The icing on the cake!
Responding to the community, North Norfolk District Council has awarded a second 4 month licence to the Friends of North Lodge Park to enable the café to stay open through the winter. “Since we opened in August the community has been great – helping in the café, baking cakes and as customers”, Emma Dale, vice-chair of the Friends said, “so when Norman Lamb said he would come to support us, we thought it was an opportunity to get the volunteers together to celebrate the extension to our licence.”
“The way the community has responded to the drawn out saga in North Lodge Park shows what can be achieved when all parties have a common goal,” said Norman Lamb, “I really hope the Friends group can build on their success in the café, and the district council recognises what an asset the Park and this community are to North Norfolk.”
The café was packed with volunteers on Friday afternoon to welcome Norman Lamb to Cromer, “These home made cakes are much better than those served in the House of Commons”, Norman said between mouthfuls of carrot cake, “and the quality of the coffee is superb – the rumours about it being the best in Cromer are spot on”.
Lizzie Knight, who made the carrot cake, said “It’s a real honour to be able to cook cakes for the café, but to have such praise from Norman really is the icing on the cake!”
The Friends have just published proposals for the development of the Park, with a questionnaire to give the community a chance to comment on the proposals. “If these proposals get the green light North Lodge Park could once again bring life to Cromer, showing it can be a park for all ages”, said Norman. “I will be watching closely how these plans develop over the coming months and will encourage the district council to listen to what the community wants”.
we accepted the offer to run the cafe at the end of July we didn’t realise how all consuming it would be. All consuming and challenging but an amazing experience.
Our French conversation afternoons are underway in the cafe, every Tuesday from 14.30. It’s informal and not too strict with all levels catered for. So if you just want to brush up your French or sing French songs you are very welcome.
Voulez-vous parler français?
What a day of fun we had,
working, buying and consuming in the cafe on Friday. It was a fantastic day…we couldn’t have done it without you.
On Friday 25th September the cafe will be supporting the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Please come and join us for delicious cakes, crepes and other goodies. We will be running the event all day, from 10 a.m and very much look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. There will be competitions and games throughout the day and we will be making a generous donation to the Macmillan Cancer Support charity, so please come and support us and this very worthy cause. See you then, if not before
We were given a great boost last week when the inspection from Environmental Health gave us the top 5 star (very good) rating for cleanliness. It shows what can be achieved by focussing on operating a really quality establishment – well done to the team for this amazing achievement!
Park, the boating lake and the cafe for many years. Let’s keep those memories alive, and together create new memories.
It’s your cafe and we need your help. We’d like to keep the cafe open 6 days a week through the autumn, but the cafe will only be open if you help: in the cafe, baking cakes or as customers. Pop in and discuss how you can help.
you can help – we need to manage the supply of cakes to make sure we meet the demand appropriately – please don’t bring cakes without telling us first as it can be embarrassing.
