April 1994  - Edition No.29

I am delighted to report that the Coffee Morning in aid of Newsletter funds was a great success and it was fortunate that the heavy rain first thing disappeared to become a beautiful, sunny spring morning. My grateful thanks to Ivy Richards for once again opening her home, to her helpers and the many villagers who attended. The final sum raised was £108. Solvency again!

As I begin to put this issue together, it looks like a bumper edition. Thank you to the many contributors - some old, some new. Crossword puzzle addicts, thanks to David Beagley of Brookside, will now be kept happy with our latest regular feature. Paul Swailes, one of our artists 'in residence' and a colleague at the College, has successfully taken us into the realm of multi-colour printing for the front cover and his generous support of our Newsletter is much appreciated. In thanking him, I must also pay tribute to Alan Bacon for his support and encouragement and Colin and Mark, who do the printing itself - always at short notice and with never a grumble at my often complex instructions! I must not leave out Maureen and Graham and Sue [distribution], and the many readers who so kindly 'pop' something in the collecting boxes in the Post Office, Globe and Meakings - every penny counts and it's amazing how it adds up! And finally, the readers, who make it all worth while.

Congratulations to the winners of the Disney Prize Wordsearch - Ben Sanders of Lee Cottages [8 years], Darren Lawson of Haywards Heath [12 years] and Anne Moseley [nee Billett] of Poole. The answers were: Pluto, Pinocchio, Mary Poppins, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Jungle Book, Snow White, Bambi, Goofey, Dopey, Bashful, Dock, Fantasia, Aladdin, Dumbo, Cinderella, Lady, Tramp, Pooh and Peter Pan.

Items for the June/July issue should be at the Post Office or Chicane by the middle of May please.

Enjoy this issue and have a Happy Easter.