Portrait of Pembridge Blog 5
With only eight weeks to Christmas, you can make a start to your Christmas shopping without leaving Pembridge. The PTFA of Pembridge CE School will host a Christmas shopping evening on 10th November and the Woodcock Fayre, hosting many talented crafts people, is in St Mary’s Church on 18th November.
The pre-Christmas period is also a good time to have a clear out of unwanted items. The PTFA is taking the Kington charity shop in November and the Royal British Legion is on the lookout for bric-a-brac for its stall at the Woodcock Fayre.
The end of November sees a whole host of events in Pembridge. These include Pembridge School Choir performing with G4 at Hereford Cathedral, a Food and Folk Session at the King’s House, Art Club at the Church for all who want to be creative and the Ecology Group survey of the Conservation Area by the River Arrow.
On 25th November there’ll be a Pop Music Quiz at the Parish Hall. If you enjoy Pop Master or the Hit list on radio and TV, and think you could do better than the on-air contestants, now’s your chance. Registration for this event is now open to teams of up to six on the Parish Hall website www.pembridgeparishhall.co.uk or call 07342 625796.
Film Nights continue at the New Inn on 9th and 23rd November – Richard Goddard gives us his review of “ Pleasantville” and “ Mrs Henderson Presents”.
On 24th November the film “Isaac” will be screened at the Parish Hall, followed by a Q&A with the Director, in aid of the Verdun Oak project.
We met Ed Elliott, sculpture of the Verdun Oak, who is holding an open day event at his studio near Ledbury. This up-and-coming sculptor explained how he approaches his work and his hopes for his Pembridge based project.
On 10th and 12th November there will be services at the War Memorial and in church on Remembrance Day. Our series on the War Memorial written by Rory MacColl continues to tell the individual stories of the men whose names we will read out. www.portraitofpembridge.co.uk/warmemorial
For full details of these and other events see our “Dates for your Diary” in the News section.
In our History section:- We look back at the founding of Dunkerton’s Cider. With all but two banks in Leominster closing, Jennifer Christie Temple tells of the time when Leominster and Hereford had their own banknotes.
Kay Ingram
