NEWS ARCHIVE 2010
We
would like to welcome Alice Hunt and Benjamin Strachan to the village. We
hope they enjoy their time here.
We
were delighted to receive a letter from Parkinson’s £231.70
was raised by the 6 intrepid singers who braved the elements on Monday 20th
December in order to raise money for Parkinson’s UK. They were Doug, Chris
Garrett, Jenny Barlow, Dulcie, Kay and Sarah. 5 of them made it to the pub
to be greeted by Jenny and Victoria who had kept it open especially for
them. The blazing fire was much needed. We apologise if we did not make
it to your house but it really was bitter. Next year we are thinking of
singing for Hyperthermia
We were sorry to hear of the death of Dennis Webb who ran the Moon and Stars for several years. Our condolences go to his son Alan. |
It
was wonderful to see so many people meeting at the Moon and Stars on Tuesday
7th December to wish Penelope Rieu a happy 90th
birthday. We hope she had a wonderful day.
BT
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The
Levers have just returned a Leisler bat to her own habitat after she was
picked up in their garden. The photo is of the actual bat, (click on photo
for a larger image). They called the Bat Rescue people who were wonderful.
They cared for her for a fortnight before bringing her back to Rushden.
Apparently she is a rare breed and one of the fastest flyers and also one
of 
The
tapas evening on Saturday 11 September 2010 was one of the highlights of
our village year. David Cameron would have been proud of us! Village
society was represented across the board and everyone had a simply wonderful
evening. The food kept coming- and coming- and still coming, and all of
it was delicious. Well done to Chip for winning at the piñata and Janet
D did incredibly well with pinning the tail on the rhinoceros! A big
gracias to all who helped make the evening such enormous fun.CLICK HERE FOR SOME PHOTOS (with thanks to John Dingemans and Wendy Gilson)
The
Christmas Tree on Rushden Village Green is looking fantastic this year.
This is due to Robin & Angela Bunton of Greenfield Farm for so generously
giving the tree to the village, John & Martin Dingemans for collecting
and delivering the tree, Ian Roper for putting the tree and the lights up
and to Lynn Packman for once again providing the free power. A real team
effort – thank you! Fiona Roper.
With thanks to Gil for taking the photo of the Christmas tree. Click on it for a larger image.
Over £1,100 was raised at the Rushden Christmas Fair held on Sunday 28th November.
Thank
you to everyone who helped.
Wot's
dis?: Woz getin home Sunday nite 2 Sandon, bout 11.15, nop, sfsg,
wen cums x dis slo slo driver in frunt. Yuk! Jst b4 Roe Grn dis car
brakes in frunt (osy I thought – is u otl??)
So, I go 2 ovatake da luzar fast (sam) + there's dis animal standin on road, like brown + wite spots (hus Bambie?)
Then dis car blocs my way so I cnt run da animal out da way. GAL OF! Dis car stops + IC deer (?), goes slo 2 otha side. So then I go fast past dis car, al hoots + lites flash. Dat's 4 u, stupid troll! Dis episode 8 bout 2 minites of my time!
WIIFM?
Answer: Er well, had I not paused, on this evening, to let this weaned fallow fawn get to the other side of the road, it would have been run over and killed by the driver behind me. In fact, as the deer was just on the bank of the right handside of the road (nr Lizzie's house) the driver did see it in his headlamps as he tried to bypass me.
The animal might be expendable to some. But not to me, and I hope others – and, it's all thin edge of the wedge I'm afraid. On-road bullying and machismo posing? No thanks. Anyone agree? (e-mail webmaster)
An
amazing £620.60 was made at the Sri Lankan evening on Saturday 13th November.
Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who set up and cooked. It was
a great evening.Click here for some photos with thanks to John Dingemans (more added 16 November)
CHURCH
FARM
click here to see 12th November 2010 newsletter of all the things that are happening
A
note from our new grower, interesting news from the store, café and rural
care team.
The Church Farm, Ardeley Café is open everyday. Weekdays: 10am-6pm. Weekends: 8am-6pm
Don’t forget to pop into our Farm Store for fresh, local produce, organic fruit and vegetables, free range high welfare meat all reared on the Farm, fresh bread, pork pies, eggs, dairy and much more. Open Weekdays: 8am-6pm. Weekends: 8am-8pm or more information about any of our programmes,
please contact Faye on 01438 861 447 or faye@churchfarmardeley.co.uk
 We
are extremely sorry to hear of the death of Justin, landlord of the
Moon and Stars, on Wednesday 6th October. Our sincere sympathy goes
to Judy. |
To
everyone who donated the splendid selection of food, fruit and vegetables,
the Leonard Cheshire Home in Hitchin was absolutely delighted with our Harvest
offerings. 
Chip
& Elspeth Gutteridge have been raising money this year for Isabel
Hospice. Congratulations to them for their fantastic effort.
Thanks
to All Our Sponsors from Chip & Elspeth!
We would like to say a huge thank you to everybody who has supported and sponsored us this year in our swimming challenges to raise money for Isabel Hospice. The indoor swims are now finished and Elspeth has completed the Great East and Great London outdoor swims, coming 8th in her age & gender group in London. There is just one outdoor swim left – in Salford in September. But the best news of all is that so far we have raised £2,015, plus Gift Aid, for the hospice. This has far exceeded what we set out to achieve and we are very grateful to all of you.
If anybody would like to know more about why we have been swimming this year, please look at our JustGiving page which can be found at: http://www.justgiving.com/Elspeth-Gutteridge
Click on photo for larger image.
Just
to let you know that we raised £310.20 at the Quiz Night on
Friday 29th October.
I hope you all had a enjoyable evening.
Thanks to Jenny Barlow and Ellen Manchester for preparing the food and all those who donated raffle prizes.
It
was wonderful to see a full church for our Harvest Festival on Sunday 3rd
October and all the beautiful flower arrangements and offerings of fruit
and vegetables not to mention jams and cakes. These will be given to the
Leonard Cheshire Home.
The
service was followed by a barbecue in the Village Hall with salads
provided by members of the PCC ( and their partners!) Special thanks
must go to newcomer to the village, Karen Pettyfer for all her sterling
work washing up.
Bike
and Hike for Historic ChurchesWe raised £297. However £20 of this
was Betty sponsored by
At the Jubilee Singers & Friends' concert held on Saturday 9th October an enjoyable evening of
music and entertainment at Cottered Village Hall was had by all. The
concert was in aid of the Isabel Hospice and St Mary’s Rushden. A
staggering £1,350 was raised. Thanks to all who made it possible.
Click here to view the photos (with thanks to John Dingemans).
FROM
NEIL AND ANITA
This is a note to say that The Moon And Stars now has new tenants.
There names are Justin and Judy and will be open for drinks tonight at 6pm as normal!
They will start cooking on Thursday I believe !
So hope the village will show there support to them both and wish them well !
All the best to them both from Neil and Anita.
The
Rushden Fete on Saturday 26 June proved very successful with crowds of visitors who turned out in the
incredible weather and an amazing £4,500 was raised, an all time record. The Village Hall Committee were absolutely thrilled
how well the fete went. It was a fantastic team effort and it all ran
smoothly. This is of course because of the fabulous organisation by Ellen
who worked tirelessly to make sure that everything went to plan.
Thanks to all of you for your fantastic contribution. Special mention must
go to:
The fete sub committee of Mary Ann, Debs Collis & Carole Littlechild
Richard & Sue H for the amazingly successful Grand Raffle
Mary V and her team for all their hard work on the teas
Ian & Dave for the hottest job of the day on the BBQ
Jo Anne for doing the labour intensive White Elephant stall yet again
Chris & Eva for doing the produce so well (yet again)
Wendy & Gill for the excellent photographic competition
Brian & Nikki for the professional promotional signs and collecting
all those bottles
And another thank you to Ellen for the prettiest stall ever!!
Behind the scenes thanks to Martin & John Dingemans for storing and
delivering the tables & games, Darren King for the loan of the PA and
Sue W for counting all that lovely money!
Click here for photos of the fete
Click here for photos of the Photo competition
with thanks to John Dingemans and Gil Gilson
We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs Osborne, who lived opposite the Moon and Stars for many years. Our sympathy goes out to her family. Her funeral was at St Mary’s Church on Wednesday 7th July.
Villagers
will be sad to hear of the death of John Jay, a long time resident of
Rushden. We send our sympathy to Dorothy, Priscilla and Harriet.
A
belated (sorry about that!) welcome
to Allie and Roger and their llamas. We do hope that they enjoy living in
our village.
To
all our friends and customers .
Well the time has come for Anita and I to move on !
We would both like to take this opportunity to thank those of you that have supported us for the last five years.
As from mid-April we will be taking over the Jolly Waggoners (Rabbits Foot ) at Ardeley, but will also be at The Moon and Stars until a suitable tenant can be found.
We hope you will make the new tenants as welcome as you did us and with your continued support, we are sure that The Moon and Stars will continue to thrive.
Once again, many, many, thanks for the last five years we have had so much fun !
Neil & Anita
May
the Rushden website take this opportunity of thanking Anita
and Neil for all their
hard work and support of the village and the fact that they are keeping
the pub open, something that we were not always sure was going to happen.
We wish them well at The Jolly Waggoners Ardeley and look forward to
joining them there from time to time.
Friends
of Mike Williamson, formerly of The Plough at Wallington, will be saddened
to learn of his death from a heart attack. The funeral took
place at
Villagers
might like to know that Eileen Gorrell formerly of Church Cottage got
married on Saturday 20th March at Lewes. It was a wonderful
wedding and several ex Rushdenites were there including the Launders and
the Garriocks. Emma Hawthorne was a bridesmaid. We would like to wish
Eileen and her new husband Martin all the best in their new life together.
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photo for larger image
The
funeral of Marigold Yates, wife of the late J
Villagers
will be saddened to learn of the death of Ann Bradley formerly of
The Honeypot. Her funeral took place on Wednesday 31st
March at St Catherine’s Church Sacombe. |
We
managed to raise a staggering £462 at the Watery Quiz on Saturday 27th
March 2010, thanks to all those who came and gave so freely. Joyce
Hart’s team won. Particular thanks must go to Eva Whitton for all her
help with washing up, Janet and John Dingemans for their help in the
kitchen, Sue Austin for marking and being on the door and to members of
FORC for running it. It was also a chance for some of us to meet our new
Vicar Silke for the first time.
Reverend
Silke Tetzlaff’s welcome to our benefice on Thursday 25th
February saw a full church at Wallington. Bishop Christopher took the
service and a combined choir from all four villages sang. Refreshments
were provided by members of the PCCs and others. We would like to wish
Silke all the best as she joins us.
John Dingemans has been out in the snow and has taken some wintery photos around the village.
With thanks to John Dingemans. Click here to see the photos
Burns Night held on 23rd January was a great success. Guests were welcomed by a piper and were entertained by the music of "After Hours". After the ceremony of the Haggis all were treated to the taste of Haggis and delicious deserts.
After this the Scottish dancing started to the delight of all as you can see from the photographs.
A big thank you for the organisers and all who took part, particularly the unsung heroes behind the scenes.