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This edition compiled by :
Its that time of year again Deborah Walter

Laughter, merriment, refreshments, prizes and more, all available at
Whitley Village Rose Queen Day, now in its 72nd Year.
Come along and see the world famous Great Whitley Pig Race, Tug
of War, Win-a-Fish, Raffle, Greasy Pole, BBQ, Bar, Tombola and
many more stalls.
This year we have a fly past at 2:17pm of a Lancaster Bomber from
the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, weather and air worthiness per-
mitting.

Whitley Rose Queen Fete

Saturday 8th June 2019

Whitley Village Hall Field

Admission by programme £2.00
(Children 16 years and under free)

Procession leaves Whitley Village School at 1:30pm

Car parking available opposite the school, WA4 4QH

RAF Lancaster Flypast (subject to weather/airworthiness) Display by Dyas Lishman Dance Academy
Performance by Whitley Village School Tug of War
Whitley Community Preschool fancy dress parade Massive tombola & superb raffle
Mutts In Motion - Dog agility demonstrations Licensed bar, BBQ & delicious cream teas
The Great Whitley Pig Race Many stalls and games

Parish Council

Wednesday 8th May 2019 saw the Parish Council Annual General
Meeting and Annual Parish Assembly at 8pm.

The new Parish Council Chair, Giles Harding, ran the meeting and he
thanked, as did members of the public, the retiring Chair, Julia Cooper,
for all her hard work and commitment to the village. Mrs. Cooper’s an-
nual report was presented and will be available on the village website
and in next month’s edition.

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Dates for the Diary

June 2019 Rose Queen — Plate Smash

4th Do you have any unwanted / old
crockery? Donate it to the Plate
• Whitley WI 7.30pm smash stall.

Ian Black - a talk on the History of Drop any crockery donations in
Hairdressing the box outside the village hall

“Horse Nails to Hairpins”.

8th June Special Occasions
• Rose Queen Day WVH 1:30pm
Laughter, merriment, refreshments **They say 26 is the new 40! Well Happy 26th Birthday to Sam Houghton!
With love and best wishes from all your family **
12th *Wishing Abigail Walter a very Happy 5th Birthday,
• Mothers Union WVH 2pm Love Mummy and Daddy*
Speaker:
Rock ’n’ Roll Bingo
Rev. Hillary Merrington, talk on
‘Sacraments’

(new members always welcome)

13th It was eyes down and ears
• Friendly Club WVH 2-4 pm open for the Rock ’n ‘Roll
Bingo night at Whitley Vil-
(new friends warmly welcomed) lage Hall at the end of
April. With a little help on
20th the more obscure hits from
• Mobile Library WVH 10.10-
Bingo master Keith the evening was
10.40 enjoyed by all and ended up with a
Please use this facility to keep it karaoke session for the braver ones
amongst the audience. Over £400 was
coming to the village raised for Village Hall funds.
• Friendly Club

Visit to Trentham Gardens,
9am - leave Whitley Village Hall

27th Mother's Union
• Friendly Club WVH 2-4pm The Mothers Union welcomed Phillip Littlemore on 8th

(new friends warmly welcomed) May who led our prayers and then gave us a talk on the life
of Jane Austen. He gave us some fascinating facts linking
Save the Date the experiences of her family life and the places where she
had lived and visited with the books that she wrote.
13th July - Church Summer Fete,
WVH, 2pm We were then given an in-depth look into the design of the
28 Sept - WI trip - Stratford-upon- current £10 note which had her portrait on the back of it
Avon and a few other previously un-noticed features.

Whitley Friendly Club

Whitley Friendly Club had a very enjoyable, informative visit to Safety Central in Lymm recently,
learning about hazards in the home from our very modern gadgets, Cyber crime, spotting
scams, guarding our money etc, through the ‘SaferTogether’ programme.

This is a "Need to go to" facility for all ages.!! New friends always welcome.

Whitley WI Press Report – May 2019

In the best tradition of the WI, cakes have featured
prominently in recent weeks.
We learnt new cake decorating skills. Anne, our
cake decorating expert showed us how to produce
beautiful flower decorations. However clinical pre-
cision was needed. There was total silence in the
room...nobody could speak...so great was the con-
centration.
Members of the WI provided the freshly baked
cakes for the Community Coffee Morning at Whit-
ley Village Hall, an opportunity to socialise rather
than fundraise. Thank-you to all bakers and helpers.

At our monthly meeting we had an interesting talk by
Andrea Drewitt from the Mersey Gateway Wildlife Trust.
Andrea explained that the Mersey Gateway Trust, which
will manage 1600 hectares of land for a period of 25
years, exists following the construction of the new
Gateway Bridge. The seven kilometre road network
took 25 years to plan and three and a half years to con-
struct and the land is shared between Halton Borough
Council and Warrington Borough Council. The trust
aims to promote and conserve the physical and natural
environment of the upper Mersey estuary and related
areas and monitors and manages the aquatic ecology,

water quality, hydrodynamics and ter-
restrial ecology of the area. For more
information see
http://www.mget.org.uk/

Our meetings are held at 7.30pm on the
first Thursday of each month at Whitley
Village Hall.
Guests and new members welcome see
www.whitleywi.org.uk for further infor-
mation

Milk Delivery

Janet Perkins says “This might be of in-
terest to some Whitley residents”

Woods Dairy deliver milk to your
door step!

T: 01606 851240
E: [email protected]
(I should mention that I have no affilia-
tion to Woods Dairy they just provide a
good service. I didn’t know that it was
still possible to get milk delivered !!!)

SERVICES AT ST LUKE'S CHURCH, LOWER
WHITLEY
June
Sunday 2 Communion at 09:30
Sunday 9 Morning Prayer at 11:00
Sunday 16 Communion at 09:30
Sunday 23 Morning Prayer at 09:30
Sunday 30 Parish Communion at 10:30 at Little Leigh

Evening service 16:30

COMMUNITY COFFEE & CHAT

Monday 17th June
10.30am – 12.30pm
Whitley Village Hall

Drop in for a coffee and a chat

The Community Coffee Morning—going from ALL WELCOME
strength to strength More details contact Chris 730981 or Melanie 730784

Another successful morning bringing villagers together for a cup of coffee and
chat. Word has been spreading about the delicious homemade cakes as we
welcomed more gentlemen this time, taking a break from their Monday morn-
ing chores! Our next meeting is Monday 17th June 10.30-12.30. Come along
and join us.

Weekly classes at the Village Hall

Monday 3.45 – 4.45pm Street 6.45 - 7.45pm Circuit
Tuesday
Dance Sophie - 07800 Training

839331 Julie - 01925 730618

9.30 – 10.15am 7.15 - 7.45pm 8.00-9.00pm
Pure stretch Meta fit Yoga

Jo - 07979 043296 Jo - 07979 043296 Becky - 07860 699118

Wednesday 12.30 - 1.15pm 1.30 - 2.15pm 6.30 - 8.30pm
Pilates (seated) Pilates (mat work) Dog training

Christina - 07870146194 Christina - 07870146194 Sheila - 07877 220569

Thursday 10.00 – 11.15am 4.15 - 6.30pm Dance
Yoga classes Sophie - 07800
Jane - 07783440492
839331