Author: Richard

The winner of the tote (drawn at yesterday’s Tea and Piece event in church) was Sylvia Coombes.

The winner of the Abthorpe Church Tote in June was Mrs A Hitchings who won £282.50

The winner of the tote draw yesterday aws Keith Fenwick, who won £280.

The winner of the tote draw for March was Rona Cambray who won £277.50.

The winner of the tote draw for February was Rob Balderson, who won £275

The winners of the January draw were Darren and Tina Emerton, who won £275.00

The winner of the December draw was Mirrick Loggin, who won £267.50

The fascinating life of our village school over more than 300 years is now revealed in a new book by Alison Symmers and Jill Tolson.

Read about..

• the history of the school
• short biographies of all the masters and teachers since 1642
• personal recollections of children who attended the school between 1924 and 1959
• the attractive building itself through a photographic tour

£8.00 each

All profits from the sale of the book go to the Old School and help maintain this important village feature.

To order your copy email oldschool@abthorpe.net

I took the last of our donations to the foodbank this morning, There was 25Kgs. The Foodbank volunteers were delighted.

This makes a total of 60Kgs collected from Abthorpe during November and December. A brilliant result. Thanks you to everyone who took the time to buy an extra item and pop it in the box.

Double Donation Week is back!

Raise increased donations for St John the Baptist Church Abthorpe, when you shop online using #easyfundraising.

Argos, John Lewis & Partners, notonthehighstreet, Etsy and more are doubling donations until the 13th of December.

Head over to: http://efraising.org/OgTc8qoST2