News Bites

Fund raising Hog Roast and Barn Dance

St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup rre having a fund raising Hog Roast and Barn Dance on Saturday 2nd October at 8pm in the Large Village Hall. Live music and a licensed bar should make for an entertaining evening.

Tickets are £17.50 and include Hog Roast, salad and a pudding. For more information contact any Pre-School committee member or call 0118 934 xxxx.

St Nicholas Church East Wall - Grant Application 2

Phase 1 revisited! There was a meeting with English Heritage on 15th June and they we happy to support a 2nd application for a grant towards the cost of the work on the wall. English Heritage have advised on the development work they wish to see carried out in Phase 1 of this new application so as to firm up on the specification and cost for Phase 2. The Parochial Church Council agreed to go forward with this and the grant application was delivered to English Heritage on 30th June, the closing day.

It is expected that, if this application is successful, Phase 1 of this grant contract will re-commence early in 2005 and the results of the development work should be quicker with the main work commencing within a year. The latter will depend on the approval in principle of the Phase 2 grant offering by English Heritage for this follow up work, as was the case in the original grant. However, this time the level of funding breaches the regional limit and will need to be assessed at national level. The first hurdle was cleared in August and the papers have now been sent on for the national assessment.

The History of Wokingham

On Friday 8th October the local historian Ken Goatley is giving an illustrated talk spanning 100 years of Wokingham, its building and history. Using two screens the show demonstrates many of the changes that have taken place. The show will be held in the Small Village Hall at 7:30pm and will last 2 hours. Wine and nibbles will be available during the interval.

Tickets: Adults £6, Concessions £4 and are available from either Rita Bunyard on 0118 934 xxxx or Jo Penney on 0118 934 xxxx.

HVS Christmas Dinner Dance

This year’s HVS Dinner Dance will take place on Saturday 4th December in the Large Village Hall. There will be live entertainment accompanied by a delicious dinner from Penny Curry. Tickets can be purchased from 15th October by contacting Jane Tweddle on 0118 934 xxxx. Please note that, due to last year’s overwhelming demand, priority will be given to members and we may have to limit allocations.

Welcome to the new Post Office owners

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Debbie, Jit and Harry who moved into the Post Office on August 28th. Debbie and her family have been very pleased with the welcome they have been given by village residents so far and look forward to meeting many more of you.

The Post Office now has extended opening hours: