Master NettNews Autumn 2005

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The village magazine of Nettleham
Lincolnshire
Front cover photograph by Nigel Kingston
Winter 2007
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From the Editor
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DEADLINES
Nettleham News magazine is produced quarterly and the
deadlines for receiving contributions for each of the editions are:
Nigel Kingston
1 High Street
Nettleham
Lincoln
LN2 2PL
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Welcome
This magazine
New woodland for Nettleham
A warm welcome to the winter 2007
edition of Nettleham News. I sincerely
hope you enjoy reading it and find all the
news, views and information of interest.
I am always mindful of the two main
constituents of Nettleham News.
As a result of the efforts of Nettleham
Woodland Trust over the past months,
permission has finally been obtained to
plant over 400 trees on an area of the
Police Field adjacent to Green Lane and
The Scotches footpath.
I really can’t believe that another year has
passed! It seems like only yesterday that
I was organising the magazine for another
year last January.
Next year, 2008, will mark the silver
anniversary (or should that be Jubilee?) of
Nettleham News and I hope to have a real
surprise for you all to mark twenty-five
years of the magazine.
I am very proud to have been associated
with the publication over all those years
from the very first edition in 1983, first as
graphic designer and subsequently as both
Editor and designer. I enjoy it immensely
and hope that you all enjoy it too. From
what people say to me and write in their
letters, I think perhaps you do!
And with the coming of the internet
Nettleham News is now read worldwide,
something that we never dreamed possible
back then in 1983!
Deadline dates
Please note the changed deadline
dates for receiving contributions to
Nettleham News at the head of this
page. Instead of the 10th day of the
month preceding the quarterly editions,
it is now the 1st day - so do make sure
you get your articles, etc, to me in good
time for inclusion in the magazine.
Christmas crossword
There is a special Christmas Crossword
for you on page 27, so when all the
excitement of Christmas has died down
and you have some time to yourself once
more, settle down with a cup of tea and
have a go for the £10 prize.
Firstly, the advertisements, which enable
local businesses to make readers aware of
their products and services. These are the
life-blood of the magazine, as the revenue
from them makes publication possible.
Without them there would simply be no
magazine and I would like to take this
opportunity to sincerely thank them all for
their continued support over the past year
and urge readers to use these local
businesses whenever possible. And do
remember to mention Nettleham News
when responding to the advertisements in this way advertisers know that their
inclusion in the magazine is worthwhile.
Scheduled to take place on Saturday
23 February 2008, between 10.00am and
2.00pm, everyone in the village is welcome
to come along and help with the planting
of the trees. The saplings are only quite
small - even children can plant them, so
bring a spade with you and let’s create this
new piece of woodland for Nettleham the very first of what is hoped may be
many more areas of native woodland
around the village over the coming years.
Secondly, it is you, the readers who
contribute so much in terms of content
and I would like to thank all those who
have sent in material for publication over
the past year and hope that many more
readers will be inspired to send their own
contributions next year. If there is
something you would particularly like to
see featured in the pages of the magazine,
do let me know.
Do come along on the day to lend your
support to this community effort.
To maintain a lively and interesting
magazine there is no restriction on what
you can send - news stories, anecdotes,
informative articles, events, club news,
appeals, readers letters, poems, jokes,
photographs, in fact just about anything!
[email protected]
It always makes an article more interesting
to the reader if a photograph accompanies
the text and in these days of digital
cameras it’s so easy to take pictures simply send them as jpg attachments to
your emails - it couldn’t be simpler.
Don’t be shy - make it your New Year’s
resolution to have something printed in
the magazine in 2008.
See Noticeboard on page 3 and
centre pages 34/35 for
more information.
Nettleham News Email Address
Please remember the email address to
which all your contributions for the
magazine should continue to be sent:
By far the easiest, quickest and surest way
to send text for publication is to compose
the article, poem, etc, in your favourite
word processing software, then simply
copy and paste the entire text into the
email for sending to me (if you would like
to put “text starts” and “text ends” to
clearly define the wording to be published
- even better) then I can copy and paste it
again straight into the magazine.
And Finally...
May I wish you all a very happy Christmas
and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.
The views and opinions expressed in Nettleham News magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor.
Nettleham News is designed, originated and published by Nigel Kingston, 1 High Street, Nettleham, Lincoln LN2 2PL. Design copyright © Nigel Kingston.
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under design copyright above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system,
or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed by F W Cupit Printers Limited, Horncastle.
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Directory of Advertisers
This magazine is funded solely by the revenue from advertisements and readers are urged to support these businesses whenever possible. Please mention Nettleham News when responding to advertisements.
Acceptance of advertisements does not imply any endorsement by Nettleham News and those responding to the advertisements are responsible for confirming the quality and suitability of the products and services offered.
It is the advertisers’ responsibility to ensure that their material does not contravene advertising standards or any Act of Parliament.
IFC: inside front cover; IBC: inside back cover; BC: back cover
Accommodation
Costa del Sol
Luv-a-Duck Cottage
Spanish Apartment
Los Cristianos (Tenerife)
The Old Vicarage
Old Barn Holiday Cottages
Hayman’s Ghyll
Holiday Home in SW France
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Accountancy Services
Peter Allen
ASAP Andrew Seymour
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Antiques
Hemswell Antique Centres
IFC
Farm Shops
Uncle Henry’s
Books
Autumn Leaves
20
Financial Services
Thompson & Richardson
Building/Property Services
JW Builders
L&J Construction & Maintenance
Leesing Construction Ltd
M J Spencer & Sons
Fairclear Construction
Atkin & Son
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Cake Creation
Fiona Milnes: Cakes by Design
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Carpet Services
Bernie’s Carpet Services
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Ceramic Tiling
Simon Clover
Dean Lynch
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Chemist
Krystals Chemist
Chiropodist Services
Mandy Spring
Cleaning Services
Safeclean
LTC Driveway & Path Cleaning
Allan Cotterill
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Complementary Therapies
Ruth Lembo
Hang 10
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Computer Services
Bob’s Computers
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Dancing Classes
Susan Gaisford
Domestic Services
Pepperpots Domestic Services
Domestic Appliance Services
Neil Bark
Larry Jackson
Driving Tuition
Highway School of Motoring
Phil Barton Driving School
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Eating Out
JayDees
IFC
Electrical Services
Neil Caldwell
Fox Electrical Supplies Limited
G & A Beckett Limited
Graphic Design
Little Big Designs
Nigel Kingston
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BC
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Hair Stylists
Margaret’s
20
Estate Agents
Mundys
Harrison
IFC
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Health & Beauty
The Beauty Rooms
Aspects of Beauty
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Eyecare Services
David Burghardt
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Home Security
Secure Homes
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Joinery Services
Tasker Joinery
Shane Mackey Joinery Limited
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Kitchen/Bedroom Services
Nu Door
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First Aid Services
St John Ambulance
First Aid 4 Sport
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Florists
Flowers by Design
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Food Delivery Services
Woodlands Organic Farm
Wiltshire Farm Foods
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Function Venues
The Old School
Nettleham Village Hall
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Funeral Directors
Jonathan Whiting
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Furniture & Soft Furnishings
Edward W Crowther Ltd
Thorpe Soft Furnishings
Robert Truelove & Sons
Shah
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Garages
Roy Wilson Auto Services Limited
Garden Services
R H Kime
Whatling Horticultural Services
Crown Gates & Services
Soil Solution Garden Services
P Westman Landscapes
Garden Centres & Nurseries
Scothern Nurseries
Rudies Roots
IFC
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General Services
Peter Davis & Son
Grafters
Helping Hands
Handyman Services
Nettleham Handyman
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Giftware
Jolly Posh
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Golf Centres
Welton Manor Golf Centre
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Property Services
Trade Windows Direct
Hodgson Elkington
Starglaze
Cherry Property Services
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Legal Services
Oliver & Co
Andrew & Co
Sills & Betteridge
Andrew Jay & Co
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Roofing Services
N B Reid
PL Roofing
Simon J Humphreys
D White Roofing
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Maths Tuition
Lynn Williams
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Signmakers
Venture Signs
BC
Multimedia Services
Blow by Blow Productions
IFC
Skip Hire Service
Handy Tip
Parker’s Skip Hire
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Nailcare Services
1st Class Nails
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Sports Clubs
Nettleham Tennis Club
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Supermarket & Post Office
Lincolnshire Co-operative
IBC
Taxi Services
Lynn Cabs
Rumway Executive Travel
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Travel Agents
Imp Travel
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Tree & Hedge Services
Tip Top Tree Service
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Painting & Decorating
T Lawson
S J Skepper
Holmes & Fields
John Borman
Graham Hill
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Pest Control Services
Paul Leigh
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Pet Services & Supplies
Taylors of Welton
Scothern Kennels & Cattery
TV/Video Services
Horizon Aerials
Aerial View
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Vacuum Cleaner Services
Lincoln Vac Centre
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Plastering
James Oley
Nettleham Plastering
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Window Cleaning
ABC
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Wine Retailers
Witham Wines
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Playgroups
Nettleham Pre-School Playgroup
Beckside Pre-School Playgroup
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Printing Services
F W Cupit (Printers) Ltd
Public Houses
The Black Horse
The Plough
Nursing Homes
St Luke’s Nursing Home
IFC
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Lawnmower Services
Paul Dales
Newsagents
Beckside Newsagents
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Plumbing & Heating Services
Bob Golland Plumbing
Roy Pyrah & Son
Paul Strong Limited
Apex plumbing
Instagas
D White
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WR Home Maintenance
Gas Wise
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Nettleham Noticeboard
CUPPA TIME
MEN WANTED
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ALL SAINTS CHURCH
Lincoln Orpheus
Male Voice Choir
is seeking men to join
our choir
Nettleham
Every Sunday afternoon
from 3.00 - 4.00pm
(Providing the church is
not being used for services)
Come along and
enjoy some cake and biscuits
and a chat
TREE PLANTING
DAY
Saturday 23 February 2008
between 10.00am and 2.00pm
at the Police Field near the entrance
from The Rookery
Come along
(with a spade if possible!)
Everyone welcome
THE ANNUAL
NETTLEHAM
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2008
The Green
Saturday 12 July: 2.00pm onwards
We meet every Tuesday at
St Mary’s School
Winnowsty Lane
Lincoln
at 7.30pm
No experience required and
no age limit
(16-90 years)
NEW YEAR’S DAY
VILLAGE WALK
A family walk around the village
for approx 2 hours
Walk off the excesses of the holiday!
Nobody is too old or too young
to take part!
Tuesday 1 January 2008
Meet 10.30am on the Village Green
Warm welcome guaranteed!
Contact: 01522 824018
Issues
Facing Women
Today
A series of
ten seminars throughout 2008 on
some of the issues that face
women today
at
The Methodist Church Hall
7.30pm
Admission free
For more information
see page 39
Organised by the Fieldpaths Committee of
Nettleham Parish Council
Threshold
A Church in the Community
Coffee mornings
Old School Rooms
10.15 - 12.00
Saturday 26 January 2008
Threshold Office,
Hammond Business Centre
East Street
Nettleham
01522 820883
Music
and
Meditation
How do you get
your message across to
every household in the village?
All Saints Church
It couldn’t be simpler -
every Thursday
2.30pm - 3.00pm
Come along and
let your mind experience
peace and tranquility
for half an hour on Thursday
every week
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How do you ensure that
everyone in Nettleham knows
what’s going on?
USE
NETTLEHAM
NEWS
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Nettleham Parish Council News
The festive season is with us again and we all begin
to look forward to the coming of Christmas and
the New Year; moreover the end of the calendar
year can give us opportunity to pause, reflect and
evaluate what has been good and what has not
been so good in the past twelve months. While
December may mark the end of the calendar year,
Advent and Christmas mark the beginning of the
Christian year.
The Parish Council, with success and achievement
behind us and the challenges and opportunities
that lie ahead in 2008, are committed to providing
quality and effective service.
The Old School
Mill Hill
Nettleham
Lincoln
LN2 2PE
Telephone/fax 01522 750011
www.nettleham.info
The Parish Council is looking at the following
locations within Nettleham for the imposition of
Orders and would welcome representations from
the public: Beckside, Bill Bailey’s Playing Field,
Mulsanne Park, The Paddocks (Play Area),
The Burial Ground and Extension, Washdyke Lane
Old Quarry and Vicar’s Wood.
Old School Yard
Various comments, quite understandably, have
been made by residents during and following the
re-surfacing of the Old School Yard many of which
were positive, others less so – it is quite clear to me
that the Parish Council’s decision has been
controversial.
The existing car park consisted of tarmac laid on
an old concrete base that was failing badly. During
wet weather huge areas of water stood on the car
park because of failed drainage and subsidence
and in frosty weather this was a serious hazard,
particularly for the large numbers of senior
residents who regularly use the premises.
The Council in its deliberations, not least because
of our concern and liability for public safety,
decided some four years ago that the car park
would have to be re-surfaced. The Council
recognised that any works would be expensive
because of the foundation and drainage work
required, irrespective of the surface chosen.
The majority of work is now complete. The gate
at the southern corner of the property has been
moved, the impressive new block paving has been
laid and the new fixtures have been installed. The
new surface of the Old School yard will improve
accessibility for those with restricted mobility.
I was delighted to see in the late autumn sun of
October that the yard looked fantastic – a fitting
enhancement to our village’s prestigious
community centre.
When considering the actual surface finish, the
Council had to be cognisant of the types of vehicles
coming into the car park, most of which are private
cars, but also include heavy delivery lorries and
refuse vehicles. We also considered future
maintenance, and the principal benefit of block
paving is the relative ease and much reduced cost
of repairs without unsightly patching.
system of byelaws for the control of dogs and also
the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996, which has
been repealed, although existing Orders remain in
force until replaced. The new powers allow Orders
to be made making the following offences, which
apply to any land in the open air to which the
public have access: 1. Dog fouling. 2. Dogs to be
kept on leads in certain prescribed areas. 3. Dog
exclusion order. 4. Number of dogs under the
control of one person at any one time would be
limited. 5. Dogs to be put on a lead if directed to
do so by an animal welfare officer.
Skate Park
Open Monday - Friday
9.00am - 12 noon
The Parish Council agreed that this option of
financing the work through a long-term loan
would mean that future residents of the village, in
decades to come, who will benefit from the facility
of the Old School Yard, will also be contributing to
it. The block paving has an estimated life
expectancy of between 30 and 40 years – which is
far greater than that of concrete or tarmac.
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Church Street Traffic Restriction
The Council has agreed to a proposal from
Lincolnshire County Council, which is the Highways
Authority, to impose a few minor restrictions on
Church Street, as noted in my contribution to the
Autumn 2007 edition of the Nettleham News.
The restriction will be on both sides of the bend
near the church and around the junction with
Chapel Lane, and opposite, with the demarcation
of the bus stop and restriction round to the
parking bays in front of the Co-Op (see page 6).
The Parish Council were pleased to welcome to our
September meeting two local youngsters, Thomas
and Patrick who spoke eloquently for the need for
the Parish Council to consider a skate park within
the village. The Council is in the early stage of
considering the implications of such a scheme and
would welcome any volunteers from residents
interested in being part of a group looking into the
viability and possibilities of such a scheme. A public
consultation will be held if a scheme is to be
progressed.
Flooding
The Parish Council is eagerly awaiting the
commissioned report on the summer flooding of
the village and recommendations of remedial
actions that might be taken. The Parish Council
remains committed to looking for solutions to the
problems of climate change and are taking a
multi-lateral approach to safe-guarding the
interests of Nettleham residents.
Councillor Giles McNeill
Planning
QUALITY
COUNCIL
Many villagers have enquired about the cost of the
project, so here goes: The excavation of the site,
improvement of gas and water supply, complete
renovation and replacement of the drains,
incorporation of ducting for future electrical and/or
CCTV measures, new lamp standards, renovation of
the notice boards, flag pole and flags and
resurfacing of the Beckside path (damaged in the
floods) has been financed through a loan of
£65,000 at a fixed rate of interest of 5.3% over a
period of 31 years borrowed from the Public Works
Loans Board.
The alternative of a tarmac finish was expected to
cost in the region of £40k, but would have had a
life expectancy of only half that of the block paving
and require more maintenance.
I have become increasingly frustrated when
representations made to the Planning Officers
within the Planning Directorate of West Lindsey
District Council seem to be quickly dismissed and
applications granted permission against the Parish
Council’s wishes. I am particularly concerned that
the Council’s best attempts to represent the wishes
of Nettleham residents are meeting with limited
success – and I am sure I’m not the only one.
Dog Control Orders
The Parish Council has begun the process of
looking into the feasibility of implementing Dog
Control Orders in the village. A Dog Control Order
has force under a new piece of legislation that
came into effect in 2006. Dog Control Orders can
be made under the Clean Neighbourhoods and
Environment Act 2005 and replace the previous
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Contact details:
Giles McNeill
01522 751564
Mobile telephone: 07896 730737
3 The Chestnuts
Nettleham
Lincoln
LN2 2NH
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Proposed parking restrictions in Church Street
Nettleham
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Annual Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2007
The Parish Council’s annual audit has now been completed
and an auditor’s certificate of satisfaction to that effect has been issued.
Notice of the closure has already been publicised on the parish notice-board in accordance with the statutory requirements.
For the benefit of readers of Nettleham News, the Annual Statement of Accounts
up to and including 31 March 2007 is shown here.
Should any resident wish to seek clarification of any of the information,
they are invited to contact the parish office (details page 5).
Year ending
31 March
2006
Year ending
31 March
2007
1
Balances
brought forward
£80,098
£76,020
Total balances and reserves at the beginning of the year as recorded in the
Council’s financial records. Value must agree to 7 of the previous year.
2
(+) Annual precept
£69,970
£72,910
Total amount of precept received in the year.
3
(+) Total other receipts
£38,326
£45,969
Total income or receipts as recorded in the cashbook, minus the precept.
Includes support, discretionary and revenue grants.
4
(-) Staff costs
£31,872
£28,874
Total expenditure or payments made to and on behalf of all Council
employees. Includes salaries and wages, PAYE and NI (employees and
employers), pension contributions and related expenses.
5
(-) Loan interest/capital
repayments
£8,879
£8,879
Total expenditure or payments of capital and interest made during the year
on the Council’s borrowings (if any).
6
(-) Total other payments
£69,623
£60,749
Total expenditure or payments as recorded in the cashbook, minus staff
costs (4) and loan interest/capital repayments (5).
7
(=) Balances
carried forward
£76,020
£96,397
Total balances and reserves at the end of the year (Must equal 1+2+3
minus 4+5+6).
8
Total cash and
investments
£92,243
£93,453
The sum of all current and deposit bank accounts, cash holdings and
investments held as at 31 March (to agree with bank reconciliation)
9
Total fixed assets and
long-term assets
£727,384
£728,230
The recorded book value at 31 March of all fixed assets owned by the
Council and any other long-term assets, eg loans to third parties
10
Total borrowings
£93,766
£89,593
The outstanding capital balance as at 31 March of all loans from
third parties (including PWLB)
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HMS Nettleham
Readers may remember that in the last
(autumn) edition of Nettleham News
(page 9), there was an article on
HMS Nettleham, one of 93 inshore
minesweepers of the “Ham” Class (named
after villages in Britain ending in “ham”).
(See also page 11)
Thank you for another excellent edition of
Nettleham News including the article on
HMS Nettleham.
When HMS Nettleham was finally
de-commissioned, the ship’s bell was
offered to the village and the Parish
Council agreed that it be presented to the
Junior School.
Built for the Royal Navy, HMS Nettleham,
which had the pennant number M2713,
was launched on 19 December 1956,
completed on 21 February 1958 and finally
sold in November 1967.
An officer formally presented it to the
school and Mr Thursby, the headmaster at
the time, used it to summon children to
assembly, etc.
When the previous article appeared,
there was no known photograph of the
ship or information of its current
whereabouts (if it still exists). However,
Rob Cheaves has discovered a photograph
of the actual ship (below) and also some
further information about it, which he
kindly sent for publication.
It was still there when my grandson (the
fourth generation of my family to attend
the school) left four years ago.
Malcolm Leaning
(Past Governor of the school for 29 years)
The vessel was 32.5 metres long overall by
6.4 metres beam and displaced 164 tons
fully laden. The construction was of wood
to minimise magnetic signature and it was
armed with one 40mm Bofors gun, or a
20mm Oerlikon cannon.
There is a lot of information about the ship
on Wikepedia, so if there are any readers
who would care to do some further
research on our namesake vessel, go on
the internet and see what you can find!
From a reader...
Editor:
The ship’s bell from HMS Nettleham
hangs in the reception foyer at
Nettleham Junior School.
When the ship was de-commissioned and
sold, the bell was offered to the village.
Yes, you’re quite right Malcolm.
I went to Nettleham Junior School and, with the
kind permission of Headteacher David Gibbons,
took a photograph to include in this edition
of the magazine.
If anyone knows if the ship
is still working somewhere in the world,
do let me know
(with a photograph if possible)
HMS Nettleham (The name is just discernible on the side of the bridge superstructure, but the pennant number on the side of the ship confirms its identity)
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Ship’s bell rings out
a welcome to new school at Nettleham
Extracts from an article in the Lincolnshire Echo of Friday 14 July 1967
kindly sent in by Brenda Harris of Greenfields
The Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Rev Kenneth
Riches, performed the dedication,
Ald T F Raby, Chairman of the Lindsey
Education Committee the opening
ceremony and Chief Petty Officer P B Kelpie
rang the ship’s bell from HMS Nettleham,
when the village’s new Church of England
primary school was opened yesterday.
The Bishop told the children: “We want
this to be a big school where people can
learn to do things better, think big things
and act big things.”
The school has been open for nearly a year
and the Bishop performed the dedication.
Lt-Cdr P C Bennett presented the school
with the bell of HMS Nettleham, an inshore
minesweeper launched in 1956.
“She has now reached the end of her
service with the Fleet and has been ‘put
out to pasture.’
“At the end of an old year, eight bells are
sounded on a ship’s bell and sometimes
one bell is sounded to welcome the New
Year” he said.
The platform party, including the
Chairman of the school managers, the
Rev H G Herrington, the vicar of
Nettleham, went to the end of the school
hall where the bell is mounted on a
bracket.
Chief Petty Officer Kelpie then sounded
eight bells and the headmaster of the
school, Mr C S Thursby, sounded one bell
to mark a new phase in the life of the bell.
Ald Raby unveiled a plaque in the porch
commemorating the opening.
There was an amusing moment in the
proceedings when Ald Raby asked the
children: “Do you know what I always
looked forward to when I was at school?”
when a small voice was heard to reply:
“Going home time!”
Editor’s note:
The headmaster at the time, Mr Stanley Thursby,
was headmaster at the village school
for a total of 31 years.
He was first appointed to the post in 1947,
when the school catered for pupils from 5 to 15
years of age. This later changed to infant and
junior, and finally to junior only, when the new
infant school was created in the village.
The Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Rev Kenneth Riches, speaking to the children before dedicating Nettleham Church of England Primary School on Thursday 13 July 1967
Perhaps you recognise someone, or even yourself, in the photograph?
Photograph from the Lincolnshire Chronicle, Friday 21 July 1967
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Police News
CUT OUT AND KEEP
IN A CONVENIENT PLACE
vehicle. If you are shopping for
Christmas presents in town, lock them in
your boot and out of sight.
Scothern Road
Nettleham
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Jackie Parker mobile: 07944 776801
Welcome to the winter edition of
Police News
Firstly I would like to mention that
we have had three burglaries in the area
(Sudbrooke and Reepham) during the
month of November. These crimes took
place during the day, whilst the
occupants were at work and either
windows or doors were forced to gain
entry to the properties.
Please be alert. Make sure that all your
windows and doors have substantial
locks. Make sure that your property is as
secure as it can be when you leave and
set your alarm if you have one. Keep an
eye on your neighbour’s property and if
you see anything suspicious, report it
immediately. We do not mind if it turns
out to be a false alarm.
If you are planning to go away at
Christmas, invest in a number of timer
switches for your lights in order to
create the impression that someone is in
and therefore deter any undesirable
people. (NOT the hall lights - how many
of us only use the hall light when we are
in? This is a sure sign to the burglar that
you are out!). We need to ensure that no
one gets the opportunity to commit
these offences. Please keep an eye out if
you have an elderly or vulnerable person
living near you. Be a good neighbour!
On the same lines, make sure that your
vehicle is locked and secure and that you
do not leave valuables on show in your
We have had a fair bit of anti-social
behaviour in the last few weeks at
Mulsanne Park, as you know from the
last Nettleham News. This has improved
a little, but we still have a group
meeting quite late in the evenings, who
are drinking and causing damage. Extra
patrols are being carried out and will
continue for the foreseeable future.
Damage has been caused to the football
stadium, repairs for which have to come
out of the Football Club funds. Glass
bottles have been smashed on the
football pitch and the pitch has to be
searched before a game can begin.
The football club may have to close if the
cost of the repairs becomes too much,
which would be a terrible shame for all
the young people who currently use the
grounds to play football.
Do you know where your child is in the
evening? It may be that we will stop and
speak to your child if they are in an area
where anti-social behaviour is taking
place. If you know the people involved in
this type of behaviour, please let us
know, so that we can deal with them.
Anti-social behaviour cannot be resolved
without the help and involvement of the
local community.
On the same note, we have also had a
spate of thefts of vehicle badges in the
village. If you see anyone taking the
badges from vehicles, please ring us
straight away. Getting the badges off
the vehicles often causes damage to the
metalwork of the car and also makes the
vehicle look unsightly when they are
missing. This is criminal damage.
Collecting vehicle badges is not a good
idea, unless they can be bought from
legitimate places.
On these dark nights, please make sure
that you have adequate lighting on your
bicycle and that of your child’s. Over the
last few days I have seen paperboys and
papergirls zig-zagging across the road
on their bikes delivering papers, wearing
dark clothing and no lights on their
bicycles! Lots of clothing these days is
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made with reflective strips as an integral
part of the item. Reflective waistcoats
and strips and be bought relatively
cheaply. Reflective bits that go on the
spokes of the wheels can also make
them more visible when seen side on.
Regularly check the batteries and bulbs
in your lights before you leave your
home.
Please make sure your child can be seen
in the dark.
Just to point out that it is not all doom
and gloom. We live in a beautiful part
of the world and in an area that has
relatively low crime. I have been touched
at the friendliness of everyone in the
area and I look forward to seeing you
out and about during the coming year.
And finally, I would like to take this
opportunity to wish you all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year from
everyone here at the Nettleham Police
Station.
WHEN
REPORTING CRIMES
PLEASE REPORT THEM
DIRECTLY TO
LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS
ON
O1522 882222
WHERE THE CRIME CAN
BE RECORDED AND AN
OFFICER ALLOCATED,
IF NECESSARY
PCSO 2108 Jackie Parker
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Martin Family Tree
That Subject Again!
I wonder if any readers of your magazine
can assist me. I am trying to trace members
of my late father’s family, to enable me to
compile a family tree. My father was raised
in the Lincoln area, but we know very little
about his early years.
To whom it may concern
(or possibly not!)
His name was John Henry Martin, but was
always known as Jack. He had sisters,
Madge, Joan Phillis and Kath (or Kathleen).
He moved to the Peterborough area in,
I think, the 40’s as he met and married my
late mother Joan (nee Goodliffe) in 1946.
As children in the early 60’s, my brother
and I used to go and stay with Granny
Martin, she lived, with my Aunt Phillis in
Normanby-by-Spital and my Aunty Madge
lived just down the road in Owmby-bySpital with her husband also known as
Jack. I think her married name was Joyce.
I never knew my grandfather and am not
even sure how or when he died. Some of
the above, I believe, lived in the Nettleham
and Market Rasen area.
As all of the above are, as far as I know, no
longer with us I am hoping that someone
reading this in your letters pages will
recognise some of the names and be able
to provide me with some information.
My email address is
[email protected]
I am searching through the census and
other sites online, but just need a starting
point.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Tony Martin
Thank You
Macmillan Coffee Morning
29 September
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank everyone who supported this event
at my home by their attendance, with gifts
and donations and my friends who worked
so hard selling and serving.
Again, this year, I have been able to send a
cheque for £250. My grateful thanks,
Kath Ersser
It was a beautiful October day and I
decided the best way to enjoy the sun was
to take my three year old daughter down
to the Beck to say ‘hello’ to the ducks.
She was enjoying walking on the grass,
counting them and seeing them swimming
around. It was only after a very short time
that I noticed she had trodden in some
disgusting dog mess. It was all over the
bottom of her new shoes! After cleaning it
up as much as I could, the only thing I
could do was to return home. I was then
absolutely horrified to find that it was not
only on her shoe, but also all over her
tights and the fabric of her buggy.
Yes, it certainly goes a long way!
I just want to say to the selfish and
irresponsible person who did not clean up
after their dog, thank you very much not only did you ruin my small child’s trip,
but I also had a very nasty clean-up job to
do, not to mention the hazard to health
this sort of neglect causes.
By the way, I am a dog lover and have a
dog, which I walk with my child in her
buggy around the village every day, I
always, without fail, clear up after our dog,
as do most other dog walkers, but it only
takes just one or two irresponsible people
to completely spoil it for the rest. So if you
know who you are, I hope you feel suitably
guilty and don’t forget the poo bags in
future!
Stephanie Race
Do you have anything to say about Nettleham?
Something you’d like to get off your chest?
Perhaps you have a grumble, or would like to
praise some aspect of our village life,
or perhaps have an idea which could
improve our community.
Write to the Editor
(contact details page 1)
Please note that for correspondence
to appear in these columns, the name and address of
the writer must be supplied to the Editor.
A policy of strict confidentiality is applied and under
no circumstances will the name and contact details of
the author be published, if a specific request to
withhold this information accompanies
the original correspondence.
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SIGHT SAVERS AT
NETTLEHAM CARES
Thank you so much to all who supported
the Sight Savers stall at Nettleham Cares.
The stall raised £82.66 and a further
generous donation meant that £100.00
has been sent to Sight Savers to continue
their sight saving work.
A letter received from the Fundraising
Office reads, “Your donation could help
protect 833 people against river blindness
for one year. Do please pass on my thanks
to everyone for their continued support of
Sight Savers, it really is very much
appreciated”.
Once again my thanks to you all.
Joyce E Lewis
Hello Again
From Dorothy and Ron Green,
now living in Margate, Kent.
Our former neighbours, the Radfords on
Sudbrooke Lane, recently sent us a letter
and included a copy of the autumn edition
of Nettleham News. The items were very
interesting to read and brought back many
old memories. The flooding pictures were
grim and we trust the restorations for
everyone are now complete.
I did note the absence of a crossword, so
I am enclosing another puzzle in the hope
that it may be used in the next edition.
Good luck with your continued editing and
production of the magazine and we look
forward to seeing later issues.
To you and your family we send our best
Christmas greetings and the very best of
wishes for a happy and prosperous New
Year.
Ron & Dorothy Green
Editor:
Many thanks for your kind words
about the magazine, Ron, and thanks too for
the crossword which you sent.
(Readers may remember that Ron used to
regularly devise crosswords for the magazine
when he lived in the village).
I already had a special Christmas crossword
for this edition which I devised myself, but
Ron’s crossword will appear in the
next edition (spring 2008).
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Letters
Farewell
I have worked at Nettleham Pharmacy for
30 years, three years with David Hurr and
the last 27 with Sue, who, with Ken and
the boys are my second family, who I love
very much.
I’ve enjoyed it very much and send my
regards to all our customers who I will miss
a lot, especially the ones I have a bit of
banter with (or should I say cheek!).
I worked in a private pharmacy in
Doncaster from 16-22, prior to getting
married and moving to Lincoln where my
husband worked (although he was a
Doncaster lad).
So I reflect on my past with great pleasure
as I finally retire and enjoy some time to
myself. Love to you all.
Nell Ord
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Where do I begin? I came to the lovely
olde-worlde village of Nettleham at the age of
seven - many moons ago.
How well I remember the school and the
teachers there. Everyone an inspiration to me.
Miss Baker, who gave me a lasting love of
literature, especially poetry, which I now write
myself. I still treasure a book of poetry she gave
to me more than seventy years ago! Miss Ellis,
who produced our yearly school concert in the
village hall and trained our school choir to
compete in the Lincoln Music Festival and never failing to win a prize!
I remember with affection the village church of
All Saints and being taught by Miss Bowes in
the Sunday School and the vicar, at the time,
Rev Henry Cotton-Smith. A kindly man and a
humorous one. He used a blackboard and chalk
in the church porch for special notices - hence
his nickname “chalky”. One year, knowing he
was on holiday some village wit wrote on it
“Hip, Hip, Hooray, the vicar’s away”. A week
later underneath was written “Alas, alack, the
vicar’s back!” Our Sunday School summer trip
was always a Red Letter day for us all.
So I grew up in the peaceful, caring atmosphere
of the village. At the age of seventeen, I left
during World War II and joined the WRAF and
served with Bomber Command for four years.
There I met the man who became my husband,
a Scot, and I went as a bride to live in Scotland,
eventually becoming a clergy wife.
I visit Nettleham every year at Eastertide and still
see it as a charming place in which to live.
My special thanks to the Editor for giving me
this opportunity to recall such lovely memories
and for sending me the super quarterly
Nettleham News.
My good wishes to all the inhabitants of the
village of Nettleham.
Eve Clancy
Editor’s note:
There is a poem from Eve on page 46
From Another Weather Watcher
Oldbury, West Midlands
Thank you for the copy of Nettleham News.
I was particularly interested in Lee Barker’s
weather readings, as I do something
similar. I note that his pressure readings
are somewhat higher than mine. This is due
to the fact that I live on the Rowley Hills,
about 300 feet above sea level, as
compared with Nettleham (50-60ft?).
I use an ex-RAF altimeter back to front.
These altimeters work by barometric
pressure. They have to be set to the current
ground level pressure, which appears in an
inset dial. To use it as a barometer I set the
altitude to zero, then read off the pressure
shown on the inset.
I don’t know if the ford is still by the
Vicarage, or whether it has succumbed to
all conquering tarmac. To me this was one
of Nettleham’s delectable spots. Hence the
enclosed poem.
An Old Village Photograph
Eastbourne
East Sussex
My uncle was Geoff Clarke, for many years
editor of Nettleham News.
While clearing a relative’s home (Len Green
who is in hospital) we came across this old
photograph of the White Hart, which I
thought might interest your readers.
Taken at the beginning of the 20th
century, it shows a group of men holding
up their banner at the front of the
White Hart.
I have tried hard to read the wording
on the banner, but, despite enlarging and
enhancing, I can’t. “Lincoln District” is
clear at the base, but the title at the top is
obscure. I remember that The Order of
Buffalos used the pub as a meeting place,
so could it be that? Maybe your readers
might have some better ideas!
Above the fellow with the light coloured
cap and beard, immediately in front of the
banner to the left, is written in pencil:
Needham, was he the landlord at the time?
Most of the other faces are very clear.
It would be interesting to find out what it
was all about!
As a child and teenager I spent many
happy holidays staying with my
grandparents: Pop and Ma Clarke at the
White Hart. I made many friends in the
village and have always been interested to
read and hear what is going on.
Helen Warren (nee Greaves)
Editor’s note:
The photograph which Helen kindly sent is
reproduced on page 68 of this magazine, and is
also included on page 31 of the excellent
“Nettleham Yesteryears” book by Pearl Vose.
It shows the annual Oddfellows Friendly Society
(the wording at the top of the banner?) parade
c1900 .
This book is a must for the bookshelf of anyone
who is interested in the history of Nettleham
and is available from Beckside Newsagents at
£7.50. The perfect Christmas gift.
Nettleham Yesteryears
John Smith on Arran tells me he greatly
enjoys Nettleham News. Like me, he has
many happy memories of Nettleham, and
likes to keep in touch.
John Allison
Editor’s note:
John’s poem appears on page 45 and Lee Barker’s weather records for summer 2007 are to be found
on page 61 of this magazine
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Dining Club
In many towns and cities in England
there exist Dining Clubs. These give a
group of people the opportunity to
dine out, usually once a month, to
exchange ideas and discuss topics of
common interest or current events.
In addition, it allows the chance to try out
many venues, often newly opened, where
you probably otherwise wouldn’t go especially if you live alone.
I would like to try and establish a similar
group in Nettleham, of perhaps eight, ten
or twelve people. I often think I’d like to try
a certain new eating place and just fail to
get round to it. The advantage of a club as
described above is that once a month we
would automatically try somewhere new.
We have plenty of choice: Nettleham,
Lincoln and the villages around.
Members of any age or sex would be
welcome, singletons, couples, inhabitants
of the village, or friends from Lincoln or
other villages.
So please get in touch and ensure that
once a month you have the opportunity
to escape the television and enjoy the
company of others, catch up on their lives
and set the world to rights.
I suggest January would be a good time
to start as this can be a very dull month
and perhaps we could go somewhere in
Nettleham for our first dinner, in case the
weather is not good.
If you are interested, please contact:
Patricia Gregory
Telephone: 809062
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The Mountain Activity Team support
Lincoln District Scouting by providing
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts with the
opportunity to safely experience climbing
utilising a mobile climbing tower and a
boulder wall. The team also teach
youngsters in the best ways to pack
rucksacks and how to navigate using
maps and a compass.
Junior MAT are a group of enthusiastic
scouts (girls and boys) from age 12 years,
who are encouraged to experience the
outdoors at first hand. They enjoy three
weekend camps every year, with the
addition of days excursions hill walking,
climbing, cycling, etc.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to James Parkin, age 6,
a member of Nettleham Tennis Club who
recently won the North Tyneside Open
under 8s and under 9s.
He lives in North Shields, but plays at the
club when he visits his grandparents, who
live in Nettleham. James was also
nominated for most improved male junior
for the second year running at the recent
Northumberland LTA awards. He also
collected the award for school of the year
from Andrew Castle, former British tennis
player and now a presenter of GMTV.
Alison Parkin
24 Abbots Way
North Shields
NE29 8LX
Recent MAT and Junior MAT activities have
included the Waddington Air Show and
the Scouting Centenary celebrations at
Lincoln Castle and in Sainsbury’s Car Park,
Tritton Road.
Scouting groups across Lincolnshire can
hire the team and the climbing wall to
support fundraising, group camps and
group activities at very reasonable prices.
You can find further details on our
website: www.ldsmat.org.uk
If you would like to find out more
information please contact:
Junior MAT: Neil Mahon
[email protected]
MAT: Clive Wilkinson
[email protected]
Nettleham Carnival
makes a contribution to
the Nomad Trust
On Friday 9 November, a cheque for
£400, from Nettleham Carnival 2007 was
presented to Brenda Shiels, Deputy
Manager, The Nomad Trust Lincoln, by
Phil McGuiness, Chairman of the
Nettleham Carnival Committee.
Many thanks to all those who came
along on the day and spent lots of money
enjoying themselves - at the same time
helping to support this very worthwhile
local charity
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NETTLEHAM CARES
Thank you so much to everyone who
joined in Nettleham Cares on Saturday,
13 October and made the day so
memorable It was so good to have fifteen
charities participating and on their behalf,
I thank you all for your support.
Thank you ladies for providing delicious
refreshments once again. Whether as stall
holders or customers, we did so enjoy the
goodies you provided.
Finally, my thanks to Chevrette who
provided the music for us and to Ray
Sellars for allowing me to leave the tables
out ready for the Table Top sale next day.
Joyce E Lewis
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Rev Jenny Rowley
What’s the best thing about Christmas?
In a pre-Christmas poll, 86%
said spending time with family
and friends, 7% thought time off
work, 3% said food and drink,
and only 2% said presents.
But how many of us are driven almost
to distraction in the run-up to
Christmas by the pressure to spend,
spend, spend, by the pressure of
advertising, which tells us we can only
have the perfect Christmas if we buy
this particular item, or treat our loved
ones to this particular gift.
Or how impossible
it would be to even
think about a happy
Christmas if our tree
were not trimmed in
the colour which
co-ordinates with the
wrapping paper.
Then there is the
post-Christmas stress
as the credit card bill
drops on the mat,
and it takes months
to pay off the debt.
Last year, it is estimated that in the
UK the average adult spent £863 on
Christmas - a staggering total of
around £51.6 billion! Little wonder
that the festive season is turning into
“Stressmas” for many people.
But let’s go back to the best thing
about Christmas - only 2% of people
actually thought (or admitted to
thinking) that presents, and the
material things of Christmas, which
can so often prove an expensive
post-Christmas headache, were the
best thing about the festive season.
An overwhelming majority said it was
simply the opportunity to be together,
to give and receive hospitality together
with friends and family that makes it
such a special time.
And that’s something we see at the
heart of the Christmas story.
“Mary laid her baby Jesus in a manger
because there was no room for them
in the inn”. It was the animals in the
shed who made room for the baby
Jesus when the people in the house
couldn’t find a space for this girl in
need. They had nothing to give the
baby except a space in their
feed-trough, the warmth of their own
bodies, and an acceptance of his
presence among them.
Now that’s true hospitality, which has
nothing to do with
spending money or
buying presents which simply
welcomes and
accepts. And it’s a
hospitality which
reflects Jesus’
own welcoming
acceptance of others,
whoever they were.
The stories of Jesus’
life tell us how he
welcomed “sinners”
and still welcomes
everyone to sit and eat with him at his
table, and in his kingdom. A hospitality
which is reflected by his followers
today in churches throughout the
world, including the Christian
communities represented in our own
village of Nettleham.
This year at All Saints we hope that
you will come along to the services
and events we are holding to celebrate
Christmas - the great party when we
welcome Jesus as Emmanuel, “God
with us” and enjoy a big welcome and know that you are always
welcomed by him and the church
which serves him here in this place.
A very happy and peaceful Christmas
to you all.
Rev Jenny Rowley
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Sunday 2 December Advent Sunday
8.00am: Said Eucharist
9.30am: Parish Eucharist
6.00pm: Healing Service
Saturday 15 December
6.00pm: Angel Drive: Admission Adult: £2.00,
Children: £1.00 or family ticket: £5.00
(see posters for further information) to raise
funds for the restoration of the Kempe window
(see page 21)
Friday 21 December
9.30am-12 noon “A Christmas Journey” A morning of Christmas crafts and activities for
children
Sunday 23 December
(the Fourth Sunday of Advent)
9.30am: Parish Eucharist
11.15am: Holy Communion with hymns at
St Mary’s Riseholme using the Book of Common
Prayer in Traditional Language
3.00pm: Carol service - with music from our
augmented choir and traditional carols
6.30pm: Carols by candlelight at St Mary’s
Riseholme, followed by mince pies!
Monday 24 December Christmas Eve
3.00pm: Crib service - a simple Christmas
service for the young - and young at heart!
Children are invited to come dressed as a
character from the Nativity story
7.00pm: Carols on the Green followed by
Refreshments in church.
11.30pm: Midnight Mass
Tuesday 25 December Christmas Day
9.00am: Family Communion for Christmas.
Children are encouraged to bring a small (!)
present with them which they have opened
already (perhaps something from their
stocking), to show everyone.
10.30am: Holy Communion with hymns at
St Mary’s Riseholme using the Book of Common
Prayer in Traditional Language
Wednesday 26 December Boxing Day
(St Stephen’s Day, the first Christian
Martyr)
Sunday 6 January 2008 Epiphany Sunday
9.30am: Parish Eucharist - Come and
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News from All Saints Parish Church
A warm welcome awaits you at
our meetings held at 2.00pm in the
Old School, Nettleham, on the second
Monday of each month.
RETURNED TO NETTLEHAM
CHURCH AFTER 30 YEARS
Some of you will know that many years
ago there was a beautiful stained glass
window in the church depicting St Francis
and the birds, made by the famous stained
glass artist Charles E Kempe. Sadly, the
window was seriously damaged in the
1950’s and had to be removed.
In the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, following
the fire which ravaged the east end, John
Hayward came to the church to design a
new window for the Eastern wall. The
beautiful window he created, showing the
risen Christ overseeing renewal of life in
the fields with the first growth of spring, is
enjoyed by worshippers and visitors alike.
While John was here, the Kempe window
was discussed, and when he saw the
remnants agreed to take them away to see
if anything could be done with them: and
so he did.
Very little was heard for 30 years, until our
new Parish Priest Jenny Rowley made
enquiries - and to everyone’s delight, John
confirmed that he had made a small panel
with the best parts of the original window.
Imagine our delight when a parcel arrived
and we could see St Francis in the company
of a small bird, returned after so many
years to its home in Nettleham.
BECKSIDE WI
Why not pay us a visit and experience the
friendly atmosphere in convivial company
and enjoy a wide variety of speakers and all for just over £2.00 a month!
The meeting dates for 2008 are:
Monday 7 January
Monday 11 February
Monday 10 March
Monday 7 April
Monday 12 May
Monday 9 June
Monday 14 July
The next thought was how to preserve and
display the panel, and the PCC decided
that it could and should be given
prominence as an insert to one of the plain
windows in the South wall.
Now all we need is some money to actually
get it done - surely the easiest part of the
journey! It is reckoned to cost about
£1,400 to complete the installation, and
fund-raising is under way. Anyone and
everyone is welcome to be part of the
fund-raising effort - our main fund-raising
event will be an Angel Drive on
15 December (see Forthcoming Events and
posters round the village).
Monday 11 August
Monday 8 September
Monday 13 October
Monday 10 November
Monday 8 December
Talks already arranged include St John
Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem, Midge’s
Miscellany, Antarctic Experiences and The
Life of Rev F L Blaythwayt FLB.
The year begins on Monday 7 January with
“Moving House”, a local project involving
the dismantling, moving and rebuilding of
a cottage. Come along and join us you will be most welcome.
For further information please contact:
Mrs M Beattie
(President)
01522 752078
or
Mrs J Chappell
(Secretary)
01522 750723
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The illustration of Queen Victoria and the royal family in the Illustrated News which popularised the Christmas tree in Britain
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Nettleham Trees
The fifth and final article of this
series on Nettleham trees features
the Christmas Tree on The Green.
The photograph, kindly sent in by Iris
Woods from Beck House, was taken on
Christmas Day in 1969 and shows her
daughters Mary and Helen admiring the
very first village Christmas tree on The
Green, provided by the British Legion.
This was the year of the catastrophic fire in
All Saints church which destroyed many
features, including the organ, and the
proceeds of the first carol service round the
tree went towards a fund to provide a
replacement organ for the church. Today
we continue to have a Christmas tree on
The Green every year.
The tradition of a Christmas tree indoors
appears to have begun in mediaeval
Germany and may be a relic of an earlier
Celtic ceremony. German Christians would
bring trees into their homes and decorate
them with fruit and dried flowers. In some
areas evergreen trees were so scarce that
families would build a Christmas pyramid,
a simple wooden structure which they
decorated with branches and candles.
The tradition of the Christmas tree
eventually spread throughout Europe.
The English royal family introduced the
idea of a Christmas tree to England when
Queen Charlotte (wife of George III) had
the first tree in 1800.
Queen Charlotte’s biographer, John
Watkins, wrote: “In the middle of the room
stood an immense tub with a yew tree
placed in it, from the branches of which
hung bunches of sweet-meats, almonds
and raisins in papers, fruit and toys,
most tastefully arranged, and the whole
illuminated by small wax candles”.
German merchants in Manchester had
decorated Christmas trees in the 1830s,
but Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were
responsible for popularising the Christmas
tree when they posed with their children
for a Christmas press photograph in 1848.
The picture of the royal family by a
Christmas tree decorated with candles,
sweets and gingerbread was first published
in the Illustrated News (see opposite page).
The image was subsequently published in
newspapers all over the UK and caused a
huge amount of public interest. The
following year, leading society hostesses
vied with each other to produce the most
lavishly decorated tree and, in due course,
the rest of the country followed suit.
Early Christmas trees were usually
decorated with apples, nuts, gingerbread,
ribbons and candles. The invention of
electricity in the early 20th century and
widespread use of electrical Christmas
lights made the Christmas tree even more
popular. The first mass-produced electric
Christmas tree lights appeared in 1890.
The Christmas tree has remained the
centrepiece of festive decorations ever
since in Britain, but the choice of types has
increased dramatically. Artificial trees have
gained in popularity in recent years and
can be purchased not only in remarkably
realistic natural forms, but also in a wide
range of different colours which, combined
with some of the modern tree decorations,
can create a very attractive colour-themed
design to complement any home.
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However, natural trees still remain popular,
with over 6 million being sold annually in
the UK, despite people still finding the odd
needle or two when decorating the house
in mid-summer!
Fashions in tree decorations also changed
over the years. Originally they were very
much home-made items, lovingly crafted
from whatever bits and pieces could be
found around the home. Nowadays, with a
more affluent society, a wide spectrum of
different colours, materials and designs are
available, but many people still prefer to
get out their old favourites every year.
I know I do, each and every one brings
back a fond memory of Christmases past
and perhaps relatives and friends who are
no longer with us - it’s a lovely time of year
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ICY LANDSCAPES
Landscapes have always inspired and
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and extreme environment. This was my
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camera), and I also took slides as a back
up. The cameras coped very well with the
challenging conditions, though care was
taken to try and protect them from
sea-spray and battery charging was a
twice-daily routine.
Here are two of the four thousand or so
pictures I came back with. A difficult
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seas were what enchanted the eye. The
iceberg was actually turquoise-blue; an
unexpected characteristic of many of them.
Capturing that “magic moment” when you
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shutter button just as the perfectly-posed
penguin suddenly decides to bend down
and preen, does not always produce the
picture you had in mind!
Maureen Ball
Member of RB Camera Club
RB Camera Club Programme 2008
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Gentoo penguin chick being fed, Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula
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website: www.rbcameraclub.co.uk
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The Nettleham News Christmas Crossword
Devised by The Editor
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1. A string of festive greetings (9,5)
1. Seasonal hymns on The Green (9,6)
2. Dare to damage and study (4)
9. A sort to cook the turkey (5)
10. Springtime bulb lit up differently (5)
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3. Small orange a must as it’s juicy (7)
4. Hang around to get a kiss? (9)
11. Bedtime songs in the nursery (9)
14. I made new appearance in the press (5)
5. Lass blown asunder by cold war missiles (9)
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15. Mr Claus himself! (5)
16. Deck the halls with boughs of ..... (5)
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6. Len’s art depicts Rudolph’s headgear (7)
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7. Sole, but not fish or foot! (4)
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18. Secure a man’s present (3)
8. Terrific, of course, but clearly not of this
world (14)
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19. Sounds like an heir - what a star! (3)
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12. Ned added VAT in the days leading up to
Christmas (6)
20. Once mixed an ice cream (4)
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22. Fruit sounds like two of a kind (4)
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23. Good flavour in Santa’s typical meal (5)
13. Slide down these in the board game (6)
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16. The Conservative belonging to him is
in the past (7)
24. Goldilocks’ three friends (5)
25. Disrupt changes one to mean the same (7)
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26. Mice lost tail in the fuel - that’s funny! (7)
17. Fuel for the traditional festive fire (4,3)
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28. Type to arrange in order? (4)
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30. A natural partner for 16 across (3)
31. The latest from all points of the compass (4)
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21. Spring festival to the north reveals
oriental origins (7)
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22. Eulogised in despair (7)
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27. Always ecologically sound - a real
Christmas tree (9)
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33. A Christmas cracker! (3)
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28. Raymond’s cold companion (7)
34. Fellow returns to show agreement (3)
35 (and 40 across) My friend in France (3,3)
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36. Ready for a drink? (3)
37. Visiting uncle from America? (3)
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38. Satellite TV from above (3)
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39. Credit removed from vessel is stern (3)
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31 and 29. Festive birds from East Anglia?
Bootiful! (7,7)
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41. Home for pairs of toy animals? (3)
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42. Trap in drink? (3)
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50. Entice with force to create a relative
response (7)
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46. Ladies of vows (4)
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51. Defeats then dined extravagantly (7)
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52. Mistress Chater wanders into a forest of
festive firs (9,5)
48. A new .... born today (4)
53. A girl to blossom in winter? (7)
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54. The bean jumps around and appears below
(7)
55. Gas, electricity or parking? (5)
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62. Gordon idle? No, he’s making
wholemeal bread (5,4)
60. Thus in Latin (3)
63. Harmonious notes strike the right one (5)
65. Conifer and stream in South Yorkshire
village (7)
Name
66. Old fuel corrupted - sad! (7)
Address
68. Three in a group (4)
64. A backward idiot is stuck up (5)
69. Stone fruit found in a diary? (4)
66. Spanish fleet loses one and flounders - what
a cliff-hanger! (5)
67. Mixed reply sent soon (9)
70. What a ludicrous performance (5)
57. A group of four (6)
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59. Precious stones (4)
62. A place for tired plants? (3)
55. Flighty missile follows a thousand in a
large vegetable (6)
61. This cairn rather oddly signifies a belief in
Jesus (9)
56. One from Edinburgh at the races? (5)
58. Rodents return for a shining example (4)
45. I forged a metal support for 17 down (7)
49. Tokens of affection under the tree?
(9,5)
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43. Ever and again for a naval affirmative (3)
44. One of Santa’s little helpers (3)
32. King sat awkwardly and is gliding along
(7)
43. Hero with tan developing offers an
additional example (7)
40. See 35 across
47. Three wise ... (3)
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71. Surround the picture (5)
1 February 2008
72. Small gifts in hose (8,7)
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The Cuckoo Game
A reader, Graham Hillier, of Shaw Way in
the village, sent in an interesting item
which a member of his family found in a
box of miscellaneous bric-a-brac in
Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
The mail order catalogue contained a wide
variety of merchandise, all with a “nature”
theme, including greetings cards, toys, tea
towels, place mats, books, novelties, etc,
etc. This simple card game was just one of
hundreds of different products available.
Consisting of a pack of cards with the title
“Cuckoo Game” it was distributed by The
Society for Promotion of Nature
Conservation at the address of The Green,
Nettleham, Lincoln. The cards were
designed and illustrated by Veronica Barge,
copyrighted to Dinosaur Publications Ltd
and dated 1976.
The formidable lady in charge at the
time was a Miss Rule (I didn’t know her
first name - with a name like that you
don’t ask!) and she lived in the property
which is now Honeypot Cottage, on
High Street.
The organisation still continues today and
I spoke to Tricia Dines, who has worked for
the charity for many years (and who lives
in Nettleham), who informed me that the
organisation eventually left the village and
moved to Waterside South in Lincoln in
1990 and subsequently moved again to
their present location at Waterside in
Newark, Nottinghamshire in May 1999.
Now known as The Royal Society of
Wildlife Trusts, it continues to use the
badger’s head as its logo.
Graham asked if any readers might know
anything about this organisation, what it
was and just where it was located in the
village.
Having lived here for thirty years myself,
I clearly remember the three-dimensional
black and white badger’s head (the logo of
the organisation) which was located on the
front of the Old Institute building facing
onto The Green. The logo was later
removed (where is it now?), I believe,
when the Halifax Building Society agency
moved into the ground floor.
The “Cuckoo Game” has been donated to
the Nettleham Heritage Association and
will be placed in the display cabinet in the
large room at the Old School for future
generations.
The Old Institute building served as the
administrative offices for the Society for
Promotion of Nature Conservation and a
large new building was constructed at the
rear to serve as a warehouse for the many
items which the organisation despatched
to its customers through its mail order
catalogue. (This large building was
subsequently divided into smaller units,
now occupied by a number of independent
small businesses).
The concept of the game is to match
individual creatures (birds, mammals,
insects, etc) with their homes by
exchanging cards with other players and
the unfortunate player who ends up with
the cuckoo card is the loser! Why? because
the cuckoo is the odd one out, having no
real home of its own!
A selection of the card pairs from the 47-card pack (23 pairs plus the “Cuckoo”)
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Bottling Out!
Amazingly we have reached the end of yet
another year, and what a year it has been!
The 25th Anniversary year of the
opening of the St Barnabas Hospice
Despite, on some occasions, poor weather,
the support from all the public has been
simply AMAZING, as ever ! Thank you!
The icing on the “anniversary” cake
certainly was the Silver Screen Ball in
October at the Lincolnshire Showground,
which finally raised over £7,500 and was
thoroughly enjoyed by the 400 people
who attended.
In October a volunteer work party cleared the corner of Vicar's Wood behind the
beckside seat, in preparation for some new planting. The photograph shows just a
fraction of the bottles and tins they came across within a few yards of the litter bin
and which have now gone for recycling.
SNIPPETS
True stories kindly sent in by Barbara Taylor for your amusement
(The names have been changed to avoid embarassment!)
One summer’s evening, about 15 years ago,
we were at Nettleham Bowls Club. On this
particular evening, two of the old stalwarts
of the club were playing each other. One
was always trying to out-do the other and
they ribbed each other mercilessly.
The game started and, after a few rolls,
competition between the pair was plainly
noticed across the green. Eyeing the jack
lying in the distance, Bob prepared to roll
the first of three bowls. Measuring his
length, he bent over and rolled beautifully
straight, knocking the jack at least 2 inches
sideways. As he stood up he broke wind
quite loudly. “Beat that then Harry”,
dared Bob.
With that, Harry stood on the mat and
bent over swinging his arm back slowly
and, rolling his bowl with deliberation and,
at the same time breaking wind louder
than Bob’s and, totally unaware, causing
some mirth amongst the spectators.
He too moved the jack.
“Good enough?”, he asked Harry.
Mary, our neighbour, was being visited by
her sister Peggy, which she always did
every week on the same day.
As was the usual practice, weather
permitting, she was escorted around
Mary’s garden to admire the latest
flowering plants.
Every so often, in their broad Hounslow
(or more correctly Harnslow) accents they
uttered the same words week after week:
“Loverly day dear”.
“It is dear”.
“How are you keeping?”
“Musn’t grumble”.
Eventually, after completing the tour of
the garden, the conversation changed and
they made comment on a mutual friend.
“Pity about Ethel”, remarked Mary.
“Yes, a real shame that”, replied Peggy.
“Recovering though”, added Mary.
“I’m pleased to hear it”, said Peggy.
“But they say it was only her corsets that
saved her.”
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Many, many events throughout the year
have all played their part in providing the
funds to keep this vital resource going for
the people of Lincolnshire. These have
included: the annual Christmas Fair in
Bailgate; Parachute Jump (£8,000);
Midnight Walk (£17,000); Car Raffle
(£23,139); Skellingthorpe’s Craft Fairs and
Open Gardens in 2007 (over £5,000); Tea
Party events in Nettleham (around £1,200);
Welton & Dunholme events (raising £100’s
& 100’s); the yearly Ladies Lunch (over
£3,000); May Ball (2,000); the popular
annual Plant Sale (£1,800); Gala at
Doddington Hall (over £1,000).
All these PLUS many collections (at Tesco),
Coffee Mornings, Summer Fairs, Tombolas
etc, etc, tirelessly organised, manned and
supported by all of you throughout the
year raising £££££’s of vital funds - the real
‘blood’ keeping the ‘heart’ of the Hospice
healthy and alive, and ready when needed.
All this money raised - and yet, 2008 will
be another HUGE challenge. We have to do
it ALL OVER AGAIN – and then some!
So, if you could spare the odd hour or two
to help at ANY of our events, PLEASE come
and find out more, at the……
FUNDRAISING
VOLUNTEERS EVENING
15 January 2008
at 6.30pm in the Lecture Theatre
at the
St Barnabas Day Hospice
Hawthorn Road
Lincoln
If you would like more information on any
fundraising topics, please contact:
St Barnabas Fundraising Office:
Jenny, Kim or Kay: 01522 540300
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Nettleham and District Probus Club
On the 3 June, 1988, the late Jack
Walters chaired a meeting in Nettleham
Church Rooms at which it was agreed to
form a Probus Club to be known as the
Nettleham and District Probus Club,
with Jack Walters as its first president.
the fellowship within the club which they
founded.
The Club is one of more than 4,000
such clubs worldwide which provide an
opportunity for retired professional and
business people to maintain a social
network and to enjoy fellowship with
others who have similar interests.
Meetings are now held at Hemswell Court,
Hemswell Cliff, generally on the third
Wednesday of each month at 12 noon for
lunch at 12.30pm, when members enjoy
fellowship in a social manner, accompanied
by lunch, followed by a guest speaker.
A wide range of topics is covered.
Although Probus is a worldwide
organisation of clubs, it has no central
governing body. Each club prides itself on
its independence and freedom to organise
itself and its activities as it sees fit. The club
structure is simple and is managed by a
small committee.
It was on Wednesday 20 July,1988, that
the members of the newly formed club
first met for luncheon at The Four Seasons
Hotel at Dunholme. Whilst, sadly, many of
those founder members are no longer with
us, there are several who continue to enjoy
The Club continued to hold its meetings at
The Four Seasons Hotel on the third
Wednesday of each month until it closed
for business in February, 2002.
Highlights of the year, when members are
joined by their wives and guests, are the
luncheon meetings held in July and
December. These meetings are always very
well attended and enjoyable social
occasions.
Ladies are also invited to join their partners
at the monthly coffee morning, which is
held on the first Wednesday of each
month - another friendly social occasion.
The venue currently is the Black Horse in
Nettleham.
Ladies Summer Luncheon, 2007
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From time to time, social outings are
organised to places of interest. Among
those places recently visited are:
Sandringham, The Red Arrows at
Scampton and Ripley Castle near Leeds.
Wives and guests are also welcome
participants on these trips.
Over time the Club has grown in number
and benefits from a steady influx of new
members. For many people retirement
brings a need to establish new friends and
new activities. Probus clubs are there to
help to meet that need.
The Nettleham and District Probus Club
is a friendly organisation and it looks
forward to the future with optimism.
Whilst there is a maximum number which
can be accommodated within the Club,
new members are always welcome. Any
member of the Club can be approached
about joining, or, if you want further
information you can contact:
President: Norman Clixby
01522 751704
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New woodland for
Nettleham: success!
After 12 months of hard work
Nettleham Woodland Trust have
found a site (hopefully the first
of many!) on which to plant
new trees.
We are very pleased to announce that
Lincolnshire Constabulary have kindly
given permission for us to plant 425
saplings in their field alongside
Green Lane.
This is part of our long-term vision
to increase the amount of woodland
around our village. Our intention is to
use native species and, later, when the
trees are larger, to underplant them
with native wildflowers.
Ian Benford, Chairman of Nettleham Woodland Trust, digging a test hole in the ground
We now need your help to plant
the new young trees.
Please come along (with a spade if
possible) on Saturday 23 February
2008 between 10.00am and 2.00pm.
The saplings are only 30-60cm high,
so can easily be planted by children.
However, we do ask that all children
are accompanied by an adult.
Plant just one, or as many trees as
you wish, or just come along to watch.
Refreshments will be available.
At a time when we hear so much bad
news about the environment, this will
be an opportunity for you to put
something back and create woodland
that will benefit Nettleham for many
years to come.
The white dotted line indicates the approximate area of the new planting, extending the width of the ex
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Although Lincolnshire County Council
have generously provided funding that
will cover nearly 50% of our costs, we
still need to raise more money. All
donations are welcome, no matter
how small (or large!).
Cheques should be made payable to
Woods Round Nettleham‚ and
sent to:
The Treasurer,
Nettleham Woodland Trust
5 Lodge Lane
Nettleham
LN2 2RS
Rod Newborough, Andrew Watson and Ian Benford, together with Rod’s daughter and grand-daughter
If you are a tax payer, you can help us
even more by declaring any amount
given to the Trust as Gift Aid. Sending
a Gift Aid Declaration enables us to
reclaim the tax you've already paid,
and if you are a higher rate tax payer
you may be able to claim additional
tax relief.
There is a Gift Aid Declaration form on
our website:
www.woodsroundnettleham.co.uk
on the ‘Donate’ link.
If you already have a blank Gift Aid
Declaration form, please complete it
using our charity name:
Woods Round Nettleham
and our charity number: 1119854.
If you have any questions, or require
any further information, please
telephone either:
Ian Benford
822475
or
Susie Mendel
751283
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LINK ROMANIA
FAMILY SHOEBOX APPEAL
2007
Established in 1960, Leukaemia Research
Fund is a leading charity in the fight not
only against leukaemia, but also the
lymphomas, myeloma, myelodysplasia, the
myelodysplastic syndromes, aplastic
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Hodgkins disease.
The Lincoln Branch of Leukaemia Research
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Nettleham
Good News Van
Thank you all so much for your
support of the Shoebox Appeal.
This has been a fantastic year as once
again you have all been so very
generous.
The 8th of December 1988 saw the launch
of the Nettleham Good News Van Christian
Library, which has been taking Christian
books tapes/CDs DVDs/videos around the
Lincoln area visiting as far afield as Tuxford,
Gainsborough, Scotter, Branston and
Navenby.
At the time of writing 306 shoe boxes are
now ready to make their way to Romania,
as well as boxes of cuddly toys, stationery,
hats, scarves, jumpers, cardigans and
blankets.
The original team of seven, supported by many
helpers, took the vans to around twenty visits a
month. As team members retired, they were
replaced by others who wanted to be involved in
taking books to as many people as possible.
Many more of you felt able to sign the
Gift Aid form this year and this will mean
increased funds to support all projects.
The response to the appeal for hats and
scarves was wonderful again this year most boxes contained a hat and there are
more which can be handed out to the
children. How much joy they will bring to
Romanian families at Christmas time and
indeed for many months to come!
They wanted to reach out to all people with the
Good News of Jesus Christ, through the medium
of lively modern Christian books tapes/CDs and
videos/DVDs. They took the books packed into
their van by invitation to private homes,
sheltered housing, schools, churches, prisons,
or indeed anywhere where there was freedom
for fellowship to take place.
Once again support for the appeal has
come from far and wide - ie Barnsley,
Doncaster, Nottingham, Swansea,
Scunthorpe, London, Lincoln and all the
villages around us. In response to Lisa’s
talk in July, very many more folk have
become involved - all saying what
enjoyment packing the boxes had given
them so please will you pass on this “thank
you” to those you know who will not
receive a copy of Nettleham News.
We so appreciate all the support we are
given and thank each and every one who
has joined us in our care for our Romanian
friends.
Happy Christmas to you all and thank you
for making it a joyful one for so many
families in Romania.
Cora, Mary, Janet and Joyce
Here in Lincoln we are in need of new
volunteers to come forward to help with
our fund-raising work. We would welcome
anyone who feels they would like to help
in raising funds for Leukaemia Research.
So if you would like to offer your services,
then please contact our Chairman:
Julian Barnes
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North Hykeham
Lincoln
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Telephone: 01522 694010
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In July this year, the H reg Maestro diesel finally
expired! The team numbers by now were greatly
reduced and it was becoming more difficult for
them to cover all the visits. Reluctantly it was
agreed to finish the work in its present form.
But many of the books will still be available here
in Nettleham at the home of Gill and Gareth
Jones at 25 Mill Hill, where you may have seen
the van parked on their drive.
Visitors will be welcome on the third Wednesday
in the month starting on 16 January 2008.
In order to be available for as many people as
possible the Library will be open 10.00am 12pm, 2.30-4.30pm and 7.30-9.00pm until
further notice. (Contact telephone 754863).
There will be a warm welcome to all who come
along. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served.
Come and see the books, borrow anything that
catches your eye, or just come for a chat. There
is no charge, but if you should want to make a
small donation towards replenishing the stock,
there will be a box available.
Mrs Gill Jones and Mrs Brenda Smith
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Issues Facing Women Today
I am planning to lead a series
of seminars throughout 2008 on
some of the issues that face
women today.
I will address these subjects from a
Christian and Biblical perspective, but
all are welcome to attend whether you
call yourself a Christian or not, and
whatever your age! I will be sharing
from my own experiences and also
calling upon the stories of others who
have struggled with some of these
issues.
Here is a list of the talks I plan to give,
with a rough idea of the areas I will
address, along with the proposed
dates, so that you can put them in
your diary if you are interested.
Each talk will stand on its own, so you
are welcome to attend as many, or as
few, as you wish. All talks will be held
at Nettleham Methodist Church and
will commence at 7.30pm. Entrance is
free!
I hope that during these evenings we
will get to know each other, make new
friends and discover new things about
ourselves, as well as finding help in the
areas we struggle with. I look forward
to meeting you and sharing in these
evenings together as we look at what
it means to be a woman in the 21st
century.
Thursday 24th January
Identity and Self Esteem
What is my worth? What can affect
our self esteem? How can we have a
healthy self image? Do I have any
value to God?
Thursday 21st February
Appearance
Does it matter what I look like? Does it
matter what I weigh? How do media
images affect the way I feel about my
appearance?
Thursday 13th March
Money
What is the secret of debt free living?
What constitutes a need or a want?
How much should I give away? How
can I shop ethically?
Thursday 24th April
Relationships
Is marriage outdated today? What
makes a good wife? How can I cope
with divorce? How do I cope being
single in a world of couples? What
about relationships that go wrong?
Carolyn Lawrence
Thursday 22nd May
Children
How can I be the best parent to my
child? How can I integrate stepchildren
into my family? What if I can’t have
children? How do I cope with the after
effects of abortion?
Thursday 19th June
Work
What is my calling in life? How do I
choose a career or vocation? Does
being a stay-at-home mum have any
value? How can I find out what my
gifts and talents are?
Thursday 17th July
Hot Potatoes!
How do I deal with these problems
personally or amongst my family and
friends? Am I alone in experiencing
these things? Alcoholism and other
addictions; depression; fears; abuse;
domestic violence?
Thursday 25th September
Mid Life
How do I cope when my children leave
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Is my husband having a mid-life crisis?
Is there life after the menopause?
Thursday 16th October
Later Life
How do I cope with bereavement?
What if my parents need care? What
happens after retirement? Have I the
energy for grandchildren?
Thursday 13th November
Moving On
Does my past determine my future?
How can I escape past hurts? Can I let
go of the past and move forwards?
Does God have a plan for my life?
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Nettleham News
In a Nutshell
Well, here we are, winter again and
Christmas almost upon us. I’m busy storing
away as much food as I can to last me
through the next few months - you may
have seen me scuttling round your garden
carrying seeds and conkers.
Hands up those of you who haven’t yet
seen my three new friends on the Beck.
I understand they have flown in from
Aylesbury and their names are Bombay,
Peking and Roast. Big fellas aren’t they?
They make our local mallard look quite
puny in comparison! I don’t know how
long they intend staying, but come mating
time in the spring, our little mallard are
going to have some serious opposition
when it comes to securing a mate!
There is one group in the village which
I would dearly like to join and that is the
Nettleham Woodland Trust. They are
endeavouring to create new woodland
around our village and already they have
been successful in gaining permission to
plant over 400 new trees on the police
playing fields. Isn’t that great news?
And hopefully that is only the beginning,
eventually in years to come there may be a
complete circle of woodland around our
village - a wonderful amenity for both
humans and wildlife like me. I’ll be there
on the planting day keeping an eye on
things, although you‘ll be lucky to spot me!
Well, it just remains for me to wish you
all a very happy Christmas and New Year I’m off to curl up in my cosy drey for a few
weeks until the warmer weather arrives.
You may just see me out and about on
sunny days during the winter months,
but I shan’t be staying out
for too long - my little
feet get cold really
quickly!
Cyril
PS Do please write to me:
c/o The Editor (details page 1),
I would be delighted to hear your views
on these and any other village subjects.
Humorous Caption
Competition
Result
Many thanks to all the readers who
sent in entries to the Humorous Caption
Competition which appeared in the last
autumn edition of the magazine.
Incredibly, amongst the entries were
two from the Chartier family from Ruaudin
in France (members of the Nettleham
Twinning Association). Many thanks for
your entries and although you didn’t win
this time, it’s really nice to know that
Nettleham News is read so widely!
Doug Bradley, who featured in the
photograph cycling through the summer
floods, kindly judged the entries and the
winner which was considered to be the
most original, imaginative and humorous
is the entry from C Herrick of Sudbrooke
winning a crisp £10 note for Christmas
from Nettleham News.
The Nettleham News Christmas Crossword
is on page 27, so why not have a go at
that - it’s quite easy and there is another
£10 prize to be won for the first correct
entry drawn.
“UP THE CREEK
WITHOUT A
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This association has now been going for
about three years, our membership is up to
around sixty, but we would like to increase
this to at least a hundred.
Future Events and Activities
Again, this winter, we have plans for some Winter
Talks, in January, February and March.
They are free to members, £1 entry for
non-members. All are welcome.
We are working on collecting oral histories
of village people, which will eventually be made
available to members, often through the
newsletter, but perhaps later in some other form.
The newsletter, published two or three times a
year, is free to members.
Finally, next September, ready for the Lincolnshire
Heritage Weekend, we want to put on some sort of
exhibition in the village.
Membership is only £2 a year, so if you are
interested please contact:
Patricia Gregory
37 Cliff Avenue, Nettleham, LN2 2PU
809062
Dates for your diary:
Wednesday 23 January 2008
7.30pm in the Old School Rooms.
“The 1301 Parliament” Dr Nicholas Bennett.
Dr Bennett is Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral
and Cathedral Librarian. He is the author or editor
of books on a number of Lincolnshire subjects. The
1301 Parliament was held in Lincoln by Edward I,
and the king stayed in the Nettleham Bishop’s
Palace with Bishop John Dalderby. Whilst there he
ratified the document, agreed in the Parliament,
which created his son the first Prince of Wales.
Wednesday 27 February 2008
7.30pm in the Old School Rooms.
“Roads from the Romans to Turnpikes” Neil Wright.
Neil is an author of many books on the industrial
archaeology of Lincolnshire and has specialized in
past transport systems which lead us to the road
network we have today.
Wednesday 26 March 2008
7.30pm Old School Rooms.
“Recent Work at the Cathedral” David Stocker.
eighteen people, some from further away in
Lincolnshire, eg Grimsby and Louth, some from
Lincoln and some from the villages around us.
Everyone seemed happy with the walk and I sold
some of the Nettleham Heritage Walk booklets and
part of the proceeds were donated to Lincolnshire
Heritage.
On Sunday 14 October, Stewart Squires met
members of the Association on the Village Green to
talk about how you estimate the age of a building,
basing it on the buildings we could see. He did, of
course, point out that only seeing the outside
means you have access to only a part of the
information contained within a building. He also
told us that there are many books which can help
with this subject. He promised me a book list and
I’ll pass in on to you in any way I can. Seventeen of
us were present at this event and we all enjoyed it
immensely and learnt a lot.
The elements which make up the design of a
building are the limitations of the technology
available and the fashion of the era. Stonework is
difficult to define as regards its age. However,
there is a website of all the listed buildings in the
county and it is a good place to start. The website
is www.imagesofengland.org.uk
We started by looking at number 16 The Green.
Stewart told us that bricks are a good dating tool
as they vary in thickness. In general the rule is the
thinner the brick (ie height of front face) the older
it is. As far back as the Romans, the bricks look like
tiles. The earliest bricks are no more than two
inches thick. Examples of these can be seen in
Tattershall Castle and Magdalen College School
Wainfleet (the latter built late fifteenth century).
Before 1850 bricks were made by hand, these have
more creases in the surface and wavier edges.
After 1850 they are usually machine made and are
bigger and more uniform. Number sixteen has the
style of laying the bricks known as Flemish bond.
Although we did not look at the nearby Stock
House, we know it was built in 1884. Stewart
suggested if we compared the bricks they would be
similar, as he felt the front elevation of number
sixteen dated from the late nineteenth century.
This illustrated how we could take buildings of
which we knew the date and use them as a
comparison.
Report on recent events
We were lucky enough to have Mrs Kath Hesketh
with us, whose family had once owned this house
and she pointed out that the back of the house,
however, was older and she thought the new front
dated from c1865, showing that local knowledge is
also a vital tool in dating a house. This also
illustrates how fashion played a part in the design
of houses - the back and sides are stone built, but
in the middle to late nineteenth century bricks were
fashionable.
On Saturday 8 September, I lead a heritage walk
around the village as part of the Lincolnshire
Heritage Open Weekend. It went well, with about
Number sixteen has pantiles which were introduced
into this area c1700. They were first made in
Holland and came to England as ballast for the
David worked for the City of Lincoln Archaeology
Unit and built up his expertise on all aspects of the
city’s past. He is now employed by English Heritage
but also writes and edits volumes on the City and
County. He will examine recent work on the
archaeology of the Cathedral which throws light on
the earliest structures.
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empty ships returning from Holland having
deposited their wares. Welsh slate was used from
the early 1800s.
The bay windows on the front of number 16 are
canted bays, ie with straight sides and front. These
are very much a feature of Victorian houses.
Windows also tell us a lot, as plate glass was not
introduced until about the 1850s. Thus windows
with large panes of glass must be later than 1850.
However, beware, windows are frequently
replacements.
Stewart then turned his and our attention to Beck
House. The narrative from the above-mentioned
website describes it as “sixteenth century with
minor nineteenth and twentieth century
alterations”. Important things to look for in dating
a house are first the depth of the building - in older
buildings this is usually twenty feet at most, limited
by size of beams commonly available. Secondly, the
pitch of the roof is important - a roof which was
originally thatched needed a steep pitch so that
rain water would run off quickly. Additionally
thatched houses needed tall chimneys - however,
beware, because tall chimneys have often been
reduced in height when the thatch was replaced by
tile. The final key fact is the ratio of the distance
from pavement to edge of the roof, to the distance
from the bottom edge of the roof to the ridge. In
older houses this is 1:1 approximately, in later ones
it is more like 2:1. A final indication of an old house
is wooden lintels above the windows. Beck House
was thatched until about 1904.
The Institute, completed 1894, is a good example
of machine made brick, dense and uniform in size.
This style is English garden wall bond. The upper
floor is timber framed and plastered with slight
jettying (the jutting out of the upper storey) and
reflects the fashion for a neo-medieval style.
Next to the Institute is the old bike shop. If you
look carefully at the gable end wall you can see
evidence of an earlier tumbled gable. These were
used on the gable ends of limestone buildings, as
the edges of a limestone wall were the area of
weakness and these brick finishes strengthened
them.
Early (pre 1850) sash windows would have been
made up of many small panes, as the glazing bars
gave strength to the window. After 1850, when
larger panes of glass were available, sash windows
were strengthened by the horns at the bottom of
the upper sash which helped to make the frame
more rigid. For an example of these see the sash
windows in the optician’s shop.
This walk was fascinating. Stewart added more
detail than I have recorded, but this should give
those who were not lucky enough to be present, at
least a flavour of the afternoon. I can only add
grateful thanks to Stewart for this enlightening
afternoon stroll.
Patricia Gregory
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Christmas Time in Nettleham
Christmas lights gleaming
Little children screaming
Christmas lights on The Green’s tall tree
Presents for all
Decorate the hall
Christmas in Nettleham, time for glee!
Small children running
Gorgeous Christmas pudding
Christmas in Nettleham is for all of you
All at home for Christmas dinner
Absolutely no-one getting thinner
And Christmas crackers too!
Christmas is looming
Faster and faster it comes
Late night shopping
Christmas carols are what we hum
We hope for snow, but we know
A white Christmas is far from here!
Amy-Tollerton-Helson
Age 13
Wedding
When you turn and look
You can’t help smiling
All dressed in white
No-one not staring
Look how beautiful she looks
Walking down the aisle
The groom is beaming
The biggest smile
The music is playing
The vicar is waiting
The best day of their lives.
Amy-Tollerton-Helson
Age 13
Jesus the King
Jesus was given from heaven to earth
Everlasting light to lead us where we should go
So this day, we
Understand he is the
Saviour of the world.
To save us from our sins
He keeps us where we should be
Ending light not to be!
Kindness brought
Indicating love
Never forgetting
God’s son!
Laura Kingston
Age 10
A Caretaker’s Farewell
I’m giving up me job now
At the Nettleham DC,
The gas man’s coming in now
To replace my friends, you see.
They’re taking out the boilers,
So now they won’t need me
To poke and prod and riddle them
And see they get their tea.
I’ve said goodbye to all my friends,
That’s the woodworm and the bugs,
And I’ll leave the blinking work now
To some other mug.
I tried to make them understand
The problems here I’ve found,
Of all the things that happen here
When no-one is around.
In a way I’ll miss it,
It could have been fun here,
But the whole thing seems so pointless
When no-one knows you’re there.
Now someone else can have the job
Of sweeping up the floors,
Of switching all the lights off,
And locking up the doors.
It never was much of a job,
With people always moaning
Because no-one was ever there.
And I haven’t got a phone in
No more cycling up and down
The hill at night for me,
Now I’ll put me feet up
When I’ve had me tea.
I’ll settle down to some craft work
While I watch TV,
And I expect I’ll get great layers of fat
Grow all over me.
Perhaps quite soon someone will find
They have a use for me
If it’s only washing up the pots
Or making cups of tea.
I don’t mind really what I do
And I’ll do it voluntry,
But it has to be a useful job
Where they appreciate me.
I’ll miss the voices on the phone
Of my kind friends at Division,
They’ve always been so helpful
And listened to my moans.
Perhaps one day they’ll have a face
My voices on the phone
I’m sure they’re all big handsome types
So clever and efficient.
But now I’d better say goodbye
I’m sure of me they’ve had sufficient!
Elsie Hardwick
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Christmas
For me, the nicest day of the year
At the Nettleham DC,
Is the day the handicapped people
Get a Christmas dinner free.
It’s arranged by voluntary workers
Who through the year work hard,
To raise the cash and food stuff
And buy each one a card.
They fetch them in their cars and chairs
From villages far and wide,
While other committee members
Work very hard inside
To decorate and lay tables
And wash up afterwards.
And me, of course, I clean up,
And help to peel the spuds,
The food is so well cooked and done
By voluntary workers too.
And afterwards we’re all called in
So they can say “Thank you”.
The people so enjoy it,
And when they’ve all had tea,
We take them into Lincoln
To see the Christmas tree.
At last they go home happy,
A good time had by all,
And I’m content - it’s time well spent,
A merry Christmas to all.
Elsie Hardwick
WINTER MOON
At the window in the moon’s glow,
Alabaster skin,
It is easy to believe
In the myths surrounding him.
Reigning supreme in the star filled sky
Bathing my garden in light
Turning it into a strange land,
A study in black and white.
I feel I could step through the glass
By the force of will alone,
But if I entered this other world
Could I ever come home?
Free as a bird in the moonlight
Worries all fallen away,
Soaring weightless in starlit skies
Unencumbered by the cares of the day.
But, it has just been a moment of dreaming;
And for that moment my soul flew free,
I smile and embrace the ‘cares of the day’
Which are calling me back to me.
Yet, standing in the moon’s glow,
Bathed in his ice cold light,
It is easy to be seduced
By the beauty of the night.
Elaine King
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Christmas Once Again
Once again it’s Christmas time,
It comes with such a rush,
We start in early December
With Christmas dinner at our centre
For the handicapped in our area.
I go mad and posh the place up
With balloons and lots of green
With pretty foil and bits of wood
Made up into a scene.
The voluntry workers cater,
And our committee all provide
A lovely Christmas dinner
And later tea and fresh mince pies.
Then when we’ve done the washing up
And flopped into a chair,
We all enjoy some games and songs
And, full of Christmas cheer
We hand each one a present
And send them all home so
A merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Next, of course, it’s time for me
To get stuck in at home,
We have to have mince pies and tarts
And of course a Christmas pud.
So I’ll roll me sleeves up high
And dive into the flour
And chuck in all the fat and fruit
And mess about for hours.
Then when I think it’s had enough,
I bung it in the oven,
Then wash my hands, say “Thank God for that”
Cos I hate my hands all stuck up with fat
And lumps of Christmas pudden.
Next, of course, it’s Christmas shopping,
So on me bike I go
Belting into Lincoln,
Hoping it won’t snow.
I’ve got a list all written out
Of things I want to buy,
I push my way through all the crowds
And fight and scratch and try
To reach the blinkin’counter
Without losing both me eyes.
At last, with blisters on me feet
And elbows sore with prodding,
I gather up all me parcels,
And pile them on me bike
And set off like a rocket.
I must take it easy down the hills
Or I’ll finish up in orbit.
I’m going to hang me tights up
This year upon the bed,
Cos they’ve got two legs, instead of one,
To hold presents from Old Fred.
I’ve made sure that everybody
Knows exactly what I want
But I expect I’ll find in each leg a bag of nuts!
We’ll get up Christmas morning,
And open all our things,
And put on Christmas records
And everyone will sing.
We’ll have a real good dinner,
And settle by the fire,
And when they’re watching telly
And want to be all quiet,
I’ll sit down upon the mat
With me bag of nuts
I’ll crunch and chew and bang and crack
Until I cause a riot!
So next Christmas when they fill my tights,
They’ll remember this one surely
And instead of nuts I’ll find
Something nice and soft and chewy.
Now Christmas is a lovely time
Especially for the children,
And now it’s time to end my rhyme
And wish a merry Christmas time
To my voices at Division.
Elsie Hardwick
THE FORD
A footbridge spans the stream
below the trees.
On either side the narrow road
dips to the shallow brook.
Hard by, the grey stone vicarage
betrays its tranquil age.
Serene on a Spring morning
This place of past and present echoes
casts a spell.
In this small corner a remnant
Of the ancient rural peace resides
And water murmurs hints
of a prized inheritance.
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The Setting Sun
Then comes the winter, like a hale old man
Wrapped in his cloak with frosty locks and beard.
Winter is the time for clear cold starlight nights,
And driving snows, and frozen roads and rivers,
For crowding round the blazing Christmas fire,
For telling tales that make the blood run cold,
For sipping elder-wine and cracking filberts,
For friendship, chilblains, fun, roast beef, mince pies,
And shivering fits on jumping into bed:
And thus the year goes round, and round, and round.
James Hurnard
John Allison
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My name is Luke Maddison, I grew up in Nettleham,
where my parents still live. I was married on 4 August this
year to Louise Wheeler, whom I met at University in Bath.
Judy Binnington, a relation of mine, who also lives in the
village, has written a poem to celebrate the day:
Luke Maddison and
Louise Wheeler’s Wedding Day
Who comes from our village, but now lives away.
He sang in the choir, down at All Saints
And worked in the Co-op, along with his mates.
On August the 4th, he married Louise
And those who do know him, I know will be pleased.
The church of St Mary’s, in Calne it was held,
And the bride and the bridesmaids, were a sight to behold.
The choir, it attended. Helen’s solo song was sung,
“The Lord Bless and Keep you”, which was beautifully done.
The vicar, he was friendly, and welcomed everyone
He even told us all a joke, which really was quite fun.
The service, it was lovely, the readings they were too
They lit two candles for their love, a special thing to do.
The sun shone through the windows, and really made the day
Then to The Wiltshire Golf Hotel, where most of us did stay.
The arrangements there were excellent, red carpet laid out too,
Everyone was well informed, with what they had to do.
The seating plan was easy, to see where each one goes
With all the tables set out nice, and all named after shows.
There were cameras on the tables, little boxes filled with chocs,
And bottles filled with bubbles, that the children should have got.
But many of the grown-ups, they also enjoyed this,
Returning to their childhoods, a chance to reminisce.
Everyone enjoyed it, the food and all the wine,
The music in the evening, it was such a lovely time.
So let’s wish them both a happy life, and also lots of luck,
Time to spend together, a break from marking books.
So congratulations to them both, Croatia here they come
And if you’ve read this little rhyme, it’s just a bit of fun.
Judy Binnington
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CHRISTMAS EVE IN
LINCOLN
It’s Christmas Day - all is secure
Christmas in Lincoln - dear old town,
With streets aglow, uphill and down.
Where brilliant car-lights gleam and weave,
On happy errands of Christmas Eve.
Prosaic modernity? No such thing Christmas still makes a kind heart sing.
Joy and peace and love you’ll find;
Prosaic? Only the prosaic mind!
By Newport Arch, long years ago,
Perhaps there marched, erect and slow,
A Roman sentry, who had seen
The glow in Bethlehem’s stable mean.
East of the city, soaring high,
Tall towers are vapouring to the sky;
So wreathed the breath of ox and ass,
Where Christ’s first earthly hours did pass.
Quietly the Witham flows;
Street lamplight in reflection shows.
Once Jordan shone beneath the song
And glory of the angel throng.
The Wise Men’s star shone bright and clear.
That bade them “Come - your Christ is here”;
See ruby glow on Minster high His house still beckons you and I.
So Lincoln bells with joy may ring.
To humble folk their gladness bring;
And may their chime no sadness leave,
In Lincoln hearts, this Christmas Eve.
From “Life and laughter in Lincolnshire”
a book of poems by F Dobson
‘Twas the night before Christmas,
He lived all alone
In a one-bedroom house
Made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney,
With presents to give,
And to see just who in this home did live.
They all enjoy freedom,
Each month of the year,
Because of the soldiers
Like the one lying here.
I couldn’t help wonder: how many alone?
On a cold Christmas Eve,
In a land far from home.
I looked all about,
A strange sight I did see,
No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by mantel, just boots filled with sand,
On the wall hung pictures of far distant lands,
With medals and badges awards of all kinds
A sober thought came through my mind.
The very thought
Brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry.
The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice
“Santa, don’t cry, this life is my choice,
I fight for freedom, I don’t ask for more,
My life is my God, my country, my corps.”
For this house was different,
It was dark and dreary
I found the home of a soldier
Once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone,
Curled up on the floor
In this one-bedroom home.
The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep.
I couldn’t control it, I continued to weep.
I kept watch for hours, so silent and still
And we both sat and shivered from the night’s chill.
I didn’t want to leave,
On that cold, dark night,
This guardian of honour so willing to fight.
The face was so gentle,
The room in such disorder
Not how I pictured a lone British soldier.
Was this the hero
Of whom I’d just read
Curled up on a poncho,
The floor for a bed?
Then the soldier rolled over,
With a voice soft and pure,
And whispered “Carry on Santa,
It’s Christmas Day - all is secure.”
One look at my watch, and I knew he was right
“Merry Christmas, my friend
And to all a good night.”
I realised the families that I saw this night,
Owed their lives to these soldiers,
Who were willing to fight.
Soon, round the world,
The children would play
And grown-ups would celebrate
A bright Christmas Day.
Poem written by
a peace-keeping soldier
abroad
Nativity Play
Here is an inn with a stable,
Equipped with some straw and a chair.
Here is an angel in bed sheets,
With tinsel to tie back her hair.
Here is a King bearing bath salts,
Who points at a star hung on strings.
Here is a dove who has stage fright,
And quivers her crepe-paper wings.
Here is a servant in bath towels,
Who sweeps round the stage with a broom.
Here is a chorus of faces,
All eager to cry out, ‘NO ROOM!’
Here is a page boy in plimsolls,
Who stumbles his way up the stairs.
Here is a long line of cherubs,
Who march round the manger in pairs.
Here is a Joseph who stammers,
And tries to remember his lines.
Here is a teacher in anguish,
Who frantically gestures and signs.
Here is a camel who fidgets,
With plasters stuck over his knee.
Here are some sheep who just giggle,
And think no one out there can see.
Here is ‘Away in a Manger’
A tune MOST recorders can play.
Here is the moment of wonder,
As Jesus appears in the hay.
Here is a Herod in glasses,
Who whispers, so nobody hears.
Here is a Mum with a hanky,
To cover her pride and her tears.
Here is a Mary with freckles,
Whose baby is plastic and hard,
Here is a donkey in trousers,
With ears made from pieces of card.
Here is our final production,
And though it’s still held up with pins.
The parents will love every minute
For this is where Christmas begins.
Here is a shepherd in curtains,
Who carries a crook made of wire,
Here is a boy sucking cough sweets,
Who growls from the back of the choir.
The Christmas Fairies
We’re poor bedraggled fairies feeling very sad,
It’s happy, merry Christmas time when we should be glad.
Santa doesn’t want us and threw us off his sledge,
Saying “I’ve no use for you two” and we landed in the hedge
Both of us began to cry, we did so want to be
Pretty, sparkling, shining, bright on the Christmas tree.
In the hedge we lay for hours, then two little girls came by,
“We’ll take these fairies home” they said “and hang them out to dry.”
So washed and cleaned and warmed and fed, we snuggled in the chairs
Till mother called the girls to bed and shoo’d them up the stairs.
We fairies with our wings quite dry flew into the other room.
And saw the lovely Christmas tree shining in the gloom,
With one quick bound to the top we flew amid the tinsel, lights and drums
Sitting there with our wings outstretched waiting till Christmas comes.
Early next morning, Christmas Day, 0 what a surprise!
When the little girls came in to see, they could hardly believe their eyes.
“Look at our lovely fairies’ they said “shining for all to see”
And they clapped and sang while we sprinkled star dust, over the
Christmas tree.
Eve Clancy
Anon
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SURVIVAL
The ultimate question
Is whether man has an immortal spirit,
Or does he possess a finite existence?
Can life be merely
A flickering flame
In an eternal night?
Proof of survival can free human-kind;
Providing a ghostly glimmer;
A distant, burning beacon,
Pervading the gloom of doubt.
Man longs to know
If there can be persistence
Of consciousness and of memory.
Can there be a lasting individuality
For a deceased?
The desire to survive
Is more intense than hunger and thirst;
For immortality is the essence
Of religion.
If the individual is annihilated,
Then what meaning has existence?
We need to know
That somewhere,
There is an omniscient, omnipotent,
And absolutely good entity;
Governing our destiny,
Justifying our being
And nurturing
An essential purpose.
D J Fenwick
Familiar Faces
Familiar faces are everywhere,
They can be near or far,
And the joy it brings to see old friends
And that they’ve come wherever you are.
But the faces you may come across,
May not be good people you see
And the hatred floods back into your heart
At the sight of an old enemy.
Familiar faces good or bad
Have had meanings to you and soon you will see,
That each familiar face you find
Comes with an old memory.
Ellie Harrison
Age 12
UNIVERSE OR UNIVERSES?
If the explosion
That gave rise to our universe,
Had been greater,
Or slightly less powerful,
There would be
No such thing
As life.
Because the magnitude of the ‘big bang’
Was between specific parameters,
Conditions suitable for the genesis
Of living forms
Were created.
Mankind can conjecture
That a guiding force
Lays behind the formation of the galaxies,
But, perhaps, our universe
Has been created, then destroyed
On innumerable occasions.
If this is the case,
Then the laws of chance may ensure
That a cataclysm, eventually produces
Suitable galactic conditions,
For the seeds of life to be sown.
If other universes have formed
Beyond the boundaries of our own,
Then the possibility of unplanned life increases,
In the greater scheme of things.
Could intelligent life have been brought into being,
By the random throw
Of an inconceivable cosmic die?
D J Fenwick
The Map of My Life
My face has a fair few wrinkles
And that’s ok with me,
It’s a map of the life I’ve lived
And they all belong to me.
Some are tracks of bitter tears Some are from tears of joy,
Most are lines of laughter
Expressions of my joy.
I like my little wrinkles
And will leave them well alone
I am happy to have them with me
On a face that they call home.
We cannot choose the face we are born with
We all know that’s true,
But - the face that you end up with
Is mostly down to you!
No one is getting my skin
And tucking it behind my ears My face is what I’ve earned
And I’ve had it quite a few years.
It matches well with my grey hair
It mirrors how I feel,
Considering the options
I’m happy with my deal.
Elaine King
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FYVIE CASTLE
Fyvie Castle, which stands near Aberdeen,
Was cursed in the late thirteenth century,
By Thomas the Rhymer, who once came there
And prophesied a dire calamity.
No male heir would be born within its walls,
Whilst three weeping stones remained on its ground;
No lord would ever pass the castle down,
To his eldest son, till all three were found.
Only one of the stones has been retrieved,
Which is said to be kept in the charter room.
No heir has been born there, up to this time
And the owners seem to accept their doom.
On May the eighth, sixteen hundred and one,
Lord Seton of Fyvie’s wife Lilias died.
Seeking an heir, he re-married that year,
But his wedding night’s pleasure was defied.
Although their room was high above bare ground,
The couple heard sighs, outside a window.
In the morning they found, carved on its sill,
The dead wife’s name, but nothing else below.
Since that time, a ‘Green Lady’ roams the house,
Along the staircase and down corridors.
Witnesses claim, it is Dame Lilias,
Who walks the haunted castle’s upper floors.
Up to the present day, the ghost remains
And may be seen by a rare visitor.
The carving can be viewed upon the sill,
Where its uniqueness, questions mortal laws.
D J Fenwick
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4TH LINCOLN SCOUT GROUP
Well, I can’t believe that the Centenary
year is coming to an end. It seems only a
minute away when we met and planned
lots of activities and now they are almost
over. But what a year! We have had so
much fun and done so many exciting
things.
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Gang Show: “100 years of songs”
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District Pirate Camp at Sudbrooke
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World Jamboree “One World, One
Promise”
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Sunrise Ceremony at Scampton with the
Red Arrows
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Castle Adventure
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Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving
at the Cathedral
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Community project: planting bulbs and
trees, erecting bird boxes, litter picking
Scouting is very much alive in Nettleham,
in Lincoln, in Great Britain … in the world!
We will be celebrating the end of this year
and the start of the new year and the next
100 years by holding an Open Afternoon
on 20 January 2008 at the Scout HQ.
There will be activities on show from each
of the units with displays of the events we
have taken part in over the Centenary year.
At the end of the afternoon we hope to
have a presentation of badges for special
achievements and awards. We would
welcome anyone to pop in and look at
what we have done, what we do and what
we are planning for the future.
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Thanks from
Second Nettleham Guides
During our summer term at guides we
completed out Community Action badge,
with some of the other organisations of
the village. We would like to take this
opportunity to share our experiences with
you, and thank the people who helped us.
At our planning meeting for the summer
term, we were struggling to include some
of what Girl Guiding UK calls ‘community
action’. We had already decided to
approach the church bell ringers to see if
we could have a tour around the tower!
And we wanted to run an evening about
Fair trade… that’s when the light bulbs
flashed around our heads! If we could do
something practical for the church during
our visit and something to perhaps raise
awareness at our Fair Trade night, we
might be able to cobble together some
‘community action’ (certainly enough for a
badge!) This is what happened:
We decided, in collaboration with Jenny
the Vicar, that it would be really helpful to
the church if we worked with them to help
produce a Young Persons guide to the
church. Their ‘latest’ production was
written before all of our guides were born,
so it was desperately in need of an update!
The plan was to spend our evening at the
church enjoying a great introduction to
bell ringing from Tower Captain Margaret
Parker and her team, and doing lots of
activities to record the things we found
interesting in the church, which we
thought could be included in the new
updated Young Persons guide in the
future.
The following week we spent the evening
thinking about international community
action, by creating our very own global
market producing bracelets and looking at
the different economic conditions and
handicaps in different countries of the
world, (which was much more fun than it
sounds!)
We’d like to say a huge thank you to
Margaret and her team at the church bell
ringing group for the fantastic session we
had up the tower, and Jenny the vicar for
hosting us at the church. We’d also like to
thank the hand bell ringers, who put up
with us roaming around the church while
they were practicing, and even let us
have a go!
A big thank you to everyone who
supported our Breakfast on the Green in
September, look out for another in May
next year. We currently have our annual
quiz sheet on sale at Beckside Newsagents
and The Tea Cosy. Please pop in and buy
one, only £1.00 - test your knowledge on
all those sweets and chocolate bars you
have enjoyed over the years!
Please remember we still need your bottles
for our bottle bank to help towards the
cost of running the scout hut. So think of
us as you enjoy your Christmas tipple!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from 1st Nettleham Scout Group.
Trudy Connor
Group Scout Leader
01522 754344
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Nettleham in the News
If you are a member of the
Lincolnshire Library Service, it is
now possible to search the index of
The Times newspaper online in
your own home.
You can then read the appropriate
article - a terrific boon for both amateur
and professional historians. You can
search the newspaper from 1785 to
1985. How many times, I wondered, has
Nettleham been mentioned during that
200 year period? The answer is 158.
Many of the entries are of public and
clerical appointments or legal notices;
details of hunts; advertisements for
property and land; deaths in war; births,
marriages and deaths of the Hood family
of Nettleham Hall; and, from the
mid-20th century, of families living on
Nettleham Road, Lincoln. Curiously,
Nettleham (or old variants such as
Netlam/Netlom) is not a surname and
there is no-one of that name in the index
of the 1881 Census for the United
Kingdom (although there are many
named Langworth, Scothern and
Dunholme).
Here is a collection of entries from
The Times. I have omitted those from
1940-1985, in order not to upset or
embarrass family members who still live
locally.
10 Sept 1801: on Sunday last a man
named Samuel Sawyer, a substitute in
the North Lincolnshire Militia for the
parish of Nettleham, near Lincoln,
chopped off the forefinger of his right
hand with a hatchet in order, it is
supposed, to secure his discharge.
15 Nov 1819: death of Mr Beecham
(26), of Nettleham, while out with the
Burton Hunt. He was thrown against a
tree.
9 Nov 1844: correspondence in the
1840s, particularly one published
pseudonymously on 9 Nov 1844,
concerned the question of ecclesiastical
pluralities and the scandal of clergymen
holding (and drawing income from)
many parishes, while paying curates to
deputise for them. This resulted in the
Pluralities Act, 1850, which forbade this.
One of the worst examples, quoted a
number of times, was that of the Rev
George Pretyman, who had just been
presented to the living of Great Carlton.
He was already Chancellor and Canon
Residentiary of Lincoln, a prebendary of
Winchester, Rector of Chalfont St Giles,
Buckinghamshire and perpetual curate
of Nettleham. His brother, Rev. Richard
Pretyman, was Precentor and Canon
Residentiary of Lincoln, Rector of Stoney
Middleton, Oxfordshire, Walgrave,
Northamptonshire and Wroughton,
Wiltshire. Of course, it helped that their
father had been Bishop of Lincoln from
1787 to 1827 and had then became
Bishop of Winchester.
29 August 1846: a report on a prisoner
named Handley, who, on 20th August,
had escaped from Lincoln Prison. It was
reported that he went by a roundabout
way to Nettleham, where he procured a
long smock-frock entirely concealing his
prison garb. However he was seen by
Mr Crane of Nettleham. The latter failed
to apprehend him and he was later
recaptured at Aubourn.
10 April 1847: a report of the wedding
at Nettleham Church of the Bishop of
Lincoln’s daughter Miss Susan Kaye to
Rev Alexander Bromhead. All Saints
Church would then have been the
nearest parish church to Riseholme Hall,
where Bishop Kaye had lived since 1837.
Miss Frances Maria Kaye, the bishop’s
younger daughter, was married at
Nettleham to the Rev George
Butterworth on 20 April 1849.
15 August 1847: a report of an
inquest into the death of a Lincoln
Asylum patient named John Cottingham,
recorded that he had been thrown over
some chairs by one Pogson, of
Nettleham, which may well have
contributed to his death.
31 March 1871: an issue at this time
was the Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Bill
(referred to by W S Gilbert in one of his
libretti) which provided for a widower to
marry his deceased wife’s sister. On this
date Earl Beauchamp submitted petitions
against the Bill from Nettleham,
Reepham, Algarkirk and Waddingham.
The Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Marriage
Act was finally passed in 1907.
9 September 1871: Marshall’s Brewery
of Lincoln was advertised for sale
together with a large number of public
houses, including the White Hart Inn,
Nettleham.
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24 January 1901: Queen Victoria died
on 22 January. Reporting reaction
throughout the country, it is noted that
in Lincoln the meeting of the Burton
Hunt was cancelled “until further notice”,
that at evensong at the Cathedral the
Dead March was played by the organist
Dr Bennett (whose widow the writer
remembers) and God Save the King was
sung. The writer adds preaching at
Nettleham, near Lincoln, yesterday
afternoon, the Bishop [of Lincoln, Dr
Edward King] referred to Queen Victoria
as a noble example for people to follow.
I wonder to which aspect of her life he
was referring?
20 October 1924: a report of a
forthcoming sale at Sotheby’s of a small
but choice collection of Egyptian
antiquities belonging to the late Rev
W F Hood, of Nettleham Hall.
5 May 1928: the White Hart Inn again
advertised for sale.
13 January 1930: Joseph Thomas
Pepper, of Nettleham, aged 18, was
killed when a car in which he was
travelling from a dance at Newark struck
a telegraph pole. (The list of road
accidents covered the whole country).
26 November 1936: the Vicar of
Nettleham, Rev H Cotton Smith (who
seemed to spend much of the 1930s
writing whimsical letters to The Times),
was obviously anxious to attend the
coronation of the new king, Edward VIII
(who, in the event, was never crowned).
He presented a petition to the Court of
Claims to be present at the coronation
by virtue of his ownership of the lands of
Nettleham, Lincoln, where he alleges
Edward I invested his son first Prince of
Wales; … the court made no order on
the ground that the matter was not one
in which it could deal. Good try, vicar!
2 March 1937: report of the destruction
of Nettleham Hall and most of its
contents by fire and the dramatic escape
of the tenants, Wing Commander and
Mrs Cock and their five year old son.
To access the index go to the
Lincolnshire Libraries webpage and click
on Online resources in our libraries.
Scroll down to the appropriate index,
click on the title and follow the
instructions. You will need to enter your
library card number. Good hunting!
Richard Thornton
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Nettleham Library News
A NEW FACE
‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY …
Regular borrowers will have noticed a new
member of staff at Nettleham. Sue is an
experienced colleague who has worked for
several years on one of the mobile library
vans that operate out of Nettleham Library.
Nettleham Library will be closed on the
following dates:
Michelle has moved to a different role
within the Library Service, so is no longer
undertaking counter work on a regular
basis, but you may still see her in the
background!
Boxing Day
We wish both Sue and Michelle well in
their new positions.
DISPLAYS
Don’t forget that we have a display board
above the three public computers
(approximately 6’ x 3’ in size) that we are
happy for local groups to use to promote
themselves and their works - most recently
this has been used by the Nettleham
Woodland Trust. Please see staff if you
would like to discuss this. Unfortunately
we are unable to promote commercial
interests.
Recently we have put on a display of
poetry books to celebrate National Poetry
Day, and also a display to highlight our
talking books and large print section, as
well as the Library Service’s Listening Lincs
service. We have also reintroduced the very
popular ‘Reader Recommends ..’ selection
which can be found in the blue display unit
by the doors.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day
Don’t forget to stock up on your reading
matter and DVDs to take you through the
Christmas and New Year period. You can
borrow up to 20 books and 4 DVDs at any
one time (charges apply to DVD rental £1.50 for 2 days and £2.00 for a week).
Alternatively, have you thought about
borrowing a talking cassette? We now have
an extended selection for you to listen to,
and it only costs 50p for a 4 week period
unless you are exempt from paying. And
when Christmas is over, why not call in
and see what bargains you can pick up in
our sale?
Finally, everybody at Nettleham Library
wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. We look forward to seeing you
in 2008.
NEWS FOR OUR YOUNGER READERS
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas,
and Happy New Year. The New Year brings
the results of our Lincolnshire Young
People’s Book Award and ceremony.
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Over the holidays, you may like to borrow
books by Michelle Paver. The Chronicles of
Ancient Darkness series are full of magic
and adventure and follow the life of Torak,
a boy who lives at the end of the Ice Age.
You can find out how Michelle Paver ate,
slept and lived the life of a hunter gatherer.
Her website www.michellepaver.com
describes her trips to the Sierra Nevada
mountain range Finland and Norway ,
where she slept in a hut on stilts suspended
over a lake, followed killer whales and slept
on reindeer skins.
If you want to experience more …why not
go to The Collection and look at the flint
tools, arrow heads and other artefacts
which were made by people living in the
Stone Age in Lincolnshire.
You might want to go to the Collection on
Saturday 8 December when they will be
celebrating A Tudor Christmas. Tudor
Re-enactors will be hosting this family fun
day .
The event will include carols, riddles, Tudor
board games, Tudor food, dancing and
making merry!
There will be £1.00 family activities
available including biscuit decorating,
pomanders, Tudor hat making and a free
quiz.
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The Nettleham Gardeners Association
SHOW SECRETARY’S REPORT
2007
I am pleased to report that this year’s
Show saw an increase in the number of
exhibitors: 60 (51 last year) and exhibits
staged: 344 (297 last year).
This year we had 12 children enter, all
very keen, and a few more who said they
would enter something next year.
I’m sure those of you who came along on
the day and supported us will agree the
hall looked very good - particularly the
wonderful display of flowers. The weather
had been cold and wet early in the summer,
but thankfully the temperature eventually
rose and it dried up, which did help the
flowers, but the vegetable classes were
certainly hit by the bad weather.
The Judges commented that they felt we
had been lucky with such good displays better than some they had judged at
recently and they looked forward to being
asked back again next year.
The handicraft section could benefit from
more exhibits and we would appreciate
suggestions, and the children’s classes saw
a small increase - the flower arrangement
in an old shoe (some wellies and sandals
were used - not strictly according to the
schedule!) proved to be very popular and
the pictures made with pulses were very
good. We need to encourage as many
children as possible to take part - they are
our future adult exhibitors.
My thanks go to Louise Bromfield for all
the computer work associated with this
event and to all the Committee for their
help during the months prior to the day,
on the Friday evening and all day Saturday
(except Maurice who went away without
our permission!). My thanks also go to
other club members, including the ladies
who looked after the refreshments, who
came along and worked hard with the
rest of us during the day.
This year I was landed with doing the
auction of the produce left on the tables
and I am pleased to say that it went well I enjoyed doing it and we made over £50.
Mike Jones
Nettleham Cup
Chrysanthemum Classes
Mike Jones & Cyril Needham
A E Potter Cup
Onion Classes
Cyril Needham
The Brook Cup
Most Points in the Show
Cyril Needham
Association Rose Bowl
Flower Classes
Cyril Needham
85 Cup
Root Vegetable Classes
Julie Thornton
Nettleham News Cup
Best Exhibit in Show
Sue Williams
Association Jubilee Cup
Flower Classes (Arrangements)
Julia Goodman
Association Fruit Shield
Fruit Classes
Ann Harrison
Association Fruit Bowl
Cakes & Pastries Classes
Mrs M Curtis/Ann & Ken Harrison
Dalby Cup
Pot Plants
Malcolm Leaning
Association Wine Shield
Home-made Wine Classes
Alex Goodman
Princess Diana Memorial Cup
Children’s Classes
I have organised the show for three years
and now wish to step down. I do hope
someone will come forward to take over
the reins. This annual event has been
taking place for 55 years and we really
must keep it going. Thank you.
Ann Harrison
Chairman
Why not enter
something in the show
yourself next year
and you could be one
of the proud winners
pictured here
Mike Jones
Coronation Cup
Vegetable Classes
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Brenda Smith
The Palmer Cup
Handicraft Classes
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Annual Show in September 2007
Speakers for the 2008 season
9 January 2008
Janette Merilion
A very knowledgeable garden historian
“A calendar of colour for the whole year”
6 February 2008
Nicky Wilson
Head Gardener at Doddington Hall
“The gardens at Doddington and the new
developments”
5 March 2008
Judy Harry
Chairman of The Hardy Plants Society
“Short term investments”
The Nettleham Gardeners’ Association Annual Show was held at the Village Hall
2 April 2008
Andrew Sankey
Garden designer and speaker
“Plants for a dry garden”
7 May 2008
Paul Maxey
A partner at Scothern Nurseries will
demonstrate “Summer planters and
hanging baskets”
4 June 2008
Gordon Hill
An authority on growing chrysanthemums
“Chrysanthemums: tips on growing and
showing”
Visitors to the show admire the many exhibits on display
Meetings are held on the
first Wednesday of the month
(except January, the second Wednesday)
in The Old School starting at
7.30pm.
Guests and new members very welcome
Some of the delightful entries in the
Flower Arrangement Classes where entrants were asked to do an
arrangement in a teapot
Julie Thornton’s stunning flower arrangement which won
the Nettleham News Trophy for the
Best Exhibit in the Show
Sally Bradley
Speakers Secretary
1 Beckside, Nettleham
Ann Harrison
Chairman
Telephone: 01522 751291
Jan Donnelly
Treasurer
Telephone: 01522 750260
Ann Harrison:
Chairman, Show Secretary and auctioneer for the day sells a
beautiful cabbage at the end of the show
Sophie Tomlinson’s entry which
was awarded First Prize in one of the Children’s Classes for
Miniature Gardens
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Beckside Pre-School Activities
After a rather damp summer holiday, we
welcomed our old and new children, and their
families, to Beckside. We saw our little ones start
new school and you all looked so grown up in
your uniforms. Good luck to you all.
The start of the term is always exciting, getting
to know our new boys and girls and enjoying, at
last, some lovely sunny weather and taking the
children out into the garden and outside play
area. It also gave us the opportunity to take the
children round the church and beck and through
the wood to see the birds and the change in the
season. The children loved seeing the ducks and
collecting the autumn leaves and we were able
to make some colourful autumn pictures.
We have a very exciting agenda ahead of us for
us all to enjoy and to have lots of fun:
Harvest Festival, when we visited Linelands with
all our goodies. It was great fun, we were made
very welcome and we all had a sing-song. We
look forward to seeing you again at Christmas.
Remembrance Sunday, where we make poppies
and take them to the village Cenotaph, Bonfire
Night, Diwali, Children in Need - all leading up
to Christmas and the Nativity, the Christmas
Party and celebrating the New Year.
Very sadly over the summer one of our families
lost their home and possessions as a result of the
floods at Langworth. This was a difficult time for
the family and we would like to thank all the
children and their families who gave their
generous support to them at this difficult time.
A message from Joshua and his family:
Thank you to everyone who sent us parcels to
help us through our recent flooding. Thank you
also to everyone who phoned or left messages
with more offers. Our apologies for not
returning calls and thanking people direct, but
our newest addition decided to arrive five weeks
early and we have been away in Queens Medical
Centre, Nottingham, as he had to have surgery
the day after he was born.
We have been totally overwhelmed by everyone’s
generosity. Many, many thanks.
Fiona, Chris, Joshua, Sienna and Ryan Taylor
We are open Monday - Friday (9.05am -3.10pm)
and if you would like to see us at play please
contact Debbie or Jane. We would love to see
you and the children will enjoy showing you
around their play group. Our staff are highly
committed, caring and enthusiastic and this
makes Beckside a happy and stable environment
for our little ones to achieve and enjoy what
they are doing and make good progress towards
ELGs.
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Beckside Pre-School, Early Years Unit,
All Saints Lane, Nettleham, Lincoln
Mobile: 0794 087 3505
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Best Kept Village Competition 2007
As many readers already know, Nettleham
didn’t progress beyond even the first
round of the Best Kept Village Competition
this year. This is a great shame because we
all know that Nettleham is by far the most
attractive village for miles around and we
all like to think that we take a great pride
in our village, both as individuals and as a
community.
Below is reproduced the Judges’ marking,
together with their comments, so you can
see where we lost points. On the reverse
side of this sheet is a section for General
Comments and here it says: “Such an
attractive village - removal of artificial
flowers (so unnecessary in June) and
attention to seats would have brought this
village to the top in the first round.”
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Some problems regularly recur: litter,
damage to grass verges by vehicle wheels
and vandalism. These are so easy to avoid
and would help to keep our village looking
neat, tidy and well cared for. It must be
said that the Parish Council had deliberately
not treated the benches around the village
this year, in order to assess the aesthetic
result of natural weathering on the wood.
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Nettleham Weather: Summer 2007
JUNE 2007
JULY 2007
AUGUST 2007
The weather was generally settled until the
11th, with high pressure and light winds, then,
altocumulus clouds approached from the SW,
heralding a change to lower pressure.
The month was generally unsettled, until it
became more settled during the last few days.
The month started settled and often very sunny,
becoming hot with over 26°C on the 5th.
There were frequent showers or longer spells of
rain, often heavy with frequent thunder, but
with occasional sunnier and warmer spells.
Showers only occurred on a few days until the
12th, the most notable being accomapnied by a
squall during the evening of the 6th, when it
turned cooler.
Rain fell at some time on each day for the rest
of the month. Thunderstorms and torrential rain
were frequent until the 23rd, then, on the
evening of the 24th more heavy rain set in,
lasting about 10 hours and being driven by a
strong NE wind. By the morning of the 25th,
70mm of rain had been collected in 24 hours.
By the evening of the 25th, a further 37mm of
rain had fallen. This unprecedented amount of
rain resulted in The Beck, which had already
overflowed its banks that morning, to flood
low-lying areas of the village to a depth of
several inches - an event which was a new
experience to many residents of Nettleham.
The 20th was extremely wet, with 64mm of rain
falling from mid-afternoon onwards and this
caused more flooding in parts of our county
such as Horncastle.
The 26th was another very wet day, with
28mm of rain falling and the Beck remained
dangerously high.
It became more settled from the 27th onwards,
with more sunshine and the 31st was very sunny
and also warmer.
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The longer the arm,
the more the wind has blown
from that direction
NE
NW
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WNW
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WSW
SW
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SSW
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By that time, W winds veered N where they
persisted until the 23rd, but from the 21st it
became more settled, brighter and sunnier with
high pressures.
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NNE
The longer the arm,
from that direction
NE
NW
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WNW
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W
An unsettled spell set in on the 13th lasting until
the 21st, with frequent showers or spells of rain,
in particular on the 19th with a few hours of
very heavy rain and some thunder that afternoon.
32mm of rain was collected.
The Bank Holiday was very warm and sunny with
over 23°C on the 25th. Winds generally from W
or NW, high pressure and settled weather then
lasted for the rest of the month.
From the 26th, a westerly airflow persisted,
with sunny spells and scattered showers
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It continued settled and became warmer again
by the 9th, with over 23°C by the 11th.
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The longer the arm,
from that direction
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Wind speed reached or exceeded
(number of days)
10mph: 14; 15mph: 6; 20mph: 2
Maximum gust: 35mph (25th)
(number of days)
10mph: 20; 15mph: 12; 20mph: 4
Maximum gust: 35mph (6th)
(number of days)
10mph: 20; 15mph: 11; 20mph: 1
Maximum gust: 28mph (22nd)
Temperature (°C) Max/min
Maximum: high: 22 (19th); low: 9 (6th)
Minimum: high: 11; low: 7
Maximum: high: 21 (12th); low: 10 (21st)
Maximum: high: 26 (5th); low: 13 (21st)
Pressure
High: 1029mb (5th); low: 1002 (25th)
Pressure
High: 1023mb (31st); low: 1001 (2nd)
Pressure
High: 1030mb (26th); low: 994 (15th)
Precipitation (number of days)
Rain or drizzle: 19; just drizzle: 2; hail: 1
Monthly total: 336.5mm
Maximum in one day: 70mm ( 25th)
Rain or drizzle: 23; just drizzle: 0; hail: 1
Monthly total: 216.3mm
Maximum in one day: 64mm (20th)
Rain or drizzle: 12; just drizzle: 2;
Monthly total: 90mm
Maximum in one day: 32mm (19th)
Thunder (number of days)
8 (12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 22nd,
23rd)
8 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 17th, 18th, 19th)
1 (19th)
Mist or fog (number of days)
There were a couple of mornings with early mist
No significant mist or fog occurred
Frost (number of days)
None observed
None observed
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None observed
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NETTLEHAM LADIES CLUB
We were treated to yet another year of
varied and interesting speakers, ranging
from one person’s experience as member
of an adoption panel, to another’s work as
a magistrate. We were given lots of beauty
tips from the facial and make-up
demonstration and witnessed the magic of
3D photography. We heard some very
moving and also positive stories, including
one of our speaker’s experience taking aid
to Romania. We had an insight into the
work of our local policeman and community
support officer. Two thousand pounds for
a teapot! – an insight into the life and
work of Clarice Cliff. Our last meeting
before the AGM we heard about the
history of some the medieval buildings
situated around Lincoln.
The journey for this year’s summer meal
needed a bit of re-scheduling, as
Lincolnshire was suffering from the effects
of the heavy rain and flooding but,
nevertheless, we managed to get to
Horncastle College, where we enjoyed a
superb buffet meal. Our outings to the
Theatre Royal to see both the amateur
productions were, as always, well attended
and very much enjoyed.
The magnificent sum of £1,700, raised at
the Spring Fayre in April, was donated to
St Andrew’s Children’s Hospice in Grimsby
(see photograph below). The cake stall at
the Nettleham Carnival raised £120 and
was donated towards the proceeds of the
carnival. Thank you to everyone who
supported us at these events.
The Club is still growing; in 2007 we
were pleased to welcome new members,
increasing our membership to 90.
We continue to meet in the Village Hall,
meetings begin at 7.30pm and new
members are always very welcome.
If you are interested in joining us, the
membership fee for this year is £7.00;
visitors £1.00 per meeting.
After three years, Mavis will be handing
over her role as Chairman and we would all
like to thank her for everything she has
done for the Club. Our new Chairman
following the AGM in November will be
Louise Siddall and, hopefully, we will see
some new faces on the Committee after
the AGM.
You will see from the programme listed
below for next year that we have another
wide variety of speakers on a wide range
of topics.
If you would like more information please
contact me on 595392 or Louise Siddall on
752725.
We look forward to seeing you at our next
meeting.
Christine Brook
Ladies Club Programme
2008
January: Travels with the Peace Corps
February: Derbyshire Well Dressing
March: Container Gardening
April: Local Archaeological Discoveries
10 May: Spring Fayre
May: ‘Call My Bluff’
June: Summer Meal
July: Hypnotherapist/Psychotherapy
August: No Meeting
September: Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
October: Royal Palaces
November: AGM
December: No Meeting
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Courses
(see panel above)
address this question
and provide a system that
opens the door to individual
self-fulfilment.
Pursue an open door path.
Open eyes and ears.
Open heart and mind.
Be open to what the Now needs.
Enjoy.
For more information contact:
The School of Philosophy, Lincoln
01526 323892
Registered Educational Charity 3135115
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The winner of this year’s Nettleham
Carnival Balloon race was Jax Clarke from
Boston. Her balloon travelled the furthest
of all those returned within the closing
date of the competition. Unfortunately,
the balloon that travelled the furthest was
returned too late to win a prize. It was
found in a place called Slite in Gotland,
Sweden! This balloon travelled an amazing
816 miles (as the crow flies) so the
challenge has been set, can we beat this
distance next year?
On the call-out front we have been kept
busy attending nearly 50 call-outs so far
this year.
We still endeavour to run the scheme
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with any
‘off line’ time being extremely minimal.
To keep up this high level of cover, we do
need more volunteers to join our group as
First Responders. I do believe the group is
performing a valuable service for the
residents of Nettleham and it would be
such a shame if we have to lower the
amount of cover that is presently given,
due to a lack of First Responders.
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Can You Help?
If you have some spare time: 3 or 4 hours
a week - why not give us a ring and find
out more about the First Responders
scheme in Nettleham.
Finding your address
One thing that is very apparent on the
call-outs we have attended is how difficult
it is to find house numbers, especially at
night. Some are badly weathered, some
are concealed by plants and hedging and
some just don’t exist at all!
Please take a walk outside and check the
condition of your house number, a quick
coat of paint, or a trim with secateurs,
could make finding your property so very
much easier in an emergency.
Mobility Scooter for Sale
We have received the kind donation of a
Sapphire LS mobility scooter, with all
proceeds from the sale going to the
Nettleham LIVES First Responders
group funds.
If you, or anyone you know, is in need of
a scooter please give Brian Wallis a call
(number below) for more details. We are
asking £250 for it, as it has hardly been
used and is a real bargain for the price.
Think about becoming a Nettleham First
Responder Today…
I would just like to end by thanking you all
for your continued support during the year
and wish you all a very Merry Christmas
and a happy and healthy New Year.
One other suggestion: after calling the
ambulance at night, do switch on your
house lights both inside and outside
(if you have an exterior light) to make the
property stand out and easier to find.
For more information contact
Brian Wallis
(Nettleham co-ordinator)
754589
In an emergency every second counts and
following these simple guidelines can save
a great deal of valuable time.
News from Threshold
A jacket potato lunch was served after the
Harvest celebration on 7 October 2007.
The meal was perhaps doubly appreciated,
as the service had given an opportunity to
thank God for the very many good things
enjoyed in this country, whilst considering
the very different harvest experienced by
the Quechen people high in the Bolivian
Andes. Gifts of non-perishable food items
were also brought to be given to the
Lincoln YMCA food ‘larder’ which is used
to help needy people in the city.
During the autumn, different members of
the Church have travelled to Ghana and to
the Philippines to be involved in projects
working with some of the world’s most
marginalized people.
Closer to home, the November coffee
morning, in the Old School Rooms, gave an
opportunity for a drink and a chat, as well
as making a contribution towards the
Village Hall Redevelopment Scheme.
Further coffee mornings are planned for
Saturdays 26 January and 23 February.
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Threshold is very much looking forward to
sharing in Carols on the Green this year on
Christmas Eve. Details of other services and
events can be found on posters around the
village, or from the Threshold Church
Office on 01522 820883.
Coffee mornings
Old School Rooms: 10.15 - 12.00
Saturday 26 January 2008
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Lincoln Cathedral Christmas Card
A picture by Nettleham
photographer Lynne McEwan
has been chosen by
Lincoln Cathedral as this
year's official Christmas card.
The wintery image of the
cloisters was taken last year
during a brief snow storm.
Lynne said, “I’d hurried to
the Cathedral early one
morning intending to take
some photographs but the
snow had all melted. While
I was having a cup of coffee
in the cafe before leaving it
began to snow again.
I went into the cloisters and
I couldn’t believe it, It was
absolutely beautiful and I
had the place completely to
myself. It was freezing and
although I had to lie on the
ground to take the
photograph it was well
worth it. Within half an hour
it had all melted I was just
lucky to be in the right place
at the right time.”
The card is available in two
sizes at the Cathedral shop.
Lynne, whose work is also on
show at the Lindum Heritage
Gallery in the village said,
“It’s the first time a
photograph has been used
for the official Christmas
card, rather than a painting.
I’m just thrilled it’s one of
mine.”
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Ist Nettleham Guides ( Friday)
Review: November 2006 - November 2007
Well where do I start? We do so much
over the course of a year that it never
ceases to amaze me!
With 31 girls, 2 young leaders and
4 adult leaders we continue to be an
oversubscribed and popular unit of which
I feel we have every reason to be proud.
Here is the ABC of our year.
A is for Awards. If the girls keep coming
to the meetings, we will keep offering the
activities to get them a badge. Sorry to the
mums (or possibly the dads!) who have to
sew them on! Since last November badges
gained have included Circus Skills and Fire
Fighter. PGL girls gained outdoor pursuits,
survival and team work Go for It Awards.
Other Go for It’s included Go For It
Glamorama - an evening of make up,
lots of hair brushing and braiding. Whilst
sleeping over at the Guide hut, gained a
Camp out Go for It card. Gang Show
participation gave them Performing Arts.
We worked on and gained the “Right to
work together” and “Right to be me”
qualification. A ramble, a visit by the bat
lady and the sleepover contributed to
wards the Anglia Outdoor Challenge
Badge. Sigourney, Sophie and Lauren have
worked hard towards gaining the Baden
Powell Challenge, the highest award a girl
can gain in Guiding. I believe they are
probably only an adventure away from
completing it.
bat detectors to hear those in the wild
feeding themselves. This makes a very
interesting raspberry noise and makes it
well worth a long wait in the dusk to find
Nettleham’s one resident bat. Mind you
given the weather this summer, I might
have moved out too!
C is for crafts, Cross stitch and campfires.
The WI ladies valiantly offered their services
to us again this year and guides, leaders
and ladies together battled with a cross
stitch design the size of a postage stamp.
Sorry ladies! The finished results will be
made into coasters - another C!
Guides is renowned for campfires.
Not wishing to disappoint, we cooked our
supper and breakfast on them as part of
the sleepover and recently had a campfire
and sparkler evening.
In the summer (what summer?) we joined
with the Brownies for a good old sing.
Jenny got a fantastic fire going, which held
its own against the deluge. It lasted
outside longer than we did. As we sang,
the heavens opened and we emerged from
the hut to a beck bursting its banks. This
same beck and some very deep and large
puddles were also a significant part of our
summer’s evening walk. I note that despite
We’ve also taken part in the “Looking at
me” self esteem activities sponsored by
Dove Soap. Concerned about the impact of
the beauty industry on young people, in
conjunction with the Guide Association,
Dove have created activities to promote
self belief. Activities included a bra relay
(yes you did read that right!) and, with the
help of padding and hair cuts, turning
Barbie from dream doll to real doll.
B is for the Big Gig the pop highlight of
the guiding year. Off we went this year to
Manchester to join 11,000 high-energy
singing, shouting, waving and chanting
Guides. In a highly electric atmosphere,
we submerged ourselves in the songs of
McFly, Robyn, the Hoosiers and Calvin
Harris. Sophie Ellis Bextor, Kate Nash and
Natasha Bedingfield also performed. Not
so electric was the backlog to leave both
the arena and the coach park. A late night
all round!
Other outings out have included trips to
Disney on Ice, Peter Pan on Ice and Strictly
West End - not on ice! We rock ’n’ rolled
our way through the Gang Show 100 Years
of Song. With 31 rock ‘n’ roll skirts joining
cat’s ears and top hats in my spare room,
I hope a future theme will combine all
three! B is also for the Bat Lady, who
arrived complete with bats to be fed and
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being invited, no parents joined us. Suffice
to say that those who wished to remain
dry, remained dry, whilst those who
wished to get wet ... were very wet!
C is also for church. Our vicar, Jenny
Rowley has set up a monthly all-age service
to which the guides were invited to parade.
C is also for Caythorpe, the PGL outdoor
activity centre in Lincolnshire and for cold.
Oh and it was cold! Activities included how
many jumpers can you wear and still retain
sufficient agility to climb a wooden pole?
Do socks make good gloves and can you
still hold the zip-wire whilst wearing them?
And do I have to leave this nice snug
shelter to shoot that arrow in the general
direction of the target, knowing it’s so
windy it might well end up in the lake?
Leaders seemed to be playing ‘I must just
nip back into the accommodation to check
on the kettle’, whilst the girls were
indistinguishable from each other under so
many layers. Yet we still enjoyed ourselves
and have a full quota to return this year.
So all character building stuff. Another C!
Rachel Wydrzynska
Guide Leader
01522 752371
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Nettleham Pre-School Playgroup
Nettleham Pre-School
The first thing that parents ask when
visiting the setting is: “What is the
difference between a nursery, a pre-school
or playgroup?” Well the answer is quite
simple - there is no difference in terms of
the care and education that the children
receive. With the introduction of the
government’s Nursery Education Grant, all
settings that are in receipt of these funds
must adhere to the same National
Standards and are inspected by the same
authority - Ofsted. Although we are a
registered charity and are run by a
management committee of volunteers,
we still must have the same ratios of staff
to children, policies and procedures and
training as all other settings who offer
sessional care for children under five years.
Our group follows the national curriculum
guidance for children 2 to 5 years.
Parents as Partners
The committee is made up of parents
who have children attending the setting.
This ensures that playgroup keeps in touch
with parents’ wishes and views. Parents are
the most knowledgeable people regarding
their children and the setting can benefit
enormously from close links with parents
and carers.
Parents complete a settling-in plan with
staff at the playgroup during their pre-visit.
This is flexible to suit the needs of both the
parent and child. Settling into the group is
the most important part to get right young children need to feel secure and
they need to form new attachments.
Some children need their parent to stay for
a while, whereas others prefer to explore
on their own. We talk to parents about
what will suit their child.
Nettleham Pre-School Playgroup supports
children with individual and special needs.
For children who need extra help in some
areas of their development we implement
individual plans and targets with the
advice of our Early Years Support Teacher Janice Duke.
The Foundation Stage
Children enter the Foundation Stage after
their third birthday. At this time we start to
gather information from observations and
we use this to compile their Record of
Achievement. Children are not tested,
there is no pass or fail at this age.
Information from these observations tells
us what the child can do and allows us to
see what the child needs to do next.
We plan throughout the year to ensure
that all six areas of learning are covered
and re-visited.
Links with School
Playgroup staff work closely with the
village Infants School to ensure that
children have a smooth transition to the
reception class. Teachers regularly visit our
group and we also pass over (with parental
consent) the children’s Records of
Achievement, so that the school is aware
of their starting points, strengths and
interests.
Harry models our sweatshirt with the new logo
Snack time
Children enjoy a range of healthy snacks selection of apples, bananas and raisins,
breadsticks, brown and white toast.
Sometimes, we try different fruits from
around the world and celebrate cultural
festivals with food, for example naan
bread, pappodums, hot cross buns and
prawn crackers.
Snack time at the playgroup
The children have become very independent
at snack time, they help themselves by
pouring their own drink and selecting their
choice of fruit. Children take it in turns to
lay the table for the other children and
adults. Snack time is a social time and we
gather lots of evidence of language and
communication development over a
beaker of milk!
Activities for Term 2
Our theme for Term 2 is “Let’s Celebrate”.
The children have the chance to experience
some of the different festivals that take
place at this time of year, for example,
Bonfire Night, Diwali, Hanukkah and
Christmas.
It’s all about teamwork!
If you are interested in a place and would
like to come and see us at play, please
contact us at the village hall during session
time: 07867 861262.
Alternatively please contact our Waiting
List Secretary: 07505 224668 who will
arrange a visit.
(Playgroup leader)
Registered Charity No: 518013
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Emilie and Ananya brush up on their IT skills
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Nettleham Old Photographs
Nettleham FC c1975
Back row fron left to right: Dave Ranshaw, Nobby Wade, Charlie Shaw, Trev Lawrence, Martin Goodman
Front row from left to right: Keith Kettleborough, George Saunby, Stuart Timms, Stuart Curtis
The Annual Oddfellows Friendly Society outside the White Hart Inn in Nettleham around 1900
Photograph kindly sent in by Helen Warren (see Readers Letters page 15)
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Foodstore: 8.00am - 8.00pm
7 days a week
Post Office: Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am - 12.30pm
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THE FALCONER
at Welton Manor Golf Centre
For a simply
wonderful dining experience
● Serving the Falconer Bistro Menu
Monday to Thursday 11am - 3pm and 6pm - 9pm
● Serving food all day Friday & Saturday 11am - 9.15pm
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● Weddings, christenings, party bookings, private functions
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● PARTY BOOKINGS
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free bottle of house wine on production of this advertisement
● FREE KIDS MEAL (12 years and under)
One childs meal from the kids menu with every two adults
eating dishes from the Bistro main menu (before 6.30pm)
● BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Enjoy your birthday with us - free main course on your birthday
(with proof of ID) for party of four or more (Booking required)
● PUB QUIZ
Wednesday fortnightly throughout the year
● LICENSED PATIO AREA
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● 18 Hole golf course
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(Six miles north of Lincoln)
www.weltonmanorgolfcentre.co.uk
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Nigel Kingston
Graphic Designer
Squirrel Cottage
1 High Street
Nettleham
Lincoln LN2 2PL
Telephone & Fax 01522 753000

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