Down Hatherley Village Hall: Bookings
Secretary: Margaret Champion
tel 01452 730343 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sunday 11th July 1-5pm DOWN HATHERLEY VILLAGE FUN DAY An afternoon of fun for
all the family. In Down Hatherley Church and Field. A Victorian theme, to include Magic Lantern shows, Penny Farthing, Children's entertainer and musician, Local Limerick competition (Bring your own poem to enter), Animals including Llamas and Ponies, Fun-Flying contraptions from the church tower, Stalls, Kids Racing, Face Painting, Egg throwing, BBQ, Teas, Cakes, Plants, Books. Volunteers will be needed, please. If any villager or supporter either individually or on behalf of an organisation would like to contribute a stall or event, please contact Ellie 739142, Margaret 730744 or Helen 730025 for further information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 17th July 2010, 7.30pm: A VICTORIAN MISCELLANY AT DOWN HATHERLEY CHURCH: An evening of words and music featuring local and guest artists, but best of all YOUR GOOD SELVES. Persons attending are invited to wear an appropriate hat. A prize shall be awarded to the lady or gentleman sporting the finest Victorian headwear. Tickets may be obtained at the price of £6. A glass of wine will be served. All proceeds towards recent 15th Church Tower Repairs. Please telephone Jillian 01452 730415 or Margaret 01452 730744. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday 28th September 2010 (postponed from earlier date) A
Look at Stained Glass:an Illustrated Talk: At 7.30pm in Down Hatherley Church. An illustrated talk by Mr Richard Cann.Richard’s talk, with slides (PowerPoint presentation) and a short video, enables us to look at windows in a new light. His talk includes explanations of the windows in this particular church. Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of recent essential work on the 15th Century tower. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Join in a friendly service in one of "The Nation's Favourite Churches" *. Please visit Seven Towers Benefice (website) for times of services. * Down Hatherley Church features among only 30 churches nationwide in the BBC Songs of Praise book "The Nation's Favourite Churches" by Andrew Barr , published by Lion Hudson (ISBN: 13: 978 0 7459 5220 8 ISBN: 10: 0 7459 5220 8)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about the History of Down Hatherley, please visit: Down Hatherley History website ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOWN HATHERLEY CHURCH GIFT DAY APPEAL 2009 Many thanks to everybody who contributed to this year’s Down Hatherley Church Gift Day appeal, which was launched at the “Open Church” morning on Saturday 20 June, when Fair Trade coffee and tea were served. The amount raised this year is £2000, the same as the “fabulous price”, the phrase which Jules Verne used in his classic novel “Around the World in 80 Days” (1873) to describe the sum Phileas Fogg paid for “a curious means of conveyance”! Down Hatherley PCC, despite representing a "Fair Trade
church", is not planning to spend these proceeds on an Indian
elephant, as Mr Fogg did in the book! It will be used instead to fund improvements to the churchyard and lych-gate area. Thank you very much to all those who showed such generosity in helping raise this amount, still, arguably in this recession, a “fabulous price” today!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 29th – 31st Down Hatherley Church Flower Festival Down Hatherley is marking the 150th anniversary of the Victorian rebuilding
of much of the village church with a weekend of celebration over the Spring
Bank Holiday. A Flower Festival in the church has a Victorian theme
and will be Open Daily Saturday May 29th to Monday
May 31st, from 10.30 to 5pm. The displays feature prominent
Victorians and events of the era. On the Bank Holiday Monday there will also be Stalls:- Plants, Tombola, Bric a Brac etc., and all proceeds from the event will be used to pay for essential repairs to the much older Fifteenth Century Church Tower. Past Events: QUIZ NIGHT WITH PLOUGHMANS SUPPER 7.00pm at Down Hatherley Village Hall Adults: £5 Children: £2.50 Tickets available from: Averill on 01452 730323 or Sue on 01452 730005 In aid of DH Village Hall funds. 5 September 2009 (Saturday) QUIZ NIGHT WITH PLOUGHMANS SUPPER 7.00pm at Down Hatherley Village Hall Adults: £5 Children: £2.50 Tickets available from: Averill on 01452 730323 or Sue on 01452 730005 In aid of DH Village Hall funds. 8 October 2008 (Wednesday) BIG CATS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE 7.30-9.30pm at
Down Hatherley Village Hall by Frank Tunbridge and Rick Minter Frank and Rick have seen free-living big cats in England on several occasions and they advised the forthcoming History Channel documentaty on big cats in Britain. Their illustrated talk will conclude with witness reports & questions. £2.50 at the door, (under 16s free), for DH Village Hall funds. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 February 2008 9 March 2008 29 March 2008 10
July 2008 13 July 2008 Down Hatherley
Village Fun Day!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday 1st September 2007: CELEBRATIONS Exhibition and Concert: EXHIBITION (of Christening & Wedding Gowns, Photos
old and new, Churchyard Survey continued etc)& Coffee Day: 10.30am
-4.30pm. Down Hatherley events are your chance to enjoy & support your village!
The next village walk will be on Friday 14 Sept,
round the Coombe Hill Nature Reserve, starting 6pm from the car park
at Coombe Hill canal towpath behind the Swan Inn (left at A38 traffic
lights coming from DH), to eat at Swan Inn after walk if desired
(everyone needs to pre-book, please, as it is usually busy on a Friday).
Will need suitable footwear, walking boots or probably wellies if
it doesn't dry up sufficiently. Walk is basically level but the path
alongside the canal can be uneven due to horses using it when wet.Also
please bring binoculars for a look at the birds from the hides.
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PREVIOUS EVENTS: 15 March 2006: Down
Hatherley History Group talk (All welcome): Saturday 20 May 2006: OPEN
GARDENS DOWN HATHERLEY VILLAGE (3 miles
north of Gloucester) 10am – 4pm Saturday and Sunday 17-18 June 2006: Down Hatherley Church Flower Festival : Morning Coffee and Cream Teas will be available in St Mary and Corpus Christi Church, which will be open from 10.00am until 5.00pm each day for you to come and enjoy the floral displays.Admission will be £2.50 with no charge for accompanied children. Contact: Ellie Stevenson, 739142 Saturday 17 June: “Come into the Garden” at 7.30pm. The garden/venue in question will be our beautiful flower-filled village church where you will be entertained with a light-hearted concert of words, music & more on a garden theme.This concert features the dance ensemble "Expressions",which has danced in Gloucester Cathedral, under the overall direction of Jacqueline Chidzoy.It also features well-known soprano Gillian Meadows, Down Hatherley-born poetry reader Jim Meadows, and accomplished organists/digital pianists David Cobb and Bertie Green. All proceeds from this concert will go to support the work of the Macmillan Nurses. Admission £4.50 includes a glass of wine. Information/tickets available on Gloucester 730744 or email chrismargaretb@aol.com. Wednesday 21 June 2006: Community Village Litter Pick Start from Down Hatherley Village Hall at 6.30pmContact: Dave Evans, 730729 or email david@evans651.fsnet.co.uk Sunday 25 June 2006: Down
Hatherley Fun Day Village fete event with fun for all the family,
1 pm -5pm: Magic Show, Punch & Judy,
stalls, games, prizes,Music, BBQ (Barbecue) Soak
the Bloke, Football, Skittles, Welly Wanging,
Golf, Plant Stall, Childrens ' Corner, Sweets
Competition, Gloucester Competition,Tea
and Scones, ,Music Workshop, Marching Band, Lonnie the Musician, Face
Painting, Gloucestershire Ice Cream, Raffle (prizes include
Massage Voucher),Pay Bar.Free
Admission, only 20p to enter each game.Should the weather be
inclement, most of the activities will be moved indoors. Come along
and enjoy the afternoon. At Hatherley Manor Hotel, walled
garden Contact: Margaret Witts, 730675Tuesday 27 June 2006: Supper with
the G.O.D.S.(Gloucester Operatic and Dramatic Society) and friends
at Hatherley Manor Hotel This promises to be high-quality Cabaret-style
entertainment from a well-established and accomplished ensemble, with
live music from the best of light opera and musicals and more, and
includes a full Buffet Supper in our beautiful village hotel. Admission
£8 includes buffet supper.Tickets from: Jim Meadows, 730415.Saturday 1 July 2006: Churchdown
Male Voice Choir Concert, with soloist soprano Jillian Meadows
and under musical director John Blenkinsopp 7.30pm in St Mary
and Corpus Christi Church, Down Hatherley .This
highly- acclaimed choir returns again
to our church. Its last concert here was on a lovely summer's evening
in the attractive rural setting of the church,with its 15th century
tower, late 16th lead font and beautiful interior, parts of which
are rated
"excellent" in Pevsner. This concert promises to be even
better, if possible! Please don't miss it. Plenty of parking in
Glebe Field. Tickets: £6.00
includes a glass of wine. All proceeds to Gloucester
Samaritans. Tickets from: Jim Meadows, 730415
or On the Door.Friday
14 July 2006:Village Walk
Start 6.30pm at Sandhurst Church, over Norton Hill, bring evening
snacks pass the "Geocache", finish at the Red Lion pub
at Wainlodes on River Severn. Contact: Bill
Welsh, 730764 or emailthewelshes@ellicotthouse.wanadoo.co.ukSunday 3 September 2006: Holy
Eucharist.A service of Holy Communion
led by Rt Revd John Went, Bishop of Tewkesbury. We extend
a warm welcome return to Bishop John, who led our very enjoyable
last Christmas Carol Service in December 2005, with our village church
filled to capacity. All welcome of all ages, whether taking communion
or not.NOVEMBER 2006:FRIDAY
10th November 2006: CURRY FOR KENYA Down Hatherley Christmas celebrations Monday 25 Dec (Christmas Day) 9am Christmas Day morning service, Parish Church 9 July Litter
pick 15 July Down Hatherley Fun Day !!! The Fun Day is free, with everyone
welcome Magic Show And lots more!!! Bring a Parachuting Teddy! - Teddy Bears will take off from the church tower at 3.30pm, with prizes for the best floaters! Can you help the Fun Day? Any other help is very welcome. Please contact Averill on 07974022815 or email delken@btinternet.com |
Suitable for all ages.