Dates for your Diary March 2025

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Written By Haydn Osborne-Brookes

March 2025

Save the Date

  • 8th March Celebrating the Pembridge Tapestries at St Mary’s Church. 3pm-5pm Exhibition of Tapestries.

6pm-8pm Performance of Music and Songs and the Story of the Pembridge Tapestries £5 per ticket (children free) www.arrowvalechurches.org.uk Ianandgillian@googlemail.com or call  Meryl 01544 329760.

  • 10th March RBL Talk at the New Inn – Dinedor Preparation for Resistance in the event of a Nazi invasion  in Herefordshire during WWII. Tickets £5 from mistletoebough@gmail.com

  • 14th March Heartstart course at Pembridge Parish Hall 7pm-9pm. Learn life saving techniques and how to use the defibrillator. www.pembridgeparishhall/events

  • 15th March Coffee Morning at Pembridge Parish Hall 10.30am – 12noon. Coffee/tea homemade cakes and chat. Sponsored by the Parish Council. 

  • 15th March Old Chapel Gallery opens its Spring Exhibition “First  Stirrings ” runs till end of April Weds to Sunday 11am -4pm.

  • 19th March Parish Council meet at Pembridge Parish Hall 7.30pm. All parishioners welcome. 

  • 22nd March Portrait of Pembridge Art and Photography Exhibition and Competition 1pm-5pm at Pembridge Parish Hall. See www.portraitofpembridge.co.uk/photo-comp.Entries close 8pm 21st March. Prizes awarded 5pm 22nd March.

  • 28th March “Legends in Conversation” Racing reminiscences with Champion jockeys Bob Champion CBE, Tom Scudamore and Richard Johnson at Pembridge Parish Hall  6.30pm. Tickets £22.00.  Proceeds to Bob Champion Cancer Trust. www.pembridgeparishhall/events

  • 29th March Paul’s Fresh Fish Stall at Pembridge Parish Hall 9am to 12.30pm

  • 29th March Remi Harris Gypsy Jazz and Blues Guitarist in concert at Pembridge Church 7.30pm Tickets £20 www.arrowvalechurches.org.uk or call 01544 388441. Booking essential. 

  • 5th April Love to Sing Choir perform at Pembridge Church “A Night of the Big Screen” 7.30pm Tickets £10 from Meryl 01544329760 merylgriffith@gmail.com

  • 7th April RBL Talk at the New Inn “Poison Darts in Warfare” 6.30pm for 7pm. Tickets £5 from mistletoebough@gmail.com

  • 17th April Pembridge Film Nights at the New Inn

  • 4th May Meeting of Parishioners and Annual Parochial Church Meeting at St Mary’s Church following 11am service. 

  • 8th May VE Day 80 Celebrations at War Memorial Pembridge School. 

  • 9th May RBL Trip to RHS Malvern Spring Show. For details contact mistletoebough@gmail.com

  • 13th May “Artisan art in Herefordshire” talk by Dr Kathryn Davies for Herefordshire Historic Churches at St Mary’s Church, Pembridge, 2.30pm. Tickets from www.hhct.co.uk

  • 24th/25th May Pembridge Medieval Weekend Reenactment with Leominster Medieval Society


                                                                                 Church Services

Bearwood Chapel 

Evening Service 6.30 pm First, Third, and Fifth Sunday of the Month. See our Community Groups page for more information on Bearwood Chapel 

www.portraitofpembridge.co.uk/community-groups

Moorcourt Chapel 

See www.arrowvalechurches.org.uk

St Mary’s Church, Pembridge

See www.portraitofpembridge.co.uk/community-groups for services.

Annual Meeting of Parishioners and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place after the 11am service  on 4th May in St Mary’s Church. 

The Annual Meeting of Parishioners is open to anyone who lives in the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary’s  Pembridge, and it appoints Church Wardens.

It is followed by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. This receives the annual report and members of the Parochial Church Council are elected. Only those on the Parish Church electoral roll may attend and vote in the second meeting. 

To join the electoral roll collect an application form from the back of the church and return it there before 19th April. 

Weekly Events in Pembridge

Mondays

  • Pembridge Auction at the parish Hall. Viewing from 10am bidding starts 3.30pm. see www.pembridgeauction.com, From 6th January

  • Love to Sing Children’s Choir at Pembridge Primary School Hall. 5.30pm-6.30pm £4 per session. Term time only starts 13th January.

  • Love to Sing Community Choir at Pembridge Primary School Hall . 7pm to 8.30pm. New members’ welcome.  £5 per session payable half termly. Email Thisgirllovestosing76@gmail.com.

Tuesdays

Wednesdays 

  • Forever Fun Fitness, exercise classes at Pembridge Parish Hall Beginners 10am, intermediate 11am.  Starts 8th January.  Free.

Thursdays

  • Pride in Pembridge meet Market Square 10am ( weather permitting) to help keep Pembridge tidy and colourful. New members welcome.   Contact Jan Williams, Secretary on 07485 703096 or email janetfwilliams@icloud.com. For more news about PIPs activities see our Community Groups Page: www.portraitofpembridge.co.uk/community-groups

  • Village Art Clubs at Pembridge Parish Hall. Beginners and experienced artists welcome, tutored classes. Book at www.villageartclubs.co.uk or call Liz 07938 563716

Fridays

  • Forever Fun Fitness, exercise classes at Pembridge Parish Hall. Beginners 2pm, intermediate 3pm starts 10h January. Free. NB Classes on 3rd January only 10am and 11am

Sundays

  • Pembridge Runners meet at the Parish Hall for a gentle 5km run. 8.45 am-9am start Cyclists and well-behaved dogs welcome.


If you are organising an event or activity in Pembridge parish, please email details to portraitofpembridge@yahoo.co.uk.

Haydn Osborne-Brookes
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