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Village Voice

The new sletter of the villages of Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston & Normanton July 2003 . I ssue No.6

any time either using the website www.

bottesfordcommunitycentre.co.uk, by

‘phone (on 844199), or by letter. You

could also go to the Open Day on Mon-

day September 8th

Will villagers be able to

speak at last?

At the May Parish Council Meeting,

David Wright, Chairman, suggested that he would like to see a 15 minute ‘Open House’ session taking place before each meeting to allow villagers to air their

views. “About time too” - all agreed.

The Parish Council meet on the second
Monday of each month in the Fuller
Room at 7.30 pm.

A ‘Surgery’ with Councillors, on alter-

nate Saturday mornings was also sug-

gested. These items will be discussed

further at the next meeting on 9th June.

The Community Centre in

the Summer

Just because summer is almost upon

us doesn’t mean that the Centre

closes down - some of our learners

are eagerly awaiting the results of

their GCSE, A level or British Sign

Language exams.

Plans for September courses are now

well underway. There will be a full

programme of part time day and eve-

ning classes including GCSE’s in law,

english, maths, psychology and his-

tory as well as new language courses

in Spanish, French and Russian. We

are also hoping to offer more leisure- based courses in lace making, woodcarving and art for the terrified. Most courses start from September 15th

onwards.

The programme will be available in

July and you are welcome to enrol at

Bottesford Parish and Melton

Borough Councils had

elections in May

– w ho are our representa-

tives?

David Wright

842610

Jackie Goode

843062

Irene Pacey

843138

Brian Kelk

842241

Barbara Pizzey

844026

Ian Kitchener

842123

Pru Chandler

842355

Fred Stott

842522

Barbara Coleman

842070

Melton Borough Council:

Bottesford representatives are:

David Wright (Conservative)

Deputy Mayor - and

Pru Chandler (Independent).

Contact details as above.

Bottesford Primary School pupils reach their 60th birthdays!

Teacher: Miss Walker

Mick Bradshaw, Ken Roberts, Alan Rayson, John Samuel, Geoffrey Halliday, Michael Coy, Peter Simpson, ? Pacey, Barbara
Taylor, Ann Decker, ?, Jill Bagnall, Margaret Jallands, Magaret Gale, Maureen Cooper, Maureen Tinkler, Pauline Gilbert,
Pam Jackson, Kathleen McI ntyre, R Bond, B Towsey, P Turner, J Newton, C Lightfoot, R Taylor, B Gamble, R Bolland, Pe-

ter Jackson, T Ashley, J Moulsher, (and a few others – do you know who they are?)

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Service sales and electrical

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CHARTERED

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10 High Street, Bottesford

Tel: 01949 843106

The Red

Lion

Jim and Linda say

Why not enjoy the warm

environment

Wholesome home cooked

food available

Monday -Saturday: 12noon –8.30pm

Sunday: 12noon-3pm

Sunday evening quiz – a mixture of

general knowledge and music:

8.45pm – 10.30pm

Large parking area and grassed

children’s play area .

Meetings and party bookings

catered for

5 Grantham Road, Bottesford

Nottingham NG13 0DF

01949 842218

Nigel Anthony Cars

Weddings and Special Occasions

“Inspector Morse Style Daim ler Jaguar”

Airport and Corporate Specialist

Professional Service

Local and Long Distance

Telephone: 01949 842986

Proprietor: Nigel A Beacroft

Bill Wood

Tree Surgeon

East Midland Tree Services

Clayfield Cottages

Belvoir, Nr Grantham, NG32 1PG

All types of tree w ork Hedge Cutting

Logs Delivered Bark Chippings

Telephone: 01476 870387

Mobile: 07860 217189

John Davies BA (Hons)

Clarinet Tuition Piano Tuition

Music Theory

Beginners welcome —age no barrier

Tel: (01949) 843809

Email:

DaviesJohnC@aol.com

The rebuilding of Bottesford Village

Hall – also known as the VC Hall – is

progressing well. The roof is on and
plans are being made for the Grand re-
opening Fete on 25th August

- Bank Holiday Monday.

A “Time Capsule” will be located in the
fabric of the building, packed with
memorabilia from some of the groups
who used the old building over many

years.

Belvoir Amateur Theatr ical Society will be including old programmes highlight- ing 30 years of performances.

Other groups represented include: Gar-

dens Association, U3A, Fitness with

Swing, Forget Me Not Club and the WI .

Bookings are already being taken for the new hall - contact Ray Morton on 843362.

Melton Local Plan

The Village Envelopes and Important

Open Areas Discussion Paperseek s

comments by 7th July and you should

be able to find it at the Post Office or in

the library. The results of consultation

on the first two discussion papers are

available on the internet at

www.meltononline.co.uk/ mldf.

Bottesford On-Line

“Bottesford Today” on

www.bottesford.org.uk is a website

that aims to publicise local groups

within the Parish. Originally started to

support the VC Hall (Village Hall) pr o- ject, it outlined fund raising efforts for the new hall

and provided an insight into some of the consultations that took place. I t now charts the progress of the new building.

As a bi-product of this work the

“owner” of the website ,

Norman Robinson, realised that other

local voluntary groups could use this
site to inform local people of what the
group did - and why they were doing

it!

The site, at present, has links to the

Bottesford Environment and Conserva-

tion Group, Bottesford Online (Train Timetables) & the Vale of Belvoir sec- tion of Lions I nternational. A copy of

the Parish Appraisal is also on the site.

Further links will be going live soon,

including Village Voice.

So, if you are on line, why not save it

as a Favourite and make sure you

check it regularly so you know what’s

happening!

w w w .bottesford.org.uk

The New Victory

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STATHERN GARAGE

We now service and repair

Vehicle Air Conditioning

Re-gas

Service

Leak Test

Clean

Prices from just

£45.00 + VAT!!

For prompt and personal

attention, call in or ‘phone

(01949) 860205

Jenny’s Gym Bottesford

New extended opening hours

Lim ited New Mem bership

Available

£2 off introductory session

upon presentation of this

Advert

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Summer Playscheme - for

Children and Adults….

The Community Centre will be running

their popular playscheme from July

28th - 31st, 10am-2pm. Children can

take part in exciting activities including

a hands-on session with a mini zoo,
a drama workshop, I ndian dance and a
visit by the fire brigade. Places are

available on a first come, first served

basis. For more information contact

Bottesford Community Centre 01949

844199.

The Centre is also offering courses for

adults at the same time: intensive I T

courses and craft courses such as lace-

making or woodcarving. Contact the

Community Centre for more details.

I deas for a Family Day Out

These suggestions have been pr ovided

by one of our committee members who has 2 small children. I f you have any of your own, please let us know.

Belton House – Grantham. A607 –

20 minute drive.

A great place for all the family with the

adventure playground - large enough to

keep them occupied for hours, and a

small railway during the holidays. It

has extensive grounds for walking and

picnics.

Sherwood Pines Forest Park.

B6030 Nr Edwinstowe.

– 40 minute drive.

This is a large forest, with marked

walking and cycle tracks for all abilities;

bikes can be hired or bring your own. There is an adventure walkway and a small playground of wooden toys and, on the shortest walk, (accessible with pushchairs) musical instruments for

children to play with sticks. It has large

areas for picnics and a small café.

Nene Valley Railw ay and Ferry

Meadow s park. A1 – 40 minutes

Sibson – Peterborough.

This is a great day out for everyone;

the children will love the stream train,

and parents can shop in Peterborough!

Catch the train at Sibson Station (sign

posted from the A1) to Ferry Meadows

and have a picnic in the park. Ferry

Meadows has its own little railway,

boats on the lake, horse rides at week-

ends and two playgrounds.

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(Not) for Children?

Have you thought about bringing chil-

dren to church but worried their fidget-

ing may not be approved of? Bottes-

ford churches try hard to make all wel-

come and have Family Services and

Sunday Schools and Clubs designed to

appeal to children. For example, the

Sunday School in St Mary’s meets every

2nd Sunday at 10.20am in the Fuller

Room for pre-schoolers and primary

school children for singing, drama and

craft. For more details contact Mrs

Glenda Gibson on 845106. Also a Fam-

ily Service is held on 1st Sunday of each

month with readings, prayers and

songs planned with children in mind. At other times children still play an important part in services, but toy bags con- taining quiet distractions and a play

area are provided if children do get

restless.

Holiday club in July

The churches in Bottesford run a joint

Holiday Club for primary school chil-

dren - this year it is at the Baptist

Church from Monday 21st to Friday 25th July. Contact Richard Lane on 844311 for more information

Goodbye to Mrs Davies

All at Bottesford Primary School wish

retiring head teacher, Mrs Anne Davies, a fond farewell on July 11th. I t’s likely to be an active retirement. As a keen cy- clist and scuba diver, she intends to

spend more time on the go than with

her feet up. Good luck Mrs Davies for a

long and exhausting (by the sound of

it!) retirement.

Welcome to Louise McGrory, the new

Head, who joins the school from the

beginning of September.