You are invited to the Upton Picnic & Barn Dance. SATURDAY 3rd JULY 2010, 7.30pm Gather your friends, prepare a sumptuous picnic and come and share it with your friends in a marquee in the beautiful garden of Prospect House, Upton, followed by dancing to Tumbledown Dick. Please bring your own food, drink, cutlery and… Continue reading »
Lost – pair of binoculars
If anyone finds a largish pair of binoculars (possibly lost off car roof on way up or down from the Alden Farm road), please could they contact Caroline on 01235 850601. Thanks.
Drop-In News
VILLAGE HALL DROP-IN I think we’d all agree that the wait has been worth it. Our extended Village Hall looks superb – a very fitting venue for the Drop-in. A big thank-you to all those who worked so tirelessly on the project. So come along and join us for tea, coffee and biscuits. The next… Continue reading »
Annual Parish Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting will take place on the Monday 12th April at 8.00 in the Village Hall. Please come along any time after 7.30 and join us before the meeting for light refreshments and a pre-meeting chat. As last year we want you to come along not to hear about the things that we… Continue reading »
Litter Pick Completed
On a damp and dismal morning it was great to see no less than 16 volunteers come along to give our parish its annual litter clean up on Saturday 20th. Over 95% of the litter was again collected from the main roads that pass through our parish with Chilton Road being particularly bad. It is… Continue reading »
Parish Council Vacancy
Council Vacancy We are sorry to announce that Geoff Summers has resigned from the Parish Council. Geoff joined us a year ago and in that time has become a valued member of the council taking on the roles of UVHAT representative and Parish Transport representative as well as providing a wise head on all other… Continue reading »
Upton Calor Gas Syndicate
An Upton Calor Gas Syndicate run along similar lines to the Upton Oil Syndicate is now up and running and available to join for anyone in the village who currently uses Bulk Supply LPG and would like to be included. Current Calor Gas customers can benefit immediately. Users of other LPG for example Flo-Gas must… Continue reading »
David Mason and the London Marathon
A few months ago I was approached by the charity RedR, asking if I would run the London Marathon to raise funds for them. RedR is the leading training and recruitment charity working in international disaster relief. Their work saves and rebuilds the lives of people affected by disasters worldwide – the need for this… Continue reading »
Upton Mountain Bike Event
Details of the 2011 event can be found on the Uptonogood! web site. The Upton Village Hall Amenity Trust (UVHAT) are organising a Mountain bike Event to raise money for the village hall. The event will be on Sunday 20th June and take the form of a 40 mile “figure of eight”, starting and finishing… Continue reading »
Animal Crackers on April 16th.
Come and enjoy some light hearted entertainment of words and music provided by our own local talent in the extended Village Hall on Friday 16th April at 7pm Supper will be provided. Tickets £10 from Peter Gardiner 850449 and Geoff Summers 850801
