Spotlight On Chilterns Estate Agents

With offices in both Thetford and Brandon and an experienced team of valuers, negotiators and lettings consultants on hand, Chilterns Estate Agents have your property needs well and truly covered. In fact, Chilterns are also exclusive members of the Guild of Property Professionals, a unique network of independent estate agents with over 800 offices nationwide, […]

Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum – It’s Panto Time Again!

There’ll be plenty of booing and hissing again as Thetford Players bring Treasure Island to life for their annual pantomime. Written by Ben Crocker and directed by Caroline Foot, Treasure Island is packed to the gills with pirates but all is not as it seems – throw in a group of WI ladies and you […]

Celebrated Portraits Published

Thetford resident, Christine Goddard says that she feels really proud that her book Hope – Portraits Of My Journey Through Breast Cancer and Covid has just been published. Putting a public face to 101 local NHS and Key workers who worked so hard to care for us during and since Covid first arrived in our […]

Great War Medals Reunited

A Thetford family’s search to reunite a group of WW1 medals has ended thanks to the power of social media. Rosemary Snowdon has now been sent her Great Uncle Joseph’s replacement medals thanks to some detective work by a Facebook group 104 years after he died. The four Muteham brothers, George, Bertie, Arthur and Joseph […]

Open Studio Success

For the first time in a long time Thetford was back on the Norfolk Open Studios map. The idea began when award-winning textile artist Annette Morgan got chatting to Corinne at Leaping Hare (one of her stockists) and the rest as they say is history. Corinne was able to make her local Airbnb Maker’s Cottage […]

Challenging Misconceptions

I’ve tried to find out where the misconceptions and stereotypical views of ADHD and Autism andother Neurodivergent Conditions are found. It seems many are from films, TV programs and amisunderstanding of what they are. However, no one ‘looks Autistic’/Neurodivergent. Everyone is individual and unique – there is no one way of looking or acting. The […]

Firefighters Smash Fundraising Target With Three Peak Challenge

The Thetford Firefighters would like to share thanks to the public and local community who shared and donated to their page supporting The Firefighters Charity. On Sunday 3rd September the crew completed all three peaks with tremendous effort. All the adversity they came up against sadly meant this was not achieved within the 24 hour […]

Thetford Academy – Beyond the school newsletter

It’s an absolute delight to be writing my first column for About Thetford. Over the coming months I am hoping to write about all the wonderful things that the children of Thetford are doing at our school, whether that be their academic successes, involvement in extra-curricular activities or commitment to the wider town community. But […]

Understanding Neurodiversity

What is Neurodiversity? It’s the range of differences in individual brain function and behavioural traits, regarded as part of normal variation in the human population. In other words, if you are neurodivergent your brain processes differently to what is classified as typical. There are a range of neurodivergent conditions, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), […]

Managing Personal Finances

This time of year can be expensive, with food costs rising, heating bills going up and presents to buy. Many online shops offer ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ which may seem a good way to spread the cost of some of the things but how can you make sure you don’t get into debt? Before you […]