🏆🏵The Summer Show Returns!🏵🏆
🌻 The Hadlow Down Summer Show Returns! 🌻
Saturday 2nd August | Village Hall
We’re thrilled to announce that the much-loved Hadlow Down Summer Show is making a triumphant return to the village calendar!
With the recent and sad closure of the Horticultural Society, you might have thought the days of showing off your prize dahlias, giant marrows, and crafty creations were over. But fear not! Thanks to a group of determined and plucky villagers, the tradition lives on – and it’s shaping up to be better than ever.
Taking place on Saturday 2nd August in the Village Hall, this year’s Summer Show is open to everyone, and we’ve introduced some exciting new classes alongside all your old favourites.
🌼 For the green-fingered and creative at heart:
- Show off your blooms, veg, flower arrangements, and handmade crafts
- Try your hand at new 2025 classes like infused gin and homemade wine
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Crafters – get ready to create a doorstop or something in tie-dye
🧒 For our younger showstoppers, we’ve added fantastic new children’s classes across three age groups:
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Under 6s, 7–10 years, and 11-14 years
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Get creative with wooden spoon puppets, an alien made from fruit or vegetables, or a decorated picture frame
🎟️ And it doesn’t stop there! Expect:
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An exciting raffle with brilliant prizes
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An auction of donated exhibits for some lively bidding fun
So, whether you’re a master grower, a crafty genius, or just love a bit of community spirit, save the date and get involved. It’s a celebration of all the talent, creativity, and heart that makes Hadlow Down such a special place.
Keep an eye out for entry forms and full details coming soon – and start planning your entries now!
🧀Join Us for a Dramatically Cheesy Quiz Night!🧀
Friday 26th April | 7:00pm | Hadlow Down Village Hall
The Hadlow Down Drama & Variety Club invites you to an evening of fun, food, and a touch of drama at our Dramatically Cheesy Quiz!
Tables are going fast for this lively quiz night, taking place on Friday 26th April at 7:00pm in the Village Hall. For just £10 per person, you’ll enjoy a Cheese and Pâté Ploughman’s supper, a fun-filled quiz with a theatrical twist, and access to our pay bar to keep the good times flowing.
Expect laughter, friendly competition, and a great evening out with friends and neighbours – the perfect way to shake off the April blues!
So gather your team and come along for a night of fun, friendship, and good food – all served with a generous helping of drama.
To book your table, please contact Claire at 📧 claire.rivers61@gmail.com – we’d love to see you there!
✨🎪Save the Date – The Village Fayre is Back!🎪✨
Saturday 5th July from 1pm | Hadlow Down Playing Field
Get ready, Hadlow Down – the Village Fayre is back, and this year we’re going to knock your socks off!
Join us on Saturday 5th July from 1pm on the Playing Field for an afternoon full of fun, games, food, and community cheer. After last year’s fantastic event, we’re pulling out all the stops to make this year even bigger and better!
🌟 Programmes will be available soon, packed with all the juicy details – from what’s on to how to enter our exclusive prize draw.
🎯 Traditional fayre games were a hit last year, and yes – they’ll be back, ready for another round of friendly competition.
🍰 The tea tent and bar will be overflowing with ale, cakes, and all sorts of delicious goodies.
🎟️ The grand raffle returns, with tickets available in advance – don’t miss your chance to win something special!
A huge thank you goes to the “A Rose and Three Thorns” quiz team, who generously donated their winnings from the New Inn’s monthly pub quiz to support the Fayre – we’re so grateful!
If you’d like to get involved, sponsor a game, or donate a prize or treat, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch with Gill at gillbillie@btinternet.com to find out how you can help.
Mark your calendars, tell your neighbours, and get ready for a fantastic day on the field. We can’t wait to see you there!
☕🍰💐Save the Date: Vintage Tea on the Terrace-Sunday 11th May at 3pm ☕🍰💐
We’re delighted to invite you to our upcoming
“Vintage Tea on the Terrace” – a charming afternoon of classic treats and community spirit, all in support of the Hadlow Down Community Centre.
Join us on Sunday 11th May at 3pm at Hadlow Down Playing Field, the future site of our new village hall and sports pavilion. Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea with freshly baked scones, jam and cream, a selection of homemade cakes, and plenty of tea – all for just £10 per person. (Children under 5 go free).
Bring your friends and neighbours, relax with a cup of tea, and soak up the atmosphere as we gather at the heart of our village to raise funds for a fantastic cause. Every penny raised goes directly towards building our new community centre – a space that will serve generations to come.
To book your place or find out more, please contact Glenys at
📧 glenys.lake@btopenworld.com
☎ 07920 036149
🎉 Hadlow Down Spring Market Raises Vital Funds for the Community Centre ✨
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Hadlow Down Spring Market—whether you baked, volunteered, ran a stall, or simply came along to shop, chat, and enjoy the day. Your generosity and community spirit helped us raise an incredible £812 for the Hadlow Down Community Centre. To read more about this fantastic event, including highlights and photos, please visit our website: www.newvillagehall.co.uk and head over to the “News” pages. Thank you once again for being part of this wonderful community effort! 🌼💚
Share your views on new Playground equipment
Help Shape the Future of Our Village Playground –
Hadlow Down Parish Council is looking into new play equipment for our village playground—but needs your help! To ensure that the new play area offers fun, safe, and engaging activities that will be well-used and enjoyed by local children and families.
To do this, they are asking for your input. If you or your family use the playground, or if you have ideas for what would make it even better, please take a few moments to complete our short survey. Your feedback will directly influence the choice of equipment, helping the Parish Council create a space that meets the needs and preferences of the community.
👉 Click the link to complete the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5632KV5
The survey is quick and easy to fill out, and your responses will play a vital role in shaping the future of this important village space. Whether your children dream of exciting climbing frames, imaginative play structures, swings, or slides, we want to hear from you.
🌟 Join Us for the Hadlow Down Community Associations AGM! 🌟
You are warmly invited to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Village Hall, taking place on 21st February at 7.30pm. This is a wonderful opportunity for you, our community members, to come together, share your thoughts, and hear about our progress and future plans.
Refreshments will be provided, so come along to enjoy some good company while we hear updates on our Village Hall, Playing Field, New Community Centre, Village Fayre and St. Mark’s Church! We can’t wait to see familiar faces and welcome new ones to our community gathering!
🌹Together we can make a meaningful impact, see you there.🌹
Warmest wishes,
Hadlow Down Village Hall, Hadlow Down Playing Field, Hadlow Down Community Centre and Hadlow Down Village Fayre Committees plus St. Mark’s Church.
🌸🌿 Spring Market at the Village Hall! 🌿🌸
Get ready for a morning of local goodies and community fun!
Join us on
Saturday, 22nd March from 10 am – 2 pm for our Spring Market! 🎉
Expect to find:
- Delicious local produce 🍓
- Homemade preserves 🍯
- Beautiful crafts 🎨
Plus, we’ll be serving up refreshments all morning ☕🍰, and don’t forget—HDCC will be drawing the winners of the Spring Lottery! 🎟️
✨ Want to be part of the action? There are still a few stalls left! Email Janet at jtourell@btinternet.com to book your spot or grab your lottery tickets in support of HDCC! 💚
A massive thank you to all our supporters for making this event possible. Let’s make this a day to remember! See you there! 🎉
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Book Club Review – September
‘Jewish is a way of seeing the world, a strong consistent background theme.’
Our book this month is Going Home by Tom Lamont 2024. It is set in the Jewish community in Enfield and centres on Joel, an articulate two-year-old whose mother dies leaving him in the care of her friend Teo. It is about the four adults who take on responsibility for him in their own way. Teo who has moved away from the community to a job in the police force and a flat in Aldgate is the responsible one who takes on the grieving youngster and learns to care for him and love him. Then there is Ben, the feckless rich boy, the opposite of Teo but also his best friend, and Vic, Teo’s father, dying of a degenerative condition and determined that Joel will not grow up in the care of the Social Services as he once did. Finally, Sybil, the only woman of the four and a progressive rabbi trying in vain to reform the intransigent members of her synagogue. All of them interact with Joel in their own way and find their lives challenged and enriched by him Continue reading “Book Club Review – September”