From 10am today (Good Friday) until 4pm Monday – come and follow the fun trail in St Peter’s churchyard! 10 signs to find!
Fun Easter Trail in Thornton
Friends of St Peter’s ~ AGM ~ 17th April (7pm)
Clear out Sale
4th May 2024
10 am until 1 pm
Thornton Community Centre.
Come and make some money selling those bits and pieces you once loved but now need new homes, or gifts for which you have no further need.
Come along on the day to pick up a bargain. 50p to enter. Enjoy games, bacon and sausage cobs, cheese rolls, hot drinks and much more.
To book a table, (6 foot for £10) contact Shirley via email churchwarden.thornton@gmail.com or phone 01530 230422. Please don’t wait; book as soon as possible!
See you there!
The Friends of St Peter’s fundraising group
Thornton Teas with a Twist – 3Ts
Wednesday 27th March 2 to 4 pm
Hope you will be able to join us at Thornton Community Centre on Wednesday 27th March for a happy afternoon. Tea, coffee, cake, conversation and fun.
The Rural Hub ladies will be visiting again. They can help with all manner of problems. Indeed they have given me some excellent advice and help recently.
Puzzles, games, children’s toys.
Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads.
Do join us if you can, even if it’s only for a short while –Drop in at any time.
If you need a lift, please do let me know. Thanks.
Organised by the village for the villagers.
Look forward to seeing you.
Thornton Open Gardens 2024
The spring flowers are peeping through and we start to think about our gardens again!
Open Gardens has become a successful biennial event in Thornton and the Friends of St Peter’s Church are pleased to announce that this year’s Open Gardens will be on Sunday 7th July, with gardens open from 1-6pm.
If you live in Thornton and your garden is your pride and joy or you have an interesting feature in your garden or a theme that you think would be of interest, why not note the date now and consider opening this year?
Watch out for more publicity in the next few months, in the meantime if you would like to express your initial nterest or have any questions,please contact us: Lis Muller 01530 231502; Sue Bakewell : 01530 231625 or e-mail thornton.opengardens@outlook.com.
Thanks. LM
Markfield & Thornton Theatre Group – April Production
In honour of the late much loved Muriel Walker, The Markfield & Thornton Theatre Group (MTTG) will be dedicating our upcoming shows to her.
Funds raised from our raffle and 50% of ticket sales will be donated to Marie Curie in her memory.
We hope to do her proud with our latest production ‘Three for All’ – a selection of One Act Comedy Plays.
Play One – ‘I Remember When’ written by Dawn Cairns and directed by Tadeuz Dobrowolski. Synopsis: John looks forward to re-visiting his childhood holiday campsite but his wife Sheila is not so sure, particularly when John insists his curmudgeonly mother come along too.
Play Two – ‘Job for Life’ written and directed by Group member Wayne Roberts. Synopsis: First day on the job a young new security guard hopes to make an impression. But the job may not be as exciting as he hopes, and just what is in the box?
Play Three – ‘Last Tango in Little Grimley’ written by popular playwright David Tristram and directed by Caylee Gutsell. Synopsis: A struggling Theatre group are down to just 4 members, with audience numbers even lower. A hilarious play about the drastic measures the group take to stop them going under!
The shows will run 17th – 20th April at Thornton Community Centre. Tickets are £6 each, to purchase please contact
07438 508166 or 01530 469714 or mttg.theatre@gmail.com
The audience will be seated at tables, and you are welcome to bring your own nibbles and drinks
If you would like to donate a prize to the raffle please reach out to Caylee Gutsell.
We would be very grateful.
We do hope that you will come along to support your local Group and help us raise money for the amazing work Marie Curie do. MTTG
Thornton 3 x T’s
Tea with a Twisters
Just a reminder that 3Ts is cancelled tomorrow, 13th March because of Muriel Walkers funeral.
Please do let anyone you know who might be thinking of coming know. Thank you.
We will meet on 27th March as usual.
We look forward to seeing you all then.
Love to you all
Shirley and team.
St George’s Day Celebrations ~ Bricklayers Arms ~ 23rd April.
Thornton St Peter’s Churchyard Working Party
The next churchyard working party is Saturday 9th March.
We will start at the usual time of 10 am and aim to finish around 12 noon. But it doesn’t matter how long you can join us for. It would be great if you can come along.
The jobs will include splitting and replanting snowdrops, collecting fallen branches, clearing saplings, clearing North boundaries, clearing vegetation growing close to the church walls. And, as ever, anything else that you think needs doing at this time of year.
Please bring your own tools and a drink, and wear suitable shoes and clothing.
Thank you.
Hope you will be able to join us.
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