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Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Finedon
Parish Magazine
June 2018
Digital Edition

Vicar:
Finedon Parish Church: St Mary The Virgin
The Revd Richard Coles,
St Mary the Virgin Finedon, The Vicarage,
Church Hill, Finedon, Northants, NN9 5NR
01933 681 786, Mobile 07885 967 960
email: revdrichardcoles@yahoo.co.uk
Assistant Honorary Priest Fr Peter Baden,01832 733186
email: p.baden36@btinternet.com
Reader Mr Michael Duncombe, 01536 483935
email: mikeduncombe61@gmail.com
Parish Clerk
Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364 (To whom first
contact for Baptisms and weddings must be
made).
Churchwardens: Mrs Jane Read Tel: 680522
Mr Neil Forster Tel: 682177
PCC Secretary: Mrs Gill Foster Tel: 680364
Treasurer: Mr Andrew Weatherill Tel: 682212
Magazine Editor: Mrs Janet Millington, Tel: 681161.
email: millingtonjanet@aol.com
(to whom all copy should addressed by
the 15 th of the month prior to publication)
Director of Music Mr Jonathan Harris Tel: 01933 779059,
Mobile 07791 664507
Email: Hjonathan83@aol.com
Deputy Organists
Mrs. Kathy Roberts
Mr Oliver Grigg
Choirmaster: Mr. Bryan Chapman Tel: 398818
Tower Captain Mr Bryan Chapman, Tel 398818
Web Site
www.finedonphotographs.org.uk/
bellringers.html
Archivist
St Michael’s Mission Room:
Dr Kaye McClelland, kayemclelland@gmail.com
Bryan & Christine Chapman
Tel: 01933 398818
Times Of Services:
Sundays
8.00 am Holy Eucharist
9.30 am Parish Eucharist.
6.00 pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)
Visit us on the Web at www.stmarysfinedon.co.uk

From the Vicarage June 2018
What day that was: perfect English weather, faultless pageantry,
English Tudor polyphony and American gospel, a groom in uniform
and a bride with a train that reached practically from Windsor to the
M4. The marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be
remembered for a generation, I guess, not least for being the last
grade A Royal wedding until Prince George walks up the aisle. So
much was memorable on that day, not least the coming together of
a mixed heritage American woman and a prince of the blood royal.
One of my lasting memories will be the Prince of Wales escorting
Doria Ragland, Meghan’s mother, from St George’s Chapel, he in
grey morning suit, she in locks and a nose ring, with no loss of dignity
to either. It’s just modern families, how we live now, and it's fine.
Most memorable for me, perhaps for many, was the sermon. Bishop
Michael Curry rocked the chapel, the nation and the estimated
1.9bn watching on television with a homily the likes of which had not
been heard before at a Royal Wedding. For some it was too long, for
others too much, and it was not a sermon I would, or could preach
myself, because I’m not him. But it was not, as some have said, selfindulgent.
On the contrary it was absolutely rooted in Scripture and in
the tradition, looking forward to the great feast of Pentecost, which
fell on the following day. At Pentecost Jesus sent to his disciples the
Holy Spirit in the form of fire, to broaden their sympathies and enliven
their thinking and open their eyes and their ears and their hearts to
the power of the gospel and the love of God. Amen to that!
Yours in Christ,
Father Richard.

Our Worship in June
Year B
3rd - 1st Sunday after Trinity
1 Samuel 3: 1-10, 11-20
Psalm 139: 1-5
1 Corinthians 4: 5-12
Mark 2.23-3.6
Hymns
89 O worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness
2 Christ, whose glory fills the
skies
565 Rock of ages, cleft for me
Anthem: Darke Agnus Dei; Monteverdi
Cantate Domino
516 Love divine, all loves excelling
(Tune Love Divine)
3rd – Choral Evensong
409 Come, ye faithful, raise the
anthem
Responses: Tallis
Psalm 35 v.1-10
125 We sing the praise of him who
died
Canticles: Henry Purcell in G
Anthem: William Mundy O Lord the
maker of all things
507 Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of
all joy
10th - 2nd Sunday after Trinity
1 Samuel 8: 4-11, 16-20
Psalm 138
2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1
Mark3: 20-end
Hymns
601 Thou didst leave thy throne and
thy kingly crown
477 In Christ there is no east or west
621 Who would true valour see
Anthem: Darke Gloria; How shall I sing
that majesty (466)
598 There’s a wideness in God’s
mercy
17th - 3rd Sunday after Trinity
1 Samuel 15.34-16.13
Psalm 20
2 Corinthians 5: 6-10, 14-17
Mark 4: 26-34
Hymns
467 How sweet the name of Jesus
sounds
591 The kingdom of God is justice
and joy
386 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my
heart
Anthem: Darke Sanctus; Purcell
Magnificat
543 ( Tune Parry) O Praise ye the
Lord!
24th – 4th Sunday after Trinity
Isaiah 40: 1-11
Psalm 85: 7-end
Acts 13: 14b-26
Luke 1: 57-66, 80
Hymns
505 Lord Jesus Christ
411 Dear Lord and Father of
mankind
444 God is working his purpose out
Anthem: William Mundy O Lord the
maker of all thing; Psalm 119 v.89-104
413 Eternal Father, strong to save
Organ Voluntaries following the
9.30am services
3rd June – C.S.Lang: Tuba Tune
10th June – G.F.Handel: Music from
the Royal Fireworks
17th June – Malcolm Archer: Festival
Fanfare 2
24th June – Henry Purcell:
Triumphing Dance from Dido and
Aeneas Organ
Voluntaries following the 6.00pm
evensong
3rd June – Arvo Pärt: Annum Per
Annum

From the Registers
Holy Baptism
29th April
George Paul Hanafin
Katie Elaine Hanafin
Libby-Rose Grimes
6th May
Stanley Paul Phillips
20th May
Violet Vivien Robson
Funerals
22nd May
Brian Ingram
Floodlight Sponsorship
6th May
Kath & Derrick Smith - In celebration
of sixty very happy years of marriage
May 10th 1958–2018
Mary Shipton & Jean Wills - in
memory of their mum Nora Moisey
13th May
Derek, Josh & Abby - in memory of
Heather Scott (on the 4th anniversary
of her death)
Chris & Frank Holley - in memory of
Nick - dear dad, son & brother (who
died 3 Years Ago)
20th May
Paul & Carole Mitchell - in memory of
his mum Eileen Mitchell (on the 2nd
anniversary of her death).
Roger, Jane & Carolyn - in memory of
their dear mum.
27th May
Sponsored by Finedon Buffs
If you would like to sponsor the
Church lights please get in touch with
Carol Mitchell, 5 Tainty Close . The
lights cost £12.00 per week to
dedicate it to a loved one or celebrate
an anniversary
Parochial Church
Council
The new Parochial Church Council
was voted in on Sunday 22nd April
2018 and is as follows:
Chair: Rev Richard Coles
Churchwardens: Jane Read and
Neil Forster
Election 12 PCC members plus
Synod members :-
Brian Brooks, Gill Barlow (Christian
Aid and Synod member), Chris Butts
(Health and Safety Officer and Synod
member), Bryan Chapman, Christine
Chapman (Flower Festival Chair,)
Gill Foster (Secretary and Christian
Aid), Charlotte Lait, Kaye McClelland
(Archivist), Janet Millington
(Magazine and Sunday Sheet editor),
Carole Mitchell (churchyard lighting),
Colin Needle (Synod member),
Malcolm Needle, Philip Powis
(Re-ordering committee),
Mary Shipton (Mother’s Union
enrolling member), Andrew Wetherill
(Treasurer), Joanne Wetherill
(assistant Treasurer, Safeguarding
Officer and Electoral Roll Officer)
Evensong
Evensong will be held in St Mary's
Church on Sunday 3rd June at
6.00 pm.
Light refreshments will be available
after the service.

National Gardens
Scheme
Just a reminder that we are ‘OPEN’ for
NGS (principal beneficiaries being
MacMillan Cancer Support and Marie
Curie) at 67-69 High Street on
Sunday’s 3rd and 24th June 2.00 pm -
6.00 pm.
Teas will be provided by St Mary’s
Church and the Wesleyan Chapel. In
addition, St Mary’s will be open as
well, and finally the later date
coincides with the scarecrow festival!!
Mary and Stuart Hendry
Open Church
On Sunday 3rd June and Sunday 24th
June, in conjunction with Open
Gardens, the church will be open from
2.00 pm to 6.00 pm.
Also, on 23rd June, during the
Scarecrow Festival, the church will be
open at certain times and we will need
stewards for this day too from
10.00am to 11.00 am,
midday to 1.00 pm, 4.00 pm to 5.00
pm.
The times are odd as there is a
blessing in the church at 2.00 pm.
Church Children's Choir
St Mary’s Church Children's Choir will
restart on Friday 8th June. Rehearsals
take place in church on Fridays during
term time between 6.15pm and
6.50pm.
Any children are welcome to come
along to sing and try it out. There is no
cost involved.
During Children's Choir we learn some
of the music for Sunday morning
services as well as singing through
popular hymns and anthems.
In addition, we have the opportunity to
prepare for RSCM Voice For Life
awards and learning music for special
services such as our Diocesan Choral
Festival, Christmas Carol Service and
visits to cathedrals to sing as the
Visiting Choir.
Just turn up, or contact Jonathan
Harris or Mrs Joanne Needle for more
information.
Mothers Union
On Tuesday 5th June there will be a
meeting for members only due to
limited availability of spaces.
Our July meeting will be our annual
Strawberry Tea to which everyone is
invited. This will take place in the
Mission Room on Tuesday 3rd July at
2.30 pm with all profits going to
Mothers Union “Summer of Hope”
appeal. Tickets priced at £3.00 can be
obtained from any Mothers Union
member.
Afternoon Tea
in
Hampton Cell Garden
on
Thursday 28th June
2.00 pm-4.00 pm
Teas include scones/sandwiches/
cakes/drink
Tickets £3.00
from Jean Marlow or Bryan
Chapman 01933 398818
All proceeds to churchyard
maintenance fund

Oundle International
Music Festival comes to
Finedon
An enormous thank you to everyone
who has helped and donated this
Christian Aid Week in Finedon.
To the volunteers, the street
collectors, pounding the streets of
Finedon, delivering and collecting
donations, the organisers, the
ploughman lunchers, the pork pie and
cheese slicers and the salad and
baked potato crew, the washer and
dryer uppers! Also the counters who
counted the money on Saturday
morning.
The amount raised for Christian Aid
so far is £1256.28, supporting
displaced people in Haiti, and
elsewhere, so they can live in safety
and withstand the storms of life
supporting people to earn a living,
and prepare and respond to
disasters. Currently, there are around
38,000 people still living in tents in
Haiti, and according to the United
Nations, there are still around two
million people in need of humanitarian
support. Please pray that God will
guide and strengthen Christian Aid,
for the sake of those they seek to
serve in the world’s poorest countries.
For more information and to donate
online visit
http://www.caweek.org/christian-aidweek/
Thank you Gill Barlow and Gill
Foster
We are delighted that the Oundle
International Music Festival has
chosen St Mary's, Finedon as a
venue for part of their 'Big Bach Walk'
organ recital series this July.
The concert is free of charge (with a
retiring collection going towards
church funds) and will take place on
Saturday 7th July at 4pm (lasting
approximately 45 minutes).
The main soloist will be the
international recitalist William
Whitehead, plus a couple of solos
Arthur Vickery who is Organ Scholar
at Lincoln College, Oxford and local
to this area.
The programme will include music by
Bach, music from the Orgelbuchlein
project and the world premiere of a
piece for organ and electronics by the
British-Iranian composer Soosan
Lolavar.
This is the first time the Oundle
International Festival has included a
concert in Finedon and comes
following two years of collaborative
work between St Mary's and the
Oundle For Organists course. Please
come along to support the concert if
you can.
Smarties
Thank you to Pat Peet who organised
the Smartie tube collection during
Lent. We have now passed the £700
mark which was last year’s total. Well
done and thank you to all who gave.

Finedon Parish Council
Clerk: Mrs Julia Tufnail
Office Hours: Monday-Friday Mornings
7 Amen Place, Little Addington,
Northants, NN14 4AU
Telephone 07410 633544
Email: finedonpc@gmail.com Website:
www.finedonparishcouncil.gov.uk
Your Councillors:
Laurence Harper Chairman
Terry Kendall-Torry, Planning
Malcolm Ward, also WBC
Barbara Bailey, also WBC
Sally Farrell, Gill Spencer,
Gordon Swann, Stuart Cooper,
Andrew Weatherill, Mike Bentley,
Danny Mullen, Dennis Willmott, Ray Ogle
The Parish Meeting takes place on
Wednesday, 30th May this year, at
7.00 pm. Please come along so that
you can put any questions or
suggestions you may have to the
Parish Council. The outgoing
Chairman will give his Year-end
report and will then open the meeting
to you. The Annual Parish Council
meeting will then follow and you are
welcome to stay for this too.
Finedon’s Emergency Plan - You will
be receiving your questionnaire at the
end of the month delivered by 1st
Finedon Guides who are raising
money for a National Guiding trip to
Switzerland. The Parish Council
would appreciate your help in any
way you can so that we can put
together a community approach.
Quotes are being sought for the initial
mowing of Tainty Field to bring it up to
a condition so that it can be used by
families in the summer. It is hoped
that this will give Finedon an
additional open space that can be
used for all sorts of recreational
purposes.
You will be pleased to know that the
Council are entering the scarecrow
festival – guess which one was
created by Councillors! I’m sure it will
be a great deal of fun with scarecrows
popping up all over the place.
Pot Holes – The Council has reported
numerous pot holes to County but the
roads are a sorry state. Please also
report any large pot holes or other
issues direct to NCC via Street Doctor
via their website
http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/
en/councilservices/Transport/roads/
streetdoctor/Pages/Step1.aspx
It is very easy to register a problem
and you can track the progress of
your report.
As usual, please feel free to contact
me should you have anything you
wish to bring to the Council’s
attention. Providing it is within the
Council’s remit, we will try our best to
make Finedon a better place to live.
Julia Tufnail
Clerk, Finedon Parish Council
June 2018
FINEDON LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
FARMING IN FINEDON
We have sold almost 300 copies of
the book and have only a few
remaining.
While stocks last you can buy a copy
of Farming in Finedon by contacting
Richard Buckby at 16 Hayden Avenue,
or by telephoning 01933 680561.
The book is priced at £20, but where
postage is necessary we shall need to
add £5.00 to cover our costs.
A deposit of £5.00 will reserve your
copy.

Scarecrow Festival
On Saturday/Sunday 23/24 th June,
St Mary’s Church and the Wesleyan
Chapel are holding a Scarecrow
Festival in the town. To keep the
Scarecrows in a compact central
walking area they will be focussed
west of the A6 to the church,
Wellingborough Road and below.
If you would like to partake in the
Festival and live outside this area,
there are plenty of places available
to display your Scarecrow. A
contact number is below. The theme
is comedy - anything to make people
laugh.
Cream teas will be served in the
Wesleyan Chapel during the
weekend. As this is a joint venture,
we will be needing volunteers from
the church prepared to help serve
teas on two hourly sessions over the
weekend. If you are able to help,
speak to Sheila Hales who is
compiling the rota.
It is also hoped that the Brownies
will dance around the Maypole on
the Green in High Street/Well Street
during the weekend.
If you would like to contribute a
Scarecrow to the Festival, please
contact Neil Forster as soon as
possible to enable him to assemble
a list of Scarecrows and a
programme. Ring 682177 or catch
him in church between 8.30 am and
9.30am services on Sundays.
Two competitions will be held over
the weekend, a prize for the best
scarecrow and a children’s
competition.
There will be a Scarecrow Get
Together and Update for all
concerned on Saturday 26 th May at
10am in the downstairs room of the
Chapel for further information or
queries.
Finedon Local History
Society
The June meeting of the society will
be on Monday 25th June at 7.30pm
in the Mission Room, Well Street,
Finedon. The speaker will be Helen
Norman on Charles Spencelayh, a
Northamptonshire artist.
Admission to the evening will be
£2.50 for members and £3.50 for
non members. Afterwards light
refreshments will be served.
Finedon Local History
Society
Finedon Local History Society’s
latest exhibition
‘FINEDON SHOPS PAST
& PRESENT’
is open on Saturdays and Sundays
from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
at the old Friends Meeting House
in High Street.
Admission free.
This is a photographic exhibition
of shops and shopping from the
late 19 th century to the present
time.
A reflection of times past when it
was said that the only shop or
service not available in Finedon
was a solicitor

Fundraising for 1st
Finedon Guides
A party of 26 Guides and leaders
from Finedon will be joining a county
trip to Adelboden, Switzerland in
2019.
The Guides have been working really
hard to fundraise the money needed
which has included bag packing, quiz
night, auction of promise, coffee
morning and craft stalls, to name but
a few. I’m sure many of you have
seen them out and about working
hard over the past few months.
Our fundraising efforts are continuing
and we are asking for your support.
We have an easyfundraising
account which means that we benefit
from a donation, at no extra cost to
you, when you spend online.
Simply type on the following link to
sign up and support our fundraising
https://
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/
causes/1stfinedonguide/
A huge thanks in advance for your
support.
1st Finedon Guides
Townswomen’s Guild
The next Finedon Townswomen's
Guild meeting is at 7.30 on June 7th
in the Town Hall.
The speaker is Alan Grey whose talk
is entitled 'You cannot be serious.
Tales of a Wimbledon Umpire'.
The competition is for a tennis item.
For the social half-hour members are
invited to bring along any Guild
photographs they may have for
identification: 'Who, Where and
When?'.
For any non-members who wish to
attend there is a small charge of
£3.00. You will be made very
welcome.
Royal British Legion
Royal British Legion Charity Auction
on Monday 4th June 2018 in the
Bowls Club Finedon.
Viewing from 6.30 pm. The Auction
starts at 7.30pm.
The meeting on 6th July will now be
an Evening of Entertainment with
James Reynolds and Young Local
Talent.
Posters will be distributed around
Finedon nearer the time.
Mayday Celebrations
On Sunday 13th May, St Mary’s
Church held their annual Crowning of
the May Queen. We would like to
thank everyone who took part in the
event. Well done to our May Queen
for 2018, Melanie. to all her pretty
attendants, May Queens in waiting.
To Mrs York for crowning Melanie
and her very witty poem which she
read, (St Mary’s Poet Laureate for
2018). To Jonathan Harris and the
choir, Jackie Minchinton with her
Mummers play, especially the new St
George. It was a disappointment that
we could not use the maypole this
year but the grass was far too wet
from overnight rain.
It is also a shame we cannot continue
the Finedon tradition of processing
with the May Queen and her
entourage around the streets of
Finedon dancing around the maypole
all over the town.

Finedon Over 60’s
We meet weekly on Wednesdays
from 1.45 pm to 3.30 pm in the Bowls
Club, Wellingborough Road..
Admission is £1.00 plus raffle. We
have bingo, speakers, entertainment,
occasionally ‘Bring and Buy’ and
much more.
June Programme
6th Outing to Hunstanton
13th Zing - Carol and Peter
20th My life in a frock (pantomime
dame Michael).
27th Finedon Mulso School Choir.
All welcome, just turn up
7. In 14th century England,
Midsummer’s Eve was celebrated on
June 23 with bonfires and feasting.
8. In Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and
Quebec, Midsummer Day (June 24) is
a public holiday.
9. In the town of Kuldiga, Latvia, it is
marked by people running naked
through the streets at 3am.
10. A Midsummer tradition in Finland
is for maidens to put flowers under
their pillows so they will dream of their
future husbands.
Ten Facts about
Midsummer
1. Astronomically, midsummer is the
day of the summer solstice, or longest
day, which usually falls on June 20 or
21.
2. The last time it did not fall on either
of those dates was in 1975 when it
was June 22.
3. When the date of June 24 was set,
the Julian calendar was in operation
and was a few days out.
4. Midsummer’s Day (June 24) is one
of the four Quarter Days in the Legal
calendar. The others are Lady Day
(March 25), Michaelmas (September
29) and Christmas Day (December
25).
5. Samuel Pepys described
Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s
Dream as “the most insipid, ridiculous
play that ever I saw”...
6. ...but he was given pleasure by its
“good dancing” and “handsome
women.

In My Day
the ramblings of Hubert James
In my day it was about this time of
year that we would hear the cuckoo.
And that was what told you it was
Spring.
Now I can’t remember the last time I
heard a cuckoo. I know they spend
most of the year in Africa and tend to
stop off in Spain for a sleepover on
their way here, but I’m beginning to
wonder if they’ve stopped coming.
My cousin Arnold says it’s all to do
with Brexit, but I reckon what’s
happened is your proper British
Birds have got fed up of cuckoos
squatting in their nests and turfing
out their eggs.
Mind you many of you will remember
the famous cuckoo we had in
Finedon, who stayed for several
years despite the cold.
He was brought here by a bloke
called Juan Tanamero who used to
live up Rock Road. Juan was
Portugese.
One year, he was travelling back
from seeing his parents in Lisbon
Dover. For the obvious reason that
he thought it was a dove.
His plan was to just chuck the chick
out of the window of his train
somewhere near Bedford but by
then the bird had taken a liking to
British Rail sandwiches and knew
which side its bread was buttered. It
wouldn’t let go of Juan’s finger when
he stuck it out the window.
So Juan ended up building him, an
aviary in his back garden and after a
couple of months they had built a
proper bond. Us local kids would go
round and feed him peanuts. Lovely
little chap he was.
But of course, come the autumn
Dover started to feel the cold and
was fighting his natural instinct to fly
south to the Congo. The trouble was
he had no survival instincts and we
all knew he would never survive in
the wild. When Juan tried letting him
out he flew as far as Allen Road
Club, scavenged some crisps and
went back home.
Come September, Juan was getting
worried the poor thing began to
shiver. Now it happened that
Martina, Juan’s misses was a bit of a
knitter. She offered to knit Dover a
little vest if Juan drew a design. Juan
was an architect, so he produced a
very precise drawing for a bird
cardie.
It was a singlet that still allowed him
to flap his wings.
It worked! The cuckoo loved it and
lived out the rest of his days snug as
a bug in a rug. And everyone knew
that was because…. wait for it….
Juan drew Dover a Cuckoo Vest!
and when he got off the ferry in Kent
he spotted a little cuckoo chick on
the dock. He adopted it and named it

A life-changing guest
I
recently came across these words
on a wall plaque;
"I WANT MY CHILDREN
TO HAVE ALL THE
THINGS I COULDN'T
AFFORD; THEN I'LL
MOVE IN WITH THEM."
It reminded me of a parable told by
CS Lewis in his book Mere Christianity
based on radio talks given during the
Second World War. He suggests we
imagine ourselves to be like a longneglected
cottage that God is restoring.
“At first, perhaps, you can understand
what He is doing. He is getting the
drains right and stopping the leaks in
the roof and so on; you knew that
those jobs needed doing and so you
are not surprised. But presently He
starts knocking the house about in a
way that hurts abominably and does
not seem to make sense. What on
earth is He up to? The explanation is
that He is building quite a different
house from the one you thought of –
throwing out a new wing here, putting
on an extra floor there, running up
towers, making courtyards. You
thought you were being made into a
decent little cottage; but He is building
a palace. He intends to come and live
in it himself.”
When God comes to stay He
changes everything.
At this time of the year I'm in the midst
of a series of wonderfully joyful
Licensing Services for our existing
curates as they become Vicars or
Rectors. In most cases they are
moving house to make their homes in
their new communities.
In a few weeks at the Cathedral we
shall be celebrating the ordination of
the next generation of new curates
as they begin their ordained
ministry. They too will be moving to
make their homes in new
communities.
Every one of them has a
fascinating story to tell of how God
has come to stay in their lives, made
himself at home and completely
transformed everything. It renders
the TV "make-over" programmes
tame by comparison! If you’re able
to be at the ordinations or have an
opportunity to meet our new curates,
do invite them to tell the story of
their journey so far.
Are you brave enough to invite
God to make His home in your life?
You never know where He might
lead you!
With my prayers and best wishes,
Diocese of Peterborough – Magazine Resource – June 2018
Produced by the Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough, PE1 1YB
01733 887000 www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk

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15th
2-6 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
RBL no meeting - Auction
9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
2.20pm Mothers Union, Mission Room,
7.30 TG, Town Hall, Alan Grey ‘You cannot
be serious’ tales of a Wimbledon Umpire
Sister Act, Star Hall.
9.30 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club
Churches together Scarecrow Festival
2-6 pm National Garden Scheme opening,
67/69 High Street.
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Helen
Norman, Charles Spencelayh.
2-4pm Afternoon Tea, Hampton Cell
2.30pm Mothers Union, Mission Room,
Strawberry Tea
RBL Saints Sinners - Northants - Derek
Blunt, meeting, raffle
7.30 TG Town Hall, 70th Birthday Party,
Supper at the Cricket Club, Mike & Jenny
BL Summer Ball TBA
4.00 pm Organ Recital by William Whitehead,
St Mary’s Church.
3pm Hymns on the Green
Flower Festival, Wesleyan Chapel
20th RBL Afternoon Tea/Entertainer 15.00-17.30
23rd
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Roy
York, The hiccups & horrors of steaming up
the valley
August
2nd
6th
20th
September
3rd
6th
24th
October
1st
4th
10th
22nd
November
1st
5th
18th
December
1st
3rd
6th
7th
8th
TG Town Hall, Stuart Elsom, Charismatic
Cuba
RBL Meeting/chat night, meat raffle
7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Kevin
Varty, Dead & Buried but not for long
RBL Fish & chips, raffle
7.30 TG Town Hall, Derek Blunt ‘Saints,
Sinners, Stars & Scandals’
7.30 History Society, Gary Shaeffer, An
American eye view of Northants
RBL Two intriguing murders & Ghost story,
Keven Varty & raffle
7.30 TG Town Hall, Colin Rowe ‘Luxurious
Locomotion, Story of the Orient Express.
7pm Inter church quiz, Wesleyan Chapel
7.30 History Society, Malcolm Deacon, The
Princess & the gunpowder plotter.
7.30 TG Town Hall, Betty West ‘The life of
Nancy Wake’
RBL AGM, raffle
11-3pm Christmas Market & Craft Fair,
Community Centre
11-2pm Christmas Bazaar, Wesleyan Chapel
RBL Quiz night & nibbles/meat raffle
7.30 TG Town Hall, Peter & Gloria Wright,
Christmas Flavour.
RBL Christmas Party
St Mary’s Church, Wassail Evening, Bowls
Club
St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon
Available for hire weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays.
Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late
discos)
For all enquiries and information contact
Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818
Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com