TEMPSFORD Issue 79 TIMES Jan/Feb 2020 The village magazine of , www.tempsford.org

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TEMPSFORD PARISH COUNCILLORS

NAME POSITION Adrian Besant Chairman

Simon Fraser V-Chairman

Chris Bettles Councillor

Steve Cooney Councillor

Jim Donnelly Councillor

Tina Goddard Councillor

vacancy Councillor Linda Collins Clerk

CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE WARD COUNCILLORS Cllr Adam Zerny (Independent) : Cllr Tracey Wye (Independent) : Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] VILLAGE MATTERS We seem to have some new dog walkers in the village who are not clearing up after their pets. We would like to encourage them to firstly get into the good habit of making use of poo bags, and then secondly putting the bags in the bins provided and not leaving them by the road- side.

Many have mentioned about the number of cars and lorries we now see down Station Road, their sizes and the unsocial hours of the movement. If you are disturbed by any of this please pass on your concern to Central Beds.

Well done and Thank you: Esme (9) and Isabella Creese, (6) made cakes which they offered to the villagers of Tempsford by taking them door to door and asking if residents wished to give a donation in return for their cakes in aid of Children in Need. Due to the kind generosity of villagers, the girls raised a fantastic £67.53. Esme and Isabella would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who made a donation and they hope you all enjoyed their cakes with a nice cuppa!!

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COUNTRY STOVES & SWEEPS HETAS Registered Stove Installation Gas Fire Fitting Chimney Sweeping Bird Guards Fitted Chimney Lining Chimney Safety Certificates Issued Free Survey & Quote 01767 627591 / 07950705479 Julian Biggs, , Bedfordshire

Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, Eggs, Bread, Honey & Homemade Preserves, Quiches, Cakes, Sauces, Oils, Cheese, Crayfish fishcakes, Dog Treats, locally crafted items and much more. Open Thurs 11-4, Fri 9-5 Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4. 07522 559010 [email protected]

www.tempsford.org 3 ST PETER’S PARISH CHURCH, Church Street, Tempsford Priest in Charge: Rev Graham Buckle The Rectory, Park Lane, 01767 640412

Twenty-Twenty Vision!

Have you come across any of the jokes about 20:20 vision that are circulating at the moment? As some would describe, this is perfect vision. I’m told it’s all about the ability to read the eye chart at a distance of 20 feet, or now sometimes referred to as 6/6 (the equivalent in metres).

I recently needed to have new glasses, and at first they slipped down the bridge of my nose, and I was constantly pushing them back up so that my vision was good again. Of course it’s that time of year when we make New Year’s resolutions, set out our goals and aims for the days that lay ahead of us. Maybe we are making plans for holidays, perhaps they are educational goals, achievements in our working life, plans to start a family, plans to encourage sons and daughters to leave home!!! I wonder how long they will last? How long will it be before the vision or goal becomes blurred around the edges like my glasses slipping down the nose? Perhaps our ambitions are thwarted by things beyond our control and it forces us to re-focus. Sometimes it’s easier to keep going on an even keel, and not to disturb the status quo.

Whatever our dreams and goals are for this New Year of 2020, it would be good for us not to lose focus, not to the point of being ruthless in determination, but to keep our eyes fixed on the end game. There is a song I used to sing in my teenage years that said, “Fix your eyes upon Jesus…” these words are based on a passage from the book of Hebrews in the Bible, “Fix your eyes

www.tempsford.org 4 upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith”. The church has existed for all these years because it has kept its focus on Jesus Christ. The one who brought to us, with his birth, a new and right way to live our lives.

As we have now celebrated his first birth, it would be good for us to focus on the life of the man who died and rose again for each and every one of us. To follow his commands and learn to live our lives by his example. The church continues to have this duty, and in all the fund-raising we need to do to keep our buildings open, we must never lose focus of the mission of the church to spread the good news that the angels sang to the shepherds! “Peace on earth and goodwill to all people!”

God Bless you in this New Year, and may your goals and ambition come to fruition! Rev. Graham

www.tempsford.org 5 St Peters Parish Church News

January Services Sunday 12th 11.00am Holy Communion Sunday 26th 9.30am Holy Communion February Services Sunday 9th 11.00am Holy Communion Sunday 23rd 9.30am Holy Communion Please note, if you wish to attend and not take HC or a Blessing, you are still more than welcome. We would love to see you. Please see notice board for other services in the Benefice

Morning Prayers January 2020 Thursday 16th and 30th : venue to be arranged. February dates to be arranged. For venue please contact Gloria on 01767 640050

Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Fayre & Our 12 days of Christmas. We appreciate all your support in helping, donating, coming along. Once again we would also like to thank the Knott family. The amount we raised will be in the next issue. A Happy New Year.

TEMPSFORD MUSEUM

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In the Stuart Memorial Hall, Church End.

Tempsford Museum and Archives, would like to thank all our visitors and members over the past year, for their support and interest. We would like to wish everyone a “HAPPY NEW YEAR” and look forward to welcoming you all again for the 2020 season.

The Museum will be closed for January, but the next exhibition will be on

Sunday 2nd February,

“ TEMPSFORD FAMILIAR FACES”

with a selection of pictures of old Tempsford familiar characters, many never seen before and kindly donated to our archives over recent months.

Also on display, will be our permanent exhibitions of Tempsford Village and RAF Tempsford memorabilia.

Come and see the lovely model of a Lysander, recently donated to the museum by Mr Eric Rowland.

Our Tea Room will be serving a selection of Home Baked Cakes with Tea or Coffee.

Entry is £2.00 each, children and members Free.

www.tempsford.org 7 and Crime Commissioner – Annual Parish Conference -1st October 2019 Councillor Goddard attended the event hosted by Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Katherine Holloway. The Commissioner gave a brief report on how earlier this year she had secured the special grant of £4.57million and an additional £1.36million to help with the fight against gangs, guns and knife crime in the county as well as additional council tax precept to fund recruitment of 160 police constables in this financial year. She reported that Bedfordshire is described as having the third highest terror threat in the UK as well as the fourth highest rate of knife crime per 100,000 population. She provided more information around Operation Boson and the team’s aim to disrupt and prevent organised crime groups, prevent or investigate firearms in the Luton area. It was reported that there were more firearm discharges in Luton alone last year compared to the whole of the Eastern Counties. New Chief Constable, Gary Forsyth reported on the priorities he’d identified since being in post such as how to spend the money and the funding formula to be used. The group were given details about the drugs market in Bedfordshire which is valued at £200 million and that criminals were now operating as a businesses and becoming more sophisticated. There was worrying information around the challenges with the rise in child sex abuse which needs additional resources to police the private space as well as the public space and online. Chief Superintendent, Dave Boyle gave a report on the objectives of the National Neighbourhood Policing Guidelines which covers the skills and training of officers, target policing, problem solving and differences in cultures. Sergeant Nick Masters gave a report on Operation Leitham in Shefford which was designed to reduce anti-social youths in behaviour and crime by creating distractions and using the community to get intelligence. Sergeant Ian Leesen gave a report on Operation Yellow which focused on crime in and around HM Prison. To finish the evening a Q&A session covered a number of subjects regarding the recruitment and retention of officers, issues with travellers in Kempston, speeding on rural roads and villages, bicycle theft and the health and wellbeing of police officers. Communities are asked to report any suspicious behaviour or non- emergency crimes using the 101 telephone service or online at https://www.bedfordshire.police.uk/report/Report . It was clear that although very few cases will be followed up by officers the information reported is recorded and analysed which may then link the clusters to more substantial crimes and ultimately lead to an arrest.

www.tempsford.org 8 ALMOST THERE I’m delighted to give you an update on the fantastic progress that’s been made on our Neighbourhood Plan over the summer and autumn months.

The Neighbourhood Plan group of local residents voluntarily came together to produce a plan that would ensure the views and opinions of Tempsford residents was captured and protected for years to come. Their objective was to set a defined criteria that any future development would need to align to. This has taken hours spent in meetings to define, produce and review the progress of the plan. Countless hours engaging with external consultants and other profession- al bodies and many miles walked around our village to map and photo- graph key locations and views, often in extreme weather conditions just to keep the progress on track.

In particular, I’m really grateful to Phil Joyce and Christine Creese who have both worked hard to ensure we’ve successfully been awarded grant money to fund our plan and for tirelessly keeping the momentum and progress going even when it would have been easier to quit.

BUT QUIT WE HAVE NOT! We are delighted to say that our plan is now written and in the final edit phase. There are currently 77 pages including 30 pages of character assessment that defines what is important to the look and feel of living in Tempsford, captured from the important feedback you gave us in the detailed survey you completed.

Once we finish these edits, we’ll be submitting it to something called ‘Regulation 14’. Regulation 14 is a pre-submission consultation stage with various authorities to gain their approval. These include: Council; Natural ; Environment Agency; Historic England; National Grid; Anglian Water; UK Power Networks; Highways England; BRCC.

Once we have their sign off, we’ll be presenting the plan back to you, the residents of Tempsford, for your feedback, prior to our final submission to get the plan approved.

We are anticipating that with any authority changes due to the general election, there may be a delay in getting some of these approvals back within our original planned timescales but we will monitor and update as applicable. Andy Bennett

www.tempsford.org 9 2019- A YEAR OF TWO HALVES (WEATHER -WISE)

The talking point of the weather in 2019 has been the amount of rain that has fallen. In fact the year could be divided into two parts, - from January to May it was dry; from June to December wet.

It was bound to happen, - they say weather always repays its debt, so after a very dry winter and spring, the rain started to fall and wouldn’t stop.

October was the wettest month with almost 4½ inches of rain, June was second with just over 4 inches; in fact all months in the second half of the year were wet.

The driest month was April with under ½inch of rain. Up to the time of writing (Dec 10th) our total for the year is 24.15 inches. (Tempsford’s average is 22 inches.), so although we’ve had a wet 6 months, they are balanced by the previous half year.

The temperatures this summer were probably around average, but we had the hottest day I’ve every recorded when 38oC was reached on July 25th. The coldest night was January 31st at -7oC.

We seem to be having quite a stormy period of weather this December with quite windy conditions but will this continue into the New Year?…. Only time will tell!

Meryl Besant

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Come and join us for an evening and get to know us. We have guest speakers followed by refreshments and a chat. We meet every 2nd Monday in the month at the Stuart Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. For more details contact Gloria Jones on 01767 640050

Our next meetings are: Monday 13th January 2020 Talk On :- Games Night : Speaker :- Gloria Jones Meeting on Monday 10th February 2020 Talk On :- The Best of the West : Speaker :- Brian Harrison

WI members had a grand time enjoying their delicious Christmas meal at “The Wheatsheaf”.

www.tempsford.org 11 GOOD NEWS FOR LOCAL WILDLIFE AS COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROPOSALS

Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) has progressed a report to protect wildlife in our area with recommendations to be made to the Council's Executive committee. Why is this needed? Earlier this year, issues at two development sites in our area made it clear just how little protection there is for local wildlife. Developers removed hedges without permission and there have more than a dozen complaints to CBC's Planning Enforcement team about work conducted outside of the permitted hours, damage to vegetation, signs blocking the pavement and huge advertisements going up without permission. At another site I was abused and threatened by workmen after visiting the development to investigate claims of environmental damage. Hedges had been removed by the developer prior to obtaining full planning permission and Beds Police investigated. Many of us would hope for more environmental protection from CBC, but the Council actually has limited regulatory powers and planning laws are firmly on the side of the developer. If the Council doesn't catch the developer in the act, there is not much they can do. Two months ago I presented a motion to the Council's Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee calling for CBC to beef-up its environmental protection. Officers went away to write a report and have now recommended an Environmental Code of Conduct which developers would be asked to sign. Council officers have also recommended senior councillors write to the Government seeking changes to planning laws to protect the environment, such as making developers announce what they are planning, two years in advance of an application, so local authorities can work with them to ensure hedges and trees are protected. Both of these proposals were agreed at committee and will now go to the Council's

www.tempsford.org 12 Executive to be ratified. We can still do more. I have also proposed:

- CBC fund a protection team to liase with developers for smaller development sites (fewer than 100 houses) to ensure developers appreciate their obligations. The team would share intelligence with Beds Police rural crime team to ensure wildlife crime is investigated immediately. - A protection register of hedges which meet the Hedgerow Regula- tions (1997), for all areas within 1 mile of a town or village. - Beefed-up planning conditions stating CBC will actively enforce against removal of hedges - CBC to push for changes in national legislation and to lobby Gov- ernment ministers. - Volunteer community environment officer where members of the local community could help record and protect environmental assets Nonetheless, what has been approved is a good start. It's important the Council is listening.

Adam Zerny : Independent Central Bedfordshire Councillor for Tempsford and You are invited to the TEMPSFORD COMMUNITY CAFÉ CHURCH Tempsford Methodist Church School Room Thursday 20th February from 2pm to 3pm Make new Music and Meet the friends singing minister

Sit and enjoy tea/coffee and some home made cakes No dress code! And no charge!

www.tempsford.org 13 TEMPSFORD’S VERY OWN BUS

For further information ring 01767 261047 or 01767 260787

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The Ivel Sprinter is a community bus service for ALL ages; fares are on a par with Stagecoach. Concessionary passes are accepted.

www.tempsford.org 15 PARISH COUNCIL MEETING NOTES The following is a summary of the main points of discussion at the Parish Council meeting held on the 18h November 2019. Full copies of the minutes are available on the village website www.tempsford.org or from the Clerk.

Present: - 6 Elected Councillors and the Clerk. 1 CBC Councillor and 5 members of the public. Apologies received from Cllr. Filby together with her resignation. Declarations of interest: - None were received. Acceptance of Minutes: - Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on the 23rd September were approved by Council and signed by the Chairman.

Police Report: - The clerk reported on two incidents that occurred in Tempsford during September. Cllr. Goddard reported on the Priority Meeting she had attended. Summarised on page 8

Public Session: - A member of the public wanted to speak on the problems being encountered in Station Yard, broadband and the traffic down Station Road. Points raised: - Hermes lorries, could a traffic management scheme be introduced as articulated lorries are still coming to Station yard, sharing with Hermes, - a car has already been hit by a passing articulated lorry; could 30mph speed restriction be put in place the full length of Station Road. The Council agreed that these should be followed up with Highways. Tempsford residents must also be active in writing to CBC Highways and complaining as this all has an impact. It was suggested to put this information on Facebook and in Tempsford Times.

Planning - Cllr. Donnelly had attended a planning training day and found it very useful and worthwhile. CB/19/03775/FULL – Flamingo Flowers- installation of ground mounted solar PV system. No objections.

Highways: - Large hole left in Station Road after a poor surface repair of a water main by Anglian Water – now completed properly. White lines still not done at the junction of Church Street with Blunham Lane. Road/ Station Road junction sign has been replaced. The large amount of leaves blocking gutters and drains in Church Street and Station Road was reported. Footpaths: - There is a large amount of dog fouling in the village. Another note should be put in the Tempsford Times and Facebook asking residents to have a thought for their village and the residents in it. Permissive path through Esme Wood – no further communication

www.tempsford.org 16 received. The footpath across Roxton lock will be closed for another 18 months while the footbridge is repaired. The Chairman and Clerk have been in contact with CBC and Bedford Borough with regard to the foot- paths in this area.

Play areas: - 2 kissing gates have been installed and the final one in Church Street to be fitted on 22.11.19. A new child’s play-springer has been installed in the Church End area to replace the broken one.

Green Infrastructure: - The grant has to be used by the end of 2019. The resident who is designing and building the planters will get wood ordered and liaise with Clerk.

Central Beds. Councillor: - Station Yard activity was discussed. The availability of Ward Council and Community Asset Grants were discussed. There is still no decision on the East – West rail route through our area.

Neighbourhood Plan: - One of the committee members gave a report. The Plan is 95% completed, including a 30-page character assessment.

Finance:- A list of invoices was presented and all were approved for payment. The Clerk then gave the bank reconciliation and cash flow statement. Budget – Cllr. Fraser and the Clerk presented the Budget for 2020/21. Considering forthcoming expenses, it was voted to increase the Precept by £500. The Clerk presented the Council with NALC increment to the Clerk’s salary. The Council agreed to it.

Church yard and cemetery:- The work party on Saturday 16th Nov- ember was a great success with 22 people turning out to help. Letter from Woodfines regarding registration of land was read out by the Clerk.

Communications:- Facebook seems to be working for informing the parish. The Clerk had received a letter from CBC asking if the parish needs more salt through the CBC salt bag scheme, but Council considered we have enough from last year. A letter was received from Mr. Alistair Burt regarding his resignation as MP and asking for any information we wished to pass on to his successor.

Dates of next year’s meetings: - 20th January, 16th March, APM 21st or 22nd April, AM 18th May, 20th July, 21st September and 16th Nov ember, but these could be changed. Clerk : Tempsford Parish Council.

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At Methodist Church Tuesday 25th February 4.15pm to 5.30pm Children must be accompanied by an adult/ carer - suitable for children up to 11years - all welcome - no charge

Meet and Eat Lunches are held at the Chapel on the second Wednesday of the month from 12.30 to 2.00 p.m. Call Carole Gosling on 01767 641175 to book your place. £5.00 per person.

Wednesday 12th February Menu

Shepherds Pie Seasonal Vegetables

Apple Pie Custard Tea/Coffee

www.tempsford.org 18 KNOTTS OF TEMPSFORD Family Run Farm Shop Home Produced Meats Homemade Pies & Pasties Milk & Eggs : Local Veg Call: 07598834439 Or 07943716290 Email: [email protected] Like us on facebook Tingeys Farm 121 Station Rd Opening Hours 9am - 5pm Tempsford Thursday, Friday and Saturday Bedfordshire SG192AY

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TEMPSFORD METHODIST CHURCH COFFEE SHOP Open Thursday Feb 6th From 11.00am to 1.30pm

SOUP/ROLL £2.50

BACON ROLL £2

Children’s play area (ball tent) open Drop in any time between 11 and 1.30 We look forward to seeing you. CHILDREN’S SANDWICH AND DRINK £1.50

Tempsford souvenir tea towels, postcards plus many more items for sale.

All monies raised go towards the upkeep of this 216 year old building

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www.tempsford.org 21 TEMPSFORD METHODIST CHURCH, Station Road, Tempsford (part of the and Methodist Circuit) Minister: Rev James Bamber 01480 453857 Church Steward: Stephen Gosling, 81 Station Rd, Tempsford 01767 641175

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY Everybody is assured of a warm welcome at all our services

Coffee Shop 6th February 11.00am - 1.00 pm Meet and Eat 12th February 12.30pm Community Café Church 20th February 2.00pm - 3.00pm Messy Church 25th February 4.15pm - 5.30pm Chat Club 26th February 2.30pm - 4.00pm

CHRISTMAS FAYRE THANKS

The annual Christmas Fayre held at the Methodist Chapel on Saturday, 7th December raised the magnificent sum of £601.00. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came along to help and support the Chapel on the day and to those who worked so hard behind the scenes over these past months to make the day such an overwhelming success. All monies raised will go towards the upkeep of the Chapel . CHAT CLUB

There will be no Chat Club get together in January. Our first meeting will take place on Wednesday, 26th February 2020 from 2.30 to 4.00 p.m. in the Chapel Schoolroom. Feel free to come along and join us in the New Year. You will be assured of a warm and friendly welcome.

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All rooms en-suite, home-made marmalade and biscuits, White Company complimentary toiletries, free Wi-Fi, off-road parking, top quality linens, bread from the local baker, a real ‘home from home’, Credit Cards accepted, many repeat guests. Website: www.highfield-farm.co.uk

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FROM AROUND THE VILLAGES

BLUNHAM COMMUNITY CINEMA In Blunham Village Hall

Saturday 18th January: Fish and Chips followed by the film 'Fisherman's Friends. (Cert 12A) Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Doors open 7:00.pm Tickets £10.00. Bar and confectionery available. Further information or tickets contact Stella Harding 01767 640151. Ticket Entry Only.

st Friday 31 January: “A Star is Born” (Cert 15) starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. The story of a musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. (contains some bad language). Film starts promptly 7.30 pm doors open 7pm. Tickets costs Adults £5.00. Sweets, Drinks, Ice cream and pop-corn are available. For tickets or any further information contact 07783 046020.

Friday 28th February: 4th Anniversary Evening. “What we did on our holidays”. (Cert 12A) Starring Rosamund Pike, David Tennant and Bill Connolly. A family of five is off to granddad's big 75th birthday party at uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents fight and are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can talk with and will do anything for grand- dad. This is a special evening with a Free glass of fizz to celebrate our fourth Birthday. Film starts promptly 7.30 pm doors open 7pm. Tickets costs Adults £5.00. Children £2.50. Family (2A +2C) £12.00. Sweets, Drinks, Ice cream and pop-corn are available. For tickets or any further information contact 07783 046020

www.tempsford.org 24 BLUNHAM BOOK SALE - Saturday 22nd February 2020 10.00 to 3.00 pm in Blunham Church.

A huge selection of nearly new books, home made cakes, teas and coffees, home made soup and bread and a raffle. All proceeds to Blunham Church Fabric Fund.

Donations of good quality books to Sue & Peter Holden at 3 Grange Road or can be brought to the church on Friday 21st February. For further information ring Sue Holden 01767 640572.

St Peters Flood Lights

If you would like the flood lights put on for any occasion, the cost will be £10per night. Please contact Gloria 01767 640050

BLUNHAM & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB

The December meeting was an enjoyable evening of food, fun and socialising, getting us in the festive mood. There will be no meeting in January. The speaker on Tuesday February 4th is Jane Perron talking about composting.

The club meets in Blunham village hall at 7:30pm. Visitors are warmly welcomed. Please contact 01767 640623 for further details.

www.tempsford.org 25 STUART MEMORIAL HALL

The Hall Committee would like to thank all our community, customers and others who used the Hall in 2019. Yet again, the Committee was aided and abetted at events by a group of hard-working heroes who turn up and help to make events successful. Our thanks go to them.

As previously reported, the Tempsford Show was successful again this year and raised around £5500 for Hall funds. Thanks go to Geoff Phipps and his Show Committee for organising the event and making it such an enjoyable day.

The most recent event at the Hall was the Quiz Night held in November. We had a superb evening and the Hall was just about full. The event was organised by Committee members Vanessa Biggs and Kay Quinn who also put together an excellent ploughman’s ‘lunch’ which was enjoyed during the halfway break. Thanks to all those who helped with promoting the event and those who helped prepare the food. We must also thank Knott’s Farm Shop who kindly provided the ham for the ploughman’s.

You may remember that, as part of our proposal to the National Lottery People’s Project, we announced the Stuart Memorial Hall Centenary Project whose aim was to bring the Hall back to its full glory by the 100th Anniversary in 2024. We have recently been surveying the Hall and making a list of all the work that needs to be done to improve the building. The total cost of the work required comes to over £90000. So, very welcome though the £50000 lottery award was, and also the contribution from the Tempsford Show, we still have a long way to go to reach our target. In fact, while I was writing this article, I had to go down to the Hall because the central heating boiler had stopped working and engineers had arrived

www.tempsford.org 26 to inspect it. The really bad news was that the boiler was broken beyond repair and, although we haven’t yet had quotes, I estimate that it will cost over £6000 to replace. This comes on top of the £90000 mentioned above.

In terms of spending the lottery funds, we have already had missing and slipped tiles replaced on the roof but, while the roofers were up there, they discovered that all the lead flashing in various gullies was split. This is perhaps not surprising because it may not have been replaced since the Hall was built. This new work will cost around £6500 and will start early in the New Year. As soon as the roof is weatherproof, we will start work on stripping and decorating the inside of the Hall and we also have the wheelchair ramp to construct at the north entrance. We anticipate completion of the lottery project by July and we are currently pursuing further sources of funding to help us with the Centenary Project. Of course, we rely upon the continued success of the Tempsford Show and other events to bring a steady source of income to the Hall.

The Hall is a charity run by a dedicated bunch of Trustees who give their time and effort voluntarily to keep the Hall going and we are always looking for new people to come and join us and help with the task. We have vacancies for two co-optees on the Committee so, if you feel you can spare some time to help us, please get in touch.

In conclusion, we wish all of our community, customers and helpers a healthy and happy New Year. See you in 2020.

Brian Harrison, Chairman, Hall Committee

[email protected]

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