Saturday, 6 December 2014
Friday, 5 December 2014
Message from Maddie
Hi my name is Maddie, I am 10 years old and live with my family in Elm Brook Close. I think it would be nice for the Kids in the village aged 0-13 to have a Christmas party, with a visit from Father Christmas, for all the children to enjoy; so my mum is helping me to arrange one:
Saturday 20th December
Chearsley Village Hall
3-5pm
£5 per child
Please can you let me know if you would like to come – there will be games and a disco and party food! Can you e-mail me at Maddie@grayemail.co.uk.
Merry Christmas!
Love Maddie
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Village News
with Margaret Morbey
Christmas Party Saturday December 20
Maddie Gray of Chearsley has had the great idea that the children aged 0 – 13 in Chearsley should have a Christmas party and she is organising it with a bit of help from her Mum. It will take place in the village hall from 3.00pm until 5.00pm on Saturday December 20. There will be games and a disco and party food and a visit from Father Christmas and the cost is £5 per child. Please let Maddie know if you would like to come by emailing maddie@grayemail.co.uk. Well done to Maddie, who is only 10, for thinking about what would be fun for Chearsley children and being prepared to go ahead and arrange it herself.
Christmas Bingo in The Bell - The Bell was crowded with Bingo players on Tuesday December 2 eager for a fun evening and hopeful for a win. An impressive £100 was the jackpot prize for one lucky player on the last game of the evening. The raffle raised £49 towards the 3 New Bells. Bingo in the New year will start again on Tuesday January 6, when the Snowball game continues to accumulate to more than £100. The Bell offers meals beforehand at a special Bingo players rate. Paul and Andy our regular Bingo callers make the evenings good fun and manage to keep order (just about) when excitement takes over. Thanks and Happy Christmas to them and to Sharon and her staff for hosting the evenings.
Christmas Tree Lights - Revised Date - Friday 12th
This will be the 6th year since the Parish Council had the good idea of putting up a Christmas tree on The Green. It creates a bright Christmasy feel to the village, and the “Switching on of the Lights” makes another occasion for everyone in Chearsley to come together to celebrate what a friendly, cheery village Chearsley is. So all villagers are invited to gather round the Christmas tree on Friday December 12th at 6.30pm for carol singing, mince pies and mulled wine and for the countdown to the lights being switched on. Thanks to Nic Brown and the Parish Council for organising this again.
Carols round the village - anyone who would like to join in a band of carol singers walking round the village should meet at the bus stop on Thursday December 18 at 6.00pm. Collections will be made in aid of Cystic Fibrosis and Debra.
New Year’s Eve celebrations in Chearsley - Come up to The Bell on New Year’s Eve which will be open to see in the New Year with food and a disco from 6.00pm until late at a cost of £5.00 each. The Bell will be open again on New Year’s Day at 12.00 noon until 4.00pm. serving food and The Bell’s New Year’s Day Breakfast until 3.00pm It is then closed in the evening.
Services at St Nicholas during the Christmas Period:
Christmas Party Saturday December 20
Maddie Gray of Chearsley has had the great idea that the children aged 0 – 13 in Chearsley should have a Christmas party and she is organising it with a bit of help from her Mum. It will take place in the village hall from 3.00pm until 5.00pm on Saturday December 20. There will be games and a disco and party food and a visit from Father Christmas and the cost is £5 per child. Please let Maddie know if you would like to come by emailing maddie@grayemail.co.uk. Well done to Maddie, who is only 10, for thinking about what would be fun for Chearsley children and being prepared to go ahead and arrange it herself.
Christmas Bingo in The Bell - The Bell was crowded with Bingo players on Tuesday December 2 eager for a fun evening and hopeful for a win. An impressive £100 was the jackpot prize for one lucky player on the last game of the evening. The raffle raised £49 towards the 3 New Bells. Bingo in the New year will start again on Tuesday January 6, when the Snowball game continues to accumulate to more than £100. The Bell offers meals beforehand at a special Bingo players rate. Paul and Andy our regular Bingo callers make the evenings good fun and manage to keep order (just about) when excitement takes over. Thanks and Happy Christmas to them and to Sharon and her staff for hosting the evenings.
Christmas Tree Lights - Revised Date - Friday 12th
This will be the 6th year since the Parish Council had the good idea of putting up a Christmas tree on The Green. It creates a bright Christmasy feel to the village, and the “Switching on of the Lights” makes another occasion for everyone in Chearsley to come together to celebrate what a friendly, cheery village Chearsley is. So all villagers are invited to gather round the Christmas tree on Friday December 12th at 6.30pm for carol singing, mince pies and mulled wine and for the countdown to the lights being switched on. Thanks to Nic Brown and the Parish Council for organising this again.
Carols round the village - anyone who would like to join in a band of carol singers walking round the village should meet at the bus stop on Thursday December 18 at 6.00pm. Collections will be made in aid of Cystic Fibrosis and Debra.
New Year’s Eve celebrations in Chearsley - Come up to The Bell on New Year’s Eve which will be open to see in the New Year with food and a disco from 6.00pm until late at a cost of £5.00 each. The Bell will be open again on New Year’s Day at 12.00 noon until 4.00pm. serving food and The Bell’s New Year’s Day Breakfast until 3.00pm It is then closed in the evening.
Services at St Nicholas during the Christmas Period:
- Sunday December 14 at 4.00pm Christingle
- Sunday December 21 at 4.00pm Carol Service
- Christmas Eve at 3.00pm Crib Service
- Christmas Eve at 10.30pm Midnight Communion
- Christmas Day at 10.00am Christmas Praise
- Sunday December 28 No Service in Chearsley
- Sunday December 7 Quiz in The Bell at 8.00pm
- Wednesday December 10 Christmas Pub Lunch at 12.30pm
- Friday December 12 Haddenham Mummers Play at 9.30- ish pm in The Bell
- Saturday December 13 Christmas tree lights Switch on 6.30pm on The Green
- Sunday December 14 Christingle at 4.00pm in St Nicholas Church
- Thursday December 18 Carol singing round the village. Meet at 6.00pm at the bus stop
- Wednesday December 24 Long Crendon Mummers at 7.30pm in The Bell
Friday, 28 November 2014
Christmas crime prevention and personal safety messages
Thames Valley Police is today launching its Christmas crime prevention and personal safety messages.
The campaign starts with information about online fraud.
Read advice on avoiding online fraud and other crime prevention advice on the Christmas crime prevention page on the Thames Valley Police website.
There will be four further strands in the lead up to and during the Christmas and the New Year festive period.
In full the five strands are
The campaign starts with information about online fraud.
Read advice on avoiding online fraud and other crime prevention advice on the Christmas crime prevention page on the Thames Valley Police website.
There will be four further strands in the lead up to and during the Christmas and the New Year festive period.
In full the five strands are
- Online fraud
- Personal safety
- Theft from motor vehicles
- Burglary dwelling
- Domestic abuse
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Village News
with Margaret Morbey
Confirmation Service
Eleven children from Chearsley were among nineteen from the Benefice who were confirmed at St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough on Sunday November 23. The service was led by Bishop Henry Scriven. Congratulations to Jack, Alex, Oliver, Rory, Tory, Grace, Maddie, Amy Isabelle, Libby and William. More details of the day and photos can be found on the St Nicholas Church website.
3 New Bells - these have now been tuned and are at Whites, the bell hangers in Appleton, Oxford. They will shortly be brought over to St Nicholas church to be hung in time for Christmas. It is hoped that the bells will be on view in the church for a short time before they are hung.
Christmas at The Bell – Christmas Meals will be available from Monday December 1 until December 24 by booking only at The Bell until December 24. A two course meal is priced at £19.95 and 3 courses for £23.95. Please contact The Bell on 01844 208077 or email Sharon.
If you would like to join in the Christmas Turkey Lunch with the regular monthly pub lunchers on Wednesday December 10 at a price of £12, please contact me on 208913.
Sunday Quiz at The Bell - this will be held on Sunday December 7 at 8.30pm. Come in a team or on your own.
Haddenham Mummers - Friday December 12 - they will be performing their traditional Mummers Play in The Bell at 9.30pm as part of their “out of village tour”. All donations go towards local charities which has amounted to over £12,000 since the group was revived in 1976.
Agatha Christie Theatre Company
Performances of Black Coffee by Agatha Christie in which Eric Carte has been appearing all over the UK for almost all of 2014 are now over. Eric has a short break after the last performance in Derby before he starts rehearsing again with the Agatha Christie Theatre company, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, in “And Then There were None” -“based on the best-selling thriller of all time with over 100million copies sold, Agatha Christie’s own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale will thrill and enthral, as murder unfolds”. It is scheduled for the play to open in Windsor in January 2015 before going on tour with a week in Milton Keynes from July 20.
House of Strangers by new Chearsley author, Tim Bradley.
If you missed the opportunity to buy Tim’s first new adventure book for children/teen/adults at Cuddington Fayre last week, the book is on sale at the Book House in Thame price £6.99. An idea for a Christmas present.
Chearsley Christmas Cards - Alicia Howard has been busy again designing and producing 2 different sets of delightful Christmas cards of Chearsley. They are available in packs of 4 costing £2.50 on sale in Chearsley Shop and The Bell. Proceeds will go towards the 3 New Bells
Family Quiz in January 2015 – this will be held on Saturday January 31 in the village hall. A quiz for all the family, starting at 5.00pm until 8.00pm Tickets cost £10 each to include a fish and chips supper and pudding. More information and details of how to buy tickets will be available soon.
Diary Dates :
Confirmation Service
Eleven children from Chearsley were among nineteen from the Benefice who were confirmed at St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough on Sunday November 23. The service was led by Bishop Henry Scriven. Congratulations to Jack, Alex, Oliver, Rory, Tory, Grace, Maddie, Amy Isabelle, Libby and William. More details of the day and photos can be found on the St Nicholas Church website.
3 New Bells - these have now been tuned and are at Whites, the bell hangers in Appleton, Oxford. They will shortly be brought over to St Nicholas church to be hung in time for Christmas. It is hoped that the bells will be on view in the church for a short time before they are hung.
Christmas at The Bell – Christmas Meals will be available from Monday December 1 until December 24 by booking only at The Bell until December 24. A two course meal is priced at £19.95 and 3 courses for £23.95. Please contact The Bell on 01844 208077 or email Sharon.
If you would like to join in the Christmas Turkey Lunch with the regular monthly pub lunchers on Wednesday December 10 at a price of £12, please contact me on 208913.
Sunday Quiz at The Bell - this will be held on Sunday December 7 at 8.30pm. Come in a team or on your own.
Haddenham Mummers - Friday December 12 - they will be performing their traditional Mummers Play in The Bell at 9.30pm as part of their “out of village tour”. All donations go towards local charities which has amounted to over £12,000 since the group was revived in 1976.
Agatha Christie Theatre Company
Performances of Black Coffee by Agatha Christie in which Eric Carte has been appearing all over the UK for almost all of 2014 are now over. Eric has a short break after the last performance in Derby before he starts rehearsing again with the Agatha Christie Theatre company, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, in “And Then There were None” -“based on the best-selling thriller of all time with over 100million copies sold, Agatha Christie’s own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale will thrill and enthral, as murder unfolds”. It is scheduled for the play to open in Windsor in January 2015 before going on tour with a week in Milton Keynes from July 20.
House of Strangers by new Chearsley author, Tim Bradley.
If you missed the opportunity to buy Tim’s first new adventure book for children/teen/adults at Cuddington Fayre last week, the book is on sale at the Book House in Thame price £6.99. An idea for a Christmas present.
Chearsley Christmas Cards - Alicia Howard has been busy again designing and producing 2 different sets of delightful Christmas cards of Chearsley. They are available in packs of 4 costing £2.50 on sale in Chearsley Shop and The Bell. Proceeds will go towards the 3 New Bells
Family Quiz in January 2015 – this will be held on Saturday January 31 in the village hall. A quiz for all the family, starting at 5.00pm until 8.00pm Tickets cost £10 each to include a fish and chips supper and pudding. More information and details of how to buy tickets will be available soon.
Diary Dates :
- Monday December 1 Mobile Library at The Green from 10.00 to 10.25am
- Tuesday December 2 Christmas Bingo at 8.30pm
- Friday December 5 The Bell is open every Friday for Tea, Coffee and homemade cake. 10.00am to 12.00pm
- Friday December 5 Unlock The Box at 8.30pm at The Bell. You have to be there to take part in the pub’s new weekly game. Tickets available to purchase throughout the week.
- Sunday December 7 Family Communion and Junior Church at 10.00am in St Nicholas Church
- Sunday December 7 Meat Raffle at The Bell at 3.00pm
- Sunday December 7 Monthly Quiz at The Bell at 8.30pm
- Wednesday December 10 Christmas Lunch at 12.30pm - contact me on 208913 if you would like to come along.
- Friday December 12 Haddenham Mummers Play at 9.30pm in The Bell
- Sunday December 14 Christingle Service at 4.00pm in St Nicholas Church
Monday, 24 November 2014
Friday, 21 November 2014
Haddenham Medical Centre Newsletter
A copy of the latest Haddenham Health News, including a Staff Update and information on the Flu Campaign 2014, can be downloaded from here.
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