Gibbs Close is named after Mr. Frank Marston Gibbs, who will, amongst other things, be remembered for his long presidency of Little Melton Social Club, which he formed on 1st October 1936.

Meetings were held in the Church Room on three nights a week, and activities included billiards, darts, cards, socials, concerts, dances, whist drives, and football and cricket. The club motto was ‘Service Not Self’.

At the start, in addition to the President, there were 6 Vice-Presidents who were Mr. W. Clements, Canon N. Paine, Mr R. Hayes, Mr E.A. Clarke JP, Mr H.E. Clarke, and Mr W. Lack. The Secretary was Mr William Loftus Potter and the treasurer Mr F. King. The Committee members were Messrs H. Kinch, J. Payne, F. Wilkinson, W. Sparrow and J. Codling. In 1945, prisoners of war on their return home were invited to partake in all club activities free of charge, and it was agreed that a Roll of Honour should be erected in the Church Room in memory of the 9 members who had lost their lives in the war. The club continued until the early 1950s.

Ringwood Close is named after Mr. James Ringwood, who died in 1961. He was Clerk of the Parish Council for 46 years, and was a shoemaker. He was the last to make footwear by hand-sewn methods in what
was at that time the malthouse, being part of the old ‘Rose and Crown’ (the Village Inn). He assisted with 3 football and cricket teams that used to play on the field opposite the church.

Richard Sinclair helping on a Litter Pick in 2010Sinclair Close is named after Richard Sinclair who was Parish Clerk from 1977 to  Dec 2016. During Richard's time as Clerk communication changed from letters (handwritten and typed) to emails and this brought an enormous increase in the amount of information that the Parish Council is expected to process. This change in communication exposed Parish Councils to many more requirements and duties and was probably the biggest change to PCs in a hundred years.   Richard has written these lines about his long service as Clerk - 

When I started as Clerk in 1977, shortly after I moved into the village, I was employed for just a few hours a month. It was pre-computers, emails etc so business was mostly conducted by telephone or letters typed on her typewriter by my wife. All the minutes of the meetings were hand written in large expensive ledgers (now housed in Norfolk Archives). The Annual Audit was more detailed then and again hand written. The Clerk's hours were increased in the build up to the new Village Hall being built in 1990 and the village starting to expand.
In my almost 40 years as Clerk I worked under several Chairman, namely Norman Nash, Mike Dicks, Jean Durrell, Norman Duffield, David Perrin, Stuart Cable and John Heaser