The Parish Magazine - Parish of Greater Whitbourne

Page 4Whitbourne WIHappy New Year to every one.Can‘t believe it is 2012 already.Hope every one had agood Christmas—so luckywith the weather for travellers.Well—down to business. It isour January meeting and weare eating again. The businessmeeting was a rapid one asthere wasn‘t much to discuss.The skittlers have two moregames to play so we will getthese done soon. There are afew trips in the offering andour subs are due. Our nextmeeting on 14th February isopen to everyone as it is a talkby Bod Stephenson aboutclimbing Kilimanjaro. Thereare probably a few people inthe village who know Bodfrom when she lived in thevillage and this is your chanceto see and hear her again.Hopefully we will have a goodaudience for her and a happyevening from 7.30 pm. Ourusual delicious refreshmentswill be served so it should bea good evening. LGParish NewsFriendship ClubIn order to give us all time torecover from the Christmas/New Year celebrations therewas no meeting in January.Our next meeting is onWednesday 1st February whenwe will have our post-Christmas party. If you can'tremember what you saidyou'd bring, please give JennyMitchell a call who has the list.If previous years are anythingto go by, none of us will beneeding much tea that day!!For our March meeting RichardScott from Marie CurieCare is coming to talk to usabout the charity and the careand support they provide tocancer sufferers and theirfamilies. It should be a veryinteresting meeting.If you are interested in joiningour monthly coffee morningand meeting up with friendsand neighbours, please do joinThe Parish Magazineus. The Friendship Club isopen to all ages who live inGreater Whitbourne Parish.We meet on the first Wednesdayof every month in the VillageHall. For more informationplease contact Ann Roberts(01886 821063) or EileenBadger (01886 821501).Ann RobertsVillage Club 200 Draw67 Mrs Middleton37 Mr P. Jones239 Mrs H. Colley213 Revd. D. Howell270 Mrs E BrownPeter BaseleyWhitbourne Waits for ChristmasMany, many thanks to allthose who attended theChristmas Concert on December17 – and thanks for beingsuch a splendid audience.After expenses, the donationscame to a wonderful£370! This was shared betweenthe Worcester SalvationArmy and the Maggs Day Centrefor their work supportingthe homeless. Both organisationswere most grateful forthese donations. Thank youall again for your support.Margie and Martin WallNew Shopping Services for WhitbourneLate night opening on aWednesday is the latest newservice to be offered by WhitbourneVillage Shop, ownedand run entirely by local people.Alongside it is a facility topre-order fruit and vegetablesand – if you‘re housebound orfind it hard to get around –door to door delivery. Call inor phone 01886 822227But it seems that the servicebest appreciated by locals ishaving a shop on their doorstep,saving them the 10 mileround trip to Bromyard. Especiallywhen prices in the villageare much the same as inthe Coop. So, at a time whenshops everywhere are struggling,sales for the VillageShop are more than 10%higher than the same periodlast year. A good omen for thenew shop that we hope toopen in the village by nextwinter, purpose-built withmore space, more local foods,more space to browse. Plusnew services possibly includingmobile phone top-ups andparcel mailing.We‘ll also be looking for morevolunteers to help run theShop and more local people tobecome shareholders.Martin YarnitOpening HoursMonday- Friday 8.45-5.30Late night opening Wednesdaytill 7Saturday 9-3Sunday 10-1