Blewbury WI meets next at 1930 on Wednesday July 27th at The “Clubhouse” – note change of venue. This is the nice new building on the right hand side of the main road as you enter the village. Just take a right opposite Savages and you’ll see the car park on your right. We will… Continue reading »
Theatre Group Looking for Summer Excursion
I have to announce, with apologies from the Committee, that we have found nothing that suited enough members to warrant an outing in June or July. A very select few are going to the New Chamber Opera’s production of Salieri’s “Falstaff” in New College, but our next major excursion remains the trip to Stratford on… Continue reading »
VPA July News
We are off to Waterperry Gardens on July 30th, for a day of gardens and lunch will be available too, ring Eileen if you want to come! 510095 The summer show is on Sat 6th August, always a lovely day, please try to enter something, the new Show Schedule and entry forms are in Blewbury… Continue reading »
Blewbury WI are Only Joking
One of the events during the Blewbury Festival is an exciting evening called "Only Joking, the Vicar of Dibley and other Comedy writing". We are thrilled to have Paul Mayhew-Archer with us telling us all about his role as co-writer of numerous comedies including ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ and ‘Two pints of lager and a… Continue reading »
Just One Ticket Left
THEATRE GROUP We have just one ticket left for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Stratford on 27 October. We have still not found something suitable for our summer outing. Blewbury Players are doing “Peter Pan”. Anyone interested? Malcolm Wright 850705
Make Early Preparations for the VPA Show
The gardeners and “allotmenteers” are all praying for a decent drop of rain, I am fed up of watering my seedlings already, the water butt is empty, and the ground is dry and dusty! However, in the rest of my garden, there are trees, roses, shrubs or perennials’; I don’t have to water them at… Continue reading »
All about Owls at Blewbury W.I.
WOMENS INSTITUTE Blewbury WI next meets on Wednesday May 25th in the Vale Room of the Blewbury Village Hall. The topic will be “Owls – History, conservation & rescue work”. Fascinating creatures! Of course you have all read that the Blewbury WI (which of course welcomes members from nearby villages) is much more than just… Continue reading »
Wines from Down Under
UPTON WINE APPRECIATION SOCIETY At the April meeting of the Wine Club Derek Whitmell presented a talk on the Wines of Australia and compared the present situation with that of three years ago. He had researched the current prices of some of the wines he selected for the 2008 meeting and had found that they… Continue reading »
Theatre Group Looking for next Venture
THEATRE GROUP Nothing suitable has yet been discovered for our projected June/July outing. Do let the committee know if you find something. But we are already booked for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the NEW Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford on Thursday 27 October at 7.15 pm. Door to door transport is included in the… Continue reading »
Sheepdog Round-Up for the VPA
After a few dark mutterings, I have removed the shrub that bit the dust during the winter, but just what shall I plant there instead? There is now a huge space just waiting to be filled with new planties, woo hoo! I am now greenhouse-less, but I now have a “sun deck”, with loungers, parasol,… Continue reading »
From the galleries
