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BISHOP BEVERIDGE CLUB NEWS. Pillings boat trip on Friday, 2 June monies required please. £10.50 each. The lunch menu is now available from Joyce (414519). Boat trip is 9.30am and lifts will be from 9am. Please call 414519 for arrangements.
Our June coach trip is to Broadway and Hidcote Manor Garden (National Trust) on Monday, 12 June We will visit the Cotswold village of Broadway in the morning, allowing time for lunch, then travel to Hidcote in the afternoon. Cost for BBC members is £24, nonmembers £26. For National Trust members please reduce these prices by £11 – (do not forget your NT membership card for entry). Contact Wendy on 10509 413212 or Joyce 414519. We leave Sileby at 8.30am, Barrow 8.40am.
The next Fun Quiz is on Wednesday, 7 June, starting at 2.45pm. Cost is £1.50 members, £2 visitors and includes tea and cake and a prize for each member of the winning table. There are no individual questions and all are very welcome.
We have recently received a sum just over £1,600 from the Co-op Community Fund. We
are grateful to Barrow Co-op for this having been nominated by members and friends and have been accepted for further funding this year.
Please make sure that you apply for membership at the Co-op if you are not already a member and nominate the Bishop Beveridge Club as your Charity.
The funds are going towards our kitchen refurbishment project, which includes a new boiler, replacement cooker and re-tiling and decorating. We will be closing for a week in August or so to allow this work to take place. LUNCHEON CLUB. Please
note there will be no luncheon club at the Baptist Church in June and July due to refurbishment.
SATURDAY STORIES. Barrow Community Library has Saturday Stories, weekly at 10:30am - 11am at for children 7 and under. £1 donation suggested.
MINI-MARKET. The Methodist church is having their minimarket and coffee morning on Saturday, 3 June from 10am – 11am, everyone is very welcome.
NEW HORIZONS. On Monday, 5 June New Horizons is meeting at 2pm in the Methodist coffee lounge.
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING. Barrow Parish Council is meeting in the parish Council offices on Tuesday, 6 June at 7:15pm, everyone welcome. Public participation at approximately 7:30pm.
FUN QUIZ. A Fun Quiz is being held at the Bishop Beveridge Club, 22 South Street, on Wednesday, 7 June, starting at 2.45pm. Cost of £1.50 members, £2 visitors, includes prizes for members of the winning table and tea and cake.
COACH TRIP TO BROADWAY AND HIDCOTE MANOR GARDEN. The Bishop Beveridge Club June coach trip is to Broadway and Hidcote Manor Garden (National Trust)in the Cotswolds on Monday, 12 June.
We will visit the Cotswold village of Broadway in the morning, allowing time for lunch, then travel to Hidcote in the afternoon. Cost for BBC members is £24, nonmembers £26, who are very welcome.
For National Trust members please reduce these prices by £11 – (do not forget your NT membership card for entry.) We will leave Sileby at 8.30am, Barrow 8.40am. Contact Wendy Woodhouse on 01509 413212.
BISHOP BEVERIDGE COACH TRIPS IN JULY AND AUGUST. In July the Bishop Beveridge Club coach trip will be to Skegness on Wednesday, 19 July, details later.
In August we will be going to Southport for the annual Flower Show on Friday, 18 August, although you can just spend the day in the seaside town. Details later.
BARROW WI 68TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. On 17 May we celebrated Barrow’s 68th Birthday.
Betty pulled out all the stops and laid on a sumptious buffet. Mary made a beautiful birthday cake. However, before we could tuck in, we were introduced to our entertainer for the evening “Our Flossie”. She looked a bit imposing, wearing a mortar board and teacher’s gown.
“Flossie” has been doing different variations of her act for fifteen years. She takes you back during different decades with musical renditions of the time.
Her first song for her “pupils” was “A - Your Adorable”. You were expected to join in! With a blink of an eye, she stripped off her teachers outfit and revealed a “ragamuffin” costume underneath. Songs from “Oliver” followed.
The next costume change took us back to 40’s with “The Andrews Sisters”. All dressed in khaki, blonde wig with matching puppets/sisters, Flossie sang favourites, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “Don’t sit under the apple tree”. Two more transformations followed - wearing drapes, crepes and a DA wig, Flossie sang Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis hits. Finally “Dusty” emerged with “You don’t have to love me”.
Sadly, we had come to the end of Flossie’s act which we all thoroughly enjoyed. It certainly “lifted your spirits”. We finished the evening off with the buffet and drinks.
A great night! Next months meeting will be at Cons Club Function room at 7.30pm on 14 June 2017. We will be having a light hearted talk on “Clay”. Please come and join us.
BARROW UPON SOAR OPEN GARDENS. This year Barrow open gardens will take place on the weekend of Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June 2017 from 11am to 5pm. Discover the hidden world of gardens and growing in this much-visited open garden weekend.
As we prepare for another Barrow Open Gardens (BOG) in aid of Rainbows Children’s Hospice who knows what will be in store? Will there be more builders yard planting and recycled shower cubicle greenhouses?
We can guarantee immaculate and classic village gardens, quirky havens and much loved vegetable plots. Head to any garden with the Open Garden sign to purchase your weekend ticket.
With such a wide variety on show, every garden in our village has a story to tell. Visitors old and new can be sure of a very warm welcome in Barrow-upon-Soar gardens.
For £4 you get a two day programme that acts as a Garden Passport allowing you to view gardens at any point during 11am and 5pm on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June 2016. Accompanied under 14s are free. To buy a programme purchase from any participating shop or open garden.
Venues for plant sales, refreshments and additional parking will be indicated on the larger, clearer map in the revamped programme alongside any other attractions.
For further information please search online; facebook for Barrow upon Soar Open Gardens or BUSCA community website / gardening / open gardens.
Hathern
HATHERN’S BIG WEEK . The itnerary for Hathern’s Big Week June 9 -18.
For more information go to www.hathernonline.co.uk) Friday June 9. Launch Party at Hathern Club, 7.30pm. Saturday June 10. Vintage Parade, Hathern Cross, 1pm.
Hathern Carnival, Hathern Park 1.30pm.
It’s a Knockout, Hathern Park, 2pm.
Going on a Bear Hunt Live!, Hathern Park 5pm.
Barn Dance, Hathern Park,7.30pm. Sunday June 11. Chillout Day, Hathern Park, 1pm.
Live Acoustic Music, Venue TBC, 7pm. Monday June 12. Film Night: “This is Hathern”, Hathern Church, 7pm. Tuesday June 13. Pub in the Park: The Big Quiz, Hathern Park, 7pm. Wednesday June 14. Coffee Morning, Hathern Church, 10am.
Praise in the Park, Hathern Park, 7.30pm. Thursday June 15. Pub in the Park- Meet the HVA Team, Hathern Park, 7pm. Friday June 16. Little Acorns Open Morning, Baptist Church, 9am.
Youth Club Goes Outdoors, Hathern Park, 6pm. Saturday June 17. Open Gardens , Hathern Church, 12-5pm.
Vintage Market, Hathern Park, 12-5pm.
Pub in the park, Hathern Park, 12pm.
Proms in the Park, Hathern Park, 7.30pm. Sunday June 18. Open Gardens, Hathern Church, 12-5pm.
Live Acoustic Music, Venue TBC , 7pm