 23/4 Peter Welton has almost completed his latest painting - a portrait
of Chinese Prima Ballerina Lei Zhao of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
The commission came about after Sir Peter Wright, Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet visited Peter's studio earlier this year. They later saw a performance of The Nutcracker in Birmingham in which Lei Zhao danced the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Introductions were made and this watercolour portrait painting was the result!
More details www.PeterWelton.com
(Click the thumbnail to see a larger version) |
 20/3/08 End of an
Era! The Arnesby Post Office closed its doors for the
last
time tonight.
The village's last remaining amenity was the victim
of cost cutting dogma and it was closed despite protests and petitions
to keep it open. A group of thirty villagers turned out to mark
the occasion and to wish Postmistress Christine Mawby a happy retirement
after 27 years in charge.
Flowers were presented to Christine and to the part time staff,
Penny Emmony and Jean Hunt.
Photos» |
| 15/3/08 Shearsby
- Granny's Attic Sale. The sale in the village hall raised
an amazing £1,244 to be divided between Breast Cancer Research
and MacMillan Nurses. Report
& Photos» |
14/3/08 Arnesby
Promises Auction
The village hall was full for a third very successful Promises auction.
Once again organised by Sue Spriggs, a magnificent £4,600
was raised for local amenities. Mark Robinson was an excellent auctioneer
and more than 110 lots were on offer.
Read all about it» |
Arnesby May Fayre
- Monday, 26 May 2008
Arrangements for this years event are underway. The village open
meeting took place in the Village Hall on Tuesday 18 March.
Stallholders: Invitations to book pitches will
be sent out very soon. If you have not attended before but would
like an invitation, please email |
28/2/08 Hexagon
on the Village-Web site!
Starting with the March edition the monthly Parishes newsletter
will be available for downloading from this web site. Click
here to download the newsletter.
You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat reader on your PC and a fairly
fast internet connection as the pdf file is about 2mb. Adobe is
a free program that can be downloaded by clicking on the logo below:
 |
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Feb The Shearsby Game Lunch
The end of the shooting season does have a silver lining, at least
for the villagers in Shearsby.
To mark the end of the season the annual Game Lunch is celebrated
at the Chandlers Arms, Shearsby`s quaint little pub on the village
green.
(Pictured is Vension with port, topped with herb dumplings)
Read all about it» |
 1
Feb Arnesby Post Office Closure Confirmed.
Despite the protests, petitions and strong arguments against closure,
Arnesby Post Office will close in mid March leaving Arnesby, Shearsby
and Bruntingthorpe without any outside amenities at all. This is
a massive disappointment to everybody - many residents felt that
because of the lack of any other shops, an almost non existent bus
service and a 3 mile trip to the nearest Post Office, Arnesby might
be reprieved. |
20/11/07 Arnesby
Post Office to Close
The Post Office announced yesterday that 25 Leicestershire
post offices are to close following a review caused
by falling usage of offices, increasing losses and the need to modernise
the company.
A period of public consultation will be allowed, up to January 10th
after which a final decision will be made. The selected post offices
will then close in March.
Arnesby, Bruntingthorpe and Shearsby villagers will surely see Arnesby
post office as more important to the community than just a profit
and loss account: - there are no other shops in these villages,
there are no local bus services and the nearest post offices are
in Fleckney (2.8 miles from Arrnesby) and Gilmorton.
Make
your views known - write to: Mark Partington, FREEPOST
CONSULTATION TEAM or email consultation@postoffice.co.uk |
14/11/07 Keep Fit / Aerobics
Start the New Year as you mean to go on..! The next session of Aerobics,
for all abilities, starts on Monday 7th January
from 6.45 to 7.45 in Arnesby Village Hall. The cost of 6 sessions
is £24. To book your place and for more information, contact
Nikki Blount 0116 2792865 |
14/11/07 South
Close Fruit & Veg Stall
The proceeds from donations for the fruit and vegetable stall are
£326. This will be divided between St Peter's Church
Restoration Fund and the Kate Community Centre in Gangasamy Kuppam,
South India.
Brian, Sue, Peter & Catherine Spriggs will be visiting the Kate
Community Centre at Christmas and your generous donations have enabled
us to take gifts and money for the upkeep of the Hall.
Many Thanks to everyone who has contributed. Sue |
 16/10/07
First flight of Vulcan bomber from Bruntingthorpe.
At 12.30 - after a £6 million restoration project, hundreds
of thousands of hours put in by volunteers and countless delays
and setbacks - the bomber finally took to the skies once more.
Photographs» |
15/9/07 Arnesby Bulb Sale &
Bring and Buy
The combined total from the sale of spring bulbs and the Bring &
Buy / coffee morning was £366.83 for St Peter's Church funds.
Many thanks to everyone who supported the sale. Sue |
8/9/07 Leicestershire
Historic Bike Ride. Once again Sue Spriggs rode her bike
all day on an epic journey around the local churches to raise funds
for St Peter's Church. This year Sue pedalled 62 miles in eight
hours to visit 48 churches and raise well over £1,000.
A great effort, well done Sue! |
18/8/07 Opera Evening
An audience of around 75 were delighted to hear some world class
singing within Arnesby village hall. Soprano Diana Palmerston
and tenor  Aled
Wyn Davies accompanied by pianist Eirian Owen
would normally be singing in much grander surroundings such as the
Albert Hall and the Royal Opera  House.
Many in the audience were reduced to tears by the sheer quality
of the performances.
Such was the warm welcome given by the audience that the singers
have expressed a willingness to return to the village and this has
been arranged for August 16th 2008. So watch this
space!
Read more about Aled on his
web site. |
 11/8/07
A Coffee Morning at the home of Martyn and Carol
 Greenwood
in Arnesby raised nearly £200 in aid of Hope and Homes
for Children.
Click on the logo right, for more information. |
8/7/07 Arnesby
Open Gardens raised a magnificent £1,280 for St
Peter's Church funds. Thirteen gardens and Peter Welton's studio
were open to visitors who were able to have lunch and teas around
the village. Cakes and plants were on sale.
A marvellous day of welcome sunshine - the inevitable rain held
off until an hour after the last visitors had left! Well done to
organisers Brian and Sue Spriggs and John and Di Winterton. |
11/6/07 Arnesby
May Fayre 28 May 2007
It had to happen - after many years of at least reasonable weather
the  Fayre
was beset by rain, winds and low temperatures.....
Read more» Photographs»
5 mile Cross Country Race - Results»
Race Photos» |
| 5/6/07 Yoga for Beginners
A new course starts in Arnesby Village Hall. Tuesday 5 June at 7pm
to 8:30. Details here » |
Mar 07 An Evening of Top  Entertainment!
Top folk band NapperBliss performed their
"Island Slices" concert in Arnesby Village Hall on 23
March.
Seventy villagers enjoyed the mix of humour, story telling and good
folk music based on the islands of the UK and performed by Tom Napper
and Tom Bliss on a variety of instruments.
See the NapperBliss web
site» |
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March. Another successful fundraising event at Little India
raised an estimated £2,100 for charity. Leicester Tigers stars Lewis
Moody and Alesana and Henry Tuilagi attended and donated several
items to a raffle after the meal.
Touraid and Children with Leukaemia are the two charities to benefit
from the evening.
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details» |
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