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News for the villages of Colsterworth, Woolsthorpe, Stainby, Gunby, North Witham and LobthorpeEdited by Trefor Williams 21B Woolsthorpe Road NG33 5NT 01476 860 936 trefor@thewilliamshome.org.uk

Issue 441 September 2011

The White Lion at Colsterworth

food every day from noon to 9pm

Functions catered forSky Sports • Setanta

Darts • Pool • Dominoes

Sunday Lunches

£5 Specials Monday-Saturday 12 to 6pm

PLUS

01476 861466

Colsterworth

Vehicle tax Bill paymentsNo-charge personal banking

(Lloyds, Barclays, Co-op etc)Commission-free foreign currencyOn-demand Euros and travel insurance

House coal and bottled gas

2 Bourne Road

01476 860262

The Parish Clerk isJohn Hannam

He is your point of contact for the Colsterworth and

District Parish Council

He can be reached on01476 861888

Welcome toYork HouseBed and our

award-winning BreakfastKathy and Richard will welcome you

with a pot of tea and home-made cake01476 861 955

Bourne Road ColsterworthLincolnshire NG33 5JE

www.yorkhousebnb.co.uk

Mobile HairdresserBridal SpecialistCharlotte

01476 86190307967 770736

www.charlottewesson.co.uk

Rosalind LeggeMSc DipPodMed MBChA

HPC RegisteredFully Qualified

CHIROPODISTHome Visits by Appointment

Tel 01572 768352Mobile 07734 314219

Delivery included for all areas covered by In Touch

1 cubic metre load £463 cubic metre load £12520kg (approx) net £4.20

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Helping you run your life

Very realistic pricing!

Dressmaking and alterationsü

Curtain making and alterationsü

Roman blinds ü

Soft furnishings ü

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Cleaning, ironing, shopping üMany more . . . . . üüü

Call Heather Butterworthon 01476 862124or 07746 473821

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Friday 16th SeptemberSteak Night

Pre-order your cut, weight and sauce

Fridays 9th & 30th SeptemberLobster NightBooking Essential

Bar Bites & Baskets £3 to £6Sandwiches & Bar Food £5 to £10

A la Carte MenuTwo-course Sunday Lunch

£14.50 (three courses £17.50)

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ExperiencedFront of Housesta� required.Call 860 4777

GOING AWAY? PETS WANT TO STAY?DON’T WANT YOUR HOME LEFT EMPTY?

I can be your house-sitter or simply pop round to look after pets, plants and possessions for

just a day or for as long as you need.INTERESTED?

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME ANDWHAT I CAN DO WHILE YOU’RE AWAY?

CALL ME ON 07704 921 956 RIGHT AWAY.

Hi! I’m Amy, a 20 year-old law student at university but back at our family home in Colsterworth for the summer.

I am pleased to announce that I am now a mobile beauty therapist in

Grantham and surrounding villages.

Vanessa Cairns

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Offering a wide range of treatments:

Waxing Brazilians & Hollywoods

Manicures & pedicures Gelish gel nails

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Facials Fantasy tan

Wedding / Special occasion make up

Threading And more...

So don’t delay call today to book your appointment on:

07707 612 812

Open EveningThursday 1st September 7pm

Come and see at what we offer!

Breakfast and After School Clubnow from Buckminster School

Colsterworth Walking Bus

Home cooked food with fresh and organic produce in a homely environment.

Outings

Funding available for 3/4 year oldswww.littlelegs-nursery.co.uk

01476 860053

Nurseryon

Colster Way

OFSTED Registered

Hello again. It’s a few months now since Newton’s Players produced The Robin Hood Files. Many thanks to everyone who went to see

the show, and especially those who have passed on their thoughts to cast members. The response was very positive and it seems the audi-ences enjoyed watching the show as much as we enjoyed performing it!

Thoughts now turn towards our next venture. We are delighted to announce that we will start rehearsing our next play Acting Funny, a collection of short comedy sketches, on 5th September. Auditions have already taken place and all the cast are looking forward to producing what promises to be a very funny show to be performed on 2nd and 3rd December, so look out for more details in future editions of In Touch. This is to be followed next year by a production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Confusions. There will be more details on that in the New Year.

Finally calling all Ivory Tinklers! Newton’s Player’s are sad to announce that after many years as our Musical Director Jim Laughton has decided to retire from the role. We are extremely grateful to everything that Jim has done for us over the years. Those of you that have seen our shows will recognise what a wonderful job he has done, even making me sound ok in my attempts to “ham up” various songs as a pantomime dame!

However, Jim’s retirement creates a new opportunity for someone to join us as our accompanist. So if you play the piano and wish to become involved in our friendly and fun group, please contact club chairperson Lynda Wesson on 01476 862 039.

Until next time Paul Cope

Looking back . . .In April, bathed in glorious sunshine,

we persuaded friends round to our place to enjoy the Last Barbecue of Summer. Little did we know that we weren’t far wrong. Okay, we’ve man-aged to eat outdoors a few times but our sacrifices to the Great Sun God have been in vain.

But the weather hasn’t put off other house and garden guests. Rabbits have been making a meal of plants, woodpi-geons, “As big as chickens!” my neigh-bour says, have plucked stems bare and then flattened small shrubs.

Indoors we’ve had the company of thrips and flies and on the odd warm evening on the terrace a nice glass of something has filled up with wasps.

Roll on winter when we can enjoy some decent weather.

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call me now on01476 861395

I’ll mow your lawn, tidy your borders,repair your fences and keep your garden neat and tidy!

Mick & Maggi welcome you to �e Angel Inn South Witham

Real Ales from £2.10Open for Good Food 12-2.30pm Mondays,

Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays

Evening Bar Snacks 7.30-9pmFunction Room (catering available)

Pool • Darts • Dominoeswww.angelsw.co.uk01572 768302

Nursery

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7am till 6pm all yearBreakfast, After School

and Holiday ClubsPlus Walking Bus toColsterworth School

Funding availablefor 3 and 4 year olds

From Birth to 11 years

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Sponsored by KM Construction Ltd

OFSTED Registered

Dolly’s DesignsLabelled and Custom Evening, Prom and Bridal Wear

Curtains designed to your taste07795 83335201476 860566

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RepairsCall 01400 281 244

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Washing machines Tumble-driersDishwashers Electric cookers

In Touch September 2011

The Market Cross Surgery Corby GlenDr John Elder

MBChB MRCGP DRCOG DCH DFFPDr Dilip Shanmugam

MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DLO

Dr Igone PeñaLMC DRCOG DFFP Dip Pal Med

Mrs Mary Elder BSc (Hons) RGN

Private medical services including acupuncture (Dip Med Ac)

NHS Services

Nurse led Diabetes and Asthma ClinicsFamily Planning & Teenage Health ClinicsTravel Clinic and Yellow Fever Centre

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Lo c a l C r i m e i n J u l y

A wallet was taken from an insecure vehicle on Bourne

Road, Colsterworth and number plates have been stolen from a vehicle on Colsterworth High Street.

Several cars parked on Rope-walk and High Street have been damaged too.

Someone had milk, a can and flagons stolen when they were left on a seat at Back Lane for a few minutes.

Diesel was stolen from the Old Post Lane end of the David Wilson site.

There has been some minor anti-social behaviour reported in Colsterworth and on Woolsthor-pe Road playing field. If you know who is responsible and have seen them causing damage, please call me at the office or on my mobile with their names.

PC Julia Higgins 07939 887 56501476 860 223

Council house swap?

We’re in a two-bedroom bun-galow in Colsterworth and

want to move into a 2/3 bedroom house in or fairly close to the vil-lage. We have permission from SKDC to do a swap.

If you’re looking to downsize, our bungalow might just suit you. It’s just two years since the kitchen and bathroom were refitted and there’s a decent size garden with a new patio area. The rear looks out on to open fields.

If you’re interested, please call me on 860 665 so we can all meet and look round the two proper-ties.

Diane Dobney

News for Parents

As the evenings draw in do you worry about the safety of your teenagers? A personal alarm is one useful aid, helping towards keeping a loved one safe.Funded by the Parish Council’s donation, I’ve a few personal alarms available at a price of £2.50.Phone me on 01476 861399 – First come, First served! We’re so fortunate in the Col-sterworth area with quite a number of Neighbourhood Watch schemes run by very able and willing volunteers,namely our Co-ordinators.Many residents enjoy the very real benefits of belonging to a local scheme, so if you’re not yet a member, why not?Lots of useful information and advice available, help and sup-port given as and when needed; and best of all it’s FREE!You can contact me on 01476861399 or at billsban-ter@live.co.uk

Helen Bill Area Co-ordinator

Book Club

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, was written in 1859 and

is considered to be one of the first mystery novels.

Members of the Book Club read It for the August meeting. It certainly holds the reader’s attention despite the length and the fact that the lan-guage used is different to modern novels. However once you get used to the writer’s style, the story inter-ests you and you are keen to con-tinue with the story.

The characters are well described and it makes you reflect on how different society is today. The mys-tery of the woman in white extends throughout the book and the story is told in first-hand reports by a succes-sion of different narrators: the hero of the piece, the family attorney, the heroine’s homely but charismatic and intelligent spinster half-sister, the eccentric invalid, the housekeep-er, the melodramatic Italian villain, and so on. Each narrator moves the plot forward, uncovering some twist that the prior narrator was not privy to. The story ends with the mystery solved and a happy ending. If you like mystery/detective books, then try this one – I can recommend it.

If you are interested in joining our Book Club, the next meeting is on Monday 19th September at 8pm in The White Lion where we will be discussing The Long Song by Andrea Levy.

Helen Scorrer

In Touch Buy–N–Sell

Submissions must be from households in Colsterworth & District. You must have authority to offer (eg it’s yours or a family member has asked you to offer it) or request buyers, be in a private capacity (not a trader, whether as a business, hobby or sideline) and give your name and contact details. Acceptance at editor’s discretion.

Sell

Three-seat sofa, two chairs and footstool. Matching green uphol-stery. Good condition, £125. Cof-fee Table, solid pine, 2 drawers, £35. Ikea Poany armchair with matching foot stool £35. Tel 860605

Rockwool loft insulation 170mm thick, 10 rolls. £5 each, £45 the lot. Tel 07746 473821

HP 1600 Laser Colour Printer com-plete with a complete set of spare ink cartridges. £30 ono. Tel 860570.

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OTHER SERVICESPlastering & Coving • Arches & Stud Walls

Doorways blocked or movedCeilings re-skimmed • Laminate Floors fitted

Insurance work welcome

ColsterworthSports & Social Club

Function Room

available

Party?Reception?Meeting?

Call Rose on 860487 for details and bookings

D B Ostler BuilderFor all aspects of building work, from a new build

to just a garden wall, undertaken by a

father & son team call861190 or 07759 411024Dave Ostler – your lcoal builder for over 20 years

The House, Grounds and Science Discovery Centre are open 11am to 5pm

Wednesdays to Sundays and Bank Holiday MondaysAdults £6.40, Children £3.20, Family Ticket £16.00

National Trust Members Free

Events in SeptemberWed 7th to Sun 11th Opticks Week

– talks and demonstrations on a theme of light and lensesSat 10th Heritage Open Day – free entry for all

Wed 14th Toddler Trail from 10.30am to 12noon

Woolsthorpe Manor�e Home of Genius,Sir Isaac Newton

Joanna SmithFURNITURE RE-UPHOLSTERY

Antique and Modern furniture expertly refurbished

Quotations without obligations01476 860218Pattern Books available

Fabrics from ends of rolls start at just £5 per metre

Handyman ServicesPerry Arndt

For a free quotation call07749 043 497

or07734 807 354

Patios, Block paving, Walls, General repairs,

Gardening, Hedge and grass cutting, Fencing & any other household repairs

No job too

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FreshFarmEggs

At the old farm shop Bridge View Poultry3 Woolsthorpe Road

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See the famous apple tree which inspired Newton’s theory on gravity and admire the new willow fence which made headline news recently!

In Touch September 2011

Home CleaningIroning without Fuss

Call Louise on 07720 315 270

Help at

Home

Women’s Institute report

With rain coming down like stair rods outside, there

was sunshine inside the Village Hall as Caroline Rossin and her husband Derek, ambassadors for Rainbows Hospice set up the colourful display of merchan-dise prior to Caroline’s talk. The hospice was founded in the late eighties, following two years to raise the £1.2 million needed to build the complex on donated land. But costs escalated to £4m, and now it takes that amount to keep it going each year. There are eight beds for children and six for the young people to use as short or long term respite care. Patients are taken from all over the East Midlands, includ-ing Lincolnshire, and ages range from newborn to the present eldest, a twenty six year old who has been receiving care for ten years now. .She spoke of the multi-sensory room and the hydrotherapy pool which gives a lot of pleasure to the children. The hospice was featured on BBC East Midlands Today re-cently and an open day for the public is to be held on the 17th September. Bett Pope thanked them both for an inspirational talk.

Tickets were on sale for the Kesteven Group meeting in Oc-

tober when Christopher Lewis from Antiques Roadshow will be the guest speaker.

County Federation sent us de-tails of yet another quiz evening, a coffee morning at headquar-ters in November and a Christ-mas lunch followed by a flower arranging demonstration by Martin Whitfield in December. Allington WI has invited us to it’s Quiz Afternoon in November.

The competition for a 5 inch knitted square was won by yours truly with Jane Ostler the run-ner-up. All the squares are to be joined together to make a blan-ket for the Rainbows Hospice, so please keep them coming – we

need quite a few.

We were at last able to present a small gift to our recently re-tired committee member, Rose-mary Bolongaro. Vice-President Mary Cowley thanked her for her work over the years. Rose-mary, still keeping her hand in, helped Barbara Moore to serve the refreshments (she won the raffle too).

Our meeting in the Village Hall on the 15th September sees guest Glenys Carter speaking on Aloe Vera, it’s history and healing properties. Join us in the hall at two o’clock,you will be most welcome. There will be the traditional Harvest Bring and Buy stall, anything from a carrot to a plum is most accept-able (Jane’s Victoria plums were delicious this month. Mine nev-er reached a cooking pot or pie, all being taken raw).

I hope you got your quiz en-tries in – the closing date was 1st September!

Dot Williams

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half board and full excursion itineraries

DayExcursions

All depart from Colsterworth

Services

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Quality 18, 25, 28 and 53 seat coaches

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For brochures and enquiriesplease call

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Get the Best Start for your child from experienced,

qualified staff at our Graduate-led Pre-School.

For children from 2 years.Free places available for

qualifying 2 year oldsand all 3 to 4 year olds

Mondays through Fridays,9am to 3pm, term-time only.

8.30 am start by arrangement

Colsterworth Pre-Schoolat the Methodist Hall

Call Sharon on 01476 860 046 or 07548 603 879 for further details

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Mobile Library scheduleTuesdays every four or five weeks

throughout the year.Newton Court from 10 to 11am,

Ramsey Court from 11:15 to 12.15, Bourne Road from 12.30 to 1pm,

the supermarket in South Witham from 1.15 to 2.15pm.

The dates for the month are in the Villages’ Diary on the back page.

In Touch September 2011

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Colsterworth & District Gardeners and Allotment Holders Association

Although we did not have a meeting in August we have

still been busy.

On a rather dull morning at the end of July, twelve mem-bers gathered outside the Co-op to catch the bus for our trip to Sandringham Show - and what a day we had! First stop on the agenda for Loraine and I was coffee; duly refreshed we headed off round the many stands and then the floral mar-quees, followed by the show gardens. At the end of all that we decided it was Pimm’s o’clock so we headed into the Show Marquees I hope you all went in them to give you ideas of what is expected at our Show in September! Judging by the number of carrier bags full of plants that were loaded onto the bus going home, I think a good time was had by all.

Any ideas for next year’s trip,

please let us know otherwise the committee will have to de-cide on something.

The church troughs are still looking good, thanks to the willing volunteers for watering.

Things are in full swing for our next meeting, the Open Show on Monday September 12th in the Village Hall; setting up is from 7.15pm and judging com-mences at 8pm.

Refreshments will be avail-able while judging takes place and we would like to see the benches groaning with produce - so pick up a schedule from the Post Office, White Lion or Co-op and get your completed entry forms to me no later than Friday 9th September. There’s a class suitable for everybody to enter - who knows, you may win a tro-phy for your efforts. There will still be a members competition which is for a Sunflower Head, so let’s have a good turnout.

Jo Smith860218

Colsterworth Sports & Social ClubSaturday 3rd September 8pm

Steve MarShall’S FaMily hypnoSiS ShowMembers £4, Guests £5, Junior Members £1.50, Junior Guests £2.50

Saturday 24th September 8pmSinger Terry Carey

Members £2, Guests £3

like pattern of the two common wasps, but a smooth paper cover-ing. This, together with an emerg-ing queen and the face markings of a worker, allowed them to be identified as Median Wasps.

Good photographs are also be-ing sent to the County Recorder to help identify moths. No help was needed to name the Dor Beetle, nicknamed the Lousy Watchman, found sitting on a dustbin lid. Its brilliant green underside was, for once, not covered in the mites which give it this name. Second generation Holly Blue butterflies emerged from holly bushes and will lay their eggs on flowering ivy

Individual bird interest was pro-vided by a juvenile sparrowhawk found stunned in a garden, and photographed on the hand be-fore it flew away. Four young spot-ted flycatchers fledged in late July and immediately dispersed. A tur-tle dove was seen regularly on the western end of the Woolsthorpe Line.

The drought has favoured only those plants which can combat desiccation. Ragwort in abun-dance on the central reservation of the A1 is an example. The plen-tiful seeds of the annual weed Petty Spurge (Euphorbia peplus) germinate rapidly after a shower;

even dew is sufficient to sustain their shallow, fibrous roots. The milky sap of their stems not only keeps them moist, but protects against predators. Seed capsules split open abruptly and aid dis-persal. In addition they have a substance attractive to ants which may carry the seeds away. It is worth looking closely between the spring green leaves to find the almost hidden unusual flowers. The common name “petty” (insig-nificant) is less appropriate than the Greek peplos, which was the name for a pretty pleated blouse.

To look for in September

Rain will bring the first autumn fungi, particularly colourful ones like chalk and milk caps. Sun will see newly emerged adult butter-flies which will overwinter. Look for Brimstones and Commas, Pea-cocks, Small Tortoiseshells and Red Admirals.

I look forward to your observa-tions and queries at 61 Woolsthor-pe Road, on 860465 or by e-mail at jnostler@hotmail.co.uk

Jane Ostler

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Natural History Bulletin

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Full day care nursery open 8am-6pm for babies to

school age children and out of school club

We strive to make the early years of childhood a truly

magical experience

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In Touch September 2011

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In the last week of July, rooks moved from their rookeries to

a temporary roost near Colster-worth playing field. Joined by jackdaws, they were an amazing sight. Starting about 9.30 at night. they came in their thousands, riv-ers of black against a darkening sky.

In the first week of August, the main groups of swifts left. Where one evening flight last year had consisted of a maximum of eight birds, this year the numbers had swelled to thirty.

By the third week, fifty house martins were circling gardens in Woolsthorpe and exploring the eaves. Another large group were assembled in the region of build-ings at Gunby.

Abundance has been the theme for insects too. On 28th July, fly-ing ants caused a frenzy of feed-ing birds. These black garden ants were reported all over Lin-colnshire on the same day. Honey bees and three kinds of bumble bees were seen in their hundreds in a bed of marjoram flowers on sunny days. Black and yellow hov-erflies seem to be at every flower; they include the Marmalade fly, the only one with double stripes. They are pollinators and their lar-vae feed on aphids and are more welcome than the wasps. Having finished the task of feeding their grubs on meaty insects, the wasps please themselves with sugars. They swarm onto plums, pears and apples, excavating the flesh and leaving only the skins. Then drugged with a surfeit, they ven-ture indoors!

A set of photos of a large, long wasps’ nest did not have the shell-

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Colsterworth Methodist Church Tel 860 046

Mondays 9am-3pm Pre-School Methodist Hall 5.30-7pm Brownies Village Hall except 2nd wk 7.30pm-9.30pm Music And Drama Village HallTuesdays 9am-3pm Pre-School Methodist Hall 6pm-7.30pm Girl Guides Primary School 7pm-9pm Youth Group Sports and Social Club 7.30pm-9.30pm Music And Drama Village HallWednesdays 9am-3pm Pre-School Methodist Hall 10am-1.30pm Open Door Methodist Church 6.45-8pm Anderson’s Taekwondoo Village Hall School (adults continue until 8.30pm)Thursdays 9am-3pm Pre-School Methodist Hall 5.30pm-6.30pm Beavers Village Hall 7pm-8.30pm Cubs Village HallFridays 9am-3pm Pre-School Methodist Hall 7.30pm-9.30pm Weekly Bingo Sports & Social ClubSaturdays 10-12noon Football Coaching Sports Field

Sat 3rd 8pm Family Hypnosis Show Sports and Social ClubSat 10th Heritage Open Day – Free Woolsthorpe ManorTue 6th 7.25pm Parish Council Meeting Village HallMon 12th 7.25pm Garden Club Annual Show Village HallWed 14th 10am - 12noon Toddler Trail Woolsthorpe ManorWed 14th 10 am - 1.30pm Open Door Methodist ChurchWed 14th 1.30pm Bible Study Colsterworth RectoryThu 15th 2pm Women’s Institute meeting Village HallzzThu 11th 7.30pm Bingo North Witham Village HallMon 19th 8pm Book Club White LionTue 27th Mobile Library Day Page 4 for times & placesSat 24th 8pm Club Singer Terry Carey Sports and Social ClubWed 18th 10 am - 1.30pm Open Door Methodist ChurchWed 28th 1.30pm Bible Study Colsterworth RectoryWed 7th to Sun 11th Opticks Week Woolsthorpe Manor

Every Week

Forward Diary

Parish Church of St John the Baptist Colsterworth

Villages’ Diary September 2011

Copy for the October issue of In Touch must arrive by noon on Saturday 24th September.

E-mail contributions to trefor@thewilliamshome.org.uk are preferred (call 860936 and check they’ve arrived) and clear typescript suitable for scanning is second best. If there is something you’d like to include but have no access to mechanical or electronic devices, manuscript can be taken.

Please ensure that you put your contact details on any submission.Send or deliver any hardcopy to Trefor Williams at 21B Woolsthorpe Road NG33 5NT (Tel 860 936).

Remember to give dates of future meeting if you want them to appear in the Villages’ Diary.

Sunday School 10.30am in the Hall during school term time. All children welcome.

September 2011 Preacher FlowersSun 4th 10.30am Holy Communion Rev Lesley Taylor Gill SenescallSun 11th 10.30am Morning Worship Own arrangement Cheryl Sutcliffe followed by a LunchSun 16th 11am Harvest Festival Rev Den Bulloss Helen ScorrerSun 25th 10.30am Service at Corby Glen

Open Door on every second and fourth Wednesday of the month in the Church from 10am to 1.30pm. Simply call in for friendship, morning coffee, takeaways, light lunches and charity shop.

Minister Rev Lesley Taylor, 18 Bowbridge Lane, Bottesford NG13 0AQ 01949842 952Lay Minister Ian Collinson, c/o Colsterworth Methodist Church, 07814 712702 and 01159 892 064A warm welcome to all our services and events.

Priest -in-charge Rev Eric Lomax (861 959) ericjohnlomax64@aol.com

Church Wardens Peter Smith (860 218) Simon Jowitt (07903 390 151)

Verger Denis Adams (860 460)

PCC Secretary Sarah Thomson (860 901)

Wed 7th 11am Said Eucharist Wed 21st 11am Said EucharistSun 11th 11am Sung Eucharist Sun 25th 11am Family ServiceWed 14th 11am Said Eucharist Wed 28th 11am Said EucharistSun 18th 11am Sung Eucharist

September 2011

Village DirectoryOrganisation Contact TelephoneAnti-Social Behaviour Reporting 08001 830279Ballroom Dancing Bett Pope 01476 861032Beavers Dave Sewell 07964 841 720Bell Ringers Pandy Pearce 01476 860357Book Club Kath Miners 01476 861702Bowls Club Barry Grosse 01476 860756Brownies Ruth Hollis 01476 860463Colsterworth Festival of Performing Arts Julia Kerby 01476 860329Council, Colsterworth and District Parish John Hannam 01476 861888Council, Lincolnshire County Council 01522 552222Council, South Kesteven District 01476 406080Councillor, Lincolnshire County Council Roy Chapman 01476 566266Councillor, SKDC Isaac Newton Ward Bob Adams 01476 530329Councillor, SKDC Morkery Ward Martin Wilkins 01572 767181Cubs Dave Sewell 07964 841 720Doctor’s Surgery, Back Lane Colsterworth 01476 860243Doctors’ Surgery, Market Place Corby Glen 01476 550056Doctor’s Surgery, St John’s Close Corby Glen 01476 550251Floodline 08459 88188Football and Coaching Rachel Jones 01476 860364Football Manager Kev Wallace 01476 861448Gardeners & Allotment Holders Joanna Smith 01476 860218Gas emergencies 0800 111999Guides Lesley Shutie 01476 860129Highways, Lincolnshire County Council 01522 782070Ingle Charity Correspondent Margaret Winn 01476 860404Jolly Babies Jane Harris 01476 585212Little Legs Nursery Sarah Moore 01476 860053Neighbourhood Watch Colsterworth Helen Bill 01476 861399Newton’s Players Hazel Taylor 01476 860 605Non-emergency Police 0300 111 0300Police Office, Back Lane, Colsterworth 01476 860222Police Station, Grantham (New PhoNe Number) 0300 111 0300Police, Community Beat Manager PC Julia Higgins 07939 887 565Post Office, Colsterworth Shirley and George 01476 860262School, Colsterworth C of E Primary 01476 860569School, Colsterworth PTFA Tamzin Keenleyside 01476 861398South Witham Children’s Centre Claire Hilliam 01572 768876Sports and Social Club Rose Wood 01476 860487Taekwondo Dave Anderson 07590 020541Village Archive Group Margaret Winn 01476 860404Village Hall, Colsterworth Eileen Lewendon 01476 860459Village Hall, North Witham (bookings) Margaret Bellamy 01476 861159White Lion, Colsterworth Madeleine Smith 01476 861466Women’s Institute Dot Williams 01476 860741Woolsthorpe Manor Margaret Winn 01476 862821

Sat 1st October Parish Church Harvest Supper at Millfield, Back Lane. Tickets from 860 901

Harvest Supper, Saturday 1st October 7pm at Millfield, Back Lane. Traditional meal and entertainment. Tickets £6 in advance from PCC members or ring 860 901.Bible study at the Rectory, 1.30pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.

Coffee Morning Tuesday 2nd at Tom & Lorna Williamson’s, 10 Newton Way, 10am to 11.30am