Village news
WHIST. Monday night’s Whist Drive, held on February 27, resulted in a very successful night for Anne Harley-Barber as she won both the Whist and the Raffle.
Whist winners were; Anne Harley-Barber 174, Doreen Wright 172, Maureen Johnson 171, Sheelagh Stafford 167, Brenda Stainsby 165 and Freda Blyth 165. Karen Trout won the Consolation prize which was a box of chocolates.
Raffle prizes were won by Anne Harley-Barber, Mike Grout, Dorothy Winfield and Audrey Chambers.
The next Whist Drive will be held on Monday, March 13, starting at 7.30pm as usual.
PARISH OUTREACH WORK. The parish churches at Sutton Bonington - St Anne’s and St Michael’s - continue to help others as part of their outreach work.
Churchwarden Beth Clarke says as a church they feel that it is important to support various Christian charities and in recently they made the following donations, to Embrace the Middle East (formerly Bible Lands Society) £50, USPG (United Society Partners in the Gospel) £75, The Leprosy Mission £75, Church Missionary Society £75 and National Churches Trust £100.
Thank you letters have been received. The USPG said thank you for your prayers and support for their work with churches across the Anglican Communion. “Together we are supporting a variety of initiatives like ‘ The Anglican Togetherness Group’ in Jamaica which brings together the little efforts of many churches so they achieve more collectively, such as a homework and learning centre for students and a peace-building course as well as ‘St Luke’s Hospital in Nablus’ in the West Bank Palestine which provides a vital health service to a local Palestinian community facing many hardships. The hospital does not discriminate, all patients are accepted regardless of their nationality, religion or ability to pay.
CMS: have given thanks for the gift towards their work. “We greatly value your support, which enables our people in mission to be free to follow God’s call on their lives and to make a real difference to the people they serve, who are often living in difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances”.
The National Churches Trust have written to thank everyone at St Michael’s with St Anne’s for making a donation. “We are extremely grateful to you all for your ongoing support and interest in our work. Your donation will be used with care to enable other churches across the UK to complete essential repairs and modernisations for the benefit of their local communities. It will ensure that churches, chapels and meeting houses are protected for future generations, and can be enjoyed and visited by as many people as possible.”
LANDCROFT LANE WORK. Following concerns expressed in the village about the road work on Landcroft Lane in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire County Council have confirmed that they are happy with the repairs that had been carried out. They have told the parish council that whilst the repairs to address the carriageway edge deterioration may not be aesthetically pleasing, they are carried out to make safe the site.
Landcroft Lane is being inspected again and should any further work be required the arrangements will be made. It was felt by residents that Landcroft Lane is being used more since the closure of the Station Road bridge because of the railway line works.
PARISH LINES SUBSCRIPTIONS. Residents in Sutton Bonington ae reminded that subscriptions for Parish Lines, the church magazine, are due this month and subscribers are asked to pay their distributor. The price remains £3.50 per annum for 10 editions.
TALK ON GLADSTONE. Visitors to a meeting of the Sutton Bonington Local History Society tonight, Wednesday March 8, will hear a presentation on a man who served four times as England’s prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone.
Mr Gladstone had connections with Nottinghamshire and was at one time MP for Newark. He was in later life known as ‘ The Grand Old Man’ and had a connection with The University of Nottingham.
The meeting tonight will be addressed by Dr Richard Gaunt and will as usual take place in the Methodist Schoolroom, starting at 7.30pm. Visitors are very welcome to attend. PLANNING APPLICATIONS. No objection has been made by Sutton Bonington parish council to a planning application to Rushcliffe Borough Council for a single storey rear extension, replacement doors and windows and external windows at The Walled Garden property on Hungary Lane. The parish council also did not object to plans for a replacement of the existing dwelling at Redroofs, 4 Upper Holme, Main Street, Zouch, providing plans comply with the Borough Councils policy on riverside development.
And an application for varication of Condition 2 of an existing planning permission involving land between 11 and 17 Orchard Close for revised drawings for the three properties given permission, the change being for a larger dwelling on Plot One, was support by the parish.
SOAR VALLEY U3A. Sutton Bonington residents are reminded that the next Soar Valley U3A meeting will be the Annual General Meeting, with it taking place at 2pm on Tuesday March 28 at Normanton on Soar village hall.
The guest speaker will be Roy Smart who will be returning to deliver another of his highly popular talks on famous names from history.
This time it will be Amy Johnson, the pioneering English aviator of the 1930s.
Anyone who is retired is welcome to join the meetings held by the branch.
COUNCIL TAX INCREASE. Residents in Sutton Bonington are to pay an increase in the amount of council tax they pay for the work of the parish council during 2017-8 -- but only a very small one.
The council have agreed on a precept of £23,640 for the coming financial year compared to the figure of £23,500 in the current year, Council tax on a Band D property this year in the village is
£37.37. In the coming 12-month period it will be 37.78, showing it costs residents 72p a week to meet the expenditure of the parish council in a Band D property. £2,000 IN THE BAG. Sileby Parish Council says it is delighted to announce it has bagged £2,000 from a Tesco funding scheme.
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help funding initiative, which sees grants of up to £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to local outdoor community projects every month.
Millions of shoppers voted in stores up and down the country. And Sileby Parish Council has been awarded £2,000
The grant will be put towards a basket swing which will be sited in the Memorial Park. The equipment will benefit younger children with disabilities/impairments, as those who are unable to support themselves will be able to be placed in the swing so they can lie down in it; we feel it is important that they are able to be included in outdoor activities with their peers. Sileby Parish Council wish to encourage children to enjoy the outdoor environment.
Lindsey Crompton, Tesco’s head of community, said: “Bags of Help has been a fantastic success. We been overwhelmed by the response of our customers and it’s been great to give people a say on how the money will be spent in their community. We can’t wait to see the projects come to life.”
Voting ran in stores from December 1 to 31 with customers choosing which local project they would like to get the top award using a token given to them at the check-out in store.
Since launching in 2015, Bags of Help has awarded more than £25 million across more than 3,000 local projects. Tesco customers will get the chance to vote for three different groups each month. At the end of each month, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco’s regions will be awarded funding.
Groundwork’s national chief executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “It’s just the beginning for Bags of Help and we’re really excited about the future. The scheme will be permanently open for applications, and as grants can now be used for not just the development of, but also for the use of local outdoor spaces, we expect even more groups will now have the chance to benefit. It’s projects like these that really help to capture the public’s imagination by illustrating what can be achieved when communities are given the support and the encouragement they need to create better places where they live.”
Funding is available to groups who are seeking to use and develop outdoor spaces in ways that will benefit their local community. Anyone can nominate a local project and local organisations can apply. To find out more visit www. tesco.com/bagsofhelp
SILEBY METHODIST CHURCH. On Tuesday, 28th February, it was the Pancake Lunch and we were delighted with the turnout – there was a lovely atmosphere in the hall and everyone enjoyed the pancakes, both savoury and sweet.
Followed by a cup of tea and the drawing of the raffle, it finished off the event well. Many thanks to all the folk who helped in the kitchen, Tony Doore, Tony Pike, who both cooked the pancakes, Gina on toppings, Betty and Ann waitressing and Brenda mixing batter.
We are very grateful for all the support shown by you, the public, and the event was a huge success.
On Saturday next, 11th March, we are holding an Afternoon Concert at 3pm.
Chera Voce Choir are attending and we are looking forward to hearing them. Tickets are available but you can just turn up – we will be delighted to see you!
Tickets include refreshments and are priced at £6, please support this event.
On 1st March the Wednesday Pop-in Group met for the first time this year and it was lovely to get together again and catch up.
We meet at 2pm and make our crafts whilst putting the world to rights.
Thursday and Saturday, 2/4th, saw Cafe@Chapel opened from 9.30-11.3-am and we do thank you for supporting us whilst meeting together and enjoying each other’s’ company.
Sunday, 5th, saw Granville Mercy bringing the word of God to our 10.45am service.
He asked the question ‘Who do you think you are?’ and continued by speaking about temptation as shown in the story of Adam and Eve and then the Temptation of Jesus in the desert. It was a thought provoking service.
Next week, Rev Michael Lees will be our preacher and we look forward to seeing him again.
THE PROFESSOR OF ADVENTURE. He smelt like a mountain goat, chainsmoked Woodbines and lived in a cave. Millican Dalton was a mountain guide, philosopher and self-proclaimed inventor of shorts..
Leaving his stifling city job, Millican dropped out before it became fashionable and set out to seek romance and freedom living amongst nature in cabins, tents and caves for the next fifty years of his life.
The play is set in 1941 and Millican is in ‘the safest spot to escape the kind attentions of Mr. Hitler’ - his cave in Borrowdale. But the Keswick ARP warden has just ordered him to …“Put that candle out!” - and the Borrowdale Hermit is far from happy.......
Meet this true English eccentric, the self-styled Professor of Adventure, in a one-man show celebrating his unique outlook on life,
, his philosophy and his continuing quest for freedom.
The play is written and performed by Peter MacQueen (who now lives in the Lake District but was actually born and raised in Quorn),
and is presented at Quorn Village Hall on Sunday. March 19th starting at 7.30pm (doors 7pm). Tickets at £10 can be obtained from Terry Stirling t: 01509 414287 or e: terrystirling@ntlworld.com
ST BARTHOLOMEW’S. Services this Sunday at St Bartholomew’s Church are; 8am Holy Communion with Rev D Bowler; 10.30am Service of the Word with Rev’s D Bowler and H Cade. There is Messy Church in the Church Room at 4.00pm but no evening service in church.
ABBEYFIELD QUORN. A Coffee Morning is to be held at Holloway House 35, Sutton Close Quorn on Friday March 17 from 10.15am – 11.45am.
Entrance £1.50 to include drink and biscuits. Raffle, Tombola, Bring and Buy, Cakes etc.
You and your friends are warmly invited. A tour of the house will be gladly given.
Please park along Sutton Close
MEET YOUR COUNCILLORS. ounty Councillor Tony Kershaw, Borough Councillors Richard Shepherd and David Slater will be pleased to meet and discuss any local issues at Rawlins Academy in the old hall on Saturday 11th March between 10am and 12noon.
No appointment is required, just drop in for a chat with one or all of them. If however you need to contact them before or after, please use their official E-mail address;
tony.kershaw@leics.gov. uk; cllr.richard.shepherd@ charnwood.gov.uk; cllr. david.slater@charnwood. gov.uk
WEDNESDAY FILM SHOW. Wednesday March 15th’s screening is “A Street Cat Named Bob” a biographical comedy drama based on the best selling book, a feel good story, of how James Bowen a busker and recovering drug addict had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
As usual 2pm screening at Quorn Village Hall. Pay £4 at the door to include tea, biscuits and a free raffle ticket. ST PETER’S PARISH CHURCH. All are warmly invited on the morning of Sunday, March 12 ( The Second Sunday in Lent) to the Parish Church of St Peter (Market Place) Mountsorrel for a Lenten celebration of Parish Communion (according to The Book of Common Prayer) with Hymns at 10am.
The celebrant and preacher will be the parish priest and coffee/tea will follow in the Antill Vestry. ST JAMES’ CHURCH. There will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 12 March starting at 9.30am. Everyone is welcome to the service.
HEARING AID CLINIC. The Ear Foundation will be holding a free walk-in clinic for those who wear hearing aids on Tuesday, March 14, at Normanton Village Hall 2pm - 3pm. No appointment is necessary - just drop in.