Our aim is:
- To preserve Paston Church as a centre for both physical and spiritual refreshment for residents and pilgrims.
- To aid research into the history of Paston and the Paston family.
- To seek actively to introduce a new generation of local historians to their heritage.
- To promote events that unite the community of Paston.
- To raise money for the proper preservation of the church and other buildings as the need arises.
Dig and Sow is an invitation to become involved in a mass region-wide archaeological excavation. It is supported by the Arts Council, with a particular link to the Olympic Games. Each pit that is dug is being ‘sown’ with a silver charm which carries a symbol representing a life experience of each of 205 local people (205 being the number of countries participating in the Olympic Games). The Norfolk Dig and Sow project, on May 19, is to take place in partnership with the Paston Heritage Society.
The Reading the Past in the Landscape walk that was postponed because of bad weather in February eventually took place on the afternoon of Saturday, April 28 under a grey sky, driven along by a vigorous, cold wind and with more than a spot of rain.
In the warm and welcoming setting of the Ship Inn, Mundesley, the annual general meeting of the Paston Heritage Society heard from its chairman, Jo Berry, on March 29 that more and more interest was being shown in the village, the letters and the Paston family itself.
Lucy at the helm of a digger in Paston churchyard, where the Paston Heritage Society and the PCC are working together to create a Community Garden. It is hoped that this will create interest in the village, both for the church and for proposals for a community centre. The actual digging was dene by Christon, with Lucy supervising.
What was intended to be the final, climactic weekend of our Reading the Past in the Landscape
The date had been set, and at that time it had seemed a long way off. But now here we were, a week to go and I'm wondering!