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Toft Newton Parish News
Popular local rock band ‘Wicked Thing', who play covers from some of he best known rock bands, are playing at the Clubhouse on Friday 27 th August.
A children's games day on the sports field is being planned for Saturday 28 th August.
Some of the Newtoft boys played in a charity golf match at Market Rasen on Sunday 20th June and raised £45 for the CLIC Sargent charity. Danny Harrison (below) won, and very proud he was too!
Danny the Champ (LtoR) Andy McRae, Steven Orr, Dougie Orr, Will Williamson, Rob Nelson, James Nelson, Jake Kennedy, Scott Kennedy, Raymond van Breuklen and Danny Harrison + Clem the Club Cat.
The ‘old' Pups having grown a bit older, are now ‘Toft Newton FC (Juniors)' and have their first game in the under 15s league this season. Training for the 'new' Newtoft Pups Under 10s is now underway with Lee, Gary and Adam. They have our first league game away at Boston on Sunday 5th Sept but are hoping to have arranged a few home friendly games before then! Thanks to the Parish Council it looks like they are going to get a new kit, goals, first aid kit, flags and a FA Respect barrier which is great! They are currently organising some extra fundraising to enable us to buy some training equipment as well. We wish them all well.
Mother & Baby Group
The Surestart ‘Mother & Baby' Group is now meeting at Newtoft Clubhouse on Tuesday Mornings from 10 till 11.30am. Plenty of toys, chat & refreshment. Free for all.
Although the weather was overcast and windy it didn't deter people from coming to the summer Fete at Newton By Toft . St Michael's church would like to say a big thank you to all who came and supported this lovely little church. Everyone pulled together manning the stalls and games as well as serving teas, cakes and Lincolnshire hot dogs. Just over £328 was made on the day. Tia won the children's fancy dress, but all the children looked great.
The next event for your diaries at Newton Parish Church is an Autumn Art Exhibition on Saturday 25 th September from 11am till 4pm. More details in the next issue.
The South Willingham Big Brunch is increasing in popularity each year and the number of guests welcomed to St Martins Church increases as word spreads of the quantity of delicious food cooked and served during the morning by the very busy team. Pots of tea or coffee on each table in the flower decorated church added the finishing touch and all were very pleased to find that £1200 had been raised for St Martins.
The Independence Day celebration at South Willingham Parish Hall on 2 nd July provided an opportunity for a happy social evening with a sumptuous meal prepared by Ann Crookes and Glynis Petterson and authentic American Folk Music with live band, ‘Mountain Oyster', inspiring some guests to take to the floor for a twirl.
Work on the refurbishment of the Hall has started, with most of the insulation and some of the rewiring completed. Unfortunately, woodworm was discovered in the wood panelling and so will need to be replaced. An afternoon tea to celebrate the completion of the work to be held in September (exact date to be notified). The Harvest supper is on Friday 8th October at 7pm - Mike Perkins has kindly agreed to conduct the produce auction as in previous years.
Visitors to the Hainton Playgroup Summer Fair at the Old School were able to enjoy food from the barbecue and garden party games with a tombola and a raffle which raised £345 for funds, thanks to those who gave their support.
The Barkwith Village Hall Fete was held on a very hot afternoon and had many attractions and in addition local groups were able to set up stalls to raise their own funds in return for a donation. There was a dog show and terrier racing too while food was cooked on the barbeque, strawberry cream teas were served, refreshment was available from the licensed bar and ice cream was popular in the heat. The total raised has yet to be finalised but it is thought to be in the region of £800 for the hall refurbishing fund.
Faldingworth School News from Sue Pottinger
Fun For Charity
Just before the half-term holiday we held a “Wear it pink” day. Everyone came dressed in pink non-uniform and a pink collage was made, thanks to everyone's efforts a grand total of £78 was raised for the Breast Cancer charity. We also supported ‘Children in Need', everyone was invited to come in non-uniform. They made dotty bandanas/headbands, sang our own special Pudsey bear song, and bought Pudsey bear cakes from our weekly tuck shop.
Howard Goodall comes to school
Our school is very honoured to be selected to receive a visit from Howard Goodall from London who is the national ambassador for singing for the sing up campaign. Pupils and staff will be performing a variety of songs for his visit.
Friends of School Events
Friends of the School held a successful race night recently, which raised £278. They have organised a Christmas Lunch to be held in the memorial hall on Friday 11 th December – for further details please contact school. Wednesday 16 th December FOFS will be providing a party lunch, followed by a visit from Father Christmas when every child will receive a gift.
Christmas Fun, Fayre, Food & Carols
We are now very busy getting ready for all the exciting events that will take place in the run up to Christmas. The Christmas production will be performed on Wednesday 9 th December at 2.00pm – everyone very welcome to attend. Our Carol Service, which is open to all, is going to be held in the Parish Church on Monday 14 th December at 2.00pm. Afterwards tea, coffee & mince pies will be served in the School Hall. On Tuesday 15 th December our caterer will be providing children and staff with her usual delicious Christmas lunch.
Both pupils and staff would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please contact the school to arrange a visit or request a schoolWW2 MEMORIAL DAY AT FALDINGWORTH
Seventy years ago this month many Polish men & women had to leave Poland to work and fight “For Our and Your Freedom”. Later, they were followed by many more, some of whom had been incarcerated by the USSR . Some of these exiles came to RAF Faldingworth in 1944, to became part of RAF 300 (POLISH) Squadron & 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit which flew from Faldingworth airfield during WW2. Some of their crews lost their lives yet were not honoured as those who died in battle. In some cases the aircrew members had already been on many operations over Germany and were simply converting to the larger four engined aircraft.
On Saturday 26 th September there will be a special service to place some parts of three old Lancaster bombers and a Halifax, which were crewed by Polish aircrew, inside the Faldingworth memorial as we pay homage to them and their sacrifice. The service will be held at All Saints Church Faldingworth at 2pm and later on the airfield. The church and memorial hall will be open from 11am serving tea & coffee and displaying some of the photographs and memorabilia. Weather permitting there will be flypast of an RAF BBMF Dakota at 1.30pm. This aircraft currently carries the markings of 267 squadron and flew at least three sorties into occupied Poland including one to pick up V2 parts captured by the Polish Home Army. After the memorial service refreshments will be served to end the day at Faldingworth School at 4.30pm. Please do come along and take part in the day.
We are proud of our links with the Polish Air Force and the church has a window in honour of this historic link. For more information please contact Colin Mitchell-Smith (01673 885384) or Kevin Troop (07703 330106). Contributions to the ‘Faldingworth Memorial Fund' can be sent to Colin at Chestnut Lodge, Spridlington Road , Faldingworth, Lincs , LN8 3SQ .
The ‘Holiday at Home' for Older People, held at Faldingworth Primary School during the October half term, was a great success. All the ‘holiday makers' from both Newtoft, Faldingworth and further a field were full of enthusiasm and said they wanted their friends to know how good it had been. So hopefully, there will be one next year. T he highlights of this year's Holiday at Home were:
• People enjoyed the friendly, peaceful and relaxed atmosphere
• New friendships were made, and promises to keep in touch afterwards.
• Newtoft children are to be invited to the Christmas party for those from Faldingworth.
• Activity leaders and helpers were able to join in the fun and had a ‘whale of a time' themselves.
• People were able to explore the possibilities of finding their own family history, sit and listen to jazz records, and take part in various workshops such as art oils, beading, card crafts, embroidery, iris folding and music.
• Many of the activities were provided by members of West Wolds U3A, and it was a delight to find that at the following monthly meeting of that organisation a few of the ‘holiday makers' went along with a view to joining.
• Thanks to funding from ‘PIP Fund' (Healthy Communities, organised by the County Council and the NHS), from the Anglican and Methodist churches, and from the share of proceeds from the choral performances of ‘Pharaoh to Freedom', there is a good balance in hand to go well on the way to meeting the costs of a follow-on.
We will keep readers posted about next years Holiday at Home. As plans are set in motion, and with the value of what we have learned this time, we hope to make it better still! Don't miss out next year on what everybody felt was a really good time. Wish you were…
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