Up the Wreake! March 2019

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The magazine provides an open forum for contributions on all aspects of life in the Upper Wreake villages and beyond. Opinions expressed in it are not necessarily the view of the trustees or the editor. Copy for inclusion in any particular month’s issue should reach the editor before 15th of the preceding month. Editor: Antonia Doyle, Warren Farm, 27 Main Street, Hoby, LE14 3DT Tel: 07768 193849 E-mail: [email protected] Advertising: Josie Brown, 3 Manor Farm Court, Tilton on the Hill, Leics LE7 9LS Tel: 0116 259 7663 E-mail: [email protected] Deliveries: Simon Blake Tel:01664 434580 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Malcolm Britton, 34 Hall Orchard Lane, Frisby, Melton Mowbray LE14 2NH Tel: 01664 434490 E-mail: [email protected]

1 March Churches Together in the 2019 Upper Wreake March 2 3.00pm Messy Church Frisby Methodist Centre March 3 8.30am BCP HOLY COMMUNION Frisby Parish Church NextSaturd Beforeay 10.30am FAMILY SERVICE Hoby Parish Church Lent 6.00pm SACRAMENT Hoby Methodist Centre March 6Ash 9.15am Ash Wednesday Frisby Parish Church Weds. Communion March 10 8.30am BCP HOLY COMMUNION Rotherby Parish Church Lent 1 10.30am LAMBING SERVICE AT Brooksby Parish Church HALL FARM March 13 9.15am Wholeness and Healing Frisby Parish Church Wednesday Eucharist March 17 8.30am BCP HOLY COMMUNION Hoby Parish Church Lent 2 10.30am CAFÉ CHURCH Frisby Methodist Centre March 20 9.15am Midweek Communion Frisby Parish Church Wednesday March 24 0.30am HOLY COMMUNION with Ragdale Parish Church Lent 3 guest speaker: (BAME = Black Asian and (The Rev Canon Lusa Nsenga Minority Ethnic) Ngoy (BAME Mission Annunciation Enabler). “Inclusive Church of our Lord to – Ethnicity” the Blessed 10.30am MORNING WORSHIP Frisby Methodist Centre Virgin Mary) 3.00pm EVENSONG Kirby Belllars Parish Church March 27 9.15am Midweek Communion Frisby Parish Church Wednesday March 31 10.30am SWF GROUP SERVICE FOR Ashby Folville Mothering MOTHERING SUNDAY Sunday/Lent 4

For other services in the South West Framland Group (SWF) please contact the SWF Office on 01664 561909 or email [email protected]

2 Local Roman Catholic Churches - Mass Local Roman Catholic Churches - Mass www.dioceseofnottingham.uk/parishesLocal Roman Catholic Churches - Mass www.dioceseofnottingham.uk/parishes St. www.dioceseofnottingham.uk/parishes John the Baptist Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray LE13 1RB Sat: 6pm St. John the Baptist Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray LE13 1RB Sat: 6pm 01664St. John 562274 the Baptist Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray LE13 1RB Sat: 6pm 01664 562274 St.01664 Peter 562274 77, Welby Lane, Melton Mowbray LE13 0ST Sun: St. Peter 77, Welby Lane, Melton Mowbray LE13 0ST Sun: 01664St. Peter 562274 77, Welby Lane, Melton Mowbray LE13 0ST 10.45Sun: am 01664 562274 10.45am St.01664 Gregory 562274 the Great 24, The Banks, Sileby LE12 7RE. Sun:10.45 9amam St. Gregory the Great 24, The Banks, Sileby LE12 7RE. 0116St. Gregory 2608476 the Great 24, The Banks, Sileby LE12 7RE. Sun: 9am 0116 2608476 The0116 Devine 2608476 Infant of 63 Broad St, Syston LE7 1GH Sat: 6.30pm The Devine Infant of 63 Broad St, Syston LE7 1GH Sat: 6.30pm PragueThe Devine Infant of www63 Broad.divineinfantofprague.org. St, Syston LE7 1GH uk Sun:Sat: 6.30pm 11am Prague www.divineinfantofprague.org.uk Sun: 11am St. Mary’s 97,www Ashby.divineinfantofprague.org. Road, Loughborough ukLE11 3AB SSun:un: 11am St. Mary’s 97, Ashby Road, Loughborough LE11 3AB Sun: 01509St. Mary’s 262123 www.stmarysloughborough.org.uk97, Ashby Road, Loughborough LE11 3AB 9Sunam: & 11am 01509 262123 www.stmarysloughborough.org.uk 9am & 11am THE PARISH OF THE UPPER WREAKE Priest-in-Charge: The RevdTHE David PARISH Harknett OF THE UPPER WREAKE Priest-in-Charge: The Revd David Harknett (01664)Priest- in434517-Charge: Email: The [email protected] David Harknett (01664) 434517 Email: [email protected] To whom all initial enquiries for baptisms, weddings and funerals should be made. To whom all initial enquiries for baptisms, weddings and funerals should be made. Reader:To whom Canon all initial Malcolm enquiries Britton for (01664) baptisms, 434490 weddings Email: and [email protected] funerals should be made. Reader: Canon Malcolm Britton (01664) 434490 Email: [email protected] Administrator:Reader: Canon Canon Malcolm Vic BrittonAllsop (01664) 434490 Email: [email protected] Administrator: Canon Vic Allsop GroupAdministrator: Office: Great Canon Dalby Vic MethodistAllsop Church, 29 Main Street, Great Dalby, Group Office: Great Dalby Methodist Church, 29 Main Street, Great Dalby, MeltonGroup MowbrayOffice: Great, LE14 Dalby 2ET. Methodist Office hours: Church Tuesday, 29 Main & Friday Street, 9.15am Great toDalby 2.30pm.Tel.:, Melton Mowbray, LE14 2ET. Office hours: Tuesday & Friday 9.15am to 2.30pm.Tel.: (01664)Melton 561909 Mowbray Email:, LE14 [email protected] 2ET. Office hours: Tuesday & Friday 9.15am to 2.30pm.Tel.: (01664) 561909 Email: [email protected] (01664)Church wardens561909 Email: [email protected] (01664) (01664) Church wardens (01664) (01664) FRISBY Pru Smith 434468 Simon Blake 434580 FRISBY Pru Smith 434468 Simon Blake 434580 K.FRISBY BELLARS VacantPru Smith 434468 Simon Blake 434580 K. BELLARS Vacant HOBYK. BELLARS VicVacant Allsop 434697 Maureen Coleman 434120 HOBY Vic Allsop 434697 Maureen Coleman 434120 ROTHERBYHOBY LesleyVic Allsop Potter 434511434697 SueMaureen Smith Coleman 434175434120 ROTHERBY Lesley Potter 434511 Sue Smith 434175 BROOKSBY Malcolm Britton 434490 Jeanne Knowles 0779 623 5444 BROOKSBY Malcolm Britton 434490 Jeanne Knowles 0779 623 5444 RAGDALEBROOKSBY JaneMalcolm Burgess Britton 434003434490 Jeanne Knowles 0779 623 5444 RAGDALE Jane Burgess 434003 Contacts for our Methodist Centres Contacts for our Methodist Centres BookingsContacts for our Methodist Centres Bookings FrisbyBookings Centre - Mrs Jenny Hurst 01664 840479 [email protected] Frisby Centre - Mrs Jenny Hurst 01664 840479 [email protected] HobyFrisby Centre Centre - Mrs.- Mrs Deb Jenny Charles Hurst 01664 01664 812874840479 [email protected]@yahoo.co.uk Hoby Centre - Mrs. Deb Charles 01664 812874 [email protected] PastorHoby Centre- Mrs Janet - Mrs. Norburn Deb Charles 0116 016642695295 812874 [email protected] Pastor - Mrs Janet Norburn 0116 2695295 NonPastor Church - Mrs Activities Janet Norburn at the 0116Frisby 2695295 Methodist Centre Non Church Activities at the Frisby Methodist Centre OnNon Fridays Church during Activities term attime the - FrisbyStay and Methodist Play (Toddler Centre Group) 1-30 - 3pm On Fridays during term time - Stay and Play (Toddler Group) 1-30 - 3pm EachOn FridaysMonday during 10.45 term - 11.45 time Pilates - Stay ( andsee nextPlay (Toddlerpage) Group) 1-30 - 3pm Each Monday 10.45 - 11.45 Pilates (see next page)

3 Each Tuesday, 6.15 - 7.15pm Aerobics On the 3rd. Wednesday afternoon, Drop In. 2 - 4pm. Every 4th. Thursday, Tea & Cakes, 2.30 - 4.30pm. Non Church Activities at the Hoby Methodist Centre Each Monday and Thursday, 10am - 12 noon, Computer group. Weddings, Funerals & Baptisms Funerals: 1. Gordon Currer, 12th November 2018 at Frisby Parish Church Burial of Ashes: 1. Stuart Richard Townend, 20th February at Kirby Bellars Parish Church 2. Bernard Crocker, 23rd February at Frisby Parish Church Baptisms: 1. Dexter John Kenneth Sean Oldham, 23rd September 2018 at Brooksby Parish Church 2. Aveline Wells, 30th September 2018 at Frisby Parish Church 3. Chloe Rose Wilson, 28th October 2018 at Brooksby Parish Church 4. Andrew Charles Dominique King, 25th November 2018 at Kirby Bellars Parish Church 5. Daniel Thomas Blaza, 9th December 2018 at Brooksby Parish Church 6.

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Nicole Kidman are two actors who have visited. As the operational headquarters of today’s GCR, you'll often see trains waiting there next turn of duty. During a gala the action is non-stop with trains arriving and departing all the time. Rail Route: Loughborough to Leicester

4 Upper Wreake Annual Church Meetings 2019 Mon 25Upperth Feb WreakeRotherby Annual DCC Church7.00pm Meeti Rotherbyngs 2019 Church th WedMon 2725th Feb HobyRotherby DCC DCC 7.00pm HobyRotherby Chapel Church th ThursWed 2827th Feb BrooksbyHoby DCC DCC 3.30pm7.00pm BrooksbyHoby Chapel Hall th MonThurs 428th March Feb FrisbyBrooksby DCC DCC 4.30pm3.30pm FrisbyBrooksby Church Hall th TuesMon 54th March RagdaleFrisby DCC DCC 7.00pm4.30pm RagdaleFrisby Church Church th WedTues 65th March KirbyRagdale Bellars DCC DCC 10.30am7.00pm KirbyRagdale Church Church th TuesWed 196 th March March UpperKirby Bellars Wreake DCC PCC 7.15pm10.30am HobyKirby ChurchChapel th TheseTues meetings19 Marchare open Upperto all parishioners Wreake PCC and 7.15pm in particular Hoby everyone Chapel who is on the ChurchThese meetings Electoral are Roll. open to all parishioners and in particular everyone who is on the AtChurch the Annual Electoral District Roll. Church Meetings, churchwardens are proposed as well as otherAt the church Annual officers, District Churchmembers Meetings, of the DCC churchwardens and representatives are proposed to the asParochial well as Churchother church Council. officers, The previous members year of isthe reviewed DCC and and representatives other items related to the Parochialto the parish churchChurch areCouncil. discussed. The previous year is reviewed and other items related to the parish Atchurch the Annual are discussed. Parochial Church Meeting, we also have a wider review of the whole parishAt the Annualand other Parochial significant Church topics Meet anding, look we forward also have to thea wider year review ahead. of the whole Weparish look and forward other significantto as many topics parishioners and look as forward possible to attending the year theahead. meetings and takingWe look part. forward to as many parishioners as possible attending the meetings and Churchtaking part. Electoral Roll TheChurch roll Electoralis revised Roll ever y 6 years and this is a year when the revision takes place and theThe oldroll rollis revised is cancelled. every 6Electoral years and Roll this forms is a yearhave whenbeen circulated.the revision If takes you still place have and onethe oldplease roll returnis cancelled. it to me Electoral urgently. Roll If formsyou don’t have have been a circulated.form and would If you likestill tohave be on theone churchplease electorareturn itl toroll me or urgently.find out more If you about don’t ithave – please a form let and me would know. like to be on Malcolmthe church Britton electora 01664l roll or 434490 find out [email protected] more about it – please let me know. Malcolm Britton 01664 434490 [email protected] Remember Rememberst 31st March The clocks go forward T1he hour clocks at 1am go forward on the 1last hour Sunday at 1am in Marchon the last Sunday in March

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5 SESSIONS: Wednesdays 13th 20th 27th March, 3rd 10th April You are welcome to attend one or more sessions WHERE: Hoby Methodist Church TIME: 7.30pm FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: Malcolm Britton 01664 434490

6 Obituary Joan Enid Hastings of Frisby-on-the-Wreake (23 October 1921 – 22 January 2019)

Joan Hastings had only lived in Frisby for thirteen years – but was a local girl, born and brought up in Queniborough, before living her married life and bringing up four children (Lyn, Paul, Mark and Anna) in Syston. Later, she moved to Melton with Lyn and her partner, Martin Hawthorn, before they all moved to Frisby in 2005. She died on 22 January 2019, aged 97 and one quarter.

Joan was very green-fingered, could make anything grow and only stopped gardening four years ago, when her mobility started to fail. She loved birds and all wildlife and had a feeding station outside her window, which became a talking point for all visitors.

Until fifteen years ago, she was known locally as ‘the Chutney Lady’, as she made 300 jars of preserves a year and sold them in aid of LOROS, which she had supported since 1981.

In 1942, she enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and tracked aircraft. When the war ended, she carried on in the Territorial Army, becoming a trained Physical Training Instructor.

Joan’s daughter, Lyn, and the family would like to thank everyone for all their support and kind thoughts, which have brought much comfort. Many kind donations have been gratefully received in memory of Joan (these will go to LOROS and Rainbows hospices).

Lyn Hastings

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9 Working together to tackle the homecare challenge 16 villages across the South West Framland People in your community need homecare and other help at home. This might be because they are older, unwell or disabled. They can’t get the help they need in ways and at times that work for them. We are local Community Interest Company (CIC) exploring solutions to these local challenges. We aim for a new CIC to offer care. This will be owned and run by local people, for the benefit of local people and communities.

 Need care yourself or know someone who does?  Interested in improving homecare and help at home in South West Framland?  Run a community group or organisation?  Care about your local village or neighbourhood?  Interested in helping to tackle the local homecare challenge in your area?

If you can answer yes to any of these questions, we want you to join us We are sure that we can meet the home care challenge more effectively working together, bringing together people, organisations, groups and councils.

Join the discussion How: a community planning day, to explore the issues, discuss ideas, learn and together develop a plan.

Where: Ashby Folville Village Hall. 5 Folville St, Ashby Folville, Melton Mowbray LE14 2TE

th When: 12 March 2019. Doors open at 9.30am, session starts at 10.15am and ends at 3.15pm. Lunch is provided.

To book a place and a lunch Contact Vicci Barrett on

Mobile: 07801 566 540 Email: [email protected]

10 Community Get-Togethers Community Get-Togethers The Parish Community HubCommunity held its most recent Get-Togethers get together in The Parish Community Hub held its most recent get together in TheFebruary Parish at Community Frisby Village Hu Hall.b held its most recent get together in February at Frisby Village Hall. FebruaryThe at Frisby next event Village will Hall. be the Community Lunch at: The next event will be the Community Lunch at: The nextSysonby event Knoll, will be Melton the Community Mowbray Lunch on at: Sysonby Knoll, Meltonth Mowbray on SysonbyTuesday Knoll, the Melton 26th March Mowbray 2019 on SysonbyTuesday Knoll, the Melton 26th March Mowbray 2019 on Tuesday the 26th March 2019 LunchTuesday at 12pm the 26for 12.30pm March 2019 start . Lunch at 12pm for 12.30pm start. Lunch at 12pm for 12.30pm start. If you would like to come along please contact either: Annette Piper 840627, Davina If you would like to come along please contact either: Annette Piper 840627, Davina IfBates you 454201,would like Vic to Allsop come 434697, along ple Maureenase contact Coleman either: 434120 Annette or PiperJanet 840627, Norburn Davina 0116 269 Bates 454201, Vic Allsop 434697, Maureen Coleman 434120 or Janet Norburn 0116 269 5295.Bates 454201,A big thank Vic youAllsop to every434697, one Maureen of our many Coleman valuable 434120 volunteers. or Janet InNorburn particular 0116 those 269 5295. A big thank you to every one of our many valuable volunteers. In particular those 5295.who volunteer A big thank to driveyou to and every collect one pe ofople our manyfor the valuable Community volunteers. Lunches. In Doparticular come and those who volunteer to drive and collect people for the Community Lunches. Do come and whojoin us volunteer, you will to be drive made and very collect welcome. people for the Community Lunches. Do come and join us, you will be made very welcome. joinIn February us, you willwe appliedbe made to very the Meltonwelcome. Fire Service Trumpton Charity for a small grant to In February we applied to the Melton Fire Service Trumpton Charity for a small grant to Insupport February our werunning applied costs. to the We Melton hope to Fire be Serviceable to letTrumpton you know Charity how wefor agot small on next grant to support our running costs. We hope to be able to let you know how we got on next supportmonth. ourThe runningCommunity costs. Lunch We hope Team. to be able to let you know how we got on next month. The Community Lunch Team. month. The Community Lunch Team. Frisby Friendship Club (Frisby Village Hall) Frisby Friendship Club (Frisby Village Hall) WeFrisby meet Friendshipon the first ThursdClub (Frisbyay of each Village month Hall) from We meet on the first Thursday of each month from We meet on the10.30am first Thursd – 12ay noon of each month from th 10.30am – 12 noon 7th March10.30am (Margaret – 12 noon Cooper) 7th March10.30am (Margaret – 12 noon Cooper) 7th March (Margaret Cooper) Join with us for som7 eMarch convivial (Margaret company, Cooper) homemade refreshments, Join with us for some convivial company, homemade refreshments, raffle,Join w ithdominoes/whist us for some convivial or simply company, chat in f riendlyhomemade surroundings. refreshments, raffle, dominoes/whist or simply chat in friendly surroundings. raffle, dominoes/whistDetails: Jhonor simplye Billing chats 01664in friendly 434582 surroundings. Details: Jhone Billings 01664 434582 Details: Jhone Billings 01664 434582 Kirby Bellars Drop In Kirby Village Hall Kirby Bellars Drop In Kirby Village Hall KirbyOn the Bellars first Wednesday Drop In Kirby of each Village month Hall On the first Wednesday of each month On the firstFrom Wednesday 2.30pm – of 4pm each month From 2.30pm – 4pm (Details:From Olive 2.30pm Batten – 4pm 812913 (Details: Olive Batten 812913 (Details: Olive Batten 812913 Frisby Methodist Centre We meet on Frisbythe third Methodist Wednesday Centre of each month We meet on the third Wednesday of each month We meet on the2.00pm third Wednesday – 4.00pm. of each month We play cards, dominoes,2.00pm have – a 4.00pm. chat to catch up on the We play cards, dominoes, have a chat to catch up on the Wevillage play news. cards, We dominoes, also have have tea and a chat biscuits to catch and up every on the so often village news. We also have tea and biscuits and every so often villagewe go outnews. for We lunch also or have afternoon tea and tea biscuits Please and come every and so join often us. we go out for lunch or afternoon tea Please come and join us. weDetails go out Pat f Earleor lunch 434283 or afternoon tea Please come and join us. Details Pat Earle 434283 Details Pat Earle 434283

11 Afternoon Tea and Cake at Frisby Methodist Centre We meet on the fourth Thursday of each month 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Please come and join us Jenny Hurst & Pru Smith

Frisby Village Hall 100 Club Winners February 2019 1st Prize £50 Kathy Ford 6 2nd Prize £20 Ann Butler 57 3rd Prize £5 Anne Farrow 98

Drawn at the wine society AGM

Hoby & District Village Hall 100 Club February 2019 1. No 4 Mr Greg & Mrs Sue Hendry £20 – Hoby 2. No 18 Mrs Enid Laird Craig £15 – Hoby 3. No 3 Mrs Eunice Fox £10 - Ragdale Drawn by the Village Hall Committee.

The February draw was the last of the 36th year of the 100 Club. Subscriptions for the new 100 Club Year are now due. Any outstanding subs will be collected during March. There is 1 vacant number left for the 100 Club. If you are interested in joining (membership is £18.00 each year) please get in touch with Vic Allsop on 434697 or [email protected]

Friends of Rotherby Draw 1 No 51 Nina Hastik £20 2 No 3 Pat Tyrrell £15 3 No 56 Charles Richards £10

Drawn by two members of the Committee

FRISBY VILLAGE HALL - CHRISTMAS ANAGRAMS COMPETITION RESULTS Many thanks to all those who entered the Christmas Anagram competition. There were several who had all the correct answers and so the winners were drawn from these.

The winners were Sally Wright and Nan Armstrong. They each received £15.

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Frisby Village Hall Our hall is vacant on Thursday afternoons and we wonder whether anyone would like to start a Bridge or Whist Club, or similar? We have Bridge and Whist tables available for use and a kitchen for preparing refreshments. The cost of hiring the hall is £8 per hour. The Committee would like you to take note of our forthcoming events, so save the dates! We will provide more information in forthcoming editions of ‘Up the Wreake’ and put up posters around the village:

Frisby Village Hall dates for your Diaries Frisby VH Frocks on Parade Thursday 14th March 2019 (see poster) Frisby VH Fish & Chip Quiz Friday 5 April 2019 Frisby VH Barbeque Saturday 3 August 2019

Here is our regular schedule of classes and groups meeting in the hall, which includes a new Yoga group, meeting on Monday mornings (10 – 11.30am). Do contact Karen direct if you are interested in finding out more: day/time activity contact contact number Weekly

454054 / 07906 Monday Morning Yoga Karen Hamilton 961673 Monday Afternoon Bowls Club Ray Casey 434116 Monday Evening Fencing Club Richard Sharpe 0116 260 8752 434421 / 07736 Thursday Evening Pilates Ali Wildt 475201 Saturday Morning Keep Fit Jacki Warne 0116 260 8838 Monthly

Tuesday Evening Flower Club Jenny Hurst 840479 Wednesday Evening Wine Club Bob Widdowson 434571 Thursday Morning Friendship Club Jhone Billings 434582 Bi-monthly Saturday Evening Frisby Live Concerts John Montagu 07703 648007

13 Frisby Players also hold meetings during the year, when rehearsing plays. Thursday afternoons have become available on a weekly basis if any group, club or class is looking for a regular venue.

The hall is always available for Weddings, Christenings, Funerals & Birthday parties. The hall is very popular for Children’s parties and Bouncy Castles are permitted; however, restrictions do apply so please ensure you ask for further details. The Bouncy Castle supplier must provide their own insurance. Included in the rate of hiring the Village Hall, we provide tables; fully upholstered chairs; crockery; cutlery and tablecloths. With our newly refurbished kitchen we now have two ovens, a large refrigerator, a hot cupboard and plenty of work surfaces to cater for large functions. We also have a baby-changer permanently installed for parents to use. For further information please contact our Booking Officer: Thea Lawman Tel: 01664 434359 Email: [email protected]

Our website: http://www.frisbyonthewreake.net/Villagehall.htm Facebook: Frisby Village Hall @FrisbyontheWreake Cleaning Rota & Flower Arrangement for February Hoby Cleaning *No flowers W/e Saturday 2nd Ash Wednesday Deborah Walker 434482 Ann Kell 434370 6th March, Lent begins Week ending Saturday 16th * Maureen Coleman 434120 Judith Elliott 434725 Week ending Saturday 30th * Clare Brown 434118 Dora Kutkus 434604 Rotherby Cleaning 14 & 21 March Beverley Page 434521 28 March – 4 April Judy Tyers 434449 Kirby Bellars Cleaning Jean & Mick Charles, Carolyn Figgitt, Ann Wileman Kirby Bellars Flowers tbc Frisby Cleaning 1st – 15th March Mrs. C. Cheney Mrs.M. Cooper Frisby Flowers 1st – 15th March Mrs D. Patterson Mrs. J. Smith Ragdale Cleaning & Flowers Mrs. Burgess & Kerry Potter 434003 & 434053

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Hoby Internet Café Can I remind readers that the Hoby Internet Café (The Greasy Spoon) is open on Monday and Thursday mornings at the Hoby Methodist Chapel, from 10.00am - 12.00 noon. We have laptops available and an IPad and can give basic instructions on their use to non technical people. If you have your own equipment and want some help bring it along and we’ll get you started. The café is open to everyone who lives in the area and a small charge of £2 is made to cover costs of your tea/coffee and biscuits. If you just want to pop in and have a natter, you are most welcome. Terry Fleming 01664 434442

An Appeal to any “Friends of Frisby Chapel” Following a recent Quinquennial inspection it has become necessary to replace the slates on the Community Room (Originally the Schoolroom) roof of our “Frisby Chapel”. The cost will be around £3,500. Some 20 years ago the chapel was completely refurbished at a cost of £83,000 resulting in a well equipped kitchen, modern toilets, carpeted interiors and a removal of all interior steps to facilitate the use of wheelchairs.

The chapel has always been keen to share these facilities and is used for a wide range of activities including United Services (as one of the new local Churches Together) Messy Church, Stay & Play, Pilates, Aerobics, Drop In, Tea & Cakes, Hot Potato Lunches, Parish Council meetings, Polling Station and various other village activities as and when called upon. We are struggling to fund this unforeseen cost and if anyone would like to become a Friend of Frisby Chapel and help us to survive, any donation you would like to make would be much appreciated. Cheques made out to The Upper Wreake Methodist Church should be sent to our Treasurer, Mrs. Janet Norburn, 16 Marsden Avenue, Queniborough, Leics. LE7 3FL Thank you

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15 Dear All I hope this email finds you all well. I am pretty sure you will have heard about the recent lead thefts in the area. We have gone to press about them and I wanted to include you all in the loop.

We are currently investigating lead thefts at churches in Thorpe Arnold, Ab Kettleby and Plungar.

On 6 February we received a report that lead had been stolen from the south aisle roof of St James Church in Ab Kettleby. It is believed to have happened sometime overnight between 5 and 6 February. On the same day, we also received a report that lead had been stolen from St Mary’s Church in Thorpe Arnold. This too was believed to have been stolen overnight between 5 and 6 February.

On 7 February, we received a report that lead had been stolen from the roof of St Helen’s Church in Plungar. It’s believed this was taken overnight between 6 and 7 February.

An investigation into each of these thefts is continuing. This includes officers speaking to victims, conducting house-to-house enquiries and CCTV trawls. We would ask members of public to contact police if they see anyone acting in a suspicious manner near churches, or buildings in rural areas where lead may be present. Anyone who has information relating to the incidents above is also asked to contact police on 101.” Please could I ask you to reply to myself and PCSO Biggs above if your church still has any lead? We think we know which ones do but we need to be 100% sure. This is to ensure that our patrols are properly targeted and we can try and prevent any further thefts.

If you no longer wish to receive any emails from us, please also let us know. Many thanks for reading. PC4364 Sharon Roscoe

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Bible Cake I recently came across this recipe in my Mother, Sheila Riley’s, prayer book, she had written the answers next to the references but I thought I should check them before sharing, so I spent a happy hour with my presentation King James Bible that I received on leaving Hoby C of E school in 1961.

My parents Sheila & Albert retired from Glebe Farm, Hoby, approx 35 years ago after farming the Glebe since 1946. Mum was a very active member of the Church having been a member of the Parochial Church Council, a Governor of Hoby C of E School and a founder member of the Mother’s Union.

At the age of 95 she now resides happily at the Vista Kathleen Rutland Care Home in Leicester, and still enjoys baking when the opportunity arises.

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1. Butter 5. Raisins 9. Spice 2. Sweet cane (sugar) 6. Almonds 10. Salt 3. Honey 7. Flour 11. Leaven (baking powder) 4. Eggs 8. Figs 12. Milk

Beat 1, 2, 3, add 4, then 5, 6, 7 then 8, 9, 10, 11 finally 12 Bake at 325’f for 1½ hours Have fun and enjoy, it’s delicious.

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Chief executive of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust announces his retirement Dr Peter Miller, chief executive of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust announces that he will be retiring in summer 2019, after six years at the Trust. He told colleagues, "Over my six years at the Trust, I have met hundreds of inspiring, committed and compassionate staff, making a real difference to the lives of people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. It has been an honour to lead the Trust.

"We have set in motion some significant transformation work, including the all age transformation of mental health and learning disability services, the CAMHS improvement programme and the community services redesign. Nationally the long term plan has been published, from which we will see an increased focus on mental health and community services. There remains much to do to ensure that as a Trust we can deliver the level of care we aspire to. To help us, we will soon be embarking on an ambitious programme of work to ensure that the culture in LPT is what we want it to be.

"I am proud of the contribution I have made to LPT's improvement journey but feel the time is right for a new leader to take LPT on the next stage of its journey. Our CQC report which will be published over the next couple of weeks shows that we still have work to do to get the fundamentals right, first time, every time, and that we need to increase the pace of improvement. I feel that it is the right time to pass on the reins." Pete added: "I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our staff for all the work they do every day for patients and their families.

I will remain in post until a new chief executive is appointed. I am sure I will get an opportunity to say some personal goodbyes over the coming months." Cathy Ellis, the Chair of LPT, added her personal thank you to Pete: "Thank you Pete for everything you have done for LPT over the last six years.

"Pete has championed a values-led culture within our Trust: with respect, integrity, compassion and trust at the heart of everything we do. He has led the Trust with integrity, always choosing to do the right thing; and with compassion, seeking to improve patient care for our population. Pete has encouraged a staff culture based on trust and respect for colleagues, recently initiating work with the national WRES (Workforce Race Equality Standard) team to ensure that our culture is inclusive and welcoming to all staff. Pete's leadership has also ensured we have always delivered our financial statutory duties and met our financial control total.

20 "In addition, Pete has made a significant impact on behalf of the local Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland STP (strategic transformation partnership), leading the IT, mental health and workforce work streams across health and social care. All of this is part of the legacy that he leaves for his successor. Thank you Pete, it has been a pleasure working with you and I know you will be missed by staff across the Trust."

Are You Thinking of SPRING? The snowdrops are out and spring is just around the corner! This is the time when many involved in nature are preparing for the busy time of recording what is around and how many? All vital data collected by many different organisations to help keep track of increases and decreases in different species of plants and animals in the UK. We have several sites where we already have landowners permission to monitor/help wildlife but are always pleased to hear from other landowners who are interested in helping by planting trees and shrubs, extending wildlife corridors, allowing nest boxes to be erected and monitored, sewing wildflowers strips, to mention a few. However, we are also appealing to every home owner in the parish to do their bit. Even a very small garden can make a difference by planting up pots with a variety of nectar rich flowers that can be really important food for butterflies and moths. If you arrange your plants at different heights, you will see a larger variety of butterflies since some prefer low growing plants and others feed higher. Use trailing plants and plants that grow upright. Last year in our garden we caught 74 different species of moth. The increased number of species is partially due to putting in plants that extend the flowering season in our garden. Butterflies like warmth, so sunny, sheltered spots are best and a mix of nectar flowering plants attracts a wider variety of species. Spring flowers are vital for butterflies coming out of hibernation and autumn flowers help butterflies build up their reserves for winter. Try not to use insecticides and pesticides - they kill butterflies and many pollinating insects as well as ladybirds, ground beetles and spiders. Our gardens can act as important stepping stones between the wider countryside

21 and other natural habitats by offering abundant supplies of nectar and food plants. As new homes go up around us the wildlife will look for alternative food supplies. Living, or green walls, are increasingly making their way into residential gardens, and more importantly, small gardens. These make great use of limited space and can incorporate a variety of foliage with different textures, flowers and berries. To create these vertical gardens, plants are rooted below a structure that is attached to a wall. This is the way many urban designers soften walls and provide habitat for wildlife. As with many of our wildlife there are ups and downs. The Red Admiral and Brimstone are two of our common butterflies in drastic decline but the large white and small white are on the increase - feeding on our vegetable patch!! Please think about our butterflies and moths and if you can improve a little area of your garden for these. If you already have a butterfly friendly garden perhaps you could record the species and send your records to nature spot - www.naturespot.org.uk –the Leicestershire and Rutland records website. There is even a butterfly count each year carried out by Butterfly Conservation - https://butterfly- conservation.org/

(19 July - 11 August 2019). I know quite a few of you do the garden bird watch run by the RSPB. All of us can play an important role in enhancing the wildlife in our parish and monitoring what we have at present and provide records for future generations. Garry and Candice Barker [email protected] Did you know? When opossums are "playing 'possum," they are not playing. They actually pass out from sheer terror. The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows. Snakes are true carnivores as they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material. The Weddell seal can travel underwater for seven miles without surfacing for air.

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Vida’s March Gardening tips

Oh my goodness, the growing season has started in earnest and I have pots/seed trays and compost everywhere, how exciting. Watch out for “damping off” a fungal disease that can quickly spread so try and get a good air flow in your greenhouse or cold frame as this will help. I plant my seed potatoes at the end of this month if the weather is not too cold but don’t worry if you have to wait a couple of weeks, they will soon catch up.

Wherever possible, collect rain water so if we get another really hot summer you will at least have some water saved.

I shall be spreading the compost I made last year round my fruit shrubs to help them give me a bumper crop, fingers crossed.

Don’t forget, if you are working in a greenhouse with no heating keep your fleece ready to cover your seedlings as the temperature will still plummet at night.

Enjoy your time in the garden and even if you go to work, there should be enough light when you get home to spend some time outside.

Vida

P.S Myself and a few other people planted a lot of spring bulbs in our verges and in green spaces within our villages and they are now showing their faces so I hope you enjoy them. Please try not to park on them.

Did you know? A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Penguins can jump as high as six feet in the air.

All polar bears are left-handed.

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly carrying it.

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog vomits its entire stomach out so the organ is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and swallows the stomach back down again.

The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.

The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.

Slugs have four noses.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants

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HOBY & DISTRICT WI Tea Tasting

Thursday 7th March 7.30pm Hoby & District Village Hall Join us at our March meeting and discover the fascinating world of tea with Anna Stasinka, owner of The Old Brickyard Tea Garden in Scalford. Anna will take us on the journey from bush to cup and on the way we will sample a variety of delicious teas. As we shall find out, there’s more to tea than a bag in a mug!

The WI is a great way to get to know your neighbours and to relax and enjoy good company after a hard day. The price for guests is £5.00, £4.00 of which is refunded if you become a WI member for 2019. Everyone is welcome but can you let Sue know if you intend to join us so we can be sure to have enough of our famous supper to go round: 01664 434866; [email protected]

Did you know? The world's youngest parents were age 8 and 9. They lived in China and had their child in 1910. Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI. In the 16th and 17th centuries in the country of Turkey, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death. Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was also assassinated. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. About 3,000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

24 11th Annual Lambing Service Hall Farm, Brooksby LE14 2LJ By kind permission of the Principal

Sunday 10th March 2019 at 10.30am

Guest Speaker: The Rt Revd Guli Francis Dehqani Bishop of Loughborough Lambs! Cows and calves! Tractor & Trailer Ride! Refreshments! How to find us: Follow the Lambing Service signs to the Jutland and Grafton Buildings Car Parks beyond the Playing Field (just south of the level crossing on Hoby Road). You may walk to Hall Farm (about 250 metres) or be ferried to the farm by tractor and trailer. Please aim to arrive at the car park before 10.00am (There is very little space for car parking at Hall Farm and this is reserved for anyone with limited mobility.)

Although the short service will be held under cover and the sheep and cattle are inside, warm outdoor clothes and wellington boots or similar are recommended.

(Everyone is welcome, but visitors to any farm at lambing time are advised that there are certain infections which, if present in ewes, can possibly be transferred to pregnant women.) For further information about any aspect of this service, please contact Malcolm Britton Tel. 01664 434490 or [email protected]

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26 Frisby on the Wreake Flower & Garden Club The next meeting of the Club will be on Tuesday 19th March 2019 7pm for 7.30pm start in Frisby Village Hall. Elizabeth Bishop will demonstrate “A Touch of Erasion”

Hoby and District Local History Society Events – 2019

“Ancient Artefacts and their uses” by Richard Knox Hoby & District Village Hall,

Wednesday 20th March, 7.30pm

Join our resident archaeologist, Richard Knox, for a journey through more than 50,000 years of early Britain told through an array of archaeological artefacts. Find out how these objects were made and used and by whom. Richard will bring along many wonderful finds from Leicestershire and the Melton area, as well as images of the more rare or delicate items from our past. There will be the chance to handle some real objects as well as good quality replicas.

Richard Knox, a resident of Rotherby, is the manager at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and an archaeologist. In his spare time Richard re-enacts various periods of history, including the 13th and 15th centuries. All are welcome; the price for non members is £2.00 (pay on door). For further information contact:

Diane 01664 434422 / [email protected] www.hobyanddistricthistory.co.uk

27 28 Body Shop evening All Saints Church, Rotherby Wednesday 27th March 2019 7.00 p.m. Helping to raise funds for the toilet and kitchen refurbishment Please feel free to come along and join us in coffee/wine to see what delights the Body Shop consultant will be getting us to try Excellent opportunity to get goods cheaper than the shop! Look forward to seeing you there, for any further information please email [email protected]

The History of St Patrick - Given the name of the holiday, it might seem obvious that Saint Patrick was Christian, but most people associate it with celebrating Irish culture, rather than Catholicism. Truth be told, that’s not where it began. Saint Patrick was a prominent bishop and missionary in Ireland near the end of the Roman empire in the mid to late 5th century AD. Known as the Patron Saint Of Ireland and the Apostle Of Ireland, Patrick was instrumental in bringing the Roman Catholic beliefs to Ireland and in subsequent years, Saint Patrick’s Day became a day to commemorate Catholicism in Ireland. Originally, it was a day of feasting and celebration held every year on the day of St. Patrick’s death, although until the 1700s, the holiday didn’t exist in any formal capacity. Over the years, there has been a great deal of mythologizing of St. Patrick in history. In truth, St. Patrick was taken from his home, either in Britain, Wales or elsewhere, and became a slave to pirates for 6 years. When he was freed, he entered the clergy and later returned to Ireland as a missionary to begin his work. While he was not in fact Irish by birth, he embodied the spirit of Ireland and a love for the country. Somewhat ironically, St. Patrick was an immigrant to Ireland the same way so many Irish would later become immigrants in the United States, where modern St. Patrick’s Day was born. St. Patrick never wore green according to most accounts, but he did use the Irish Shamrock to explain Christian symbols and ideas like the Holy Trinity to his followers. The shamrock itself held meaning long before Catholicism made its way to Ireland, even in Druid rituals and stories. The significance was the three prongs, as three is a number with significance in Pagan traditions. Green was a colour associated with the shamrock and certain groups in Ireland, and in the mid-1700s it fell out of fashion.

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Thursday 28 March 2019 7.15 for 8.00 pm Usual Refreshments Please do not park in pub car park

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Stand as a Local Parish Councillor

HOBY WITH ROTHERBY Polling Day: PARISH COUNCIL Thursday 2nd May 2019

Make a difference to the communities in your Parish

 Get involved with your community  Have a say about the local issues people care about  Influence local service delivery  Decide how local money is spent to improve your community

For more information contact the Parish Clerk Email: [email protected]

Produced by Leicestershire and Rutland Association of Local Councils www.leicestershireandrutlandalc.gov.uk/elections.html

This year’s Art exhibition by the Kirby Bellars Group of Artists will be held once again in Kirby Bellars Village Hall over the early May bank holiday weekend..... Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the 4th, 5th and 6th May, open each day from 10am to 5pm.

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