Etchingham

MUSIC EVENT IN CHURCH: Etchingham Music Festival are sponsoring an Evening of Folk Rock Music featuring the Logan Wilson Band and David Burns on Mandola. In Etchingham Church on Friday October 24, 7.30pm, the bar opens at 7pm. The event is held in aid of the new village hall, tickets are £10, available in the shop or on the door.

ETCHINGHAM SHOP & DELI: A reminder that as from last Monday the opening hours of the Etchingham Shop and Deli have changed. The opening hours are now Monday to Wednesday 8am to 6pm, Thursday and Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 8.30am to 6pm and Sunday 9am to 2pm.

PARISH MAGAZINE: The October/November issue of the Parish Magazine is now available in the village shops and the Church. The next issue will be the Christmas edition so there will be a lot of Christmas and New Year items to be included, so get your information in as early as possible, before November 16. 01580 819434 [email protected]

CHURCH SERVICES: Sunday Services are at 10.30am until November 16 when they change to 11am for the winter months. October 12, Rev. Jean Manning; October 19, Rev. Peter Clark; October 26, Rev. Jean manning; November 2, Rev. Dick Dengate; November 9, Remembrance Day Service with Rev. Iain Morrison 10.50am. A reminder the Church is open daily 11am t0 4pm.

VINTAGE FAIR: King John’s Nursery and Garden, Sheepstreet Lane tomorrow (Saturday October 11), 11am to 5pm. Lots of stalls, free entry to the fair, visit the garden and tea room for lunch. For information 01580 819220 [email protected]

CHRISTMAS EVENTS: If you are planning Christmas events and fund raisers, get the details to me as soon as possible to get early advertising of your events here.

MOBILE LIBRARY: The next visit of the Mobile Library will be October 23rd 3.40pm to 4.20pm. Since the closure of the village hall the library van parks on the forecourt of Bracon Place on the east side of the level crossing.

MEET YOUR PCSO: Our PCSO is Iain Tomsett, he has regular ‘Meet in Person’ sessions for residents to meet up with him if they have matters to discuss, or just join him for a coffee and a chat. Iain holds the sessions, which last about half an hour, at the Bistro, the next one is on Tuesday (October 14) 9.30am. The dates for the rest of the year are October 28, 3pm; November 3, 11am; November 18, 9.30am; December 8, 9.30am and December 24, 9.30am.

If you need to contact Iain email; [email protected] Mobile; 07810813409, or call 101 and ask to be put in touch with PCSO Tomsett.

DIARY DATES: Monday October 23, ETSR AGM in Etchingham Club; Friday October 24, Logan Wilson Band Etchingham Church; Saturday October 25, Halloween Party; Saturday November 8, Fireworks; Saturday December 13, Christmas Concert in the Church. Venues for the Halloween Party and Fireworks are still to be confirmed and will be announced when known.

INFORMATION: If you have given me details of your event to put in this column, please remember to send me some details after the event so I can let your supporters know how successful the event was, how much you raised, interesting facts etc. Your supporters will be interested to know how you did. Get information for this column to me as soon as possible, if you have a diary of events planned for the year let me have the dates and I will put in a list of village events for the year so that people can put the dates in their diaries. There are several ways to get your info to me, but email is preferred because there is less chance of errors during copying. I need information by 10pm on Monday to be sure it will be in time for inclusion, I can sometimes add extra items on Tuesday morning, but this cannot be guaranteed. Just a little reminder, I get plenty of information about events that are taking place, but I get very little follow up information, after your event try and remember to send me brief account of how successful your event was, it can be as simple as a thank you to those that attended and how much money was raised etc. You can deliver to 2 Park Farm Close, telephone 01580 819532 or 07941 786244 or email [email protected] .

Colin Boylett

2 Park Farm Close