During the next week there are the usual Remembrance Services at St James’ and the bi-monthly Parish Council meeting.

In this issue:
  1. Remembrance Services, Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th November
  2. Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday 15th November
  3. Missing Peppa Found
  4. Bus Timetable Thanks
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1. Remembrance Services, Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th November

A reminder that there will be a short Service of Remembrance on Saturday 11th November at Birlingham War Memorial, during which a wreath will be laid. The service starts at 10.45am and will be followed by refreshments in the Church.

On Remembrance Sunday, 12th November, there will be a Remembrance Service with Communion, beginning at 10.30am, with two minutes’ silence at 11.00am. Both services will be conducted by Revd Orion Edgar, his final engagements before he leaves us to take up a post in Malvern.

There is also the British Legion ceremony at Eckington on the Sunday, beginning at Eckington Cross at 10.45am . A wreath will be laid by John Hill on behalf of Birlingham Parish Council and the ceremony will be followed by a service in Eckington Church.

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2. Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday 15th November

The next meeting of Birlingham Parish Council takes place on Wednesday 15th November at 7.00pm in Birlingham Village Hall. Among other items on the agenda, there will be a discussion about the precept requirement for next year. During the meeting there is an opportunity to express your views on local issues, so please come along.

The agenda for the meeting is available at www.birlingham.org/pc_info/pc_agenda_2017-11-15.pdf and the draft minutes of the previous Parish Council meeting on 20th September can be viewed at www.birlingham.org/pc_info/pc_minutes_2017-09-20.pdf.

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3. Missing Peppa Found

Ann Smith writes:
A very big thank you to all our friends in Birlingham and Eckington, who helped after Peppa went missing within five minutes while out with Roger by her side. So many family, friends and neighbours spent hours looking for her up until 11.00pm on Thursday, 19th October. She has six puppies, just two weeks old, which left us up all night feeding them. Fortunately a kind, dog-loving policeman came on Friday morning and after 17 hours found her in a galvanised tank filled with green slimy water, which was up to her neck. It was just amazing how she survived that long.

So Roger and Ann Smith would like to thank every one who took part in the search!

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4. Bus Timetable Thanks

We have received the following message from residents in Eckington:

“I would like to say a big thank you to those that put the new bus timetables on your website, as the telephone operators seem to have no idea and were telling us ‘Eckington OAP pair’ there are only two buses a day. Well, after a lot of phone calls we came to the font of knowledge. The extra info for connecting journeys is also very helpful. Thank you again.”

If there is any other information you would like to see included on the Birlingham website, please let us know at news@birlingham.org.

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