NL magazine November 15 - Newtown Linford Parish Council

ISSUE NUMBER 129
CONTENTS
Church News
Coffee & Cake
Bradgate Flower Club
Choral Society
3/4, 19/23
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6
7
Brownies
8
Bradgate Park
11
Gardening Club
15
Ramblers
Christmas Fair
10
13
Village Hall
17
Lunching Ladies
30
Christmas Child
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Bradgate Drama Society
36
War Memorial Dedication
38
Primary School
Neighbourhood Watch
Parish Council
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36
40
41
November 2015
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Bradgate
The
Team Parish
Steep Hill - Engage Low Gear!
That’s what November always feels like for me; a very steep down hill
run which follows the leisurely progress through a long, and this year, a
wonderful late summer. Suddenly things start to crop up. There’s Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Remembrance Sunday and Advent Sunday. A
distinct sense of things speeding up with thoughts of Christmas plans
and preparations creeping over the horizon. All of these mixed with a
nagging sense of so many things we didn’t manage to sort out over the
summer.
I remember driving past a huge banner that simply read ‘DO IT NOW!’ I
had no idea what I was supposed to ‘do now’ but it reminded me of the
TV series DIY SOS. You know, the programme with a catalogue of
catastrophic unimaginable DIY disasters where over and again you hear
the complaint about unfinished jobs and the excuse – I’ll get round to it
some day.
Now my shelf fixing and general ability to do odd jobs around the house
may not be as bad as some, but seeing ‘DO IT NOW’ in big letters made
me feel a bit uncomfortable. I began to think about all the jobs and other
important things I had been putting off.
Write a hundred lines, the teacher would say ’Procrastination is the thief
of time’ The memory remains vivid, but school and I had long parted before I even knew what the word meant. ‘DO IT NOW! ‘ Do what now?
How about:
make the visit
forgive
say you’re sorry
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break the silence
pick up the phone
make the peace
But why not do it now?
write the letter
Give the gift
knock on the door
Most of the world’s troubles are caused by broken relationships and most
relationships break because of lack of communication. All the more reason to ‘do it now’
It comes fresh with the dawn of each new day; more of an invitation than
a command. ‘DO IT NOW.’ An invitation to do something about our relationship with God the Father of all, who longs in Jesus Christ to be reconciled with his world and his children.
‘I tell you,’ said Saint Paul ‘Now is the time of God's favour, now
is the day of salvation.’
Procrastination steals a lot more than time. Just as with bodged and neglected DIY it can damage relationships, cause hurt, create unnecessary
barriers and rob us of joy and peace.
So why not put the brakes on. Stop. Take a moment to reflect.
And do it now.
Revd. Fred Brodie
Harvest Festival
We would like to say a big thank tor everyone who contributed to the Harvest Thanksgiving Services, either with produce or their flower arrangements.
The Church looked lovely not just for the congregation but
for all the visitors who came into the Church over the Harvest/Scarecrow Weekend. ,
The Harvest produce was shared between the Cathedral
Project and the ‘Y’ Centre for homeless people in Leicester.
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VILLAGE DIARY
November
8th
Remembrance Day Service
10th
New War Memorial Dedication (see pg 38)
14th
Ramblers
23rd
Parish Council Meeting
December
2nd
5/6th
13th
13th
17th
20th
Bradgate Flower Club
Christmas Fair
Christingle Church Service
Carol Singing at the Linford with Ratby Brass Band
Choral Society come and sing Carols Village Hall
Carols by Candlelight Church Service
Regular events
Monday afternoon
Mondays 8pm at the Church
Tuesday afternoons 3-5pm
4th Tuesday of the month
1st Wednesday of the month
3rd Wednesday of the month
Thursdays 11.15
Thursdays 6.30
3rd Thursday
Boules (finished for the summer)
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Mature Movers fitness class V. Hall
Bell Ringing
Mothers and Toddlers (SS Rooms)
Gardening Club
Flower Club
Ladies Luncheon Club
Coffee Mornings for all, Village Hall
Brownies, Sunday School Rooms
Gentlemen's Lunch Club
Phone 01530 245373 for more info
Coffee & Cake @ Newtown Linford Village Hall
Thursday Morning 11.15am - Free
Coffee & Cake Rota
November
All Welcome - All Ages
5th - Betty Blyth & Christine Chlorton
01530 242512
19th - Betty McChrystal & Gillian Bates
01530 244363
12th - Angela Roach, Judy Rowe & Pam Mcmorran 242289 - 242201
26th - Margaret Bloor and Sue Clarke
Please swap with someone else if you are unable to do your duty. Pass
on the hall key to the next people on duty.
An opportunity everyone to catch up on village news and activities
and to meet your fellow neighbours
On Wednesday 2nd December,
Bradgate Flower Club welcomes Lorena Dyer from Coventry.
She will follow a seasonal theme, ‘It’s
Christmas - let's Sparkle'.
Regrettably, this is the last ever meeting of the Club. We invite former members, friends and visitors to join us for
this, our final demonstration. We meet
at Newtown Linford Village Hall at 7.30
pm.
Visitors are welcome. A charge of £5 is
made.
Details from
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Lillian
Coleman on 0116 2363191.
Bradgate
Flower
Club
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Brownies
On behalf of all the Brownies at Newtown Linford, we would like to thank
Mr Clarke of Main Street for his kindness in paying for a coach for all of
the Brownies to go to Twin Lakes for the day in Early September.
Mr Clarke's kindness was given to us in memory of his late dear wife Denise. Mr
Clarke was
there to see
us off and all
of the Brownies had a
wonderful
time with
Brown Owl at
Twin Lakes
going on all
the rides, visiting the animals and enjoying a picnic as the
weather was
nice too.
When we arrived back Mr Clarke was also there to greet us and we all
just want to say a massive thank you, we all had a fab time from all the
Brownies at Newtown Linford.
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More
scarecrow
Pictures
from the
Festival
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Village Ramblers 2015
The October walk was led for the first time by Christine Hall. There were
10 of us including 2 dogs. The weather was fine, but cloudy. We met at
Cossington and walked around Cossington Meadows, part of which went
alongside the River Soar. There were lots of teasels, sloes and a variety
of birds including a heron and kestrel. We also saw some water lilies.
The next walk will be on the 14th November and due to the clocks having
been put back one hour will commence at 1.00 p.m. at Swithland Woods
car park on Roecliffe Road. Walkers can either meet there or opposite
Newtown Linford Village Hall at 12.45 p.m. We will then walk to the
newly opened deli at the Griffin Inn returning to the car park the same
way.
Christine Hall
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News from the Park
Pause for Thought (if only!)
Regular visitors to the Park will know that we are getting
busier. In fact, a few weeks ago when East Midlands Today asked me to go on television to talk about the poor
summer and how it had adversely affected local tourism businesses, I felt
unable to accept as it has actually been a rather good, if not recordbreaking season for us. The real difference this year has been the length
of the season: in previous years everything has gone quiet after the start
of the school term in early September but this year we have remained
busy all through September and October. This has not been entirely due
to good fortune and good weather, although we have been blessed with
reasonable amounts of both. We have been more actively promoting the
Park’s wildlife and heritage and this, along with the media coverage we
have attracted this year, seems to have been successful in attracting
more visitors with an interest in these things, who tend to be older and
like to visit outside the busiest periods in school holidays. It is to these
times of year that we must look for any future increase in visitor numbers
and not to simply aim for ‘more of the same’. We are at full capacity (if
not beyond at times) on summer weekends and I am very conscious of
the knock-on effect on residents that overspill from our car parks can
have.
Although we have plenty of capacity on the car parks in these ‘shoulder
season’ months, the Park itself is more vulnerable to erosion at this time
of year so once again the balancing act between conservation and visitors that I have so often referred to comes into play.
The level of activity will (surely) eventually die down. Our last regular
guided walk of the season took place on 31st October although we have
Ghost Walks coming up on 12th November and 3rd December (tickets
available from the Conservatory Tearoom). The Christmas Fair will take
place over the weekend of 5th/6th December.
We are already planning the 2016 events programme. The Bradgate Lecture will be given by Dr Richard Thomas, Reader in Archaeology at the
University of Leicester on Wednesday 24th February in the Village Hall.
Richard is Chair of the Association for Environmental Archaeology and
Director of the Bradgate Fieldschool and his lecture will be on the first
year of the Fieldschool, what discoveries have been made and how they
have added to our understanding of the history and development of the
Park.
Chapterhouse Theatre Company will be performing Wuthering Heights
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on 26th June and The Hound of the Baskervilles on 14th August. On Sunday 17th July, we aim to stage a very special event details of which I will
hopefully be able to reveal next month.
Having paused for the rut in October, venison production gets into full
swing in November. As well as boxes, which offer excellent value for
money for the committed venison eater, you can now buy individual
joints, packs of steaks, casserole meat and mince from the Conservatory
Tearoom and from Cook’s Farm Shop on Markfield Lane.
The Ruins have traditionally closed at the end of October and not reopened until April. This winter we are experimenting with opening on
Sunday afternoons so there will be an additional focus for those postSunday lunch walks.
The excavation of the Upper Palaeolithic site continues with hundreds of
finds already being made, which have firmly established the site of being
truly of national, indeed international, importance. The archaeologists will
be on site all through November and we are confident that more exciting
discoveries await.
On the initiative of our Volunteer group, we are planning to smarten up
Old John over the winter with a view to opening Leicestershire’s most
iconic landmark to the public at weekends next summer. If you would like
to be involved in this project – the smartening up and/or meeting and
greeting visitors – or any aspect of volunteering at Bradgate, please
email the Rangers via rangers@bradgatepark.org
Peter Tyldesley
How to contact the Police
All incidents are to be reported to the Police and not the Beat
Team by calling 101
They will then access the situation and deal with the
situation as they see fit. This may involve a vehicle from another area
If you wish also advise our NHW coordinator who will circulate if appropriate. The Beat Team can no longer respond directly
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overlooking the forest.
Fixed Price Lunch Menu
Available MondaySaturday
2 courses £15.00
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Newtown Linford Gardening Club
We have just returned from San Francisco which is now in it’s
fourth year of drought. There are water restrictions in place and
the gardens are a sorry sight with lawns looking like brown straw
and plants struggling to stay alive in the continuous heat. Everyone is hoping for a wet winter with lots of rain and snow in the
mountains. If they don’t get it California will be in serious trouble.
We often complain when we get wet weather but it made us realise how lucky we are to have a climate which keeps our gardens
and countryside green and verdant.
The Christmas party in early December concludes another very
successful year. We now have a membership of 100 who have
enjoyed a lively and varied year of trips, speakers and parties,
culminating in the visit of TV gardener Chris Beardshaw at the
end of October. We are delighted to see the new screen in the
Village Hall which was used for the first time by Chris Beardshaw
2016 is already full with two interesting visits planned and not
one, but two, prestigious names in the gardening world coming to
visit us. Andy McIndoe of Hilliers Nurseries, which has won a total of 50 Chelsea Gold Medals for their exhibits, comes in March
and Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter, comes in October. Without doubt this is plenty to look forward to.
We have welcomed a large number of new members this year
and will be pleased if others want to join us. If you are interested
in our activities just contact the Secretary (tel. 242452 or e-mail
01530242452@talktalk.net), or come to one of our Meetings to
see how you like it before making a commitment (£2 for visitors).
Alternatively give us a ring and ask for a copy of our programme
for the coming year and we will be pleased to send one to you.
Anne and David Couling
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Fridays between 7 and 9.30pm
Now selliNg Craft Beer
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Cheese and Wine Evening at the Village Hall - 15th September
Thank you to everyone who came to the evening and to the various societies that were present. It was a lovely evening with the Drama Club
photograph albums of past productions and photographs of the Village
Hall before it was renovated, all on show. It is not very often we are able
to see all this Village history in one place.
The Tennis Club recruited 2 new members and the Cake Decorating
(New for this Sept) enrolled 3 members. Gardening Club, the Parish
Council and the Play group were all there.
To those of you who couldn't make it please contact anyone on the Hall
Committee if you have any questions or would like to book the Hall for an
event. We would be even more grateful if you would be prepared to help
us with any aspect small or large in the running of the Hall. Call Pat
Wood on 242251
Perhaps we should run this evening once a year?
Carol Ann Sugden
Village Hall News By Toby Manning
We have recently introduced two new facilities within the Village Hall.
The first of these is a large projection screen. We anticipate that this will
be used for slide shows and lectures, but of course it may be possible to
use it for films, etc. I would like to thank the Gardening Club for assisting
with the provision of this facility.
The second is that we have installed broadband so that Wi-Fi is available
throughout the premises. It will work with any device – laptop, tablet or
smartphone - that uses the internet. The name of the network is “Village
Hall” and the password is the easily remembered “Linford VH”; there is a
space between the “d” and the “V”. Regrettably this will not solve the
lack of mobile telephone coverage (although you will be able to use services such as Skype).
Joe Costello and I hope to be at the Thursday coffee morning each week
to provide any help you may wish with computing or software issues;
please bring your laptop or tablet and problems.
Finally, advance notice re the AGM date of Monday 1st February.
Further details will be in the December/January Magazine.
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Proprietor Paul Beaver, Grey Crescent, Newtown Linford
The Dean and Chapter warmly invite you
to attend
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Give a Lunch 2015
on
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in aid of
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Leicester Cathedral
outreach work in the City Centre
Tickets £15
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DATE
1st
November
All Saints
Day
8th
November
Remembrance
Day
15th
November
2nd Sunday
before
Advent
22nd
November
Christ the
King
29th
November
Advent
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GROBY
8.00am
Holy Communion (PH)
9.30am
Family Service
RATBY
NEWTOWN
LINFORD
10.00am
Worship 4 All (PH/RC)
10.30am
Holy Communion (JW)
8.00am
Holy Communion (PH)
8.00am
Holy Communion (LC)
3pm Service of Loving Remembrance, held at Ratby church
9.30am
Special Service (LC)
6.30pm
Evening Prayer (PH)
8.00am
Holy Communion (PH)
9.30am
Morning Worship (LC)
6.30pm
Holy Communion (LC)
9.30am
Holy Communion (LC)
6.30pm
Holy Communion (LC/
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8.00am
Holy Communion (LC)
9.30am
Holy Communion (LC)
6.30pm
Evening Prayer (LC)
10.45am
Special Service (PH/
FB)
10.50am
Special Service (KW)
10.00am
Holy Communion (RC)
10.30am
Holy Communion (PH)
6.00pm
Holy Communion (RC)
10.00am
Family Communion
(PH/RC)
10.00am
Confirmation (RC)
8.00am
Holy Communion (PH)
10.30am
Morning Prayer (KW)
8.00am
Holy Communion (PH)
10.30am
Morning Prayer (PH)
CHURCH REGISTERS
Weddings
Newtown Linford
3rd October ~ Luke Nethercot & Jenna Wood
Newtown Linford
none
Baptisms
Funerals
Newtown Linford
5th October ~ Peter Lumley Henderson, formerly of Charnwood
Oaks, Shepshed
We extend our sympathy and prayers to the family and friends, and pray
that they may find peace through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Church Contact Details
Team Rector Revd Dr Peter Hooper
0116 239 4606
The Rectory, 23 Ferndale Drive, Ratby, LE6 0LH
Email: peter@hoopers.orangehome.co.uk
Team Vicar Revd Louise Corke
58 Pymm Ley Lane, Groby
Email: words.th@talktalk.net
0116 231 3090
Parish Office: Bekki Williamson (9am - 11am weekdays)
0116 239 3768
Email: office@bradgateteam.org.uk
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www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk
Would anyone else be interested in filling a shoe
box for Operation Christmas Child?
Since 1990 more than 113 million boys and girls in
over 130 countries have experienced God’s love
through the power of simple shoebox gifts from
Operation Christmas Child.
The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to
demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the
world, and together with the local Church, worldwide to share the Good
News of Jesus Christ. We always give shoeboxes to children based on
need, regardless of their background or religious beliefs. It is an unconditional gift of love.
Samaritan’s purse works with local Churches and Ministry Partners to
deliver the gifts.
This was a wonderful way for my daughters to think about others less
fortunate and they really enjoyed shopping with me and choosing gifts for
children their own age.
This year drop off points are our Parish Church or alternatively at my
home 5 Grey Crescent and I will take them into Church for you.
They need to be dropped off between 1st November and 14th
November.
What do you need to do
Find a empty medium sized shoebox and wrap box and lid separately
with wrapping paper.
Decide if your gift is for a Boy or Girl and the age category 2-4, 5-9
or 10-14
Mark on a label boy or girl and the correct age
Fill your shoebox with a variety of new gifts that will bring delight to a
child.
Gift suggestions are:
Toys: include items that children will immediately embrace such as dolls
or stuffed toys (with CE label), toy trucks, harmonica, yo-yo, skipping
rope, ball, small puzzles etc
School supplies: pens, pencils & sharpeners, crayons or felt pens,
stamps & ink pad sets, writing pads or notebooks & paper, solar calcula
25 -tors, colouring & picture books etc
Hygiene items: toothbrush and
toothpaste, bars of wrapped soap,
comb or hairbrush, flannel.
Other items: hat, cap, gloves or
scarf, sunglasses, hair accessories,
jewellery set, wind up torch,
wrapped sweets (sell by date must
be at least March 2016).
Do not include:
Used or damaged items, war related items such as toy guns, play
soldiers or knives, chocolate or
other food items, liquids or lotions of
any type including bubbles; medicines, hand made or knitted stuffed
toys, anything of a political or religious nature, marbles or sharp objects,
glass containers, mirrors or fragile items, clothing other than as listed
above.
Please include £3 donation per box. We ask for a minimum £3 shipping donation to cover UK transportation overseas shipping and
promotion for each box you prepare. You can write a cheque to Samaritans purse, place it in an envelope and put it inside your shoebox,
then secure the box with an elastic band. If you do more than one box,
just make out one cheque to cover all your shoebox donations, put it in
an envelope and place it inside one of your shoeboxes.
Carole Heubeck
Editor
Tel 244790
Mums and Toddler Group
3pm - 5pm every Tuesday at the Newtown Linford Sunday School
Rooms by the entrance of Bradgate Park.
Cost is £1 plus free tea, coffee and biscuits.
Everybody is
invited;
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For more information call Beate on 01530 245198
Thomas Ellison Bloor
Thomas Ellison Bloor was
born on the 15th August
1935 to Thomas and
Doris. He grew up in
Broomleys Road, Coalville, the second of 4 children - Mary, Thomas,
Elizabeth and David.
Toms father, Thomas
Stanley was building up
what was eventually to
become a large, well
known meat processing
business in Coalville,
making amongst other
things, I am told, delicious
meat pies.
In later years Tom absolutely loved to recount
tales of his days at the
factory.He, with his brother David, would try to outwit Dad who kept a
very close eye on his two sons. He would also reminisce about the factory during the war, including hair raising incidents that Dad was involved
in. It was about survival, any which way you could, and no holds barred,
legal or not.
Tom attended Bridge Road Primary School, Coalville, then went to Ashby
Grammar School for a little while, until Dad decided the best education
for Tom would be Abingdon School in Oxford, as a boarder.
Not a great academic, Tom would be the first to agree, so when given the
opportunity to leave aged 16 Tom happily joined the family business.
Tom was called up for National service at 18, posted to Aldershot and
assigned to the Officers Mess, where he firmly believed his culinary skills
were second to none and his curries were the very best. What the Officers thought I do not know. The family begged to differ though, his cur27
ries contained sultanas and were to say the least, different from curry as
we know it today.
Weekend leave always meant an opportunity for a trip back to Leicester
to watch his much loved Leicester City Football Club, and so when he
had served his time Tom came home to Leicester, to rejoin the family
business and continue his regular visits to Leicester City F C.
Tom’s father sat on the board of directors at the time. In fact he was a
director from 1941 until 1978 twice serving as chairman, so following in
fathers footsteps Tom E joined the board of directors in 1974 until retiring
from the board in 1986. In fact Tom E was a regular spectator at Leicester City grounds for 72 years until in 2013 ill health prevented him from
attending again. Cricket was a close second to football in Toms heart,
Broomleys C C was special to him. He was President from 1983 until
2007 playing an active part in running the Club and attending most Committee Meetings.
He joined the Committee of the Coalville Charity Cup (one of the oldest
Cups in the country) in 1971 and became President in 1981 until relinquishing his seat in 2009. He was also an active sportsman holding badminton and tennis tournaments at his home, walking in the Lake District
with friends, shooting, latterly with his faithful Labrador Penny. A Magistrate for many years, Patron of Coalville Male Voice Choir for more than
20 years and Round Table member - Tom loved it all. He was generous,
sponsoring and donating to very many charities over many years.
Moving to Newtown Linford from Desford in 1989 he soon became a participant of village life. A family man, extremely proud of his 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, and we were so proud of him. Tom battled ill health valiantly and bravely for just over 3 years. He didn't want to
give up. His wonderful friends, his Brother David, Rev. Peter giving us
both strength when life became such a battle. Thank you all, Tom so
very much appreciated your visits. But on the 1st August we lost him.
He was so precious so special so loved, and now so very much missed.
God bless and keep you safe Tom until we are all together again.
Margaret Bloor
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Lunching Ladies
As ever members of the Newtown Linford
Ladies Lunch Club have been enjoying a
varied selection of talks: sometimes serious, sometimes amusing, always informative and entertaining. In March we were
amazed to hear what the Charity ‘Dogs for the Disabled’ can train these
remarkable animals to do for their owners, even predicting and diagnosing illness. In April we heard about ‘Mercy Ships’ which travel to distant
shores where volunteer medical staff offer care that is otherwise unavailable to the local people. The May Meeting brought us Graham Keal,
showbiz journalist amongst other things, and an excellent speaker. He
had many entertaining tales to tell of the people he has interviewed over
the years. In June we learnt about Coco Chanel. Then in September we
saw how we could keep the colours going in the garden well into the Autumn.
Our future programme promises to be just as good with Poetry, Victorian
Christmases, Belly Dancing, Birds and Painting Wild Animals as well as
a talk entitled the ‘Amusing side of Funerals’!
The August outing was to Hardwick Hall with a stop on the way at
McArthur Glen designer Outlet for a bit of retail therapy. Forty members
took part and had an excellent day.
We meet at Forest Hill Golf Club Botcheston on the 3rd Wednesday of
the month (except in December when we meet on the 2nd Wednesday).
We have a three course meal followed by the talk. The atmosphere is
friendly and informal. We welcome new members. If you would like to
give us a try ring 0116 2304420. The cost of the meal is £16 and if you
decide to join membership is £20
Booking of Village Facilities
To book the Village Hall (Residents only)
call Pat Wood on 242251.
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£10 per hour, £15 for two hours, £20 for 3 hours, £45 per day
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PETER HENDERSON
1927 – 2015
Eighty-eight years is a long time.
1927, when my father was born,
was the year of the first transatlantic phone call and the fastest
car in the world was Bluebird,
breaking the land speed record
on a beach in Wales at 175
miles an hour. Simply being
alive that long is an achievement; but for dad, it’s a story of
perseverance, determination
and solid British engineering.
Peter Henderson was born in
Norton, a pretty village with a
green and a pond in County Durham. He was twelve when the
Second World War started and
Norton was close to the docks
and factories of Teesside – close enough for dad and his friends to collect the twisted shrapnel of exploded bombs after the air raids at night.
Dad got into Norton Grammar School but was only fourteen when his
hard-working father James fell ill and died. That left dad with his mother
Kate and Sister Joan to support so he had to leave school and find a job,
aged sixteen. Being too young to fight, he started as a chemist in the
laboratory at the local Gas Board. It must have been a dark time, but he
never talked much about that – instead we heard exciting stories of parttime training to join the RAF, including mock dive bombings on training
flights with seemingly insane ex bomber pilots.
The war ended and there was little money to support the family. Dad got
a better job but in Richmond, further from home. To save on bus fares
he scavenged the parts to build his first motorbike. It wasn’t a pretty machine by all accounts, but it got him to work every day – and got him out
into the moors and mountains of North Yorkshire that he loved. It was
out walking on the moors with friends, near Osmotherley, that they met a
couple of girls on a hike – one of them was very pretty and energetic and
already had adventures of her own on horseback and travelling alone
around Europe. He bought her a drink at the Black Swan at Helmsley
and then they started playing tennis almost every day; soon they were
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There are pictures from that time of camping trips in the Lake District,
more walks in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside and better motorbikes. My favourite is of dad in a long mac with his flat cap turned back
to front standing up on the footpegs of his Triumph Tiger 100 tackling a
steep rocky section of the Scott Trial with a big determined grin. Then
there were the cars he loved – like the Morgan three-wheeler that stalled
in a ford across a flooded river and then when dad went to get help
floated away downstream with mum still in it. By this time dad was doing
well at work - he and mum moved to a new job in Lincoln and started
thinking about a family. A first child came along, called Christopher; but
he died only an hour after being born. So the next child – me – was born
back home in Teesside in case anything went wrong. Happily I’m here.
Next we moved to Northampton – dad was put in charge of a big gas
plant which for me as a four year old was an exciting, frightening place
with its own steam railway and mysterious sheds where men in overalls
would show me baffling machinery that somehow kept the town’s houses
and factories going. Dad’s office smelled of pipe smoke and musty files
and I thought he had the most important job in the world. Soon my
brother Tim arrived too and we all lived together at Pinetrees with a dog
called Penny and a huge cedar in the garden. Dad was a proper dad
wearing tweed jackets with holes burned in the pockets from his pipe,
teaching us to ride bikes and mend them when we crashed; telling bedtime stories about the little red aeroplane that went up above the trees,
up above the clouds and up above where the birds fly; and getting suitably angry when I drove my red and white pedal car two miles following
the girl next door to school.
He took us on holidays, often with a caravan towed behind a succession
of Jaguars he meticulously maintained himself. I remember camping by
the sea near Oban in Scotland, playing with a fox cub in the New Forest
and chilly swims off beaches in Wales. It wasn’t always perfect of
course; Tim will remember the campsite in Barmouth “a hundred yards
from the beach”, the owners of which had failed to mention the road and
main line railway on an embankment in between. You couldn’t see the
sea; in fact it rained so much you couldn’t see anything at all. And because the campsite was surrounded by the railway embankment, the torrential rain began to fill it up; dad was so determined to stick it out we
stayed there until only the local farmer’s tractor could pull our caravan out
of the mud so we could gratefully go home.
And home – in Northampton, or Sheffield or here in Newtown Linford –
was in a way our dad’s life’s work. His paintwork was always immacu
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When I picture him it’s often in a maroon, paint-stained woolly hat and
what we called his elephant trousers – greyish brown and very baggy.
He’d have a spade in his hand planting vegetables or a spanner, lying on
the garage floor replacing another constant-velocity joint. I think he was
happiest there and at work; he was a highly-qualified engineer and his
day job was a responsible one, in charge of those plants producing gas
from oil or keeping the pipelines carrying gas from the North Sea across
the Midlands safe and efficient. It was exciting too – he’d take me to the
top of the furnaces and show me the roaring flames inside the air vents,
or I’d spend a night with him while he supervised a crisis on a pipeline.
He was rightly proud of the letters that started appearing after his name
on official-looking letters, gaining his Charter as an engineer and being
elected a Fellow of his Institute.
Maybe he worked too hard; dad had his first heart attack when he was
still in his forties. He survived that, and a couple more; I remember my
bedroom curtains being lit up by the flashing blue lights of the ambulance
and the quiet urgent noises in the house as he was taken to hospital in
the middle of the night. He was as I’ve said, a determined man; and
each time he recovered he’d soon go back to work and start again taking
the dogs – Penny, Nicky or Marquis - on longer and longer walks. He
even gave up smoking his pipe. This cruel illness that took him gradually
from us over the last few years was itself made far worse by another
heart attack; maybe his determination to keep going through that was in
itself a cruelty. And maybe it had been coming for longer than we’d
thought – his determination to cope and remain the practical, capable
man he was, made life at times hard for those around him over the last
few years.
So I would like to say thank you to the doctors, nurses and carers who
looked after him so kindly recently. I would also like to thank the Reverend in Newtown Linford, for welcoming us to the Church dad was part of
for forty years. I’d like to thank everyone for coming to say goodbye.
And of course, thanks to mum for sticking with dad through thick and thin
and looking after him over a lifetime, as well as my brother Tim and I.
Most of all I’d like to say thank you to dad. We didn’t always appreciate
what you did for us, or the work you put in to give us a better start in life
than you had. You have given us, as well as a full set of Whitworth AF
spanners, your practicality, your determination and your strong sense of
the right thing to do. That is your legacy dad, and I hope we are able to
pass some of it on to your grandchildren.
Thanks dad, and goodbye. It’s time for you to rest now.
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Ian Henderson
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Bradgate Drama Society
At this time we would normally be well into our rehearsals for our Christmas production but due to unforeseen circumstances this is not the case.
Auditions were held in August but I was unable to cast the play I was
hoping to produce even though we have managed to recruit some new
members. I then started to look for an alternative but due to a sudden
family illness and subsequent bereavement I had to pull out of the production completely.
The Committee did its best to find something to put on at Christmas but
this proved too difficult given the timespan available.
So, with great regret, there will be no Christmas production this year. It
was felt that this was the best option as to put on a show which was not
to our usual standard would not have been fair on our audience.
However you will be pleased to know that this now gives me plenty of
time to prepare for the next production which will be on the 5th, 6th and
7th May 2016. As yet I haven’t chosen a play but this will be announced
in the near future and I look forward to seeing you all next year.
I would also once again invite anyone who would like to join our Group to
get in touch as we are still looking for new members especially any men
that might want to join.
Thank you for your understanding. I look forward to your continued support next year.
Andreas Hastie, Chairman, Bradgate Drama Society.
Newtown
Linford
Primary
School
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Newtown Linford Primary School
Our Harvest Festival held just before the Scarecrow
Weekend in the Church was a lovely celebration. So many
people made comment
about what a lovely occasion it was. Once again it
was superb to see the children speaking so confidently and leading the Service themselves. Thank you
to all who came to join us
and for your generosity at
the end of the Service. Donations totalled £88 and
have been sent off to the
British Red Cross Syria
Appeal.
A huge thank you to all
those people who came to
our School Fete held as
part of the Scarecrow Festival. We are proud to announce a grand total of
£1600 was raised which is
an amazing amount for a School of our
size.
It was a wonderful occasion to unveil our
War Memorial which has been paid for in
part by The Friends of Newtown Linford
Primary School. Other donations were
also received from the Parish Council
and a local resident. The feedback from
members of our School Community, local
Community and also people who were
visiting because of the Scarecrow Festival was all so positive. We will be holding
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a Dedication Service on Tuesday 10th November and would like to invite
you all. If you are able to join us please either telephone or email the
school office to enable us to have an idea of numbers attending.
You are cordially invited to
the dedication of
Newtown Linford
Primary School’s
War Memorial
2.30 Tuesday 10th November 2015
RSVP by 5/11/15
01530 242370/admin@newtownlinford.leics.sch.uk
Our Y5 and Y6 children
had the privilege of singing at The Fan Zone of the
Rugby World Cup in
Leicester. They were involved in a mass Choir
with other schools from
Leicestershire not only
writing, recording but also
performing their track.
We are very proud of Harriet and
Charlotte who recently won a Design a School in a Garden competition. They received their prizes at
The National Wood Fair at Beacon
Hill and also won a significant
amount of prizes for School which
were presented by Vitax. The
Gardening Club has already
started using the tools and the
weather stations will be set up
shortly
by
both
Bradgate
and
Old
John
Classes.
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Newtown Linford Neighbourhood Watch A member of the Parish Council
Beacon Officer P.C. Leye Price and P.C.S.O. Steve Quinn visited me
during October. They explained the yet again changed Police system.
For the last few years the Beat Teams have been used for criminal enquiries and intelligence gathering but this has now ceased. They are
now back on the beat and say you will now see more of them again. No
doubt time will tell. Crime investigation will now be dealt with regionally
and a big region at that.
There have been a couple of crimes this month. A Burglary on Bradgate
Road where the back door was forced. There is no mention of property
being taken. An unsuccessful attempt was made to break into a van on
Markfield lane. Still pretty good compared to the other villages on our
beat which you can read on the website where I publish the whole of the
beat records.
Just in case anyone has forgotten the link is: www.newtownlinford.org.uk You may have noticed that you do not get
so many NHW emails now as I put the crime figures and some other matters onto the website instead.
Speedwatch has just finished. I was part of the team at Bracken Hill but
the builder on the top of the hill was doing our work for us. They had lorries all over the pavement causing traffic to draw onto the opposite side
of the road thus cutting their speed. That building work seems to be going on forever. The team at the Sharpley Hill end of the Main Street
noted a vast number of speeding cars. At the time of writing I do not
know how many Roecliffe Road recorded as they had their own gun and
they submitted their own figures to County Hall. A pedal cyclist was
knocked off his bike on Roecliffe Road and was taken away in ambulance but I believe it was not due to a speeding vehicle. Thanks to Councillor Holly Cross and her team on Roecliffe Road (sorry I do not know
your names) and Councillor Sue Pritchard with Peter Rose and Vicky
Lightfoot, Felicity Manning and Dick Howard who turned out with me. I
think it is still worthwhile. Several residents have mentioned the fitting of
flashing speed signs. I think perhaps it ought to be considered again.
Pam McMorran
NHW Co-ordinator – pam@riverlyn.freeserve.co.uk
01530 242201
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Newtown Linford Parish Council
The deadline for the Magazine this month is earlier due to half term
which means I have to write this copy before our Parish Council Meeting.
Highways, footpaths and traffic: Our Borough Councillor David Snartt
informs us that he is working with the County Council to overcome the
problems of vehicle parking on the footway when people are visiting
Bradgate Park particularly at the Cropston end of the Park. It is presently
out for consultation.
The grit box for Bracken Hill has now been purchased which was
cheaper than buying it from the Highways Department County hall.
Parish Council website: The Parish Council
website continues to be popular and updated
virtually every day. The site has a Members
Area where documents and matters just for
Councillors can be inserted. As can be seen
from the next paragraph it means they can
now be viewed at Parish Council meetings.
Village Hall: - Following the suggestion from
one of our Councillors the Village Hall Committee has now installed a Broadband hub. This
should prove very useful at Parish Council
meetings and for anyone else using the Hall.
The next Meeting will be on Monday 23rd November. Meetings start at 7pm in the small
room of the Village Hall. Everyone welcome.
Lydia Knott
Clerk to the Council
t: 01530 242522; e: lydia.knott@hotmail.co.uk
www.newtownlinford.org.uk/
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