Essendine Parish Council would like to wish everyone a very merry and safe Christmas and we hope that 2021 will bring us all freedom and normality once again. Please note: The office will be closed from Thursday 17th December – 4 January 2021 The next meeting of the Parish Council
WINTER HOMES FOR WILDLIFE f you can, take care not to disturb creatures hibernating in the corner of a shed, or under vegetation. Leaves, dried stems and the seed heads of flowers provide shelter for over-wintering lacewings, ladybirds and other insects. A pile of fallen branches is likely to have
Cybercrime is now big business, especially as we are doing more and more shopping and business online. Many crimes start with the use of your email details. Neighbourhood Watch nationally is recommending that everyone should make their email safe by : 1) Creating a separate password for your email account
In C19th days when voting was rather more corrupt than it is now (though I’m sure Donald Trump would disagree,) Whig candidates, whose colour was blue, would buy pubs and inns in the constituency, and add “blue” to their names. They would then offer free ‘blue’ ale to drinkers in
Happy New Year to everyone in our villages! Wishing you health and happiness in 2021 when hopefully life will get closer to resembling what we think of as ‘normality’. We’re still in Advent as I write this and we are indeed still ‘waiting in hope’ for a better future while
Dave Amies – Chairman – The Post Office , Ryhall Adrian Gombault – Vice Chairman – Elm Tree Cottage,Main Street , Belmesthorpe David Wilby – County Councillor – Orchard House Essendine Road, Ryhall Stamford PE9 4HE dwilby@rutland.gov.uk Richard Coleman – County Councillor – 5 Plover Road, Essendine Stamford PE94UR RColeman@rutland.gov.uk
ARE YOU FORGIVING? OR UNFORGIVING? 2020 was the 75th anniversary of “VJ Day,” the celebration of the World War 2 victory over Japan, on the 15th August 1945.Well now then, I don’t wish to receive any answers from any of you, but for my family it caused more debate than
What are we doing about the Carol Service? Is there a Midnight Mass this year? And a Christingle? I’m asked this almost every day and as I write, I have absolutely no idea. I have listed some of these and the other December services in the usual place on p.16,
Like all churches, we remain closed at present. Please see local notices for details of Christmas services, should they be permitted. Our weekly Bible Study meetings have now changed the day to Thursdays at 2.30 on Zoom. If anyone else would like to join in, please contact me and I
Dave Amies – Chairman – The Post Office , Ryhall Adrian Gombault – Vice Chairman – Elm Tree Cottage,Main Street , Belmesthorpe David Wilby – County Councillor – Orchard House Essendine Road, Ryhall Stamford PE9 4HE dwilby@rutland.gov.uk Richard Coleman – County Councillor – 5 Plover Road, Essendine Stamford PE94UR RColeman@rutland.gov.uk
