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Barrow Jane Tindle 01509 414201 jane@tindle01.fsnet.co.uk
BROWNIES COFFEE MORNING. The 1st Barrow Brownies are having a coffee morning, with a tabletop sale, to help to raise funds for Loros. This is on Saturday, 25 March from 10am -1pm at the Methodist rooms, Barrow-on-Soar. There will be a cake stall, raffle, jam jar tombola or come along to grab a bargain from one of the stalls in the main hall. Admission is £1 which includes tea and biscuits and entry to the tabletop sale. We hope to see you there. BISHOP BEVERIDGE CLUB
NEWS. This week is our monthly Friday Lunch club on 17 March. Our next Monday Movie is ‘Bridget Jones Baby’ on 20 March. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Grant, this is the latest in the Bridget Jones series. Starts at 2pm. All welcome.
Cost is £4 members, visitors £4.50 and this includes tea and cake.
Scrabble and cards are each Tuesday afternoon at 2.30pm. For members the cost is £1, visitors, who are welcome to come along are £1.20. Cost includes tea and cake.
Our April outing is to Banbury and Broughton Castle & Gardens on Wednesday 5 April. The cost is members £20, non-members £22. There will be a stop at Banbury followed in the afternoon to Broughton Castle, for which entry is included.
For details please contact Wendy on 413212. The list is now on the notice board in the club.
In May we are visiting Boundary Mills Retail outlet, followed by a 90 minute cruise on the River Trent at Newark. Details to follow later. Our afternoon tea in April will be on Wednesday 12th at 3pm.
This will also celebrate Easter with our annual Easter Bonnet completion, details later. Cost £3.50 members, £4 visitors. The attendance list along with details is on the notice board, please note that monies are due with the booking and do not enter anyone’s name unless they are aware and have agreed. Val Gillings (tel 413227) is taking names for the Town Hall production of ‘Gypsy’ on Saturday 6 May, matinee.
The list is on the notice boar in the club, or call Val. Cost is £16 per person to be paid as soon as possible please. HERITAGE GROUP. Barrow Heritage Group are working on a project on the history of Hall Orchard School and the Board School, Cotes Road.
If anyone possesses any old photographs, prior to 1970, which they could loan - particularly of pupil groups, special events or the buildings, it would be greatly appreciated. All photos would be copied and returned. Please contact Kathryn Timmons on 01509 416168 if you can help.
GARDENING CLUB. The next meeting of the Gardening Club visits the home and garden of a local family who loved the Arts and Crafts.
The talk is entitled ‘ The History of Stoneywell House and Gardens’ and is on Wednesday March 15 at 7.30pm in the Gap at the back of the Barrow Upon Soar Baptist Church in Beveridge Street.
The presenter, Roy Mitchell, will talk to us about the story of our local National Trust treasure and surrounding garden. Zigzagging from its rocky outcrop, Stoneywell is the realisation of one man’s Art and Crafts vision within a family home and, outside, every turn conjures up childhood memories of holiday excitement - one way to the Fort and another to the woods beyond.
Stoneywell woods are a fine example of ancient oak
woodland within the Charnwood Forest Natural Area and today a sense of solitude remains.
There will be something for all and everybody is very welcome, guests and visitors on the night just £3. MAMBO JAMBO IN
CONCERT. Barrow is lucky enough to have as its third Centre Stage show for this season the hugely popular “Mambo Jambo in Concert”. Frankie and Pete give you “musical sunshine” and in March, that’s just what the doctor ordered.
This friendly and exceptionally talented duo takes you on an exciting and joyously vibrant musical journey, mixing styles and rhythms from around the world. There’s infectious music from Cuba, New Orleans, Brazil, Eastern Europe as well as blue grass, boogie and their own inspired compositions. They mix saxophone, vocals, clarinet, flute, guitar, banjo, percussion, ukulele, accordion and even a suitcase!
It’s a feel-good show and the audience is guaranteed to come out smiling at the end of the night. Mambo Jambo is on Friday, March 17 at Humphrey Perkins Community Centre, Cotes Road, Barrow upon Soar, LE12 8JU starting at 7.30pm and tickets can be bought from the Paper Shop, Barrow or by Paypal from www.busca.org.uk (you don’t need a Paypal account; just use your card).
Bought in advance of the show they cost £10, £9 (concessions) and £5 (children under 16).
With the feel of cabaret, you can enjoy our well stocked bar while you watch the show. Disabled access is good, parking is a doddle and the venue is warm and inviting.
This must be the way to enjoy professional touring theatre. Any enquiries to me, Judith on 07718153117 or judithrodgers155@gmail.com EVENTS AT BARROW COMMUNITY LIBRARY. On Friday, 17 March, from 10:30am – 11am - Rhyme Time For 3s and under for a suggested donation of £1. Also Saturday Stories, weekly at 10:30am - 11am for children 7 and under, £1 donation suggested. COFFEE MORNING. On Saturday, 18 March, Barrow Mothers Union is having a Coffee morning, from 10am at the Trinity Rooms in aid of MU projects. We are having cakes and a raffle. JUMBLE SALE. The Clock Club will be having a jumble sale on Saturday, March 18 from 10-11.30am at The Bishop Beveridge Club.
The proceeds are going to LOROS, in memory of Mrs Norma Beadle.
Any donations please bring on the day; phone 07514 617671 or take to 78 Beaumont Road.
There will be refreshments, tombola, books, clothes, CDs, bric-a-brac, soft toys etc. Everyone most welcome and admission only 50p.
This is such a good cause and we always appreciate whatever anyone can do. Many thanks. COUNCILLORS SURGERY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS. On the 18 March between 10am and 12noon in the main hall of Hall Orchard school, county councillor Tony Kershaw, borough councillors Hilary Fryer and Pauline Ranson will be pleased to discuss any local issues you may have.
No appointment is required - just drop in for a chat. If you need to contact them before or after please use their official e-mail address:
tony.kershaw@leics.gov.uk cllr.hilary.fryer@charnwood.gov. uk; cllr.pauline.ranson@charnwood.gov.uk.
MONDAY MOVIE. The next Monday Movie at the Bishop Beveridge Club is ‘Bridget Jones Baby’ on 20 March. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Grant, this is the latest in the
Bridget Jones series.
Starts at 2pm. All welcome. Cost is £4 members, visitors £4.50 and this includes tea and cake. LADIES CIRCLE. On Wednesday, 22 March Barrow Ladies Circle is meeting at 7:45pm in the Methodist church. Julie Ede presents a wonderful, wicked Wallis Simpson. COACH OUTING TO
BANBURY. There will be a coach outing to Banbury and Broughton Castle & Gardens on Wednesday, 5 April, organised by the Bishop Beveridge Club.
The cost is members £20, non-members £22. There will be a stop at Banbury followed in the afternoon to Broughton Castle, for which entry is included.
For details please contact Wendy on 413212. The list is now on the notice board in the club.
Castle Donington Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL. Castle Donington Rotary club and GrowCookShare jointly invite you to a Unique and Wonderful evening at the Village Hall
Come and join us on 18th March 2017 at 7pm for: • Charity Auction….with a superb selection of lots for auction including light aircraft flight, original paintings, hospitality box at Donington Park, fine wines and lots more. • Local quiz - how well do you actually know your village? • Selection of short films - rekindling memories of times gone by.
• Licensed bar- at great prices • Superb food - tastefully prepared by our own GCS chef
Cost for the evening, including first drink from the bar and buffet food, is £10 per person with family tickets (2 adults + 2 children) at £25.
This fantastic event is limited to the first 100 people so prior booking is essential.
Long Whatton and Diseworth
Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
SPRING LUNCH FOR OVER 60s. Following on the annual Christmas Lunch in Diseworth for the Over 60s
Confirmation of details have been given for a Spring Lunch event for the same age range. It will take place on Wednesday May 3 in the village hall.
SOLD OUT. An event planned for Diseworth village Hall in the form of a Pop-up Indian Resturant evening for the end of March has been sold out for weeks.
The event for March 25 has proved so popular that tickers sold out by the end of January and apologies are being given to those who would have liked to attend but cant with all tickets having been sold.
The event is being held in aid of village hall funds and will be followed later in the year with more attractions, including the village show on Saturday September 9 and the Beer Festival on Friday and Saturday November 10 and 11. FRIENDS OF DISEWORTH SCHOOL. It has been confirmed that FODS -- the Friends of Diseworth School -- is now a Registered Charity, following hard work by the Committee.
The registration allows the group to maximise fundraising because they will be able to take advantage of additional contributions from local business, as well as claiming Gift Aid on contributions made to them.
In the last year, the committee have raised the super figure of approximately £5,000 and have asked the school to draw up a list of events, projects and expenses which they would like FODS to support.
The minutes of committee meetings are now being published on the school website under the “FODS and Fundraising” banner and already the committee are looking to organise more fundraising events for the forthcoming year.
Quorn Joan Bloodworth 01509 620481 joan99@talktalk.net
QUORN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE. Vanessa Savage of Hanson’s Auctioneers came to the March meeting.
As the members came in, they placed their items for valuation on a table. There were a good number of items and a great variety, from silver teapots, half hunter silver watches, paintings and old documents, to coins and medals (there was even a Purple Heart medal), ceramics and a child’s violin.
Vanessa went through each item individually, explaining where she could, the date and origin of them. She was very kind about everything, because after all, we treasure these things whether they are valuable or not.
The star item was a photograph album of the Boer War. Vanessa said she had never seen anything like it before, as the Boer War is not well documented so this album is a real treasure.
It was an entertaining and informative afternoon and it was exciting to have the items valued, everyone waited with bated breath to see if they were in possession of something worth a fortune or not!
Nine ladies attended the Annual Council Meeting of the Leics and Rutland Federation at Leicester Grammar School.
The main speaker was Lucy Worsley, historian of TV fame. She was delightful and willingly chatted to people and signed copies of her book. She gave a lively talk about how homes have changed over the years.
Our bedrooms are now considered private places, but in medieval times it was an open room and lots of people shared the one bed! The bed was strung with ropes which had to be tightened each night, so that is where the expression “sleep tight” comes from!
YOGA CLASS. Hatha yoga class (suitable for beginners) starting at the Quorn village hall from the 9th March 2017 at 10.30am - 11.30am.
Includes gentle postures, breathing techniques, relaxation and meditation.
First Taster session £4. Booking required. Call Heena 07866 317098 ST BARTHOLOMEW’S. Services this Sunday at St Bartholomew’s Church are 8am Holy Communion with Rev J Gichaara, 10.30am Holy Communion with Rev D Bowler and 6.30pm Night Prayer, also with Rev D Bowler. DATE FOR YOUR DIARY. Quorn Open Gardens is on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July, not Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June as advertised in your local magazine.
Copt Oak
TABLE TOP AND CRAFT FAYRE. St Peter’s Church Copt Oak are holding a Table Top & Craft Fayre at the Copt Oak Memorial Hall LE67 9QB (next to the Copt Oak Pub) on Saturday, March 25, at 10am till 1pm.
Great variety of stalls selling craft items, bric-a-brac, pickles, jams, books and a splendid raffle.
Come and join us for morning coffee and a scone or stay for lunch and enjoy a bowl of homemade soup.
Admission 50p - ample free parking. All proceeds to St. Peter’s Church
For further details please contact - Jan 0116 2674746
Wysall
WYSALL AND THORPE
PARISH COUNCIL. Wysall and Thorpe parish council have filled one of the two vacancies they have.
Coun. Stephen Reeds of 4 Tuckwood Court, Wysall has been co-opted and has attended his first meeting.
In the public participation section of the March meeting a resident raised a matter of concern from numerous other residents in regard to worrying incidents in the Little Lincoln area of the village.
PCSO Heaps said he was the officer assigned to look after Wysall and said he was aware of some of the concerns that were being expressed. He said he would be happy to follow up any reports that were made to him, saying he would particularly need car numbers.
The officer said he could be contacted on 101 extension 8116713 or his mobile 07525 226466 or by email on John. heaps@nottinghamshire.pnn. police.uk
The WW1 centenary event organisers in November next year are asking for parishes to try to include someone in any event they organise who had a relative engaged in that war. Coun Vicki Plant would investigate.
The clerk said the mole catcher had worked in the area behind the village hall. The chairman reported that local resident Mr Bob Muston has been in touch again in regard to the drains next to the village hall.
Coun. Stephens said Mr Muston had again run continuous flowing water via a hosepipe from the top of the main rain water pipe on the Northern side of Youngs Forge -- adjacent to the footpath and close to MH2 on the council consultants’ plan) -- this was again seen to discharge through the chamber inside their gate on Wymeswold Road into the sewer. As a result the council agreed that the proposed work to remedy the drains problem proceed.
Mike Stanley wrote in regard to pathway weeds at the rear of the Village hall. It was agreed to ask Peter James to look at taking action. Coun. Birch undertook to update a leaflet produced in 2007 giving details of local services available to residents in the Parish.
Play area annual report from Streetwise was received and nothing of a major nature was reported, Severn Trent Water wrote in respect of village hall water rates and said a new government ruling meant a reduced water rate was no longer available for community buildings and the water rate for the village hall would go from,£103 51 a year to £407.07p.
Planning matters: Rushcliffe Borough Council application: 17/00403/ful. Mrs Caroline Onions, Town End House, Widmerpool Road, Wysall. Detached garage. Do no object.
17/00260/ful. Mr Mrs Whitehead, Ashgrove, Widmerpool Road, Wysall. Two storey front extension and roof alterations, alterations to rear dormer windows, render finish to dwelling, alterations to fenestration. Do not object. 17/00252/ful. Mr and Mrs Alexander, Silver Birches, Costock Road, Wysall,. Remove existing chimney on side extension, construct two masonry chimneys on side elevation. Do not object.
Village Hall licensing and play area: The chairman reported a mistake in the application submitted to Rushcliffe Borough Council meant it had to be repeated.
The application would be as the decision taken in December last year in that the normal licensed drinks arrangement should be 10am to 11.30pm and for the hall to be emptied by 12 midnight and that on four occasions the bar could operate until 12.30am and the hall be cleared by 1am.
The chairman said the public notice could go in the 3W’s magazine and Rushcliffe Borough Council would not be charging for the application again. The council voted 6-1 to resubmit the original application.
Mr Peter James was to be asked to look at the condition of the grass at the back of the village hall, it being suggested it was long.
The chairman said arrangements had been made for some electrical work including PAT testing as necessary. Coun. Lindsay Redfern reported she had been in contact with Mrs Pat Roberts who was happy with a suggestion a tribute to her late husband be produced for inclusion in the Three W’s magazine.
She also welcomed an idea of a memorial to the former chairman in connection in particular to his work for the village hall. Mrs Roberts had agreed to consider taking a place on the parish council at some point in the future.
The wine tasting event held for hall funds had produced a profit of around £230 and had been a big success. A quiz night was planned for March 25.
Environment matters: Comment was made by Coun. Helen Lewin in regard to the state of part of the Main Street and Keyworth Road from the point of view of the gutters being covered by mud. The clerk was to raise the matter with Notts County Council.
Gotham
MOTHERING SUNDAY SERVICE. Gotham St Lawrence Church -- the Church with a difference – is holding a special service for Mothering Sunday on March 26.
It will take the form of an Afternoon Tea service and will start at 4pm and youngsters attending are being invited to take their mum or a photograph of her.
Mountsorrel
ST PETER’S PARISH CHURCH. A service of Choral Evensong (according to the Book of Common Prayer) will be sung in the Parish Church of St Peter (Market Place) Mountsorrel this coming Sunday evening (19 March / The Third Sunday in Lent) at 6pm.
Coffee / tea will follow the Office in the Antill Vestry.”
Willoughby on the Wolds
LITTER PICK. Willoughby on the Wolds residents are being urged to support the village Litter Pick being held this coming weekend.
The event is part of the Great British Spring Clean organised by the Keep Britain Tidy group.
The event on Saturday, March 18, will seek volunteers to set off from the parish church at 10am onwards and those taking part will be supplied with black sacks from the rubbish they collect, hi-vis vests, gloves and litter-snatchers.
Refreshments - soup and a bread roll and hot drinks – will be served to the litterpickers from 12noon.
Sileby
SILEBY METHODIST CHURCH. On Monday, 6th March, the Ladies Circle met at 2.30pm for their twice monthly get-together. Wednesday, 8th, had the Pop-in group meet at 2.00pm.
Thursday, 9th saw Cafe@ Chapel open at 9.30-11.30am. At 10.30am our Local Pastor, Granville, held a short Candle Service. He has designed this so that people with very busy and hectic lives, can take 15 minutes and sit quietly and meditate, light a candle and pray.
It certainly worked for some as those of us who attended felt refreshed. Granville hopes to hold this service on the second Thursday of every month
Saturday, 11th, had Cafe@ Chapel open again but, regretfully, the Afternoon Concert at 3.00pm, was postponed due to lack of support. Enid is hoping to rearrange it sometime in May. More details later.
Sunday, 12th, saw Rev Michael Lees preaching at Sileby. He is one of the visiting preachers who travelled from Keyworth in Nottinghamshire to bring God’s word to the 10.45am service.
His theme considered the righteousness of God and how He wants us to trust Him. Abraham was considered righteous as he trusted and obeyed God when he left his home at Haram for a place unknown.
We too should follow that example as, although we do not know what God has in store for us, if we trust him we will not go wrong.
Thank you for that insight. Janet played the piano, thank you dear.
Next week, 19th, Carolyn Thornborow is our preacher at the 10.45am service