Wold and Marsh - January / February 2001

Rectors Thoughts:-
For those who have been following the BBC 1 series "Castaways", you
will be aware that the inhabitants of Taransay will be starting a new life
back in the hussle and bussle of their old lives after a year "surviving"
a totally different life style.

Picking up the past life will be impossible after the experiences of the last 12
months. But how will the experiences change them? Where will they be in
twelve months? Will the effects be imperceptible in two years time? Will they
ever settle into "ordinary" life again?

What of us? Does watching the lives of others change us? Do we reflect on
our life style? What are the important issues for us. Who is important to us
and how are we showing this value?

The birth of Jesus did change the world. It took another thirty three years for
the dramatic events of Easter to make the flill purpose apparent and two
thousand years later we still don't take it seriously. We are mere viewers.

Not until we are touched by the reality of what we watch does it affect our
lives and make us live differently - usually with more power and sense of
purpose.

Have you the courage to let the life of Christ touch you and change the lives
of your families, friends, and communities.


Lent groups
David the new Bishop of Grimsby will be with us for the first Lent Group meeting 
at Mumby Tuesday 6th March at 7.OOpm. All are welcome. Come and meet David
and ask questions about anything you like. All welcome from across the parish.

There will also be a group in Willoughby time to be arranged according to those 
involved.

Confirmation. Those wishing to be confirmed should be contacting me in early 
February in preparation for April 8th.

FOX JUDO CLUB
Fox Judo Club have now moved to Willoughby village hall where they train on
Saturday mornings and currently Tuesday evenings but will change to Wednesday
evenings in the new year.

Fox Judo Club is a totally non-profit making organisation with all moneys being
put back into the club for new equipment and subsidising events. We currently
have twenty eight junior members with ages ranging from 5 years to 14 years and
abilities ranging from novice to two national medal winners and one
international player. The current coach/chairperson is Mr Graham Whitehead of
the Old Fox's Head, Sloothby an ex-police officer who began Judo twenty-eight
years ago at Hendon Police College. Mr Mark Brooks of Aby, David Julian, 3rd Dan
(Kodokan) and Chris Taylor 3rd Dan are instructors at the club. Lincs FM Radio 
presenter Mr John Marshall was a recent visitor to the club when he attended a
Saturday morning training session and sponsored through to raise money for the
Breast Cancer appeal. John began his day with the club by presenting fifteen of
the students with their new Grades which they had been awarded at a recent
Grading held at the Willoughby Dojo (Training Hall). John then joined in the
warm-up/fitness training instructed by Mark Brooks. John stated that he
performed circuit training each week at a Lincoln Gym and therefore believed
himself to be reasonably fit, but he was surprised at the intensity of the
training and standard of fitness of the children. John and members of the public
who were made welcome, then watched a display of Judo by the children of the
club where techniques, rules and the sport ofjudo was explained to all present.

After a short break all the judo players present performed a sponsored throw of
John Marshall who in return threw the players onto a safety mat with a throw
which he had been taught at the event that morning. It is believed that over
£600 will be raised by the event with all the money being presented to the
breast cancer appeal.

Members of Fox Judo Club intend to put "Willoughby on the Map" both nationally
and internationally with their Judo. They also intend to put something back into
the community by providing a sporting facility in our rural community, raising
money for worthwhile causes or simply providing qualified first aiders in the
locality. Most of the members of Fox Judo club live in Willoughby, Alford and
the surrounding villages but we have members from Sutton on Sea, Wainfleet and
Skegness. If you wish to know more about the club either visit us at one of our
training sessions where you will be

COFFEE DAY
Jane and Joyce's coffee day on Thursday 23rd November at 'Femdale', Station
Road, proved to be, as always, a friendly and welcoming occasion. Assisted by
their merry band of helpers and the support of so many friends, the magnificent
sum of £214 was raised and donated equally between Jane's niece Jackie Roberts
in Mumby and St Helena's Church.The PCC extend their gratetul thanks to Jane and
Joyce for their generosity and their good wishes to Jackie for her return to 
better health. Jackie Roberts would also like to thank all the people who helped
to raise money at coffee morning. This will enable purchase of medical scales
needed for daily use. Thanks. Jackie.

WILLOUGHBY
I am sure we would all like to extend a warm welcome to our new Publicans of the
Willoughby Arms, Kerry and Tom, their new baby Shannon Rose and labrador Dublin,
who all joined us on October 17th. We hope you are very happy here. Kerry and
Tom have already begun fundraising activities in the village and have been well
supported.  Almost immediately after they arrived they raised £100 for Children
in Need in a 'Name a Tiger' competition and with the auction of a teddy bear.
With a new business and a small baby to look after we think this an admirable
start! Watch this space for the next event!!

LADIES LUNCHEON CLUB
In the festive atmosphere of the Anchor at Alford, 23 ladies of the Luncheon
Club assembled for Christmas lunch. Hardly an oasis of tranquility! The
explosive chatter was only matched by that of the crackers. Paper hatted, we
read out the time honoured mottos and plastic trivia were pocketed or discarded. 
The raffle, having been drawn and won by Joan White and Clare Challinor,
preceded the excellent lunch, chosen from a varied menu. Thomas Becon (no - I
don't know who he was!) wrote 'when wine is in - wit is out'. Those sentiments
were not evident - as wine flowed, levity and laughter triumphed. A thoroughly
enjoyable occasion - a prelude to Christmas and all it means. Next venue will be
at the Willoughby Arms on Tuesday January 9th


M U M B Y  N E W S
Compiled by
Steve Mugglestone
"Rayell" Parklands, tel. 490552

Items for inclusion next month should reach me by Monday prior to the 19~ of the
March

No Tidings
FROM Lewes News: "Late night Christmas Shopping. Town centre closed to traffic,
carols, mince pies etc..."

Allotment Gardens
Two allotments are now available for rent at £5.00 per annum from 1St January
2001. Both (side by side) are well maintained. Apply to Paddy Stapleton tel.
490558

Ladies Circle
It was open house in Beckets on Monday 4th December when the Ladies circle held
a real cracker of a Christmas Afternoon. If you were looking for presents with
that home made appeal, with the quality of good, old fashioned craft, skill and
care, then this was the place for you. For a small admission charge you were
treated to a cup of tea, a scone with jam and cream and then it was off round
the stalls full of ideas for Christmas. The cake stall was particularly popular,
with all sorts of cakes, scones, sausage rolls and mince pies. No chance of
these lasting until Christmas in any food- loving home! Also popular was the
home made whisky marmalade, mincemeat drowned in brandy, as well as apricot
mincemeat, suggested as being suitable for vegetarians, again with lashings of
brandy. On to the craft stalls where there was a multitude of articles for sale,
all made by the ladies. Knitting, embroidery, crochet work, the list was endless
and trade was brisk amongst the large gathering. A white elephant stall was very
popular and so too was the bric a brac, while raffle tickets were available for
a host of prizes including bottles of wine and spirits, cuddly toys, a
magnificent bouquet, a camera and many other goodies. The raffle was drawn by
Steve and Karen Brown, the new licences at the Red Lion, the village pub. This
was their firSt taste of Mumby village life away from the pub and they liked
what they saw. Sixteen ladies sat down, in the Red Lion, on Monday 18th
December, for the Circle's first Christmas lunch, as their ast meeting before
Christmas. After the traditional festive meal, they played bingo until Santa
appeared to distribute presents from the "Bran Tub". Thanks were paid to Steve
and Karen for the excellent meal and their hospitality, enjoyed by all.

Church Quiz
The first round of the Winter Quiz Series was held, in the Red Lion, on Friday
8th December. Eight teams turned up to do battle with question-master Daflyd,
who, as ever, employed his mind to stretch our brain cells to the full. With a
smattering of religious questions thrown in to scare us, he produced a wide
variety of subjects to make it a true general Imowledge quiz. When was barbed -
wire invented? 1873, 4 or 5? Guess! We thought it grew in hedge bottoms but
settled for 1874 - wrong! 1873. 
The format was as previous years, with 60 questions in the main quiz.
"Mumby Mafia" came out as top team with 50 right answers with "Fools on Stools"
and "Something Different" on 45, second place going to the fools on better score
in the first half. "Happy Snappers" finished in fourth place on 43. The
accumulator competition, where the lucky ticket holder gets the pick of three
envelopes, each containing one question, which, if answered correctly, he or she
takes the jackpot. Unfortunately a wrong answer was given so the money rolls
over to the next Quiz night. An extremely jolly evening, fmished off with the
raffle draw. Our thanks go to Daffyd for the quiz, Mavis for the raffle and our
Hosts, Steve and Karen, for making us so welcome at the Red Lion. Will you come
along, swell the ranks and have a very enjoyable evening, in the best of
company, for our next quiz in January. (Friday 12th)

Mumby Methodist Chapel
The traditional Christmas Carol Service was held on Wednesday 20th December with
the Reverend Margaret Harrison leading the worship. A splendid turnout of
members and friends almost filled the Chapel, all in good voice, to sing their
favourite carols. "God rest ye merry gentlemen" to start, through to "0 come all
ye faithful to close. Between each carol, Margaret gave recitations of some of
her very humorous Lincolnshire dialect poems, all being related to the Christmas
theme Her grandson, James, chipped in with "Christmas thanlryou's", another very
pertinent poem. Eileen Coates sang a solo piece, "The Angel Gabriel", to great
delight. After the closing prayer, Margaret paid tribute to organist Mary
Robinson, George Lowes for his arrangements, the Ladies for their baking and
servmg of refreshments, also the Ladies from the Parish Church for the floral
decorations.

Children's Christmas Disco Party
30 village children had a whale of a time at the Millennium Christmas Party, on
Friday 22nd December, held in Becket's. The organisers, Mike and Maria
Skarratts, had laid on lots of food and soft drnks to sustain the energy being
expended, mainly by the very young ones who never ceased to run around. Darren
McArdell provided the Disco and was greeted with howls of delight when "Bob the
Builder" blasted out. Balloons, blown up in the afternoon, in what seemed like
hours of puffing, were reduced to remnants in about two minutes flat when
released. Just before the end, sleigh bells were heard and the children were
ushered outside to look for Santa Claus. Soon Rudolf's flashing nose was seen on
the roof of the Church tower and, in answer to their calls, Santa appeared,
looking over the parapet and shouting "Hello". Back inside, they sat on the
floor waiting while Santa came down the stairs with his presents to hand out.
Each received a Selection box of chocolates before he returned to the skies.
Mike wishes to thank Steve Mugglestone and Bert "Spotlight" Foster for their
tremendous help.

Ambucopter
During the evening, at the children's party, the draw was made for the large
chocolate Santa Claus, raffled in aid of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire
Ambucopter. The winner was Jackie Roberts and £80.00 was raised for the flinds
and will be passed on by organiser, Jane Dring, to a representative of the
charity in the near future. Jane wishes to thank all who sold and bought tickets
for this worthy cause.

St. Thomas's Church
Sunday 24th December, Christmas Eve, the Reverend Daffyd Robinson conducted the
Church's Family Carol Service. As usual the church was full and with the new
heating system we were as "warm as toast". The loaned sound system meant that
all could hear the readings clearly. We sang carols (including the younger
members), heard the Christmas story, had a cup of tea and then we were all ready
to celebrate Christ's coming. A thank you to all those who decorated the church
as well as those who prepared music, readers, teas, etc. These events are a team
effort and thanks are due to all the members.

New Year
The bells of St. Thomas's rang out at Midnight, for five minutes, to welcome in
the year 2001. Paddy Stapleton and Steve Mugglestone, with a few friends, were
the ringing team.

Valentine Dance
It is proposed to hold a Themed Cheese & wine Dance Night at Becket's on
Saturday 17" February. Ladies to dress as "Molls" and Men as "Gangsters".
Tickets @ £5.00 each, to include Wine, Cheese and Music. The success of this
event will depend on the pre-sale of tickets, so please buy your tickets before
20" January. Tickets are available from Mike Skarratts, the Red Lion and Chris
Dring. All violin cases to be left at the door!

What's on
Monday 8th January; Ladies Circle, 1st meeting ofthe New Year, at 2.OOpm in
   "Becket's" New members welcome.
Friday 12th January; Church Quiz, in the Red Lion at 8.lSpm.
Tuesday 16th January: Mumby Parish Council Meeting in the Methodist Chapel
   Schoolroom, at 7.OOpm.
Wednesday 17th January: Yoga, l meeting of the New Year, at 6.3Opm in "Becket's"
   New members welcome.
Friday 19th January: Music Quiz, in the Red Lion at 8.OOpm. Chris Dring's
   popular event.
Friday 9th February: Church Quiz, in the Red Lion at 8.lSpm
Saturday 17th February: Valentine Dance in Becket's (time on tickets).
Friday 23rd February: Music Quiz, in the Red Lion at 8.OOprn
Friday 9th March: Church Quiz or Concert, see March edition of" Wold & Marsh"
Friday 23rd March: Music Quiz in the Red Lion at 8.OOpm


St. Helena's School News.
At a very busy time of the year, much has happened. Christmas has come and gone
with its end of term parties, concerts and the school Association's Fayre.
Thanks to the support of many of you, that event raised over £ 100. My thanks to
you and to the parents who helped with the organisation. The concerts were
enjoyed, I think. The donations amounted to £53 and some of that will go to the
sponsoring of Angeline Gemima in India. We aim to raise £40 each term for her to
be able to continue her education. Studio I and 2A performed a nativity and
Studios 2 and 3 performed a musical called Millennium Heroes which consisted of
songs interspersed with the children's ideas of those people who have made
significant positive contributions to the world.

Father Christmas visited the school and brought gifts for the children. He
brought play toys for studio I, a computer table for Studios 2 and 2A, and a
year's subscription to a children's magazine for Studio 3. We were pleased with
them and thanked him for his generosity.

The School Council met towards the end of term to discuss playtime activities
and how they might be improved. There were several useful ideas raised including
making more use of the orchard, which has been targeted for fund-raising to
enhance the school's environment, making it a joint recreational and learning
resource.

We are experiencing some minor difficulties with our new computer system
including the sending and receiving of e-mails. I did not complete the school e-
mail address in the last issue, for which I apologise, and will let you have it
when it is running properly.

About Mary's journey to Bethlehem, John Morley imagined what it was like	
for the	donkey and wrote:

"One very cold night I was taking Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. I was walking a
dirty dusty road and I was very tired. I can't walk much further my legs are 
killing me. but I can't complain I have been chosen out of all the donkeys in
the world. but I have to get to Bethlehem in time, otherwise she will have her
baby on me.

Birthdays:
Jonathan Ashbridge	11
Sophie Hatch             7
Emily Brough             7
Rebecca Murry            6
Christopher Hill         5
Alexandra Cairns         5

Next School Association event:
Beetle Drive, February 2nd.

Happy New Year!