Please see this poster for next week's talk by Stuart Orme, "What they didn't teach you in History at School". All welcome! ...Continue Reading

Hi everyone, here is our news…. 1. £1 coins going out of circulation 2. 150 Club renewals due 3. Subscriptions reminder 4. We still need an accountant to help us 5. Saturday and Sunday newspapers 6. Pub sign competition 1. Just a reminder that the old round £1 coins will soon cease to be legal tender.  The last day we will accept them in the shop is Friday 13th October – after that customers will have to take their old £1 coins to their bank or to a post office. 
 2. This is the las ...Continue Reading

Hi, I thought people may appreciate knowing how the fundraising is going for the Cornerstone Classroom Project and to gain a little insight into how the fundraising works. The majority of the funds needed in order to extend Thriplow Village School will be sourced potentially through the Diocese, the Local Education Authority, Educational Grants and Commercial Donations - each of these organisations will look at what the school has done in order to raise funds themselves and to see how the parents and the local com ...Continue Reading

Thursday 5th October 2017 at 7.45pm in Fowlmere Village Hall Fun with perennials – Richard Ayres MBE Richard has had a long and distinguished career as a gardener. He served as the head gardener at Anglesey Abbey for over 40 years and more recently at Kirtling Tower. He is especially well known for his drifts of beautiful white snowdrops at Anglesey Abbey and has had the honour of having a snowdrop named after him. Be assured that you will enjoy this talk given by a master of his trade! Competition: An in-door pott ...Continue Reading

Tim and Alice Holmes have asked me to send out a note for those who were unable to attend their talk last year. The details are as below: Alice and I would like to invite you to an informal talk that we are giving at the Scott Polar Research Institute on 11th October. A number of friends and business colleagues have said that they would be interested in learning more about the expedition I took part in which completed at the end of last year to commemorate Shackleton’s epic trans-Antarctic expedition 100 years earlie ...Continue Reading

Please could you all save the date for the 50th Daffodil Weekend Celebration to be held on Sunday 6th May 2018 The event is to celebrate 50 years of Daffodil Weekend and is open to all those living in the parish of Thriplow, those at the School, and all those people and organisations who have helped with Daffodil Weekend over the years. More details to follow over the coming weeks. Regards Uday (on behalf of the Organising Team) Team includes: Tim Holmes, Anna Barcham, Gill McDonnell, Jack Lindop, Brian Roberts, ...Continue Reading

No newsletter for a good while so here is what we’re up in the shop… 1. More mechanical repairs 2. Entries for the Pub Sign competition 3. 150 Club winners 4. 150 Club entries for the next year 5. August Finances 1. No sooner had we installed the new ice cream freezer but one of the deli fridges wouldn’t do anything but defrost. Quick fix on that and the other one’s fan started squeaking and then the oven fused! Fortunately we have a good network of people who fix things like fridges, coffee machines and ...Continue Reading

The annual Village Christmas Supper in The Green Man is on: Friday 15th December 2017 From 7pm for drinks and sit down at 8pm Rebecca and Chris have put together a sumptuous canapé plus three course meal for £27.00 per person – please see the attached menu or check out the Christmas menu on the pub website: http://www.thegreenmanthriplow.co.uk/december So all you need to do to guarantee your place is: (1) Let me (Erica Webber) know together with your menu choice ASAP (places are limited). Please advise ...Continue Reading

Please see attached poster on an upcoming event for the PTA ...Continue Reading

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