1 Grammar School Rd, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 9JH
For something different
visit the
Open
9.30am - 5pm Mon-Fri, Sat 11am - 1pm
� In Centuries Old Workshops
� The Winstanley Family make the World famous Life Like
Pottery Cats with handmade glass eyes
� See piles of Railwanya and miscellaneous old junk collected
over the years.
FREE ENTRANCE � Cat Prices �4 - �90
Telephone 01692 402962
www.winstanleycats.uk.com
NORFOLK
MOTORCYCLE
MUSEUM
Over 100 Motorcycles
From the 1900's to 1980's
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
10am - 4.30pm
Station Yard, Norwich Road,
North Walsham, Norfolk
www.mc-museum.freeserve.co.uk
01692 406266
IDEALLY situated for both the
Norfolk Broads and the coast,
North Walsham is a market town of
Georgian frontages dominated by
the large 14th Century `wool
church' of St Nicholas.
It boasts a 400-year-old Palladian-style
Market Cross (actually built as a toll house
for the medieval market; the town centre
still hosts a market every Thursday).
The town also sits on the Bittern Line, the
railway linking Sheringham on the coast
with the city of Norwich, and towns and
villages in between including Wroxham and
Hoveton on the Norfolk Broads.
Many parishes between North Walsham
and the sea boast Quiet Lanes, routes
where cars are discouraged and walkers
and cyclists are encouraged to roam, and
the Paston Way and Weavers' Way are
within easy reach.
The beauty spot of Bacton Wood lies just
outside the town to the north, and Sadler's
Wood is just five minutes' walk from the
town centre.
The Victory Swim and Fitness Centre
gives families a place to keep up fitness
regimes or simply splash about.
Explore the byways around North
Walsham to find medieval churches, cosy
pubs and the tranquil waterways of the
Broads.
MORE than 100 motorcycles and pedal cycles,
spanning the period from the 1920s to the 1960s,
are on display at the Norfolk Motorcycle Museum
at Norwich Road, North Walsham.
The collection has been lovingly put together
by Mr George Harmer over the last 31 years and
it is still growing with many rare and interesting
bikes.
The museum undertakes part or full restoration
work for anyone, supplying both original and
replica spare parts and can supply spare parts
from wheels to forks for all makes of early motor-
bikes.
All the bikes at the museum have, or are being,
faithfully restored to original livery, but your com-
ments and information are welcomed on any of
the exhibits.
Among the bikes in the museum is a real
treasure, a 500cc TT Rudge which held the lap
record at Brooklands in 1932 and '33. The bike,
which reached a top speed of 106mph, is still in
working order.
There is also a 1923 in-line four cylinder
Henderson, and a 1954 200cc Express, possibly
the only one left in existence.
The museum also has a display of early Dinky
and other makes of die cast toys dating from the
mid 1940s.
The museum is open seven days a week,
10am-4.30pm.
FOR a most original and individual gift idea, why
not choose one of the fascinating felines at the
Cat Pottery at 1 Grammar School Road, North
Walsham.
There are always between 200-300 of the
Winstanley family's life-sized cats, and they are
all different, being hand-made and hand-painted,
and all reasonably priced.
One of the interesting designs is a Cheshire
Cat, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, and it is
proving most popular. It is also versatile, and can
be displayed inside or outdoors.
There are plans at the pottery for cats shaped
like flower pots -- it's always interesting to pop
in and find out what's new.
The pottery has gained a big reputation for its
work over the years, and people often send pho-
tographs of their cats, so that pottery models of
them can be made.
The Cat Pottery also has a collection of railway
memorabilia and bygones. When couples visit,
the ladies tend to be interested in the cats, and
the men browse among the bygones
LINGER in the historic centre
of the old town of Aylsham,
where there is plenty to interest
the discerning visitor.
With market days on
Mondays (Saleyards and
Market Place, including live-
stock and auction sales) and
Fridays (Market Place, stall-
holders), Aylsham is a lively lit-
tle place with a long history to
explore.
It dates back to pre-Norman
times and was recorded as
Elesham in the Domesday
Book.
In 1372, Edward III gave the
town of Aylsham, together with
other Norfolk manors and
estates, to his son, John of
Gaunt, who was a major bene-
factor in the rebuilding of the
parish church.
Aylsham was a centre of
linen manufacture in Norfolk
and by the 16th century, wool
and worstead industries had
also been introduced.
There is much of interest in
the fine parish church,dedicat-
ed to St Michael, and built
mainly around 1380 by John of
Gaunt.
It is a large and beautiful
church that owes much to the
prosperity of the linen and
worstead industry in Aylsham.
The grave of Humphry
Repton, the famous landscape
gardener who designed the
garden of the nearby Blickling
Hall, is in the churchyard.
John of Gaunt left his mark
THE Bittern Line is Norfolk's picturesque rail
route between Norwich and Sheringham.
The 30-mile line, named after one of the
distinctive birds of the Broads, stops at sev-
eral villages on its way to the North Norfolk
Coast.
Among the many attractions for Bittern
Line passengers are:
Views of the Norfolk countryside at its best
and glimpses of local wildlife.
Access to country walks, such as the one
sign-posted from the Roughton Road station,
and also sections of the Weavers' Way long
distance footpath.
Connections to the Bure Valley Railway.
Plenty of country pubs within walking dis-
tance of rail stations.
Towns and villages well worth a longer look
� Salhouse, Worstead and North Walsham, for
example.
Bittern Line's picturesque route
Fascinating felines
Motorcycle
museum
Looking for bargains on market day in
North Walsham, a relaxing little town in
North Norfolk well-placed for the coast
and The Broads.
Broads
and coast
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