Ilmington Village

Ilmington School
Rings Around the World
The Village School have been learning and performing a song written by Dave Raeburn and conducted by Julian Harris called Rings Around the World which is inspired by the forthcoming Olympic games. The song is being recorded and will be then available for purchase.
From Stratford, Warwickshire to Stratford, East London the children are excited to sing their beautiful message of peace, love and hope for a better tomorrow.
For more information about the song and it's background go to the ringsaroundtheworld website.

Information for Local Businesses
Stratford-on-Avon District has around 8,100 businesses and contains around 53,900 jobs with employment activity spread across a relatively broad range of sectors. Stratford-on-Avon District Council is committed to supporting and promoting business and enterprise within our District, recognising the importance of jobs and the value of business to our local economy. For further information please select this link.

Ilmington Jubilee Weekend
The arrangements for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Weekend between Saturday 2nd June and Tuesday 5th June are coming together well with a range of events as shown in the diary of events section of this page.

The committee headed by Fred Edmunds (01608 682225) and Alison Wright (01608 682660) are looking for volunteers to help out with events.

Ilmington NGS Open Garden Day
This year there will be two Opengarden Day events to be held on 22nd April and 17th June between 2pm and 6pm. The following gardens will be open this year:-
Ilmington Manor
The Grange
Armscote House
Compton ScorpionFarm
Grump Cottage
Crab Mill
Foxcote Hill
Frog Orchard
For more information visit the NGS website

Local Burglaries
The local police have asked for villagers to be on the lookout for a silver Ford Fiesta registration number W68 VOJ which, with it's three occupants, has believed to have been involved in a number of burglaries and thefts from the local area. If anyone spots the car then they should get in touch with the police, dialing 999, and say that they are responding to a watch message.

Web design by Bruce McFarlane -2012
Sitemap

St. Mary's Church
The 'Week in the Benefice' is updated each week by Reverend Chris Goble and can be found on the St. Mary's page.

Ilmington Village School
This year, the present school building celebrates its 50th Anniversary and the to read a short appreciation of the school and its part in the village select the following link.

Ilmington Jubilee Celebrations
The village jubilee celebrations are only just around the corner and the final arrangements have been made.

To see the complete programme click on the programme cover above.

Ilmington School Sports
Ever wondered what the school sports at the Village School looked like 100 years ago?
Follow the link to see a rare old photograph.

Fifties Tea Party Reveals
Ilmington Memories
Fish paste sandwiches, blancmange, jelly and jam tarts were on the menu at Ilmington’s 1950’s tea party as the village got a head start on its plans for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations next June.
Children from Ilmington School quizzed.................click here for more

Ilmington Cinema Group
Our village cinema group's 'Screen on the Green' showings for the local community in our Village Hall, start at 7.30pm and the doors open at 7pm on the dates shown in the Diary of Events.
There are refreshments, a fully licensed bar and ice creams. Everybody welcome.
See Village Shop window and the Red Lion for further details and tickets.

Speeding Problems
Having received a request for the Parish Council to contact the police about the speed of traffic along the Armscote Road, this was done, and PC Richard Grove of Shipston police responded. To see his response and suggested actions please click here.

Parish Council AGM Minutes
The annual AGM of the Parish Council was held on the 9th May and the minutes from the meeting can be found by clicking here.

Diary of Events

May
25th - Screen on the Green
June
1st - Jubilee Karaoke at the Red Lion
2nd - Jubilee Football Match
3rd - Church Service
     - The Big Lunch Street Party         between the Reed Lion and Lower         Green
       - Proms in the Park
4th - Childrens Party
      - Jubilee Beacon
5th - May Queen Procession
17th - NGS Open Garden Day

Ilmington Fifties Project
Ilmington has been awarded a grant from the National Heritage Lottery Fund for a major oral history and drama project to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. The aim is to discover what life was like in the 1950’s for those living in the village, to record their stories and build on them to create a play which will be performed as part of the nationwide celebrations of Her Majesty’s succession to the throne in June next year.

To see the current flyer giving full details select the photo on the right and to see the dedicated website click here.

The project will encompass a host of professional workshops open to all on music of the time, rock n’roll, costume, poetry and technical skills in sound and lighting, as well as work with Ilmington School and the involvement of young people in the village – alongside those who remember life 60 years’ ago.
Research for the oral histories begins next month, with filming scheduled throughout the summer. 50s Project In addition to providing material for the play, memories of the 1950’s will be compiled into a film/DVD, form part of a special website and be archived by the county library.
Project Director Colin Edwards said that amongst other things the
grant would enable the 50s Project Village Hall to benefit from new staging and
extra lighting, as well as provide Ilmington with a camera and sound and lighting equipment. ‘I hope the celebrations in June will also incorporate a vintage ‘hop’, an exhibition of memorabilia of the decade and lots of fun for everyone,’ he said.
The project is being run under the auspices of Ilmington 20:20 Vision. Whether you lived in Ilmington or elsewhere during that time and have memories, pictures or items of interest from the 1950’s then please contact Colin Edwards or Wendy Nelson on 01608 682049 colinlewisedwards@hotmail.co.uk