Flower Show in new home ‘huge success’ say visitors and committee

A record number of visitors came to enjoy the Binfield Heath Flower and Dog show in its Sonning Common Road location on Bank Holiday Saturday, say the organisers.

“The Flower and Dog Show Committee want to thank everyone who supported this year's show. It was a huge success.  We had so many new visitors and lots of incredibly positive feedback.  

“Thank you to Tristan and Jemma Phillimore for being so proactive and generous. Thank you to the amazing group of volunteers, who did a phenomenal job setting up, working at and putting away the show. Thank you to our sponsors and those who generously gave us the raffle prizes. A massive thank you as well to the judges who very kindly offered their expertise to judge all the amazing entries. Jeff Banks, you did a spectacular job at handing out the cups. Thank you to all the local business, food and charity stalls and also the children's entertainment.  We had a record number of dogs who entered the dog show, which meant it did go on longer than expected.  Thank you for everyone who stayed to support it until the end.  

“What a wonderful village and wider community we have. If you have any photos of the day we would love them to be shared. Please email photos to Caroline at carodowling@yahoo.com ”

The Binfield Heath Flower and Dog Show Committee

Latest from The Forge

Although construction work has yet to start, a main contractor has been selected from the four candidates who submitted tenders.

Our planning permission is subject to some pre-commencement conditions. Once SODC has approved the final report, we’ll be ready to announce when work will start and give a provisional timetable for key milestones.

We’ve received encouraging responses to our recent requests for artefacts to display in the building, including a particularly attractive old print of a 19th century forge, which captures the mood perfectly. More contributions along the same lines would be most welcome, so if you would like to loan or donate an historical item relevant to the village, we would be grateful to hear from you via binfieldheathforge@gmail.com

Finally… thinking of booking The Forge?

If so, we’d like to hear from you. We’ve received many suggestions for ways in which the building could be used. Now is the time to turn those ideas into plans. Please let us know via binfieldheathforge@gmail.com how you would like to use the space, for how many people, for how long and how often. It may mean looking ahead a bit, but the sooner we know, the better we can plan to be ready from the happy day when The Forge opens for the community. 

The Forge Team

To see the plans, go to The Forge page and to find the full application online double-click https://data.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P24/S2597/FUL#exactline

Binfield Heath Parish Council will meet on Monday September 22 at 7pm, in the Scout Hut

All local people are invited to meet the council and bring up any matters of interest or concern. If you have anything you would like to raise with the council you can do that in the public question time. You can contact the clerk on clerk@binfieldheath.org.uk

Parish council vacancy

Following the retirement of Sue Summerland after nearly 30 years as a Parish councillor, first with Shiplake and then with the newly formed Binfield Heath council, our PC now has a vacancy for someone to join us in her place. For details of how to apply please contact Mandy Sermon on clerk@binfieldheath.org.uk . A copy of the full advertisement from SODC can be found on the Parish Council page of this website.