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Avon Dassett Gardening Club Meeting – 21 November

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Next meeting – Talk – “Gardening As You Get Older” by Howard Drury 

Where – The Reading Room, Avon Dassett
When – Tuesday 21st November, 7:30pm
We welcome back Howard Drury to give us another wonderful talk. This time with some helpful tips and advice for us “as we get older”. 
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Our gardening club meets monthly throughout the year and annual membership for 2023 is only £15 each. This includes four talk/demonstrations at The Reading Room in Avon Dassett followed by tea and biscuits. We also have four wonderful garden visits (additional charges apply), and four social events too.

Membership also gives 10% discount for Harefurlong Nurseries (Farnborough) and The Herb Centre (Warmington).

 

If you wish to join us for 2023, come along to one of the meetings or contact a committee member.
We look forward to welcoming you.
 
For more details contact Gill Lewis (Chair) Tel 01789 638843 or Michele Gill (membership secretary) Tel 01295 690987.     

Guests/non-members are welcome to come along to the meetings for £2 each. 

Fenny Compton & Gaydon Fire Stations at Risk

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At a Cabinet meeting to be held on 9 November 2023, Warwickshire County Council will consider options which include closing Bidford, Fenny Compton, Henley, Shipston, Polesworth, Kenilworth, Wellesbourne and Gaydon fire stations. These will be turned into ‘surge’ stations required four times in every five years and the firefighters will be required to work from other stations or made redundant.

The Fire and Rescue Services Association have said that ‘local people will lose a valuable local asset with little or no gain to the area.’

The County Council representative for Avon Dassett is Councillor Chris Mills.

Road closures and restrictions 11-13 November 2023

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In November, EKFB will be working with utility suppliers to instal a new power cable connection under the A423 Banbury Road near Southam.

To complete this, a section of the A423, near our construction area between Ladbroke and Southam, will be closed for one weekend in November. 

  • A section of the A423 Banbury Road between Ladbroke and Southam will be closed from 6am on Saturday 11 November to 6am on Monday 13 November 2023.
  • Following on from this, there will be temporary traffic lights on the same section of the A423 from Monday 13 November to Friday 18 November, from 8.30am to 5.30pm. 

A works notice has been published and is available to download here: 

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Notice-of-road-closure-A423-Southam-October-2023_Final.pdf

If you have any questions regarding this work, please contact the HS2 helpdesk and we will endeavour to answer any questions as quickly as possible: email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk or call 08081 434 434.

Dassett Country Show donation to Dogs For Good

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One of the chosen charities for this year’s Dassett Country Show was Dogs for Good – UK and this past weekend Co-Chair Tracy presented a cheque for £750 to this incredibly worthy organisation.

Dogs For Good are currently looking for people to volunteer for 18 months to help socialise their puppies. If this is something you’d be interested in, please contact Dogs For Good directly! 🐕🐾