Cottingham and Middleton News

September/October 2018

Available online at www.cottinghamnews.co.uk

A Summer of singing! Cottingham School administrator The June ‘Valley Carolynn Southcombe The Village Sings’ concert is walking the route of Store and Café held in Wilbarston the London Marathon is now stocking with the Valley on 22 September and a new range of is aiming to raise £2,500 to revamp greetings cards Voice Choir, as well as Albany Singers, the outdoor play area at the school. wrapping paper, Ashley Choir and You can donate through her page at gift bags and Great Easton Ladies Choir was a sell out, www.justgiving.com (just enter her tags. raising almost £800 which was split between name into the search box). the four choirs for their chosen charities. Mary Knott has Former Cottingham Parish Council also been busy Valley Voice donated their £200, along with a Chairman Robert McKenna sadly in her kitchen further £74 raised at their Summer Picnic passed away in June. Bob and his making a new event, to ’s Lakelands Hospice. wife Pat moved to Windmill Close batch of jams, in 1976 and raised two children as well as her much loved piccalilli, The choir would like to thank everyone who came along and performed at the Summer before moving to Kelso, Scotland, which is just perfect to go with the in 2003. Bob was an active Joseph Morris pork pies, large and Picnic in the Middleton Orchard in July. member of the village community small, from the chiller. Thanks too to Nicola Harrison from Middleton’s with Parish Council work, helping Daisy Dots Photography for capturing the To find out more, visit Facebook with village dances and fetes. He event so perfectly. You can see some of @CottinghamShop, call 770097, or leaves behind his wife Patricia, Nicola’s photos on the Village Facebook page. sign up to the shop email list online at daughter Janet and son Douglas. cottinghamshop.wordpress.com New Village Hall Village bus services The planning application for the new The RF1 (Corby to Oakham) bus service has been saved and will keep running for at Village Hall, to be located on the least the next five years, following a change of heart by operator Centrebus which had Village Acre next to the School, was initially wanted to pull out. The new contract starts on 24 September and will include approved unanimously by Corby an additional stop at Corby Rail Station. Borough Council’s Development Control committee in August. The Meanwhile, a petition has been launched by Corby’s Labour Party representative Village Hall Trustees will be meeting Beth Miller to save the No.67 bus service (Gretton to Poppy appeal - shortly to discuss the next phase of ), which stopped running on the project. 25 May after Northants County Council withdrew can you help? their subsidy. You can sign the petition at Irene Beadsworth www.38degrees.org (search for ‘buses Jane Smith, Editor has been ’). Discussions are also underway co-ordinating the 3 Corby Road, tel 770821, email with Corby and councils regarding Royal British [email protected] potentially funding the service. Legion Poppy Appeal in the In the meantime, if you need transport to get into villages for a number of years but is now looking for Next issue Harborough, call the Village Store on 770097 and someone to take on this they’ll see if they can find someone to give you a lift. November 2018 important role. If you can help, please contact Sunday 11 November, WW1 Centenary Event, 11.30am Irene on 770059, email [email protected] An event is being planned to take place at the Village Hall Annex on Armistice Day, straight after the Remembrance Service at the War Memorial, which starts at 10.45am, to commemorate the end of World War I. There will be live entertainment, hot drinks and refreshments, an exhibition commemorating the village’s brave soldiers and a final roll call of those who gave their lives for us. Please put this date in your diary and, if you would like to take part or contribute to the event in any way, please contact Joanne on 770913, email [email protected] For latest events, see What’s on www.cottinghamnews.co.uk

Tue 11 Sep, 7.30pm Sat 27 Oct, 6.30pm Useful Contacts Northants Police 101 Valley Voice taster session Charity Quiz, Village Hall Annex Neighbourhood Management Team If you enjoy singing and have ever fancied Come along to Ant (Suzanne Preston) 463177, email joining a choir but aren’t sure if it's for you, why Licquorish's Village [email protected] not pop along to the Valley Voice free taster Charity Quiz in aid of Jen’s Street Doctor (Northants CC) session at Cottingham Methodist Hall on Corby Hedgehog Rescue, Corby. www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ Road? No experience necessary! streetdoctor Based in Great Oakley, Sat 15 Sep, from 10am Jen is doing an amazing Cllr Bob Rutt, Corby Borough Council, job rescuing and caring for 07801 945948 Boot sale, Village Store our spiky friends which are now an Cllr Sandra Naden-Horley, Northants endangered species. Each hog costs £5 to County Council, 07944 213860 ‘Puss In Boots’ presents a sale SaNaden-Horley@ of quality riding boots and £10 a week to look after and Jen has cared northamptonshire.gov.uk genuine Hunter wellies, for 142 hogs this year alone! upstairs at the Cottingham Down Your Way correspondent for The quiz costs £10 per person including food, Northants Telegraph: See below and Middleton Village Store which is fish, chicken or mushy peas and and Café. For more information, call Village Store and Café, 770097 07775 517910 or 770097. chips (vegetarian), or £5 if you want to bring [email protected] your own food. There is no bar, so please cottinghamshop.wordpress.com bring your own drinks. Doors open at 6.30pm Village Hall Annex Sat 15 Sep, 11am to 4pm for a 7pm start. Call Ant on 771062 or email Audrey Ashworth, 771084 him at [email protected] Singapore food ‘Pop Up’ Methodist Hall Lynette Muir, 770094 Rockingham CL site An outdoor ‘pop up’ event from Fri 9 Nov, 7 for 7.30pm St Mary Magdalene Church, Yellowbird, a small family Rev Sian Reading, 770237, Ray Brett, Village Hall Annex [email protected] business based in Harborough providing home cooked Singapore Popular local singer Ray Brett is returning to New Village Hall Trust Chair, Pete Perankan food. Taking place at The Stables the Annex performing Country and Western, Bowman, [email protected] on the caravan site on Rockingham Road, 60s, 70s and 80s music. There will be a pay tickets are £20 to include a food platter and bar and nibbles. Tickets are £7 from Irene on entertainment - kids go free There is also an 770059 or Audrey on 771084. Clubs and Groups art exhibition, ice cream tent and bar. For more information and to book tickets, Cubs and Scouts Fri 9 Nov Gary Chisholm, 772331 search for @yellowbirdshiok on Facebook. Comedy Night, East Carlton CC Valley Voice, village choir Pete Smith, Fri 26 Oct, 7 for 7.30pm Taking place at the cricket club, tickets are [email protected] £10 each from Pete Jinks on 07568 167873. Oh Brother! Village Hall Annex Rockingham Forest Wheelers Featuring Norman Needham, 771356 Thur 22 Nov, 7.30pm Cottingham’s New Cottingham FC George West- Gin workshop, East Carlton Neil Jarman, 07708 323077 Robinson, this trio of Gin workshop with Two Birds Gins to Royal George Golf Society brothers include two G&Ts, a guided tasting through Norman Golding, 771081

plays a range the Two Birds gin range and a distilling demonstration and sampling. Tickets are £30 East Carlton Cricket Club of music from Sally Hitches, 01536 771733 upbeat bluegrass and melodic ballads to each from Elisabeth on 07925 897185. 1930s vaudeville and folk, plus some original East Carlton Health Walking Group numbers, all with close harmony vocals. Brogan’s mobile fish and chip David Grayson, 772565 van now visits the villages Nibbles are provided and there is a pay bar. every Thursday, stopping on Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets School Lane, Cottingham, from Down your Way are £7 each from Irene on 770059 or Audrey 6.50pm to 7.50pm and on Main After two years' sterling service on 771084. Street, Middleton, at 8pm. and 130 submissions for the Northants Telegraph 'Down Your Spread Eagle news and events Way' column, our village correspondent for Cottingham and The Spread Eagle has appointed a second chef and is now also Middleton, Del Robertson has serving food on a Monday. Regular events include a quiz night every decided to call it a day. Thursday and monthly Sunday music quizzes (next ones are Sunday 23 Sep and 21 Oct). All the quizzes start at 8pm with cash and drinks If you're interested in taking on prizes. The pub has live music on the first Saturday of every month with the next act being this role, please email guitarist and singer Ethan Kenna on 6 Oct. There is also a karaoke/disco on the last Saturday of [email protected] every month, with Halloween fancy dress on 27 Oct. Call 772610 and follow the pub on Facebook.

Newsletter written and produced by Jane Smith, LE16 Communications, www.LE16.com, 01536 770821. Issue number 73, published 6 September 2018