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Tuesday Lunches Relaunched - 20th September 2004

Those Tuesday lunches in the Reading Room, which Lyndsey Glassett established and ran so well for several years, are to be revived, by a committee. We shall do most things as she did them, but of course we have to earn the right to say we shall do them as well. So far we are a group of eight, besides four who will help on the Tuesdays to set, serve and clear up. Among the eight, the one person with a special responsibility is Audrey Beattie, who will take the South Northants. basic hygiene course in September to provide us with the necessary certificate under Health and Safety laws. For the present, I'll be the person to receive complaints (and other comments). We are operating under the auspices of the PCC, and protected by its insurance policy. Our first lunch will be on October 19th, at one o'clock; and we'll keep to third Tuesdays even near Christmas. The other dates for our first six months will therefore be November 16th, December 21st, January 18th, February 15th, March 15th. The list to sign to book your seat on October 19th and your choices is in the Reading Room and will stay up until October 7th. Working as a group, we need a bit more planning time than Lyndsey took, to share the work and fun fairly between us. The first lunch menu is: Stuffed Marrow (Mock Duck?), or Chicken Casserole, with Vegetables; Rice Pudding with Jam, or Apple Crumble. We want to plan our menus well ahead and do it soon after the first lunch, so please let me have any suggestions very soon after that day.

We are starting at the price of £3.50 and expect that to cover all expenses including room hire and electricity. Lyndsey worked for a fund for equipment but her aims were achieved long since, and we haven't in mind any need to raise capital. However, it was suggested to me that people enjoyed having a raffle at the lunch. We shan't undertake one for our first occasion, but do you want a raffle? If, so please make that plain at the October lunch. We are relying on the people who used to enjoy these lunches to tell their friends who used to come from other places, and we confidently invite older newcomers to the village to make these lunches a way of getting to know their community.

Lunches are normally on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Jean Spendlove
01295 768196

Nb: If Jean is not available please contact Wiggy Smith on (01295) 760953 or send an e-mail



July 2003

Luncheon Club has been suspended due to the resignation of the Organiser and main cook, Lyndsey Glassett. It was with regret that participants heard that Lyndsey had given up this work, which has been much apreciated by many villagers over the years.

It is hoped that another volunteer will be found to take over the Club. If you can help in any way please contact Bill England on billengland@btopenworld.com or telephone (01295) 760744.



Members sit down to lunch in the Reading Room.
Members sit down to lunch in
the Reading Room.
With an interest in creating good food in a social setting, I attended a Basic Hygiene Course run by the South Northamptonshire District Council. Discussing the possibility with some of the older members of the village, I found interest for a monthly lunch in the Reading Room. With support on the practicalities from my husband, Terry, and offers of hands-on assistance from Janet Hall, Gillian Reid and Val Ayres, I was encouraged to start in September 1998, and welcomed thirteen members of the village to our first meal of chicken, carrots, peas, cauliflower and potatoes, followed by apple pie and custard.

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By November, a committee had been formed and I applied for a lottery grant for £1,400 for kitchen equipment and necessary crockery and cutlery, that until then had been borrowed. What great excitement to be awarded, in April 1999, the full amount asked for, and what fun we had spending it!

The club now regularly caters for up to forty villagers, some of whom come from Wappenham and Lois Weedon, and we operate a home delivery service, within the village, to those who have difficulty in coming to the Reading Room. We offer a choice of two main meals for a cost of £2.75. Janet and Gillian have been with us from the start and shortly afterwards were joined by Zena, Lorraine, Pauline and Kate, without whom we would not function. They are a loyal and dedicated team, and I am extremely grateful for their continued support. Meals need to be booked beforehand on the list in the Reading Room. The menu is displayed there, too. If you know of anyone who would like to join us or would like a meal delivered to their Helmdon home, then please contact me: Lyndsey Leeden Glassett on 760695.
 
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