Almeley
FLICKS IN THE STICKS - The first film this season is The 2nd Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) tonight at 7.30pm, tickets £4.
Come and see it on the big screen, comfortable chairs, bar available, cabaret seating, doors open at 7pm, ample parking.
Aymestrey and Leinthall Earls
NATURE TRUST - There will be a meeting of the Nature Trust tonight at 7.30pm in Aymestrey Parish Hall. Tim Coleshaw will give a talk “from coral to coal”.
CHURCH SERVICE - Aymestrey’s harvest festival will be held on October 2, at 6.30pm and refreshments will be served after this service. Help is requested for decorating Aymestrey church on the morning of October 2, at 10am.
On October 4 there will be a Harvest Eucharist Service at Aymestrey at 11am.
Berrington
APPLE WEEKEND - Berrington’s much-loved apple weekend returns. Join us for a celebration of the apple harvest at Berrington. With over 50 varieties of rare and ancient apple trees, Berrington’s orchard is the perfect place to learn about growing, identification, pruning and more.
There will be local cider on sale and a range of fresh and local produce for sale in the grounds and live folk music to entertain all weekend.
More information: Property administrator, 01568 615721, berrington@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Bishop’s Frome and Fromes Hill
COFFEE MORNINGS - Coffee mornings are now being held on Fridays, fortnightly from 10am till noon in the Village Centre at Bishop’s Frome. The next will be held tomorrow. Everyone is welcome, especially as this will coincide with the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Coffee and cakes will be on offer, plus a raffle and a bring and buy stall.
All are welcome. All proceeds to Macmillan Nurses.
FUN WITH FLOWERS - On Wednesday evenings, from now until October 16, there will be a chance for anyone with an interest in flower arranging to receive guidance and instruction.
Everyone is welcome, including those who enjoy arranging for personal pleasure or those who wish to become more skilled in the presentation of church flowers etc. Sessions start at 7pm in St Mary’s Church at Bishop’s Frome and will cost £4 per session. Those attending are asked to bring scissors/secateurs, an oasis, a rubbish bag, garden foliage and a mixed supermarket bunch of flowers. A favourite container, or perhaps a flower holding object that’s crying out for new ideas can also be brought but will be optional.
For more information please contact Yvonne, 01885 490278/07795 575547.
OVER 60s LUNCH CLUB - The Lunch Club meets in the Village Centre on Tuesdays at 12.30pm for 1pm. Details from Joan on 01531 640587.
NEEDLECRAFT - The Bishop’s Frome Needlecraft Group restarted on September 9, and will be meeting regularly in the Village Centre on Wednesdays from 2pm till 4pm. Knitting, sewing, cross stitch, crochet and embroidery are all covered and there will be ample opportunity to learn new techniques. Tea or coffee is provided plus chocolate biscuits, and all for just £2 per session. Details from Beryl on 01531 640359.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, HR1 3QR. 01432 820074. commnews@ymail.com.
Bishopstone
VILLAGE LOTTERY - On September 12 Luke Jordan won £25 with number 44.
Bodenham
CAFÉ@CHAPEL - Everyone is welcome to call in for an informal chat over a cup of tea, coffee, etc on Thursday mornings at the Chapel in Chapel Lane. It’s open from 10.30am until noon, every Thursday, and you are welcome to stay for as long or as little 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. This is a joint venture between St Michael’s Church, Bodenham and Bodenham Christian Fellowship and is hosted by members from both churches (and other local residents). Tomorrow the chapel will be the venue for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, also from 10.30am till noon.
QUIZ NIGHT - The Bodenham Romania Support Group will be holding their annual quiz in Bodenham Parish Hall tomorrow, at 7.30pm. Teams of four to six are welcome to take part, at a cost of £6 per person to include light refreshments. For further details contact Margaret James on majameshcl@gmail.com LEISURE CLUB - The club’s next event will be next Monday, and will feature an outing to Beckford Silk Ltd near Tewkesbury. The coach will leave the parish hall at 9.30am before picking up in Ashgrove Road.
There is a coffee shop and bistro on site and tours of the silk making facility are available if desired. Telephone Dorothy Pugh to book a place on the coach and to get details of the trip. Tel 01568 797268. The trip is open to non- members, and anyone interested in joining the party will be very welcome. There is, of course, a charge for the coach. Leisure Club details are available from Nan Murdoch (programme secretary) on 01568 797595 or via bobmur doch234@btinternet GARDENING CLUB - On October 6 in the Bodenham Parish Hall, the gardening club will feature a talk by Christine Walkden, the TV and radio personality gardener, distinguished horticulturalist and author.
The meeting starts at 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Entry will be by ticket only. Tickets £14 from Mrs Anita Griffiths, Steppes Mill, Bodenham, Herefordshire HR1 3HS. Cheques to be made payable to Bodenham Gardening Club. Enquiries to 01568 797149 or 797929. New members are always welcome. There is a raffle and sales table every month, plus refreshments.
TRAVELS WITH A CAMERA - The next session of “travels with a camera” will be from 7.30pm till 9.15pm on October 2, and will feature “Journey to Namibia”, presented by Doug Pearson.
Admission £3 in aid of the Hope Carriers Trust and Ear Aid Nepal.
Light refreshments will be provided. For more details call Dave or Jenny Hill on 01568 797531.
FLOOD PROTECTION GROUP - The group’s next monthly meeting will be on Tuesday at 7.30pm at the Siward James Centre. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. If anyone has a particular issue they would like to raise, please inform the secretary, Babs Mitcheson, in advance so that it can be included in the agenda. Contact 01568 797170 or via BabsMitcheson@aol.com THE APPLE JUICE PROCESSING WORKSHOP - Orchard Origins and the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust are promoting a number of events locally, including a one-day workshop on how to make your own apple juice. For anyone with a glut of apples and who is looking for ways to preserve them then this is the course they need. By the end of the day participants will have their own juice freshly pressed and pasteurised and ready to take home. The course is also suitable for small scale producers and community orchard groups wanting to sell their juice on as all the necessary stages will be covered. The course will be held from 10am till 4pm on October 24, at Houghton Court at Bodenham (HR1 3HZ) and will cost £50 for Wildlife Trust members and £60 for non-members. Booking is essential – online at herefordshirewt.org or via 01432 356872.
CIDER MAKING WORKSHOP - On November 21, from 10am-4pm there will be a second one-day workshop promoted by the Orchard Origins and the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, this time intended to walk you through the stages needed to make your own cider and to discover just how easy it actually is. The course is suitable for both novice and intermediate brewers, and participants will learn all they need to know about picking, fermentation, racking, storage and tasting. The course will be held at Houghton Court, Bodenham (HR1 3HZ) and will cost £50 for HWT members or £60 for non-members. Booking is essential and can be done online at herefordshirewt.org or via 01432 356872.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, HR1 3QR. 01432 820074. commnews@ymail.com.
Bredwardine and Brobury
HARVEST FESTIVAL - Harvest festival at St Andrew’s Church, Bredwardine will take place on October 4 at 3pm. The preacher will be Preb Kay Garlick and after the service you are warmly invited to stay for our traditional, delicious tea and cakes. Contact Charlotte Sellars on 01981 500281.
COFFEE MORNING - The monthly coffee morning and market is on October 2 in Bredwardine village hall from 10am until noon. Join us for coffee, cake and the chance to browse the stalls selling local produce and handmade crafts.
Contact Phil Bauer on 01981 500398 for more information or if you are interested in selling at the market.
Bridge Sollars
BONUS BALL - Brian and Jenny Merrick won £25 with number 44 on September 12.
Brilley
PIZZA AND QUIZ - Social Club at Brilley Village Hall tomorrow, 7pm-10pm. September is pizza night. Real ale, cider, lager, wine and soft drinks. Rosie’s famous quiz. Come alone, bring a friend, bring the family. Everyone welcome.
Byford
HARVEST FESTIVAL - The annual Harvest Festival service for the parishes of Byford and Mansell Gamage will be held in Byford church at 6pm on Sunday followed by refreshments.
Everyone welcome.
COFFEE MORNING - Everyone is invited to join in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Support tomorrow at Canon Pyon Stores.
10am until noon. Freshly ground coffee and home-made cakes, bring and buy stall and raffle.
Dilwyn
CARNIVALE REPUBLIC - Troy Redfern, Nathan Emery, Malcolm Melon and Dave Kirk. This guitar- led, electro acoustic quartet fuses elements of swing, world rhythms, intense improvisation and an exquisite melodic sensibility.
October 31, The Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, 8.30pm (doors open 8pm).
Entry by ticket or on the door: £7 each. There is a licensed bar.
For tickets contact 01544 318395, 07929793839, 07774112077, Friends of the Crown.
Dorstone
DORSTONE HISTORY SOCIETY - October 7 at 7.30pm in the village hall (all welcome – visitors £3).
Snodhill Castle – It’s history, features and future with speakers Garry Crook and Sarah Lewis (English Heritage). Snodhill Castle was probably built by Robert de Chandos c. 1127 and rebuilt in stone around 1200. It was rebuilt and extended c. 1403, but left in ruins by bombardment in 1645 during the Civil War. The castle ruins were mentioned by the Rev Francis Kilvert who went for a picnic there on Midsummer Day 1870.
Many Golden Valley people also have memories of walking and picnicking in the ruins and await with interest any plans for possible conservation of this local landmark.
Remember History Society AGM - October 21 in DFR at 7.30pm.
POP-IN - To the Methodist Chapel on Saturday between 10.30am and noon for a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake.
AFTERNOON TEA - On Saturday 2.30pm - 5pm at Whitfield House entertainment by the Crooked Steeple Morris who dance traditional clog dances. There will be a cake stall, tombola and treasure hunt with the funds going to Wormbridge and St Devereux Churches.
HARVEST FESTIVAL - At St Michael’s and All Angels church on Sunday at 11am with a collection for Wateraid, followed by a two-course lunch in St Michael’s Hall. Tickets available £10 each from church wardens.
WEA - Autumn lectures begin at the Memorial Hall on Monday at 2.30pm. Jill Salmons, art historian and anthropologist, will deliver seven weekly lectures on Russian art and culture from the time of the Tzars. Fee is £49.
Hay-on-Wye
BELL BANK CLUB FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED - In July Sheila Leighton gave us a talk on the fund she and her family and friends set up after her husband Keith’s death from a brain tumour 28 years ago. Money has come from so many sources – coffee mornings, jumble sales, funeral donations and dances.
Also Headway House, Credenhill, Birmingham Mews Department and Birmingham University research. The fund can be used by anyone with a tumour or any other brain illness, to help with travelling expenses to hospital. Sheila is running a half marathon in Birmingham with her daughter on October 18. If anyone would like to sponsor this worthy cause please ring 01497 820748 or at Just Giving Workman/ Leighton.
August was an eventful and exciting month for the club members.
It started with an invite to the home of Bob and Val Jacob to help them celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The hospitality was second to none, the wine flowed and their was an abundance of delicious food. We sang congratulations and then Bob regaled us with some surprising songs which had members in fits of laughter.
The following week John Price treated us to a film show. He had filmed events at the recent vintage steam fair and the celebrations in hay to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It was lovely to watch especially by those members who were unable to attend the celebrations in person due to ill health.
Later in the month John showed us a video of his recent visit to the Mechanical Music Museum at North Leech in the Cotswolds. It was fascinating and made us want to visit. We are so lucky to now have Judith Wilkinson for the exercise and relaxation sessions which are loved by all and are so good for our health and well being.
August also sadly saw the passing of a much-loved and long term member Nonie Hodges, who died just after reaching her 90th birthday. We held a minute’s silence in her honour. She will be greatly missed by everyone.
Maddie has been keeping well and attending with Eileen. She is such a gentle soul and a much-loved member of the club. After over 20 years of devotedly writing this report Eileen has decided to stand down. I will be taking over knowing that it wont be easy, as her reports were always beautifully written and so well loved. Thank you Eileen for all your dedication over the years, we salute you.
Hereford
COUNTRY GOSPEL EVENING - Hope City Church, Hereford, will be hosting a country gospel evening at Hope City Church Centre, Union Walk, Hereford, HR1 2EP, on Saturday at 7.30pm. We will welcome Northern Ireland top country gospel band Live Issue supported by Hereford’s Hope Country Gospel Band. Admission free – a freewill offering will be taken up during the evening to cover costs. Contact Hope City Church, Hereford on 01432 354354.
WEST HEREFORD TEAM OF CHURCHES - Tomorrow 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road.
Sunday: 9.30am Parish Mass at All Saints’ Church, Eign Gate, 3.30pm Songs of Praise for Harvest at St Michael’s Church, Breinton; 11am Parish Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross; 8am Holy Communion (BCP) at St Nicholas’ Church; 11am Choral Communion at St Nicholas’ Church; 6.30pm Evensong at St Nicholas’ Church.
Monday: 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road.
Tuesday: 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road; 12.10pm Said Mass at All Saints’ Church, Eign Gate.
Wednesday: 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road; 12.10pm Said Mass at All Saints’ Church, Eign Gate. Thursday: 8.15am Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road; 10am Holy Communion at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road; 12.10pm Said Mass at All Saints’ Church, Eign Gate.
BUMS ON TUMS - We run a Herefordshire Bums on Tums (your local ostomies support group) on the last Tuesday of each month at the Kindle Centre, Asda Stores, Belmont Court, Hereford.
We are 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.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday from 11am-noon. We look forward to new members joining our friendly group. For further information please contact Carol Steele on 01432 880656.
ST JOHN’S METHODIST CHURCH - St Owen Street, tomorrow morning, prayer 8am. Sunday, 10.30am, Herefordshire Harvest Family Service. Monday and Wednesday, 8am, Morning Prayer.
WEA - A few places are still available on our autumn seven-week courses starting the week commencing September 28. Bookings being taken for these events. A study day on the unusual though intriguing topic of the eye will be held at Saxon Hall on October 10.
How this extraordinary visual sense organ allows us to see the world will be explored and explained partly through demonstration and partly through hands- on practical sessions. King John’s Will at Worcester Cathedral.
On November 10 there will be a group visit to the library at Worcester Cathedral to be shown King John’s Will (recently returned from exhibition at the British Library) and his tomb and effigy in the body of the cathedral.
We hope also to visit the commandery, which dates back to the 12th century but was latterly the HQ of the Royalist forces during the Battle of Worcester – the final and decisive battle of the English Civil War. For a booking form please e-mail herefordbranch@wea.org.uk or telephone 01531 634460.
BREATHE EASY GROUP - The August meeting of the Breathe Easy Group was held on August 25 at the Cider Museum at 2pm.
Members enjoyed an hour of gentle exercise and Tai Chi under the direction of Shirley Goodwin Jones. Shirley will be commencing a new six-week course of Tai Chi on September 28 at 10.45am in St John’s Methodist Church Hall.
The cost will be £5 per session. All abilities welcome.
The exercise was followed by a welcome cup of tea and discussion of forthcoming events.
Principally the AGM in September and procedures for electing new committee members, with a vote taken on the venue for the Christmas lunch, again the members voted for the Bay Horse in Kings Acre Road where we have always enjoyed excellent cuisine and hospitality.
The AGM meeting will take place on September 29 at 2pm at the Cider Museum. Our speaker will be Roger Taylor giving a virtual tour of Hereford Cathedral tower, saving most of us the effort of trying to climb the 218 steps to the top. If you have any enquiries please get in contact with Margaret Taylor on 01432 850550.
Holme Lacy
COFFEE MORNING - A Macmillan coffee morning is being held at Holme Lacy Village Hall on September 26 from 10am till noon.
ARCADIA MUSIC FESTIVAL - At Kingsland Church, Saturday, October 3. As part of the Arcadia Music Festival three- concert tour, Kingsland Church hosts an evening of Brahms, Spohr and Dohnanyi. Start 7.30pm Kingsland Church.
Tickets £15 for one concert, £25 for two and £30 for three. All proceeds go towards the restoration and maintenance of the church.
Programme and tickets for all three concerts available from ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk, 01568 709579 or Kingsland Post Office.
ZUMBA FITNESS/TONING - Luctonians RC, Kingsland, Monday’s 6pm-7pm. Contact Mandy 01544 387958 or mandys.mail@virgin.net.
Knighton
RHAYADER AND DISTRICT MALE VOICE CHOIR - There will be a concert on Saturday at 7.30 pm in St Edward’s Church, Knighton, with the Rhayader Male Voice choir. Special guests during the evening will be Chloe Lewis, Katie Mohamed, Rory Naylor and Megân Roberts. Tickets, on the door, are £7. Proceeds to Knighton Show and Carnival and St Edward’s Church.
CHURCH SERVICES FOR SUNDAY - St Edward’s Church, Knighton 9.30 am Holy Communion.
St David’s Church, Whitton, no service.
St Andrew’s Church, Norton, 11am Morning Worship.
St Mary’s Church, Pilleth, 3pm Harvest Evening Prayer.
Knighton Baptist Church and Knighton Methodist church joint service at the Methodist church 11am.
Knighton Catholic Church 11am.
FLU CLINIC - Wylcwm Street doctors surgery in Knighton will be holding flu clinics on October 6-7.
The flu vaccination is recommended for the following people – everyone aged 65 and over, those at risk groups under the age of 65 include heart, respiratory and kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, lower immunity disease. Or those who have had a stroke or a transient ischaemic attack, have a neurological condition or live in a residential or nursing home, carers and pregnant women.
WORLD’S GREATEST TEA PARTY - In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, tomorrow, 3pm to 5pm, at Lingen Village Hall. Lots of delicious treats along with homemade stalls and live music.
Contact Sue 01584 877932 for further information.
EXERCISE CLASSES TO MUSIC - With Mandy at Lingen Village Hall. Wednesday mornings, 10am to 11am. Cost £4 a class.
Phone 01544 387958 or e-mail lingenvillagehall@gmail.com.
TEDDY TOTS - Toddler playgroup takes place at the hall every Tuesday 9.30am to 11.30am. Lot of toys for the tots and a coffee for the mums and dads. £2 a family, 01544 267498.
LINGEN AUTUMN LECTURES 2015 PROGRAMME - All lectures start 7.30pm at Lingen Village Hall. Entrance £8 on the door to include a glass of wine and canapés. A season ticket is available at £36 for all six lectures.
Proceeds from the lectures are for the care and maintenance of Lingen Village Hall.
October 7, Lord Lisvane – Order!
Order! Reflections on Parliament.
October 14, Professor Stephen Hugh-Jones – The Barasana: Traditional Indians in a modern world.
October 21, Dr John O’Grady – Releasing Life Sentence Prisoners: the role of the Parole Board.
October 28, Christopher Salmon – Politics and the Police.
November 4, Deborah Moggach – Adventures in the Screen Trade.
November 11, Dame Margaret Anstee DCMG – A Survivor’s Tale: my life and times in the United Nations.
For information phone Sue on 01584 877932 or e-mail suespence321@ gmail.com FURTHER INFORMATION - Can be found on lingen.org.uk.
AUTUMN FOOD AND CRAFT FAIR - Saturday in Madley Church from 11am - 3pm, free entry. Come and support this fun village event, with café, hot food, spices, meats, cards, felt making, honey, chocolate, bread, local photographs, cakes and sweet treats, jewellery. Activities and crafts for children with Madley Youth Group. Music and dancing with Gemma from Little Notes Music Club.
Mansel Lacy
LACY LADIES - The next meeting will be tonight at 7.30pm, at the Community Centre. Robin Cox will be giving a talk entitled “A head teacher’s memories of garrison school life around the world”.
This will be an open meeting, all are welcome. For details, contact Joyce Lewis 01981 590638.
GARDENERS ASSOCIATION - For our September meeting, Mr Robert Champion treated us to a super talk on geraniums and pelargoniums. Well known to us, all these plants provide loads of colour through the summer and can be used in beds, containers and hanging baskets.
Our next meeting is on October 13, when our speaker will be Mr Frank Hardy telling us about ‘all our yesterday’s’, gardening and gardeners from about 1900 to the present. Gardening today is very, very different from 100 years ago.
Think about it, no garden centres, no bags of compost, no pesticide sprays etc. No fridge freezers either so vegetable growing was planned around the growing seasons and would have been very eco friendly.
Visitors and new members to the gardening club are always very welcome. If you would like to join us for a taster evening we meet every second Tuesday of the month in the Community Centre at 7.30pm. More information on the club and it’s activities can be obtained from the secretary, Len Day on 01432 880657.
Autumn show: Our 2015 autumn show was again a super success with 162 entries. Unfortunately, entries for the children’s categories were lower than usual because the guides do not meet during August now. However, we look forward to their entries for the spring show of 2016. Again the standard of entries was very high in all categories and it was good to see people just really enjoying taking part. Many thanks to all who helped to make the day a great success particularly to all exhibitors and the judges. If you have not been to one of our gardening shows before then do come along next year and better still have a go at entering one of the categories.
Winners for the various groups were: Vegetables and fruit: 1st Sue Price, 2nd Reg Cotterell, 3rd J Gallimore. Flowers: 1st Carol Rawlings, 2nd Hillary Jones, 3rd Ann Simpson. Floral art: 1st Janet Lloyd, 2nd Carol Rawlings, 3rd Fiona Shutter. Cookery and preserves: 1st Janet Lloyd, 2nd Carol Rawlings/Peter Mann, 3rd Sue Dutson. Handicrafts: 1st Sue Price, 2nd Brian Skinner/Janet Lloyd, 3rd M Cotterell/V Wright.
Top tray veg: Reg Cotterell. Top vase flowers: Carol Rawlings.
Children’s class up to 12 years: 1st Sophie Dickenson, 2nd Daniel Dutson-Smith, 3rd Ned Edmunds.
Children’s class 12-16 years: 1st Alexander Dutson-Smith.
Scarecrow: Sophie Dickinson.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING - In Monkland Village Hall on September 25 from 10am - noon. £1 entry which includes coffee/tea and biscuits. There will be a huge table of chutneys, jams, and cakes of all sorts. Books, bric- a-brac, plants, knitting and draw.
EVENING PRIZE BINGO - Doors open at 7pm. Eyes down at 8pm.
No children under six please.
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 sausages, chicken, duck, lamb etc.
as well as some cooked meats and cheese and Mr G’s award winning chutney and preserves, together with a stall selling honey. There will be craft stands selling greeting cards (orders can be taken for personalised cards and gifts), silver jewellery and a Fair Trade stand. Contact Mark on 01432 278026.
THE BIG APPLE - For an afternoon, a day or a full weekend – the Big Apple is a special opportunity to enjoy the autumn countryside on the Marcle Ridge. This year’s celebration of English apples, orchards and cider will include walks, talks, tastings and activities, not to mention delicious lunches and apple teas, at eight venues in and around Much Marcle.
Cidermaking highlights this year will include getting hands on experience with a 200-year-old cider press at Woodredding Farm, taking a tour of Westons Cider, and seeing the horse-drawn travelling cider press at Awnells Farm.
A ‘Feast of Apples’ at Hellens will include a market featuring unusual varieties of apples, while local printmaker Annaliese Appleby will be helping visitors to create an apple tree collage at Gregg’s Pit. Two special events will celebrate the contribution of local folklore historian Roy Palmer, who died earlier this year. Sweet Cider Time, an evening of music and readings features vocal group Serenata at 7pm on Saturday evening, while on Sunday morning a guided walk will include readings from Ripest Apples, the anthology compiled by Roy for the Big Apple. A Big Apple Bike Ride, meeting at the Market House in Ledbury at 10am on Sunday, will explore the Big Apple venues from the saddle, with plenty of opportunity to sample Big Apple catering along the way.
One of the final events of the weekend will be a screening of ‘Five Fruit Trees Make an Orchard’. This new film comparing seventeenth century and contemporary perspectives of orchard value was made with the help of people with learning disabilities and will be shown at Hellens at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon. A full programme of events can be found at bigapple.org.uk.
Norton Canon
SOCIAL EVENING EVENT - Social gathering at the Three Horseshoes for a general get together and chat including ideas for events at our village hall.
Everyone welcome. October 2 at 7.30pm.
Ocle Pychard and Much Cowarne
HARVEST FESTIVAL - The Ocle Pychard harvest festival service will be held in the church at 6pm on October 9, and will be followed by fish and chips (£7) at Burley Gate Village Hall. To avoid disappointment meals should be ordered either before the evening by contacting Elly Ecroyd on 01432 820305 or before the service on arrival at the church. Harvest donations (tinned or dried goods) will be gratefully received and will be given to the Ledbury Food Bank.
BURLEY GATE VILLAGE HALL - The next meeting of the Village Hall Committee will be held in the hall on Tuesday, at 7.30pm. New members, or anyone with an interest in how the hall is run and just what’s going on is welcome to attend.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, 01432 820074, email commnews@ymail.com.
VILLAGE SCARECROW TRAIL AND FUN DAY - The weekend of September 12-13 saw the first village scarecrow trail, with a total of 38 scarecrows scattered throughout Orleton village. The standard was exceptionally high and by public vote the Green Lane Scarecrow Band was presented with first prize by Cllr Sebastian Bowen at the family fun day held on Sunday afternoon. The fun day featured a dog show, barbecue, bar, side shows, and live music provide by the All Tones. All proceeds aid of the village hall.
PEMBRIDGE WINS GOLD - Pembridge has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold award in the Heart of England in Bloom 2015 campaign for the fourth consecutive year.
Judges were particularly impressed with environmental responsibility and community participation. Many thanks to all who help to maintain Pembridge as such an attractive village to live and visit.
BACK TO THE GARDEN - St Mary’s Church on October 3 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10.
Telephone 01544340381. The Village Quire with Phil Smith present a musical story of life in the war trenches in war torn France during the great war.
Presteigne
QUIZ - Presteigne and Norton Community Support are having a fundraising quiz on Monday at the Farmers Inn at 7.30pm. To book a team, call The Farmers Inn, or 01544 267389, or for more information, call the community support office on 267961. Teams of four are £8. The prize money is £50 generously donated by Mike, Elaine and Kate Barlow in memory of Claire.
HARVEST SERVICES - Harvest festival services at Presteigne Baptist Church. Tomorrow, harvest supper at 6pm, tickets £6 can be purchased on the night.
Saturday, harvest coffee morning at 10am. Sunday, harvest festival service. Please come and join us to celebrate harvest.
ZUMBA FITNESS/TONING - Memorial Hall, Wednesdays 7pm - 8pm.
EXERCISE TO MUSIC (LOW IMPACT) - Memorial hall, Thursday’s 10am - 11am. Contact Mandy 01544 387958 or mandys.mail@virgin.net.
TEA PARTY - In aid of Macmillan Cancer at Lingen Village Hall tomorrow from 3-5pm.
SERVICES - There are services of Holy Communion at Kinsham at 9.30am, at St Andrews at 11am and finally at Discoed at 6.30pm.
FLU JABS - Presteigne medical centre is holding seasonal flu vaccination clinic at the surgery on October 6, from 3.30-5.30pm. There is no need to make an appointment. Just turn up. For further details call the surgery on 267985.
COFFEE MORNING - As part of the world’s biggest coffee morning, there is a coffee morning at The Royal British Legion Club tomorrow from 10am. If you would like to bake a cake or donate a prize for the raffle or would be able to help on the day then please call the organiser Paula Randell on 260485.
Everyone is most welcome.
MONTHLY DRAW WINNERS - Presteigne and Norton Community Support recently held its monthly draw. Gordon Ames drew the following winners.
£20 Mrs S Mclauchlan, £15 Mr F Baker and £12 Mrs B Gibbons.
Thank you for your continued support.
BINGO - The Bowling Club is holding its first ever cash only bingo at The Memorial Hall on Saturday from 6.30pm. If ticket sales allow then there will be a £500 jackpot. There will be a bar, raffle and everyone is most welcome.
LIVE MUSIC - The Fabulous New Tricks will be playing songs from the 60s at The Royal British Legion Club on Saturday from 9pm-1am. Admission at the door will be £3 with everyone welcome.
PUPPET SHOW - Box Tale Soup present A Midsummer Nights Dream, a play with two actors and plenty of puppets. The show is suitable for everyone from seven years of age. The show will take place on Saturday at The Assembly Rooms from 7.30pm.
Admission will be £8 for adults and £4 for children. Tickets can be purchased from Courtyard Antiques in The High Street or from The Workhouse on The Industrial Estate.
QUIZ NIGHT - There is a general knowledge quiz night at The Bowling Club Social Club on Wednesday with a prompt 8pm start. The cost will be £2 per person with a maximum of four persons per table. To book a team text or ring 07766 097600.
FILM - Presteigne Screen are showing the film Omar (15) at The Assembly Rooms tomorrow at 8pm. Admission will be £4.50 for adults and £3 for students. There is still an opportunity to purchase a seven-film season ticket at a reduced price of £22. For further details call Pete on 370202 or Alex on 260577.
Staunton-on-Wye
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING - We will be holding a MacMillan coffee morning at Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall tomorrow, 9am-1pm. Crafts, raffle, books and of course, coffee and cakes.
Further information/donations - Lin Spreckley 01544 318442.
Stoke Lacy
COOKED BREAKFAST AND APPLE JUICING - On October 3, from 9.30am till noon, Community Power and the Stoke Lacy Village Hall Committee will be providing an h.Energy cooked breakfast using locally sourced bacon, sausages and eggs.
There will also be an apple juicing service available on that day for a small fee. Patrons are invited to bring along their apples, of any variety but preferably in good condition, and have them pressed into delicious apple juice.
For further information about either of these events please call Gill Pinkerton on 01432 820968.
THE STOKE LACY HARVEST FESTIVAL AND LUNCH - The Stoke Lacy Harvest Festival service will be in the church at 11am on October 11, and will be followed by lunch in the village hall at 12.30pm for 1pm. The lunch (roast pork) will be followed by an auction of produce. Whilst it is always good to see as many as possible at both events, attendance at the lunch is not dependent on attendance at church! Tickets for the lunch will cost £8 for adults and £5 for children and will be on sale at the door. Please bring your own drinks.
SONG CAFÉ - This is a new way of ‘doing church’ and caters for all ages with various activities plus singing and story-telling and invariably finishes with a meal.
All are welcome. The next Song Café will be on October 3, at 4.30pm at Stoke Lacy Village Hall and will centre around the harvest thanksgiving. For more information and to let the organisers know that you’re coming so that there is food for everyone, please call 01885 490870 or email neilandchristinewalters@btinternet.com.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, 01432 820074, email commnews@ymail.com.
Stoke Prior
REMINDER - Macmillan Coffee Morning tomorrow between 10.30am and 1pm at Stoke Prior Village Hall hosted by friends of Stoke Prior and District WI.
Please come along a support this fundraiser.
Stretford
PATRONAL AND HARVEST FESTIVAL - Sunday at 11am at St Cosmas and St Damian Church.
Once again this ancient 12th century church celebrates its annual Patronal Festival with a sung Eucharist and a celebration of harvest thanksgiving.
Although it was declared redundant in 1974 the church is open daily to visitors and there is one service each year. The choir of St Mary’s Church, Dilwyn will lead the singing.
Saints Cosmas and Damian are healing physician-brother saints of the third century, and are the patron saints of the Royal Society of Medicine. Members of the medical professions are warmly invited.
The church will be decorated with harvest produce and floral displays for the festival.
Refreshments will be served in church after the service and all are welcome to join.
The Churches Conservation Trust warmly welcomes members of the Cosmas and Damian Society from Canterbury to the service. The new team vicar of Leominster, the Rev Matthew Burns will celebrate and the preacher is the Rev Nigella Tyson, former vicar of Kingsland.
All are welcome to this candle-lit service to commemorate the patron saints and celebrate the fruits of the harvest.
Stretton Sugwas
TAI CHI - Free taster tonight in the village hall at 7.30pm.
FUN WHIST DRIVE - Tomorrow at 7.30pm in the village hall. £2.50 to include light refreshments.
HARVEST FESTIVAL - Sunday at 11am in church, followed by harvest lunch in village hall (£6 on door).
Go to parish website for further information: strettonsugwasparishcouncil.co.uk.
PLOUGHING MATCH - The Trumpet and District Agricultural Society is holding its 72nd Annual Ploughing Match and West of England Fruit Show at Rosemaund, Preston Wynne, Herefordshire, HR1 3PG by kind permission of Mr and Mrs C Simcock and Mr W Chase on Thursday, October 1. More information is available from the secretary Mrs June Green on 01531 670608.
Ullingswick
HARVEST LUNCH - The Ullingswick harvest lunch will be held in the Burley Gate Village Hall at 1pm on October 18. Tickets will be £12.50 for adults and £5 for children under 12. More information (and tickets) can be obtained now from Sue Wright on 01432 820127.
CORRESPONDENT - Martin Field, The Old School House, Burley Gate, 01432 820074, email commnews@ymail.com.
VOWCHURCH COUNTRY MARKET - Saturday from 10am- noon in Vowchurch Village Hall.
Bread, cakes, sausages and meat, organic vegetables, plants, eggs, handmade chocolates, cheeses, honeys and preserves. Plus: beautiful wooden artefacts. Join us for bacon butties, cake and freshly brewed coffee.
Wellington
CHOIR CONCERT - Hereford Rail Mail Voice Choir will perform a concert on Saturday at 7.30pm in Wellington Parish Church.
Tickets £8 each which includes refreshments, are available from Wellington Delights shop, David Wood 01432 830118 or Scriv Evans 01432 277210.
Tickets are also available on the door. Proceeds for Wellington Bowls Club.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING - Weobley are yet again supporting the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Support on Saturday at Bell Meadow from 10am to noon. Entry £1.50, for coffee, tea and biscuits.
There will be cake/home produce/bring and buy/bric-a-brac stalls as well as a draw/raffle.
Donations will be gratefully received. We have been very successful in the past - let’s try to break our record.
Withington
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING - Tomorrow, in the village hall, 10.30am-noon. Come and enjoy coffee and yummy cakes and chat with friends; and be generous with your donations to Macmillan Cancer Support.
For further details ring 01432 850074.
Woolhope
FARMERS MARKET - Will take place in the parish hall on Saturday from 10am-12.30pm.
There is a wide variety of stalls with locally produced beef, lamb, and pork, fresh bread, tasty cheeses, wheat/gluten free cakes, home cooked quiches and preserves.
There are also craft stalls with cards for all occasions, gift ideas with stalls specialising in both wood and metal items.
Refreshments are in the form of bacon butties with tea or coffee.
Come and enjoy a chat with friends and do some shopping.
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