Village news
Barrow Jane Tindle 01509 414201 Jane.Tindle@outlook.com
BISHOP BEVERIDGE CLUB NEWS. Our next Monday Movie will be on 19 June, starting at 2pm prompt.
The screening will be ‘Jackie’ the story of Jackie Kennedy and her life following the assassination of her husband, President John Kennedy, fighting her grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy. Cost for members is £4 visitors £4.50 and includes tea and cake.
The monthly lunch will be on Friday, 16 June, call Sylvia for details on 413565.
June 21 is the date for the next Wednesday afternoon Bingo. Cost is £1.50 members and £2 visitors and includes tea and cakes. Both full houses and a line on each of the six games has a prize.
The notice for the Strawberry Tea is now on display for members to book. Please note that the price of £3.50 must be paid on booking. It will be held at the Club on Wednesday, 5 July starting at 3pm, the cost being £3.50. Places are limited.
The annual coach trip to Skegness will take place on 19 July. Cost will be £14 for members and £16 for non-members who are most welcome to join us. Call Wendy on 413212 for details.
Monday Movie August. Please note that due to our kitchen alterations, we have amended the film ‘Lion’ date from Monday, 21 August to Monday, 28 August. 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. £1 donation suggested.
ADULT CRAFT SESSION. On Wednesday, 14 June, Barrow Community Library is holding a free adult crafts session which is Open Garden Themed between 1.30pm - 3pm. Donations to the library fund welcome. Refreshments available.
RUMMAGE SALE. The Clock Club have a rummage sale on Saturday, June 17 from 10am - 11.30am in the Bishop Beveridge club raising funds for a Special School. This is particularly close to Jan Smith and her family who have been helped a lot, by their care. Any donations, please bring on the day, take to 78 Beaumont Road or phone 07514617671.
MONDAY MOVIE. The Monday Movie at the Bishop Beveridge Club on 19 June starts at 2pm prompt. The screening will be ‘Jackie’ the story of Jackie Kennedy and her life following the assassination of her husband, President John Kennedy, fighting her grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.
Cost for members is £4, visitors £4.50 and includes tea and cake. You do not have to be a member to come to these shows, nor live in the village.
SUMMER FAYRE. On Saturday, 24 June, Hall Orchard school are holding their Summer Fayre from 12noon until 3pm.
Amongst the many attractions are face painting, sweets and ice creams, music, archery, magician, tombola, raffle, bouncy slide, games, food and craft stalls.
BARROW UPON SOAR OPEN GARDENS. Barrow Open Gardens (BOG) in aid of Rainbows Children’s Hospice is only three weeks away,.
The gardens will be open between 11am – 5pm on Saturday, 24 June and Sunday, 25 June. We can guarantee immaculate and classic village gardens, quirky havens and much loved vegetable plots.
Head to any garden with the Open Garden sign to purchase your weekend ticket.
With such a wide variety on show, every garden in our village has a story to tell.
You can buy your £4 (under 14’s visit free) two day programme in advance.
Programmes are for sale in Barrow Upon Soar now at one of the following village shops; Taylors Florist & The Paper Shop on the High Street, Barrow Express next to the Library and Feather ‘n’ Fur down Babington Road or alternatively from village houses displaying the programmes for sale signs.
Venues for plant sales, refreshments and additional parking will be indicated on the large, clear map in the revamped programme alongside other attractions.
For further information please search online; facebook for Barrow upon Soar Open Gardens or BUSCA community website / gardening / open gardens.
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. To clear up any misunderstanding these trips are open to other than Barrow residents and non-members pay just £2 more than members.
SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW. The Bishop Beveridge coach trip in August is to Southport for the annual Flower Show on Friday, 18 August, although you can just spend the day in the seaside town. This is the largest flower show in the UK. Details later.
Kegworth Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
BOWLS CLUB. Kegworth Bowls Club are staging their annual Open Day on Sunday this weekend, June 18, from 10am to 4pm, at their Nottingham Road ground.
The invite from the club to all is for anyone interested to attend and try their skills at the sport. “All you need is a flat pair of shoes,” say the club.
Tea/coffee, cakes, will be served and there will be a raffle plus a bar.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY. Tonight, Wednesday, June 14, we’re raising the roof with our singing group Embarrassing in the library at 7pm. It’s just singing for fun, no virtuosos here !
If you’d prefer your socialising in the library to be a little quieter then come along to our games afternoon on Wednesday 21 June. Cards, dominoes, board games – just drop in and join in from 2pm.
The organisers of National Bookstart Week, The Book Trust, have donated fifteen copies of Every-bunny Dance by Ellie Sandall which we will be giving away in the library.
The book is suitable for 4 – 5 year olds, so if you have one of those then call in to collect a copy for them – if we have any left!
If not we have lots more suitable books that can be borrowed in that good old-fashioned library way.
Normanton on Soar Heather Herrington 01509 646240 heather.herrington@live.com
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE The speaker at the meeting on Tuesday, June 6, was Brian Johnson whose story “Living in a box” told of the history and development of the prefab.
Brian had himself been born and brought up in one of Leicester’s prefabs. Britain was short of housing at the end of the war; largely due to the homelessness caused by the devastation of war-time bombing, but also the demand for housing coming from young servicemen returning to civilian life.
Building conventional housing was not an option due to the serious loss of skilled construction labour. Prefabs could be built quickly using materials salvaged from crashed aircraft, or left over from the production of war machinery.
The prefab was factory-built and came in sections with bathroom and kitchen fittings already assembled. They were all designed on the same basic pattern internally, and the whole thing could be assembled in 24 man hours.
The new properties were equipped with defunct bomb shelters which could be used as outside coal sheds. Planning permission was not a problem – estates of prefabs were built wherever land was available, and were expected to last for no more than 15 years. In the event many continued to provide housing into the 70s, and there are a few still in existence.
Heather Herrington, in thanking Brian, said that she had many memories of prefabs, but had no idea of the background history to their development which she had found very interesting.
During the business of the meeting names were taken for the visit to Denby on October 10, the ladies lunch meeting on July 27, T20 cricket, and orders for diaries.
Margaret Blythe asked members wishing to access the new myWI website to make sure that she had their e-mail addresses.
It was agreed that members would like the opportunity to set up a savings scheme towards their membership subscriptions. The competition for the most different things in a match-box was won by Jan Blezard, and the 50:50 draw was won by Fran Dimelow.
NORMANTON ON SOAR PARISH COUNCIL The following are extracts of interest from the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Normanton on Soar Parish Council on Tuesday 2nd May 2017.
The full minutes can be viewed on the village website www.normanton-on-soar.co. uk, on the village noticeboard or on application to the Clerk to the Council.
J Hellier was appointed Chairman, and D Smith as Vice Chairman for the ensuing year
An inspection of Butt Lane and Moor Lane had been carried out and repair work orders had been issued. There was an issue with the connection of the gully in Butt Lane; this has been referred to the Principal Highways Office for assessment
Negotiations for the purchase of the land necessary to construct Zouch Bridge were still ongoing, and planning permission would be sought as soon as possible following completion.
The start date for the construction phase of the scheme remains unknown but, if there are no objections during the Planning process or during the consideration of the various Legal Orders, a Spring 2018 start date may be possible.
Network Rail thanked the Parish Council and residents of Normanton on Soar for their patience whilst works on Bowleys Bridge had been progressing. Ongoing upgrade works on the Midland Mainline would concentrate mainly in the area between Bedford, Kettering and Corby until December 2019. No further works were anticipated in the area around Normanton on Soar until after this date.
A ‘Caution Ferry Crossing’ sign warning boat users that the Chain Ferry was in operation was to be erected. A first aid box was to be placed in the ferry chalet. A training schedule was in place for ferry volunteer training sessions. The lifebuoy was to be replaced.
A village party would take place in the hall and on the field on 5th August 3.30 – 8.30pm at a cost of £1 per person. Flyers would be delivered to all households in Normanton on Soar. The bar would be open and BBQ food available to purchase. Two musical acts would be booked.
Vandalism had occurred during the recent caravan weekend with youths setting fire to a plastic cone. Vandals had emptied salt from the salt bin onto Butt Lane; they had also tried to throw a bag full of salt onto the railway track.
Vandalism in the village had increased during the last 12 months.
It was felt that the installation of CCTV would help reduce vandalism and help identify the culprits.
The possibility of infill housing on land between Butt Lane and Far Lane was discussed. It was agreed that the possibility of obtaining Conservation Status should be explored.
Dog fouling continued to be a problem around the village, the installation of signage and a dog litter bin on Far Lane was discussed. It was also agreed that the Parish Council should continue to provide dog litter bags.
ST JAMES’ CHURCH There will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 18 June starting at 9.30am. Everyone is welcome to the service
LADIES WALKING GROUP The group will be doing a 3.5 mile walk on Monday 19 June to West Leake. Meet at The Plough, Normanton at 9.30am and contact the leader, Rosie Barrow, 01509 856202 if you intend to walk
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PARISH COUNCIL REPORT. Bunny Parish council chairman Coun. Graham Norbury has thanked his members and the clerk Mike Elliott for their efforts on behalf of the parish over the last year. Thanks also go to our County and Borough Cllr Reg Adair for all his support during the year.
The chairman said at the risk of becoming boring he wanted to again point out that the parish council were currently one member short and said a number of other councillors had indicated their intention to stand down by the time of the next election in 2019.
“New people are needed to come forward and take their place so that existing members can have a well-earned rest,” said the chairman, adding that it was also intended to carry out an exercise to ascertain what residents would like to see from the Parish Council.
Coun. Norbury said the parish precept had remained unchanged for a number of years, despite expenditure being more than income. “As a result, it was agreed to move to a balanced budget over the next three years and in addition to reviewing expenditure, increase the precept by £500 for 2017/18”
On the question of the village hall he said following the renovations of the toilet and storage areas the Parish Council signed an extended lease with the Bunny and Bradmore Trustees. “In view of the need to generate more bookings, it was agreed to establish an Advisory Group comprised of the main users to consider how the hall was run and ways to increase usage,” adding that this Group has met three times so far. “As part of the consideration of the precept for 2017/18 it was agreed to increase the hire charges for the hall to reduce the deficit.”
The chairman said thanks went to Sarah Cannon for all her hard work as Village Hall Administrator and to her sister Lizzy for taking over.
“The Council have continued to comment on planning applications. However, the main issue during year was the application by Johnsons to extend working hours at the Recycling site. The council supported by Reg Adair opposed the application and in doing so presented a petition signed by over 250 residents. In the event the application was reluctantly approved by the County Planning Committee, but in doing so it was heavily criticised in the local press. Thanks go to all those involved in organising the petition and to those who signed it.”
Coun. Norbury said it had been another frustrating year in respect of highways.
“The main issue has been the failure of the County Council to include the resurfacing of the A60 through the village. It is the continued deterioration of the road surface which causes the excessive noise.”
The parish council will, said the chairman, continue to press for early action on this and other outstanding highways issues, including the issue of surface water flooding. Housing Survey A survey to ascertain the need for affordable housing in the village was undertaken, but did not reveal sufficient need at the present time to pursue the issue. While it was agreed not to enter the Best Kept Village Competition this year, the Coun. Norbury said the council continued to fund the planters and thanks go to Olenka Bacon, Penny Wakefield, Aaron Shirtcliffe and others for planting and maintenance.
The annual litter pick yielded nearly 30 bags of rubbish thanks to the efforts of the volunteers. “As usual it was the same people who took part and it would be nice to see new volunteers, particularly from the younger generation.”
Coun. Norbury said the Parish was identified as a possible area for fracking. No action has taken place so far and the Council would continue to monitor the situation here and elsewhere in the County where plans are more advanced.
“The Community Road Safety team have continued to operate the speed check equipment during the year and thanks go to Dick Wilson and other members for their efforts. Again, more volunteers would be welcome.”
This Christmas lights were switched on by Ron Snell and carols were led by the Community Choir. This was followed by mulled wine and mince pies and as usual thanks goes to Rachael and the staff at the Rancliffe Arms.
The Rotary Sleigh again toured the village with Santa and his Elves collecting around £450 for rotary charities, Rainbows and the Church Fab Fund. “This was a record amount so thank you all and in particular to Coun. Chris Brown for organising the visit, not forgetting of course to Santa his Elves and those who provide refreshment on the way,” said Coun. Norbury.