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LEEK WOOTTON LINK | SEPTEMBER 2018

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EDITORIAL

Welcome to the September issue of The Link. We trust that everyone has had a good summer.

Farmers countrywide will have been able to harvest early this year, but there are many real problems now as a result of the incredibly long and hot summer we have experienced, following on from a long, wet and cold winter! Remember the Beast from the East, etc?

There are, within these pages, many reports of events and activities that have taken place over recent weeks; if you have news or information to share within the parish please do let us have details and we will continue to ‘broadcast’ the details for you.

Remember, a copy of The Link is delivered to every household within the parish (and some beyond).

Helen & Lesley Eldridge The Editorial Team

Cover Image: Winner of Class 39: An Arrangement ‘to celebrate 150 Years’, Leek Wootton WI

Articles for The Link: If there is anything you would like to include, please email

[email protected]

The deadline for editorial submissions for the OCTOBER issue is: FRIDAY, 21 September.

Advertisements for The Link or for www.leekwoottonchurch.co.uk: 1 WEEK IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Via email to [email protected] or call Jim Perryman on 01926 850610

Would you like to receive The Link by email? Please email [email protected] and request your email copy

Priest in Charge Jim Perryman t : 850610 The Vicarage, 4 Hill Wootton Road e : [email protected]

Church Wardens Jonathan Kingston t : 851181 32 Hill Wootton Road

Nigel Stallard t : 850548 Reading Room Cottage Church Lane

Reader Audrey Rowberry t : 851498 7a The Meadows

Secretary to the PCC Eileen Clayton t : 855124 2 The Hamlet

Treasurer to the PCC Mark Sayers t : 859389 36 The Hamlet

All Saints’ Church

WHO’S WHO?

Back issues of The Link are available to view online at: https://express.yudu.com/library/82141/LeekWootton-amp-GuysCliffe-s-Library


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FROM THE VICARAGE

On Your Bike! It was Norman Tebbitt who famously DIDN’T introduce this phrase to the English language – but like many before and since, he became the victim of a tabloid press misquote, and the rest is history.

In the aftermath of the 1981 riots in Handsworth and Brixton, Tebbit, as Employment Secretary, responded to a suggestion that rioting was the natural reaction to unemployment, saying, “I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking till he found it.” But why let fact get in the way of a good headline!

I’m not unemployed, but I’m still going to get on my bike and try and raise some money both for All Saints’ Church and for the Warwickshire & Coventry Historic Churches Trust, by taking part in the annual ‘Ride and Stride’ event on Saturday, 8 September. I haven’t finalised my route yet, but I plan to visit at least 20 churches within the Kenilworth and Coventry South Deanery areas, covering somewhere around 35 to 45 miles – so quite a bit of effort involved, especially if the weather is unkind. If anyone wants to join me on the ride, please get in touch.

Will you help me by giving the encouragement of a little sponsorship? 50% of all sponsorship will support All Saints’ and help with the upkeep of the building, which is so much a part of the community. The rest of the funds raised will be used by WCHCT to give grants to other historic church buildings in Warwickshire and Coventry.

There will be a sponsor form available in the church porch, or you can drop an envelope through the Vicarage letterbox, but the easiest way is to donate online via ‘JustGiving’ www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jim-perryman and if you can Gift Aid, that’s even better.

Of course, the cyclists on the Tour of Britain (including Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas) who will be passing through Leek Wootton on Wednesday, 5 September, soon after midday, would consider 40 miles a mere warm-up, so do get out and encourage them on their way with a cheer or two – but don’t worry, they’re not after your money ☺.

Jim Perryman


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ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH www.leekwoottonchurch.co.uk

CHURCH SERVICES / EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2018 Charity Prayer Focus for the month: Kenilworth Youth for Christ

https://kenilworth.yfc.co.uk Sunday, 2 September Prayer Focus: Warwick Road

8:00am Holy Communion (CW) 9:30am All Age Worship 3:00pm Church Teas

Wednesday, 5 September

10:30am Midweek Holy Communion Road closures due to the Tour of Britain Cycle Race should not affect Kenilworth/Leek Wootton until 12 noon

Sunday, 9 September

Prayer Focus: The Elms

9:30am Holy Communion (CW) with Children’s Groups Focus on Kenilworth Youth for Christ, with guest speaker, Tom Millington (Centre Director)

Sunday, 16 September Prayer Focus: Church Lane

8:00am Holy Communion (BCP) 9:30am All Age Worship – Faith and Life – Songs of Praise 10:45am PCC Meeting

Wednesday, 19 September 10:30am Midweek Holy Communion

Saturday, 22 September 4:00pm Licensing of Nigel Stallard as a Reader at Coventry Cathedral

Sunday, 23 September Prayer Focus: Home Farm

9:30am All Age Holy Communion

Sunday, 30 September Prayer Focus: Hill Wootton Road

9:30am All Age Worship with Holy Communion 3:00pm MESSY HARVEST 6:30pm CTKD Taizé-style worship at St John’s, Kenilworth


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Next MU MEETING Thursday, 13 September, 1:30pm at 11 Rounds Hill, Kenilworth. Our theme will be MU Updates and News.

MU News Mothers’ Union members all over the country (and beyond) are ‘Breaking down the Barriers’, reaching out to refugees and asylum seekers with many types of help, including teaching English and providing vital basics for displaced families. In our area:

Coventry has contacts with the Refugee and Asylum Seekers Centre and a very active and growing local charity, Carriers of Hope. MU supports and promotes their wide-ranging work, collecting and distributing anything and everything to fill empty properties when families are found a home. They also distribute bags of necessities to new mothers.

Mothers’ Union Warwick To9ether (MUWT) heard of the imminent arrival of Syrian refugee families under the Government resettlement scheme

and, with Churches Together in Warwick, collected household cleaning packs for each of the five families.

Amongst the group are men who have great skills as bakers and chefs; however, when completing forms for Food Hygiene and Health & Safety, they have been given negative feedback for written English. Without certificates they cannot even volunteer their skills, so integration is a slow process. The gratitude of the families for all that the UK has afforded them, not least the chance of education for their children, is matched by their generous hospitality and joy at entertaining a visitor.

www.mothersunion.org

LEEK WOOTTON MU Contact : Janet Jackson t : 258264

A prayer written specially for Mothers’ Union by

the Archbishop of Canterbury:

A Special Prayer

LOVING GOD, We thank you for the work of the Mothers’ Union over the years; for all the women who have

given tirelessly of their time and resources in your service, over many

countries and continents. We thank you for their faithfulness

and perseverance, and for their witness to your immense love for

humanity. We pray for women around the world, united by their faith and their commitment to work together

for the common good. We pray that they would witness

powerfully, work faithfully and rejoice in each other’s fellowship.

In the name of Jesus Christ your Son, our Saviour

and our friend.

Amen

Archbishop Justin


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Apostolic Gospel

Academy Choir


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Sunday, 30 September, 3pm to 5pm

at All Saints’ Church

Come and join us for a harvest-thanksgiving-themed fun time for all the family:

Crafts, Games, Stories, Songs, Food & Friendship

Messy Church: • is a way of being church for families involving fun • is found across the world • values are about being Christ-centred, for all ages,

based on creativity, hospitality and celebration The next 2 Messy Church events are planned for:

put the dates in your diaries now

No corn-y jokes this month! Just a little d-rye humour – Can’t wheat to see you ☺

October 21: December 10:

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COVENTRY CATHEDRAL MATTERS Parish Partner : Mary Robins t : 512643

I have come across an intriguing story of the link between Stalingrad - now Volgograd - and Coventry and how the 'twinning' of the two cities came about through the Cross of Nails. Again, I am borrowing from an article by Martin Williams, Chairman of the Friends.

The Missing Cross of Nails Dean John Witcombe visited Volgograd this year as an official guest at the celebrations of the 75th Anniversary of 'Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad'. It was known that there was a Cross of Nails somewhere in the city, but it was no longer in Kazan Cathedral. Then Dean John discovered its whereabouts, in the Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad, hanging next to a photo of the Cathedral ruins and some WWII guns. The Cross had been given in return for a significant gift sent to the Lord Mayor of Coventry, Pearl Hyde (I remember her well) in 1958.

That year Alderman Hyde received a parcel, which contained an Icon, but there was no message to explain where it came from. She presumed it must be from the Patriarch of Moscow and handed the Icon to Bishop Cuthbert Bardsley (many readers will remember him too) and Provost Bill Williams.

It was realised that earlier in 1958 there had been a formal visit to Coventry Cathedral by the Russian Ambassador and that it followed another gift sent by Dr Konrad Adenauer, then Chancellor of West Germany. Bishop Bardsley said, "It shows the way towards Christian Charity and the way towards true Christian peace."

The inscription on the reverse of the Icon, translated from Russian, read, "To commemorate the friendship and sympathy for Coventry's martyrdom during the war against Fascism 1941 - 1945. To Coventry Cathedral from Stalingrad Cathedral". … more of the connection between these two cities in next month's LINK.

EVENTS:

Meet Me in the Ruins On 6, 7 and 8 September at 6:30pm, plus a 2:00pm Saturday matinee, four short plays performed in the ruins in association with the Belgrade Theatre. Tickets from £8 at www.plumb-line2018.co.uk - “… a new, diverse and dynamic piece of theatre created for the Plumbline Festival.”

Lunchtime Organ Recitals Mondays in September at 1:00pm 3rd - Donal McCann, 10th - Simon Headley (Leicester Cathedral), 17th - Thomas Dahl (Hamburg).

International Gala Prom Saturday, 29 September 6:00pm- 8:00pm. The Cathedral’s Patronal Festival with Welsh National Opera soloists, local school


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choirs and the Coventry Cathedral Chorus. Tickets £15 at www.ticketweb.uk/event/international-gala-prom-coventry-cathedral-tickets/7869965.

The Sixteen Wednesday, 3 October Choir and orchestra. Doors open at 6:30pm, talk at 7:00pm, concert starts at 7:30pm. Tickets £16 (concessions) at https://tickets.ncem.co.uk/ - “… an exploration of the sacred and secular works of 16th century composers William Cornysh (both father and son) and 20th century master of the voice, Benjamin Britten.”

Nigel Stallard Reader Licensing On Saturday, 22 September at 4:00pm Nigel Stallard is to be licensed as a Reader, at Coventry Cathedral. I shall be going and have room for 3 more people in my car. I shall be leaving at approximately 3:00pm. Should anyone wish to come with me to support Nigel on this important occasion and celebrate the beginning of his new ministry among us, please contact me (t: 512643).

Mary Robins

ADVANCE NOTICE:

Harvest Supper Saturday, 6 October

A 2-course meal for £7.50/head, including your first drink. Vegetarian option available and family price negotiable.

Sign up using the sheet in Church or contact Jonathan Kingston (t: 851181)

Everyone welcome, so do come and join us.


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LEEK WOOTTON & GUY’S CLIFFE PARISH COUNCIL Clerk to the Parish Council : Helen Eldridge t : 853841

The Parish Council (PC) does not meet in August, but its work continues.

CAT FOULING INCIDENT IN THE HAMLET The PC has been contacted by residents who had a carrier bag of cat faeces left on their doorstep. The residents’ assumption is that this act was an accusation that the waste was left by their pet, despite the fact that they do not own a cat.

The PC cannot become involved in neighbourhood disputes but, this is an unpleasant act and, whilst the PC understands the frustration of animal waste, it would recommend restraint with such issues.

Advice from the Police Safer Neighbourhoods Team is that the incident is not an offence, but they would advise residents to contact them if a similar incident occurs, in case it is the start of some anti-social behaviour that they need to look into. (Their contact information is t: 101 / e: [email protected] / twitter: @WarwickCops)

TRAFFIC DIVERSION W/C 23 JULY The PC was advised that Rouncil Lane was to be closed and traffic diverted down Woodcote Lane by a resident of Rouncil Lane a fortnight before the work was due to begin. The PC was concerned that it had not been advised directly and contacted Warwickshire County Council Highways to explore alternatives to the temporary lifting of the weight restriction through Leek Wootton. The Chairman had a site visit with the Planned Works Engineer, but unfortunately, following discussion, it was obvious that there was no suitable alternative. As a result of the closure, temporary traffic lights were installed at the Woodcote Lane/Warwick Road junction for the duration of the works, to assist vehicles exiting Woodcote Lane. The traffic lights were in situ for a week and this gave Councillors an opportunity to observe the performance of lights and traffic on this difficult junction. The 7.5T weight restriction is now back in place.

BATTLE’S OVER BEACON LIGHTING The PC is working with The Warwickshire Golf & Country Club to hold a beacon lighting ceremony on the night of Remembrance Day (Sunday, 11 November) [read more on page 31]. The beacon bonfire will be built during the week prior to 11 November and those wishing to donate suitable dry wood should contact the Clerk. The PC would also be grateful for volunteers to help build the beacon. Please contact the Clerk on the above email.

LITTER & DOG WASTE BINS After the success of replacing 7 dog waste bins with larger, dual use bins in 2017, the PC has obtained a replacement bin for the damaged Warwick District Council bin in the layby (by permission) and a larger bin for the one on the Rec,

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at the end of the footpath to Waller Close, which has historically been prone to overflow. The smaller bin from this location will be moved to the southbound bus stop to replace the open bin.

The new bins have now been delivered and installation will take place during late August/early September.

VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE Three of the Volunteer Task Force days have taken place so far and work has been undertaken in the children’s playground and around both bus stops. The PC would like to thank those members of the community who have supported this initiative.

There are a number of other jobs that need to be undertaken throughout the community and if you have identified an issue that you think the task force could look at, please contact the Clerk on the above email.

If you would like to take part, the task force days will continue into September on Saturdays 8 & 22 at 9:30am. Please contact the Clerk or any Councillor to find out where the task force will be working, or check the parish online calendar at www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk/index.php/community-calendar.

NEXT MEETING: The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 4 September 2018, at Leek Wootton Village Hall.

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DOG WASTE Whilst walking my dog the other day, I had the misfortune to skid on dog waste left on the Recreation Ground. It is evident that the issue is not improving, despite the majority of responsible dog owners in the community making good use of the bins provided by the Parish Council. Dog waste and abandoned bags have been witnessed on the Rec, pavements, the Tink-a-Tank and other footpaths and on The Warwickshire’s land. One day I came across 3 individual ‘piles’ within an area of some 10 sq ft in the churchyard; it’s inconsiderate enough to leave a ‘pile’ in the path of other walkers, adults and children, but to leave them in the churchyard; a consecrated place of peace and remembrance, is totally unacceptable and on this occasion we removed them.

The Fouling of Land by Dogs (Warwick District Council) Order 2011 requires owners to remove faeces deposited by their dog from any land to which the public has access in Warwick District and which is open to the air (including land which is covered, but open to the air on at least one side). Persons contravening the Order may be prosecuted through the courts [maximum fine £1,000] or given a fixed penalty charge.

As Clerk I am exploring initiatives that may be supported by the WDC Dog Warden to tackle this problem, but the support of like-minded people who do not want to see this nuisance would be much appreciated. Any ideas would be gratefully received and my contact details are given above.

Incidents of fouling can be reported online at: www.warwickdc.gov.uk/forms/form/46/report_dogs_fouling

Helen Eldridge Clerk to the Parish Council

Coffee Time Quiz Yes we are back with a few quick fire quiz questions to get you thinking …

1. Who had hit singles with the songs “Donna”, “Arts for Arts sake” and “I’m Mandy Fly Me”?

2. What river travels through the German city of Frankfurt?

3. Britain has three native species of snake, the adder, the grass snake and which other?

4. How many different types of wind strength are there on the Beaufort scale?

5. The football club Port Vale come from which English city?

Answers on page 36

http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/forms/form/46/report_dogs_fouling

http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/forms/form/46/report_dogs_fouling

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LEEK WOOTTON & GUY’S CLIFFE

NEWS Like us at www.facebook.com/LWandGC

Change afoot at the Anchor Things have changed this summer at the heart of Leek Wootton – Sean Rouse has taken a ten-year lease on The Anchor and wants to welcome everyone to the pub.

There is a new sign, a new menu, new ice cream and the ‘partition’ in the bar has gone!

Sean said, “Please, come along and give us a try.”

The eagle has landed… in Hill Wootton An eagle with a 7ft wingspan went missing from Warwick Castle in late June. Nikita, a white stellar sea eagle, disappeared after completing the 12:30pm bird of prey show on Tuesday, 26 June.

She was found in Hill Wootton at 11:00am on the morning of Thursday, 28 June.

Nikita has been at Warwick Castle since 2004 and although she has wandered away once before, she normally returns within 10 to 15 minutes.

The castle’s birds of prey handler, Chris O’Donnell, said when she went missing that she was most likely to be seen sitting in an open field and that she posed no risk to animals or the public.

A Facebook appeal was shared hundreds of times, with some leaving comments for her safe return.

Warwickshire Police confirmed on Twitter: "The lost eagle from Warwick Castle has been found safe and well and is being reunited with her boyfriend - happy ending!"

Extracted from the Stratford Herald and Birmingham Mail


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Julia Green contributed Recipes from Hilary Farm Kitchen to Leek Wootton Link from December 2010 to July/August 2018. As she retired from the magazine, Julia chose some of her favourite recipes from over 70 issues.

Books are on sale for £5 - for your copy please contact The Link Team (t: 854347 / e: [email protected])

Profits will be donated to the local fundraising committees for the following charities:

Leek Wootton Leek Wootton Committee Kenilworth & District Committee


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TODDLERS AT LEEK WOOTTON VILLAGE HALL Contact : Janet Jackson t : 258264

Autumn Term starts 6 September

We meet on Thursdays, term-time 10:00 -11:30am

For Babies to Pre-schoolers

A warm welcome is extended for Parents, Grandparents and Carers

Baby area, Craft, mat and ride on toys, Snack-time and Singing, also fun outdoors in our woodland play area

Just turn up and join us for a friendly and relaxed morning. £1.50 per family.

CANCER RESEARCH UK Secretary : Shirley Calvert t : 859003

Greek Supper Thank you so much to everyone who came along to our supper in the Village Hall on 30 June, which raised the sum of £1,287.31. Being able to have the doors and windows open on such a warm day made the evening enjoyable and gave a more Greek atmosphere!

KENILWORTH PROBUS CLUB Chairman : Rodney Perry Hon Secretary : Mike Cheeseman t : 852976

What a surprise treat for our talk in July. We had been looking forward to a talk by a visiting speaker on Antique Glass, but these arrangements fell through. Our very own member, Roger Cragg gave his first talk to our Probus in 1992 and Roger stepped into the breach again with his twelfth talk to us – his first as an active member. Roger talked about the Elan Valley Aqueduct, which brings drinking water by gravity some 73 miles from the Elan Valley into the Frankley Reservoir in Birmingham. Roger took us through the very far-sighted proposals and enabling legislation, the technical challenges and the construction solutions – all first implemented between 1896 and 1906/8. Commissioned with two 40” pipes, it now has two more 60” pipes and is just reaching the planned capacity.

Congratulations Eileen and Norman Clayton celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on 12 July.

We would like to send our hearty congratulations to accompany those sent by HM The Queen.

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MYTON HOSPICE & MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT

Super Cars Sunday Tom Commander writes: “Super Cars Sunday [Sunday, 1 July] was great fun; we made £2,070 and, just to prove we did actually hand over the cash to Myton Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support and didn't go on holiday on the proceeds, I attach a photo of the cheque presentation.

Thanks again to all who came this year and had a super day. I really hope we can muster twice as many cars (50+) in 2019 and make twice as much money! NEXT YEAR … bit provisional, but pencil in 25 August 2019.”

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT Chairman : Ros Commander t : 511373

What an interesting and rather inspiring speaker we had at the Macmillan Summer Lunch on 18 June. Heidi Meyer, the first female Master of the Lord Leycester Hospital brought along artefacts, including an original silver badge, which would have been presented to an original Brother by Queen Elizabeth I; Edw Falknor’s name was engraved on the reverse. Heidi also shared her vision for the future of the organisation and talked about the first of the new, younger Brothers, who is a veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan and was severely injured in the line of duty. The lunch made £1,500 for Macmillan.

More information is available about the newly-formed Friends of the Lord Leycester Hospital at www.lordleycester.com/friends

Coffee & Cake Morning Friday, 28 September

There is to be a Coffee & Cake morning on Friday, 28 September, at the Village Hall with a speaker, Barry Meatyard, who will speak about Guy’s Cliffe Walled Garden. Tickets at £10 are available from Joan Stevens (t: 859949) or Jean Singleton (t: 853983). This may be of interest to men as well as women!


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www.allsaints-leekwootton.cofeacademy.org

ALL SAINTS’ C of E ACADEMY Head Teacher : Andrew Morris t : 400498

Diocese of Coventry Multi-Academy Trust

The new school term starts on Tuesday, 4 September (except for new Reception children, who will start on Monday, 10 September).

Mr Morris will be changing the days he work at All Saints’ from September, “I will be working at All Saints’ on Wednesday, Thursday and every Friday afternoon. At other times I will be available at Burton Green Academy.”

Extracted from School Newsletter, 20 July 2018

ADMISSIONS 2019 We would like to invite parents of children who are due to start school in September 2019 to visit the school on our:

OPEN DAYS Join Mr Morris on a guided tour around the school in a small group, with the opportunity to ask any questions that you might have, on:

Tuesday, 25 September at 9:30am

or Tuesday, 9 October

at 1:30pm

Please phone 01926 400498 to reserve a place

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SMILE LINES Young James finished his summer holidays and went back to school. Two days later his teacher phoned his mother to tell her James was misbehaving. “Wait a minute!” protested his mum, “I had him here for weeks and I never once called YOU when he misbehaved!”


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LEEK WOOTTON & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Hon Secretary : Mary Murdoch t : 854103

Annual Horticultural Show 2018 - 150 Years Our ANNUAL SHOW was a huge success based on this being the 150th anniversary of the first Leek Wootton Horticultural Show.

The afternoon ended with a prize-giving, outside, and it was likened to a lovely garden party. Thanks to all our friends, neighbours and visitors; we hope you enjoyed the afternoon.

AWARDS & SPECIAL PRIZE LIST

The Jim Perkins Salver

Best exhibit in the Show ..................................................... Paul Budgen

Banksian Medal (provided by RHS) Most points in Classes 1-38

(Floral, Fruit & Vegetable Sections) ............................... Brian Kingham

The R L Jones Award

Most points awarded in the Show .................................. Brian Kingham

The D S Mitchell Cup Most points in Classes 1-14 (Floral Section) .................................................. Ron Guest

The Lady Waller Challenge Cup Most points in Classes 15-38 (Fruit & Vegetable Sections) .................... Brian Kingham

The Elizabeth Bright Silver Challenge Cup Most points in Classes 39-56

(Floral Art, Craft Section & Household Classes) ................................... Margaret Powell

The T K Meredith Award Best exhibit in Classes 1-14 (Floral Section).................................................. Ron Guest


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The P J Wartnaby Award Best exhibit in Classes 15-38 (Fruit & Vegetable Sections) ....................... Paul Budgen

The Charles Nettleship Memorial Rose Bowl Best exhibit in Classes 39-56

(Floral Art, Craft Section & Household Classes) .................................... Lesley Eldridge

The Children’s Cup Best exhibit in Children’s Classes (59-62)..................................................... Ethan Frith

The Don Ellwood Award Best exhibit in Classes 43 & 44 ............................................................ Nicola Perryman

The Barry & Audrey Gillitt Salver Best exhibit in Classes 10 & 11 ................................ Angela Guest

The Fred Wilson (Children’s Award)

Best exhibit in children’s classes (59-62)

(up to and inc 8 years) ................................................. Ethan Frith

(9 to 14 years) ........................................................... Matilda Frith

Club & Society Class: Celebrating 150 Years

1st Prize of £25 .................................................................... Macmillan Cancer Support

For this special one-off category, there were magnificent displays from All Saints’

Church (2nd), Leek Wootton History Group (3rd), Cancer Research UK, NSPCC and

Leek Wootton WI. Thank you all for helping to make this a special Show.

GOLF Junior .................................... Dominic Senior ...................... Graham Stevens

SKITTLES Junior ......................................... Peter Senior ................ Charles Yeomanson

PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION

Class 57 ‘CELEBRATIONS’ ................. Mary Murdoch (25 votes)

Class 58 ‘ANIMALS’ ➔ .................. Sarah Barnard (8 votes)


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ECO CHURCH

Travelling We all do a lot of travelling for many different reasons, but do we stop and think about what we are doing to the environment as we travel? Here are some thoughts about the positives and negatives of some different forms of transport and a table showing some information about carbon dioxide emissions.

Walking + Great for your health if you are not having to walk in high air pollution.

+ No greenhouse gas emissions except those involved in manufacturing of shoes.

- Only suitable if short distances are involved.

- Some people are not physically able to manage even short distances.

- There is a limit to the amount that can be carried.

Cycling + Great for your health if you are not cycling in high air pollution.

+ No greenhouse gas emissions except those involved in manufacturing the bike and accessories.

- Only suitable if relatively short distances are involved.

- Some people are unable to cycle.

- There is a limit to the amount that can be carried.

- Other traffic on the roads can make it dangerous in some places.

Public transport - bus and train + The transport will run anyway so you are not increasing the amount of

greenhouse gases.

- Timetables are limited and so you may have to adapt plans to fit them.

Non electric car + Convenient for travelling at a time of your choosing to place of your

choosing.

- Lots of greenhouse and other polluting gases emitted.

Electric car + Convenient for travelling at a time of your choosing to place of your

choosing.

+ No greenhouse gas and other air pollution in the place where you are driving.

- Journey length is limited by battery charge.

- If electricity is made with gas, oil or coal, then there are still greenhouse gases emitted and other air pollution at the power station.


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Plane + Enables quick transport over long distances.

- Lots of greenhouse gases emitted into the high atmosphere where they are even more damaging than at ground level.

Table comparing average emissions of the different transport means for passenger transport in Europe:

from European Environment Agency Nov 2016

Transport means Passengers average

Emissions (g CO2/passenger km)

Train 156 14

Bus 12.7 68

Plane 88 285

Small car 1.5 104

Small car 4 42

Large car 1.5 158

Large car 4 55

Motorbike 1.2 72

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End of term Scottish Dancing! This was our last meeting before the summer break, so we asked Margaret Baker and some of her dancers to come along and show us some traditional Scottish country dances. We learnt that there are five main types of Scottish dancing, the reel, the jig, the polka, the strathspey and the waltz.

Margaret explained that perhaps the cold weather had influenced the evolution of dancing in Scotland as a means of keeping warm … but essentially as people of all ages are able to participate, this has meant that the popularity of Scottish dancing is not confined to Scotland, but exists all over the world.

Written material on Scottish dancing dates back to the 1700s. Over time, particular styles have evolved and many geographical areas of Scotland have their own unique dance variations. It is commonly accepted that the Reel is the only truly indigenous dance to Scotland. This was a dance for three or more people where steps were danced on the spot alternating with everyone doing usually the same travelling step around in a circle or in a figure of 8.

Margaret talked us through the history of Scottish dancing and then 8 members of her regular dance group performed a number of traditional Scottish dances. Needless to say we were then eager to have a go ourselves – we initially went the wrong way and lost the beat on more than one occasion – but under Margaret's careful instruction we were soon performing recognisable Scottish dances.

We had a huge amount of fun, and as they say, ‘When you dance it cannot fail to bring a smile to your face’. Indeed we all went home truly beaming!

www.leekwoottonwi.co.uk LEEK WOOTTON WI President : Genny Wilson t : 690701

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www.leekwoottonscoutgroup.co.uk 1ST LEEK WOOTTON SCOUT GROUP Contact : Jo Elsy t : 854623

Warwickshire Scouts attending the 24th Jamboree – UPDATE Since our St George’s Day tea in April the participants and leaders have been busy, both training and fundraising.

In July we camped at Beau Desert for our second training weekend. The heat was good preparation for America and the date lent itself to an Independence Day party. The participants practised traditional Scouting skills such as tent pitching, making pegs, using axes and 2-man saws. They also learned to look after themselves for three weeks away from home without Mum: cooking meals for forty, including food hygiene, and handwashing their clothes.

We now have our UK neckers and unit badges, which helps make us feel like one unit despite coming from all over Warwickshire. We have souvenir badges to sell too.

Thank you to all who have supported us, whether through personal donations or by attending the tea, table top sale or car wash. Many thanks too, to the Leek Wootton Cubs and Beavers who walked from Kenilworth Castle to the Village Hall and then sold cakes to raise funds.

The leaders and participants are available to talk to local groups about the forthcoming trip. We have been provided with some materials to support this, including a lovely Mexican sombrero, because the Jamboree is being hosted by the Boy Scouts of America, Canada and Mexico.

To recognise our Mexican hosts our next fund raiser will be a ‘Day of the Dead’ Masked Ball on Friday, 2 November at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth.

The Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a Mexican celebration of dead ancestors coinciding with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, but is about 3,000 years old with the emphasis on celebration.

For more details and tickets please contact Lesley Knott (t: 0796 381 5773 / e: [email protected]) or ask any of the Kenilworth Jamboree participants.

www.warwickshirescouts.org.uk/jamboree

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BATTLE’S OVER: A Nation’s Tribute On 11 November 2018, the United Kingdom and its friends overseas will mark the day 100 years ago when the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War and Leek Wootton & Guy’s Cliffe Parish Council will be taking part, in partnership with All Saints’ Church and The Warwickshire Golf & Country Club.

ARMISTICE DAY, REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY & POPPIES After four years of war, the Armistice was signed on the morning of 11 November 1918 and a cease-fire came into effect at 11:00am. A year later, on 11 November 1919, the Queen’s grandfather, King George V asked the public to observe a two-minute silence and asked that, "… the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead".

World War I left approximately 16 million people, military and civilian, dead and around 37 million casualties. It was an unprecedented loss of life that affected every community in those countries that were involved and the first Armistice Day, to remember those that had died, received overwhelming public support.

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month has been remembered every year since with a two-minute silence and Remembrance services are also held on the nearest Sunday, including the ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, when all who have died in conflict are remembered.

The tradition of wearing poppies originates with the poem On Flanders Field written by Lt Col John McCrae in 1915, and the lines, “If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields”. In 1918 Moina Michael, an American professor vowed to always wear a poppy as a symbol of Remembrance for those who served in the war and sold silk poppies to raise funds to support disabled veterans at the University of Georgia. Inspired by her campaign, in 1921 the newly formed British Legion took on the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

In 2018 the 100th anniversary of the Armistice falls on a Sunday and commemorative events will be held nationwide to pay tribute to the millions killed or wounded in battle, and those on the home front who struggled amidst pain and loss to help ensure freedom survived. Leek Wootton & Guy’s Cliffe will be taking part in the nationwide act of Remembrance, which will involve:

18.55: The Last Post: 1000 individual Buglers will sound this historic tribute at WW1 Beacons of Light locations across the Nation and UK Overseas Territories.

19.00: WW1 Beacons of Light: Over 1000 Beacons of Light, symbolising an end to the darkness of war and a return to the light of Peace, will be lit.

19.05: Ringing Out for Peace: 1000 Cathedrals and Churches will ring out their bells across the nation, and beyond, in celebration of Peace.

All Saints’ Church will hold its usual Remembrance Sunday service and Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial Recreation Ground stone, as well as a special evening service before the Last Post and Beacon of Light and more information about this will follow in future issues of The Link.


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LEEK WOOTTON VILLAGE HALL Booking Clerk : Sigrun Fewtrill e : [email protected]

t : 409641 after 4:00pm

Contact for Leek Wootton Village Hall Ltd: Mary Robins t : 512643

Hiring Charges Main Hall

Committee Room Maximum 20 Persons Village Users: £7.00 ph Non-Village Users: £9.00 ph Full day rates at Committee’s discretion.

30 min setting-up charge, plus 30 min clearing-up charge is added to ALL bookings (except for regular village users).

Hire of the Main Hall or the Committee Room is for that room only.

An additional charge of £15 is payable for use of the cooker, dishwasher and heated cabinet.

We are very proud of our Village Hall and would appreciate your help in maintaining it in its present condition; all users should leave the hall, kitchen and toilets clean and tidy.

ALL litter must be taken home. Please do not leave bags of rubbish in, or outside, the hall.

BOOKING INQUIRIES TO MRS S FEWTRILL (e : [email protected] | t : 01926 409641 after 4:00pm)

SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE HALL

Charges effective from 1 January 2017

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100 years ago, from 26 September to 11 November, the WWI Meuse-Argonne Offensive took place in France. It was the last major battle of WWI and the American Expeditionary Force’s largest and bloodiest operation of the war. Allied victory.

90 years ago, on 28 September 1928, the use of cannabis was made illegal in the UK. (Medical use of cannabis was made illegal in 1973.)

80 years ago, on 30 September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to England in triumph after signing the Munich Agreement, declaring there would be “peace in our time”.

40 years ago, on 8 Sep 1978, the Black Friday of the Iranian Revolution took place. Thousands of protestors gathered in Jaleh Square, Tehran, and ignored calls to disperse. The Imperial Army opened fire and foreign

journalists estimated that up to 4,000 people were killed. This was the pivotal event in the Iranian Revolution, and marked the beginning of the end of the Shah’s regime.

30 years ago, on 6 September 1988, 11-year-old British boy Thomas Gregory became the youngest person to swim the English Channel.

20 years ago, on 4 September 1998, Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both students at Stanford University in California. The company was initially based in a friend’s garage in Menlo Park.

10 years ago, on 7 September 2008 the Financial Crisis was underway. The troubled US mortgage-financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into government conservatorship, under the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

ALL IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

What did we do before Google? Google, the internet search company, was founded 20 years ago this month by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both students at Stanford University in California. The company was initially based in a friend’s garage. The friend, Susan Wojcicki, is now CEO of YouTube.

The company developed from an idea for an innovative search engine originally called Backrub, which outshone early competitors. Eventually its use became so ubiquitous that the word “google” is now often used to mean search on a computer.

The name Google is a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. It reflects the founders’ mission ‘to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.’

The company’s huge campus, Googleplex, is a tourist destination in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is regarded as an ideal employee-friendly workplace. The company employs over 60,000 people.

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Universities can mistake ‘loneliness for depression’ Many young people who have just left home for university will be lonely. That is a normal emotion of young adults and it is certainly not a medical condition.

So says a leading professor of psychiatry at King’s College London, who advises universities not to make the current mental health crisis worse by assuming that all sad students are depressed. He urged universities to stop throwing money at various ‘untested’ mental health initiatives.

Instead, Sir Simon Wessely said: ‘Loneliness is a major problem for the student population … but there is quite a lot of evidence to say that the solution may not be to see a counsellor, but maybe to join a choir.’ He advised that the best way to protect against mental health problems was to draw on active social networks. Having friends who they can confide in is ‘probably better’ for students than seeking professional help.

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www.heritageopendays.org.uk

HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 6-9 & 13-16 September 2018

Many historic buildings and places will open their doors to the public, free of charge for this event. You can visit places that may not normally be open including:

Kenilworth Abbey Barn, Kenilworth Abbey Ruins, a presentation on the history of Abbey Fields in Kenilworth. In Leamington, Binswood Hall, Brunswick Street Cemetery, New Street Burial Ground, the Polish Centre, various guided walks. In Warwick, Warwick Unitarian Chapel, Saltisford Canal Centre, Warwickshire County Record Office, Judges House, Hill Close Gardens and the Quaker Meeting House.

Other local places to visit include: Bagot’s Castle, Baginton; Marton Museum of Country Bygones; Princethorpe College and; King’s High School.

It is also an opportunity to visit many regular heritage attractions, including National Trust properties for free.

Guy’s Cliffe Walled Garden and All Saints’ Church, Leek Wootton will both be open.

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www.historygroup.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk

LEEK WOOTTON HISTORY GROUP Chairman : Paul Eldridge t : 854347

The Way We Were…

The Elms Reflecting again this month on earlier changes in the parish, the pictures below from the History Group’s archive, reveal two stages of development: The west wall of The Elms farmhouse (right) was

alongside the Warwick Road with a gate and then a barn to its north. Between the barn and the boundary wall of Leek Wootton House was a row of cottages (left) and it was along this stretch that two bungalows and two detached houses were built.

The life of The Elms farm continued with modern barns, stable yard and a timber-clad bungalow to the south of the site and from the aerial photograph (right) it is really quite easy to see how the properties in The Elms were planned in the 1980s, with the original farm entrance creating the current road.

The Edgar family of Elms Farm developed Rio Grande, Elms Farm, on Hill Wootton Road and is still based there today.

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http://leekwoottonsports.club [email protected]

LEEK WOOTTON SPORTS CLUB Secretary : Paul Baigent t : 07535 736556

Opening times:

Monday CLOSED Tuesday 7:00pm - 10:00pm Wednesday 7:00pm - 10:00pm Thursday CLOSED Except for Crib & Dominos nights

Friday 5:30pm - 11:00pm Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm - 9:00pm

Bank Holidays - Times vary

Volunteer Needed We are looking for a volunteer to visit the new defibrillator on the Village Hall wall once every two weeks just to check it is charging correctly etc, so that if it is ever needed we can be confident it will be fully operable.

The equipment self-charges and all that is required is a quick 2 minute observation and if there is a problem to get in touch and we will contact the supplier. You will be briefed on what to check and look out for.

If you would be willing to do this task for the community then please contact Paul Baigent on 07535 736556 and he will provide the briefing.

Many thanks

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, 1 September, 7:30pm until late - Dancing with Eezy Street (right)to 60s, 70s and 80s music

Sunday, 9 September, from 2:00pm - Vintage Tea Party with antique valuation service

Wednesday, 12 & 26 September - Club Bingo Nights

COFFEE TIME QUIZ ANSWERS From page 13

1. These were all top 10 hits for 10CC

2. The river Main flows through Frankfurt and the proper name for the city is Frankfurt am Main

3. The Smooth snake is the third species of UK snake

4. There are twelve strengths of wind on the Beaufort Scale

5. Port Vale are from the district of Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent


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http://leekwoottonsports.club/sports-clubs/football

LEEK WOOTTON FOOTBALL CLUB Chairman : Paul Baigent t : 07535 736556

New Football Season almost here … Yes, with England’s prolonged stay in the World Cup this year you probably think that football has never really gone away, but in Leek Wootton we have had a break and now the teams are raring to go for the new season!

We continue to grow and this season we have 14 teams playing in the Mid-Warwickshire, Coventry and Midlands Junior Premier Leagues. The Under 11s have become our third team to play in the Midland League, which is a great achievement for a club of our size.

A big welcome to the new lads and parents of our new under 8s teams who are our first teams to graduate from our Academy partner, DF Sports Academy. The team up has proved a great success and any younger players aged between 2 and 7 who would like to have a go at football, please contact Dan Fagan (m: 07931 641540). He will be able to provide further details of how to join.

For any players older than this who are interested in playing for Leek Wootton this season, please contact the Chairman, Paul Baigent (m: 07535 736556) and you will be put into touch with the right age group manager.

www.greenleekrun.co.uk

Sign up Soon - Green Leek Run 2018 Entries are flooding in for the Green Leek Run, which will take place on Sunday, 14 October. The run, which raises funds for both All Saints' and Burton Green C of E Academies, is rapidly becoming a firm fixture in the local running calendar.

As in previous years, the route will take in the leafy countryside between Burton Green and Leek Wootton, finishing at The Warwickshire. The 10.5km run is multi terrain, so be prepared for mud if it rains!

With numbers limited to 500 - and over 200 runners already signed up - places are filling up fast. If you would like to enter, please visit the website www.greenleekrun.co.uk where you will be able to find all the run info, enter online, download a sponsorship form and buy one of this year's t-shirts.

Please feel free to contact us via the website or come and see the GLR organising team at forthcoming events. We would love to hear from anyone who would like to get involved - supporters, sponsors and helpers of all types. Let the training and the countdown begin!

Victoria Lowe

Green Leek Run Organising Team


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www.tourofbritain.co.uk OVO Tour of Britain Stage 4, Wednesday, 5 September, Nuneaton to Royal Leamington Spa

Following the success of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour, which came through Leek Wootton for the third time

on 15 June 2018, the OVO Energy Tour of Britain will bring the top men’s race through Warwickshire on the same route. The 183 kilometre stage will pass through the heart of the county.

The race starts in Nuneaton at 11:00 and will finish in Royal Leamington Spa at approximately 15:37.

The Kenilworth Sprint will take place around 12:17, with the lead cars ETA 12:02.

Temporary road closures Information on the road closures in your area will be displayed roadside in advance of the race, but the timings affecting Leek Wootton & Guy’s Cliffe are:

• The Leek Wootton sign (north of the village) 12:20

• The Warwick sign (south of Guy’s Cliffe) 12:24

The lead cars precede these times by approximately 15 minutes. For further information about the route, please go to www.tourofbritain.co.uk

Tour de France winners will take part We were pleased to hear that Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome will be heading for the roads of Warwickshire. The Coventry Evening Telegraph announced:

Race organisers have revealed the two Team Sky riders, who placed first and third in July’s Tour de France, will both be competing when the biggest event in domestic cycling comes to town on September 5.

Thomas, the first Welshman to top the podium in the Tour de France when he won the event last month, is a regular at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, having ridden it eight times since his debut with a Great British national team in 2005.

Froome is a four-time winner of the Tour de France, the current Giro D’Italia and Vuelta a Espana champion and one of the biggest names in the history of the sport.

Race director Mick Bennett said: "We’re honoured and thrilled that Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome will lead Team Sky at this year’s OVO Energy Tour of Britain.

"To have two of Britain’s greatest ever riders - the reigning Tour de France and Giro d’Italia winners no less - competing in the race is fantastic news for our fans, who will line the streets in order to catch a glimpse of the heroes.”

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NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Contacts : Lisa Craine e : [email protected] Sonia Scrimshire m : 07770 664790 / e : [email protected]

It is a pleasure to be able to introduce myself as Co-ordinator for the ‘Hill Wootton Scheme’, which I have been running successfully for 12 years.

Whilst quite a number of readers/residents are aware of my presence, new members are warmly welcome to join our network with a view to preventing crime.

I operate on an e-mail basis (and telephone if needs be) with updates and newsletters from our local SNT and generally on a ‘as and when’ basis, should a situation arise within the locality.

I also keep a watchful eye on local news and incidents via press updates and in turn pass any relevant information onto my subscribers so they are aware and can note accordingly.

It is good that I am able to contribute to our Parish Magazine as I can include local news and information that may be of help in keeping ourselves and our homes safe and free from crime.

I won’t state the obvious as most people know it makes sense to lock up their homes/cars/garages/outbuildings, and I am keen to ensure we know what’s going on and that we can, together, keep one another posted on anything of interest/concern:

August 2018: A telephone scam claiming to be from HMRC making demands for payment with the threat of prosecution for non-payment of tax, was reported locally. Often, the victims are receiving a second call a few days later. Note that HMRC never ring people in this manner, nor ask for personal details over the phone, so it is advised to hang up and report the matter to the police on 101 or to Action Fraud on 0300-123-2040.

Similarly, we ourselves were targeted, receiving a number of calls from what was apparently BT wishing to update our contract. We became suspicious as they asked us questions you would assume BT would already know the answer to. On the last call, we suggested they ‘were fraudsters, operating a scam’ and they hung up swiftly. BT subsequently confirmed our suspicions that this was clearly the case!

Unfortunately, it is also reported that during early August a number of Warwick residents were the subject of vehicle crime. In most instances the car windscreens had been smashed and in one case an item was stolen.

Please let me know if you wish to receive our Newsletter from the SNT along with any alerts that are reported to me from subscribers of the Neighbourhood Watch network I run here in Hill Wootton to include Leek Wootton and nearby districts.

You are most welcome to join in, if you are not already within a scheme.

I may be contacted on 07770-664790 or by e-mail on [email protected].

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Your Letters If you would like to write to us, please email the Editorial Team at : [email protected]

Have you got lots of apples that you don't know

what to do with? I have a fruit scratter (grater) and press for making apple juice. I am happy for others to make use of it too. You would need to bring your apples and container(s) to take the juice away. A bucketful of apples could give about 4 pints of juice depending on the variety. I assume that pears would work as well.

You could then enjoy your fresh juice immediately, freeze the juice in suitable quantities or pasteurise it to keep for up to 2 years. Alternatively you could find out about making your own cider.

If you are interested please contact me to arrange a suitable time to do this. Accompanied children are welcome to come and have a go too.

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OUT & ABOUT IN LEEK WOOTTON & GUY’S CLIFFE See main articles for further details

31 August - 2 September Godiva Festival

www.godivafestival.com

1-7 September Warwick Words History Festival

https://warwickwords.co.uk

Saturday, 1 September Charity Night in aid of Georgies Gift

at the Sports Club

Sunday, 2 September Kenilworth Half Marathon

www.kenilworthhalfmarathon.co.uk

Church Summer Teas 15:00 at All Saints’ Church

Tuesday, 4 September Back to School

All Saints’ CofE Academy, Leek Wootton

Parish Council Meeting 19:30 at the Village Hall

Wednesday, 5 September OVO Energy Tour of Britain

www.tourofbritain.co.uk

6-9 & 13-16 September Heritage Open Days

www.heritageopendays.org.uk

7-13 September Leamington Spa Comedy Festival

www.leamingtoncomedy.com

Saturday, 8 September PC Volunteer Task Force

See page 12 for more information

Sunday, 9 September Vintage Tea Party

14:00 at the Sports Club

Wednesday, 12 September Club Bingo Night

at the Sports Club

Thursday, 13 September Leek Wootton MU

13:30 at 11 Rounds Hill, Kenilworth

Sunday, 16 September PCC Meeting

10:45 at All Saints’ Church

Tuesday, 18 September Leek Wootton WI

19:45 at the Village Hall

Saturday, 22 September PC Volunteer Task Force


Wednesday, 26 September Club Bingo Night

at the Sports Club

Friday, 28 September Macmillan Coffee & Cake Morning


Sunday, 30 September Gaydon Military Show www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/events/

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BUS TIMETABLE Timetable for Stagecoach Route X68 between Coventry and Cubbington via Leek Wootton, as published on www.stagecoachbus.com

Leek Wootton Kenilworth Coventry MONDAY TO FRIDAY (except public holidays) Leek Wootton: 0742 0950 then hourly until 1450 1553 1653(HOL) 1738 1813

SATURDAY Leek Wootton: 0742 0950 then hourly until 1450 1553 1658 1738 1808

Leek Wootton Warwick Warwick Gates Leamington Lillington Cubbington MONDAY TO SATURDAY (except public holidays) Leek Wootton: 0744 0914 then hourly until 1514 1627 1727 1827

(HOL) school holidays only For return journeys to Leek Wootton, please see full timetable online


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