General interest – Page 26

The Friends “Call My Wine Bluff” Evening, Fri 28th Feb.

Tickets are selling fast for this popular event. To secure your tickets, please call Philippa Hunt on 758087 or Steve Mackenzie-Lawrie on 758369. Held in the Memorial Hall, the evening is a relaxed and fun quiz and tasting followed by a home-made cottage pie supper. Open to all, this is a chance to meet old friends and make new ones. Ticket prices have been once again held at £18. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Please come and support The Friends of St Mary Magdalene and have a great evening out.

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Call My (Wine) Bluff 2014

The Friends of St. Mary Magdalene are pleased to announce that the very popular Call My (Wine) Bluff will be returning once again on Friday February 28th. Supported by SH Jones of Banbury, there will be six wines on the night: A glass of something to welcome you, which will be the first bluff, followed by two white wines and three red wines. Everyone will then form teams of 5 or 6, ready for the competition to begin! Each of the wines will be described by three "bluffers", but only one will be telling the truth. Will your team get it right? There's wine for the winners! After the tasting there will be cottage pie (vegetarian option available) and red

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Table Top Sale and Jumble Sale

Hopefully Spring is just around the corner and now is the time for a clean-up and turn out of your cupboards. Here is a chance to sell some of those unwanted items which may be just what someone else is looking for. On Saturday 15th March there will be a table top and jumble sale in the Memorial Hall from 2pm to 4pm. Tables can be booked in advance for £5 by contacting Anne Wilkins on 758167 or 07951794994. The main hall will be the venue for the table top sale and we will be having a jumble sale at the same time in the committee room. Any donations of items for the Jumble Sale can be brought to the

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Carols on the Green – reminder

Don't forget that Carols on the Green in Upper Wardington are next Thursday, 19th December from 6 to 6:45pm. Come and join us for mince pies and sausage rolls, mulled wine and hot chocolate. The Wardington Hand Bell Ringers will be coming again this year and our regular brass players, the Mackenzie-Lawrie boys will be with us as usual. We will be collecting for the Friends of St. Mary Magdalene so please bring along all of your loose change and give as generously as you can. Our church costs over £1,000 per month to keep going and we really need your support in looking after this wonderful building in the heart of our community. Even if you're not a church-goer,

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Butterfly Conservation News

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.

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