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Film your flowers!
Take part in Thornton VIRTUAL Open Gardens MOST OF US are spending more time in our gardens this year and many of us are rather pleased with how they are looking! What a shame that those in Thornton will not be able to be opened this year for the Open Gardens that was planned for June! As we will not be able to go and visit our neighbours’ gardens, I thought that it would be a nice idea to put together a kind of virtual Open Gardens in the form of a short film of ‘Gardens in Thornton’ to share with fellow villagers. This would be made up of photos or short videos and would be available on the village facebook page and village websites for us all to share and enjoy (possibly via Youtube). To take part: • Use your phone or camera to take photos, a video or a combination. • Please take them in landscape, rather than portrait if possible. • Videos should aim to be up to one minute in length. Longer videos (absolute max of 3 minutes please) can be sent in but it is possible that I may need to edit them down to one minute, depending on response. • If sending only photos, please send a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 12 • You may appear in your photo/video if you wish but the aim is to show the beauty and diversity of the gardens. • I will not attach any precise addresses or surnames, but would ideally like to use first names of those whose gardens they are, and possibly the road you live in. Please let me know which you would prefer and make clear if you wish to be totally anonymous. • If you wish to take part, please let me know at thornton. opengardens@outlook.com • Photos can be sent to the same e-mail address (max e-mail size 12MB please) • For multiple photos or for videos, please e-mail me first so we can arrange how they can be sent to me; or share with me on Onedrive, Dropbox or some other cloud method! • Please let me have your photos or videos by 20th June …and don’t forget to put a note in your diary to take part in next year’s Thornton Open Gardens event, organised by the Friends of St Peter’s Church, which will be in June 2021.
Lis Muller
MID-JUNE 2020
The Bishop of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of
The Revd. Andrew Smith Curate at The Church of Christ the King, Kettering, in the Diocese of Peterborough, as Rector of the Benefice of Markfield, Thornton, Bagworth and Stanton under Bardon and Copt Oak. The date of Andrew’s licensing will be announced in due course.
Giant snake discovered in Markfield!
THE MARKFIELD Adder - made up of painted stones appeared at the park near Markfield Community Centre. After 4 days we now have 284 Painted stones going round the path. It’s a great community initiative that lots of people have joined in with!
Sallyann Fowles
Reserve Deliverers Required by The Herald The Herald needs a few additional reserve deliverers to step in on the occasions when one of the regular deliverers is unavailable. Are you able to help? No training is required, it’s a healthy way to spend an hour or so once a month, and you get paid! You need to be over 13. Contact Herald Delivery Manager Rowan Pell on 01530 242059 for more information.
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