PAULERSPURY NEWSLETTER No. 457 July-August 2014 CALENDAR FOR JULY Tuesday 1st Good Neighbours meet Kirby Farm House 2.30 pm Tuesday 1st Bowls Club meets every Tuesday - Village Hall 7.30 pm Wednesday 2nd Village Hall AGM 8.00 pm Thursday 10th Horticultural Society meets – Discussion on the Show Schedule. 7.30 pm Saturday 19th Rolls Royce Memorial Foundation Open Day 2 – 5.00 pm Sunday 20th Afternoon Tea & Songs of Praise – Westpury House 4.00 pm Wednesday 23rd Primary School Leavers’ Service 9.30 am Thursday 31st Parish Council Meeting - Village Hall 7.30pm Thursday 31st M.U. meet 7.30pm CALENDAR FOR AUGUST Tuesday 5th Good Neighbours meet at the home of Ruth Pitts-Tucker 2.30 pm Tuesday 5th Bowls Club meets every Tuesday - Village Hall 7.30 pm Wednesday 6th Entry forms for the Flower Show to be handed in at the Village Hall 7 -9 pm Saturday 9th Annual Flower Show – Village Hall 2.00 pm Tuesday 12th Coffee Morning – URC 10-11.30 am Friday 20th Deadline July/August Newsletter items. Please give to Mollie or email: [email protected] - thank you. Thursday 28th Parish Council Meeting - Village Hall 7.30pm CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER Tuesday 2nd Good Neighbours meet Plum Park Hotel 1.00 pm Tuesday 2nd Bowls Club meets every Tuesday - Village Hall 7.30 pm Thursday 11th Horticultural Society meets – Village Hall Phil Marsh – Wolverton Works 7.30 pm Monday 22nd Deadline October Newsletter items. Please give to Mollie or email: [email protected] - thank you. Wednesday 24th Whittlebury Charity Shopping Fair – The Atrium 5-9 pm Thursday 25th Whittlebury Charity Shopping Fair – The Atrium 9am – 3pm Thursday 25th Parish Council Meeting - Village Hall 7.30pm Thursday 25th M.U. meet 7.30pm WAR MEMORIAL NAMES - WHO WERE THEY ? The booklet containing brief biographies of all 36 names on the War Memorial is now available, priced £2.50. There has been a good response to this publication but copies can still be obtained from Derek Batten at 16 High Street or phone 811304. Derek Batten 1 ST JAMES’ CHURCH - Services during July and August Sunday 6th July Family Worship 9.15am Sunday 13th July Holy Eucharist 9.15am Sunday 20th July Tea 4.00pm – Songs of Praise 5.00 pm 4.00/5.00pm Sunday 27th July Patronal Holy Eucharist 10.00 am Sunday 3rd Aug Family Worship 9.15am Sunday 10th Aug Holy Eucharist 9.15am Sunday 17th Aug Patronal Holy Eucharist at Whittlebury 10.00 am Sunday 24th Aug Morning Prayer 9.15 am Sunday 31st Aug United Benefice Eucharist at Slapton 10.00 am Morning Prayer most Tuesdays 9.15 am First of all, let me say a big THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Annual Fete and thus helped to raise £2,700 towards Church funds. So many people put in a great deal of hard work, but I do want to express a special word of thanks and appreciation to Catherine who made the excellent arrangements for the dog show and donated to St James 50% of it’s proceeds. The remaining half being given to the Dog Assistance in Disability charity. Well done Catherine and again thanks to you and your colleagues. Church Fete Prize Winners Raffle Framed Print by Lenny Goff Clive Winnet – Towcester Two x 2014 British Touring Car Championship Tickets or British Superbike tickets Mrs Jones – Long Buckby Afternoon Tea at Whittlebury Hall Robert Swain – Pury End Planted container Sharna – Newbolt Close Bottle of white wine Sara Lockhart – Pury End Tin chocolate biscuits Anne Hubbard – The Stollege Box of chocolates Julie Down – Paulerspury Lucky Programme Bottle of whisky Catherine Strange – Paulerspury Bottle of white wine John Barnes – Paulerspury Box of chocolates Julian Williams – Paulerpsury Potted begonia Joan Pentland - Paulerpsury We are planning to celebrate St James’ day with afternoon tea and Songs of Praise in the garden of Westpury House. Do obtain your tickets for that so that we can have an idea of approximate numbers – good news there is no charge – but there will be an opportunity to contribute towards funds of our ancient church. Tickets readily available from Mrs Amy Crawfurd 01327 811340, Mrs Phyl Allen or from me 01327 811605. After the fete, a linen sun hat appeared in the village hall kitchen. I wonder is it yours? I am keeping it safely, so do make contact. Mollie ROLLS ROYCE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION The Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation will be opening The Hunt House to the residents of Paulerspury and their immediate families on Saturday 19th July from 2.00 to 5.00 pm. Entry will be free of charge and there will be a number of Rolls-Royce cars available to view on the day, brought by local owners, and the Library and other exhibits will also be available. Tea and cakes will be served during the afternoon. 2 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW On Saturday 9 August the Horticultural Society will be holding its Annual Show in the Village Hall from 2pm. There are 98 different classes to enter, ranging from vegetables, fruit and flowers to handicrafts, cookery and photographs. We also have a children’s section and would be pleased to see lots of entries. Non-members are invited to enter and we very much hope you will join us for this traditional Show that has been running for more than 100 years. Now for the important information. If you would like a schedule of classes to enter, please contact Val Clatworthy (Show Secretary) on 811789. All entry forms must be brought to the Village Hall on Wednesday, 6 August from 7pm - 9pm. Exhibits have to be staged in the Village Hall from 8am to10.30am on the day of the show. Refreshments are served during the afternoon and there will be a Raffle. Trophies will be presented at 4.15pm followed by an Auction of the produce, an ideal opportunity to buy fresh local home-grown vegetables, fruit, chutneys, jams and flowers. The Horticultural Society meets on the second Thursday of each month in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Details of the evenings are posted on notice boards around the village and in the newsletter. PAULERPSURY VILLAGE 501 CLUB The holders of the winning tickets in the draw on 4th June 2014 were:- First: Sara Davey-Turner – £100 (No. 288) Second: Jenny Calder – £ 30 (No. 320) Third: Norma Doyle – £ 20 (No. 206) Fourth: Kim Trivett – £ 10 (No. 181) Fifth: Joan Pentland – £ 10 (No. 298) Sixth: Cheryl Joyce – £ 10 (No. 155) Seventh: Roger Holt – £ 5 (No. 054) The lottery is registered with South Northants Council and promoted by John Barnes, 11 Lumber Lane, Paulerspury, NN12 7ND If anyone would like to join the monthly draw, please contact John (01327 811672). The next draw July 2nd. Whittlebury Charity Shopping Fair Over 65 exciting stalls of gift and products. September 24th – 5-9pm and Thursday 25th 9am until 3pm. The Atrium – Whittlebury Park, Northants NN2 8XW. £5.00 entry fee – raffle, refreshments and food. All profits to go to: Helen and Douglas House, Macmillan Cancer and Maggie’s. Neighbourhood Watch alert - ATM SCAM. On Saturday the 7th of June 2014 at 11:20 hours victim was at cash point outside bank, Barclays Bank, Watling Street, Towcester when suspect was stood directly behind victim. Suspect distracted victim by telling him "Your ticket hasn’t come out". The suspect at this point had removed the victim's card and, when challenged by victim on noticing his card was missing from the machine, made good his escape. Suspect described as a Asian Male aged 20-30 years 5.2 in height, slim build, smart clothing with short dark hair. A reminder for people to be vigilant when using ATM machines, if possible use the machine inside the bank. Do not write your pin number down, always shield your pin number when using cash machines. Avoid unnecessary distractions, do not turn around and speak to anyone until YOU have removed and secured your bank card ending your transaction. Neighbourhood Watch. Maggie Down 3 PAULERSPURY CHAPEL Diary for July/August July 6th Morning Service led by Alan Fox 9.30 am July 13th Morning Service 9.30 am July 20th Morning Service led by Tony Jones 9.30 am July 27th Communion Service 9.30 am August 3rd Morning Service 9.30 am August 10th Morning Service led by Tony Jones 9.30 am August 17th Morning Service led by Richard Wilson 9.30 am August 24th Morning Service 9.30 am August 30th Communion Service 9.30 am Craft at the Chapel every Monday in July/August 7- 9.00 pm TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST URC COFFEE MORNING. Bring and Buy, raffle, Tea/coffee and biscuits. ALL WELCOME. 10-11.30 am PAULERSPURY FOOTPATH GROUP The Paulerspury Footpath Group has been effective in the past in clearing routes and producing walking maps. Time has moved on and so have some of our members to pastures new. If you are an enthusiastic walker and would like to help keep the footpaths useable then please consider joining us. It is very useful to receive reports of issues so that they can be dealt with either by the group if small or, if large, then the Rights Of Way officer can be informed. Sadly the budget of the Rights of Way office is a much reduced one so we need to help out where possible. Please contact me Maggie Down if you wish to help - even just observing and reporting is a great help to us. 811 281 Northamptonshire Association for the Blind HOLLOWELL STEAM RALLY - Saturday July 5th and 6th between 10.00am and 4.00pm Annual Fete – Darsdale Home, Raunds, NN9 6DA – Saturday July 12th 1.30-4.30pm Mobile Site Centre – Towcester Waitrose car park, July 2nd - 1.30-3.30pm Email: [email protected] - www.nab.org.uk.