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we are receiving, Birlingham News will now be published in both the fourth and
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In this
issue:
- Flower & Produce Show, Saturday 1st September
- Sixties Evening, Saturday, 13th October
- Roadworks in Rectory Lane, Church Street and Upper End
- Bus Stop and Revised Timetables
- Revised Bus Timetables – Petition
- Women’s Tour 2018
- Wychavon Village of Culture 2019
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1. Flower & Produce Show, Saturday 1st
September
Caryl Mills
writes:
The Flower & Produce Show is being held on Saturday 1st
September on Birlingham Cricket Ground. You will have received a schedule but if
you have mislaid it then you can get a copy from the Information Point
(Telephone Box) or from our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BirlinghamShow/.
So it is time to start making your upcycled item, thinking about what cakes you
will bake and photographs that you wish to enter.
Entries should be set
up between 9.00am and 11.00am. The Show is open for viewing from 2.00 pm; bring
lots of cash for the auction.
If you are a local business and would like
to either exhibit or sell your goods then please contact me on 07766 657666 or
email caryl-mills@hotmail.co.uk.
We
are also looking for volunteers to help on the afternoon, especially selling
teas and raffle tickets. Please speak to one of the committee if you can
help.
Looking forward to seeing you at the
Show.
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2. Sixties Evening, Saturday, 13th
October
There will be a Sixties
Evening with top Midlands band, The Reflections, on Saturday 13th October in
Birlingham Village Hall. Please bring your own drinks and nibbles, although a
bar will be available in the hall.
Tickets £10 each from Chris Hermon on
01386 750096. Cash or cheques payable to Chris Hermon.
Proceeds of the
evening to Birlingham Village
Hall.
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3. Roadworks in Rectory Lane, Church Street
and Upper End
The Parish Clerk
writes:
Works in Rectory Lane and at the Church Street/Short Hill
junction have almost finished. The drainage connection below the war memorial
into the Avenue is waiting for the traffic lights to be installed before the
works can continue safely. There will be a three-way system in operation when
this commences, so please be aware of the delays this may cause if you drive in
this area.
The works in Upper End ‘off road’ will begin shortly. Should
the highways gang’s safety be affected at any stage here then they will operate
a ‘stop and go’ traffic management but the intention is to do whatever is
possible without affecting vehicle
movements.
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4. Bus Stop and Revised
Timetables
The 53 and 54 services run
by First Bus are now passing through the village centre again. The bus stops are
back in their usual positions, next to and opposite the Village Hall.
The
greatly reduced service comes into effect on Monday 17th September; however, the
remaining buses will still come through the village centre. The summary of new
bus times is available at www.birlingham.org/docs/
bus_timetable_2018_sep.pdf.
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5. Revised Bus Timetables –
Petition
The Parish Clerk
writes:
Following the decision by First Bus Ltd to reduce bus services in
the area from Monday 17th September, Councillor Natalie McVey, who is a member
of Malvern Hills District Council, has set up an e-petition to encourage First
to reverse the planned cuts to timetables in South Worcestershire. The
e-petition is at
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-first-buses-from-carrying-out-devastating-cuts-to-timetables-in-sourh-worcestershire.
For
those who cannot access the e-petition, a blank petition form is available at www.birlingham.org/docs/bus_cuts_petition.pdf.
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6. Women’s Tour 2018
The Bystander team would like to include in the Autumn edition
photographs of this year’s Women’s Tour cycle race, which came through
Birlingham on Saturday 16th June. If you took photos of the race as it passed
through the village, or know someone who did, please email bystander@birlingham.org.
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7. Wychavon Village of Culture
2019
The ‘Wychavon Village of Culture
2019’ competition is now open. The competition is to promote and increase the
impact of culture in the district. Villages are encouraged to develop
programmes, which can include a mixture of visual arts, literature, music,
theatre, heritage, sports and more. Programmes will need to reach a wide variety
of audiences, lead to a lasting social impact and create a legacy for the
area.
The winning area will be awarded £5,000, with two runners up
receiving £1,000 each, to deliver their programme during 2019. To apply, areas
need to submit an online expression of interest form to Wychvon District Council
by Friday 21st September 2018.
The form and further information are
available at www.wychavon.gov.uk/village-of-culture.
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