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The Plough Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Community and Parish Magazine February 2021 The Plough Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Community and Parish Magazine February 2021 View from Kelham Hall as the sun begins to set over the January floodwater, with Averham Church and Staythorpe Power Station in the distance. Editor: Judith Mills. [email protected] ; 07775781591 Plough Website: https://www.aksplough.co.uk/community/the-plough-15062/home CONTENTS THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE page 3 From the Editor 4 Village Notice Board 5 The Plough Reading Circle 6 Book Review: DI Mariner books by Chris Collett 7 On the River, a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar 8 Take Care of Yourself 9 Your Health Your Way 10 WI Report 11 Tributes to Maureen Justice 14 Parish Council Update 17 Road works and Closures 17 Reminder—Valentine’s Day is coming soon THE PARISH MAGAZINE 19 Message from Rev’d Georgie 21 Church services and meetings 22 Lent Courses 23 Averham Church news 24 Kelham Church News 25 How to support your local churches 26 Christian Aid report on Climate breakdown 27 Book Review: A London Sparrow 28 On the lighter side of life THE ADVERTS 32 Useful Contacts 2 From the Editor It may be a little too late to say it, but as this is the first edition of The Plough for 2021, I’d like to wish all Plough readers HAPPY NEW YEAR even if it has been somewhat muted. You will, I’m sure have noticed that the shape of The Plough has changed and I do hope you like this new format. The magazine now comprises two sections. The first part—the Community Magazine— will focus on what’s happening in our villages. In this edition that covers a whole range of things from a new ‘Reading Circle’, to articles on mental and physical wellbeing, to notices of road works, as well as reports from the Parish Council and other things of local interest. In more ‘normal’ times, this section would also include information about the Gardening Club or fundraising events, and let’s hope that it won’t be long before these can be included again. The second section is the Parish Magazine. Here you’ll find details of all the church services (all on ZOOM at the moment), church news, information relating to our two historic and important churches, as well as message from our Vicar, Georgie Hadley. As always, YOUR contributions are always welcome, whether this is an announcement, news item, poem, recipe, short story (I’d love to publish a short story), reminiscences or questions. All are welcome. In particular, ’I d like to appeal to the artistic amongst you to come up with a cover for the magazine. The photograph for February was taken from Kelham Hall grounds, looking towards Averham and Staythorpe, and therefore encompassed all three villages. I’m sure someone who is far more creative than me can come up with something for March’s edition. Just a couple of conditions—any design has to look good in both black and white and colour (as the Plough gets emailed out in full colour to those who request it). And, of course, it must be your own, original work. I hope you enjoy this edition. Do send me your comments. Judith Mills, Editor 3 VILLAGE NOTICE BOARD Well Done to everyone who contributed to the January Collection for Newark Food Bank . The collection totalled 180kg (28 stone), which is almost 34 kgs more than was collected in November Blacksmith’s Cottage, Kelham features in video on YouTube. Standing Building Archaeologist, James Wright redates this house to the late mediaeval period in his video A lost Medieval house at Kelham (https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9sd7jHBx3g ) or go onto YouTube and search for the title of the video. The video takes about 25 minutes to watch and is full of fascinating details. CONGRATULATIONS to Alison Rose and Tracey Carlisle who raised £720 through making and selling face masks. The money has been donated to Forever Stars, a charity that supports families that have suffered infant death. 4 INTRODUCING THE PLOUGH READING CIRCLE Not Your Usual ‘Book Club’ Would you like to join? Unlike most book clubs, there won’t be any regular formal meetings – after all we can’t meet up at the moment anyway. Instead, every month we’ll suggest a couple of titles for villagers to read. All the books will be readily available in various formats from Amazon, Ebay, supermarkets, WH Smiths etc. and can be sourced and downloaded for free via https://b-ok.cc (you’ll probably need to set up an account with this group). Instead of meeting to discuss the books (usually accompanied by a glass of wine) you will be able to write your own book review to be published in The Plough or make suggestions for books that you think others will enjoy reading. The first book review is on p.6. And, if you wanted to, you could set up discussion groups with your friends and neighbours, over the garden fence or via Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook, or whatever works for you. Who knows, when you next bump into other villagers on your daily walk, you could discuss the twists and turns of the plot as well as the weather! Here’s a couple of titles for February to get you going: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Moving by Jenny Eclair Two very different titles and possibly a stretch of your literary tastes. Enjoy and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Send your Reviews, Comments and Suggestions for New Books to [email protected] . If you don’t have email, then phone me on 07775781591 and I’ll let you know where you can send your comments . 5 Reading Circle Book Review I thought I’d kick off the Reading Circle with a review of not one but seven books. Like many other people I have a Kindle Unlimited account – for those who don’t have one, it works a bit like a lending library. You can ‘borrow’ up to 10 books in return for a monthly subscription. Through this subscription I have come across many new authors some – to be honest – rubbish, many average and one or two who have been good reads. A few weeks ago, I came across a ‘boxed set’ of seven books by Chris Collett, an author I’d not heard of before. The series begins in the early 2000s and revolves around Detective Inspect Mariner. Now, it may not be to everyone’s taste, but I enjoy well written detective fiction and as the set was classed as one book/one loan I decided to downloaded them. It seemed worth a go as, let’s face it, even if the books turned out to be ‘average’, at the moment we all need bulk reading matter. I was surprised and delighted to find that the turned out to be good, and rather different reads. So, what made them good? First, unlike a lot of crime fiction which at the moment is set in remote locations– the Yorkshire Dales, Norfolk, Northumbria, Shetland or that fictional and murderous area Midsomer, these books are set in Birmingham which is accurately and sympathetically described by someone who knows all its facets very well. I grew up in Birmingham though I left over 45 years ago, so it was an added attraction to me to read about places, streets and buildings that I recognised. There was even a veiled allusion to the grammar school I attended, but you would have to know Birmingham very well to get it. Second, a witness to the first crime is a severely autistic young man and his portrayal is sensitive and truthfully written, as are the consequences for all those people who have to care for him. These are just two examples of how Collett’s depictions of places and people add depth and realism to the narrative. 6 Third, the police officers involved in the stories are all honest and competent. Even the senior officers, who are so often portrayed as bumbling or too focused on their own careers or dependent on their detectives to put them in a good light, are shown to be efficient, professional, and caring. It is a refreshing viewpoint. Finally – and possibly most importantly – all the stories are intriguing and unpredictable. Of course, the main characters turn up in all the books, but each story is individual and there is little– if any – repetition of motifs or themes which is often perceived when you read a series of books ‘back-to- back’. At the end I found myself in that awful position of not wanting to put the collection down, but sorry that I’d read them so quickly. I’m sure Chris Collett will turn up on my virtual book shelf again very soon. I’d highly recommend these books to anyone who likes crime and detective stories. To read more about Chris Collett and the DI Mariner Books, go to https://www.chriscollettcrime.co.uk/books/ Judith Mills If you’d like to recommend a ‘good read’ or comments on either of the two suggested books, please email me [email protected] On the River, by Paul Laurence Dunbar The sun is low, Where neither bird The waters flow, Nor beast has stirred, My boat is dancing to and fro. The spotted bullfrog's croak is heard. The eve is still, The wind is high, Yet from the hill The grasses sigh, The killdeer echoes loud and shrill. The sluggish stream goes sobbing by.
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