Come along to the Harvest Festival Service at 11am at St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding on Sunday 15th September
followed by
Lunch at Churchside House
Come and welcome our new Vicar, Revd Canon Fiona Brampton
Everyone very welcome !
There will be two services on Sunday 22nd September 2019 to welcome The Revd Canon Fiona Brampton as Associate Priest & Chaplain to Little Gidding.
The first is at St. Bartholomew, Church Road, Great Stukeley PE28 4AL lead by the Bishop of Huntingdon The Rt. Revd. Dagmar Winter and will include Holy Communion.
The Licensing will take place during 4.00pm Evensong at St Michaels, Main Street, Great Gidding PE28 5NX by The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech, the Venerable Hugh Kyle McCurdy.
All are welcome to both services.
Gidding Gobblers Café will be open this Sunday, September 1st, from 10am until 2pm in Great Gidding Village Hall.
We look forward to welcoming you to meet up with friends, neighbours and visitors and have a chat over coffee, cake and the Sunday papers.
We hope you’ll be able to join us.
Don’t forget to follow (and ‘like’) the Gidding Gobblers Facebook page!
The Games Club, mentioned on the recent Village Clarion, will start on Thursday 19th September. It will be held in the Village Hall, from 2PM – put the date on your calendar. More details to follow soon.
Starting at 2PM on Sunday 11th August. Come along and hunt for “treasure” and use your finds to make a work of art. Or you can add to the big weaving loom – either bring along some grasses or plant material, or find something in the wood. Suitable for all ages!
Gidding Gobblers Café will be open this Sunday June 9th from 10am until 2pm in Great Gidding Village Hall.
Meet up with friends, neighbours and visitors and have a chat over coffee, cake and the Sunday papers! We hope you’ll be able to join us.
Don’t forget to follow (and ‘like’) the Gidding Gobblers Facebook page
We look forward to welcoming you!
Gidding Gobblers Café will be open on the second Sunday in June (on the 9th) from 10am until 2pm in Great Gidding Village Hall, due to the Tour of Cambridgeshire cycle event the weekend before.
It’s a great opportunity for villagers to meet up with friends, neighbours and visitors and have a chat over coffee, cake and Sunday papers and you don’t even have to be able to ride a bike! We hope you’ll be able to join us then.
You can keep up with us on the Gidding Gobblers Facebook page
We look forward to welcoming you!
There will be Yoga classes at the Village Hall on the following dates in May and June 2019:
May
Wednesday 15th
Saturday 18th NO SESSION
Wednesday 22nd
Saturday 25th
Wednesday 29th
June
Saturday 1st NO SESSION
Wednesday 5th NO SESSION
Saturday 8th NO SESSION
Wednesday 12th
Saturday 15th NO SESSION
Wednesday 19th
Saturday 22nd
Wednesday 26th
Saturday 29th
Visitors thronged in from 5.30pm on the dot and a combination of events held during the evening raised funds for Jubilee Wood Projects – a beautiful area for everyone to enjoy.
Alongside the plant sale there were information stalls on bee keeping and local wildlife, a children’s craft stall, a bird quiz and stalls selling garden bric-a-brac and garden metalwork by Ped Baker Metalcraft.
Food and drink
Tasty barbecue wraps were provided by Andrew Underwood and Dick Downer and Michael Trolove stoically manned the ‘Percy Thrower’ bar.
Gardeners’ questions and raffle
The Gardeners’ Question Time was well attended and a whole selection of topics were covered by two very experienced and knowledgeable professional gardeners, George Thorpe and Tony Arnold (often to be heard on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire) helped by our own village expert Margi Comeau. The evening finished with the obligatory raffle with a wonderful selection of garden-themed hampers as prizes, kindly organised by Jan Downer.
Bird quiz winners
The winner of the Under 12’s Bird Quiz was Meredith from Great Gidding. Her prize was a beautifully illustrated RSPB book of wildlife poetry signed and donated by local artist and illustrator Carry Akroyd, along with a soft toy owl.
The winner of the Over 12’s Bird Quiz was Vi McCarthey also from Great Gidding. Her prize was a hand crafted blue tit nest box kindly built and donated by Dick Downer.
A big BIG ‘thank you’
A big thank you to everyone who came and supported the evening and a really BIG thank you to all those behind-the-scenes organisers who helped to make the event run so smoothly and so successfully.
Remaining plants
There are still some plants for sale outside the Village Hall until Tuesday morning (14.5.19) – please pop your money into the Honesty Box.
Gallery
Busy plant sales 
Busy plant sales 
Busy plant sales 
Busy plant sales 
Tim selling his wares and imparting his knowledge 
Information stands on bee keeping and wildlife 
Craft stall 
Bird quiz 
Beautiful garden metalwork by Ped Baker Metalcraft 
Beautiful garden metalwork by Ped Baker Metalcraft 
Garden bric-a-brac 
Top chefs at work 
Tasty!! 
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Gardeners’ Question Time 
Raffle winner 
Mr Hodson ‘picks up’ his raffle prize.
The village gardeners have been busy bringing their plants to the Village Hall ready for the Gidding ‘MORE THAN JUST A PLANT SALE’ tomorrow.
The plant sale starts at 5.30pm and then there’s plenty of activity throughout the evening including Gardeners’ Question Time, stalls with garden bric-a-brac, hot food, a well stocked bar and a fun quiz to test your bird knowledge.
