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Anstey United Reformed Church Closes It is with great sadness that Anstey United Reformed Church announces that the Church is to close.

Formerly known as Anstey Congregational Church, or simply the 'Congs' to many, the Church has been a much-loved part of village life since its foundation 170 years ago.

The Church began its life in 1851 in a small cottage on The Green, before expanding in 1854 to a barn close to the present site. The current chapel building, pictured here, has occupied a prominent position on Bradgate Road since 1879. Until the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church played an active role in village life - with weekly services, various fellowship and recreational groups, coffee mornings, spring fairs and Christmas bazaars. Many Anstey people will also have fond memories of attending Sunday school, and taking part in Church anniversaries and outings.

A closing service, followed by light refreshments, is being held on Sunday 31st October at 10.30am. All are most welcome to attend.

Thurcaston & Cropston Gardening Club Article by Richard Elks

‘The Late Show’ with Andrew Ward of Norwell Gardens The Thurcaston and Cropston Gardening Club was very pleased to welcome back Andrew Ward to talk to us in October.

The enthusiastic audience appreciated Andrew’s vast knowledge, skill and expertise. This was a first-class evening for the Thurcaston and Cropston Gardening Club.

Andrew’s message was ‘don’t put your garden to bed at the end of August’. People who do are missing out on so much as September and October can provide better weather and an absolute cacophony of colour. Norwell Nursery and Gardens, near Newark, are renowned for their Autumn display stretching into November.

Andrew’s talk ‘The Late Show – Autumn’s Floral Finale’ was packed with planting ideas to extend colour in the garden. He bought many plants with him for members to buy. He also provided a great list of plants featured in his talk and brilliant photos of the plants.

In Andrew’s presentation he talked about a wide range of plants and gave lots of tips on how to care for them. Many of the plants he featured are grown and sold at his nursery.

The plants included asters that don’t get mildew, glorious richly coloured salvias, chrysanthemum, sedum, and many more.

Indeed, Andrew talked about, and showed photos of more than a hundred plants.

The final Club event of the year is: Wed 10 November, 7.45 pm ‘Over the Garden Wall’ – Joe Whitehead Joe comes from a line of gardeners and is the third generation of head gardeners. He is currently head gardener at Burghley House in Stamford. In this talk, Joe will talk about his passion for walled gardens. Joe says he is an ‘obsessive compulsive walled kitchen gardener!

A look over the walls and inside the glass houses of the country estate walled kitchen garden’ Wed 15 December, 7.45 pm – Festive Evening (for members and guests only) The Thurcaston and Cropston Gardening Club plans to have a full programme of events for 2022. The 2022 programme will be available soon.

For more information about the Club, please call Dave Haddon (0116) 235 9758: david.haddon20@ntlworld.com Or Richard Elks (0116) 236 8313: cropston161@hotmail.co.uk

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Film Presentations Thurcaston And Cropston Parish Council

Charnwood Voices are back rehearsing in person after a long 18+ months involving many practices over Zoom, which we were very grateful for, but in no hurry to return to!

We are pleased to welcome back film presentations to Thurcaston, on the second Friday each month. The tickets that you bought last year will be valid.

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“Downton Abbey” will be shown on November 12th and lasts 122 minutes.

We are showing the latest British drama from Lord Julian Fellowes. This film shows the much anticipated happenings at Downton Abbey, starring Dame Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton CBE and Hugh Bonneville. We see the exciting preparations for the success of a visit by royalty, King George V and Queen Mary to the country mansion of Lord and Lady Grantham.

“Fisherman’s Friends” will be shown on December 10th and lasts 112 minutes.

We are showing this incredible British true story as our film leading up to Christmas. Ten Cornish men were signed to Universal Records and achieved a top ten hit with their traditional folk songs and sea shanties. They were bound together by lifelong friendships and forty years shared experience, beginning on the harbour wall of their fishing village. Starring Tuppence Middleton, this biographical comedy drama won the prestigious Good Tradition Award from the BBC. "Judy" may be shown on January 14th 2022.

We will be keeping the hall well ventilated and there will be room for us to space out.

We would like to be cautious at this point and make sure that everyone feels comfortable. Could we suggest that you wear face masks whilst moving around the hall? Once seated, we will leave the choice to you.

Anstey WI

Article by Sheila Timms Members of Anstey WI were saddened by the death of Gill Jones, a very long standing and valued member who had served on the committee more than once, and had been our sick visitor for many years. She will be much missed.

Kaye Hall had organised a shared picnic for a number of members at Brinklow Marina, where she has a canal boat. The weather was exceptionally good for October and an enjoyable time was had by all.

The October meeting saw Felicity Austin speaking about “Life in the Swinging Sixties.” Both Felicity and Angela Rossa, our programme secretary, dressed in sixties fashions for the occasion. For most of us this entertaining talk involves wallowing in nostalgia, and we joined in singing some of the hits of the time with gusto. The time flew past as we heard about outstanding events of the decade, fashions, and what Leicester was like in those days.

The competition, for a memento of the sixties, was won by Marian Driver, who brought her original mini skirt.

Councillor Vacancy Article by Marianne Lane

Thurcaston and Cropston Parish Council has a Councillor Vacancy in Cropston Ward and is looking for an enthusiastic resident to fill the vacancy.

If you are interested in becoming a councillor, and would like to make a difference by influencing decisions that affect your community, please contact the parish clerk for more information. Tel: 0116 2367626 (out of hours answer machine service) Email: clerk@ thurcastonandcropston.org.uk The Parish Council meets on the third Monday of the month at 6.45pm in the Memorial Hall, Anstey Lane, Thurcaston, for approximately one hour. Council meetings are open to the public.

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I'm sure that you will all welcome the chance to see other film-goers again.

Thurcaston and Cropston Parish Council will be showing these films at Thurcaston Memorial Hall, starting at 7.30pm. Film tickets will cost the usual £5 which includes a lucky prize draw during the interval. We ask you to pay for tickets in advance from Richard 0116 2363 066 or Diana 0116 2362619

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Our deadline for grant applications is 31st January 2022 Anstey Town Charity, Jubilee Hall, Stadon Road, Anstey LE7 7AY. For further details ring Vicky Ball 2125315

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Article by Ian Welch The next talk will take place at the Jubilee Hall, Stadon Road, Anstey at 2.30pm on Wednesday 3rd November 2021 entitled ‘Santa and his cohorts’.

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Anstey Parish Council Report Article by Liz Hawkes

Neighbourhood Plan Open Event Thank you to everyone who turned out to Open Event at the end of September. The information gathered at this event is very helpful and will be included in a finalised Plan. The next stage is for smaller groups to form to work on the housing, environment and economic needs for Anstey. If you are interested in being involved in any of these theme groups do get in touch. These groups will meet for the first time at our event on the 9th Open Event November 2021.at the end of September. The information

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These groups to be considered for one of th t on the November 2021.complete the questionnaire and include your three9£20 cash prizes, please contact details at the end.

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A reminder that the Jubilee Hall is back open again for regular classes and private bookings.

Anstey Local History Society Our next meeting will be held on: Wednesday November 17th 2021 at 7.30.p.m. at The Jubilee Hall, Stadon Road The Martin Family Speaker: Colonel Robert Martin Come and hear about the Martin family who have been so influential in the history and development of Anstey.

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the village who is, we would like to hear from you.

Please contact the Parish Office (0116) 236 2646 16) 236 2646

Cash for your Group Grants are available for local groups who need an injection of cash to help maintain their groups. If you would like apply for a grant the guidelines and who need an injection of cash their The groups. application forms are available on to thehelp Parishmaintain Council website.

Council will be particularly interested in hearing from groups who have guidelines and application forms are available on thea specific Parish need for extra cash. Grants applications are now open and particularly interested in hearing from groups whocompleted have a application forms need to be received at the parish council by Tuesday 30th applications are now open and completed application forms November 2021.

ncil by Tuesday 30th November 2021.

Your Councillors

Your Councillors can be contacted through the Parish Council Office:

Tel: 0116 2362646 Mobile: 07458 305025 Email: clerk@ansteypc.org Jubilee Hall Stadon Road Anstey Leicester LE7 7AY

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Remembrance Sunday 14th November 2021 Parade from Paper Mill Close to War Memorial Service Starting at 11am Councillor Surgery If you would like the opportunity to come and talk directly to your elected Councillors there will be a Councillor Surgery held at the Jubilee Hall on Saturday 27th November 2021 between 1 and 3 pm The Parish Office at the Jubilee Hall is also open to the public between 10 am and Noon Monday to Friday if you have any matters that you would like to raise with the parish council.

Works To Trees Leicestershire County Council have completed a tree survey for Anstey and identified a number of trees that need to have work completed on them.

Residents are quite rightly sad to see when mature trees need to be removed and this is only done in extreme circumstances when a report confirms that this work is absolutely necessary.

Parish Council Meeting will be held on the first Tuesday of the month starting at 7.30pm. Details of meeting are shown on the website, the agendas for meetings are published on the website at; www.ansteypc.org.uk/council-meetings.html all members of the public are welcome to these meetings.

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Thurcaston & Cropston Local History Society Article by Peter Smith

There is always a good turn-out when we can find truly local topics for our meetings and that was again the case in October, when two of our longstanding members updated us with their research into some of the most significant buildings in Thurcaston’s history.

First, we heard from Margaret Greiff about the largest house in the village, which has been known successively as the Mansion House, the Rectory and the Grange. Strictly speaking, Thurcaston was never a manor in its own right but was a tenancy of the manor of Groby, with a requirement to pay rent in the form of a certain number of hens each year at Candlemas. However, the tenant behaved as the lord of the manor in practice. Margaret presented a case that the Mansion House was originally built soon after 1276, when John Falconer of Keyham married the heiress to the Thurcaston estate. His name appears in legal documents connected with Thurcaston from that time and he might also have been responsible for improvements in the church that have been dated to the 13th century, such as the addition of a tower and the north aisle.

The house probably became the Rectory in the mid-1400s, when the Falconer family lacked a male heir and the ownership of Thurcaston passed with one of their daughters to a family in Staffordshire. In 1583, Elizabeth I’s spymaster Francis Walsingham bought the Thurcaston estate and gave it to the newly founded Emmanuel College in Cambridge. We are fortunate that several of the rectors appointed by Emmanuel have left us descriptions of the Rectory. For a long time, it remained a large, half-timbered hall of 8 bays, open to the roof, which would have been similar in size and appearance to Leicester Guildhall. It was not until 1735 that the Rev. Arnald substantially rebuilt the property in brick, with many sash windows and the attractive curved frontage that it retains today.

By 1927, much of the glebe land attached to the Rectory had been sold and it became too expensive for the rector to maintain. A new rectory was built further along Anstey Lane and the old Rectory was renamed the Grange.

It has since passed through a succession of private owners and Margaret showed us several photographs taken by Zoe Byford, who grew up there.

Next, Brenda Hooper told us the story of Thurcaston’s lost Manor House.

There is a well-known painting by the Leicester artist John Flower of “an old house at Thurcaston” but until recently it was not clear exactly where it was located. Then Brenda and Margaret discovered a watercolour in the collection of Leicester Museums, which shows the same building from a

John Flower's painting of the Manor House different angle and makes clear that it stood just behind the church. The house was large, with three gables, and an inscription on a beam recorded that it was built in 1568 by Nicholas Gravenor. However, it can be seen from the Flower painting that in fact he must have added two new gables to an earlier building. (The earlier building was potentially old enough to have been the birthplace of the protestant martyr Hugh Latimer in 1487. The other contender is the house roughly opposite the Memorial Hall that is still known as Latimer House.)

Gravenor did not live in his new house for long, soon building and moving into an even grander house with a moat, at Maplewell. There are occasional later references to the Manor House from records such as Hearth Tax returns and we know that from at least 1770 it belonged to the Hudson and Palmer families of Wanlip Hall. For more than 100 years their tenants were farmers called Weston. In 1852, lightning set fire to the roof of the house and the Leicester newspapers praised the people of Thurcaston and surrounding villagers for the way they worked together to save the building and its contents. The house was eventually dismantled in the 1870s, when Archdale Palmer built a new “Thurcaston Manor” for his widowed mother on the other side of the church, which survives today.

Our final meeting of the year will be on 16th November, at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall as usual. There will be a short AGM, then we will be transported into the past with tales from the Guild of Leicestershire Storytelling. Visitors are very welcome and the admission fee is £3. www.thurcastoncropstonhistory.org.uk

Osteoporosis In The Spotlight Article by Gary Trickett

Osteoporosis or brittle bones disease affects an estimated 200 million people worldwide. The disease weakens the bones meaning they fracture more easily, but because the condition develops over several years many people don’t realise they have osteoporosis until the first break occurs.

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County Councillor for Bradgate Division T: 0116 2350126 E: deborah.taylor@leics.gov.uk It has been another very sad month for me. I was very saddened and shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Joan Snartt, David Snartt’s wife, who died peacefully at home on 18th September. David was devoted to Joan over their long marriage. Joan was a huge support to David during his continuing years as a local councillor, as Chairman of Leicestershire County Council, and as Mayor of Charnwood. The wider councillor family have all been supporting David and we will pick up any work as needed over the coming months as David begins to recover from his very sad loss.

Two MPs have also lost their lives over the past month. James Brokenshire MP (old Bexley and Sidcup) died after his brave battle with cancer. Sir David Amess MP (Southend West) was fatally stabbed during a residents’ surgery.

I will continue to take guidance from Conservative HQ as a review of MPs’ and councillors’ safety commences, whilst remaining available for residents to contact me.

My case work has been very busy with some complex cases to deal with.

County Hall work is also very busy with many important meetings over the next few months. As Deputy Leader, alongside the Leader and senior team, we are planning ahead for the budget next year and awaiting the Comprehensive Spending Review from Government, as I write. It is a tough time for families as we head into winter and in the recovery phase from the pandemic. It is no different for the council, as social care pressures for both adults and children are stretching finances considerably. I will continue to press the Government for additional funding to enable the council to support their residents. In September I went to London for a meeting with all Leicestershire MPs to discuss various local issues. I used that meeting to again raise my concerns for central funding for Leicestershire.

Autumn is now here, and the temperature is dropping as we head towards the winter, with the evenings drawing in. I was very grateful for the support from my colleagues at County Hall who supported my request to offer food vouchers for eligible children during half term. Thousands of Leicestershire families are struggling with the current cost of living and these food vouchers will help in some way. School meal vouchers were made available for some 14,000 eligible children so their parents and carers could buy £15 worth of food for the week-long break half term break in October, at a total cost to Leicestershire County Council of £240,000.

This decision was made before we heard that Leicestershire was to receive £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 their food, energy and water bills, as well as pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This will enable the council to support families over the winter with food, heating, and other essential support.

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

At an extraordinary meeting of the County Council on Wednesday 29th September, I was delighted to congratulate three retired councillors who have been made Honorary Aldermen by Leicestershire County Council, in honour of their exceptional service to the authority.

After serving a total of 69 years on the county council between them, before retiring in this year’s election, Byron Rhodes, Ivan Ould, and Janice Richards, were given the title of Honorary Aldermen at the meeting.

Employment Work & Skills Leicestershire I thought now may be a good time to highlight available support for people looking to get back into employment.

‘Work & Skills Leicestershire’ has helped over 100 people since it was first launched in June, initially as an online service. Now the project is being rolled out to employment hubs at libraries across the county.

‘Work & Skills Leicestershire’ is open to everyone, from those who have never been employed to those who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic, been furloughed, or who are at risk of redundancy. It will also help college leavers, graduates, and agency staff on zero hour or temporary contracts.

Qualified personal advisers are on hand to offer impartial and professional advice to people from all backgrounds and to support people on a one-toone basis. Everyone who signs up to the scheme has the opportunity to have a tailored work plan drawn up for them, including clear targets and steps to achieve their goal. Help is given with CV and letter writing skills, job searches, interview techniques and digital training, self-employment advice and business support.

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Appointments are available both via telephone and face-to-face at the Employment Hubs. To find out more visit www.leicestershire.gov.uk/workand-skills or call 0800 988 0308.

Kickstart Placements Businesses across Leicestershire are being urged to take advantage of a new cash pot enabling them to extend paid work experience for young people. Leicestershire County Council is encouraging companies to increase placements offered under the Government’s Kickstart scheme from six to 12 months, after the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) pledged £500,000 to bolster the scheme.

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Successful organisations will need to offer a further six-month work placement for a minimum of 25 hours per week to existing Kickstart participants, paying at least the minimum wage. The scheme will cover salary costs for up to 30 hours per week, employer National Insurance contributions and employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions.

Leicester and Leicestershire’s population of 16 to 24-year-olds is above the national average, and data gathered by the LLEP shows that young workers are more likely to be disadvantaged by any economic downturn. The LLEP's 2019 Employer Skills Survey showed that 68% of employers cited having relevant work experience as critical to recruitment for young people.

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Venue: Anstey Methodist Church When: Thursday evenings from 7pm

Anstey WI is in its 80th anniversary year, having held its formation meeting on 7th May 1941. Only 1 in 3 villages had a WI at the time. We do not know whether it was intended as part of the war effort, but it did boost the morale of housewives, who had problems feeding their families with rationing. We do know that they sent cigarettes to the troops. Younger readers may not realise that smoking was then regarded as beneficial, probably as a means of calming nerves and keeping up morale.

We certainly would not do that nowadays.

Also mentioned in the accounts for the first year is a wool fund. Could that have been for knitting warm clothing for soldiers?

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Return to League Chess We are delighted to be able to play league chess again and so far have had mixed fortunes in the two games played so far.

The second team kicked off the club's season away at Heathcote Arms' second team on 5th October. The team lost 4-0 and this wasn't helped by a last minute default by one of our juniors due to unannounced mock exams on the day.

Although the socreline says the match was one sided, over the board was a whole different story. New boy Hal on board one had the better of his position until his more experienced opponent parried his threats nicely and turned the game awa from Hal and eventually Hal finished second. Other junior member Alan had a piece for two pawns (should be winning) but was unable to convert and eventually lost all of his pieces and therefore the game. Oskar on 4th board (board 3 was the default) had a very evenly matched game but lost a piece for no compensation and later on lost the game. Were the 2nd team able to press home their advantages, the result would have been much different.

The first team kicked off their season at home against our bogey team in recent times Latimer. With new boy John Robinson on board 1, we played 5 boards with Hal making up the 5th board. Hal won very nicely on board 5, followed by Mike Griffiths (who has elected to move to us from Ashby chess club), so we were 2-0 up with 3 to play. I had the worst of the game and having fought to level the game up, I offered a draw, so my wily clubmate Mick could hear me sat next to me. The draw was accepted and almost immediately, Mick's opponent offered him a draw. Mick knew that this won us the match and therefore accepted almost instantly. John on board 1 ground down his opponent to complete a resounding 4-1 victory.

Venue Following on from losing the Stadon's upstairs room due to a long term hire (thanks must go to the Stadon for their support of the club), we are now playing at the Methodist Church in Anstey, on Cropston Road near the pedestrian lights. We have had to hire this spacious playing room and we have received some excellent financial support so far from our members and a very kind donation of £200 from The Anstey Town Charity - an organisation which helps local clubs/organisations in Anstey with funding.

We also have a grant application in with the Parish Council for further funding to help us with the running costs of the club.

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Please do come down to the club, we have the use of the room at the Methodist Church until June next year (a 40 week hire) so we would love to fill the room every week with new and old chess players. Many people have referred to the Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' giving people the chess bug so if that has fuelled your chess fire, please do come and join us for a relaxing game or two against our members.

For player safety, hand sanitiser is available at all times and if you feel comfortable you are welcome to wear a face covering if you prefer to do so.

Coaching/Lessons I am delighted to announce that in partnership with Beanies Soft Play (top floor above Potters Carpets) in Anstey, we are now putting on chess teaching/coaching/lessons again.

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The accounts for the first year are redolent of wartime food shortages. Their raffle prizes included eggs, jam and blackberries.

These days prizes are often what they would have regarded as fripperies or luxury items, like chocolates.

Another contrast was the formality, they refer to everyone by title and surname, where today we use first names. Seven members were on the committee; now we have more. We don’t waste a willing volunteer!

Thirty members appear on the group photograph, after twenty-two enrolled at the formation meeting, with a further six names sent in, so word had evidently spread.

Margaret Cooper, fifth from right on the back row, was still a member when your correspondent joined in 1985.

Membership at this time was open to all sorts of women, and was credited with bringing the classes together.

We have a broadly similar number of members, now, but it has fluctuated over the years. Membership is still very much open to all sorts of women.

Recent issues of “WI Life,” the national magazine, have featured a trans woman, and women of colour. In the not so distant past someone was refused membership because she was divorced, but this appears to have been a local decision, perhaps due to personal prejudice. This would not open today. We would welcome new members, especially if it would widen the age range.

The hope within Anstey WI is now that we will still be around to celebrate our centenary in 2041.

This photograph shows the current members at the October meeting.

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T: 0116 2350126 E: cllr.deborah.taylor@charnwood.gov.uk We both wanted to share our deepest condolences to Cllr David Snartt, following the very sad passing of his wife, Joan. We both attended Joan’s funeral, held in Newtown Linford, to pay our respects. It was a lovely service and very well attended by family, friends, and colleagues. We are also sad to inform the community of the recent passing of Cllr Gill Bolton, the ward member for Shelthorpe. Her humour, integrity and diligence will be sorely missed at Charnwood Borough Council.

Bradgate Conservatives held their first social event since the pandemic struck in March 2020, with a popular quiz night on Friday 22nd October in Newtown Linford. It was very well-attended and great to catch up with people we hadn’t seen for 18 months. Funds raised will enable Bradgate Conservatives to keep their website up-to-date in order that we can stay in touch with, and provide updated information to residents.

Planning We attended a meeting with representatives from William Davis, the housing developers, at their request. It was organised by a planning officer from Charnwood’s planning department and was an information-only meeting. We were taken through a presentation regarding their plans to submit a planning application for up to 500 homes in Anstey. We were able to ask questions to clarify their plans but that is all we were allowed to ask. William Davis have recently carried out an informal consultation regarding these plans. 170 responses were received and they are in the process of being worked through in order that they can then submit a formal planning application. We did ask about transport and traffic surveys and we were told that these are in the process of being completed and analysed at the moment.

Once a formal application is submitted, we will be able to submit our comments. We will continue to make our thoughts known concerning this application, and other development applications, on our website, see here: www.bradgateconservatives.org.uk/ as well as through our reports and on our various social media accounts.

Paul Baines

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T: 07977 178869 E: cllr.paul.baines@charnwood.gov.uk • Friday: 11am to 11pm • Saturday: 11am – 11pm

Loughborough Market Loughborough Market has joined the ‘Love Your Local Market’ campaign which launched on Saturday October 16th. The Love Your Local Market campaign is run by the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA). Charnwood Borough Council is backing the campaign and using it as an opportunity to call on people to support the market, appeal for new stall holders, and to also celebrate the 800th anniversary of a Royal Charter being granted to the market.

Loughborough town centre hosts a retail market every Thursday and Saturday and it is one of the largest in the region. On Fridays, there is a Vintage Market. The Council also organises a market in Shepshed every Friday which has grown in popularity since the pandemic has started as residents sought out fresh produce within their local area.

Given the long success of the market (800 years!), you might be interested in trying your hand in running your own stall on it. If so, the Council runs its Try a Trade scheme. This offers new sole traders who are setting up a new business the opportunity to get their first day of trading for free and then the next 12 consecutive weeks at half price. For more details, visit www.charnwood.gov.uk/try_a_trade Charnwood Museum There is also a ‘Market 800’ exhibition at Charnwood Museum, Queens Park, Loughborough. At the exhibition you can learn all about the history of the Loughborough Market, the traders, and what the market means to local people. The exhibition is on until December 18th and the museum is free to enter. The museum is open Wednesday to Saturday, 10am until 3pm. Further details are on the website: www.charnwoodmuseum.co.uk/ or telephone 01509 233754.

Mayoral Activity Attendance at events was curtailed after the Mayor got Covid-19 but he has since made a full recovery. His illness over the quarantine period was relatively mild, no doubt a result of having been double-jabbed. He encourages anyone and everyone who hasn’t yet had both jabs to do so as soon as possible and to take up the booster jab if you have been offered this. Since recovering and after testing negative, the Mayor was able to officially open the Lonsdale Mews care home in Loughborough and turn on the lights and give a speech at the Diwali Lights Ceremony at the Town Hall in Loughborough in mid-October.

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Approximately 100 individual show people attend each year, presenting between them some 20 large rides, numerous children's rides, games and novelty stalls, and the usual popular refreshment stands. The 2021 fair will take place from Wednesday November 10 and closes on Saturday November 13. Fair opening times are as follows: • Wednesday: 6pm to 11pm • Thursday: 12pm – 11pm

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May I have this opportunity to thank you all who have sent messages of sympathy and support on the death of my wife Joan. It has been so uplifting to read all the kind words that have been said about Joan’s life, we will miss her so much.

Also within the Appeal Decision: ‘Accordingly, I conclude that the development would fail to respect the character and appearance of the locality as it extended the perception of the built-up area into the wider countryside in a manner that would be at odds with that of the immediately adjacent settlement. As such, it would conflict with Core Strategy Policy CS11. Insofar as they are material considerations.

Joan was so supportive to me when I was elected to be your local Councillor.

This was especially true when she was my Consort when Chairman at the County Council and Mayoress at Charnwood Borough during the time I was Mayor of Charnwood.

Joan had a great time meeting so many people and making new friends. One letter I received said: ‘She will be missed by so many people but remembered by so many with such affection, I will remember all the happy times that I spent with Joan’.

Maplewell Road Development Appeal Decision.

After all the representations against this development by local people and Councils, I am devastated with the outcome to allow this development to proceed. In my representations to the Inspector, I pointed out the amount of time spent by volunteers passionately producing a Neighbourhood Plan.

In my view, we should be satisfying local need for development within the village as outlined in the Neighbourhood Plan. This without turning a green field site, outside the limits to development into a suburban type of development, which does not fit with the existing properties along Maplewell Road. In my opinion, I also believe this decision goes against local democracy with the Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan in its final stages going to referendum at the end of October. I will now be interested in the outcome of the referendum. I note the Inspector stated in the Appeal Decision ‘I see no reason why allowing this appeal should necessarily ‘derail’ or ‘undermine’ the Neighbourhood Plan process’. I wonder if local residents feel the same way about this decision.

In my view, it is hard to understand the outcome when I read within the Appeal Decision: ‘Accordingly, I conclude it has not been shown that the development would meet an identified need for Woodhouse Eaves or otherwise accord with the spatial strategy in the Core Strategy Policy CS1. Moreover, it would also conflict with Local Plan Policy CT/1 and the Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan insofar as it is a material consideration’.

With all these negative comments about this development it seems Woodhouse Eaves have seen this development allowed because Charnwood Borough Council cannot demonstrate a five year housing land supply. Final comment, I take note from a recent speech from the Prime Minister, which he stated ‘To build homes that young families need in this country not on green fields, beautiful homes on brownfield sites in places where homes make sense.

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Art Exhibition.

An exhibition showcasing original artwork and sketches by fairground artists has opened at Loughborough Town Hall to mark Loughborough Fair’s 800th anniversary year. The historic fair, organised by Charnwood Borough Council, is celebrating 800 years since it was first granted a royal charter.

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Children will also be able to take part in a colouring competition when visiting the exhibition, colouring sheets will be available in the gallery and entrants will have the chance to win a family ticket to this year’s pantomime at Loughborough Town Hall.

For more information about the fair 800th exhibition please visit the Loughborough Town Hall website.

If you need to contact me on any issues, please write to 10 Groby Lane, Newtown Linford, Leicester. LE6 0HH e-mail cllr.david.snartt@charnwood. gov.uk or telephone 01530 244804.

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There’s no audience participation, so sit back, relax and be entertained.

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Anstey And Glenfield Cricket Club 2021 Season Review

By Phil Vose, Vice Chairman

Anstey and Glenfield Cricket Club have enjoyed a good 2021 season with both the 1st and 2nd teams finishing the season above mid table in their respective divisions. There was some brilliant individual performances but overall it was fantastic team effort by everyone which meant that the club continued to move forward.

The 1st team had a great year in Division 4 West. They finished 3rd in the table winning 14 matches and completing the season with an excellent 392 points. The team only lost 5 times and were only a few points away from finishing in the top 2 and promotion to Division 3.

There were some very good individual performances this year with captain, Sunny Singh coming out top of the batting charts scoring a brilliant 391 runs – this included 1 half century and a magnificent 100 not out against Long Whatton. 6 other players also scored well deserved half centuries and these were Viral Patel, Bhavin Shukla, Abbas Khan, Ashish Patel, Stu Wiles and Neel Ondhia.

The bowlers also had a great season with Anil Revu taking a magnificent 41 wickets including 5 wicket hauls against Cropston and City Cricketers.

Others making useful contributions included Charlie Wilkes (including 6 for 28 versus Kirby Muxloe, Joe Harris, Ashish Patel and Nilesh Patel.

The 1st team will look forward to 2022 and hopefully push for promotion to Division 3.

The 2nd team enjoyed a decent season too finishing 6th in Division 6 West.

They ended the season with 360 points and won 12 of their matches. Top run scorer for the seconds was Nuwan Dharshana who scored 408 runs with 2 half centuries against Quorn. Half centuries were also scored by Hanuman Kundakarla and Husain Asgerally. Nuwan Dharshana was also the leading wicket taker for the 2nd team taking 41 wickets including taking a remarkable 8 wickets for just 9 runs in the match against Shepshed. Other notable performances came from captain, Ranjeeva Fernando and Kumara Sanira who both took over 20 wickets during the season. The 2nd XI will be looking to boost their ranks for next year and push further up the league.

The friendly Sunday team played a few matches during the season including matches against Countesthorpe, Dunton Bassett and Mountsorrel and they will be hoping to play a greater amount of matches next year.

Anstey and Glenfield Cricket Club purchased a new batting cage during the year which was assisted by a grant from Blaby District Council and the club would like to say a big thank you to the council for this. Some pictures showed the batting cage in use which was well appreciated by our players.

The end of season groundwork has also taken place which should mean that next season’s pitches are in decent shape.

The club are hosting their AGM and presentation evening on Sunday 14th November from 6pm at the Gynsill Lane Sports Ground Pavilion and Winter Nets will hopefully commence in the New Year.

Anstey and Glenfield are actively looking for any new players to join the club for the 2022 season, so if you are interested in being involved then please email our secretary Amanda Wilkes at amandaandcharlie@btinternet. com. Please also visit our website at http://ansteyandglenfield.play-cricket. com for regular updates, results and statistics.

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Two More Wins For Anstey RFC

Article by Chris Apperley The last time Anstey Rugby did not win a game was way back on 8th February 2020 which was a loss by just two points when when Belgrave beat us 7-5 at their ground, one of only two losses in the 2019/20 season.

The very short Covid restricted 2020/21 saw Three wins.

Onto 2021/22 and after two friendlies one at home to Nottinghamians and one away at Castle Donnington where Anstey were victors it was time for league action to start on 11th September at Aylestone Saint James. But alas that was called off as our opposition did not have enough players available to field a team.

Onto 18th September and we were back at Belgrave for the what had become the first league game.

Determined not to loose our great record, we certainly didn’t, running in 66-0 winners away at Belgrave. A fantastic start to the league season!

Home again on 25th September when Market Harborough 3rds came visiting with a strong side including many replacements.

Come half time Harborough were 5 points ahead not helped by the number of penalties Anstey were giving away on a day the referee was being assessed.

Some strong half time team talk about discipline coupled with superior fitness saw a final score of Anstey 31-5 Market Harborough.

During the first part of October Anstey’s growing injury list took its toll on a couple of matches which have had to be postponed and combined with Half Term holidays it meant the next outing would be at Home to Mellish on 23rd.

On a bright sunny October day it was great to see a reasonable crowd of supporters up to watch the game which included a fair old contingent from Mellish as well.

We also welcomed the visit from Leicestershire Rugby Union’s President Barbara Crellin to watch the game on her first visit to Anstey RFC. Also it was good to witness Anstey playing their Black Shirts ‘Home’ Kit. Loosing the toss Anstey played ‘downhill’ during the first half (not the preferred option) but held off a very strong committed Mellish side.

Well into the second part of the first half Anstey finally broke through to see a 7-0 score at Half Time, courtesy of an Alex Folwell try, converted by Redmund Splevings.

Plenty of replacement reshuffles on both sides and refreshed Mellish were soon on the scoreboard, 7-7.

Second Half tries by Imran Kalia and Andy Pollock, plus another by Redmund (and his conversions) saw your committed, fitter Anstey side running out 29-7 winners.

The next few weeks sees our side Away at Oadby Wyggs on 30th October and Home every week in November hosting Leicester Forest, Newark, Ashby and Vipers.

A full fixture list is in place right round until the first weekend in May 2022 when it will be President’s Day followed by our 40th/42nd Dinner in June and the AGM in the same month.

Surviving part of the Barrow Union workhouse in Mountsorrel.

Thurcaston & Cropston Local History Society Article by Peter Smith

How should society support those of its members who are unable to support themselves? With the news full of controversies around Universal Credit and issues of food and fuel poverty, the question is relevant today but it has a long history and was the subject of our September meeting. Our experienced speaker was Mick Rawle, President of the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society, and he illustrated his talk with many original documents, including some drawn from the history of his own family.

Mick explained how the “Old” Poor Law was enacted in 1597 and continued in force with little amendment for nearly 250 years. It required each parish to take responsibility for its own poor, to prevent the infirm from starving and to provide employment for those who were able to work. Each parish appointed Overseers of the Poor, whose expenses were funded by a rate levied on the wealthier members of the community. When someone fell into poverty, it became very important to establish which parish must take responsibility for them and there are many records of “settlement examinations” to answer that question. Usually, a person was deemed to be settled in the last place where they had lived or worked for more than a year and they could be sent back there (with their family) to claim poor relief.

Considerable efforts were also made to obtain payments from the fathers of illegitimate children to avoid the children becoming a burden on the parish.

When the parish did have to care for children, they were often placed into long apprenticeships instead, for example from the age of 8 until 21.

Surviving Overseers’ account books show that at certain periods caring for the poor became a great expense for the community. One such period was just after the Napoleonic Wars, when soldiers returned home looking for work at the same time as industry and agriculture were depressed because of the ending of the war effort. An increasing share of the poor rate was being paid to lawyers to argue settlement cases and it became clear that the law needed to change.

The full 2021/22 Updated fixture list is on our website at www.pitchero.com/clubs/anstey/teams/41334/fixtures-results If you would like to get involved and start playing rugby, contact either our Chairman Shane Frear on 07725 642525 or Captain Graham Waring on 07764 461961

In 1834 the “New” Poor Law established a different system, in which groups of parishes were joined into Poor Law Unions with a shared workhouse.

Thurcaston and Cropston were part of the Barrow Union and the workhouse was in Mount¬sorrel. While each parish still paid for its own poor, the larger workhouses were more efficient and better regulated. Mick’s opinion was that, although designed to be places where citizens would want to avoid ending up, the workhouses did a lot of good in keeping people going until they could resume gainful employment.

Visit www.pitchhero.com/clubs/anstey or our Facebook Group Page at www. facebook.com/groups/20694012567 for updated information.

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