2019

ARCHIVE – December 2019: 

PLANTING OF THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD ON SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER

Thanks to all who worked hard on a frosty morning planting approx 30 fruit trees on the Millennium Field, to create the Sheet Community Orchard.  Thanks also to Lucy Pringle for the photos, all of which you can download via the following link – Please note this download is only available until 7th December.https://wetransfer.com/downloads/20e2a5e20b1fc17596aa677e744f883a20191130173858/7443569763b76a9d71bcf3c02e5bfc1520191130173858/e87ad9

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SHEET SCHOOL CHRISTMAS RAFFLE ON FRIDAY 13TH DECEMBER

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Film Club presents ‘GREGORY’S GIRL’– Thursday 19th December

Gregory’s Girl is a 1981 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth (director of Local Hero) and starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan. The film is set in and around a state secondary school in Cumbernauld.  Gregory Underwood is a graceless teen soccer player on a hapless team. When a girl named Dorothy shows up to play, things change quickly.  Gregory’s Girl was ranked No. 30 in the British Film Institute’s list of the top 100 British films. See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

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CAROLS ROUND THE GREEN

The annual Carols round the Green will be on Friday 20th December.  Meet at 6.30 at the Half Moon for 7 at Village Green.   Followed by mince pies and mulled wine in the Village Hall.

ARCHIVE – November 2019: 

  • Sheet WI – On Thursday 7th November, Bill Gosney will be presenting his amusing account of the history of the toilet.
  • Sheet School Bonfire Night on Saturday 9th – see Events.
  • Planting of Community Orchard – Saturday 30th November 2019                   A small community orchard is to be planted in the Millennium Field. If you would like to plant a fruit tree, please supply your own half standard tree, stake ties and tree guard. Trees are available from Southern Fruit Trees, The Old Grain Dryer Corner, Blackmoor, Hampshire GU33 6BP – Tel 01420 488822. Free manure will be available on 30th November, as will be help and advice with the planting.   At the same time, two small wooded areas are to be planted. Sheet Parish Council will supply whips (small trees), stakes and tree guards. If you would like to plant a fruit tree or help with the whip planting, please meet in the Millennium Field Car Park on Saturday, 30th November at 9.00 a.m. and bring a spade.
  • Sheet WI meet in the Village Hall on the first Thursday of each month at 7.30pm. From January 2020 we will need someone to put out 4 tables and about 40 chairs before each meeting at about 6.30pm and to put them away at about 9.30pm. This takes about 4 minutes altogether and we can pay £10.  If you, or anyone you know could help, please contact Nicky Gummerson on 01730 300066, or email sheetsec@hampshirewi.org.uk

Film Club presents ‘TRUMBO’– Thursday 21st November

Trumbo is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by John McNamara. The film follows the life of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.  In 1947, Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.   See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

ARCHIVE – October 2019: 

 Batala Drummers at the Film Festival. Photo by Lucy Pringle.

The winners of the film and photography competitions:

 ‘A Passage Through India’.  Winner of the short film, by Nicole Small.  This and other film entries will be shown prior to films at Film Club evenings.

 ‘End of the Line’.  Winner of the photography competition, by Brian Bird.

  • This month’s WI talk is ‘Queen Victoria at Osborne House’.  Thursday 3rd.

Film Club presents ‘UNE NOUVELLE AMIE’– Thursday 17th October

Une Nouvelle Amie (The New Girlfriend ) is a 2014 French erotic drama film directed by François Ozon, based on the short story of the same name by Ruth Rendell. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014. Childhood best friends Claire and Laura are utterly inseparable, so it comes as a particularly devastating blow when Laura becomes ill and dies, leaving her husband, David, to raise their newborn daughter Lucie by himself. As she stops by the house one afternoon, door unlocked, she finds a strange woman holding Lucie…………… See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

Are you brave enough …….  Raising money for people with learning disabilities and autism.  Friday 18th October at the  Queens Head.  More info at www.fitzroy.org/firewalk

ARCHIVE – September 2019: 

Sheet Parish Council are liaising with Hampshire Highways to consider options for narrowing access to Village Street and would like to hear your views on their proposals – please come along to a meeting to find out more – 6pm on Wednesday 4th September in the Village Hall.  Representatives of Steep Speedwatch will also give a short presentation explaining how they are addressing the problem in Steep. Notice for roads meeting – 4 Sept

Only a few days to go before the 2019 Film Festival  on Saturday 7th September including a singalong version of the film Grease.

The first film of the new Film Club 2019-2020 programme, Fisherman’s Friends, is on Thursday 19th September.  Full programme of films at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

Fisherman’s Friends is an uplifting 2019 British comedy about a group of ten Cornish fishermen who hit the big time. Helped by big-hearted performances from a cast including Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton, it’s inspired by the true story of the Fisherman’s Friends, an all-male folk singing group from Port Isaac in Cornwall who in the noughties became an unexpected hit for their authentic sea shanties. See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

ARCHIVE – August 2019: 

CALL FOR ENTRIES  FOR THE SHEET FILM FESTIVAL – FILM FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER – COMPETITION ENTRIES BY FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST For everything related to the Film Festival, see – Sheet film festival 2019 – Sheet News facebook.com/sheetfilms

For those who missed Vaughan Clarke’s “Odd Stories of Sheet” at the Parish Assembly in May, here it is: Odd Stories of Sheet

To see the Minutes of the Sheet Association AGM held on 14th June click on Sheet Association in the above menu.

ARCHIVE – July 2019: 

THE PETERSFIELD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AT BEDALES – 12th – 28th July

http://petersfieldshakespearefestival.co.uk

THE RUDE MECHANICAL THEATRE COMPANY – SUNDAY 14TH JULY – SHEET RECREATION GROUND.  This year’s production is IKARUS INC – https://www.therudemechanicaltheatre.co.uk

ARCHIVE – June 2019: 

THE SHEET ASSOCIATION AND  COMMUNITY TRUST  is holding their AGM at 7pm on Friday 14th June in the Village Hall.  It has been converted into a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO); a new type of Charitable Trust for smaller Trusts, like ours. It retains the same Objects and Powers, see:  https://sheetvillage.net/sheet-association-4/    All Sheet Residents are welcome.  See Agenda: AGENDA FOR AGM 2019

Film Club presents ‘PASSPORT TO PIMLICO’– Thursday 20th June

Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British comedy film made by Ealing Studios and starring Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford and Hermione Baddeley.  The story concerns the unearthing of treasure and documents that lead to a small part of Pimlico to be declared a legal part of the House of Burgundy, and therefore exempt from the post-war rationing or other bureaucratic restrictions active in Britain at the time.   Passport to Pimlico was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film and the Academy Award for Writing (Story and Screenplay). See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

SHEET SCHOOL SUMMER FAIR – SATURDAY 29TH JUNE – 12-3pm

FILM CLUB END OF SEASON GET-TOGETHER and AGM  –  marking the end of another fantastic Film Club season. At the Queens Head on Sunday 23rd June – for full details – https://webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms/event/end-of-season-party-and-agm

ARCHIVE – May 2019: 

  • The Annual Parish Assembly is being held on Thursday, 9th May at 7.00 p.m. at Sheet Village Hall and all are very welcome to attend.  As you will perhaps be aware, Vaughan Clarke did not stand for re-election to Sheet P.C. this year and so we thought it appropriate that we ask him to be our speaker at the APA – he is going to share some “odd stories about Sheet” with us.  We hope that as many Sheet residents as possible will come along and join us, and to wish Vaughan well.  There will also be the opportunity to learn more about the work the Parish Council has been doing through the year and to point out what else we could be doing!   We hope our County and District Councillor will join us and, as always, there will be refreshments and a chance to mingle and chat.  Please circulate the information to as many of your neighbours as possible – we’d love to see you.

Film Club presents ‘HIDDEN FIGURES’– Thursday 16th May

Hidden Figures tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Jonson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) – brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial line and inspired generations. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $236 million worldwide. It was nominated for numerous awards. See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

ARCHIVE – April 2019: 

Film Club presents ‘WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE‘– Thursday 11th April

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American drama movie. The film, directed by Lasse Hallström, stars Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie focuses on Gilbert, a 24-year-old grocery store clerk living in the small Iowa town of Endora. Following his father’s suicide, Gilbert assumes the family’s paternal role. He works long hours at Lamson’s Grocery in order to provide financially for his mother and three siblings.  See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

  • The following was reported in the March PC Minutes relating to proposed Traffic Regulation Order in School Lane:

‘The Chairman said that an e-mail has recently been received from Andy Jevons, Traffic Management Engineer at EHDC, confirming the intention to amend the proposed TRO to reflect residents’comments and concerns. The revised TRO will protect the safety of the children by retaining the locally instigated system of kerb-side parking on the western section of the road and utilise the chicane effect to limit traffic speed. The proposed timed restriction in the lay-by has also been removed from the proposals.’

ARCHIVE – March 2019: 

  • Sheet Parish Council’s Website Manger is leaving at the end of March 2019 and they are looking for someone to take over the role.  If you might be interested in taking over this role, see the website for more information. http://www.sheetparishcouncil.gov.uk
  • We have received the following from Emma Browning of television production company Wall to Wall Media:“We produce a variety of programmes, including Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC) and Long Lost Family (ITV). We also make BBC2’s living history strand Back in Time; recent series of this include Back in Time for Tea and Back in Time for School.  For our new Back in Time series, we are looking for a family to immerse themselves in the past world of rural village life. We’re filming the series in the region over the school summer holidays 2019 and are looking for a new family to take part and go back in time. We’re very keen to get the word out to families in Hampshire, particularly those with memories of, or connections to, the countryside and village life.  If you’re interested in applying, or know a local family who might be, click here to see the flyer: Back in Time – Casting Flyer

Film Club presents ‘BLOW-UP‘– Thursday 21st March

Blow-up is a 1966 mystery thriller film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni about a fashion photographer, played by David Hemmings, who believes he has unwittingly captured a murder on film. It was Antonioni’s first entirely English-language film. See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

ARCHIVE – February 2019: 

Are very pleased to report that their recent Quiz night raised a total of £836 which will be donated by the Film Club to the Rosemary Foundation.  Thanks to all who helped to organise the event, participants and supporters who donated raffle prizes.

Film Club presents ‘WITHNAIL AND I’– Thursday 28th February

Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson’s life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and “I” (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann) who share a flat in Camden Town in 1969. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail’s eccentric uncle Monty and drive there. The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected.  See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms

We have a production by the Lion & Unicorn players later this month:

ARCHIVE – January 2019: 

See the Events page for new Sheet WI 2019 calendar of events.

THE ANNUAL FUN FILM QUIZ is on Saturday evening 12th January. You can reserve a table or come along as an individual and join a team on the night.  Tickets are £5 per person, available from The Queens Head, Sheet.  See www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms Proceeds will go to the Rosemary Foundation.

Film Club presents ‘THE BIRDCAGE’ – Thursday 17th January

The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Elaine May, and starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest. The film is an hysterically entertaining American remake of the French classic “La Cage aux Folles”.  In this version Robin Williams plays the gay owner of a Florida nightclub who learns his straight son is coming home and is engaged to be married.  See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms