New Thrapston Food Bank
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19th September 2020 www.nenevalleynews.co.uk facebook.com/NeneValleyNews @NeneValleyNews Telephone: 01522 692542 We want to hear from you, so please submit your NeneYOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY Valley news story or event at NEWSPAPER FOR EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE news www.nenevalleynews.co.uk NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SPOTLIGHT ON NEWS IN BRIEF HEALTHCARE EDUCATION INSIDE PLEDGES SUPPORT Public Consultation this issue FOR EQUAL HEALTH on Local Cycling and Walking Plan PAGE 04 PAGE 08 Northamptonshire County Council has launched a consultation on the Northampton Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan and is seeking views > > from the public. New Thrapston food bank The plan supports an ambition for Northampton to become a leading centre Supported by Thrapston Town Council, local supermarkets and a team of willing for active travel, which fully embraces walking and volunteers, Tuesday 1st September saw the launch of the new Thrapston FoodBank. cycling. The document outlines the measures that The previous food bank (Bridge of children would otherwise have received could be introduced to Grace) was closed at the end of 2016 free school lunches, and from that the transform levels of walking because there were no eligible clients idea of starting the food bank was born. and cycling in the town. coming forward to make use of it, but, Operating under the umbrella of The Cycling and Walking as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, East Northants Community Services Infrastructure Plan includes it has become apparent there is now a (ENCS), Thrapston FoodBank is able to a summary of the analysis real need in Thrapston. share resources, systems and operating work undertaken, a network Over the school holidays a ‘Holiday procedures with Raunds and Rushden plan which identifies the Hunger’ team was providing free food banks, who are also part of ENCS. preferred routes and core sandwiches to Thrapston families whose This meant it could get up and running walking zones for further development, alongside a prioritised programme of Volunteers on the Thrapston infrastructure improvements Baptist Church Lawn for future investment. in just over a month. We have been overwhelmed by the The Council is seeking Trustee, Lindsay Latimer said: “We support and generosity of Thrapston views on the scope of the announced its arrival on our new folk. Thank you all so much.” document, its approach Facebook page, and offers of help and Open to anyone who is experiencing and whether any changes food have come flooding in. We now food poverty, the aim of the food bank are needed to the schemes have over 20 volunteers, a good variety is to provide people with food in a time proposed to ensure that they of produce and cash donations to help of crisis, and support them while they meet the new cycling design with the running costs of the food bank. resolve the issues that caused the crisis. guidance LTN 1/20 Cycling Infrastructure Design. The food bank is open every Tuesday from 1pm to 3.30pm at Thrapston People have until Friday Baptist Church, St Paul’s Gardens NN14 4FE. For more information, or to 23rd October 2020 to Trustees and Thrapston Town Councillors: (L to R) Trustees Neil Mathieson, Lindsey Burch offer help of any kind, phone the dedicated food bank number 07907 submit their comments using and Lindsay Latimer; Deputy Mayor Val Carter; 343 373 or check the Thrapston FoodBank Facebook page. the consultation hub. Councillor Sam Cribb; Trustee Tony Dadd 02 To submit your news story or event visit www.nenevalleynews.co.uk or call 01522 692542 19/09/20 WORDS BY WILDLIFE NEWS ROY BURRELL EDITOR’S NOTES As summer merges steadily (though, with this be happening in the fields; September could have year’s weather, not always gently) into autumn shown the corn crop being harvested, but now the evenings start earlier and we watch signs much of the straw residue will already have been A warm welcome to our first make up for lost time with pre-booked appointments of seasonal change in the leaves and fruits of collected and safely stored. printed edition of autumn. learning and the national so there is plenty of scope the plant kingdom. Artistically, of course, the Among the sufferers will be the hundreds or We may be having a last curriculum. At whatever to explore the most suitable stars of the show are leaves passing through thousands of species that we cannot see because they burst of warmth but with stage of education, there next stage for your child their wide range of colours from dark brown are too small or are hiding at literally ‘ground level’ schools and colleges now are so many changes to beginning on page 8. to pale orange or yellow, and which fade as -– the millions of insects – but they are under pressure well into the first academic encompass from online Elsewhere there are new worms and fungi turn them back into compost from all sides, not only as food for other wildlife (for term of the year it very much lectures to wearing face local initiatives to promote to enrich the soil underneath. We may come example there are plenty of creatures which, like us, feels as though summer is masks and keeping to group more walking and cycling into the story as many fruits act as food, for find the taste of blackberries an attraction, even if well well behind us. ‘bubbles’. One bright side which are under public humans as well as the countryside’s natural protected by their formidable thorns) but also being This issue includes our to all this which has been consultation and recycling population: they are the berries and grains the enemy of horticulturists and farmers protecting Education feature with expressed at our office is the schemes to help protect the ready for anything on offer. their crops by using chemical additives. schools inviting enquiries smooth drop-off process environment. Being able to In any year there are both winners and losers So anything which the weather did during the from students who will be now. With allotted time slots enjoy open spaces has been caused by how the weather has helped the plants, whole year will have widespread effects which exploring their options for for many schools, there is one of the healthiest ways to or in the worst cases given very little, or no, crop. cannot be predicted and may only show when next next year. Lockdown has no time to hang about and recharge our batteries during In the last century the farming year, and therefore spring brings its new growth, though they could be been a very challenging children seem, by and large, this pandemic. With so many wildlife, had an timetable for regular operations like affecting animal and plant species throughout the time for pupils, parents to sense this too. “Drop-off opportunities to explore and ploughing, sowing and harvesting, but agricultural winter. And it’s goodbye to those (birds) leaving us in and teachers and that will has never been so stress enjoy nature within the East methods have changed a lot, and no longer can the next two or three weeks for warmer climes and continue as protocols are free,” was one comment I Northants district, now is we know by looking at the calendar what might more food. Familiar, and without that virus? observed to provide a safe heard here. the perfect time to get out and protected environment. Open Days this year are to enjoy seasonal colour and WORDS BY Everyone is also striving to a mix of virtual events and autumn sunshine. GENEALOGY JOTTINGS JAN PEARSON When I was a child, I was taken broken pillar or column signifies of all eight of her children, which with alarming regularity by a life cut short; angels can mean made following that line a lot my Gran to the cemetery in St innocence and may be seen on easier! Albans to visit my Grandad. graves of children; an anchor is Some of the inscriptions can Grandad had died 10 years usually used if the interred was a also say a lot about that person. In before I was born, but Gran sailor. Stamford, for example, there is a – she who is to blame for my On one of my holidays in gravestone for a William Pepper interest (some would say Scotland, I visited the cemetery who died in 1783. On it is written: obsession) in family history at Newcastleton in the Scottish ‘Tho’ hot my name, yet mild my – thought that I should know Borders (as you do...) and nature, I bore good will to every where my Grandad was buried. saw the last known address creature; I brewed good ale & The gravestones fascinated me; of the deceased also etched sold it too, and unto each I gave I can remember one particular into the gravestones. How his due.’ The burial took place at angel looming large over the useful is that! One of the most Stamford St John on 30th March path that we took and there were helpful gravestones that I have and the parish register notes that family memorials with names seen is that of a several times William was aged 49 and had listed of wives and husbands – great grandmother of mine been a Victualler. plus the occasional offspring. in St Mildred’s churchyard in They don’t write them like that Did you know that the old Tenterden, Kent. It lists the names any more! designs of gravestones and Genealogy Specialists, Tracing Our Past, Discovering memorials can have special Our Genes (TOP DOG) www.genealogy-specialists.com meanings? For example: a Want to place an advertisement or submit an article? If you wish to contribute or have If you would like to receive this publication any comments please email as a download, Nene Valley News is available [email protected] or call online as a pdf at nenevalleynews.co.uk.