The Village of Wark

The small army of volunteers at the 21^st Wark Charity Lunch last Wednesday deserved to put their feet up after their effort to feed two sittings with one hundred people per sitting.  As I have said many a time before, the Charity Lunch is one of those fantastic village institutions that show what a generous place this is.  No less than £3800 was raised for this year’s chosen charity, Tynedale Hospice at Home.  This is again up on last year and the money just keeps on coming.  On the day itself, there wasn’t just the food, but a stall with home produce and a fantastic raffle with 28 prizes.  I understand that a reporter from the Hexham Courant helped out during the day and got a real insight of the inner workings of the event.  I’ve been asked to especially thank the Co-op and the Battlesteads for providing some of the food and drink and the Mart in Hexham for allowing a couple of our retired farmers to set up camp there on Tuesday and sell raffle prizes.  A truly Herculean effort and something that all those involved can be justly proud of.

The WI will be having a cake stall on the Green on Saturday May 29^th starting at 10 a.m.  As we all know the quality of the WI cakes is such that you really can’t afford to arrive 15 minutes later as you can be fairly sure that everything will have been sold by then.  I suppose one hopes for nice weather on those occasions, but you can be fairly sure that it will be a success whatever the weather!

This weekend, on Friday 21^st of May to be precise, Birtley Village Hall will be hosting an Antiques Night with Andrew McCoull. Antique nights never fail to amaze me: every time some new gems turn up from people’s collections and you get to hear some fascinating stories.  Like with the Antiques Roadshow on TV, the value of most items is really of a secondary nature, it’s the stories attached to them that make it interesting.  The Antiques Night starts at  7 p.m. for 7.30 and tickets cost £5 per person (cheese and a glass of wine included). Valuations are £2 per item.  Please reserve tickets in advance by contacting Liz on (01434) 230612 or Lesley on (01434) 230210.

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