Community, Parish Council & Village
The WI‘s April meeting was their ‘Open Meeting’ when they invited other local WI groups and visitors. David Webb, one of the twins from the TV comedy series Hi-de-Hi!, was the guest speaker. With the aid of sound, videos and stills David told his audience about Continue reading “Hi-de-Hi! Comes to the WI”
Make-Do & MendMake-Do & Mend continues the History Group’s World War 2 theme with a talk from Liz Bruce & Mary Dean about ‘Life on the Home Front’. Liz & Mary are members of the Frinton and Walton Heritage Trust; the talk will also include a culinary treat with some wartime recipes to taste.
The talk will take place in the Continue reading “Make-Do & Mend – a WW2 talk and food tasting”
Last Orders for Trattoria ItalianaAfter being postponed due to the snow this event will now take place on Saturday 14th April. The doors to the Orpen Hall will open at 12.15pm. We look forward to welcoming everyone who bought or reserved tickets. After some cancellations there are still a few tickets available.
The Friends‘ latest fundraiser involves recreating a “Trattoria Italiana” in the Orpen Hall. You are invited to join them for a taste of Italy on Saturday 3rd March at 12:30 pm, there are still a few tickets available.
The Menu offers a choice of: Continue reading “Friends of St Mary’s Trattoria Italiana”
Cricket Colts Prepare for New SeasonWest Bergholt Cricket Colts have active youth activities even before the main cricket season starts, they have provided the following update.
The cricketing new year started off for us in March with our latest indoor cricket training sessions for our young cricketers (Colts) at Holmwood House school. We held sessions for our Junior Colts who are those still at primary school and the Senior Colts who are at secondary school.
Over the course of the sessions, our Junior Colts were shown the basics of the game and got to try out their newly acquired skills through a range of fun mini-games. Our Senior colts also had some fun games to improve their techniques and improve their reaction times before finally padding up for batting and bowling practice.
We still have two more weeks of the indoor training to run in April getting the players ready for the outdoor season which will start on the 5th of May with Colts Registration and training at 10.30 a.m.
Specsavers County Championship Cup.Hearing of all the effort we had been putting into re-energising the Colts Section and cleaning up the Club House, Essex Cricket chose us as one of only 6 Clubs to visit on Nat West Club Force Day with the Specsavers County Championship Cup, of which Essex are the current holders.
Our youngsters (and some of our older volunteers too) enjoyed the opportunity to hold the cup and dream big. The Essex representative also brought some positive news that after being unsuccessful in an earlier funding bid to provide a separate changing area for ladies and youths we are being considered for some alternate funding so fingers crossed we are successful in that!
Nat West Club Force.On Saturday the 24th March we took part in the Club Force Initiative which brings volunteers and clubs all over the country together to get Cricket Grounds and Club Houses ready for the forthcoming season. We were lucky to have 15 volunteers both adults and children come along and give us a hand to get the club ready.
ECB All Stars Cricket.March also brought the start of the registration process for All Stars Cricket, which is a training programme specially designed for 5- to 8-year-olds. The programme provides eight weeks of training plus a bat, personalised shirt and backpack all for £40.
We are very lucky to have Mr Gareth Minter, P.E. Co-Ordinator from Heathlands Primary School, leading the programme for us. At the time of writing, we already have 18 children booked onto our sessions which start on the 2nd June, so we are very much looking forward to welcoming these little cricketers to the club. We welcomed 3 of the All Stars on Saturday when the County Championship Cup came to visit, they were very excited to have their first mini-game of cricket on the Club’s cricket pitch.
Last weekend the Concert Band celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a concert at the West Cliff Theatre, Clacton. With a theme of Bolero to the Big Bands, music included numbers from The Beatles, James Bond, Sousa, Lerner & Loewe, Radetsky, and Disney. In aid of St Helena Hospice, the concert raised £850 taking the band to over Continue reading “Concert Band Celebrates 40th Anniversary”
After the resounding success of last year’s Village Fete, attended by well over 600 people, it is hard to know how we can follow that. Not only did the day see everybody enjoying themselves but it didn’t cost the village a penny with entry fees for competitions covering costs. So, to follow that, this year we Continue reading “Follow That – Village Fete 2018”
Life on the Farm in WW2After the formal AGM, Peter Jones will introduce a short film called “Life on the Farm in WW2”. As in WW1, growing food in the British Isles became very important as importing food from abroad became increasingly difficult.
In Continue reading “Life on the Farm in WW2 & History Group AGM”
Winter Bird Walk 2018The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Saturday 3rd March when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2018. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
BYG (Indoor) Car Boot SaleAn ideal opportunity to spring clean and get rid of unwanted clutter that deserves another home, the Indoor Car Boot Sale takes place in Orpen Hall on Saturday Continue reading “BYG (Indoor) Car Boot Sale – Declutter to help”
The Local Story of Lancaster DV177The subject of the History Group‘s next meeting is all about the fate of an RAF Lancaster Bomber, DV177. Taking place in the Orpen Hall on February 14th, Michael Foster will provide an insight into “The Local Story of Lancaster DV 177”.
Lancaster Bombers were very important during World War 2 and DV 177 was returning from a raid when Continue reading “The Local Story of Lancaster DV177”