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Red Lion, Horley is OUR Pub of the Year
As seen on the Summer 2015 Magazine for North Oxfordshire Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). So get your “BoT” over here and find out why for yourself.
Well done again Dave and Natasha, we are proud of you and thanks for making the pub the centre of our village.
What’s On – 8th June
The main event this week is the HORLEY VILLAGE SUMMER FETE it takes place this Saturday, June 13. Come along and enjoy this wonderful annual event from 2 to 5pm, in the Old School and Church.
Raffle Prize Draw – first prize £100 cash, second prize a BMW for a weekend, there are stalls for Tombola, Plants, Bric-a-brac, homemade cakes, nice or nasty jam jars, water or wine, teas and many more.
(Donations of cakes and homemade produce please drop off on Saturday morning )
On Walking: Monday 26th May
Here comes summer……it’s the land that has really changed; the earth has warmed up, and you can smell summer on the air. Down in Bra Corner there’s a clump of pink campions, flowering as high as my hip, and nettles, growing even higher. The Sor Brook is low and slow; its depths bronzed in the sunlight……
I am walking through the margins in the fields below the dryer, where the grass reaches my mid-thigh, and soaks my jeans above my wellies. I’m walking very slowly, suddenly noticing that there’s a world around me, and that it’s changed completely from the last time I looked.
I have been finishing a book, and for the last two months or so, have thought of little else. The book has been sent away now, to Judith, my agent, and I feel as if I’m returning from someplace I can’t explain.
Stevie is relieved it’s over, and both children seem to have grown an inch or so.
But it’s the land that has really changed; the earth has warmed up, and you can smell summer on the air. Down in Bra Corner there’s a clump of pink campions, flowering as high as my hip, and nettles, growing even higher. The Sor Brook…
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What’s On This week – 11th May
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.
What’s New – May
And so on to May …………
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 Footlights
A (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 Lion
What 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.
And finally… Horley’s very own aquatic fashion icon!
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.
Di and Deb
What’s New – April
Yes its April…..
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.
So what’s in store now the clocks have gone forward?
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
Just in case you missed what Lucy put in the Banbury Guardian:
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
On Walking: Sunday 22nd March
Mindfulness is being transported by Carlie’s words, so now I’m sitting there in that moment, feeling the sun whilst listening to wood pigeons do their thing!
I’m sitting on the fallen oak, the sun on my face. I’m protected here from the wind, a bare-twigged hedge of elder and hawthorn rears high behind me.
From here I can see the line of the Sor Brook, with its alders. One of my favourite oaks is in the middle of the line. I can’t see them from here, but I know that below the oak are the long blue spears of nascent daffodil bulbs, in amongst the Herb Robert. There are no flowers yet, but they will come.
My legs are hot and I’m sleepy from getting up early to write. It has been an endlessly grey week, filled with self-doubt and cold bones, deleted paragraphs and stunted scenes. But now the blackness has dissipated, dissolved, despite my Prosecco head.
My finger nails are dirty from digging. Earlier, I moved my fruit bushes, tackled my middle veg bed. I worked…
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Don’t Forget – Annual Village Litter Pick – Saturday April 11th…
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Help keep our village litter free by joining the annual spring clean!
This year’s annual litter pick will take place on Saturday 11 April. Volunteers are sought to help litter pick along the village’s roads and verges.
Volunteers are invited to meet at the junction of Banbury Lane, Wroxton Lane and Hornton Lane at 10.00 am on the 11th. Protective gloves, tabards and plastic sacks will be provided.
Palm Sunday Pilgrimage – Via The Red Lion
With Holy Week just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about the Pilgrimage which will be taking place from Worcester to the Ironstone Benefice. On Palm Sunday, after a short service we will walk from Alketon to Hornton. The Pilgrims will leave after a short service starting at 9.45. When we reach Hornton ( at approx. 11.50) there will be a short service in St. John Baptist Church, followed by prayers in the Methodist Chapel. After that it will be a walk across the fields to Horley, with prayers at 1.20, followed by lunch in the Red Lion at 1.30. Feeling well rested, it’s onto Hanwell for Evensong at 3. You make take part in the whole walk, or just come along for parts of it. But please let The Reverend Hugh know if you intend to have lunch at The Red Lion as Natasha will need to know numbers.
This year Palm Sunday falls on March 29th.
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