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Once again, we are opening our doors for the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. A date for your diaries : Friday 28 th September from 10 am onwards. We will be serving hot and cold drinks and some delicious homemade cakes so come along and meet up with your friends for a morning of fun and laughter. To help raise money for this very worthwhile charity we will be selling homemade cakes to take away, holding a raffle with lots of lovely prizes to win and a chocolate tombola. Donations of cakes, raffle prizes and anything vaguely resembling chocolate would be gratefully received! For more information please contact Anne on 01673 842099 or Maureen on 849890. See you there at Middle Rasen Methodist Church, 10am onwards all welcome! Coffee, Cake and Chat Team |
The Middle Rasen Parish Middle Rasen is situated in the district of West Lindsey in the county of Lincolnshire, about 16 miles north east of Lincoln in the lea of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Although the village is mainly contained to the north of the A631, sitting astride the river Rase, the Parish is much larger covering 3622 acres. The middle settlement between East Rasen, now known as Market Rasen, and West Rasen, it was the most important village of the three in the latter part of the Middle Ages. Indeed much of the northern area of Market Rasen town is in Middle Rasen Parish. See how Richard Harries walked from Land's End to John O'Groats in support of GLOBAL ANGELS this year ..... or visit our page setting out how to access Charitable Funding from the village trusties. MIDDLE RASEN CHARITY GALA
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MIDDLE RASEN PARISH COUNCIL The next 2 meetings are on Tuesday 16th October18th and Tuesday 20th November 2018. There is a public forum from 7.20pm followed by Council Meeting which commences at 7.30pm prompt. Flood Alleviation Scheme For more information on the work in Middle Rasen, please contact Charlotte Hughes, Project Leader (L.C.C. Environment & Economy)....tel 01522 782070 ............... |
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Keeping Middle Rasen Tidy Please take part in a Litter Pick on Saturday 6th October. Meet at 10.30am at 12 Naylor's Drive to collect litter picking tools and bags. Routes will be agreed according to the number of volunteers but Sand Lane, Gallamore Lane and Gainsborough Road always need doing. Please come and help for an hour or two. You could drive to some of the routes and pick a bag of rubbish within 100 yards of your car. Those of us who went out in April collected over 20 bags of rubbish along Gallamore Lane in a couple of hours. Cllr Gail Dennis |
Nature Watch Watts Wood (Dunholme Reserve) From humble origins as a cereal field, Watts Wood was been carefully planned and planted by the Watts family and friends over a period of 20 years. Between 1991 and 2000, 3200 trees were planted including some interesting species to create a site more like an arboretum than a native woodland. The trees were chosen for their benefit to wildlife and to provide colour and pleasure to walkers. Adjacent to Watts Wood are Pickering's Meadow nature reserve and the community woodland Monks Wood, planted by Nettleham Woodland Trust . Nearest postcode: LN2 3NN A Touch of the Himalayas When I finished work with the NHS as a Health Visitor, I decided to go to India. On my bucket list was to experience an ashram, where the students rest, contemplate and practice yoga. It was there I met a lovely Korean teacher who told me I should become a teacher of yoga as I have the right qualities needed for the role. Much to my surprise, I just smiled and put it in with my memories of a wonderful trip. This thought grew, and since then I have completed my foundation studies in yoga with the British Wheel of Yoga, and I am at present a student on the Diploma teaching course. I did return to the Himalayas, to complete my Traditional Himalayan Yoga Training level one. And have started to run classes in the village. I like to combine my knowledge as a nurse and yoga teacher to build a healthy body and a still mind. The exercises are suitable for all ages, and the healthy benefits are amazing. It strengthens joints and glands, improving posture and using the breath helps with any respiratory problems. I love the holistic practice of the yoga to help people help themselves towards a healthy life style. It is a real privilege to share some of the secrets of what the Himalayan Tradition has practiced for many years, and bring some of the essence of India into a Lincolnshire Village. Classes : Middle Rasen Village Hall Wednesday Morning 10.30 to 11.30 am £5. The 8 week course starts in October on Friday evenings 7.00 to 8.30pm, £60. To book please contact Sue 07415 304174
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The Nags Head Public House
Mandy and Nigel welcome you to Groups in Middle Rasen
Visit Coffee Cake & Chat or the Lunch Club Go to report from Middle Rasen Bowls Group If your group is not listed and/or needs a correction please contact Gordon Jennings 0794 888 1121 See whats on at www.broadbenttheatre.org or ring 0300 400 0101
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MIDDLE RASEN's TWO MILLS |
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THE WIND MILL
The Mill in Middle Rasen was built in 1820 and was a working windmill until 1932, when the sails failed. It was run by petrol motor for some time after that but eventually fell into disrepair and became derelict. When we bought the property the mill was little more than the brick shell. We have rebuilt the cap on traditional lines with the help of a local millwright, Tom Davies. The structure comprises 20 oak struts which sit on a 4" oak wall-plate, which in turn is bolted to a 6" circular steel ring-beam. The struts are first covered with half-inch pine attached horizontally. This is next covered with vertical half-inch planks of western red cedar, a very light and pliable timber which is also quite weather resistant. Here is where we depart from tradition, because a working mill cap originally would have been painted. Since the cap would have rotated so that the overlap of the boards always faced away from the wind the joints between the cedar boards would have been fairly protected from the ingress of rain. In any case, building standards in those days were not as exacting as now. We need a finish which will be reliably weather-proof but provide an appearance which will as closely resemble the original as possible, and for these reasons we have opted for a white fibre glass (or G.R.P.) covering. Richard Harries
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THE WATER MILL There has been a mill here since 1597 and maybe many years longer. There used to be many mills on the Rase but now there are only three remaining, Tealby, Market Rasen and here. The Middle Rasen one being the only one with its original workings mainly in place, the other two having been converted to domestic use. We moved into the property in 1970 when we found the mill to be in a very dilapidated state, with a sagging roof, its gable collapsing and the floor was powder. I had the gable ends repaired and the roof re-instated. The flooring was replaced with oak floorboards rescued from the demolition of Grimsby Hospital (a labour of love on my part). So it is now restored for years to come. The water-course from the river Rase to the mill was put back and the mill pond re-formed. Since coming here I have seen the West Rasen Mill allowed to fall down and the final disappearance of Peck Mill in Market Rasen. The Middle Rasen Mill was last worked in the early 1960's by Fred Cottingham, but has not been used as a mill all the time. In the mid 1700's James Harrison, carpenter, moved in to the mill. He was the brother of John Harrison who formulated the way of calculating Longitude. They left Barton-on-Humber to go to London to try and win the prize offered for this, and James, for whatever reason also decided to come to the mill to carry on his trade of carpentry. In fact he made all the pews for Aylesbury Church near Grimsby at the Mill. James had also previous to going to London with his brother, been the carpenter who made his brothers design for Grandfather clocks, entirely made of wood, even the cogs! Three years ago, the wheel arch was badly damaged during the earthquake, with the keystones dropping, and a nasty split in the wall. Metal tie bars were inserted to support the area and brickwork replaced. The fact is that the three storey building has no foundations which amazed the man who re-formed the Mill Pond, using a drag line, and found the whole base was just shifting sand. They certainly knew how to build in those days. Having re-constructed the Mill and waterway, I hope the Mill will still be extant in another hundred years. Dr L.G. Parry |
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