Gordon died peacefully, after a long illness, at his home in Bottom St, with Ann Thomson, his partner, at his side. He will be remembered by a number in the village as a very skilled decorator, even after he “retired”. He was also a very keen golfer and when we were both in better health used to enjoy a game ( and a pint ) at Rutland Water Golf, where he usually beat me.
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Mary Hodgkinson
From: Alan Hodgkinson
Mary died, peacefully, yesterday morning.
As you know she has been ill for several years with lung cancer and the aftermath of chemotherapy, but the onset of dementia five years ago took its eventual toll. For the last two and a half years she has lived in an excellent care home, and I am comforted by being sure she was unaware of what was happening and was not unhappy.
The ceremony will be a short non-religious service at Peterborough Crematorium on Thursday 15th February at 11.30 am.
It is requested that you do not wear mourning clothes. If you wish to make a donation to Alzheimer’s Society it will be passed on.
Afterwards, there will be the opportunity to meet, chat and have a bite at Greetham Valley Golf Club (LE15 7SN), just off the A1 north of Stamford.
You will all have happy recollections of Mary and those are what we want to remember on the day.
Just remember Mary as she was.
Alan, Simon and Liz.
Summerfest: Informal meeting in the The Old Hall on Wednesday 5 February – 7:30pm
From: Sally Cox
Following the success of our Winter Fest, Sarah O’Boyle, Kaz Burrows and I, as part of the Village Hall Committee, are organising a summer event based around a village fete. We are keen to make this a unified village effort, hence we are approaching organisers, participants and interested parties from the wide range of groups we have in Wing.
We hope that your group(s)and interests will therefore be included and represented in our plans. Please also mention this to anyone missed off, it is not intentional – the more the merrier!
VHC, Parish Council, PCC, WI, Quilters, Line Dancers, Yoga,The Kings Arms, Wing Hall, Stall holder expertise, Music expertise, Youth sport (football), Art, Village history, Dogs, Gardening and allotments, Cookery, Flower arranging, children’s events.
The event is at the early stages of planning but it is intended to be an all day event spread throughout the village. It is ambitious, but we feel with careful planning, organisation and delegation we can make this happen. For this reason, Sarah, Kaz and I will lead the overall event with working groups managing events. We will also manage all regulatory permissions, compliance and equipment required (parking, toilets, marquees, marketing, first aid, H&S and insurance).
We welcome input from you all and I thought an informal meeting in the village hall on Wednesday 5 February at 7.30 pm would give us the opportunity to get your input, organise groups and set a date that suits as many as possible.
An initial outline to give you some idea of what we are thinking of is:
Through the day:
Flower festival and village history exhibition in the church
Art and Quilting exhibition in hall
Gardening and children’s competitions
Music events
Skills demonstrations.
Morning
Wake up to Wing yoga class in hall or outdoors if fine.
Car boot sale on green
Farmers market stalls on Top Street which will be closed between top of Church Street and Middle Street.
Cookery masterclass in hall kitchen.
Afternoon
Victorian funfair stalls to replace farmers market on Top St.
Face painting, fortune teller, circus tricks workshop on Top Street.
Dog Show on the green.
Morris dancers (outside pub?).
4pm football match on green
Early evening drinks and live music on the green.
Evening
Cocktails and Caribbean evening with music and dancing either on Top Street or in marquee near the hall.
Food and drink from breakfast onwards will be provided by external caterers (mobile units) in a Food Court on the village hall car park. The VH will run a tea and cake cafe also in the Food Court.
I hope as many of you as possible can attend on 5 Feb.
See you there.
Sally
Want to start YOGA?
Start by bending over and picking up your
Dog Poo
known as the “downward dog position”
THEN PUT IT IN A BIN
Round Rutland is closing
From: Nicola Brown
Delivery Officer ‑ Round Rutland
I am not sure if you know about us, but if you don’t, we are called Round Rutland, and previously we have left leaflets around the villages offering our services over the years.
Our service is to offer support to vulnerable and elderly people by visiting them, identifying their needs and signposting/referring them to the relevant organisation. We’ve enabled people to live independently for longer in their homes by finding the right support, from little things such as getting grab rails fitted to applying for funding for care and getting them out into the community on trips and days out etc. the help we have provided over the years has been varied dependent on the individual’s needs. We have also helped to set up Good Neighbour Schemes in the county (this has now been taken over by the Rural Community Council who are still in operation).
Unfortunately, after 10 years, our funding has come to an end and on February 14th, we will be holding our last event; A kind of hand over so that everybody and anybody who needs help, may need help in the future or knows people who may need support, can meet the organisations we have worked with and find out more about them.
It also gives people who know us the chance to say goodbye as we end our project in March.
Please find attached a flyer about the event. Its a drop-in from 2.30pm to 4.30pm and there will be tea and cakes for anyone that comes.
I hope I haven’t left it too late to send this, as we had the flyers sent quite late. Please let me know if I am too late so that if I need to come to the village and deliver some leaflets, I can plan it in.
Also, we have planned for a couple of small coaches/mini buses to come into Caldecott, Lyddington, Seaton, Morcott, Barrowden, South Luffenham, Edith Weston, Ryhall, Great Casterton, Empingham, Exton, Cottesmore & Langham for anyone that wants to go that doesn’t have their own transport or means of getting there, but places are limited. If they can ring our office number on 01572 335101 and leave their details. Because of the limited availability, we have to prioritise and we need to know asap.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting me.
Kind Regards
Nicola
Delivery Officer ‑ Round Rutland
T: 01572 335101
M: 07749 066608
E: nbrown@ruralcc.org.uk
RCC , Suite 10, Unit 16a, Oakham Enterprise Park, Ashwell Rd , Oakham , LE15 7TU
T: 01572 335101
M: 07749 066608
E: nbrown@ruralcc.org.uk
RCC , Suite 10, Unit 16a, Oakham Enterprise Park, Ashwell Rd , Oakham , LE15 7TU
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