November Parish News
ST
ANDREW'S CHURCH WOODSIDE
Services for November
SUNDAY SERVICES
5th 10.00 Family Service
11.00 Confirmation and Holy Communion, St Hugh's Lewsey.
( no 11.00am service St Andrew's)
12th 8.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Remembrance Parade Service
6.00 Youth Service and Communion at East Hyde
19th 10.30 Holy Communion & ZJB
26th 9.15 Holy Communion at East Hyde
10.30 Morning Praise
NOVEMBER MIDWEEK SERVICES
Wednesdays
8th 10.30 Pram Service
22nd 10.30 Pram Service
29th 2.30 Woodside Home Service
Thursdays
10.30am Holy Communion
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Just a last quick reminder for:
Shoe boxes should now be complete and, if you have not done
so already they should be taken to St Andrews Church ready
for the collection service. It has been a busy time,
wrapping, buying gifts, collecting boxes etc. and I have been
along to a Cubs evening and talked to the cubs (and their
leaders) about Operation Christmas Child.. They were all very
enthusiastic and one cub even wanted to put his basketball
in! They had lots of good ideas and I'm sure the children who
receive their 'love in a box' will be very pleased with them.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed from the Village.
Also thanks to the ladies of Markyate who have done very well
- The Good Companions there and friends of Mrs Doris Green
(my mum) have also been busy and sent over twenty boxes to be
collected. Doesn't it make you feel good, when people are so
kind.
A big round of applause to everyone
who has helped with the campaign and remember to think of the
children when they open their treasured boxes.
Sue Cowell, Editor
CADDINGTON
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
The speaker for the evening,
Mr C Parry certainly knew his subject - "Royal Ladies of
Bedfordshire",
and we were informed that Katherine of Aaragon's marriage to
Henry VIII was annulled at the Priory in Dunstable.
Unfortunately, the evening went by so quickly and dates just
flew by that I didn't get a chance to record any! History was
not my favourite subject at school but I'm sure if Mr Parry
had been around in those days I'm sure he would have made it
more interesting than just trying to remember a list of
dates.
Talking of history, the Millenium Time capsule has now been
sunk in the central aisle of All Saints Church and is to be
raised in one hundred years time. The schools gave a very
good account of themselves and the Bishop of Bedford made it
a great occasion.
We were all sad to hear of the passing of Irene Windsor's
husband Sid and offer our deepest sympathy. Remember that
your friends are all around you Irene if you need us.
We meet at Collingswell Hall on the 3rd Tuesday of the month
from 7.30 - 10.00
Next meeting Nov 21st Sealed Knot
Xmas meeting Dec 19th Christmas.
See you there
Patricia Crick
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Life is like a hot bath
The longer you stay in it,
the more wrinkled you get!
SECURITY
WARNING RE PHONE CALLS
There is a scam going around at the moment targeting females
in particular. Someone rings your number saying they are from
the Post Office and asks you to confirm your company's
postcode. When this is given they are told that they have
become eligible for some gift vouchers and are then asked to
provide their home address and postcode. So far, 90% of the
women who have given this information have been consequently
burgled as it is assumed that their homes are empty during
office hours. The Post Office have confirmed that they are
not conducting any Postcode surveys.
Likewise if you receive a phone call from someone who says
they are an AT & T Service Technician and are conducting
a test on the line. If they or anyone else asks you to touch
nine, zero, then hash (90#) and then hang up, do not do it.
It allows full access to your phone line and can be used for
long distance phone calls and chat lines and then billed to
your account.
DO NOT PRESS 90# FOR ANYONE.
DO NOT PRESS 90# FOR ANYONE.
POSTAL
SERVICE - SLIP END
For several months now I have been
experiencing problems with our postal service in the village
and talking to other people mine is not an isolated case.
Numerous people have been telling me that they too have
repeatedly had mail for someone else put through their door
and they have had to redeliver it. My own experience is that
mail for 86 Summer Street is put through my door which is 86
Front Street! The same happens in reverse. Others have told
me that this is happening regularly to them and in a couple
of instances that bundles of assorted mail have been put
through someone's door. Different people, pointing out his
errors have challenged the postman responsible on numerous
occasions and he could not care less and continues to do it.
I know that as well as myself several other people
have telephoned Royal Mail to complain and nothing has
happened, frankly I am appalled that the postman concerned
continues in such a responsible position and nothing is done
about this matter. I have now written a formal letter of
complaint to Royal Mail at the following address and would
ask anyone else experiencing problems to do the same:
Royal Mail Customer Services Centre
Colnebank House, 30 St Peters Street
COLCHESTER, CO1 1HY
This is a very serious matter and I intend to see that a
proper postal service is resumed as soon as possible. Please
write and complain if you are being affected (I am willing to
type out letters for people if they don't have access to a
computer/typewriter - telephone me on 423622).
Rosemary Wickens
86 Front Street
TAKEN FROM
SLIP END WEB-SITE:
From: Councillor Fuell
Do you find elastic bands on your pathway or have you had
wrong mail pushed through your letter box? It has happened to
me twice this week! If you are suffering the same through the
inefficient postman
then write to:-
Royal Mail CSC Colnebank House
30 St Peter Street
Colchester
and inform them of your problems. They will write back with
any luck the added bonus of a book of 1st class stamps. Come
back Bernard all is forgiven.
Councillor Fuell
Email: steve.fuell@tinyworld.co.uk
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SLIP END
CUBS
The Cubs have had a very busy and
rewarding time since returning after the summer holidays.
This year we did not manage a summer camp, as in past years,
but we have booked a few weekend camps. The first being in
October, this was a camp at Phasels Wood Scout campsite near
Hemel Hempstead. The camp's theme was Astronomy and it truned
out to be a very successful weekend. The boys behaviour and
interest was fantastic. We managed to star gaze on Friday
evening and get down to some real work on Saturday. We built
solar systems and joined in with a camp fire with another
Scout Group. On Sunday we were inspected by camp site staff,
they were very pleased with all they saw and even felt that
they had learnt from the Cubs. Liam Dawson was voted Cub of
the weekend. I would like to say a heartfelt thank to my team
- Baloo aka Merevyn Wilson, Raksha - Sue Day, Sandy Swindell
our Group Scout Leader, Mike Hockey, and finally but very
importantly Liz and Paddy Higgens for the wonderful food
they provided all weekend. Other things that we have been
involved in are boxes for Operation Christmas Child and we
attended Harvest Service at St. Andrews..
After October half term we will be getting down to some badge
work which will take us up to Christmas. Watch out next month
for the Cubs reports of camp.
Akela - Leader of Cubs
CADDINGTON
PRODUCE ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SHOW
Luton News report that Valerie Church of
Slip End almost cleared the board of cups and prizes at the
above Annual Show this year! Admittedly the overall entry was
below par, with some of the regular Caddington 'cup
collectors' missing. However, Valerie was the only Slip End
resident who entered, so why don't more of us 'have a go'
next year? There are classes for flowers, vegetables, cakes
and jams, photography and numerous handicrafts - also
children's classes. Time was when Slip End had its own Show -
maybe we will again! - but meanwhile shouldn't we give our
friendly neighbors a run for their
Money?
PLAYING
FIELD QUIZ NIGHT
Over seventy contestants formed
themselves into ten teams to pit their wits against each
other at this year's Playing Field Quiz Night. The evening
had a new twist to keep everyone on their toes. As well as a
prize awarded to the team with the highest score, a second
prize was awarded to the team who finished highest on a giant
Snakes and Ladders board using their scores from each round
to progress up and down the board. The top score was shared
between the Parish Councillors and friends and one of the
Tennis Club teams who sportingly chose to share the prize.
The only team to complete the Snakes and Ladders board was
the St Andrews team through their skillful use of the ladders
when other teams landed on the slippery snakes.
The £220 profit from the evening
went to the upkeep of the Peter Edwards Hall which has proved
to be a good asset to the village. If you would like to book
the Hall for a function or party then give Tony a ring on
414127
Peter Smith, Slip End Playing Field
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