Village news
Barrow Jane Tindle 01509 414201 Jane.Tindle@outlook.com
BISHOP BEVERIDGE CLUB
NEWS. The notice for the Strawberry Tea is on display on the notice board in the club. It is for members only and please pay when you add your name to the list. It is on Wednesday, 5 July at the club starting at 3pm. Places are limited and lifts can be arranged.
The annual coach trip to Skegness is on Wednesday, 19 July. The booking list is on the noticeboard. Cost is £14 for members and £16 for non members. Call Wendy on 413212 for details.
The movie for July is ‘United Kingdom’ and is on Monday, 17 July. Details later.
The next Bingo session is on Wednesday, 26 July.
Please note that due to our kitchen refurbishment the August film ‘Lion’ is now showing on Monday, August 28.
Our kitchen refurbishment commences with the replacement of the boiler and cooker and some radiator work on Monday, 31 July and will hopefully be completed on Wednesday, 2 August.
Daytime groups will be informed of cancellations. Evening groups will not be affected. Re-decoration will be undertaken at a later date.
FREE FUN AND GAMES IN THE LIBRARY. Come along to Barrow community library, on Friday, 30 June and join in with free fun and games. If you enjoy playing cards or board games join like-minded people for a fun afternoon. Refreshments available.
MINI-MARKET. The Methodist church is having their minimarket and coffee morning on Saturday, 1 July from 10am – 11am. Everyone is very welcome.
CROCHET CLUB. The Crochet Club is meeting at the Methodist Hall on Saturday, 1 July from 11am – 1pm. Everyone is very welcome.
NEW HORIZONS. On Monday, 3 July, New Horizons is meeting in the Methodist coffee lounge at 2pm. All welcome.
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING. Barrow parish Council is meeting in the parish Council offices at 7pm on Tuesday, 4 July. Everyone is very welcome, public participation at approximately 7pm. LUNCHEON CLUB. Please note there will be no luncheon club at the Baptist Church in June and July due to refurbishment.
SATURDAY STORIES. Barrow Community Library has Saturday Stories, weekly at 10:30am - 11am at for children 7 and under the. £1 donation suggested.
CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLER. On Tuesday, 4 July at 9:45am, year six children at Hall Orchard school invite all our senior friends to our fabulous summer production of Cinderella Rockefeller. Followed by refreshments.
STRAWBERRY TEA. Barrow Methodist church Ladies Circle invite you to a Strawberry tea at the church on Saturday, 8 July from 2pm – 4pm. Cakes will be on sale and a raffle and all proceeds are for our chosen charity for 2016/17, Ashmount school, Loughborough.
SUMMER STREET MARKET. The Parish Council will run this event on the High Street on Sunday, 9 July from 10am – 4pm. We expect stalls by local food/drink producers and retailers (including veggie and handmade crafts, artwork, vintage/retro and street food sellers - vegan), retailers of high quality goods (plants, collectables, recycled goods, local community groups and more, clothing, tools, books, jewellery etc). We’ll enjoy a lively as click atmosphere with lots of colour and delicious smells, activities for kids, musicians -- a really good community event! It’s not too late to book a stall. Contact us now and reserve your place: http://www.emme.uk.com
SKEGNESS COACH TRIP. In July the Bishop Beveridge Club coach trip will be to Skegness on Wednesday, 19 July, call Wendy on 413212 for details.
The cost will be £14 for members and £16 for non members who are most welcome. The drop off and pick up point is right on the seafront. To clear up any misunderstanding our trips are open to other than Barrow residents and non members pay just £2 more than members.
SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW. The Bishop Beveridge Club coach trip in August is to Southport for the annual flower show on Friday, 18 August. You can just spend the day in the seaside town. This is the largest flower show in the UK.
Bunny
CHAT IN CHURCH. Bunny St Mary’s Parish Church continue to organise their “Chat in Church” sessions every other week on a Wednesday.
The sessions start at 2.30pm and everyone is welcome to drop in and have a chat, tea or coffee and a piece of cake. All ages are welcome.
PARISH COUNCIL REPORT. Coun. Graham Norbury has been re-elected chairman of Bunny Parish Council
The council agreed to support a project by Nottenergy for a Winter Warmth Workshop they were offering. Coun. Brown was willing to have her telephone number as a contact point for anyone interested.
The Chairman said the road surface outside Sir Thomas Parkyn Close was damaged and he was concerned there was a possibilty of drains there collapsing. He reported people had been contacted by Notts County Council on the question of overgrown hedges and there were concerns because people not affected had received the same letters as those who hedges were in need of cutting.
Coun. Peter Pearson said that it seemed without being asked the County Highways department had carried out work to the exit of Garden City on to Gotham Lane.
The clerk said there was no further news from Rushcliffe Borough Council on the name situation for Wysall Lane.
It was reported BT had removed the broken glass from the telephone kiosk on Loughborough road but not the kiosk, which was due to removal.
Coun. Richard Wilson said the speed checking equipment controlled by the police and loaned to villages was still out of action. He said no one had come forward in answer to the appeal for more volunteers for the village Safety Group.
On crime, in April there had been two incidents, bilking from the petrol station and the theft of number plates from a vehicle on Albert Road.
The chairman said he had asked Mr Christopher Paul to provide a report on the Neighbourhood Watch Conference.
It was unanimously agreed that Mr David Dixon be appointed Internal Auditor for the coming 12 month period..
The chairman had provided minutes for the village hall Advisory Group meeting from April and he planned another meeting in June. Ruddington Scouts were to take the stock of spare chairs and had agreed to pay £1 each for them.
Coun. Brown produced the saucepans she had purchased. Electrician Dave Williams was to visit again and outline alternative lighting provision.
It was agreed to progress the idea of another CPR training session and Coun. Wilson said he would email residents on Gotham lane he had recently made contact with. The chairman said he had spoken to the Allotments Society in regard to the WW1 Centenary event on November 11 2018 and he was happy this would progress.
Kegworth Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
SUMMER FUND-RAISER. A Summer Fund-raiser for Cancer Research Uk celebrating 40 years of fund-raising in Kegworth was held at the home of Mrs Paula Wood.
There were books, cakes, plants & bric a brac for sale and a raffle was held. The weather was good and the event well supported.
There were 29 raffle prizes and winners included Joan Bennett, Kate Mee, Margaret Charsley and Maureen Kilvington. The final total is £946 and this includes £30 from Mrs Beryl Rock who collects 20p pieces throughout the year.
Paula would like to thank all who supported the event in any way and she would also wish to thank EmbarasSING singers for their recent donation of £94.00. “It is very much appreciated.,” says Paula.
GARDEN CLUB. The June meeting of the Kegworth & District Garden Club was held at the meeting room Kegworth Village Hall on Thursday 1st June.
The speaker for the evening was Tracey Akehurst and her subject was “Pickled, potted and canned”.
Tracey began by explaining that various substances have been used as preservatives since ancient times, eg the Egyptians used honey even in the preservation of the dead.
Another early form of preserving was drying eg sultanas currants peas beans and lentils. Salt was also used in the drying process of preservation and also used in brine to pickle vegetables.
Vinegar (sour wine ) is also used. Canned Heinz baked beans first came onto the market in 1928 and Tomato ketchup was invented in America in 1782. Alcohol and sugar are also well known preservatives.
In modern times canned fruit and vegetables are common as are use of freezers in the use of keeping food for long periods of time.
Raffle winners for the evening included Gill Carty, Richard Waddington, Delia Assell-Haigh Karen Parrott and Ray Webb.
The next meeting will be on Thursday next week, July 6th and will be at a members garden and is for members only, for more information please contact Paula Wood 01509 673274.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY. Tonight, Wednesday, June 28, our popular singing group meet again at 7pm.
A very enjoyable and sociable evening. Come along and join in the fun – remember, you don’t have to be able to sing !
We have a new art exhibition by local artist Mary Hurt. Mary has put together a collection of really colourful paintings. Do call in to the library to have a look.
If your children or grandchildren attend Kegworth Primary School they will soon be receiving an invitation to join the Summer Reading Challenge.
The theme this year is ‘Animal Agents’ and the aim of this national scheme is to encourage children to keep reading through the school summer holiday, though it’s also a lot of fun.
There will be activities for the children to take part in in the library, and there are stickers to collect at each stage in the special folder - and door hangers and fortune tellers to be made too.
The Reading Challenge starts on Saturday, July 8, and there will be cookies and juice for the children to help get things underway. Kegworth library is open from 10am– 12:30pm on Saturdays and 2pm -4.30 pm on Tuesdays - Fridays.
At the beginning of June it was ‘National Volunteer Week’ and we wanted to treat all those involved with KCL to something a little special in recognition of all the hours they happily give to provide a free lending library to our community. As you can imagine our budget was very, very small and we had 30+ people to cater for.
The Yew Lodge gallantly came to our rescue and generously co-funded a wonderful ‘Afternoon Tea’ on 11th June. A very BIG Thank You to Heather Thornton and the team at Yew Lodge.
During the afternoon the Friends of KCL Lottery was drawn and the winning numbers were 108, 84 and 20. Congratulations if one of those is your number and many thanks to all the members of the lottery which provides a vital income to keep the library running.
The next draw will be in December and so if you’d like to be in it please pick up an application form from the library or download one from our website www.kclweb.org