/Please join us at Thriplow Primary School for coffee and cake from 9 o’clock on Friday 27th September raising funds for MacMillan Cancer Support./ ...Continue Reading

_Harvest Festival Sunday 15th September_ St Georges Church will be celebrating Harvest this Coming *Sunday 15th* *September*. There will be coffee and croissants served from *9.30am* ,and our service will start at 10am. David Walston is coming along to give us an overview of how harvest has gone in this region for our farmers. There will be something for all ages to enjoy. So please come along. Any donations of produce, dry goods and cans will be sent to Jimmy’s night shelter in Cambridge. The collection will go to Ma ...Continue Reading

Hi everyone, *_Daffodil bulb planting_* You may have noticed that the display of daffodils on the shop and church triangles was poor this year. We are working to improve this: We have just sprayed the grass on these triangles to kill it off (the current grade of grass was too coarse) We will replant the triangles with a classic more vigorous variety (exact variety is to be finalised but is likely to be King Alfred or Dutch Master) We will then companion plant the triangle with wild flower seed to help the bee popu ...Continue Reading

Dear All This message is addressed to all those wishing to apply to the Daffodil Weekend Trust for financial support Can you please note the following deadlines: The deadline for *external charity nominations* is the 31st October 2019. The deadline for applying for *community grants* is 28th Feb 2020 The deadline for those wishing to apply for *the youth award for good citizenship* is also 28th Feb 2020 Information on how to apply for all these can be found here https://www.thriplowdaffodils.org.uk/grant-applica ...Continue Reading

A defibrillator has been installed in a locked cabinet outside Thriplow Village Hall. It is registered with the Ambulance Service. The security number for the cabinet will be given to anyone calling 999. A defibrillator is very straightforward to use and this one includes an in-built video instruction on what to do if somebody has collapsed. Nevertheless, the more people in the village familiar with how to use it the better. We will hold a brief introduction on how to use a defibrillator and administer CPR. It will be ...Continue Reading

*Harvest Festival will be celebrated in St George's Church on Sunday 15th September, starting at 9:30 am. The church will be decorated with flowers, leaves, berries and produce. Contributions for this would be gratefully received. Items can be left in the church porch on Wednesday 11th September. Or, if you would like us to collect from you/your garden that day, just let me know: 01763 208780 or mejacksonis@PROTECTED.* *Thank you!* *Margaret Jackson * ...Continue Reading

The Society's next item on the programme is a visit on *_Saturday_* September 21st to the village of Much Hadham to see their forge, and have a village and museum tour. This will be followed by tea. It will be in the afternoon and we plan to car share for the journey. The cost is around £7 per person. More details of time and length of walk will be sent out. Please let me know by phone or email if you would like to book places for this outing, and if you would be willing to drive and how many passengers ...Continue Reading

We will be cleaning the Smithy on the Green on Saturday morning from 10.30am.  Come and help polish a few valuable pieces or sweep the dust!  No previous experience necessary.  Or just come for a look around the Smithy while it's open.   See poster for details. ...Continue Reading

If anyone has any plastic bags that we can recycle, the shop would appreciate it if you could bring them in. Thanks ...Continue Reading

*Sunday Volunteers* *As you know our village shop is manned by wonderful volunteers on Sunday mornings. Some of these volunteers have been doing this for many years and have decided that it is now time to hand over to others. We will be looking for new volunteers to start in January 2020. All volunteers are given a thorough training session.* *The shop is open from 8:30 am to noon each Sunday morning. A typical morning for volunteers starts from about 7:45am (to sort papers) and ends about 12:45pm (after counting up th ...Continue Reading