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Village Events in June

Page last updated 01 June 2011

Any one wishing to included details of their event in the Village Events
please forward the details to Jeff Pattison e-mail

Open Garden & Summer Fete - Needwoodside Rangemore - Sunday 12th June 2011 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm 

thank you for your support

www.stgileshospice.com/fundraising

Sunday 12th June 2011 sees the Needwood Friends of St Giles Hospice stage an Open Garden & Summer Fete from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Needwoodside, Rangemore Burton on Trent- on the road from Tatenhill to Rangemore.

The gardens has lawns with mixed Herbaceous borders, an orchard garden with choice woodland plants, 21 varieties of apple trees and a walled garden with a Mediterranean feel.

Fun stalls and stalls selling cakes , produce, plants, books and St Giles sales items, etc.

Musical entertainment  - Tea and scones available

Admission is Adults £2.00 with children free and free off road car parking.

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Barton’s British Red Cross Society Annual Garden Party Evening in Saint James Church from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Monday 13 June 2011

 

Monday 13th June sees the return of Barton's British Red Cross Society's Annual Garden Party Evening from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  in St James Church

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

The organisers would 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.

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Barton Open Gardens weekend from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm Saturday 18 June and Sunday 19 June 2011

 

Barton’s Open Gardens Festival is on Saturday and Sunday 18th & 19th June from 1.00 - 6.00pm. 

Entrance to the gardens is by programme which can be bought before the event in the post office or on the day from any of the gardens or in the FREE car park.  Cost is £3.50 per person children are free.  There are ice creams and teas available in some of the gardens.  The programme indicates what is happening in each garden.

There are 18 gardens open and this year some of the gardens will have demonstrations of country crafts such as dry stone walling, thatching, black smith, etc. Art exhibition in Church, Bells and music.

There is a Champagne Gala Evening at 7:30 pm on Friday 17th June to launch the Weekend Event. The Chicago Teddy Bear Jazz Band returns by popular demand. Tickets are £10 with free Champagne and nibbles in the interval. There is a presentation about where the money is going this year and what we did with it last year.  The charities supported will be The Donna Louise Trust, a Children's hospice, Shelter Boxes and the Toy Box charity which supports street children in Guatemala.  Come along and find out what they all do. There is a Grand Draw raffle which will be drawn on Presentation Evening.

The wheelbarrows which featured three years ago in the celebration of the 475 years that Barton Church has been serving the community will be on show again freshly planted for the weekend.

There is the Scarecrow Festival (which is in it's 13th year).  There are the usual 3 sections:- Households, Businesses and Children's Organisations which are judged on Saturday morning 19th June.  Entry forms from the Post Office.

There is the usual Teddy Bear extravaganza or Teddy Alton Towers in the churchyard. There is a new refinement to one of the rides which will make it more interactive than before.  Teddies will be issued with passports that will be stamped as they go on the rides, with five rides for £5.00 or individual rides are £1. 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 Help the Heroes, Burton Scanner, Children of Chernobyl and the St James Church Bell Appeal.

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ART EXHIBITION IN Our Lady's Catholic Church Hall - from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm Saturday 18 June and Sunday 19 June 2011

ART EXHIBITION
 
Members of the Weavers, Spinners & Dyers Guild will be demonstrating weaving and spinning

Artfest includes patchwork, quilting and fabric craft grous

 
Saturday 18th June : 1.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Sunday 19th June : 12.00 noon - 6.00 pm

Our Lady's Church Hall, Wales Lane, Barton, DE13 8JF

 
Tea, coffee, refreshments & toilets available

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Scouts Car Wash - Shoulder of Mutton Car Park - Saturday 26th June 2010 from 9:00 am 


Saturday 26th June 2010 sees the return of the Scouts Car Wash from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon prompt at the Shoulder of Mutton Car Park.

So bring along your dirty cars and have them cleaned by the enthusiastic band of Scouts who greatly appreciate your support.

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BARTON MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES - Concerts & Exhibitions - Saturdays and Sundays 26th & 27th June 2010

Barton Music and Art Festival in the Parish Church are staging an Art Exhibition by Local Artists on Saturdays and Sundays from 26th & 27th June from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

Admission FREE.

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Partners & Community Together (PACT) meeting - John Taylor High School - Tuesday 29th June 2010 at 7:00 pm 


The next meeting of  Partners & Community Together (PACT) will be held on Tuesday 29th June 2010 at 7:00 pm in John Taylor High School.

All members of the community are welcome to discuss and highlight any issue, address problems and find solutions if possible.

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Page last updated on 01 June 2011