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Issue 37 February 2010/March 2010
Local news from Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton & Thornby
w w w . v i l l a g e l i n k . o r g . u k
Inside this issue:
Cold Ashby— Romantic Bingo
3-5
Creaton—Spring Cleaning the village
6-9
Guilsborough— disap-pearing flowers & Gar-deners Question tTme
10-14
Hollowell & Teeton— Signature uncovered
15-16
Thornby—Touch for Health
17
Church– Take something on for Lent
18-19
Back page: Useful open-ing hours & Windfarm
20
Copy deadline for next issue:- 15th March
Lift for the local economy Cold Ashby Golf Club featured on page 34 of The Times
on January 14th with an half page photograph extolling
the entrepreneurial initiative of installing a temporary ski
lift on the fair-
way. More
than 60 skiers
and snow-
boarders were
happy to pay £15 for a three-hour pass.
Manager Greg Croxton said ―it was
great fun whilst the snow lasted, we
built a jump for the Snowboarders and it
was like being in St Moritz!‖
See the back page to find out what’s been happening with the plans to build the Windfarm at Watford and use
Nortoft as the transportation route……
What’s On
FEBRUARY 2010
13th—Valentine Bingo Cold Ashby
13th—14th Valentines: Ward Arms
16th—nab GP Surgery car park
18th—Creaton talk: Rockingham
19th—Lent Lunch: Rev M Petit
26th—28th CAMP ―Geronimo‖
26th—Lent Lunch: Mrs C Baker-Bates
26th—Race Night—Guilsborough
27th—Touch for Health: Thornby
28th—Gardens Open: Hollowell
MARCH 2010
5th—Lent Lunch: Mrs P Underwood
5th—19th CA BC visit to Potters
12th—Lent Lunch: Mrs L Evans
18th—Creaton talk: Georgina Spencer
19th—Lent Lunch: Mrs F Scammell
26th—Lent Lunch: Guils. Village Hall
29th—Creaton Village Tidy
30th—Neighbourhood Watch—GPC
Novel use for Guilsborough’s phone box? BT are planning to remove the phone box from
the High Street in Guilsborough, and the Parish
Council are hoping to adopt it, but they need to
show what it will be used for. One suggestion
from Village Link reader, Teresa Woodman
from Hollowell, is that they follow an idea from
villagers in Somerset, when Westbury-sub-
Mendip (pictured) transformed a phone box
they bought off BT for £1 into a library and
book exchange. What do you think of this idea,
or have you got an alternative suggested use?
Visit the website www.villagelink.org.uk and
give your suggestions, or write to Glanville Hart
at the address on the back page.
Don’t forget Valentines Day
on 14th February……………..
………...or Mothering
Sunday on 14th March
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For further information please return this slip to your school
Or contact Joanne James PSA Tel. 01604 749137 [email protected]
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Example sessions
Using a computer
Understanding your home
computer
Using the web
Using e-mail
Using the internet safely
Then look no further!
Guilsborough School would like to offer parents and members of the community
the opportunity to learn about computers or brush up on basic computer skills.
Research shows that more than half of the British population are still afraid of using computers, the internet, and e-mail!
Would you like to know more about using a computer in a relaxed and
friendly environment with a supportive trainer to help each step of the
way?
Do computers scare you?
GUILSBOROUGH CLUSTER SCHOOLS
GUILS BORO UGH SCHO OL WEST HA DDON ROAD NOR THAMPTONSHIRE
NN6 8QE
IT COMPUTER COURSE
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Poor Eyesight?
Need some help? Northampton Association for the Blind (nab),
your local charity for sight loss will have their mobile information and resource vehicle at:
GP Surgery car park, West Haddon Road
Tuesday,16 March 2010, 11.45am - 12.45pm
Fred Cannon will be delighted to welcome you on board to provide information and support
plus demonstrate specialist aids and gadgets that can help.
For further information and support please call the Community Team on 01604 716044
Northamptonshire’s Volunteer Police
Service
Northants Police currently has over 180 Volun-teer Police Officers (Special Constables), all of
whom contribute to keeping your community safe and “making the difference” within it.
Becoming a Special Constable is ideal for those who want to help their local Police Officers and
PCSO’s and put something back in to their community.
It is also an ideal position for those who wish to become full-time Police Officers to gain excellent experience and life skills to aid them in applying.
For more information on the role, to receive an application form, or to view our upcoming Open
Evenings please visit:-
www.northants.police.uk/careers or call
Lizzi Betts on 03000 111 222 ext 2098, our specials recruitment administrator
We look forward to hearing from you!
“Time For Action on Climate
Change” Information Booklet
A booklet is now available aimed at pro-
viding those who live and work in the
district of Daventry with information
about reducing their impact on climate
change and being prepared for future
weather changes.
The booklet provides useful information
along with contact details on getting
more help in areas such as energy effi-
ciency in the home, renewable energy,
reducing waste, recycling and compost-
ing, being greener at work and at
school along with getting prepared for
expected weather changes. The booklet
is available to view online:
www.daventrydc.qov.uk/climatechanqe
or telephone the Council for a copy on
01327 302253 or email
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COLD ASHBY NEWS
Cold Ashby Bowls Club will be holding a
Bingo Evening with
Valentine Surprises in the Cold Ashby Memorial Hall on
Saturday 13th February 2010 If you enjoy "BINGO" then come along and enjoy
the fun, you will be most welcome. Raffle, Bar, Toilets and Disabled Facilities available, doors
open 7.30pm eyes down at 8pm.
For further details Tel; 01604 – 740528.
Cold Ashby Village Hall Lottery Winners
Nov 28th Mrs Y Malin 8
Dec 5th Mr R Gammage 12
Dec 12th Mr T Smith 4
Dec 19th Mr Owen Davis 35
Dec 26th Mrs Elaine Bartlett 30
Jan 2nd Mrs M Jones 18
Jan 9th Mrs J Thompson 25
.GERONIMO! Cold Ashby Millennium Players
(CAMP)
and producer Sarah Favell,
are in the process of producing another
blockbuster pantomime called "Geronimo‖.
There will be three performances of this
pantomime,
Friday 26th February,
Saturday 27th February,
with the performances starting at 7pm
both evenings, these will be followed by a
matinee performance on
Sunday 28th February at 3pm.
Admission Adults £6.00, Children £3.00,
there will be a Raffle, Bar, Toilets
For details Tel; 01604 — 740528.
Your Cold Ashby Correspondent Don’t forget Terry Smith is your Cold Ashby Village Link
correspondent. So please pass your information to Terry,
The Old Bakehouse, Crabtree Lane, or on 01604 740528.
Apologies from the editors for missing from last issue
that COLD ASHBY FRIENDLY CLUB held a coffee
evening in support of Macmillan Cancer on 28th Sept
2009 and raised £438.10, and gratefully thank all those
who supported or donated to the event.
Hamper—Michael Park
Small Hamper—D Sampson
Nivern Toiletries—Kate
Tin Biscuits—J Dunkley
Dove Toiletries—J Bentley
Box Crackers—Keith &Julie
No. 7 Toiletries—Celia
Harpham
Turkish Delight—Vin Bolt
The Christmas Posting and Coffee Evening held in the Me-
morial Hall on 18th December raised £122. Raffle winners were:
Thanks………………...
The Cold Ashby Village Hall Committee would like to
thank everyone who supported them during 2009. More improvements to the Village Hall will hopefully be carried out during 2010.
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COLD ASHBY NEWS
Cold Ashby Bowls Club visit to
Potters Leisure Resort
Home for the World Indoor Bowls Championships
15th to 19th March 2010
Potters has excellent facilities and caters for all bowling activities, and for those who don’t play but
would like a holiday break
A few places remain, so if you are interested please contact Wendy Smith (01604 740528) or Richard
Manning (01604 821849) for more details.
Bowls Club Spring Tour
The Cold Ashby Bowls Club will be on a Spring
Tour to South Devon by coach on
4th—6th June 2010
We have three games of bowls, playing against
Feniton BC on Friday, Seaton BC on Saturday
and Ottery St Mary BC on the Sunday then
return to Cold Ashby.
We will be staying at the four star ―Southgate
Hotel‖ in Exeter for the Friday and Saturday
nights. This has excellently furnished bedrooms,
restaurant, swimming pool and a fully air condi-
tioned gym.
If interested, bowlers or non-bowlers are
welcome to use this tour for a short holiday
break.
Please contact Wendy Smith (01604 740528) or
Richard Manning (01604 821849)
for more details.
COLD ASHBY PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION
LOTTERY WINNERS 2009:
October:
November:
December:
The draw is held on the first Monday of every month in the Black Horse at 9pm.
1st—£25 C Newton 53
2nd—£15 Dave Manning 172
3rd—£10 Mrs Ward 43
1st—£25 Keith Miller 116
2nd—£15 CAPF 376
3rd—£10 Gemma Gardham 227
1st—£100 Jean Hancock 318
2nd—£100 C Taylor 125
3rd—£100 Cath Dearth 12
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CREATON NEWS
Great Creaton Primary School news
We are hosting the second Comenius project meeting over the days of January 27th 2010 to January 30th
2010. During this period 23 teachers and educationalists will be visiting the school and surrounding area,
they will be staying at the Broomhill Hotel and be participating in working groups, lesson observations and
other activities. The teachers will have time to visit Creaton Village, so please make them feel welcome if
you meet them. There are 5 Polish teachers, 4 from Bulgaria, 3 from Spain, Slovakia, German and Turkey and
2 from Sweden, with 3 from our other English partner school. We hope they will enjoy their stay here and
feel welcome in our school and community.
On Friday 29th January 2010 there will be a presentation ceremony that local dignitaries have been invited
to along with parents and governors.
Richard Camp, Head Teacher
Variable Messaging Signs on the A5199 Welford Road
(Approaching Creaton from Welford)
Creaton Parish Council has just had confirmation from Northants County Council that a Variable Messaging sign has been approved for this road. This is to slow traffic down and make drivers aware (at certain times of day) that they are approaching an area with
a School and at other times of the day to make drivers aware that they need to slow down. In addition, subject to funding, NCC has indi-cated that they are committed to changing the existing Zebra Crossing to a Pedestrian Controlled Crossing. If you have any queries
or questions about either of these two initiatives please do not hesitate to contact Lynne Compton, Clerk, Creaton Parish Council, Tel No
01604-880727, Email: [email protected]
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CREATON NEWS
Creaton Parish Council News…..
….. www.creaton.org.uk
SMALL TURNOUT
FOR CREATON LITTER PICK
on Sat 21st Nov 2009 It was a very cold Saturday morning, but a few stalwarts turned out to tidy up our village. Our thanks go to; Michael Montgomery, Caroline Pugh, Stan Perrins, Bob Osborn, Reg Thomas, Cathy Perrins with Adam, Olly and Ella, and Linda Toombs who made the effort. Again our very special thanks go to Chris Patching and Karen Vessey, who did an excellent job in the “Knicknacks”. As always there were the usual types of litter; beer cans, bot-tles and fag packets, however, there were two unusual finds; one, a stash of credit card which went straight to the Police, and the other was a purple bra - which no one has yet claimed! The Parish Council has arranged another litter pick for 20th March and it is hoped that all those people who like to see Creaton looking at its best will turn out to help.
SALT/GRIT BINS
An Urgent Message
Just a reminder that these are for use only on the public high-ways eg Footpaths and Roads. Please do not use them for private driveways. Thank you.
We have requested a further grit bin for Grooms Lane but unfortunately we will not find out until April 2010 if the re-quest has been granted – as always subject to funding.
NEW CEMETERY NOTICEBOARD
Thanks to Bob Osborn for the newly revitalised noticeboard.
PLANNING NEWS
New Planning Applications – If you have any comments/objections to make on the following planning applications, please contact the relevant case officer.
DA/2009/0860 Retrospective planning application for erec-tion of a pole barn, land at Brixworth Road, Creaton
Parish Council resolved to make the following observations:-
―we would like to point out that there is an inaccuracy on the appli-cation, which states on the last page that the site cannot be seen from the public road; this is untrue as it is plainly visible.
In addition, we have received one anonymous letter complaining that the construction is in open countryside and the person is con-cerned about the addition of a lorry container placed close to the road next to the telegraph pole.”
DA/2009/0971 Extensions to side and rear - Creaton House 24 , The Green, Creaton, Northamptonshire, NN6 8ND Re-spond by 20th January 2010 - Case Officer M Baynham 01327-302591 [email protected]
Creaton Parish Council resolved to make the following obser-vations:-
1. The front walls should be in dressed stone in keeping with the rest of the property and Creaton Design statement.
2. The slate used should be the same used on the rest of the property.
PLANNING APPLICATION DECISION NOTICES
DA/2009/0860 Retrospective planning application for erection of a pole barn, land at Brixworth Road, Creaton
DDC Planning permission granted.
For and on behalf of Creaton Parish Council
12 Olde Forde Close Brixworth NN6 9XF
Tel No: 01604-880727 Email:[email protected]
The following budget was agreed at the December 2009 meeting of Parish Council
Budget 2010/11 EXPENDITURE Salaries: Clerk £3,500.00 Training Audit: Internal Audit Fees £145.00 external Audit Fees £165.00 Utilities Electricity £1,827.00 Premises Village Hall Rental £90.00 Playing Field Insurance £1,800.00 Grants and Contributions Section 137 £20.00 Brixworth Travel Club £32.00 URC £50.00 NCALC Affiliation Fees £150.00 ACRE Affiliation Fees £34.00 Village Link £300.00 Maintenance, Repair and Renewal Village Green Mowing £1,000.00 Cemetery Mowing £609.00 Dog bins £250.00 Noticeboard Maintenance £100.00 Trees £500.00 Lychgate Light £100.00 Admin Stationery/Ink/postage/mileage £600.00 Insurance £800.00 Election Expenses Projects Emergency Plan £50.00 VAT £400.00 £12,522.00 INCOME Bank Interest £2.00 VAT £500.00 Training Bursary £0.00 NCC Grass Cutting Donation £0.00 Village of the Year Prize £0.00 Cemetery Account £350.00 £852.00
OVERVIEW:- Anticipated Expenditure £12,522.00 less earmarked reserves £0.00 Sub-total proposed expenditure £12,522.00 less anticipated income -£852.00 Net Proposed Expenditure £11,670.00 Plus adjustment to General Reserve £1,000.00 PRECEPT REQUEST FOR 2010/2011 £12670.00 Therefore by adjusting reserves and taking into account anticipated income and increased expenditure it has been necessary to : INCREASE PRECEPT REQUEST BY 20% Tax Base for 2009/10 was 222.11 and based on precept of £10,454 gave band "d" of £47.07 indications are that tax base won't change therefore with a Precept of £12670 and tax base of 222.11 band d will rise to £57.04 A rise of just under (per elector per annum) £10
Wishing you all a very happy and healthy New Year!
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CREATON NEWS
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THE FRIENDS OF ST MICHAEL
CREATON HISTORY GROUP
PROGRAMME 2010
FEBRUARY 18TH: MIKE BOYCE -
ROCKINGHAM CASTLE
MARCH 18TH: SUSAN MARSHALL -
GEORGIANA SPENCER
APRIL 15TH: ROB KENDALL - 78 DERNGATE
All talks are given at St Michael’s Church at 7.30pm
Entrance: Members – Free,
Non-members - £2 on the door, Children 50p
ALL WELCOME
Creaton Walking Group The next outing will be on Saturday
13th February (second Saturday of
the month). Meet at 10am at the
Lychgate
“Keeping your village tidy” Saturday 20th March 2010— 10 am
Areas designated from 10:00am onwards at
the Village Hall
All equipment to be returned by 1 pm
Plastic Sacks, Gloves and Litter Grabbers will
be provided
Adult Participants will be entered for a raffle
to win a bottle of wine!
All children participating will receive a sweet
treat!
Hope to see you there!
Please join us at this very important
community event. All welcome.
For further information contact: Cllr Stan Perrins
on 01604-505487
Organised by Creaton Parish Council
Kindly sponsored by Creaton Post Office and Highgate
House
Creaton Playing Field Association
A Happy New Year from everyone on the
Creaton Playing Field Association. Here we are
in 2010, cold and snowed in, but looking
forward to a hot summer and lots of
successful Car Boot Sales. Looking back at
2009 we had a fairly successful year and have
some funds available to spend on new
playground equipment. So if you have any
ideas on what your children might like to see
on the playing field you can come along to our
AGM in April and let us know.
Another date for your diary – Saturday 12th
June 2010 – the “Blues Brothers” have been
booked for an evening of entertainment.
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CREATON NEWS
Creaton United Reformed Church Sunday Worship Junior Church meets in the school room starting at the same time as the service.
All are very welcome.
Please note that until further notice Morning Worship on the 4th Sunday in month will be at the earlier time
of 9am.
Date / Time Service Led by
Sunday February 7th 11am Morning Service , Mr G Beck
Sunday February 14th 11am Morning Service, Revd. Rosemary Pullen
Sunday February 21st 11am Morning service. Mr J Horrocks
Sunday February 28th 9am Morning Worship & Holy Communion, Revd. Terry Oakley,
Moderator of the East Midlands Synod (NB earlier time)
Sunday March 7th 11am Morning Service, Mr J heard
Sunday March 14th 11am Mothering Sunday, Joint Service with, and at St Michael and All Angels
Sunday March 23rd 11am Morning Service, Revd. R Parker
Sunday March 28th 9am Palm Sunday, Revd. Rosemary Pullen
BST begins this morning—did you put your clocks forward one hour?
We warmly welcome our new Minister the Revd. Rosemary Pullen to the Joint Pastorate of Creaton, Crick, Kilsby and
Long Buckby United Reformed Churches. We pray that God will richly bless her Ministry in our group of Churches.
For more information on the activities at Creaton United Reformed Church, please visit the Creaton website www.creaton.org.uk Click on
Churches and then click on United Reformed Church
Creaton Village Calendar of Events
Events can be found listed in detail at the website
www.creaton.org.uk
BRIDGE: 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th , 22nd & 24th of February, and 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th,15th, 17th, 22nd & 24th March Contact: Maggie Jones
on 01604 505506
KEEP FIT: 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th February, 10th, 17th, & 24th March: Contact: Carolyn Wilson on
01604 505650
BOWLS: 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th February, 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th March: Contact: Michael Roger-
son on 01605 505583
TALKS: Contact Linda Toombs, 01604 505598
Thurs 18th Feb 7.30pm—A talk by Mike Boyce on
Rockingham Castle.
Thurs 18th March at 7.30pm—A talk by Susan
Marshall on Georgina Spencer.
PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS: Tuesday 2nd Feb at 8pm Tuesday 2nd March at 8pm Don’t forget the Village Spring Clean on Sunday
20th March at 10am, meet at the Village Hall
BRIXWORTH OSTEOPATHIC CLINIC
2 CHURCH STREET
01604 889241
Osteopaths can be thought of as human mechanics.
With 4 years full-time training, we are specialists in
understanding how the various parts of the body
work together. Many people think we only treat back
pain and sciatica, but in fact we treat the entire body
– muscular strains, trapped nerves, shoulder, elbow,
hip, knee and foot pain, headaches, neck injuries
etc.
Brixworth Osteopathic Clinic opened in 2000 and
supports three Osteopaths, offering over 20 years
experience. Cranial Osteopathy is available at the
clinic and is a particularly effective form of treatment
for babies who have difficulty feeding, sleeping or
who may be suffering with colic.
Initial consultations cost £42 and follow up appoint-ments cost £38. Patients typically achieve 90%
relief of symptoms within 3-5 sessions. We re-ceive many patients through GP referral and as members of the General Osteopathic Council, we
are accepted by all major insurance companies. For further professional advice, or to make an appoint-ment, please contact us at the above number. Our
telephone is answered between 8.30am and 6pm
every weekday.
“Over 70% of people come to us fol-
lowing recommendations from
friends, families or doctors”
www.brixworthosteopaths.co.uk
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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS
Thank you to all those who generously sup-
ported the ARC Coffee Morning with Christ-
mas in Mind in November 2009. The takings
for the morning amounted to about £1,100.
A really splendid outcome and our grateful
thanks go to Louise Metcalfe who kindly
provided her home for the event.
Artificial Flowers Going Missing
We’ve got a bit of a mystery in
Guilsborough’s Church Yard. It appears that one grave keeps having the artificial flowers removed and although under current guidelines from
Peterborough they aren’t really permitted, it seems strange that they keep disappearing from just the one grave.
Has anyone any ideas where they are going? It has been suggested that maybe an animal has a nicely decorated den somewhere but the
family concerned would dearly like to know so if you’ve any information as to what is happening to them please contact one of the editorial team.
Details are on the back page.
News from Guilsborough CEVA
Primary School
We staged two Christmas productions in December,
Shepherds Delight performed by Key Stage One and
Rock Around Christmas by Key Stage Two. We are
very grateful to Guilsborough Parish Council for the
grant they gave us to pay for the licence and perform-
ing rights. Pictures appeared in the Daventry Express,
Chronicle & Echo and the Harborough Mail.
We did not go to the pantomime this year but in-
stead decided to have a visiting theatre group per-
form Hansel and Gretel to the whole school. The
children enjoyed cheering and heckling, and especially
singing the pop songs.
On the 18 th of December, we held a Christingle Ser-
vice in the school half in aid of the Church of England
Children's Society. We had planned to hold it at St
Etheldreda's but the snow forced us to remain at
school. However, many of our parents made great
efforts to get to school to join us and the children
loved lighting their Christingles and eating the sweets!
The vicar also had the children spellbound with his
plasma lamp during his address.
Our Dress Down Days continue to raise funds for
National charities. Last term we collected a total of
£725.17.
The Ward
Arms
Guilsborough
SATURDAY 13th & SUNDAY
14th FEBRUARY 2010
VALENTINES WEEKEND
Why not treat your loved one to a romantic
meal
SATURDAY 13TH
A romantic four course meal
£21.50
SUNDAY 14th
A romantic three course lunch
£16.25
Bookings highly recommended
Tel: 01604 740265
GMADS Guilsborough Music & Drama Society
Wishes to thank all of its audience for its continued
support, particularly recently with the success of
‘Wind in the Willows’.
Comedy Night The first meeting for the upcoming comedy night is
on the 26th January 8pm in the village hall, and then
every following Tuesday. Anyone interested in being
involved in any way please come along or get in touch
with Gip as below.
Pianist/Accompanist required
If you are interested in playing piano for the up-
coming comedy night please contact Gip to have a
chat on 07973561766
See the Church News page for details of
the Lent lunches………………...
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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS
Your support is needed………….
Guilsborough Sixth Formers’ Coffee
Morning
A good cup of coffee with biscuits, accompa-
nied by one of the school’s solo musicians was
enjoyed by some of Guilsborough’s residents
recently.
The event was to support a project by Sixth
Formers of the school to monitor younger
pupils and help them with difficulties. Funds are
needed to supply such things as games and
refreshments to create a relaxed atmosphere
between Monitor and Subject. To this end a
raffle was run and the writer of this won two
very acceptable prizes and enjoyed the
morning.
It is to be hoped the young people will do it
again and will get more support; so please
come along next time.
Watch this space………………!
Guilsborough Bowls Club
Horse Race Film Night On Friday 26th February 2010
in Guilsborough Village Hall commencing at 7 pm
(doors open at 6:30 pm)
Own a horse for the night for only £2-50 Winning owners receive £10
A licensed bar will be provided
Entrance is £10 which will include refreshment
Tickets and horses can be purchased from:-
Glanvillle Hart 740292, Clive Herbert 740055, Tony Filby 740520, Mark Revitt-Smith 740240,
Tony Darker 740394, Dave Templeman 883527, Richard Hipwell 01327 0311478
Neighbourhood Watch
Police records show that the scheme in
Guilsborough has now lapsed. At the next
Parish Meeting of Guilsborough Parish Council,
which is on Tuesday 30th March 2010 at
8.15pm, we will be discussing the possibility of
restarting the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme
in Guilsborough.
At this stage we need to know who might be
interested in helping with the setting up and
running of this organisation before taking this
any further so if that’s you, please come along
to the meeting or contact any of the parish
councillors for further information.
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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS
Local Firefighters Quest to
climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Guilsborough Firefighters Mark Hazle and Staci Leach are taking the
challenge in February 2011 to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
They are raising money for a charity that is close to their hearts, The
Fire Fighters Charity. This charity aims to provide both excellent facilities and an unparalled service for Fire-
fighters who have been injured in service.
Every year, thousands of Firefighters are injured whilst protecting the public. Every 30 seconds in the UK
Firefighters are called to an incident, putting their lives on the line and often sustaining physical injuries
whilst carrying out their duties. The Firefighters Charity is here for Firefighters during their times of need, and
assists over 17,500 individuals every year in one of their 3 UK centres located in Cumbria, Devon and West
Sussex.
It costs over £9 million every year to keep the charity running, and with no government funding, the charity
is completely reliant upon donations and fundraising, so your support is very much needed.
In order to achieve their goal they need to raise as much money as possible and have set their target at
£6500. You can help them by donating through their JustGiving page (see address below); the collection
tins which are sited in the local pubs, shops and businesses or by offering prizes for their
‘Auction of Promises’ which will be held on Saturday 8th May at Guilsborough Village Hall.
If you can offer any form of help to the pair, whether it be giving of prizes for the Auction and Raffle or spon-
sorship of equipment for the challenge they will be more than happy to hear from you. They can be con-
tacted on the numbers below:
Mark Hazle - 01604 743348 Staci Leach - 01604 740319 Or email: [email protected]
Or donate online: www.justgiving.com/StaciMarkKilimanjaro2011
Hand Bell Ringing at Guilsborough The guides rang carols on the hand bells for the Fam-
ily Service on 13th December and for the Carol Ser-
vice on 20th December. They had begun practicing at
the beginning of October tutored by Merrick Bowles
and Julie Woolley. Their hard work resulted in excel-
lent performances enjoyed by all who attended the
services. Well done Guides.
The picture shows from left to right: Alice Osborne,
Emily Garrett, Merrick Bowles, Freddie Cranfield,
Talia Warren. Loren Osborne, Natalie Williams and
Isobel King. Participants not in the picture were
Pauline Jacobs, Guide Leader and Alice Berry.
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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS
Gardeners’ Question Time Evening
Thursday 1st April 2010
7.00 pm -10.30 pm
Guilsborough Village Hall
This is your chance to ask the panel that question you’ve always wanted answered.
The Green Welly Show, BBC Radio Northampton’s highly popular gardening pro-
gramme, chaired by Johnnie Amos, is to be recorded in Guilsborough and broadcast
the following Sunday from 12:00-14:00hrs.
The Panel consists of:
Nick Warliker: Head gardener to the late Princess Alice of Gloucester & horticultural columnist in the
Evening Telegraph for 25 years, judges shows and gardening events including Shrewsbury and Sandringham.
Phylip Statner: Head Gardener of Cottesbrooke Hall near Creaton . Studied Horticulture at Askham
Bryan College, worked for prestigious private residences and large Estates from Aberdeenshire to London,
including the American Ambassador’s residence on Regents Park. He has travelled widely, exploring the
plants and gardens through Asia and worked for several months at the Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens in
Cape Town South Africa. He has also worked at Daylesford Gardens where he was in charge of the organic
glass houses, and assisted in the floral displays with Lady Bamford.
Kathy Brown: Journalist and garden designer from Stevington Bedfordshire, where the 4.5 acre Manor
House gardens include a famous topiary garden of a 12 man jury.
Susie Pasley-Tyler: Gardener and designer of Coton Manor gardens, which came third last year in the
UK’s top favourite gardens.
The recording starts at 19:30hrs with a break after 45 minutes, when refreshments are served, followed by
70 minutes of further questions. Those with questions need to contact the organisers in advance. Any ques-
tion can be asked, the choice is yours, but some tips. Some questions frequently crop up and so it is best to
avoid our ―hardy annuals‖ or slug and snail control and pests on indoor plants. However that leaves a lot of
scope, and questions that introduce humour are especially welcome. You are encouraged to bring along a
sample,-the more unusual or exotic the better. The knowledgeable team has wide experience of all types of
gardens; large and small, country and town, landscaping, planning and design, water gardens, vegetables and
fruit, show blooms & greenhouses-a really good chance to solve your problems. The teams will not have
prior knowledge of the questions, the first they know of the question is when you come to the front to ask
it.
Tickets from organisers: Gay Webster 740203 or Graham Byars 740545. Cost £4.00.
Licensed bar and refreshments available.
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GUILSBOROUGH MIDSUMMER FESTIVALGUILSBOROUGH MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 11TH, 12TH AND 13TH JUNE 2010
EVENT TASTER
Wine and Cheese Cocktail Party with Jazz Quartet ……5km Fun Run..
Evening festivities at the Ward Arms with England’s First World Cup Match Street Stalls ...Children’s Fairground Rides ….Bouncy Castle …Fun Dog Show .. Tug of War ……
Beer Tent ….Pimms Tent ,,,,High School Bands …. Disclaimers … Live Punch and Judy Shows … traditional cream teas, barbeque ending
with a Songs of Praise service in the Church …. and much much more
We need lots of help with for all sorts of fun jobs If you would like to be involved please call
Chris Benbow – 01604 743506
Angela Hubbard – 01604 740379 Stella Petitt – 01604 743508
GUILSBOROUGH NEWS
Carol Singing A group of us sang carols around the village on the evening of Tuesday Dec 15th. Many
thanks to everyone who came along to sing, fed and watered us as we sang and most im-
portantly donated money. We collected £150 for the Night Shelter in Northampton. The
shelter provides accommodation for single homeless people and is the only direct access
hostel in the county.
GRANDPA’S DREAM
A new children’s book has been written by Christine Surl from
Guilsborough and beautifully illustrated by Betty Stains of Long Buckby. Feedback from the
many sales since its availability in late November suggests that children, parents and grandpar-
ents are enjoying the true story. It shows the relationship be-tween a boy and his Grandpa
and their dreams.
―Grandpa’s Dream‖ is available
at Seatons & Tracys in Guils-borough and at Waterstones in Market Harborough and
Northampton.
GUILSBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL
Tuesdays 12.30pm—1.30pm
LONG BUCKBY COMMUNITY CENTRE
Mondays 7.00pm—8.00pm
COME AND JOIN US
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HOLLOWELL & TEETON NEWS
St James Church Hollowell
Diary Note
4th April
Evensong at Easter Each year on Easter Sunday at 6.00 pm
there is a service of Evensong
at Hollowell Church.
This has been a tradition for many years
and visitors are always especially welcome.
Lent Lunch
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26th at 12 NOON
at the home of
Chrystal and Merrick Baker-Bates
The East House, Highfield Park,
Lunch is soup, rolls, cheese and fruit.
.
Donations will go towards the St John Ambulance
canal boat for the disabled in Northampton
Contact Chrystal 505 517
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28TH
at
―Rosemount‖
Church Hill
Hollowell
11.00 am to 3.00 pm
Snowdrops Hellebores Spring Bulbs
Many for sale
Admission £3.00 Children Free
Teas available in the Village Hall
WELCOME TO HOLLOWELL Sarah Cripps has moved into Spring Cottage
with daughters Sophie 17 and Rebecca 15
The interior of
Hollowell
Church has now
been entirely re-
decorated thanks
to a generous do-
nation from the
Steam Rally.
This was the altar in December!!
During the work a
signature was dis-
covered high up
near the roof. He
was Josiah Bailey
and he plastered
the church in 1840
the year it was built
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HOLLOWELL & TEETON NEWS
Lakin Accounting Services Limited
Your local Chartered Accountant
If you need help with:
Accounts
Tax returns
VAT
Payroll
Business planning
Contact David Lakin for FREE Initial consultation
tel/fax 01604 505563 or e-mail
Manor lodge, Teeton, Northants NN6 8LH
HOLLOWELL AND
TEETON VILLAGE HALL
TOTE WINNERS
NOVEMBER 2009
CHRYSTAL BAKER-BATES, MAEVE C/O P HALL,
SYLVIA MUDIMAN, SARAH C/O E DAVIES.
DECEMBER 2009
KATHY HUDSON, RACHEL WOOLLOCOTT,
ROSEMARY JONES, MRS ROWELL, BRUCE
HUNTER.
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THORNBY NEWS
TOUCH FOR HEALTH
Learn how to become your own "Self health
provider" using the tools of Kinesiology
by
Liz Williams-Touch for Health practitioner, Yoga
teacher, member of the British Wheel of Yoga
The goals of Touch for Health are
to increase your vitality and awareness of be-
ing
to achieve your optimum performance
to enhance your healing and recovery
to discover and develop your natural healing
ability
to find a new level of health control to aug-
ment your existing practice of self-care
Get a brief introduction to the Touch for Health sys-
tem using acupressure touch and massage. You will
discover where and how a lack of "balance" can
affect you and you will learn various techniques that
can be used to develop your natural healing ability.
There will be the opportunity to practice the tech-
niques and identify some of the factors that diminish
vitality, performance and health.
Ladies & gents, wear comfortable clothing - full
handout notes to take away
Saturday 27th February 2010
10.00am - 4.30pm
at Thornby Village Hall
£15 including refreshments and lunch
Tickets available from
Ann Bennett 740715 & Barbara 740505
All proceeds in aid of St Helens Church
BAKEHOUSE CURTAINS
All types of curtains, blinds and
cushions made
at very competitive prices
**********
We stock a range of handmade wooden
and metal curtain poles
*********
All types of lining, tapes and cushion
pads, etc available
*********
Why not phone us for a quick quote?
Jo Davies 01604 740479
Vicki Robins 01604 880233
The Old Bakehouse
Thornby
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CHURCH NEWS
Letter from the Vicarage Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which, this year, will be on Wednesday February 18th. There will be a traditional service of "Ashing" and Holy Communion at Spratton Church at 7.30pm. The ash reminds us of Job in the Old Testament whose faith was tested many times and who, the Bible tells us, lamented "in sackcloth and Ashes".
The Church has traditionally made a song and dance about "giving things up" for Lent but the emphasis in today's Church is to take something on for Lent. This year we shall be, as we began doing last year, inviting people to "take on" some Bible Study. Now please don't stop reading thinking it will be boring, boring. Come along to one and give it a try. We shall be meeting in the Guilsborough Surgery from 7.30pm on Tuesday evenings and the first will be February, Tuesday the 23rd. We prom-ise to be finished by 9pm. We shall be considering the miracles of Jesus as told in the Gospel accord-ing to St. John. Trust me - it will be an eye opener and it will be very entertaining.
At the other end of the penitential season we are hoping to put on a devotional service on the evening of Good Friday at 6pm in Guilsborough Church. Seasonal Readings and Passiontide Hymns with, I hope, a couple of items from The Choir too (subject to confirmation). Of course, everyone is welcome to any and all of the above services and events.
Finally please look carefully at the service rota for Easter Day Service Times. Some are slightly differ-ent but it is the best we can do with so few clergy and eight services!
Michael Petitt
In February, the church organ will dis-appear for a few weeks to be com-pletely renovated. This is good news and, as reported in an earlier edition of Village Link, is due to the many peo-ple who have contributed so gener-ously in many ways over the past two or so years in raising funds towards this renovation. So if you walk into the church during the next few weeks and see a large gap in the wall where you would expect to see an organ, do not be alarmed! The Organ Builders assure me that it will be back in time for Easter.
Peter Collins Ltd: the Organ Builders engaged to undertake the work, will
Lent Lunch for 2010
19th Feb Rev. Michael Petitt,
The Vicarage, Church Mount.
26th Feb Mrs Crystal Baker Bates,
East House, Highfield Park, Creaton
5th March Mrs Pat Underwood,
Lodge Farm, West Haddon Road.
12th March Mrs Frances Scammell,
Walters Yard.
19th March Mrs Libby Evans,
The Old House, High Street.
26th March Village Hall.
Offers of soup would be appreciated
Lent lunches run from 12.30 - 2pm.
Your host will choose a charity for donations.
Everyone is welcome.
For further information: Janet Minney 740640
Sue Needham 740916
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Information for advertisers
Local news from Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton & Thornby w w w . v i l l a g e l i n k . o r g . u k
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Archive Attic—page 6
Bakehouse Curtains—Page 17
Brixworth Osteopathic Clinic—page 9
Burford Electrical—page 5
Chestnut Developments—page 16
Clayton & Co. Financial Adviser—page 5
Cold Ashby Golf Club—page 4
Creaton Post Office—page 6
Lakeview Garage—page 16
Lakin Accounting—page 16
Mark Burdett, Plumber, —page 17
Merrick, Driving Instructor —page 4
The Ward Arms, Guilsborough—page 10
WeightWatchers—page 14
Wills direct—page 8
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WINDFARM UPDATE from Mark Brennan
Firstly I would like to thank everybody who has helped to date with their time,
door knocking on 12th December, their expertise in Planning, Legal and En-
gineering issues. As a result of our "Door knocking" we were able to deliver
135 letters of Objection to Daventry District Council. We have also followed
this up with an Engineers' report that states as part of its comments that
“It is therefore very likely that damage would occur if heavy, abnormal
loads are allowed to use Nortoft" .
The Report has been sent to both Daventry District Council and the High-
ways department of Northampton County Council, we await their response.
Chris Millar our District Councillor has also become actively involved on our
behalf in support of our objections to the traffic travelling along Nortoft and
the West Haddon road. We have also recently been informed that the pro-
posed planning application has now been postponed by the developers from
January to March or April 2010. If anybody has any further ideas please
don't hesitate to contact me at: [email protected].
WHY NOT CUT OUT AND KEEP THE OPENING TIMES AND CONTACT DETAILS OF OUR LOCAL SHOPS ?
Creaton Post Office & Stores Seatons Village Shop, Guilsborough
Tel: 01604 505801 Tel: 01604 743600
Web: www.creatonpo.co.uk Email: [email protected]
Stores Post Office Stores Coffee Shop Post Office
Monday 7.30am-6.30pm 9am-1pm, 2pm-5.30pm 7am-8pm open 'til 5pm 9am-5pm
Tuesday 7.30am-6.30pm 9am-1pm, 2pm-5.30pm 7am-8pm open 'til 5pm 9am-5pm
Wednesday 7.30am-6.30pm 9am-1pm, 2pm-5.30pm 7am-8pm open 'til 5pm 9am-1pm
Thursday 7.30am-6.30pm 9am-1pm, 2pm-5.30pm 7am-8pm open 'til 5pm 9am-5pm
Friday 7.30am-6.30pm 9am-1pm, 2pm-5.30pm 7am-8pm open 'til 5pm 9am-5pm
Saturday 8am-1pm 9am-12.30pm 7am-8pm open 'til 2.30pm 9am-12.30pm
Sunday 8.30am-11.30am Closed 8am-4pm Coffee/cake 'til noon Closed
