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From the Editor Welcome to March.
We are pleased to bring you a great selection of news this month, including a new monthly contribution from Pix Brook Academy. The developments for the Academy are now well underway and we look forward to updating you on how things are progressing. We welcome the Academy to the magazine and look forward to hearing all about their news as time goes on. We also look forward to bringing you regular updates on the development of Stotfold Football Club and the new ground. You’ll find an introduction to this on page 33 of this month’s issue. This month we say a fond farewell to three of our delivery volunteers Vanessa, Madeleine & Linda and thank them for their help over the years. We are so fortunate to welcome two new delivery helpers, Claire & Jude to help cover these rounds Welcome to the team!
We’d like to give special mention to Stotfold Good Neighbour Group this month as they become one of the chosen local causes for the Co-op Community Fund. You’ll find details on page 5 of how you can nominate the group to benefit every time you spend your money in the local store. This is such a fantastic cause who rely soley on donations to deliver the wonderful service that they do. Please take a look and help them if you can.
On a slightly more personal note, lots of readers may be aware that sadly we lost our Dad, Roy, at the beginning of February. Dad was born in Stotfold, went to school in Stotfold and more recently ran his business from here for many years. Back in 2015, it was Dad that convinced us that taking over this wonderful magazine would be a good idea, as he had enjoyed such great success running his business from his small advert in the publication each month. We knew then that the magazine truly worked. The rest they say is history.
Many people will have met our Dad as he was always helping drop magazines off to our delivery volunteers and together with my mum helped at every event we have ever attended, including the Stotfold Mill. He was extremely proud of the magazine and enjoyed nothing more than chatting to people about his memories of Stotfold from days gone by. He was a huge part of our lives and of our Stotfold News team and he will be very sadly missed by us all. Our thanks to everyone that has offered us their condolences We will continue to develop the magazine and deliver our very best efforts to you each month in his memory.
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Stotfold adventurer Tom Young completes 800 mile solo trek across the Arctic wildernessof Lapland
Bedfordshire adventurer and filmmaker Tom Young completed his 800 mile hike south through Lapland after 66 days, crossing the length of the European Arctic circle. Averaging 12 miles a day and hitting 62,500 steps on his biggest day, Tom scaled glacial mountains, wild camped 49 times, used rocks for shelter on the arctic tundra, and hammocked in wild forests under the northern lights. On top of this, Tom battled heat exhaustion in 24 hour 34℃ daylight to freezing nights of -10℃ and snow.
Tom Started his expedition on July 26th at the most northern point of Tom pictured camping out during his adventure mainland Europe, a barren Norwegian headland jutting out into the Barents Sea. During the summer, temperatures in the Arctic tundra reached 34℃, and whilst carrying a 27kg rucksack, Tom had to drink 9 litres of water a day to battle the heat exhaustion.
Tom crossed areas of wilderness that are largely still intact with functioning ecosystems home to large carnivores like bears, wolves and lynx, as well as beaver and boar; all known for their ability to engineer their wild habitats. His highlights included Reisa National Park in Norway and Sarek National Park in Sweden.“Camping wild, foraging for fruit and fungi, and being exposed to the elements with the simple goal to travel on foot through untamed wilderness provided me with first hand experience of the types of habitat that have been destroyed from the British landscape.” However, it wasn’t all plain sailing for Tom. Hiking up to 24 miles in a day, ascending the equivalent of two Mount Everests, physical and mental exhaustion was inevitable and on occasions it was the kindness of strangers that came to his rescue. One evening, Tom had set up an idyllic camp spot, when at 1am he was hit by a ferocious icy windstorm. With only one hour of rough sleep, Tom struggled to walk on, eventually bumping into three Norwegians staying in a remote mountain hut.“Upon hearing of my escapades they immediately cooked me a hot Norwegian potato stew, boiled up a litre of coffee and insisted I ate the last of their chocolate supplies. People are amazing. Kindness really is king.” Tom finished his hike in Hemavan,Sweden. He is now planning to visit schools to talk about adventure, wildlife and rewilding whilst currently editing footage from his trip into an adventure documentary.
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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,
Dear Joanne,
I have just received my latest issue of the Stotfold News Magazine. First of all can I say well done and Good Luck to the gentleman who is raising money for Hertfordshire Hospitals I hope you raise lots of money for them. I myself am also Fundraising again , this year I have two challenges going on The first of which is the BUPA Vitality 10k on May the 27th which I am doing in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. The second event is the Royal Parks Half Marathon which I am taking on for the second year running this year I'm going to be doing this to raise money for CLIC Sargent Care for Children with Cancer or as the new name says YOUNG LIVES VS CANCER , Both are great charities and as well as raising money for them I have made it slightly more interesting by agreeing with my Coach that I try to beat my previous times , so no pressure then! If anyone would like to Donate and help me support these worthy causes they can look up my link online:
I wanted to send you a picture of the cans I picked up last week in Mill Lane over about five hours. There are 438 cans,65 plastic bottles and 20 glass bottles. I did the same thing last March and picked up another 250 cans and bottles, all along the same small stretch of lane. That’s a LOT of cans and bottles. Nearly all of them cider cans so almost certainly from one individual, come on Stotfold someone must know who this is. Name Witheld.
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I will of course let everyone know how I get on after each of these challenges is complete , in the meantime you may see me running around the roads in Stotfold and Astwick. Best Regards Adrian Hopkins
Dear Joanne, On behalf of the Altzeimhers Society a huge thank you to everyone that supported our Christmas Charity Fayre. Thank you to businesses, stall holders and those that helped sell tickets for the very popular Beales Meat Raffle. Together with the raffle, % card sales, greeting card demo and donations we have raised ÂŁ217.30. Thank you all - Bridie. Dear Editor, After using the services of Jonny Garside (Doors & Locks) after finding his number inside the Stotfold News Magazine, we would like to thank him for his prompt and efficient repair to our back door. We would recommend his services to your readers. Jennifer & Eric Legate
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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,
Well done Margaret - your letter in February's issue raised lots of memories of Stotfold. My friend and I started to reminisce over a cup of coffee. We talked about the Chemist in Brook Street - H Stern then C Spriggs & his wife (she ran 'The Dog House'. There was a little Grocers Shop at the Cross Roads run by Mr Burr.)
Mr Bugby had a General Store at the top of Queen Street which reverted back to a house for Paul Stoten. There was Wedds (Sweet Shop) High Street. Bancroft Radio & TV in the High Street. Caress (another Grocer) was situated at The Green, there was also a barber, Geraldines (ladies hairdressers). Anna King ran the 'Flower Shop' Hitchin Road from her home. The Wool Shop (High Street) was owned by Renee Pendleton (Grandmother to Victoria Pendleton). I remember Ivy English serving in there - later this was owned by Gill Shepherd & called Cards & Crafts. The Spar Shop in Brook Street was called 'Susans'.
My father had Bandy's Newsagent built in Regent Street in 1954 (next to Charles Fish shop which later became Barclays Bank and is now a Craft Shop.
Other larger employers were RDB Freightlines Brook Street - Motorola at Taylors Road. C & F Motors and Stotfold Coachworks Church Road. Hitchin Components and Morse Chain in Fen End. H Smith & Sons (Transport) Regent Street, also the Drapery Store above the Co-op. I am sure there are still more which I have forgotten for the moment BUT I have great memories of the Cinema & especially dancing in the gangways to ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (Bill Hailey) much to the annoyance of Maud & her staff. I am going back a long way - great memories! Jennifer Legate
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While most of us have been keeping out of the mill to avoid the cold and damp, at least a few others, including the miller have been hard at work. Recently the mill has acquired another machine to join our collection. It is another crusher and grinder made by Henry Bamford and Sons, that has been generously donated by our friends at Barton Hill Farm, Lilley who grow the Skyfall wheat that we grind to produce our award winning flour. The Millar, Ray Kilby, has been busily working to restore the machine that had been standing unused for many years, gathering dirt and rust, in the corner of a barn at Mr Shaw’s farm. Ray hopes to have the machine installed and running for visitors to see before the start of our next season at the end of March. If there are any retired engineers living locally who would like to join Ray and the milling team in the restoration work at the mill, please go to our website www.stotfoldmill.com to find out about volunteering.
On the subject of volunteering, I am sure that there are many of you out in the community who would enjoy the social and friendly company of being a member of one of our volunteer groups at the mill. The teams include Randall’s Tea Room and the Kingfisher Shop staff, the Education team, Guides and Marshalls, as well as the Milling Team of course. There is also the Archives group who are working on the varied records and artefacts that we have acquired. The group responsible for Marketing and Publicity, so vital in enabling us to draw in visitors, are anxious to recruit more members. In particular, they are anxious to find a volunteer with the experience to take on the role of Marketing/Publicity Coordinator, to lead the team in some of Social Media, Advertising, Press Releases, Leaflet and Web Design etc. More information can be found on our website and also on our Facebook and Twitter pages. As a member of the local community, please remember it is your mill so any contribution of help that you can give is important and valued. Look out this month for the date of our Volunteer Information Evening, when you are very welcome to come along and find out more.
A reminder too, that the Steam Fair and Country Show is not far off on 11th /12th May. The Major Events team organising the weekend are looking for local traders who might wish to have advertising banners placed around the arena. They are also seeking any vintage or classic car owners who might bring along their vehicles to display on the site. If you are interested in either of these opportunities to help enhance the event please contact enquiries@stotfoldmill.com or leave a message on our answer phone at 01462 734541.
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Letters to the Editor Dear Joanne,
Just to say a BIG THANK YOU to Stotfold News for advertising the Dementia Talk given at the Salvation Army at the beginning of February. We are delighted to say that with the help of the advert in the magazine and your facebook promotion over sixty people attended this most informative talk given by Sarah Petit. Many thanks once again. Roy Scott - Organiser. Dear Editor, I have managed to place two names to the faces in the old photograph featured in last month’s magazine. These are Terry Sherdell and Peter Bircumshaw. One of the boys in the front row has the surname ‘Pie’ but I cannot recall his first name. I think the teacher could have quite possibly been Mr Sunderland but cannot be absolutely certain. Kind Regards Richard Bircumshaw.
Editors Note: Thanks also to Tony Shiel for also naming the same boys!
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Pix Brook Academy. The following is an update from the Principal Designate of Pix Brook Academy, Steve Adams. As we start February I thought it may be appropriate to share with you a brief update on the developments since the New Year. January has been extremely busy and has flown by. I consider myself to be extremely fortunate to have a group of energetic and enthusiastic people working on the developments at Pix Brook Academy with me. Personally I cannot wait to take up my post after Easter, there is no doubt that being Head of one school while trying to be involved in the multitude of decisions required to open a new one is a challenge! Having said that we have made fantastic progress during January.
I have now met with a group of prospective parents to talk through some of the decisions required over the next few months. This has included a discussion about uniform; structure / timing of the day and wrap around care. We also talked about the provision in the first year. I have explained that we will be adopting a predominantly primary model with teachers of Key stage two taking responsibility for the curriculum delivery. It is my intention to appoint a director of KS2 who will be accountable for the Y5 pupils progress. I am hoping to be able to make this appointment over the course of the next half term. As part of our work with the DfE and BEST we have developed our governance provision. I am delighted to say that Sue Howley has accepted the role of Chair of Governors for at least the first year. Sue brings a wealth of experience as a National Leader of Governance and has extensive experience of working with growing schools. In addition to the work with our community I have been attending meetings relating to the construction of the site on the Etonbury campus and the Client Engagement Meetings (CEM) with the two potential contractors for the permanent build. I am please to say that these are progressing well and I hope to be able to share some specific details in our next update. There are many other elements to the process of launching the new school, however hopefully this give you a flavour of the work being undertaken.
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Fancy A Night Out With A Difference This Month...... On Friday 22nd March, you are invited to join the Fairfield Players for a Game Show evening, with their take on the popular TV game shows Would I lie to you?, Call my bluff and Pointless. Come along and join in the fun, pitting your wits against the other teams. Teams should consist of 4 – 6 players. There will be a prize for the winners! During the interval, fish and chips and other refreshments will be served. The event will take place at the Memorial Hall, Hallworth Drive, Stotfold, SG5 4HR. Entry is at 7.45pm for an 8.00pm start. Bring your own alcohol. Entry is by ticket only. Tickets cost £10, and can be obtained by contacting the box office on 01462 624369 Email: pennyann.mitchell@ntlworld.com. Arlesey's Vivace Choir and Strings are honored to have been invited by our friends at Tilehouse Street Baptist Church to help celebrate the 350th Anniversary of their ministry in Hitchin, by performing a Festival Concert on Saturday 16th March at Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Hitchin SG5 2EE The evening is the start of a week of festivities and will there will be a welcome drink on arrival. Vivace will be performing works by Hubert Parry, Gustav Holst, and movements from ‘Devine Emblems’, a setting of some of Bunyan’s children’s writings, by local composer John Chambers. The evening will also be interspersed with readings from Pilgrims Progress and some American ‘shape note’ hymns. Tickets £8 are available from Tickets@vivacechoir.co.uk or by calling 07584 322438
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Roecroft Lower School. A very warm welcome to Roecroft news for March. We are now over half way through the academic year. As always last month was packed with exciting curricular activities for the children. E-Safety week took place in February, each class explored and thought about the ways to stay safe while using the internet at home, as well as going on technology hunts around school and talking about the technologies they find at home and have access to. We also celebrated, ‘Shine Bright, Wear Bright’ in school. This was a day organised by CHUMS, to raise awareness of our mental health and the importance of looking after our brains, which we can do by getting good sleep, not using screen time too frequently and drinking lots of water. The children dressed in bright colours and donated money to this very important local organisation. At Roecroft we use a system of house points, the children earn Year 2 children making smoothies at the Histon Produce Workhop points for their houses for academic and sporting achievements, as well as positive behaviour and living the values. Our houses are all linked to local people from Stotfold and it has become somewhat of a school tradition to have assemblies and cheer for our houses – the school house captains give motivational and supportive speeches, and staff have been known to get a little overzealous when their house has won the cup! The houses are called Field, Roe, Kilby, Ivel and Randall. Next month we will start reporting the running totals of points earned. An update from the Key Stage 1 team: KS1 are fully engaged in their Spring term topic of ‘Yum Yum’. Both Year 1 and 2 have enjoyed workshops this term from Histon Food Produce. The children learnt about a variety of fruit and vegetables and got to taste new and exotic flavours. Each child then had a turn on the exercise bike to power the smoothie machine. The children enjoyed sampling the different flavoured smoothies, which contained a variety of fruit and vegetables. In the classroom the children have been busy reading and writing their own recipes and enjoying putting their skills into action in their weekly sessions in our food technology room. They have been evaluating existing products on the market and making ingredient choices based on their likes and dislikes. They also enjoy evaluating their work once they have tasted it! Year 1 are very much looking forward to putting on their Easter production on the 3rd April and will be busy in rehearsals throughout March. Their production is a celebration of Spring and all the exciting events that happen during the season of Spring in the build up to Easter. Hope you all enjoyed a restful February and we can now look forward to some Spring weather for March and April. Mrs Cross
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Etonbury Academy. Welcome to our news for March;
2019 is an exciting year for Etonbury Academy, we have our first students sitting their important GCSE examinations. It seems impossible they are close to reaching the end of their seven year journey here at Etonbury, and with professional interviews taking place we are supporting them in making their next step. They, and all our students, have been lucky enough to benefit from the new Science, Technology, Maths, English and Study Centre facilities which were completed in August 2018. And as we continue to expand, our teaching expertise strengthens and welcomes new staff. So much has been happening since Christmas including our participation in the UK Maths Challenge with over 50 of our students taking part across our year groups, a staggering number of budding mathematicians CLAIRE’S CAT in one school! Etonbury Juniors have started to learn and read about the exciting world of Narnia, and looking forward to the dress up day to bring the experience to life. They have SITTING also had an inspirational visit from the Dogs Trust learning about Guide Dogs. Now in our 7th year! Just some of the things that have taken place in the upper years include a visit from some impressive students sharing their different experiences of ‘Life after GCSEs’, our Senior prefect team have undertaken some interesting research on mobile phone usage, presenting to our Senior Leadership Team and our Year 8 Sports Leaders supported the local lower schools who visited the Pendleton Centre for their annual sports event.
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NEWS FROM OUR PRE-SCHOOL
Pippin Pre-School, Buttercup Road, Stotfold, Herts, SG5 4PF
www.pippin-pre-school.org * info@pippinpreschool.co.uk 01462 834897 Registered Charity 1028855 The children will be participating in some fun events this month when we support World Book Day and Red Nose Day. For World Book Day (7th March) children are invited to come to PreSchool dressed as a character from their favourite book, we look forward to seeing the children in their chosen outfits! On Friday 15th March we will be supporting Red Nose Day, the childrenwill be encouraged to wear something red.Our Easter Holiday club will be open from Monday 8th to Friday 12th April inclusive, please contactthe office via email at info@pippinppreschool.co.uk regarding availability. Our full days arepriced at £32 for the first child with siblings at a discounted rate of £30 per day. Our day beginsat 7.45am and finishes at 6pm. The closing date for securing your place is 29th March 2019, allrequests are on a first come, first serve basis. Following on from the success of our Race Night last year, we will be hostinganother on 27th April at the Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7pm for 7.15pmstart. Tickets are priced at £10 each and include a Fish n Chip supper! We arelooking for local businesses to sponsor races (£25 per race) or donate raffleprices, for further details please contact the office on 01462 834897. We gladly welcome donations of plastic bottle tops, unwanted fabric, smallyogurt pots, buttons and cereal boxes for our gluing station, please drop off at the office. Thank you for your interest in our Pre-School. We look forward to sharing more of our news withyou again next month. Pippin now has its own Facebook page so if you haven’t already ‘liked’ us please do so to keep up to date with what is happening here at Pippin.
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News from
St Mary’s Academy The month of March always brings optimism that Spring, warmer weather and brighter days are just around the corner!
This month looks to be very busy indeed starting with World Book Day. We will be inviting the children to dress up as their favourite book character or following the Bedtime Stories theme in their onesies or PJ’s on Friday 8th March. This is something the children really look forward to and each child will receive a free £1.00 World Book Day Voucher. We have the first of our class assemblies by Moonstone Class on Friday 8th followed by Coral Class Assembly on Wednesday 20th and finally Diamond Class on Wednesday 27th. Parents and carers of children in these classes are as always invited to watch and enjoy the performances.
Parent/Teacher Consultations are planned for week commencing Monday 4th March and class photographs are arranged for Wednesday 13th. We will once again be supporting Comic Relief and are inviting children to dress in red or fancy dress. We are sure we will find something fun to do on the day to raise money for this very worthwhile cause. Our annual SMSA sponsored Bounce event will take place in school on Tuesday 12th - not only does this event provide lots of fun, but the money raised enhances the education and experience of all the children in our school. On Tuesday 19th March our Year 3 children will take part in a Faith Tour to Bedford. Here the community works together to enable the children to visit a Church, Gudwara and Mosque. This helps them build on their learning and they can see firsthand the architecture, amazing buildings and gain an understanding of how different communities/religions work together. They always come back in awe of their day. On Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th March our Year 4 children will be attending our residential ‘Rock UK’ trip, an adventure event and we hope a very exciting and educational one for all involved. Historically our Year 4’s have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The holidays will then be upon us as we break up on Friday 5th April for the Easter break. We will return for the Summer 23rd April following the Easter Bank Holiday. As always please do visit our website www.stmarysacademystotfold.co.uk for further information and regular updates.
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News from
Fairfield Lower School What an exciting first term back we have had with lots of fun and engaging learning for all our pupils at Ruskin Drive and Dickens Boulevard.
Gymnastics Results! - Both Gymnastic Teams from Fairfield Park came an amazing first and second place at the Gymnastics Competition in February. They competed against some very talented teams. Well done to all the children that took part, and what a splendid routine you presented on behalf of the school. We are very proud of you all! World Book Day will be celebrated this month, all children are invited to come to school on this day as a book character of their choice. We have lots of exciting activities planned and staff have also chosen stories to read to children to inspire lots of book related questions and discussions.
During the month of March, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day by holding an Afternoon Tea for our Year 2 and Year 4 pupils and their mums. Our theme this year is Alice in Wonderland, this is a fabulous event which each year proves very popular. We also have some sporting events coming up this month; with a swimming WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF competition and dance festival. PRAYER SERVICE Our Year 4 pupils have their residential trip to PGL Caythorpe at the end of the Friday 1st March 2019 month, everyone is very excited and looking forward to this much awaited annual event. The children will be taking part in some fantastic on-site 10.45, followed by a activities, which will be packed full of adventure on land and water! free light lunch Our Value of the Term: Tolerance Arlesey Methodist Church Quote of the term led by Rev Graham It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.� Claydon-Knights William Shakespeare
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News from
Stotfold & District Children’s Centre Welcome to our update or March: Kickers & Dribblers Drop-in Group with Debbie An opportunity for mums with bumps or babies up to a year old to meet and play. Relax and have a cuppa! Activities provided include sensory and messy play, music, rhymes and stories. Thursdays 10.00am to 11.30am at the Children’s Centre.
For more information on the above and our usual everyday events and services please call 01462 730623
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Another Success For Stotfold Judo Club! Stotfold Judo Club attended the Southfields Judo Club Open Championship on 2nd February. Although it was a long drive, the club returned with some fantastic results for their juniors! Silver trophies were awarded to Thomas Graham, Nisha Rickman and Hari Crowley, with Bronze for both Jay Crowley and Laura Beech. Stotfold Judo Club train on Wednesdays, at The Pendleton Centre, Stotfold. Session times are 5:30-7:00pm for 5 to 15 years and 7:00-8:30pm for age 16 + Anyone over 15 years of age, wishing to give judo a try is welcome to a free trial at our senior sessions, just come along at 7.00pm on Wednesdays. It is a great way to keep fit and learn new skills New members at our Junior and Senior sessions are always welcome, no previous experience is necessary. For further details contact Lorna Seymour on 07734 563970 email:stotfoldjjc@gmail.com for more information. Check our our facebook page:
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Family Announcements Happy 13th birthday Love from us all xx
Happy 10th Birthday Love from Mum, Dad and your grandparents x
GEMMA WOOD Happy 11th birthday Love from us all Xxxxxxxx
JAMES MILLS
25th March Happy birthday to a wonderful Hubby & Daddy!
All our love, Leanne & Hallie
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LESLIE WEST
JOSH
CAMERON WOOD
EMMA CHAPMAN
13th March Happy 7th birthday from all the family xx
Much loved Husband of the late Doreen, Dad, Grandad, Great Grandad and more recently partner of May passed away peacefully at home aged 95. Funeral took place on Wednesday 13th February.
JACK
ALFIE WITHERINGTON 15th March
SCARLETT JUKES
27th March
4th March Happy 8th Birthday!
Happy 5th Birthday Love Mummy and Daddy Xxxxx
Happy 8th birthday Love from Mum, Dad, Abbie and Harry x x
ROY DAVID WEST
8th November 1946 - 1st February 2019 Much loved Husband of Monica, Dad to Rachell, Lee, Jo & Gary, Grandad to Amber May, Lennon, Harrison & Jack, great Brother & friend to many. Passed away peacefully at home as he had wished. A celebration of his life takes place at North Herts Crematorium, Holwell on Wednesday 27th February at 1pm, All welcome. Cords Contemporary Choir
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‘A LITTLE LIGHT MUSIC’ at St Mary’s Church, Stotfold NEW DATE: 16th MARCH at 7.30pm
Tickets £7.50 (inc glass of wine) Lyn Hayes 01462 834165 Maureen Winters 01462 730264 Charity No: 1131275
8th October 1923 - 17th January 2019
ANDY BROWN
Happy Birthday Dad! Lots of love Cheryl, Sam & Kelsey xx
ANN ROBINSON
Love Dad, Mum & Morgan x
Aaron
Have a great day on the 9th. Enjoy your birthday - love from all your friends xxx
ANN ROBINSON
Wishing you a super, Whovian 13th birthday -Lots of love Mum,Dad & Tara xxx
Happy 80th Birthday To a wonderful Mum and Nanna.
2nd March Happy 13th Birthday From Mum, Dad, Matthew & Thomas x
With lots of love from all your family. Xxx
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News from
Arlesey Resource Centre March Activities
**NEW** Tutor led Creative Writing course starting 26th March for 6 weeks. Phone NOW to book your place or for further details
Under 5’s: Wed 9.30-10.15am - Rhyme time £1.80/£2.40 siblings (Term time only) Family Events: Fri 9.30am - Story & Craft, £1.50 to incl. refreshments Sat 10.30am – Catch-up Story & Craft if you missed it.
CHIMNEY SWEEP
Adults: Thurs 2pm – Pins & Needles – Bring your needlework or knitting etc & meet up with others who share your hobby. Last Thursday of the month - 2.15-3pm - Read & Recommend. Pop along to our relaxed book group, for a chat & a cuppa.
We have a free IT club (adults) organised through Noah Enterprises. Call them on 01582-726152 to book your place & improve your computing skills. Feel free to bring your laptop or tablet if you prefer. There is a drop in coffee & cake afternoon Mondays 1.30-3.30pm. Are you interested in creative craft activities? Contact Noah Enterprises on 01767-824108 to book your free place on our 5 week Creative Confidence course. Councillor Surgery – Saturday 2nd March 10.30-11.30am.
TABLE TOP SALE
St Mary’s Church Hall Saturday 9th March 10am - 12 nooon.
Tables @£5 Please contact Chris Webster 01462 834108 Proceeds to Church Restoration.
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News from
Stotfold Junior Football Club Our under 10 girls team won their Bowl Final on 26th January battling back from a losing position to win in the last minute. Goals from Amelia Klausner and Olivia Clark with a Girl of the Game performance from Hannah Arnott. With the whole squad involved on the day, it was a great result and showed how far this group have come in the last 4 months. Well done to everyone, we all had to work hard and showed great spirit. It was great to see so many smiling faces at the end (parents and sponsors included).
Golds goalkeeper Braden Green scored direct from a kick from his own area. The ball bounced once and grazed off the head of an opposition defender into the net to put the Golds up against Bishops Stortford; the match finished a draw. As mentioned last month work has started on the changing rooms on Hitchin Road Recreation Park. We are spending £20k to renovate the changing rooms to make this a functional facility for the whole community of Stotfold.
News from Stotfold Football Club A NEW ERA DAWNS FOR STOTFOLD FC AS WORK COMMENCES ON NEW STADIUM
Work is now underway for the new football stadium and community recreation facility for Stotfold. The Stadium is due to be completed in early November which will release land at the club’s current Roker Park facility on ‘The Green’ for development by settle to bring much-needed new affordable homes to Stotfold.
Roker Park has been the home of Stotfold FC since 1965 after the club had moved from Hitchin Road Recreation ground (where we had been since 1946), to Roker Meadow. Purchased largely through the goodwill and hard work of Stotfold residents from Biggleswade District Council, boundary changes through Land Registry legislation put the ground under Stotfold Town Council’s remit with the club paying a peppercorn rent for its upkeep. When the club had a planning application for a new clubhouse approved in 2006, the Town Council proposed an alternative to coincide with the building of a Sports Community Centre at Arlesey Road. Loss of funding caused by austerity from 2010 scaled the project down, but the commitment to move the club to new premises, retained by Town Council and taken up by Central Beds, are now finally coming to fruition.
As Club Chairman Phil Pateman explains. “I am ecstatic that work has commenced on the development of our new facility. A proposed merger of Senior and Junior clubs, both of which hold FA Charter Accreditation will make us one of the largest community clubs in Herts, Beds and Bucks, providing a pathway for boys, girls and adults to play inclusive football supported by a team of highly qualified coaches. The two clubs already host over 700 players from nearly 50 teams so the recreational space available will make Arlesey Road Stadium a home to savor. The opportunity this stadium provides Stotfold community cannot be understated. Setting aside the first class changing and physio facilities, we will have a clubhouse capable of seating up to 150 people which lends itself for hiring out for functions such as the Harry Redknapp Sportsman Dinner which we have provisionally booked in November or other regular sports activities such as Yoga, Pilates, Darts and Table Tennis.” To contact the Stotfold News Magazine please call 01462 731986
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Friday 1st March Saturday 2nd March Saturday 9th March Saturday 16th March Saturday 23rd March Friday 29th March
Event
Womens World day Of Prayer Morning- Arlesey Methodist Church 10.45am Stotfold Methodist Church Coffee Morning 10.00am - 11.30am Table Top Sale St Mary’s Church Hall 10am - 12noon
Cords Contemporary Choir Concert - 7.30pm St Mary’s Church, Stotfold. Tickets £7.50 inc glass of wine. See page 31 for further details. Alzhiemers Society Charity Spring Fayre, St Mary’s Church Hall 10-12.30 Jewellery, Greetings Cards, Gifts, Meat Raffle, Refreshments Tombola & more.. Entrance Free. Contact Bridie on 01462 639279 Stotfold Methodist Church Quiz Evening 7.30pm
*SAVE THE DATE* Pippin Pre-School Race Night Saturday 27th April 19.15 - 22.30 Tickets £10 01462 834897
Walk4Health Walks for March :
Would you like to join a friendly local walking group?
Join us: March 7th & 14th Scout Hut, Baldock Road, Stotfold. & March 21st & 28th The Crown, The Green, Stotfold. Contact Beth & Peter Overfield
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Stotfold Good Neighbour Group !
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The Stotfold Good Neighbour Group gives practical help to the elderly, sick, disabled, housebound - anyone finding it hard to cope.
Could you volunteer?! In 2018 we helped residents of Stotfold, Fairfield, and Astwick on over 2,200 occasions.
FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH Fairfield Community Hall We meet each Sunday at 10.30am. ALL WELCOME!
•! Could you drive clients to appointments? •! Are you interested in befriending? •! Could you help taking phone calls?
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MOTHERING SUNDAY TEATIME CHURCH
Sunday 31st March 4.30-5:30pm Fairfield Community Hall Come and share in a fun family time with story, table quiz and activities,as well as a shared tea for FREE! More info from: Pauline 01462735704/07946067434
All volunteers have full insurance cover Email: info@stotfoldnews.co.uk
We thought our readers may like to see this photograph kindly loaned to us by one of our delivery volunteers Dave Marks. It dates back to 1909 and features pupils from Stotfold Boys School. Do you have any old photographs that you would would be willing to share with our readers? We can scan your photos and return them to you on the same day. Please call us on 01462 731986 if you have any pictures you would like to share...
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Salvation Army
Have you recently moved to the area, or just find you have some time that you would like to fill? We are a friendly group of ladies, meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month 7.30pm
Ladies Fellowship
13th March A.G.M. and Beetle Drive & Raffle
March 18th THE SECRET BEDFORDSHIRE Bill Steadman
10th April Bill Hamilton-Man on the Spot & Raffle
8th May Fish and Chip Supper and Resolutions & Raffle
Phone: 01462 730739
We have a varied programme of interesting speakers and other activities for the coming year.
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10 Church Road, Stotfold, SG5 4LX
Contact: Linda Petts - President 01462 647836.
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Useful Telephone Numbers Citizen’s Advice Bureau
Trading Standards Advice Line
01525 402742 01525 841217 0300 300 8136
Hope Chapel King’s Baptist Church Methodist Church Salvation Army Hall Ladies Fellowship St Mary’s Church Friends of St Mary’s Fairfield Community Church
01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462
Churches
Council
686803 730521 646562 731072 730739 730218 834108 735704
Stotfold Town Council 01462 730064 Email: enquiries@stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ 0300 300 8000 Email customer.services@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Web www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Waste Collection / Recycling / Dog Warden / Flytipping / Grass Cutting / Street Cleaning / Abandoned Vehicles 0300 300 8631 or 0300 300 8632 More Central Bedfordshire Council telephone numbers can be found listed at www.stotfoldnews.co.uk
Doctor
Larksfield Surgery Appointments Enquiries Out of Hours Service: MDoc Physiotherapy & Spinal Injury Clinic Arlesey Medical Centre www.arleseymedicalcentre.nhs.uk
01462 732244 01462 732200 Call 111 01462 735700 01462 732144
Ashwell Dental Stotfold Dental Surgery
01462 742353 01462 731938
Electricity Emergencies Gas Emergencies
0800 7 838 838 0800 111999
Childline National Menengitis Trust Samaritans NSPCC
0800 1111 0845 6000800 08457 909090 0800 800 5000
Howard Cottage Housing Association, Pioneer House, Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City, Herts, SG6 1NY Aragon Housing Association Ampthill Office, Katherine’s House, Dunstable Street, Ampthill, Bedfordshire MK45 2JP 0300 123 5544
01462 683307
Beds Police (Crime reporting) Community issues (Not crime reporting or emergency) Crimestoppers
01234 841212 01234 842515
Dentist
Emergencies Helplines
Housing
Police
0800 555111
Hospitals
Bedford Hospital Lister Hospital NHS Direct
01234 355122 01438 314333 08 45 46 47
Stotfold Library Arlesey Resource Centre & Library
0300 300 8068 01462 731469.
Beds Police (Crime reporting) Community issues (Not crime reporting or emergency) Crimestoppers
01234 841212 01234 842515
Coach & Horses Fox & Duck The Chequers Pub The Crown The Stag Tavern
01462 01462 01462 01462 01462
Box of Cakes Cafe & Cake Shop
07812 055587
Etonbury Academy Fairfield Park Lower School Roecroft Lower School St Mary’s Academy Samuel Whitbread Academy
01462 01462 01462 01462 01462
Pippin Pre-School SMASH, St Mary’s School
01462 834897 07971 354093
Tiddleywinks King’s Baptist Church Methodist Church (Friday AM)
01462 731072 01462 730521 01462 733985
Library Police
Pubs
Cafe
Schools
After School Clubs Toddler Groups
Nurseries
0800 555111
734135 732434 735465 731061 731098
730391 830000 730336 730343 629900
Pippin Pre-School Poppies Nursery Poppyfields Nursery Treetops Day Nursery Stotfold and District Children's Centre
01462 834897 07833 927906 01462 830008 01462 734306 01462 730623
Trains (National Enquiries)
08457 484950
Transport
Whitbread Wanderbus 0300 123 3023 Greenacre Transfers - Private hire and airport taxi service 07555 707848 or check us out on: www.greenacretransfers.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Beds Rural Communities Charity Letchworth MS Unit Births, Deaths & Marriages Stotfold Good Neighbour Group
To contact the Stotfold News Magazine please call 01462 731986
01234 838771 01462 487172 0300 300 8089 07599 925587
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