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Michael Lord
John and Anne Lord and family would like to thank everyone who gave donations for the Olney Town Cricket Club in memory of Michael. The total was £957 – a wonderful achievement. Michael was involved with the Cricket Club from a young age and we know that he would be pleased that the local community supported his passion.
There are local events planned over the next few months in memory of Michael and we know that he will continue to be remembered for many years.
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Summer Leys
The Nature Reserve on Hardwater Road, nr. Wollaston
Reg. Charity no: 1000412
Summer Leys Summer
Make the most of the long sunny summer days by visiting your local nature reserve to discover the wildlife enjoying this area set aside especially for nature...then make a note in your diary to further enjoy nature as the nights close in again, by coming to our friendly indoor meetings.
Our first winter indoor meeting of the season is
Tuesday 20th September California Dreaming
An illustrated talk by John Ward
The Memorial Hall, 42b High Street, Gt. Doddington, NN29 7QT
7.30 – 9pm. £2 donation includes tea/coffee and a biscuit.
All money received will be used to fund improvements at Summer Leys and to encourage interest and enjoyment in nature.
Watch this space for details of talks to follow.
For help on anything Summer Leys, contact The Friends of Summer Leys on 01604 471431 or email gawarnes@aol.com
Emberton Bellringers’ Outing
This yEar wE decided to do something a little different, and after some discussion Phil haslam (our ringing Master) suggested that he could organise a morning of Clay Pigeon shooting, followed by an afternoon of ringing. Once the date was decided and various friends invited from other towers, we all began to look forward to a July outing with a difference.
we met up at riseley and after a preliminary talk, two teams (youth versus others) were decided and we set off for the shooting range (sheila and sheila in a buggy)! Everybody enjoyed themselves enormously and some were surprised at how skilful they were. it seemed right that our organiser, Phil, won the overall competition! Our thanks to the staff at the shooting range who made the whole morning an interesting and entertaining experience.
after a picnic lunch we met up at Thurleigh Church to ring their bells, then on to Milton Ernest. Our last tower was Bromham, where sadly we were not able to ring because of a breakdown of communications with the local ringers, but we all enjoyed the beautiful surroundings.
Our thanks to Phil for organising a lovely day, and we all look forward to our next outing!
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