Moulton Scene Autumn 2018
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AUTUMN 2018 Moulton Wins Best Moulton Literary Festival Village Competition 27th October - See pull-out for details Gig in the Gardens – 8th September See page 27 for further details Christmas Cracker Family Fun Day & Santa Scramble - 9th December Web Design that gets you noticed www.onefoursix.co.uk/web-design 1200+ patients already Award winning clinic treated in Northampton on your doorstep Park View, Moulton, Northampton. NN3 7TN BackandBodyClinic.co.uk Call us on: 01604 493066 2BBC_NEW_CLINIC_FLYER_2016_UPDATE_AW_v2.pdf | moulton scene • autumn 2018 1 04/08/2016 20:57 elcome to the Autumn 2018 edition of Moulton Scene. Firstly, a warm welcome to all new residents who have Moulton Scene Wmoved to Moulton over the summer; hopefully you have settled in well and looking forward to what Moulton has to Information offer. This magazine is a great starting point to find out what is available to you, from village groups and organisations that hold their regular meetings in the village, to local friendly businesses Edition 2 - 2018 right on your doorstep. Moulton is a great village community to be part of and if you have The next edition of the Moulton anything you wish to share within this magazine, please do get in Scene will be published at the end touch, we are always looking for new ideas/features. of December 2018 and will cover the period 1st January 2019 to 30th April To get in touch please email: [email protected] 2019. 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The content is not necessarily the view of the Parish autumn 2018 • moulton scene | 3 CONTENTS 3 EDITORIAL COUNCIL MATTERS HELPING HANDS 5 CHAIRMAN OF THE PARISH 28 GIVE BLOOD, MOULTON & COUNCIL – DAVID AARONS OVERSTONE EDUCATIONAL TRUST, MOULTON & OVERSTONE 8 FROM YOUR MP - CHRIS HEATON CAR SCHEME, CARE & REPAIR, HARRIS MONDAY CLUB POLICE MATTERS VILLAGE CLUBS AND 11 HOW TO CONTACT US SOCIETIES 29 MOULTON ALLOTMENTS CIC, VILLAGE MOULTON PLAYERS, MOULTON INFORMATION, MOVIES, MOULTON EVENING WI, EVENTS & LOCAL MOULTON & DISTRICT NEWS GARDENERS’ SOCIETY, MOULTON HISTORY SOCIETY, HARDY PLANT 3 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS SOCIETY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 3 WELCOME TO MOULTON’ PACK GROUP, 38TH MOULTON SCOUT GROUP, MOULTON MORRIS MEN, 12 OPENING TIMES MOULTON TUESDAY CLUB, 12 HALLS TO HIRE CAREY CHRISTIAN BOOK CLUB, 13 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL YARKER TUITION 2018 REPORT RURAL NEWS 15 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2018 ART EXHIBITION 35 PARISH FOOTPATH WARDEN, 15 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL CROWFIELDS 2018 FUN RUN WINNERS FOCUS ON SPORT 15 HANGING BASKET DONATIONS AND YOUTH 15 CRAFT & GIFT FAIR IN AID OF SAVE THE CHILDREN 12 MOULTON MINI’S SOCCER CLUB 15 MOULTON COMMUNITY CENTRE 37 WHITE TIGER TAEKWON-DO 37 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SPORT 15 HEALTH & WELLBEING - COMMUNITY CONNECTOR OBITUARIES 17 SCHOOL’S OUT 38 OBITUARIES 18 CHRISTMAS CRACKER 19 MOULTON WINS BEST VILLAGE CHURCH NEWS COMPETITION 2018 40 MOULTON PARISH CHURCH, 20 MPC GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE CAREY BAPTIST CHURCH, 20 CHRONICLE & ECHO ‘DOWN MOULTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH YOUR WAY’ 27 GIG IN THE GARDENS – MUSIC INDEX OF EVENT – 8TH SEPTEMBER ADVERTISERS 44 WHAT NOT TO MISS UNTIL 43 A-Z LISTING OF LOCAL TRADES JANUARY 2019 PEOPLE SCHOOL/DOCTORS/ LIBRARY NEWS 21 MOULTON SURGERY 21 MOULTON SCHOOL & SCIENCE COLLEGE 23 MOULTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 23 FRIENDS OF MOULTON PRIMARY SCHOOL – FOMPS 25 MOULTON COLLEGE 25 MOULTON LIBRARY 27 FRIENDS OF MOULTON LIBRARY 4 | moulton scene • autumn 2018 ollowing the May local of the financial woes of goes on there will be more ways government elections Northamptonshire County for us to engage with you in a Fwe have a new Parish Council is the drastic reduction less formal atmosphere. If you Council consisting largely of of the Library Service, including cannot get to a meeting then ‘rookie’ councillors, including the the closure of our new library. the names and contact details Chairman! Fortunately we are ably Following this decision, Friends for all councillors are on the supported by Jane Austin, a highly of Moulton Library have been Parish website at http://www. experienced Executive Officer, working hard to come up with moultonnorthants-pc.gov.uk/, and her hard-working team. ways of keeping the library open where you can also find links to as an independent library but our Facebook and Twitter pages. Over the coming four-year term continue to come up against we have several challenges to a funding barrier. Recent I personally welcome ‘face to face in a highly fluid political discussions between the ‘Friends’ face’ conversations with any landscape. and Moulton PC have resulted resident of Moulton civil parish in an agreement for the Parish to discuss concerns and ideas, To begin with, our County Council Council to head up the rescue my contact details are on the is now beginning the process proposal and work with them to Moulton PC website. Simply call of being dissolved. This is as a try to find a way through, at least or email me and we can arrange result of it effectively becoming until the new Unitary Authorities a meeting at a mutually agreeable insolvent – broke! The likely are formed – when of course time and place. result will involve removal of all it all starts again! There is a District and Borough Councils Judicial Review of NCC’s decision As you will know, the parish team in Northamptonshire and the imminent and the results should bid successfully to become Best creation of two Unitary Authorities. be known by the time Moulton Village in the ACRE Wellbeing The most likely result (although Scene has been published. By the competition. Moulton won not not certain when going to print) time you read this we will have a only best Large Village but also will be “West Northamptonshire” much clearer idea of whether it the overall competition. The (Northampton Town, Daventry DC will be possible (and affordable) to bid looked at Moulton’s whole and South Northamptonshire DC) run our own ‘independent’ library. range of activities by all of our and “North Northamptonshire” clubs and societies, monthly and (Corby, Kettering & Themes which emerged from the weekly groups and meetings, Wellingborough BCs together May elections were improvements involvement of local businesses, with East Northamptonshire DC). to transparency, accountability playgroups and toddler sessions, Consultations with the public and and communication by the Parish Moulton Players’ 5 productions interested parties have begun Council in its dealings with the each year, providing a ‘Welcome and the new shape of the county Moulton community. To this end, Pack’ to new residents and having should emerge in the early part of the new team of councillors are a ‘Health & Wellbeing Strategy’ in 2019 to be in place by May 2020. exploring ways of connecting place – The list goes on! Thank with you more directly wherever you Mary Jane Brown for your Just to make life even more possible. The results will emerge effort and commitment to its interesting, Daventry DC has over the coming weeks. success. decided to carry out a Community Governance Review in parallel. In the meantime, you are invited Finally, although most of your In short, this process looks at the to attend any of our Parish elected Parish Council is “new”, viability, boundaries and naming Council meetings. We begin everything that we do stands of parishes within Daventry with a public session and use on the shoulders of previous district and they have put this out this as an important way of councillors and all of us should to consultation. understanding your immediate thank them for their hard work concerns and gain new insights and commitment to Moulton over One of the major aftershocks into your expectations.