The Scarlian

VOLUME 58 MARCH 2008 CHRISTMAS 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

FIVE YEARS HARD WORK MAKES COMMUNITY CENTRE A REALITY!

In March 2008 The Scarlian printed a front-page story about proposals for removing the pews in St. Helenas Church to create a community space for the village. Now, after over five years of hard work and dedication the concept has become a reality and the final stages of the project are nearly completed. Quite an undertaking for a small village but a demonstration of what enthusiasm and community spirit can achieve. Congratulations to all who have participated and now a new phase of village activity can begin!

WISHING ALL SCARLIANS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS

SEASONAL SOUTH SCARLE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

The end of September saw the Community Hall playing host to the entries for the photography competition arranged by Mo Tyler and Dave French. The theme was that of Seasonal South Scarle and the competition attracted many entries from residents of South Scarle both past and present. No photo-shopping was permitted and the photos were displayed in frames no larger than 8! x 10!. The winners were judged by the photography department from the Newark Advertiser. Stephen Clements took first prize with All Aboard. The runners-up awards went to Roy Turner, Nicholas Bunting and Anita Clements

CALENDAR
The winner and runners-up photos together with an additional nine form the basis of a 2014 calendar which is being sold at a cost of 6 in aid of the Community Centre.

Christmas is not far away and the calendars would make a great little gift for friends and family. If you want to purchase one they are available at the Church Farm Shop, as well as from Mo Tyler on 01636 892023.
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TRIBUTE TO DERRICK POLLARD

People I have spoken to have all expressed their sorrow at the sad loss of Derrick. He was liked by everyone that met him. He was a kind, considerate man, a true gentleman. He was extremely proud of his grandchildren Emma, Jenna, Ben and Ryan, attending Emma's wedding in August and looking his best, despite his illness. Maureen has been, in Derrick's own words to me, " an absolute brick". She looked after him till the end, making sure with the girls that he stayed at home. He will be missed by so many, none more so than myself; he was the finest friend anyone could wish for. Rest in Peace dear friend.

Terry Jacklin In the musical Annie there is a song called

On Thursday 21st November Derrick passed away after an illness bravely borne.
Derrick, his lovely wife Maureen, their two daughter's Melanie and Julie, along with one of Derricks cows, all arrived in South Scarle at Coronation farm in 1971. My first meeting with Derrick resulted in me milking the said cow whilst they went away on holiday! This resulted in a friendship that lasted until his sad passing. We shared many happy times both at work and play, play being games of long alley skittles and his favourite, snooker. Tuesday nights couldn't come around quick enough when Derrick, Brian Parkin and myself would go to Merv Barnards for our weekly game of snooker. Derrick was also a steam train enthusiast, being very knowledgeable on the subject, and he and I would go to the Palace Theatre to watch Railways Revisited. 3 YOU ARE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE and it can be said by all who knew Derrick that he was ALWAYS fully dressed! His smile lit up the village. Whenever you met him, whatever the season or time of day, Derrick always smiled and was full of laughter. When I visited him two weeks before he died he was resting and feeling poorly but that smile was still there and we shared a joke or two. As Terry rightly says in his tribute, Derrick was a true gentleman and he will be sadly missed by us all.

Roy Turner A Family Thankyou

Maureen, Melanie and Julie would like to thank everyone for the cards of condolence, flowers, kind wishes, and many kind offers of help after the sad loss of Derrick.

From the Clerk

quickly; mind you everything seems to be going quickly at the moment! I have to say it has been very enjoyable with a good variety of issues to deal with, ask me again in another six months! One of the key issues has been that of vehicles travelling through the village at excessive speed During a Speed Watch exercise in October, over 2 days, more than 15% of vehicles were in excess of the 30 MPH limit with the highest recorded at 47 MPH. We have had a review of the signage and its positioning within the village by Highways but as yet Ive nothing to report. Once I know anything I will let everyone know, meanwhile, please observe the 30 limit

within the village boundaries. Winter is well and truly upon us and the observant amongst you will have seen an extra Grit Bin installed on the corner of Main Street and Amos Lane. We have a limited supply of Grit, so if you use any from the bins on the highway or pavements, please let me know so that they can be topped up. To receive advance notice of meetings and other information send an email to sscarleclerk@btinternet.com. If anyone changes their email address could you also please let me know. Merry Christmas Adrian Lawton

Seasons greetings to you all. It has been just over six months since I picked up the baton from Alan Froggatt early in June this year for the role of Parish Clerk. I think it finally hit home when I collected the filing cabinet and managed to find a home for it in my garage. Looking through the files I realised that even though I have lived in the village for over 20 years it was fascinating to see how much has gone on over the years that I had no idea about. A VARIETY OF ISSUES So how has the first six months gone? Well in truth,

UNMYTHABLE - Are you ready to be a legend? South Scarle Community Centre JANUARY 25th 2014 at 7.30pm
One Show - Three Actors - All the Greek Myths Legendary heroes, psychotic dragons and randy gods go head to head in a hilarious and unforgettable journey. An archaic blend of comedy, cross-dressing, stories and songs, Suitable for children from 8 to 88! UNMYTHABLE won the Three Weeks Editors Award at Edinburgh in 2012 and has since toured to more than 60 venues in the UK, Ireland and Greece. To get a sneak preview of the show, watch the trailer here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://vimeo.com/54706014 Tickets available from the Farm Shop 0n 01636 892 003. Adults 8, Under 14s Free.

LOVE IS THE REAL FOCUS OF CHRISTMAS! Advent Sunday

marks the beginning of the Church year. So, Happy New Year! As so often, the Church is ahead of the world and we dont have to wait for January for our celebrations of the New Year having got Christmas done. Advent is a season of preparation. There is the countdown to Christmas and the coming of the Christ child, the love of God coming into the world in a special, and vulnerable way. And what a delight it is to have the invention of chocolate Advent calendars! And therere all the other preparations so many people have to travel through. May your preparations go well and your keeping of Christmas and New Year be richly enjoyable. I am enjoying being a part of so many occasions for celebration throughout the East Trent Group of Churches. Im going to be sharing in a number of Carol Services, and, although the carols might be the same each service will be different, from village to village. Christmas can be a very special time in family life, and just as no two family celebrations can be the same, so no church celebrations can be the same. Yet at the centre of it all is the same truth: God coming in love in Jesus. It is love that is the real focus of Christmas, and in South Scarle this is being lived through the opening up of the nave of the church so that it may serve as Godly space for the community. So, my best wishes to all readers as you celebrate, as you mark the living of love.

David Yabbacome

South Scarle Community Centre Management Committee

Election of Village Representatives in Early January
With the work on the Community Centre nearing completion and the Interim Committee almost concluding its brief, the time is nearing for the election of a Management Committee. The Committee will consist of two representatives from the PCC, one from the Parish and five village representatives. If you are interested in being one of the village representatives and are willing to bring your talents, drive and community spirit to the project then we are looking for you. Nominations for these five positions will be open until 31st December and your interest can be registered at the Farm Shop or via J u d y M u i r h e a d ( j u d y. m u i r h e a d @ v i r g i n . n e t ) o r F l o r e n c e B a l d w i n (florence.roy@talktalk.net). Voting will be in early January. 5

FOUR WORKMEN INVOLVED IN A MOVING EXPERIENCE!

This photograph was sent to THE SCARLIAN recently with the above caption. It is something of a mystery; the guys appear to be involved in some sort of tricky operation, but what that is...?...your guess is as good as mine! Brian, John, Edgar and Philip might be able to explain if we could get them to take a break from their very strenuous activity! Working at that speed they will certainly be drained of energy by nightfall!

HARVEST CELEBRATION HELPS FUNDS

Harvest produce auction raised 108 half of this went to Beaumond House Hospice and Church fabric fund. The prot from the soup lunch was 225
100 club-4th.Draw at Harvest Lunch 15 Sept. 2013. 1st. Prize 100 ------ Marcia Parkin 2nd.Prize 50 ------ - Adrian Lawton 3rd. Prize 25 ------- Michael Chennells 4th.Prize 25 -------- Mo & Dave

MO LEADS A PEASANTS REVOLT!

BBC TV conduct interviews in South Scarle

When residents of the village began to receive letters from the Land Registry regarding the ownership of mineral and other rights on their property, Mo Tyler got to work and alerted the local media! The BBC news programme East Midlands Today sent their reporter and cameraman to interview her together with our Parish Clerk, Adrian Lawton. They were joined by Roy Turner and Anita Clements for the interviews which took place at the Farm Shop on 3rd OCTOBER. The Newark Advertiser also took up the story and published an article featuring Mo and her crusade.

of interest and went on to love it, even reading it twice to savour the delicious weird bits and wonderful use of English. Anita, who chose it for us, loved the humour, wit Well, what a varied and interesting year and daft ideas and is now tackling another. Sue Townsend split us, "The Queen and I" we've had with our lovely ABC Book Club! went down like a lead balloon for some and We started 2013 with an evening of music made others laugh with enjoyment. No and poetry when we shared bits of both that accounting for taste, thank goodness! had had an impact on our thoughts. Such a Another unusual choice was Florence's variety! Jane played James Taylor, mainly "Sugar Girls" about life in the Tate and Lyle because JT likes cowboys, Anne shared a late renaissance piece which brought a factories during and after World War 2 tingle to us all, and non-musical Marge a bit which Kate described as great social history of Hugh Masakela. You had to be there! Our but with potential to be a better book. The poems varied too; we had Tennison from characters tended to get a bit mixed up but Lynn and "Watch Your French", a bit of a some were portrayed with touching insight. Filed under "Misery Memoirs" atOxfam giggle supplied by Tonia. Maria McCann's "As meat Love Salt", was We always say that being in a book club wrongly categorised as historical crime makes us read material out of our comfort fiction thought Marj who chose the book. zone and persevere with books we wouldn't This novel had a main character we found normally let darken our shelves. I haven't hard to like, too much bodily fluid, read Jeffrey Archer for years and after information and violence, and was generally "Paths of Glory" I probably won't again. We thought to have been too long. Not a hit! sort of agreed that he trivialised an epic story. Tonia summed it up when she said Our own animal stories "Don't like Jeffrey but glad I read it". Kate Grenville's "Secret River" showed how we Our members always try to meet the like to link a book with our supper. We had given brief and when we read Lynn's choice pictures of Australia and authentic food from of Claire Balding's autobiography we Tonia (Kim even played the didgeridoo!). brought an animal inspired story of our own to the meeting. So on a hot summer Marilyn gave us our own choice of evening we listened to, and chortled over, Thomas Hardy in October and we heard stories about Anita's first pony which was comments on a fair spread of his novels won in a raffle, Florence's dog Beatty's first from "Under the Greenwood Tree" to encounter with a pheasant and Jane's days "Madding Crowd" but the star of the evening in the Morgan Horse display team. She were Hardy's poems, especially his war loved Claire's book, by the way, AND poetry. "Christmas 1942" was a real contrast FINISHED IT!! to the rural idylls. We had a Dorset inspired supper from Marilyn which included the As I said , a great year and we can't wait for mysterious frumenty, a sort of spicy wheat our Secret Santa and alternative read at the porridge, and apple cake, Mmm...lovely. end of it.

ABC BOOK CLUB

"Going Postal", part of Terry Pratchett's Disc World Series, was another revelation! Georgina said she'd never read anything like it but fought her way past an initial lack 8

Thanks fellow members, keep reading! LYNN BETTS

HARVEST CELEBRATION

The start of work on the Community Space in St. Helenas Church, mid - September, meant that the traditional Harvest Celebrations had to be held on the village green. Tents and marquees were erected to cope with the wet and windy weather and a good number of Scarlians and friends joined together for a short service conducted by Rev. Yabbacome followed by a delicious harvest lunch.

Rev. YABBACOME led the villagers in harvest hymns and prayers.

Folk Group Bottom of the Barrel provided the music. Harvest hymns were followed by a hearty sing ! along of well ! known and popular folk songs, rounding o" an enjoyable harvest celebration.

South Scarle Community Centre

Opening January 2014
To say work started on the re-ordering of St Helenas Church to provide villagers with a community space in early September 2013 would be to do a disservice to all those who have planned, laboured, and fundraised for several years. However it was only a few short months ago that the first signs of activity outside and inside St Helenas became evident. September: The preparation kicked off with removal of carpets, and the font, organ and chancel received their protective covering. Pews were removed and sold, mostly, to villagers. Up came the wooden floor and then ton after ton of concrete below that. The back-breaking work was eased by the use of a mini-digger. The surreal sight of that in the middle of the Nave will live long in the memory! October: This month witnessed lots of co-ordinated activity between the builder, the electrician and the plumber. Foundations, walls, floor joists, underfloor insulation, electrical conduits, floor and wall sockets. Quick to write, but an amazing effort from the team to get all that done in four weeks. November: November was all about the heating - appropriate, as temperatures outside began to drop. Underfloor trays went on top of the insulation and floor joists, ready for the hundreds and hundreds of metres of pipe. Inside, the boiler and control centre were completed. Outside, the oil tank was connected to the boiler, ready for commissioning. December: So whats left? Well the system will need to run for a while to help bring the building to temperature. Also during December the floor and lighting will be completed. Dancing would be hard without either! After that we would love to get some help cleaning up. As you can imagine, there is just a wee bit of dusting to be done. But more on that subject in due course.

Official Opening
January 2014: Our first official event! UNMYTHABLE will be held on Saturday 25th January at 7.30pm. Look out for the advert elsewhere in this issue of The Scarlian. All we will say is Prepare to be a legend. February 2014: The official opening and dedication will be held on Sunday 2nd February from 12 noon. More details to follow. The Future?: Its yours to shape and mould. If you havent been to one of the two open days earlier in the year, come to the opening ceremony, and come again even if you were with us for those events. Only then can you see for yourself what a truly unique, magnificent and awe-inspiring venue South Scarle Community Centre is. How will you utilise this amazing resource? Its your decision to make!

The Interim Committee

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STEPPING DOWN!
South Scarle entering a new phase....
With the completion of the Community Centre in St.Helenas Church, and the very successful launch of the Community Website, we are entering a new phase of village activity. I have, therefore, decided to step down as Editor of The Scarlian and this issue will be the last one for which I will be responsible. I have edited and designed the village newsletter for over nine years during which time I have produced 30 editions. It has been enjoyable, if at times a little frustrating, and I am grateful to those Scarlians who have taken the time and trouble to provide articles and stories. Kate Murrell who has never been a handson editor over that time, but has given me great support and encouragement, has also stepped down. Whether there is a need for a newsletter in these days of instantaneous communication and up-to-the-minute news, especially as we now have an excellent website facility organised by Craig Law, is a question that will have to be discussed at a future Parish Meeting. I personally think that our printed publication, which is quite costly to produce, has outlived its usefulness, hence my decision to call it a day and bow out gracefully. ROY TURNER
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TRICK OR TREAT?
Roy and Anne Turner were given a fright when they opened their door on Thursday October 31st. Dracula (aka Stuart) arrived with his scary helpers, Georgina, and grandchildren, Lucas and Lilli.

POPPY APPEAL
Once again the people of South Scarle have shown their generosity with their contributions to the Poppy appeal. A total of 247:50 was raised. Thanks to all contributed. Terry Jacklin (Chairman) Collingham Royal British Legion

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And Mellow Fruitfulness

After our late and frankly awful spring the amazing abundance in the hedgerows this Autumn has seemed to be yet another example of good old mother nature getting it right in the end. I have pictures of 20 different fruits and berries found on hedges or in gardens in the village, so keep alert - there will be questions. Chicken keepers beware! We have acquired a very bold fox! I saw him only a few days ago in a paddock beside Amos Lane. He gazed at the dog and me with interest but no apparent fear. After what seemed a long time he turned and ambled away. At the time of writing there is still plenty of natural food, but as winter grips lock up your chickens! He was a beautiful creature but I am sure my admiration would falter if he raided a henhouse of mine. The Merry Berry Christmas Quiz
You will need the answer sheet below and access to the Community Centre website www.southscarlecommunitycentre.com If you are not on line why not do the quiz with friends over Christmas. - itll be a change from monopoly! Just look at the pictures on the website and identify as many fruits and berries as you can. Put your completed answer sheet into Church Farm Shop between 2nd and 4th January 2014. There will be silly sweet and sticky prizes. If more than one person in your house wants to enter just write out the answers.

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