Sunday 8 January 2012

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed] e-mail

The Welsh Drovers’ Roads of the Midlands

Bruce Smith

Famous Gardens & Gardeners

Tutor Andrew Mikolajski. Start of 10-week course.

All welcome

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Geoff Hamilton’s ‘Paradise Gardens’ DVD. All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Clare Nash

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

For all families and friends. Buy tickets before the night for catering purposes.

Alison Key (Assistant Group Leader) [phone number removed]

e-mail

For children/youths from year 5 upwards

popcorn and drinks will be provided!

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Painting on Silk

Alison Sheppard

Friday 10 February 2012

Postponed: new date is 20 April

Wine Tasting evening with Brackley Wines

Tickets £10 each which includes wine, cheese and nibbles.

You can order wine on the night and Friends will receive a 10% donation off all orders. No tickets on the door.

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Tom Price, Oxford Botanic Gardens. ‘The history of Oxford Botanic Gardens’. All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Clare Nash

Refreshments. Cost £5 on the door or a larger donation in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Emma Griffiths

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Viv on [phone number removed] or

Morag on [phone number removed] e-mail

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Niki Phillips (from Helmdon) will be launching

her new book The Liffey Flows On By.

You are invited to English cream tea

(with scones made by the senior children).

Niki will be reading from her book.

Bjarna Graham for FOHS

Niki Phillips

[phone number removed] e-mail

Niki Phillips (from Helmdon) will be signing

copies of her new book The Liffey Flows On By

The Old Hall Bookshop [phone number removed]

or Niki Phillips

[phone number removed] e-mail

Come & Try traditional Thai Food cooked

by Bee

All welcome

Bridge Players’ Committee

Cost £15 to include all materials

All welcome but please book beforehand

with Alison

Nick Blithe

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

A Talk on Silver

David Brogden

Silver wil be valued at £1 (for charity)

New members welcome

Mothers’ and Daughters’ Pamper Day

Treatments will be available on the day

for both old and young from local beauticians

and therapists

All welcome. Service led by Wiggy Smith.

Come and celebrate the role that mothers play in our lives

Social night & supper at the Bell. £7 each. Names needed beforehand

Clare Nash

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

All welcome. Followed by vestry meeting. (Only those on the elctoral roll can vote at the Annual Parish Church Council meeting.)

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Book signing by Niki Phillips (from Helmdon) of

her new book The Liffey Flows On By.

Niki Phillips

[phone number removed] e-mail

South Northants Volunteer Bureau

Melanie Bignell

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Stephen Ashpole. ‘Why Organic Gardening’. All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Wine Tasting evening with Brackley Wines

(postponed from 10 February)

Tickets £10 each which includes wine, cheese and nibbles.

You can order wine on the night and Friends will receive a 10% donation off all orders. No tickets on the door.

Refreshments served. Raffle. Cost £7.50 entry fee on the door. Proceeds in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Emma Griffiths

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Maddi Barnes

[phone number removed]

e-mail

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

All Welcome Wine and Finger Buffet

Donations to Away From It All

Annual General Meeting

All welcome

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Gardens of West Coast Of USA

Gwen Ward

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Richard Moisey ‘Glorious Gardens Of The National Trust’. All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Clare Nash

Details later

Morag Underwood and Zoe [phone number removed]

Tickets £7 for adults and £5 for children

Morag Underwood and Zoe [phone number removed]

Becky Leitelmayer

[phone number removed]

e-mail

Reading Room – committee room at same time

as post office and village cafe

Followed by lunch at St Loys School (£5) Contact Alice Palmer, e-mail, or 8 Broad Street Syresham, NN13 5HS

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Sale of flowering and vegetable plants, hanging baskets and cakes.

Fun and games in the afternoon and all members of the community are warmly invited to join in. From 5:00 to 7:00 there will be a BBQ and a local band providing enertainment.

Members only

Other details later

Service to celebrate the Queen’s

Diamond Jubilee

Local visit to Thenford House (home of Lord

and Lady Heseltine)

£12 each. Please put your name down and pay the £12 ASAP since tickets have to be pre-booked a few months in advance. (Car sharing as it isn’t far.)

Clare Nash

The Liffey Flows On By

Niki Phillips

Trip to Bath

Coffee on the way. £14.50 – places limited and are on a first come, first served basis.

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Brian Gogerty ‘Allotments & Vegetable Growing’.

All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Clare Nash

The lovely gardens of Falcutt House & Stable House will be open with refreshments available. Combined entrance £3 adults. Proceeds to the Friends of the church. Plant sale.Watercolours & Prints exhibition. All Welcome

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Coffee Morning at Trudi and

Barbara Buxton’s, Cross Lane

Dress up for a fabulous evening out! Champagne reception. Three-course dinner. Dancing to live band. Numbers limited. Black tie. Tickets £55 a head if paid by 31 March, otherwise £59. Please book with friends, ideally 10 to a table.

Bring your pets. Dogs on a lead. Small animals in a basket or a cage.

Refreshments after the service

Refreshments afterwards

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Names down beforehand at a club meeting.

Clare Nash

Forms for the first five classes to be in by 17th July

Clare Nash or Juliia McAuliffe

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Fountain House

Stalls, games and bowls, teas, tombola, pimms/drinks, plants, BBQ, raffle, etc. Also Moylan School of Dance. Entry: 50p, children free

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Suitable for ages 3+ – 11 years.

All children must be tsken to the church and

collected by an adult.

Parish council meeting

All Welcome. Tickets: £3 adults, £1 child, £5 family. Live Showing of the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Stalls available with suggested donation 10% to sports club (contact Karl below if you would like one). Also: kids olympics (medals for all), live music, bar, BBQ, etc. Tickets now available

Karl Leitelmayer

[phone number removed] e-mail

Parking available for three or four cars.

Names bneforehand at a club meeting.

All welcome. Viewing, raffle, teas and

presentation of cups.

Clare Nash or Julia McAuliffe

Acres End, Field Way, by kind permission of

Carol & David Brookhouse

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Helmdon Hurler 2012

4.3 mile run round Astwell Track and through the village. Official run affiliated with English athletics

4.3 mile run round the Astwell track.

Prizes. Pre-race bacon rolls, post race BBQ with jazz band.

Click for entry forms and details of entry fees or contact Bob, below.

Dog show, agility demonstrations, trade stands, BBQ, refreshments. Free Parking opposite sports club.

Art Group begins after summer break

All welcome

7:00 p.m.

Helmdon church

Fundraising for sensor on church roof to deter thieves. Big Screen, ‘Part’ Pig roast supper. Wine, pimms, lager and soft drinks available on night. Also raffle. Donations of prizes very welcome. Tickets £7.50 from Ann or Vanessa.

Bring & Buy at the Cafe

In aid of the Katherine House Hospice

All welcome

Annual General Meeting

Barrel Organs

John Webb

Table tops available at £5. Enjoy a cup of tea

and a slice of cake

The Gift of the Nile: An Introduction

to Ancient Egypt

Tutor Mark Anderson. Start of 10-week course.

All welcome

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

The Club’s 4th birthday! All welcome.

Guests £2 at the door.

Clare Nash

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Andrew Hart

[phone number removed] e-mail

To discuss planting of Jubilee Wood (to begin on 10 November). All welcome.

All welcome.

Mrs Leadsom will be joined by Rebecca Breese, Portfolio Holder for Planning and the Environment and an Officer from South Northamptonshire Council, who will be able to answer questions.

If you require any further information or to let us know if you can attend, please contact Marc Pooler in Andrea Leadsom’s office on [phone number removed] or [email address removed].

Followed by ploughman’s lunch. Book

with Vanessa, Celia or Niki

Our Visit to South America with John Coatsworth

and Val Smith

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

Speaker Ian Martin, horticulturalist at The Eden Project. ‘Out Of Eden And Into The Real World’. Pre-booked tickets only £8 members £10 (non-members) from gardening club committee, village cafe or Bell. Includes supper. (No tickets for sale on the door)

Clare Nash or gardening club committee

Pizza Making Night

Andrew Hart

[phone number removed] e-mail

Gates open at 6:00 p.m.

Helmdon Acorns site

Refreshments including BBQ. Bar.

No sparklers (glosticks on sale)

Tickets: adult £2.50, child £1.50, family £6, under 4’s free. Tickets at door adult £3, child £2, family £7, under 4’s free.

Advance tickets from Laura or Acorns pre-school.

No parking on Hintons Close.

Laura Wilson

[phone number removed] e-mail

New Perspectives Theatre. Tickets £20

for a family or £8 an adult.

Bring a spade. Refreshments. Buy a special tag and name a tree for a child, etc. Car parking available on Sports ground (No parking in Cross Lane). Look at parish tree warden’s page for other details (accessible from latest updates Sunday 4 November)

Followed by Act of Remembrance at Helmdon Cross

10:50 a.m.

(There is also a short communion at 8:00 a.m.)

Andrew Hart

[phone number removed] e-mail

For children/youths from year 5 upwards

See Ckers Progarmme page

Make A Christmas Arangement

Deborah Page – Barn Farm Plants

www.southnorthants.gov.uk

or e-mail

Election of the Police and Crime

Commissioner for Northamptonshire Police Area

For information on candidates standing in the area:

Call 0800 1 07 07 08

or website

Family Bingo Night

Tickdets £5 per family. Donation bar with crisps and sweets.

Annual General Meeting

All welcome

Fashion Show

With Clothes to Try & Buy. Tickets £5 to include

a glass of wine, from Celia [phone number removed] or

Vanessa [phone number removed]

A drama adapted from Stephen King’s

award winning novel. Tickets £8 from

Viv [phone number removed] or Morag [phone number removed]

Bring and buy with a Christmas theme

All welcome

All welcome

Women’s Club Committee

All welcome

Clare Nash

7:45 pm – short Talk on The History of Gardens.

Afterwards supper will be served.

Cost £10 per head (includes wine). WEA members,

partners and guests welcome. Places limited and

on a “first come, first served” basis.

The usual festive stalls, tombola, raffle and refreshments.

Father Christmas has confirmed that he

will be present. Presents for all the children.

All welcome

Christmas Party

The Pantomime – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Tickets £7 adults, £4 children under 16, family (max 5) £20

The Pantomime – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Tickets £7 adults, £4 children under 16, family (max 5) £20

The Pantomime – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Tickets £7 adults, £4 children under 16, family (max 5) £20

The Pantomime – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Tickets £7 adults, £4 children under 16, family (max 5) £20

All welcome. Join us to sing traditional carols and bring gifts

for children in Bulgaria.

Women’s Club Committee

AGM Helmdon Presents at 7:15 p.m. sharp

(doors open 6:45 p.m.) followed by the film at 7:45 p.m.

Brackley Round Table and the Friends will be accompanying Santa and his Sleigh to raise funds for Helmdon School

All welcome. Details later

Please put your name down on list at a club meeting. Raffle.

Clare Nash

All Welcome. Tickets £5 to include mulled wine and a

mince pie. Tickets at the door but preferred to be

bought beforehand because of refreshment planning.

All welcome

All welcome

All welcome