Proudly funded by West Haddon Parish Council November 2020
Inside this issue: WEST HADDON PARISH COUNCIL Parish Council Pg 1-2 E-mail:- [email protected] Website:- www.westhaddonparishcouncil.gov.uk Puzzle telephone:- 07493366527 Page Pg 3 Twitter:- @WestHaddonPC Church Facebook:- West Haddon Council News Pg 4-5 Newsletter Editor:- [email protected] Village Full Council meetings are normally held on 1st Tuesday of each month News Pg 6-9, 12 Please see the website for further information, joining instructions for meetings (currently held by zoom), and agenda items. Local Services Pg 10-11
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WEST HADDON EMERGENCY PLANNING – PART 1
Earlier this year the Executive Officer asked the Parish Council to consider establishing an emergency plan for West Haddon.
Little did the Council appreciate that less than 2 months later a public health emergency would impact not just West Haddon but, indeed, the country and world and, as a result, face to face meetings were postponed in favour of online meetings. We are now conversant with online meetings and able to continue business from the comfort of our own homes which should, hopefully, allow for increased engagement from our community members.
As we now find ourselves fast approaching the winter and potentially the impact of more frequent extremes of weather, as well as continuing to battle the invisible enemy known so well to us all now as Covid 19, it is more evident than ever that the Council and West Haddon must ensure it is as resilient as it can be for future situations.
An emergency can include fire; traffic accident; act of terrorism; medical emergency; strike; utility failure; contamination; flood; extreme weather, the list goes on and on.
Obviously, there are agencies that deal with certain emergencies e.g. police, fire, ambulance who should always be the first contact for action and advice as required.
For further information on protecting yourself, your children, pets, homes, businesses and community please visit:- www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservcies/fire-safety-and-emergencies/emergency- prevention-and-advice/Pages/prtoecting-your-community.aspx.
As a community we can also help ourselves and become more resilient in these times when emergency services are becoming more and more stretched to assist the national effort in tackling the public health emergency so, with this in mind, as Executive Officer to the Council, I am asking for your support by asking if you would be interested and willing to join a West Haddon Emergency & Resilience Team with the objective of • identifying risks to our community • response and actions • resources within the West Haddon community available and willing to assist during an emergency • identifying vulnerable people in the West Haddon community • understanding how to activate a plan if and when required. West Haddon News does If you are interested and able to join such a team, please email Gill at:- not accept any [email protected] responsibility for errors with your name, address and telephone number no later than Friday 27th and omissions in this November 2020 – after which an online meeting will be convened and all publication, or for the accuracy of claims made interested parties invited. by advertisers.
Many thanks for your anticipated support in this matter. Views expressed by contributors are their Kind regards, own and are not necessarily shared by the Gill Wells. Executive Officer, West Haddon Parish Council. publishers.
This publication has no political bias.
Puzzle Page Page 3 of 12
The solutions to this month’s puzzles can be found on Page 8
Across 1. Floorshow (7) 4. Spooky (5) 7. Detection device (5) 9. Vertical (7) 10. Inactivity (7) 11. Measuring implement (5) 12. Dictator (6) 14. Ecclesiastic (6) 18. Copious (5) 20. Drawn (7) 22. Pouch worn with a kilt (7) 23. Diadem (5) 24. Admittance (5) 25. Spiny anteater (7)
Down 1. Transported (7) 2. Emblem (5) 3. Tropical bird (6) 4. Mistake (5) 5. Dependable follower (7) 6. Go in (5) 8. Magnitude relation (5) 13. Reinforcement (7) 15. Reasoned judgment (5) 16. Musical passage (7) 17. Opportunity (6) 18. Part of a church (5) 19. Ahead of time (5) 21. Obviate (5
As always, if you have anything you’d like to submit for inclusion in the West Haddon News please contact the editor Christina Betson at [email protected]. This can include events, local services, notices, local history, photographs or even just something that you think would make our readers smile!
Church News Page 4 of 12
The floodlights were put on for the
All Saints Church – Service arrangements following occasion:
Tuesday 8th October Our 10.30am service each week is usually on Zoom: in memory of Reg David zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 537 030 741 on his 60th Wedding Anniversary.
HOWEVER: in November we hope to broadcast our services Monday 19th October st th on 1 and 8 November on our YouTube channel for the birthday of Mrs Hilda Stempel née Hart We have a service in church at 4pm every Sunday in either West Haddon or Long Buckby Friday 23rd October in memory of John Baldwin Sunday 1st November on his birthday. • 10.30am: All Souls Service Tuesday, 20th October A special service to remember family and friends who have remembering Emma (Ballantyne) died and light a candle in their memory. Joining details via with love on her birthday. our church website: www.stlawrences.org.uk If you would like the church • 4pm Tea Time Together – St Lawrence Long Buckby floodlights put on from dusk until A short service for children and families about St Martin, midnight in memory of someone followed by a socially distanced walk in the churchyard with special or for a special occasion lanterns. BRING YOUR OWN LANTERN OR TORCH! please get in touch with Sandy on 510275 at 4 Guilsborough Road or at th Sunday 8 November 10.30am: [email protected]. On-line Remembrance Service See separate notice on the next page If you would like them acknowledged in the newsletter, please let me th Sunday 8 November 4pm: know what you would like in writing. Holy Communion, All Saints Church A donation of at least £5 would be appreciated. Wednesday 11th November 10.30am: Remembrance Service, War Memorial, All Saints Church/churchyard Sandy Tringham See separate notice on the next page From the registers:
Sunday 15th November 10.30am – on Zoom Saturday 26th September Baptism of Beatrice George 4pm Evening Service St Lawrence Long Buckby
Sunday 22nd November 10.30am on Zoom Saturday 26th September 4pm Evening Service All Saints West Haddon Marriage of Andy Edwards and Tracy Composano Sunday 29th November 10.30am on Zoom 4pm Baptism Service All Saints West Haddon Saturday 10th October Interment of the Ashes of Sunday 6th December 10.30am on Zoom Nancy Taylor 4pm Christingle Service St Lawrence (details to follow) Friday 15th October Funeral of Judith Nosworthy
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Remembrance Sunday
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
O God of truth and justice, we hold before you those people who have been injured or who have died in active service. As we honour their courage and cherish their memory, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the source of life, peace, and hope, now and forever. Amen.
All Saints’ Church is now open for REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE 10.30am 8th November private prayer every day from 9.00 FOR WEST HADDON, WINWICK, WATFORD AND LONG a.m. to 4 p.m. Please note that BUCKBY from the end of summertime, • Join us on YouTube: the details will be on our October 25th, the main door will be church website www.stlawrences.org.uk and kept shut to conserve heat. local Facebook pages shortly The trick to open the door is to pull • The service will be broadcast live from St the handle towards you before you Lawrence Long Buckby (unfortunately turn it. attendance in church is restricted to invited
representatives).
• Uniformed organisations present colours For further details about the • Roll of Honour for each village read by a local Remembrance Services or representative regarding funerals, weddings, • Wreaths laid on the altar – and then taken to baptisms and similar things please their villages contact the vicar:
Revd. Graham Collingridge Tel: REMEMBRANCE DAY: WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 10.30AM 01327 842204 or All Saints West Haddon Church/Churchyard - War Memorial [email protected] A short service with Roll of Honour and Wreath Laying.
Mary, Joseph, and Ezekiel the donkey This year there will be no journey round West Haddon with days and nights spent in different homes for Mary, Joseph, and Ezekiel the donkey. However, for those of you who want them to spend some time with you we will provide an outline of them both on card for you to colour and cut out. Then they can spend the whole of Advent in your home and share your preparations for Christmas Eve. Please let me know if you would like to have one of these cards. Sue Tringham on 01788 510275, at 4 Guilsborough Road or by email on [email protected]
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WEST HADDON VILLAGE HALL
The relocation of the telegraph pole outside the village hall will be carried out in the half term school holidays. New tarmac and marking out of parking bays will likely be delayed until next Spring.
We are making progress with our new website. Once the website is live, it will be possible to check the calendar on-line and send an enquiry direct to the Bookings Secretary. We are looking for photographs of events, plays, activities etc. that have taken place in the hall to add to the website. Please email Liz on [email protected] if you have any photos.
As always, enquires and bookings to the Bookings Secretary on [email protected] or phone/text 07771 968878
Liz Parker (Secretary, Village Hall Committee)
Obituary
Vera Alice Smith of Elizabeth Road, West Haddon passed peacefully away on 30th September 2020. Age 101
Vera was the oldest resident of West Haddon. She was born in Hollowell in 1919 and her family moved to Guilsborough at the age of 10. During the war she worked at the British Thomas-Houston, in Rugby, and biked to West Haddon every morning to catch the works bus, She met and married husband Ted Burrell, in 1947 and moved to Shepherds Row in West Haddon. In 1953 they moved into a new council house in Elizabeth Road, where Vera has lived ever since up until 6 months before her death.
Sadly Ted passed away in 1970, and she was remarried to Jack Smith in 1977. He passed away in 1985.
She leaves behind 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren, all of whom she was very proud.
Volunteers will be collecting donations in exchange for a variety of poppy merchandise, including special items for children, opposite the old village stores at the junction of Northampton Road and High Street/Guilsborough Road in November at the following times:
Sunday 1st - 11.00 to 14.00 Tuesday 3rd - 14.30 to 16.00 Thursday 5th - 14.30 to 16.00 Saturday 7th - 13.30 to 15.30
Note: If West Haddon School reopens after half-term as planned, Tuesday 3rd and Thursday 5th will be outside the village hall instead. Please support if you can. There will also be static collection boxes elsewhere, such as Londis, Hicker’s Heir and The Pytchley.
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Are you a Carer? If you look after someone on an unpaid basis such as a partner, relative or friend who has a disability, mental illness or is elderly and they could not manage without help, then you are a Carer.
You might not have thought of yourself in this way until now, but Northamptonshire Carers can offer advice, emotional support, a befriending service and fun activities for Carers of all ages throughout Northamptonshire. Dedicated Support Workers can also offer a Carer’s Assessment and a friendly ear.
We have a Carers Support Meeting currently running via Zoom on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month from 1.30pm to support Carers registered at the Saxon Spires surgeries, in Brixworth and Guilsborough.
We also run specialist support groups such as our Breathing Space project supporting those diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and more recently Post Covid19 patients experiencing lasting breathing difficulties and a specialist Dementia Support Group too.
To access support or request the Zoom log-in details please call our Support Line on 01933-677907 or visit our website www.northamptonshire-carers.org
Food Bank Thank you for all the extra gifts you gave to the Donations Box to mark our Harvest Festival. Please continue to take items from the box if they will be useful to you. The need doesn’t go away so please continue to be generous. If there is a considerable surplus of gifts we will be able to take some to the Food bank in Rugby. Sue Tringham
Gifts for the Women’s Refuge We hope to take gifts to the mothers and children in the refuge at the beginning of December. Gifts should be unwrapped so that they can be matched to those who receive them but wrapping paper is also gratefully received. As there is no service in church on Advent Sunday it would be good if you could bring the gifts to 4 Guilsborough Road and trust us to take them to the refuge. Sue Tringham
The Fruits of our Labours Jan Wayment is making home produce to raise money for Children and Families work in the local area.
Quince Jelly in October (140g or 440g) You can book your orders with Jan as Christmas Puddings in November (1lb or 2lb) follows: Mustard Piccalilli in December (185g) 01327 842522; 07702880800; or [email protected]
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Ofsted Registration Number: EY473246 BUZZIE BEAS IS RELOCATING! Exciting times ahead! SITUATED JUST OUTSIDE WEST HADDON IN A IDILIC LOCATION WE OFFER BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE WITH TRANSPORT TO AND FROM WEST HADDON SCHOOL! WE ARE NOW ABLE TO OFFER LIMITED SPACES FOR NURSERY AGE CHILDREN RANGING FROM 6 months to 4 years 1. There will be a new price list 2. We are moving to better things, after speaking to Ofsted I shall be widening the age range. 3. Having a fully working kitchen. We will now be able to offer a cooked meal in the evening. 4. Eating area (table and chairs) then painting, drawing, homework, sewing, craft. 5. Early years room, small world, dolls house, prams, car, garage, cooking, washing, counting, shops. 6. Chill out room (consisting of a pool table, laptop and television and sofas) 7. Outside. Country walks, puddles, animals, woods, swings, slides, trampolines, bikes, scooters etc 8. If there is a need to open earlier or stay open later this can be arranged. 9. We also have contacts with a babysitter or house sitter. 10. Ad hoc sessions will still be available 11. Discounts will still be ongoing. 12. Holiday club will be running 13. Tax free childcare vouchers, government childcare vouchers, Childcare grant payments all accepted
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT MYSELF, BERNADETTE FROST OR ANY OF THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT BUZZIE BEAS. Mobile: 07591 911988 (available from 7am to 9pm)
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Haddon Cricket Club - Well what a season!
Who was to know at the end of last season what was to lay in store for us all…
The merging of two old and established clubs to form one entity to compete with the big town clubs was agreed, everyone was excited about the 2020 season and then…Covid-19 happened. To say it has had an impact on us would be somewhat of an understatement! Our finances have been decimated but our exploits on the field have been amazing! Considering we thought we would never play cricket at all this year, a late start to the season with a new format, allowed us to hear leather on willow right through until mid-September and the results were absolutely brilliant. It is only right to thank all our members and players for their extraordinary efforts to get the games on and integrate the two playing groups from the very young to the…… very, very old!
The efforts of the youth coaches were really extraordinary. The work involved to get everything Covid secure (I still have nightmares about those words! ☺) was incredible. To then adapt to the ever-changing rules and to safely expand the training sessions and games was nothing short of miraculous. An enormous thank you to all the parents who helped us to put these sessions on. For their understanding of the difficulties and their never-ending support. The youth section goes from strength to strength even through these extraordinary times. Well done Jim, Neil, Phil, Ian, Luke, Lovey and all the helpers. If you have a child who would like to enrol for next season, I can promise you a very warm welcome to a youth set up that truly is second to none.
The adult sides had to deal with all the same problems as the youth coaches combined with dealing with the opposition, to ensure the entire track and trace information was recorded should a player develop symptoms following a game. We had two situations during the season, but thankfully both were tested negative and apart from a sleepless night or two everyone survived intact!
The teams did brilliantly on the field. All three Saturday league teams reached the play offs with the 1st team falling at the quarter finals, the 3rds reaching the semis and the 2nds reaching the final. Well done to all the teams and captains. They had to deal with the players meeting for the first time in many cases and then integrating the squads was no mean feat. Add Coronavirus protocols to this and you have a challenging year! They took it in their stride however, as the results prove. Chris, Higgsy, Jon and Neil, thank you! The combination of our playing squads for the Wednesday twenty/20 league was even better! Unbeaten for the season, finishing top of the league was an outstanding achievement! Well done Lovey for organising this with a broken arm to boot! Ably assisted by Neil who stood in for the injured one!
We realise that this year has been a challenge but compared to some it has really been quite ordinary. Our circumstances compared to our members who are NHS workers and members of the police, are quite simply irrelevant in comparison and we thank you all for your tremendous efforts and sacrifices.
It would have been great to be able to open our clubhouse safely, but it was not to be. This has resulted in the club finances taking a very substantial hit. Let’s hope we can operate freely next season in an attempt to establish a solid financial base for us to further expand our club and facilities to reward the efforts and results of our contribution to the village and our players young, and old!
In closing, on behalf of the club, I would like to extend sincere thanks to all the players, parents, and members who have supported us and kept our dream alive. We are committed to providing opportunities to all of our players young and old (but mostly young!) to enable them to fulfil their ambitions and to provide a hub for the village to enable this great sport to thrive in the community.
If you would like to join us please contact us, you will be made very welcome
Richard Allen, Haddon CC, 07515661602, [email protected]
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West Haddon News Advertising
With the current circumstances WHNews would like to offer all local businesses the opportunity to advertise with us for free for a period of 6 months. If you would like to enquire about placing an advert in the newsletter, please contact the Parish Council Executive Officer, Gill Wells at [email protected] Usual costs: small advert - £18.00 / 3 months advertising ¼ page advert - £72.00 / 3 months advertising ½ page advert - £108.00 / 3 months advertising Full Page advert - £216.00 / 3 months advertising
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WHPhoto.club – September's Theme - Less is More
Even though the WHPC hadn't met for only one month due to the summer break, it seemed we'd been away longer, and it was great to meet up for September's meeting, albeit only via Zoom.
Our theme of 'Less is More' was proposed to encourage minimalist images - pared back to emphasise the subject by removing unnecessary objects from the scene and the use of negative space. By reducing visual clutter (less) you add impact (more). As usual members provided us with photos with much more left-field interpretations; less as in (the) few (a Spitfire) and an exhausted Civil War re-enactor - phew!
From the excellent images the members had to choose from they voted two as their joint favourites: Blue Eye by David Kallmeier (below, left) and World of Their Own by Adrian Chandler (below, right).
The Image of the Month category allows members to submit photos of anything they like, as long as it was taken in the last month. There's always a degree of anticipation to see what will be submitted and we were treated to a good variety of subjects: babies, birds and bathing pools, amongst others. The photo that received the most votes was Tony Teague's Fag Break (right), an atmospheric study of someone lighting a cigarette.
All the photos submitted this month can be seen on the gallery page of our website. http://whphoto.club/
The Chip Van is coming to West Haddon!
The Chip Van will be calling in West Haddon on Tuesday evenings and will stop near the bus stop at the Crown Pub from 7.15-7.45pm initially, with the possibility of other stops added. They will offer a variety of delicious foods including chips, fish, sausages, pies, chicken breast and more. Cash only please.