11 June 2016 - Stop Press : Mission Hall Trust Events
Stop Press on two Mission Hall Trust events
The cost of the Cream Teas in the Mission Hall Garden on Saturday 16 July has just been announced. Only a slight increase on last year, at £3.50 it represents excellent value, so drop in between 2.30 and 4 pm to experience this quintessential English event of scone, cream and jam enjoyed under a hot sun with a gazebo to provide shade and, of course, good company. A chance perhaps to discuss the result of the EU Referendum?
The date of the Village Picnic has been set for Sunday 21 August. No information yet on time or cost - or how to obtain tickets - but mark the date in your diary and when more information becomes available it will be circulated.
23 May 2016 - Cancellation of EU Referendum meeting
Dear all,
John Crisp tells me that the Referendum Debate that he was hoping to organise for this coming Wednesday 25 May has foundered due to the lack of a suitably informed panel to field questions.
Reluctantly he has had to cancel, which is a shame as anything which would throw light on the claims and counter claims of the opposing sides would have much to commend it.
Just to re-iterate, the meeting this Wednesday 25 May to discuss the pros and cons of Britain remaining in or leaving the European Community has been cancelled.
Regards
Chris
20 May 2016 - Some items in advance of the June Newsletter
The June newsletter will be published soon, but here are some advance items in case of editorial delays (I type slower than I used to!)
1. Help needed:- Intending to visit a Plant Fair at Yarlington on Saturday 14 May, Maureen and Trevor Bond loaded plants into their van and strapped a gazebo on the top. On arrival the gazebo, in a blue cover, was no longer there. Any information about its whereabouts would be gratefully received. Please ring Maureen and Trevor on 834012 if you can help.
8 May 2016 - The stork visits the Springhead
1 May 2016 - Thanksgiving Service reminder; New bus service
Hello everyone
1. A reminder about the Thanksgiving Service for Fredy Litschi which will take place at noon at St Andrews Church on Friday 6 May.
2. There is a new direct bus service to Dorchester which started on Monday 11 April. Damory are re-routing their two-hourly service from Weymouth to Blandford via Preston Road, Chalbury Corner and Littlemoor Road. The new service will operated with BLUE buses (single or double-deck) and will be numbered X12 to Blandford. Some buses have a connection on service 20 to Salisbury. The timetable can be found by pasting the following into your browser
https://streetlife-uk-live-media.s3.amazonaws.com/conversations/aa/aacdd17d6696c72fb92bab80b6c9c1154ef7bf2b_o.pdf
Regards
Chris
14 April 2016 - Scutt Hall Plant Fair
Maureen Bond is organising the traditional Scutt Hall Plant Fair on Saturday 30 April between 10am and 12 noon. There will be a wide variety of plant stalls with refreshments available, and they will be raising funds for the Julia's House Hospice.
4 April 2016 - SP Soc AGM and Beacon lighting
Society AGM
A reminder that the AGM of the Sutton Poyntz Society will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 13 April in the Mission Hall. Business will include annual reports from amongst others, our Chairman Mike Blee and Treasurer John Sutherland and the election of the committee for the coming year. New members are needed for this, especially as John is standing down. Additional agenda items are the Village Neighbourhood Plan and amendments to the Society constitution. The latter are available on the web site and at the meeting. This is a vital topic, so please make every effort to attend if you wish to find out what is planned and to have your say.
Lighting the beacon
Jez Cunningham suggested that as many places were intending to light their beacon on Thursday 21 April to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday, Sutton Poyntz should join in. The idea was received with enthusiasm, so mark the evening in your diary.
With military precision the attendees will be divided into Assault, Catering and Support Platoons.
The Assault Platoon will tackle the steep path, and wheelbarrow firewood up the hill, plus newspaper and kindling, windproof matches, flamethrowers, asbestos gloves, small stepladder, and a liberal amount of Napalm.
The Catering Platoon will manage the Prosecco, bottle-opener, glasses, napkins, union jacks, and camping light.
The Support Platoon, for those who do not wish to hike up to the beacon, will congregate at the Millennium Walk plaque and provide loud cheers and (hopefully) warm applause.
Volunteers for the Assault Platoon are ordered to contact Jez.
The approximate timings are :
1930 Light fire;
1945 Re-light fire; repeat as necessary;
2000 Serve Prosecco (3 bottles remain from those provided by the Springhead);
2002 Sing God Save The Queen (synchronised via mobile phone between the platoons?);
2005 The Loyal Toast;
2030 Retire to the Pub;
4 April 2016 - Service for Fredy Litschi
Following the sad passing of Fredy Litschi, as announced in the Newsbite of 3 March and in the April Newsletter, the date of a service in his memory has been announced. Fredy was an enormous asset to the village of Sutton Poyntz over decades and he is sorely missed by his many friends. I have fond memories of many hours spent in his delightful company. Who could forget his legendary conversational German classes to name but one of his activities? All are invited by his daughter Isolde and the family to be present to pay their last respects and remember his life lived to the full at a service in St Andrew’s Church at 12 noon on Friday 6 May.