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ROTHLEY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2014 at 5.45pm THE STARS COME OUT FOR ICONIC VILLAGE EVENT Following on from the massive success of the Rothley Christmas Lights event last year, the community has come together again to plan an even stronger event this year. Despite only having 5 weeks to organise the event last year over 1,000 people enjoyed a fantastic evening.

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The Rothley Churches, Shopkeepers, Parish Council and village organisations have again swung into action to organise the event. Everyone is looking forward to an amazing evening when the lights will be switched on by Commonwealth Swimming Gold Medalist Liam Tancock and UK Eurovision Singer Mollie Smitten-Downes. In addition to the Rothley School choir singing entertainment,

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As well as the chance to bring the village together, the Rothley Lights event

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We would encourage everyone to come to the village centre on Thursday 27th November from 5.45pm to enjoy a fantastic evening together”

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Our last Meeting for the year 2014, was a huge success in so far as our Speaker was Mr. Mike Leonard and his subject was “An Irreverent Approach to Political Correctness”. For nearly one hour Mike speedily took us through a vast number of quotations and expressions (quite a few of which we were totally unaware existed)!

Mike had collected Quotations from Newspapers covering the past year. When undertaking speaking to Clubs etc., he kept fastidiously to current News which from our point of view, was truly amazing considering the amount of data he had amassed in such a short time.

On a daily basis we were all guilty of expressions we had grown up with over the years and thought nothing of any possible “incorrectness or offence” that could have been misconstrued.

The absurdity of many Quotations gave rise to immense incredulity from the audience to the point that we felt there was no hope for many of us to change our ways, One might become

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The interaction from the audience and the laughter that ensued, not to mention the many contributions, added up to a very happy Meeting, concluding with our customary cups of tea and biscuits.

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Charnwood District Adventure Weekend Nearly 300 Beavers and over 70 Cubs and Scouts went to Oaks in Charnwood Scout Campsite for a weekend of exciting adventures. The Beavers were there for an action packed fun day, taking part in a fantastic range of activities, from parachute games to the Black Hole. Aleck from Rothley Beavers said “I loved the black hole, it was pitch black and I just went round and round."

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS AT BIRSTALL The Methodist Church Wanlip Lane Birstall welcomes you to our Christmas Festival on Friday & Saturday 28th & 29th November, open at 10am each day until 7pm Friday & 2pm Saturday.

Whilst the Cubs and Scouts went out on a six mile challenge hike around Charnwood Forest.

Going through various checkpoints and facing the various different challenges along the way, such as making a capital T out of blocks, passing through a hoop without touching the sides and map reading. Max from Barrow Scouts said “We had to try and go through the hoop without touching the sides, it was hard to do, but it was fun!”

Once all the activities had finished the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts had a camp fire, and 54 Beavers where invested into the movement. The Scouts also had the opportunity to cook their own dinners on open fires.

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Birstall St. James Church Social Group invite you to a

Quiz Afternoon and Cream Tea on Sunday November 23rd at 2.30 pm

Under a theme of ‘Christmas Traditions’ the church will be filled with about 50 different interpretations of the theme. The church is grateful for the creative skill of many Birstall folk, community organisations, and village businesses.

To see these ‘creations’ of trees, displays, models and arrangements you are invited to make a £1 donation for adults. Accompanied children are not expected to make any donation – and they can meet Father Christmas too!

Outside the church will be a well-filled ‘Christmas Market’ ( Friday for the best choice of bargains) which will include gifts, crafts, Christmas decorations, home-made cakes & goodies, jams, marmalades, chutneys & pickles. There will be a raffle & tombola.

On Saturday there will be a table-top sale in the main hall and whatever remains (if anything) from the Christmas Market.

The church Coffee-Shop will be open throughout with light lunches served between noon & 2pm. Funds are raised for the Methodist Church in Birstall and for ‘Friends of Chernobyl’s Children, West Leicestershire’ Car Parks nearby, Church Postcode is LE4 4JS. Bus 22b from Haymarket stops a few yards from the church.

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Say NO to more Houses in Rothley Over 300 households have joined forces to oppose a housing development for 175 homes on a greenfield site off Westfield Lane, Rothley. The application has now been submitted and can be viewed on Charnwood’s Planning Explorer by searching for P/14/2083/2.

We will be transporting our many letters of objection to Charnwood Borough Council on one of the heritage trains of the Great Central Railway, at 10.15 on Friday 21st November leaving from the Grade II listed Rothley Station, a short distance from the proposed development.

Residents have serious concerns over the pressure the scheme will place on already congested roads, the newly built Rothley Primary School and parking for the village shops. There is no GP surgery in Rothley so residents already have to travel to Mountsorrel or Birstall to see a doctor.

Almost 650 houses have permission to be built in the village already but have yet to be constructed. Can you imagine the effect that the cars and people from these estates alone will have on village life, let alone adding 175 more houses to the equation? I think it’s highly likely we will be seeing more serious accidents like the crash between a bus and a tractor on North Street last January.

The provision of an entrance onto Westfield Lane would involve the felling of beautiful mature trees in the Rothley Ridgeway Conservation Area. Villagers also have serious concerns about the safety of the location of

the entrance as it is in a dip and near a sharp bend. Junctions for Woodgate, Templar Way and Rothley Cricket Ground are all in very close proximity, adding to the hazard.

The site is opposite the oak tree lined parkland of Rothley Cricket Ground and the Grade 1 listed Rothley Temple. Only 2.5% of listed buildings are given Grade I status and Rothley Temple is of international importance due to its connections to the Knights Templar, William Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery. The architecturally significant conservation area of Rothley Ridgeway adjoins 2 sides of the development site. An area so rich in heritage must be preserved for future generations.

So many people living in the surrounding Charnwood villages will be affected by this development, not just those living in Rothley.

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Saturday 22nd November 2014 10.30-16.30 The Old School Rooms, School St., Rothley The works of most great composers contain forgotten corners, unknown or overlooked pieces, or uncharacteristic works, many of which shed new and unexpected light on the composers’ reputation. The morning session will introduce many of these intriguing works.

The afternoon will take the opposite course, and look at brilliant and exciting music written by composers too readily written off as second rate, one work composers, or even totally forgotten composers who deserve a better fate.

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We all have to share roads, doctors, shops and leisure facilities. Once concreted over, our countryside can never be regained. Any adult can write to object- you don’t have to live in Rothley. You can send one letter per adult via email to Mike Smith development.control@charnwood.gov.uk or by posting to Planning Services, Charnwood Borough Council, Southfields, Loughborough, LE11 2TN. Comments from the public are welcome until 27th November so please get writing!

A public meeting will be held at 8pm on Tuesday November 18th at the Rothley Centre.

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TIME CAPSULE SEALED AT ROTHLEY SCHOOL A Time Capsule, capturing life at Rothley Primary School, has been sealed during an Assembly attended by the whole School.

Pupils, teachers and Governors, along with village and church representatives, all placed items in the capsule. Designed to capture the essence of the school, both today and from the School’s past 112 years on its present site, the Capsule included a whole range of different artefacts. These included letters from pupils in Year 5 to pupils of the future, a school report from a past pupil, Ofsted and National Curriculum documentation, School Newsletters and Reports, a school food menu, photographs, items of school uniform, building plans, key historical legal documents, local newspapers and items from each of the churches in the village along with the Parish Council.

‘this Assembly was a piece of history in the making and will provide an abiding memory for the all the children and adults present. I am sure the contents of the Time Capsule will be fascinating to those who open it in years to come and will give a real insight into school life in 2014. Placed, in the school foyer in the new school, it will provide a unique bridge connecting the rich and varied history of the school over the past 112 years to the next exciting chapter in the life of the school in its new building.’

The Sealing of the Time Capsule accompanied an Exhibition detailing the history of the school whilst on the Mountsorrel Lane site. Terry Sheppard, local historian of the Rothley Heritage Trust and Exhibition Coordinator, commented ‘the interest in the exhibition has surpassed all our expectations and the

memories shared and school friendships rekindled has been a privilege to capture.

The contents of the Time Capsule will, hopefully, be a source of enjoyment and historical interest when it is opened many years from now.’

Kate Croden, School Foundation Governor, past teacher at the school and Joint Co ordinator of the School Exhibition, added: ‘The interest and memories of those who attended the Exhibition – many of whom have captured them in the Memories Book has made the whole Exhibition extremely worthwhile and added to the collective knowledge of the school. I hope the Time Capsule will generate a similar level of interest when it is eventually opened by a future generation’.

1902 Rothley School with lead Infants Teacher Miss Lilian Haywood & Assistant Miss Morley

Everyone then witnessed John Barratt, a local Cabinet Maker, seal shut the English Oak Capsule.

The capsule will be placed on view in the wall of the new school building on the site of Brookfield Farm, off Hallfields Lane.

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ROTHLEY PARK GOLF CLUB Help for Heroes Charity Golf Day at Rothley Park A D-Day Landings theme was used for a fund-raising event held on Sunday 12 October at Rothley Park Golf Club. 40 golfers played in teams of 4 in a cross- country competition, and over 30 more members came to give their support and joined in the fun. Dress for the occasion included the Walking Wounded, Evacuees, GI’s, American Navy, WAF, Land girls, Home Guard and many more.

The competition was played over an 8 hole course specially designed for the day. This meant teeing off on one hole and putting out on a different hole, having played over unmapped terrain designated as mine fields. (e.g. 1st tee to 2nd green, 3rd tee to 4th green etc). Tea and home-made cakes were served half way round at the NAAFI, courtesy of Tom and Leanne.

Anyone taking longer than 3 hours to complete the competition was to be arrested as a POW. Everyone enjoyed an excellent lunch afterwards accompanied by music of the era, and followed by the prize presentation. The beautifully decorated prize table had a theme of war time rations, and included rarities such as eggs and preserves all donated by members. First prize went to brothers James and Simon Green and their two sons. The afternoon concluded with Rule Britannia, Churchill’s Victory Speech and Land of Hope and Glory, which didn’t leave a dry eye in the house.

The proceeds from the day including donations, raffle and auction resulted in a magnificent donation of £1027 for Help for Heroes from the day.

A very successful day conceived and organised along the lines of a military operation by Mrs. Pat Martin, a past Lady President of the Club. Her team of helpers included Robert and June Hallam, and Anna Wykes. For more information contact loupreedy@gmail.com

The Quoran Explained !

On Tuesday, November 18th, at the Rothley Centre, a leading local Muslim Cleric, Shaykh Abdul Hamid., has agreed to give a talk on what the Quoran teaches and how it compares with the Christian Bible. The attrocious actions of Islamic groups in the Near East have no support in this learned script and this explanetory talk is aimed at informing and clearing the air on this divisive occurrence. Entrance £5 per person.

7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea and coffee interval included in the price, followed by a Q&A session.

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Do you want to re-model your home, or just require a little maintenance around the house.

Maybe a boiler service before the bad weather sets in, or a spot of decorating to get the place looking ship shape in time for Christmas.

Whatever is it you have in mind, you need Professional Building Services With over 25 years in the building industry and with all trades in house - Trust John Merison’s We’re big enough to cope & small enough to care

01530 810223 contact@jmbmc.co.uk www.jmbmc.co.uk t: 0800 6446 150 • e: yourlocal@openboxpromotions.co.uk • w: www.openboxpromotions.co.uk

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We’ll search the market to find you the best mortgage deal

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initial consultation

15 Woodgate, Rothley 0116 216 8473 Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm (Wed 10.00am opening) Sat 9.00am - 12.00 noon

YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE. Nottingham Mortgage Services is an appointed representative of Intrinsic Mortgage Planning Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales No. 3089887. A wholly owned subsidiary of Nottingham Building Society. Nottingham Building Society, Nottingham House, 3 Fulforth Street, Nottingham, NG1 3DL REF937/0914