Last updated
20 May 2012
20 May 2012
Local news from the Northamptonshire villages of Cold Ashby, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell, Teeton and Thornby.
Welcome to the Village Link. Please take a little time to browse our pages and discover what goes on where and when in our area. Within our pages you can also find out who does what locally. If you would like to contribute anything to any of our pages, including your favourite picture from where you live in our area, please follow the links on the Contact Us page. The map on the left is fully navigable plus you can zoom in and out by using the controls in the top left corner. Take a birds eye view by clicking on the satellite tab.
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What’s on... in brief
Find out what’s on and where. Click on the month to go to the relevant page where you can view all the details or alternatively click on the Events Diary menu to choose which month to view.
Great Creaton Bake Off
Kelmarsh Hall Tea Room Open Evening
Creaton Walking Group Walk The Jurassic Way
GPFA Family Fun Day
Thornby Farm Walk
Creaton Car Boot Sale
Cottesbrooke Queens Jubilee Street Party
Creaton Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Guilsborough Picnic in the Park
Guilsborough & Hollowell Jubilee Beacon
Creaton Walking Group Walk The Jurassic way
Guilsborough Festival
CottesbrookeVillage gardens Open
Creaton Car Boot
Cottesbrooke Gardner’s Fair
Creaton Blues Brothers Evening
Creaton Walking Group Walk The Jurassic Way
Cottesbrooke Church Fete
Creaton Car Boot sale
Cold Ashby Open Gardens
Sir John Lowther XI Cricket Match
Guilsborough Bowls Club Open Day
Do you feel up to the challenge of conquering the highest mountains in Great Britain?
OVER THE WEEKEND OF 22nd…24th JUNE 2012
The challenge of climbing the three highest mountains in England (Scafell Pike), Scotland (Ben Nevis) and Wales (Mount Snowdon).
All within a time limit of “36 hours”
The challenge of climbing the three highest mountains in England (Scafell Pike), Scotland (Ben Nevis) and Wales (Mount Snowdon).
All within a time limit of “36 hours”
Undertaken by a group of Northampton adventurers. The aim of this challenge is to raise money for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, The “Friends of Cynthia Spencer Hospice ”Tools for Self Reliance, or C A N Northampton.
The challenge is open to everybody aged 7 to 97.
For further details of the event, and Pre-registration
please ring or email mickfinch@aol.com
For further details of the event, and Pre-registration
please ring or email mickfinch@aol.com
Saxon Spires Patient Participation Group
We are a group of patients from Brixworth and Guilsborough Surgeries, working with the Practice to give patients a stronger voice in how the Preactice is run.
Our aims include:
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Providing resources and services for the good of the Practice population, which would not be provided by Statutory Services
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Encouraging a spirit of self help and support amongst patients to improve their health and wellbeing
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Improving communication between service providers, the group and the wider population
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Promoting the patient perspective and enabling patients to make best use of available healthcare.
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We hold regular meetings every two months, alternating between both surgeries. A GP and Nurse Advisor attend the meetings. We welcome any patient from the Saxon Spires catchment area.
Our projects for 2012 include:
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A free Nordic Walking Taster session on Friday 13th April 2012 11am - 12noon, Brampton Valley Way, Spratton Road car park. This will be followed by a 4 week course, on the 20th, 27th April, 4th, 11th May. £25 for four sessions, including all equipment. Nordic walking burns 46% more calories than ordinary walking. It is great for neck, shoulder and back problems, easy on knees and joints. Suitable for all levels. To book contact:
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Lizzi England 01604 236361 or email eengland@northamptonshire.gov.uk
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First Aid Courses. Would you know what to do ina an emergency? The British Red Cross are running Everyday First Aid Courses on Monday 23rd April 7 - 9pm at Guilsborough Surgery, Saturday 19th May 10am - 12noon at Brixworth Community Hall, Spraatton Road, (above the library). Cost £6 per person.
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Complementary Therapthy Day. A range of therapies will be on offer with taster sessions available. Events planned for Summer 2012, watch out for details on our information boards in the surgeries.
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To find out more about our group or to book a First Aid Course, contact:
SSPPG Secretary, Barbara Hogg, on 01604 880552 or email barbara.hogg@tiscali.co.uk
Celebrating 50 issues
Village Link editorial team pictured during our meeting to plan this issue. Shown holding samples of previous issues (left to right): Alex Lowry, Tony Hart, Andrea King, Sarah Dalzell, Angela Hubbard, Katie Fulcher and Glanville Hart.
It’s hard to believe that Village Link has been going now for over 8 years. The publication is run entirely by volunteers. Not only on the editorial side, but also the 40 or so wonderful village distributors who venture out in all weathers to post Village Link through your letterboxes, as well as our two drivers.
Village Link took over from Village Lines, which was, published by Guilsborough resident and district councillor, Ann Carter—with help from Glanville Hart. After more than 13 years, Ann stood down to concentrate on her council work. So at the beginning of 2004, Glanville persuaded Andrea and Angela to take on the project, along with Catriona Bracken, who
left the team when she moved to Spain. Later they were joined by Katherine Purchase, who gave 5 years to ‘the cause’ before hanging up her spurs, and Tony Hart who developed our website www.villagelink.org.uk from scratch and who continues to maintain it today.
Since 2009 we have had a slightly larger team, who share the not inconsiderable task of putting it all together and coordinating advertising and distribution. The publication has grown from 12 pages to a regular 16 or even 24 page issue. And we have benefited from advances in printing technology to enable us to have a full colour front and back cover without breaking the bank.
Our aims remain the same—to keep local residents and those who may have moved away from the area, informed about all the latest news and information around our villages. Local groups and societies are welcome to submit information and advertisements for events. If the event is charitable (non-commercial) there is nothing to pay. We love to print photographs and write-ups of events as well, so please do send us items that you think might interest fellow villagers.
We also welcome (and rely upon) advertising from commercial businesses. These advertisers pay for our printing costs and enable Village Link to remain free-of-charge to its readers. Our advertising rates are low and will remain so, since the aim is simply to cover our costs. (Please see back page for rates.) Two of our advertisers have appeared in all 50 issues, and many are ‘regulars’! So our special thanks go to: Peter Cross at Lakeview Garage, and Greg Croxton at Cold Ashby Golf Club for their unerring support over the years.
Northamptonshire ACRE—BULK OIL BUYING PROJECT
Last autumn saw the launch of the Northamptonshire ACRE Bulk Oil Buying Project. We’re pleased to report that it’s fully up and running.
Since we began in October our membership has grown to almost 60. The prices negotiated on behalf of the members and the average member savings are shown below:
The benefits to individual members are:
Since we began in October our membership has grown to almost 60. The prices negotiated on behalf of the members and the average member savings are shown below:
The benefits to individual members are:
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A saving of £25 - £30 per 500 litres ordered vs average prices quoted by the oil companies.
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No need to buy larger volumes to get lower prices as your individual order is a small part of a much larger one.
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Avoid the hassle of ringing round for quotes – leave it to our professional negotiator.
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The benefits to our local community are:
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A communal sharing of the price benefits.
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Reduction in tanker traffic though our villages.
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Already a member?
Many thanks to those villagers who’ve already joined the scheme, and don’t forget that the ordering deadline is the last Wednesday of each month.
Not yet a member?
If you’re not yet a member, but would like to join, please feel free to use the contact details below. You can see from the above figures that the potential savings opportunities are well worth taking. The greater the number of members in the syndicate, the greater will be the opportunity to negotiate the lowest possible market prices for all members to enjoy.
For more detail, please contact: www.northantsacre.org.uk
E-mail: oil@northantsacre.org.uk or phone 01604 765888
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Eds note: Another bulk oil purchasing scheme is run by YOBCO based in Yelvertoft. To find out more visit www.yobco.co.uk or phone 01788 824236
Month
Average market price quoted
Final price achieved after negotiation
Member savings per 500 litre order
October
59.50p
53.97p
£25.15
November
61.50p
55.50p
£30.00
January
60.20p
54.90p
£26.50
End of January
61.50p
56.45p
£25.50
MEDICAL ALERT!
We have received an alert regarding the sale of the following bracelets that have been on sale at Eden Project in Cornwall and another 36 retailers across the UK; urging customers to return the red and black bracelets made from the Jequirity bean, the deadly seed of the plant abrus precatorious. It contains the toxin abrin, a controlled substance under the Terrorism Act that if swallowed can kill in doses of just 3 micrograms. Abrin is chemically similar to ricin, a chemical warfare agent. People who have bought the bracelets are being urged to bag them and then wash their hands and avoid touching their eyes. The Eden Project alone sold 2,800 bracelets over a year.
April 14th: Course – ‘No Garden Too Small for Vegetables’ with Joseph Whitehead, head gardener at Blatherwycke – 9.30am-3.30pm. £45 or £36 for RHS members
April 15th: Course – ‘Adventures in Vegetables’ with Joseph Whitehead, head gardener at Blatherwycke – 9.30am-3.30pm. £45 or £36 for RHS members
April 17th: RHS Garden Day – Advice clinic from experts at the RHS, plus stalls, demonstrations, talks and seed swaps. £5.00 admission (free to RHS members)
May 6th & 7th: Hardy Plant Fair - 10am-4pm - £2.50 admission
May 6th: - Cooking in the garden 2pm-3pm
May 7th – Talk – ‘Kelmarsh Gardens’ by Esther McMillan, Head Gardener at Kelmarsh Hall Gardens - 2pm-3pm
May 10th: Talk – ‘Victorian Paintings’ by Sue Edwards – 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 including garden admission
May 24th: Talk – ‘The Story of Charles Rennie Mackintosh of 78 Derngate’ by Ken Simpson – 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 including garden admission
April 15th: Course – ‘Adventures in Vegetables’ with Joseph Whitehead, head gardener at Blatherwycke – 9.30am-3.30pm. £45 or £36 for RHS members
April 17th: RHS Garden Day – Advice clinic from experts at the RHS, plus stalls, demonstrations, talks and seed swaps. £5.00 admission (free to RHS members)
May 6th & 7th: Hardy Plant Fair - 10am-4pm - £2.50 admission
May 6th: - Cooking in the garden 2pm-3pm
May 7th – Talk – ‘Kelmarsh Gardens’ by Esther McMillan, Head Gardener at Kelmarsh Hall Gardens - 2pm-3pm
May 10th: Talk – ‘Victorian Paintings’ by Sue Edwards – 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 including garden admission
May 24th: Talk – ‘The Story of Charles Rennie Mackintosh of 78 Derngate’ by Ken Simpson – 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 including garden admission
