Mountsorrel Post (55) June 2016

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Mountsorrel Waitrose opens THE NEW Waitrose in Mountsorrel was officially opened on May 5 by Nicky Morgan MP. She joined store manager Tim Stanton in cutting the ribbon and welcoming the store’s first customers.

The new store follows a multi-millionpound investment which has transformed the former Budgens into an 8,500 sq ft Waitrose with 151 car parking spaces. A total of 60 new jobs have been created, adding to the 40 existing Budgens employees.

Waitrose Mountsorrel has launched a number of initiatives to support the local community, including its Community Matters ‘green token’ scheme. Every Pic: Nicky Morgan MP opens the new Waitrose store; (inset) the bakery area month, £500 will be donated to local for our business locally has so far been good causes chosen by customers and the really encouraging. Everyone in our team branch will also provide 100 hours each year is looking forward to getting to know to causes through the Waitrose Partner Volunour customers and helping Waitrose teering programme.

Nicky Morgan MP said: “I am delighted that become part of the local community.”

Waitrose announced in January that it Waitrose has chosen to open in Mountsorrel. had reached an agreement with Booker Not only have the existing Budgens staff been Retail Partners GB to acquire the retained, but 60 new jobs have been created Budgens shop on Granite Way. The new as well. There is a real buzz surrounding the branch is Waitrose’s largest convenience opening locally and I look forward to seeing this new store going from strength to strength.” store and provides the retailer’s latest Store manager Tim Stanton added: “We are offer, including a bakery with seating for hot drinks and snacks, an extensive wine very grateful to Mrs Morgan for joining us department, and the John Lewis Click today and helping to celebrate the opening of and Collect service. our first store in Mountsorrel. The support

Jake runs marathon “I’VE NEVER run before but now I’ve run the London Marathon and I know my granddad would be proud of me” says Jake Bird (18) of Mountsorrel.

Jake Bird was part of the 16-person LOROS team that ran the London Marathon in April.

Jake’s granddad, Ray, died last year, following a seven-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). “He would want me to be running for LOROS” said Jake.

When 81-year-old Ray was ill, Jake had applied to run the London Marathon.

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Jake ran the marathon this year for LOROS, despite never going on a run in his life before.

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Parish Council notes A FULL meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was held on January 11.

Pic: Jake Bird & (inset) his granddad

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much LOROS have to raise to keep supporting and caring for people like my granddad every year.

“Me running the marathon and raising £2,000 is so tiny in the grand scheme of things.

“I just want to do whatever I can do to support LOROS.” Jake completed the 26 mile course in 4hrs 5mins.

It was reported that crime rates had increased and PCSO James Johnson said increased police patrols were being carried out.

County Councillor Peter Osborne said that the County Council did not feel the number of burglaries had increased as a result of the reduction in hours that street lights are switched on. He said the County Council is investing £23million on improving street lighting by fitting LEDs. Councillors discussed possible locations for defibrillators to be installed in the village.

It was agreed to budget £20,000 to fund the Mountsorrel Youth Café.

It was agreed to make no changes to the charges for: the parish room, cemetery, allotments, sports clubs and preschool group.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was held on January 18.

It was agreed that the management of the new Waitrose store be invited to the Parish Council for a general discussion.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was held on Monday February 8.

Cllr Mick Lemon stated that the Chairman of the Parish Council, Brian Allard, is responsible for the building costs of the new Memorial Centre being increased by £100,000, due to delays in proceeding with the lease. It was agreed to defer discussion to the meeting on March 14.

It was agreed to write to County Councillor Peter Osborne, complaining about the charges for using waste recycling sites and to add the complaint to the County Council’s consultation on its website.

Mr Will Antill, owner of the Mountsorrel library building, and the Parish Council’s advisor, reported that he had met with officers from the County Council

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Mr Antill said the County Council is obliged to pay all costs for the building for the next 18 years and that mothballing the building would not be economically viable.

It was agreed that a revised submission for retaining the library be submitted to the County Council.

It was agreed to obtain quotes to upgrade the village website.

It was reported that the position of the Mountsorrel Relief in Need charity is that it is unable to support the running costs of the library, but may under certain circumstances be able to award a grant or donation.

Chairman Brian Allard stated he would not be seeking re-election as Chairman at the Annual Parish Council meeting in May. A full meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was held on March 14.

PC Glen Spiby reported that the police office in Budgens had now closed and they will move back in if an agreement can be reached with Waitrose. They will relocate to Rothley in the meantime.

Charnwood Borough Council’s Monitoring Officer Adrian Ward attended the meeting, to advise councillors on declarations of interest.

Mr Martin Fagan of Community Heartbeat gave a presentation on defibrillators.

The purchase price is between £1500 and £2200 and the annual maintenance cost is £126. It was agreed that Mr Fagan suggest locations within the village for units, and to detail the costs.

It was reported that all deliveries to the Marshall Honda garage site by transporters will cease by the end of March 2016.

It was reported that the local police team will be keeping an eye on the blocking of residents’ driveways on Watling

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letter saying he hadn’t got a ballot place, so he applied to run for LOROS. “When I heard I hadn’t got a spot in the London Marathon, it just made me want to run it for LOROS more, especially because it was the day after my granddad died” said Jake.

Ray used a number of the services at LOROS when he was ill, including day therapy, complementary therapy, home visiting, counselling and support from the MND nurses. Ray was on the ward at the Hospice when he died last September.

“Granddad became frail and although the MND affected him gradually, by the end, he was really bad,” added Jake, who is a student at Leeds University.

“It was so annoying because he was the same person inside, he just couldn’t physically do things.

“It got to the point where he couldn’t leave the house, which meant my nanna couldn’t leave the house either because he needed full on care.

“The support granddad

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Day nursery is ‘outstanding’ say Ofsted OWNERS, STAFF and children at a Mountsorrel day nursery are celebrating after being rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.

“We are extremely proud of this recognition” said Jayne Butler who along with co-owner Helen Telford, runs the Castle View Day Nursery on Watling Street.

“We have worked very hard to provide a setting in our local area which we feel offers children exceptional quality of care” she added.

In February Ofsted inspectors found that: “Children are extremely happy and confident. They feel valued and cherished as all their needs are fully met by nurturing and attentive staff. All care practices are of an exceptionally high standard. Children’s behaviour is excellent. They share and take turns willingly, showing a mature understanding of how others feel.”

Jayne said: “Our ethos is encouraging children to explore for themselves new situations, resources and experiences.

We take the children out of the setting to experience the wider community on a

regular basis and we fully embrace what is on our doorstep.

“We go to the park, the hills, the river, the library, the farm and we use local transport to take us into the surrounding villages, for instance to support the children’s interest in growing we recently took them to a garden centre in Quorn. We love to go to the Beacon and make dens and have treasure hunts.”

She added: “We employ 18 members of staff in whom we invest a lot of time and effort to ensure they are qualified and experienced but that

they also feel valued and part of an outstanding team.

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Cllr Allard stated that he totally refuted the allegation that he is responsible for the building costs of the Memorial Centre being increased by £100,000.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was held on April 11.

Mr Ian Shonk from the Mountsorrel Community Team (MCT) asked for a donation to cover insurance costs for MCT events.

PCSO Johnson reported there had been 37 crimes in March. He said an agreement had been reached with Waitrose re accommodation for officers. Comment was made that there are groups of people that are regularly seen openly taking drugs at various locations in the village.

It was reported that the County Council will not be changing the speed limit on Swithland Lane near the junction with Halstead Road. The Parish Council has safety concerns about the junction. It was agreed to complain to the Chief Constable and to seek support from Mountsorrel’s MPs The council agreed to purchase three defibrillators for the village at a cost of £5835. The locations are: Waterside public house, telephone box on Rothley Road and telephone box on The Green.

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Mountsorrel & Rothley heritage centre opens sorrel or Rothley, lying in the garden shed or in the loft, might consider lending their item for display in the heritage centre for visitors to see” said Sarah.

The Community Room has already seen local people and businesses hiring it out to provide a number of events at the Centre. The first two weeks of opening it hosted ‘Passing Through’, an art exhibition by six local artists, which included paintings, drawings, printmaking, ceramics and photography. The first Saturday also saw a ‘meet the artists’ event. The Charnwood Craft Company

A NEW tourist attraction created by volunteers has opened in Rothley.

The Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre opened in April – it has a coffee shop, an exhibition of local history, a community room that features art exhibitions and the Nunckley Nature Trail.

It is open between 10am and 5pm, seven days a week and admission is free.

The centre is the culmination of a project that began in 2007 when a group of volunteers got together to restore the Mountsorrel railway – a disused section of GCR track running from Rothley to Mountsorrel.

That task, and the construction of the Mountsorrel station, was completed in 2015. Now the volunteers are working on the heritage centre site, building demonstration stonemason huts to recreate

quarrying scenes from the late 19th centu- very reasonable prices. Dominic at David ry.

North of Rothley, will be supplying patisThere will also be a small museum series, whilst the coffee has been specialbuilding linked to the Mountsorrel railly blended by a local merchant. A wide way. It will exhibit historical railway variety of flavoured ice creams are comvehicles that once worked in Mountsorrel. ing from further afield, from Parisellas, a Sarah Hughes, a spokeswoman for the little family business in Conwy, North centre, said: “Despite a low profile open- Wales. The intention is that Granite’s ing, queues formed outside the door on Coffee Shop which is “Not for Profit”, the first day and the Heritage Centre, will generate the income needed to supGranite’s coffee shop and the nature trail port the operation and ongoing maintehave proved to be very popular.” nance of the heritage centre site. The She added: “Granite’s has sourced public will then have free access to all some high quality produce, all served at the areas of interest and attractions that

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Inside the centre display boards reThere will also be storytime for the count the history of Mountsorrel and under 5s taking place on a Wednesday Rothley from the Bronze age to modern afternoon with local author Rachel times. These displays will rotate to allow the full breadth of the two villages’ histo- Greaves who will share her stories about Ruffles the rail dog and his adventures ries to be displayed. on a steam railway. All the events can be “The Heritage Centre also has a found at www.heritage-centre.co.uk number of artefacts on display and any If you have an artefact for display readers who might have an item of historplease contact steve.cramp@heritageical interest associated to either Mountcentre.co.uk

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The Mountsorrel Post welcomes your views and opinions on any subject. Letters, which must include your name and address, (though not necessarily for publication) can be posted to: The Mountsorrel Post, Unit 109, Greenacres, The Sidings, Leicester LE4 3BR, or handed in at Mountsorrel library or email: editor@birstallpost.co.uk

Book search I have been trying, without success, to obtain a copy of "A History and Guide to Rothley - a Great Central Country Station" by D J U Knighton, published in 1989. It occurs to me that one of your readers might have a copy that they would be prepared to sell, or possibly lend, to me.

I used the station daily in the late 1950s/early 1960s and came to know Mr Brown, the stationmaster, and the porters George and John, well.

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Loves Mountsorrel I just want to thank you for your publication Mountsorrel Post. I enjoy reading your publication.

I am a new inhabitant only lived here five years. I love the village! I want you to thank our local businesses that affect our lives on a day to day basis.

Our wonderful newsagent/convenience store. They are wonderful people, yes Indian, I love them to death! Post Office, also run by a wonderful Indian, love him to death! butchers, lovely people I live on their faggots! Great restaurants Noorjahan (lovely owner) and The Bay Leaf wonderful food, both Indian owned again!

What concerns me is the children in Mountsorrel! They have no respect, their parents seem to not control them. The graffiti, filth on the streets, their abuse of this wonderful village.

I am 58 years old, disabled, I am worried about going out of my house, all I see when I go out is vomit/rubbish/graffiti what the **** is going on?

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Planned residential care home Library future

A PLANNED 66 bed residential care home would create 42 new jobs, say the developers.

MOUNTSORREL LIBRARY is set to be taken over by a community management team. of care – general and dementia.

The site is a vacant plot that is part of a site that was granted planning permission for 45 dwellings in January 2014.

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Local issues raised at meeting THE FUTURE of Mountsorrel library, housing development and school places were all raised by members of the public at Mountsorrel Parish Council’s annual meeting on April 19.

Chairman of the Parish Council Brian Allard opened the meeting by presenting a summary of the Council’s work over the previous year. He said that the Parish Council will build a new Memorial Centre and manage it.

Borough Councillor Leigh HarperDavies reported that the council’s core strategy had been adopted. A resident commented that we are likely to end up with continuous development between Leicester and Loughborough and that the villages will lose their identity.

Borough Councillor Richard Shepherd said that as a planning authority, Charnwood would not permit developments to join up but conceded that the area of separation between villages has become narrower. He said that Mountsorrel has taken its fair share of development up to 2028 and that the adoption

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of the core strategy means the council has strong grounds to refuse development outside village boundaries.

A member of the public commented that there were insufficient school places.

County Councillor Peter Osborne said Rothley school is full and “where would we put a school in Mountsorrel?” He said the County Council had a limited amount of money and that 52% of the budget goes on adult social care. He said he supported the continued future of the library and that it would take more time to find a solution that would keep it open.

Members of the public reported speeding traffic on the Kingfisher estate, lorries using local roads as a shortcut, lorries crossing the weak bridge on Sileby Lane and blocked drains on Church Hill Road.

PC Glen Spiby reported that the village has two PCSOs for the first time. Antisocial behaviour is an ongoing concern, he said, which is down to a few individuals. Formal warnings and Acceptable Behaviour Contracts are used.

Speeding is another police priority and speed checks will continue to be carried out.

PC Spiby said there were 321 reported crimes in the year which

was considerably less than previous years. There had been 20 burglaries. PC Spiby said he wanted to promote NHW and Community Speedwatch.

Members of the public reported traffic chaos at Mountsorrel school, speeding traffic on Rothley Road, and drug taking on the playing fields.

Mr David Williams, the headteacher of Mountsorrel primary school, said the school could accommodate new children if they were given the funds to redesign internally, and that £580,000 has been allocated.

He said the school was improving and expected a rating of ‘good’ at Ofsted’s next inspection.

Mr John Doyle, the chair of the Mountsorrel Café trustees, said the café was now five years old, and is a needed facility for young people. It has been supported by the Parish Council and the Mountsorrel United Charities. He reported on the positive impact it has made on the lives of individual young people.

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Ideal Care Homes want to build the three storey building on a site next to Hill Top Garage, on Loughborough Road.

The home will accommodate people from the local area and offer two types

A County Council spokesman said: “We are having positive discussions with the landlord with the intention of transferring Mountsorrel library to community management later this year.”

The council is working with groups to transfer 36 libraries to communities, to save £580,000 per year.

The Mountsorrel Library Partnership would take over the library.

It consists of the Mountsorrel War Memorials Trust, Mountsorrel Parish Council, Mountsorrel Education Fund and Mountsorrel United Charities.

Mountsorrel library is in a building leased by a local resident and the handover may require the County Council to either surrender its lease to the landlord or grant a sub-lease to the Mountsorrel Library Partnership.

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A DONATION of £500 has helped the Sorrel Youth Café re-open after it was seriously damaged by burglars.

A break-in on Monday April 4 saw the front door damaged and the till stolen, containing £20. On April 10 there was a second break-in through the front door and the burglars tried to steal the safe, which was left unopened outside the property.

The Soar Valley Rotary club has stepped in to help the café, which was facing a large repair bill.

President Richard Hilliar said: “The Centre offers support and engages young people at the heart of the community, so we were shocked and saddened to learn of their recent problems and when approached we were happy to donate £500 from our charity reserves towards the immediate cost of repairs and continue to support this excellent project.”

local people a chance to take part in some hands on archaeology.

The most important event will be a community dig in Rothley. The village has huge archaeological potential and there are clues to Rothley’s early history waiting to be discovered in back gardens around the village. Beneath the earth are objects left behind by the people who lived in Rothley hundreds, even thousands of years ago.

“This evidence can be pieced together to help us understand what was happening in Rothley in ancient and medieval times and will allow us to build up a picture of how the village developed in the period before we have written records,” explains Charnwood Roots Project Manager Julie Attard of Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust.

The dig will be led by the Charnwood Roots team with help from archaeologists from the University of Leicester and local volunteers.

“We’re looking for around 150 volunteers who would be willing to help excavate 30 test-pits in back gardens and public spaces across the village. Test-pits are small, only 1 metre square, but in

our previous community digs in Anstey and Whitwick they have yielded hundreds of artefacts spanning many thousands of years. Every test-pit is unique and tells its own story about the history of that part of the village. In Anstey we found prehistoric artefacts in back gardens on the edge of the village in a modern housing estate. I am very excited to see what we will discover in Rothley.”

The dig is suitable for everyone and families are welcome to take part. All training and equipment will be provided and no previous experience is necessary.

People can also volunteer to help wash and process the finds if they cannot dig.

Rothley’s Big Dig will take place over the weekend of Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July and if you would like to volunteer you need to be available on both of these days. Anyone interested in taking part should contact Julie at charnwoodroots@le.ac.uk or telephone 0116 252 5946. You can find out more about the whole project at www.charnwoodroots.org or follow @CharnwoodRoots on social media.

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Revival is back this August MOUNTSORREL REVIVAL returns to the village on Sunday August 14.

The festival will once again bring old-style vintage fun to the village, featuring a street parade, music, dancing and lots of interesting stalls and attractions. With over 6,000 people attending last year, it was a busy day - every food stall was sold out by mid afternoon!

With the summer on the way, it’s time to start thinking about building your Soap Box racer for this year’s competition. The race is a centrepiece of the Revival and the race teams will take part in the street parade, as well as race on the Cricket Club Track.

All sorts of wild and wacky machines take part – from the ‘serious engi-

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Pic: photos taken at last year’s event

neering’ to the entertaining ‘just for the fun of it’. Details of the race, entry forms and a video of last year’s racing can be found on the ‘Mountsorrel-revival’ website.

Ian Shonk, the race organiser said: “We can promise you a great afternoon’s fun – and some wonderful handmade

trophies to challenge for” Entries for both Stall-holders and Race Teams are now open. Spaces for both are limited and on a ‘firstcome’ basis. Details are available on the ‘Mountsorrel-Revival’ website.

Admission to the Mountsorrel Revival is free and the event runs from 11am to 5pm along the length of the village from The Green to Stonehurst farm.

The Burley Houses, Tempest Road were opened in 1932 and were designed by architect Stockdale Harrison.

The trustees of the Burley Almshouses charity are holding an open day on August 6 between 10am and 4pm, where visitors will be given a tour of the properties.

Residents are required to have lived in the county of Leicestershire for a period of 10 years, or have a husband or parent who has.

All the properties are supplied with a monitoring device linked to Charnwood Lifeline providing a 24 hours call out service.

For more details contact James Williams at 16 Tempest Road, Birstall LE4 3BE, tel: 0116 2676398, email jamesjwilliams@ntlworld.com

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P/16/0994/2: 19 Kingfisher Rd – proposed single storey rear extension P/16/1044/2: 91 Halstead Rd – erection of single storey extension to rear and application of cladding to dwelling P/16/0836/2: Linkfield Farm, Loughborough Rd – erection of a 66 bed residential care home with associated parking, landscaping and access P/16/0944/2: 109 Leicester Rd – change of use of public house to dwelling. Erection of single storey extension to rear with alterations to roof and fenestration P/16/0920/2: 8 Meadow Rd – erection of detached dwelling P/16/0690/2: 7 Sileby Rd – conversion of bed & breakfast accommodation to 3 dwellings P/16/0982/2: 19 Kingfisher Rd – the erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.891 metres with a maximum height of 3.508 metres and height to the eaves of 2.406 metres P/16/0805/2: 41 Halstead Rd – erection of single-storey extension to rear of dwelling P/16/0771/2: Christ Church & St Peters Primary School, Rothley Rd – erection of a canopy to front of building P/16/0476/2: 24 Edinburgh Way – erection of single and 2 storey extensions to side and rear of dwelling

AN AWARD of £42,000 of funding for improvements has transformed a Rothley bowls club.

The Soar Valley Bowls club on Loughborough Road received the grant from Sports England. It used it to redesign the area around the greens and to install an automatic irrigation system.”

“The club is now in a first class position to provide excellent facilities for the new bowling season” said club spokesman Stewart Warrington.

He added: “We are especially keen to encourage non bowlers both male and female to take up the sport, and to help achieve this the Club is offering a free year’s membership to all ages. So why not come along and join us, we would be delighted to see you, and don’t worry about equipment or dress as we are very relaxed about newcomers and can supply equipment to help.

“We would also welcome any estab-

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Pics: the improvements to the Soar Valley Bowls Club

lished bowlers who wish to join, and can offer both casual and competitive

bowls throughout the summer. Our men’s section prides itself by entering more club teams than any other locally to play in the Loughborough & District Bowls League, giving all our members the opportunity to play on a regular basis. Our ladies’ section also offers regular bowling throughout the season, and would make any new member very welcome.”

More details: www.soarvalleybowlsclub.c o.uk, Stewart 0116 2363628, Shirley 0116 2364246

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Personal Assistant wanted around the Mountsorrel area to support and accompany a disabled young woman to access social activities outside the home. The ideal candidate will be patient, empathetic, friendly and approachable. Previous experience desirable. Car driver essential.

Pay £9.00 per hour. 4 hours a week (Saturdays). DBS check will be undertaken.

All enquires to Karen Davies: email Karen.Davies@leics.gov.uk or telephone 0116 3053622.

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Summer stroll through gardens

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THE TENTH Open Gardens event in the villages of Thurcaston and Cropston will take place this summer on the weekend of June 25 & 26.

All money raised from the event will go to LOROS and the villages’ new Good Neighbour Scheme.

Spokeswoman Linda Bennett said: “We have a number of different gardens for you to visit across the two villages; some large, some small, some immaculate, some very much less so! But all for you to enjoy.

“Events include refreshments, plant sales and a plant swap, bring along a plant from your own garden to swap for something else, as well as a trail for children and even a string quartet!”

Gardens will be open from 2-6pm on both days; tickets will be £4 each (accompanied children and wheelchair users free) and will be valid for both days. They can be purchased on the day from any of the Open Gardens.

Look out for the fuchsia coloured balloons!

“Why not put the date in your diary now, then come along with your family and friends, and support this great community event, and help us raise money for a very worthwhile cause. We look forward to seeing you!” said Linda.

For more information about this event go to www.tcog.org.uk or contact Linda on 0116 2363872 or email Linda@tcog.org.uk

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