Thurgarton Village

As a Benefice we are tentatively proposing a roadmap back to in-person worship. It takes account of increasing numbers of double dose vaccinations and the government’s 4 step plan that is linked to the reduction of virus prevalence in communities.

We hope to return from Pentecost Sunday 23rd May, but are very aware this might be put back by any number of external forces affecting the roadmap. We are glad that all 7 parish churches are open for private prayer/visits each week see below.

Worship continues of course both on an individual level and through the consistently well attended zoom worship. As the Easter season of hope approaches please feel free to ask for an invitation to one or all of these opportunities to sense there is more to life than covid restriction.

Maundy Thursday – 1st April 7.00pm. A quiet ‘Tenebrae’ reflection.

Good Friday – 2nd April 3.00pm. A virtual walk through the Benefice churches and John’s Gospel account of Jesus walk to the cross.

Easter (and every) Sunday – 5th April 10.30am. A celebration of resurrection hope despite the experience of wilderness.

Email: phil_07@btinternet.com  or call: 077 200 100 66

Blessings
The Revd Phil

‘Open’ Churches:

On Sundays…Bleasby, St Marys; Halloughton, St James; Holy Trinity, Rolleston.
On Sundays and Wednesdays…St Denis, Morton.
On Saturdays….St Peter’s Priory Church, Thurgarton.
On every day except Mondays…St Peter & St Paul, Upton.

Thurgarton Emergency Plan (TEP)…. a refresh of the TEP continues. This includes adding volunteers, training/retraining all volunteers, improving the TEP resources and storage and reviewing all of the associated documents. Refreshing the database of all parishioners will be a task undertaken over the coming few months so please be aware why this is happening. Please do volunteer to join the TEP team, there are a variety of roles that might suit including flood co-ordinator for an area of the village, putting up flood road signage, contacting people with TEP information or simply a volunteer who is allocated a job on the day of an emergency. Full training is provided and all work undertaken has been risk assessed and is COVID safe. If you’re interested please contact clerk@thurgarton.org.uk

Highways…. the public consultation  on the speed reduction to 40mph zones around the village was well received and these works are now being scheduled. Recent improvements in the village were arranged including repairing a water pipe under Bleasby Rd, filling pot holes, planning to address the collapse of the road on the Hollows and clearing fly tipping.

New Flag…. a new flag is now proudly flying in the village

Our beautiful Village…. please be aware that the regular work to keep our village beautiful will be starting again shortly.

Date of Next Meeting…. the next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 22^nd April at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

‘ 🥳HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY TO US!🥳

Since we cannot celebrate together, we’ve put together a little video from all of The Red Lion team and we hope it puts a smile on your face🥰

Thank you again for loving and supporting our little village pub, we cannot wait to welcome you all back in the future.

Here’s to many more great memories in the years to come🥂

Gemma & Kyme x

Remembrance Sunday…. as we were unable to have a normal Remembrance Service this year, due to COVID, the Parish Council is arranged to have a recorded Remembrance Service to view on the village web site, this was well received as it was viewed on 65 occasions. Thanks are sent to David Yates who provided the Soldier silhouette, which was the centre piece at the War Memorial; also thanks to Steve and Margaret Edkins who cleared the War Memorial area and dressed the bench with the extra poppies, which were made from used plastic drinks bottles; and thanks to Jan Johnson who refreshed the flowers; and also to Jon and Lorraine fryer to putting up and taking down the lamp post poppies.

New Parish Councillor…. the Parish Council is delighted to announce that Mike Frettsome has joined the Parish Council. Mike has been in the village for 12 years although his maternal relatives can be traced back more than 400 years to this area. Mike is a keen environmentalist, being an angler, so he is especially keen on keeping our waterways clean and free from pollution. He is also keen at looking at long term issues, such as speeding through the village and of course, living on Corner Croft, parking issues.

Village Hall…. delighted to report that another grant of £3,800 has been secured for the continued refurbishment of the Hall, maybe to be used to update the toilet facilities.

Newark and Sherwood District Council (NSDC)…. are keen to point out that funds are available for small businesses who have suffered a loss of income due to COVID, please refer to the NSDC website for more details.

Thurgarton Action Against Coronavirus (TAAC)…. now back up and running, currently 13 volunteers are registered with 3 households registered for assistance. There is currently very little activity for volunteers, so, if you need assistance, or know of someone in the village who could maybe use help then please contact me.

Date of Next Meeting…. the next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 28^th January at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

As promised here is the Benefice of West Trent Remembrance service which includes:

A reflection, 

‘The Silence’ (Last Post, 2 minute silence & Reveille, played by local trumpeter Andy Mackintosh), 

A Reading from Robert Graves ‘Recalling War’ read by people from around the Benefice and 

The ‘Act of Commitment’. 

The visuals include many of the war memorials in our local villages.

We have to keep the hymns used in the live zoom worship separate for copyright reasons and their links are listed below in the order used.

Remembrance Service Sunday 8th November

Hymn 1. Longing for light

Hymn 2. O God our help in ages past

Hymn 3. Dear Lord & Father of mankind 

Hymn 4. Be still my soul

Choral Reflection 5. Put peace into each other’s hands

The Revd Phil White
Vicar: Benefice of West Trent.

Bleasby, Halloughton, Hoveringham, Morton, Rolleston, Thurgarton and Upton, inc. the village of  Fiskerton.

Southwell & Nottingham Diocese.

Thurgarton Parish Council (TPC) Meeting 29th October
Public Virtual Parish Council meeting….the Parish Council meeting was again held as a public virtual (on-line) meeting. Members of the public were able to join the virtual meeting, by sending a request for an invitation to the Parish Council prior to the meeting.

Remembrance Sunday….as we are unable to have a normal Remembrance Service this year, due to COVID, the Parish Council is arranging to have a recorded Remembrance Service to view on the village web site at midday on 8^th November. Please look out for more details to be announced.

Vacancy for new Parish Councillor…. the Parish Council is looking for another parishioner to join the team. Thurgarton has a very active Parish Council, which meets each month excepting August and December, on the fourth Thursday of the month. Meetings are currently being held virtually. If you are interested in joining the Parish Council or would like more information regarding this role please contact me at tina.tsoukatos@thurgarton.org.uk or call me on 01636 830371.

Community Speed Watch (CSW)…. has been suspended until springtime due to COVID. 8 x 1 hour sessions had been undertaken between 24^th September and 24^th October – a total of 160 drivers being noted as speeding. Between 21^st June and 24^th October 39 x 1 hour sessions found 605 drivers speeding through the village. Thanks and appreciation are sent to the CSW team particularly Margaret Edkins who has led the team, for their efforts in helping to control the speed of traffic through the village.

Environment….the Autumn village clean-up was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Thurgarton Action Against Coronavirus (TAAC)….now back up and running, currently 13 volunteers are registered with 3 households registered for assistance.

Date of Next Meeting…The next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 26^th November at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

Public Virtual Parish Council meeting….the Parish Council meeting was again held as a public virtual (on-line) meeting. Members of the public were able to join the virtual meeting, by sending a request for an invitation to the Parish Council prior to the meeting.

Resignation of Parish Councillor…. all Parish Councillors were sad to hear of the resignation of Steve Edkins from the Parish Council and wished to extend their thanks and gratitude for all the ahard work that he has put in during his time on the Council and that his contribution is much valued by all.

Vacancy for new Parish Councillor….following the resignation of Steve Edkins the Parish Council is looking for another parishioner to join the team. Thurgarton has a very active Parish Council, which meets each month excepting August and December, on the fourth Thursday of the month. Meetings are currently being held virtually. If you are interested in joining the Parish Council or would like more information regarding this role please contact me at tina.tsoukatos@thurgarton.org.uk or call me on 01636 830371.

Community Speed Watch (CSW)…. 5 x 1 hour sessions have been undertaken between 23rd July and 24^th September – a total of 199 drivers had been noted as speeding at over 36mph, 129 at 36-40mph, 59 at 41-45mph, 9 at 46-50mph and 2 at 51-55mph. Those undertaking these CSW sessions are to be congratulated on helping to control the speeding of traffic through the village.

Village Hall….Village Hall refurbishment work is now complete and the Hall will be open from 28th September. The Hall is fully COVID-19 compliant including having the track and trace QR code. The Parish Council thanked the TCA for their excellent work in organising the full refurbishment of the Hall.

Environment….the footpath at the top of Priory Lane steps has been repaired by Notts CC, and this year’s Autumn village clean-up has been cancelled due to COVID-19 and the rule of 6.

Date of Next Meeting…The next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 29^th October at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

There is now a vacancy on Thurgarton Parish Council. Please click here to see the formal notice.

Thurgarton has a very active Parish Council, which meets each month excepting August and December, on the fourth Thursday of the month. Meeting are currently being held virtually.

If you are interested in joining the Parish Council or would like more information regarding this role please contact me at tina.tsoukatos@thurgarton.org.uk or call me on 01636 830371.

Tina Tsoukatos
Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

Public Virtual Parish Council meeting….the Parish Council meeting was again held as a public virtual (on-line) meeting. Members of the public were able to join the virtual meeting, by sending a request for an invitation to the Parish Council prior to the meeting.

Thurgarton Emergency Plan (TEP)….the revised COVID-safe Thurgarton Road Closure Plan and new guidance for flood wardens and road signage wardens is now in operation. New gloves for the road signage wardens have been sourced free of charge from NCC.

TAAC (Thurgarton Action against Coronavirus)….the village community support initiative started by the Parish Council, the TCA and the WI is now gradually being wound down as the need diminishes. Huge thanks and appreciation are again sent to all TAAC Volunteers who have worked to provide households in the village with shopping, prescriptions and postal services. Please be aware that the TAAC service is being ‘mothballed’ and will return, if required, in the future.

Community Speed Watch (CSW)….has been in operation from 1^st July and has recorded the details of 246 vehicles speeding through the village up to 21^st July. Many thanks are sent to the CSW Volunteers for their efforts in trying to keep the Parishioners safe from speeding motorists.

Village Hall….Village Hall refurbishment work is ongoing and is due to complete, inside and outside, by September. Due to the limitations of COVID-19 some work that had been planned to be undertaken by Volunteers has been added to the building work schedule at additional cost.

Environment….following intervention by TPC the Priory Rd footpath will be repaired by NCC.

Return of the Mammoth Sculpture….watch out for a 23ft, 4 tonne Mammoth sculpture, currently being lovingly refurbished at Yates Engineering.

Date of Next Meeting…The next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 24^th September at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk 

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council