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Newnham THE LINK THE May May 2020   PrestonCapes Badby Fawsley Charwelton Newnham OE: 1. *These page numbers refer to “The Word of the Lord”, a copy which will be available NOTES: 31 May 7 Jun 17 May 10 May 3 May 24 May 21 May SUNDAY READINGS - - other for services see Lectionary Principal Service CW Date 3. At non-communion services the second reading should normally be Gospel. 2. †The Old Testament readings during Trinity will be from Track 2 of Common Worship of the Bible. Version in your church. All the readings that book are taken from New Revised Standard ASCENSION DAY Whit Sunday Pentecost TRINITY Easter 6 Easter 5 Easter 4 Easter 7 Easter 4 An on-line version of this magazine in colour is available on the web site Feast 3 May I THE KNIGHTLEY PARISHESTHE KNIGHTLEY All services in Church of churches Easter 5 Page* 10 May www.theknightleyparishes.btck.co.uk 265 237 231 225 257 251 244 Services for May 2020 II cancelled until further notice Thursday 21 May ASCENSION DAY Year A A A A A A A for your own use while there are no services no usewhileown thereare your for Easter 6 17 May 2 III have been Isa Acts 17, 22-31 Acts 7, 55-end Acts 2, 42-end Acts 2, 1-21 Acts 1, 6-14 Acts 1, 1-11 40, 12-17 & 27-end 1st. † Easter 7 24 May IV 2 Cor 13, 11-end 1 Pet 4, 12-14 & 1 Pet 2, 19-end 1 Cor 12, 3b-13 1 Pet 3, 13-end Eph 1, 15-end 1 Pet 2, 2-10 5, 6-11 2nd. Pentecost 31 May V Luke 24, 44-end John 20, 19-23 Matt 28, 16-20 John1 John 14, 1-14 John 10, 1-10 John 17, 1-11 Gospel 4, TRINITY 15-21 7 June I EDITORIAL BISHOP JOHN’S LETTER elcome once again to this latest and friends. You can find these items in clapped in the street, lit candles, and put edition of The Link. I hope you are LOCKDOWN CORNER (p 10), and I am Faith in Troubled Times teddy bears and NHS rainbow signs in their Wall keeping well and safe, and not very grateful to those contributors. And becoming too bored or frustrated. windows. Many churches have produced please let me know what you think of their deeply moving acts of worship online. I’ve various efforts. hree thousand years ago, a person of deep faith wrote – and the people of discovered social media I didn’t know he Benefice would like to offer our If you feel that you would like to put pen to God first sang – some of the most existed! We have found new ways of being grateful thanks to our printers Image IT T “together apart” and “holding hands in the paper and offer articles, opinion pieces, beautiful words in history: who, despite their own difficulties at this T stories, verses, puzzles, pictures or anything “The Lord is my Shepherd, I will not want . Spirit”. time, are continuing to provide us with hard else, please send your contributions to me at He feeds me in green pasture.” (Psalm 23: copies of the magazine. [email protected]. I will 1,2) I believe as a Church we have rediscovered acknowledge all contributions and include all I that our spiritual lives must be rooted in Nonetheless, some of you will not be receiving They voice a confident trust that with God can in the next issue, or for as long as all this as their shepherd, they will not wander: daily prayer and Bible reading at home, hard copies (and did not last month either) as goes on [with the usual caveat of course that not just Sunday worship in church. Jesus is it has not proved possible to arrange delivery “He leads me besides still waters. He they need to be honest, legal, and decent!] with us wherever we are – we hold on to to everyone in all the five villages, and we restores my soul.” (vs 2 and 3) apologise for that. However an electronic With remarkable faith, they declare that his promise that he will be with us whatever In this issue I would like to thank Robin Baker, happens. version is available on the Benefice web site at Graham Cory, Sarah Goode, andPenny Cory . whatever life may bring, with the Lord as http://theknightleyparishes.btck.co.uk/Monthl their shepherd, they will not worry . They yLinkMagazine and also on the various village sing of God’s ever-presence besides them at I have recently become chair of a small web sites in the 5 villages. I know that many nd of course we are most grateful to the darkest times: national charity called ReSource whose aim of you do not like reading from a screen (and our loyal advertisers who continue to is to help “little, local and ordinary nor do I) but at present that is to an extent Asupport us. Please do what you can to “Though I walk through the valley of the churches” draw on the Holy Spirit for unavoidable. support them in turn, and make it worth their shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you discipleship and mission. The Director has while to continue advertising with us. are with me. Your rod and your staff written these helpful words: “Whatever comfort me.” (v 4) these coming days hold, let’s be mindful of t is clear that all our villages have been If you want or need to look at any or all of one another, alert to the cry of a hurting doing a splendid job in pulling together those advertisements more closely you can world, and confident in the love of God, during these difficult times. You can find We are living through extraordinary and I find them all collected together on the from which nothing can separate us.” details of the ways we have been helping each Benefice web site at disturbing times. The coronavirus is other, and our less fortunate neighbours, in the causing death and deep disruption to our http://theknightleyparishes.btck.co.uk/OurValuedSup May God bless us all. reports in the various Parish News sections. porters normal patterns of living. Tragedy has included members of the diocesan family. With very best wishes from all the editorial The total lockdown, self-isolation, With my love, prayers and best urrent restrictions also mean that there team. suspension of public worship and closure of wishes, is not much going on in the benefice in church buildings means that we have had Cterms of social or other events, and no option but (in the phrase of the therefore the village pages do not contain as David Archbishops) “to become a different sort of much news and information as usual. However a number of contributors have kindly church”. submitted pieces which I hope may keep you occupied, interested and/or amused to fill in People have found new ways of caring for your otherwise vacant days - that is, when you each other. Good neighbour schemes have Rt Revd John Holbrook are not gardening, doing housework, chatting emerged. Our telephones have been busy. Bishop of over the garden wall, or ZOOMing your family Many have shopped for the housebound,

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EVENING SERVICE OF THE WORD would like to extend your existing membership FOOD BANK. to cover the next year (from October 2020 to BADBY This service, along with all others, has been October 2021) at no extra cost. Hopefully, by Correspondent - Geoff Pullin ([email protected]) As a village in the last ten days we have given seven suspended until further notice. next year, we can make up for the events carrier bags of food to the food bank. They are missed this year. CHURCH INFORMATION currently feeding 60 families a week and are very JUNE JAZZ CONCERT IN BADBY In the meantime, as most members are lucky appreciative of what we give, and could do with more enough to have a garden, we will be spending At the time of writing, there are still no services at St at the moment. Many thanks for what you have Mary’s Church and it remains locked to meet the The concert with Tom Kincaid and singer Alison more time in them and will have the most given and especially to those who are giving Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Bennet, originally planned for June 6th, has beautiful, well-tended gardens this year! something each week; it really does make a huge (England) Regulations 2020. Contact details for the difference. The collection point is in St. Mary’s inevitably had to be postponed. Hoping that all Wishing that everyone stays safe, and happy churchwardens are shown on page 19. church porch, and the box is emptied regularly. The is normal by the new date, we plan to go gardening! If you would like to keep in touch about the news list of popular items is available on the village ahead on Saturday 3rd October. Tickets at £17 from Peterborough Diocese and St Mary’s Badby website badbyvillage.com. are available in most parts of the hall. There JULIE WARD please look at the ‘St Mary’s Badby’ Facebook page. will be Waitrose canapés, bring your own TEA AND MEET drinks. Contact Bob Caldwell on We were saddened to hear of the death of WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE CHURCHYARD? [email protected] or Julie Ward, who was for many years funeral Sadly no Tea and Meet in May though Jan hopes [email protected] director at John Ward's in Daventry, following You might think that all’s quiet in Badby churchyard, everyone has been enjoying tea in their garden often the sudden onset of Covid-19. We know that as we’re no longer able to hold services. But no, it’s during the lovely sunny weather in April. BADBY AND DISTRICT FILM SOCIETY Julie and her team have shown compassion a hive of activity – with bugs and insects wakening and care to people in our community at the up, plants beginning to stretch upwards and birds Our screen continues to remain dark at the saddest times, losing their loved ones. Our zipping around, feeding, collecting all sorts for their FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP moment but we’re sure members will be using condolences go to her family and colleagues. nests. some of the extra free time we now all have to We want to encourage lots of wildlife, and plan to There is a private Facebook group ‘Badby catch up with films on Netflix etc. and all those ✣ ✣ ✣ enter a county competition for conserving wildlife Coronavirus Support Group’ with offers of help, DVDs that have been lying around the house next year. Can you help us record what’s going on in advice and useful information. Contact Kate Brookes the churchyard? If you’re passing on your daily walk, waiting to be watched sometime. So if you to join. please take a look (taking care of course to practise come across any gems that you feel would be Church Finances good hand hygiene when touching the gates!). CRICKET CLUB suitable for screening for the Society please let Please send us photos, paintings, written your Local Village Representative or any As there are to be no church services for descriptions or poems about what you see, we’ll The club is waiting, like everyone else, for some little time, there will be no opportunity Committee Member know. We are always make them into a journal showing what’s happening restrictions to be lifted. In the meantime, it is for you to put your offerings “on the plate”. grateful for your suggestions to help in the over the coming months. following ECB guidelines which are that all planning of our schedules. The resulting drop in income could have a Please email your photos and notes and scanned recreational cricket activities (games, training, In the meantime keep well and we will let you significant effect on the already precarious paintings to Ruth at [email protected]. practice, meetings etc) are suspended until further know when normal service will be resumed. financial state of all our parishes. notice. So if you are in the habit of making your UNITED REFORMED CHURCH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY gifts to the church in that way you might ✣ ✣ ✣ like to consider setting up a Standing Order At the time of writing, there are still no services at the The Plant Sale on Sunday, May 10 has had to with your bank to transfer the appropriate chapel because of the Health Protection be cancelled. sum directly to the church account. (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations NEWNHAM Hilary Mensah reports that, with the ongoing Please consult your churchwardens or PCC 2020. Correspondent - Ellen Henning Covid-19 virus situation, the Committee has treasurer for local details - and thank you for ([email protected]) your continued support. cancelled all forthcoming events for the THE MALTSTERS CHURCH MEETINGS foreseeable future. Of course, it doesn’t know Lucile is running an on-line grocery, green grocery when we will be able to get back our usual [It seems that at least one person has taken heed and meat delivery service in the village and it is a As a result of the current situation our APCM and schedule, but certainly it will be a very reduced of this note in last month’s Link! boon. Order through Online Shop | maltsterspub PCC meetings have had to be put on hold. This programme for this year. In view of this, it See Preston Capes’ entry on page 8] 5 6 means that the current Churchwardens and other WI YouTube each week. We join our two children and FAWSLEY officers will remain in post for the foreseeable future. their families in Surrey and Portsmouth (plus a Correspondent - Vacant Newnham WI has nothing to report ,but would like to reported 176,000 others!) for half an hour’s fun. It is NEWNHAM ROCKS send their good wishes to all their readers. a quiz put on especially for the current situation, and FAWSLEY COMMUNITY WhatsApp GROUP timed deliberately at shortly after 8.00pm on Once again painted stones have been hidden around Thursdays. Not too difficult a quiz (though I find that ✣ ✣ ✣ Following the recent break-in and theft at the Walled the Village. Look out for them when you go for a my lack of any knowledge of pop music is a distinct Garden and flats, some other attempted crime in the walk, try and take a picture and post it on our handicap in one of the rounds!) and it is very well vicinity a Community WhatsApp Group has been set Facebook page, and then re-hide it for somebody CHARWELTON run. If you wish to join in go to up so that we can rapidly communicate anything else to find. https://youtu.be/4Tt5gw3TqKs Correspondent - David Pound suspicious in the area. If anyone would like to join [PS We shall not be sharing our scores - or at least ([email protected]) this group could they please e-mail Tash at CHURCH PORCH not unless we do extremely well!] [email protected]. with their contact details THANKS TO ALL HELPING VOLUNTEERS so Tash can add them to the Group. Although the Church remains closed the porch is PCC MEETING open to enable donations of food and toiletries to be The response from the villagers to appeals for ✣ ✣ ✣ left for the Daventry Food Bank. We will endeavour assistance with shopping and other help to the It is hoped that the PCC meting scheduled for to make regular deliveries to the bank, usually on elderly and/or housebound has been amazing. Thursday 7th. May will still take place as a Zoom Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. meeting. Members will be advised when firm Leaflets giving contact details have been delivered to PRESTON CAPES There is also a "book swap" box and a all households, so if you need help please get in arrangements are in place. Correspondent - Gerard Hoare message/prayer board which we would encourage touch. everybody to use. LANDSCAPING WORK ON THE A361 EASTER FLOWERS CHAPEL FLOWERS VILLAGE HALL Many of you will have noticed the work being done Owing to the temporary closure of our church In lieu of Easter flowers in the Church Graham White by volunteers to improve the landscaping on the following the coronavirus shut down, internal floral Newnham Village Hall will be closed until further has erected a beautiful display around the Chapel A361 approaching Charwelton from Daventry. The decorations were not possible. However a number of notice. door. Many thanks Graham. wide verge has been cleared of undergrowth and brambles, the grass mown, and a number of kind people placed attractive arrangements in the church porch and we are most grateful to them. NHS and KEY WORKERS PUB FOOD BOXES. interesting trees planted. The long stretch of young ash trees has been reduced to hedge height (much TO WEDDING COUPLES It is great to report that on each Thursday evening The weekly food box scheme being run by the Fox to the disappointment of those who previously used most in the Village have either clapped, cheered, and Hounds is proving extremely useful and helpful them for bean sticks!) with specimens left at We are very sorry for all the Clements-Smith and banged saucepans, rung bells, played musical to local households with David Webster delivering intervals, and some planting of flowers and shrubs Willingale-Stanton couples, families and connections instruments or generally made a noise in support of boxes to order every Thursday. They started off has been started. All this is a distinct improvement who have had to postpone their April or May all those trying to keep us safe and well. Thank you, comprising vegetables plus milk and bread, but have to the appearance of the road opposite the station Wedding services here owing to coronavirus. This one and all. now expanded to include fish, meat, wine, and yard works, and thanks must go to Chris and Derek will have been a huge disappointment and very sad On Sunday 5th April at 7.00pm we were all invited to cheese. Durrant for leading this project, and to the many for them. But our church will be here for them "Dance on our doorsteps" The idea being that To make enquiries or place an order please contact volunteers who have taken part. Sadly the work has whenever and new long ahead dates have been everyone should play the same piece of music at the David at [email protected] come to a halt due to the restrictions, but will no same time i.e.:- "S Club 7 - Reach" This proved doubt restart when possible. reserved by both couples. such a success that we were visited by two police NHS CLAPPING cars. Having satisfied themselves that we were 100 CLUB CONCERN SHOWN FOR CHURCH INCOME; A RECENT LETTER. keeping a safe distance from each other the officers Thursday evenings continue to be marked at 8.00pm joined in before leaving us to our disco ! by enthusiastic support for the NHS and other key Norman Blenkhorn has drawn the 100 Club using a Dear Treasurer, workers. Not only clapping, but bells, pots and random number generator from his PC, which gave I like putting my £5 in the collection each week to top MARIA'S KITCHEN pans, horns etc. punctuate the air and make for a No. 89 as the April winner. So congratulations to up my church giving. I fear with no services and no very moving few minutes. Catherine Homes. You will be getting your prize Just a reminder that Maria's Kitchen (i.e.- the Romer when it is safe to travel! collections our church will suffer a big loss. So I am sending you £25 for March and April and will Arms) continues to offer a takeaway service, with VIRTUAL PUB QUIZ. free delivery to Newnham residents. ✣ ✣ ✣ continue till you are open again. Name and address withheld. Excellent food and service. To check menu and .....and in my household at least [Ed.] that is followed place an order call David or Maria on (01327) by a session at the Virtual Pub Quiz being run on 876118. 7 8 Our Treasurer Elizabeth Dearns (full details on page ANNUAL VESTRY AND PAROCHIAL CHURCH 19) writes; ‘the PCC are very grateful for this MEETING ELECTIONS 2020. LOCKDOWN CORNER response and are most concerned about the loss of ‘plate’ income due to the closure. These were postponed (indefinitely for the moment) HYMN SINGING Please can others do the same and make use of owing to the corona shut down on gatherings of any Pan Haggerty electronic means if you like; our BACS details are sort. The officers and members of the PCC elected Although hymns may seem an immutable part of 3 large Potatoes Preston Capes PCC, sort code 30-96-09 account no. in 2019 are permitted and expected to remain in post Anglican worship, this has not always been the case. 3x carrots 00230188. Thank you.’ until the APCM is rearranged. From the mid-17th century until the mid-19th century, 1x parsnip congregational singing was largely restricted to ½ Swede PERFECT PLANT SALE PCC MEETING metrical Psalm paraphrases (that is to say, the 1 small onion Psalms turned into a series of four-line verses). 1x turnip This was to have been held with our Coffee Morning It has been suggested that the next meeting due on Occasionally the versification was so good that it has 200g Vintage Cheddar on Monday 18th May, but due to current restrictions, Wednesday 27th May at 1800 should be held on survived, as a hymn, to the present day. For 150g Butter this will now take place in a modified format. line, c/o ZOOM. Details to be confirmed. example, “All People that on earth do dwell” (Psalm 3 Sprigs fresh thyme The Coffee and socialising is definitely OFF ! but 100) and “Through all the changing scenes of life” Salt & Pepper cakes can be made to order. VILLAGE HALL (Psalm 34). Other examples - the majority, Trays of Cosmos, and pots of Geranium/Pelagonium unfortunately - were mere doggerel: “The wicked * Peel all the vegetables and place the potatoes in a are available to order and to be collected; social We hope you are keeping well and occupied during fools must sure suppose that God is but a Name; bowl of water to stop them going brown. distancing rules applied. this lockdown. We have been able to set up a couple This gross mistake their practice shows, since Virtue * In a large bowl grate all the vegetables leaving the Many other plants and shrubs available too. Please of village events using Zoom and after a few teething all disclaim...” potatoes until last ask about your special requirements. problems they seemed to be successful. In fact, we *Add salt & pepper, chopped thyme, grated cheddar, Contact Claire; tel. 361263 or [email protected] are anticipating holding another short quiz in May. Further details on the website. If anyone has any But that is not the worst of it. With organs being rare and melted butter mix well. CHURCHYARD MOWING ROTA 2020 ideas for other ways/ideas to have virtual get in parish churches before the 1850s, and with not *In an oven proof dish spread out the mix and press togethers please let us know. all churches having the questionable luxury of a down. This is being circulated in the knowledge that the band to liven up the singing, the congregation had to * Place in the oven on 170 degrees for about 45 activity is healthy exercise in as safe an environment Don’t forget that within Preston Capes, Chris and rely on the paraphrase being ‘lined out’ for them. minutes until golden brown and crispy and social distancing as you will find. Thank you to Evie Moysen (The Folly) have set up a buddy This involved the Clerk reading (or, if he fancied his [Thanks to Sarah Goode] all the volunteers on the rota, there are over 20 of system to help those who are shielding, with skill as a musician, singing) the psalm one line at a them, and this is a good example of great team work shopping etc. If you need any assistance please let time, with the congregation repeating each line OBERAMMERGAU. and just how many households appreciate our him know (361466) and in Little Preston Juli Mayhew parrot-fashion. It is related that one Clerk, mounting attractive churchyard, its significance to the whole (361243) and Tonia Eales are doing the same. to his place, found the light to be insufficient. Three Hundred and eighty three years and the world community, and readiness for special family Please contact one of them if you need any help. Unintentionally speaking in rhyme and in metre he has come full circle. At least, that’s how the people in occasions. lamented: “The light in here has got so dim I cannot a small village in the south of might view it. We do badly need more strimming volunteers It's been great on Thursday evenings to hear the see to read the hymn”. After which the congregation, please. Contact Gerard Hoare. village cheering on the NHS staff, and all the key on liturgical autopilot mode, dutifully repeated “The Back in 1633 much of Europe was ravaged by an workers. Christine still has a smile on her face as light in here has got so dim…” invisible killer, the bubonic plague, which was fast CHURCHYARD SPRING WORKING PARTY she delivers the post, waving from a distance. Thank [Thanks to Graham Cory] approaching the village of Oberammergau at the foot you Christine, we really appreciate the work you are of the Bavarian Alps. The petrified villagers offered We have decided that as this is a group activity it all doing. up prayers to God, promising that if they were cannot go ahead during the lock down. But if anyone A FOX & HOUNDS RECIPE spared this pestilence they would put on a play that would like to contact the churchwardens there are And I thought I’d share some news. Mike bought us to keep you occupied recalled the life and death of Jesus. Their prayers some special tasks that individuals might undertake a map of world and some darts. Handing me one he were answered, the plague passed them by and the as genuine exercise, which can be explained. said “when all this is over I’ll take you wherever it Sarah Goode of the Fox & Hounds Charwelton has Oberammergau Passion Play was born, with a vow We will be running an Autumn Working Party all lands”. Turns out we’re spending 2 weeks behind the kindly submitted this recipe. She says that she that it would be performed every ten years in being well, and thank our wonderful volunteers for all fridge. learnt it from an old Irish head chef with whom she perpetuity as their ‘thank you’ for being spared. their past efforts; we will most certainly need you worked and this is his take on a pan haggerty. We And that pledge has been honoured except on three again! ✣ ✣ ✣ served it with Guinea fowl but it would work well with occasions (twice due to war and once for political chicken or pork. It's an Irish take on a potato rosti reasons outside their control). But what an irony! and can also be served with a fried egg. Now, 383 years later, a new plague has halted a Passion Play born out of that earlier plague. But it’s

9 10 only a postponement, as it has been rescheduled for May 23 BC Meeting 2022. 7 Charwelton PCC 25 PC Annual Cook Out The experience is not to be missed, with people from 27 Preston Capes PCC 28 PC WI all over the world gathering in the purpose-built 28 Badby PCC 29 Preston Capes PCC 4,000 seat Passionspielhaus to share the villagers’ 30 Badby PCC act of thanksgiving. The play is performed in two June parts, starting in the warmth of the afternoon sun and 3 Newnham coffee morning August finishing with the audience looking up at the Cross 5 PC Coffee and Chat 5 Newnham coffee morning underneath a starlit sky. The moving scenes (with up 7 PC Sunday bar 16 Badby Sings for Fun to 2,000 performers - from babes in arms to 12 PC Friday bar 18 Badby church coffee morning nonagenarians, plus donkeys and a camel - on the 16 Badby church coffee morning stage) can only be fully appreciated by being there. 21 Badby Sings for Fun September All the actors and orchestral players will have been 21 Newnham Village open gardens 2 Newnham coffee morning born in Oberammergau or have lived there for at 23 PC WI 3 Charwelton PCC least twenty years. Eighteen months before the play 28 Inter-village Croquet Tournament 6 Hort Soc Annual Show and Badby Fayre opens, the men grow their hair and beards, and the 15 Badby church coffee morning learning of six hours’ worth of lines, movements and July 20 Badby Sings for Fun music begins. 1 Newnham coffee morning 22 PC WI 2 Charwelton PCC 24 Badby PCC The event really is a community giving thanks. 3 PC Coffee and Chat 26 Newnham Fenny Stompers Maybe the whole world will give thanks and 4 John Cleveland Band Charwelton 30 Preston Capes PCC celebrate when the current plague is eradicated. But 5 PC Sunday bar whether our gratitude is celebrated in 383 years’ time 10 PC Friday bar October is another matter. 11 District bellringers: P C, Fawsley, Charwelton 3 Preston Capes Adult Magic evening [Thanks to Penny Cory] 19 Badby Sings for Fun 7 Newnham coffee morning 21 Badby church coffee morning 18 Badby Sings for Fun 20 Badby church coffee morning ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A BEACON OF HOPE [Solutions on page 12] TO LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS? 22 BC Meeting [Thanks to Robin Baker] H|F 24 Preston Capes Quiz Night ✣ ✣ ✣ Hillview Fencing ✣ ✣ ✣ DIARY With over 15 years experience in all SUDOK This diary records the proposed dates of any types of fencing and gates, we aim U benefice, parish or village events. We hope that this will help those planning such events to know what to provide a complete supply and Solutio else is going on and therefore be able to avoid any installation service for both ns unhelpful clashes of dates. domestic and commercial If you know, or become aware, of events which customers. We pride ourselves ought to be recorded please let David Pound, or your on providing a reliable, professional and village Link correspondent, know. friendly business If so, how about this one? But where is it? It is likely that public gatherings mentioned here over [Thanks to Penny Cory] the next few months will not be taking place, so do Please email not take it for granted that anything listed in the Diary [email protected] or call will actually happen. They are however being left Simon on 07784014059 SUDOKU FROM ROBIN here just in case, and as a reference point for when restrictions are lifted. Robin Baker is a Sudoku wizard (or so his wife tells Hillview Fencing Ltd, Priors Marston, me) and has provided a couple of puzzles. See if Events known about so far are: . you can complete them. 11 12 13 14 NEWNHAM PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN – TERRY REGAN JP CLERK – MARION MONEY 2 Western Row, Daventry, NN11 4UD 07955 644586 [email protected]

The Newnham Parish Council held an on line meeting and we wanted to pass on some information to you all.

We want to say a big thank you to everyone for adhering to the present rules and regulations regarding staying at home.

A very big thank you to Keith Huckin for organising “Dance on your Doorstep” - what a brilliant idea and what a great way to show Community Spirit. Thank you to all those coming out to Clap for the NHS on Thursday evenings and to those displaying rainbows in their windows.

As you will appreciate the grass cutting service has been suspended. If you would like to tend to verges etc please feel free to do so until normal service resumes. We will give at least seven days notice once we are able to return to normal. It goes without saying that cutting is to be done with care and that neither DDC nor NPC will take responsibility for any damage done.

Maria’s Kitchen are providing an excellent take away service. They are able to provide anything you request from the normal menu for collection or delivery. Advanced notice is best to avoid delay or disappointment. Please telephone on 01327 876118.

Please do visit our website regularly for updates and information www.newnham-parish.org.uk.

Newnham Parish Council are looking for a new logo. In the past the children at the Village School were asked to take part in a competition to draw our logo. We would like to invite villagers between 5 and 16 years to draw a logo relevant to Newnham Village. Entries should be emailed to [email protected] by 20th May 2020, the winner will be selected during the Council Meeting on 1st June. Please make sure that we have name, age and full contact details with submissions. There will be a prize for the winner. Good Luck!

15 16 17 18 CHURCH OFFICERS & INFORMATION [Telephone codes 01327 unless stated otherwise] www.theknightleyparishes.btck.co.uk Rector: [Vacant] As we are in inter-regnum any requirement to contact or obtain a priest for home visits or Communions, marriages, baptisms or funerals should be directed first to the Churchwardens of the parish as detailed below and arrangements can be made. Benefice Secretary: [Vacant] Benefice Treasurer: Bill Dearns, Appletree Cottage, Little Preston. NN11 3TF 361277 [email protected] Lay Band: Gerard Hoare, Bernard Rapson, Susan Rose, Graham White, Heather Wilson Lay Pastoral Minister: Graham White Benefice Children's Officer Susan Rose (879053) Parish Visiting: Requests for visiting should be made to the co-ordinators who will pass them on. Link Editor: David Pound, Forge End, Church Street, Charwelton. NN11 3YT 260006 Fax: 07092 104279 [email protected] Copy deadlines - Editorial, 20th of the month; Advertising 18th. of the month please. Advertising: [email protected]

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