Issue 47
October/November 2011
Local news from Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton,
Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton & Thornby w w w . v i l l a g e l i n k . o r g . u k
On 29 September, at St Etheldreda
Church, the Bishop of Brixworth inducted
Mark Battison as Rector of our Uplands group of parishes. To move from a nonstipendiary role („house for duty‟ at
Spratton) to a stipendiary role within the same group of churches is unusual - but then Mark‟s path to priesthood has also been somewhat out of the ordinary!
Village Link caught up with him just before his move to the Vicarage at Guilsborough, to find out more ...
From policeman, property developer, engineering consultant, entrepreneur and international housewares trader to full-time Rector of 8 churches – how did it happen? Growing up, Mark was only an occasional churchgoer but already whilst a policeman in his twenties he had an inkling that he might one day be a vicar. The idea did not really take hold until he was thirty-six – married with a family, running a housewares company, when he picked up the phone and started his unusual journey to the priesthood. He started his training with a vibrant and informal evangelical church whilst juggling his various business interests and spending 3 months each year in the Far East. From there he was posted as Curate to St James the Greater in Leicester – a large ‗high‘ church with a strong choral tradition. Then nearly three years ago, he took up the part-time position at Spratton which, at least in theory, allowed him to continue with some of his business activities.
The new move is full-time and was a big decision for both Mark and his wife Tracey. As he says: ―I have now wound up my businesses and will be an employee for the first time in 15 years! It will take some getting used to – but I‘m very much looking forward to developing my ministry here and keeping my travel local rather than international. My continuing priorities are to focus on pastoral care and on developing our work with children and young people.‖ You can read Mark’s letter on page 17.
Although we suffered vandalism again recently, the toilets are all working, and our events will continue. Unfortunately, campers will be unable to use the showers because the two copper hot water tanks were both stolen. We also lost approximately 300 metal lamp pins and 150-200 scaffolding clamps all of which will have to be replaced before next year’s rally.
HOLLOWELL BONFIRE & FIREWORKS
Fire lit 7pm—Fireworks 7:30pm
£1 per person entry. Usual refreshments, bar and fairground rides available.
Please come along and support this fantastic institution that raises thousands to support local charities and voluntary groups - including Village Link.
Garden delights 2
Cold Ashby—
Family Bonfire
Cottesbrooke–Festivals and Fetes
Creaton—Keeping natural
Guilsborough— Seatons changes hands
Hollowell & Teeton—’Pub, for one night only’
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6-9
10-14
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Thornby— ‘Your beautiful body’
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Church– Vicar’s letter & services
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Back pages— Charity photo project results
19-20
OCTOBER 2011
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2nd Harvest Festival & Lunch,
Guilsboorugh
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9th Hollowellian Reunion
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10th Harvest Supper, Cold Ashby
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14th Harvest Festival Supper,
Cottesbrooke
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15th Bingo, Cold Ashby
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20th Talk, Thornby
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22nd Race Evening, Cold Ashby
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28th Shoebox deadline, Guilsborough
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28th Coffee Evening, Cold Ashby
NOVEMBER 2011
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4th Family Bonfire, Cold Ashby
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5th Fireworks, Hollowell
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11th Xmas Craft Fair, Guilsborough
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12th Quiz Night, Creaton
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13th Remembrance Parade,
Guilsborough
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16th Antiques Evening, Cottesbrooke
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24th Talk, Creaton
Copy deadline for next issue:-
Tuesday 1st November

The scary looking, but very friendly dwarf who was telling fortunes (left) and Pony rides in the Park watched by the juggler on stilts (right).
More news about the Fete on page 5
See page 4 for news of how much was raised for St
Denys Church
Thanks to all at Rosemount, Ivy Cottage and Hill House who worked so hard to prepare their gardens for the National Garden Scheme open day on August 14th in
Hollowell. Many thanks to Gill Brown and her team who served delicious lunches and teas in the Village Hall in aid of St James Church.
Thanks to all the gardeners and visitors who helped raise over £3,000 for NGS charities, and £600 each for
Guilsborough Church and a
Parkinson’s charity.
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WEAR IT PINK LETS BEAT BREAST CANCER !
A coffee evening will be held in the Cold Ashby Memorial Hall on Friday 28 th October at
7pm. There will be a Tombola, Cake Stall and Bring & Buy, and also a raffle.
Admission £2-00.
If you would like to help with donations of Cakes, Tombola, Bring & Buy items, and Raffle
Prizes, contact; Mrs Rose Bott 01604 740227 or Mrs Wendy Smith 01604 740528.
HORSE AND DOG RACING EVENING
The Cold Ashby Bowls Club will be holding a HORSE & DOG RACE EVENING in the Cold Ashby Memorial Hall on Saturday 22 nd October.
The races will be on film with the first race starting at 8pm. Admission is £1.00, which includes the raffle, Ploughman`s Supper also available at £3.00each.
Bar, Toilets and Disabled Facilities available.
If you enjoy FUN & LAUGHTER the come along to Cold Ashby Races you will be most welcome, (families welcome). For further details contact Terry Smith on
01604 740528.
BINGO NIGHTS
Cold Ashby Bowls Club will be holding BINGO NIGHTS at the Cold
Ashby Memorial on the following evenings, 7-30pm for eyes down at
8pm.
Saturday 15 th October. Saturday 14 th January
Saturday 19 th November Saturday 11 th February
Saturday 10 th December Saturday 3 rd March
If you enjoy Fun and Laughter and something for the family, during the winter nights then come along to the Bingo Evening`s you will be most welcome.
PRESENTATION LUNCH
The Cold Ashby Bowls Club will be holding their Annual Presentation
Luncheon, at Cold Ashby Golf Club on
Sunday 13 th November 12.30 for 1pm.
Tickets available from; Wendy Smith
01604 740528 or Roger Miller 01604
740180.
INDOOR BOWLING
We will again be going to Potters Indoor Bowling Centre at Hopton on Sea near Great Yarmouth on 12 th March – 16 th
March 2012. We all had a great time this year and managed to have a team reach the quarter finals, perhaps next year we might proceed a little further.
If interested please book now for this trip, so as not to be disappointed. Cost approx £270pp.
BOOKINGS NOW BEING TAKEN £40-00 deposit. For further details telephone Mrs W Smith 01604 740528 or Mr
R Manning 01604 821849.
SPRING TOUR
SPRING TOUR to Devon on the 1 st – 3 rd June 2012, playing at venues, Kings Torquay B.C, Brixham B.C and Teignmouth B.C. Bookings now available deposit £20-00.
If interested bowlers (or non bowlers) would like to use these tours for short holiday breaks, then contact Wendy
Smith on 01604 740528 or Richard Manning on 01604 821849.
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Our 21st Open Gardens weekend in
August once again proved as popular as ever with 17 gardens open, plus stalls, tombola and raffle. Mixed weather this year did not deter the visitors who came from far and wide.
See page 2 for more photos in colour!
We are pleased to report that a profit of £3472.80 was raised for St Denys
Church. Many thanks to everyone involved.
St Denys next fund raiser is the Harvest Supper and Auction. This will be held on Monday 10th
October at Cold Ashby
Golf Club, 6.30 for 7pm.
A tasty two course meal will be served, followed by the auction of produce, the bar will be open all evening. Great value at £5 per person.
Harvest Supper tickets from Rita Lomas 01604 740143.
ROBIN HOOD & BABES IN THE WOOD
Panto time is rapidly approaching. Is this Pantomime going to be another blockbuster by Sarah Favell? Casting will be during October, date to be arranged.
CHRISTMAS POSTING & COFFEE EVENING
Cold Ashby Memorial Hall will again be holding a
Christmas Posting & Coffee Evening with Mince Pies and not forgetting the Grand Hamper Draw on
Friday 16 th December at 7pm. Admission £1-00.
So remember drop your cards through the
Memorial Hall letter box, from Thursday 1 st
December, and the committee will distribute them around the village for you after the coffee evening, to arrive in good time for Christmas.
FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER
7pm bonfire, 7.30pm fireworks; bar, food
£2.50 adults 50p children
Proceeds to playing field charity
Cold Ashby Village Hall Lottery
Winners.
7 th May Ms Rita Lomas 3
14 th May Mr M Park 44
21 st May Mrs Douglas 5
28 th May Mrs T Mutton 31
4 th June Duggi 27
11 th June Mrs H Gibbs 26
18 th June Mrs T Mutton 31
25 th June Mrs T Mutton 31
2 nd July Mr C Garrett 6
9 th July Mr A Bott 39
16 th July Mrs E Bartlett 30
23 rd July Mr A Bott 39
30 th July Mrs E Garrett 48
6 th Aug Mrs Murphy 19
13 th Aug Ms Rita Lomas 3
20 th Aug Mr J Rowell 24
27 th Aug Mr H Bott 49
3 rd Sept Mrs T Mutton 31
All £25.00 Winners.
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HARVEST FESTIVAL SUPPER
FRIDAY 14 th OCTOBER
TICKETS—ADULTS £6.50 CHILDREN £3.00
BINGO & QUIZ NIGHT
EYES DOWN 7:00 pm
BAR & RAFFLE
TICKETS FROM DEBBIE Phone 505783
Cottesbrooke‘s summer garden fete on July 17th was enjoyed by many visitors and raised a grand total of £3236.83!
Many thanks to all who attended and to all who helped to make the event so successful. See more photos on page 2!
ANTIQUES EVENING
Do you have a family heirloom, mysterious object or prized possession you've always wondered about?
Would you like to have an item valued?
If so, please join us for an 'Antiques
Roadshow' type evening with John Gilding,
Senior Partner of Gildings Auctioneers,
Market Harborough. Mr. Gilding will inspect and discuss and value each item (one item per person please).
Refreshments will be available.
Wednesday 16th November
Cottesbrooke Village Hall 7.30pm
PLANNING AHEAD!!
18 December (Sunday) - Carol Service
3:00pm @ All Saints Church, Cottesbrooke
18 December (Sunday) - Festive get-together
4:30pm @ Village Hall
Let's eat, drink and be merry together!
For more information on any of the events listed, keep your eyes peeled for flyers through your door and posted throughout the village. Everyone is most welcome!
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BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR!
Adopt a pipe organ draw 2012 Our 1890s Wordsworth Pipe Organ is now in urgent need of a complete overhaul and new bellows.
It is currently emitting a constant, high-pitched note which is an unwelcome addition to our services. The cost of renewing the bellows is around £15,000 which we have to raise before work can begin in 2012. Please help us to do this by adopting a pipe (or better still, several pipes) at a cost of £10 per pipe for 2012. There will be 6 draws during the year, starting at Christmas 2011, with prizes of £50,
£30 and £20.
Light up for a loved one Light up St. Michael & All Angels, Creaton,for an evening over Christmas in memoryof a loved one, a birthday or an anniversary.
To book your evening between 1 st December And 6 th January or if you would like to buy some pipes, please
Adopt A Pipe draw
1st E . Godden
2nd B.Jones telephone Susannah on 01604 505784.
Candlelit Advent Carol Service is on Sunday, 27th November at 6 p.m.
3rd J.Carr
Village Christmas Party on Saturday, 3rd December by kind permission of Mr.. & Mrs. Jack. Tickets from Creaton P.O.
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Creaton United Reformed Church
Minister: Revd. Rosemary Pullen.
Telephone: 01327 844985
You are warmly welcome to join us for our Sunday
Worship and Junior Church.
Please note Sunday Worship and Junior Church on the 4 th Sunday in the month will be at the earlier time of 9am.
October 2011
Date/Time Service Led By
2 nd 11am Joint Harvest Thanksgiving Service
St. Michaels Followed by lunch at Creaton URC.
9 th 11am Rev. Rosemary Pullen
16 th 11am Jon Heard
23 rd 9am Worship & Holy Communion
Rev. Rosemary Pullen
30 th 11am Group Service at Crick URC
Rev. Rosemary Pullen
November 2011
6 th 11am John Horrocks
13 th 10.50 am Remembrance Rev. Rosemary Pullen
20 th 11am Tear Fund Sunday Carolyn Wilson
27 th 9am Worship & Holy Communion
Rev. Rosemary Pullen
Poppies Coffee Shop is open daily from 9am to 12noon
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Poppies is closed on Thursdays.
Everyone is very welcome.
For more information on the activities at Creaton
United Reformed Church, please visit the Creaton website www.creaton.org.uk

We enjoyed a pretty and varied walk in the Welford area in
August and supported the Ride and Stride in September.
The next walk is on 8 October in the Walgrave area. The
November walk on the 12th will be in the South Kilworth area.
The Creaton Walking Group meet on the second Saturday in the month at the Lychgate at 10am. Walks are circular lasting for about 3 hours ending in a pub. New walkers always welcome.
Planning ahead:
On the second Saturday and following Sunday in May, June and
July 2012 the group are planning to walk the Jurassic Way from
Banbury to Stamford. Each day will be divided into a morning and afternoon walk, so you can walk a small part or walk it all. Save the
Dates!
12 and 13 May
9 and 10 June
14 and 15 July
Hopefully everyone has noticed the work going on on the field. We have created our own little "Telly Tubbies" land which should be ready for the children to play on within the next week or so. You may also have noticed that we have taken down some of the old existing play equipment and will be replacing it soon with some new and exciting items.
Our Annual Quiz night has been booked for Saturday
12th November in the Village Hall, 7.30 pm doors open for an 8.00 pm start. Look out for posters advertising the event and don't forget to get your tickets quickly. This event is always well attended.
Although one of our Car Boot Sales was rained off, we have still had a successful year of fundraising and would like to thank everyone for their help and support.
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The village group that aims to encourage the protection of endangered fauna and flora in your gardens and the village environment.
NEW SEASON OF TALKS AND
PROJECTS
FREE TALKS
Friday October 14th 7.30 pm Creaton Village Hall
―A Landscape For You‖
DAVID FRANCIS Senior Ranger at Pitsford Nature Reserve will discuss projects and opportunities at Pitsford and in the locality. Free refreshments will be served.
Thursday November 24th 7.30pm at Highgate House
―Why are Rare Plants Rare?‖
TIM PANKHURST Regional Conservation Officer of Plantlife will discuss endangered plants and wildlife.
Talks in the new year will include presentations by representatives of The Woodland Trust and Natural
England and will take place throughout the year at 6 week intervals.
FUTURE PROJECTS
Tree planting for children.
In November we are planning for the children of the village to plant areas of trees called Childwoods.
A site for ten trees has been designated on Creaton playing field.
Each tree will be named after the child who plants it so that they will be able to watch their trees development throughout their life in this community and know that they have helped to add to the village landscape.
This project is supported by the Woodland Trust and is in collaboration with Hollowell.
There is the possibility of further planting at Highgate House. and other sites are being negotiated in collaboration with
Hollowell village.
For more information please contact John and Di Harper , 4
The Green - Telephone 505160 email john.harper19@btopenworld.com
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ANNUAL VILLAGE WALK AND RISK
ASSESSMENT HELD ON
TUES 2 nd AUGUST 2011
The walk identified a number of urgent issues such as:- Bus Stop post and the adjacent litter bin – post being in poor condition, 2
Water Hydrant markers on the Village Green causing trip hazards, the ―School Sign‖ on High Street being barely legible and possibly in the wrong place (it was suggested that Violet
Lane might be a better option for it to be sited). These and other issues will be reported to the agencies responsible and followed up as necessary. If you would like to see the full report from the Annual Village Walk, please contact Lynne Compton,
Parish Clerk
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - WE NEED YOU!
NHW is important to villages on a number of fronts: possible reductions in the cost of household insurance, it is also an important means of communication between local residents and the local Police in the fight against crime/environmental nuisance and an NHW network can help identify and help protect those vulnerable in society.
If you would like more details on re-starting the Creaton NHW,
Please contact the Parish Clerk on 01604-880727 or creatonpc@tiscali.co.uk
CREATON CONTACTS
You should have received a copy of the new ―Creaton
Contacts‖ with this edition of Village Link. If for any reason you did not, Please contact Lynne Compton, Parish Clerk.
CREATON WEBSITE
Apologies – the website has been undergoing lengthy maintenance but should be ready soon. Please contact the
Lynne Compton, Parish Clerk if you have any feedback on this area.
For and on behalf of Creaton Parish Council
12 Olde Forde Close Brixworth NN6 9XF
Tel No: 01604-880727 Email:creatonpc@tiscali.co.uk
VILLAGE GREEN
WILDFLOWER
MEADOW
This area will be selectively scythed (to cut the grass out and leave the flowers to seed), then the whole area will be taken back to ground level in early autumn. Unfortunately, at the moment the grass is stronger than the flowers but as the yellow rattle does its magic a natural equilibrium should be restored and the flowers should come back stronger year on year. It would be a great shame if this patch was lost as each time I have been to look at it, the area has been jam packed with bees, mostly bumbles and I have counted about 6 different species (but I'm not an expert). The BBC program goes out on 28th Sept so it may be nice to have a few flowers still there for anyone driving through the village. Author: Katie Masters
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The Guilsborough garden owners would like to have a produce stall at next year's opening.
As it is the season for jam and chutney making we would like to ask local cooks if they could make an extra jar or two so that we can have an enticing stall full of goodies.
This would enable us to contribute even more to the charities we support.
The dates for the Open Garden weekend are 28/29th April. If you can help please call contact Gay Webster on 740203.
This year‘s Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday
October 2nd, at 9.45 am in church, followed by the
Harvest Lunch in the Village Hall.
Tickets for the lunch cost £8.00 to include main course, dessert and a glass of wine. They can be obtained from
Richard Mizen, Hilary Worton, and Joan Towers. (Please let us know in advance if you would prefer a vegetarian option).
The gifts we gave to Acorn House (the Northampton Night
Shelter) last year were much appreciated - tins and packets of basic foods both for use on the premises and in ―starter boxes‖ for those leaving the Shelter in order to live independently.
We would like to do the same this year, and gifts can be brought on the day, but if you prefer to offer a more traditional gift in advance for decorating the church this is also appreciated – please let Olive Darker know if you plan to do this.
We are delighted to report that after some 5.5 years at the helm, we shall be handing over ownership and management of Seatons Store to Ramesh and Lydia Ahir with effect from 26th September. During those years after the previous Guilsborough shop had closed, many of you will remember Ramesh and Lydia who ran such a successful and welcoming shop in West Haddon. We are all very fortunate that such a charming and dedicated couple are coming to provide for our needs as the costs of travel into Northampton to go shopping continue to rise. Before converting the old surgery and opening
Seatons, we had no experience at all of retail business.
Looking back,we are extremely grateful to all the loyal and hardworking staff and customers who have helped to create the Seatons that now sits at the heart of
Guilsborough life. Opening hours will continue to be
7am-8pm on weekdays and Saturdays, and on Sundays hours will be 8am-6pm. The Ahirs have kindly agreed to allow Vanessa to continue to provide gifts within the store and Libby will continue to hold the appointment of sub-postmistress.
While signing off we would like to wish Ramesh and
Lydia every success and urge all of you to give them your wholehearted support and custom.
With best wishes, Richard and Libby (Seaton) Evans
GMADS presents
7:30pm in Guilsborough Village Hall
Tickets £10 including food.
Ring Frances on 01604 740549
Look out for the posters! NEW ARRIVALS
 Mrs Peggy Morris of 21 Pells Close
 David, Stephanie, Felicity, Bibi, and Eliza Wilson of
Guilsborough Hall Farm
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Walking your dog at the Playing field
The Playing Field is a popular location for dog walking in
Guilsborough and responsible dog owners are welcome. During the summer months however we have experienced an increase in dog fouling which has caused serious problems for the children, young people and adults playing sport at the Playing Field.
Please could we respectfully ask that dog owners help by clearing up after their dog and by observing the bye-laws displayed at the
Playing field.
Our thanks to the Parish Council who have speedily acceded to our request for a bin at the Playing field for this purpose, we are very appreciative!
As the cricket season draws to a close, the junior football season is springing into life. The first match of the season kicked off on 4 September and a full set of fixtures can be found on the Village
Link Website and the village noticeboard.
If you are interested in joining or running a side or have any questions, please contact: Paul Chant (Club
Chairman and Under 10 Coach) – telephone 01604 505412
Supporting village sport and recreation
The Playing Field is set within 7.5 acres of beautiful
Northamptonshire countryside. It is situated just off the West Haddon
Road on the perimeter of the village just past the
High School.
The GPFA is a registered charity and was founded in
1977 for the sporting and
The 7 th
Annual
TENNIS
TOURNAMENT
24 players competed in high winds on
Sunday 11th Sept, followed by a buffet in the
Ward Arms for fifty people.
(Pictures from top)
Runners up Mike
Darbyshire and
Sarah Alcock.
Trophy presented by Caroline
Houghton to husband Jim and
Sarah Dalzell.
Presentation to Rod MacDonald for all his hard work in organising Monday evening tennis, throughout the year, whatever the weather. recreational use of the community. We are grateful for the continued support and involvement of the
Trustees of the GPFA, Hugh
Lowther, John McCall and
Margaret Burnett who along with the
Management Committee and Volunteers give so much time and commitment to developing and maintaining the fantastic facilities that we have. We hope you will make a visit to the Playing
Field soon.
Mark Webster
Hollowell Bottle Stall
Thank you to everyone who donated a bottle to our stall this
July and to those who volunteered to give their time to work on the stall. A massive £950 was raised over the weekend.
Pictured below Mark Bryant from the GPFA Committee
GPFA Chairman
Would you be interested in helping us organise and run a monthly
Village Lottery beginning in the New Year?
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THANK YOU TO ALAN TEBBUTT
All members of Guilsborough Parish Council would like to thank Alan Tebbutt for his great contribution to the council
& the village of Guilsborough. He has worked tirelessly for both over the past 43 years.
He was also Chairman of the Playing Field & the Village Hall.
For 4 years he was a research assistant at Westminster.
Secretary & Treasure for Guilsborough Branch for the
British Legion for 20 years.
We wish him a happy retirement.
The local branch of Arthritis Research held its "Tea
Party" at the Lawns, Creaton 0n Saturday 23rd July.
A good number attended a very happy event and raised £800, which is part of over £2,000 that has been raised during the last twelve months.
Many thanks to all who helped to raise this money, and thanks also to all those who have supported the charity so loyally.
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During October Tuesday to Friday inclusive
3 course lunch
2 course dinner
£10.00 per person
Homemade chicken liver pate with hot toast
Haddock fishcake with a crisp salad
Homemade soup of the day
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Braised beef in a rich red wine gravy with mash potatoes
Homemade fish pie
Fresh pasta with a tomato & mozzarella sauce
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Homemade ginger sponge & custard
Selection of Gallones ice creams
(This is a sample menu, the menu changes weekly)
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Local author Marion Grace Woolley spent her formative years at Guilsborough High School. She regularly returns to the village for a pint or three at The Ward Arms.
Marion‘s debut novel,
Angorichina , was published through
Green Sunset Books in
April. It tells the story of a tuberculosis hospice in 1930s South
Australia, inspired by her travels. She also spent two years in
Rwanda, helping to produce the country‘s first Sign Language dictionary, which was published in 2009.
Two further novels:
Georg[i]e and Lucid are due out shortly. You can find out more via her blog and website: www.authormgw.co.uk
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During the last half term before the summer break the children were involved in a project to improve and develop our school grounds. The children looked at all areas of our school grounds and commented on what was good/bad and needed changing or further development. The children then made presentations to our Garden design consultant.
We were fortunate to gain a grant from Councillor Catherine
Boardman for the Uplands
Division to start our project.
Consequently over the Summer
Break seating and planters have been constructed in the playground to the front of the building and a large piece of wooden play equipment erected at the rear of the school. We also received a grant from
‗ Northamptonshire Improving Your
Patch’ , for the most exciting project yet to start.
The school is holding two working parties on Saturday
24 th September and Saturday
8 th October . If you can spare an hour or so of your time to help with cutting back, planting and tidying up we would love to have your help.
Inside the building Reception class cloakroom and toilets have been re-furbished helping to improve the environment for the children.
We will be celebrating Harvest
Festival in school on 13 th October and the first monthly communion service takes place on Friday 30 th
September at 9.00 a.m. in school.
THE GOVERNING BODY IS
ACTIVELY SEEKING NEW
GOVERNORS. PLEASE
CONTACT HEAD TEACHER
TONY HENRETTY IF
INTERESTED ON: 01604 740307
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
GUILSBOROUGH AND HOLLOWELL
Once again REMEMBRANCE AND THE ANNUAL POPPY
APPEAL will be with us. On Sunday 13 th November the traditional parade, for the march to Guilsborough church will form up in the Ward Arms car park at 2.30pm
. As usual the
Northamptonshire ACF band will lead the parade to the church for the service at 3pm.
Anyone who would wish to join or follow the Branch eg.
Fire Brigade and Girl Guides will be most welcome and the front pews will be reserved.
Last year the Poppy Appeal raised a record of £35 million and with increasing calls on the Legion funds the hope will be to exceed this. In addition to nearly nine and a half million people eligible for help from the Legion there are the increasing needs of our armed services in
Afghanistan. Here the Legion makes significant contributions to projects and initiatives to other service related charities.
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As our suntans start to fade, our children settle into a new term at school and the long sunny afternoons begin to get shorter what could be better than a spot of retail therapy?
For a great opportunity to start your Christmas shopping and more importantly support our local primary school, don’t miss the Guilsborough CEVA
Primary School Christmas Craft Fair.
There will be all kinds of stalls from jewellery, scarves and bags to pictures, cards and pottery, not to mention some yummy cakes and other homemade goodies so please make a note in your calendar to come along and support our local primary school, every penny counts!
Stallholders fee £10 + raffle prize donation.
Not many spaces left please contact Christine Murphy 07764 565576 or
Liz Petrie 740307 for a booking form.
Condolences to the family and friends of Nancy Harris who died last Sunday aged 97.
Nancy or ‗Annie‘ as she was sometimes known lived in
Guilsborough all her life except during the war when she was nursing. She was a member of the WI and always took an interest in village life.
She had lived in West Haddon
Road since she was a child and of course had seen many changes. She will be sadly missed.
LOST PROPERTY
A rather expensive woollen jumper was left at
Guilsborough Village Hall recently. No one has claimed ownership, but it looks like a 'special' jumper that someone would miss.
If you know who it belongs to please contact Stuart
Watts on 07779 227271
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A new phenomenon has been witnessed in has become known as ‗Men of Hollowell‘!
Hollowell this year. As spring has turned to Men of Hollowell is an informal gathering of summer, an increasing number of the village‘s men folk to meet each other,
Hollowell‘s men have been seen leaving their homes, women and children and heading off into the night together. They have been meeting in larger and welcome new-comers and walk together to the Ward Arms, Guilsborough for a drink.
It happens every 2 – 3 months and follows no set timetable. A date is agreed by wordlarger numbers on street corners. They have been taking long evening walks together along the winding country lanes.
They have been spotted enjoying the pleasure of an evening at the pub with their friends and neighbours. They have been seen blearyeyed the following morning looking after their children with a mixture of smile and grimace on their faces! The phenomenon of-mouth and this is followed by a flyer on the village notice board and through the door of regular attendees to inform of the impending outing. A process of neighbourto-neighbour and friend-to-friend invites then widens the net. The events have grown from fewer than 10 men in February to in excess of 25 men at our last evening on the 26 th August. Every man of Hollowell is welcome and if you haven‘t joined us before but would like to in future, please call Nick Mount (01604 743889) to be put on the flyer list for the next gathering.
However, as winter approaches and the evenings set in, the thought of having to brave the long walk along Teeton Road to
Guilsborough has prompted sad laments from the Men of Hollowell about the lack of our own village pub. So, the Men of
Hollowell are responding by opening one -
‗The Steam and Whistle‘ – for one night only at the Village Hall on the
2 nd December 2011 and everyone is welcome (not just men!). We will be serving traditional Ploughman‘s platters, a selection of Nobby‘s beer, wines and soft drinks, and entertaining ourselves with traditional pub games. A flyer will appear through every letter box in the village nearer the time. So please look out for it and we hope you will join the Men of
Hollowell at The Steam and Whistle for the evening.
This is the year for the popular biennial
―Hollowellian Reunion‖
th
All residents and past residents of Hollowell, alumni of the
Hollowell School and their friends and families are invited to gather for a
Parking and Refreshments available at the Village Hall.
Harvest Evensong and auction of produce in the church at 5.30 pm.
Contributions very welcome
OPEN GARDENS SUCCESS—SEE PAGE 2!
Money Raised for
Marie Curie Cancer
Care
Diana Wells would like to thank all those kind people living in Church Hill,
Hollowell who contributed so generously to the envelope collection last month. They raised £108.71
VILLAGE HALL TOTE WINNERS
AUGUST 2011
JOAN TICE, SYLVIA WINTER, JANE EATON,
VIVIENNE BENJAMIN.
SEPTEMBER 2011
PHIL CLARKE, PAULINE PARTINGTON,
CLAIRE MORRELL, MARK LITCHFIELD.
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Contact Ann 743860 or Sue 740630
(NB. There are no products sold at this event)
W
D
0800 121 46 75
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By the time you are reading this Tracey and I will have moved in to our new home, or be in the process of moving, to the Vicarage in Church Mount, Guilsborough.
My wife and I have had a wonderful 2+ years living in
Spratton and being a part of the ministry team serving our 8 communities.
But with my appointment as full time Rector of the 8 churches we are moving to Guilsborough to meet the terms of our Parish Constitution but also to allow the group to recruit a new ‗House for Duty‘ Priest to be based in the vicarage at Spratton.
We are very excited by this opportunity to recruit a new member to our team and are actively looking for a person who has a heart for, and hopefully some experience of, children and young people‘s work.
We will shortly advertise in the Church Times for a male or female to join our team who can help us to kindle and regenerate interest from our young people from across all 8 communities.
We have many lovely, community focussed, dedicated young people who add so much to our lives - but most find that the church has little to offer them outside of the traditional Christmas and Easter services.
And yet I promise you, with the right support church can be FUN and EXCITING and will contribute substantially to helping our young people to grow up as balanced, caring, loving individuals.
So please pray for us as we move to a new home, pray for the work of recruiting a new Priest and most of all pray for all of our young people as they work with many others in their families and schools to build a life for themselves – a life which will be fulfilling and challenging and full of love and support.
God bless you all. Mark
The Uplands Group of Parishes consists of Guilsborough, Hollowell, Thornby, Cold Ashby, Ravensthorpe, Cottesbrooke, Creaton and Spratton Churches
Guilsborough Primary School holds regular services which it would like to invite everybody from all of our communities to attend and share in our worship.
You also get the chance to stay behind and have a cup of coffee and chat with the teachers, pupils and priest – and its FREE!
The dates for our next services are:
Thursday 13 th October 9.30 a.m. Harvest
Festival at the school.
Friday 25 th November 9 a.m. at the school.
Friday 16 th December 9.45 a.m.
Christingle at Guilsborough Church.
Please come along and share in our wonderful school community.
We will be taking part in the shoe box appeal again this year.
If you would like to donate a box here is what to do:
1. Find a shoe box and decide who to fill it for child, teenager, man or woman.
2. Wrap the box and lid separately in Christmas paper.
3. Pack the box with suitable items. No food only sweets.
4. Attach check list to outside of box.
5. Secure with rubber band after including your donation £2.50 will usually cover the transport cost.
6. Deliver box to Janet or Sue by Friday 28 th October.
If you need help or advice on putting the box together contact one of us on the number below.
The boxes get delivered to Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria,
Ukraine, Albania and India.
Could anyone help sewing knitted squares together for blankets or knit squares and blankets?
These are sent out with the shoe boxes.
Either phone the numbers below or pop in to
The Ward Arms on a Monday evening between 8-10pm and meet with
Guilsborough Knitwits.
Contacts:
Janet Minney 740640 or Sue Needham 740916
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I have just returned from running the participatory photography project for Basti Ram, a small charity which runs educational programmes in Rajasthan, India. Some Village Link readers generously donated cameras which the boys used to ‗click‘ their photographs. Over the course of a fortnight 21 boys, who live in an orphanage on the outskirts of Udaipur, were taught basic camera skills by seven photographers from the UK. At the end of the programme we celebrated their achievements by holding an exhibition of their work. We covered a lot in a short space of time and everyone involved enjoyed the experience enormously.
For boys who had never picked up a camera before, they produced some wonderful images, a few of which are shown here.
As some of the volunteers were photography students from
Northampton University we are planning on holding a UK exhibition in the town. To read a blog of the project which was updated daily go to www.bastiram-photography.blogspot.com
.
Photos taken by Amrit, Lalit, Ramesh, and
Dilip, boys from the orphanage in Udaipur
Do you feel up to the challenge of conquering the highest mountains in Great Britain?
OVER THE WEEKEND OF 22 nd …24 th JUNE 2012
limit of “36 hours”
Undertaken by a group of Northampton adventurers. The aim of this challenge is to raise money for Great Ormond Street
Children’s Hospital, The “Friends of Cynthia Spencer Hospice
”Tools for Self Reliance, or C A N Northampton.
. The challenge is open to everybody aged 7 to 97
For further details of the event, and Pre-registration please ring or email mickfinch@aol.com
Mick Finch
(01604 631679 or mobile 07885 298611)
A reader is seeking information on Misses A.
Barbara Errington & M.F.E. McClintock who are listed as residing in Guilsborough around
1921-23. They founded a successful kennel of
West Highland White Terriers, however, little information relating to the early years has been recorded.
From the 1911 census
Adelaide Barbara Errington, age 15, (b 1896
Chelsea) was living in London. The enquirer is interested to learn when and why she moved to Northampton and what motivated her to embark on dog breeding?.
If you have any information including the actual location of the kennels, or further suggestions that might help solve the mystery please email editorial@villagelink.org
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Local news from Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton & Thornby w w w . v i l l a g e l i n k . o r g . u k
Funds need to be raised to support this important charity to provide services such as talking books for blind and partially sighted people.
and contact either
Teresa Woodman on 01604
740787 or Christine Taylor
01604743289 who are willing to collect locally or to whom stamps may be sent
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
ADVERTISERS:
 Archive Attic—page 7
 Brixworth Osteopathic—page 9
 Chestnut Developments—Property
Maintenance/Construction—page 9
 Clayton & Co Financial Adviser—page 12
 Cold Ashby Golf Club—page 7
 Creaton Post Office—page 6
 Highgate House—page 5
 Lakeview Garage—page 16
 Lakin Accounting—page 8
 Mark Burdett Plumber– page 8
 Merrick School of Driving —page 8
 Property Doctors—page 13
 The Moorings Restaurant—page 12
 Wills direct—page 16
Advertisements are welcome from local businesses, charities, clubs and societies.
Commercial businesses pay advertising rates: Full page £120, half page £60, quarter page £30, eighth page £15.
Private advertisements are also welcome.
Back page ‘lineage‘ adverts cost £1.50 per line. When paying for your advertising, make cheques payable to: Village Link.
COPY DEADLINE FOR NEXT
ISSUE: 1st November 2011
Please contact Angela Hubbard on 01604
740379 for rates and availability or email: advertising@villagelink.org.uk
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Brand new blue stripey Garden Gazebo—3x3 metres. £40 ono. Electric grilling machine—as new £30. Tel: 01604 454317
Create a festive picture to appear on the colour pages of the
November / December copy of Village Link and either send it to anyone on the editorial team or scan and send to: editorial@villagelink.org.uk by 1st November.
Festive prizes will be awarded to different age groups, so remember to include your name, age and contact details with every entry.
Saxon Spires Practice Drop-in Flu Clinics
8.30 am to 11.45 am
Saturdays 8th & 22nd October—
Guilsborough Surgery
Saturdays 15th & 29th October—
Pytchley Court Health Centre Brixworth
Patients eligible for flu vaccine are those aged
65+, and all patients with respiratory disease, heart disease or history, diabetes, kidney disease, stroke, TIA, MS, and those with a weak immune system.
Please contact Guilsborough Surgery for more information.
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