K i n g s w o o d    G r a p e v i n e

Issue No. 133                                                                                                                  MARCH 2009     

Editors: Diane White (843783) & Gill Hemming (842734)

 

D a t e s   F o r   Y o u r   D i a r y

 

Tues       3rd       Mar                   Village Association A.G.M                      Village Hall                                            8.00pm

Thurs      5th          “                    Historical Society                                   Village Hall                                            7.30pm

Sat         7th          “                    Gadabout                                              Village Hall

Mon        9th          “                    Mobile Police Station                             Chipping                                 11.00am-12.30pm

Mon        9th          “                    Bridgers Project A.G.M                          St Mary’s Room                                     7.30pm

Tues     10th          “                    W.I. Talk                                               Village Hall                                            7.30pm

APRIL ISSUE  DEADLINE:                     FRIDAY  MARCH  20th

Sat       21st       Mar                   K.S.A Quiz                                            Primary School                          7.30pm for 8pm

Sun      22nd          “                    Mobile Police Station                             Chipping                                    3.00pm-4.30pm

Wed     25th          “                    R.N.L.I Annual General Meeting              Star, Wotton                                          8.00pm

 
Books for St. Mary’s Bookstall

Donations of unwanted books are again welcome to stock the bookstall at St. Mary’s Church Fête on 6th June. If you have any quantity of books you no longer require, that are in good, clean, re-saleable condition, please ring 845204 to arrange delivery/collection. They are needed by 30th May at the latest to allow them to be sorted and boxed. No ‘Reader’s Digest Condensed Books’, please.

Offers of muscle-power on 5th and 6th June would also be appreciated.

 

KINGSWOOD SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

QUIZ NIGHT

The date for the next Quiz Night is Saturday 21st March, at the school. Doors open at 7.30 Quiz starts at 8.00. There will be the usual assortment of Beverages and snacks for sale!

Last year Damian and Andy took us for a brilliant flight around the world. What will be the theme this year? Come and have a BIG time for a small cost.

Tickets, for teams of 4, are £10. Places can be booked with Damian Pacini or Andy Symanowski.

There are a limited number of places available – so first come basis.

New feature for this event –each team (of 4) should bring a pudding (to be consumed on the night). I understand that there is some ‘competitive’ pudding-making going on. A quiz and a pudding fest, what more could you want?

 

Gardening

Do you need some help in your garden? Caroline is one local girl gardener. She is capable and enthusiastic, happy to mow and hoe, strim and trim, prune and plant, weed and water. Call Caroline on 07885621729 – Green Maiden, Girl Gardening.

 
Wotton-under-Edge Branch R.N.L.I

The AGM will be held on March 25th at The Star, Wotton-under-Edge, at 8pm. All very welcome to come along and find out what we do to help this very worthwhile charity. You never know when you might their help!

 

KINGSWOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

We invite you all to our services in March and hope that you can make it along to one of our services where a warm welcome awaits you.  With Mothering Sunday on 22nd March why not come along to our Family Service and enjoy a cup of tea and a chat after the service.

Speakers for March:

March   1st      am.     Adrian Wyatt                                pm. Steve Loader

            8th       am.    Liz Cummings                                          pm. Adrian Wyatt

           15th      am.    Tony Curtis                                               pm. Mervyn Coates

           22nd     am.    Family Service                                          pm. David Cooling

           29th      am.    Eric Fry     Family Service                          pm. Mike Levy                                                    

 

Lent Groups can be found on Notice Board in porch.

Members Meeting will be held on 11th March, 7.30pm.

 

We continue with our Bible Study and Prayer Meeting on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. Bright Hour meetings every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 2.30pm. We also have a prayer meeting at 8.00pm on Friday evenings.

Please come along and join us.

"Dear Friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.   1 John 4:7. 

 

KINGSWOOD ABBEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Our meeting on February 10th was an interesting and informative talk by Andrew Harper on Bellringing.

On March 10th there is a talk on “Thinking about Residential Care for Elderly Relatives” by Tricia Todd.

All welcome, 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

 

Friends of St Mary's

Lent lunches will be held each Thursday during March, 12.00 - 2.00 in St Mary's Room.

 
Kingswood Parish Council

The Parish Council is pleased to announce that the future of our Red BT Telephone Box is secure following the successful adoption by the Parish council as a working telephone.

You are therefore encouraged not only to use it but also to keep an eye on its well being.

Anybody spotting misuse or vandalism should report the fact as soon as possible.

 

Keep an eye open for the closure of the Charfield to Wotton Road.

Full closure is likely between March 16th and April 3rd.

 
Campaign to Save Wotton Sorting Office

 

Details of the proposed closure and activity so far can be found on the SOSO website. www.savethesortingoffice.com

You will also find there is a link to a petition on the 10 Downing Street petitions site.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/wotton-sort-off/

 

 

 

 

The Village Diary can be viewed on the Grapevine website. For an entry please email Grapevine or telephone Gill on 842734.