John Storer House
Newsletter
July 2012
01509 631750
Over the last week we’ve seen floods and golf-ball sized
hailstones – quite a change from the promised hosepipe ban,
but we hope it didn't stop you getting into the House. The
House suffered a little with flooding, but the water was soon
cleared away.
The Olympics will soon be with us and the arrival of the Olympic
torch in Loughborough is imminent on 3 July. Our member of
staff, Cherie Tinenti, is thrilled to be carrying the torch.
08.47
Torch set to arrive at Quorn & Woodhouse Station where it will be
collected by the first Torchbearer who will begin the Charnwood leg of
the relay along Forest Road and Woodhouse Road before heading
onto Loughborough Road. It will then be driven to Loughborough.
09.09
The Torch is set to arrive in Loughborough on the A6004 Ling Road
and Epinal Way where it will be carried along to University Road and
into the grounds of Loughborough University where it will snake its way
around the campus.
10.35
The Torch will leave the University onto the A512 Ashby Road where it
will make its way into Loughborough Town Centre via Market Street,
Market Place, The Rushes and Baxter Gate before joining the A60
Nottingham Road where it will be driven to Hoton.
11.20
The Torch will arrive on Prestwold Lane in Hoton and travel through the
village centre before joining the A60 Rempstone Road where it will be
driven to Wymeswold for the final leg of its Charnwood journey.
11.30
The Torch will arrive in Wymeswold on the A6006 Rempstone Road
before visiting Far Street and East Street before being driven out of the
Borough towards Asfordby.
YOUR REGULAR DATES IN THE HOUSE
Tue 3rd
Sat 7th
Tue 10th
Tue 17th
Wed 18th
Tue 24th
2pm Ballroom Dancing with Pauline and Bill
9.30am Summer Fair @ JSH (Books and Bric a Brac)
2pm Tea Dance led by Bryan
2pm CAMEO (All welcome)
2pm Tea Dance led by Bryan
2pm Arthritis Support Group
2pm Tea Dance led by Bryan
2pm CAMEO (All welcome)
REGULAR DAYS IN THE HOUSE
Monday
JSH Keep Fit (10am – 11am and 11.15am – 12.15pm)
JSH Line Dancing (12.30pm – 1.45 pm)
JSH Scrabble (2pm – 4pm)
JSH Art Group (1.30pm – 3.30pm)
JSH 'Sing-A-Long’ with Bryan' (2pm – 4pm)
JSH Bridge Club (6.30pm – 10pm 2 years’ experience of playing bridge req)
JSH Cancer Self Help (7pm – 9pm)
Tuesday
JSH Handicrafts Group (2pm – 4pm)
JSH Social Drawing and Painting Group (7pm – 9pm). Currently full, but a
waiting list is held at Reception
Wednesday
JSH Bingo (2pm – 4pm)
Thursday
JSH Stepping Stones (10am – noon)
JSH Bridge Club (1.30pm – 3.30pm - welcomes players with 2 years’
experience)
Friday
JSH Bingo (2pm – 4pm)
Please ask at Reception for details of all the other activities run in the House
GARDENS @ JSH
The gardens of JSH are attracting lots of positive
comments and giving pleasure to local residents
and visitors to the House.
Keen gardener and volunteer at JSH, David
Beaumont, has provided plants, shrubs and small
trees from his own garden and the garden of the
Chair of the JSH Social Painting Group, Marion
Hull, who is very interested in flowers and garden
design. They both hope that the garden will
continue to flourish
They would also like to thank the local nurseryman who donated some annual
bedding plants which have enhanced the area.
CANCER SELF-HELP GROUP
This month meetings will be held on Monday, 2nd, 9th, 23rd and 30th. On the
2nd Shamanism will be the topic for discussion with Venita, and Patrick
Kingsley will hopefully confirm for the 23rd.
MELA (10 JUNE 2012)
JSH and VAC Chief Executive, Neil
Lambert, as part of the
Loughborough Mela committee was
involved in the preparations for the
highly successful event.
The annual event celebrates
Loughborough’s cultural and ethnic
diversity and is a partnership event
presented by the communities in
Loughborough and Charnwood
Borough Council, Human Rights and Equalities Charnwood, Voluntary Action
Charnwood, Charnwood Arts and local community groups and individuals.
This year the event was attended by an estimated 6,000 people.
RNIB Prize
On the evening of Tuesday, 12 June 2012 Bobby Smith collected a
‘Partnerships for Employment’ award from the RNIB. The award was
presented to Bobby by Rosemary Conley on behalf of the organisation and
was to recognise our ‘outstanding contribution to the employment of people
with disabilities’.
LOUGHBOROUGH IN BLOOM
Love Loughborough is supporting ‘Loughborough in Bloom 2012’ and has
supplied extra hanging baskets to businesses around the town centre to bring
a bit of colour. At JSH we have benefitted from an extra basket by the front
door.
We are excited to be entered into ‘Business in Bloom’ and our frontage will be
judged on Monday, 9 July.
The Charnwood Gardening Project Allotment based at Epinal Way is entered
in East Midlands in Bloom (judging date Wednesday, 11th July) and the RHS
Britain in Bloom (judging date Friday, 3rd August).
We are also delighted that the Loughborough in Bloom team have opted to
hold their celebratory lunch in the Café @ JSH following the LIB judging
session on both Wednesday, 11 July and Friday, 3 August. Please note that
this does mean that seating in the Café on these dates will be limited.
Further information about Loughborough in Bloom can be found at:
www.loughboroughinbloom.wordpress.com
FREE CAR PARKING ON SUNDAYS
Charnwood Borough Council is offering free Car Parking on Sundays for the
following dates:
Sunday July 22nd – Sunday September 9th 2012
Participating Car Parks:
Beehive Lane
Granby Street
Pinfold Gate
Southfields (council offices)
Southfields Road
Carillon Shopping Centre
GARDENING CLUB
Members of the JSH Gardening Club recently enjoyed a
morning at the beautiful Consall Hall Landscape Gardens,
near Cheadle. They are the result of one man's inspiration
over 50 years. In the afternoon we visited the National
Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, a truly special, inspiring
and peaceful place.
The club will now have a summer break, but meet again in the autumn, on
Thursday September 13th; we look forward to greeting old and new
members. Further information from David (Chairman) on 01509 215605.
WHAT’S ON IN LOUGHBOROUGH
Currently showing until Sunday 9 September Sporting Life Exhibition, Charnwood Museum
Sunday 1 July - Bandstand Concert by The New
Orleans Hot Shots Jazz Band, Queen's Park, 2.00pm
Sunday 1 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park,
3.30pm
Tuesday 3 July - Olympic Torch Relay, Market
Street and Market Place
Thursday 5 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park,
1.00pm
Sunday 8 July - Bandstand Concert by
Loughborough Concert Band, Queen's Park, 2.00pm
Saturday 7 July Summer Fair at JSH
Sunday 8 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 3.30pm
Thursday 12 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 1.00pm
Sunday 15 July - Strawberry Fayre, Market Place
Sunday 15 July - Bandstand Concert by Salvation Army Loughborough
Corps Band, Queen's Park, 2.00pm
Sunday 15 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 3.30pm
Monday 16 to Saturday 21 July - Special week of Carillon Recitals, Queen's
Park, 1.00pm
Thursday 19 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 1.00pm
Sunday 22 July - Bandstand Concert by Melbourne Town Band, Queen's
Park, 2.00pm
Sunday 22 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 3.30pm
Thursday 26 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 1.00pm
Friday 27 July to Sunday 12 August - Big Screen showing live Olympics
coverage, Market Place
Sunday 29 July - Carillon Recital, Queen's Park, 3.30pm
MACULAR DISEASE SOCIETY
Please find below the programme of activities for the next half year.
11th July – Lorna Allen from VISTA ‘How Can We Help?’ This meeting
replaces the one cancelled in February.
8th August – Annual Holiday
12th September – Helen Jackman, Chief Executive Officer, Macular Disease
Society will pay the group a visit
10th October – Annual General Meeting. Danny Gleeson, Group Support
Manager (Central) MDS will attend.
14th November – Mr Theo Empeslidis from the Leicester Royal Infirmary will
talk to us … we look forward to his return visit.
Christmas Party - Date to be announced. Christmas meal followed by
entertainment from ‘Timeless’.
For more information about this group please contact Nadine Burton at
Specsavers, 7 Market Street, Loughborough, LE11 3HP or telephone 01509
260064.
HOLIDAY DESK NEWS
I trust the group staying at the ever-popular Potters Leisure Resort this week
are having a great time. I shall be very surprised if they are not and will
provide a full report in the next edition. I shall shortly be compiling the 2013
programme (can it be that time of year again?!) So if you have any requests
or suggestions do let me know.
Till then there are still SEVEN holidays to choose from this year's list.
Photograph outside
Shakespeare's house of
Margaret Freer, Peggy Kinley
and Maggie Nipper enjoying
our two day trip to Stratford on-Avon last month
Hope the sun shines for you - we could certainly do with it- here's hoping!
Doreen
JSH SOCIAL DRAWING AND PAINTING GROUP
The group are pleased to announce that Lois Child has taken over as
Treasurer of the group this year.
Norman’s soldier painting, as reported in the April JSH Newsletter, is now
permanently in the museum at the National Arboretum at Alrewas.
Judith’s latest painting of Lady in Blue Sari is on the website of Patching’s Art
Gallery.
Barrie Tebbatt was on our waiting
list and eventually joined us over 5
years ago, since then his daughter
Claire Roberts has become a
member. They are both talented
artists and tutor Carol encourages
their very different techniques.
Barrie is currently working on his
10th Venice scene – four of which
are shown below.
Barrie & his daughter Claire at the JSH Art Class.
VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER EVENT
On Thursday, 7 June 2012 an afternoon tea was held at JSH to recognise the
fantastic work and support given by our volunteers at JSH and at Shepshed
Volunteer Centre.
Joanne Clarke, our new Volunteering Coordinator, opened the event with an
informative speech praising the wonderful work undertaken by our volunteers
in a vast and diverse range of tasks. The tasks range from transport,
gardening, social and fundraising, befriending, catering, admin and reception,
trustees and support for many of the activities which take place daily in JSH.
Nicky Morgan, MP, also spoke about the importance of volunteering and took
great pleasure in handing out the name badges to JSH volunteers. She said,
‘I am very aware that those who volunteer are often unsung heroes – from
serving delicious food to knitting items to be sold in the John Storer House
shop to driving minibuses or running line dancing classes there are so many
people locally who benefit from the great work done by our volunteers. I
wanted to say thank you to everyone who does volunteer and who ensures
we have such a thriving community spirit in Loughborough and Shepshed.
And also to say thank you to Joanne and Angie and everyone else who
supports the volunteers.’
Jill Vincent, Trustee of JSH added, ‘This year our volunteers have stayed with
us in a very loyal way in a very difficult re-structuring time so the event was to
thank them for their on-going support’.
It is planned to hold twice yearly events to continue to thank our volunteers
during which new volunteers will be given their badges.
SHORTBREAD GOLD MEDAL BISCUITS
Everyone's a winner with these easy
millionaire shortbread gold medal biscuits.
Butter fudge makes a great cheat's caramel.
For the base:
• 120g/4oz plain flour
• 50g/1oz caster sugar
• 120g/4oz butter
• 50g/1oz semolina
For the topping:
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24 pieces butter fudge sweets
75g/2oz dark chocolate
gold lustre
Preheat the oven to 160C/310F/Gas 2 and lightly grease a baking sheet.
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Place all the ingredients for the base into a food processor and
blend together. Lightly flour a smooth surface, then remove the dough
and knead lightly until smooth. Leave to rest in the fridge for 30
minutes.
On a lightly-floured surface roll out the dough to a thickness of about
5mm/¼in. Cut out 12 x 6cm/2in rounds and place on the baking sheet. Prick
twice with a fork. If you want to string your gold medals, use a drinking straw
to make a hole in each biscuit.
Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes until golden-brown and
firm. Set aside to cool.
Once the biscuits have cooled. Soften two pieces of fudge (this can
be done by massaging the fudge by hand or warming it in 10 second bursts in
a microwave), knead into a ball and roll or pat into a circle the same size as
the biscuits. Press onto the surface of the shortbread and leave to set on a
tray for 30 minutes. Repeat for the remaining biscuits.
Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl over a
pan of gently simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water).
Melt the chocolate, stirring infrequently, until smooth. Leave to cool
slightly. Pour the chocolate over the biscuits until they are completely
covered. Set aside until the chocolate has set, then brush the chocolate
with the gold lustre.
Café @ JSH
July Promotion
Cream Tea
(Scone, jam, cream and a cup of tea)
£2.00
Teacake and
a tea or coffee
£1.50
JSH DISCUSSION GROUP
On 23rd July the discussion topic will be ‘In The
News’ from 10.15 am – 11.30 am. Contact Lynda
Smith on 01162 926 054 for details. New members
are welcome.
FRIENDS OF JSH BIRTHDAYS IN JULY 2012
A birthday wish to anyone celebrating their birthday in July, but our special
best wishes go to our ‘Friends’;
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Mrs D Shaw
Mrs G Ash, Mrs E Hancock, Mrs P Waldrum, Mrs Cahill
Mrs C Jones
Ms V Roe
Mrs B Henson, Mrs A Edwards, Mrs S Giles
Mr J Hill, Mrs C Bradbury
Mrs M Lang
Mrs R Butherway
Mrs J Sharpe
Col B Smith
Mrs J Pringle
Mrs M Wells, Mrs P Langstone
Mrs E Plumptrie
Mrs D Hudson, Mrs B Allen
Mrs M Freer
Mrs M Robinson
Mrs A Latham
Mrs E Darlington, L Michael, Mrs B Humphries, Mrs J Yassin
Mrs P Sharpe
Mrs K Priestley, Mrs J Walker, Mrs A Wallace
Mrs J Kirkby, Ms M Hudson
Mrs R Bumpas
Mrs W Evans, Mrs H Buckmaster, Mrs D Rodgers
Mrs I Russon
Mrs S Wackett, Mrs N Smith-LM, Mrs S Coombs
Mrs B Lindsey
(LM = Lifetime Member)
AMERICAN JOKE
Farmer Joe was hit by a truck and decided his injuries from the accident were
serious enough to take the company to court. In court the lawyer was questioning
Farmer Joe, "Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine?"
Farmer Joe said, "Well I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favourite
mule Bessie into the....". "I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted, "just
answer the question. Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!"
Farmer Joe said, "I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving down the
road...." The lawyer interrupted again, “Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that,
at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that
he was just fine. Now after the accident he is trying to sue my client and I believe
he is a fraud." By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe's answer
and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favourite mule
Bessie."
Joe thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well as I was saying, I had just loaded
Bessie, my favourite mule, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway
when this huge truck ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side.
I was hurting real bad and didn't want to move. However, I could hear ole Bessie
moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly
after the accident a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie
moaning and groaning so he went over to her. After he looked at her, he took out
his gun and shot her between the eyes.
Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at
me. He said, "Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her. How are you
feeling?"
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
‘I feel compelled to say how absolutely beautiful our gardens are looking on the
front and side of John Storer House. All thanks to David Beaumont, a great
volunteer, who obviously has a lot of expertise in gardening. Volunteers like David
are hard to find and the connection with the House is more extraordinary.
David is a great friend of Marion Hull, whose Aunt, Harriet Brooks (remembered on
the plaque in the foyer), made a substantial donation to the House many years ago.
Part of that donation had to be used for the garden and so it is fitting that all these
years later the garden is remembered by someone close to her family.
Volunteering is a great way to support the House and again many thanks to David
for all his hard work.’
Vivienne Holmes – Volunteer @ JSH
Thank you to everyone who has helped us to compile the Newsletter.
We welcome your contributions particularly from our JSH Activities; just leave recipes,
poems etc. at Reception. Inclusion of articles etc will depend on space available.
Published by John Storer House Foundation, Wards End, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3HA – July 2012