Old Notices
| Alex Beeley 07/May/2006 |
Italian Wine Tasting
at Woodbine Cottage Wednesday 10th May at 7:30pm An opportunity to buy cases of wine at wholesale prices. In aid of the West Kington Community Fund to raise funds for the church and other village good causes. |
| Colin Walls 24/Apr/2006 |
Car keys found on wall outside Box Cottage |
| Diana East 07/Mar/2005 |
WEST KINGTON GARDENS OPEN DAY NOTES from VILLAGE MEETING held on 5 February Chaired by Tim Holderness-Roddam At least 8 GARDENS will be OPEN 11am – 5pm on 15 May 2005 Entrance £5, children free LUNCH – simple cold lunches will be sold from Church Lane Cottage, from 1130 – 230 pm. A drinks licence may be applied for from Church Lane Cottage. Toilets will be available at Church Farm, Pound Hill and the Pink Cottage. Visitors may eat lunch (or eat own picnic) at Plough Cottage or Church Farm. TEAS will be available 2.30 – 5pm in the gardens at Church Farm, Pound Hill House and The Brook Cottage (or in barns if wet). Village assistance needed to assemble and take down tables at Pound Hill. PARKING: Church Farm (cars + 1-2 coaches if necessary), Plough Cottage, and Charnaud field opposite Latimer Farm, called Little Russells. Disabled parking also available at Manor Farm, Brook Farm. West Kington Nursery will not be holding a public sale on this day. INFORMATION stands and PLANT SALES opposite Brook Farm and outside Plough Cottage. Tickets will be distributed to all participating Garden owners and entrances to village by Church Farm and Latimer Farm. WILLING HELPERS: an encouraging turn out at this meeting should ensure that sufficient willing helpers will be available to sell tickets, steward the gardens, serve the teas, sell the plants, etc etc! MONEY RAISED will go to maintain and repair the fabric of the church, with a percentage going to Wiltshire Air Ambulance. OTHER VILLAGE
MATTERS Mark Webb proposed holding a social village BBQ on the evening before the Gardens Day, another suggestion was that a BBQ be held as a fund raiser later in the year. A short discussion took place on the future of the church. 12 windows need repair or replacing at £1,000 each, two parts of the roof need attention at £15,000 each – approximate figures. Income from the village more or less matches annual expenditure with nothing left over for maintenance and repair. Tim Holderness-Roddam asked the PCC to arrange an open meeting once the 2005 quinquennial report had been received. Communication: We ask you to help distribute Gardens Day flyers, which will be delivered to each house (or download the high resolution flyer (0.9Mb) and print your own). Please contact us if you would like small or large laminated posters to display at your place of work, shop, group, etc. Hannah Gutteridge offered the use of a decorated car for publicity – a great offer! Tim thanked everyone for attending as well as those who had given their apologies, and also those unable to attend who are already working to make the day a great success. Diana East 28.2.05 |
| Colin Walls 28/Feb/2005 |
Garden Day posters now available as low resolution (0.2Mb) or high resolution (2.5Mb) PDF files. Both files contain one A4 poster on its own page (which can be blown up to A3 etc. if required) and 2 up A5 posters on one A4 page. Web site moved to better hosting service. |
| Colin Walls 14/Feb/2005 |
It's the West Kington Garden Day on Sunday May 15th 2005 - see the flyer for details. Watch this space for updates. If you are printing out flyers for distribution, please download the high resolution flyer (0.9Mb) |
| Diana East 10/Feb/2005 |
Garden Day Meeting - 26th February 2005 - 17:00 -
West Kington Church WEST KINGTON GARDENS OPEN DAY |
| Jeremy Charnaud 10/Feb/2005 |
Neighbourhood Watch Update - see West Kington Neighbourhood Watch |
| Colin Walls 03/Mar/2003 |
The Village Noticeboard is open for all villagers. Please email items for inclusion to: |
| Julia Cockell 06/August/2003 |
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, WEST KINGTON.
Barbara and Philip Stockitt have kindly offered the PCC the opportunity to have a stall at the
West Kington Nurseries Open Days on
6 & 7 September 2003.
We are therefore planning to have a
West Kington Kitchen Stall selling home made cakes, jams, chutney and marmalades.
We would like to have as many cakes as possible and would therefore be happy if all cake bakers kept account of their expenses so that they can be re-imbursed. If you are prepared to make cakes or biscuits for the stall, please contact Anne Barnitt (782099) or Daphne Smith (782218) If you are prepared to make jam or chutney for sale, have surplus fruit in your garden, or have empty jam jars, please contact Julia Cockell (782267) |
| Jeremy Charnaud 02/August/2003 |
Neighbourhood Watch June Update |
| Chris Enderby 27/July/2003 |
Broadband You may be interested in looking at www.fdmbroadband.net. I have spoken to them and are waiting for them to come back with a date so they can visit and assess the suitability of the area. If we could get the transmitter aerial somewhere where it could cover Nettleton, West K and outlying homes we might be in with a chance of getting the minimum of 50 potential subscribers. |
| Caroline Carrington 10/July/2003 |
Benefice Barbecue 18th July on Friday 18th July, 7-9pm, at the rectory. adults £1, children 50p Pimms and soft drinks available. RSVP Caroline on 01249 782 052 ASAP so that Ann and her helpers can organise the right quantities of food and drink. |
| Colin Walls 27/May/2003 |
Rural Broadband I have put in a special page for this as so many people are interested. See Rural Broadband |
| Mark Webb 19/May/2003 |
Garden Day On first count everyone's efforts yielded £1593 net of the cash floats, an amazing result in the conditions!!! A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. TRIUMPH IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY!!!! |
| Colin Walls 19/May/2003 |
Garden Day Many thanks to Rick and Dido Lamb for a most pleasant pre-occasion barbecue  Many determined visitors braved the rain and came to see us on the day anyway, but the indoor events were particularly welcome. |
| Neil Caton 17/May/2003 |
Rural Broadband Interesting link on The Register |
| Colin Walls 06/May/2003 |
Theft from Garage I have lost a Stihl 021 chainsaw and an Echo SRM2600 brushcutter from a (probably unlocked) garage. Should have paid more attention to Julia Dixon's note of 18/Apr/2003. |
| Colin Walls 21/Apr/2003 |
Garden Day Flyers with full details are now available for you to send to friends or relatives who might enjoy this event. Contact Colin Walls, Julia Cockell, or Anne Barnitt for copies. |
| Julia Dixon 18/Apr/2003 |
Neighbourhood Watch Recently there has been a break in to a Garden Shed in Burton. This is the time of year that casual thieves target Outbuildings Garden Sheds etc. We all are asked to be vigilant and aware of the problem and lock up all outside premises whenever possible |
| Colin Walls 15/Apr/2003 |
Pound Hill Garden Open on Sunday 22/Jun/2003 under the National Gardens Scheme: see Opening Details Admission £3, children free. Light lunches and teas, no dogs See Pound Hill Web Site for full garden details |
| Colin Walls 15/Apr/2003 |
Hoax Email Alert There are a number of emails in circulation with headings like: "Genuine request for help in research" which request you to propagate a chain letter to everyone in your address book. This a ploy used by spammers to collect email addresses. In fact, dare I say it, be suspicious of any email with the word 'genuine' in its title. |
| Antony Young 15/Apr/2003 |
Ridleys Cheer (Mountain Bower) Garden Open on Sunday 2 - 6 pm:
22/Jun/2003 under the National Gardens Scheme: see Opening Details Admission £2.50, children under 14 free. Homemade teas, plants, no dogs |
| Jeremy Charnaud 11/Apr/2003 |
April Neighbourhood Watch Update |
| Colin Walls 27/Mar/2003 |
Hoax Virus Alert There are a number of hoax virus alerts being circulated in email by people with the best of intentions, but insufficient cynicism. Please don't propagate them any further; and above all don't delete anything unless Norton / McAfee etc. tells you to do so. See Symantec for more information. |
| Jeremy Charnaud 26/Mar/2003 |
MAPLE WINDOW CLEANING Maple Window Cleaning is looking for new clients in the West Kington area Phone Nos: 01373 463765 & 0790 0055 373 (I have used this service for over 20 years and can vouch for their security – Jeremy Charnaud) |
| Chris Enderby 20/Mar/2003 |
Interesting article from the BBC: A way out of the broadband wilderness? Note from Colin: The expensive alternative is at BT Openworld |
| Jeremy Charnaud 13/Mar/2003 |
SUSPECTED HARE COURSING During the afternoon of Thursday 13th March two vehicles suspected of being involved in Hare Coursing were seen in the area of the village. The Vehicles were: A white Isuzu 4 X 4 Registration No. J334 MDF A red Rover Saloon or Hatch 418SD Registration No. N594 VOX The Police were informed and attended Please notify Neighbourhood Watch and the Police if you see either of these vehicles. |
| Jeremy Charnaud 04/Mar/2003 |
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH – NOTES ON THE MEETING HELD ON Download: NW Meeting.doc or look at the Neighbourhood Watch page |