OPEN GARDENS Sunday 6^th September

We were blessed with a perfect day – the sun was shining but not too hot – for our 3 open gardens and plant stall at Prospect House, Stocks and Orchard Lodge. It was all arranged just a couple of weeks prior and we raised £298 for the village hall. Thank you to everyone who supported us.

Sarah Sayers

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UPTON OPEN GARDENS

SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 2009

12.30 – 3pm

Bring your friends & family and come and enjoy the beauty of 3 of our village gardens*  and relax with a glass of wine before meandering on to the next….

£7.50 (to include a glass of wine at each garden)

£4 (soft drink, excluding wine)

Children free

Parking at the Village Hall

*Prospect House – Station Road (& plant stall)

•Stocks – Stream Road

•Orchard Lodge – High Street

Proceeds in aid of the Village Hall

I hope you have all been having an enjoyable Summer and are now ready to join us in the Village Hall for our new season of Thursday morning Drop-in sessions.

The next three dates for your diaries are: September 3^rd, September 17^th, and October 1^st.

Usual time: 10.30 – 12.00 noon

Look forward to seeing you

Yvonne Collins

850989

Saturday 6th September, 2.00 p.m. on Recreation Ground

Music by Blewbury Band

Dog Agility demonstration.

Delicious teas.  

Stalls include: books, white elephant, preserves, plants, produce, cakes, ice cream, promises auction, games, tombola etc.

Donations for the stalls can be brought to the hall on the evening before the fete between 6.00 p.m. & 8.00 p.m. or on the day of the fete from 10.00 a.m.

Mega raffle – prizes include: Hot Air Balloon Ride, £100 cash, Meal for 2 at George & Dragon, plus many other prizes.  Raffle tickets can be bought in advance from Jessie West 851206

Bring your bikes and small items for postcoding.

There will also be a  Fun Dog Show, entries can be made on the day in the following classes: Theme fancy dress – popular film character; Prettiest Bitch; Handsomest Dog; Best Trick; Best 6 legs; The dog that will not eat the sausage;  Open brace – a pair of dogs, any size or breed: Best in Show.

Entry Fee: £1 per class.  The dog show is being sponsored by OSCAR pet food. Judge: Trudie Hewitt-Taylor.  A donation from the dog show is being made to Pine Ridge Sanctuary.

Proceeds from the fete go to St Mary’s Church.  Why does St Mary’s Church need money?  Let me give you a couple of examples:  during January the interior of St Mary’s was decorated at a cost of £6,000.  The fabric of the church is generally in good condition however cracks are appearing in the ancient font and we would like to have work done on this before too long. 

The Church also has a policy of annually donating a percentage of its income to charity, the following charities benefited in 2009:  NSPCC, Helen & Douglas House, Pump Aid and Church Housing Trust.

Clare Lightfoot

I would like to thank everyone who came to the Cream Teas and everyone who donated money.  The sun shone which made a real difference!  I raised £520 for Brain Tumour UK which I was really pleased with and thoroughly enjoyed doing it.

Many thanks, Alex Thomas

A HUGE thank you to all those who supported this event on Sunday 9th August 2009.

We had a superb lunchtime with glorious weather and some amazing homemade fare. I never knew that there were so many different types of pate that one could make! This was a very jolly and social occasion attended by 60 villagers in total.

Thank you to all of you who came, all the helpers, those who cooked for us and those who couldn’t attend but very generously donated cash.

The final figure raised in aid of the Village Hall extension was £471.00

Celia Davies

The Annual Upton Village Fete in aid of Church funds will take place at the Recreation Ground on Saturday 5th September at 2.00 p.m.

Cakes, Plants, Preserves, White Elephant, Books, Toys,Tombola, etc etc

Grand Raffle, Home made teas, entertainment by Blewbury Band

For more information please contact

Jessie – 851206, Clare – 850486 or Maggie – 850126

UPTON LADIES COVEN

The next meeting of the Upton Ladies Coven will be at the George & Dragon on Thursday 6^th August at 8pm

UPTON OIL SYNDICATE

The next order is scheduled to be placed on Monday 17th August. To be included, I need to have your orders by Saturday 15^th August at the latest.

My contact details are (preferably by e-mail) colin.batchelor@eggconnect.net or by telephone 01491 671253 (after 7.00pm).

Colin Batchelor