GREAT EASTON POST OFFICE AND Salsborough Kennels STORES And Cattery “Here to serve you” A home from home for your beloved pets Tel: 01536 770309 Small and Medium dog grooming now re-instated.

Email: [email protected] Oaktree Lodge, Horninghold Road, B&B accommodation available: Stockerston contact details as above Tel: 01572 822270

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TELEPHONE: (0116) 251 7171 Medbourne Playgroup FAX NO: (0116) 253 7370 e-mail [email protected] Held at Medbourne Village Hall Website www.pjhammond.com Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9.15am to 12 15pm Contact Richard Hammond For ages 2½ - 5 Contact: Celia Pocock: 01536 770421 Home visits possible

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Home visits for the elderly or infirm. 109 - 111 ROCKINGHAM ROAD, Please contact: Tel: 01536 266364 JANICE HEFFORD or SARAH HEFFORD The Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt The Reverend Stephen Bishop [email protected] The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Medbourne, LE16 8DZ H.Snow & Son Tel: 01858 565933 Mobile: 07590 829902 Established since 1913 Virtual Personal Assistant working remotely For all your building requirements email [email protected] by the hour. If you are in need of secretarial or Stonework and listed building specialist office support on a flexible basis then please  01536 770257 / 07876765226 / 07594935958 Secretary Ann Baile Treasurer Miles Ingram [email protected] email or telephone me on: The Paddocks, High Street Teal Cottage, 5 Holt View 0771 444 0210 NOW ZERO RATED VAT ON EVERYTHING Great Easton LE16 8ST Great Easton LE16 8TN 01536 770095 01536 772571

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Bringhurst LE16 8RJ Drayton LE16 8RQ Vicarage Cottage Graham Clark JOSEPH Main Street, Loddington 01536 772044 01858 565895 SAC(dip), CFHP (pract) LE7 9XE WARBURTON For an appointment call Carpentry & Building Home Tel: 01572 717302 GREAT EASTON Mobile Tel: 0774 04 2 6889 Tom Theakston Mary Henniker-Major 01536 772118 Services 4 Banbury Lane Linden House Great Easton LE16 8SF Great Easton LE16 8SJ 01536 770929 01536 770320 Book-keeping Accounts MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT, STOCKERSTON & VAT returns Wardens MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT Sage User Margaret Tuffs Mr Martin van Oppen Brookfield House, 41 Main Street Manor Farm Lynn Bradley Medbourne LE16 8DT Medbourne LE16 8DR Book Keeping Services 01858 565911 01858 565332 Telephone: 01858 434850 STOCKERSTON Mobile: 0779 064 5449 Mary Patston Catherine Nicholson Apple Cottage, Medbourne Road Stockerston Hall Stockerston LE15 9JF Stockerston LE15 9JD 01572 823396 01572 823204 STEPHEN SANDERSON LTD UK & EUROPEAN TRANSPORT BLASTON Patrick Fisher Wilfred Coon Robin Murray-Philipson Riverside Industrial Estate Market Harborough Hallcroft, Medbourne Road Garden House Carpenter & Joiner Leics LE16 7PT Hallaton LE16 8UH Blaston LE16 8DE Telephone: c01858 410117/466499 01858 555630 01858 555233 All your woodworking needs Fax: 01858 465121 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurers Bringhurst etc David Gibley 01536 772159 Medbourne Rachel Glover 01858 565876 New and renovation work www.sandersontransport.com Stockerston Mary Patston 01572 823396 Blaston Lindsay Blaaberg 01858 555538 Secretaries Bringhurst etc Ann Baile 01536 770095 For reliable and GARRY HYDE Medbourne etc Jenny Sandars 01858 565245 friendly service Stockerston Wendy Bromwich 01572 823110 Interior and Exterior Blaston Della Stones 01858 555688 Painting and Decorating

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Weekly Events Rector’s Letter Monday Medbourne Tiddlywinks October 2011 Parent, baby and toddler group Harvest 2012 Medbourne Village Hall 10am - 12noon

Line Dancing Great Easton Village Hall 1.30 - 3pm I am fond of these words of the Buddhist monk, Tsongkhapa: “This life, you must know it as a tiny splash of a raindrop. A thing of beauty that Tuesday Art Club disappears as it comes into being. Therefore, set your goal. Make use of every Great Easton Village Hall 10am - 12.30pm day and every night.” Given that I am just turning fifty, and that I am recuperating from my recent Bell Ringing Practice operation, I have perhaps had more time than usual to reflect on the years which St Andrew’s Great Easton 7.30 - 9pm have passed. Tuesday Yoga Class for all ages/abilities 7.30-8.45pm Life is a tremendous gift. Though it is not without its moments of darkness and Medbourne Village Hall difficulty it is, nonetheless, a wonderful blessing. As we reflect on life, we quickly

Tues, Wed Medbourne Playgroup become aware of how important it is to make the most of all life's opportunities. & Thurs Medbourne Village Hall 9.15am - 12.15pm The phrase "Seize the day" (Carpe diem), stemming from the belief that life is a gift to be lived to the full, is in keeping with the Christian tradition. One of the

Wednesday Tai Chi 9.30-10.30am best-known of the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel is: "I have come that you may have life in all its fullness." (John 10:10) Great Easton Village Hall

I have found it a great help to see life as a gift with a good purpose, even with all Thursday Great Easton Mum, Baby and Toddler Group its contradictions and troubles. It is a mystery which at times is quite Great Easton Village Hall 10am - 12noon unfathomable, but trusting that there is purpose and meaning behind even the

Junior Tennis Club at Medbourne most difficult aspects of the gift of life, helps one to make the most of it. And if a May to August purpose, then there must be a Being giving and sharing this sense of purpose . 4.30pm Beginners And what better response, but to come to that Being in gratitude for the countless, 5.15pm Intermediate unsought blessings which make life such a wonderful thing. What better 6pm More advanced (those who can rally) encouragement to come and thank God for "all good gifts around us", than our Classes free to Tennis Club members annual Harvest Festival celebrations.

Thursday Youth Group 11-18 years This year there will be visiting clergy at our Harvest Services across the parish. I Meets every Thursday in the Village Hall am sure that they will enjoy celebrating God’s generous gift of life in all its fullness Alternating weekly between Medbourne and Great Easton with you all. EVERYONE IS WELCOME For further information please contact: Stephen Bishop Cathy Moran 01536 771175

Parish Magazine Policy At a meeting of the magazine sub-committee on 6 November 2006, the following policy was agreed Email addresses: for all articles to be printed in the magazine: Please note that the Rector’s email address is • Articles should be no longer than one side of A5 paper (one magazine page), allowing space for any artwork. [email protected]

• The deadline for submission of articles is the 5th of the preceding month. Magazine related emails should all be sent to • Wherever possible articles should be submitted by email to [email protected] [email protected] Prayer Group will meet at 8.00 pm on Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt Monday,1 5th October at Manor Farmhouse, Services Great Easton. October 2012

7 October Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 9am 1662 Eucharist at Drayton Revd David Osborne 11am Medbourne Family Harvest Festival Revd Richard Barribal followed by Harvest Lunch

14 October Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 11am Harvest Family Eucharist at Great Easton followed by Harvest Lunch Revd Canon Mike Harrison 6pm Harvest Evensong at Blaston Very Revd Derek Hole ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH – ROTA OF SIDESPEOPLE October 2012 21 October Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 9am 1662 Eucharist at Bringhurst Revd Richard Barribal Sundays: 14th October 11.am Margaret Gadd & Anne Wallis 10.30am Family Eucharist at Medbourne Revd Richard Barribal NO COFFEE-HARVEST LUNCH 3pm Stockerston Harvest Festival Revd Dr Derek Stanesby

28 th October 10.30.am Heather Ingram & Margaret Stamp 28 October Last Sunday after Trinity Simon and Jude, Apostles

If any of these dates are inconvenient, please arrange to swap with someone, 10.30am Eucharist at Great Easton Revd Richard Barribal or if you have a problem contact Julia Bowder on 01536 771539.

God’s Generosity

God, you heap your love upon us like a mother providing for her family’s need, St Andrew’s Great Easton embracing her child with tenderness. Forgive us Wednesday Eucharist when, like spoilt children, we treat your generosity as our right, On most Wednesdays throughout the year or hug it possessively to ourselves. there is a Eucharist service in Great Easton at Give us enough trust to live securely in your love 10.30am. and to share it freely with others in open-handed confidence All are welcome so please join us. that your grace will never run out.

Jan Berry GARDENER’S CORNER

OCTOBER 2012 St Giles’ Medbourne So we had a good summer if you missed the showers. Our water butts are all full. We may not have been able to enjoy the outdoors as much as normal but Harvest Festival 2012 the weather has not stopped the gardens from growing and giving us plenty to do. Autumn is well and truly on the way and we shall soon be admiring the changing colours, look around your local area to see what inspires you, and would work in your garden. 7 October 2012

Many Asters are now coming to their best, along with Dahlias and Cosmos. 11am The last two are great value plants, as they will continue to flower up to the first frost. To get the best from them remember to dead head, taking back the old flower stalks back to a node. followed by

Asters are a wonderful plant to grow, from the wide range Bring and Share Harvest Lunch of colours to the many different sizes from 30cm/1ft to 100cm/3/4ft. making them a versatile plant for all gardens. Do they require any work, well yes they are herbaceous plants and as with all herbaceous plants they require cutting back, normally in the autumn but some people will do this in the spring - this does need to be done before they start GREAT EASTON HARVEST LUNCH sprouting. As with all plants they do require feeding so use a general fertiliser along with mulching in the spring which will help hold moisture as they don’t like dry conditions. Following the 11.00 am Harvest Festival Service Taller varieties will need staking. on Sunday, 14 th October

Plant up pots/containers for winter interest. Evergreen /variegated shrubs, at approx. 12.00 noon in the village hall herbs, wall flowers, pansy’s, polyanthus, violas and of course a variety of bulbs. ** GREATLY REDUCED TICKET PRICES ** Gardener’s Tip: Tickets: £6.00 per adult (to include a glass of wine) If planting up any pots/containers or moving plants this FREE for children 12 years and under autumn do remember to water them in and keep an eye on them especially if we have another dry winter. Tickets available from:

Mary Henniker-Major (01536 770320) Alistair Peak Julia Bowder (01536 771539) Lara Upton (01536 770028) EVERYONE WELCOME

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Proceeds in aid of Church Funds

HELP WANTED IN CHURCHYARD ! GREAT EASTON CHURCH

We would like to have an autumn working party to tidy up the churchyard for the winter.

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Medbourne Cricket Club THE 2012 PARISH PROJECT “Light in Africa” Concert 16 September 2012 As the cricket season nears its conclusion our village club has had what is arguably its most successful season ever. The club draws players from surrounding villages as well as Market Harborough but the majority come from within the parish Those who attended the concert held in St Giles’ Medbourne on boundaries and remain committed to what is a friendly club that is very much part Saturday 16 September were rewarded with a truly enjoyable of the community. For many years the club has focussed on attracting young boys evening. The audience was delighted by the quality of entertainment and girls on a Saturday morning with up to 100 attending each week. To keep them interested we play matches at all age groups so that everyone from the age provided by Alex Carpenter and Caroline Trutz, with her accompanist of 7 has the opportunity to play in matches. Our coaching is certainly amongst the and dancer. best in the County and this has gone some way to ensuring that our young people taste success on the field. One successful age group this season was our Under The success of the evening was due to a tremendous amount of 11's who completed a unique double to become undisputed kings of Leicestershire preparation by David and Val Tyler, Margaret Tuffs, Martin van cricket as they were crowned county champions not once but TWICE!! On the morning of 29 August they beat Thorpe Arnold to become Hardball champions and Oppen and Neville Hackett, who was also responsible for obtaining in the afternoon they beat Barkby to add the Incrediball title. Stars on the day the artistes. We extend our thanks to them all. were James Clarke, Will Matthews, Ben Fraser, Cameron Smith, Tom Bell, Mitchel Adams, Harvey Clarke, Alfie Finch and Philip Wright with some excellent batting We still have the final Parish Project event of the year to go, the and bowling performances. Carol Service in St Giles’ Church, Medbourne on 9 December, which More success came from our Under 15 team (pictured) who not only won the County Cup and will be a fitting finale to what has been another exceptional year. league but also progressed to the last 16 of the UK wide national competition where they were Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Carol Service early! narrowly defeated in one game but still managed to finish as one of the top 10 teams in the UK. An incredible achievement for such a small club. Leading players with the bat were Joel Nance (530 runs), Toby Williams (218) and with the ball Joe Bell (17 wickets,) Harry Clarke, (16) and Toby Williams (14). These same players are also amongst the leaders with bat and ball in the adult games as our aim is to introduce the youngsters into adult cricket and build for the future. Our Saturday team is led by Ollie Barton who not only captains the Northants physically disabled team but has this year been selected for the squad. Olly suffered a serious injury in a road accident a few years ago and cricket has Light In Africa is a Tanzanian registered not for profit organization (NGO) which certainly helped him rebuild his life. Medbourne entered the Northants league last cares for sick, abandoned and handicapped children and other unsupported people season and gained promotion in their first year. They have repeated that achieve- in Africa. All money donated to Light In Africa goes directly to funding projects in ment this season and if they can win their final 2 games they will be crowned Tanzania. Volunteers provide invaluable assistance to a ‘hands on’ charity. champions. The Sunday team, captained by Brad Downing, play in the highly competitive Over the last 9 years, Light in Africa has expanded in all of its missions to the Division 2 and despite fielding many young players have achieved good orphans and unsupported children and widows, in the Hai District of Kilimanjaro results and consolidated themselves in this division. The results on the field and Region, and in a district of Manyara Region, Tanzania. the commitment off it will ensure that there is a bright future for Medbourne Cricket Club.

MEDBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL

At the meeting held on Monday 3 rd September 2012 the following items of interest to the village were discussed: Great Easton

Drain at corner of Springbank: Water escaping on to the road at the corner of Springbank is coming from a storm drain. It had been reported and Highways personnel did come and remove mud and debris from the drain, however, it appears to have become clogged again and water is once more escaping. It has therefore been reported again and given a new Highways job number. Christmas Disco

Drains at corner of Main Street / Drayton Road: The very poor state of these drains has also been reported. This too has been given a Highways job number. th 15 December Ragwort: This had been reported at the July Parish Council meeting as being out of control in Leviathan Wood and was followed up with the Estate Manager. It has now been cut where possible and will be sprayed in the spring. 7pm - Midnight

Street Light on corner of Ashley Road / Waterfall Way: There is still some doubt as to whether the light is working properly – this will be followed up.

DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be held on Monday 1 st October , Disco and Buffet 2012 in the Village Hall at 7.45pm .

Autumn Club

We are sorry to hear that Freda Andrews, Jenny Sandars’ mother, has moved from Medbourne to Aberdeen House in . Jenny and Keith have been absolutely won- derful looking after her for many years at Marlow Court, but following a fall and a spell In hospital it was obvious she couldn’t live on her own any longer. We hope she will be very happy and make some new friends and enjoy watching the pupils of passing her window.

We have moved the date of our Christmas Bazaar to Friday, Adult £6, Children £1 23 rd November. We are holding the event in the Village Hall as usual and we hope this will encourage everyone to get in the mood for buying Christmas presents. We felt we were a bit too close to Christmas in December so hope you will all support us, even if you only come for a cup of coffee! All Monies raised will go to the Village Hall And Cransley Hospice GREAT EASTON VILLAGE CALENDAR 2013 IRELAND & LONGHILL Chartered Accountants Harborough These unique, local calendars are now available!!!! 10 Station Street, Kibworth Beauchamp, LE8 0LN They can be purchased from me or from ‘Great Tel: 0116 2793704

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MEDBOURNE TENNIS CLUB

A good Summer’s tennis has been enjoyed by all the members. Coaching classes will continue with Kevin Hoey on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays and can be booked either Parish of Six Saints circa Holt through him or Oscar Muto.

The Leics Summer League matches had good results with Men’s 1 – struggling; Men’s 11 – promoted; Ladies’ 1 and 11 – holding position and the Mixed team promoted.

A Ladies Winter League team is being arranged starting in October. Please contact Fleur Clarke if you would like to play. Sunday 9 December 2012 New members are always welcome. For more details please ring the Secretary, Ann Coon, on 555 630 or join in Club Night under the floodlights on Thursday evenings from 7 pm throughout the Autumn and Winter months. 6.30pm AECoon St Giles’ Church, Medbourne MEDBOURNE HOLLOW with the Harborough Singers

The Sunday teas fundraising event held for the Medbourne Hollow nature area over the August Bank Holiday weekend was a huge success. The support over the two days was fantastic with lots of Tickets (which include an extensive buffet and the first glass of cakes, offers of help, significant donations and large numbers of you visiting us for tea. The record breaking sum of £492 was raised wine) are available for a suggested minimum donation of £10. All which has now been deposited with the Parish Council to be used for are welcome to attend. Tickets will be available soon and details the maintenance of the Hollow and the bird feeding costs. Many will be published in the next magazine. thanks to everyone for their support.

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Many thanks to Joy Henderson who came to entertain us with her "Comedy On Thursday 4 October members will be going to Caldecott for lunch at The Magic". We were taken through the decades of different styles of magic starting in Plough. the 60's with balloons and scarves, 70's style with the inimitable Tommy Cooper's Due to several members no longer driving, and three of the usual drivers unable to Bottle Glass trick - Joy worked up to 8 bottles - the original with Tommy Cooper attend, the meal has been organised so that some members can travel on the Rut- ended up with 50 and glasses as well! The mind boggles as to how he managed, land Flyer local bus service. This means that those apparently there is still a rendition on You-Tube being shown. We had lots of who are able to do so will go on the 12.04 bus and different card tricks, a Rubik's Cube that fixed itself and some balloon tricks. The come back at 2.36pm. The people unable to travel in highlight of the evening was when one of our members had a sword passing this way will be transported by the remaining drivers. through her neck. We all had a thoroughly good evening and again, many thanks to Joy. Will the members going by public transport please make sure they are at their nearest bus stop in good We have almost finalised our programme for next year with time. thanks to our members for all their hard work in putting it together.

Our next meeting is on "The life and works of George A little girl was running as fast as she could, trying not to be late for Sunday School. Formby" with Mr Kevin Barfield, our competition being a As she ran she prayed, 'Dear Lord, please don't let me be late! Dear Lord, please don't musical instrument. We start at 7.30p.m in the village hall in let me be late!' While she was running and praying, she tripped and fell, getting her Medbourne and would welcome new members and visitors. clothes dirty and tearing her dress. She got up, brushed herself off, and started running again! As she ran she once again began to pray, 'Dear Lord, please don't let me be late...But please don't shove me either!' StSt Peter’sPeter’s Church,Church, StockerstonStockerston

Wednesday 31 October – 7.30 pm. in the village hall

30 TH ANNIVERSARY BRING AND SHARE SUPPER EVENING

We shall be celebrating our 30 th anniversary with a bring and HARVESTHARVEST SALESALE share supper and an evening of reminiscences of 1982 (our foundation year) and 1952 (the year of the Queen’s accession). Saturday 20th October So bring your food and drink and your memories to share for a 2.00 – 4.00 p.m. convivial evening

All welcome – non-members £1 Bumper Raffle, Giant Tombola, Bric -a-Brac Cake Stall, Produce, Games, Refreshments

Including: NOVELTY DOG SHOW

Entries on the field Rosettes and prizes for winners SIX SAINTS YOUTH GROUP “OPEN EVENING”

Thursday 11 th October 2012 HARVESTHARVEST SERVICESERVICE 7.30 -9pm in Great Easton Village Hall

This is an opportunity to meet the staff, committee and the young peo- Sunday 21st October 3.00 p.m. ple, to see what goes on and what is planned for the future. The Youth Group, which meets on alternate Thursdays in Medbourne Revd Dr Derek Stanesby and Great Easton, is now wholly funded by our own Community.

We hope you’ll join us for our special weekend PLEASE DROP IN AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE

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AVENUE GARDEN SERVICES Offering a friendly, reliable Stockerston News competitive Service. Grass cutting, strimming, landscaping, Firstly, and rather belatedly, we welcome the latest member to our small repairs, clearance, fencing, paving, community. Isaac Harrington was born in the summer to Gemma and Steven, a driveways etc… brother for James and Findlay. Our congratulations to them all. TEL: 07779797059 01858 565152 We are looking forward to celebrating our Harvest Weekend on 20th and 21st October and hope that many of you will find the time to come along and enjoy the fun! Our Harvest Sale, on Saturday at 2pm, will include a giant Tombola, Cake Annabella Stall, Games, Refreshments and Raffle. Alongside this, Stockerston's annual Beauty Salon of Houghton on the hill novelty dog show will no doubt give us some great entertainment and provide an opportunity for our four-legged friends to take centre stage! The Harvest Service Specialises in a wide range of beauty and holistic treatments in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. on Sunday at 3pm will be taken by Revd Dr Derek Stanesby. Please do join us Please contact Anna or Louise on 0116 2410393 and savour the beauty and tranquillity of our delightful little church. Annabella 18 Main street Houghton-on-the-hill Our thanks to Cheryl for preparing the church for us in September and Anita Bray Leicester in October. LE7 9GD Fidelio BOOKKEEPING SERVICES WAYNE SLOUGH International artists in Opera Minima’s GROUNDWORK/BUILDING SERVICES

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Leonore Marzelline Fernando Rocco 15 years experience NO OBLIGATION FREE QUOTES Own laptop with Sage 50 Accounts DRIVEWAYS DRAINAGE Sales/Purchase Ledger, Vat Returns, CONCRETING PATIOS Credit Control etc. FENCING CLEARANCE Accounts up to trial balance TEL: 07779797059 / 01858 565152 [email protected] Competitive rates Flexible hours/days as required Work can be undertaken at own

premises or client’s address Perfect Effect We offer: Quality home cleaning, a first class service with attention to detail; tailor made to your needs. Why pay high Accountancy fees? Frequency to suit your needs and budget. Opera fans are in for a treat in November. Opera Minima has come up with an Furniture waxed, silver and brass polished. All domestic cleaning at a competitive price with no VAT imaginative and flexible re-structuring of arguably the greatest opera ever written, Tel: 01858 555168 Any chore we won’t ignore . Beethoven’s Fidelio, to be performed in both the OCF and St Andrew’s Church as Mob: 07729 700874 Visit our web site at www.perfecteffect.co.uk well as the Great Hall in Oakham Castle. Email: Or give us a call for your free no obligation quote on. [email protected] The heroine, Leonore, dresses as a man, calling herself Fidelio, in order to rescue 01536 406344 07912747319 her husband from certain death in the prison where he has been incarcerated by the evil Pizarro.

In the title role is Elizabeth Stannard who has sung in opera houses in Canada, Agricultural Engineer USA and Australia. The gaoler Rocco is bass Adam Leftwich, who will fly in from The Old Forge Yard, Rockingham the Czech Republic where he sings with the State Opera Prague and elsewhere. His *Horticultural Repairs/Supplies, *Fabrication, daughter Marzelline is Alexandra Hutton, who has sung Papagena with Deutsche *Hydraulic Hoses *Oil Supplies etc Oper Berlin. Don Fernando is John Savournin , Judge in last year’s Trial by Jury . Tel: 01536 770966 Performance details Fax: 01536 771696 Sun 4 Nov Old Corset Factory, Gt Easton 6.00 pm £30 inc supper Fri 9 Nov Oakham Castle, Oakham 7.00 pm £15 Sun 11 Nov St Andrew’s Church, Gt Easton 7.00 pm £15 Ambassador Tickets Oil Heating Services Ltd By post from Sarah, 26, St Peter’s Court, Northampton NN1 1SH

Phone 01604 230 584 (weekday evenings only) Boiler installations Online via www.operaminima.org Servicing In person from Oakham Castle (for Oakham performance only) Breakdown repair and Gt Easton shop (St Andrew’s performance only) Tank installations Any queries, call 01536 770298 Aga/Rayburn servicing and repair Power flushing General plumbing Fidelio is supported by 01858 881118 The Hickinbotham Trust Barclaycard and www.ambassadorohs.com Arts Council England

Home Instead Senior Care Companionship, housekeeping, GREAT EASTON AND VILLAGES WELCOMES personal care WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRAINED HAIR STYLIST AND BEAUTY THERAPIST Contact Alexandra on 01858 540 317 Philippa-Lee Market Harborough Corby & Rutland www.homeinstead.co.uk Cut and Styling from £28 Colouring/foils from £65 includes cut and styling Perming/Straightening from £65 includes cut and styling BLASTON NEWS Styling tips and Hair Care advice complimentary. September Eucharist at Blaston was well attended, with 20 parishioners participating, Luxury Manicure/Pedicure including massage £28 presided over by Rev Richard Barribal, whose sermon about blind athletes and their leaders Express Manicure/Pedicure £25 was very instructive. We wished Stephen well, after hearing that his operation had been done Eyebrow/Facial and Body Waxing from £24 and that he could be expected home shortly for a quite long period of recuperation. Make-up/Lessons £30/40 Harvest Festival Arrangements: An evening service on Sunday 14 October at 6:00 pm, Full Bridal Packages also available POA with harvest refreshments afterwards. Friday and Saturday beforehand will be set aside for decorating. The whole village is invited to help with decorating the church and preparing In the privacy of your home!!! finger food and wine. Helen Kennedy has kindly volunteered to be co-ordinator of the For a full list of services and to book your appointment preparations.

Telephone Pip on 01536 772107/0773 119 4763 Family on Duty Reminder: October: The whole village, led by the Kennedy family. November: Cory family WJBCoon

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 17 th October 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.

Secrets of the Soil and of Fertilizers given to us by Stuart Phillips

Competition - Any 3 flowers from the garden .

New members and visitors always welcome .

GREAT EASTON VILLAGE HALL

The committee wishes to thank all those involved with the Great Easton Silver Jubilee celebrations for not only giving us a lot of fun but raising a stupendous £2,235.91 and donating it to the Village Hall Roof Fund. Simon Gladstone We have 'Nail Rot'!

Heating and Plumbing Help Us to raise the money for repairs by supporting the following events:-

Domestic, Commercial, Industrial Gas/Heating Engineer Make 5. Date to be confirmed

6 Lounts Crescent, Great Easton Market Harborough, Leicestershire November 23rd Leah Kharibian will give a talk on Capturing Leonardo. Tel: 01536 772620 Twelve months with the master in the run-up to the National Gallery's Mobile: 07977924679 537444 landmark exhibition. (Refreshments and bar) Rebalance your body to relieve pain and discomfort with McTimoney FREE CALLOUT FREE ESTIMATES December 15th Family Christmas Party ( Proceeds to be shared between Village Hall and Cransley Hospice) Chiropractic and Craniosacral Therapy.

Free Pre Treatment Assessment John Ford Tickets on sale from Great Easton Village Shop and Flick Craven (01536 For more details call 01572 820515 or visit ELECTRICIAN Domestic and Industrial 770719 ) www.mctimoneychiropractic.org and Rewires Extra Sockets Showers www.upledger.co.uk Tel: 01536 771952

Friday 5th October Charity day in aid of Macmillan and Air Ambulance Fund 10am to 3pm College Farm, Main Street, Drayton, LE16 8SD

Not sure where to find us? Look for the banner! TEA, COFFEE, CAKES, RAFFLE AND TOMBOLA

Plus lots of stalls to help you make a start to your Christmas shopping For information call Elisabeth on 01858 565102 or 07710 603803 Or Lesley on 01858 565656 or 07813 982665

ALL WELCOME ,

Bring your friends and family and together we can raise money for people benefitting from these worthy causes.