New Classes: Aerobics - Arnesby Village Hall. - Mondays 6.45 to 7.45pm
A new set of classes catering for all ages and abilities starts on Monday 8th September.
Cost is £24 for 6 classes.
For more information and to secure your place, please contact Nikki Blount on 0116 2792865 |
16/8 Opera Evening in Arnesby - Another Fantastic Success!
 The concert by three international operatic stars gave a large audience in St Peter's Church a night to remember.  Tenor Aled Wyn Davies and soprano Diana Palmerston accompanied by Eirian Owen performed a mixture of classical operatic pieces and songs from light opera and stage musicals.
The next visit will be by Diana with some of her graduate music students when they will give an insight into what the future holds for classical singers.
Contact Liza 2478761 for more information and tickets. |
The 2007 Arnesby Pantomime: The Sound of Grease
 Finally, a big gap in this web site is filled.....
Several months later and with many thanks to Nigel Walker, an illustrated report on the very well received panto is available here»
Nigel's excellent review will no doubt spur on the cast and crew to repeat their performances in another panto - 'My Fair Oliver" perhaps? |
Arnesby May Fayre - Bank Holiday Monday, 26 May 2008
 The May Fayre went ahead, despite very strong winds that brought nearby trees down and wrecked a few gazebos. Almost 700 cars with about 2,500 people  came to enjoy good food, drink and entertainment!
Highlights this year included:
- A steam engine display with working farm machinery
- Shetland pony rides
- A display of owls to see and hold
 The famous 5 mile, three village cross country race Full Results» - Lots of live music, including the Wigston Band, Arcturus string quartet and the Lizzards
- the Bakanalia Morris group
- Our Craft Village - demonstrations of traditional handicrafts
Report and Photos» |
John Winterton.
After 20 years of faithful service as Church Warden of St Peter's, John Winterton has retired to the back benches!
Thanks to his indefatigable stewardship, the Church fabric has been repaired and maintained so that it is in an excellent state for future generations.
We are very grateful to John & Di for their hard work over the years and at a retirement party they were given a Peter Welton painting of their own house!
Brian Spriggs and St Peter's Parochial Church Council. |
 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» |
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» |
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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 |
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August |
Sat 9 Live on the Green Shearsby. Picnic all day on the green, live music - Zoot Suit Blues Band and The Platforms - from 6pm.
Tickets £12.50 available from the Chandlers Arms |
| Sun 10 Arnesby CC v Bruntingthorpe at Gumley |
Sat 16 Arnesby's Famous Opera Evening.
Tenor Wyn Davis and soprano Diana Palmerston return for a recital in St Peter's Church at 7pm.
Tickets £15 from Liza or Jenny. |
Mon 25 Loseby Wood Open Afternoon & picnic.
3 -4:30pm. See the changes after 3 years. |
| Sat 30 Shearsby, Arnesby & Bruntingthorpe Produce Show in Anesby VH. Exhibit staging 9.30 - 11.30. Prize winners announced at 3pm |
September |
| Tue 2 Arnesby Book Club 'Talking Heads' by Alan Bennett. 7:30 Rose Cottage |
| Wed 3 WI Arnesby VH 7:30 |
| Mon 6 Aerobics classes Arnesby VH. Week 1 of 6.
See panel, left for details. |
Sun 7 Shearsby Fete. 2pm on the village green.
All the fun of the fair! For details see David Durran. |
| Sun 7 Bruntingthorpe Village Barbeque from mid-day. |
| Mon 8 Aerobics Classes: 1st of 6, Arnesby VH 6.45pm (see left for details) |
Tue 9 Hexagon Community Coffee Morning.
Bruntingthorpe House |
| Sat 13 Historic Churches Cycle Ride. Raise money to support participating churches. Arnesby (Sue) raised the second largest amount in Leicestershire in 2007. |
| Sat 20 Bulb Collection & Sale with Bring & Buy & Coffee morning - 10 to 12 noon at John & Di Winterton’s, The Cottage, St Peter’s Road. |
| Tue 23 Flicks; West Side Story, Arnesby VH 8pm. 2008 film program» |
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