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21 March 2023
Parish Council Elections
Parish Council Elections - 4 May 2023
Details of the upcoming Parish Council elections can be found at the link below:
Notice of Parish Council Elections
Key dates and deadlines can be found at the link below:
Please refer any queries you may have to Wayne Leighton, Parish Clerk, at parishclerk@stanhoe.org
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 21 March 2023
13 March 2023
Royal update
Public meeting on 2 April to finalise organisation for the coronation event on 7 May.
Plans are now well underway for the village coronation event. At the meeting of the organising group last Monday, 6th March, it was confirmed that the BBQ Picnic would be held on Sunday, 7th May starting at 12noon. Taking place at the Village Hall and Playing Field, there will be a BBQ and Bar, games and competitions for all the family, music, a puppet making workshop, fun dog show, raffle and more. Everyone is welcome of course – tickets will be £5 to include BBQ lunch with children 12 and under free.
We will definitely need more volunteers to help with setting up and running the event – please do get in touch with Mike Wilson mikecycle3@gmail.com or Laura Pocock laurajpocock@yahoo.co.uk.
Alternatively come along to the next meeting at Stanhoe Village Hall on Sunday, 2nd April at 4.30pm – we’d love to see you there.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 13 March 2023
6 March 2023
Photo ID Required
Photo ID is required to vote at the forthcoming elections.
Photo ID is required to vote at the forthcoming elections due to be held on 4 May 2023.
Click on the image for a full-size PDF version of the poster.
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 6 March 2023
6 March 2023
Stanhoe Parish Council Agenda
Stanhoe Parish Council Agenda - 8 March 2023
The agenda for the Parish Council meeting to be held on 8 March 2023 can be found here.
Posted by: Wayne
Posted on: 6 March 2023
2 March 2023
WI AGM news
Stanhoe WI members relax to healing sounds after a busy AGM.
The March meeting of Stanhoe and Barwick WI was a very busy time. The AGM took place, when members were pleased to re-elect the current hardworking committee, including President Nicola Smith, Secretary Valerie Robson, and treasurer Julia Walton, who all presented detailed reports which were all accepted. It was noted that our activities were numerous, our membership has increased, and we are known as a friendly and welcoming WI.
photo: Rosemary Brown
Sound therapist Sally Collins with her range of healing instruments
But we were also entertained by Sally Collins a Reiki trained practitioner, our speaker, who explained fully about Sound Healing and how it acts on our brains. She brought along and demonstrated the sounds from some impressive pieces of equipment, from a range of Crystal Bowls, which emitted calming individual notes, to an Ocean Drum containing glass beads and their movement created sounds of the sea. There was another drum making more usual sounds, tuning forks, rattles, a gong, and even a Rain Stick made from the stem of a giant cactus.
Sally finished with a ten minute relaxation session using many of her instruments. Many members felt the benefit of the Sound Therapy and were keen to attend a follow up class in the future.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 2 March 2023
28 February 2023
Grab a sausage!
Stanhoe‘s Reading Room bar opens on 3 March.
Friday 3 March sees the opening of the newly refurbished bar in the Village Hall & Reading Room from 6 pm to 9 pm.
If the evening is a success, the MEHM Trustees aim to open the bar on the first Friday of every month.
Red, white and rosé wine, lager, ale and soft drinks will be available. Payment is cash only, and there will be a contribution of £2 per person to cover running costs – including sausages on the bar.
“This is a trial, so please do come and support this new initiative,” say the Trustees. “Its success depends on you!”.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 28 February 2023
28 February 2023
Coronation picnic
Stanhoe plans a Coronation picnic lunch on 7 May.
Plans are underway to hold a celebratory Coronation BBQ Picnic Lunch on Sunday 7 May 2023, from 12 noon onwards at the Village Hall and Playing Field. An organising group has met for the first time to discuss possible activities. If you would like to be involved please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Mike Wilson mikecycle3@gmail.com or Laura Pocock laurajpocock@yahoo.co.uk. The next meeting will be held on Monday 6 March in the Village Hall at 6pm – all welcome.
More information will be available very soon, and in the meantime please save the date!
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 28 February 2023
28 February 2023
Open Gardens
17 June is the date for Stanhoe Open Gardens 2023.
The organisers of Stanhoe’s much loved Open Gardens Day are delighted to announce the date for this year’s event.
Stanhoe Open Gardens – Saturday 17 June 2023
in aid of All Saints’ Church, Stanhoe
Would you consider showing your garden?
It could be a work in progress, a vegetable garden, a formal garden, a wildlife garden, a courtyard garden… any kind of garden, and it need not be perfect in any way!
All you’d need to do is sit in the sun in your garden for the afternoon and answer a few questions from visitors. That’s it!
We want to make the event as diverse and as interesting as possible for our visitors in order to raise much needed funds for the upkeep of the Church.
Please email neil.shearer@icloud.com or laurajpocock@yahoo.co.uk to sign up or for more information.
Green fingers?
The Plant Stall is always a very popular attraction on the day, well known for familiar favourites and unusual plants alike.
If you can grow any plants or can donate some for sale, please email laurajpocock@yahoo.co.uk as soon a possible so she can get an idea of numbers.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 28 February 2023
27 February 2023
March film
Where the Crawdads Sing (15) (Drama/Thriller) is showing in Stanhoe on Monday 27 March at 7.30 pm.
Stanhoe Village Screen ends the spring season with Where the Crawdads Sing (15) (Drama/Thriller) on Monday 27 March at 7.30 pm.
Based on the best-selling novel, this is the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumours of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.
Tickets: £5 (cash only) on the door to include a complimentary drink
Date: Monday 27 March 2023
Time: 7.30 pm, doors open 7.00 pm
Place: Village Hall & Reading Room, Cross Lane, Stanhoe PE31 8PS
More info: Jane and Peter Coates (tel: 01485 518191)
Next film: May; to be announced
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 27 February 2023
26 February 2023
Geli good!
Creative printmaking inspires Stanhoe WI members.
On the morning of 23 February nine members of Stanhoe & Barwick WI attended a workshop in the Reading Room: we all knew that it was painting, but I doubt if any of us really knew what ‘geli painting’ was, or what was involved!
photos: Pamela Austin
Members hard at work on their geli paintings
We were treated to hot drinks and biscuits and then introduced to not only our speaker, Lucy Jacklin, but also the gel squares which were already attached to the table covering, and we were shown some examples of the discipline followed by a brief demonstration - and then it was all hands on deck, and we were in up to our wrists!
The natural world inspired many of the finished results
We began by cutting or tearing up strips of brown paper, choosing a colour of acrylic paint, and spreading the paint on the gel to produce a piece of paper with stripes, to which we rapidly added more colours and stripes, and we were away, varying the paint colours, choosing or making shapes, leaves, flowers, doilies and much more. We each ended up with a pile of between around 10 to 20 assorted and totally unique pictures – and before we knew it, 12.30 had arrived, so we quickly packed up and said goodbye, after a couple of fascinating, enjoyable and sociable hours with fellow members.
Posted by: Charles
Posted on: 26 February 2023