The Parish Council have been informed that, due to unforeseen circumstances, Brookside Travel have had to hand in the contract for bus service 35 at very short notice.It will now be operated by Stagecoach, under an emergency tender, from Monday 24th July until Friday 1st September. The service will operate 45 minutes later in each Read More …

Major works are being undertaken to the railway bridge on Northampton Road, Kettering from 24th July to 4th September 2017; the road will be closed at the bridge throughout this period. Although the recommended diversion for A14 traffic accessing Kettering is via the A14/A43/Rockingham Road, it is highly likely that many road users will exit Read More …

Over 100 family and friends attended the recent funeral of Jim Willis at All Saints parish church.  At 96 years young, Jim was Thorpe Malsor’s oldest resident, and had lived and worked in the village for most of his life.  Born in Loddington, he moved with his family to Thorpe Malsor as a young boy, Read More …

Joan Smart has recently retired as Clerk to Thorpe Malsor Parish Council – for the third time!  She has been the Parish Clerk for over 20 years, serving from 1987 to 1993, 2002 to 2008 and then again from 2011 until her most recent retirement.  She gave up the role twice due to caring responsibilities Read More …

This month over 30 people enjoyed a Christmas lunch at the Tea & Chat meeting in Thorpe Malsor social club.  Sue Walton and her regular team of helpers cooked a lovely hot lunch, dessert and mince pies.  In December the regular Tea & Chat session will take place earlier than usual, on Wednesday 7th December, Read More …

The recent village ‘Big Breakfast’ held in the village hall was an excellent community event, thank you to everyone who attended.  £242 was raised which has been used to purchase new room screens for the hall.

We are sorry to announce that Mrs Edie Cunliffe died recently.  Until 2 years ago she lived at 2 The Square, Thorpe Malsor but moved to be near to her son Graham and family in Long Melford when her health deteriorated.  She and her husband Alec were well known in Thorpe Malsor and took part Read More …

Kettering Borough Council Community Services have just awarded the Village Hall Management Committee a grant of £1345 to renew the Village Hall gates.  Francis Pope, Chairman of the Parish Council, reports that the work will hopefully be completed by late Autumn.