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Thornton Summer Raffle 2019 Prizes & Winners

No.	Prize	Donated by	Ticket no.	Winner
01	Family photography experience silver	Venture Studios Ratby	880	Martin Holt
02	Family photography experience bronze	Venture Studios Ratby	461	Joyce Johnson
03	£100 cash	Thornton Com Centre	953	Sean Brittain
04	Crown Trifari brooch	Anon	454	Joyce Johnson
05	Royal Worcester figurine	Anon	451	Peter Fowell
06	2 Tuesday pie night meals	Bricklayers Arms	481	Jen Linkin
07	2 solar garden lights	Anon	1029	Rachel Higgs
08	Holistic therapy session	Maradels, Bagworth	1063	Rebecca Henson
09	6 Sherry Schooners	Anon	728	Dave Robinson
10	6 Liqueur glasses	Anon	924	Mary Gibson
11	Bottle of Prosecco	Anon	963	Sheila Pearce
12	£10 garden voucher	Thornton Nurseries	1033	Marion Johnson
13	Bottle of wine	Theatre group	170	Roger Jelly
14	Bottle of Prosecco	Anon	713	Jenny Smith
15	Box of chocolates	Friends of St Peter’s	179	Rob Harriman
16	Box of biscuits	Anon	918	Mary Gibson
17	Yoga voucher	Paula – Yoga group	434	Gill Fowell
18	Cosmetics	Brownies	1106	Lewin?
19	Lily of the valley	Paula – Yoga group	812	Dianne Esmond

Beer & Gin Music Festival at the Thornton Club –

Fri 30th August – Sun 1st September 2019

The Thornton Club, 231 Main St, Thornton, Coalville LE67 1AH, UK

Fri 30th Aug – 8pm The Please Pleas’in Fungus Beatles

9.30pm Rockska Rock & Ska band

Sat 31st Aug – 2.30pm ‘Candy’ childrens entertainer

4.30pm Faz & Melly duo

7pm Showaddywaddy tribute

9.30pm Punk & Disorderly

Sun 1st Sept – 4pmThe Travelling Riverside Blues band

6.30pm Eddy Hall solo guitar/vocals

Real ales – regular bar – BBQ all weekend

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The Parish Council still has a vacancy for a Thornton Councillor. You don’t need to live in the village, but you will be representing the residents of the village. If you are interested, please contact the Parish Clerk, Ann Murray, to find out what is involved and how you can serve the community.

Email: – clerk@bagworthandthornton.org.uk. Telephone 01530 230638 or 07580 574093 or visit the Parish Council Office in Bagworth Community Centre on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday between 9.30am and 1pm

On Saturday morning, Shirley Garlic and the Friends of St Peter’s organised a massive clean up operation to rid the church of the dead bees that had plagued the building since May. Fifteen villagers turned up to help, all armed with a dustpan and brush, cloths, disinfectant and polish. Two hours later the church was sparkling. At last the congregation can move back to the church after their temporary home at the Community Centre. A huge thank you to all the volunteers for making this possible.

On Friday 26th July, members of the Thornton W.I. and guests were invited to visit Kathryn’s garden and wildlife meadow at the rear of her home in Main Street. The garden and meadow, stretching down to the reservoir, is bursting with colour, the hum of bees and a plethora of butterflies and birds. The tour was led by neighbour and wildlife enthusiast, Andy Smith who identified the plants and butterflies on show. As many as 17 different species of butterflies have been spotted in the meadow on previous occasions. A very hot and humid day, the tea and cakes served on the terrace were most welcome.

To enter your scarecrow in the first Thornton Scarecrow Festival

Clean up needed at St Peter’s Church, Thornton !

The good news is that there are no longer bees plaguing St Peter’s Church and we are hoping to get the church building back in use asap. There will be a working party to have a big clear up THIS SATURDAY 27th – from 10am – 12 noon. All help very welcome – just turn up! The church has been out of use since May when bees started nesting in the wall, this meant that bees were getting trapped in the building and dying in huge numbers To get the church in a usable state there is lots of cleaning up to do – PLEASE BRING A DUSTPAN AND BRUSH! The plan is to get back into using the church – rather than the Community Centre, which has been our temporary home – by August 4th! If you have any queries please call 230422 or email churchwarden.thornton@gmail.com