Watch the Royal Wedding round the village!
On Saturday 19th May from 10am until 4pm houses around the village will be selling plants, cakes, bric-a-brac, books and produce of Winwick.
Children’s Treasure Hunt!
Maps and lunches in the Village Hall.
To rent a stall (£10) contact: Sue 01832 293215, Jenny 01832 293478, Jane 01832 293513 or Alison 01832 293209 BEFORE 12th MAY 2018
This year our procession, on Sunday 25th March, welcomes another donkey called William. We meet in the car park of the “Fox & Hounds” at 11am, and process down the road to St Michael’s Church for a short service. Refreshments will be available after the service, and everyone is very welcome.
Our thanks to Chris & Henry Hill for the loan of William.
Monday 12th March 2018
7.00pm – 9-00pm (Sellers set up from 6.00pm)
Hot drinks & cake on sale
Gt. Gidding Village Hall
Main Street
Gt. Gidding
Huntingdon
PE28 5NU
£5 per Table if Booked in Advance (Traders £10 per table)
£1 Entrance for Buyers (Children under 16 Free)
Contact: Lydia on 07962 099922 / lydiajames2010@hotmail.co.uk
Come & grab a bargain or why not book a table and clear put that tack room?
Photo: Catalyst Video Services
If you’d like to see what’s happening regarding the A14 improvements then pop along to the Parish AGM on Tuesday evening 16th May at 6.45pm (time to be confirmed), where the A14 Road Show will be visiting.
Full details from the Parish Clerk at giddingspc1@btinternet.com
José Hopkins (Diocese of Ely Organ Advisor) will give a short talk about the organ builder Denman of York, following which Stephen Barber (Kings Cliffe Parish Church) will give a 50 minute recital demonstrating to advantage the work recently completed on our own organ.
Light refreshments
Free Admission – there will be a retiring collection.
Work is in progress on the Denman organ in St Michael’s Church to achieve what might be termed “the completion” of the instrument. When the organ was built in the late nineteenth century; like today, money was obviously tight for the then congregation (nothing changes!). Accordingly certain things weren’t included, and this work seeks to remedy those omissions.
The work – being carried out by E J Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd – has three elements:
It is with thanks to Lois Jordan for her legacy which has enabled this work on the organ to be carried out.
Time we had another Pagan adventure in the Jubilee wood to celebrate a Wassail. This is an old English custom of celebrating the imminent arrival of spring. As the days start extending in daylight so thoughts turn to how to prepare for spring seeding whether in the cereal fields or the fruit orchards. The Wassail is an expression of looking forward and banishing the winter blues. In the Great Gidding version of a Wassail we mix and match in a modern terminology. We give a nod to the fruit orchards of the south west where Wassailing is still practised in alight hearted way and we also adapt our celebration to include the mixed farming areas of the eastern regions.
Timeline
Light the bonfire of trimmed hedge clipping at 19:30hrs, feel the heat and warm up.
19:45hrs find an unsuspecting apple tree and perform a Gidding Wassail.
20:00hrs assemble by to the bench seat at the entrance to the wood to hear any prose, rhymes, tales written especially for the event. The theme “Enjoying the Jubilee Wood”
It can be serious, light hearted, mischievous, rude, coarse (after all we are being Pagan)
Retire to bonfire for warm up.
The Wassail will conclude at the Fox & Hounds at your convenience. As it is a Thursday you are invited to bring a food item befitting a Wassail to be consumed after light hearted judging at the pub. This will be the weeks “Foodie Thursday” theme that is so popular at the Fox & Hounds. Sweet or savoury, it doesn’t matter and if its not your thing please don’t worry about it.
And……….fancy dress or pagan attire or just a silly hat or a mix of all three.
Great & Little Gidding Parish Council & The British Horse Society invites all riders to attend a talk by Liz Wright, BHS Riding & Road Safety Officer for Cambridgeshire.
SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 3PM AT GREAT GIDDING VILLAGE HALL
Just come along or for more details please contact:
ewright757@btinternet.com or phone 07770 683766
or contact Rachel Giddens rachelgiddens55@gmail.com
A new yoga class is starting in June in the Village Hall, Great Gidding. Details follow or call Janice for more information.
Wednesdays in the Village Hall, Great Gidding, starting on 8th June.
6.30pm until 7.45pm
Suitable for beginners.
Yoga mats are provided.
£7 drop-in, or £24 for four sessions if paid in advance.
Your first class is FREE.
Booking is essential.
Please contact Janice on 01832 293 483, mobile 07845 201179 or by email to jani108p@aol.com
“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it is what you learn on the way down.”
Children’s dragon hunt
Maps and light lunched available in Winwick Village hall.
To rent a stall (£10.00) contact Sue on 01832 293215 before 7th April
Location: Winwick
Description: Houses around the village selling plants, cakes bric-a-brack etc
Start Time: 10:00
Date: Saturday 23rd April 2016
End Time: 16:00
£5 per Table if Booked in Advance (Traders £10)
£1 Entrance for Buyers (Children under 16 Free)
Coffee & Home Made Cakes on Sale
Wednesday 13th April 2016
7.00pm – 9.00pm (Sellers set up from 6.00pm)
Lydia on 07962 099922 or email: lydiajames2010@hotmail.co.uk
Great Gidding Village Hall
Main Street
Gt. Gidding
Huntingdon
PE28 5NU