Established 1998 SPRING 2012 Potters Bar Community Delivered to 13,000, Door to Door [email protected] Distributed in Potters Bar, Little Heath, South Mimms, Ridge, Northaw and Brookmans Park NEWS Have you… done anything interesting lately? OR do you… know someone who has? Do you… want to tell local people all about it? OR maybe you are planning an event?DON’T BE SHY! Let us have an article (it can be as brief as you wish) for the Potters Bar Community News delivered to 13,000 homes in the Potters Bar area. Articles can be submitted via [email protected] or, alternatively, contacting John Connell on 01707 851445. Easter Services Clubs and WHAT’S Entertainment Page 25 In this issue Schools Organizations Pages 6–7 ON Pages 21–23 Pages 13–16 Pages 26–27 Potters Bar Community News Contacts for A message from the Editor Hope you find the contents of our March issue interesting and informative. As you can see from our front page, we need people in the community to send us articles. Or are you a person with an interest in reporting and have time to join the volunteering team Potters Bar of the Community News? Community News Whilst mentioning that all members of the team volunteer our time to produce three issues per year, there is a team of deliverers that we need to thank for giving up their [email protected] time to deliver over 13,000 copies across the community three times per year, Chairman whether rain or shine, a big thank you to you. John Connell 01707 851445 We would appreciate feedback on the contents, if you feel there is something we could add or change. Email me on [email protected]. Editor Debbie Buckland Please remember that there are deadlines for articles to be received, but it is [email protected] advisable to try and get your articles in well before deadline date, as there are occasions where space is limited, and you may miss out on your article being Advertising included. Debbie Usher 01707 655948 [email protected] Thank you Debbie Buckland What’s On Sue Weaver [email protected] How to send articles Sports Email to [email protected]. Please keep articles to around 300 words or less, John Connell 01707 851445 bearing in mind that past events are not likely to be of general interest. Please use plain text word or email, but plainly handwritten or typed articles are also acceptable Schools if you do not have access to a computer. Please contact the Chairman, John Connell Diane Thompson 01707 857246 on 01707 851445. Photos, logos, etc: send as a tif, bmp or jpg file or copy to a CD. Distribution Paper photos or logos can also be sent. Peter Silverthorne 01707 655464 Peter Weaver 01707 850147 How to supply adverts Ring to book a space, remembering there is usually a waiting list. Artwork must be Design supplied as black and white pdfs or jpgs only, created at the specified size according GREEN Gilbert 07956 222296 to your booking. Any corrections to existing adverts will be subject to a £5 fee. Advertisers are responsible for advising us of any alterations of adverts in each issue. Printing Ushers Print & Design Ltd 01707 851242 Deadline dates Treasurer Peter Weaver 01707 850147 Advertising Articles 18th May for July issue 1st June for July issue Editorial Team 18th September for November issue 1st October for November issue Gill Connell 01707 851445 John Godfrey 01707 653992 Delivery Joy Stovell 01707 655464 If you do not have a copy, or receive more than one, or wish to volunteer as a Judith Pelikan 01707 654222 deliverer, please contact Peter Silverthorne or Peter Weaver. www.pottersbar.org – your local website The Community News will be added to the pottersbar.org website after publication, including the telephone number of contacts. Please tell us if you do not wish this to happen. Potters Bar Community News welcomes contributions for publication from Sizes and prices of adverts individuals and community groups. Where there is a linked commercial, political 43.75mm w x 50mm h = £25 or individual interest in items for publication, the managing committee reserves all 92.5mm w x 50mm h = £50 editorial rights. Potters Bar Community News does not accept responsibility for 92.5mm w x 100mm h = £75 the accuracy of information contained in published items or views expressed in 92.5mm w x 130mm h = £90 those items. 2 [email protected] Interested in volunteering? Ever thought of giving some of your time to help others in the community? Also look here for items wanted by organisations; you may be able to help them. If you are a local organisation or charity and are looking for volunteers or looking for items for your group, why not email me at [email protected] (subject volunteers)? Debbie Buckland The Barracuda Swimming Club Working in the Community Is looking for volunteers for one hour on Sunday mornings – Administrator for Sixty Plus from 11.30am to 12.30pm at the pool at Furzefield Centre. The Sixty Plus club, a registered charity, started in February 1948. It It helps the disabled to be safe in water. Anyone can help. was known then as Potters Bar Old Folks Welcome Club, which met Simple training given. Help when you can. Telephone twice a week in the Toc H Hall in Darkes Lane. In 1989 the name was 01707 664400. changed to 60 Plus (Potters Bar and South Mimms), and the club was moved to its present location at the Wyllyotts Centre in What’s in your attic? December 1990. Do you have or know anyone who has a second hand Shirley Harrison became the club’s administrator 13 years ago and Brother Knitting machine in good condition that could be by all accounts ‘she runs the place’. The main event is the two-course sent to Uganda to be used in an income generating project lunch, followed by tea or coffee for £4, which is offered 5 days a that we support. week. For the less mobile diners, volunteer minibus drivers and escorts will transport them to and from their homes. But finding Penney and Andrew Billington drivers and escorts, and arranging insurance for them and the 01707 6451223 vehicles, are Shirley’s biggest problems. Similarly, recruiting kitchen [email protected] staff is difficult. However, in spite of that she would like to see more people using the service. At present some 20 to 30 diners are served each day although the centre could cater for 50. Thank you from Potters Bar Rotary Club A big thanks to you the residents, friends and visitors to Potters Speakers, outings and various activities are arranged, but many people go to 60 Plus just for the company and to talk. One of the Bar that gave generously to the Rotary Sleigh collections this highlights of each year is a day’s coach outing to a Clacton hotel, year raising £6,600 for Rotary good causes. organised by a local business benefactor who arranges lunch and President, PB Rotary Club John Godfrey drinks, followed by an afternoon’s entertainment and tea and cakes. Other special occasions are the lunches provided at Christmas and an annual party for the volunteers. The Luncheon Club opens every morning from 10am for tea, coffee PATIO & DRIVEWAY and biscuits, and there are three affiliated clubs that meet in the afternoons of Mondays, alternate Wednesdays, and Thursdays. These SPECIALISTS EST are the Old Folks Welcome Club, Gardening Club, and Art Club, and 25 YEARS their activities generally reflect their theme. 01707 655511 Of all the tasks that Shirley is responsible for, what she finds most onerous are form-filling, red tape, and officials who ‘waste time • Unique Driveways & Patios asking silly questions’. She has a part-time assistant, but book- keeping and forms dealing with health and safety, food and hygiene, and contracts, as well as documentation from Hertfordshire County • Stain Resistant & Weed Free Council, take up much of Shirley’s three days – and more – per week. But when she has time, the best part of her job is to listen to • Domestic & Commercial the stories some of the people tell about their earlier lives. For instance, one lady who lived to 104, owned a ‘Wall of Death’ ride at • Steps Fencing Ponds funfairs, another exercised greyhounds. If you would like to volunteer as a driver or escort for about an hour and a half, or help in the kitchen, or come along for company and Evergreen Landscapes partake of the excellent lunches, please contact Shirley or Carol on www.evergreenlandscapes.co.uk 01707 643602 or 07980 540232. Rydal Mount Yard, Baker Street, Potters Bar Joy Stovell 3 Potters Bar Community News Cats: We need your help! Potters Bar Carnival We run a highly successful and life-saving dog blood bank at Princess 2012 the Royal Veterinary College on This year’s Potters Bar Carnival will take place at Elm Hawkshead Lane between Court Youth and Community Centre, Mutton Lane, on Brookmans Park and Potters Sunday June 17th from 1pm. Bar. We have some cat blood donors but the demand from Calling all the young people aged between 6 and 13 who sick cats is outstripping supply would like to become either the Carnival Princess (aged and so we are looking to 10–13) or Maids of Honour (aged 6–10, two places recruit new donors in the area. available). As from the second week of March please We would love to hear from look for the advertisements in the Welwyn Hatfield anyone with a cat that fulfils the Times, Potters Bar edition for all those who wish to take following criteria: part in the competition.