Meriden Mag Autumn 2006 2005 the Meriden Festival Has Been a Great Success This Year with Many Activities Taking Place
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Meriden Mag Autumn 2006 2005 The Meriden Festival has been a great success this year with many activities taking place. The generosity of the village was amazing – The Open Gardens raised £5,363.56 for Cancer Research UK,Alan Lole raised £1,775 for Macmillan Cancer Support with a Midsummer Draw, Meriden Primary School PTA raised over £2,000 for school funds at the Summer Fayre and the Megaride raised over £2,500 for Riders for Health. A really splendid effort. BEST WINDOW DISPLAY Meriden Parish Council invited businesses / shops in the Parish to enter a competition for the best window display depicting an event / life relative to Meriden, displayed 27 th / 29 th May. Margaret and Val, editors of the ‘Mag’ judged the competition. A cup was presented to the winner, ‘The Centre’, Heart of England Outreach for their display by Margaret. The Parish also presented bouquets to Margaret and Val for judging the competition and the valuable time and effort they have freely given to The Meriden Art group producing the ‘Mag’, for the last five years. exhibition attracted many Thank you to everyone involved. visitors with displays by Meriden Floral Society The End of an Era It was 18 years ago that Jen Harrison started work at Meriden Library and during that time she has World’s Biggest Coffee Morning become one of the best known members of the Macmillan Coffee Morning Friday 29 th September community. th 10.30 –12 noon Jen retires on 17 August and we shall all miss At the Community Centre, her in so many different ways. Nothing is too Fairfield Rise much trouble for her and her vast knowledge of so many facts often makes her a first port of call Harvest Festivals for many members of the village when they need Sunday 24 th September 10.30am information. At the Methodist Church From my point of view she has been a wonderful Sunday October 1 st 10.30 am colleague and friend, we have shared many happy at St Laurence Church hours together giving us a wealth of memories. I know Jen has lots of plans for the future, hopefully these plans include finding more time Remembrance Sunday to read and therefore we shall see her regularly in the Library. Sunday November 12 th All the best Jen, for a full and happy retirement. 10.00am at the Methodist Church Marion Dodd 10.45am at the War Memorial VILLAGE DIARY DATE EVENT VENUE TIME CONTACT 3rd Sept Coventry Way Challenge Start Village Hall 6.00am Bob Carey 02476 455251 4th Sept W.I. Village Hall 7.30pm Mary Timms 522693 5th 12 th Chess Club Methodist Church 7.15pm Graeme Goodsir 521259 19 th 26th 6th Sept Meriden Sch Term starts Jacky Smith 522488 13 th Sept Readers Circle TBA 7.30pm Sue Fuller 522721 13 th Sept Parish Council Village Hall 7.30pm Mavis Edwards 522076 15 th Sept Firs Coffee Morning B.Common V. Hall 10.00am 01676 532537 20 th Sept W.I. Ladies Day Village Hall Mary Timms 522693 22 nd Sept CAMEO Harvest Community Centre Ellen 522534 Celebration 23 rd Sept Bible Talk Village Hall 7.00pm E. Brown 02476 415633 24 th Sept Harvest Festival Methodist Church 10.30am Jenny Dyer 533737 25 th Sept Parish Council meeting Village Hall 7.30pm Mavis Edwards 522076 28 th Sept Harvest Supper Methodist Church 7.00pm Maureen Gabbitas 522148 29 th Sept Worlds Biggest Coffee Community Centre 10.30am – Val & Pat 522867 Morning 12 noon 1st Oct Harvest Festival & meal St Laurence Church 10.30am Rev. M. Dawkins 522719 2nd Oct W.I Village Hall 7.30pm Mary Timms 522693 3rd 10 th 17 th Chess Club Methodist Church 7.20pm Graeme Goodsir 521259 24 th 31 st Oct 5th Oct Firs Cambridge Trip Frank Byrne 02476 713662 11 th Oct Parish Council Village Hall 7.30pm Mavis Edwards 522076 11 th Oct Readers Circle TBA 7.30pm Sue Fuller 522721 13 th Oct FIRS Coffee Morning B. Common V. Hall 10.00am 01676 532537 18 th Oct Flower Club Village Hall 7.30pm Sandra Jones 523 023 18 th Oct W.I. Tea & Natter Village Hall 2.00 – 4.00pm Mary Timms 522693 20 th Oct Inner Wheel Quiz Village Hall 7.30pm Val Martin 522 963 23 rd Oct Parish Council Village Hall 7.30pm Mavis Edwards 522076 23 – 27 Oct Meriden School Half Term Jacky Smith 522488 26 th Oct Halloween Charity Ball Heart of England 7.15pm 02476 639043 Events Centre 27th Oct CAMEO Community Centre 2.00pm Ellen 522534 28/29 Oct Berkswell Art Exhibition Reading Room Jane Edwards 532 138 2nd Nov Supper Club Methodist Church 7.00pm Maureen Gabbitas 522148 7th 14 th 21 st Chess Club Methodist Church 7.15pm Graeme Goodsir 521259 28 th Nov 3rd Nov Anuk & Ayli H of E Social club Mary Warr 522160 5th Nov Bereavement Service St Laurence Church 4.00pm Rev M. Dawkins 522 719 6th Nov W.I. Village Hall 7.30pm Mary Timms 522693 6th Nov Deadline for Mag 522453 or 522963 8th Nov Readers Circle TBA 7.30pm Sue Fuller 522721 12 th Nov Remembrance Service Methodist Church 10.00am Jenny Dyer 533 737 15 th Nov W.I. Tea & Natter Village Hall 2.00 - 4.00pm Mary Timms 522693 15 th Nov Parish Council Village Hall 7.30pm Mavis Edwards 522076 17 th Nov FIRS Coffee morning B Common V Hall 10.00am 532537 19 th Nov Christmas Shoe Boxes St Laurence Church 10.30am Rev M Dawkins 522 719 20 th Nov Flower Club Village Hall 7.30pm Sandra Jones 523 023 24 th Nov Tree of Thought dedication The Green Alan Lole 522 138 24 th Nov CAMEO Community Centre 2.00pm Ellen 522534 27 th Nov Parish Council Village Hall 7.30pm Mavis Edwards 522076 "2007" is the Heart of England School's 50th Anniversary. We are planning a number of events throughout our Golden Anniversary Year, including a school reunion event. Former pupils are invited to register on: www.heart-england.solihull.sch.uk click on: "Alumni" Details of events will be send via email to all pupils registered. Look forward to seeing you all in 2007. Melon and Grape Salad with Ginger, Honey and Lime Dressing 1 medium size melon 125g green grapes, halved and de-seeded Juice and zest of 1 lime 4tsps runny honey 1 tsp grated root ginger or ½ tsp ground ginger Fresh mint leaves to garnish Halve and de-seed melon and cut into bite size pieces Mix melon and grapes together Mix together honey, lime juice and zest and ginger. Drizzle over the fruit Garnish with mint and serve at once Letters Page Thank-you to all the The open Gardens Day was wonderful, the residents in The Croft who people were so generous in opening their generously gave to Kidney gardens, offering drinks and cakes, John, Research in July. The I think you’ve got competition, David at collection came to £30.64 Tanglewood is going to practise on his Ellen Watkins blackcurrant jam and scones! Good luck to you both. Thanks to the girls at the farm on the A452- Thank you to everybody who sent messages of you worked so hard. sympathy and support when Ian died in February. We couldn’t get over how hard everyone Your kindness means so much, I feel privileged to worked to keep your gardens so amazing have so many good friends. Donations in his memory and all so different. sent to Macmillan Cancer Support came to the Thank-you for a wonderful day. magnificent total of £768.00 A very special tribute. Vron Thank you for your generosity. Elizabeth Spencer and Family U.F.Os and Flying Saucers So the flying saucer enigma is finally solved, after some 50 years of mystery. Under the freedom of Information Act the scientific answer has been released. The scientific definitive answer whilst in itself is quite amazing, it does in fact ring true. Charges of electricity can cause glowing plasma gas, which then become sculptured into aerodynamic shapes. Furthermore it is reported that Electro Magnetic Fields (EMFS) have been proved medically to cause responses in the temporal lobes of the brain. This, it is stated can cause extended memory retention, and repeat experience. Hence all of those people who went ‘flying with the saucers’ really did experience that effect. Maybe. I am truly amazed that Electromagnetic Earth Fields can control our brains. Surely this effect puts a complete world of thinking into life’s state. Is it for good, or is it for evil? Already the aerodynamics of flying saucers are being looked into for military purposes. The fact that plasma formed gas is flying saucers does explain to me why radar never picked them up, as of course the radar transmitted pulse would go straight through it and give no reflected pulse back. Those that were picked up on radar were usually flocks of birds. If EMFs actually do affect the brain where they appear possibly without always producing plasma, then how much of these fields control mankind’s evolution. My radar training makes me feel sure that this flying saucer enigma is in fact these electrically charged plasma gas. In fact during the last world war many RAF pilots experienced a glowing ball of pure light called St Elmo’s Fire, which travelled inside and sometimes alongside the bombers. No doubt a variant of this electrically charged plasma. What a coincidence we are now making plasma TV screens that have been searching for those flying saucers on radar which are themselves electrically charged plasma.