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Darby
and Joan Hello everyone, this is my last account of our club,
which ended on December 19th after 50 odd years. It has given friendship
and pleasure to all who became members. November 7th: a fish and chip lunch, followed with money bingo. November 21st: Mrs Lynne Clayson came today. Lynne is keen to start a new
club and a vote was taken for a new name, being ‘The Wednesday
Club’. December 5th: Today we travelled to Wickstead Park for lunch and a
Christmas show. December 19th: Our Christmas tea. Catering again was by Mrs Pam Bird and
her team; an excellent meal enjoyed by every member of the club and
three tea ladies. Cards were exchanged and Mrs Sue Pace played piano for
carols. Each member received a very nice present, with an extra token to
spend. We sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Mrs Brenda Earl then a retiring
present from members was given to our committee (Mrs R Steel and her
famous five) for many years of running the club and work done, which
provided much pleasure for members. Thank you from us all. To end our
party we sang our closing hymn, then joined hands for Auld Lang Syne. Mrs D M French
Bruce Piper Bruce Piper died suddenly on the 23rd December. He had
lived in Bugbrooke with his wife Judith for 24 years following his
retirement from a career in insurance. He was always active in village
life. He was chairman of the St Michael’s Music Society for a number
of years, a former church treasurer, chairman of the OAPs Christmas gift
scheme, a member of the British Legion, and a founder member of the
Friends of St Michael & All Angels Church. He and Judith celebrated
their Golden Wedding earlier in the year. Many
in the village will sadly miss him. Mothers’
Union November 8th. Members met at 2.30pm in Sunday School.
The speaker, Ann Scott, spoke to us of the Mission she had started in
Burma, having been shocked at the number of young children begging in
the streets when she visited in 1968. Ann, a teacher of English in the
Bugbrooke Primary School decided to devote her time establishing a home
for them. It has taken her 37 years and the home was now supported by
articles made in Burma, sold here for a small profit, by donations and
with the help of many Christian friends. Many members purchased goods on
offer. November 22nd. Members met for a social evening at 15 Lime Grove. A short
service was taken by Lyndsay. We were shown a short video showing how
help is needed by central African states and how the help given by the
M.U. was being used. Eight members attended. On December 3rd, the Deanery Advent Carol Service was held in Kislingbury
Church. Revd. Stephen French took the service, 40 members attended.
Advent carols were sung, prayers said. Tea prepared by Kislingbury
members was most enjoyable. December 6th at 7.30pm, our village advent carol service was held in the
Sunday School. Lyndsay took the service. There were readings and the
Hebrew Prophets were remembered and candles lit. Carols were sung
and prayers said. Then
followed a social evening; 25 members attended including the Revd.
Stephen French. Pat Archer Get
Ready for the Time Of Our Lives! Professional musical comedy revue company Time Of Our
Lives are returning to Bugbrooke. Following the great success of their
previous shows All The World’s A Stage and Two For The One and Nines
they have been invited back to perform their new fast-moving comedy
revue Cool Britannia at the Campion School hall on the 29th of this
month. Cool Britannia is a comic and affectionate look at the British at work,
rest and play and features their usual madcap mix of comedy sketches and
music. The sketches poke fun at our politicians and institutions and at our
national obsessions like gardening and queuing, whilst the music is a
rich mix of Brit pop from the 60s to the 90s, West End musical hits,
comic numbers from the likes of Flanders and Swan, Noel Coward and
Gilbert & Sullivan and a rousing Last Night of the Proms. The show promises to be a fun night out for all ages and, if last
years’ was anything to go by, will be hugely popular. The performance is at 8pm on Friday the 29th of February and tickets are
£7.50. You can book now by calling Shirley Myers on 01604 831406. Bring your own nibbles and wine and sing along
with Time Of Our Lives Music Theatre. Upper
Nene Villages 3rd Age Group Bugbrooke U3A 18 February 2008 – Ann Banfield ’The Work of the
Citizens Advice Bureau’ Ann is the Bureau Manager of the Daventry CAB and will be giving us an
insight into how it operates at the end of which she will answer
members’ questions. The Citizens'
Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other
problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by
influencing policymakers. Every Citizens' Advice Bureau is a registered
charity reliant on trained volunteers and funds to provide these vital
services to local communities. 17th March 2008 –
Peter Barratt, ‘A Suffragette in the Family’ We all have some knowledge of the trials
and tribulations the Suffragettes suffered in securing the right to vote
for women through fair means or foul in the early 20th century.
Peter Barratt's Great Grandmother, Alice Hawkins, was a leading
Suffragette in Leicester 100 years ago. Peter will give us a stirring
account of the activities of the movement at that time and Alice's part
in this fight for the women's right to vote. Peter's talk will be
illustrated with Suffragette memorabilia handed down over the
generations of his family. Meetings are open to non-members and
take place at Bugbrooke Community Centre, Camp Hill, Bugbrooke on the
3rd Monday of each month at 2.30 p.m. special interest groups: Appreciating
Poetry, Book Club, Book Exchange, Bridge, Circle Dancing, Cook
and Eat, Discussion Group, French (Intermediate), Genealogy, German
(Intermediate), Music Appreciation, Pottery (Practical), Scrabble,
Snooker, Theatre, Writing Family History For further
information contact Fay Maddern 01327 352401 Bugbrooke
St Michael’s Football Club As
we approach the last weeks of the season the senior teams, with the
exception of the first XI, are all performing very well in their
respective leagues. The ‘A’ and ‘B’ sides might be in a position
to pick up runners-up awards and the Reserves have performed well
following their promotion into the top division of the UCL last season.
However, after a very promising start, the first XI have dropped below
half way in their league. Hopefully a good finish to the season will
raise them into the top six. The youth
teams are all getting good experience and enjoying their football. Some
of the teams are in contention for league and cup honours and a good
finish to the season could cause celebrations at season’s end. All the
youth teams have good training programmes and their work at Campion
School is bearing fruit. The club
continues to make progress off the field under the sound guidance of
Treasurer Willy Marriott, General Manager Dave Sharp and grant co-ordinator
Brian Curtis. The next improvement will be permanent hard standing
around the perimeter of the main pitch to be followed by improvements to
the floodlighting system. The new system will be more eco-friendly with
updated, more efficient lamps situated more equally around the pitch.
The scheme will also cause less light spillage into the sky. The scheme
will be financed by the club with grant assistance from the Football
Foundation, which is the lottery branch of the F.A. Bugbrooke
Cricket Club John Mundy: Chairman & Treasurer
830725 (H, B & FAX) 07850-084535 There
was a good attendance at our AGM last month with 25 present. The main
changes are that Len Sackley has very kindly taken over from John Mundy
the very important job of treasurer – our many thanks to John who has
been doing the job for many years. Lesley
Bird has resigned as secretary and our many thanks to her for all her
hard work. We have 2 Saturday League teams this 2008 season with the 1st
playing in League 6 & the 2nd in League 12.
We have
Friendly matches every Sunday until the end of September with midweek
matches also. If you wish to be involved with Junior Cricket contact
Roger Stone (01604-842961). Last year we have had Under 10’s, 12’s
& 14’s with Under 15’s in past years, but this depends on the
amount of support for each age level. Indoor nets will be available for
juniors up to age 15 at Campion School every Thursday 6 to 7pm from 17th
January to 20th March. Seniors will be at Caroline Chisholm School,
Wooldale Road, Wootton
every Sunday 7 to 8pm from 27th January to 16th March.
For both juniors & seniors just turn up or get in touch with
Roger for further details.
If you
wish to join a progressive Club at its picturesque ground by the brook
get in touch with any of the above officers or myself. We have a well
stocked bar which is open most days during the summer where Tony Bird
always gives you a good welcome! Have a look at our websites www.bugbrooke-cricket-club.bravehost.com
& www.bugbrooke.play-cricket.com
for further information & chat. Peter White (President) 50 High Street, Bugbrooke (830452 H. B &FAX ) Letter
from Sue and Tony Pace working in Tanzania We arrived
safely 10 days ago (it seems like weeks) and had a very slow first few
days. We were tired after
the journey (which was OK) and still had to get over our colds.
We moved up to our homestay on Sunday and it really was just like
coming home. It is amazing
how content we are living so simply. When we first saw the school (last Monday) it was a bit of a shock because there is even less of it than we had thought.
The school has been working with just one classroom last year with 85
students !!! There are also
two partly completed classrooms. They
were both supposed to be finished before the start of this year but they
won’t be. One of these two classrooms is being built by the community
and they have run out of money; although it has a roof on, and no floor
or windows. The other is
being built by the government and is progressing very slowly.
However it seems to have speeded up since we arrived on the
scene. We hope to see both
these classrooms finished within 2-3 weeks but in the meantime there is
nowhere for the 120 new students due to arrive next Monday!!! The other
buildings are the toilets and the kitchen blocks. We immediately got work started on completing the unfinished Community
classroom and since then Tony has been organising materials and planning
later work. We had a great
meeting on the first day with the whole school board and all the
community leaders and they have continued to show a lot of interest.
Sue has been doing some painting of metal window frames and then
puttying glass. Besides several buildings that we may get done, the other problem is
water. Basically the school
doesn’t have any and has to buy it in (actually pay for the petrol to
bring it). There seems to be
a way we can help both the school and surrounding community by laying or
repairing a pipe and we are investigating the scale of the problem
before making any commitments. So right now we have lots of plans but no real idea of costs.
These will develop over the next few weeks.
We hope to start the Admin Block in the coming week and that will
free up a classroom. It is
already clear that by the time we leave they should have 4 classrooms
instead of one but after that we shall see.
They will desperately need at least one more double classroom
before next year. At the end of our first full weeks work we are feeling very healthy. We
can already see the first signs of weight loss because of more healthy
diet and more exercise – or could it be less alcohol!!
Sue’s back is holding up well and seems to be improving slowly,
with the help of Brufen and lots of sun.
85+ most days (and we are working and walking hard in it) though
on Thursday we had one huge thunderstorm just as Sue was doing her first
wash. The full text and pictures can be seen at www.bugbrookelink.co.uk/tanzania
Services
and Events at St.
Michael and All Angels Church Bugbrooke
A
weekly leaflet is available in Church. Please take a copy Sunday Services 8:00am
BCP Communion 3rd and 5th Sundays in the Month 9:45am
2nd and 4th Sundays in the month Holy Communion
3rd Sunday in the month Worship for All
5th Sunday in the month watch for details 4:00pm
Evening Worship Other Services Tuesdays
during term time 2:30pm Tiny Tots Service in Church Third Thursday
in the month 10am BCP Holy Communion First
Wednesday in the month 1:30pm Holy Communion at Jubilee House First
Wednesday in the month 7:30pm Holy Communion Regular Events Mondays at 8pm
Bell Ringers Mondays at
7:30pm Prayer half hour at 29 Chipsey Avenue Thursdays 9am
to 11:15am Family Morning
during term time in the Sunday School Rooms Thursdays
7:30pm onwards S.M.A.S.H. (St. Michaels At Someone’s House) a chance to have fellowship and Bible Study together. See weekly Notice
Sheet for details or ring 831621 for details Looking Forward to Easter 2008 full details in
our Easter Card. Ash Wednesday 7:30pm Holy Communion with the Imposition of
Ashes at All Saints Church Harpole for the villages of Bugbrooke, Harpole,
Kislingbury and Rothersthorpe. Sunday 16th March 9:45am Palm Sunday Celebrations. Maundy Thursday 20th March 7pm Holy Communion at St Peter
and Paul Rothersthorpe for the villages of Bugbrooke, Harpole, Kislingbury
and Rothersthorpe. Good Friday 21st March Services T.B.C. Easter Eve 2nd March Services T.B.C. Easter Day 9:45am Easter Worship for all and at 6:30pm a
United Service of Easter with prayers for Healing and Wholeness at All
Saints Church Harpole Celebration for the villages of Bugbrooke, Harpole,
Kislingbury and Rothersthorpe. Please
keep an eye out for other services and events. Home
Communions by prior arrangement. Ring 831621 for details and if you have any questions.
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