NEW! – Eastington Craft Group Eastington crafters meet once or twice a month to chat about and show our crafting to others. The idea is to encourage each other and help give each other confidence in our crafting. We have had a group knit to knit hearts for a charity garden, made tea light holders […]
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Ladies of Eastington
We would like to thank Tease Salon for the wonderful demonstrations and quz we enjoyed there on 28th June, they taught us how to perform a head and hand massage whilst teaching us a little bit about reflexology and hair. A very fun and informative evening, we all loved it (and the Prosecco and nibbles) […]
Bowmen of Minchinhampton Archery Club
We are running two ‘Have-A-Go’ sessions at the OHMG Ground Eastington during this summer. The sessions will be from 10.00 am to 12.00 midday on Sunday 12th August and Sunday 19th August. All budding archers will be most welcome. The sessions are free. Please pass this information on to as many people as you can. […]
Baby and Toddler Group
Eastington and Whitminster Baby & Toddlers Groups Summer 2018 Over the summer holidays, the baby and toddler groups at Eastington and Whitminster will continue to meet on the following dates, at 10-11:30 am The cost of sessions is £2 per family, except for the picnics, which are free. Older children are welcome to join their […]
Eastington Methodist Church
Our next three Café Church sessions continue the exploration of Jesus’ ministry but the second one in September will double as our Harvest Service and an opportunity to learn about the work of the Leprosy Mission which has been running for 141 years. Leprosy is easily treated but poverty results in many people suffering […]
Slimming World
Wow what an amazing summer we are enjoying. Long sunny days and beautiful evenings. So at Slimming World we have been sharing lots of lovely healthy meal and snack ideas to help support our continued weight loss goals. From BBQ ideas through to picnics treats , day trips, work days, entertaining friends and socialising. The […]
Eastington Orchard Group
After 8 years, at last a Club Shed for ECO in Brownings Community Orchard Founded in 2010, ECO Group has finally built a shed to call home. Big enough to keep all our bits and pieces, close enough to Alkerton Cross for easy exit to the other community orchards when the bits and pieces are […]
Eastington Duck Races
Once again, the Eastington Duck Race and Summer Fete was a great success. Everyone had a good time and we raised a whopping amount towards the school funds. For this we must thank all of you who attended and parted with your money, but also our volunteers and local businesses who are are mind blowingly […]
New Wood Fired Pizza at the Kings Head – Review
It was always going to be potentially difficult assignment to help sort. Find somewhere to eat which is within a short ride or walk of where we live on Bath Road, somewhere which offers good food and drink in a pleasant and relaxing environment and most importantly, somewhere which would appeal to my 21 year […]
The Big Butterfly Count
Can you tell a Red Admiral, Comma, Tortoiseshell from a Peacock or a Painted Lady? Butterflies react very quickly to changes in their environment which makes them excellent biodiversity indicators. Butterfly declines are an early warning for other wildlife losses. That’s why counting butterflies can be described as taking the pulse of nature. The big […]
Further memories of Alkerton House
In April 2016, in ECN 156, Steve Mills wrote an article for us about the now demolished Alkerton House, which once dominated the centre of the village. Click this link to dive into the ECN history archives to see Steve’s original article. The article was picked up by Simon Newton-Smith who wrote to us to […]
Editorial 169
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 […]
Snakey Park update
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 […]
Eastington egg hunt 2018
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 […]
PROWD – Public Rights of Way Defenders
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 […]
Raffles Forest School Club
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 […]
Eastington Primary School – School Council
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 […]
Eastington Playgroup
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 […]
Spring Flower Show 2018
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 […]
Ladies Of Eastington
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 […]
Eastington Yard Trail
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 […]
Eastington Walking Group
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 […]
Slimming World Groups
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 […]
Next Phase of Canal Restoration gets the Green Light
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 […]
St. Michaels and all Cotswold Edge & Stonehouse Services
Click the link for full list of Services in the Cotswold Edge & Stonehouse Ministry area Services for July 2018
St Michael’s – The Churchyard and the Burial Ground
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 […]
Parish Matters
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. […]
District Councillor’s Newsletter
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 […]
Eastington Methodist Church
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. […]
Crossroads Care
Crossroads Care Central and East Gloucestershire is a leading not for profit provider of care support services in Gloucestershire. Historically, providing respite to carers, we are a charitable organisation who are continually striving to develop services, not only for carers and people with care needs (including dementia), but now to the fail and elderly, and […]
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