We started the new year with our Church coffee morning at the home of Sue and Richard Trow-Smith. The event was very well attended, with old and new faces happy to be able to catch up with our news and conversation. Our warm thanks to Sue and Richard for their welcoming hospitality, and a record £126.20p which will go to Church funds. Thank you also to all who supported this event.

Maureen Marshall

Members of the Royal British Legion King’s Cliffe Branch, the Nassington and King’s Cliffe Scout and Cub Group and the Stamford Air Cadets marched from the King’s Cliffe Ex-Servicemen’s and Social Club to King’s Cliffe Parish Church where the Service of Remembrance was very well attended.

Benefice Reader David Teall conducted the Service and gave the address. The prayers were led by Rev Karin Voth Harman and the lesson was read by Graham Scotney.

Gilbert Markley (RBL King’s Cliffe Branch), Andrew Howard (Parish Council), Ian Mackay (Scout Groups) and M. Blackshaw ( Air Cadets) laid wreaths of Remembrance. James Sardeson (Bugler) sounded the Last Post and Reveille. The collection of £247.57 was donated to the Poppy Appeal.

A Grand Total of £4,600.00 was collected during our Poppy Appeal this year with the following amounts from each village:

King’s Cliffe £2,550.26 Apethorpe £436.13

Woodnewton £29.30 Nassington £460.94

Yarwell £167.63 Fotheringhay £955.74

Many thanks to all those who took part - Door to Door Collectors, Village Shops, Public Houses, Local Schools etc. This was a marvellous result which showed an increase of £349.90 over the previous year.

Gilbert Markley (Poppy Appeal District Organiser)