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Now reaching 8,000 SEPTEMBER 2018 homes and businesses Issue 38 Ibstock • Market Bosworth • Ellistown • Heather • Swepstone • Newton Burgoland • Bagworth Battram • Nailstone • Ravenstone • Packington • Snarestone • Hugglescote • Donington-Le-Heath . Do you know this local landmark? See page 3 for details and how to win a prize! . PLUS: Heather Scarecrow Festival Yarn Bombing at St Johns Church Poppy Fields Music Festival All our regular features & lots more! TELEVISION • HOME AUDIO • KITCHEN APPLIANCES • FIRES • COOKERS • LIGHTING Halls of Ibstock Ltd. 10-16 High St, Ibstock LE67 6LG Email: [email protected] Great Prices • Expert Knowledge • Super Service • Professional Installation The Community Voice.... delivering much more than your average magazine! James Hayles HND. RRM ... Fully insured and NPTC qualified Tree Surgery, Spraying Specialist & Ground Maintenance including Mowing, Fencing, Hedgecutting, Turfing(mobile) etc. WELCOME (home) • 07970 950129 LOGS SPLIT & DELIVERED £110 Large Load 01530 271186 to the latest edition of Community Voice! Shackerstone Fields, Snarestone, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE12 7DE Front Cover Quiz: Spot The Local Landmark... Ibstock & surrounding areas Ibstock • Ellistown • Heather • Swepstone • Newton Burgoland • Donington-Le-Heath Battram • Ravenstone • Hugglescote • Bagworth • Packington • Snarestone How many of you can spot the landmark from our surrounding area featured WHERE’S IBBIE? on this month’s issue front cover? If you think you know the answer please send Ibbie ‘spotters’ were busy again last your entry to The Community Voice, c/o 57 High Street, Ibstock, or email us at: month! He was spotted by many, [email protected] hiding behind the advert for ‘M E Sports’, on page 18. The first correct The winner (drawn first out of the hat of all correct entries) will receive a £10 One4All answer drawn out of the ‘Community voucher. Good Luck! Voice hat’ was sent in by Mrs Gloria Barwell of Market Bosworth, who will receive a Front cover photograph by Second Look Photography • www.secondlookphotography.co.uk FROM ‘THE FLOORING £10 GIFT VOUCHER! ▼ Last month’s quiz answer... and winner! But where is he this month? If you spot him, send us your details, and which advert he is hiding AND BED COMPANY’ Many of you correctly identified our mystery behind, using the contact details listed below local landmark as the ‘walk through’ sundial memorial near to the Battlefield Heritage Centre at Market Bosworth. The panoramic CONTACT THE COMMUNITY VOICE TO‘FABCO INTERIORS’ view from the sundial provides the Post: 57 High Tel:Street, 01530 Ibstock, 267344 Leics LE67 6LH Since the Flooring and Bed opportunity to see the actual battlefield site Company was formed in in the distance, the church of nearby Market Email: [email protected] September 2014 and opened it’s Bosworth and other local landscape features. www.ourcommunityvoice.co.uk doors to the people of Ashby & This month’s prize has been won by surrounding South-Derbyshire Rosemary Goacher and our picture shows the prize draw being performed by Sam of villages in May 2015 there’s been a Sence Accounting (see their advert on page natural evolution to their business - 9) and our Jayne. Let’s see how well you do with our next driven solely by the needs and desires of their landmark! customers. And FABCO, never wanting to disappoint, rose to the challenge: to develop a totally unique, ‘quirky’ and interesting home furnishings store where their customers just like to keep going back to, as displays and stock are always changing! There’s everything from beds, mattresses and frames, to Amtico Flooring, designer carpets and rugs and Duresta furniture and the all new ‘Content by Terence Conran’ (the respected founder of Habitat in the 1960’s) together with a vast lighting range, including the bespoke David Hunt Lighting collection, mirrors, Home ornaments, Maison Voyage cushions and throws and a stunning collection of velvet cushions in almost every Care imaginable, fashionable shade! Not to forget the Culinary Concepts amazing display of Stags and Crabs. 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LE65 1JS 01530 564 864 fabcoltd.co.uk Open 7 days (closed Bank Holidays) the voice Heather Scarecrow Festival celebrates ‘The Silver Screen’ The theme for this year’s Heather’s as the runner-up. The crowds of visitors to CardsCards Brookside spectacular, straw-filled, Scarecrow the village event gave their vote to Heather GALOREGALORE Come and view our wonderful selection of greeting cards Festival was ‘A Night at the Movies’. Primary School’s ‘Harry Potter’ inspired – all at amazing prices. entry, which was awarded ‘The People’s As always, the good people of Heather Choice’ prize. We have just the card for you whatever the occasion! Garage unleashed their creative talents and let VVVV Organisers of the event were delighted at VVV their imaginations run riot, creating over 70 BIRTHDAYS • ANNIVERSARIES • NEW BABY VVVV fabulous and highly ingenious entries. These the response from the village residents and VVV the public, in helping to make this 20th annual VVV included ‘The Greatest Crowman’, ‘The SORRY YOU ARE LEAVING • RETIREMENT VVV CING Boss Baby Crow’ and ‘Crowtel Transylvania’. festival the best to date. It is estimated that R SERVI S .T • CA SORBER The Community Voice’s personal favourites 10,000 people attended this year’s event GET WELL SOON • WEDDINGS • M.O OCK AB NING and the total raised is in excess of £8,000, & SH NDITIO were ‘Staircrow’, by Candor Stairlifts and BRAKES AIR CO which includes an incredible £1662, raised SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS AND OCCASIONS • USTS • ‘Gladiator’ (starring Russell Crowe, of R EXHA AIRS ING course!). The official winning entry was by Lynda Hodges, at her Manor Road garage • CA AR REP ALANC Plus: Great selection of Invitations, Birthday Badges, IES • C HEEL B the delightful ‘Rabbits are Brave’, created sale. Funds raised at the festival are donated • BATTER T & W to charities and groups associated with the Balloons, Special Occasion Gifts, Gift Wrap and Bags. ALIGNMEN by the residents of 15 Cow Shed Drive, • WHEEL with ‘Identity Parade’, featuring the unusual village. RES VV MAKE SURE WE ARE YOUR FIRST CHOICE – YOU WILL CAR TY VVV suspects of ‘microw’, ‘Darecrow’ and The Community Voice are delighted to • VVVV ‘Starecrow’, among many others, named sponsor this amazing local event. BE AMAZED AT THE QUALITY AND THE PRICES! VVV VVVV Brookside Come and see us at Coalville Market: VVV Garage V D A G RO Tuesday 8am-2pm. Friday & Saturday 8am-4pm. Units 5&6 Brookside SPRIN Or call 07833 104569. Industrial Estate IBSTOCK LE67 6LR PRETORIA ROAD Phone for a competitive quote 01530 261498 THE YARN-BOMBING OF ST JOHN’S CHURCH, HEATHER St John the Baptist Church at Heather was a sea of amazing colours last month, when it was transformed by the impressive efforts of a local group of creative crafters called ‘Creativi-tea’. Hundreds of visitors were astonished by the wonderful display, which brought a great deal of joy to the community. BEDS | BED FRAMES | MATTRESSES The church was bedecked with yarn creations of every hue. Pews were festooned with knitted creatures. Pillars were entwined with yarn flowers and foliage. Every window and ESTABLISHED FURNITURE ledge, each lectern and even the pulpit were transformed to create a delightful spectacle. RETAILER IN BARWELL The idea to ‘yarn-bomb’ the church was conceived by local crafter and founder member of Excellent service ‘Creativi-tea’, Paula Sharpe, who was looking for a different and interesting way to get other Great value locals involved in raising church funds. Cake Huge choice of styles, sales and coffee mornings all have a positive sizes, colours & fabrics contribution to make, but ‘yarn-bombing’ the to suit your home church seemed to be an exciting fund-raising CHAIRS DINING FURNITURE ELECTRIC ADJUSTABLE BEDS concept and the group accepted the challenge LEATHER & FABRIC SUITES with great enthusiasm! It’s members, who Stockists of Rauch, the specialist manufacturer of meet each Wednesday at Heather Village Hall space efficient bedroom storage at affordable prices. between 1pm and 3pm, worked tirelessly to craft the thousands of BEDROOM FURNITURE pom-poms and woolly ELECTRIC LIFT & RISE CHAIRS creations required, which were then sold. The total OPENING raised by the extravaganza ADDRESS was an amazing £3200 Dawsons Lane, HOURS towards the ‘Church Barwell, Leics, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Tower Crusade’. LE9 8BE Sun 11am-4pm The group extend a huge ‘’Thank You!’’ to everyone who supported FREE LOCAL DELIVERY www.thesuitesuperstore.co.uk 01455 850391 them. the voice page 4 page 5 the voice A DAY TO REMEMBER! The Poppyfields Music Festival wonderful new event is due to take place later this month at The Ibstock Town Cricket Club! On the 29th September The Ibstock Ex-Forces Fund in association with The Royal British Legion invite you to join them at a special festival of celebration to commemorate the memories of those fallen or injured in conflicts in defence of their country.