FOR THE COMMUNITY OF HUSBANDS BOSWORTH EST. 1996 BOSWORTH BUGLE ISSUE 299 jULY 2021 RUBBISH DAY FOR SOME... big shout-out and vote of thanks to the group of Wombles who collected 18 bags of grot and various A other interesting bits of detritus from our roadside verges in our recent Village Litter Pick. Also a very special thank you to Sean and Daniel at The Bell Inn and 3 B’s Breakfast Bar for the free tea, coffee and bickies that set everyone up for the foray... Bosworth’s litter pick was part of a nation-wide Wombling weekend co-ordinated by the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign and locally by South Leicestershire Litter Wombles. Overall 533 bags were collected across the county. Well done! Local Wombling is not a one-day event - our own Wombles are out and about and new recruits would be warmly welcomed... Look out for news of future litter picks on the Husbands Bosworth Village Facebook page - or go it alone! For a supply of bags message Heather on 07773 063063. SHEEPDOGS ON TRIAL BUGLE 25 n another step towards normality the Husbands Bosworth & Theddingworth Sheepdog ith this issue the Bugle celebrates 25 ITrials committee are pushing ahead with plans to hold the popular sheepdog trials this Wyears of publication. year, after cancellation of the competition last year. The trials, which feed competitors Back in July 1996 a group of very young into the national and in a normal year, into the international competition circuit, will villagers thought that it would be a good rd be held in the grounds of Bosworth Hall on Friday, July 23 , with the public open day idea to produce a simple village news- th on Saturday 24 . sheet with information to bring together Although sheepdog trials have been recorded in Bosworth from about 1905, it was information from the various activity and in 1932, with the influx of farmers and shepherds from north Wales to the area, that interest groups, sprinkle in items of topical classical trials similar to the present event commenced in conjunction with the annual and local news and publish a copy to see Royal British Legion Flower Show and other sporting events. how it was received by the public. Five of the original team of ’96 are still ‘in office’ whilst three later-coerced confederates have joined us... We hope that the Bugle is still as relevant today as it was 25 years ago... VILLAGE ROAD CLOSURE Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is to be made for Butt Lane from A its junction with High Street for approximately 80m, to enable gully replacement work to take place. The TTRO will incorporate a temporary prohibition of waiting and loading. The duration of the restriction is not anticipated to exceed a period of one day commencing on the 7th July 2021. For more information go to: https://one.network/?tm=GB122379880 THE BUGLE TEAM BUGLE POSTBAG Editor: Melvyn Forman 10 Church Lane Tel: 880281 Eleanor and Brian Murphy, Honeypot Lane Email: [email protected] On Saturday June 12th we, along with many helpers, held a charity Plant Sale and Treasurer & Advertising: ‘Socially Distanced Garden Party’ for Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes. Lots of Ralph Horton Bosworth villagers and others arrived to buy from a large range of homegrown plants 18 Highcroft Tel: 880526 as well as to eat, drink and socialise. Our visitors pretty much cleaned us out of plants Contacts: and refreshments, allowing us to give the staggering amount of £1100 to the charity at Mike & Sylvia Price a time when their fund raising has been difficult. 3 Highcroft Tel: 880902 Thank you to all the helpers, donors and attendees, especially for the good Covid Jo Horton common sense of our visitors. 18 Highcroft. Tel: 880526 Blood Bikes is a little known but vital registered charity providing a free transport service Frances Smith for Leicestershire and Rutland NHS and associated organisations. It carries emergency 10 Butt Lane Tel: 880225 supplies of blood, pathology samples, scans, breast milk for premature babies and any Penny Mattock other medical essentials 24 hours a day throughout the year. 9 Fernie Court Tel: 881140 STOP PRESS: We have just heard that Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes has Heather O’Connor been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services. 16 Fernie Court Tel: 880165 Postal Subscription & distribution: Melvyn Forman Tel: 880281 POLICE FILE Email: [email protected] www.husbandsbosworth.info SCAMS AWARENESS New research by Citizens Advice LeicesterShire has found that almost eight in ten COPY DEADLINE 15th OF THE MONTH respondents had been targeted by a scammer since January. Fraudsters tried to trick locals PRECEDING PUBLICATION in a range of ways - the biggest scam being delivery scams. To encourage people to report scams, share their experiences and look out for others, Citizens Advice LeicesterShire have launched a Scams Awareness campaign. POLICE FILE To help stop more people being fleeced Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is sharing the Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team: following tips on how to spot them. Sgt. 26 Ryan Coleman It might be a scam if: [email protected] • It seems too good to be true - for example, holidays, deals or goods that are much cheaper P.C. 2178 Malc Roberts than you would expect [email protected] PC 2192 Paul Farrar • You suspect you’re not dealing with a real company - for example, if there are no direct [email protected] contact details, verifiable phone numbers and no postal address PC 2872 James Day • You are pressured to transfer money or make a decision quickly or in an unusual way [email protected] • You’ve been asked to give away personal information such as account numbers, passwords PCSO 6569 Peter Willson or PINs [email protected] • You are not offered written confirmation or documentation for anything that has been PCSO 6056 Jay Bellamy agreed [email protected] If you’ve been the victim of a scam, Citizens Advice LeicesterShire advise you to talk to Or go to: your bank or card company immediately if you’ve handed over any financial and sensitive www.leics.police.uk and use the CONTACT US link at the bottom of the page. information or made a payment. Also be aware of offline scams, like telephone, post and doorstep and report these directly CRIMESTOPPERS: to Citizens Advice online or by calling 0808 223 1133. 0800 555111 You can report online scams to the dedicated Scams Action service either online or on ACTION FRAUD: 0808 250 5050. Report any fraudulent activity to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or at: www.actionfraud.police.uk www.actionfraud.police.uk 0300 123 2040 The Bell Inn Husbands Bosworth COMPLETE CAR CARE Tel: 01858 880967 Accident repair specialist Being in lockdown doesn’t mean you have to Bodywork, dent, scratch and stone-chip repair cook every night! Why not let us do it for you? Servicing, alloy refurbishment, welding Takeaways for collection & delivery: Mon. - Wed. Closed, Thurs.- Sat. 4:30pm - 9.00pm MoT repair Sun 12.00pm - 6.00pm Orders taken from 4.00pm Valeting, full body polish Free delivery within a four mile radius of Husbands Bosworth Parking sensors, tyres & exhausts, etc. fitted **NEW SERVICE** Keep a look-out on Facebook for weekly specials 3 B’s Breakfast Box Call Ben on 01858 880404 Serving breakfast & light lunches [email protected] Tues. - Sat. 7.30am - 2.00pm Facebook @ The Bell Inn B&B Husband Bosworth Instagram @thebellinn_husbands_bosworth Trip advisor @ The Bell Inn 2 BOSWORTH IN FOCUS WILD ABOUT BOSWORTH Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet is one of those showy white flowers that decorate our countryside. It has a preference for damp locations, and swathes of it can be found growing alongside the canal to the north of Kilworth bridge. It is a perennial herb and the ‘sweet’ in its name refers to its pleasant smell. In days of yore, it was used as a fragrant floor covering and is rumoured to have been a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. It would be strewn in churches for festivals and marriages and incorporated into bridal bouquets, hence its vintage name, Bridewort. Even further back in history, there is evidence that Bronze Age people used meadowsweet in their funerary rites. As for its place in the ecosystem - its flowers and leaves provide sustenance for legions of insects, including bees and hover flies, and the caterpillars of the emperor and mottled beauty moths feed on its leaves. It is edible and is often used as a flavouring agent in such diverse delights as vinegars, jams, custards, cordials, ice creams etc. - not forgetting meadowsweet wine, mead, beer and champagne. The plant is a source of salicylic acid and was once more popular as a painkiller than willow bark and salicylic acid extracted from dried meadowsweet leaves was used as a precursor in the development of aspirin. So, if you’re suffering a hangover from all that beer and wine, run down to the canal, grab some leaves and brew-up some meadowsweet tea! Though meadowsweet starts out having a pleasant aroma, when crushed its smell resembles antiseptic. In Yorkshire, it was jokingly called ‘courtship and matrimony’, perhaps sardonically linking courtship to the delightful sweetness of the flowers and the reality of married life to the acerbic smell of the crushed plant! Mike Chanter BOSWORTH GARDENS AT HOME IN BOSWORTH The peak of summer is here! and your garden will be hitting its stride with flowers and Home sales values have soared, boosted by new leaves! Taking time to pick flowers, deadhead, weed and keep an eye on watering will the stamp duty holiday, but with sellers adding mean your garden continues to flourish into the rest of summer.