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Winsham
Village Calendar 2021 Pre-Order now |
| The super Winsham Calendar will be
available from Winsham Shop from the end of October, but
only to people who have had the forethought to order between NOW
and the 15th October. The successful new approach, trialled last year, has been taken this year-the people of Winsham have selected many of the wonderful pictures being used, through the community Facebook pages. One calendar costs £6, £10 for two (and £5 for each additional copy). In addition to brightening your home, the Winsham Calendar makes a lovely low-cost Christmas and New Year present for friends and family. Ordering could not be easier-just put your name on the list in Winsham Shop-no need to pay, until you take delivery, which will be late October, early November. Who benefits from the proceeds? Winsham Street Fair Committee has reached its fundraising needs for 2021, so the entire proceeds-after the costs of production-will be split equally between Winsham United Charities, and the Winsham Recreational Trust. The former help the parish by providing small amounts of money to help with educational equipment or training for our children. Winsham Recreational Trust is charged with the management and improvement of the Upper Recreation Ground at Bakersfield. |
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 Winsham Street Fair Committee thank the sponsors of the Calendar- without their help it would not be possible. |
| Winsham Street Fair Committee Two important bulletins-21st August,2020:
Winsham Street Fair
Committee would usually hold its biennial General Meeting open
to everyone in Winsham Parish a few months after the Street
Fair. The General Meeting is the opportunity to report on how
the biennial Street Fair has gone, invite new people to join the
Committee and elect the officers for the next two years until
the next Street Fair. Because of Covid-19 and having to postpone
this year's Street Fair to 2021, the Committee won't be holding
its General Meeting this year either. But we'd love to invite
anyone who'd like to be on the Winsham Street Fair Committee to
still contact us. So if you'd like to join us then please let us
know, either by emailing
winshamstreetfair@gmail.com or calling our Chair, Alison
Llewyllen, on tel 30071.
And if you don't feel
you can commit to being on the Committee then don't worry, we
always need volunteers to help us with the actual Street Fair so
there are lots of other opportunities to get involved!
Work on the ever popular Winsham
Village Calendar has started for 2021. A pre-order form will be
available from 1st September in Winsham Shop for
people to add their name, phone number and quantity they wish to
order. We’re delighted to say that pricing remains the same as
last year (£6 for one, £5 for two or more) and we’re hoping that
the calendar will be ready for distribution by mid to late
October, when payment is on collection from the Shop. Nearly all
of our sponsors are lined up again and we have some great photos
which the Committee will be selecting this year due to voting
being difficult for those who aren’t on the internet. We’re just
in the process of contacting other village organisations to see
if they would like any important 2021 event dates pre-printed in
the calendar (subject, as we all now accept, to the vagaries of
government guidelines and Covid-19!). The big difference this
year is that the proceeds from calendar sales will be shared
between two other village charities (Winsham United Charities
and Winsham Recreational Trust) because Street Fair Committee
has already raised sufficient funds for the 2021 Street Fair. If
we can achieve the same support and level of calendar sales as
we did last year then this should result in at least £150 for
each one, so please get your orders in!
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| 2020 Winsham Street Fair postponed
by a year
Winsham Street Fair Committee has made the difficult decision,
in light of recent government announcements and restrictions
about Covid-19, to postpone this year’s Street Fair to next
year.
It’s disappointing, but the current
situation is changing daily and there’s no guarantee that it
will improve in time for the 27th June. By postponing
now, we also avoid incurring costs that we would not be able to
get back nearer the time, so all your generous contributions to
funds raised are safe and will be carried over to next year.
We’ve contacted partners, stallholders and entertainers and have
asked them instead to put the date of Saturday 26th
June 2021 into their calendars, because things should surely be
back to normal by then?! Any queries or questions, please
contact us on
winshamstreetfair@gmail.com
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Winsham Street Fair is a biennial event dating, in its present form from the mid-1980s. It has it's roots in the Charter given to the parish by Henry the Third in 1262, to run during the last three days of June each year. In the 21st century it follows the end of June date, and is a biennial event lasting one day.
It remains similar to the original thirteenth century event in that gives an opportunity for the parish to gather for a social event, with plenty of refreshments available, entertainment, and the opportunity to pick up a bargain form one of the many stalls manned by vendors and craftsmen and women.
Organisation of the one day event fills the two years between, which involve all sorts of fund raising events needed to bring the event together.
Find out more about the Winsham Street Fair since 1985, and view dozens of pictures visit Winsham Web Museum.
Click HERE