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Whittlewood PARISHES St Mary’s Church Services at St Mary’s Church COFFEE MORNING Our vision in the Whittlewood Parishes is to know THANK YOU. God better, love one another and reach out with the good news of Jesus. On a cold and very windy Saturday many June 2019 villagers, friends and visitors attended our 2nd No service annual coffee morning held in St Mary’s Hoy Eucharist at Silverstone 10.00am Church. 9th Pentecost - Confirmation service at Paulerspury with Holy Eucharist; It was lovely to see so many old and new Bishop Donald officiating friends. Thanks go to everyone who helped 10.00am in any way (baking cakes, working in the 16th Holy Eucharist 11.00am kitchen, etc.) to raise the magnificent sum of 23rd Patronal Holy Eucharist at Slapton £286 for the church funds. As always your 10.00am continued support is much appreciated. 30th Patronal Holy Eucharist at Abthorpe 10.00am We hope to see you all again on Sunday 18th August for our afternoon tea/songs of July 2019 7th No service praise. Please look at the notices around the Holy Eucharist at Silverstone 10.00am village for details. 14th Morning Praise 10.00am 21st Holy Eucharist 11.00am Cheryl Evans 28th Patronal Holy Eucharist at Paulerspury 10.00am August 2019 4th No service Holy Eucharist at Silverstone 10.00am 11th Morning Praise 11.00am 18th Patronal Holy Eucharist at Whittlebury 10.00am Songs of Praise 5.00pm 25th Holy Eucharist 9.15am A concert by the Bradwell Silver Band will be held in St Mary’s on Saturday 29th June commencing at 7.30pm. Tickets available at the door. A Grand Summer Draw in support of the church will take place with the draw to be held during the band concert on Saturday 29th June. If you would like to sell tickets for this event, please contact The Whittlebury Magazine the churchwarden, Raymond Pearson on 01327 is produced quarterly and kindly printed free of 857236. charge by The Ferrari Owners’ Club. Afternoon teas will be served St Mary’s Church The next issue will be produced for distribution on Sunday 18th August commencing at 3.00pm by 1st September and it is requested that copy for followed by a service of Songs of Praise at inclusion is sent by 10th Ausgust at the latest to 5.00pm. [email protected] or [email protected] Your support of these events would be much Articles later than this date will not be included, appreciated. except in exceptional circumstances. June2019copy.indd 1 27/05/2019 11:27 THE WHITTLEBURY June 2019 www.whittlebury.org.uk magazine June2019copy.indd 2 27/05/2019 11:27 Whittlebury Reading Room LOTTERY The winners of the April Draw were 1st J Small 2nd Virginia O’Dell Editor 3rd N Wesley Liz Jackson 4th Emma Kelly [email protected] Home: 858892 The next draw will be held on 21st June. Brenda Stewart & Sharon Stimpson Lottery Promoters Editor Roger Harrington [email protected] Designer Lesley Passey Front cover photograph of a Cruiser Butterfly by [email protected] Lesley Passey taken in Cairns Australia. June2019copy.indd 3 27/05/2019 11:27 Support your local National Trust – CANONS ASHBY will only go ahead in good weather due to grade conditions on the route. Please wear sturdy footwear and ask at reception on your way in. Not suitable for children under 12 years old. Normal admission prices apply. Saturday 6th July Sense and Sensibility performed by The Pantaloons Elinor Dashwood has a lot of good Sense. Her sister Marianne Dashwood has an excess of Sensibility. Together they make a snappy title for Jane Austen’s classic novel of scandals, scoundrels and severely sprained ankles! This funny, fast-paced and faithful new adaptation from the critically acclaimed The wildflowers and grasses in the paddock The Pantaloons Theatre Company features are shooting up, and the gardeners are live music, audience interaction, romance and working hard to keep on top of everything heartbreak. Adult £15, Child £10, Family £40 outdoors, including pruning, mowing and (2 adults 2 children). Pre-booking essential. changing the bedding in the formal gardens. The bees and butterflies are getting busy all Check visitor opening hours, events and find over the site so the place seems full of life. out more about the work that’s going on to care for Canons Ashby on our website. www. Starting in June you can get access to a nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby special area not normally seen by the public: the Stew Ponds. The Stew Ponds are a series of small medieval ponds which have recently been restored and have become a small wildlife haven away from all the people. See below and online for more details. Whittlebury Villager of the What’s on? YEAR We have plenty of events and activities listed on our website. Here are just a couple of At the Annual Village Meeting on Tuesday highlights. 21st May 2019, Mrs. Cheryl Evans was voted villager of the year and was presented with Thursdays in June, July and September: the Whittlebury Cup by Mr. David Randall, chair of the Parish Council. This award was Guided visits to Priory Church and medieval in recognition for her work over a number of Stew Ponds - 2.00pm. years collecting door-to-door for the Royal Find out more about the medieval history of British Legion annual Poppy Appeal. the church and then to the recently restored medieval Stew Ponds; an area not accessible Cheryl and her husband Richard have to the public without a guide. An exclusive recently moved to Towcester and the village chance to see the beautiful area. The visit wishes them well. June2019copy.indd 4 27/05/2019 11:27 Parish COUNCIL MATTERS The next meetings of the Parish Council are on Buses 13 June and 11 July 2019. There will not be a The Parish Council has made a contribution to meeting in August. As usual, all meetings are held ABILITY Northants to provide a weekly bus service in the Reading Room starting at 7.30 pm. to Towcester and return on Wednesday mornings. Users are required to register with ABILITY in the As previously advised, all agendas for the meetings first instance and then to book their journey. The and the subsequent minutes (when adopted) are contact details for ABILITY are 07799 522097 or available on the village website (www.whittlebury. email [email protected]. org.uk) and are displayed on the Parish Council noticeboard at the Reading Room. These For the foreseeable future it is unlikely that there meetings are held in public, are open to all and will be any other bus services through the village there is a standard item on the agenda where and, therefore, the ABILITY service is the only one villagers are invited to raise issues. available. It will only be provided if it is used and so the message has to be - please USE IT or LOSE IT. If you are unable to attend a meeting, any issues of Play equipment concern may be raised with Linda Paice, the Parish Clerk, email [email protected] or on 01327 At the meeting on 11 April 2019, the Parish Council 353622. As I have mentioned before, if you have a agreed to make an application to SNC for funding question or a concern, please ask and we shall do in respect of two new items of play equipment to our best to deal with it. replace the existing swing and slide on the playing field. David Randall Chair of Whittlebury Parish Council June2019copy.indd 5 27/05/2019 11:27 Whittlebury WHITTLER They jumped on the bandwagon but not the finished perhaps with a heavy bus shopping bag? The question has to be asked: “does Whittlebury And Whittler’s informants who really need a bus service?” This controversial attended the recent annual statement will be interpreted by some as heretical village meeting report that the given that there are one or two individual stories Good Neighbour Scheme is likely to come on of residents having to move away from the village stream shortly which should provide the facility because of a lack of public transport and of others for a lift to, for example, Silverstone to pick up a struggling to get to work or college especially if scheduled bus, Towcester for shopping or to a GP they have an early start. surgery appointment in Silverstone or Towcester. And this is not to denigrate the strength of public What were the intentions of those who signed feeling about the matter or the efforts of several the original petition? Did they genuinely feel in who raised a public petition some time ago and their heart of heart that a service was needed, which was signed by a substantial number of were they rebelling against the current general villagers – although, it has to be recognised that trend to reduce all sorts of rural services or did it failed to carry any weight when presented to they “just jump on the bandwagon” and sign out Northamptonshire County Council. of kindness when asked? This is not meant to The saga of Whittlebury’s “now you see it, now sound disrespectful in the slightest but it has to be you don’t” bus service goes back several years admitted there is an obvious disconnect between culminating in Stagecoach Midlands withdrawing the number of petitioners and the number of bus the X88 service over 18 months ago citing the users. County Council’s removal of funding as the “Use it lose it” must be the village’s refrain for the reason.