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St Peter’s church, Thornton – Heritage Weekend

This weekend, 12th and 13th September,  is St Peter’s Heritage weekend, with the theme  Thornton Reservoir’s birds as well as the history of the village and church.

 

Do hope you will be able to come along.  The event is free.

Saturday :10am – 5pm,  Sunday: 1-5pm

Listen to talks by Andy Smith about reservoir birdlife on Saturday 12th August at 10.30am and 2pm; 

Discover more about the birds that frequent our reservoir;

Visit our ‘Historic Thornton’ exhibition with fascinating insights into the history of our village;

Read about ‘Tales of village life’ from past decades;

Explore our lovely Grade 1 historical church for yourselves and discover its wealth of history;

Join  informal talks about local history on Sunday afternoon from 2pm.

 

Refreshments available.  Homemade chocolate brownies,  Old Fashioned sweet stall including homemade fudge.

Souvenirs, and Alexia’s beautiful cards.

Don’t miss this lovely opportunity to explore St Peter’s church and discover more about Thornton’s bird life and the history of the village.

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Thornton Community Centre Secures £19,862 National Lottery Grant for Solar Panels

The trustees of Thornton Community Centre are delighted to announce that they have successfully secured a £19,862 grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to install 41 solar panels on the Centre’s roof.

The work will be carried out by local firm Bradgate Electrical Services Ltd during early November.

This investment marks a major step in the Community Centre’s journey towards becoming carbon neutral.

With annual electricity costs currently exceeding £3,600, it is hoped that the new solar panels will offset most—if not all—of the Centre’s current electricity bill, reducing both running costs and carbon emissions.

The trustees still have much more to do to maintain and improve the facilities at the 54-year-old Centre. The main hall’s central heating system has recently been condemned, and a replacement boiler is required at a cost of more than £3,500.

If you have any spare cash and would like to help the trustees fund a number of projects to enhance the facilities at the Centre (new heating, decked area, car park extension) for the benefit of the community for years to come, then donations can be made through the following QR code.

If you think you can help the trustees raise funds for the centre, please contact Gill on email thorntonvillage@aol.com with your ideas.

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Markfield & Thornton theatre group

Proudly presents …

The Hollow is a 1946 detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring her famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.

Invited to a weekend country estate by Lady Angkatell, Poirot arrives to find a grim real-life scene by the pool: a dying doctor, John Christow, lying next to a pool of blood with his distraught wife standing over him holding a gun.

What initially looks like an open-and-shut domestic crime turns into a complex web of romantic entanglements, jealousy, and hidden motives among the weekend guests.

www Agatha Christie.com