Thursday 7 April 2011

Village News

with Margaret Morbey.

W.I. Next Meeting
Visitors are very welcome to attend the W.I. Chearsley’s Gardeners’ Question Time, when there will be a panel of local gardening experts to answer questions. This will take place on Tuesday, April 19th in Chearsley Village hall starting at 2.40pm and will cost £2.50 to include tea and cake.

Sunshine Club Spring Bazaar

This will be held in The Bernard Hall, Cuddington on Saturday 16th April at 2pm with all the familiar stalls, including home -made cakes, white elephant, clothing, tombola, raffle and teas. Contributions are welcome on the morning at the hall, or phone 291516 for collection.

The Club continue to collect used ink cartridges and old mobile phones for recycling. These can be left at Cuddington Post Office or with Yvonne Edmonds at Chearsley.

Chearsley Fun Day 2011
This will be held on Saturday 21st May, similar to last year’s Chearsley Camp, but without the tents, when a” bring and share” picnic lunch is planned with a barbeque in the evening with fun and games in between.

Have your photo taken
Perry Smith, who is currently studying N.C.F.E. Digital photography, wishes to get as many people with their dogs involved in a project in Chearsley. Dogs and their owners would participate in an individual photo shoot to make up a portfolio presentation. Please contact Perry on 07704 263605 for more information and to arrange a time for the photos to be taken.

Chearsley Shop
Issue 16 of the Village Happenings reports that the shop is struggling to survive. For the shop to keep open, it needs regular use by all residents. Please consider coming to the shop for your daily newspaper or magazines, which can be ordered, for bread and milk, fresh ham, cheese, local eggs, for greetings cards, for dry cleaning. You may have noticed that fresh fruit and vegetables and the local butcher’s ham are now on sale again. Don’t let us lose our shop again.

Recycling
Tuesday 19th April is the next collection day for recycling baskets of paper, cans and plastics.

Elections on May 5th

Please note that proxy or postal votes must be applied for by April 14th. Contact AVDC on 01296 585807 or see their website for more information