Sponsor A Tree in the Colwall Community Orchard
by sascha on 18/02/12 at 6:00 am
As I write this, we have just held our annual Orchard Group Wassail, and I hope that many of our readers came along and enjoyed the evening with us. In days gone by people believed that wassailling at midwinter wakes the orchards up for the new season, allowing them to look forward to a good harvest in the coming year. We’re also taking more direct action to enure this happens, so to improve our annual harvest we’re planting a community orchard for Colwall.
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The traditional moment for making New Year’s Resolutions has come and gone. Did you make any? Did you keep them? Have you been meaning to change your diet, or develop a daily yoga practice, or learn Japanese?
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The name Probus derives from an acronym for Pro(fessional) and Bus(iness) and has existed since the early 1920’s in Saskatchewan, Canada and New Haven, Connecticut, USA. This early usage of the name didn’t restrict the group to business and professional men and had different objectives from our present mainstream of Probus clubs worldwide.
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At Caves Folly Nursery in Colwall, Bridget is looking after the birds.
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[ February 24, 2012; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. February 25, 2012; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] ‘Murder at Colwall Grange’ is a new drama production by the Colwall Players. Their Chairman Steve Hockett tells us more
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Jenny Hallam is an accomplished songwriter, singer and pianist from Colwall, Malvern. She regularly stuns audiences with her powerful, soulful but above all human voice – an oasis of quality in the cultural vacuum of this X Factor karaoke age. ’25,000 Days’ is released on the 25th February.
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Make a great present for Valentine’s or Mother’s day. Why not bake a batch and wrap in a gift bag for your loved ones?
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[ February 3, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] There’s a full moon in the sky above Bosbury, and the broad, sturdy tower of the church looks beautiful under its eerie light. Inside, the bell ringers are busy, teaching a group of newcomers who they hope will help keep this centuries-old tradition alive.
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How do you squeeze the life story of Michael Noakes into a couple of pages? He’s the sort of man who really should sit down and write his memoirs. Unfortunately, as one of Britain’s leading portrait painters, the work is still piling up at seventy eight years old. He’s also been dealing with the loss of his wife, the eminent literary scholar Vivien Noakes, who died last year. ‘People in Malvern really have been charming to me and have been very kind and supportive since my loss’ he tells me, when we meet at his house.
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