DAFFODIL PLANTING

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UPDATE OCTOBER 2017

ON SATURDAY 21ST OCTOBER OVER A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS TURNED UP TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANTING OF 1500 DAFFODIL BULBS BY PETER’S PATCH AND AT THE BOTTOM OF CHURCH WAY. PHOTOS SHOWING THEM WORKING HARD ARE ON OUR “PHOTOS” PAGE. 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THESE DAFFODILS  IN BLOOM NEXT SPRING.

THANKS GO TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT, AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED REFRESHMENTS FOR THESE HARD WORKING GANGS.

SPECIAL THANKS MUST GO TO ANNE JONES, WHO INSTIGATED THE PLANTING IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, AND IS THE FORCE BEHIND THIS YEAR’S OPERATION.

 

COFFEE MORNING 2ND OCTOBER 2017

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THE COFFEE MORNING ON 2ND OCTOBER WAS ATTENDED BY AT
LEAST 60 PEOPLE. STANDING ROOM ONLY. TESTAMENT TO THE POPULARITY OF OUR ASSOCIATION AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST, PRABHA PATEL.

PAUL & PRABHA WILL BE RETIRING FROM “TOP SHOP” IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

LIZ AND ANDY GAUSDEN ORGANISED A PLANTER WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO PRABHA WITH OUR VERY BEST WISHES.

PAUL & PRABHA HAVE PROVIDED AN INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS, AND THEY WILL BE SORELY MISSED. IT IS GOOD TO NOTE THAT THEY WILL BE LIVING IN THE VICINITY AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL NOW BE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.

WE WISH PAUL & PRABHA A VERY LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.

PRABHA ALSO HANDED A CHEQUE TO LIZ, AS A VERY GENEROUS DONATION TO OUR RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED WITH MUCH GRATITUDE.

AS EVER OUR SINCERE THANKS GO TO PETER & JULIE AT THE BOLD DRAGOON FOR PROVIDING TEAS, COFFEES, BISCUITS, AND FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, SPECIAL THANKS TO LIZ FOR ORGANISING THE EVENT IN HER OWN INIMITABLE STYLE, AND FOR HER ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR SOCIAL EVENTS.

 

DRINKS EVENING 18TH SEPT 2017

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THE DRINKS EVENING AT THE BOLD DRAGOON WAS HELD ON MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER. SEVERAL OF US BRAVED THE RAIN TO ATTEND ANOTHER JOLLY EVENING.

AS USUAL PETER & JULIE GAVE US LOTS OF LOVELY FREE NIBBLES (I MUST REMEMBER TO PARTAKE OF ONLY A LIGHT DINNER ON THOSE OCCASIONS).

THIS IS AN EVENING WELL WORTH ATTENDING AND A COMMITTEE MEMBER IS ALWAYS THERE TO WELCOME NEWCOMERS.

 

COFFE MORNING 4TH SEPT 2017 IN AID OF MACMILLAN

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THE COFFEE MORNING ON 4TH SEPTEMBER WAS AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS. £507 WAS RAISED FOR MACMILLAN. APPROX 70 MEMBERS ATTENDED TO SUPPORT THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE.

THANKS  TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED ITEMS, AND TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED.

SPECIAL THANKS MUST GO TO LIZ GAUSDEN WHO ORGANISED THE EVENT AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THERE WERE PLENTY OF BRIC-A-BRAC, BOOKS, PLANTS, ETC, FOR PEOPLE TO PURCHASE.

 

COFFEE MORNING 7TH AUGUST 2017

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APPROX 48 IN ATTENDANCE – A GOOD NUMBER CONSIDERING MANY RESIDENTS ARE ON HOLIDAY. PETER (LANDLORD OF THE BOLD) INFORMED MEMBERS THAT THE BOLD WAS ONE OF THREE VILLAGE PUBS WHO HAD REACHED THE FINALS OF THE “VILLAGE PUB OF THE YEAR” – SOMETHING TO BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF. WE ALL WISH PETER & JULIE EVERY SUCCESS AND HOPE THEY ARE THE WINNERS THIS YEAR. WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER AT THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS EVENING.

LIZ GAUSDEN WELCOMED SPEAKER  BEV HAYNES OF “ABINGTON & AROUND”  AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PUBLICATIONS FOR VARIOUS AREAS WITHIN THE LOCALITY (SOMETHING MANY MEMBERS WERE UNAWARE OF). 

AS EVER OUR THANKS GO TO PETER & JULIE WHO PROVIDED ON-GOING REFRESHMENTS AND DELICIOUS BISCUITS (ALL FOR £2 PER HEAD). 

LAST BUT NOT LEAST COUNCILLOR STEPHEN LEGG GAVE UP HIS FREE TIME TO BE PRESENT, TO ENABLE MEMBERS TO HAVE A CHAT IF THEY SO WISHED. OUR THANKS GO TO STEPHEN FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT.

 

COFFEE MORNING 3RD JULY 2017

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COFFEE MORNING ON 3RD JULY PROVED TO BE AS POPULAR AS EVER.  APPROX 45 IN ATTENDANCE. LIZ GAUSDEN (OUR JOLLY SOCIAL EVENTS FACILITATOR) WELCOMED SPEAKER, SARAH McCONAUGHEY (PODIATRIST) WHO PROVIDED SOME USEFUL TIPS AND FREEBIES; AND ALSO PCSO’S MIKE AND MARK WHO WERE ON HAND TO SPEAK TO RESIDENTS.

THREE NEW MEMBERS JOINED OUR EVER GROWING ASSOCIATION.

AS EVER THANKS TO PETER & JULIE AT THE BOLD, WHO PROVIDED FREE BISCUITS AND SERVED DRINKS.

THE FIORI MUSICALI CONCERT IN ST. PETER’S CHURCH ON 2ND JULY WAS ANOTHER ENJOYABLE EVENING ORGANISED BY THE FRIENDS OF ST. PETER’S. THE CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION AT THE OLD RECTORY BEFOREHAND (IN GLORIOUS SUNSHINE) SET THE SCENE FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING.

 

COFFEE MORNING 5TH JUNE 2017

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THE COFFEE MORNING ON 5TH JUNE WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT FOR W.F.V.R.A. , THANKS AS EVER TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR FACILITATOR LIZ GAUSDEN.  45 MEMBERS ATTENDED.

SPEAKER WAS PHILIP WARNER OF THE NATIONAL LEATHER COLLECTION.  PREPARATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO ENABLE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW PREMISES ON FLOORS 2 & 3 GROSVENOR CHAMBERS, GROSVENOR SHOPPING CENTRE. PHILIP GAVE A MOST INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING TALK.

 

COFFEE MORNING 1ST MAY 2017

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THE COFFEE MORNING ON 1ST MAY WAS, AS EVER, A RESOUNDING SUCCESS WITH ALMOST 60 RESIDENTS ATTENDING. 

STEPHEN HIBBERT ORGANISED A QUIZ ON “NORTHAMPTON” WHICH PROVIDED GREAT FUN AND WAS WON BY JOSEPHINE’S TEAM (I.E. BOB, JIM, WALTER, TERRI, KEN & OLIVE).

TWO NEWCOMERS WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND JOINED OUR RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION.

PETER & JULIE (THE BOLD DRAGOON) PROVIDED REFRESHMENTS IN THEIR OWN INIMITABLE STYLE AND SPECIAL MENTION WAS MADE TO PETER WHO CELEBRATES HIS “SPECIAL” BIRTHDAY” THIS THURSDAY, 4TH MAY.

AS EVER OUR THANKS MUST GO TO LIZ GAUSDEN WHO “FACILITATES” OUR INCREASINGLY POPULAR SOCIAL EVENTS.

 

OLD TIME MUSIC HALL 9TH APRIL 2017

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SEVERAL MONTHS AGO COMMITTEE MEMBER CAROL CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF AN AFTERNOON TEA PARTY FOR THE RESIDENTS. HENCE THE SEED WAS SOWN FOR: THE OLD TIME MUSIC HALL AT THE CHURCH HALL ON 9TH APRIL.

THIS WAS AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS. 78 TICKETS OUT OF A POSSIBLE 80 WERE SOLD.

PETER FROM THE BOLD DRAGOON PROVIDED THE CATERING – DELICIOUS SANDWICHES AND CAKES.

EVERYONE JOINED IN MERRILY WITH THE SINGALONG, LED BY OUR LEAD SINGER LIZ.

THE EASTER BONNET PARADE WAS WELL SUPPORTED AND ALLISON TWIGG ACTED AS JUDGE (photos below)

CAROL ORGANISED THE WONDERFUL RAFFLE PRIZES (photo below)

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED A PRIZE FOR THE RAFFLE.

SINCERE AND SPECIAL THANKS MUST GO TO:

MARION, JAN, AND GRAHAM FOR THEIR STYLISH, HILARIOUS AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES;

PETER FOR PROVIDING DELICIOUS FOOD AND SERVING REFRESHMENTS;

ALLISON FOR ACTING AS JUDGE FOR THE EASTER BONNET PARADE.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE ALSO TO BE CONGRATULATED ON THEIR EFFORTS TO ENSURE THE AFTERNOON  WAS SUCH A MEMORABLE OCCASION.

OF COURSE THIS FUNCTION  WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO ATTENDED.  ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR JOINING US ON THIS VERY SPECIAL AND  ENJOYABLE GET TOGETHER.    WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AT FUTURE EVENTS.

PHOTOS BELOW.

(I WOULD STRESS PERMISSION WAS SOUGHT IN ADVANCE OF TAKING ANY PHOTOGRAPHS).

COFFEE MORNING 3RD APRIL 2017

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COFFEE MORNINGS PROVE TO BE AS POPULAR AS EVER WITH A GOOD TURNOUT AT EVERY GATHERING. NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. WE HAVE HAD MANY INTERESTING SPEAKERS, AND MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A CHAT IN RELAXED SURROUNDINGS AT THE BOLD DRAGOON.

45 MEMBERS ATTENDED THE COFFEE MORNING AT THE BOLD DRAGOON ON MONDAY 3RD APRIL. SPEAKER  WAS THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR, CHRISTOPER MALPAS, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GUIDE DOG VERITY. HE EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURES, COSTS, AND GUIDELINES FOR TRAINING AND HOMING GUIDE DOGS. THERE WAS A COLLECTION  WHICH TOTALLED  £130 ON THE DAY – A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE MAYOR’S CHARITY FOR GUIDE DOGS. AS EVER PETER & JULIE PROVIDED A WARM WELCOME AND REFRESHMENTS.