Brilley with Michaelchurch

There will be a meeting of the Parish Council at Brilley Village Hall.

The meeting will be preceded by a public meeting starting at 7:30pm, to which members of the Golden Valley Hunt have been invited.

Parish Council Meeting 14/09/2010 - Agenda

Brilley Social Club at Brilley Village Hall

Friday 27th September

7.00.p.m. until late

Games for all ages: table tennis, darts, pool, quoits, scrabble, dominoes, rounders on the Green.

Hot dogs and burgers, licensed bar

All welcome

Following the success of June's village social club, another evening is planned for this Friday, 30th June 6.30.p.m. - late in the village hall and outside on the green..

There will be a BBQ, licenced bar, lots of games and good company. All welcome. Please tell your friends and neighbours!

There is a plant stall at the gate to Brilley Church with all donations to the 2 Churches.

New plants coming and going regularly.

The 3rd Brilley & Michaelchurch Churches Fund Raising Draw was held on July 6th with the winner of the £50 first prize being Cheryl Roberts-Shaw.

The 4th and last Draw for 2009-2010 will be drawn at the end of August.

Please let it be recorded that the bird commonly known as ‘Peter’s Peacock’ is, in fact, an uninvited guest who appeared in the garden of ‘The Salt Box’ towards the end of last year. He clearly found the surroundings to his liking and stayed.

He acquired the name ‘Percy’ and was, at first, very quiet and undemonstrative, contenting himself with exploring the garden and field, and displaying, in vain, to Sara’s chickens and any other feathered creature that ventured into the garden. However, like many uninvited guests, he became rather noisy and intrusive, particularly when trying to attract members of the opposite sex with his forlorn cries so, mindful of our neighbours’ quality of life, Sara and I decided to get him some female company and, in due course, a lady peahen, ‘Penny’, arrived.

Penny earned the nickname ‘Houdini’ as the planned 3 week period of her confinement in our old stock trailer to get her acclimatised to her new home was curtailed during her first evening when she managed to escape through an opening in the extreme top corner of the back of the trailer that could not have been more than a third the size of her body. However, she appeared in the garden with Percy the next day, proving herself to be a lady of some moral fortitude by resisting his requests to ‘go all the way’ on their first date. While Percy spent most of the day in stunning and frantic display mode, complete with raised tail and rustling feathers, she was content to pick her feet and re-arrange her plumage; rather like some women I have known in the past!

The following day Penny did not show up and Percy has since been alone once again, somewhat quieter than before with the exception of some rather anguished cries in reply to those of other birds and animals that he hears.

We are not expecting to be able to recapture Penny and bring her back, but we would be grateful to hear of any sightings of an Indian Blue Peahen (mainly greyish plumage with slightly iridescent greeny-blue neck), and to know that she is still alive and well.

Peter Watts, The Salt Box 01497 831424

A date for your diary!

The launch of the book 'Brilley Voices' - the written version of local reminiscences tape recorded recently - will take place at Brilley and Michaelchurch Village Hall on Friday, 10th September 2010 at 6.00pm.

Everyone welcome.

Brilley & Michaelchurch village Hall AGM will be held on Tuesday 13th July at 7.30.pm

Come and hear what is happening at your hall and how you can get involved.

All welcome

Weather permitting, come and join us for a game of rounders on the village green on Wednesday 30th June. 7.30.p.m. start. All welcome

Kate Platt of Hillview, Brilley, says:

"Clyro primary school, which currently has 8 Brilley children attending (due to rise to 11 in September), is under serious threat of closure by Powys County Council.

The school is thriving, popular and successful but that doesn't seem to count for a lot. But!! we are fighting back, with, amongst other things, a letter campaign and paper and e-petitions. If you would like to sign the petition, click here.

You can also leave your comments at this email address and we can also be found on facebook.

Thank you in anticipation."

Kate Platt

Village Social Club this Friday 25th June in the village hall. 6.30.p.m. til late

All welcome. Hotdogs from 6.30.p.m. Bar open all evening. Table tennis, pool, darts,cards, scrabble and other games. The forecast is hot and sunny. Why not bring the whole family and enjoy the village green in the sunshine.

Entrance free.

The renowned University of London Chamber Choir will feature works by Britten, Vaughan-Williams, Sullivan and Stamford with the proceeds going towards repairs to the church.

The choir will perform in St Mary's Church, Brilley at 7.30pm on Saturday the 26th of June.

Tickets are £7 per person - available from Peter Davies, Marya Fforde or Chris Scarratt.

As seating is limited to 120 in the church, we advise booking early to avoid disappointment.

Website: www.ulchamberchoir.co.uk/

As we have no events planned at the moment, the 3rd Fund Raising Draw will be drawn at the Brilley and Michaelchurch PCC meeting on Tuesday 6th July. Winners will be notified.

The P.C.C. would like to thank everyone for their help in making the Bank Holiday weekend events so successful. The exhibition in the church was stunning, and our grateful thanks go to Dilys and Fiona for their months of hard work. In the hall, we were inundated with helpers who did a wonderful job manning stalls and providing all day refreshments, ably directed by Rose. We could not have done it without you all. Many commented on the nice friendly atmosphere which was an added pleasure. It looks as though we have made over £3,000 for the two churches, a great help when repairs are so costly. Well done everyone, and thank you once again.

We are indebted to photographer Jane Moyle (www.janemoyle.co.uk) who has taken wonderful pictures of the Art of the Needlewoman exhibition.

Click here to enjoy them.

The link to these pictures will be permanently available on the website by clicking on "All information > Links".