All hands on deck for the fete setup!
Setup is going well and we're ready for entries for the Produce Show to start arriving!
Don’t forget the Best Dressed Pet
Judging of the Best Dressed Owner and Pet will take place at 2:30pm tomorrow at the fete. Please do join in and have fun! Please contribute any toys, books and other bric-a-brac items - take to the Manor tomorrow morning. We look forward to a lovely afternoon at the Manor gardens tomorrow. Thanks in advance for all your support.
Calling all bakers!
We need your cakes! Please bake cakes for the cake stall at the fête on Sunday. Jacquelene Allan will be running the cake stall and she would love to see you on Sunday morning with cakes. She would also really appreciate it if you could send her an email to jacallanuk@aol.com to let her know that you're a baker. We need your produce! We also need as many as possible to enter the produce show. If you don't enter, you can't win a prize! The list of categories is here, so please do get involved.
Wardington Village Fête 2019
Please come to the Wardington Village Fête and Horticultural Show on Sunday 1st September in the Manor gardens between 2pm and 5pm. This year's fête is kindly sponsored by Mansion Hill Vets, Middleton Cheney, and will raise money for the Wardington Cricket Club, the Church Fabric Fund and Dogs for Good. The fête will be opened at 2pm by Mrs Evelyn Phillips. There will be Morris dancers, Pimms, BBQ, Cream teas, Tombola, Games and a Cake stall. Bert Manton will be with us again with his gipsy caravan. For entries for the Horticultural Show, please download the class listing here Horticultural Show 2019. Please help out by baking cakes for the Cake stall and bringing to the Manor on Sunday
Poppy Collection
I am having to retire from the Poppy Collection and would like to hear from anyone willing to take over. The collection in Chacombe has been taken over by Middleton Cheney and so our area is now only Wardington and Williamscote. If we do not manage to find anyone then our collection will be taken over by Middleton Cheney. I am sure this would be as disappointing to you as it would be for me after 32 years as Local Organiser. I have the order forms for this year’s collection and would be: more than happy to assist with its completion, together with any other help required. It is not a very demanding job, and very rewarding. Please give it
Fairport 2019 Tickets – 3-day residents’ permits still available
Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival 8th – 10th August 2019 There are still a few three-day entrance permits available to the residents of Williamscot and Wardington for this year’s Fairport Convention. If you have not applied already, then please let me know by no later than Sunday 21st July if you require any tickets, and these will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Many thanks, Emma. Three-day entrance permits will again be available for this years’ Festival at the special price of £40 each. As in previous years, tickets will be offered to every Williamscot resident in the first instance with surplus permits then allotted to the adult children of residents (if they grew up in Williamscot) and
Wardington Memorial Hall AGM (reminder) – Wednesday 10th July, commencing 7pm in the main hall
AGENDA Apologies Minutes of the AGM held on 19th July 2018 Treasurer’s report - Accounts for Year ended 31st March 2019 Chairman's report Hall property report Hall activities report Election of Officers and Management Committee Any Other Business ALL RESIDENTS OF WARDINGTON, WILLIAMSCOT and COTON ARE WELCOME
The Hare and Hounds re-opening day Saturday 6th July
Come and celebrate the reopening of the Hare and Hounds on Saturday 6th July with a barbecue and bouncy castle from 12 to 9pm, face painting from 12 to 3pm and a DJ from 6pm until 10pm. If you haven't yet been, come and enjoy the fully refurbished interior and lovely terrace in the beer garden. See you there!
Fairport 2019 Tickets
Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival 8th – 10th August 2019 Three-day entrance permits will again be available for this years’ Festival at the special price of £40 each. As in previous years, tickets will be offered to every Williamscot resident in the first instance with surplus permits then allotted to the adult children of residents (if they grew up in Williamscot) and their partners and / or grandchildren. After 30th June, any surplus tickets will be made available to Wardington residents, two per household, on a first come first served basis. Children under 12 years of age accompanied by an adult have free admission. If there are enough tickets available after 15th July, the names of Wardington residents who have requested