ST
ANDREWS CHURCH
Services for June
Holy Communion each Thursday at 10.30
3rd 10.0011.00 Family Service Informal Communion
6th 10.30 Pram Service
10th 8.0010.306.00 Holy CommunionMorning PraiseYouth Service
& Communion at East Hyde
17th 10.30 Holy Communion & ZJB
20th 10.30 Pram Service
24th 9.15 Holy Communion - East Hyde
10.30 Morning Praise
27th 2.30 Woodside Home Service
Thursdays at 10.30 Holy Communion
St Andrews News
As a result of the rainy weather, many gardens are
not as advanced this year as would normally be the case.
Consequently, a number of the keener gardeners among us have
expressed a reluctance to open their gardens at the beginning
of July. As a result, the committee have decided they have no
alternative other than to cancel the GARDEN OPEN DAY. In the
hope that conditions next year will be better, the event is
postponed until early July 2002. More news in January next
year.
ADDITIONAL EVENT
Many of us remember the excellent concert
given by the harpist Slip End resident MARGARET
KNIGHT a year or two ago. Margaret has kindly agreed
to perform for us again on SUNDAY 15th JULY.
Give Lavishly! Live Abundantly!
The more you give, the more you get -
The more you laugh, the less you fret -
The more you do unselfishly,
The more you live abundantly….
The more of everything you share,
The more you'll always have to spare -
The more you love, the more you'll find
That life is good and friends are kind ….
For only what we give away,
Enriches us from day to day.
'Vicars'
If you are unhappy with your vicar, simply have your
churchwardens send a copy of this letter to six other
churches who are also tired of their vicar.
Then bundle up your vicar and send him to the church at the
top of the list in the letter.
Within a week you will receive 16,435 vicars and one of them
should be alright!
Have faith in this chain letter for vicars. Do not break the
chain. One church did -and got their own vicar back!
(from a Salisbury Theological College leaflet)
Please note:-
We are not unhappy with ours but he is off to
Pastures New in the not too distant future
WOMENS INSTITUTE
As usual May
is the month for our Annual Meeting. We welcomed Mrs Chris
Brewin, Madame President of Downside W.I. Her job for the
evening was to count the votes for the lady who will preside
for the next twelve months. Sheila Coleman was returned, as
Madame President so was Sallie Stonestreet, Hon.Sec. and
Angela Gawlett, Treasurer. Thank you very much from all the
members - you did a grand job last year ladies, we look
forward in anticipation.
We had two resolutions countrywide for the I.G.M. at Cardiff.
They were both very involved so we left the final decision
and our note to our representative when more discussion had
taken place.
The outing to Walthamstow proved very enjoyable. "Going
to the Dogs" can't be as bad as I was always bought up
to believe.
Other outings in the
pipeline:-
Group Walk at Studham - 14th June
Belvoir Castle - 30th June
Forthcoming meetings:-
June 19th - Hedgehog rescue
Speaker Jeanette Evans
Competition - Longest weed.
We meet 3rd Tuesday of the month 7.30 - 10 p.m. at
Collingswell V.C. Memorial Hall
How about an evening out among friends?
See you there - Patricia Crick
SLIP END TENNIS CLUB
I believe
someone has forecast a long hot summer. If that is correct (or
even if it isn't)
you are invited to spend some of that time on the courts at
Slip End Playing Field. We are happy to welcome all levels of
players from those who have never played before to those who
did play a long time ago to those who really would like to
play better. We are again running coaching sessions for both
juniors and adults and continuing a Ladies Morning, which
started last year. If you would like any more information
about these then give Sally a ring on 413501.
The Club makes no profit but has to cover the costs of
repairs, upkeep and affiliation to the LTA. We are currently
looking towards re-surfacing the courts in the near future.
Unlike other Tennis Clubs, our fees reflect our community-use
philosophy. The annual fees are £12 for a Junior, £24 for a
Senior but £36 for a Family (which covers everyone) with
discounts for early renewal. We also sell new tennis balls
for £1 each (typical shop price is £7 for 4) and match
balls (used once) for 50p each. Members also get a 10%
discount at total racquet sports in Dunstable.
As well as playing tennis our members like to watch the
professionals. Last year members visited the Albert Hall to
watch the veterans, Wimbledon and the Davis Cup match held at
Wimbledon. As we are affiliated to the LTA we get allocated
Wimbledon tickets and are given a 50% discount on tickets to
the Davis Cup.
If you would like to go to Wimbledon you can enter the ballot
for tickets by writing to the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
Your form needs to then be returned by November.
Alternatively, if you are a member of Slip End Tennis Club
you can enter our draw which takes place at the AGM in March/April.
We have received four pairs of tickets for each of the last
three years. It is a rule of the Club that the first pair of
tickets must go to a member who has not received tickets
through the Club before. This year two pairs of tickets were
allocated to members who have not been to Wimbledon before.
For any further information on the Tennis Club phone Peter
Smith on 733253.
SLIP END
PLAYGROUP
Summer has
hopefully now arrived and we will be playing outside in the
village playground next to the village hall as often as
possible. We play on the swings and climbing equipment and
also take some of our own toys like the water and sand trays,
the hoops and balls, buggies and dolls out with us.We are
again joining with the After School Club to run some stalls
at the Slip End Lower School Fayre which is on 30th June. We
are hoping to raise some much-needed funds at this event and
hope to see you all there. Playgroup will also be holding a
sponsored Fun Run round the playground next to the hall in
July to raise the money for our summer outing. The children
will run once round the park and will be rewarded with and
certificate and maybe even a lolly for their efforts. Of
course parents will be welcome to cheer them on.
BROWNIES
The girls are now working on their
Needlecraft Badge, with the help of Sandra Lee Dell (Knapton),
making things to sell for the Craft Fayres.
On Wednesday July 11th we shall be
taking you 'Around the World', a little performance we are
doing in aid of the Keech Cottage Hospice and we hope that
you will support us, more details next month.
Next Craft Fare - July 1st
Sunday
from 10a.m - 3 p.m. at the Slip End Village Hall. For stalls
ring Gillian on 723109
Gillian Plummer
Brown Owl
ALLOTMENT & GARDEN
ASSCIATION
Vegetable Garden
In the vegetable plot,
vigilance is needed to keep pests at bay, with dustings of
Derrie powder or one of the special insecticides put up for
particular plants or root crops.
Earth up all March and April planted potatoes, best results
are obtained by drawing the soil round the potato stems a
little at a time, go over them about 3 times in all, leaving
the bed in a series of broad flat topped ridges.
Throughout June you should not miss the opportunity of
planting out all manner of winter greens, including Brussels
sprouts, broccoli, kale and a savoy. Peas sown last month
must be staked in the same way as earlier batches. Plant out
runner beans, in double lines 10 inches apart, allowing 8
inches from plant to plant in rows. If you planted potatoes
in February, these can be lifted now, when you require them.
Flower & Fruit Garden
Remove runners from violets and strawberries, prune
flowering shrubs. Start to thin apples and pears, spray
apples against Codlin Moth. Disbud roses, stake and disbud
carnations.
QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT………
Who first discovered 'how to milk a cow' and
what on earth did he think he was doing?………….
Why is the word 'abbreviation' so long?…..
How do you tell when you've run out of invisible ink?………
VILLAGE HALL
Well we have yet another month gone by and
all in the village is much the
same and will be forever more in my opinion. Nothing exciting
to report and
I am beginning to feel that it is a waste of time writing
anything however
small for the slip enders to read. (meaning there is not
always something special to write about)
The village hall meeting went off as usual with the same old
thing no special
subject that hasn't been discussed over and over again. Bills
will be paid and renovations as usual were talked about doing
to the hall and thank god some action will now be taken. Is
there a good decorator who is looking to do a good job if so
get in touch and you can maybe give us a quote for complete
decoration of the hall that must be in before the next
meeting June 11th. We will have vacant dates that can be used
to do this job from July 18th to
August 4th. I do hope that something comes about, as it
really needs to be done. and may lift the spirit of the
committee members.
There will now be an assault course installed in the play
park area for the
youngsters (UP TO THE AGE OF 14 ) but lets hope that the 14
year olds will give plenty of space to the smaller age groups.
By the time that this article gets into the magazine the
equipment may be installed so look after it you guys out
there and you will have lots of fun for a long long time. I
haven't noticed any ball games being played in the hall
grounds lately so I am delighted that you lovely young people
have respected my wishes and realized that it is easy to go
down the road. I daresay some one will say that 
there has been continuing football but I personally haven't
seen you, so many
many thanks to you all.
There is nothing else to write about so, read next month for
more news.
bye again from Muriel Allsop
SUMMER IS HERE AT LAST!
Plants on sale - lobelia,
alyssum, pansies, geraniums, antirrhinums,
petunias, etc. at reasonable prices eg. bedding plants -
strip 90p
Hilary Macdonald - Tel 01582 411573
SLIP END TODDLER GROUP
The
children recently enjoyed our Easter Fun Day, large scale
toys and games were hired from the local council. The Easter
raffle was drawn and ticket sales raised £259.00 towards
Toddler Funds.
Forthcoming Events:
Sunday 3rd June
A sponsored toddle: This is a national event in aid of Dr
Barnados. We will hold our toddle in Wardown Park as we had
such a good time last year.
Photo taken last year…..
Saturday 30th June
The summer fete: Toddler group will join the general village
fete including participating in the parade and holding some
stalls.
We are also planning a group trip to St Albans to see Postman
Pat on stage.
To find out more about the above events, come and join us on
a Tuesday from 1.30 - 3.30p.m. in the village hall. Everyone
is welcome - carers / grandmas / dads etc.
CRAWLEY PLAYGROUND.
Good News. Hopefully, by the time this
edition of the PN hits the streets work will have started on
the new equipment for the playground. Last year Slip End PC
obtained a grant from the Rural Management Services of SBDC
for £2,000.00. for new equipment for the playground, to
which the PC added another £2,000.00. Some of you will
recall that a questionnaire was made available on the
Internet and in the traditional manner for input for the new
equipment. Sadly, the replies received were few and far
between. The new equipment is targeted at 9 - 14 year old,
and it will be a nice surprise. The majority of replies
received indicated a wish for football goalposts or
basketball rings. Unfortunately these could not be installed
as the terms of the lease by which the PC lease the land from
the Village Hall prohibits Ball Games such as football or
basketball. Whilst it is understood that young people have
played there ever since the playground was taken over by the
PC, it was on an informal basis and, provided no damage
occurred as a result, a blind eye was turned. Giving an
official sanction to football was not something we could do.
The bad news is that the new equipment is going where the
football is usually played, so all those budding footie stars
of the future will, a bit like our England squad bereft of
Wembley, have to look elsewhere to play the glorious game.
Which brings us onto the second matter. There maybe some
confusion about playing ball games in the Village Hall Car
Park. Here comes the history part. Back in the mid 1980's the
Village Hall obtained a grant to resurface the car park. At
the time the Crawley playground was closed - this was before
the PC took over the lease. One of the terms and conditions
of the grant was that, for a period of ten years young people
would be allowed to play ball games - and that included
football obviously - in the car park, but only under adult
supervision. These conditions expired in the mid 1990's.
Therefore, after consultation with the Village Hall
Management Committee, who, I am sure, will also confirm this.
PC have to state quite clearly that although an agreement for
football playing was in existence some years ago. It is no
longer so, in the future anyone found playing ball games in
the Village Hall car park will be asked to leave, failure to
do so by that person or persons could result in the Police
being called - a decision such as that, of course, would be
entirely up to the Village Hall Management Committee. There
has been too much damage being done to the fences, lights etc.,
in both the playground and the car park.
The playing fields down near the Church are more than
adequate for football, cricket etc., etc., especially for the
teenagers.
Christine Benson.
shadow Slip End Parish Council.
ALEY GREEN METHODIST CHURCH
Our Beetle drive
in April was very well supported and enjoyed by 19 adults and
19 children. £97.00 was raised for Methodist Homes for the
Aged. The next Beetle drive will be on Friday 20th July at 6.30
at the Church - Tickets from Ann on 01582 733668.
Thank you to everyone who bought cakes and preserves from our
stall outside the Co-op in Caddington in May - £197.72 was
raised. This money paid for our Church floor to be sanded and
re-stained and a carpet to be laid behind the communion rail.
It was with
great joy that on May 13th Harry John Richardson was
christened and Dawn Taylor and Rebecca Sowley were confirmed
and made members of our Church.
Dates for your diary
¨ June 9th 10.30am
Sponsored walk (lanes only)
for N.C.H. 5 - 6 miles
Details 01582 733668
¨ June 10th 11am Sunday School
Anniversary family service
¨ July 7th 2.30pm Strawberry teas at
11 Mardle Close Caddington
Yours in faith Ann Meader
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