As part of Open House weekend
Swakeleys House will be open to the public on Sat 16 Sep 10:00–16:00
Drop in (which we assume means just turn up)
More details at https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/1939
Please go along as if we don’t keep going they’ll have an excuse not to open it any more
| The Colne Valley Festival Fortnight runs this year from Saturday July 22nd to Friday August 4th 2023. https://www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/festival-fortnight/ |
THE MIKADO
White Knight presents a concert version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado, to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee.
The concert is free, with a retiring collection in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee.
A first-class line-up of professional soloists are giving their time for free, in the hope of raising money for people in desperate need across the world.
7.30pm on Sunday 25 June 2023
St Giles’ Church, Ickenham UB10 8BG
From URC
Our Spring Forecourt Sale was a great success, with a good attendance and atmosphere and £818 raised for the church and our chosen charities for the year, British Red Cross and Asthma+Lung UK, so thank you to all who came and/or donated things for us to sell.
The weather then was better than forecast earlier in the week but we’re hoping for warmer and sunnier for our Summer Forecourt Sale on Saturday 10th June from 10am to 12 Noon, admission FREE.
The formula will be much the same, with the famous plant stall, quality bric-a-brac, books galore, maps, stamps, jigsaws and boxed games and pretty well anything else you give us, except clothes and shoes, accompanied by a friendly coffee morning with homemade cakes.
If you have items to donate please bring them to the church between 2pm and 6pm on Friday 9th June or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection. This is also the number for any queries or offers of help, but otherwise we’ll again look forward to seeing you on the day!
From the URC
Yes, our first forecourt sale and coffee morning of 2023 is on Saturday 22nd April from 10am to 12 Noon, admission FREE.
We’ll have our famous plant stall, quality bric-a-brac, books galore, maps, stamps, jigsaws and boxed games and pretty well anything else you give us, except clothes and shoes, accompanied by a friendly coffee morning with homemade cakes.
Proceeds will be shared between the work of the church and our chosen charities for the year, British Red Cross and Asthma+Lung UK so come prepared to spend on the many bargains!
If you have items to donate please bring them to the church between 2pm and 6pm on Friday 21st April or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection. This is also the number for any queries or offers of help.
| Protect your Greenbelt with Colne Valley Park Are you interested in the future of the Colne Valley Regional Park and its Green Belt? Then we have two forward thinking events coming up for you. For more details and to book your tickets check our events https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/colne-valley-regional-park-19844437444 page or see details below. The Colne Valley Regional Park is holding a free interactive event focussing on how to respond to large planning applications, and the development threats facing our local Green Belt. Are you…. Shocked at the large developments constantly proposed in the Colne Valley Regional Park? Feeling powerless to get your view across? Wishing you understood more about the planning process? Wondering what Green Belt protection means? We invite local residents, community groups and parish councils to come to our forward-thinking workshop and find out about how to respond to large planning applications and Local Authority Plans the development threats facing your local Green Belt a draft Planning Toolkit to help you Our planning workshop will be held on Thursday 9th March 17:15 – 19:15 in Iver Village Hall. Please see here https://www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/engaging-with-planning-across-the-colne-valley-regional-park/?fbclid=IwAR1Qne8BkRsH1UzoysDWq2xuOzVeYGBvG9fWq9JzEEt-qy_uXJ0eCGiboU0 for further details and to reserve your place Conference: Improving how the Green Belt functions on London’s Fringe – Policy and practice, using the Colne Valley Regional Park as a case study. Are you interested in the future of the Green Belt, how it should function on the edge of London and where should planning policy be going? We are hosting a forward thinking conference for Local Authorities, Politicians, National Organisations & Local Branches, Colne Valley Regional Park Member Orgs and other local organisations. The conference will be held on 18th April 2023 in the fantastic conference facility at Brunel University, Uxbridge and is being made possible by the generous support of Brunel University and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Please click here https://www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/events/improving-how-the-green-belt-functions-on-londons-fringe-conference/ for further details and to book your tickets. |
Cheeky headline from Harrow & Hillingdon Geological Society.
Uxbridge Library 6th – 23rd February 2023
Uxbridge Central Library, High Street, Uxbridge.
Open: Normal Library opening hours Mon – Sun.
https://www.hhgs.org.uk/
Notice of forthcoming Piano Pops 4 Ukraine piano recitals later this month, postponed from November, in The Village Hall, Jordans on 22nd, and Ickenham URC on 29th – both Sunday afternoons, starting at 3:15 pm.
Proceeds will go to the Chalfonts-GX Ukrainian refugee support organisation.
From the artist (David Meacock):
It can be easy to lose the initial impetus of wanting to help in the immediate aftermath of any disaster, particularly when it’s ongoing, but I don’t see Ukrainian refugees in the UK being able to return anytime soon and so they’ll continue to need all manner of support.
I’m hoping most of the encores and transcriptions, including a few of my own such as of The Onedin Line and Deer Hunter themes, will already be well known, but I’m sure any which aren’t will be just as enjoyable – and so suitable for youngsters (5+) who mightn’t have been to a ‘live’ piano concert before. This is the musical equivalent of skipping main course and just having puddings for Dinner, followed by several bars and boxes of chocolate!
You can book tickets via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/pp4Ukraine
The URC will be making a full contribution to Festive Community Night on Friday 9th December, with a seasonal display in the church, stalls of Christmas decorations and presents, a CLICK Rukiga stand, hot drinks and mince pies in the Oasis coffee shop and a raffle.
There will also be books, mainly our high-end stock and ones with a local or Middlesex connection, such as Morris Hughes’ The Story of Ickenham, which is hard to find these days.
We will be there from 6pm to 9pm and again on Saturday 10th from 10am to 12 Noon for a Coffee Morning with homemade cakes, and the church and the stalls open again.
Admission will be free throughout.
If you have items to donate please bring them to the church on the Friday afternoon between 2pm and 6pm or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection.
We look forward to seeing you!
RICHARD PIPER
Ickenham Residents' Association 