Category Archives: Villagers

Ironstone Chamber Music Festival this weekend (8th and 9th September) and Festival Mass on Sunday

A reminder that the Ironstone Festival will take place at St Etheldreda’s Church in Horley on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September, followed by a Festival Mass on Sunday 10th September.

This year’s programme for the weekend includes concerts on Friday (evening) and Saturday (lunchtime and evening), a free Children’s Music morning on Saturday and a sung Mass on Sunday. Full details are in the flyers below.

You can book for some or all of the concerts through the website http://www.ironstonechambermusic.com or by calling 01295 738566 (office hours). 

We hope you can join us at one or more of these events to enjoy the amazing music on offer over the weekend.

If you have any queries, please call 01295 738566 (office hours) or email theironstoneconcerts@gmail.com ‘

Progressive dinner – Thank you!

An enormous thank you to everyone who helped to make Horley’s Progressive Dinner such a success.

£1485.50 was raised for the church which is hugely appreciated and the camaraderie and community spirit the evening engenders cannot be underestimated.

Our hosts all surpassed themselves, we know how much planning and hard work it takes and as always, we simply couldn’t have done it without you.

Thank you so much to Dave and Natasha for allowing us to descend ‘en masse‘ and then disappear into the night only to return slightly less coherently later in the night.

We will be deciding on next year’s date quite shortly and will let you know as soon as it’s confirmed. We have already had offers to host next year which is great.

With many, many thanks to everyone for such a wonderful evening from all the Progressive Dinner team.

Progressive dinner on 2nd September – places still available

We now have our full number of hosts for the Progressive Dinner on 2nd September.

This means we a have a couple of spare places for anyone who would like to come as a guest.

Please contact Helen Ellis on helenellis101@gmail.com

Children’s Music Morning, Saturday 9th September 2023

As part of this year’s Ironstone Chamber Music Festival, there will be a free Children’s Music Morning on Saturday 9th September at 10:30 in St Etheldreda’s Church, Horley.

For more information please call 01295 738566 (office hours) or email theironstoneconcerts@gmail.com

Details of all the Festival Concerts are below:

Progressive dinner on 2nd September – another host needed

Due to a fantastic response to our forthcoming Progressive Dinner on 2nd September we are looking for another host.

Even if you haven’t hosted before we will happily guide you through the process and it really doesn’t need to be ‘Cordon Bleu’ cooking.

Please contact Helen Ellis on helenellis101@gmail.com

Ironstone Chamber Music Festival 8th and 9th September 2023

‘We are delighted to announce that the Ironstone Festival will take place at St Etheldreda’s Church in Horley as usual, on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September.

This year’s programme for the weekend is below, and you can book for some or all of the concerts through the website http://www.ironstonechambermusic.com.  If you prefer to do it in the old fashioned way please ring Abi on the below number.

We are particularly excited that the organ will be in play this year during the lunchtime concerts and that there will be a free session for younger children on Saturday morning.

We hope you can join us to enjoy the amazing music on offer over the weekend.

If you have any queries, please do call 01295 738566 (office hours) or email theironstoneconcerts@gmail.com ‘

Charles Cozens

Help to reduce re-offending via your wardrobe…

See below for a request from Jenny Smith:

‘In a post Covid working from home world, the days of having to iron the shirt and polish your shoes has been sharply reduced, no doubt leaving many nearly new work clothes languishing in the wardrobe.

If anyone is looking to have a clear out ( this is a men only campaign I’m afraid!) Feltham Young Offenders Institution is desperately short of clothing to help young men who are looking to go on placements, job interviews or even work on day release. They would also really appreciate sports apparel, (trainers, football boots and sports kit) as these enable the young men to participate in physical activities.

Whilst these young people are of course in prison for a reason, many of them come from backgrounds that are very far removed from what most of us are lucky enough to grow up with. Without any chance of rehabilitation or hope of a different future, the cycle of reoffending and cost to the taxpayer and society continues.

I am visiting Feltham again on the 17th June  so if you have anything that you think might be useful, please let me know and I will take with me. I can come and collect, or feel free to leave a bag by the door. They are looking for smart and smart casual clothes and shoes for young men aged between 15-21 and I know would be hugely appreciative of any donations.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on jlswrox@outlook.com

Thanks‘

Jenny Smith

Chapel Cottage, Wroxton Lane

Caroline’s plant stall is back!

Caroline will be setting up a small plant table this week outside her house in Lane Close. Donations of plants welcome. All funds raised are in aid of St Etheldreda’s.

Horley Annual Parish Meeting on Thurs 11th May 2023 at 7.30pm

The annual Horley Parish Meeting will take place at The Old Schoolrooms at 7.30 pm on Thursday 11th May 2023.  This is an open meeting organised by the Parish Council at which any parishioner is welcome to address the meeting or ask questions.

 Could parishioners please confirm their intention to attend the meeting to the Horley Parish Clerk David M.Beck,  along with any subject(s)/questions they wish to raise at horleypc@gmail.com   0785 2998172 

AGENDA

  1. Introduction of Parish Councillors
  2. Hanwell Parish Council Representatives – 15 minute presentation of views on the Vistry Homes planning application on Warwick Rd 
  3. Michael Hardinge Trust Annual Report
    • John Tite to report 
  4. Cricket Club
    • David Beck to report
  5. Parochial Church Council
    • Representative to report
  6. Ladies Guild
    • Representative to report
  7. Red Lion Public House
    • Dave Morris to report
  8. Parish Council
    • Chairman of the Parish Council to report
  9. Any other business
    • Any questions or issues raised by members of the public

Horley Parish Council AGM on Thurs 11th May at 7.00pm

The Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in the Old Schoolrooms at 7.30 pm on Thursday 11th May 2023.
David M. Beck Clerk to Horley Parish Council

Agenda items:

  1. Apologies
  2. Declaration of Interests
  3. Nomination and election of the Chairman for the year
  4. Nomination and election of the Vice-Chairman for the year
  5. Allocation of responsibilities (2022 year’s allocations shown)
    • Finance and general purposes (Cllr Raper)
    • Highways and footpaths (Cllrs Curd and Hamer)
    • Proposed Wroxton Lane Car Park Project   Cllrs Attfield and Wythe
    • Planning (Cllr Barnwell)
    • Cricket club liaison (Cllr Attfield)
    • School liaison (Cllr Raper)
    • Michael Hardinge Trust liaison (Cllr Tite)
    • Quarrying, Ironstone and scout camp liaison (Cllr Barnwell)
    • Communications and notice board (Cllrs Barnwell and Curd)
    • Parochial Church Council and Ladies Guild liaison (Cllr Wythe)
    • Any other roles?
  6.   Dates for Future meetings
    • 27th July 2023
    • 19th October 2023
    • 18th January 2024
  7. Annual Audit
    • The Council’s Internal Auditor is auditing the Council’s accounts for the year 2022/23, and if his report is available at the meeting it can be accepted/approved. 
  8. Vistry Homes Planning Application Warwick Road – Horley Parish Council response
  9. Date of next meeting
    • To be agreed at item 6 above
  10. Any other urgent business
    Wroxton Lane Car Park update

See: https://thehorleyviews.com/parish-council/meeting-minutes/

horleypc@gmail.com or 0785 2998172