Editorial 172

Dear Readers, There are several items in this issue that I am sure will give you pause for thought. The Eastington commemorations of the end of the Great War were very moving – if you missed the exhibition in the church we have plenty of pictures for you ( see them in colour on the […]

Eastington Primary School

Class 4 As our History topic this term has been World War 1 and World War II, we have immersed ourselves in how lives were affected during these terrible, yet incredible times. The children have enjoyed experiencing an ‘evacuation’ whilst on a WWII trip to the STEAM museum, have learnt about rationing, the role of […]

Halloween Walk Oct. 2018

What a night! We were overwhelmed by the amount of little horrors that rocked up to The Badger in a truly frightful manner! There we were greeted and treated with sweets from a wicked witch and her little side kick in their haunted house and as always it was a welcome start to the walk. […]

Bowmen of Minchinhampton – at OHMG

The Bowmen of Minchinhampton is a friendly local archery club which shoots all year at Eastington Community Centre OHMG and wintertime at Maidenhill School, Stonehouse. The club ran a very successful Beginners Course in September, which resulted in 14 new archers joining the club. Our next Beginners Course will be at Eastington Community Centre on […]

Eastington Playgroup

We started the first week back with dressing up for Halloween and the children enjoyed making pumpkin pictures with different shapes and listening to spooky stories in the dark den with torches. The children dressed up again, this time as superheroes to support Children In Need and families made a voluntary donation to help make […]

Jolly Joggers

Jolly Joggers is Back! NEW: Absolute Beginners starting Wednesday 9th January 2018  everyone welcome! As usual ,meet every Wednesday evening outside the Co-op at 7pm sharp. All levels of ability, all speeds catered for, very friendly bunch – Come along, get fit and have fun! You will need a High Viz jacket and maybe a […]

Teddy Tunes

Calling all babies, toddlers, children, parents, grandparents, friends and carers! Come along to a Teddytunes session near you and release your ‘inner child’ . Every Thursday during term time we meet at Frampton Village Hall 10am for musical merriment, cordial capers and fabulous frolics. All washed down with good coffee (or herb tea) chocolate biscuits […]

1st Eastington Brownies

The brownies are really enjoying the new brownie programme and so far we have: ● practised striking matches to light a tea light ● completed an obstacle first aid course wearing home made slings ● practised guide exercise drills of yesterday ● learnt about how the union jack is made up ● hand sewn our […]

PARISH MATTERS

It’s been a busy couple of months for the parish council. Our permanent clerk has returned from extended leave and our temporary planning clerk is staying with us until February to help deal with all the reserved matters applications we’re receiving for Great Oldbury (land West of Stonehouse). We’re expecting the Ecotricity application to be […]