Issue 167 April 2020 Award-winning Community Newsletter Carisbrooke Parish News Bird song at dawn ON Sunday May 3rd, the dawn chorus walk goes again, led by Richard Smout. On this occa- sion, we will meet at 4.30am in the car park opposite The Coop. Most volume occurs before dawn, and so we have decided to ‘bite the bullet’, and start early! Having given time in the last few years to identifying birds by their song or call alone, I have found it very rewarding to feel confident with a proportion of local species. Some are actually easier by sound than sight, eg a distant Raven or mediterranean gull, which would otherwise pass as a crow or black headed gull. By me that is! It can be fun to try to write the sound of the song, or describe it so as to be recognisable to the reader. We have no difficulty with cuckoo, for example, which is coucou in France, kuckuck in German, and kakukk in Hungarian. Probably you will recognise ca cooo coo .. ca coo as a wood pigeon, but try this from wikipedia: filip filip filip, codidio codidio, tereret tereret. If you have that as a song thrush, well done! But songs of some birds are impossible to write phonetically, though can be described. Try writ- ing the song of the blackbird, dun- nock or wren! A relatively straight- forward description would apply to Photograph: Wikimedia A blackcap - often heard as part of the dawn chorus but rarely seen. our three noticeable gulls, for example, the squawking black- headed gull, the traditional sea- side sound of the herring gull, and the soulful mewing of the noisy Mediterranean gulls. Some smaller birds are much easier to hear than see, such as the black- cap which can be very vocal, whilst remaining frustratingly diffi- cult to see even when close by. Anyway, you might know many of these already, but if not, then by the end of the walk you will know quite a few. Richard will be alert to the less common birds, such as yellowhammer. Most species have a helpful brief description and recording on ‘Tweet of the Day’, which you can google or find on YouTube. The walk will take about two hours, though individual flexibility is understandable. At the finish you will be most welcome to have a hot drink and muffin or pastry at my house. Donations to The Friends of Carisbrooke Church welcome. Photograph: Robert Longford Photography Piers Ramsdale-Capper and Georgina Davis Field, from the Elmwood School of Dance, which meets in Carisbrooke Church Hall, dancing to "Shallow" in “The Next Chapter”. See more on page 10. Dance school show a huge success Richard Knight
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Issue 167 April 2020Award-winning Community Newsletter
Carisbrooke Parish News
Bird song at dawnON Sunday May 3rd, the dawnchorus walk goes again, led byRichard Smout. On this occa-sion, we will meet at 4.30am inthe car park opposite TheCoop. Most volume occursbefore dawn, and so we havedecided to ‘bite the bullet’, andstart early!Having given time in the last few
years to identifying birds by theirsong or call alone, I have found itvery rewarding to feel confidentwith a proportion of local species.Some are actually easier bysound than sight, eg a distantRaven or mediterranean gull,which would otherwise pass as acrow or black headed gull. By me
that is!It can be fun to try to write the
sound of the song, or describe itso as to be recognisable to thereader. We have no difficulty withcuckoo, for example, which iscoucou in France, kuckuck inGerman, and kakukk inHungarian. Probably you willrecognise ca cooo coo .. ca cooas a wood pigeon, but try this fromwikipedia: filip filip filip, codidiocodidio, tereret tereret. If youhave that as a song thrush, welldone! But songs of some birds areimpossible to write phonetically,though can be described. Try writ-ing the song of the blackbird, dun-nock or wren! A relatively straight-forward description would apply to
Photograph: WikimediaA blackcap - often heard aspart of the dawn chorus butrarely seen.
our three noticeable gulls, forexample, the squawking black-headed gull, the traditional sea-side sound of the herring gull,and the soulful mewing of thenoisy Mediterranean gulls. Somesmaller birds are much easier tohear than see, such as the black-cap which can be very vocal,whilst remaining frustratingly diffi-cult to see even when close by.Anyway, you might know many
of these already, but if not, thenby the end of the walk you willknow quite a few. Richard will bealert to the less common birds,such as yellowhammer. Mostspecies have a helpful briefdescription and recording on‘Tweet of the Day’, which you cangoogle or find on YouTube. The walk will take about two
hours, though individual flexibilityis understandable. At the finishyou will be most welcome to havea hot drink and muffin or pastry atmy house. Donations to TheFriends of Carisbrooke Churchwelcome.
Photograph: Robert Longford PhotographyPiers Ramsdale-Capper and Georgina Davis Field, from the ElmwoodSchool of Dance, which meets in Carisbrooke Church Hall, dancing to"Shallow" in “The Next Chapter”. See more on page 10.
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Activities for April in GunvilleNEWS for April from Gunville CommunityAssociation:Plant Sale: Our annual plant sale will be on Saturday
18th April, 10am-12 noon. We rely on gardeners todonate plants and seedlings, so please look out your sur-plus stock. We shall open up at 9am for delivery of plants.If you would like your plants to be collected, please ring529697. Proceeds from the sale go to the upkeep of
flower tubs in Gunville. Refreshments will be avail-able.This will be something of a community event, as
Friends of the Animals will be holding a jumble salein the church that morning. Come and look aroundboth displays and enjoy a drink and a cake.Bench: Please put Friday 8th May in your diary.
This is the Bank Holiday to mark the 75th anniver-sary of VE Day. A new commemorative bench is onorder for the corner of Gunville Road andBroadwood Lane. This will be installed by that date,and a celebration event will be held. Times anddetails in next month’s Parish News.The existing bench, given by Carisbrooke Forum
around 2005, needs some attention, but will still beserviceable. If you have ideas on where this couldbe re-sited, please let us know (529697).Nellie’s: Our award-winning Wednesday after-
noons of coffee, cake and chat continue fortnightly,2pm-4pm. The April dates are 1st, 15th and 29th.Parish Council: Newport & Carisbrooke
Community Council will be holding its April meetingat Gunville Methodist Church on Monday 6th April.This is a chance for local people to put questionsduring the public question time from 6.45pm.Planning: We have been looking at various kinds
of day trips which we would hope to subsidise. Isthere a trip you would like to do? If you have ideasfor other events in our community, or for improve-ments to our environment, ring 529697 and we cantell you who to contact. Or could you help with plan-ning? Planning group meetings are usually everyother month.Short Mat Bowls: Monday afternoons, 2pm-
4pm, continue, with a bank holiday break on the13th April.Library Bus: The next visits are Mondays 30th
March and 4th May in the church car park,Broadwood Lane, 1.30-2pm. Come and comparenotes with other readers, and chat to the helpfullibrarian.
Martin CooperGunville Community Association
Thought for the month
St Mary’s ChurchCarisbrooke
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SAT in Parson’s Pantry this weekthere was only one topic of conversa-tion on everyone’s lips: coronavirus!And it does seem as I write this thatwe’re getting new advice every otherday, either from the Diocese or fromthe government. And as if that wasn’tbad enough, there’s also loads ofinformation on the internet as well(although it has to be said that not allof that is helpful or true!). So what dowe do? What is the best guidance?The problem is of course that I’m no
doctor. I’m simply not qualified to givepublic advice! I can follow the best prac-tice as I receive it, making decisions onhow to run a Communion service, or whatwe need to do to enable Parson’s Pantryto continue. But that is as far as I can go.So why on earth am I writing about it here,if I’m not willing to give any advice? Theanswer to that is quite simple – I want toconsider, not the medical, but the ethicalaspects of the current Covid-19 pandem-ic.Panic buying of soaps and sanitiser
gels, not to mention toilet rolls, seems tobe the prevalent action by many people atpresent. And this is all well and good, butwhat about those who have been unable
to do so? Do we have a duty of care tothem as well? And as people begin to self-isolate, how do we ensure that the vulner-able are still being considered and lookedafter? Perhaps in all this we can take anexample from the early church describedin Acts. This was a church learning how tocare for each other as a community, andparticularly for those in their midst whowere vulnerable. (For example, by themiddle of the third century, the church inRome was caring for fifteen hundred wid-ows and other poor persons.)Of course, some isolation is an
inevitable consequence of illness, unless,that is, the surrounding community active-ly reaches out to include the sick individ-ual. And this is where the modernChristian Church can perhaps take thelead. As well as encouraging you all tolook after your neighbours as this pro-gresses, if you cannot find help from any-where else, we are offering a phone num-ber (07949 704286) where we will try tooffer practical help. Obviously, we will notbe able to do emergency shopping for thewhole of Carisbrooke, but equally we donot want anyone to be isolated and unableto get necessary help. So do let us knowif you need us to serve you in this way!
Rev Marcus Bagg
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Celebrate Easter at GunvilleTHIS month we think about Easterand the events surrounding it, andconsider what it means for ustoday. Jesus might have been expected to
ride triumphally into Jerusalem on amagnificent horse as he came to theclimax of his 3 year mission. InsteadHe chose a donkey. We explore thesignificance of this on 5th April (PalmSunday).It seemed that Jesus failed in his
mission as he died a criminal’s deathon a cross (a most brutal and efficientform of execution devised by theRomans). However his followersclaimed that He won a great victoryover evil by rising from the dead threedays later. We celebrate Easter dayby focussing on the significance ofthese claims. Messy ChurchMessy Church won’t be takingplace in April but will resume as
soon as possible according tonational guidelines and regula-tions.Sunday services 10.30am
PLEASE CHECK WITH THECHURCH FOR GUIDANCE ONWHETHER SERVICES ARE
TAKING PLACEApril 5th: Palm Sunday. The most
amazing entrance ever? with MartinCooper.
April 12th: Easter day. Too goodto be true? with John Wells.
April 19th:What does the Bible sayabout money? with Chris Reddecliffe.
April 26th: with Dennis Lloyd.Music and Song GroupWe welcome any musicians and
singers to our music group, to singpopular songs and have a good,fun time together. Beginner, inter-mediate or proficient, we can havea great time singing together. Onthe 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each
month at 7pm. Young people’s groups
RS 2 – school years 8-11, Mondaysof term time @ 7-8.30pm. £1 –games, activities, and discussions.
ROCK SOLID – school years 4-7Thursdays of term time @ 6.30-8pm.50p – crazy games, crafts and activi-ties!
CONNECT and groups and activi-ties for younger children – Come andfind out more ways we can get toknow God and live out our faith ineveryday life! 10.30am–noon onSundays.
THE ARK Parent and ToddlerGroup, Tuesdays in term time 10-11.30am (£2.00)If you would like to find out more
about us there is further informationon our web site, which you can find atwww.gunville.org.uk
Andy SmithGunville Methodist Church
Carisbrooke weather in FebruaryCARISBROOKE was visited by three storms inFebruary: Ciara, Dennis and Jorge. The lastappeared to be named out of sequence but waslabelled by the Spanish Met Service although thestorm centre passed way to the north of the BritishIsles, nowhere near Spain. Moreover, nobody couldpronounce Jorge properly as consonants J and Gare Spanish sounds that approximate to KH and H inEnglish. The problem with Ciara was not the rain butthe strong wind that caused quite a lot of damage inour gardens. Dennis was windy but the rain was itsmain feature. Jorge was windy with a large amountof rain over three days.Although February was a short month, it rained on 21
days, with only 8 being dry. It started with 11mm on the2nd with another 3mm on the following day. Storm Ciaraarrived on the 8th with daily falls of 3, 6 and 4mm that wasnothing like as bad as the rest of the country but with
extremely strong winds. 14mm fell on the 13th before thearrival of storm Dennis on the 16th, starting with 5mm ofrain followed by an enormous 25mm the following daywith fairly strong winds. The following week and a halfremained fairly windy and produced a few millimetreseach day with 7mm in particular on the 25th. The monthfinished with the arrival of Jorge from the 27th to 29th with12, 11 and 3mm of rain and very strong winds. Total rain-fall for the month was 125mm, considerably more than theprevious month’s 88mm.Daytime temperatures were surprisingly warm varying
from 9C to 12C with it being particularly warm during thestorms. Only one night went below freezing with -1C onthe 6th, although it was chilly on the 5th and 28th at 1C.Most times it was between 4C and 8C but was as high as11C during Storm Dennis. The mean minimum for themonth was 5C and the mean maximum was 11C.
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World flavours for the Trefoil GuildAS anyone connected with theGirlguiding movement will know,February 22nd is Thinking Day.World Thinking Day is a celebrationof ten million girls and women world-wide that has taken place on every22 February since 1926. It remainsa day for all Guides and Girl Scoutsto think of each other and celebratetheir sisters all around the world.Our local Trefoil Guild (a non-uni-
form, adult branch of Guiding) cele-brated Thinking Day this year bylooking at the World Centres forGuiding and the countries wherethey are located. The WorldAssociation of Girl Guides and GirlScouts (WAGGGS) has WorldCentres located in Mexico,Switzerland, India, Africa and theUnited Kingdom. When we had looked at each cen-
tre and the country where it is locat-ed – Pax Lodge in the UK, OurChalet in Switzerland, Our Cabanain Mexico, Sangam in India andKusafiri in Africa – we tasted foodfrom each of the countries. Noteverything was to the taste of every-one involved, but we had fun tryingthem all, and ended with good oldhome-made scones and strawberryjam to link with Pax Lodge inLondon.If you are interested in the Trefoil
Guild and would like to know moreabout what we do, please contactJane on 01983 521274.
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April services 10.30 am 6.30 pm5th Mr Rob Howgate No service10th Good Friday devotion 12th Easter Day, Dr David Green No service 19th Mr. Richard Salmon Mr. Brian Cooper26th Mr Gordon Holmes No service
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing inyour sight, O Lord my rock and my Redeemer (Psalm 19: v14 NIV)
please check with the church whether these services are taking place
Spring in CarisbrookeAS we go to print in the middle of March, the wildflowers in the hedges and banks around the villageshow little sign of being held back by the bad weath-er over the past weeks. A few hazel catkins stillshake in the breeze, while celandines and daisiesshow through the grass in the churchyard, primrosescover areas of the banks round the castle and whiteviolets peep through on the banks of Millers Lane.
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THE defibrillator, for which The Eight Bells hasbeen running fund-raising events over the pastyear, has arrived and is now fully functioning! Ithas been fitted on the rear of the building at TheEight Bells, easily visible from the car park andthe garden. From the front of the building andthe road its position can be identified by thesign placed above it. Watch out for trainingopportunities coming along in the next fewmonths.
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Parsons Pantry onthe move
Parsons Pantry opened in Carisbrooke Church Hallin April 2018. Two years later it has become popu-lar as a meeting place in the centre of the villagewhere friends can enjoy our selection of teas andcoffees with a slice of one of our delicious cakes. Italso provides a chance for a relaxed chat with thevicar over a cup of coffee.However, it has become necessary for us to change
the day of opening from Monday to Wednesday, sametime, same coffee & cakes, same place.To make it eas-ier for our regulars to remember, the change will takeplace immediately after Easter, so instead of missing thebank holiday on Easter Monday, April 13th, we hope tobe opening on the Wednesday from 15th April. We dohope that if you have been a regular customer onMondays you will continue to support us onWednesdays, and if you haven’t yet managed to make iton a Monday we will be very happy to welcome you ona Wednesday between 10am and 12 noon.See you there!
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Renovating the Priory Farm orchardI HAD a great day onFriday 21st February,when fruit tree prun-ing was taught andpracticed under theexpert guidance ofClaire Draper of ThePlant Shop. Also invit-ed was Phillip Wilsonfrom Kent, with a sur-prising amount of the-ory and evidentexpertise, as youmight expect fromsomeone who hasclose connectionswith Brogdale livingfruit tree collection.
The training groupconsisted of Claire’steam at the Plant Shop,and two tree surgeons,… oh and myself, just
Photograph: Claire DraperThe pruning team take a well-earned break.
interested to know what to do!! For me it was reallyhelpful, and I have gone about pruning generally inquite a different way. Much more likely to thin withinthe shape of a tree, and hopefully with neater cutsclose to the main stem. I can also tell the differencebetween a leaf bud and a fruit bud which I had neverthought of before.
The removal of brambles climbing high into thetrees of the orchard at Priory Farmhouse, and thepruning of these trees, will undoubtedly renovate theorchard. Longer term plans are to reinstate themeadow, and we all wish Tommy and Bonnie, theowners, and Claire, who is doing much of the work,well with this project. Richard Knight
Stuck at home and wondering what to do?AS the effects of coronavirus spread across thecountry I would very much like to continue to pro-duce Carisbrooke Parish News for as wide a deliveryas is possible. I feel this will provide a lot of peoplewith a small link with the rest of our community.I realise that there will be little or nothing happening of a
group nature to report on, but maybe we can take advan-tage of this by having a go at producing a contributionwhich will interest others.
Do you have a hobby which you would like to tell usabout, or normally take part in a sport or a club which wedo not usually report on? Do you have memories of life inCarisbrooke which you would like to share, have youtaken interesting photos on a walk, or seen interestingchanges in the village?Have a go, I would love to be able to fill the next online
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Making ‘Promises’ in sign languageRAINBOWS, Brownies,Guides and Rangersfrom the units inCarisbrooke andNewport recently joinedwith others from acrossthe Island for WorldThinking Day 2020.Around the World the 10
million members of theWorld Association of GirlGuides and Girl Scouts(WAGGGS) celebrateWorld Thinking Day everyyear.This celebration of the
birthdays of the founders ofthe Movement on 22ndFebruary, is an annualevent and recalls the birth-days of the first WorldChief Guide Lady OlaveBaden-Powell (born22/02/1889) and her hus-band Lord Robert Baden-Powell (born 22/02/1857).Celebrations take a differ-ent form each year, havinga different theme relevantto that period in time.On the Island some 400
members of Girlguiding IWenjoyed an afternoon ofactivities at Lower HydeHoliday Park, Shanklin.This involved Rainbows,Brownies, Guides andRangers with their Leadersand was based on theWAGGGS theme for 2020‘Living Threads – Diversity,Inclusion and Equity.’With a variety of activities
all the girls had an opportu-nity to find out more aboutthe World Association of
Girl Guides and GirlScouts, had fun withgames and crafts andthought of Girlguidingmembers around theWorld. Covering the theme of
Inclusion all the memberslearned and practiced their‘Promise’ in British SignLanguage as several girlsuse this and this put one ofthe Living Threads themesinto practice. Special guests included
the Island’s LordLieutenant Susie SheldonJP, the Island’s High SheriffGeoff Underwood, and theChairman of IW CouncilCllr. George Cameron.
There was also a surprisevisit from a Girlguiding SWEngland Region DeputyCommissioner, SarahFrench.One of the event activi-
ties had involved girls mak-ing and decorating a light,and with hall lights dimmedthe 400 lights glowed aseveryone joined in thesinging of ‘This LittleGuiding Light of Mine’ toconclude the event.Tessa Bryson, a Ranger
and helper with 2ndCarisbrooke Brownies said,‘I had so much fun fromteaching Brownies how towork together and makestory bracelets to doingacting with the Rangers. Iloved it so much helping
the Brownies discover theirtrue creativeness. I can’twait for it to happen all overagain next year when I canlearn so much more aboutdifferent World ThinkingDay traditions.’Members of Girlguiding
are well known for raisingfunds for other charities.£270.00 was collected forthe WAGGGS ThinkingDay Fund. This is in addi-tion to the £937.61 that wasrecently sent to the Island’ssister Guides in Australiafollowing the bush fires.
Suzanne WhitewoodIW Girlguiding
Photograph: Suzanne WhitewoodAlmost 400 girls and their adult leaders gathered in the main hall for the conclu-sion of the afternoon, during which awards were presented and everyone joinedin with the singing.
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Elmwood shines in“The Next Chapter”ON Sunday, March 8th,pupils of The ElmwoodSchool of Dance took tothe stage for two sold outperformances of “TheNext Chapter”, under theleadership of theschool’s current princi-pal, Laura Stone.Both shows went brilliant-
ly well. Fantastic reviewsfrom parents and pupilsalike are still coming inabout how much theyenjoyed the night and howimpressed they were withthe professionalism andtalent involved.Elmwood, based primari-
ly out of Carisbrooke, hasrehearsed in CarisbrookeChurch Hall for over 40
years. Laura, having grownup in that hall under thetutelage of her mother,Shirley Stone, who ran theschool for the majority of its48 year history, was eagerto put all that she haslearned both as a teacherand professional performerinto practice, and adding toit the hard work of thepupils, it certainly paid offon the night.A huge thank you to all
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Bowcombe woolprices high in 1911
THIS photograph shows the 34th Isle of Wight WoolFair held by the auctioneers, Henry Way, on the 6thJuly 1911. The base for the Wool Fair was the DrillHall, but the actual auction, shown here, was held ina building that has now gone, The Rink. This was setback from the corner of Lugley Street and HearnStreet, and had been built in the preceding year tomeet the craze for roller-skating. From the originalphotograph it is just possible to make out postersadvertising the next skating event. The building isfestooned in flags for the celebration of the corona-tion of George V on the 22nd June.At the Wool Fair itself 23,000 fleeces were sold in 194
lots. We are told that the fleeces fetched up to 14d perpound. We are also given an insight into the quality oflocal sheep flocks. The only seller to achieve the top pricewas a Mrs Blake of Hunnyhill in Brighstone. Carisbrookefarmers fared almost as well. Andrew Cheek ofRowborough and H L Morris of Idlecombe were able toget 131/2 pence per pound, L C Attrill of Bowcombe Farmand E V Harvey of Great Park sold for a farthing less,while W and M Morris of Plaish were given 13 pence. Thestatistics show what an important area the BowcombeValley was for sheep farming, and the high standards thatwere achieved.
Richard Smout
Over the years in the Parish News10 years ago in April 2010 we reported that:- Fr Mike Exell would be retiring on Easter Dayafter 17 years at St Mary’s Church.- The year 8 boys rugby team from Christ theKing College had beaten the team fromDownside Middle School by 108-0!- There was a full peal, lasting 3 hours, rung onSt Mary’s Church bells in aid of the EarlMountbatten hospice.
30 years ago in April 1990 the Parish Press (as itwas then) reported that:- Gilbert Wolfe, one of the last independant milk-men to deliver in the village, was retiring.- 2nd Carisbrooke Brownies entered the RydeMusic Festival, gaining 86 points and the win-ners shield in their class of the singing event.
OUR chairman,Lynn, welcomed the ladiesto the March W.I. meeting, gave the usualsafety announcements and asked if therewere any queries on last month’s minutes.
The Isle of Wight W.I. Federation is 100 yearsold next year (the same as Carisbrooke) and anappeal has been sent out for help to suggestand organise events.
For ‘Show the Love for the Environment’ thisyear we are growing sunflowers to see whohas grown the tallest by September, the seedsfrom which can then be fed to the birds. Wehave also been knitting sunflowers and havemade over 50, which will be displayed on thetree in the W.I. House garden from May. Lynnthanked the ladies for making them and photo-graphs were taken of them by Sheila.
For the Isle of Wight bedroom in DenmanCollege £100 was donated to help with the newcurtains. This was largely the result of a lovelycoffee morning held at Sheila’s house.
Lynn told the ladies we are going to have astall in June at the Carisbrooke Fete, the themeto be Plastic Soup, reminding people aboutplastic in our seas.
We also need ideas for our 100th birthdaynext year and the members were asked for vol-unteers to help with the celebration.
The speaker for the afternoon was Ellen,whose subject was Fitness for all. She told usabout the way our muscles waste away if wedon’t use them and about some people who,because they keep fit, were still doing wonder-ful manual things at the age of 100 plus. Shethen gave out instructions for some exerciseswe could do each day, which we went throughwith her. At the end Mary gave a vote of thanks.
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Photograph: Sheila HallThe bright sunflowers knitted by the members ofCarisbrooke W.I. will be displayed on the tree in the W.I.House garden.
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Diary of Events for April
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International Dance Classstarts May 9th 2-3pm
tel 01243 265010www.interfolk.co.uk
Carisbrooke Church Hall£3 per session
Traditional dances
linescouples
sets circles
It has now become obvious that the government will not allowmeetings etc to continue during April.
We will be back with you in print as soon as it is possible to doso, in line with the government guidance.
In the meantime, please have a look at the message from theEditor on page 8.
We will be thinking of you in our community and hoping that youall keep safe and well. There is a phone number on page 3 which
you can use if you need help and have been unable to find itfrom family or neighbours.
Please check any of the above with the organisers before attending.
Our best wishes to you all,The Trustees of Carisbrooke Parish News
