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Issue No. 197 August 2015Editor: Ann Williams - Owl Cottage, Wigsley Road, Harby, Newark. NG23 7EF T: 703766 E: [email protected]

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THORNEY SPOTTINGS (6) – Janet Collins Blue skies, leafy trees and bushes, all that verdure; you’d think it would be perfect for bird spotting. It is quite the contrary. All that lushness makes it more difficult to spot what you are searching for, even though you may hear the giveaway songs of such birds as the chiffchaff, yellow hammer and wren. Even the raucous sound of the magpie may be all you’ll get as an indication of its presence. Summer is definitely the time to be looking up, where the skies are likely to be filled with house martins, swallows and swifts. The latter make it even easier to spot them by frequently screaming loudly as they give you an aerial performance in small flocks to rival the Red Arrows. Colin and Josephine were surprised to see three Artic terns sweeping across their pond in early July. About the same time, they had a visit from two grey heron. Two is unusual, unless they were a mating pair, or a mother and young one. Most people would consider one heron too many near their pond, if it contained fish! A bird I missed this year was the cuckoo. Although I heard them in one or two areas of Thorney there were none of the usual calls and sightings around the turf fields and lake areas. They certainly failed to live up to the old song:-‐ Cuckoo, cuckoo, pray what do you do? In April I open my bill; In May I sing all the day; In June I change my tune; In July away I fly. Cuckoo, cuckoo, goodbye to you. However, the spotted flycatcher arrived in late June and set up home on a support of a rose trellis. The flycatcher is a very timid bird, and may end up building several nests if it happens to get disturbed, accidentally or otherwise. Fortunately, I noticed it before starting any weeding around that area. At least two young are being reared as I write. The parents have a consistent method of flying at breakneck speed from some vantage point, such as the top of a feeding pole, catching a mouthful (or should that be beakful?) of flies and then quickly returning to the pole before whizzing to the nest to feed their young. There have been numerous young birds in the garden, including robin, house sparrow, blackbird, wood pigeon, pheasant and duckling. This has meant that supplies of water have had to be maintained. During the breeding season, both young and adult birds need water not only for drinking but also for cleaning and maintaining feather condition. Growing feathers are covered with a dry outer layer, which is washed away during bathing. You may notice a white scum-‐like substance on the surface of water bowls or the surface of shallow pond areas. A sure sign of avian ablutions. Although there have been significant hatchings of flies, there do not seem to have been as many butterflies as one would expect at this time of year. But perhaps the dry conditions have held back the caterpillars – except on the Solomon’s seal, which has already been devastated. A pity the blue tits did not find them. They could have enjoyed a king’s feast! Herrick TeK Got a new Windows 8 PC and don’t understand it?

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Sadly this will be my last article that I will be placing in your magazine as due to circumstances I will be leaving Nottinghamshire Police at the end of August. I would like to say I have enjoyed my time within the police force and it has been made more enjoyable by working with you the community. So it is with a heavy heart that I say good bye but I would like to thank each and every one of you for your continuous support throughout my career.

INFORMATION If you are planning a community event whereby the road needs to be closed please contact your local Highways department on 08449 808080 for advice with regards to this as the police can no longer authorise this. FISH POACHING (ENGLAND AND WALES)

There have been several reports of Fish poaching that have taken place within our community and I would like to make residents aware of this and what to do if they were to come across this. It is an offence to take or destroy, or attempt to do so, any fish in water which is private property or in which there is a private right of fishery. This includes all forms of fish, whether game or coarse, and is covered by section 32 of the Theft Act 1968. The environment Agency is the body responsible for regulating and enforcing fisheries enforcement officers- ‘water bailiffs’- have the same powers, liabilities and responsibilities as a police constable when investigating fisheries offences. Any suspected illegal fishing activity should be reported directly to the Environment Agency on their emergency line 0800 807060. Trained staff will then be able to pass on your information to officers on duty in the relevant area. Where the fishing rights are owned or leased by a club or individual Schedule 1 of the Theft Act 1968 will also apply. If you have any information then don’t hesitate to report this to Environment Agency/ water bailiff or Police.

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HARBY HISTORY GROUP – Louise Herrick 703662 It was very interesting to read the Harby Thorney Wigsley Community Led Plan document that we all got recently. To the 44 people in Thorney who said they’d like to attend history events if they were available…please come and join us in Harby village hall on the last Tuesday of each month! The group isn’t exclusively for Harby residents and over the last year alone we have also had regular attendees from Wigsley, Thorney, Swinesthorpe, Sturton by Stow, Saxilby, Lincoln and Sleaford. This invitation is open to all in Wigsley as well! Please come!

I would like to thank the committee who organised last year’s Friends of Queen Eleanor Harby Show for donating the lovely photo book that was produced as a record of the event. The book showed lots of familiar faces enjoying themselves, pictures of the events and the stalls that attended. This will be put in our archives for future generations to enjoy.

In May, the meeting comprised of a trip into Lincoln and the “Alternative Lincoln Ghost Walk”. 21 intrepid ghost hunters met our Ghost Host, Carol, who once again took us round the Bailgate area telling stories as she went along. We started on Castle Hill and followed the trail past The White Hart, along to the water tower, through Newport Arch, along East Bight to the Lincoln Hotel & past the Cathedral back to Castle Hill. She told scary and sometimes sad tales, a lot of which had also had recent sightings. We also saw some parts of Lincoln that we hadn’t realised existed, such as the little cemetery between the water tower & Newport.

In June, Richard Croft gave a talk on the stories behind the 9 men listed on Harby war memorial. Each man had died as a result of the First World War. Richard, along with friends from the village, had been to visit the graves of these brave young men in France & Belgium. Crosses were laid by each one to commemorate them and bring “a piece of Harby” to them. Richard illustrated his talk with photos from this trip, along with pictures of the men, copies of personal documents such as birth certificates and army records and extracts from the 1901 and 1911 censuses. He also included maps so we could see how the battles had progressed. The stories were moving and interesting and brought to life those that had previously just been names outside the church.

We now have the summer break and meetings will resume in September.

On 29 September, returning guest speaker, Mavis Wilkinson, will give a talk with props about “Monastic Gardens”. She always provides a fun and informative evening.

On 27 October, historian Tracy Borman will give a talk on “The Real Wolf Hall: the Story of Thomas Cromwell” based on her latest biography. Tracy has written several history books, is a regular contributor to TV and BBC History magazine and is Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, alongside Lucy Worsley.

Meetings are on the last Tuesday of the month in the village hall lounge and unless specified start at 7:30 pm. £1 entry and everyone is welcome. Please phone me if you want more information or even just a bit of encouragement to attend. New members welcome on a regular or casual basis.

ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, HARBY WITH SWINETHORPE – Bridget Wells

CHURCHYARD – You may be asking why parts of the churchyard, on the east and south sides, have only just been cut in mid-July. This is because it is an environmental wild flower area, providing habitat for invertebrates. The wild flowers that grow after the snowdrops and daffodils are increasing in number.

AUSTRALIAN PILGRIMS – The 30 Pilgrims who travelled from Lincoln on a fine afternoon, May 26th, said how much they enjoyed their visit and meeting local residents from Thorney, Wigsley, Swinethorpe, Harby and Thorpe-on-the-Hill. It was a complete change from the large cathedrals and cities. Thank you to the bellringers who rang before Evensong. This was followed by dinner in the Village Hall which was splendidly decorated by Elizabeth and Sam Owen. So now there are photos of Harby church around Australia.

ORGANIST – There is a shortage of organists in the East Trent churches, so are there any organists hiding their talents in this district who are able to play on one Sunday a month, or even occasionally?

HARBY SHOW – The church will be open for 2 hours and the bells run on September 5th – the time is to be arranged to fit in with the programme.

HARVEST THANKSGIVING – The Harvest Thanksgiving will be held on October 18th at 11 am with Revd. David McColough taking the service; his first visit to Harby. This will be followed by lunch in the Village Hall.

REVD. MICHAEL BRIGGS – A special service to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Revd. Michael Briggs’ ordination will be held at All Saints’ Church, Collingham on September 20th at 10 15am. Some of the older residents will remember Michael (and Olive) when he was vicar here. So there will be no service at Harby on that day.

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HARBY PARISH COUNCIL Accessing the Community Defibrillator The defibrillator is on the outside wall of the village hall in a yellow box. If there is an emergency you need to call 999 and the Ambulance Service will give you the access code to open the box. Overgrown Hedges Some hedges in the village are encroaching onto footpaths. It would be appreciated if parishioners could trim any overgrown hedges back. Meeting Minutes Below is a summary of recent minutes. For full minutes please see the notice board or go to www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/harby.

Parish Councillors Following the elections we welcomed our new parish councillor – Rachel Thursby. John Howard was elected onto the Council after serving as a co-opted councillor last year. Richard Croft, Caroline Nolan, Stuart Parkin, Jayne Rose and Diane Quibell were all re-elected.

Best wishes go to Neville Holmes. He served the community as a parish councillor for 26 years and stepped down before the elections. Council Objectives The current priorities of the Council are based on the 2005-15 Parish Plan. The Council will use the new Community Led Plan to set new aims and objectives. Below summarises progress on the existing priorities:

o Wigsley ‘Airfield’ Flooding

The County Council have located drains on Wigsley aerodrome and have cleared much of the drainage system. When the works are completed this year it should resolve the flooding.

o School Annual Update

The school has had a positive year and has 47 children. A new curriculum has been taught focusing on grammar, food technology and sports. Maintenance has been carried out on the buildings including new uPVC windows and a biomass boiler.

o Village Notice board and allotment gates

The notice board has been refurbished and looks good. Thanks to Ken for his hard work. A replacement gate and posts has been purchased and will be installed on the Wigsley Road allotments.

Priorities of the Council 2011 – 2015 Developments since 2013 1. Increased broadband speed/ reliability. 2. Increase content on Council website. 3. Develop village welcome pack.

1. National rural broadband being rolled out.

2. New website to go live soon. 3. Completed and available online.

4. Improve provision for young people. 5. Improve the children’s play area. 6. Collaborate with and support local

organisations.

4. New junior play equipment installed (£30,000). 5. New toddler play equipment installed (£10,000). 6. Over £5,500 awarded in community grants and financial

support to 7 community organisations/ community projects, including a defibrillator.

7. Develop environmental/conservation projects.

8. Reduce dog fouling. 9. Set-up steering group for best kept

village.

7. No volunteers came forward - no progress. 8. Letters sent to residents when reported to the Council. 9. Best kept village competition entered, two village tidies

completed a year, bedding plants supplied for planters around the village.

10. Work with police, NSDC, NCC to reduce parking and speeding problems.

11. Start Neighbourhood Watch Scheme.

10. Speed indicator signs installed on Wigsley Road and Station Road. Advisory speed limit implemented outside the school. Advisory notes left on cars parking by the cycle track entrance.

11. Advertised in village newsletter but no progress.

Planning Applications Update

Approved by District Council: • Alteration and extension including orangery and micro-brewery. Parish Council supported the

development in principle but opposed the proposal in its current form. • Variation of condition 7 of permission 10/01490/FUL to enable retention of one agricultural building at

Enfield Court, Low Street. Parish Council supported application. • Wind turbine on land South East of Thorney. Parish Council opposed proposal. Refused by District Council: • Application to erect 1.8m high wooden fence (Resubmission of 14/01405/FUL). Parish Council

supported application.

The next ordinary meeting is Thursday 01 October in the Village Hall Committee Room. See the notice board or online nearer the time for confirmation and details.

Lydia Smithson, Harby Parish Clerk. * 42 High Street, Saxilby, Lincoln, LN1 2HA.

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Harby Thorney Wigsley Community Led Plan

Launch Celebrations

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Completion of the community led plan for the villages of Harby, Thorney &Wigsley was celebrated by holding a launch party in the Harby Village Hall onSaturday 6th June. Food, drink & children’s entertainment provided theplatform for a great afternoon, in which, in excess of one hundred joined inthe celebrations.

The completed plan in the form of a detailed & illustrated coloured bookletwas handed to a member of each household who attended. Since which, acopy has been hand delivered to all remaining households within the threeparishes. Please keep this safe as it will be the basis for addressingcommunity issues & developing improvements & social activities highlighted& requested by Residents over the ensuing years.

Whilst the booklet represents the culmination of the project, funded throughAwards for All - Big Lottery Fund, it is in effect the beginning of the nextphase. With active ongoing participation from residents & the goodwill &support from the whole community, progress in addressing the issues will begreatly enhanced. The Steering Group (reconvening in September) willcontinue to guide & monitor progress working closely with ParishCouncils/Parish Meetings & Village Working Groups.

Please look out for further information & make your voice heard over theissues that are important to YOU! By expressing your continuing interest &in active participation our rural environment will be an even better place tolive, work & enjoy.

NEWS FROM QEP – Jeremy Bingham As we reach the end of another academic year, we must reflect on what has been a very successful one for Queen Eleanor Primary. Not only have the children worked very hard academically and made superb progress, they have entered and taken part in a variety of other extra curricular activities that all of the staff at the school feel are so important to providing a rounded education. Some of the trips the children have had the opportunity to attend have been particularly noteworthy this year; the airport visit (East Midlands) was a real highlight and they certainly enjoyed Alton Towers although with the tragic event that occurred there just prior to the visit we were all especially glad when they were all back! The Y5/6 visit to PGL Caythorpe Court was superb and the children did things they perhaps thought they wouldn’t dare to do. The high ropes are high and the raft building was very wet!!! As Head Teacher I would like to thank the Friends of the School, without whom these exciting visits wouldn’t be possible, and the staff for all their hard work that goes in to organising these trips. The children have had some super sporting opportunities, and we are so grateful to Mr Haywood for running his wonderful football club; fantastic! And finally I must mention our end of year play. As a boy I watched Bugsy Malone with awe; the music, the pedal cars but best of all, those splurge guns! Sitting in the staffroom, discussing which play to do, I mentioned that I’d always dreamt of putting this musical on , but felt it was a little too complex for Primary age children. Well the gauntlet was down; never shy of a challenge the staff at Queen Eleanor leapt on the opportunity and our wonderfully talented children well and truly did justice to what is a very, very complicated play. What a wonderful event it was and it certainly seemed to be enjoyed by all! Well done ! And finally to our wonderful Y6 who leave us for Tuxford in September; they have been a really super group; Harriet, Frida, Tilde, Nakita and Cameron, we will all miss you and wish you every success as you enter secondary education!

GO AGAIN

The ringing took place on the 23rd April for St. George’s Day and it was a delight to sit out and listen. This took place in the evening at 6-00p.m. Many thanks Jayne, for organising the team. On this occasion, the ringers were Laraine Dickinson, Philip Thomas, Sue Paine, Sue Pendleton from North Scarle, and Derek Watson from Spalford, thank you all.

I have recently received a clip of what I believe was North Scarle’s first ring at the Dedication Service following the augmentation of their bells from 3 to 6. The new frame was above the old frame, which had to be preserved. I have also heard that the frame may be assembled in the Church for all to see ? The frame was made in 1716.

At All Saints Harby on 20th June, the wedding took place of Mr.Anthony Chambers and Miss Wendy Ford, it turned out to be fine as it happened during a period of unsettled weather, if I recall correctly. We in the belfry wish them, every happiness in their married life. The ringers were Ron Everett from Lincoln, Sue Pendleton from North Scarle, Derek Philips Eagle, Derek Watson from Spalford, and Sue Paine. A team rang for the ‘Australian pilgrimage Service’, held on Tuesday evening 26th June and was well attended from Australia. The visitors arriving by bus from Lincoln, Colin being the courier (entertainer), via Burton Village, A57, and on to All Saints. It was the Rev. Yabbacome’s last service at Harby before retiring to Norfolk, I understand. After the service, the visitors attended a meal in the Village Hall, by all accounts, a good time was had by everyone.

“Stand next” Will Turner

In May 2015, Matthew Tucker, George Dickinson, Paul Nolan and Richard Croft cycled over 400km (about 260 miles) of the Western Front through France and Belgium to remember all nine men from Harby & Swinethorpe who are remembered on the War Memorial in All Saints’ churchyard. When the church bells were re-hung in 2014, George Dickinson salvaged an old oak headstock and carved nine crosses with which to remember each man at his grave or memorial along the route.

A humble service of prayers and a blessing from Rev.David Yabbacombe on Sunday 17th May remembered Private George Townsend who died in late May 1916, aged 21, buried in an unmarked grave in All Saints’ churchyard - his remembrance cross is now in All Saints’ church near the font.

The four cycled to Newark for a train to King’s Cross and overnight stay before catching the Eurostar to Paris and local train to Chauny on Monday 25th May. At Chauny we remembered Gunner Edwin John Nicholson of the Royal Field Artillery, who was captured near Berry-au-Bac on 27th May 1918 and died a prisoner of war on 18th September 1918. A late finish at Vadancourt Chateau at Maissemy with some excellent refreshments and a good night’s sleep set us up for a long, hard, wet and at times muddy slog across the Somme the following day.

Tuesday 28th May started early in glorious sunshine via Maissemy German Cemetery and Riqueval Bridge to Bellicourt where we remembered 21 year-old Private John William Noble, killed near Roisel on 23rd April 1917. Increasingly black clouds and a strong

headwind threatened as we headed west to Templeaux-le-Guerard to remember Private William George Withers, killed at Malakoff Farm near Hargicourt on 9th April 1917, just three days short of his 22nd birthday. It started raining during lunch at Nurlu and we dodged some heavy downpours through the afternoon, visiting the marvellous Red Dragon Welsh memorial at Mametz Wood where Matthew remembered his fallen countrymen, before a close encounter with infamous Somme mud. After much swearing and mud scraping at Lochnagar Crater, we remembered Private Cecil Dove at Pozieres Memorial, one of 163,000 British casualties of Operation Michael German Spring Offensive, killed on 22nd May 1918, aged 19. At our overnight billet in Martinpuich, we hosed the bikes down and enjoyed marvellous hospitality, wine and food with our ex-pat hosts Jennie & John at The Silent Picket.

WESTERN FRONT 2015

Wednesday 29th May started cloudy but got progressively warmer and sunnier as we headed north to Arras to remember Lance Corporal John William Medley and Private Willie Almond, two of the 36,000 men with no known grave named on the Arras Memorial. John William Medley was 26 when he was killed during the ill-fated attack on the Hindenberg Line at Bullecourt on 4th May 1917, diminutive Willie Almond was 22 when he was killed nearby at Ecoust on 21st May 1918. Our route out of Arras alongside the River Scarpe and through St.Laurent-Blangy eventually led to Bailleul Road cemetery where the baguettes & cakes we’d bought in Arras provided lunch with Private Thomas Dowman. Thomas was 19 years old when he was killed on the first day of the Battle of Arras in the attack on Le Point du Jour on 9th April 1917.

Our route deliberately avoided the industrial conurbation of Lens by heading north-west to Bruay-le-Buissiere overnight and back north-east with a navigationally challenging route through Bethune during morning traffic on Thursday. A stretch of new road to Estaires allowed us to get ahead of schedule and cross the Belgian border near Steenwerk before the ascent of Messines Ridge, lunch at Wijtschate and descent to ‘Flanders fields’ around Ypres. We visited the enormous craters and remains of German bunkers at Hill 60 where over 4½ tons of high explosive were detonated in mines in 1915, blowing the top off the hill ...... the explosion was apparently heard in London ! Hooghe Crater Museum, Hooghe Cemetery, Hellfire Corner and a few excellent Belgian Beers at The Wipers Times preceded an emotional Last Post at the Menin Gate before dinner, more beers and a somewhat chaotic ride in the dark (with lights) back to Casteelhof t’Hooghe for an overnight stay.

Friday 22nd May started with a short ride to Zonnebeke for a 2 hour visit to the fantastic Passchendaele Museum before remembering our last man, Lance Corporal George Albert Bayes who was 23 when he was killed on 26th September 1917 in the attack on Dochy Farm during the Battle of Passchendaele, one of 35,000 men named on the Memorial to The Missing at Tyne Cot. The outcome of the Battle of Passchendaele was a gain of 41 square miles in 15 weeks at a cost of around 10,000 casualties per square mile ....... a life for every 2 square inches !

Throughout the whole adventure, we were all profoundly moved by the scars of war, scale of death and futility of the carnage, especially so in Flanders ...... scores of cemeteries and memorials, hundreds of thousands of graves, dozens of bunkers, blockhouses and ponds formed in craters, all for negligible gain or strategic advantage.

We continued north along some amazing Belgian cycle routes to the fantastic city of Brugge (Bruges) where we endured more Belgian beer and a curry before overnight at Hotel Maraboe and a guided cycle tour and sightseeing on Saturday morning.

Eight weary legs managed the final 12 miles to Zeebrugge for the overnight ferry to Hull and lift home thanks to Mervin Wells to fulfil our intention of remembering every man and leaving a small piece of home with him on the Western Front.

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Mobile Library Harby - Station Road 9.50 – 10.05, Queen Eleanor Primary School 10.05 – 10.40, Millfield Close 10.45 – 11.00. Wigsley - Garden Room 11.05 – 11.15. Thorney - Church 11.20 – 11.50 Coffee 10.30 – 12.00 St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm Harby Village Show, Playing Fields 11.00am – 5.00pm St Helen’s Church Thorney, Holy Communion 9.00am All Saints Church Harby, Morning Worship 10.30am Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm Toddler Group, Harby Village Hall, 10.00am Craft Circle, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, Ride and Stride, church open 10.30am – 4.00pm Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm Harby Tea Time, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm St Helen’s Church Thorney, Morning Worship 10.30am Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm

Thurs. 24th Thurs. 24th Thurs. 24th

Fri. 25th Fri. 25th

Sun. 27th Sun. 27th

Tues. 29th Tues. 29th Wed. 30th

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Toddler Group, Harby Village Hall, 10.00am Craft Circle, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm Macmillan Coffee Morning, Harby, see notice board for details Macmillan Coffee Afternoon, St Helen’s Church Thorney, 3.00pm – 4.30pm Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields (Village Hall) St Helen’s Church Thorney, Harvest Celebration 3.00pm Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm History Group, Harby Village Hall, 7.30pm Mobile Library Harby - Station Road 9.50 – 10.05, Queen Eleanor Primary School 10.05 – 10.40, Millfield Close 10.45 – 11.00. Wigsley - Garden Room 11.05 – 11.15

Please contact Jayne Rose if you would like your future events to be included Tel. 01522 703510 or e-mail: [email protected]

Saturday 12th December doors open 7.00pm for 7.30pm start

Quiznight

Pie & Peas

bring your own drinks

Christmas proceeds to Trio Newsletter

Tickets from : Richard 703455

Tickets £6

Raffle

Harby Village Hall

One more time with quizmasters Richard & Clive

Harvest Please park considerately on village roads during

harvest time and avoid obstructions please.

Forthcoming Events Aug. 2015

Sun. 2nd Sun. 2nd Sun. 2nd Wed. 5th


Sun. 16th Sun. 16th Sun. 16th

Thurs. 20th


Sun. 30th

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Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields (LIVES) St Helen’s Church Thorney, Holy Communion 9.00am All Saints Church Harby, Morning Worship 10.30am Mobile Library Harby - Station Road 9.50 – 10.05, Millfield Close 10.45 – 11.00. Wigsley - Garden Room 11.05 – 11.15.Thorney - Church 11.20 – 11.50 Coffee 10.30 – 12.00 St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields All Saints Church Harby, Holy Communion 9.00am St Helen’s Church Thorney, Morning Worship 10.30am Harby Tea Time, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields (Church / Bellringers)

Sept. 2015 Wed. 2nd

Thurs. 3rd Sat. 5th

Sun. 6th Sun. 6th

Tues. 8th Thurs. 10th Thurs. 10th Thurs. 10th

Sat. 12th

Sun. 13th Tues. 15th

Thurs. 17th

Thurs. 17th Sun. 20th

Tues. 22nd

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Mobile Library Harby - Station Road 9.50 – 10.05, Queen Eleanor Primary School 10.05 – 10.40, Millfield Close 10.45 – 11.00. Wigsley - Garden Room 11.05 – 11.15. Thorney - Church 11.20 – 11.50 Coffee 10.30 – 12.00 St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm Harby Village Show, Playing Fields 11.00am – 5.00pm St Helen’s Church Thorney, Holy Communion 9.00am All Saints Church Harby, Morning Worship 10.30am Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm Toddler Group, Harby Village Hall, 10.00am Craft Circle, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, Ride and Stride, church open 10.30am – 4.00pm Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm Harby Tea Time, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm St Helen’s Church Thorney, Morning Worship 10.30am Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm

Thurs. 24th Thurs. 24th Thurs. 24th

Fri. 25th Fri. 25th

Sun. 27th Sun. 27th

Tues. 29th Tues. 29th Wed. 30th

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Toddler Group, Harby Village Hall, 10.00am Craft Circle, Harby Village Hall Lounge, 1.30pm – 3.30pm St Helen’s Church, Thorney, quiet prayer 2.30pm – 4.00pm Macmillan Coffee Morning, Harby, see notice board for details Macmillan Coffee Afternoon, St Helen’s Church Thorney, 3.00pm – 4.30pm Car Boot Sale, Playing Fields (Village Hall) St Helen’s Church Thorney, Harvest Celebration 3.00pm Toddler Session, Queen Eleanor Primary School, 2.30pm History Group, Harby Village Hall, 7.30pm Mobile Library Harby - Station Road 9.50 – 10.05, Queen Eleanor Primary School 10.05 – 10.40, Millfield Close 10.45 – 11.00. Wigsley - Garden Room 11.05 – 11.15

Please contact Jayne Rose if you would like your future events to be included Tel. 01522 703510 or e-mail: [email protected]

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HARBYParish Council Richard Croft - 703455

Lydia Smithson - 702569

Bowls Club John Power - 703346

Playing Field Steve & Diane Hogg - 704702

Village Hall Colin Wells - 703449

Janet Medley - 703304

Queen Eleanor School Mr J Bingham/Sue Grundy - 703428

Newsletter Ann Williams - 703766

Bellringers Will Turner - 703401

History Group Louise Herrick - 703662

Parent Toddler Rachel Thursby -394166

Heating Oil Syndicate David Rose - 703510

Friends of Queen Eleanor Emma Fearn - 07775558401

Nottinghamshire Police Martin Stannard - 07910 336903

Non Emergencies - 101

CLP Janet Medley - 703304

Craft Circle Sue Paine - 702518

WIGSLEYCLP Clive Thompson - 702014

THORNEYCLP Anna Dennison - 702748

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