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Welton NEWS Come rain, shine, snow, sleet or hail, the NEWS will get through thanks to our wonderful volunteer distributors Collaboration with William Farr School, page 32 NUMBER 248 New website, page 53 JANUARY 2020 Sunday Happy New Year to All Our Customers Lunch Main Course £10.50 NEW MENUS AVAILABLE Age 10 and Serving the Falconer Menus Monday to Thursday 10.30am-3.30pm under £6.75 and 5.00pm-8.30pm. Serving food all day Friday and Saturday 10.30am-9.00pm. Sunday and Bank Holidays 10.30am-8.30pm. 2 Courses 4 £14.00 Party Bookings and Private Functions available. (Conferences, Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christenings, etc.) LICENSED FOR CIVIL WEDDING CEREMONIES For further information please contact Hayley on 01673 861888 Function Room - Free Room Hire with Our Buffet or Self-Catering with Room Hire FISH & CHIP FRIDAY! Every Friday 5.00 - 8.30pm Jumbo Fish, Rustic Chips & Mushy Peas FOR 2 PLUS a Bottle of House Wine for only £20. CURRY NIGHT! Every Wednesday 5.00 - 8.30pm Choice of Curry, and drink FOR 2 for only £18. (Includes Carlsberg, Tetley, 175ml Wine, or any Soft Drink) JOIN THE BEST VALUE-FOR-MONEY GOLF COURSE IN THE COUNTY! 7 MONTH MEMBERSHIP OFFER 1st January 2020 to 31st July 2020 Full Member £500. Budget Green Fee Member £160 (£4 weekdays, £6 weekends) Terms and Conditions apply. We are now offering a NEW Associate Membership for £100 (£4 Weekdays, £6 Weekends) Must hold a CONGU Handicap! 1st January 2020 to 31st July 2020 2•4•1 ON PAY & PLAY with this advert. Offer expires 31st January 2020. New Year’s Day: 2 courses £14, 3 courses £18.95, 10 and Under: 1 course £6.75, 2 courses £9.00, 3 courses £11.25 Now taking bookings for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Please call for more information. For details regarding any of the above please phone 01673 861888 Welton Manor Golf/Fishing Centre, Hackthorn Rd, Welton, Lincoln 01673 862827 www.weltonmanorgolfcentre.co.uk [email protected] Welton NEWS 1 Welton NEWS The Village Notice Board This facility is provided for village organisations to publicise their forthcoming events. c/o Parish Office 7 Lincoln Road Dates for inclusion on the ‘Notice Board’ should be submitted by the copy deadline Welton, LN2 3HZ (15th of month prior) Editorial: (01673) 860073 Advertising: 861464 January Save Dates Distribution: 863115 Saturday 4th January Friday 7th February Email: [email protected] Jumble Sale, in aid of St Barnabas and the Quiz Night, Friends of William Farr, 7pm, at Website: www.weltonnews.org Shoebox Appeal, 1pm, Dunholme Village William Farr School Hall Management Committee Saturday 15th February Tuesday 14th January Spirit of Scothern 1940s dance, doors open Chair: Dorothy Russell CoderDojo, 6pm, Library and Community 6.30pm, Scothern Village Hall Treasurer: Michael Daly Hub (booking required) Advertisement Manager: Saturday 22nd February Friday 24th January Welton-Moncé en Belin Twinning Penny Brackenbury Umbrellas Cake and Cuppa Morning, Association Jumble Sale, 1.30pm to 3.30pm, Distribution Manager: 9.30am to 12 noon, Dunholme Old School at the Methodist chapel Derek Browning Friday 24th January Friday 28th and Saturday 29th February Jim Blainey, Roy Minnitt, Flix in the Stix presentsYesterday , 7.30pm, Graham Nicholls Scothern Players presents Don’t Get Your Scothern Village Hall Vicars in a Twist, 7pm for 7.30pm, Scothern Village Hall Editorial Tuesday 28th January Murderous Secrets, a talk by Janice Frost, Editor: Dorothy Russell Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March 2pm, Library and Community Hub Scothern Players presents Don’t Get Your Deputy Editor: Friday 31st January Vicars in a Twist, 7pm for 7.30pm, Scothern Graham Nicholls Spirit of Scothern quiz night, 7.30pm, Village Hall Associate Editor: Scothern Village Hall Friday 24th April Dawn Bowskill Various Dates in January PDA Spring lunch Photographer: Jim Blainey Travel Counsellors Ltd will host a Travel Saturday 4th July Event with Suppliers at Welton Village Hall Contributions Wine Event with a Disney Theme, in aid as follows: of Matt’s Fund and the British Heart Articles and letters should be • Saturday 11th, 10am to 5pm Foundation emailed to • Sunday 12th, 12.30pm to 5pm [email protected] • Saturday 25th, 10am to 5pm Saturday 24th October or sent to c/o Parish Office, • Sunday 26th, 12.30pm to 5pm PDA Autumn Fayre 7 Lincoln Road, Welton, Free coffee, tea and biscuits LN2 3HZ Friday 4th December PDA Christmas lunch Copy Deadline The copy deadline for both advertising and editorial is the 15th of the month The management committee does not necessarily endorse the views expressed To advertise your business in the Welton NEWS by contributors to this magazine, and while every effort is made to ensure the please email us at [email protected] accuracy of information, no responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions or call 01673 861464 in this publication. All articles and information submitted to the editor must be attributable, otherwise these will not be printed. Confidentiality will, however, be maintained. The editor reserves the right to edit all material. Welton Village Hall • Hall and Rooms for Hire ©No part of this publication may be Competitive rates • Licensed bar • Fully equipped kitchen reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or Email: [email protected] transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the Phone: 07342 209857 Welton NEWS Management Committee. 2 Welton NEWS The Black Bull 9 Lincoln Road, Welton LN2 3HZ Tel: 01673 860220 Email: [email protected] Look for us on Facebook! and check out our website www.blackbullwelton.com FOOD OFFERS Tuesday nights - BUILD YOUR OWN BURGER Wednesday nights - SMOKEHOUSE AND GRILL MENU Thursday nights - CURRY CLUB NIGHT Friday nights – FISH AND FIZZ Sunday lunch – menu changes weekly LOOK OUR FOR OUR LOYALTY CARDS – AVAILABLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SATURDAY MATCH DAY BREAKFAST FROM 10.30 AM Claim your free drink (selected drinks only) with every purchased All QUIZ Day Breakfast when you present your Match Day Ticket at the bar (home games only) NIGHT every Tuesday £1 entry fee, 1st and 2nd all entry LADIES DO LUNCH fees go to cash prizes and Wednesday 8th. 2 course lunch £8.50 rollover jackpot! and raffle in aid of Matts Fund The Black Bull providing a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for all the community. Offering good home cooked food at reasonable prices. Welton NEWS 3 CONTENTS Editorial Page 14 Arkwright Scholarships A happy new year to all our readers from everyone at 30 Bells of St Mary’s, Part 2 the Welton NEWS. 20 Bright Ideas Needed 8 Brownies: 1st Welton I hope you like our front cover photograph, which shows 20 Dunholme Camera Club some of the volunteers who deliver your magazine to 18 Dunholme Friendship Club 18 Dunholme Ladies Club you every month. The NEWS management committee 3 Editorial invited them for wine and mince pies in early December 26 Encounter Evenings 13 Every Bite Counts to thank them for their hard work every month and while 6 Farce from Scothern Players they were still standing we got a couple of photographs. 28 Flooding Grant The photographs in the centre pages show just a small 37 Football Club 42 From the Archives sample of the very clever and creative displays from 36 Golf Society the Festival of Carols at St Mary’s church, as well as 16 Great Debate 48 Hackthorn School the participants in the Karaoke Carols in the church 53 Health Centre following the Christmas tree lighting on the green in 59 Index to Advertisers 45 Jambusters WI December. 21 Letters to the Editor The Bells of St Mary’s on page 30 tells the story of 50 Library and Community Hub 4 Methodist News how the bell frames were renovated in 1993 and the 17 Mr Knowler photographs inside the back cover were taken during 35 Music is Fun that renovation project. 47 Nature Watch 33 Neighbourhood Plan We have been trying to find ways to get the younger 30 Netball News members of our community involved and engaged with 27 New Chapter for Farrago 32 New Collaboration the magazine, and I think we may have succeeded (see 54 New Year Diagnostics A New Collaborationon page 32). 53 NEWS Website 10 Parish Council Meeting Report We also launched our redesigned website in December 11 PC: Community Award 2020 (www.weltonnews.org), so take a look at my article on 11 PC Notice Board page 53 to find out more and then go online and see 11 PC Notices 28 PDA what you think of the website. 51 Phoebe’s Child Finally, Brian Lawton’s Gas Warm advert is no longer in 6 Police File 9 Sewing Bee the magazine. Mr Lawton has decided not to renew his 12 Shoebox Appeal advert because he is retiring. He has advertised in the 56 St Barnabas 24 St Mary’s Church News NEWS for 20 years, as long as it has been in existence. 39 This Month in History The management committee would like to thank him 12 Upholstery Classes 60 Useful Contact Numbers for his support of the NEWS and wish him a long and 40 Village Hall Trust happy retirement. 1 Village Notice Board The Editor 20 Weekly Shopping Bus to Asda 40 Welton Luncheon Club Gaswise (Lincoln) Ltd. Contact John Dyer Specialist Gas Service Engineer (ex-British Gas Engineer) Service, Installation & Repair of all gas appliances and central heating Honeywell Evohome Controls Specialist, Power Flushing Landlord Gas Safety Certificates Tel: 01673 861660 / Mobile: 07970 784698 18 Sudbrooke Road, Scothern, LN2 2UZ 153584 4 Welton NEWS and his grace, in the reality of forgiveness; God forgiving us, us forgiving each other.