P T Steer Sweet Delights R G & S M ANCLIFFE Painter & Decorator Wedding, birthday and novelty sponge and fruit cakes Upholsterers 21 The Leas, Barkston Royal icing & handmade flowers Main Road, Barkston Tel: 01400 250543 All to your own specifications Lindsay Pryce Over 50 years experience Mobile: 07860 447435 01400 251685 07795 292331 01400 250550 [email protected] [email protected] G H Linnell Community Caring Hands (Rachel Metcalfe) Monumental and ●NVQ Level 3 ●16 years experience ●CRB checked ●Liability Insurance Architectural Masons ● Needs Assessment ● Personal Care (showering or bathing) 40 Castlegate, ●Assistance with medication ●Food Preparation Grantham ●Cleaning ●Laundry/ironing ●Shopping Tel/Fax 01476 564189 Home: 01400 250755 Mobile: 07920 096439 e-mail: e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Please feel free to contact me for a friendly chat HASSALL DECORATORS Barkston Service Station For all your Commercial & Domestic Requirements Off Licence, Shop, 172 Somerby Hill, Grantham Gas and Coal, Lincs, NG31 7ET National Lottery, Hand Car Wash The Magazine of Tel: 01476 570050 Mobile: 0779 884 6627 Tel: 01400 250488 Barkston, Belton, Honington and Syston Acting Rural Dean: Revd. Alan Littlewood 01400 231145 ([email protected]) Cady & Simpson Unit 30, London Road Industrial Estate, Grantham Associate Priests: Revd. Stuart Hadley 01476 575854 Office telephone: 01476 563771 Fax: 01476 594875 Mobile: 07966 164341 Revd. Lilian Hall 01400 251590 e-mail: [email protected] Reader: Mr R O Wall 01400 281133 Karndean and Amtico vinyl feature floors * Any make of carpet supplied and fitted Cushionfloor * Laminate floors * Engineered wood floors and hardwoods Editors: Anne Burkle & Bob Campbell-Barr 01476 562154 ([email protected]) Safety flooring in wet rooms, screeding and floor preparation Schools - Offices - Shops - Council work undertaken Issue 304 January / February 2013 16 THE STAG Andy Martin SCOTTS GARAGE DOMESTIC APPLIANCE REPAIRS Marcus and Tracy would like to welcome all customers, old and new, to The Stag The Garage, Main Road 01400 281244 Food being served Monday: 6 - 9pm; Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 2pm; 6 - 9pm Barkston NG32 2NG REPAIRS TO AUTO WASHERS Sunday: 12 - 2pm ELECTRIC COOKERS, Workshop Direct Line Take Away Fish and Chip Service available every Tuesday and Thursday 6pm -8pm TUMBLE DRYERS AND DISHWASHERS 01400 251196 Church Street, Barkston. Tel: 01400 250363 ALL WORK GUARANTEED Dave Bristow Electrical STUART WATTS NIGEL STANLEY Domestic Electrician MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEER Plumbing & Heating Part P approved 30 years experience 01400 250952 Central Heating Tyres, clutches, exhausts and services 07973 510650 Range Cookers Free collection and delivery in Barkston area Condensing Boilers [email protected] Tel: 01476 590229 Underfloor Heating Bathroom Suites Kelling House Paul Berry Ray Walker PLUMB TREE PROPERTY SERVICES Bed and Breakfast Chimney Sweep Domestic Plumbing and Tree Felling Free advice service 01400 251760 Sue Evans & quotations NACS and HETAS J H Walker & Son Ltd, Additional services - Fencing, Painting, Shed felting, Tel: 01400 251440 Registered Guttering cleaned and repaired, Grass & Hedge Cutting Barkston www.kellinghouse.co.uk Expert service and advice e-mail: 07944 339885 Tel: 01476 579186 07745 473727 from Plumbing & Heating [email protected] Fireplace to Chimney Pot (Est. 1943) Emergency Call Out [email protected] 17 West Street, Barkston, [email protected] Grantham, Lincs, NG32 2NL Tel: 01400 282778 Discounted rates for senior citizens INSPIRATIONAL GARDENS Door to Door Chris Ward’s One Stop Floor Shop RHS Cert. ANC Garden Design Cottage Hair Salon CARPETS - VINYL - KARNDEAN - LAMINATE - WOOD GARDEN MAINTENANCE (Joyce Thorsen) Showroom at 26-28 Denton Avenue, Grantham NG31 7JL GARDEN DESIGN BORDER DESIGN/REPLANTING Tel: 01476 565202 Tel: 01400 250478 Email [email protected] www.chriswardcarpets.co.uk Contact Caroline on 07753 372849 Mobile 0781 8462 765 2 15 MOTHER & Church Street, Barkston NG32 2NB TODDLER GROUP Tel: 01400 250553 Fax: 01400 251625 [email protected] Village Hall To find out more about us please telephone to Every Monday arrange a visit or look at our website at: 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. www.barkstonsyston.lincs.sch.uk (except school holidays) From the Rectory Pre-reception Class available for 4 year olds Hougham, Marston & Barkston Playgroup So you thought it was all over… From 2 years, at Hougham and Marston Village Hall When the song of the angels is stilled, Monday & Friday 9.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. when the star in the sky is gone, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9.00a.m. - 3.00p.m. when the kings and princes are home, Bring your child’s packed lunch when the shepherds are back with the flocks, £10.00 per session - OFSTED approved then the work of Christmas begins: For more information please contact to find the lost, Kathryn Davies Tel: 07967340076 to heal those broken in spirit, to feed the hungry, The Hougham Players to release the oppressed, to bring peace among peoples, Come and join us on Thursday Mornings at 10am at the Old Rectory, Hougham. to make a little music with the heart Cello Players, Violin Players, Oboe Players, Flute Players, Recorder Players and to radiate the Light of Christ, All standards of playing welcome every day, in every way, Also available: individual lessons for violin, keyboard, recorder and music theory in all that we do and in all that we say. Contact: Josie Clark Then the work of Christmas begins. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01400 251958 Wishing you a happy and peaceful 2013, Alan Rev Alan Littlewood Acting Rural Dean of Loveden [01400 231145] / [email protected] 14 3 Charity Christmas Fair in Aid of Sue's Place MICK BRISTER GROUNDWORKS I would like to thank you all for coming to the Christmas Fair in aid of Sue’s Driveways - Patios - Decks - Extensions - New Builds Place., which took place on Sunday 2nd December. We had a fantastic turnout Over 40 years family experience on the day and raised an amazing £1,250.00 in total. Call for a free quote today I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported and helped with the event. Many thanks to you all. Email - [email protected] Carol Reah 01476 402249 / 07950 659019 Jocelyn’s Year in Honduras with Project Trust M D Lewis Plumbing Robert Ellis I would like to thank everyone who attended my Quiz Night on Friday 23rd No- Professional Vacuum Chimney Sweeping Service General Plumbing, vember. I was so thrilled by how many people attended the event. It was a Est. 1979 - Fully insured great success and £595 was raised. Oil Fired Boiler HETAS registered stove & fire-place installer I would also like to thank anyone who bought one of my Quiz Sheets. I hope Fitting and Servicing Solid fuel boilers serviced you enjoyed doing it and didn’t find it too difficult. After collecting all of the Tel 01400 250966 correct entries together the winner picked out of the hat was Mrs Jill Hawkins of Master Member National Association of Chimney Sweeps West Street, Barkston. Correct entries were also received from Mrs Bland, Mobile 07703 516922 Tel: Newark (01636) 702583 Monica Wilson, Sarah Ancliffe, John Cuckson, Mrs Robotham, John & Linda Painter and Wendy Card. In total 259 Quiz Sheets were sold. Jaybrook Transport Services Original As a result of these successes my fundraising total now stands at just over reliable affordable local service Paintings £4,100 meaning I am ever closer to my £5,400 target. Thank you very much for your ongoing support, I really do appreciate it. Craig Burgesswood 41 West Street And Operator Barkston Jocelyn Strawson Drawings Grantham 01400 251562 by Holy Communion 07545 992457 Pauline Thompson [email protected] Holy Communion will be held in the Community Centre, St Nicholas Close, Removals, collections, deliveries Tel 01400 250428 Barkston at 2.15pm on Wednesdays 16th January and 13th February. Everyone is welcome. Joy Bristow Need some Me time? Grantham DIY WI Needs You! We usually meet on the last Tuesday of each month at: Services of Wholeness and Healing The Grantham Christian Fellowship Hall, Belton Avenue at 7.30pm The next services for Loveden Deanery will be on 10th January and 14th Febru- £3.00 per meeting (or £31.50 for annual membership) ary at St Nicholas Church, Barkston beginning at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be Check out our website for more information on forthcoming events served and there will be an opportunity to speak with a qualified person. www.granthamdiywi.org Come and join in the fun! Barbara Hancock Contact: Debbie 01476 405876 4 13 Elegance Soft Furnishings Friends of Barkston Church Hand Finished Curtains Padded Pelmets We had a full Church for the Concert on the 7th December. Thanks are due to Lined - Interlined - Blackout Lining Soft Pelmets everyone who took part in what was a very good and varied programme. We Headings Bed Valances should also like to express our appreciation to Barkston School for their contin- Double Pleated - Tripled Pleated Roman Blinds ued support. £250 was raised for the Rainbow Children's Hospice from the col- Pencil Pleat Box and Scatter Cushions lection and sale of raffle tickets Hand made in your choice of fabrics Our next event will be our annual Bingo evening to be held in the Village Hall Telephone Jo or Helen for a free quote or advice 01400 251870 st 20 years experience on Friday l March at 7 p.m., £5 for adults and £2.50 for children. Please make a note in your diary to get your tickets in the new year from Margaret Elnor, Jill Hawkins or Barkston Garage. Boxes will be put in Church and the Centre for MANTHORPE W.I. prizes, with our grateful thanks. Cordially invite you to join us Margaret Elnor 01400 251886 on the third Tuesday of each month at the Would you be willing the join the Friends? We need more people to help main- Manthorpe Playgroup Hall tain our Church.