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On Village Life: The Burns Supper
Our very own Country housewife. Mother. Writer. Wearer of frocks with wellies. Love Dancing, Frivolity and Good Books. and blogging about her experience in Horley ………………
It’s Saturday night, and the village Burns night, and I’m in the Red Lion, where I’ve popped in for one, but appear to have stayed. I’m with lovely new friends and my neighbour, R, and we’re at the table by the fire, glugging white wine and saying we really must go up the hill.
‘I’ve had no lunch,’ I say, draining my second glass. The new friends laugh when I say I can’t hold my drink. ‘Really,’ I say. ‘I’m a liability. And we really are going to be dreadfully late.’
J drains his pint and we’re off, roaring up the hill in the type of car that comes with a free Labrador. We park outside St Ethelreda’s, and for a moment J looks appalled. ‘Christ,’ he says. ‘Don’t tell me we’re eating in the church?’
We laugh, pulling him onwards, and I fall over the gate to the Old…
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The Bells The Bells… the 1st Ever Full Peal
Horley’s Fred
Hear the first full peal to ever be rung in Horley on Saturday 7th February from about 9.30am onwards, come along and see how its done as well if you like. Read more all about Horley’s Bell Ringers
See Horley’s “Fred” the envy of neighbouring ringers!
January – See What’s Up ……….
You may have noticed the daylight hours are increasing, snow drops are glistening and next week is the last one in January… yay spring is in sight! What you may not have noticed is more pages, posts, and things on the “right side” that have been added to thehorleyviews website, so here is a summary of what is new:
TWO NEW *PAGES* :
Village Calendar showing all the events that you have notified us of. If you would like to include more just email us at horleyviews@outlook.com. See this weeks two remaining events: Parish Council Meeting – 22nd January and the Burns Supper – 24th January
Horley Village with links to a history of Horley as show in this British history report and a wiki entry for Horley. Also a link to the map of the Horley Circular Walk with information about the village as well as the fields that connect us to Horton. We will be adding a village map and house index, and more photo “views” of Horley. Again if you would like see or share anything you can add comments below or email horleyviews@outlook.com
ONE NEW *Form* under about:
Simply add your comments via Contact Us
ONE NEW *Post* on the Parish Council Notice Board
- See if you are eligible for free loft and cavity insulation?
- Also see Broadband in Oxfordshire, the Electoral Review of Cherwell and the Winter Awareness campaign.
NEW ON THE “RIGHT SIDE ” under :
Recent Comments showing our 1st comment on the sighting of men in yellow coat with fibre cable on Wroxton Lane just as we posted the notice about faster broadband coming to Horley.
Views – we added some more photographic “views” of Horley to the galley, if you would like to share any of yours new or old please email them to horleyviews@outlook.com
*Other Links*:
- Thames Valley Alert : Thames Valley Police Community messaging service
- ORCC Bulk Oil Buying Scheme : Bulk Oil Buying Scheme from Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
Regards Di and Debra
Burns Supper – 24th January
Why not treat yourself to a….Burns Supper!?
7.30pm Saturday 24th January at The Old School
Tickets £15 from 730039
Singing – quiz & entertainment
Bring your own tipple – wear something tartan (anything!)
Children’s Saturday Cinema – Tomorrow 17th!
Hot in from the frozen north is the Snow Queen (U)
Showing for children of Horley at The Old School
be there at 9:45 for a 10:00 curtains up
Parish Council Meeting – 22nd January
The next meeting of the Horley Parish Council is open to the public and will be held in the Old School at 7.30 pm on Thursday 22nd January.
- Apologies
- Declaration of Interests
- Minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2014 (attached)
- Matters arising
- Finance
- 2014/15 Budget monitoring
- 2015/16 Precept
- Planning report
- Kerbing works in Wroxton Lane
- Village website
- Reports from other organisations
- Date of next meeting – 16 April 2015
- Any other urgent business
See the full agenda and reports here or contact David on 07872 930030.
David Marriott– Clerk to Horley Parish council
On Walking: Thursday 8th Jan
Next time its miserable outside and in, get inspired by Carlie and push through….” I take off my hat, tip back my head, grateful to the sun, the fields. Conscious of my luck.”
View from Spring Field
I don’t want to walk today. It’s cold; windy and raining, and I want to stay at home, use my sour mood to skip out the gritty-bottomed saucepan cupboard. But Pants keeps laying his silly face along my back as I scrub, and every time I straighten, Dora runs to the leads, claws skittering on the floor. I clatter pans and slosh bleach to express my irritation, but they win, like they always do.
The rain drizzles away and we go down the Banbury Road to the Spring Field, because we haven’t been there yet this year, and because there’s a scrap of blue sky in that direction. There are a double set of gates into the first field, and usually I like the satisfaction of foiling their idiosyncrasies to open them. Not today: today I haul myself straight over the top of both, perch like a grumpy crow, before splotting down…
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Happy New Year – See What’s New …..
THREE NEW *PAGES* under Horley Groups:
Michael Hardinge Trust , do you know about all the educational grants that are available to children living in Horley and that there is a new one that you can apply for at age 18 to 25?
Horley Bell Ringers, learn about the multiple sequencing of the six bells in our church and what is coming up on the morning of Saturday 7th February.
Ladies Guild and the upcoming meet up on Monday 19th January 2015 at 19:45 in the School House.
ONE NEW *PAGE* under the Parish Council:
Notice Board where you will find the latest on our local area such as Broadband in Oxfordshire, the Electoral Review of Cherwell and the Winter Awareness campaign.
TWO NEW LINKS – under *Other Links*:
Ironstone Churches Services check for the latest information
Cherwell Bin Collection check for blue, brown or green
TheHorleyViews.com 