As you walk around Fair Green, can you spot all these doors? A fun game for all the family!
Thank you to Madeline Lees for putting this challenge together.
Good luck!
Walking for Health is a nationwide initiative which encourages people to take gentle exercise.
These walks are FREE, all welcome, and walkers are responsible for their own safety. The walks set off at exactly 10:30, and are intended to encourage fitness and good social contact.
Becky’s planned walks:
2020
2021
Leaflets can be picked up from the Health Centre and Tescos, or check the website for the latest details.
After a tough year it would be an amazing memory for the kids and communities. End 2020 with a bit of magic, hope and togetherness!
With the added option of set Carols to sing after! Download below!
For a free window poster, click here!
#christmasevejingle #christmasevejingle2020 #worldwidejingle2020 #worldwidejingle
Our Businesses page has recently had an update, with several exciting local businesses added.
If you know a business or service which could be added – big or small, old or new – please email cockgreencottage@gmail.com with details.
This will give us all a chance to support one another – as well as revealing the amazing array of talent around Fair Green!
Friday 8 May 2020 was no ordinary VE Day, despite it being the 75th anniversary, with the whole country in lockdown. But, on Fair Green, we still managed to have some fun.
Bunting had begun to go up around Fair Green, Riverside and Denmark Street, as well as along Tottington Lane, Denmark Lane and Sandstone Avenue earlier in the week, when became clear lots of us would be taking part. Friday itself started with our bonus flypast from the Red Arrows at 10am, which a few people managed to see (you had to be quick!). On Friday morning, the Angel Cafe were open, preparing cream teas and more for collection. At 11am, the whole country observed a moving two minute silence.
Andy Rackham kindly brought his large speaker and microphone to the middle of the Green, which meant we were able to broadcast the Last Post at 2:55pm (played from a YouTube video). We are very grateful to him, and to the Mayor of Diss, Sonia Browne, who joined us (complete with her mayoral chain) to propose our toast to the heroes of World War Two through a microphone. Our picnics then began, accompanied by 1940s tunes played through Andy’s speaker throughout the afternoon, bringing a distinctly festive atmosphere to our tea parties. Some glamourous and/or 1940s-inspired dressing up certainly added to the sense of occasion!
Everyone kept an appropriate social distance, and despite this, our tea was extremely convivial and went on until at least 7pm, thanks to the music and the wonderfully warm weather! In the evening, H.M. The Queen gave her VE Day commemorative address to the nation, saying:
Today it may seem hard that we cannot mark this special anniversary as we would wish. Instead we remember from our homes and our doorsteps. But our streets are not empty; they are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other.
H.M. The Queen, 8 May 2020
This was definitely the case on Fair Green. It was almost like she’d been there!
So many people put fantastic effort into their bunting, window displays and other decorations: Fair Green looked a picture. A particular mention must go to the Hines family in Denmark Lane, whose display was so good, it made The Diss Express!
Congratulations to everyone who took part to make sure that the 75th anniversary of VE Day, and the sacrifice of so many, was honoured and not forgotten – despite the challenges of coronavirus.
Many thanks to Tracey Taylor for her beautiful photo collages of the day.
We have a growing list of pages here with help and resources during the lockdown:
Following on from our successful Bear Hunt, we invite the residents of Fair Green and surrounding roads to make an Easter Egg for their window!
All visiting children are welcome to join in our “calorie-free Easter Egg Hunt” when they visit Fair Green, to see how many eggs they can spot!
Many thanks to AGL Cleaning & Industrial Services for generously donating some lovely prizes, and to the Mayor of Diss for kindly agreeing to judge the best windows!
Good luck everybody!
FGNA
Many of us living on and around Fair Green would like to support one another during this difficult time. Here are three things we can do as a community.
Step 1: Who needs help? Who can help?
Step 2: Please join a Fairer Green network to stay in touch with what’s going on:
Step 3: Look out for news of how we can help each other – and share your ideas!
We are coordinating volunteers to help with:
We will get through this! Good luck, everyone!
FGNA
Today was our Family and Spider day, and it was lovely. We had a good crowd, with lots of families. We invited them to choose a name for the Giant Spider and then we had a public vote, with the top two chosen: Webster and Aranha, which is Portuguese for spider. All the children who participated were given a prize of a spider cupcake, donated by Frederick’s Fine Foods.
The mayor of Diss, Sonia Browne, presided over the naming ceremony and we then welcomed the newly named spider to Fair Green. We also had a display of living creepy crawlies, that you could hold and touch, from Ellie from Banham Zoo, plus face painting, a lovely folk band performance from Stanton Folk Group, and our usual tea and cake stall.
