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Sue Cook - History/General01604 740196

[email protected] Field - Deputy Editor

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AJ (Amanda) Green - “Editor”01604 743765

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Pat Reedman - Interviews01604 743830

[email protected] & Wyn Sleeman -

Environmental Issues01604 740963

[email protected] Turner - General

01604 [email protected]

Anne & Tom Gilmore -General/Photography

01604 [email protected] Yates - Old Naseby

01604 740657not on e-mail....yet!

Not forgetting our budding youngreporters: Lucy & Jessica TT

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Welcome to the Christmas edition ofNatters. This issue is sort of on time for achange! Gasp! Although due to timeconstraints, the Editor (that's me!) has notbeen able to 'Christmassy-up' this issuequite as much as she usually likes to - soapologies for that. The Events listing at theback has also gone a bit AWOL!!! We hopeto have this sorted and up and runningagain next issue - apologies to all.

NNAASSEEBBYY CCHHRRIISSTTMMAASS TTRREEEE:: Hopefully, bythe time you receive your copy of Natterswe will have our very own NasebyChristmas Tree - with lights andeverything! The tree has been supplied byWill Miles from Welford Christmas TreeFarm, the electric's sorted out by DavidStacey and Jeff “muddy-hands” TheHandy Man dug the hole and will beputting up the lights. All this has beenoverseen by Mr Grumpy of Gynwell...sorryI mean Gerry Wood ;) There was talk ofhaving a lighting ceremony with carols,mince pies and mulled wine, but due totime constraints this won’t be happeningthis year. Hopefully, if eevveerryyoonnee pulledtogether for next year this could happenwhich would be great for community spirit.

OONN AA MMOORREE SSOOMMBBRREENNOOTTEE:: As most ofyou will be awareMike Westaway sadlypassed away last month, sowe decided to extend the deadline forNatters so as to include some of thetributes we received. These have replacedarticles we were going to feature (Peter -your time will come, promise!) and willappear in our next edition.

So sit down, grab a glass of mulled wineand a mince pie (but nnoott on Christmas dayplease - see p27 for why not!) and read on!

- A Merry Christmas to all our readersand a very happy new year -

AJ GREEN (AKA ‘ED’) & THE NEWSLETTER TEAM

PS: A big THANK YOU goes out to all ourspeedy proof readers Pat & PaulReedman, Sally Field & of course‘SuperMum’ aka: Amanda Smith (all fromHall Close). Stars!!! - ed

WELL, TIS THE SEASON TOBE JOLLY AND ALL THAT!!

HAVE YOUR SAY.....The PC meet on the first Thursday ofthe month in the upstairs room at theVillage Hall and everyone is alwayswelcome. We have a publicparticipation section, so if you havesomething to say or would like the PCto consider then please come along.The agenda and minutes for everymeeting are published on the noticeboard outside the school andpublished on the village website:www.naseby.org

KELMARSH WINDFARM UPDATEThank you to everyone who returneda completed questionnaire. 76% ofparishioners oppose the Wind Farm,11% support it and 13% remainneutral. When the application ismade to DDC the Parish Council willrespond on behalf of the village butindividual comments should still bemade directly to them.

THE STRANGERSA fantastic evening was had by allthat were entertained by TheStrangers at the fundraising event on17th October - enormous thanks tothe band and Barry Furness whoprovided the Disco. The grand total of£1,650 was raised toward the Multi-Sports Court. Thanks to everyonewho supported this event.

APPOINTMENT OF NEWCOUNCILLORPeter Clancy of Hall Close joins theParish Council, so a warm welcome tohim.

NASEBY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOLAnyone noticed a new white line inthe Village? Sue Bradburn HeadTeacher wrote to the PC to highlightthe fact that cars were parking andsometimes blocking the backentrance to the School on ChurchStreet (opposite Naseby HQ). This isthe only entrance that emergencyservices can use so could driversplease bear this in mind whenparking. The PC liaised with SaferRoutes to School at NCC and followinga site meeting agreed that a white T-bar line would be painted on the roadto highlight the entrance togetherwith a sign.

PLAY AREAThe PC are fully aware of the issuesof broken glass/litter in the play area.The police have been informed andCllr Hoyle is tidying regularly butshould you see any one vandalisingthis area then please report them tothe police.

DOG POO...AGAIN!!!Once again, a reminder to AALLLL dogowners to please pick up the mess!There is just no excuse you owe it toyour neighbours.

Naseby Parish Council

Village Update Issue 22

Sponsored by: BBeecckkwwoorrtthh EEmmppoorriiuumm • fine produce • garden nursery • restaurant

Mrs Bridget BakerCarvells Home Farm, Carvells laneWelford Quarry liaison rep

Peter Clancy 15 Hall Close

Mr Melfyn Hoyle14, NutcotePlayground Warden

Mr Greg PritchettOakwell, Church StNeighbourhood Watch & PoliceLiaison Forum

Mr Paul ReedmanHall CloseHighways & Road safety officer

Mr Scott WestawayNew Hall, NewlandsTree, Footpath & Mowing Warden

Mr Tom Westaway'Westfields', Carvells LaneVice Chair

Mrs Becky Pope'Aysgarth', High StreetChair

Clerk - Nicola WrightHolmoak, Carvells [email protected]: 01604 740876

Members of the NasebyParish Council 2009-2010Village Update

Naseby Parish Council (PC)

Richard & Wendy WestallChair - Fox Cottage

Members of the HaselbechParish Committee 2009-10

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Would you like to be involved more in arts and cultural activity such as music,dance, drama, DJing, radio, visual arts, film, animation, graffiti,literature/writing etc? If so we want to hear from YOU! Visit our onlinequestionnaire on the Explore the Vibe Northants website; www.mush-rooms.com/explorethevibenorthants

This is your chance to tell us which cultural activities you take part in and thecultural things you would like to see or do in your area and make a differenceto council plans for the future

Graham WardNorthamptonshire County Council

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NasebyWeatherTO BE INCLUDED NEXT ISSUE...WEHOPE! In the mean time we suggestyou look out your window to seewhat the weather is doing!!! - ed

XMAS POST

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DEAR EDITOR...I love reading every edition of NasebyNatters and find the historical articlesvery interesting as well as educational, sothank you very much to the late MikeWestaway.

I was married here in Naseby 21 yearsago and have seen lots of changes. Itwould, however be really great for otherlong time villagers to come forward andsay something about themselves as thereare lots of people in Naseby that havegiven so much to the village over theyears yet who do not want to shout aboutit or indeed want to praise themselves!So please, come forward (you know whoyou are) and tell some stories. Let ushear from the hard working individualswho made the village what it is today!

Joanna Gould, Nutcote, Naseby

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THE PILATES WAY...Thanks to a great response for the first Pilates course in 2009we are going to continue through on a second 10 week coursecommencing January 6th! There will be two classes of 10people so I can keep an I eye on technique! The first class

will start at 9.30 - 10.30am and the second will run from 10.45- 11.45am. Please call quickly to confirm your space and class times, someslots have gone already! As before the course is £55.00 and no mats orequipment is required as I provide it all. All abilities and ages welcome.Please be aware the class will not run on the week of half term.

LLoorrrraaiinnee 0077997766 552299 441144

A quiet time.We are verygrateful for the

help we have had with thestrimming in the churchyard

and the cutting back of ivy from a largesycamore. The elder which had begun toregrow has now been removed. Plus alarge wooden seat, made from an oldtree stump, has been moved away fromthe gravestones, but has still been left forthe insects to enjoy!

Plans are ongoing to get the conifer bythe church chancel removed as soon aspossible.

Margaret Anderson

P a r t y T i m e P r o d u c t i o n s P r e s e n t s :THE TRADITIONAL PANTOMIME

PUSS IN BOOTS Saturday 12th December@ Guilsborough Primary SchoolDoors open @ 1.45pmRR EE FF RR EE SS HH MM EE NN TT SS WW II LL LL BB EE AA VV AA II LL AA BB LL EE

Panto & Raffle Tickets can be purchased from Guilsborough Pre-schoolor AJ Green (01604 743765/Hall Close, Naseby)

PLUS WIN 1 OF 3 LUXURY CHRISTMAS HAMPERS ! ! !Only £1 per ticket! • Grand Raffle will be drawn after the panto @ 3pm

ADULT £5•CHILD £2 All funds rasied go to: Guilsborough Pre-School

Suitable for all ages from2-

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9th December 2009 - Brown Bin & Boxes16th December 2009 - Grey Bin & Boxes23rd December 2009 - Brown Bin & Boxes30th December 2009 - Grey Bin & Boxes6th January 2010 - Brown Bin & Boxes13th January 2010 - Grey Bin & Boxes20th January 2010 - Brown Bin & BoxesPlease ensure that your bins & boxes areplaced out ready for collection by 06:30on collection days. To contact DaventryDistrict Council tel: 01327 871100 oremail: [email protected] GGrreeeenn

As many of you are well aware thechurch in Naseby needs somecosmetic work, particularly inside.We are hoping to redecorate soon butwith a cost exceeding over £12,000 itis a large sum of money for the smallcongregation to raise.

Over the years we have had thegrateful support of so many peopleand recently all those involved withNaseby Pride have been helping uswith work in the churchyard.

Being such a small congregation nowmeans that even if we want to raisesome money by a social event in thevillage the responsibility is alwaysdown to the same few faithfulparishioners, but maybe you couldconsider helping us?

Some years ago we held a mission inthe village and the response wasreally favourable for the upkeep anduse of the Church, but over the yearswe have all aged and find we haveless energy. AArree tthheerree aannyy yyoouunnggeerrppaarriisshhiioonneerrss wwhhoo wwoouulldd lliikkee ttoo ooffffeerrssoommee hheellpp??

Once again, we will be celebrating ourChristmas Eve services whichcontinue to attract over 300 parentsand children both at the Christingle

service and our Candle-lightservice (the full details of all ourChristmas Services are below).

Please do think about whatyou can give, both in termsof financial help or practical

help. The congregation and I intendto maintain the Church as the place ofboth the spiritual and pastoral centreof Naseby, celebrating the life ofJesus Christ our Lord.

David Faulks

Dates to look forward to:-Dec. 6th 9.30am ServiceDec.13th 9.30am ServiceDec. 24th 4.00pm

Christingle Children's ServiceChristmas Eve Services:6.00pm Candlelight Carols11.45pm at Clipston: Midnight Mass

Dec 25th 9.30am Christmas Day Service

We welcome you, with friends &family, to all of our services

It is with sadness that we record thepassing of two Church Members,Lilian Ringrose and Betty Underwood.They were both in the village inNewlands for many years, but likemany others their remains returnedto Naseby for a final resting place!R.I.P.

Yours in faith,Avis Aldrich - Church Warden

Rector: Revd David Faulks(01858 525342)

[email protected] Rev. Faulks for Weddings,

Baptisms & Visits

Church Wardens: Avis Aldrich (01604 740532)

Margaret Diack (01604 743820)Treasurer:

Maurice CavePCC Members:

Sarah Farrell, Ann Faulks, MichaelHopkins,Valerie Latham & Sandra Price

(secretary - tba)

Contacts

Issue 22

All SaintsChurch

Churches in Naseby & Info


WANT TO BE

SPECIAL?If so, becoming aVolunteer Police Officer(Special) withNorthamptonshire Policemight be justthe answer.

SpecialConstablesareextremelyvaluable members of thepolicing family. They havethe same powers asregular officers and getinvolved in all aspects ofpolice work, in particularworking alongside regularofficers and PCSOs as partof our Safer CommunityTeams.

So, if you're looking for anew challenge or perhapswant to give somethingback to your community,you could be exactly theperson Notrhamptonshireis looking for.

If you are over 18, able tovolunteer for a minimumof four hours per week,and would like to find outmore about becoming aSpecial, contact Lizzi Bettson 03000 111 222 ext2098 or e-mail:[email protected]

In case you've not noticed, thiscolumn is no longer being written byLeny Cato. In September we said'goodbye' to Stuart and Leny as theymoved nearer to their family inOswestry. They have been a big partof the chapel for over nine years. Wewill miss their enthusiasm, creativityand encouragement! Their finalservice at Naseby chapel was markedby an emotional presentationfollowed by coffee and cake. We wishthem well in their new environmentand thank them for all their hardwork.

HHAARRVVEESSTT:: Once again our HarvestFestival took the form of a 'Soul Cafe'service with activities, games andcraft for the young. A place to chillout, sip coffee and mull over theSunday papers for the older onesamongst us. Not forgetting the everpopular chocolate fountain! At theclose our Harvest Service was led bySteve Pointer. We were asked tomake words out of the word'HARVEST'. The two words Stevefocused on were 'HAVE' and 'SHARE'.We were reminded to give thanks toGod for all the things we 'have' and toremember to 'share' our comparativewealth with those in need. We choseto support the British HumanitarianAid Charity with our harvest gifts.This charity takes clothes,

bedding,toys, household goods,cleaning supplies and numerous otheritems to distribute amongst needyfamilies and orphanages in theUkraine. We also had a short toddlerharvest thanksgiving at Mums andTots and collected for the samecharity. Altogether we were able tosend over 20 bin-bags full of things.Thank you to all those who donatedso generously!

SSOOUULL CCAAFFEE:: Our last Soul Cafe forthis year was on the first Sunday ofAdvent, the 29th November, and wastaken by our youth worker, HelenBamber.Not surprisingly it had anAdvent theme. The word 'Advent'comes from the Latin 'Adventus'meaning 'coming'. It is the periodbefore Christmas when we arewaiting and preparing to celebratethe birth of Jesus. It has a dualmeaning because as well asreminding us of the original waitingof the Hebrews for the birth of theMessiah, it also reminds us that asChristians, we are waiting for thesecond coming of Christ. Our next'Soul Cafe' will be on the 31stJanuary and all are welcome.

YYOOUUTTHH CCLLUUBBSS:: The monthly youthclubs started again in Septemberafter the summer break. Fusion forthe junior children and Rock Solid forthose in school years seven to nine.

The number of children at Rock Solidsuddenly quadrupled owing to alarger than usual influx of year sevenchildren!

CCOOFFFFEEEE MMOORRNNIINNGG:: A big thank youto all those who helped, supported ordonated to the MacMillan coffeemorning and afternoon tea which washeld in the chapel on the 25thSeptember. The total of £193:82 wasraised for this worthy cause.

CCAARROOLL SSEERRVVIICCEE:: The Carol Servicethis year will be held on Sunday 20thDecember at 6pm taken by ourminister, Rev. Brian Kennard. It willbe followed by the usual coffee, punchand mincepies and we extend a warmwelcome to all. You are also invited tojoin us for a short family service onChristmas morning at 10.30 am takenby Mrs Jeanne Moore.

Sending warmest seasons greetingsto all Natters readers,

RRuutthh WWaattssoonn


Churches in Naseby Issue 22

Minister: Rev Brian Kennard 30 Farndale View Market Harborough (01858 462889)

Bookings Secretary: Ruth Watson (01604 740845)Secretary: to Jeanne Moore (01858 467657))

www.harboroughmethodistcircuit.org.uk/Naseby.html

Contacts

Naseby Methodist Church

THE USUAL @ THEMETHODIST CHURCH:

Mums & Tots: All welcome Thursday 1.30-3.30pm

(during term time only)

Guilsborough Drs’ Surgery: Monday from 11am (no appt needed)

(Fab 1st article Ruth!- ed)

N S A U P D A T EHere we are again with an update on theNaseby School Association work. Sincewe came back after the summer break,the NSA has been busy preparing forthe year's fundraising events. We havealready witnessed the success of ourannual Quiz Night (9th October) wherenumerous parents and supporters ofNaseby School enjoyed a fun andchallenging evening, fuelled by adelicious chilli con carne; thank you toall the volunteers for their hard work inand out the kitchen and thank you to allfor joining in the fun.

We also worked alongside ClipstonSchool to organise a Car Boot Saleoutside the Village Hall on the 11thOctober. The weather held long enoughto allow car booters to clear some oftheir children's clutter! Our next mainevents will be a Fun Night for thechildren making candles at the VillageHall, and of course our Christmas Fairon the 28th November (2-4pm) with awide selection of stalls to get in themood for Christmas: home-made

jewellery, candles, children's clothing,art and craft and many others.

The Sports Club is still a success withthe children of Naseby and surroundingvillages. We started September withCricket and were able to mainly trainoutside; nothing better to get our littlecherubs ready for a good night’s sleepon Fridays (we wish!).

All of the coming year's hard work isdirected towards raising funds foroutdoor play equipment for Infantchildren, as well as laptop computers forJunior children as governmentguidelines recommend a laptop for eachJunior child. This is a big commitmentand we need the people of Naseby'ssupport if we are to raise as much as wecan towards our goal. So please look outfor leaflets and posters advertising ourfundraising events around the villageand come and join us again!!

For further information, pleasecontact Christel Taylor on 01604740027.

Issue 22

Head Teacher:Mrs Sue Bradburn BSc

[email protected]: 01604 740540

List of Governors Jan 2009Joanne Clement (Parent)

Margaret Diack (Chair/Foundation)Rev D Faulks (Ex Officio)

Sandra Kirkland (Associate Member)Paula Otter (Parent)James Pope (Parent)

Pat Reedman (Community)Beverley Thornton (Teacher)

Mrs P Yates (LEA)Dr Adrian Vann (Vice Chair/Parent)

Andrea Heydon (Clerk)

School Contacts

School


No article supplied thisissue - see the ‘KidsCorner’ on the backpage for their reports

Naseby School Update:

Since the last edition of Natters thechildren have tried their hands (sorryfeet!) at kick boxing. The coaches camefrom Lutterworth and introducedenthuastic groups of all ages to this funmartial art. Unfortunately the course ofsessions was cut short by the coachesreal job sending them to build aroundabout!!!

More recently, Northants Cricket Clubhave visited Naseby to run sessions upfrom September to October half term.The weather held out for us meaningonly one session had to be held in the

hall. The children's skills with bat andball definately improved over the weeksand much fun was had by all.

The Sports Club has a break now untilafter February half term when wereturn to our weekly. Friday after schoolsessions with a new child requestedactivity - Street Dance. This club will besplit into two (one for the girls andanother for the boys) and we lookforward to finding the talent within ourmidst!

Sports Club is open to any children, notjust pupils from Naseby School. Pleasefeel free to contact either Becky Pope(743213) or Pauline Vann (740774) forfurther details.

NASEBY SCHOOLSPORTS CLUB!

Sponsored by: Beckworth Emporium

MY FIRST WEEK ATSECONDARY SCHOOL

When I woke up I didn’t want to getout of bed, but I did. I had breakfastput my school clothes on and a braveface and stepped out of the door.

Little did I know that in two weekstime that I would be looking backand thinking that it was silly beingscared.

I have had a nice first two weeks anda lot of homework.

There was nothing to be scared of it’sa new bigger school with morehomework. The only sad thing is thatI miss my friends big and small atNaseby primary, but I’m sure I willsee them round.

There are no new subject’s just someare grouped together and given afancy name.

There is nothing to be scared of.

By Hannah

CONGRATULATIONSEVERYONE! The staff, governors and pupils at NasebySchool were delighted to receive such apositive and praiseworthy outcome of thelatest OFSTED inspection in the summer.

“AACCHHIIEEVVEEMMEENNTT throughout the school isgood with pupils reaching above averagestandards in english, mathematics andscience by the end of Year 6.”

“RREEAADDIINNGG – standards here areconsistently found to be well aboveaverage due to a very effective guidedreading programme.”

The aim of the inspection was to evaluatethe overall effectiveness of the school:

• Looking at progress across differentgroups and subjects

• Assessing how well literacy, numeracyand ICT skills are developed acrossother subjects

• How well children develop sociallyfrom Foundation stage through toYear 6

Naseby Primary was found to be a goodschool which has a strong partnershipwith its village community, establishinga clear set of values through close linkswith the church.

Pupils’ enjoyment of learning is high andattendance levels are above average.Pupils express enthusiasm about the waylessons are taught.

Excellent behaviour and attitudes tolearning from all pupils promote astimulating learning environment andpupils say resoundingly they feel verysecure in school. They are extremelyconfident that staff will respondpromptly and fairly to their concerns.The pastoral care is of the higheststandard.

The good curriculum is very well plannedto take account of the mixed age groupsin classes.

Visits, visitors and partnerships are usedvery effectively to enrich and broadenthe curriculum within this small schoolwith its provision for a wide range ofextra-curricular activities.

Leadership and management of theschool are good. The headteacher sets avery clear direction and she and thegovernors view the size of the school as achallenge rather than a limitation andhave been innovative in the school’soverall development.

Pat YatesGovernor

DIOCESAN INSPECTION 2009Mr Edward Hosbands, the Diocesanrepresentative, visited the school on 29September 2009 to carry out the aboveinspection.

The main focus for the inspection was tofind evidence of the ways in which theschool’s Christian character enablespupils to achieve well and flourish asindividuals, and how the school monitorsand evaluates the achievement andimpact of the distinctive Christiannature.

To find his evidence, he spoke to pupils,parents, governors and teaching staff. Hefound the headteacher’s leadership andcommitment and the support of thefoundation governors to be strong andthere appears to be good appreciationand focus of what a Church of Englandschool should be.

Mr Hosbands found us to be good in allareas of his inspection and very muchenjoyed his day at Naseby School.

Margaret DiackFoundation Governor


School & Local NewsIssue 22

OH WHAT A NIGHT!What a great night we had at thevillage hall on Saturday October17th. The fund raising evening bythe Parish Council was arrangedto raise money for the sportscourt and made a mmaassssiivvee£1,650.00!!!

Music was by the local "Shadows"tribute band The Strangers whowere formed in Clipston duringthe summer of '91. Initially justthree guitars and drums,emulating their hero's for fun. Aspractices progressed, it was feltthat it may be possible toperform but it would be farbetter if they had our own 'Cliff'.Enter Roy Westaway in October'91. Practices continued and thefirst live performance was atClipston Village Hall in February'92.

There have only been twochanges in the line up over theyears, one due to businesscommitments, the other due to illhealth. The latest member isDavid Turner, now of Naseby,who joined at the end of '07.Rehearsals began leading up tothe recent performances inClipston and Naseby. Now readyto perform again, they arelooking forward to many morenights like those...and a rockinggood night they gave us!!

Sue Turner

USE IT - DON'T LOSE IT!

Book Your Hall for Your UpcomingChristmas Events The hall and grounds continue to be verywell used and we are delighted to see ourvillage facilities benefiting so many. YourVillage Hall is ready and waiting for thisyear's Christmas and New Year's events.Please see the posters throughout Nattersfor the big Christmas events. There arestill some slots available, so please justcheck availability on our new onlinebooking calendar on the Naseby VillageWebsite www.naseby.org. Booking theHall or Meeting Room couldn't be easier!

50/50 Club...More Members Needed for2010!The 50/50 club is proving to be atremendous help in meeting our ongoingcosts, so a huge thank-you goes to all ourmembers. We really do hope that most ofthe households within the village will takepart and enjoy the added opportunity towin a cash prize. To date about £800 hasbeen shared by 50 lucky winners (pleasesee the table below for the July - Octoberwinning numbers). The more villagersthat sign-up the more we can offset ourcosts... and the greater the prize fund willgrow. Joining the 50/50 Club for 2010 isvery quick and easy. Forms can beobtained from the Sign-Up Team: JulieWestaway, Alastair Sims, and Mel Hoyle.Existing members will be contactedshortly regarding the renewals process.

50/50 Club - Winning NumbersJJuullyy 1111,, 110000,, 110066,, 5599,, 5533AAuugguusstt 4422,, 4444,, 1177,, 2200,, 6611SSeepptteemmbbeerr 1188,, 111188,, 6600,, 3300,, 3344OOccttoobbeerr 9999,, 111133,, 2233,, 1144,, 111188

Storm DamageIn early July during the severe weatherstorms, considerable damage was causedto the roofing and gable-end fixings of the

south-end of the hall. We are extremelygrateful to Roy Westaway and his buildingcompany Fairside Properties Ltd. for theirimmediate emergency action in makingthe hall and grounds safe and for thesubsequent excellent repair work. Roy'steam also completed some essential re-design work to the building structure,which will prevent any re-occurrence.

Sunday League Football came to Nasebybut...Well they came, they played a few gamesand……. well we're not sure if SundayLeague Football will continue in Naseby.

Multi-Sports CourtVery many thanks go to the ParishCouncil, Roy Westaway's band and BarryFurness for their tremendous efforts. Thefundraiser was a great success! But westill have all of our fingers crossed, aswe're still waiting for news on our bid forthe £50,000 funding we need fromBiffaward. If our bid is successful, we willbe able to start installation work nextspring, when we will also be forming theVillage Tennis, Five-aside Football, andHockey teams.

Anti-Social Behavior and Dog FoulingUnfortunately, broken bottles, beer cans,and large amounts of litter are stillregularly left strewn around the children'sarea. Irresponsible dog owners still seemto be happy to see the play areas andpitches fouled. Therefore, we have noalternative but to start to introduce newrestrictive Bye-Laws and to divert ourlimited funds to counter measures.

Car-Parking and PathwaysGrant allocation is still needed.

Volunteers from the Village Youth StillNeeded!With our efforts focused on obtainingsponsorship and major grants to fund thenew Sports Courts and Children's Playarea, we are still looking for volunteersfrom the younger generation of the

village, to help us. If there are anyteenagers who would be interested injoining us, please contact any of themanagement team.

FinancesWe are still just about managing tobalance our Income/Expenditure for thefinancial year to March 2010. Thesuccessful launch of the 50/50 Club ismaking a real difference. However, we arecurrently replacing the two ovens in theKitchen whose costs, when added to theloss of the projected Sunday FootballLeague revenue and the possibility of therejection of our considerable stormdamage claim, are likely to eat into ourlimited reserves. We were also veryfortunate, this year, to receive grants fromDaventry District Council and our ParishCouncil. We may well be asking for helpagain in the coming months.

Licensing. All necessary certificates anddocumentation are in place.

Do you have any ideas or suggestions? Our committee meetings are now heldmonthly (on the 3rd Thursday), the AGMis held in March, so why not come alongand have a say. All are welcome.

And Finally……..Many thanks for your continued supportand best wishes to everyone, for thefestive holiday, from all of themanagement team.

Paul Kelly

If you wish to book the hall for ananniversary, children’s party or any

other activity please contact: Wyn Sleeman 01604 740963

£12 per hour – Large Hall£7 per hour – Upstairs Room

INFORMATION ALSO POSTED ON:www.naseby.org

Village Hall Contact

Issue 22Village Hall Update



Bit About SponsorsIssue 22

This issue weare able to go toprint due to thegenerosity ofBBeecckkwwoorrtthhEEmmppoorriiuumm.They have supported Natters all yearby placing adverts in every issue! Afirst for Natters - so thank you.

AJ Green

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROMBECKWORTH EMPORIUMAt Beckworth we believethat community mattersand we're dedicated tosupporting localbusinesses, not only thosein the food andhorticulture industry, butalso local publications suchas Naseby Natters. We areproud to be at the heart ofthe community anddelighted to be the officialsponsor for this issue. Wewish you all a very Merry Christmasand a happy New Year.For everyone at our Mears Ashby-based Emporium, this is an excitingtime with much to celebrate. This isour first Christmas and to mark theoccasion our Naseby-based ownershave turned the popular shoppingdestination into a winter haven ofseasonal plants, festive foods andgifts, topped off with a real open-airice rink!

We opened the festive ice rink at theend of November to form thecentrepiece of our festive offeringwhich includes: delicious foods,wonderful gift ideas, Christmas trees,

house plants and of course theperfect Christmas outing - a visit toour popular restaurant.

Our real ice rink is open all day,almost every day until January 10thand will be completed with dramaticevening music and light shows.

We've got skate hire, ringsiderefreshments, indoor and outdoorviewing areas, not to mentionChristmas-inspired ringsiderefreshments. Admission includingskate hire is £7.50 for adults and£5.00 for children. Visit our websitefor more information atwww.beckworthemporium.co.uk tobook tickets.

Those not taking to the rink can enjoya feast of festive delights inside theEmporium.

We've got delicious selections ofmeats, cheeses, desserts, gifts andspecialist hampers.

Place your pre-orders now withour award-winning butcher,Hambleton Fine Foods, foryour free range Christmasturkey, or if you're optingfor something a littledifferent this year,we have a greatselection of duck,chicken, beefand lamb joints.

Stop by our butcher to find out aboutour Christmas poultry, includingCopas Turkeys, chicken and duck,Lincoln red beef and delicious locallamb joints.

Our Produce Market & Food Hall arealso getting in the Christmas spiritwith exquisite Christmas hampersfrom £19.99 to £149.99; a fantasticselection of wines and local beers;Christmas puddings; fresh homemadeMince Pies; decadent Chocolateselections and all the trimmings tomake your Christmas perfect for allthe family.

No visit to the Emporium is completewithout taking a break in ouratmospheric restaurant where wehave recreated our popularBeckworth menu - offering deliciousdaily specials - with a festive twist.There's nowhere better to relax aftercompleting your Christmas shop, orto catch up with friends during thewinter freeze, than in one of ourdelightful dining areas, complete withtwinkling lights, decorations and aperfect view of the skaters outside.

And as if that's not enough, if you'restuck for gifts, Beckworth GiftVouchers are now available across thestore, and can be used in alldepartments - even in our restaurant- so, come visit us and treat yourself

and your familythis Christmas!

A HUGE THANK YOUTO OUR GENEROUSSPONSORS!

As I walked past hisoffice window in the lateafternoon, I would oftenhear the window catchopen. As always, it wouldbe Dad leaning over hiscomputer to say 'helloson, nice day' with barelya glance at the sky. Iknew this was the pre-curser to something heneeded to get off his chest. Afterseveral minutes of chat about my day,the comment would be slipped inabout 'how fast the hedges on thefarm were growing this year'. In hislater years he had mastered the art ofsubtlety but, to me, I knew this meant'get the hedges cut, they look a mess!'I had just received my orders for theweek......he was an old school farmerand countryman and, to keep thefields tidy, wouldn't give any of hisfarming contemporaries a chance topick fault.

I often teased him about how heseemed to be turning into his ownfather. During harvest time myGrandpa would arrive on the farm justbefore tea time, following hisafternoon nap. After lighting his pipeand ambling over to 'the workforce'he would inevitably drop in a fewsuggestions as to how better dad andhis brother might have done the day'swork. They ungraciously labelled himthe 'four o'clock foreman'.

When I look back over his life he wasa totally larger than life character.One of his favourite pastimes wassinging at the top of his voice as hedrove his tractor; for some reason hethought the noise of the David Brown

would drown out hisvoice so he could let rip.If you were waiting forhim on the farm youcould always hear himand the tractor at equaldecibels announcing his

imminent arrival. Whenrelaxing he would enjoy adrink or two, whether itwas holding court in a

smoke filled kitchen after a day'srough shooting, or standing in thepassage of the Fitzgerald Arms with acouple of his fellow farmers, healways had an opinion and sense ofhumour worth hearing. He loved tosneak in a little controversialcomment just to wind up thetemperature and the ensuingargument was always greatentertainment.

Dad had a dry, wicked and self-effacing sense of humour, he couldlaugh at his own misfortunes as easilyas he could 'extract the Michael' out ofthose who took themselves tooseriously. No-one was immune but herarely tolerated for long any one whofelt they were important or a 'selfappointed expert'. It didn't alwaysmake him popular but he had a strongsense of equality to all men and,without exception, supported theunderdog. Having witnessed one ortwo folk getting the 'hairdryertreatment' in my younger days I knewhow passionate he could get about acause.

My thoughts go back to when I was15 and after a wholly undistinguishededucation, I remember announcing tohim and Mum that I was going to join

the Royal Navy. The look of horror onhis face will forever be imprinted inmy memory. In retaliation Ireminded him of the time I had askedif I could work on the farm. He hadlaughed out loud and said 'you can ifyou want to earn 3 quid a week forthe rest of your life'. He denied allknowledge of this and lectured meabout getting a steady job. After 3 or4 months, and as the date beckoned, Istarted to have second thoughts andsuggested to Mum that I might notsign up after all, fully expecting atleast his full support. She told me thatI couldn't do that now because he wasso proud of the fact I was joining up.He had told just about anyone andeveryone who would listen that 'hisboy was going into the forces!' Myfate was sealed from that momentonwards. But that was him all over,what you got on the surface wasrarely how he felt inside.

I could fill these pages with tales ofhis mishaps or uncomfortablemoments that creased us up withlaughter, which at the time must havebeen either painful or embarrassing.Like the day he straightened hislegendary wavy hair when heelectrocuted himself in the old dairyand was left hanging from a metalroof strut with several thousand voltscoursing through him. Or the time hevisited a dear old friend and firstworld war veteran Freddie Gamble inhis nursing home, and was offered awhisky in a glass that had just beenvacated by his false teeth. It wasnever long until he was happilyrelaying the incident to his friendsand having a laugh about it. Hiswicked sense of humour was nevermore apparent than when anyone(particularly courting couples) hadthe 'cheek' to drive their cars through

Tribute Issue 22


Mike Westaway

1927 - 2009

A FITTING TRIBUTE...

a field gate for a bit of extracurricular amusement in a newlyharvested field. A bit of damp strawand the wind in the right directionwas always a cue for a bit of stubbleburning to smoke them out.

Since he was diagnosed with prostatecancer he never, to my knowledge,felt too sorry for himself (thoughMum may have a different story). Hehad a good and full life and certainlydidn't waste a minute of it, whether itbe researching the battle of Naseby,collecting photographs of the villageand the people who lived in it, orpreserving the memory of 'his boys'from Naseby who fought and died inthe First World War. Not to mentionthe literally hundreds of pocketknives, antique guns and ordnancethat he collected and sold over theyears.

His book about the village during andbetween the great wars was his prideand he researched it literally to deathto make sure it was as accurate aspossible. In the introduction is atypical comment that sums up hisbloody-mindedness. It reads'Finally, let me say to those peoplewho will invariably chastise me foromitting to mention someone orsomething 'You can mention it in yourbook when you write one'. I may be abit biased but it is quite anexceptional read and reference book.His response to any suggestion ofpublishing it is unprintable, thatwasn't his reason for doing it. To himit was about recording theinformation for future generations,consequently the Records Office atNorthampton have the only copyoutside the family.

Over his last few months my fondest

memories of him will always be thetime we spent taking the 'p...' out ofeach other or relating the latestexploits of his grandchildren. I triedto make him laugh at least once everytime I saw him and was oftenadmonished because it actually didhurt by then.

I have had nearly seven years toprepare for this time and no matterhow much I have rehearsed it in mymind my overwhelming emotion isthat he was more than just the verybest Dad to my brother and I, but alsoone of my best mates.

If you knew him, or counted yourselfas one of his friends, then I hope youunderstand I could never do himjustice in these few short lines. Ifyou didn't, then you just missed oneof Naseby's real characters. He wouldprobably say 'Well......you had 82years to find out... '

Four o clock is never going to be thesame.

Scott Westaway


TributeIssue 22

OTHER TRIBUTES...Michael Westaway laid the foundationof the archaeological knowledge of theBattle of Naseby as a result of morethan twenty years' patient metaldetecting work. Each find location wascarefully recorded long before modernbattlefield investigators began to makerules; Mike understood full well that thepattern of finds would tell its own story.To this was added his intimateknowledge and understanding of thelandscape and its history. This workprovided the from-the-ground evidenceto put forward the locally-developedinterpretation of the action of 14 June1645 in print, making Naseby the firstBritish battlefield to be evaluated onthe basis of archaeological findings. Hiswork will be kept alive in futureinvestigations of the countryside inwhich this crucial battle of the EnglishCivil War took place and they willmaintain the high standards ofintegrity to which he subjected himself.

Michael was a member of theBattlefields Trust and a founder trusteeof the Naseby Battlefield Project. Theprogress of the Project has beensustained by his steady dedication tothe work and has been guided by hisprudent counsel. But to many of us hewas and did far more than that. He wasa wise, generous and humorous friendwe will miss very much indeed.

MMaarrttiinn MMaattrriixx--EEvvaannss

Mike was, as I always told him, thevoice of wisdom, reason and sanity, andI knew that I could ask him anythingand he would know. His knowledge onso many subjects was immense. In hisstudy is the most beautiful photo ofSally as a very young woman, lookingutterly lovely, and I told him I could seewhy he had fallen in love with her. I willmiss him terribly.

Joan Beretta

We would like to extend our

thanks to all of you in the village

and beyond who have expressed

their heartfelt messages of

condolence.

The very many cards and letters

have been, and continue to be, an

immense source of comfort to us

all.

Many thanks.

Sally, Tim & Scott Westaway

With the signing of the Armistice,parishioners of Naseby, in commonwith other towns and villages up anddown the country, wished to erect amemorial to honour those men fromthe village who were killedduring the Great War. Itwas with this aim that theParish Council called aspecial Parish Meeting onthe evening of March28th 1919. The outcomeof that packed meeting,held in the school underthe mellow light of thebig oil lamps, was that itwas proposed andseconded that a WarMemorial be obtained forNaseby and that a NasebyWar Memorial Committeebe appointed to proceedwith the matter and reportback to a future Parish Meeting.

It was not until the following June thatthe committee, having met severaltimes, reported back to the ParishMeeting. Here, after much discussion,it was proposed and seconded that theparishioners of the Parish of Nasebyerect a Couchant Lion as a fittingMemorial to those who had laid downtheir lives for King and Country andhad served in any capacity in HisMajesty's Service during the GreatWar of 1914-18.

The few dissenting voices, led by theRev. Hopper, who had wanted amemorial in the form of a cross andwho proposed that the matter bepostponed until the Exhibition ofMemorial Design in London had takenplace, were outvoted. The meetingalso considered an offer, made by theowner of Church Farm, of a piece of

land opposite the first block of fourterraced houses in the High Streetupon which the monument could beerected. It was agreed that the moneywould be raised by donations and a

house to house collection. Some £40had already been pledged by the endof the meeting.

It is obvious that the site of thememorial was quite an emotive issue,flavoured by more than a little of thegood old Church /Chapel enmity thathad a habit of creeping into villageaffairs. At the next meeting held onApril 30th 1920, convened to decidethe location of the site, a propositionwas carried by 42 votes to 26 that theMemorial be erected in thechurchyard, under the clock. A votewas also taken to decide if all thenames of the men who had servedduring the war would have theirnames inscribed on the Memorial oronly those who had lost their lives

Only ex-service men voted and theoutcome was 4 in favour of and 15against the proposition. The secretaryof the committee was instructed towrite to the Vicar and Churchwardensasking for permission to erect theMemorial in the churchyard. The vicarpassed on the request to the

appropriate authorities inPeterborough.

From two Memoranda,written by the ChancellorA.B. Kemp now held in theNorthamptonshire RecordOffice, it is obvious that theapplication was not wellreceived. First he quoted theBishop's AdvisoryCommittee who haddiscussed the request andhad arrived at the conclusionthat the design was moresuited for a village greenthan a churchyard. He then

asked for more information asto why such an unsuitable design hadbeen chosen. With this, andconfirmation that the NasebyMemorial Committee still wished topursue their request, he wrote to theRegistrar, a Mr Flude:

15th July.

Dear Mr Flude,

I have decreed citation - I leaveLondon for the West of England{Lyme Regis} on July 29th for twomonths. As I have had no holiday fora year I can not break into it bycoming from Lyme Regis to theDiocese in the middle of it,especially as the matter is not apressing one. I shall not able to holda court until the end of Septemberas it will be necessary for me to holdthe Court at Naseby, as I ought tosee the Churchyard. I can not at the

THE STORY OF THE LION

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LION MEMORIAL UNVEILING ON A VERY WET MARCH DAY -

1921

moment say what the fees will bebut will look into it and let you knowlater.

Yours very truly. A.B. Kemp.

At a meeting held on 30th July 1920,the Vicar read out the reply fromPeterborough. This prompted aproposition that the Committee waituntil after the Court was held. The Rev.Hopper proposed, as an amendment

which was seconded by Mr. Halford,that the Memorial be erected on thegreen opposite Mr Heard's house at thejunction of School Lane and ChurchStreet. The amendment was carried.The secretary was instructed to writeto Brixworth District Council for thenecessary permission. Was it themention of the fees, which would havebeen quite considerable, or the factthat he was not keen on having toentertain the Chancellor for a day thatprompted the Vicar to propose theamendment, we will never know.

The company of J. C. Pullen and Sons,Monumental Masons, Bridge StreetNorthampton, were commissioned todesign and erect the Memorial whichis believed to have cost £225. Theunveiling ceremony was carried out byGeneral Lord Horn in the pouring rainon Sunday 6th March 1921.

CCooppyyrriigghhtt rreemmaaiinnss wwiitthh MMiikkeeWWeessttaawwaayy,, OOccttoobbeerr 22000099..

This will sadly be the last of thesewonderful insights into Naseby gone-bythat have so kindly been supplied to useach issue by the late Mike Westaway.Although I only met Mike just the once,at one of the open days for the proposedBattlefield & Civil War Museum, I couldtell he was a remarkable character.Apparently he always got embarrassedabout people praising his articles, but hefelt everyone should know about thehistory of the village. On my way to hisfuneral I drove up the hill from MarketHarborough towards Naseby and sawthat the flags at the viewing platformswere at half mast, which made mesmile. I thought it was an honourabletouch for an honourable man. He will bemissed by many. Our thoughts are withhis family - ed)


Bit of FunIssue 22

A BIT OF FUN!THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

- REVISED POLICY -

Effective immediately, the followingeconomizing measures are beingimplemented in the "Twelve Days ofChristmas" subsidiary:

• TThhee PPaarrttrriiddggee will be retained, but thePPeeaarr TTrreeee, which never produced thecash crop forecasted, will be replaced bya plastic hanging plant, providingconsiderable savings in maintenance.

• 22 TTuurrttllee DDoovveess romance duringworking hours could not be condoned.The positions are, therefore, eliminated.

• The 33 FFrreenncchh HHeennss will remain, afterall, everyone loves the French.

• 44 CCaalllliinngg BBiirrddss will be replaced by anautomated voice mail system, with a callwaiting option. An analysis is underwayto determine who the birds have beencalling, how often and how long theytalked.

• The 55 GGoolldd RRiinnggss have been put onhold by the Board of Directors.Maintaining a portfolio based on onecommodity could have negativeimplications for institutional investors.Diversification into other preciousmetals and high technology stocksarebeing looked into.

• The 66 GGeeeessee--aa--LLaayyiinngg constitutes aluxury which can no longer be afforded.It has long been felt that the productionrate of one egg per goose per day wasan example of the general decline inproductivity.

• The 77 SSwwaannss--aa--SSwwiimmmmiinngg is obviouslya number chosen in better times. Thefunction is primarily decorativetherefore mechanical swans are onorder.

• 88 MMaaiiddss--aa--MMiillkkiinngg has been underheavy scrutiny by the EEC. Amale/female balance in the workforceis being sought. The more militantmaids consider this a dead-end job with

no upward mobility.

• 99 LLaaddiieess DDaanncciinngg has always been anodd number. This function will bephased out as these individuals growolder and can no longer do the steps.

• 1100 LLoorrddss--aa--LLeeaappiinngg is overkill. Thehigh cost of Lords, plus the expensesscandal, international air travel,prompted the Compensation Committeeto suggest replacing this group with tenout-of-work ministers. While leapingability may be somewhat sacrificed, thesavings are significant as we expect anoversupply of unemployed ministers thisyear.

• 1111 PPiippeerrss PPiippiinngg and 1122 DDrruummmmeerrssDDrruummmmiinngg is a simple case of the bandgetting too big. A substitution with aniPod, a cutback on new music, and nouniforms, will produce savings whichwill drop right to the bottom line.

Merry Christmas one and all!

AJ Green

Interviews Issue 22


Recently a whirlwind blew into mykitchen, stayed a couple of hours andthen blew straight back out again. I hadmet the Gould twins, Cherise andDanielle, and I felt quite giddy just frombeing in their presence for that shortperiod of time!

Naseby residents Cherise andDanielle recently took part in atelevision documentary ‘TheSecret Life of Twins’, aired onBBC1 on the 30th of September.

The documentary has followed astudy of 520 twins from across thecountry which aims to discover ifepigenetics (the study of how theenvironment may modify ourgenes) could hold the key tounderstanding why some chancelife events might switch on or offthe genetic predispositions thatwe are dealt with at birth.

Cherise and Danielle, now 20,have been involved in the studysince the age of 16 and haveundergone many psychological andmedical tests in order to help ‘The AdultTwin Register’ campaign with theirresearch.

They participate about three times ayear at St Thomas’ Hospital in Londonwith tests such as bone density, blood,personality profiling, strength etc. Theresearch conducted to date has alreadyled to breakthroughs in theunderstanding of conditions such asosteoporosis and diabetes.

Cherise and Danielle have a long familyhistory within the village since theirGreat Grandfather moved to Nasebyduring the war. They now live with theirparents in Nutcote, where they are

known as Droid and Zoid!!!!!

After attending Guilsborough School, thegirls were split up for the first timewhen Cherise decided to continue intothe 6th form while Danielle chose toattend college in Northampton. Cherise

now works at a dental nurse in MarketHarborough and Danielle is in her finalyear at Swansea University.

You may have met the girls as they haveboth worked in the Fitz in the past, theyhave also served time at Naseby HQwhere Cherise currently does a regularSaturday afternoon stint.

Despite now living nearly 200 milesapart during term times, they talk toeither other every day without fail onthe phone (fortunately they haveunlimited minutes to each other builtinto their mobile phone contracts!!!).

IINNTTEERRVVIIEEWWEERRSS NNOOTTEE:: I hope thisinterview is a transcript of who saidwhat, but this is very unlikely! Cherise

and Danielle do seem to have a veryunique relationship. Apart fromfinishing each other’s sentencesfrequently, they also talk in unison oftenand then transgress into a debate aboutthings. Hilarious to watch, not so easy tointerview!

IIss tthheerree aa hhiissttoorryy ooff ttwwiinnss iinn yyoouurrffaammiillyy??

DDaanniieellllee: No, not at all we werethe first. In fact our parentsthought we were going to be asingle boy for most of thepregnancy. I am hoping we arethe start of a twins line and that Iwill go onto have twins.

CChheerriissee: and I want triplets!

SSoo,, tthhee oobbvviioouuss qquueessttiioonn ...... JJuusstthhooww aalliikkee aanndd ttuunneedd iinnttoo eeaacchhootthheerr aarree yyoouu??

DDaanniieellllee: We both

CChheerriissee: do finish each other’ssentences, and we both do like tolaugh a lot.

(IInntteerrvviieewweerrss nnoottee:: I don’t think theyhave stopped chuckling since theyarrived, hence feeling quite giddymyself already.)

B: When we were born at Northamptonhospital the doctors told us we were notidentical, then the doctors at St Thomas’later found us to be so. The personalityprofiling of the study also found us tohave very similar traits.

DDaanniieellllee: We can pick out many obviousdifferences though, certaincharacteristics such as the fact that I amvery laid back,

CChheerriissee: and I am definitely not.

DDaanniieellllee: When we were younger weused to have our own ‘special’ language

DOUBLE TAKE! Naseby twins appear intelevision documentary


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that we had just completely made up.

CChheerriissee: We even amazed ourselves thisyear when we both picked out our Mumthe exact same Mothers Day card, eventhough I had bought mine in MarketHarborough and Danielle had boughthers in Swansea!

DDaanniieellllee: We have both picked out thesame clothes previously when we havebeen on different shopping trips.

CChheerriissee: We very rarely argue, althoughwe do bicker quite a bit (Interviewersnote, yes girls you do, he he), oh andDanielle is a real Daddy’s girl.

DDaanniieellllee: Ultimately being part of a twinto me means never feeling completelyalone in life, even when we are apart.

SSoo,, wwee hhaavvee eessttaabblliisshheedd hhooww ssiimmiillaarr yyoouuaarree,, wwhhaatt ddiiffffeerreennttiiaatteess yyoouu??

CChheerriissee: I love writing lists and I amvery organised,

DDaanniieellllee: and I am not at all organised.In fact I get really annoyed by lists!

(IInntteerrvviieewweerrss nnoottee :: This wasimmediately apparent!!! Cherise arrivedwith loads of photos, newspaperclippings and details of their televisionappearance. Danielle has copies too,somewhere ... in her bedroom, shethinks!)

CChheerriissee: Oh and themessiness. Weused to share abedroom andDanielle was somessy I had to puta line of cushionsdown the middledrawing an exactline.

DDaanniieellllee: Although Iam a lot tidier now.If we fall out,Cherise holds agrudge whilst I

forget straight away.

CChheerriissee: Well that is as maybe but I canconcentrate a lot more.

HHaavvee yyoouu eevveerr ddoonnee tthhee oobbvviioouuss ttwwiinnssttrriicckk oonn ppeeooppllee??

BBootthh: Not really, well, maybe once atBrownies but we could and should havedone it a lot more.

DDaanniieellllee: Remember Cherise when youwere very ill in hospital and I came tovisit you. The Nursing Sister wasamazed to see me walking out of theward and thought you had made amiraculous recovery! She shouted at meto get back into bed again immediately.

DDoo yyoouu eennjjooyy ssppeennddiinngg lloottss ooff ttiimmeettooggeetthheerr??

BBootthh:: We spend loads of our spare timetogether.

CChheerriissee: When Danielle is home fromuni, she automatically expects me toclear my diary!

DDaanniieellllee: We love going on shoppingtrips together, seeing friends, day tripsetc.

BBootthh:: and of course we always go onholiday together, in fact we are planninga trip together to America for our 21st,just the two of us. (Interviewer makes a

mental note to give TheDepartment ofHomeland Security alittle warning.)

AArree yyoouu bbootthh aattttrraacctteeddttoo tthhee ssaammee ffrriieennddssaanndd bbooyyffrriieennddss??

BBootthh: We do share alot of our friendsalthough it was nicewhen we went todifferent 6th formsand could be seen asindividuals and buildup individualfriendships.

DDaanniieellllee: Regarding boys, well we bothlike rugby players.

BBootthh: Yet we are attracted to differentpersonality traits.

BBootthh: and we both agree that if ourboyfriends don’t get on with the othertwin, they are history!

SSoo hhaass tthheerree eevveerr bbeeeenn aannyy ccoommppeettiittiioonnoonn tthhee bbooyyffrriieenndd ffrroonntt??

DDaanniieellllee: Well there was one incident. Imet somebody at college, we both reallyliked him but Cherise ended up datinghim, I wondered what she had got that Ididn’t. It didn’t work out in the endthough.

CChheerriissee: Yes, if I spent time togetherwith him alone at the week-endsDanielle used to get very jealous.

DDaanniieellllee: No not true, well ok, justslightly annoyed.

AAnnyy nneeggaattiivveess ttoo bbeeiinngg ppaarrtt ooff ttwwiinnss??

BBootthh: It can be annoying to constantlybe referred to as ‘the twins’. SometimesChristmas cards addressed to ‘Geoff, Joand The Twins’ can seem a littleimpersonal.

SSoo,, eerrmm,, jjuusstt aa ggeenneerraall iinntteerreesstt qquueessttiioonn......WWhhaatt iiss iitt RREEAALLLLYY lliikkee ttoo wwoorrkk ffoorrHHeennrryy aatt NNaasseebbyy HHQQ??

CChheerriissee: Hilarious, he is not veryassertive and can’t tell me off as heknows I will just laugh. He is really goodfun, always happy.

DDaanniieellllee: Yes he is never boring. In factsorry, but there is nothing bad we cansay about him.

Sally Field

IInntteerrvviieewweerr:: Thank you girls for yourtime, it was a real pleasure to meet youboth. x

Further details of the study the twinsparticipated in can be found atwww.twinsuk.ac.uk

IINNTTEERREESSTTIINNGG FFAACCTTDDiidd yyoouu kknnooww,, tthheerree aarree 55 sseettss ooff ttwwiinnss

iinn NNaasseebbyy,, aallll ooff wwhhiicchh aarree iiddeennttiiccaall!!

David Faulks wasborn in 1945 andwas like many otherboys of the sameage. He went toSunday school, hisparents took him tochurch everySunday and he sangin the church choir.Then he discoveredrugby football andgirls and stoppedgoing to church!

After leaving schoolI went to LeicesterUniversity and read zoology. Afterfinals I was offered the position ofMuseum Curator at the university andstayed there until I realised that Icould earn more money elsewhere. Iwent into insurance, initially workingfor someone else and then setting upmy own insurance company.Eventually I left the insurancebusiness and set up a manufacturingbusiness; we made windows. I wasworking seven days a week. In themeantime I had married Ann andalthough I still wasn't attendingchurch she was.

SSoo wwhheenn ddiidd yyoouu kknnooww yyoouu wwaanntteedd ttoobbeeccoommee aa vviiccaarr??

It crept up on me, I was driving towork one Sunday morning, I passedthe church in Knighton and saw lots ofpeople going into the church. Ithought to myself 'why am I going towork whilst all those people are goingto church?' The following Sunday Ididn't go to work I went to churchwith Ann. I guess you could say it was

my 'Damascus Road' moment.Sometime later I applied to

Nottingham Universityto do a Theology andPastoral Care degree.

SSoo wwhhaatt hhaappppeenneeddnneexxtt??

By this time my familyhad moved toAustralia and I appliedfor a job in Perthworking in MarriageGuidance. I thoughtthat this was what Iwanted to do but Iended up asking God ifI was making the right

decision as it meant leavingall of Ann's family behind. On the daythat the short listing was being donefor the Perth job, my answer came ina phone call from the Bishop ofLeicester who asked me to go andvisit the vicar of Market Harborough;he needed a curate. It felt the rightthing to do from the very start. Thevicar had also come to the church atthe age of 40 and he had amanufacturing background, I said'yes please' and have never regrettedit. I spent 4 years there beforemoving to Wootton Bassett where Ispent nearly 3 years. My next movewas to Naseby, Clipston, Haselbechand Kelmarsh and I'm still here. I'dalways been a townie and wasn't surewhat to do with a rural parish but Iwas soon doing it my way. I used todoor knock around the parish just tochat to people but nowadays I ringfirst, a sign of the times I guess.Sometimes I think I should havemoved on but I get great joy fromwatching babies I have baptizedbecome adults, marry and then bringtheir babies back to me for their

baptism.

TThheerree hhaavvee bbeeeenn ttwwoo ddeeaatthhss iinn mmyyffaammiillyy dduurriinngg tthheessee llaasstt ttwweellvveemmoonntthhss aanndd iitt mmaakkeess mmee wwoonnddeerr hhoowwyyoouu ddeeaall wwiitthh tthhee ssaaddnneessss tthhaatt ddeeaatthhbbrriinnggss ttoo yyoouurr ddoooorr..

I have to be professional about it as Ican't carry my parishioners' sadnesson my shoulders. In the case of achild it's best just to sit quietly andlisten as I have no answers that wouldhelp. If it's an adult, particularly oneof great age, it is so much easier todeal with; I hope I bring a glimmer oflight to the tragedy. I used to be ableto give people a comforting hug butnow...Also at the end of each day Ipray for the strength I need to helppeople through this very sad time. Ihave actually conducted a familyfuneral when my step father-in-lawpassed away but I know that when itcame to my father dying I was notable to have the objectivity needed, Ijust mourned his death like anyoneelse.

AAss ppaarrtt ooff yyoouurr jjoobb yyoouu aarree aallssoo oonn tthheeGGoovveerrnniinngg bbooddiieess ooff NNaasseebbyy aannddCClliippssttoonn sscchhooooll,, iiss tthhaatt aa ppaarrtt ooff tthheejjoobb tthhaatt yyoouu eennjjooyy??

Spending time with the children is avery rewarding part of my work; theyask such difficult questions and arefascinated by death and dying. For along time I haven't been as active inthis area as I like to be; I had M.E. anda heart attack and the Bishopsuggested I cut back on all thecommittees and extra curricularactivities but I'm beginning to feellike myself again and I'm now backdoing assemblies, I try and get intoeach school four times a term. I hopeto resume attending Governors'meeting as well.

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Revd. David Faulks

A Chat with…


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CCaann wwee ttaallkk aabboouutt yyoouurr oowwnn ffaammiillyy??

Well I'm married to Ann and we havetwo daughters Maria and Rachel andfour grandchildren William, Matthew,Natalie and Rebecca. Ourgrandchildren give Ann and me somuch joy. Not only did I baptise mygrandchildren which was a privilegeand very, very special, previously Ihad conducted my daughters'wedding ceremonies. As Dad, Iwalked them down the aisle and thenI changed places and became thevicar.

TThhaatt mmuusstt hhaavvee bbeeeenn qquuiittee ddiiffffiiccuulltt..

Not at all, it was just a question ofgeography, and where you stand forthe ceremony.

WWhhaatt aabboouutt rreettiirreemmeenntt??

I'm 64 and the recommended age forofficial retirement is 70; some vicarscontinue for longer but they do needthe permission of their Bishop. Idon't think I will ever fully retire. Asa clergyman I can get an annuallicence to officiate and then I can bea 'supply' vicar standing in forabsences, illnesses etc. It means Ican pick and choose how much workI want to do; it means I could choosenot to do midnight mass; it means nopaperwork, sounds good to me.

SSoo ssuumm uupp wwhhaatt iitt mmeeaannss ttoo yyoouu ttoo bbeerruurraall vviiccaarr..

It means I share in the most joyousand happiest times of people's livesand also the saddest times ofpeople's lives. And believe me theadvantages of this job far outweighthe disadvantages.

PPaatt RReeeeddmmaann

ANTICS AT THEPLAYGROUNDI usually have really fun pieces to write forour Natters Magazine, and so, when theeditor asked me to do a piece about theabuse and desecration of the children'splayground at the village hall I was, to saythe least, horrified and shocked by what Idiscovered could have taken place in ourpeaceful village of Naseby!

I thought long and hard and decided thatthe only way to tackle the problem was"head-on" and so I begin by asking all ofthe parents of teenagers in the village "Doyou really know what they are up to,whilst you, relaxing at home, think theyare just out and about with friends?"

It would appear that the playgroundbecame a "hot-spot" meeting place overthe summer both for the older youth ofthe village and their friends from thesurrounding area.

Not a problem I hear you say, but when, asI did, you find that they are not onlydrinking, smoking and getting up to all theusual pranks which, let's face it, we've alldone in our youth, they have found time toscoop up dog poo and smear it all downthe kiddies slide, break bottles in the grassarea to such an extent that it was almostimpossible to clear up. Parents came to thepark the folowing day with their little onesto play on the swings and slide but simplyhad to turn around and go back homeagain as it was so unbelievably dangerous.The Parish Council tried to clear it upthemselves after it had been reported butthere was such tiny shards of glasseverywhere 4 children who were visitingthe village cut themsleves as well as theeditors little boy. The Parish Council had toresort to instructing the council to comewith an industrial Hoover to get rid of allthe broken glass to make it safe again.

A mattress was also found behind the hall,not to mention an array of used condoms,presumably associated with the antics onthe mattress!

This is a children's playground, not alatrine for the village dogs, and thespreading of the excrement is not onlyparticularly horrible it does run a real riskto health, not to mention blindnessassociated with the toxocara worm. Smallchildren get the mess on their clothes andtheir hands and before you know it it's intheir eyes and mouths. The dangers ofbroken glass are really quite obvious toanyone. And used mattresses andcondoms...well need I say more!

The police have been informed and thenames of some of the perpetrators areknown both to the district council and thepolice, so be warned, serious action will betaken if such behaviour continues. We willeven name and shame in Natters, for theentire village to read, both the youngstersand their parents if these horrendousgoing's on do not stop! There is even arumour of the Parish Council consideringinstalling CCTV, which will, of course, eatheavily into the funds for the hall, whichwe all work so hard to generate.

The children's playground is for youngchildren...please make sure that your olderchildren respect the value of it for the littleones of the village and that, God forbid, asan adult you let your dog go in it (whichincidentally you shouldn't) you at leasthave the decency to clear up any mess itmay make!

I hope that you are as shocked as I was,when I researched this article and it willcause all the parents in the village to thinkvery carefully about where their teenagersare of an evening and just what they areup to!

Sue Turner

NNaammee:: Father Christmas(aka: Santa Claus, aka:St Nicholas, or ‘Mr FC’ tomy Home boyz!)

AAggee:: 400 years andcounting!

MMaarriittaall ssttaattuuss:: Marriedto Mrs Christmas (andhow!)

LLooccaattiioonn:: Lapland andoccasionally Greenland

JJoobb TTiittllee:: Delivery Boyand Chief Granter ofWishes

OObbjjeeccttiivvee:: To ensure allthe children of theworld behave (or atleast during December!)

HHoobbbbiieess:: Bossing Elves about/Sneakingup on Children to make sure they aregood...you have been warned!

QQuuaalliiffiiccaattiioonnss:: Never went to school butspeaks in every language known to manand answer to a name in everylanguage! i.e "Papa Noel"

OOvveerrvviieeww:: Officially only works onenight a year, although there is a lot ofplanning and preparation to do so showsgreat organisational skills. Happy in anyenvironment and especially good in coldweather. Excellent communicationskills “Ho Ho Ho”, and fantasticallystylish! Very good with children andanimals and an expert reindeertrainer.

So what is it really like being FatherChristmas?

Well, of course I only work one day ayear, what a perfect job, and normallyit goes really rather swimmingly, but

Christmas 2008 wasone of the oddoccasions when thingsdid not go so well, andfrankly I would nowrather forget thatparticular year!

So what happened?

Well, it all started at12.00am midnight onChristmas Eve. A loudringing in my eardisturbed my slumbersand dreams of large softdowny beds, making mesplutter and jump upwith a rather severeheadache (MrsChristmas had served a

particularly good Sherry trifle the nightbefore!).

Through my somewhat hazy vision Itried desperately for some minutes toshove my feet into the furry extremitiesof the tabby cat curled up on the mat bythe bed, only to be thwarted by someextremely sharp claws.

Eventually finding my slippers andstruggling to the bathroom I showered,cleaned my teeth and lumbered backinto the bedroom, where that bed justwas so inviting I laid down on it again,

for just a few minutes you understand...

Awakened once more by a sharp prod inthe back by Mrs Christmas I looked atthe clock to discover, to my horror it wasalmost 1.00am!!! Crikey, I should be halfway to China by now, however was Igoing to catch up?

So what did you do????

Well, I grabbed my best (and only) suit,you know that smart red one with theermine lining (Christian Dior it 'aint -but cosy it is!). Hooded, of course, tokeep out the cold, I bet you neverthought of Father Christmas as a“hoody” did you?

Having tried to get both legs in onetrouser leg I fell down the stairs with aresounding bump until I landed heavilyon the reindeer sleeping at the bottomof the stairs. Well a nice soft landing forme and it certainly woke them up!

I hurried out, chivvying all of themalong and harnessed them to the sleigh,which, thankfully the elves (did I tellyou I had hundreds of elves working forme all year, which is why I don't haveto!) had loaded up with all the presentsfor all the children in all the world.

Fiddlesticks, Rudolph's battery neededchanging as his nose was more aglimmer than a glow and quite uselessas headlights as I zoomed across thesky. Rushing back indoors to find a PP3I tripped over the pile of sleeping elvesand landed face down in the left overtrifle. I jumped up and wiped all thesweet stuff off of my suit (leaving just asmidgen in my beard in case I should

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get hungry later on!) and grabbing abattery ran back to the sleigh and thereindeer, changed Rudolph's batteryand set off!

So where did you deliver the firstpresents to?

The first house I came to was in Russiaand it had a very small chimney, so bythe time I had wriggled my already‘substantial frame’ down it I wascovered in soot which had stuck, notunsurprisingly to the left over trifle inmy beard, so much for a mid-trek snack!Anyway I delivered my parcels downeda glass of sherry and ate the mince piewhich was thoughtfully left for me.

Suffice it to say that by the time I hadvisited all the houses and completed thesame ritual across all the continents ofScandinavia, Asia, America, Australia,Europe, etc, etc. I was a ‘little’ tipsy anda lot full up!!! Eventually I reached thelast house of the night and dropped thepresents for the GGOOOODD boys and girlsliving there. Nursing a severe case ofhiccups and terrible indigestion, I gotback in the sleigh and with a rathermeandering route we all arrived safelyback in Greenland.

And there was my lovely downy, comfybed waiting for me, Mrs Christmas stillfast asleep and snoring loudly rolledover to let me get in, clothes and all,

tired but now happy that I had managedto complete my once a year mission. (Ijust know she will shout at me for all thesoot and goo I've now put in the bed,but after all she has got another wholeyear to get it washed - or will that beme doing the laundry do you think?)...anyway “A Merry Christmas to All andto All a Goodnight”

This year I shall consider using RoyalMail - if they're not on strike!

(Sue Turner)


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S O W H A T D O Y O U D O ?If you have an unusual or interestingjob let us know - we’d love to feature

you in the next issue of Natters!

The Naseby Battlefield Trailhas grown in the last twelve months, themost notable addition being theopening of the Market Harborough CivilWar Trail. This provides six newinterpretation boards. Sites ofimportance - where Prince Rupertstayed the night before the battle andwhere Cromwell was the night after, forexample - link up with the battle storyat Bloodyman's Ford, in Welland Park.

The visitors to the Trail are nownumbered at about 12,000 per annum,an increase of over 20% on last year.

The Living History Visitor Centre: Agrant has been received to fund work onthe preparation of a planningapplication for the visitor facility thatthe Project's trustees plan to create onthe southern slope of Mill Hill. The workhas been undertaken by AttractMarketing Ltd. and their associates, thepeople who carried out the feasibilitystudies in 2008. Consultations andsurveys are in hand to support the

application which, it is hoped, will be infinal form and ready for widerdiscussion by the end of this year.

Visit to Lodge Park TechnologyCollege, Corby: Martin Marix Evansspent a day with members of theEnglish Civil War Society at a secondaryschool in Corby in October. The Year 8students were given a PowerPointpresentation on the Naseby Campaignand Battle, and were shown musketsand artillery drills and firing, as well asthe work of a sutler and a barber-surgeon. This was part of the school'steaching for History Key Stage 3.

All Party War Graves and BattlefieldHeritage Group: The Naseby BattlefieldProject was invited to attend theOctober meeting of the ParliamentaryGroup interested in this aspect of ournational heritage. Other topicsexamined at the meeting were thediscovery of the bodies of Australiandead of the First World War atFromelles and new commemorativeworks at Worcester. This recognition of,and interest in, the creation of effectiveaccess to the history of the English Civil

War, and of Naseby in particular, iswelcome. With luck it will help ourefforts to raise the funds required torealise the dream.

TThhee AAuuddiioo TTrraaiill: In August the AudioTrail became available on the website,www.naseby.com. From a link on thehome page visitors can go to adescription of the 'Learning Links'project that made the sound tracks, andthen download the tracks themselves.The scripts were written by students ofAbbeyfield School, Northampton andrecorded by them, with Robert Hardyreading the narrative, at the LodgeStudios in Abington Square. Ten tracksallow the visitor to become an 'ear-witness' to the battle at selected siteson the trail.

TThhee TTrruusstteeeess:: We are pleased towelcome Pauline Vann of Naseby to theboard of Trustees of the Project. Shewill, in addition to contributing to ourcouncil, lower the average age of thetrustees and keep us in touch with thechildren of the village.

Martin Marix EvansMore info at: www.naseby.com

The NasebyBattlefield Project:

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No, not the great Irish racehorse, northe “X-Factor”…but what real stars inthe sky can you see from Naseby? Weall notice there are stars in the sky buthow many of us actually look andunderstand what’s going on up there?Stars are dying, being born, speedingthrough space within their galaxies,being crushed by gravity and heated bynuclear fusion– it’s an astronomicalmelodrama every night…AND…it’s beengoing on for millennia!

Many of us just take the stars forgranted. They’re up there, they shine,so what? Are you aware that our Sunis, in fact, a star – a rather boring,middle-of-the-road one, but a star,nevertheless? When you look into thesky you are looking back into history.The light from one of the nearest stars,Sirius, takes about 8 years to reach uson Earth, so we see it as it was 8 yearsago, just after the turn of the century –2001. Even the light from the Suntakes over eight minutes to get here, soyou see it as it was just over eightminutes ago. Find the constellation,Orion, roughly high in the South – we’llshow you how to find it - and you willfind the top left red star, Betelgeuselooks now as it was around 1580(Elizabeth I and about eight yearsbefore the Spanish Armada) and at thebottom right, Rigel, as it was around1230 (Henry III was halfway throughhis reign).

Maybe they’re not there anymore – wedon’t know!

This series of four articles in Nattersover the next year, aims to show youthe main features of our Naseby sky,starting now, in Winter and thenlooking at the Spring, Summer and

Autumn. Somebody suggested I didthese, so I hope you enjoy them. –Thiscould be the start of a pleasant hobbyand maybe, if you have them, yourteenage kids will be studying all this inschool, so be one jump ahead!

First things, first. In the next fewpages I’ll show you how simple it is tofind your way around the sky with onlysimple equipment. The rewards aregreat, so it’s worth gathering a few bitsand pieces together, so that when anice, clear, late evening comes around,you can pop outside prepared. Whatdo you need? Apart from just youreyes, a good pair of binoculars (like10x50) is usually all you need to get agood view of some key astronomicalobjects. Apart from that, you need towrap up because it’s cold at 11.00pmand, you need to know where North is –compass, local map? If you are goingto use a star guide, or even this articlein the dark, use a small torch and coverthe end with a bit of red cellophanefrom a Xmas chocolate wrapper. Thiswill stop your night vision being lost inthe brightness of the bulb. It takesabout ten minutes for your eyes to getused to the dark, so it’s a pity to wasteall that effort when you switch on thetorch! Your garden is probably going toprovide a decent view of much of thesky but later on, you may wish toventure further out along Naseby’scountry approach roads in search ofclearer views, especially lower to thehorizon. If you do this, remember towear white at night so you can be seenand take care not to clutter or litter anyfield entrances. Good views from Westaround to the South East are from theGuilsborough road, to the North (andEast), along the Sibbertoft road and, to

the East, along the road to Haselbech.

(Should you be tempted to view the skyin the daytime, remember, never,never, never look at the Sun throughbinoculars or a telescope – you couldlose your sight permanently.)

So what’s up there that we can see overNew Year? The sky changes all yearround so I’ve decided to describe thesky as it is roughly on January 1st(about 10pm –11pm) even though yougot your “Natters” in December! If youlook earlier, the stars will be a bit tothe left (East) on the chart, or if a bitlater in the month, more to the right(West). You’ll get the hang of it! Ishan’t describe everything – just a fewinteresting things to start with. Thereare good cheap books around to take itfurther or some newspapers have starand planet maps for each month, too.

In the winter, there are lots ofinteresting stars but the planet Mars isa real hit feature this time around.Also, try to find the huge AndromedaGalaxy – the furthest away object it ispossible to see with the naked eye at2.5 million light-years. This is 15million million million miles! If youhad this much money in pounds, youcould spend 60 million million poundsevery day of your life! The map andguide will show you how to find these.

In this article, I’ll try to familiarise youwith the common winter stars andgroups of stars (Constellations), locateMars and the Andromeda Galaxy anddiscuss a little bit about the life ofstars. Next time, we’ll have a look atspring stars and galaxies, then thesummer stars and the planets and thenfinally, for the autumn, cosmology andtheories of the universe.

SEE THE STARS...FROM NASEBY!


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Here’s a Table of the common winterconstellations and their principal stars,together with their distances away inlight-years (l-y) - one light-year isabout 6 million million miles. It is howfar light goes in a year.

(M in the chart stands for Messier – acatalogue of sky features.)

Stars are forming all the time. Theyarise from dust and gas cloudsgathering closely together under theinfluence of gravity. The forces are sogreat that the Hydrogen atoms begin tobe squashed together, fusing intoheavier elements, mainly Helium andgiving off huge energies. (That is whathappens in a Hydrogen bomb.) Thestars then live for a while (in the caseof our Sun about 10 billion years – it isabout 5 billion years old, so far), thehotter ones having shorter lives andthe cooler ones, longer. The colours ofthe stars tell us about theirtemperatures, so the blue white starsare hottest (24000 degrees) and thered ones coolest. The Sun is around5000 degrees at its surface and isyellow. As the Hydrogen is used up, thestar cools and it may collapse (if small)or expand to a red giant or evenexplode (supernova) spreading more

dust and gas over a wide area of spacecreating what may be called a Nebula.Then the whole process starts overagain. The stars we have listed can beeasily seen, as can their colours. Theyare all in the Milky Way Galaxy, whichis where we live and where our Sunand our planets are. The Andromeda

Galaxy is outside the Milky Way andhas its own sets of constellations andstars. There are billions of galaxies inthe Universe.

SOME FEATURES OF THE STAR MAPFOR JANUARY 2010:

Hold the below sky-map in front of youwith the bottom facing South.(You canget a better download version free,from: www.skymaps.com)

If you hold the map up so that North isbehind you and South directly in front,you will be able to find the mainconstellations fairly easily, with a littlepatience – it may be a bit frustrating atfirst! Try to spot Orion first – it is like aperson (no head) with arms and legsspread out, a “belt” and a bright linehanging from the “belt”. Betelgeuse isthe top left red star and Rigel, thebottom right, blue-white super-giantstar. Follow the belt down to the leftand you will see the bright star Sirius,

CCOONNSSTTEELLLLAATTIIOONN MMAAIINN SSTTAARR//CCOOLLOOUURR SSTTAARR DDIISSTTAANNCCEE//LL--YYOrion Betelgeuse (red giant) 430

Rigel (blue-white s’giant) 780Taurus Aldebaran 65Perseus Algol (variable) 95(Plough )+ North star Pole Star/North Star 700Gemini Castor (double star) 45

Pollux (orange giant) 36Canis Major Sirius 8Auriga Capella (yellow) 42Cygnus Deneb (blue-wh supergiant) 3230

OTHER THAN STARS:-Pegasus/Andromeda Andromeda Galaxy (M31) 2.5 millionOrion Great Nebula (M42) 1300

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separate from Orion. This is one of ournearest neighbour stars and is verybright. Go the other way from the beltand up a bit and you will see two“horns” of Taurus (the Bull) just to theupper right of Orion. The big red starhere is Aldebaran – the Eye of the Bull.Further up right again and you will findthe patch of seven bright stars closetogether called the Seven Sisters orPleiades, a great sight in binocularsand an area of star formation. Rightabove you is Capella (in Auriga) – abright yellow star.

Top left of Orion is Gemini (the Twins)and at the left hand end you will seetwo bright stars, one above the other –these are Castor (the upper one) andPollux. Mars is near here in January2010. Mars is to the left (East) ofGemini (about 45 degrees high up) atthe start of Jan and moves on a linetowards the South (bottom of chart)

through the month. See if you can spota constant – not twinkling red light, likea star (but not one), moving that wayover January – this is Mars –the RedPlanet. It is about 150 million milesdistant.

Most of us will recognise The Plough(Big Dipper as the Americans say). ItsPointer stars, at this end of the Plough,in the North-East (back over your leftshoulder!) point to the North (or Pole)Star which indicates North. If you turnaround and look directly at this staryou will be facing North.

Remaining looking North, then find the“W” - Cassiopeia. At this end, the lastthree stars make a point of an arrow,pointing up. Follow this to the West –originally over your right shoulder, butnow slightly to your lower left in thesky and you will find a large squarewith a string of stars going off from itsupper right side. Count two stars away

from Pegasus’ top right corner star,move your eyes down a tiny bit fromthat star line and you will see a fuzzypatch which is the Andromeda galaxy!Good in binocs as soon as you are sureyou have it! You need good viewingconditions and your eyes used to thedark to see this at all but it is amazing.

Now look South again, finding Orionand move down the line of stars fromthe left hand end of the belt. Use thebinocs and you will see a fuzzy patch –not a galaxy this time but an area ofdust and gas called the Orion Nebulawhere stars are being formed fromdust and where, maybe, stars havepreviously exploded to create that dust.Go on the Web and search for OrionNebula, Andromeda Galaxy, Mars andsee what you can find!

I hope you enjoy your stargazing!

Peter Sainsbury

WWiillll yyoouu tteellll uuss wwhheennyyoouu wweerree bboorrnn??

I was born on 23rd May1926, I had my 83rdbirthday this year.

WWhheerree wweerree yyoouu bboorrnn??

I was born in Holkhamin Norfolk. My fatherworked as a gardener at Holkham Hall.

WWhhaatt ccaann yyoouu rreemmeemmbbeerr aabboouutt yyoouurrcchhiillddhhoooodd??

My father was very strict and he didn'tbelieve in wasting time so heencouraged my two sisters, twobrothers and me to spend our timelearning rather than playing. We didn'thave many toys but we played footballand cricket, went out into the fields to

play with our friends and I remember Ihad a small tricycle. I was stillvery young when my fathermoved us all to New Holkhamwhich was two miles inland.There wasn't a school in NewHolkham and so one of theestate workers would collectus in the 'game wagon' andtake us back to Old Holkham.As the youngest I was alwayscalled the 'Benjamin', I thinkthis was a reference toBenjamin in the Bible the

youngest brother of Joseph. Ialso remember I used to get 3d a weekpocket money.

HHooww oolldd wweerree yyoouu wwhheenn yyoouu wweenntt ttoosscchhooooll??

I think I started school just before my5th birthday.

WWhhaatt eellssee ddiidd yyoouu ddoo??

We moved to Hingham when I was 7and when I was 9 I joined the church

choir; St. Andrews was the secondlargest parish church in the county. Ienjoyed singing and was told I had avery good voice. We used to get paid3d for each of the Sunday services, 2dfor choir practice and 2/6d forweddings and funerals. When I went tosenior school I joined the football team;I played in the first team for four years.

DDiidd yyoouu ggoo oonn hhoolliiddaayy??

Yes, we used to go two or three times ayear to visit my aunt in Worcestershire.She was a Head Mistress and she wasvery strict; sometimes she was evenstricter than my father. I didn't havean unhappy childhood but I think it waslacking something and I was pleasedwhen it came to an end.

WWhheenn yyoouu wweerree aa lliittttllee bbooyy wwhhaatt ddiiddyyoouu eeaatt??

When I was a child a lot of people werevery hard up and big families were thenorm. I remember some familieshaving 10, 12 and in one case 18

LUCY & JESSICA ASK…“Can we talk toStan Barton abouthis childhood?”

Why travel a long distance when youcan choose and buy your Christmastrees and wreathslocally and at the sametime have a look aroundthe shop (this yearextended to carry evenmore gifts andChristmas goods) andpet the animals(donkeys, ponies, goats,alpacas and possiblypigs). Will Miles ofWelford Christmas TreeFarm is once againopening for business. This year thefarm will open every day from 28thNovember until Christmas Eve.

In 2009 Will and his wife Ella haveadded even more trees to theiralready substantial acreage, this inturn means increasing the number oftheir rare breed Shropshire sheepwho are given the task of keeping thegrass around the trees cropped. Byusing their Shropshire sheep to keepthe grass down, Will and Ella are ableto reduce the amount of herbicidesused as the 'white & fluffy, greenweed killers' will munch virtuallyeverything except the thistles.

During 2009 Will reached the final 32

in the British Christmas Tree GrowersAssociation Champion GrowersCompetition. The winner providesthe official Christmas tree for 10,Downing Street. Alongside the tree

competition runs another one toprovide the wreath to decoratethe front door of No.10, andElla decided to enter thiscategory. Although neitherWill nor Ellamanaged to win(this was theirfirst attemptafter all!) theygained valuableexperience andunderstanding of

what the judgeswere looking for; just byexamining the otherentries they hope thatnext year it might betheir tree and wreathadorning the PrimeMinister's London home.Even though Will's treedidn't win it had stillreceived a lot of TLC. AsWill told me “for acompetition like this atree needs about 10years of growth, it needsregular pruning toachieve a goodChristmas tree shape

and we also have to deal with therabbits & aphids”.

So before you buy your tree, makeyour way to the farm and take a lookat what is on offer there, you'll bepleased you did, especially if Will hasremembered to put out the mulledwine and mince pies!

Pat Reedman

OH CHRISTMAS TREE,OH CHRISTMAS TREE...


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WWiillll MMiilleessWWeellffoorrdd CChhrriissttmmaass

TTrreeee FFaarrmm

children and they found it very difficultto feed such a lot ofpeople. I was lucky; withmy father working on bigestates there were alwaysa lot of rabbits,pheasants, chickens,geese, ducks and freshveg available for mymother to cook. Shemade lots of pies andcakes. I didn't have manysweets but I rememberenjoying gob-stoppers.

We may not have had a lot but we werealways satisfied with whatwe had.

DDiidd yyoouu hhaavvee aannyy ppeettss??

As well as all the animalson the estate I had a largeginger cat called Sandyand when I was older adog called Susie.

HHooww oolldd wweerree yyoouu wwhheennyyoouu lleefftt sscchhooooll??

I was 14, which was thenormal leaving age in

1940. I started work as an apprentice

baker. But my father decided that

because of the war we should move to

the Midlands; he was offered the job of

Head Gardener at Haselbech Hall and

we moved on October 16th.

WWhheenn ddiidd yyoouu mmoovvee ttoo NNaasseebbyy??

Not until after I married Eunice in June

1950, we were married for 47 years.

Lucy & Jessica

Issue 22Recipe & Local News


TURKEY TETRAZZINIEasy recipe for left over turkey!

Serves 4• 50g butter• 2 tbs flour• 250ml hot chicken stock• Tabasco sauce• 1 egg yolk lightly beaten• 1 tbs dry sherry• 3 tbs sgl cream• 300g diced cooked turkey• 200g chestnut mushrooms sliced

& fried in a little butter• 200g spaghetti, cooked• 4 tbs grated Parmesan

Make the white sauce by meltingthe butter in a pan. Stir in the flourand gradually whisk in the stockuntil the sauce is smooth. Add a fewdrops of Tabasco (to taste) andwhisk in the egg yolk, sherry andcream. Stir in the turkey andmushrooms. Layer the spaghettiwith the sauce in an ovenproof dish,sprinkle with Parmesan and grill (orbake) until brown. Serve and enjoy!

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If you have a recipe you would liketo share - send it in!

Recipe Corner THE GYM ACADEMYYou may still be wondering what thenew business is that sprung up at theold Westaway Motors site earlier in theyear. Well, we thoughtwe would find out foryou - just incase youhaven’t been braveenough to pop in...

So what’s the GymAcademy all about?

My background spansalmost 20 years in thehealth and Leisure industry. I spent 13extremely enjoyable years within thehealth and Fitness Clubs, starting mycareer as a Gym Instructor and workingmy way up to Club Manager in a varietyof different establishments rangingfrom public sector to hotel Leisureclubs. The work that I found mostfulfilling was working with people tohelp them weight loss, tone up, increasethere fitness levels and reach theirstrength goals. I also worked withrehabilitation clients recovering from avariety of conditions.

There is an old saying “Your health isyour greatest wealth” and that is what Ilive by.

Being fitter enables the body's vitalorgans to function more effectively. Ibelieve exercise is the key to a greaterenjoyment of life. It is both a greatstress reliever, a lifter of depressionand there is nothing better thanexercising to help speed up and assistrecovery.

In 2001 I embarked on a role with aCompany called Life Fitness as anaccount manager. Life Fitness is theworlds No.1 designer and manufacturerof Exercise equipment. They are basedin the US and have subsideries aroundthe world. Life Fitness supply the

majority of top health club chainswithin the UK. For 6 years I enjoyed ajob which took me all over the Countrywith occasional days in Europe,designing and installing gymnasiums in

some of the top healthclub chains and hotels.

I was able to get closeto the clients of myclients and to see whatequipment waspopular, and inparticular which

features motivatedpeople to workout for

longer and stick with it. If you are oneof those people who struggle withexercise, believe me you are not alone!

Having been forced to leave my jobthrough ill health, I used my knowledgeof exercise to help me get back on myfeet. Exercise has never failed to get meup and motivated, increase not only mystrength but resilience and bodyimmune system.

In September 2008 I set up GymAcademy, specialising in new andrefurbished equipment on the internet.By January 2009 I started looking toexpand and find premises and this iswhat brought me to the Westaway'ssite, which for me, is almost purposebuilt. The benefits are many, not tomention the privilege of being able towork in the village of Naseby in which Ihave lived with my family for the past13 years.

So if you are passing - why not drop inand say hello! I don't bite! You mayknow of someone who would benefitfrom our help in finding them a piece ofexercise equipment to suit their needson a purchase or hire basis.

Mel BrennanGym Academy - "helping you get thebest out of exercising"

www.gymacademy.co.uk

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Societies & Letters Issue 22


LLEETTTTEERR FFRROOMMAAMMEERRIICCAAFFRROOMM: The Bates Family (formerly ofHall Close, Naseby)

Hello again from Connecticut!

Hope you all had a good summer. Weare back into the school routine after a10-week break - yes I did say 10 - it wasa bit too long actually, I much prefer theUK system of half-term breaksthroughout the year; our next holidaywith any substantial amount of time offwill be Christmas!

Cara started her new school, which sheseems to be enjoying. Her school buspicks her up at 7.10 am, we are justabout coping with that, but it might be adifferent story in January/Februarywhen it's dark and freezing cold.

Lydia is still at the same school but isnow in Grade 7, so a new set of teachersand new classmates, but again, sheseems to be doing well.

It was lovely to see some of you when

we came over in July. It was so nice tobe back in Blighty! We did manage tospend time with family in Derby andLydia came and stayed with her friendKatie in Naseby for a few nights. Imanaged to stock up in Asda and Marksand Spencer! We now have enoughHeinz baked beans and Bisto gravygranules to feed an army!

We now all have our “Green Cards” sowe are officially permanent residentshere. It has been a complicated andcostly process - we all had to havemedicals and have our fingerprintstaken, but it will be worth it, if only tojump the immigration queue at theairport!

We have moved house since our lastletter. Our lease was coming to an endand the family we were renting fromcame back from Paris earlier thanexpected, so we had to find somewhereelse to live. This new house is lovely andis 15 minutes nearer the station forMartin, so that makes a big difference tohim. We were lucky enough to find ahouse with a swimming pool; over the

summer the girls were in it every day,you wouldn't believe how hot and humidit can get here.

I have started a beginner's Spanishclass, I am enjoying it but it's quitedifficult. Fortunately everyone else inthe class feels the same way, so it's aslow process!

We have just celebrated our secondHalloween here, unfortunately theweather was horrible (it rained) butdespite that we did have a few callers.It's a huge event, Cara's school had aparade for each grade, and everyonewas dressed up including the teachers.

We have Martin's family staying with usover Christmas, which we are all lookingforward to. I just hope the weather isbetter than last year, when we werepractically housebound because of thesnow for a few days. I'm not quiteready for the cold weather just yet!

Adios!

Vanessa, Martin, Lydia & Cara xx

I hope youhave allenjoyed thewonderfulautumn

weather that we have had this year,the colours have been glorious. Letshope winter won't be too long-windedand gloomy!

One thing I want to mention is "ICE"-no- not the slippery kind! ICE standsfor IInn CCaassee ooff EEmmeerrggeennccyy. Who wouldyou want called in an emergency or ifyou were taken ill? Store your next-of-kin contact number in your mobilephone, under the name ICE.Ambulance services are encouragingthis move to ensure that the correct

people are informed if anything goeswrong.

Another subject that I have a bit of abee in my bonnet about, (and I knowI've mentioned this before) is theissue of door-to-door salespeople,especially the young lads with bags oftatty merchandise to sell, or the NottsKnockers, as they are known by thePolice. I feel very strongly, as many ofyou know, that people should not betroubled at home by these sometimesconfrontational young men. If we allrefuse to buy anything, maybe theywould stop coming. They can'tpossibly make much money anyway. Iknow some people buy somethingbecause they are afraid to say "no",

but if we all politely decline theywon't have any reason to call. Doplease let me know what youropinions are on this matter.

I have spoken to Nicola, the ParishClerk, and she is happy to put anyinformation of interest up on theParish noticeboard in School Lane.Look out for Cold Ashby Golf Club'slovely Tea Dances, I hear they arevery nice.

Don't forget to let me know if youwould like any books or magazines.

I hope you all have a lovelyChristmas. Do ring me if you need anyhelp or advice.

Liz Capell (tel: 01604 740568)


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Well, would you believe that the humblemince pie has a long and twisted historyuntil it became the sweet yummy thingwe know and love! Here's a few not sowell known facts about this traditionalChristmas favourite.

In medieval times all manner of fleshand fowl were shredded and mixedtogether with fruit and spices andsimply called The Christmas Pie.

To bring this concoction into theChristian fold the pie was fashioned intoa shape that resembled a crib. A smallpastry baby,resemblingJesus wasplaced on top.

This outragedthe Puritanswho describedthe pie as“abominableand idolatrous confections” andpreparing them or eating them wasmade illegal.

Those whoenjoyedtheirChristmas Piesimply changed the shape and thename. They made it round and called ita “Minc'd Pie”.

With the removal of the Puritan regimein 1660 the pies became more and morepopular but never returned to their crib-like shape, They became bigger andbigger. One pie shipped from the northof England to London in 1770 included:

4 geese, 2 turkeys, 2rabbits, 4 ducks, 2woodcock, 6 snipe, 4partridge, 2 ox tongues, 2curlews, 7 blackbirds and6 pigeons. It was 9ft incircumference andweighed 168 pounds!

In the 19th century therewas a major change, with all the mincedmeat being omitted and a sweetermixture of sugar, nuts, fruit and spices

(with a little alcohol - hooray!!!) wassubstituted and the pie served then atend of the meal.

There are many superstitionssurrounding the humble mince pie. Ifyou eat one on each of the 12 days ofChristmas in 12 different houses youwill have good luck for the coming year.How very sociable! You are granted onewish when you take your first bite ofyour first mince pie each Christmas, butconversely, if you refuse the first mincepie you are offered you will suffermisfortune!

Considering you can now buy them inthe supermarket nearly all year roundI'm not sure when the “year “ wouldbegin,,,

However one strange law is still on thestatute book and it is very surprising...It is SSTTIILLLL illegal to eat a mince pie onChristmas Day! The law was neverrepealed. And all I can say is, MrBumble was right “The law is a ass!!”

Merry Christmas One and All!

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MINCE PIES AND ALL THAT!

HO HO HO MERRYXMAS!

Doesn't time fly by,when you'reenjoying yourself,

it seems like only yesterday we wereasking you all for your Xmas orders, soin-case you have forgotten here's areminder.....

We will be taking orders for Turkeys andall other fresh meats from thebeginning of December for delivery asclose to Xmas Eve as possible, thesecome highly recommended by severalcustomers and myself, you won't bedisappointed!

We will also be doing a range of Xmas

Hampers that will be on display at theXmas Fayre at the Village Hall. Thesemake great gifts for anyone and can betailored to suit even the most awkwardof relatives!

Basia Designs will be creating exclusiveNaseby H.Q. Xmas wreaths again thisyear, they are truly exceptional designsfor all tastes (both traditional andcontemporary) and a fraction of the costof your common or garden shopdesigned ones, again thoroughlyrecommended, but please order early asthese will go fast and are of a limitednumber!

As with last year the usual rules apply,please order early to avoid

disappointment and don't forget to askif there is something you want that youcan't see, we will be only too pleased tohelp make your Xmas go as smoothly aspossible.

So from flowers to fosters or whetheryou just need some sausages meat or acase of Laurent-Perrier just ask and weare here to help!

Merry Xmas & Happy New Year

From All At The Naseby H.Q.

PS: We would also like to welcome tothe flock Sue, Emma and Hanna the newstaff here at the H.Q. They are all freshfaced and eager to please but go easywith them as the till still bites back!!!

Issue 22Info

About six years ago mywife said that she wasconsidering us doing aFamily Link and whatdid I think. Well, Ireplied that I would thinkabout it. No, I was not just trying toput her off, but I really did need timeto think. My immediate thought wasthat as I had recently (early) retiredI was looking forward to more timefor us; followed by all sorts ofthoughts about problems involved inlooking after children again, then theextra difficulties where there arespecial needs coupled with theresponsibility of someone else'sprecious child.

My wife worked in a special schooland was well aware of any problemsbut my skills are in a completelydifferent area. I was, however, veryaware from my work of the stress infamilies where one child neededextra love, help and attention. Parentsmust give so much time to one childthere are difficulties in relationshipsfor the other children in the family aswell as partners.

The Family Link Scheme is designedto take some of these problems awayas well as providing different andwider experiences for the childconcerned. Because I had retired firstand had occasionally helped out atthe school I did know something ofwhat was involved and the wholeproposal frightened me. On the other

hand I had experienced the rewardsand indeed the fun of helping atschool.

After a fair amount ofthought on my part Iagreed to explore the ideaofficially. We made contactwith the Family Link Team.The more I learned themore I liked the idea.There is a fair amount ofform filling, interviews andchecking to go through (as

you would expect) and thisdoes take some time. The trick withall such things is not to worry and gowith the flow. Whatever you do, donot be upset by the time taken andthe procedures.

Eventually we were officiallyapproved and could go ahead.

The young boy we were linked withwas known to my wife because hehad attended her school. We wereofficially introduced to Mum and Dadand we all seemed to get on well, sowe were able to start the link.

Despite all my worries I can tell youthat none of them have come to pass.Very simply our lad or his parentsdecide he would like to visit and adate is arranged. Sometimes he justwants to come to us for a day, onother occasions a day is fixed toenable his brother to have a day withMum and Dad or maybe when theywant time out together. Every nowand then we do an overnight coveringa special occasion (maybe a WeddingAnniversary, special outing for hisbrother, etc.).

We are now good friends and attendsome events for special need'schildren together. On our days we tryto think of special things to do but

often the favourite activities arerepeated. Everyone likes differentthings and so does 'our' boy but thereis in his case a desire to do the samethings every time. Of course eachcase is unique. We try to balancebetween favourite activities and newexperiences.

The most important thing for thethree of us is having fun. Can youimagine being able to cook and eat allthe cakes children love, going to thepark and the swings, having an oldfashioned picnic, seeing Santa atChristmas, etc. Almost anything ispossible although it's not good tooverdo the ice cream!

So trips out, home activities, evenjust watching T.V. are fun to do andthe return is watching a little boyenjoying himself and developing hispersonality and showing his feelingsto us - he actually requests visits tous yet we make sure that we don't'spoil' him with treats. He has becomea friend of ours in his own way andthe whole experience has broughtmuch joy and fun. We have now been'linked' for just over five years but itcertainly doesn't seem that long.

Please, if you are at all interested,look into the Family Link Scheme.Plenty of Training and support isthere for the asking. Of course somethings are not easy. Some things arevery hard but the rewards are greatfor you as well as the family.

Horia Astalos – 01536 313199

Helen Meaden – 01604 237722

Visit:www.northamptonshire.gov.ukand type in ‘Family Link’ in thesearch box

FAMILYLINK


Wednesday 2nd December: “EastFarndon: so near and yet……” anillustrated talk by Alan Langley -Village Hall (Upstairs) - doors open7-45pm for 8pm start.

Following on fromthree excellenttalks “The Battleof Northampton”,“The History of theCountry House”,and “A SprattonWar Hero”, ourvery varied seriesof talks and walksconcludes on the2nd Decemberwith an illustratedtalk on EastFarndon's historical past by AlanLangley. The idea behind the title ofAlan's talk is to encourage the localcommunity not just to drive throughEast Farndon on their way to andfrom Naseby but to stop off and havea look around……Alan is sure that ifyou attend his talk you will besurprised at what goes unnoticed.

There is no January meeting to allowfor the festive holiday period.

If you would like join us for our 2010programme, we have our Sign-UpMeeting at 7-30pm on the 3rdFebruary. Membership fees are£15/£20 for Single/Familymembership. This will be followedwith a talk by Barbara Burbidge"Myths and Legends of Papillon Hall".The now ruined Papillon Hall wasbuilt in 1622. A folklore tale tells thatDavid Papillon's (1691-1762)mistress, who was kept 'prisoner' inthe east attic is said to have died

there in 1715; there is no record ofher death or of her place of burial,but the skeleton of a woman wasfound within the walls of the eastattic during alterations to the hall in1903. Why not join us to hear somemore about the ghostly goings on andsome unpleasant consequences overthe past 300 years.

We are currently finalising our 2010series of talks but will definitely beout and about in late spring/earlysummer with visits to heritage trailsin East Farndon, Lubenham andGrafton Regis. As things do changefrom time to time, please check ourweb page on the Naseby Villagewebsite www.naseby.org.We alsocirculate information via e-mail. Wehold our Talks at 8pm. on the firstWednesday of the month, and ourWalks usually commence between 6-30/7-30pm, all very informal andfriendly. Non-members can stillsimply pay £2 at the door, if anyevent looks interesting.

Finally, thank you to our currentmembership for your interest andsupport throughout 2009 and a veryMerry Christmas and a Happy NewYear.

Paul Kelly (01604 743778).


Clubs UpdateIssue 22

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Community Update Issue 22


Northamptonshire Police Non-EmergencyNumber: 0033000000 111111 222222..This is a single countywide telephonenumber to call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,to Northamptonshire Police for all non-emergency matters.

Greg Pritchett

01604 740717 : Police 999 (emergency)

A MESSAGE FROMOUR LOCAL POLICEIt's Sunday 6 October and we're stillenjoying the late summer weather.Long may it continue although mypleasant is reverie jolted by AJ'srequest for newsletter copy!

I see the last one I sent was on 9 May,so what has been happening sincethen? PC Gary Wright has moved onafter many years on this sector; he'snow covering villages to the West ofour area. In his place we have PCJames Reid who has transferred fromDaventry having worked on one of theSCT's there. He's looking forward tomeeting you all in due course.

Once again the LIP (Locally IdentifiedPriority) for the area remains speeding.By the time this is published James willhave attended the next communitypanel meeting for beat 23, which Isuspect will keep traffic issues as thelocal priority.

Crime wise since my last letter, untiltoday, we have recorded seven crimesand, whilst no crime is acceptable,that's a fairly low figure for nearly sixmonths.

In mid May a car had its number platesstolen from The Fitz. Early June saw ahouse lamppost in Church St damagedby a car that didn't stop, and, in thesecond week of June, there was adistraction burglary in Nutcote.

Fortunately nothing was takenand the householder was able to dealeffectively with the man who waspretending to be a Water Board officialor something similar. this serves asreminder to us all to be very suspiciousof ANY caller posing as an official whowants to come into your house. Bonafide callers will have made priorarrangements, such as by a letter.

On successive days in late June, copperand other items were stolen from ahouse on the outskirts of the villagethat was being renovated. . In midAugust there was a report of criminaldamage to a hedge in Knights Hill, andon in mid September, two cars at theprimary school were scratched causingdamage to paintwork.

Metal thefts, which subsided followingthe drop in scrap prices, have startedto appear again, particularly that ofcopper. Any sightings of suspiciousvehicles in or around BT cables, substations etc, should be reportedimmediately.

Currently we are having a number ofthefts at night from cars, which haveSatellite Navigation systems or other'desirable' items on display. Althoughnone of these have been in Naseby wehave had them in Maidwell and villagesnearby. Please be extra careful not toleave anything in your car overnightand, with Christmas approaching, theusual message is: 'don't leave presentson view in an unattended car'.

I've started doing some local surgeries,somewhere where people can drop inand see me apart from my regularpatrols. I'm looking for a suitablevenue in Naseby that I can use for anhour, once every month or so,preferably in the village for

convenience and importantly, free! Ifanyone can help please let me know.

Just to remind you, the for crimes inprogress or a situation that requiresurgent attendance, dial 999. For allother matters the number now is03000 111 222. I, and the rest of theteam, can always be contacted via e-mail through the NorthamptonshirePolice website - simply go to 'Your SCT'and follow the links to Daventry RuralNorth SCT.

Many thanks to all of you who makethis such a pleasant area to police andhave a Happy Christmas.

PCSO 7011 Glyn LEWIS Daventry Rural North SCT - Brixworth

ContactsCommunity Beat Officer:PC James Reidc/o Pitsford Police Station

Community Support Officer:PCSO Glyn Lewis

Both on tel: 01604 300300

Co-ordinator: Greg Pritchett

- Oakwell, Church Sttel/Fax: 01604 740717E-mail:

[email protected]

Deputy Co-ordinator:Steve Clark - 6 Newlands

Members:Andy Austin - 'Ceybirds' 38 High StMaggie Draper

- Shannonside, Carvells LaneRay Ellis - 65, High StreetLynn Dyett - 14 NewlandsMike Willis - 7 NewlandsLiz Capell - 16 NutcoteRachel [a.k.a. 'Ratty'] Gander, thePost lady - c/o Naseby HQ

Neighbourhood Watch News

Yes, we did it again! Naseby Ladiesrounders team finished the 2009 seasonas Division 2 Champions and wonpromotion to the top flight of the MarketHarborough District Ladies RoundersLeague. Hurrah! The more eagle eyedreaders among you may be thinking thatNatters’ esteemed editor has mistakenlyprinted the same article we wrote 12months ago but no – we actually did winDivision 2 and gain promotion for thesecond year in succession! Having spentthe winter in fear and trepidation of oursecond stint in the dry, airlessatmosphere of the 1st Division, we weredelighted to receive news in the Springthat the 2009 league season wouldcomprise 3 divisions and that NasebyLadies would be playing in Division 2against our four closest rivals. This, wefelt confident, would guarantee us somecompetitive, close fought matches andthat crucial element of fun – which, afterall, is the main reason we all play!

And what a season it turned out to be.Our core squad numbered about 15players, ranging in age from 12 years(our debutants, Katie Hoyle and JessicaUnderwood) to quite a lot older(!) with agood balance of experience across thegenerations. In spite of work, exam,family and holiday commitments, wewere able to field a full team of 9 players

plus a couple of reserves for mostmatches. This was not the case amongour opponents and Naseby Ladiesensured that they took full advantagewhenever possible. By the end of theseason, however, we were winning solid,if close, victoriesagainst fullstrength teams,such as MarketHarboroughLadies who werespending theirfirst season outof the premierdivision forsome years. Weare now lookingforward to ournext assault onthe 1st Divisionwith renewedconfidence.C’mon girls – wecan do it thistime!!!

Our 2009 seasonstats were:-

Matchesplayed:12 -Won: 8,Lost: 4

(roundersfor: 148 ̧ ,rounders

against: 140)

On August Bank Holiday Monday, weheld a Rounders Fun Day at the VillageHall Field to mark the end of the seasonand were delighted that so many peoplecame along to play and help us celebrate.Children, adults, experts and completenovices all joined in and despite somedodgy umpiring (compulsory in anysport of course!), there were someexcellent matches. Naseby Ladies’Number One Supporter, Mr Derek Daw,stoically manned the barbeque for theafternoon and awards were given out tothe season’s best performers.Congratulations to Yvonne Daw, who

received the highest number ofPlayers’ Player nominations,Heather Campbell, who wasnamed best Young Player, JulieWestaway, who received theCaptain’s Team Award, andBethany Stacey, who was ourPlayer of the Year, scoring themost rounders for the team.

Finally, Naseby Ladies RoundersTeam would like to thank EwenCampbell, formerly of RiekerShoes, for his support andvalued sponsorship over the last5 years. Having started a newventure this year, Ewen hasstepped down as our teamsponsor but we would like towish him every success with hisnew company.

If you are interested injoining us next summerfor some fun andexercise, please contactCathy Hoyle, LouiseDudleston or JulieWestaway, every one

over 12 is welcome.

Louise Dudleston

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Julie Westaway, LouiseDudleston

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Julie Westaway stumps outWelford batter at 1st post

Issue 22

Members of NasebyW.I. are very sorry that,due to deteriorating

health, their last remaining foundermember, Joyce Vials, has had tomove from Naseby to live nearer toher daughter in Kingsthorpe. Joyce ismissed at the meetings but is kept upto date with what is going on and wasable to get back for the fund raisinglunch in April. Members who havebeen to visit her report that, althoughshe misses Naseby, she is very happyin her new home and in excellentspirits.

The Annual Meeting took place inOctober. Since the same time lastyear, members had been pleased towelcome three new members andhad visitors at most of their monthlymeetings. The February meeting hadto be cancelled due to the dreadfulweather but a wide range of topicswas covered by guest speakers anddemonstrators during the rest of theyear. Members also held a verysuccessful New Year party and fundraising lunch, visited the GermanChristmas Market in Birmingham,spent an evening at the KilworthHouse Theatre, visited the NationalStud at Newmarket, WI's DenmanCollege near Abingdon and theHouses of Parliament. (Abridgedversions of reports of the last twovisits given to fellow members byAnne Williams, with photographs byAnne Gilmore, appear elsewhere).Members also held their first two funskittles evenings at The Royal Oakthis year and, at the time of writing,are looking forward to the third, withhopes of many more to follow.

During the year, several membersattended a variety of courses andworkshops at the headquarters ofNorthamptonshire WI. Theseincluded making fascinators, printingfrom glass, learning how to pruneshrubs, whizzy knitting and makingrag rugs. One member also went on acourse at Denman College.

The Treasurer reported a very healthyfinancial position. In her address,the President said that it had been avery successful year and thankedeveryone for their enthusiasticsupport and friendship.

The only remaining meeting thisyear will be on Thursday 10thDecember, when Janice Collinswill be holding a hands-on'Crafts for Christmas' eveningwhere members will be able tomake Christmas gift boxes.There will also be a bring andbuy sale.

The 2010 programme is nowcomplete and includes a widevariety of topics to be coveredby guest speakers, as well asthe customary New Year party,fund raising lunch, theatre and otheroutings.

Unless otherwise advertised,meetings are held in the village hallon the second Thursday of the monthand if any ladies would like to go toany of them they would be more thanwelcome. The business part of themeetings begins at 7.30, is followedby a talk or demonstration starting atapproximately 8.pm., and completedwith the serving of refreshments.

The January party will not be in thevillage hall, but things will be back tonormal in February when the speaker,Steve Frost, will be taking along andtalking about his collection of native

American flutes.

Mary Hackett (tel. 01604 740657)

WWII VVIISSIITT TTOO DDEENNMMAANN:: On 14th September, twelve ofNaseby's WI members joined othersfrom Northamptonshire to visitDenman College, the WI's AdultEducation Centre in Oxfordshire. Thecollege, which is based in a beautifulGeorgian house set in 17 acres ofmagnificent gardens, offers over 600varied courses on a residential or daybasis. These courses are all open toWI members and non-members,female and male.

After being welcomed by the (male!)College Principal and following anexcellent lunch, the visitors toured thegardens, teaching facilities, studentaccommodation and the main house.The teaching facilities include a'Master Chef' like cookery schoolwhich was opened in April 2009,alongside a multi-use 130 seatconference room, and craft, IT,painting and other creative art rooms.The college can accommodate over70 residents in mainly single en-suitebedrooms which have all beenrefurbished recently. The visitorswere shown inside several bedrooms,all of which are supported by all thecounty federations and are

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completely individual. Needless tosay, the one they were all pleased tobe shown was the Northamptonshireroom.

The most impressive part of the mainhouse was the sweeping staircase.The ladies all allowed themselves toimagine that they were wearing ballgowns and swishing down the stairs todinner and dancing the nightaway…….dream on!

The visit was brought to a close withafternoon tea. An informative andenjoyable day was had by all, wholearnt a great deal about the history ofDenman College and the courses andfacilities it has to offer and also aboutthe WI.

WWII VVIISSIITT TTOOPPAARRLLIIAAMMEENNTT::On Monday 12th October, twelvemembers of Naseby WI went to visitParliament as guests of their MP.,Philip Hollobone. Yes, that was theday when Green Peace protestorswere on the roof and the MPs' firstday back after the summer recess. Alarge police presence was evidentboth outside and inside the Houses ofParliament and our group wasushered quickly through an efficient'airport like' security check; the fullworks, identity badge, handbag scanand the obligatory frisking. We madeour way through Westminster Hall tothe Central Lobby to meet Philip, whothen took us on a tour of the Houses ofParliament. This began at theSovereign's Entrance, where theQueen arrives for the State Opening ofParliament, into the Robing Room andthen to the Chamber of the House ofLords, which is dominated by the goldthrone used by the Sovereign at theState Opening. We then wentthrough the voting lobbies, where

Philip described the procedure whenthe 'division' bell rings, to theCommons chamber. This is not assplendid as the House of Lords and issmaller than it appears on television.Visitors are strictly not allowed to siton any of the seats in either of theHouses! Our tour took us to theriverside Terrace where a groupphotograph was taken. Following ashort break, the group went back tothe Central Lobby for the Speaker'sProcession, then on to the PublicGallery to watch the Parliamentarymachine inmotion. Weall found thisfascinatingand confusing!There was alot of rushingin and out andjumping upand down bythe MPs - thisis termed'catching theSpeaker's eye'

to signal their wish to speak. We leftafter about 90 minutes - no sign ofGordon Brown or David Cameron asthere were more important issues tobe resolved that day!

It was a most interesting andenjoyable day, finishing with drinksand nibbles on the coach journey backto Naseby, but the quote of the dayhas to be (made by a Policeman in theCentral Lobby on being asked if theprotestors were still on the roof) 'Yes'he replied with a rye smile, 'It neverrains when you want it to!!'


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GGAARRDDEENNIINNGG CCLLUUBBTTOO AALLLL MMEEMMBBEERRSS:: Although we haveappealed for a new ProgrammeSecretary & a new Chairman (as bothare retiring) sadly no-one has comeforward to volunteer. Therefore theNovember meeting will be the last.

The Committee are reluctant to closethe club completely [we have 50-60members] so we have agreed thefollowing.:-

1.Trips to certain events will bearranged i.e.Great Malvern SpringShow & possibly Hampton CourtFlower Show.2. No monthly meetings.3. No annual Membership Fee.

4. Chairman will keep list of members,to mail details of any events.5. Assistant Treasurer(Cyril) to keepfloat, so that anyone who wants toorganize Gardening Club in future willhave the infrastructure in place, to doso.

NNOOTTEE:: TTrriipp ttoo GGrreeaatt MMaallvveerrnn SShhooww onthe 8th May,Coach will be £12.75(orless,depending on response] & £14entry.There will be a small discount(around £2.50 For current members.HHaammppttoonn CCoouurrtt FFlloowweerr SShhooww. Entry is£22(including £3 discount).Coacharound £13. Further details to follow.

Gerry Wood

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BBUUSSIINNEESSSS DDIIRREECCTTOORRYY121 AccountancyBusiness Accounts & Personal Tax ReturnsContact: Jonathan Guy tel: 01604 743511

21-12 MarketingMarketing Services AgencyContact: Richard NicholsonT: 01604 743177 M: 07917 40 2112

A1 Crafts (www.A1crafts.co.uk)All your papercrafting needsContact: Lorraine tteell: 01604 505055

Avenue Paint JobLady Painter - Interior & ExteriorContact: Sarah Capell tteell:: 07888 666758

Burford Electrical,New Sockets, lights, fuseboxes, re-wiresContact: Marcus Burfordtteell:: 07986 797 562 or 01858 575561

Capell Bros TV & Radio AerialTV & Aerial specialistsContact: Geoff Capelltteell:: 01858 465555/01604 740 568

C Begley Building LtdAll types of building work considered Contact: Chris Begleytel: 01604 743722 /07748 184659

Geoff's TreesFor a professional tree care serviceContact: Geoff Gouldtel: 01604 743332 • Mob: 07751132207

Guilsborough Pre-Schooltel: 01604 740461

G.Wood TurnerWood turned decorative piecesContact: Gerry Wood tel: 01604 740444

Hoyle LandscapingAll fencing, paving & gardening needstel: 01604 743366

Hart CarpentryLoft conversions/Flooring/General buildingContact: Justin Hart tel: 01604 505266/07733101661

J.L.M TilingCeramic wall & floor tiling specialistContact: John Muggletontel: 07932 600157/01858 575816

Kracker EventsProfessional Events, Parties & WeddingOrganisers. Contact: James Guesstel: 01858525157/07747793269

Martin's Blinds & AwningsAll types of quality blinds & awningsContact: Martin Coxtel: 01604 452791/07738733319

MJ BurdettHeating and Plumbing EngineerContact: Marktel: 07841 572458/01604 740704

Midland Environmental LtdAll forms of pest controlFreephone: 0800 6529135

Physiotherapy & AcupunctureHaselbech Clinic Contact: Liz Daytel: 07754 530396

Roz Bradshaw Picture FramingCreative framing solutionsContact: Roz Bradshaw tel: 01604 740473

Town & CountryTransfersPrivate hire TAXI service - local or distanceTel: 07546 218637

Tracy’s HairdressersLadies & Gents hairdressers Tel: 01604 740555 The Green, Guilsborough

Westaway Motors - MaidwellCars for sale, servicing & MOTstteell:: 01604 686311

UUPPDDAATTEEDD CCLLUUBBSS,, GGRROOUUPPSS &&SSOOCCIIEETTIIEESS TTOO JJOOIINN IINN NNAASSEEBBYY!!Age ConcernContact with the other agenciesCCoonnttaacctt: Liz Capell (01604 740568)

Badminton ClubMeet at the village hallCCoonnttaacctt: Tony Hoare (01604 743136)

Bell RingingPractice night is on TuesdaysCCoonnttaacctt:: Avis Aldrich (01604 740532)

Bridge ClubPurely on a social basisCCoonnttaacctt: Mike Willis (01604 740437)

Cribbage Mondays between April and OctoberCCoonnttaacctt: Phil Brewin or Ray Ellis (01604740442/740562)

Drinks, Biscuit & Chat2nd Wednesday 2.30 onwardsCCoonnttaacctt: Joyce Vials (01604 740887)

Leukaemia Research Fundraising Group CCoonnttaacctt: Cheryl Avins (01604 743583 or07769942756)

Mothers Union 1st Wednesday of the monthCCoonnttaacctt: Avis Aldrich (01604 740532)

Mums & TotsThursday 1.30 to 3.30pm - term time CCoonnttaacctt: Ruth Watson (01604 740845)

Naseby Historical SocietyInteresting talks and tours Contact: Chris Murphy (01604 740748)

Neighbourhood WatchTeam of 10 plus other helpersContact: Greg Pritchett (01604 740717)

Riding for the DisabledMondays 4-5.30 pm/Apr-Oct term timeCCoonnttaacctt: Tina Fanshawe (01604 740308)

Rounders Games will be home & awayCCoonnttaacctt: Bridget Baker (01604 740007)

School Football TeamWednesday afternoonsCCoonnttaacctt: Mel Hoyle (01604 740848)

Table TennisMeeting on Monday eveningsCCoonnttaacctt: Mike Willis (01604 740437)

Village HallAlways looking for new usersCCoonnttaacctt: Wyn Sleeman (01604 740963)

Womans Institute (WI)Second Thursday monthlyContact: Denise Young (01604 743467)

Youth Clubs2 Clubs for 7-11 yrs & 11-14 yrs Contact: Ruth & Ian Watson (01604 740845)

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Diary of EventsIssue 22

D I A R Y O F E V E N T S 2 0 0 9 - 1 0Here is a short list of ‘Diary of Events’ - due to time constrasints and information ot supplied this has not been

sorted in date order and some organisations are missing. Appologies for this.

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Thurs 10 Dec 7.30pm Crafts for Christmas Naseby Village Hall W.I.

Thurs 7 Jan 7.00pm New Year Party 11 Bakehouse Rise W.I.

Thurs 11 Feb 7.30pm Steve Frost 'Native American Flutes' Naseby Village Hall W.I.

Thurs 11 Mar 7.30pm Ian Clarkson Naseby Village Hall W.I.

- 'Work of the Magistrates'

Thurs 8 April 7.30pm Brian Sumpton, RSPB Naseby Village Hall W.I.

- The Return of the Red Kite

Sat 17 April tba Fund Raising Lunch Naseby Village Hall W.I.

Sat 12 Dec 1.45pm ‘Puss in Boots’ Panto for the young at heart! Guilsborough Primary School Hall Guilsborough Pre-School

Sun 20 Dec 6pm Carol Service Naseby Methodist Chapel

Mon 21 Dec 6.30-8.30pm Fusion & Rock Solid Youth Club Naseby Methodist Chapel

- Christmas Party

Fri 25 Dec 10.30am Family Service Naseby Methodist Chapel Chapel

Thurs 28 Jan 6pm & 7.30pm Fusion & Rock Solid Naseby Methodist Chapel Chapel

Thurs 25 Feb 6pm & 7.30pm Fusion & Rock Solid Naseby Methodist Chapel Chapel

Sun 31 Jan 10.15am Soul Cafe Naseby Methodist Chapel Chapel

MORE THAN 130NORTHAMPTONSHIREWALKS TO DOWNLOADAND PRINT FREE!There's no doubt about it, walking is goodfor you. It's good for your heart, it's goodfor your lungs, it's good for the muscle andbone growth of your children and it's goodfor your feeling of wellbeing! Strongscientific evidence now supports the manybenefits to health of regular walking - it isrecommended that we take at least 10,000steps a day.

Studies show that walking can:

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Walking offers a great way to help kids getthe active habit. If parents expressexcitement about the prospect of a walk inthe countryside, they are more likely totransmit this feeling to their children. It'simportant to treat the walk as anexploration or adventure and to go at thechild's pace, no matter how often theywant to stop and look at things; take treatsto eat and plenty to drink; and head forsome landmark that will appeal to themsuch as a castle, a playground, an icecream van or a boating pond. If childrenexperience walking as part of a fun activity

they are more likely to want to go again.

So, how do you find out what is on offer?John Harris, a keen walker, got fed up withthe lack of information on walks in theCounty. So, he decided that if he couldn'tfind what he was looking for - he hadbetter create it! Sowww.walkinginnorthants.co.uk came intobeing.

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In the summer term the children in the infants ended theirRE unit The Torah with an educational visit to NorthamptonSynagogue. During the visit the children were encouragedto explore the Synagogue and to find out about artefacts.Following the visit the children were asked to record whatthey had learnt and here are some extracts:* There are special candles. There are eight candles and aStar of David.* We saw a stained glass window. The stained glasswindow tells a story.* One of the boys put on some clothes. He wore a shawland a special hat.*The Torah scrolls are special. They have bells on andmake a noise when the Torah is moved.*There was a special lamp. The lamp does not run out oflight. It shows that God is there all of the time.*The Torah is special for Jewish people. There is a bluecover to protect the Torah and there is a shield to protect ittoo. The bells are to keep people awake.

Our recent Diocesan report recognised the importance ofvisits in enhancing the children's understanding and stated

'During their RE lessons they are introduced to the majorworld religions, and an important part of their REcurriculum is the time devoted to visiting different places ofworship. This helps enhance the pupils' understanding ofthe part played by other religious groups in our multi-faithand multi-ethnic society.'

We all enjoyed our visit and are looking forward to the nextone.

Naseby School - Infants

Masjid Umar In July the Juniors visited the Evington Muslim Centre tosupport work they had been doing in school about Islam.Years 3 and 4 made PowerPoint presentations to show whatthey had learned. Here are some of the things they learned.

A mosque is a place where Muslims go to pray, Masjid Umar

is one of them. Inside the mosque there were lots ofinteresting things, like wash rooms and prayer halls. The main prayer hall is where most Muslims pray but theyare allowed to pray anywhere in the mosque. It is a very bigroom and the carpet is in the shape of lots of prayer mats.There is a screened off area where woman pray. This isbecause if a man was sitting next to a beautiful womanwhen he was praying he would probably get distracted.In the mosque there are 10 classrooms. Children aged 5-12go there to learn how to read and write Arabic as well ashow to be a good Muslim. They all sit on the floor so theyare all equal and they use the benches as desks. Theteacher sits on a special chair.The Quibla wall is a wall in the main prayer hall which facesMecca. It has an arch on it so the Muslims won't forgetwhich wall it is. Muslims face Mecca to pray because that iswhere their religion started.

Naseby School - Juniors

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