The Beckingham

& Sutton Bugle December 2018

Beckingham and Sutton Village News and Information

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Hello to everyone Welcome to Autumn (well it is as I write this). Although when it goes out we’ll be galloping toward Christmas but more of that later. Since our last Bugle, we’ve had some pretty amazing things going on in our village. The RAF Dining In evening organised by Scott and Jase was a really different experience, formal and whimsical at the same time. I learned a lot about the traditions, as we all did but the thing I found hardest to comply with was not fidgeting or fiddling with the cutlery. Celebrating the centenary of the founding of the RAF was such a wonderful thing to be involved with, publicly thanking and praising the men and women to whom we owe so much. For their past actions and future commitment to the security of our Nation and way of life. The Social Club goes from strength to strength, which is such good news. Not only as somewhere that we can meet for a drink and a chat with friends and neighbours but the improvements made to the village hall have made an enormous difference. Andy should be very proud of what he has achieved along with the village hall committee. We also held our annual Service of Remembrance, which this year saw another 100th anniversary, the end of WW1. I’m not sure I can use the word “celebrate” because of the huge amount of death and casualties. Thanks, gratitude and pride seems better somehow. Desmond Tutu said that if throughout the world, every person did one kind thing every day, the world would be a better place. As I said earlier, Christ-mas is on its merry way. It seems that most years we leave out someone’s favourite carol so we came up with the idea that if you told us what your favourite is, we might get it right. To that end, write it on a piece of paper and pop it into my letter box. I think I may have mentioned in the last article that we now have Clara, our Cocker Spaniel, playmate and tormentor of Archie. Thankfully, they love one another to pieces. What amazed me was how quickly they accepted each other and how deep their bond has become. Love is such an important thing, we don’t really do very well without it. Yet at this time of year there are so many people, for so many reasons, who feel unloved and uncared for. We all get carried along by the busy-ness of Christmas, shopping, present buying, making sure we don’t miss the last posting date and it’s all too easy to forget that we are celebrating the birth of a child with an incredible destiny, whose message to mankind was to love one another. It doesn’t matter whether you have a faith or not, just take a moment to think about those for whom Christmas is not a happy time and be grateful for the love we have and can give. As ever, we would ask you to be as generous as you always are when you come to our Carol Service, to bring gifts of toiletries for the Emmaus Trust. I wish all of you love, peace and joy this Christmas and pray that 2019 will be a good year for us all. Gill.

CHURCH NEWS

All contributions for the next Beckingham Bugle welcome The deadline for the

next March 2019 issue is February 14th 2019

Email all your news items and events to clerkpc@beckinghamvillage.co.uk

VILLAGE NEWS

It is with an extremely heavy heart that I make my first written contribution to the Beckingham Bugle. On Friday 29th September our beloved pet Cat, Missy, returned home with an air rifle shot to the back of her head. She was incredibly lucky that we were able to remove the pellet and avoid a grave infection. However, I know many villagers here are cat owners and thus, feel it's only right that our situation serves as warning. Little Missy is an inquisitive soul and has been known to stray far and wide, hunting for hours. But, she is a domestic animal microchipped etc) and means absolutely no harm - if you'd rather she

didn't stray onto your lawn or land, feel free to shoo her away or sprinkle a little water in her direction even. I can't understand if this senseless act on a defenceless animal was malicious or a sick joke, but as a loving pet owner, I kindly implore that it stops. Also it is important to note, having spoken to Lincolnshire police today, they have confirmed that this is a criminal offence and therefore any information regarding anyone possessing an air rifle would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

The Jones family at Holmleigh

NEW SUSPENDED CEILINGS FOR THE VILLAGE HALL

The two main rooms in the village hall now look and feel signifantly different. Each has had a sus-

pended ceiling fitted, including dimmable LED light panels and 150 mm of insulation material.

The Parish Council has been able to do this with the help of grants from” Fund NK”, the District Coun-

cil’s Community pot, and “REVOLT”, which held funds originally raised to oppose the wind farm to be

built on Fulbeck airfield, but are now being re-allocated to projects benefitting the residents of villages

who contributed

Already users of the Hall have commented on the improvements to the acoustics and ambiance of the

rooms, which now warm up more quickly and retain the heat. The Parish Council is expecting to see

cost savings as a result.

These improvements should help to make the Village Hall a more attractive venue for all potential

users, especially through the winter months

Dear Bugle readers

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BECKINGHAM VILLAGE HALL SOCIAL CLUB NEWS

An exciting programme of events has been planned enhanced by the Parish Council

installing suspended ceilings in the village hall incorporating increased levels of insulation.

This has greatly improved the ambiance, acoustics and warmth.

The Management Committee has agreed to trial Sky TV for 12 months from December.

There will be an additional TV in the lounge for movie nights as well as sports events etc.

The committee wishes the bar area to retain its current atmosphere and not be taken over

by screen watching as the norm. Members will receive notifications by email of any

additional events arising from the Sky service.

The Club programme for the next three months is as follows:

DECEMBER

8th (Sat) – Christmas Tree lights switch on – Club decorated, with carol singing, Christ-

mas themed quiz, mulled wine and mince pies

15th (Sat)-Strictly come dancing final – Dress for the occasion, Prize for best Christmas

themed hat, Sweepstake, free glass of fizz

21st, 22nd, 23rd December: Bar open as usual

24th (Mon) Christmas Eve – Bar open 5pm until 10 pm; Special Christmas raffle with pre-

mium prizes Christmas Special “Open the Box”

25th (Tues.) –Christmas Day - Bar open 12 pm to 2pm

26th (Weds) – Boxing Day – Bar open 4 pm until 7 pm

Friday 28th/Saturday 29th/Sunday 30th - Bar open as usual

31st (Mon) – New Year’s Eve – Themed decorations, Live Music, Food Platters, Cham-

pagne toast at midnight. Admission by ticket only. £10 per person

JANUARY

25th (Fri) – Burns night – Haggis and whisky tasting, Scottish themed

FEBRUARY

Special “Valentines” Quiz Night (date TBA)

For your diary:

16th March – St. Patricks Day Celebration – Live music, Baby Guinness .

Village news

Merry Christmas everyone my name is Scott Toomer and I am delighted to be the newest member of our Parish Council. My wife Jane and I have been living in the village now for 4 ½ years moving just up the A1 from Burton Le Coggles. I am a serving full-time officer in the Royal Air Force and have been doing that for 30 years (so according to Jane that’s 30 years of not really working!).

I have 2 wonderful dogs, Sage and Amber who you may have seen down by the river looking for any type of food to supplement their diets (although Sage is get-

ting older she can still sniff pheasants’ out with the best of them). I love all sports although sadly only from an arm chair these days unless it’s golf where I can mostly be found in the rough. I hope during my time on the council I can help protect our beautiful village but also look to move us forward as we face the challenges that an uncertain future will bring.

PS A massive thank you to all you fabulous people of Beckingham raising £479.97 for the poppy appeal.

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The Armistice for the fighting in World War 1 has been celebrated and the anniversary has

passed, but it was thought at this stage as a final act of remembrance, a few words about

those from the village that fought for their country may be of interest. In the Village Hall, on

the wall between the entrance to the toilets is a Memorial Tablet to the fallen and the enlist-

ed survivors of both World Wars. This is not an exhaustive record of those listed but a

sample of information that can be gleaned from the internet.

A lbert Moyses was born in 1898 in Dunston, near Methering-ham and in the 1911 census is living with his parents John, a

railway platelayer with the Great Northern Railway and his mother Harriet and his elder sister Gertie who is listed as “simple”. Albert is, like many of the era a farm labourer, he was 13 at the time. He had enlisted in the 8th Corps of the Notts and Derby Regiment in Newark on the 25th of October 1914 almost 3 months after war was declared, whilst living at Rectory Farm and working for James Spray of Old Hall again as a farm labourer. 50 weeks later his death is recorded as “Killed in action on The

Western Theatre of the War in France/Flanders” and Private TF

2747 Moyses died on the 14th of October 1915 aged 17. On that

date the Regiment, now known as the Notts and Derby (Sherwood

Foresters), was attacking the Hohenzollern Redoubt a formidable

German defence just about an hour down the present day A26

from Calais. It was the last day of the Battle of Loos. He is com-

memorated on the Loos Memorial. His father received a War Gratuity of £12:12:1d.

S amuel Bentley Rogers was born on the 19th of March 1887 just down the A17

in Stapleford, son of George and Mary who had lived in various places includ-

ing Claypole, Thurlby and here in Chapel Street by

1911, Samuel listed as a farm labourer. His military

history has proven difficult to source, however on

the 27th of October 1917 at the age of 30 and as a

member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, he

was “killed or died as a result of enemy action” as a

member of the Hood Battalion Royal Navy Division.

His rank was that of Able seaman having moved on

from Ordinary Seaman. Around the eastern bound-

ary of the Tyne Cot Cemetery just north east of the

town of Ypres, stands the Tyne Cot Memorial. It

bears the names of some 35,000 men of British and

New Zealand forces who have no known grave, nearly

all of whom were killed between August 1917 and No-

vember 1918 including Samuel. The Naval forces, due

to the demands of war fought alongside the more

familiar army regiments.

G eorge Frederick Rogers was born in Stapleford

as the older brother of brother of Samuel in 1885.

He was a member of the 8th

Battalion of the Notts and

Derby Regiment and died on the 22nd

of September

1918 and is buried in Roisel Communal Cemetery, in

Picardy. This cemetery contains the remains of British,

Commonwealth and German fallen. The village was

lost to the enemy on the 22nd

of March 1918 and

finally retaken in September of 1918 after bitter fighting, it must be assumed that

this was where Private 306421 Rogers aged 35 met his fate. He left behind a

widow, Rose nee Newstead, aged 42 whom he had married in 1910. She was still

living in Rectory Street as they had done in 1911. A family of Newsteads who

lived in Sleaford Road are listed as having served in the armed forces, but don’t

appear to have been related to Rose.

E rnest Toyne. A little mystery surrounds Ernest as to why he is listed on the

Beckingham role, as when he signed up for service on the 14th of May 1915

in Newark aged 21, he listed his address as Normanby le Wold. No reason has

been found, however as many people in this period travelled from location to loca-

tion in search of secure work this is not surprising. We know that he was born in

Buslingthorpe near Market Rasen in October 1891 and was baptised there on the

18th of September 1892. In 1911 was living at The Grange, Thoresway, Caistor

employed as “3rd

Waggoner” on the farm. He had also joined the Sherwood For-

esters and died as Private 3779 Toyne on the 26th of June

1916 having survived just over a year. On that day the Regi-

mental Diary records that they were occupying trenches in

Foncquevillers, south of Arras, ”in terrible conditions in 2 feet

of mud and water under 3 days of continual artillery bombard-

ment which caused considerable damage” and killed 13 and

wounded 50 others. Ernest is buried in Foncquevillers ceme-

tery and therefore one must assume that he may have been

one of the unlucky 13. His father, Richard eventually received

a war gratuity of £6:11:8d for his son’s efforts.

Lawrence Tatton

Lest we forget………..