Horley lad plays at NEC

BG 23.10.14 Will HomewoodWell done Will !

Just in case you missed it Will Homewood was in this week’s Banbury Guardian for playing at the NEC. Will was in the regional heats for Open Mic UK and went through to perform in London. 

Coffee and Cake Success

breast cancer awarenessCOFFEE MORNING FOR BREAST CANCER CARE

 – yet another successful Horley fund raiser

Thank you to everyone who baked, helped and came along last Saturday 11th October . There was a raffle and cake stall, as well as the advertised coffee and cake enjoyed by all.

Thanks for everyone’s support, we raised £371 for Breast Cancer Care.

 

 

Horley Cinema Club – Friday 17th October

HCCThis month’s film is The Butler (cert 15).

At The Old School next Friday 17th October

Door open at 7.30, lights down at 8.

Tickets cost £5 on the door.

Reminder –  to guarantee a seat you can book in advance,  either – call or text 07 531 534 696 or email cinema@horleyvillage.co.uk

Successful Harvest Auction

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The harvest auction took place last Friday in the Red Lion Pub, Horley. red lionOver £600 was raised which will go to support the work of Save The Children in The Middle East.

Thanks very much to Dave and Natasha for hosting the event and if you donated any produce/bakes or came along and supported the event.

 

 

Harvest Celebrations this weekend

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HARVEST CELEBRATION AUCTION , 7pm onwards, at the Red Lion – Friday October 3rd. All donations of fruit, produce, cakes, preserves etc. will be auctioned to raise money for the work of Save the Children in the Middle East.

HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE , 11am at St.Etheldreda Church – Sunday October 5th – A traditional Harvest Festival service with the bells rung afterwards.

In Britain, thanks have been given since pagan times for successful harvests and to mark the end of the main season.  Harvest festivals are traditionally held on the Sunday closest to the Harvest Moon or Autumn Equinox.

In Horley, this year we are celebrating twice over this upcoming weekend and raising money for others less fortunate than us.

Reported sightings – Safari Supper

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Safari meaning to journey in Swahili

On Saturday 20th September, the now re-branded Safari Supper set off from the Red Lion watering hole as it turned dusk. Clutching their guide slips , all thirty-six villagers ventured to their first hosts house, meeting many of their fellow explorers on the way.

The first course is always an orderly affair, with the hosts holding back on the wine to ensure they can stay on top of the strict timings. This year was no exception, as all thirty-six villagers were promptly turned out at 8:30. Then the hosts beat a hasty retreat to get ready for the next guests, who arrived straight away, as this years hosts were all in close proximity to each other ; 1 in Little Lane, 2 in Wroxton Lane, 1 in Gulivers Close and 2 in Lower Hornton  Lane.

Once dinner is served the hosts can also relax a little and so do their guests. So much so, that some hosts reported and I personally witnessed a reluctance of some of the guests to move on to their next hosts.

red lionDespite this everyone eventually arrived at their third and final host. This is where many of them remained until way past Dave and Natasha’s bedtime, before returning to the Red Lion.

This year we had some new hosts, new guests and some relatively new guests, so seeing the supper through their eyes reminded me of what a great social event this is.

To top it all we raised over £720 for our church.

As for reported sightings, so far there hasn’t been any, however the jungle drums are sometimes slow to start…………..

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On Walking: Thursday 18th September

Now a not so secret path…..

mrscarlielee's avatarCarlie Lee

Today, walking down the Banbury Road, I notice the leaves on the limes are curling and starting to drop. The heavy green boskiness of late summer is beginning to lighten; the trees are beginning to draw into themselves. The banked lushness of comfrey has withered, the plants collapsing inwards, and the nettles have never been more beautiful. The smaller, higher leaves are a splotched bright green; the larger leaves are a peachy-pink, their veins and edges black, as if  inked in by a child.

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I can see through the verge now, to the secrets held in the wide, sandy-earthed ditch behind. The orange pixie-posts of Lords and Ladies stand beside the re-emerging crowns of primulas. Puff ball fungi swells in the dampest hollows beneath the trees.

It’s hot; the Indian summer warmth has amplified the smells of Autumn; leaf-litter, sheep-shit, elderberries, tarmac. I practically skip down the Banbury Road, it makes…

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