December 2008

Christmas is coming to the Woods on December 14th. At 4 pm there will be Carol Singing at the Abbey Road entrance, led by the choir of St Hilda’s church. Santa will then ride through the Woods from Abbey Road to the Pavilion where children can visit him in his grotto.
The entrance fee for this is £2 and each child will receive a small gift.

Also at the Pavilion the choir of Bearwood Baptist Church will be singing carols. There will be mince pies and mulled wine for the adults, tombola, guess the name of the Teddy, a raffle, treasure hunt for children and a lucky dip. The shop will also be open and gifts, cards etc can be bought there.
Come along and join in the fun!

The Trust’s Christmas Cards are selling very fast, so if you haven’t bought yours yet come down to the shop and buy them. They cost £3.00 for a pack of 6 and all the money goes to the Trust.

Also on sale we have 2009 Calendars of Old Smethwick, Bearwood and Warley. These cost £5.99 and £1 from each of these sales is donated to the Trust.

How about sponsoring a tree for Christmas and giving it to a friend? The cost for one of the veteran trees is £50 and for other trees is £20. You could also buy one of the ‘tree’ keyrings (£2.50) as a memento of the gift.

Our first event of 2009 will be a Bird Walk on Saturday January 24th. More details will be available nearer the time but meanwhile put the date in your diary.

Mince pies will be available in the café from this Saturday, December 6th. The café is open from 9 am to 3 pm every day so do come along.

There will be a new series of Ladies’ Golf lessons starting on 15th January and lasting for 6 weeks. The cost is £30 and the lessons will be taught in a group by the golf professional, Stuart Mathews. For more details and to book a place please call the golf shop on 429 2440.

If you would like to see the proposals for the restoration of the fountain and the landscaping around it do call in to the office and see the plans or have a look at the new Fountain Restoration web page. We are aiming to have the work completed in time for next year’s picnic in July and therefore we will be finalising the plans very shortly. Any comments would be much appreciated!

Finally, if you have any small unwanted gifts that you would like to donate to the tombola stall at Christmas please drop them in to the office as soon as possible.

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Dates for your diary:

14th December - Santa in the Woods from 4.00pm

Check the EVENTS page for upcoming dates and events

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