Thursday 12 August 2010

Village News

with Margaret Morbey

Footsteps on 25th August.
St Nicholas Church is holding its craft and drama fun day on Wednesday 25th August from 10am to 3pm for local children. Please contact Sharon Sampson on 208740 or email Sharon@cloverdale.biz for more information.

Monthly Pub Lunch at The Bell
This is quickly becoming a very popular and well attended monthly event, with the July  lunch attended by over 20. The aim is for Chearsley “ mature” residents to have more social contact by enjoying a reasonably priced meal together in the village pub,  to make new friends and catch up on village news.  Please contact Ann Hooton to book your place and order your meal for the next lunch on Wednesday, 25th August. Come along and try it.

Baby congratulations
Jay at Chearsley Shop and Tearooms is delighted to be a first time Grandma. Her daughter, Rhianna and Mitch from America are the proud parents of Aiden William, born on Saturday, August 7th. Congratulations to them all.

Chearsley Show  on Saturday, 4th September

Hopefully you still have your Show entries to hand and will remember to have them completed and handed in before Tuesday 31st August. Spare copies are available at the Tearooms.  Each entry costs 20p and there are classes for flowers, vegetables, fruit, domestic and art and craft.    The show is open to the public from 2.30pm with presentation of awards at 3.30pm. Teas will be on sale together with the chance to win a prize in the raffle.   Last year, entry numbers were up on the year before, so it would be good for the trend  to be  maintained this year, particularly as  more allotments are now being cultivated.   So please, all you gardeners and allotment growers,  consider entering your produce even if you don’t think you have prize winners. You may well be surprised.

Morris Dancing
The first really rainy day for months cleared up just in time for the Crendon Morris Men and the Morris Men( and ladies) from Owlswick to put on a splendid show, wielding clubs, jingling bells and flapping hankies, accompanied by accordions and a banjo,  outside The Bell on Tuesday, August 10. The crowd were also entertained and charmed by a Barn Owl and Little Owl which accompanied the Owlswick Morris Dancers.
Hopefully, next August, the weather will be a bit warmer.

Book of Chearsley Fayre 2010

A book of photos has been compiled of this year’s very successful Chearsley Fayre. Call in at the Tea rooms where there is a copy on show. Have a cup of tea and cake  at the same time.

Recycling
There will be a collection of  baskets for plastic, cans and paper as well as the glass container on Tuesday 24th August.
Please remember that due to the Bank Holiday, collection day for bins only will be  a day later on Wednesday September 1st