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CAROL SINGING AROUND THE VILLAGE

Wednesday 19th December
Meet at the junction of Moor Lane & Queensway at 6.30 pm

Thursday 20th December
Meet outside St Andrews Church 6.30 pm (to do The Park)

Please bring Torches / Lanterns

This year the collection wil go to The Air Ambulance.
Contact :-Rachael Eades 797875

POTTERHANWORTH METHODIST CHURCH
Carols by Candlelight
23rd December - 6.00 pm
Everyone welcome

POTTERHANWORTH WINS CLASS 2 OF THE BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETION - See Parish Council News for details.

ALLOTMENT GARDENS
Would anyone in the village be interested in taking on an allotment garden to grow their own fruit and vegetables? The allotments would be situated on the edge of the village.
Please contact Mr. S Plumb on 791245

BINGO
Every Sunday & Thursdays 4th and 18th October 2007
Memorial Hall at 7.30pm.
Please come & join us and help raise money for Macmillan Nurses


OVER 60's CLUB
December Meetings

Thu 6th - Hand made Christmas cards

Thu 20th - Bingo & Club Games

If you have been thinking about joining us, why not do it now. It doesn't matter if you are not over 60 you will still be made very welcome.
Annual membership is £3, and we have 5 outings per year with reduced fares for members.
We meet fortnightly, in the Methodist School room from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. Please come & join us.
More details from :-
Yvonne Lindsay - 793688
Maureen Good - 792558
Eileen Smith - 791451

Fundraising Committee - Pavilion Fund Draw
To join this monthly 100 Club Draw please contact Eileen or George on 792643.
Only £2 per month.
1st Prize - £50
2nd Prize - £15
3rd Prize - £10

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

September 2007
Potterhanworth has won Class 2 of The Best Kept Village competition for Lincolnshire.
The competition is sponsored by the Lincolnshire branch of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England.
Class 2 relates to villages having apopulation of between 501 and 2000 people. This is the first time that we have won it and it is a testament to the hard work put in by the villagers, John Eversfield the village handyman and Malcolm Hawes, responsible for the grass-cutting contract. Our thanks go out to all those who have played a part in keeping the village looking clean, smart and well turned out.
We can all be very proud of our achievement and strive to maintain or even improve on our current excellent standard.
The Parish Council will be considering ways in which we can signal our success to visotors to the village, possibly by signage at the village entry points.
Thank you all once again.

October 2006
Residents,particularly those living on the main route through the village from Nocton to Bardney,will have noticed a recent and significant increase in heavy goods traffic,with associated noise and vibration. The majority of this traffic consists of container vehicles moving goods from Bardney Sugar Factory, coming in empty and leaving full. The contract for this work expired on 14th September, we understand, and hence there should already have been a noticeable reduction by the time you read this.
British Sugar management are unable at this stage to comment on whether the contract will be renewed in 2007.
Nocton and Potterhanworth Parish Councils have agreed to set up a small sub-committee, led by Nocton PC, to try to contact British Sugar to try to influence any future contract in terms of possible alternative routes, numbers of trips, hours of operation etc.
Please note however that the passage of HGVa through the village is not illegal and Highways Dept. will not, and cannot, impose weight restrictions on the B1202, quoting the need for legitimate HGV traffic terminating at sites within the two villages to have access.
We should not expect our approaches to have a very significant on difficult and complex commercial decisions by British Sugar, but we will try.

Press release: 14th August 2006
NAVENBY AND BRANSTON SURGERIES BY CLLR MRS MARIANNE OVERTON
Our County Councillor for Branston and Navenby is holding surgeries on Tuesday 15th August (Navenby), Saturday 19th August (Branston), Saturday 16th September (Branston) and Tuesday 17th October (Navenby) and invites any resident to attend.
Independent Councillor Mrs Marianne Overton will be at the Navenby access point, The Village Office, 19 High Street, Navenby from 10am and Branston Community Library from 10am also. She is inviting questions on County Council matters from the Division’s residents and wants people to join her, air their views and have their say with their elected representative. Marianne does also attend almost all Parish Council meetings and many events during the year. Her reports and contact details appear in the village magazine and on the web. A report is also available in the library. The Branston and Navenby Access Points are designed to enable residents to easily access council services and four staff have been trained to deal with enquiries about District and County Council matters. The Parish Council remains a common “first port of call”, and Marianne is keen to work in partnership with everyone, together supporting many of the issues raised by residents.
“Previous surgeries have raised issues of lower tax levels, improved road safety and access for the disabled, health service improvements, school repairs and support for village projects. We have had some good successes recently with the Branston Booths and Coleby Village Halls, bio fuels being produced using Lincolnshire crops, way-marking signs up at Blankney and safer crossings in Lincoln. I have had further meetings with both the local police and with Chief Constable Tony Lake, working to get better neighbourhood policing in our villages.

If anyone has issues they want to discuss, I would be most pleased to support improvements and help bring them to fruition. "

If you wish to make an appointment, there are several ways you can contact Marianne: Telephone: 01400 273323 E-mail: Marianne.overton@biosearch.org.uk Fax: 01400 273003

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