A village in Leicestershire and in the heart of the National Forest, overlooking Thornton Reservoir.
It is with a deep sadness that Thornton mourns the loss of Dave Smith over the weekend, after a short illness.
Dave joined his Dad John at the nursery in 1976 and was a member of Thornton’s very own Punk rock band, ‘Punk & Disorderly’.
A true stalwart of the village, Dave will be greatly missed by all.
Wednesday afternoon, 14th August, 2 until 4 pm
Community Centre Thornton, LE67 1AH
Everyone is invited to drop in for a cuppa, cheese scones, cake and much more. No charge. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome.  It’s your afternoons. Meet new friends, exchange ideas, learn new skills or just come for the company. Hope that you can join us.Â
Gemma from the Hinckley Rural Hub will be with us again, offering advice on all sorts of things.
PC 658 Allan Charles will also be with us running a beat surgery again where people can individually speak to him about issues concerning them.
Come prepared to ask about any concerns you have. Gemma and Allan are there to help us.
All the usual: Jig saws, and board games will be provided and a book swap. Toys and a play area available for young families.
Just pop in and spend some time in happy surroundings. Lifts available.
Children 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Organised by the village for the villagers.
For more information message me.
Shirley (shirley.garlick19@btinternet.com)
Interested in the history of the church, the services, fund raising events and the Friends of St Peter’s then check out the new QR codes below.
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Hello St Peter’s and Friends
Details of the next two services are as follows:
Sunday 11th August Â
Refreshments from 10am.
The service will start at 10. 30am.
Sunday 18th AugustÂ
There will be a Benefice Open Air Service at Ulverscroft Priory at 3 pm.Â
Please bring a chair.
This will be the only service in the Benefice that Sunday. It is a wonderful opportunity for us all to worship together in wonderful surroundings.
Delicious cake and tea & coffee after the service.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in making this happen, particularly all at Copt Oak church.
If you are able to help in anyway please do say.
Hope you can join in with these services. Please do let us know if you need a lift.
Shirley (Church warden)
There is a churchyard working party this Saturday, 10th August, from 10 until 12 noon.
It would be great if you could join us, even if its only for a short time.
One of the jobs for this Saturday is to tidy the area around the external heating units. We have weed suppressing black material, gravel boards and gravel.
Other jobs include all the usual things – tidying graves, removing saplings etc.
Please do wear suitable shoes, stout gloves and bring whatever tools you think you would need. And of course a drink.
Hope to see you.
Thank you to everyone who took part in another of my cryptic quizzes.
The theme of this one was to coincide with Thornton Open Gardens in July and added to the fundraising efforts in aid of the maintenance of St Peter’s Church.
This quiz proved to be a ‘bit of a challenge’ with some regular quizzers saying it was harder than my usual cryptic quizzes.
There were just two ‘quizzers’ who got all 50 questions correct .. congratulations to them – neither of them were local, but were visiting from Ilfracombe and Nottingham respectively.
But, there can only be one winner – the two names were put in a hat and Jan Ward from Nottingham was the winner of the £10 prize.
The answers are: –
This quiz is copyright of Gill Tapping, Thornton village – and may not be reproduced for any purpose without the author’s permission.
If you are a fundraiser for your local charity I have some similar cryptic quizzes to this one, on various topics and am happy for their use in fundraising in exchange for a small donation of £10 which will be given to the Friends of St Peter’s towards the maintenance of the church and grounds.
England’s largest festival of history and culture!
Every September thousands of volunteers across England organise events to celebrate our fantastic history and culture.
It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore.
As part of Heritage Open Days, St Peter’s Church, Thornton, will be open over the weekend of 14th and 15th September for all to visit.
It’s your chance to explore this lovely Grade 1, historical church for yourselves, and discover its wealth of history.
An Exhibition in the church will provide a fascinating insight into Thornton’s history.
The church will be open between 10 am and 6 pm on Saturday 14th and from 1 pm till 5 pm on Sunday afternoon.
Entry is free. Donations always welcome. Refreshments will be available to purchase.
Any contributions towards the exhibition are welcome. Do you have stories to tell or old photographs of Thornton that we could borrow to display?
Please contact churchwarden.thornton@gmail.com
For details of other Heritage Open Days venues go to http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk
Last weekend, 6th and 7th of July, was a busy one in the village with two fund raising events.
Quiz night with cream teas and Prosecco took place on Saturday, raising £480 towards the running costs and upkeep of Thornton Community Centre.
Sunday afternoon saw the return of the biennial Thornton Open Gardens raising funds for the upkeep of St Peter’s Church.
Despite the stormy weather forecast and the couple of heavy showers that materialised, this year’s Thornton Open Gardens proved popular once again.Â
On the afternoon of Sunday 7th July, 302 visitors came to enjoy our 13 contrasting open gardens.
As well as the gardens themselves to admire, there was a variety of refreshments on sale, a plant sale, a quiz and a fun animal hunt. Â
Locals, friends and acquaintances rubbed shoulders with visitors from further afield, many of them regularly seeking out summer open gardens events all over the Midlands.Â
Everyone seemed to enjoy all that Thornton had to offer. The event made an impressive profit of £1697 which is to go towards the maintenance of St Peter’s Church.
Friends of St Peter’s would like to thank all those who opened their gardens, served refreshments, directed the car parking, donated and sold plants and manned the church.Â
Our thanks, too, to The Brickies (Bricklayers Arms), the Shop and Thornton Nurseries for selling programmes. Also, to The Garden Design Company, who generously supported the event, which was organised by Friends of St Peter’s.
Thornton 