Community, Parish Council & Village
Congratulations to West Bergholt Bowls Club member Paul Leech on becoming the Essex County Singles Champion.
Paul will now compete in the Eastern Counties Final in Norfolk and represent Essex at Blackpool in the All England Finals later in the year. This is a first for the village bowls club.
The WEA are running a special early summer course this year and everyone is invited to a series of six lectures on ‘Weather and Climate’ by an old friend of the WEA, Adrian Wright.
The weather is an enduring topic of conversation and a subject for newscasters. This course aims to look into the topic in greater depth and will include collecting weather data, origins of weather patterns which affect Britain, better understanding of forecasts, and a look at tropical climates.
The course starts on Tuesday 1st April at 8.00 pm in the Methodist Hall in Chapel Lane. Standard fee £24 Concessions £20.40.
If uncertain whether this is for you, come and sample the first evening for free with no obligation. For further info. ring the WEA Secretary on 01206 240791.
We need your help! The work to create a Parish Plan is entering its final stages, and an action plan containing the most important improvements you have suggested has been assembled.
In order to get approval from villagers and to increase your ability to identify with the plan, you are urged at this stage to spend a short time reading through, and commenting on, a number of subject areas in the questionnaire delivered with the Village Bulletin and available online here. Eight areas for development as listed below are identified in the questionnaire and the issues emerging are indicated together with proposed action plans to address them.
You have until 31st march to complete the survey questionnaire.
The above event takes place in the Methodist church hall on Wednesday 12 March from 10am to 11.30am. Stalls include general gifts, cakes and greetings cards.
The Christmas coffee morning raised £213 bringing the total for 2007 to £529.89p.
Jeanne Dean would like to thank everyone for their support throughout the year.
The service for the Women’s World Day of Prayer has been prepared by the women of Guyana and will take place on Friday 7 March in the Methodist Church, Chapel Road at 1.30pm.
The speaker will be the Reverend Ruth Ridge.
Soup and snack lunch begins in the hall at 12.30pm where all are welcome.
Chairman Caroline Dunn welcomed members to the Colne Valley Flower Club. The committee were voted back en bloc officers including key officers:
The club’s charity for 2008 is the Acorn Village.
Wendy Munnion from Maldon provided a demonstration entitled Variations on a Theme which was varied and vibrant with a musical connotation.
Wednesday 19 March welcomes Linda Harman from Ipswich.
The village Gardeners’ Association restarts on Monday 18 February at 7.30pm in the Orpen Memorial Hall Lexden Road when guests will be admitted free. The speaker will be Nick Bugden from Notcutts who will present ‘Spring Magic’.
Vice – president Pat Moran welcomed everyone to the meeting’s 87th birthday this month. March is Members Meeting and donations of jewellery, bring and buy and raffle would be appreciated.
Once again George Mills is asking for washing machine powder and toilet rolls for the orphanage in Chernigov. Our delegate will take these items to the County Annual Meeting at Southend-on-Sea following our meeting the evening before March 5.
Once again St Helena Hospice have asked our help by donating fresh not frozen baked cakes to be brought on Wednesday 2 April.
Following the sending of 222 items boxed up by 2 of our members to the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan before Christmas a thank you letter was received written by a 23 year old soldier. On behalf of his colleagues he wanted to express how much they all appreciated our kind thoughts especially as they are separated from their families.
The speaker Mrs Gianetta Nosworthy gave a very enlightening talk with slides on the history and present gardens of the Marks Hall Estate near Coggeshall.
John Worland was winner on the BBC Look East programme of one of 15 regional final places for a prestigious BAFTA. The category he is entered is for the “Sixty Seconds of Fame Award” – a category designed to encourage more people to take up film-making.
He won the place after Look East broadcast a number of short films reflecting a theme of “Unite” – John’s film, Empathy, which starred his grandson, was voted by viewers as their favourite and is quite charming.
To read more and see the film click here for the BBC Look East website article.
Mrs Caroline Dunn welcomed members to the AGM of the Colne Valley Flower Club.
The chosen charities for 2007 were Colchester’s YMCA The Foyer and Haven Mental Health Support. A cheque for £400 was presented to each charity. Guest speaker Alan Smith from Ipswich with 7 other NAFAS members had been chosen to represent the Colchester Group at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2007. He arranged two displays in brown orange and blue during his talk to give members an idea of what was accomplished on a much larger scale at Chelsea.
The next meeting is on Wednesday February 20 when subscriptions of £20 will be due.