October Parish News
ST
ANDREW'S CHURCH WOODSIDE
Services for October
SUNDAY SERVICES
1st 10.00 Harvest Family Service
11.00 Harvest Informal Communion & ZJB
8th 8.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Morning Praise & ZJB
6.00 Youth Service at East Hyde
15th 10.30 Holy Communion & ZJB
22nd 9.15 Holy Communion
at East Hyde
10.30 Morning Praise & ZJB
29th 10.30 Morning Praise
MIDWEEK SERVICES
Wednesdays
11th 10.30 Pram Service
25th 10.30 Pram Service
25th 2.30 Woodside Home Service
Thursdays 10.30am Holy Communion
SOME WORDS OF WISDOM:-
Take time to be friendly -
it is the road to happiness.
Take time to dream -
It is hitching your wagon to a star.
Take time to love and be loved -
It is the privilege of the Gods.
Take time to look around -
It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to laugh -
It is the music of the soul.
CANS FOR BOOKS
Well, the summer holidays are behind us
now and we have another school year to look forward to. The
cans dropped into the bin outside the house throughout the
summer and August was a good month with just over 1400 being
collected.
As you can see from the gauge, we are well on the way to the
next total and with your continuing support we should be able
to cash these cans in just before we break for Christmas.
As usual, we want Aluminium cans and they can be sent in to
Slip End Lower School Office or directly to me at 23 Claydown
Way, Slip End.
Once again, thank you for your support.
Mervyn Wilson
VILLAGE HALL
Sadly, I have not a lot to report about
this month's meeting at the village hall apart from the usual
discussions of paying bills etc and perusing future bookings
where upon, happily, we have quite a few bookings for the
next few months.
The spacious car park will at last have the disabled bays
marked to allow the extra room for wheelchair passengers.
Next month's meeting is planned to be more informative so
hopefully I can give you news of interest.
I logged on to the Slip End web site and I found a really
interesting history about the hall. So if you young
parishioners get the time to log on, you also may be
interested as to how the village hall was founded and its
many uses and I do believe that footballs were still kicked
about in those days in the hall grounds. I noticed a few
youths in the car park on the evening of our last meeting,
Monday September 11th, however the camera eased my mind and
enabled me to keep an eye on things so, frankly, the
purchasing of that camera was a sensible idea and a pity that
we waited so long before deciding on one. The lads were very
tame and quiet but of course they did have one or two young
ladies present .(it's surprising what a female can resolve.)
We have numerous Xmas decorations for the hall and our next
job will be to separate the old ones from the newer ones that
were kindly donated to us from the Frog and Rhubarb. So a
dusty job is in store for somebody (lets hope that they don't
suffer from allergies). Recently, I noticed that the dog poop
red bin near the vicarage is overloaded with whatever!! I
wondered if there is a councillor in our midst who could
shake up those in charge to have the contents removed. (You
know now vicar where the bluebottles are coming from). Again,
on the subject of a web site, as I do enjoy the computer and
am finding out many things. I came across the war graves
commission that brings up all military killed in World War
one and two. I have printed out several names for friends
which were moving and interesting, the name the place of the
burial or memorial of the person killed is beautifully
presented and I will gladly do print outs for anyone who
knows of such a person as part of my hobby. After being given
the name of any military I can find it quickly. I notice now
as I drive past Flitton's garage how wonderfully it stands
out as one passes by. The refurbishment is wonderful and a
credit to all technicians and builders concerned. The
building makes Slip End look a prosperous place that it
deserves to be. I always said that Slip End was a dead end
but buildings like this make things look a lot brighter and a
great credit to the Flitton family. Especially when one
thinks that the founders of the garage were one man and his
wife, the sons must be proud of their own achievement. 
With all the hard work over the past
years to introduce this lovely building, congratulations you
lads you are a credit to Slip End. All we need now are a few
more shops with different occupations to get back to
normality. I will close until next time when I will write a
few more notes. However some may possibly be disgruntled
reading certain parts of this article but at least it fills a
space. Bye for now
Muriel Allsop, Markyate Road.
SLIP END
PLAYGROUP
This term we are settling into our new times of
9.30 am to 12.30 pm with a slightly different format. For the
first hour we play and the main craft of the day is on offer.
A break at 10.30 is for 'circle time,' which includes singing
or a story, some counting and a drink and snack to keep us
going through the next play time, which includes going
outside if the weather and grass are not too wet. Towards the
end of this time the children can help themselves to another
drink if they want one. Then at 12.00 a few of the children
go home and the rest of us are soon packing away the toys
ready to finish the morning with stories and rhymes. We have
been busy cooking and cutting fruit and vegetables in
September to tie in with the Harvest and made up a box of
gifts for the Harvest Festival at St Andrews Church. 
Now Autumn is our theme and we are learning the colours of
Autumn and had a walk in Stockwood Park to collect 'conkers',
acorns and fallen leaves to use at Playgroup and, of course,
to have lots over to take home with us. Playgroup is going
well this term but our numbers are currently quite low.
Without extra fundraising our fees on their own will not
cover our every day running expenses so our Nearly New Sale
of children's toys, equipment and clothes on 14th October is
particularly important to us. Please see our advert in this
magazine for further details and give us your support if you
can.
FARMERS MARKETS
Fed up with food scares? Dissatisfied
with vegetables that look good but have no taste? Can't tell
your GM from your E numbers? Don't worry because help is at
hand at the Dunstable Town and Leighton Buzzard Farmers
Markets. The goods on these Farmers Markets will be sold to
you by people who not only come from within a 30-mile radius
of the two towns, they also care about how their produce is
grown and certainly they enjoy talking to shoppers about
their production methods. But, as well as fruit, vegetables,
fresh and cooked meats, you will also find delicious
home-made cakes, honey, preserves and even perennial plants
and organic compost for your garden! At the Dunstable market
there are several stalls selling locally-made craft items.
The delicious dates for your diary are…
Dunstable Town:
14th October, 11thNovember
9th December, 13th January
10th February
Leighton Buzzard :
21st October, 18thNovember
16th December, 20th January
17th February
For further information on Farmers Markets, please phone
South Beds District Council on 01582 474042
£'S FOR LBS
Ex bank employee and full time mum Paula
has swapped those £'s for lbs. After the birth of her last
child, Paula found those lbs. would not shift. So in
September 1998, Paula joined Slimming World where she found
the food optimising system and a new lease of life. Members
are encouraged to eat unlimited amounts of meat, fish and
chicken on the original plan and unlimited amounts of pasta
and potatoes on the green plan.
By March 1999 Paula had lost 281b and has never been hungry
as there is so much 'free food' to choose from. Paula who
celebrates her 40th birthday in October has decided on a new
career. From the 19th of September she will be taking the
Tuesday night class at the Conservative Club, Vaughan Road,
Harpenden, at 6:30pm. "Its so nice to be able to go into
trendy shops and buy fashion clothes instead of slopping
around in baggy clothes to hide the bulges. I still love
cakes, sweets and biscuits and even a glass of wine". .
All are allowed on the plan. Paula aims to
provide good support and with the help of class members, plus
her own knowledge, really encourage members to loose those
pounds and to find a new confidence in themselves. For a
chance to change your life please ring Paula on 01582 738205
GARDEN
ASSOCIATION FOR OCTOBER
There are a few plots still vacant so if
you are interested please phone Derrick on 736892. Plots are
10 pole per year.
Vegetable Garden
Do some digging and manuring in the vegetable plots. Turn
over any soil already dug up. Couch grass should be burned
and potato haulms may also by dry enough for the bonfire. Any
'decayed' matter left about is likely to breed disease and
harbour pests. The white hearts (curds) of cauliflower's are
liable to be damaged by frost, so remember to check on them
occasionally and fold any outer leaves over any hearts that
are forming to give them protection.
Fruit and flowers
Those shrubs that are deciduous can be planted or moved to
other quarters. New roses can be planted - remember to make
the ground very firm. Herbaceous perennials can be divided
and replanted now. Gather remaining apples and pears. 
Turf and repair lawns.
Gather all fallen leaves and burn.
Gillian Plummer
SLIP END LOWER
SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
This annual event took place on Saturday
16th September 2000 and despite the fuel crisis and cool but
dry weather, 11 local lower school teams turned up and took
part. Apart from the football matches there was a Raffle, Tea
and Coffee and a very welcome hot burger from the
barbecue.The Minnighan Cup was won by the team from Studham
who beat Watling 5-0, while Lark Rise took the top prize of
the Chevron plate, beating Willowfield 2-0.
The team from Slip End (shown here) was as follows:-
(back row L-R) Ian Jenkins, Sam Cook, Jay Jay Martin, Kirsten
Brown (front row L-R) Tom Oliver, Robert Franklin, Marcus
Chambers, Ian Wilson.
Mr. Bob Day, Slip End manager and the organiser of the
tournament thanks all who came; the teams for their fair play
and sportsmanship. Mr Paul Collinson and Mr Johnny Barker for
refereeing the matches and all those other people who helped
set up, run the event and clear up afterwards. In particular,
Bob thanked his wife Sue for doing all the background work
and organisation.
THE SLIP END
WEBSITE
Slip End can now boast of a website that
has very many features and is well updated. Over the past few
years the Internet has really began to become an important
tool to more and more people. The past few months have seen a
large explosion in the numbers of people who can now get
"online". The beauty of a website is that it can
easily link very many topics and areas of interest into a
single entity, and be instantly updated.
The Slip End website takes the village as its centrepiece and
displays a large volume of information about Slip End and the
surrounding area. One of the essential ideas in producing
this site was to be sure that it was quick to load, easy to
navigate and logically laid out. Some sites will take a long
time to display on your screen because they rely very heavily
on graphics - or picture files, that are rather large and
take a long time to assemble. We have minimized the number of
graphic files, whilst attempting to make the site interesting
visually as well as content wise.
You can find all sorts to interest
you on our site, from Local weather to Bus timetables, from
how the Cricket Club are doing to what's on during the week
or at the local cinema. Links to many useful websites are
also included, such as Train Timetables, Local
"what's-on" type sites and telephone directories.
Nearly all the Slip End Associations and Clubs are
represented on the site, and there is a section devoted to
the History of Slip End. We also include a section
highlighting local businesses, so you may find someone close
at hand who will be able to provide you with a service. At
the present point in time we are looking for someone who
would like to help us with the administration of the business
section of the website. If you are interested in getting
involved, then please contact David Bolster on 424363.
Our most recent addition to the site is the Discussion Forum
and Classified Adverts section. Both these features work on
the principle that you can instantly leave a message or
advert on the notice board. If you go to the discussion
section you will find that you can start your own topic of
conversation, so if you have a point of view about aircraft
noise, or what they are going to do at junction 10, or the
price of fish then here is where you can put your point of
view across. Also you can add to a conversation that has
already been started, so if someone has got your hackles up,
then you can let them know what you think. Why not visit the
site at www.slipend.co.uk and really get to know the village
you live in. Any thoughts, suggestions, information or
articles are always very welcome and much appreciated.
Peter King. (Webmaster)
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