Kempsford & Whelford
Allan Morriss
morrissmajors@btinternet.com

  • KEMPSFORD village hall cafe is back today, January 12. A good range of range of homemade soup, bread, cakes, together with fresh coffee and speciality teas to try. Join us from 12-2pm when the Post Office will also be available.
  • WHELFORD Social Club has live music this Saturday, January 14 from 8pm to midnight. New members always welcome.
  • GREEN recycling bins have to go out tomorrow, January 13, for Saturday collection and then all bins on Thursday night, January 19, when the normal cycle resumes.
  • LECHLADE History Society have a talk on Monday, January 16, 7.15pm for 7.30pm in the Pavilion, on the Vickers Factory at South Marston which among other things produced Spitfires for WWII. Guests welcome £4. Details from Marion Winckles on 01367 252851 or visit the website at lechladehistory.co.uk
  • FAMILY service at St Mary’s Kempsford on Sunday, January 15 at 10am led by Robert Mitchell.

Fairford
Chris Roberts
0744 350 0744
chris@cotswoldwireless.co.uk

  • THE deadline for entries for the Fairford & Lechlade Business Club business awards has now passed. Bookings for tickets to the 10th anniversary business awards dinner, on Saturday, January 28, at Cotswold Hoburne, should be made before Friday, January 20. To book and pay for your ticket, please visit flbc.org.uk/awards.
  • THE waste collection scheduled for Friday, January 13, will be on Saturday, January 14. 
  • IF YOU run an organisation for young people, have you thought about inviting disabled young people to join? Please go along to a meeting on Saturday, January 14, between 10.30am and noon in Fairford Community Centre. The South Cotswolds Parent Carers Support Group would like to work with you to make it easier to make a success of including and involving disabled young people in community organisations.
  • LECHLADE & District Lions Club present their annual seniors’ Christmas parties on Saturday, January 14, between 2pm-4pm at St Lawrence School, Lechlade, and the Palmer Hall, Fairford. Places are limited, so please book as soon as possible at either Lechlade or Fairford Post Office. For more details, please call Keith Musson on 01367 253219 or Steve Jones on 01367 253025.
  • SALSA classes every Monday evening from 8.15pm-9.15pm in the Palmer Hall. A six-week course costs £36 per person. Next class is Monday, January 16. For more details, contact Clare on 07766 265223.
  • DRIVE for life will be holding an all-day event at Farmor’s School on Tuesday, January 17, for Sixth Form students to learn about safe and social driving. Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership and multiple agencies will use the day to raise awareness of their behaviour and attitude while behind the wheel and as a passenger in their friends’ cars. 
  • THE next Palmer Hall cinema will be on Wednesday, January 18. The film is The Revenant and starts at 7.30pm with doors open at 7pm. Entry is £3 to include tea/coffee. Wine £2.50 per glass. To find out more, visit thepalmerhall.org.
  • THE next U3A Five Rhythms Dance is on Wednesday, January 18, at 10am in the Palmer Hall.
  • FAIRFORD History Society’s meeting on Thursday, January 19, is at 10am in Fairford Community Centre. ‘Show and tell’ will be a re-run of the old primary school favourite and an opportunity for members to bring along and talk about any object they consider to be of interest. It can be of any period and any size within reason. For further information, please contact Alison Hobson on 01285 711768 or e-mail enquiry@fairfordhistory.org.uk or visit fairfordhistory.org.uk
  • THE next library club in Fairford Library is on Thursday, January 19, between 11am-noon. Kevin Dower from Gloucestershire Rural Community Council In Touch will talk about health and wellbeing. Everyone welcome. For more information, call the library on 01285 712599 or visit gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries.
  • THE League of Friends of Fairford Hospital held a bazaar on November 19 and raised the sum of £2,128. Thanks to all the local businesses for their donations, volunteers and those who attended.

Lechlade
Margaret Hing
mzh@stickonsigns.co.uk

  • LECHLADE History Society will meet on Monday, January 16, at 7.15pm for 7.30pm in Lechlade pavilion. The subject of the meeting will be the Vickers Factory at South Marston, established in 1941 as a shadow aircraft factory from bomber construction. It became a part of Vickers Armstrong by 1943, concentrating on the production of Spitfires. Its final role was the production of hovercraft. Guests welcome £4, contact Marian Winckles on 01367 252851 or visit lechladehistory.co.uk for more details.
  • ‘SINGING Together With One Voice’ is a part of the Memorial Hall fundraising initiative. This concert will showcase local choirs including Fairford’s ‘Splash of Red’ St Lawrence Primary School choir and more. It will take place on Saturday, January 28, at 7pm at St Lawrence Church, Lechlade. Tickets are £10 to include a glass of wine and they will be available from the Post Office. Free admission for children under 11.
  • THERE has been some confusion as to the refuse collection dates over the Christmas and New Year period. The last odd collection date is this Saturday, January 14, for Food and Garden waste and then Lechlade reverts to its regular Friday slot from January 20, when it is an ‘everything’ day. CDC is very grateful for everybody’s recycling efforts as it has saved nearly £1.7 million on landfill tax every year.