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Santa to Socialise in Sand Hutton!
December 6, 2013 By
This Saturday 7th December we are holding the Christmas Saturday Social in Sand Hutton Village Hall. Shopping, wreath making, festive activities, knitting, tea drinking and chatting will all be going between 10.30am and 12.30 noon. And we have invited Father Christmas to pop in for cup of coffee and a mince pie at 11am.
So please join us – just call in and catch up.
saturday social information
December 4, 2013 By
Saturday Social 7th December Sand Hutton & Claxton Village Hall – stop press.
Wreath making. Guidance will be given so you can make your own Christmas wreath and some materials will be available for you to use but please do feel free to bring along anything that you’d like to add to your wreath such as; cornus twigs, holly, ivy, dried flowers and fruit, cinnamon sticks, ribbons, baubles, pine cones and brussel sprouts!
Have you a de-humidifier we could borrow?
December 1, 2013 By
We have just finished putting up the shell of an extension to our home but could do with borrowing a de-humidifier for a month or so. Has anyone out there got one they aren’t using at the moment that we could borrow. Payment could be in honey or cider!
Please ring 468001.
Fiona & Nigel Davies
Balnakeil,
Claxton
Also posted to Community Noticeboard http://www.claxton-sandhutton.org.uk/community-noticeboard/
Caroline’s Garden Diaries 28.11.13: Planting bulbs and autumn thoughts
November 29, 2013 By 2 Comments
At last got round to getting bulbs in the ground, better late than never. But all in a rush, and for the first time, haven’t bothered to record where I put what. This feels strange and rather risky not to do usual obsessive note-taking, but what could happen? Either the bulbs come up next spring and I’ll get a nice surprise because I’ve forgotten they’re there, or they won’t come up in which case, because I’ve forgotten, I won’t know they haven’t, so it doesn’t matter.
I think I’m getting old.
I did actually take some notes in the spring e.g. “put more Leucojums near purple hazel” but come October there weren’t any in the shop and instead got a rather random set of tulips. Then, planting late November, main aim was not to let them rot in the shed so just had to guess where they might look nice in the garden. There might be a general lesson here (as I often think about gardening and life), which is, rather than trying for perfection and failing, just do what you can now. I am getting old.
But getting old brings its glories, at least if you’re a leaf; haven’t the autumn colours been wonderfully gorgeous and warming this year? The changes in leaves as they die and fall have been so dramatic; they really shout about the significance of seasons as context for our lives. They’re also far removed from our fiddling around with plans for the garden, there’s a much bigger picture out there. That’s my excuse, anyway.
For more of Caroline’s Garden Diaries Click Here :
http://www.claxton-sandhutton.org.uk/carolines-garden-diaries/
gathering
November 27, 2013 By
The next meeting of Claxton & Sand Hutton Knit and Natter is on Monday 2nd December. 10.00 to 12 noon. Rachel will bring copies of the pattern examples shown at the W.I. meeting for anyone who wishes to try them out.
Everyone, knitters or not, from far and wide are welcome to drop in for a cuppa and a natter.
Further info. from Rachel 01904 468336
Sand Hutton School Christmas Fair – Friday 29th November
November 20, 2013 By
Everyone is invited to the Sand Hutton Primary School Christmas Fair! The fair will run from 6pm to 8pm on Friday 29th November and is based at school.
The activities will include Festive Raffle (excellent prizes), toy and book stall, children’s craft making, Phoenix cards, gift stalls, cracker tombola, whisky roll, reindeer racing, music, snowball scavenge, tasty hot food and lots more.
Free entry to fair, all proceeds from evening will go towards school equipment and books
Come along for festive fun and to find some treats for your friends and family!
RAY – Touch Stones : Funds available to establish Credit Based Exchange Scheme : Action by End November
November 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
FROM John Short :
Touch Stones is a ‘credit based exchange scheme’, which Rural Action Yorkshire are setting up. They see it as a major project and have some funds to support its set up. From a quick perusal it seems like an exchange for goods, service and time without involving money.
They’ve addressed their letter to ‘Village Halls and Community Buildings’
Attached are scans of a letter about the scheme. If anyone is interested in setting up and running such a scheme they should contact Tania Weston (numbers, e-mail in the attachments).
more info is at www.ruralyorkshire.org.uk
Calling all winemakers
November 17, 2013 By
Winemakers – free bottle racks!
Now autumn is upon us and you’re home made wines are being bottled here’s something you really need.
I have a set of interlocking bottle racks perfect for the many bottles you now need to store before drinking. Each rack holds 4 bottles and you can stack them in as many tiers you like, there are 20 of them so that’s 80 bottles!
FREE, FREE, FREE
CALL ME ON 468470
Saturday Social Penny Pots
November 10, 2013 By
Somewhere lying around your kitchen surface, you may spot a jam jar with a Saturday Social Penny Pot label. If so, please fill it up with those spare coins from the darkest areas of your wallet / purse / settee in preparation for the next Saturday Social on 7th December.
Bring back your Penny Pot and we will pass it to the chosen charity which this time is North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre
(more info on this link = http://www.charitychoice.co.uk/north-yorkshire-music-therapy-centre-11789 )
but the charity will vary each Saturday Social.
If you did not pick up a jar last time, please feel free to join in and find a jar or an envelope to pop some pennies in. Small change to us but so valuable to the charities.
Look out for some more information about the festive Saturday Social very soon.