Helpringham Village Newsletter June 2016
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HELPRINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL has a vacancy for a councillor to be filled by co-option. Further details may be found on the Council notice board and website http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Helpringham/ Applications should be received by the clerk Mrs P Ireland, Heath Farm, North Rauceby, SLEAFORD, NG34 8QR. Diary Dates Strawberry Concert – Saturday 9th July Vintage Brass Concert – Friday 5th August Feast Weekend – Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th August Harvest Supper – Saturday 1st October Please see posters and village newsletter for more details nearer the time of each event. Marian and Vince
Save Money When Purchasing Your Heating Oil Are you interested in saving money on your domestic heating oil? If the answer is YES you might be interested to know about a scheme that is operating across Lincolnshire helping its members to do just that! Community Lincs have run their Community Oil buying Scheme for the last 3 years, saving its members on average around 5p per litre on their heating oil. The scheme is open to anyone in the county who uses heating oil to heat their homes and premises. The scheme works by bringing together oil buyers from around county and purchasing the oil collectively, with around 40,000 litres of oil being ordered each month. The scheme is only £20 per year to join and includes advice on how to keep your tank safe from thieves and the benefit of their Oil Theft Alert System. Community Lincs also work alongside the Lincolnshire Credit Union, or Lincup, who have devised an Oil Savers Scheme to allow members to put aside money each month for their oil purchases. If you are interested to know more about the scheme you can visit the Community Lincs website at http://communitylincs.com/community-oil-buying-scheme/ or by giving them a call on 01529 301980. HECKINGTON AREA VOLUNTARY CAR SERVICE is urgently in need of drivers, are you a car owner with time on your hands, why not help out and make a difference to peoples’ lives. Can you spare a few hours a week driving patients to doctors or hospital appointments. 45p per mile allowance is paid. - Contact Mike 01529 461160. SLEAFORD MEDICAL CENTRE, BOSTON ROAD, SLEAFORD. URGENT CARE CENTRE. Open weekdays 6.30.p.m to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 8.a.m. to 8.p.m.
What is CallConnect Bus Service? CallConnect is a unique bus service whose timetable is not fixed but responds to passenger requests. This means its routes are different each day depending on the bookings made by passengers. Journey requests can be made by telephone, online or by SMS text message. The service is designed to improve transport opportunities in rural communities and some market towns where there is an infrequent conventional bus services. Who can use CallConnect? How do I book a journey? Fares Opening and Operating Times Need a little help? Life is never boring as change comes to everyone and everything, this month sees the departure from the village of Mick and Janette Bothamley who have been such stalwarts of the Memorial Hall over the last decade. Mick has been always willing to perform any duties asked of him from Chairman to maintenance and Booking clerk whilst Janette has provided fantastic suppers at Quiz Nights, and has been a valued part of the catering team. They should both be thanked for all that they have done and we wish them well in their new lives in Northumberland. They will be greatly missed by all their friends in Helpringham. Many of you who have been at the Memorial Hall recently will have seen that the main floor has been stripped and repolished and is looking very good thanks go to our cleaner who performed this task over one very long weekend in May. The refurbishment of the foyer and toilet floors is still ongoing and is making the entrance area look modern and inviting and Ian Parry should be congratulated for this excellent job. The full details of our latest AGM will be given in the next edition of the newsletter. We look forward to seeing you all at the Memorial Hall over the summer, at our regular clubs and events. THE 59 CLUB. The winners of the 59 Club from 23rd April through to 14th May were as follows, each winner received £30. All proceeds go to The Memorial Hall. 23rd April (24) Laraine Wright
JUNE 2016 HALL DIARY
To Hire the Hall for all your functions, weekday rates are £7.00 per hour for clubs and £12.00 per hour for others and weekends, plus £10.00 for use of kitchen and £10.00 for use of Bar.£20.00 for use of license.
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Very Best wishes and every blessing from the Parochial Church Council of St Andrew’s Church HELPRINGHAM PETTICOAT CLUB NEWS Denise Taylor was our guest Speaker at our May meeting. She introduced us to the “Medical Detection Dogs” charity which grew up when Dr John Church was hoping to research the possible use of dogs to detect illness in humans and a former trainer for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf joined him. The Charity based at Great Horwood Milton Keynes now trains dogs using their incredible sense of smell to detect illness and others to act as Medical Alert dogs. The idea of having a summer tea party to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the club was raised, with the possibility of inviting the original members from 1976 to come and share their memories. A letter from L.I.V.E.S. has been received thanking us for our donation and this was read out. ON WEDNESDAY 8th JUNE at 7.30pm. New members will always be very welcome.
May 2016 Meeting. Star Wars Day – May 4th. For those who are not Star Wars fans it is a play on words from a famous line in the film “May the force be with you.” (Imagine it said with a lisp.) Despite that nobody played the Star Wars theme, however there were lots of other good tunes played by a good turnout of players. I always think the popularity of the music is shown by the fact that many people do a days work then come out to play at the club in the evening. I wonder how many people realise that some members of the Shadows were not always professional musicians. For instance Brian “Licorice” Locking, who took over as bass player when Jet Harris left the band, used to be a fireman on British Rail during the days of steam. He has lots of stories to tell about that time and says that one of the earliest lessons he learnt was to always have a spare shovel, as it is very easy in the heat of the moment (pun intended!) for the shovel to slip out of your hands and end up in the firebox with the coal ! Well that’s enough rambling for this month. There’ll be more next month! Meetings are held at the Memorial Hall from 7:30pm to 10:30pm on the first Wednesday of every month. Next meeting is Wednesday 1st June. Entry is £3 for guitar players and you just need to bring your guitar. Everything else is provided, backing tracks, echo machines, PA system. Or, if you have your own backing tracks they, can be accommodated on CD, minidisc, USB stick, mp3 player, smartphone or iPad etc. You don’t need to play - you can just come and listen, have a chat, swap a few memories. Entry is just £2 for non players and light refreshments are included. Dave Moore
HELPRINGHAM AND DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB The Garden Club started 2016 with a fun Social. The Year's programme begins in earnest on 24th. February For the coming year we have a varied programme with talks ranging from Victorian Gardens We have two evening visits arranged and one day Coach trip. We always welcome visitors to our meetings. We meet in The Helpringham Memorial Hall You do not have to be an expert to join HELPRINGHAM HISTORY SOCIETY |