Rempstone Parish Council and Village Hall

Coronavirus Working Party – Newsletter 28 

After 14 months the Coronavirus Working Party is closing down. This month sees the re-opening of the White Lion and the Village Hall, with the expectation of remaining lockdown restrictions being removed through June and July. The Village Hall windows have already been tidied up, and the Bird Trail removed. The final village quiz will be published next week.

This is also the final issue of the Coronavirus newsletter. However, the Parish Council has agreed to sponsor a regular monthly Rempstone Newsletter which tells you what is going on in the village. We are looking for someone who would like to produce the newsletter each month. If you are interested then please contact Roland for details.

Rempstone Village Hall

•   The first post-lockdown Coffee Morning is on Thursday 20th May, starting

  at 10:30am. Advance booking is essential if you would like to sit in the hall. Weather permitting there will also be seats outside. Please contact Jane Schober for details, and to book a seat.

•   Yoga classes are re-starting on 1st June. They run every Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Spare places are available for Tuesday sessions. Please contact Katy Powell on 07814 808626.

•   Pilates classes are re-starting on 10th June. They run on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30, and 7:30 to 8:30, and on Friday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30. Jane Thomas is also organising taster sessions. Please contact Jane Thomas through her website www.janethomaspilates.co.uk or by calling 0777 801 9765.

  Rempstone Village Fete will be held on Sunday 27th June, 10.30 to 3.30. The Village Hall committee will be grateful for donations for the Raffle, Tombola, Wine/Water game, ‘Nearly New’ Clothes, and Bric-à-Brac stalls, and cakes and preserves for the Produce Stall. Please contact Jane Schober.

   

   

  Rempstone Parish Council

•   The volume, speed, and noise of traffic on the A6006 is by far the biggest concern voiced by residents. The council is setting up a working party to deal with this. It is expected to be a long term campaign.

•   Wild flower seeds have arrived at last. The earliest planting opportunity will be in the autumn. The Parish Council is also considering spring flowering bulbs, and how this will affect mowing of roadside verges.

•   Several residents have already shown interest in the vacancy on the Parish Council created by the resignation of Victoria Phillipps.

  If you are interested in finding out more about any of these topics then please contact Rebecca Hague 07795 246923, our Parish Clerk, or any Parish Council member.

  All Saints Church holds services on the second and fourth Sundays of every month, starting at 11:00. Further information from Richard Beeby 880260.

The White Lion will re-open at 5 pm on Monday 17th May. Customers will need to sign in for Track and Trace, and wear a face mask when not seated.

Food Bank. Claire Johnson would like to thank everyone who is donating to local food banks. Since we started in November last year Rempstone residents have donated 1329.46kg of food and toiletries. This doesn’t include baby bank items, which aren’t weighed. Nor does it include the non-grocery items that have been donated...clothing, hats, kitchenware, bedding.

There are two ways that you can continue to contribute:

•   Food and groceries can be left with Claire Johnson at 21 Wysall Lane,

  07432 055 694.

•   Cash donations can be given to Jane Schober. These are used to buy

  food from a cash-and-carry store.

  Great British Spring Clean 2021 runs from 28th May until 13th June. Rubbish sacks will be available from the Village Hall during the Coffee Morning on 10th June. Collected rubbish will be taken away by Streetwise on or after Monday 14th June.

  From our foreign correspondent:

• Wymeswold Bowls Club is offering taster sessions between 2:00 and

  5:00pm on Sunday 30th May. Contact c.ablett689@btinternet.com 07429

  330 559 for more information.

• East Leake Market takes place on Friday 11th June, from 3:00 to

  8:00pm. See eastleakemarket.org.uk for more information.

   

  Conclusion

  The last fourteen months have been difficult for many people in the country. We have been fortunate to live in a village like Rempstone, where we know our neighbours, and have gardens and countryside walks to enjoy even at the height of lockdown. There have been days when Wysall Lane has been busier than Trafalgar Square.

  Many people have told me how lucky we are to live here. I tell them they are wrong! We chose to live here, and we have contributed to making our village what it is today. Thank you for doing that.

  Lastly I’d like to thank the Coronavirus Working Party members: Nicki Dalton, Caroline Gower, Michael Hunter, Wilf Pearson, Victoria Phillipps, and Jane Schober, for all the time and energy they have contributed over the last year.

  Roland Gower May 2021