MID-APRIL 2022
Markfield, Field Head, Stanton-under-Bardon, Thornton & Bagworth
Isle of Wight URGENT REQUEST FOR NEW Challenge for Local VILLAGE HALL TRUSTEES Breast Cancer Programme STANTON UNDER BARDON VILLAGE HALL
THE STANTON Under Bardon Village Hall Trust is urgently looking for new Trustees to join us.
We meet approximately every 2 months to discuss issues affecting the smooth running of the Hall and feel we need more people of all ages to offer their input and ideas. The Hall is used by regular groups – Yoga, Pilates, Dancers, Baby Sensory and Socatots not to mention weekend bookings for parties, weddings and special events. If you are interested or would like further information please email:stantonvillagehall@gmail.com
Mark Stephens, Chairman
The Bagworth Show is Back! MEMBERS of the Bagworth Forward Group (BFG) are pleased to announce that the Bagworth Show will once again return after a forced break of two years due to the pandemic. The Show will take place on Saturday August 27th at Bagworth Community Centre.
Bagworth Show is open to all and classes include, vegetables, fruit, flowers, baking, arts and crafts and a children’s section. There are trophies and cash prizes to be won. Details of what is required in each class will appear in the schedule which will be available nearer the date. Two other classes include the best kept allotment in Bagworth and the best front garden in Bagworth. The latter is subdivided into two parts, the best small and best large front garden. All front gardens and allotments in Bagworth are automatically entered and judges will view them at least twice during the year. This year we have a new garden judge. BFG would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to the previous judge who performed this role for several years. We are very grateful to that person, who decided to retire last year. For obvious reasons we keep the identity of the judge a secret. On Show day there will also be a Dog Show on the field next to the Sure Start Centre. The classes include serious and not so serious ones and again the details will be available in the schedule, published nearer to the date. On the day of the Shows, hot and cold food and drink will be on sale at the Centre. If you are a newcomer to the village, if you have attended the event in the past or even if you have not you can be assured of a very warm welcome to the Show. Many of the exhibits will be on sale at the end of the day. If you haven’t been before you will be amazed at the size of some of the vegetables as well as the quality of the exhibits. As well as being a good day out, it is also one of the important ways in which BFG adds to its funds. As always, all of the money that is made on the day is ploughed back into BFG’s main aim of enhancing the life of the village of Bagworth. Thus the village and villagers will benefit from this event.
Bob Austin
IN FEBRUARY 2020, aged 37, with no family history, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. At this point Covid 19 was something affecting the other side of the world and we were just going to wash our hands a bit more and be fine.
I had lifesaving surgery 3 days before the schools closed (for most children) so then had my children, at that point 3 and 7 at home full time. A cancer diagnosis at any point is difficult but on the brink of a global pandemic, it was impossible to process. Having chemotherapy during the height of the first peak, when people were still scared to pass each other in the street was really frightening. I really struggled to process everything that was happening to me, and everything that was happening to the world. Then one day when I was at Sue Young Cancer Support in Leicester I found a flyer for In the Pink Breast Cancer Pilates Rehabilitation Programme. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ...>
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