Thursday sees both the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Parish Meeting (see here for full agenda). Remember you have the opportunity to ask questions and raise new topics at the later meeting and can find out more about the planning applications, notices, finances etc on the Parish Council pages. Otherwise a fairly quiet week by recent standards in and around Horley…..
See what’s on in and around Horley in the calendar, see the String Quartet Concert – Here In Horley Church – on Thursday 14th May or the Plant Sale on Saturday, plus Cinema Club Friday night and Saturday morning , Cricket, Gardening Club, Belling Ringing, Playgroup and all the usual weekly events.
Another packed week in and around our small but perfect formed village, see our Calendar.
Events:May Day this Monday 4th in Hornton and VE Day Celebration next Saturday 9th but only if you RSVP now with Jenny 738125, you can find these and more events in our village Calendar.
Page Updates:Have you seen the village info? Have you got anything you would like to add to it. Maybe some photos or memories for a bygones page???
Plus the Old School Hall and Horley’s Play Group now have information pages.
Update on Horley FootlightsA (reduced) Midsummers Night Dream, its fully casted and rehearsals in full swing. It’s going to be a fantastic production staged in our church, with some surprise debut performances as well as our wonderful usual “luvies”.
Note: this is now going to be held late September, details to follow.
The Red LionWhat a month for Dave and Natasha celebrating winning CAMRA Pub of the Year and the St. George Beer Festival where they were sold out!
Well done again and thanks for making our village pub such a special place.
As promised Judy has done her “Spring 2015 Collection” photo shoot and will be seen sporting the appropriate attire through out the season. Feel free to share your favourite and even a “selfie” as our postman did on St.George’s Day on Facebook. Either share directly on Facebook or Twitter or email us at horleyviews@outlook.com.
Another full week in and around Horley, if you what to check just click on the Calendar page on www.thehorleyviews.com
Our small but perfectly formed community can now boast both an award winning pub and cricket club in our village, congratulations to both.
This is our 92nd post, 55 pages, over 6500 views and 211 followers in various forms: email, blog, Facebook and Twitter. So “thehorleyviews” has definitely gone social, with each media having different levels of interaction, and with Facebook being the most active.
The calendar is filling up with lots of events over Easter and beyond, hese are some of them:
MAUNDY THURSDAY (2nd April)– after the success of the Palm Sunday Pilgrimage, there will be another one this Thursday, starting at 1.15 at Hanwell Church, walkingonto Drayton and Wroxton with a traditional Maundy Thursday washing of feet service. There will then be a Passover meal along the lines of the Jewish Seder in Shenington at 6.30 in the Church Hall. Followed by a Eucharist service in the Church at 7.30. If you would like to come to any or all of this, you are very welcome, please let the Reverend Dr. Hugh White know on 01869 347889.
Litter Pick Saturday 11th April
Keep the Horton General – 16th April.
St George’s Beer Festival 23-26th April
Remember to get your name down for this years Progressive Dinner – 27th June
SEWING CIRCLE – Do you enjoy sewing at home? Soft furnishings or dressmaking? Would you like to extend your skills or share them with like-minded people in Horley? A sewing circle has been suggested which would be held once a month/ fortnight in the Old school. The organisers are looking at numbers and feasibility at the moment. If you would like to express an interest, please let Sue Patching know on 730039.
CRICKET –Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the registration evening at the Old School last week. A great number of juniors have already signed up, please remember that last year the Cricket Club didn’t have enough places so if you haven’t joined but would like to, get your forms back to Judith Beck in Horley as soon as possible. The first cricket practice is on Tuesday April 28.
PALM SUNDAY PILGRIMAGE was held last Sunday. Despite atrocious weather, a happy band of Pilgrims met in Alkerton for a short service and then made their way over to Hornton where they were served welcome refreshment at the Methodist Chapel. More joined on as the Pilgrimage continued to Horley where an eagerly received lunch was served up by Natasha in The Red Lion. Thoroughly refreshed, the pilgrims continued onto Hanwell with better weather in the afternoon. Many thanks to the Reverend Dr. Hugh White for organising this Pilgrimage. Despite the weather, everyone enjoyed the walk and especially the delicious lunch at the Red Lion.
DOG MESS – Dog mess is again becoming a problem in Horley, particularly on the bridleway off Hornton Lane heading eastwards as you go out of the village. Dog waste bags are available free of charge – please see Maureen Keenan in Lane Close. Everyone should pick up their dog waste – it is your responsibility! Let’s all keep the village clean, thank you.
BROWNIES – Hornton Brownies takes place every Monday evening from 5-6.30 in the Pavilion, Hornton. Liz Hirst needs more adult help, someone who she can call on occasionally and will look after the brownies. If you would be interested in helping please call Liz on 670125. Also if your child is interested in joining brownies, contact Liz because there are still places available.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – In the summer of 2015 A Midsummer Night’s Dream is being performed by children and adults of Horley. If your child would like to be in it please contact Tessa Howell as rehearsals are in full swing. To catch up with the practices going on at the moment, or missed rehearsals, contact Tessa on 738313.
Want to share anything or have any suggestions just email us at horleyviews@outlook.com.
Regards Di and Deb
Branch Pub of the Year Winner is: The Red Lion, Horley.We are very pleased to announce the results of the 2015 branch Pub of the Year contest. This year there were 8 finalists shortlisted, each of which featured real ale of the highest quality making the judging all the more difficult. Nevertheless, winners had to be selected. Thanks to all those who participated in the judging process.
This year’s winner is: The Red Lion, Horley.
Runner up : The Pear Tree Inn, Hook Norton.
Third place : The Bell, Adderbury.
Congratulations to all the finalists, especially to our top 3. Please keep a lookout on our website news for details of the forthcoming certificate presentations. 15/03/15
A chilly February has set upon us ……. maybe I will get out a bit more in the garden? Or maybe not? Those below zero temperatures are not good for us fair weather gardeners. Anyway, there is not much you can do this time of year, well that’s my excuse.
So instead, I have been tending our website (with a lot of help from Di) and I am pleased to say that thanks to our contributors we are seeing some significant growth in the number of visitors and views.
If you keep informed by email or through social media you may have noticed the increasing volume of posts? What you may not have noticed are the updated and the new pages.
Here is a summary of “what’s new” on the rest of the site:
HORLEY GROUPS has two new pages Cinema Club and Village Lottery
PARISH COUNCIL are the latest meeting minutes and the latest on planning
HORLEY CORRESPONDENT (Lucy) has shared new events outside the village that you can attend:
See all these events in our Village Calendar , remember if you would like to share anything just email us at horleyviews@outlook.com.
Regards Debra
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:
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
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
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Regards Di and Debra
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