| Found: B & W cat in Shearsby. Notice Board» |
Arnesby May Fayre - Report and Photographs»
Cross Country Race - Full results» |
| 31/5 Success for the Arnesby Cricket team! In the first match of the season the Arnesby team pulled off a surprise victory against Gumley by 12 runs. Scores & photo» |
Keep Fit/ Pilates Classes
A new set of 6 classes will begin on Monday 29th June in Arnesby Village Hall.
- 6.30 to 7.30 – Keep Fit / Aerobics
- 7.30 to 8.30 pm – Pilates
The cost is £24 for 6 classes of either Aerobics or Pilates. Attending both classes costs the reduced price of £42. Cheques to be made payable to A. Osborne.
Note: Anyone who would like to attend some of the classes, but cannot get to the full 6 weeks may come to single sessions over the summer for a “drop in” price of £5 per session. |
 27/2 Jazz Evening in Arnesby VH.
Liza Welton and Jenny Lees organised a magnificent evening of Jazz and Blues music performed by Andra Sparks, Nick Weldon & Dominic Ashworth. The Village Hall was packed with over 80 people.
We not only enjoyed ourselves, but also made a profit for two charities that are supported by villagers. £200 was divided equally between the Gondar Orphanage in Ethiopia, which Elaine Carter & Peter Houtman visit and help to fund and money for nursing studies for girls from Gangasamy Kuppam in India.
Brian & Sue Spriggs |
 Chandlers Arms is County Pub of the Year!
The Leicestershire CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) group has announced that the Chandlers Arms in Shearsby has been voted the county Pub of the Year for 2009  by CAMRA members.
The news came on Feb. 26 during the launch - in the Chandlers - of the CAMRA Locale campaign to encourage pubs to serve beer brewed locally.
Read more and photos» |
 21/2 29 members of the Linnecar family descended on the village to enjoy a watercolour workshop with Peter Welton.
Their ages ranged from 3 months to 63 years. Robin and his wife Joanna, who live in Surrey, decided to organise a "once a year"
Linnecar gathering and this was their inaugural meeting. They travelled from all over England, six came from Switzerland, and they stayed overnight in Lutterworth. The Joiners Arms in Bruntingthorpe put on a delicious lunch for them on the Saturday and the Kilworth House Hotel catered for dinner in a private room where Peter Welton was the after-dinner speaker. |
New Aerobics and Pilates classes in Arnesby Village Hall
6 week courses start 9 March, 6:30 Details» |
 Feb 09 Early February saw the heaviest snowfalls for some years. Steve Gibbs of Church Lane, Arnesby took some photos of the scenes in and round the village.
See the album» |
Keep Fit / Aerobics - Arnesby Village Hall. Mondays from Jan 12, 7:30 - 8:30 with new Instructor Andrew Osborne.
The cost will remain at £24 for 6 classes.
We need a minimum of 15 people to make the classes viable, so please do consider joining us to "fight the flab" and stay healthy.
The classes are suitable for everyone - young and old, male or female. Please try to arrive a few minutes early for the first class to deal with enrolment. (Cheques payable to A Osborne).
Sue Spriggs - 2478559 |
Dec 08 A new notice board has been acquired by the Arnesby Parish Council, to be installed in front of the village hall. The board has twice the capacity of the current one and has two sections; one for the Council and Churches and one for general notices.
Volunteers are needed to install the board - can you help? Contact Maurice Bown if you are interested. |
12/08 Traffic Calming
on Lutterworth Road?
After monitoring traffic on the Lutterworth Road, local police consider
that there could be a case for the installation of traffic calming
measures.
The Parish Council will include a discussion of this matter in a
meeting on Tuesday 16 December at the Conference Centre. The police
will be attending and also the Head Teacher of the Arnesby School.
Have your say now - add a comment to the
discussion board» |
11/08 Improvements
to St Peter's Church. The PCC has decided to make some
alterations to the Church - a coffee serving counter with sink and
hot water and a toilet.
Read Brian Spriggs' report» |
14/10/08 Arnesby artist Peter Welton discussed his paintings with
the Princess Royal in the Walkers Stadium in Leicester.
The occasion was a celebratory luncheon organised by Soroptimist
International Leicester where the President presented Her Royal
Highness with one of Peter's pictures - the view from the top of
St.Peter's Church tower, together with a copy of a book published
in America with the same image on the cover.
See Peter Welton's web
site. Click on the thumbnail to se a larger version |
St Peter's Church
Fundraising:
• Harvest Supper raised £536
for Rainbows Children's Hospice.
• The South Close Fruit
& Veg stall (now closed for the winter) raised £386 divided equally
between St Peter’s Church and sponsorship of a nursing student in
Vellore, Southern India
• The Historic Churches Bike Ride
raised £1050 (see below) |
Sept '08 Tom Williams, recently
returned from the far east, has produced a web site with stunning
360° views of Arnesby. From around 20 vantage points Tom has
taken some beautiful photographs of the whole village and actually
found a dry, sunny day to do it!
The photographs can be seen at www.arnesby.tourvista.co.uk
. Well worth a look! |
13/9/08 Historic
Churches Ride & Stride Day.
Sue Spriggs once again lead the way on this annual cycle ride around
the churches of the county. For many years Sue has pedalled her
way to hundreds of churches to raise substantial amounts of money
for St Peter's.
"Many thanks to EVERYONE who sponsored
me, .... I visited 60 Churches & Chapels, rode 62 miles and
watched the Tigers beat London Irish (just!). I hope to raise over
£1,000. I shall put the final total in the November Hexagon."
Sue
Update: The final total was a
magnificent £1,050. |
16/8 Opera Evening
in Arnesby - Another Fantastic Success!
 The
concert by three international operatic stars gave a large audience
in St Peter's Church a night to remember.  Tenor
Aled Wyn Davies and soprano Diana Palmerston
accompanied by Eirian Owen performed a mixture
of classical operatic pieces and songs from light opera and stage
musicals.
The next visit will be by Diana with some of her graduate music
students when they will give an insight into what the future holds
for classical singers.
Contact Liza 2478761 for more information and tickets. |
The 2007 Arnesby Pantomime:
The Sound of Grease
 Finally,
a big gap in this web site is filled.....
Several months later and with many thanks to Nigel Walker, an illustrated
report on the very well received panto is available here»
Nigel's excellent review will no doubt spur on the cast and crew
to repeat their performances in another panto - 'My Fair Oliver"
perhaps? |
Arnesby May Fayre
- Bank Holiday Monday, 26 May 2008
 The
May Fayre went ahead, despite very strong winds that brought nearby
trees down and wrecked a few gazebos. Almost 700 cars with about
2,500 people  came
to enjoy good food, drink and entertainment!
Highlights
this year included:
- A steam engine display with working farm
machinery
- Shetland pony rides
- A display of owls to see and hold
 The
famous 5 mile, three village cross country race
Full Results» - Lots of live music, including the Wigston Band, Arcturus
string quartet and the Lizzards
- the Bakanalia Morris group
- Our Craft Village - demonstrations of traditional
handicrafts
Report and Photos» |
John Winterton.
After 20 years of faithful service as Church Warden of St Peter's,
John Winterton has retired to the back benches!
Thanks to his indefatigable stewardship, the Church fabric has been
repaired and maintained so that it is in an excellent state for
future generations.
We are very grateful to John & Di for their hard work over the
years and at a retirement party they were given a Peter Welton painting
of their own house!
Brian Spriggs and St Peter's Parochial
Church Council. |
23/4 Peter Welton has almost completed his
latest painting - a portrait
of Chinese Prima Ballerina Lei Zhao of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
The commission came about after Sir Peter Wright, Director of the
Birmingham Royal Ballet visited Peter's studio earlier this year.
They later saw a performance of The Nutcracker in Birmingham in
which Lei Zhao danced the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Introductions
were made and this watercolour portrait painting was the result!
More details
www.PeterWelton.com
(Click the thumbnail
to see a larger version) |
 20/3/08
End of an Era! The Arnesby Post Office closed its
doors for the last time tonight.
The village's last remaining amenity was the victim of cost cutting
dogma and it was closed despite protests and petitions to keep it
open. A group of thirty villagers turned out to mark the occasion
and to wish Postmistress Christine Mawby a happy retirement after
27 years in charge.
Flowers were presented to Christine and to the part time staff,
Penny Emmony and Jean Hunt.
Photos» |
| 15/3/08 Shearsby
- Granny's Attic Sale. The sale in the village hall raised
an amazing £1,244 to be divided between Breast Cancer Research
and MacMillan Nurses. Report
& Photos» |
14/3/08 Arnesby
Promises Auction
The village hall was full for a third very successful Promises auction.
Once again organised by Sue Spriggs, a magnificent £4,600
was raised for local amenities. Mark Robinson was an excellent auctioneer
and more than 110 lots were on offer.
Read all about it» |
28/2/08 Hexagon
on the Village-Web site!
Starting with the March edition the monthly Parishes newsletter
will be available for downloading from this web site. Click
here to download the newsletter.
You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat reader on your PC and a fairly
fast internet connection as the pdf file is about 2mb. Adobe is
a free program that can be downloaded by clicking on the logo below:
 |
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Feb The Shearsby Game Lunch
The end of the shooting season does have a silver lining, at least
for the villagers in Shearsby.
To mark the end of the season the annual Game Lunch is celebrated
at the Chandlers Arms, Shearsby`s quaint little pub on the village
green.
(Pictured is Vension with port, topped with herb dumplings)
Read all about it» |
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Feb Arnesby Post Office Closure Confirmed.
Despite the protests, petitions and strong arguments against closure,
Arnesby Post Office will close in mid March leaving Arnesby, Shearsby
and Bruntingthorpe without any outside amenities at all. This is
a massive disappointment to everybody - many residents felt that
because of the lack of any other shops, an almost non existent bus
service and a 3 mile trip to the nearest Post Office, Arnesby might
be reprieved. |
20/11/07 Arnesby
Post Office to Close
The Post Office announced yesterday that 25 Leicestershire
post offices are to close following a review caused
by falling usage of offices, increasing losses and the need to modernise
the company.
A period of public consultation will be allowed, up to January 10th
after which a final decision will be made. The selected post offices
will then close in March.
Arnesby, Bruntingthorpe and Shearsby villagers will surely see Arnesby
post office as more important to the community than just a profit
and loss account: - there are no other shops in these villages,
there are no local bus services and the nearest post offices are
in Fleckney (2.8 miles from Arrnesby) and Gilmorton.
Make
your views known - write to: Mark Partington, FREEPOST
CONSULTATION TEAM or email consultation@postoffice.co.uk |
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