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VOLUME 11 : NO. 4 it’s back!! ... party in the park 5th SEPTEMBER village parkfestival 2015report you don’t have to play football to be part of the team #BIG HELP OUT Photograph by permission of Richard Eason VillageHall Moulton Village Contact Parish Clerk – Mon-Fri 9a.m. - 5p.m. Trail Guide Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton NN3 7SD Tel: 01604 492318 • Ideally suited for meetings, parties, social events, etc. • Accommodation comprises main hall, committee room and kitchen. Moulton • Hall is fully equipped with tables, chairs, PA system, Village spotlights and fitted projector screen (available upon Trail request). Guide • Consumption of alcohol is permitted, subject to the necessary licence being obtained. • Fully equipped kitchen with catering size stove and oven. … in the heart of the Northamptonshire • Large car park adjacent to the Village hall, shared with countryside the School (availability dependant on usage). Available from Moulton Parish Council. Please contact the Parish Office on 492318 or alternatively you can obtain a copy from Moulton Library. Email: [email protected] for further information. 2 | moulton scene • autumn 2015 Editorial Moulton Scene elcome to the Autumn 2015 edition of Moulton Information Scene. I hope you have all had a great summer and would like to give a warm welcome to any new residents that may have moved into Moulton Win the past few months. Volume 11 | No. 4 As always with the ‘Scene’ we receive a great response in both editorial contributions and advertisements, but we always welcome newcomers – so if you want to be featured in the next magazine please get in touch. The next edition of The Moulton Scene Alternatively, please give us your feedback or any suggestions as a reader will be published on or about 1st – your involvement is always appreciated. To get in touch, please email: January 2016, and will cover the period [email protected]. 1st January to 30th April 2016. Advertisements, editorials and diary dates by 13th November 2015 to Useful Telephone Numbers Moulton Parish Council, Moulton Village GENERAL Hall, Pound Lane, Moulton, NN3 7SD. Moulton College 01604 491131 T: 01604 492318 Moulton Library (select option 5, then option 1) 0300 126 1000 Moulton Surgery 01604 644126 E: [email protected] Moulton & Overstone Car Scheme (Julia Malings and Jenny Aarons) 07582 351145 Post Office 01604 643106 ADVERTISING COSTS (incl. of VAT): CHURCHES Moulton Parish Church – Pete Collins 01604 495393 Half page Colour (183 x 130mm) £175.00 email: [email protected] Carey Baptist Church – Rev. Stuart Dennis 01604 491966 Moulton Evangelical Church – S. Pollock 01604 404202 Quarter page B&W (88.5 x 130mm) £60.00 COUNCIL SERVICES/COUNCILLORS Quarter page Colour (88.5 x 130mm) £90.00 Moulton Parish Council 01604 492318 email: [email protected] Daventry District Council 01327 871100 Daventry District Councillors: Eighth page B&W (88.5 x 62mm) £35.00 Mike Warren email: [email protected] 01604 781082 Eighth page Colour (88.5 x 62mm) £52.50 Daniel Cribbin email: [email protected] 07986 240144 Member of Parliament: Chris Heaton-Harris 0207-219-7048 email: [email protected] Northamptonshire County Council 0300 1261000 Payment is required with your (including Street Doctor – road and street lighting defects, etc.) advertisement: Or online at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk Northamptonshire County Councillor: 01604 843275 Clerk to the Parish Council, Judy Shephard email: [email protected] Moulton Village Hall, Pound Lane, ELVIS – Abandoned cars 08456 121999 Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7SD email: [email protected] Police – (please dial 999 in an emergency) 101 T: 01604 492318 Daventry Rural North Safer Community Team 101 E: [email protected] email: [email protected] W: www.moultonparishcouncil.org.uk “Welcome to Moulton” Printed by: CYBER SIGN COMPANY The pack is an invaluable source of information for T: 01604 493647 all new residents and is available FREE of charge. E: [email protected] Please contact the Parish Office on Copyright Moulton Parish Council 2015. No part of this publication may be W^Ua_W reproduced without permission of the Ito 492318 Moulton or email: Parish Council. The content is not necessarily the view of the Parish [email protected] for a copy. Council. spring 2015 • moulton scene | 3 CONTENTS 3 EDITORIAL CLUB, MOULTON & OVERSTONE CAR SCHEME, BEANSTALK, Council Matters ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY MEMORY WALK 5 CHAIRMAN OF THE PARISH COUNCIL – Barry Care MBE 6 FROM YOUR MP – Village Clubs and Chris Heaton-Harris Societies 29 YARKER TUITION LA JOLIE Village Information, RONDE IN MOULTON, THE Events & Local News CREATION STATION, MOULTON 2 MOULTON VILLAGE TRAIL GUIDE ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION, MOULTON PLAYERS, MOULTON 3 USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS MOVIES, MOULTON EVENING 3 ‘WELCOME TO MOULTON’ PACK WI, MOULTON & DISTRICT 10 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL GARDENERS’ SOCIETY, MOULTON HISTORY SOCIETY, THE FRIEND- 13 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL – LEYS , MOULTON MORRIS ART EXHIBITION MEN, MOULTON CHURCH BELL 13 MOULTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL RINGERS, MOULTON KEEP COMPETITION & FUN RUN FIT, HARDY PLANT SOCIETY WINNERS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GROUP, SPOTLIGHT DANCE SCHOOL 15 PARTY IN THE PARK 2015 17 HANGING BASKET SPONSORSHIP SCHEME Gardening Tips 17 VILLAGE NETWORKS ROADSHOW 36 GARDENING TIPS FROM THE (FREE ADVICE AND SUPPORT) GARDEN CENTRE TEAM AT 17 MICHAELMAS FAYRE MOULTON COLLEGE 17 AUTUMN CONCERT – A FEAST FOR MUSIC LOVERS Focus on Sport 34 CHRONICLE & ECHO and Youth ‘DOWN YOUR WAY’ 37 MOULTON FC & MOULTON 44 OPENING TIMES MAGPIES YOUTH, WHITE TIGER 44 HALLS TO HIRE TAEKWON-DO 45 WHAT NOT TO MISS UNTIL JANUARY 2016 Rural News Schools/Doctors/ 41 PARISH FOOTPATH WARDEN – Library News FOOT.... NOTES 19 MOULTON SURGERY 19 MOULTON PRIMARY SCHOOL Obituaries 21 FRIENDS OF MOULTON PRIMARY 42 OBITUARIES SCHOOL – FOMPS 21 MOULTON SCHOOL & SCIENCE COLLEGE Church News 23 MOULTON COLLEGE 43 MOULTON PARISH CHURCH, CAREY BAPTIST CHURCH 25 MOULTON LIBRARY Helping Hands Index of 27 GIVE BLOOD, DDC CARE & Advertisers REPAIR, MOULTON & OVERSTONE 44 A-Z LISTING OF LOCAL TRADES EDUCATIONAL TRUST, MONDAY PEOPLE 4 | moulton scene • autumn 2015 From the Parish Council Chairman Barry Care MBE Several important items of news to organisations currently using the present In 2008 Moulton Parish Council worked pass on. village hall in Moulton will transfer to the with Daventry District Council to provide new centre and with the addition of the a ‘DDC Outreach’ Office for residents in café, library and playgroup will create a Moulton and the surrounding villages. Northamptonshire Highways vibrant and thriving community base for The Moulton Information Centre opened The terrible mess NCC Highways have existing and new residents. in September 2008 and very quickly made of the Overstone Road “traffic became the busiest Outreach Centre calming” failed a safety audit, particularly in Daventry District. Unfortunately, due the new priority at Tarrant Way/ Discussions are currently taking place to budget cuts, the Information Centre Overstone Road junction. That junction with numerous service providers to was closed in 2012. With Moulton ward will be put back as it was: hurray I hear offer additional support and specialised at the very edge of Daventry District it is you say! The Parish Council are trying health and wellbeing services hoped to provide this invaluable service to find out whether other amendments for residents. Moulton is already again in the new premises. are planned, but having wasted so much experiencing a significant amount of money already on a failed scheme it housing development within the parish remains to be seen if anything else will and the adjacent Northampton North Moulton has various Mums and Tots be considered. Sustainable Urban Expansion will have groups and several private Day Nurseries. an enormous impact on the community. Approximately 49 0-4 year olds will be The early delivery of this centre will generated from the developments in New Community Centre ensure that a significant proportion of Moulton parish, combined with existing As you know the Parish Council has community infrastructure is provided pre-school children in our parish, means been searching for a suitable site for a to meet the demands of an expanding a dedicated playgroup is needed to fulfil new community centre for the last 10 population. It is anticipated that the the demand for early years provision and years and plan to build it on the land centre will be in place and ready to offer our new centre can provide premises for at Sandy Hill Lane. Several of my past a wide range of services and facilities to this to be organised. reports have referred to the progress existing and new residents by the end of made so far. The current village hall is 2016, ensuring that Moulton remains a The floor in the main hall is being carefully inadequate to meet the needs of the sustainable community. chosen so that activities such as table community, now and in the future. A tennis, badminton, martial arts and short new centre is needed that can provide mat bowls will be able to take place facilities for community groups and a The site adjacent to the new community in the centre. It is hoped that the local professional venue that can be used centre will be developed and used for clubs who have moved away due to the for corporate events, birthday parties, a complementary community facility. closure of Moulton Sports Complex will weddings etc. A venue with its own The new health facility sited on the return to Moulton once we are able to bar is essential. Current daytime use adjoining ‘Marsh Spinney’ development offer bar and café facilities. is severely limited due to no available will complete the community hub parking. Adequate off road parking catering for existing patients and the is also needed to prevent disruption anticipated increase of the patient The parish church wishes to be very to nearby residential properties.