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Show us your creativity!
As it’s the time of school holidays and the village produce show, it’s a great time to show us how creative you and your children are. Over the month of August, please send in photos of your creations, whether baking, icing, cooking, gardening, flower arranging, sewing, crochet, knitting, embroidery, calligraphy, card making, woodwork, colouring, painting, drawing, beadwork, photography … the list goes on. You can submit your photos here. Please say whether you want your name published with your photo or if you’d rather it wasn’t. It will be so good to see lovely things people have made for two reasons – to appreciate people’s skill and talent, but also perhaps…
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W.I. – How to pack the ultimate capsule suitcase
Our speaker in July was Jackie Allen of Jackie’s Mobile Boutique showing us how to pack the ultimate capsule suitcase. With the help of a couple of willing members, Jackie and her glamorous assistants gave us a fantastic and fun catwalk experience, showcasing pretty and versatile outfits suitable for your holiday packing. She brought with her a large selection of clothes, handbags, purses, scarves and magnetic broaches available for members to buy and a really fun evening was had by all. There is no Over W.I. meeting in August but we look forward to welcoming current members to our annual summer party. For those who may be interested in joining…
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Art Exhibition
Alongside the Over Village Produce Show. Come and browse or buy Paintings, Prints & Cards by Over’s Artime Group
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The Over Players Pantomime Read Through
Queen Pod, with her very quiet and obedient husband King Pod, holds an annual competition so that she might find a suitor for their son, Prince Pea. But her meticulous, and often impossible, challenges have (quite deliberately) left him a bachelor. So, when the mischievous Wizard Tangreinee kidnaps the original fairy tale Princess, Cinderella, to train his two daughters, will Prince Pea finally be wed? Or will the unique charms of the boisterous Strawberry Sorbet win his mother over? And in a land where fruit and vegetables walk and talk, what exactly will be hidden beneath that famous mattress? Be Part of the Adventure! Dates For Your Diaries! Sunday 6th…
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Sing for Joy!
Many thanks to all those who came along to our Sing for Joy concert at All Saints, Longstanton on Friday 3rd July – the choir was on great form and the audience very appreciative, and we raised £300 for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. Thank you so much for your generosity, and have a wonderful summer!
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Over Village Produce Show 2026
There’s less than 4 weeks to go until Over’s Produce Show takes place – still time to think about what classes you can enter. As well as the usual vegetables, fruit, plants and flowers, home cooking and homemade produce and beers, spirits and wines, we have the Craft section with 2 new classes this year. The themes for the Photography section are Blue, Blooms and Boats. Please encourage your youngsters to have a go in the Childrens entries. Pick up a Produce Show Programme with the Schedule and Entry Form from Over Gardening Club Stall on the Village Green at Over Carnival on Saturday 11th July. Produce Show committee members…
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Spring into Summer with Sing for Joy!
Come and help us celebrate our 10th anniversary year with a concert at All Saint’s Church, Longstanton on Friday 3 July at 7.45pm. There’ll be wine and nibbles as usual, and all for free! Donations welcome for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
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Father’s Day baking
Father’s Day is a day when we love to spoil those special men in our families. Fathers, grandfathers, uncles or friends – anyone who plays a father-like role in our life or in that of our children. You will obviously know their taste in special meals – my Dad loved roast beef with all the trimmings, followed by apple pie and cream. I have only met one or two men though, who don’t love a slice of chocolate cake as a treat, so I’m sharing with you a rather scrummy recipe. It’s Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Guiness cake, which I have in her book Feast and the accompanying photo is from…
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Father’s Day ideas for those special chaps
To make a simple and inexpensive gift for that precious man, how about a personalised photo frame holding a photo of him with you/your children? A wooden frame could be painted if necessary but even other frames could work. Using a glue gun, attach a few things that are appropriate to the man’s hobbies around the frame. Maybe it’s fishing flies (without hooks obviously), or nuts and bolts, or perhaps decoupage a wooden frame with torn strips from an old book no longer required. Etc. I know these suggestions are rather generic but whatever your person is interested in could probably be replicated in some way. For someone who enjoys…
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Over Memory Café and Lunch
At our May event, we were entertained by Hurdy Gurdy, great songs, fascinating facts and fabulous refreshments. Thank you to all our super volunteers at both the Café and Lunch. We also thank all who joined us for the morning and lunch, both were very busy and the food served for lunch was magnificent. Please do join us on Saturday 27 June for the next Memory Café and Lunch. To book lunch please visit https://www.overdaycentre.co.uk/whats-on/saturday-lunch-club/
