Ettington

Cuppa and Cake Morning

Ettington Community Centre, Wednesday 29th February - 10am to 12 noon.

Promotional event for Adult & Community Learning. Come and find out about learning opportunities in your local area. Bring your friends!

We organise courses for adults in community settings.  This promotional event at Ettington is to raise awareness of our service and see if there is enough interest  for us to hold courses at the centre.  We can offer courses in family history, local history, photography, digital photo editing, computing, art etc.  We need a minimum of 8 learners for a course to run.  We are non profit making.  A typical six week course of 2 hours would cost the learner £48 (£24 for 60 + years).  We hire local venues and provide tutors.

If you would like further information please do contact me.

For more information please contact:
Lynne Marcel
Telephone: 01926 413608
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There is available a CD of the music of William Croft, a composer born in Ettington.  The music is performed by Hazel Brooks, violin and David Pollock, harpsichord.  You can find their site at www.duodorado.co.uk and the CD is also available through Amazon.

Ettington Brownies meet at Ettington Primary School on Tuesdays between 6.15 pm and 7.30 pm in term time only.

Any girls aged between 7 and 10 years are invited to join.

For details contact Laura on 07941 971005 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Wanted for new beekeepers –

accessible swarms of honey bees. Not round, furry bumble bees that nest in masonry or in the ground, nor the distinctive black and yellow wasp in its papier maché nest in a roof space – but rather the tennis ball (or even rugby ball!) size cluster of almost hairless honey bees on a post or hanging from the branch of a tree.  Such a cluster of bees is midway from its nest and its, as yet undetermined, new home – it is docile unless disturbed and unlikely to stay put for more than a couple of hours.   Please contact Douglas Nethercleft of Shipston Beekeepers on 07850 352905 to advise the swarm’s location and to arrange for its collection if practicable.

A colony of honey bees naturally divides in two most years to perpetuate the species – the ‘old’ queen leaves the nest with half of the flying bees as a swarm to set up home elsewhere leaving behind a, ‘ready to emerge’ from its cell, ‘new’ queen to head the colony.  Unfortunately the life expectancy of feral colonies is now materially affected by the parasitic varroa mite.  There are far fewer bees in the wild and it is only with the help of beekeepers that colonies of managed honey bees are able to survive.

Liz Corbett is trying to find out about her great, great Grandfather Owen Corbet who was an Independant Minister living at Chapel House in 1881 census. Apparently his gravestone, his wife's and daughter's are still there at Chapel House, but if anyone can supply any more info it would be really appreciated.

Information as usual to the site and we will pass on or put in touch.

Front Page news are a wedding and function band with Ettington connections.  They are happy to provide music for almost any occasion.

Front Page News have a website where you can read all about the band and also listen to samples of some the music performed by the band at www.front-page-news.co.uk. If you need a live band then take a look, have a listen and get in touch via the website.

Val Sumner would like to trace her Great Grandparents, John and Sarah George's house, which was 3 doors away from the Nelson Inn and two doors away from Thornton Back in 1881. The family had three children. Any help in finding the house or any family members would be most welcome. Contact the site and we will pass on any information or put you in touch.

The Warwickshire Federation would love to re open a WI in Ettington. If interested, please contact the site and you will be put in touch.

Paul Rowlson would like information about his relatives Wilfred and Ida Rowlson, who lived at Drybank Cottage.  They had a small holding and joined in village life frequenting both Pubs.  Paul asks for any information good or bad but we assume that people will only remember the good! Get in touch with any stories or information.

Jonathan Sykes would like information about Geoffrey Slatter, mentioned in the Ettington Football Team 1951 in the history section.  The family are particularly interested in his work as a railway signalman.  Any information to the site please and it will be passed on.