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The Lichfield Gospel Choir comes to Abbots Bromley

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Gospel Choir Evening – Success!!!

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This was very much a new type of event for us and the first time we have used St Nicholas Church itself.

And what a night?! We had 60 members of the Choir singing for us and the congregation in excess of 150.
Almost a full house!! They came from far and wide. Great atmosphere and the aisles rocked! For sure, we will have St. Nicholas church as a venue again, probably next year.

Importantly, we raised £1440 for our Church.

My thanks to the small team who worked so hard behind the scenes to make this event such a success.

Martin Godfrey

High Speed Broadband Update – March 2014

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The Superfast Staffordshire initiative has the aim of achieving one of the best broadband infrastructures in the world for our county.

The March 2014 Newsletter is now available.

If anyone has any information specific to Abbots Bromley, or suggestions as to how we should campaign, then please send details to the webmaster.

St Nicholas Church – Abbots Bromley

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On Saturday February 8th, at the Village Hall, we held a Ceilidh Evening to raise funds for St. Nicholas Church.

No fewer that 107 people attended the fund raiser and were entertained, fed and watered for 5 hours!

We had raffles and auctions to help keep the funds rising and never have I seen so many happy, smiling faces willing to give so generously. It was a truly GREAT night!!

We raised £1255………….. FANTASTIC!!

My sincerest thanks to ALL.
Martin Godfrey

St. Nicholas Church, Abbots Bromley

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No fewer than 19 events were organised in and around the village, taking full advantage of local businesses opening the doors and giving us freedom to put on “an event”. Outdoor events such as open gardens and a day with the Horn Dancers proved popular too. So many people attended our events, many donating raffle/auction prizes and hospitality to help boost the funds raised. We brought the Abbots Bromley community together many, many times. Great!!

And so we head out to 2014, and a full programme of events again. We start off with a Ceilidh Evening on Saturday, February 8th at the local village hall. A great success last year, we had to do it again!! The same format as last year, tickets £15 to include hog roast supper.

Call me on 01283 840771 or Gill on 01283 840208 and join us for the evening. We sold out last year, so don’t hold back!!

Hope we see you there!
Martin Godfrey

Christmas and New Year waste collections 2013/14

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Details of the revised schedule were included on the bulletin posted through doors earlier in the year. For those who have forgotten where they put it, the key details are:

Saturday 21st December 2013: Grey bin collection replacing Christmas Day

Saturday 4th January 2013: Blue/Brown bin collection replacing New Year’s day

For full information see the (link expired)

Time is running out for Abbots Bromley

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Between 18th October and 29th November 2013 there is an opportunity to comment as part of the consultation on the Local Plan for East Staffordshire.

Details of the consultation and the full text of the document are available on the (link expired).

In particular this plan defines two areas for housing development that would extend the settlement boundary for Abbots Bromley. The (link expired) shows the two proposed areas but needs to be looked at in conjunction with the explanatory text of the main documents.

St Nicholas Church Fund Raising

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We raised £660 on the evening – thank you.

We are rapidly approaching the end of our first full year of dedicated fund raising for St Nicholas Church, Abbots Bromley.

We have held many varied events this year from an Indoor Picnic, BBQ, Ceilidh Evening, Quiz Night and Open Gardens through to our very own Mini Music Festival and a day with the Horn Dancers.

There’s more to come with our Christmas Tree Festival on December 22nd and the A B Bell Ringers on Friday December 20th visiting all the local pubs.

In 2013, so far and counting, we have raised a fantastic £7837.38!! An update of the final total will be in the January 2014 Parish Magazine.

So many thank you’s are extended to ALL who have helped us by giving generously their time, raffle/lot prizes, premises, and general all-round good will and support/attendance. It’s been a pleasure.

Onwards to 2014….. First event February 8th 2014 – Village Hall, Ceilidh Evening!

My sincere thanks, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Martin Godfrey

The friendliest village?

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I am a researcher at Studio Lambert, a television production company based in London. We are currently developing a new series for C4 to uncover Britain’s best villages.

We’re looking for Britain’s friendliest village, who will welcome our judges and convince them that they are Britain’s best. Our series would be a new way of celebrating Britain’s villages and rural communities, showcasing their friendliness, community spirit and local amenities. The general tone of the series will be light, entertaining, character driven and heart-warming.

As this is still in the development stage (so not for broadcast), we’re just looking to speak to a few villages who may be interested in taking part in this type of series (should it be commissioned). Looking at Abbots Bromley’s website, it seems that you are an exceptionally vibrant village, so I’d love to speak to someone in the village about village life.

In keeping with the rest of Studio Lambert’s output (like the Secret Millionaire, Undercover Boss and Gogglebox) we
really want this to be a positive and entertaining series.

If you can think of anyone in the village who may be happy to chat to me about Abbots Bromley – particularly if they’re involved with local groups I’d love to speak to them. You can call me on 0207 534 2012.

Ellie

Pre-Submission Local Plan Consultation

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Between 18th October and 29th November 2013 there is an opportunity to comment as part of the consultation on the Local Plan for East Staffordshire.

Details of the consultation and the full text of the document are available on the (link expired).

UK at risk of ‘Vishing’

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‘Vishing’ involves a fraudster making a phone call to a potential victim, posing as someone from a bank or building society fraud investigation team, the police or another legitimate organisation such as a telephone or internet provider. They attempt to obtain financial information which often includes credit/debit card details (including PIN), bank account details and personal information such as full name, date of birth or address. This information is then used by the fraudster to gain access to their victim’s finances.

Trading Standards is warning people to not be afraid of putting the phone down to fraudsters but be wary of those cold callers who suggest you hang up the phone and call them back. Fraudsters will keep your phone line open by not putting down the receiver at their end. Remember that it takes two people to terminate a call so try and use a different phone line if you are asked to ring back.

If you think you may have been a victim of this type of scam, please report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or visit http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/report_fraud

Produced: 2nd September 2013 by Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards

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