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16 November 2024 - Pot Pourri

A basket of odds-and-ends for you today, including a busy calendar of Christmas events!

Village Quiz tonight

Completely sold out. So sorry to those who couldn't get tickets but the Mission Hall fire insurance only allows us to have 60 people in the hall - always a bit annoying but good to have a problem with too much demand for events rather than too little! Maybe book now for 2025?

Map on phonebox

The map that Mike Haine and Jez have been working on for a few weeks came to fruition on Wednesday when Swift Signs installed it on the back/side of the phonebox. It's even better than we anticipated - and we all hope it will be useful to residents and visitors alike.

Pub charity morning

This annual event in memory of Jo and Karen's dad, John Owen, and to raise money for the hospital's Fortuneswell Ward, will be held on Saturday November 30th 1000-1400. Come for a complimentary croissant, coffee, and cake and just make a kind donation. You could even stay over for brunch/lunch (and a pint!)

December (Christmas) Coffee Morning

The usual monthly coffee morning on December 6th will be Christmas-themed, meaning mince pies, stollen, Yule log, and all manner of delicious seasonal goodies. Well we can all hope but I might have exaggerated...

Village Christmas Tree lighting

Just when you've got over the morning binge, on the evening of December 6th at 1830 we will be officially lighting the village tree by The Cartshed - and a local celebrity will stick his/her finger on the button. Yup, more mince pies - and mulled wine! The tree is again so generously donated by Peter and Tamzin, a.k.a. Trinity Street Christmas Trees. Make sure you get your tree from the right supplier...

Art Exhibition / Sale

I'm reliably informed that the village Art Group will be mounting a small exhibition and sale of their work on Saturday 7th December 1100-1630 at the Mission Hall. There will of course be coffee and cake available, and a lot of Christmas gift ideas (the sort that you can hang on your wall).

Salvation Army carols
Just a date for your diary - Monday 16th December at 1830 outside the Mission Hall

J & S

06 November 2024 Pond detritus

No, I'm not insulting you all. Although there might be the odd exception or two...

As you'll recall we had a well-supported clean-up of the overgrowing pond vegetation recently. Thank you all again. In previous years we've been very lucky to have had the possibility to dump the green waste in Peter Riley's garden, for composting and/or burning. Unfortunately Peter is no longer up to the task of managing this so we got agreement from Jo at the Springhead to temporarily deposit the green waste in the field used as overflow car parking. The intention was to have it collected by a man with a van pickup truck and taken for recycling. Well it didn't work out as hoped and we've had difficulty finding anyone who'd collect it and dispose of it. We have finally found a company, recommended by a nearby resident, but it's turned out that it's going to cost £400.

Fortunately there are still a number of households in the village who haven't paid their modest (£5) annual subscriptions, and when they pay up we'll almost cover this unexpected cost. Thank you in advance...

J & S

06 November 2024 "Bucks for Buckers"

You have probably heard that Sam Buckley (son of Sue and Dave) had a sudden medical problem a couple of weeks ago and is slowly recovering. Meanwhile his young family need additional support and the Springhead are organising a fund-raising event this Saturday.

There will be a huge raffle and an auction for some amazing prizes including helicopter rides, a mobility scooter worth £1600, massage vouchers, hair treatments, fishing trips, mystery money envelopes & so much more!

Plus for the fun factor, we have mobility scooter racing! (over 16's) by Sam's friend at Rapid Mobility.

Tickets bought in advance via the shop get a FREE burger included with the ticket - tickets also available on the door but will not get the bonus burger 🙂

Tickets available via the online shop (use the QR code on the poster below) and at the pub.

04 November 2024 - I’m looking for Rose Cottage - are you local?

How many of us who wander the village streets haven’t been accosted by a lost white-van driver trying to deliver something?

You may recall that several years ago we had a listing of house names for the main roads (Sutton Road and Plaisters Lane) - it was displayed inside the notice board on The Cartshed. Useful - if you knew it was there. An updated version replaced it but it faded rather quickly.
Well the Sutton Poyntz Society have splashed out to have a bigger and better one printed which will be displayed on the back of the phonebox.

Enormous thanks to Mike Haine who did the amazing graphics (with a bit of help from J), and to SwiftSigns of Weymouth who are currently doing the printing and will be installing it in the next few days.

J & S

ps - the phonebox was installed with the solid back facing to the right-hand side and the glass left-hand side facing the brick wall!

pps - we know that the first thing you will look at will be your house - and someone somewhere will find a mistake. All we can say is “sorry and too bad!”

ppps - there are three “Rose Cottages” in and around the village, could you help the van driver?

pppps - a pdf file will be put on the village website "Maps" page in case you want to download it to your phone etc.

1 November 2024 - Children in Need

Dear All

This morning's Coffee Morning was well attended, and, thanks to everyone's generosity, made a total of £297 for Children in Need - £146 taken at the door (including some donations), plus £151 from the raffle.

I will take this money in to the bank next week (along with any additional donations received over the weekend), and pay it direct to the Children in Need appeal, keeping the bank receipt with the Mission Hall records.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this event, in whatever way.

Best wishes,
Bill Egerton

24 October 2024 - Donkey Walks

This half-term, especially when your children or grandchildren are with you looking for something fun to do, you need to know about this!

Local girl Lola Hyde* is fundraising for a trip to Borneo to do voluntary work - and she is offering donkey walking experiences in Sutton Poyntz.
A fun half-term treat for young and old - and one that supports a worthy cause! The walk will last 30-40 minutes and all Lola asks for is a donation for her trip.
Read more about her trip here: https://gofund.me/21167449

She'll be at the Springhead overflow car park on Saturday, Tuesday and Friday and the contact to book is 07980 556905.

It's also occured to me that instead of calling for a taxi next time you need to leave the car behind at the pub, you could get a donkey to guide you home...

J & S

* Lola Hyde, daughter of Peter and Tamzin of Trinity Street Christmas Trees

23 October 2024 - Air Ambulance

You will remember that we recently held two events in aid of the local Air Ambulance charity.

the Murder Mystery Dinner
the October Coffee Morning with raffle

The Coffee Morning was interesting and many of us had the chance to discuss the workings of the Air Ambulance with their volunteer. And as for the Murder Mystery Dinner, well, I've already sent you some details about how good we all are as detectives...

As already mentioned the dinner raised over £300 and combined we made over £450. The Society has topped the donation up to £500. We've received a nice thank you from them for the "fantastic donation".

J & S

21 October 2024 - Next Social Event

The next Coffee Morning (on Friday November 1st at 10.30) will be held in aid of Children In Need.

Aside from the welcoming coffee, the delicious cake, and the opportunity to chat to friends, there will be a bumper raffle!

(If you have any nice prizes to donate please contact Maureen Morris 835533.)

See you all there!

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