FROYLE VILLAGE MAGAZINE JANUARY 2008 No: 328 PARISH NEWS & VIEWS Parish Clerk - Philippa Cullen Stephenson Crabtree Gate, Well Lane, Lower Froyle Tel:01420 520102 1 FROYLE VILLAGE HALL www.froylevillagehall.co.uk Bookings : Maureen Fry, Bentley 22557 HIRERS OF THE VILLAGE HALL Will hirers please make doubly sure that heating is shut off, lights, especially the gents and ladies toilets, are turned off, curtains opened and kitchen and front doors locked. Please return the key through the letterbox of Chapel Cottage as soon as your session has ended NO MATTER WHAT THE TIME Would hall users also please ensure that both the Yale lock and mortice lock are secured when the front door is closed. PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS A RESULT OF MISUSE AND DAMAGE, WE NO LONGER LOAN TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR OUTSIDE USE. If you have any comments, queries or complaints about the hall, other than bookings, please contact Nick Whines on 23130. ADVANCE NOTICE Valentine’s Dance in the Village Hall Saturday February 9th Food and live music Bar Tickets £10 on sale from mid-January from Roy Cranford 22366 or The Meeting Place Look out for the posters. Further details in the February magazine 2 THE MEETING PLACE Remember that the Meeting Place is open in Froyle Village Hall on Fridays from 9.30 a.m. until 12 noon for coffee, tea, squash, home- made cakes, postage stamps, local papers, greetings cards and company. You can always contact me on a Friday morning at the Village Hall on 07724243948. CAKE BAKERS FOR JANUARY January 4 Marj Robinson Marian Cresswell Margaret Stanford 11 Susie Robertson Caroline Bush Cate South 18 Kay Goodall Sue Carr Jeanne Hudleston 25 Joy West Ann Figgins Elizabeth Sealey HELPERS FOR JANUARY January 4 Lauraine Bourne 11 Jane Macnabb 18 Sue Clark 25 Gill Bradley Annette Booth (22364) FROYLE “100 CLUB” DRAW December 1st Mrs. R Morgan (49) 2nd Mrs . J. Hudleston (22) 3rd Mrs. R Norkett (70) Annette Booth ADVANCE NOTICE! JUMBLE SALE in aid of Froyle Village Hall Saturday, March 15th 2008 - Doors open 2.00pm More details in the February Magazine, but start turning out your unwanted clothes, bric-a-brac etc. For more info contact Annette Booth, 22364 3 Panto’s Progress Well loves, sorry about last month’s piece, but my old chum Dickie-touch-tingles organised an audition for me in a revival production Chuffer Dandridge is getting off the ground - a 1950’s musical farce, “I’ve got wind”, it was too good to miss and I’ve been offered a role that involves a tuba and a stuffed rabbit - how exciting! Many thanks to Ollie for coming up with a few paragraphs last month at short notice - I’ll get him a pink gin at The Dirty Duck. Anyway, back to Excalibur. It’s all starting to form some shape now (I’m not quite sure what shape - it was a bit like a bashed handbag last week) and our beloved Director is starting to refine our performances and bringing out the comedy lines and delirious slapstick. She’s got this method acting lark cracked and the use of custard, hose pipes and feathers in this tale of Arthurian magnificence is going to be a world first. I fully expect the audience to laugh themselves hoarse and I have had to insist we consult with the local Red Cross to ensure throat lozenges are available at the interval. In these days of Health and Safety madness one can’t be too careful - even when it comes to good old fashioned laughter. People have been know to choke to death on their own false teeth after Eddie Hatcher has deftly delivered one of his killer lines - Oh yes they have! But really those three witches are too much and they’re taking the method acting stuff a bit too far, despite what Ollie says about them not being type cast. Look, I don’t want to mention any names or start any rumours, but I’m sure that I saw the one who keeps the dogs dancing naked around the glowing embers of last month’s bonfire! Still, she’s very convincing (more than can be said for Merlin) and I watch my step when she’s about I can tell you. And those two boys playing Derek and Arthur, what a find, what a find! If Tarrantino is in the crowd he’ll snap them up for a Hollywood epic. The way they drag that sword out of the ............well I can’t say anymore as Panto ethics prevent me squeaking a word, but it’s truly amazing, frightening, hilarious - a work of theatrical genius that we should all be thankful is to be found here in the hallowed parish of Froyle. Well, that’s me. I’m off to the big city (Farnham) to get a last few bits and pieces of Christmas cheer. Don’t forget to get your tickets for Excalibur, book early as they sell out fast - Friday 25th Jan at 7:30pm, Saturday 26th 2:30pm and 7:30pm. I expect to see you all there and I hope you like me new frocks. Larry Luvvie xx 4 TRELOAR COFFEE MORNING Many thanks and congratulations to all those invoved in the staging of the Treloar’s Coffee Morning at the Meeting Place on Friday 16th November 2007. The total raised was £464. It was a pleasure to see so many students, staff and villagers on the day. I am sure I am not alone in having found it an inspiring experience. Mary Wilde THE 2007 PRE-CHRISTMAS CHARITY WINE-TASTING A big thank you to all who helped and all who came to the 2007 event, which raised a record £450 for Hollywater School at Bordon; and in particular to Jamie and Jenny Dundas who so kindly allowed us to use their barn; to Mary and William Knowles and Jane and Ian Macnabb for their invaluable tasting skills and advice prior to the day; to Beth and Guy Butterwick of e-claret who steered us all so excellently through the dozen different wines on offer; and of course also to Jenny Gove, whose success at selling tickets once again put the rest of us to shame: “tireless” does not describe her efforts adequately. And finally, after all the hard work you put in tasting the wines, let’s hope that the bottles you ordered taste as good as they did on the night! Susie and David Robertson LOST AND FOUND THANKS TO ALEX! Call it serendipity or Lady Luck, but I am the grateful recipient of the pearl earring that Alex found in November. The lost and found section does work!I live all the way away in Brighton and when I visit my parents, I walk the dog through the avenue ...Oh and if anyone has found a dog whistle on Saintbury Hill it is probably mine! Sarah Furey (Daughter of Ann and Bert Roberts) 5 VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE REPORT DECEMBER 2007 By the time you read this the village hall container will have arrived and taken up position in the car park. We have been able to buy the container with help from the Local Network Fund. It will be used to store furniture and Youth Club equipment which is only used occasionally and will relieve pressure on storage in the hall itself. Containers are not objects of great beauty and we do not intend it to become a permanent fixture of the village scene. However it will take a number of years and much effort before we are in a position to extend storage facilities in the hall. So the container should mean the hall will be easier to use and easier to keep tidy. As soon as the container has been installed, we shall restore the bottle bank to the northern end of the car park. In the interim please do not leave bottles around the bottle bank and if a bottle is dropped please sweep up and remove the pieces. Staying in the car park, we have decided to remove the kerb stones. These were intended to stop drivers reversing into the rail. However they represent a hazard for pedestrians and following a recent incident when somebody tripped on one, they have to go. The patio project involving the Parish Council and the Village Hall Committee moves forward slowly. We have settled on a more ambitious plan that will link the hall with the football hut, allow easier access from the car park to the recreation ground and provide a seating area and planting which we hope in the future will become a popular outdoor meeting place. The patio will extend the use of the hall for parties and jumble sales etc. and will be great for youngsters attending Sticky Mits. We have contracted a local landscape architect to draw up a tender document which will be sent out as soon as possible. Work on the project we hope will start in February. This is bound to cause some disruption but we will do our best to keep this to a minimum. It will be worthwhile. ‘Sticky Mits’ has been running successfully for several months and hopes to increase its numbers in the New Year. The Committee intends to review the contract in January. If you wish to comment please write to me by mid- January. 6 From 1 January we intend to rationalise the charges for hiring the hall. Parties may become a little more expensive to reflect the cost of cleaning otherwise fees will not rise much at this time.