Be sure to visit Winwick’s Christmas Fair on December 8th.
Great Gidding Commemoration – All are welcome to help us remember, 100 years on, those who died and to celebrate when the guns fell silent at the end of World War 1.
On Sunday 11th November Starting at 6.00pm at Great Gidding Village Hall
To honour those who fought and lost their lives and to mark the day 100 years ago when the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War.
Lighting of our beacon 6.00pm
With poems, readings and songs from WW1 we remember those from the Parish who lost their lives at that terrible time.
‘Battles Over’ Celebration (approx) 6.45pm
There will be a bar serving wine, beer and soft drinks (at almost WW1 prices) and free hotdogs (including vegetarian option).
Annual Maintenance Blitz
The usual maintenance tasks, hedge trimming, lopping and strimming in the Jubilee Wood. We do this to keep the open areas free of incursion and creep. 9.30am with the tools you favour plus stout gloves and eye protection. Refreshments!
Time
Saturday 1st December 2018 from 9.30am
Great & Little Gidding Parish Council
Battle’s Over
A Village Event to mark the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War 1
on Sunday 11 November 2018
We would like to propose an event be held to mark the 100th anniversary of World War 1.
This would tie in with the nationwide commemoration, where beacons will be lit at 7PM on Sunday 11th November (see https://www.local.gov.uk/battles
over-nations-tribute-11-november-2018).
As there are currently only 4 Parish Councillors, we do need your help and support to organize and facilitate this commemorative event. We plan to use the
Great Gidding Village Hall and have been able to provide some funding to support this community event.
If you would like to “enlist” and offer help with food/drink/entertainment/activities/decorating the venue, please e-mail ggparishcouncil@outlook.com
or phone 01832 293068 and leave a message with your name and any details of how you would like to be involved.
Alternatively, if you prefer, please put a note detailing how you would like to be involved/ideas you have to offer and post in the letterbox at the Village Hall.
PLEASE respond before Tuesday 9th October, to enable discussion at the Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 16th October and to decide if the event is to go ahead.
On Saturday the 29th September we will have a community apple crushing, pulping, squeezing, pressing event using the community pulper and press. Collect your apples and rinse your receptacles. Whether its just juice or cider, the container you use does need sterilising. If you are a serial wine or beer maker then you will know the drill.
Quantity of apples, how long is a piece of string. You need lots, a washing basket full or two good bucket fulls to get any quantity. If we get a good crowd, 10 or so then quartering apples, pulping then bagging them up for the press becomes an easy flowing task.
Location – in one of the sheds at Manor Site Farm – it then becomes a weather resistant event.
Refreshments provided but happy to receive extras.
Time – 9am so that’ll be 10am Gidding central time.
The church is dedicated to St Michael and the church commemorates this saint on September 29th each year – to give it its proper title, it’s the Feast of St Michael and All Angels.
Why our church was not given the adjunct of “and All Angels” is lost in the mysteries of time!!
Choral Evensong
This year, to celebrate this,(or to give it its official title, the church’s Patronal Festival), we will be holding a service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 29th September starting at 4pm. We are delighted that the St Peter’s Singers will be making their first visit to St Michael’s to lead our worship. They will sing music is by Walton, Moore, Bairstow and Thalben-Ball. We also welcome back to Great Gidding, the Reverend Laura Jørgensen (aka Laura Burgess before her marriage) as our preacher.
Organ recital
After the service, starting at 5.30 pm, there will be a 45 minute organ recital given by Eleanor Carter, Senior Organ Scholar, Clare College, Cambridge. She will be playing music by J.S. Bach. This is the first time the organ has been put through its paces, since the additional work carried out last year, in memory of Lois Jordan.
Following the recital, there will be refreshments (in true Gidding style that includes a glass of wine) to celebrate what can be called Great Gidding Church’s birthday.
Please do come along and share in the celebrations.
Carry Akroyd and Gordon Monk are opening their studios on Saturday and Sunday 8th & 9th of September from 11am until 5pm.
Carry is a painter and printmaker and will be showing handmade prints, drawings, cards and books and Gordon is showing his free-form chairs, benches and sculptures.
Garden Teas, coffee and cakes too!
4, Luddington in the Brook PE85QU
Gidding Gobblers Café is open this coming Sunday 2nd September from 10am until 2pm in the Village Hall, Great Gidding.
We look forward to welcoming you for coffee, teas, homemade cakes and a relaxing break.
Don’t forget it’s show time this coming Saturday 1st September.
Exhibits in by 12.00 please. The show is open to the public at 3.00p.m.
Great food and activities for all the family including face painting, bouncy castle, BBQ, teas and cakes and bar.
Come along and join in the fun at Gidding Village Hall, Main St.
All welcome and don’t forget your village quiz!
A traditional LOW IMPACT exercise to music class.
Great Gidding Village Hall
Thursdays at 10.00am
Ideal for beginners and those who remember how classes used to be.
£5.00 per class.
Free refreshments after.
Contact Steph on 07720 583340