Parish Newsletters

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Items for Future Newsletters

Please let Stephen Elmer have articles for the newsletter by email, phone or note. For other parish matters contact any councillor or the clerk.

Noticeboards

Parish Council noticeboards are located at the village hall and on the village green. A public-access noticeboard is located in the bus shelter opposite Pittfields Corner.

Scruton Information Signboard

A ‘Thankful Village’ signboard located on the village green near the Church, tells the story of Scruton from its ancient origins through to it becoming a Thankful Village.

Station Visitors from SA

31st August 2022

Descendants of Henry Hutchinson, Scruton’s Station Master in the 1920s, visited Scruton in August and were amazed to see the renovations to the once derelict building.

Tractor

Farming News – September 2022

31st August 2022

As I write, harvest is now almost over, with one small area of spring barley remaining.

Wheelbarrow

Gardeners’ World – September 2022

31st August 2022

Another hot, dry month has spoilt many summer plants, but it has suited plants like lavender which has been covered in flowers.

Robin

Nature Notes – September 2022

31st August 2022

We recently had a hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on flowers in our garden. These day time feeding moths migrate from around the Mediterranean to Britain and Northern Europe.

Coore Memorial Hall, Scruton

Village Hall Bookings

27th July 2022

Rory Clarke has now stepped down as Treasurer for the Coore Memorial Hall and the village hall diary is now held by Jim & Michele Hargan

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