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1 Great Easton B & B "Comfortable accommodation, open all year round" , High Street, Great Easton Leicestershire LE16 8ST greateastonpo2@hotmail.com Salsborough Kennels And Cattery A home from home for your beloved pets Small and Medium dog grooming now re-instated. Oaktree Lodge, Horninghold Road, Stockerston Tel: Eyebrook Wild Bird Feeds Quality mixes and straights at farm gate prices, mixed on our farm near the Eyebrook Reservoir Visit our website: Rectory Farm, right of Church, Great Easton Tel: Open Friday & Saturday 9am - 5pm Sunday 9am 12 noon You are welcome to collect at any other time, but please telephone first EM DORMAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR A family concern, giving 24-hour personal service to all areas. Golden Charter pre-paid plans available (help and advice without obligation) PRIVATE CHAPEL OF REST Tel: A member of Society of Allied and Independent Funeral directors PATRICK FISHER CARPENTER & JOINER New and restoration work Purpose made joinery For a friendly and reliable service Phone: Tel: Mob: MEDBOURNE PRE-SCHOOL Tues, Wed & Thurs Held at Medbourne Village Hall. Term time only For ages 2 ½ - 5. Limited places for 2 year olds Flexible packages available. Funded places. Contact Sara PJH & SONS PHILIP J. HAMMOND & SONS SOLICITORS Commissioners for Oaths 47 FRIAR LANE, LEICESTER, LE1 5QX TELEPHONE: (0116) FAX NO: (0116) enquiries@pjhammond.com Website Contact Richard Hammond Home visits possible CAR PARK AVAILABLE WHILST VISITING THE OFFICE 32

2 The Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt The Reverend Stephen Bishop The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Medbourne, LE16 8DZ Tel: Mobile: Revd Richard Barribal: Associate Priest Mr Roy Cashmore: Reader Parish Office: Open: Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Secretary: Julia Unna E. * Please note parish office revised opening days. PCC Secretary Ann Baile Treasurer Miles Ingram Vice-Chair Neville F Hackett Teal Cottage, 5 Holt View 17 Old Holt Road Great Easton LE16 8TN Medbourne LE16 8DY BRINGHURST CUM GREAT EASTON & DRAYTON Wardens GREAT EASTON Mary Henniker-Major Julia Bowder (Deputy) David Gibb (Deputy) Linden House Rosebrook Cottage Brook House Great Easton Little London Deepdale LE16 8SJ Great Easton LE16 8SU Great Easton LE16 8SS BRINGHURST DRAYTON Margaret Stamp David Hill-Brookes 1 Banbury Lane 1 Medbourne Road Great Easton Drayton Leicestershire LE16 8SF Leicestershire LE16 8SE MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT, STOCKERSTON & BLASTON Wardens MEDBOURNE CUM HOLT Mr Martin van Oppen Manor Farm Medbourne LE16 8DR STOCKERSTON Mary Patston Apple Cottage, Medbourne Road Stockerston LE15 9JF BLASTON Wilfred Coon Robin Murray-Philipson Hallcroft, Medbourne Road Garden House Hallaton LE16 8UH Blaston LE16 8DE Treasurers Bringhurst etc David Gibley Medbourne Howard Unna Stockerston Louise Bromwich Blaston Wilfred Coon Secretaries Bringhurst etc Ann Baile Medbourne Jenny Sandars Stockerston Wendy Bromwich Blaston Della Stones We are always pleased to welcome new residents to our parish so please do make yourself known to one of the above-named. Supported by Great Easton and Medbourne Parish Councils, and other local groups and organisations. Printed by Quantum Print Services Ltd, Earlstrees Industrial Estate, Corby, NN17 4AR 2 Foot Health Practitioner Specialist Foot Care Treatment in the comfort of your own home Graham Clark SAC(dip), CFHP (pract) For an appointment call JOSEPH WARBURTON Carpentry & Building Services CONSTRUCTION: RENOVATION: MAINTENANCE: Vicarage Cottage Main Street, Loddington Leicestershire LE7 9XE Home Tel: Mobile Tel: To Hire: T: or E. enquiries@greateastonvillagehall.co.uk GARRY HYDE Interior and Exterior Painting and Decorating Glazing TEL: MOB:

3 Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt October 2017 Services 1 October The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (Green) 8am Eucharist at Great Easton 9am 1662 Eucharist at Drayton 11.00am Family Harvest at Medbourne followed by lunch 8 October The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity (Green) 11.00am Family Harvest at Great Easton followed by lunch 6pm Harvest Eucharist in Blaston 15 October The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (Green) 9am 1662 Eucharist at Bringhurst 10.45am Eucharist with baptism at Medbourne 3pm Harvest Service at Stockerston 6pm Evening Prayer in Great Easton 22 October The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity (Green) 8am 1662 Eucharist at Medbourne 9am 1662 Eucharist at Stockerston 10.45am Eucharist at Great Easton 29 October Bible Sunday (Last Sunday after Trinity) 10.45am United Eucharist at Drayton (Note change of venue) Wednesday Morning Eucharist Services St Andrews Church, Great Easton 4 October 10.30am 11 October 10.30am 18 October 10.30am 25 October 10.30am Harvest for Mary: The Rector s Letter - October 2017 Farmers in Uganda are struggling to feed their families. They lack knowledge, resources, and support. Time is running out to get a harvest. There is nothing more painful for a mother than when your child asks for plain food and you don t even have that. Five years ago Mary Nassolo s husband died of a heart attack. She was seven months pregnant. His death devastated her and their children. His business collapsed, they lost the support of his family and had to move to a small rural hut. Mary was alone with seven children and no income. Mostly they struggle. Mary needs a harvest for Life. But what does this look like for her? Friends, training and time. You can give all three. Send a Cow is the first to truly listen to my story. Six months ago, Mary became part of a Send a Cow group. This network of friendship is essential in her new venture. They meet every Monday, offering support and encouragement. Each farmer has been given vegetable seeds and seedlings to grow, together with the know how to nurture them. Mary and her fellow farmers are well o their way to their first harvest. You can support farmers like Mary to get not one harvest, but a harvest for life. There is so much promise and the future is shaping up, thanks to Send a Cow. Mary Nassalo Send a Cow need to work with farmers like Mary and her group for 3 to 5 years. Our experience shows this is one of the best ways to ensure families become truly self-sufficient. Will you support Mary and farmers like her to complete their journey? Our plate collection today will be sent to Send A Cow. Thank you for your support. The Revd. Stephen Bishop Rector 30 3

4 BLASTON NEWS Blaston s summer picnic party in August was a most enjoyable, very sociable success. This was due to the kindness of Nini and Robin Murray-Philipson in hosting it and the generosity of everyone attending. The church benefited by 796, with grateful thanks. Harvest Festival is on Sunday 8th October at 6:00 pm, when the Revd. David Maudlin SSc, will be our guest preacher. The church will be open on Saturday 7 th to receive your decorations of flowers and offertories of foodstuffs. The edible gifts will be taken to St Luke s hospital afterwards. There will be a harvest refreshments party in church after the service so your gifts of party food and wine will be very welcome thank you! Please do your best to be at this important village celebration of thanks for our sustenance. On the day after harvest, the church will be taken over by the contractors and the architect to start the floor restoration and the nave redecoration. At last we are about to see some beautification of the church after all our fundraising and seeking grant aid! This work will be finished in time for our Christmas carol service at which St Peter s, Stockerston will be our guests. Family on Duty Reminder: October: Jane Graham and Stephanie Sharpe. November: No service due to work in church December: Kennedy family and Cory family Wilfred Coon, Churchwarden STOCKERSTON NEWS Many thanks to all who came to our service on Sunday 24 th September, it was good to see you all. Our thanks go to Anita Bray who will prepare the church for October. Please note that on the 14 th October we will not have the "fun and games" Dog Show at our harvest sale. We will still be running the sale, featuring our wonderful supply of home made cakes, jams and marmalade. We will also have a raffle, tombola and several games. Don't forget the tea/coffee/soft drinks, cakes and biscuits. We will look forward to seeing you all at our Harvest Service on Sunday 15 th October at 3pm with Guest Preacher The Reverend Jack Wixon. Georgina Halliday Monday Medbourne Tiddlywinks Parent, baby and toddler group Medbourne Village Hall Weekly Events 10am to 12 noon Line Dancing 2pm to 3.30pm Tuesday Parish Office, 9am to 1pm Medbourne Pre-school with lunch session and an afternoon session Medbourne Village Hall Art Club Bell Ringing Practice St Andrew s Great Easton 9.15am to 12.15pm 12.15pm to 1.15pm 1.15pm to 3.15pm 10am to 12 noon 7.30pm to 9pm Ladies Choir 8pm to 9.30pm Wednesday Parish Office, 9am to 1pm Tai Chi 9.15am to 10.15am Medbourne Pre-school 9.15am to 12.15pm with lunch session 12.15pm to 1.15pm and an afternoon session 1.15pm to 3.15pm Medbourne Village Hall Thursday Clubbercise 9.30am to 10.15am Medbourne Pre-school with lunch session and an afternoon session Medbourne Village Hall 1st Welland Valley Scouts Medbourne Village Hall Beavers (6-8 years) Cubs (8-10years) and Scouts (10-14 years) 9.15am to 12.15pm 12.15pm to 1.15pm 1.15pm to 3.15pm 6pm to 7pm From 7pm Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Racheleyoga 6.30pm to 7.30pm Friday Singing Sally 2pm to 2.45pm Medbourne Tennis Club Mon 9.00am am Adult coaching with James Muir Wed 9.00am am Club Morning All Welcome Wed 4.00am pm Jnr coaching with James Muir ( ) Thurs 7.00pm onwards Sun Club night 10.00am Noon Jnr coaching with Paul Hutchinson (contact for session standards) Lessons (Group or individual) are available with James, Paul and Mike Rickman By arrangement 4 29

5 BRINGHURST NEWS A village reminder that our monthly Parish Eucharist Service will be on: Sunday 15 th October at 9.00am All Welcome Margaret Stamp (Churchwarden) DRAYTON NEWS A village reminder that there will be two services in Drayton Church this month: Sunday 1 st October at 9.00am - Eucharist Service Sunday 29 th October at 10.45am - United Eucharist Service All Welcome David Hill - Brookes (Churchwarden) ST ANDREW S CHURCH ROTA OF SIDESPEOPLE OCTOBER Sunday 8 th October am Harvest Service - No Sides person required Sunday 22 nd October am Heather Ingram and Vicki Barribal If this date is inconvenient, please arrange to swap with someone, or if you have a problem - contact Julia Bowder on T The Parish Magazine To advertise or to place an article in the magazine please secretary@sixsaintscircaholt.org The deadline date for receipt of any article or advert is the 5 th day of the preceding month. We cannot guarantee to included articles received after this date. Please note that all Items for the November Edition must be received by 11 th October for guaranteed inclusion. (Please note later date) 28 5

6 Parish Office Opening Hours in November 2017 Just a brief note to confirm that the Parish Office will be open on Thursday and Friday mornings 9am - 1pm in November rather than the usual Tuesday and Wednesday. The office will therefore be open on the following dates: Thursday 9 th and Friday 10 th November Thursday 16 th and Friday 17 th November Thursday 23 rd and Friday 24 th November Thursday 30 th and Friday 1 st December Please note that the office will be open as normal on Tuesday 31 st October and Wednesday 1 st November. Please accept sincere apologies for any inconvenience this change might cause. December is back to normal with the frenzy and joy of Christmas. The Parish Office Great Easton Art Club invite you to come & see our work and perhaps buy on Saturday 4 th November 2pm to 4.30pm Coffee, tea & cake for sale Parish Website Information The Parish of Six Saints circa Holt: Medbourne: Great Easton : Take a look at the websites above which all have lots of useful information Gardeners Corner October 2017 By Alistair Peak PGS The lovely autumn colours, the smells and shades of the countryside tell us autumn is well and truly here. This is a good time to get on with the planting up of your spring bedding, eg Wallflowers, Sweet William, Primulas, Winter Flowering Pansies and Bulbs. It s so tempting when your summer bedding is doing well to delay putting in your Spring Bedding but as the soil is still warm try and get the above planted ASAP. When removing your summer bedding try to dig over the area thoroughly and incorporate some organic mater or garden compost, as the soil will have been starved of goodness from the plants you have just taken out. Very often when you have had bedding plants, the soil will become dry and compacted where the plants have grown so do ensure you dig over thoroughly. With our springs becoming drier if you are planting new plants in the spring watering is really a big issue. I know we can t predict what our winters are going to be like, however I am beginning to think we should consider planting up hardy plants more in the autumn so as to get the plants established before the worst of our winters. This works well with plants that are bought bare rooted, which must be planted between leaf fall and leaf break. Should you be doing any work with your herbaceous plants now is a good time to do this. Many herbaceous plants grow better by dividing every three or four years, as very often the centre part of the plant dies, so now is a good time to divide. As with any new planting remember to add plenty of organic matter, which will help to hold moisture in the following season. I would also give the plants a handful Bone Meal as this will help with the establishment of the root system. This is season of tidying up, remember to leave some plants for wildlife eg. seed heads or even a few leaves in the corner of your garden for wildlife to hide in. It s a good idea to collect in any stakes you have used throughout the season, give them a good clean and store away before they rot in the soil. Check tree stakes and ties and plants on walls/ fences to ensure they are secure before the autumn winds/storms arrive. Alistair Tip: It s not to late to continue mowing but do so on dry days and lift up the cutting deck so as not to scalp the lawns. Finally enjoy this lovely time of year! 6 27

7 THE AFTERNOON TEA GROUP ABC s Tidy Gardens Invites you to a talk on Offering a full range of services for garden maintenance and landscaping. EIGHTY YEARS AT RECTORY FARM A large team of male & female workers to tackle everything in the garden, but more importantly NOT to let you down. kindly given by PHIL JOHNSON We are regularly in your area. For a winter makeover, tree work, hedges, fencing (all types), clearance etc, followed by afternoon tea on call Alister on Thursday, 23rd November 2017 at 2.30p.m at Great Easton village hall payable at the door. All proceeds in aid of St Andrew s Church. NICKY S IRONING SERVICE Find ironing a chore, then why not let me do it for you? Offering a local village service, based in Sutton Bassett. Fast and reliable, in a smoke free environment. I also stitch on loose buttons and carry out small repairs. GREAT EASTON HARVEST LUNCH Please call Following the am Harvest Festival Service on: DSG Auto Services Sunday, 8th October For mobile servicing, repairs and MOT failure work for all cars and bikes carried out Reliable and friendly service at competitive prices at approx noon in church Dean: / deano-tvr@hotmail.co.uk Simon Gladstone Heating and Plumbing Everyone is really welcome to come to the lunch. No need to tell us in advance. Domestic, Commercial, Industrial Gas/Heating Engineer 6 Lounts Crescent, Great Easton Market Harborough, Leicestershire Tel: Mobile: We re going to have a change this year and see what it s like to have our Harvest lunch in church. This means we can avoid paying for the hire of the hall and of course we will be surrounded by all the lovely harvest decorations so it should be rather nice. We would love as many people as possible to join us. Please bring a plate of something which can be shared. Savoury or sweet. There will be plates, cutlery and glasses in church and soft drink will be provided. Do bring your own wine. Please contact Mary Henniker-Major on or Julia Bowder on for any further details

8 The Parish of Six Saints circa Holt Post Office and Village Stores Advance Special Service Information Open Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday Harvest Festival Services: Sunday 1st October - St Giles Church, Medbourne at am Guest speaker Jane Benyon - Representative from Send a Cow Charity Service to be followed by lunch. Sunday 8th October - St Andrew s Church, Great Easton at am Guest speaker Sandra Herbert - Representative from Send a Cow Charity Service to be followed by a bring and share lunch in the Church. POST OFFICE, FRESH BREAD & PASTRIES, DRY CLEANING, NEWSPAPERS, GROCERIES, FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES, DELICATESSEN, COTTAGE DELIGHT PRODUCTS, SANDWICHES, CHILLED DRINKS, GREETINGS CARDS. Springbank. Medbourne, Leicestershire, LE16 8EB Telephone: th Sunday 8 October - St Giles Church, Blaston at 6.00 pm Guest Preacher: The Revd David Maudlin, SSC Sunday 15th October - St Peter s Church, Stockerston at 3.00 pm Guest Preacher: The Revd Jack Wixon Connect Electrical Domestic & Commercial All Welcome List of services: Rewires New Consumer Units Test & Inspection/Landlord Certificates Extra Lighting & Power Outdoor Power Security Lighting PAT Testing Fully insured' and 'Part P Approved WEDNESDAY CRAFTERNOON! Bring along your craft project to and get busy in convivial company. Every second Wednesday of the month next session is on: Wednesday 11th October pm 2 per session to include tea/coffee and biscuits All proceeds to Village Hall Funds. For more info: contact Alice Murdock - aliz28a@hotmail.com ALL WELCOME 8 For a free friendly quotation please contact Tom. connectelec@yahoo.co.uk Office: Mob: Advertising in the Parish Magazine To advertise in the Parish Magazine please contact the parish office either via secretary@sixsaintscircaholt.org OR T (Tuesday / Wednesday 9am - 1pm) 25

9 Ambassador Oil Heating Services Ltd Boiler installations Servicing Breakdown repair Tank installations Aga/Rayburn servicing and repair Power flushing General plumbing

10 GREAT EASTON & DISTRICT GARDEN SOCIETY Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 18th October 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. Daffodils By Stephen Gibson Competition Any three flowers from your garden New members and visitors always welcome. Visitors 2 including refreshments Great Easton Good Companions The meeting on Thursday 5 th October will be in the village hall at 2-30pm and will consist of a quiz and game plus a Bring and Buy and special raffle with tickets at 1 each. There will be no book exchange or usual raffle. 13 will also be collected for our November outing to Waterside. Refreshments will be provided by Sue Kingston and Kay Mitchell. Meetings are usually held in the Village Hall on the first Thursday of the month at 2.30pm and visitors are always welcome. GREAT EASTON FIFTY YEARS AGO We moved to Great Easton in 1964, and I have been trying to remember the village as it was then. Musk Close was still a paddock; Clarkesdale and Barnsdale Close were built in the mid-60s, with young families moving in some, like me, still here. There were no big superstores in Corby then and we shopped in the village, or with tradesmen who called weekly. Mr and Mrs Hare kept the post office and general store at no. 1 High Street. Mr Hare would get you paint, wallpaper and hardware goods to order. Mr and Mrs Rugg kept the present village shop and also had petrol pumps, a bus and a taxi. There was a butcher s shop on Cross Bank (Mr T. Clarke). Mr Joe Clarke kept dairy cows, bottled the milk and delivered it daily round the village. A baker and a greengrocer came from Cottingham, and once a week a man from Desborough selling hardware items and paraffin for heating and cooking stoves. A fish van came once a week, and the mobile library fortnightly. There was a daily bus to Harborough at 7.20 am, returning at 6.00 pm, and two buses on Tuesdays and Saturdays market days. Rockingham station closed in The line ran from Rugby to Peterborough, stopping at Harborough and small village stations. The Women s Institute met monthly in the village hall. Betty Adams was President and Daisy Wright (Jim s mother) Secretary. There was an Old Time Dancing Club and weekly whist drives. Did we have a Fur and Feather whist drive, with prizes such as rabbits, hares, chickens and pheasants? I can t remember. There were tennis, cricket and football clubs. The cricket field was in Stockerston Road and the football field in Gatehouse Lane. Next month I will write about the churches and schools. If anyone has memories of fifty years ago to share, please contact me on Local Historical Information Prepared by Anne Wallis 10 23

11 GREAT EASTON & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Wednesday, 25 th October 7.30 pm Village Hall PERCY PILCHER intrepid pioneer aviator, inventor and foremost experimenter in unpowered flight - a presentation by former Royal Navy pilot, air display director and aviation consultant ROY SMART Visitors are always warmly welcome only 2 (including refreshments) Great Easton History Society's popular publications are on sale at our village shop Good News Trust Rutland team Update Unfortunately the team are having to close the Rutland Van this Summer due to insufficient younger people coming forward to help run the work. When the van closes the team shall be offering the books to anyone who would like some for themselves, family or friends, also to anyone who would like to set up a Christian Book Library in a public space such as a Church or Village Hall. Please contact: Joan Fletcher for more details T

12 Great Easton & District WI We heard a very interesting and informative talk on the need to have a will and recent changes to lasting powers of attorney at our meeting in September. Victoria Lee, an experienced solicitor in this area, advised everyone to make a will, or review existing wills regularly. On a much lighter note, our next meeting on Wednesday 4 th October, will be a demonstration by Barbara Everest of 'Mamma's Homemade Pasta' Hopefully there will be some samples for us to tasts and enjoy. Don't forget our Coffee Morning and Sale of Joule's Clothes on Saturday 7 th October am with a ticket ( 5) 11.30am at the door ( 4) You might pick up a bargain! Our meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm in Great Easton Village Hall. Visitors are always welcome. Our meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm in Do come along and join us - visitors are always welcome. For more information ring Premier AUDIO VISUAL INSTALLATIONS Bespoke Home Audio & Video System Sonos Music System Home Cinema Rooms Nuvo Systems Bespoke TV Installations HD Distribution Specialist Gigaclear Have you got your super fast broadband installed in your home? Let Premier Audio distribute this around your house and garden so that you can have super fast broad band anywhere not just where your routers are? You are invited to a Christmas Coffee Morning Saturday 9 th December 2017 from 10.30am until 12 noon in Cakes and produce, Christmas decorations, bulbs, raffle, gifts, cards, etc.. Entrance 2.00 to include tea/coffee and mince pies/homemade biscuits SKY Installations IT Networking Installations Insurance Work - Meter Testing Digital and FM DAB Aerials IRS Installations - CCTV Multi Pointing Everyone welcome Proceeds in aid of Church funds 12 Contact: Wayne Dignum Telephone: Wayne@premieraudioleicester.co.uk 45 Glebe Road, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3FH 21

13 Computer Monday The fifth in the series of self-help events where experts share their IT-specific knowledge with those who wish to improve their understanding, the topic is: Web Sites - Basics Hosted by David Tuffs This session will cover Web Sites from basic principles including: What is a web site?; Templates and content; HTML - how content is encoded; Graphics and images; Principles of good web site design; Site building tools; Domains; Etc. Suitable for all abilities. Medbourne Village Hall, 7:30pm, Monday October 23rd Attendees will be asked to make a donation to the Village Hall Restoration Fund. Refreshments available. RJM Plasterers ALL ASPECTS OF PLASTERING UNDERTAKEN Book-keeping Accounts VAT returns Sage User Lynn Bradley Book Keeping Services Telephone: Mobile: Contract & Private Over 30 Years Experience including Lime Mortar For your free estimate from your local plasterer call

14 Medbourne cum Holt WI At our meeting on Wednesday 9 th August members were given an interesting account by John Noble about his many years as a postman. This included numerous facts about how the service has changed over the years. At our next meeting on 11 th October Alan Gray will be relating Tales of a Wimbledon Umpire that should prove most entertaining. This will be an Open Meeting when everyone interested are welcome to attend. Jenny Sandars Medbourne cum Holt WI ON WEDNESDAYS 14 19

15 GREAT EASTON PARISH COUNCIL The village defibrillator will soon be installed in the phone box now that BT have signed it over to us. Installation and training are being arranged and there will be an open event in the village hall explaining how to make use of this much awaited life saving equipment. Thanks to Lucy McKay and Lucy Walsh for organising this project. The flooding team are awaiting a report from the Leicestershire lead local flood authority before progressing with further flood relief work. Anglian water have helped by clearing and repairing their drains but we still have more work to do if we are to alleviate occupancies of heavy flooding. The PC is looking for volunteers to form a working party to tackle odd-jobs around the village. Anyone interested in putting themselves forward to help maintain our lovely village environment please let the clerk, David Gibley have your details either by phone or david@webleicester.co.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN Unfortunately due to a legal challenge to the neighbourhood plan the referendum has been delayed by one month. We are hopeful that a new date of 23 rd November can be achieved. More information will be available nearer the time. Voting will follow the same process as other official government elections, please make every effort to register your vote. Phil Long, Chair of Great Easton Parish Council Sweet Hedges Farm Allexton Road, Stockerston Tea Rooms Open for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, all year round (closed Tuesdays). Group parties catered for by appointment. Tel: MICHELLE ONGLEY MACHT Natural Therapies Reflexology Maternity Reflexology Massage Aromatherapy Massage Natural Nutrition Colon Hydrotherapy /

16 An Anthem for Our Time: Brahms Requiem St Andrew s Church, Lyddington The Harborough Singers will perform Brahms Requiem at St Andrew s Church Lyddington, on Saturday 28 th October. There has been a sudden craze for this work and people have begun calling it an Anthem for our Time. It seems that, rather than dwelling on the judgement of the dead, Brahms was intent on consoling the living. Brahms himself said that he would gladly have called it a human requiem. It is this human focus, and the works freedom from religious judgment, that is proving particularly relevant to modern audiences in our troubled but spiritually uncertain times. The New York season opened with an immersive staging of this human requiem. Sung in English, two pianists replaced Brahms s orchestra and choristers in street clothes wandered among the audience members. This is the version that the Harborough Singers will present at Lyddington. Though if there is any choral wandering involved, the Musical Director, David Beavan, has yet to inform the choir! Brahms version of the Requiem is decidedly non-latin. He wrote it in German, assembling the text himself from Luther s German translation of the Bible. It is an almost secular piece and avoids any mention of Christ. It even eradicates the fearsome and showy Dies Irae (Day of Wrath), set so vividly and memorably by other composers. Brahms wrote this self-contained version himself. It was probably intended for at - home use, with the vocal parts supported by a piano duet with four hands on one piano. But it is not merely a piano reduction. Meticulously fashioned by the composer himself, it s notable for its transparency, which throws into sharp relief the choral writing of the work. Premiered in London on 18th July 1871, at the home of Sir Henry Thompson and his wife, the pianist Kate Loder (Lady Thompson) and sung in English, it soon spread to vast international audiences. Uplifting and inspiring, with a new relevance for modern audiences, Brahms Requiem at Lyddington is a treat not to be missed. Four hands on the piano will be provided by Melanie Reinhard and Andrew King with soprano soloist Laura Bursey and baritone soloist Michael Bundy. The programme also includes Brahms Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, with Christopher White on Violin and Melanie Reinhard on piano. The concert starts at 7.30 pm. Tickets are available at 10 per ticket from the following places: Uppingham Book Shop, the Old White Hart, Lyddington, Great Easton Village Shop and Medbourne Village Shop. Tickets are also available online via our website at A note of thanks... Thank you for your continued support of the Food Bank - Just a reminder that EVERYTHING DONATED MUST STILL BE IN DATE AND HAVE AT LEAST 3 MONTHS OF SHELF LIFE LEFT. (Out of date items cannot be distributed and have to be disposed of.) Thank you once again for your support