tipler's, The story of Ellingham School 1865-1965
Local charities for the poor
Public houses of Ellingham & Kirby Cane
WWII - The Waveney Line
A chronology of Ellingham & Kirby Cane
(ISBN 978-1-5272-7471-6)
available for purchase now from the village shop or the parish council.
Our locality
Located on the northern side of the Waveney valley, the borders and indeed the services of Ellingham & Kirby Cane are so intertwined that the villagers chose to share the council, merging to form Kirby Cane & Ellingham Parish Council in 2007. In fact some people have one part of their house in Kirby Cane and the other part in Ellingham!
Kirby Cane is slightly larger in area than Ellingham and the populations differ:
Ellingham 532 people in 238 homes*
Kirby Cane 375 people in 152 homes *
* 2001 census
On this site
Here you can find:
Stories and news items from the past year or so.
There are many groups that meet regularly in our parishes. Special events and dates will appear in on this home page.
We all need help or advice sometime, so here are some of the organisations or business you might try in this area.
The history of the villages in the 21st century and the past two millenia in Jo Gooderham's A Chronology of Ellingham and Kirby Cane.
An A to Z of the key historical names, phrases and words are listed & linked to the associated web pages.
Some links and details of emergency services in this area.
We'd like to hear from you
Please send in any photographs or memories you have.
Do you have any comments or suggestions about how we can help make this website more useful to our residents?
Are we missing something?
Are you running a club within Kirby Cane or Ellingham and would like your pages added to or amended on our site?
Are you holding a village event, need to advertise something, or can help us build on the history of this beautiful area we live in?
Do you have a question someone might know the answer to?
Note - When contacting us, please let us know whether or not you would like your name associated with the item.
admin@kirbycaneandellingham.uk
The small print
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