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Village Notices for 13 September 2022

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In Today’s Notices:

  • Saturday 17 September – Terry Douris’ Councillor Surgery, Bridgewater Arms, 10am – 10:30am
  • Wednesday 21 September – Rural Heritage Society AGM, 7.30pm in the Village Hall
  • Thursday 29 September – Gaddesden Society Talk, Village Hall 8.15pm
  • Saturday 1 October – Village Produce Market, Village Hall – 9.30 to 12.30
  • Saturday 1 October – VPA Harvest Supper and Quiz, Village Hall – Doors Open 6pm, Quiz commences 6.30pm
  • Saturday 8 October – Barn Dance – Village Hall, 5pm –10pm
  • Thursday 13, Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October, Little Gaddesden Drama Club: Waiting for God – Village Hall, 8pm
  • Future village hall bookings
  • Little Gaddesden Bring & Borrow Library
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Village Notices for 27 May 2022

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Little Gaddesden Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Mugs

On Sale Now

Photo of Little Gaddesden Platinum Jubilee Mug

Here they are! – large bone china mugs, with gold rim, especially for the jubilee. Picture shows both sides of the mug. Price: £12 per mug.

Available at the Village Shop or through Sarah Gall (sarahgaddesden@aol.com) and – stocks permitting – on sale at the Jubilee Party on Saturday 4 June and the Platinum Jubilee Fun Day and Summer Fair on Sunday 5 June 2022. Over one third of the stock already sold!

Reminder of Village Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

See Village Notices for 24 May 2022 for More Details on Each Event

  • Sunday 29th May 9:30am in the Parish Church
    • Special Eucharist service celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
  • Saturday 4th June 10:30am-6:00pm in the Village Hall
  • Saturday 4th June 2:00pm-5:00pm in the Church
    • Historical Display, Tower Tours, Flower Display and Refreshments
  • Saturday 4th June 6:00pm-11:00pm on the Sports Field
    • Jubilee Party
  • Sunday 5th June 9:00am at the Church
    • The church bells will ring for the Platinum Jubilee
  • Sunday 5th June 10:30am-6:00pm in the Village Hall
  • Sunday 5th June 1:45pm at the Church
    • Kids’ Royal Crown Parade (meet up at 1:30pm)
  • Sunday 5th June 2:00pm-5:00pm on the Sports Field
    • Fun Day & Summer Fair
    • Including The Soapbox Derby (2:45pm-4:30pm)
  • Monday 6th June 11:00am-6:00pm in the Village Hall

Last Call! Sunday 29th May, 3:00pm – Little Gaddesden Drama Club Auditions in the Village Hall

‘Waiting for God’ – a Comedy by Michael Aitkens

Little Gaddesden Drama Club is delighted to announce that it is restarting productions after the pandemic. Our next production will be Michael Aitkens’ crackling comedy Waiting for God, to be staged in October this year.  Definitely not to be confused with Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, it is a sharply funny play.

Auditions are on Sunday 29 May at 3:00pm in Little Gaddesden Village Hall – note change of date from that given in The Gaddesden Diary. Existing and new members welcome. If you would like to be considered for a part, it would be helpful if you could please email the Director, Patrick Isherwood, in advance at waitingforgod@lgdramaclub.com.

Website News

Move to New Web Host Completed

Last weekend we completed the move of The Gaddesden Society‘s website to a different web hosting company. Our new host, which is already home to several Little Gaddesden websites, is a distinct improvement on the old one. Partly this is because the server on which the website is now hosted is located in Europe’s largest data centre, which is between Newport and Cardiff in South Wales – a lot closer to home than the previous one in North America.

In any event, we hope you will find that our pages load up more quickly and that moving around the site is a zippier experience than it used to be. Behind the scenes here at GadSoc Digital Towers we’re enjoying the easier editing and maintenance, and the enhanced email capabilities. And on the subject of email, we are now able to offer multiple email addresses on the @littlegaddesden.org.uk domain to clubs and societies that don’t have their own email facilities. So a club might like to have separate @littlegaddesden.org.uk addresses for its officers, much as we do at The Gaddesden Society (see our More About the Society page). Feel free to enquire.

This move completes the recent major overhaul of our website and digital infrastructure. If you have any questions about the changes, or want to know more about email addresses, please contact Andrew Sheard at wp-admin@littlegaddesden.org.uk.

Got Something to be Included in Village Notices?

To request that something gets included in the Village Notices, please email Mandy Haynes at village.notices@littlegaddesden.org.uk.

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Village Notices for 12 May 2022 – Updated*

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*See updated entry for Village Platinum Jubilee Celebrations below.

Sunday 15th May, 6 pm – Little Gaddesden Music Club at Little Gaddesden Church

Harriet Burns and Siân Dicker (sopranos) and Krystal Tunnicliffe (piano)

Their programme for us will include:

  • Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffman),
  • Letter Duet (Sull’aria) (The Marriage of Figaro),
  • Adelaide’s Wedding: Jonathan Dove (The Enchanted Pig),
  • The Tale of the Oyster: Cole Porter,
  • La Bonne Cuisine: Bernstein,
  • Folk songs – arranged by Britten.

Full programme and contact details are at littlegaddesden.org.uk/music-club; tickets £15 in advance.

Little Gaddesden Church – Christian Aid Week 15th-21st May – Help turn hunger into hope

Please join us in supporting Christian Aid’s work this May (www.christianaid.org.uk). 

Christian Aid Strawberry Cream Tea Poster 2022

We are raising funds for Christian Aid Week through an online e-envelope and collections in the Church on 15th and 22nd May. There will also be a Strawberry Cream Tea for Christian Aid on Saturday 28th May from 3pm-5pm in the Thomas Field Hall at the Church. 

Last year Little Gaddesden’s e-envelope (which replaces house to house collections) raised over £1,400. If you would like to make an online donation in support of this year’s appeal, please go to: https://envelope.christianaid.org.uk/envelope/littlegaddesdenchurch.

Thank you.

Friday 20th May, 9:30-11:30am – Coffee Morning in the Thomas Field Hall, Little Gaddesden Church

In Aid of the Charity ‘Aching Arms’

Please do come along and help us raise money for this wonderful charity.

Little Gaddesden Folk, Roots & Blues Club – Wednesday 25th May, Granny’s Attic playing at the Village Hall – Doors 7pm

Granny’s Attic playing at the Village Hall. Doors open 7pm. Tickets £14 raising money for Friends of Little Gaddesden School. Click on the following link to get your ticket to a fun evening.

https://www.wegottickets.com/lgfolkclub

Enquiries please phone Benjamin Dawson on 07786 811735

Little Gaddesden Art Club & Jubilee Weekend

Draw or Paint a Picture of Our Queen!

Little Gaddesden Art Club are inviting all children in the village to draw or paint a picture of our Queen on A4 paper (no larger please). How do you see her: with a crown, without a crown, in a beautiful hat, riding her horse or with the family?

These will be displayed at the Art Club Summer Exhibition over the Jubilee weekend in the Village Hall.

A project for the Easter holidays, perhaps?

Please deliver these to Virginia Westmacott at 2 Hudnall Common NO LATER than FRIDAY 13th May.

Sunday 29th May, 3:00pm – Little Gaddesden Drama Club Auditions in the Village Hall

‘Waiting for God’ – a Comedy by Michael Aitkens

Little Gaddesden Drama Club is delighted to announce that it is restarting productions after the pandemic. Our next production will be Michael Aitkens’ crackling comedy Waiting for God, to be staged in October this year.  Definitely not to be confused with Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, it is a sharply funny play.

Auditions are on Sunday 29 May at 3:00pm in Little Gaddesden Village Hall – note change of date from that given in The Gaddesden Diary. Existing and new members welcome. If you would like to be considered for a part, it would be helpful if you could please email the Director, Patrick Isherwood, in advance at waitingforgod@lgdramaclub.com.

Saturday 4th June to Monday 6th June – Art Exhibition in Village Hall

Exhibition and sale by members of Little Gaddesden Art Club

  • Sat. 4th June – 10.30am to 6pm
  • Sunday 5th June – 10.30am to 6pm
  • Monday 6th June – 11am to 6pm

Please note there will be no Village Produce Market on Saturday 4th June.

Saturday 4th June – Village Platinum Jubilee Celebrations (Updated)

Please email Sarah Gall at sarahgaddesden@aol.com with any queries or suggestions.

Jubilee Flyer Poster

Website News

Move to New Webhost Imminent

If you’ve noticed any outage periods when our website has been unavailable over the last week or so, they haven’t been because of our planned move away from our current webhost. Rather, they’re part of the reason we’re moving! In the first ten days of May we endured seven outages, which we consider unacceptable.

The first stage of the move is due to take place over the next few days, which we hope will be without noticeable (further) interruption. But our apologies in advance if that’s not the case. And if an email bounces back from any of our new @littlegaddesden.org.uk email addresses, please try again a little later. In case of continuing difficulty, as a temporary measure please forward your email to gadsoc.temp@andrew-sheard.com and we’ll help deliver it to the intended recipient.

Got Something to be Included in Village Notices?

To request that something gets included in the Village Notices, please email Mandy Haynes at village.notices@littlegaddesden.org.uk.