Aymestrey and Leinthall Earls
MORTIMERS CROSS FUN QUIZ - Come and test your brain cells on Wednesday, 6.30pm for 7pm start, at the Mortimers Cross Inn, £3 per person, teams of four or less.
Bishop’s Frome
COFFEE MORNING - There will be a coffee morning, complete with cakes and various stalls, at Fromes Hill Church Saturday from 10am till noon. This is a fund-raising venture and everyone is welcome.
FLOWER FESTIVAL - At St Mary’s Church, Bishop’s Frome, there will be a flower festival from 10.30am till 4pm from May 1 to May 4. Flower arrangements will be based on the theme of ‘saints and seasons’, and coffee, tea and homemade cakes will be served throughout the weekend. On May 1, there will be a gala evening concert at 7.30pm, and it will be followed by drinks and canapés.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, HR1 3QR. 01432 820074. commnews@ymail.com.
Bishopstone
VILLAGE WALK - Saturday. Meet at the Bunch of Carrots, Hampton Bishop HR1 4JR, at 10am. The circular level walk follows the River Wye to meet the River Lugg and returns along the Wye Valley Walk. Mainly gates with a couple of stiles, muddy in places so please wear suitable footwear.
VILLAGE LOTTERY - John Pinches won £25 with number 19 on April 11.
Bodenham
CAFÉ @ THE CHAPEL - The Cafe @ the Chapel in Chapel Lane meets every Thursday morning.
Why not call in for a coffee and a chat at any time between 10.30am and noon? You are welcome to stay for as long or as short a time as you wish. No charge is made for refreshments though donations are welcome and are given to a charity at the end of each year.
BODENHAM GARDENING CLUB - The club will meet in the parish hall at 7.30pm on May 5.
This will be the club’s annual plant sale, with a wealth of plants for tubs, all grown locally by the chairman. There will be plenty of choice!
BODENHAM LEISURE CLUB - On Monday, the Leisure Club will meet in the parish hall at 2.30pm for the annual general meeting.
This year there will be some changes to the officers and the committee and at the time of writing one more committee member is still needed. Members are asked to do their best to attend as this is an opportunity for them to “have their say”. There will be the usual sales table, raffle and light refreshments.
THE BODENHAM FLOOD PROTECTION GROUP - The group’s next meeting will be at the Siward James Centre starting at 7.30pm Tuesday, and will be open to all members of the public.
Anyone who is unable to attend or who has points they would like to see raised at the meeting is asked to please contact the secretary, Mrs Babs Mitcheson on 01568 797170 or via email at BabsMitcheson@aol.com.
CHERRY BLOSSOM WALK - Friends of Herefordshire Samaritans are pleased to announce that they have obtained permission to organise a special Cherry Blossom Walk this Sunday, from 11.30am-4pm, to view the cherry trees in blossom on Sidnall Farm at Ullingswick, near Bromyard. This charity event has been made possible through the generosity of the fruit farm’s owner, Clive Richards OBE. The 70-acre Herefordshire fruit farm is now one of the largest suppliers of English-grown cherries, including such varieties as Kordia, Regina, Summersun and Verida. Visitors will be taken on guided walks of the estate’s award-winning cherry orchards led by experts, (and there will be transport available).
Refreshments are served under cover but there is also an open picnic area and there is ample free parking.
A tour and pre-booked lunch will cost £15 or guided tours will cost just £5, children under 12 will be admitted free. Tea, coffee and cakes are available for a small charge. All proceeds from the event will go to the Friends of Herefordshire Samaritans.
Tickets available from Mrs Rae Jones on 01432 274800 or via rae1946@icloud.com.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, HR1 3QR. 01432 820074. commnews@ymail.com.
Bredwardine and Brobury
CLASSIC CAR EVENT - The village is hosting this prestigious event on Sunday. Come along and see the vintage and classic cars, watch the cavalcade and join in the judging of ‘best in show’. Cars will be on display in the orchard opposite the Red Lion Inn from 11.30am until 4.30pm and there is parking close by. Entrance is £3 for adults and children get in free and this gives you access to the cars, ice-cream and drinks stalls, tombola and activities.
Light snacks and lunches will be served in the village hall and those who want something more substantial can get a buffet roast in the Red Lion. If you would like to know more or want to volunteer to help on the day please contact Mick Miller on 01981 500520.
MAY 100 CLUB DRAW - The Friends of St Andrew’s 100 Club draw will take place on May 7 at 8pm in the Red Lion Inn, which is serving a delicious curry buffet for anyone who wants to eat before the draw.
We look forward to seeing you at the event and good luck to all ticket holders.
Contact Jen Maddison on 01981 500048 for further information about the club.
COFFEE, CAKE AND MARKET - You are invited to our very popular coffee morning in Bredwardine village hall on May 8. Drop in any time between 10am and midday, for a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones over fresh coffee and home-baked cakes. The market offers a range of fresh vegetables, free-range eggs, cakes, jams and chutneys and there are often stalls with knitwear, clothing and jewellery for sale too. You can pick up a movie, a book or some music to take home or just browse through a magazine while you sip your coffee. Bring something to sell; it only costs £1 to rent a table.
Contact Philip Bauer on 01981 500398.
SEED SWAP AT THE MARKET - If you have any fruit or vegetable seeds that you don’t need bring them along to the market and swap them for something you fancy. It costs nothing and there is always a good selection of seeds to choose from. Contact Philip Bauer on 01981 500398 with requests or queries.
Bridge Sollars
BONUS BALL - Edna Fleckner won £25 with number 19 on April 11.
LOCAL HISTORY EVENING - Our next meeting will be a treat for art lovers as well as those who know and appreciate the beauty of the local countryside as Robin Thorndyke will give an illustrated talk entitled Brian Hatton and the Changing Landscape. We meet at the New Bridge Community Centre at 7.30pm on Thursday, April 30, admission £2 to include coffee and biscuits.
Cradley
HEREFORDSHIRE HEARTSTART - Free two-hour Heartstart Course (CPR etc) at Cradley Primary School on Monday from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Booking essential, to book your place email herefordshireheartstart@btconnect.com or call 0845 6060654.
Dilwyn
DILWYN SHOW - Bank holiday Monday, May 4, gates open at 10am. Founded in 1993, the show has expanded with the passing of the years to attract participants and spectators from all over north Herefordshire and further afield.
The horse show, which attracted more than 180 competitors last year, includes classes for novice riders and the companion dog show (over 300 entries last year) provides an arena to show off the family pet.
There will be Punch and Judy puppet shows, an illusionist, exotic animals and a main arena programme that includes Trevor Hill’s birds and animals and Meirion Owen’s ‘Quack Pack’ – sheepdogs and ducks. Children’s rides, craft stalls, food and bar.
Children’s competition entries will be exhibited in their own marquee (entries on the day before 11am). More details on www.dilwyn.com. Entry £5 for adults (children and parking free). The show aims to give a family a good value-for-money fun day out.
EARDISLEY YOUNG FARMERS - Final arrangements are being made for a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the formation of Eardisley Young Farmers Club.
There will be an evening dinner- dance on July 4 at Upper House Farm, Eardisley by kind permission of the Preece family. It is hoped many past and present members and friends will be able to join us and for more information please contact Holly Preece on 01544 327378.
WHIST DRIVE - At the last whist drive at the New Strand the prizewinners were Kath Jenkins, Gwen Thomas, Sue Holdaway, Sandra Payne, Margaret Kerrigan and Marj Phillips. The next whist drive is on Monday at 7.30pm.
POP-IN - To the Methodist Church on Saturday between 10am and 11.30am for a cup of tea or coffee.
CAFE SERVICE - 10.30am at the Baptist Chapel on Sunday.
LIBRARY - Community library open every Tuesday 9.30am - noon and every Thursday 2pm - 4.30pm at Horsecroft. New titles available and lots of books or CDs to purchase.
WHIST DRIVES - Will be held in the Memorial Hall every Wednesday at 7.45pm. Contact Tom Williams 01981240247 or email tomjoneswilliams@hotmail .com.
FLICKS IN THE STICKS - Presents Mr Turner (12A) on Thursday, April 30 at 7.30pm, £4.50, 01600 891249.
Mr Turner explores the last quarter-century of the great if eccentric British painter JMW Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty. Starring Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson.
Coming in May and June: The Theory of Everything (12A) on May 21, 7.30pm, £4.50 and The 100 Foot Journey (PG) on June 25, 7.30pm, £4.50.
Hay-on-Wye
BELL BANK CLUB - Maddie is very well and enjoyed a bank holiday swim in a pool on a nearby common.
Linda has put us through a programme of exercises to music hoping to keep off the extra calories which may have been put on with the indulging in extra chocolate recently. She also demonstrated to everyone how to make their very own Easter cards. The March lunch was taken at the Castlefields Inn and was thoroughly enjoyed. The month ended with the very well-known elocutionist John Parry of Bronllys.
John delighted the members with his poetry, telling some old and some new. It is always a pleasure to have his company. Members travelled to The Old Barn Three Cocks for their lunch trip in April. It was a beautiful day and after a delicious meal everyone basked outside in the welcome sun with a gentle warm breeze, too.
Hereford
HUNTINGTON/HEREFORD WI - In March Huntington-Hereford welcomed canon Sandy Elliot from Hereford Cathedral who gave a informative talk based on the Dean’s of Hereford’s book Saints and Sinners of the Marches – for which Canon Sandy Elliot had done the illustrations, she had brought along blow-ups of some of her drawings and explained their significance, then told stories of some of the people to whom they applied. Hereford’s world famous Nell Gwynne who was born in Pipe Lane near the cathedral and whose grandson became Bishop Beauclerk of Hereford. Joyce Jeffreys a money lender and diarist in the early 1600s who had at one time lived in Widemarsh Street. The Countess of Somerset who, after three marriages, was very rich and left legacies to Oxford, Cambridge and Hereford Cathedral School in the late 1600s to support scholars who couldn’t afford the fees, there are still Somerset scholars at the school today. Beryl Reid the well- known and loved comedy actress who was born in Hereford and Dame Laura Knight the artist.
She also told the sad story of Mary Morgan, of Presteigne, who at 17 years of age was hanged for killing her illegitimate baby. At the April meeting the Rev Ian Skinner was once again welcomed by the members, this time giving his talk entitled Solider and Preacher accompanied by slides. At 12 years old and at primary school in Scotland he saw the last ship go down in the local shipyard and on leaving school at 15 he decided to ‘join up’ and presented himself to Army Training School. He told of his life and years of service in the army and the many countries he had served in for his country and the regiments before becoming a Padre at 40, how he had baptised many soldiers in the rivers where they were serving. His meeting HRH The Princess Royal at Bagshot House whilst studying to be an Army Chaplin and ending up his regimental life here in Hereford and now a minister connected to St John’s Methodist Church.
Members were urged to sign up for the outings to Bourton on the Water on May 19, and the theatre visit on July 30 at Aberystwyth to see Legally Blonde and to invite family and friends to fill the coaches.
BUMS ON TUMS - Herefordshire Bums on Tums (your local ostomies support group) on the last Tuesday of each month at the Kindle Centre (next to Asda), Belmont Court, Hereford. A non- medical group whose object is to provide a social atmosphere where colostomates/ileostomates and urostomates and their partners/friends/family can meet for an hour of friendship and sharing. Next meeting is on Tuesday from 11am - noon. Call Carol Steele on 01432 880656.
SERVICES FROM THE WEST HEREFORD TEAM OF CHURCHES - Tomorrow 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road, Hereford. Sunday 9.30am Parish Mass at All Saints’ Church, Eign Gate, Hereford; 9.30am Parish Eucharist at St Michael’s Church, Breinton; 11am Parish Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church; 8am Holy Communion (BCP) at St Nicholas’ Church, Hereford; 11am Parish Eucharist at St Nicholas’ Church; 6.30pm Evensong at St Nicholas’ Church.
Monday 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church. Tuesday 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church; 12.10pm Low Mass at All Saints’ Church.
Wednesday 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church; 12.10pm Low Mass at All Saints’ Church.
Thursday, April 30 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road, Hereford; 10am Holy Communion at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road, Hereford; 12.10pm Low Mass at All Saints’ Church, Eign Gate, Hereford.
HEREFORDSHIRE HEARTSTART - Free two hour Heartstart Course (CPR etc) at Aylestone Business and Enterprise College on May 13 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Booking essential, to book your place email herefordshireheartstart@btconnect.com or call 0845 6060654.
HEREFORDSHIRE HEARTSTART - Free two hour Heartstart Course (CPR etc) for parents/carers of Widemarsh Children’s Centre, Hereford on May 6 from 7pm to 9pm.
Booking essential, to book your place email herefordshireheartstart@btconnect.com or call 0845 6060654.
Humber
CHEESE AND WINE EVENING - Tomorrow Humber PCC will be holding their annual cheese-and- wine evening with the grand gourmet draw where the many talented cooks of the parish produce delicious dishes, both savoury and sweet, for individual draws to enable people to buy draw tickets for any dish, or dishes, they wish.
Admission is £5 including food and the event start at 7.30pm in Risbury Village Hall.
For further information contact Mike Kimbery on 01568 760589.
Huntington
FRIENDS OF ST THOMAS A BECKET CHURCH, HUNTINGTON - On May 14 at 7.30pm in Huntington Church, Major-General Arthur Denaro, CBE, DL will give a talk entitled Not as a Duty Only about his life in the army.
Mr Denaro will tell of exciting exploits from his youth in Ireland through to his soldiering days in the Irish Hussars. He then served with a well-known Herefordshire Regiment, to the first Gulf War where he was in charge of his regiment - to the war in former Yugoslavia and finally at his time at Sandhurst, where he was Commandant.
His illustrated and inspirational life story is full of adventure, daring and danger, which will have you on the edge of your seats.
£9 pp to include wine and canapé party after.
Apply huntingtonchurch.co.uk or telephone Fiona Shone 01544 370391.
WEDDING AND SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS FAIR - In aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on May 2 from noon till 5pm at Kingsland Coronation Hall, HR6 9QS.
LIVE JAZZ - Saturday, Too Cool - The Music and Life of Chet Baker at Kingsland Coronation Hall, HR6 9QS, 7.30pm. Performed by the acclaimed Sue Richardson quartet and a sell out at Ronnie Scott’s, this show featuring Chet Baker’s beautiful music is both a homage to his music and journey through his colourful but tragic life. Licensed bar. Tickets at £15 from Kingsland Post Office or 01568 709579. Organised by SMAAAK (Friends of St Michael and All Angels Kinsgland). All profits in support of the restoration and improvement of Kingsland Church.
Kingstone
PUDDING EVENING - Monday, from 6pm-7.30pm. Come and join us for our annual pudding evening with Kingstone Brownies and Guides, enjoy a bowl for only £1.50 child and £3.50 adults/over 12 and eat as much as you wish! Grand draw etc. Any queries ring Nikki Addis 01981 251720.
LUNCH BOX SPECIAL - There will be a special lunch box for St George’s Day in Kingstone Village Hall at noon on Wednesday; supporting the charity SSAFA (Lifelong Support for our Forces and their families). One-course meal for £3.50, two courses for £5, and followed by bingo and a raffle.
For more ring 01981 250677.
Knighton
KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT ROTARY CLUB - We had another enjoyable month combining fun and friendship with some fundraising. Our safari/progressive supper was a success, with venues being the homes of Rotarians in Norton, Leintwardine, Wigmore and Letton. We raised £300 towards a Shelterbox which will support those in need in Vanuatu and elsewhere. See shelterbox.org to see more about this excellent charity. The following week we visited our neighbouring Rotary Club in Leominster to share banter and good humour, while chatting about our work in our respective communities. The following week we agreed to support an optometry student, who lives locally, in her efforts to provide visual aids to communities in Moldova. She is the team leader of a group of students, lecturers and supervisors from Cardiff University who will travel to Moldova in the summer. We look forward to hearing more about this project on her return and are pleased to support her, and others, in their charitable efforts.
Why not find out more about us at knighton.rotary1150.org. If you want to enjoy the company of like-minded people, as well as possibly get involved in what we do, come along to any of our Wednesday meetings. For more details contact us Norman Thorp on (01547) 529666 or Cathy Jones on (07813) 733240 email cathleenj2001@yahoo.co.uk SINGING FOR FUN - St Edward’s church hall, tomorrow at 10.30am.
CHURCH SERVICES FOR SUNDAY - St Edward’s church, Knighton 9.30am. St David’s church, Whitton 9.30am. St Andrew’s church, Norton 11am.
Knighton Baptist church, 11am.
Knighton Methodist church 11am.
Knighton Catholic church, 11am.
Leominster
LEOMINSTER IN BLOOM - Working groups meeting at the Grange entrance to Etnam Street car park Saturday and Sunday.
10am to begin work on the town planters in preparation for summer. All welcome to join us.
FORTHCOMING EVENT - Spring Plant Fair to be held in the Grange on May 30.
LEOMINSTER VINTAGE CLUB - Enjoyed a very interesting talk from Mike Lawrence a heavy haulage contractor from Somerset. His pictures and commentary were informative and funny in places. Our members were so enthusiastic they have asked me to book him up again.
We have Colette Grey coming along on May 13 to talk about children’s lives during the First World War.
We have a car treasure hunt coming up on May 10 leaving from Woodland View, SY8 4NY at 10am.
Anyone can join us for a fun day out with lunch at the end. New members welcome any time to our meetings held at the British Legion Leominster, second Wednesday of the month at 8pm.
For more information ring 07935296036.
Llandrindod Wells
DISTRICT U3A AGM - For their AGM this year Llandrindod Wells and District U3A decided against the traditional format of the agenda followed by a speaker, and following the business part of the meeting they showcased their activities and warmly welcomed members of the public to come and see what U3A was all about. It was also another opportunity to dispel the myth that because the title includes ‘university’, that you need a degree to join.
As normal the meeting was held at the Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells and the various interest groups had an assigned area to display and talk about their subject. The meeting room and foyer area was swiftly filled by members and visitors, taking the opportunity to visit the groups and find out more about their activities. During the business part of the meeting the officers and committee were elected for the 2015/16 year, with a special mention being made of Fay Ramsden who was retiring from the committee after a number of years’ service. The reports from chairman Bob Atkins and treasurer Mary Russell brought the formal proceedings to a conclusion. Vice chairman Berwyn Woolnough then introduced a number of group co-ordinators who each gave a short presentation about the format and activities of their groups. Topics ranged from church visiting and creative writing to UFO’s (unfinished objects of the sewing kind), Welsh History and Welsh Language. In total 16 groups were represented, the local U3A have 23 in all, and the session began and ended with music; the recorder group and the singing for fun group respectively. A number of the co-ordinators made excellent use of technology to share their enjoyment of garden visiting, the book circle, armchair travel, music appreciation, walking, cinema and very appropriately the computer group. Following everyone’s appetites being stirred by the presentations, there was another opportunity to tour the groups, find out more and sign up for something new. The morning was judged a great success, many came and 12 new members joined, to add to the excellent current local U3A membership of 220.
CHOIR PERFORMANCE - Ynysowen Male Voice Choir, Aberfan, South Wales, will be performing at Penybont Community Centre Nr Llandrindod Wells at the annual choir concert, with supporting artists Emma Bradford (mezzo sop) from New Radnor, and Rhydwyn Price (tenor) from Old Radnor on May 10. Tickets £9, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Tickets available from Lynda Price 01597 851133, please book early. All proceeds to the Wales Air Ambulance.
QUIZ NIGHT - The Mordiford Primary PTFA presents a quiz night on Thursday, April 30 from 7.30pm in the school hall. Teams of four (maximum), £6 per person (includes food), bar available.
Tickets from school office, Mel Edwards 07969 059365 or Justine Altin 01432 860459, must be booked in advance.
MUCH BIRCH VILLAGE MARKET - Much Birch Village Market takes place tomorrow in Much Birch Community Hall (situated just off the A49 next door to Much Birch surgery and signed from the road) between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.
Stalls will include: Moor Meals, award winning, local suppliers of Dexter beef, ready meals and pies; Llandinabo Farm shop, selling chicken, lamb, duck and cooked meats and Castle Cheese selling a variety of unusual cheeses. Mark will bring his own made, popular, award winning chutneys and marmalades. There are craft stands and a Fair Trade stand.
Please support our producers who bring local food and crafts almost ‘to our door’. If you would like to have a stall, or to find out more about the market, please contact Mark on 01432 278026.
Ocle Pychard and Much Cowarne
HEREFORDSHIRE NIGHT - At the Three Horseshoes Pub at Lower Cowarne there are plans for a Herefordshire night, to be held Saturday. There will be sharing platter starters and desserts, and details of main courses are now available. Please see the website www.threehorseshoes.co.uk.
TEDDY BEARS AND SOFT TOYS ARE WANTED - Over the past two years 2500 teddies and soft toys have been sent to abused children in South Africa. These have been donated by local children in the Diocese of Hereford. Now, through the Syria Relief and Development organisation, we have the opportunity of sending teddies to children in Syria. Their aim is to send 10,000 by the middle of June. The toys must be clean and in good condition with no “plasticky” bits or batteries please. Just soft and cuddly!
Please put yours in the large box in Much Cowarne Church. The teddies will be shipped to Northern Syria and will be distributed by the SRD organisation in towns and cities across the country. The teddies have had a wonderfully healing effect on suffering children in South Africa and now it’s possible to bring that same comfort to suffering children in Syria.
MUCH COWARNE CHURCH - The annual general meeting of the Parochial Church Committee for the Church of St Mary the Virgin at Much Cowarne will take place in the church on Wednesday at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend.
The church is the heart of the community and if anyone has any suggestions or issues they would like to put forward, this is an opportunity to raise them.
Anyone wishing to become a member or an officer of the PCC is invited to contact either of the churchwardens: Jean Parkes on 01432 820402 or Martin Hewitt on 01432 820282.
PLANT SALE - On May 15, from 6.30pm there will be a bring and buy sale featuring plants and other garden items at Much Cowarne Church. Entrance is free, everyone is welcome and there will be drinks and nibbles available. Anyone needing assistance with getting items to the church is asked to call Marlene on 01432 820282. All proceeds will go to Much Cowarne Church.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, 01432 820074. email commnews@ymail.com.
MUSICAL EVENING - The Peterchurch Village Centre (8-9 Closure Place, Peterchurch, HR2 0RS) is presenting a musical evening with Emma Gilbert on Saturday from 8pm - 11pm.
Admission is by ticket only costing £5. Bring your own bottle.
Proceeds are for village centre funds. Tickets from the Nags Head, Bolton Arms, Janine 07733 128512 or Brendan 01981 550482.
VILLAGE CENTRE - The centre has two small meeting rooms and a larger hall with kitchen available for hire. For further details please contact the secretary Janine Vaughan Winter on 07733 128512.
Presteigne
THE VELVET VIOLIN - The final cabaret evening of the spring season will take place at The Assembly Rooms on Sunday from 7pm-10.30pm. Appearing this month will be Little Rumba with their new collaborator Jess Hall and Remi Harris and Mick Green.
Also appearing will be house band John Hymas and Dave Luke along with resident host Ian Marchant with his band The Some Tokens and another mind-baffling pop quiz. Tickets are £10 and can be purchased from The Courtyard Antiques or by calling 267163.
Please purchase your tickets early as this event is always popular and regularly sells out. The event is promoted by Full Circle.
MARKET - The monthly farmers’ market will take place at The Memorial Hall on May 2 from 9am-1pm. All the usual stalls will be there along with the community cafe. Everyone welcome.
FUN RIDE - The annual fun ride will again take place on bank holiday Monday, May 4 from The Pools Farm in Norton. The first horse will leave at 10am and the last at 1pm. There is a choice of six mile or 12 mile rides. Runners are also welcome. The cost will be £15 for adults and £8 for children.
Refreshments will be available. To book a ride or for more information call 267221 or email annasquibbit@aol.com All proceeds will go to St Andrew’s Church in Norton.
POLICE SURGERY - The bi- monthly police surgery will take place on May 2 at the library from 10am-11am. It is an opportunity to speak to your local officers and raise any issues you may have. Or just come and have a natter.
GIVE BLOOD - Please come and give blood at the Memorial Hall on Thursday, April 30 from 10am- 12.30pm and 2pm-4.20pm. For further details call 0800 252266 from 9am-9pm Monday-Thursday and 9am-5pm on Fridays or visit www.welshblood.org.uk.
MUSIC - There will be an evening of tunes and dances from around the world featuring Ruth Watson and John Hymas at St Michael’s Church in Discoed on Tuesday from 7.30pm. Tickets will be £10 at the door or can be reserved by calling 01547 560246 or email davidhiam@aol.com.
CRAFT AND CHAT - You are welcome to a craft and chat afternoon at The Arkwright Hall in Kinsham on Tuesday from 1.30pm-4pm. Bring along something you would like to make or finish something you have had in the drawer for years or just come and have a cuppa and a chat and enjoy the company. Admission will be £2 which will include the refreshments and hall hire. For further details call 260469.
SERVICES - The following services will take place this Sunday.
Morning prayer at Kinsham at 9.30am and Holy Communion at St Andrew’s at 11am. Everyone is most welcome at these services.
GARDENS OPEN - The Walled Gardens at Knill will be open to the public on bank holiday Monday, May 6 from 2pm-5pm.
Admission will be £4 for adults with children free. Any proceeds will go to The National Garden Scheme.
MUSIC - Mark Brown will be starring at Evenjobb village hall this Saturday evening from 8pm until late. Please bring your own drinks and snacks as there is no bar.
Admission is £5 at the door. All proceeds will go to Disability Powys. Call Dave on 01547 560298 or Tracy on 07876422793.
ARTS AND CRAFTS - The monthly arts and crafts will take place at The Assembly Rooms on May 2 from 10am-3pm. All the usual stalls will be there from local artists selling their own work.
Refreshments will be available.
Call Rosamund on 260777.
PRESTEIGNE WI - Powys Radnor WI federation invite you to a WI meeting at The Memorial Hall on Thursday, April 30 from 7.30pm.
Come and meet with a view to starting a WI in Presteigne again.
SWINGIN’ WITH THE GREATS - You are invited to an evening celebrating the music of the Great American song book featuring The Simon Deeley Trio with special guest vocalist Steve Hollinghurst at St Andrew’s Church on Saturday at 7.30pm.
Cabaret seating is available.
Tickets are £10 which will include a glass of wine and can be purchased from Winnies or by calling 267777 or 07890 303681. Proceeds to St Andrew’s Church development appeal.
FUN RIDE - May 4, at The Pools Farm, Norton, Presteigne, LD8 2EW. Six mile or 12 mile ride.
Runners also welcome. First horse 10am, last horse 1pm.
Adults £15, children £8.
Refreshments available. For more info annasquabbit@aol.com or 01544 267221. Proceeds to St Andrews Church, Norton.
Preston-on-Wye
CHARITY TRACTOR RUN - Annie and Austin Powles would like to thank everyone who contributed to the charity tractor run on April 4. They would also like to thank Sylvia and her team for a very enjoyable meal at the end of the run. Amount raised for Hereford MS Centre was £2153.
Pudleston
PUDLESTON GARDEN AND NATURE CLUB - Are hosting a talk given by Tom Oliver (of Olivers Cider and Perry, Ocle Pychard) on Tuesday at 7.30pm at Pudleston Village Hall. The talk entitled The Pyrus Communis will explain the use of perry pears in the production of perry, share a few secrets of this delightful tree, explain how perry is made and of course include tasting of three types of perry.
Visitors welcome, entry is £4 including tasting (£2 for those not wishing to taste). Refreshments available. Contact Zoe on 01568760520 or zoe.am.short@ gmail.com.
Ross-on-Wye
VAGA PROBUS CLUB - A talk by Sgt. Jerry Coyd and PC Richard Barrendale Smith entitled Policing in and Around Ross-on- Wye. Jerry’s role is running the response team for Ross, whereas Richard’s is in charge of beat officers covering all Ross areas extending as far as Much Marcle and Monmouth, all shown on the rural crime, SNT boundary map.
Richard reassured us that we are very fortunate with low crime incidents compared to the locations outside of Herefordshire, particularly the major cities. The membership felt they would like to see more visible police on the beat. Both Jerry and Richard were thanked for this very informative talk and it was agreed we should all do our bit in supporting them.
Stoke Lacy
COFFEE MORNINGS IN THE CHURCH - There will be coffee mornings in the church at Stoke Lacy every Saturday from May 9 until November 14. It is hoped that groups from the village will sponsor each of the coffee mornings. This is a great opportunity to meet up with friends and neighbours for a chat in the comfort of the church. Anyone interested in sponsorship is asked to contact Alma Westwood or John Caiger.
THE STOKE LACY AND DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB - The club will meet in the village hall at 7.30pm Tuesday. Adrian James will be talking about his experiences of making a garden from scratch. Everyone is welcome to attend, and the cost for visitors will be just £4. Club members will be given priority when it comes to tickets for the coach trip to Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens in May. Places are limited and should be reserved on 01885 400200 or via jo@folly.free-online.co.uk.
Stretton Sugwas
FUN WHIST DRIVE - Tomorrow night at 7.30pm in the village hall.
Entry £2.50 (to include light refreshments). Funds in aid of Stretton Sugwas Church.
SPECIAL SERVICE - In a special service, in Tarrington church, on Sunday at 11am the British Legion standard of the long defunct Tarrington branch is to be paraded by standard bearer Jason Chester when the standard is to be ‘laid up’. There will also be an address on the work of the British Legion by Wing Commander Peter Hereford OBE.
The standard will remain displayed within Tarrington church.
In conjunction an exhibition will feature the First World War soldier George Evesham and whose name was added to the War Memorial for our last Remembrance Day service. Six new kneelers, on which are the names of the Tarrington bell ringers from that period with George Evesham as tower captain, have been commissioned.
QUIZ - The ‘almost annual quiz’ will take place on May 23 at 7pm for 7.30pm start. £7.50 per person entrance includes a cheese ploughman’s supper and a glass of wine. Funds are in aid of Tarrington church and the Lady Emily Hall.
Ullingswick
PCC MEETING - The annual meeting of the Ullingswick Parochial Church Council will be held at 7.30pm in St Luke’s Church on Monday. The parish will also be taking the opportunity to welcome their new Rector, Elizabeth Sidwell, who was inducted into the Benefice by the Bishop of Hereford on April 13 at a service in Pencombe. Everyone is welcome, and in view of the appointment of a new rector, it would be good to give her a warm welcome.
CHERRY BLOSSOM WALK - Friends of Herefordshire Samaritans are pleased to announce that they have obtained permission to organise a special Cherry Blossom Walk on Sunday, 11.30am-4pm, to view the cherry trees in blossom on Sidnall Farm at Ullingswick. This charity event has been made possible through the generosity of the fruit farm’s owner, Clive Richards OBE. The 70-acre Herefordshire fruit farm is now one of the largest suppliers of English-grown cherries, including such varieties as Kordia, Regina, Summer sun and Verida. There will be guided walks on offer, by experts from the estate’s award-winning cherry orchards, and there will be transport available.
Lunch will be available from 1pm but will have to be booked.
Refreshments can be served under cover, or there will be an open picnic area; and there will be ample free parking.
The cost of a tour and pre-booked lunch will be £15, with a guided tour costing just £5, children under 12 will be admitted free.
Tea, coffee and cakes will be available for a small charge. All proceeds from the event will go to Friends of Herefordshire Samaritans. Tickets are available from Mrs Rae Jones on 01432 274800 or via rae1946@icloud.com.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, 01432 820074 email commnews@ymail.com.
VOWCHURCH COUNTRY MARKET - Saturday from 10am to noon at Vowchurch Village Hall.
Top seasonal produce from the Golden Valley including organic vegetables, cheeses, preserves, eggs, sausages and meat, plus cakes and Alex Gooch’s award winning bread.
Meet friends and catch up on local gossip over coffee and bacon butties in our welcoming cafe.
SPRING SHOW - The Weobley and District Gardening Society had an excellent spring show on April 11.The standard was extremely high and well supported.
Thank you to all who entered, helped and visited in the afternoon. Results: Pot Plant Cup - Rose Pember; Culinary- Ivy Stokes; Flower Arranging - Brenda Watkins; Photography - Margaret Smith; Best in Show Daffodil - Anne Cole; Cheryl Evans Perpetual Trophy for most points overall in the flower section - Anne Cole with very nearly a tie in 2nd place Tibb Richardson.
Winforton
WINFORTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION - If you have not already got your tickets, then hurry, hurry as there is not much time left to buy them for The Hank Wangford Trio - May 15, at 7.45pm. Tickets on sale, adults £10, children £5 and family (five max) £26. A big thank you to Eardisley Village Shop for agreeing to sell some tickets. Tickets are also available from Alun Roberts 01544 328425, Sarah Cooke email sarahcookie9@btinternet.com or other members of WCA.
The Sun Inn, Winforton, is delighted to offer a pre concert dinner with a flavour of the evening ahead, 6.30pm, £12.50 per head with a glass of house red or white wine. Telephone 01544 327677 for your reservation (reservations only).
Tudges of Ludlow Rare Breed pork sausages with cider gravy, creamy mash and caramelised apple. Wild mushroom and spinach risotto, mixed salad. Pan fried pork tenderloin, grain mustard dijonnaise, celeriac mash.
Withington
QUIZ NIGHT - Come and enjoy a fantastic fun quiz evening at Withington village hall (HR1 3PP) on Saturday. Start time is 7.30pm prompt. Teams of up to six can be pre-booked, or made up on the night. Family teams welcome.
Tickets are £6 each, including a ploughman’s supper. (Under 16s are £3).
Bring your own drinks. Call 01432 850074 for information.
Proceeds to St Peter’s Church.
Woolhope
FARMERS MARKET - The monthly farmers market will take place in the village hall on Saturday from 10am - 12.30pm.
Most of the usual providers will be present, and bring along anything you wish to have sharpened.
As usual, delicious refreshments will be available.
HEREFORDSHIRE HEARTSTART - Free two hour Heartstart Course (CPR etc) at Yarpole Parish Hall on Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm. Booking is essential, to book your place email herefordshireheartstart@ btconnect.com or 0845 6060654.
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