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2015village festival p.19 Moulton Neighbourhood Development Plan PRE-SUBMISSION CONSULTATION SATURDAY 17th JANUARY 2015 Moulton Village Hall 2.30pm – 5.00pm

All residents are invited to attend the Pre-submission Consultation event to view the Neighbourhood Plan before it is submitted to Daventry District Council for formal consultation. Also available to view will be the plans for the new community centre that has recently been granted planning permission. Your attendance and feedback will be much appreciated.

2 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Moulton Scene Editorial Information

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spring 2015 • moulton scene | 3 CONTENTS 3 EDITORIAL Business Section Council Matters 33 SHEILA SMITH SALES & EVENTS 35 BLUEBIRD 5 CHAIRMAN OF THE PARISH COUNCIL – Barry Care MBE 35 TIDY NUMBERS 9 FROM YOUR MP CHRIS 37 BRAMPTON GRANGE HEATON-HARRIS 11 11 FROM YOUR DISTRICT Helping Hands COUNCILLOR CLLR DANIEL 37 GIVE BLOOD, DDC CARE & CRIBBIN REPAIR, MOULTON & OVERSTONE EDUCATIONAL TRUST, MONDAY 15 11 FROM YOUR DISTRICT COUNCILLOR CLLR MIKE CLUB, MOULTON & OVERSTONE WARREN VILLAGE CAR SCHEME, BEANSTALK, MEMORY CAFE Police News 13 DAVENTRY RURAL COMMUNITY Village Clubs and TEAM NEWS Societies 13 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH 39 SING & SIGN, YARKER TUITION 13 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE’S POLICE LA JOLIE RONDE IN MOULTON, AND CRIME COMMISSIONER MOULTON ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION, MOULTON Village Information, MOVIES, MOULTON PLAYERS, MOULTON EVENING WI, Events & Local News MOULTON & DISTRICT GARDENERS’ SOCIETY, 19 3 ‘WELCOME TO MOULTON’ PACK MOULTON HISTORY SOCIETY, 15 PARTY IN THE PARK MOULTON MORRIS MEN, 17 2015 MAY QUEEN MOULTON CHURCH BELL 17 CHRONICLE & ECHO ‘DOWN RINGERS, MOULTON KEEP FIT, YOUR WAY’ THE FRIEND-LEYS, NETWORK ARTS, HARDY PLANTS, OVER 50’S 19 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL TABLE TENNIS GROUP 2015 21 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL – ART EXHIBITION Gardening Tips 21 CHRISTMAS 2014 WASTE & 44 GARDENING TIPS FROM THE 31 RECYCLING COLLECTIONS GARDEN CENTRE TEAM AT MOULTON COLLEGE 21 MOULTON BUS SERVICES 21 ROYAL MAIL PHASE OUT USE Focus on Sport and OF BIKES Youth 44 MOULTON VILLAGE TRAIL GUIDE 45 WHITE TIGER TAEKWON-DO 48 OPENING TIMES 48 HALLS TO HIRE Rural News 49 WHAT NOT TO MISS UNTIL MAY 2015 45 PARISH FOOTPATH WARDEN – FOOT.... NOTES 50 USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS 39 41 School/Doctors/ Obituaries Library News 46 OBITUARIES 23 MOULTON SURGERY Church News 25 MOULTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 47 MOULTON PARISH CHURCH, 27 FRIENDS OF MOULTON PRIMARY CAREY BAPTIST CHURCH, SCHOOL – FOMPS MOULTON EVANGELICAL 27 MOULTON SCHOOL & SCIENCE CHURCH COLLEGE 29 MOULTON COLLEGE Index of 41 31 MOULTON LIBRARY Advertisers 31 FRIENDS OF MOULTON LIBRARY 48 A-Z LISTING OF LOCAL TRADES PEOPLE 31 FOOD & CRAFT FAYRE

4 | moulton scene • spring 2015 From the Parish Council Chairman Barry Care MBE

Christmastime Planning Committee use their rules for us by passing on these problems to the some applications and not for others appropriate CC department. hristmastime is upon us, without seeming to realise their own although the commercial inconsistency over the implementation Archaeological Excavations world has been preparing us of their own policies. Sitting in one of Recent archaeological excavations for some time now. On holiday their meetings can be like watching in fields off The Grove have yielded Cduring the last week of September I a bit of Alice in Wonderland where some interesting artefacts indicating noticed one large garden centre in one application in open countryside evidence of early settlement of Moulton Ambleside had set up their display of and therefore breaking all the rules in Roman times, and possibly pre- glitzy artificial Christmas trees. is approved, whilst the discussions Roman times. More details will be on about the next application also in open our Parish Council website once the In the beautiful scenery of the Lake countryside, all centre around the evaluation has been completed. History District it was particularly incongruous at dangers of creating a precedent if they is important to remind us we are all only that time. I do, however, relish the time approve it. Not fit for purpose? Let your part of a procession of villagers passing around each Christmas as very special District Councillors know what you think. through during our lifetime. Next year and enjoyable. It is a time for the pleasure I must take this opportunity to single out is an important historical anniversary of singing favourite carols, family parties, District Councillor Mike Warren, who being the 800th year since the Magna the traditional food treats, watching the works tirelessly on our behalf to improve Carta, the great charter which the Morris Men on Boxing Day, meeting old and secure the future of Moulton. medieval barons forced King John to friends on a walk round the village, and sign to guarantee the basic rights that all those lazy moments relaxing in front of New Community Centre still underpin our law. I hope here in the TV. I hope you enjoy a good time too. Most villagers will be aware of the Moulton we can find a suitable way of changes to the part of Moulton School marking the occasion. Perhaps some Planning Matters known as the Sports Complex, which suitable entries in the Festival Carnival, Once again I have to devote much of also houses the Village Hall. These or a historical exhibition of what Moulton my report to planning matters. The changes have made our hall less would have been like at that period. avalanche of planning applications attractive to some hirers and caused continues and our worse fears about the difficulties for us over access into our Anti-social Behaviour Overstone Leys 3500 houses have been hall and raised other issues. We have I am sad to report a growing confirmed. Disappointingly the Inspector been aware for several years of the problem of anti-social behaviour by reviewing the proposal along with other need to provide a larger Community youngsters around the village, mostly SUEs around Northampton seems to Centre more firmly under our control, in groups meeting up in the evenings. have ignored the majority of compelling and as I reported last time, plans have Unfortunately it isn’t just noisy behaviour evidence presented over the course been drawn up for a new complex on or general nuisance but occasional of the two weeks of the inspection the Sandy Hill site with flexible usage in damage and vandalism is occurring, hearings. One example was from the its design. The planning application that including broken windows. These young County Council Highways Department was submitted in the Summer has been people have families in Moulton and I which set out details of investigations approved and we must press ahead with would ask parents to be vigilant over the into the expected traffic flows around funding the build. The new centre will whereabouts of their children during the Northampton should the proposed include two halls, a large hall and a small dark evenings. If they are just out and developments go ahead. Of all the one that can be combined for very large about it’s just possible they might be different modelling set out in their report functions, a new library for Moulton, a associating with others involved in these it was made clear to the hearing that only daily cafe facility, parish offices and the problems. The police are aware of our a dual carriageway bypass around the usual community services. When the growing difficulties and we are working northern/western side of the town would new doctors’ surgery is built on land together in order to identify those cope with the increased traffic. Like so adjacent to this Community Centre, a youngsters involved. Please check many other infrastructure issues that community hub of services for villagers on your own children’s whereabouts, involved large capital expenditure that will be available on this one site. particularly in the evenings. contributors raised with the Inspector, this traffic issue seems to have been Several organisations have activities overlooked or ignored by the Inspector, Barlow Lane Car Park for youngsters and in this issue several and makes me question the adequacy of The Barlow Lane Car Park is to be given groups list the events they can get judgement in compilation of the Report. a proper tarmac surface and this work involved with. The bellringers and Like so many aspects of our lives these is imminent. The parish council have Morris Men are examples of two groups days, expediency of policy rather than wanted to get this done for some years seeking recruits in the following pages of good practice which serves people’s and feel it will be a big improvement this issue of the Scene, but many others needs, rules all levels of politics. benefitting the village. The new street would also welcome new members. Also lighting being installed by Balfour in addition to what presently exists for The massive 3500 housing development Beattie on behalf of NCC Highways has youngsters in Moulton, we need at some joining Moulton up to Overstone caused a lot of problems and at time of point to be active in our support for a and Northampton being promoted writing, has not been completed. Tell dedicated youth club in our community. by Daventry District Council is sited your County Councillor if you still have The Parish Council have had this on on ‘green wedge’ land or is in open concerns. Road and path surfaces their wish list for many years, and tried a countryside: therefore DDC planning in our village are also still in very poor couple of times to set up such a facility, policies will have to set aside in repair, another item to add to the list for but so far only with short term success. order to develop this site. The DDC Judy Shephard who always supports Any ideas and help welcomed! spring 2015 • moulton scene | 5 MOULTON David Brandon MINIBUS SERVICE Carpet Fitting Specialist TRANSPORT FOR 1-16 PASSENGERS. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE • Carpets and Vinyls supplied and fitted • Re-adaptions Undertaken

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8 | moulton scene • spring 2015 FROM YOUR MP Chris Heaton-Harris

ell, something that this plan was workable and it was most people around “published”, we basically had Moulton have known a void which, coupled with the would be happening Government’s “presumption in Wfor years has pretty much been favour of sustainable development”, confirmed by the Planning Inspector meant that developers can, and in the last few weeks; namely, that have, enjoyed essentially an we are going to have a large amount “open season” in local planning. of new houses built between this Now, I’m pleased to say, this is village and Overstone. coming to an end.

The area of land that has been This doesn’t mean that there won’t earmarked for development, be any speculative developments, obviously subject to detailed but in the future, any developer planning permission, is in what is wanting to build housing locally that called the “Joint Core Strategy” is outside the “Joint Core Strategy”, and whilst this strategy needs a few will have to jump much higher further tweaks before it is finally hurdles to persuade local planners signed off, it is very likely that it will to allow such plans. Additionally, form the rulebook as to which land if there is a “Neighbourhood Plan” can be developed over the course in place, they will also have to of the next fifteen years or so. persuade the majority of local residents that their plan is good for Whilst some people locally will be the local area too. disappointed with this, you can say that the fact this plan has now So we have a lot of development “emerged” is a good thing, as it coming our way in the next few years. will help stem the flow of the large You’d have noticed that work has number of speculative smaller already started on the infrastructure developments that the village has that goes alongside development, had to deal with over the last few with a new design for the Spinney years, and which have caused a Hill roundabout and what will be a huge amount of local controversy. new dual-carriageway replacing part of the old A43 heading north. Back in the days of the last government, “Local Plans”, which It is now up to us to make sure served as a basis for where land that this development works for could be developed, were abolished us all. Conversations are already and replaced by high regional happening about developing a new, targets for housing, which did not larger GP surgery and money from take into account local demographics the development will be spent on or pressures. local school provision and a host of other local amenities. When the government changed in 2010, it eventually abolished As ever, I am keen to hear your views these targets and the Borough on the future of Moulton and indeed, of Northampton, along with the any other matters you care to raise districts of Daventry and South with me. You can contact me using Northants, formed their own the details below. plans for future development, as House of Commons required by the Localism Act. These LONDON, SW1A 0AA plans have the catchy title of the E: [email protected] “Joint Core Strategy.” T: 020 7219 7048 All of this is important, as before W: www.heatonharris.com the Planning Inspectorate said Twitter: @chhcalling

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ince my last article in the Moulton keeping an eye out for litter bugs and registered for the scheme will then be Scene I have been working hard a £75 fine will be given for anyone sent details of how much money they Son your behalf alongside my dropping litter or allowing their dog to could save, together with a no-obligation fellow Moulton District Councillor Mike foul the footpaths or verges. Anyone can offer to switch. Warren and Moulton Parish Council report instances of littering, dog fouling dealing with the numerous planning or graffiti directly to Daventry District All residents need to do is register and applications that are coming forward Council on 01327 871100 or online at the rest of the work is done for them. It in the village. You can read more about www.daventrydc.gov.uk/online and then is free and there is no obligation to switch these in Mike’s article in this edition of look for the “report something” box. providers at the end of the process. the Moulton Scene. It really is a win-win situation. Collective switch scheme aiming to In addition to being one of your two cut energy bills How much can you save? District Councillors I continue to be the Residents in the District will be given Similar schemes run by other Councils Environment Portfolio Holder at Daventry the opportunity to save money on have seen yearly savings of between £60 District Council and would like to draw their energy bills with a new collective to £200 per household, but DDC cannot your attention to the following items switching scheme launched by Daventry guarantee every household will save which I have recently been dealing with. District Council on 2nd December 2014 money. This depends on your current Litter Clamp down and open until 2 February 2015. tariff arrangements. The Environmental Crime Campaign The Council has teamed up with the Please log on to www.daventrydc. is now in full swing across the District. UK’s leading collective switching expert, gov.uk/bigswitchdaventry or call Since my last article I can report that iChoosr, in a bid to help residents join 01327 871100. There will also be a the Clean-up in Daventry Town Centre forces to get a better deal on their gas drop in session at Moulton Library on on 23rd October went very well with and electricity. The free scheme allows Wednesday 28 January 2015 from over 50 people coming together you to register for a collective, with 1.30-4pm. Please remember to bring to help clean up the Town Centre. energy companies then competing for along your gas and electricity bills. Help was received by McDonalds, their custom in an auction. councillors and local people. We hope I’ll sign off until next time by to roll this out across the District in the The cheapest tariff offered by the energy wishing you all a very Merry Christmas New Year. Council officers are now companies will win, and everyone and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

FROM YOUR DISTRICT COUNCILLOR table are senior members and officers from Daventry District Council and Northamptonshire County Council Highways department, representatives Cllr Mike Warren from Northampton Borough Council, Housing & Environmental Health Portfolio – Member for Moulton Ward Wellingborough Borough Council, and 7 T: 01604 781082 E: [email protected] parish councils close to Moulton.

he summer at DDC has been from David Conway (Moulton Magpies I have been very successful in bringing fairly quiet whilst we’ve waited Football Club) on where Moulton all these parties together and getting Tfor the Government’s Planning parish is today as a community and all parties talking and understanding Inspector to publish his report on what infrastructure items are in place one another’s problems concerning all all the new houses to be built in and and where we see it in 20 years, plus the new development that is hitting our around Northampton. Now that the what additional infrastructure items will communities. The major discussions report has been published and he has be required by then. The final element have been centred on Highways issues. given the go ahead for the 3500 new to the presentation was to ask the Trying to get information out of the homes to be built between Moulton Members and Officers at Daventry Highways department is a constant and Overstone, the hard work really District Council for their help and advice challenge and is proving very difficult. begins, not only for me, but also your on how we can achieve our goals. parish council, as to how we are going I have also been working with David to manage the new people arriving into Our greatest challenge is securing Conway of Moulton Magpies to help our parish and protect our village and funding for the infrastructure items them achieve their new 3rd generation its services for the current residents. we are going to need to service the artificial football pitch. I would like Retaining our identity as a community large increase in population into our to publicly thank David, who works in its own right and not as an extension parish; both the parish council and tirelessly for the football club and for to Northampton is our priority. I are continually lobbying Daventry all the help and support he gives the District Council and Developers to parish council behind the scenes. Having said it’s been quiet, I have been commit funds for our requirements. working very hard behind the scenes Unfortunately this does not happen As of the 1st September I have taken with Jane Austin, your Clerk, and Barry overnight, I wish it did, it’s an uphill responsibility for the Housing and Care, Chairman of your Parish Council. battle but one we will win. Environmental Health Portfolio for I’ve assisted in organising, and chaired, DDC. If you have any issues within a meeting with senior Members and I also chair a Development these areas please do not hesitate to Officers of Daventry District Council in Implementation Group which looks contact me. which Moulton Parish Council made at all major planning applications a presentation to them with the help in and around Moulton. Around the

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12 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Sergeant Matthew Moore, Daventry Rural Community Daventry Rural Team Leader Community Team News

aving now officially started at Brixworth to voice their concerns to local Officers and I have put plans I wanted to introduce myself. I’m really in place to put this to use in rural Daventry and hope to see pleased to be the new Rural North Sgt based this up and running in the coming months. Watch this space at Brixworth. It’s a beautiful part of the county for further details. H(I’ve run around the reservoir many times) and has a well established and committed team already in place. For those keen on following us on social media we now have I have been with Northants Police now for 17 years and a Daventry rural Twitter account, @Norpol_DavRN have lived in Northampton for most of my life. I have Locally we were fortunate that the remnants of hurricane worked across numerous departments within the Gonzalo, whilst bringing down a multitude of branches (and Police over the years including CID, custody, offender several trees), passed without serious incident. Halloween is management, response and prisoner handling, and so a historically very busy night for Police and with the recent bring a wealth of experience with me. spate of antisocial behaviour in Moulton, the 31st saw a total I am still very much getting my local knowledge up to speed, of 10 Officers dedicated to patrolling Moulton, fortunately in my first week I have been to Kelmarsh Hall for early stage it passed as the good natured evening that most intend. planning for next year’s Shambala Festival and a debrief for Unfortunately though there has been some thefts of Harken the most recent. Furlers from boats at the reservoir. We have also suffered some sporadic horse tack thefts across the district and have One of the key areas that I want to look at is how we meet offered tack marking sessions at local stables. If you have with members of our local community. ‘Have your say’ days such equipment that is not marked please do get in touch, have been an excellent way for members of the community our e-mail is [email protected]. Neighbourhood re you aware that there are currently only 2 active Neighbourhood Watch Watch Schemes in Moulton? If you would like to contribute to a safer community, and Asee it return in your area of Moulton, please phone 101 or email [email protected] for further information Northamptonshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Adam Simmonds Email: [email protected]

Parish Constables – A new and exciting role within Moreover, the expansion of the Special Constabulary the Northamptonshire Police! has brought about a range of new and exciting roles and opportunities. One recently developed role is that of the n my previous contribution, I provided a brief outline on Parish Constable. A Parish Constable is a Special Constable what my role as the Police and Crime Commissioner that is dedicated, through choice, to policing a specific area, entails and alluded to some of the priorities that I have for example Moulton and/or surrounding areas. set the Force in my Police and Crime Plan. I Parish Constables will undertake a wide variety of policing It is clear to me that one of the things that people want to duties whilst linking in with both the local Safer Community see from their police force is more visible policing. On my Team and Parish Councils to ensure effective policing of appointment I pledged to maintain the number of frontline the area and becoming a pillar of the community. officers at 1,220 – indeed we are one of only four Forces in the country not to have reduced the number of frontline This is an ideal role for anybody who is interested in really officers in the face of the challenging financial climate. making a difference where they live and I want you to be part of our journey to make Northamptonshire the Safest Therefore, in order to increase visible policing and Place in England. increase resource, one of the priorities that I have set the force is an ambitious increase of the Special Constabulary So if you or anybody you know is interested in becoming a to 900 officers to support the work of the 1,220 full time Special or Parish Constable in Moulton or any other area, officers. This will result in 900 more warranted officers on or if you would like further details, please contact me at our streets and would make Northamptonshire’s Special [email protected]. Constabulary the largest outside of London, contributing vital policing to our communities. Thank you. Special Constables possess all the same powers as full time warranted police officers and are provided with full training and equipment. They work with their full time colleagues, on a voluntary, part-time basis, performing duties ranging from supporting specialist teams within the force to making arrests on the streets. This really is one of the most exciting and dynamic voluntary roles available and is a unique and fulfilling experience.

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Accounts for Party in the Park 2014 RECEIPTS 2014/2015 NCC Empowering Councillors Fund £1,000 oulton Parish Council would like to say a big Moulton Parish Council £2,851 thank you to Paul Care and his team who, TOTAL £3851 once again, organised a fantastic event for the village – Party in the Park 2014. Hundreds PAYMENTS Mof people attended the community event back in August in Staging £1,150 the Public Gardens. As in previous years, the event was T-shirts, posters, banners, toilets £750 sponsored by the Parish Council and a grant of £1,000 Bands £1,100 was gratefully received from Judy Shephard’s Empowering Lighting £420 Councillors & Communities Scheme. Fire Safety Equipment £164 A collection was taken during the event and £450 was raised Dustbins, fencing £267 for the Northampton Hope Centre and thank you to all of those TOTAL £3,851 who donated. Please get ready for, what we hope will be, another fantastic event next year – ‘PARTY IN THE PARK 2015’ set to take place on Saturday 5th September 2015 from 2pm – 10pm in the Public Gardens. We look forward to seeing you there!

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e need volunteers Whilst we respect that many of these groups or individuals, could provide to organise events, fund raising efforts are run to support a good time for all. The programme concerts, stalls, good causes it is only fair to give a is based upon past practice plus any and so on! This reasonable donation into the funds to new events that anyone – either an Wis our 44th year but to continue help cover insurance and other set- individual or group – would like to this enjoyable village event we do up costs and expenses. put on. need to find enthusiastic helpers It would be grand to have new events Anybody should feel able to put on from the younger generations. and ideas for the Programme! If you’ll an event, exhibition, fund-raiser, or Please don’t just moan about organise it, we will include it! help by providing a stall on Festival what you think should happen… Saturday. It is hoped that all village offer your help, get involved and Everyone organising events, whether groups will help in that important way! organise your own thing! We stalls, or individual festival events, particularly need more stalls, please be sure to let us know details Those that have raised money entertainments and sideshows by the beginning of March. This is through the Festival can receive for Festival Saturday afternoon important so the correct information donations back – or can specify a – please get planning something can go into the programme, but also cause to support. and register it (call 646818) so it because our insurers need details The Festival is non profit making and can be listed in our programme. of all our activities to provide the only aims to cover the organising necessary cover. In recent years we’ve suffered costs, ie – insurance and publicity. from “ambush selling” by unofficial New residents may be interested stalls so please be sure to register in the background to our Annual ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND with us if you intend to have a Festival. It grew from the simple idea HELPERS NEEDED FOR stall, sell refreshments or have a sale of providing a week in which varied THIS NEXT FESTIVAL – WILL of any kind. activities, chosen and staged by local YOU HELP? (Call 646818)

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20 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Calling all artists!! Whilst waiting for spring to come why not get creative with whatever medium takes your fancy and produce some pictures for the Art Exhibition? 2015 Last year’s Exhibition was very successful with 43 pictures sold. It was also the last year that John and Mary Sheldon would be organising it. I have taken on the task and I EXHIBITION hope I will be able to do a good job. They will be a hard act to follow! I will send out application forms in the spring to artists who MOULTON have previously shown work. If you are new and would like to exhibit VILLAGE FESTIVAL your work please email your name and address to [email protected] or telephone me on 07790 853263. The Art Exhibition will run from 12th-17th May 2015 and maximum size ART including frame is 75cm x 75cm (30in x 30in) and a maximum of 4 pictures. More details will be sent with your application forms. I hope the wonderful volunteers that help out with the stewarding of the event can help out again, I will be I touch in the spring. If you would like to volunteer to help please let me know. Hope you get lots of inspiration over the coming months and I look forward to seeing your work and meeting you. Here’s to a successful show! Celia Flowerday

Christmas 2014 Waste and Moulton Bus Services Recycling Collections ouseholds across Daventry District are being made Please be aware that on 3rd November aware of Christmas and New Year arrangements for waste and recycling collections and large 2014 the Stagecoach 38 bus service Hc ardboard collection. was withdrawn. For replacement services Collection dates: Collections will take place as scheduled, including Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New please use the Stagecoach 39 bus Year’s Day. There will be no collection on Christmas Day (Thursday) service (route and timetable revised as and instead ONLY those properties affected will receive a collection on Sunday, 28 December. of 3rd November) or the Stagecoach X43 Black bins – Over Christmas, black bins will continue to be new service. For current timetables visit collected fortnightly as normal. There are special arrangements for households on Thursday collections affected by Christmas Day. www.stagecoachbus.com. Please make sure you recycle as much as possible as excess side waste and bins with raised lids will not be collected. Brown bins – From Monday, 22 December, brown bin collections will be suspended over Christmas and New Year for all households in Daventry District. This will enable crews to focus on collecting extra recycling. Please refer to your collections calendar as to when Royal Mail phase your brown bin will be collected next. Recycling boxes and food bins – these will continue to be collected weekly for all properties on their scheduled collection out use of bikes – day. There are alternative recycling arrangements for households scheduled for a Christmas Day collection. Extra recycling: You can put out extra recycling for collection End of an Era over Christmas. If you have more recycling than your boxes can hold, please continue to sort your items and place them into clear or white bags next to your boxes. Large cardboard will also be collected from Boxing Day until Monday, 12 January. If you have large cardboard and it won’t fit in your recycling box, please flatten it as much as possible and place next to your boxes on your collection day. Christmas Day alternative arrangements – Households due to have their black bin emptied on Thursday, 25 December should instead put their black bin, recycling and food waste out on Sunday 28 December. Properties that would have received a brown bin collection that day should present only their recycling and food waste for collection on Sunday, 28 December. Real Christmas trees – Christmas trees will be collected from the first full week of the new year until 31 January. Please place them next to your recycling boxes or inside your brown bin for collection when the service resumes. Alternatively you can take them to your nearest household waste recycling centre. Find your nearest at www.daventrydc.gov.uk/recycling. Please note there will be no tree collections from communal drop off points. Check your new collection calendar – All homes will soon receive a new waste and recycling calendar, including details about Christmas arrangements. It includes your collection dates for 2015 Photograph shows Russell Login outside and 2016, so please keep hold of it for future reference. Moulton Post Office with his beloved bicycle, Reporting missed collections over Christmas Daventry District Council’s offices will be closed from Thursday, which will no longer be used on his duties due 25 December until 2 January – to report a missed collection during to Royal Mail phasing out use of bicycles. this time, please visit www.daventrydc.gov.uk.

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22 | moulton scene • spring 2015 School/Doctors/Library News

Dr Stuart Cooper GP Partner Tel: 01604 644126 Moulton Surgery

New Website For patients who need an appointment for a non-urgent For some time the practice has recognised the need problem, for a medication review or for a follow up to update our website to make it more dynamic, appointment we offer appointments within 28 days. interactive and user friendly. This work was We offer evening appointments every Thursday and each completed in September and the new result can be Saturday morning, except for on bank holiday weekends. viewed at www.moultonsurgery.co.uk. These appointments have been established to make The website contains comprehensive information about it easier for people who work or have commitments the practice, our team, our services and a broad range of during the day to see a doctor. If you are able to come health advice. There is also access to our on-line during normal working hours please kindly leave these services, including the ability to book and cancel appointments for patients that aren’t able to. appointments and order repeat prescriptions. If you are just looking for advice or do not feel that you need to be seen in person you can book a telephone appointment. Sign up for our newsletter A doctor or nurse will usually call you back on the same day We will soon start a regular newsletter to keep you but this will usually be at the end of their clinic. updated on key information about the practice. You can Please remember that hospital A&E departments can only sign up to receive this electronically via the website. provide care for people with serious illnesses and injuries. Paper copies will of course be available at the practice When we are closed dial 111. for our patients with no access to the internet. Friends & Family Test Appointment Changes With effect from the 1st December 2014, we will be In August we ran an exercise to examine how you like to offering patients the opportunity to complete a access our services. Amongst other things this showed feedback form for the NHS Friends and Family Test that the majority of people booking an appointment with (FFT), offering an important opportunity for you to one of our doctors ideally wanted to be seen within 48 provide feedback on the care and treatment you receive hours. This led to us making changes to the appointment and to look at ways we may be able to improve our scheduling for all of our doctors, with the majority of services. This will be accessible via our website and appointments now becoming available for booking 48 also when you visit the surgery. hours in advance. Your answers are anonymous and voluntary, but if you do For your information we offer a range of appointments: answer, your feedback will provide valuable information for On the day emergency appointments are only for patients us to celebrate good practice, and identify opportunities who have an urgent medical problem that cannot wait for to make improvements. Responses to the questions a routine appointment. These appointments are generally will be used to create an overall score, which will be booked in addition to a doctor or nurse’s existing full clinic, published on the NHS Choices and surgery websites, as therefore only the emergency medical problem can be well as in the surgery. addressed. The doctor or nurse will not be able to deal with routine matters so please don’t ask them to. Repeat Prescriptions at Christmas With Christmas being a particularly busy period for us, For patients who need to be seen soon but do not require please ensure that you allow at least 7 working days an emergency we offer appointments within a 48 hour when requesting your repeat prescriptions. period. If a 48 hour appointment is not available at the time you call our reception team might ask you to call From all of our team may we take this opportunity to wish back when appointments are likely to become available. you a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.

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24 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Debbie Bastin Headteacher Moulton Primary School

t is with great pleasure that I present my first report for the Moulton Scene as new Headteacher of Moulton Primary School. I took over from Pete Sturges following his retirement this summer and am delighted to be joining such a hard-working and dedicated team. I look forward to sharing information Iabout our lovely school and as you will see from the photos below, it is a very busy place! Part of the community … conducted themselves around the In October we held our special village, and residents commented Harvest Assembly in which children on how polite and friendly they were. from every year group contributed Thank you to the residents that sent songs and poems to celebrate this in thank you cards and letters – this traditional festival. Parents generously showed the children how much their donated food parcels which were efforts are appreciated. As always, then delivered safely to some of the it is part of our role in school to help older members of Moulton Village the children develop respect and by our Year 5 and 6 children. We are appreciation for different members of very proud of the way the children our community.

A meaningful curriculum… At Moulton Primary, we are busy developing and shaping our curriculum to give the children a broad and balanced education that will prepare them for their future lives; this means everything from learning how to keep themselves safe using the internet or crossing the village roads, to the key areas of learning covered by the National Curriculum. Across the school we have ‘themed’ our curriculum to cover all of these areas and to provide a learning ‘journey’ through which children develop key skills and understanding. This term our theme has been ‘Decades’ with each year group focusing on a ten-year period of history. This enabled children in Year 2 and 3 to learn about life as a Victorian child, children in Year 4 and 5 to learn about the events leading up to the Live Aid famine relief campaign of the 1980s, and for Year 6 to learn about the 1950s.

These photos show Year 2 and 3 when learning by rote and that the enjoying a Victorian ‘trip in time’ in teachers were extremely strict, which they re-enacted a whole day especially when rules were broken as if it was 1877. They found out and canes brandished! that lessons could be tedious Year 6 discussed the ethics of sending the Russian dog Laika into space as part of their 1950s topic. From their placards, you can see that they did not agree with this but we are pleased to say that the protest ended peacefully. Year 4 and 5 re-enacted the struggle of Ethiopians during the 1980s famine. They set up a camp, using basic equipment, to help them understand the experience first-hand and used this as a stimulus for their writing. The whole topic ended with a celebration of the children’s learning with special assemblies in which the children showed what they had learnt over the term.

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26 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Friends of Moulton Primary School

OMPS (Friends of Moulton Primary School) playground. We will be holding a raffle and last year many is the PTA for Moulton Primary School. of the local businesses in the town were kind enough to We are a genuinely friendly group of donate prizes for the raffle. If you would be able to donate parents that work together to raise funds a prize, or know any businesses that would be willing to, Ffor Moulton Primary School to enable the school to please get in touch. You can email us at andrea_gregory@ purchase items for the benefit of the children. hotmail.com or contact us through our Facebook page or on 07939 083711 or leave us a message with the School This year we are hoping to raise much needed funds for reception and we will call you back. the purchase of exciting and inspirational new books and reading literature and tablets for the children. As volunteers with busy lives it can sometimes be difficult and stressful to find the time to raise the much needed We have started our fundraising this academic year with funds for the school. We are always looking for new a textile recycling event and a school tuck shop. Thank volunteers and fresh ideas. Any amount of help that can you to everyone who contributed; we raised in the region be offered is greatly appreciated. Please get in touch if of £300. At the time of going to print we are planning our you are able to help. Christmas Fair and various Christmas related activities which will hopefully (by the time you read this) have been a success. We are hoping to hold a Family Barn Dance in March/ April 2015. We would love you to join us. Details will be advertised nearer the time but please feel free to get in touch if you would like any information. We plan on running some great events in connection with Moulton

Festival again so please put the date in your diary and Andrea Singh Tanya Osborne Vicky Shouksmith come and see us on 16th May 2015 in the School Chair Treasurer Secretary

Mr T Jones Headteacher Tel: 01604 641600 Moulton School & Science College

eadership in any organisation is crucial to In addition it requires an active involvement in a wide range success, and at Easter 2014 we launched of tasks from focus groups such as anti-bullying, to being a major initiative to extend the leadership a student mentor and helping other students, charity work at Moulton School to our student body, and fund raising, sixth form reading support, prefects, Lunder the national “Student Leadership Programme”. sports leaders and Head Teacher ambassadors. This has proved a huge success involving over 358 Students are able to achieve formal recognition by gaining students from Year 8 to 13. Current students in Year the SSAT Student Leadership Accreditation in bronze/ 7 will have the opportunity to join the scheme in the silver/gold. New Year. By being involved in the scheme, students acquire a The Programme is designed to give students the wide range of experiences and skills which enable them to opportunity to develop skills in: be better prepared for the “world of work” and life as a young adult. Certainly we have been impressed with *Leadership and responsibility the enthusiasm with which our students have sought *Speaking and presentation to get involved, and the very positive feedback we’ve received from them. The next generation of leaders are *Self Confidence and individual on their way! initiative *Learning to use discretion, tact and diplomacy

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28 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Stephen M. Davies Principal Moulton College Looking Forward am delighted to report that 2015 looks like it will continue the tradition of offering yet more I opportunities to our students. Those students that have continued Recently our planning application for Moulton is introducing a new Athletics their studies with us after the summer a new UK Athletics standard Athletics Academy which will offer young break along with our new recruits are Track was unanimously approved people the opportunity to study now well established in their courses at a meeting of the Daventry District towards a Level 3 Diploma in Sports and many are beginning to think of Council Planning Committee. and Fitness alongside a range of their future; perhaps they will go on practical sports activities. This will to achieve higher qualifications, go The selected site is at our Pitsford add to the extensive portfolio of directly into full time employment Centre and the development will Sports Academies which provide or join our ever increasing consist of a new eight lane track opportunities for well over 1,000 apprenticeship offer. Whatever they and field athletics facility to meet students. choose we will be there supporting UK Athletics Competition “Class A” The College is recognised as being them through a team of exceptional Certification Standard. The athletics a centre of sporting excellence and and dedicated staff. centre will include changing facilities, another exciting development is that car parking and other infrastructure Moulton College has been confirmed With our students’ welfare in work required to service the facility. as one of the 41 sites selected as mind, three stunning new student The design has been approved by an official Team Base for Rugby accommodation buildings were the Northampton Borough Council World Cup 2015 and will be hosts to officially opened and have welcomed who is acting as the client and who Uruguay. their first lucky students! have been working in consultation with the Rugby & Northampton We were selected as the College The £8.7 million buildings are located Athletics Association (R&NAA). The offers world class training facilities, at the Moulton College Holcot Centre R&NAA will be regular users of the including sports pitches, extensive and can accommodate up to 162 facilities and hope to increase their strength and conditioning resources, students in high quality, individual membership and encourage more and the best sports injury and study bedrooms with en-suite people to take up athletics. This rehabilitation facilities available in facilities. The buildings also include contributes significantly to our health the sector. specially adapted rooms for students and well-being agenda and will add A Rugby World Cup 2015 Team with disabilities and warden’s flats. a superb facility that Moulton and Base has to consist of an outdoor Northamptonshire can be proud of. pitch, indoor training facility, a The buildings are designed to swimming pool, gym and hotel and reduce our overall carbon footprint The addition of the Athletics Track will be utilised by the competing and include photo-voltaic panels, will further enhance the superb teams in the lead up to and during solar thermal panels as well as sports facilities already on offer at the six week event. The facilities rainwater harvesting. the College. We are delighted that must meet international team training we are able to immediately proceed standards and be located on one Provision of this new accommodation with this exciting new venture which site or within close proximity of one will make it easier for students from should be ‘ready for running’ (pardon another. Match venue locations have a wider geographical radius to the pun), in 2015. The track will not also been taken into account as part attend college without the need of only benefit Moulton students but of the selection programme. daily travel. Students will be able to also the local community including enjoy the superb facilities on offer at local schools and the R&NAA. We I would like to wish all the Moulton the College together with specialist also look forward to being able to see Scene readers a happy and courses in land based, sports and a Moulton College athletics student successful 2015 and look forward to construction to support their study possibly representing the UK in the sharing more information about the and develop their skills. near future – fingers crossed! College in future issues.

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30 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Teresa Franchini Library Manager – Moulton Moulton Library – Library Plus

he Summer Reading Challenge was a huge had borrowed from the library. The person with the most success.... A big well done to all children that reviews won a £10 voucher of their choice. completed the challenge. T Following on from the success of the Halloween party We have also just completed a new Winter Book Review we held a Children’s Christmas party on Sunday 7th competition for children aged 5-15 where children wrote December, a big thank you to all those who attended. as many book reviews as they could from books that they

Andy Tresias Chair – Friends of Moulton Library Friends of Moulton Library uring the autumn the Friends have been very We acknowledged Remembrance Day this year with a busy with various activities supporting the talk from Sue Longworth about how those wounded in Dlibrary, including a presentation afternoon for the First World War were looked after in Northampton and all the children who successfully completed this year’s how the war impacted on some local people. ‘Summer Reading Challenge’ and we were very grateful We will be holding our annual village quiz at Moulton to Angela Campling who came along and presented the Club on Saturday 31st January 2015 at 7.30pm with children with their certificates and prizes. teams of up to 6 people. Why not come along with some In October we held our first ever Food Fayre at the Guide friends for a night out and a bit of fun whilst at the same Hall which proved to be very popular with a variety of time helping to raise funds for the library. More details are different stalls. Such has been the feedback we will be available from Teresa at the library. holding this event again next year. At the food fayre we If you want to get involved in supporting the library and also launched our own Moulton Cookbook with favourite your local community we would love to see you, just let recipes from many individuals and organisations in the Teresa our library supervisor know of your interest and she village and copies of this are still available for sale at the will put you in touch. library – it will make a great last minute Christmas present!

n Saturday The event was widely supported, groups in the community to create 18th October, and this food event also marked an easy-to-use ringbound recipe the Friends of the release of the Moulton book unique to Moulton village. O Cookbook. The Friends of Moulton These cook books are on sale for Moulton Library hosted a local food and craft Library have been delighted to £4 in the library and at other village fayre in the Guide Hall, receive contributions from all outlets, so do look out for them over the village, from pubs, local and support your library by buying Barlow Lane. Stallholders villagers, shops and notable one if possible. included Daily Bread, Nene View Dairy, Griff’s Aprons,Bite-Me-Spices, Moulton Pie Company, Carol’s Gluten Free Cakes, Moulton Fruit & Veg Boxes, Swannell’s Chutneys and Crafts plus Phoenix Cards.

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36 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Brampton Grange rampton Grange is a stunning venue, nestled between the villages of BChurch and Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire. Close to Northampton, yet with postcard perfect views all around, you could be forgiven for thinking that you were deep in the heart of the countryside. It is one of the largest • Provide advice on available grants Give to fund the work venues in Northamptonshire, accommodating up to around 220 Blood • Project mange the required work guests for a sit down meal and up whether funded via a grant or self- Saving Lives…Do Something funded to 300 for an evening party. Amazing …Give Blood … • Sign post you to other services Also ideal for smaller weddings Blood Donation which may be of assistance with our many room layout options. The dates & venue for upcoming What will it cost? Brampton Grange is licensed for Civil sessions in Moulton are: Our advice is FREE. If works are Ceremonies and can accommodate carried out a small fee of the contract smaller more intimate ceremonies in 24/12/2014 @ Moulton School, Pound Lane, NN3 7SD price will be charged which will either the romantically named Verona barn, be paid by your grant or by yourself. ideal for around 70 guests, or larger 17/02/2014 @ Moulton School, To find out our current rate please call. Ceremonies up to 150 in the Venice Pound Lane, NN3 7SD Opening Hours Barn. If you’d like to stay overnight 08/04/2014 @ Moulton School, Monday to Thursday then a grand 18th Century house Pound Lane, NN3 7SD – 08.30am to 5.00pm sleeping up to 15 guests is available. Details shown are correct at the time Friday – 08.30am to 4.30pm Independent converted stables offer of going to press but readers are even more accommodation. A large Please contact us to make a referral advised to check nearer the time. or for further information. Tel: 01327 pool and tennis court are available To book an appointment call the 871100. Email: careandrepair@ for all guests too. Brampton Grange daventrydc.gov.uk. offer various wedding packages but Blood Donor Line on 0300 123 23 23 you can also tailor the day to your or visit www.blood.co.uk. exact requirements too. Please don’t The Moulton hesitate to get in touch to discuss and Overstone your ideas with one of our Event DDC Care Coordinators or why not visit our & Repair Educational Wedding Fayre on Sunday 22nd Who are Care and Repair? Trust February, 11am-4pm. Care and Repair is a service for This charity has a limited income disabled or elderly people who available to help students and Spring Wedding Fayre – 22nd need help to repair or adapt their apprentices (under the age of 25) who February 11am-4pm, at Brampton homes. We offer practical advice and live in Moulton Parish (which includes Grange. Come along and meet guidance to people who need repairs Moulton Leys) or the old Overstone some of the Midlands finest or adaptations so they can carry on Parish. Grants are available for Wedding Companies, exhibiting living in comfort and security in their fees, books, equipment, etc, at the from 11am – 4pm. Also take a own homes. discretion of the Trustees. tour of the venue and extensive What Care and Repair will do? The charity was formed in 1971 with grounds and see for yourself if • Visit you in your own home and funds provided from the sale of land Brampton Grange is the place discuss your requirements of the Moulton Old National School. to hold your wedding. More • Provide advice on the required Its main purpose is the promotion of information on our website or join adaptations and repairs education on a Christian basis and the the event on facebook. Contact Trustees are bound to take this into info – 01604 844717 • Source reliable contractors to account in considering applications. carry out the work [email protected] If you are interested please contact • Advise you on Welfare Benefits Moulton Church Office. spring 2015 • moulton scene | 37 Monday Club they have resources for their sessions MOULTON & which are suited to the children The Moulton Monday Club is a small they’re helping by providing them group of predominately elderly ladies OVERSTONE CAR with Beanstalk book boxes. who meet each week on a Monday SCHEME morning from 10 – 12 noon for coffee and a chat in the Carey Lounge. WE NEED VOLUNTEER DRIVERS TO DRIVE We sometimes have a speaker or, RESIDENTS TO AND when vehicles allow, we go out and FROM VARIOUS MEDICAL about to garden centres and for APPOINTMENTS meals, etc. CAR MILEAGE PAID AND Recently we have been knitting and INSURANCE PROVIDED making squares for blankets to be IF YOU HAVE ANY SPARE TIME donated to Macmillan Cancer. TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER DRIVER, OR WOULD LIKE Contact the Northampton office Contacts: FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT for more details on 01604 720969 01604 647950 (Ella) USING THIS SCHEME or email northamptonshire@ 01604 492533 (Margaret) 01604 645964 (Pam) PLEASE CONTACT beanstalkcharity.org.uk. ANNE SHARP ON Moulton & 01604 491776 Memory Café Overstone The Alzheimer’s Society Memory Café is held at the Carey Baptist Village Car Church, West Street, Moulton Scheme Read • Grow • Succeed NN3 7SB on the second Monday Beanstalk is a national charity that of each month 2-4pm providing Since announcing our need for more recruits and trains people to social interaction for people with voluntary drivers at Moulton and volunteer to go into a local primary dementia and their carers/family District Gardeners’ Society, we have school to support children who members/friends. been able to introduce three new are struggling with their reading. drivers to our scheme – John Gilkes, Beanstalk has been working with During the afternoon we enjoy tea John Fitzgerald and Gillian Simons, schools for almost 40 years to help and coffee with a slice of cake. with the promise of joining two more. raise literacy standards. We have guest speakers, quizzies, musical bingo and lots more. Every This has helped us meet the Last year over 1000 children left month there is always something increasing needs of the clients in primary schools in Northamptonshire different for you to enjoy. Information Moulton, as some of our more not able to read ‘confidently’. is provided with contact numbers established drivers are now for relevant support agencies, and requesting to complete fewer trips. In Northamptonshire we are currently other useful contacts. So why don’t However, we will still be requiring supporting around 450 children you come along and join in the fun if more drivers soon, so if you do across the county but we currently you’re free, for free! have some time to spare to help have more schools and children the community and a clean driving waiting for reading helpers than we For more information contact Jacki licence, please do not hesitate to do have volunteers. on 07803 115354/01832 736670 or contact us. [email protected]. We are in desperate need for more We are in the process of extending volunteers to come forward. If you the Moulton car scheme to include enjoy reading and want to make a Overstone, see flyer below. difference to local children’s lives then please get in contact. Best wishes to all our drivers and clients for the festive season and As a reading helper you will work new year. with 3 children and spend 30 minutes with each child twice a week, you will Julia Malings and Jenny Aarons, chat, read and play games. Moulton & Overstone Village Car Scheme – 07582 351145 We provide training to our reading helpers before they start and ensure 38 | moulton scene • spring 2015 VILLAGE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

does is infectious, making it easy to carry on singing and signing at home!” Singing French music Sing and Sign classes run in the village hall on Tuesday mornings Sing & Sign please contact Jenny on 07985 523113 for further details. The award winning Sing and Sign baby classes continue to be a huge Yarker Tuition hit in Moulton, building on what everyone does naturally with babies. La Jolie Ronde in Baby signing introduces more simple Moulton – Update (guesses in French only!), playing a gestures into everyday What happens in a Jolie Ronde euro money board game, plus communication helping the baby French class? munching on a selection of French communicate before they can speak. La Jolie Ronde has been offering both snacks! At the time of writing we are Sing and Sign classes combine the French and Spanish classes to planning to perform some French use of action songs, props, pictures nursery and primary aged children, Christmas carols to parents before and toys in musical activities throughout the UK and Ireland, for the end of the year, and show them designed to stimulate speech and over 30 years. Our approach involves what we have been learning this term. language development. Classes are immersion in the target language from suitable from 6-24 months. the very beginning, lots of repetition Trying out French food Stage 1 classes are aimed at 6-14 from week to week whilst introducing months and are aimed to bring on the new language through fun games, and develop their communication songs and activities. The younger skills with themes such as animals, groups use puppets and story emotions and family. Stage 2 is from characters to help their learning, 14 months and we start using the whilst the older children are signs as a kinaesthetic learning tool to introduced to more role-plays and help remember more complicated independent work. The classes are concepts such as colours, alphabet designed to encourage a positive Spanish: Nurseries and Schools and weather all through singing. approach to language learning where children feel happy, relaxed and keen We are considering adding Spanish I have helped so many families and to discover not just a new language classes through La Jolie Ronde in the loved every second of it, they too but a different culture. local area; so if you are a nursery have enjoyed classes and I have manager or a primary school parent, received some very positive European Day of Languages please let us know what you think! If feedback... In September, we marked European you would like us to get in touch about Day of Languages with a mini- Spanish classes then please either “Sing & Sign has proved to be a celebration. Here are a few pictures of email me at [email protected] fundamental part of my daughter’s the children enjoying their special or post a message on the Facebook early communication, she uses session by learning some French page: La Jolie Ronde Moulton & signing enthusiastically while also action songs, playing charades Walgrave and you will be kept up to attempting to vocalise words, and it date with any developments. has been wonderful in enabling her to Enjoying a French money game communicate easily and be À bientôt! – Charlotte Yarker understood. The use of music, songs e: [email protected] and instruments are a joy and so w: www.lajolieronde.co.uk much fun. Jennifer is a remarkable La Jolie Ronde Moulton & Walgrave teacher, funny, enthusiastic, and engaging. The children love her, and Jolie Ronde licensee number 18914 her classes are an inviting and stimulating environment for the children and babies to learn and have fun. Her enthusiasm for what she

spring 2015 • moulton scene | 39 Moulton Allotment supper, followed by a very ambitious plans to develop the Association successful raffle, fancy dress facilities at the site, which in addition competition, and a competition to the polythene tunnel I mentioned Mike Andrews – Secretary which involved a game of skittles last time, has resulted in the purchase Those of you who read this column in using a pumpkin as a ball. This of a brand new rotary tiller. This is a the last edition may remember that I proved to be far harder than was “professional” model and will be reported our concerns about the expected, much to the amusement much easier to use than the existing possibility of potato blight striking, of the onlookers. Our thanks go to ones. Other plans include the and that we were on “Blight Watch”. Judie Archer and Jan Henson for purchase of another strimmer and a Well unfortunately our worst fears the work they did in organising the lawn mower, but the exciting were confirmed in July when development we are the disease affected several investigating is the possibility plots. of drilling a bore hole on the site to provide plot holders Disappointing though this with a free supply of much was, most other crops did needed water. really well as a result of the very good summer we We still have a few plots enjoyed. available, and the committee are hoping to cultivate the At the time of writing (early vacant plots using the new November) plot holders are tiller, and covering them with busy with the winter digging. weed suppressing plastic event, and to all the other volunteers This is the time of year when plots are sheets. This will mean that taking on who made desserts or who helped put to bed until next spring, though a plot which may have been vacant on the evening. The event was a most people have some leeks or for some time will be much less huge success raising over £330, parsnips or brassicas to keep them daunting. going through the winter months. which will be used to improve the facilities available on the allotment Anyone interested in taking a plot One highlight of the year so far was site. Hopefully this can become an should contact the Parish Office on the first Harvest Supper fund raising annual event. 01604 492318 and we will be event which was held in October. pleased to show you the plots This year’s committee have some Around 85 people enjoyed a hearty available.

Moulton Movies Friday 6 February woman who wakes up after an Box Office – 01604 644470 THE HUMAN STAIN accident remembering nothing until Cert 18 – 106 minutes one day terrifying truths emerge. Here are a few films our audiences have chosen to slot in before and A drama about a college professor after our stage show CHARLEY’S who has a secret which, if revealed, Saturday 11 April AUNT which is from 9th-14th will destroy him. GONE GIRL March 2015. Cert 18 – 145 minutes Saturday 14 February On 19th December we hope to show KINKY BOOTS On the occasion of his 5th wedding THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY, anniversary Nick Dunne reports that if we can get permission to screen it! Cert 12 – 107 minutes his wife is missing. Did he kill her? Please note that all films commence A film based on a true story about an at 7.30pm (doors open at 7.00pm) Earls Barton shoe factory in danger of closing down until a new range of Friday 17 April boots is introduced. THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY Sunday 11 January – 2.30-6.00 Cert tba – 122 mins Dr ZHIVAGO Saturday 21 March THE JUDGE Helen Mirren (Madam Mallory), who Cert PG – 192 minutes Cert 15 – 141 minutes runs a Michelin starred eatery has a Come and see this classic three hour battle with Hassan Kadam who plans A big city lawyer finds that his film and enjoy tea and cakes during to open an Indian restaurant opposite estranged father, the Judge, is the interval. her establishment. suspected of murder and he sets out to find the truth. Saturday 24 January Saturday 25 April Saturday 28 March TWO WEEKS NOTICE Mr TURNER Cert 12A – 101 mins BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP Cert tba – 150 minutes Cert 15 – 92 minutes The millionaire boss relies on his To be screened subject to this film secretary for everything but what A psychological thriller based on a being released. happens when she calls it quits? worldwide bestselling novel about a 40 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Moulton Players Moulton Evening WI David Aarons – Chairman Monica Hartgrove Press Officer – Moulton Evening WI This year we opened our 2014/15 Season with ‘Flare Path’ by Moulton Evening WI celebrates its Terrence Rattigan, directed by Alice 50th Birthday this year and it is also Fletcher and well supported – what a 100 years since the National fantastic start to our Season! A love Federation of Women’s Institutes was triangle set on a WWII bomber base founded and we have several events planned to mark both occasions. (see photos). Vanessa is awarded ‘Best in Show’ We will be hosting another Fashion Show during Festival week on also won the Best in Show for her Monday 11th May at Moulton Club, impressive lantern decoration. availability of tickets and full details will appear on the village notice At the time of writing many members boards in April. are looking forward to a December visit A tea party is planned for 20th to Haddon Hall in Derbyshire which is August in Moulton Church centre to be specially dressed for Christmas. and all past members are invited to This follows on from the well-received be part of our 50 year celebrations. trip to Wrest Park and Coxes Creation More details will follow in the in August. Spring 2015 promises to be December 2014 was ‘Beauty & the Summer Scene. just as busy and exciting: Beast’ from the script of Alan Frayn and directed by Maggie Holland. If you are new to the area our Evening meetings will include A Christmas Play enjoyed by all the meetings are held on the second (January 28th) a much anticipated family. Tuesday of each month at the Village talk by Christine Walkden of TV fame, Hall Pound Lane at 7.45pm when we who, in her own entertaining style will In the New Year (9-14 March 2015), would warmly welcome any ladies come and see the classic farce who would like to join us. Our spring be telling us how to cram 2,000 ‘Charley’s Aunt’, directed by Iain programme includes:- plants into a 20’ by 30’ garden. This Gillies – one not to be missed. Tickets is a rearranged date, as Christine was on sale Saturday 24 January 2015. 13th Jan - Safe Driving for life - Cliff Wilkin unwell for the talk in October. Following this, “Talking Heads” by 10th Feb - 50th Birthday Celebration dinner Fortunately, Johnnie Amos stepped Alan Bennett and directed by 10th March - N’ptonshire Churches - Derek Blunt nimbly into the breach at that point, Richard Varley is our May production 14th Apr - Harp and Birdsong - Nick Penny and we will be delighted to welcome (11-16 May 2015). Tickets on sale him back for a BBC Northampton Saturday 28 March 2015. Darts practice is every 3rd Gardeners’ Question time on March Wednesday 7.30pm at the Club Finally we close our Season with 25th. The February evening talk on in the High Street. ‘Rape of the Belt’ by Benn Levy, a the 25th has the intriguing title of comedy involving Greek Gods! For his ‘Virgins, Weeders and Queens’ ninth labour, Heracles is required to Moulton & District presented by Dr Twigs Way. wrest from the queen of the Amazons Gardeners’ Society her belt. Zeus and Hera comment We also have the annual members’ wittily on the events. Directed by Joy Jennifer Aarons – Secretary dinner in March to look forward to, as Burnett. This production will run from At Gardeners’ the last few months well as a day trip to Anglesey Abbey 6-11 July 2015 and tickets available have been busy. in April. from Saturday 23 May 2015. Make The Society is very inclusive of new your diary entries now! Information As well as the regular monthly about future productions and events meetings and talks, we had our members and we would welcome including films can be found on our annual show in August. Section anyone who wants to join us. It’s only website: www.moulton-theatre.co.uk. winners at the show were John Gilkes £10 a year to become a member, so We have been delighted to welcome for Fruit and Vegetables, Ann Wilson why not come along to one of our new members to our theatre during for Preserves and Baking, Jessica regular 4th Wednesday in the month the year and are pleased with our Gilkes for the Children’s Section and meetings, maybe learn a few tips and expanding company. Vanessa Nunn for Flowers. Vanessa enjoy some good company! If you are interested in any aspects of the Theatre and would like to join us Wrest Park please contact our Membership Secretary Pat Downham at [email protected]. Remember, we are open for coffee and tea on Saturday Mornings in our studio bar throughout the year. Thank you all for your support throughout last season. We look forward to seeing you at our future productions.

spring 2015 • moulton scene | 41 Like her father, Val joined the nursing Moulton History DATE FOR YOUR DIARY.... Society profession – but at the Northampton General Hospital where she was a BOXING DAY – Stocks Hill Mike Austin – Archivist state registered nurse. In 1957 Val at 11am St Andrews Hospital and married Peter Jones and they Annual Morris Dancing and Moulton Park Farm moved into their present home in Mummers Play Northampton Lane North, Moulton. In 1879 St Andrews Hospital for An hour of fun for all the family. Mental Diseases in Billing Road, Gradually, Northampton Corporation Northampton, purchased 420 acres acquired portions of Moulton Park of Moulton Park Estate. It adapted until 1970 when the remainder of the buildings on the estate and built land came under its control. On others to provide accommodation for Thursday October 29 1970 patients whose illness would gain machinery and livestock were benefit from the surroundings. auctioned off that included 220 head of cattle and a mixed flock of 292 sheep. Val said the farm did have a number of Shire and Suffolk Punch horses, but they didn’t appear Moulton Church Bell in the auction. Ringers Now Recruiting! Join in with a tradition going back 500 years. Join a new group of friends in a team activity. In 1881 the hospital took over the Ringers come from all walks of life running of the farm from the tenant, and all age ranges. Mr Hill, and appointed a bailiff. The buildings were renovated and a Why not help to keep this English cowshed for 50 cows built together heritage going. with a dairy, a dairyman’s cottage and Dates of next meetings (all to be held COME ALONG TO THE TOWER extensive piggeries. at Moulton Working Men’s Club, start ON MONDAY EVENING 7.30pm – All the fruit and vegetables required time 7.30pm): Watch and try it. by St Andrew’s Hospital were No meeting in January. provided by a large kitchen-garden Friday 13 February 2015 – The Moulton Keep Fit and orchards. The cows provided all It is very unusual to have a male the Hospital’s milk. Buildings of Sir Thomas Tresham. An illustrated talk by Malcolm Deacon. visitor at our Keep Fit sessions, so we were very pleased to welcome the Friday 13 March 2015 – The Rev. Stuart Dennis, the new Minister Archaeology of Sulgrave Castle. at Carey Baptist Church at our charity A talk by Martin Sirot-Smith. contribution morning. Presented by Friday 10 April 2015 – The Life and Isabel, one of our founding members, Crimes of Agatha Christie. An to Carol representing Nene Valley illustrated talk by Steve Dimmer. Christian Family Refuge (NVCFR).

Moulton George John Neale was born in Morris Men Northampton in 1896 and went on to work as a male nurse assistant We are actively recruiting at the at St Andrew’s Hospital. In World moment and welcoming men and War I, in 1915 at the age of 19 years, boys interested in learning the he became Private 72780 the Royal dances. Morris is an important part Medical Corps. He served in Mesopotamia (Iran). At the end of of our local heritage, and it is great hostilities he returned to St. Andrew’s fun too! Our weekly practices are Hospital. In 1924 he married Nora held on Thursday evenings 7.30pm- Goode and it was then that they 9pm in Moulton Village Hall. As is our custom, we also sponsored moved to Moulton Park Farm. four of the hanging baskets that 10 years later their only child, Valerie enhance our village each year. Our A was born. By now George was a holiday to Tenby was thoroughly charge nurse and the family shared enjoyable, good weather and their home with 20 male patients who accommodation. Someone to put helped on the farm. During the 2nd food in front of you and make your World War German prisoners of bed. What more can you ask for? war, based at Boughton, also A happy and healthy New Year to all provided farm labour. Moultonians. 42 | moulton scene • spring 2015 The Friend-leys ALL speaker sessions will membership. Membership of the The year has flown by at an amazing be followed by 45 minutes Hardy Plant Society is also required rate which seems to be the opinion of chair exercises with – £17 single/£19 double. many, rather than a few. Sharon Morrow Membership enquiries: The group has listened to a high To learn more about us, please come Linda Guy, tel. 01908 673440 percentage of good subjects – those along to the: of particular interest concerned the We arrange a very successful Plant Work of The Lord Lieutenant of Guide Hall, Barlow Lane as Fair each May (see below) and Northamptonshire, Canine Partners indicated in this issue or contact various coach outings and evening and The Sport of Kings – all very clearly Margaret Harding visits are arranged during the summer delivered, informative, some poignant Tel. No. 01604 790229. months. and some with humour. The work of the Canine Partners Charity really Network Arts Jan 3rd Talk – Over the Garden Wall by illustrates how valuable our four legged County art group, Network Arts, Joe Whitehead friends are and we will be hearing their meets at the Moulton Village Hall for representatives again in April to learn instruction and painting with well Feb 7th more or their wonderful work. known artists. Talk – Beautiful Flowers of We celebrated our 12th birthday in Kashmir by Chris Chadwell Members include professional artists, October with a very good carvery amateurs and beginners who all paint lunch at Overstone Park Golf Club March 7th for pleasure. where the staff were extremely Talk – Hardy, Unusual but Obtainable Plants by helpful. For further information please see our Kevin Pratt The 2015 programme has been website: www.networkarts.co.uk. quite difficult to prepare – I’m sure April 4th Each session is held from 10am – all individuals who have the task of Talk – Elements of a Good Border 3.30pm at Moulton Village Hall finding suitable speakers for their by Laura de Beden and our programme is as clubs experience the same problem. follows: Any helpful suggestions would be May 3rd-4th Annual Plant Fair at Holdenby gratefully received! 10th January House NN6 8DJ Lyn Engel – Emotive Art Please be aware that any outing see www.holdenby.com organised by The Friend-Leys may 14th February be open to non members if spaces Includes free access to Gardens and Mo Teeuw – Landscape in Oil/ are available and we do our best to Falconry displays. Free entry to Acrylic spread the word where appropriate. Historic Houses Association members. Adults £5 Children £2.50 All meetings in 2015 will take place in 14th March – 10am – 4pm the Guide Hall, Barlow Lane on the Max Hale – How to use a Palett 4th Tuesday of the month and begin Knife – Oils promptly at 2.15pm. Over 50’s Table Refer to the Network Arts website Tennis Group for details on: the theme, what the January 27th We need some new members for day involves, what to bring and The History of Moulton – our table tennis group which costs. Non Members welcome!! Mike Austin. meets every Thursday afternoon 2.15pm – 4.15pm at Mears Ashby February 24th Hardy Plants Village Hall. The Agony and Ecstasy of a Canal All meetings are held, usually on the Hotel Boater – Barry Watson. first Saturday of the month, at We are very friendly with a mixture Moulton Village Hall, starting at 2pm. of ages, abilities and fitness and March 24th equipment is provided. The Empress Elisabeth of Austria – Non-members £5. Sue Edwards. Meeting enquiries: Cost is £3.00 per week including Jan Craig, tel. 01604 740401 tea and biscuits. Contact Allen April 28th Malings 01604 645257 for more Medical Detection – Denise and Membership covering 2014/15 is £4 information. John Taylor. single membership/£5 double

spring 2015 • moulton scene | 43 Tips Gardening Tips from the If cold weather is forecast, wrap The Nordman Fir is the tree of choice Garden Centre Team at up tender shrubs with fleece bags, for keeping its needles! Help your tree or bubble wrap but allow some through Christmas with the following Moulton College ventilation around the plant itself. tips: Winter Ideas Stand planted patio pots on ‘feet’ to • Remove netting and keep the tree A surprising number of shrubs will be ensure good drainage – plants hate outside in a bucket of water to flowering in the coldest months of the sitting in soggy cold soil. allow it to rehydrate. year and many deserve a mention for Plan for lots of winter plant colour the garden – particularly for scent. • If you can, saw off the bottom – pots can brighten any sunny Firm favourites are wintersweet 2-3 cm of trunk to improve water sheltered corner so consider foliage (Chimonanthus praecox), witch hazel, uptake. and flower colour with winter Christmas box (Sarcococca) and flowering heathers (Erica and Calluna) • Thin out any dense branches to Mahonia ‘Charity’. and add pansies and violas for long give the tree a better shape and Why not foreshorten winter with early lasting cheerfulness alongside scent. to reduce the overall water loss. spring flowers of aconites, daphne, Use these branches in other winter flowering honeysuckle, Feed the birds and bring nature decorations. forsythia and of course snowdrops to your window – there are now • Once indoors, position the tree (Galanthus). Northamptonshire has feeders and foods to tempt all sizes away from hot radiators and keep important historical associations with of beaks and appetites. However, do the water around the trunk topped many snowdrop cultivars of note – for remember to give the wire feeders up as trees can drink a couple of example at Lamport Hall. and water bowls an occasional clean. pints a day! It is difficult to guess what sort of Christmas trees are another Happy Christmas and a great 2015 winter we will have this year, but best wonderful source of scent and in the garden! be prepared for drops in temperature! greenery.

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44 | moulton scene • spring 2015 White Tiger Taekwon-Do Chief Instructor Mr Adrian Gent Black Belt 5th Dan ecently Phoebe one of our members was promoted to Black Belt 2nd Dan. She started Rher training as a six year old ten years ago at Moulton. Having competed in many tournaments with success she was promoted to Black Belt 1st Dan in 2011. Now as a sixteen year old she is a great example to others of what can twenty years. We run classes on the first lesson is free with no strings be achieved with hard work and Tuesday and Thursday evenings attached. from 7pm to 9pm. perseverance. Well done Phoebe. For further information: The club has been training at the New members are always welcome. Tel 01604 670966 or Moulton Primary School for over Just look in to see what we do and e-mail [email protected].

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inter landscape has a quiet beauty, after the final red and golden hues of autumn have faded, the sculptural framework of the Wlandscape is laid bare. Overnight frost turns spiders’ webs fungi is fun but don’t be tempted to The footpath from Lunchfield Lane on the hedges into diamond studded eat any unless you are 100% sure of through to Pound Lane is due to lace, with the dawn glow of the sun what kind it is. be resurfaced which will be most gradually burning off the mist to There are lots of overwintering birds welcome, I hope in time for winter! reveal the fields. to spot, rabbits venture out to feed Take care on any footpaths that get Walking in autumn and winter is just and you may even see muntjac deer muddy in wet weather, remember to as interesting as in summer, trees or foxes. Walking recently I came take litter home and clear up after can be identified by the texture of across an oak tree and on it were you dog. Enjoy your walks. bark and their shape. Identifying some unusual round balls with a small hole in them (see photo right). They are oak marble galls and are caused by the gall wasp ‘Andricus Kollari’. What a fantastic site along the hedgerow in the field at the end of Carey Close, a troop of Long Tailed Tits! It’s amazing what you can find when out and about.

spring 2015 • moulton scene | 45 Obituaries Contact: Angela Campling - Tel: 01604 644280; email: [email protected] or in writing to Dairy Farmhouse, 1 Overstone Road, Moulton, Northants NN3 7UG

Eric George BARCOCK – Barbara A. De Zutter – B.A., J.P. Development Corporation was wound 16 April 1925 – 5 November 2014 up in the 80’s and Barbara then Eric BARCOCK died on 5th spent 2 years working with the November, aged 89. He was born Family Welfare Association. in Derbyshire in 1925, and lived at During the 90’s Barbara enjoyed Castle Ashby, Little Houghton and working at Moulton Library and Ecton before coming to Ashley Lane helping with reading at Moulton in the 1930’s. Primary School until 2005. On leaving Moulton school, he was Another facet of her talented apprenticed to an electrical engineer personality was her participation in a Northampton factory. After in several plays with the Masque Home Guard service, he joined the Theatre and membership of the newly-formed Royal Electrical and Moulton Players. Mechanical Engineers and added vehicle electrics to his skills. He What a distinguished record of was posted to India, and after VJ service to Northampton at a time of Barbara Ann Walton was born in Day to the British Commonwealth great change for the Town! She will 1934 in Liverpool. She spent her Occupation Force in the Kure naval be much missed by her husband and childhood on a farm in Delamere base near Hiroshima. so many friends. Forest, Cheshire and went to school He married Margaret Jones in 1949 in Liverpool, becoming Head Girl Muriel Reader and they moved to Weston Favell, at Holly Lodge School for Girls. Muriel was born in Northampton but but returned permanently to Moulton Barbara achieved a B.A. in History at lived most of her life in Moulton. She in 1957. After bringing up sons Terry Manchester University and followed died in Carey Close – her home for 37 and Neil at Manor Road, they moved this by studying social work at the years – on 2nd May. Muriel attended to Carey Cottage in 1982. London School of Economics. She Moulton Primary School, leaving then worked as a social worker for school at 14 to work in Northampton, In the 1950’s, Margaret and Eric a Liverpool Housing Association where she met her husband Ray. were members of a motorcycle before moving on to become Arrivals Together they ran ‘Mick’s Cafe’ in club and they visited the Isle of Man Officer for the Runcorn Development Newlands, Northampton (‘Mick’ being TT Races as their annual holiday. Corporation. Her next step was her nickname!) and then a boarding Having learned to drive in the army, to become Head of the Arrivals house in Victoria Road. Their next he helped several Moulton lads to Office at Northampton Development venture was the Rothwell Lodge shed their L-plates and taught Neil, Corporation in 1970. In 1971 she Garage in Kettering, where their aged 12, to ride a motorcycle. When moved to Arnsby Crescent, Moulton, daughter Michele was born. Muriel Neil took up Moto X and Trials riding, which has been their home ever longed to get back to Moulton – their Eric was his sponsor and mechanic. since. daughter Susan was born after they He was a Centre Steward for the settled in Arnsby Crescent. A few Amateur Motor Cycle Association Her employment designation years later they moved to Carey (AMCA) and still rode aged 70. changed to ‘Social Development Close. Muriel worked part-time Officer’ and for the next decade or He was on the Scouts parents’ at Moulton College while the girls so she had great input and influence committee for several years raising were growing up and then full-time on the development of the Eastern funds for the HQ in the Nurseries. In at Encore Printing Company in District, its facilities and its people. retirement, he helped at Carey Baptist Round Spinney. In her retirement, She was President of the Eastern Church, but was never a member. she enjoyed helping with her four District Girls’ Brigade and on the grandchildren, being with her The memory of his generous committee of the Boys’ Brigade. daughters and spending much time nature and constant support will be When she married landscape on her garden which always ‘looked a treasured by his sons, grandchildren architect, Fritz De Zutter on Boxing picture’. She died after a short illness, and great-grandchildren. Day 1973, the Girls’ Brigade provided being cared for by her daughters, as the Guard of Honour. At this time she wished, with the help of District she was much in demand - also Nurses, Marie Curie nurses, Hospice becoming a member of the NHS at Home and Age UK. A much- Dental Practitioner Committee – and missed lady. a Justice of the Peace! Northampton 46 | moulton scene • spring 2015 Church News

Moulton Parish Church of the story and on Easter Sunday we conflicts and specifically during the celebrate his defeat of death, proof First World War. We can often feel ach term we run a 5 week that he’s really God, is alive today helpless in the face of so much , Christianity Explored course and is worthy of our worship. Please suffering, but as we look forward to give those in our community E join us on Easter Sunday, 5 April, into the new year perhaps we can – friends, family, neighbours, work at 9am or 10.30am – we’d love to all resolve to be peace makers colleagues – an opportunity to find be able to explain more to you about in our small corner – among our out more about the great news of who this Jesus is. Christianity. It’s always exciting to see colleagues, family and friends. who comes – sometimes people with Over Christmas we sing about that For more information about us, message of peace in some of our lots of questions; sometimes people please contact the church office: favourite carols. It was the message who just want to listen and take it all 01604 495393 or admin@ the angel brought to the shepherds in; sometimes people who’ve been moultonchurch.co.uk or visit our ‘Peace on earth, goodwill to all through suffering and are asking website: www.moultonchurch.co.uk. men’. It’s the message all three questions like ‘why has this Bridget Ward, Administrator happened to me?’ or ‘does God really churches of Moulton work to bring to the village throughout the year care?’; often a mixture of those, and Carey Baptist Church more! They’re relaxed and informal and especially as we look towards evenings – refreshments, followed ollowing the very full account Easter and the message of hope by a short DVD and discussion of activities at Carey in the and new life that it brings. around the issues it raises. Also Fspecial 4-page spread in the last an opportunity to chat about any Moulton Scene, I can report more At Moulton Evangelical Church, one questions you have. We welcome of the same, enhanced very much opportunity for meeting other people everyone to come and find out more by the leadership of our new (ish) and where you can always be sure of about the claims of Jesus Christ minister, Rev. Stuart Dennis and his a warm welcome is on a Wednesday – it will be 5 evenings well spent! wife Jodie. Stuart is embracing village morning in the Coffee Lounge at the Next courses begin Wednesday 7 life with enthusiasm and emphasises back of the church where tea, coffee, January, 7.45pm, Church Centre, that he is here for the whole village cheese scones and cakes are on the and Thursday 23 April, 7.45pm, as well as Carey-goers and available menu from 10am until 12 noon. Why Church Centre. to listen and chat to all. Stuart’s not drop in one Wednesday? sermons are inspiring and stimulating We’re holding a Pub quiz night, – and sometimes a little provocative! As we said in the last Moulton Saturday 7 February... bring your Scene, we have been devoting the Our organisations go from strength to Coffee Morning takings to a church own cheese and wine. A fun evening strength and we are glad to host the that we have long been linked with to bring your friends and challenge Monday Club, the Memory Cafe and in Bantama, Ghana to enable them your brains! Further details nearer the Spotlight Dance School within to plant all 6 acres of Cashew trees. the time from the church office or on our ample facilities. We look forward For the foreseeable future we will our website. to the coming year with anticipation of new ideas from Stuart and even continue to support the church Christmas and Easter are highlights which has now embarked on an of the calendar when we look greater outreach into the community and the wider world through our exciting plan to buy a tractor and forward to welcoming many visitors. implements which will be held as Christmas celebrates the amazing linked missionaries, our work organising Christian Aid collections a community resource. At present fact that the God of the Universe all the farming is done by hand came to earth as a human being, to (more collectors needed!) and our regular Traidcraft stall. even though almost everyone is a live among us – do come and join subsistence farmer. us: Christmas Eve Kids Carols Angela Campling, Publicity Officer at 4.30pm, Christmas Eve Lord’s So why not enjoy conversation and Supper starting 11.00pm and Moulton Evangelical Church coffee on Wednesdays knowing Christmas Day Family meeting at he beginning of a new year that you are funding an agricultural 10.30am. At Easter we remember is traditionally the time revolution and bringing relief just close that Jesus gave himself up to die on a Tfor looking forwards and to the equator? cross, taking the punishment for our backwards. 2014 was particularly Ann Pollock sin and the sin of the whole world... a year for remembering all those but wonderfully that wasn’t the end who have given their lives during

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LIBRARY: The Village Hall, Pound Lane. Parish Clerk – 492318 Mon-Fri: 1pm-6pm Sat: 10am-2pm Sun: 1pm-4pm Brampton Heath Golf Club. Contact 843939 – Option 2 POST OFFICE: Carey Baptist Church Rooms. Bernard Johnson – 790589 Mon-Fri: 9am-5.30pm Sat: 9am-12.30pm Sun: CLOSED Fernie Fields Scout and Community Centre, Fernie Fields. Contact 670366 Guide Hall Barlow Lane. 647679 MIDLANDS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY FOODSTORE MOULTON: Mon-Fri: 7am-10pm Sat: 7am-10pm Sun: 7am-10pm Moulton Club High Street – Bridget Owens 491823 (evenings) Moulton Football Club. Mick Clipston – 07547 767477 MEMBERS SERVICES, MIDLANDS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Moulton Parish Centre Church Hill – Bridget Ward 495393 MOULTON: Mon-Tues: 9am-12pm Wed: CLOSED Thurs: CLOSED Fri: 9am-12pm Moulton Primary School Church Hill – School Secretary 643061 Sat: 9am-12pm Sun: CLOSED Moulton School Pound Lane – Site Supervisor 790545 Moulton Theatre (whole complex or Studio Bar) – John Fletcher 644470 ROCHMILLS CHEMIST: Mon-Fri: 9am-12.45pm & 2pm-6pm Sat: 9am-12.30pm Sun: CLOSED W.I. House Park View – WI County Federation Secretary 646055 café@jgallery Anthea 492192

48 | moulton scene • spring 2015 While every attempt is made to ensure that all information is current and correct, please be aware that timings may be different during school holidays/bank holidays, or only run during term time, etc. Please check direct with organiser before attending. Your Regular Weekly Groups

MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT SUN Moulton Short Sing & Sign Baby Moulton Short Yoga 10.00 Coffee Shop Bingo 13.00 Mat Bowls Club Class 9.30 & Mat Bowls Club Village Hall 10.00 – 12.00 Moulton Working 9.15 Village Hall 10.30 Village 9.15 Village Hall Moulton Theatre Men’s Club Hall (Term time only)

Oasis Mums & Moulton Keep Fit Mums & Tots Toddle Inn Moulton Minis Tots 10.00 10.00 Chappell 9.00 - 11.00 10.00-11.30 & 10.30 - 11.30 Moulton Church House Moulton 13.30-15.00 Moulton Football Centre (Term time Evangelical Carey Baptist Club only) – re-starts Church (Main Church Hall 12th Jan) Church) (Term (Term time only) time only) – re- starts 7th Jan)

Monday Club Baby Clinic Prayer Meeting Beginner String 10.00 – 12.00 14.00 Village 9.30-10.00 Carey Class (violins, Carey Baptist Hall (1st & 3rd Tues Baptist Church cellos, etc) 17.15 Church Hall (excl of the month only) - 18.45 Moulton Bank Hols) College

Wind Band Blue Door After Coffee Morning Girls Brigade Beginner Class School Club 10.00 - 12.00 18.15 onwards (brass, woodwind, 15.15 Moulton Moulton Carey Baptist percussion) 17.15 Church Centre Evangelical Church Hall - 18.45 Moulton (Term time only) Church (Coffee (Term time only) College Lounge)

Zumba 17.45 Zumba 18.30 Health Walk Wind Band Village Hall -19.30 Moulton (35-45 mins) (brass, woodwind, Football Club 10.30 Meet o/s percussion) 19.15 Moulton Library - 21.30 Moulton College

Boys Brigade White Tiger DDH Community White Tiger 18.00 onwards Taekwon-Do Volunteer Lunch Taekwon-Do Carey Baptist 19.00 (beg.) 20.00 Club 12.15 19.00 (beg.) 20.00 Church Hall (adv.) Moulton Chappell House (adv.) Moulton (Term time only) Primary School (£4 for a 2-course Primary School hot dinner)

Wind Band Luncheon Club Moulton Morris (brass, woodwind, 12.15 Moulton Men 19.30 percussion) 19.00 Church Centre Village Hall - 21.00 Moulton (Fortnightly) College

Moulton Church The Gap Primary Bell Ringers School After 19.30 Moulton School Club Church 15.15 Moulton Church Centre (Term time only)

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MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT SUN Alzheimer’s Ladies Gardeners’ Royal British Craft Club 09.30 Society Memory Fellowship 14.00 Society General Legion Women’s Village Hall (1st Cafe 14.00 – Moulton Church Meeting 19.30 Section Monthly Sat of the month, 16.00 Carey Centre (1st Tues of Village Hall (4th Meeting 14.00 excl Jul & Aug) Baptist Church the month) Wed of the month, Chappell House Hall excl Jun, Aug & (1st Fri of the month (2nd Mon of the Dec) excl Jan) month) Folk Jam The Friend-Leys Evening WI Darts Tea Dance 19.30 Network Arts Session 20.00 14.15 The Guide Practice 19.30 – 22.00 Village 10.00 – 16.00 - 23.00 The Hall (4th Tues of Moulton Club Hall (last Fri of the Village Hall (2nd Artichoke Pub the month, excl (3rd Wed of the month, excl Jul & Sat of the month, (2nd Mon of the June & Dec) month) Aug) excl Jul & Dec) month) Moulton Short Moulton History Hardy Plant Mat Bowls Club Society 19.30 Society 14.00 (Social Evening) Moulton Working Village Hall 19.00 Village Men’s Club (2nd (1st Sat of the Hall (last Tuesday Fri of the month, month, excl May, of the month) excl Jan, Jun, Jul Jul & Aug) & Aug) Stitchcraft 19.30 Friday Night Live Village Hall (1st (Youth Club) Tues of the month 19.30 Moulton excl July, Aug & Church Centre Sep) (Last Fri of the month – term time only) Moulton Evening WI 19.45 Village Hall (2nd Tues of the month) Useful Telephone Numbers STD Code = 01604 unless otherwise shown GENERAL COUNCIL SERVICES

Age Concern Northampton 611200 Cemetery Enquiries – contact Parish Clerk (Mon-Fri 9-5) 492318

Anglian Water Emergency Number (flooding, sewage etc) 0800 771881 Daventry District Council (also emergency number) 01327 871100

Member of Parliament: Chris Heaton-Harris 0207-219-7048 Daventry District Councillors: email: [email protected] Mike Warren email: [email protected] 781082 Daniel Cribbin email: [email protected] 07986 240144 Moulton College 491131 ELVIS – Abandoned cars 08456 121999 Moulton Library (select option 5, then option 1) 0300 126 1000 Daventry Rural North Safer Moulton Surgery 644126 Community Team – ask for Daventry Rural North SCT 03000 111 222 email: [email protected] Moulton Village Car Scheme (Julia Malings) 07582 351145 Moulton Parish Council (Mon-Fri 9-5) 492318 Post Office 643106 email: [email protected] Spencer Contact (furniture recycling) 587589 Northamptonshire County Council 0300 1261000

CHURCHES Northamptonshire County Councillor: 843275 Judy Shephard email: [email protected] Bridget Ward Church Administrator 495393 email: [email protected] Police – (please dial 999 in an emergency) 03000 111 222

Carey Baptist Church – Rev. Stuart Dennis 491966 Road and Street Lighting Defects – call Street Doctor 0300 1261000

Moulton Evangelical Church – S. Pollock 404202 Or online at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

50 | moulton scene • spring 2015 what’s ON … December 15 All-age Mothering Sunday Meeting 10.30 Moulton Parish 24 Kids Carol Service 16.30 Moulton Parish Church Church 24 Service 18.00 Carey Baptist Church 17 Women’s Own Homestead Singers. Open Meeting 14.30 24 Christmas Eve Midnight Lord’s Supper 23.00 Moulton Carey Baptist Church Hall Parish Church 21 Film – The Judge doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 Moulton 24 Blood Donation Moulton School Movies 25 Christmas Day Lord’s Supper 09.00 Moulton Parish 28 Film – Before I Go To Sleep doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 Church Moulton Movies 25 Christmas Day Service 10.00 Carey Baptist Church 25 Christmas Day Family Meeting 10.30 Moulton Parish April Church 2 Maundy Thursday Meal & Holy Communion 19.00 Carey 25 No-one Alone at Christmas – Christmas Praise followed by Baptist Church Hall Christmas Dinner 11.00 Moulton Evangelical Church 3 Good Friday Meditation (with kids groups) 10.30 Moulton 26 BOXING DAY – Annual Morris Dancing & Mummers Play Parish Church 11.00 Stocks Hill 3 Good Friday Service 19.00 Carey Baptist Church 5 Easter Sunday Communion Service (followed by breakfast) January 08.00 Carey Baptist Church 4 All Age Meeting 10.30 Moulton Parish Church 5 Easter Sunday Lord’s Supper 09.00 Moulton Parish 6 Women’s Own Speaker Rev. Stuart Dennis 14.30 Carey Church Church Lounge 5 Easter Sunday Family Meeting 10.30 Moulton Parish 7 Parish Council Meeting Public Session 19.15 Moulton Church Village Hall Meeting Room 5 All Age Worship & Communion 10.45 Carey Baptist 7 Christianity Explored Course begins 19.45 Moulton Church Church Centre 5 Service of Easter Praise 10.45 Moulton Evangelical 9 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Bingo 14.00 Church Chappell House 5 Evening Worship 18.00 Carey Baptist Church 10 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Coffee Morning 7 Women’s Own Speaker Mr Don Merrifield 14.30 Carey 10.00 Chappell House Church Lounge 11 Film – Dr Zhivago 14.30 – 18.00 Moulton Movies 7 Parish Council Meeting Public Session 19.15 Moulton 14 Christianity Explored Course 19.45 Moulton Church Centre Village Hall Meeting Room 17 Neighbourhood Development Plan Consultation Event 8 Blood Donation Moulton School 14.30 – 17.00 Moulton Village Hall 11 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Coffee Morning 20 Women’s Own Speaker Rev. Geoff Ottaway 14.30 Carey 10.00 Chappell House Church Lounge 11 Film – Gone Girl doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 Moulton 21 Christianity Explored Course 19.45 Moulton Church Centre Movies 24 Film – Two Weeks Notice doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 17 Film – The Hundred Foot Journey doors open 19.00/starts at Moulton Movies 19.30 Moulton Movies 28 Christianity Explored Course 19.45 Moulton Church Centre 21 Women’s Own Speaker Kate Wills 14.30 Carey Church Lounge 28 Girls’ Night Out 20.00 Moulton Theatre 23 Christianity Explored Course begins 19.45 Moulton 28 Big Switch Drop-in Session 13.30 – 16.00 Moulton Library Church Centre 31 Friends of Moulton Library Village Quiz 19.30 Moulton 25 Film – Mr Turner doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 Moulton Working Men’s Club Movies (subject to the film being released) 31 Annual Extravaganza Barn Dance 20.00 Moulton School 29 Girls’ Night Out 20.00 Moulton Theatre Hall (Tickets £8 from Mollie Care – 9 Alibone Close, Chater Street, Moulton (tel: 646818) 30 Christianity Explored Course 19.45 Moulton Church Centre May February 3-4 Annual Plant Fair 10.00 – 16.00 Holdenby House 3 Women’s Own Speaker Mrs Joyce Wainwright 14.30 Carey 5 Women’s Own Speaker TBA 14.30 Carey Church Lounge Church Lounge 6 Parish Council Meeting Public Session 19.15 Moulton 3 Parish Council Meeting Public Session 19.15 Moulton Village Hall Meeting Room Village Hall Meeting Room 4 Christianity Explored Course 19.45 Moulton Church Centre Moulton Primary School 6 Film – The Human Stain doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 19th December – School closes Moulton Movies 5th & 6th January – School closed (Teacher Training Days) 7 Pub Quiz Night (see Moulton Parish Church website for details) 7th January – School re-opens Time TBC Moulton Church Centre 13th February – School closes 8 Songs of Praise 16.00 Carey Baptist Church 23rd February – School re-opens 14 Film – Kinky Boots doors open 19.00/starts at 19.30 Moulton 27th March – School closes Movies 13th April – School closed (Teacher Training Day) 17 Women’s Own Speaker Dr David George 14.30 Carey 14th April – School re-opens Church Lounge 17 Blood Donation Moulton School 18 Girls’ Night Out 20.00 Moulton Theatre Moulton School & Science College 21 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Coffee Morning 19th December – School closes 10.00 Chappell House 5th January – School closed (Teacher Training Day) 22 Wedding Fayre & Open Day 11.00 – 16.00 Brampton 6th January – School re-opens Grange (free entry) 13th February – School closes 23rd February – School re-opens 26th March – School closes March 27th March – School closed (Teacher Training Day) 2 Lunch Club 12.30 Carey Baptist Church Hall 13th April – School re-opens 2 Men’s Night Out (see website for details) Time & Location TBC 3 Women’s Own Speaker Rev. David Baker 14.30 Carey Church Lounge Moulton College (Further Education Students only) 4 Parish Council Meeting Public Session 19.15 Moulton 8th September – College re-opens Village Hall Meeting Room 27th – 31st October – Study Week 9-14 Charley’s Aunt Moulton Theatre (Tickets on sale 24/01/15) 12th December – College closes 13 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Bingo 14.00 5th January – College re-opens Chappell House 16th – 20th February – Study Week 15 Mothering Sunday Service (Light breakfast from 09.45) 10.45 27th March – College closes Carey Baptist Church 20th April – College re-opens

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