Please see the end of this email for contact details of the new KIT editor John – and the next KIT deadline for January!  

Before then, reminders for Christmas …..

LUNCHES DELIVERED

Sunday 19 December  – Roast Turkey or roast Pork + Christmas Pudding and homemade brandy sauce.  This Christmas meal – roast + pudding – is £15 per person. PLEASE RING BEFORE NOON ON SATURDAY 18^th TO BOOK THIS MEAL

No lunches on Christmas day but next lunch is on Sunday 2 January with roast Beef or Chicken chasseur – main course – £11 each + desserts – £4 each. Please order before Tuesday 28 December to allow for delivery from suppliers. 

Also, Buffets or Afternoon Teas etc during the festive season – please ask for availability.

TO ORDER any of the above, please telephone Carol-Anne and Nigel on 07866 670472 

CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday 19^th December
11:00am         Wyre Piddle              Holy Communion
  6:30pm         Fladbury                    Nine Lessons & Carols

Monday 20^th December
  3:00pm         Lower Moor              Christmas Worship
  7:00pm         Throckmorton           Lessons & Carols

Friday 24th December – CHRISTMAS EVE
  4:00pm         Fladbury                    Crib Service
  4:00pm         Wyre Piddle              Christingle Service
  5:00pm         Cropthorne                Crib Service
11:30pm         Cropthorne                Midnight Mass

Saturday 25^th December – CHRISTMAS DAY
  9:00am         Bishampton              Christmas Morning Worship
10:30am         Charlton                    Christmas Morning Worship
10:30am         Fladbury                   Christmas Holy Communion

Sunday 26^th December
10:30am         Fladbury                    Holy Communion (said service)

Sunday 2^nd January 2022
11:00am         Fladbury                    Holy Communion 

Sunday 9^th January

  9.30am         Bishampton              Holy    Communion 

11.00am         Fladbury                    Morning Worship

                        Wyre Piddle              Holy Communion

The wearing of facemasks is mandatory in churches

Parish Priest – The Revd Sarah Dangerfield, tel: 01386 861669

Five Alive Parish Wardens – Meredith Debenham 01386 446276 and Celia Willis 01386 861348

Bishampton & Throckmorton Church Warden – Peter Chatterton 01386 462349

CAROL SINGING – Friends of Fladbury are organising carol singing round the Christmas Tree on the Green on Wednesday evening 22 December at 6.30pm with live music by Ruth Jones and  family, a collection for “Caring Hands” in Evesham and mulled wine and mince pies served outside.

From Alan Boyes 861787 “THANKS  to the person who found my detachable rain hat, which I had inadvertently left on the large bench in the Orchard, and placed it inside the hut”..

CHRISTMAS supplies…..

·         Fladbury Pies & Sausages 860228 are open as usual until Friday – Christmas Eve – at 1pm when they will close until Monday 3 January

·         Gift vouchers available from Ocean Blue – contact Katie on 860110 or 07977 181001

·         Facemasks – sadly Vanessa had a fall on Wednesday and now has a broken shoulder and elbow. Every good wish to Vanessa for a speedy recovery. 

FLADBURY SOCIAL CLUB is open as usual, even for Coffee & Cake on Christmas Eve morning! + a New Year’s Eve Party!

For further information, please contact Club Secretary Mark Hatfield, phone 07718 584849

FIVE ALIVE QUIZ sheets – £2 each – available from Wendy Malkinson 556102 in Wyre Piddle and me, Jane in Fladbury 860531, to be returned to Wyre Piddle by Friday 31st December. 

FLADBURY PARISH COUNCIL

The Parish Council was advised yesterday (Thursday) that a planning application has been submitted to Wychavon District Council by Lonestar Land. The application relates to land fronting on to Broadway Lane and adjacent to and immediately south of Llewellyn Close.

The application is for 34 affordable homes consisting of the following:-

  8 x I bedroom flats

  9 x 2 bedroom houses

11 x 3 bedroom houses

4 x 1 bedroom bungalows

2 x 2 bedroom bungalows

The full details of the application and all the associated documents can be found on the Wychavon website with the planning reference 21/02924/FUL.

The Parish Council is reviewing all the documents submitted with the application and has requested and has been granted an extension to the consultation period to January 31st. This will enable us to carry out any research relating to all the aspects of this application.

In addition, we plan to consult the village on this application but as a public meeting in the Village Hall may not be possible early in January due to the pandemic, we may have to conduct this consultation through a  Zoom public meeting conference – we will keep you informed.

Ian Southcott (861061) Chair, Fladbury Parish Council – email: iandjsouthcott@aol. com

Clerk, Lynne Yapp – email: clerk@fladburyparishcouncil.co.uk

FLADBURY FESTIVE FIVE 5-mile race – Sunday 9 January 2022 – is still happening. To enter go to https://www.stuweb.co.uk/race/2QS.   For more information and offers of help, please contact Louise on 07968 252847 or email louisejanebugg@gmail.com

WHAT ELSE?

·         Christmas lights are twinkling throughout the village – including in The Chantry and down Broadway Lane

·         Have you run out of Christmas cards? Boxes of new cards are in my porch at 6 Woodward Parks – going cheap! Or we can split the boxes. Please ring me on 860531 if you want some.

·         I am house hunting again – with some boxes packed and plans made, the vendors withdrew the property I was buying just before ”completion” – so please be in touch if you know of anything in Fladbury which may be for sale.

AND….. KIT will appear again during the second week in January with a new editor, John Powell. Please email news, information or queries to fladburykit@gmail.com or phone John on 07776 063252. The deadline for the January KIT is Wednesday 5 January with the hope of circulation by Saturday 9 January. 

And here’s hoping for a Happy Christmas for all, love Jane X 860531

December ’21 KIT – lots to read + Diary at the end

Advent has begun and Christmas is on the way. In my final KIT, there are Christmas events and thanks to folk who contribute to our village community and news of our continuing activities, including who will be producing KIT in January 2022 – yes, keep reading!

ADVENT – PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS….

By the time you read this, the lights will be twinkling on the Christmas trees in the churchyard and on the village green. Many thanks to the David and Gill Taylor for donating the beautiful trees, to Simon and helpers for transporting them – and more! – and to Dan Barker, Al Bradley, David Bugg, Lindsay Cameron, John Foley, Robert Guy, Matthew Hawkins, Vic Lovett, Geoff Mills, Jean Ounsted, John Powell, Ian & Jan Southcott and Andy Train for organising and helping to erect them and covering them in lights. Windows on Advent Calendars start opening tomorrow, Wednesday – if you haven’t got one, there are small ones  £3 each in my porch at 6 Woodward Parks or ring me – 860531. 

FLADBURY SOCIAL CLUB 

·         There will be Elves in the Club on the mornings of Friday 3 December from 9am and Saturday 4 December from 10am serving coffee & cake and raising funds for the Alzheimer’s Society with a stall for bring-and-buy  unused-presents and good bric-a-brac and a raffle

·         On Tuesday 7 December from 10am to 12 noon – a re-assembly of the TULIP lunch folk – but all welcome! – with coffee and cake and planning for future TULIP gatherings, along with Denise’s handmade Christmas cards  in aid of the Duchenne Family Support Group

·         The Club is open as usual in December – Thursdays from 4.30pm, Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday lunchtime and evenings and Coffee & Cake on Friday and Saturday mornings.

·        As usual, there will be a New Year’s Eve Party!

For further information, please contact Club Secretary Mark Hatfield, phone 07718 584849

QUIZ NIGHT at Evesham Golf Club, Fladbury Cross WR10 2QS this Friday 3 December at 7.30pm – maximum 6 people per team, £2.50 per team player, food available at halftime – raffle – all proceeds to Whizz Kids and Diabetes UK. To book a table, contact Helen 07843 724034 or Rachel 07748 694544

CHRISTMAS SHOE BOXES

A massive thank you to everyone who has supported this year’s campaign for Teams4u. Last week we had over 40,000 shoeboxes collected nationally and still 2 weeks to go! On Saturday, over 9,000 were loaded on to the lorry destined for Romania. The deadline for filled boxes is Saturday 4 December. If you have one and are not sure where to put it, please leave it in my porch at 6 Woodward Parks or contact Paul and Ali Jeanes on 860934 or 07450 088334.     Jane 860531

LUNCHES DELIVERED

Sunday 5 December – Roast Beef or Chicken in an asparagus sauce

Sunday 12 December  – Roast Lamb or roast Pork

Sunday 19 December  – Roast Turkey or roast Pork + Christmas Pudding and homemade brandy sauce. 

              This Christmas meal – roast + pudding – is £15 per person 

We are sorry not to be able to do Christmas Day lunches this year but we will be back on 

Sunday 2 January with roast Beef or Chicken chasseur – please order before Tuesday 28 December to allow for delivery from suppliers

Each meal – £9 each + desserts – £4 each

When you ring to place your orders, we will tell you what the weekly desserts will be.  

TO ORDER any of the above, please telephone us, Carol-Anne and Nigel, on 07866 670472 

We are available to cater for any buffets or afternoon teas etc during the festive season – please ask for availability.

Thank you for your custom over the last year and every good wish for Christmas and the new year.

CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday 5^th December
  9:30am         Bishampton              Holy Communion

11:00am         Cropthorne                Holy Communion

Sunday 12^th December
  9:30am         Charlton                    Holy Communion
11:00am         Fladbury                    Holy Communion

Thursday 16^th December

Fladbury School Christmas Service in the Church

Friday 17^th December

Cropthorne School Christmas Service in the Church

Sunday 19^th December
11:00am         Wyre Piddle              Holy Communion
  6:30pm         Fladbury                    Nine Lessons & Carols

Monday 20^th December
  3:00pm         Lower Moor               Christmas Worship
  7:00pm         Throckmorton           Lessons & Carols

Friday 24th December – CHRISTMAS EVE
  4:00pm         Fladbury                    Crib Service
  4:00pm         Wyre Piddle              Christingle Service
  5:00pm         Cropthorne                Crib Service
11:30pm         Cropthorne                Midnight Mass

Saturday 25^th December – CHRISTMAS DAY
  9:00am         Bishampton              Christmas Morning Worship
10:30am         Charlton                    Christmas Morning Worship
10:30am         Fladbury                   Christmas Holy Communion

Sunday 26^th December
10:30am         Fladbury                    Holy Communion (said service)

Sunday 2^nd January 2022
11:00am         Fladbury                    Holy Communion 

Sunday 9^th January

  9.30am         Bishampton              Holy    Communion 

11.00am         Fladbury                    Morning Worship

                        Holy Communion    Wyre Piddle

We respectfully request that face masks are worn during the church services

Parish Priest – The Revd Sarah Dangerfield, tel: 01386 861669

Five Alive Parish Wardens – Meredith Debenham 01386 446276 and Celia Willis 01386 861348

Bishampton & Throckmorton Church Warden – Peter Chatterton 01386 462349

“With best wishes for a safe, peaceful and joy-filled Christmas and New Year, Sarah”

CAROL SINGING

Friends of Fladbury will be organising carol singing round the Christmas Tree on the Green on Wednesday evening 22 December with musicians and a collection for “Caring Hands in Evesham” – please look out for posters giving further information

PERSHORE FOOD BANK

Special Christmas food parcels are delivered to known families in need each year. Tinned ham and salmon are firm favourites as these can form the basis of a special meal and are often missed in favour of biscuits and chocolates which are usually generously donated. Christmas puddings and tinned custard are also good as are mince pies and any sponge puddings. Donations welcome in Fladbury Church porch – please ring Christine Farrell 861869 for further information.

Many thanks in advance.

QUIZ NIGHT

in the Anchor Inn, Fladbury, every first Tuesday of the month – this time 7 December – at 7.30pm  in the Anchor Inn and then on Tuesday 4 January

FISH & CHIP VAN

StarChip Enterprise will be outside the Anchor on Tuesday 7 December from 4.30pm to last orders at 7.30pm – may be the last time this year.

FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER IS….

·         Christmas Jumper Day at Fladbury School – why not at Coffee in the Club too?!

·         Human Rights Day – I will be lighting a candle for justice and trying to think more about how we can achieve it throughout the world. Candle leaflets available in my porch for window display

FLADBURY COMMUNITY ORCHARD & NATURE RESERVE

Our next work party is on Saturday 11 December from 10.30am to 12noon – please let me know if you are interested in joining us – there might even be mulled wine in flasks and mince pies!  Jane

FLADBURY PARISH COUNCIL

The December meeting – Omicron permitting – will be held on Monday, December 13th at 7.00 pm. This is a ‘one-off’ change of date (we are normally the third Monday of the month) due to the proximity of Christmas.

We are not allowed by Government diktat to meet by Zoom anymore but we do practice sensible precautions – mask wearing, social distancing, sanitising etc – so if any member of the public wishes to attend, please let us know in advance so we can adopt any measures necessary to accommodate you. 

After the holidays we will provide a full update on the Minerals Policy, the future of the field, the Nait and the Mill and the results of the ‘snapshot’ future housing survey.

A very happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas and New Year to you all.

Ian Southcott (861061) Chair, Fladbury Parish Council – email: iandjsouthcott@aol. com

Clerk, Lynne Yapp – email: clerk@fladburyparishcouncil.co.uk

FLADBURY VILLAGE HALL

Many thanks to all who attended the Village Hall AGM.  We are always looking for volunteers to join our Committee, in particular for the roles of Treasurer and Booking Clerk.  The village hall is an amazing asset to our village and needs fresh ideas on how it can be best utilised for the community. If you are interested in joining and would like further details on how you can be involved, please contact Andrew and Jane on 01386 861158 or email Fladburyvh@outlook.com.

For information and to book, please contact Andy and Jane Davies on 861158 or email fladburyvh@outlook.com or go on line https://v2.hallmaster.co.uk/Diary/ViewWeeklyDiary/7289  where you will see weekly bookings. 

GAMES CAFE

All are welcome to Fladbury Village Hall – government rules permitting – on Wednesday mornings from 10.30am, right up to Christmas and beyond. Games are not essential (well, to some they are!) – you can just pop in for a cup of coffee (or tea!) and chat. Facemasks allowed and we are well spaced and covid careful. And we’ll have our festive party sometime in January. If you want to know more, especially about just popping in, please ring me, Sally, on 861206. 

KNIT & NATTER

Because of so much happening in December and dark evenings, Knit & Natter folk will not be gathering but hopefully they will be in the new year. For more information, please contact Amy McGann on 07850 075459.

Thanks…..

VILLAGE TUBS 

I hope you all agree that the village tubs are looking so good again and will be even better when the bulbs appear next Spring. We now have 27 tubs to plant and I would like to thank the volunteers for their help again this year – Anne and Keith Cunningham, Pat MacMillan, Alison King, Trish Brazier, Elaine Stephens, Simone Stewart and Lisa Clayton                           Jan Southcott

  (and thanks to Jan for organising the ordering and planting and to the Parish Council for funding)

FLADBURY FLOW

11 months of planning, getting back together, meeting up with old friends and making new friends all created a beautiful community project called the Fladbury Flow. Last week, we finally dismantled the River of Poppies. They will now be repurposed and continue a different journey of Remembrance. The Fladbury Flow embraced friendship, family and history. This is how we never forget. This is how we pass history on to the future. Together we have honoured those who have served our country and together we have celebrated 100 years of the Royal British legion Poppy Appeal. 

A massive thank you to every knitter, crocheter, stitcher, tutor, cake maker and helper. You made this all possible. You made the Fladbury Flow happen. And we have just got the total amount raised from the Fladbury Flow for the Royal British Legion – £1,360.11

Thank you from Angela and Elaine xx   (and thanks again to Angela and Elaine for the idea!)

WAR MEMORIALS 

Thanks to John and Jenny Bolt for ensuring that the deep red geraniums on our War Memorials were still fresh and flowering for 

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 

Thanks to Victor Job for decorating the village and Jubilee Bridge with poppies and thanks to all who donated towards £170 collected in buckets round the Memorial + £28 from Lower Moor Church Memorial Service. 

OCEAN BLUE in Church Street, Fladbury WR10 2QB

Katie Haines had a very successful Christmas Shopping Event in the salon on 22 November and the raffle raised an amazing £400 for St Richard’s Hospice. Katie once again thanks everyone for supporting Ocean blue for the last 11 years and we give our very best wishes to Katie who is marrying her fiancé Darren on Wednesday 29 December at 12noon in Pershore Abbey before celebrations at Deer Park Hall. 

CHRISTMAS STALLS DURING COFFEE & CAKE IN THE CLUB

Many thanks to all who supported the charity stalls on 19 and 20 November and to Helen and Mark at the Club for the accommodation! 

• Pam Foley and Christine Farrell raised £351 for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Pam (860895) is taking orders for her crafts and gifts
• Cath Gillespie raised £215 selling her homemade chocolates for Papyrus – a national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide in the UK. Cath (07980 585934) is taking orders for Christmas treats – see facebook page ‘Something Chocolatey’
• Denise Paxford (860901) made £36 selling her handmade Christmas cards for the Duchenne Family Support Group. Denise will be selling her cards again in the Club or give her a ring if you want to buy some
• Jenny Summers (861817) sold one of her £10 bags whilst displaying her cushions and hangings for children’s bedrooms – please ring Jenny if you would like to buy some
• I made £151 selling Advent calendars  and Christmas cards etc for various charities

FROM LT Solutions – A huge Thank You to you all for your support this last year. I look forward to seeing you all soon. My last working day is Thursday 23rd December, back on Monday 3rd Jan 2022. I would like to wish all of my lovely clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. I am fully booked for house care and cleaning but slots become available from time to time – my phone number is  07792492839                           Lou Townend, LT Solutions

CHRISTMAS ORDERS

·         Fladbury Pies & Sausages 860228 are taking Christmas orders

·         Gift vouchers available from Ocean Blue – contact Katie on 860110 or 07977 181001

·         Facemasks – Vanessa Tofield has some fab new Christmas fabrics and is taking orders, from £5, depending on the fabric. If you want sequins, they cost a little more! And there are plenty of non-Christmas ones available.  To enquire or order, please ring 860576

Covid is still out and about – or rather in and hidden – even in our villages. 

Heard on Radio 4, to help prevent or reduce covid…..

·         Wear a well fitting facemask in shops and crowded places – and now mandatory and on public transport – annoying but not difficult

·         Keep socially distanced – a bit difficult

·         Make sure confined spaces are well-ventilated – could be uncomfortable but better safe than sorry! And now it’s even more urgent to get boosted….

FIVE ALIVE QUIZ

Look out for an email soon of the Five Alive Quiz raising funds for our parish churches. 40 cryptic clues on a theme, written by quizmaster Wendy, who will receive your answers please by December 31st. Correct entries will be put in a draw on 2nd January at Fladbury church with two prizes of £20 and £10 on offer. Paper copies of the quiz will be on sale from Jane Bugg 860531 in Fladbury and Wendy Malkinson 556102 in Wyre Piddle. 

FLADBURY FESTIVE FIVE – Sunday 9 January 2022

The Fladbury Festive Five is a 5 mile-ish multi-terrain race, mainly off road, along the banks of the River Avon, through Fladbury village and Lower Moor, Worcestershire. This run is organised and hosted by The Friends of Fladbury community group. This is the 9th time we have organised the event and it has become a popular event in the local running calendar.  The profits from the event will go to Alzheimer’s Research UK and Friends of Fladbury community events and groups.

We will need support from the village in the form of marshals on the route and donations of cakes.  Please contact me, Louise 07968 252847 , louisejanebugg@gmail.com if you can help.  

But it is even better if you take part as it makes this community event even more special.  To enter go to https://www.stuweb.co.uk/race/2QS  Thank you!                                     Lou Bugg

NEW WOMENS GROUP for Charlton, Cropthorne, Fladbury and beyond

What an amazing turnout on Tuesday 9th November for the launch of our new group. Over sixty women and men joined together to socialise and discuss the future structure of this new group, helped along with a couple of glasses of wine and a wonderful Remembrance Cake from Fladbury.

Everyone agreed to meet monthly on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning in January 2022 at Cropthorne and Charlton Village Hall. The meetings will be informal, sharing events from each village and hosting speakers or organised activities, everyone bringing their own refreshments. A charge of £3 per person was agreed to cover hiring costs and any other expenses.

Currently 2021 will end with…..

·         Wreath making at Charlton Old Schoolroom Friday 3 December at 6.00pm – £6 with all materials provided – bring your own refreshments. There are a few places still available.

·         A festive lunch at Holland House – fully booked

·         Christmas Chocolate Bingo on Tuesday 14th December at 7.00pm at Cropthorne & Charlton Village Hall with mulled wine and mince pies – £4 including a free raffle

The steering group met to discuss the suggestions for a new group name and a limited programme for the start of 2022 which will be voted on at the Christmas Bingo by those present.

We look forward to an exciting year ahead with members from Charlton, Cropthorne, Fladbury and beyond joining together to enjoy, learn and socialise as one harmonious community. Anyone interested in joining please contact me by phone or email.

Best wishes, Kathy Rayers, phone: 07811190555 , email: krayers@btinternet.com

In CHARLTON…..

This year we again want to run the ADVENT WINDOWS IN CHARLTON and we’d like as many villagers as possible to get involved. Simply make an illuminated window display or tableau in a window that can be seen by all who live and pass through our beautiful village. Like last year, your display could be of anything associated with Christmas: Santa and his reindeer; a nativity scene; a Christmas wreath; a snowy scene or landscape; a Christmas image of one of our village landmarks such as the church, village green or pub. So long as it’s bright and Christmas inspired, it’s up to you! Simply dress your window from 1^st December onwards and, if you want to, ‘register’ your house number and street with me at totalltoteach@gmail.com  and on the 1^st, 8^th, 15^th and 23^rd of December I’ll post a list of participating houses so we can all walk the village and bask in the warmth of bright, colourful Charlton Advent Windows.        Stuart Adams          

FESTIVAL OF SMALL TREES – pot up a tree of any variety, decorate bring to Charlton Church from 10th December onwards. Your tree should be a suitable size for the window sills or a table. Dedicate your tree to a charity, a friend, your family, a group or a business. Brighten the church for Advent and Christmas

CHARLTON CHATTERY on Friday 10 December 2.30pm-4pm in Charlton Old Schoolroom. Lots of refreshments, including mince pies of course, and a Raffle. 

ROAD CLOSURE – to make a connection to the public sewer for the caravan park, Canada Bank will be closed from the corner of Boston Lane and Yessell Lane, possibly until 17 December but the contractor hopes to finish sooner.

In CROPTHORNE…..

·         A CROPTHORNE TEA PARTY will be held on Saturday 4 December from 3:30 to 5pm at The Granary, opposite the churchyard, with Hilary Harris (860509) and friends. All donations to the Cropthorne Church toilet fund. Special attraction –  small decorated Christmas cakes in their own gift box – £6 each 

·         COFFEE AND CHAT at Cropthorne Village Hall every Tuesday morning 10-12.Everyone welcome from all surrounding villages and area. Bring a friend and make new friends.

·         HOLLAND HOUSE in Cropthorne (Main Street WR10 3NB)

Traditional Christmas Lunch – Wednesday 8 December

Traditional Christmas Lunch and Carols – Friday 17 December

Festive Afternoon Tea – Saturday 18 December

Traditional Christmas Lunch – Sunday 19 December

Christmas Lunch & Carols – Tuesday 21 December

For further information about the above and our quiet days and retreats and to book any of the above, go to www.hollandhouse.org or email enquiries@hollandhouse.org or call 01386 860330. 

In LOWER MOOR…..

·         The POST OFFICE  is open in the Village Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 12.30pm – but on 2 December it will open at 10am.

·         SING CAROLS with the SALVATION ARMY BAND on Thursday 16 December at 7pm on the Lower Moor Playing Field Car Park

In WYRE PIDDLE…..

·         WYRE PIDDLE WI

Wednesday 8 December – Christmas Party 

Friday 17 December – visit Fladbury Social Club for Coffee and Cake 
Wednesday 12 January – New Year Lunch at The Thai Restaurant.
GROUPS – Craft, Books, Walks, Evesham Cinema, Occasional Zoomed Talks in village hall, Outings – Programme 2022 fully planned.  Enquiries welcome.  Secretary Wendy Berry 561888 

·         FIVE ALIVE QUIZ prepared by Wendy Malkinson – see the earlier notice in this KIT

GARDENING

·         RHS monthly advice page – https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/in-month/december

FURTHER AFIELD…..

·         TREES OF REMEMBRANCE 2021

Remembering a loved one this Christmas whilst donating to charity

For Evesham go to www.therotaryclubofevesham.org.uk or ring 077645 228044

For Pershore go to www.pershoretreeofremembrance.com or ring 07504 8455395

·         PERSHORE VOLUNTEER CENTRE for lifts to hospitals and hairdressers etc – telephone 01386 554299 – clients, drivers and passenger assistants wanted!

·         PANTO IN PERSHORE – some folk from our villages, including Tillie Brotherton of Fladbury, are appearing in the Pershore Operatic & Dramatic Society pantomime “Snow White” from Monday 6 to Saturday 11 December at Number 8, tel: 555488

·         LOGS & WOODCHIPS FOR SALE in Tiddesley Wood, nr Pershore on Saturdays and Sundays 4 & 5 December and 8 & 9 January and the first weekends in February and March  – 10am-1pm each day – in aid of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. Leave Pershore on the B4084 towards Worcester and put satnavs on WR10 2AD

Finally …..

Two people contacted me to say they would like to help with KIT but not at the moment. And then John Powell said “I will take on KIT”. He was rather disappointed that I seem to express shock but it was the surprise I had that someone had offered – and that it was John who loves living in Fladbury, at the top of Paynes Lane, and I am delighted – thank you John!

The handover is now happening so future information for KIT needs to be emailed to fladburykit@gmail.com or phone John on 07776 063252. The December KIT will include a bit of January so the deadline for the January KIT is Wednesday 5 January with the hope of circulation by Saturday 9 January. 

I do thank everyone who has contributed to and circulated and delivered and read KIT since the first weekly edition at the beginning of the first lockdown – then Keeping In Touch. After 84 weekly publications, it went monthly in September. It is emailed to many people in Fladbury and to some people in neighbouring villages. If you do not wish your email address to be stored by fladburykit@gmail.com please let me know.Otherwise you will continue to receive KIT and hopefully read it and may be contribute to it. 

With every good wish for a Happy Christmas season in our village community or further afield and very best wishes for 2022,

With love, Jane X (tel: 860531, email: pjbugg@btinternet.com )

EVERY WEEK

Sunday          Church services

                        Lunches delivered

Monday          Fladbury Art Group 2-4pm in the Village Hall

                        Pantomime rehearsals in Fladbury Village Hall

Tuesday         Post Office in Lower Moor Hall 9am-12.30pm

                        Coffee & Chat 10am-12noon Village Hall in Cropthorne

Karate 6-7pm Fladbury Village Hall

Wednesday   Games Cafe 10.30am-12noon Fladbury Village Hall

Thursday       Post Office in Lower Moor Hall 9am-12.30pm

Butcher closed in the afternoon

Yoga in Fladbury Village Hall

Pantomime rehearsals in Fladbury Village Hall

Friday             Coffee in Fladbury Social Club 9am-12noon

Saturday        Coffee in Fladbury Social Club 10am-12noon

December 2021

Fri 3                Elves in Fladbury Social Club in the morning with Coffee & Cake

                        Wreath making 6pm Charlton Old Schoolroom

Quiz Night at Evesham Golf Club

Sat 4               Shoebox completion

Elves in Fladbury Social Club in the morning with Coffee & Cake 

Log & Woodchip sales at Tiddesley Wood

                        Cropthorne Tea Party at 3.30pm at the Granary

Sun 5             Log & Woodchip sales at Tiddesley Wood

Tue 6              TULIP Coffee & Cake 10am-12noon in the Club

                        Fish & Chips 4.30pm outside the Anchor

                        Quiz night 7.30pm at the Anchor

Wed 8             Traditional Christmas Lunch at Holland House 860330

                        Wyre Piddle WI Christmas Party

Fri 10              Christmas Jumper Day and Human Rights Day 

                        Charlton Chattery 2.30pm Old Schoolroom

                        Start taking small trees to Charlton Church

Sat 11             Orchard & Nature Reserve Work Party 10.30am-12noon

Mon 13           Fladbury Parish Council meet 7pm The Pavilion

Tue 14            Christmas Chocolate Bingo 7pm Cropthorne & Charlton Village Hall

Wed 15          Fladbury School Christmas Dinner & Parties

Thu 16           Carols in Lower Moor with the Salvation Army Band 7pm on the Playing Field car park

Fri 17              Wyre Piddle WI visit Fladbury Social Club for Coffee & Cake

Traditional Christmas Lunch & Carols at Holland House 860330

Schools break up

Sat 18             Festive Afternoon Tea at Holland House 860330

Sun 19           Traditional Christmas Lunch at Holland House 860330

Tue 21            Christmas Lunch & Carols at Holland House 860330

Wed 22          Carols round the Christmas tree on Anchor Green in Fladbury 6pm 

Fri 31              Deadline for Five Alive Quiz answers 

New Year’s Eve Party in Fladbury Social Club

And looking ahead in 2022….

JANUARY

Sun 9             Festive Five Run

Wed 12          Wyre Piddle WI New Year Lunch at The Thai Restaurant

FEBRUARY

5 & 6               Logs & Woodchips for sale in Tiddesley Wood

10, 11, 12       “Sleeping Beauty” panto in Fladbury Village Hall by the Fladbury Players – secretary Helen Jones 07891 443428

MARCH

2                      Ash Wednesday – Lent begins

5 & 6               Logs & Woodchips for sale in Tiddesley Wood

Sun 20           Mothering Sunday

APRIL 

Sun 17           Easter Day

MAY

1 & 2               Cropthorne Walkabout

JUNE

2-5                  The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. So far, according to the website…..

Thursday 2 – Bank Holiday – Birthday Parade – Trooping the Colour – Beacons

Friday 3 – Bank Holiday – Service of Thanksgiving in St Paul’s

Saturday 4 – The Derby –  Party at the Palace

Sunday 5 – Big Jubilee Lunch (street parties etc) – Platinum Pageant

JULY         Fladbury Walkabout ?

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