A village in Leicestershire and in the heart of the National Forest, overlooking Thornton Reservoir.
Hello St Peter’s and Friends
The Thornton church service this Sunday (10th) is J22 Worship with Holy Communion, followed by refreshments. It will be led by Rev Andrew. It’s a modern service of Christian Worship, family friendly with contemporary music.
Everyone is very welcome.Â
The trustees at Thornton Community Centre would like to thank the Reader family for their kind donation on behalf of village resident Phil Reader who passed away recently.
“Just to let you know, with thanks to those who donated in memory of Phil Reader, I’ve transferred £320 to Thornton Community Centre Fund.
Dad enjoyed many evenings over the years playing badminton in the hall and generally at village fêtes held at the Centre he would be running the ice-cream stall!Â
So nice that, thanks to the Trustees, Thornton Community Centre continues to thrive and be such a valuable place for the local community to enjoy activities and join together. I know dad would be pleased”
Wishing you all the very best for the future,
With thanks and kindest regards,
Sue and the Reader family
Our next 3Ts afternoon is tomorrow, 6th August, 2 to 4 pm.
Please do come along and join us for a happy afternoon at Thornton Community Centre, LE67 1AH.
An opportunity to meet up with friends for a chat, cake and tea & coffee.
Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads, to drop in at any time and stay for as long as you like. If you haven’t already, just come along and see what we are all about.
Time to chat, games, puzzles and books (to borrow too).
A safe place for young children to play with toys and books.
No charge. Just come along for a happy afternoon.
Please do let us know if you need a lift. Email shirley.garlick19@btinternet.com or ring 01530 230 422
Whether you have links with Thornton or are a lover of local history, we invite you to our Heritage weekend, being held at St Peter’s Church in Thornton (LE67 1AA) on:
Saturday 13th September: 10am – 6pm and Sunday 14th September: 1 – 4.30pm. •
Explore our lovely Grade 1 listed historical church for yourselves and discover its wealth •
Visit our ‘Historic Thornton’ Exhibition with fascinating insights into the history of the village •
Examine old maps of Thornton (1794-1919). •
Chat with a local amateur historian •
NEW THIS YEAR! Cake Stall – home-baked cakes (Saturday) •
Part of national ‘heritage open days’ www.heritageopendays.org.uk •
Refreshments on sale • Free entry •
Organised by the ‘Friends of St Peter’s’
Unfortunately access to the church is by steps and there is currently no wheelchair access – (but we are working on it).
Proudly present ….
Chester Dreadnought bluffs his way into the crumbling stately home of an impecunious aristocratic family, and even a trigger-happy belted Earl suffering from hallucinations cannot keep at bay the enterprising pair of jewel thieves who are pursuing their loot – not to mention Chester – round the castle. Suits of armour and secret doors, mistaken identities and dotty servants all help to provide the variety of fare that goes to the making of this wild goose chase.
St Peter’s is lovely and cool inside and will be open from 12 midday until 6pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Please do come and enjoy the cool of the building.
Take a book, sit anywhere, or even take a comfy chair and relax in the cool.
If the church is locked and you want to use it for a cool place, please contact Shirley via thorntonvillage@aol.com.
Hello St Peter’s and Friends
The Thornton church service this Sunday (13th) is J22 Worship with Holy Communion, followed by refreshments. It will be led by Rev Andrew. It’s a modern service of Christian Worship, family friendly with contemporary music. And it will be in the lovely COOL church building!
Everyone is very welcome.
Part of the public footpath through the churchyard is closed temporarily because of the danger of falling branches from a very poorly silver birch tree.
Access through the churchyard is now through the new churchyard.
There is a branch directly over the footpath about to fall. One branch fell while we were in the church yard. Two pigeons landed on it, and crash!
Permission is being sought to remove the tree as soon as possible.
Thornton 