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Community Newsletter JULY & AUGUST 2017
If you have an item that you would like including in the Upper Coquet Resource Group Community Newsletter then please forward the information, ideally by email, to Susan Rogerson by th 17 of August: [email protected] September issue goes to print w/c 21 .08.17
NETHERTON VILLAGE
Netherton Quiz Evening on Wednesday 5th July & 2nd August at the Star Inn, Netherton from 8.00pm. All welcome.
Netherton Gardening Club Thursday 6th July: they are having a trip to Durham Botanic Garden and Wynyard Hall. Contact Pat Younger for more details on 620216. Thursday 13th July: they will meet at 2.00pm at One Walled Garden, Callaly. Thursday 27th July: they will meet at 2.00pm at Addison House, near Lucker.
BUMPS, BABIES AND BEYOND Every Tuesday in term time, bring along your bumps, your babies and your pre-schoolers to NETHERTON NORTHSIDE FIRST SCHOOL 9.30-10.30am There will be tea/coffee/juice and a “little something” to enjoy, while you chat and make new friends, share experiences and the little ones play in the safety of our spacious hall. Come and be part of the great things happening at our school. We look forward to seeing you soon.
HARBOTTLE VILLAGE
Harbottle School Toddler Group meets on Monday afternoons during term time from 1.30 until 3.00pm in Harbottle School.
Iyengar Yoga Sessions in Harbottle Village Hall every Tuesday evening 7.00 to 8.30pm. For further information please contact Margaret Ranken on 650281.
Harbottle School Community Group will gratefully accept any complete jigsaws, including children’s jigsaws, and boxed games. Donations can be handed to Tracey Boldy, Jackie Bickmore, Ann Hennessy or Margaret Ward.
Harbottle Star Inn Quiz nights in aid of Alwinton and Holystone Churches on Mondays in August: 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th All 8.30pm start. All welcome.
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Judali Yoga hatha yoga class at Harbottle Village Hall On Thursday evenings 7.30 – 9pm. All welcome. No previous experience necessary. Suitable for both beginners and those with more experience. For more information contact Judie: 01669 650045
The Harbottle School “Bistro” The next dates for the lunches are: Thursday 6th, 13th & 20th July. Time: 12.00 mid-day To book a place or a take away meal please call: 01669 650271
Harbottle Calendar 2018: don’t forget to take lots of photographs for the 2018 calendar. All subjects welcome. Photographs to be handed in to the Star Inn by the end of September.
Star Inn Potato Competition: judging on Sun 20th August. Don’t forget to return your bucket before 12 noon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 200 Club Ticket Winners for July: 200 Club Ticket Winners for August: £20 Seth Pringle, Rothbury £20 Rudi Bickmore, Harbottle £15 Bob Oliver, Netherton £15 Richard Warner, Netherton £10 Graham Stacey, Sharperton £10 Helen Oliver, Rothbury ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEFIBRILLATOR REMINDER We have defibrillators sited in the following villages: Alwinton: in the car park on the toilet block wall Hepple: on the village hall wall Netherton: on the village hall wall Thropton: on the school wall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROTHBURY EDUCATION TRUST The Trustees of the above Trust have a yearly amount available to provide a certain number of bursaries under the objects of the Rothbury Education Trust. Grants will be considered for: Students entering the first year of a recognised University degree course Students commencing an accredited apprenticeship including those involving courses at Colleges of Further Education Students will be granted one payment only. Potential beneficiaries must reside within the Parishes of Cartington, Hepple, Hesleyhurst, Rothbury, Snitter, Thropton and Tosson and the parts of the Parishes of Brinkburn, Hollinghill and Netherton that lie within the Ancient Parish of Rothbury.
There will be a limited number of payments and applicants will be required to complete a short form outlining why they feel they should be considered for the bursary. Forms will be available from their Clerk, Susan Rogerson: [email protected] or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to her at 1 Gallow Law, Alwinton, Morpeth, NE65 7BQ. Please note that students will not be notified until mid-October as to whether their application has been successful or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Collins Fish Van visits the area on a Thursday at the following times: Hepple Post Office at 8.00 am Alwinton Village Green at 9.00 am Harbottle (Chapel end) at 9.30 am Holystone Post Office at 9.40 am Netherton Village: 12.00 – 12.15 pm
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PARISH OF UPPER COQUETDALE
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
JULY/AUGUST 2017
CHURCH ORDER OF SERVICES July 2017
Church of England Alwinton, Holystone & Alnham Sunday 2 11.30am Holy Communion Alnham Third Sunday after Trinity 4pm Growing Church Alwinton Sunday 9 10.15am Holy Communion Alwinton Fourth Sunday after Trinity Sunday 16 10.15am Holy Communion Holystone Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday 23 10.15am Holy Communion Alwinton Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday 30 9.00am Holy Communion Holystone Seventh Sunday after Trinity
August 2017
Church of England Alwinton, Holystone & Alnham Sunday 6 11.30am Holy Communion Alnham Transfiguration of Our Lord Sunday 13 10.15am Holy Communion Alwinton Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday 20 10.15am Holy Communion Holystone Tenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday 27 10.15am Holy Communion Alwinton 11th Sunday after Trinity
Funeral
6 June Marlene Holywell May she rest in peace
Weddings
13 May Gareth David Booth & Vikki Brewer
27 May Harry Sordy & Helena Grace Dickinson Congratulations
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VALLEY HAPPENINGS
We had such a great night for the Barn Bash on the 10th it was only very disappointing there were not more families there to enjoy it. Dick Hazelwood and The Holystone Rockers gave us the most marvellous entertainment and even had us all up dancing – quite an achievement! All the children loved it and enormous thanks to Simon for the use of the shed, which lent itself perfectly for such a “do” and the sun poured in. Thanks also to Gail, Sharon, Helen, Jackie, Tim, Vicki and Sue for all they did to make it so successful.
Our next fund raiser is a party on the 7th July at Glebe House, Holystone. Quite a number of tickets have already been sold and Pimms and Canapés sound a pretty good combination to me! Tickets are £10.00 and available from Marion 650328, Julia 630241, Sharon 650076 or Helen 650009. Obviously it would be fantastic if we get a sunny evening but we have our music makers in action again and you will love them!
The concert season is drawing to a close with the last on July 1st at 7.30pm. Guitar, Saxophone and Piano with the guitarist has been described as one of the greatest joys of British jazz with an astonishing range of colour – how lucky are we to have such talent coming to our doorstep. Don’t miss it!
Everyone will have heard by now that sadly the Rector is leaving us in September. We wish him all the very best in Worth and he will no doubt find it rather an easier parish to run than Coquetdale. However we do sincerely hope that Rev Ann doesn’t take fright at having to look after us for a wee while and we will all have to step up to the mark to make it easier and assist where necessary.
Sharon’s letter for sponsorship to help with our keeping the church yards cut and tidy has been very successful and huge thanks to all who generously responded to the letter we are most grateful.
We wish the very best to all those involved with exams at all levels and hope you all have a very happy summer holiday.
SPONSOR A GRASS CUT "Thanks"
This month we would like to thank the following so much for their very kind sponsorship towards the Alwinton & Holystone Grass Cutting Fundraising
Mrs A Dunn, Star Inn, Harbottle Mr L Dixon, Biddlestone Townfoot Farm Mr & Mrs M Young, Sharperton Edge Farm
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CHURCH LUNCH St Michael and All Angels at Tower House Alnham Sincere thanks to Christine and Chris Nicholson 1 July 2017 from 1 pm onwards Bar, lunch, pudding, cheese, Children’s fun (bouncy castle/face painting) £15 /adult, donation welcome for children RSVP [email protected]
Payments to Alnham DCC, Pennylaws, Alnham, NE66 4TL OR 77-20-03 acc 12640368
Service Music for the Summer Months
For the summer months I have chosen music exclusively from the 20th Century; British, French and Belgian.
Sunday 9th July Sunday 16th July J.Alain: de Jules Lemaitre Cesar Franck: Offertoire Philip Moore: Prelude for Withycombe Flor Peeters: Postludium
Sunday 23rd July Sunday 13th August Benjamin Britten: They walk alone J.Alain: Berceuse Jean Langlais: Expressions for Organ No.5 Jean Langlais: Pastoral song
Sunday 20th August William Walton: Elegy Peter Hurford: A Fancy Mary Thorne
PIMM’S PARTY
Friday 7th July 7.30pm
Glebe House, Holystone
By kind permission of John & Marion Farndale
Tickets £10 (Inc. Glass Pimm’s and Canapés)
Available from: Holystone Post Office, Star Inn Harbottle, Julia Stott, Marion Farndale, Helen Holmes, Sharon Graham & Gail Johnston.
Please come along and have a fun evening and support our lovely churches.
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COQUETDALE MUSIC TRUST, THROPTON
Featuring Tom O’Donnell, Karin Grandal-Park & Karl Robins, Jeff McDonald, Pete Bentley, Rod Clements
9 July at 7.30pm: Dan Walsh & Alistair Anderson 23 July at 7.30pm: Chris Stout & Catriona McKay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOMINO DRIVE at Netherton Village Hall, 7.30pm Friday 11th AUGUST.
Entry £3, which includes supper. MacMillan Coffee Morning Friday 29th SEPTEMBER, 10am -12 noon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Netherton Memorial Hall Committee is looking for a Secretary. The Committee oversee the running of the Hall for the benefit of the Village and surrounding area, and have Registered Charity Status. Anyone interested, or requiring further information, please contact either 630359 or 631010.
Jack Wilkinson and Jennifer Crane have decided to hang up their "Bingo" boots. They have organised these 'twice yearly' events for Memorial Hall Funds, for some considerable time. They were well attended and had a reputation for giving excellent prizes. Anyone interested in keeping these events going, would they please contact either 630359 or 631010, for further information.
Netherton Indoor Bowls Club have had to close their doors as a functioning Club, due to a combination of age, ill health and a general lack of interest in keeping the Club going. It was formed in 1977 with funding from the Silver Jubilee Fund and initially had a surplus of players, with a waiting list, both for adults and juniors. How times change! We are presently unable to field a team of 16. The equipment will be held for a period, hoping for an upsurge in interest. Anyone interested should contact 630359 for further information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROTHBURY CINEMA JULY - SEPTEMBER 2017
JULY 7 LA LA LAND AUGUST 25 HIDDEN FIGURES JULY 28 MOONLIGHT SEPTEMBER 8 VICEROY’S HOUSE AUGUST 11 AWAY
Save Rothbury Hospital Update: Still waiting to hear from the CCG regarding the outcome of the consultation. In the mean-time, if you, or anyone you know, would have benefitted from being admitted to Rothbury Hospital since September, do please let me know. Names and details will of course be confidential. Email: [email protected] Thank you for your continued support. Katie Scott, Co-ordinator, Save Rothbury Hospital Campaign.
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After more years than I care to mention, I feel it is time to step down from compiling this valley newsletter. So if you would like to take this on and help Susan Rogerson compile the newsletter, then please contact her on 650390 or indeed me to chat about what is entailed. I can be contacted on my usual email address [email protected] and I’ll give you a call back.
th Please could all contributions for the September edition be submitted to Susan by 17 August via: [email protected] September issue goes to print w/c 21.08.17 Thanks Jan.
"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jewelled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." Ada Louise Huxtable
If you would like to advertise your business in this newsletter and reach over 425 households each month, then please contact Susan Rogerson: [email protected]
All funds raised, plus donations and money raised via fund raising events, help The Upper Coquet Resource Group to keep this voluntary community publication going.
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SWEDISH MASSAGE BLAKEYS HAULAGE Wayside, Netherton, Morpeth THERAPY Tel: 01669 630225 Relief of muscle aches and pain Mobile Les: 07850529970 Improved circulation and relaxation email: [email protected] 1 hr full body massage with oil £20 Back massage £15 Also your local CMF approved coal merchant Coal & smokeless fuel supplied in sealed Contact Peter Joyner on 01669 650385 or email 25kg bags emptied into your bunker or [email protected] for an appointment stacked in a shed. Preferred minimum Home visits can be arranged. delivery of 250kg FIRST MASSAGE FREE
DRAKESTONE BUILDING Got a mole problem? Need that garden tidied up? SERVICES Need that grass and hedge cut? Joinery, General Building, Tiling & Decorating Work Then you need Myrtle! Contact Billy Gibson Tel: 01669 650206 OR Give her a call on 07973315806 07979042499 email: [email protected] Computer Rescue Website & Computer Services Formerly known as SharpertonPC Local friendly professional help, when you just need it all to work! Repairs, Speed tune ups, Upgrades, Virus removal, Data recovery, Broadband setup, Website creation, Personal tuition and more… Computers, Laptops, Macs, Tablets, Smart Phones, iPods & all things technical. Malcolm Burke 01669 650404 - 07971 056482 [email protected] www.coquetdalecomputerrescue.com
GARDENING & ODD JOBS Mike Keeble Grass cutting, Weeding, Pruning, Planting, Tidying, Fence painting, Assembling furniture, Decorating, Painting, Fitting shelves, DIY, etc. One-off, occasional or regular work taken. Available 7am-7pm, 7 days a week. No job too small. Fully insured. References available. Prices from £12/hour. Netherton 01669 631343 / 07899 492881 Email: [email protected] / Web: www.ne-job.uk N.E. Job for Any Job around the House and garden
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