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Many local businesses supported theevent, by either donating items for thetop raffle prize which was a luxuryChristmas hamper containing over £100of locally produced and sourced foodand items and runner up prizes. There

were also lots of opportunities to buyChristmas gifts for all thefamily from the manycraft and other stalls,most of which were ranby parents, grandparents,pupils and past pupils ofthe school.Pic (left): Austin Collins(3) with Mandy Matthiae

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ROTHLEY SCHOOL opened upits new school premises tothe community on SaturdayNovember 28 for its Christ-mas Fair.

Organised by the school’s Parents,Teachers and Friends Association, theevent featured a performance by theKaine Gospel Choir of Rothley with aselection of Christmas carols and hymns,followed by the school’s very own talent-ed choir.

Santa’s grotto proved very popular,with over 200 children receiving a giftfrom Santa.

The entries for the mince pie andcarrot cake bake were on show and forsale in the new community studio roomand a range of seasonal activities andgames were available for children andparents to enjoy including HandmadeSock Snowmen, Christmas bauble mak-ing, Splat the Santa and Find Rudolph’sCarrot.

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CHARNWOOD COUNCILLORShave voted to approve aplanning document that rec-ommends building 1500 newhomes south of Rothley.

The Broadnook Garden suburb is oneof the areas suggested for developmentin Charnwood Borough Council’s CoreStrategy, which is the council’s blueprintfor where new housing, employmentland and infrastructure should be builtuntil 2028.

At a meeting of the full CharnwoodBorough Council on November 9, 39councillors voted to adopt the CoreStrategy and eight voted against.

Birstall councillor Iain Bentley waslegally required to declare an interestand could not vote. Birstall’s three othercouncillors, Renata Jones, SerindaShergill and David Gaskell, voted infavour of adoption. Also voting in favourwere Rothley councillors Brian Page andLeon Hadji-Nikolaou, and David Snartt ofForest Bradgate.

The main areas of proposed develop-ment are:

• 1500 homes and 15 hectares ofemployment land on land to the north ofthe A46, between Birstall and Rothley.The land is in the parish of Wanlip.

• 4500 homes and 13 hectares ofemployment land to the north ofHamilton/east of Thurmaston.

• 3000 homes and 16 hectares ofemployment land to the west of Lough-borough

The Core Strategy also sets out howthe Council aims to help boost economicrecovery in the area with plans for theregeneration of the Watermead corridorwithin the Thurmaston and Syston area,support for further development of theLoughborough Science and EnterprisePark and a regeneration plan for Shep-

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Rothley Parish Council ChairmanPercy Hartshorn said: “The main impactof this development on Rothley will bethe traffic. It will leave local roads virtu-ally gridlocked and I don’t think theaccess roundabout will cope.

“It will also reduce the area of settle-ment separation to about two fields.

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JAN 2016THE ROTHLEY POST 3recent years – there are five buildingsites in the village at the moment.”

Birstall Parish Council’s chairmanAnn Marshall said that the Parish Coun-cil objected to the inclusion of theBroadnook Garden suburb at the earliestpossible stage. She said: “We objectedon the grounds that the strategy wasunsound and that the local infrastructurecouldn’t cope.

“The village tried so hard to stop theHallam Fields development and it madenot one jot of difference and realisticallyI don’t think we could ever stop thisone. Charnwood has its housing targetsto meet – that’s good for them, but whatabout the residents!

This new development will have 1500cars at least, plus the employment land,so anybody can see what the impact willbe. The A6 is already terrible and we inBirstall will be the most badly affected.My worry is what they can do to mitigatethe impact on the roads and I hope thatCharnwood will engage with the develop-ers to address these concerns and thatthey will involve the parishes at eachstage in the process. We want to beconsulted about everything – traffic,section 106 money, everything.”

In a statement, Birstall’s ConservativeBorough councillors said: “… whetheryou like it or not, more houses areneeded and you only have to look at thepresent speed of house sales and thereported demands for new houses to

realise that this is the case.“Without a plan to control and direct

such needs we would face the prospectof developments taking place not wherewe want them but rather where develop-ers see fit to locate them.

“We believe that the Broadnook Gar-den Suburb would enhance our area byproviding additional facilities for thearea. We, as councillors, are committedto ensure that the development’s infra-structure is front loaded, carefully put inplace and monitored as the developmentproceeds.”

Former Birstall Borough Councillor,Lib Deb Simon Sansome, has started apetition on change.org to oppose thedevelopment. It currently has 289 signa-tures. He says Birstall cannot take thisamount of new houses.

Borough councillor Eric Vardy, Cabi-net Member for Planning, said: “This isa significant moment for us as a counciland I am delighted that the Core Strategyhas finally been adopted. This documentnot only says where significant new de-velopments should go, it also says todevelopers where they should not go.

“I know some elements of the strate-gy are not universally supported, but Ihope people will accept that we havetaken every step to consider all viewsbefore reaching a conclusion.. I amconfident the Core Strategy will helpcontrol future growth and preserve thecharacter and beauty of the borough asa whole.”

ROTHLEY GOSPEL Choir started last August and meetsweekly on Thursday evenings from 6.30-8.30pm in thehall at Rothley Primary School.

A spokeswoman said: “We are amixed group of people from the localcommunity who all love singing. Ourchoirmaster is Gregory Smith who runsa number of choirs both in Leicesterand the county – he has worked withgroups of both children and adults formany years.

“Our first performance was at theopening of Rothley Community Libraryon October 17. Since then we have per-formed with other choirs at the Festivalof Choirs at Leicester’s Curve theatre inNovember and also at the school’sChristmas Fayre.

“Our singing lessons are very infor-mal and great fun. So, if you like singingand would like to meet new people andmake friends, please come along andjoin us on Thursday evenings.”

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WALKIES ON Fowke Street now includes astop for our four legged friends at a new ‘dogcafé’.

The Gavin Taylor Hair salon has provided a bowl of freshdrinking water and a choice of dog treats, with a donation boxfor the Dogs’ Trust charity.

Michelle McLugash and her dog Belle love the new café. “It’sfantastic” she said. “Belle gets really excited on her walk now andheads straight for the treats. Sometimes I don’t have any moneyfor the honesty box so I get a treat for her on tick.”

Salon owner Gavinsaid: “It’s a bit of funand has become atalking point, and anymoney raised is goingto a worthy cause, theDogs’ Trust charity.”

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Damage 3, theft from motor vehicle3, attempted theft of motor vehicle 2(The Roods, Babington Rd), burglary3 (Cross Hedge, Woodfield Rd,Brookfield Rd), burglary non-dwelling4 (Loughborough Rd x 3), WestfieldLane), theft 4.

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A LARGE crowd enjoyed theRothley Christmas lightsswitch on event on Novem-ber 26.

Visitors enjoyed music performed bya choir from De Montfort University andRothley’s school’s choir, were able to

sample seasonalfood and childrentook part in aduck hunt organ-ised by the Notting-ham BuildingSociety, looking forthe ducks hiddenin local shops.

The event isorganised by Roth-ley churches,shopkeepers, theParish Council andvillage organisa-tions.

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Meet Monday & Friday nights,6.20 for 6.30pm runBirstall School Lane playing fields– showers & toilets availableWednesday night beginners groupat Birstall Legion 7pmSpeed work sessions also availa-ble on Wednesdays for thosewanting to improve

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Thurcaston & CropstonWomen’s InstituteWe meet on the 1st Thursdayevening of the month at 7.30pm(except January)in Thurcaston Memorial HallWhy not come along to a meetingand find out more about us. Beassured of a warm welcomeVisitors £4 per meetingPhone Mary on 0116 2365179 formore informationFeb 4: Great Central Railway –Past Present and Future. Mike Ri-ley, steam enthusiast, will fill inall those gaps in your knowledgeabout our own heritage railwayMar 3: Cheese & Wine – Guess thecheese competition and quiz. Youdon’t have to be a gourmet to en-joy this evening, an opportunityto socialise.

Free DanceWorkshopHave you ever thought you wouldlike to have a go at Morris danc-ing?Anstey Royale Chalfont is a wom-en’s North West Morris team. Weare holding a free dance workshopon Saturday January 16at Glenfield Memorial Hall, Stam-

The Rothley Post welcomes yourviews and opinions on any subject. Let-ters, which must include your name andaddress, (though not necessarily forpublication) can be posted to: The Bir-stall Post, Unit 109, Greenacres, TheSidings, Leicester LE4 3BR, or handed inat Rothley library, Rothley Post Office,Woodgate or email:[email protected]

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Charnwood Forest:a Living LandscapeTalk by Michael JeevesMonday 18th January 2016 at7.30 p.m.Woodhouse Eaves Village HallMichael Jeeves has been Head ofConservation, Leicestershire andRutland Wildlife Trust for the last25 years.The Charnwood Forest LivingLandscape project aims to con-serve and enhance the uniquewildlife, geology and character ofCharnwood Forest. The project isled by the Leicestershire and Rut-land Wildlife Trust and is support-ed by Aggregate Industries.The Trust offers free wildlife sur-veys to landowners, has a smallgrant scheme to help with man-agement work and collaborateswith others who are concernedwith the conservation of this spe-cial area.Members are free. Guests are wel-come, £3 at the door. Refresh-ments included.Further information: Peter Ber-tram 01162 100 572 orwww.focf.org.uk

Irish Ceilidhwith live music fromlocal band ‘Turlough’Friday 5th February 20167.00 for 7.30 start- 10.30pmTickets £10 - Includes a light sup-per – Licensed BarAt The Rothley Centre, 12 Mount-sorrel Lane, Rothley, LE7 7PRAll proceeds to InterCare, MedicalAid for Africa

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Coffee MorningRothley CentreSaturday 19th March 201610-11,30amStalls,Raffle,Tombola,Cakes,White Elephant£1.00inc Tea,Coffee and BiscuitIn aid of The Laura CentreEvery one Welcome

Birstall Birdwatching Clubpresents

Moroccoby Neil GlenMorocco is the most westerly ofthe North African countries withAtlantic and Mediterranean coast-lines, a rugged mountainous inte-rior and a rich culture and allcombined with great birdwatchingin this easily accessible country.Neil will take us to a warm cli-mate, just what we need at thistime of the year.Tuesday 12th January at 7.30pmThe Little Owls Of Leicestershireby Richard PeglerRichard has spent over 5 years

observing, recording and photo-graphing Little Owls of the countyand tonight we will look at thelife of this delightful bird and thethreats that it faces. The fieldcraft needed to observe and pho-tograph will be discussed andthere may be time to look at owlsthat are not so little!Tuesday 9th February at 7.30pmThe Rothley Centre, MountsorrelLane, Rothley with free on-siteparking and easy access.Members free. Visitors welcome£2Contact Marion Vincent 01162375156

Rothley CommunityLibrary Film ClubFilms To Make YouFeel Good SeriesSupported by Phoenix CommunityCinemaJanuary 15th: ‘Titfield Thunder-bolt’

February 19th: ‘Up’All screenings at 2pm Rothley

Centre£2 with refreshments & raffleAlsoFriday evening 29th January 7pm’The Theory of Everything’£5 with concessionsRothley CentreBar & raffleTickets available from the Library& Parish Council Office

Charity Whist Drivesorganised by Derek Farr will beheld at 7.30pm on Thursdays 7thJanuary, 4th February and 3rdMarch.Admission £2.00. All players wel-come.

Birstall FlowerClub27th January 2016 at 7.15pmAGM followed by a “Giant Picnic”.do not forget yourplate/cutlery/glassBirstall Village Hall

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Film PresentationsThurcaston & Cropston Parish Council"My Old Lady"

January 8, 2016 (107 mins)"My Old Lady" is January's Britishcomedy starring Maggie Smith,with her well-timed witty com-ments. In Paris, Mathias inherits avaluable apartment which he in-tends to sell in order to pay offsome debts. However, Mathilde,played by Maggie Smith, livesthere and she causes serious com-plications. He is obliged to payher a costly life annuity. This de-lightful comedy is ideal to cheerus in the new year."A Little Chaos"February 12 (120 mins)This British costume drama, in athoroughly French setting, is cen-tred around the Palace of Ver-sailles. Louis X1V instructed hislandscape architect, Andre, to cre-ate a huge ornate water feature inhis luxurious grounds. Sabine,played by Kate Winslett, is hiredas gardener to complete this taskbut for her, this is an unfamiliarworld of rivalries and upper classetiquette. Amongst the comicalchaos, will Sabine succeed or fallfor Andre, or both?"Suffragette" will be shown onMarch 11th, hopefully.Thurcaston and Cropston ParishCouncil will be showing these filmsat Thurcaston Memorial Hall. Start-ing at 7.30pm. Tickets will cost nomore than £5 and concessions willstill be £4.50. There will be re-freshments and a lucky prize drawduring the interval. Advanced tick-ets may be purchased via the par-ish office –0116 236 7626 or atthe door.

Rothley Remembrance SundayROTHLEY REMEMBERED allthose who lost their lives inwar at the Remembranceservice and parade on No-vember 8.

The parade from the parish churchto Cross Green was led by a standardbearer for Rothley Royal British Legion.A two minutes silence was observed by acrowd of Rothley villagers and wreathswere laid on the war memorial.


A FULL meeting of RothleyParish Council was held onNovember 16.

A complaint was received regarding alarge stack of building sand left outsideof the Pinfold on Mountsorrel Lane.

It was reported that the area at theWar Memorial had now been treatedwith weed killer.

A request for a noticeboard at a cen-tral location in the village was raised. Itwas agreed to include as an agenda itemat the next Open Spaces committeemeeting.

Parish Council support for the Roth-ley library film shows will be discussedat the next Rothley Centre ManagementTrust meeting.

Several complaints have been re-ceived about noise at the Village Hall atthe weekend when parties are takingplace.

A quotation to remove a cable, in-spect for wear and rusting, and to rein-stall at Fowke Street playing field wasapproved.

A further quotation to clear a ditch atBunney’s Field was approved.

A FUNDRAISING ladies’pamper evening has raides£1774 for a Rothley chari-ty.

Wish Warrior Tracey Maddock fromRothley organised another successfulbeauty night in aid of Alex’s Wish onFriday November 20 at the RothleySchool Rooms.

The event was attended by 93 ladieswho enjoyed delicious canapés and acomplimentary glass of wine and cham-pagne tasting by Champagne 4 all occa-sions. Tracey worked alongside Alex’sWish to approach local beauty business-es to ask if they would donate theirtime on the evening offering mini beau-ty treatments in exchange for donations.

Emma Hallam, founder of Alex’sWish said “We are thrilled with thesuccess of this event, all the ladiesseemed to really enjoy themselves whilstsupporting a fabulous and well worthycause. We raised £467.60 on the rafflealone so would like to thank everyonewho very kindly to our stall holderswho donated prizes including a day an

Experience Day at Ragdale Hall.”She added: “We would like to thank

Tracey for putting on this great eventand being true Wish Warriors – raisingmoney fighting to conquer DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy.

“A huge thank you also goes to ElanHair Design, Ragdale Hall, Sharon Parr,Luisa Diez Nails, Jan-Maris Bisiker atKinesiology, Denise Rainford, MichelleMarchant at Neals Yard, Amy Barratt atBeauty by Amy, Clarins andEmma Hughes for donatingtheir time on the nightwith all proceeds madefrom treatments equatingto £547.00 going to ourcause. Thank you also toour stall holders for donat-ing 10% of all commissionmade on the night. Welook forward to organisingfuture pamper evenings asthey are always such agreat success!”

Alex’s Wish is lookingfor Wish Warriors to jointheir fight to find a curefor Duchenne MuscularDystrophy. They need WishWarriors to tell 10 peopleabout their cause; takepart or marshal at theirevents; donate time orskills; introduce us to theircompany; run; swim; cycleor bungee jump! For more

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It is through fundraising events suchas this one that Alex’s Wish are able tofund clinical trials to help bring newdrugs and treatments to market forwhat is currently an incurable degener-ative condition. Since launch, Alex’sWish has funded 12 projects equatingto £230k to help bring about newtreatments for boys with Duchenne.

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A FULL meeting of Thurcaston &Cropston Parish Council was held onOctober 15.

It was agreed to purchase threeChristmas trees for three separateprojects. Tree, lights and fitting at amaximum budget cost of £450 for eachproject – two in Thurcaston and one inCropston if viable.

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WHAT MIGHT be buried inyour back garden?

You can find out this summer when ateam of archaeologists will be visitingRothley to carry out excavations.

“Some of you may remember a TVprogramme where Michael Wood andthe people of Kibworth uncovered thehistory of their village by digging up a

series of one metre squareplots in back gardens andpublic places” said UrsulaGreaves, from RothleyHistory Society.Now, as part of the

Charnwood Roots Project, Dr Julie Atta-rd and her team from Leicester Universi-ty will be coming to Rothley tocarry out similar excavations.They will be in the villagebetween July 16 and 31, aspart of the 26th NationalFestival of Archaeology.

Julie Attard and teamhope to find 25 suitablelocations for the digs and, inaddition, 120 to 150 volun-teers will be needed to help,not only with digging, but also

withsifting through soiland then washingwhatever is found.Charnwood Roots hasalready carried outsimilar successful digsin Anstey and in Whit-wick.

Dr Attard will beexplaining the projecton Wednesday January20 at the monthlymeeting of the RothleyHistory Society. Any-one interested is invit-ed to this meeting at7.30pm at the RothleyCentre.

Ursula said: “I amvery excited about thiscommunity dig and itwould be really goodto get as many peopleas possible to thismeeting. Youngerpeople and students,particularly, may wel-come this chance tolearn new skills andto contribute to some-thing which will havea lasting value to theircommunity.”

Dr Attard will alsobe giving this talk onTuesday February 9 atMountsorrel HeritageGroup’s meeting, inthe upstairs room ofMountsorrel library.

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A SCHEME that providessupport to vulnerablepeople in Thurcaston andCropston held an inductionsession for volunteers onJanuary 5.

The Good Neighbours Scheme aimsto provide help for anyone in thecommunity who needs assistance suchas the elderly, disabled, single parentsor those temporarily in need throughillness, injury or bereavement.

The types of support offered de-pend on local need but can include:

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• reading to the blind or partiallysighted

The scheme is run entirely by localvolunteers.

The project is being led by theRural Community Council (Leicester-shire & Rutland), a small Leicester-based charity with support from Thur-caston and Cropston Parish Council,after a Parish wide survey and anopen meeting showed strong need andsupport.

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Eighteen-year-old Ellie Allan, fromRothley, undertook the eight-day expedi-tion in October, in aid of the Joe Hum-phries Memorial Trust (JHMT).

Ellie – a Loughborough EndowedSchools student – was a childhoodfriend of Joe Humphries, the Rothleyteenager who collapsed and died fromsudden arrhythmic death syndrome(SADS) while out jogging in October2012.

Since his death, Joe’s friends andfamily have worked tirelessly to raiseawareness of SADS and campaign for abetter understanding of sudden, unex-pected death in young people.

They set up the Joe Humpries Memo-rial Trust (JHMT), and have cam-paigned for compulsory CPRtraining in schools anddefibrillators inschools, communityvenues and sportsclubs.

Ellie said: “Idecided to trekKilimanjaro after mydad said for my18th birthdaypresent he would takeme anywhere in theworld. I thought it wassomething a bit different andworthwhile to do.

“I chose to raise money for the JHMTbecause I knew Joe well as a child, andbecause as well as having that personalconnection, it’s such a worthwhile chari-ty to raise money for.

“I enjoy hiking as a hobby – in 2014,I did the Three Peaks challenge for theJHMT and I really enjoyed it, so I want-ed to take on another challenge.

“The best bit of the trip was definitelyreaching the summit. After six days ofwalking with little energy left, seeing thesign at the summit was overwhelming.

“The night before, we had to set offfrom the campsite at midnight and walkuphill for eight hours in temperatures aslow as minus 20 degrees, only stoppingevery hour for a five-minute break. Itwas a really good experience, but defi-nitely the hardest thing I've ever done!”

All of the £2,951 Ellie raised will godirectly to the JHMT.

Steve Humphries, chair of the JoeHumphries Memorial Trust and Joe’sdad, said: “This is a fantastic personalachievement for Ellie, and we’re hon-oured that she chose to dedicate her tripto Joe.

“Ellie’s determination and strength ofspirit have taken her all the way to the

top of Africa’s tallest mountain, andit’s these qualities that have

also helped her to raisesuch a fantastic

amount for theTrust.

“This is anoth-er example of oneof the many inspi-rational youngpeople fromLeicester and

Leicestershire whoare so committed to

helping Joe’s Trust re-duce the incidence of such

devastating loss of young lives.“We’ll put the money raised to good

use – it will go towards our vital workraising awareness of sudden heartdeaths, providing defibrillators and train-ing, and helping to fund young people toreach their goals through our InspireAwards scheme.”

To find out more about the work ofthe JHMT, visit www.jhmt.otg.uk, follow@JHMTorguk on Twitter or seewww.facebook.com/jhmtorgukPic: Ellie Allan with her dad, Mark Allan, at thesummit of Mount Kilimanjaro

MOST PEOPLE are happy living in Charnwood and with bor-ough council services according to a survey.

such as young people, older people andpeople with disabilities.

The full report of the survey findingsare available on the council websitewww.charnwood.gov.uk/survey

Key points from the survey findings:* 82% of residents satisfied with

council services (85% in 2013)* 87% of people were at least happyliving in Charnwood (94% in 2013)* 74% of people were satisfied with howcouncil tax was being spent (77% in2013)* 79% of people find it easy to find outabout council services (82% in 2013)* Top three priorities:1. Feeling safe in my home and localarea (73% of people in 2015)2. Cleanliness and tidiness of my localarea (49% of people in 2015)3. Rubbish collected on a regular andreliable basis (36% of people in 2015)

A ROTHLEY teenager has conquered the summit of MountKilimanjaro in a fund-raising trek that has raised nearly£3,000 for a local charity.

Charnwood Borough Council carriedout its residents’ survey – Your Charn-wood, Your Say – this year and the re-sults have just been published.

It found a total of 87 per cent ofpeople who responded were happy orvery happy with life in the borough and82 per cent were satisfied with councilservices.

The survey also revealed the top threepriorities for residents. They are feelingsafe in their home and local area; clean-liness of the area and having a goodrefuse and recycling service.

A total of 1,078 people completed thesurvey.

Council Leader David Slater said: “Iwould like to thank people again fortaking the time to tell us what they think.

“The survey has found that most peo-ple are happy living in Charnwood andwith our services. That’s really good tohear. The survey also tells us what peo-ple feel are the important issues and wehave used this information to help setour own priorities for the next fouryears.

“Some of the results are slightly lowerthan in our previous survey, but we haveto put that in perspective and satisfactionlevels are still very high.

“The survey is a great opportunity forpeople to raise issues and we will notonly continue to listen to residents infuture, but also engage in conversation.We need to work together for the benefitof the borough.”

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OUR MEETING in Novemberbegan with the A.G.M. and wasfollowed by a talk, with theintriguing title “The WorldTraveller”, from Society mem-ber and archivist, MargaretGreiff.

Margaret stated that the title had asub-title, “As Others See Us”, which wasclarified as her talk proceeded.

Recalling her childhood, Margarettold us that, as a fifteen year old, shereceived 2/6d (12½p) pocket moneyeach week. She liked to save her moneyto put towards specific purchases, par-ticularly for any books in which she wasinterested, and so, at that time, she wasable to buy for 10/- (50p) an antiquebook, printed in Madrid in 1800, whichbears the title of her talk. The fact thatthis little book is written in Spanish didnot deter her 15 year old’s enthusiasm,because she felt that one day it would beher ambition to translate the script intoEnglish. Margaret studied Spanish andPortuguese and went on to have a ca-reer as a translator, butshe did not achieve herambition to translate herbook until relatively re-cently.

“The World Traveller” –as others see us – is acompilation of the thoughtsand experiences of people,who today would be knownas tourists, from mainlandEurope, who visited the Brit-ish Isles before the turn of the 19thcentury, and is quite a revelation regard-ing their opinions about the way of life,customs and idiosyncrasies of the Britishat that time! Margaret quoted a selectionof extracts from her book and we wereadvised that some comments were quitederogatory!

The usual route to Britain was byboat across the English Channel to theport of Dover, from where invariably thetraveller would journey on horseback orin a carriage to London – one French-man was most impressed at the goodcondition of the road. This was at a timewhen, in general, roads were more like-ly to be poorly maintained and travelcould be arduous and uncomfortable.However, on reaching the environs ofLondon, he was less impressed by theall-encompassing stench of burning coalthat seemed to envelop the whole of thecity with its accompanying grime andgloom. Even then, England was develop-ing as an industrial nation and pollutionwas already a major problem. Birming-ham and Newcastle upon Tyne werespecifically mentioned as industrial cit-ies, the latter having a thriving shippingindustry and numerous coal-mines. TheBritish weather, frequently being wet,cold and foggy, was made worse by thesoot and pollutants produced by burningcoal.

Generally, English cuisine was consid-ered to be poor and the English prefer-ence for drinking tea was baffling, whencontinental Europeans much preferredcoffee – even if coffee was available, itwas considered to be of an inferiorquality! The apparent ritual required bythe English to serve tea was regardedwith amusement.

Nothing was excluded from this closescrutiny of the British! It was noted thatthe standard of dress was poor, but menchanged their underwear frequently, sothis cleanliness was applauded! Englishladies generally were well-educated andone of their attributes was to ride theirhorses gracefully, but less admired wasthat they appeared to have large feet!For one Frenchman, who travelled fur-ther afield to visit Scotland and especial-ly the Hebrides, he was greatly offendedby the sound of the bagpipes which wasnot at all to his liking.

Even the behaviour of the clergy wasincluded. At a time when mainland Eu-rope was largely of the Roman Catholicfaith and priests were expected to becelibate, the fact that Anglican clergywere able to marry was amazing. Anymisdemeanour involving the clergy, andparticularly the bishops, was regardedby these travellers with derision, espe-cially any indiscretions where ladieswere concerned.

Having achieved her aim to translate“The World Traveller” and been as-tounded by

some of its contents, Marga-ret informed us that her book is justone volume of a whole series of similarbooks, but she has not actually ac-quired any of the others.

The meeting concluded with sometasty Spanish sweet delicacies, providedby Brenda Hooper and Margaret to en-joy with our coffee or tea. Our firstmeeting in 2016 will be on TuesdayJanuary 19, when Peter Smith will talkabout the Cropston & Thurcaston Enclo-sures – 7.30pm in the Harrison Room,All Saints’ Church, Thurcaston.

From Jennifer Kennington, Thurcastonand Cropston Local History Society

THE INTERESTING title “Se-crets of the Rich” caughtconsiderable attentionwhen Mr Roy Wood deliv-ered his talk to the MondayClub.

Roy’s professional experience cov-ered 35 years in the wealth managementsector, having worked for such industryheavyweights as Barclays and for thepast ten years with St James's PlaceWealth Management of which he is nowthe Senior Partner. He specialises inproviding solutions in the areas of re-tirement planning, estate and inheritancetax planning and investment planning.The company was founded in 1991 byMike Wilson CBE, Sir Mark Weinbergand Lord Rothschild.

His talk centred on various aspects ofthe above areas of finance, all of whichwere aimed to make his current audi-ence think about their financial circum-stances in regard to making the most oftheir savings through bonds to enhancetheir investment value and also, protec-tion of the accrued wealth earnedthrough home ownership and bankaccounts.

Roy explained his advice in a simpleand pleasing manner and endeavouredto answer the multitude of questionsposed, leaving a certain amount of reas-surance and determination to take ac-tion to improve the individual’scircumstances in the future. Hestressed the point of making a new will,securing joint bank accounts and jointhome ownership.

This was the last meeting for thisyear, as next month we shall look for-ward to our Annual Christmas lunch atthe Birstall Golf Club, who have success-fully cared for our needs over the past11 years, together with pleasant seasonalchoral entertainment.

The Monday Club will be back inJanuary 2016 with another year offriendship and excellent speakers, not tomention a coach trip in May and astrawberry cream tea in July. In themeantime we wish everyone in our vil-lages a happy new year.

From Ann Farndon, The Monday Club,Cropston, Thurcaston, Anstey & Rothley

THE WORKERS’ Educational As-sociation Birstall and RothleyBranch have announced theirNew Year programme.

The Art Of Trompe-L’oeil ‘Deceivethe Eye’

This course is designed so thatlearners will learn perspective tech-niques. It concentrates on mural lay-out, multiple-point perspectives and‘tips and tricks’. Topics include paint-ing techniques for the foreground,middle and background, use of simpletools (e.g. levels, strings and projec-tors) to create ‘perceptively correct’Italian floor tiles, arched doors, win-dows, columns and arches and muchmore. Learners will each complete amural based upon elements such asvaults, rows of columns, fountains, etc,and will follow/embellish a basic designby tapping into their own creativity. Noprior knowledge required, just a livelyinterest in practical and theoretical art.

Tutor: Anna Michalska-Tomajer.Fee £86.65 or Free if you are in re-ceipt of an income related benefit.

Venue: The Rothley Centre, 12Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR

Date: Monday 12.45–3pm, 10 meet-ings from Monday 11th January 2016

NOTE: Please phone to see if placesavailable. Marion Vincent 0116 2375156

Behind The Iron Curtain-Life In East-ern Europe Under Communism

Aspects of life in the ‘Warsaw Pact’countries, from the end of the SecondWorld War until 1989. How particularcharacteristics, cultures and even dif-ferent political systems combined toundermine the Soviet Union’s protectivebarrier against the West.

Tutor: David Price. Fee £52.00 orFree if you are in receipt of an incomerelated benefit.


Date: Tuesday 10–11.30am, 9 meet-ings from Tuesday 12th January 2016

Colour, Line And Light-Art Apprecia-tion

Explore the different role of colour,line and light in the fascinating, oftencompelling, works by artists from JMWTurner to Roy Lichtenstein. No experi-ence necessary-just a lively open-mind-ed interest in art!

Tutor Janis Baker Fee £53.90 orFree if you are in receipt of an incomerelated benefit.


Date: Wednesday 7.15–9.15pm, 7meetings from Wednesday 13th January2016

Contact: Marion Vincent 01162375156 or send your enrolments toBrenda Sutherland, WEA Treasurer, 4North Street, Rothley, Leicester LE77NN

Please make cheques payable toWEA Birstall & Rothley Branch. Enrolon line for all courses if space availa-ble athttps://enrolonlinewea.org.uk/online

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A MOUNTSORREL restaurantthat opened in 2014 hasbeen awarded a Michelinstar.

John’s House at Stonehurst Farm onLoughborough Road is run by JohnDuffin who grew up on the family farm.

John’s food philosophy is ‘from farmto plate’ and about 90 per cent of theingredients used in the restaurant comefrom Stonehurst Farm.

Editor of the Michelin Guide, RebeccaBurr, told thestaffcanteen.com: “I wouldhave to say the findof the yearhas to beJohn’sHouse. Togo into theguide atthat level isimpressive… it’s asuper placeand he reallydoes cookhis own styleand he’s destined for good things in thefuture.”

John began cooking at 14 taking up apart time position at Leicestershire res-taurant Langs where he continued towork after leaving school. His career hastaken him to London where he hasworked under Gary Rhodes, Clause Bosiand Marcus Wareing.

Facebook reviewer James Finney isone of the many diners who have leftenthusiastic reviews for the restaurant.He said: “The intimate sitting creates awonderful ambience without feelingcramped, the waiters are attentive with-out being intrusive and the food is won-derful and creative without feelingpretentious or over engineered. Thelocally served produce and locallybrewed ale come together to create awonderful experience.”

John’s House is the only restaurant inLeicester to receive a Michelin star inthe 2016 guide. Prices range from £24for a two course lunch up to £70 forthe taster menu.

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THREE VEHICLE activated speedsigns are planned for Thurcas-ton and Cropston.

The Parish Council have agreed to pur-chase three of the signs at a cost of £7450.Installation will be subject to approval fromLeicestershire County Council.

The proposed locations for the signs are:• Leicester Road entering Thurcaston from

Beaumont Leys• Thurcaston Lane near Rothley Brook

Bridge, entering Thurcaston• Anstey Lane, entering Thurcaston before

the churchThe signs measure the speeds of ap-

proaching vehicles and if a vehicle is speed-ing light up the message ‘30mph slow down’.

Thurcaston and Cropston Parish Councilalso want to install an ‘Advanced Stop’ at thecrossroads in Cropston as motorists are fail-ing to stop at the junction when coming fromAnstey. This sign will need to be approved bythe County Council. It costs £2500.

some targets and that others will start toslide.”

The report measures performance acrossa range of services and issues in which thecouncil and its partners have a role. Keyhighlights from April 2014-March 2015include:

•77 per cent of people agreeing thecouncil provides value for money – up from61.2 per cent in one year

•A rise in the percentage of the popula-tion with access to high speed broadband,from 73 per cent to 87 per cent

•Bus journeys up from 13.6 million to14.04 million

•Increasing life expectancy and reduc-tions in deaths from the main targeted pre-ventable causes

•84.7 per cent of schools are nowclassed as good or outstanding, up from 82

per centIssues where performance has reduced

over the last year (40 out of 180 indicators)include:

•The three year survival rate for business-es has reduced from 61 per cent to 57.6per cent

•Average rush hour speeds on county Aroads have fallen from 30.7 mph to 29.9mph

•Emergency admissions to hospital con-tinue to increase

•The percentage of social care users whohave as much social contact as they wouldlike has reduced from 44.6 per cent to 40per cent

•The number of patients treated by childand adolescent mental health services within13 weeks has reduced from 88 per cent to83 per cent

LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY Councilsays it is performing well in theface of increasing pressure fromcontinued funding cuts.

The council’s latest annual performancereport shows that it is doing well againstcomparable local authorities but predictsthis will become harder to sustain, as cutscontinue.

Deputy council leader, Councillor ByronRhodes, said: “Overall, the council is per-forming well, despite spending just £530per head of population – one of the lowestlevels in the country.

“This is incredible, when you thinkwe’ve saved £100 million over the last fiveyears. But, without fairer funding and withfour more years of cuts to come, it’s inevi-table we’ll have to concentrate on meeting

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they work, this club is for you. You’llwork out how to set up small pro-grammes and games. It’s free, there’s ataster session on Wednesday, 6th Janu-ary, 5.30-7pm, then four weekly meet-ings from 13th January to 3rd February.Bring a laptop if you can. Limited num-

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search the internet? Wor-ried about security, orparental controls? Stuck onsomething you want to do?Drop in to our computersupport session from 10amto midday, Thursday morn-ings from 28th January to18th February – to be con-tinued if there’s demand.Flyers available at the li-brary.Working in the day?

Remember the library isopen from 2-7pm on Mon-days, so you can still pop infor a book. It’s often quieton Monday evenings, sowe’ll be pleased to see you!Made in Rothley

Do you live in Rothley, and do youmake something you’d like to sell? Wehave a Made in Rothley table, and youcan book it for £5 for one month. Askus to book your month. Notebooks,bookmarks and cards now on sale.Stamps and cards

You can now buy stamps and greet-ings cards at the library.

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Watch theshelves – there’snow a bigger se-lection of biogra-phies andmemoirs, including

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section, some will be sold on stalls forlibrary funds, and some will go to chari-ty shops. As long as they’re in goodcondition, there’ll be a use for them. Ifyou’re bringing your children into thelibrary to choose books – or find thatpesky rat! – you’ll find the parentingbooks housed conveniently in the chil-dren’s section, so you can browse to-gether.New members

Twenty-two people joined the libraryin October, our opening month. That’s ahuge increase on the last year. Let’skeep that going – invite a friend to join!And don’t forget new babies, we havelots of great board books to start themloving books young, and we don’t mind

too much if they get chewed! 150 peoplehave liked our Facebook page – the bestplace to get the latest news – and lastmonth 257 people visited our website.It’s going up every month.

Book groupsEight people were at the book group

meeting on 23rd November, and wechewed over ‘A Walk in the Woods’ likeAppalachian bears! We’ll be talkingabout The Gospel of Loki by JoanneHarris on Tuesday 12th January, 7.15 -8.15, A Week inDecember bySebastianFaulkes on Tues-day, 26th Janu-ary, 9.15-10.15,and A Spool ofBlue Thread byAnne Tyler onWednesday 24thFebruary, 7.15-8.15. There’s anevening groupand a morninggroup – you canchoose onegroup and comeregularly, or just come when you can.Careers advice

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Shanghai teachers share world class approach

Pics: Shangahi teachers Wang Yaqi (left) & Pan-sheng Nan; (inset) teaching students at the Ce-dars Academy

TWO TEACHERS fromShanghai have been teach-ing maths at a Birstallschool as part of an ex-change project.

Wang Yagi and Pansheng Nan spentthree weeks in November at The CedarsAcademy teaching maths ‘Shanghaistyle’ to specially chosen pupils in Year7 and 8.

The Shanghai approach has the classsitting in rows with all the studentsworking together on the same materialwith a lot of repeated recitation by theclass until the concepts are understoodand embedded.

Maths teacher Anne Beckett said: “Iparticularly like the emphasis that theyplace on making pupils show clearsteps in working out and getting chil-dren to explain how they arrived attheir answer.

“The Shanghaiteaching styleseems very formaland old fashionedcompared to mathslessons being de-livered every day atThe Cedars – pu-pils are encour-aged to writedown definitionsand explanationsand chant themout loud together.The Shanghaiteachers place astrong emphasison using correctvocabulary andthey expect working out to be laid outstep-by-step. This is a good habit forpupils to develop which will hopefully

earn them extra marks when they taketheir GCSEs. In Shanghai, all childrenhave learned their times tables beforethey leave primary school – this knowl-

edge helps them to develop a deepunderstanding of other topics.”

Anne was one of 70 maths teachersfrom across England who travelled toShanghai in September where she spenttwo weeks in Chinese schools watchingteaching taking place in secondary andprimary classrooms.

“It was fantastic to see some amaz-ing maths lessons and watch childrenlearn in a different say” she said.

Students at the Cedars Academy havebeen enthusiastic about the Shanghaistyle, says Anne. Tanja Eidsdottir (12)said: “The teachers have explainedthings in more detail, they’ve repeatedthings so they get glued in our heads.We’ve been reading things out together,taking part in the teaching ourselves in

a way, and they don’t move on untilthey are one hundred per cent sure weall understand.”

Jake Parrott (12) said: “I’ve alwaysenjoyed maths but it’s been really funwith the Chinese teachers because it’sreally interactive, it’s almost like a con-versation with lots of quizzes andgames.”

Chinese teacher Wang Yaqi said:“The students at The Cedars are veryactive, much more so than in China.They are not afraid of talking to theirteacher, about the problems they arehaving in the lesson, and I enjoy talkingto them.

“The students have been interestedwhen I’ve given them a new definition,and they have made progress with theirlearning.”

Shanghai is one of the top perform-ing jurisdictions in the Pisa global edu-cation league tables, which suggest thatby the age of 15, children in Shanghaiare up to three years ahead of theirEnglish peers in maths.

The government has invested£11million in a two year programme toboost England’s performance in mathsand the teacher exchange is part of theDepartment for Education’s Maths Hubprogramme.

Head Teacher at The Cedars Acade-my Jason Smith said: “It is cutting edgemaths teaching and is a great opportu-nity for us, we are really proud to bechosen to be a part of this exchangeproject and to have the two teachersfrom Shanghai here.”

Anne Beckett said: “When the Chi-nese teachers have gone home we needto meet as a department and identifythe elements of their teaching which wefeel will have most impact on theprogress of our pupils and then seehow we can introduce these changesinto lessons and schemes of work.

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2015 WAS another excellentyear for the Thurcaston andCropston Gardening Club.

We held eight Club nights at theThurcaston village hall and a summerprogramme that included a visit to‘Mountain Ash’ in Newtown Linford on aglorious sunlit evening and a trip to thesuperb Waterperry Gardens in Oxford-shire.

Our annual show in September wasanother highlight of our year. Now es-tablished at the Richard Hill PrimarySchool we maintained the overall suc-cess of our two previous shows at thisvenue. Home baking and the photo-graphic sections showed substantialincreases in entries as did all the classesin the children’s section, with huge con-tributions from the school children andthe Brownies and Girl Guides.

In October, the Gardening Club con-tributed to the All Saints Church HarvestFestival weekend display. This continuedthe tradition set over the last few yearsof the club committee members decorat-

ing the altar area of the Church. The display over the last fewyears has been excellent, and this year was better than ever(as the photographs show!).

We have seen a steady increase in our membership num-

P/15/2532/2: 23 The Ridings, Rothley –erection of agricultural store/stablesP/15/2543/2: 909 Loughborough Rd,Rothley – the erection of a single storeyextension extending beyond the rear wallof the original house by 4.600m, with amaximum height of 3.750m and height tothe eaves of 3mP/15/2299/2: Land adj 21 CossingtonLane, Rothley – erection of two detacheddwellingsP/15/2426/2: 983 Loughborough Rd,Rothley - creation of driveway area ofhardstanding including dropping of kerband other associated worksP/15/2416/2: 909 Loughborough Rd,Rothley – erection of two storey extensionto side of dwellingP/15/2340/2: 27 North St, Rothley –erection of single storey extension to rearof dwellingP/15/2214/2: 28 Grangefields Drive,Rothley – erection of single storey rearextension to dwelling incorporating andraising the roof level of existing outbuild-ingP/15/2133/2: 54 the Ridgeway, Rothley –outline application for erection of dwell-ing with associated garaging and access(all matters reserved)P/15/2504/2: Cropston Visitor/EducationCentre, Bradgate Rd, Cropston – change ofuse of former visitor centre to Residential(Use Class C3), Food and Drink (Use ClassA3) and Drinking Establishment (Use classA4)P/15/2294/2: 47 Leicester Rd, Thurcaston– loft conversion and installation of dor-mer to rear of dwellingP/15/2304/2: 41 Anstey Lane, Thurcaston– erection of detached bungalow with in-tegral garage to front of existing dwelling

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bers over recent years and 2015 main-tained that trend. We take great care inputting together a very strong Pro-gramme of Events, a variety of top classspeakers and activities means we canoffer something for everyone.

What’s more, it is excellent value!The full membership fee is just £12 and£3 for visitors and will remain the samefor 2016. Fees are on a pro rata basisafter the first 3 months. And, if youwould like to come as a visitor (to giveit a try) and then you decide to join,your visitor fee will be refunded!

So, if you are interested in gardening- come and give the club a try.

For more information, please callDave Haddon on (0116) 235 9758

Programme of Events for 2016 until May:13 Jan: The Winter GardenJohn Stirland: Preceded by AGM (15 to 20mins)10 Feb: Creating & Planting a Bog Garden-Linda Smith9 March: Drought tolerant GardeningAlan Mason13 April: Clematis & other Climbers, JeffBates11 May: Fuchsias, Jane DaykinMeetings are held at the Thurcaston andCropston Memorial Hall and start at 7.45pm on the second Wednesday of eachmonth (unless otherwise stated).

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