SLIP END ALLOTMENT &
GARDEN
Vegetable Garden
In the allotment there is plenty to do. Peas should
be gathered as soon as the pods are full, or else they
toughen. Lift early potatoes, pick runner and French beans as
they become big enough. All root crops need attention for
loosening earth, watering, hoeing, weeding. Continue to plant
out all manner of winter greens. Autumn sown onions should
now have completed their growth and ripened their bulbs, so
you may as well lift them now.
Fruit and flower garden
Cut off faded flowers from time to time. Lift tulips
and hyacinths. Continue to bud rose stock and prune. Summer
prune cherries and plums, thin apples and pears and pick
fruit as it is ready. Burn straw on strawberry beds and peg
down runners.
1st
& 2nd Woodside Brownies
Present
Holiday's
around
the World
Wednesday July 11th at 6.15 pm
Slip End Village Hall
Admission only 50p.
In aid of Keech Cottage Hospice
Refreshments and raffle.
Please give us your support so that we
can support the Keech Cottage Hospice.
Tickets available from Gillian - 723109.
SLIP END & DISTRICT
ASSOCIATION
Saturday June 2nd saw two coaches leave Slip
End for Weston Super Mare. There were some showers on the
way, which lead to lovely sunshine when we arrived at our
destination.
After leaving the coach everyone went their own way and met
back at the Nook and Harbour Restaurant at 4.30pm for a meal
of Fish & Chips or Salad, which everyone enjoyed. At 6.00pm
we got back on the coaches for a pleasant journey back home
and arrived back in Slip End at 9.45pm.
Gillian Plummer
THANK YOU
I would like to say thank you to all my
customers who are supporting me with
my plant sale, your custom is very much appreciated and I
hope that we shall
have a hot summer so you can enjoy your plants - happy
gardening. Plants are still on sale for those who still wish
to come along.
Hilary Macdonald
SLIP END PARISH COUNCIL
The new Slip End Parish Council will meet at
the Village Hall on the first Monday of each month. The
meetings start at 8pm and are expected to last approximately
1 hour. At the end of each meeting there is an opportunity
for members of the public to ask questions or raise any
concerns they may have.
Dates of meetings for this year are below.
Monday 2nd July`
Monday 6tthAugust Monday 3rdSeptember
Monday 1stOctober
Monday 5thNovember
Monday 3rdDecember
MUSIC AT ST ANDREWS
Margaret Knight makes a welcome return to
Music at St Andrews on Sunday 15th July. Many people remember
the excellent and entertaining performance she gave on her
last visit. Margaret is a highly accomplished singer and
harpist. Not only does she perform throughout the UK, but is
also no stranger to the international scene. She has played
and sung in countries as diverse as Japan and Russia. There
are currently plans for a tour of Australia. Margaret does,
of course, enjoy the added distinction of being a Slip End
resident
MUSIC AT ST ANDREWS
(CHURCH ROAD, SLIP END)
MARGARET KNIGHT
PRESENTS
TRAVELS
WITH MY HARP
Sunday 15th July, 7.30 pm
Tickets £6.00, concessions £5.00 (price includes wine and
light refreshments)
Proceeds in aid of the Keech Cottage Hospice
Tickets available on the door or by calling 01582 404988/424363
We have recently helped several people to recondition their precious old family pictures, which have suffered through the years with cracks, fading, folding and lifted emulsion. Modern technology is used to repair all this and printing and framing works wonders.If you would like help with your photos, call David Kingston on (01582) 416138
EDITORS PAGE
Now is a very important time in the history
of our community!
Firstly: The newly elected Slip End Parish Council is now
firmly in place!
The establishment of our own council has taken years to come
to fruition and there has no doubt been a lot of hard work on
the Parish Councillors as they worked with the various bodies
to achieve a council specific to the needs of our locality.
We at Parish News pass our thanks to those who were involved
in this process, welcome new elected councilors, who stood
for election to our expanded local council representation.
Parish News looks forward to liaising with the Parish Council
and urge the community to support the efforts of those who
work on local councils in the interests of the community.
Second major item relates to aircraft nuisance, under which
we suffer. Parish News representative attended a recent
airport consultative committee meeting at the South
Bedfordshire District Coucil offices in Dunstable. This is a
very broad committee representing many bodies, near and far.
The public gallery was full, mainly of our local folk,
reflecting strength of opinion in our neck of the woods.
Although a very technical subject, main business of this
meeting was to discuss revised aircraft departure routes to
the west of Luton Airport. Our immediate concern is that of
aircraft noise and a proposal supported by county councilor
Richard Stay, was under discussion. It may be unfortunate for
us that the committee rejected the proposal, under pressure
from representation from, amongst others, Harpenden and the
Vale of Aylesbury. It is hoped that we hear more from our
local councilors about the impact of this decision as it
effects those living close the airport.
Finally: we say goodbye this month to David and Mary Bolster,
who are leaving us this month. Vicar of St Andrew's Church,
David has become well known to many of us in the community,
not only the St Andrew's congregation, but to many groups and
individuals. Mary will be missed by many as well, and
remembered for her charitable projects which have been
supported by people throughout the village.
After 16 years working with us in the country parishes of
Woodside and neighbouring East Hyde, the contrast of their
new situation in north London is striking. New challenges
will be presented and we at Parish News are confident that
David and Mary will respond successfully.
They will be a hard act to follow and we wish them well!
Diary Page w.e.f. July
Articles for the July issue of Parish News should be passed
to Sue Cowell, 83 The Crescent, Caddington (733507) or
SueCowell@Caddington18.fsnet.co.uk by 15th July please.
Parish News distribution queries? Please contact Brian Church
on 01 582 458443
Parish News reserves editorial right
Editors Choice :
If you should
find the perfect church without one fault or smear.
For goodness sake don't join that church, you'd spoil the
atmosphere.
If you should find the perfect church where all anxieties
cease,
then pass it by, lest joining it you spoil the masterpiece.
If you should find the perfect church then don't you ever
dare,
to tread upon such Holy Ground, you'd be a misfit there.
But since no perfect church exists, made of perfect men,
let's cease on looking for that church and love the church
we're in.
Of course, it's not the perfect church, that's simple to
discern,
But you and I and all of us, could cause the tide to turn.
What fools we are to flee our past, in that unfruitful
search,
To find, at last, where problems loom, God proudly builds His
church.
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