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Kirton in 2015
KIRTON IN 2015 – HISTORY RECORDER’S ANNUAL REPORT Violet Gardens & The Paddocks – in June SCDC approved the application by Taylor Wimpey (TW) to build forty-three houses on land to the south of Falkenham Road previously occupied by B&M Concrete. This was despite the opposition of the Parish Council (PC) which had raised concerns about…
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Kirton in 2014
KIRTON IN 2014 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT On The World Stage – perhaps for the first time in its history, Kirton featured on the world stage on Friday 9th May while, in under four minutes, the Friends Life Women’s Tour swept through the village en route from Felixstowe to Clacton-on-Sea on the 56.3 mile, third…
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Belgium and Maastricht 2014
Gardeners Club members visit Belgium – again Thursday 22 May Through the Chunnel and we pick up our intrepid Guide Johan on a busy roundabout. He took us to the wonderful café Verdonck in Veurne for afternoon coffee and surprise gateaux. It was NOT on the schedule!There were also chocolate purchases (as you might expect). Then a…
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December 2013 & January 2014
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM W.I Next Meeting – February 13th 2014Speaker – Mary MooreSubject – Forty Years at the ForgeCompetition – A piece of decorative metal work DECEMBER AND JANUARY REPORT The theme for our December meeting was Christmas Fun and the afternoon was organised by Edna and Wendy who had previously arranged our whole itinery…
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Kirton in 2013
KIRTON IN 2013 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT The long winter with the coldest March in many years and snow in April, seemed to chime with another year of austerity and unfathomable price increases. Despite the very late spring, nature recovered and blossom and fruit were abundant. The Village year proceeded very much as normal…
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November 2013
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Meeting, December 12th – An Old Fashioned Christmas (sing-along, poems, games etc.) Meeting, January 9th 2014Speaker, Mrs Pauline Taylor on the Past and Present of Galloways Coaches.Competition – A photo taken from a coach. NOVEMBER MEETING REPORT We always hold our AGM in November so there is quite a lot of…
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September 2013
SEPTEMBER MEETING REPORT At the W.I. we have a number of events in the offing and also ideas for things we may do in the future. On September 19th we are having a cream tea and a treasure hunt around the village. Then on October 3rd we are meeting for a fish and chip lunch…
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Belgium 2013
Thursday Our first visit was to the Halve Maan brewery museum – Maes beer – in Brugge (Bruges). The homebrewery “De Halve Maan” is the only family brewery in the centre of Bruges that is still active. After a climb to the top of the brewery we were rewarded by a panoramic view of the city. A sample…
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July 2013
JULY MEETING REPORT Strawberry tea at Iris’s – August 15thNext Meeting – Sept 12thSpeaker – Angela Pratt on Being a J.P.Competition – An unusual key On the 27th June a number of us gathered in Pam Dickerson’s very pleasant garden to indulge in an alfresco lunch. Pam had provided a delicious spread and we tucked…