All Saints Church, Haslingfield, Saturday, December 6th 2014, 7.30pm
HANDEL, My Heart is Inditing
SCHUBERT, Mass in C
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
CHARPENTIER, Messe de Minuit pour Noel
Leader – Frances Poole, Conductor – Graham Walker
Tickets £10, £5 (students), children free, from Village Shop and at door, Enquiries: Kate Dickens 872088
You can now buy your tickets for Haslingfield Little Theatre’s panto, Jack and the Beanstalk. Performances are on 27, 28 and 29 November at Haslingfield Village Hall, and start at 7.30 p.m. with a matinee performance at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday 29 November.
The show will include a seven-foot giant, a beanstalk that grows to 15 feet before your very eyes, a strangely attractive dame, a dancing cow, great song and dance numbers, as well, of course, as the thigh-slapping Principal Boy!
Tickets cost £8 per person (£6 concessions – no concessions Saturday evening), and are available at The Village Shop and Country Kitchen. Alternatively, please ring Jan on: 01223 872007, or email hlttickets@btinternet.com
The Little Rose Petanque Team have finished the season as League Champions. The team also had a great finals day, winning both the Doubles Competition as well as the Triples competition. For more information, click on Read More…
‘BOTHER WITH BEES’, an important matter and the subject of a talk by Dr Bill Block, a local beekeeper, whose is an Emeritus Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey. Insect pollination contributes hugely to British agriculture and honey bees play an important role in it. Beekeeping has changed dramatically over recent decades with pests and diseases increasing in importance together with changes in agriculture. After an introduction to modern beekeeping, Bill will discuss how these challenges are being met. Tuesday, 21st October 2014, Haslingfield Village Hall, 8:00 PM. Everyone is mst welcome. Members and school age free. Small charge for visitors.
Little Rose Pub
Live Music with Billy Jester aka Jimbo from the Elms in Haslingfield at the Little Rose Pub on Saturday 25th October. Free Entry. Music Starts at 8.30pm.
You can quiz the new owners of the Little Rose Pub this Wednesday and Saturday over their plans to build two houses on part of the pub garden. Representatives of owners, Wrenbridge, will be holding an exhibition of their plans in the Lounge Bar of the pub this Wednesday 8th October from 4pm until 8pm and then again this Saturday 11th October from noon until 4pm. Copies of the plans are below. Click “Read More” to see the plans and for more information
Haslingfield Cricket Club has won promotion for the first time in decades. They came second in the Junior League 2 South, with Thriplow 2nd XI topping the table. Haslingfield narrowly missed out on winning the league by half an average point. Click Read More for more details…
Cricket Club
The new owners of the Little Rose pub, Wrenbridge, have published their plans to build two houses on the newly fenced off part of the pub garden. They’ll both be detached, one will have 3 bedrooms and the other will have 5 bedrooms. Access will be via Badcock Road. Wrenbridge will be holding an exhibition of their plans in the Lounge Bar of the pub on Wednesday 8th October from 4pm until 8pm and then again on Saturday 11th October from noon until 4pm. Representatives of Wrenbridge will also be there to answer any questions you may have about their plans. Click “Read More” for more information and to see the plans
The History and Traditions of Chapel Hill, Haslingfield: The Pilgrimage to Our Lady of White Hill Speaker: Jonathan Spain His talk will look both at the historical evidence for the existence of the chapel or shrine and the role which local historians played in preserving that tradition over 350 years down to the present day, looking at the historical and religious motivations. It is a study in the way in which ‘local’ history and tradition is created and maintained. Haslingfield Village Hall, Tuesday 16th September 2014, 8.00pm. All are welcome.
The next Concert will be on December 6th, 2014 at 7.30pm in All Saints Church, Haslingfield. See Programme below.
The next Film Club will be at 7.30pm on Friday 26th September 2014 in the Haslingfield Methodist Church Rooms. Admission is free. Running time 120 min., Certificate 12 and subtitles for the ‘Hard of Hearing’. We shall break for tea/coffee and biscuits half way through and there will be a collection to cover refreshments and use of the rooms.
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The Little Rose Pub is now selling Draft Real Ale that’s brewed in Harston, and it was delivered by bike! The ale is Black Light and is brewed by BlackBar at its microbrewery. Black Light is on sale this week, alongside Lacons Encore, 3.8 % from Great Yarmouth, and Wells Eagle IPA, 3.6% from Bedford. Now the Little Rose is a true Freehouse, it can sell whatever beer, or lager, it wants to, with Neil and Sue keen to support local brewers. More details are below.
The Little Rose’s official Grand Opening Night takes place at 8pm this Saturday 30th August. Come and meet the new managers, Neil and Sue. People from the current owners, Wrenbridge, will also be at the pub to meet everybody. You’ll also be able to see the brand new food menu and new real ale & beer, now that the pub is a proper Freehouse and no longer anything to do with Greene King. You can also see what you think about the pub’s new decoration. Read more