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Issue 76August/September 2016 Local news from Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton & Thornby www.villagelink.org.uk Cold Ashby p3 Cottesbrooke p4-5 Creaton p8-10 Guilsborough p11-13 Hollowell p14-15 Thornby p16 Church p17-18 Copy deadline for next issue:- Tuesday 5th September 2016 Inside this issue: What’s On? August 2nd - Creaton PC Walkabout and meeting 7th - Hollowell Open Gardens & Songs of Praise 7th - Sir John Lowther Memorial Cricket & Lunch, Guilsborough 9th - Cold Ashby Luncheon Club 10th - Creaton WI visit to Staverton 20th - Swingball Championships, Witch & Sow 27-28thLocal Music & Beer Festival, Witch & Sow September 3rd - Charity Ball, Guilsborough 6th - Creaton PC meeting 14th - Creaton WI meet 16-25th - Brixworth Music Festival 20th - Stroke Prevention talk at Guilsborough Surgery 24th - Thornby Summer Barbeque 24th - Boobs & Brass concert, Spratton Sat 1st October - Last Night of the Proms, Creaton We want Village Link to stay free of charge to residents and we want our advertising costs to stay low to local small businesses. Sadly, despite receiving some donations we still have a regular annual shortfall of £1,200 (£200 per edition). The only costs that Village Link incurs is for printing but they are high costs, and whilst our printers have tried to keep them down, some increase has been necessary in recent years. We have investigated other printing suppliers and found that the charges from our supplier are reasonable. As a team (all volunteers), we have considered many ways of cutting costs ... we could go 100% digital .... go 100% black & white .... reduce frequency ... reduce size … increase advertising rates … seek sponsors. Before doing any of these things we want to ask YOU our readers if you can help out by making a voluntary donation. If just one in three of our 900 households donated £4, we would cover the shortfall for one year. So please, help us keep this community resource going and support local businesses by keeping their costs low, DONATE TODAY! You can donate online via our new Just Giving page at: https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/villagelink or you can write a cheque to Village Link and post it to any of the editorial team. Thank you for your support. We need your help With apologies to Cottesbrookewe have used your lovely photo of Village Link being delivered by several four-legged friends for our appeal, you will find it again inside, along with the intended caption!

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Issue 76—August/September 2016

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

Cold Ashby p3

Cottesbrooke p4-5

Creaton p8-10

Guilsborough p11-13

Hollowell p14-15

Thornby p16

Church p17-18

Copy deadline for next issue:- Tuesday 5th September 2016

Inside this issue:

What’s On? August

2nd - Creaton PC Walkabout

and meeting

7th - Hollowell Open

Gardens & Songs of Praise

7th - Sir John Lowther

Memorial Cricket & Lunch,

Guilsborough

9th - Cold Ashby Luncheon

Club

10th - Creaton WI visit to

Staverton

20th - Swingball

Championships, Witch &

Sow

27-28th—Local Music & Beer

Festival, Witch & Sow

September

3rd - Charity Ball,

Guilsborough

6th - Creaton PC meeting

14th - Creaton WI meet

16-25th - Brixworth Music

Festival

20th - Stroke Prevention talk

at Guilsborough Surgery

24th - Thornby Summer

Barbeque

24th - Boobs & Brass concert,

Spratton

Sat 1st October - Last Night

of the Proms, Creaton

We want Village Link to stay free of charge to

residents and we want our advertising costs to

stay low to local small businesses. Sadly, despite

receiving some donations we still have a regular

annual shortfall of £1,200 (£200 per edition).

The only costs that Village Link incurs is for

printing – but they are high costs, and whilst

our printers have tried to keep them down,

some increase has been necessary in recent

years. We have investigated other printing

suppliers and found that the charges from our

supplier are reasonable.

As a team (all volunteers), we have considered

many ways of cutting costs ... we could go

100% digital .... go 100% black & white ....

reduce frequency ... reduce size … increase

advertising rates … seek sponsors.

Before doing any of these things we want to

ask YOU our readers if you can help out by

making a voluntary donation. If just one in

three of our 900 households donated

£4, we would cover the shortfall for

one year.

So please, help us keep this community

resource going and support local businesses

by keeping their costs low, DONATE

TODAY! You can donate online via our new

Just Giving page at:

https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/villagelink

or you can write a cheque to Village Link and

post it to any of the editorial team.

Thank you for your support.

We need your help

With apologies to Cottesbrooke—we have used your

lovely photo of Village Link being delivered by several

four-legged friends for our appeal, you will find it

again inside, along with the intended caption!

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Guilsborough-on-Sea floats our boat!

The seaside theme of this year’s Guilsborough Festival inspired some very creative flower displays at the Church. From the colourful seaside scene featuring a lighthouse and beachhuts (doubling as door stops) from the KnitWits, to our own Fish’n’Chips served in cones made from Village Link newsletters, the British Legion’s moving poppy memorabilia and the Brownies’ charming

‘Seaside in a jar’ display, there was something for everyone. These are just a few of the many displays that delighted residents and visitors alike.

Meanwhile, once the Women’s Tour had passed through the village, preceded by police motorbikes lights flashing and engines revving, visitors settled back to enjoy the brass band, sandpit play area, craft stalls and ever-popular Punch & Judy, and Scrufts with “Best

in Show” won by Jackie and Reggie. The weather just about played ball, and the whole event was declared a success. See page 10 for the Guilsborough Festival report. See page 19 for some colour photos from Thornby’s Flower festival and Church pages for more photos of the displays at St Etheldreda’s.

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VILLAGE LINK

is a bi-monthly publication delivered

free of charge to households in Cold

Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton,

Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton and

Thornby. It is produced and

distributed by volunteers. Due to

restrictions of time and space there is

no guarantee that copy submitted will

be used. All funds received from

advertising go towards printing costs.

Editorial team: Andrea King 01604 740670

Angela Hubbard 01604 740379

Glanville Hart 01604 740292

Tony Hart 01604 740535

Sarah Dalzell 01604 743023

Katie Fulcher 01604 743154

Douglas McEwan 01604 505406

Wherever possible please email

your contributions to.

[email protected]. This saves

considerable time re-typing

information! When providing hard

copy materials, please post to Glanville

Hart, Hyview, Well Lane,

Guilsborough. Tel 01604 740292

Advertisements are welcome

from local businesses, charities, clubs

and societies. Commercial businesses

pay advertising rates. One insertion:

full page £140, half page £70, quarter

page £35, eighth page £20.

Two or more insertions: full page

£120, half page £60, quarter page £30,

eighth page £15. All prices are per

insertion. Colour available in some

issues, price on application. Private

ads are also welcome. Back page

’lineage’ cost £1.50 per line. Please

contact Angela Hubbard on 01604

740379 to book advertising or email.

[email protected]

Cheques payable to ‘Village Link’

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DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE:

Tuesday 5th September 2016

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Disclaimer: the publishers cannot be held

responsible for any errors or omissions.

They cannot be held accountable for the

accuracy of advertisements appearing in

this newsletter, nor for editorial

information sent to them or published by

them.

LOCAL NEWS

Today's crime

TODAY. Back

to Basics.

Daventry Rural North Safer Commu-nity Team have over the last few months looked at ways to increase the liaison with our Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) co-ordinators. We have taken the "back to basics" approach by letting our co-ordinators know "Today’s crime TODAY". This allows them to filter through the information we give them and then alert all of their members as to what is happening day by day, if there is anything to report and this assists both the police and public in many ways. It allows for us, the police to be able to gather information quickly from response's to these alerts, sometimes within hours of an incident or crime occurring and also allows members of the Neighbourhood

Watch to advise their communities around the current crime trends and promote security devises to assist in deterring crimes of that nature. We have found that since this trial began, we have gained a closer working partnership between the local policing team and the villages we Police. By supporting each other in the fight against crime, it has shown that close communication is key. This can only get stronger if more of the community join and support their neighbourhood watch schemes. www.ourwatch.org.uk can direct you to your nearest co-ordinator or make contact with

your Safer Community Team. PC Hutchings To find out more about Neighbourhood Watch in our area, go to the Northampton-shire NHW web site: http://www.northamptonshireneighbourhoodwatch.co.uk/ You will see a web page with a Line: ‘Your Local Area’ and a search box where you can enter your post code. You will then be directed to local NHW sites and from there you can click on a NHW group.

If you want to join a scheme there is a Green button at top right of web page which you can click on and it will open up a registration process for you to complete.

If you want to send an enquiry message to the NHW group co-ordinator you can use the ‘send a message’ button that is on the lower right of the opened NHW Group web page [under heading ‘What you can do’].

Alternatively, anyone in Daventry area who is are interested in NHW should contact the Daventry Area NHW Support Team [DANWST] Chairman [ Andrew Crisp] on email: [email protected].

TO REPORT A CRIME CALL 101 OR IF IT’S AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME IN PROGRESS CALL 999

Daventry District Council has created a ‘Welcome Pack’ for new residents in the district. Down-

load it at:

https://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/welcomepack

Above: PC Hutchings at Hollowell Steam

FLY TIPPING has increased to 60—100 instances per month in DDC area. Please note people caught fly-tipping in Daventry District can be instantly fined £400 under new

measures by Daventry District Council (DDC). If you witness an incident please report it by calling the contact centre on 01327 871100, or by logging the details via

DDC’s website.

POLICE AND CRIME

COMMISSIONSER Stephen Mold

(left) is our newly

elected PCC

If you would like to contact Ste-phen, he can be reached at

[email protected] or via post at: Police and Crime Commissioner Force Headquarters Wootton Hall Northampton NN4 0JQ

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COLD ASHBY NEWS

April 23rd Pam Rowell

30th Tracy Mutton

May 7th Jack Lill

14th Roger Miller

21st Maureen Lill

28th Angela Edwards

June 4th Elaine Bartlett

11th Rita Lomas

18th Chris Sellers

25th Roger Miller

VILLAGE HALL LOTTERY WINNERS

The Village Hall Committee would like to congratulate all the

winners and thank all participants for taking part in the lottery.

SHORT MAT BOWLS It can be reported that, to

date, following the recent

survey throughout the village

inviting individuals to express

an interest to take part in this

type of entertainment,

sufficient positive notifications

have been received to enable

the committee to authorize

initial action to try and move the venture forward. Ongoing

reports will be circulated regarding the progress of this project.

Interest or comments please to Bill Bentley on 01604 743445.

COLD ASHBY LUNCHEON CLUB

The initial meeting of the

Luncheon Club took place in

the Village Hall on Tuesday

12th July at 12.30pm as

planned.

The August meal will be on

Tuesday 9th August 2016.

Bookings please to Mrs Chris

Sellers 01604 743721.

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COTTESBROOKE NEWS

THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATIONS The most special highlight for

a visitor from the USA

staying in Cottesbrooke was

a visit to Peterborough

Cathedral for the Choral

Evensong and Thanksgiving

Service for the 90th Birthday

of Her Majesty the Queen

on Sunday the 12th of June

2016.

A VISIT TO LE MANS Cottesbrooke resident John Harris has just returned from the

Le Mans 24 hour Motor Race. He travelled there and back on

his 1950 Vincent Motorcycle, returning via Pegasus bridge and

the D-Day beaches. The machine behaved itself impeccably,

belying it’s 66 years of age. The Motor race was very close with

a Porsche as eventual winner.

COTTESBROOKE VILLAGE

GARDENS OPEN On Sunday 29th May eight village gardens were open

which gave so much pleasure to all the visitors who

arrived; delicious cream teas and cakes were served in

the Village Hall where everyone relaxed after viewing

of the gardens.

What’s in your garden? I

always think about this,

especially at this time of

the year, with all the

many village gardens

open. The answers are

manifold, serenity, beauty

and refreshment, so a big thanks to each one of you

for opening your gardens.

NATURE WATCH Nature watch got completely turned around recently at our

house. While other people were ’Badger Watching’ we found a

muddy set of footprints on our stone terrace and a large smudgy

nose print on the sliding glass door. The next day there were

more footprints but small ones and more small nose smudges. This

really made us laugh.

On another occasion a fox was seen chasing a herd of sheep but

was discouraged by the instant arrival of the boys from the farm

coming from different directions to ward off the kill.

DELIVERING THE VILLAGE LINK Look who is delivering the Village Link in Cottesbrooke!

TOUR VISITS COTTESBROOKE ALL

SAINTS CHURCH A group of tourists from Cooks Tours Cambridge visited All

Saints Church. The tour leader Mr White provided the visitors

with an interesting history of the church.

INSPIRATIONAL SAYING If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great

way.

Napoleon Hill

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COTTESBROOKE NEWS

GARDEN PARTY AT COTTESBROOKE

COTTAGE A heavy downpour immediately prior to the opening did nothing to

dampen the enthusiasm of the 70 or so members of the village and

their guests to the ‘Cheese, wine and strawberry Party’ held in the

immaculate garden at the home of Mr & Mrs Cazenove on Friday 1st

July.

In case of further rain all the guests were protected by a plethora of

‘Open Tents’ and a marquee enabling all to appreciate and enjoy the

impeccable vista of colourful flowers – sweet peas, roses and

foxgloves to the fore – bordered by a spick and span lawn so neatly

trimmed. One felt one was in defiance of the elements as we were

offered the choice of many delicious cheeses, abundant strawberries

with appropriate wines to enhance the taste buds. This created an

enjoyable atmosphere reflecting the successful efforts of our hosts

to ensure a great evening – we thank them sincerely for a

memorable evening.

The proceeds were aided by a well-supported raffle and were

divided between Cottesbrooke Church and the Village Hall.

BRIXWORTH MUSIC FESTIVAL

2016

16th to 25th September

A week of 7 fantastic concerts at All

Saints' Church Brixworth

This year's Star Guest is international

accordion player Irene Urbach

More information and tickets

www.brixworthmusicfestival.co.uk

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CREATON NEWS

Poppies Coffee Shop is open daily from 9am to 12 noon

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Poppies is

closed on Thursdays. For more information on the

activities at Creaton United Reformed Church, please

visit the Creaton website www.creaton.org.uk. Click on

Churches and then click on United Reformed Church.

CREATON UNITED REFORMED

CHURCH

Minister: Rev. Elizabeth Kemp You are warmly welcome to join us for our Sunday

Worship and Junior Church.

August 2016

Date Time Service Led By

Sunday 7th 11am The Elders

14th 11am Rev. Elizabeth Kemp

21st 11am Worship & Holy Communion

28th 11am Jon Heard

July

Sunday 4th 11am

Bryan Heard

11th

11am

Worship & Holy Communion

Rev. Elizabeth Kemp

18th

11am

Rev. Geoff. Townsend

Parade & Enrolment

25th 11am

Rev Leonard Bhagwandin

WOMANS INSTITUTE

We meet on the second

Wednesday of each month at

7.30pm in the United Reform

Church (next to the Post Office).

If the meeting is at a different

venue this will be stated.

August 10th - Visit to Green Acres Farm,

Staverton.

September14th - Dressed to impress By Greta

Paradine Palmer

We welcome new members to come as a guest to one of

our meetings to meet old friends or make new ones.

Please contact Daphne Clark on 01604 505546 for more

information.

CREATON IN BLOOM All those involved in the organising of Creaton in

Bloom, with the new addition of Open Farm Sunday,

would like to say thank you to everyone who

supported this village event. This was our most

successful year in both attendance and fundraising

for St Michael's Church fabric fund and other village

charities.

DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL CREATON Ducklings Pre-School have

been so busy over the last

term. We have taken

advantage of our vast

outside space to teach the

children how to ride a bike

without stabilisers. Our

allotment is full and almost

ready to harvest our home

grown snacks. The children have taken great care of their

crop and are excited to try all of our organic produce.

We have been having PE lessons in the large sports hall and

challenging the children’s physical abilities as well as their

listening and understanding to follow instructions. Soon we

are to welcome a professional dance teacher who will be

teaching the children as well.

Our forest school sessions have been oversubscribed. The

children have had some phenomenal experiences in our

private woodland, den building, bug hunting, bear hunting,

puddle jumping, wild animal spotting, cooking on a real

campfire to name a few.

At the moment we are working up to transition time for

some of our children who are preparing to start primary

school so we have been welcoming primary school teachers

from the 9 schools to which we are sending our children. It

has been exciting sharing the achievements and experiences

the children have had at Ducklings with their new teachers.

We look forward to welcoming our new starters in

September to begin their amazing learning journey and share

incredible learning experiences with them too.

Come and visit our setting and see what we can offer your

children. We open Monday-Friday 9am -3pm (offering flexible

sessions) if you need wrap around care you can access the

breakfast 8-9am and after school club 3-5.15pm within Great

Creaton Primary school.

Phone Ducklings Pre-School 01604 505172 to book a

stay and play session with us.

Please complete our registration form to join our waiting list

for a place.

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CREATON NEWS

Last Night of the Proms

A fun evening of music and singing

featuring soloists, Creaton Singers

&

The Choir of St. Michael’s

SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2016

6.30 p.m.

At ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS,

CREATON

In aid of Cynthia Spencer Hospice and

St Michael & All Angels Church

Tickets £10 from:

Susannah Carr 01604 505784

Dawn Mallard Hairdressing Spratton

WALKING

GROUP

We have enjoyed beautiful

weather as they continue

walking the Midshires Way.

The route passes close to

Creaton enabling the

walkers to take advantage of the delicious food now being

served at the Bricklayers Arms.

The August walk will be around the Nobottle and Nether

Heyford area.

Walks take place on the second Saturday of the month and are

about 3 hours in length mainly over fields. Meet at the lychgate

at 10am. Newcomers, including well-behaved dogs, very

welcome. Walking boots recommended and please bring water.

CREATON SINGERS

Creaton Singers took part in the

Northamptonshire Festival of

Performing Arts along with other

local choirs in May.

In June the singers had the

pleasure of singing at Creaton in

Bloom. They entertained guests

enjoying a cream tea with a

variety of well-loved songs.

The Creaton Singers are now practising for the Last Night

of the Proms concert to be held in Creaton church on

Saturday 1st October when the Singers are joining up

with Creaton Church Choir for what promises to be a

wonderful evening of entertainment and fun. Save the

date!

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Creaton Parish Council News ……..www.creaton.org.uk Welcome to our new residents that have recently moved

into the Village. We hope you and your families enjoy

Village life in Creaton.

NEW CLERK- WELCOME Hello to all Creaton residents! I became the Clerk to

Creaton Parish Council in June. I am looking forward to getting

to know everyone in the village. I attended the Annual Parish

Meeting and was really pleased to see how many community

groups exist in the village and the great feeling of community

spirit here. I am also Clerk to Clipston and Lilbourne Parish

Councils, and have recently completed my qualification in

(CiLCA) Certificate in Local Council Administration. I live in

Naseby with my husband and my 2 sons. You can contact me via

email on [email protected] by phone on 01604 74049 or

07759076161 or by post at 3 Skippons Court, Naseby NN6 6DT.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.

Felicity Ryan Clerk to Creaton Parish Council

Keep in touch – add your email to the clerk’s distribution list,

email [email protected]

AWARD I would like to apologies for the error in the name for the

Prestigious Award presented to the St Michaels and All Angels

History Group- “The Brian Walker Shield” presented at

Creaton APM 2016. Parish Cllr Michelle Aveyard

PLANNING APPLICATIONS: Applications are on the Daventry District Council website

updates received by the Parish council will be added to Parish

Council website and included in relevant meetings. You can

contact Daventry Council's Planning Department on - 01327

871100 if you are not on email or via the Website.

Planning Applications at the time of CPC meeting: 05/07/2016

DA/2016/0515- single storey extension – revised plans

replacement of single storey outbuildings - the Manse, High

Street Creaton.

DA/2016/0578 – Remove trees with – in conservation area – 16

Welford road, Creaton.

CREATON WEBSITE The website has been updated, and if you have any information

you would like to add please feel free to contact Cllr. Jane

Shanks who manages it: [email protected]

STREET DOCTOR This is a function for all residents to use and not just for Parish

Councillors. The system lets you see previous entries,

outstanding repairs up-to-date repairs, so please report any

concerns directly to Street Doctor. You can do this on

Northamptonshire County Councils Website or call Tel: 0300

126 1000

http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Transpo

rt/roads/streetdoctor/Pages/Step1.aspx

COUNCIL PROJECTS We are currently progressing on a number of projects including

those listed below. These items will be reported on in the next

issue of the Village Link:

Cemetery works: We are in contact with service providers to

get quotes on the works that are required to restore areas in

the cemetery. We hope to do this in partnership with St

Michaels and All Angels History Group.

Creaton odd job group. Keep Creaton Tidy and Accessible.

We are looking for a residents to help maintain some key areas

that are in our village, weeding, pruning, and socialising. If you’re

interested please contact Cllr Michelle Aveyard. We are only

looking for a couple of hours a month to help keep our

footpaths in the village tidy and accessible.

Lighting Obtaining quotes for phase 6 of the street lighting –

this has been approved and will continue with the phased

approach, project managed by Cllr Reg Thomas.

Future Meeting Dates: Next Parish Council Meetings are:

August 2nd, village walk about- meet at the Bus Stop

Tuesday 6th of September

Tuesday 5th of November

Meetings are in the Village Hall, staring at 7.30pm. Planning

meetings that do not fit into the CPC meetings, will be called as

required. Agendas will be on the Notice Board and Website,

another good reason for being on the Clerks distribution list.

Action Man: We understand that this item has been returned

to the owners. There may be future tests in the area and we

understand this has been reported in the Chronical & Echo and

Anglia news. The Neighbourhood watch warden and Parish

council were notified of the missing Item and information was

effectively distributed to the local community.

Bricklayers Arms: The Bricklayers

Arms now has food on sale in response

to requests from village residents Please

support your local community.

Village Shop Meeting: Following the

APM, we made a commitment to residents to host one more

village meeting to establish the level of interest in keeping

/supporting a community lead village shop. As soon as we have a

date there will be a leaflet drop to all residential properties so

that residents that are interested in looking into this venture

have an opportunity to do so. Please look out for the leaflet, or

email the Parish Clerk so that any updates can be sent to you

directly.

CREATON DEFIBRILLATOR – UPDATE

As many of you are aware the defibrillator is situated on the

front of the URC. The next step in this process is to seek local

residents that live within 500meters of this location to be first

responders. If you would like to be part of this team, please

contact Cllr Claire Thomas. Full training is provided, not the

training we had previously. Please consider this and support

your village. www.Facebook.com/1creatondefif or [email protected]

Tel: 01604 505918

Cllr Claire Thomas.

Information provided in this editorial is from parish councillor Michelle Aveyard.

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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS

Thanks to all those who helped make our weekend a great

success. We were able to donate over £8,000 to our main

Village charities. This amount includes the generous

contribution from our National Gardens Scheme teas in the

Spring.

Friday had us dancing to the Blues band, Saturday we foraged

for bargains and played cricket! Sunday's day started with the

Aviva cyclists racing up the High St, the police motor bikes

being more of a hazard! All settled down with lots of families

enjoying the beach area, riding on donkeys whilst Mum relaxed in a

deckchair, listening to the Brass Band Pimms in hand! The Church

'beach ' flowers were wonderful and the usual crowd joined in the

Dog Show. All we needed was for Summer to arrive! Thanks again

to all involved showing our great community spirit.

Scrufts (2016) was a great success with perfect weather and families proudly showing their dogs and

racing around the seaside themed agility class. However, this year Scrufts will be remembered for the

large number of child entries and their happy smiling faces. Best in Show, was won by Jackie and her

beautiful German Shepherd Reggie (Photo on P2). Photos from the day can be found on the following

link: https://goo.gl/photos/vGkFSa26hVhDsb5SA. More Festival photos are on pages 2 and 17.

Drama in

Guilsborough

GMADS wins NODA award

Many Village Link readers will remember last

April’s production of Amy Rosenthal’s “Sitting

Pretty.” GMADS beat off stiff competition from

fellow NODA members in the East Midlands to

win Best Play. Director Pam Townsend and

leading lady Linda Lilley accepted the award at the

AGM of NODA (National Operatic & Drama

Association) on 5 June.

“If these walls could talk…...London Entertains!”

Inspired by the Queen’s 90th birthday, Guilsborough Village Hall will be transformed

into “The Old Thames Tavern” from 24th to 26th November 2016. We will present

snapshots of London life through the ages with drama, readings, poetry and music,

ending with a good old sing song. In true cockney tradition we will be serving pie,

pickles and a pint.

Join us behind the scenes or on stage

We have invested in new lighting software so would love to hear from anyone who

would like to try their hand at technical support (training available); and we always

welcome new performers, so do get in touch.

Guilsborough Music & Drama Society

Email:[email protected] Twitter:@GMADsociety

Facebook:GMADsociety

Guilsborough Ladies

Friendly Society

"Ten Great Paintings"

An illustrated talk by Margaret Louise

O’Keefe who taught "History of Art" at

Princethorpe College, Warwickshire.

Since retiring, she runs courses, lectures

and speaks to many organisations. Louise

has travelled widely, visiting many

museums, and art exhibitions,

becoming passionate and extremely

knowledgeable on all facets of art.

This meeting is open to all and will be

followed by light refreshments.

Thursday October 13th

7.30pm

Guilsborough Village Hall

Tickets cost £5.

Available from Elizabeth Southgate

T. 01604 740064 or e mail

[email protected]

Guilsborough - on -Sea Festival Report

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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS

PRIMARY SCHOOL

As I write this we are preparing to

go on a whole-school trip to the

Food & Farming Event at

Peterborough Showground. It

promises to be a great day, with

lots to see and do, and should help

our children to appreciate what is

going on around them in the fields

and farm sheds, as they grow up in

the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside. Our Year 5

children are also off on an overnight residential trip to Grendon

before we break up.

The Year 6s are starting to prepare for their big move up to

secondary school, this year we have 30 children moving on, all

of whom are going to Guilsborough Academy, and we wish

them all the very best for the future. Before they go, they are

staging their production of The Ancient Olympics, with a little

help from the other junior children. This play is all about the

Ancient Greeks and the start of the Olympic Games, so good

timing for 2016. Staying on the theme, we also have an Olympic

Week planned in school, with lots of extra sporting activities

and a visit from two GB athletes. We also had a visit recently

from two professional basketballers, one of them (Paul Sturgess)

actually holds the world record for being the tallest professional

player at 7’8½”. He used to play for the Harlem Globetrotters

and his party trick is to swing from the hoop! He was a really,

lovely gentle giant and great with the children – there’s a picture

below with myself and my (5’10”) husband.

Next week, we have our Transition Day, which takes place

when the older children get to visit their secondary school, and

our new Reception children come here for an introductory

session. At the same time, all of our children move up a year

group and get to spend the day in their new classrooms, with

their new teachers. A very exciting time, as you can imagine,

and I’m sure we will have a few rousing choruses of one of our

favourite songs, “One more step along the world I go”.

Best wishes to everyone for a

lovely, peaceful summer - and

before you know it, we’ll all be back

with the buses, cars and the buzz of

children busy learning – taking their

next step along that road.

Dr Yvonne Watts

Headteacher

PRE-SCHOOL

Wow another year has

finished and what a year it

was! We have seen many

families join us and we have

just said goodbye to our next

group of children moving on

to big school. They will be

missed and we wish them

good luck for their new

adventures in their primary schools. We have also had a year

full of fun, happiness and celebrations as this was the year we

achieved our first outstanding grading by Ofsted. What an

achievement it was and we are all very proud to call ourselves

outstanding as we have a loving, fun and challenging pre-school

to offer which we work very hard to provide. Our last term has

seen the children enjoying a space rocket role play, building and

creating chutes and pipes to pour water down, a sports day and

Leavers presentation! We have some spaces available for

September but they are filling quickly so if you would like to

send your child to an outstanding setting, book an appointment

to have a look around so we can discuss your requirements.

Phone Dawn on 01604 740761 or email

[email protected]

NEW ARRIVALS

Welcome to Graham Burton and his daughter Mary at 26 Pells

Close.

Christian Aid Collection Thank You!

A big thank you to everyone who donated to

Christian Aid in May’s house to house

collection. We raised £682 in Guilsborough

(excluding gift aid). I would like to express an even bigger thank

you to those who posted and collected envelopes – without

their help it wouldn’t happen.

Christian Aid is a worldwide charity that works to bring an end

to poverty, helping people of all faiths and none.

Katie Fulcher, Guilsborough organiser.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Parish

Council’s Clean for the Queen in Guilsborough

It was great that so many people came along

and we managed to make a big difference in a

morning—many weeds were banished,

pavements swept and verges cleared, greatly

improving the appearance of the village ready

for the Festival. The Parish Council appreciates

this help and support.

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GUILSBOROUGH NEWS

SIR JOHN LOWTHER MEMORIAL

CRICKET MATCH

This year’s village lunch and annual Sir John Lowther

Memorial cricket match will be held on Sunday 7th

August at Guilsborough Playing field.

Lunch tickets are available at £15 per

head from Jim Houghton on

07748920176 or

[email protected].

FUND RAISING THANK YOU

Many thanks to all those villagers who have donated bottles

to support the Village Festival and the GPFA bottle stall at

Hollowell Steam Rally. Your donations have been critical in

making these fundraising efforts a success.

GPFA Committee

West Haddon & Guilsborough Cricket Club News

After the first eleven weeks of the 2016 season of the Northamptonshire Cricket League, the senior 1st XI have moved out of the

relegation zone in division 3 and the 2nd XI are fifth in division 8. The results from May onwards can be viewed on the Village Link

website at www.villagelink.org.uk .

Notable performances include a maiden centuries for Joe Collins against Horton House 3rd XI and Daniel McNally against

Overstone Park CC 3rd XI and a score of 164 not out from Thomas Adams against Oundle Town 2nd XI. In addition, following a

number of strong performances by the newly formed women’s team that plays at Guilsborough in the national Last Woman Stands

competition, that team is now second place in the Northamptonshire league.

New players across all sections of the club are always welcome. If you are interested, contact us via

http://whandgcc.play-cricket.com.

Christopher Nuttall

Secretary

West Haddon & Guilsborough Cricket Club

Hard working volunteers on the GPFA bottle

stall at Hollowell Steam Fair.

END OF SEASON FOOTBALL NEWS Guilsborough U15s junior football have had a successful first

season back in the A league, managing to secure A league

status for next season. We break for the Summer holidays

following the Daventry Town 6-a-side tournament on 17 July,

with training re-commencing on both Tuesday evenings and

Saturday mornings in mid August. With the merger between

Guilsborough and Crick further strengthening both teams we

look forward to competing on all fronts next season.

Charity Ball in aid of Guilsborough Playing Field Association and Cancer

Research UK, proceeds being split between the two charities. If you cannot

attend, please support these worthy charities by making a donation to them

quoting ‘Charity Ball’. Thank you.

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HOLLOWELL & TEETON NEWS

Kate Clemans Mobile Beauty Therapist

Over 10 years experience specialising in

Facials

Massage Manicures and pedicures

Waxing For more information call me on

07919 562056 or email [email protected]

HOLLOWELL OPEN

GARDENS

FOUR HOLLOWELL GARDENS OPEN ON

SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST 11am -5pm

For the first time four contrasting gardens will

open in Hollowell as part of the National

Garden Scheme. Ivy Cottage, Hillview,

Rosemount and for the first time Hollowell

Manor.

Combined admission to the gardens £4.00,

children free.

Coffee, light lunches and home-made teas will

be provided at Hollowell village hall. Parking

and toilets are also available there.

HOLLOWELL STEAM RALLY Thousands of people enjoyed the 30th Hollowell Steam

and Heavy Horse Show at the beginning of July which

included an aerial salute on both days from a Battle of

Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire. Rally organiser Allen

Eaton MBE said, “We suffered a little in the wet on the

Friday and numbers were down a fraction on Saturday,

but Sunday was superb.” He thanked all the local people

who helped make the Rally such a huge success and

promised a good year of donations to local charities at

the “Give Away” evening towards the end of October.

SERVICE FOR JIM

LEATHERLAND

At 6pm on the same day as the

Open Gardens (7th August) there

will be a service of commemoration

Songs of Praise at Hollowell

Church, for Jim, who died earlier

this year. Jim and his wife Joan

opened their garden on Church Hill

for almost 30 years and Jim was a

highly regarded Galanthophile (snowdrop expert). They

decided not to open their lovely garden this spring, whilst Jim

was ill, but Joan, with the help of friends , is going to open

Rosemount in August in his memory. Jim would have been 85

on August 6th. Everyone is welcome at the service to

remember the life of this fondly regarded villager. The service

will be lead by Rev Chris Peck assisted by Rev John Evans.

If you can help with flowers to decorate the church please

contact Wendy Evans at Ivy Cottage, Creaton Road. Tel 01604

211372.

Hollowell & Teeton Village Hall Tote Winners

The lucky winners of £10 each for May and June are: Katherine Clark,

Judith Parks, Jan Craig, Mrs Spencer, Mrs Rowell, Bruce Hunter, Fran

Furnell and Bob Brooker.

Thank you very much for your support!!

The Hollowell Pocket

Park Action Committee

AGM will take place in

Hollowell Village Hall at

7.30pm on Tuesday 16th

August. If you enjoy using

the Pocket Park and have

ideas for future projects

there please come along.

All welcome.

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HOLLOWELL & TEETON NEWS

HOLLOWELL HENS

On a wet and cold late June evening twelve Hens ventured out to the

village of Harrington to enjoy an evening at the Warner Edwards Gin

Distillery. Warner Edwards is a relatively new company running

operations from a 200 year old barn at the family farm. Their hand-

crafted gins are made with spring water from the farm and locally

sourced botanicals, like elderflower and sloe. In just four years of

trading their gins have already won a number of awards including two

golds. The Hens were welcomed into the barn with an offer of a

G & T and then took an interesting and informative tour of the distillery

and heard a potted history of the company. It was very enjoyable, as were the samples of each of the Gins from their range:

Dry Gin, Elderflower Gin, Rhubarb Gin and Sloe Gin.

HOLLOWELL & TEETON PARISH

COUNCIL NEWS

Mowing - Councillor Allen Eaton MBE has conducted site

meetings, with a representative of the Mowing Contractor, to

resolve concerns about areas that had not been cut to an agreed

standard. It has been necessary to carry out additional cuts to

manage the increased growth of grass during May & June. The

Council will continue to monitor the cutting service and asks

residents to report any concerns to the Clerk.

[email protected]

Vacancy for Councillors – Two vacancies arose for Hollowell

ward, following the May elections, and at an extra ordinary meeting

on 21 June 2016, Sue McCubbin was co-opted as a Councillor. It is

hoped the other vacancy will be filled in the near future. The

names of Councillors can be seen on the Council web site.

Vacancy for Clerk – after almost six years of valued service to

the Parish, Fiona Keable has tendered her resignation. The Council

is in the process of recruiting a replacement Clerk/Responsible

Financial Officer and details can be obtained from the Council web

site.www.hollowellandteeton.org.uk

TODDLER SWINGS RESTORED TO

THE POCKET PARK Many thanks to Councillors Barry Wendon and Allen Eaton

and the Steam Rally Team for the reconstruction of the

toddler swings in the Pocket Park. The original timber

frame had to be condemned last year as the posts were

rotting at the base. A lovely new frame has been built and

the old swings reattached.

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THORNBY NEWS

SUMMER BARBEQUE

To be held at

The Old Rectory, Thornby

Saturday 24th September starting at 4pm

Tickets £8 (children half price)

available from Barbara Tanser - 740505

Proceeds to Thornby Church

EVERYONE WELCOME

See page 19 for some colour photos of the displays at Thornby Flower

Festival. Here are a few more ...

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CHURCH NEWS MESSAGE FROM REVEREND CHRIS PECK

RECTOR OF THE UPLAND GROUPS OF PARISHES

ESME’S ABSEIL SUCCESS!

Mission Accomplished! Esme would like to report

that she successfully abseiled down the west front

of Peterborough Cathedral on Saturday July 9th.

She would like to express grateful thanks to all

who supported her with prayers and donations.

Fund raising results and pictures to follow in the

next issue of Village Link.

midst of it all, whatever life is throwing at us, however good or bad. The Sunday following the referendum vote I read in church the words of a familiar psalm. ‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the moun-

tains shake in the heart of the sea…God is in the midst….’.

One of the joys of being a priest is the privilege of rejoicing with those who rejoice through conducting christenings and weddings and weeping with those who weep through conducting funerals. A shiver goes down my spine every time I hold a baby over the font, hear the wedding vows and read the words of comfort as the coffin

is carried into church. God is there in the midst of our joys and our sorrows. And the church is there for each of us in our joys and

our sorrows. God is present equally in the darkness and in the light;

So whatever you are experiencing in life, the doors of the church are open for you to discover afresh just how present God is in the

midst of it all.

Life can be a lottery for all of us; we never know what is round the corner. It can be a cause for great celebration like the birth of a grandchild; or it can be bad news like a life threatening dis-ease of a relative. For all of us life is a mixture of black, white,

grey and wonderful rainbow colours making up a rich tapestry.

August and September are contrasting months. August has a spaciousness about it, a sense of less frenetic days, a chance to breathe, to be with family and friends more, to get out and about. September is when everything starts up again and sud-denly we are thrust into the turmoil of activity with all those groups that had a summer break starting up again, the new term

beginning and the pace of work quickening.

As I write the country is still reeling from the effects of the Brexit vote; the political parties are in the throes of leadership contests; the value of the pound is continuing to fall; gloomy predictions about the economy abound and news of suicide

bombings continue to reverberate around the world.

It is good at times like this to remember that God is in the

MORE GUILSBOROUGH FLOWER

FESTIVAL PHOTOS:

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THORNBY FLOWER FESTIVAL BRIGHTENED UP A COOL AND

SHOWERY WEEKEND IN JUNE ...

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Local news from Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton & Thornby

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Kate Clemans Beauty Therapist—page 14

Cold Ashby Golf Club - page 5

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Mark Burdett Plumber - page 4

Merrick School of Driving and Towing - page 14

The Witch & Sow Pub, Guilsborough - page 4

Shires Foot Care - page 5

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Wills Direct - page 7

Much loved John Broadwood upright Edwardian piano in pristine condition. Polished light mahogany with floral inlay on front panel. Offers over £750 Telephone 01604 740392 ~~~~~~~~~ Neff Electric Oven B14M42S3GB and Neff Gas Hob

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We will be continuing our series of Health Education Talks, when Dr Neil Menon will be talking about Stroke Prevention. The talks will be at Guilsborough Surgery on Tuesday 20th September 7.30pm -8.30pm and Brixworth Surgery on Tuesday 18th October 7.30pm -8.30pm. Come along and learn more about this important topic. For more information contact Barbara Hogg on 01604 880552 or email [email protected]

Saxon Spires Patient Participation Group

Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead clinched overall victory in the 2016 Aviva Women's Tour, finishing safely in the bunch in 14th position at the end of the 113-kilometre Northamptonshire stage as Finland's Lotta Lepisto took the final stage win in Kettering from a group of seven riders.

Armitstead also clinched the Adnams Best British Rider Jersey as the highest placed Brit, with a 53-second advantage over 2012 Olympic Gold medallist Dani King. The victory will also move Armitstead up to second in the standings of the UCI Women's WorldTour. Cllr Heather Smith, leader of Northamptonshire County Council, which brought the Aviva Women’s Tour to Northamptonshire, said: “This is the third year that we’ve been lucky enough to host a stage of the race and I

really believe that this year has been the best yet. It’s wonderful to see the thousands of people lining the streets to cheer on the riders and it creates a fantastic sense of excitement. Cycling really is on the up at the moment and I hope people will feel inspired by these world-class athletes to get on their bikes and enjoy cycling for themselves.”

The pack rides through Guilsborough High

Street on Sunday 19th June