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VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON..WESTLEY WATERLESS FEBRUARY 2010 BURROUGH GREEN AND DISTRICT ARCHIVE SCRABBLE & MAHJONG GROUP We meet this month on Wednesdays 3rd & 17th at Annual General Meeting 7.30pm in the Community Room at Sheriff’s Court TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23rd at 2.30 for a few games of Scrabble and Mahjong. Do Sheriff’s Court come along and have a game in this warm and Burrough Green comfortable venue. £2 including refreshments. Trish 01638 507495 All Welcome ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We will be giving an update on our work so far and RADFIELD HUNDRED GROUP th discuss the future of the group and work still to MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY be presented. We are still happy to receive photos 7.45pm and documents to include on the site Brinkley Memorial Hall Please contact Marilyn on 01638 508177. TITBITS, QUIZ, and GOSSIP! ~~~~~~~ If you would like to join this small friendly group then call Doris on 01638 507717 for more details. CAN YOU HELP? I am a local historian working on the history of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Washburn Valley in North Yorkshire, and some time ago I inherited the history files of a retired CARLTON QUIZ NIGHT clergyman. In these there is a letter dated 1984 on from a Rees K. M. Davies who I understand wrote SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6th the history of Westley Waterless church which 7.30pm at ST PETER'S CHURCH. was published in 1970. Enquiries have revealed Come and test your quizzing skills! that he died in his 60's in 1987. His letter says Tickets (in advance) £7.50 to include soup and that he has in his possession an old family diary puddings. Bring your own drinks. which gives a lot of information about two families Contact Tracey 01223 290106 or Jackie 01223 290810 who lived in a Washburn Valley village in the 18th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and 19th centuries. There is no indication that OVER 60S the clergyman to whom the letter was sent We were unable to have our AGM in January as followed it up. In 1984 Mr. Davies lived at 'Norris the weather was so inclement. We are holding it in Bank' Westley Waterless. I would love to know February and will some have games or a quiz at the what happened to this diary. My e-mail address is same time, which was our planned event. [email protected] , or my postal address This will be in Sheriff's Court on Thursday 4th is 37 Rupert Road, Middleton, Ilkley, West February at 3.00pm, followed by afternoon tea. Yorkshire, LS29 0AT. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many thanks, Diana Parsons BURROUGH GREEN CHURCH FETE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday 13th June 2010 BURROUGH GREEN OIL SYNDICATE We are going to have our first planning meeting at Do you need to order more Heating Oil? We will The Hall, home of Lucy and Peter Talbot on shortly be putting in an order to the lowest bidder Thursday 11th February at 8pm to refill our tanks. Please contact either Pauline Everyone is welcome to come; we are always King on 507796 or Lucy Talbot on 507060 or by looking for new ideas for side shows, games, stalls email to [email protected] by and other attractions. Wednesday 10th February 2010 with details of PLEASE COME AND JOIN IN WITH US TO how much you will need. DISCUSS THIS OVER A GLASS OF WINE. Please be as accurate as possible, (N.B. Minimum WE NEED YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR SUPPORT. order is 500 litres) and make sure that orders are For more information please contact Lucy Talbot 01638 accompanied by house name/number, postcode and 507060 or Pauline King 507796 telephone number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HISTORY OF 'APRONS' teachers recognised and encouraged his talent. He stumbled I don't think our children know what an apron is. The across a batik artist and taught himself the process of principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the painting with wax. Through sales of his art he has been able to pay his university fees and pay for his siblings to go to dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was school. easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used Doors opened at 3.30pm and within ten minutes Reach less material, but along with that; village Centre was full of people buzzing with excitement at It served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the vibrancy of the pictures. By the end of the day over the oven. £2,200 worth of paintings had been sold. Thank you to It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on everyone who came, who enjoyed the paintings, who bought occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. paintings, who wrote of their delight in the exhibition From the chicken coop, the apron was used for visitors’ book. The artists were thrilled at the response shown to their work. carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half- For the service we gathered by candlelight in St hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. Etheldreda’s church. The service began with pupils from When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding Soham Village College, just back from Capetown, South places for shy children. Africa, singing and drumming as they walked up the aisle. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it The beauty of their singing, the beat of their music and around her arms. their willingness to give up their time set the tone for the Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, service. Judith Goddard illustrated the impact of HIV/Aids bent over the hot wood stove. in Uganda: there are two articles about HIV/Aids in every daily newspaper, and before retrovirals were available about Chips and kindling wood were brought into the 10% of the staff of companies and organisations were dying kitchen in that apron. of HIV/Aids. Judith told stories of staff greeting the New From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. Year with, “thank God I am alive”. The availability of After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the retrovirals is giving people diagnosed as HIV positive a much hulls. better quality and length of life, but now there is a rise in In the autumn, the apron was used to bring in apples new infections, which may be due to complacency. Judith that had fallen from the trees. also told us of Lukandwa Dominic’s excitement when he When unexpected company arrived, it was surprising googled his name and found the exhibition featuring his work written about in the Lodestar. how much furniture that old apron could dust in a Since the event Lukandwa Dominic has sent us this message: matter of seconds. “I wish to extend my thanks to everyone who came to When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the Reach. This was a rare exposure of our work to the UK and porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time the world. To the organisers, Judith, Jo, Sue and others I to come in from the fields to dinner. thank you. To the people who came to the service to It will be a long time before someone invents remember and pray for the families of victims, thank you. something that will replace that 'old-time apron’ that To those who allowed us into their homes by buying our work served so many purposes. that will permanently be displayed there, thank you. I pray for the Lord's blessings to each one of you who in some way REMEMBER: contributed to the success of the exhibition, I'll always Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the remember you.” window sill to cool. Further examples of Lukandwa’s work can be viewed at Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to www.batikartist.blogspot.com. A few paintings remain thaw. available for purchase. If you are interested in viewing They would go crazy now trying to figure out how them please contact Jo Jones, 01638 743131. many germs were on that apron. In addition to supporting the work of the artists - with the money from the sale of his paintings, Lukandwa has been I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron. able to buy a plot of land to build a house - over £300 was ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ raised for charities working on HIV/Aids in Uganda and 450 STUNNING EXHIBITION OF AFRICAN ART AND beaded Aids badges from Capetown, South Africa were sold CANDLELIT SERVICE MARK WORLD AIDS DAY round the Deanery. Mothers with children who are HIV Fordham and Quy Deanery marked World Aids Day with a positive earn vital income by making these badges in debut art exhibition of work by three Ugandan artists. One, addition to regaining self-esteem and confidence. As we Lukandwa Dominic, wrote, ‘through the exhibition we want wear the badges they continue to be a visual reminder of all to show that despite the suffering inflicted upon our people those affected by HIV/Aids in the UK and around the by AIDS, we are able to create and show that God is still world. Our solidarity and prayers mean a great deal to the reigning in our lives through our talents and we are showing huge number of people and communities affected. this to the whole world to see.’ Our connection with the artists comes through Judith Jo Jones, Sue Evans, Jan Frost, Judith Goddard Goddard, who has worked for the blood transfusion service in Uganda. She lives some of the year in Burwell and has ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ brought paintings home with her for sale to friends and in RECYCLING Centrepeace.