April 2015
LANGWORTH AND DISTRICT WI
JUMBLE SALE
SATURDAY 28TH MARCH, 2.00PM
IN THE LANGWORTH MEMORIAL HALL
ALWAYS A GOOD ONE
Jumble gratefully received at the Hall on the morning, but no electrical goods please
Parish Council Election
There are 7 places for Langworth (Barlings),
1 place for Stainton By Langworth and 1 place for Newball.
Parish Council meetings for Langworth Group Parish Council are held monthly, usually on the first Tuesday of the month, in the Memorial Hall. Training courses on different subjects are run by the Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils both in the day and in the evening and these can be attended by Councillors at no cost to the individual. They are very interesting.
If you would like to be nominated contact the Clerk to the Council on and papers will be forwarded to you.
Langworth website:- http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/LangworthGroup/
From the Editor......
It is with sadness that we learned of the death of Geoff Oswin. Geoff was born in Langworth. His father and grandfather were bakers in the village before him.
Geoff’s funeral will take place at St Hugh’s Church, Langworth on Wednesday 8th April at 11.00am followed by burial in Barlings Lane Cemetery.
Sincere sympathy at this very sad time is sent to Deidre, daughters Karen and Julie and their families.
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ROAD CLOSURES – notification from LCC Highways
LOCATION: Langworth Level Crossing
PERIOD OF CLOSURE: 22.00 Hrs 9/4/2015 to 06.00 Hrs 10/4/2015
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Westbound traffic: From A158 Horncastle Road left to Barlings Lane, Moor Lane, Station Road, High Street, Kennel Lane, A158 Wragby Road.
One Way Order Westbound only: Manor Farm, Barlings Lane to Reepham
Eastbound traffic: From A158 Wragby Road, Scothern Lane (Sudbrooke) to Sudbrooke Road (Scothern), Main Street, Langworth Road, Scothern Lane, A158 Horncastle Road
One Way Order Eastbound only: Langworth Road (Stainton Lane to Scothern Bridge, Langworth)
LOCATION: Scothern Lane/Langworth Road, (A158 to Level Crossing), Langworth – carriageway reconstruction and widening
PERIOD OF CLOSURE: 21/4/2015 to 6/5/2015 (12 days in this period)
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Langworth Road, Main Street (Scothern), Sudbrooke Road, Scothern Lane & A158
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Please ensure all items for inclusion in the May Langworth Local are with me by Monday 20th April on or ring 01522 75053.
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Green wheelie bin collections resume for Langworth
on Thursday, April 2nd
Langworth and District WI
April 2nd – Speaker June Barton will be talking on
‘Pigsties and Privies’
Competition – An ornamental animal
New members always welcome
LANGWORTH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 521891
The Annual General Meeting of Langworth Memorial Hall Committee
will be held in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday 15th April, 2015, at 7pm.
All residents of Langworth and Barlings, Stainton and Newball Parish aged 18 or over are welcome to attend the AGM
to elect a new Management Committee.
All village organisations are invited to nominate a representative to serve on the Committee.
Please let me know in advance, if you wish to make a nomination to the Management Committee.
Jacki Myers
Chair: Langworth Memorial Committee
To find out more about the Langworth Memorial Committee and how we operate please contact me, Jacki Myers on 01522 754748
or email
NEW DATE - LANGWORTH LUNCH CLUB launches on Wednesday, 15th April 12 – 2pm. See promotional notice in this issue for further information.
PICNIC IN THE PARK – SUMMER FUN - The date to book in your diary for an entertaining and fun evening is Saturday June 27th starting at 5pm: More info to follow…………………
Book Loan
In the hall we have two bookcases filled with excellent quality novels and biographies of all genres. These are available to borrow from 20p per book loan. Please feel free to come to the hall at any of the events to access this service.
WALKING FOR HEALTH:
Come and join us for weekly walks from Memorial Hall for approximately one to one and a half hours. Every Thursday leaving Hall at 1.00pm whatever the weather. We have several routes available to us now thanks to the generosity of local land owners and businesses that allow Activ8 escorted walks across their land. This is a free opportunity to get some fresh air and make new friends. Always finishes off at Memorial Hall with tea and biscuits J No need to book, just turn up.
Outreach Post Office is on: Mondays 1.30pm – 4pm, Tuesdays 9am till 12 noon and Thursdays 1.30pm till 4pm.
Coffee Morning is held every Tuesday morning from 10am till 12 noon alongside the post office. £1 per cup and biscuits – free refills. Come and meet with your neighbours and take advantage of our book loan service, leaflets of information of what is available in and around the village.
BARLINGS LANE CEMETERY NEEDS A TIDY-UP
COULD YOU PLEASE SPARE 2 HOURS ON EASTER SATURDAY MORNING
(4TH APRIL) TO JOIN A TEAM TO DO A BIT OF MAINTENANCE?
MEET AT 10.00AM AT THE CEMETERY WITH GARDEN TOOLS, BRUSHES AND BARROWS!
Church Services Holy Week, Easter and April 2015Monday 30th March / Reepham Methodist Church / 12 noon / Meditation
Reepham Parish Church / 7:30pm / Lunch-time Meditation repeated
Tuesday 31st March / Reepham Methodist Church / 12 noon / Meditation
Fiskerton Parish Church / 7:30pm / Lunch-time Meditation repeated
Wednesday 1st April / Reepham Methodist Church / 12 noon / Meditation
Cherry Willingham Parish Church / 7:30pm / Lunch-time Meditation repeated
Maundy Thursday 2nd April / Reepham Methodist Church / 12 noon / Meditation
Fiskerton Village Hall / 6.30pm / Agape Meal
Good Friday / Langworth / 10:00am / Good Friday with Threshold Church
Sudbrooke / 1:30pm / Three half hours of
meditation around the
cross (feel free to come
and go)
Easter Sunday / Barlings / 9:15am / Holy Communion
Sudbrooke / 10:45am / Holy Communion
Thursday 9th April / 2, Chestnut Close, Sudbrooke / 2:30pm / Tea Service
Sunday 12th April / Stainton by Langworth / 9:15am / Holy Communion
Sudbrooke / 10:45am / Holy Communion**
Sunday 19th April / Langworth / 9:15am / Holy Communion
Sudbrooke / 10:45am / Morning Praise
Thursday 23rd April / 2, Chestnut Close, Sudbrooke / 2:30pm / Tea Service
Sunday 26th April / Sudbrooke / 10:45am / Holy Communion
Langworth / 7:00pm / Prayer
** Followed by the Church Annual Meeting (No Family Worship)
Vicar’s Blog
A man, a carpenter who lived 2,000 years ago in an obscure Roman province in a town called Nazareth. At age 30, the Man hung up his carpenter's apron and began to speak publically up and down the countryside. Religious leaders were ambivalent at best. Most felt deeply threatened, because this ex-carpenter taught in huge outdoor meetings with compelling authority -- and he healed people. Not just colds and fevers, but crippled limbs and blind eyes. The religious leaders saw their orderly world spinning out of their control. And so they determined to eliminate the Man. They infiltrated his inner circle so they could grab him away from public view. And once in custody, they engineered a trial behind closed doors, and then put huge political pressure on the Roman governor to execute him immediately. Within 12 hours of his arrest, the Man hung on a cross. Six hours later he was dead -- seemingly a martyr to a glorious but hopeless cause.
But there's more. The Man did not resist his arrest and crucifixion -- in fact, he had predicted it to his followers again and again. And he taught that his death would have incredible meaning -- that he would give his life as a ransom for many. And on the cross he prayed for his crucifiers -- "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing." And he died. A Roman centurion who saw him die said, "Surely, this man was the Son of God." He died at just about three in the afternoon. By dusk he had been buried by a rich follower in a tomb hollowed out of solid rock, a tomb protected by a huge stone that rolled into place along a channel in the rock, then clunk! The tomb was secure.
A couple of days later, a group of women came to complete the burial and they found the stone rolled back and the tomb empty. An angel appeared to them saying, "He is not here, he has risen." This, too, the Man, Jesus, had foretold to his followers. Over the next 40 days, he appeared to his disciples and others, to even 500 at one time. And then he left, promising to return. His Spirit was poured out on his followers a few days later. Within a single generation his followers travelled with the amazing story. Our world has never been the same, because where people engage with the Man Jesus, they find forgiveness and freedom and meaning.
Easter Greetings to one and all! Penny
Advance notice ...... JUMBLE SALE in aid of St Hugh’s Church
30th May 2015 2.00pm, in the Memorial Hall, Langworth
JUMBLE, BRIC-A-BRAC, CAKE STALL,
TOMBOLA, TEAS & COFFEE
PARISH COUNCIL NEWS – Meeting of 3rd March 2015
8 Parish Councillors, County Councillor Ian Fleetwood, District Councillor Chris Darcel, 23 members of the public and Mr Phil Scrafton from Globe Consultants were at the March meeting of the Parish Council.
Mr Scrafton was in attendance to give an address about the suggested alternative route to the proposed development on Barlings Lane across the strawberry fields onto the A158.
Points noted/queried at this meeting were:
· Some form of traffic calming would be required - i.e. chicane
· There may be a risk of flooding to the area – Mr Scrafton stressed that the land was low risk for flooding.
· Mr Scrafton stated that larger garages and drives were planned for the properties on the development.
· Re foul drainage – concern expressed that drainage would be fed into the recently upgraded pumping station on Scothern Lane which was upgraded prior to the suggestion of the development.
· Mr Scrafton stressed that the Highway Authority were not looking towards the construction of a roundabout on the A158 for ingress and egress at the site.
It was then proposed that a further extraordinary meeting of the Parish Council be held at a later date to give residents an opportunity to put their views forward.
Police Matters -LANGWORTH INCIDENTS FEB 2015
BURGLARY:
DOMESTIC / 1
DOMESTIC / 1
SUSPICIOUS / 3
TRANSPORT
TRAFFIC OFFENCE / 2
Total / 7
Police Community Panel - A request had been received for a nomination for a member to the Police Community Panel. This can be any resident and involves attending 3 meetings per year at Police Headquarters, Nettleham. If you are interested and want further information please contact the Clerk.
Archer Survey – The County Highways Department are carrying out a survey/ traffic count and speed of traffic at two sections of the A158 through the village.
Gritting – LCC Highways would be asked to add Stainton, Snelland and Wickenby roads to the gritting routes for the next season with these roads being used as main bus routes for school runs.
Donations for advertising in Langworth Local – As the Langworth, Sudbrooke and Scothern LIVES First Responders has now folded, due to lack of volunteers, the Parish Council agreed that advertisers in the Langworth Local could choose to make a donation to either the Langworth Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch, the Memorial Hall or St Hugh’s Church, Langworth.
Request for contribution towards an induction loop at the Memorial Hall – This will be discussed at the April Parish Council meeting when the Chair of the Memorial Hall will explain how the loop can assist those with hearing difficulties.
THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING OF LANGWORTH
Tuesday 7th April 2015 in the Memorial Hall, commencing at 7.30pm
ALL RESIDENTS ARE WARMLY INVITED TO ATTEND
AGENDA
1 Minutes of the meeting held on 1st April 2014
2 Chairmans Report
3 Clerks/Treasurers Report
4 Reports by local County and District Councillors
5 Local Organisations Reports – Memorial Hall,
Parish Plan, WI, Langworth Senior Citizens Lunch
6 Parishioners Items
Yvette Green,
Chair to Langworth Group Parish Council
The April Parish Council meeting will follow the Annual Parish Meeting
at 8.00pm.
Brief report of the Extraordinary meeting of Langworth Group Parish Council held on 18th March 2015 to discuss the proposed development on Barlings Lane, Langworth and suggested alternative route from A158
35 residents were in attendance along with 8 Parish Council members, District Councillor Chris Darcel and County Councillor Ian Fleetwood.
The Chair stressed that no formal plans had yet been submitted. She suspended Standing Orders in order to allow residents to speak during the meeting.
Points raised were as follows:-
· Concerns of drainage, narrowness of road, traffic problems with width of agricultural vehicles currently using the Barlings Lane – the lane not being able to take any more traffic.
· What benefits would the development bring to the village?
· Concern that the crime rate in the village would increase.
· Residents of main road expressed concern about the increase in traffic onto the Main Road and the additional difficulty this would create in them being able to exit onto the A158.