june 2012 - The Six Saints Circa Holt

GREAT EASTON
Salsborough Kennels
POST OFFICE AND
STORES
“Here to serve you”
Tel: 01536 770309
And Cattery
A home from home for your beloved pets
Small and Medium dog grooming now re-instated.
Email: [email protected]
B&B accommodation available:
contact details as above
Eyebrook Wild Bird Feeds
Quality mixes and straights at farm gate prices,
mixed on our farm near the Eyebrook Reservoir
Visit our website: ww.eyebrookwildbirdfeeds.co.uk
Rectory Farm, right of Church, Great Easton
Tel: 01536 770771
Open Friday & Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am – 12 noon
You are welcome to collect at any other
time, but please telephone first
Oaktree Lodge,
Horninghold Road,
Stockerston
Tel: 01572 822270
PJH
&
SONS
PHILIP J. HAMMOND & SONS
SOLICITORS
Commissioners for Oaths
47 FRIAR LANE, LEICESTER, LE1 5QX
Medbourne Playgroup
Held at Medbourne Village Hall
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9.15am to 12 15pm
For ages 2½ - 5
Contact: Celia Pocock: 01536 770421
or Sara Robbins: 01536
EM DORMAN
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A family concern, giving 24-hour personal service to all areas.
Golden Charter pre-paid plans available
(help and advice without obligation)
PRIVATE CHAPEL OF REST
Tel: 01572 823976
A member of Society of Allied and Independent
Funeral directors
HEFFORDS
Solicitors
Incorporating Hefford Johnson & Co
Tel: 01858 410040
Fax: 01858 432772
49a High Street
Market Harborough
Leics. LE16 7AF
Specialising in all private client matters
Home visits for the elderly or infirm.
Please contact:
JANICE HEFFORD or SARAH HEFFORD
TELEPHONE: (0116) 251 7171
FAX NO: (0116) 253 7370
e-mail [email protected]
Website www.pjhammond.com
Contact Richard Hammond
Home visits possible
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COOPERS
Carpets & Lighting Centre
Be inspired
Our aim is to give you, our
customers, service and
quality at affordable prices.
Large showroom over two floors.
Rugs, Flooring and Karndean.
Lighting/Furnishings
Mirrors/Accessories
Open 6 days a week
109 - 111 ROCKINGHAM ROAD, CORBY
Tel: 01536 266364
The Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt
The Reverend Stephen Bishop
The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Medbourne, LE16 8DZ
Tel: 01858 565933 Mobile: 07590 829902
email [email protected]
Secretary
Ann Baile
Treasurer
The Paddocks, High Street
Great Easton LE16 8ST
01536 770095
BRINGHURST CUM GREAT EASTON & DRAYTON
Wardens
BRINGHURST
Michael Mallock
Manor Lodge, Main Street
Bringhurst LE16 8RJ
01536 772044
GREAT EASTON
Tom Theakston
4 Banbury Lane
Great Easton LE16 8SF
01536 770929
Miles Ingram
Teal Cottage, 5 Holt View
Great Easton LE16 8TN
01536 772571
DRAYTON
Tim Fletcher
1 The Green
Drayton LE16 8RQ
01858 565895
Bringhurst etc
Medbourne
Stockerston
Blaston
Secretaries Bringhurst etc
Medbourne etc
Stockerston
Blaston
David Gibley
Rachel Glover
Mary Patston
Lindsay Blaaberg
Ann Baile
Jenny Sandars
Wendy Bromwich
Della Stones
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For all your building requirements
Stonework and listed building specialist
01536 770257 / 07876765226 / 07594935958
[email protected]
Mary Henniker-Major
Linden House
Great Easton LE16 8SJ
01536 770320
01536 772159
01858 565876
01572 823396
01858
01536 770095
01858 565245
01572 823110
01858 555688
We are always pleased to welcome new residents to our parish
so please do make yourself known to one of the above-named.
Supported by Great Easton and Medbourne Parish Councils,
and other local groups and organisations.
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Wardens
MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT
Margaret Tuffs
Brookfield House, 41 Main Street
Medbourne LE16 8DT
01858 565911
STOCKERSTON
Mary Patston
Catherine Nicholson
Apple Cottage, Medbourne Road
Stockerston Hall
Stockerston LE15 9JF
Stockerston LE15 9JD
01572 823396
01572
BLASTON
Wilfred Coon
Robin Murray-Philipson
Hallcroft, Medbourne Road
Garden House
Hallaton LE16 8UH
Blaston LE16 8DE
01858 555630
01858 555233
Treasurers
H.Snow & Son
01536 772118
JOSEPH
WARBURTON
Carpentry & Building
Services
Vicarage Cottage
Main Street, Loddington
Leicestershire LE7 9XE
Home Tel: 01572 717302
Mobile Tel: 0774 04 2 6889
Book-keeping
Accounts
VAT returns
Sage User
Lynn Bradley
Book Keeping Services
Telephone: 01858 434850
Mobile: 0779 064 5449
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Carpenter & Joiner
All your woodworking needs
New and renovation work
For reliable and
friendly service
Tel: 01858 565117
Mob: 07805 495958
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TEL: 01858 565215
MOB: 07795 096109
Rector’s Letter
June 2012
Weekly Events
Monday
Tuesday
Medbourne Tiddlywinks
Parent, baby and toddler group
Medbourne Village Hall
10am - 12noon
Line Dancing
Great Easton Village Hall
1.30 - 3pm
Art Club
Great Easton Village Hall
10am - 12.30pm
Bell Ringing Practice
St Andrew’s Great Easton
7.30 - 9pm
Tuesday
Yoga Class for all ages/abilities
Medbourne Village Hall
Tues, Wed
& Thurs
Medbourne Playgroup
Medbourne Village Hall
Wednesday
Tai Chi
Great Easton Village Hall
Thursday
7.30-8.45pm
9.15am - 12.15pm
9.30-10.30am
Great Easton Mum, Baby and Toddler Group
Great Easton Village Hall
10am - 12noon
Junior Tennis Club at Medbourne
May to August
4.30pm
Beginners
5.15pm
Intermediate
6pm
More advanced (those who can rally)
Classes free to Tennis Club members
Thursday
Youth Group
11-18 years
Meets every Thursday in the Village Hall
Alternating weekly between Medbourne and Great Easton
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
For further information please contact:
Cathy Moran
01536 771175
Parish Magazine Policy
At a meeting of the magazine sub-committee on 6 November 2006, the following policy was agreed
for all articles to be printed in the magazine:
•
Articles should be no longer than one side of A5 paper (one magazine page),
allowing space for any artwork.
•
The deadline for submission of articles is the 5th of the preceding month.
•
Wherever possible articles should be submitted by email to
[email protected]
It is impossible to do full justice to 23 years of faithful service as
churchwarden in a short parish magazine article. Nonetheless, I would like
to put in print my own gratitude to David Tyler who, with his longconsidered decision not to stand for re-election at the ADCM, leaves the
role of churchwarden and leaves a very hard act to follow. David has
brought his remarkable work ethic and his considerable professional
experience to bear on the beautifully maintained and improved fabric of
St Giles’ Church Medbourne. He has been diligent in paying attention to
the needs of the congregation and the wider community. He has been
remarkably supportive not just to me but to a succession of Rectors.
The affection in which he is held was borne out by the incredible generosity shown in the collection for him, and in the heartfelt presentation to him
by friends and parishioners.
I hope that David will get the hard-earned rest he deserves, and that he and
Val will enjoy the time they now shall have together.
Stephen Bishop
Rector’s Wednesdays
We are pleased to announce the venues for the next two informal lunchtime
meetings with the Rector in Great Easton. If you have any topic that you would
like to discuss then please come along and enjoy a bowl of soup and a chat,
between 12noon and 2pm.
Venues are as follows:6th June Margaret Stamp @ Woodbine Cottage,Banbury Lane.
4th July Heather Ingram @Teal Cottage, 5 Holt View.
Email addresses:
Please note that the Rector’s email address is
[email protected]
Magazine related emails should all be sent to
[email protected]
Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt
7 June 2012
Corpus Christi
Eucharist at Medbourne
7pm
(Please note this change of time)
The service will be followed at 7.30pm by the PCC meeting.
QUIET GARDENS IN LEICESTERSHIRE
Come Enter
Just for one day
Come seek silence
Come rest here awhile
Hear the still small voice
Know the peace of a Quiet Garden
Then continue on your way refreshed.
Diana and Michael Sword are hosting their annual Quiet Garden Day on
THURSDAY, 28TH JUNE
at 10.00 am
at Manor Farm, Great Easton
For more information, or for booking your place (which does need to be done
in advance as places are limited), please contact Mary Henniker-Major on 01536
770320.
These days are really very special. Come and try it this year and you may
well be surprised how much you enjoy it.
Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt
Services
June 2012
3 June
8am
9am
10.30am
Trinity
Eucharist at Great Easton
1662 Eucharist at Drayton
Eucharist at Medbourne
7 June
7.30pm
Day of Thanksgiving for Holy Communion
(Corpus Christi)
Eucharist at Medbourne
10 June
9am
10.30am
6pm
First Sunday after Trinity
1662 Eucharist at Blaston
Eucharist at Great Easton
Evensong at Medbourne
17 June
9am
10.30am
Second Sunday after Trinity
1662 Eucharist at Bringhurst
Family Eucharist at Medbourne
24 June
8am
9am
10.30am
Birth of John the Baptist
1662 Eucharist at Medbourne
1662 Eucharist at Stockerston
Eucharist at Great Easton
GARDENER’S CORNER
JUNE 2012
This is the month of the longest of daylight hours and this gives the
opportunity to relax in the garden. After a hard day’s work, even if it is gardening
there is nothing like a stroll around the garden, listening to the evening bird songs,
watching the changing colours as the sun goes down and the evening fragrances.
Once the danger of frost has passed (usually the first week of this month) it
should be safe to plant our your bedding plants and tender vegetables, When you
take out the old winter plants, remember they can go on the compost heap. If you
have Polyanthus it can be divided and planted in a shaded spot to grow on for
replanting in the autumn.
Lent Lunches 2012
The Lent Lunches proved to be an outstanding success this year. We raised the
highest figure we have ever reached. It would be very unfair to show how much was
raised at each lunch, but the total came to £2075.92.
It would be very remiss not to thank those who hosted them. The Lent Lunches do
require a considerable amount of time and effort, and of course the cost of the food.
This year our Lent Lunches were held at the homes of:Kate Nicholson, Stockerston Hall.
Audrey Hackett, Medbourne.
Mary Rose de Lisle, Lyddington.
Tara Blackman, Drayton.
Margaret Theakston, Great Easton.
David Ross, Nevill Holt Hall.
The soft fruit season is due to begin. To avoid your fruit being
taken by our feathered friends ensure you cover them (the fruit) with
fine netting. If you can net down to the ground this will save the fruit
disappearing. The soft fruit group consists of gooseberries, red/
white/black currents, raspberries and strawberries. Strawberries
ideally want straw placed under the plant to protect the berries from
damage either from the soil or rain. Check that as the fruit ripens,
you get it picked especially if we have a wet spell, as they are prone to getting mildew and rotting.
As these functions were part of our Parish Project this year, it is appropriate to
mention the last two events which were also highly successful.
Gardener’s Tip:
Plants in the house are a must, from the foliage to flowers they add a whole
new dimension to your rooms. We all like to have a break and so do your plants.
Now is the time to put them out into the garden in a cool spot and let them get some
fresh air, refreshing rain and some dappled sunlight. As with normal potted plants
don’t forget to water and feed them.
Last week Joss and Mike Mallock engaged Mosaic, a group of eight singers, four
ladies and four gentlemen. Without any music they entertained us with a tremendous
variety of songs, from classics to songs like Shenandoah. A group I am sure we will
be using again.
“Kids in Church”
3-year-old Rhys : 'Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His
name. Amen.'
A little boy was overheard praying:
'Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm
having a real good time like I am.’
We had the superb Harborough Band and Training Band in Medbourne. The church
was packed and another hugely entertaining evening was held. Our thanks to the
great work of David and Val Tyler and Margaret Tuffs for providing us with such a
splendid occasion.
These last two events made over £1400 between them and bring our support for
“Light in Africa” to approximately £3475.
As you can see we are well on our way to another very good year and with your very
generous support I am sure we can again achieve a significant total to help a very
worthy and small charity where the money raised will go directly to the project.
Neville Hackett
RJM Plasterers
Jubilee Ringing down the (Welland) Valley
ALL ASPECTS OF
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Contract &
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Over 30 years experience
A twelve hour cascade of church bells ringing down the length of the Welland valley
is to take place on Monday 4th June 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
It is planned to ring the bells in every church tower in turn down the Welland Valley
from its source at Sibbertoft, in the very centre of England near Naseby, to the Wash
sixty five miles away.
including Lime Mortar
For your free estimate from
your local plasterer call
01536 205005
07712 335 963
There are some 34 towers with ringable bells in the valley. Starting at 9 am and
allowing 20 minutes for each tower it will take 12 hours to ring down the Valley to
Surfleet. This, the last tower nearest the Wash, has a ring of 12 bells (most of the
towers have only 5 or 6 bells); it is hoped for a special ring on these bells as a fitting
end to the day. But even further down is Fosdyke with its one bell. This will be rung
60 times at dusk in association with the lighting of its beacon.
Statistics. Of the 44 settlements or so in the 65 mile (105 km) long valley, only 34
have church towers* with ringable bells, over 200 bells in all. Other churches whose
bells can only chime** are joining in. There should be some 38 churches in all. They
are in five counties, (Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and
Lincolnshire). Three dioceses (Peterborough, Leicester, and Lincoln) and seven
branches of the Diocesan Guilds of church bell ringers are involved.
*In Ringing terms all churches with bells have towers, whether they have spires or not.
**chiming is when the bell is just swung from side to side; ringing is where the bell is turned in
a full circle.
The idea of one church calling another in turn right down the Welland valley seems a
beautiful, traditional, and romantic way to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
Sweet Hedges Farm
Allexton Road, Stockerston
Tea Rooms
Open for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, all year
round (closed Tuesdays).
Group parties catered for by appointment.
Tel: 01572 717398
Waterloo Cottage Farm
Free range Pork, Lamb, Beef and
Poultry from family run farm
Truly free range for great tasting meat.
Butcher’s shop open: Weekdays: 8am– 6pm Sat:
8am – 4pm/Sun:10am-1pm
34 Harborough Road, Great Oxendon, LE16 8NA
Tel: 01858 467158
Email: [email protected]
Rutland Plumbing
Services
PLUMBING & HEATING
Tel: 01572 813067
Mob: 07710 605092
C Davies Digger Hire
Drives - Ditching - Footings
Fencing - Landscaping
Cliff Davies
Broadview, Stockerston Road,
Great Easton, LE16 8DG
Tel: 01858 555253
Mob: 07860 242658
ABC’s
Tidy Gardens
Offering a full range of services for
garden maintenance and landscaping.
A large team of male & female
workers to tackle everything in the
garden, but more importantly
NOT to let you down.
We are regularly in your area. For a
winter makeover, tree work, hedges,
fencing (all types),
clearance etc,
call Alister on
07815 889992
TIDDLIWINKS
PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP
MONDAYS 10-12PM MEDBOURNE VILLAGE HALL
TOYS, GAMES, IN/OUTDOOR FUN
COFFEE, TEA & CHAT FOR ADULTS
DRINKS & SNACK FOR CHILDREN
Come and join the fun! All welcome!
Great Easton
Village Hall
To Hire
contact: 01536 772210
OAKLEIGH BEAUTY
of Medbourne
Helen Collins
“Beauty treatments to relax and rejuvenate”
Home: 01858 565458/Mobile: 0791 989 0918
St Andrew’s Great Easton
Wednesday Eucharist
On most Wednesdays throughout the year
there is a Eucharist service in Great Easton at
10.30am.
All are welcome so please join us.
ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH – ROTA OF SIDESPEOPLE
June 2012
Sundays:10TH June
10.30 a.m
Margaret Theakston & Kathy Gibb
24th June
10.30 a.m
David & Irene Gibley
If any of these dates are inconvenient, please arrange to swap with someone, or if
you have a problem contact Julia Bowder on 01536 771539.
Stapleford Miniature
Railway
will hold open days in aid of the
cancer charity LOROS on the
following days this year: Saturday 9 &
Sunday 10 June, and Saturday 25,
Sunday 26 & Monday 27 August.
The miniature railway will be open to the
public for rides behind a variety of steam
locomotives. Other facilities will be in place, including catering, a variety
of stalls and other attractions. A good family day out.
GREAT EASTON
CHURCH BELLS
The Great Easton Bell Ringers
will be taking part in
Ringing Down The Welland Valley
on Monday 4 June 2012: twelve hours of continuous bell ringing
commencing at 9am in Sibbertoft and
concluding in Surfleet at 9pm.
Each church will ring for approximately 20 minutes.
This is the programme for the local area.
Great Bowden
6
11.00 am - 11.20
Dingley
5
11.20 -
11.40
Thorpe Langton
Chiming only
Sutton Bassett to chime
3
11.40 –
12 noon
2
Between 11.40 and 12.20
Weston by Welland
5
12 noon - 12.20
Medbourne
6
12.20 -
Ashley
5
12.40
1.00pm
Great Easton
6
1.00 pm –
01.20
Drayton and Bringhurst to
chime
Cottingham
1
Between 1pm and 1.40
5
1.20 -
12.40
1.40
The Bell ringers will be back in action
ringing in the celebration service at the church at
6.00 pm.
MEDBOURNE VILLAGE HALL
2012 SAFARI SUPPER
At mee?ngs of the Village Hall Management Commi@ee held on the 16th April the following
items of interest were discussed. Full Minutes are available on
www.leicestershirevillages.com/medbourne
SATURDAY, 14TH JULY
GREAT EASTON
(in aid of Great Easton church)
Beech Tree : The Beech tree has now been removed, although the stump will have to be
taken out by a specialist firm. The tree will be replaced in the autumn by a suitable species.
Village Teas: Two kind volunteers in the village have agreed to make new “A” boards
adver?sing the village teas. The Commi@ee themselves will also host certain teas this year.
Tickets: £25.00 per person
to
include:
Drinks and nibbles
Starter course
Main course
Dessert course
Cheese, coffee and port
Playgroup: It was agreed that the Playgroup could liD up a small area of turf in the corner of
the grounds to make a garden for the enjoyment of the children.
Beer Fes-val: The Commi@ee have now agreed with the landlord of the Nevill Arms on
procedures to be put in place for this year’s fes?val to alleviate problems which occurred
last year.
Doctors Surgery: The Surgery have now had their own dedicated telephone line installed.
Out of the mouths of children….
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorise one of the
most quoted passages in the Bible - Psalm 23. she gave the children one month
to learn the passage. Little James was excited about the task, but try as he
might he just could not remember the Psalm. After much practice he could
barely get past the first line. On the day that the children were to recite Psalm 23
in front of the congregation, James was very nervous. When it was his turn, he
stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, “The Lord is my Shepherd, that’s
all I need to know!”
With each course you will be given a glass of wine specially
selected to complement what you are eating.
(Further wine may be purchased).
You can travel at your own pace (within reason!) around the village.
The evening is very popular and always seems to go really well.
Do come as a party of friends or come on your own and meet other people
but
please contact me well in advance if you would like tickets
Mary Henniker-Major (01536 770 320)
Walking Group
During prayers in church one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the
pews. Tommy’s mother was horrified. She told him to be quiet and after church
asked him “Tommy, whatever made you do such a thing?” Tommy answered
soberly “I asked God to teach me to whistle, and He did!”
Owing to continuous rain we very reluctantly
had to cancel our April walk.
Our June walk will be on Wednesday 20th, so
we are hoping for better weather.
A Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot’s wife looked back and turned
into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted “My Mummy looked back once
when she was driving”, he announced triumphantly, “and she turned in to a lamp
post!”
Meet at Great Easton Village Hall 9.30.
All welcome but participants must be
Responsible for their own safety. No dogs
please.
IRELAND & LONGHILL
GREAT EASTON PARISH COUNCIL
THE RECREATION GROUND - CLARKE'S PIECE
The search for a playing field for the children of the village first appears in the
parish council minutes of 1890, and throughout the last century a@empts were
made to find some land for that purpose.
On 7th May, 122 years aDer that first mee?ng, the Parish Council signed the lease
with Harborough District Council, leasing Clarke's Piece to us for 50 years with an
op?on to renew at the end of that ?me.
At the same ?me we signed a lease with the Recrea?on Ground Commi@ee
assigning the field to them for the same period. So, for the next 50 years at least,
Clarke's Piece is safely owned and managed by the village.
Now is the ?me, finally to thank the Clarke family for the giD of the land, and to
thank the Recrea?on Ground Commi@ee for their brilliant achievement in giving
us all such a splendid and imagina?ve playing field for now and for the future as
far as we can foresee.
THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
Don't miss out on the Great Easton celebra?ons, which were detailed in the
programmes delivered to every house in Great Easton, and also available in the
shop for a small dona?on to the jubilee funds.
Thank you to everybody who sent me ‘get well’ cards,
messages and flowers, they have all helped speed the
healing process.
Also for the many sympathy cards for the sad loss of my
mother, Edna, previously of Medbourne, latterly of Great
Easton.
Your kind words have been a great help during a very
difficult time for me and my father, Tony Sutton.
Kind regards,
Virginia Snow
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Open Monday to Friday 8am to 5.30pm
Saturday 8am to 4pm
Sunday 8am to 1pm
POST OFFICE, FRESH BREAD & PASTRIES, DRY CLEANING, NEWSPAPERS, GROCERIES,
FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES, DELICATESSEN, COTTAGE DELIGHT PRODUCTS,
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Medbourne cum Holt WI is holding a special OPEN MEETING on
Wednesday 13th June in the Village Hall in Medbourne commencing at
7.30p.m.
Our speaker for the evening will be Dr G. Lawson, the subject
FORENSIC SCIENCE. A very interesting evening and one not to be
missed.
A small charge of £2.00 per person will be made for all non-WI members and will
include light refreshments afterwards.
Please contact either Ann Coon on 01858 555630 or Georgina Halliday on 01572
822270 to confirm you wish to attend. As space will be limited it would help if you
could confirm that you wish to attend.
As usual, the May meeting was taken over by our Resolutions. This year the WI are
asking us to support the suggestion and request that the Government allow the NHS
to employ more Midwives. This resolution would like to make sure that the number of
midwives increases in order to give the prospective mother more help and support at
what can be a very difficult time. We finished the evening with a round of Pictionary
and some delicious refreshments. During April we held a Bridge Drive in order to
raise funds towards the Parkinsons Disease Charity. I would like to thank everyone
for the wonderful afternoon tea and cakes that were provided - those taking part,
without exception, all thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon.
We have members and friends going on a visit to Highgrove on Tuesday15th
May. Please remember to take a packed lunch and identification (current passport/
photo driving licence or two utility bills). The coach will leave promptly at 9am and
hopes to return to Medbourne before 6pm.
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SIX SAINTS YOUTH GROUP
AGM
MONDAY 25 JUNE 8PM
GREAT EASTON VILLAGE HALL
MEDBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL
The meeting held on Monday 14th May 2012 was the Annual Statutory Meeting, at which Councillors confirmed they would continue with their existing Trustee and Representative roles.
The following items of interest to the village were discussed:
DO COME ALONG AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUTH GROUP
IS ABOUT.
NEW SUPPORTERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED!!!
Local Green Space: The Council has received advance notification of a ‘Local Green Space
Call for Sites consultation, taking place for 6 weeks from the middle of May.
The designation of Local Green Space is a means of protecting important open spaces which are
valued by local communities and the consultation will give communities the opportunity
through their Parish Council representatives to identify potential Local Green Space. This is
being considered by Councillors and will be discussed further at the next Parish Council meeting.
EVERYONE IS VERY WELCOME
TO ATTEND
Street Light on corner of Ashley Road / Waterfall Way: This street light has now stopped
working completely. It will be reported – again – to Eon in the hope that they can fix it properly
at no additional cost.
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Rectory Lane: A complaint has been received about the state of the road surface of Rectory
Lane. This has been reported to the Highways Department who will visit in due course.
DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be held on Monday 11th June
in the Village Hall at 7.45pm.
THE FADING AWAY OF THE CHURCH WARDEN
A3er-School Club Assistant Required
Enthusias?c person required to assist at aDer-school club in Great Easton.
Hours of work are currently: Term ?mes only, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.,
Monday to Thursday. Job share considered.
Applicants must have, or be willing to undertake, First Aid and Food Hygiene training.
Pay commensurate with role. Relevant experience preferred but not essen?al. Role par?cularly suitable to person undertaking childcare or playwork qualifica?ons as there may be
poten?al to develop the role.
Post covered by the Children Act 1989 and subject to sa?sfactory CRB and reference
checks; not open to anyone on the ISA Barred List.
A big thank you to all our friends who contributed towards the most generous giD,
and a@ended the recep?on to mark my standing down as church warden of St Giles
Medbourne. I must also give special thanks to Margaret, Rebekah and Rachael for
organising the party ,not forgeLng of course Jeryl for so kindly being hostess for the
evening at the Old Hall.
Val and I will con?nue to support St Giles and will help Margaret whenever needed.
David & Val Tyler
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There will be no meeting of the Garden Society in the Village Hall this month as
we hope to be visiting the gardens at Top Lodge, Glendon on Wednesday
20th June. If there are sufficient members and friends signed up for this visit, we
will leave from outside the Village Hall at 6pm.
14 July 2012
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Primroses, Cowslips and Oxlips ………
At the April meeting Joe Sharman, an expert on primroses, gave us a very
enjoyable talk illustrated with slides. Apparently just three original species lead to
all the cultivars we now have.
In previous centuries, wild primroses, oxlips and cowslips
carpeted the woodlands where it was shady and moist and
also covered lots of the countryside as there were more
meadows and these were wetter, retaining more moisture in
the summertime. Cottage gardens used to be full of these
flowers as there was a plentiful supply of manure to enrich
the soil and help to keep it moist.
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With drier summers, the moisture-loving primroses began to
diminish in numbers and also, as the motorcar supplanted
the horse, manure supplies decreased significantly.
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However, there are now many nurseries selling a huge variety of these flowers
with exciting names such as ‘blue silver lace double’ and ‘hose in hose’ type
breeds (one flower inside another). They can be grown in shady places, in
dampish corners, under trees and in herbaceous borders sheltered by other
plants. The clumps of flowers can be divided up in Spring if the ground isn’t too
dry, or in the Autumn (Aug/Sept) when we have had some rain. They can also be
grown very easily from seed. If the plants die this is usually due to drought or
attack by vine weevil.
Medbourne
Diamond Jubilee Party
Joe Sharman brought along lots of plants for sale, many of which he had illustrated with slides, and most members went home with a plant or two.
Great Easton Village Hall Committee would like to thank Patrick
Fisher, who, pro bono, repaired the glass on our outside notice board
when it broke in a high wind. Thank you very much Patrick.
At the Village Hall
Saturday 2 June 2012
3pm
7.30pm
Children’s Tea Party & Games
Family Hog Roast & Barn Dance
BLASTON NEWS
Matters from the Annual Meetings of 23 April.
Appointments: Village Clerk:
Paul Kennedy
Churchwardens:
Robin Murray Philipson and Wilfred Coon
Sidesmen:
Rupert West, Nicki Maclean, Matthew Tompkins
Secretary:
Della Stones
Treasurer: Lindsay Blaaberg
Organist:
Ann Coon
Magazine Agent: Nicki Maclean
Families on Duty:
Jan: The Blaabergs
Feb: The Wallheads
Mar: The Macleans
Apr: The Lanes
May: The Coons
Jun: The Tompkins
Jul: The Wests
Aug: The Murray-Philipsons
Sep: Jane Graham
Oct: The Kennedys
Harvest: Everyone
Nov: The Corys
Dec: Jane Graham
Christmas: Everyone
State of the Church:
Attendance remained satisfactory and the church building was in good repair apart
from rotted floor joists beneath the north pews which needed urgent attention at
considerable cost, needing grant aid.
Social and Fund-raising Events:
Julien Sheridan would organise a Silent Auction.
The village would have a fund raising stand at Blaston Show on 24 June. Helen
Kennedy would lead this but would need a good deal of help. Sarah West would
organise refreshments for a modest sum at the annual Ride & Stride event on
8 September. Church monthly flowers would be given after services to the unwell
or those celebrating an event.
Civic Matters:
The long term use and maintenance of the acquired phone box was discussed but
for the moment it would be used as a produce & books exchange point. The
lessons to be learnt from the now-withdrawn application for a wind turbine within
the village boundary were discussed. Future planning applications would be
displayed on the village notice board, including that for a possible anaerobic
digester at Medbourne Grange..
The full record of proceedings at the meetings are minuted and can be read on
the church notice board.
WJBCoon
Thursday 7 June
At this mee?ng we will be treated to a demonstra?on of Line
Dancing given by some members of the village group, led by
Cath Lupton. This promises to be an energe?c and fun-filled
aDernoon. Hostesses at the mee?ng will be Mrs J Scholey
and Mrs M Chester.
Visitors are always very welcome to come to our mee?ngs,
where they will find out what a happy friendly group of people we are.
The meeting of Great Easton WI on Tuesday 1st May started with the annual
resolution discussion. This year it focused on the proposal to call on the
government to increase investment in the midwifery service. The motion was
carried unanimously.
After this, Lynne Woods, who is based in Oakham, spoke to us about massage
and all the benefits it can bring to us, both physically and mentally. Massage has
been used throughout time but interest in it waned after World War One when it
became synonymous with a less salubrious practice! Happily its reputation is now
restored and massage is used by a variety of healthcare practitioners.
Lynne showed us how to give hand and arm massages and we were all soon in
pairs trying out our massage skills, which proved most amusing.
After 9-11 Lynne and a colleague went out to New York on two occasions to
provide simple, but very effective chair massages to the rescue workers. It helped
them to unwind in a time of extreme stress and trauma. Lynne demonstrated this
particular massage technique on a few of our members.
Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th June at 7.30 in Great Easton
Village Hall, when we will have a talk entitled "Life on the home front". New
members and visitors are always welcome.
Blaston and District Agricultural Show Society
Date for your diary - Blaston Show 2012
Plans for the 55th Blaston Show being held on Sunday 24th June 2011 are well
underway.
The Show’s main ring displays will also include heavy horse displays, terrier racing,
classic and vintage tractors and show jumping. There will be many equine events
including gymkhanas, Equifest and BSPA qualifiers for hunters, cobs, riding,
coloured horses and ponies, and mountain and moorland ponies, dressage and
driven ponies. This year will be the first year of a full range of ca@le showing
classes and the usual sheep and goat showing will also be present. The many
other a@rac?ons will include children's fair rides, trade stands, rural craDs, a
licensed bar and food outlets, a modern farming display, dog showing and a hound
show.
In line with the Society’s objec?ves to con?nue to develop the show, all new
a@rac?ons this year will include three major show jumping classes, cookery
demonstra?ons and a dedicated craD tent. The layout of the show will also be
altered to encompass the increased space requirements of the addi?onal
a@rac?ons and events.
The 55th Show will be held once again on the Blaston Road showground which is
located between the villages of Blaston and Slawston in Leicestershire. All money
raised from the Show will be donated to a variety of local chari?es, including
LOROS.
The hugely entertaining pre-show party will take place on Friday 22nd June 2011.
Bookings for all classes are now taking place. For full informa?on about class
bookings or any general queries, please contact the relevant sec?on head by
visi?ng www.blastonshow.co.uk
At our Plant Fayre and Coffee Morning in Blaston we
raised £280.44 for LOROS which we are very pleased
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Stockerston News
St Peter's AGM was held at Stockerston Hall on the 18th April and we thank Catherine
and Henry Nicholson for their hospitality. All officers were re-elected and the Rector
thanked everyone for their support and dedication. The number of people on the
Electoral Roll has increased to 26.
We were also pleased to hold the Parish AGM at Stockerston after the United Service
on the 5th Sunday in April.
Plans are coming together for Stockerston's Jubilee celebrations on Sunday 3rd June,
when we all look forward to a special community event.
Once again we will be running a market stall in Uppingham on Saturday 9th June and
we will be very grateful for any donations. Please do pop along and support us if you
are out and about.
Our thanks to Georgina Halliday who prepares the church for us this month.
Opera Minima presents
a Summer Music Festival
a feast of song and instrumental music
Musical theatre LAST WORD PRODUCTIONS (LWP) return to Great
Easton with their latest revue - “What’s the story?”
Let Clio Burroughs, Susan Moore and Timothy Muller wow you with musical
numbers from classic comedies, Sondheim spectaculars and Broadway
blockbusters!
Fri June 22 in Great Easton Village Hall at 7.00 pm.
Tickets £12.50
Cello and piano recital
Joseph Spooner and Nicholas Bosworth in “Variations on a theme”,
a programme of passion, lyricism and virtuosity.
Includes Beethoven: Sonata no. 3, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Variations,
Martinu: Variations on a Slovak Theme and A 19th-century operatic fantasy”.
Sun 24 June in Old Corset Factory, Gt Easton at 6.00 pm. Tickets
£25 includes supper
A centenary tribute to Kathleen Ferrier
Mezzo contralto Susan Moore sings Ferrier favourites such as “Blow the wing
southerly”, “Art thou troubled” and “What is life to me without thee?” and
South African-born baritone Njabulo Mdlala, 2010 winner of the prestigious
Kathleen Ferrier Prize, sings French melodies, English songs and some intriguing S African songs. Accompanied by Nicholas Bosworth.
Sat 30 June in Old Corset Factory, Gt Easton at 6.00 pm. Tickets
£25 includes supper
Tickets for LWP from Great Easton shop.
Others online from www.operaminima.org
or phone 01604 230 584 (weekday evenings only ) or 01536 770298.