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and enjoy coffee and refreshments. We will have Stalls selling cakes and plantsand there will be a grand raffle.Joan Sayer, Tel 01273845255Women’s FellowshipBy popular request our organists and choir masters, Nick Hancock and JohnSandford, will give us another evening on church music at 7.30 pm on Tuesday21 st February at Margaret Moore`s home. Please remember to ring Margaret ifyou are hoping to come: 01273 843805.Margaret MooreVillage NewsDitchling Village Association Newcomers’ PartyTO ALL NEWCOMERS to Ditchling since March last year – we look forward tomeeting you at our annual Newcomers’ Party on Friday 23 rd March at 8 pm inDitchling Village Hall. You will soon be receiving an invitation from your GoodNeighbour but if you don’t, please get in touch with us so that we can send youone. This is a lovely evening and a great way to meet other newcomers to thevillage and representatives of the many clubs and societies that exist heremaking Ditchling the village it is.Please contact Pam Gaskin on 01273 843182 or pamandalec@care4free.net.The Royal British Legion Women’s Section, Ditchling andDistrict BranchOn Saturday 31 st March we will be holding a Table Top sale in Ditchling VillageHall. Tables are for sale at £10 (large) or £6 (small). Entrance will be 50p toinclude coffee/tea and biscuits. The Women's Section, will have a homemadecakes and produce table (eggs, jams, chutneys etc), a good as new clothes tableand a bric-a-brac table. Please phone Pauline Lee on 01273 844019 if you wouldlike to book a table or for any further information on this event or MargaretBovill on 01273 845319 if you have any Bric-a-Brac, which I am happy to collectfrom you.The St George’s Day lunch will be held on Saturday 21 st April in the Village Hall.22
On Sunday 22 nd April, 2012, Fr David has invited the Main Branch and Women'sSection to help and participate with the 9.45 am Service at St Margaret’s.Margaret Bovill, Hon Sec.Ditchling Village Association Coffee morningsThe Coffee Morning on Tuesday February 21 st in Ditchling Village Hall will be runby Ditchling Downs WI, from 10am to 11.30 as we have to ensure that wevacate the village hall by 12noon.Dates for subsequent coffee mornings during 2012 are shown below:DateMarch 20 thApril 17 thMay 15 thJune 19 thJuly 17 thAugust 21 stSeptember 18 thOctober 16 thNovember 20 thDecember 18 thSocietyPTADitchling PlayersHorticultural SocietyDitchling Morris DancersDitchling WIFriends of Village GreenDitchling Film SocietyFriends of St Margaret’sDVAA Big Thank YouMany thanks to all those people who came to the Bull in Ditchling on Boxing Day,to see the Morris and Mummers, and who contributed to our collection in aid ofSt Peter & St James Hospice.We collected over £900 and with other donations will be able to send over£1,000 to the Hospice.Ditchling Mummers and Morris1 st Ditchling Scout GroupBeavers – Starting the New Year I am told the Beavers enjoyed an evening ofdancing – in welly boots! I think one has to use one’s imagination on this.Dinosaurs are very much in the news at the moment in our Scout Group and onemeeting was devoted to constructing Dinosaurs out of junk materials such as23
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