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Launton Poppy Cascaders do Christmas
Our first meeting in June was very successful. Thank to everyone for your support. Bob Roberts came along with some of the trees he has made, which are looking great.
Bob and his team are going to have a couple of day sessions later in the summer to build the stock of trees. This will include some trees that he hopes to sell at the Island Pond Wood event on Saturday 27 September, all proceeds from these trees to go to IPW funds.
Currently we have a plan to site the trees on the corners of most of the main roads in the village, plus the Parish Hall, War Memorial, crossroads, water pump, Island Pond Wood, The Village Coffee Shop and possibly the Church. At the meeting we had lots of ideas for making decorations; it will be interesting to see over the next months how many and how varied they all are. We have some patterns, but there are plenty on YouTube and Etsy if you want ideas. Ideally the decorations need to be a maximum of 5 inches (125mm) tall.
Whilst we all agree there’s no hurry for the decorations to be made, it is nice to get the project underway and to gradually build up a stockpile of decorations to give us an idea of how many we will need. We are grateful to Launton Parish Council for supporting this community event. We are exploring the prices of battery-operated timed lights for the trees, and we will apply to LPC in due course for a grant to cover the cost of the lights and other sundries.
We hope to have another meeting in the next few weeks, so look out for posters and social media for dates.
Some of us try to go to the Knit and Natter at the Village Coffee Shop on a Wednesday 10am - 12 noon, if you fancy joining us.
We welcome anyone who is interested in making the trees or the decorations. Please get in touch, or for more information contact any of the following:
Mary Carter: email carmore2007@hotmail.co.uk
Hilary Bradshaw: email hilaryannbradshaw@hotmail.com Tel 01869 241989
Lesley Thompson: Tel 07971381074
