The St Florence Flyer Newsletter of the Village Association: October 2010

1. Events: Parsonage Farm Inn: Halloween Party, Saturday 30th October from 7pm til late, all welcome. We are offering free food, fancy dress and prize for the sexiest costume. The Sun Inn: Halloween Party, Saturday 30th October, 8pm onwards fancy dress, prize for best costume, 60’s / 70’s disco by Mark McSweeney. Rhi-Vive Jewellery: Saturday 13th November at Sunninghill (Next to The Parsonage Farm Inn). For anyone who wants to come and browse for Christmas gifts and ideas. From 11am til 4pm. There will be Rhi-Vive collection – Restyled old and vintage beaded jewellery; necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, watches and keyrings and there will also be candles and other gift items, ideal for Christmas Pressies. St Florence School: Christmas Fair, Wednesday 1st December open from 2 - 5pm, raffle and great stalls Grandiflora & Bramleys: Friday 3rd December, we have a Middle Eastern Theme night. Starts 7.30pm. Costs £19 pp, you can bring your own wine or beer. To book please call us on 01834 871778. St Florence Fun Day 2010: A really good event even though the weather was against us AGAIN. It took a lot of effort to put on this event with many tasks such as organising stalls, tickets, prizes, checking equipment, contacting people, putting out road signs and so much more. The walking parade started from the Sun Inn car park and went around the village. It was a shame that this year there were even less people dressed up or joining the parade than in previous years. We would like to say to those who did support, participate, dress up, watch or donate, a HUGE HUGE thank you. Caroline Barber from Penally judged The Shaggy Dog show, with her helpers, which was once again a big success, Thankyou Outside the BBQ was run by our Chairman David Bentall and his wife Di and their helpers. As soon as the charcoals were hot enough to cook they were making and selling burgers and hotdogs non stop all afternoon. Many of the stalls were run by our village organisations, selling anything from cakes, to teddy bears, St Florence bags, honey, books and brick o brac. We had some lots more stalls this year, some new such as a Pimms Tent, Name the Meerkat, Lollies Sweets, Jewellery, Flowers and Grandiflora plus the good old favourites such as toys, Duckola and more bric-o-brac etc. We even had some people come forward at short notice with ideas such as a Pitch & Putt, which was very popular and a buzz game, so thank you to those involved. Thank You. Moya Hart had a huge Tombola stall and was also selling goods she had been collecting from around the village for months. She did amazingly and all because people of St Florence were SO generous with the gifts they gave. Thank you!. Barry Thomas had a busy afternoon giving rides round the field with his Pony and trap and John Wolverson, representing the cricket club had a wellie throwing competition which was well supported and finally the Tug-O-War competition was fantastic fun, with The Sun Inn winning the ladies team and the Parsonage Farm Inn winning the male team. The St Florence FlyerNewsletter of the Village Association: October 2010 Halloween Sunday 31st October 2010 This year for fun, we ask you to get into the village spirit and think of making a guy fawkes to sit on your door step to greet all the happy trick or treaters. Ideas could be based on your careers or hobbies. Bring it along on BONFIRE NIGHT and the best wins the top spot on our huge bonfire.

2. St Florence Flyer Page 2 We hope all the people who came to see us enjoyed themselves, with the knowledge that we did make a profit and that the money that we have raised will go towards various projects and groups within our village. If you would like to help or get involved with the arrangements of any of these events, please come along to our meetings which are on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Village Hall at 7.30pm or if you just have any comments or suggestions, we would welcome your support. Please contact our Chair, Mr David Bentall on 870077 or any of the Village Association Members. Bonfire Night, Friday November 5th We will open this event at the Village Hall with a superb BBQ from 5.30pm. There will be a bouncy castle and stalls, a raffle, tombola, teddy stall Hot Soup and Mulled Wine being served from our kitchen. The Guy Fawkes competition will then be judged ready for the fire to be lit at 6.30pm. The Fire Work display will start at 7pm. As you are all aware we do not charge a fee for this event so please tell all your family and friends. If you enjoy it, please feel free to give a donation on the night. We look forward to seeing you. We would be pleased to welcome anyone who would be prepared to give us a hand to put this event together to make our night a success for the village. Before the event. 3.00pm playing field, Erecting large Gazebo, moving tables and chairs, temp. carpet in the hall, roping off area. During the event. General assistance as stewards keeping crowd inside roped off area. Help with the raffle and bucket collection. After the event. Dismantling Gazebo and putting the equipment back in storage. If you can help, pleasegive Amanda Davies a call on 871441. The Blooming Generation • 4th December - Juniors Party in Village Hall • 7th December - Toddlers Party at Heatherton • 12th Decemberat 6pm Seniors Christmas Party at The Merlewood Hotel, Saundersfoot. Please note change of date and location as The Cartwheel Restaurant is currently closed and up for sale. Monthly prize draw winners were:- Christmas and New Year Events If you have any Christmas events that you would like to advertise on the flyer, please contact me, Amanda on 01834 871441 or email Daviesaj1@yahoo.co.uk. No later than December 3rd.

3. St Florence Flyer Page 3 Christmas As you have undoubtedly heard over the last few weeks Christmas is fast approaching with only 9 weeks to go. So if you are busy shopping for those well deserved Christmas pressies, please remember if you shop on-line, you could be donating money to our village school without even costing you a penny. Please take a moment of your time to look at www.easyfundraising.org.uk and look for the charity Friends of St Florence School (F.O.S.S.). Find your store or shop through this site and they will give our school monetary donations at NO EXTRA cost to you. As the school are so important to our local community, they would be so grateful if you could take two minutes of your time to look the website as any financial help is so important to the school especially with the current extension imminent. Grandiflora and Bramleys Tearooms Winter filled pots and hanging baskets under planted with spring bulbs are now available to buy. We are also ready to take your Christmas orders for Wreaths, Mince Pies, Christmas Cakes and party buffets. Everything is made on the premises. Santa will be visiting the garden centre on the 5th, 11th, 18th December 12 – 3pm. Children can visit him in his Grotto, have a chat and receive a gift for a great cost of £2.00. No booking required. Our Christmas 3 course parties are on Sunday 5th, 12th and 19th December, 12.30pm start including mulled wine on arrival, coffee and mince pies at a cost of £19.00pp. St Florence Luncheon Club St Florence Club started back on the 9th September - much to the enjoyment of the members, who were pleased to catch up with each other after the summer break, and as usual, a delicious meal was supplied by Bramleys Tearooms. Our next lunch will be on the 21st October at the village hall. The dates for November are the 4th and 18th, and our Christmas Lunch will be held on the 2nd December at Bramleys Tearooms by kind invitation of Liz. If anyone has a spare few hours every 6 weeks or so and is interested in becoming a volunteer for the Luncheon Club please ring either Doreen Evans - 01646 651306 - or Mary Evans - 01834 871439 - for more information. St Florence W.I. Do you enjoy? Making New Friends? Learning New Skills? Social Events? Guest Speakers? And FUN? If so the W.I. May well be for you! We meet every 2nd Monday of every month at 1.45pm at our Village Hall. Should you have any queries, please contact Lesley on 871622. St Florence Community Council We are really disappointed to announce that a few months ago the roof at our Village Hall was seriously damaged and a temporary repair had to be made immediately to stop water leaking into the building, however, the damage is extensive and a complete repair is very costly. We hope that the people involved will think seriously about what happened and will not repeat such an offence and realise that the money needed to fix such damages indirectly comes out of our pockets. St Florence Village Association We have donated two new benches along the Ritec for your pleasure and hope that they are of use. Unfortunately, already the one benches, nearer the shop end of the Ritec has been vandalised and we ask that if anyone sees these benches being mistreated or knows who is responsible for the current damage, please let the Village Association know. Also please could parents remind their children about the one way system in the village as children are still riding their bikes the wrong way, which could result in them being knocked off their bikes or even more seriously, be badly injured or even killed.