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This year, to celebrate St. Georges day we are having an

Open Evening on Monday 24th of April at St Peter’s Church, Thornton between 6pm and 7.15pm.

You are invited to watch the Bell Ringers rise and fall and ring various methods on the church bells.

There will be an opportunity for you to participate by way of chiming, or indeed, ringing a bell though you do need to be over 11 years old.  There is no upper age limit!

This will be followed by an evening at the Bricklayers Arms enjoying one of their delicious pies at a cost of £12.95 per person, and music in ‘Last Night of The Proms’ style, with a sing along to such favourites as Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem etc.

There will be plenty of flags and hats on display.

Everyone is invited to the Open Evening at St Peter’s, but the meal and sing a long at the Bricklayers Arms are by ticket only (numbers are limited)

To book your place for an enjoyable evening please contact Gill at email address gilltevents@aol.com by the 15th of April. 

Eric Roberts (Tower Captain)

St Peters Church, Thornton.

01530 230743

www.thorntonvillage.org

It’s Thornton Teas with a Twist – 3Ts – this Wednesday 2 to 4 pm

Hope you will be able to join us at Thornton Community Centre for a cuppa, cake, a warm, and time to chat.

Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads.

Do join us if you can, even if it’s only for a short while.

Drop in at any time.

Conversations, Jigsaws, and board games, books, and the jigsaw ‘library’, and a small play area for young families are available, but mostly come and enjoy some company and good chat.

3Ts on the 12th April will be at the café at Thornton Nurseries from 2 to 4pm.

The Community Centre will be out of action for some very essential plumbing and drainage works to take place.

A huge thank you to the Nursery and John & Nita Smith

If you would like to help with these Wednesdays, even for just the odd one, please do let me know.

Organised by the village for the villagers.

For more information contact me, Shirley, on 01530 230 422 or email shirley.garlick19@btinternet.com

Look forward to seeing you.

Advance notice

Major works will be taking place at the Centre during the Easter school holidays.

Due to collapsed drains from the centre to the main road there will be no access to the play areas and reservoir via the centre driveway which is being dug up for the drains to be re-laid.

It is anticipated that this work may take up to two weeks.

During this time the Main hall toilets will also be refurbished.

SPECIAL!!!! This Thursdays quiz will be a special one in honour of Andy Billington

Round 2 will be music, round 4 connections, Andy’s favourite quiz rounds.

There will also be a complimentary bottle of gin with tonic for anyone who would like to raise a toast to his memory.

Thornton residents who regularly walk through the churchyard will have noticed a new addition by the footpath.

There is now a three-seater bench sited half-way along the footpath overlooking the reservoir. A wonderful location to sit a while for quiet contemplation (and to get your breath back if you are walking up the hill!).

Over £800 was raised by resident Gill Tapping from her friends amongst the Ratby Ramblers and the Glenfield U3A, after the death of a dear friend last June, and it was decided that a fitting memorial would be the purchase of a bench which would benefit the community.

Sufficient funds were raised from donations, a quiz night, sales of books and other items, enabling Gill to purchase two commemorative benches. One dedicated to her friend, Sandra Bond, and the other to friends from the Ratby Ramblers and the Glenfield U3A who are no longer with us.

Gill asked for permission for them to be located in Thornton churchyard; this was granted recently, and work was carried out to lay slabs upon which to site one of the benches permanently.

The benches are made from 100% recyclable material and are maintenance free.

Gill continues to fund raise for a proposed ‘Garden of Remembrance’ in the churchyard, and once created the second bench will be sited there.  A Ceilidh at the Community centre on Saturday the 11^{th of} March raised another £359 towards this aim and there will be a quiz night with fish and chip supper on the 1^{st of} April.

Shirley, the Churchwarden organises regular working parties at the church on a Saturday morning, to tidy the paths and the grounds – if you would like a bit of gentle exercise then why not come along and join us. The dates are usually announced a few days before hand on the village website – www.thorntonvillage.org

If you are retired or semi-retired and looking to keep active and interested in life, then take a look at the U3A website https://u3asites.org.uk/glenfield/welcome there are 55 activity groups, with something for everyone; a very sociable organisation.

On Saturday 11^th March, by popular demand, the folk group Govannen returned to Thornton Community centre for a night of folk music and lively dancing.

The hall was packed with guests eager to let their hair down and have a good time, their tables bulging with food and drink.

The event was a sell-out with a waiting list.

After expenses, ticket sales and a raffle brought in a profit of £359 which has been donated to the Friends of St Peter’s towards the upkeep of the church and churchyard.

Look out for the next fund-raising events at the Community Centre on our website www.thorntonvillage.org.   If you would like to be involved in fund-raising in the village, please contact us on email thorntonvillage@aol.com. We really do need more help.

Wednesday 2 to 4 pm
Hope you will be able to join us this afternoon, Wednesday, at Thornton Community Centre for a cuppa, cake, a warm and time to chat. Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads.
Come and see what its all about and enjoy some company..

Jigsaws, and board games, are available to play, books and jigsaws to borrow, and a small play area for young families.
Do join us if you can, even if it’s only for a short while –Drop in at any time.
3Ts is on the second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.
If you would like to help with these Wednesdays, even for just the odd one, please do let me know.
Organised by the village for the villagers.
Look forward to seeing you.

Thank you

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Clear Out Sale on Saturday and helped make it a lovely village day.

£639.15 (wow!) was raised thanks to everyone’s hard work, support and generosity.

This will be sent to

The DEC earthquake appeal—Turkey and Syria

Thanks again to you all.

A Friends of St Peter’s fundraising event http://www.j22churches.org.uk