september 2011 - The Six Saints Circa Holt

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POST OFFICE AND
STORES
“Here to serve you”
Tel: 01536 770309
Specialist wedding suit and tuxedo hire
Individual attention Professional advice
Comprehensive collection for men and boys
Email: greateastonpo1@hotmail.com
B&B accommodation available:
contact details as above
8 The Parade
Oadby LE2 5BF
0116 271 2010
www.theweddinghirecompany.co.uk
Eyebrook Wild Bird Feeds
Quality mixes and straights at farm gate prices,
mixed on our farm near the Eyebrook Reservoir
Visit our website: ww.eyebrookwildbirdfeeds.co.uk
Rectory Farm, right of Church, Great Easton
Tel: 01536 770771
Open Friday & Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am – 12 noon
You are welcome to collect at any other
time, but please telephone first
PJH
&
SONS
PHILIP J. HAMMOND & SONS
SOLICITORS
Commissioners for Oaths
47 FRIAR LANE, LEICESTER, LE1 5QX
TELEPHONE: (0116) 251 7171
FAX NO: (0116) 253 7370
e-mail enquiries@pjhammond.com
Website www.pjhammond.com
Contact Richard Hammond
Free Quotes - No VAT
3 Broadgate
Great Easton
Market Harborough
01536 770982
07734 328217
LE16 8SH
EM DORMAN
Home visits possible
CAR PARK AVAILABLE WHILST VISITING THE OFFICE
Salsborough Kennels
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
And Cattery
A family concern, giving 24-hour personal service to all areas.
A home from home for your beloved pets
Small and Medium dog grooming now re-instated.
Golden Charter pre-paid plans available
(help and advice without obligation)
PRIVATE CHAPEL OF REST
Tel: 01572 823976
A member of Society of Allied and Independent
Funeral directors
HEFFORDS
M J A
Solicitors
Incorporating Hefford Johnson & Co
Tel: 01858 410040
Fax: 01858 432772
Oaktree Lodge,
Horninghold Road,
Stockerston
Tel: 01572 822270
49a High Street
Market Harborough
Leics. LE16 7AF
Specialising in all private client matters
Home visits for the elderly or infirm.
Please contact:
JANICE HEFFORD or SARAH HEFFORD
ARCHITECTS
Martyn Jones & Associates
The Reading Room, 33 Main Street
Medbourne, Leicestershire
LE16 8DT
Tel: 01858 565567
The Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt
The Reverend Stephen Bishop
The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Medbourne, LE16 8DZ
Tel: 01858 565933 Mobile: 07590 829902
email rector@sixsaintscircaholt.org
Secretary
Ann Baile
Treasurer
The Paddocks, High Street
Great Easton LE16 8ST
01536 770095
Darryl Brunt
2 Mulberry Court
Drayton LE16 8SD
01858 565300
BRINGHURST CUM GREAT EASTON & DRAYTON
Wardens
BRINGHURST
Michael Mallock
Manor Lodge, Main Street
Bringhurst LE16 8RJ
01536 772044
DRAYTON
Tim Fletcher
1 The Green
Drayton LE16 8RQ
01858 565895
GREAT EASTON
Tom Theakston
4 Banbury Lane
Great Easton LE16 8SF
01536 770929
Bringhurst etc
Medbourne
Stockerston
Blaston
Secretaries Bringhurst etc
Medbourne etc
Stockerston
Blaston
David Gibley
Rachel Glover
Mary Patston
Lindsay Blaaberg
Ann Baile
Jenny Sandars
Wendy Bromwich
Della Stones
Great Easton
Builders and Contractors
Established nearly 100 years
Stonework-Groundwork-Roofing-Decorating
Listed Buildings a Speciality
Tel: 01536 770257 or 07594 935958
Foot Health Practitioner
Mary Henniker-Major
Linden House
Great Easton LE16 8SJ
01536 770320
01536 772159
01858 565876
01572 823396
01858
01536 770095
01858 565245
01572 823110
01858 555688
We are always pleased to welcome new residents to our parish
so please do make yourself known to one of the above-named.
Graham Clark
SAC(dip), CFHP (pract)
01536 772118
JOSEPH
WARBURTON
Carpentry & Building
Services
Vicarage Cottage
Main Street, Loddington
Leicestershire LE7 9XE
Home Tel: 01572 717302
Mobile Tel: 0774 04 2 6889
Book-keeping
Accounts
VAT returns
Sage User
Lynn Bradley
Book Keeping Services
Telephone: 01858 434850
Mobile: 0779 064 5449
Medbourne Playgroup
Held at Medbourne Village Hall
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9.15am to 12 15pm
For ages 2½ - 5
Contact: Celia Pocock: 01536 770421
or Sara Robbins: 01536 771368
J.S.Oakley
Agricultural Contractor
GREAT EASTON AND LYDDINGTON
Tel: Uppingham (01572) 823810
Supported by Great Easton and Medbourne Parish Councils, Bringhurst & Drayton Parish Meeting,
the village of Stockerston and other local groups and organisations.
Printed by Clipperprint, East Goscote, LE7 3XA
CONSTRUCTION:
RENOVATION:
MAINTENANCE:
Specialist Foot Care Treatment
in the comfort of your own home
For an appointment call
MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT, STOCKERSTON & BLASTON
Wardens
MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT
David Tyler
Margaret Tuffs
8 Springbank
Brookfield House, 41 Main Street
Medbourne LE16 8EB
Medbourne LE16 8DT
01858 565242
01858 565911
STOCKERSTON
Mary Patston
Apple Cottage, Medbourne Road
Stockerston LE15 9JF
01572 823396
BLASTON
Wilfred Coon
Robin Murray-Philipson
Hallcroft, Medbourne Road
Garden House
Hallaton LE16 8UH
Blaston LE16 8DE
01858 555630
01858 555233
Treasurers
H.Snow & Son
STEPHEN SANDERSON LTD
UK & EUROPEAN TRANSPORT
Riverside Industrial Estate
Market Harborough
Leics LE16 7PT
Telephone: c01858 410117/466499
Fax: 01858 465121
E-mail: sales@sandersontransport.com
www.sandersontransport.com
GARRY HYDE
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
PAINTING AND DECORATING
GLAZING
TEL: 01858 565215
MOB: 07795 096109
Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt
4 September
8am
9am
10.30am
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Eucharist at Great Easton
1662 Eucharist at Drayton
Eucharist at Medbourne
11 September
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Kept as Holy Cross Day
1662 Eucharist at Blaston
Eucharist at Great Easton
9am
10.30am
18 September
9am
10.30am
6pm
25 September
8am
9am
10.30am
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Kept as Matthew
1662 Eucharist at Bringhurst
Family Service at Medbourne
Evening Prayer at Great Easton
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Back to Church Sunday
1662 Eucharist at Medbourne
1662 Eucharist at Stockerston
Children’s service at Great Easton
Rector’s Letter-September 2011
We all have moments when we wish that we had an answer to a difficult question or
situation and instead all that we are faced with is the wrong answer. Writing from prison, the
Chinese Christian Chun-Ming Kao, observes:
‘I asked the Lord for a bunch of fresh flowers but instead he gave me an ugly cactus with
many thorns.
I asked the Lord for some beautiful butterflies but instead he gave me many ugly and
dreadful worms.’
We may also all have faced moments when, in place of even the wrong answer to a difficult
question or situation, all we have is silence.
Where will I find the strength to face this?
What should I do now?
The 70s singer-songwriter Nick Drake coined the wonderfully poignant phrase ‘time of no
reply’ which crystallizes those moments when there are no easy answers, and instead we
live with questions. Drake’s phrase echoes Rilke’s poignant poetry:
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
And try to love the questions themselves…
Don’t search for the answers,
which could not be given to you now,
because you would not be able to live with them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Perhaps then, someday far in the future,
you will gradually, without even notice it,
live your way into the future.
Live the questions now.
Living without resolution to difficult questions, or with wrong answers may be a dreadful
burden to bear. But we may perhaps take at least some comfort from the knowledge that we
are not the first to walk this kind of path, and greater comfort still from the knowledge that
some profound and lasting truth about that which we may dare to call the Divine may be
found even in the questions themselves.
Chun-Ming Kao’s poem continues:
‘I was threatened,
I was disappointed,
I mourned.
But after many days,
suddenly, I saw the cactus bloom
with many beautiful flowers,
and those worms became
beautiful butterflies
flying in the spring wind.’
A prayer by George Appleton
Grant, O Lord, to all those who are bearing pain
Your spirit of healing,
Your spirit of peace and hope
Of courage and endurance,
Cast out from them the spirit of anxiety and fear;
Grant them perfect confidence and trust in thee,
That in your light they may see light;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Weekly Events
Prayer Group
Prayer Group will be meeting at 8.00pm as follows:
Monday
Medbourne Tiddlywinks
Parent, baby and toddler group
Medbourne Village Hall
10am - 12noon
Line Dancing
Great Easton Village Hall
1.30 - 3pm
Art Club
Great Easton Village Hall
10am - 12.30pm
Bell Ringing Practice
St Andrew’s Great Easton
7.30 - 9pm
Tues, Wed
& Thurs
Medbourne Playgroup
Medbourne Village Hall
9.15am - 12.15pm
Wednesday
Tai Chi
Great Easton Village Hall
Thursday
Great Easton Mum, Baby and Toddler Group
Great Easton Village Hall
10am - 12noon
5th September at 1 The Green, Drayton
17th October at Swan House, Lyddington
21st November at Brookside Bungalow, Great Easton
Tuesday
St Andrew’s Great Easton
Wednesday Eucharist
On most Wednesdays throughout the year
there is a Eucharist service in Great Easton at
10.30am.
All are welcome so please join us.
Junior Tennis Club at Medbourne
May to August
4.30pm
Beginners
5.15pm
Intermediate
6pm
More advanced (those who can rally)
Classes free to Tennis Club members
ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH – ROTA OF SIDESPEOPLE
Sundays: 11th September
10.30 a.m
Anne Wallis & Jill Irons
th
10.30 a.m
David & Irene Gibley
25 September
Mon/Thurs
If any of these dates are inconvenient, please arrange to swap with someone, or if
you have a problem contact Tom Theakston on 01536 770929.
The next visit from the Good News library van
team will be on Wednesday 28th September 2011
from 11am to 12 noon at the home of Mr & Mrs
Wright, 8 Church Bank, Great Easton. A good
selection of Christian books and other material
will be available to freely borrow. Tea, coffee and
a warm welcome await you! All welcome.
9.30-10.30am
Youth Group
11-18 years
Meets every Thursday in the Village Hall
Alternating weekly between Medbourne and Great Easton
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
For further information please contact:
Cathy Moran
01536 771175
Parish Magazine Policy
At a meeting of the magazine sub-committee on 6 November 2006, the following policy
was agreed for all articles to be printed in the magazine:
•
Articles should be no longer than one side of A5 paper (one magazine page),
allowing space for the artwork.
•
The deadline for submission of articles is the 5th of the preceding month.
•
Wherever possible articles should be submitted by email to
secretary@sixsaintscircaholt.org
OAKLEIGH BEAUTY
of Medbourne
Helen Collins
“Beauty treatments to relax and rejuvenate”
RJM Plasterers
ALL ASPECTS OF
PLASTERING
UNDERTAKEN
Home: 01858 565458/Mobile: 0791 989 0918
Contract &
Private
Bespoke Joinery
Timber windows, doors and
conservatories,
Made to order and fitted.
Contact: Kevin Thompson
Tel: 01858 565398 Mobile: 07944 529956
Over 30 years experience
For your free estimate from
your local plasterer call
Harvest Festivals 2011
2 October
11am
9 October
11am
9 October
16 October
6pm
3pm
Medbourne Harvest Festival
followed by Harvest Lunch
Great Easton Harvest Festival Eucharist
followed by Harvest Lunch
Harvest Evensong at Blaston
Stockerston Harvest Festival
Archdeacon to preach
01536 205005
07712 335 963
25 September
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Back to Church Sunday
10.30am
Children’s service at Great Easton
All welcome
Rutland Plumbing
Services
PLUMBING & HEATING
Tel: 01572 813067
Mob: 07710 605092
C Davies Digger Hire
Hear first-hand contrasting stories of war-time childhoods
:: interspersed with songs from the time ::
in
‘BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!’
Drives - Ditching - Footings
Fencing - Landscaping
Cliff Davies
Broadview, Stockerston Road,
Great Easton, LE16 8DG
Tel: 01858 555253
Mob: 07860 242658
in St GILES’ CHURCH, MEDBOURNE
on FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2011
at 6.00pm until about 7.30pm
followed by drinks
Doors open at 5.30pm
Rural Leicestershire Lad: Major General Sir Michael Carleton-Smith, CBE DL
(Retired Soldier & former Director-General of Marie Curie Cancer Care)
German Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany: Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger
(Author, Retired Academic, Historian)
British Evacuee in the USA: Mrs Nini Murray-Philipson
(Author, Lecturer in Art History)
British Émigré born in Occupied France: Gerard de Lisle, Esq DL FSA
(Author, Antiquarian & Leicestershire Landowner)
Accompanied by war-time songs from: Penny “Vera-Marlene-Edith!” Francis
(ex-TV Producer & ‘jobbing’ Singer)
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND PLEASE REGISTER BY EMAIL:
janiemartin56@aol.com or penny@pennyfrancis.com
or leave a message at Plough Cottage, Drayton or on 01858 565 269
Admission £5 at the door – children FREE – Donations Welcomed
All proceeds to HELP for HEROES
ABC’s
Tidy Gardens
Offering a full range of services for
garden maintenance and landscaping.
A large team of male & female
workers to tackle everything in the
garden, but more importantly
NOT to let you down.
We are regularly in your area. For a
winter makeover, tree work, hedges,
fencing (all types),
clearance etc,
call Alister on
07815 889992
TIDDLIWINKS
PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP
MONDAYS 10-12PM MEDBOURNE VILLAGE HALL
Matthew Castle Woodworking
TOYS, GAMES, IN/OUTDOOR FUN
COFFEE, TEA & CHAT FOR ADULTS
DRINKS & SNACK FOR CHILDREN
Come and join the fun! All welcome!
Specialist Traditional Rural Carpenter,
Architectural Joiner,
Designer & Cabinet Maker
Call us today for a friendly, informal chat
Workshop Tel: 01536 772123
Mobile: 07730 286 085
For more information, photographs
and testimonials
Please feel free to browse our website
www.matthewcastlewoodworking.com
Great Easton
Village Hall
To Hire
contact: 01536 770350
Wayside Garden Services
Mowing. Weeding. Spraying. Digging.
Turfing. Planting. Hedge cutting. Pruning.
Fencing. Stonework
All aspects of garden maintenance and
improvements
Call Peter Nix
01858 565646 - 07875 717785
Gardener’s Corner
Great Easton Village Hall Caretaker
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011
Judith Lloyd, who has been our caretaker for the last five years, will be retiring on
31st October. We are enormously grateful for all the hard work she has done in
always keeping the hall spotless and in the way she has been unfailingly helpful
to those who use it.
We are looking for someone to take over the caretaker’s duties as from
1st November.
These include cleaning the hall, taking bookings, liaising with the groups that use
the hall and, when possible attending committee meetings. These take place
every six weeks. Payment is £120 per month.
With late summer here and harvest well on the way, we can only hope that
we see an Indian Summer, it is such a special time of year that brings that special
smell of autumn.
This is the time of year that dahlias are at their best
(these have always been a favourite of mine), there are many
shades of reds, oranges yellows, purples, crimsons, white and
even two tone colours. These are good vibrant colours, which
can be accentuated by the autumn colours just arriving.
These tuberous rooted perennials will, by continual dead
heading, continue to flower right up to the first frost and are
great for flower arranging. They are wonderful plants. You
can get many different types of dahlias, from large decorative
types to small bedding varieties so if you haven’t much room,
think about next years planting. You can include some pots
with bedding varieties in the planting scheme. Remember to
include single headed varieties for the insects and that the tubers need to be over
wintered in a frost free environment.
The tender pot plants have enjoyed their holiday outside but you will soon
need to return them back indoors. The late flowering, potted up chrysanthemums
also need to be brought in. Should we get a warm September, remember to give
the greenhouse some ventilation as they soon heat up.
There are many colours of Buxus including green, golden and variegated
suitable for hedges, topiary and planting in open or shady shrubberies. If you are
lucky to have Box Hedge or Topiary and you trimmed them in June, they will have
made more growth and now is the time to give them another trim. This will give
them a tight finish for the winter, producing great structure for the winter period,
especially in the frost and fog with the winter sun throwing new light on them.
Anyone interested should please write to Nick Meyer, 2 Ford Bank,
Great Easton, Market Harborough, LE16 8SL
Wednesday 26th October – 7.30 in the village hall
THE LYDDINGTON PROJECT
Dr. Rosemary Cannadine
Dr. Cannadine, the archivist of Burleigh
House, will be telling us about the
exciting project to discover the history
and archaeology of this historically very
important old village.
Gardener’s Tip:
Spring is only five months away, that must mean the
garden centres and nurseries are now selling BULBS.
Get down as soon as possible to ensure your favourites and sound strong bulbs.
All welcome – non members £1
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 21st September
7.30 pm in the Village Hall.
Barnsdale’s Nick Hamilton
‘Vegetables All Year Round’
Competition - Rose
New members and visitors always welcome.
This should be a great start to our meetings in the Village Hall as we resume after
the Summer break. With the cost of vegetables escalating rapidly, now is the time to
get growing!
The June visit to two gardens in South Kilworth was a most enjoyable evening and
the weather was kind to us. Both gardens had many interesting and colourful
plantings. The first visited was of a modern style whilst the second garden had a
more traditional setting hence the evening held something to suit all individual
tastes.
Our thanks to Ivor and Frances for arranging the outing.
Leicestershire County Council has
agreed to take over the organisation of
Community Forums within Harborough
District. This agreement follows the decision of the District Council not to organise Forums from April 1st 2011 onwards
due the need to make budget savings.
The County Council will continue to provide a service to enable Councillors from all 3
tiers of local government, and local residents, to discuss issues, aspirations and
services for local areas.
Leicestershire County Council currently leads the organisation of Community Forums
in five out of the seven districts in Leicestershire and will follow the same format in
Harborough. Although there are some similarities, these forums are organised on a
different basis to the forums you may have experience of in Harborough and the key
elements are as follows;
-Community Forums are community-led and deal with issues that are of relevance
to local communities.
-They are about sharing and addressing issues in the local area and about joint
working to find and implement solutions.
-Community Forums are result-driven.
-Leicestershire County Council and its partners see Community Forums as a key
platform to discuss and consult with local communities and their representatives
about:
◊Service priorities and provision in the local area.
◊Service changes and their local impact.
◊New developments and opportunities that may impact on the local area.
◊Priorities for improvements to local services and facilities.
-Community Forums are not decision-making bodies, but they can make
recommendations. We treat these recommendations very seriously and will
respond formally to indicate how we will take recommended actions forward.
-Queries raised at Community Forums will be responded to within 21 days of the
meeting.
The speaker this month is Mr Peter Lang who will
tell us about “The Dream that Came True” which
sounds rather intriguing. Curious? Come along and
find out what it is about.
The next sets of dates for the forthcoming Community forums are:
•
14th September at Market Harborough Methodist Church, HARBOROUGH
CENTRAL
•
21st September: Venue Tbc for RURAL WEST
•
27th September: Venue Tbc for RURAL EAST
Members are reminded that the £10 coach fare, for the outing to
Downtown in October, will be collected at the September meeting.
Please note the final boundaries have not yet been confirmed. You can find out more
on our website, which displays an initial draft of the boundaries of the different forum
areas - http://www.leicestershireforums.org/harborough/ If you want to find out more about the forums, you can also call us on
0116 305 7565 or 0116 305 7581
IRELAND & LONGHILL
Chartered Accountants
10 Station Street, Kibworth Beauchamp, LE8 0LN
Tel: 0116 2793704
for a local personal service
specialising in the needs of private individuals
and small businesses
Established in 1983
Visit our website at
www.irelandandlonghill.co.uk
or contact: James Ireland or Sarah Longhill
Harborough
Blinds
and Curtains
Fast local established service
Plantation Shutters
Roman
Vertical
Venetian inc wooden
Roller
Velux
Pleated Blinds
Conservatory Roof Blinds Specialist
FREE FITTING
FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION
12 month guarantee on everything
15 years experience
Registered to carry on audit work
by the institute of
Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales
OUT & ABOUT
Dog Walking & Animal Care
•
Watercolour Art Classes
Great Bowden
•
Dog walking
Home & pet si4ng
Small pet visi6ng and feeding
•
Horse & pony care
•
sheep, goats, poultry
•
Public liability insured & police checked
Reliable, competent and trustworthy
Call Helen on 07736 522449
Email outandabout500@gmail.com
All abilities
Beginners welcome
Contact Kay Carpenter
01858 464216
Large range of patio awnings
FREE CALLOUT
FREE ESTIMATES
John Ford
ELECTRICIAN
Domestic and Industrial
Rewires
Extra Sockets
Showers
Tel: 01536 771952
GREAT EASTON AND VILLAGES WELCOMES
Call Paul Mottley today on
01858 456419/07917 260428
sales@harboroughblinds.com
www.harboroughblinds.com
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRAINED HAIR STYLIST
AND
BEAUTY THERAPIST
Philippa-Lee
GRAHAM PARKER
PAINTER & DECORATOR
BUILDER
Stonework Brickwork Re-pointing
Experienced with lime mortar
Internal & External Decorating
(Including specialist paint finishes)
Rotten wood window/door repairs using
a resin based Window Repair System
Wall & Floor Tiling
Sympathetic to older buildings
Extensions repair or complete renovation.
References available
For a free estimate, please give me a call on
01536 770179
craigrparish@btinternet.com
01858 880631 or 07749 061 938
2 Main Street, Bringhurst, Leicestershire
Cut and Styling from £28
Colouring/foils from £65 includes cut and styling
Perming/Straightening from £65 includes cut and styling
Styling tips and Hair Care advice complimentary.
Luxury Manicure/Pedicure including massage £28
Express Manicure/Pedicure £25
Eyebrow/Facial and Body Waxing from £24
Make-up/Lessons £30/40
Full Bridal Packages also available POA
In the privacy of your home!!!
For a full list of services and to book your appointment
Telephone Pip on 01536 772107/0773 119 4763
Our July walk led by Brian and Margaret was from Sudborough, enjoying good
weather conditions, we travelled in an Easterly direction through Titchmarsh
wood towards Aldwinkle before turning South and then West to the pretty village
of Lowick then returning to the start. This was a very pleasant and varied walk in
an area we haven't walked before.
Our next walk will be the Wednesday 21st.September. Meet at Great
Easton village Hall 9.30 all welcome but participants must be
responsible for their own safety. Sorry no dogs please.
Members enjoyed a tour round Leicester
University Botanic Gardens last month, and
enjoyed viewing the exhibition of sculptures which
were displayed around the gardens. The
sculptures caused many comments among the
members, some critical about their titles and
even more about their cost. The sculptures were
on view for a limited time, and many felt they
detracted from the beauty of the gardens. Coming
from the south east of the county, many members were unaware of these
gardens and were surprised at the wide variety of the beautiful trees and shrubs
which were grown there.
The August meeting held in a member's garden was a great success. Luckily it
was a warm evening and members enjoyed walking around the well laid
out garden. This was followed by a ploughman's supper, a sweet and a glass or
two of Pimms, all arranged by the committee. There were a couple of quizzes
arranged but most were quite content to sit and talk. Pam Armstrong thanked
Frances Luscombe and her husband Ivor for their kind hospitality. Our next
meeting on September 7th is a talk by Judy Theobald on 'Life and other
problems' Visitors are most welcome.
Patrick Fisher
Carpenter & Joiner
All your woodworking needs
New and renovation work
For reliable and
friendly service
Tel: 01858 565117
Mob: 07805 495958
Jack Burrows
Property Maintenance
•
Carpentry and Joinery
•
Property Renovation and Refurbishment
•
Laminate Floors and Kitchens
•
Interior and Exterior Painting
•
Bespoke Furniture
Tel: 07545 043165
Need to advertise?
Do it here for £40 per year
Phone 01858 565933
Tues/Thurs
9.30-1
GREAT EASTON PARISH COUNCIL
THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE.
PUBLIC MEETING IN THE VILLAGE HALL
7.30 – WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
As we reported here previously, the diamond jubilee of HM The Queen,
is to be nationally celebrated during the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of June
next year, with bank holidays on the following Monday and Tuesday.
The Parish Council is holding a public meeting on Wednesday Sept 14th
of representatives from all village groups, clubs and societies, plus
anyone else who may be interested, to discuss what, if anything, the
village community will do to join in this celebration, and to set up the
organisation of whatever may be decided.
The Parish Council believe there to be the following clubs and
associations in the village:Art Club, Bell Ringers, Bringhurst School, Church Flower Arranging
Group, Garden Society, Good Companions, History Society, Ladies’
Choir, Line Dancing, Mothers and Toddlers, Parish Church, Recreation
Ground Committee, Tai Chi, Tapestry Group, Village Hall Committee,
Whist Club, Women’s Institute, Youth Group.
We shall be grateful if all groups wishing to be involved will give this
some thought before the meeting and be ready to send briefed delegates
to the meeting on September 14th.
We apologise to any groups we may have overlooked in the busy life of
this village.
Anyone else interested in taking part in the initial discussion will, of
course, be very welcome.
Feel good, be part of Macmillan Cancer Support’s
World’s biggest fundraising event!
Friday 7th October
10am to 7pm
Why not pop in after work?
College Farm, Main Street,
Drayton, LE16 8SD
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TEA, COFFEE, CAKES AND TOMBOLA
JOULES SECONDS
CHOCOLATES FOR CHOCAHOLICS
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
JEWELLERY
PHOENIX CARDS
CLOSED CHAIR MASSAGES
For information call Elisabeth on 01858 565102 or 07710 603803
Or Lesley on 01858 565656 or 07813 982665
ALL WELCOME, bring your friends and family and together we can
raise money for people affected by cancer.
SPORTS CLUB EXTENSION FUND: LATEST NEWS
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The ball on the 18 June was a massive success as everyone who aCended will aCest to.
We raised approximately £2500 for the fund . The fund raising never ends un6l we reach
our target!
We all are very aware of the many dangers that children have to face in society these daysfar more than when we were that age! - and the spor6ng facili6es the club provides keeps
them safe and away from tempta6on. ALL the money raised at these events goes towards
improving those facili6es and as a commiCee we are extremely grateful for any help that is
received.
I know that it seems a never ending ask, but we WILL reach our target and then the club
house facili6es will match the excellent playing surfaces we enjoy throughout the year.
Buy A Brick
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This is an open ended campaign and anyone who wishes to take part
can contact Chris White on 565814.
Julia Thompson
Herbal Medicine
& Reflexology
Natural Health Care
Medbourne: 01858 565398
Mobile:
07969 393427
Member of the
National Institute of
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LONGFIELD
Tree & Hedge Care
Tom Bale
N.C.Arb & N.D.Ag
0116 2403721
0771 0451375
Neil Gilson
Painting & Decorating
38a Ash Close, Uppingham
All aspects of tree & hedge care undertaken
Tel: 01572 823492
Mob: 07885 790141
Perfect Effect.
We offer: Quality home cleaning, a first class service with attention to
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
detail; tailor made to your needs.
Frequency to suit your needs and budget.
Furniture waxed, silver and brass polished.
All domestic cleaning at a competitive price with no VAT
Any chore we won’t ignore.
Hire a car from Medbourne
Do you ever need to hire a car for an hour, a day or a week? Now you can pick up a
hire car from Medbourne for £25 per day.
Previously, hiring a car meant travelling to Market Harborough. Now, the local
community can hire a Volkswagen Golf from a private owner in Medbourne from
£25/day.
Thanks to a new website run by Whipcar, members of the community can visit
www.whipcar.com/medbournegolf to book the use of a Volkswagen Golf. The car
can be collected from Medbourne a time of your convenience and Whipcar arranges
all insurance and other logistics.
According to DVLA figures the UK currently has 29m registered cars on the road,
and New Scientist says in a report that many are used for less than an hour a day.
The RAC claims that the average cost of ownership of a car is £5,523 a year. Rather
than buying a car that sits idle for days at a time, drivers can now hire a car locally.
The car has a valid MOT and road tax, existing insurance, and is clean and in good
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Boiler installations
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Tank installations
Aga/Rayburn servicing and repair
Power flushing
General plumbing
01858 881118
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East Norton
Debi Varley (BHSAI)
01858 555795
07904 287742
Liveries
Lessons
Hacks
Pony Days
Clinics
Riding Holidays
Bed and Breakfast
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The beauty shop above Browns Hairdressing
Opening times:
Mon: 9am - 6pm
Tues - Fri: 9am - 9pm
Sat: 9am - 6pm
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Large showroom over two floors.
Rugs, Flooring and Karndean.
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Agricultural Engineer
The Old Forge Yard, Rockingham
*Horticultural Repairs/Supplies, *Fabrication,
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Tel: 01536 770966
Fax: 01536 771696
Post Office and Village Stores
Open Monday to Friday 8am to 5.30pm
Saturday 8am to 4pm
Sunday 8am to 1pm
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Butcher’s shop open: Tues-Fri: 10am– 6pm /
Sat: 8am – 4pm/Sun:10am-1pm
34 Harborough Road, Great Oxendon, LE16 8NA
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NEWS FROM BRINGHURST
Two reports for the price of one, July had us going back to "Life
on the home front" with Felicity Austin. A good evening with us
being shown demonstrations on how to utilise the meagre rations to the best of their ability. We were impressed by Felicity’s attention to detail, even with the clothes she wore for the
occasion. We all ended up having a good old sing-song.
By complete contrast and bringing us right up to date, this
month saw PCSO Tim Harwood talking to us about community
policing. I don't think he had much time to introduce himself
before the questions began and they continued until
refreshments arrived. Many thanks to Tim for the time taken to speak to us
especially considering the events that have been taking place over the last
week. We need to give a vote of special thanks to all of the essential services
personnel at the moment for everything they are doing under very difficult and
dangerous circumstances.
Our next meeting will take place on September 14th, Bob Martin will be giving us a
Glass Workshop with the competition being "a piece of glass". As always, new
members and visitors would be most welcome. In future you will be able to get
details of our outings and meetings on the leicestershsirevillages.com website.
Date for your Diary!
Medbourne
Diamond Jubilee Party
At
The Village Hall
Saturday 2 June 2012
3pm Children’s Tea Party & Games
7.30pm
Family Hog Roast & Barn Dance
More details to follow.
If you would like to contribute time or expertise to planning the day,
please contact:
Gill Pemberton 565214
Elaine Hall 565305
A most successful Archaeology and Local History weekend was held on
the 16-17 July in St Nicholas Church. The exhibition covered a period
from pre-Roman to the 20th century and included finds discovered during
the recent church restoration. Exhibits included Roman and mediaeval
pottery, coins, clay pipes, a step by step explanation of the Church’s
development, genealogy tables, census details, extracts of old wills,
sketches, photographs and maps, providing a fascinating insight into the
past life of Bringhurst and Drayton villages.
Very sincere thanks to Nick Hill for organising the event and giving a most
interesting talk on the church’s evolution and village history and for
re-writing the church history leaflet.
Most grateful thanks also to Ann Wallis and Ena Meacher for their work in
producing excellent and memorable displays, Thanks also to Jean
Donaldson for making road signs and creating the wonderful arrangements
of flowers (all gathered from Bringhurst), to Ian Donaldson for editing,
preparing and arranging for the printing of the new church history leaflets,
to Margaret Stamp for producing an evocative set of cards of the church
and village (now on sale in the church), to Judith Lloyd for support in
numerous ways and for manning the Sales table during the exhibition and
to Phil Johnson for providing transport for the tables and display stands
both before and after the exhibition.
Very many thanks also to all those who so generously provided cakes and
biscuits for the teas, which raised a splendid sum of £361 towards the
further restoration of the church.
Last, but not least, thanks to so many villagers who helped setting up,
serving teas, parking cars and with numerous other jobs that went to make
this event such a success.
Mike Mallock.
Medbourne Village Web Site
www.leicestershirevillages.com/medbourne
Having recently completed the Parish web site (www.sixsaintscircaholt.org) I have
taken on the role of Site Administrator for the Medbourne web site on
LeicestershireVillages.com.
For those not familiar with LeicestershireVillages it’s a framework provided by
Leicestershire County Council that provides a web site for every village in the
county. It is then up to the villages themselves to add local content, photos, news,
etc. This information is supplemented by information from the Parish, District and
County Councils, also the emergency services, notably the Police.
Anyone in the county can register on the site and add content. This content is then
filtered through Site and District Administrators, so that it is checked for legality and
conformance to the local design.
Why use LeicestershireVillages.com rather a dedicated Village
Web Site?
Whilst designing a site from scratch for the village has its attractions, these are far
outweighed by the advantages of using LeicestershireVillages:
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If you Google “Medbourne” then LeicestershireVillages comes up in the first 3
results.
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The village web site is part of a database for the whole County, so you can
search for, say, a business not available in your local village and the site will
find your nearest instance. All the villages are linked in a very useful way.
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Allowing several people from the village to contribute is important and hard to
provide with a dedicated site.
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The site had 13,500 hits in 12 months, even though the information is currently
minimal.
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And there are many more reasons.
What will we put on the site?
Some villages have used LeicestershireVillages extensively but, at the same time,
the information is not well structured; so I am very keen to maintain some order in
our information. The site comes with a fledgling “History” page and I have added
outline pages for: “Businesses”, “St. Giles’ Church” and the “Village Hall”. These will
be filled out further; then there is scope for much more under the following
suggested headings:
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Sport
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Community & Social
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Public Transport
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Walk, Ride & Cycle
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Bottle Kicking
I am open to suggestions for additional headings, but I am most interested in
hearing your ideas for what we should include under the headings above. There can
be many web pages per heading.
What can you do?
Firstly, login to www.leicestershirevillages.com/medbourne . Familiarise yourself
with the site and bookmark it. If you would like to contribute (e.g. start with some
photos), register on the site and upload your files. You can have your own page or
contribute news items, local events, freeuse items, notices and to online discussion
forums.
Alternatively, contact me. I am interested in getting in touch with:
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Local businesses
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Sports clubs
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Other social groups and societies
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Those who can help with village history, e.g. old photographs and
documents.
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Those who can help document Bottle Kicking – traditions, history,
photographs, etc.
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Anyone else who wants to contribute
Even if you already have a web site please let me know so that the village web site
can link to yours.
Contact details: David Tuffs
davidtuff@btinternet.com
01858 565911
Brookfield House, 41 Main St,. Medbourne, LE16 8DT
For those who don’t live in Medbourne
All the villages in the Parish have a web site on LeicestershireVillages. Of these,
Great Easton is maintained and well worth a visit. All the others, including Nevill
Holt, have a vacancy for a Site Administrator. Why not volunteer? Maintaining a
site is not technically demanding for those with a basic knowledge of PCs and the
internet. Also, the County provides training and get-togethers for Site
Administrators to share their experiences. You will find information on the role of
Site Administrator and how to volunteer on your village’s home page:
www.leicestershirevillages.com/villagename.
Medbourne Church Fete
Thank you to everyone who helped and supported our fete on 2nd July 2011. We were
lucky to have good weather and that, combined with your generosity, enabled us to raise
over £2,000.
Church Wardens and Fete Commi(ee