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Twenty people attended Blessing of the Crib service which was

taken by the Revd Kevin Dyke. Here they heard the Christmas stories as the Tableaux was built up. The finished, scene is shown above. ———————————————————————————- The Morton Community News is for general interest and cannot be held

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EACH MONTH (Note change of date) News Editor ...Keith Panter, 9 Belvoir Close, Morton. 01427 679077

email krp2uk@yahoo.co.uk Treasurer: Geoff Hopkinson. 1 Southlands Avenue, Morton, Tel:811167 Distribution: David Bew, 17 Orchard Close, Morton. 01427 610395 The Morton Community News can also be found at, www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/parishnewsletters Articles and letters submitted for inclusion must include the name and

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MORTON COMMUNITY NEWS JANUARY 2015

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MORTON PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk to the Council: Anne Cater, 2 Elizabeth Close, Gainsborough DN21 2TA . Tel. 01427 617611 anne.lcdp@hotmail.co.uk

Parish Council meetings are held in the Village Hall, and begin at

6.30pm Meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity during

the meeting for members of the public to raise questions.

Questions can also be sent to the Clerk prior to the meeting.

This information is also available on the Parish Notice Board and the

Parish Council website http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Morton Could residents please direct any correspondence to Morton Parish

Council to Anne Cater, Clerk to the Council. Correspondence can be copied to individual parish councillors, but should always be addressed

to the Council via the Clerk

Monday 17th January 2015

Monday 16th February 2015

The first of the New Year! TABLE TOP SALE - Morton Village Hall

Sunday February 1st. 2.00 - 4.00 pm Tables £4.00 Entrance 50p. Children free Please ring 616087 or 613998 to book a table.

Refreshments available, Come and bag a bargain!

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Morton Village Hall Quiz, November 15th 2014 Another good quiz was held in the Village Hall in November, thanks to the quizmasters

Dave and Neil. It was an enjoyable evening as usual and it was good to see a few new faces.

Thanks also to those who help set the tables out, wash up and generally clear up afterwards.

Many people get involved with helping and it makes it a real community event. Also thanks

to those who supplied the raffle prizes and Mandy who made sure every one bought a ticket! Look out for the advert for next one in April. Hope to see you there! Thanks Lucille.

New Christmas Tree in Morton After several years without an illuminated Christmas tree, thanks to the Youngman

Family for donating and planting one this year, support was given from the Village Hall and the Parish council.

Services for January 2015 4th January Team Parish Communion ALL SAINTS 10.30 a.m. 11th January Holy Communion St Paul’s 9.00 a.m. 18th January Service of the Word 9.00 a.m. 25th January Holy Communion St Paul’s 9.00 a.m. BAPTISMS 9th November Jack Martin Armstrong 23rd November Lacey Jane Hogg Ramona Grace Harvey FUNERALS 17th November Barbara Williamson, Ivy Joan Abbotts Raymond Johnson *********************************** On the 30th November the first Sunday of Advent was celebrated by the lighting of the first candle on the Advent Ring. This is the start of the Christian New Year. I always think if you add ure to the festival it spells Adventure. This certainly gives a good idea of the week by week count down of the travels of Mary & Joseph leading to the birth of Jesus in the stable

and the shepherd’s journey to find them. Later on the kings also experience a bit of an adventure also seeking out the

baby. The congregation also travels through the many different services at this

time of year with the village school’s carol service, Christingle on Christmas Eve and later that evening the Bethleham Service. On the 5th

December the village community concert took place and what a great event it

was with many talented performers. The Guides started off with a recorder

playing version of Jingle Bells and festival songs. Margaret read a poem about a Christmas Stocking for a new Baby. The school choir gave us two popular modern carols including the little drummer boy. Once more Daniel Ratcliffe played Violin

accompanied by his tutor Jane. It was noticeable the great advancement Daniel

has made since his performance last year. Our organist Gwenda accompanied

by husband Terry sang the 1914 song including ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Put Christ in

Christmas.’ Our curate Phaedra did a version of Joyce Grenfell’s comic version

concerning ladies dancing together. This was followed by an hilarious version of

14 days at scout camp when Akala would feed them a different food item each

day-ending in a dose of syrup of figs! This was lead by their scout leader

dressed as a Christmas tree. Our curate Kevin recited a poem about the

donkey’s complaint at being in the stable. Mike Cooney ended the evening with

a prayer and blessing. During the start of the evening refreshments and stalls

raised £240.61. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed. Ann Lewis

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Fitness For Life with Liz Clews Yoga, Pilates & Relaxation

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The Gainsborough Group for people with Parkinson’s rewarded in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund The Gainsborough Group for People with Parkinson’s has been awarded £500

by the Lloyds Bank Community Fund 2014. Following votes from members

of the public, the Group has been awarded a grant from Lloyds Bank to

enable it to continue doing good work in the community. The Gainsborough Group is made up of both people with Parkinson’s and

their carers. It exists to provide mutual support and friendship for anyone

dealing with the disease, The Group meets in Morton Village Hall on the last

Tuesday of each month at 10:30 for refreshments and a chat. Activities

include a regular exercise class for members which is subsidised by group

funds, the occasional speaker and some outings throughout the year. Money

is also set aside to provide individual grants to members for the purchase of

equipment which should improve their quality of life. The money provided by the Lloyds Bank Community Fund will help to

ensure that the exercise class can continue to run for the foreseeable future

and enable us to consider grants for members for the purchase of equipment

in the next financial year. The provision of the award will enable the group to provide continuity of

provision in the immediate future and will ensure that, in Gainsborough,

no-one has to face Parkinson’s alone. The Lloyds Bank Community Fund was set up to help local people across

England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man

to have a positive impact at the heart of their community by giving grants to

1,400 local good causes in 350 communities. Community Group: Ron Cawte, Phone: 01427615236 Lloyds Bank: Donna McGrory, Four Communications ,

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Volunteer Required To help ensure that we can continue to distribute this newsletter in a timely

manner we are seeking a volunteer who would be willing to deputise for the

distribution coordinator during any planned absences. The role takes up to 4

hours per month usually between the 23rd & 27th but can be organised to suit

the volunteer. It involves sorting the newsletters, which are delivered in boxes

to your home address by the printer, into the various packs required by each

volunteer distributor and then delivering the packs to the volunteers

throughout Morton. The role also includes the posting of individual newsletters

to the flats on Vanessa Drive. If you think you could help please contact David Bew on 01427 610395 for more

information. Full training will be provided and we anticipate that your services

would be required no more than three times each year.

St Barnabas Hospice It was lovely to see so many of you at our annual Light up a Life Service, at the United Reform Church, Gainsborough. This presented a wonderful opportunity to take time to remember and reflect upon loved ones no longer with us and also to move forward with hope. The service was followed by a lantern walk to our `Tree of Life ‘in the Market Place. Although rather windy and somewhat cold, the rain and snow held off and we were able to enjoy readings and a carol at the tree, before returning to the United Reformed church for warming refreshments. I would like to thank the Mayor of Gainsborough, Councillor Mick Tinker and the Gainsborough Town Council for allowing their tree to be the St Barnabas Gainsborough Tree of Life and for supporting our Light up a Life service. Thank you also to the Mayor for choosing St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice as one of his charities whilst in office. Thank you to the Chairman of West Lindsey District Council, Councillor Malcolm Parish for joining us at our service, supporting St Barnabas and for the kind donation in support of the Hospice from West Lindsey District Council. My thanks and appreciation also to Reverend Poucher, Reverend Dyke, Pat Goucher, all our readers and helpers and everyone who came along to Light up a Life and for their continued support for the work of St Barnabas in Gainsborough and surrounding local communities. An afternoon of Coffee & Carols was enjoyed at the George Henderson Lodge. As well as delicious refreshments guests were entertained by the choir from Morton Trentside Primary school; many thanks to both the staff and pupils for joining us and for their beautiful singing and musical accompaniment. The next Coffee Morning at the George Henderson Lodge will take place Thursday 15

th January 2015, 10am – 12noon. If you are able to

donate any cakes, and if you have any unwanted Christmas gifts to support future events in the area then please do bring them along. We will have our regular cake stall, Bric a Brac and books, St Barnabas Giftware and more! Everyone is most welcome to come along and join us. With sincere good wishes to you all for 2015. Caroline Swindin Community Events Fundraiser Mobile 07435 970309 email: caroline.swindin@stbarnabashospice.co.uk

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100th Anniversary of the Morton Gymes Disaster - 19th February 2014. In October 1914 over 4,000 Yorkshire

Territorials came to Gainsborough to

carry out training before they were sent

to France in April 1915. They were bil-

leted with local families. On Friday,

February 19th 1915, the town was

shocked when seven members of "D"

Company of the 4th Battalion, King's

Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were

drowned. They had gone to one of the

gymes (ponds) in Morton, to practice

raft building. A raft was built consisting

of tarpaulins filled with straw, on a

framework of planks tied together with ropes. Estimates of the number of soldiers on board the raft

when it tipped over were disputed, some claimed that it was up to 40. Within seconds dozens of men

were in the cold, deep water, wearing their heavy uniforms and boots, struggling to survive. That morning there were many acts of bravery by individual soldiers who saved the lives of drowning

colleagues. Private Creighton, 19 years old, from Batley was brought back to life by artificial respira-

tion. Former Leeds solicitor, Lance Corporal Arthur R. Chorley and Lance Corporal Chapelle had seen

the disaster unfold from the bank, they jumped in and were credited with saving several men. Another

rescuer, Lance Corporal George Sykes whose brother was a Batley doctor, later wrote, "I got my pack

and my coat off, dived into the water and tried to save the poor chaps. It was awful! We could not tell

who was drowning or who was wanting help, and we got two out just in time. We had a job to get them

round, but we succeeded after a time." Private Willie Barber saved two from the middle of the pond.

Sergeant Charles Hemingway and Private Walter Gatenby also helped in the rescue and only left the

water when exhausted after saving three lives. Initially five bodies were recovered but after a roll call it

was found that there was still two missing. Privates Jim Howgate and Sam Hough searched the water

for several hours to recover the bodies. Later in the afternoon two more bodies were recovered The bodies were taken to the stables at the nearby Crooked Billet Pub. The next day an inquest was held

in Morton School and by this time grieving relatives had travelled to the town from their home towns of

Dewsbury, Wakefield, Batley and Harrogate. The jury headed by Morton builder J.R. Fox viewed the

bodies and visited the gyme. Later the bodies were taken to Holy Trinity Institute Hall, in the area of

Gainsborough where they had been billeted, to lie overnight. The next day they were taken back to their

home towns for burial accompanied wreaths paid for by the townspeople. The local legend was that the

gymes were bottomless and questions were asked about why the pond was used when they could have

used the nearby, much safer, shallow lake at Sir Hickman Bacon's, Thonock Park. The verdict of the jury was "Accidental death" but they commented on the inexperience of the officer in

charge, Captain Harold Hirst and his men. They said the raft was too small to carry the number of men

and there was inadequate provision for life-saving. They commended the efforts of those who had made brave efforts to save their comrades. Within days of the trage-dy the K.O.Y.L.I.'s were removed from Gainsborough to York

and were replaced by members of the West Yorkshire Regi-

ment. By April 1915 they were in the trenches in Northern

France. In June Captain Hirst was shot and killed by a sniper.

He is buried in Bois Grenier Cemetery in France. Later in the

war Private Barber was killed in action on the Somme and

Lance Corporal Chorley (by then promoted to Captain) died

from wounds in 1918, both are buried in France. Sergeant Sykes

died later from wounds and is buried in Slaithwaite near Hud-

dersfield. The Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries and Chapel intention is to have a plaque made

to remember the seven soldiers to be placed in St. Paul's Church, Morton, the parish where they died.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Morning Probus Club 9.30a.m.-11.30a.m. Brian Timbrell , Tel: 610002 Let’s Get Active (Preschool group) 10.00a.m.—11.00a.m. Stacie Souhal: 667643

Parkinson’s Society Pilates: 11.00 a.m.– 12.00 noon, Liz Clews: 07751964832 Monthly Meeting Last Tuesday of the month 10.30 a.m.—12.30 p.m. John Goddard Tel. 611555

U3A Bridge 10.00 a.m.– 12 noon Joy Doyle Tel. 718791 Tumbletots (Pre-school activities) 9.30am—1.00pm Julie Skelhorne 07718058255

Afternoon Ladies Indoor Bowls 2.00 p.m.—4.00 p.m. Ron Cawte Tel 615236 Martial Arts 4.45 pm—5.45 pm George Blogg: 617171

Art Club 1.30 p.m.—4.00 p.m. Barbara Lee Tel. 611559

Craft Group 2.00 p.m.- 4.00 p.m. Mary Cawte Tel. 615236 Indoor Bowls 2.00 p.m.- 4.00 p.m. Ron Cawte Tel 615236

Evening Morton Parish Council Next meeting: TBC Zumba Class 6.45 pm—7.45 pm. Fay Mitchell Tel: 07507 803102

** Rainbow Guides 5.30 p.m.—6.45 p.m. Carolyn Ellis Tel. 07584 161568 ** Brownies 5.30 p.m.—7.00 p.m. Julie Wilson Tel. 612106 **Guides 7.00 p.m.—9.00 p.m. Rosi Fieldson Tel. 838448 ** Denotes Term Time only

** Beaver Scouts 5.30 p.m.—7.00 p.m. Emma Keeble Tel. 07717 532100

Lincs Wildlife Trust 3rd Weds of month. (September to April) 7.30 p.m.— 9.30p.m. Mrs. Joy Bannister Tel: 628457 No January meeting

For Bookings please contact the Secretary:

Mr. P. Robinson - Tel: 01427 610130 or Email: philrob1@tiscali.co.uk

For Access please contact the Caretaker/Cleaner: Mrs. T. Wood - Tel: 01427 614245

Other Events Village Hall Quiz - Saturdays (April & Nov) Morton Feast Weekend - Annually in July Concerts/Shows—February and October

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Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Jo Jingles (Pre-school Class) 9.30 a.m.- 10.30 a.m. Katy Edwards Tel. 01522 532769 Vitality 11.00am to 12 noon Emma:01529411194

Yoga/ Pilates 10.00a.m.-11.00a.m. Liz Clews, Tel. 07751964832

Trinity Perf. Arts ( Theatre Group) 10.00—1.00pm Jemma Carlisle Tel. 07983 327218

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Information regarding contacting the local police. PCSO Bill Thomas - duty times are between 8am and 10pm - although shifts are variable and he is not on duty every day. He cannot guarantee that he will be on duty at the time that an incident occurs. Residents can call his mobile number (Bill Thomas 07944776816) and if he is on duty, he will respond. Residents can leave a message on the answer phone and either Bill or one of his colleagues will contact them - within 24 hours. For non emergency calls - dial 101 The other team members are: For emergency calls - dial 999 PCSO Tracey Burnett 07500920130 PCSO Danielle Louth 07796268107 If any resident would like further information or clarification, they can contact Bill who will

be happy to visit them. Anne Cater, Clerk to Morton Parish Council