Renowned THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE POLICE CHOIR are
giving a concert at St Johns Church, Slimbridge, on 8th May at
7.30pm. Get your £7-00 ticket in advance from Gordon Scott
Tel: 890811, or at Slimbridge P.O Tel : 890266, or on the door on
the night. Refreshments will be available. Pat Cope
The FLOWER FESTIVAL will be held at St John’s
Church Slimbridge on Sat 23rd - Mon 25th May. Doors
open 10-30am to 4-30pm. All village organisations,
clubs, etc will be represented. Refreshments will be
available across the road in the Village Hall. For
enquiries please ring ....... Carol Jeffes Tel : 890268.
THE LITTLE VINTAGE SHOW 9TH/10TH MAY 2015
Dear Villagers....Just to keep you all up to date, this year’s show will follow a similar theme to last year’s show. We feel the need to
do more to attract families, and to give the younger family members an area for them to have fun, therefore we would like to invite
you to advise us on the sort of things we could add to the show that would help us attract more family members. We are also open to
charity suggestions within our local area, it could be a children's charity, or a family looking to raise funds to help fund an expensive
piece of medical equipment, or an operation that can only be performed abroad. We look forward to hearing from you with any
suggestions, or offers of help. Please call us on 890920.............John & Mandy
SLIMBRIDGE VARIETY SHOWGROUP...will be holding their AGM on Monday 9 February 2015 at 7.45pm in the Village Hall. Do
come along especially anyone who is interested in discovering more about us and what we do, you will be made very
welcome…and there will be tea, coffee and cake as well! We have some exciting events planned for 2015 kicking off with "Spilt
Milk Say Dance". This will be staged by a travelling show group on Saturday 28 February at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Tickets are
available from Sara Lewis Tel: 01453 890239, Adults £8 and children £6. This show promises to be enormous fun consisting of part
performance and part audience participation. The first half of the show sees popular dances re-invented as three performers put
their own unique spin on familiar favourites and the second half you get to take part in folk dances, disco and a touch of ballroom,
all accompanied by live music…it's going to be fun, so get your glad rags on and get your tickets today! Our annual Members
Evening is being held on Saturday 25 April starting at 7.30pm. There will be a one act play for you to enjoy together with other
entertainment provided by the members and of course fabulous food as usual…this one is a must. Then into May when we will be
hosting an Air in G performance "Business as Usual". The return of this group is always popular and not to be missed, there will be
further details about this show in the next newsletter. And we are already thinking Pantomime 2015……Oh, Yes We Are!! So the
hunt is on for a Panto Director, could you be that person? The read through and auditions are scheduled for Wednesday 17 and 24
June, Village Hall again at 7pm, so put those dates in your diary…it's lots of fun I can promise you. If you would like to know more
about the Showgroup or wish to be involved in any way please contact: Sara Lewis 01453 890239.
SLIMBRIDGE DOWSING GROUP....We began the
year with a talk on water divining by our Chairman,
Peter Golding. As always, we write up our talks and
send them to the Gazette and the Stroud News &
Journal (SNJ). Both are very good to us, and usually
print our pieces. After the one about Peter’s talk
appeared in the SNJ, we had several phone calls
from folks in the Stroud area, keen to find out more
and asking if we run Courses. Peter has run
Courses in the past, and will no doubt do so again,
but in the meantime we offer regular talks on a
variety of subjects relevant to dowsing. People are
often surprised to discover that dowsing can be
used for all sorts of things other than water divining.
It’s handy for finding archaeological ruins, dating
things, ley lines, earth energies, finding the car
keys, and even the source of pain in the human
body. Why not come along and find out more? We
meet on the second Thursday afternoon and the
fourth Saturday morning of the month in Slimbridge
Village Hall. And we are now using the larger of the
two halls, because it is warmer, lighter, and dowsing
has revealed that there is better energy in there!
Visit www.slimbridgedowsers.org.uk or phone
01453 545855 for more information.
SLIMBRIDGE FETE: Save the date!
We are delighted to announce the
Slimbridge fete will take place on Saturday 19th September. A carnival procession
will run from the middle of Slimbridge to the festival site on Old Dursley Road,
Cambridge. But we need your help! We would love local organisations to get
involved – whether it’s decorating a carnival float or running a fete stall, we really
want as many people as possible to take part. If you can help, please phone Phil
Garrett (890177). We are also looking for commercial stalls; please phone Sara
Lewis (890239) for more information.
VALE FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH UK ...are looking forward to celebrating our
first year together having raised £11,536.47 to date. We have some exciting events
planned for 2015. Our first AGM is on Tuesday 10 March 7.30pm at the Berkeley
Arms, Berkeley. On Saturday 4 April we are planning a coffee morning in Berkeley,
venue TBA. Other events include a "Prosecco, Pate and Puds" afternoon at
Cambridge House on Sunday 14 June from 12.30pm. Tickets @ £12.50 each
available nearer the date. Then on Thursday 18 June there will be an evening
garden visit to Alderley Grange near Wotton under Edge where we will be given a
guided tour and talk by Camilla Acloque followed by drinks and nibbles. Tickets
£10.Cream Teas at Priorswood will again take place on Saturday 18 July from 2pm
onwards. If you are interested in joining or supporting this worthy fundraising group
contact: Heather Priestley (Chairman) Tel:
01453 810980 or email:
[email protected]
SLIMBRIDGE PARISH WI...........Good to see some of you as our guests in January for our fun cheerleading class, which
hopefully shifted a couple of Christmas pounds!! COME AND JOIN US on FEBRUARY 11TH when we're really lucky to have
CLIVE DALE, the popular children's author, coming to talk to us about how he got into writing, how he puts a book together
and also a couple of fun short stories. If the little ones are allowed a later night, do bring them along! The books appeal to
primary age, although I'm told adults enjoy then too! March sees Sarah Davis giving us a masterclass on stained glass, with
us all joining in making a piece to take home. We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the Village Hall at
7.45pm for wine and gossip, speakers etc at 8pm. Let us know if you're coming by calling Penny 763936 or Carole 890268."
Schedules for SLIMBRIDGE GARDENING CLUB Spring Show are in Slimbridge Post Office. Any members who would like to enter
their garden in the garden competition please ring George Tarr on 01453 810200 Anyone going on the Annual outing to
Spetchley Park Gardens and John Massey's private garden (owner of Ashwood nurseries) on 20th June, the deposit of £5.50 is
due and the remaining £18 in May. Send to Judy Chandra the treasurer.
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