Stainton and Thornton Village Newsletter
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Stainton and Thornton Village Newsletter DDeeeecembercember 2012017777 Memorial Hall by Clare Wren – Chair There is a huge variety of activities available every day in our hall, something to suit everybody, so please visit our website www.staintonmemorialhall.org.uk or look at our noticeboards outside and inside the hall to see what is on offer. Jim Holmes also circulates a weekly email with ‘What’s On’ news. If you would like to be on the circulation list, please see Jim. Our Saturday coffee mornings are really well attended, so please pop along for a free cuppa/biscuits from 10.00 – 11.30 a.m. Our Christmas ‘Light Up’ event will take place this year on Friday 1st December from 6 – 8p.m. with a special visit from Santa with gifts for the children. The event is free, with soft drinks and nibbles and entertainment by Stokesley U3A Ukulele Band. I would like to wish all our villagers a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas. New Year's Eve 2017 There will be a New Year's Eve party in the Memorial Hall on Sunday 31 December from 8.30 until 12.30a.m . Come and enjoy good company and we will make our own fun, with music, dancing and games. Bring your own drinks and food for a shared supper. Although entrance is free, admission will be by ticket only so please watch out for posters on the noticeboards in the Hall and around the village. Tickets will be available from Clare on 01642 599771 or from a committee member at Saturday Coffee Mornings. Domino Dates by Brian Chapman The Friday night Domino Dates in the Memorial Hall are; December 8 (Christmas dominoes) in aid of St Peter &St Paul Church January 26 in aid of Methodist Chapel February 23 in aid of St Peter & St Paul Church March 23 in aid of Methodist Chapel All start at 7:30 pm Admission is £1:50 including refreshments Stainton and Thornton Carpet Bowling Club by Brian Davies wishes all our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Our last get together for this year will be on Wednesday 20 December in the Memorial Hall at 2pm. To bring the year to an end there will be tea and nibbles to which all our members, past and present, are most welcome. Start the festivities off with a joyful and cheerful group of bowlers. 2018 season will start on Wednesday 10 January in the Memorial Hall at 2pm. Bring yourself and your friends to start the year with a great set of fellow villagers. Parish Matters by Cllr Alan Liddle Chair Stainton and Thornton Parish Council A very big thank you to all who have returned your Household Survey that will form the basis of our Neighbourhood Plan. So far we have had over 170 replies and that information is being fed into a computer programme called Survey Monkey to enable us to analyse your replies. At the recent Community Council, one resident was disappointed that only 170 out of 700 bothered to reply. For this type of survey and its content a ten per cent return is considered good so at 24 per cent return I am very pleased. We hope to be able to put together the draft plan before Christmas and have it submitted and approved by MBC in early 2018 ready for submission for a referendum/vote in March 2018 . The new 13A bus service started on Monday 20th November , so by the time you read this, we will have a couple of weeks experience/use under our belt. The service can only continue IF it is used on a regular basis AND the bus can get through because of parked cars. Please remember that it is an offence to park in/at a bus stop. MBC will operate camera cars to enforce the no parking rule, so do not fall foul of the rules. You have been warned! A local resident has put his name forward for co-option onto the Parish Council and so in the absence of any additional nominees, is expected to be co-opted onto the council at the December meeting. It is not too late for residents to be considered, but nominations must be submitted to our Parish Clerk, Mr. Jim Holmes, by Friday 8th December 2017. It only remains to wish all residents a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. How to Contact Your Parish Councillors: Several Parish Councillors are available to answer parish residents' queries at the Saturday Morning Coffee in the Memorial Hall each week or via telephone or email: David Coupe 590440, 593612 , 07802389399 [email protected] ; Alan Liddle 598234 [email protected] ; Alan Conroy 590386 conroy- [email protected]; Christopher Dean 597978 [email protected] : Brian Neale 590580 ,07834725109 [email protected] ; Angela Cooper 509737 [email protected] The Clerk to the Council, Jim Holmes 07980572115 [email protected] The Parish Council web-page is www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/parishcouncils enquiries and further web-page information contact Cllr Jim Holmes Stainton & Thornton Gala Day Following the recent Gala day meeting to elect a chair, treasurer and secretary and to discuss 2018's Gala day, it is with deep regret it has been decided not to continue with Gala day due to dwindling support. This decision has not been taken lightly and will be under review should sufficient Stainton and Thornton residents be willing to contribute to the planning and organisation of the event. If you would be interested in supporting a Gala day in 2018 and beyond, please contact Trudi Sagar on 01642 277780 or via [email protected]. Meanwhile, I would like to thank everyone involved in the 2017 Gala Day to make it such a success for the village, many of whom have contributed to numerous Gala Days over the years. Trudi Sagar – Chair of Stainton & Thornton Gala Day Committee St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Stainton in Cleveland Stainton, Hilton and Brookfield group of churches www.staintonhiltonbrookfieldchurches.org Like us on facebook : S Peter and S Paul Church Stainton St Margaret’s Brookfield St Peter’s Hilton Vicar Revd Vivienne Hatton 01642 958686 [email protected] Church Office for all enquiries 01642 597454 [email protected] Stainton Church - Regular activities Sunday Services at 10.45 Tuesdays 2-4pm ‘Drop in’ to the church room for a cuppa and a chat. No charge for refreshments. Open to all Wednesdays 10am -12noon Coffee & Kids. A pop-in for parents and carers with pre-school children. Refreshments for children and adults, £1 per family. Wednesdays 2-3pm Bible Fellowship. Open to all. Third Monday of month 7pm Mother’s Union monthly speakers Third Thursday 11.30am Holy Communion followed by Parish Lunch. Lunches must be booked 01642 591667. Christmas Calendar for Stainton, Hilton and Brookfield Churches 3 December Gift Services in support of the Salvation Army appeal 9.15am Brookfield , 10.45am Stainton 4 pm 10 December Christingle Brookfield with Acklam Whin School choir Carol Services 4pm Sunday 17 December Churches United ecumenical Service at Brookfield 7pm Wednesday 20 Dec Village Carols in Hilton Church , in Stainton Memorial Hall 7pm Friday 22 Dec Christmas Eve Services 10am Holy Communion with the blessing of the crib at St Margaret’s, Brookfield 2pm Service of Hope and Remembrance at St Peter’s, Hilton (a quiet reflective service lighting candles to remember those who are no longer with us) Crib Services (special services for all ages as we remember the nativity story) 4pm St Peter and St Paul’s Stainton , 6pm St Peter’s Hilton 8pm The First Communion of Christmas at St Peter and St Paul, Stainton Christmas Day Holy Communion 10am at St Margaret’s Brookfield, 4pm Stainton Church, 6pm Hilton Church WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND HOLY CHRISTMAS AND HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD Stainton Methodist Church by Claire Tate Minister:- Rev. Sue Greenwood. Tel:- 01642 288075 Email:- [email protected] We look forward to seeing you at our Christmas services and events. December 3rd is Advent Sunday. There is no service at Stainton as we will be joining all the churches in the Circuit for a Songs of Praise at Trinity Methodist Church at 6pm. Peter French will present his annual concert of Christmas music in the Chapel on Thursday, December 14 at 7pm. As last year there will be a Village Carol Service in the Memorial Hall. This will be on Wednesday, December 20th at 7pm. There will be refreshments afterwards. On Christmas Eve there is no service at Stainton as we will be joining either Marton or Nunthorpe for their evening service at 6.30pm . 'Come and join the celebration. It's a very special day!' Rev. Sue Greenwood will lead a short service of celebration in the Chapel on Christmas Day at 10.30am . On December 31st we invite to our Chapel, our friends from Marton and Nunthorpe to join us for a morning service at 10am . This will be led by Rev. Ruth Gee, Chair of the Darlington District. Sunday, January 7th Sue will take our Covenant service at 6pm . We welcome friends old and new to our regular 6pm Sunday service in the Chapel on Meldyke Lane. Holy Communion will be included in the evening service on December 10th, January 7th and February 11th . Everyone at Stainton Methodist Church wishes you all a Blessed Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 2018. The Friends of Stainton and Thornton Green Spaces by Alan Liddle Chair The saga of Ollie the owl continues and the good news is that he has found his new home in Kell Gate Green next to the one remaining deer.