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MILLENNIUM GROUP
MAY 2010 We've been in existence for 11 years, and over that time lots of people have been part of the group, and have made valuable contributions, some for a short while, others over a long period.
Lately, numbers have dwindled, largely because of people moving house and having other commitments. We'd really like to get some new people on board, perhaps to bring fresh ideas to what we do, and to ensure we can keep the group going - it has been a lot of fun over the years.
The commitment is not huge: currently, we organise the carols and the Christmas tree in the churchyard, an over 60's lunch, and sometimes one other event during the year. We keep our meetings brief and very informal.
If you think you would like to join us, you'd be very welcome. Please contact Karen 460003 ;Jean:461207; Mervyn: 460491; Sarah: 461188; Jackie: 461275.
Eyke Millennium Group came into being in 1999 when a group of a dozen or
so villagers got together informally to think up ways for the village to
mark the Millennium.
Fundraising events were held, and a questionnaire sent to all houses in the village asking how people wanted to mark the occasion. As a result, the group decided that a bench would be placed on the village green, and a time capsule buried, and a book about the village would be published, with help and contributions, both written and pictorial, from as many people as possible. Our aim was to include the names and pictures of as many villagers, past and present, as we could.
We applied for, and received, a Millennium Lottery Grant to cover the costs of publishing the book, and work began! I think many people in the group would agree that it seemed to take over our lives for the best part of a year, as we sifted through the piles of wonderful material which people
generously supplied.
The book was finally published in June 2000, when every household in the village, and every young person under 18, received a free copy. The feedback was amazing. There was a piece in the East Anglian Daily Times, and Karen Watson was interviewed on local radio. There was also a very favourable review in a local history publication, as a result of which we had family history researchers from various parts of the country contacting us to obtain copies, in the hope of filling in spaces on their family trees, and indeed in two or three instances this happened. To our knowledge, copies of the book have now reached the USA, Canada and Australia, as well as France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Belgium.
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