S T I C K N E Y
N E W S
NOVEMBER
2015
Welcome to this edition of the monthly magazine. Just to update you all on the Stickney Midsummer Festival - it has been decided to give it another whirl in 2016 and lots of new ideas were put forward at the last meeting. We have decided to call it the ‘Stickney Show’ as Stickney Midsummer Festival is a bit of a mouthful! Some good ideas for the ring were discussed and will be looked into before the next meeting. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please give us a ring on 480015 and we will see what we can do. There will be Fund Raising events throughout the year so keep an eye out in the magazine or watch for posters around the place. The first event is a Christmas Craft Fayre and Christmas Tree Festival on
21 November - hope to see you there.
Stickney History Exhibition.
Once again the exhibition proved very popular. More than 350 people attended over the two day period. There were visitors from far and
wide, an American couple came from France researching their family name of Stickney. Others came from Essex, Derbyshire, Nottingham along with many local people.
From the feedback forms the general consensus was that everyone
Found the exhibition very interesting and many gained much information. The donations received amounted to £350.00 and were given to Lincs and Nottingham Air Ambulance and the Community Committee.
Martin and Bev would like to thank all who came and supported their
event.
WHAT’S ON WEEKLY IN STICKNEY?
(Fixed weekly meetings in the Village Hall (VH) and Youth Centre (YC))
TUESDAY’S
Ballet & Tap Dance Class 4.00pm - 6.00pm (YC) 01205 480851
Ages 3 –10 years 07496 305167
Ladies Club 7.30pm (2nd Tues in month) (YC) 01205 480292
Badminton Junior and Senior 7.00pm (VH) 01205 368077
Stickney & District Gardening Club 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480802
(4th Tuesday in month)
WEDNESDAY’S
Short Mat Bowls 1.00pm - 4.00pm (VH) 01205 480397
Table Tennis 7.30pm (winter months only) (YC) 01205 480653
THURSDAY’S
Thursday Over 60’s Club 1.30pm - 4.00pm (YC) 01205 480802
(1st Thursday in month)
Short Mat Bowls 6.30pm - 9.00pm (VH) 01205 480397
Coffee/Tea & Crafts (YC) 2.00pm – 4.00pm 01205 480802
(3rd Thursday in month)
Parish Council Meeting 7.30pm (YC) 01205 270352
(First Thursday in the month with Public Forum 7.20pm)
FRIDAY’S
Cash Bingo, eyes down 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480802
November 21 Christmas Tree Doors open 10.00am (setting up from
Festival & 9.00am). Vote for the Best Dressed Tree
Craft Fair while supporting the ‘Crafters’.
Proceeds to Stickney Jubilee Committee
November 21 Prize Bingo Doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm
Proceeds to William Lovell Academy
Year 11 Prom Committee (YC)
November 28 Prize Bingo Doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm
Proceeds to St Luke’s Church (YC)
ST LUKE’S CHURCH
As the nights draw in we feel cosy with the warmth of indoors, closed curtains, hot drinks, a good book, music or a film on TV. Many of us are drawn into moments of looking back, remembering people and events of times gone by.
In St. Luke's our ANNUAL SERVICE OF REFLECTION will be held on Sunday 01 NOVEMBER at 5.00pm. The names of ‘loved ones' will be read aloudand there will be an opportunity to light candles. Everyone is welcome to share and give support through these precious moments of recollection. If you would like the name of a loved one to be included in the Service please contact Rev. Fran.
A final reminder for the ANNUAL AUCTION at 2.00pm on SATURDAY 31 OCTOBERin Stickney Village Hall, when we hope for the usual good crowd of bargain hunters and lots of donated items to go under the hammer.
We have received a "THANK YOU"letter from CENTREPOINT OUTREACH in Boston. They were extremely grateful for several bags of food from the Church and Primary School Harvest Services. They tell us our gifts will be used for emergency food parcels, or for much needed hot snacks at their Drop-in Centre. They had 1480 visits during September which included 58 homeless people as well as other vulnerable clients living in poverty.Thank you everyone for your gifts.
Collection boxes will be in St. Luke's through Advent, Christmas and the New Year for further gifts of tins, packets, and other useful items as we continue to support Centrepoint Outreach.
The total raised for St. Luke's at the Harvest Festival and Harvest Supper amounted to £472.10. Thank you all.
CHRISTMAS PRIZE BINGO for St. Luke's Church Funds will be on SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER at 7.30pm in Stickney Youth Centre. All donations of prizes will be gratefully received -please pass them to Bev Gosling, Doreen Cooley or Angela Brady. Also any smaller items which could be used for the tombola.
GENEROUS GOD - GENEROUS LIVING is the title of the Lincolnshire Advent booklet for this December. This booklet provides material for individual daily reflection as well as group study, and is free to those who are interested. We will be arranging to hold groups for the four sessions for our Cluster of Parishes, to discuss and learn together, and share some light refreshment. To find our more, or perhaps offer your home as a meeting place, please contact Rev. Fran on 01205 481183, or have a word at our Thursday Coffee mornings. Fresh faces, fresh voices always welcome.
Rural Dean: Canon Peter Coates 01790 752526
Parish Priest and
PCC Chairperson: Rev’d Fran Jeffries 01205 481183
Church Wardens : Mrs A Brady 01205 480661
Mrs B Gosling 01205 480641
PCC Secretary: Mrs M Weston 01205 480127
Treasurer (General
Funds): Mrs D Cooley 01205 480397
Treasurer (Fabric
Fund): Mrs B Gosling 01205 480641
NOVEMBER CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday 01 11.15pm Cluster Holy Communion at New Leake
5.00pm All Souls Service of Reflection
Sunday 08 9.30am Short Service of Holy Communion and Act
of Remembrance
Sunday 18 11.15am All Age Worship
Wednesday 11 10.45am Act of Remembrance at Stickney War
Memorial
Sunday 15 11.15am All Age Worship with music by The New
Name
Sunday 22 9.30am Holy Communion
Sunday 29 10.00am Deanery Service at Partney
Every Thursday 9.00am Morning Prayer
The Church is open daily from 9.30am until late afternoon.
There is a good range of second-hand books and jigsaws for sale in the church, all proceeds are for St Luke’s church.
A coffee morning is held from 10.00am every Thursday.
Parish Council representatives are available at the coffee morning on the last Thursday of each month for anyone to speak to about any Parish matter.
KIDDIES CORNER
"Remember, remember the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot.
We know no reason why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot."
Baked Apples (a perfect accompaniment for Bonfire Night)
Method
1. Preheat oven 175'C/350'F/Gas mark 4
2. Scoop out the core from the top of the apple, leaving a well - do not cut all the way through
3. Score the skin around the centre of the apple, to stop the skin bursting as it cooks
4. Stuff each apple with 1 teaspoon of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of dried fruit
5. Place in a shallow baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon or mixed spice
6. Bake in preheated oven for 15 - 30 minutes, until sugar begins to caramelize and apples are soft
7. Serve with ice cream, custard or enjoy simply as they are
Riddles
Can you solve these riddles?
Salt Paintings
Simply paint designs with PVA glue and sprinkle with salt, then dab on paint and watch it fizz and spread and see the colours merge for a beautiful firework painting.
Great Bonfire Night Party Games- Enjoy these with your family and friends.
Doughnuts on String. (Difficulty rating – Middle) Tie ring donuts with string and hang from coat hangers or a pole. Try and eat as quickly as you can but no hands!
Toys in Jelly. (Difficulty rating – Easy) Fill a bucket with jelly and small plastic toys. Let children delve their hands into the mire and find a toy. Make sure there is water nearby to wash them off!
Sweets in Flour. (Difficulty rating- Easy!) Eat a sweet covered in flour using only your mouth (or icing sugar if you're feeling generous as it doesn't taste so gross!!)
Knife and Fork Chocolate. (Difficulty rating – Very! ) Everyone knows this one don’t they? Roll the dice. When you score a 6, it’s your turn. Put on a scarf, hat and gloves before using a knife and fork to cut and eat a huge slab of chocolate. Continue until the next person rolls a 6.
Maltesers with chop sticks. (Difficulty rating – Very!) Pitch two people against each other and see how many they can eat in a minute or two. Set the timer.
Complete this Sudoku if you can...
CHILDREN’S DANCE CLASSES AT YOUTH CENTRE!
Hello! Let me introduce myself – I am Emily Dodds and until June 2015 I have lived in Stickney all my life and I still only live four miles away. I trained at “The Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama” for three years and then went on to qualify as a teacher of dance with “The International Dance Teachers’ Association”. I have been a fully qualified for four years but have been teaching with “The Wright School of Dance” for eight years.
On a Tuesday (after school) I teach at Stickney Youth Centre. The first class is between 4.00pm and 5.00pm and is a ballet and tap class for ages 3 to 10-ish!
The next class from 5.00pm to 6.00pm is for older pupils who are sufficiently advanced to do ballet point work. The classes concentrate on the IDTA Syllabus and can lead to awards being taken.
We also put on a dance show periodically, the next being in May 2016. My contact details for both classes are listed under ‘What’s on’ in each “Stickney News”.
STOP PRESS! If anyone is interested in me starting a disco class from 6.00pm to 7.00pm on a Tuesday at the Youth Centre then please contact Isabel on 01205 480463 to express your interest in this, giving the name and age of the child and your contact details. I will then look into the viability of this extra class and let you know the outcome. Disco classes are always lively and great fun, dancing to the latest music and can also lead to awards and participating in a show if you would like your child to do so.
Stickney Bus Service!
The market day service is available on 11 and 24 November and 09 and 23 December, the cost of the service is £5.00 per person. You can book your seat by phoning 01205 480241.
Mobile Library Visits
The mobile library visits Stickney on MONDAY’S at the Youth Centre, Hall Lane between 10.15am and 11.15am and at Horbling Lane between 11.30am and 12.00noon. The next visits will be
02 November and 30 November.
The William Lovell Academy
£270.00 was raised at the Macmillan Coffee Morning held at the William Lovell Academy this year.
Well done all the pupils and the staff.
Gardening tips for November!
By now the nights are drawing in with clocks due to go back on 25 October, trying to fit in gardening work will become more difficult. However the good news is that there is not so much to do at this time of the year. Apparently old gardening manuals used to refer to this time as a 'time of great earthworks', so if you have heavy ground and normally dig it to take advantage of the frosts, this is the month to try to get ahead.
Here then are a few jobs to be getting on with in any time that is available.
1) If you have grown French or runner beans during the summer you may be wishing to clear up the bean patch. It is worthwhile storing any beans in pods which have been missed during the picking season, for using as next year's seeds. Also only remove the tops of the plants leaving the roots in the ground. They are a good source of nitrogen and will decay naturally over winter.
2) If you missed sowing your hardy broad beans last month, November (early) is not too late for them to go in. Alternatively you can sow them in boxes under glass ready to go out in early spring.
3) For early harvest next spring sow a fast maturing carrot variety under glass/cloche, in a soil border or a growing bag cleared of its summer crop.
4) You could also sow hardy cos or greenhouse lettuce in pots and next month transplant the seedlings between the rows of carrots.
5) There was much discussion last year on the Ken Bruce Radio 2 show as to the best time to begin cooking your Brussel Sprouts for Christmas Dinner. The consensus seems to be late November or early December but I think it is a matter of personal preference. Do keep an eye on the water level in the saucepan though!
In conclusion, a quote from Thomas Hood, poet and humourist:
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds -
November.
Happy gardening.
Stickney Primary School
Monday 02 November Start back to school
Monday 13 November We have another ‘Bag to School’ collection to raise funds
for the school PTFA. Bags of used clothing should be left in the Hall Lane playground before 9.00am – thank you