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April 2023 April 2023

not only in his capacity as Parish Councillor but as the Village Hall Chairman and
as Manager of the Village Shop. This contribution was thrown into sharp relief
during the pandemic. Stuart’s involvement across all 3 Parish organisations meant
that from a standing start and with the generous help of many others, the Parish
could respond quickly to the challenges of Covid for the benefit of our
community.
Parish Councillors would like to thank Stuart for all his hard work and wish him well
for the future.

VILLAGE HALL NEWS

So as we enter April I'm going to keep this month
short and sweet, hopefully. You will be able to find all
the regular events and activities going on in the
hall on the community website and the hall
noticeboards.
But this month I want to remind us all of two major upcoming events. The Kings
coronation and our first open gardens since before covid.
On the weekend of the 6th 7th and 8th of may the hall will be available at no cost
for coronation events to move into should the weather be at all unfavourable. I
will be available all weekend and in the event that the hall is needed I will make
sure it is open. Some of the village hall trustees are involved in the various things
going on in celebration of King Charles the 111 coronation. It is hoped that we will
be opening the hall and relaying the actual coronation itself on the big screen in
the hall for all those who would like to witness it as a community event rather than
just at home. Most people who have declared a preference are keen to have
another street party similar to her late majesty's platinum jubilee celebrations and
so that is what we are aiming to do on the Sunday, with the party taking place
outside the hall again so that as before if the it's wet we can all move inside. If
anyone is willing to volunteer to help with the day please let me know and the
various teams can be formed. The tea party on the Sunday afternoon will lead on
into the evening with music and dancing etc.
The other big event this year is "open gardens". 12 households have so far agreed
to open their gardens to the public on the 11th June between 10am and 4pm. To
make the event a real success we could do with somewhere in the region of
another 6-10 gardens so if you would be interested in helping in this way please
contact me, my details are at the bottom of this article. There are countless other
jobs to be done in making such an event go off smoothly, helping prepare and
serve food, manning the car park, advertising before the event. Putting up signs
along the roads directing people in and many more. I am starting to collect a list

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