Jane Austen makes an appearance during her 250th birthday celebration year at the next meeting of the Feldon Valley Military and Naval History Society on Wednesday December 17th at The Hall at 20.00
Sarah Gray will be speaking about Jane Austen and her familial ties with the military and naval establishments during the Napoleonic Wars.
See poster below.
Tickets will also be on sale to members for the play ‘Mettle‘ which is being presented at The Hall on 15th January 2026 at a discounted price of £10. Nicholas Collett presents and performs a play about his father, Gordon Collett, who served on the destroyer HMS Vanessa during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War,
For further information you can contact Peter here.
It’s a Christmas Coffee Shop alongside a Cosy Festive Fair on Saturday December 13th from 10.00
Alongside our Christmas Coffee Morning at The Hall, which is open 10:30am – 12 noon, serving freshly ground coffee, tea, mince pies and sausage rolls, we have a Cosy Christmas Fair.
Small but perfectly formed, we will have a selection of local makers and artisans with lots of gifts, stocking fillers, treats, decorations, and more!
We have coming:
Wheatear Strawcraft – traditional strawcraft decorations
Sarah Godwin – fused glass, & keepsake boxes
Elaine’s Bespoke Flowers- wreaths etc
Natterjack Sewing – bags & sewn gifts etc
David & Margery Blower – Brailes Honey & beeswax candles
Hand made natural wax container candles, + vintage jewellery
Cards, gifts + jewellery
‘As New’ books, toys, games, gifts – fundraising stall for Save the Children
Plus, a Raffle in aid of Playing Field funds.
So you can enjoy a very relaxed and sociable morning’s Christmas shopping without battling through the traffic, and have a cheeky little treat too!
Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Jacques Barn December 5th, 6th and 7th from 10.00 – 17.00
A group of ten local artists and crafters return for their popular annual visit to Jacques Barn, bringing their wide range of handcrafted Christmas gifts.
Along with our regular exhibitors of everything from art and photography to wood, ceramics, jewellery and ironwork we have the first visit of Trilby Jones with his beautiful papier mâché birds.
Next Week’s Farmers’ Market on December 4th may be the last ever Market…
We have a fantastic selection of stallholders for a thoroughly festive Farmer’s Market, so come along and make the most of this local Christmas shopping opportunity on Thursday 4th December from 6-8pm at The Hall.
Your last chance this year to stock up on all that wonderful food that the regular stall holders bring to our famous Farmers Market at The Hall this Thursday. Artisan cheese, olives, locally grown veg, honey and venison are all on offer.
It’s also a great opportunity to buy some special Christmas gifts and wreaths from the craft stalls.
The popular Catchy Fish will be serving their Fish and Chip Suppers and the Bar will be open. It is a great community social get together.
Sadly if we are unable to recruit more volunteers to help run our lovely market there will be no more markets after December.
If anyone is interested and would like to help run or recreate this valuable community project please contact anniethepatch@yahoo.co.uk.
Many people will remember Ramsay and Bourneville, the donkeys who grazed happily in their paddock at Jacques House with Eric and Sally Clubley in Stourton.
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that these 2 iconic animals have appeared in this website’s favicon (the small icon in the corner of the website browser tab).