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1 Bow Brickhill Parish Council Parish Clerk: Councillors: Chair Deputy Chair: RFO/Cllr Cllr: Cllr: Pavilion Bookings: Pavilion Caretaker: Pavilion Cleaner: Bow Brickhill Village News Rebecca Gurnett March 2018 Becky O Rourke Robert Jones Ann Sidgwick Sally Milford sally.milford@btconnect.com Julian Price Rebecca Gurnett bowbrickhillpavilion@gmail.com Andy Wright Gerald Crosby Issue 59/2018/ Contacts: A.S.T.R.A.: Alan Preen A.S. Lunch Club: Kay & Stuart Leeming Book Club: Celia Sherratt Bow Brickhill Pre-School Brownies: Sally Pepper Buccaneers: Derek Giles Church Wardens: John Wales Stuart Leeming Line Dancing: Jan Cade Women's Institute: Stephanie Warren Woburn & Wavendon Robert Hill Football Club robert.hill@iname.com Website & E-Group sue@bowbrickhill.com History Society sue@bowbrickhill.com Preserve Bow Brickhill sue@bowbrickhill.com Neighbourhood Watch sue@bowbrickhill.com Youth Club: Gemma Howarth Danesborough Ward Borough Councillor for Bow Brickhill: David Hopkins david.hopkins@milton-keynes.gov.uk Thames Valley Police Non Emergency: (101) RuralSouthNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk Anglian Water Environmental Services envhelpline@milton.keynes.gov.uk Network Rail Emergency 24 Hour Helpline Members of Bow Brickhill W.I. present the newly crafted club banner which they have jointly created over many months. Each and every part has been made from materials cut, shaped and sewn to create the pictures that you see. With thanks also to Mike Duff who made the stand and pole. The Village News is hand delivered to all the homes in Bow Brickhill and a few beyond Joint Editors: Chris French & Ann Sidgwick Published by: Ann Sidgwick & Associates : 23rd February 2018 Printed by: The Print Cellar Woburn Sands Funded by BBPC, Donations & Advertisers 15

2 Contents: Contents 1 The Wheatsheaf - Forthcoming Events 2 Guess Where?? 2 Thought for the Month 3 Church Hall Drop-in 3 All Saints Lunch Club 3 Easter Week - Church Services 3 Annual Parochial Church Meeting 4 Three Parishes Outing 4 Bow Brickhill Youth Club 5 ASTRA 500 Club Draw Results - January 5 Bow Brickhill W.I. 5 Hire of the Pavilion 6 Woburn Sands Band 6 Bow Brickhill History Society 6 Dates for your Diary - March 7 St Patrick s Night at the O Ferguson s Bar 8 Be Alert 8 Bow Brickhill History Society 9 Church Chuckles 9 Rural Crime Update 10 Bah Humbug News 11 Local PC - Contact Details 11 Pan Disability Football Sessions 12 Church Chuckles 12 Church Flowers & Cleaning Rota 13 Deadline for Next Issue - 22nd March 13 Contact Details for the Rector & Church Wardens 13 Prayers for Healing 13 Services in the Benefice - March 14 BBPC & Contacts 15 1 Mar 4th 11th 18th 25th 29th 30th Bow Brickhill : All Saints SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE a.m. Matins Jeremy Hopkinson a.m. Mothering Sunday Family Service a.m. Church Open 9.00 a.m. Palm Sunday Holy Communion Rev John Waller 7.00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Holy Communion (said) at Great Brickhill 9.30 a.m. Good Friday Hymns & Redings Little Brickhill : St Mary Magdalene Mar 4th 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion 11th No Service 18th a.m. Family Service With Baptism 25th No Service 29th 30th 7.00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Holy Communion (said) at Great Brickhill a.m. Good Friday Church open for Prayers Great Brickhill : St Mary the Virgin Mar 4th a.m. Holy Communion BCP 11th 18th Stoke Hammond : St Luke Mar 4th 9.30 a.m. Mothering Sunday Holy Communion 9.30 a.m. Café Church Jeremy Hopkinson 25th a.m. Palm Sunday Family Service 29th 30th 7.00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Holy Communion (said) Benefice Service 2.00 p.m. Good Friday Hour of Devotion a.m. Family Service at Methodist Church Methodist Preacher 11th 9.00 a.m. Mothering Sunday Morning Worship Lesley Berry 18th 9.00 a.m. Holy Communion 25th 9.00 a.m. Palm Sunday Morning Worship Phillipa Cook 29th 7.00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Holy Communion (said) at Gt Brickhill 30th p.m. Good Friday Church open for Prayers 14

3 CHURCH FLOWERS & CLEANING ROTA March 4th 11 th 18 th 25th Lent C Evans Lent D Bowdler FORTHCOMING EVENTS Seafood Supperclub - a delicious three course seafood feast, with wine pairings included for each course, 35pp Mothering Sunday 11th March - a carefully crafted, lovingly made menu for that very special figure in your life - whether it be a mother, grandmother or anyone else who deserves a treat! 24 for two courses, 30 for three, kids menu available for under 12s DEADLINE FOR THE APRIL ISSUE 22nd MARCH 2018 Contributions please to: Chris Ann Special Occasion or Important Event? Please pop in and ask us abut our private hire options! bobchrisfrench@gmail.com annasatraining@gmail.com If you are able to help with a contribution towards the cost of the Newsletter please send it to: Ann at 46 Station Road Cheques should be made payable to: Bow Brickhill Parish Council Senior Citizens of the village, don't forget that on Thursdays we have our very special 25% discount on offer! [T&Cs apply] Rector - Reverend John Waller GUESS WHERE: rector@brickhillschurches.org.uk : Tel The Rectory, 10 Pound Hill, Great Brickhill MK17 9AS Churchwardens: John Wales A beautiful and fairly local Church with an impressive and significant history. Certainly worth a visit - can anyone guess where it is??? Tel: Stuart Leeming Tel: To contact both the Rector and Churchwardens: bowbrickhillchurch@gmail.com No prizes for guessing but a great deal of selfsatisfaction if you know!! Prayers for healing Monthly meetings are held at the Rectory in Great Brickhill rector@brickhillschurches.org.uk or tel Photo kindly supplied by Cllr Colin Wright : Chairman of East Northants District Council & Rushden Town Councillor 13 2

4 Song of Solomon Chapter 2 verses For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. CHURCH HALL DROP-IN AFTERNOON MARCH 14th Do you enjoy meeting up with others for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee? If so drop in to the church hall on Wednesday March 14 th anytime between 2.30pm and 4.30pm. ALL SAINTS LUNCH CLUB : MARCH 18th The March meeting of the lunch club will take place on Sunday 18th th in the church hall as usual at 12.30pm. All are welcome, particularly anyone who is on their own, and transport is available. To book in or for more information please contact: Kay or Stuart on EASTER WEEK CHURCH SERVICES PAN DISABILITY FOOTBALL SESSIONS Flexible, inclusive & accessible playing opportunities for all Woburn & Wavendon Football Club have recently introduced the areas first grassroots Pan Disability Football Sessions. Goalability is aimed at boys and girls of all ages, and is designed to be flexible, inclusive and accessible. We ll be providing an opportunity for all the children to achieve their very own footballing goals commented WWFC Vice Chairman, Gary Towers. FA qualified WWFC coaches will guide and control all sessions with full Safeguarding & DBS certification in place, ensuring the care and protection of children comes first. The sessions will offer a tailored, fun-filled progression for youngsters to enjoy friendship and progression in football-related skills and co-ordination. Held in The Sports Hall at Fulbrook Middle School, Weathercock Lane, Woburn Sands, MK17 8NP, they are from am every Sunday during term time (commencing 25th February 2018). The sessions are free with voluntary contributions welcomed. Spaces are limited, so please contact Gary Towers to secure your place. Mob: gjt1@live.com WWFC look forward to welcoming you and your child into a safe & fun environment where friendships are made and all levels of footballing potential developed. Please bring shin pads, suitable trainers and loads of enthusiasm! Robert - Woburn & Wavendon FC Good Friday Service - 30 th March at 9.30am On Good Friday, at 9.30am in our church, there will be a service of hymns, bible readings and choir anthem telling the story of Jesus s trial, crucifixion and burial. Easter Day Holy Communion - April 1st at 9.00am On Easter Sunday our service of Holy Communion will be at 9.00am and led by Rev John Waller. Do come along to join in worship in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. 3 Church Chuckles... The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing Break forth into Joy. Potluck supper Sunday at 5pm prayer and medication to follow. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet on Thursday at 7pm. Please use the back door. Weight Watchers will meet at 7pm at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side. The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies would kindly lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday. 12

5 BAH HUMBUG! Mr Ebenzer Scrooge has presided over the Bah Humbug auctions for several years and has given us plenty of merriment. On the 27th January villagers turned out in good numbers to enjoy another such occasion. This year he introduced a new apprentice, young Luke Scratchit - clearly someone we would call these days an 'unpaid intern' - who had to operate in the dim lighting provided by two candles in an almost unheated hall where a single smouldering log added to the evening s entertainment. A cool and smokey prospect, but everyone there huddled round the candles enjoyed the night. You never know what will come up at Bah Humbug. Boxes of chocolates, a Republican Party mug of Donald Trump, vases and knick-knacks, a sat-nav system (thank goodness young Scratchit was able to explain that one to Mr Scrooge) and collector s items such as a book of stunning photos of Formula 1 star Max Verstappen, donated by Red Bull Racing. All that was missing was a spare Christmas Pudding to auction off, maybe there will be one next year. All proceeds went to ASTRA for the Church Hall re-build project. A fantastic sum of 360 was raised on the night and in following days this increased to a total of 678 through donations by people who were unable to attend the event itself and from other generous contributions. ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING March 15 th at 7.45pm All Saints Church Annual Meeting will be held in the church hall on Thursday March 15th at 7.45pm and everyone from the parish is welcome to come along and hear about the work of the church council over the last year. If you are on the electoral roll you are eligible to stand as a member of the Parochial Church Council. Any parishioner who would like to be added to the church electoral roll please contact John Wales on At the meeting elections for the forthcoming year will take place for: Churchwardens Parochial Church Council (6 members) The annual accounts and a report on the last year s activities will be distributed and any issues affecting the church and hall will be discussed so please do come along. Local Policeman - Contact Details Tony Deeble PC 218 Milton Keynes Neighbourhood Policing Team South NS Danesbrough & Walton Mobile Address: Fire Station, Childs Way, Milton Keynes Village Milton Keynes - tony.deeble@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk The ASTRA Team 11 Three Parishes Outing 21st March 2018 The first Three Parishes Outing of 2018 will take place on Wednesday 21 st March 2018 and will be to Market Harborough. Over the past years we have only had five regular partakers of this facility; which is sponsored; for our part, by our Parish Council. To obtain tickets you have to be 60 or over and be resident in Bow Brickhill. These outings take place usually on the third Wednesday of each month up to October. To obtain tickets please contact Sylvia or Ron Fox on

6 Are you aged 9-14? Then why not join the. BOW BRICKHILL YOUTH CLUB Rural crime update from Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Ross Reports of rural crime in the Thames Valley have increased by five percent between October 2016 and September st & 3rd Thursdays of each month 6.30 p.m. at the Pavilion : Cost 2 per child I would like to reassure members of our rural communities of my commitment to investigating reports of rural crime. We rely on information from our local communities and take such reports very seriously. Incidents are robustly investigated by our local policing teams who have dedicated Rural Crime and Wildlife Officers based across the Thames Valley. ASTRA 500 Club The results of the January draw : 1st prize: 2nd prize: 3rd prize: Sally Robinson Louise Tomlin Sue Malleson ticket number 12 ticket number 39 ticket number Rural crime can take many different forms including burglary, robbery, theft, criminal damage, fly tipping, poaching and hare coursing. We are continuing to work with local residents, businesses and partners to raise awareness of crime prevention techniques while developing problem solving solutions to tackle rural crime. There are often fewer witnesses to rural crimes and greater opportunities for criminals to target isolated properties and businesses. The impact of these crimes can also be greater, with people feeling more vulnerable due to their remote location. Andrea Spurdle : 500 Club Manager The draw is held in The Wheatsheaf on the last Thursday of every month - do come along and support Andrea Bow Brickhill W.I. You can reduce the risk of becoming a victim of rural crime by taking a few simple steps including: Here are a few photos of the WI Show the Love Climate Change Coalition campaign that was carried out around the village by members to celebrate Valentine s Day on February 14th. Keeping the boundaries of your land and property well-maintained and secure Fitting strong locks to sheds, garages and outbuildings Checking security equipment regularly to ensure it is working properly Locking equipment away in a secure building when it s not in use Security marking your tools and equipment For more crime prevention advice, and to see details of your local Rural Crime Officers, visit the Rural Crime page on the Thames Valley Police website at: protecting-your-business/rural-crime/ If you become a victim of rural crime or suspect that a crime has taken place, you should always report it to police by calling the non-emergency number, 101. If an incident is in progress, or there is an immediate threat to life, you should call 999. W.I. received a lot of likes from villagers on social media and one lady tweeted a photo that the Coalition then re-tweeted to their 23,000+ followers. I think this could have put B.B. W.I. on the global map! The March meeting is on 22nd March and is Keep Fit with Paula - fitness at all levels, including seated. Everyone is very welcome to attend and join in the evening s activities in the pavilion in Rushmere Close at 7.30 p.m.. For more information just Julia Paine: <kevinpaine1280@gmail.com> You can receive the latest rural crime news from Thames Valley Police and their partners directly to your phone or inbox by signing up to CountryWatch at:

7 Bow Brickhill History Society 20 people braved a wintry night to hear an absolutely fascinating talk on Medieval Dunstable on February 7th by the very enthusiastic and accomplished speaker Jean Yates. Most of us showed up thinking what has this got to do with Bow Brickhill? Well actually, far more that you can possibly imagine. The links to and the control Dunstable Priory had on, not just, Bow Brickhill, but also Great Brickhill and Shenley are incredible. The history group are planning a site visit to what is left of the priory later this year guided by the same speaker. Please contact BBHS if you would like to join us. and Snippets from the Petty Sessions Registers: 2 Jul 1891 Informant/ Complainant George Knight; defendants John Byrne, Walter Marsh, Harry Gilbey, John McGuirk, Dominick Owen; nature of offence: vagrancy: lodging in a shed without any visible means of subsistence, Bow Brickhill 1 Jul 1891; fine Byrne, Marsh,Gilbey & McGuirk committed for 14 days HL [hard labour] to HC [House of Correction] and Dominick Owen for 1 day to Police Station 23 March 1893 Informant/ Complainant George Cox; defendants William and Ernest Shepherd; nature of offence: wilful damage, Bow Brickhill, 31 Jan. 1893; fine 10s 0d, in default to be committed for 7 days each. Mary Preen Copyright by kind permission of the EurekA Partnership Church Chuckles.. Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will speak tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come and hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa. Miss Charlene Mason sang I will not pass this way again, giving obvious pleasure to the congregation. Do not let worry kill you off let the church help. Ladies, don t forget the rummage sale tomorrow. It s a chance to get rid of all those things not worth keeping around the house. Don t forget your husbands. 9 Do you want to hold a party at the Pavilion? The Pavilion is available to hire for residents (and nonresidents) at very competitive rates should you wish to get available dates or hire rates: Please Contact: Rebecca Gurnett on Do you, or does somebody you know, play a brass instrument? Even a little? Did you play in the past but your instrument is gathering dust in the loft? The Woburn Sands Band is looking for brass players with some experience to join its ranks. We have places within our different Band groups for players of ALL abilities, so YES, you ARE good enough! Being a member of The Woburn Sands Band is entirely FREE. All we ask in return is for your commitment to rehearsals and a number of concerts and Band events throughout the year. One or other of our groups rehearses at our purpose-built bandroom in Woburn Sands on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evenings. Why not come along for a listen? Or you could come to one of our concerts. Please get in touch if you are interested. There is no obligation. The Woburn Sands Band does not charge for lessons, loan of instrument, nor uniform, nor does it charge subscriptions. We give lessons and loan instruments free of charge to anyone aged 7 (or even much older). Our contact number is Come along and meet us, you might like us! 6

8 Thursday 1st Youth Club Pavilion 6.30 p.m. Monday 5 th Line Dance Pavilion 7.00 p.m. Wednesday 7 th Brownies Church Hall 6.00 p.m. Thursday 8 th Parish Council Meeting Pavilion 7.30 p.m. Monday 12 th Line Dance Pavilion 7.00 p.m. Wednesday 14 th Thursday 15 th Drop-In Acoustic Guitar Club Youth Club Annual Parochial Church Meeting Church Hall Church Hall Pavilion Church Hall p.m p.m p.m p.m. Sunday 18 th All Saints Lunch Club Church Hall p.m. Monday 19 th Line Dance Pavilion 7.00 p.m. Wednesday 21 st Brownies (Last One) Buccaneers Club Church Hall Pavilion 6.00 p.m p.m. Thursday 22 nd W I - Gentle Keepfit Pavilion 7.30 p.m. Monday 26 th Line Dance Pavilion 7.00 p.m. Wednesday 28 th Acoustic Guitar Club Church Hall 8.00 p.m. Friday 30th DATES FOR YOUR DIARY : MARCH 2018 Good Friday Church Service Church 9.30 a.m. St. Patrick s Night at O Ferguson s Bar Ever eaten a potato? Ever drank a pint of Guinness? If so, consider yourself Irish for at least one night only and come join the craic at O Ferguson s Pub this St. Patrick s Night - Saturday, 17 March. The venue is the Church Hall and your hosts will be Alan and Joanne O Ferguson plus their family, travelling from as far afield as Belfast and Northampton. Come hungry, come thirsty, come with your pockets full of gold! You will be served the finest Irish Beef Stew (vegetarian option available - just let me know) and this will be washed down with Guinness and wine from our licensed bar. We will be running our world famous quiz once again. You can have teams of up to 6 people and can arrange this in advance or just sort it out on the evening. So if you fancy joining the craic, just drop your host Alan O Ferguson an to confirm your place - alanferguson1974@yahoo.co.uk. Tickets are 15 per person for this event. This includes a welcome drink, twocourse dinner and entry into the quiz. And remember - ALL profits go to AS- TRA Community Projects project to build the new Community Hall. Dress code: wear something green Hi All - over the weekend I came across a crime story where people give their address away at the Pharmacy and other locations. The thieves would stand around the counter at the Pharmacy. Before the medication is handed over, the address is normally asked for. The thief would then contact an accomplice to give them the address details. It is very probable that the address would be empty if someone is collecting medication. It is not certain how many people were robbed in this way. The elderly were the main targets. Be alert To prevent this happening to you, when asked for your address, please just state the road and never give your house number. Regards Mal McGar 7 8