Annabel Watkins Retires From Village Hall Post Office
Published 28 June 2018
On Friday 28th June, Annabel opened the ‘broom cupboard’ for the last time as Postmistress. She has been running this village service since August 2004. Before then she ran the Post Office in the Alrewas Road shop.
As a mark of appreciation the Parish Council presented her with a bouquet of flowers.
The Parish Council has not yet heard from the Post Office when, or whether, a replacement will be found.
Allan Howard
Green Power Project
Published 27 June 2018
Pupils at a Kings Bromley primary school are getting the opportunity to discover the world of engineering by building their very own Greenpower Formula Goblin electric kit car. In October 2017, the children at Richard Crosse C of E Primary School entered a competition held by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to become one of eight schools to win the competition and they luckily received good news. During December, the students received the kit car that they started building in January. It is now almost completely manufactured and will soon be ready to race at Rockingham Speedway during the month of July so they can take part in the Regional Greenpower IET Formula Goblin race. In order to enter the competition, the children had to design what they thought transport would be like in 2050.
On the 14th June, Class 5 will be attending a trip to Warwick University for the day so they can learn more about the Warwick Manufacturing Group. Paul Lovern, Executive Head Teacher at Richard Crosse said, “I think it’s a wonderful project as it gives my children an opportunity to practice their engineering skills in a real life context. I can’t wait to see their finished racing car and watch it on the race track.” The APC and Spokes including WMG will provide financial support and mentoring throughout the electric vehicle build along with driver training ahead of the race. Dr Antony Allen, Principal Teaching Fellow at WMG University of Warwick, said,” I’m delighted to be working with Class 5 on this exciting project. They are a brilliant team of highly capable engineers.”
Written by Edie Sadler and Ysabel Parkes, Year 6
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Village news from Helen Price – 28/6/18
Published 25 June 2018
Kings Bromley Open Gardens
Open Gardens last weekend was a fantastic success drawing in hundreds of visitors plus many excited children who came to spot the fairies scattered throughout the gardens. Eleven gardens were open to the public, the Ryknild Rabble Morris Dancers added spectacle throughout, plus the Lichfield Community Jazz Band played in one of the gardens on Sunday afternoon. The WI decorated the village with Yarn bombing and fairies, together with providing refreshments.
A grand total of over £2,600 was raised from entrance tickets, plant sales and refreshments and this makes a very welcome contribution to our Village Hall Refurbishment fund. Many thanks and congratulations go to all who put so much time and effort into making this such a successful event.
Kings Bromley Show, Saturday 28th July
We are now looking forward to ‘Celebrating Staffordshire’ at the village show on Saturday 28th July. Enjoy a great day out for all the family including funfair, craft fair with demonstrations, food fair, trade and non-commercial stands. The programme starts with an equestrian show at 9.30 a.m. From noon, there will be children’s races, companion dog show, a Magic Show, the Eureka Jazz Band and a parade of treasured vehicles. Displays of art, crafts, cookery, floral art, flowers, fruit and veg, photography, vegetables, woodworking and young crafts can all be view in the Horticultural marquee. A variety of refreshments will be available all day, including the Shardlow Real Ale bar bus plus G&T bar.
Main arena displays include the Toy Soldier Marching Band followed by Dangerous Steve and Pedal Power vs. Parkour which are our big acts for the afternoon, providing knockabout comedy, sensational blindfold motorcycle stunts, chainsaw juggling, trial riding and athletic stunts.
For further details of the Show, please see our website: www.kingsbromleyshow.co.uk.
Village news from Helen Price – 21/6/18
Published 21 June 2018
Wednesday Club
Lin our Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and commented on the success of last month’s trip to Matlock Bath and the visit to the Garrick Theatre to see Avenue Q. Lin then informed members that the outing on Wednesday September 5th will be to Shrewsbury and that this will be followed on Tuesday September 25th with a visit to the Garrick Theatre to see “My Fair Lady.” The Cream Tea on August 1st will be held at Mabel’s, Curborough. The Chair then outlined the new data regulation requirements and a letter was distributed to all members.
Our speaker, John Colley, was introduced and entertained us with a compilation of film clips illustrating “The Good Old Days.” The clips included scenes from Busby Berkeley’s lavish musicals of the 1930’s including 42nd Street starring Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels. Other 30’s and 40’s stars featured in John’s film compilation included Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland and Shirley Temple. John’s film also included a miscellany of Pathe News clips featuring among others Bill Haley and his Comets, England Cricket Captain Colin Cowdrey, the Lions of Longleat and the Flying Scotsman. Another section entitled “50 Royal Years” took us from the end of the reign of Queen Victoria through to the reign of King George V1 and included footage of significant events during each reign. The film ended in the way that evenings at the cinema traditionally ended – with the National Anthem.
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday July 4th at 2.30pm in the Village Hall. “Making Do” with Karen Atkin.
Kings Bromley WI
The WI held their latest meeting on 7th June in the village hall. Debbie Warner is a Tai Chi instructor with 12 years experience. Debbie started her interest in this gentle martial art for health reason, having suffered from arthritis for many years. After joining in with a class at Hoar Cross health spa, she found an instructor she liked at the Blue Dragon Martial Art centre and Tai Chi changed her health. Debbie gave us a short talk on the history and eastern philosophy behind it. We learnt about the many various styles and that some mirror a lot of breathing techniques used in yoga and meditation. Tai Chi is based on the shearling style of Kung Fu and was used by monks to help develop their fighting technique and spiritual development. The earliest style dates back to the 13th century but could have developed a lot earlier. Debbie then gave a demonstration and the ladies had the opportunity to take part in a few movements from the 37 forms making up the sun style Tai Chi.
The meeting was extremely enjoyable and Debbie holds several classes in Mavesyn Ridware Village hall on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings; her telephone number is 07885 248057. It was the WI national week for health and wellbeing and we all felt very relaxed after the demonstration.
There’s lots to keep us busy till the next meeting in July with the yarn bombing for the Open Gardens. The craft group have made some fabulous hanging crochet wreaths and Pom Pom bees to add to the fairies and garlands. There will be a cake and coffee event on the Saturday afternoon at the Open Gardens in the Village Hall. Show day will soon be here and we need items for the hampers and also remind members that we shall need cakes, jams and cookies for the stall on 28th July. We always have a splendid stall and really appreciate all the help so please volunteer just a few hours to help too. We have lots to look forward to, with afternoon tea in August at the Royal Oak and our trip to see The Girls at the theatre in November.
Our next meeting will be on 5th July in the village hall at 7.30pm.
Village news from Helen Price – 14/6/18
Published 11 June 2018
Open Gardens, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June
We now have a final total of eleven gardens, including four which have never been open before and one which is re-opening under new ownership. The WI will be ‘yarn bombing’ and providing teas on the Saturday. Other gardens will be providing refreshments and plant stalls with plants at very competitive prices.
For children there will be ‘fairy finding’ and at one of the gardens there will be a band playing. Please support this event; all proceeds will again be given to the Kings Bromley Village Hall Refurbishment Fund. Ring Allan Howard on 472720 for more detail.
Kings Bromley Historians
We had the perfect weather for our May outing. Our first stop was Beamhurst Museum and was an experience that was! We were welcome with tea and cakes with 18 of us seated around a table for 30+. Beneath the glass top children’s annuals were displayed, while above and around us were all kinds of memorabilia reminding us of our age. Another barn was full of larger items including a barrel organ which set one of our members dancing.
We followed this with a pub lunch, then on for a visit to Izaak Walton’s cottage, where we were met by our guide from Staffs County Council, who gave us a short talk on his life. He was born in 1593 and was more than just a fisherman, having a linen drapers shop in Fleet Street and as well as writing ‘The Compleat Angler’ wrote ‘Waltons Lives’ in a biographical book and had two well-connected wives. His cottage at Shallowford was a tiny museum set in a large garden, where we sat in the sun with tea, biscuits and laughter. A lovely end to a relaxing day.
At our June meeting on 29th June, Richard Stone will be talking about The Story of Map Making. We have a stall at the Kings Bromley Show in July instead of a meeting.
Village news from Helen Price – 7/6/18
Published 4 June 2018
Kings Bromley Gardening Guild
In May, Gardening Guild members and friends had a lovely evening in the garden belonging to one of the members. Dianne and Ray were very hospitable and everyone enjoyed walking around the garden, looking at the variety of plants, sharing gardening stories and making the most of a warm spring evening.
The meeting on 18 June in the Village Hall will welcome Brian Storer speaking about ‘Growing for Showing’; as a winner of many prizes and trophies at Kings Bromley Show, he will be able to give some tips to those planning to compete in the Horticultural Section.
Card Sale, Saturday 9th June
There will be a card sale at the Village Hall on Saturday 9th June between 10.30 am and 12 noon.
All the usual items will be on sale:- Birthday, Anniversary, Sympathy, Get Well cards etc. Wrapping paper, Notelets, Serviettes, Gift bags and much more. There will be a selection of home made cakes for sale – do come along and have a chat over a free cup of tea, coffee and biscuits.
Open Gardens, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June
We now have a final total of eleven gardens, including four which have never been open before and one which is re-opening under new ownership. The WI will be ‘yarn bombing’ and providing teas on the Saturday. Other gardens will be providing refreshments and plant stalls with plants at very competitive prices.
For children there will be ‘fairy finding’ and at one of the gardens there will be a band playing. Please support this event; all proceeds will again be given to the Kings Bromley Village Hall Refurbishment Fund. Ring Allan Howard on 472720 for more detail.
Tweenies Parent and Toddler Group
Tweenies Parent and Toddler group runs on a Thursday morning in the village hall from 9.00 am till 11.00 am. Please continue to support this activity which provides fun, play and socialisation for families of the village and surrounding areas. Contact Kerry Helliwell on 07875 367379.
