Diamond Jubilee Street Party:

May 4, 2012 by 1 Comment

We are hoping for lovely weather for the South Marston Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Friday June 1st

  •  Evening concert in the Church – 7pm. Refreshments available.

Saturday June 2nd

  • Highworth Silver Band playing from 2-4pm.
  • Street party and picnic in the area between the school and Church in the centre of the village.
  •  Bring your own picnic – tables and chairs will be ready, with tablecloths. Alternatively, you are welcome to bring picnic rugs and sit on the grass.
  • Teas, cold drinks and cakes will be available from the Church.
  •  Flower displays from all of the village organisations will be on display in the Church.
  • Old village photographs and memorabilia will be on display in the Village Hall.
  • School children will be performing.
  • Fancy dress – adults and children! Come dressed as your favourite Royal personage.
  • Join us at the Carriers Arms to continue the Celebrations with a Pig Roast and evening entertainment – from 7pm.

How can I help?!

  • Thursday 31st May 6.30pm. at Church Farm House, then on the Glebe, outside the Church, to help put up the marquees. Also to erect the staging in the Church.
  • Saturday 2nd June from 9am. Assembling and erecting flower tubs, bunting and flags in the area between the school, Church and Village Hall.
  • Cake baking – all contributions of cakes will be very gratefully received. Please bring to the Church on Saturday 2nd.June at any time.

We would love help from anybody who could be available. Please either turn up on the day or phone Mary Case on 826038 or Jenny McEwen on 825312

Road closure South Marston

Please be aware that the road through the centre of South Marston will be closed on Saturday 2nd. June between 11am and 6pm for the Jubilee street party.

It will be closed between 1, Church Farm Lane and the Church/Vicarage exit onto Old Vicarage Lane. Buses have been diverted and details for that will appear closer to the time.

Any Old China? – Still Collecting?

SMRA is hoping to put on a china-smashing stall for the Summer Fete this July, so if you have any old china that it will not be heart-breaking to see in pieces, please let me know. You can either drop it off at Church Farmhouse any time (leave by the door if there is no reply) or ring me and I’ll collect it. No item refused!

Many thanks Jenny McEwen tel. 825312

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Village Hall Rate Increase

April 23, 2012 by 1 Comment

The Hire charges for South Marston Village Hall have been increased with effect from 1st April 2012.

Regular Hire

Cost
Local Village Organisation £5.00 per hour
Non-Local Village Organisation £8.00 per hour
Parish Council £8.50 per hour

One Off Bookings (Children’s Parties, Family Parties, Christenings etc):

Session South Marston Residents Non Residents
AM 08:30 – 13:30 £20.00 £25.00
PM 13:30 – 18:30 £25.00 £30.00
Eve 18:30 – 23:30 £30.00 £35.00

Full details of the Village Hall Booking procedures can be found here

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South Marston Jubilee Weekend

April 3, 2012 by Leave a comment

Plans are continuing for celebrations of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee:

Friday 1st. June in the Church – concert, with wine and cheese.

Flowers throughout the Church being arranged by many of the village groups and organisations. Please come to a meeting in the Church on Tuesday 17th April at 7.30pm to discuss plans and arrangements for the flower displays. Anyone who is interested will be made most welcome.

Saturday 2nd. June – closing the road outside the school so that there will be a Jubilee picnic. Highworth Silver band have been booked to play on the Glebe outside the Church, South Marston School children will be singing, and there will be face-painting and other activities for children.

The fancy dress competition is to come dressed as your favourite Royal figure from British history! Adults are welcome to come royally dressed too.

Commemorative mugs are being printed and South Marston Parish Council has generously paid for them so that every child at the village school and pre-school will receive a free mug. They will also be available to buy over the Jubilee weekend.

Further plans are being developed.

Date of next Jubilee meeting: Tuesday 10th. April at 7.30pm. in the Carriers Arms (back room if the pub is busy).

Flower display meeting for the Jubilee: Tuesday 17th. April 7.30pm. in the Church. Any enquiries to Rita Smith on 824336

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SMRA Annual Accounts 2012 & AGM

March 28, 2012 by Leave a comment

Below is the 2012 Annual Accounts for the South Marston Recreational Association.

This and other items of interest will be discussed at the SMRA AGM tonight at 19:30 in the Village Hall. All villagers are invited to attend.

 

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Wanted – Any old china?

February 29, 2012 by 1 Comment

(Not to be confused with old photographs and South Marston Memorabilia)

SMRA is hoping to put on a china-smashing stall for the Summer Fete this July, so if you have any old china that it will not be heart-breaking to see in pieces, please let me know.

You can either drop it off at Church Farmhouse any time (leave by the door if there is no reply) or ring me and I’ll collect it.

No item refused!

Many thanks Jenny McEwen tel. 825312

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SMRA Meetings

February 28, 2012 by 1 Comment

Would you like to know more about the village charities? Do you have any questions about the recreation field or Village Hall? Then why not come along to a monthly meeting?
They are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, usually in the Village Hall. Please check to confirm the location as occasionally the hall is already booked.

Please ring Mary Case on 826038 or check the village website

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Wanted – Old Photographs and Memorabilia of South Marston

February 28, 2012 by 1 Comment

We are hoping to put together a fascinating collection of old photographs, memorabilia etc. of South Marston from the 1950s for the Queen‘s Diamond Jubilee weekend on Sat 2nd – Sun 3rd June.

If you have anything suitable, we would love to hear from you. We can copy photographs and other documents straight away, so you would not have to part with them for more than a couple of minutes, and we promise to take good care of them! We hope to put this display on in the Village Hall so there should not be any danger of damage by heavy rain etc.

Please contact:

Mary Case 826038

Jenny McEwen 825312

Ray Harley 821793

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South Marston Jubilee Weekend

February 28, 2012 by 2 Comments

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Early plans for the Queen‘s Diamond Jubilee weekend have developed as follows:

Friday 1st June

Evening Variety Concert of local performers in South Marston Church. Wine, cheese and other refreshments during the interval.

Saturday 2nd June

2-4pm. South Marston Church, School and Village Hall

An afternoon of bell ringing, fancy dress, picnic, free games and entertainment

Village Picnic, closing the road between the Church and school

Highworth Silver Band

Floral displays in the Church

South Marston old photographs exhibition in the Village Hall

We are also hoping to be able to give commemorative mugs, coins or something similar to all village children under 18.

There are several other plans being considered, perhaps a Beer Festival, and we would love to have anyone else with ideas to come to our next Jubilee meeting on Tuesday 6th. March at 7.30pm. in the Village Hall.

Anyone with any ideas or offers to help will be very welcome. If you can‘t come to the meeting but would still like to be involved, please contact Mary Case or Jenny McEwen (phone numbers below).

We are planning to seek permission to close the road between the Church and school, between Rose Cottage (on the corner of Chapel Lane) and numbers 1 and 2 Church Farm Lane.

This will be between about 1.30pm. and 4-30pm. on Saturday 2nd. June.

This will also mean that the buses will have to be re-routed on that day. If anyone has any difficulty with this or any comment, please contact either Mary Case (tel. 826038) or Jenny McEwen (tel. 825312).

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SMRA – Feb 2012

January 26, 2012 by 1 Comment

Village Hall Christmas Tree

As usual, the lovely Christmas tree which was outside the Village Hall this year was donated by Dale Wildern. Many thanks go to him for another year. Read more of this post

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New Village Hall Booking Page

November 10, 2011 by 1 Comment

To make it easier to make villagers to book the Village Hall, we have now launched an updated Village Hall Bookings Page.

The new page now includes:

  • a calendar so that people can check hall availability at a glance
  • a link to the full terms and conditions
  • a form that people can use to make bookings and make queries

There is also now an email alias for the administrators of the Village Hall:

village.hall@southmarston.org.uk

 

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