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(Link August 2007) Bugbrooke
Strollers The group
continues to meet at 10.00am every Thursday and usually consists of
15-25 people taking a leisurely walk through the fields. Anyone
interested in joining in can find the programme of walks advertised on
the village notice boards. During the next two months we will be
visiting Little Brington, Astcote & Dalscote, Old Crown and new
Marina, Blisworth, Nether Heyford and Flore, Pattishall and Littliff
Farm, Harpole Covers, Church Stowe and Whitehall farm, Tiffield and
Gayton Wilds. Walks are at a leisurely pace and
suitable for retired people with grandchildren! J Curtis Macmillan
Cancer Care On
Sunday 9th September, we will once again be holding Cream Teas in the
garden, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care. Please make a note of the date,
and come and join us. There will be a Bring and Buy, Raffle and Plant
stall. Look for posters around the village for times etc., nearer the
date. Please support the valuable work that Macmillan do. Veronica & Mike Chambers. "Orchard
House" Bugbrooke
and District Flower Society May, there was
no meeting. In June it was our annual garden visit, this year to member
Julia Moore at Kislingbury. Unfortunately, that evening there was yet
more rain, and although a few brave souls had a cursory look round, it
wasn't pleasant and impossible to appreciate the lovely garden and
plants. The refreshments and punch that should
have been enjoyed in a beautiful setting on a warm June evening, were
served instead at Nether Heyford Village Hall to the few members who
came back. On July 23rd we welcome Carol Vincent
and her "Jewellery Box". In August there is no meeting and in
September Barbara Priest is bringing us "Novel Ideas". Veronica Chambers Upper
Nene Villages 3rd Age Group – U3A Enjoy the
August break, but don’t forget the next meeting to start our autumn
session of friendly and informative meetings will be as follows: Martin Heath – BBC Northampton September 17th Martin
Heath presents the Sunday Morning Programme on BBC Northampton and also
reports on the “goings on” across the county. Although he trained as
a musician, he wanted to be a broadcaster from the age of 5, hence his
present occupation. With a lifetime of experience behind him, I’m sure
you will find Martin a most enjoyable, entertaining and interesting
speaker. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Meetings are also open to
non-members and will take place at Bugbrooke Community Centre, Camp
Hill, Bugbrooke on the third Monday of each month starting at 2.30 p.m. Special Interest Groups: Genealogy, German, French, Bridge, Literature,
Scrabble, Cook and Eat, Music, Painting, Theatre, Ceramics, Discussion
Group. For further information contact: Steve Saunders 01327 349870 Calling
all Campion ex pupils and staff It is 40
years since Campion opened this September. Many ex pupils and staff are
joining together at Franklins Gardens on Friday 14th September to
celebrate the occasion. The organisers are hoping the five head teachers
will join us. Tickets can be obtained up to 7th September, they are £30
each. However, if you sell 9 the 10th one is free. All details are on
www.campion.northants.sch.uk or from school on 833900. Application forms
are at the PO. There is a growing collection of
old photos, all will be revealed on 14th, if you can add to them please
contact school. It will be an evening not to be
missed! Jane Causebrook Fete
Report Due to the
continuous rain we had in June, the fete planned for the 23rd June had
to be postponed. As usual everyone rallied round and the whole village
was leafleted on the morning of the fete to advise of the change of
plans and a most successful mini-fete was held that day at the community
centre. Many thanks to the leaflet deliverers and stall holders, many of
whom turned out again on the re-scheduled fete day of 15th July. (As I
write this, the re-scheduled fete is still two weeks away and it is
still raining!) I hope that as you read this you will be remembering a great afternoon out at
the fete a couple of weeks ago. Bear with us and I will write a full
round up for the next Link in September. Gillian Stone Women’s
Institute A meeting
was held at the Sunday School on Monday, June 4. The speaker was Mrs
Morley who spoke about wines and members had the opportunity to taste
different wines. The Coins For Friends competition item was a wine glass. Mrs Osborne and Mrs
Bishop provided teas. The meeting on July 2 was a members evening where
members entertain the committee. August 6th there will be a walk;
on September 3 there will be a talk about conservation of owls and our
AGM will take place on October 1. Mrs A Boswell Mothers’
Union May 10th
M.U. meeting was held at 2.30 in the Sunday School, the subject being
“Holidays”. 18 attended. Members brought photo’s which told a
story or articles they had at that special time. A most enjoyable
afternoon. May 23rd M.U. meeting in the
Sunday School. The speaker was Sara Ridley, one of our co-ordinators,
who spoke of the work and feedback of all aspects of the M.U. magazine,
the “Grapevine”. June 14th M.U. meeting was held at
2.30 in the Sunday School. The speaker was Jill Goodman, one of our Vice
Presidents, who spoke of the work of “Action and Outreach” which has
now been allocated to Sara Ridley. This section’s main objective is to
help families in need. Sara tells us of her hopes and desires in the
Spring “Grapevine”, including the hope of a “talking Editor”. June 18th the M.U. “Wave of
Prayer” was held in Bugbrooke Church at 7.00 pm. 48 diocesan members
attended. The theme was “Relationships”. Bible readings were read
for Friendships, Marriage, Family, Interfaith Dialogue and Link Diocese
and each was followed by a prayer and a hymn. The service was taken by
Lindsay Moss and Freda English. Tea was prepared by the Bugbrooke Branch
and well received. Pat Archer Bugbrooke Guides Hello,
we’re Anna, Siobhan and Issie and we are going to write about what has
happened in the year at Guides. For part of our Baden-Powell
Challenge Badge we hosted a cooking event and we chose to do a small
Ready Steady Cook evening. We split up into five groups and the 5 guides
doing this challenge were the captains. There were the red peppers,
green chillies, purple grapes, oranges and the bananas groups. We then
were given a selection of food which we had to make into a three course
meal. It was great fun and we enjoyed eating it afterwards. Yum, yum! The Namibia evening came next.
This was part of our badge too. The World Challenge group from Campion
School did a PowerPoint presentation about their trip to Namibia. They
did this at a guide evening and we had
stalls to help raise money for the primary school in Namibia.
There was: a cake stall, name the rhino; find the treasure, pin the tail
on the rhino and the raffle. It was very successful and we raised £70
which will buy some much needed classroom tables and chairs. This year our winter weekend away
was at the Woodcroft Scout Centre in Kettering. We did loads of crafts
and went shopping and swimming. When we went swimming they had the big
inflatables out. That night we had our own X.
FACTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Catherine and Anya won with their own album
they made up. It was number one in the Guide Charts! We went to bed in
our three bed high bunk beds. It was wicked and I can’t wait until
next year. Oh… can’t forget all the fun we had washing up all
weekend!!!!! Yippee!!! Just before Christmas we took a
yearly visit to Jubilee House. Each guide brought her Christmas
decoration, made either from yoghurt pots or egg boxes, as a gift.
During the visit the guides sang Christmas carols along with the
residents and took it in turns to describe activities and what we had
been up to in 2006. Guides would like to thank Jubilee House for warmly
welcoming us and for the musical backup of Sue Pace on keyboard and the
talented hand bell ringers. On January 18th we held our New
Year Party. We all took party food and a donation of food or warm
clothing etc for the Northampton Soup Kitchen. The night was packed with
fun and games and we all had a great time. On Saturday February 24th County
Thinking Day was held at Northampton School for Girls. The building was
full of eager Rainbows, Brownies and Guides remembering Lord and Lady
Baden-Powell who shared a birthday on the 22nd of February, as well as
thinking about guiding across the world. The evening was very
entertaining as we watched a magician make a girl float, a Bollywood
dancer teach us some moves, a drum expert talked to us about different
drums from around the world which he played and also we had a singsong
led by a group of friends. The afternoon was based on an international
theme and all the guides who attended had a thoroughly good time. Badges we have achieved are; Water
Safety, which we will be using when we go kayaking at Grendon on our
summer camp to Castle Ashby and our Communications badge which included
a very interesting visit to the CCTV control centre in town. We are now into our summer
programme of outdoor cooking and other camp skills like mini raft
building to practise our rope (string) work, while watching the weather
so as to change the activity if needed. However we did manage to have
our district camp fire with all Rainbows, Brownies and Guides at Nether
Heyford between the rain bursts; where we said a big thank you to Sally
Redfern and Chris Pardon who have just finished their 5 year term of
office as our District Commissioners. As I said earlier we will be
camping in Castle Ashby this month and using Harry Potter as our theme
for our adventures and challenges: making broomsticks, slime and the odd
explosion as well as the usual thrills of sleeping under canvas etc. So The Fun Continues, BYE from
Bugbrooke Girl Guides!!!! Contacts Helen Bestwick and Jane Evans We do have some spaces at the moment for
September 01604 832710
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