The Herald Magazine October 2021

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Lord & Lady of the Manor of Bagworth Read the interview on page 8.

Markfield, Field Head, Stanton-under-Bardon, Thornton & Bagworth

Young cake makers raise over £400 for Dogs Trust

Thank you

THE FAMILY of Dr Tom Hailstone would like to say thank you to everyone who attended his Funeral at St Michael’s & All Angels, Markfield on Friday 17th September.

Also thank you so much for the cards, notes, kind words and tributes, they have been a great comfort to Norma and the family and are very much appreciated.

Bagworth Christmas Fair Saturday 27th November • BOB AUSTIN REPORTS

I AM SORRY if you hate talking about Christmas when it is so far away but time does fly, so apologies for this.

LACEY HILL with help from her friend Isla held a cake sale on Sunday 19th September between 11am to 3pm in Markfield to raise money for DOGS TRUST. For four hours they were very busy and all the cakes went.

Donations raised £420, Lacey would like to send a BIG thank you to everyone who came and donated.

Jane Bell (Grandma)

The members of the Bagworth Forward Group (BFG) are planning to hold a Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 27th from 1pm to 4pm at Bagworth Community Centre. If you would like to have a stall at this event, then please contact Karen on 01530 230573.

As well as a wide variety of stalls, there will be BFG ways of raising money including a raffle with some excellent prizes, a tombola stall, and games to play including ‘Guess the weight of the Santa’, a ’Reindeer and Carrot game’ and a ‘Teddy Tombola’.

Santa, himself, will be in attendance throughout the event, meeting with all of the good girls and boys who wish to make Christmas requests. Hot food and drink will also be available. Debbie and her team are acquiring quite a reputation for tasty food in this department.

We will be charging £1 admission for adults attending this event.

Children will enter for free.

Make sure the date goes in your diary to avoid the disappointment of forgetting. All of the profits will be used by BFG to enhance the life of the village.

News update from Bradgate Rotary Club 2022 Bradgate Park Calendar

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The limited edition calendar is on sale at the Deer Barn, Bradgate Park, the local libraries of Markfield and Groby, other outlets and on-line.

This a great achievement and recognises the efforts made across the Bradgate area of Markfield, Groby, Ratby, Anstey, Newtown Linford and Glenfield.

THE BRADGATE Rotary Club are proud to announce that their 2022 Bradgate Park calendar is now available.

Photos for the calendar were chosen from over 600 entries submitted by visitors to the Park, and local companies sponsor each of the pages to ensure all the proceeds are donated Bradgate Park Trust and other local charities, including Heartwize, Baby Basics and LOROS Hospice.

BRADGATE ROTARY have been awarded a Rotary Citation for their commitment and work in the community during the challenging Covid times from the District Governor.

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Community Initiative funds open for applications 2022/23 COMMUNITY groups in Hinckley and the parishes of Hinckley and Bosworth are being encouraged to apply for their share of the Borough Council’s Parish Community Initiative Fund and Hinckley Community Initiative Fund.

This year a total of £162,000 has been made available to support community projects throughout the borough. Grants are available for up to 50 per cent of the total project cost. These grants fund a wide variety of projects such as play areas, community building improvements, new pathways, heritage trails, and sports facilities, and again this year, the Borough Council is giving high priority to any schemes that help improve the environment.

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Councillor Martin Cartwright, the Executive Member responsible for Rural Communities and Environment at the Borough Council, said: “As in previous years I would like to see these grants spread as wide as possible, with special emphasis on the smaller organisations as well as parish councils. As the council has declared a climate emergency any project with a focus on climate impact reduction or help towards being carbon neutral by 2030 will have extra points awarded in the overall scoring process. I would urge your group or parish council to apply.

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Councillor Scott Gibbens, Chair of the Hinckley Area Committee welcomed the initiative and said: “I am delighted the council has once again been able to continue with this funding and look forward to it continuing to have a positive impact on the development of community-based projects in the Hinckley area. Local groups – please apply.”

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In the chamber, I was able to raise Twycross Zoo’s bid for a National Science and Conservation Centre, which I was delighted to recommend for the Levelling Up Fund back in June. The creation of a new, world-leading centre would be a fantastic boost for the local economy, building on the 600,000 visitors the zoo already receives.

The proposed 3,365 sqm purposebuilt centre located adjacent to Twycross Zoo will offer researchers from around the world the opportunity to study the 4 Great Apes, plus over 100 endangered species, in naturalistic complex environments. The centre will also support conservationists and scientists with a world class facility for helping to tackle the environmental and ecological challenges we are facing over coming decades. I was there myself recently and was able to meet some of the lemurs, and I hope to be visiting again very soon!

From the work being done at the Zoo, to the work being done at MIRA, I’m consistently impressed by the fantastic progress for our local economy, in such a wide range of areas. I’m so pleased to see that our area is increasingly becoming a real hub for investment, creating fantastic opportunities for local people of all ages, and in both small and large businesses alike.

Other projects across our area have also been coming together this month, delivering real progress for our community. In Sketchley Brook in Burbage, residents first contacted me back in February to see if I could help with the poor broadband speeds they were experiencing for years. After taking the issue right to the top of the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport, and liaising

with Openreach and Leicestershire County Council over the last 6 months, I’m pleased to say plans to upgrade the entire estate have now received the green light.

In other news, I was pleased to hear that 227 new police officers have now been recruited for our area since the last election, in addition to the new Rural Policing Team established by Leicestershire Police last year. Given the size of our area, and the challenges of policing rural communities, I’ll continue to work with local police to see how I can help, and I was down at Gopsall Fly Fishing Club in Shackerstone recently to discuss exactly this.

In terms of education, I was delighted to see that in our area, 87% of schools are now rated good or outstanding by Ofsted, compared to 73% in 2010, which is fantastic to see. Having worked closely with local schools since being elected, I successfully lobbied Government to provide Hinckley Academy with millions of pounds worth of investment for example, as well as working with Hastings High School in Burbage and South Charnwood School in Markfield to assist them, raising their ideas directly with the Education Secretary.

That’s just some of the progress for our area coming together at the moment, I wish there was

more space so I could cover every corner of our community! But rest assured, from Newbold Verdon, to Markfield, to Desford, I’m keen to ensure that every part of our area feels represented moving forward. As ever, if there is anything I may be able to assist with, don’t hesitate to get in touch, and I’ll do my best to help: luke.evans.mp@ parliament.uk Dr Luke Evans MP Member of Parliament for Bosworth House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA w: drlukeevans.org.uk t: constituency: 01455 635741 parliament: 0207 219 4250 m: 07920 619812 twitter: @drlukeevans Instagram: drlukeevans

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Looking back at life in this area around 140 years ago Borough Councillor Matthew Lay writes in The Herald I HAVE ALWAYS been interested in local history, especially that of Markfield and Stanton.

Growing up in the large extended family as I did, with many Uncles, Aunts and Cousins etc. ensured that local folklore was passed down and stories of how the villages developed were often verbalised but not put in any written form.

Records do exist but these only give fleeting accounts of what was happening in the local community at the time.

Recently I was trying to enquire about the building of Birchfield Avenue as some discrepancy appeared to exist in the records at Hinckley and Bosworth. This was partly a result of the Council at the time being Market Bosworth Rural District which went on to merge with Hinckley Urban District in the early 70’s. I was fortunate in that, one of my surviving Uncles had lived in one of the Birchfield Avenue properties when they were first built. He had a razorsharp memory of his time living in Birchfield and could tell me every occupant of the street, which was referred to as the ‘Intake’. He enjoyed talking about his memories, but these verbal memories can be lost if not captured.

We are fortunate that an active local historical group have been plugging the gaps for over twenty years and recently have got back to holding meetings again after the Covid-induced pause. As a result of the local history group and others associated with it, several local publications now exist for those who have a yearning to learn more about our local history. Using the available records to decipher the life of those living locally is no easy task, but it is fascinating to absorb.

It’s important to know what went before as you often find the same issues come and go like the rise and fall of the tides. The same concerns

“The directory describes Markfield as a large, scattered village being in the hundred of Sparkenhoe.” and anxieties existed and while the world would have seemed so much smaller it didn’t detract from what was available.

One of the written sources of information available, that gave good details about village life and who was who, came in the form of commercial directories that were often published. A number of these can be found (a sort of pre cursor to the yellow pages) but I happened to be sent an extract of one by a Cousin, which was published around 1882. I find these directories very interesting because it details the rich and varied professions that served the local community at a time when few could venture further than they could walk.

The reason I was sent the entry for Markfield was because my Great Grandfather – William Russell was listed, and his profession was as a retailer of Beer. It doesn’t say from where he retailed beer but I was reliably informed it was either the Quarryman’s Arms or the Abraham Lincoln (neither exist today). At this time Markfield had a good number of public houses and drinking ale was a favourite pastime.

The directory describes Markfield as a large, scattered village being in the hundred of Sparkenhoe.

A hundred was an ancient unit of English local government and taxation, intermediate between village and shire, which survived into the 19th century. Originally, the term probably referred to a group of 100 hides (units of land required to support one peasant family).

The Parish Church of St Michael was referred to as being in the early English and decorated style with registers dating back to 1573 but with these being imperfect.

There were chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists and Congregationalists (the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists merged in the 60s and took the Wesleyan chapel as their joined-up home with the Primitive chapel being acquired by the Congregationalists so they could have a schoolroom.

These chapels are all described as having schools, which I presume refers to Sunday Schools. The National School (which was on the Green) was operating and the Headmaster was John Hubbard.

Their appeared to be 4 local charities benefiting from the estates of Thomas Jarvis (1853) John Spencer (1686) Jane Avery and Elizabeth Smith (both 1875).

The interest derived from these estates was to be given away in bread to the poor. The Jane Avery charity still exists to this day but I am unclear what happened to the others.

The directory lists a main source of employment as being at the Quarry (which is now referred to as Hill Hole) which belonged to Messrs Ellis and Everard of Bardon. It employed some 100 men and boys quarrying a high quality ‘syenite being composed of pinkish felspar and green partly decomposed hornblade’. Today it is known as Markfieldite and is a classed as a Diorite . The directory tells us that the stone quarried was worked into ‘steps, sills and paving sets, as well as broken into road metalling and sent all over the country’ The principle land owners of the time were the Earl of Stamford and Warrington (who was the Lord of the Manor) along with a John Biggs, a Mrs Hitchcock, W.H.Taylor and a Mrs Dailey.

The chief crops grown in local

fields were Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Beans. The total acreage of the Parish was some 2,532 and its population in 1881 was 1,605.

Lots of occupations are listed alongside those of beer retailer.

Markfield had Butchers, Joiners, Wheelwrights, Drapers, Farmers, Builders, Surgeons (yes, we had two surgeons!) Grocers, Bakers, Shoe-maker, Plumber, Glazer, Blacksmith, Tailor, Stocking Maker and a Sadler.

Of interesting note, the directory lists a John Spiby as the farmer at the Grange Farm. In Jan 2020 a descendent of this John Spiby who was himself called John Spiby, passed away at the age of 85 after farming all his life. He lived at Lower Grange Farm. The directory also lists a Henry Chapman as being a builder, contractor and grocer. The descendants of Henry Chapman also became builders and worked in and around the village for many years.

This is just a snapshot in time and of course, many would not have been mentioned as their toils went unnoticed or were simply not worthy of a listing. Either way I am sure much more was happening which doesn’t make the directory.

It’s fascinating to view these records because we think sometimes only in the here and now and yet Markfield and Stanton as communities have existed for at least a thousand years or more with plenty of tales to tell. Ultimately though life meanders on and I wonder what people will be looking back and saying 140 years from now.

Not much changes.

Matthew

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Lord & Lady of the Manor of Bagworth ~ The Jeff and Iris Johnson interview of Tuesday 20th May 2003 ~ Q: How did you learn about the Lordship of Bagworth being auctioned off?

Jeff: We saw it advertised in the newspapers. It was advertised in the Leicester Mercury. We were relaxing one night, I was reading the Mercury and I said, “Look here, for sale by auction, Lord of the Manor for Bagworth and Thornton!”

Iris: Then we discussed it between us and made the decision to go down to London. So we rang them up and told the auction officials we’d be in.

Jeff: Since we’ve been in Bagworth we’ve been so settled.

People have accepted us and it’s made it lovely for us. We heard about these Lordships being snapped up by the Americans, the French and the Germans, so we said, “Let’s have a day off from work.” So we took a day off, went down on the train, and made our way to the Royal Fan Makers Guild where the auctions were held. It’s just up the road from Liverpool Street underground.

Iris: It was very, very interesting.

A marvellous experience.

Jeff: And it was beautiful, all the banners hanging round the walls, and crossed hatchets. The people who walked around the auctions, the officials were all wearing 3-cornered hats and knee breeches and uniforms bordered with gold.

It was like going back in time.

Iris: Quite aside from the auctions it was so interesting.

Jeff: We thought how nice it would be if we could bring the title back to the village of Bagworth.

Iris: It should be in the village where it belongs. I wished we had taken a camera with us, but we’d have been too nervous to use it, anyhow!

Jeff: We were both very nervous.

We sat there and these officials were walking up and down. And there were French, German and Americans bidding, and there was a couple who were from the Midlands. We didn’t find out who they were, or which exact area they were from, but they were definitely fairly local. And they had come to bid for the Bagworth Lordship title.

Iris: Before the bidding for the Bagworth title commenced, there were various sales. Two opposing parties of farmers were both after the same Lordship title somewhere down in the south. It had quite a bit of ground with it and some buildings. And these two parties

were vying for this lush farmland with its title of Lord of the Manor.

Jeff: They were glaring across the room at each other, and it all became a bit heated. They were fetching chairs, I don’t know if they were thinking of throwing them at each other, but the officials were having difficulty in keeping order.

This auction made many thousands of pounds.

Iris: After this sale, Thornton’s Lord of the Manor title was auctioned off. This was quite separate from Bagworth’s Lordship.

Jeff: It was a Frenchman who bought the Thornton title, and we’ve seen it up for sale since that day, if Thornton’s title ever comes up for sale again I’ll go bidding for it.

Iris: After the Thornton sale the Bagworth Lordship came up. We waited and saw what was going on. The bidding started between a Frenchman, an American and a German.

Jeff: Bidding started at £2,000, and went up in £500’s, then £250’s, and finally £100’s. Eventually the American dropped out, then the German, which left the Frenchman and this Midlands area couple bidding against one another. When the bidding was finally struggling I went in. We knew how high we intended to go, and if it went too high we’d have dropped out above a certain price.

Well, we bid until the Frenchman dropped out, leaving the English couple and ourselves. We then had four or five more bids between us. The Auctioneer was saying, “Come on, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is going much too cheaply.

Can we have another bid?” Then the Frenchman came back in, and we thought we’d lost it. It seemed an age before the hammer finally came down in our favour.

The Auctioneer said, “Yes, your Lordship.” I looked at Iris and she looked at me. We couldn’t speak.

Eventually I uttered, “Oh, my god!” The official beckoned me to go across. He’d got a clipboard for me to sign. I couldn’t sign it for shaking. He said, “Just print your details, have a cup of tea downstairs and you’ll feel more settled.”

This we did. We sat and composed ourselves with a beverage, then went to the office and, although my hands were still shaking, I was able to sign the form.

Iris: It was a great thrill to know we had the title, at last it was ours.

Lord & Lady of the Manor of Bagworth alias Jeff and Iris Johnson The Lordship was coming back to Bagworth where it belonged, and we pledged we’d always keep it here. It is awful to think that it could have gone abroad, anywhere.

Jeff: When we boarded our train back home, we felt as if we were on the run, like two escapees, running away with the bounty!

Iris: It was very nerve-wracking.

We didn’t know what was going to happen down there; we didn’t know what the procedure was.

Jeff: We had to wait for the official papers of the Lordship to come through. They are like property deeds, transferred through a solicitor. And my solicitor has had them ever since.

We’ve got various other papers in our possession that we sent off for regarding the Lordship of Bagworth. We have scrolls both from America and England. One is a copy of a scroll loaned to a museum by a titled gentleman. I wrote and asked him if he was prepared to relinquish possession of the original, but he declined.

The good side is that he let us have a reproduction of it. You can’t read the writing on the scroll: it may be early Latin.

Iris: The television company came to see us soon after we’d bought the Lordship. They brought the video cameras for broadcasting.

Jeff: This other scroll came from California by air mail. It’s all about the Manor of Bagworth in detailed information. It’s handwritten and very neat. All in Latin again, I believe. It came from the County

Archivist, Lancashire. I did a search and this is what came back.

Iris: I think these old scrolls are wonderful things to have. It would be very nice if we could get them translated, because they concern the old manor of Bagworth Lordship.

We intend to leave the Lordship title to the village eventually. It could be through one of our family, or somewhere else secure. In any case, it won’t leave Bagworth, it will stay here. We have decided on that.

Jeff: That’s true. It won’t be going to America or France or Germany, I can definitely tell you that.

Iris: We have always loved it here in Bagworth, and we love the people of Bagworth. We’ve been here 16 years now.

Jeff: It’s a pity we couldn’t afford to buy Thornton’s title at the time of the auction.

Iris: You can be sure, if Thornton’s title comes up again we’ll be after it.

Have Jeff and Iris ever used the Lordship of Bagworth title officially?

Jeff: We’ve used our title once for charity when we opened the fete for the organisers at the Marlene Reid Centre, Coalville.

PS: sadly Jeff, Iris and Frank (who carried out the interview) are no longer with us. It would be interesting to know what happened to the title.

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County Councillor’s Report from Peter Bedford Email: peter.bedford@leics.gov.uk • Tel: 01455 824733 Web: www.facebook.com/peterbedfordmdt AS I WRITE this month’s update I am beginning my 10 days of isolation having succumbed to covid.

Thankfully, being double jabbed, my symptoms are mild (headaches and tiredness); whilst the next 10 days will be frustrating I know that others have not been so fortunate over the last 18 months. I would also like to thank everyone that has offered to help during this unusual period for me personally.

During the last month I have been working collaboratively with neighbouring County Councillor Ross Hills on a range of issues affecting our area; in particular progressing Highways projects to improve road safety. Residents of Thornton will soon receive an informal consultation from LCC on the Reservoir Parking proposals - so please look out for this in the post over the coming weeks.

I have also worked with the Lead Member (Cllr Ozzy O’Shea) at LCC to ensure that grass root issues such as weeding of our roadsides is undertaken. For context earlier in the year the County Council

Pictured at Loughborough Library for the launch of ‘Work & Skills Leicestershire’ with County Council officers stopped using a particular weed treatment due to concerns on the potential environmental impact. I am pleased that this issue has been overcome and that our pavements and roadsides are hopefully looking a lot clearer!

During the month I also visited Loughborough Library and did an interview with BBC Radio Leicester for the launch of ‘Work & Skills Leicestershire’. The scheme is designed to support any Leicestershire resident that wishes

to upskill or get help in getting back into the jobs market. More information can be found: https://www.leicestershire.gov. uk/jobs-and-volunteering/skillsfor-jobs/work-and-skills

Local Plan AT THIS month’s LCC Cabinet meeting I spoke about my concerns regarding the lack of an up to date “Local Plan” in the Borough.

In particular my concerns that over half of the HBBC Planning Department Officers have resigned during the last few weeks.

I have sought and been given assurances by LCC that they would be happy to work collaboratively to support the Borough Council in progressing this Development Plan for the benefit of all of our residents.

SHIRE Environment Grant GRANTS of up to £3,000 are available for community groups and organisations to deliver local projects and activities to improve Leicestershire’s environment.

LCC is looking to support projects that improve the local environment through waste prevention and reuse to minimise the amount thrown away, reducing carbon and improving biodiversity.

Although applications can be received at any time, the SHIRE Environment Grants scheme will operate a series of deadlines and decision meetings.

The remaining deadlines for 2021 / 2022 are outlined below: • Friday 29th October 2021 with decisions made by Friday 26th November 2021 For further information please visit: https://www. leicestershirecommunities.org. uk/grants/environment-grant. html

Brown Bins RESIDENTS continue to contact me about HBBCs brown bin issues, and I believe the Borough Council are now getting on top of this matter through the use of temporary workers until they are back up to full staffing.

If you need help with any local issues please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Best Wishes,

Peter (County Councillor for Markfield, Desford & Thornton) E: peter.bedford@leics.gov.uk or T: 01455 824733 www.facebook.com/ peterbedfordmdt

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School meal voucher help during October half-term THOUSANDS of Leicestershire families struggling with the cost of living will get help extra help to pay for food during October half-term, the county council has announced.

School meal vouchers are to be available for some 14,000 eligible children so their parents and carers can buy £15 worth of food for the week-long break that starts on October 18.

The county council is setting up the scheme so the vouchers become available, through schools.

Leicestershire has received £3.6 million of Government cash from the Department of Work and Pension’s Household Support Fund, to help support those most in need with food, energy and water bills, as well as pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In total the Leicestershire October half-term school food voucher package will cost £240,000.

As well as the 14,000 mainstream school children who qualify, there will be support for eligible youngsters who are in early years education or have special educational needs.

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Markfield Community and Sports Centre News Tel: 01530 242240 • www.markfieldcommunitycentre.com

OUR POPULAR clubs and classes have returned however, we are continuing to remain cautious and ask you to please be careful, wear a face mask on entering the building and in our designated FACE MASK ZONES where there is the greatest risk of passing on infection.

We would also ask you to sanitise your hands on entry and we continue to maintain a track and trace system.

Markfield Covid 19 Good Neighbours Scheme AS THE pandemic continues to be widespread, the Markfield COVID 19 Good Neighbours Scheme remains in place to help and support you if you need it.

Members continue to provide help and support to anyone in the village who needs it. Please remember that “IT’S STILL OKAY TO ASK” and if you need any help, support or advice just ring us on 07885 243033 and we will do our level best to help.

Parents And Toddlers Sessions JUST A REMINDER that our popular Parents and Toddlers sessions have now resumed.

Sessions are held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm.

It only costs £1.50p per child per session and refreshments are available for purchase. This is a chance for parents and carers to meet up with old and new friends, have a natter and watch their children play with all our kiddy toys. For further information contact the Centre or just turn up on the day.

Mini Bikers Prestigious Award AT THE RECENT Leicestershire Live Business Awards Ceremony 2020/2021 held in Leicester, Mini Bikers won the Small Business and Development Award for the category of Small Business and Development Award.

The ceremony was a prestigious blacktie event recognising and honouring companies that have gone above and beyond to stake their claim on the local, national and even global business scene. Many congratulations to Yasin and Kelly.

Mini Bikers have been based at the Community Centre since 2015 and have now spread their wings further afield. This award-winning project teaches children aged from 2 years to 6 years how to ride a bike through balance and pedal bike training.

Mini bikers sessions take place at the Community Centre on Sunday afternoons.

Football At The Community Centre FOOTBALL is increasingly popular whether it is training, coaching or playing for all. Below are a couple of sessions for your children to enjoy: HALF TERM HOLIDAY FOOTBALL CAMP

Leicester Futsal will be holding a three-day Football Camp over the half term school holidays on 18th, 19th and 21st October from 9am to 3pm.

Sessions are planned and delivered by UEFA B coaches who all have valid FA safeguarding, first aid certificates and are DRB checked. The cost is £15 per day or £35 for all three days.

MINI DRIBBLERS

These sessions are specifically aimed at children aged 2 to 5 years old who want to learn or simply play football. Sessions are held at the Centre every Tuesday and Friday mornings both from 10am to 11am.

The cost is £4.50p per session with a discount for block bookings.

Mayflower Club FIRSTLY, I must mention a special celebration for two of our members.

During the afternoon of Sunday 28th September John and Dinah Standley had two mile stones to celebrate with family and friends. Firstly John’s 80th Birthday and secondly their 57th wedding anniversary.

John was born at Leicester’s Bond Street Maternity Hospital and lived in the now demolished Saint Margaret’s Cottages during his early years.

Dinah described him as an original Leicester “Townie”. John worked at Birch Bedrooms before his retirement. Believe it or not John was an avid train spotter, he also loved a round of golf before lock down, he enjoys pottering around his garden and of course both he and Dinah are dedicated and enthusiastic Leicester City Football Club supporters. I understand that they met on a blind date arranged by one of Dinah’s friends. Their first date was at the Picture House in Granby Street where they saw the film The King and I. They have a son and a daughter, four grand children and two great grandchildren. Both are regulars at the Mayflower Club and here’s a little secret, John dresses up as our Father Christmas at our annual Christmas Party and what a magical and jolly part he plays. Many congratulations to you both and we look forward to celebrating your 60th wedding anniversary.

• THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER members have continued to enjoy activities that help them get out of the house and meet up with friends old and new. These include quizzes, games and even a meal at the Fieldhead Hotel.

We have other sessions planned including a visit by Fire and Rescue, talks on the latest scams, the Carers Support Centre and fun events including our annual “conker” competition, “Day at the Races” and Halloween Party.

MONDAY AFTERNOONS

If you are at a loose end or want some company, the Club also has sessions every Monday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm. At these sessions you can play dominoes, cards, and other indoor games and meet new friends over a cuppa.

If you would like to join in, please come along on Monday and Wednesday afternoons 2pm to 4pm. We haven’t raised the cost of sessions for over four years but due to the fact that costs have risen substantially during that time we have had to put the cost up by 50p to £2.00p per session. A cuppa and biscuits is included so it’s still very good value for money.

Please remember to bring your face mask and sanitise your hands when you come into the Centre.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 YOU MAY OR may not be aware that the Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, marking 70 years since her accession to the throne.

It will be the first time a British monarch reaches such an incredible milestone, so, to mark this special occasion we are starting to plan a Village Platinum Jubilee event at the Centre on SATURDAY 4TH JUNE. We have booked a fly-past by an aircraft from the RAF Memorial Flight.

Hopefully this will take place as we have been so unlucky on two previous occasions as flights had to be cancelled due to bad weather. Third Time Lucky we hope.

Other ideas mentioned include a Jubilee Children’s Party, an evening Family Disco and other celebrations.

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National Blood Service The National Blood Service really appreciate using the Community Centre for blood donation sessions so much so, they have provided a list of sessions for 2021 and 2022.

The dates are shown below. You can book your blood donation appointment on line with the National Blood Service and “Do something amazing” by donating your much needed blood.

DATES 2021 3rd November DATES 2022 19th January 9th March 11th May 6th July 31st August 26th October 21st December All sessions are from 11.30am to 9pm

How To Contact Us FOR BOOKINGS and enquiries please contact Markfield Community and Sports Centre,Mayflower Close, Markfield LE67 9ST on 01530 242240 or email: markfieldcomunitycentre@hotmail.co.uk

Or you can visit our website www.markfield communitycentre.com to view our facilities, latest news, photo gallery and information about the Centre.

Ron and Dawn Grantham

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MTTG are back ... and it’s MURDER

Christmas Comes But Once A Year ... However, this Christmas will be the last for one guest at the party!

HAVING NOT been able to perform for over 18 months, the members of Markfield & Thornton Theatre Group are delighted to invite you to a very special Christmas party, to be held at Thornton Community Centre.

‘Tis the Season to be Jolly’ is a Murder Mystery play, written especially for the Group by Muriel Walker.

Those of you who have supported the Group in the past, will know what a talented writer Muriel is so, you are in for a treat! Familiar faces, and some new members are looking forward to entertaining you once again.

Here are the performance details: • Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th and Saturday 11th December at 7:30p.m.

• Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

• N.B. There is no performance on Friday December 10th • All Tickets are £5 • Tickets are available from Anne on 01530 469714 or via email: annedobrowolska@gmail.com or Emily on 07983 669689 or via email: emilygmarlow981@gmail.com The scene is set in Jamboree – a department store owned by the Frost family. It is the night before the store’s main grotto opens to the public. Traditionally, the family and staff members gather for their annual Christmas party, and a visit from the man himself – Santa Claus. However, as in all good mysteries, not all is as it seems.

Management, loyal older staff members and newcomers alike have secrets and rivalries. Relationships full of jealousy and intrigue will unfold and, eventually, murder will be committed.

The action you see before you will provide the clues to help you to solve the mystery. Who is the murderer?

IN ORDER that we can provide a safe, secure environment in these uncertain times, tickets are limited for each performance.

Tables of 6 people, up to a maximum of 12 tables per performance will be set up. As on previous occasions, please bring along your own refreshments and tableware. We invite you to dress for a Christmas Party!

• Please do not be deterred if there are not six persons in your party. We can easily make arrangements to accommodate you.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR COMPANY FOR A HAPPY, FESTIVE OCCASION!

Smart New Air Ambulance Charity Shop Opens

THE AIR AMBULANCE Service has opened its newest and biggest superstore in Beaumont Leys.

The superstore - next door to Aldi in the Beaumont Shopping Centre - comprises a donation station, clothes, homeware and toys over two floors as well as ample parking.

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Opening times are: 9am-7pm Mon-Sat & 10am-4pm Sunday.

Archery club relocates to Markfield KIRBY MUXLOE Archery Club welcomed a record number of first-time archers on Sunday, 12th September. The event was to mark the club’s ‘Grand Opening’ which proved to be a great success at Jubilee Playing Fields, Markfield.

The long-standing Archery Club of over 43years has just re-located to Markfield, and wanted to give people in the area a taste of what it is like being Robin Hood. The Club Championships were held in the morning, and then the event was officially opened by the club’s Chair Eileen Payne and Jacqui Williams Chair of Markfield Parish Council in the afternoon. Well over a hundred people both young and old picked up a bow and got involved for over 3 hours of fun as archery is an accessible sport for everyone, going forward the club hope to put on more ‘Have a Go’ events like this and interact more with the community.

Special thanks go out to the members of Kirby Muxloe Archery Club who gave up their time to welcome lots of new people into the club. Lynn Pearson Club Secretary, commented: “It was great to see so many people come and have a go at archery. We had a great time sharing our passion for the sport and hope that we might have inspired more people to get involved in archery in the future”. If anyone is interested in one of our beginners’ courses or wants to know more about our club, please go to our website K-M-A-C.org for details.

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Can a healthy lifestyle combat undernutrition and dementia?

The PROMED-COG (PROtein enriched MEDiterranean diet to combat undernutrition and promote healthy neuroCOGnitive ageing) Consortium brings together unique expertise to better understand how the balance between diet and physical activity could reverse undernutrition during ageing and, ultimately, prevent dementia.

The research led by Queen’s University Belfast will provide new and critical insight into the role of undernutrition in cognitive health. It will explore how diet and exercise can work to combat undernutrition and the effect of factors - such as age, gender, and genetics -on the risk of dementia in older age.

One in ten adults aged 60 years+ are undernourished, which means that they have low levels of proteins, calories, vitamins, and minerals caused by reduced food intake or because the body does not process food properly.

Undernutrition has a negative impact on the health of older people as it leads to weight loss and increases the risk of dementia in later life.

PROMED-COG project co-ordinator, Dr Claire McEvoy from the Centre for Public Health at Queen’s University Belfast, said: “Weight loss increases the risk of dementia by up to 40% but occurs a decade or more before the symptoms of memory loss become apparent. This gives us an opportunity to intervene early with preventative strategies to counteract undernutrition and, potentially, the onset of cognitive impairment.”

Dementia is a major health priority. It already affects around seven million people in Europe, a figure set to double by 2030, with socioeconomic costs rising to over €250 billion.

While factors, such as age and genetics, influence the onset of dementia and cannot be changed, some lifestyle changes could make a difference.

PROMED-COG will use existing datasets in Italy to study the links between undernutrition, cognitive decline, and dementia. The project will also test the effect of adopting a diet and exercise intervention over six months on undernutrition and cognition in older adults living in Northern Ireland. This will inform the recommendations developed to slow down cognitive decline and prevent dementia in older European citizens.

Dr McEvoy added: “Dementia is a huge problem affecting our ageing population. There is a significant lack of research in this area and this new grant will bring together a range of European experts to develop evidencebased recommendations for the prevention of undernutrition and cognitive impairment during ageing. This will not only prolong the period of life spent in good health but will also reduce the societal and economic burden of dementia.”

The European Horizon 2020 Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life”, and ERA-NET Cofund ERA-HDHL (GA N° 696295) has awarded a grant of over 680,000 euros to the PROMED-COG consortium.

Led by Queen’s University Belfast, the Consortium includes The National Research Council Italy, The University of Padova, University College Dublin, Wageningen University, and The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ErlangenNürnberg.

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Businesses encouraged to extend Kickstart placements LEICESTERSHIRE County Council is encouraging companies to increase placements offered under the Government’s Kickstart from six to 12 months, after the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) pledged £500,000 to bolster the scheme.

The Government’s Kickstart scheme offers six-month paid work placements for 16-24 year olds who receive Universal Credit.

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Groby Sings Autumn 2021 Update

Six-a-Side Football Marks Kick-off for Alex’s Wish

​A NEW, annual event in the Alex’s Wish calendar has kicked-off a return to face-to-face fundraising events.

THE GOOD NEWS is that Groby Sings is alive and well even though we are still unable to assemble in our pre-pandemic home, the Groby Club.

The annual six-a-side football tournament took place in slightly rainy conditions but still raised over £2,000 for the Leicestershirebased charity. The event, which was the idea of Ryan Astill from Astill Planning, was well supported by onlookers cheering on their teams, was catered by local company Ben’s Kitchen – a stalwart supporter of Alex’s Wish, and also provided attendees with the opportunity to taste a brand new gin courtesy of Multum Gin Parvo, from Rutland with beer supplied complimentary by Kiran Parmar, Winstanley House.

Speaking about the event, Emma Hallam, Founder and CEO of Alex’s Wish said, “Whenever you try something new there’s always a part of you that’s nervous and excited in equal measure. With this event taking place so close to the UK coming out of lockdown I was thrilled to see it so well supported and am so very much looking forward to it taking place again next year and to it becoming a regular feature in our events calendar.

“I’d like to thank Ben’s Kitchen for their ongoing support as well as our ethical Business Club Members Chaz Ellis of Multum Gin Parvo and Kiran Parmar of Winstanley House, all who played and all who supported from the side-lines. It was a fabulous event and the money raised will go towards supporting projects that are aiming to find treatments and, ultimately a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a childhood muscle wasting disease affecting 1 in 3,500 boys.

“Next year’s event is already pencilled in our diaries for early June and will be bigger and better than ever with 16 teams competing!”

Adds Ryan, “It was great that we were able to raise so much money for Alex’s Wish and it will hopefully be something we can build upon for other years going forward. The football tournament seemed a great opportunity for company team building and socialising, whilst raising money for a great cause.”

To find out how you can get involved or to learn more about Alex’s Wish please visit: www.alexswish.co.uk

Throughout all the lockdowns and restrictions we’ve managed to keep going by keeping in touch via newsletters and singing at home on Mondays to one of the songs from our concert repertoire. We even had a sing-athome summer concert last year, Carry On Groby Sings, which was greatly enjoyed by many choir members.

We had hoped to resume as normal this Autumn but as there is still evidence of Covid cases occurring in our area the management and trustees have judged that, as the safety of all our singers is a priority, it would be wise to postpone our get-togethers a little longer. So we will carry on singing at home on Mondays for the time being, with tea and cake of course, and we’ll be singing a song from each concert season in turn.

Throughout September we’ve enjoyed singing along to I’d Do Anything from Oliver!, which we sang at our very first concert in Summer 2013, followed by Oh What a Beautiful Morning from Oklahoma! (June 2014) and the Groby Sings anthem, Down at Groby Sings (words by Paul Cox to the tune of Funiculi, Funicula) which has featured in more than one concert and is a particular favourite of the choir.

The second piece of good news is that the trustees have been working hard looking for a replacement for Helen Hayes, our conductor and musical director since Groby Sings was formed early in 2013 and a very hard act to follow. This has not been straightforward even with the help of Helen’s many musical contacts.

Most of the local conductors are fully occupied with other choirs or musical activity so to take on the very demanding work of directing a 200 strong community choir in Groby is not easy. However, the trustees are optimistic that a plan has been worked out and that Groby Sings will soon have a new musical director to take us forward as soon as we can sing together again. Fingers crossed and watch this space!

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The latest news from Markfield WI Lynda Owen REPORTS AT OUR SEPTEMBER meeting we were entertained by the Cocktail Shaker Boys.

Their love of, and interest in, cocktail ingredients led them to set up a business providing cocktails for special parties either in a client’s home or chosen venue. They also make presentations to groups like the WI and others.

We learned that cocktails have three basic ingredients, a base (eg vodka, gin, brandy, rum or tequila), a modifier (eg fruit liqueurs such as orange curacao or cherry heering) and a mixer (ginger ale, cola, soda etc) these mixers also dilute the alcohol content.

Cocktails became popular in the 1920s particularly in the USA during prohibition. Gin could be made at home and being colourless it looked less like an alcoholic drink such as bourbon; white rum like Bacardi was also popular. During prohibition there was an exemption whereby doctors were authorised to write prescriptions for alcohol for medical purposes; it appears few questions were asked. In 1932 an exemption was given for Winston Churchill following a minor car accident in New York.

As well as furthering our education the Shaker Boys demonstrated the mixing of cocktails which we were able to sample, there were also mocktails to try including a very moreish Mary Berry Cherry. We had a very enjoyable evening.

In October it is our AGM and we hope to be back at our usual venue in the Methodist Church Rooms. Following the business of the AGM we will have time to chat with each other and possibly play a couple of games.

Botcheston WI News from Sheila Flatt WELL, AFTER a break of about 18 months, we were back at Botcheston Village Hall for our usual evening meeting, after a very social meeting in August when we drank tea, ate cakes and had a good old natter.

Our speaker this month was Dr Tim Gray, MBE, from the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme.

EMICS was formed in 1984 in Rutland by Dr Gray and called The Rutland Accident Care Scheme, providing treatment at the incident scene, prior to transportation to hospital. In 2004 it amalgamated with other similar schemes in the East Midlands to form EMICS. The organisation relies purely on charitable donations – costing approximately £20,000.00 to equip one doctor. Currently EMICS have 20 doctors who give up their time to respond immediately to a text message – at any time of the day or night.

Dr Gray, who is still actively involved in the service enlightened our MONTHLY MEETING – Speaker to be annnounced – Thursday 25 members to this valuable service. We all commented that we had seen November these doctors at accident scenes but had all assumed that they were part of the ambulance service, not volunteers.

26-29 November – Botcheston WI will be displaying at the St Martin’s Desford Christmas Tree Festival.

• OUR NEXT MEETING will be our AGM on Thursday 28 October at 7.30 p.m. at Botcheston Village Hall, when we will also have a couple of Tuesday 7 December (evening) – Area (Forest Group) WIs Carol quizzes.

Concert at St Martin’s Desford. An opportunity to see all the Christmas Trees.

Other dates for the diary: If anyone would like more information on Botcheston WI (or WI in CRAFT AND COFFEE in October will be at 10.00 a.m. on Monday 4 and general) please contact our secretary on 01455 821228 or come along to Monday 18 October – all welcome. Bring your knitting or crochet (or other one of our meetings when you will receive a warm welcome, coffee and craft) and have a chat and a coffee (usually biscuits as well) – if you cannot cake. We look forward to welcoming you. knit our ladies are their to help you learn.

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The Santas are back in town!

THE SANTAS will be back in Loughborough Town Centre on Sunday 5th December, as they prepare for the start of the seventeenth annual Santa Fun Run & Walk.

Loughborough Rotary Club organised a very successful ‘Alternative’ Santa Fun Run in 2020, for obvious reasons, but are delighted to be able to host this popular actual event again this year.

Over forty charities benefit each year, as participants can support one of the headline charities (being Dementia UK, LOROS, Prostaid, Rainbows and the Wellbeing Centre in 2021), or one of their own choice. Several schools have found this to be a great way to generate funds for their own needs, or favourite causes.

The ‘Santa Paws’ competition will also be included again this year, giving dog owners the opportunity to dress their pooches in a festive fashion, and parade them alongside the mascots and the pantomime dame on the stage.

Sign up via www.santa-fun-run.co.uk; collect your santa suit from the Loughborough Building Society, and join in the fun at 11am on Sunday 5th December.

The Mamas & Papas song Monday, Monday was inspired by the Beatles song Eight Days A Week.

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Borough Councillors’ Report From Chris Boothby & Ozzy O’Shea

Hinckley & District Parkinson’s Group

A Big Thank You WE ARE delighted to report that the Coffee Morning held on Saturday 18th September in the Trinity Methodist Church Hall in Markfield raised £493.75.

We very much wish to thank everyone who came and enjoyed the toasted teacakes, bought lovely cakes, and donated so generously.

Collected in May We would also like to thank all the volunteers who gave so generously of their time and effort.

The following day, Sunday 19th September, a Christian Aid United Service was held, also at the Trinity Methodist Church. The collection at that service raised £174.39.

Added together this makes £688.14.

This means that together with the £1267.47 collected in May the total amount raised for Christian Aid over the past twelve months is £1935.61 – what a great achievement!

These events were arranged by Churches Together in Markfield to raise funds for Christian Aid in their very important work in transforming lives.

No proof-of-jab needed to go to church

Cllr Chris Boothby Tel: 0116 2912796 or 07306 390543 Email chris.boothby@hotmail.com

Cllr Ozzy O’shea Tel 0116 2394336 or 07808 585825 Email ozzyoshea@hotmail.com

The Borough Council’s Local Plan THE LOCAL PLAN is a working project that decides where housing can be allocated in all areas of our Borough as we have been asked to allocate 9.5k up until 2039.

The Lib Dem Administration at HBBC have delayed this until August 2022 which means the rural areas are immediately at risk.

Following a zoom meeting between both of us and a Planning Policy Officer and Cllr David Bill, Executive Member for Planning, it was explained to us that Officers contacted land owners to see if they were prepared to sell their land for housing. Firstly , We have determined that Bagworth and Thornton be re- classified as Rural Villages instead of a Key Rural Settlement which means that the Council are looking at sites to provide 50 houses rather than 200.

• IN BAGWORTH, the WMC site to the rear is an option but we have refused any option for the Maynard Estate. Also, land further down to the left of Station Rd is up for consideration.

• IN THORNTON, the Thornton Nurseries and land at the end of St Peter’s Drive are under consideration.

Nothing is set in stone yet and any application submitted will involve consultation with local residents. Incidentally, the Director of Planning did not attend this zoom meeting.

It is important to note that Chris and Ozzy did not put these sites forward but the land owners themselves. We have also asked that subject to any permission being granted, all Section 106 monies be given to the Community so they benefit.

Planning at HBBC WE ARE ABLE to say with some dismay that of the 9 Planning Officers at HBBC, 7 are due to leave in October.

YOU CAN GO to church this autumn for worship, baptisms, weddings, and funerals, all without needing to offer proof that you have had the jab.

The Church of England welcomed the news that vaccination certification will not be required.

As a spokesman said: “It would be difficult … to justify limiting access to church services or organisations on the basis of vaccine passports.

“Such an approach would run contrary to the principle of the Church being a home-and-a-refuge for all.”

That leaves us with 2 Planning Officers and 1 Enforcement Officer where we did have 4. The Administration have decided to bring in agency staff as Consultants, However the Planning department has a huge backlog of applications that are due for determination but will not happen and so, applicants can appeal for non- determination which you will pay for.

Realistically, HBBC Planning’s department’s reputation seems to be raising serious concerns and it would appear that they are currently unable to recruit any experienced officers hence the need for agency staff.

Chris and Ozzy Working for you

Park at the church?

PARISHES across the UK have turned their church or hall car park into a simple money-making enterprise.

In all, more than £20,000 a month is being raised through a scheme with YourParkingSpace, which provides an average of £200 a month for the 100 churches on its books.

Most of the churches in the scheme are near town centres or popular visitor attractions, and this access to their car parks is welcomed by local motorists.

Janet Kavanagh welcoming regular members and newcomers to a group meeting at the Mary Forryan Centre. Over 50 attended the September meeting.

WE ARE PLEASED to report that most regular gatherings have now resumed.

The next monthly (second Sunday of each month) meeting at the Mary Forryan Centre, Hinckley LE10 1LW, will be on November 14th at 2.30.

The ‘Drop In’ at Dobbies (‘Woodlands’) at Stapleton continues on the third Monday of each month in the conservatory area of the restaurant. October 18th is the next date from 2.00 until 4.00, for informal chat and friendship for those with Parkinson’s and their family or carers. New members are always made very welcome.

The Tuesday exercise classes have resumed at the St. Francis Centre on Tudor Road, Hinckley LE10 0EQ, from 3.00 – 4.00, led by a trained Parkinson’s specialist physiotherapist. If you would like to go along please ring Amanda for details beforehand on 07967 237946.

A new Dance Class is being tried out for those with Parkinson’s and their carers. This takes place on Fridays from 12.45 – 2.15, at the Elmesthorpe Village Hall.

Every Friday from 5.00 – 6.00 is a Singing for Fun session at the Mary Forryan Centre.

Participants are asked to donate £1 when attending the meetings to go towards the running costs, like room hire or specialist staff payments.

Nordic Walking continues once or twice each month from the Acorn Café at Burbage Common, held on Thursdays at 11.00 am.

To check on the Nordic Walking or any events or to make contact, the Hinckley & District Parkinson’s Group Chairperson, Janet Kavanagh, is on 07932615233.

“So don’t let Parkinson’s dictate how you live your life, come along and join the Hinckley Group and see the benefit of being part of a group.”

Robert A.Leake

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Planning Apps Change of use of residential site to mixed use site comprising a Class C3 dwellinghouse and Class E well-being studio at 55 Highfields, Thornton, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 1AE

Searching for plate - sold by mistake

Construction of menage, stables, and storage barn and diversion of public footpath (R81) (partretrospective) at Hollow House, Bagworth Lane, Thornton, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 1AT

I AM TRYING to trace the above plate which was inadvertently sold with a cake that was purchased at a coffee morning at the Markfield Methodist Church on Sat 18th September in aid of Christian Aid.

Proposed single storey rear extension at 31 Glebe Road, Groby, Leicester LE6 0GT

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Good news for coffee lovers

In tribute to Malcolm Goldring Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7pm

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IF YOU DRINK a cup of coffee a day, you could reduce your risk of having a stroke by a fifth.

Piano Recital

In tribute to Malcolm Goldring

Friday, November 19, 2021 | 7pm

A recent study, by researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest, found that people who drink a moderate amount of coffee (from half a cup to three cups a day) are 21 per cent less likely to have a stroke, as compared to people who avoid coffee completely.

About 100,000 people in the UK suffer a stroke each year, and it is the fourth leading cause of death, just behind dementia, heart disease and lung cancer.

Works to include: Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann

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Markfield Library News WE ARE THRILLED that the lovely recent weather allowed our Yarn Bomb to remain in situ and intend now to turn it into Halloween.

If you are able to contribute by a small hanging pumpkin or other themed piece of craft work to help us keep a smile on faces as people pass and drive by the library, particularly the school children on their way to school.

Just bring your contribution along to the library and we will ensure it is put up to remind us support each other and be kind to each other. Halloween will become Remembrance in November and Christmas in December.

CAN WE KEEP THIS GOING TILL EASTER!

Library Opening Hours • Monday 9-10am and 1-3pm and 6-7pm • Tuesday 9-10am and 1-3pm • Closed Wednesday • Thursday 9-10am and 12.30-3pm • Friday 9-10am and 1-3pm • Saturday 10-12.30pm

Margaret Bowler (Chair – Markfield Community Library)

MARKIELD VILLAGERS MARKFIELD VILLAGERS Halloween spooky trail, 31st of October from 4pm until 6.30pm. Starting at the library and finishing at the library.Do you think you have what it takes to solve the clues? If you can?!

There will be a disgusting prize awaiting you at the end. See if you can handle the haunted woods at the library!! But I warn you...enter at your own risk!! Ha ha ha…

Show us your scary outfits, you too parents! ( WARNING THIS EVENT CONTAINS FLASHING LIGHTS AND SCARY NOISES)

This will take place as long as there are no restrictive COVID guidance in place at the time.

Nationwide digital churchyard mapping project underway THE FIRST FEW of 19,000 churchyards have been surveyed as part of a Church of England project to create a free digital map of every grave and feature in every churchyard in the country.

The ancient church of St Bega on the shores of Lake Bassenthwaite in the Diocese of Carlisle was the first churchyard to be scanned by the surveyors, using sophisticated laser equipment, as part of the national programme.

A new website will go online in the new year, giving free access to the map. It is expected to be of special interest to local community groups, conservationists, and those researching family history. The website will also enable the charting of biodiversity and green technology.

The Church of England has partnered with Cumbrian-based surveying company Atlantic Geomatics who will use back-pack mounted laser scanners to map churchyards. They will also photograph all the visible headstones.

There are around 19,000 Anglican burial grounds in England, and the ambitious scheme will aim to digitally survey the majority over the coming seven years. Data on burials will be combined with other information, such as the National Biodiversity Network Atlas, to present the most complete picture of churchyards to date.

The project will come at no cost to parishes or dioceses in the Church of England and parishes will have free access to the map through a new webbased record system which is set to launch in Spring 2022. There will also be the option to subscribe to additional services.

Substantial funding for the programme has been given by Historic England, with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Caring for God’s Acre supporting the pilot phase, as well as support from genealogy research websites.

As well as details of burials, the online interactive map will detail biodiversity in churchyards, including ancient trees and plant-life, as well as green technology such as solar panels.

CHRISTMAS FAYRE SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER 10am till 2pm at the

COPT OAK MEMORIAL HALL Whitwick Road, LE67 9QB STALLS - Crafts, bric-a- brac- books, cakes, cards, toys, pickles & jams, Christmas gifts selection of first day cover stamps & other stamp presentation packs selection of 1980's LP's Refreshments - homemade soup & sausage rolls Admission Adults £1 - children admitted free of charge Ample free parking For further details contact Sue (01530 244229) or Jan (0116 2674746) All proceeds for St. Peter's Church, Copt Oak

My doctor says he thinks I’m having a mid-life crisis. I was so surprised I nearly fell off my skateboard.

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Catholic Church Of St Wilfrid Of York 53 London Road, Coalville, LE67 3JB Sunday Masses – Saturday 6 pm and Sunday 10 am.

Weekday Masses – on Zoom.

Please see Parish Newsletter on the website.

Booking a place at Mass is no longer required but masks and hand sanitizing are still necessary to ensure everyone feels safe and comfortable in Church, as well as giving details for track and trace.

There is a system in place to enable everyone to socially distance if they wish and now you may come and go as you want without the direction of stewards. Thorough cleaning is also still in place.

Sacrament of Reconciliation You can book an appointment with Fr Gabriel to celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation. Please call the presbytery to book an appointment – 01530 832098.

Parish Contact Parish Priest: Fr Gabriel Offor 01530 832098 www.stwilfspriest@gmail.com Parish Website www.stwilfscoalville.blogspot.co.uk School Details St Clare’s RC Primary School, Coalville: 01530 837747 www.st-clares.leics.sch.uk De Lisle RC College, Loughborough: 01509 268739 www.delisle.leics.sch.uk Village Contact Margaret on 01530 243292 Churches Together in Markfield Annual United Service Mass at St Wilfrid’s RC Church in Coalville on Sunday 17 October at 10 am.

All are welcome.

Letter Thank you WE WOULD like to thank everyone who came to support our MacMillan Coffee Morning.

Once again it was lovely to meet up with our old friends and, of course, new friends.

The generous donations you gave produced a total of £318.45 for this very worthy charity.

Gill, Tina, Sue, Sheila & Lesley Markfield

When someone you loved is dead

Tony Horsfall lost his wife last year to cancer. He is a former missionary in East Malaysia and former retreat leader based in West Yorkshire.

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INCE MY wife passed away in July 2020, I have often been asked, “What are you learning from your grief journey?” Here are a few standout lessons:

1. That grief takes longer than you think to work itself through, and it can’t be rushed. It is a journey you must take slowly.

2. That when you lose your spouse, you lose not only the person you loved, but the person who loved you. This second loss leaves a hole in your heart, making you very vulnerable to new relationships.

3. That you will need to re-discover your identity as God’s deeply loved child in this season of your life, as if you had never known it before.

4. That God can be trusted to help you rebuild your life, but trust may not come easily. It is better to focus on God’s trustworthiness than on your ability to trust, which may be shaky.

5. That your experience of grief and your response to loss is unique and personal, so don’t compare your journey to that of others.

6. That good friends can make the journey so much easier. Be prepared to ask for help.

7. That you will be ambushed by grief. Some things will take you by surprise, especially the little things.

8. That the loss of a spouse will leave you feeling very lonely, even when you are surrounded by family and friends. This is not a weakness, just a sign of what you have lost.

9. That loneliness is not a mental illness, just a natural response to being bereaved, and it will get better.

10. That moving forward is not a sign that you didn’t care, but that there is still a life to be lived and not wasted.

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Dogs and people DOGS REALLY are in tune with human emotions like no other species, and they are born with this ability.

Such is the finding of a recent study at Duke University in North Carolina, which compared the interaction of wolf cubs with humans, and of puppies with humans. In test after test the puppies came top in their innate ability to understand human instructions.

As one researcher explained: “Dogs are born with this innate ability to understand that we’re communicating with them, and we’re trying to co-operate with them.” The study concluded that the social genius of dogs with humans is a product of thousands of years of domestication.

Boys unhappy about their looks BOYS HAVE become as unhappy about their looks as girls over the past decade.

So warns the Children’s Society, which has found a “deeply distressing” downward trend in the wellbeing of children, as it carried out its 10th annual review of data collected as part of the Office for National Statistics’ Understanding Society survey.

The charity YoungMinds adds: “The last year has been incredibly difficult for lots of young people, with many struggling to cope with social isolation, loneliness and worries about the future.”

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Church Services Sunday 17th October St Michaels & All Angels, Markfield 3.00pm Evening prayer St Peter’s, Copt Oak 3.00pm Holy Communion St Peter’s, Thornton 10.30am Holy Communion St Mary’s, Stanton under Bardon 10.30am J22 Community Service

Sunday 24th October St Michaels & All Angels, Markfield 10.30am Holy Communion St Peter’s, Copt Oak 6.00pm Evening Prayer St Peter’s, Thornton 10.30amJoint TBS service at St Mary’s SuB St Mary’s, Stanton under Bardon 10.30am Joint TBS service, Morning Prayer

Sunday 31st October St Michaels & All Angels, Markfield 10.30am Joint Service at Thornton - All Saints Service St Peter’s, Copt Oak 6.00pm Joint Service at Thornton - All Saints Service St Peter’s, Thornton 10.30am Joint Service at Thornton - All Saints Service St Mary’s, Stanton under Bardon 10.30am Joint Service at Thornton - All Saints Service

Services at Trinity Methodist Church, Markfield

Dear Friends, As I write this, the UK is in the midst of “petrol rage”.

I guess many of us have been frustrated at others’ panic buying, and may have been anxious about whether we’d get to work, be able to do other vital journeys. We were maybe also reminded of the loo roll situation eighteen months ago - there have been some amusing cartoons on social media - but this time the consequences were potentially much more serious.

What exactly makes people panic buy, hoard etc? I don’t fully understand, but I wonder if it’s also the same thing that makes us jealous of others who “have” more, be that wealth, looks, talents?

Deep within us (I’m no exception) there can be something that says “There’s not enough to go round, I must grab my share before the next person does!”

Perhaps the stress of the pandemic has made it worse. Yet we have also heard, during the pandemic, so many stories of people’s generosity. Generosity of time, money, resources. People who know themselves loved (by God however they understand God, and by others) and are secure enough to share, knowing that there is enough. May we, this Harvest time when we give thanks for the Earth’s gifts too, be generous people.

Judith Lincoln

Minister, Trinity Methodist Church, Markfield www.markfieldmethodistchurch.org FB Markfield Methodist Church

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Sunday 17th October

No service at our church.

10.00 a.m. Churches Together in Markfield united service at St. Wilfrid’s RC Church, Coalville

Sunday 24th October 10.30 a.m. Morning worship

Sunday 31st October 10.30 a.m. Morning worship

Sunday 7th November 10.30 a.m. Morning worship with Holy Communion

Sunday 14th November Remembrance Sunday 10.00 a.m. Morning worship 10.50 a.m. Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial

We extend a warm welcome to everyone to join us for worship and praise.

Spot the Differences

Sunday 7th November St Michaels & All Angels, Markfield 10.30am J22 Community Service St Peter’s, Copt Oak 6.00pm Holy Communion St Peter’s, Thornton 10.30am All Age Service St Mary’s, Stanton under Bardon 10.30am Holy Communion

Sunday 14th November Remembrance Sunday St Michaels & All Angels, Markfield 10.00am (10.50am) Remembrance service (10.50am memorial) St Peter’s, Copt Oak 3.00pm Remembrance and peace tea St Peter’s, Thornton 10.30am Remembrance St Mary’s, Stanton under Bardon 10.30am Remembrance Bagworth 10.45 Remembrance

Can YOU spot the 10 differences in the cartoons above?

Answers are on page 27. Good luck!

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REMEMBRANCE

CONCERT

You are welcome to attend a SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE CONCERT with The Gresley Colliery Band Music with a Remembrance Theme at St. Peter’s Church, Market Bosworth on Saturday November 13th at 7.30 pm. £10 at door or ticket in advance (£5 under 18s) from Jane on 01455 817255 or Robert on 01455 290020.

Local Live Country Music Club is starting up again after lockdown

THERE WERE worries that the long running ‘Lone Ranger Country Music Club’ held at Hugglescote Social Club may not run again after the previous leader John Fearne and his partner Brenda retired when the club closed during lockdown last year.

The Friends of St Peter’s Craft Fayre will take place on Saturday 20th November 10 am to 2.30 pm at Thornton Community Centre

A Modern Service of Christian Worship in our Community Contemporary Music

Refreshments, Chat, Prayer & Support For details contact j22rector@yahoo.com

Hugglescote Social Club is located at 3 Dennis Street, Hugglescote, Coalville LE67 2FP.

We are delighted to announce that

Warm Welcome to All

Family Friendly

However, a group of dedicated members have decided not the let the friendly and popular club close and are busy organising Live country singers to continue the bi-weekly socials.

The Lone Ranger is a very friendly club where people of all ages can come with friends, or on their own, and everyone is made very welcome. The artists are from the best of British Country Music scene and the music is popular with country partner dancers, traditional couple dancers and line dancers alike as well as those that just want to listen to the music.

In the interval there is a Bingo session and a raffle. The first live show is scheduled for Monday 25th October at 7.45 to 10.30 and will be held every second Monday evening throughout the year.

Entrance is £5 on the door, and there is a bar. For more information look for and join our facebook group Lone Ranger Country Music Club, or phone Meg on 07879 622232.

Christmas Craft Fayre

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Please do visit the Fayre if you can.

19 tables have been booked by Crafters who have been busy creating beautiful and unusual gifts and items.

It will be a great opportunity for some Christmas shopping and to see Father Christmas who will arrive by steam engine.

I am sorry, but all the tables have already been booked.

However, offers of help, cakes, raffle and tombola prizes very welcome.

Contact Shirley Garlick 01530 230 422

A Friends of St Peter’s event Raising money for our medieval church.

My wife sent her photograph to the Lonely Hearts Club. They sent it back saying they weren’t that lonely.

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THE HERALD • MID-OCTOBER 2021 • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@markfieldherald.co.uk

Borough Councillor

Andy Furlong’s

UPDATE

Tel: 01530 231377 • Email: andy.furlong@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk HERALD READERS will be familiar with my observation that ‘all politics is local’.

It’s a view that I’ve held for a long time, and nothing in my experience as a borough councillor has changed my opinion over the last few years. The vast majority of requests for help that I receive relate to deeply local matters, sometimes, quite literally in a resident’s back garden.

Nonetheless, it’s also the case that national politics can have a big impact on things locally.

The recent fuel shortage is a good example.

Some people blame Brexit, whilst others cite COVID19 as the main reason for a shortage of tanker drivers. Personally, I think it’s a mixture of both, coupled with a big failure on the part of the haulage industry to engage in proper workforce planning. Still, whatever the reasons, all it took was for a politician to utter the words: “No need to panic”, and bingo, the complete opposite happened. I trust that readers weren’t too badly inconvenienced by this latest glitch in our all too fragile, ‘just in time’ economy.

Sale of petrol and diesel cars ending SOME DRIVERS were unaffected by the queues for petrol and diesel.

I am, of course, referring to those motorists who have made an early decision to switch to battery electric vehicles. I don’t fall into that category just yet, but I’m certainly thinking about it when I next get round to changing my car. Before too long, none of us will have a choice, since the government has ruled that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK will end by 2030. It’s a decision driven by the urgent need to combat climate change and one that I fully support.

Climate change is arguably the biggest challenge facing humanity today. Unless the world acts to stop global warming, the consequences for our children and grandchildren are frankly unthinkable. That said, no one can say we weren’t given plenty of warning. I studied climate science when I was an undergraduate way back in 1981. It was immediately apparent that the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere spelt trouble, and forty years on, the number of extreme weather events, including flash floods, droughts and wildfires, has tripled. The problem is getting closer all the time. At the beginning of October, London experienced 35mm of rain between midnight and six am. This resulted in serious flooding on parts of the underground

network and the closure of several tube stations.

If we don’t act quickly, events like this could become increasingly commonplace with grave implications for society and our economy.

The polluter must pay SIX YEARS ago, I attended the COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris.

This was a landmark event that led to an international agreement, applicable to all countries, aiming to keep global warming between 1.5°C and 2.0°C, in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommendations. The agreement has been ratified by 189 countries, including the US, thanks to Joe Biden, and covers around 96% of global carbon emissions.

Progress has been painfully slow, but I am optimistic that the next round of climate change talks, which will start in Glasgow at the end of the month, will trigger a step change.

The sticking point appears to be carbon pricing and the establishment of a properly functioning carbon market. Once this hurdle is overcome, everything else should fall into place.

The environmental cost of spewing carbon dioxide into the earth’s atmosphere will be considered when goods and services are purchased and delivered. The economics is complicated, but the principle is simple – the polluter pays – and once the polluters are being hit in the pocket, you can be pretty sure that behaviour change will quickly follow.

Local action on climate change HERE IN Hinckley and Bosworth, we have signed the climate emergency declaration and started work on measures to reduce the borough’s carbon footprint.

Councillors unanimously voted to support a

climate change strategy in July last year. The strategy identifies the actions the council needs to take, and progress is reported every quarter.

The work is guided by a Climate Change Working Group, on which I sit.

The council seeks to influence and empower communities, businesses, schools and residents, bringing them together to exchange ideas, develop initiatives and promote climate change activity. This will be achieved through a mixture of encouragement and regulation, and proposals under consideration include: • using the council’s communication channels to promote climate change messages to raise awareness and encourage public engagement • ramping up the installation of vehicle charging points • promoting local businesses and shopping to reduce the number of car journeys • supporting the Hinckley area food bank initiative to enable the redistribution of excess food from supermarkets • encouraging county-wide reuse and recycling of furniture and white goods On the regulatory front, proposals include: • minimising the climate impact of new development through Local Plan policies and development management decisions • enforcing buildings standards to ensure new builds are meeting their planning permission targets • using housing powers to enforce minimum standards for private sector landlords • reviewing taxi licencing arrangements to encourage the use of electric vehicles • encouraging active environments within new housing developments, leading to increased cycling and walking The council’s building and operations are being audited to determine a baseline carbon footprint. Moving forwards, all decisions will factor in need to minimise greenhouse gas emissions.

Unsurprisingly much of the borough’s carbon footprint is ‘imported’ in the goods and services it buys. In the future, climate change impacts will be considered in all procurement activity, community funding, and by ensuring that council investments are placed in environmental and socially responsible funds.

I’ll report back on progress in a future column.

All politics is local, and the battle against climate change can be fought in every kitchen and living room in Bagworth, Markfield, Stanton and Thornton.

Readers can check out ten useful tips for reducing their carbon footprint from the BBC’s Roger Harrabin at bit.ly/cutmycarbon and if you have any bright ideas of your own for saving the planet, drop me a line.

Andy Furlong Contact me on 01530 231377 or via andy. furlong@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk

I have an 8:30 dinner reservation tonight. That’s like midnight in middle-age time.

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Groby Postman Simon has been running for charity again

40th Anniversary Great North Run 2021 SIMON MOORE WRITES ...

THE LAST 18 MONTHS have been extremely difficult for everyone, the tragic loss of lives, lockdown, restrictions and disruption to our everyday life throughout the pandemic have been immense.

Throughout the turmoil, the NHS hospitals and staff have worked tirelessly to care and support patients and families and Charities across the uk have faced huge challenges to continue their vital to help and support adults, children, families and friends.

With light at the end of the tunnel, the fund raising events started to open up and go ahead and I had been asked constantly on my round in Groby if I was going to undertake a fundraising event. With so many restrictions and uncertainty I felt that I could not promote anything in case it didn’t go ahead and everything was very much up in the air until the Great North Run was given the go ahead - on the proviso it changed its traditional route finishing at the seaside in South Shields, to prevent mass gatherings on the Metro!

However, I can now say that I was lucky enough to be able to take up my place with the other 57,000 runners to do battle with the abridged course of the 40th anniversary Great North Run on Sunday 12 September 2021.

Everything started well until both my phone and garmin ran out of charge (school boy error) and I had no idea how fast or slow I was going, looking for pace runners through the crowds of runners. The spectators were fabulous and cheered everyone on and when I finally finished and collapsed in the nearest pub, I checked my time with Hayley and the girls - 1 hour and 47 minutes! Personal Best by nearly fifteen minutes and it all seemed worth it with my pint tasting even better!

Friends and family pledges have begun to roll in and if anyone would like to donate to Adapt (All dependant and preterm babies) and MND in memory of my best friend, please either call in at the Post Office or catch me on my round. For more information to donate or to fundraise for Adapt call Sue Williams, Trustee on 01455 459523 or 07739 504783. I am, as always, very grateful for your donations and continued support in helping my chosen charities reach the people, children and their families that need them the most.

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Are any of your friends ‘flakes’?

IF SO, you will know the scenario: they happily agree a plan with you to do something, and then at the last minute, they cancel and don’t show.

As one sufferer of flaky friends put it: “Flakes are on a rise of epidemic proportions. People are becoming less reliable… the younger the generation, the worse it gets.”

Of course, it is easier to flake in the digital age. It is easier to text a cancellation than to tell someone face to face that you are letting them down.

But if you are a flake, and you do it too often, beware: your friends may begin to distance themselves from you. Who wants to be friends with someone who is unreliable?

1. Mouth changed, 2. Bird on the car, 3. Sun, 4. Zipper gone, 5. Teeth missing, 6. Balloon, 7. Track missing, 8. Lady’s hand, 9. Hair colour, 10. Pattern gone.

Is it hard to park your car in the

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Yet the average garage door is still only 82 inches wide (2.1m), often leaving just six inches (15cm) each side of the vehicle.

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