Village life pages
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Bell: Darts
The Bell's darts teams.
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Bell: Darts fixtures
The Bell's darts fixtures (holding page).
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Bell: Darts news
News of the Bell's darts teams (holding page).
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Bell: Darts results
The Bell's darts results for 2001–02 (holding page).
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Bell: Darts thursday
The Bell's Thursday darts team in the Brackley and District League, 2000–01.
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Bell: Darts wednesday
The Bell's Wednesday darts team in the Chipping Warden league, 2000–01.
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Bell: Pool
The Bell's pool teams.
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Bell: Pool fixtures
The Bell's pool fixtures.
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Bell: Pool news
News of the Bell's pool team (holding page).
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Bell: Pool results
The Bell pool team's league position in March 2001.
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Bell: Pool teams
The Bell's pool team in the Banbury & District League.
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Best Village Competition 1969
Helmdon's win as Tidiest Village in the 1969 competition.
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Best Village Competition 2002: Celebrations
The celebration in the Reading Room in November 2002 after Helmdon won Northamptonshire Village of the Year.
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Best Village Competition 2010
Helmdon is runner-up in the 2010 Best Village Competition, pipped again by Syresham.
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Best Village Competition 2011
Helmdon is named Northamptonshire Village of the Year for 2011.
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Best Village Competition 2012
Why Helmdon could not enter the Best Village Competition in 2012 after winning in 2011.
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Best Village Competition 2013
Helmdon comes second in the medium village category of the 2013 Best Village Competition.
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Best Village Competition 2014
The judges' comments on Helmdon in the 2014 Best Village Competition.
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Best Village Competition 2016
The judges' comments in 2016, when Helmdon was named the Best Village in Northamptonshire.
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Best Village Competition: 1999
How Helmdon was named overall Northamptonshire Village of the Year in 1999.
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Best Village Competition: 2002
Helmdon is named Northamptonshire Village of the Year for 2002 (earlier version of the page).
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Best Village Competition: 2002
Helmdon is named Northamptonshire Village of the Year for 2002.
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Best Village Competition: 2005
Helmdon wins the ICT category for Central England in the 2005 Calor Village of the Year, presented by Alan Titchmarsh.
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Best Village Competition: 2006
More success for Helmdon in the 2006 Calor Village of the Year competition.
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Best Village Competition: 2007
Helmdon is voted best medium-sized village in Northamptonshire in 2007.
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Best Village Competition: 2008
Helmdon comes second among medium-sized villages in the 2008 competition, with the full results.
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Best Village Competition: 2009
Helmdon comes second among medium-sized villages again in 2009, with the full results.
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Best Village Competition: Judges’ Welcome
The village website's welcome to the Village of the Year judges.
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Best Village Competition: Latest News
News of the Best Village Competition in 2010, including the judges' visit.
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BETWEEN OURSELVES
'Between Ourselves': small notices from villagers offering services.
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Billiards Team
The Sports Club billiards team's 2015–16 season.
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Billiards Team (Archive)
The billiards team, formerly the Men's Club, written in the mid-1990s.
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Blackpits Compost Shovel Day – posted 16 March 2018
A compost shovel day at the Blackpits recycling site in March 2018.
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Bridge Players costume database
The Bridge Players' photographed catalogue of their stage costumes, kept in seven boxes and on a rail.
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Bridge Players costume database: Box 1
Box 1 of the Bridge Players' costume store: children's costumes, each photographed.
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Bridge Players costume database: Box 2
Box 2 of the Bridge Players' costume store: children's costumes, each photographed.
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Bridge Players costume database: Box 3
Box 3 of the Bridge Players' costume store, from a mandarin jacket to a knight's outfit.
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Bridge Players costume database: Box 4
Box 4 of the Bridge Players' costume store, including dresses and brocade waistcoats.
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Bridge Players costume database: Box 5
Box 5 of the Bridge Players' costume store: children's costumes, each photographed.
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Bridge Players costume database: Box 6
Box 6 of the Bridge Players' costume store, including waistcoats and a monk's cloak.