March 2014

Jumble SaleIn Langworth Memorial HallSaturday 1st March, 2-00pm

Donations of Jumble can be brought to the Hallat 10-00am. No electrical goods thank you

??? Quiz Night ???In Langworth Memorial Hall

Friday 14th March 2014 at 7-30pmSupper - Jackets and Fillings, (veggie option

available) Bar Open

Bring your Friends; make up teams of 4 people

All ages welcomeTickets £3.50 per person,

Available fromJacki Myers 01522 754748

Becky Stumm 01522 751016 or any Committee Member

Also available at Tuesday Coffee Mornings

Lincolnshire Limewoods

The Lincolnshire Limewoods are full of history and brimming with life, from ancient woodlands to archaeological sites. A number of organisations run events throughout the Limewoods area to help you discover more about the landscape, wildlife and heritage of this special area.

The Lincolnshire Limewoods Project is a partnership working to protect, enhance and promote the natural and historic landscapes and features of this important area.

The Forestry Commission owns and manages Chambers Farm Wood and other woods within the Lincolnshire Limewoods area, which together form the Bardney National Nature Reserve.

The Limewoods Wildlife Watch group is for junior members of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, meeting at Chambers Farm Wood by kind permission of the Forestry Commission.

Butterfly Conservation (Lincolnshire Branch) runs a number of volunteer work parties throughout the year. For more information visit www.lincolnshire-butterfliess.org.uk

Lincolnshire Ramblers organise walks across the county and beyond. Non-members are welcome to try one or two walks before joining their local group. For more information visit www.lincolnshire ramblers.org.uk

I have a supply of a guide which is packed full of walks, volunteer days, children’s activities and much more. Anyone who would like one please either email me or give me a ring. Chris Myers myerspc94@gmail.com or 01522 750531

Save ££££ on Heating Oil Bills, benefit from joint buying power through Community Lincs, local contact Joyce Hopkins on 01522 595037

Deadline for items for inclusion in the April Langworth 20th March 2014 to myerspc94@gmail.com

Barlings • Langworth • Newball • Reasby • Stainton

THE LANGWORTH VOICE IS HERE!OUR PARISH PLAN – OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THINGS WE DON'T LIKE, TO GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBOURS AND TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

Forthcoming events. Please support us – we need YOU!

Langworth Voice Community bash at the GeorgeSaturday 1st March, 5pmChicken goujons and chips

from 5pm–6.30pm and a live band from 7pm.

£5.00 a head.Please book in advance – call the George on 01522 595787 or pop in.

Easter egg event and graffiti wallEaster Sunday 20th April, 2pm–5pm

For under-14s. Grown-ups welcome to come along. FREE ENTRY.Light refreshments will be available.

DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY? We'll be asking you for your thoughts on living here – what do you

like, what don't you like, how would you change it?

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A REGULAR COMMITTMENT – JUST A ONE-OFF

WOULD BE A GREAT HELP. WE NEED LEAFLET-DROPPERS, POSTER-PASTERS AND SPARE HANDS AT EVENTS. WE NEED PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT

LIVE IN BARLINGS, NEWBALL, REASBY AND STAINTON – AT THE MOMENT WE'RE ALL FROM LANGWORTH. ANY PHOTOGRAPHERS OUT THERE HAPPY

TO RECORD EVENTS FOR US, FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT?

If you can join us, at any stage, please contact us at

LangworthVoice@plan.com or 01522 595522WHAT’S ON IN THE MEMORIAL HALL??

Outreach Post Office is in the Hall on:  Mondays 1.30pm – 4pm; Tuesdays 9am - 12 noon; Thursdays 1.30pm - 4pm.

Coffee Morning is held every Tuesday morning from 10am - 12 noon alongside the post office.  £1 per cup and biscuits – free refills. Come and meet with your neighbours and take advantage of our book loan service, leaflets of information of what is available in and around the village.

Community Arts and Crafts is held on the second and fourth Thursday each month, 2pm - 4pm.  Bring your art/craft enjoy the company of others with coffee/tea.

Family Prize Bingo is held on the last Friday of each month. This month is 28th February. Eyes down at 7.30pm - £4.00 per card (children’s cards £2.00) Bar open, tea coffee available.

Above are rolling events that happen on a regular basis.

REPORT OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 5 TH FEBRUARY 2014

31 residents, 7 Parish Councillors, County and District Councillor and the Principal Area Development Office from West Lindsey District Council all attended the February meeting. The item of interest on the agenda which dominated the meeting was the outline planning application at The George, Langworth including means of access for up to 36 dwellings, including affordable provision, ancillary convenience store A1, public open space, ecological reserve and landscaping.

Following the answering of questions by the representative of WLDC the Parish Council discussed the application and have forwarded the following comments to WLDC:-

‘Concern is expressed with regard to overdevelopment of the site.  It is felt that 3 storey dwellings are not in keeping with surrounding properties.

Traffic problems are envisaged:-

o Parking problems would occur with the siting of a shop on the Main Road.  Lorries could not pull up on the main road to purchase items - Could provision of a lay-by be considered?

o The development would generate many extra vehicles from the properties driving onto the main A158, therefore access from the site should be considered in depth.

The main concern from both the Parish Council and the public present was the impact on surrounding properties and the possibility of flooding.  Please also take into account any comments made from residents of neighbouring properties.

The local Flood Wardens have studied the Flood Risk Assessment for the proposed development and their findings are detailed below:-

‘We make no comment on the possibility of the properties to be built flooding as the developers seem to have taken this into account.

P8 Para 4.5 To our knowledge the George field has flooded in1981, 1993, 2007,-Jan 2008 and Jan 2013 which is later than 1993 as stated.

P8 Para 4.10. We do not know what the ‘Langworth reservoir ‘is and flows are not contained in bank.

P9 Para 4.15. What specific plans are there to address this issue? What underground storage system is to be provided? What has a properly maintained site drainage system got to do with the sewerage provider?

P11 Para 6.8. At the present time the LCC highways surface water drainage maps are incomplete.  In our view the drainage of theA158 from the bridge to the George car park entrance by the ditch on the north side of the A158 along the George property, there being no outfall into the Barlings on the south side of the A158.

P11para 6.10 We note the statement ‘ideally reducing the flood risk where possible’

P12 Para 6.16. The foul sewer adjacent the site should have the capacity to accept flows from this development subject to confirmation by Anglian Water. At the present time the sewerage system in Langworth cannot cope with the present volume of sewerage causing frequent sewerage floods on Scothern Lane.

P13 Para 9 and 10.   We welcome the statements in these two paragraphs.

P15 Para 9.4. We note the statement ‘There will be no significant adverse impacts as a result of this development.

In conclusion.  As flood wardens we would like WLDC planners to put the following restrictions on the application:-

No development should take place until Anglian Water has upgraded the Langworth sewerage system to enable it to cope with the additional flow of sewerage.

No development should take place until Lincolnshire County Council have established a proper system for discharging surface water from the site and the adjacent A158.’

The vote was unanimous that the Parish Council would like to see the development go ahead providing the Flood Wardens comments are fully adhered to.

Police Matters - Incidents were reported as follows:-

A. A theft from a front porch reported in Chamberlains Close

B. A theft of cast iron goods on Station Road. Persons were arrested the next day and the vehicle used in the crime seized pending court proceedings.

C. Elderly residents on Station Road are having their doorbells rang in the early hours of the morning.

On 4 th March 2014 Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick will be attending Langworth Coffee Morning in the Memorial Hall with PCSO Jackie Parker. He has stated that he would like to have a chat and answer any questions possible .

Barlings Lane – Traffic Regulation Order - It has been suggested that a Traffic Regulation Order be implemented on Barlings Lane to prevent unauthorised parking on verges and the road. Enquiries have been made with the County Council Highways Department who have offered for County Council staff to attend a Parish Council meeting in order to explain the Order to Councillors and residents.

Block paving – Barlings Lane – The area of verge between No 22 Barlings Lane and St Hugh’s Drive has been costed out at £25,000 by the LCC Highways Department

Library provision for Langworth and Stainton By Langworth - Notification has been received that the mobile library usage in Stainton By Langworth between July 2012 and August 2013 was less than 6 people per 30 minutes of stop and therefore the existing stop will cease after 6 May 2014.

The mobile library usage in Langworth had exceeded 6 people per 30 minutes of stop and would therefore be continued with a mobile stop of at least 30 minutes per month.

Date of next meeting – Tuesday 4 th March 2014 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall

ANNUAL PARISH MEETINGThis will be held on Tuesday 1 st April at 7.00pm in the Memorial Hall.

There will be a short address by a member of AgeUK ‘s on First Contact - a service that allows people aged 60 and over to access a wide range of services and information to help them stay safe and

well in their own home through one point of contact.

It is hoped that useful information can be learned from this talk for both residents and those needing to care for older relatives.

All residents are invited, the meeting will last about 45 minutes

VICAR’S BLOG MARCH 2014

I think I have shared with you before that prior to coming into the Ministry I used to be a teacher at Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School. One of the things that has always struck me about that school is its history. Whilst I was there, it celebrated 900 years of education on that site in Lincoln. Of course, the school hasn’t always looked as it does now, because it has changed with the times and needs of the students that attend, but in so many ways it seemed to me that it managed to keep its rootedness, whilst still changing to cater for many different generations of students with different needs. I remember not long after my time there discovering an old table, and I mean really old (!), and into it was etched medieval graffiti, containing the names of previous students – and that always reminded me that history is made by people.

We are blessed with some beautiful churches in our two groups. It really thrills me that we are always looking for ways in which we can cater for the needs of the current communities in which they are set. Church buildings are not merely monuments that celebrate the past, they have always changed in character and if you go into many of our buildings, you will see the work of generation upon generation. Churches need to keep their rootedness, but also reflect current needs. You might ask, why do this? Well our churches should be at the heart of serving our community and it’s important that our buildings reflect that. I want to maintain our roots, but adapt to the needs of our communities, as far as we can.

How does this affect LANGWORTH? Well, I am interested in getting Langworth Church and the Churchyard on Barlings Lane, tidied up, cleaned up, easily accessible and so that people come into the church, feel welcomed and appreciate what a stunning place is at the heart of the community. How? Well the inside of the church needs a good clean beyond the usual tasks of carpets and pews. The outside needs tidying up and the church needs to be made more visible to both the community and passing traffic. The bell needs repairing and the whole area needs a bit of a lift. Please don’t think that this is a criticism of anyone in the church – of course it isn’t – their number is very small at present, and they need some support. In light of that I would love to form a working party of folk who will turn out on a couple of days to help with some of these tasks! Any offers? Call Revd Penny on 01522 595596.

Every blessing

PennyChurch Services March 2014Sunday 2nd March Stainton by Langworth 9:00am Holy Communion

Sudbrooke 10:30am Holy CommunionLangworth 6:00pm Evening Prayer

Wednesday 5th March

Cherry Willingham 7.30pm Holy Communion for Ash Wednesday

Sunday 9th March Barlings 9:00am Holy CommunionSudbrooke 10:30am Family WorshipLangworth 6:00pm Holy Communion

Sunday 16th March Sudbrooke 10:30am Holy Communion (BCP)

Langworth 6:00pm Holy CommunionSunday 23rd March Sudbrooke 10:30am Holy CommunionThursday 27th March 2, Chestnut Close,

Sudbrooke2:30pm Tea Service

Sunday 30th March Barlings 10.30am Songs of Praise

LANGWORTH AND DISTRICT W I

March 6th – Annual Meeting

April 3rd - Speaker Rev Sue BradleySubject – Sense and Nonsense

Competition – Something made from Ribbon

Weight Watchers – Your local meeting is held on Tuesdays in the Old School, Mill Hill, Nettleham at 5.45pm .

You are very welcome to come along where Hazel will be pleased to helpRing her on 07806 782 167

LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE

Nettleham Neighbourhood Police Team

Police Office, Scothern RoadNettleham, LN2 2TU

Crime in our area often takes on a pattern; at the moment we seem to be having a spate of garden ornament thefts from gardens around the county.

This can range from small pots and plants right up to large garden statues and urns, a lot of these larger items will have taken more than just one person to remove them and would often require a vehicle of some kind. These items are mostly sold, either at car boot sales or internet auction sites never to be seen again, and we are left to buy replacements.

We need to be as vigilant as possible, just keeping an eye on a neighbour’s property can be enough, or keeping an eye out for people trying to sell cheap ornaments in your village, if this occurs or you have any information regarding stolen garden ornaments or any other crime please ring 101 and you will be able to speak to someone from Lincolnshire Police.

Unsolicited phone calls and mail

Householders may receive unsolicited telephone calls from a variety of sources. Invariably the callers state they are from an ‘official’ organisation such as the water/energy company; local authority; or a company selling goods and/or services.

In most cases the caller will be seeking information such as personal details including bank details; usage rates or other personal information. Most of these types of calls can be reduced by the following advice.

Registering with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS)

The TPS is a free service that gives you the opportunity to select who contacts you bytelephone. Once registration is complete telemarketers are legally bound not to call you.Registration takes about a month to become effective and can be made online atwww.tpsonline.org.uk or via the telephone on 0845 070 0707.

Register with the Mail Preference Service (MPS)

The MPS is a free service which supports the right for people to choose the mail they wish to receive. Registering with this service will prevent the receipt of unsolicited direct mailing sent from companies who are members of the Direct Marketing Association. It will not stop mail from overseas, un-addressed materials or those addresses to The Occupier. Registration to this free service can be made online at www.mpsonline.org.uk or via the telephone on 0845 703 4599

It is important to remember to protect your personal details. Do not give any personal details including bank details to anyone either in the street, on the doorstep, over the telephone or on the internet as these details can be used to steal your identity.

If you want to keep up with all the latest Police news in your area please join us on Twitter and Facebook, we have an Email address if you want to contact us, these are listed below.

twitter.com@npt-nettleham facebook.com/nptnettleham nettleham.npt@lincs.pnn.police.uk

Lisa Hurst Dance

Exciting dance and movement classes for all ages

Dunholme Old School Centre on Mondays4 pm – 4.30 pm Flutterby Ballet for 2.5 years to 4 years

4.40 pm -5.15 pm Dragonfly Ballet for 4 years to 6 years5.25 pm – 6 pm Street Jazz for 4 years to 6 years

6.15 pm – 7.15 pm Fusion Dance Academy for 6 to 12 years

7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Fusion Dance for adults

Sudbrooke Drive Community Centre, Lincoln Ermine, Saturdays

9.30 am – 10 am Flutterby Ballet for 2.5 years to 4 years

10 am – 10.30 am Groovy Movers for 2 years to 4 years E: lisahurstdance@hotmail.co.uk 07890 545372

Ellison Boulters Church of England Academy

‘Kingdom Kids’

As a regular ‘helper’ at Kingdom Kids I was asked to provide a glimpse into the exciting, caring and fascinating club for Key Stage Two children here at Ellison Boulters.

I thought it only fair to let the children have an input, so I asked them how they would describe this afterschool club that always has a long and ‘distinguished’ waiting list! “Fun, friendship and worship” were the words that were repeated time and time again, oh and the fact that they get, “squash and a biscuit!” Treats aside, Kingdom Kids at Ellison Boulters offers weekly Christian fellowship, arts, crafts and so much more. It offers an additional opportunity for Christian discussion, investigation and reflection in an environment where the children are supported by members of staff and the community who are willing and eager to help the children’s spiritual journeys. Children from across the key stage are lead by Mrs Peachman, the R.E leader in the school, and a team of devoted and keen Year 6 junior leaders who provide support, guidance and a helping hand with the sticky-tape! These children are wonderful role-models and epitomize the qualities that the Ellison Boulters’ children are renowned for. The adult helpers include school staff Mrs Williams and Mrs Carr and we are very privileged to be able to rely on Mr. Brian Beardsell (Methodist Church) as well as Mrs Valentine and Mrs Levy who are parents of an ex-pupil and current pupil respectively. These amazing volunteers ensure an active and varied programme of events each week.

Many of our younger pupils love attending “Seekers”, the lunchtime Key Stage One Christian group run by Mrs Peachman, Miss Freeman and Mrs Kenworthy; it is heartening to see such young children engaged and passionate about the Bible and the messages contained within.

In the Autumn term the Kingdom Kids ‘journeyed’ together as, week by week, they built their own nativity set, considered the birth of Jesus and what it meant to them. This term a different group of children are ‘walking hand-in-hand’ towards Easter and all that this means to us as Christian children in a Church of England Academy.

Strong Christian values are evident in all we do at Ellison Boulters and we are fortunate to have wonderful support from members of staff and the local community. We are proud of our values, they allow us all to come to school and feel safe, enabling us all to grow and realize our potential. This was never more evident than a few weeks ago when a team of twelve year three and four children commendably won an inter-school swimming competition. The children were extremely determined and demonstrated outstanding team skills, yet what impressed me the most was the friendship, encouragement and support they showed to children from other schools; cheering for the winners, regardless of the school they came from, shouting words of encouragement to less confident swimmers and being polite and well-mannered to everyone they met. It is times like this that you realize that Christian values – Ellison Boulters values – are evident in all that the children do and we as teachers know that they will continue to make the most positive contributions to society.

And so I shall offer the final word to the children. I asked them what advertising slogan they would create for Kingdom Kids, to which they replied:

“Spreading OUR Word.”

Sally NewnhamClass TeacherEllison Boulter Church of England Academy

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CHERRY WILLINGHAM COMMUNITY CHOIRCherry Willingham Primary School, Infant Hall

Have fun and sing –3rd, 17th and 31st March 2014 - 7.30 – 9.00pmJane.George1@ntlworld.com 07720050214

The Station at Langworth 01522 750475Oriental Buffet Eat As Much As You Like

Friday and Saturday Lunchtimes 12.00 – 2.30pm   Two for £10Evenings 5.30pm to 9.30pmTuesday and Wednesday - £7.95, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - £9.95Sunday 5.00pm to 9.30pm - £7.95

Sunday Carvery         2 for 1 Adults 12.00 – 4.00 only £8.95Children under 1.3 metres high eat free from 5.30pm to 6.30pm (excludes any other offer).  On your birthday eat free with 3 paying adults (excludes any other offer)SUDBROOKE LIVES FIRST RESPONDERS - OPPORTUNITIES!

A few hours to spare? Want to give something back?

Opportunities are available for you to join Sudbrooke LIVES group. We are currently recruiting people to offer various levels of care as well as admin/fund raising members. This is a chance to enhance your CV by giving up a few hours a month to help your local community and at the same time gain confidence in emergencies.

The group offers basic emergency care in Langworth, Scothern, Sudbrooke and Stainton.

These vacancies would suit you especially if you are retired, a parent at home during the daytime, shift workers and anyone else with a few hours to spare looking for a new challenge. There is no fixed rota. Each member offers whatever fits in with their family life.

FREE training and uniform.

We will be in the Bottle and Glass at Scothern on Wednesday 12 th

March 2014 at 7.30pm.

If you are looking for personal and skills development then come along and find out more. Please join us one evening and change your life as well as perhaps saving someone else’s.

Further information: 01522 750878

LAKESIDE CARAVAN PARKBarlings Lane, Langworth

Day Fishing, Camping and CaravanningLog Cabins available to Rent or Buy,

Calor Gas Agents Tel 01522 753200

NETTLEHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE ANDCHERRY WILLINGHAM BRANCH SURGERY MARCH 2014

DISPENSARY OPENING HOURS - It has been brought to our attention that there is some confusion regarding Dispensary opening times at our Cherry Willingham surgery. The Dispensary is open Monday 8.30 – 12.30 and 2.00 – 6.00. Tuesday to Friday the opening hours are 08.30 – 12.30. Full details regarding opening hours can be found on our website www.nettlehammedical.co.uk

PATIENT RECORD SHARING CHANGES - The Patient Record Sharing Changes have now come into action. This means that you will have new options about whether to share your GP electronic records with other local health services that use the SystmOne programme, such as District Nurses, Podiatry and A+E at Lincoln. Information leaflets are now available in the waiting room for patients to refer to. At your next visit you will be asked to complete a form indicating whether you would like to opt in to this new scheme or not. Members of the Patient Participation Group have been available in the Waiting Room to provide more information and help with the completion of the consent forms, alternatively please ask a member of staff for more details.

SMS MESSAGING SERVICE - The Practice is now able to provide SMS text messages confirming appointment details. When you next contact the surgery you may be asked for verbal consent to register for this service. Once registered a text message will be sent confirming appointment bookings immediately after the appointment has been made, and a further reminder will be sent the day before your appointment. Please can we request that all patients make sure that we hold the correct mobile phone numbers and notify the Practice of any changes.

MONTHLY EARLY CLOSURES FOR TRAINING 2014 - In order to enable our doctors and staff to be kept up to date Nettleham surgery will be closed for training at 1pm on the following afternoons. Emergency help is still available by calling 111.

Tuesday 18th March, Tuesday 15th April, Tuesday 20th May

Please note that the surgery will be closed Good Friday 18th April and Easter Monday 21st April. We will be open as normal Saturday 19th April

CONTACT DETAILS - Telephone - 01522 751717. When the surgery is closed please ring Freephone 111. WEBSITE – www.nettlehammedical.co.uk

WELTON FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE - Sallie Stead

Since our last report there has been increased media interest in the imminent Care.data extraction which is the automatic extraction of patient data from the electronic GP medical records due to start in early spring. A leaflet has been sent from the government to every household informing them of the rationale behind the extraction but we know that some patients are still unaware of the fact that their data will be extracted unless they give specific instructions to their GP to do otherwise. Practices are not able to opt out of providing the data so it is vital that patients understand what is involved and any patient wishing to opt out may complete one of the forms available in the surgery and on our website or write directly to us stating what their preference is and we will add the relevant code to their medical records to prevent extraction. The decision may be reversed by the patient at any stage but obviously objecting once information has already been taken would only prevent any new data being extracted. Thank you to all patients for the feedback on the changes we made to our appointment system in September last year. These included moving the open access surgery from 11am to the earlier start time of 8.30am and increasing the amount of pre-bookable appointments. We reduced “on the day” booking slots by patients being contacted by the duty doctor during the day and seen or given advice as deemed appropriate.

We are conscious that as the village expands the demands on our services can only increase as the average patient now consults a doctor between 7.5 - 8.5 times per year. With a list size of almost 9400, it is easy to see why surgeries are always busy. Even though we have the equivalent of four and three quarter full time doctors working in the practice on a regular basis plus the registrars who are training to be GPs they are required to attend numerous meetings, general administration (including dictating letters, reporting on hundreds of electronic blood results, reading letters and reports, etc telephone consultation, attending case conferences,

preparing and delivering tutorials to the registrars, professional study days etc. All have to be factored into the week for each GP.

All of our rooms are in daily use by various members of the team and the option of expanding our staff or premises is very limited, even if finances were available to support this. However, we remain committed to respond to patient feedback and welcome suggestions to improve access generally and aim to report back positive changes in the next newsletter.

Welton Patients and Doctors Association – Janet Goddard

The Spring Lunch will be held on Friday 25th April in Welton Village Hall with doors opening at 11.45am and lunch served at 12.15pm. Tickets are £5.50 and can be purchased from the Health Centre Dispensary or from Roy Minnitt (Welton 860980). Tables can be reserved for parties of 6 or more. If you would like to attend but have no means of getting to the village hall please contact either Roy as above or myself on Welton 862570 and we will sort you out with some transport.

By the time you read this article you may have seen the new Jayex Patient Information Screen. This was purchased, for the surgery, by the PDA through fund raising events and we hope that it will be well received by both patients and Health Centre staff. For those who haven’t visited the surgery since its installation, the system has many functions including showing the news, displaying health information and calling patients in to see the doctor or nurse. There is an audible as well as visual message which should make it appropriate for all patients.

Following comments in a recent survey regarding the lack of magazines in the waiting room, the PDA has subscribed (again through our fundraising efforts) to a monthly selection of magazines for patients to read while waiting to see the doctor. Please DO NOT take these magazines away from the waiting room. They are there for all to enjoy and when we carried out a check last Thursday there was only 1 magazine still there out of the 15 or so which had been delivered!

Shows Coming to the Broadbent Theatre, Snarford Road, Wickenby LN3 5AW

Bookings www.broadbent.org or 01673 885500

Friday 14th March at 7:30pm: “Freddie Dare& the Ginger Robber”

tickets:£8.50 full£7.00 conc.Fred Andrews is short for his age, can’t play football, and making friends at his new

secondary school is proving difficult. He wants to change his world – and does becoming Freddy Dare – a superhero with a glamorous accomplice, the Ginger

Robber! Theatre, film and adventure for those aged 8 to 108!______________________

Saturday, April 5, at 7.30pm: “2 Glasses & A Bottle of Red”

tickets £8.50 full £7.50 concPenny is happy being alone, despite her divorced daughter Emma's attempts to set

her up with everybody from Bill the Postman, to Phil, the Stock Replenishment Officer from Tesco's.

DUNHOLME CAMERA CLUB - Grahame Dunkin  01673 860469  dunholmecc@btinternet.com

We had a great talk at the club in February, Gary Bailey a professional sports photographer came and spoke on the type of work he carries out, including all types of sport, although the majority of his work is motor sport. During the evening he explained to the members how to capture moving objects with the best settings on their cameras so everyone should be a bit more knowledgeable on the subject now.

During March we have a couple of meetings and our first on the 13 th March will be a talk from Stuart Wilde talking about his career in National press photography and taking the fear out of photography, it should be a great evening. There will also be a chance to ask Stuart some questions at the end of his talk.

The second meeting in March on the 20th will be an internal club fun competition “Guess what it is”. This will be a competition based on household objects. Sounds simple but the members will be asked to take pictures using their Macro lenses so there will be some close up images - or to take the object at an unusual angle, one that you would not view the object at in your everyday use of the item.

All meetings start at 7.30 in Dunholme Old School. We have quite a few new members this year so join them and get to grips with your camera.

WILLAN HOUSE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME 01526 398785

Stainfield, LN8 5JL, between Wragby and BardneySmall family run care home with experienced, trained staff

Confident in caring for those with old age, Parkinson’s disease,

Mobility problems or dementiaLong or short term placements. Day Care,

Respite Care (subject to availability)Local GP’s - Wragby or Bardney

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‘It’s a care home where care matters’

Wragby & District Swimming Pool News

Due to health reasons Mr Fred Wickert resigned as the Chairman of the Club, at the end of September last year, a new committee has been formed. The committee is at present 8 strong with two vacancies available should anyone wish to apply.

At our small but friendly pool, there are lessons for adults and children, sessions for families, for the serious swimmer and for the over 60's who wish to keep active.

For exercise and fun Aquacise is popular with two thirty minute sessions being run on Monday's 10.30am & Wednesday's 10am.

The water is maintained at a comfortable temperature between 29/30 C.

The British Cardiac Patients Association assists heart patients rehabilitation with subsidised entry fees.

A fully trained lifeguard is in attendance at all public sessions.

The pool may also be hired for your own event i.e. birthday parties, schools or organisations.

To further our aims to enable everyone to swim, for their health, fitness and safety, we are offering a special FREE ' Learn to Swim ' beginners first assessment lesson.

Pool timetables are available on request from the pool.

If you require any further information do not hesitate to contact the Pool Manager, Davina by phone 01673 857776, E-mail:- wragbyswimmingpool@btconnect.com or via the web site:- http://community.lincolnshire.gov.uk/wragbyswimmingpool.

The fund raising group - The Friends of Wragby Pool have been working hard organising events for the coming year. The first being a Jumble Sale to be held at Wragby Town Hall on Saturday 15th March at 2pm.

Other events include Quiz & Music Nights, a Murder Mystery evening, stalls at the Wragby & Bardney Shows and the end of the year Jumble Sale.

Learn to Swim and join the fun.