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Saturday November 2nd.
7:00 pm Gates open at the Playing Field.
7:30 pm Torchlight procession departs the New Inn. Goes via Hut Lane, Lake Boulevard and School Lane to the Playing Field.
7:45 pm Torches are cast to light the bonfire .
8:45 pm Massive firework display finale.
Bar and food available throughout the proceedings
Just received from Macmillan Cancer Support.
Thanks to everyone who came and supported the cause. Special thanks to those who helped on the morning and the Village Hall for making the venue possible
There will be a temporary road closure from the Junction with Stocklands Lane to the junction with the Dog Kennel Lane. Works are a distance of 420 metres. Works anticipated to take 2 days to complete 9th – 10th October 2019, 9:30am to 3:30pm. The diversion will be via: Dog Kennel Lane – A272 Main Road – School Lane – Stocklands Lane and vice versa.
There will be a temporary road closure from the junction with the A272 Main Road to the junction with Riverside. Works are a distance of 1800 metres. The works are anticipated to take one day to complete on 21st November 2019 from 9:30am-3:30pm.
One week to go before the Hadlow Down Macmillan BIG Coffee Morning.
A fabulous way to meet up with old friends, make new ones, for those new to our community an opportunity to meet established residents, to find out what may be going on in our drama, horticultural, book and other clubs.
A chance to chat about who’s doing what and what’s going on.
Chat about anything and anyone over a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy a piece of cake by the renowned bakers of our village.
Oh, and of course, when you have your coffee and cake you’re helping the wonderful Macmillan Cancer Relief Charity!
‘Life without complications isn’t really a life’
Our choice in July was ‘Love is Blind’ by William Boyd. Like many of Boyd’s novels (e.g. ‘Any Human Heart’) it follows the protagonist’s life, in this case ten years of Brodie Mancur’s life at the beginning of the 20th century as he flees around the world from a pursuer bent on revenge. It is therefore a picaresque adventure story owing much to one of Boyd’s heroes, Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as to Chekhov – another influence on his writing. Continue reading “Love is Blind by William Boyd”
Becoming’ opens with an anecdote that sets the tone of warmth throughout the book. She tells how, having left the White House, and hungry in the night, she goes down to her own kitchen and makes a cheese toastie to eat on her back doorstep, suddenly becoming aware of her newly-found freedom to do something that would be impossible in the White House. So starts the memoir of a woman who grew up in a humble black-district in the south side of Chicago and rose to become America’s First Lady with many achievements in her own right. Continue reading “‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama – ‘wife, mother, dog lover’”
