Braunstone History On Show
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he Braunstone History group have celebrated another successful opening of the museum at the Braunstone Hall Stables and Walled Garden. The exhibition has been extended upstairs, as the club gain more memorabilia and information. Helen Catterwell, the history group chair said ‘people who came were genuinely interested in the history of Braunstone’. Helen continued ‘ For the next museum opening we are looking for people who went to Braunstone Hall School, we are especially interested in hearing from former pupils who went to the school in the 1940’s and 1950’s to come along and share their memories with us’. The Stable Block Museum will be open on Tuesday 27th May from 10.00 am until 12.00 pm. So come on down and have a chat with the Braunstone History Group over a cuppa and learn about the history of Braunstone, the beautiful park, the Winstanley family and the Hall.
Charlie Says…‘Please Help Me Walk’
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his June the Braunstone Residents’ Network is supporting the ‘Charlie Says…’ campaign in hosting a fancy-dress sponsored run around Braunstone Park to raise money for local lad Charlie Barkby. The fun run will take place on Saturday 14th June, starting from the West End Working Men’s Club, Braunstone Avenue. All runners need to meet outside the club between 11-11.30am. The ResNet will be providing a refreshments stall and afterwards, if they’re not too out of breath, runners and volunteers are invited back to the West End Club for a free karaoke and disco organised by Steven Finch. Sponsorship forms for runners are available from the club. Also planned is a charity football match at Fullhurst Community College, followed in the evening with a disco, karaoke and raffle at the West End Working Men’s Club. Organiser Kelly Johnson said, ‘Come along and bring the family to support these worthwhile events. The last event we held raised an amazing £1,180, thank you to all those that attended!’ So get out your running shoes and clean the mud off those footie boots, or just come along and support Charlie in his ‘Please Help Me Walk’ campaign. If you want to get involved in any other way, contact Kelly at the Club (0116 282 3804) or donate online on Charlie’s Facebook page ‘Charlie Says…Please Help Me Walk’.
Braunstone Art & History Exhibition
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his will be held on Sunday 29�� June from 1.00pm until 4.00pm in Braunstone Park Stable Block. It will feature exhibitions from Braunstone Park Art Club & Braunstone History Group, along with Hathern Brass Band playing at 2.00pm and a group of Air Cadets showing off their marching drills. A local resident, Alan Rosak will also put on a show for the first time, a full size American soldier he has made, entirely from scrap metal!
News from St Peter’s We are thrilled to announce the vicarage is turning 150 years old this year! To celebrate Roz and Chris Burch are hosting an old fashioned Vicarage Garden Party. The party, which will replace the usual Summer Festival, is to be held on 2nd August. There will be more details nearer the time, look out for them on www.stpetersbraunstone.org.uk.
Garage Sale Donations Needed Have you any unwanted household goods, Bric -a- brac, kitchen ware and utility items that you don’t need? We’ll take them off your hands just call in to 45 Wellinger Way, Braunstone, LE3 1RG or call 0116 223 2256. All money raised goes towards putting on future events on in Braunstone.
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