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Towers & Spires
St Lawrence’s Tallington
St Faith’s Wilsthorpe
St Martin’s Barholm
St Andrew’s West Deeping
St Margaret’s Braceborough
St Michael & All Angels Uffington
St Thomas’
Greatford
NEWS AND EVENTS
FROM THE VILLAGES
JUNE 2014
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TALLINGTON
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Mon – 100% Juicy beef burger & a drink £5.50
Tues – Cribbage @ 7.30pm - Steak Night (with sauce) £9.95
Wed – Curry Night £5.50
Thurs – Dominos @ 7.30pm - Any Main Meal £5.95
Fri – Fish & Chips £5.50 – KARAOKE @ 7.30pm
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PIANO TUITION Preparation for
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CLERGY
Rector: Carolyn Kennedy Tel: 01780 481786
E-mail: [email protected]
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Uffington Tel: 01780 765005 [email protected]
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VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES
Barholm with Stow - Mrs C Baldwin. Tel: 01778 560586
Braceborough - Mrs F Grindey,
Tel: 01778 560570
Greatford - Mrs B Everitt, Tel: 01778 560473
Tallington - Mrs L Pollock
Tel 01780 740445
Uffington – Mrs Gail Genever, Tel: 01780 765005
West Deeping – Jean Stowe Tel: 01778 346779
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WILDLIFE GARDENING IN JUNE
Ladybirds are amongst our most familiar and best known insects, and which we are introduced to as children – think of Ladybird books and the nursery rhyme - and their bright colours are easy to see.
In Britain there are about 40 species. Some are rare, two are thought to be extinct and some are so small a microscope is needed to identify them! There are 25 easily recognisable species (though some are quite variable in colour and markings). Five species are common to gardens, including the 7-spot, the 2-spot, the 10-spot, and the 14-spot Ladybirds, as well as the colonising Harlequin, which arrived in the UK in 2004.
A number of others are found in hedgerows, meadows and grassland, and broadleaved and conifer woodland and trees, so these species may also be seen in our gardens if you live near to, or have some of these habitats in your garden.
Adults hibernate over-winter, and when emerging on warm, sunny days in spring, they fly off to find their favourite habitats. After mating, the female will lay eggs on plant stems and leaves, in leaf litter and other debris. The young will hatch, sometimes only a few days later if the weather is warm. The larvae will join their parents in voraciously eating aphids (that is, green- or white-fly). All the garden ladybird species eat aphids, and some species will also devour scale- and sap-sucking insects.
The larvae look very different to the adult: they are thin, small, with 6 legs and a longish body, no wings, and are blackish-grey with some spots or streaks of orange or yellow. Some people say they resemble bird droppings – which may be a possible deterrent to predators! The larvae take two to four weeks to reach maturity, at which point they pupate, emerging as adults just a few weeks later. They spend the rest of the summer eating and getting ready to over-winter. The hibernation sites ideally have a fairly constant temperature and are frost-free, so the ladybirds choose places under bark, around the bases of trees and shrubs, or around window frames and buildings. Sometimes hundreds or thousands huddle together!
Try to avoid using pesticides or killing either the adults or young, and allow some untidiness in the garden for them to hibernate in, and lay their eggs. Please be kind to ladybirds - they are
definitely the gardener’s friend! Donna and Tim
WILSTHORPE First Sunday of the month is Holy Communion at 10.30. Everybody most welcome. At the coffee morning held on Saturday 17th May, over £400 was raised towards St Faith's Church and the organisers send a huge thank you to everyone who helped with their time and donations. 2nd/3rd August 2014 – an exhibition will be held in St Faith’s Church to commemorate the start of the First World War. If anybody living in Wilsthorpe who has a relative who served in the Great War or who passed on any experiences and would like them included in the exhibition, please do not hesitate to contact Rita [560491]. Details of setting up the exhibition will be circulated nearer the time. The Notice Board has been renovated and varnished and is now back in place – thank you James! 9th June - The Parish Council meeting will be held at St Faith’s Church at 7.30pm
The Rectory, Uffington Dear All
Well, it’s good to be back, if still not exactly full time. I’m sorry to say that I’m not actually better, we’ve just got to the point where the painkillers are more or less balanced with the pain, but I live in hope that the tests I’m now waiting for will lead to treatment, and I’ll be able to move towards working full time again. Many thanks for all the good wishes and offers of help I’ve received over the last few months. As well as missing out on a lot of things going on in the parish while I’ve been off, I missed a very important celebration in the Church of England. At the beginning of May there was a big service at St. Paul’s Cathedral celebrating 20 years since the ordination of women as priests, with hundreds of the women ordained that year processing to the cathedral – and as one of the women who became a priest that year, I was very sorry not to be there. Friends who did go tell me it was a wonderful service, led by a woman priest with the Archbishop of Canterbury taking second place and assisting her, and a fifteen minute standing ovation as the women came into the cathedral. It’s wonderful that women and men can now follow God’s call to service as priests, leading worship, offering God’s forgiveness so that people can make a fresh start, accompanying people through times of sadness and joy, taking baptisms, weddings and funerals, praying and leading in prayer, teaching, preaching, supporting, and all the many and varied things that are part of a priest’s ministry. And sometimes it’s the little things that make the difference - the first time I really believed I was a priest was when I got to process into a cathedral service in the middle of the line walking next to a man, because before then the women, as juniors, were always together at the front. It feels as if we’re getting closer to God’s wishes for the church when we’re able to walk – and minister – together as equals. We still haven’t reached full equality, tho’, or full acceptance. I haven’t been told recently (as I was when I was first priested) that I am ‘a sin against the Holy Spirit’, but there are still churches where I can’t work, or even take a service. And what’s actually worse than that is that there are churches which theoretically are happy with women priests, but who won’t agree to take one as their Rector or Vicar. Country parishes, it must be said, are rather better at accepting women – it’s the big town parishes that often aren’t so keen. In the church as a whole, while about a third of priests are now women, only a quarter of paid priests are female – and over half of the unpaid priests. And only 11% of senior posts are held by women – and after twenty years, there are plenty more who are experienced enough to hold a senior post. And, of course, we’re still waiting for the legislation to allow women to become bishops, tho’ it is to be hoped that will come soon, and we may even see our first woman bishop sometime next year. So let us celebrate how far we’ve come – and carry on moving forward, as we try to become the church God wants us to be.
Yours, Carolyn Kennedy.
UFFINGTON SCARECROW WEEKEND
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the many volunteers that turned up to help with the car parking during the Scarecrow weekend. I am especially grateful to those who turned up ad hoc to help and those that came back after their shift to do some more! At times we were exceptionally busy! Financially it was a very successful part of the fund raising. On a personal note, I think we all enjoyed each other's company and thanks to Geoff Radley for making the teas and the loan of the caravan! Barry Church
I write on behalf of the Scarecrow Organising Committee to thank everyone who helped run the event, not just those from Uffington but also from the other parishes in the group. The cake makers excelled themselves and with everyone ‘doing their bit’ we had an excellent weekend, no final figures known yet but of the ones seen they point to perhaps the best return ever and of course the sunshine made all the difference. Thank you again for the enthusiasm and effort you put in. David Genever
Congratulations to the Scarecrow Winners - 2014! 1st Prize £20 Uffington CE School for a “Birthday Party” 2nd Prize £10 Mulvaney family for “Trooping the Colour”sited on School Lane Joint 3rd Prizes £5 Rawden family (Lindsey Road) for “Halloween” and the
Richardson family, (The Charters) For “May Day”.
Well done to the Scarecrow Quiz Winners. Each awarded £10. Sunday Adults’ M Duckworth Sunday Children’s E Hales Monday Adults’ D Doud Monday Children’s H Fone
The answers to the quizzes are on www.uffington.org
TRUESDALE WARD – JUNE 2014 Dear Resident SKDC is renewing efforts to bring empty homes back into use by giving landlords and owners an incentive grant to help them re-let their properties. There have been over 400 addresses in the district which have been identified as long term unoccupied. More than 20 students, from Stamford College, are getting skills and experience by working on a site in Stamford which will see four new council properties. This is part of a two year £3m building programme to create 33 new Council homes in Stamford and Grantham. If you have any problems please do not hesitate to contact either Rosemary Woolley 01778 560634 or Kelham Cooke 07940 187 426.
BRACEBOROUGH
Sunday 1st June - Holy Communion - 9am - Please come along and join us for Holy Communion. Everyone is welcome. Saturday 26th July - Braceborough’s next Musicfest featuring, Harmonies, Jazz, Blues, Swing etc. Provisional timings as follows: 2pm Bar open. 3pm Handful of Harmonies 4pm Open mike and food beginning to be served 6pm Handful of Harmonies 7pm Jazz2Swing 8pm Ollie's band 9pm Denial Music for all tastes. It is planned to have a choice of BBQ food, chili con carne, jacket potatoes, salads, vegetarian, desserts & strawberries. Licensed Bar. Tickets: Adults £8, Children £4, Family (2x adults & 2x children) £20, available from Jason (561256) and Malcolm (561153). Tickets will on sale from MID-MAY; there is a LIMIT on the numbers available. Get the date in the diary! This will be a super event with proceeds shared between Village Hall & Church. Flying the Flag. Call James on 560417 if you want to fly the flag – births, birthdays, anniversaries and anything else you would like to celebrate. Union flag and St George’s Cross available – or provide your own (but not the Jolly Roger – apparently that’s not allowed!). Booking the Village Hall. Contact James or Hazel on 560417 to book Braceborough & Wilsthorpe Village Hall. It is one of the best appointed halls in the area, available for just £7.50 per hour. Defibrilator update. Following lots of fundraising over the last year, including Bracefest, personal donations, donations to own clones of a new Apple variety – Braceborough Gold – and a grant from the Parish Council, it is a great pleasure to be able to announce that the order for two defibrillators has been made and that the training will have happened on 14 May. Hopefully by the time this is read by you the machines will have been delivered and the scheme will be up and running in both Braceborough and Wilsthope. The Braceborough defibrilator will be located at the Village Hall; the Wilsthorpe one at St Faith’s Church. MANY thanks to everyone who has helped to make this project a reality, and to those who have volunteered to be called in the event of an emergency.
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th – Jill Westcombe
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June 29th
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Uffington WI. The programme for the year 2014/15 was presented to members at Uffington WI’s May meeting. Events will include a July barbecue, harvest supper, and a 70th birthday party for the branch next March. Talks will include the origins of nursery rhymes, life behind the Iron Curtain, the history of Uffington and the life of local poet John Clare. President Maggie Carter remains in office for a further year, as do treasurer Pam Norwood and Secretary Pauline Earley, with Sally Baker, Sue Naden, Sheila Croft, Alison Dodsworth and Vanessa Kimberley as committee members. The President thanked all those who had made cakes or helped out on the WI’s cake stall at the recent Uffington Scarecrow Festival, and those who helped to run the White Elephant stall, the former making £142 and the latter £559. Name badges were handed out as members arrived at the May meeting, an innovation it is hoped will help newcomers with identification! A vote to support the national WI’s annual resolution for its AGM – to support organ donation and encourage family and friends to do the same – was carried by the meeting. Afterwards, members created felt poppies to commemorate 1914, instructed by Gillian Johns. A competition for a First World War photograph was won by 1 Sue Naden, 2 equal Pauline Earley and Mary Johnston, 3 Brenda Francis. Flying the Flag. Either the Union Jack or St George’s Flag has been flown as follows: Date Event Sponsor(s) 4-5th May Scarecrow Weekend PCC 5th May Jane Heap’s birthday Jane Heap 10th May Julia Eglin’s 13th birthday Mum & Dad Mark your special date by sponsoring either the Union Jack or St George’s flag, and make a £5 donation to Church funds. Contact David & Gail Genever or Graham Creedy (481084)
FROM THE REGISTERS Baptism 20th April West Deeping Amelia Catherine Small 18th May Tallington Daisy Mae Machin and Rosie June Machin. Marriage 26th April Tallington John James Leftley & Helen Clayden Funeral 25th April West Deeping Charles Robert (“Bob”) Alpe (aged 74) (at Marholm) Burial of Ashes 26th April Tallington Kathleen Alice Atkins (aged 96)
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BRACEOROUGH AND WILSTHORPE PARISH COUNCIL Notes from Braceborough & Wilsthorpe Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Parish Council Meeting held on 12th May at Wilsthorpe Church. At the AGM Cllr Dave Kentish was elected Chairman and Cllr Susan Burgoin Vice-Chairman. The accounts for 2013/14 were approved and it was agreed that the clerk and community cleaner’s hours and salary would remain as previous year. Mrs Campbell gave a report that Baston CofE School had seen a year of positive changes and thanked the Parish Council for its continued support in helping with swimming costs. A resident asked for an update on the Wilsthorpe Sewerage Scheme, highways and defibrillator training. Cllr Shorrock reported that it had been arranged and hoped for a good response. A highways walkabout had taken place in April with the usual concerns such as potholes, standing water and roadside breakup. It was also reported that the verges required cutting especially at junctions. The Councillors were informed that there would be no extra street lights as requested at the Parish Meeting. It was reported that the handle on the BT Kiosk at Braceborough had disappeared and that glass was cracked on the Kiosk at Wilsthorpe plus the door did not shut after it was painted. The Councillors had no objection to the planning application at Ardgeith, Wilsthorpe. Cllr Kentish reported that the questionnaire for the Parish Plan had been delivered to residents of both parishes and responses had already been received. C.Cllr Trollope-Bellew reported that Gainsborough would be the only place in Lincolnshire if fracking was to take place at this present time. He said that it was hoped that the decision on the Library review would be in July. D.Cllr Channell reported that she had spoken with Chris Maw 01476 406409 regarding the cleaning out of the dyke at Wilsthorpe and it was programmed for 8th July. If anyone would like to contact him direct then he would be happy to talk to them. Date of next meeting- Monday 9th June 2014. For more information on the Parish Council please go to http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/BraceboroughandWilsthorpe Rosemary Woolley, Clerk to the Council
WELLAND MOTHER'S UNION Monday, June 16th – an afternoon outing to David Bond's garden nr Oundle. Details Elizabeth Noble 01778 344674 Anne Batty 01780 740151
BARHOLM WITH STOWE Barholm Gift Day will be held on 28th June in the Church Porch between 11am and 12 noon. Everyone welcome for coffee and biscuits.
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WEST DEEPING Bible Studies. Tuesdays, 3rd and 17th June, 2.45 for 3.00pm at Cromwell House, followed by tea with our hosts Susanna and Ian. There will be a summer break in July, and meetings start again in August. Contact: Allen Calvert 01778 344208. Coffee Morning. Saturday 7th June, 10.30-12noon. West Deeping Village Hall. In aid of Village Hall funds.
West Deeping Walkers. Sundays. 8th June will be led by Roger and Joy 01778 343263. 22nd June is a local walk. Meet at 2pm at the Village Hall. Contact: Annie Newbigging 01778 343263 or email [email protected] Coffee Morning. Saturday 21st June, 10.30am-12noon. West Deeping Village Hall. Call in for a tea/coffee and a chat. Donations for St. Andrew’s Church. Raffle; Cake/produce stall; Activities for children, all are welcome. Morris Dancing. Tuesday 24th June, 8pm at The Red Lion. Come and see a lively display from Peterborough Morris, who perform traditional dances from the English midlands. Carpet Bowls Club. The group will meet on Wednesday afternoons and Thursday evenings in June. See centre pages. Chairperson: June Thomas 01778 343434. Rambling Readers. Friday 27th June, 7.45pm, West Deeping Village Hall. If you are interested in reading a new book each month, supplied by Lincolnshire Libraries please touch base with Elizabeth Noble who organizes us 01778 344674. West Deeping Heritage Group: Our new display boards, bought with part of our Heritage Lottery grant, were in use for Uffington’s Scarecrow Festival for an exhibition about the Boaty Story, the Stamford Canal project. Any organisation that has an event or a suitable place to put it is welcome to borrow the exhibition and a supply of leaflets giving details of walks along the route of the canal in West Deeping and Tallington – contact Maggie on 01788 344768.
TALLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
The Annual Parish Meeting, Annual General Meeting and normal Council Meeting were held on Tuesday 6th May 2014. Five Councillors, Parish Clerk and 7 members of the public were present. The Parish Clerk presented accounts for 2013/2014 which were duly signed off. S14/1215/HSH/PC1 – Demolition of outbuilding and garage and erection of replacement outbuilding and garage at Moorelake Lodge, Barholm Road, Tallington PE9 4RJ – all councillors had viewed the plans, no members of the public or the Parish Council raised any objections. Wi-Fi for the Village Hall has ordered, no further information available concerning the 150 houses that will receive broadband in the first phase (we are advised the remaining properties will receive an alternative solution). Latest note from Network Rail (NR) posted on notice boards and website. Cllrs Mayling and Smith met with NR and introduced to engineers appointed to carry out feasibility study. First traffic census carried out, perhaps not best time for census to have been done. Before each council meeting Cllr Mayling is in contact with NR for an update to bring information back to meeting. Following last Parish Council (PC) meeting we wrote to surrounding local councils suggesting meeting up collectively to discuss existing problems and hopefully find a way forward. Very few responses were received and the meeting called off until we obtain results of feasibility study. NR asked to respond to our letter that we sent to Secretary of State. Their position is that NR are due to see plans from Mott McDonald with what options they come up with. Meetings are ongoing with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) and South Kesteven District Council (SKDC). NR are anticipating a public consultation mid June (17th) but is not yet confirmed. The will want to meet with PC before that date if it happens. The PC will continue to keep in regular contact. Cllr Trollope-Bellew reported LCC have no additional funds set aside for roads. When meet re feasibility study advised PC would have some input. Report from District Councilor - no increase in SKDC council tax, Stamford Festival was a great success, now preparing for Grantham. Solar panel applications have now taken over from wind turbines. Dog fouling remains an issue all over ward. Had arranged with head of planning when application for bridge received would be put to full committee meeting, about to have a change of head of planning and will ask same question of them. Finally, would like to thank all Parish Councillors and Clerk for their support over the last 12 months. Eel Pass – Cllr Smith relayed response from Environment Agency: Nick Riches passed on your enquiry regarding the hole in the bank near the fish pass at Tallington. The current position is that we have received back tenders for the repair works, these have been assessed and we will be awarding the contract shortly. We would be disappointed if we were not on site within the next three weeks, however please do not take that as a promise at this stage. We will be doing bank protection work on both sides, and on the pre barrage (weir) within the channel. Looking at the submitted programmes the work should take just under two weeks to complete - subject to everything going to plan. When the works are being undertaken, we have requested that we keep one side of the river bank open at all times to minimise the inconvenience. The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Tuesday 24th June 2014 commencing at 7.30pm.
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READINGS FOR MAY On the first two Sundays the reading from Acts is compulsory, so the readings for all services are Acts and the Gospel.
Psalm Acts/OT NT Gospel
1st June Easter 7 (Sunday after Ascension)
68:1-10 1:6-14 John 17:1-11
8th June Pentecost
104:26-end 2:1-21 John 20:19-23
15th June Trinity Sunday
8 Isaiah 40:12-17, 27-end
2 Cor. 13:11-end
Matthew 28:16-end
22nd June Trinity 1 Proper 7
69:8-20 Jeremiah 20:7-13
Romans 6:1b-11
Matthew 10:24-39
29th June St Peter
Acts 12:1-11
Matthew 16:13-19
6th July Trinity 3 Proper 9
145:8-15 Zechariah 9:9-12
Romans 7:15-25a
Matthew 11:16-19 + 25-30
All change this month: we start with the white & gold of Easter, then it’s red for Pentecost, back to white for Trinity Sunday, green for Trinity 1, and red again for St. Peter.
TALLINGTON Church Flowers
1st and 8th June - Mrs Gray 15th and 22nd June - Mrs B Smith
29th June - Mrs I Cornwell
St Lawrence Church: Thank you to the volunteers at the Church Working Party last month to help keep the Churchyard looking neat and tidy.
Table Tennis: Congratulations to Tallington A Table Tennis Team on winning the Ketco Cup, a handicap competition sponsored by the Stamford and Rutland Table Tennis League.
200 Club Winners in April: Mr and Mrs Fred Hughes £20; Mrs Kay Dodworth £10.
Social Evening: The Social on Friday 27th June will be a Strawberries and Cream with Pimms evening held from 7.00 pm as usual. The July Social has yet to be arranged but please note that there will be no Social in August due to other commitments for the Village Hall.
Mobile Library Service: Please remember that the Mobile Library Service has changed its day. It will be in Church Lane on Monday 16th June from 11.15 to 11.45 am.
GREATFORD Church Flowers: Lois Webb
Church Cleaning: Joan Aylett and Bridget Everitt If you can spare a few hours a year to help with the cleaning please contact Cazz Anders on 01778 560032.
Church Services: The Annual Church Meeting in March confirmed that the pattern of services would be continued for 2014. The services in June will be Holy Communion on June 8th at 9.00am; Family service on June 22nd at 9.00 am. The organ needs playing regularly- if anyone would like to practise please contact the churchwardens.
Carlby & District WI: This WI has members attending from Carlby, Bourne, Thurlby, Wilsthorpe, Braceborough and Greatford. At the meeting on May the members had a very informative presentation about the McCains Chip production from Mark Walmsley. The next meeting is in Carlby Village Hall on Tuesday June 10th at 7.30 and will be a Handicrafts Evening with the ladies from Bourne. New members and visitors are always welcome. For further information please telephone 01778 590180.
Bell ringing: 4th June, attempted quarter peal. 18th June practice night, 7.30pm - 9pm: ringers of all stages welcome.
Greatford Village Fete will take place this year on the 13th September. This popular annual event will include all the attractions that make it such an enjoyable afternoon and a great occasion to catch up with friends and neighbours. Look forward to traditional fete games, stalls, tombola, bouncy castle, live music, tea, cakes, barbecue and more. Please put the date in your diary – and if you're free to lend a helping hand, please contact Jonathan Manning (01778 560506). Get set for a barn dance! The excellent Fruitcake Band will be providing the revelry in Greatford Village Hall on 18th October, with expert caller Maggie Wood (of the Waggon Load of Monkeys) leading proceedings so you'll soon know your do-si-do from your promenade. Great fun guaranteed. More details to follow, but please note the date.
The Village Hall stands at the heart of Greatford, and the committee who look after it would love to hear from new volunteers keen to join the committee and lend a hand. It's an occasional, low key commitment, but any help in running the few events organised to raise funds for the hall would be warmly welcomed. If you'd like to know more about how you can become involved in the life of this lovely village facility, please contact Jonathan Manning on 01778 560506.
Mobile Library: The day and time has changed for this service and is now on a MONDAY. The van will call at Greatford opposite the phone box on Mondays 16th June 2014 and 14th July 2014 from 12noon to 12.30pm.
Flying the Flag: You can help to raise funds by having the Union Jack or the Flag of St George flown in honour of any special event. The Flags can be flown at the Village Hall in aid of Village Hall Funds or on the flagpole outside the Church in aid of Church Funds. Please contact Cyril Webb on 560437 in either case. The Union Flag was flow for the Queen's birthday on 21st April, and the St George's flag flown on 23rd April.
Dog Fouling: As well as the ongoing problem in the village, once again the churchyard has been fouled by dogs in spite of notices at each entrance. Please can everyone be vigilant to this offence.
Road Closures in Greatford: The work on the sewer is continuing and the schedule of closures (and other road works) remains as published in last month’s Towers & Spires.
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OUR FLORAL HERITAGE
If you see someone in your village with a clipboard and a hand-lens to aid plant identification, they could well be a member of the BSBI (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland) undertaking a survey. A national initiative to map the wild flowers of the British Isles by 2020 is underway.
The Towers & Spires villages lie within the Vice County 53, where data collection is co-ordinated by Peterborough based botanist Sarah Lambert. Already she has spent time in several of our villages. Other botanists have tackled the Tallington Lakes area. Jean Stowe, West Deeping T&S village representative, started on her home patch when she observed a number of interesting plants while on the village litter pick.
Sarah found more than 150 species on a recent visit to Barholm and Greatford, including interesting arable species and a good range of wetland plants in a road-side drain. A visit to Tallington in March revealed three colour forms of sweet violet, and the very local fern, intermediate polypody Polypodium interjectum growing on a shaded stone wall. Highlights in West Deeping were the early forget-me-not, Myosotis ramosissima and least yellow-sorrel Oxalis exilis, in the cemetery. Sarah has described all these in her blog mollyblobsandpaigles.blogspot.co.uk/
Let’s enjoy our flowers and avoid being too tidy. They attract bees, which pollinate farm crops and so improve food security.
UPDATE FROM UFFINGTON CHURCH Many thanks to children at Uffington School, who with Liz Bender and Les Baillie, made very colourful Easter Crosses and which were displayed in church. These remain near the altar and, together with the beautiful flower arrangements prepared for Scarecrows, helped to make the church look very attractive! There was also much interest in the displays about Uffington history and the Stamford canal. Many thanks to all those involved. At the recent Annual Parochial Meeting, the church accounts, activities and reports were discussed. Members of the PCC were elected, including the churchwardens - David Genever (Tel 01780 765005) and Geoff Radley (01778 561950). David and Geoff (along with churchwardens for the whole Deanery) were commissioned for another year at a service in Deeping St James on 13th May. The Friday Casewick café continues to be well supported - please feel very welcome to join us anytime between 8.30.m and 12noon. The café is open to everyone – from regular church-goers to those who don’t normally set foot in church! The Uffington Group Youth Church (for youngsters interested in church and aged 10-17 years) has a new programme of activities, and in June we will be singing some songs familiar to the residents of Tallington Care Home. Adults and youngsters who’d like to join us would be very welcome! For more information about rehearsal and concert dates, please tel. 01778 561950. For younger children (ages 3 to 10 years), the Sunday Club meets in the Casewick Chapel on the third Sunday of every month at 10.30 a.m. Parents welcome to stay too! The children take part in a range of fun and craft activities based around Bible stories. Please just turn up or contact Liz Bender for more information (Tel 01780 480341). Please advise Revd. Carolyn, Revd. Martin Brebner or the Church Wardens if you know of anyone who would like to receive Holy Communion in their home and is unable to attend church. We very much want to be 'your' church and serve the village. Please let us know how we could best do this, particularly if you have any ideas of what you would like from your village church. Suggestion box available at the back of the church, or contact the churchwardens or Les Baillie (01780 765908).
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01778 421878, 07759 250424
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VILLAGE WINDOW CLEANING
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Soffits & Fascias
Regular Reliable Service
Purified Water Pole System
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Call STEVE on
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SPACE FOR YOUR ADVERT
OR MESSAGE
CHURCH SERVICES AND DIARY DATES
FOR JUNE 2014 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 3
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 4th 5th 6th 7th
2-4pm WD VH Bowls 2pm Tallington VH Bingo
8-10pm WD VH Bowls
10.30-12noon WD VH
Coffee Morning
11th 12th 13th 14th
2-4pm WD VH Bowls 2pm Tallington VH
Welcome Club
8-10pm WD VH Bowls
18th 19TH 20th 21st
2-4pm WD VH Bowls 2pm Tallington VH
Welcome Club
8-10pm WD VH Bowls
10.30am WD VH
St Andrew’s Church Coffee Morning
25th 26th 27th 28th
2-4pm WD VH Bowls 2pm Tallington VH
Welcome Club
8-10pm WD VH Bowls
7pm Tallington
VH Social Evening 7.45pm WD VH
Rambling Readers
Sunday Monday Tuesday
1st 2nd 3rd Easter 7 (Sunday after Ascension) 9am Braceborough HC 10.15am WDeeping MP 10.30am Uffington HC 10.30am Wilsthorpe HC 6pm Barholm ES
1.45pm Tallington VH
Whist
2.45pm WD Bible Study
Cromwell House
8th 9th 10th Pentecost
9am Greatford HC 10.15am WDeeping HC 10.30am Uffington MP 2pm WD Walkers 6pm Tallington ES
1.45pm Tallington VH
Whist
15th 16th 17th Trinity Sunday
9am Barholm HC 10.15am WDeeping MP 10.30am Uffington HC & Sunday Club with Baptism 12.30pm Uffington Baptism
Welland MU Outing 1.45pm Tallington VH
Whist
2.45pm WD Bible Study
Cromwell House
22nd 23rd 24th Trinity 1
9am Greatford FS 10.15am WDeeping HC 10.30am Uffington FS 2pm WD Walkers
1.45pm Tallington VH
Whist
29th 30th
St Peter 10.30am Group Service at
Barholm HC Celebrating Together
1.45pm Tallington VH
Whist
