Rothley Post (84) Sep 2010

Rothley Post SEP/OCT 2010 (84), page 1

THE ROTHLEY POSTY O U R C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R

Delivered FREE to Rothley, Thurcaston & CropstonSEP/OCT 2010 ISSUE No. 84

FOUR YEARS in the making, thelatest CD from Rothley song-writer and restaurant ownerJim Burke has just been re-leased.

‘The City Girl Sings’ features vocalist Lou-ise Williams, a professional singer from Bir-stall.

Jim said: “It’staken me fouryears to put the 12tracks together inmy spare time,which I have littleof, running RothleyFisheries and res-taurant”.

Jim’s day off isMonday, most of which have been spent at arecording studio in Syston, ‘Music Design’.Jim said “The owner Dave Buswell has been

CHILDREN HAVE given thethumbs up to new playequipment on the Fowke Streetplaying field.

“It’s cool” said nine year old Georgia Taylor,while her sister Annie (11) said: “It’s better,there’s more to do now as the equipmentbefore was for the little ones but this is betterfor our age group”.

Rothley Parish Council successfully bid for£50,000 of government funding, a bid puttogether by Parish Councillors Olwen Jonesand Shona Greenwood-Brown after consultingwith young people in the village about the

Pic: Vocalist Louise Williams

Coolnewplay

PiC: Annie & Georgia Taylor play on the equipment

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Songwriter’snew CDreleased

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Hannah Gladstone (18) and Eleanor Playfair(18) took 17 days and travelled 1092 miles,staying in Youth Hostels, B&Bs and at friends’homes.

Hannah said: “We started off really slowlyonly managing 40 or 50 miles a day throughCornwall and Devon. The weather was cloudyand windy and the hills seemed very steep,however by the time we had reached Scotlandwe must have been fitter as we were managing70 or 80 miles a day and conquering steepScottish climbs.”

She added: “We had three breakdowns onthe way including having to buy a completenew tyre. We also got lost in Birmingham and

ended up on the main dual carriagewaythrough the centre. The main highlight thoughwas crossing the border into Scotland andrealising the end was in sight. We celebratedin style at the end by having a three-coursemeal in a hotel”.

The girls chose Mukinge Hospital in Zambiaas the charity to support as Eleanor had visitedit to see a family friend who worked there. Shesaid: “It was a truly life changing experienceand seeing the appalling condition of theequipment and facilities out there made mereally want to do something about it!”

The money raised is to be used to developa leprosy centre in the hospital grounds.

a great help in putting the album togetherwith me. The songs are all contemporary, Itry to pick original themes and lyrics withstrong melodies.”

Singer Louise said: “Jim is an incrediblytalented songwriter and was looking for afemale singer to record some of his new

material. It’s been a whirlwind, and we’venow filmed a music video for the first single‘Love Song’ from the album.”

Jim added: “It’s very early days but alreadyEMI records have shown an interest in thealbum and Chris Highton of BBC RadioLeicester is featuring the album for one weekon his afternoon programme.”

View a music video of one of the songsfrom the album at www.louise-williams.com

TWO ROTHLEY teenag-ers cycled on a tandemfrom Land’s End to JohnO’Groats, raising £2000for a Zambian hospital.

Pic: Hannah Gladstone (left) and Eleanor Playfair at the start of their rideContinued from page 1

Pic: the album cover

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Getting up at 5.30am six days a week willnow be a thing of the past but the early starts

did not bother him. “I can honestly say whenI’ve got up in the morning, I’ve never thought

‘Oh no!’ I have enjoyed working here” saysDavid.

Before becoming Postmaster David (65)and his wife Jane had been in the pub trade,licensees of the Crown on North Street and theFree Trade at Sileby. He has seen manychanges, both in the village and in the PostOffice.

He said: “When we first came to Rothleyeverybody knew everybody, the pubs were allbusy, we had characters then, we had streetparties! Now the village is expanding and a lotof people don’t know their neighbours.

“When I started at the Post office it was allledgers written in pencil, now of course it’scomputerised and we handle a lot less cashand have gone into banking and foreign cur-rency. The number of parcels we handle hasseen a huge increase because of ebay.”

There have been two burglaries at the PostOffice in David’s time. In the mid nineties thePolice told him that organised criminals werewatching the Post Office and monitoring hismovements, and he was asked to wear a panicbutton that when pressed would summon animmediate Police response. In the event, noth-ing happened, much to his relief.

In his retirement David plans to travel,continue playing bowls and to learn the pianoas well as getting his way through the morethan 50 bottles of Scotch and wine that wellwishers, colleagues and fellow shopkeepershave given him as a mark of their affection andrespect.

“I’d like to thank everyone for the cards andgifts, it is very kind of them, we will buysomething to remember our time in Rothley”he said.

Rothley Parish Council Chairman PercyHartshorn said: “David has always been verysupportive of the Parish Council and villageaffairs in general and served Rothley well for27 years. He will be missed by all sections ofthe village especially the pensioners. We hopehe has as much success delivering his bowlsat he did with the post.”

The Managing Director of the Post OfficeDavid Smith, sent David a certificate, a giftvoucher and a letter thanking him for hisdedication and service to the Post Office.

AFTER 27 years behind the counter, Rothley Postmaster David Lynchhas announced his retirement.

Postmaster says goodbyePic: David Lynch with his

wife Jane (left) &colleague Jean Ross-Clyne

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MORE THAN 20 gardensin Thurcaston and Crop-ston were opened to vis-itors in June, as part ofthe Open Gardens week-end.

The Richard Hill School PTAorganised the event and theschool fair that took place duringthe weekend and the two eventscombined raised £2900 for

facilities they would like to see.“It’s been heaving with children this sum-

mer holiday, and we’ve had very positivecomments from the children using it, andparents” said Olwen.

The equipment consists of a slide, climbingapparatus, a birds-nest swing and see-saw,linked by pathways and landscaping featureswhich will be planted later this month byGoscote Nurseries, who help design the layout.Lafarge donated the granite boulders.

school funds.Spokeswoman Linda Bennett said: “It was a good turnout considering the Sunday

afternoon clashed badly with an important England game. Everybody I spoke toseemed to be really enjoying themselves and the gardeners certainly did.”Pic (right): Dennis Bull, garden owner Sue Hendry and Margaret BullPic (top): Garden owners Shelley and Ian Pearce

ROTHLEY HAS seen a reductionof antisocial behaviour (ASB)say the Police.

Charnwood Local Policing Unit has releasedfigures for the total street incidents of ASB . Forthe year 2009/10, the figure was 3437 acrossthe Charnwood Policing area, up by 159 overthe 12 month period, a rise of five per centfrom 2008/09.

Five of the 10 sub areas had seen figuresdrop, including a ten per cent reduction inBirstall and a 35 per cent reduction in Rothley.

Mountsorrel has had an increase of 13 percent, and Bradgate six per cent.

Opengardensbusy

Anti-socialbehaviourfalling

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150 VISITORS turned out to see local findsand hear expert archaeologists speak onthe latest digs in the parish at a minifestival of archaeology in the Old SchoolRooms.

Organised by Rothley Heritage Trust, theexhibition displayed actual finds from the mainRothley archaeological sites excavated over thelast 100 years, including building materialsand pottery from two Roman villas, artefactsfrom two Saxon burial grounds and two pre-historic sites including stone tools, pottery andrare artwork.

A colourful Saxon re-enactment group inperiod dress displayed high quality replicaarmour, weapons, tools and domestic materi-als.

Three professional archaeologists werepresent giving talks and advice on the findsthey had excavated in Rothley.

The exhibition also featured the finding inMay 2009 by a metal detectorist of a lateBronze Age copper alloy axe mould and threeaxes. Leicestershire Museums are seeking topurchase this hoard, which has been declaredTreasure.

Brian Verity, Chair of Rothley Heritage Trust,said: “The day was highly successful withvisitors expressing excitement and high praisefor the quality and quantity of the exhibits ondisplay. It confirms our belief that there is astrong community interest in Rothley’s historicenvironment.

“This happy result would not have beenachieved without the support of the local shopswho displayed our posters especially the Timeand Plaice, Mercury shop, Post Office andBradley’s mini market. The Rothley Post’sNoticeboard was the first to make an an-nouncement. A vital role was played also byunits of the Heritage Services department ofLeicestershire County Council including themuseum resource centres at Barrow on Soar,Lutterworth and Birstall Holly Hayes. Finally we

had the essential support from all those visitors whocame, enjoyed themselves and donated so generouslyinto our begging bucket. To all of you please accept ourgrateful thanks.”

Rothley’shistoricpast

Pics (clockwise from top): Anglo Saxon pottery; the Roth-ley Hoard (photo British Museum); Kath and Ian Gearyfrom The English Companions Anglo Saxon Group


ROTHLEY PARK Cricket Club’s annual charitymatch in August raised over £8000 forlocal good causes

A Leicester Tigers XI captained by HarryEllis narrowly defeated a Matt Hampson TrustXI by one wicket in their annual 20/20 cricketmatch which attracted over 1,300 spectators.

Jeremy Simpson from the Rothley club said:“It is 10 years since the event was first held atRothley Park Cricket Club and the event con-tinues to grow each year. It is a fantasticafternoon, not just for the spectators but for

the players andtheir families”.Charities to bene-fit from the eventthis year includedLOROS, The MattHampson Trust,The RichardEngelhardt Trustand the develop-ment of juniorcricket at RothleyPark.

Harry Ellis won the toss for the Tigers andput the Matt Hampson Trust XI team into batcaptained by Matt Elliott. Out of a score of204-7 Matthew Hoggard topped with 47 beforebeing caught by James Grindal. George Chutersurprised us all with two for 15 as pick of thebowlers performance.

The Tigers reply was all guns blazing asCraig Newby set about destroying the bowlingattack which included Claude Henderson,James Taylor, Paul Nixon and Darren Maddy.Newby eventually retired after reaching hiscentury which included 11 sixes and sevenfours.

James Grindal knocked a quick 31 beforeretiring and leaving captain Harry Ellis to hitthe winning runs with two overs to spare andone wicket.

Cricketafternoon

Pic: Batsman Freddie Tuilagi & wicket keeper James Grindal


A FULL meeting of Rothley Parish Councilwas held on June 21.

Chairman Percy Hartshorn congratulatedCllr Steve Mitchell on being awarded the MBE.

PC Steve Rhodes introduced Rothley’s newPCSO, Nigel Ritchie.

It was reported that Rothley’s Village DesignStatement team had had its first meeting.

Councillors agreed that Rothley be includedin a pilot scheme, run by the County Council,to reduce street light usage by switching offlights in side streets from midnight until5.30am.

A full meeting of Rothley Parish Council washeld on July 19.

It was reported that Charnwood BoroughCouncil are preparing a report on the condi-tion of the chapel at the Rothley Court Hotel.

A representative from the Village DesignStatement team reported that to obtain fullassistance from the Rural Community Council,a Parish Plan should be completed before aVDS. It was agreed that the Parish Councilwork with the VDS team to prepare a ParishPlan.

The Council agreed to consider a requestfrom Rothley Sports and Social Club to accessSection 106 funding to improve security attheir premises.

It was reported that the new play equipmenton the Fowke Street playing field was beinginstalled.

New lighting in the main hall of the RothleyCentre has been installed. The Thursday TeaDance Group provided half of the funding.

A full meeting of Rothley Parish Council washeld on August 16.

It was agreed that the Council request thatthe Police supply a more detailed list of crimefigures in Rothley in the monthly NHW report,which has recently had its format changed.

The Council agreed to obtain a Communitycompost bin, which will be emptied by Charn-wood Borough Council. Its location is yet tobe determined.

Chairman Percy Hartshorn and Cllr BrianPopple reported on a meeting they had hadwith a Charnwood Planning Officer, NigelThompson, about the location and type of playequipment that may be located on the CharlesChurch Brookfield Farm development.

Cllr Hartshorn said Mr Thompson had leftthem with the impression that developmentwould go ahead, although currently no plan-ning application has been submitted. Develop-ers Charles Church and officers fromCharnwood’s planning department are be-lieved to be in negotiations.

Cllr Hartsorn said that he understood thatthe number of dwellings now proposed hadreduced from 210 to 180. He reported that hehad urged that the balancing pond be createdimmediately, as surface water run off wasalready causing local properties to flood.

It was reported that developers are showingan interest in a 3.5 hectare site for 90dwellings off Walton Way, at the rear of theRothley Sports and Social Club.

It was reported that the new play equipmenton the Fowke Street playing field was provingpopular, although there was a problem with

litter on the playing field. Waste contractorsSERCO have quoted a sum of £2000 a year tolitter pick the site, and it was agreed that thePlaying Fields committee consider this andother options at a meeting in September.

It was reported that the County Council’sShire Grant scheme had stopped due tocutbacks, and that this money had previouslymet half the annual overheads of the RothleyYouth Project.

July 18 and that the County Council subsidyof £37,000 per year would be withdrawn.

Concern was expressed that the proposedAshton Green development would cause con-gestion on local roads, especially at peaktimes.

The Council agreed to remove shrubsbordering the main driveway in the cemetery,trim back two holly trees, clear shrubs in theturning circle shrub bed and to tarmac themain driveway.

It was agreed that the old tiles be removedand a new ceiling be fitted in the MemorialHall six inches below the existing ceiling level,total cost not to exceed £2,332.

Associated electrical work was agreed at£1213. A quotation to deal with damp prob-lems in the storeroom of £1720 was accept-ed. Once these works have been completedthe Council agreed that the Hall be redecorat-ed at a cost not to exceed £2000.

It was agreed to invite the Mayor of Charn-wood to a film show in the Memorial Hall inNovember.

It was noted than an area of land approxi-mately 6.49 acres is for sale on LeicesterRoad. The clerk was requested to ask Charn-wood Borough Council what the situation wasregarding development.

It was agreed to proceed with the installa-tion of a new bus shelter at the bus stop nextto Guild Close.

There was no meeting in July.

A FULL meeting of Thurcaston & CropstonParish Council was held on June 17.

The Leicestershire Rural Housing Enabler,Richard Windley and Paul Robertson ofCharnwood Borough Council explained theirrole in the provision of affordable ruralhousing for those people who cannot affordto buy on the open market, and who live inthe parish or have connections to it.

It was agreed to conduct a parish survey toestablish local need, and that the Councilliaise with Mr Windley to progress the project,

A resident reported that a large motorhomehad been parked in Sandham Bridge Road,Cropston for at least two weeks. PC SteveRhodes has been advised.

It was reported that the evening and Sunday123 bus service would be discontinued from

Parish Council notes


ROTHLEY’S STEVE Mitchell has been awarded anMBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

Steve (59), of Anthony Street, was given the honourfor ‘services to education’. He has been a teacher forthe last 37 years at Shelthorpe primary school inLoughborough – it was his first post after qualifyingas a teacher in 1973.

As well as class teaching, Steve has been involvedwith coaching sports teams, including soccer, cricket,gymnastics, swimming and athletics. He has played amajor role with adult, youth and community pro-grammes at the school, organised community eventsand for many years ran the schools’ summer play-scheme.

Colleagues, parents and other members of thecommunity began collecting testimonials for Steve’s

MBE some four years ago.He said: “I am of coursevery grateful and hon-oured to be held in sucha high esteem by all thesepeople”.

Steve has been a Roth-ley Parish Councillorsince 2007.

THE APPOINTMENT of Peter Osborne as thenew Chairman of Leicestershire County Councilis to be marked by a special service in RothleyParish Church on Sunday October 3.

The commemorative service is open to all andcommences at 10.30am. Visitors are requested tobe in their seats by 10.15am. Refreshments will beavailable after the service in the Old School Rooms.

Peter has represented the village as CountyCouncillor since 1999. He is also a CharnwoodBorough Councillor.

Politics and involvement in the local communityis something of an Osborne family tradition. Peter’sfather served as a Member of Parliament for 24years and his sister, Baroness Byford, sits in theHouse of Lords and served as Shadow Minister forFood, Agriculture and RuralAffairs from 1997 to 2007. Hismother was also Vice-Chair-man of the Conservative Partyin the 1970s. Peter’s late twinbrother, Bob, served on theCounty Council for many yearsand held the position of Lead-er of the Conservative Group.

A BUSY Spring Term culminated ina fully subscribed entry for theexamination sessions at the Pil-beam Academy of Dance.

There were exams at Rothley Vil-lage Hall in front of Miss MonicaBannister, Senior Examiner of theSociety and at the Rothley VillageCentre with Miss Karen Yates ofStourbridge.

The results were 100% successand included 3 Special Commenda-tions and 23 Commendations for theExam section, from an entry of 57students. There was an Honoursgrading, including 2 Recommenda-tions in the Medal section, from anentry of 35 students.

Next term starts on Monday Sep-tember 6, for which there are alimited number of places availableand will see rehearsals leading to thebi-annual show in November.

MBEhonour

Pic: Steve MitchellPic: Peter Osborne

Chairman’sservice

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Tom Spring and his Putty Monsters toy wonfirst prize in a competition organised by inter-net retailer Firebox, who were looking for thenext big toy craze.

Tom’s creation, which features putty anda pair of eyes that can be moulded withmonster figures, has gone into produc-tion with Tom keeping fifty per cent ofthe profits.

Pupils at Rothley school were thefirst to try Tom’s new toy and gave itthe thumbs up, liking the colours andthe squidgeyness.

Tom, a pupil at Stonehill schoolin Birstall, says he has dreamt ofbecoming an inventor for aslong as hecan re-member. “Icame upwith the PuttyMonster idea be-cause I like to play withputty. I’ve always been intomonsters and aliens and I’m abig fan of the Flanimals stories,

A 13 year old from Rothley launched his prizewinning new toy at Rothleyschool in July.

so it makes sense to bundle them all together.”Unlike traditional modelling materials such

as plasticine or clay, anything modelled in theputty will slowly melt at room temper-

ature.Users will be encouraged to

create as many different‘Monsters’ as possible fromthe putty and eyes, they willtake photographs of their cre-ations and upload them to anonline database before they

melt away. One they haveuploaded their monsterthey will be encour-aged to name it anddescribe its charac-teristics.

Online users willalso be able to seeother people’s up-loaded creations,comment, vote fortheir favourites andlearn more aboutthe Putty Monsters.

ROTHLEY PARISH Church welcomes eve-ryone in the village to join them at anyof the harvest services this year on Sun-day September 26.

This year the services will be slightlydifferent with contributions from Rothleybusinesses involved in the production ofharvest goods.

9am Holy Communion10.30am Harvest Festival ( a family serv-

ice with children’s programme)6.30pm Harvest Evensong (a choral even-

song with robed choir)If you would like a lift please contact the

Church office on 0116 2302626

Young inventor’s toy

Pics: (left) Tom Spring holding a putty monster& above, children at Rothley school try Tom’s toy

Harvest services


NINE LOCAL Girl Guides have completedtheir Bronze expedition of the Duke ofEdinburgh award.The Bradgate sleepover event also aimed to

celebrate 100 years of Girlguiding. There was ahost of activities all based around the centenaryduring the afternoon and evening: there werehats, flags, crafts, an outdoor picnic and gettingtogether for a traditional camp fire sing-song.

Girlguiding meetings are run by volunteersand Thurcaston and Cropston units are lookingfor more helpers. If you would like to volunteerto help in any way please contact Louise Keranon 0116 2673162.

BROWNIES, GUIDES and Rangers from Anstey,Thurcaston & Cropston, part of the BradgateDistrict, snoozed their way through the nighton Saturday June 19 in Quorn Hall, helping tobreak the Guinness World Record for thelargest sleepover over 24 hours.

20,000 people gook part in the ‘Giant Sleep-over’, raising funds for charity, breaking therecord and giving thousands of parents the nightoff! Midnight feast, gossiping, giggling and latenight whisperings were all the order of the day(and night) with events taking place across theUK and abroad.

The girls, all Rangers with the Thurcastonand Cropston Guides, camped overnight atQuorn in July. Rebecca Cioca, Rebecca Cross,Emily Gaskin, Amy Geraghty, Hannah Graham,Lauren Jardine, April Laughton, Bethany Mar-vin and Melody Pappadopolous now move onto the Silver level of the award.

Spokeswoman Irene Marriott said: “We nowhave spaces for a new group at Bronze levelso if you are a girl in school year nine orabove, and want to find out more, call me on0116 2364295 or email Christine Miranda [email protected].”

Meetings are held fortnightly at Richard HillSchool. Thurcaston on Wednesdays, 7-8.30pm,£2 per evening. The first meeting is September8 and parents are encouraged to attend thisfirst meeting too.Pic: Thurcaston & Cropston Rangers ontheir camping trip.

ROTHLEY SCOUT group have been givenpermission to build a new headquarters.

Charnwood Borough Council approvedplans to replace the 1960s hut in NorthStreet, Rothley with a brick hall with kitchensand an office.

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TWO PEOPLE have been arrested andseveral thousands of pounds worth ofequipment has been recovered followinga burglary at the GCR’s Swithland sidings.

Two people were arrested following two bur-glaries on Hallfields Lane in June. Due to theprompt actions of a member of the public ringingthe Police and giving a description of a man seendamaging a car on Mountsorrel Lane, Policeofficers attended and after searching the areaarrested a man matching the description. Facedwith the evidence, the man later admitted commit-ting the damage.

Following a complaint from a resident about agroup of young people camping outon the Spinney behind WoodfieldRoad and Templar Way, officers at-tended the area and took the namesof several young people present. Thiswill be followed up by home visits bythe Beat team and the CharnwoodBorough Council Community SafetyTeam.

In warm weather, always makesure your windows and doors areclosed when you leave the house, evenif you are only in your back garden.

If you see somebody who isn’tusually in the area paying lots of

attention to people’s houses, then call the Police.We held a beat surgery at the allotments on

Loughborough Road, Rothley on July 10 whichwas a great success. We met more than 15allotment holders and were able to offer crimeprevention advice and listen to any issues theyhad.

The next beat surgeries:• Tuesday Sep 9, 10am to 12noon, Rowena

Garden Centre, Rothley• Saturday, Sep 25, 9-10.30am, Cross Green,

Rothley; 11am-12.30pm, Wheatsheaf Pub carpark, Thurcaston; 1.30-3pm Bradgate Pub carpark, Station Road, CropstonCrime Report, Rothley, June & July 2010

Burglary 3, burglary non-dwell-ing 5, theft of caravan 1, theft ofvehicle 1, theft from vehicle 2, theft4, damage 2

Cropston, June & July 2010Theft 1, burglary 1, damage 1Thurcaston, June & July 2010Theft of vehicle 1, theft of tools

1, burglary non-dwelling 2From PC 544 Steve Rhodes

& PCSO 6647 Nigel RitchieTel: 0116 222 2222 to leave a

message

COURSES OFFERED by the WEA Birstall And RothleyBranch this autumn:LAND OF THE PHARAOHS: archaeology of Ancient Egypt

A chance to explore the fascinating world of the Pharaohsby looking at a number of sites and topics. Beginning withthe early Pyramids of the Old Kingdom, we will move alongthe Nile to explore the tombs in the Valley of the Kings,Queens, Nobles and, as an insight into their social life, theworkmen’s village of Deir el Medina. “Look upon my works,ye mighty, and despair!”

Tutor: Colin GrovesFee £48.75. Discounted: £43.90 (not available to the

Retired) or Free.Venue: The Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley

LE7 7PRDate: Tuesday 10-11.30am 10 meetings from 21st Sep-

tember 2010Postal bookings essential for this course.

AFTERNOON TAI CHIThe soft flowing movements of Tai Chi promote health

and mental focus and one posture of the 24 sequentialmovements is taught each week. Beginners and those withmore experience are very welcome. Please wear looseclothing and flat-soled shoes.

Tutor: Laraine TuckerFee £78. Discounted £70.20 (not available to the Re-

tired) or FreeVenue: Birstall Methodist Church Rooms, Wanlip Lane,

Birstall LE4 4JSDate: Tuesday 1.30-3.30pm. 12 meetings from 21st

September 2010PAINTING PEOPLE: perspectives on portraiture Rothley, Thurcaston &

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From the Indian portrait to Western concepts ofrealism to contemporary avant-garde portraiture,this course explores some of the different ap-proaches to the representation of people in art. Noexperience necessary-just a lively and open-mind-ed interest in art!

Tutor: Janis BakerFee: £52 Discounted £46.80 (not available to

the Retired) or Free.Venue: The Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane,

Rothley LE7 7PRDate: Wednesday 7.15-9.15pm 8 meetings from

15th September 2010Further information from:Marion Vincent 0116 2303405

[email protected] Freeman 0116 2362566

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ROTHLEY AND Soar Valley Lions 10 kilome-tre road race in June was won by LeicesterTri-Club’s Connor Murphy in 32.57

Diana Lobacevske was the first woman

home in 37.03. The event, now in its 25th year,attracted more than 600 runners.

Lion President Norma Grimes said: “It’s atruly impressive community event. The moneyraised from sponsorship and entry fees enablesthe club to offer much needed financial sup-port to many charities and other deservingcauses within the locality.”

This year’s event raised £4500 and over 25years, more than £100,000.Pic: Lion Colin Favell, Lion President NormaGrimes and Lion John Simmons with junior win-ners Alice Goodbourn and Joshua Slingsbury

BIRSTALL RUGBY Football Club are pleasedto announce that they will be providing theopportunity for children to play mini rugbythis forthcoming season.

Over 40 children from Riverside, Highcliffeand Rothley schools attended after schoolsessions ran by the club’s head coach ChrisByrne and club secretary David Bonserthroughout May, June and July.

“The steps these children have made overthe previous weeks have been incredible”commented Chris Byrne. “It is pleasing to see

how the children from all three schools havebonded and formed a real team spirit betweenthem, hopefully for a lot of the children thiswill have been an enjoyable first step onto therugby ladder.”

Secretary David Bonser said: “By using theRFU’s new core values of the game the chil-dren took on the responsibility of meeting theclubs high levels of behaviour and teamwork.The last ten weeks hasn’t just seen a huge leapin their playing skills but also their personalskills. Rugby brings with it a lot of responsibil-

ity no matterwhat age or abil-ity you are and itwas good to seethem taking thelead when need-ed and helpingeach otheralong”.

A training andfixture pro-gramme is cur-rently beingcompleted whichwill also includeactivity morningsand multisport

skills sessions. Birstall RFC have designed thisin conjunction with Nottingham Rugby’s Com-munity Department focusing on the child’sdevelopment of core skills and not forgettingenjoyment through game sense activities.

The club will begin sessions at their newbase of Stonehill High School on SundaySeptember 5 starting at 10.30am. All playersaged 8 years old and below (before September1, 2010) are welcome to come and try minirugby out and parents will have the opportuni-ty to register their child on the day.

For more information regarding Birstall RFCMinis please visit www.birstallrfc.co.uk or bycalling David Bonser on 07841 58 42 06.Pic: Children from Riverside, Highcliffe andRothley schools with coaches (l-r) KieranWarner, David Bonser, Chris Byrne andGraham Robinson.

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CHILDREN FROM Reception and Year 1at Richard Hill Primary School inThurcaston enjoyed a day of piratefun at Beaumanor Hall recently.

Children, teachers, support staff andparent helpers joined in with the spiritof the day by dressing up as pirates.

Before the trip the children had beenbusy making treasure maps, telescopesand cutlasses as well as doing literacyand numeracy activities based aroundthe pirate theme. While at Beau-manor the children made piratehats, took part in a treasurehunt, played pirate maths puz-zles and lots more. Parentswere then invited into school towatch the children perform apirate assembly to show whatthey had been learning.

Reception Class teacher MrsJayne Morley said: “The chil-dren had a fantastic day takingpart in activities to enhancetheir learning whilst having afun and memorable time.”

ROTHLEY’S JAMES Pilbeam (pictured) wasone of the musicians performing at a fund-raising Day of Talents at St James’ Church,Birstall in June

The proceeds have been divided betweenorphanages in Bethany and Cameroon and‘Carefree’ a Barnardo’s charity for young car-ers.

During the day the church resounded withvocal and instrumental music, handbell ring-ing and a group of young girls performed theirversion of Jellicle cats. There were severaldisplays on view and in the new communityarea visitors gathered for refreshments and achat. Proceeds were raised through sponsor-ships, donations, refreshments, a raffle andsales.

Cynthia Coltman, Jane Scott and LauraGregory would like to thank everyone whosupported the event, which raised £1425.

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THE SUMMER season got off to busy start atRothley Park Golf Club with a packed sched-ule of events.

The annual Pro-Am Tournament saw 36leading Midland golf professionals playing ama-teur teams, and the Everards Brewery, Hancocksand Upton Steel Corporate Days enjoyed excel-lent course conditions. The club also stagedcharity golf tournaments including the LOROSCharity Golf Day and the Greg Brookes CharityGolf Day and the annual Club and Ladies Cap-tains’ Days.

Keith Broughton is this year’s Club Captain. Hegreeted the 6.24 early birds with a champagnetee off and 180 members continued to tee offthroughout the day until 3.30 in the afternoon.The day culminated with a dinner and disco withKeith having his last dance at midnight!

“This was the first Captain’s Day in my 32years as amember thatI haven’tplayed, but Ihad a greatday welcom-ing everyteam through-out the day”said Keith.”The weather,the course

and members were all marvellous and I thankeveryone for their support and contributions toa memorable day and my congratulations to MattHilton for winning the Captain’s Prize.”

Lady Captain, Janet McEwan also had a goodturnout with over 100 ladies competing for thelady Captain’s Prize which was won by RitaCunningham.

Janet said “The day was made very special forme by the support and generosity of the RothleyPark Ladies’ section. My Captain’s charity, CPSport, helps provide sporting opportunities forthose disabled by Cerebral Palsy”.

The two captains raised over £2000 for theirchosen charities.

If you would like any more information aboutbecoming a member at Rothley Park Golf Clubplease contact Club manager, Danny Spillane on0116 230 2809 or visit www.rothleypark.co.ukPic (right): Lady Captain, Janet McEwan, presentingthe trophy andprize to winnerRita Cunning-hamPic (left): clubCaptain, KeithBroughton,shakes handswith MattHilton, overallwinner ofCaptain’s Day

HOW MANY times have you thought “Iwould like to learn how to do that” or “Iwish I could speak a foreign language.”Now you can!

The Leicestershire Adult Learning Service offera wide range of courses including IT, Languages,English and Maths, Sport, Arts & Crafts andGeneral Interest starting in September. Coursesare available at Longslade in Birstall, Rawlins inQuorn and also a small number of courses atMountsorrel Library. You should by now havereceived a brochure through your door givingdetails of courses in your area. If you have notreceived a brochure through your door but wouldlike one or would like advice on any of thecourses please telephone freephone 0800 9880308 and speak to an adviser. Alternativelycontact your local college on one of the followingnumbers Longslade Birstall on 0116 2673389,Rawlins, Quorn on 01509 622826 or go to thewebsite www.leics.gov.uk/golearn.

Learners in receipt of certain benefits areeligible for 70% or 100% discount, pleasetelephone for details.

A NEW scheme to identify and tidy up ‘grot-spots’ in the village is up and running.

Trained volunteers have been provided byCharnwood with GPS transmitters that transmitthe location of fly tipping, along with a photo-graph, direct to SERCO, the Borough Council’swaste contractors.

Volunteer Marion Vincent said: “The turningcircle on the slip road from the A6 into Rothleyis a constant source of tipping and this week wewere kindly presented with eight bags of rubble.

“If I know this is there I can do an immedi-ate on the spot report to SERCO complete withphotograph and grid reference, all at the touchof a button. If you see any fly tipping in thevillage or an acute accumulation of generalrubbish, overflowing bins etc, then send me anemail or leave a message.”

SERCO can only remove rubbish from thehighway and land owned by Charnwood, notfrom private property.

Marion Vincent 0116 2303405,[email protected]

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A CYCLIST knocked off his bike by a motoristin Rothley was taken to Leicester Royal Infir-mary with minor injuries.

The vehicle failed to stop and the Police areappealing for witnesses.

The collision happened at around 2.30pm onMonday July 26 outside the entrance to FarnhamBridge Farm, Loughborough Road, Rothley, nearto Rowena Garden Centre. The cyclist was travel-ling in the cycle lane on Loughborough Road.

The vehicle is described as an old shape FordEscort in blue, with a lighter coloured panel onthe rear driver’s side of the vehicle. It is alsobelieved the vehicle may have damage to thefront driver’s side wing. The cyclist was taken tothe Leicester Royal Infirmary suffering minorinjuries. The vehicle was apparently pursued bya witness, but that witness has not yet madethemselves known to police.

PC Angela Braithwaite, who is investigating theincident, said: “We would like to trace thewitness who pursued the vehicle at the time ofthe incident, and to anyone else who may beable to help with our enquiries.”

Anyone with any information is asked tocontact PC 4357 Angela Braithwaite on 0116222 2222, follow the instructions to leave amessage for an officer and when prompted keyin her identification number 4357. Alternatively,people can call Crimestoppers free and anony-mously on 0800 555 111.

AT THE June meeting of Rothley History Societywe were privileged to enjoy a fascinating illus-trated talk by the distinguished journalist andhistorian Leanda de Lisle, on the topic of herbook: ‘The Sisters who would be Queen’; LadyJane, Lady Katharine and Lady Mary Grey ofBradgate.

Leanda's de Lisle's opening remark was to suggestthat she was not used to public speaking. Sheconfounded this statement by giving us a mostaccomplished lecture. A great deal of interestinginformation was delivered clearly and with wryhumour.

Her talk was received enthusiastically by anaudience of over 50 people, including visitors andmembers of other History Societies. Many of theaudience knew something of the story of Lady JaneGrey of Bradgate, the ‘Nine Days Queen’, but hadlittle idea of the personalities, or intrigues anddangers surrounding the lives of Jane's sisters,Katharine and Mary. Their lives too, were dominatedby their lineage and its relationship to the successionto the Crown of England. We were treated to adetailed and dramatic insight into the murky worldof Tudor power politics, the characters, motives,political and religious views of the main players inthis drama were highlighted, while using slides ofportraits and paintings to illustrate her talk.

Leanda described life at Bradgate for the threesisters, the precocious and studious Jane, the friend-ly and affectionate Katharine, and the diminutiveMary: all three attended at court and mixed withroyalty.

Henry VIII actually stated in his will that if his ownchildren should die childless, Jane and her sisters

were in direct line ofsuccession to the throne,through their father, SirHenry Grey, Marquess ofDorset and Duke of Suf-folk who was a descend-ant of ElizabethWoodville, wife of KingEdward 1V. Their motherFrances, was the daughterof Henry VIII's sister,Mary Tudor, and there-fore was the niece ofHenry VIII.

Jane had been groomed from an early age by herambitious parents for great things. She had beenconsidered very suitable, being another ferventProtestant and Edward actually named her as hisheir in his last months and there were high hopesthat Jane might marry the boy King Edward VI, untilhis early death put paid to this ambition.

On Edward's death in 1553, Jane was proclaimedQueen, perhaps not as unwillingly as has beenportrayed, but after nine days as Queen it was allover, and her successor Queen Mary had her andher meddlesome father as well as her young hus-band, Lord Guildford Dudley, executed in 1554.

Her sisters were also to suffer in the ambitions ofthe Grey family. Katharine, probably the prettiest andliveliest, married without the Queen's permission,Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. They were sentto the Tower and eventually separated for ever.Katharine, it was said, died of a broken heart.

Of the three sisters, only Mary achieved a meas-ure of freedom. She was reported as being “theshortest person at court”, married without royalconsent, the older commoner Thomas Keyes “the

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Find out more at www.freeusela.org.Individuals are also being encouraged by the

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biggest person at court”. He held the important postat court of Sergeant Porter, in charge of palacesecurity. The difference in height, age and rankdidn't trouble them. But their happiness wasshort-lived – Mary was sent into house arrest atChequers and Keyes died in the notorious FleetPrison.

How little personal happiness meant in the vexedquestion of the succession to the throne.

One thing did come out very clearly though, wasthat if you upset the Royal Family in any way, youinvariably finished up in the Tower of London andfaced the executioner's axe. One certainly had to bevery careful not to lose ones head! Boy – was itperilous to be a Grey!

After such an enjoyable talk it was a pleasure toconverse with Leanda de Lisle as she signed copiesof her book. I can't wait to read more! So when wewalk through our local and lovely Bradgate Park,perhaps we shall look at the house with differenteyes and remember the sad fate of the three livelyand intelligent Grey sisters. My thanks go to Janet,John, Natalie, and Susan, our Chairman.

The Rothley History Society had no meetings inJuly and August. We re-convene on Wednesday,September15,when our speaker is Peter Edwards,who is coming to talk about ‘Romany Life’, whichwe feel sure will prove an interesting and quitedifferent talk. Our doors, at The Rothley Centre,Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley, open at 7pm and the talkstarts at 7.30pm

From Noreen Wilson, Programme Secretary

was Colin Dean, who is a Stationmaster there.Colin began by giving a brief history of the

origins of the G.C.R. from its opening in 1899, thenon through the various changes in name andmanagement over the years and fortunately, in the1970’s, being rescued from near dereliction tobring it to its status today as Britain’s only DoubleTrack Main Line Heritage Railway.

It was interesting that it was originally plannedfor the Station to be at Swithland, but the LordLanesborough of the time objected to the intrusionit would bring on to his land, so the site wasswitched to Rothley. Also, the ultimate intention wasto have a four-track line, so bridges of a suitablespan were built to accommodate this, but the planwas never fulfilled.

The G.C.R. had a significant role in everyday life,not only in transporting passengers along its routebetween Sheffield in the North and London Maryle-bone in the South, but also in its freight trade, e.g.parcels, mail, luggage and farming produce toconvey to market. Even racing pigeons were des-patched by rail to a set destination such as Rothley,where the Stationmaster would be responsible forreleasing the birds at an appointed time so theycould fly back to whence they had come – theStationmaster also had to complete a card giving the

date and time of the release which, together withthe bird carrier basket, had to be returned by railto the owner!

We were able to see various equipment andfurniture in the waiting room and booking office,some of which are original to Rothley Station, butsome have been retrieved from other stations on theline, such as the now demolished Leicester CentralStation. Much of the paraphernalia for storage oftickets, files, etc. is the same as has always beenused at the station and, there is an interestingcollection of brochures and catalogues, some toadvertise freight charges and others to promote daytrips and costs of travel to places such as Skegness.

Rothley Station continues to be lit by gas lamps– having originally had oil lamps – the present lampfittings apparently came from a branch ofWoolworth’s and date from the 1930’s. The lampsthemselves are now only available from China! Thevisit ended with a tour of the signal box and anopportunity to browse around the station itself andgenerally enjoy the ambience of a bygone era.

In conclusion, one of our Society membersagreed that I might relate a family story sherecounted to me about a particular memory ofRothley Station. During World War II, on oneoccasion, her brother came home on unexpectedleave – he was based with the R.A.F. in Edinburgh– and after a very long and difficult train journey,late at night he eventually reached Leicester, wherehe needed to catch a G.C.R. train to Rothley.Unfortunately, the only train heading north was notscheduled to stop at Rothley, so he asked the driverif he would slow down as the train neared Rothleyto allow him time to throw off his kit-bag and thenjump off himself – very hazardous in the darknessof the war-time black-out! However, the driver musthave taken pity on this young serviceman andcomplied with his request, so thankfully, with a safelanding and mission accomplished, he walked onhis way to the family home on Leicester Road,Thurcaston, where he gave his mother a completeshock, hammering on the door to be let in at deadof night, when she had absolutely no idea he wascoming!

Once again, our Chairman, Colin Revell, and hiswife, Nadia, kindly invited members to join them forwelcome drinks at their home after the visit.

The ruins of Grace Dieu Priory, Thringstone,were the destination for our second summer visit,in July.

On Tuesday September 21, Wendy Freer will talkon ‘Making Sense of the Census and on TuesdayOctober 26, Mal Trott, puppeteer, will demonstratesome of his puppets. Time of both meetings:7.30pm; venue: the Harrison Room, All Saints’Church, Thurcaston.

A raffle will be held at the meeting on October26: proceeds to Society funds.

From Jennifer KenningtonThurcaston and Cropston Local History Society

THE EVENING of Tuesday June 15, 2010 wasideal for railway enthusiasts, when the first ofour summer visits was to the Great CentralRailway’s Rothley Station.

Our informative guide for the tour of the station

AT A recent meeting of Thurcaston & Crop-ston WI, two make up consultants from theBoots Store in Gallowtree Gate, Leicestergave us a demonstration using the BootsNo.7 range of products.

A lucky member of the audience was chosento be made up and the result was very pleasing.Both girls answered the audience’s questions andgave some handy make-up tips. We were alsoshown an old lipstick from the 1950s and wereall really surprised by how bright the colourswere back then!

Our next meeting will be held at 7.30pm onThursday September 2 at the Memorial Hall,Anstey lane, Thurcaston when Mrs B Weather-stone will give a cooking demonstration. Ourcompetition: a favourite recipe.

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Pic: Rothley station

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THE TALK given by Mr Brian Johnson on June 14,about ‘Leicestershire Village Cinemas’ was re-ceived with great enthusiasm by the member-ship and there were many members sharingtheir early experiences of attending the variouscinemas at differing stages in their lives.

Mr Johnson told us that the first moving pictureswere shown in the City during 1896 but it wastravelling fairs that brought the first moving pictureshows to the villages and the first shows most villagefolk saw were usually in the very popular film booths.

In other villages local businessmen, having seenthe cinema’s popularity in nearby towns wouldperhaps build or convert a suitable building into acinema. In some villages, Castle Donington, Keg-worth and Whetstone to name a few, old churchesor chapels were converted and some were nothingmore than tin shacks. The Churches were especiallyideal, if there was a small balcony or gallery. Sopopular were these ‘picture palaces’ that in the1930s there were as many as 51 cinemas around thecounty serving up to 20 million people each week!Not only were the films appreciated but progressfrom the ‘Silent movies’ to the ‘Talkies’ in 1929 andthe Newsreels kept the public informed as to currentaffairs.

Our normal Members Meeting on July 12, wasour Annual Strawberry Cream Tea which was aresounding success with 38 members, family andfriends attending. This year it was held at theRowena Garden Centre in Rothley.

We owe a great debt of gratitude to our DeputyLeader, Sue Wakerley, for organising the occasionand also our thanks go the more than helpful anddiligent staff of the “Rowena” Restaurant.

August's speaker, Mrs Joyce Lucas, has beennicknamed the ‘Pam Ayres of Rutland’ and alongsideher many talks and slide- shows, she has writtenmany serious and amusing poems to illustrate herconcept of nature and everyday life, to which themembership could acquaint. She treated us to fivepoems which led us into the fascinating subject of‘Portals’. Our resident poet Margaret Hooper, readone of her poems entitled "Bridge 61" which wasvery much appreciated.

Our free prize draw was won by Anne Frisby, ‘ourSunshine Lady’, a herb garden printed China mug,and then to celebrate the two birthdays of ourTreasurer, Gill Smart and Diana Whatton, who apartfrom running the sales table treated the Club tomeringues to accompany our tea!

Our next meeting will be held at the EvangelicalChurch Room in Station Road, Cropston at 2.15pmon September 13 for our annual Charity HarvestBring and Buy, to raise as much money as we can,for The Royal British Legion. Please come along tosupport this very worthy cause and enjoy an after-noon with The Monday Club with refreshments.

From Ann Farndon

Flower Festival‘Ruby Celebrations’

Mountsorrel Methodist ChurchChurch Hill Road

Fri Sep 3, 7pm: service followed by buffet supper, £5Sat Sep 4: 10am-5.30pm, lunches & light refresh-

ments available and at 7.30pm the Leicester Accordi-on Orchestra, £5

Sun Sep 5: services at 10.30am & 6pm. Church openall day

Mon Sep 6: 10am – 3pm, church open, refreshmentsserved

All welcomeTickets : Geoff Wainwright 0116 2376979

Mountsorrel [email protected]• • •

Mountsorrel Book Club

Charity Coffee MorningSaturday September 18, 10am to 12noon

Meeting room above the library, on the Green, Mount-sorrel

(lift access available)Cakes, raffle, books, local produce, sales table

Admission £1, inc coffee & biscuitsAll proceeds to LOROS

Please come and support us• • •

Charity Bridge DriveOrganised by Loughborough Lions

At the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, RothleyOn Wed Nov 10 at 1.30pm with afternoon tea provided

Cost £6 per personTo book a table please contact Jackie on 0116

2303317 or Ann on 01509 232422• • •

Keep Fit with a Difference!Why not join our local basketball group.

No previous experience necessary.Open both men and women over 30.For further details phone 267 2840

• • •

Tea/Coffee & CakesAt St Leonard’s Church, Main Street, Swithland

Saturday September 11. From 10am to 4pmDonations in aid of church funds

• • •

Change a Life and Become aMentor in Charnwood!

The Charnwood Mentoring Scheme is part of Twenty/Twenty, acharity based in Leicestershire and is recruiting committed vol-

unteer mentorsThe scheme pair volunteer mentors with ‘at-risk’ young peopleto partake in a mentoring relationship over a year. In that timeboth parties build skills, confidence and friendship. All volun-teer mentors are trained and supported throughout their timeTo find out more about the Charnwood Mentoring Scheme orbecoming a mentor contact the Scheme’s co-ordinator Sheila

Cullinan on 01509 236144• • •

Friends of Birstall Swimming Poolneeds swimmers to join them on Fridays 12.30-

1.30pm at Birstall Swimming PoolWe are a friendly group and we start again on Friday,

September 10. The first session is £2• • •

Birstall Quilters

Coffee Morning and Sale of WorkSaturday October 2 from 10am to 12noonAt Birstall Methodist Church Coffee Shop

Craft stall, handmade items, cake stall, raffle for aquilt, tea & coffee

In aid of Help for Heroes. Admission free• • •

Rothley Parish Church

Harvest ServicesAll welcome, please come & join us

Sunday September 269am Holy Communion

Coffee MorningAt Rothley Methodist Church, Howe Lane

Every Tuesday morning, 10-11.30am come rain orshine

Friendly atmosphere, everyone welcomeTea & Coffee and biscuits or toasted tea cake

Proceeds for the Methodist Church• • •

Coffee MorningAt Rothley Methodist Church, Howe Lane

October 2, 10-11.30amStalls include cakes, bric-a-brac, books, tombola, raf-

fle etcProceeds for Carl Gunns Boxing Club Birstall & Rothley

Methodist ChurchEntrance fee 50p inc coffee & biscuit

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Noticeboardall details printed free

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10.30am Harvest Festival (a family service withchildren’s programme)

6.30pm Harvest Evensong (a choral evensong withrobed choir)

If you would like a lift please contact the church officeon 0116 230 2626

• • •Bowls: The sport for all

Make new friends and learn new skills at your localclub

Soar Valley Bowling ClubLoughborough Road, Rothley LE7 7NL

Free drop-in sessions on Tuesdays 2-4pmContact: Audrey 0116 2875748

David: 01509 0822972• • •

The next in the series of

Charity Whist Drivesorganised by Derek Farr

will be held in the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane,Rothley on Thursdays, September 2, October 7, No-

vember 4 at 7.30pm. Players of all standards are mostwelcome

• • •Thurcaston & Cropston Local History Society

is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a

Heritage Open Dayon Saturday September 11

Venues open from 10am to 4pm are:

All Saints’ Church, Anstey Lane, Thurcaston; the Meth-odist Church, Mill Lane, Thurcaston and the Evangeli-

cal Free Church, Station Road, Cropston.This community event is to promote the history of the

two villages with exhibits, village trails and quiz.Entrance to all venues is free and refreshments will be

available.He date coincides with the Leicestershire HistoricChurches’ Trust Annual Ride & Stride event and All

Saints’ Church will remain open until 6pm to allow forthis• • •

‘Learn to Sing’a free six week course for men atBirstall Social Club, Wanlip Lane

Starts Mon September 6, 7.30pm. All ages welcomeContact P J Hunt 2675339

The Heart of England Chorus• • •

Loughborough Concert BandThe band is currently looking to recruit new players ofwoodwind and brass instruments, in particular trum-

pet and tuba players although vacancies exist for mostinstrumentalists

Rehearsals on Thursday evenings at the GreenfieldsSports and Social Club on Holt Drive

Membership is open to anyone, with no minimumstandard required and our members range from teen-

ager to 70 plus.Anyone interested in joining the band should check

the website for more information atwww.loughboroughconcertband.co.uk or contact Den-

ise Potter on 01509 556516• • •

Film Presentationsfrom Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Council

‘An Education’, Friday September 10 (95 mins)Nick Hornby has skilfully adapted Lynn Barber’s bookof memoirs to deliver this exceptional British dramawhere a teenager forms a relationship with an older

man. Carey Mulligan was nominated for an Oscar forher mesmerising portrayal of this conflicted teenagerin ‘Swinging Sixties’ London. ‘An Education’ is an ele-gant and affectionate portrait of post-war conserva-

tism and Carey Mulligan’s sexual awakening‘It’s Complicated’, Friday October 8 (121 mins)

This romantic comedy about love, divorce and‘everything in between’ is two hours of laughter andself reflection. After her son’s graduation, MerylStreep’s character, a successful baker, rekindles herrelationship with her ex-husband who now has ayounger wife. She also fancies a divorced architect

who too falls in love with her.Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Council will be showingthese films at Thurcaston Memorial Hall, starting at

7.30pm. Tickets £4. Concessions £3.50. Price includesrefreshments and a lucky prize draw.

Advance tickets can be purchased via the parish office,0116 2367626 or at the door

AIRPORT CARS Birstall. Airports, Seaports,Long Distance, Courier. Tel: 0777 1984806

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Small AdsSmall ads are 25p for the first 16 words. 17-32

words: 50p. Enclosing payment, post your ad to us orhand it in (inside an envelope) at Rothley library orRothley Post Office on Woodgate.

Trade/business rates for small ads are 25p a word.You are liable for the trade/business rate if you areoffering a service for which you are asking for pay-ment, or if you are advertising new goods for sale. Alltext will be printed bold. Box outline £1 extra. Max50 words.

P/10/1747/2: 158 Swithland Lane, Rothley – felling of 1 wildcherry treeP/10/1714/2: Old Farm House, 36 North Street, Rothley –erection of wall and gates to side of dwellingP/10/1717/2: 86 Town Green Street, Rothley – listed buildingconsent, repairs and alterationsP/10/1645/2: Holly Lodge, 60 The Ridgeway, Rothley - removalof lower limbs of one oak tree and one robinia treeP.10/1551/2: 21 The Ridgeway, Rothley – fell one maple treeP/10/1550/2: 81 & 83 Swithland Lane, Rothley – fell one aspentree, fell one laburnum stump and remove 3 shrubsP/10 1535/2: 38 The Ridgeway, Rothley – raise the lower crownof one ash tree, fell one eucalyptus tree and trim row of conifers,ash and sycamoreP/10/1415/2: 143 Swithland Lane, Rothley - works to two ashand one plane treeP/10/1335/2: 935 Loughborough Road, Rothley - erection ofsingle and two storey extension to side of dwellingP/10/1743/2: 23 Anstey Lane, Thurcaston – felling of onesycamore tree and one silver birch tree, pruning, dead wooding,cleaning out crowns of all the other trees on the siteP/10/1707/2: November Cottage, 92 Rectory Lane, Thurcaston– replacement of 5 windows to front and one to side, one torear. Front porch to be changed from apex to lean-to type,thatched as main roofP/10/1636/2: 71 Station Road, Cropston – erection of singlestorey rear extension, pitched roof to garage and to ground floorbay windowsP/10/1609/2: 34 Latimer Road, Cropston – erection of two-storey extension to front of dwellingP/10/1543/2: 23 Waterfield Road, Cropston – erection of exten-sion to side and rear and conservatory to rear of bungalowP/10/1471/2: Ashcroft, 247 Station Road, Cropston - two singlestorey extensions to rear of dwellingP/10/1315/2: 130 Leicester Road, Thurcaston – erection ofdetached garage to front of dwelling

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