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Morgan 110th@Stoke Lacy 6th July 2019
What a day it was! Visitors started arriving before noon and by 12.30 - half an hour before the planned opening - the events were...
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Ruth
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
The Morgan Heritage Trail
For some time now the team on the Stoke Lacy Heritage project have been working closely with The Morgan Motor Company to develop a Morgan...
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cottageold
- Apr 29, 2019
- 2 min
Fake news is not new!! Beware of history as told by victors and survivors.
Ten budding historians from Stoke Lacy and the surrounding area were treated to an innovative introduction to archival research by an...
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Ruth
- Mar 8, 2019
- 2 min
Topping Good Show!
Not even Storm Freya could blow the smiles off these faces at Stoke Lacy’s Church Topping Out ceremony last week. Parishioners donned...
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Ruth
- Mar 6, 2019
- 1 min
Who needs the Spice Girls when you’ve got Daphne? Girl Power!
Thanks Daphne Montandon for this inspiring story (inspriring ... see what I did there?) "I had been having thoughts about the view from...
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Ruth
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
Shingles and Shakes!
Anyone passing along the A465 between Hereford and Bromyard will have noticed scaffolding on the steeple of St Peter’s and St Paul’s...
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Ruth
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
Valentine's Day is for the birds!
Richard Combe, our Church Warden responsible for the development of the wildlife project in the Churchyard, had a surprise Valentine’s...
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cottageold
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min
Researching History and Voices.
As part of the HLF funding for repairs to the fabric of the church in Stoke Lacy, the community is taking on the task of historical...
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cottageold
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
NEW DELUXE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN STOKE LACY – FOR BIRDS
Local residents and visitors will soon see a number of specially made bird boxes on trees around Stoke Lacy Churchyard. It is hoped that...
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cottageold
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
Unknown Tomb Discovered at the Morgan Church, Stoke Lacy.
Felicity Taylor of “Church and Site Archaeology” tells John Davies, Stoke Lacy Heritage Project coordinator, that he holds part of the...
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Ruth
- Feb 14, 2019
- 1 min
The Return of the Stoke Lacy Flag Bandit
So last November it was rumoured that the flagpole outside the Church had a little visitor who rather charmingly replaced the Union flag...
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Ruth
- Feb 5, 2019
- 1 min
The end is in sight!
A message from the Rev. Clive in places where others fear to tread. 5th February: It’s blowing a gale, has got very gloomy and looks like...
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Ruth
- Jan 13, 2019
- 1 min
A Message from On High
From Clive Evans, the Vicar: Last Tuesday morning, I climbed to the top of the scaffolding around the tower and steeple. It’s quite a...
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cottageold
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Any Minute Now..............
...........we will see the scaffolding erected around the church for the restoration work...... the roadworks prevented the contractor...
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Ruth
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
I'm almost certain that's the winning ticket!
You don’t want to lead with “Would you like to win a weekend hire of a Morgan?” at the Morgan Motor Company’s “Thrill on the Hill”. The...
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cottageold
- Jul 6, 2018
- 1 min
Radio Fame
Have you given an interview for television or radio? I have, on average every 23.5 years, so I thought I was ready for Lizzie Lane of...
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Ruth
- Jul 1, 2018
- 2 min
Hot! Hot! Hot! The Hereford Fire Choir raise the roof!
Many thanks to Jon Watson and his wonderful Hereford Fire Choir for putting on such a lovely fund-raiser at St Peter and St Paul’s. A...
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Ruth
- Jun 21, 2018
- 2 min
Hi Vis Vests and Elderflower Lemonade
And so it was with the Vicar’s liquor that we celebrated Father’s Day at this year’s Village Fete. As usual it was Clive’s home-made wine...
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Ruth
- Jun 12, 2018
- 1 min
Fancy a quick blog?
So we're looking for bloggers! Any flavour, all welcome! If you live in the village and are a creative writer or an old (or do I mean ex)...
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Ruth
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
And we’re off!
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been successful in our bid for a Heritage Lottery Fund grant! After countless...
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