AT A GLANCE – WHATS ON!
Father Christmas at Furzey 11.30am-7pm Sun 2nd December
(also on 7th, 8th and 9th December)
5 Candles Service 10.30am Sunday 2nd December All Saints Church
Parish Council Meeting 7.30pm Monday 3rd December Danby Room
Christmas Wreath Making 1pm Saturday 8th December Study Centre
Minstead History Group 8pm Tues 11th December Social Club
Beat Surgery 11am Saturday 15th December Trusty Servant
Christmas Tree Festival 11-4.30 Thu 13th-Sat 15th Dec St Michael & All Angels
Junior Minstead Pantomime Trip Thurs 13th Dec
Carol Service 4pm Sun 16th December All Saints Church
Junior Minstead Christmas Hike in the Forest 5pm Thu 20th December
Carols on the Green with Father Christmas and the Mummers 6pm Sat 22nd Dec
Nativity Service 4.30pm Mon 24th December All Saints Church
Midnight Service 11pm Mon 24th December All Saints Church
Christmas Day Service 10.30am Tues 25th December
Click on the links above to find out more.
Please let us know at minsteadpc@gmail.com if you would like us to notify the village of any event you are hosting or of any incident that would be of local interest. We are able to do this via our website, e-newsletter and Facebook page.
If you know of anyone near to you who does not get emails and may like to read this eNewsletter please print a copy and give it to them.
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ROADWORKS ON MILL LANE
Our best information is that roadworks on Mill Lane will be from 4th to 7th December.
They are standard carriageway reconstruction, patching etc to even the surface.
Access can be available when required but there cannot be parking on the road for its full length.
BEAT REPORT
The Beat report for November can be read by clicking here.
This contains updates on policing priorities, burglaries, thefts, Speedwatch as well as a lot of useful advice on staying safe and secure over the Christmas period.
Please note that the next Beat Surgery will be in the Trusty at 11am on Saturday 15th December
MINSTEAD OIL
Orders for Oil for December must be placed with minsteadoil@gmail.com before 9am on Wednesday 5th December. Subsequent order dates are January 9th 2019 and each month until and including March. Thereafter orders will be taken bi-monthly until September.
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
See All Saints Notices for information on this week’s Parish and Benefice services and events.
Follow All Saints Church on Facebook and visit the Benefice website for more information.
MINSTEAD TRUST BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
Minstead Trust is taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2018: the UK’s largest match-funding campaign. Donations are doubled.
Click here if you would like to help by making a donation.
HOW WE USED TO LIVE
Tuesday 4th December at 7.15 for 7.30 pm
Come with us for a stroll down memory lane
This will be an evening of memories and reflections about how life used to be. Who knows how the evening will evolve and what we will discover about where we live? We shall have some images and words to share with you, if necessary, and if you have something you wish to show us please bring it with you.
Entrance £3.50 on the door. Mulled wine and Christmas nibbles included.
Emery Down and Bank Village Hall, SO43 7EB.
MINSTEAD PLANNING APPLICATIONS
There following Planning Application for Minstead is out for consultation:
Reference: 18/00890
Address: Peters Hold Farm, Newtown Rd, Minstead, Lyndhurst SO43 7GJ
Proposal: Agricultural building
Consultation
Ends: Thu 27 Dec 2018
Reference: 18/00904
Address: Sungate, Football Green, Minstead, Lyndhurst, SO43 7FQ
Proposal: Outbuilding
Consultation
Ends: Monday 31st December 2018
Reference: 18/00886
Address: Appletrees Farm, Sallys Water, Newtown, Minstead, Lyndhurst,
S043 7GH
Proposal: Detached garage
Consultation
Ends: Friday 21st December 2018
Visit the NPA website for further planning information.