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Wardington Village Cinema – Captain Phillips – Friday 6th June

Wardington Village Cinema will be screening "Captain Phillips", Columbia Pictures' action-thriller staring two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. As usual this social event will open doors at 7:15pm ready for 8pm start.  There will be a mid film interval when free ice creams will be served.  Please feel free to bring along your own food and drink to enjoy during the show. Please contact either Sam Young (01295 750 871) or Paul Bimson (01295 758 855) as soon as possible to reserve your tickets.

News from St Mary Magdalene Church

Pattern of Sunday Services As already announced in Church, this month sees a change in the pattern of the Sunday services aimed at spreading the more highly attended services more evenly across the month. The Family Service remains on the first Sunday and will continue to be taken by Sue Upton with the usual time for refreshments and a chat after the service. The Family Communion service will now be on the third Sunday and will usually be taken by the Vicar, Hilary Campbell. This shorter Communion service will have a more family friendly and less formal approach. A theme will be introduced for each month which will provide a link between these two services both of which will be

Warning from Thames Valley Police

Over the past few weeks there have been a number of thefts of money and credit cards from purses and wallets where the victim has been approached and asked for change. Victims are usually elderly. They will have come out of a store where they have used their card and the suspects will have been close to see the PIN being entered. The suspects will then approach the victim outside the store, waving money and either speaking very broken English or in a foreign language. They will gesticulate and try and get the victim to open their purse or wallet as they want change. Once the wallet or purse is open they will wave their hands around whilst speaking and

Saturday night at the movies!!

Wardington Village Cinema are screening 'Philomena' starring Dame Judy Dench, this Saturday (5th April) in the Memorial Hall. Doors open 7.15pm - film commences at 8pm.  Remember to bring your own drinks and nibbles!!  Complimentary choc-ice during the interval. Tickets can be purchased on the door (£6.00 standard and £4.00 concessions).  

Saturday! Community gossip in the hall

Remember, free tea and cakes, a good chat, questions answered and the start of our questionnaire launch: all in the village hall this Saturday at 2pm. Don't worry if you can't make it, we will be delivering them too. We hope to see you there! Latest approved minutes  here, for anyone who is following....140305 Wardington CLP meeting minutes (140315)

Wardington Cinema are screening ‘Philomena’ on Saturday 5th April

The next film night is taking place on Saturday 5th April in the Memorial Hall.  This is a change from the date (Friday 21st March) advertised in the Warbler. We will be screening the BAFTA award winning Philomena. Based on a powerful true story and led by note-perfect performances from Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomena offers a profoundly affecting drama for adult filmgoers of all ages. The Guardian "Its main focus is the sparky, shifting relationship between its two protagonists and its trump card the startling chemistry between its two main stars." The Telegraph "This is a heartbreaking story – how could it not be? But Frears’ film breaks your heart and then repairs it." Variety "It’s an undeniable

Zen and the art of community maintenance

This Saturday, 2pm, the launch of the community led plan questionnaire in the Wardington Memorial Hall, with free tea and cakes! The community led plan is  a method of "preventive maintenance" where we identify concerns early and address them. Maybe you are concerned by litter, housing, safety, noise or just want the right social events? This is how we intend to find everyone's concerns and, with your help, fix them before they grow. The approved minutes of our meeting on 05/02/14, which includes how we are generating the plan, can be downloaded here...140205 Wardington CLP meeting minutes (140216).

Wardington Village Cinema – Philomena – Saturday 5th April

The  Wardington Village Cinema shows films for the community, so we thought it only right to give the community the opportunity to vote for the next film to be shown.  We therefore gave out voting forms at the last film evening and the results are as follows: Film Choice Number of Votes Le Weekend 14 Philomena 15 Mrs Henderson Presents 9 Hence, we are pleased to announce that Philomena will be our next film and it will be screened on Saturday 5th April (please disregard the dates shown in the Warbler as these are incorrect). Philomena is the moving yet funny true story of a mother (Judi Dench) attempting to trace her son taken from her at birth; A journalist

22nd March: Free tea, cakes and chinwag for CLP questionnaire

Come and help make our wonderful village an even better place by joining us in the village hall at 2pm on 22nd March! Do you think we should  invite more housing, focus on parking problems, campaign for gas or concentrate on dog-litter? Your view counts! The community led plan steering committee will be: Handing out the questionnaires, which will be used to make plans about the village. Giving out free tea and cakes. Holding a £25 prize draw to one luck person who collects their questionnaire. Describing the purpose of the questionnaire. Answering any questions you have. You can't really afford to miss this opportunity to voice your opinion about the village and how you think it can be improved. We look forward