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July_Pershore Times 09/07/2018 16:24 Page 32 July_Pershore Times 09/07/2018 16:21 Page 1 Hughes & Company Pershore Times SPOT Printers - Publishers & Pershore Times Bookbinders - Stationers 79 High Street, Pershore WR10 1EX SHOP! Tel: 01386 803803 See Page 21 e-mail: [email protected] A free monthly newspaper for Pershore and surrounding villages Four generations of printers Issue 30 July 2018 FREE Pershore Phoenix in Cork ocean to city race! but the end of the race came a club (Defford, Pershore) and are minute too early for Pershore to always looking for new paddlers. regain second place - a hugely If you fancy giving dragon boat well earned third place was paddling a go contact us on: recorded – followed by a well phoenixdragonboat deserved celebration. @hotmail.co.uk. The annual Ocean to City race in Upcoming events for 2018: Cork is a Flagship Event for A race in Otrokovice in the Cork harbour; one of the largest Czech Republic; in ‘planning’ we natural harbours in the world. An have the Great River Race on the Rás Mór (”The Big Race”) is a Thames, a 34km marathon – terrific event where, entrants can which was fantastic last year, the race from the Ocean to the City. league races around Britain and Pershore Phoenix is an the cup final weekend –quite enthusiastic, friendly club. We year in store. would like to grow our club so new members are very welcome. The club has fun racing and non- Contact details for Pershore racing activities. If you would Phoenix DBC: Well done to the Pershore The team encountered ideal cool like to try paddling a Dragon E-Mail: Phoenix Dragon Boat team’s weather for the 22km race from Boat and having some fun then phoenixdragonboat@hotmail. performance in Cork’s ‘Ocean to Crosshaven to the ‘Port of Cork’ come along and give it a go. We co.uk City Race’. Only four dragon in the city. Around 600 boats paddle on Sunday mornings boat teams can take part in the took part in the marathon event. 9:30am and Wednesday evenings Website: extravaganza and Pershore’s The atmosphere and cheering at at 6:30pm. Pershore Phoenix www.pershorephoenix.wixsite. ARPS Winter Abbey Grounds : Photograph by Jayne Summer Flowers, team were accepted to take part. the finish line spurred Pershore, DBC are based at Arden Sailing com/0001 he glorious weather has continued into July, with readers and subscribers. don’t miss out on our fantastic beautiful bright blue skies and highs of thirty We thank you for your patience prizes! T and wish you a fantastic sun A final thank you again to our degrees! Pershore certainly is, as ever, a wonderful filled July! extremely loyal readers, we will place to be. There is lots happening in the coming With the great weather, the endeavour to maintain our high weeks, with the River Festival and the build up for World Cup and Wimbledon on standards at the Pershore Times the Plum Festival taking centre stage. Remember to television for the coming weeks, and our apologies for any recent there is plenty of excitement unforseen inconvenience. check our ‘What’s On’ page and ‘Cinema Corner’ to surrounding Pershore and make sure you don’t miss out! England in its entirety. So let’s To receive the June proved to be a testing holidays meant our June issue enjoy and show huge support for Pershore Times month at Hughes & Company, was not the success we had our country! 50% OFF without owner and editor, Alan hoped for and are used to. Our monthly competition is as by e-mail visit Hughes, being taken suddenly ill However we will, and have popular and successful as ever, www.pershoretimes.co.uk SECOND PAIR and hospitalised. 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Advances on Bredon Hill Cotswolds AONB board members Matt Darby, with Harriett Baldwin MP, Councillor Liz Eyre and Martin Lane West Worcestershire MP Harriett “Bredon Hill is a wonderful The organisation of our Plum year and we want to thank Festival merchandise stand and tour suitable for all plum lovers. Baldwin has praised efforts to place for a country walk and I Festival is now getting into top everyone for your passion and loads of plum themed food and Complete with a Plum Tour protect precious plants and regularly visit this part of the gear and we are really excited at support for the exciting role that drink on offer ! Guide your day out will provide wildlife on the historic Bredon Cotswolds to enjoy the peace The team were (from left to right in green jackets) Ben Stanley, Jack what we believe will prove to be the Plum Princess plays during Pershore Past and Present an entertaining insight into the Hill. The MP went to the top of and fresh air.” Bulbulia, George Kirkham and Alfie Mills another fantastic celebration of the Plum Festival and beyond. Thursday 9th August Baptist Pershore Plum and you will also the hill on the edge of the “There is a lot of work being Pershore’s Under 10 team had an Under 10 team are top of the our town and our horticultural The Angel Hotel Pershore Church, Broad Street 7pm have the opportunity to pick your Cotswolds to chat to the carried out to improve the ace time on court against Herefordshire and heritage ! Plum Festival Evening Races A Historic and Rare Event! own fruit from the leadership team about a series of quality of the wild meadows and Redditch - winning Worcestershire LTA County A World Exclusive ! Tuesday 31st July This is a very rare showing of a Vale Heritage Landscape Trust measures to improve the help to provide natural habitats 6-0; only losing twelve games Division one with one more Saturday 11th August sees the at Worcester Racecourse, much loved and much valued orchards located in The Lenches. environment across the hills. for wildlife. As someone who across six matches. match to play against Manor first ever UK National Plum Day WR1 3EJ slide show and presentation of To book your seat, call 01386 The stunning countryside attracts was taken on a tour of the site to This now means that Pershore’s Park. and our Pershore Plum Festival A fantastic Event ! Pershore Past and Present. In the 792206 twenty three million visitors look for the endangered Violet is leading the way in promoting The festival resurrects late 1960s there was a tragic Pershore Plum Festival each year and Harriett made a Click Beetle. The land is already the national importance of the prestigious local racing history drowning in the River Avon and Bike Nite trip up Bredon Hill – which is designated as an Area of Pershore Scouts UK (and Pershore) Plum! courtesy of Worcester it was agreed that Pershore Thursday 23rd August part of her West Worcestershire Outstanding Natural Beauty but We will have a national Racecourse. A purple themed needed a swimming pool to help Held throughout Pershore this is constituency – to discuss the the management team clearly promotion of the Plum Festival evening packed with Victorian prevent any further drownings. an exciting event for all the plans to make more of the tourist want to make more of this area and will be putting on extra and Edwardian The original presentation dates family. All bikes, mopeds, attraction. and there are plans to approach events and entertainment in Plum antiquities and the revival of back to the late 1960s / early motorbikes, scooters, choppers Harriett has taken on a role as a the Government to convert the Alley to recognise this historic many horse races which 1970s and it was created by a combinations and trikes are ‘protected species champion’ for area into a National Park.” day …….. celebrate the famous Pershore Pershore family who then used it welcome for a night of live the endangered Violet Click “I will be listening to local views Our 2018 Pershore Plum Festival plums. The Plum Festival family to raise a lot of money for the music, fun, excitement and Beetle, which is believed to live on this one and have asked the Programme of Events will be race night on Tuesday 31st July, Avon Valley Swimming Pool , plenty of plum food and drink. on Bredon Hill and only two management team to keep me available by the end of July - is once again being sponsored by this was eventually replaced Bank Holiday Festival other locations in the UK.