Happy New Year 2020 from the Ladies Of Eastington. We are a small and welcoming friendship group set up to provide support, conversation, laughter and a reason to get out of the house for an evening! We meet up on the last Thursday of each month (during term times only) at The King’s Head House […]
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Parish Matters 179
Firstly, on behalf of Eastington Parish Council, I would like to wish you all a happy, healthy New Year. For your Councillors, 2020 will be a busy year with planning issues and May’s council elections on the horizon. Also, we are looking forward to our celebration of 125 years of EPC, which will be a […]
Coffee (or Tea) and Conversation at the Badger
There is a group that meet at The Badger on a Tuesday afternoon for a couple of hours (3pm – 5pm) where they have a cuppa , cakes, quiz etc. Small group but friendly. Why not join in? You will be made welcome.
A419 Improvements Newsletter January 2020
PROGRESS TO DATE Chipmans Platt – The Chipmans Platt phase of works is nearing completion. The final stage will see us surfacing the footpaths and this will take place in early February. Once finalised we will also be able to open the new toucan crossing, providing further safety for pedestrians using the crossing. Oldends Lane […]
Christmas Tree Festival 2019
An ECO-Christmas! Once again, the Christmas tree festival in St Michael’s Church was a great success, with some very innovative ideas. The Stanley singers gave a concert amongst the lit-up trees. These are the trees that you voted for as your favourites. The School tree was cleverly constructed from recycled materials, The farm shop tree […]
Frampton Village Society – Programme of talks 2020
A warm welcome is extended to everyone to come to our series of illustrated talks held in Frampton on Severn which we hope will be of interest to local people. The talks are on Friday evenings starting at 7.30pm in our Village Hall and are organised by Frampton on Severn Village Society, which raises funds […]
Cubs and Beavers
Walking and Jogging
News from your District Councillors 179
Congratulations from both Stephen and John to Mrs Betty Barnfield, on the occasion of reaching the remarkable milestone of 100 years young. May she have many more Happy Birthdays. On the District Council front, all four Strategic Directors that form the Senior Management Team, along with the Chief Executive, have been appointed. Three are already […]
Wild Hogs on TV!
Wild Hogs Hedgehog Rescue Old Bakery Cottage The Street Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire GL2 7EA 07949 976717 Registered Charity 1168800 Dear hedgehog friends, We had a very busy few months, with a surprise visit from the BBC Breakfast team! They came to visit our rescue and find out more about hedgehogs. We were able to […]
Longfields
Do you need more support? If you suffer – or care for someone – with a life-limiting illness, you can turn to the local charity Longfield Community Hospice Care. Longfield offers a range of services to help people live well with their illness, enable them to die at home (if they choose) and support people […]
Eastington Methodist Church 179
When the going gets tough! Do you ever have problems? Are things ever difficult? What if the problems just keep coming? When the going gets tough, to what or whom do you turn? How do you cope? What helps you get by? As many of you will know I was diagnosed with cancer (follicular lymphoma) […]
St Michael & All Angels, Eastington 179
Thank you to everyone who supported the Eastington Christmas Tree Festival between 1st and 3rd December 2019. It was a huge success with over 400 visitors, with over £800 raised for church funds. Huge congratulations to Eastington Primary School for coming 1st with their Merry Recycling Christmas Tree, to Eastington Farm Shop for coming 2nd […]
Editorial 178
Your news… your ECN! Written by You, Produced by Tom & Jan Low and Mary Gribble. Hello Dear Readers, A hearty welcome to your winter edition of ECN. Once again, the world seems mired in politics and, although I can happily report that this is a fully Brexit-free zone, we do have our own local […]
Ladies of Eastington
Winter Greetings from the Ladies Of Eastington We are a small and welcoming friendship group set up to provide support, conversation, laughter and a reason to get out of the house for an evening! We meet up on the last Thursday of each month (during term time) at The King’s Head House from 7:30pm onwards. […]
ECLT – Building begins at Puddleworth Close, Claypits
After three years of planning (and another five or six in background), at last work has started on our first 23 affordable homes. It has taken 65 ECLT board meetings (we are all volunteers) and £85,000 of grants from various sources to make it this far. We are now dependent on EG Carter of Gloucester, […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter
Here we go again…. As we are in the middle of an election, and when you read this you will be about to vote or waking up and trying to understand the results. As ever the topic of this article is planning and specifically the resubmission of the Ecotricity application for the Forest Green Rovers […]
Parish Matters 178
As many of you may already be aware, our Parish Clerk, Julie Shirley, resigned in October. We would like to thank her for giving us four and a half years of outstanding work, and we wish her every success in her new ventures. Julie has left the Council in a very healthy position as a […]
Eastington Primary School – Class 4
Be kind – show respect and care We are aiming high together to be kind. Being kind means looking out for others, caring for them and treating everyone with respect. I have seen kindness in our school when children open doors for others and say thank you. Jessica Hyde Be cooperative – work well […]
Playgroup
After a week of Halloween and firework celebrations over the half term holiday, we have returned to playgroup to create an exciting Christmas performance ‘The Magic of Christmas’ which we will perform at the end of term. We are also looking forward to making lots of Christmas crafts and cooking delicious treats to eat. We […]
Badminton Club
Our badminton club meets 8pm – 10pm on Thursday evenings at Whitminster Village Hall. It’s a small club, and would welcome new players who enjoy a friendly game. Contact Joy Spencer on 01453 823240
Eastington Cricket Club
Eastington Cricket Club had a very successful season in the Stroud and District Cricket League this year. They finished top of Division 1 and gained promotion into the Premier Division for 2020. Will Beese won the league’s individual batting award and Fred Burridge the award for the league’s best all rounder. There will be one […]
Paper Memories – Blue Frog Theatre
Blue Frog Theatre Company’s ‘Paper Memories’ was a performance based on local stories, shared and passed down through generations, giving an insight into the history of the village through the eyes of some of Eastington’s most colourful characters. It was truly a celebration of community and was performed at Eastington Church in September. The cast, […]
Jolly Joggers
Come and join us – all abilities catered for! Beat the Christmas bulge before it happens!
Eastington Walking Group
Local Plan Review – Good News and Bad News
Every 6 or 7 years, Stroud DC have to review the Local Plan. It affects Housing and Industrial Land allocation in particular, and the new plan will run from 2022 to 2040 The Good News No further commercial house building is planned outside of Great Oldbury.Specifically, no sites are planned for around Alkerton, although all […]
Eastington Community Orchard Group
After being completely washed out on Apple Day and for the next three Saturdays , there is less apple juice available for sale this year, sadly. However, we had made some prior to the big day and sold a fair bit at the Yard Sale earlier in October. Since then we have bottled enough to […]
Lost cottages – Stephen Mills
Everything eventually wears out or falls to bits, and houses are no exception. Even when they are meticulously maintained, there comes a time when their upkeep simply becomes too much or they no longer fulfil a need. But a bit of background to the two cottages pictured here. Well-known postcard collector Howard Beards from Stroud, […]
Cotswold Canal Trust – Stroudwater Navigation Restoration
The Cotswold Canals Trust is working with SDC and other partners to restore the local canal network. The current phase of the project includes reinstating the waterway, locks, bridges and wetlands which were destroyed when the A38/A419 roundabout and the M5 were built in the 1960s. This is part of the so-called ‘missing mile’. £872,000 […]
Health Class Celebrates 8 Years at the Community Centre.
Chinese Medicine Practitioner and best-selling Author Christopher Handbury celebrates his 8th year of teaching his Qigong health and healing classes at the Eastington community centre. You may not have heard of Qigong before (pronounced Chee-Gong), but you may be familiar with other Eastern practices like Yoga and Tai Chi. The main difference between the three […]
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