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October 2022                                                                        October 2022

       Pop In Performers Group                                                              OVER THE HILL
       We will be staging “One Night One moment “ The Christmas production on 15
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       16  17  of December. This will be a Nativity in part one and a variety show in part
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       two.  For  more  details  email  popinplace@gmail.com  Tickets  will  be  available   I  am  writing  this  on  September  5   and  we  have  just  had  our  first,  heavy  rain
       shortly at £5 each                                                                   shower  for  eight  or  more  weeks.  What  a  relief  for  all  farmers  and  gardeners!
                                                                                            Perhaps  now  that  rain  is  here  and  the  temperature  has  dropped,  watering  the

                                                                                            garden will not be necessary any more for a while. Whatever, it is a tremendous
       Next Event at the Pop In Place                                                       relief  for  all,  now  we,  our  children,  grandchildren,  our  shopkeepers  and  the
       Pop In Performers Present “One Night One Moment” Christmas Show                      working  class  can  heave  a  sigh  of  relief  as  can  our  doctors  and  nurses  and  all
                                                                                            involved in the care of the population generally. Many have been reflecting back
       Thursday 15  Dec 6pm, Friday 16  Dec 7pm, Saturday 17  Dec 2pm                                                                      to  1976  and  the  hot,  dry
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                                                                                                                                           summer  then  and  have
                                                                                                                                           been  comparing  it  with
       Pop In Place Christmas Carols and Mince Pies will be on Friday 23                                                                   today.
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       December.                                                                                                                           I  believe  it  was  a  very
       10am 12 noon at the Village Hall.                                                                                                   difficult time here in the UK
                                                                                                                                           but  I  was  lucky,  because  I

                                                                                                                                           was  working  in  Southern
       Repair Shop                                                                                                                         Ireland at the time and our
                                                                                                                                           weather  there  was  fairly
       We have a small group meet on Friday mornings and do  some wood work in the                                                         r e a s o n a b l e    w i t h
       Lower room of the hall : making bird boxes, bug hotels and  planters etc  We have                                                   r e a s o n a b l y    h i g h
       completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people                                                   temperatures   and   the
       to play a game.                                                                                                                     occasional showers of rain.
       If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own                                                        I  had  letters  from  my
       small project, call in and see Paul Bennett you will be very welcome.                                                               parents  and  siblings  about
                                                                                                                                           the  weather  here.  and  it
       Have you checked out our Pop In Place website popinplace.org                                                                        was   all   thought   be
                                                                                                                                           catastrophic
       For More information call Alison Bennett 01929 47023
                                                                                                                                           At  that  time  I  was  farm
                                                                                            manager on 2500 acres just north of Wexford harbour, on  the Slobs, which had
                                                                                            been reclaimed from the sea and was behind a sea wall, very similar to the Fens
                                                                                            in East Anglia and I lived in a house just about a quarter of a mile from Wexford
       POP IN PLACE BERE REGIS REMEMBERING                                                  harbour,  which  overlooked  the  Atlantic  and  was  a  short  walk  to  the  nearest
                                                                                            beach, how could I not be happy?
       HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
                                                                                            That year, there was no talk of climate change. It was just thought to be a hot
                                                                                            summer and mankind was in no way responsible for the high temperatures and
                                                                                            lack  of  rain.  Now  we  are  aware  that  the  huge  amount  of  carbon  dioxide  that
       This year, the Pop In Place has focussed greatly on Her Majesty, The Queen. The      mankind  is  producing  from  electricity  production,  industry,  cars,  lorries,  aircraft,
       Pop In  Performers’  production in  May was  entitled, ‘Happy  and  Glorious’ which   shipping  and  the  over  use of  automobiles  generally  have  all  had  their  share  in
       looked back over the last 70 years of Her reign through song and dance.              causing  carbon  dioxide  levels  in  the  atmosphere  to  rise  as  never  before.  This
       The old village hall resounded in enthusiastic and patriotic singing of the national   enables sunlight to enter the atmosphere at a level also never known before.


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