WARSOP/MEDEN VALE St Peter & St Paul’S METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES 2018 Warsop Meden Vale the Parish Church of Warsop with Sookholme 4Th November 10:15Am Service @ M
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November 2018 Lest we forget - 1914 - 1918 Poppies on the Old Town Hall 2017 News update by: THE ROYAL BRITISH Pete Hopkins – Membership Secretary Tel: 07889 181026 Email: [email protected] Web: www.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/warsop LEGION FB: facebook.com/WarsopPoppy/ Thank You Church Service To mark the Centenary of the end of the Great War, we are joining the 10am Church Service on Sunday the 9th December. This is our opportunity to say thank you. 100 years ago the First World War ended, and a new world Legion is leading the nation in saying Thank You to all who served, began. The example and experience of those who lived through sacrificed and changed our world. it shaped the world we live in today. In 2018 The Royal British Remembrance Remembrance Sunday falls on the 11th November. The Civic parade will again leave Carr Lane about 10:15 ready for the service at the War Memorial about 10:45. Drop-in Plea to Reach The November Drop-in will be on Friday 2nd at Warsop Town Hall, 10 to 12 noon. (1st Friday of every month). Anyone needing help or advice can just drop in at the town Hall on the 1st Friday of every month between 10 am and 12 noon, or ring 0808 802 8080 between 8am and Knitted Poppy 8pm 7 days a week. Concert Display Target In conjunction with the Nottingham Harmonic Choir a ‘1918 Armistice Centenary Concert’ is taking place at 3 pm on Sunday the 4th November A further 4,000 knitted and crocheted 2018 at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. The music is War Requiem by Britain and Lark Ascending by Vaughan poppies are needed to help create an Williams. The concert will be special in that the violin owned by Captain extra-special Remembrance Sunday Albert Ball, VC, will be played for the first time in over 100 years Full details of the concert can be found here: display in Mansfield Town Centre. http://counties.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/nottinghamshire/ More than 6,000 poppies have been knitted this year, which will be newsevents/concert2018 added to the 8,000 that were made by hundreds of local volunteers Next meeting for last year’s display on the front of the Old Town Hall. We do not hold a meeting in November as we are all busy with Poppy Mansfield District Council is appealing for more people to get Appeal and Remembrance. Our next meeting will be our ‘thank you’ involved to help reach the target of 18,000 to help mark the meeting on the 10th December. We invite all members together with centenary of the end of the First World War. anyone who has supported the branch, in any way, over the past 12 Poppy decorations will also adorn part of the route for the months. Remembrance Day parade involving various community groups, Poppy Launch 2015 Cllr. John Allin buys the first Poppy. Anyone who has collected for the Poppy Appeal, made a donation, etc. is which will start with a wreath laying ceremony at the Civic Centre welcome, although numbers are needed for catering purposes. Starting war memorial at 10am before heading to St Peter's Church for a Poppy Appeal at 7.30 pm – The Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Carr Lane, NG20 0BN. memorial service at 10.55am, and then continuing after the service The Poppy launch will take place on the High Street at 11 am on the 27th Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings and potential members do to the Market Palace at noon where there will be a military salute. It October. will be followed by a veterans' 1940s tea dance. A wreath will also be not have to be serving or ex-serving to join. laid at Carr Bank Park at 1.15pm. We are again looking for volunteers to help us in Morrisons, collecting for the Poppy Appeal. We need help between 9am on Monday the 29th Deputy Mayor of Mansfield Cllr Mick Barton, who has been October through to 12noon on Saturday the 10th November. You can do spearheading the council’s poppy appeal, said: as little as 1 hour collecting! “This year is an extra special Remembrance Sunday, marking a centenary to the day since peace was declared after four terrible years of war. The Warsop, Meden Vale & District Branch "We aim to reflect that in Mansfield with what will be a magnificent display and in order to make that display really spectacular, we still need The Royal British Legion your poppies. It is not too late to get involved so please get knitting - even if you make just ten poppies, it will help." The council will then be offering people the chance to help attach DROP-IN CENTRE the poppies to the camouflage nets in the Market Place in the week beginning 22 October. People can also come along and write WARSOP TOWN HALL messages on a commemoration board at the same time, and donate 1st Friday of each month, 10am to 12noon a pound or two to the Royal British Legion's poppy appeal. The displays will be installed during the week prior to Remembrance We provide practical support to serving men and women, Sunday on 11 November. veterans (ex-Service of all ages) and their families. If you are interested in helping you can speak to the Events team Explore how we can help you and get in touch for advice, on 01623 463376 or email [email protected] for more information and guidance. We can also help provide breaks for carers, families and children. (Fully confidential service) information. Details and poppy knitting patterns to download can Barry Dawson has painted this beautiful watering can and be found online at www.mansfield.gov.uk/poppies. We can help with: donated it to the RBL to use as a raffle prize. • Help Around the House RBL will be sell tickets for 50p a ticket or £2.50 a book PLEASE NOTE Copy deadline for the December 2018 issue is: • Compensation Claims • Financial Problems They stand outside Age Concern and in the Co-op • Inquest and Bereavement • Returning to Civilian Life from 28th October 2018 for 2 weeks. Monday 5th November 2018 • Care Homes • Dementia Care Anything received after this date may not be included. Please email your advertising or editorials to The Editor at the new email address below: We're here to serve you. For more information please ring: [email protected] 07889 181026 or email: [email protected] or for further information telephone: 01623 846011 Page 2 November 2018 www.warsopparishcouncil.co.uk GARDENING MONTHLY... Editor’s Letter Every Thursday 8am - 2pm 100 years ago many people gave the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom and way of life. This paper is dedicated to their memory and General tasks and garden maintenance to all those who have fought in conflicts since. Tidy borders Our thanks go to everyone who supports Cut down herbaceous stems and clear the tatty remains of annuals, but do leave a organisations such as the Royal British Legion little cover of the perennials that fade relatively elegantly (sedum, astilbes and grasses and Help for Heroes. Many of us will never for example). know what it was like to fight in the trenches They will provide winter interest as well as some much needed wildlife shelter - or on a modern day battle field... we can, in a ladybirds especially appreciate winter quarters and will repay your hospitality by disposing of aphids in industrial quantities next year. Leaving sodden debris and fallen small way, assist them by supporting the work leaves around plants will only encourage pests and disease. of these organisations. Clean out the greenhouse Not just at this time of year, when poppies are Clear out the greenhouse, wash pots and trays, clean, mend and oil your tools and worn with pride, but throughout... throw away anything that is beyond hope or reasonable repair! Cleaning your ...we will remember them. greenhouse thoroughly will prevent pests from hibernating and leaping into action next spring. Wash the windows inside and out to allow maximum light in over the Editor, Warsop & District News winter and scrub benches, fixtures and glazing bars with disinfectant, making sure you hose the whole place down really well, especially dark and dusty corners. Your Local Market For really effective pest elimination, fumigation is the ticket. Move all plants outside, Promote Your Business shut the windows, light a sulphur candle in the middle of the floor, (retreat at speed!), offering high quality produce by Advertising in shut the door and wait until the smoke and fumes have completely dispersed several at affordable prices hours later. Your greenhouse should now be delightfully pest free! Drain and lag... Come along and grab yourself a bargain!! Save yourself untold irritation and expense by draining and lagging standpipes, outdoor taps, irrigation lines and water pumps in advance of sudden hard frosts. The best way to reach local people and promote your business is to advertise locally. Warsop Prepare your soil for next year & District News is one of the largest free local For beds that lie bare in winter, carry on with the winter digging until the soil is too DOWNTOEARTH publications in the area. hard - use compost, manure, leaf mould - in fact as much organic matter as you can GARDEN & LANDSCAPING SERVICES 6,000 papers are printed lay your hands on to replace the goodness in it. It can be left in a pretty rough state and distributed every month. over the winter when the elements will break the clods down, making spring planting Approx 5,700 are delivered to every household infinitely easier! Helping you achieve a garden and business in the Parish of Warsop, the rest are distributed in the library, Town Hall, health For text book soil improvement, you should add a layer of organic matter and dig it in you can be proud of! centres, dentist, care homes, Meden Vale by turning over spadefuls so it is buried below the surface.