What a great summer we have had, andby the look of what’s on offer this autumn inthe pages of this mag, Flitton and Green-field is the place to be (are the places tobe?) as the evenings draw in.A lot is happening in the life of the church atthe moment, of which see more on pages 4and 5, and not least is the great art-workbeing done by Greenfield School. Last termthey made several pieces of outdoor art tocelebrate Values Education, and displayedthem in the churchyard. The one picturedabove is a rainbow of painted pebbles eachdepicting a Value, and there is also a beau-tiful screen of fishes suspended from a treeand a woven tapestry in the porch. If youhave not noticed them yet, go and have a

look, as they have lasted well but will prob-ably not make it through the autumn, so willhave to be taken down. The picture aboveshows some of the children involved in theproject with Mrs McCullion and Mrs Staff -our thanks to them for all they do for ourchildren, and for strengthening the closeties between school and the church.Families can become even more involvedwith the church by coming along to our newSunday Fun Club every first Sunday of themonth - see page 5 for details!And don’t miss the all new Harvest Supper.New venue this year so that even morepeople can come. It’s a great charity fund-raiser and a village tradition not to bemissed! See pages 4&5 for details.

Village website? It’s at; http://flittongreenfield.bedsparishes.gov.ukTo put stuff on the website, contact Debbie at clerk@flittongreenfield.org.uk

Church website; www.3churches.co.uk Contact Clare at clare.butlerellis@googlemail.com

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From Your Parish Council ...Keep up to date with what’s going on inFlitton, Greenfield and WardhedgesYet again it is disappointing to note that more vandalism has occurred at the PlayingField which of course costs us all money as any repairs have to be paid for out of theparish precept. Please be vigilant and report anything untoward to the police or a parishcouncil member. Also some irresponsible people are still allowing their dogs into the recand of course dog mess invariably ensues which is totally unacceptable. Nappies arealso being found in the litter bins and we would ask if this practise could cease. Newlitter bins with tops are shortly being installed in the rec which hopefully will preventrubbish spilling on to the grass. As we do not have bins for recyclable rubbish, pleasetake that home with you.

No doubt you will all have seen and admired the new notice-board outside the churchhall in Flitton. This was made by a local tradesman and parishioner Gary Jones and weare delighted that Gary has now made another one for Greenfield in exactly the samestyle. After consultation with Greenfield villagers it has been decided to site thisopposite Cornerways Garage in the same position as it was some years ago. It is hopedthat this will be in place before the end of September.

Following the installation of chicanes there have been a number of complaints about theposition of the post box in Greenfield at the bottom of Holmewood Road. Consequentlythe Post Office has agreed to move this to a more suitable location at the top of SchoolLane next to the phone box. It is hoped that this will be done by the end of October.

A public meeting was held on the 31st July in Westoning VillageHall to provide initial details of a proposed Solar Farm at ClayhillFarm on the border of Westoning and Flitton & GreenfieldParishes. The developer, a company called Axiom, set out plans toinstall a large (19 MW) solar farm covering 36 ha of farmland,which will generate electricity for the grid. They have had a

number of meetings with Central Bedfordshire Council planning officers and taken ad-vice on modifications to the scheme to minimise the visual impact of the scheme. Thesite layout has been chosen for its proximity to a large electricity sub station and its lowimpact on visual amenity.

At the meeting the developer took a number of questions from the public. The mainissues relating to planning concerned a public footpath which runs through the areaproposed and the quality of the farm land being displaced. With regard to the footpaththe developer talked of needing to divert the path slightly whilst at the same time up-grading it by using a farm track. This will be the subject of a separate application for thediversion of the path. The land is currently growing wheat and is grade 3a agriculturalland. The developer stressed that the solar farm would be sown with a wildflower richmeadow grass mix improving the biodiversity of the land and furthermore it would begrazed with sheep maintaining its agricultural purpose. The developer mentioned thatthey were proposing to offer a sum of money for community benefit. However this hasyet to be agreed with the Parish Councils involved which include Westoning, Flitton &Greenfield with the farm stretching across both Parishes and also Pulloxhill as thegreatest visual impact is from that Parish.

Once the Planning application has been formally submitted there will be the usualopportunity for individuals to comment and we will publicise this on the website andParish notice-boards.Nick ThompsonChairman

Sun 7th Sept 10.30 am11 a.m.

NEW! Family Fun Club - activities for children and refreshments for allat 10.30, then informal service at 11. See page 4 for more details.

Sun 14th Sept 9.30 a.m. Choral Communion Led by the Reverend Julie Cox.

Sun 21st Sept 11 a.m. Harvest Songs of Praise. Hymns, readings, poems and prayers, a celebra-tion of harvest!

Mon 22nd Sept 7.30 pm Harvest Supper. This year we move to the White Hart marquee for thistraditional church social event, where fun is had and our produce is raffledfor charity or donated to the Food Bank. See page 5 for details.

Sun 28th Sept 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion - a shorter service without hymns using the Book ofCommon Prayer led by the Reverend Bill Britt. Followed by PARISHBREAKFAST in the church hall - see page 5 for details.

Sun 5th Oct 10.30 am11 a.m.

NEW! Family Fun Club - activities for children and refreshments for allat 10.30, then informal service at 11. See page 4 for more details.

Sun 12th Oct 9.30 a.m. Choral Communion led by the Reverend Julie Cox

Sun 19th Oct 11 a.m. Matins led by Robin Wellsford, reader at Clifton

Sun 26th Oct 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion - a shorter service without hymns using the Book ofCommon Prayer. Followed by PARISH BREAKFAST in the church hall -see page 5 for details

Sun 2nd Nov 9.30 a.m NEW! Family Fun Club - activities for children and refreshments for allat 10.30, then informal service at 11.

Sun 9th Nov 10.50 for11 a.m.

12 noon

Remembrance Sunday. A special Communion Service with the choir ledby the Rural Dean, the Reverend Lynda Klimas, followed by refreshmentsand the Act of Remembrance at 12 noon with the British Legion at the WarMemorial.

Sun 16th Nov 11 a.m. Matins led by Carol Moss

Sun 23rd Nov 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion - a shorter service without hymns using the Book ofCommon Prayer, followed by PARISH BREAKFAST

Sun 30th Nov 10 a.m. Three Churches Service at Pulloxhill - Choral Communion with a guestpreacher. (NB no service at Flitton)

Sun 7th Dec 4.30 pm Christingle A delightful service when each child receives a lighted candlein an orange.

Sun 14th Dec 6.30 p.m. Carols by Candlelight A service of favourite carols, readings and poems,preceded by mulled wine and mince pies.

Thurs 18thDec

7.15 p.m. Carols Round the Christmas Tree Join the choir outside the White Hartfor a really festive sing - it wouldn’t be Christmas without it!

Sun 21st Dec 9.30 am

4pm

Three Churches All Age Communion at Silsoe led by the Bishop ofBedfordBlessing of the Crib A short service especially for the very young, with ourfamous woolly crib - see page 5 for a novel way to take part!

Wed 24th Dec 9.30 pm Christmas Communion. Our very special start to Christmas, with thechoir, led by the Rural Dean, the Reverend Lynda Klimas.

Services for Autumn 2014at St John the Baptist, Flitton

As many of you will know, our Vicar StephenHolroyd has left for pastures new. Stephen hasmoved to North Bedfordshire to a parish of fivechurches including Stodden and Dean. Hisfinal services were on Sunday 24th August,when a presentation from the benefice wasmade to him at Silsoe church. In his time asour Vicar, Stephen has done much to allow usto diversify and modernise our services, whilekeeping the traditional services for those whoenjoy them, and has also done much work inthe local schools, especially on the teaching ofChristian Values in a multi-cultural society. Wethank Stephen for all the work he has done inthis parish over the past seventeen years andwish him will in the future.

WHAT NEXT? THE FUTURE FOR OUR CHURCH…

Until a new Vicar is appointed, we will continueour services much as before, but using visitingclergy where we can and sometimes havingmembers of the PCC to lead the service. We areespecially grateful to the Rev Julie Cox, who livesin our parish, and who has kindly agreed to leadsome of our services.It will be some months until a new Vicar is cho-sen, but we promise to get the process underwayas soon as we possibly can. Much as we are sadto lose Stephen, we must now look forward to anexciting new era, as whoever is chosen will becertain to bring something new and fresh to ourworship and our community. Watch this space!

IN THE MEANTIME…

Please bear with us as we do our best to keepthe church in Flitton running smoothly. For every-thing about which you would have spoken to theVicar, for example funerals, weddings, baptisms,or any spiritual matters, please call the church-wardens or any member of the PCC, who will bepleased to help you. The numbers for the church-

wardens are on the back page, but just to be sure;

AND IN OTHER CHURCH NEWS…

Why not try our new SUNDAY FUN CLUB?See opposite for details.

HARVEST SUPPER - MONDAY 22ND SEPT

Our popular Harvest Supper and Auction ofProduce takes place on Monday 22nd Sept at7.30 pm. The festivities include a delicious hotmain course (courtesy of the White Hart) pluspudding, and once again our Auctioneers areDavid Stoppard and his Harvest Elf, John Smith.Who could wish for more!This year’s Harvest Supper has a new venue -Phil Hale has generously allowed us to use themarquee at the back of the White Hart. Thismeans that we can offer a BIGGER and BETTERHarvest Supper! Same format, same meal,same free B&T beer (plus BYO other drinks orthis year just buy from the bar) same entertain-ing Auction of Produce. There are MORE ticketsavailable but they will still go like hot cakes,so get yours EARLY - see opposite.

BELL RINGING SUCCESS

On 4th August the tenor bell was tolled 100 timesto mark the centenary of the start of The FirstWorld War. On Wednesday 20th and Sunday 24thAugust quarter peals were successfully rung atFlitton and Silsoe respectively to mark Stephen’sleaving and to wish him well in the future.

28th Sept/26th Oct/23rd Nov

In the Church Hall from 9.15 - 10 amAll for £5 per head! (Children £3)

IMPORTANT: ADVANCE BOOKINGS ONLYPLEASE CALL 01525 860723

It follows the 8.30 Communion but ALL arewelcome, you don’t have to go to church!

The charge is just to cover costs, but any profitswill go to Flitton Church.

► Don’t mess up your own kitchen, bring the family andforget the washing up!►  Late night out on Saturday? Just what you need toblow away the cobwebs!► Live alone and can’t be bothered with a fry-up? Letus do it for you!► Read the Sunday papers, relax with a coffee.. It’s likeFlitton’s own pavement cafe.. But indoors!► Know someone who might be glad of the company?Bring them along!►  If you need a lift, just call Angela on 860723 and wewill arrange it!

HARVEST FOOD BANK APPEALAT FLITTON CHURCH

Saturday September 20th from 10amWe are having another Food Bank collection

at our Harvest Festival weekend. Please bring undamaged and within - date tins, jars,

packets, cartons etc to Flitton churchon Saturday September 20th.

The church will be open all morning from 10am anddonations will be used to decorate the church forthe festival. Afterwards, they will be taken to thedistribution centre in Harlington to help those in

need in the county.You can leave your contributions in the churchporch anytime in the days before the 20th. Do

please help us to support this Christian based initia-tive to assist the increasing numbers of people who

cannot manage because of financial difficulties.We would appreciate any fresh fruit, flowers andvegetables and items for our charity auction which

is held on Monday September 22nd.For information, contact Margaret Butt 01525

SUNDAY FUN CLUB!

1st Sunday in each month, starting at 10:30 am,in the church or church hall.

Children’s activities and refreshments, usuallyfollowed by a short informal service at 11 am.

Stories, crafts, competitions, quizzes, drama,cooking, and who knows what else..

Anyone, old or young, can be a member of thenew Sunday Fun Club… Come along on

Sunday 7th September to help us launch it!

*Take part in our ‘Design a Logo’ competition,and help us plan future events!

*YOURLOGOHERE?

KNIT A SHEEP FOROUR CHRISTMASCRIB!

Our unique woollycrib needs moresheep for the cribservice (see page 3). Just follow thesimple (?) instructions on page 17 orget a knitter to show you how! Thenbring your sheep to join the flock atthe Blessing of the Crib!

HARVEST SUPPER ANDAUCTION OF PRODUCE

Monday 22 sept at 7.30 pm - see opposite pageYou told us you wanted

more tickets available - you’ve got it!Order early for this ever-popular village event,this year in the White Hart marquee, courtesy

of the Hale family and Paul Meads.Tickets £10 from Angela on 860723

martandang@btinternet.comDon’t miss out this year - order today

The Friends of Flitton and Greenfield ChurchCoffee Morning, 22nd NovemberThere will be a coffee morning on Saturday 22nd November in the Church Hall starting at10:30 am. As well as the refreshments, there will be stalls and of course the opportunityto buy the Friends’ Christmas Card. Make a note of the date for this village social occasion

Christmas CardsIn celebration of the life of the late Jack Crawley, who died in March at the age of 92, theFriends’ Christmas card for this year features one of his artworks, a nostalgic view ofFlitton High Street in the 1960s. Jack had a distinguished flying career. As an RAFWarrant Officer during the war he flew Spitfires, Hurricanes, Oxfords, Mustangs, Ly-sanders etc and was one of the first RAF Test pilots for the Gloster Meteor, Britain’s firstjet aeroplane. There is a gap in his flying log for several months prior to D-Day when hewas flying SOE personnel into occupied France. You may recall the Spitfire flypast at hisfuneral. Born in Luton, he started painting at an early age. After the war he became afreelance commercial artist who moved to Brook Lane in 1963. The Friends of FlittonMoor, and Central Bedfordshire Council, have plans to replace the derelict (& con-demned) barn on the Moor with a new one and to name it 'The Jack Crawley MemorialBarn' in his honour.The cards are in packs of 10, with envelopes, priced at £5 per pack. Advance orders canbe lodged with Michael Brown ( 01525 716230) or mgbrown137@btinternet.com).

MembersThe Friends would welcome new members and especially anyone willing to join theFriends’ Board to assist in the planning and organisation of Friends’ activities.If you are interested please contact Caroline (telephone 07749 836245) or emailcarolinejaneoneill@hotmail.co.uk) or Michael.

7.30 pm - Flitton Church HallIn aid of St John the Baptist Church, Flitton

Bar and RaffleTickets £5

Contact 01525 862170/mkatebutt@yahoo.co.uk

An illustrated talkBy

Curator at the British MuseumDepartment of Pre-History of Europe

The first humans inEast Anglia andNorthern Europe

Flitvale Wildlife Trust - Autumn ProgrammeSaturday 28th September, 8.30 am, Flitwick MoorSmall mammal trapping and identificationwith Richard Lawrence and Colin Carpenter.Join us to discover the small, furry creatures on the moor’s pasture.Wednesday 29th October, 10.00 am, Flitwick MoorFungal Foray - with Peter Walker.A mid-week walk through the moor with a renowned expert.Fingers crossed for a good showing of mushrooms and toadstools.Numbers are limited on both these events. Booking is essential.Friday 21st November – 7.15pm, Maulden Village HallAnnual quiz night. Tickets £10 include fish & chip supper (or veggie option),plus glass of wine or juice.Book at table early to avoid disappointment.£1 per adult is requested for most walks.Contact Ann on 07890 347327or flitvale.info@gmail.com

Two Moors WalkSaturday 18th

OctoberJoin members ofthe Heritage Groupfor a walk alongthe whole 5 milesof the Heritage Trail.Discover some of the amazingheritage features of your parish.

Meet at the White Hart,Flitton at 9.15am.If you want lunch at a pub(may be the White Hart orthe Jolly Coopers) after the walkplease book on – 01525 714961.We plan to have a visit to theMausoleum after lunch,at about 1.30 pm.

Phone David for more infoon: 01525 714961

people turned out en masse to run and or watch  265 people of all ages (from 6 months to 58)sizes and levels of fitness crossed a start line and ran for fun, pain, charity or just to say thatthey had done it.Everyone over 9 years old ran the full mile from Moat Farm to The White Hart and there werenew relay race categories for 10-16 year olds; we even had a separate demonstration of howto fly the course on roller skates! Also new this year, we split the kids races into spud and spoonand spud and fork races depending on age to cater for the numbers and the maximum 120signed up at the village hall where we had refreshments and entertainment for the first time.A total of 54 adults crossed the finish line after the full mile and they can all count themselveswinners. However, there is only one cup which went to local boy (!) Steve Ball who had runbefore with an improved time each year, so there is hope for everyone –just keep practising -Lizzy Janes was first lady home of a record field of 20. There were fewer teams in the relaychallenge but owing to changes in the bags, there was no repetition of  last year’s controversyof split bags. However it was last year’s winners and runners up that were in the leadthroughout, and the race was only won by The Cod Squad in the last 100 metres over theWheeler Peelers. The cadet relay shield was retained by Dunstable Platoon Army cadets.Full results and photos  can be seen on www.flittonpotatorace.co.uk.An event like this doesn’t happen without a lot of help and support; particular thanks go to JohnBoutwood of Isle of Ely Produce for providing the core ingredient for the main races. Since theprizes are traditionally cash, we are extremely appreciative of those who gave prize money andother costs; the principal benefactors can be seen on the website. However, there were manyunsung heroes who helped on and before race day. Finally, thanks to everyone who put up withthe inconvenience of the road closure, inevitable in these health and safety conscious times.Many more people were involved this year, including the school with a design a potato headcompetition; and there was the ‘Tatties in a Bucket’ competition for Greenfield, Pulloxhill, Silsoeand Westoning pupils and Maulden cubs.Since the objective was to have an enjoyable fund-raising community event, the numbers onthe day and the £3500 raised suggests that it was a success; one beneficiary was Mind, ournational race charity, and Barclays have promised matched funding of £1000 on top which isfantastic news.We are looking at next year already (June 21st) which coincides with Father’s Day so look outfor a theme!  We have taken note of possible improvements, but in order for any of this tohappen, volunteers to help on the day and the race committee and financial backing areneeded; you will have heard this before but without new faces and money etc, this tradition maywell fade away.Anyone who wishes to help should contact Simon Sadler on familysadler@talktalk.net orflittonpotatorace@hotmail.co.uk

The Famous FlittonPotato Race ReportSunday 22nd June 2014Another year of heightened pre-race interest with alot more talk and even practising. There were defi-nitely more people pounding the roads beforehand,which helped the publicity along with a slot on BBC3 Counties where the angle was to find a sport tocelebrate after England’s poor showing at the WorldCup. The deciding factor, as ever, was the weatherand on the day we were very lucky and yet again

POTATORACE FUN

AND GAMES!

The Friends of Flitton Moor wereintending to have the derelict barnon the Moor refurbished. However,the buildings dept at Central Bed-fordshire Council has condemned itas unsafe and they will shortly beremoving it.

So, together with the access team of CBC, we have a plan to replace itwith a new barn of similar size - subject to successful fundraising.

We intend to use it as an Information Centre about the whole Flit Valley -linking it's many wildlife sites. We will also display historical, geological &other local information, such as information on events, local groups,associations and clubs. It will continue to be a very useful place to meetfor work parties, and school and other group visits.

We also intend to display examples of work by local artists - and use thebuilding for occasional workshops and exhibitions. As our most respectedlocal artist died recently we have decided to call the new barn 'The JackCrawley Memorial Barn'. Jack's executors have offered us some of hispaintings to auction or sell to raise money for this project - so please keepan eye out for information on this if you are interested.

Flitton Moor Local Nature Reserve has recently been awarded the national"Green Flag" status - recognising the hard work of the 'Friends' inimproving it's biodiversity and visitor attractiveness. If anyone would liketo know more about this, or is interested in joining the FoFM, or would liketo fill in a questionnaire about the barn, then please get in touch.

David: 01525 714961

Flitton MoorBarn

DUCKLING NEWS!As from 1st September 2014 Greenfield Pre-School will no longerexist!..… BUT we will be known as Ducklings Nursery Class, withinthe Greenfield Lower School.So for Ducklings Nursery (formally Greenfield pre-school)contact Greenfield Lower School on 01525 712426

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Book early for your Christmas Festivities, we would not want todisappoint you and it does get pretty busy!

In the meantime there’s always something to entertain you,even if it’s only the landlord!

Watch this space for Christmas and New Year events…Well watch it next time, that is, if you watch this particular

space you might have a long wait…

Wardhedges, Flitton01525 860626

www.jollycoopers.com

Attractive 40 seater restaurant and beautiful gardenPaella Night - Sat 11 October

Breakfast - Sunday 12 OctoberChampagne Breakfast - Christmas Eve

Christmas Menus will be ready soon!For dates and details, watch the A board or check out the website.

Bobbi and Ian look forward to welcoming you to the Jolly Coopers.

Green Flag Awards 2014Three open spaces in Central Bedfordshire have been recognised as some of the bestcommunity-run green spaces in the country in the National Green Flag Awards 2014/15.

The announcement of this year's Award-winners came in the same week that thousands ofpeople up and down the country were celebrating our country's fantastic parks and greenspaces with Love Parks Week. Linslade Wood, Studham Common and Flitton Moor haveall been awarded with the Community Award for managing and improving the sites foreveryone to enjoy, visit, appreciate and use as green spaces for healthy activities and quietenjoyment. The sites are also carefully managed to help improve them for wildlife andbiodiversity.

All three sites are managed by the council, with invaluable help from 'Friends of' groupswho run work parties, fund raising activities, educational and guided walks and otherevents.

David Sedgley, Volunteer Warden for the Friends of Flitton Moor said: "We are sodelighted to discover that Flitton Moor has received a Green Flag Award. We have beenworking very hard over the past 9 years to improve the site; both for its biodiversity andthe visitor experience. This award means a lot to us, as recognition of all we have achievedso far. We have a derelict, and condemned, barn on the site which we are intending toreplace and use as an open visitor information point for the whole Flit Valley. We hopethat the green Flag award will help us in our funding bid to achieve this.

For a full list of countryside sites that Central Beds Council manages, visitwww.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/countryside and see where you could go!

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Need a baby-sitter or pet minder?Catrin Ellis would love to help.Catrin is 14 years old,is at Harlington Upper Schooland lives in Flitton.She loves animals and football.Call her on 01525 861496or email catrinellis00@gmail.com

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ICKY FINGERS

If you are a mum, dad, grandpar-ent or childminder, you look aftera child of pre school age and arefree on a Monday morning thenwhy not come along to thevillage toddler group - Sticky Fin-gers from 9.30 to 11.30 at Flittonand GreenfieldVillage Hall.We cater for babies up to fouryears old with toys and games,craft every week and storytimetoo. The cost is only £2.50 perfamilyincluding a hot drink for you andsquash and biscuits for the chil-dren.We are a friendly bunch and wetry to meet socially one evening amonth in the pub or a local res-taurant.It’s pay as you go so you don’thave to come every week and thefirst session is free! Either drop inor callLouise Platt on 01525 720623 formore information.

This Vintage Cake recipe datesback to the First World Warwhen ingredients needed to berationed and simplicity was key.Even in today’s modern times,this budget-friendly, easy cakerecipe still is a favourite ofmany. Made with basicingredients and simplesteps, his no-nonsenserecipe is a time-honouredtradition that many folkswill have fond memories of.Cooking Time: 1 hrIngredients• 1 cup water • 2 cups raisins • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 1/2teaspoon cloves • 1 cup brown sugar • 1/3 cup lard (short-ening) • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg • 1/4 teaspoon salt • 2 cupsflour • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon baking pow-derInstructions1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). 2. Place water, raisins,cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar, lard (shortening), nutmegand salt in a saucepan and mix. 3. Place saucepan on heatand bring to a boil. Cook 3 minutes. 4. Allow to cool, thensift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stirinto cooked mixture.5. Place mixture in a greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hourBRING YOUR ENTRY ALONG TO THE GALA FOR2PM FOR JUDGING - GOOD LUCK!

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News from Central BedsJames JamiesonCentral Bedfordshire Councillor for Flitton,Greenfield, Pulloxhill and Westoning

Knit a Woolly Sheep…

This is the time of year many of our young people think about their futures. GCSE and A levelresults came out last month and there were some excellent results at our local schools.This is all testament to the hard work of pupils, teachers, and as a parent I can also say parents!While results are important, providing opportunities is essential and hence my delight in the latestlocal employment statistics, with a drop of 3,700 in unemployment in Central Bedfordshire. Wehave attracted a number of new businesses and with the opening of Center Parcs, where the vastmajority of staff are locals. As I wonder around Flitton and Greenfield I have noticed a number ofyoung people with their Center Parcs uniform going out to work both as permanent staff and casual.Talking of summer there have been a number of applications for solar farms, including locally oneat Clay Hill Farm (near Westoning railway bridge). While we all recognise the need to secure ourfuture energy and that we cannot burn coal forever, these are often controversial. I am pleasedthat the company has listened to advise from the council planning officers to mitigate the impact,though there is no getting over the fact that farmers’ fields will be lost. So far most residents I havespoken to are supportive of this application. This is not the case for the application on Faldo farmPulloxhill (looking down towards Barton), where residents are concerned of the visual impact fromthe ridge and the many footpaths. I would appreciate your views on this on any other matter.We continue to work on our roads and footpaths, with resurfacing of Holmewood footpaths andPulloxhill road due for resurfacing in October. I am also looking forward to the annual gala on 6th

September. The new Flitwick Leisure centre recently received planning approval, and hopefullywe should see work starting before Christmas.How well do you know Central Bedfordshire?

- How many books and other items were loaned from libraries last year?- How many people are employed in Central Bedfordshire?- What is the length of roads in Central Bedfordshire?

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Your sheep can be white, grey, brown, black or a mixture.You also need small amounts of toy stuffing. It doesn't matterif the sheep are not all alike. They certainly are not identical inreal life but they do need to be roughly the same size. Ifanyone wants a go at knitting a shepherd, or if you need helpcall me. Margaret 862170 mkatebutt@yahoo.co.ukNeedles: 3mm or No 11.Body: Begin at back and cast on 12 stitches. P 1 row. Nextrow: Increase knit wise into every stitch - 24 stitches. Begin-ning with a P row, stocking stitch 17 rows. Next row: [K2 tog]to end 12 stitches. B&T tightly [break off yarn, leaving longend, thread it through the stitches left on knitting needle, pull togather tightly, then fasten off]. P side of stocking stitch is rightside. Oversew row ends together. This seam will run underthe body. Turn right side out and stuff. Gather round.Legs: [make 2 pieces alike] The following knitted strip makesone pair of legs. Begin at top edge and cast on 19 stitches. 1strow K9,P1,K9. 2nd row P9,K1,P9. Repeat these 2 rowsonce, then 1st row once. Cast off. Starting at one set of rowends and with K side of stocking stitch outside, roll up stripvery tightly as far as centre line of stitches. Catch rolled upsection to centre stitches. Roll up and sew the other set of rowends in same way. Sew one pair of legs under body at frontand other pair at the back.Head: Begin at top edge and cast on 14sts. P 1 row. Nextrow: K4, inc K wise into next 6 sts, K4 - 20 sts. Join on

another strand of wool. Using double yarn and beginningwith a P row, stocking stitch 3 rows. Break off one strand ofwool and continue in single wool. K 1 row. Decrease for face:K2, [K2 tog] 8 times, K2 - 12 sts. Beginning with a P row, st-st3 rows decreasing 1 st at each end of 3rd row - 10 sts. St-st2 more rows. Next row: [K2 tog] to end 5 sts B&T tightly.Noting that K side of of st-st on face is the right side, oversewrow ends together. Turn right side out and stuff. Leave caston edge open. Note that the oversew seam will run under-neath the head.Eyes and nose:Work stitches in black. Start and finish off instuffing at open cast on end. For eyes - work a small blackstitch 2 rows down the st-st face section. At end of face worka small v shape for the nose. You might want to do anotherstitch over each one to make the eyes and nose stand outmore. Push a little more stuffing inside head to cover blackyarn ends. Gather round cast on sts, pull up tightly andfasten off. Pin the seam [at section of head which wasworked in double yarn] to front of body above the B&T sts.Sew head to body.Ears:Make 2 alike. Cast on 5 sts. 1st row: K3, turn. 2nd row:Slip first st K wise, P to end. Cast off P wise. Gather uplongest set of row ends. Pin these edges to section of headworked in double yarn at sides of head. Make sure that Kside of st-st faces forward. Sew ears in place. Tail: Work asfor ears. Sew to back of body above the gathered cast onsts, with P side of st-st outside.

Quiz Answers: Number of items loaned 1,348,000. Number employed 128,300Length of roads 1380km

FLITTON FACTS

Village History by Margaret ButtCHARITY WORK AND FUNDRAISINGBEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

In January and February 1906, collections were made for Zenana, raising money for the womenand children of India. A total of 22 shillings was raised. In June, there was a sale of works at FlittonVicarage to raise money for the Flitton and Silsoe Cot in the hospital at Peshawar in India. Thesale was opened by Mrs Whitelaw Reid, the wife of the American Ambassador to England wholived at Wrest Park. They rented the house and grounds from the Lucas family. Money was alsosent to the Missionary Society in India. The children of Greenfield School sent 5 shillings to helpthe poor of London in 1908.In September, there was an outdoor social to raise money for church workers and the choir fortheir outing. Mrs Whitelaw Reid donated £2 for this and Mrs Osborn from Greenfield Farm gave 5shillings. In October, they all boarded a train at Biggleswade to go to Great Yarmouth for the day.They left Flitton at 5am and returned at 1.30am the next day. The railway had opened up travel formany but a day at the seaside was probably all that most managed in a year. Mrs Reid donatedSunday School and School prizes, donated Christmas trees and food for parties as well as moneytowards a District Nurse. She caused great excitement because she was driven everywhere bymotor at a time when cars were quite scarce.Bedford Hospital was one of the main organisations the village collected for. Every Easter, thevillage donated eggs for the patients of the hospital. For example, in 1907, 220 eggs were given,436 in 1908 and 444 in 1914 - a good amount for a small community. There were annualcollections and donations of bed jackets.There were always collections and fund raisers for the church, either for general funds, churchrepairs or special projects. When the Rev Sawyer died in 1906, a fund was set up in his memory.Initially, it was hoped to have a new east window in the nave but for some reason, the Lucas familydid not like the idea. There was no window at all at this time, just a blank wall behind the altar soit was felt that a stained glass window would have been a fitting memorial to the Rev Sawyer. Alych gate was erected instead which sadly does not exist anymore. Eventually, our church wasgiven an east window - it was an old one from Silsoe church which got the new one.In 1907, there was a general plea to raise money for the church to pay for heating, lighting,cleaning, repairs, a new stove that would not smoke and so on. It doesn't sound a great dealdifferent today! Repairs to the church roof was a major project and when King Edward VII visitedthe church in 1909, he noted the poor state of the roof. By then, a church repair fund had been setup with stalls and events taking place at regular intervals to raise money.In February 1914, there was a whist drive and dance at the school in Greenfield followed by adance in May, to raise money for tar paving the school playground. The annual parish entertain-ment in January 1914 raised money for a new piano. ‘The Parish Room was packed for music anddancing with the room being decorated with flags and lanterns.’ Once the First World War started,fund raising gradually became focused on that. The first event recorded was a collection for thenational Relief Fund in August 1914 which raised £5. These are just a few examples but showshow generous village people were. I cannot think that our village was exceptional in this andsimilar efforts were made throughout the country.

A lot of fundraising goes on in the village today - the church, church hall,school, village hall, MUGA, Food Bank, Help for Heroes etc. It was just the same100 years ago. The parish then had about 130 houses although the parishboundaries were slightly different then. Entertainment was far more locally based so homegrown parties, concerts, whist drives and so on were organised in the village. For a smallcommunity, a great deal went on and considering that most people were not well off, theymanaged to support many causes. By looking at old newspapers and parish magazines, I havefound some examples of what they did.

ORGANISATION CONTACT NAME PHONE

Churchwardens Angela Ayres/Clare Butler Ellis 860723 861496

Flit’n’More Editorial: Angela AyresAdvertising: Simon SadlerDistribution: Pat Woodland

860723861727860189

Church Choir Musical Director: Enid GibbonContact: Clare Butler-Ellis

712018861496

Bellringers Vernon Green 712916

Church Flowers/Cleaning Lesley Arthur/Margaret Butt 860723//862170

Parish Council Nick Thompson (Chair) 860421

Village Hall Hire Pauline Downing 860595

Church Hall Hire Jill Chandler 860715

Bedfordshire Police Ampthill Team 01234 842613

Greenfield Lower School Headteacher: Mrs Annette McCullion 712426

Scouts and Cubs Badger Hill Scout Group; www.badgerhillscouts.org.uk

Brownies Jane Staff 717294

Multi Use Games Area bookings Lee Ashton-Rigby 862436

Allotments Greenfield: Kathy WrightFlitton: Gareth Ellis

714724861496

Village Gala Margaret Lowe 861111

Friends of Flitton Moor Dave Sedgley 714961

Jazzercise Nicky Thacker 405178

Women’s Institute Meriel Davies 633421

Greensand Trust Lorna Walker (Community Dev. Off.) 743666

Flitwick & District Heritage Group Dave Sedgley 714961

Keys to Mausoleum (English Heritage) Barbara Stimpson 860094

Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers (Running Club) Dave Sedgley 714961

Ampthill and District Lions Bob Pledger 860962

Square Dancing Betty Brown 404564

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