Moulton Scene Autumn 2019
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AUTUMN 2019 Indoor Car Boot Sale 28th September at Moulton Community Centre – see page 11 Christmas CRACKER Food Festival 13th October at Moulton Community Centre – see page 23 Christmas Cracker on 8th December at Moulton Community Centre see page 39 Web Design that gets you noticed www.onefoursix.co.uk/web-design Back pain? Sports injury? Aches & pains? We’re the Award Winning clinic on your doorstep The Back & Body Clinic - Park View, Moulton, Northampton. NN3 7TN DISCOVER OUR SPECIALIST SERVICES Physiotherapy 1:1 Pilates & Group Pilates Classes Injury Risk Osteopathy Screening Sports Joint & Soft Massage Tissue Injections Podiatry Shockwave / Insoles Therapy Chiropody Womens Health / Foot Care Services Paediatric Acupuncture Services Call us on: 01604 493066 BackandBodyClinic.co.uk 2MoultonMag_Ad_A5L_Nov2018_v2.indd | moulton scene • autumn 12019 15/11/2018 22:43 elcome to the Autumn 2019 edition of Moulton Scene. We hope all residents and visitors that Moulton Scene Wattended Gig in the Gardens back in July had a fantastic day. Events such as these really bring the community Information together; make sure you take a look on page 16 for the write-up and some fantastic photos. Edition 2 - 2019 Moulton is a great village to be part of and if you have anything you wish to share within this magazine, please do get in touch, we are always looking for new ideas/features. The next edition of the Moulton Scene will be published at the beginning of Thank you to all who contribute, your continued support is March 2020 and will cove the period 1st much appreciated. March 2020 to 31st August 2020. 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The [email protected] for a copy. content is not necessarily the view of the Parish Council. autumn 2019 • moulton scene | 3 CONTENTS 3 EDITORIAL HELPING HANDS 28 GIVE BLOOD, MOULTON & COUNCIL MATTERS OVERSTONE EDUCATIONAL TRUST, 5 CHAIRMAN OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MONDAY CLUB, MOULTON & – DAVID AARONS OVERSTONE CAR SCHEME VILLAGE VILLAGE CLUBS AND INFORMATION, SOCIETIES EVENTS & LOCAL 29 MOULTON ALLOTMENTS CIC, NEWS MOULTON PLAYERS, MOULTON EVENING WI, MOULTON & DISTRICT 3 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS GARDENERS’ SOCIETY, MOULTON 3 ‘WELCOME TO MOULTON’ PACK BELL RINGERS, HARDY 10 HALLS TO HIRE PLANT SOCIETY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GROUP, 10 OPENING TIMES MOULTON TUESDAY CLUB, 11 CAR BOOT SALE NORTHAMPTON WHYTE MELVILLE BOWLING CLUB, TABLE TENNIS 12 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2019 CLUB, 38TH NORTHAMPTON REPORT MOULTON SCOUT GROUP, GIRLS 13 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2019 BRIGADE, THE BOYS BRIGADE CARNIVAL PARADE WINNERS 13 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2019 FOCUS ON SPORT ART EXHIBITION AND YOUTH 13 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2019 10 MOULTON MINI’S SOCCER CLUB FUN RUN WINNERS 10 LADIES ONLY WALKING FOOTBALL 15 HANGING BASKET DONATIONS 34 MOULTON MASTERS WALKING 15 MOULTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FOOTBALL 15 CRAFT & GIFT FAIR IN AID OF SAVE THE CHILDREN RURAL NEWS 15 MOULTON SCENE 33 CROWFIELDS 16 GIG IN THE GARDENS 2019 36 PARISH FOOTPATH WARDEN 17 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - UPCOMING EVENTS AT MOULTON COMMUNITY OBITUARIES CENTRE 37 OBITUARIES 18 MOULTON LITERARY FESTIVAL 2019 18 HEALTH & WELLBEING - COMMUNITY CHURCH NEWS CONNECTOR 40 MOULTON PARISH CHURCH 20 NORTHAMPTON NATIONAL TRUST 42 CAREY BAPTIST CHURCH ASSOCIATION 21 VE DAY INDEX OF 21 GIG IN THE GARDENS 2020 ADVERTISERS 22 CHRONICLE & ECHO ‘DOWN YOUR 43 A-Z LISTING OF LOCAL TRADES WAY’ PEOPLE 23 FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL 25 FIX MY STREET 26 BACK & BODY CLINIC 39 CHRISTMAS CRACKER 42 LUNCH AND LEARN 44 WHAT NOT TO MISS UNTIL JANUARY 2020 47 MOULTON POST OFFICE SCHOOL/DOCTORS/ LIBRARY NEWS 24 MOULTON SURGERY 24 MOULTON SCHOOL & SCIENCE COLLEGE 26 MOULTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 4 | moulton scene • autumn 2019 ne of the more interesting • Properly managing the rural • Dealing with NCC and DDC aspects of working with land owned by the parish, Highways to try to improve the Parish Council is including its 600 trees! the poor state of roads in and Othe sheer variety of issues we (We recently undertook around the village. (This one deal with. Many are about a comprehensive tree is VERY time consuming and the day-to-day running of the survey and now have a can be VERY frustrating!) civil parish of Moulton, some management policy in place • Chasing NHS England to are straightforward and others to ensure ‘best practice’) provide funding for running more complex. Add to this • Working with our partners at an enlarged Doctors’ Surgery issues created outside our the Community Centre – the opposite the Community parish boundaries and we café, nursery and Deaf Hub. Centre. (The land and end up with a rich and heady • Keeping the Moulton funding for building the mixture of problems and Neighbourhood Development surgery is all in place – it opportunities. Plan (MNDP) and our simply needs agreement recently developed from NHS England on Whilst the Parish Council Business Plan up to date running costs. Writing is able to make decisions to encompass changes individually to our Member of relating to all of these, the taking place in and around Parliament could help!) most important question facing the village. (Your input and • Managing the future impact councillors for each of these is comments regarding these on Moulton of the A43 – what would Moulton residents documents helps us to housing developments want us to do? make them as effective as comprising 3,500 homes possible – yes - I know they over the next few years. Currently, some of the ‘internal’ are not the most engaging or (How can we best serve decisions relate to: entertaining of documents!) new residents? – many will • Upgrading the audio-visual • Developing and sustaining live in Overstone Parish but capability at the Community the play areas around will look to Moulton for their Centre so that we are able to the village. (How do we services) support both private lettings ensure we are keeping the • Keeping the library open. and community events as equipment properly and (Although the fight is long effectively as possible. (How safely maintained?) and hard, we do believe do we deliver improved • Find a way to enhance we can eventually reach a service, best contain cost inclusivity for younger point where we can deliver and increase revenue?) residents. (Can we establish a ‘proper’ library to the • Continually reviewing the a Youth Council to determine community) properties in the care of the what really matters to our PC to ensure we are getting younger residents?) Yet another seemingly endless ‘best value’ from them. (Are list … we using our resources as The list goes on! effectively as possible?) As you can see, there is much • Dealing with traffic issues Externally, we are dealing with for the parish office staff and in what is an increasingly matters not entirely within the councillors to do. One of the crowded road system in and control of your PC. We do ways we are able to understand around the village. (Is the however ensure that where some of the less obvious issues one-way system organised we can have an influence we facing residents is for you to as effectively as possible? exercise it as effectively as bring them to our attention What can be changed to possible. These matters include: at one of our monthly parish improve the flow?) council meetings. Each meeting • Ensuring that, as an • Examining planning begins with a public session and employer, we adhere to applications with a ‘local’ we all welcome residents’ input statutory regulations and eye to ensure that our – criticism is just as welcome as demonstrate ‘best practice’. recommendations are in the any other information brought to (Care of our employees best interest of our whole our attention.