A new July event for Great Gidding
A new event for The Giddings! Following the weekend of the Eliot Festival at Little Gidding there will be a series of cultural and fun events held in and around the village. From Monday 8th July through to Sunday 14th July there will be poetry, arts, crafts, lunches, cultural visits and a couple of fun events to cater for all tastes.
Events list
Saturday 6th July and Sunday 7th July
T S Eliot Festival at Little Gidding
Monday 8th July
A guided walk around
Great Gidding, looking at a number of historical sites, starting at Chapel End and then along Main Street. Start time
5pm Mill Farm, Chapel End
Tuesday 9th July
Poetry Please, your choice of poem. Tell Paul Burgess 293354 by Friday 5th July.
Start time
11am at 85 Main Street.
Fox & Hounds Lunch, start time 12.30pm.
Booking and menu choice phone 293657 before 1st July.
Menu 1, Ham , salad and hot new potatoes £6.00.
Menu 2, Scampi, chips & peas £7.00
Wednesday 10th July
Wif Waf evening – fun and games in the
Village Hall.
Start time
3.15 through till 10pm, includes an adult bouncy castle.
Thursday 11th July
Visit the Lincoln Road Temple, PE1 3BU
from 9.30am
Curry Club lunch at Spiceland 12.30pm . Booking meal phone 293354 or 293591
In the evening there will be a talk about the Civil War and it’s effects on the local area.
Start time 7.30pm, Village Hall.
Friday 12th July
A visit to the recently refurbished
Peterborough Museum from
10am and then in the evening “Eliot for Dummies” – a not too serious chat about T S Eliot and his work, meeting at 85 Main Street from
7.30pm
Saturday 13th July
Arts, crafts, photographs and sculpture by residents of Gidding and the surrounding villages to be held in
St Michael’s Church between
2pm _ 5pm followed by an evening concert. Music by Bach & Handel featuring Fergus Black (organ) and Leslie Crowson (tenor) Tickets £4 pay at door.
Start
7.30pm.
Sunday 14th July
“Desert Island Hymns” 11.30am – choose your favourite hymn to be sung during the service this, followed by a Garden Party Lunch
12.30pm. Food provided but bring your own drinks.
Choice of Hymn to Lois Jordan 293178 or johndeval@hotmail.com
Further updates and announcements will appear here on the run up to the event
If you would like to help with any of the events or submit an item for the display in the church please let one of the organisers know.
Paul Burgess, Mary Read, Roland Bostock, Julie Morrison and Julie Trolove
Alternatively use the contact form below.
