Stotfold News Magazine September 2022

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From the Editor

From the Editor Welcome to September,

However you chose to spend your summer, we hope that you have enjoyed the glorious weather and the break from routine, for those of us enjoying the school holidays.

As always, this month we have some really interesting articles, including an update from The Larksfield PPG with regards to the changes currently taking place at our local doctors surgery. The PPG aim to ‘bridge the gap’ between the doctors surgery and it’s patients. They plan to supply us more detail on all the changes in the forthcoming issues of the Stotfold News Magazine and through our social media so keep checking in on our facebook page for future developments.

We have a smattering of local news to bring you this month, with a special focus on two of our local sporting groups - both of which have most certainly put Stotfold on the map these last few weeks. Congratulations to Stotfold Bowls Club and to the Stotfold Twirlers on your recent successes.

You’ll notice on page 6 that the date for this year’s Working Steam Weekend and Agricultural Show has been announced - make sure you place Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October firmly in your diary. Tickets are available from the Stotfold Mill website. Lastly, Thanks to reader Paul Edwards for allowing us to use one of his beautiful photos as our front cover for September.

Until next month..

Joanne

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September 2022

CONTENTS Articles:

Your letters Update from Larksfield Surgery PPG Local News Local Sport News Family Announcements Stotfold Art Club News from Stotfold Mill News from Stotfold Football Club Monthly Quiz!

Monthly Recipe

Local school/nursery news:

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Roecroft Lower School St Mary’s Academy Etonbury Academy Poppies Pre-School Pippin Pre-School

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News from Kings Baptist Church News from St Mary’s Church News from Stotfold Methodist Chuch www.justgiving.com/gardenhousehospice Announcements: We are happy to accept family announcements by post telephone, email or through our facebook page. If you would like to make a donation in return for your announcement then please visit the website above. Please mention that the donation has been made on behalf of the Stotfold & Arlesey News Magazine.

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Dear Editor, A big thank you to all who attended the Stotfold Christian Choir concert on 25th June. We are grateful for your support and the good feedback we have received.

Paul Cooper was an excellent compere as ever, which added to the variety of the programme. £200 was collected for the Garden House Hospice.

Hazel Thompson

The Trustees of Roe's Educational Charity welcome applications from people, who live in Stotfold or Fairfield Park, for small grants towards the costs associated with further education studies.

An application form can be obtained from the Clerk to the Trustees: jbillson@virginmedia.com or from 17 Pix Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts.

SG5 4HY. All completed forms must be returned to the Clerk by 30th September 2022.

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Update from Larksfield

Surgery PPG

Larksfield Surgery’s new partnership

Larksfield Surgery would like to introduce you to our new partners. MKGP Plus Ltd are supporting the new partners in running the surgery. Collectively we have taken on the challenge to improve the way we care for our patients. Joining forces means the surgery will adopt new and more efficient processes, as well as getting some new friendly faces, including new management and GPs. We will keep you updated on our Facebook page, our website, through the PPG and for our analogue patients, when they call or visit us at the surgery.

Online Appointment booking enabled

Thanks to our new partnership Larksfield Surgery has re-introduced online appointment booking. Now you will be able to book telephone appointments through system online or the Airmid UK app, these slots will become available 2 weeks prior to the appointment date. If you have not already registered, you can request access to online services on our website www.larksfieldsurgery.co.uk Please note, for our online services you will need to complete the registration form on our website and visit the surgery with two forms of identification, including one photo ID. Face to face appointments

Larksfield surgery has reintroduced some face-to-face appointments as there are conditions which require a face-to-face consultation and medical examination. Our team will advise you which clinician you are booked to see, this may not be a GP but it will always be a clinician who is able to see and treat your condition.

Larksfield is going paperless!!

Don't worry we'll still be taking your paper prescriptions at the surgery, but we do encourage you to order your prescription online where possible.

Please be aware during busy periods, your prescription may take up to 72 hrs to be processed, so we would encourage you to submit your prescription 1 week before it runs out.

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Local News Brown Owl bows out after 20 years of volunteering.

Retirement is a strange place to be, for I have loved every minute of providing a safe space for girls to grow and learn, make lifelong friends and create everlasting memories. When I moved to Stotfold in 2001, being new to the area I didn’t know anyone, and I commuted to my job in South Hertfordshire. I wanted to do something that would give back a little to the community I was now living in, and I wanted to get to know local people. Having been a Brownie, Guide and Venture Scout myself and the fact that my parents met when they were both Scout Leaders, Guiding was already in my blood. In 2002, I approached the District Commissioner and I volunteered to join any group that was in need of Leaders.

I was placed with 4th Stotfold Brownies - There I stayed for the next 20 years.

Over the past 20 years I have seen hundreds of girls from Stotfold and the surrounding area start as a Rainbow, move on to being a Brownie and then becoming a Guide. Some of these girls have then become Young Leaders and even Adult Leaders. It has been a real pleasure to run weekly meetings, organise outings and Brownie camps. Weekly meetings are full of fun with arts and crafts, games and badgework. Many a fun time has been had staying on the rollercoaster and going around 5 times in a row, each time with a different Brownie, so they could each experience the thrill of the ride. The annual trip to the pantomime always brought much joy. Going on Camp is a real highlight for the Brownies and Leaders alike. Girls get to share dormitories with their friends and learn how to prepare and clear up after meals.

Providing opportunities like this is very valuable to the girls, it gives them space to be Dawn Peters with daughter Lauren themselves and to find out what they like to do.

The pandemic hit hard and we had to stop what we love doing. Meetings became different and we met on Zoom.

Keeping the momentum and enthusiasm going and keeping peoples spirits high was difficult. Meetings are now back to as they were pre-pandemic and we have regrown our units to full strength.

For me, this is a good time to step down knowing that I leave Girlguiding, Stotfold, in a strong position with full units and healthy waiting lists. I would like to reach out to you though, the adults, and potential volunteers. Organisations like Girlguiding and Scouts cannot run without the volunteers,.

From the start I have tried to “be the adult you needed as a child”. If I have done this for just one girl during my 20 years of Guiding, then mission accomplished!!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers, many of whom have volunteered for much longer than I have. families. I am grateful that we live in such a wonderful community and that I have made a lot of friends along the way.

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Bishop, MP, to join public in chalk river pilgrimage to protect River Ivel

The public is invited to join a chalk river pilgrimage starting at Ivel Springs Local Nature Reserve in Baldock, along the River Ivel, and ending at All Saints Church in Radwell, on Sunday 11 September. The walk is being organised by All Saints Church, Radwell and the RevIvel Association, which was formed in 2019 to protect the Ivel’s future. The river runs through Baldock, Radwell, Stotfold, Arlesey and Henlow and is one of just 250 chalk streams in the world. “We all have a responsibility to be good stewards to care for and help protect our local environment,” said Revd Bill Britt, the Vicar of Radwell, Stotfold and Fairfield.

If they wish, those taking part in the walk can join in prayers at various points on the route, led by the Bishop of Bedford, the Rt Revd Richard Atkinson. After the walk, everyone is invited to a The extremely dry river bed. short church service at Radwell’s fourteenth century church, to pray for the stewardship of the River Ivel and that a healthy flow be restored so that it can provide a unique habitat in which special plants, Established 2010 invertebrates, fish, birds, and mammals can thrive. North East Herts MP Sir Fully insured & DBS checked Oliver Heald, who helped set up an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chalk Loving care guaranteed!

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Success for Stotfold Bowlers.

The members of Stotfold Bowls Club in Brook Street are delighted to announce the results of the Bedfordshire Ladies County Finals Weekend held at Stewartby Bowls Club.

Debbie Roe won the 2 Wood County Championship against Jackie Bryant of Potton Bowls Club and will represent Bedfordshire in the National Finals at Leamington. Debbie was also narrowly beaten by Jayne Christie in the Debbie Roe, 2 Wood County Champion County Singles Championship Final but will represent Bedfordshire at Leamington in this discipline too.

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Mark will also be representing Bedfordshire at the National Finals at Leamington in September.

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Twirling success for local athletes.

Stotfold Twirlers and their 2 Bellettes members have had a fantastic year competing at both local, National and International level!

They started the year with regional and area competitions with most of their members taking part and winning many top three placings. In March, the group attended England Selections where Mila, Grace, Eleanor and Rheanna gained placings for the England squad for Eurocup Spain in July.

Stotfold twirlers had six Stotfold members and our Bellettes take part in BBTSA Nationals at Crawley in April, Lottie, Grace and Rheanna all came back as National Champions, with again many top seven placings for everyone.

Training didn’t stop for the twirlers as they then took part in the British Open competition in June, with Mila winning British Open champion in pairs and Grace winning 2nd place in Pair, their team also picked up 2nd place. The girls entering Solo and Freestyle also gained many top 7 placings.

The four girls attending Eurocup in Spain had a fantastic time representing England, Grace won a silver Medal in the Junior Level A 2 Baton category, a fantastic achievement for her. Mila and Grace were in the Bellettes team placing 7th, Rheanna placed 6th and Eleanor placed 9th both in the Youth level B 2 Baton.

Pictured left to right, Mila, Rheanna, Grace and Eleanor.

To end the competition season Grace is off to WBTF Worlds in Italy to compete in Pair with her Bellettes teammate Eliza.

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News from Roecroft

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A huge welcome back to our wonderful Roecroft friends and family.

Roecroft was a hive of activity over August and is once again raring to go. I would encourage you all to learn more about the school and look on our website, you will find exciting information about our curriculum, our school ethos, culture and much more.

We are incredibly proud of our school and what we offer the community; it is a truly special school that challenges children to achieve their full academic potential, whilst ensuring their wellbeing and mental health is nurtured. Each child is unique, they deserve to be exposed to a wealth of opportunities and experience a curriculum that is forward thinking and inclusive.

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Mary’s Academy

In the new term starting on Monday 5th September, we look forward to welcoming everyone back, especially our children and families who are starting in Reception later in the month.

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Lesson plans for September are well underway to ensure the children return to exciting and Exterior & Interior creative educational activities. There will be lots of learning with a wide range of new topics. Property Maintenance We will also have all of our usual Autumn term events lined up, including Harvest Festival, * Decorating new parent information evening, in-school children’s photographs, Christmas Concerts and * Furniture Building class assemblies. We will also hit the ground running with our many extra-curricular clubs… * Painting so much to look forward to!

SMSA events will start with a Happy Bags Collection on Wednesday 28th September for all those who have a sort out through the summer holidays! Donations from the wider community all welcome!

At St Mary’s we also have some very exciting news to share.

We have been selected as one of only seven schools across the country to be part of the Government’s Decarbonisation Pilot. We will be working with a team from the DFE to make St Mary’s as low carbon as possible. This will involve a whole new heating system to be installed which will only use renewable energy sources as well as other fabric improvements to our buildings.

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Etonbury Academy

What an incredible time to be part of Etonbury Academy. We have achieved THREE NATIONAL AWARDS!

We are thrilled to announce that we were awarded SPORTS MARK GOLD. Our Interform netball and football Euros competitions are excellent examples of how the students and staff go over and above to ensure inclusivity, fun and strengthen our community together in PE from the pitches to the sidelines. We were also recognised for our Sports Leadership Programme which involves our Secondary students taking leadership roles in sports events, and again we had a number involved in our Lower School Sports Festival, encouraging and supporting young children to get involved and help develop their confidence. Our outstanding extra-curricular opportunities were recognised for having a team of staff providing over 20 sports during lunchtimes and afterschool. We are really lucky to have Primary and Secondary specialists, but also our wider staff team who have opened up more opportunities to learn something new including boxing, handball, golf and horse riding.

Our amazing Student Leaders have also been awarded UK STUDENT VOICE RUNNER UP. We have an incredible 56 students involved in Student Voice at Etonbury leading and supporting decision-making for the school. Aleesha also received a Highly Commended Award for her leadership in developing the ETA community spirit through interform competitions and student research.

Our third award, ECO-SCHOOLS GREEN FLAG WITH DISTINCTION. Following their review we are so proud to have received the most fantastic feedback.

‘This has been an excellent application to review. It's been incredibly heartening and inspiring to see how fully your pupils have engaged with the programme and the work that they've done has simply been astonishing - so creative, wide-spread and embedded in curriculum studies. You are well deserving of the Eco-Schools Green Flag with Distinction Award!

Here we go into the new term…

We have so much to look forward to including the opening of our Sixth Form in September 2023. We welcome Mrs Chloe Dowden as Head of Sixth Form who will be planning this excellent and much needed development for our area.

We have already shown many lower school parents and children around our school, but we are looking forward to showing many more of you at our Open Evening to be held on Thursday 13th October who are considering their next steps to a Secondary School (Years 7,8 and 9) or into Year 5 in September 2023. Please keep an eye on our website for more details.

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Poppies & Poppyfields Nursery Welcome back!

A huge welcome to our returning families and our new starters. Our priority is to ensure every child settles well after the holidays, and also to support our new children in developing positive relationships with staff as a happy child is ready and enthusiastic to learn!

We have a lovely half term planned, with settling-in activities, talking about holidays, beach visits, travelling and transport. We are also looking at seasonal changes as our nature areas start their preparations for the Autumn months.

Children enjoy nature treasure hunts, gathering items of similar colours to create collages, enjoying the changes in colours, textures and the smells as summer comes to an end. We are also starting to think about hibernation, in preparation for our next topic.

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North Herts Road Runners

The Standalone 10k is on 25 Sept and entries are now open. The first Sat of the month 5k at Letchworth Common will be on 3rd September at 9am. All details of these events are on our website nhrr.org.uk We continue our training sessions with qualified coaches on Tues & Thurs evenings at 7pm. These are open to all runners from novice to experienced runners. Contact nhrr.org.uk or Ian on 07506429928

PUBLIC NOTICE North Herts Road Runners are holding the Standalone 10k on 25th Sept which will entail temporary partial road closures on the following roads. Norton Rd from Letchworth to Stotfold at 9am and Hitchin/Fairfield Rd from the by-pass to Bedford Rd Letchworth at approx 9.30am. Access to Letchworth will be via Norton and access to Stotfold will be via Hitchin/ Fairfield Rd. These are to ensure the safety of 1000+ runners.

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News from Pippin

Pre School

We re-open our doors for the new term on Monday 5th September.

We look forward to seeing the children who will be returning to us after the summer break and hearing about their summer antics, together with welcoming lots of new children who will be starting their Pippin journey, we look forward to getting to know them and their families. As the children begin to settle into their new routines their play will be focused on the topic of ‘All About Me’, learning about their body and talking about their homes and families.

Superstar children are encouraged to take part in daily adult-led activities, usually as part of a small group of children.

FREE delivery These activities are carefully planned to provide the children with a fun and stimulating learning experience which will hopefully instil a 'life long' love of learning. Our Superstars also participate in a short 'circle time' which focuses on a letter sound, number, shape and colour of the week.

Our younger children (those who remain under 3 years of age for the whole academic year), are known as our Littlestars. These children use our large playroom on the ground floor together with our inviting outdoor area. These areas provide a wide range of engaging resources and play opportunities to enhance your child's development through their play and they are supported and nurtured by our kind and caring staff.

As the new term begins we are looking for parents/carers to join our Pre-school Committee. If you can spare a little time each month to attend a meeting and help out with fundraising activities we would love to hear from you, please email pippincommittee@gmail.com

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Stotfold Art Club News Welcome to our latest news from Stotfold Art Club: This month we have a masterclass in painting faces and clothing.

Some time ago Geoff Hoile took a photo at a National Trust property of a Civil War re-enactor playing a lute. When he used this as the basis for an oil painting, he captured the man's expression and the soft light on the folds of his clothes and cap.

In contrast. the face of the geisha in Barbara Hook's watercolour painting is is very plain, almost a mask. The emphasis is on the colourful and intricate dress and hair. The background is very subtle to bring this into focus. Both stunning pieces of work and indicative of the diversity of the work that some of our members produce.

If you enjoy painting or simply enjoy art in any form then we are a local friendly club always welcoming of new members.

CREAM TEAS IN CHURCH You can get in touch with us by Saturday 10th SEPTEMBER 2-5pm St. Mary’s Church calling 07734 304590.

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Once again, we are proud to report that the Stotfold Nature Reserve has been awarded a Green Flag. The Green Flag Award is the benchmark international standard for publicly accessible parks and green spaces in the United Kingdom. This award is an enormous tribute to the work of the volunteer members of the local conservation group, TEASEL, who manage the site on behalf of the Stotfold Mill Preservation Trust. The award has been gained every year since 2012 and the mill trustees offer their sincere congratulations and gratitude to the members of TEASEL. If you are not one of the countless members of the public who visit the reserve, which is open every day throughout the year, CLAIRE’S you can find out more about it by visiting the Green Flag website (www.greenflaward.org/park-summary/?park=1319).

CAT SITTING Stotfold based Unfortunately, there seems to be some younger members of the community who not only cat sitting service see no value in the nature reserve. Sadly, we have to report that fences have been Now in our 10th year! damaged and graffiti daubed over the bird recognition charts in the hide. Whilst the culprits are perhaps unlikely to read this report, possibly their parents might and question how they Your cats looked after in your own home while you are away, are spending their time around town. giving you complete peace of mind.I am fully insured & can feed your cats once or twice a day. Other small animals can also be catered for.

We were delighted to receive a communication from an Australian citizen, Allan Waldock who will be visiting this country in September and is hoping to visit Stotfold Mill whilst he is here. Allan’s great, great, great grandfather was David Waldock, who owned the Mill between 1841 and 1863. David was the son of George Waldock who bought the Mill in Please call Claire 1841. Together with his brother, Henry, David became joint owner of the Mill on the death of his father in 1854. We look forward to welcoming Allan to the Mill and perhaps learning 07984 344 997 more of the Waldock family story.

September raises thoughts of the Working Steam Weekend, this year taking on 8th & 9th October. Once again, the field opposite the Mill will be filled with steam-driven machines brought from across the country. Other features include a collection of trade and craft stalls, as well as a real ale bar and food outlets. The Mill will be open both days, subject to water availability in the river. Tickets now available on our website (www.stotfoldmill.com) for £8 and £4.

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Mary’s Church

You may have heard of church “seasons” such as Advent and Lent. This year St Mary’s will be celebrating a less wellknown season – the Season of Creation. It begins on 1 September and ends on 4 October. For five weeks we will be exploring the urgent ecological challenges facing our generation, praying about it and considering what environmental actions we can take. Caring for the environment will be the theme of our Sunday and Wednesday services and four Wednesday evening discussion groups during September based on Ruth Valerio’s book, “Saying Yes to Life”, which challenges us to look at how our choices as consumers impact the environment and the lives of people in developing countries.

St Mary’s will also be supporting our sister church, All Saints, Radwell which is organising a two-mile chalk river pilgrimage from Ivel Springs in Baldock to Radwell on Sunday 11 September. The day before, from 2.00pm-5.00pm on Saturday 10 September, everyone is invited to St Mary’s Church for Cream Teas, Cookies and Savouries.

Your Parish Church is open every day from 9.00am-4.30pm for anyone who wants a time of quiet personal prayer or refection or to light a candle. There is also a Prayer Box in which you can place a prayer. The vicar will later pray your prayer at our daily services.

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First Sunday of the Month: 8.00am. Said Communion 9.00am. Sunday Morning Prayer 10.00am. Parish Communion and Sunday School for children.

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Wednesday Service in Church 9.45am. Parish Communion: 40 minute service.

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Evensong 6:00pm, second Sunday of the month SOCIAL EVENTS: Tuesdays 2.00pm, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, Whist Drive Church Hall Wednesday social events: 10.30am-12 first Wednesday of the month, Community Coffee Morning 2.00pm, second Wednesday of the month, Hymns for Fun 3.00pm, third Wednesday of the month, Women’s Fellow Group in Church Hall Noon, last Wednesday of the month, Friendship Lunch at The Stag

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A quick browse through history, or even a glance through the Bible, will reveal that there have been many different attempts to establish a calendar. Sometimes these attempts were linked with what we might call science, such as astronomy and agriculture. Some were linked with government, bureaucracy, and communication. Others had more to do with with astrology, divination, or determining favourable dates for sowing or harvest, going on journeys, or starting a war.

Apparently the ancient Greeks began their year in the autumn, on what we would call 1 September. Following the French revolution in 1789, attempts to introduce a new decimal calendar failed after only a few years. Here in the UK our own calendar used to mark the start of the year on 25 March, until that was changed for 1752. Thus 1751 was 84 days short, and in 1752 a further eleven days were removed from September, so that Wednesday 2 September was followed

by Thursday 14 September.

I always tend to think of the new year beginning in September. Maybe this is because of schools and colleges, and always “going up a year” in September. Maybe the long summer holiday also helped influence this view. My brain finds it easier to think of three ‘terms’ separated by holidays. Even today I prefer to use an academic diary, from August to July, rather than following the calendar year from January to December. I see September as a month of new beginnings, fresh starts, new opportunities, and even going up a level.

Writer Edward Grinnen would remind us, “Tomorrow is always uncertain. The future is not ours to know.” He is of course correct, but what will help us to face that uncertainty without anxiety? But Corrie ten Boom, the Dutch woman who survived concentration camp during World War II, would tell us “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

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“Sweet Caroline, Good times never seemed so good, I've been inclined, To believe they never would But now I...”

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We’ve been inclined, understandably, to resign ourselves to the “fact” that England would never again win a football championship. Many were too nervous to watch the Wembley final on the last day of July 2022. I struggled, but, it was so worth it. Commentators said that the team succeeded because they kept on working together, kept on believing, to work and work for what they knew was possible. This way of thinking shows the power of having faith in your team mates.

Jesus Christ taught his disciples about having faith “as small as a mustard seed’, and that faith can “move mountains”. In church we have to keep reminding ourselves to have faith in Jesus and in each other. Other volunteer organisations similarly have to hang on to the belief that what they are doing is going to help, and that they will be able to achieve their objectives together. In Church, we believe that God’s times are coming and are already here through acts of kindness, justice, inclusivity and welcome, but when things go wrong, or all our daily news is unresolved crisis after unresolved crisis, we can, like Neil Diamond, be “inclined to believe they never would”. So, when that long awaited victory came on 31-7-22, in a way that many did not foresee, through the magnificent women of English football, it gave us a better outlook for the future for other acts of belief and commitment and teamwork. Whether you are in church or another group that is trying to do something good in these challenging days, keep the faith and let those memories of July 31st 2022 inspire you!

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Stotfold Football Club

As we go to print the 1st team have played two matches a 3-0 loss away to SSMFL league favourites Leighton Town and a 2-2 draw in the FA Cup in front of a great 281 crowd against last year’s FA Vase winners Newport Pagnell with a replay to follow. We knew we were in for a tough start but are optimistic that we will hold our own in the Premier Division.

September fixtures: U18 Thurs 1 7.45 Home St Neots Town (FA Youth Cup P Round) 1st Sat 3 3.00 Home Cockfosters Stotfold Football Club 1st Sat 10 3.00 Home St. Panteleimon (League Challenge 1st Round) 1st Tues 13 7.45 Away Tring Athletic 1st Sat 17 3.00 Away Harpenden Town 1st Sat 24 3.00 Home May & Baker Eastbrook Community or Stotfold V Colney Heath (FA Vase 2nd Round Qualifying) All of our other teams do not start their league programmes until September and Friday 16th September no fixtures are currently available.

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September

Fun Quiz

For our SEPTEMBER FUN QUIZ, compiled and presented by Stotfold’s very own Brain of Britain, David Stedman, let’s gather round the table and play some traditional CARD and BOARD GAMES, with that theme contained as a clue in each question or answer. (ANSWERS on page 32)

1 What four-letter verb means to cut vegetables into small cubes?

2 Nicholson’s, Plymouth, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire and Beefeater are well-known and long established English brands of what alcoholic spirit?

3 Give the stage name of the US pop star (pictured right) who had a massive worldwide hit with the song “Poker Face”, released in 2008?

4 What one same phrase is used to denote a famous bridge in Venice and, informally, to similar bridges at both Oxford and Cambridge universities?

5 The song “I Know Him So Well”, a 1980s hit single for Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, is taken from which stage musical?

6 During World War Two, in which year was Operation Overlord launched?

7 What seven-letter verb means to frantically scratch or dig around with the hands to find something, especially if the object cannot be seen?

8 Nelson Piquet won the Formula One world motor racing championship three times during the 1980s. What nationality is he?

9 Who, last year, followed in the famous footsteps of Magnus Magnusson and John Humphrys as presenter as the toughest quiz on television, “Mastermind”?

10 “Sorry!” is a card game and is also the title of a British television comedy series of the 1980s that starred which much loved comedian and actor (pictured right) as Timothy Lumsden?

11 In the standard British version of the board game “Cluedo”, which murder weapon is missing from this list: dagger; revolver; rope; wrench; lead pipe; . . . ?

12 What is the title of the 1949 British black comedy film in which Alec Guinness plays several members of the D’Ascoyne family?

13 What is the name of the chain of pizza takeaway restaurants founded in 1960 in Michigan and still headquartered in Michigan today?

14 According to the opening lyrics of a well-known Neil Sedaka song: “There was a man, a lonely man, who lost his love through his indifference”. Well, he should have bought his true love the type of diamond jewellery which is also the title of that song! What title?

15 Nicknamed “the Ace in the Pack”, who won the world professional snooker championship in 2019?

16 What was the name of the Royal Navy battleship that entered service in 1906 and which was so revolutionary that it gave its name to similar classes of battleship built by navies around the world?

17 What is the title of the 1990s disaster film which stars Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as a pair of tornado hunters?

18 Reckoned by most sources (disputed) to be the all-time worldwide best-selling single by a female group, with an estimated 18 million sales, which duo (pictured right) recorded “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”?

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Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/Gas 6 and line a baking tray. Season the salmon on both sides and place on the baking tray. Sprinkle with the cumin seeds and lime zest and bake for 10 minutes or until cooked through. Meanwhile, put the peas into a pan of boiling water over a high heat. Bring back to the boil and cook for 2 minutes. Drain well, drop into a food processor and process into a course paste using the pulse button. Take care not to over-do it.

Return the peas to the hot pan and reheat briefly over a low heat, stir in the ground cumin, yogurt, 4 tsp lime joice (save the rest for another dish), coriander and salt and pepper to taste. Spoon the pea crush on to the plates, place the salmon fillets on top and serve hot with lime wedges and your favourite vegetables.

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WE ARE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR NEW PICTURES! If you have been out and about over the past 12 month’s and have a keen eye for a good shot then why not send it in to us to be considered?

Thank you to everyone that has sent us in their pictures already! Its clear we will have a tough job judging these once again! Our usual email address applies: stotfold.news@yahoo.co.uk.

We will be distributing all calendars at many of the festive events due to be held in Stotfold this year, including the Community Christmas Fayre and the Christmas Light switch on event, held in December.

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Mental Health Matters

- Joli Loach

Gratitude..

When I asked a lovely neighbour for suggestions for this article, she instantly offered … ‘how about gratitude practice?’. And so the seed was sown.

Gratitude practice is simply the art of making time to pause, look and acknowledge all that you are grateful for in life. Life will always bring good and bad, sorrow and joy, sunshine and rain.

The ongoing challenge to us all is to cultivate the ability to still see all the beauty, wonder and kindness that exists in each other and the world, despite all the pain and suffering.

When life is going well, it is easier to recognise what we are grateful for. It poses way more of a challenge when we are navigating hard times. And yet, each new day offers its own unique moments of magic for those committed and willing to continue to seek them. If you have never tried gratitude practice, it can be as simple as setting aside five minutes within your day, to reflect upon those moments for which you feel grateful. It’s not all about the big stuff and it certainly doesn’t have to be costly, just those moments where you felt a flicker of aliveness, joy or connection to yourself, another or the world around.

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Memory Lane

Thanks to Ian Sutcliffe for lending us another great Stotfold Football Club photograph for our old picture page this month.

Can you name any of the players on either team?

We’d love to hear from you if you have any old photo’s you could let us borrow for this page in future issues - please get in touch with us in the usual ways if you do!

ANSWERS to CARDS and BOARD GAMES QUIZ page 28 1 DICE; 2 GIN; 3 Lady Gaga; 4 BRIDGE of Sighs; 5 “CHESS”; 6 1944 (D-Day); 7 SCRABBLE; 8 Brazilian; 9 Clive Myrie; 10 Ronnie Corbett; 11 Candlestick; 12 “Kind HEARTS and Coronets”; 13 DOMINOS; 14 SOLITAIRE; 15 Judd TRUMP; 16 H.M.S. Dreadnought; 17 “TWISTER”; 18 BACCARA / BACCARAT); 19 “Only CONNECT”; 20 Chutes

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