YOU DO REMEMBER BROWN’S BLUE! I would like to thank all those who responded to my appeal for information about Browns Blue; I have received many phone calls which have proved very useful and informative. My apologies to those I have not been able to meet yet, but I will be in contact with you as soon as possible. Unfortunately I still have very little information about the bus nicknamed the “Nancy”, hopefully someone will come forward. My phone number is 0116238 7735 (after 8p.m.) or email mickgamble@tiscali.co.uk
Mick Gamble
Local Lad Wins at Crufts Again! Jacob Peatfield-Straw of Markfield has won his second PAFTA in a row with PAT Dog Fidget. PAFTA stands for Points Awarded For Tremendous Achievement. He has won the Jaylinar Trophy for 2010 and was awarded it at Crufts 2011 where he helped promote the charity.The award is given to a Junior Pets As Therapy member who works hard for the charity throughout the year and writes a diary of the places and events they have attended. Over the past year he has visited Headway with his Mum. Headway offer a range of services to adults with brain injuries or illnessess and those close to them. He has also helped with a talk to adults with learning difficulties at a college in Stapleford as well as numerous charity collections at shows in the County and beyond. Jacob Peatfield-Straw and Fidget Well done Jacob and keep up the hard work! For details of the charities go to : www.petsastherapy.org.uk and www.headwayleicester.org.uk
Judi Peatfield (Proud Mum)
Essential repairs to Learn how to produce lovely Congregational Church Thornton W.I. Next Meeting: 14th April
hanging baskets “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything!”
So wrote William Shakespeare, and it’s true that April is a month when Nature around us seems to be recreating herself. For gardeners it is one of their busiest months – not that true gardeners ever really rest! We are greatly looking forward to our meeting on 14th April, when local nurseryman, Alan Ginns, will teach us how to plant our hanging-baskets. We shall watch intently and take advice so that in the blooming summer months we will delight the neighbourhood with our own creations. Meantime, we are wondering how our very own beehive is faring at Brooksby Hall Agricutural College. You will, no doubt, be aware of the NFWI’s 2009 campaign to save the honeybee. After months of pressure by WI members, the beekeeping community and campaigners, the Government has announced the projects that will receive £10 million of funding towards researching pollinator health. Thanks to the grant, research will now be carried out into issues like bee diseases, the effect of mite control chemicals and pesticides on honey bee learning, and the varroa mite. Honey bees also feature in projects to look at crop pollination in the UK, possible links between wildflower and pollinator decline, pollinators in urban areas and bee nutrition. Continued on page 4
Markfield Congregational Church is watertight again after essential repairs were carried out to the roof. Markfield-based builder Tim Lewis (pictured right) carried out the work during March. A Roof Fund has been set up to help pay for the repair. If you’d like to make a donation, send your cheque (made payable to Markfield Congregational Church) to Michael Hockaday at 23 Narrow Lane, Hathern, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5LH or alternatively cash can be given to Dot Pickering at 2 Avery Drive, Markfield.
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