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1 Great Easton B & B "Comfortable accommodation, open all year round" , High Street, Great Easton Leicestershire LE16 8ST davidjhankey@gmail.com 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: Parish Office: During office hours only Please note that there is no answer phone facility Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00 am 1.00 pm Please note any parish office revised opening days will appear within in monthly magazine CONSTRUCTION: RENOVATION: MAINTENANCE: JOSEPH WARBURTON Carpentry & Building Services Vicarage Cottage Main Street, Loddington Leicestershire LE7 9XE Home Tel: Mobile Tel: 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 31

3 Parish of the Six Saints circa Holt February 2019 Services 3 February Presentation of Christ to the Temple 8am Eucharist at Great Easton 9am 1662 Eucharist at Drayton 10.45am Eucharist at Medbourne 10 February Fourth Sunday before Lent 9am 1662 Eucharist at Blaston (Please note that this service will be held at the home of Wilfred and Ann Coon by kind invitation) 10.45am Eucharist with baptism at Great Easton 17 February Third Sunday before Lent 9am 1662 Eucharist at Bringhurst 10.45am Eucharist at Medbourne Note: There will be no evening prayer at Great Easton 24 February Second Sunday before Lent 8am 1662 Eucharist at Medbourne 9am 1662 Eucharist at Stockerston 10.45am Eucharist at Great Easton Wednesday Morning Eucharist Services St Andrews Church, Great Easton 6 February 10.30am 13 February 10.30am 20 February 10.30am 27 February 10.30am ALL WELCOME The Rector s Letter February 2019 February 20 th 2019 World Day of Social Justice There are now so many days in the calendar marking significant causes and issues on a local as well as on a global scale. The proliferation of such days means that it is easy for us to miss one or to suffer from compassion fatigue or a sense of consciousness-raising overload. Mindful of this risk, I nonetheless feel that I cannot in all conscience ignore the Day marked on February 20th and so am drawing attention to it here. World Day of Social Justice was begun by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2007 to grow support for international efforts in eradicating poverty, promoting full employment, and encouraging gender equality and justice for all. World Day of Social Justice provides us all with an good opportunity to focus attention on the barriers to social wellbeing that millions of people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability. This year s theme is Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice. It may not seem like something that immediately engages us here in the relatively settled countryside, but it will have particular relevance for people in many communities across this and other countries. Why Should We Care About Social Justice? As a Christian, as a parent, the following diverse range of social justice issues and perspectives give me pause for thought and reason to care: Over 1.5 million children under the age of 5 die each year from vaccinepreventable diseases. (WHO) There are currently 800 million people who do not have access to safe drinking water. (UNESCO) Armed forces in 20 countries are recruiting child soldiers under the age of 18. (Child Soldiers International) Eighty-two million girls now aged 10 to 17 will be married before their 18th birthday (UNFP). One hundred million more women would be alive today if females had equal access to nutrition and health care. (WHO) Of the 4.5 million refugees forced to flee Syria, over one million are children. (UNHRC) Migrant workers account for 4.4 percent of all workers and have higher labour force participation rates than non-migrants globally 30 3

4 Most migration today is linked directly or indirectly to the search for decent work opportunities. The gap between rich and poor within and among nations continues to grow and promote conflict. Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations A sustainable future involves meeting the needs of all people. A Prayer for Social Justice God, we pray that Your Spirit may rule over all things. May Your Spirit rule over kings and presidents, over prime ministers and generals, over CEOs and party leaders, over the legislature and over the bureaucrats, over all citizens. May Your Spirit guide us on the way of peace on the way of honest dialogue on the way of reconciliation between peoples on the way of disarmament and justice On the way of welcoming and honouring the marginalised and dispossessed, on the way of freedom and life for all. May Your Spirit lead us on the journey of blessings shared with all on the journey of educational opportunity for all our children on the adventure of research and study that helps all men and women on the road to meaningful work for all people on the path of solidarity and love between all our brothers and sisters. May Your Spirit help us to speak up with courage to share what we have and what we are to challenge the powers that be to offer a message of liberation and life. We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord. Amen The Revd. Stephen Bishop, Rector World Women s Day of Prayer Come, everything is ready - Slovenia Friday, 1 st March am St Giles Church, Medbourne Guest Speaker: The Revd. Sonya Wratten 4 Weekly Events Monday Medbourne Tiddlywinks Parent, baby and toddler group Medbourne Village Hall 10am to 12 noon Line Dancing Great Easton Village Hall 2pm to 3.30pm Tuesday Parish Office, Great Easton Village Hall 9am to 1pm 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 Art Club Great Easton Village Hall Bell Ringing Practice St Andrew s Great Easton 29 10am to 12 noon 7.30pm to 9pm Ladies Choir Great Easton Village Hall 8pm to 9.30pm Wednesday Parish Office, Great Easton Village Hall 9am to 1pm Tai Chi 9.15am to 10.15am Great Easton Village Hall Medbourne WI (Second Weds of each month) - contact Meriel Godfrey Medbourne Village Hall 7.30pm 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 Great Easton Village Hall Medbourne Pre-school with lunch session and an afternoon session Medbourne Village Hall 1 st 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 Great Easton Village Hall 6.30pm to 7.30pm Friday Singing Sally 2pm to 2.45pm Great Easton Village Hall 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 / Individual) are available with James, Paul and Mike Rickman (by arrangement)

5 Lest we forget. Following the recent celebrations marking one hundred years since the end of the slaughter of World War 1, it behoves us all to continue to remember the sacrifices made by good men and women throughout the world in defence of justice, and in opposing barbarity. DRAFT SCHEDULE ONLY Martin van Oppen (Churchwarden, St Giles, Medbourne) Heroic Humankind lest we forget Forget not Passchendale, Verdun, Brave men at Ypres. Bloated, bloodied, twisted bodies buried deep, In shell-holes, oozing, stinking mud and trenches. All lie quiet, whilst persistent rain forever drenches. Remember Jutland, our finest sailors there to die. Gallipoli, the Dardanelles where Anzac allies lie. Americans, Canadians, South Africans, allies all From round the world, responded to our Call. Down through the ages, with no thought of fear, Good folk maimed and slaughtered year on year. Remember Dunkirk, the Blitz. Burma and the Jap, Followed by Malaya and Korea, with bare a gap. Day on day, good humour tinged with sadness, Our Commonwealth united. All opposing madness. Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, dictators, madmen, rotters all, Faced by brave men and women who, sadly, often fall. With pride and with passion, hard facing the foe, Spirits never broken, strong hearts all aglow. Always to the fore, standing firm to oppressors; Those tyrants, dictators and despotic aggressors. True courage in conflict. Unswerving their loyalty, Overcoming fear, weakness and frailty. Yes, humankind s heroism, our foes ever met. We re deep in their debt. We must never forget..no, never forget! 28 5

6 BLASTON NEWS After an astonishing 12 months of negotiations, construction has just started on the new stone floor throughout the church to replace the rotten wooden floor. This will take some time and the nave walls will need re-plastering and decorating afterwards. Finding cash for the work is worrying and soliciting grant aid has started, so far resulting in 500 from St John s College, Cambridge and $500 from the Warwick family of New York. A great deal more is needed. Meanwhile we are grateful to Robin and Nini Murray-Philipson for having offered their home for so many Blaston services while the church is closed for repairs. If other families could make a similar offer it would share the load. The next service, on Sunday 10 th February at 9:00 am, will be at Ann and Wilf Coon s house, Hallcroft, Medbourne Road, Hallaton. Car parking in the long lay by on the road would be best, once the five places on the drive are full. Wilfred Coon (Churchwarden) BRINGHURST NEWS A village reminder that the next village Eucharist Service will be held on Sunday 17 th February 2019 at 9 am ALL VERY WELCOME Margaret Stamp (Churchwarden) DRAYTON NEWS A village reminder that the next village Eucharist Services will be held at Drayton Church on: Sunday 3 rd February 2019 ALL WELCOME David Hill - Brookes (Churchwarden) Gardeners Corner February 2019 By Alistair Peak PGS The Touch Paper has been lit Spring is on its way. It may seem a little way off yet but there are plenty of plants beginning to come into life and already showing off their best for us to enjoy whether its flowers, coloured bark and even just the bare branches being seen against the winter sunshine or even blue sky. Ok so I might not be very poetic but there is plenty to do in our garden when the weather allows. When the weather allows try and carry on with preparation of the vegetable plots, a little and often is best do not try and tackle it all in one go, otherwise the body will soon let you know! The test to let you know if the soil conditions are right for working on your plots is, if it sticks to your boots stay off the soil and find another job in the garden otherwise you will compact the soil and ruin the soil structure. Once winter flowering shrubs have finished prune them back e.g. Chimonanthus (Winter Sweet) and Jasminum Nudiflorum or even the winter flowering Viburnums. The best results for the pruning of these and any other shrubs is to remove a third of the old wood along with dead, diseased and dying wood and crossing branches. If you have winter flowering Heathers these can also be trimmed now the best way is to use hand shears. Snow Drops may still be out in flower but once they start to fade this is a good time to lift and divide them, as they can become congested and are easy to transfer elsewhere in the garden. Lift either using a spade or fork and then separate, remember to plant them back at the same level as they were before. When replanting plant in clumps of 3 to 5 bulbs per clump. Picking your own fruit from your garden or allotment gives a great sense of achievement, ok they may not be perfect in shape, size or colour however the taste cannot be beaten! If you grow Apricots, nectarines or peaches remember that you should never prune them at this time of year otherwise they can get a disease called Silver Leaf which in turn can kill these plants, they should only be pruned when they are in Full Leaf, as they can come in to blossom early. It s important that you protect them by covering with netting and ideally a plastic sheet which will in turn also help to prevent them getting another disease called Peach Leaf Curl. Clematis are a wonderful family of plants to have in your garden, some flower early in the year, some flower later in the year and even in the winter, from neatly grown plants up frame works to big scrolling out across buildings or even into trees. The pruning of Clematis is put in to Three Groups, this is perfect timing to prune Group Three, these flower in summer to early autumn, you can prune these down to about 30cm(One Foot) from the grown. Remember to feed and mulch them once this has been done. The season of mowing may be starting soon, I know a lot of mowing was put on hold last summer however remember to think about getting your mower serviced or at least have them checked over before the season starts. Alistair s Tip: Enjoy this month with the colours of spring but remember to get your seeds ordered ASAP if you like certain varieties of plants. 6 27

7 ABC s Tidy Gardens STOCKERSTON NEWS Belated but, nonetheless, a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year to all. Offering a full range of services for garden maintenance and landscaping. Many thanks to all who helped with our Christmas services, all the wonderful window dressers, church decorators and also those who helped with refreshments. A large team of male & female workers to tackle everything in the garden, but more importantly NOT to let you down. Particular thanks to Henry and Catherine Nicholson who very kindly allowed us into Stockerston Hall following the carol service. We are regularly in your area. For a winter makeover, tree work, hedges, fencing (all types), clearance etc, Thank you to those preparing the church for February. Georgina Halliday call Alister on The Parish Magazine To advertise or to place an article in the magazine please secretary@sixsaintscircaholt.org DSG Auto Services For mobile servicing, repairs and MOT failure work for all cars and bikes carried out Reliable and friendly service at competitive prices In order to help with the distribution of the magazine the deadline date for receipt of any article or advert has been agreed as the 5 th day of the preceding month. Dean: / deano-tvr@hotmail.co.uk Please note that all Items for the March Issue We cannot guarantee to included articles received after this date. must be received by Thursday 7th March for guaranteed inclusion. Simon Gladstone Heating and Plumbing Parish Office Opening Hours in February 2019 Domestic, Commercial, Industrial Gas/Heating Engineer 6 Lounts Crescent, Great Easton Market Harborough, Leicestershire Tel: Mobile: Just a brief note to confirm that the Parish Office will be open on: Tuesday 12 February and Wednesday 13 February Tuesday 19 February and Wednesday 20 February 5344 Great Easton Village Hall Note: The office will be open between 8.45 am and pm T The Parish Office To Hire: Please contact: E. secretary@sixsaintscircaholt.org or enquiries@greateastonvillagehall.co.uk 26 7

8 2019 LENT LUNCHES Easter is quite late this year so Lent does not start until Wednesday 6 th March. This means that our series of simple Lent lunches begins again on Friday, 8 th March and continues through to Friday, 12 th April. As many of you know, everyone is welcome to come to any or all of these informal lunches which happen on every Friday in Lent throughout the parish. They are intended to be a part of our preparation for Easter. The lunches are free but a donation is very welcome. The money goes to the Parish Project which, this year, is supporting a prostate cancer charity, Prostaid ( I will try to get someone from the charity to come to one of the lunches to explain their work more fully. The lunches begin at pm. There will be more information about the venues in the March parish magazine but the first one is: Post Office and Village Stores Open Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday 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: Friday, 8 th March at Stockerston Hall. It is extremely kind of Catherine and Henry Nicholson offering to host another of these lunches. Please do come along. There is no need to let anyone know in advance and you will be assured of a warm welcome. Mary Henniker-Major A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE CHILDRENS SOCIETY! Thank you to all the villagers who gave so generously to the collection for The Children's Society when the carol singers came around the village of Great Easton in mid December. We raised over 500 which is a great result! A big thank you must also go to Jeremy and Sandra who accompanied us on their brass instruments on both nights and to the collectors who went door to door with their collection pots wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. We mustn't forget the carol singers who turned up both nights to sing the carols so beautifully with Sorcha leading the sopranos descant! Phil and Sue Johnston hosted us on Monday, and Maureen and Ken Black welcomed us in to their home on Wednesday so we thank them both for their refreshments and hospitality after 2 hours of singing our way around the village! It is an annual event which has been happening for many years and is a great start to the Christmas season. Hope you can join us again this Christmas! Many thanks, Jim and Kathy 8 To Advertise in the Magazine To advertise in this Parish Magazine please contact the parish office either via secretary@sixsaintscircaholt.org OR T (Tuesday / Wednesday 9am - 1pm) 25

9 LOCAL SCOUT GROUP NEED Our local Scouts (1st Welland Valley) need adults for a variety of roles but particularly leaders for the Cub Pack (8-10 years) meeting on Tuesdays Medbourne. Give our young people the skills they need to succeed in life and discover how being part of the Scouting family can be as rewarding for you as it is for them. Ambassador Oil Heating Services Ltd Boiler installations Servicing Breakdown repair Tank installations Aga/Rayburn servicing and repair Power flushing General plumbing See the Volunteering Poster online. If you want to help or get more information please call Debbie on or 1stwv@harboroughscouts.org.uk. ST ANDREW S CHURCH ROTA OF SIDESPEOPLE February 2019 Sunday 10 th February am Anne Wallis and Maureen Black Sunday 24 th February am Vicki Barribal and Kathy Gibb If this date is inconvenient, please arrange to swap with someone, or if you have a problem - contact Julia Bowder on T GREAT EASTON GOOD COMPANIONS At our meeting on Thursday 7 th February Julia Brittain will tell us about the many tasks undertaken by Age UK as they help older members of the community in various ways. Refreshments will be provided by M. Ekins and M. Matthews. The usual book exchange and raffle will also take place. A cuppa at the shop will be on Tuesday 19 th February from 3.00 pm pm Meetings are usually held in the village hall at 2.30 pm and visitors are most welcome at a cost of 2 including refreshments WEDNESDAY CRAFTERNOON Bring along your craft project to Great Easton Village Hall and get busy in convivial company. Every second Wednesday of the month. Some advance dates for your diary! 13 th February and 13 th March pm 2 per session to include tea/coffee and biscuits All proceeds to Village Hall Funds. For more info: contact Alice Murdock E. aliz28a@hotmail.com ALL WELCOME 24 9

10 GREAT EASTON & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Wednesday, 27 th February 7.30 pm Village Hall JEFFREY HUDSON Oakham-born Court Dwarf to Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I - a presentation by the Chairman of Friends of Rutland County Museum & Oakham Castle LAWRENCE FENELON Visitors are always warmly welcome only 3 (including refreshments) Great Easton History Society's publications are on sale at the village shop GARRY HYDE Interior and Exterior Painting and Decorating Glazing TEL: MOB: Front Cover Acknowledgment: A very beautiful and wintery scene taken in a Norfolk garden in the sunshine. The photo was taken in January Parish Website Information The Parish of Six Saints circa Holt: Medbourne: Great Easton : greateaston.org Take a look at the websites above which all have lots of useful information. RJM Plasterers ALL ASPECTS OF PLASTERING UNDERTAKEN Contract & Private Over 30 Years Experience including Lime Mortar For your free estimate from your local plasterer call

11 A Poem for the Parish Magazine Great Easton & District WI At the December meeting of Great Easton and District WI our entertainers were The Cocktail Shaker Boys. We were treated to an amusing and anecdotal account of the history of cocktails and how they are made. After being shown how to make them, we were able to sample the two alcoholic cocktails, a Cosmopolitan and a Grass Hopper, or the two non-alcoholic mocktails, a Merry Berry Cherry and a China Blue. It was a delightful finale to our year s activities. Our January meeting was a social event at our President, Gill Iron s house, with a festive meal the following week. Our meeting on February 6 th will be a talk by the Dog s Trust. We meet in Great Easton Village Hall at 7.30 and guests are most welcome. Elisabeth Robinson Visitors are always welcome to the meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm

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13 Bradley Priory - A small Augustinian House by Ena Meechan Augustinian or Austin Canons were a very small common order of priests that followed the rules of St Augustine, living together with no personal property. They were not an enclosed order, rather they preached in the community, taught, looked after the sick and provided accommodation for travellers. They were sometimes called the Black Friars because of the black cloak they wore. Most people will never have heard if it, but for more than 300 years the Priory lay not more than 2 miles from the centre of Great Easton. If you were to go up Stockerston Road and turned left towards Park Farm, then continue passing the farm and over the parish boundary into the parish of Holt you would be almost in the field where it stood. The Ordinance Survey grid reference is However, today there is nothing to see except a ploughed field. The Great Easton field work group walked this field several years ago and found small amounts of building material, fragments of roof tile and sherds of medieval pottery. To find out more you can visit the reference section of the library in Harborough and consult the relevant volumes of The Victorian County Histories (V.C.H.) and Nichol s History of Leicestershire. Surprisingly the V.C.H. account contains some mistakes! The exact date of the foundation is not clear but the land the Priory was built on was given to the Priors by Robert Burneby, Lord of one of the two manors in Holt. The Priory was valued and taxed in 1220 so one assumes it was in existence by them. By 1226, the Priory applied for permission to bury members of their community on site rather than in the churchyard in Medbourne. In 1279 the King was at Geddington and gave instruction to the keeper of the forest of Whittlewood, near Silverstone, to let the Priory of Bradley have 3 oaks fit for timber. So it seems that the Priory was still being enlarged at the this date. Looking at all the other references to be found the V.C.H. lists 16 names of Priors, but I would argue hat there must be at least a further three not noted. There are 28 documents in the Leicester Records Office concerning Bradley. Unfortunately only 4 of these are dated, but by careful examination of the witnesses they can be put in an appropriate order. They are mostly for gifts of land, often in return for prayers to be said for the donor and his family. All are written in abbreviated medieval Latin. Quite by accident, I came across a reference in the preface to the Charters of Luffield Priory Vol 2 to a Thomas de Blaston and his wife Alice and another Thomas all of whom had been buried at Bradley shortly before 3 rd June To be continued in the March Magazine 20 13

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15 St Giles Church, Medbourne A very successful coffee morning took place at St Giles church on Saturday morning, the 8 th December was raised towards church funds meeting its objective of making up for a short-fall from our summer fete. Congratulations and a very big thank-you to Margaret Tuffs, my fellow churchwarden, for organising this event. An enormous thank-you too to all those loyal helpers and supporters, too numerous to mention by name, who assisted in making the morning both a financial success and an enjoyable social event. Martin van Oppen Churchwarden, St Giles 2018 Parish Project Target Ovarian Cancer The total amount raised for the 2018 Parish Project was 1,285, which has been sent to the charity. Thanks to all those who contributed and helped to organise the project, in particular Mary Henniker-Major for the Lent Lunches, and Ela Yates and the Great Easton Ladies Choir. Children s Yoga Medbourne Children s Yoga classes started on Monday 14 th January at 4.00 pm in the Village Hall. All ages are welcome. No experience is necessary. If you would like more information please contact Lara or Yogadabbadoo@gmail.com. Facebook - Mini Me Yoga Market Harborough and Corby. Miles Ingram PCC Treasurer 18 15

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