Shrove Tuesday - February 2012:
More than thirty children and lots of grown-ups from across the area
took part in the Pancake Races at St Weonards on Shrove Tuesday.
There were races for children (with prizes for everyone) and adults,
pancake tossing competitions, lots of pancakes and drinks to
enjoy, and a chance to meet friends and chat!
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Experience Christmas - December 2011:
St
Weonards School children enjoy 'Experience Christmas' with a team of
helpers in the church. The whole school was able to engage with the
Christmas Story by moving round various 'stations' to really enter into
the different themes through imagination and creative activities.
The attention and depth of response from the children made all the hard
preparation work well worth it! |
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One
act plays at Garway
Garway's
'Ave a Go
Panto
group
presented two hilarious one act comedies at the Village Hall on Friday
and Saturday evening (28th/29th October). Everyone enjoyed them
greatly, and over 130 people attended in total. If you weren't able to
be there, here's a chance to have a giggle at some of the scenes you
missed! Many thanks to Clare Francis for
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Cottage" were Dave
Harris, Clare Francis, Dave Atkinson, Kath Jasper, Wez Greenhill,
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And "It's A Dog's
Life" featured
George Gooch, Russell Whistance, Sue Ferguson, Laura Jones,
Matthew Gooch, Elliot Gooch, Richard Sparey, John Sparey, Lorraine
Webb, Audrey Dowdeswell and Chris Hill. |
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Community
apple pressing gets the
juices flowing!
Over 30
people arived at the Vicarage over the first weekend in October 2011 to
press their apples into juice! Equipment for scratting (pulping) and
pressing appleas was kindly loaned by a local resident, and further kit
was borrowed from another local church, so that apples which might
otherwise have been wasted could be converted into juice.
Advice was on
hand on cider making too, so it will be interesting to see whether any
of the juice is used for that purpose!
This was the first
time we have tried an apple pressing weekend - but from the reaction of
the visitors it won't be the last! Let's hope we are as lucky with the
weather in the future... |
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Archenfield
Arts 2011 - Festival
Day in Garway Church - October 15th
The church was packed to see and hear talented local performers - over
30 of them! Here are just a few pictures from the afternoon... |
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Harvest
supper at Windmill Hill after the Tretire Harvest Festival
More than 40 people just
managed to fit into
the packhouse at Windmill Hill for a great harvest supper, following
a capacity harvest service in Tretire Church. After the supper, Mark
Evans, with assistant James Snell, entertainingly auctioned produce and
other items donated by
farmers, growers, housewives and firewood specialists to
raise money for the church and its charitable giving. The whole event of supper and
auction raised over £600.
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