April 2015
Issue 85
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VILLAGE GROUPS
01858 465899, 10 Green Lane, LE16 8LQ
WI meets at 7.30pm on the 2nd
Monday of every month in the
Village Hall.
Brookside Residential Home
Coffee morning, last Thursday of
the month from 10am. Lots of chat
and a raffle! Everyone welcome!
Yoga in the Village Hall every Wednesday evening at 7:30 to 8:30pm
Anyone can participate in these
classes. Good for all levels. Fun and
relaxing!
Knitting Group
We're busy making goodies to sell
at the fete.
We meet every
alternate Tuesday from 2pm in the
Village Hall. Next get together is
April 14 then 28.
Following the success of our day
trip to Cambridge last year, BEER
are organising a day trip to
Skegness on 4th July 2015.
Knotted handkerchief and rolled
up trousers......essential !!
For further information and to
show your interest, please contact
John Clarke on 463264. or
[email protected]
Note that there
seats....book early.
are
limited
BEER wish to thank everybody for their continuing support and for making the
Irish night a terrific success. We think that there may well have been a couple
of sore heads Sunday morning !!
On the back of the successful night, BEER have donated some money to the
Village Hall for a couple of storage cabinets for archiving important documents
for future generations.
It’s been a time of contrast at the WI meetings.
Mobile Library
First Friday of each month, outside
the pub at 5.00pm. 3 April, 1 May.
In Feb Miranda Ponsonby told us the astonishing story of her transformation from Household Cavalry
Officer to a practising nurse and woman, with the help of a huge amount of determination and a
surgeon’s knife. Surprisingly she made the whole topic into a very amusing talk which stimulated much
conversation in the following days.
Braybrooke Singers meet every
other Friday in the Village Hall at
8.00 p.m. Everyone is welcome
whatever your singing ability, or
even lack of it. There are no
auditions and you do not need to be
able to read music.
There is no joining fee. The cost is
£5 per session.
Dates: 10, 24 April, 8, 22 May
For more information call Steph
Canning on 433195 or Linda Busby
on 462389.
Pre FETE Duck Race
This year, it will be held on Friday 5
June. Someone will visit you to sell
tickets nearer the time. Remember
to support this fun event again.
In March, Owls made a welcome invasion into the village hall when Tony Hewitt of Owls to Behold
introduced us to eight of these wonderful birds. All abandoned by pet owners, or rescued due to injury,
they are unable to hunt so cannot be returned to the wild and are looked after by Tony at his
Wellingborough home.
We learned some fascinating owl facts and had the privilege of getting up close to them during Tony's
one hour talk.
2015 is the WI Centenary Year and Marilyn Knibb won the ballot to be our guest at a Garden Party
hosted by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at Buckingham Palace. We look forward to hearing about her
experience. In the mean time we enjoyed our own WI annual meal at Wildwood. Many thanks to Alison
for her organisation, the chatter and laughter indicated a very successful evening.
Our next talk, on 13 April, is given by Douglas Maddy an illusionist and is entitled ‘Altered Perceptions’,
how mind control works. We hope to see you there.
Contacts: Lisa Templeton 01858 461028 or Pat Wilson 01858 433711. Joint Presidents.
[email protected]
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Braybrooke Cricket Club
Twenty four matches are confirmed to be played every Sunday from April 19th through to September 27th, weather permitting of
course! The first home match is against Peterborough CAMRA starting at 13.30 on Sunday May 17 th. A fixture list will be on the
Village Hall notice board, once the cards have been printed.
On May 24th, a trip to the Cromer area to play Overstrand has been arranged. Later in the Summer there are two matches being
played to encourage non-cricketers to take part. Watch the Gossip and the VH notice board for details.
If any of the village ladies or gents would like to prepare a tea for one of our matches, then you would be more than welcome to do
so. It would only involve a few hours and you would not have to be at the ground for the whole match. Cake makers are also very
welcome to take a cake for home matches. The tea organizer is myself, Glyn Panter, 07914650373.
Vice Presidents – a reminder that the £10 subs for the 2015 season are now due. Please pay Wally, our treasurer – 84 Griffin Road,
Braybrooke, 01858 466496.
Here’s hoping for sunshine this Summer. Glyn Panter, Secretary Braybrooke CC - 07914650373
Braybrooke 100 years ago
All villagers in Braybrooke are welcome as
members of our NHW Scheme. To be a full
member and receive current news about
crime & safety please contact Sue
Fellowes on [email protected]
or 01858 410983
Helplines.
* The Good Neighbours Stop Rogue
Trading Campaign (03454 04 05 06) aiming
to prevent rogue traders who carry out
poor work at excessive costs.
* Trading Standards Office 0300 126 1000
or email
[email protected]
* Action Fraud (0300 123 2040) the
national centre for internet crime and
fraud.
* Telephone 101 for non emergencies or
999 for emergencies or if a crime is in
progress.
* No Cold Calling Stickers Please contact
me if you wish to have a No Cold Calling
Sticker.
Some good news according to last year’s
figures crime came down in the Kettering
area by 12.6%.
Contact us at the email above, or
if you have a written contribution
it can be delivered to 9 Green
Lane.
NOTICE BOARD
Parish Council
In 1915, Corporal Jeffrey Satchell of the Royal Field Artillery, son of
Thomas Satchell of Park Hill Lodge, Braybrooke, was given 48 hours
leave of absence to get married. On Tuesday 11th May the bells of
Braybrooke Church rang out when he married 18 year old Ethel Taylor,
daughter of the late John Haydon Taylor of Lodge Farm,
Braybrooke. The groom was probably wearing the Distinguished
Service Medal which he had recently been awarded and which,
according to the the Harborough Advertiser, he was proudly wearing in
the village. One of the bridesmaids, Jeffrey's sister, Lucy Ann, later
married another Braybrooke soldier, Ernest Hardwick in the church the
following year. Jeffrey had to return to his regiment on Thursday 13th
May and later that year he was invalided home with trench foot, lumps
and nervous shock which had taken away his voice, in other words,
shell shock. That same year his brother-in-law, William Hayden Taylor,
joined up aged only 17 and was wounded later in the war. Its unlikely
Jeffrey returned to the front and by 1918 he is listed as being attached
to the ASC Remounts, who were responsible for providing horses and
mules for the war from depots in the UK.
The Neighbourhood Watch Scheme aims
to build a stronger, safer and better
community thus reducing the risk of crime
in the neighbourhood.
The Gossip is printed every 2
months. If you have anything you
would like included it is vital that
you send your copy to us for the
next issue before
Tuesday 26 May 2015.
A planning meeting has been
arranged for Tue 21 April, 2015 at
7pm
Golf
Priors Hall Golf Club played host for the first event of
the 2015 season with nine players involved on the
day. Tremain Ake-Jones started the season where he
left off with a hat-trick of prizes on the day for
Overall Winner, Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive the first society player to achieve all three in one
round. Well done Trem! The next event is at
Brampton Heath Golf Club on Saturday 4th April with
a 12pm tee off. If you’d like to join us either as a new
member or as a guest please email Society Secretary
David Wigley at
[email protected]
Braybrooke Car Rally
If you would like to go on a Sunday Drive in your
Classic, Vintage or Modern touring, sports or
convertible car on a lovely sunny summer's day
then please let Tony Pepper know. Probable
route -to Shackerstone on the Battlefield Steam
Railway-journey to the Battle of Bosworth Exibition by train, return train journey and then a
meal in Leicestershires oldest pub at Newton
Burgoland .All in reasonably close proximity
about 6 miles south of Coalville. For anyone who
would prefer to travel in an old bus then subject
to numbers may be able to arrange.-Let Tony
know your initial interest on
[email protected]
Braybrooke Baptist Chapel
10am Services continue to take place on alternate
Sundays with All Saints Church across the road.
Notices on both the Chapel door and All Saints
Church gate will confirm the dates and venue.
Details on VH notice board.
To find all the details of PC
members, minutes and agendas,
visit the spiffing new website:
www.braybrooke-pc.uk
This year’s Village Hall AGM is
on May 5th at 7.30pm This is an
open meeting and all are very
welcome to attend.
Public Announcement
From this:
To this:
JC can now be contacted via the
internet as he has broken the piggy
bank and purchased an iPad. (Other
brands are available).
To welcome John Clarke to the 21st
Century, email
[email protected]
Braybrooke Morris Dancers
We have been fortunate to have had interesting
worship leaders this year who have provided
comfort and hope.
Good Friday services are held at Desborough
Baptist Church at 10am this year, or at St Giles
Church Desborough between noon and 3pm on a
'drop in' opportunity.
Spring is upon us and the Morris dancers will be emerging from their
Monday practice sessions to perform outside the local pubs again this
summer. please come and see the dancers during April and May at the
following locations but remember, they now dance on Thursday nights
and not Monday;23rd April The Swan, Braybrooke
30th April The George, Brixworth
1st May The Swan, Braybrooke
7th May Dog & Gun, Walton
14th May Bulls Head, Clipston
21st May Black Horse, Foxton
28th May The Fox, Hallaton
We now have a ramp for easier access over the
step, and we look forward to welcoming you to our
little chapel.
Braybrooke Morris are still desperate for new dancers so if you are
interested in dancing please either come to the Village Hall on Monday
nights before the 23rd April or to the locations listed above.