Fenny Drayton Parish News

October 2014

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Editor’s Notes

Welcome to the October edition of Fenny Drayton Parish News. Whereas late August/early September brought an autumnal feel, the rest of September was generally very pleasant. Now that we are in the Autumn, let’s see what the weather will bring!

We are pleased to be able to thank two volunteers who have come forward to help deliver the Parish News – Melissa is covering Church Lane, Drayton Lane and Drayton Close (she volunteered in time to deliver September’s issue) – and Jill will be taking Quaker Close and part of Old Forge Road. And thanks again to Averil and Sharon for their efforts over previous years.

We hope you have been enjoying the new look of the Parish News since March – as well as the change of layout, the change in printing process has allowed better reproduction and has allowed the inclusion of photos. This move to a commercial printer has increased our costs, which when the subscriptions are collected in January will be increased to £5. We hope you will agree that this still represents excellent value.

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Front Cover – 1956 Aeronica 7AC Champion at the Stoke Golding Airfield ‘Fly- in’, August 9th. Photo: by ‘Windsock’

Fenny Drayton School – More Information! Last month we wrote how a small bungalow on Old Forge Road used to be the village school. More information has come to our attention regarding its sale. Early in 1960, enquiries were being made into whether the then redundant school could be used by the villagers. Over the next few years, proposals were put forward for the villagers to purchase it to develop it as a village hall. The building was finally sold at auction on 23 March 1966 – the proceeds being used for ‘church educational purposes within the Diocese’.

Fenny Drayton Church Services

5 October Holy Communion 9.00am 12 October Benefice Service, Fenny Drayton 10.30am 19 October Harvest All Age Service 10.30am 26 October Morning Worship 9.00am

Church Readings 5 October Isaiah 5, v1-7 Audrey Smith Phillipians 3, v4b-14 Janet Agar 19 October TBA Maureen Bonner 26 October Matthew 22, v15-22 Alan Wood

Other Services in the Benefice

Higham on the Hill 5 October Holy Communion 10.30am 12 October Benefice Service, Fenny Drayton 10.30am 19 October Ecumenical Harvest Service 10.30pm 26 October Songs of Praise 3.00pm

Witherley 5 October Harvest All Age Service 10.30am 12 October Benefice Service, Fenny Drayton 10.30am 19 October Evening service 6.30pm 26 October Holy Communion 10.30am

Stoke Golding 5 October Harvest All Age Service 10.30am 12 October Benefice Service, Fenny Drayton 10.30am 19 October Holy Communion 10.30am 26 October Morning Worship 10.30am

Dadlington 5 October BCP Morning Prayer 9.00am 12 October Benefice Service, Fenny Drayton 10.30am 19 October BCP Holy Communion 9.00am 26 October BCP Holy Communion 9.00am

St Michael & All Angels Church Management Committee (PCC) Janet Agar 01827 716035 Gina Hawthorne 01827 716159 Alan Baxter 02476 383438 Susan Kosniowski 01827 714628 Maureen Bonner 01827 715768 Michelle Nelson 01827 722182 Julia Collis 01827 713881 Audrey Smith 01827 717034 John Frisby 01827 715826 Pamela Wills 01827 720929

Church Matters from the Parishes of: Fenny Drayton, Witherley, Higham-on-the-Hill, Stoke Golding & Dadlington RECTOR: Rev’d Linda Blay (01455) 213988, [email protected]

While Linda is on Sabbatical, you may contact our Curate, Hilary Surridge, 01455 233064, [email protected]

October Musings Two of our six grandchildren have birthdays in October. One will be six and the other thirteen. When I was six my brother was born. Before that there had been just Mum and Dad and me – but then Richard arrived to change my family life. At thirteen I started going to a church youth club – Yardley Church 13 Club. (Teenagers hadn’t been invented back then,) The club had about 100 members. Church attendance was compulsory – so we swelled the evensong congregation nicely. This also changed my life. I found that I was unusual in that I enjoyed sermons. But through sermons or other triggers, five of my generation at Yardley Church were ordained. Do you have particular dates in October which act as entrances for thoughts and memories to come flooding into mind? Lord Scarbrough had his estate in one of my parishes – Maltby. It also had a pit! He wouldn’t have Harvest Festival until fairly late in October in order to wait for the potato harvest – ‘don’t count your spuds before they are dug up!’

What a multitude of birthdays, anniversaries (happy and sad), harvest festivals, saints days (Luke, Ignatius, Teresa of Avila - to name a few) arrive with October. And breathing through family relations, church friendships, worship surrounded by the saints and the digging up of spuds is God’s Spirit. There is a sense of ‘holding together’ and inspiration which is Spirit-filled. Led by God, October takes us from St.Michael and All Angels at the end of September right up to All Saints at the beginning of November. May you travel happily with Him. Alan Davis (Very retired archdeacon) HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE

10.30am on Sunday 19th October

Everyone is welcome to come along for this traditional service to celebrate a successful harvest in our Parish!

THE FENN LANES GROUP OF CHURCHES In Loving Memory A Service to commemorate loved ones who have died. Sunday 2rd November 4.00pm at St Peters’ Church, Higham on the Hill A special service for all who have suffered a bereavement during recent years. Please mention this to any members of your family or your friends who might like to attend. The service will include a reading of the names of all those who have died in the 5 parishes in the last 2 years, plus others as requested.

Refreshments will be served6 after the service.

The Fenn’s Folk Meet again on Thursday, 30th October in Fenny Drayton Church at 7.30pm Our speaker will be Liz Blood, the Leicestershire War Memorials Officer Everyone is invited to come along for this interesting and appropriate talk in this Anniversary year for the start of WW1. So please come along if you can - we always meet on the last Thursday of the month, from 7.30pm in Church - where we enjoy a glass of wine with those famous 'themed nibbles', an interesting speaker, and a good chat. Friday With Friends

After joining with friends (new & old) again in September, we continue in October on Friday 10th. Please note this is later in the month than usual because there will be another musical 'gig' in church on the 3rd, which you would be most welcome to attend Please join us; everyone is welcome - just bring your own drink and glass. The church will be open from 7 - 10pm and you can stay as long, or as briefly, as you wish. Future dates: November 7th December 12th

Please note October's; December's is also later because we will be setting up for the Christmas Fayre on Saturday 6th December.

Community Coffee Mornings Should you wish to join us, we meet in the kitchen area of the Church from 10:30am-12:30. ALL ARE MOST WELCOME The dates for October are: Thursdays 2nd, 16th and 30th

Fenn Lanes Men’s Group Geoff Grewcock got the new season off to an excellent start with a talk about his work with the Nuneaton & Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary. What with bringing an 8 foot boa constrictor, a beautiful barn owl, and an enormous eagle owl, detailing all the wide variety of birds and animals that are brought into the sanctuary. Over the last 13 years, 34500 animals have been rescued through the sanctuary – many native species are able to be released back to the wild, but generally those born in captivity cannot, likewise non-native species. These are carefully rehomed, those remaining at the sanctuary being relatively small in number. We heard that Geoff and his volunteers rescue animals across Warwickshire and beyond – often being called out by police forces and Network Rail. Many of the rescues are due to cruelty or abandonment, although there are also the sad occurrences of owners dying, this necessitating the collection of their animals. Geoff’s talk was at times sobering to hear the way animals are treated, but at other times entertaining as he regaled us with tales about strange rescue requests and parrots that have degrees in profanity!

For our next meeting Nuneaton movie makers will take the theme “Village Scenes.” October 21st, Witherley Parish Rooms Need a lift? Call Michael Tait on 713270

PARTY WITH ‘THE MEN IN BLACK’ Music of the 60s and 70s, Irish and many old favourites

FENNY DRAYTON CHURCH

FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2014

from 7.30p.m.

There will be Cheese and biscuits Bring your own drinks and glasses

Tickets £5 available from Julia Collis 01827 713881

Proceeds to the Church

‘Fly In’ at Stoke Golding Airfield

Ninth of August saw the annual classic meeting of cars and planes at Stoke Golding International Airport. A remarkable attendance of some forty small aircraft attended as well as various motor vehicles and motorcycles. Saturday was a gorgeous day of bright sunshine and accordingly the grass before the marquee was filled with admirers enjoying the catering and the sight of aerobatic displays and the to-and-fro of the innumerable private aircraft, not to mention gyro- copters and powered hang- gliders. Sadly the forecast for the following day was one of unremitting storms – and so it turned out – so the second day of the meeting had to be abandoned; all the aircraft, bar only one or two, having sensibly departed by the Saturday evening sunset. Despite being curtailed to just the one day, the event still raised £150 in aid of the Air Ambulance, with more pledged from DVD sales at Christmas Your Aeronautical Correspondent Windsock

Annual Benefice Bus Trip This year the coach was bursting at the seams for a trip to Cambridge! A lovely sunny day saw us enjoying the punts on the river, the Kings College Chapel, the beautiful architecture, the shops and, of course, the fine wining and dining! Many thanks to everyone who supported the trip, we look forward to seeing you again next year! Jan Harding Household Hints LEMON SAVER: When a recipe calls for a squeeze of lemon juice, pierce a lemon with a knitting needle and use the required amount. The lemon can then be stored in the refrigerator. PEARLS: To clean pearls, shake in a bag of uncooked rice.

Harvest Supper (Witherley)

As there’s not going to be a harvest supper in Fenny Drayton, we are invited to the one in Witherley, and which is usually attended by a group from Fenny Drayton anyway.

Friday, 10th October, 7.30PM, in Witherley Parish Room

Hot Supper & Musical Entertainment!

All for £7.50 a ticket

Everyone is welcome, please bring your own drinks as usual.

For tickets contact Ruth on 712656

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A5 Roadworks

The roadworks on the A5 continue, with work now underway on the A444/A5 junction; creating an elongated island/roundabout:

Last month we reported possible restrictions on Drayton Lane, which materialised as a complete closure of the A5/Drayton Lane junction due to Leicestershire Highways concern over traffic build up and U-turning creating a hazard there. This created heated debate, both within the village and beyond, with compliments about making the village quieter, and complaints about difficult journeys out of (and through) the village.

By the time you read this, we should be nearing the end of the closure of the Nuneaton side of the A444, with a similar complete closure of the Redgate side of the A444 scheduled to start ‘at the end of October’. These closures are to allow the complete excavation and reconstruction of the road at the junctions. At the time of writing, the exact details of the Redgate-side closure and the necessary diversions were still being discussed.

Any concerns over this can perhaps be directed via our Parish Councillors.

To receive email newsletters with the latest updates from thse managing the work – please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Further information is also available from Hinckley & Bosworth Council’s website: www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/info/200079/regeneration/1012/improvements_to_the_a5/2

Where are we in the Universe? The picture below shows our galaxy, the Milky Way. About 28000 light years from the centre, a small dot represents the whole of our solar system (the Sun, Earth and neighbouring planets like Mars & Saturn). To give a sense of scale to that 28000 light year distance – we are about 8 light MINUTES from the sun! Gordon Coultrop

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Witherley Parish Council – Fenny Drayton Ward Fenny Drayton Parish Councillors – to contact with News, Views & Issues:

Alistair Brittain [email protected] 712172 Maureen Cook [email protected] c/o Clerk Ann Wright [email protected] 720966 Clerk: Anji Forsyth [email protected] 880548

Extracts from the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting, September 11th

(Full Minutes are available at http://witherley.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/minutes-archive.html)

A794: PUBLIC QUESTION TIME: Mr Williams questioned the Council about the increased traffic using the village as a rat run to avoid the A5 road works. The Chairman advised him that there would be a thorough discussion of the matter later in the agenda which would put him in the picture as to what had happened so far, and any next steps to be taken. A796: CRIME STATISTICS for August. Fenny Drayton: Old Forge Rd – theft from motor vehicle, number plates stolen, no suspects. A797: CLERK UPDATE: Fenny Drayton: Play equipment preserved. Swings painted. Replacement seat rounds to be preserved and re-positioned. Councillors have greased the swings. Replacement shackles in hand. Rookery Close footpath sign in poor condition. Letter to LCC for assistance. Reply from LCC puts the onus on this Council. Cllr Cook will re-paint the letters on the sign. A798: FENNY DRAYTON TRAFFIC:  County Cllr Ould opened the discussion by thanking Cllr Alexander for the continuing updates on the situation as the PC attempted to change the diversion arrangements to reduce the impact on Fenny Drayton.  Cllr Ould has approached David Tredinnick MP to help the County Council alter the current diversions.  Discussions of many examples of near misses in the village and on the A5 and were startling and an indicator of the dire situation.

 Cllr Alexander described the communication process so far and he agreed to attend the Highways Forum on 19th Sept on behalf of the Parish Council to discuss the issue.  Chairman informed the Council that, following an inspection by LCC Highways, a full closure of Drayton Lane at the A5 junction was the only option to stop its use as a “rat run”.  It was agreed that a letter should be sent to David Tredinnick MP to request support in trying to obtain a change to the current situation. Motion carried. We support the efforts of LCC to institute an emergency closure of Drayton Lane at its junction with A5. A799: COUNTY COUNCILLOR UPDATE:  Consultation Strategy Document from LCC – Everyone should respond to indicate their preferences where the cuts in budgets should be made.  HBBC Housing Strategy – indicates there should be 450 homes per year built in the Borough, however they are already 650 short. The Borough is in a vulnerable position for housing. A800: BOROUGH COUNCILLOR UPDATE:  This Parish Council should not budget on receiving any further New Homes Bonus or other such payments from HBBC as the Council is short in its own budget.  Planning – the application to build 2 houses on the land adjacent to 20 Church Lane was rejected at national appeal.  Parish Initiative Fund is available for local groups to bid for a share of £10k. A801: UPDATES FROM VILLAGES: Fenny Drayton: Dogs on Leads sign has been vandalised – to be reported to police.  There have been instances of children being startled by dogs not on leads allowed to interfere with children’s play.  There have been 4 positive responses from readers of the Parish Magazine supporting the purchase of adult fitness equipment to be installed in the Fenny Drayton play area. Clerk to obtain costs. Councillors to discuss details at a future meeting.

 Tree in playing field behind 42 Fox’s Covert appears to be dying. Tree to be cut back.  While the diverted traffic is too chaotic to log, there is little point in conducting a Speed Watch scheme. It will be re-visited after the road works. A802: GEORGE FOX MEMORIAL – Plaque commemorating George Fox that was located by the oak trees has been missing for some time. Councillors will bring a proposal back to the Council as to what they feel should be done. A803: GRASS CUTTING LISTS: Each village has submitted its list of grassed areas which they would like to have cut, and how frequently. Clerk to put this work out to tender and will report back to Council in approx. 2 months. A804: CONTRACTING CONTRACTORS: In order to save time as jobs are identified it was proposed that the Council should contract with a key number of trades men to undertake work on behalf of the Council. This work would be agreed by the Council as per the financial regulations, but save the Clerk obtaining 3 quotes for work each time. It was proposed that the Clerk put out to tender groundsman/handyman work to local tradesmen; proposed by Cllr Alexander, seconded by Chairman, carried. A806: PLANNING Applications from the following properties were discussed;  14/00738 11 Old Forge Rd, Fenny Drayton – no objections.

A807: CORRESPONDENCE:  Telephone conversation with Mr and Mrs Maunder regarding the moving of earth by farmer Mr Simpson’s (Drayton Lane) on the archaeological roman site.  Email from Mrs Pat Gibbs thanking Councillors who greased the Fenny Drayton swings.

Next meeting: October 9th, 7:30pm - Parish Rooms, Witherley

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Or email [email protected]

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What’s On in October 2nd 10:30am-12:30 Community Coffee Morning Church 2nd 7:00-9:00pm Bellringing Practice Church 3rd 7:30-10:30pm Gig: Men In Black Church 5th 9:00am Holy Communion Church 6th Black/Brown Bins 8th 1.05-1:30pm Mobile Library Fox’s Covert 1.35-2:05pm Rookery Close 9th 7:30pm Parish Council meeting Parish Rm, Witherley 10th 7:30-10pm Friday with Friends Church 10th 7:30pm Harvest Supper Parish Rm, Witherley 12th 10:30am Benefice Service Fenny Drayton 13th Blue Bins 16th 10:30am-12:30 Community Coffee Morning Church 19th 10:30am Harvest All Age Service Church 20th Black/Brown Bins 21st 5pm Parish News Copy Deadline 21st 7:30pm Fenn Lanes Men’s Group Parish Rm, Witherley 22nd 1.05-1:30pm Mobile Library Fox’s Covert 1.35-2:05pm Rookery Close 26th CLOCKS GO BACK 1 HOUR 26th 9:00am Morning Worship Church 27th Blue Bins 30th 10:30am-12:30 Community Coffee Morning Church 30th 7:30-9:00pm The Fenns Folk Church 31st Halloween

Out of the Mouths of Babes… A Sunday school teacher said to her children, 'We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Biblical times. But, there is a Higher Power. Can anybody tell me what it is?'

One child blurted out, 'Aces!'