November 2011

ROTHERSTHORPE

NEWSLETTER

The Newsletter for the Community of Rothersthorpe

www.rothersthorpe.info

What It Says On The Tin!

Driving back the other Sunday night, after seeing my daughters and en-

joying ‗Pan Asian Cuisine‘ from a new restaurant not far from where they

live, I was going through the various radio stations before settling down

to the M6 and M1! As I‘m not into the classics or the history of hip-hop

and rap I settled on The Money Programme on Radio Four! A strange

choice because I have no money worries! I have no money to worry

about! Nevertheless, during the programme there was an old well worn-

phrase ‗if the deal seems to be too good to be true, then it more than

likely is!

Wednesday

2nd November 7.30pm Holy Communion A commemoration of all the

departed especially those who

are young and faced with the

consequences of war.

Sunday 6th November 9.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 13th November 10.50am Act of Remembrance service

Thursday 17th November 7.30pm P.C.C at 47 Banbury Lane

Sunday 20th November 9.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 27th November

Advent Sunday

8.00am

3.00pm

B.C.P. Communion

followed by breakfast

No 9.30am service

Thanksgiving for all who look

after our churches followed

by tea.

CHURCH CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 2011

This adage can, however, hold a few surprises! On a recent visit to a

shopping centre a friend enquired about having broadband at the stand

of a well known satellite television and internet provider - you know the

one I mean, you get a clue to their brand name every time you look up at

the sun or moon! The salespeople did their job with consummate skill

and attention to the needs of their prospective new customer, asking

what use was needed from broadband and then giving assurance the ba-

sic speed offered would be more than enough. The salespeople, with an

eye to a chance, with no obligation, included in the price package the

television and recorder! The offer was basic with no frills and a rea-

sonable price. Then came the rub! The salesperson asked for the post-

code to check broadband availability. When the computer showed the

relevant information the sales person gave one of those looks which

meant all the sales speak that has just been used has come to nothing!

To cut a long story short, the only package on offer for broadband in

the area where my friend lived was the provision of a slower service and

which was to cost eight pounds more! So the good offer suddenly

turned to having less of a service but the cost would be more! A bit of

a twist on the above adage!

In John‘s gospel chapter three and verse sixteen, we find an offer that

is ‗what it says on the tin‘.

‗For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that who-ever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life‘.

The cost of this promise has already been paid by Christ‘s own sacrifice

for us. In fact Jesus went further, he also said ‗I am come that they

might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly‘ (John Chapter 10 v 10b). The promise with no frills starts now with meat on

the table today and not pie in the sky tomorrow!

As we gather speed to the end of 2011 why not take a moment to think

about this exclusive offer on the table, it might just change your life!

Stephen French

Rector of Bugbrooke, Harpole, Kislingbury and Rothersthorpe

Church Cleaning

November 6th - June & Jane

November 20th - Mike & Sue

December 4th - Lindsay & Christy

Be a bright spark

Remember, remember, on the 5th November

You must be over 18 to buy fireworks

It is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to possess fireworks

in a public place

It is an offence to throw or discharge a firework in a street or

public place

If you let off fireworks between 11pm and 7am you will be

breaking the law – except on Bonfire Night when this extends to

midnight

Don‘t forget your pets – keep them safe indoors .

Keep in contact and keep informed

To find out more about what your local Safer

Community Teams are up to visit

www.northants.police.uk, call 03000 111 222, or

call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 anonymously

with information about crime. Always dial 999 in an emergency.

Don‘t forget the new NON emergency number 101.

Thruppsters Our November meeting will be held in the Village hall at 2.30 pm.

Margaret Bailey will be with us to show us more ideas for making

cards.

Edy's Cakes

Do you need a delicious home-made cake for your special day?

Cakes for every occasion:

birthdays anniversaries

hen parties weddings

first communions

christenings, etc

Call me or visit my website 07894 805343 or 01604 451917

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Women’s Institute

"Our next meeting which will be on Monday 21st No-

vember will be our last normal meeting of the year as

next month we go out for our Christmas Dinner at the

Walnut Tree. The Speaker will be Paul Howard who is

coming to talk about his work as a Freelance Photogra-

pher. Who knows, we may get a few handy hints on pro-

ducing better photographs ourselves and reduce the risk of chop-

ping people's heads off!!! We meet in the Village Hall at 7.30 pm, all

very welcome, the cost, which includes refreshments/banquet, is

£2 for visitors".

Jenny Dellar

Benefice Office

The Benefice Office email address is: thebeneficeofbhkandr@gmail.com

News from Rothersthorpe School

Last month, we enjoyed our annual visit from the Life Edu-

cation Caravan where ‗Harold‘ the giraffe encourages all

the children to stay healthy!

It was lovely to see so many of our parents in church for

our Harvest service this year and the children enjoyed meeting many of

the village residents when they delivered the small harvest parcels after

the service. The bulk of the donations were again sent to the Hope Centre

in Northampton.

Our school was very fortunate to be chosen by Wincanton (Sainsbury‘s

distribution centre) to receive free gifts for all the children. The younger

children were given High Visibility waistcoats to wear over their school

coats and the older children were given brightly coloured hats. Represen-

tatives from Sainsbury‘s and the NCC Road Safety team talked to the

children about the importance of wearing bright clothing on dark nights

and we held an impromptu ‗fashion show‘ as the younger children showed

off their new waistcoats to the rest of the school!

Jen Harrison, our PCSO has been into school recently to talk to the older

children about anti-social behaviour (with special reference to Halloween)

Both she and her colleague Graham will return in November to talk to all

the children, reinforcing the message about Keeping Safe / Road Safety.

School re-opens after the half term break on Tuesday 1st November as we

start the very busy half term that culminates with our Christmas

celebrations. Remembrance Day will be our focus during the first couple

of weeks and Poppies will be on sale in school.

We will be holding our usual Mufti Day on Friday 18th November, raising

funds for the BBC ‗Children in Need‘ appeal.

If your child is due to start school in 2012 (date of birth Sept 2007

– August 2008), we are holding two sessions for prospective parents

on: Thursday 3rd November at 1.30pm

and Friday 11th November at 9.30am

Please telephone Mrs Watt in the school office to arrange an ap-

pointment or find out more information about the online application

process. (830995)

Village Web Site (www.rothersthorpe.info)

The web site is getting a number of people viewing

the site according to the hit counter but very little

participation. There are plenty of opportunities to

have your say about events in the village or if you

would like me to add them then please let me know.

Latest postings: School Field Usage; Village Plan, Neighbourhood

watch, Police Street Briefings and much more... Please let me know if you would like some help or would like to become more involved.

Many thanks

Steve McCarthy, web site editor (editor@rothersthorpe.info)

Kathy Sindall BSc (Hons) MChS

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LAUNCH OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ACRE’S BULK OIL BUYING SCHEME

Northamptonshire ACRE is delighted to announce

the launch of a new venture that we hope will be

good for you, good for the environment and good

for Northamptonshire ACRE.

WHAT’S THE SCHEME?

Northamptonshire ACRE will be using the model of a local buying

syndicate for domestic heating oil and rolling it out across the

county. We believe there will be great strength in harnessing the

purchasing power of the many rural communities who are without

mains gas so that together, oil-buyers will be able to make

significant savings. Experience has already shown that it‘s possible

to get a discount of around £50 on a single order. And since the

scheme is only in its infancy, we see no reason why we can‘t improve

on that. There are other benefits too – reduced carbon footprint

(yes, really), a move towards renewable energy sources and a

contribution to funds to support Northamptonshire.

WHY IS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ACRE DOING THIS?

As a publicly funded charity, we know that there will be difficult

times ahead and we want to safeguard our future and our ability to

advise and support rural communities across Northamptonshire. Our

aim is that not only will we help households to save money – especially

important in Northamptonshire‘s rural areas where we know there is

far greater ‗fuel poverty‘ than in our urban areas - but we will also

be able to generate some income for Northamptonshire ACRE. And

you can be entirely confident that this is not a scam – it‘s simply

about bulk-buying.

AREN’T THERE LOTS OF SYNDICATES ALREADY IN EXISTENCE?

Yes. We don‘t know exactly how many but there are some communities

who have been doing this locally for some while. We have no wish to

take any schemes over – but if that local purchasing power can be

scaled up to something much bigger, then everyone will benefit. And

for communities who don‘t yet have a local scheme, this provides an

easy way for you to get one, with very little work.

WHAT ARE YOU ASKING OF ME?

We are an organisation that is rooted in local community action, and

we want to run the scheme in a way that reflects this philosophy. So

we are looking for local people to play a part in getting things off the

ground and helping it to grow.

The key to making this work will be having a network of community

co-ordinators who are willing to collate local members‘ monthly oil

orders and pass them on to us, and who will then let the local members

know the cost per litre and the delivery date. That‘s pretty much it.

No negotiating oil prices, no handling money. For doing this, you will

get FREE membership of the scheme – an annual saving of £20. We

know that our newsletter readers are keen and active participants in

local community life and your local networks and contacts will be

important – the more members the scheme has, the stronger the

buying power! We hope you will be willing to take on this very modest

role so that we can get up and running in your village.

INTERESTED? NOT INTERESTED?

If you think this could be of interest to you or your community, get in

touch with us on 01604 765888 or email: oil@northantsacre.org.uk

If you aren‘t interested yourself but can think of someone who might

be, please pass the information on. We‘ll be happy to answer any

questions.

Beth Milne Rural Officer Northamptonshire ACRE

Village Plan

The first meeting of the village planning group took place on 24th

October. The group have started to develop a village survey to es-

tablish what amenities villagers currently use, what may be required

in the future and how the village could be improved.

This may take a little time to develop but we would hope to be able

to deliver this to everyone early in the New Year.

If you would like to participate in the planning group or have any

views about the village and its future please feel free to contact me

on steve@pigyard.com, phone 830321 or drop a note through the

door at The Pig Yard, 35 Church Street or leave a comment on the

village web site: http://rothersthorpe.info/wordpress/?p=990

Steve McCarthy (Parish Councillor)

At the Chequers on Friday November 11th at 8.00pm

The ladies skittles team challenge anyone to a round of

skittles.

The challenger pays £1.00 to play and is then welcome

to stay for the buffet at the end of the game.

Money raised will go to the Guide Dogs and our Church

Repair fund.

Many thanks to Phil Crowe who has created this month’s Village newsletter. Looking forward to working on HIS next issue in February.

Rothersthorpe Day Nursery

*Save £50 from your first invoice, when you start at the

nursery before the end of December 2011*

Rothersthorpe Day Nursery Open 8am -6pm 52 weeks of the year excluding bank holidays

Excellent pre-school facilities

11 hours of Early funding for 52 weeks per year available for

children at the start of a new term following their 3rd birthday

A breakfast club, after school club and Holiday club is available

from age 4-11 years

Employers vouchers - savings on childcare costs

Ring on 01604 831263 or email rothersthorpenursery@yahoo.co.uk

to arrange a visit, we’d love to hear from you!

www.rothersthorpedaynursery.co.uk

Table Tennis

The new table tennis season has just started

and our first game was away at Towcester.

After a hard fought match we lost 7—3, our

players were; Mike Barber, Dave Kattell and

Bruce Khashaey.

Our next game is away to Roade ―B‖ on Friday 4th November.

We practise every Thursday from 7.45pm to 9.30pm and welcome

any new players, particularly any youngsters 14 years of age and

over.

Free refreshments are provided. Clive Appleton

100 club winners are as follows... 1st (£100) - J Wood 2nd (£50) - S Luck

3rd (£25) - J Mutton

4th (£15) - M Reynolds

5th (£10) - S Batten

Thanks as always to those who take part. With looming repair bills, your support is much appreciated. Anyone else who wishes to take part, please contact Val on 832422.

Update on Church Repairs

Just to keep you up to date - we've now got nearly all of the estimates in for work which needs to be carried out on the roof, the stonework and the windows. The next phase will be to start applying for grants, and fund-raising. If anyone feels they can help, then do please shout - we need all the help we can get to preserve our historic Church. Many thanks to Carol Morphy for selling Christmas cards at The Chequers. This has kick-started our repair fund. All ideas welcome. Just on the off-chance that someone may like to sponsor a "chunk" of work - like a new window, or section of the roof..... then we'd love to hear from you!

Thank you to the "Tuesday Afternoon Brigade"

Another thank you ... this time to those who came and helped out on Tues-day afternoons. This started as an impromptu gathering to tackle a couple of jobs in the Churchyard, and ended up as a weekly gathering, with many tasks completed over the summer months. Your time and effort has been very much appreciated - the results of your efforts are self-evident to any-one walking past or through the Churchyard. I don't think it has been this well-maintained for years. (and we had some fun too). Result!

Val Bridges

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Rothersthorpe Art Group’s

First Exhibition

to be held on

Saturday, 19th November 2011 and

Sunday 20th November, 2011

at Rothersthorpe Village Hall from 10.30 a.m. till 4.3.0 p.m.

Entrance is free as is tea or coffee Homemade cake will be available for 50p a slice

Programmes 50p

Exhibiting with us on both days is Nita Pearson (fabric covered boxes)

Deborah Holman and Marcus Buck, Wood Turner

There will be a display of embroidered cushions by Sylvia Davies (wife of one of our members)

Neighbourhood Watch

Delivered with this newsletter is the new NHW leaf-

let issued by South Northants Neighbourhood

Watch team, the government has ceased funding

for leaflets for Neighbourhood Watch, so they have

produced this new leaflet, please take time to read

it, and make a note of the web site on the back, the

web site is still being put together, but hopefully in time will be able to

offer all the help and information needed.

STREET BRIEFINGS

There is to be a Street Briefing in the village on 9th November, this will

be held at the crossroads of Banbury Lane and Kislingbury Road, (by

the bus shelter). Our local PCSO will be in attendance, please do

come along and meet with us to discuss any concerns you may have

regarding the village.

Please do check out the NHW page on the village website, if we have

any reported incidents then we will put them on the village website.

Please do report any incidents to your village co-ordinators, we

always try hard to work in co-ordination with our Police Community

Support Officers, who are always happy to help the village in anyway

they can, but without up to date knowledge this can be difficult.

No doubt many of you are aware of the damage done to school

property during the school holidays. In order to try to alleviate some of

problems we propose to patrol the school outbuildings during school

holidays, and at weekends, whilst we are aware we cannot “police”

this, we hope that knowing the area is “under patrol” might deter

any possible mischief.

If you feel you can help us by being one of our “patrollers” please

contact us on 831020.

I have looked into the possibility of having our village made a

“NO COLD CALLING AREA”.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) as we have not had any reported inci-

dents lately of distraction burglaries we do not qualify for this.

Reports of Road Rage

We have a report of a number of occasions where members of the vil-lage have been harassed by someone on a motorbike, the police have been informed and have dealt promptly with the matter, but we are keen to keep on top of this and if there are any more incidents, also we are keen to keep the police notified.

NHW Phone numbers

0300 011 1222 01604 432436

Village co-ordinators 01604 831020

Thank you - have a safe month

Christy Nolan and Margaret Bailey

Parish Council Meeting

The next Parish Council meeting will be

held on Monday November 28th at

7.30pm in the Committee Room at the

Village Hall.

Anyone is welcome to attend and

address the Parish Council in the public open session at the

beginning of the meeting.

Please come along and participate in your local community

decision making process.

Sarah Murphy

Rothersthorpe Village Hall.

New comers to the Village

may not be aware that the

Village Hall in Church Street

shares its space with the

Primary School in a

community building which is

possibly unique in Northamp-

tonshire. The site is owned

by Northamptonshire County

Council and during the school day the School use the

whole building but after 6pm and at weekends and school holidays

the Hall is used by the Village. A cross charging arrangement is in

place between the Village Hall Management Committee (VHMC)

and the School which pays for the use of electricity, water,

cleaning and maintenance of the whole building.

The VHMC operate its own charging system

for all hall bookings. The Hall can be hired in

various ways; half hall, whole hall, committee

room or the whole of the Village Hall area.

Obviously different rates apply to the area

you would like to book.

Although the Village Hall is booked for the evenings of most

weekdays by village clubs and users it is always

worth a call to Jenny Dellar, the Village Hall book-

ing clerk, on 01604 831929 to see if there are any

spaces that may suit your requirements.

Coming up to Christmas and the New Year now is

the time to make your booking for the seasonal

period.

The Village Hall

All bookings must be made through Jenny Dellar. Currently the

VHMC have a special hire rate for all bona vide village use which

is really good value considering this includes heating, lighting, use

of chairs, tables, toilets, a modern kitchen with cooker,

microwave and running hot water. The Hall is always in a very

neat, clean, warm and tidy state just waiting for your use.

Just a few major points to remember when hiring the

Hall; Maximum number of

persons at any one time in the

hall is 200; no smoking laws

apply; permission to use the

School field must be gained from the

School. (The School field is not part of the

hall hire and any Village Hall insurance does

not cover you on the playing field).

If you should hire the hall and wish to sell alcohol or distribute

alcohol or hot food late at night or have entertainment that the

Hall is not licensed for you will need to get a Temporary Events

Notice (TENS) from South Northants Council (SNC) for which

you will have to pay SNC and it takes a few weeks to be

processed. Don‘t forget there are neighbours to the Hall so

consider them and please leave the premises as quietly as

possible.

Please do not let all that put you off using the Village Hall. It is a

really superb facility that the village are very proud of and was

gained by the hard work and endeavour of older village

inhabitants sadly most departed and the whole building is the

envy of many and comes at such reasonable rates of hire.

Mike Barber Hon. Sec. RVHMC

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December 2011 and January 2012 edition should be submitted to Jane McCarthy at The

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Barn Dance Milton Malsor Village Hall

Saturday, 12th November, 2011

Dancing from 7.30 – 10.30 to the music of The Blisworth Tunnel Rats, with Caller Phil Thurman

Ticket price £8, including a selection

of delicious desserts during the break

Please bring your own drink and glasses

Tickets available in advance from Val on 832422 or

David & Barbara Walsh 831455

Please note – no tickets available on the day