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CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 13th – 19th May Rasen Recycle Centre Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, & Monday from 9am to 4pm www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/recyclingcentres or call 01522 782070 |
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May 24 – June 30 2012 Yes, I know! I said “Never again!” - after my Middle Rasen – Land's End – John O'Groats – Middle Rasen bike ride in 2010 had to be cut short on the way back at Inverness. But you know how it is! You recover. You start cycling again, and before long, your mind gets planning again, and – well, that's what happened to me. So last summer I took the train to Inverness, and cycled back the 500+ miles I had missed out. That completed the original plan. <<<< Read On >>>>
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Middle Rasen Parish Council Councillors give go ahead for Parish Plan The Chair updated the Council on the outcome of the Community Meeting, and it was agreed to move forward with developing a Parish Plan. Interested parishioners will be contacted by the Clerk and information forwarded to Fi Lowe from Community Lincs, who will help and support the group until completion of the project. In Celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee The Council has agreed with a parishioner's idea of planting a tree to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and the Chairman is tasked with finding a Red Oak Tree. Planting will take place once a relevant position, and any necessary permission has been granted. So more to come on this! Flood Warden The parish is still without a flood warden, and the Council asks that anyone interested should contact the Clerk, Jo Trotter on 838690 Best Kept Village Finally, the Council has agreed that Middle Rasen should once again enter the Best Kept Village Competition this summer, so asks all parishioners to help keep Middle Rasen tidy. Thanks go to Cllr Dennis and her dedicated team who spend many an afternoon picking up litter around the parish. FIRST CONTACT offers people aged 60 and over living in Lincolnshire advice and services to help them carry on living independently. The simple idea behind First Contact is to offer all kinds of help to older and vulnerable people through just one point of contact. The scheme is coordinated by Age UK and Lincolnshire County Council and involves a wide range of public and voluntary sector partners. For more information: Tel: 01522 782172 Email: firstcontact@lincolnshire.gov.uk Web: www.firstcontact.org.uk Sam Crow |
IT'S COMPETITION TIME!
Wheelbarrow Competition Middle Rasen and District Horticultural Society Wheel Barrow competition is open to all residents within the parish boundary. Plant up your wheelbarrow and brighten up your village in this Olympic Year and for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Classes: Children under 8; between 8 and 15 and Adults. Entry forms are available from Crossroads Stores, Nag's Head pub, Park View garage, the primary school and the Churches. Entries to Sheila Brislin by 1st July, more details on the entry forms. All entrants to place their wheelbarrows by their front gate on Monday 16th July for judging that week. Digital Photographic Competition 2012 is sponsored this year by The Rotary Club of Sleaford and is open once again to amateur photographers. The theme for this year's competition is 'What is best about myetition and is an opportunity for village?', to celebrate 50 Years of Lincolnshire's Best Kept Villages & Small Towns Compamateur photographers to capture village or small town life in Lincolnshire as they see it. More information about how to enter can be found on our website at http://www.communitylincs.com/photo-competition/ |
Open Churches Festival St.Peter & St. Paul's church are again participating in the West Lindsey sponsored open churches festival weekend on 5th and 6th May. Last year's “Butterfly” theme was very successful and wonderfully supported by so many people who entered into the spirit of the weekend with their displays, handiwork and butterfly related items. A “Fishy” theme has been decided for 2012 and we are hoping that everyone will again use their ingenuity in producing displays of fishes and related fishy items and provide an entertaining unusual and original event. We look forward to your participation! Contact Linda 01673 842249 or Valerie 843661. |
Tips From The Kitchen By popular request from members of the Luncheon Club liz is sharing her recipe for Black Forest Dessert Ingredients: 4 oz fresh brown breadcrumbs 4½ oz Demerara sugar 7 level tbsp. drinking chocolate 1 pint soft whipped double cream (or whipping cream) 1 tin of black cherry pie filling 2 tablespoons of grated chocolate Method: 1 Mix the breadcrumbs, sugar and drinking chocolate together. ~ Layer the following ingredients into a serving bowl: with Half the breadcrumb mix + Half the whipped cream + The tin of pie filling ~ Then, the rest of the breadcrumb mix. 2 Press down firmly. 3 Spread on the rest of the whipped cream and sprinkle with the grated chocolate . 4 Refrigerate for about 2 hours. |
Liz's Hot Tips Hot Chocolate Fondant Pudding Ingredients -You will need 6 ramekins (greased well) - 50g unsalted butter , 150g caster sugar , 4 large eggs beaten, 1 tsp vanilla essence , 50g plain flour , 350g dark melted chocolate (ideally 70% solids) Method Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Cream the butter and sugar together and beat in the eggs and vanilla essence, a little at a time. Fold in the melted chocolate, then fold in the sieved flour. Pour the mixture into the greased ramekins and bake for around 10 – 12 minutes until firm. Serve hot with cream or cr è me fraiche or ice cream. The outside of the pudding should be like a firm sponge and a thick chocolate sauce in the middle. This sounds like perfect comfort food on a cold winter's day! Pastry I can bake cakes, cook edible meals but I have never had much success making pastry! So, I asked Liz where I was going wrong. Following her recommended recipe my mince pies are now fit for human consumption. Ingredients 4 oz Plain flour + 4 oz S R flour , 2 oz Lard cut into small pieces + 2 oz Margarine cut into small pieces , Pinch of salt , Cold water Method Mix the flours and salt together, add the lard and margarine and rub between fingers crumbing to a fine texture, or pulse for a few minutes in a food processor. Add sufficient cold water to make a dough (too much water will make it sticky). Wrap up in cling film or a plastic bag and leave in the fridge to cool for 30 minutes. Roll out to the required thickness and cook for 25 to 30 minutes at 200 0 c. I have used this recipe for mince pies, fruit pies and savoury pies, they have all been successful. Liz Margrave . |
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The Mill in Middle Rasen was built in 1820 and was a working windmill until 1932, when the sails failed. It was run by petrol motor for some time after that but eventually fell into disrepair and became derelict. When we bought the property the mill was little more than the brick shell.
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We have rebuilt the cap on traditional lines with the help of a local millwright, Tom Davies. The structure comprises 20 oak struts which sit on a 4" oak wall-plate, which in turn is bolted to a 6" circular steel ring-beam. The struts are first covered with half-inch pine attached horizontally. This is next covered with vertical half-inch planks of western red cedar, a very light and pliable timber which is also quite weather resistant. Here is where we depart from tradition, because a working mill cap originally would have been painted. Since the cap would have rotated so that the overlap of the boards always faced away from the wind the joints between the cedar boards would have been fairly protected from the ingress of rain. In any case, building standards in those days were not as exacting as now. We need a finish which will be reliably weather-proof but provide an appearance which will as closely resemble the original as possible, and for these reasons we have opted for a white fibreglass (or G.R.P.) covering.
Richard Harries
THE MIDDLE RASEN PARISH COUNCIL~ PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ........ A history and news >>
Middle Rasen is situated in the district of West Lindsey in the county of Lincolnshire, about 16 miles north east of Lincoln in the lea of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Although the village is mainly contained to the north of the A631, sitting astride the river Rase, the Parish is much larger covering 3622 acres. The middle settlement between East Rasen, now known as Market Rasen, and West Rasen, it was the most important village of the three in the latter part of the Middle Ages. Indeed much of the northern area of Market Rasen town is in Middle Rasen Parish. ....... Continued >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To make an application for a Grant from the Middle Rasen Parish Council <<<< CLICK HERE >>>>
