Calling all potential Ridlington Playing Field Trustees and Action Group members.
A great opportunity has arisen to become more involved in village life and in particular to help shape the future of the playing field.
Please do consider joining us as we want to start things happening again ASAP!
Please telephone Ruth for more information and a chat.
Tel: 07791 581100
CHURCH ROTAS
Thank you this month to:
Church cleaning rota:
Julie Hoult; Louise Fox; Ruth Lees; Karen Baines; Anne Harvey;
Church flowers:
Margie Wall; Kath Partridge; Sue Hatcher;
Front of House Rota:
Steven and Louise Fox; Anne and David Harvey; Ruth Lees. Ruth Lees;
CHURCHYARD MAINTENANCE PLAN
A copy of the plan is now pinned up in the church porch. Offers of assistance to Richard or Debra Thatcher.
RIDLINGTON OPEN GARDENS
Sunday, June 12th from 2pm to 5pm
Why not enjoy tea and a lovely slice of cake during a visit to seven beautiful gardens open in aid of church funds. £5 entrance fee (children under 10 and well-behaved dogs free).
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
If you have ever wondered how true to life Rumpole or Judge John Deed is now is the time to find out. Come along to Ridlington church at 7:30pm on Friday, 15th July for the opportunity to listen to Richard Thatcher’s tales from the criminal bar – some of the amusing bits with an opportunity to ask questions. Bring your own refreshments. Retiring collection in aid of church funds.
Events to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are shaping up nicely for Ridlington. More details will continue to be published and distributed in the run up to the Bank Holiday weekend, but the outline plan is as follows:
NEW! TEAM QUIZ
For the Queen’s Jubilee on Friday 3rd June at the Village Hall – 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. There will be 4 rounds of 15 questions: The Queen & Royal Family; Great Britain; Our Sporting Nation & Played music with a Royal/GB theme. Teams of 4, but if you can’t make a team up please enter and we will make teams up. Crisps & Nuts for each table but please bring your own drink. A prize for the winning team.
£10 pp to enter all monies will go to the Disaster Emergency Committee-Ukraine Appeal
To enter please contact Dave Roome by May 27th.
Email – davr333@btinternet.com
Telephone – 01572 821416)
CHURCH SERVICE
Morning Prayer will be held at 9.30am on Sunday 5 June, led by Rev’d Jes Salt. The church will be beautifully decorated with a red, white and blue flower theme, thanks to our wonderful and talented flower ladies.
RIDLINGTON STREET PARTY
Sunday 5 June 2pm-4pm. Every family will receive an invitation to our Ridlington Street Party, which will be held on Main Street outside the Village Hall. Please bring your own food, tablecloth and ‘mismatched’ crockery; wear red/white/blue and a crown or tiara. Tea will be served from the Village Hall accompanied by a playlist of music, including the National Anthem and some of the Queen’s favourites tunes. Please note that Main Street will be closed to traffic between East Lane and Church Lane that afternoon (precise details to follow)
‘BAKE A CAKE/PUDDING FOR THE QUEEN’ COMPETITION
Grab your whisk, get out your scales and get baking. Your pudding should be joyful and celebratory, taste good, be made with passion and pride and be ‘fit for a Queen’!
There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. Entries should be delivered to the Village Hall by 5:00pm on Saturday 4 June and include your name and contact details in a sealed envelope.
We hope to serve and share the entries as ‘deserts’ at the end of the Street Party
PLANT A TREE FOR THE JUBILEE
Everyone across the UK is being invited to plant trees from October 2021, when the tree planting season begins, through to the end of the Jubilee year in 2022. In Ridlington, we shall be planting a Horse Chestnut sapling grown from a playing field conker by Richard and Debra Thatcher on the Playing Field on Sunday 5 June. If you could offer to help with planting please let us know.
TRADITIONAL GAMES FOR CHILDREN
There will be a variety of traditional games for children in the Village Hall grounds and on the pavements during the Street Party afternoon – so fun for all the family!
If you would like any further details or can offer any help either before or on the day, no matter how great or small, please contact Annie Harvey at Chimney Cottage or 07751 079775, 01572 820273 or email acharvey@hotmail.co.uk
The Agendas for the forthcoming Parish Council meeting and the Annual Parish Meeting – both being held on 11th May @ 7:30 pm at the Village Hall – are now available to be viewed on the website.
Alternatively, you can click on the following links
Members of the Public are welcome to attend these meetings.
Please find the latest edition of the Rutland Roundup Newsletter for April 2022.
Just click on the following link to access the Newsletter.
Please be informed of the following update and information with regard to Charles Veal’s funeral arrangements.
Charles Veal’s hearse will now be leaving from outside their house on Main Street at 1:00 pm tomorrow, Thursday, April 28th. (not as previously stated at 1:15 pm in the announcement dated April 10th 2022.)
Demand remains high so every donation makes a huge difference -please continue to be generous.
The next collection will be on Wednesday 20th April.
Microwaveable rice sachets, sugar, instant coffee, UHT milk, pasta sauces, long-life juice, pot noodles and deodorants requested.
If you wish to contact the parish council by email, either click on the link here. Contact the Parish Council
We may not answer your contact email immediately but will get in touch with you as quickly as is possible.
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