Regular Events

BB&C Service 2nd Sunday of the month at Culworth church - 11.00amBook Club 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Star Inn – 8.00pmCircle Dancing 3rd Thursday of the month at Culworth – 7.00pm

This newsletter is an independent publication, edited and compiled by Janet Smith. It is delivered free of charge to all houses in Sulgrave and Stuchbury by Sally & Andrew Elliott, Susie Mason, Pim Lockwood, Jean Bates, Rachael Hijstee, Simon Gilmore and Jan Castle. Costs are met by Sulgrave Parish Council. It is provided as a service to the community and those involved in its production cannot accept responsibility for omissions and errors, or necessarily agree with its contents.

Deadline for the December Newsletter is 17th November 2017

If you have information, articles or stories for the newsletter telephone Janet on 01295 760397 or e-mail janet_m_smith@btinternet.com. As always, articles can be left at Sulgrave Village Shop

Sulgrave News

November 2017

Church News

Services for November

Sunday 5th 10.00am Benefice Holy Communion – CulworthWednesday 8th 10.00am Midweek HC – Chipping WardenSunday 12th 8.15am Holy Communion – Sulgrave

6.00pm Remembrance Service - SulgraveSunday 19th 6.00pm Evensong - SulgraveSunday 26th 10.00am Mattins – Sulgrave

Flower and Cleaning Rota

November 4th Mrs D Henn & Mrs. J TaylorNovember 11th & 18th Remembrance – Mrs ChristyNovember 25th/December 2nd Advent Begins – Ms J Smith

The Flower Rota for the next year has been delivered. We receivemany comments in the Visitors Book appreciating all the hard work thatgoes into keeping the church attractive. Well done to all those whosweep, polish and arrange flowers.

Saturday 2nd December

Our Annual Christmas fundraiser will take place IN THE CHURCHwhere we will hold a “Christmas Market”. It will run from 10.00am untilnoon and everyone is welcome. If you have any queries, ideas or offersof help, please contact Shrimp on 760214.

Please put the date in your diary!

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Village Shop News UpdateShop Telephone – 01295 760066

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Shop opening hours Monday 8 am – 1 pm Saturday 8.30 am – 3 pm

Tuesday to Friday 8 am – 6 pmSunday 9 am – 12 noon

Post Office opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 9 am - 1 pm

Just a quickie this month as we have been away for over three weeks.

Good to see that the shop has survived during our absence though thanks to the “wine o’clock” habits of many Sulgrave residents, the wine shelves were looking a tad denuded on our return. Butemergency measures have been put in place and deliveries are on their way - so the shelves should be groaning with lots of new bargain wines by the time this newsletter hits the streets (watch out for a cracking New-Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and a bargain Prosecco).

For those who haven’t yet heard, Jeanette has a new grandson, Alexander James born on 10th October, so she must now be on full-time grannie duty down under.

Jackie has fitted seamlessly into the co-supervisor role and she and Tracey continue to run a very efficient ship (with the help, of course, of our crew of trusty volunteers).

The shop has just started promoting a “cheese of the week” so if there are any favourite cheeses that you would like the shop to stock – please let us know and we’ll do our best to oblige.

We are hoping to be able to offer fresh hand-made sandwiches and subs this month with a variety of fillings. We are sure they will be very popular.

With Christmas fast approaching (aaagh!!) we shall soon be taking Christmas orders so keep your eyes open for order-forms at the counter. And do let us know if you have any bright ideas for additional items you would like the shop to stock in the run-up to Christmas.

Stop press: We have just heard that the “Shop Christmas Tasting” will be held from 10 - 12 on the morning of Saturday 2nd December so be sure to be at the front of the queue.

Happy bonfire night

Alison and Digby

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CHRISTINGLESunday 3rd December at 3pm

We shall be holding our annual Christingle service onthe first Sunday in December which makes a lovelystart to the festive season. Come and enjoy abeautiful service with a seasonal play performed bychildren in the villager and candlelit singing with thetraditional Christingle oranges.

We look forward to seeing villagers of all ages at this service. Refreshments will beprovided after the service and the collection monies will be sent to The Children'sSociety, which helps disadvantaged children here in the UK.

Kate Miles (local box collector, Children's Society)

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Sulgrave Advent Calendar Windows 2017Window opening time at 6.30pm unless otherwise stated.

A reminder of that evening’s window detail will be on a board on the islandnear the shop from about mid-morning.

On Dec 17 and Dec 24 there are Church services and window openings.For 17th, please can you organise yourselves and take others up to Bee’s by

car. Please don’t walk, it will be too dark and possibly dangerous.Each evening there will be a collection for charity. You only need to give

once, or not at all.Please note that this list may change, so check on the board first.

We are opening in all weathers!

1 Fri Joy & Shrimp Bus shelter Magpie Road2 Sat Rachel Carey High Barn Manor Road 3 Sun Christingle Kate Miles Church Church Street4 Mon Jo Horne The Oak Barn Magpie Road5 Tues Joanna Smythe-Osbourne Rectory Farm Little Street6 Wed Anna Faure Forge Cottage School Street7 Thurs Carol & Guy Churchill Eagles Court Helmdon Road8 Fri Linda & India Harrison The Old Bakehouse Manor Road9 Sat Ryan Dennis & Dan The Cove Manor Road10 Sun Helen & Chris Jackson Middle Barn Manor Road11 Mon Troy & Hannah Daniels Bluebell Cottage Helmdon Road12 Tues Sheryn Thorbergsen 6 Towrise Towrise13 Wed Tom Russell & Chris The Star (pub) Manor Road14 Thurs Joanne & Matt Nixey Westfield Park Lane15 Fri Julian Rodway Hill Farm House Manor Road16 Sat Louisa & Charles Butters The Old Vicarage Magpie Road

17 SunCarol Service 3pm.Bee & Georgie 6.30pm

ChurchMagpie House Farm Culworth Road

18 Mon Claire & John Sadler Vinecroft Manor Road

19 Tues Sara Brown14 Spinners Cottages Magpie Road

20 Wed Sharon Ford Bengairn Manor Road21 Thurs Rachel Hijistee Spinners Cottages Magpie Road22 Fri Shrimp Christy Wisteria Cottage Helmdon Road23 Sat Susan Therapysos The Chapel Manor Road

24 Sun

Ingram & Hywel Lloyd 6.30pmMidnight Mass

Church CottageChurch Church Street

25 Mon Christmas Day Church Church Street

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The Parochial Church Council (PCC), which is responsible forthe beautiful church of St. James the Less here in Sulgrave,with its recently restored organ, is currently looking for oneor two villagers with a Christian faith to take on the role ofchurchwarden.

As many of you will know, Shrimp Christy has finally decided to step down from thisrole after 20 years of incredible leadership and commitment to all things involved inour church from Christmas Bazaars to running services in the absence of our vicar.

The role of a churchwarden in a parish is very flexible. On election by parishioners,on an annual basis at the PCC AGM, they act as the “Bishop’s officers” and are viewedas the senior laypeople of the parish with a responsibility for assisting the vicar in thesmooth operation of the church.

In Sulgrave there are already many people involved in the operation of our church andwe are looking for two more villagers to join our team to complete the official teamwe require.

For more information please contact the vicar, Brian Fairbank on 768994, ShrimpChristy outgoing churchwarden on 760214 or Kate Miles, PCC Secretary on 760957.

The good news is that Shrimp is very happy to carry on with many of the roles she hascarried out so well over the years as churchwarden so the incoming churchwarden(s)duties will be less onerous than in some other churches.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sulgrave Womens' Activity Group

On Friday January 26th 7pm you are invited to a Scottish Murder Mystery at the Manor.

There will be a haggis supper and prizes for the best detectives. Bring your own drinks.

Open to all. Tickets £10 Contact Jane Lockwood 760865 or janeandpim@btinternet.com

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Sulgrave Book Club

Every 3rd Tuesday,8pm in The Star

Tuesday 21st November

The Perplexing Theft Of The Jewel In The Crown.by Vaseem Khan

Why don't you Google these books/visit a book shop and see if they appeal to you?Many of our members borrow them from a library or buy them second hand onAmazon. The Book Club would love to welcome new members in 2017.all ages,ladies and gentlemen!. It is really enjoyable to read a book and discuss it with otherpeople and it’s a good social occasion where we also catch up with each other!

Look forward to seeing you!

MOBILE LIBRARY PLUS TIMETABLEROUTE 3 – FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH

Dates of Visits – December 2017 – March 2018

03 November 01 December 05 January 02 February 02 March

STOP VILLAGE/TOWN ADDRESS ARRIVE LEAVE1 Charlton Myers Way 10.50 11.152 Aynho The Butts 11.30 12.003 Kings Sutton Millennium Mem

Hall, Astrop Road12.15 13.15

4 Marston St Lawrence

Old Marston Inn 14.40 15.00

5 Moreton Pinkney Prestige Row (The Green)

15.20 16.10

6 Sulgrave Sulgrave Stores 16.30 17.00

For further information on the Mobile Library Service can be found on the website.www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries0300 126 1000 Customer Services.First for Wellbeing CIC Limited Registered Number 09857257

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Sulgrave and HS2

Thank you to everyone who attended the HS2 event organised by LucyApperly on 12th October. Many attended and put a range of questions to theHS2 representatives present. A report on the event is now on the villagewebsite (www.sulgrave.org).

The Parish Council was represented at the event and a question that came upseveral times was what is the Parish Council doing regarding HS2? To helpanswer, below is a summary of what we have done, are doing and intend to do:

We have:- Reviewed both the hybrid Bill and environmental statements to

understand the impacts on Sulgrave.

- Petitioned the House of Lords Select Committee and presented to themregarding the safety and travel disruption that is expected duringconstruction. We gained assurances that HS2 were working on a plan tomove a large amount of the materials along the HS2 route rather thanalong local roads, thus significantly reducing the traffic volumes. As aresult of this HS2 are legally required to keep us informed of developmentsof this plan.

- During petitioning it was confirmed that none of the roads to / fromSulgrave will be closed during or post construction. Fully surfacedtemporary roads will be built parallel to where these cross HS2 tomaintain access.

- Disseminated appropriate information via the website and newsletter asdetails become available with at least 8 online updates posted. To avoiddata overload we review and only post data of relevance to Sulgrave ornew information.

We are:- Attending HS2 engagement events. Sadly we cannot attend all events due

to time commitments, but we are fully informed as to the activities andattend when possible. The minutes of all meetings are reviewed to ensureimportant information is not missed. If any members of the communityattend these events we would love to hear your thoughts on what you hear.

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- On the appropriate mailing lists for HS2 community involvement activitiesand review all information received for relevant information.

- Actively progressing an application to the HS2 community engagementfund to allow renovation of the Village Hall, to create a much morepleasant and usable space for the village, funded by HS2.

- HS2 have recently appointed their Contractors who are now carrying outthe detailed design and planning for the construction, likely to begin in2020. We are opening new lines of communication with theseorganisations to be informed of developments and raise concerns as thedesign develops. We very much hope this engagement will help answermany of the questions residents have.

Many of these activities are done quietly in the background as part of thegeneral activities of the Parish Council and therefore may not be immediatelyvisible, but they are happening. Updates may appear few and far between butthis is driven by the pace of the project and the information we receive. A goodexample of this is the information presented by HS2 at the recent event waslargely two years old. The Design and Construction programme is such that anyupdated information may well be more than a year away.

The Parish Council believe that the time to stop HS2 happening has past, butmitigating the worst of its construction impacts is far from a lost cause. Thetime between now and the start of construction is our best chance to getmeasures in place that reduce the impact. By working with HS2 and theContractor we hope to secure meaningful improvements for all residents ofSulgrave and are actively working to achieve this and will continue to do sountil HS2 is completed.

There will always be more to do or different views on what we should be doing.If you wish to comment on any of the items above, or want us to do somethingwe are not, please come along to one of our meetings, drop us a line atsulgravepc@btinternet.com, or speak to one of the councillors. We are morethan happy to discuss your particular concerns.

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Community Drama Workshops are all about encouraging individuals (13+), withor without acting experience, to find and express their talent. Maybe you arestudying drama for GCSE or you are involved in amateur dramatics and would relishthe experience of working in a professional environment? Maybe you have doneyouth theatre and would like to explore the opportunity of working within a variedage group? It could be that you have acted professionally in the past and you arelooking for an opportunity to get back into things? What if you have never acted andwould love to give it a try? And what if you would like to get involved if only to buildyour confidence and meet like-minded people? Whatever your calling, CommunityDrama Workshops will give you the professional advice, training, and possibly moreimportantly, the space, security and encouragement to express your talents. Sowhat are you waiting for?

From the beginning of November we shall be running a 7 week evening drama coursebetween 6.30 and 9.30pm. The cost will be £99.

Lee Ball, workshop leader and founder of CDW, studied Drama at Queen MargaretUniversity, Edinburgh. Lee has worked as a professional actor on stage (including 6Edinburgh Festivals), television (Coronation Street), short films (Fuji Film Festival),TV adverts and training DVD's. He is now a freelance performer, drama workshopleader and writer.

cdwlearning.com

PUBLIC NOTICEHS2

As part of HS2’s commitment to being open and accessible for ourcommunities, you will now be able to contact the helpdesk team using anew Freephone telephone number. All calls are free of charge from UKlandlines and mobile phones.

The new number is 08081 434 434. This number can also be found ontheir website www.gov.uk/hs2.

They have also introduced a new Freephone mini-com number forcallers with hearing and speech difficulties. This number is 08081 456472.

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THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

You are invited to

The Parish Council Meeting

To be held on

Thursday 2nd November atAt 7.30pm

InSulgrave Church Hall

We look forward to seeing you there

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