Community Pub Night – Friday 16th March

After a month’s break to allow some much-needed refurbishment and redecoration of the hall, March’s community pub night will have a distinctly green theme, being the day before St Patrick’s Day.

As last year, there will be suitable decorations to enliven the atmosphere, as well as home-cooked food with a nod to the Emerald Isle. There’ll be all the usuals too – traditional pub games, the chance to chat with neighbours and catch up with friends old and new. Children are very welcome.

We do hope you’ll join us to see what the revamped village hall has to offer (it looks a bit different from the picture)! We’re open from6:30-10:30pm.

Community pub night Friday 19th January 6:30-10:30

Banish the winter blues at the first pub night of 2018!

All are welcome for home-cooked winter warming food, a selection of drinks and the opportunity to socialise with friends and neighbours at the Bellingdon & Asheridge Village Hall.
Advance notice that, owing to the major kitchen works and repainting in the hall in February, there will be no pub night next month. The next date is 16th March.

Christmas parties for young and not so young

On the first weekend of December, the village hall was transformed into a festive wonderland for the benefit of residents at both ends of the age spectrum.

Approx 37 children attended on the Saturday and the ages ranged from 1 – 11. DJ Carl Pearson (Fire and Ice Entertainment) did a fantastic job of keeping them all entertained. Some parents also stayed. They all seemed to enjoy participating, especially in the game of musical bumps. Late afternoon they were treated to a visit by Father Christmas who left them all a small gift.

Some 11 “seniors” attended the three course Christmas lunch on the Sunday. They had a (supposedly!) non competitive quiz over dessert/teas & coffees. This was a picture quiz of villages and buildings around the Chilterns, which caused much comment and friendly rivalry between the three teams. A fun, light hearted way to end the informal lunch.

As always, no events like these can happen without the hard work and dedication of a team of volunteers. Thanks must go to:

  • Christina Field, Natalie Brewer and Alf and Sally Field for organising (and tramping up and down the villages to find out who might be coming – there’s no substitute for face-to-face contact!)
  • St John’s Church for a donation of £100 towards the costs.
  • Jakki Matthews for donation of the voucher for the Christmas tree.
  • Michael Bowden for donating the turkey.
  • Mark Shaw and everyone else who helped out in various roles.

We hope to run the event again next year, on the same weekend, so look out for information in the autumn. Everyone is welcome, no matter how long you have lived in our villages!

Village Pub Night: 17th Nov 6:30-10:30pm

Come and enjoy some home cooked food, a selection of drinks, traditional pub games and the opportunity to meet with friends and neighbours.

Everyone is welcome as always, as are offers of help on the evening either setting up, doing a shift on the bar or clearing up at the end. Email contact@bellingdon.com if you’d like to help out 🙂