Come and join in singing Christmas Carols on Sunday 15th December.
We will congregate around the village Christmas Tree (just down hill from The Farmer) at 5.00pm
The Salvation Army will once again lead us with their music and carols.
Please remember a donation for the Salvation Army.
See how much the tree has grown since this photo was taken the first Chistmas after it was planted!
6th June CATHERINGTON CHURCH 19:30 for 20:00 START
On Thursday, June 6 the nation will come together to remember the tens of thousands of allied forces who gave service on D-DAY eighty years ago and helped secure the peace we in the UK enjoy today.
Catherington Residents’ Association will be remembering the 80th anniversary of D-Day with an event in the Church. Blendworth Brass Band will lead the tribute with appropriate music and we are part of the National chain of beacons that are being lit to remember the largest seaborne invasion in history. The incredible operation began the liberation of France and laid the foundations for the Allied victory the following year. Hopefully the church bells will ring out a 1/4 peal from 19:00 to remember this historic event and all those people who didn’t return to enjoy the peace for which they fought and died.
The Beacon will be lit on the top of the Church tower by the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire following The Tribute at 21:15 in line with others.
Please do join us at 19:30 for a 20:00 start in the church to enjoy the music and then outside for the finale, the ‘Lighting of the Beacon’. The church can only hold a limited number of people so if you wish to come along and enjoy the music please email to make sure of a seat. There is to be a collection in aid of The Royal British Legion.
If you wish to come only for the beacon lighting you are welcome to wait outside the Church it will be lit at 21:15. The Churchyard will be unlit and is quite uneven, you may wish to bring a torch.
To book please contact
CVRATickets@elitemail.org
Please feel free to come appropriately dressed for a fun evening.
SUNDAY 2nd June 2024,
1915 for a 1930 START
CATHERINGTON CHURCH HALL
ENTRY ON THE DOOR £2.00 per person. Refreshment available.
The story of how and why world leaders and members of Winston Churchills War Cabinet were together in a railway siding in a tiny village on the Meon Valley Railway line in 1944.
Nick Byrne’s imagination was caught by this amazing episode in our country’s wartime history a few years ago and Nick has carefully researched and studied the story in great detail. This will be an excellent start to our D-Day events.
Please do come along and support your community.
SUNDAY 28th April 2024,
1915 for a 1930 START
CATHERINGTON CHURCH HALL
ENTRY ON THE DOOR £2.00 per person.
Despite becoming Archdeacon of Bournemouth, a member of General Synod for 11 years, taking part in Lord Mountbatten’s funeral and being secretary to CVRA, any press statement about me always begins with “Former Ship’s Purser, Adrian Harbidge ……”.
Three years with Elder Dempster Lines allowed me to see ports on the West Coast of Africa and on the East Coast of America. The Biafran War had only finished a few months earlier, the Congo War in 1967 and a coup in Ghana the day before we docked – however, you’ll be surprised to learn which was the most dangerous port we visited.
A whirlpool too dangerous for an ocean-going liner to cross, the footprints where Jesus landed after the Ascension and shaking hands with Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson – all seemed part of everyday life at sea. What was more difficult to accept was the reason for pilfering British soap from the cargo, haggling over the price of a radio in New York’s equivalent of Curry’s and learning to dance uphill while the ship was rolling!
8th June 2024
CATHERINGTON VILLAGE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-day 1940’S STREET PARTY.D-day anniversary flyer
HELD AT ST CATHERINES WITH KIND PERMISSION OF HOLLY BURTOND-day cake recipe
CATHERINGTON 100 LIVES – Life in Persia under the Shah and how it is today
SUNDAY 24th March 2024,
1915 for a 1930 START
CATHERINGTON CHURCH HALL
ENTRY ON THE DOOR £2.00 per person.
This month we welcome Shahla a Persian who lived in Iran under The Shah. She is going to tell us how much the country she lived in and loved has changed since The Shah was overthrown. Shahla has retrained as a nurse and lived in England for 50 years. Her insight of Iran and the picture she creates are really topical and provide a view of Iran that we may not understand from the information available on the news. She has previously spoken to U3A groups and welcomes questions on any topic pertinent to Iran.
CATHERINGTON 100 LIVES
SUNDAY JANUARY 21 2024,
1915 for a 1930 START
CATHERINGTON CHURCH HALL
ENTRY ON THE DOOR £2.00 per person.
This month we are pleased to welcome Earl Attlee coming to talk to us about:
Myths and What they Don’t Tell You About The House of Lords
Earl Attlee will speak for about 40 minutes and then answer questions on his life in The House of Lords – so do come prepared with questions. He has been recently involved in reform and has just produced a Westminster Think Tank paper on this subject. He has views on the ongoing Post Office scandal and the Nigel Farage, Coutts banking scandal. He also has an interest in defence matters.
As a Peer of the Realm in the House of Lords his role is very different to that of an MP and they don’t hold ‘Surgerys’ so now is your chance to find out about The Lords.
(So if you want to know how much room an Ermine Robe takes up in a wardrobe now’s your chance to find out) Earl Attlee loves to take questions.
SAY NO TO DEVELOPMENT ON FARMLAND IN CATHERINGTON
Application has been made for 117 dwellings on farmland between Catherington Lane and Five Heads Road.
How to Object by 07 December
Use the following link with the reference number 60033
https://planningpublicaccess.easthants.gov.uk/online-applications/
THE DAIRY – CATHERINGTON
There is also an unrelated application to develop 9 houses and a commercial unit on the site of “The Dairy” on the junction of Catherington Lane and Roads Hill . Objections/ comments referring to this application should be made by 5th December 2023 by following this link
Come and join in singing Christmas Carols on Sunday 3rd December.
We will congregate around the village Christmas Tree (just down hill from The Farmer) at 5.00pm
The Salvation Army will once again lead us with their music and carols.
Please remember a donation for the Salvation Army.
Catherington Village Residents’ Association 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 24th November at the Church Hall at 7:30 p.m.
All members of CVRA are welcome.
