An Ambulance at Brownhill House

Dear Blogger

To those very kind friends and neighbours who have asked about our `difficult week` at Brownhill House.  

 Lots of things came together from B&B bookings, friends coming to stay last week, getting members of ShACC (Shropshire Alternative Car Club) to take over the organising of a car club event and Roger being carted off in an ambulance at 3am on Saturday night after several near fainting episodes - 111 don`t like people falling over and hitting their head.

The ambulance girls were brilliant, not only super efficient but also full of fun to lighten the atmosphere.

They kept Roger in overnight and our friend Brian arrived from Bristol.

Nothing has stopped Rog eating like a horse (or eating a horse) but it has all left him feeling a bit fragile.  We await more tests.

The Good bit is, in the last two days our friend Brian and I have built the new fruit frame, with Roger as foreman, checking our work.  Life is never dull at Brownhill House.

Many many thanks to members of ShACC and those concerned people on the mailing list who have written in with concerns, what would I do without you all.

Love, thanks & best wishes to everyone,

Yoland    

Ruyton Village Hall Show - great raffle prizes

Dear Blogger

Message from Nigel Leadbetter, Ruyton XI Towns Village Hall committee

Ruyton XI Towns Village Hall Show

Only a few weeks until  the Village Hall Show on 12 September.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone there, and hope that you will enter something into the competition classes.

Full details about the Show and how to enter are on our website:

https://rvh.charityhive.co.uk/

You can also pick up copies of the programme, rules and application forms from Cafe Eleven

On the website you can also enter the associated Online Raffle; this will be drawn on the day of the Show, but you need to buy tickets in advance, and they are available only online.  

We have some fantastic prizes:

Bannatynes Spa Day for 2

Family Ticket to Bomere Heath Cricket Club Bonfire

Family Pass to National Trust Chirk Castle

£25 M&S Voucher

2 Tickets to the RATS Panto

£25 Voucher to Simla Tandoori, Oswestry

Santa Cruz Skateboard and Tony Hawk Protective Kit

2 Bottles Tanners Wine 

All the details are on our website, or you can go direct to the Raffle page here:

https://rvh.charityhive.co.uk/raffles

Please follow the links, join us at the Show and buy your raffle tickets asap to support our Village Hall.    

……………………………………..

Regards,
Nigel Leadbeater
Treasurer Ruyton XI Towns Village Hall Committee

Artists Designers, Photographers - to design a Christmas Card for Ruyton Church

Dear Blogger

Message from Claire Vuckovic

Looking for ARTISTS/DESIGNERSPHOTOGRAPHERS to design a CHRISTMAS CARD

We would like to produce a Christmas card to raise funds for the church this year. We are looking for a suitable image and are hoping that talented artists/designers/photographers in the village might be able to help us. I attach a poster with details. 

The village shop have kindly agreed to be the collecting point and we need designs by 21st September please (people start getting organised so early!).

I would be really grateful if you could circulate this to your mailing list. 

With thanks,

Claire Vuckovic

Bags of ice left over from a wedding

Dear Blogger

A message from Kate Bowen at Weston Lullingfields - I received this message yesterday but but things have notbeen easy at Brownhill House for the last week. 

Kate says she will have to dump the ice if she does not get a quick reply.

I have quite a few bags of ice left over from my daughter’s wedding . They are free to anyone who’d like them .
07891066538
Kate Brown

Booka Bookshop An Evening with Rick Stein 4th November

Dear Blogger

Message from Booka Bookshop

Booka Bookshop Present...

Calling all Food Lovers! Booka Bookshop and Linghams bookshop are delighted to welcome chef, restaurateur, author and favourite of our TV screens, Rick Stein to Chester Racecourse as he talks about his life, culinary journey and his new cookbook Rick Stein’s Cookery Course. Rick Stein has been cooking for the last 60 years. Now, for the first time, he shares his complete cookery course. With 150 classic recipes and photographed step-by-step techniques, here Rick goes right back to basics and brings together a lifetime of cooking expertise into one essential volume. In this book Rick looks back on the essential recipes and techniques he returns to again and again. With chapters focusing on main ingredients – eggs & dairy, vegetables, fish & shellfish, meat & poultry, pulses & grains – this is his most extensive book yet. It features recipes big and small, each one accompanied by insightful tips and personal anecdotes from one of Britain’s best-loved chefs. Whether you’re cooking a simple weeknight dinner or hosting a lavish dinner party, Rick Stein’s Cookery Course will prepare you to make delicious meals with confidence. We’re thrilled to welcome back one of our all time favourite authors – don’t miss this great opportunity to see and meet him! Copies of the book will be available to collect on entry to the event. Books will be signed by Rick after the show.

Further Information 01691 662244 | hello@bookabookshop.co.uk | Message via social media

Maona cinema, films this week

Dear Blogger

Message from Holly at Maona Cinema

This week`s films

Wednesday 19 August

  The Spin (15), 19:30 * a screening organised by Oswestry Film Society  

  Thursday 20th August  

  Moana Live Action (PG), 18:30  

  Friday 21st August  

  The Invite (15). 19:30  

  Saturday 22nd August  

  Mermaid Beach (PG), 14:00  

  The Fisherman (15), 16:30  

  The Invite (15), 19:30  

  Sunday 21st August  

  The Invite (15), 14:30   

Os Film Society - Tomorrow Wednesday at 7.30 - Mishaps & Odd Characters!

Dear Blogger

Message from Oswestry Film  Society

Tomorrow, Wednesday Aug 19, @ 7.30pm

THE  SPIN

Mishaps & odd characters!

THE SPIN: Two record shop owners whose passion far outweighs their business sense are faced with eviction, so they seize on a wild opportunity: rare vintage blues records going cheap in Cork. The catch? They’ve got just two days to cross Ireland and pull off the deal. Off they go in a battered old Vauxhall, meeting a series of colourful characters along the way. With scenic Irish backdrops and mesmerising musical tracks, THE SPIN is gently offbeat and awkwardly optimistic - critics praise its charm, comedic timing, and uplifting tone.
This Wed, Aug 19, 7.30 (OFS screenings open to all) at Oswestry's community cinema Maona - more info, plus check out our host's regular schedule, at www.maonacinema.com 
And - Thank you for supporting in numbers our last showing, of Nina Conti's SUNLIGHT, which had a 100% thumbs up from the audience. And thank you to Cathy for this follow-up email: "It was an absolute gem. Funny, surprising, moving and deeply humane...utterly unique and a joy to watch." We try to oblige with all our screenings - Oswestry Film Society.