Village news
Sutton Bonington Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
WHIST Hopefully 23 players enjoyed the Whist Drive on Monday night, 19th June, albeit that the atmosphere was hot and steamy with not a breath of a wind outside or inside of the Library.
Brenda Stainsby with a score of 181 just beat second placed David Gee with a score of 179. The other winners were Marion Hopewell 172, Mike Grout 170, Colin Stinchcombe 168 and Pat Perry 168.
Highest Half winners were Doreen Wright and Alan Richardson and the Consolation prize, a packet of White Chocolate/Cranberry biscuits, was won by Audrey Lakin.
Raffle prizes were won by Pat Perry, Brian Tipper, Freda Blyth and Pat Knight.
Overall twelve separate winners shared the thirteen prizes on offer.
The “13 Kitty” had a trouble free evening and moved on to £6-00. It is there to be won, if not beforehand, at our next Whist Drive which, because of a Parish Council Meeting next Monday, will be held on Monday, July 10, starting at 7.30pm as usual.
GARDEN WALKABOUT. Another Garden Walkabout event, organised by the village Friends of Cancer Research UK group took place in Sutton Bonington, and what a great weekend and event it was.
Maybe a trifle too hot for some people but many still braved the heat to walk around to visit many of the gardens that were open at various spots in the village.
The gardens were open for four hours each day and a Soar Valley bus ran on Sunday to help them get around.
There were two car parks in use, at St Michael’s church and the Playing Fields car park on Main Street and, once again, the main road through the village was virtually a massive car park.
This was the 35th year that Sutton Bonington has hosted this event which is more than just open gardens.
There were a number of sales stalls operating in various parts of the village, along with tea, cakes and sandwiches on sale from at least five of the homes that had opened to the public. The cake stall on Main Road was filled with super samples of home cooking, and a stall that has earned itself lots of tributes during the years it has operated.
The 26 gardens open in Sutton Bonington were on Charnwood Fields, Park Lane, Charnwood Avenue, Orchard Close, Willow Pool Lane, Gables Lea, Main Street, College Road, and then in Kingstone on Soar there were four gardens open to welcome visitors, on Long Row, The Green and Kegworth Road.
There was a new venue on Park Lane in Sutton Bonington that had live music as well as at Gables Lea and, of course, there was ice-cream!
As usual it was more than just an Open Garden event. Lots of the people opening their gardens played a big role in helping to make the day so successful.
Jan Higginson on Charnwood Fields was selling homemade lemon curd as she celebrated 32 years of tending her garden while the King family on Charnwood Avenue offered live music with cakes and tea for their visitors as well as Pimms and fruit juices.
Angela and Martin Paling at Bonington’s on Main Street have a garden featuring a garden railway complete with viaduct and station. Both children and adults took the opportunity to drive the trains.
It is too early to yet know the final figure of profit from the event but it is hoped it might be in the same region as in previous years – a wonderful £6000.
Lead organiser Mary Thomas said they wanted to give warm thanks to all who have contributed in any way to the event, including those who gave donations to the prize draw and the stalls - and everyone who has given time and energy to the event. “Above all, many thanks to those generously opening their gardens for everyone to enjoy,” she added.
Mary said this year they were fondly remembering a number of residents who had given great support to their annual event, including Dan Nash who died at the age of 100 and who had been one of their ‘gatekeepers’ on Park Lane from the very early days of the Walkabout. Gordon Firth, a regular ‘opener’ and host to the plant stall outside his house, Malcolm Dade, one of the very regular ‘openers’, Margaret Smith, another of the regular ‘openers’ together with the fish and the budgies! and Mary Mott, one of their prolific cake bakers. “They will be sadly missed,” added Mary.
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION. Popular Sutton Bonington Primary School continues to be supported well by its Parent Teacher Association who are accepted as a friendly, committed group of parents and staff who usually meet every half term (often in the pub!) to discuss ways of raising money to fund projects within the school.
Currently the Association have four main events a year: a Jumble Sale in January, Summer Fete in July, theme night in the marquee of the Sutton Bonington Show in September and the village bonfire night in November. But they are always looking for new ideas for events and fundraising and welcome new committee members or volunteers for specific events.
The Association say in recent years they have funded a number of projects for the benefit of the school, both large and small, including a substantial donation to enhance the adventure playground with a climbing wall, slide and other activities and the construction of a log circle on the school field to be used in outdoor learning activities.
Funds have been provided for paying for all children to take part in a Circus Skills Day and for the purchase of a new oven for the cookery area, a new flat screen television and bike stands for secure storage as well as match funding for the school’s Supergrounds project to construct an outdoor classroom.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Residents in Sutton Bonington are being approached to see if they are able to offer volunteering assistance to the Carers Trust East Midlands group.
As part of a National charity, Carers Trust, work to improve support services and give assistance to anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health issues.
Says Angela Saini, PR Volunteer for the group: “Locally we run a Volunteer Service that supports carers and their families by offering a volunteer befriender so allowing the carer to have a valuable break, and enabling them to develop a ‘ life’ outside of caring. We are funded and supported by Nottinghamshire County Council and Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group.
“We are lucky enough to have a number of volunteers who already support many carers locally, but due to an increase in demand to reach and support more carers, we are looking to recruit more volunteers, who even if just for a few hours a week, can make such a difference to a carers week.”
She has appealed for anyone in the community willing to help to contact her colleague Lisa Deane the Volunteer Co-ordinator at Carers Trust East Midlands on 0115 9628920 or by email on lisadeane@carerstrustem.org
PLANS FOR ST ANNE’S MANOR. Rushcliffe Borough Council have told the parish council that they have ruled that a planning application involving St Anne’s Manor on Hungary Lane in Sutton Bonington did not need planning permission.
The application was for a Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey gymnasium and or cinema within the garden at the premises did not need planning permission ad was permitted development.
The application was considered, said the Borough, under reference 16/01070/ CLUPRD, by the Council’s legal team to be a lawful development falling within the parameters of permitted development.
Said the Council: “The application therefore did not require planning permission. Information on Certificate of Lawfulness and Permitted Development was circulated”
Sutton Bonington ‘s Rushcliffe Borough Council member Coun. Andy Brown objected to the size of the development and said he felt it would stand out from the rest of the buildings on site and was a definite encroachment into the countryside.
Rothley
HOLIDAY CLUB. There is a holiday For primary school ages, (under 5s must be accompanied) from July 17 - 21, from 10am - 11.45am in Rothley Village Hall, Fowkes Street, Rothley.
There will be a fun programme of games, songs, crafts, competitions and Bible stories for primary children. £2 per day or £8 full week. SUMMER SUPPER AND QUIZ. Rothley Methodist Church, Howe Lane, is hosting a light summer supper with quiz on Friday, July 7, at 7.30pm Tickets £8
There will be various quiches, new potatoes, salads, cake, tea, coffee and soft drinks
Please contact Sue Wainwright on 0758 5557 548 or Christine Hall 01162 374 658 for tickets.
MOTHERS’ UNION. The next meeting of Rothley Branch will be held on Tuesday, July 4, at 2pm in the Old School Rooms.
Our speaker will be Reverend Pamela Harvey, M.U. Chaplain for the Leicester Diocese.
Please come and join us - everyone is welcome, members and non-members. You don’t have to be a mother!
The meeting will commence with prayers and after the speaker refreshments will be served.”