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MARCH 2011

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From the Vicarage March

Although I’m new to Finedon, it’s not new to me. I made my first television

appearance here in, I think, 1974. The leather room at the shoe factory

on Wellingborough Rd - was it then called A. Nutt and Co? - caught fire

and my Dad and I came to watch the blaze. Look East came too and in a BBC vault somewhere in Norwich there’s footage of me aged twelve

waving idiotically at the camera in a blue anorak while everyone else

struggled to save Finedon from the flames.

I hope my second appearance here, as your new Parish Priest, is less

inflammatory; and while I’ll certainly try to be less idiotic, your patience

would be greatly appreciated as I settle in. I’m from this part of the

world, born in Northampton, grew up near Kettering, went to school in

Wellingborough, so I’m au fait with local customs and speak the lingo, me dook. And I have family connections here going back a hundred years or so, when my grandfather, heading back to Burton on his new Norton

motorbike, accelerated rather than braked at the bottom of Station

Road. If he hadn’t landed softly the Coles connection would have ended

there and then.

I’m very glad to pick up where he left off, and for the chance to renew my

acquaintanceship with Finedon and to get to know all of you, not least

because of the immensely impressive way you’ve kept the show on the

road during the interregnum, maintaining the presence of the church, the

hope of the gospel, and the life of Jesus Christ, at the heart of this

community. I very much look forward to sharing in that great work with

you.

Yours in Christ,

Fr Richard.

Floodlight Sponsorship

30th January Cheryl, Elaine & Janet - in memory of Joan & Arthur Groom David, Betty & Robert Cheney - in memory of their Dad & Mum Roy & Freda Hilson - to celebrate Len & Masie Sanderson’s 70th Wedding Anniversary

6th February Josie, Eileen & Sue - In memory of Louisa Love Bryan Chapman - in memory of Edith May, Horace & Sam Gambrell. Marlene Becks & Family - in memory of Bob Becks Irene Brown - to celebrate Madge Warner’s 90th birthday.

20th February Sylvia Garner - to celebrate the birth of her twin granddaughters, Bella and Lottie, on 13th February.

27th February Rita & Terry Stairs - to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Christine & Bryan Chapman - to celebrate the forthcoming Marriage of Emily Chapman & Angus Wilson on 5th March. Spen Hawkes - in memory of Robert Edward Hawkes. David Bailey & Janet Millington - in memory of Margery Bailey.

Confirmation On Sunday 13th March there will be a rehearsal for the Confirmation at 4.00 pm at Higham Ferrers Parish Church The Confirmation takes place on Monday 14th March at 7.30pm at Higham Ferrers. Please pray for Cory, Lara, Brandon and Bethany.

St Mary’s Church Lenten Course

Lent is a time when Christians prepare for the greatest of all Christian Festivals, Easter. Lent is a period of preparation, of prayer, of penitence, almsgiving and self denial. As part of the preparation for Easter Father Peter, during Lent, will be leading a 5 week Lenten course in the Junior school on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 7.30pm.

March 16th Meditating the Scriptures

March 23rd Christ the centre of the Scriptures

March 30th Authority of the Scriptures

April 6th The People of the Book

April 13th Entering God’s Story. Anyone in Finedon who would like a lift please speak to or ring Jane on 680522.

Women’s World Day of Prayer

A reminder that the Women's World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday 4th March at 2.00 pm in the Wesleyan Chapel followed by refreshments. This is not solely for women. Each year a different country compiles the service for Women's World Day of prayer which is held all around the world on the same day.

Both the Chapel and Church actually take part in the service reading etc. Next year it is our turn to host the service, in Church

Ash Wednesday

On Wednesday 9th March we will be holding the service of the Imposition of the Ashes in the church at 7.30 pm Please can you return your Palm crosses to church during the next four weeks in order to make the ashes. A basket for the crosses will left on the pew as you come into Church.

Interment of Ashes in the Churchyard

The PCC has applied for a faculty for a new site to inter ashes. One of the reasons is that at the Flower Festival the area below the ashes is used for a tea tent and the line of ashes is about to encroach on that area. The Flower festival is an important event. It not only celebrates the birthday of our Church but helps to raise funds to keep it in good structural order. We do not want people sitting drinking tea on people's ashes in the future. The new site is proposed and approved by the Diocesan Advisory Committee and will be inside the lych gate at the top of Molly's Wall and at the bottom of the old school by the side gate. If anyone has any objections will they please sign the yellow form displayed on the notice boards either inside or outside the Church and

their reasons for objecting. This form will be displayed from the 13th February inside and outside the church until 13th March in accordance with the law. This does not apply to anyone who in the future will join their loved ones already interred in the present position. If you need further clarification please speak to a Churchwarden or a member of the PCC.

Churchwardens and PCC Churchwardens and PCC Churchwardens and PCC Churchwardens and PCC

Lalruotlien

Lalruothlien is young boy in India whose education we at St. Mary’s Church sponsor. Each year we send a small gift for his birthday and Christmas present with appropriate letter and cards. In an effort to understand and care for the environment the sponsored children have planted a sapling in their sponsors name. It is their hope that the sapling will grow and benefit more children in the future. Lalruothlien has made a leaf rubbing from a leaf from our tree that he has planted in India and says ‘Together lets make a greener tomorrow”. He asks if our children can plant a sapling for him in England and can we send a picture.

East Northants Faith group

Right on our door step valuable work is being done in the community by the East Northants Faith group. This is a variety of Churches and faiths working together in partnership with the Local Government in the community. Little is known about the marvellous work they are developing throughout the area. In 2008 Street Pastors were set up in Rushden to fight crime and since they began their patrols crime in Rushden has decreased by 65%. The Street Pastor idea has since spread across the country with much success. Part of the Faith Groups work involves a night shelter in Rushden which provides 4 beds for homeless people and a ‘moving on’ supported housing scheme. Advice is given to homeless people in the area as to where they can receive help, information and guidance. Following the night shelter project the Cornfield Cafe has sprung up as a community drop in centre which provides support services. The group has extended its facilities to a food distribution scheme to assist the poor and needy, recycling service, unwanted furnishings for those who cannot afford to buy and many other worthwhile projects. This is faith working in our community To learn more about the Faith group go to:- www.enfg.org.uk www.homelessbob.org.uk

Wesleyan Chapel Lenten Course

There will be a Lenten Study group at the Chapel on Tuesdays from midday to

1.00 pm followed by Lunch - Soup roll and Pudding - £2.00 - £2.50.

Study book £3.00 .

Church Monthly Draw

The winning numbers for the February monthly draw are: 1st Prize No. 113 £69.50 2nd Prize No. 210 £41.70 3rd Prize No. 141 £27.80 Total receipts of £278.00 are divided equally between the winners and the

Restoration Fund. If you would like to join the monthly draw (£1.00 per share

per month) which takes place on the first Sunday of the month, please contact

Kathy Hobbs on 01933 398794

St Mary’s Church

Afternoon Tea on

Sunday 6th March

Between 4.30 and 5.30 pm

Followed by Evensong at 6.00 pm

St Mary's Thursday Club

Pancake Races

on Tuesday 8th March,

at 3.15 pm

in the

Junior school playground

races for all

Refreshment, cakes & raffle

All proceeds to The Children Society

Flower Festival

There will be an Open Meeting for the Flower Festival for anyone who is interested in being involved on Monday 18th April at 8.00 pm in the Church. This year’s Festival will be held over the weekend of 16th, 17th and 18th September.

Finedon Local History Society

The next meeting of the History Society will be held on Monday 28th March in the Mission Room, Well Street at 7.30pm. The speaker will be Kevin McElhone who will give a talk entitled ‘More Mechanical Music’.

Admission is £2.00 for members and £3.00 for non-members including light refreshments. A raffle will also be held.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Finedon

Meat Bingo

on Friday

11th March

at the

Mulso School,

Wellingborough Road

at 7.30 pm

Admission Free

Refreshments available, Raffle

Everyone Welcome

Transport available.

For details please telephone

Andrew Weatherill 682212

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Easter HuntEaster HuntEaster HuntEaster Hunt

onononon Sunday 24th AprilSunday 24th AprilSunday 24th AprilSunday 24th April

In the church yard after 9.30 EucharistIn the church yard after 9.30 EucharistIn the church yard after 9.30 EucharistIn the church yard after 9.30 Eucharist

If wet, in the cIf wet, in the cIf wet, in the cIf wet, in the churchhurchhurchhurch

Finedon Volta Football Club

To all loyal supporters and those who are intending to join us, please note that the starting time for the Coffee Morning future will be 10am Thank you all for your support. Also a reminder that we collect, stamps, tinfoil, cards and Aluminium tins. Please bring them along to coffee morning or leave

outside 33 Cromer road.

Townswomen’s Guild

Our AGM will be held on Thursday 3rd March at 7.30pm in the Town Hall. Any lady thinking of joining the Guild would be most welcome to join us as this would be the perfect opportunity to find out about the many and varied activities that are on offer, in addition to our monthly meetings. Our speaker Sue Edwards will talk about The Story Behind the Painting. During the coffee break there will be time for a chat as well as a

raffle and a Bring and Buy sale. The competition is for a sheet of wrapping paper.

Finedon WI

The meeting begins at 7.30 p.m on Monday 14th in the Mission Room. As always, there will be refreshments, a raffle and a bring-and-buy stall. This month the speaker will be John Dunkley whose subject is ‘hearing dogs for the deaf’. Members free, guests £2.50. Guests and prospective new members are always welcome, so if you want to find out more about your local WI, please come along on the 14th and ask any Committee Member.

Town Sale

Finedon Scout Group will be holding their annual Town Sale on Saturday 14th May.

Tingdene Entertainers

Tingdene Entertainers will be performing the musical ‘Anything

Goes’’ from 15th- 18th June.

1st Finedon Scout Group

Finedon Scouts are having a Recycle Day

If you have any clothing, coats, shoes, handbags, soft cuddly toys,

household linen, bedding (including duvets and pillows) that you would

like to donate to the Scout Group, we will be collecting it at:

The Green, Well Street

(by the Mission Room)

on

Saturday 12th March

from 10:30am to 2:30pm.

All funds raised will go to the Scout Group, unlike some other Charity

bag collectors we cut out the middle man and keep all the profits to

help our local children.

If you are unable to bring your bags on the day please ring 078100 47974 for a collection.

In My DayIn My DayIn My DayIn My Day the ramblings of Hubert James

In my day it was about this time of year when we used to have the annual shoe fayre. See it was that long ago, there was still a 'y' in fayre. Course in them days we still made shoes in the county. Well when I said we made them, I was more into wearing them. You see in my day everyone used to wear shoes. Proper shoes with leather and everything. There

was none of this synthetic stuff. Trainers was something that Racehorses had, not something you put on your feet to make them all sweaty. The fayre was held to celebrate everything about the humble shoe. And we put it on because as you all know the shoe was invented in Northampton and Finedon invented the shoe lace. And when someone eventually thought of making them in pairs, we was quids in. My favourite shoes were designed by a Scoutmaster, Nobby Clarke from Artlenock. To get his scouts interested in animals he came up with TUF shoes for kids. TUF stood for Tracks Under Foot. The soles had animal tracks on them and a compass in the heel. There was a scare when someone reckoned the Pits had been invaded by strange alien creatures with 27 paws. But turned out the Cubs had been camping. One reason shoe making took off here was the wide variety of leather we had. That was because we had some very odd animals.

Things like Bozeat Blue pigs that gave us blue suede shoes. Denford Donkeys with bright pink fluffy manes that gave us Mules.

The last fayre ever was opened by Charlie Chaplin and coincided with lace rationing in the late forties. Charlie suggested we import laces from the liquorice fields of Pontefract. He’d used them in The Gold Rush. There was a bit of confusion ’cause someone asked him if they were any good and he said, “tasty”. It turned out he was right.

But they weren’t very practical unless you got peckish at morning break and fancied a long thin snack. Course, everyone knows that different jobs in the shoe industry had unusual names. I had a summer job with a herd of Wollaston Winkle miniature cows. Funny little things that shed their skin in June. The skin made a much sought after soft leather. Us kids had the job of collecting the shed skins from the meadow. The farmer gave us a nickname. We was called Winkle Pickers. Sunday after church, a mother asked her very young daughter what the Sunday school lesson was about. The daughter answered, "Don't be scared, you'll get your quilt" Needless to say, the mother was perplexed. Later in the day, the vicar stopped by for tea and the mother asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said "Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming."

Town DiaryTown DiaryTown DiaryTown Diary

March

1st 10.am Coffee Morning, Football Club 7.45 Wildlife Trust—Nature’s Wonders, Cricket Club

3rd 7.30 TG Town Hall—AGM– Sue Edwards, story be-hind the painting

4th 2pm Women’s World Day of Prayer, Wesleyan Chapel.

6th 4.30-5.30 St Mary’s Church afternoon Tea 6pm Evensong

7th 7.30 RBL Stickmaker, John Whiting, Bowls Club

8th 9.45 Coffee morning, Bowls Club 3.15 Pancake Races, Junior School

11th 7.30 Church Meat Bingo, Mulso School

12th 10.30-2.30 Scout’s Recycle Day

14th 7.30 WI Mission Room, Hearing dogs for the deaf, John Dunkley

15th 10am Coffee Morning, Football Club

22nd 9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club

28th 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, More Mechanical Music, Kevin McEllbone

April

4th 7.30 RBL Post during WW2, Mr D Smeathers, Bowls Club

5th 7.45 Wildlife Trust AGM, Cricket Club

7th 7.30 TG Town Hall—Robert Kendall—Restoring 78 Derngate

11th 7.30 WI Mission Room, National Trust Gardens, Mar-garet Hawkins

April Con’t

18th 7.30 History Society, Mission room, Stately House-keeping, Richard J Moisey

7.30 Flower Festival Open Meeting in the Church

24th St Mary’s Church Easter Hunt

29th Wesleyan Chapel Royal Wedding Street Party, Affleck Bridge

May

9th 7.30 WI Mission Room, Resolutions/Faith Supper/plant sale

7.30 RBL Milestones, Helen Crabtree, Bowls Club

14th Scout Group Town Sale

23rd History Society visit to Deene Park

June

6th 7.30 RBL Mullocks & Memories, Tom Partridge-Underwood, Bowls Club

13th 7.30 Mission Room - Spring Flowers & Gifts, Amanda Cameron

15th-18 Tingdene Entertainers musical ‘Anything Goes’

18th 12-4 St Mary’s Church Summer Fete on The Green

26th 6pm Songs of Praise on The Green

27th 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Witchcraft in Early Modern Northamptonshire, Dr Cathy Smith

July

4th 7.30 RBL Painting, Michael Peachy, Gladstone Club

11th 7.30 WI Mission Room - Behind the curtains at Milton Keynes Theatre, Nicola Jelliman

25th 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Ironstone quar-rying around Finedon, Francis Terry

August 1st 7.30 RBL I Bequeath 15th Century Wills, Jacqui

Minchinton, Bowls Club

8th WI Garden Party

22nd 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Swim Gin-ger, Malcolm Deacon

September 3rd 7.30 RBL Humour, Mike Leonard, Bowls, Club

12th 7.30 WI Mission Room, Fun with Wine, Margaret Morley

16/17/18th

St Mary's Church Flower Festival

3rd 7.30 RBL, Dovecotes, Colin Ray, Bowls Club

10th 7.30 WI Mission Room, AGM, Glamour for the over 60’s,Sylvia Smith

19th 7pm Inter Church Quiz night, Welseyan Chapel

24th 7.30 Mission Room, History Society, Finedon Past, John Bailey

October