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A Celebration for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Monday June 4th 2012
To be held at Tatchbrook Field (Granville’s)
Marquee for lunch arrive 12.30pm. Main course provided. Bar.
Fancy dress 1950’s. Entertainment from Cherington Players.
Commemoration Cup Design competition from the village children.
Children’s Games. Children’s Tea Party. Jubilee Queen award.
National Beacon lighting on Cherington Hill.
Christmas Cards
Thank you to all those who so generously gave money to St John’s in lieu of sending Christmas Cards. Over £700 was raised which is fantastic
Janet Owen
Meeting to discuss The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
There is a meeting in the village Hall at 7:30 on February 9th to discuss the CSS Villages Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Please come along and let us know your suggestions and give your opinion of where the Village Beacon should be lit.
Further information here – The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The Cherington Players 2012
The Cherington Players have great pleasure in announcing that they will, one again, be putting on a musical performance for your entertainment in the Village Hall on the following dates;
- Friday 17th February
- Saturday 18th February
- Friday 24th February
- Saturday 25th February
Each show starts at 8.00 pm with doors opening at 7:30 pm, A bar will be kindly provided by the Cherington Arms and a raffle will be held with generous prizes.
Tickets are available from Sarah Scotter (686303) at £3.50 for the opening night and then £5.50 for the other 3 performances.
Proceeds go to towards local village organisations. – The Cherington Players 2012
The CSS New Village Hall
At two recent meetings of the Village Hall Committee all major considerations of the design were discussed and a consensus of opinion determined. However, before the final go ahead is given a little more information was required in regard to the roadside elevation of the building. These details are being prepared and should be ready for consideration in January. The committee will meet again and assuming the details are approved they will be displayed in the village hall prior to submission to the planning department in Stratford.
As with all projects needing input from a number of members the process can sometimes take longer than normal business decisions owing to the complexity of assembling many people at a time and to include as many as possible. This is felt necessary to ensure the project is inclusive.
When the plans have been approved by the committee they will be displayed in the village hall. Should the approval be ready well in advance of the next ‘Brick’ then information will be posted on the village notice boards/website.
It is very important that we get our submission right in order that we put the best case forward for the granting of planning permissions. Time spent now on preparation and behind the scenes work can pay dividends in the overall scheme. Early 2012 still remains our target to get approval (hopefully!). Thereafter serious work can begin regarding execution of planning and the raising of grants.
The Coffee Shop
There is no Coffee Second Saturday in January, the Seniors will be having Christmas Lunch in the hall on the 14th. There is a coffee morning at Jacques House, Stourton, on Saturday 21st January raising funds for Church Flowers and Shipston Home Nursing – details in the diary.
There will be a Coffee Second Saturday 10-12 on Saturday 11th February at the Village Hall with a ‘Hearts and Pancakes Theme’ and a chance for people to get together and catch up with friends.
Gardening Group
The Cherington & Stourton Gardening Group meet on the first Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will be in the Cherington Arms at 8pm on Wednesday 1st February. New recruits welcome to join this relaxed and friendly group – additional benefits include discounts at local garden centres. Anyone interested should contact Harry Upson 686323
Daytime Book Club
If anyone would be interested in joining a friendly informal daytime Book Club who will meet monthly from the New Year onward then please contact Rowena – rowenawild@btinternet.com, 686448. The first gathering is at 11.00 am on Friday 13th January for interested folk to get together and decide on a suitable regular meeting day, please email or call Rowena for more information.
St Thomas’s Church, Sutton-Under-Brailes
There will be a Parish Meeting on January 18th at 7 pm and the PCC (Parochial Church Council) will meet on February 10th at 2.30pm.
Tuesday Circle
If anyone is interested in joining the Tuesday Circle, please contact Pam Brooks on 686367 or tonybrookes@talktalk.net
Neighbourhood Watch
The neighbourhood watch organisation in Cherington and Stourton is looking for a main co-ordinator. If anyone is interested, they should contact Mrs. Wright on 686270
Youth Club Re-union
Any members of the Youth Club during the 1960s and 1970s interested in a re-union should contact Christine Dudfield 686288. Date to be arranged.
Slimming World
Anyone interested in coming along to Slimming World this New Year please contact Christine on 686288. The meetings are held on Wednesdays at 7.00pm in the Townsend Hall, Shipston, or on Thursdays at 5.15pm and 7.00pm in the Congregational Church Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh.
Church Cleaning in Cherington
Many Hands Make Light Work! Volunteers required to help clean the church on Thursday 26th January from 8.30am until 10.0am. The more the merrier!
Bell Ringing – Cherington
Anyone interested in joining the bell ringers at Cherington Church please contact Paul Marriot on 686317. Practice night is Monday at 7.30pm.
Mobile Library
The mobile library will be calling at the three villages on Friday 6th January, Friday 27th January and Friday 17th February. See below for stops and time:
Cherington – Featherbed Lane 10.30am to 10.55am, Bus Shelter 11.15am to 11.35am
Stourton – Lanes End Farm 11.45am to 12.00 noon Sutton-under-Brailes – Washbrook Place 2.35pm to 3.00pm
Great Grimsby Fish
Gary the fishmonger will resume his Tuesday visits at 2pm in the Cherington Arms car park from 10th January onwards.
CSS Villages Craft Group
Our stall at Shipston’s Victorian Evening on 2nd December 2011 raised £192. All the proceeds will be donated to the New Village Hall Fund. Thank you to all those who supported this event. If anyone is interested in joining our Craft Group, please contact Jenny Pugh-Beckett on 686381
Bring & Buy Coffee Morning
The Cherington Church Flower Arrangers are holding a Bring and Buy coffee morning at The Barn at Jacques House, Stourton, on Saturday 21st January from 10am to 12 noon.
All proceeds to Shipston Home Nursing and Church Flowers fund.