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First Responders… It’s a very big weekend for the Gang of Four – our own, trained, First Responders, as their Midsummer Open gardens event sees 14 gardens in the village open from 11 am to 4 pm on both tomorrow, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 (though not all the gardens will be open on both days) You’ll be able to work out which is which when you buy your map/programme for a mere £5 from the Post Office, and this will then gain you free admission to each of the gardens. This is in aid of a facility which should be dear to all of our hearts, as this is one of the principal organs for which the four are specially trained. Go on – be thoroughly nosey, and indulge in a few tempting extras, like teas, coffees, cakes, a barbie, soft drinks, Pimms, strawberries and cream, arts and crafts; the list is almost endless, as is the view from several of the volunteer sites.

It was the Players’ AGM… on Saturday last, and the business part of the evening saw Keith Miller elected to the Committee after resigning as Treasurer, and in his place Roger Chisholm-Batten was elected. Carol Ardley, who had to withdraw from the Secretary’s duties when unwell in April, is back, fighting fit, and has rejoined the Committee. The Chairman thanked Mary Stewart for standing in on Carol’s departure, and fulfilling the group’s secretarial needs in the meantime. The Chairman was sorry to have to report that Brian and Janet Winup would soon be leaving the village, and Brian was thanked for his 21 years of excellent and hard work in the set department.