Edited by Trefor Williams 21B Woolsthorpe Road NG33 5NT 01476

Colsterworth
Issue 422 February 2010
www.colsterworth.com
01476
860262
2 Bourne
Road
Bill payments
Vehicle tax
No-charge personal banking
(Lloyds, Barclays, Co-op etc)
Commission-free foreign currency
On-demand Euros and travel insurance
House coal and bottled gas
Edited by Trefor Williams 21B Woolsthorpe Road NG33 5NT 01476 860 936 [email protected]
News for the villages of Colsterworth, Woolsthorpe, Stainby, Gunby, North Witham and Lobthorpe
The White Lion
at Colsterworth
Extra, extra!
Read all
about it!
Sunday Lunches
£10,000 prize
for the first
ever non-stop
transatlantic
Flight!
PLUS
food every day from noon to 9pm
£5 Specials Monday-Saturday 12 to 6pm
Functions catered for
Sky Sports • Setanta
Darts • Pool • Dominoes
01476 861466
I
t’s a classic tale of
plucky British pioneers – Captain John
Alcock, dashing WW1
fighter pilot, and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten
Brown, navigational
genius with a gammy
leg, huddled together
against the elements
in the tiny timber and
canvas cockpit of their
conver ted V ickers
Vimy biplane – talk
about winging it!
Joanna Smith
FURNITURE RE-UPHOLSTERY
Antique and Modern furniture
expertly refurbished
Quotations without obligations
01476 860218
Pattern Books available
Fabrics from ends of rolls start at just £5 per metre
YORK HOUSE BnB
Jump on board for a
fast and furious comic
tour-de-force in a race
to conquer the skies
over the Atlantic.
Thrill to the sheer adventuring spirit of our
unlikely heroes, marvel
at their daredevil aerial
antics, and wonder at
how the whole bally
thing is told with just
two actors and a crate
full of funny props.
Four Star Silver Award
Food for
the Heart
2009
A very warm welcome awaits our guests,
with a pot of tea and home-made cake.
Please contact Kathy or Richard Vardy
01476 861955
York House Bourne Road
Colsterworth NG33 JE
We also sell
Wild Bird
Food at
competitive
prices.
OFST
The Stables Bed & Breakfast
Colsterworth
Luxury bed & breakfast
and self catered accommodation
in our private Stable Annexe
or in Farrier's Cottage
Perfect for accommodating
family and friends
Double/twin/king - £50 to £55, Single - on request
Please contact Dani & Gary on
01476 861057
or visit our website
www.stablesbandb.co.uk
ED R
egis
te r
Mick & Maggi welcome you to
The Angel Inn South Witham
ed
Nursery The Crown at Sproxton
Colster
Way
7.30am till 6.00pm
all year round
Breakfast, After School and
Holiday Clubs
Plus Walking Bus to
Colsterworth Primary School
From 2 to 11 years
01476 860053
[email protected]
Funding now available
for 3 and 4 year olds
Real Ales from £2.10
Open for Good Food 12-2.30pm Mondays,
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
1 Coston Road, Sproxton
Function Room (catering available)
Melton Mowbray LE14 4QB Evening Bar Snacks 7.30-9pm Pool • Darts • Dominoes
Tel 01476 860035
Home cooked food
using local and
seasonal produce
♦
WEDDINGS ♦
QUALITY
♦ PARTIES ♦
and
♦ CHRISTENINGS ♦
VALUE
♦ WAKES ♦
www.thecrownatsproxton.co.uk
01572 768302
www.angelsw.co.uk
The Parish Clerk is
John Hannam
He is your point of contact
for the Colsterworth and
District Parish Council
He can be reached on
01476 861888
JUBILEE
GARAGE
All makes of vehicle serviced and repaired
Car & Motorcycle MOTs Cat Testing
Top quality professional workmanship
The Bypass
Colsterworth, NG33 5JL
01476 860244
Garage Door Repairs
All leading makes
of up-and-over
doors
Replacement cables, springs, handles etc
FAST LOCAL SERVICE
Contact John Courtney
Freephone 0800 093
Mobile 07947 779 493
Joe’s
Garden Service
Cut out all the
hard work. I’ll do
your pre-season tidying!
call Joe now on
01476 861395
Tony Wright
Pest control services
◊ Professional ◊ Registered ◊ Qualified ◊
All pests covered
◊
domestic ◊ agricultural ◊
◊ INDUSTRIAL ◊
Unmarked vehicle
Tel: 01400 279189
and 07904 161 495
True Free Range Eggs
Now just £2
a dozen
Colsterworth
Rare Breed Poultry
Bridge End Colsterworth
07875 170233 Support your local
True Free Range
01476 860242
Hens!
tham Children’s Centres
Gran
Help and advice with all aspects of
being a parent, support for families
with children with additional needs, free
groups and activities and lots more!!!
SOUTH WITHAM
CHILDREN’S CENTRE
South Witham Primary School
Water Lane South Witham
Grantham NG33 5PH
01572 768875
Why not pop into our centre for
a look around and talk to
Children’s Centre Staff about
the free Groups that we do and
the facilities that we have.
0-5 Years
Every Child Matters
In Lincolnshire
Page 2
Parish Council brief
The Parish Council does not meet in
January (or August) and so there’s
no report this month.
But John Hannam, the Parish Clerk,
says that there’s been a good response to the questionnaire about
congestion, parking and traffic.
On behalf of the councillors, he’s
declared his thanks for the time
and trouble taken by residents in
completing the form.
He added that the results will
be posted on the Parish website
as soon as they have been processed.
Did you know there are three
ways to read In Touch?
The traditional way is to pick it up
from your doormat and sit down
with a nice cup of tea. Then you
can look on the world wide web
at the splendid www.colsterworth.
com website where In Touch is
reproduced along with much other
information about our parishes. And
finally, you can join the nineteen
people (including one in South
Africa) who get E-InTouch delivered
to their inbox every month.
To enjoy In Touch in the traditional
manner there’s nothing you need to
do. To use the internet, you simply
have to stop looking at Facebook,
EBay and Amazon for a while.
To receive your personal e-mail
copy just send a message to trefor@
thewilliamshome.org.uk.
ed
Too dark
to see the potholes?
Call LCC Highways direct on
01522 782070 to report
faulty street lights,
heaving paths
and potholes.
The Market Cross Surgery
Corby Glen
Dr John Elder
MBChB MRCGP DRCOG DCH DFFP
Dr Nikki James
MBBCh DRCOG DFFP
Taekwondo takes a
hit
O
ur special new starters
and recruitment night in
January was a victim of the nasty
weather and so we had only a
few beginners turn up.
But of course, we’re more than
happy for you to come along any
time for a try-out at Colsterworth
on Wednesday evenings, South
Witham on Mondays or Cottesmore on Saturday mornings.
And a brief progress report on
existing members – they’re are
doing extremely well and are
now all heading towards their
black belts. Cheers everyone!
Charlie Patte
07950 115 885
N
egotiations have been going
on with David Wilson Homes
for years regarding a promised
payment to the parish.
When DWH withdrew their
offer to the Parish Council completely over two and a half years
ago, there seemed little hope of
the village receiving anything.
John Hannam then became
Parish Clerk and his persistence
has been rewarded by a signed
agreement for £50,000 to be
paid in four years time. Thanks
must go entirely to John for his
doggedness and hard work.
Derek Hamilton-Hinds
George Flint
W
8 August 1916 – 13 January 2010
ords seem inadequate to describe the life
of George who has just passed away at
the age of93
He was a charismatic man to the ladies, but
also one of the lads who enjoyed the company
of friends and strangers alike. In WWII, which he
rarely talked about, he was a dispatch rider on a
motorbike; he didn’t make a drama about what he had to witness – he
was one of the first to enter Belsen concentration camp.
Originally from Leicester, he entered the shoe trade as a designer but it wasn’t to his liking. His varied career included light
engineering, market gardening, road transport, and helping with
a hotel that Frances his wife ran.
George and Frances eventually retired to Colsterworth and
George constantly said it was the best thing he had ever done,
it being such a friendly village. He threw himself into community
activities such as the Garden Club and with his mates George
Howitt and Doug Campion tackled many problems that arose
in the village.
Until very recently George enjoyed spending time on his allotment
and generously gave away much of his produce. He lifted people’s
hearts with his presence and his humour at any function he attended
and I am proud to be considered one of his many friends.
Derrick Hamilton-Hinds
LOGS FOR SALE
Hardwood logs
available all year
For orders and information call
01476 591378
Ms Mary Hemingway
BSc (Hons) RGN
NHS services
Private medical services including
acupuncture (Dip Med Ac)
Nurse led Diabetes and Asthma Clinics
Family Planning & Teenage Health Clinics
Travel Clinic and Yellow Fever Centre
Village outreach surgery session.
Phone Corby Glen for details.
The Market Place Corby Glen
Grantham
NG33 4NH
01476 550056
www.marketcrosssurgery.co.uk
Good news for
Colsterworth from
David Wilson Homes
Grantham Log Company
The Sawmill, Bridge End Road, Grantham
Work off those post-Christmas
bulges on a Weslo Cadence DX5
motorised Treadmill, service
manual & instruction booklet
available. OIR £40.
And rest up after your workout
on a black leather swivel chair
complete with foot stool. £50.
Can deliver locally Tel 861033.
Wooden table and two benches
for kitchen/family room plus free
traditional dartboard (hardly
marked due to poor aim). £20
ono. Tel 860834
Settee, three -seater, dark
brown. £150. Tel 861049
Dog basket for a really very big
dog. Unchewed and little used.
£10 ono. Tel 860834
Doing some tiling? 15kg tub of
top quality Bal Grip tile adhesive, only a small amount used,
new in the last 3 weeks, retail
was £29.99, don’t want it to go
to waste! Offers? 862039
Submissions for Buy-n-S ell
must be from households under
Colsterworth & District Parish
Council. You must have authority
to offer (eg it’s yours or a family
member has asked you to offer it).
You must be in a private capacity
(you’re not a trader, whether as a
business, hobby or sideline) and
give your name, and contact details. Acceptance is at the editor’s
discretion.
V Shreeve Ltd
Bathrooms & Kitchens
Installation Specialists
You supply the bathroom
or kitchen you want and
we provide a fixed
quotation for a
Professional installation
including a complete floor
and wall tiling service.
Call Vince today for a
Free, No Obligation,
Quotation
01476 860173
07886 559800
Over 20 Years’ Experience
PLUS
Plastering & Coving · Arches & Stud Walls
Doorways Blocked or Moved
Ceilings Re-Skimmed · Laminate Floors Fitted
Insurance Work Welcome
Colsterworth
Sports & Social Club
Y
our editor has seen confidential
e-mails that have passed between senior staff at Lincolnshire
Highways.
In one of the most audacious
and revealing messages, their Chief
Engineer, Nesta Vipers, says she
has drawn up plans to ensure free
movement of all pedestrians and
vehicles throughout the village.
There’s to be a one way system
that encompasses Colster Way,
Back Lane, Woolsthorpe Road, Old
Post Lane and the Bourne Road. All
vehicles except tractors will only
be able to go up Old Post Lane by
coming down it and to keep things
fair for everybody the flow will be
reversed every seven weeks. Parking is to be on one side of the High
Street only, except when there is
an R in the month when residents
will be able to park only on the
other side. We understand that
the debate rages on as to which
side is which.
ed
Saturday
TH
13 February
LIVE
Popular local vocalist
Members £3
Guests £5
Junior Members £1
North Witham
Village Hall
Thursday 11th February
Bingo 7.30pm
raffle, refreshments
Saturday20 February
Coffee Morning
& Rummage sale
10am -noon
th
Birthplace and Family Home of
Sir Isaac Newton
Woolsthorpe Manor will be opening its doors for the
new 2010 season on Friday 19th February at 11am.
The House, Grounds and Science Discovery Centre
will be open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,
from 11am to 5pm until 14th March.
As the season moves on, so the opening times will increase.
For further information please ring 01476 860338.
Gainsborough Corner Garage
- established 1993 will collect and deliver your vehicle
from Colsterworth and around.
Cars & Light Commercials
Servicing
Repairs
MoT testing
Recovery
AirCon service and repair
Troublesome code lights & diagnostics
Free courtesy vehicle
GAINSBOROUGH
are
CORNER GARAGE We
here
South Parade Business Park
South Parade
Grantham NG31 6HT
01476 575577
LOCAL PRODUCE  HOMEMADE EXCELLENT SERVICE
TAPAS  CHEF’S SPECIALS  À LA CARTE
6 Market Place, Grantham, NG31 6LJ
Tel: 01476 569752
www.edenhq.co.uk
Simon Shaw Dolly’s Designs
Woolsthorpe Manor
South Parade
Sell
J
Du ack
ne so
lm ns
No items this month
di
Buy
Exclusive –
Colsterworth parking
and congestion
problems solved
Al
In Touch
Buy–N–Sell
Labelled and
Custom
Evening and
Prom wear
01476 860566 07795 833352
Curtains designed to your taste
[email protected]
Mobile
Hairdresser
Bridal Specialist
Charlotte
01476 861903
07967 770736
www.charlottewesson.co.uk
Rosalind Legge
MSc DipPodMed MBChA
HPC Registered
Fully Qualified
CHIROPODIST
Home Visits by Appointment
Tel 01572 768352
Mobile 07734 314219
Helen’s Flowers
Retail florist
Floral Designer
Fresh and artificial
flowers and arrangements
for Weddings, Special
Local and Occasions and Funerals
national
deliveries
01476 561160
20 London Road Grantham NG31 6EJ
The Blue Dog
Inn
Main Street
Sewstern
NG33 5RQ
Unit 9, Belton Lane Industrial Estate
Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9HN
01476 860097
11am to 11pm Mon-Sat
12noon to 10.30pm Sun
Home cooked meals
served daily
Fish & Chip Night
Wednesday 6.30 to 9pm
Sunday Lunch
12noon to 4pm
Page 3
Colsterworth & District
Gardeners and Allotment
Holders Association
T
D B Ostler Builder
For all aspects of building
work, from a new build
to just a garden wall,
undertaken by a
father & son team call
861190 or 07759 411024
Dave Ostler – your lcoal builder for over 20 years
Gra’s
Handyman
Services
Gardening  Fencing  Grass cutting
Hedge trimming
Gutter cleaning  Roof felting
Regular, Seasonal and One-off jobs
Registered Waste Carrier
Call now for a free quotation
01476 860 829  07814 063 489
Local
J WARD Reliable
Building Maintenance & Repairs
Painting & Decorating
Room Alterations
Tiling, Flooring & Fencing
Kitchens & Bathrooms fitted
Free Estimates
07870 156918
M J O’Dell
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
01572 767 175
07900 088 668
From plastering to
chimney sweeping
No job too small
Call for a free, no obligation quote
To advertise here
call
01476 860 936
or e-mail
[email protected]
Preference given to
local enterprises
Page 4
here was no meeting in January which, under the circumstances, was a good thing – the
weather would have wrecked it
anyway. Our next meeting and
the first for 2010 will be on the
8th of February when we will be
having an illustrated talk on The
Wild Orchids of Europe given
by our local plant hunter Geoff
Espin. Geoff was due to talk to
us last February but then, due to
the bad weather, we had cancel
so let’s hope we have better luck
this year.
Subs will be due on the night
and, as reported before, they will
remain at £7 a year plus £1.50 per
meeting (visitors £3) to include
raffle and refreshments.
We will be having the monthly
competition of ‘Flower of the
Month’ and David will be taking Sutton’s seed orders for
INDEPENDENT
FINANCIAL ADVICE
pensions
i nve s t m e n ts
l i fe a s s u r a n c e
�
�
�
�
personal service
a few m i l e s away
easy parking
o r we v i s i t yo u
anybody who missed the order
before Christmas. Any unwanted
Christmas presents will be gratefully received as raffle prizes and
the club will still provide the £5
Garden Gift Voucher as a monthly
prize.
New members are always welcome so hopefully we will see
you in the Village Hall on 8 th
February.
Joanna Smith
Women’s Institute
report
A
fter being threatened with
another fall of snow and
wondering if our first meeting
of the year would go ahead, we
were pleasantly surprised by the
absence of the snow and even
more surprised by the appearance of the sun.
Our Vice-President welcomed
everyone, including one new
member and it was especially
gratifying to see our President
return after her prolonged stay in
hospital, even though she is not
back in harness yet.
Two members who were in harness before our meeting were Bett
Pope and yours truly, who had attended both the Kesteven Group
and Grantham Home Economics
Group committee meetings on
the same day earlier in the week!
The glazed eyes gave it away no
-good reasons to use
J P Leefe & Company
01780 410321
www.jpleefe.co.uk
Authorised and Regulated by
the Financial Service Authority
Thorold and Kent
STOP!
TV Aerial Specialists
Don’t throw your PC
through the window!
We Specialise in Aerial Installations
I‘m Dennis and I can fix
most hardware and
software issues at your
own home.
Home networking or
Internet problems?
❍ Freeview Upgrades
Freeview
Specialists
❍ Satellite Installations
❍ Radio Aerials - FM and DAB
❍ Storm Damage Repairs
❍ All Work Guaranteed
Call in or Telephone 01476 571507
78 Bridge End Road, Grantham
Call me on
07733 323 657
Microsoft-qualified
support technician
Call out charge £25
www.computechnique.co.uk
doubt. We heard their reports on
the meetings and we are to be
the door steward and lucky ticket
organisers for the Home Economics meeting at Grantham in May
and the competition organisers
for the Kesteven Group meeting
in October. After attending the
lengthy committee meetings, it
will be a doddle – we’ll be able to
do it standing on our heads.
Names and monies were taken
for the County Federation Spring
Council meeting, subscriptions
were paid and newsletters paid
for. No wonder that the Treasurer
had a smile on her face.
We have been invited to attend Harlaxton WI’s meeting in
February to hear Tony Lane’s talk
on Treasures Beneath Our Feet.
Tony came to us a couple of
years ago, so there weren’t many
wishing to take up the invitation
unfortunately.
Our guest speaker was our own
Jane Ostler who told us about her
visit last year to the WI’s Denman
College at Abingdon, where she
took a course on botanical illustration. She said that the tutor
was excellent and the care from
the staff equally so. We knew
that Jane was a talented lady
with her embroidery etc and
we’ve now found out that she is
equally talented with her drawing
and painting; what an inspiration
she is. Rosemary thanked her for
sharing her experience, with us.
And what do you know? Jane
won the competition for an item
of jewellery. It was no surprise to
find that she had made it herself
– an embroidered stumpwork
brooch embellished with tiny
beads. It was a delight. Barbara
Moore was in second place.
Want your children to
have fun AND learn?
Colster wor th
Pre-School
at the Methodist Hall
Mondays through Fridays,
9am to 3pm, term-time only
For pre-school children from 2 years
with funding available for 3 & 4 year-olds.
Call Sharon on 860046 or 07840 703 583
Visits welcome • OFSTED registered • Not-For-Profit
Dora Farley manned the sales
table and Mary Stedman collected tea and raffle money whilst
Barbara was the tea hostess.
Our next meeting is on February 18th when Jane Barnes will
tell us Tales from a Farmer’s Wife.
Competition is a cheese board
(Jane herself makes cheese we
understand, as well as being
an excellent flower arranger).
Oh, these talented ladies can
make one feel so inadequate
sometimes. It’s no wonder that
the WI has changed its logo this
year. Our tree logo has gone to
be replaced by The WI Inspiring
Women. The logo has a two-fold
meaning, and our two Janes
(Ostler and Barnes) certainly
live up to it. So if you wish to
be inspired, why not join us in
the Village Hall at 2 o’clock in
the Village Hall on Thursday
18th February. You will be most
welcome.
Dot Williams
Natural History
Bulletin
F
our weeks of ice and snow has
meant some hard times for us
all. Log piles have been dug deep
into and those who have an interest in such matters have made
discoveries. A handsome spider
was found in the woven tunnel
she had made at the edge of her
sheet web. Her male partner,
who for a short while she had
allowed to share her web, was
long dead but she had made a
silk purse for their eggs. It would
act as a nursery when the eggs
hatched so she was put back to
continue making a living. Three
wood mice found dead in a nest
behind a greenhouse were not
so lucky. They have longer tails
and larger eyes and ears which
distinguish them from the house
mouse. Voles have more rounded
profiles than both and, before the
snows came, a bank vole was seen
out on the Stamford Road. This is
the most vegetarian of the voles
and it is hoped it would survive,
along with small birds, under
the shelter of the small trees and
shrubs in the area.
The smallest birds suffer most
from prolonged frozen conditions. They have little stored fat
to use when food is unavailable.
In the gardens, goldfinches have
benefitted most from feeders
designed specifically for them –
up to 20 reported in one garden.
Fieldfare and redwings have come
into gardens for fallen apples and
berries. Redwings fought with
blackbirds and demolished all
the berries on a cotoneaster in an
afternoon. There is little we can
do to help some birds. The tawny
owl and the woodcock will have
had a hard time of it, but at least
there were areas without snow
under the canopy of trees in their
preferred woodland habitat. Barn
owls, on the other hand, hunt only
along ditches, verges and in the
open fields.
Whilst ponds and even larger
bodies of water have been frozen over, our stretch of the River
Witham has been flowing freely.

A heron sat most days on a patch
of green shaded by a tree. It was
described as “looking rather fed
up” but presumably not overfed
because the easy pickings of pond
goldfish were not available.
Near the bridge on Woolsthorpe
Road was a surprise visitor – a
great crested grebe. It was not
instantly recognisable as such
installation 
maintenance 
testing 
01476 860599
07905 857764
[email protected]
5 day holidays
8th Mar St Agnes Rosemundy House Hotel 3*£250
22nd MarFalmouth, Falmouth Beach Hotel 3*£275
5th Apr Bournemouth Bourne Hall Hotel 2*£240
12th Apr Eastbourne Mansion Hotel 3* £250
21st Apr Bridlington Balmoral Hotel 2* £195
3rd MayTenby Belgrave Hotel 2* 6 days £265
Isle Of Wight Sandringham Hotel 3* £290
17th May Shrewsbury Hawkstone Park 3* £250
23rd May Scotland Abington Hotel 2* 6 days £325
Luxury coach travel • Dinner bed & breakfast
Quality hotels • Packed itinerary
For further details, brochures, bookings call
01476 552000
since it had yet to develop the ear
tufts and brown colouring around
its cheeks of the adult in mating
condition.
To look for in February
At the time of writing no hazels
reported as shedding pollen,
nor lesser celandines in flower
and first dates of these are recorded annually as part of a
national scheme. Amazingly a
few groundsel, chickweed, red
deadnettle, daisy and speedwell
flowers emerged from under the
snow.
With little else about, there
is time to observe the “weeds”
which provide the first food for
emerging insects. It would be
good to know if our Barn Owls
have survived. Look for them
flying either in the vicinity of
Bridge End or near the Stainby/
Skillington cross roads.
Jane Ostler
Sightings and information to
860465, [email protected] or
61 Woolsthorpe Road please.
Jessop
Boiler
W
Electrical P ServiceS
Ltd
Plumbing
 domestic
 agricultural
 industrial
ABACUS
COACHES
& Heating
* OFTEC Registered *
Multi-fuel stoves
Aga
• Rayburn
Oil boilers • Flue lining
• Unvented cylinders •
• Underfloor heating•
• Solar panels •
Bathroom design & installation
07801 496 407
01476 861 189
For all your plumbing needs
SEPTIC TANK PROBLEMS?
Is your septic tank or soakaway
not working properly?
Does your ditch smell?
Do you need to renew your
existing system?
Then call the experts and let us resolve
these problems for you.
The ConSept system fits inside a Septic
Tank and costs about £2,800 + VAT
FREEPHONE 0800 3285492
for no obligation advice
We are one of the leading
manufacturers of sewage and effluent
treatment plants
and
pump stations
Woodbridge Road
Sleaford NG34 7EW
01529 305757
www.allertonuk.com
Page 5
COLSTERWORTH METHODIST CHURCH
Tel 860 046
Minister Rev Tony Pick, 142 Princess Drive, Grantham, NG31 9PY 564 191
Lay Minister Ian Collinson, c/o Colsterworth Methodist Church
07814 712702
and 01159 892 064
There’s a warm welcome to our services and events.
February 2010
Sun 7th 10.30am Morning Worship
Sun14th 10.30am Morning Worship
Sun21st 10.30am Morning Worship
Thu28th 10.30am Morning Worship
Open Door
Preacher
Deacon Lois Bell
Ann Pape
Denhys Lambley
Brenda Snowball
Flowers
Gill Senescall
Cheryl Sutcliffe
Helen Scorrer
Marjorie Harris
Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month in the Church from 10am to
1.30pm. Simply call in for friendship, morning coffee, takeaways, light lunches
and charity shop.
PARISH CHURCH of St John the Baptist
Colsterworth
Church Wardens:
Secretary:
REV ERIC LOMAX and his family will be moving in to the new vicarage/rectory
at 13 Back Lane, Colsterworth at the end of February. He will be installed
on Tuesday 2nd March.
Please keep Sunday 7th March free at 10.30am to come and meet him
at his first service in our Parish Church. We will have some refreshments
afterwards..
February 2010
10.30am Sung Eucharist
Sun 7th
Sun 14th
Sunday School 10.30am in the Hall during school term time. All children welcome.
Wed 17th
Many thanks to everyone who gave their support to our Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve.
Despite very wintery conditions under foot we had a nearly full congregation. Presentation
was by Helen Scorror and Pamela Harrison, supported by various readers with prayers given by
Tracey Hague.
Your support has enabled us to donate £265 to Grantham Children’s Deaf Society. Many, many
thanks!
Sun 21 The Witham Group of Parishes February 2010
Sun 7th 11am
Sun 14th 11am
Sun 28h 6pm
Eucharist
Eucharist
Evensong
St Mary’s, North Witham
St John’ the Baptist, Stainby
St Nicholas, Gunby
The Villages’ Diary for February 2010
Tue
2nd
10-11.30
Church coffee morning
Millfield, Back Lane
Tue
2nd
7.25pm
Parish Council Meeting
Village Hall
Mon 8th
7.30pm
Garden Club
Village Hall
Wed 10th 10am
Open Door
Methodist Church
Thu
11th 7.30pm
Bingo
North Witham Village Hall
Sat
13th 7.30pm
Those Magnificent Men show
Village Hall
Thu
18th 2pm
Women’s Institute
Village Hall
Fri 19th11am on
First opening of the year at Woolsthorpe Manor
Wed 24th 10am
Open Door
Methodist Church
Sat
Coffee and Rummage
North Witham Village Hall
20th 10-noon
Every Week
Mondays
9am-3pm
Pre-School
5.30-7pm
Brownies
except 2nd wk 7.30pm-9.30pm Music And Drama
Tuesdays
9am-3pm
Pre-School
7pm-9pm
Youth Group
only 2nd wk 7.30pm-9.30pm Music And Drama
Wednesdays 9am-3pm
Pre-School
10am-1.30pm Open Door (2nd & 4th Weds only)
6.45-8pm
Anderson’s Taekwondoo School
(adults continue until 9pm)
During Term 5.30pm-6.30pm Beavers
Thursdays
9am-3pm
Pre-School
6pm-7.30pm Girl Guides
7pm-8.30pm Cubs
Fridays
9am-3pm
Pre-School
7.30pm-9.30pm Weekly Bingo
Saturdays
10-12noon
Football Coaching
Methodist Hall
Village Hall
Village Hall
Methodist Hall
Youth Centre Colster Way
Village Hall
Methodist Hall
Methodist Church
Village Hall
Village Hall
Methodist Hall
Primary School
Village Hall
Methodist Hall
Sports & Social Club
Sports Field
Forward diary
22 March Methodist Travelling Guild talk by Fred Leadbetter on Old Grantham
7 March
Page 6
Rev Eric Lomax’s first service at St John the Baptist
Peter Smith (860 218) and Margaret Wright (860 536)
Sarah Thomson (860901)
st
Sun 28th
10.30am Group Service at Great Ponton
7.30pm Ash Wednesday Eucharist
9am
Said Eucharist
10.30am Service at Skillington or Stoke Rochford
Lent Meetings
Each Wednesday in Lent we will be meeting at 35 High Street, 7.20 for 7.30pm – 9pm, for a time
of discussion and prayer. All welcome.
Coffee mornings – on the first Tuesday of the month from 10am to 11.30am
2nd February Millfield, Back Lane
2nd March 22 Back Lane
Long range weather forecast
T
he newspapers have reported that the BBC is considering severing
ties with the Meteorological Office, so the £50, 000 that David Wilson is to hand over is going to provide an exciting opportunity for the
folk of Lobthorpe, North Witham, Gunby, Stainby, Woolsthorpe and
Colsterworth (henceforth to be re-named Colsterbythorpeworth).
The Met Office is to provide a priority weather hotline for all residents within the next few weeks and it will be followed soon by a
coldline and a wetline.
Peregrine Wintry-Damptrousers, the Colsterbythorpeworth spokesperson said, “We’re all terribly excited that the Met Office has accepted
our cash. I handed over the box of slightly moist fivers to that nice
Mr Frank Fish only yesterday. He told me that although a lady who
lives down by the river reckons there might be storms, he’s confident
that it’ll be sunshine all the way until the start of summer and there’s
no sign of any March winds or April showers.”
©Dissociated Press and Royters
Mobile Library Timetable
T
he mobile library van visits Bourne Road on Tuesdays at 10am for
half an hour every four weeks.
Cut out and keep this list of dates.
6th February
1
11th May
3rd August
26th October
16th March
8th June 31st August
23rd November
13thApril
6thJuly
28thSeptember
21st December
Copy for the March 2010 issue of In Touch
must arrive by noon on Saturday 20th February 2010.
E-mail contributions to [email protected] are preferred
(call 860936 and check they’ve arrived) and clear typescript suitable for
scanning is second best. If there is something you’d like to include but have
no access to mechanical or electronic devices, manuscript can be taken.
Please ensure that you put your contact details on any submission.
Send or deliver any hardcopy to Trefor Williams at
21B Woolsthorpe Road NG33 5NT (Tel 860 936).
Don’t forget to add the dates of future meeting to your copy
if you want them to appear in the Villages’ Diary.
In Touch 23rd January 2010