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THE FUTURE OF THE LONGHIRST LEADER .
We are again indebted to North East Grains for printing the Leader this month. They have also agreed to do the next issue and the Parish Council have agreed some short term funding.
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ST. JOHN’S CHURCH FETE
SATURDAY 7th JUNE from 2pmThere will be Home Made Teas and the usual stalls:-
Cakes, Preserves, Plants, Tombola, Health Products, Jewellery, Books, Bric-a-Brac, Outdoor Games and Activities for Children
Spurreli of Amble will be selling their wonderful Ice Cream outside the Village Hall and donating 10% of their takings.
GRAND RAFFLE. 1st Prize- £100 cash 2nd Prize - £75 holiday voucher 3rd Prize - £50 M & S voucher, and many more prizes to be won!
Tickets are on sale from members of the congregation. Draw at 3.30pm.
Adults 50p Children Free
We look forward to your valued support.
However, if the Longhirst Leader is to continue in its present form we still need to establish permanent funding.
In order to keep costs to a minimum we have decided that in future we will not regularly include any puzzles. Mike Elphick has produced all the crosswords, word searches etc. for several years and we would like to take this opportunity to thank him for all the time and effort he has put in.
We would like new people on the Editorial Group to introduce some fresh ideas. If you are interested or have any comments or suggestions concerning the financing or the contents of the Leader please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Editorial Group as listed on the last page. Editorial Group
PARISH COUNCIL REPORT
At the AGM for Longhirst Parish Council held on 8th May Bob Jackson was elected Chairman for the coming year with Catherine Farrell being elected as Vice Chairman.The Clerk, Ian Thompson, read out a summary of the past year’s events and issues. Then the accounts for last year along with the probable budget for the coming year were explained and discussed.
A new list of meeting dates for the coming year was issued. Some dates have been changed to ensure that our County Cllr, Alan Sambrook, can attend the PC meetings (see below).
The closure of the C125 was then debated at length by the PC and the considerable number of residents who attended. Present from UK Coal were their Regional Manager, Mr P. Woods and their Site Manager, Mr P. Miller. NCC was represented by Cllr. A. Sambrook and Mr J. Nugent from the Planning Dept.Although there was a lot of debate the reality is that the road is closed and looks as if it will remain closed for the time it takes to extract the coal from the west side of the road. The PC stated that we had been told that any road closure would only come about through a planning application, which would have allowed consultation to take place. The road was closed arbitrarily by NCC Highways Dept. on health and safety grounds without any consultation, which they can do legally!The PC pointed out that this road closure not only grossly inconvenienced many Longhirst residents but it also had considerable financial implications for residents and businesses. When asked who would re-imburse any financial losses neither UK Coal nor NCC replied.Cllr. Sambrook and Mr Nugent are looking at the issue again, but it is highly unlikely the road will reopen.
NCC Highways Dept. have informed us that work on potholes will soon be done on the C125 and on the Longhirst Station to Linton road.
The fact that the resurfaced road at the entrance to Longhirst Colliery is holding standing water due to the poor quality of the original work was again emphatically pointed out to Cllr. Sambrook.
A small working party has been set up to consider the Clerk's salary as he has not had an increase in the last 8 years and there are also new national scales to consider.
The two flower tubs at the War Memorial are to be replaced by the PC and three new ones bought for the opposite corner of the junction.
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An application for a grant of £250 was approved to allow the Longhirst Parish Association to buy new tables for the Village Hall.
The cost of extending the footpath at the north end of the Village (west side) has been approved and this will be done as soon as possible.
We were informed that there is now a definitive map of footpaths and bridle paths on the NCC website.
The date of the next meeting is 10th July at 7 pm in the Village Hall. Future meetings will be on 11th September, 13th November, 15th January, 12th March and 14th May. Bob Jackson
VILLAGE HALL NEWS .
The redecoration of the Foyer, the Reading Room, the Small Meeting Room and the Kitchen was completed during the week commencing the 2nd May and the Reading Room was re-carpeted on the 8th May. Our thanks are due to UK Coal and to an anonymous benefactor for making this possible.
Our thanks are also due to Colin Bentham who has repaired the damaged door handle between the Sports Hall and the Store Room and installed the solar powered light which comes on automatically when it sees a warm body near the front door – a great help for those of us who scrabble about with keys on dark nights.
Many of you will be particularly pleased to hear that we have purchased six large and six small folding tables which are less than half the weight of the tables we have been using in recent years. This has been made possible by grants from UK Coal, the Parish Council and the Longhirst Garden Association. Our thanks are due to all three benefactors.
The Longhirst Parish Association Trustee
Help raise money for Childreach International at the fundraising
on Sunday 1st June 3-6pm PLANT STALL RAFFLE
All food provided! Just bring your drinks and picnic blanket!
Hosted by Jen Armstrong, at Ancroft House. Call 07792504029 for more information
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WOODHORN MATTERS CELEBRATE THEIR 21ST BIRTHDAY .
To celebrate their Twenty-first Birthday the Woodhorn Matters are mounting an exciting Exhibition in the Bagpipe Museum (lift available) at the Chantry in Morpeth this June. Visitors can see a wide variety of work combining ‘hooky’ and ‘proggy’ techniques with traditional and contemporary designs, creating new life for recycled fabrics. As well as rugs you will find wall hangings, cushions, bags and lots more! The Exhibition is open from Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th June and Monday 16th to Saturday 21st June between 10am and 4pm. Entrance is free, some work will be for sale and there will be the opportunity to ‘have a go’ at mat making yourself.
For more information contact Jill Elphick (y)
CHURCH NOTICE BOARD
We hope you will receive this Parish Newsletter in time to remind you about our CHURCH FETE which is on SATURDAY 7th JUNE from 2pm in the Village Hall, with the Grand Raffle being drawn at 3.30pm. This is an important date in the Village social calendar and our major fund raising event for the general running expenses of the Church. Please support us. All donations of goods for the Raffle, Tombola, Bric-a-Brac and other stalls can be left in the Village Hall from Thursday 5th June. If you would like to help at the Fete or need
donations collected please contact Jill Elphick (y). Grand Raffle Tickets are available from any member of the Church congregation or at the Fete itself. The regular combined Holy Communion services are again being held at St. John’s, Longhirst on the 1st and 3rd Sundays and as usual, at St. Andrew’s, Bothal on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, all at 9.30am with lifts provided where necessary. The service on Sunday 20th July is a Family Service at St. John’s, which start at the friendly time of 10am. On Sunday 29 th June, a fifth Sunday, a combined service will be held at St. Margaret’s in Pegswood at 10.15am and there is no Evensong on that day. Evensong is normally held at 4pm each Sunday in the Church that does not have the morning service. There is now a regular Home Communion Service at 11am on the 2nd Friday of the month which is held at the Old Dairy, the home of Laura Hughes and Mary McGill. Anyone wishing to attend this service is welcome, please contact Linda Mowbray (f).The Easter Bazaar last month raised a creditable £550 and a big ‘thank you’ is owed to Carol Robson and her helpers for hosting yet another very successful Wildlife Watch Day which raised £500 for Church funds. Many thanks to everyone who supported both these events.We continue to support our local Food Bank and any donations can be left in either the Village Hall or the Church. Mike Elphick
VICAR’S LETTER .
You may have read about the difficulties with the heating at St. John’s Church in the last edition of the Longhirst Leader and how repairing and renewing the oil fired system would inevitably mean damaging the tiled floor, huge expense and
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the continued vulnerability of the oil supply to theft . Having consulted a number of heating experts over the past few weeks we are now seriously exploring the possibilities of electrical forms of heating, both in terms of overhead heating and also night storage. We will be consulting with one or two of our neighbouring churches which already use these systems. Having resumed morning worship at St. John’s at Easter we have been using a number of electrical fan heaters running throughout the previous night to take the chill off before Sunday morning services and these have been very effective now that the weather is warming up. The purchase of a dehumidifier has also noticeably reduced the damp. Thanks to all those who have expressed concern and have offered suggestions as to the best way forward.
As you will know this year marks the commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War. We intend to mark this on Sunday 3rd August in our morning service at Longhirst at 9.30am culminating with an observance at the War Memorial afterwards at 11am. In the afternoon at Bothal Church there will be a Commemoration Service at 3pm which will be part of a series of commemorative events planned to take place in Pegswood over that weekend. John Park
CONGRATULATIONS .
Many congratulations to Sarah and Dan Hooper, from Stable Close, who had a baby girl, Ripley Mae on 30th March. She weighed in at 7lb 2oz and at her 6 week check-up was a healthy 9lb 12oz.
MORPETH AND DISTRICT RED SQUIRRELS .
Those residents who receive the MADRS newsletter will know we have chosen Longhirst as the location for our AGM this year. The meeting is to be in the Village Hall on Tuesday 17th June at 7 pm.
You would all be most welcome to join us, hear how our work progressed last year and share any thoughts you may have about how we can develop and improve what we do.
Catherine Weightman, Joint Coordinator
PEGSWOOD COMMUNITY HUB .
Murder Mystery Evening. Can you work out who done it? Come to an evening of fun and mystery! Saturday 14th June at 7pm. Only £10 per person which includes a 2 course meal with choices.World War 1 Commemoration Weekend. Friday 1st August at 7pm - an evening of music and words to commemorate the people and the events surrounding the commencement of WW1 on the 4th August 1914. Saturday 2nd August from 10am – 2pm. A day in the life of 1914. Village folk will re-enact the events and activities of Pegswood in the days preceding WW1.Sunday 3rd August 3-5pm. A Service at Bothal Church to commemorate those who gave their lives in the Great War followed by tea in the Castle grounds.
If you are interested in getting involved or contributing any information towards this event contact Pegswood Community Hub on 512185.
For more events and daily activities visit our website www.pegswoodcommunityhub.org
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Jaime Shore, Office Administrator
A CHORAL CONCERT IN COMMEMORATION OF THE START OF THE 1ST WORLD WAR
The Mid Northumberland Chorus will present a concert entitled: ‘LEST WE FORGET’ at St. James’ Church, Morpeth, on Saturday 14th June starting at 7.30pm. The concert will feature the ‘Armed Man Suite’ by Karl Jenkins and the Northumbrian cantata ‘With the Ebb and the Flow’ by our local
composer, Derek Hobbs with libretto by Mike Kirkup; a work about the Venerable Bede and the Northumbrian Saints. Tickets are available from Chris Lediard (r) or Mike Elphick (c) and we strongly recommend that you obtain your tickets well in advance because in previous years similar concerts have been sell-outs and no tickets were available at the door on the night. Chris Lediard
THE LONGHIRST HUNDRED CLUB
The winners of the last two ‘Hundred Club’ draws are:
Month 1st Prize (£60) 2nd Prize (£40) 3rd Prize (£20)
April Ticket No. 40Linda Mowbray
Ticket No. 115Dennis Hodges
Ticket No. 3Mike Elphick
MayTicket No. 181Allison Tordoff
Ticket No. 15Adrienne Dobson for Charlotte
Ticket No. 111Amanda Sayers
Mike Elphick
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
JUNESunday 1st 3 – 6pm Childreach Int. Fund raising BBQ at Ancroft House (d)Wednesday 4th 11.45am Luncheon Club in the Village Hall (i)Saturday 7TH 2pm Church Fete in the Village Hall (y)Saturday 14th 10am Litter Pickers meet at the Village Hall
10.15am Fair Trade Coffee Morning in the Village Hall(r)(t)
Tuesday 17th 2pm Mother’s Union Strawberry Tea at Angela’s Mason’s home (g)Tuesday 17th 7pm MADRS AGM in the Village Hall (c)Wednesday 18th 11.45am Luncheon Club in the Village Hall (i)Sunday 29th 10.15am Combined fifth Sunday of the month service at Pegswood (b)
JULY
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Wednesday 2nd 11.45am Luncheon Club in the Village Hall (i)Thursday 10th 7pm Parish Council meeting in the Village Hall (a)Friday 11th Deadline for items for the August/September Longhirst
Leader e-mail to [email protected] Group
Saturday 12th 10am Litter Pickers meet at the Village Hall 10.15am Fair Trade Coffee Morning in the Village Hall
(r) (t)
Tuesday 15th 2pm Mother’s Union at the Northumbria Community, Nethersprings (g)Wednesday 16th 11.45am Luncheon Club meets in the Village Hall (i)Sunday 20th 10am Family Service at St. John’s Longhirst (b)
REGULAR EVENTS
Everyone is welcome to……………… Church services as detailed on page 4.Mobile Library 10am in Village /4pm in Colliery Friday 6th /20th June and 4th /18th July
FUTURE EVENTS
Saturday 6th September – Flower and Vegetable ShowSunday 3rd August – Services at Longhirst and Bothal Churches to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War Parish Council Meetings - 11th September, 13th November, 15th January, 12th March and 14th May
CONTACT DETAILS
For more information about the various activities and events mentioned in this Newsletter contact:-
Parish Council Clerk - Ian Thompson 791851 / e-mail : [email protected] (a)
Vicar - Rev. John Park 510793 / e-mail: [email protected] (b)
Churchwardens - Dorothy McMillan 518375 / e-mail: [email protected] (s) Ian Armstrong 791765 / e-mail:[email protected] (d)
PCC Secretary – Bill Wake 790450 / e-mail: [email protected] (e)
Home Communion Contact – Linda Mowbray 791627 (f)
Mothers Union - Jean Richardson 504960 / e-mail : [email protected] (g)
Longhirst Parish Association - Gill Featonby 812447 / e-mail: [email protected] (h)
Village Hall Bookings - Mike Elphick 790764 / e-mail: [email protected] (c)
Luncheon Club – Linda Rudd 790116 / e-mail: [email protected] (i)
Bowls Club - Tom Pigg 790354 (j)
Senior Badminton – Claire Coates 791088 / e-mail: [email protected] (k)
Junior Activities Club – Linda Mowbray 791627 (f) Mike Elphick 790764 / e-mail: [email protected] (c)
Longhirst Amblers - Peter Coates 791088 / e-mail: [email protected] (l)
Music Society - Peter McKenzie 790344 / e-mail: [email protected] (m)
Garden Association - Bob Jackson 813851 / e-mail: [email protected] (p)
Longhirst Hundred Club - Mike Elphick 790764 / e-mail: [email protected] (c)
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Parish Voluntary Litter Clearance – Chris Lediard 790268 / [email protected] (r)
Fair Trade Coffee Mornings – Margaret Lediard 790268 / [email protected] (t)Longhirst Colliery Recreation Hall – John Leonard 458799 / e-mail: [email protected] (x)
Village Website – www.longhirstvillage.co.uk - Alan Block 790282 / [email protected] (u)
Bjoern Backe / [email protected] (w)
Church Website - www.longhirstchurch.btck.co.uk (b)
Longhirst Leader Editorial Group:Jill Elphick - Howarth Cottage:790764, [email protected] (y)
Peter and Claire Coates - The Old Farmhouse, Broomhaugh: 791088, [email protected] (z)Myra Jackson – Sydney Cottage, Longhirst Colliery: 813851, [email protected]
Carol Robson - Rose Cottage, Ulgham Lane: 07773738442Peter Angus : [email protected]
Our sincere thanks toNorth East Grains
for printing this magazine
If you require a copy in large print please let us know.
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