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For the last few years that I have been Chairman, Charles has been Vice
Chairman. When considering the post, I asked Charles if he would consider being
Vice Chairman as I wanted to take advantage of his knowledge and experience.
Looking back, I was being presumptuous, but Charles with characteristic
generosity agreed without hesitation. I am very grateful for this and he taught me
so much.
It was very sad to say goodbye to Charles at his Thanksgiving, but a life better
lived is hard to imagine, surrounded by family and friends. I am privileged to call
Charles a friend as so many of us are. The hand of friendship he offered us and to
this Parish over the largest part of his life is indeed something to give thanks for.
Thank you, Charles.
Sue Jones

VILLAGE HALL NEWS

So, as we steam on into the fifth month of this year
already we are all aware of how quickly time flies
by and just how busy everyone is. The somewhat
slower paced life of, for most of us, a couple of
years at home with various lockdowns and covid
restrictions seems to definitely be behind us and the
pressures and calls upon our time back in the real world have returned.
It is with this in mind that with a coronation ahead and a return to running an
open gardens event that the trustees have had to take the difficult decision to
cancel this years open gardens event. This is not a decision we have taken lightly
but our main concern is that with everything else that is going on we would not
be able to give such an event the justice and commitment it needs and thereby

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