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 SCARECROW WORKSHOP 30th/31st
MAY AT BATTLE MEDIAEVAL FAYRE
In preparation for the July Festival......Come and see how it is
done with Radiator Arts and Beautiful Battle on Abbey Green. Families are invited to create their own...with
materials provided...for a token cost of £2.50 per scarecrow. A ‘How to....’ Leaflet
is also available to offer some guidance. The event is sponsored by Farrago, and any proceeds will be donated
to St Michaels Hospice and Beautiful Battle SCARECROW FESTIVAL 5th-25th July 2010
The Scarecrows are
back in Battle this Summer. Some sixty characters dressed for ‘Market Day’ will be decorating
the centre of town for three weeks. Pick up a ‘Guide to the Scarecrows’ leaflet from the Tourist Information centre
(at Battle Abbey), Battle Library, Battle Museum...or participating businesses. You are invited to make
your own choice of the best from over sixty characters adding colour to the centre of town.
The event is sponsored by Angela & Hamish Monro of Wheel farm Business Park Westfield, Graham Peters of Fox Estates &
Tiger Tees, and by Verdant.SPECIAL
FARMERS MARKET 17th July on the ABBEY GREEN
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The July Market will be embracing the Scarecrow Festival from 9am until 1 o’clock.OPEN DAY FOR SCARECROWS
SATURDAY 17th July at THE ALMONRY GARDEN Scarecrows made at The Mediaeval Fayre will be on display for
one day only at the Almonry Garden...at the top of Battle High Street BEAUTIFUL BATTLE STREET COLLECTION Friday &
Saturday 16th/17th JulyProceeds of the collection will support the floral displays in Battle. BATTLE
IN BLOOM AWARDS Thursday 22nd July at the Almonry Garden Scarecrow winners will be announced and prizes awarded from 6
o’clock...together with the floral awards for Battle 2010.
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Welcome Back Chris “Following our first contact with Chris Collins at the SEIB awards in 2008
he will be making his second appearance in Battle on March 25th 2010.Chris’s unique and down to earth approach to everything that he does has
struck a chord in Battle and we are all looking forward to his next visit.Prior to talking to Battle residents, in the Memorial Hall at 7.00 pm, Chris will
be making a visit to Netherfield Primary School in the afternoon. Here, he will talk to the children and discuss gardening
and the environment with them. His visit is being eagerly anticipated as several of the children are Blue Peter badge holders.
Chris, of course, is a Blue Peter gardener and very much values his time with children. He will also, I am sure, captivate his evening audience who will be keen to hear
more stories of his gardening exploits around the world.Tickets for the evening will be available sometime in February 2010 and notice will be posted on
this site as to where they may be purchased. We hope that a horticultural raffle will also be held during the evening”
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Beautiful Battle Outstanding Contribution Recognised
Beautiful Battle, who led the Battle Town entry to success
in the 2008 South East in Bloom, supported by Rother DC, recently had some success at the 1066 Business Awards
held on Friday 27th March. Beautiful Battle were the Runners-Up in the category ‘Outstanding Contribution
to the Community’.
Pictured from left to right:
Guest Speaker Sally Gunnell, Alan Cole, Margaret Emeleus & Simon Alexander (all of Beautiful Battle), and Teresa
Nemeth of Hasting & St Leonards Observer (sponsors of the award)
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- Do you have a brilliant horticulture idear which you would like to develop?
- Do you need some help?
- Do you require some funding?Will it benefit Battle?
If you can say 'YES' to all of the above ..then contact alan@beautifulbattle.org
- St Martins Sheltered Housing supports a Gardening Club, and quite a bit of expertise .. but very
much welcome some support in putting their entry together for the South East in Bloom this year.
Think you might be interested? .. then please contact Shirley Massey on 01424 773253
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Thank You!
The street collection on 16th and 17th May raised a magnificent £609.
This will boost our funds and will be used on various projects around the town. Beautiful Battle
would like to thank all the volunteers who helped with the collection and all the many people who gave so generously over
the two days
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Queen's Award for Volunteers Nomination
Five volunteers from Beautiful Battle attended a Reception,
given by the Lord Lieutenant, on Thursday evening 17th April at Plumpton College. The reception was also attended by 19
other East Sussex voluntary organisations in recognition of their nominations for the Queens Award for Volunteers.
All the nominated organisations were congratulated for their work.
Battle Mayor Ron Harris and his wife also attended.
Although we did not eventually win an award in 2008, Beautiful Battle felt very honoured
and proud to have be nominated..
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Beautiful Battle - 2008 AGM
Beautiful Battle held their second AGM in the Memorial Hall Battle on
Thursday 27th March. The meeting was attended by over 80 members, "Friends" and sponsors.
In her opening address the Beautiful Battle chairman, Margaret Emeleus, focused
on the importance of both sponsors and volunteers in the continuing success of the organisation and its primary role of fostering
"Pride in the Community"
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St Mary's Church Christmas Tree Festival
Beautiful Battle volunteers put up their Christmas Tree in St Mary's church to
join over 30 other enties by local groups.
Volunteers made "Beautiful Battle baubles" to decorate their tree. To mark their successes
in the 2007 SE in Bloom competition the tree was topped by the town's certificate and a symbolic "gold" flower for
the Almonry garden. The tree was kindly donated by Jon Avery Landscapes.
The Festival coincided with the switching on of Battle's Christmas lights
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On Thursday 6th September at the Battle Memorial Hall, Derrick Elwood gave
an excellent illustrated talk about his time at the Almonry, Battle, where he was the gardener and friend to Miss Holloway,
owner of the Almonry in the 1960's
Over £500 was raised on the evening. This will be put towards projects
for the 2008 South East in Bloom entry by Battle.
The picture shows Derrick giving some invaluable advice to two Beautiful Battle volunteers when
walking around the Almonry gardens the day after his talk.
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Members of Beautiful Battle manned a stall at the Farmers Market on
Saturday 19th May 2007 to explain what we do and enlist more volunteers. The event enabled us to reach regular visitors to
the Market from neighbouring areas that fall outside those households who received a leaflet recently via the Battle
Royal Mail sorting office
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The Station Manager and Peter the ticket clerk helped us to promote the work of Beautiful Battle
by helping us to mount a public display in the station ticket office for the first 3 weeks in May 2007.
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Evening with Fergus Garrett
At a recent promotional evening, Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter, gave an inspirational
talk to a captive audience of 150 people. The evening raised £900 towards the cost of floral projects in Battle
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We held our first Annual General Meeting in April 2007. It was attended by about 80 members, sponsors and
other guests.
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