The next seven days…
There’s lots happening over the next seven days:
A parish meeting tonight (18 April 2019), 7.30 pm Jubilee Hall, with elections of officers, local news, local issues (crime, traffic, street lighting, etc.) – see agenda, right – more details at our Parish Meetings webpage
Good Friday and Easter services and events – see Church and Chapel
(note there is NO village greens shop at the hall on Good Friday)
Sat 20 April, 10 am: Scouts Plant Sale, St Neot Playing Field
Wed 24 April, 7.30 pm – “The Story of the Thousands of Belgian Refugees who came to Devon & Cornwall during the Great War” – History Club talk, open to all – info
Thurs 25 April, 7.30 pm: Team Viking – a humorous story-telling act, with live music – Carn to Cove – this has performed at Edinburgh fringe, had rave reviews and won the Vault Festival Origins Award – well worth seeing – reserve your seats now! – info and reservations
‘Big Do’ this Saturday
It’s just two days away – this year’s ‘Big Do in the Field’, the ever-popular annual village fete in the field opposite Warleggan Jubilee Hall in Mount, this Saturday, 23 July, 12 noon til about 4.30 pm. All the usual things – and one or two innovations.
Usual things: children’s fancy dress, children’s races, dog-show, BBQ, cream teas, beer/wine, stalls, games, welly wanging, etc etc etc; plus the ever popular flower / veg / craft show in the hall
and then new this year:
>> Table tennis table will be out, weather permitting – and forecast looks promising.
>> Knobbly Knees – win prizes – are yours the KNobbliest? the KNicest? And can you work out whose knees belong to whom? We’ll be displaying photos of faces, and photos of knees, and you’ll be invited to work out which knees are whose. We’ve had a good number of pairs of photos coming in, but we need more! see BigDo webpage for details.
See you Saturday…. Free entry, free parking.
Legal bit? It’s called a Big Do, because, relative to the size of the parish, it is. But in reality is a small friendly fete held annually to help bring the community together, to meet friends and to make new ones, and at the same time to raise a bit of money to help keep our hall going and our hire rates affordable.
Big Do this Saturday
Yes, it’s only two day to go til the Big Do in the Field, and Annual Vegetable, Flower & Handicraft Show ~ free entry, lots of fun, plenty to eat, some brilliant raffle prizes, stalls, games, etc., and with children’s fancy dress competition followed by children’s races, the ever popular dog show, and the ‘mad cycle race’ organised by Young Farmers.
See details, times of events, lists of classes, etc
Do come along, have a great afternoon out, and help support your village hall!
Big Do etc. this week
You may have seen the posters for it, produced by children at Cardinham School…
You may have read about in the papers….
Yes, the Big Do in the Field, Warleggan’s small and friendly annual fete, is this coming Saturday, 26 July, on the field opposite the Jubilee Hall in Mount. There’ll be more happening than previous years – so come along! The weather looks encouraging too.
Free entry and free parking, of course.
Events to be held on the day include: Children’s Fancy Dress competition, Children’s Races, a Dog Display, Family Dog Show (see schedule of classes) and Tug of War, and it looks like we may have one or two extra events!
We’ll have our ever popular barbecue tent (a meat one and a vegetarian one), a bar, cream teas, ice creams, cake stall, bouncy castle, bottle stall, tombola, guess the weight, face-painting, candy floss, hoopla… – or you might like to try your hand at Smite, Petanque, or Welly Wanging! We also hope to have a play area for the tiny ones, and one or two (maybe more??) classic cars on display.
There’ll also be some car boots there – to book a £5 pitch, call Jasmina on 01208 821223, who can also be contacted for any other information or if you’d like to help out at our Big Do.
Meanwhile, we’ll have the ever popular Annual Vegetable, Flower and Handicraft Show in the hall opposite – see schedule of classes and entry form.
For all the latest info – see our ‘BigDo’ page on the Warleggan website – www.warleggan.net/bigdo2014
Chairs and tables: folk like to sit down and enjoy their burger or cream tea in comfort – so, if you’re happy to lend an outside table or two and/or some chairs, please bring them along on the morning. You might want to label them underneath, in case we get similar-looking ones. If you need help with transporting them to the field and back, contact John Hammond on 821433
ALSO HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
- Wed 23 July, 7pm: History Club Walk, Fowey – Sally & Ros will take us on a guided tour through Fowey with its rich maritime history. Meet in the Station Car Park (follow the direction signs to the Bodinnick Ferry at the roundabout at the top of Fowey and stop in the first car park on the left – parking fee £2.50). Please ensure you are at the meeting points at 7.00 p.m. so that we can start on time. The walk is relatively level and easy going with a number of stops and last about one and a half hours. It would help if you could let Gill know (821494) if you hope to attend ~ info
- REVISED DATE – Fri 25 July, 7.30pm: Faith Supper to bid farewell to Rector Andrew Balfour, St Neot Institute ~ info
Next week in Warleggan
We’ve got a lot on this coming week at the Warleggan Jubilee Hall in Mount:
Firstly, the ‘What do you want?’ survey: A big thanks to all of you who have already filled it in; it’s really appreciated. If you haven’t yet done so, the good news is that the deadline is extended by a week. It’ll only take a minute or two to fill, and will help us know which activities and clubs there may be a good amount of interest in. So do please have your say, even if it’s simply to say you aren’t interested!
The survey is open to everyone living in or near the parish, as well as all hall users and visitors from neighbouring parishes. See here for more information, and to download the form.
The deadline is now Friday 28 March: so, if you didn’t yet get round to handing in your completed survey form, do it now and hand it to a hall committee member, or you can drop it off in the box in the hall when you come to any of the following upcoming events over the coming seven days…
Coming up next week:
- Tuesday 25 March:
- Pilates – starts at 12 noon, newcomers welcome – phone Gill 01208 821494 if you’re thinking of coming – more info
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Lunch Club ~ Wednesday Wednesday 26 March:
- Lunch Club, 12.30pm – a special treat this time, fish pie followed by tiramisu – still just £4 a head, for the two courses with tea/coffee to follow; a vegetarian option (cheese and courgettes) is also available. All are welcome, young or old, but you MUST reserve your place in advance, latest by Sunday 23rd – call Gill 01208 821494 to book, or for more info. Note the change of date – yes, it’s on Wednesday this time – see our lunch club page
- History Club, 7.30pm – AGM, followed by a talk from Lynda – entitled, intriguingly, “Stop the Rot”. All welcome.
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Lessons in Love ~ Friday 28 March Friday 28 March:
- Village Greens, 9am – 2pm – as always, a great chance to meet up over a cup of something, or there’s cooked breakfasts and soups, and of course lots of local and organic produce to take home – more info
- “Lessons in Love”, 7.30pm – this promises to be a fun, entertaining evening out, as two characters, Carmen and Mimi, look to evening classes to find love – an engaging comedy brought to us by the Cube Essential Theatre of Truro, it’s a Carn to Cove production, and well worth attending – for tickets and information, call Liz L. on 01208 821551 – see our Carn to Cove Events page.
Finally, don’t forget that the ‘new year’ for the ever popular 100 Club is starting next month, so now is the time to take out a subscription – it’s just £12 a year, and each month you’ll have the chance to win cash prizes – see full details
The Big Do to be done – this Saturday
Yes, the Big Do in the Field is fast approaching – tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, 27 July. Across the parish, rhubarbs are being inspected, lettuces titivated over, and runner beans talked to. Someone out there is practising the Madeira cake recipe for the 17th time. Photos will be flying out of printers, and anxious youngsters will be adding their finishing touches to the animals they are making from vegetables – now where does that parsnip go?
It should be a good year, not just for the Annual Veg/Flower/Handicraft show to be held in the hall, but the Big Do in the Field promises, too, to be lots of fun:
- We’ve got the children’s fancy dress contest, the dog display, the dog show and the children’s games (and maybe something for adults too, I hear!)
- And then we have the stalls, cream teas, hot and cold food, BBQ, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks, ice-cream, bouncy castle, games, the raffle, and who knows what else?
A few reminders:
- Please bring entries for the Veg/Flower/Handicraft show to the Jubilee Hall latest by 10am Saturday – download entry form.
- If you’re bringing a cake for the cake stall, that’s great – please suggest a price for it with a label if possible.
- Children, please make sure your parents (and you) take care when crossing the road between hall and field; and drivers, please take care too.
See you there!
PS – different subject, but if you might like a budded copy of Rev. Densham’s cooking-apple tree, and thereby help conserve these unique species (Densham’s Delight or Warleggan), then let Cathy know latest by 31st July – more info
Summer in Warleggan
A quick reminder of two events not to be missed this month…
1) Tomorrow evening:
LIFE IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Come and hear Susie Hansen from the Falklands who will tell us everything you wanted to know about life on this remote outpost of the UK.
Friday 12th July 2013
at 7.30pm, Jubilee Hall, Mount
Adults : £3 / Children under 11 free
Refreshments & Raffle
Susie will be telling us about the Falklands. She is a great character and has been holidaying here in Warleggan for several years. Her husband, Ian, is a member of the Falkland Islands Council and together they farm a huge flock of sheep. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask question and / or chat to her after the presentation.
2) In two weeks’ time:
The Big Do in the Field
Saturday 27th July 2013, 12.30 – 5pm
Come and join in the family fun! In the field opposite the Jubilee Hall in Mount, we plan to have a range of stalls, hot and cold food, hot and cold drinks, cream teas, a beer tent, raffle, a dog display and dog show, a bouncy castle, children’s games and a chance to have a go playing ‘Smite*‘. Plus, of course, we’ll have the ever popular ‘Annual Vegetable, Flower and Handicraft Show’ in the hall.
- Do you want to set up a stall? Whether you’ve got something to sell, or to exhibit, it’s just £5 per table-top – for more details or to book your stall, call Gill 821494
- Enter the Vegetable, Flower and Handicraft Show – there are entries, too, for paintings, drawings, photographs – see the schedule of classes and you can download an entry form
- Enter the Dog Show – or, even better, why not have your dog enter? – see dog show classes and entry form
Belated Happy Easter!
OK, it looks like I have just missed Easter by minutes, but thought better to send this out now before the holiday period is completely over!
So what’s in the news for Warleggan?
- First and foremost, a belated Happy Easter!!
- We’ve got a couple of AGMs coming up: one this coming Friday (5th April): AGM for the Reading Room; and then we have the Parish Meeting AGM and elections to be held on 16th April.
- Inspiring or worrying: there’s an interesting report about a new solar-power system to be trialled at three sites near to the parish, here on Bodmin Moor, possibly as soon as this summer.
- Finally, if you haven’t yet subscribed for the coming year, now is the time to invest £12 in the Jubilee Hall’s 100 Club, giving you the chance of winning up to £30 in any of the monthly draws (or even £50 if you strike it lucky in the Christmas draw) – and all the time you’ll know you’re helping us keep the Hall going, and keeping our hire-out rates amazingly low. It’s worth thinking about!
Keep warm and keep smiling
Chris