This is the plan for Saturday (10th) for the Fox’s Christmas celebration which Emily helped the village win! 10:00am GoodElf (tree suppliers) arrive at Benwick to prep Christmas tree installation begins adjacent to the War Memorial. 1:00pm Christmas tree installation and decoration completed Cow PR (myself and a colleague) and photographer arrive at Benwick Initial [...]
Similar to last years Oasis competition, Fox’s biscuits ran a competition for a village to win Christmas. Once again, we were in the running thanks to Emily Shepperson, and once again we won. What do we get? A 25ft Christmas tree for the village, along with some decorations. More details will be available soon so check back for [...]
Benwick Football Club Reunion Dance SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 7.30pm-Midnight BENWICK VILLAGE HALL Introducing Lee Major & The Balance Including Disco and Buffet £8.00 each Tickets from: Lee Croft 07877 903307, Jim Eglen 01354 677565 or Kevin Wright 01354 677500 Everyone welcome
The Mooring in front of the Cemetery was officially opened on Saturday 11th June. The project was commenced by the Benwick Residents Association, who achieved the funding, and was opened by our local MP – Stephen Barclay. The mooring is owned by the Parish Council. The planting around the mooring (pictured right) was completed by [...]
THE Friends of Benwick Sports Committee held its annual It’s A Knockout tournament for children aged between seven and 14. In total 41 children entered the contest in teams of six or seven to enjoy silly games like standing in bucket of baked beans, apple bobbing and fishing lumps of rhubarb of cold custard. The purple [...]
The results for the Parish Council elections are now in. Mark Chapman, Reg Few, Pat Tickner, Lyn Keppel-Spoor, Tony Richardson and Gill Thomas were all returned to the council, with Kevin Sutton joining. The council’s first meeting is May 17th. In the district elections, Cllr Ralph Butcher was re-elected along with his fellow conservative Alex [...]
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The persons nominated for the Parish Council elections this year have now been announced. The council consists of 7 seats, and with 8 people standing that means one person is going to miss out on a seat. There is a dedicated elections 2011 page under the Parish Council section which will soon contain the candidates [...]
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As you will see, we have a brand new website! The website was redeveloped by Refined Line Web Development, a company I run with my friend James Matthews. I had my girlfriend, Lyndsey, paint a banner for the top which as you can see, is pretty awesome. The site has been developed to make navigation [...]
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