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November 2021                                                                       November 2021
        BRIANTSPUDDLE AND AFFPUDDLE

                                     NEWS



       VILLAGE HALL NEWS


       Well, October is whistling by, any moment now the
       clocks  will  be  changed  and  a  feeling  that  Winter
       has  arrived  will  be  with  us.  Thankfully,  so  far,  the
       government doesn’t  feel the need  to impose  any
       covid  restrictions  and  this  means  that  the  village
       hall can offer all the facilities we enjoyed pre covid. The final decisions on how to
       carry out an activity rests with the hirer and so you will find different criteria being
       put into practice by each event.
                                                 Please  remain  vigilant  about
                                                 covid  and  look  into  the  criteria
                                                 e a c h    o r g a n i s a t i o n    i s
                                                 implementing  to  make  sure  you
                                                 are  comfortable  with  what’s  in
                                                 place.  We  have  a  tendency  to
                                                 be  stiff upper  lipped British about
                                                 things, put up with them and then
                                                 complain  afterwards  but  please
                                                 let me assure you that in this new
                                                 world  if  you  arrive  at  an  event
                                                 and  are  uncomfortable  about
                                                 spacing  of  seats,  ventilation,
                                                 masks  etc  no  one  will  think  any
       the  worse  of  you  if  you  take  yourself  home,  even  if  it  is  that  you  start  to  feel
       uncomfortable during an event.
       I  know  that  nobody  hosting  an  event  would  want  anyone  to  stay  if  they  felt
       vulnerable just out of politeness. By all means make any concerns known to me
       but the system that now seems to be operating across most of the UK is one of self
       choice, where if you’re not comfortable you don’t stay.

       That all said though, it is great to see so many things returning to the village hall,
       we now have Yoga and Pilates back on a regular footing, the community group
       coffee  shop  is  up  and  running  on  Saturday  mornings  and  the  village  café
       continues to run on a Tuesday.  We’ve had  the first  Artsreach event since covid
       shut everything down and many of you will have enjoyed a really good evening’s

       Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle website: www.briantspuddle.info

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