WHAT’S HAPPENING?

WEST TYTHERLEY APRIL 2006

PARISH COUNCIL

For your information the Annual General Parish Council Meeting will be held on 8th May at the village hall, please try to attend and give us your views on how you think the Parish Council is performing.  Maybe you have ideas on how you would like to see the village develop. We are also trying to arrange a guest speaker and as last year there will be complimentary wine, coffee etc.

This year we are hoping to erect a basketball net with a tarmac area, at the southern end of the recreation ground.

Finally could I remind you that our village shop needs our support, not just by buying a newspaper. As the saying goes “use it or lose it”.  Don’t forget that a village shop increases property value and enhances the community.

Andy Bowditch, Chairman

WEST TYTHERLEY VILLAGE HALL

Our year end is here again and it is good to report another successful one with an increased number of events which are steadily improving our funds for maintaining the hall.  The activities have included a 10k run, children’s workshop and the latest a very successful movie night.

The next event is a dinner/cabaret evening with Madam Galina, a drag ballerina, having recently returned from a trip entertaining the troops in Iraq with an ensemble of ‘comedy store’ entertainers.  This received a rave review in The Times as well as mentioning her performance for the Queen and a roomful of bemedalled officers on HMS Victory, so please join us for an evening of “It ain’t half camp, Mum” on 22nd April 2006.

Salisbury International Arts Festival are using the hall for a movie screening in June, tickets are available through the Festival box office.

Many thanks to the committee for all their hard work and to all of you for making it such a successful year.

Jane Larner, Chairman

COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER

Police House 01794 340375 Phone / Fax

E-mail: romseyruralbeat@hampshire.pnn.police.uk

Romsey Police Station 0845 045 45 45 ask for ext 734124

PC Chris Day

VILLAGE SHOP

I am pleased to announce that the shop now stocks a range of fresh bread and cakes.

Peter Bunting, Chairman

WEST TYTHERLEY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL

2006 is looking to be an exciting year for us as we welcome the long awaited extension to the main school building and the removal of the old ‘temporary’ classroom, which has been with us now for nearly 40 years!  The building works will start during the Easter Holiday on 3rd April.  Hopefully by the end of the year we will be unveiling a ‘nearly’ brand new school.  Of course, there will be a lot of confusion and upheaval during the building process and we would like to ask all our neighbours to be sympathetic and understanding at this time, please.  If you have any major concerns at all though, please let us know.

Last year we celebrated the 150th anniversary of our village school and amongst the various events that were organized was the village show on 25th June, when the community joined together to have one big celebration.  This event was extremely well supported and it was wonderful to see so many local people joining in the celebrations both during the afternoon and in the evening too.  The event was such a success that the village wanted to repeat it again this year and so on 8th July we will be holding the 2006 village show on the recreation ground, so put this date in your diaries now.  The organization of this year’s village show is being led, once again, by Louise Falcini, who did such a wonderful job last year.  If you can offer help to Louise in any way, she would love to hear from you.  If you would like a commercial stall or if you are in a band that would be willing to perform for free!!, she would particularly like to hear from you.

The PTA are always organizing events to raise money for the benefit of our pupils so please look out on the school notice board for these.  The curry night in March was well attended and we are hoping to organize a 'School Dinner' and quiz evening later in the year for families.  There would be a family quiz and a chance to sample food from the school dinner menu.  This event will be early evening to enable children to bring their parents.

We would like to thank those people who help in school by listening to children read, helping with the school grounds or helping with after school clubs, your help is greatly appreciated.  We are always looking for more helpers, so if you think you could spare a little time, please let us know.

Jane Rimmington, Administrator.

VILLAGE NEWSLETTER & WEBSITE

If you would like to submit an article to appear in this quarterly village newsletter, please contact me either by email to tim@westtytherley.com or by phoning me on 01794 340973. Submissions need to be delivered by the 19th of the month preceding the Newsletter which comes out in April, July, October and December.  This month I have also released a sheet detailing the village committee contact details, extra copies are available from the shop or by contacting me.

The village website now has it’s own dedicated webserver and now can only be viewed at www.westtytherley.com If you previously viewed the website by using the old address: www.koetser.eurobell.co.uk/westtytherley/ this link will no longer work so please update your bookmarks. I value your suggestions either by email or phone.

Tim Koetser, Editor & Webmaster