Flower and Wine

Flower Arrangement Demonstration

by
Sheila Hand

NAFAS Demonstrator in Floral Art

7.30 pm Monday 12^th July 2010

In Fladbury Church in the setting of the stunning Flower Festival

Tickets : £5 to include a glass of wine after the talk

From: Bill North(860440) Marion Bomford(861390)

Jane Hughes(860650) or on the door

A Walkabout Event

Keep Fit is now at Cropthorne School

while the village hall is closed for refurbishment.

every Wednesday

7.30 – 8.30pm

£3 a session

If you need more information,

give me a call on 01386 860699;

Email: jacqui.king@btinternet.com or just turn up

Proceeds to the village hall funds

Fundraising that’s good for you!

Pershore Midsummer Brass

Saturday 10^th July

10am- 10pm

There will be 24 Bands and over 40 performances throughout the day.

The venues are the Pershore Abbey, Angel Inn, Baptist Church and

.

All day tickets £10 (under 10’s free)

For more details visit www.midsummerbrass.org.uk

01386 554004

Supported by PMTP

FLADBURY PLAYERS

By Huge Public Demand !

ANOTHER POPULAR PANTOMIME

will be staged in Fladbury Village Hall

from Thursday 24^th Feb to Sunday 27^th Feb.,2011

If you’re not already on our Register and wish

to be considered for a part or to help in any way

please contact either of our Joint Directors

Christine Haines on 861114 or Jess Wild on 860049 [evenings only]

Auditions are planned for September and Rehearsals will start in October with a break for Christmas.

We need lots of actors and lots of helpers.

It’s going to be great fun!

Give it a go! You know you’ve always wanted to!!

Christine and Jess look forward to hearing from you

CHARLTON WITH CROPTHORNE PRE-SCHOOL

On Friday 11^th June, Charlton with Cropthorne Pre-School enjoyed a memorable day out at the local Vale Studios. Not only was it an unforgettable experience and thoroughly good fun for a bunch of excited budding vocalists, it doubled up as a great fund-raiser for Pre-School via proceeds from sales of the CD recorded.

The outing kicked off the start of a busy fun-packed half- term schedule for Charlton with Cropthorne Pre-School, which includes dressing-up days, a Forest School trip to Ragley Estate, putting forward a team for Cancer Research Relay for Life, Sports Day and Family BBQ, a trip to Umberslade Farm Park and End of Term Party.

Anybody interested in places for children aged 2½ plus for the coming September term can call Alison Davies on 07966 216980.

HOLLAND HOUSE

In harmony with creation

July

15th Quiet Garden Day

‘Wells’

15th ‘Mrs Holland 1920’s

Garden Party’

Canapés and Strawberries £10

20th Tuesday Lunch

Speaker tbc

22nd to 28th CARM

Photography, Painting and Prayer £345

August

9th & 10th Mark Townsend

‘The Gospel of Falling Down

Retreat’ £120

24th Tuesday Lunch

Speaker tbc

19th Quiet Garden Day

‘Waterfalls and Weirs’

20th to 22nd CARM

‘Poetry and Prayer’ £125

Arts & Crafts Days in‘The garDen’

Saturday 4th July & Saturday 25 th September

Yoga for Beginners with Sharon Alderson

£25 per person, please bring a suitable mat/towel

Saturday 10th July – The Herb Garden

Talk and demonstration by Andrew Mikolajski, 10am - 4pm,

£40 per person

Further Information, bookings or to obtain a full programme for the year can be obtained from Holland House:

Telephone 860330 or email enquiries@hollandhouse.org

~ www.hollandhouse.org ~

Volunteer Gardener Wanted

To help maintain the beautiful garden and grounds at

Holland House Retreat and Conference Centre

Lunch and some expenses provided

Please write to Reverend Ian Spencer

Holland House,

, Cropthorne

Nr Pershore Worcs WR10 3NB

01386 860330

CUSHION CHURCH @ WYRE .COMe

Cushion church is an informal but focussed time of worship for any who like to worship simply, and in the company of children. We bring cushions to sit on to remind us we’re in God’s house and as we carry our cushions back and forth we remember that Church isn’t really a building but a way of living our lives in the presence of a God who loves us deeply. As such, all our cushions are blessed during the service, so bring yours along for a blessing !

Here are the next few dates:

July 18^th – Village Hall August 15^th – St Anne’s

September 19^th – Village Hall October 17^th – St Anne’s

November 21^st – Village Hall

December 19^th – St Anne’s Christmas special !

We look forward to welcoming you to the only “Cushion Church” service in the world………!

Don’t forget your cushion !

For further information please contact:

Revd Lynn Busfield 01386 860356 Revd Ian Spencer 01386 860330

REGULAR EVENTS

Parish Plodders

A group of young at heart but not so young in the legs who meet monthly for a good walk somewhere around the neighbourhood. Some are church members, many are not, but we hope we are all very friendly.

July Walk - Sponsored walk between our Five Churches, meet at Wyre Piddle Church, 10.00am Wednesday 21st July. More walkers and sponsors welcome. Money raised will be for the Church.

Everyone is welcome to join any of our walks, come by yourself or bring a friend or a dog.

If you need more information phone Celia (861348)

or Peter (861791)

Charlton Chattery

Wednesday 21st July 2.30 – 4.00pm

No Chattery in August.

Charlton Schoolroom

50p for endless tea and biscuits. Money raised for the school room funds.

Raffle Quiz (easy) Good company

Everyone very welcome for a cuppa and chat.

Coffee & Chat

A busy sunny morning on 12 June brought only a few people together for coffee but chat was enjoyed and £30 was raised on the Bring-&-Buy stall for the Friends of Pool Garden. Many thanks to all who came and contributed.

Coffee & Chat will not happen in the Church in July as it is the Walkabout on 10 and 11. However, the bring-and-buy stall goods will be on sale at the Walkabout. The next Coffee and Chat will be on Saturday 14 August please look out for notices for further information.

Monthly Events See previous page

Women’s Institute See pages 24 and 25

Holland House See Page 12

In an effort to avoid clashes of events and to advertise ahead, we are publishing a looking-ahead diary each month. Please let us have dates to be included, by the 15^th of the previous month. Please include the actual day of the week as well as the date. Jane Bugg on 860531, email: pjbugg@btinternet.com

Preference is given to Local Events.

Strawberry Tea & Pimms

On the Sheppey @ Cropthorne & Charlton Village Hall

Sunday July 11^th from 3.00pm

Come and celebrate the start of the hall refurbishment project

plus the plans for new play equipment – see what we are up to.

Sheppey Junior Sport Club archery competition

Free entrance ~ any profit on food and drinks to our fundraising.

Please contact Jacqui on 860699 or Jane on 861078

Supporting HELP for HEROES

Independence Day Gig

Sunday 4^th July 2.00pm to 5.30pm

GARDENER’S ARMS, CHARLTON

Live Band, Pig Roast, Bouncy Castle, Raffle,

Everyone is welcome

For more details Tel: Shona Sprang 01386 860493

FLADBURY FUN RUN OR WALK

2pm SUNDAY 11th JULY

at the Fladbury Walkabout

STILL TIME TO ENTER

Entry forms from

The Fladbury First School Office or

Ezbe Bruce on Fladburyfunrun@virginmedia.com

Sponsored by DAVE LOUDON CARS

Please don’t forget it’s the

FLADBURY FESTIVAL & WALKABOUT

on Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 July – 11am to 5pm

Lots to see and do – all welcome!

Evening concert on Saturday at 7.30pm

Fun Run on Sunday at 2pm

Church Service on Sunday at 4.30pm

And help is still needed. If you can help, please ring….

Margaret Hawkins 860518 - serving refreshments

Alison King 07980 744681 – white elephant and selling it

Kathleen Bentley 861847 – cakes for the cake stall

Andy Parsloe, Walkabout Chairman on 860245 –

for all other sorts of help

WYRE PIDDLE

FLOWER SHOW

AUGUST 22nd

At

2.00pm

in

THE VILLAGE HALL

a WI Venture

Cake Stall; Raffle

Refreshments

Admission 50p Children Free

Fladbury Village Hall

Some of you will have noticed that the village hall is looking lighter, thanks to the hard work of a team of volunteer cleaners and painters, and it will be even brighter when the new curtains arrive. We hope to renovate bits of the kitchen, too, all in time for the Walkabout lunches and teas on 10/11 July.

The Hall, with catering facilities, is available for hire on Monday and Friday evenings and weekends – please contact Helen Clark on 861477 to make a booking.

The AGM of Fladbury Village Hall will be held on

Monday 26 July 2010 at 7.30pm in the Hall.

We hope representatives of user groups will come along, as well as all users and potential users, to hear about our future plans and give us your comments and ideas.

Margaret Hawkins, Chairman of Fladbury Village Hall

Lost property found in the Hall : a red “pashmina”; a small wicker shopping basket; Worcester Warriors boy’s fleece; a boy’s navy blue wool and fleece jacket with a white pattern on the back. Please ring 860531 if you think they may belong to you.

OVERBURY’S ANNUAL STREET MARKET

32 years old this year!

Saturday 10th July 2010, 10am-12 noon

The people of Overbury, just north of Tewkesbury, are busy preparing for the 32nd annual Street Market, held in the beautiful Bredon Hill village on Saturday 10th July, 10am to 12 noon against a picturesque backdrop of stone cottages, St Faith’s Church’ dating back to Norman times, and the 18th century Overbury Court. During a hectic two hours, there will be opportunities to pick up high quality bargains. A range of farm and home made produce; gifts; handbags; plants; flowers freshly cut from local gardens; CDs; computer games and DVDs/videos; cards and jewellery – plus books, toys and ‘Going for a Song’.

Friends of Overbury School are arranging fun activities for children. There is live music, Whitcombe Garden is open for wandering and relaxation, there are magnificent raffle prizes to be won and a range of refreshments (we’ll even sell you a hot bacon or sausage buttie while you wait for the Market to open!). Car parking and entry are both free. What more could you want!

If very wet, the market will take place in the Village Hall.

For further details please contact

Andrew John (01386) 725229 or Overbury Estate Office (01386) 725111.

Submissions for Five Alive

email address parishmagazine@hotmail.co.uk.

Copy deadline for SEPTEMBER issue is

15th AUGUST 2010.

If you have a submission and don’t have email access please send your
submission to the editorial team at The Parish Office

Details on page 2.