Village Voice

The newsletter of the villages of Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston & Normanton July 2003 . Issue No.6

Bottesford Primary School pupils reach their 60th birthdays!

Teacher: Miss Walker

Mick Bradshaw, Ken Roberts, Alan Rayson, John Samuel, Geoffrey Halliday, Michael Coy, Peter Simpson, ? Pacey, Barbara
Taylor, Ann Decker, ?, Jill Bagnall, Margaret Jallands, Magaret Gale, Maureen Cooper, Maureen Tinkler, Pauline Gilbert,
Pam Jackson, Kathleen McIntyre, R Bond, B Towsey, P Turner, J Newton, C Lightfoot, R Taylor, B Gamble, R Bolland, Pe-
ter Jackson, T Ashley, J Moulsher, (and a few others – do you know who they are?)

Bottesford Parish and Melton The Community Centre in any time either using the website www.
Borough Councils had the Summer bottesfordcommunitycentre.co.uk, by
‘phone (on 844199), or by letter. You
elections in May Just because summer is almost upon could also go to the Open Day on Mon-
– who are our representa- us doesn’t mean that the Centre day September 8th
tives? closes down - some of our learners
are eagerly awaiting the results of Will villagers be able to
David Wright 842610 their GCSE, A level or British Sign speak at last?
Jackie Goode 843062 Language exams.
Irene Pacey 843138 At the May Parish Council Meeting,
Brian Kelk 842241 Plans for September courses are now
well underway. There will be a full David Wright, Chairman, suggested that
Barbara Pizzey 844026 he would like to see a 15 minute ‘Open
Ian Kitchener 842123 programme of part time day and eve-
ning classes including GCSE’s in law, House’ session taking place before each
Pru Chandler 842355 meeting to allow villagers to air their
Fred Stott 842522 english, maths, psychology and his-
tory as well as new language courses views. “About time too” - all agreed.
Barbara Coleman 842070
in Spanish, French and Russian. We
are also hoping to offer more leisure- The Parish Council meet on the second
based courses in lace making, wood- Monday of each month in the Fuller
Melton Borough Council: carving and art for the terrified. Most Room at 7.30 pm.
Bottesford representatives are: courses start from September 15th
David Wright (Conservative) onwards. A ‘Surgery’ with Councillors, on alter-
Deputy Mayor - and nate Saturday mornings was also sug-
Pru Chandler (Independent). The programme will be available in gested. These items will be discussed
Contact details as above. July and you are welcome to enrol at further at the next meeting on 9th June.
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Sunday: 12noon-3pm
Sunday evening quiz – a mixture of
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Meetings and party bookings
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The New Victory
Commemoration (VC) Hall
The rebuilding of Bottesford Village
Hall – also known as the VC Hall – is
progressing well. The roof is on and
plans are being made for the Grand re-
opening Fete on 25th August
- Bank Holiday Monday.
A “Time Capsule” will be located in the
fabric of the building, packed with
memorabilia from some of the groups
who used the old building over many
years.
Belvoir Amateur Theatrical Society will
be including old programmes highlight-
ing 30 years of performances.
Other groups represented include: Gar-
dens Association, U3A, Fitness with
Swing, Forget Me Not Club and the WI.
Bookings are already being taken for
the new hall - contact Ray Morton on
843362.
Melton Local Plan
The Village Envelopes and Important
Open Areas Discussion Paper seeks
comments by 7th July and you should
be able to find it at the Post Office or in
the library. The results of consultation
on the first two discussion papers are
available on the internet at
www.meltononline.co.uk/mldf.
Nigel Anthony Cars
Weddings and Special Occasions
“Inspector Morse Style Daimler Jaguar”
Airport and Corporate Specialist
Professional Service
Local and Long Distance
Telephone: 01949 842986
Proprietor: Nigel A Beacroft
Bottesford On-Line
“Bottesford Today” on
www.bottesford.org.uk is a website
that aims to publicise local groups
within the Parish. Originally started to
support the VC Hall (Village Hall) pro-
ject, it outlined fund raising efforts for
the new hall
and provided an insight into some of
the consultations that took place. It
now charts the progress of the new
building.
As a bi-product of this work the
“owner” of the website ,
Norman Robinson, realised that other
local voluntary groups could use this
site to inform local people of what the
group did - and why they were doing
it!
The site, at present, has links to the
Bottesford Environment and Conserva-
tion Group, Bottesford Online (Train
Timetables) & the Vale of Belvoir sec-
tion of Lions International. A copy of
the Parish Appraisal is also on the site.
Further links will be going live soon,
including Village Voice.
So, if you are on line, why not save it
as a Favourite and make sure you
check it regularly so you know what’s
happening!
www.bottesford.org.uk
John Davies BA (Hons)
Clarinet Tuition Piano Tuition
Music Theory
Beginners welcome —age no barrier
Tel: (01949) 843809
Email:
DaviesJohnC@aol.com

Summer Playscheme - for
Children and Adults….
The Community Centre will be running
their popular playscheme from July
28th - 31st, 10am-2pm. Children can
take part in exciting activities including
a hands-on session with a mini zoo,
a drama workshop, Indian dance and a
visit by the fire brigade. Places are
available on a first come, first served
basis. For more information contact
Bottesford Community Centre 01949
844199.
The Centre is also offering courses for
adults at the same time: intensive IT
courses and craft courses such as lace-
making or woodcarving. Contact the
Community Centre for more details.
Ideas for a Family Day Out
These suggestions have been pr ovided
by one of our committee members who
has 2 small children. If you have any of
your own, please let us know.
Belton House – Grantham. A607 –
20 minute drive.
A great place for all the family with the
adventure playground - large enough to
keep them occupied for hours, and a
small railway during the holidays. It
has extensive grounds for walking and
picnics.
Sherwood Pines Forest Park.
B6030 Nr Edwinstowe.
– 40 minute drive.
This is a large forest, with marked
walking and cycle tracks for all abilities;
bikes can be hired or bring your own.
There is an adventure walkway and a
small playground of wooden toys and,
on the shortest walk, (accessible with
pushchairs) musical instruments for
children to play with sticks. It has large
areas for picnics and a small café.
Nene Valley Railway and Ferry
Meadows park. A1 – 40 minutes
Sibson – Peterborough.
This is a great day out for everyone;
the children will love the stream train,
and parents can shop in Peterborough!
Catch the train at Sibson Station (sign
posted from the A1) to Ferry Meadows
and have a picnic in the park. Ferry
Meadows has its own little railway,
boats on the lake, horse rides at week-
ends and two playgrounds.
(Not) for Children?
Jenny’s Gym Bottesford
Have you thought about bringing chil- New extended opening hours
dren to church but worried their fidget- Limited New Membership
Available
ing may not be approved of? Bottes- £2 off introductory session
ford churches try hard to make all wel- upon presentation of this
come and have Family Services and Advert
01949 844807
Sunday Schools and Clubs designed to
appeal to children. For example, the
Sunday School in St Mary’s meets every
2nd Sunday at 10.20am in the Fuller
BUILD WITH PRIDE
Room for pre-schoolers and primary QUALITY BUILDING WORK
school children for singing, drama and NICK PRIDE
craft. For more details contact Mrs ALL ASPECTS OF BUILDING WORK
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other times children still play an impor-
-tant part in services, but toy bags con-
taining quiet distractions and a play
area are provided if children do get
restless.
Holiday club in July
The churches in Bottesford run a joint
Holiday Club for primary school chil-
dren - this year it is at the Baptist
Church from Monday 21st to Friday 25th
July. Contact Richard Lane on 844311
for more information
Goodbye to Mrs Davies
STATHERN GARAGE
We now service and repair
Vehicle Air Conditioning
Re-gas Service
Leak Test Clean
All at Bottesford Primary School wish
retiring head teacher, Mrs Anne Davies, Prices from just
a fond farewell on July 11th. It’s likely to £45.00 + VAT!!
be an active retirement. As a keen cy-
clist and scuba diver, she intends to For prompt and personal
spend more time on the go than with attention, call in or ‘phone
her feet up. Good luck Mrs Davies for a
long and exhausting (by the sound of (01949) 860205
it!) retirement.
Welcome to Louise McGrory, the new
Head, who joins the school from the
beginning of September.
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Des Taylor
Des has lived in the Vale all his life. He
was brought up on the family farm
where he was able to milk cows when
only 5, and became a full time worker
on the farm as soon as he turned 15.
His brother still owns the butchers in
Bottesford and is a third generation of
Taylor’s to deliver meat to Belvoir Castle
After “retiring” from farming in the Vale
last year, Des is now a beater at Belvoir
Castle. Used to early starts, Des gets up
at around 7.00am most days, to see to
the stock. He still keeps a small number
of cattle and some geese; a contrast to
his early life when the family farm was
just over 300 acres, and had sheep,
dairy and beef cattle and some arable
land. Des says he is glad to be out of
farming now as “nobody is making any
money from farming these days”.
“Beating” has been a part of Des’s life
for many years, having been encour-
aged by his Bottesford headmaster
(Laurie Dewey) when only 11 years of
age. Life was different then and, after
they had walked up to the drives and
worked all day, they each got 10 shil-
lings and a bottle of beer! He is a regu-
lar beater at Belvoir and clearly enjoys
the life, meeting and chatting to the
other regulars
Comfort and joy’ from BATS
BATS (Bottesford Amateur Theatrical
Society) held an open audition on
Tuesday 20th May for this year’s pro-
duction. The meeting was a success
and several new members went along
to find out more about the group and
also to audition.
It was announced that this
year's production would be Mike Hard-
ing's 'Comfort and Joy'. This tells the
painfully funny tale of a typical family
Christmas, spending time with relatives
you hardly ever see, or have anything
in common with, and everyone receiv-
ing inappropriate presents. The pro-
duction, which will be held at the Vil-
lage Hall on the last Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of November, will be di-
rected by Julia Burton.
The next BATS meeting is on Tuesday
24th June, 8pm at the Baptist Church,
when the cast will be announced. They
are still looking out for 'behind the
scenes' people, so, if you fancy helping
out with making costumes or painting
scenery, they would love to hear from
you. For further details call Andy
McDonald on 01949 843531.
Professor helps Bottesford
diggers
Professor Roger Wilson from the Univer-
sity of Nottingham is Project Director of
a dig at a Roman site uncovered by the
Parish Investigation Group (Bottesford
Community Centre) last year. The dig-
gers will work with students from the
Archaeology Department & from the
Department of Continuing Education at
the University of Nottingham.
For more information about the Parish
Investigation group, or the dig, ring the
Community centre on 844199. If you
wish to join an archaeology course at
the Dept for Continuing Education ring
0115 846 6466 or look on the web at
www.nottingham.ac.uk/continuing-
education.

Will there be building on “Parish Land” ?

Following a recent Parish Council meeting we have had several verbal enquiries
about the use of what people consider ‘Parish’ Land. People were of the opinion
that this land should be held in trust for villagers, their children and grandchil-
dren - and should not be covered in concrete. The Parish Council are trying to
protect the Village Hall field by calling it ‘recreational land’, and have gone as far
as they could to stop any building on the land. Land at the Cricket and Bowls
Clubs are OK as they hold long-term leases. The Village Voice would be happy to
hear from ‘local builders’, to hear their side of this particular story.
 SPOTLIGHT ON...
The Village ‘Posties’
We all receive mail and an intrepid
bunch of individuals ensures that the
'mail gets through', whatever the
weather. There are eight Posties op-
erating from the sorting office in the
High Street. As the Parish has ex-
panded, so have the number of
houses and businesses; there are over
1530 houses and 60 businesses served
from the Post Office.
A typical day will start at 5.30 a.m.
when the mail from Beeston needs
sorting for delivery to the premises on
a particular round - or 'walk'. The
mail is divided into walks and placed
onto a frame. Each frame consists of
approximately
The Forget Me Not Club
The “Forget Me Not Club” was estab-
lished over 50 years ago as a welcom-
ing place for the over 55’s to meet,
and founder members Mr. and Mrs.
Cox and Mrs. Lee are still members to-
day. Annie Norris is organiser and
treasurer and members meet every
other Monday from 2 – 4pm at the vil-
lage hall (normally) for refreshments,
bingo and whist.
Last year, the Club received a letter
from the Queen in response to a con-
gratulations card for her Golden Jubi-
lee – this will go in the Time Capsule
42 'pigeon holes' where the mail is
further sorted by the Postie into
streets and then delivery order. Each
Postie is limited to a staggering 16
kgs per delivery sack and each bicy-
JOHN NORRIS
cle has the additional capacity for two
& SONS
panniers which can carry a further 8
kgs. Thursdays and Fridays sees a Funeral Directors
substantial increase in mail.
High Street, Bottesford
All the Posties relish their jobs - free- Tel: 01949 842363
Personal 24 hour service
dom, fresh air and working on their Memorials Supplied
own initiative. Forget the weather, Private Chapel of Rest Established 1881
unless the sun shines, it is considered
to be a truly occupational hazard and
typically British! William Pacey & Sons Ltd
16 Castleview Road
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Pictured hard at work are: some of our NG13 0DX
Posties : Front Roger Claricoates LONG ESTABLISHED COMPANY
Susie May, Anne Kevan, Sharon Yates TEL: 01949 842313
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
(supervisor), Ernie Abraham, John NEW HOMES CENTRAL HEATING
Solomon & Barry Gamble EXTENSIONS BATHROOMS
ALTERATIONS KITCHENS
SPECIALIST JOINERY
in the new Village Hall.
The Club are going to Skegness on the
12th August - and anyone from the Vale
would be most welcome to join them.
Their transport has a ramp to assist
anyone with mobility problems.
Profits from their Autumn Fayre on 4th
October go towards their wonderful
Christmas Party and they finish their
year with a Pantomime visit! (All wel-
come, including children.)
The Club is looking for more volunteer
drivers. If you could help – or if you
need more information on events -
please telephone Annie on 842198.

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What’s On...
July
5th & 6th Music Recital. Music from
schools in Leicestershire and Lin-
colnshire, Belvoir Castle*
21st - 25th Holiday club for primary
school children, organised by
Bottesford churches. Contact
Richard Lane 844311.
26th & 27th Butler Tours with the family
butler and meet the Belvoir
Witches. Belvoir Castle*. Tours
at 12.00 noon and 3.00pm
28th - 31st Summer playscheme for
children and adults. Contact
community centre on 844199.
August
18th & 22nd Family activities run by
Scouts Association and Guides
Association, Belvoir Castle*.
* Unless stated otherwise, please contact
the info line on 01476 871000 for details of
all events at Belvoir Castle .
If you have any events or dates in
September & October you would like to
publicise in the September issue please
contact Sam Fells on 844263 with
Youth Club Days Out
Bottesford Youth Club has an action
packed summer planned, with trips to
Alton Towers, “Conkers”, London, and
even Cornwall, plus white water rafting,
canoeing and other sports. Some trips
will be restricted by age – speak to Sam
Evans – the new Youth Club contact –
on 844531 for more information. The
Youth Club will still be open during the
summer, special opening times: Mon-
days (14-19 yrs) and Fridays (11-13
yrs). Standard opening times for the
remainder of the year are in the Village
Guide.
A view from a local JP
(Justice of the Peace).
As a newly appointed JP I would say
that it is a worthwhile and challenging
job. JP’s are selected on their good
character and ability to show sound
judgement - legal advisors support them
so no formal qualifications are required.
Every time you “sit” something different
happens. It allows you to help people
achieve justice and support the local
community. It also opens up
other opportunities, such as working on
the Family or Youth courts. If you are
between 30 and 70 you can do it. To
find out more go to www.magistrates-
association.org.uk or write to the Secre-
tary to the Advisory Committee,
Loughborough Magistrates Court,
Woodgate, Loughborough.
Jumble Sales and Christmas
Trees
The St Marys Social Group organises
events throughout the year to raise
funds for their church. During the
year they arrange a Jumble Sale, a
Barn Dance, a Summer Fete and
then, later in the year, a Harvest
Supper and, finally, the Christmas
Fayre and Festival of Christmas
Trees.
If you would be interested in helping
the group run events, or have some
new ideas, why not join them? Their
next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Mon-
day 8th September in the Fuller Room –
opposite the Red Lion.
Or call Gill Smith on 842706 or Christine
Saunders on 842596 if you would like
further information.
Just published - the first
Village Guide
You will have received the first Village
Guide with this issue of Village Voice. This
will be an annual publication and covers
groups in all the parish. The Guide has
been published so that you know about all
the clubs & groups in the village – when
and where they meet and how to contact
someone to find out how you can join.
The Village Voice group has worked hard
for several months putting the information
together and have included as many
groups as possible. Special thanks must go
to Anne Ablewhite for all her hard work in
collecting information and Carol Hulse for
obtaining the funding (from the Commu-
nity Champions fund) to enable us to pro-
duce the Guide.
If you would like to make sure that you
are included next year please ring Susan
Meech on 843402 or email
villagevoice@bottesford.org.
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about their paper being crumpled, torn
or wet, I would suggest that they take
VOLUNTEERS PLEASE! Learn to Drive
over the delivery for a day and see how
they would get on. with confidence
The Age Concern Day Centre at from beginner to advanced
When did you last look at your letter
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Parish Council News

14th April Meeting 12th May Meeting

A redundant mobile from Belvoir High The Chairmanship of the Parish Council
School is to be moved onto the football changed hands from Pru Chandler –
field as temporary changing facilities. who had held the position for 10
years – to David Wright.
Advice is being sought into the prote c-
tion of open spaces in perpetuity with New posts within the PC were
regard to the PC owned land on Belvoir Allocated.
road.
Disabled access to the Co-op and Key
The Charity Commission are unwilling to Stores are being considered by the
enter into further discussion with regard shops concerned.
to the village hall.
A meeting of the PC on 3 June was
The rent & presentation evening for the planned to discuss the Football Club.
best allotment will be held at the end of Relocation costs are estimated at
September. present to be £5,000.
 Sports News Crime Scene

Bottesford Football Club Ladies Netball Latest Crime Trends

Bottesford First Team can provide inspi-
ration for our youngsters and let them
see that they can stay within the village
football system for many years to come.
The best professional teams know that
strength comes from a vibrant youth
policy. Plans are afoot for our younger
members for next season and BFC are
hoping to start:
An Under 16’s team.
• Under 8’s and Under 10’s Small
Sided Soccer. There is a lot of interest
from players and BFC is looking for peo-
ple to help run these teams. Please
contact Bud Hart on 843391 or 842519
if you think you can spare some time to
help these budding footballers!
Fed up with sitting at home? Know
that you can still do it and want to re-
capture those past days as Wing At-
tack or other position you can call your
own? Then look no further than a
dedicated bunch of like-minded indi-
viduals who have done something
about it. They meet all year round
every Thursday night at the Belvoir
High School Sports Hall from 20.30 –
21.30 hours. The Netball played is
non-competitive. You must be over
16 years old and there are no upper
age barriers. All playing levels are
welcome and you can just turn up on
the night. For more details ring
Louise McDonald on 843531
Reported incidences were up during
May. This was largely due to 20 report-
ings of stray animals and 18 of noise/
disturbance/litter dropping in Walford
Close. There was one burglary and one
dog bite.
Volunteers-update
They have been kept busy during the
arms amnesty. A good number of shed
alarms have been sold at £10 each.
Reporting of incidences directly to Mel-
ton has proved invaluable.
Remember the office is open:
Wednesday evenings: 6pm - 8pm,
Saturday mornings: 9-11am

Thanks go to the Cricket Club for allow- Cricket Police Officers

ing the use of their changing rooms.
The U15’s played NFK Newark in the
Without this support the BFC senior Bottesford is now up to full strength
Newark and District Cup Final. Bottes-
teams would not have been able to play
ford beat Newark with 94 runs against
with 6 officers.
any home games. Thanks also to all
60. Well Done to the new U15 cham-
those who have helped with fund rais- Enter your Cornflake Clusters
pions!
ing.
at the Bottesford Village
• Don’t leave equipment in the front Show
Timely advice from the
garden.
police The Bottesford and District Gardens As-
• Litter in the car park of Belvoir
• Make sure animal enclosures are Vale surgery is a real problem. It sociation have added 9 new classes for
secure. looks a mess and is so easily entries at the show, which takes place
• Fasten all gates when out walking. avoided. Use the litter bins but, if on Saturday 13th September at the VC
• There have been some bogus call- they’re full, take the rubbish home Hall - coleus, bonsai, bunch of radishes,
ers in the area. Ask for identifica- with you. bunch of 12 spring onions, a bottle of
tion from all callers. • Remember pets in hot weather; wine cultivated from plants in the wild,
• Hot weather means opening win- don’t leave them in the car. cornflake clusters, coconut pyramids
dows; remember to close them and a home made invitation to a party.
when you go out.
Look out for the Schedule that will be
available soon in the Post Office and at
Village Voice Our apologies
the Garden Association shop on Gran-
Contact information In the last issue of Village Voice we included an
tham Road, with details of all classes.
article about Gilbert Waudby. Apologies for
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