It’s now mid May, the cows are back in the fields and everything is burgeoning forth as we hopefully await a sizzling summer!
We have now had two Cream Tea Sundays at the Village Hall and both were extremely successful and much appreciated by those who sampled our scrumptious large scones with lashings of jam and cream. They made £400 in total to put towards the present on-going refurbishment and running costs of the Village Hall. The latter keep going ever higher especially the electricity costs as everyone is experiencing. A tremendous vote of thanks goes to all those involved and to all those who organised, helped and brought items for sale; they sold out extremely swiftly, always a sign of great quality.
Bunting evening took place on May 12th and as always was a jolly occasion. It was a well attended evening to renew/replace our worn out bunting with sewing machines whirring, tea and refreshments on hand and plenty of chat, produced miles of new bunting ready for Sheldon Day. Not a little wine was consumed to help oil the needles and so it was a fun evening! The new bunting will be gracing the village street during the week of the Fell Race which is Thursday July17th and Sheldon Day itself which is Saturday July 19th. Angela is looking after the raffle this year – we all need to sell as many tickets as we can. Top prize this year is a helicopter ride – wow!
We have heard from Angela and Andy that daughter Alice has a new job which she started on 19th May in London. She will be working for NDCS (National Deaf Children’s Society) as an assistant project manager on their Deaf Children Worldwide Project. Great news and congratulations.
We are very pleased to say that Ken is feeling so much better after his brief stay in hospital. Thinking of you Ken…
Congratulations go to Adrienne and Noel who will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on June 5th.
Some of us help every year at Ashford Well Dressing. It is backbreaking stuff but the camaraderie is great and the end results are beautiful. The well dressings go up on Saturday 14th June but if you would like to help on any of them in the week prior to this or if you would like to be part of the heavy gang (the chaps who put the wells up early on the Saturday morning) then do let us know and we can put you in touch.
Dates for the Diary
Thursday June 3rd
Vicar’s Coffee Morning
Your chance to meet and chat with Canon Tony in an informal setting over coffee/tea and a piece of cake.
Wednesday June 11th – Village Hall at 7.30pm
Parish Meeting
Wednesday June 18th
History Group Meeting
A visit to Taddington and a walk around the village with Ray Slack.