Dear Readers, Well it is amazing what life can throw at you and what you can learn. During the two months since I last put this magazine to bed, my bowel cancer has been suspected, scanned, diagnosed, and (hopefully) fully removed in a major operation. The NHS has many failings, it is certainly short […]
Two amazing new additions to the Snakey Park entertainments; one a tuneful xylophone, and the pipes in the backround of the picture deliver an amazing sound when tapped on the open end (forcing air into the pipe) with a soft bat or flip-flop. A portaloo has also been installed for the holidays. It it currently […]
On the 14th April 2018 we held the second Eastington Egg Hunt. The circular walk around the village featured 32 eggs decorated with this years’ theme of TV shows. Despite the forecast of rain it turned into a lovely sunny day and it was lovely to see so many happy smiling faces. Thanks to Raffles […]
The new kissing gates in Frocester have been installed, thanks to the Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust generous donation, also the hard work of installing them, by the Cotswold Wardens. Thanks also to Sarah Macaulay-Lowe our County Footpaths Officer for all her help in co-ordinating supplies and liasing with the Wardens and Landowners. Our very own […]
Emma Levan of Raffles Forest School has been working with children from Eastington Primary school, after school hours. They have a corner of the Eastington Community Orchard to make their own, and they have been going about this with some gusto in recent months. They have cleared a huge area of brambles and undergrowth and […]
Our role as members of the Eastington School Council is to give a voice to the children of Eastington Primary School. We have two representatives for each of our five classes, allowing children to participate in formulating new ideas for our school and community. We also support charities, as well as having close links with […]
Summer Newsletter During the last term we planted seeds and looked at different life cycles. Following that we had great fun exploring St George’s Day and made sheilds and swords, crowns and hats using our imaginations and learning about the use of tools and different materials. To celebrate the Royal Wedding the children made their […]
Ed Davis won the craft section, and ‘Best in Show’ for this magnificent hand-built model of a yacht – and Diane Davis won a ‘first’ for the extraordinary pot plant that you can see in the background. Isaac Folker (aged 8) had ‘Most points in show’ from childrens classes. Queenie Jones took many of […]
At our April meeting we met Ginny and had a very informative and pleasant evening discussing Alzheimer’s and Dementia. We talked about what Dementia was and broke down some of the taboos surrounding it leaving us all with a much better understanding. We have made a generous £40 donation to the Alzheimer’s Society and consider […]
Once again, the Eastington Yard Trail, organised by Luke Honeychurch (and family!), was a huge success with many residents opening up their front gardens or driveways to exchange unwanted goodies for cash – and equally, with many residents wandering around and grabbing themselves some great bargains. Lizzie Mills and her family and friends at Cress […]
Dear All We enjoyed two fabulous walks recently. Our April walk took us to Minchinhampton where we enjoyed a hilly and blustery walk of around five miles. Following the path from the car park by the church in Minch we wound our way across the common and down through box and Amberley eventually coming out […]
We’ve had a great couple of months at group. Lots of sharing of recipes and ideas and enjoying our weight loss journey as we head into those summer months. This week we had a brilliant food taster session in all groups – our inspiration was The Royal Wedding.Everyone bought in a plate of food to […]
Stroud District Council and Cotswold Canals Trust have received backing from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), for the restoration of the canal between Stonehouse and Saul junction, including the ‘missing mile’ at Eastington. The HLF picked ‘Stroudwater Navigation Connected’ as one of just four projects across the country for development funding and the £842,000 announced […]
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ECN has received a letter from a parishioner, which both highlights a genuine problem that people may face at an already difficult time and provides a context to clear up some of the confusion that exists regarding the Churchyard and the Burial Ground in general. Glenys Dauncey writes: Attention is drawn to all Eastington village […]
I am sure a lot of you will have made the most of the fine weather we’ve recently enjoyed. As I write this, we seem to be experiencing the extreme opposite, although the rain is much needed for the new planting. I only hope it knows when to stop with the Bank Holiday upon us. […]
By the time you read this we will be embroiled in planning issues, so nothing new there then. The first is the latest application for West of Stonehouse, which will have gone to the Development Control Committee where we will have spoken out against this. This is unfortunate as up until now we have largely […]
New Members In April, we were very privileged to formally welcome six people into formal membership. This brings our current membership level to the highest it has been for many years. We are also pleased that we have a number of younger adults attending as in many churches this is seen as the missing generation. […]
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If the wind is from the South-West and the M5 traffic isn’t too heavy, you might just hear the sound of bat on ball coming from the Owen Harris Memorial Ground on a Saturday afternoon. Eastington play in the Stroud and District Cricket League where games start at 1.30 pm and each side bowls 40 […]
We have had a busy term since Easter having girl-led guiding as it should be – the Brownies completed a survey before Easter asking them what they wanted to do, and every single girl wrote swimming, so we’ve been off to Dursley pool to do our swimmer badge. We frequently hold a “pow-wow” which is […]
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