Village News Edition 22. May/June 2015

West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan

The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group held 3 exhibitions in March and April explaining the development of the Plan. They were well attended by many village residents and by Parish Councillors from other nearby villages and were most successful. This has resulted in more questionnaires being completed – the more we receive the more we can represent village views. The collection box will remain in the Post Office in the Coop until 21st May. So, if you haven’t sent yours in yet – do it now!!! Alternatively, you can complete it online (which will save the Steering Group time transcribing paper copies).

The results will be collated and analysed by the steering group to produce a definitive Neighbourhood Plan and will be made public to all residents later in the year.

For further information on the NP contact :- Chris Stevenson NP chairperson at:- cdstevenson @gmail.com or visit the Neighbourhood Plan webpages.

The White Hart

It is great to see this local village Pub is now doing well. It has been taken on by Mark Killick as the landlord and you will always receive a cheerful welcome from him and his staff. Mark has seen the pub refurbished and it now looks very bright and inviting and very family friendly.

Mark is a trained chef and has previously worked in several Essex village pubs as a chef so you can be sure the meals on offer will be really good.

The opening times of the pub are:-

Monday to Saturday, 12md – 11pm.
Sunday, 12md – 6pm.
Lunches are served on Mondays and Tuesdays from 12md – 4.0pm
Meals served on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12md – 8.30pm
The famous Sunday roasts are from 12md – 4pm.

The beers on offer are also very good with a great selection!!

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Andrea Dowd will be taking over The White Hart in West Bergholt on the 29th Andrea Dowd who is taking over the White Hart September. Andrea has some 20 years experience within the licensed trade and has run a number of successful village pubs in the past and is returning to the trade after a break to raise her children.

Andrea’s vision for the pub is one that she hopes will embrace the whole of the village community and she is looking to fulfilling her role as a member of that community, supporting local causes and charities and being involved as much as possible.

Andrea promises good quality beer and food (including fresh fish direct from Billingsgate and roast potatoes and cheese and biscuits on the bar on Sundays), as well as entertainment, and has no wish to make any radical changes, preferring to maintain the pub as an important part of the local community and a quaint village pub.

There are two events coming up that have already been planned:

On the 17th October there will be a Soul/Motown night, an evening of mellow soul and motown music from the greats, and
On the 31st October there will be a Halloween theme to the day and evening, and Andrea hopes that families will get involved during the earlier part of the evening with the opportunity for fancy dress and games for the children. In the latter part of the evening there will be a party for the grown ups, fancy dress optional but great fun and great music.

Future plans involve weekend treasure hunts for the whole family, a weekly quiz with prizes in support of local charities and a meat raffle.

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