Your news… your ECN! Written by You, Produced by Tom & Jan Low and Mary Gribble. Dear Readers, I hope you all had a pleasant Christmas time and we wish you all a Very Happy New Year. – and a Very Happy Birthday to Betty Barnfield, whose 100th birthday we help to celebrate on page […]
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Betty Barnfield celebrates her 100 years
Mrs Betty Barnfield (nee Betty Estrelle Everett) celebrated her 100th birthday on the 24th January 2020. Betty must be one of, if not the longest standing resident of Eastington, having lived here since 1931 and still very much a part of the community. She has always been very involved with life in the village, and […]
A not-so-lost cottage – mystery solved!
by Stephen Mills Readers will recall the article about the two ‘lost’ cottages in the previous edition of the ECN. One was identified as the long-demolished Vernal Cottage at Millend. However, the other was a bit of a puzzle and would have remained so without the help of Derek Greenaway, the cottage’s present owner. It […]
Does Eastington have any Godcakes?
by Stephen Mills I know, you’re probably wondering what on Earth is a Godcake? I wondered the same thing after I heard the term in the recently televised revamped version of Worzel Gummidge. It was aired just before Christmas and starred Mackenzie Crook who also wrote and directed the two-part series. It turns out that […]
Eastington Community Orchards AGM
2018-2019 Annual General Meeting Members reflected on a quiet year, with inclement weather tending to happen at inconvenient times. Funds are stable around the £1,000 mark but Coneygree Orchard Warden Kevin Dalby observed that, with 58 established trees, our call for major expenditure was much reduced. The main activities at Coneygree are now in the […]
Eastington Community Land Trust on TV
BBC Points West acknowledges ECLT on New Year’s Day We were delighted to celebrate the start of work at Puddleworth Close with millions of people watching BBC News on 1st January. It was the “good news” story at the top of the Points West broadcast and featured the ECLT Trustees with their ceremonial Golden Spade, […]
Eastington Primary School – Pointilism
Eastington Spring Flower Show
Saturday March 28th 1pm – 3.00pm in the Village Hall Yes! Spring really is coming – plan your entry now! Schedules, rules and classes will be available from the eastington.website as soon as they are available, and from the Post Office. If you are the proud holder of a trophy from last year, could you […]
Ladies of Eastington
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hedgehog rescue
Hello from Wild Hogs. Well what a busy year we’ve had! We’ve now been able to release most of the hoglets which came to us over the summer and it’s great to know they’re boosting the population in their local areas – without us they would have had no chance. And now here we are […]
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