Issue: April 2007 S APCOTE NEWS YYourOUR Village VILLAGE Paper PAPER

EDITORS: 2007/2008 Comparative Parish Council Precept Levels Christina Davey in District 59 Road

Tel: 273552 or It was reported in the last We can now report on what , as reported in the issue that the Parish Council other parish councils within last issue, is levying a precept 07740 425447 had applied a less than are charging below the £52.95 average for inflation increase to the per household based on Blaby parishes as the Emails: [email protected] Parish’s precept. Band D properties. following table shows.

Council Charge per Household per year for Band D (£) Belinda Duggins Whetstone 88.74 6 Spring Gardens Braunstone 82.15 Tel: 271967 or 74.09 Blaby 73.94 07773 482399 Cosby 72.88

Countesthorpe 71.76 63.42 SAPCOTE NEWS Glenfield 56.68 Narborough 53.68 • Published by SRGMC Enderby 50.08 (Sapcote Recreational Ground Management Sapcote 47.50 Committee). 42.78 Croft 39.66 • SRGMC has no opinions on the articles in this Thurlaston 39.32 edition. Forest East 34.82 34.07 • All articles submitted will be included in the earliest 30.62 edition where possible, 29.78 and the editor on behalf 20.07 of the SRGMC reserves the right NOT to publish any material deemed to be unsuitable. WELCOME ALFIE DUGGINS!! • The views and opinions expressed in this and any On Friday 16th March our own edition are NOT those of editor Belinda Duggins gave birth the editors unless detailed to a baby boy. Alfie Malcolm accordingly. Duggins weighed in at a healthy 7lb 10oz.

As always Bee was a true editor working and thinking of the paper DEADLINE FOR NEXT SAPCOTE even on the day that he was NEWS: born. I’m sure that everyone All articles and adverts to be joins me in wishing Bee and Andy forwarded to the editors by: the proud new parents, and Daisy and Jack who have a new

l i t t l e b r o t h e r e v e r y 19th May 2007. congratulations on the birth of their little one.

Alfie Duggins born 16/3/07 with mum Bee, editor. Page 2 Issue: April 2007

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

Aston Firs extension Parish Council on the web Scheme Grant Awarding Body Grant Aid Received objection The Parish Council’s web site An application for a further is now operational and extension to one of the Aston includes the minutes of the Firs gypsy sites to allow 8 Parish Council meetings for more caravans has been the past year. Also included considered by the Parish are details of parish Parish Appraisal Countryside Agency £ 6,125.00 Council. councillors and the last five copies of the Sapcote News, Blaby District Council

this edition will be on shortly. Rural Community If this were to be successful it would bring the approved number of residential The Sapcote Heritage Group Parish Appraisal Countryside Agency £ 3,000.00 caravans at Aston Firs to is also producing articles (Schemes)* 153. relating to the history of Sapcote and the first article

is now on the site, more will Height Barrier & County £ 8,194.00 As with previous applications follow in due course. Lighting at the Council for extensions the Parish recreation ground Council resolved to object to Blaby District Council this application on the An important recent grounds that the continued inclusion on the site is the Bottle Bank Fencing Blaby District Council £ 1,500.00** development of the sites at details of local planning Aston Firs meant that they applications including a were becoming more and facility for parishioners to more visually prominent and pass on their views. Community Shelter Blaby District Council £ 9,700.00 obtrusive and having a at the recreation Blaby CVS significantly adverse affect To view any of these items ground upon the appearance and character of the surrounding go to: Aggregate Industries www.leicestershireparishcou rural landscape. Leicestershire County ncils.org/sapcote Cemetery Fencing £ 1,289.00 Council

Rerouting of waste vehicles The Parish Council is fighting Limes redevelopment to get the number of green Blaby District Council has Parish Notice Rural Community £ 1,946.00 waste vehicles being routed now approved the go ahead Boards Council through Sapcote reduced. for the Limes development. Blaby District Council

Under a condition to a New Notice Boards Total Grants Secured £31,754.00 previous County Council The Parish Council has planning approval, green ordered two new notice waste vehicles from the boards. One will replace the Hinckley and Bosworth area temporary one outside of the are forced to either travel Co-op and the other will be * Beneficiaries were Sapcote Heritage Group, Youth Club and the through Sapcote and located on the outside wall Community Shelter. Balance of £1,019 earmarked for a village Sharnford or via the A5 of the library. sign. through Sharnford, to access

the recycling The total cost will be £1,946 ** Carried out and financed by Blaby District Council as a grant site on the edge of Hinckley. all of which has been aid scheme at the request of the Parish Council (cost is secured through grants. The approximate). The direct route at 100 Rural Community Council return journeys per week for has awarded 50% of the cost a year amounts to 12,480 through its Community Roots miles, the Sapcote route is scheme with the balance 57,200 miles. The Parish being provided by Blaby Council considers that this District Council. routing requirement is not

only wasteful on fuel r e s o u r c e s a n d Secured Grants environmentally unfriendly The above grants now bring but is also plain daft the total secured by the especially when considering Parish Council for Sapcote that this is supposed to be a over the past five years to ‘green’ operation. nearly £32,000 as follows:

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SAPCOTE METHODIST CHURCH REFURBISHMENT by Steven Cuthbertson It is unlikely that anybody is facilities, together with a coffee mornings, car washes, our project and have patiently unaware of the major more flexible arrangement of s a l e s , b a r n d a n c e s , put up with all the upheaval, refurbishment that has been rooms which we hope will be sponsoring a chair etc have noise and increased traffic ongoing at the Methodist of benefit to the local raised a staggering congestion that has occurred church. At the time of writing community. If you would like £100,000! whilst the work was in only some of the landscaping further information about progress. remains to be done. hall bookings please contact Alan Watts on 01455 Despite these extraordinary efforts we still have a little W e a p p r e c i a t e t h e 272747. Work has been completed to way to go to raise the full u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d both the hall and the church amount and would welcome consideration shown by so including the construction of All of these changes have any donations from members many of you we apologise to a link between the two meant that friends of the of the local community. those who have been buildings. We have been church have had to raise inconvenienced. very pleased at the positive around £400,000. In order response we have had to the to achieve this we had to sell If you would like to make a changes that have been off a small piece of land, rely donation, however small, then We would also like to take this made. We hope that the on donations from friends please contact the Projects opportunity of extending a refurbished premises will and members and have Treasurer, Trevor Bray at 1 welcome to all of you to come be a great asset to our received some grants from Harecroft Crescent, Sapcote. and join us at our services and social events. We would village. charitable bodies. be very pleased to see you We would like to express our there and hoped you attended We now have disabled N u m e r o u s s m a l l e r thanks to the many villagers our rededication on March who have shown support for access and improved kitchen fundraising events such as 31st.

Sapcote Methodist C h u r c h refurbishment. Updated hall and link to the church.

NEED A PARTY VENUE? HAVING A MEETING? GOT A CLUB AND NEED SOMEWHERE TO MEET? THEN HIRE THE PAVILION ONLY £10 PER DAY (OR PART THEREOF)

INCLUDES ELECTRIC AND USE OF KITCHEN FACILITIES

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT CHRISTINA DAVEY ON 273552 OR 07740425447 Page 4 Issue: April 2007

All Saints Church Spire by Dave Hazelwood, Church Warden

In August 2004 the church during the ringing of the bells that the weight of the bells crocket stone be trimmed to was closed as there was a raising concern over the and their location within the further reduce the excessive noticeable movement to the stability of the spire. The tower is satisfactory and that weight at the top of the spire. top of the spire which was arch itects, struc tural reducing the number of bells considered to be structurally engineer and stone masons is not a solution, that the bell dangerous. A repair scheme involved all agree that the frame does not transmit It is anticipated that this work w a s d e s i g n e d a n d rebuild of the spire has been unreasonable vibration to the could be undertaken within a commissioned. The repairs correctly carried out but a tower, and that the movement working day and carried out were to rebuild the top problem still remains. of the tower is nominal and from a high rise platform. section of the spire and to realistic. incorporate an improved tie This is proving to be a very rod system as the previous A series of investigations have been undertaken to However, the tower movement difficult technical challenge to version installed in the all of the various experts and 1980s was considered to be obtain as much scientific survey did identify that there information as possible as to was a small unusual twisting certainty about cause and ineffective and a major solution is difficult to achieve. contribution factor to the the behaviour of the bells, effect within the structure bell frame, tower and spire during the ringing of the bells We greatly appreciate the cracking of the spire. during the ringing of the which would be transmitted to support and interest of so many people and will bells. the top of the spire. endeavour to keep everyone The repairs to the spire and roof were completed and informed of progress. paid for thanks to the The investigations consisted The overall conclusion by the of a vibration survey structural engineer is that the enormous support from the Church Open Days – Once community, the congregation conducted by Vibrock twisting effect coupled with Limited in May 2006, and, a the height, weight and again as required by the and grant-giving bodies in English Heritage Funding December 2005. The repair structural movement survey assembly of the weather vane conducted by a team of cause the weather vane to act contract, the Church building scheme was officially signed will be open each Saturday off following a successful experienced engineers from as a long lever on the top the Central Council of Church capping stone. Therefore it is from 31 March until 29 final inspection and a test September from 10.00 am Bell ringers in June 2006. proposed to remove the gilded ringing of the bells. until 4.00 pm to welcome ball and lower the weather cock to the top of the capping visitors. These surveys produced a Unfortunately, in early 2006 stone. considerable bank of it was noticed that the weather vane was oscillating scientific data. From this and emitting a rattling sound information the specialist It is also recommended that engineers have concluded the large protrusions on the

GARDENERS ASSOCIATION by John Hansen

What Perhaps Sapcote wasn’t gardeners in the village, and nurturing your favourite happens quite ready for anything as was not for my benefit. plants. next? expansive as the proposition Sadly, which I presented in the Not to worry, the lack of a not very December issue. Happy Gardening! response suggests that you much I’m afraid, since there has didn't need any stimulation been a negligible response Someone asked me recently after all, which is to my invitation in the last how my Gardeners encouraging. Sapcote News, to meet on Association was coming along, and I was obliged to April 22nd, having first vis- So during the course of this ited one of the local gar- remind them that the proposal was intended to summer which promises to dens. stimulate interest amongst be a hot one, I expect to find you all ‘beavering away’ and

Did you know…… And did you know…… And did you know….

That a cat has 32 muscles in Almonds are members of the Honey is the only type of food each ear? peach family that is made without destroying any kind of life? Sapcote News Page 5 Page 6 Issue: April 2007 SAPCOTE CLUB A PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB

QUIZ NIGHT Will take place Easter Sunday 8th APRIL IN THE CONCERT ROOM @ 8.30pm COME AND TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

OUR CONCERT ROOM IS FOR HIRE FOR AS LITTLE AS £60 OR YOU CAN HIRE THE LOUNGE FOR SMALLER PARTIES FOR £30 REGULAR WEEKLY OR MONTHLY BOOKINGS TAKEN AT A REDUCED RATE

Become a Member for as little as £7.50 (includes cost of Swipe Card).

If you have not renewed your membership & do not intend to so the club will purchase your swipe card for £1.

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SCHOOL ROUND-UP

• T h e s c h o o l Children in year 5 • Staff and children and 6 are currently welcomed Mr • In addition, hoped to raise offered the chance Stephen Gray who members of the money for Comic to go to will be working with P T A w i l l b e Relief’s “The Big Beaumanor Hall the year 5 class collecting One” by wearing a n e a r during Mrs signatures as part red item and Loughborough for S i m p s o n ’ s of the Leicester paying £1 for the two nights but it is maternity leave. M e r c u r y ’ s privilege. hoped that a three campaign to or four night trip to improve safety • Two years ago, the Beaumanor and • Parents of Key school drew up a outside schools. five or six night trip Stage 2 children travel plan, aimed to Kingswood (in are asked to meet at increasing the • From now until Norfolk or Telford) their children in number of children May Sainsbury’s can be included in the playground in walking to school are giving out the programme. the interest of and thereby “Active Kids This would mean safety. r e d u c i n g Vouchers” when that all children congestion outside you spend £10 or would be given the • Children in years the school. This more. Please ask opportunity to 3 and 4 were able involved building family and friends participate in a to dress as Tudors cycle racks for the to collect vouchers r e s i d e n t i a l and learn more children’s use for the school so experience. about Tudor times. during the day and they can redeem training younger them for sports • A large amount of children to cross equipment for use the road and older sports equipment • Term ends on in school. th children to ride a n d s o m e Friday 30 March their bikes safely. n u m e r a c y a n d s c h o o l r e - o p e n s o n As the weather • Postage stamps equipment was th improves and days are also being received as the Monday 16 April. draw out, parents, collected to help result of all the Tesco “Sports for carers and pupils raise funds for are asked to L e u k a e m i a Schools” vouchers please consider Research. that were collected walking or cycling last year. The

to school to help school extended its improve the • The school is thanks to everyone congestion outside looking to develop who collected and improve its residential them. health. p r o g r a m m e .

And a word from headteacher, Mrs K. Allsopp.

The new year started with a inspection. Despite many their generosity and concern As the term ends, we are phone call informing us that difficulties, her clear vision, for others. preparing for our Easter we would be visited by shared by governors and service and our achievement Ofsted inspectors. Two staff, has kept it on a even assemblies. More recently we have inspectors spent two days in keel.” celebrated World Book Day, the school and they observed lessons, spoke to with each class enjoying a Finally, thank you to children, staff, Governors Following the Ofsted different novel and book everyone who supports the and parents and spent a inspection, we were then related activities. school. Please collect considerable amount of time inspected by Mrs Wendy Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Martin, wh o loo ked Nestles vouchers for us as scrutinising work and data. specifically at the religious We continue our work we can exchange them for character of the school and towards Health School valuable resources for use in status and currently a They found the school to be judged it to be good overall school. satisfactory with the capacity in its effectiveness as a number of pupils are travelling to Hinckley each to improve further. They Church school. week for swimming lessons. praised the school, stating: “Behaviour is now good and We have also been sometimes exemplary. The Our children have collected supported by students from head teacher has Christmas cards for John Cleveland College who successfully improved the re-cycling and over 100 are running a netball club for school since the last pairs of shoes for the Blue the older children. Peter Appeal, demonstrating Page 8 Issue: April 2007

SAPCOTE CLUB HINCKLEY ROAD SAPCOTE

6.15 pm to 7.15 pm Page 9 Issue: April 2007

ALL SAINTS CHURCH

Welcomes you to Sunday Worship

11am Morning Worship with Crèche for 0—4s Sunday gang for 5—10s Pathfinders for 11—15s 11am morning Worship is lively and relevant for all the family.

8am Holy Communion (2nd & 4th Sundays) 6.30pm Evening worship (1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 8am & 6.30pm worship are quiet and traditional. All Saints Church building, which has good heating, lighting, sound and hearing loop systems, can be found on church Street near the junction with Cooks Lane. For enquiries about baptisms / weddings contact the Rector; Rev Mick Nor- man on 272215. The adjacent All Saints Church Hall (next to Sapcote Library) has kitchen, toilets and baby changing facilities. It is used by our children's groups on Sunday mornings and by other community groups during the rest of the week. For enquiries about all Saints church Hall bookings contact Christine Dixon on 272886.

Our Mission Statement: All Saints Church, Sapcote belongs to the world-wide Christian family. In response to Gods love for us, we aim to grow by: • Worshipping God with all our hearts • Caring for one another and using our gifts • Helping Others to know Jesus, through what we say and do

Sapcote Methodist Church Leicester Road, Sapcote

Minister: Rev Ken Hawkins Tel: 01455 634168

Sunday Worship: 10.30 am and 6.00 pm

The first service of each month is usually a Family Service

Godzone – for young people 10.30 am

You are very welcome to join us in our newly refurbished premises at any of our services.

For Hall bookings please contact Mr Alan Watts on 01455 272747 Page 10 Issue: April 2007 SAPCOTE CLUB A PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB

Come to Our EASTER PARADE A Children’s Party On Easter Sunday 8th April

Admission FREE An Easter Egg for all accompanied Children.

EASTER HEADGEAR or FANCY DRESS OPTIONAL

DISCO and ENTERTAINER PROVIDED

Starts at 1.00pm Kids Bring Your Parents and Have A Whale of a Time Sapcote News Page 11 The Tale of a Cat by John Stephens

was agitatedly wriggling and He took a deep breath, got a “Hello,” he said, “I didn’t mewing. If he could just get firm hold on the rope and know you had a cat.” one end of a rope retreated backwards in true somewhere near the top of tug-of-war style. Down bent “Well I didn’t, “ she said, “But it’s ever so funny. You the tree, he would be able to the tree, to an almost see, a couple of weeks or so pull the tree-top down reachable level. ago it was a nice sunny day towards him. All he would so I was having a picnic on need to do then was to tie That was when misfortune the lawn with my daughter. She said, ‘Mummy, I wish we the rope to the post of the struck. As he prepared to tie down his end of the rope, his had a cat.’ The Rev Jim Batty was washing line and just lift the concerned. For there, right foot slipped on the grass animal down. No problem. at the top of a young tree in and he crashed to the “Oh,’ I said, ‘you’ll have to his garden was a cat. It was ground. The jolt made him ask Jesus for one.’ And do letting out a piteous cry; After several attempts to lose his grip on the rope. It you know, at that very slipped out of his hand and what goes up does not lasso the topmost branches minute this cat came flying always come down. Without away flew the rope. The tree he was at last able to get a through the air and landed assistance, that is. instantly righted itself, on the lawn! And he’s been good, firm tie-up. He started flinging the unfortunate cat with us ever since.” to haul the tree-top down into the air at a great rate of The tree was tall, but knots. towards him. The tree was spindly. He wouldn’t trust a bending nicely. At least, it ladder against it. But Jim And that would have been was at first. He soon found was a bright vicar. He the end of the story had the it getting stiffer and stiffer. thought of a way to reach vicar not noticed one of his But he was not the sort of parishioners buying cat food the branch on which the cat vicar that gives up easily. in a nearby store.

WI NEWS

A Strike ! with type 1 diabetes when Amateur Operatic Society. Forthcoming Events Once again Wolvey Bowling she was 16 years old spoke The cast were brilliant and about how she had coped put so much enthusiasm Club was the venue for Monday 16th April another Skittles evening. Six during the years. An into their singing and acting teams of twelve players excellent day. it took your breath away. “A walk on the Wild Side” battled it out for another Kathy Nettleton enjoyable time. The meal of Easter Bonnets Making Music either chicken and chips or “Hats by Estlynn” - at our Monday 14th May fish and chips was delicious. Pam Boyer, a primary February meeting we As a result of the raffle £90 school music teacher, came Resolutions welcomed Yvonne Trivett was presented to the to tell us how she became who had learnt her trade by interested in learning to play Sapcote Playing Fields th attending a hat making musical instruments at a Monday 11 June Committee. course with an extremely very young age. She now Memories Revisited strict tutor. She had brought plays an enormous range of Photo Restoration Diabetes one of her hat blocks to instruments and passes on Steve Jenkins Four members attended a show us and then explained her love of music to the very Health and Awareness the various steps required to fortunate children in her Seminar on Diabetes. In the produce a hat. There were care. She brought many For more details contact beautiful hats to try on with morning a Diabetes Nurse small instruments with her Margaret Meadows on advice on the correct way of and gave us two each to Specialist gave detailed 01455 636538 information of the condition wearing each design. It was play with her accompanying and answered many relevant all a lot of fun and to hear us on a versatile key board. questions. The second someone talk with so much She said she was very speaker was a Network knowledge and enthusiasm impressed with the way we Organiser who explained about her craft was a joy. all joined in and there was about the help and care much concentration and available in Leicestershire. laughter trying hard not to This was followed by lunch “Oh, What a Lovely War” play a wrong note. with healthy eating in mind. Another triumph at the In the afternoon a member Concordia Theatre for who had been diagnosed Hinckley Community Guild Page 12 Issue: April 2007

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COOKS CORNER

natural beetroot, roughly 1—g (3 1/2oz) frozen chopped summer berries Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon 100g (3 1/2oz) low fat 1/2 tspn grated fresh ginger strawberry or raspberry yoghurt Salt and freshly ground black pepper 150ml (5 floz) milk Note: if dieting use Heres some recipes to help skimmed milk. Blend the ingredients in a you get those 5 portions of liquidiser or smoothie maker fruit and veg into your diet. until pureed. You can use a Place all ingredients into a So get juicing! hand held blender as an blender or smoothie maker alternative. Add a few ice and blitz until smooth and Vitality Smoothie cubes . Serves 1. thick. Alternatively put the This vegetable based ingredients into a jug and use a hand blender. Serve smoothie is packed full of Berry Blitz vitamins and antioxidants. It immediately. Serves 1. You can whip this one up only takes 5 minutes so why even if you don’t have any not kick start your day the fresh fruit in the house, just healthy way. use a bag of frozen summer fruits. You don’t even need 2 ripe tomatoes, roughly to defrost them! Takes 5 chopped minutes. 100g (3 1/2 oz) cooked

Did you know… Did you know…

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YOUR HEALTH

10 ways to have bags more 4. Eat more raw 7. Follow your nose stance, raising your arms out energy! Experts believe eating raw A blend of juniper, sideways above your head; food delivers all the vitamins, lemongrass and rosemary jump back to your start position and bring your arms 1. Get herbal help proteins and other nutrients essential oils will help lift intact to our body that would your spirits and restore to your side. Repeat 20-30 Nutritionists believe Siberian otherwise be damaged or vitality. Add them to a bath times. ginseng can give your body a destroyed during the cooking or mix them with a base oil fantastic energy boost. They process. You get an (two drops of essential oil to 10. Sleep better believe that it can help immediate energy boost one tsp of base oil) for a restore adrenal function and after eating raw foods. The relaxing massage blend. A good night’s sleep will help relieve tiredness. Taking one easy way to increase your C o n s u l t a q u a l i f i e d boost energy. If you struggle 500mg capsule a day should intake of raw foods is by practitioner if you’re to drop off, 450mg of put a spring in your step. drinking freshly made fruit pregnant or have any health valerian root an hour before bed can ease the path to the and vegetable juices. concerns such as high blood land of nod. 2. Have a hearty breakfast pressure.

A balanced breakfast will 5. Up your COQ10 Milk beats monthly blues keep you raring to go all Coenzyme Q10 facilitates 8. Take up yoga morning. Just make sure you energy release in all tissues By improving ease of Drinking a daily glass of the and your children avoid so it’s great for treating movement and precision of white stuff could help beat sugar-packed cereals. fatigue. It’s in meat, fish, b r e a t h , y o g a h e l p s premenstrual syndrome Nutritionists believe cereals brown rice, pasta and bread rejuvenate all the systems, (PMS). The benefits come containing wholegrain to give or you can take a leaving you revitalised and from the calcium and vitamin sustained energy are the D in milk, say scientists. supplement. de-stressed. For classes in best, such as porridge, a this area visit Together, these nutrients boiled egg with rye toast or influence levels of the www.yoga.co.uk. yogurt with fruits, nuts and 6. Wear red female hormone oestradiol

seeds. Wearing a bright item of which has a significant effect clothing can make you feel 9. Get on PMS. Skimmed and livelier. The seven main char- semi-skimmed milk were 3. Fuel up kas or energy centres of the more effective than full-fat in Nutritionists recommend body each have an associ- easing symptoms. Diets high that complex carbohydrates ated colour. The charka gov- in saturated fat, on the other are eaten at every meal for a erning energy is associated moving hand, were found to steady source of energy with the colour red, so incor- Exercises that get your heart aggravate PMS symptoms. If throughout the day. Also porating more red in your life pumping give you more you don’t like milk, other include more foods such as helps to combat lethargy energy. Personal trainers good sources of calcium and couscous, barley, lentils and and restores your zest for recommend jumping jacks: vitamin D include cheese, millet in your diet and life. stand with your feet shoulder cottage cheese and spinach. combine them with fresh width apart, arms at your

v e g e t a b l e s f o r a side; jump into a wide nutrient-packed boost.

SAPCOTE CROQUET CLUB

Sapcote Croquet Club was a great day sixteen played 10 matches in the people came from all over League last the Country. He did his best year winning 8 matches, and the gentleman who John receiving his drawing 1 and losing 1. beat him came from trophy from Patricia Woodhall Spa. Duke-Cox. Anyone who wishes to join the club is very welcome. As soon as the weather warms up we can be found playing at the lower end of the P l a y i n g F i e l d s o n Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoons.

John Harvey entered the Grass Roots competition and was beaten in the final at Northampton. He said it Sapcote News Page 15 THE RED LION

Cliff & Jane Welcome You! 8 CHURCH ST SAPCOTE TEL 01455 272341

The Red Lion offers a wide range of beers, lagers, wines and fortnightly rotating guest ale, with a wide range of soft drinks including freshly made coffee.

JOIN OUR POPULAR QUIZ ON MONDAY NIGHTS.

Come and join us for a home cooked lunch from £3.75 New Menu Many mouth-watering things can be found on the menu. These meals are served between 12:00pm – 2:00pm Monday to Sunday. Sunday lunch served from 12:00pm – 3:00pm.

Accommodation is available please telephone 01455 272341 for details. We now have three more en-suite rooms above the pub with great facilities including fridge, tea, coffee making facilities, telephone, multi channel TV & free internet access in each room, consisting of one double, one twin & one single all served with breakfast from 7:00am till 9:00am. And don’t forget the Cabin with its own kitchen and two en- suite bedrooms also with free multi channel TV & Internet access.

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Bring the kids to play on the resident bouncy castle from mid April.

Sapcote Village web is now being updated weekly visit, www.sapcote.org.uk

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POETS CORNER

God’s Blessing To those who sacrifice their time and comfort, giving aid where death comes daily through disease and starvation God calls to many people, “Go seek the helpless, give them aid. Feed my lambs, the sick, the poor; Say how much I cherish them, Know they’re mine for evermore.”

Blessed are those who hear the call, Those saints who heed God’s cry, With compassion giving up their lives To aid the downcast, in deep despair, Having nothing, not home nor hope, And no-one who seems to care.

What will the Lord say to His saints, when their earthly race is run? There, standing before His throne He’ll say, “Good servants, Who obeyed my call, Come near, for ‘twas well done.” John

Growing Old ? You’re as old as you feel, that’s what they say. And then there comes that dreadful day, When your bones all creak and you’re feeling cold, And you reckon you must be a century old.

Grow old gracefully, is what’s always said, Just ignore the wrinkles, dear, those eyes ruby red, Nature does some nasty things, like getting it all wrong, And you ain’t gonna change it, though you cuss it loud and long! John Sapcote News Page 17

SAPCOTE HERITAGE GROUP Annual General Meeting Saints Church has also made Have you held any events at chance will be gone! The heritage group AGM was use of the group’s material. the old village hall, do you held in February meeting when have a picture showing the We look forward to being all retiring officers were The group is represented on inside or outside of the bombarded by pictures and to unanimously re-elected. At the Blaby District Council Heritage building? Did you take a putting on the best display of AGM the Chairman reported Panel and has been asked to picture of your first car out in new material ever! Thanks in that the group continues to put on a display during Festival the streets of Sapcote, does anticipation from the Heritage maintain its policy of good Week in June. Disappointingly, it show the houses as they group. speakers with a bias towards the group had to cancel its were before the wave of promoting local historical and September exhibition but it extensions etc? Were you Over the past few weeks we ecological heritage. Social is hoped that one will be ar- married at the Wesley Church have been fortunate to go events throughout the summer ranged for 2007. or All Saints Church, do any through and copy the months were well attended and of your pictures show Chapel photographs of Michael and it has been noticed that other Following the AGM local Yard or the original Chapel? K a t h l e e n B r o w n w h o groups are now beginning to historian and author Anthony Do you have a picture of a produced a treasure trove of organise these as well. When Squires told forty members Brown’s Bus from an outing over a hundred pictures for us the group was first formed six and visitors a fascinating story you went on? with the prospect of more to years ago we were the only of our country, through the come, plus many interesting group to publicize our events lives of one Leicestershire We would like pictures of all documents which we were thanks to Margaret and her family – The Greys. the vicars, C of E or able to copy. connections with the press. Methodist, who might show Other groups now regularly His talk, the result of up in a wedding picture – we Pougher Close publicise their events and we can just scan the area that painstaking research, followed We would like to thank the are continually being asked includes the Vicar. We would the rise and fall of one of people who have come where we get our speakers also like pictures of the ’s most important forward with information from! It appears that where doctors and nurses, teachers families, who played a role in about the name it would Sapcote leads others follow. On etc who have served the state affairs from the Middle appear that Dick Pougher was top of that our membership village. Or what about service Ages to the death of the last in the grandson of a village continues to grow and it has providers such as the coal the line in 1976. resident. He was born in been good to welcome several man, the oil man, Frankie Leicester and used to spend new members over the last few Rainbow’s van, rag and bone Your Sapcote Heritage his holidays here. months bringing our total men etc who may just appear You don’t have to have been membership up to almost forty. in the background of your resident in Sapcote for very Events Programme 2007 snaps. long to notice that the village is The past year has seen the April 19 – Life in Elizabethan constantly changing. The compilation of a flower survey Did you take pictures at the – Re-enactor Wesley Church, the old school, now to be used as an example Whit Monday Fetes or Fancy Elizabeth Mundy. Be prepared the Lord Bassett Arms and to other groups. John and Jill Dress Parades? Although we for something different. Lord’s hardware shop on the Hardman have compiled a have Carnival pictures from crossroads are all recent May 17 – Medieval series of three footpath walks the 1990s into the new Leicestershire – Nick Marshall examples. One of the functions millennium, we would still like intended for publication as a June 21 – Visit to Merevale of the Heritage Group is to pictures from earlier events county leaflet and will be Hall, Atherstone – private record changes to the village and pictures of soldiers from leading a footpath walk in the and its way of life – and we family home of the Dugdale summer that is included in the Sapcote are always welcome. need your help! family. county walks programme. We have no pictures of the Valerie Clark continues to woodyard or butchers shops July 19 – Visit to the new All the residents we speak to investigate Sapcote at war. that used to be on Sharnford Bosworth Battlefield Centre. tell us how much they enjoy Road. The list is endless – August – Visit and guided tour our displays of photographs Chairman, Keith Hextall was and if you’re not sure, we of the recently restored ruins and slides, showing the invited to speak at the Annual would be happy to look of Grace Dieu Priory. changes in the village over Heritage Conference held at through an album to see if many years, but to refresh September 20 – The Rothley in April and was also anything is of interest. Slides these presentations and make Archaeology of Leicester asked to write a report on and old video footage can it even more interesting, we Abbey – Dr Richard Buckley, Sapcote Heritage group from its also be copied. October 11 – Natural History need the residents of the inception for the Spring edition village to dig out their photo in Leicestershire – Colin of the magazine ‘Branchline’. Contact Graham Calow at the Green,. albums to see if they have library with any material Sapcote is now regarded as the anything of interest. Let us November 15 – Monastic Life most successful of the original which you may have. emphasise at the outset that – Nick Marshall. groups founded under the we only need to borrow Don’t make the mistake of Heritage Lottery Fund and will December 13 – Christmas pictures for a couple of days so saying “They won’t be be used as an example at a Social that we can make copies. We interested in my photos”, we conference next year. don’t damage them and probably will. Please don’t needn’t even take them out of say to yourself “They are up New members are most The group has its own allocated the album. in the loft, I’ll have to get welcome, or come along as a wall space in Sapcote Library them down one day” – make visitor for an admission

where it holds on-going it today, or eventually they’ll charge of £2 per meeting. photographic displays. All So, what should you look for? get thrown out and the Page 18 Issue: April 2007

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