Ilmington Village

Race Night
Come along to the Village Hall and place your bets on Saturday 11th February with a 7.30pm start. Tickets are priced at £7.50 which includes a fish and chip supper. There will be a licensed bar and funds are in aid of the Village Hall Jubilee Kitchen funds. This event is being held in association with Stour Valley Lions.

Ilmington Quiz/Supper
Back again by popular demand after last year's great success the quiz will be held in the Village Hall on Saturday 3rd March with a prompt start at 7.30pm. Tickets priced at £10 per person to include a supper are available from Sally Cahill on 01608 682408. Teams of 4 or 6 are required and the name of the team should be provided on submission of your fee. There will be a licensed bar.

The Grand Draw
The draw was made during the coffee morning at the Village Hall on the 17th December.
The first prize of a Welsh Seaside Holiday for 4 people was won by Ian McFarlane (the father of Bruce from Folly Farm Cottage).
The break for 2 at Folly Farm Cottage went to Judy & Michael Lodge of Ilmington, the meal for 2 with wine at the Bell in Alderminster was won by John Hill from Kineton.
All the other lucky prize winners were Ilmington and Ebrington residents or close relatives.
The amount raised for the Village Hall Jubilee Kitchen Fund was £1370 less the cost of printing tickets. The Hall Committee would like to thank all those who bought tickets and the donors of the prizes for their generosity.

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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 Music Festival
The Ilmington music festival was held at the Grange on September 10th, 2011. A fantastic programme of classical music and choral pieces were performed during the day with the garden open to everyone to explore. A slideshow of the musical programme can be viewed and another of the crowd and scenery is also available online. A big thanks to Iain and Deborah for hosting the day and for all of the volunteers that helped out.

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 following dates:-
Friday 27th January
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.

Diary of Events
January
27th - Screen on the Green
(Jayne Eyre)
February
11th - Race Night
24th - Screen on the Green
(Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
March
3rd - Ilmington Quiz Supper
28th - Ilmington Spring Fashion Show

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.

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