Taddington Teas will be up and running again on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th May from 11am – 4pm in the Institute. If you’d like to offer to bake, or give a hand with serving, then please contact Madeleine at Orchard Barn. If you’re not in the village for this Bank Holiday, we’ll be back again for the 23rd, 24th and 25th May. Any bric a brac can be dropped into the Institute on the Saturday morning.

Film Night at the Institute is on Wednesday next week – don’t forget!

IT’S COMPLICATED
When attending their son’s college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship… but the complication is that they’re divorced and he’s since remarried.

Starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin & Alex Baldwin

7:30pm Wednesday 29th April. Suggested donation £4. Refreshments available.

Thursday 23rd April, Village Institute at 2.30pm, Thursday Club.

Ray Slack, village historian will give a fascinating illustrated talk on our village church, followed by refreshments.

All retired, semi-retired villagers are most welcome to come and join our Thursday club.

Sunrise service at High Well at 6 a.m. Short service followed by refreshments in the Church afterwards.
Easter Sunday April 5th

10 a.m. at St Michael’s Church Taddington, Family Holy Communion, taken by Fr. Lionel Atherton. Easter eggs for the children and Easter garden.

All welcome.

Tonight’s film is The Hundred Foot Journey, starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal

The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory’s Michelin-starred eatery.

7.30pm Wednesday 25^th March at the Bramwell Institute

For more info and a trailer, please go to https://www.facebook.com/events/786556288098777/

Would you like to help run the Taddington Bramwell Memorial Institute and have a hand in influencing how things are done? This year’s Annual General Meeting (at which a new committee will be formed for the forthcoming year) is being held on 16th March at 7:30pm.

Around half of the committee members (who are also trustees of the charity) are from different organisations in the village – but there are also eleven places for people from the village which includes Taddington, Priestcliffe, Blackwell and Brushfield.

The committee meets at the Bramwell Institute around 8 times a year – usually on Monday evenings, starting at 7.30pm. We are trying to develop and imrpove the Institute,  make it better for our local community and have exciting plans for more village events this year so we need plenty of people on the committee to make things happen.

Feel free to come along to the AGM or contact any member of the current committee for more information. As the Institute is a registered charity, you need to be 18 or over to be a trustee and on the committee.

If you are interested feel free to contact Trevor Ride (current Chairman) 85124 or ride@btinternet.com  or Deb Clifford (current Secretary) 85101 or debclifford01@gmail.com

So – we made it into 2015… Just a covering of snow; enough to look pretty for the Christmas holiday without causing any major disruption. Some sunny weather and many of us were out of doors with a camera or taking a walk to take in the crisp winter air and admire the altered scenery. And now the last mince pies have been eaten, the holly tucked behind the pictures is looking a little tired, the mistletoe hanging over the kitchen table (best place to put it) is wilting a little and the return to work and school and our usual routine is just around the corner. Some of us will be feeling a bit reluctant, I imagine, and some of us, (and especially those who do not enjoy the difficulties posed by the arrival of the snow and ice, crowded car parks and days without shopping and postal facilities or who do not have loved ones to celebrate with) the return to normal will be quite welcome.

Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Are you decided on starting a fitness regime, joining a club or maybe even taking up a new hobby? There are plenty of activities and dance and exercise classes on offer in the village calendar, as well as a new photography class to be held by Don Stazicker (provider of many of the top class images for this website). Talking of which, there will soon be plenty of work under way to turn our new website into a fully-functioning portal for the community to come together on, access social media from, advertise via and generally make use of. All suggestions are very welcome. Just comment on this post or email bramwellinstitute@gmail.com