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Rushden is a tiny village of about 200 population located in North Hertfordshire. Many of the properties date back to the 16th century and there are a few ghosts that wander around every so often. No shops are left, but we still have a church and a pub, both of which are at the centre of the community. Click here for some of our ghost stories. |
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| Please remember that this is YOUR village website and it cannot function without you. No single person is responsible for updating it. We need to hear from everyone who has something to say or would like to let us know about events in the village. webmaster@rushdenherts.org.uk | |||||||||||||
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| The News in Rushden last updated: Friday, February 03, 2012 05:23 PM | |||||||||||||
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Teams
of 4- tickets £10 to include a hot meal available from Sarah Lever on
288393. Come and check your knowledge of the last 60 years and celebrate with us. |
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 NOTICE
is given that the Hertfordshire County Council intend to make an Order
under Section 14[1] of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit
all traffic from using the following lengths of roads, except for access:-
Click here
for more information.
The purpose of the Order is to enable highway maintenance works to take place. It is anticipated that the temporary traffic management measures will be in place for up to 5 days, sometime during the period 20 February 2012 and 31 March 2012, when signs are in place. Alternative signed routes will be provided for traffic whilst the road closures are in place. |
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Councillor Linda Hill has changed her email address, it now is lc.jail@btinternet.com |
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Click here for the Rural Watch February 2012
Click here for Information on Unoccupied Property Click here for Information for Dog Owners Click here for Poachers' Moon Leaflet (.pdf) The non emergency number for contacting the Police if you have worries about anything is:- 0845 3300222.
click on image for more information |
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The next RUSHDEN GAMES NIGHT IS ON 9 February 2012
(normally every second Thursday of the month)
Bring
your own drink and barbecue food. Cost will be £20 per night in total while we do not have the heating on- so, depending on numbers, cost should be £2 to £3 each per night. Please come along to support the Village Hall, and have some fun!
More information from Brian - 07505 113533 or Dave - 0791 7248872" |
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13 February 2012 - Joe Sharman - Snowdrops
For further information please contact Tony Barker 01763 288416 or email tonybarker324@btinternet.com
If you have an interest in Gardening come along and join us, new members
are always welcome. Click here for the Sandon Gardeners' Club Website and the 2012 Programme of Events |
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 Sandon Village
Market: Third Saturday Sandon JMI School - 9.30 - 11.30am
18 February 2012 If you are a local producer or business and are interested in having a stall please contact Paul or Mary Ann at sandongrowers@btinternet.com Sandon Growers Market is run in aid of Sandon JMI School and the local community. |
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We are thinking of starting a village link ( i.e anyone from the villages can come) in Rushden. This would consist of a series of talks throughout the year on a mixed selection of subjects. We would like to know how much interest there is and so are holding a very short meeting on Friday 24th February at Rushden Village Hall at 7.30pm to discuss it. If you would like to join us please phone Sarah Lever on 288393 or email john.lever@btinternet.com . Similarly if you are interested but can’t make it phone or email. |
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Firstly
I would like to introduce myself, my name is Kerry and I work for
Macmillan Cancer Support. I am part of the Hertfordshire and Essex
Fundraising team and I work as a Fundraising Manager. My role within the
charity is to work with local people and to make them aware of
Macmillan’s amazing vast of services within their town or village. Macmillan Cancer
Support are there to support people from the moment someone is diagnosed
with whatever they may need to help them to live with cancer. However we
don’t just support the person with the cancer but their family and
friends also. Most people have heard of Macmillan Nurses who are there to
offer emotional help and to help people deal with the pain but they may
not know about the other Macmillan services. We provide financial help in
the form of benefits advice and Macmillan grants and we also have a
supportline where people can talk to trained professionals free of charge,
these are just a few of the amazing services we provide. Macmillan do not
receive any government funding so we completely rely on the generous
donations we receive from our supporters and people need our Macmillan
services more now than ever before. In your local area there are so many
ways you could get involved. We are looking for a
new Fundraising group in the Buntingford and Royston area. Fundraising
groups help Macmillan to raise funds and awareness in their local area. We
currently have 8 within Hertfordshire who last year raised a huge amount
of money. If you would like to volunteer for Macmillan but not be
part of a group why not train to be a Macmillan speaker or help with our
supermarket collections. If you are already a member of a local group or
club why not organise events to raise funds for Macmillan or request a
speaker to attend one of your meetings and help us to spread the word. We have so many ways in
which you could get involved so if you want to help me to inspire millions
and help people living with cancer then please call me on 07793 579364 or
email kbriars@macmillan.org.uk.
I look forward to hearing from you. Many thanks Kerry Briars Hertfordshire
& Essex Fundraising Manager 07793 579364 |
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 Villagers
will be saddened to hear of the death of Jim McNally of |
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Recently there have been phone calls to people in the village saying that your computer is in trouble and they will fix it if you get on line with them. They also say they are connected to Microsoft ( although our caller had never heard of Bill Gates!) This is a complete scam and there is no way they can tell if there is anything wrong with your computer but the minute you go online you will be in trouble plus they will charge you a lot of money for fixing nothing. Previously when this has happened the whole area has been targeted. If you do have a problem please inform Paul Marina. |
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Click here for highlights of 12 July 2011 Parish Council Meeting |
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Wallington and Rushden
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If anyone has any suggestions for a particular charity for next year why not let us know. |
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 John
Dingeman's Highland cattle seem to welcome the snow in Southern
Green.
Click here for some photos with thanks to John. |
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A staggering £460 was raised which will be divided between the Village Hall and the Church. Click here for some photos with thanks to John Dingemans You can see one of the rehearsals at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ROymRI2JUs |
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 The
Danish Lunch proved a packed out success on Sunday 23rd
October. Smorrebrod of six different varieties was followed by
frikadeller, roast pork, red cabbage and new potatoes, then came Danish
apple pudding and finally a selection of Danish cheeses all washed down
with kir, aquavit, wine and Carlsberg. Everyone seemed very happy when
they left! We would like to thank Chris Whitton for working so hard to
organize the meal and for doing so much of the cooking; Eva, Chris Jones
and Sarah for preparing the smorrebrod and puddings; Vicky for running the
raffle and doing a lot more running around serving and Ann Cottam for her
talk on |
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 Brian
Littlechild has raised a massive £405 for Beds and Herts Historic
Churches Trust half of which will go to |
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"Thank
you for the very kind donation of harvest produce to the Hospice from the
parishioners of We
are very grateful to all who support us in this way and I can assure you
that our kitchen, who are very committed to using fresh produce, will be
able to use your gifts well for our patients to enjoy." Thank you to everyone who gave so generously and to Chris Whitton for delivering it. |
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Are
you staying at home for Christmas? Would you open your home and share
Christmas with a student from |
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My love for dogs.
‘My
love for dogs’ offers home boarding for your canine friend. I am
delighted to open up our I
am fully insured and police checked. Rest
assured that your dog will have at least one long walk a day . Should you require any further details please do not hesitate to call Amanda on 07903 806750 or 01763 852970 |
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 Not
everyone is aware that we now have our very own wet fish man calling at
the Moon and Stars every Thursday at 6pm. He has a good selection of fish
and shellfish. |
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Just
to let people know that the black box at Mill End has been put
there for speed monitoring purposes by the Police. |
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Only 2 weeks left: 3-10 June and 2-9 September 2011. Private owner.
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 Hello
we are AUTO-MOTIVE Mobile Vehicle Services. We do all servicing and
repairs, diagnostic fault finding to cars and small commercials.
based in Stevenage, but we cover most of the surrounding towns as far
as Bishops Stortford,
Contact Terry on 07939097987. email: info@automotivemobile repair.co.uk www.automotivemobilerepair.co.uk |
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Many villages are now getting oil at a reduced price by ordering at the same time. Are you interested in doing this? If so please phone 288393 so that we can get some idea of numbers. |
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UNTAXED VEHICLES If you see any untaxed vehicles can you let Amy know? Amy.Rainbird@Herts.pnn.police.uk We plan to deal with them in the near future, I intend to get a DVLA officer to clamp any untaxed vehicles. PC 431 Paul Marina. |
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OLLIE
GLAZE (MEMBER
OF THE REGISTRY OF GUITAR TUTORS) TEL
07884 492 182 EMAIL ollieglaze@hotmail.com |
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 The
mobile library visits on a Friday. USE IT, OR LOSE
IT!!!
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 The
Buntingford Civic Society are trying to increase awareness of the work of
the Society via their web-site. To find out about their activities click
here. |
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Council Help? Here are some numbers that may be of use.
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Help your Church Buy your goods from perfiliate on www.buy.at/StMarysRushdenHerts and save yourself money whilst helping St Mary's Church. |
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SYSTEMS
SERVICES – phone…John
Lever … 01763
288 165 , e-mail:
logical@btinternet.com
We
can tutor you or we can do the work for you. ‘Member
of British Computer Society’,
‘Chartered Information Systems Practitioner’ Our website : www.logical.btinternet.co.uk/publish.htm - Callout charge applies. |
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Rushden is linked with the Hertfordshire Communities
Online, British Villages Website, Village Key and Irish and British Villages . Have a look and take a virtual
tour of the villages of Britain. |
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| We get frequent requests on this website for help with family research. We therefore thought it might be a help if we gave out the website address of Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. They have given us their permission,so here it is www.hertsdirect.org Their Email address is hertsdirect@hertscc.gov.uk | |||||||||||||
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This is Rushden's very own website. You can input your views directly onto the Bulletin Board or exchange news and views with all the other visitors on our Discussion Board. Click and just add your own comments about what you feel is good, bad or indifferent about Rushden, the government, the world and life in general. This is our community website for our community. E-Mail the Webmaster@rushdenherts.org.uk with all your news, comments and suggestions. Runner up Village Website of the Year 2003 |
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The
Grand Rushden Jubilee Quiz is on 
SANDON
GARDENERS' CLUB meets every 2nd Monday of the Month at Sandon
Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. although we sometimes have outside visits.
Are
you interested in Village Link?
Macmillan
Cancer Support in Hertfordshire - Can You Help?
Computer
Scam
£165
was raised in aid of the British Legion on our dark and damp trip round
Rushden on 23rd December. Thank you to all who sang; all who
contributed; the Whittons for their pre singing hospitality from which
we found it difficult to tear ourselves away; Carol for her delicious
mince-pies and the Moon and Stars for the very welcome mulled wine at
the end of our journey ( and voices!)
The
Christmas Bazaar made a fantastic £1034. Thanks must go to all the
helpers and particularly to Ellen 
The
Royal Variety Show will have to rethink its acts after the Rushden
Concert on 19th November which was an evening of real variety from the
Dopey Wallahs to Brahms and the Pussy Cat Dolls to jazz. The Church was
packed and everyone left smiling and saying what an amazing evening they
had had. Outsiders commented that their villages could never match it.
£460 was raised to be divided between the Village Hall and the Church.
Thanks must go to all the performers, the organizers and to 
We
have received a thank you from Garden House Hospice for our harvest
produce which was delivered to them this year.
Stay-at-home
Christmas?
PROVENCE,
Vaison-la-Romaine. Charming old cottage among vineyards,
Please
watch out for strangers in the village. A Rushden resident has had their
house broken into, their car keys stolen and their car driven away. If
you have seen anything unusual happening please get in touch with the
Police.