FEBRUARY 2020 ISSUE 501

Sunset over the Cotswold Edge. Picture by Yvonne Nettles

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A MAGAZINE WITH NEWS, VIEWS AND REPORTS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF , BADMINTON AND

FEBRUARY 2020 --- CALENDAR

Sun 2nd Bingo at Badminton Village Club – doors 7pm, eyes down 7:30pm

Mon 10th Acton Turville Parish Council Meeting – Trinity School 7pm Wed 12th Acton Turville Luncheon Club at The Fox & Hounds - see advert Fri 14th Didmarton Cinema – ‘Downton Abbey’. Village Hall, doors 6:30pm - see advert Sun 16th Bingo at Badminton Club - doors 7pm, eyes down 7:30pm

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NEWS!! NEWS!! NEWS!!

You might have noticed the Lidl supermarket in is closed. LTB understands it will remain closed for another four months. It sounds like it’s undergoing a major re-development too – the extension and refurbishment of the store will create an expanded sales floor and a much larger in-store bakery, as well as new customer toilets and a new-look store front. Expect it to re-open in May.

******* Another outlet receiving a re-fresh is the ever-popular Hampton's Deli and Café in . We can’t wait to get down there and see the new look; Hampton’s should be open again by the time you receive this edition of Local Talk Back as the opening date was January 21st.

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Cover Shot

We hope you like this month’s cover. It’s a picture taken by Yvonne Nettles capturing one of the recent spectacular sunsets that we experienced earlier in January. Apparently the sunsets were down to some quite unusual conditions that saw the sun reflecting off a very thin layer of cloud relatively high in the atmosphere. That in itself is not especially unusual, what made the difference was a lack of clouds lower in the sky to obstruct the view and disperse the colours, which made what we saw that much more vivid. We’re always on the lookout for interesting shots to put on the cover of Local Talk Back – if you have anything suitable, send it to the usual address and we’ll see what we can do.

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