Giving the thumbs up and becoming the first guests to use our new café terrace are John and his sister Mandy Blann, regular visitors to the Community Café. Their father David was for many years head gardener at Ilmington Manor. And soon afterwards we welcomed (l-r) Peter Redhead, Graham Peasant and Joan Redhead, all of […]
Archives for May 2023
Before coronation month is done, we’d like to share the stories of three Ilmington women who lived in the village 70 years ago, on the occasion of the last coronation!
Diane Bright from Northamptonshire came to our street party on Upper Green last week with memories of being nine years old in June 1953. “I lived at Upper Larkstoke with my grandparents – we had no running water and no electricity. The Queen’s coronation was a cold and rainy day and we all squashed into […]
The Big Help Out Part 2
As soon as the Community Shop closed its doors at 1pm last Monday, the deep cleaners moved in! Dusting and polishing, scrubbing and moving fixtures around, our valiant volunteers gave the shop a Big Spruce Up. It was an important part of our volunteer help-out day, a nationwide initiative to encourage volunteering as part of […]
