 August Fradswells first Car Boot Sale! The aroma of freshly cooked sausage and bacon sandwiches wafted round a very sunny Parish Field as 10 stall holders and a good number of browsers made for a great first car boot sale. A number of stallholders asked if we could make this a regular event, - look out for next years Programme of Events! Unfortunately, a number of our wooden 'event' signs were taken from their 'direction' positions by the roadsides over the weekend. If anyone knows of their whereabouts - let us know! Total profit for the village hall £78.50  July On a beautiful sunny evening at the beginning of July many Fradswellians enjoyed a convivial evening of dancing and fun at the Fradswell Barn Dance. Many thanks to Bridgette & Colin for the use of their wonderful barn, everyone who worked tirelessly selling tickets, decorating the barn and on the night, and special thanks to Sue Calhaem for organising the event.  June Village Fete In spite of a wet start to the day, the afternoon was dry and let us all have a great time spending pocket money, eating cakes and ice-creams and winning prizes galore! See lots more photos on the 'Village Fete' page!  June Fradswell Bakehouse & Craft Shop opens...   A great morning shopping!  ...every Friday  May Village Walk The afternoon walk went very well, no rain, lovely views and delicious cakes at the end! About 17 walkers took part - a good number.  April Easter bonnets and eggs Easter Saturday was the most gorgeous sunny day and it was lovey to see families walking to the hall, children chattering excitedly, ready for Easter fun. Soft drinks, fizzy pop and wine kept everyone cool as we all joined in the hunt for eggs, with most people leaving the hall clutching a slightly warm easter egg!     Tim shows off his dancing skills  March Irish night Fradswell was awash with Irish Stew! A great night which raised over £300! Thanks to everone who bought tickets for the evening and those who so generously donated prizes and bought tickets for the raffle, which was drawn by probably the only Irish person in the room, Mr Hughes from Weston! It was a really fun night, with enough Irish Stew for seconds for us all. Tims irish whisky tasting stand was a great success ...(and definitely helped improve his irish dancing!)      Mavis & John February Valentines Champagne Breakfast Romance must be alive and well in Fradswell - 34 people attended the Valentines breakfast! Thanks to everyone who catered - full english breakfast with all the trimmings was enthusiastically enjoyed by all!  Tim perculates  Tom tackles the eggs   December Over 65s Christmas Tea We all had a great party afternoon! A warm festive hall, great food - and plentiful, and to make things even more seasonal, it started snowing outside! Songs and carols from Paul and Sarah had everyone singing along all afternoon! Thanks to everyone who came along to the party - approx 30 people- and to all those who helped with the event. Special thanks to Sarah and Paul for the entertainment!  December Coffee morning and Craft Fayre Well supported in spite of the snow! British bacon butties, quality craft and produce, the new village hall plans and imprompyu singing from Sarah and Paul all made for a great start to the festive season. Reaction to the new village hall plans was very positive.  November Winter Warmer It was very foggy and cold outside, but inside - we had a great night! Bingo, a quiz, mulled wine and hot stew - what more could you want!   Ole!  October Spanish Night Just amazing! Thank you for all the compliments which the committee have received for this night. We had 6 generous tasters of spanish wine, teamed with 6 delicious Spanish tapas to try throughout the evening. The atmosphere was completed with incredible Spanish guitar music from the very talented Josh and Nathan Bragg  September Fradswell Fashion Show This was a really great night, attended by over 50 ladies. 'Next One' presented us with a brilliant range of clothes, tempting most people in the room to make a purchase - or two! It was such a success, that 'Next One' have promised to come back and do another show in March and show the new seasons stock.  August The Big Lunch Fradswells little 'Big Lunch' was really enjoyed by all those who came. Some fantastic home made food and drinks and lots of time to catch up with village news!  July Chartley Moss Guided Walk There was such interest in this event that we'vehad to run 3 seperate walks!  June Village Fete The weather was good, the Rev. opened the fete, strawberries, cream, ice cream, cakes and ginger beer kept us all well fed. Stalls galore kept everyone busy all afternoon. We also had a stunning display of old vehicles and engines - thanks to everyone who made the effort to bring them along - they created a great point of interest. Thanks to Ian Dodds for supplying marquee, tents ect and to everyone who donated prizes and time, and to everyone who supported and spent money at the fete! More photos on Facebook 'Lets build a new village hall in Fradswell'      May Blues Night with Mr Terrapin (JBE) One of the best evenings entertainment we've had! We all enjoyed a fabulous night of music from the extermely talented band. Lots of fun on the dance floor - we hope to invite them back again soon!  April Sunday 18th -Local Guided Walk The perfect afternoon for a walk! 30 people came to join the village walk, which took us along public footpaths, over fields, streams and hills, in a 6 mile circle, via Stowe, then back for tea and cakes. Thanks to eveyone who made such wonderful cakes, to Jean Irene for serving us with badly needed refreshment and to Ann and John for organising the walk. We all look forward to an Autumn Village Walk! even the dogs  enjoyed the walk! Single file please!  traffic jam  at stile! Tea & cakes...  ...well deserved!  Easter Bonnet Parade Over 60 people came along to the Easter Bonnet Parade! It was great to see so many of you there. We had some amazing bonnets - every child won an easter egg as their bonnets were great. First Prize went to Oliver Clough.      February Valentines Breakfast Romance is alive & kicking in Fradswell! Couples at the Valentine Breakfast enjoyed champagne, full cooked breakfast and chocolate roses for the ladies.    January Curry Night Brilliant night! Again, we had a sell-out curry event with over 80 people enjoying the evening. Thanks to all who set up and came along on Saturday to tidy up.    December Carols by Candlelight Great turnout on an extermely icy night. The Church raffle was drawn, with the winner of the main prize - helicopter ride - Steve Clough. Mince pies, ginger biscuits mulled wine and a good old sing song was enjoyed by all. Thanks once again to Andrew for giving up his time to come and play for us.  Senior Citizens Christmas Tea. Was held on Monday 14th December, at 3pm What a wonderful event!. 20 guests, plus some carers came along and got into the Christmas spirit with crackers , paper hats and Christmas music! Everyone enjoyed an afternoon tea and a great chat, as guests of the Village Hall Committee. There was even a small Christmas gift for each guest to take home. Thanks to Fradswell Village Hall Committee for its funding of the event.      November Beer Burgers and Bingo! Thanks to all of you who turned up on a really wet, miserable night. Luckily, inside the hall it was anything but miserable! It was brilliant to see new faces, as well as our much valued regular supporters, and especially good to see so many younger people in the hall. The bingo was good fun - especially the Irish Bingo and was very popular with everyone. The hall was well filled and we've already been asked when we're doing another Bingo night! Thanks for supporting, and thanks to everyone who worked hard with food, bar and clearing up. Very much appreciated. October Wine & Supper night A really great evening! We had 6 wines supplied by Old School Wines of Tittensor, who also supplied tasting cards, a tremendous selection of local cheeses, all donated by local cheesemakers: Bertelin Farmhouse Cheese (Ellenhall, Staffs) Guernsleigh Golden Cheese (Leigh, Staffs) Greengate Deli ( Stafford) All this, as well as antipasta! Many thanks to all who supplied products - we really appreciate it. Thanks to all who turned out to clear away the next morning. We all had one thing in common - bad heads! Something went wrong with my camera, sorry, but I just had to put this one up of Kath 'chilling' even though the quality is poor.   Wine table  Kath Chillin'  sorry about quality!  September Village Produce Auction Thanks to everyone who donated produce for this event - we had some wonderful fresh produce, including fruit, veg, cakes and puddings, wine, handmade beeswax candles and flowers. Although numbers were small, a very big thank you to those who came along. Thanks to our fab Auctioneer, Stuart Hodson, we had a brilliant evening. He had us all in fits of laughter for the whole evening, and did a fantastic job. The auction raised the amazing sum of £150! Ladies with hammers!  Bridgette & Nadine tackle the kitchen July Paintathon This took place on Saturday afternoon (4 July) and we were heartened and delighted by the number of villagers who turned out to help. The Village Hall Committee would like to thank the following people for help with the project: Alan of Heritage Roofing & Building Services for a donation to paint fund Barry of Barry Dore Change Solutions for a donation to paint fund Focus DIY, Uttoxeter for some great discounts. James of ATE Truck & Trailer Sales Ltd for use of vehicle and disposal of refuse. Jeremy of The Greenhouse People for donation of materials. The kind donations from the above mean that the actual cost to the Village Hall for the redecoration was only £4. We also give huge thanks to all the individuals who came along, worked tirelessly and with great enthusiasm all afternoon, and left the village hall totally transformed both inside and out. You should all feel very proud of yourselves, and your service to the community. Thank You. Barry de-clutters  Roy gets stuck in!  underway  lunchtime for the workers!  John & Lewis get stuck in!  great childrens paintings  Looking good!  End of the day  Barry feigns injury!  Finished!  picnics in the sunshine      Village gents in action!      May Curry Night What a brilliant night! The evening was a sell-out, with 80 people enjoying great food supplied and served by Shaffers of Stone. We had lots of comments from people about how good it was to socialise within the village. As you can see from the photos, the hall looked great once it was decorated. We intend to make similar events a regular feature of the future and would welcome your feedback on the Curry Night and ideas for future themes. Thanks to the Bragg family for the use of their sound equipment, the bar staff for all their hard work, and everyone who put in so much effort to make the evening great.     April Easter Egg & Bonnet competition. Thanks so much to all who came along. We had a great morning! Some fantastic hats and eggs, an Easter Egg hunt in the hall, cakes and drinks and then the Grand Parade. Everyone made a really great effort and looked fab. All prizes were well deserved!    First Coffee Shop morning Thanks to all who came along. The Coffee Shop was buzzing! Looking forward to doing it again 1st Saturday in May.  Book Swap Morning. Village Hall Sat 14th March 10am- noon. Many thanks to all who attended. Delicious cakes, great chance to chat and get book bargains too! Due to the success of this event, we will be opening Fradswell Coffee Shop on the 1st Saturday of each month, from 10.30 - noon in your Village Hall. All welcome - we really hope you can pop in!     Carols by Candlelight  Dec 08 Village Christmas get-together  |