Hurst Celebrates Summer

Our usual Summer events will soon be in full swing. The organisers and helpers have all been working hard and all that is now needed is for everyone in the village to come and enjoy themselves.

The weekend of 23rd and 24th June will be devoted to the annual Hurst Horse Show and Country Fayre, followed a week later by the Party in the Park on Saturday, 30th June.

The Annual Horticultural & Cottage Garden Society Show will be held on Saturday, 18th August.

Find more details about these events inside this newsletter.

HVS Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting on 20th April 2007, one of the important issues under discussion was the environment of the village. This included the Veteran Tree project which featured in our last Newsletter and the Living Churchyards project at St Nicholas church, where ancient grassland surrounding the church is being carefully managed to encourage the growth of meadow flowers.

Councillor Annette Drake spoke of urban developments in the village and reminded the meeting of the reasons why the Hurst Village Society was first formed in 1971. She read from the second Newsletter published in July 1972, showing that the issues which faced the village then are still just as relevant today. This makes fascinating reading and we have published extracts from this early newsletter.