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Don’t Miss The Bagworth Family Disco! Friday 23rd April 2010 at Bagworth Working Men’s Club Function Room From 7.30pm – 11pm • Entrance FREE!!! Arranged by Holy Rood Church & Bagworth Working Men’s Club Adults and children of all ages welcome. PRIZES
Ethan is Leicester City’s lucky mascot LOCAL lad Ethan Mawby had a fantastic day when he was chosen to be Leicester City’s mascot at their match against local rivals Nottingham Forest in February.
He spent time with his sporting heroes, had a kickabout on the hallowed turf, and was there to witness a notable City victory. Ethan, aged 8, said: “I had a really good day! I met all of the players and got their autographs. I had my photo taken with all of my favourite players. I played football on the pitch with Filbert Fox. I ran out onto the pitch with the captain Matt Oakley in front of 31,000 fans and had a kick around. Finally Leicester won 3-0!”
Early April 2010
People urged to make sure they are eligible to vote WITH a general election only weeks away, people living in the Bosworth Constituency are being urged to make sure they are eligible to vote. In particular, residents who have recently moved and young people who will be 18 by election day are being encouraged to make sure they appear on the Register of Electors by the electoral registration team at Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Registration forms can be downloaded from the council’s website (www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk), obtained from the Electoral Services office by calling 01455 255830/255835 or can be picked up from the council’s main reception in Argents Mead. Electors are also being encouraged to apply early if they wish to vote by post and do not have a postal vote in place at the moment. Forms can be obtained by contacting the Electoral Services office. Anyone who wants to register – or apply for a postal vote – must do so at least 11 working days before the date of the election.
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Try tennis for free at Gynsill Lawn Tennis Club Your local Gynsill Tennis Club, Gorse Hill Anstey is throwing its courts open on Saturday 10th April for FREE. The day is open to all existing and potential players from juniors 7-18yrs and adults alike. This is a great chance for all to come and sample some active tennis fun with us, including the use of a ball machine and service speed gun. Club Coaches will be running a number of fun, action-packed introductory sessions for all standards from beginner to advanced. There will be friendly competitions and give-aways, including a raffle draw with one player gaining 8 weeks coaching free of charge. If you would like to come and join us on the day please contact Matt Head Coach now at mattcgynsilltc@yahoo.co.uk or 07708 686693 or Club Chairman John Chapman 0116 233 3893 for more details.
Wind in the Willows at Bagworth Community Centre At 6pm on Friday 7th May 2010, there will be a production of ‘Wind in the Willows’ at the Bagworth Community Centre. This is a Centre Stage production. It is performed by a touring theatre company. We are told: “The show is great fun; you are assured of a great evening for all of the family. “It is fast paced, fun and full of gentle humour. A fantastic theatre show for all of the family.” We have now had several of these types of performances and they have all been very good. Tickets cost Adults £7, children £4.50 and £20 for a family ticket (2 adults plus 2 children). Tickets and further information: Rosemary 01530 230347.
Ladies-only basketball sessions LADIES-ONLY basketball taster sessions are being held next month to encourage more women to have a go at the sport. They are being held by the Hinckley Lady Hoops Basketball Club at the William Bradford College, Earl Shilton and will cost only £1 a session. “We are trying to encourage mums and daughters, aunties and nieces to come forward and give this fun sport a try, have a go at dribbling, shooting and maybe even trying a slam dunk,” said coach Jon Wilkins. Kerry Clarke, the Borough Council’s Physical Activity Co-ordinator, added: “Basketball is a great way to have fun, lose weight and tone up. Hinckley Lady Hoops Basketball Club is well established and has already been nominated for several awards this year”. The sessions will take place on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout April. For more information call the club’s coach Jon Wilkins on 0794 043 4864.
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Coffee Morning in Groby The Children’s Air Ambulance Charity is to benefit from the proceeds of a Coffee Morning that is being held at 8 Wallace Drive, Groby on Sat 24th April. Come and enjoy a coffee, cake and a chat between 10am and 1 o’clock. There will be a raffle, tombola and more, as well as Karen’s Krafts for sale. The Charity’s aim is to provide life saving flights to any child between the ages of newborn to 16 years who require immediate transfer to a “hospital of excellence” in order to receive treatment. For more information visit: - www.tcaa.org.uk
Take a Cake Break in Anstey The Multiple Sclerosis Society is holding a Cake Break fund-raising event at their new premises in Anstey on Tuesday 27th April. Do come and join them for a slice of cake and a cup of tea between 11am and 1pm at 27 Latimer Street. If you can make or donate any cakes, please contact Jane on 01509 414201.
Sports success at South Charnwood Pupils at South Charnwood High School have been very successful in their sporting endeavours recently. Here are just a few of their notable achievements: • BASKETBALL: Congratulations to Gemma Broderick, Olivia Kimberley, Lauren Nixon and Sydney Weston who attended Basketball trials on Tuesday Feb 9th and were selected as part of a group of only 20 girls across the partnership to become the first Hinckley and Bosworth Basketball Academy. The programme that started in late February includes training, matches and all players will be invited to attend local club sessions. Those with exceptional talent will feed into the National Governing Body Player Pathway. Well done to all 4 girls. • GOLF: Well done to Zac Stevens, Josef Solonenko, George Evans, Tom Rowthorn, Harry Wood, Sam Burbidge, Victoria Prowse, Connor Kyprionou, James Morey, and Aranveer Judge who all took part in the golf screening afternoon at Forest Hills Golf Club on Wednesday March 17th. Richard Hughes the Golf Professional at the club undertook 2 hours of coaching with the group on the golf range, putting green and Par 3 Academy course. All ten golfers were selected to join the Junior Golf Academy based at the Golf Club which will start after Easter. • TABLE TENNIS: Congratulations to Alex Willoughby of Year 6 who won the Under 11 Boys Singles competition in the 2010 Hinckley and District Table Tennis Open Junior Championship at Bosworth College Saturday February 20th 2010.
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Jelson application refused after 715 letters of objection were received Borough Councillor Matthew Lay writes in the Herald
W
e did it; yes sometimes the tide of local public opinion really counts for something.
On the evening of the 16th March at the Borough Council’s planning committee rejected the application by Jelson Limited to build over 120 dwellings on land adjacent to London Road, Markfield. The application was going to destroy valuable open countryside and was far greater than anything that had been discussed during the Council’s consultation on its local plan. The response from local residents was great and with a very short period of consultation available, 715 letters of objection were received by the Council along with a petition organised by Saran Burrows, from concerned villagers. The majority of residents used the pro forma letter stating reasons for objection. I would like to thank all those who responded and especially those who helped distribute the letter, meaning it could be delivered to nearly the whole village in under a few days, lots of people chipped in meaning less work for everybody.
Markfield should not be made a scapegoat When I was writing my last article for the Herald it was just after I had had a meeting with planning officers which left me a little downbeat as to our prospects. The key seemed to be that the Council was not in a position at present to deliver enough land for housing to sustain a five year supply. I was unhappy with this and made my views very clear that Markfield should not be made a scapegoat for failings in which it had played no part. Despite my pessimism, I arranged another set of meetings with both the Director of Community Services and the new Head of Planning to discuss the application. It was important that I was able to do this because although officers need to be impartial, they also need to hear the concerns of the community and why we have them. It is not simply a case of Nimbyism (Not In My Back Yard) but legitimate arguments why we should protect open countryside around Markfield following 35 years of development. When an application goes to the planning committee it does so with a recommendation from the Head of Planning at the Borough Council. This recommendation is taken after considering both national and local planning policy and its own local guidelines. The recommendation needs to be sound as it can be tested out at appeal to the national planning inspectorate and so must be legally defensible. Without a favourable recommendation from the Head of Planning your job is a lot harder as you need to convince fellow councillors on the planning committee to go against your own Head of Planning, giving clear reasons which themselves will need to be defended. This is a tough ask and it is why the majority of applications go the way of the recommendation. I was therefore delighted when the Head of Planning informed me at my next meeting that he was inclined to reject the application and indeed he did so when the report was published. This was a significant victory and the grounds for the rejection even more so, as the application was rejected not just for a technical reason but a key one of protecting the open countryside.
The Council made it clear that it was prepared to protect its own developing local plan which has directed Markfield to identify land for 80 houses up to 2026, which is still a problematic figure and one I have fought against but lost. Half of that figure can be found in small sites mostly within the settlement boundary leaving Lower Grange Farm as the preferred option, largely comprising the farm, its entrance and outbuildings. This is a long way from the Jelson application which would have driven a horse and cart through the Council’s plan and any hopes of limiting any development to the South of London Road. So what did the conclusions to the Council report say? Well firstly it agreed with us that the application would “encroach into and detrimentally harm the character of the countryside, contrary to policies NE5 and RES5.” (NE5 states that the countryside will be protected for its own sake and RES5 that developments should be within settlement boundaries.) It also stated that part of the site is a preferred location for the future; however the scale of the application would “unnecessarily use Greenfield land and would not use land effectively or efficiently”. The final paragraph relates to the thorny issue of the five year land supply and it concludes that with regard to this particular application, the harm “outweighs the lack of a five year housing supply and it is therefore recommended that the application be refused.” In stating the reason for refusal the report also made it clear that the applicant had “failed to demonstrate that there is a need within Markfield that justifies the development of this Greenfield site. In addition the site is visually prominent, outside the adopted village settlement boundary and this development for housing will harm the character of the area and the Village”.
Decision could be strongly defended Objections were also made by the Environment Agency (flooding concerns without any assessment) and the Leics Archaeology Service, who say the land may be of archaeological value and an assessment should have been conducted. So on the night the decision went our way and the application was rejected unanimously, with the backing of all members of the committee. Local resident Denis Moran stood in at short notice to speak as the objector from the public and I spoke as the ward member but not a member of the committee otherwise, I would have needed to declare a prejudicial interest. The applicants of course now have the right to appeal against the decision but I was informed that the Head of Planning had consulted Queen’s Counsel for advice on three applications that night, one being Markfield, and he was even more confident that the decision could be strongly defended. Well done to all concerned.
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Despite having to sit round the scaffolding and dust sheets (the church is being decorated) about twenty five interested people joined the existing members in a lively discussion about how the group might move forward and a date has been fixed for a social meeting in April. At this event existing members will be bringing copies of the group’s publications, photographs and other items of interest so that new members can gain a feel for what has been done in the past. Light refreshments will be provided and there will be an opportunity for people to get to know one another. Anyone who was unable to get to the previous meeting will be made welcome. This meeting will be held on Tues, 13th April at Markfield Trinity Methodist Church in the schoolroom at the back of the church. The starting time is 8pm. For further information contact Barrie Gannon on 01530 242318 or Fran Johnson on 01530 243350.
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We start the evening at 7.30pm and have a short break part way through for refreshments. Visitors and new members are more than welcome, in fact we’d love to see some new faces! For visitors the charge is £4 on the door & 50p for tea or coffee. It’s also an idea to bring a pound or two for the raffle, as last month I won a beautiful arrangement by Carol Middleton. You don’t need any experience, as we mere mortals simply watch the experts and marvel at their skill, hoping to take some inspiration! However, we are thinking of some new ways to make some of our meetings more inclusive, perhaps a little more ‘hands on’. So come alone or bring a friend for a lovely evening and maybe make some new friends or catch up with old ones! For more information please email beadj101@googlemail.com We look forward to seeing you there!
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Gladys Rae celebrates her 95th birthday!
Gladys Rae of The Hawthorns, Markfield, celebrated her 95th birthday on St Valentine’s Day. As part of her birthday celebrations she invited fellow members of The Shaw Lane Friendship Club to a luncheon at The Greyhound Inn at Botcheston followed by a toast at Markfield Community Centre where she was presented with flowers and chocolates. Gladys has been a member of the club for many years and all our members would like to thank Gladys for her generosity and to wish her good health and happiness in the future. Although the club still retains its original name of The Shaw Lane Friendship Club, meetings are now held at the Markfield Community Centre every Monday from 2.30pm – 4.30pm. The club welcomes anyone wishing to join.
Jean Taylor, President – Shaw Lane Welcome Club
Modern & Sequence Dance at Bagworth WMC: 14th May On Friday 14 May at 8.00 pm at the Bagworth Working Men’s Club there will be a charity modern and sequence dance, called ‘Memories’. All of the profits will go to the Respiratory Unit at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester. Tickets cost £2.50 and can be bought on the door. There will also be a raffle and bingo at this event. This is always a good night which is enjoyed by everyone. Information: 01530 230467.
LETTER To Tarquin Van Dyke I have recently seen a copy of The Herald in Coalville Library and your article brought back memories as I used to watch The Dakotas. I always wondered why it was such a short series. Jack Elam usually played villains in numerous Westerns and had quite a detailed obituary in the Daily Telegraph a few years ago! Others I remember watching were the much repeated Lone Ranger but also the less well known Range Rider, The Cisco Kid, Boots & Saddles (set in a US Cavalry Fort), Laramie, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne and the spinoff Bronco. Wagon Train and Rawhide (H’d ‘em up ‘n’ move ‘em out) were popular in the late 50’s early 60’s followed by Bonanza, High Chaparral and The Virginian. The BBC started showing the Virginian on Saturdays a few years ago but it stopped after a few weeks. I remember Hop-Along Cassidy from the mid-fifties and I see that all 50+ episodes are available on a CD Boxed Set. I wonder if any of those other early ones have survived and are on CD. The Canadian Mounties also featured in a 50’s series called RCMP and I think there was an earlier one called Renfrew of The Mounties but can find nothing about it. Maybe I imagined it. Great TV viewing days anyway despite all the channels now available.
Ron Steven, Whitwick Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
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Crufts achievement award for local dog fan Jacob
Pudding Evening Wriggly Readers to be held in St Mary & All Saints Church Stanton under Bardon on Friday 23th April 2010 at 7.30p.m. Please come and join us in this ‘New Venture’ Starter Pate & Salad and sample the Culinary Delights of the Various Desserts. Tickets £5.00 Please contact Janet Barwood on
01455 290729 so that we know the numbers to cater for.
A local boy has won an award at Crufts. Jacob Peatfield-Straw (pictured above) lives in Markfield and is a member of the Pets as Therapy Junior Club. He visits Headway in Leicester with his Mum and PAT Dog, Fidget, a 3 year old lurcher. Headway offer a range of services to people with brain injuries or illnesses and those close to them. Jacob helped on the Pets As Therapy stand at Crufts 2010, raising money and awareness of the charity. At Crufts he was awarded the P.A.F.T.A. Award for 2009 for the 9-13 age group.P.A.F.T.A. means Pets As Therapy Award For Outstanding Achievement. During 2009 as well as visiting Headway Jacob did a talk to his year at school, made a special visit to a nursery for 0-4 year olds, helped at Crufts and did numerous fund raising events. He has been a very busy young man! For details of the charity visit www.petsastherapy.org.
Judi Peatfield
Springtime at Ulverscroft Grange A fundraising event - Springtime at Ulverscroft Grange - will be held on Friday 23rd April, 2010 between 11.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. at Ulverscroft Grange, Whitwick Road, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, LE67 9QB Come and join us in the beautiful surroundings of the Charnwood Forest and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of our Sensory Garden and Water Feature. Admission - £1.50 per Person. Tea/Coffee and Light Lunch Available. Selection of Stalls including a Wooden Craft Stall. Model Railway Open Bird Hide manned by the RSPB. For more information please call 01530 244914. All profits go towards the work of the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation
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sessions at Markfield library Wriggly Readers are for children 0-5 and their parents or carers and involve half an hour of rhymes and songs for everyone to join in with. They take place monthly on the first Thursday of the month The dates for May and June are as follows: Thursday May 6th Thursday June 3rd All at 2.15 - 2.45pm.
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Markfield WI News From Fran Johnson Markfield Women’s Institute is well into its programme for 2010 and we are also pleased to welcome Denise Bray to our membership. Denise was an active member of the previous WI and it is lovely to have her back with us. So far this year we have had three excellent speakers. In January we were fascinated by John Randall’s talk on Bees, a subject chosen because of the Women’s Institutes involvement in the campaign to save the honey bee. We learnt many interesting facts about bees, what being a bee keeper is all about and were able to purchase Leicestershire honey to take home for tea! February saw us learning about the life of a lady’s maid from Jo Carter. It seems that this job was much sort after in big houses and the lady’s maid had many perks. Jo came dressed in role and it was quite hard to imagine that she was very much part of the 21st century! Our most recent speaker was Lynne Mellor, always a favourite with us although she usually comes along with ‘a basketful of customs’. This time she gave us an introduction to Patchwork and Quilting and demonstrated how to make a simple patchwork cushion cover. I am sure many of our members will be bent over their sewing machines as we speak. Lynne also brought along some of her own quilts to inspire us. We played Thurcaston and Cropston WI in the final of the Bradgate Group of WIs skittles league early in March and sadly lost by one point. However we will be playing them again in April to start off this year’s matches so fingers crossed for a successful outcome. It will be an enjoyable evening whatever the result, an opportunity to enjoy each others company and have some fun. Four members of the group attended the Annual Meeting of Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of WIs on March 13th at the All Nations Centre. This event is always well attended by members from all over the county and this year speakers were Stephanie Brown from Leicester Children’s Holiday Centre (Mablethorpe) and Matthew Collins, a presenter from BBC TV’s The Travel Show. In the future we have an evening at Kilworth House Theatre booked to see Guys and Dolls, a coffee morning with cake and preserves stall in May, possible a trip to London to see the Quilts Exhibition at the V & A and a group of us are visiting Groby WI for the annual Bradgate Group event which is entitiled Putting on the Ritz. We have no other clues apart from an indication that refreshments will be along the lines of afternoon tea at the Ritz. That sounds good! The speaker for our April meeting will be Geoff Smith who will be helping us with Patio Gardening. We have heard Geoff before when he gave us a wonderful slide show about the Chelsea Flower Show. I am sure this talk will be every bit as good so if you need a bit of inspiration for your patio this summer why not come along as a visitor and see what we’re all about. We will charge you £2.50 but can promise you a good evening, a cup of coffee and friends to chat with. Meeting date is 21st April, 7.45pm and venue as usual is Trinity Methodist Church, Main St, Markfield.
Do you love animals?
Would you like to gain work experience with a local Charity? VOL_NTEERING is easy – all that’s missing is “U” ! Redgate Farm Animal Sanctuary, near Stanton under Bardon, would love to hear from you if you could volunteer, even for 1 -2 hours a week or just every now and again. Training is provided and you will meet some very nice people! Could you help in any of the following areas:• With animal care - helping to look after a wide range of animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, horses & ponies, goats, pigs and wildlife. • Dog-walking – perhaps you love dogs and cannot have one of your own? • In retail - in the on-site charity shop. You would be sorting donated goods, pricing and displaying stock and serving customers. • In the very popular café – preparing food and drinks and serving customers • Fund-raising – helping with preparing goods and organising stalls for fêtes, craft fairs etc. • Driving – anything from taking an animal to the Vet’s to collecting Bric-a-Brac donations • Painting and DIY • Gardening THERE ARE ALWAYS JOBS TO DO WITH ANIMALS ABOUT – AND WE NEED YOU! If you could help, or if you would like to chat about the options and the benefits that volunteering can bring both to you and the animals, please call us on 01530 243 925.
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• Changing rooms and showers.
6.00pm - 7.00pm
• Extensions to Licensing Hours can be applied for on request.
• Multi Use Games Area with floodlights.
• Kitchen.
• Outdoor basketball court.
• Serving hatches to two halls.
• Outdoor skatepark.
• Two toilets for the disabled.
• Childrens play area on site.
• A ramp for access to the building.
• Access to on-line services from Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
Zumba
(Booking Essential)
Junior Youth Club (8+)
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Hire The Centre for Your Event! The Two Large Halls, Small Hall, Lounge, Changing Rooms and Multi-Use Games Area are available for private hire, functions, children’s parties, at all times other than those shown above. Telephone 01530 242240 for hiring rates or visit www.markfieldcommunitycentre.com
Excellent Facilities
• Two large sports halls. • Indoor line markings for badminton, basketball and five-a-side football. • One additional smaller hall. • Football pitch.
• Free car parking. • Night time outside lighting. • 24 hour C.C.T.V. coverage.
Your Centre’s Getting Better and Better! He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.?
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County Councillor David Sprason’s Monthly Column A decade of austerity is required With the general election looming it is inevitable that the debate around public services will intensify. What is quite clear is the need to reduce public spending over the next decade as the country can no longer afford to spend money it has not got. National politicians have for too long promised services that are just not affordable, it is clear that if you receive £1 in taxation and then spend £1.30 as is the current case is just unsustainable and needs to change. This is why any party taking control will have no choice but to plan for a decade of austerity or living within their means. This will require government departments and local authorities to look at what services are legally required to be delivered or the statutory services and the non statutory services. This will require all national politicians to be honest around what is required over the next decade to reduce the national debt and how
difficult decisions will be taken to ensure they deliver services within the finances available. It is also true that local councils are actually the most efficient part of the public sector having achieved savings of £3.8 billion under the last spending review exceeding its target of £3billion plus a further £1.7 billion in the year previous to the review. The need to make efficiencies will continue under the new 4% efficiency target planned for next year again resulting in local councils delivering more for less, national government could actually learn from this model. The current Barnett funding formula used to distribute tax collected centrally also is outdated and unfair as Barnett recently reported. We are aware that Leicestershire does not do well under this formula as we are at the bottom of the table for all government grants. This can be clearly evidenced by the gap in school funding which has widened over the last 13 years by using this formula, in 1997 the funding gap between the County and City was £300 per pupil in 2010 this is now £600 per pupil. We have asked the question many times as to why
Whodunnit? – Elementary, my dear listener! A podcast produced by Leicestershire Library Service will give listeners the opportunity to hear the history of crime fiction – at the click of the mouse! Leicestershire Library service has responded to the great popularity of crime fiction by producing a history of this popular form of literature in the form of a podcast that is accessible via the library website. The podcast is being added to the library website in four parts, and the first part, including the invention of Sherlock Holmes, will be available from 1 April at http://www.leics.gov.uk/listen.htm. Further parts will be added in May, June and July. Written and recorded by Development Librarian John Martin, the production is being used to showcase the use of the Learning Transformation Fund, a government initiative to support informal adult learning. For more information please contact John Martin on 0116 3053813 or visit www.transformationfund.org.uk
a child in Leicester costs £600 more to educate than a child in Leicestershire, and the deprivation argument used - in my view - does not stack up. It is for these reasons that we all need to understand that public services will need to adjust and change as the national debt reduces, some services will inevitably disappear.
New services for Bagworth & Thornton On a brighter note it is good to see the new developments in the parish of Bagworth & Thornton. The extension to the Thornton Community Centre is now complete and being used and appreciated by many groups. The work has commenced on the multi use games area behind the primary school and the path linking this to the community centre plus the new play equipment which should see even more for the young people to enjoy. In Bagworth we are seeing the initial work starting on the
children’s centre as well as the new play equipment. The plans for the refurbishment of the Bagworth Community Centre are well advanced this will allow even more services to be provided in the centre. The Bagworth Forward Centre Trust established to oversee this project are feeding in many of the local views around the needs of Bagworth into the plans, this will then complement what is delivered at the Thornton community centre. I was recently reading a old newspaper report with a headline ‘Forgotten Village’ referring to Thornton. It is pleasing to see that we can now boast that this is no longer the case and we are finally getting our fair share. Long may it continue.
Free Wellbeing Clinic at Bagworth Community Centre: 20th April A free wellbeing clinic will be available to Bagworth residents on Tuesday 20th April 2010 at Bagworth Community Centre. The clinic takes place between 3.30pm and 6.30 pm and aims to provide village residents with help and advice from Health professionals on a range of issues. These include: • Blood pressure • Body Mass Index, Nutrition and Weight Management • Diabetes • Cholesterol
There will be a cookery demonstration, juice bar and Active Lifestyle advice. There will also be the opportunity to have YOUR SAY on Natural Play Equipment in Bagworth.
I’m not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.
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The Day-Lily Each flower may last for just a day, but as each flower stalk has many blooms, which open successively, each plant does have quite a lengthy period in flower. And what flowers! On some of the modern hybrids these are akin to small, magical, works of art. For instance a pale base colour with a heavily contrasting darker centre, maybe also with a dark thin line edging the whole wavy-edged flower. No wonder enthusiasts might become Day-Lily collectors rather than just gardeners. This has all happened in the last 30 or 40 years. True we have grown DayLilies since the sixteenth century – and some of these early types remain worthy today – but it is the U.S.A. that we must thank for the wide range available today. Believe it or not there are around 40,000 different varieties throughout the world, and maybe about 1500 of these are stocked by UK Suppliers. Unsurprisingly then that Day Lilies are one of our favourite perennial border plants. Although mainly mid-summer (to later) colour performers, their garden value commences much earlier, their grassy bunches of foliage appearing very early, before little else is astir in the herbaceous section (beware slugs). There are dwarf and even miniature varieties, but when planting bear in mind that standard plants reach about 4ft tall with the clump spread of at least 2ft. Division, the main means of propagation, is required, say after 4 years. Some varieties bear small fans of leaves (called proliferations) on the flower-stalks. These, carefully removed, are a further means of propagation. Obviously no Garden Centre or ordinary Nursery can stock a wide choice of varieties, meaning that many gardeners are unaware of the tremendous range available. Colour Catalogues from specialist growers, the internet and The Plant Finder are all helpful. Locally, Barnsdale Nursery at Exton in Rutland carry a good range. As propagation by division is a slow process, some of the more modern hybrids remain expensive. Tissue-
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Gardening Notes with Ted
Brown of Markfield
The Day-Lily – Hemerocallis
Hemerocallis Lilioasphodelus culture has helped in this respect, but apparently only some varieties come perfectly true. I am listing half-a-dozen or so varieties in varying colours, all of which I have grown, are all very good doers and should be reasonably easy to locate. ‘Joan Senior’ (White), ‘Marion Vaughn’ (Lemon), ’Golden Chimes’ (Small Yellow with Mahogany), ‘Cranberry Baby’ (Small perfectly shaped red), and two with pale base colours and deep coloured centres, ‘Moonlight Masquerade’ and Pandora’s Box’. If fragrance is important choose the pale yellows – ‘Towhead’ is another good performer. Amongst the old garden favourites are two species, still very much worth growing and which I hope many gardeners will obtain and also pass among friends and relatives. This to help ensure that they never become scarce or totally swamped by the new boys. Both species were originally introduced in the 1570’s. Hemerocallis Flava is the old
name of one, now more correctly H. Lilioasphodelus. This flowers early, in late spring, beautifully shaped clear yellow Lily flowers with a heady fragrance. It is from this plant that today’s modern yellow varieties have inherited their lovely scent. H. Fulva itself is just as ancient, although the plant I am now writing of came from Japan in 1864. This is a form of Fulva known as ‘Variegated Kwanso’. The flowers are double, reddish brown, but the feature is the variegated foliage, rare in Day-Lilies. Fortunately still offered by a dozen or so Nurseries.
A few years ago a new variegated leaved Hemerocallis ‘Golden Zebra’ was introduced. I haven’t noticed it around in Garden Centres recently, maybe not too strong as in many variegated forms. I recall an occasion 15 or so years ago, when a Nursery visitor enquired the name of a beautiful ‘Agapanthus’ in one of my beds. In fact it was a ‘Sport’ from Hemerocallis ‘Stella De Oro’ with lovely green and white striped leaves. Sadly I lost it over the years – it never grew strongly enough to propagate. Oh well – I nearly became wealthy! The Cultivation of Day-Lilies is quite easy. They need a sunny spot in well-drained soil, ideally with plenty of compost or other fertiliser added. Apart from slugs and snails they suffer little from pests and diseases. Thrips can be a nuisance, particularly with yellow varieties. If varieties with good foliage are selected, Hemerocallis make good container or patio plants. The best book I know featuring Hemerocallis is ‘The Gardeners Guide to Growing Day-Lilies’ by the specialist grower and enthusiast Diana Grenfell. The photographs are superb. Incidentally the word Hemerocallis is derived from two Greek words, one meaning ‘Day’ and the other ‘Beauty’. ‘Kwanso’ is the Japanese word for Day-Lily. The so-called ‘Spider’ varieties – those having the flowers divided into thinnish segments – have their enthusiasts, but I doubt they will become popular with the general gardening public. The very name hardly inspires. A final word to remind of the importance of removing dead flower heads. Even more so for potted plants or for blooms indoors. Yes, Day-Lilies can be used as cut –flowers – if they can be spared from the garden.
Sadly, my Son-in-Law, Stephen White, died in a tragic accident during February. On behalf of my daughter and her children may I offer thanks to the many friends, neighbours and relatives who offered support and continue to do so. Steve loved plants, one of his favourite flowers being the Day-Lily. I am proud to dedicate this article to his memory.
Ted Brown
Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.
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As I write this article there is, I believe, some evidence that the long awaited Spring has arrived. My garden robin is nest building, and snowdrops are carpeting the ground wherever I look – and seem more bountiful this year after the long cold Winter. Reports on television, and indeed the evidence of our own eyes, tell us that the daffodils are later than usual – although one grave in our churchyard, as in previous years, is exhibiting the “host of golden daffodils” well in advance of the norm. These early signs of Nature’s awakening lift our spirits, as does the news that the installation of the kitchen servery area and toilet facilities at St Peter’s is already underway. We shall follow the development of this work with pleasure as it proceeds, although it seems unlikely that it will be completed by Easter as we had hoped. We are fortunate that interruption to our normal Service pattern is minimal – the only real restriction is that the main organ cannot be used. By the time you receive your next issue of the Herald, British Summer Time will be upon us. Easter Services at St Peter’s are as follows:• Good Friday: Stations of the Cross – 10am • Easter Day: Holy Communion 10.30am • On Tuesday April 13th the Annual Church Meeting is scheduled to take place at St Mary’s at 7.30pm when the PCC is elected. One advance notice for your diary: - On Sunday May 30th at 3pm, I shall be marking my last Sunday as organist at St. Peter’s by playing hymns for an hour, and will be looking for sponsorship. More details in the next issue of The Herald..
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Stanton News from Sally Wilkins
May Queen Competition 2010 The May Queen Competition takes place on Saturday 24th April at Stanton Youth club, 7pm till late FREE entry, Family disco & live music, licenced bar, raffle + gift to all entries. Crowning will take place on the night with two attendants. Lads very welcome to enter, we’d be happy to have a Stanton May King.
Stanton Scarecrow Competition Decorate or make a scarecrow in your front garden based on your favourite FILM or character. Put your name and address and what your entry is with 50p entry fee (by village request) on a piece of paper or the entry form coming through your door and put it into the box at Stanton Stores by 5pm on 27th April. Any later may result in you being missed off the judges’ and visitors’ maps. Judges will view on Saturday 1st May after 12noon and winners will be announced at the May Day Fete 2nd May 1pm - 5pm.
Stanton May Day Fete takes place on Sunday 2nd May 2010 Bradgate Drama Society
Love Begins at Fifty Bradgate Drama Society presents ‘Love Begins at Fifty’ by Raymond Hopkins on May 13th, 14th & 15th in the Village Hall, Main Street, Newtown Linford. For 28 years Clive and Anita Debanks have tolerated their loveless marriage. Clive has never been unfaithful, but as his 50th birthday approaches he yearns for a final fling. He chooses three ladies from the ‘Lonely Hearts’ column in the local paper and arranges for them to come round whilst his wife is away. Unbeknown to him, his wife has entered them in a ‘Perfect Marriage’ competition in the same paper. A reporter arrives and takes photographs of the happy pair. And then Clive’s problems really begin…… Tickets £6, available from Gillian Bates on 01530 242375. Doors open 6.45pm, curtain up, 7.30pm.
Come and join in the family fun at the Stanton under Bardon May Day Fete. Starting at the Youth Club at the top of Main Street, The 2010 May Queen and attendants will lead a procession of those wishing to join in the fancy dress parade (Prize for best entry) Assemble 12.30pm for 12.45 start. Fete to be opened at 1pm. Events will be May Dancing, Beer Tent, BBQ, Coconut Shy, Raffle, Tombola, Bouncy Castle and lots more. Free entry. Calling all Musicians: We are looking for anyone wishing to perform any music at the Fete. Whether this is playing recordings or performing live, we’d love to hear from you. Any donations towards the Raffle, Auction, or Tombola would be very gratefully received, just contact Sally Wilkins on Tel: 242847 or at 176 Main Street.
Helpers needed Are you good at organising? Do you enjoy village-based events? We are looking for new recruits to enable us to carry on with these events and would love to hear from you. Contact Sally Wilkins Tel: 242847 or call at 176 Main Street.
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
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New service starting at Markfield Community Centre
Are YOU Experiencing problems with Anti-Social Behaviour or Domestic Violence?
If you are experiencing any problems with Anti Social Behaviour in your area or have concerns for yourself or someone else about Domestic abuse and would like to talk to a member of staff about these issues then a new service is starting especially for you. From Wednesday 7th April and the first Wednesday of every month then on, we are holding a drop in session from 10am-12pm at Markfield Community Centre. If you would like the opportunity to speak with the Domestic Abuse Coordinator, an Anti Social Behaviour Officer or a Police Officer then please drop in. If you have any other concerns before hand please do not hesitate to contact the numbers given below. Lynn (Domestic Violence Worker) on 07966 202181 Community Safety Team (Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council) 01455 255746
Volunteers needed for the Home Library Service Volunteers are needed to help deliver library books to people who have difficulty getting out and about. The Home Library Service is looking for reliable volunteers who have an interest in books and are able to relate to a variety of people. The role will involve choosing and delivering books to customers in their own homes. Leicestershire Libraries depends on volunteers to help provide this important service which can make a very real difference to people’s lives. Jane Butler has been volunteering for the Home Library Service for twenty years now. She said: “I get a real sense of satisfaction from doing something for my local community. I enjoy getting to know the customers and feel that my visits help to improve their quality of life, even if it’s only in a small way. I’ve always loved reading myself, so I enjoy my regular visits to the library where I can chat to the staff about what’s new and what my customers might enjoy.” Volunteers are currently required in the Markfield area. If you are interested in volunteering and could support customers in these areas, please call Aimee Packwood, Hinckley & Bosworth, Volunteering Advisor for Voluntary Action LeicesterShire on 07977015674 or call the VAL Helpline on 0116 257 5050. VAL provides support throughout Leicestershire for anyone who is thinking about volunteering. Volunteering Advisors hold several ‘drop-in’ sessions at locations around the County for you to get more information. Full details of times and locations can be found by visiting www.valonline.org.uk/district-hubopening-times.
The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
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LOROS wing opened by HRH the Duchess of Gloucester Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Gloucester visited LOROS on Wednesday 17th March 2010 to officially open the new Willow Wing extension. The Duchess had a tour around the Hospice, speaking to staff and volunteers from each department and meeting patients, before unveiling a plaque to mark the opening of the wing. Following her previous visit in 2000, the special guest was delighted with how LOROS has “evolved” and “developed” since then and was equally pleased to make an appearance in the 25th Anniversary Year since the Hospice opened. “I have very happy memories of my first visit here. It’s been so lovely to see everything and to meet so many members of staff and volunteers.” Her Royal Highness was joined by LOROS President, Lady Jennifer Gretton and Matron, Chris Faulkner on her tour of the building. She was later introduced to Chief Executive Simon Proffitt and various local VIP’s and dignitaries, including Lord Mayor, Councillor Roger Blackmore.
Canal festival calls for volunteers Organisers of this year’s Moira Canal Festival are looking for volunteers to help out at the weekend long event. The venue for the festival is Moira Furnace, on a recently restored 1.5 mile section of the Ashby Canal. The festival celebrates its 10th anniversary over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd May. Volunteers, whose main duties will be helping out on the gate or assisting in settingup, will be entitled to free admission and a meal voucher. The festival will feature bands, a bar, boats, historic reenactments, live steam, forest crafts, children’s entertainment, ‘Morris on Moira’, a wide range of refreshments, and more, including the first tightrope walk across the Ashby Canal. If you are interested in volunteering please email volunteer coordinator Roger Grimsley (roger.grimsley@ntlworld.com) or call Leicestershire County Council’s Ashby Canal Officer on 01530 273956 or email geoff.pursglove@leics.gov.uk. For more details on the Ashby Canal restoration project, visit: www.leics.gov.uk/ashbycanal
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Whitwick U3A The Whitwick and District U3A now has a full programme for 2010. Meetings are held in St Davids Church Hall, Broomleys Road,Coalville, at 2pm. Below is the programme for the next few months. • 16 Apr - Annual General Meeting + Claire Loryman - memories as a student nurse • 21 May - Di Tingay - Childhood through the Ages • 18 June - Hinckley and Bosworth on waste disposal • 16 July - David Bell - murder cases in Leicestershire and Rutland Visitors are welcome, for a maximum of 2 visits. £1 per meeting. Full membership until 31st March 2011 is £15. Interest and activity groups run throughout the month. Details are available at the monthly meetings or via www. whitwicku3a.org.uk. Further information can also be obtained from Margaret Burdett, membership secretary 01530 833482.
More memories of Old Markfield
After reading an item about Markfield’s windmills in a recent issue of The Herald, local resident Mr. Edward Nixey has sent us an extract from a local history article which appeared in the Coalville Times on Friday 1st June 1956. It tells the story of a character called Mr.Hincks who operated the Mill in the late 1800s. One Sunday, ‘a violent tempest arose and the oldsters used to say that there was none to equal it in severity, before or since.’ The winds were so strong that ‘bundles of thorns were carried wholesale, from Beveridge Lane to Markfield.’ Wind is good for windmills, and Miller Hincks was not slow to take advantage of the circumstances. He kept on duty at his mill for two whole days while the gale lasted. And then, suddenly, the wind’s velocity increased still more and down came the mill itself. The miller’s trouble was accentuated by the fact that two days’ grinding of flour was blown away leaving him responsible to the owners for its value.
Markfield Homemakers Programme of Events
The Markfield Homemakers Ladies Group meets at Markfield Congregational Church on the second Wednesday of each month, start time 8pm.
Here is their list of events planned for the coming year: •
April 14th ~ Margaret Hudson ~ More tales about being a Tiller girl
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May 12th ~ Sandra Baxter ~ Healthy eating for the older person
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June 9th ~ Vist to Stonehurst Farm
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Aug 11th ~Skittles ~ 7.15 for 7.30pm At the Coach & Horses
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Sep 8th ~ Barbara Hewitt ~ Talk ~ History of Calke Abbey
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Oct 13th ~ Ros Barber ~ Talk ~ Clicks and Misses (Gone in a moment).
The first Penny Farthing in Markfield The article has many more references to outstanding characters from days gone by. Old ‘Pudding’ Reid, for instance, was a coal ‘higgler’who, until well into his nineties, went round on his donkey and cart selling his ‘black diamonds at fivepence a hundredweight’. He always wore a battered trilby, secured to his head with string. It was one of his relatives - John Reid - who brought home to Markfield the first Penny Farthing the residents had ever seen. He had ridden it all the way from Manchester! There were several generations of doctors named Wright in the village; one of them travelled to Thornton and other neighbouring villages on horseback. Standing conveniently near to the doctor’s house was a small cottage in which lived an old lady who supplemented her income by hiring out leeches. What goes around, comes around! The article makes fascinating reading - many thanks to Mr. Nixey for letting The Herald borrow it and reproduce extracts..
To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.
Brenda Featherstone Tel: 01530 242173
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Extracts from Markfield Parish Council Minutes The following items were among the matters discussed at the recent meeting of Markfield Parish Council held on Tuesday 2nd March 2010: Police Report: • 3 Thefts from Motor Vehicles, both on Main Street, Number Plates stolen from one vehicle and a Tax Disc from the other vehicle. 4 Burglary (Other than dwelling), 3 were at Horsepool Grange, the 4th one was an attempt on the CO-OP on 18th February; enquiries were still on going. There had been an incident of Criminal Damage to a Motor Vehicle again on Main Street; unfortunately this hadn’t been recorded on the CCTV cameras. PC Harlock agreed to make further enquiries regarding the possibility of adding or changing one of the existing CCTV cameras to a registration number recognition camera. Mr. Walmsley raised concerns about vehicles parking illegally at the bus stop and causing an obstruction on the pavements on
Chitterman Way outside the Londis Store/Markfield Surgery, particularly at the beginning and end of the school day. PC Harlock agreed to arrange for a police presence at these times. Local History Group – Proposal to erect a War Memorial in Markfield: Mr Hockaday stated that he had held many Remembrance Day Services in Markfield, but there was no visible public village memorial where wreaths could be laid to commemorate those servicemen and women who had fallen in action during WW1, WW2 and subsequent conflicts. He stated that in 2018 it would be 100 years since WW1 and the erection of a suitable memorial would be appropriate to honour those who had fallen. After further discussion it was agreed that a working party should be formed to pursue the matter: Mr Lay, Mr Browning, Mrs Gondolo-Gordon and a member of the Local History Group. British Cycling – BMX Race Track – unused land at Jubilee Playing Fields: Mr Sprason confirmed that the proposed Track would not need Planning
Classic Telly� with Tarquin Vandyke If you were young in the early 1960s, you probably remember Tingha and Tucker.
Tingha and Tucker were two koala bear stuffed toys who became unlikely stars when former ATV continuity announcer Jean Morton created a series around them that became a massive success. The programme varied from 10 to 20 minutes long, and preceded the children’s programmes five days a week. The bears were soon joined by Willie Wombat, Kiki Kangeroo and Katie Kookaburra. A regular prop of the show was a magic boomerang which, when rubbed whilst saying the password ‘Woomerang Boomerang’, transported viewers to secret places. When The Tingha and Tucker Club was formed it attracted 750,000 members until finally, ATV, unable to cope with the volume of mail, were forced to close it. In 1970 the show was finally cancelled and soon after Tingha and Tucker were stolen from a store cupboard at ATV, never to be seen again. Compared with today’s children’s television programmes, Tingha and Tucker seems so charmingly innocent. Reminisce about TV by visiting www.televisionheaven.co.uk
Permission. The club was working on a presentation for funding to British Cycling at Loughborough University and Aggregate Industries. Mr Lay and the clerk had met with Mr A Battely to discuss the proposal further and it had been agreed that rather than build a new club house on this piece of land it would be more cost effective and beneficial to all parties to extend and improve the current Pavilion and Car Parks. The Pavilion could serve well as a facility for a club house with a future potential to provide a suitable sports and social club. Mr A Battely had registered the club as Markfield BMX Club with British Cycling. Vehicle Activated Sign (VAS) – Partnership with Thornton and Bagworth: The clerk had written to the Community Speed Watch Co-Coordinator to express an interest in purchasing a sign in partnership with Thornton and Bagworth villages. The Parish Council agreed to Partnership Fund the purchase of a Speed Indicator Device at a cost of £750.00. Leicestershire County Council’s budget cut: Mr Sprason stated that the Council was planning to save up to £66m by cutting non-statutory services. He stated that up to 650 jobs may be cut; the Council presently employed approximately 6000. South Charnwood 883 Bus Service subsidy cut: Mr Sprason stated that as a non-statutory service all subsidies would be ended for bus services which were not statutory, this included the South Charnwood 883 service. He stated that the current operators received £14,443 a year in subsidy and were now negotiating a new contract with the School. Mr. Lay stated that the walking route to the school wasn’t safe as it was in the middle of open countryside, unlit in places and that there was no proper footpath for a large part of the way. Mr. Sprason stated that the County Council had assessed the route as suitable for school children. He also informed the members that approximately 360 children from Markfield attended the school but only 85 regularly used the school bus. The company had said that
Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes.
fares could have to double to make the service viable without council support. Mr Lay stated that if fares doubled only the year 6 pupils who travelled free would use the service. Miners’ Welfare Institute:
The Planning application had been made. The members agreed that once the application had been approved the Agents should be instructed to proceed with the sale. It was further resolved that any future Section 106 monies (Developer Contributions) procured for the development of dwellings on the site should be used to enhance the Millennium Garden. HBBC 2010/2011 Council Tax increase: - Mr Lay stated that the Council had agreed a 2.2% increase on its share of the Council Tax for the next financial year. Land off London Road, Markfield, -Residential Development (outline) with access. – See Matthew lay’s article elsewhere in this issue. Markfield Community Centre: Sale of the Miners’ Welfare Institute: MCA wished the proceeds from the sale to go towards further improvements at the Centre. Mr Lay stated that any proceeds would be divided between CISWO and the Miners’ Welfare Charity; the trustees of the charity would then choose the appropriate charitable organisations to benefit from a donation. The Parish Council was not in a position to dictate how the proceeds were allocated. SEE ALSO: Page 20 SOAP BOX DERBY IDEA suggested at Markfield Parish Council Meeting.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Comes To BBC Two This spring, a brand-new, five-part music documentary series investigating what makes the “perfect” rock’n’roll band comes to BBC Two. An ambitious multi-platform project, it features content on BBC Radio 2 and bbc.co.uk, culminating in a live studio show where industry experts discuss their favourite rock’n’roll musicians and create the ultimate fantasy band. The documentary series, Rock ‘n’ Roll (working title), narrated by Mark Radcliffe, examines each band-member’s role and finds out what makes them tick – as well as embarking on a rip-roaring romp through some of the greatest stories in rock’n’roll folklore. It promises to get under the skin of some of the greatest bands from the last 50 years, going beyond the music to uncover the roots of their enduring appeal. The series breaks the band down into its constituent parts – singer, guitarist and drummer as well as the “other one”, whose face isn’t always recognised but, without them, the magic wouldn’t happen. The fifth programme combines these to look at the relationships and aesthetics of the band as a whole. Taking the audience through some of rock’n’roll’s greatest stories, the series also uses comic book-style graphics to reconstruct some of rock’s key moments. By delving into these individual characters, it attempts to uncover the inside personas, behaviours and moments that have created some of our most successful bands including The Who, The Police, The Doors, Bon Jovi and The Foo Fighters.
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Bradgate Twinning Association Report from Mike Brewer Last year we celebrated our 30th Anniversary in splendid style. We visited our French twins in Plateau Est de Rouen in May where we joined in with their other twinning partners from Burkina Faso, Poland and Germany in a week-end of eating, drinking, making merry and the inevitable speeches, mercifully not translated into three other languages, as has happened in the past. The French came to us at the end of October. On the Saturday we had arranged a magnificent concert given by the Newtown Linford Choral Society and attended by Roger Wilson, Chairman of Leicestershire County Council. At the break there were refreshments and exchange of presents, including an imposing shield from the French, which we are hoping to have hung up in the Jubilee Hall in Anstey. So now we are back to normal, organising the fundraising events, such as quizzes and barn dances, which enable us to give the French a good time when they visit. We have a very efficient and effective Committee and, believe it or not, have proved that fundraising can be fun. Our visit to France this year is already booked. Do you fancy joining us? You don’t have to speak French, just be reasonably good at body language. For further information please contact our Chairperson, Anne Dutton on 0116 2213 786.
COME TO OUR TRAMPS’ SUPPER and BEETLE DRIVE 10th April. 7.30 - 10.30 at St Mary’s Church Rooms. Church Lane, Anstey Adults £7.50 • Accompanied Children £5.00 • Bar • Raffle
Tickets from 0116 2213786
Dress Appropriately!
You can always spot a well-informed man – his views are the same as yours.
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Young people offered Soap Box Derby idea put council jobs forward at recent Parish Council Meeting Cart racing on Ashby Road?
A NEW government scheme aimed at helping jobless youngsters to find work has enabled the Borough Council to employ 10 young people on fixed term contracts. Five of them will be doing admin work for the council while the other five have been recruited as trainee gardeners. They will be initially employed for six months under the Future Jobs Fund scheme but it is possible that their contracts will be extended if further funding is made available. The Future Jobs Fund is run by the Department for Work and Pensions in conjunction with the Department for Communities and Local Government and Jobcentre Plus. It is primarily aimed at 18-24 year olds who have been out of work for nearly a year and seeks to provide them with an offer of a job, work experience or training. All of those employed by the council will receive training, in addition to valuable work experience, with the gardeners being eligible to receive an appropriate horticultural diploma at the end of the six months period. Councillor Don Wright, Executive Member responsible for Corporate Services and Equalities, said: “ I very much welcome the council’s decision to take on 10 young people for training and work experience in administration and gardening. “This government funding is a sensible use of public money and if the investment continues I shall encourage further moves to offer similar opportunities in the future.”
At the March meeting of Markfield Parish Council a proposal was put forward by “The Good Ideas Club” to hold an annual charity fund raising event – “The Soap Box Derby” Mr J Quinney asked for the Parish Council’s support for the event, which will hopefully be held along Ashby Road, Markfield on 28th December 2010. The event would be a family based fun day in which push start “Go Carts” (with no form of propulsion) ridden by children and would be timed over the course down Ashby Road. There would be no head to head racing involved. Hay- bales would be laid either side of the road to act as safety barriers. An application to close Ashby Road had been made to Leicestershire County Council; this would cost £1400. The Police Events Committee had advised him to notify the District Council and a meeting had been arranged for 14th April 2010; the Fire Service, Ambulance Service and relevant authorities had also been contacted. An Emergency Plan was being drawn up in which arrangements for the British Red Cross to be in attendance was progressing; this would cost £250-£300 for the day and the event would be covered for £5million Public Liability Insurance at a cost of £250. He asked if the Parish Council would be willing to contribute an amount up to £2000.00 in order to put on the event. The Parish Council gave the event its full support in principle and would make a contribution pending: proper written consultation with the residents of Ashby Road, appropriate approval of the relevant authorities, sight of the relevant insurance policy and compliance with current Health and Safety legislation.
Calling All Crafters
A Charity Craft Fair will be held at a local venue on one of the Sundays in May, 2010 to benefit Guide Dogs for the Blind. If you are a crafter and would like a table at this event, please contact Ann on 0116 256 3989 for further details.
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Herald Film Reviews from Tom Flowitt
Alice in Wonderland (PG)
Shutter Island (15)
Starring: Mia Wasikoska, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Mark Ruffalo
Set 13 years after Alice first ventured down the rabbit hole, Tim Burton’s version of the classic story, follows Alice as she revisits the world of Wonderland. This time she must defeat the evil Red Queen and bring peace to Wonderland once again. The setting is typically Burtonesque but you are left feeling that the wonder of Wonderland hasn’t quite been captured. Children though are not likely to notice this and will be wowed by the world created. The story itself isn’t as charming or imaginative as the original. Depp is indifferent as the Mad Hatter with a bizarre and confusing performance that is at times annoying. There is a strong support cast though with plenty of British talent lending their voices to the many inhabitants of Wonderland. Verdict: A film that has no middle ground, you will either love it or you will hate it. If you have kids however, you would be as mad as a hatter to miss it. OO
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News from Markfield Community Centre Easter Holidays Football Coaching If you are fed up after a very long, cold winter and don’t know what to do during the Easter Holidays, why not brush off your football boots and join in with our Soccer Coaching Course? The course is run by Schulz Soccer Coaching and is from the 6th April to the 9th April. Please contact the centre for further details.
Easter Holiday Youth Clubs Our regular Youth Clubs will run throughout the Easter Holidays, apart from Good Friday. The Youth Clubs represent great value at £1 per session. Our Wednesday Youth Club is from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and our Friday Youth Club is from 6.00pm to 9.00pm. So don’t be cold and bored, come and join in the fun! We offer sport, games, arts and crafts, table tennis and pool or just somewhere to chill out. A tuck shop is also available at all of our Youth Clubs!
Easter Holiday Madness We are offering a great discount to students and young people over the Easter Holidays! Anybody aged from 4 years to 21 years can enjoy the use of any of our vacant halls or the M.U.G.A. for 50 pence per person, per hour! If we have any of our halls already booked and a member of staff present, you can apply to book any spare space. (All children under the age of 8years must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.) So don’t be bored, we have a large range of equipment available for you to use and why not drag Mum or Dad along to blitz them with your football or badminton skills?
Parents and Toddlers The centre hosts a number of groups for Parents and Toddlers to attend, including Tuesday mornings from 9.30am to 11.30am and Apples and Pears on Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm. From the 4th March the centre is starting a new Parent and Toddler
session on Thursday mornings from 9.00am to 11.30am. Admission is just £1 per adult, children are free! Refreshments are available at an extra cost. This session is strictly for pre-school children only and gives youngsters a chance to let off steam and play! Mums and Dads might even get a chance to have a well earned cuppa! Please contact the centre for further details.
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Village Fete We are exploring the possibility of hosting a Village Fete this year, if you are interested in this event please contact the centre. We would love to hear from you if you have any ideas, would like to help or would like to have a stall or display at a fete!
Activities We have a large range of activities available at the centre, please see our main advertisement. But we are always looking for something new! If you have an idea for a new club, please come and talk to us. We will offer as much support and advice as we can. We also have our Free Bar Function offer until the end of May 2010 if you would like to organise a Charity Fundraiser or just fancy a knees up!
Dates for your Diary at the Centre Saturday, 8th May 2010 – Spring Church Fayre. Saturday, 26th June 2010 – Charity Family Disco
Finally, a Big Well Done Throughout this horrible, long, cold winter the centre has remained open. Well done to all of our customers who have battled through some terrible weather conditions to get to us! I have been amazed and impressed at the fortitude and determination of our customers and nothing stops the kids getting to Youth Club!
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Iris Gleeson and I were sorting through Thornton photographs which we are in the process of saving to disc. Thanks to your insert in the Herald we now have three volunteers to help with the task! We came across the attached photo. Of course, we realised it isn’t of Thornton, and Iris had the feeling that it might be of Markfield because the family it came from once lived there. Then came the March Herald and, by one of those very strange coincidences, the Markfield Local History Group article included a photograph of what, I am sure, is the same builiding! We wish the Markfield Group well with their endeavours. So much of our local history is lost unless recorded, isn’t it?
Muriel Walker, Thornton
A ‘Thank You’ message I’m sure that many of you know about the difficulties we were having with Jelson Ltd. wanting to build houses on London Road, Markfield and in February’s issue I wrote a letter to the people of Markfield explaining about the petition I had put in the Community Centre, against the proposed development. Well I would just like to write a thank you letter to all of you that signed that petition. I was invited by our very kind councillor, Matthew Lay, to sit in on the council meeting on the 16th March and I can happily say that when the council refused the development I was extremely happy! I would like to thank Matthew Lay and Sue Sprason, for being very kind to me and finding a way of getting me to the council meeting. I’d also like to say thank you to the Community Centre for allowing me to have my petition put up there, but my main thank you is to all of you that signed my petition or sent in the letter that the councillors had written. There were over 100 signatures on the petition and over 700 letters! Thank you so much for restoring my faith in humanity, you really proved to me that an opinion is worth fighting for. Sometimes you may get knocked back but if you stick at it great things can be achieved. So, I must say again, thank you so very, very much!
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Volunteering in a palliative care unit in Cameroon What do you think of when you think of Africa? A dry desert perhaps, maybe a starving child as seen on one of the television appeals. Sitting in a centrally heated living room in the UK watching the snow coming down and drinking milky tea, makes anything African seem a million miles away. But my husband and I have just spent the last 6 months in rural Cameroon and are returning in a few days for the next 6 months. I am a palliative care doctor taking time away from my job in Nottingham, my husband is a physiotherapist. We got involved with the palliative care unit in Cameroon through Voluntary Services Overseas. Palliative care in Africa is relatively new, having started in Zimbabwe in 1979. The palliative care unit in Cameroon began in 2005 and aims to provide holistic care to people living with life limiting diseases such as cancer and HIV in North West Cameroon. It is a beautiful country with dry desert in the North but lush fertile areas in the Southern parts. We live in a town in a rural location so fresh food is plentiful. Everyone has their own garden and most are fairly self sufficient. The people are friendly, warm and welcoming. Everyone says good morning on the street. However there is a lot of poverty. Although it is rare to see someone hungry, health care and education are not free, so many families cannot afford to send their children to school or buy medicines. A trip to hospital would require all members of the extended family contributing money. A day for us starts by leaving the house at 6:30 to get to morning prayer time or one of the twice weekly services. We then start work at 7. Most days I head off to a local village with a palliative care nurses to see patients in their homes. As our patients are very sick and often in a lot of pain, it is not possible for them to come to hospital so visiting them at home is the only option. We don’t charge for the costs of our visits but we do ask them to contribute for the medicines, if they cannot afford to pay then we still give the medicines. This means we are always looking out for potential donors to fund the running costs of the nurses’ wages and the car. We often get back after dark, tired out, as the roads are all mud and the bumping around is exhausting. The Cameroonian staff are really inspiring. They work so hard, really giving their all for the patients. To see so much done with so little is humbling. Coming back really made us see the glaring contrasts. All in all volunteering has been, and continues to be, a great experience for us. It is tough, that’s for certain, but the inspiration we have gained from our friends and colleagues and the memories of the difference we have been able to make to our patients will stay with us for a very long time. To donate to the hospice go to www.justgiving.com/hospiceafrica and specify the Cameroon unit.
Dr. Catherine D’souza and Christopher D’souza
New members invited to Bagworth Bowls Club Bagworth Bowls Club season starts on Monday April 19th at 5pm for new members. If you’re interested in this wonderful game come along to our new members ‘roll-up’. Experienced or not you will be made most welcome and all we ask is that you wear flat soled shoes (to protect the green). Tuition will be given where necessary and we can supply everything else. Looking forward to seeing you. For more Information contact John Sinfield at Bagworth Bowls Club, Bagworth Community Centre, Station Road, Bagworth Tel: 01530 231273 Email: sinfield@talktalk.net
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LOCAL PUBS & CLUBS The Bulls Head, Forest Road, Markfield T: 01530 242541 Sat 10 April: JOHN STACEY FUNDRAISER (Sat 27 Mar) For Tinkerbella Wishes Trust ~ Raised £900. A FANTASTIC RESULT! The Red Lion, Main Street, Markfield T: 01530 242936 Home of the Markfield F.C. MARCHING ON! Friendly POKER : Wed ~ Twice a month Cash prize (Check dates – poss 7th April) Screen SPORT/ Darts & Pool
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The Queen’s Head, Ashby Road, Markfield T: 01530 242 496 (Small PUB/BIG Welcome) Sun 4 April: KARAOKE ALL SKY SPORTS & ESPN Old Thatched Inn, Stanton T: 01530 242460 EASTER Mon: TREASURE Hunt (Midday onwards) Sat 17 April: BJ Duo Wed 23 April: QUIZ with £50 prize (St. Georges Day) Wed 28 April: Charity RACE Night (On BIG Screen) Sat 1 May: UNDECIDED (Local Lasses) The Club, Thornton, Main Street T: 01530 230251 Open to Non-Members Sat 3 April: DISCO KARAOKE Fri 9 April: 50’s Rock’N’Roll (with DJ Clive) Sat 10 April: KUDASAI Sat 17 April: M.R’s Mojo H. Band Sat 24 April: SNATCH Sat 1 May: CHEEZE Sat 8 May: DIRTY FRANK EVERY Thurs: The JIVE Den 7.45pm. Modern Jive with Salsa & Latin moves. www.myspace.com/thorntonclub Bagworth WMC, Station Road, Bagworth T: 01530 230 205 New Members Welcome Sat 3 April: DAVE ROSS Sat 10 April: PHASE (Sing–a–long) Fri 16 April: Tick Tock Rock (£3 on the door) Sat 24 April: Mister ‘D’ Sat 1 May: SISTERMATIC Sat 8 May: Pete SCHWARTZ Every Wed: Tea Dance 2-4pm £1 Incl.Tea & Biscuits Last Fridays of Month: ANDY’S CHARITY QUIZ. £1.50 each. Every Sun ~ SEQUENCE DANCING Cost:£1. Start 7.30pm (Bar Open).
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Smartwater The above product has been making the headlines lately because of its success in leading to the detection and conviction of burglars. It is first and foremost a deterrent and is a colourless and harmless combination of chemicals which looks just like water and can indelibly and uniquely identify the valuables in your home. The Police check all property coming into their possession for traces of SmartWater. Every bottle of SmartWater contains a unique forensic code. The solution is simply painted onto a small section of an item of property to give it its own unique ‘DNA’ or ‘barcode’. It has been likened to a forensic fingerprint. The code is then simply registered to the owner of the property to provide total traceability. SmartWater can be painted onto virtually anything, from a television, DVD player, mobile phone, lawn mower, bicycle, computer equipment, jewellery etc. etc. It is not visible under normal lighting conditions, but reflects a green glow under ultra violet light, making it simple for police specialists to identify. In court Smartwater has a 100% success rate in contested criminal cases. Your unique SmartWater code will be maintained on a National Security Register. If you move house your unique code will still apply to your possessions so advise SmartWater of your new address. CRIMINALS KNOW ABOUT SMARTWATER....AND THEY HATE IT. As Markfield residents you are, because of our strong N.W. presence, automatically members of our scheme and, as such, entitled to purchase a Smartwater kit which, in bulk orders of ten, cost £15 plus Vat and postage – i.e a grand total of £18.80p. By buying it this way the advantage is that the normal annual £10 a year company registration fee is waived. Anyone interested please contact our treasurer Peter on 01530 249305 and as soon as the first ten orders are placed we will make the appropriate joint purchase.
Markfield Neighbourhood Watch News From Alex Ritchie
E Mail Fraud The other day I received a rather unusual email purporting to be on behalf of a close friend who had, according to the message, been victim of crime some distance away and needed financial help from me. With my suspicious mind I immediately telephoned my friend and found that he was safe and well at home and did not know what I was talking about although by the end of the day he was to find several others who had had a similar approach, all of us on his email “contact” list. How the would be fraudster had obtained the information is unknown. Apparently, had I pursued the matter, I would have been asked to deposit cash at a Western Union branch, inform them that it would be collected at another of their city banks, obtain a reference number for such collection and pass that number to my original email caller. Fat Chance!! However, I have, by coincidence, recently received a warning circular from a former police colleague regarding email users’ bad habit of forwarding messages with lists attached of all contacts’ sending and/or receiving messages and how vulnerable that makes them. Entitled “E-MAIL tracking – Good information to know about and worth and read & inwardly digest” it is too long to reproduce here but I will willingly forward the full text to anyone interested if they just email me at loadstar@supanet.com.
The Walking Bus Proposal Having openly voiced my concerns about the potential
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loss of school bus for pupils from Markfield and Field Head to the South Charnwood High School and expressed the opinion of just how dangerous the route was generally - and how impractical our local County Councillor’s idea of a “Walking Bus” is - I was delighted, when attending a meeting of concerned local residents the other morning at the local Congregational Church Hall to find my sentiments being heartily repeated by ALL present. The large turn out (particularly considering it was a working day) and strength of feeling quite clearly amazed local M.P. David Tredinnick who faced a united front of concerned Mums, Dads, Grandparents, School Headmaster, Parish and County Councillors. Many relevant and important concerns were raised, not the least being reference to, in effect, the health and safety issues involved in that route. One particular valid point made was a comparison between
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A few weeks ago I was surprised when visiting the Leicestershire Villages web pages to see a new Field Head site had been established and particularly so to note a Field Head Neighbourhood Watch page. The reason for my surprise was that, since succeeding the former Field Head resident Markfield area coordinator and having a number of similarly based street coordinators on my list, I have never considered them as anything other than part of Markfield N.W. – nor, I understand, have they. Before commencing as Area Coordinator I had, in fact, made contact with Groby and Ratby N.W. members to ensure the continuation of a good relationship and am proud that this remains, including that with local Parish Councillors and Police Liaison officers. For example, in the united front Mr Tredinnick faced there were just as many Field Head representatives as there were Markfield. Now, having sorted this situation out with the Villages’ website editor we will, through our IT expert Michael, continue to update both Markfield and Field Head pages with regular weekly Crime Reports. Additionally these same reports will now be on display within our local library. And that, for this month, is that – except to say our number of street coordinators continues to grow so if you want to become one and join us just ring me on 01530 245908.
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LETTER
Arts in Education is the Performing Arts service of Leicestershire Education Authority. It provides education in Drama, Dance and Music, encouraging and building the confidence of children and adults aged 11 to 25 since 1948. Each year they stage over 80 major performances and provide hundreds of other performance opportunities for choirs and ensembles. Leicestershire County Council plans to propose a budget that will cut funds to Drama, Dance and Music activities ran by Leicestershire Arts in Education. The County Council’s funding makes up approximately 15% of the overall service budget. This reduction will mean that these activities will be radically reduced, and, if continued at all, the charges for these activities will be significantly increased. These cuts could mean the end of education in the arts for hundreds of young people. The increase in charges for activities will mean the expense for families, regrettably, will be too great to afford, due to the current living expense of taking care of a family, the increase in price of necessities, job reductions and redundancy rates that are threatening a great deal of parents at this time. The economic recession and forecast reductions in government funding has resulted in many areas having their funds cut, but surely, depriving such a large group of young people an education in the arts cannot be the answer. Many people have participated, or are participating in a Leicestershire Arts in Education activity currently, and will know what a huge loss it will be to our families and children. It is common knowledge that the arts are extremely popular with children and adults in this age group, and it has become a desirable career for many. How is it fair to claim such a valuable experience from young people, some of whom may want to continue dance, music and drama at university? The uproar from current and previous members of Arts in Education has been astonishing. There are countless blogs, pages and petitions from young people protesting against the funding cuts, describing how Arts in Education has changed and affected them and their futures. The sheer scale of the protests is astounding, with just a short internet search you can find pages of petitions, encouraging anyone who feels strongly about this to sign and make a difference. Leicestershire County Council is facing a major decision that threatens the education of the arts to future generations of children, from families that simply cannot afford to pay the ridiculous costs they may be faced with in the year ahead. The council needs to decide what its priorities are, an education in the arts for young people, available at a realistic price that families can afford, or to lose the core of Leicestershire’s association with music forever.
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Spring is here at last This year garden thieves have spread their wings wider and are no longer just interested in garden implements but will take anything of value they can lay their hands on including bikes, mowers and even high value items such as quad bikes. Due to increasing prices any metal-based items left in your gardens are also easy pickings as they can be conveniently sold as scrap for a good price. So, be warned and have a think about those items you conveniently store outside. You can keep your equipment secure by putting a lock on the shed and you can buy simple and inexpensive security lights and shed alarms from most DIY Stores. The certainly cost a fraction of the cost of replacing a lawn mower, strimmer of other garden tools. This time of year also opens you up to the risk of the distraction burglar who will use the excuse of asking to lop your trees or tidy up the garden to steal any easy pickings. Please don’t be fooled by their plausible stories and only employ someone you know or a reputable company. The Police are asking that if you see or hear anything suspicious regarding this type of theft to contact them or ring Crime Stoppers. If in any doubt call the Police or a friend or neighbour. One final thing – the car key burglars are still active. Modern cars cannot be stolen without the keys so, please keep your car keys safe and not lying easily visible and accessible around the house. Finally if you have any information on crime, disorder or drugs you can ring CRIME STOPPERS anonymously on 0800 555 111. This is a confidential line and your information may help to solve a crime or recover stolen property.
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CUBALIBRE DAIQUIRI HARVEYWALLBANGER .............................................. Postcode: ................................................ MARGARITA MOSCOWMULE PINACOLADA The first correct entry drawn out of the hat last month came from: MAUREEN COX RUMPUNCH of Leicester Road, Field Head, Markfield. Congratulations! Your Meal & Wine Voucher to spend at the Field Head Hotel will be sent to you in the next 21 days. SCREWDRIVER The second correct entry drawn out came from Miss LUCY HILL of Ibstock Road, SINGAPORESLING Ellistown. Congratulations! Your Pair of Adult Tickets to see a film at WHITERUSSIAN The Reel Cinema in Loughborough will be sent to you in the next 21 days. ..............................................................................................................
Last month’s winners!
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Cross Hills Baptist Church
Serving Thornton & Bagworth plus the surrounding area
Lent Course We have been following the Hilary Brand Lent course called “The Power of Small Choices” at Cross Hills church over 6 weeks from Saturday 20th February to 27th March, led by our Pastor, Garry Kelly. It has been well attended by some 15 to 20 people, which has made for some lively and interesting discussions. We have been challenged to think about the choices we make and the consequences of those choices and it has left us with plenty to think about.
Easter Services We look forward to welcoming you to any of our Services this Easter and full details of the dates and times are on page......... During our Easter Sunday service we decorate a large rugged cross with lovely fresh Spring flowers which you will then see outside the church for a while afterwards, celebrating the resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Why not come and join us this year?
Other events taking place in Leicester and Leicestershire this Easter are:
Easter Son Rise Service For the early risers! This Service starts at 6.30am on Easter Sunday morning at Beacon Hill. If you would like more details, please contact our Secretary, Robert Holmes.
Christ In The Centre This dramatic and thought provoking Easter Passion Play is in Leicester on Good Friday, starting at 10am in St Peters Square, Highcross. It then processes
down High Street to arrive in Humberstone Gate around 10.30am finishing at 12 noon. More details and pictures from previous years are on the new Christ in the Centre website citc. dioceseofleicester.com
Our hall is for hire Don’t forget – our large fully carpeted hall is available for community use. If you have anything in mind please contact us so that we can arrange for you to see the hall and discuss further whether it is suitable. Kitchen facilities are available with a hatch through to the hall. Retreat groups from other churches often use the main church and/or hall for quiet days, especially as we are surrounded by such beautiful countryside. There are Powerpoint facilities in the main church. Please contact us if we can be of help in this way. We are a very friendly church and we serve tea and coffee after our services giving the opportunity for friendship and fellowship together. We are always here for the community’s spiritual needs and our Pastor’s contact details are below.
Contact Numbers Pastor - Garry Kelly: 01455 457802 Secretary - Robert Holmes: 01530 231901 Treasurer - Glynis Straw: 01530 230272 Parish Nurse - Vera Harding: 01530 230557
Glynis Straw Treasurer - on behalf of the Cross Hills Church family
Calligraphy Exhibition Donington le Heath Manor House, Manor Road, Donington Le Heath, LE67 2FW is hosting an exhibition of the latest beautiful and evocative works from Leicestershire Calligraphers. The exhibition will run from Good Friday April 2nd until Wed 30th June. Tel: 01530 831 259 for more information.
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St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Markfield 10:15-11.30am Sunday Club for Children in the Congregational Hall on the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays, term time Family Service in Church on the 2nd Sunday each month. Sunday 11th April 10.30 am Family Service 6.00 pm Holy Communion Friday 16th April 8.00 pm Iona Style Service Sunday 18th April 10.30 am Churches Together in Markfield Service at the Congregational Church 6.00 pm Evening Prayer Sunday 25th April 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Open Church 6.00 pm Evening Service Sunday 2nd May 10.30 am Holy Communion Sunday 9th May 10.15 am Sunday Club Anniversary Service at the Congregational Church 6.00 pm Rogation Service at Little Markfield Farm
Trinity Methodist Church, Markfield
Church Services Sunday 9th May 10.30 am Morning Service 4.00 pm Afternoon Café Style Service
Markfield Congregational Church Sunday 4th April 10:15am Morning Worship (Easter Service) 11:10 Followed by Communion
St Peter’s Church, Thornton Sunday 11th April 10.30 am Holy Communion Sunday 18th April 9.00 am Holy Communion Sunday 25th April 10.30 am Family Service
Sunday 11th April 10:15am Morning Worship
Sunday 2nd May 10.30 am Morning Service
Sunday 18th April 10:30am United Service at the Congregational Church
Sunday 9th May 10.30 am Holy Communion
Sunday 25th April 10:15am Morning Worship Sunday 2nd May 10:15am Morning Worship 11:10am Followed by Communion Sunday 9th May 10:15am Morning Worship – Sunday Club Day
Holy Rood Church, Bagworth Please note: This service will be at Bagworth Community Centre Sunday 2nd May 9.00 am Holy Communion
St Peter’s Church, Copt Oak Sunday 11th April 9.15 am Holy Communion (said)
St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Stanton -u- Bardon
Sunday 18th April 3.00 pm Praise Service
Sunday 11th April 10.30 am Morning Service
Sunday 25th April 6.00 pm Holy Communion
Sunday 4th April 9.00 am Easter Morning Breakfast & Meditation 10.30 am Easter Day Communion Service. No Evening Service
Sunday 18th April 10.30 am Family Service
Sunday 2nd May 6.00 pm Evening Prayer
Sunday 25th April 10.30 am Holy Communion
Sunday 9th May 9.15 am Holy Communion (said)
Sunday 11th April 10.30 am Morning Service 4.00 pm Afternoon Café Style Service
Sunday 2nd May 10.30 am Morning Service
Thursday 1st April 7.00 pm Maundy Thursday Evening Communion Service
Sunday 18th April 10.30 am United Churches Together Service at Congregational Church 6.00 pm Methodist Circuit Accreditation Service at Glenfield Sunday 25th April 10.30 am Morning Service 6.00 pm Evening Communion Service Sunday 2nd May 10.30 am Morning Service 6.00 pm Evening Service
Sunday 9th May 10.30 am Christian Aid Morning Service at Cross Hill Baptist Church Thursday 13th May 7.30 pm Benefice Ascension Day Communion Service Sunday 16th May 10.30 am Family Service
Sunday 16th May 3.00 pm Praise Service Sunday 23rd May 6.00 pm Holy Communion
Cross Hills Baptist Church, between Bagworth & Thornton Good Friday 2nd April Cross Hills is part of the Barton Fabis Group of churches. Good Friday Communion for the Group this year is at 7.30pm at Barton in the Beans Baptist Church Easter Sunday 4th April 10.30am Morning Service 5.00pm Easter Praise Sunday 11th April 10.30am Morning Service with the Lord’s Supper Sunday 18th April 10.30am Morning Service Sunday 25th April 10.30am Morning Service Sunday 2nd May 10.30am Morning Service 5.00pm United Praise Service Sunday 9th May 10.30am Morning Service with the Lord’s Supper
There is a Sunday Club in our new hall for children & young people during the Morning Service. For further details, our contact list is on page 29.
The next
Churches Together in Markfield will be starting after Easter on
Thursday 22nd April at The Rectory at 7.30pm phone 242844 for more information
Whether or not you have previously done an Alpha Course, you will be welcome to along. Bring your family, friends or neighbours to find our more. This evening is a taster session over an informal meal. Why not try something new? You might even enjoy it!
Sunday 23rd May 10.30 am Holy Communion
Two paddocks for sale on the edge of Thornton Approx 3.47 Acres each paddock Guide Price £50,000 for the first paddock. With the opportunity of a second paddock for £45.000 Please contact Mr Mrs Bell
01530 249938 07903 014724
COUNTDOWN 2012 Transformational Energies Of The Venus/Earth/Sun Alignment Speaker: Mr.Chris Kasparis Sun 9th May 2010 11am – 5.30pm Markfield/Super Venue Cost: £20 Booking Essential (Pay on the Day from 10.30am) www.leicesterlectures.co.uk
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Latest news from Thornton Club Spring is here (we hope). Just after Christmas, it was a hard time for the club as with many other businesses. People are spent up after Christmas and it takes at least until March to recover trade properly. As usual we’ve scraped through. Now we are looking forward to a good spring and summer. The number of members is around the same as last year, and the 2010 list of members will go up this month. We are starting our members’ nights this month every Wednesday and we will have a members’ ‘Membership Number’ draw. You can only win the cash if you are present for the draw, but more importantly every third beer will be free on the night. Anyone who still wants to renew or become a new member is welcome. We still welcome anyone - member or not. Gary, our new steward, has started theme food nights, the lounge has been decorated, a new carpet has been fitted, and table mats placed on the tables. It looks the business, and for the first time we’ve had food at the club other than on darts nights etc. We are not even attempting to compete with the pubs - it’s just a once a month thing. We have had a curry night and an Italian night,( it’s alright and it’s only a Fiver.) We now have more competition within the village with the bottom pub opening up again with a new name - The Steam Trumpet. This can only be good for us villagers and any visitors. This is the only village of its size locally that has three licensed premises. The steam trumpet was invented after the train ran into a horse and cart in Thornton Hollow. This was invented to warn people when the train was approaching. The line was one of the very earliest built by George Stephenson, being built soon after the Stockton to Darlington railway with his famous Rocket. Hollow House as it is now called, was the Stag and Castle pub and then the first Thornton Club until it moved to where we are now in the 1920s. If you follow where the old line used to run they built pubs all along the way. The Stag and Castle at Thornton, The Lancaster at Desford, The Railway at Ratby, and the Railway at Glenfield. If the train still ran with passengers we could visit the other village pubs without worrying about drinking and driving. The old train men didn’t, mind you they didn’t have cars then. Enough prattling on about trains - I sound like a train spotter. More important let’s get back to happening at the club during the spring and summer. At the weekends we will continue with live entertainment and we have some brilliant local bands performing here. Don’t forget the concert room is free to hire for parties, etc. We have a special charity night for M.E. on Saturday 14th May. This is sponsored by Lloyd and Sue from the village shop who’s daughter Amie has really suffered over the years from this condition. Tony Wadsworth from Radio Leicester and his Up Beatles with Micky Vegas as Elvis are appearing free - ‘bless em’ - so all the £5 entrance fee will go to the charity. We now have Modern Jive with Salsa moves dancing on Thursday nights at 7.45pm and it’s £5 per session, which includes lessons for beginners and intermediate and also free dance. This year St George’s Day is on a Friday so we can have a good night without having to worry about going to work in the morning. We are going to have a St George’s Quiz. (not too serious, but entertaining), a St George’s Disco - including all patriotic songs that you will be obliged to sing - so please wear a flag or some patriotic emblem. A £20 prize for the best dressed St George. All other entertainment is listed in this magazine or Tel 01530 230251 or go to the web sites www.myspace.com/thorntonclub or www.facebook.com/theclubthornton The World Cup is on this summer. Can you remember the last one, it doesn’t seem like four years ago when we had the concert room full, and the bar full. It was a brilliant atmosphere, half time refreshments, the cricket team even had their tea in the club at half time, Stan brought a load of cheese and pork pie, God rest his soul. St George’s flags everywhere (Great days) Then England got knocked out! That spoilt it. Ne’er mind we can hope for better this year. You can be assured that it will be as good at the Club - if not better - this time. We are looking forward to the first England match, which is on Saturday 12th June at 7.30pm. We will have refreshments at half time and a disco to follow. We have started on tidying the front of the club putting decking down and creating a small garden. Then we hope to paint the club improve the porch entrance and at last get some new lighting and signs fitted.
Alan Hill
Look What’s On At The Palace, Ibstock 57 High Street, Ibstock, Leics. LE67 6LH • Tel: 01530 267303
~ Forthcoming Events ~ Saturday, 10th April - Centre Stage presents - The Family. The Rogue Theatre Company invites you to an evening of stories, dark secrets, music and intrigue. An eccentric family live in an isolated mansion deep in the forest. As the evening erupts into a revelation of astonishing stories and secrets the party atmosphere is disturbed by a haunting, and a figure in the shadows. For the Family is this their greatest fear? - Has truth finally come to dinner? Inspired by Hammer Horror! With poetry and text by Anna Maria Murphy, live music, pathos, physical performance and a feast of entertainment... Starts 7.30pm. Doors, Box Office and Licensed Bar open at 7.00pm. Suitable for 10+. Tickets: £5.00 Adults, £4.00 children under 16 years. Saturday, 17th April – Back by popular demand, the Midlands Number 1 Tribute to Rod Stewart returns to ‘The Palace’ performed by Gavin Roe, singing the greatest hits from the past 40 years. Starts at 8pm. Doors, Box Office and Licensed Bar open at 7.30pm.Tickets: £5.00 Friday, 23rd April- Charity Organ Concert with Tim Flint. For those who haven’t had the TIM FLINT ‘EXPERIENCE’, it really is amazing. Tim isn’t just an organist, but also an entertainer, a musician, and a showman. As a player, he is excellent, being one of that rare breed that can turn his playing to almost any style: Classical, Orchestral, Jazz, Big Band, Theatre Organ, Electronic Organ, Jazz Organ, Piano, Latin American, and even more modern styles. Tickets: £6.
Friday, 30th April - Film Night – ‘An Education’ (12A) - It is suburban London in 1961 and smart young 16-year-old Jenny (Mulligan) is on the academic fast track heading towards an Oxford education. But when she meets suave and charming thirtysomething David (Sarsgaard) she is swept off her feet and enters a sophisticated world of the concerts and dinner parties. It all seems glamorous and perfect, but there are some tough lessons awaiting Jenny. This thoroughly delightful and beautifully observed, BAFTA award winning film is one of the very best British films of the year, and features a real star-in-themaking performance from young Carey Mulligan. Starts 7.30pm. Doors, Box Office and Licensed Bar open at 7pm.Tickets: £4.00/£3.00 concessions. Friday, 14th May – Ibstock Dolly Mixtures Drama Group present ‘Maytime Merriment’, a musical review with comedy , drama, and songs - Starts7.30pm. Tickets: £6 from Lois Taylor, telephone: 01530 261686. All proceeds to Thornham Grove Care Home and Ibstock Town Junior Cricketers. Tickets also available from Halls Electrical. Saturday, 15th May – ‘The New Age Jam’. UK’s best tribute band to Paul Weller and The Jam. Doors, Box Office and Licensed Bar open at 7.30pm. Band on stage from 9.00pm
Tickets from Halls Electrical, High Street, Ibstock.
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