All our yesterdays: May town topics in King’s Lynn, Hunstanton, Swaffham and Downham Market
May 2012: A proud and historic night for the new borough mayor, Geoffrey Warham (second right), and his wife Mary, right, the mayoress, joined by the new deputy mayor Garry Sandell and his wife Jenny, the deputy mayoress, as they take up the civic leadership after the annual mayor-making at Lynn Town Hall.
May 2012: Swaffham resident Hannah Francis, centre, a former principal soprano with the English National Opera, hosted A Night of Operatic Arias in aid of the St Peter and St Paul Church restoration and development appeal. Also pictured from left are pianist MatthewCocker, Father Tim Lawes, appeal chairman Shirley Matthews and appeal president Baroness Shephard.
May 2012: A surprise was in store for Jean Dutton when she arrived at the Children’s Society charity shop in Swaffham – unaware that fellow volunteers, past and present, had gathered to celebrate her 90th birthday with a champagne party. Jean is pictured in the centre, with shop manageress Caroline Welham on the left.
May 2012: With preparations well under way for the Hunstanton carnival, the Carnival Queen Trudy Cooper was looking forward to her big day. She is joined by her attendants, from left, Charlie Melton, Rebecca Wallace, Lewis Cleland, Sophie Horner and Eleanor Wood. On the right is Golden Lion manageress, Zoe Wright and Leo the Lion.
May 2014: Youngsters and staff from King’s Lynn Nursery School were thrilled with the turnout to their first exhibition at Greyfriars Art Space. Some of the youngsters are pictured here with classroom assistant Ali Thorn (left) and teacher Roz Downey. Photo: MLNF14PM05017 May 2014: Following the sudden death of 18-year-old Craig Prior, an enthusiastic player and supporter of Fakenham Rugby Club, family and friends set up the Craig Prior Memorial Fund. His death then saw an upsurge in interest Fakenham Foxes ladies team and they are pictured here with Craig Prior’s ladies and supporters before the first playing of the Craig Prior Memorial Cup.
May 2014: The newly-formed King’s Lynn Fibromyalgia Support Group, which met monthly at Lynn Hanse House was attracting more and more members. It was set up by Alexandra Stickels, pictured here with her partner Richard Cooter.
May 2014: Patients could benefit from a state-of-the-art 24-hour blood pressure monitor thanks to the Patient Participation Group at The Hollies GP Surgery in Downham. Pictured at the presentation are, front from left, Dr Louise Plumtree, Julie Bell (practice nurse), Dr Desmond Nimako, and Pat Damper the treasurer of the PPG.
May 2018: There was a meeting of the generations at Amberley Care Home in Lynn when members of the 9th King’s Lynn Rainbow group paid a visit for a craft activity session with residents. Our picture shows youngsters working with resident Derek Willmott.
