A number of years ago the village secured funding to place a number of planter barrels throughout the village.

Many are currently maintained by residents who live nearby to the barrels which provide a splash of colour throughout the year.

The hall hopes in the coming months to see if it’s possible to secure funding to replace those barrels that are past their best.

However, in the meantime thanks to Nick and the team at Just Seed in Wrexham (www.justseed.com) each barrel ‘carer’ will be given a mix of seeds for this year.

We are in the process of packaging the seeds up and will then deliver them across the village in the coming days.

A couple of the barrels have not yet been adopted – one on Froghall Bank at the junction with Banks Lane and one on Holt Lane at the junction with Haste Hill Avenue – if you want to help out please do let us know.

Just Seed have also supplied seeds to enable sections of the recreation ground that are being left uncut this year to be planted with a variety of wildflowers.

As our plans for the Wakes on 17th June take shape our latest newsletter is now in the process of being delivered across the village.

Kingsley Holt residents will get their copy with the Kingsley Holt News in May for which we are grateful to the KHN team once again.

The plans for the day are laid out and you have the opportunity to book your ticket for an afternoon tea (only £2.50) or for our evening concert with Stone Cold Sober…ish (only £4 and includes a free drink on arrival !)

Both are sure to be popular so please order as soon as you can.

The newsletter is attached for download on this page. Please do remember that we can’t get to every address and the village can be a bit of a rabbit warren – so feel free to download your copy.

WAKES NEWSLETTER

The hall’s committee would like to thank everyone that came to the breakfast on Saturday 15th April.

It was by far the best one we have done at Easter so far – so nice to see the children with their Easter eggs and a hall full of people.

Nice also, to see old friends and great to make new ones. All in all, we did just short of 70 breakfasts and have raised over £200 towards the upkeep of the hall.

As always we will spend the money wisely improving the building and looking at ways to make these events even better.

Lastly, many happy returns to Steve from Kingsley Holt who had a full English followed by cake and a chorus of Happy Birthday.

Next Sunday see’s the World War One project launching its book – fingers crossed there is a big splash in the Stunner on Wednesday and we look forward to another hall full of people.

Until then, enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend

Churnet Ward District Councillors Elsie Fallows and Ivor Lucas have each donated £100 from their Community Initiative Fund to Kingsley Village Hall.

Councillor Fallows’ donation has been used to purchase new tablecloths to place on recently sourced banquet tables and will be used in a forthcoming wedding reception, the first held in many years at the hall if not ever.

Councillor Lucas’s donation has been used to purchase a commercial grade toaster and has come at a very opportune moment as the hall’s annual Easter Saturday breakfast event is to be held on Saturday 15^th April between 9am and 12 noon.

Said Chair of the Trustees  Martyn Hordern ‘ we are delighted and very grateful that Elsie and Ivor have been able to assist us’ he added  ‘the money will be put to good use and will enhance the hall’s facilities and capability’

The Easter breakfast has fast become a fixture in the village with volunteers doing the cooking and washing up whilst the community has a great breakfast and meets up with old friends and makes new one in the heart of the village.

This year a children’s breakfast includes an Easter gift and costs £3.50. An adult’s breakfast costs £3.50 if purchased in advance which is recommended as it helps the hall to cater properly.

To get tickets for the event visit the event page on this web site, or contact Martyn Hordern on 01538 750657.

Pictured are Councillors Fallows and Lucas with Chairman Martyn Hordern.

Janine returns for two more taster sessions of this great exercise routine.

Dates as above.

Bhangra Blaze is an energetic fitness class based around Asian dance and music – it suits all ages, sexes and fitness levels.

The Post Master advises that due to holidays there will be a curtailed service at the hall on Monday 13th March 2017 and no service on Thursday 16th March.

The hours on Monday 13th March will be 2.45pm to 4.45pm.

The service resumes to its normal hours from Monday 20th March 2017.

The Post Master advises that due to staff holidays this coming Monday’s service will be shortened. This means that the service will be open at the hall from 2.45 pm  to 4.45pm.

Thursdays opening remains the same as normal which is 2.45pm to 4.45pm

Normal service will be resumed from Monday 20th February.

We are pleased to report that Janine is now fit, well and raring to put on the second taster session at the hall.

Bhangra Blaze is an energetic fitness class based around Asian dance and music – it suits all ages, sexes and fitness levels.

Due to illness Janine has had to cancel this Fridays taster session at the hall.

She apologises but it cannot be avoided.

Friday 13th January sees another Bhangra Blaze taster session with Janine.

Should there be sufficient interest then this could become a regular event.

Contact Janine on 07769565012 to book your slot.