Would like to know more?   Contact Cllr. Cessford

cllr.cessford@theparishcouncil.org

01949 860738

The final bike ride of this year will take place on Saturday 18 September leaving the Unicorn’s Head, Langar at 1.30pm. We will be riding along the bridleways, byeway and canal towpath between Langar, Harby and Granby.

The total distance will be around 7 miles and should take around 2 hours to complete. As usual a mountain bike or a hybrid with off-road tyres will be required.

Full details on the attached poster.

On 24th September at Colston Bassett Village Hall, VFR are holding a Charity Auction. We are looking to raise funds to help us improve our communications kit. Mobile signals around the vale are patchy and whilst we manage at the moment and still attend around 20 calls per month, there are trials of new kit going on at the moment, the roll out of which would significantly improve things for us. Inevitably, new and significantly better kit is not cheap.

Tickets are £7.50 – there will be a very good buffet supper, wine on the tables when you arrive, we have balloon flights, tickets to various venues, grandstand tickets for Southwell races, afternoon tea at Stapleford Park, cheeses, hampers, toboganning at the snow dome and a whole host of other stuff – and lots that will keep the kids occupied in the October half term ! As if that wasn’t enough, Brewsters Brewery (owners of the Marquis of Granby) who have won prizes for their ales have supported us with two casks of their real ales which would make attending worthwhile on its own !!

7pm for 7.30pm and tickets are available from Rod on 860662 – more details on the VFR web site which is at www.vale-first-responders.com

Following the offer from Everards’ Brewery to lease us the site for restoring the village pond we are now in a position to start recruiting members to the Langar Village Pond Trust.

We have kept membership fees to a low level to try and recruit as big a membership as possible. We will need all the help we can get. As our annual running costs for the lease, site insurance, auditing charges etc will be of the order of £500 we are hoping to cover this as much as possible from membership income. The cost of restoration, we hope, will be met by our fund raising activities. We have already applied for some funding under the Notts County Council Local Initiative Scheme.

The membership year will ordinarily be from October 1st, so people joining now will remain members until September 30th, 2011. Membership will give you the right to elect the Management Committee of the Trust, to stand for election to the Management Committee of the Trust and to have an input into the development of the project.

You will be able to pick up a membership form and pay in your subscriptions at the Parish Fete this Saturday, 4 September.

If you cannot make the fete, but still want to join us, then click on the red text at the bottom of this blog and print off and fill in the membership form and send it with your cheque to the address shown on the form.

We hope that as many of you as possible will join and also encourage your friends, neighbours, works colleagues and others to join us in this exciting project to improve the environment in the heart of Langar.
Langar Village Pond Trust Membership Form

The banner advertising our fete, which has been on show at the Langar and Barnstone crossroads for the last 3 weeks, was stolen overnight on Sunday 29th August.  If anyone has any idea of it’s whereabouts please contact us as this was an expensive item costing £135.00.  The banner, which has removable dates, was going to be used  for many years to come, advertising our future fetes.  It could not have been easily removed and whoever stole it must have gone equipped for purposefully taking it.  The theft has been reported to the local police.

Just a reminder that the Parish Fete is taking place this Saturday 4th September from 1.00pm on the Football Field, Works Lane. We have many attractions, stalls and demonstrations taking place on the field. The Country Club will be open for drinks.  The Bowls Club will be serving tea and cakes and you can also try your hand at bowling.  In the evening The Dansettes will be playing 60′s music in the Country Club.  Tickets are free and are still available from Mark Seaton or Julie Evans-Mark.  Any tombola or raffle prizes would still be appreciated.

A number of incidents have recently been reported in where elderly persons have received a phone call from someone purporting to be from Age Concern.

The caller, who has called himself John, tells people he is making benefit agency checks on behalf of Age Concern.  He goes on to ask for personal information including, asking about what bank they use and for details of when they withdraw cash.  He also asks where in the house this money is kept.

Please note that Age Concern NEVER make calls of this nature – if this happens to you, you are likely to be speaking to someone totally unconnected with Age Concern.  Do not pass any personal or financial details to anyone you are unsure of.

Please pass this message on to anyone elderly that you know or display it in an appropriate place or newsletter.

It has come to our attention that some dog walkers are depositing their dog’s ‘poop’ bags in the wheelie bins outside the Scout Hut on Coach Gap Lane.  The bins are clearly marked with the Scout logo and should not be used for this type of waste.

Obviously this is a health hazard for the young children using the Scout Hut and I would ask these dog walkers to stop doing this immediately. 

If anyone sees any residents doing this I would be pleased if they could report it via the comment button or to a Leader from 1st Langar (Vale of Belvoir) Scout Group.

Thank you.

We have been notified that a London-based holiday company is contacting people in the Nottingham area by telephone trying to obtain payment for holidays which the victims have not requested. They send out vouchers for holidays and attempt to get personal details so as to obtain payment through the victim’s bank account without authority.

As always with scams if it seems too good to be true it very probably is.

BT SCAM

In some areas across the country, incidents have been reported by BT customers who have received a phone call purporting to be from BT, usually on the pretence of an outstanding bill and is told if they don’t pay straight away, their line will be disconnected.

The suspect appears to have some knowledge with regards to the BT customer eg if they have recently changed supplier, or have ongoing problems with a bill.

If the victim challenges this or becomes suspicious, the suspect tells advises them that they can prove during the call that they are able to disconnect the line.

Under the threat of losing their phone connection, the victim is then duped into providing bank account details. During some calls the suspect states there is a problem with the card details provided and the victim then gives details of other bankcards.

Although BT confirm they do have debt handling procedures which may involve calling customers, please note that BT never carry out disconnections during the call by way of proof – if this happens, you are likely to be speaking to someone totally unconnected with BT. Do not pass any personal or financials details.

If you have any concerns, terminate the call and contact BT directly.

Rather than spending the day in a traffic jam you may prefer to join us on the next Parish Walk. We will be starting from the Unicorn’s Head, Langar at 1.30pm on Monday 30 August. The theme of this walk is Langar Lost and Found. So if you would like to find out something about how the village used to be please join us. All the walking will be either on pavements or along one grass footpath and the village greeen so you won’t need walking gear. Full details on the poster.

Just as we were settling down to tea on Saturday evening our dog, Dougie, started barking excitedly in the garden. When we went out quieten him we saw that he had found an injured, juvenile, male Sparrowhawk lying at the bottom of our garden path. He was stunned and appeared to have broken his wing.

We were able to pick him up and put him in the crate we use to take Dougie to the vets. A bowl of water and a piece of boiled ham went in with him for his tea!

We then started ringing around various people to get some help. The information from the RSPCA was a bit disappointing. Although they found a possible vet for us to visit on Sunday morning the advice was to give the bird some bird seed as food. The girl on the phone didn’t seem to realise that a Sparrowhawk was a bird of prey, which eats other birds and not their seed!

The wildlife hospital at Brinsley were much more helpful in putting us in touch with a bird expert in Warsop Vale who was happy to take a look at him and treat him if possible.

We left Spud, as Barbara had now called him, in the crate in the garage hoping he would survive the night. Happily, he did and on examining him Ted the bird expert diagnosed a dislocated knuckle in the right wing, which he put back in place straight away. Spud will stay with Ted for the next 6 weeks or so before being released back into the wild.

As you will see from the photos he is a beautiful bird and it would have been a tragedy if he had died as he would have done if not rescued and treated quickly.

The proceeds of this years raffle will be going to the Langar Village Pond Trust, who, as we are sure you are aware, are planning to restoring the village pond next to the Unicorn.  The raffle will be run by the Trust and we have some excellent prizes so far including passes to Belvoir Castle and Twin Lakes, Stilton cheese vouchers, Go Karting vouchers and a mini John Deere Harvester.

This is an extremely worthwhile cause and we hope you will support them on the day.  If you have any raffle prizes you wish to donate, please contact Cllr Seaton or Nigel Wood.

CJ Miles is the son of one of our villagers, Nick Palmer Miles. CJ went missing on Saturday, 31 July in Zell am See area of Austria. Although it is a long shot,hopefully, someone will read this and help us find CJ.

Please look at the attached poster by clicking on cj poster for details on CJ and how you can help.cj_poster

The Parish Council has received a number of comments from residents concerning an increase in anti social behaviour in the last couple of weeks. It appears to be centred around Barnstone, but also around Langar as noisy mopeds are ridden around, and it is said on occasions either dangerously or even illegally, late at night and the early hours of the morning. We are also aware of damage and inappropriate behaviour at the play park in Barnstone which is likely to see increased use during the school summer break.

There is already a growing portfolio of evidence that is being provided to the appropriate authorities to help deal with this. Your help would also be appreciated. If you wish you may leave comments on here, but please be factual and you do not need to name names, we already know who we are dealing with.  It would also be helpful if residents would keep a diary of events, as that will help provide consistent corroboration of the evidence we already have.  If you are going to keep a diary, please let us know and we will ask you for it in due course.  The Parish Council are already in conatct with the Police, the Local Authority and a Housing Association in respect of this issue

If you feel threatened by anti social behaviour as it happens then you should dial 999.  If you wish to report ASB and it is not an emergency, you can do so via the Police non emergency number which is 0300 300 99 99.  If you wish to send us information anonymously, then the Blogmaster has agreed to accept information and pass it on to the members of the Parish Council, senders name and details deleted.  You can mail the Blogmaster by clicking here and you can contact the Parish Council by clicking here

The following has been released by Leicestershire Police.  It was NOT written by children.  Some children are however being taken in by this and are potentially conversing with adults via messaging systems believing that they are having conversations with others their own age.  We felt parents should be aware this message is circulating and below the message you will find a link that leads to advice on chat room safety.

Hey people!
you all know how it feels when you’re talking to some one online, and your mum is standing right behind you, reading every word that appears on the screen.
Then, of course, the person swears or talks about how much they love you, or they’re your crush or something and your mum reads it and tells you to get offline that instant and not talk to that person anymore.
Well, what can we do about that?
To solve this problem, we have now started the ‘code 9′ system.
In code 9, you simply type the number ’9′ when your parent or sibling is watching over your shoulder as you type.
The person you’re talking to will know what you’re talking about, and start a conversation on homework or something.
When your parent or sibling leaves, type ’99′ to let the person know that they are gone, so you can begin a normal conversation again.
Please send this to everyone you know so that code 9 can go into effect.  PLEASE: Copy and paste

http://www.leics.police.uk/advice/7_kids_zone/55_chatroom_safety/

Alice in Wonderland at the village hall last night was really good ! We are starting to gather a regular film show following now but it would be excellent to see more people coming along to join us – it’s only £4 !

The next film show will be on 25TH SEPTEMBER and the great news is that you will have the opportunity to decide what we show. Between now and 10TH SEPTEMBER (so we have time to order the film) tell us what you would like to see. Not sure ? – well we can help you there too ! Have a look at www.filmbank.co.uk and go into the library by clicking on “film database” near the top of the sreen. You can search for the latest releases, or films by name. If you are looking for the latest releases then the site will tell you whether they are available to us yet or not, and you can see the list of 2010 releases by putting 2010 in the release year, leave everything else blank and clicking “go”. Generally, when they exit the cinemas they will become available via filmbank, and in the main we can get them about 2 or 3 weeks before they go on general DVD release.

So, it’s up to you ! – tell us what you would like to see. If you like, just tell us the type of film you’d like to see – period drama, adventure, sci-fi, family or whatever. When you’ve made a choice, mail us and let is know by clicking here

Good luck, happy hunting and we’ll look forward to seeing possibly your choice on 25TH SEPTEMBER at the Village Hall, doors open 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm.

Although this Blog site is mainly intended to service the parish of Langar cum Barnstone, Caroline Goulding, the Practice Manager at the Long Clawson Medical Practice has asked if we would mind giving them a mention on here. As they are a public service rather than a private concern, we have agreed to do this.

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There has been a doctor practising in Long Clawson for nearly 200 years. There is a team of doctors, district nurses, chiropodists, midwives and psychiatric nurses together with an in-house Pharmacy.

The Practice now has a Patient Participation Group and you can find out about it by visiting the surgery website, which is updated regularly, please use this for further information.
Long Clawson Medical Centre The SandsLong ClawsonMelton MowbrayLE14 4PATel 01664 822214    http://www.lcmp.co.uk/
Remember if you need EMERGENCY HELP telephone 999 and request an ambulance, OTHERWISE telephone the National Health Service medical help line on 0845 4647, where you can speak to a doctor or nurse.

Come and see Tim Burton’s acclaimed

Alice in Wonderland

on Saturday 31 July

at 7.30pm, Barnstone Village Hall.

Tickets £4

Tel 01949 861181 for more information and tickets

19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.

Regular Events

Monday: Line dancing classes

Tuesday: Dominos night all welcome

Wednesday: Every other week acoustic music night open to all levels of experience or to just come in and have a listen

Sunday: Last week of every month Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dancing with J’s Dance For Pleasure.

We made 100 cakes…… and ate them all!!

Photos of our time at Topstones

We are pleased to confirm we have managed to secure numerous attractions for the fete, which is to be held on Saturday September 4th at 1.00pm on The Football Field, Works Lane.  In addition to those mentioned in our earlier posting, we have ‘inflatable human hamster wheels’ which you float in and turn around in a large pool of water.  An inflatable helter skelter, inflatable bouncy dome and 2 childrens roundabouts.  An old fashioned candy floss barrow, the Rushcliffe Barn Owl Project, complete with ‘Misty’ the owl and many varied stalls. 

Tickets are now available for the live 60′s music performance by The Dansettes which starts at 7.00pm in Barnstone Country Club.  If tickets are required please contact The Parish Clerk, Cllr Seaton or, if you are a regular at the club, please see Julie.  Tickets are free of charge.

Some excellent raffle prizes have been received from local companies, so far, including vouchers for stilton cheeses, vouchers for Go Karting, 2 Belvoir Castle Family passes, 2 Twin Lakes passes and a mini John Deere harvester.  If anyone wishes to contribute, or has any bottles for our bottle tombola please hand them to either the Parish Clerk, any Councillor, Scout or Brownie leader.  If you can get together either a junior or senior tug o war team, please contact Cllr Charlett.

A further update will be posted nearer the day  Please also see posters on the notice boards and at the Country Club.

Starting the week begining Monday 19th July The Barnstone Country Club are offering cooked breakfasts for local people and industry between the hours of 10.00am and 2.00pm Monday to Friday.