Bridge Magazine: Archive of Articles

December 2008/January 2009

The Outreach trip to Highgrove

On October 2nd a lucky group went on a very interesting trip to Highgrove for a guided tour of the Prince of Wales’ famous garden. We had spent nearly two years on the waiting list so it was very exciting when the royal invitation finally arrived! On the day we needed an early start (7.00am from Carlton) as the drive to Highgrove (near Tetbury in Gloucestershire) took more than 3 hours. Happily we were able to revive ourselves with coffee at a stop near Oxford and then arrived in good time for our 11.10 slot at Highgrove. First came the identity check (passports required!) but fortunately none of us looked like a potential terrorist and we were let in without difficulty. In spite of the very necessary security precautions at Highgrove our guide and everybody else there made us feel welcome; it was a comfortable and friendly place to visit.

The garden covers about 15 acres altogether so it is subdivided into various smaller gardens; the woodland garden, the wildflower meadow, the walled kitchen garden, the terrace and so on. We were lucky with the weather; we had a fine and sunny day so could really appreciate the beauty of the garden. As well as interesting plants the garden contained many statues and urns and also the Wall of Gifts. The Wall was built out of samples of work by students on masonry courses, and various other stone gifts received by the Prince, all joined together with Cotswold stone walling. It looked a little like a sample of vertical crazy paving! Of course the Prince of Wales gets many gifts which must be displayed or the donors will be offended. I did wonder if he ever thought ‘Oh no, not another b----- hunk of masonry/urn/bench! Where on earth am I going to put this one?’ Apparently the Prince of Wales is involved in the garden in a very hands-on way; for example the garden holds the national collection of hostas and the Prince had planted most of them himself. But I wish that he had been there to tell us how he keeps the slugs off them - the hostas in the woodland garden looked delightfully slug-free and, as Highgrove is organic, conventional slug pellets cannot be used.

The final garden we saw at Highgrove was a real gem; it was the garden based on a Persian carpet that the Prince had designed for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago. The garden had not won a gold medal at Chelsea but maybe that was because it needs to be viewed from above, as we did, to appreciate the pattern. Plants, running water, coloured tiles sparkling in the sunshine - it was like a piece of the Alhambra moved to Gloucestershire and a fitting climax to our tour.

We returned to the Orchard Room (Highgrove’s Visitor Centre) for a very elegant cup of tea and also had time to visit the Highgrove shop. Then we had a short time to potter in the attractive old town of Tetbury before heading home - all in all a very memorable day.


Margaret Linggood  

 

Outreach Holiday

On the morning of Monday the 13th October we departed from Carlton and Harrold for our autumn trip to the Beaufort Park Hotel in Mold North Wales, stopping for a break in the market town of Shrewsbury to look around and lunch.

The next day we visited the Port Sunlight Heritage centre and had a guided tour around the village, included were a visit to the exhibition and the Art Gallery. Then on through the Mersey tunnel to the cultural City of Liverpool, a tour of the Albert Docks and a visit to the largest Anglican Cathedral in Britain, back to the Hotel to be entertained in the evening by jokes and a selection of Quiz questions.

On Wednesday we travelled to Llangollen for shopping, then a canal trip which took us over the Famous Pontcysylte Aqueduct, back over the Horseshoe Pass, stopping at a shopping complex for tea.

On Thursday we had a guided tour of the Roman City of Chester, culminating in the spectacular Cathedral, then free time to enjoy the City, back to be entertained by a lady harpist playing over dinner, and later by a Welsh Male Voice Choir.

On Friday we were homeward bound, stopping to see the marvellous feat of early British engineering, The Anderson Lift. I must add that we were also entertained on most evenings by quizzes with prizes organised by Sheila Chambers. The results were read out on a stop on the journey home. With grateful thanks to Sheila.


Les Wilsher ( Harrold )

OUTREACH
FRIENDS OF CHURCHES TOGETHER IN CARLTON & HARROLD

Anne Jackson 18A High Street, Carlton MK43 7LA
Tel: 07793819549   E-mail: annej7264@yahoo.co.uk

Sunday December 14th Victorian Christmas at Wimpole Hall
Enjoy a trip to this NT property, where we can visit the Hall traditionally decorated for Xmas, meet servants in the basements and listen to the brass band playing carols.
Cost - £14.00 p/p includes coach & entry or £12.00 if NT member.

New Year Relaxation Break – Warner’s Holiday break to North Wales,   Bodelyyddan Castle January 19-23rd 2009.

May 31st – June 4th Spring Holiday
Staying at Honfleur we shall visit various places in the area including Monet’s Gardens at Giverny, Rouen, a Distillery and Fecamp. Cost - £356.00 p/p. Single supplement - £77.50.

Autumn Holiday 2009 - Percy Arms, Otterburn. Returning to the beautiful Northumbrian countryside we will this time be visiting new places e.g. Kielder Forest, the coastline and Wallington Hall.
Tuesday Sept 8th- Saturday Sept 12th  Cost - £315 p/p with an extra charge of £40 for single room supplement.

Oberammergau (Passion Play) 24-31st May 2010
Est. Cost - £1,045 - £1,145 p/p. Bookings now being taken.
Holiday will cover 2 nights at the Passion play and a 5 night stay at Maria Alm (Austria)

Several day outings have been pencilled in; these include Bletchley Park, Stow, and Thursford. Do let me know if you have a particular place that you’d like to visit. Our holidays and outings are open to all residents of the villages. In fact non residents are welcome to join us as well.


Anne Jackson

 

Garden of Remembrance

It is now some considerable time since Carlton village was treated to an excellent presentation, in which Alistair Baldwin outlined his design for a Garden of Remembrance within the churchyard at St. Mary’s Church. The whole project arose because at the time it was felt that space for full burials and the burial of cremated remains was running out and there was a danger of the churchyard having to close. As all parishioners have the right to be buried at St Mary’s, this was naturally of great concern.

Alistair’s plans were well received but before they could be taken forward, further research was necessary and consultations had to be held with the diocesan authorities. These have now been carried out and following a detailed survey of the churchyard and an analysis of the pattern of burials over the last five years, it has been concluded by the Parochial Church Council that a Garden of Remembrance is not required at this time. This decision has been reached on the grounds that there is no immediate shortage of space for full burials and additional space for the burial of cremated remains can be released through the restoration and maintenance of existing areas of the churchyard.

In the short term, the PCC plan is to clear the land along the north wall of the churchyard (facing the river) and to restore it as a quality grassed area for the burial of cremated remains. This will necessitate the purchase of specialist equipment and the help of volunteers. It is estimated that it could take up to two years to create an acceptable area. With this in mind, volunteers are needed to help with clearance work.

Once the area has been restored, the PCC will take responsibility for its maintenance and the restoration of future areas as required. If you would like to volunteer your services to help with the clearance work, please contact David Taylor on 01234 720930.

 

FairTrade for Christmas

Put Fairtrade chocolate in your stocking this Christmas! Before the advent of Fairtrade (FT) most Third World cocoa farmers were struggling to make a living because of the low world price of raw cocoa beans.

The profits of the lucrative chocolate trade were being creamed off by the chocolate manufacturing companies in the Developed World who did very nicely for themselves due to the low cost of their raw materials and their very large mark up. Third World countries were not allowed to compete in the chocolate manufacturing business as Western countries protected their own chocolate companies by putting up tariffs against processed cocoa products from outside. So the cocoa farmers were totally dependent on the low and fluctuating price of raw cocoa beans in the global market.

But if you buy chocolate with the Fairtrade Mark you can be sure that the farmer who has grown the cocoa beans used in its manufacture has received a fair price for his product and that his community has benefited from the FT premium! Most fairly traded chocolate in this country comes from Ghana and is grown by farmers belonging to a Farmers' Cooperative called Kuapa Kokoo. Kuapa Kokoo is a thriving democratic organisation with 45,000 members producing 1 % of the world's cocoa. The proportion of their cocoa sold at the FT price is still small (the FT market needs to grow!) but even that has had a real impact. The farmers selling their beans through FT get a decent living and the members of Kuapa Kokoo decide together how the FT premium of $150 per ton is invested in their communities - the money has been used to build schools, set up healthcare schemes and to provide access to clean drinking water.

The main brand of FT chocolate sold in the UK is `Divine'. The company (Divine Chocolate Ltd) was set up in this country in 1998 and is 45% owned by Kuapa Kokoo (so in this case the farmers also benefit from the added value of chocolate manufacture). You can buy Divine chocolate bars from most supermarkets and, of course, from the Fairtrade Stalls held regularly in both our villages. You can also get excellent FT chocolate from the Co-op in Harrold as the entire range of the Co-operative group `own label' chocolate is fairly traded due to a partnership arrangement with Divine.

So it is very easy to buy FT chocolate - why not try it?

 

SOAP

So we joined Anne for the five-day Outreach holiday to Mold in Flintshire.  Amongst other things we had two marvellous trips on boats; never to be forgotten!  One trip on a boat that took us over an aqueduct 126 feet above sea level.  The other known as the Anderton Boat Lift raised our boat with the water some fifty feet to join the canal.  But for me the most memorable visit was to the Port Sunlight village founded by the Soap King, William Hesketh Lever, a man with a vision. He lived in the 1800s when hard toil, injury and dirt were all part of natural life, which was cheap anyway. But Mr Lever saw a change was looming, the desire for cleanliness. So he set up his factory to make soap, Sunlight soap; we have all seen its hard slabs, and the very elderly among us may have even used it to wash our faces and clothes. And so Mr Lever made a fortune.  Lots of money, and what do you do with lots of money?

Well, Mr Lever was a Christian, a member of the Congregational Church, now part of the United Reformed Church. His faith led him to take a close look at the people who worked for him. He was convinced that they should be clean, well- housed, with gardens and pleasant areas in which to enjoy their recreation, to be cared for in sickness and old age. His vision and concern led him to construct a mini welfare state for his workers. We saw it!!  A lovely spacious village with fine individual houses, large areas of grass and flowers, bowling greens, community hall, art gallery and hospital  --  all for the people who shared their lives with him and his family. Indeed, he encouraged family life, prohibited alcohol, disorder and crime, which simply did not exist for his people.  Even the air we breathed seemed sweeter. And to crown it all, we were each given a bar of Sunlight soap!!

Of course, the Rowntrees and the Cadbury families also looked after their work people in the same way, expressing concern for the welfare of others.  Today there is a slide of opinion that Christianity is a kind of antique adjunct to life, that our computer polished age can well leave behind, believing that Huxley’s Brave New World is just around the corner.  Soap is the name given to the antics of the T.V. entertainment world that says nothing and goes nowhere.  We have an old adage that says that “Cleanliness is next to Godliness,” and I don’t suppose that there has been a better age for cleanliness in humans as today.  But the dirt remains, not so much on our hands and faces, but in our hearts and minds. The filth of lust and greed, anger, envy, pride penetrating the lives of even priests and politicians. Thank God for the past that gave us men and women who took their stand to lift mankind out of the mire. And thank God for the present that gives us the opportunity to follow their good example

Ernie Morris

 

Snow!!!!

I remember I opened my last article by writing “Autumn has visited us early this year”; I will open this article by writing Winter has visited us early as we haven’t, apparently, had snow in October since 1933. Wouldn’t it be lovely if my next article began with the words, “Spring has visited us early this year”. I don’t hold out much hope of that happening. I have seldom been so cold in October. I had an early autumn break in the sun, but I’m back and it’s cold! The garden needs planting with more bulbs and some ground still needs clearing. I had thought that with the gentle Autumnal sunshine my Dahlias that didn’t flower in late summer (if we had one) and the Cannas which I left in the greenhouse would flower so I could label them!! I also left some bedding plants in the ground in the hope that I could collect the seed when I arrived home. It was not to be. I’ve mentioned before, many times, our English weather is impossible to predict, but freak weather is not confined to England alone; Brisbane, Australia had their first ever snow and it’s spring over there!.

My seed catalogues have all arrived and I’ve begun the yearly battle with what I would like to grow, what room I have available and what garden space I have to play with. We have taken out an aging Victoria Plum that was prone to attacks from aphids and other pests, so the news on that front is good, especially as I now have dappled shade there instead of deep shade. I should plan this space carefully, but as the amount of space is far smaller than the space I need to put in all the plants I should like, it is always a compromise.

My lovely Campanula “Alliarifolia” is still flowering; it started flowering in April, which means it has bloomed for over 6 months. Other long flowering plants in my garden are 2 striking Penstemons, “Raven” and “Garnet” which have also been flowering for 6 months. If you’ve never tried Penstemons, do have a go as they’re very easy, have an enormous range of colours and bi-colours, are totally reliable and have an exceptionally long flowering period.

I’m trying Imperata or Japanese Blood Grass this year which is not totally hardy, but as several plants in my garden are not quite hardy, but do extremely well including Passiflora Caerulea “Constance Elliott” which has still got numerous buds, flowers and fruit on it, I’m going to take a chance. It is a very striking plant with bright red stems and fluffy silvery-white spikelets. I’m growing Euphorbia Griffithii “Fireglow” as it’s the most spectacular of all spurges with heads of brick-red flowers. I am also trying out a new Dierama, “Ambigum”, from the African mountains with packed heads of purple flowers. If you’ve never tried  “Angel’s Fishing Rods” before, do have a go. They really are spectacular!

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas and may 2009 be the best year yet in your garden.
                  
Wonder Wellies

 

February/March 2009

The Invisible Vicar

According to the recent community survey in Harrold and Carlton, both villages would like a ‘more visible vicar’. Well, yes, I'd like to see more of her, and I'm her husband!

As her husband, I am in the best position to know what she gets up to! Jane is the shared minister at St Peter's Harrold, the United Reformed Chapel, Harrold and St Mary's Carlton. Since our arrival here she has been getting to know people in the villages. She has visited many at home.

A typical working day starts at 8.30am and often ends after 10.00pm. She works an average of 10 hours a day, six days a week. There are many meetings for the three churches and Churches Together groups, and Deanery and regional URC meetings. Sunday services need planning, sermons to write and music to select. There is a weekly prayer meeting at 9.15am on Mondays at Church House and a 9.30am Communion at St Peter's on Wednesdays. Jane has conducted several baptisms, weddings and funerals since April, all requiring meeting with families or couples. Jane is currently running groups for those wanting to be confirmed or become full members of the church. She visits the three schools, taking assemblies or acting as governor, and is involved with holiday club and after school activities. Then there are bazaars, fetes, the art exhibition, annual village show, breakfast prayer meetings, community lunches and coffee mornings at the URC, Patronal Festival celebrations and concerts and invitations for her to speak at various functions.

I have been trying to persuade her to get a bike - that would make her more visible, wouldn't it? She does walk to visits in Carlton, but for more distant calls she has been using her little Peugeot 106 which is a bright yellow gold colour. You couldn't miss it! However, she has now changed it for a Fiesta in a subtle shade of silver blue, so subtle that it's practically, um, invisible!


Jonathan Fox

April/May 2009

HARROLD BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER CLUB (Past & Present)


Harrold Snooker Club, or to give it its proper title The Harrold Billiards and Snooker Club, is probably the oldest club or association in Harrold. It was first formed in 1928 to provide an acceptable pastime for the local male members of the community. The first known competition was the Fred Chambers Memorial Cup, won by Len Taylor in 1954, and a certain George Knight won the junior competition in the same year.

In 1983, a reformed club invited residents only from Harrold, Carlton and Odell to become members. It could be fact or fiction that the reason that workers in the villages were excluded was that most of them were employed at one of the Bridgman sites and management feared that they would return late from the lunch break. Since 1983 the club has held annual competitions, both handicap and doubles, for members, culminating in a social/finals evening that is well attended by all. New members, either adult or junior (16 under supervision) are always welcome and membership details can be  obtained from myself, details below.
The AGM is taking place in the snooker room at the Harrold Centre on Thursday 26th March at 7.30pm. All are welcome and this would be a good time for new members to come along and see this excellent facility and for existing members to have their say and pay their subscription for 2009/2010. It will be at this meeting that the handicap draw will take place; the handicap committee will meet in secret in The Muntjac beforehand.

Norman Froggatt    720583

OUTREACH
FRIENDS OF CHURCHES TOGETHER IN CARLTON & HARROLD

Anne Jackson 18A High Street, Carlton MK43 7LA
Tel: 07793819549 E-mail: annej7264@yahoo.co.uk

We ended our social year with an enjoyable trip to a Victorian Christmas held at Wimpole Hall near Royston. The weather was a little cold but certainly dry after a constant downpour the day before! Our first event of the New Year will be a post Christmas relaxation holiday to Wales.

Saturday May 16th 7.30pm
Join us for an evening of entertainment ‘Whatever Next?’-
WHAT (Wilboury Hills Amateur Dramatic Group) will be celebrating their 25th anniversary. An evening of Music, entertainment & audience participation.
Cost - £12.00 p/p includes show ticket & transport.

May 31st - June 4th Spring Holiday
Staying at Honfleur, we shall visit various places in the area including Monet's Gardens at Giverny, Rouen, a Distillery and Fecamp. Cost - £356.00 p/p Single supplement - £77.50

Autumn Holiday 2009 - Percy Arms, Otterburn. Returning to the beautiful Northumbrian countryside, we will this time be visiting new places e.g. Kielder Forest, the coastline and Wallington Hall. Tuesday Sept 8th - Saturday Sept 12th. Cost - £315 p/p with an extra charge of £40 for single room supplement.

Oberammegau (Passion Play) 24-31st May 2010
Est. Cost - £1,045 - £1,145 p/p. Bookings now being taken. Holiday will cover 2 nights at the Passion play & a 5 night stay at Maria Alm (Austria).

I hopefully will have a date for the ‘Thursford Christmas Show’ by the time the next ‘The Bridge’ is delivered through your door, so do contact me if you would like tickets which sell out fast.

Do let me know if you have a particular place that you'd like to visit. Our holidays and outings are open to all residents of the villages. In fact non residents are welcome to join us as well.


Anne Jackson

June/July 2009

The Chellington Centre

As many of you will be aware there has been a change of staffing at the centre, with Jacqui Darrington taking over from Joanna Steer as the Centre Coordinator. Joanna worked extremely hard to enable the Chellington Centre to provide a high quality residential venue for young people and we were sorry to see her leave. Jacqui is eager to see the centre continue to develop to its  full potential, attracting the widest possible range of clients whilst meeting its charitable objectives. Clarice continues to provide her support as Assistant Coordinator.

As many of you will now know, following on from our stand at ‘Think Pink’ in the Park in April the Centre wants to be much more available for local community and family use as well as visiting groups from schools, youth groups and churches. It is essential that we look much wider than our original target usage groups in order to ensure that the Centre remains at the heart of our communities and it is available for all our use for years to come. Indeed we have recently had a university reunion group use the centre for a weekend with their growing families and who enjoyed it so much that they have already booked again for next year! We have also recently had a baptism held in the building, by special licence, with the families staying for the weekend.  Later in the summer  a wedding reception will be held in the Centre which will be a very exciting and innovative use of the building. It is an ideal venue for team building and staff ‘away days’. The range of use is almost only limited by your imagination! This wider income generation will support the work of the Chellington Centre as a residential venue for young people.

We are planning to have an Open Day at the Chellington Centre during the summer, with a range of fun activities as well as an opportunity for everyone to explore and consider how the Centre might be more widely used. There will be people on hand to answer your questions so please look out for information on the event and do come and have fun! Look out for our new website, www.chellington.org.uk.  However if you would like to discuss the possible hire of the centre and you do not find the information that you require on the website, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Jacqui Darrington.

Jacqui Darrington   can be contacted on 07921 466 338 or by email Jacqui@chellington.org.uk

 


BRIDGMAN BOWLS CLUB


The Indoor season ended in a blaze of fine weather with the outdoor green looking to be in fine condition and ready for bowling. Needless to say, on the first scheduled day of outdoor bowling it rained!

The Leagues went very well; the only hitch was that a few scheduled games could not be played when snow prevented players getting to the club.  In the 443 games which were played, 11585 shots were scored; the number of pints consumed was not recorded. The winners of the Thursday and Friday Leagues were not decided until the final round, with the Friday winners determined by shots difference.

Monday Evening:                 John Osborn, Valerie Osborn, Alan Parker and John Butler
Wednesday Evening:                         Colin Millward, Ray Whiting, Mike Castle and Neil Clifton
Thursday Morning:                             Reg Ward, Basil Horn, Peter Hobbs and Brian Coleman
Friday Evening:                                    John Snusher, Connie Hilton, Lawrie Coleman and Matt Kirchin

The list of winners of the Club competitions features 14 different members, with certain regular winners of previous years conspicuous by their absence.  Special congratulations to Mick Evans for winning 3 competitions.

Mens Singles:               George Rowland
Ladies Singles:              Joy Gordon
Mens Pairs:                   Don McLennon and Mick Evans
Ladies Pairs:                 Barbara Curry and Carol Ingarfield
Mixed Pairs:                  Sheila and Mick Evans
2-Wood Pairs:               John Snusher and Mick Evans
Triples:                          Connie Hilton, Steven Martin and John Kayne
Rinks:                           Michael Walker, Bernard Grove, Joy Gordon and Steve Cornwell

Many thanks to all who contributed to another enjoyable season, the 21st since the indoor rink opened in 1988. Special thanks are due to indoor captains John Kayne and Joan Smith, who have driven to Harrold from their homes in North Crawley and Newport Pagnell countless times during their time in office. 

John Saul

 

OUTREACH


Friends of Churches Together in Carlton & Harrold
Anne Jackson 18A High Street, Carlton MK43 7LA
Tel: 07793819549   E-mail: annej7264@yahoo.co.uk

 

Wednesday June 17th
Our Bring and Share Lunch always seems to be popular, so come and join us for a pleasant sociable lunch at Harrold Cricket Club.
12.30- 2.30pm Do let me know if you require transportation.

Saturday July 25th
Enjoy at day at Bletchley Park, ‘Home of the Codebreakers’.
Cost - £24.00 p/p includes refreshments on arrival, hot lunch and afternoon tea. We will be escorted by a tour guide during our visit.

Tuesday September 8th - Saturday 12th  - Returning to the beautiful Northumbrian countryside we will this time be visiting new places e.g. Kielder Forest, the coastline and Wallington Hall.
Cost - £315 p/p with an extra charge of £40 for single room supplement.

Saturday November 7th
I shall be trying to get tickets for the Albert Hall for the matinee Remembrance Service. Please could you let me know if you’re interested in attending so I can gauge the number of tickets to apply for.

Monday November 30th
Thursford Christmas spectacular. I have sold out for this event but have a waiting list should you wish to put your name down. 

Post Christmas Break
Many of you have asked for a break at this time of the year so I shall endeavour to book something asap.

Anne Jackson

 

JOB VACANCY - OUTREACH
After five years organising events for residents of our villages I feel that the time is right to stand down from the position as Group Organiser at the end of the year. The group therefore is looking for someone to take on the job of organising day trips and if possible holidays for the local inhabitants of our villages. This is a very worthwhile and satisfying job that would suit an individual or couple. Sadly the job is unpaid but a thank you at the end of the day makes it all worth while.

Please contact Anne Jackson 07793819549

Harrold Scout Group

The Group continues to flourish and we have a fantastic group of leaders, young leaders and parent helpers. Of course we are always on the look out for extra people who want to get involved on any level including  Assistant Leaders and also for the ‘management committee’. This operates behind the scenes in areas such as finance and running the Scout Hut and working with the PFA. Experience is not required for any of  these roles, but enthusiasm certainly is. There are two chances to let us know: we have our AGM due on 9th June and the family Barbeque for the whole group on 8th July. Please contact one of the leaders or myself for further details.

Our main leaders are now Joanna Steer (Beavers), John Ratford (Cubs) and Stephen Owen (Scouts). Stephen is also an Assistant District Commissioner along with Kevin Cantwell who is also our acting ‘Group Scout leader’. Our ongoing thanks go to these and also past leaders, especially Brian Diskin, who was the Cub Leader until recently.

Our links with the (Ouse Valley) District are as strong as ever and there have been some notable combined events recently such as the Scouts’ homemade go-kart racing in Riseley and the St Georges Day Parade and service at St Peters in Harrold. The Harrold Scouts also provided the catering (…burgers and hot dogs) at the Pit Run which has become a welcome tradition and fund raiser for us.
We have a big event planned which is hoped to involve not just the three sections of Harrold Scouts, but also we hope the Turvey Beavers, Ouse Valley Explorers (known in my day as Venture Scouts) and also the Harrold Guides. It will be a traditional Scout Gang Show though clearly with a very up to date flavour. It is now planned for early March 2010. Jacqui Allen and Jenny Harris have very kindly taken on the artistic and dramatic side of things and we hope to have a really fantastic show. Further details and ticket sales will follow later in the year.

Finally from the children’s point of view we hope to keep everyone fully occupied, entertained and having fun. That is what it is all for. There are lots of  activities coming up, too many to mention.

Steve James.
Committee Chairman, Harrold Scout Group.
(Tel: 721678)