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Flowers and Cleaning
There will be a bar, and the evening will begin at 7.00 for 7.30, with tickets
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available from 5 January 2017 by phoning Sue ( booking clerk) on 01929 472118 Date: Flowers: Cleaning:
or Jenny (the chairman) on 01929 471498).
7 Jan. 2017 Anne Forty Anne Forty
Look out for posters at the beginning of January.
14 Jan. Sue Gibbs Sue Gibbs
VILLAGE LUNCH
21 Jan. Nicky Killer Nicky Killer
The soup and sweet village hall lunch will be held on Thursday 12 January 2017 28 Jan .Erica Moriarty Erica Moriarty
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12.30 for 1.00 o’clock. This month we will be serving ham and lentil soup followed
by a hot seasonal pudding . As usual put your name down in the shop when you 4 Feb. Jean Clarke Lindy Ventham
see the poster, or phone Jenny on 471498 to book.

OPEN GARDENS

There has not been an open gardens event
in our Parish since the inception of the Village
Hall new build began in 2010, so there will be
plenty of people who are not familiar with
the format.
This year we had planned an event at the
beginning of June, unfortunately it transpired
that our usual bus and driver(s) are not
available for the weekend that we’d
planned.

What usually happens you see, is that because the villages of Affpuddle,
Briantspuddle and Throop (where gardens open) are some distance from each
other, with Affpuddle and Briantspuddle being separated by a rather dangerous
stretch of road, we use a bus service to connect them.
A local resident whose hobby is restoring vintage buses kindly helps us by running
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this temporary service for open gardens day. He cannot manage the 1 weekend
in June, so we have rescheduled for Sunday 28 May.
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On the day Gardens usually open from about 10.00am with a car park
(dependent on their kind permission) in Trevor and Carol’s field where entry tickets OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
are sold. There are meals served in the hall from morning coffee, to lunches and
teas. After the event there is a simple meal in the hall for helpers to wind down
and discuss the day.
Thank you very much to everyone who contributed filled shoe-
boxes to Affpuddle St Laurence’s Operation Christmas Child
There is a plant and preserve stall in the yard. The afforsaid bus travels back and
effort. They are now on their way to bring joy to a
forth all day picking up and depositing passengers.
disadvantaged child in Africa or Eastern Europe.
As you can guess this is a very weather dependent event, and we need as many
gardens to open and willing volunteers as we can get. We ask for cakes makers, Penny Haigh

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