Following on from the appeal for help to clean our War Memorial in the June edition of the magazine, I do hope that you have seen the wonderful work that has been done by Shane Williamson, a friend of Doug & Rev. Liz Richardson. Given the time that it had taken me to clean about 10 sq.cm, it is nothing short of miraculous. However, like many other things, if you know what you are doing there is all the difference in the world, and Shawn is not only a stonemason but also a sculptor. He has cleaned both the Memorial itself, and the flagstones so the whole edifice is in a much better state than it has been for a long time. Our grateful thanks to him.

Chris Coke

After its huge success last year, we are delighted to launch the second annual Capel’s Got Talent night – to be held on Saturday 16th August at the Recreation Ground – and we need your help!

We are not only looking for great acts to be part of the show, but also volunteers who could help out as we prepare as well as on the night.

This year the organisation and running of the CGT is being organised by the Friends of Capel Guiding, and we will be running the event as a fundraiser to help give girls the opportunity to travel and try out new activities.

So what are we looking for/ Firstly, we need helpers on the night to set up, clear away help out on catering and the bar as well as the car parking and clearing up at the end of the evening. To volunteer please contact the CGT team on capelsgottalent@gmail.co.uk

Secondly, we need your acts! Are you a singer, dancer, magician? are you a dab hand at impressions,an amazing ventriloquist or quietly hiding your ability to click-flack and tumble? Whether you’re 10 or 70 we want you to share your talent!

To apply to enter or to volunteer to help on the day please contact the CGT team on capelsgottalent@gmail.co.uk. We’re also up and running on Facebook and Twitter @capelsgottalent.

There is lots join on behind the scenes researching and getting to grips with a design for the New Sports Pavillion. We have started a programme of fundraising. The next event is a Car Wash, which will take place at the club on Saturday 7th June from 10-12. Brign your car along to the Village Hall car park, have it washed for £5 and we will hopefully also be able to share some information with you about our plans and ideas. Refreshments will also be available. Anyone wishing to make a donation can also do so on the day.

Anthony Birch. 

Come along to borrow a book, meet friends and have a chat.

Coffee is also available.

Opening Times:

Monday – 1 til 2:30pm

Wednesday 1 til 2:30pm

Friday 10 til 11:30am

Calling all bookworms

Now Beare Green has a library, it is crying out for a book group! There is a group of eager readers who would love to come to a monthly evening book group, but we are too busy to organise it. If you can help plea call Debs on 01306 – 71000.

The traditional Good Friday Walk will be held on Friday 18th April when we will meet at the Capel Memorial Hall leaving at 2pm and returning around 4:30pm. Dogs on leads are welcome.

Melanie Simmonds will lead the walk and all are welcome to join us.

Walkers and non-walkers are welcome to refreshments in the church, with a welcome by our Vicar, Liz Richardson, at the end of the walk.

Freda Nelson – 711418. 

After a summer break we started with a meeting to discuss “Sweet Tooth 11 by lan McEwan, and any other books enjoyed during the lovely weather. Many had read Murder Mysteries and several members now have Kindles which they find a great help for holiday reading.

The next read was “Life after Life 11 by Kate Atkinson and this is now out in paperback. The book is different and challenging but worth a go.

Then on to the late lan Banks “Crow Road”; a good story and only marred for some by the’ back and forward ‘chapters,

December, we had the Douglas Kennedys’ “The woman in the Fifth”,again different, not a total favourite; however there is a DVD of this so we will give that a viewing and see if it has better impact. One opinion was that the dramatisation of “Death comes to Pemberley” had a better “look” than the book, which most had thought very poor.

We move on this year to “The Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hussain and follow it with Galbraith and Rowlings “Cuckoo Calling” a newly published novel.

Its fun to meet and it’s not just about the specific reads, as we recommend other items or swap books and have tea and cake! DOT THORP

Congratulations to Mandy Schryver on being awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours! Chairman of our Parish Council, Mandy, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the village. Many congratulations on her very week deserved recognition!

Mandy has served on the Capel Parish Council for 14 years, and has been a tireless Chairman for 7 of these. She gives her time freely to many other aspects of village life, organising the outside events at the Capel Horticultural Society’s Annual Show for the past 20 summers, serving teas and coffees and washing up each month at Flix in the Stix, being a hands-on trustee of Charlotte Broadwood Flats, to name a few. She also performs many unsung kindnesses, cooking several turkeys on Christmas Day for people with no power after the big storm!

The British Empire Medal is awarded for “meritorious service worthy of recognition by the Crown.” It was established in 1922 and awarded to subjects in the UK until 1993 after which it lay in abeyance until Prime Minister David Cameron restored it to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.