The 9th Barton Beer Festival is set for Saturday 7th June, at the Holland
Sports Club in Barton under Needwood. As usual the Festival will be open
from 12 and will run whilst stocks last, so don't leave it too late to get
down to the Holland Sports Club if you want to be sure of sampling all 11 different real ales that will be on sale together with two award winning Ciders!

The Holland Tug of War Club organised Barton's first beer festival in the
Summer of 2000, and it has proved so successful that it has been back
every year since and 2008 will be the 9th festival. There will be hot food
available all day, so come on down to this family event, as with previous
years: £2.50 is the entry fee for all festival drinkers, who receive a
festival souvenir glass and can then buy the beer festival ales for just
£1 per half pint! Several of the old favourite beers will be up for
sampling together with a handful of new ones making their debut
at.....Barton Beer Festival

Any questions or enquiries: Call Steve Gardner

The Royal British Legion No. 1 Group are holding their annual parade and service on 15 June 2008.

The parade will form up at the John Taylor High School in Dunstall Road ready to march off at 2:25 pm. The parade will be led by the Cannock Pipe Band and will follow a different route. The parade will commence at Dunstall Road, left into Main Street, right into Efflinch Lane, right into Short Lane, right into St James Road, right into Church Lane, left into Main Street past the War Memorial to Saint James Church for their service at 3:00 pm.

After the service the parade will form up in Church Lane for the march back to John Taylor High School via Main Street and Dunstall Road with a saluting base at the village War Memorial.

Chaplain:The Revd. Prebendary Tony Wood RD

Barton’s Open Gardens is being held on 21st & 22nd June 2008. There are a number of gardens open on the Saturday and Sunday.

This years Open Gardens celebrates the 475 years that Barton Church has been serving the community all the 475 celebration wheelbarrows will be planted for the weekend.

There is a Champagne Gala Evening at 7:30 pm on Friday 20th June to launch the Weekend Event. The Chicago Teddy Bear Jazz Band returns by popular demand. There is a Grand Draw raffle which will be drawn on Presentation Evening.

There is the Scarecrow Festival (which is in it's 9th year).  There are the usual 3 sections:- Households, Businesses and Children's Organisations which are judged on Saturday morning 16th June.  Entry forms from the Post Office.

There are the usual Teddy Bear rides: Bungee Jump off the Tower, Sky Rocket up to the top of the Tower to hit a gong, and balancing on a High Wire across the churchyard. Teddies will be issued with passports this year that will be stamped as they go on the rides.  Naturally, they will also get their stickers to say that they have been bold and brave as usual! Teddy Bears will be screened for security this year!

All the funds are being raised for the Childrens Society, the Donna Louise Trust, Children of the Andes and the Parish Church.

Monday 30th June sees the return of Barton's British Red Cross Society's Annual Garden Party Evening from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Old Vicarage, Church Lane.

There will be a host of stalls including a plant stall, a cake stall, tombolas, bric-a-brac and books as well as the usual raffle.

The organisers would like to thank the new owners  of the Old Vicarage, Mr & Mrs Hearn, for continuing a long village tradition of playing hosts to the Red Cross event in their garden. They would also like to thank those who have donated prizes to the raffle.

There is an entry fee of 50p which includes your cup of coffee.

Please contact Gill on 713874 for more information or if you have anything to donate towards the event.