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What’s going on…...
This month we have a 32 page edition of the newsletter as the Parish Council launch their Love Your Parish Week. Janet, our Parish Clerk, is working hard to ensure a successful week with plenty going on. You can see all the details available at the time of printing from the Parish Council on pages 15 to 17.
Janet has had a good response from villagers wishing to be added to her email circulation list. If you haven’t yet added yours its easy to do so, see page 14 and you will be kept right up to date with news, views and important information. You can also use the Parish website or the newly launched Parish Facebook Page.
In this edition we have lost our Beat News page as it seems that the post of Community Beat Sergeant, North Hykeham area, has been removed; to date no crime figures have been received. Hopefully this will resolve itself. On the plus side a page of newsy items and forthcoming events from the Whisby Natural World Centre has been added: what a great facility that is to have on our doorstep.
Club Members have been working hard on the bowling green as the start of the inter club matches is now just around the corner. The green will be open on Sunday 17th April if you’re thinking of joining and would like to give it a try. Members will be present to assist, so do come along.
THREDS are planning a St Georges Day village party, look out for the details on page 7 and a new Craft Club is being launched this month; more details can be seen on Page 28 alongside details of the Playgroups Quiz Night.
We’ve certainly plenty going on in the village now! You can even join a Fly Fishing group or perhaps you will become a Lepidopterist when you’ve read the excellent article from Laurie Poole on page 11.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
April
Sun 3rd: Church Service at 9.15am. Wed 6th: Bridge Club at 7pm in the Oliver Roper Centre.
Mon 11th: Church AGM at 7.30pm in Church. Tues 12th: Afternoon Tea at The Rectory from 2pm. Sun 17th: Bowls Club Open Afternoon. 2pm. Behind ORC. Mon 18th: Craft Club at 7pm in the ORC. Wed 20th: Bridge Club at 7pm in the ORC. Sat 23rd: Threds Queens Birthday Party. 7pm ORC. Sun 24th: Church Service at 6.30pm Wed 27th: Bridge Club at 7pm in the ORC. Thurs 28th: Get together lunch at Pennells at 12.30pm. Fri 29th: Community Café. 9.30-11.30 ORC. Fri 29th: Book Club Meeting.
May
Sun 1st: Church Service at 9.15am. Wed 4th: Bridge Club at 7pm in the ORC. Fri 6th: Playgroup Quiz Night in the school at 7.30pm Sat 7th-14th: Love Your Parish Week Sat 7th: Neighbourhood Plan Day. 1pm at ORC. Sun 8th: Church Service at 9.15am. Sun 8th: Cookie Workshop (Age 5-14). 2pm. ORC. Sun 8th: Beating the Bounds Walk. 3pm. Tues 10th: Cake and Plant Stalls at Church. 2pm. Wed 11th: Love your Parish Pub Day. Wed 11th: Adult Paper Bunting Workshop. 10am. ORC. Wed 11th: Adult Cookie Workshop. 1pm. ORC. Wed 11th: Bridge Club at 7pm in the ORC. Thurs 12th: Beating the Bounds Walk. 10.30am. Fri 13th: Adult Candle Making Workshop. 1pm. ORC. Fri 13th: Fly Fishing Master-class. 7pm. ORC. Sat 14th: Love Your Parish Party. 7.30pm ORC. Wed 18th: Parish AGM and meeting. 7pm ORC. Sun 22nd: Church Service at 6.30pm Mon 23rd: Threds Social Night at 7.30pm in ORC. Wed 25th: Bridge Club at 7pm in the ORC. Thurs 26th: Get together lunch at Pennells at 12.30pm.
Further details of individual events can be seen on subsequent pages.
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Village Clubs and Groups
THREDS Thorpe on the Hill Residents Association
Book Club: Bridge Club: Craft Club; Days Out: Walks, Talks and Social Nights
Everyone Welcome. Please register your email address with Jane Taylor, [email protected] to receive regular news.
BOWLS CLUB Lawn Bowls from April to September
The Club welcomes new members. For further information please contact David Cuthbert on 695945.
COMMUNITY CAFE Meets in the Oliver Roper Centre
All proceeds, after baking ingredients, are sent to charities so please come along and support Charlotte and Zoe.
27th LINCOLN SCOUT GROUP Meets in the Oliver Roper Centre
The age group is 6-14 years. Please contact Fran Firth on 686616, 07952 480708 or by email [email protected]
TOTH PLAYGROUP Established over 40 years ago
Being situated now in a purpose built classroom in the grounds of St Mi-chael’s Primary School gives the playgroup a strong link with the school.
Contact Jayne O’Keefe on 07949 371609 or email [email protected] for all the details
Railway Inn: Pool and Darts Teams. Players required. Contact Carly & Michael Bray Tel: 681499
Thorpe Park: Golf Club Membership / Driving Range Lincoln Golf Centre Tel: 686340
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THREDS
“A Bit of a Do”
On Saturday 23rd April, St Georges Day, the village will be Celebrating the Queens 90th Birthday in the Oliver Roper Centre, 7pm to 11pm. Music from “Over the Hill”, plus special guests, comedy and magic from the Chairman, a right royal quiz from Jane, our hard working Secretary and there’s always a few surprises thrown in! Please bring your own drink and some food for the buffet table. Tickets only as we’re limited to 60 people, price £2. Should be fun! Oh and by the way, just for Ron, Fancy Dress is optional…
THREDS Book Club
Our most recent meeting, kindly held at the home of Chris and Ruth Abrahams, was a great success. (Our treats for the evening including flying saucer sweets and packed freeze dried food used by astronauts, on this occasion several versions of ice cream!) The book in discussion was ‘An Astronaut’s guide to life on earth’ written by Chris Hadfield a now retired Canadian astronaut. It was the first meeting where everyone has actually finished the book and all agreed that it was an excellent read. Although at times fascinating with regard to learning about life in space and enlightening with regard to lessons we could use on earth, it was also agreed that we all struggled to warm to Mr Hadfield himself. No one however could argue that the man has achieved many things, from becoming an astronaut (no easy feat as he points out) to a You Tube sensation; the man had much he could share with his readers. Verdict: A book to read. Jane Taylor
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Meet at the Oliver Roper Centre
Thorpe has a Beaver Colony, Scout Troup & Cub Pack.
Open to Boys & Girls 6yrs-14yrs
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St. Michael and All Angels
Forthcoming Church Dates
April Sun 3rd Holy Communion: 9.15am. Rev. G. Arrand Sun 10th Methodist Service: 9.15am. Rev. A. Robson (Agriculture) Mon 11th Church AGM: 7.30pm. Held in Church. Everyone welcome.
Sun 17th No service at Thorpe. Evensong at Eagle 6.30pm Sun 24th Evensong: 6.30pm. Rev Fran.
May Sun 1st Holy Communion. 9.15am. Rev. G. Arrand Sun 8th Methodist Holy Communion. 9.15am. Rev. C. Jewitt
Sun 15th No service at Thorpe. Evensong at Eagle 6.30pm. Sun 22nd Evensong: 6.30pm Sue Hunter Sun 29th Group Service at Nth Scarle: 10.30am.
Notice We are currently without a Vicar so please contact our
Church Wardens should you need pastoral care or to arrange a Wedding, Baptism or Funeral.
Beth Bradford on 685412; Bob Sheldon on 685810 Martin Latham on 682358
Afternoon Tea At The Rectory: home of Martin and Jenny Latham.
Tuesday 12th April 2-4 pm Please join us.
Cake and Plant Stall Tuesday 10th May In Church 2-4pm
Please come along and enjoy an afternoon choosing your yearly plants. Raffle. Tea, Coffee and Biscuits.
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Lepidoptery! Well…...Butterflies and Moths to you and me!
About six years ago I joined the Lincoln Branch of Butterfly Conservation. Our branch was formed in 1984 and has grown steadily since then, we have a current membership of over 350. Well over 100 people contribute regularly to the 'Sightings' page on our website, with accounts, stories and photographs, and our Twitter Account has over 500 'Followers'. Why not take a look (details below).
A total number of 40 of the UK’s 59 butterflies are to be found in Lincolnshire and some 700 of the UK’s 2,500 moths! Which is why the study of moths is both absorbing and interesting, even though we get a bit of a bad press from time to time.
Butterflies fly by day, have quite thin bodies and have club-like ends to their antennae. Moths are mostly night flyers (although there are notable day-flyers), they have thicker bodies, particularly for energy storage as many moths do not feed and no moth has club-ended antennae. Most male moths have feathered antennae to detect female pheromones. A mystery is why so many moths have intense colours not seen in the dark! Camouflage during the day? Only a partial reason.
It is true that many moths are pests e.g. Clothes Moth, Tomato Moth, and many which attack roots of plants and vegetables. On the other hand, gardeners do not welcome the Large White butterfly either; it’s not called Pieris brassicae for nothing!
I have seen 51 of our British butterflies and using a powerful mercury vapour light have attracted over 350 moth species into our small back garden! Agreed, some are LBJ’s (Little Brown Jobs) but many are most beautifully patterned and the big Hawkmoths are something to be marvelled at in terms of shape, size and colour.
For news and up to date Lincolnshire sightings check out our Website on:
http://butterfly-conservation.org/300/lincolnshire-branch.html
and our Twitter account on @BC_Lincolnshire
Lawrie Poole
Magpie Moth Painted Lady Butterfly Emperor Moth
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Community Café The next Community Café will be held on
Friday 29th April 9.30-11.30am
The charity recipients for April are CANDLES. Candles is a Lincs charity supporting cancer research.
Come and join us, we’d love to see you. Zoe and Charlotte
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Loose Threds—The Village Walking Group Walk 7- Thursday 11th February
Fourteen Loose THREDS met at the Whisby Nature Park Visitor Centre on a bright, sunny, but cold day to walk more of the area over the new bridge. The railway line forms the parish boundary here so the majority of our ramble was in the Doddington and Whisby Civil Parish. The intention was to explore some new routes but the leader was involved in deep conversation and managed to miss the important left turn which would have taken us off the way-marked paths. (For another day perhaps.) We crossed back over the bridge with time to walk by the railway line almost to the extreme north easterly point of the parish where the A46 crosses over. The railway embankment adjacent to this path is surprisingly designated as a Local Wildlife Site. From here we made our way to the kissing gate near ‘the Tunnels’ and on to the Railway for lunch. Although the restaurant was not yet fully operational, Carly put on an extensive menu and we all ate heartily. Some even managed pudding. As always, the beer was excellent.
Walk 8 - Thursday 22nd March This was our best attended walk to date and once again, the weather was perfect for walking. Twenty Loose THREDS set off from Whisby Nature Park and drove to the Church of St George the Martyr at North Clifton, Nottinghamshire. Yes, we crossed the border! We walked to the Trent Valley Way, joining the river opposite the old High Marnham Power Station site where the 5 cooling towers were demolished in July 2012. (Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JiQCTOqB4 to see it happen). We turned north to walk under the magnificent old railway viaduct near Fledborough which was opened in 1897. We continued along the Trent Valley Way passing a significant meander in the river before turning uphill to return on a higher level path, enjoying views over the river and surrounding countryside. We drove back to Thorpe where eighteen of us went to the Railway for lunch and, I know I keep repeating myself, but the food, hospitality and company were excellent. Future Walks As part of the ‘Love Your Parish’ events in May, we are planning two walks which will involve ‘Beating the Bounds’ and walking through some of the incredibly rich and bio diverse environment in which we live. We expect the first walk to be on the afternoon of Sunday 8th May, probably starting at 3.00 pm and, for those who want to, ending up at the Railway for a drink. The second is likely to be on the morning of Thursday, 12th May, probably starting at 10.30 and, if you choose to, ending up at the Railway for lunch………….Tony and Caroline Magri
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PARISH COUNCIL NOTES
To keep up to date with all the comings and goings of the Parish Council and read minutes of their meetings you should visit the Parish website: http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ThorpeonTheHill
Parish Council Meetings are usually held on the third Wednesday of each month in the Oliver Roper Centre and start at 7pm. You are very welcome to attend and the local Police and both District and County Councillors are also invited to attend.
Parish Council Members are: Councillor Martin. Chairman Councillor Sheldon. Vice Chairman Councillor Andrews. Councillor Firth. Councillor Mead. Councillor North. Councillor Williams.
Individual Councillors responsibilities are: Cllrs Firth, Sheldon and North - Planning Sub Committee Cllrs Andrew and Williams - Whisby Quarry Liaison Cllrs Andrew and Williams - Neighbourhood Plan Group Cllr Martin - Whisby Nature Park Steering Board and Finance Cllr Andrew - Police Community Panel
The Parish Clerk is Janet Guest. You can email Janet at this address [email protected]. If you wish to see Janet she is generally in the office in the ORC on Friday afternoons.
There is lots of other information also available on the website so it is well worth a visit. This includes booking arrangements and availability of the Oliver Roper Centre, details of both the Village Plan and the Neighbourhood Plan and up to date changes or amendments.
You can also register your email address with Janet and she will keep you informed of all the latest developments by email. Simply send her an email and your details will be added to the Parish Circulation list.
Finally you can now also find previous editions of View from the Hill on the website although at the moment a little short of back copies. If you have back copies these can be scanned in; please contact Janet for more details.
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Thorpe on the Hill - LOVE YOUR PARISH Saturday 7
TH to Sunday 15
th May 2016
Submitted by the Parish Council
So what is the aim of Love Your Parish week? It’s about bringing people together, talking to your neighbour, looking after YOUR parish, taking pride in your parish environment.
The ideas below are just those that the Parish Council has identi-fied but I am sure there are more that you can add to the lists. So what are we asking you to do?
1. Are there any more Parish Tasks that you would like to add? 2. Can you volunteer your time to do just one thing on the list? 3. Could you run a workshop or organise an event? 4. Would you like to attend one of the workshops / activities?
If you answer yes to any of the above please email Janet Guest, Parish Clerk on [email protected] who is co ordinating the event. This week will be evolving as we get nearer to 7
th May so
keep up to date by: 1. Sharing your email address with the Parish Council to go on the village email circulation list. Email [email protected] as re-quest to go on the list 2. Check the Parish website http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/
thorpeonTheHill/ for updates on workshops, activities and tasks 3. The Parish Council has just launched its Facebook page so like https://www.facebook.com/groups/230542147293384/
permalink/230546163959649/?notif_t=group_description_change to keep up to date with what’s happening. Please note this is a link to the page but you can find it by searching for Thorpe on the Hill. 4. Check the windows at the ORPMR where all workshops / activities and tasks will be published As far as we are aware this is the 1
st Loveyourparish week in the
UK but it’s up to you to make it a success. Keep in touch.
Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council
Contact details : Janet Guest [email protected] 01400 272637 / 07794 471013
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Workshops / Activities All FREE unless otherwise stated.
For more information contact the parish Clerk: Janet Guest : [email protected] / 01400 272637 / 07794 471013
Saturday 7th May ORC 9-12.30pm. Scouts big breakfast and jumble sale.
ORC 1-5pm. TOTH Neighbourhood Plan. This week there is an op-portunity for all parishioners to participate in this preliminary consul-tation but Members of the Steering Group will be in attendance today to answer questions. Drop in anytime. Tea and coffee supplied.
Sunday 8th May ORC 2-4pm. Children’s cookie decorating workshop (age 5-14) . 15 minute slots available with 4 children per slot. All materials supplied. Contact Janet Guest to book a place. 3pm. Beating the Bounds walk (1)
Wednesday 11th May ORC 10-12pm. Adult paper bunting workshop. 10 places avail-able. All materials supplied. Contact Janet Guest to book a place.
ORC 1-3pm. Adult cookie decorating workshop. 10 places avail-able. All materials supplied. Contact Janet Guest to book a place.
The RAILWAY All Day. Love your Parish Pub. Come for lunch, bring the kids for tea, get together for an evening meal, meet up with friends and neighbours for a drink. (Normal Rates apply)
Thursday 12th May 10.30am. Beating the Bounds walk (2)
Friday 13th May ORC 1-3pm Adult candle making workshop – 10 places available. All materials supplied but you may want to bring a teacup or similar sized con-tainer for your candle. Contact Janet Guest to book a place.
ORC 7-9pm. Fly fishing – learn how to cast a fly line, tie a fishing fly, watch a DVD with tea and coffee available just drop in.
Saturday 14th May ORC 7.30-11pm. Love your Parish Party Night. Music from Over the Hill. Buffet supplied-bring your own drink. (There will be a collection for charity on the night)
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Parish Tasks Submitted by The Parish Council
Could you volunteer to put your name forward to help to do any of the tasks below or suggest other tasks that need to be done in the Parish? Please contact Janet Guest to put your name or a team of helpers by these tasks.
ORC inside
Hall
Put pictures up in the hall that are in the Parish Office Put projector screen on the wall
Parish Office
Put key cupboard on wall Add shelves to large cupboard Install new external post box
ORC outside
Pressure wash tennis courts Make the oil tank stand into a community garden with plants/paint. Weed all or some of the grounds Prune trees Wash mosaic Sand and varnish the double door
OR Play area
Pressure wash surfaces Edge round the edges of the equipment Put up the fence in the far right hand corner and tidy the immediate area. Stain the fence
Wider Parish
Volunteers to litter pick large items down Moor Lane Wash, clean and polish the telephone box outside the ORC Wash, clean and revarnish the Parish Noticeboard Sweep and edge the footpath outside your property Talk to one person in the Parish who you don’t know Wash the war memorial and tidy the area Paint the wooden tubs on the green outside the ORC and replant
Janet Guest contact details : [email protected] / 01400 272637 / 07794 471013
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27th Lincoln Scout Group – Thorpe on the Hill
2016 is a big year for Scouting – Cubs are 100 years old and Beavers are 30 so there are lots of celebratory activities planned locally and nationally … there has never been a better time to join us!
We’ve got lots of group activities to keep us all busy each week. As part of our exciting programme following astronaut Tim Peake, 27
th Lincoln Scout
Group were selected to take part in experiments with the intergalactic Rocket seeds. We will soon be receiving our Rocket seeds that have been to the International Space Station, experiencing the stresses of microgravity. All sections will be growing seeds and recording the results into a national database for examination by the UK Space Agency scientists to see if there is a difference between the samples. Members of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will be growing the seeds and recording the size and appearance of the plants on a huge national database. It’s too early to predict the result, but this ground-breaking research has the potential to be literally ... out of this world. We’re also clocking up the miles hiking the 250 miles between the International Space Station and Earth and filling in our own Principia Space Diaries written by Lucy and Professor Stephen Hawking. Its all very exciting. As well as our weekly meetings our upcoming activities include a picnic at the castle, scavenger hunts, Space to Earth marathon relay, water fun day, photo exhibitions, special St Georges Day Parade, camping, campfires, hiking, cin-ema trips and later in the year a National Promise Party, adventure days and chiller camp for the older sections – WOW!!
Can you help us make a totem pole?
Back in 1916 cub groups had a totem pole with a wolf’s head on top. All the cub members would write their names on special ribbons and tie them on the pole. We are looking for someone who can help us make and commission a special 4 ft. wooden totem pole for the group …. to perhaps last another 100 years! If you know anyone who may be able to help us with this or would like to make enquiries about any of our sections, please contact group scout leader Fran Firth on 07952 480708 or [email protected].
All meetings are held at the Oliver Roper Centre, Thorpe on the Hill.
Beavers (6-8 years) – Thursdays 5:45 to 7:15 Cubs (8-10 years) – Tuesday 6:30 to 8pm
Scouts (10-14 years) – Thursday 7:30 to 9pm We are also keen to hear from you if you are over 14 and want to join the Scout Network or over 18 and would like to volunteer (as little or as much as you would like) or present to the group. Many Thanks. Ellie Janisch
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Thorpe on the Hill Playgroup
Contacts: Jayne O’Keefe
Leader Nicky Wilmer-Richards
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Kirsty Summers Committee Chairperson
Tel: 07949 371609
Email: [email protected]
For more information
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Useful Telephone Numbers
Richmond Medical Centre 01522 500240
Newark Rd Surgery 01522 537944
Bassingham Surgery 01522 788250
Bassingham Pharmacy 01522 789307
NHS Dental Helpline 01522 515386
Lincoln County Hospital 01522 512512
NSPCC Helpline 0800 800 5000
NKDC Environmental Health 01522 699699
Threds Friendly Bridge Club
Meeting at 7pm every Wednesday at the Oliver Roper Centre(except the 3rd Wednesday of each month)
Our social bridge club is for players at every level of experience. Whether beginner, novice or expert, or
somewhere in between (and who isn’t?) we’re sure you will enjoy playing a challenging game of bridge.
Bridge is a social game. It’s a terrific way of getting out and meeting new people and a great excuse for friends to meet
regularly, enjoy a few games and exchange news.
Come along and give us a try!!
For further info please contact Dave Williams on 693128
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Whisby Natural World Centre Thorpe on the Hill
The Natural World Centre in Whisby Nature Park is our local Nature Park
owned and managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. This is a voluntary
charitable organisation which cares for Lincolnshire wildlife and
countryside, it was founded in 1948 and covers the whole of our historic
county - from the Humber to the Wash.
Faye Coulson, NK Tourism and Marketing writes………..
Investment continues at the Natural World Centre, supported by NK
District Council, with the aim to provide an enhanced customer
experience for all. A new indoor play area inspired by the success of
Little Darters Adventure Play Area is to be installed in the ground floor
exhibition space and will provide an all-weather experience and
educational resource for younger visitors. Work on ‘Otters Reach Indoor
Adventure’ is now underway and is due to be completed during the
Easter Holidays. Designed by Flights of Fantasy, the play area will
reflect the aspects of the Nature Park and will offer interactive play;
engaging and educating children about the natural environment.
The Adventure Area will also have a new café and will offer hot and cold
drinks and snacks to enable visitors to extend their stay. Otters Café will
be open daily from 11am to 3pm and is due to open alongside Otters
Reach Indoor Adventure.
Outdoors, Little Darters Adventure Area will soon feature an assault
course with balance ropes and a new lookout tower. These develop-
ments have been made possible by using money collected by car
parking fees and will look to enhance the site and the physical activity for
visitors. The new edge design will feature a mini assault course, with
ramp and rope ascent, balance rope traverse and climbing net. Little
Darters Bird Hide will also be relocated and a new octagonal tower will
be installed near to the Cave to provide a lookout over the island. Work
will commence in March and is due to be completed in June. Please note
that the Cave and Island are closed until further notice to make way for
improvements to the adventure area. The ‘Our Changing World Exhibi-
tion’ in the downstairs exhibition area is now also closed until further no-
tice. Please contact the centre on 01522 688868 for further information.
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Whisby Natural World Centre and Park
Village residents can still park free at the centre. Take your V5C form (car log book) to the office for registration and they will give you a resident parking permit.
If you want to follow the full list of activities of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust go to their website which is: www.lincstrust.org.uk but in the meantime on Sunday 1st May you can join the Warden for a nightingale morning walk around the park followed by breakfast in the Boardwalk Bistro. Or on Monday 2nd May you can join the Warden for an evening nightingale walk. On Sat 14th May from 12.30 to 4.30 there is a Spider Workshop. Fancy that? Well its limited to 20 participants so booking is essential. Contact Richard Davidson on 01522 525725.
If you would like to keep up with the exciting changes and developments in and around the Natural World Centre or want more details on the Boardwalk Bistro Events then their website is www.naturalworldcentre.co.uk or follow them on Facebook.
Thorpe on the Hill Bowls Club
If you are looking for a new hobby which gives you plenty of fresh air and gentle exercise, friendly competition and is for young and old alike then consider taking up bowling. Our season runs from mid April to early September when you can enjoy a roll up with friends or take part in inter club league matches. Thorpe play in three leagues. We are currently in the 3rd division of the City of Lincoln League, there are 4 divisions; the Lincoln and District League where we are in a similar position and the Cliff League where we play in the 2nd division. Our opening matches this season are Eastgate at home, Brant Road at home and Cherry Willingham away. Its all good fun and you meet lots of new people. To get more information or if you would like to have a go the green will be open on Sunday 17th April from 2pm. Please wear flat soled shoes and come along and give it a try. We’ll be very pleased to see you.
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THREDS Our New Craft Club
ARE YOU CREATIVE?
Do you like to knit, sew, crochet or paint? Or basically do any craft that is portable?
Would you like to share your skill with others? Would you like to learn a new craft/skill?
Please come along and support Julie Murray who is organising
the new craft club. The aim is to have a monthly meeting in the
Oliver Roper Centre and everyone is welcome. There will be a
small subscription to cover room hire and refreshments.
Our first meeting is on Monday 18th April At the Oliver Roper Centre.
7pm – 9pm.
It's nearly time for our ANNUAL QUIZ NIGHT raising funds for your local Playgroup. It's a great evening packed with laughter,
fun and fish & chips!
FRIDAY 6TH
MAY 2016
St Michael's School Hall at 7:30pm
Entry £7.50 includes A local fish & chip supper (Bring your own drinks)
Raffle with fantastic prizes
Teams of 4 – 6 people
Hamper of goodies for the winning team!
Please come along and support us and have a fantastic
night out with friends and family.
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Come and join in the fun! Ages 3-15. Saturdays 10-12.30pm
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TESCO COURTESY BUS Leaves the Bus Stop (Near the Post Box)
on Lincoln Lane Tuesdays at 10.02am
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OLIVER ROPER RECREATION TENNIS COURT New keys are now available from
Cllr Steve North, 38 Lincoln Lane 01522 690714
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St Michaels Church of England Primary School
As we head towards Easter it has been a very exciting term at St Michaels. Mrs Weaver has returned from maternity leave and we embarked upon a Science week.
Prior to half term the whole school worked on a humanities week. Here we found out lots of facts about the village and Lincoln. Each class had a visit to different places in the local area. The Reception and Year 1 class visited Newark Aviation Museum, Years 2 and 3 went to the Lincolnshire Life museum whilst the older children all had fun at RAF Scampton.
Our Science week (week commencing 14th March) coincided
with British Science week and we had a focus on animals and in particular bats. During the week the book fayre arrived in school and to mark this we encouraged all the children (and teachers) to come to school dressed as an animal from a book.
As part of Easter week (week commencing 21th March) we held a community coffee morning. This was on Tuesday 22
nd March
and gave everyone an opportunity to come in and see our gallery of decorated eggs as well as examples of work from each class.
As you may gather school is a very busy place to be. This will continue after Easter as we begin to think about residential visits, sports day and SATS for the Year 2 and 6 children!
We are always looking for people to come into school and sup-
port the children with reading. If you have any spare time and
would like to help out we would be more than happy to welcome
you into school.
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NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS If you would like to contribute an article, news item or event
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THREDS Notice 1. Threds are planning a village coach trip. A day out to York on Wednesday 15th June. Anyone interested should contact Jane for the full details
1. Our next Monday Evening Social Nights are on the 23rd May, 25th July and the 19th September.
3. On Saturday 6th August there will be a THREDS Barbecue at the Oliver Roper Centre. More details to follow.
Don’t forget if you live in the village you are a member of THREDS, just come along or contact Jane for more details
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