Greg Peters of Upper Wardington is very keen to follow up his promotion of this summer's Big Butterfly Count with a link to the latest newsletter from Butterfly Conservation. http://butterfly-conservation-news.org/DGT-20LSL-BFBLQDAT61/cr.aspx If you are interested in signing up for their free newsletter, please visit their home page and follow the links.
After the success of the first Wardington Village Cinema night in November, we are proud to present a second film night screening the Oscar winning ARGO! ARGO is an exciting and tense film, based on the true story of a CIA agent sent on a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. It stars and is directed by Ben Affleck and won the best motion picture of the year Oscar in 2012. Please see the trailer here. The film will be screened on Friday 3rd January at the Wardington Memorial Hall - Doors open at 7.15pm and commences at 8pm. Please Contact Sam Young or Paul Bimson for tickets (£6 standard,
Monday 2nd December saw Robert Harwood launch his autobiography entitled ”My Life in Service” at the Plough in Upper Wardington. Attended by Neil Gadsby, Chairman and Founder of The Katharine House Hospice and large numbers of villagers, the event was great fun and very well supported. Mr Gadsby gave a very warm speech of thanks to Robert and Robert replied with a very moving tribute to all who had helped in publishing the book. Robert's commitment and dedication to Wardington was clearly greatly appreciated by all who attended however his popularity within the community may well be dimmed once everyone reads what he's written about them in the book!
A reminder that there will be carol singing from 6 to 6.45pm on Thursday 19th December in Upper Wardington on the Old Pool green. The Friends of St. Mary Magdalene will be providing hot sausage rolls, mince pies and mulled wine with hot chocolate for the children. There will be a brass band and the Wardington Hand Bell ringers will once again come to entertain us. Song sheets will be provided - please bring yourself, your family and friends and a torch! We will be collecting for the Friends of St. Mary Magdalene whose aim is to raise money for both special projects and the daily upkeep of our wonderful Grade I listed church. Please bring as much as you
The little ones enjoyed some painting this week and thankfully for us, it wasn't as messy as it could have been! Snack time was boosted by some delicious ginger christmas biscuits, baked by 3 year old Theo (with a little help from mummy - although Hannah informs me the kitchen suffered a little!). We were joined this week by Jane from Dotty Hen who had some beautiful gifts for the ladies...it helped to get the Christmas shopping started! Don't worry, if you missed out, you can order via their website: http://www.dottyhen.com/ We hope to have some Christmas activities over the next two weeks to get us all in the spirit. Our last session before Christmas will be on the 19th
After a break over the summer the community led plan steering committee met again on 20/11/13. Our aim for the next few months is to create the questionnaire that will be sent round the village. This questionnaire then forms the basis for the community led plan, which we aim to complete next year. We will be compiling minutes of our meetings so people can follow our progress. We are very interested in input and feedback from the Wardington parish. To see what we have been up to you can read the minutes here: 131120 Wardington CLP meeting minutes (131125).
This week at Wardington Waddlers Toddler Group we had a slightly messy and sticky, but fun art activity run by Nikki and snack time (which always goes down well), including homemade banana bread...yummy!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Church by buying tickets in this year's Christmas Draw. The Draw took place at Barn Farm Plants yesterday evening and the winners are: 1st Pair of tickets for Royal Ascot 2014 - Lady Wardington (925) 2nd Pair of week-end tickets for Silverstone in 2014 - Peter George (387) 3rd Cottage in Yorkshire Dales for long week-end - Jane Meredith (621) 4th Mumford Butcher's Token - Forbes Elworthy (1179) 5th Wine from Majestic Wine Warehouse - Ian Brown (778) 6th Meal for two at the Plough - David Draper (788) 7th Meal for two at the Hare & Hounds - Hazel Steven (401) 8th Case of Carlsberg Lager - Ken Hall (245) 9th Case of Timothy Taylor Landlord - Robert Fenemore (1027)
Thank you to everyone who supported the annual Christmas Charity Evening held this evening at Barn Farm Plants. It was a great success and well attended. £520 was raised for Katharine House Hospice and Dogs for the Disabled.
Don't forget the annual Christmas Charity Evening at Barn Farm Plants this Wednesday 27th November. 6.30pm-8.30pm. In aid of Katharine House Hospice and Dogs for the Disabled. Wardington Church will be here with their tombola and cake stall. so please come and support!