5000 Distribution APRIL 2018 & surrounding areas Issue 19

Whitwick • • Swannington

Do you know where to find this local landmark? See page 3 for details and how to win a prize!

PLUS: Can you spot an April Fool? The Whitwick Colliery Disaster World Book Day at School Frozen fun at Swannington C of E School All our regular features & lots more!

Email: [email protected] WELCOME...... to the latest edition of the Community Voice! James Hayles HND. RRM Front Cover Quiz... ‘Spot the Local Landmark’. Fully insured and NPTC qualified Tree Surgery, Spraying Specialist How many of you can spot the landmark from our surrounding area featured on this & Ground Maintenance month’s front cover? including Mowing, Fencing, Hedgecutting, Turfing etc. If you think you know the answer, please send your entry to Community Voice, 57 High LOGS SPLIT & DELIVERED £110 Large Load Street, , LE67 6LH or email [email protected] 01530 271186 (home) • 07970 950129 (mobile) Shackerstone Fields, , Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE12 7DE The winner (drawn first out of the hat of all correct entries) will receive a £10 one4all voucher. Good Luck! Last month’s quiz answer... and winner! LOOK OUT FOR WHITTIE! Whittie is back! Many of our readers were able to But where is he this month? correctly identify last month’s mystery If you spot him, send us your landmark as The Grace Dieu Viaduct details, and which advert he at Thringstone. This disused viaduct is hiding behind, using the formed part of the Charnwood Forest contact details listed below. Railway. It takes it name from the The first correct answer nearby ruins of Grace Dieu and drawn out of the ‘Community the brook that it crossed. Voice hat’ will receive a This month’s prize has been won £10 GIFT VOUCHER! by Hayley & Sean Noone and our picture shows the prize draw being performed by Jodie and Sam from CONTACT THE COMMUNITY VOICE Sence Accounting (see their advert on Post: 57 High Street, Ibstock, Leics LE67 6LH page 12). Tel: 01530 267344 Let’s see how well you do with our Email: [email protected] next landmark! www.ourcommunityvoice.co.uk

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Dents Road, Nottingham Road Retail Park, Ashby-De-La-Zouch. LE65 1JS WE ALSO INSTALL: CCTV, INTRUDER ALARMS, 01530 564 864 fabcoltd.co.uk AUTOMATED GATES & EXTERNAL SECURITY LIGHTING the voice page 2 page 3 the voice Continuing our series of new topical short stories featuring that mischievous Fooling about rail dog, Ruffle, called ‘Ruffle’s Walks’... Within each story Ruffle will send a secret word to his readers in the form of for April! Can you underlined, italic capital letters scattered in the text. Once you have found the letters, rearrange them to form a word that is relevant to that month’s story. spot our spoof? At the bottom of each story it will tell you how many letters you are looking It’s that time of year again, when weird for. The actual word answer will be shown on page 23. Woof - have fun! headlines appear in newspapers and For more information about Ruffle’s storybooks visit strange goings-on are reported on the www.ruffletheraildog.co.uk television, radio and social media; spaghetti growing on trees, left-handed beef-burgers Ruffle’s walks – Spring cleaning and flying penguins to name just a few famous spoofs. It’s the month for April fool Ruffle was bored. He had not long Formerly known as Thringstone House, jokes and here at The Community Voice we had breakfast but already his tummy the Charles Booth Centre is a vibrant hub REGULAR ACTIVITIES like to join in the fun. felt empty so he needed something to for the local communities of Thringstone, WEEKDAYS (term) 9.30am - 12.30pm Pre School If you spot a story in this month’s issue that take his mind off food. Ruffle decided Whitwick and surrounding villages. makes you go ‘‘hhmmmm….?’’, it just might to squeeze through the open gate and MONDAY 10.30am - 12.00pm U3A Spanish be our contribution to this month’s madness! walked along by the side of the train We have a number of weekly activities and 10.00am - 12.00pm Curling Send or telephone in your name and contact Tracks to the little station in the hope events suited to all different ages. 1.45pm - 4.15pm U3A German details, together with the headline of our that Eric might be cooking bacon. spoof story, to the Community Voice office. 6.30pm - 7.30pm Yoga As he arrived at the station he could The first correct answer drawn out of the UPCOMING EVENTS 7.30pm - 9.30pm Royal British Legion ‘Community Voice Hat’ will be a prize winner. see quite a Few people all busy (1st & 3rd Monday of around or in the green steam engine 13th April Comedy night No fooling about that! the month) that was standing patiently at the 8.00pm – £8 per ticket platform. Ruffle saw Eric who was TUESDAY 10.00am - 12.00pm U3A French 28th April Swinging Bass Band with vocalist Ray Forbes near the large steel wheels of the train 8.00pm – £8 a ticket 12.00pm - 4.00pm Thringstone and District holding an oil can with a long spout. Disabled Activities Club Ruffle began to scamper round Eric 2nd June 1000 Years Show 8.00pm – £8 a ticket and gave a little bark. This startled 6.30pm - 9.30pm Bobbin Lace Eric who was concentrating on oiling 4 August Music Festival 7.00pm weekly Film Club the intricate parts of the wheels. 1.00pm onwards – Free event Starting on 10th April

‘Ruffle! You’ve made me spill oiL all 18th - 27th August Art Exhibition 5.00pm - 7.00pm weekly Dance-Tastic over the wheels. Off you go – I haven’t Ok, thought Ruffle, I will go and look Free Event Starting on 17th April Childrens ballroom and for Samantha inside the carriages. He Latin American classes time for a game this morning. We 1st September Thringstone’s Got Talent soon found her Mopping the carriage need to get the train cleaned, ready 7.00pm – £5 a ticket WEDNESDAY 1.30pm - 3.00pm Dressmaking floors to make them shiny and clean. for the new season’s timetable.’ & 7.00pm - 9.00pm The sight of the mop being pushed 8th September Fundraising Fashion Show & Shopping Ruffle stopped, crouching down and pulled across the floor was too 7.30pm – £5 a ticket 6.45pm - 8.40pm Line Dancing with his front paws on the floor, his much for Ruffle and he leapt, seizing 15th September Hello Heritage 7.30pm onwards Bridge tail wagging in the air. Eric turned the wet cotton hair with his teeth. Free exhibition promoting Thringstone and the centre. back round to continue with his job THURSDAY 7.30pm Friends of Thringstone 9th November Quiz Night so Ruffle decided to go over to Ben. ‘Ruffle!’ shouted Samantha, Annoyed. (1st Thursday of the month) meeting ® ‘Let go of my mop! I’m trying to clean Ben was busy polishing the brass 10th November Commemoration of the end of WW1 7.30pm - 10.00pm Thringo Bingo FitSteps the floors ready for the first train ride on the engine so that it gleamed in 3rd Thursday of the month dance the sunlight. As soon as Ben put the tomorrow. Go on – off you go.’ She Tickets for all events are available to purchase at the centre office or via gave Ruffle a gentle shove on his www.ticketsource.co.uk/thringstone 4.30pm - 6.30pm weekly Fairy Friends, Disco Divas exercise polishing cloth On the floor, Ruffle Starting on 19th April class sprang and grabbed it. He jumped bottom with the wet mop. Ruffle slowly jumped out of the FRIDAY 1.00pm - 3.30pm Art Group Get fit and feelFAB-U-LOUS with our fun and about shaking the cloth, hoping to friendly classes, devised by ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ encourage Ben to chase him. But Ben carriage onto the Platform. 7.30pm onwards Wine circle stars Ian Waite and Natalie Lowe. Combining simple was too busy. ‘Ruffle!’ shouted Eric. ‘Come here – 1st Friday of the month steps from all your favourite ballroom and latin dances, from jive and samba to tango and waltz, ‘Ruffle! Drop the cloth! Come on – look what I’ve got for you to keep you 10.00am - 12.00pm Soft Play Sessions with NO PARTNER REQUIRED, to give a top-to-toe I haven’t got time to play games. I’m out of mischief!’ Starting on 1st April work-out that burns calories and improves cardio busy!’ fitness, tone, flexibility and balance. In his hand Eric held a large juicy If you would like more information on any of our regular activities please contact the centre. Beginners welcome • Just £4 per class Ruffle dropped the cloth and watched bone. Ruffle took it carefully in his MONDAYS 7.30pm as Ben picked it up then continued mouth and settled himself down next @ Moira village hall polishing the brass pipes that Ran to one of the benches. Perhaps Spring We are always looking for new classes and groups to join the centre. If you are interested in booking TUESDAYS 9.45am along the length of the engine. cleaning wasn’t too bad after all! the centre, please get in touch and we can discuss your requirements in more detail. @ Moira village hall WEDS 6.15pm @ Ibstock Palace Spring is a good time to clean your bikes and outside toys to make ® Thringstone House • The Green • Thringstone • • LE67 8NR Community Centre sure everything is working properly. But watch out in case your Phone: 01530 222337 • E-mail: [email protected] CALL/ TEXT: polishing cloth suddenly disappears… 07562 331041 Try the Ruffle “Find the word” competition - this month’s word has www.charlesboothcentre.org.uk Facebook: @FitStepswithRose 8 letters. The answer is on page 23. the voice page 4 page 5 the voice Whitwick Colliery Disaster: 120 Years Ago April 2018 marks a very special anniversary: it is 120 years since the tragic events of the Whitwick Colliery Disaster, Leicestershire’s worst mining disaster, when thirty-five men lost their lives. What happened underground on that night in April 1898 had severe consequences for many local families. All these decades later, Whitwick A stallman’s main task was to before the roof fell. Most were Historical Group still has extract coal but no coal was overpowered by smoke and enquiries from descendants who drawn that night. It is probable killed by carbon monoxide but a wish to learn details of what that William was busy with either huge fall of rocks buried several High Street, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6LH. Tel. 01530 262400 happened during the catastrophe. preparations for the next day miners. The bodies of these have Occasionally, they bring Disaster- shift or repair work. It seems never been recovered. William SEE OUR WEBSITE www.thepalaceibstock.co.uk FOR MORE DETAILS related items into the Old Station likely that he was working with Moon, aged 32, was one of these an old flame and asks him to take her to his family home in Liverpool. As she or along to events. another collier and other teams unfortunate men. FORTHCOMING EVENTS becomes more ill, he remembers the romance that they once had that had were reasonably close. Related to changed both of their lives. Doors/ bar open at 7.00pm. Film starts at 7.30pm. This month’s photograph shows Whilst the horrors of the situation FOR ALL EVENTS WHERE TICKETS ARE ISSUED: Advance Tickets: £5.00/£4.00. surface features, he was working tickets: from The Palace Tel: 01530 262400. Tickets can a decorated memorial to William underground developed, crowds be purchased ‘on the door’ (subject to availability). Please Saturday 21st April – TABLE TOP SALE - 10am to 12 noon - as part C Moon of Swannington, one of beneath . The colliers of people, including wives and check with ticket outlets to avoid disappointment. of the Palace’s Community Mornings we are holding regular monthly table top had walked a distance of over a THE PALACE IS AVAILABLEsales FOR on the third HIREweek of each month, FOR so get rid ofPRIV your clutter, AThave a springE the victims. This framed memorial families, gathered around the pit Friday 6th April – PALACE LINE DANCE - with Honky Tonk clean and book a stall at the Palace. Please phone Gary on (01530) 262400 to mile from the bottom of the mine Cliff. A great social night out with no partner required! Dancing from 7.45pm. was given to the Group by one head to wait for news. Of the PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS &book COMMERCIAL a stall. USE shaft to their stalls. Doors & bar open at 7.00pm. Tickets: In advance £5.00 or £6.00 on of William’s grandsons. William married men killed that night, five Although nothing remains of •the Commercial door. hire packages available atSaturday very 21st reasonable April - PALACE SOCIALrates DANCE A very popular evening of Ballroom, Latin, and Sequence Doors & bar open at 7.00pm with Moon was a “stallman” in No. 5 The cause of the Disaster was a left wives who were pregnant, Whitwick Colliery on the surface, Saturday 7th April & Sunday 8th April – ART EXHIBITION dancing from 7.30pm ‘til 10.30pm. Tickets: £5.00. Pit and was one of the 42 men fire, known as a “gob fire”, which including William’s wife, Clara. Her the family histories of those •showcasing Seats the120 work people of talented around local artists. tables Open to the publicor 200 in rows (FREE ADMISSION) on Saturday 7th April 10.00am – 5.00pm Friday 27th April - PALACE BINGO A great social night out! Doors underground that night. The shift broke out by the main roadway son, William Curtis Moon, was involved in this event reveal & Sunday 8th April 10.00am – 4.00pm. Paintings available for open at 7.30pm. Eyes Down at 8.00pm! Licensed bar and refreshments. had started at 9pm on Monday, leading to the working areas and born exactly three months after much about that different age. •sale. W ellLight refreshmentsequipped available kitchenduring both days. and bar facilitiesEveryone is welcome. 18th April, his wife’s 33rd Birthday. was fuelled by timbers lining the his father’s death. It is his son who A comprehensive account of the •Saturday Good 14th disabled April - Leicestershire access Co-operative and large () free carSaturday park 5th Mayopposite - PALACE buildingSOCIAL DANCE A very popular Band presents ‘A Carnival of Music’. Concert starts at 7.30pm. Raffle evening of Ballroom, Latin, and Sequence Doors & bar open at 7.00pm with William’s close neighbour in roof and sides of the roadway. donated the memorial to WHG. Whitwick Colliery Disaster is and refreshments. Advance tickets: £8.00 and children FREE, dancing from 7.30pm ‘til 10.30pm. Tickets: £5.00. Station Row, Benjamin Wileman, With the exception of two men, Without a body, there was to be no told in the Group’s publications, SEEavailable OUR from usual WEBSITE ticket outlet or Tel: FOR 01530 263988. MORE DETAILSSaturday 5th May - IBSTOCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY was on the same shift; they may the colliers were on the wrong funeral and no grave for the family “Banded Together” Parts 1 and 2. Friday 20th April – FILM NIGHT. ‘Film stars don’t die in EXHIBITION from 10.00am to 3.00pm. ‘1918 – 2018; 100 years since WW1 Liverpool’(R). With a terrific cast, including Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave ended.’ A FREE exhibition, remembering those from our community who have walked to the Colliery side of the fire. They were to visit. Clara already had other The focus of Part 2 is the families, Contactand local Gary actor Stephen on Tel: Graham, 01530 this film 262400 tells the forstory detailsof a Hollywood of SPECIALstar served OFFERS their country to in thediscuss Great War. your In conjunction individual with Ashby requirements and Hinckley together. Neither was to see their trapped. Five colliers survived children, although several died in including William Moon’s, and who is now doing theatre in England. When she collapses one night, she calls museums and Historical Society. Light refreshments available. High Street, Ibstock, Leicestershire LE67 6LH homes or families again. by crawling beneath the fire just infancy. She never married again. what became of them.

CHARITY CONCERT AT CHARLES BOOTH CENTRE Colourful characters at A charity concert recently held at Thringstone’s newly named Charles New Swannington School BUMPER SCUFFS PAINTWORK SCRATCHES Professional quality automotive paint and bodywork Booth Centre (formerly the Thringstone repairs that are quick convenient and fully guaranteed. House Community Centre) raised in The children and staff of New Swannington Primary School had great fun excess of £200 for the centre. Professional Quality celebrating World Book Day on the 9th March. They dressed up as a Our fully-equipped CarCare Centre allows us to deliver quality The string quartet, Giocoso, performed music characters from their favourite books and held a celebration assembly, where repairs to everyday damage by Haydn and Beethoven to an appreciative each classed shared a book that they enjoy. They raised £90 for Book Aid. Convenient audience in the main hall. Same day repairs Collection and return service from home or work Centre trustee, Mike Statham, described THEMINOR DENTSPALACEASHB IS YAV CAREAILABLE CENTRE RFORepaired to HIREa high quality FORcommercial PRIVstandard ATE it as ‘…..a delightful evening of musical At a fraction of the price of traditional body shop methods. entertainment when professional musicians, PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS &Value COMMERCIAL for Money USE ‘The Giocoso Quartet’, played to a well We specialise in repairing everyday car paint and bodywork attended audience. One of our aims for the • Commercial hire packages available atdamage very and reasonable because we don’t drateseal with major crash repairs, we don’t have the expensive overheads that a traditional future is to make the centre a venue for first • Seats 120 people around tables or 200bodyshop in rows might have - meaning we can pass these savings class musical entertainment across a wide onto our customers. variety of music for all tastes’ • Well equipped kitchen and bar facilities FIND US HERE This event was the first of a wealth of • Good disabled access and large free car park opposite building diverse and interesting evenings that are For a FREE no obligation quote, A511 ChipsAway being planned by the centre organisers for SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS Nottingham Rd call Alan Wilson on CarCare Centre A42 the forthcoming months, which will included North Unit 3 Machin’s Business Centre t Wood S music and comedy. L 07964Contact Gary 130607 on Tel: 01530 262400 for details of SPECIALWood OFFERS Street to discuss your individualeicester Rd requirementsA511 Ashby de la Zouch For more information about upcoming Email [email protected] Street,o.uk Ibstock, Leicestershire LE67 6LH A42 LE65 1EL South events at the Charles Booth Centre see www.chipsaway.co.uk/alanwilson their events diary on page 5 or visit www. charlesboothcentre.org.uk the voice page 6 page 7 the voice Our 2018 Spring and Summer Daytrip Collection, has a fabulous range of interesting trips for you to enjoy. CHARITY CHAMPIONS We have enhanced our days out selection to bring you the best of our established venues, retained by popular demand, and a selection of new ideas, resulting in a superb choice of affordable days out, with something to suit all tastes and budgets. Whether, you want to

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The Parish Council has a variety of powers and duties that WE CAN’T DO: govern the way it operates. It is the first tier of local government Gritting of and different in some ways from the two other tiers of roads and government that you will also know – North West Leicestershire filling of the grit District Council and Leicestershire County Council who have bins. This is ACROSS DOWN more duties. The parish council has a few duties that it has to done by the 1. Anteater (8) 1. Intransigent (7) perform but optional powers that it can choose to use. That County 4. Parts of a play (4) 2. Majestic (5) THE ODD ONE OUT! 8. Unfathomable (7) 3. Gusto (6) means if the law allows us to, you can help your parish Council – use Can you solve the clues and spot “THE ODD ONE OUT”? their website to 10. Declare invalid (5) 5. Devise or invent (7) councillors shape the future of Whitwick in a different way. A) ‘The Sporting Parson’; vicar of Swimbridge, rector of Black 11. Permit (5) 6. Storage towers (5) find out more. Torrington in North Devon and enthusiastic huntsman. 12. Mariner (7) 7. Cab (4) B) Her 1980 television series, ‘Training Dogs the W******** Way’, 13. Denunciation (6) 9. Darned (5) 15. Polar region (6) 14. Dried grapes (7) News from your Parish Council made her a household name in the UK. 19. Amalgamated (7) 16. Salary increase (5) C) An abbey in our locality is dedicated to this saint. 21. Publish (5) 17. Cigar (7) New activities at Park Hall? What do you 23. Din (5) 18. Detestable (6) D) Born in 1630, one of the most popular kings of England, 24. Aromatic herb (7) 19. Relating to an arm bone (5) think is important known as the ‘Merry Monarch’. 25. Hazard (4) 20. Notion (4) This has been a busy time at Park Hall 26. Edible snail (8) 22. Vernacular (5) with one of the groups being so popular they have had to move on to larger for Whitwick? premises. So you can’t do Line Have you ever attended a parish council Dancing anymore at Park Hall but you meeting to say what is important to you? Robert J Dutton WHITWICK HEALTH CENTRE can try these instead: Near the start of meetings there is an Your local Plumbers, Heating and Drainage Engineers Adult Drama Classes on Monday opportunity to ask your questions– that is You can make a difference... Grandad’s Carers Work evenings why we are now looking at how many grit Boiler Service Tiny Talk Baby Signing-for babies/ FLEXIBLE hours from £60 bins there are in the village and if some are KIND and CARING and inc. VAT toddlers on Tuesday mornings have EXCELLENT training DR VIRMANI Yoga Bellies on Tuesday nights – extra ones can be bought. If you can’t relaxing time for pregnant mums to be come to a meeting, contact a parish & DR BEDI Yoga on Wednesday nights – popular councillor to tell them instead. In May we Caring for our Community Our dedicated team treat all minor ailments, as well as provide specialist management of long- class continues as before (and you are reviewing our priorities at a special ➤ Boiler installation, service repairs as LP term conditions. Clinics covering a wide range of ➤ don’t need to be pregnant for this one) visioning meeting. Central heating systems healthcare issues are available. We offer patients See our website for details ➤ Plumbing for new builds renovations our online system so you can order a repeat ➤ All drainage obs undertaken prescription, cancel an appointment or view your ➤ as fire installations inspections medical record. Please ask our Reception team Wonders of Whitwick – tell us more (Email [email protected] with your good news) ➤ Complete bathroom kitchen installations undertaken about this service. ➤ Free, no obligation uotations All our patients have a named, accountable GP Thank you to the kind people who have registered to be voluntary snow Get in touch… responsible for their care. Please ask us if you’d like to know who this is. wardens. We are still taking names so if you want to find out more please Call us on: 01455 292648 All maor credit cards accepted Established 1965 We are accepting new patients on to our practice contact the Community Office. Or email us on: www.robertjdutton.co.uk list. You can now follow us on Facebook or visit: [email protected] COUNCIL MEETINGS COMING UP ARE 19 APRIL, 10 & 17 MAY www.bosworthhomecare.co.uk Tel: 01509 502402 www.whitwickhealthcentre.co.uk HELD ON THURSDAYS AT 7.00PM AT PARK HALL, WHITWICK PARK, NORTH STREET, LE67 5HB When responding to an advert please mention you saw it in ‘The Community Voice!’

the voice page 10 page 11 the voice KATS ANTIQUE VINTAGE Trading3 Years Here Coalville Pet Supplies taken As Seen On TV & COLLECTABLES CENTRE by surprise as cockatoo lays 1500 sq ft over 2 floors of antique, vintage and a very unusual egg! collectables including quality gold and silver jewellery There are many unsolved mysteries in this world; The Bermuda at trade prices, coins, clocks, hand painted furniture, Triangle, The Loch Ness Monster, why Noel Edmonds was so stamps, pictures, militaria, china, glass, furniture, Whitwick and District U3A will hold its monthly popular, but here in North West Leicestershire we are about to If only I had gone to kitchenalia, giftware and much more. enter into the annals of enigmatic phenomenon. General Meeting on Friday 20th April. The U3A Higgott’s to have my 1958-2018 A offers companionship through learning and social One of the cockatoos at Coalville Pets Supplies has recently laid an egg. mower serviced! NNIVERSARY activities to retired people. Members are involved Not too extraordinary, you might think, BUT the proud bird responsible ALSO WANTED for this egg-laying event is the shop’s resident avian celebrity, ‘Rupert’! • All Gold & Silver Jewellery Including Scrap & Broken Items in a wide range of Interest Groups, all based on the That’s right! Rupert is a male cockatoo, make no mistake about that! • We pay more the highest prices in the area. self-help ethos. So, perhaps no-one is more surprised than he is! • Costume Jewellery Most hobbies and interests are catered for and new Groups set Proprietor, Bob McClumpa, is highly experienced in avian care and has Environmentally Friendly been looking after birds for many years, but he has never known anything • All Coins chalk and mineral paint. up as demand arises. At the General Meeting, Group Leaders and • Militaria & Medals It is Zero VOC & Solvent Free others will be on hand to answer questions and pass on information like this happen before. with no odour. • Stamps about our thriving U3A. Everyone is assured of a warm welcome. ‘This is absolutely incredible’, said the astonished shop-owner, ‘I am We can also paint your own tired • Watches furniture. Please ask for more details. The U3A is a non-political and non-religious organisation. completely at a loss to explain how this can have come about. Rupert is • Silver & Silver Plate a male cockatoo and male The speaker at the April meeting will be Andy Smith with a • All interesting antiques, collectables & furniture. cockatoos do not lay eggs!’ presentation entitled “My Life In Music”. Andy will share with us a However, this intriguing Free valuations everyday - Over 40 years experience musical journey through his life, featuring comedy songs and ballads mystery does not end which he has written, as well as well-known numbers with which there. Not only is this a the audience can join in. Andy will talk also about a variety of musical unique event, this is no 50 High Street, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3EE instruments, such as different guitars, the ukulele and mandolin. We ordinary egg. It’s shell is Don’t leave it too late, book your mower Find us on facebook - Open everyday inc bank holidays are anticipating lots of amusing chat and nostalgic anecdotes. very yellow in colour and 10.00am - 4.00pm home visits available appears to have a ‘metallic’ service now...servicing from £66! To be entertained by Andy and find out more about Whitwick lustre! It has currently and District U3A, come along to St. David’s Church Hall, Broom been sent away for further MELBOURNE ROAD • IBSTOCK • LEICS • LE67 6NN CALL 07792974309 Leys, Coalville LE67 4RL. Please arrive at 1.45 for a 2.00pm start. TEL (01530) 260355 • FAX (01530) 262307 Public car park to rear of shop scientific investigation. We Alternatively, search online for www.whitwicku3a.org.uk where full Free parking from 3pm everyday and all day Sunday will keep you posted on www.higgott.co.uk details of Whitwick and District U3A are available. the results.

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We certainly had a lot of entries this year for our Mother’s Services are tailored to your specific needs with that personable touch Day competition, which just goes to show how much our readers think of their mums – and rightly so! First name out of the Community Voice hat was Jodie Smart of Whitwick who, in one word, describes her Mum as “SELFLESS” and wins for her a magnificent bouquet of flowers, kindly supplied [email protected] 01530 267320 by Colledge’s Florist of Whitwick, who guarantee that you will love your flowers, because they do! (Tel 01530 832440). SenceAccounting @senceaccounting Sence Accounting Limited the voice page 12 page 13 the voice FROZEN FUN AT SWANNINGTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL! Last month the ‘Winter Olympics’ came to Swannington C of E “Something olde, something new, something borrowed, something Primary School when the pupils enjoyed learning about winter (from an old English rhyme) and winter sports. They wrote biographies about famous blue and a sixpence in your shoe” athletes, researched where to stay in PyeongChang and created borrowed happiness, whilst the colour blue unlucky for the groom to see his bride in her tours of the South Korean county for visitors. The children As part of their wedding is associated with purity, love, and fidelity. If a dress before the ceremony. competed in their own Olympic Games and carried out preparations, brides may still bride puts a silver sixpence in her shoe, it is a be planning to carry or wear The veil, meant to symbolise the modesty investigations relating to melting and freezing with ice. wish for good fortune and prosperity. Before and chastity of the bride, was originally worn something old, something paper confetti, guest showered the happy The youngest children by Roman brides. Brides often still choose to new, something borrowed and couple with flowers, petals, grain or rice, to built their own igloo and wear a veil, but not tend to have it down over something blue. If they are, then bestow prosperity and fertility. learnt about the Bob their face. Sled sport. They even they are following a tradition. But As for the tradition of bridesmaids, the bride Flowers still play a very important role at designed and made their how did this tradition originate traditionally chose a group of her closest female weddings, with brides and their bridesmaids very own sled! friends or family to surround her and to protect and what does it signify? usually carrying carefully chosen floral her from evil spirits on her wedding day. A surprise parcel arrived This tradition goes back to Victorian times. bouquets. The bride’s bouquet is still often from ‘Arendelle’, as ‘Elsa’ The ‘something old’ could be the brides Wearing white on your wedding day symbolises thrown backwards over her shoulder for the had accidentally frozen all grandmother’s ring and therefore serves purity, but this tradition only came in to being group of unmarried girls to catch. It is said that her arctic friends! She challenged the children to help her free them all from the ice. The pupils made to represent continuity. ‘Something new’ when Queen Victoria chose to wear white the girl who catches it will be the next to marry. some fantastic predictions and experimented with a range of tools and liquids to set them free! is usually the bride’s gown or tiara, and on her wedding day, to Prince Albert, in The flower in the groom’s buttonhole goes this is thought to show optimism for the 1840. Before that date, brides would simply back to the days when a knight would wear his future. ‘Borrowed and blue’ could be family choose their favourite colour or wear their Lady’s colours to display his love. These days heirlooms, with ‘borrowed’ symbolising best Sunday dress. It is still widely considered the groom’s buttonhole usually matches the colour of the overall wedding theme. Another tradition originating with the Romans, 39 HIGH STREET IBSTOCK WHAT IS HOPE HOUSE, is the wedding cake, which the couple shared AND WHAT DOES IT OFFER? www.bridesofibstock.co.uk - 01530 459507 during the actual ceremony. Their cakes were OF IBSTOCK flat and round, containing fruit and nuts to Hope House is the latest service symbolise fertility. The shape of the modern to be opened by registered three-tiered iced cake is generally believed to charity Hospice Hope. It is a place WELCOME TO BRIDES OF IBSTOCK be inspired by the shape of the tiered spire at where people with life-limiting We are passionate about weddings and we truly appreciate how very important your the aptly named St Bride’s Church in the City conditions can go to receive wedding day is. You’ll find us friendly and approachable with absolutely no pushy of London. The top tier of a fruit cake was, support, company and a day out in sales patter, and a relaxed atmosphere in which to try on gowns at your leisure. You and sometimes still is, traditionally kept for the christening of the first child. a different setting. are welcome to come and visit us and try on as many dresses as you wish with Hospice Hope already has three Support absolutely no obligation. We try very hard to create an enjoyable experience at this And finally …...The honeymoon is thought Cafés: one in Whitwick/Coalville, one very exciting time for you. to originate from ancient times, when a man in Ashby and one in Ibstock. However, literally ‘kidnapped’ or captured his bride! The Hospice House is a little different from couple would hide from the bride’s parents before marrying and remain hidden for a those. Attendance here is only for those further cycle of the moon after the wedding, with a life-limiting condition, and they celebrating their union by drinking honey wine. stay for the duration of the day rather WEDDING GOWNS than attending on a drop-in basis. People We stock 5 collections can refer themselves by using the contact details below, or referrals can be made now including the new by health and social care professionals, a VK Ella range for Have your wedding rings carer or a family member. those on a budget. made by a true craftsman! 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You can find this by pressing along Why apply firstly; What are the warning signs of the line of the nerve, going from the lower for a Traineeship? sciatica? And secondly; If I get them what spine across the top of and down through • Gain crucial skills and work can I do to prevent a full-on attack of the buttock. PATHWAY TO SUCCESS experience that employers desire •Unlock your potential and become sciatic pain? A Traineeship is an exclusive personal development programme for young people aged ‘work ready’ You could be 3) Apply a source of heat, either a hot water 16-24 that aims to provide you with Maths and English knowledge, career development • Stand out from the crowd and show you are motivated and committed The answer to the first question is that, in my bottle or a wheat bag (not too hot; you knowledge and valuable work experience. suitable if you are: • Hands on experience with a • Motivated to work experience as both a sufferer and as a remedial high-quality work placement don’t want to burn yourself). This will They help prepare for work by equipping learners with the necessary skills, confidence • Support with Maths and English if • Unemployed masseur who daily treats people experiencing and knowledge to progress into employment or an Apprenticeship. relax the muscles, especially the piriformis you need it • Aged between 16-24 and sciatic pain, there are a few warning signs. •Get tools needed to prepare have no qualifications above muscle which sits deep under the gluteal Inspire and Educate Ltd has developed two types of traineeship programmes in you for work partnership with ME Education and ME Sports based in Leicestershire. They both GCSE or equivalent • A tingling sensation, like a very mild electric muscle and is quite often the culprit. provide CV writing skills, interview techniques and careers guidance as well as a 4 to • Lack confidence 6-week work experience. Both programmes also include improving your Maths and •Qualified below Level 3 shock in the lower back / top of the buttock 4) Gently massage into the area to relax the English. or sometime in the foot this is an early warning muscles completely. If it is deep in the sign that the sciatic nerve has been aggravated. Traineeship for the Traineeship for Sport Where can it gluteal muscle then ball your fist and apply Service Sector This traineeship is for those who are looking for take you? • A mild cramping sensation in your lower leg. steady pressure into the muscle (not too Our Traineeship for the Service Sector is for a career in sport. We have adapted the It will give you the confidence of those who are looking for a career in Traineeship programme to meet the needs of having operated in a real work hard as this will only re-aggravate the nerve) employers, with a 12-week course that business admin or customer service. This experience and you can get your • An occasional sharp pain in the top of the includes a classroom-based learning 12-week course includes both a Maths and English to the required level. Interviews programme as well as national governing body 5) Carry out the stretch classroom-based learning programme for Traineeships buttock, sometimes travelling down into the coaching qualification and the 1st4sport Level All this is geared towards helping you followed by a work experience placement. 2 Award in Principles of Coaching Sport, contact us for interview dates thigh or the hamstrings (these I usually get that I have demonstrated towards your next goal whether this is The Skillsfirst Level 1 Principles of Customer followed by work experience in Sport, with E: [email protected] a Level 2 Apprenticeship, Level 2 previously. In this picture Service and Level 1 Award in Introduction to career advice and demonstrations from former or when doing a strenuous or sudden physical BTEC or towards full time Employment in Business Administration can Leicester City Captain and International Tel: 01530 242 706 action). I am demonstrating for lead to both employment or an footballer, Matt Elliott, where you can learn employment. Apprenticeship studying for Level 2 from previous traineeship learners who have someone with the pain in qualifications in the Service Sector. progressed onto apprenticeships and FA Level 1 and 2 coaches. SO HERE ARE MY SEVEN TOP TIPS: their right side, therefore stretch in the opposite 1) If you can stop what you are doing, do not direction if your pain is in ignore it, thinking it will go away - it won’t. your left side. 2) You have to find and place an ice pack 6) Always use the Sciatic (wrapped in a thin covering) on the ‘ouch I know this procedure has helped many of Pain Relief Cushion spot’, ie the source of the irritated nerve. my patients recover from a sciatic attack and whenever you are This will reduce any inflammation of the prevented future attacks. I hope it will do the seated. nerve sheath and thus reduce the pressure same for you. on the nerve and the chances of it getting 7) Do not cross your legs whilst sitting. Best wishes to you all – Ian.

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Lessons now available in learn to swim! and records could be wrong! , Thringstone In recent press articles it has been highlighted that your State Pension forecast is not ‘guaranteed’ according Shepshed and to the Government’s Department for Work and Pensions. An accurate figure will only be available when they Loughborough. have completed working on the data. So, should we be concerned? Well ‘yes’ when you consider just what an • 2.5 years+ to Swimming is a great way for your pre-competition level. important part your State Pension payment plays within planning your retirement - accuracy is vital. child to be active, have fun and The format for calculating the state pension to register to access your information. of contributions for maximum benefits. even stay safe. • Female Teachers with considerable experience. changed in April 2016. Fortunately, gaining Go to http://www.gateway.gov.uk/ It was increased from 30 to 35 years. 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