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Walford Community Support Scheme – June Events

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Friday 24th June 2022 – 10:30am

Coffee morning – Walford Village Hall, The Hub

Thursday 30th June 2022 – 10:30am

Coffee morning – Walford Village Hall, The Hub

With the addition of a talk by The Herefordshire and Worcestershire fire safety officer on fire risk within the home, advise on smoke alarms etc ensuring all homes are safe. The fire officer will be able to make appointments with service users and the wider community who can attend the talk, to visit their homes to ensure fire risks are at a minimum.

The Walford Community Support Scheme is delivered by a team of volunteers and has been set up to help anybody who lives in the Parish who feels in need. If you need help with something or can volunteer then contact the co-ordinator.

Tel: 07493171430 Mon to Fri

Email: community@walford-pc.org.uk

Visit the Walford Community Support Scheme website for more information: Community

Keep up to date via the Walford Community Support Scheme Facebook page

Platinum Jubilee Weekend

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HM Queen Elizabeth II

Wow!! What a Jubilee weekend we had at Bishopswood Village Hall!  The hall looked amazing – thanks must go to the volunteers and trustees who gave up their time to decorate with balloons, bunting, flags and streamers.  There was also a fantastic display in the foyer – a timeline of the Queens 70 year reign – with photos and even a ‘viewmaster’ of the coronation.

On Friday night around 50 people danced and sang the night away to live music from Platinum, a band put together just for this occasion, but who went down so well we might just see them again 😉

On Saturday we had an Indoor Street Party (fortuitous – given the weather!).   Lots of salads, cold cuts, pate, cheese, and relishes.  Followed – as usual – by a fabulous selection of desserts.

Sunday saw a Celebratory Big Breakfast (with Bucks Fizz) – hosted by All Saints Church and followed by a well-attended, short thanks-giving service for Her Majesty the Queen.

Then a fun family afternoon – probably not as well attended as we would have hoped but much enjoyed by those who came, face painting, picnic bags, crafts, games – ‘pin the tail on the corgi’ was very popular, a Royalty themed Treasure Hunt, statues and a fancy-dress competition – judged by our own Queen of Bishopswood, who couldn’t decide so awarded all participants a prize!

The hall was superbly decorated by volunteers including a magnificent display of the past 70 years of the Queens reign by Steve & Mary Hoskins.

Huge Thanks You’s to all our Trustees and volunteers – who gave up their time in so many different ways – to make this a weekend to remember.

A good read at the Café Bishopswood …

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Reading makes you smarter

What our café goers say….

At our recent book swap we gleaned some good reads and favourite authors from our customers at the café. It seems lots of us are keen on crime/detective stories followed by historical, science fiction, romance and sport genres.

Our top voted author of the day was Anne Cleeves. With the following recommendations:

Crime:
Anne Cleeves
Ian Rankin, Peter James
Elizabeth George – All good – A banquet of Consequences (a mystery novel)
Reginald Hill Dalziol and Pascoe series – all very good
Kate Atkinson – Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Richard Osman – The Thursday Murder Club
Dick Frances
Jo Nesbo (Very detailed detective stories)

Historical/Fiction:
Phillipa Gregory – All very good
Ken Follett – All good especially Morning and Evening
Thomas Hardy, Margaret Mitchell
Phillipa Carr, Julia Quinn
Nicole Bridgerton, Lucy Foley
Romance All Jo-Jo Moyes
Fiction – Clare Macintosh
Lisa Jewell
Mythological Fantasy – Madeiline Miller – Song of Achilles
Sport – The Unforgiven Rob Bagchi
Science Fiction – Anne Mc Caffrey especially Dragons song.
Any books about the Dragonriders of Pern
War time – Tail End Charlies

Remember don’t miss out on free e-books, audio books as well as free access to hundreds of magazines. All available now from your library. Not a member? Join on line for free. If you live in Herefordshire once you have a membership number you can access Borrowbox and Press Reader or in Gloucestershire access is by using the Libby App.

More info at www.herefordshire.gov.uk/libraries and www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries

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Village Hall Mural

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Mural Painting

We are looking at producing a “Bishopswood” Mural in the entrance foyer of the village hall. Designed and outlined by local artists and produced by members of the community.

You don’t have to be an artist to take part and can paint as much or little as you wish. Make a little bit of the halls history your own.

Are you interested in having a go? Then, email: admin@bvhonline.co.uk saying you are interested and we will be in touch when we have enough volunteers to commence the project. Painting will take place over several weeks at a variety of events such as the Bishopswood Café mornings.

Walford Community Support Scheme – Volunteers Needed!

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Walford Community Support Scheme

The Walford Community Support Scheme is delivered by a team of volunteers and has been set up to help anybody who lives within Walford Parish who feels in need. We are all in need of a little help occasionally. Supporting our neighbours helps build better communities.

Can you volunteer? Just an hour a month would make a real difference. Then contact the co-ordinator.

Tel: 07493171430 Mon to Fri

Email: community@walford-pc.org.uk

Visit the Walford Community Support Scheme website for more information: Community

Keep up to date via the Walford Community Support Scheme Facebook page