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THOUGHTS ON SPRING

As the days start to lengthen and the sun rises higher in the sky giving off its welcome warmth it is heartening to see nature coming into her own again. Bulbs are pushing up through the earth, some already with Continue reading →

Congratulations Debbie Lines

Congratulations Debbie Lines

Croquet World Champion 2023

Croquet World Champion 2023

Huge congratulations to Debbie Lines who many of you will know is Barnack Clerk to the parish council.

Debbie won the Women’s Association Croquet World Championship  in Christchurch, New Zealand between 7th and 14th January Continue reading →

UFFORD’S OLD FORGE

We were privileged to live at The Old Forge on Ufford Main Street from 2009 until 2019, although it was called “Old Forge Cottage” when we bought it. Over those ten years, I often wondered who were the blacksmiths who Continue reading →

Tales About My Road to Barnack

We started looking for a house of our own in 1976, not long after my father had sadly died following a long and cruel illness. My husband, John, had been posted to Wittering to join 1 Squadron as a Harrier Continue reading →

Bainton Primrose Festival

Bainton Primrose Festival

Bainton churchyardIt’s a tribute to everyone who has taken care of it, and most of all to our much-missed Michael Bratley, that Bainton churchyard looks so incredible every spring. Its mixture of bulbs, primroses and rare violets (not to mention a Continue reading →

My life in the Air – Peter Grist

To be able to fly an aeroplane was something I had always wanted to do from when I was at school and even thought about doing professionally with the airlines but the careers master said I didn’t have the brains Continue reading →

The Queen’s Green Canopy

The Queen’s Green Canopy

The Platinum Jubilee 2022 – A lasting celebration of 70 years on the Throne

The Queen’s Green Canopy is a tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Everyone across the UK is being invited to Continue reading →