The Village of Wark

 Wark’s contribution to the Biggest Coffee Morning in the World was a very good £238.  MacMillan Cancer support is a very worthwhile beneficiary of this bit of fundraising and all the money raised goes to improve the lives of people who have been affected by cancer.  Thanks to all those of you who made this event a success.

If you would recognise football manager Neil Warnock, would be able to name The Charmer or the ship that Jacques Cousteau used for his explorations, or even if you would know how many faces you’d find on the Sergeant Pepper album cover, you’d have made a good chance in the Quiz at the Town Hall last Saturday.  5 teams competed and together raised just over £200 for the Hall and a great night as well.  Thanks go to Mike Gibson for being the quiz master, Judith Weir and Mildred Murray for organising the suppers and for the three ladies who provided the soup.

This Saturday, 3 October, there will be another Wark Apple Fair in the Town Hall, the fourth year running.  The organisers hope very much that it will be a great success.  One of the main ‘attractions’ is the presence of Trevor Rogers, the apple identification ‘guru’, now based in Lincolnshire.  Trevor will be able to help put a name to the apples that have been growing in your garden for years.  To have the best chance of success, you should bring three apples of each variety and at least one of them should have a stalk attached.  There will also be opportunities to taste different varieties of apples, information on fruit growing, apple juice making, sales of apples and apple products, felt apple making, games and of course teas, coffees and apple-y cakes.  The Fair runs from 10.30 until 4 and entry is £2.50 or £1.50 for under 12s.

On Monday 5 October, you’ll be able to join St. Michael’s Ladies Guild for its annual soup and pudding night in the Community Room on Westacres.  This follows the Harvest Service at St Michael’s this Sunday. The Harvest Service starts at 6 p.m. while for the soup and pudding you’ll need to be at the Community Centre at 7 p.m.  Admission to the soup and pudding night is £3 which includes home-made soup, a roll, a choice of puddings, tea of coffee and a biscuit. 

Another thing, happening on the same night is a talk to the Local History Group on the development of roads and tracks across Tynedale.  Often we travel along our local roads without giving thought about how these routes came into being and you can be sure that some of them are ancient, while others are perhaps much more recent.  The Local History Group meets in the Town Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Monday 5 October 2009.