Incase you didnt know… celebrating the Jubilee at Little Paxton
Ive been a busy old Paxtonvic these last few days what with the various joys of vicaring here and there.
And it did all seem a long way off, but tomorrow in our village of Little Paxton the Jubilee celebrations begin.
At 11.00am pupils from Little Paxton Primary School and residents from Paxton Hall care home will help to plant an 8′ native oak ” jubilee” tree on the grass verge of Gordon Road and High Street. A brass plaque will be unveiled simialr to the one recently installed to celebrate the tree planted for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. At 11.30am another plaque will be unveiled outside the village hall to dedicate and rename the recreation ground ” The Queen Elizabeth 2nd Playing Field”.
I think that is all rather fine and Im very sorry I cant join in as I will be involved with a funeral service in another part of the Deanery.
On Saturday the bells will ring out as a team of ringers attempt the first 1/4 peal on the newly refurbished bells. It will last about 45 minutes and will consist of 1,260 chnages. The ringers cant stop during the attempt and it will be a mighty achievement to mark the Jubilee celebrations in the village. The quarter peal will commence at 10.00am and will be led by George Bonham, Tower Captain at St Marys St Neots.
Our local band of ringers will be joining with ringers from across the country on Sunday afternoon at 3pm when they ring the bells for the Jubillee celebrations.
Back to Saturday at little Paxton and the 1950s themed tea party begins at 4pm on the playing field.
It has been organised by the parish council with the hlpe of village organisations. All sorts of entertainment is lined up including a paper magician, a disco and children’s races. Party food will be served at 5pm in the village hall. Little Paxton Colts Football Club is organising a kncok out penalty competition from 5pm – 6pm and the Cricket Club is running kwik cricket from 6pm – 7pm.
From 7pm – 10pm there will be dancing to Fun Time Frankies.
Its a huge credit to this amazing village that so many organisations have got together to makie the Jubilee party happen. Considering we have only just had the Scarecrow festival and in July we have PaxFest its really good that so many people are willing to make the Jubilee weekend a success. I will do my best to implore the powers that be that the sun should shine!
On Sunday at our 10.30am Family Service in school, there will be a…… Jubilee theme but also a visit from one of the leaders of the Emmaus community in Waterbearch.
If anyone wants to venture further afield into St Neots there are plenty of activities going on in town from Friday onwards. It includes a Funfair in Regatta Park and a childrens Big Lunch in the Market Square from 12pm to 3pm. There is also an amazing Duck Race organised by the Parkinsons Association from 3.15pm on Sturday. A host of ducks will be launched from beneath the bridge and float their way downstream with winners tickets on their little backs!
On Monday at 10.00pm in Regatta meadow the St Neots Beacon will be lit – one of many beacons to be lit across the UK.
Phew… just reading about it all is enough to get exhausted.
Definately time ffor a rest before the Big Week-end.
Model Railway Open Afternoon at Little Paxton – May 12th 2012
Anyone who loves watching model railways will find a delight in Little Paxton tomorrow when Mrs Pauline Keatley will be opening her garden again to display her Gauge 1 model railway layout.
It was the creation of her late husband David and since he passed away Pauline and her family have kept is running and very kindly allow the public to enjoy it from time to time.
You will find the railway in Boardman Close near to the church and the afternoon along with the trains will run from 2-5pm.
There will be cakes and a book stall and refreshments and all proceeds will be going to the Little Paxton Church For Tomorrow Project: CHUFT
CHUFT is steaming ahead now with the floor nearly completed along with the underfloor heating in the nave.
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About Annette
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Paxtonvic is The Revd Canon Annette Reed, Vicar of Little and Great Paxton with Diddington and since February 2014 minister-in-charge of Southoe in Cambridgeshire near to St Neot’s. I have also been Rural Dean of St Neots since 2007.
( I’m the one on the right!)
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A little bit about me.
I was born Annette Richings in Tuckton Nursing Home near to Bournemouth in July 1954. Building had connections in past years with Leo Tolstoy and his secret printing press and I am grateful to recent contributors who have sent me more information about this interesting piece of history.
Some of my earliest memories are of being on Boscombe sands, playing in the waves and pulling on the penny fruit machines with my Grandad Will Trimby helping me. We moved to Portsmouth when I was 9 years old and here is me at Portsmouth Grammar School c 12yrs old.
In 1966 we moved to Oxford and it was there that I fell in love with the Church of England as we lived in Christ Church College where my father was a lodge porter. I used to go to Oxford Cathedral most days for Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir and developened a deep love for english choral music and the gentle spirituality of the regular offices.
I also used to sing as a teenager at St Mary Magdalene Church in Oxford City, a church with a distinct high church tradition which also infomed my explorations of the Christian faith.
If I had to define my ” churchmanship” ( always seemed a strange word to me) I would say I am a Liberal Anglican who appreciates both the best of Ango-catholic tradtions and the passion and conviction of Evangelicals. I trained for Church of England Ministry at The Queens College in Birmingham and was deaconed in Coventry Cathedral in 1987. Priesting followed in 2004.
I served as curate at Clifton-upon-Dunsmore near to Rugby and later at Walsgrave parish, both in Coventry Diocese. After three years in Hinckley, Leicestershire, I had eight wonderful years as Team Vicar in the Bosworth and Sheepy Benefice, looking after the Sheepy Group of five churches.
In 2006 I moved to The Paxtons and became Rural Dean of St Neots in 2007.
I was honoured to be made a Canon of Ely Cathedral in May 2014.
I love all the contact we have with young families and children and one of events I most enjoy is the Tots and Carer’s group at Little Paxton every Wednesday morning and being part of Great Paxton School as a governor and taking assemblies there.
I delight in welcoming people into our church commuities who ever and however they are. I am pleased when people enjoy coming to worship of any kind, but am equally at home out about and getting involved in village life. I am passionate about church buildings – both in respect of their architecture and also in regards as to how they may be adapted/re-ordered to serve their communities better. I like to think of myself as a bit of a local historian and run two history groups in the Paxtons.
I love plants and tending the vicarage garden. I have a rescue greyhound called Polly who lives with me and often look after my son’s lurcher dog called Charlie. I have two children, Mike who is a teacher locally and Adele a student in Coventry.
Polly my rescue Greyhound.
Please be assured I NEVER name drop in this blog or make out I’m anything special.. hate that sort of thing….
( I’m on the left!)
( April 2006 – somewhere posh in London)
See – I didnt always have grey hair!!
Below: I am not amused!
I have been known to dress up as Queen Victoria.
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