2020
ARCHIVE -December 2020:
UPDATE – Plans are in place to manage the Carols round the Green as sensibly as possible on Friday 18th December at 7.30 pm
- We are aiming to get household / family groups arranged in a horseshoe with 2 metres between each group – helpers with 2 metre long measures will be in attendance!
- Carol sheets will be distributed, as will mulled wine, by more assistants, with the intention that the groups stay in place once stationed.
- Face coverings are at personal discretion.
Wrap up warm, bring a torch and maybe a brolly!
A message about our Christmas Services 2020
We’d love you to join us for our Christmas services. This year we have a mixture of on-line and in-church services. Streamed services are on YouTube at www.sheet.church/youtubeThey will be premiered at the advertised time and remain on YouTube for two weeks. Services in church have limited numbers so it’s essential to book if you wish to attend one. For full details of everything the Church has planned for this Christmas, including a streamed Carol Service at 10 am on Sunday 20th, see the full programme at Sheet Church Christmas 2020
Good to hear that the current Covid-19 restrictions allow for carol singing outside, so the annual Carols Round the Green will take place. This event is planned for Friday 18th December starting at 7.30pm, on the Green. Please check back here for any updates nearer the time.
The Sheet WI have produced this wonderful array of 72 festive fabric masks and 50 Christmas decorations to go into the Mayor’s Christmas hampers. These were delivered to the Salvation Army HQ in Petersfield last month.
An idea of a young woman (Kathryn Stubbs), in Scotland, for everyone to go outside on Christmas Eve at 6pm and ring a bell for 2 minutes to spread Christmas spirit and to help Santa fly his sleigh, has spread around the world. So if you’d like to join in, we’ll see you outside with your bell!
ARCHIVE -November 2020: Act of Remembrance
Richard Saunders, the vicar of St Mary Magdalen Sheet, has asked us to draw your attention to arrangements for the Remembrance Day service on 8th November 2020. Because of Covid-19 restrictions the church are unable to hold the usual Act of Remembrance and Sunday Service this year. They can hold a small service in the church garden with a limited number of people and will livestream this on the church website www.sheet.church at 10:50am. The church has invited four Scouts and three other wreath layers to take part in this. To keep us all keep safe and to stay within government guidelines they ask everyone else to watch online.
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Ruth Hiscoke has contacted us via the village website – if you have any news please contact her direct on the email address provided.
“My name is Ruth Hiscoke, and my ancestors lived in Sheet. The surname of my family is Ward/Powell. Some members of the Ward family owned the Half Moon Inn at Sheet. I believe his first name was William and his wife was Lucy nee Winter. Her parents lived there as well. Hope anyone can help with my quest, in finding more history about them. Ruth Hiscoke” ruth.hiscoke@blueyonder.co.uk
ARCHIVE – September & October 2020:
The Parish Council continue their monthly meetings on-line. The Agenda for the 8th September meeting is on their website together with details of Traffic Order Proposals for School Lane and Farnham Road – consultation ends 4th September.
See www.halfmoonsheet.co.uk/festival for details of this weekend’s event – 4th / 5th / 6th September, with donations encouraged for HomeStart Butser.
And don’t forget the West Meon Music Festival starting on 11th September: West Meon Music 2020 and http://primrosepianoquartet.org.uk
ARCHIVE – July & August 2020:
Minutes of the June 9th On-Line PC Meeting are now on the Parish Council website. Next PC meeting will be on Tuesday 14th July and may be a socially distanced meeting in the main hall. Check parish website for Agenda, closer to the date.
The Queens Head, The Half Moon pubs are reopening on Saturday 4th July, and the Harrow Inn on Monday 6th – in their gardens. The Sheet Shop at the Queens Head has moved into the small back bar. http://www.halfmoonsheet.co.uk https://www.thequeensheadsheet.com https://www.facebook.com/The-Queens-Head-Sheet-119785861398172/ http://www.theharrowinnsteep.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/TheHarrowInn/
And St. Mary Magdalen Church Sheet are now holding services in the Church – for full details: church-services-july-2020
The organisers of the West Meon Music Festival are hoping to put on a pared down Festival in September 2020. Click for details: West Meon Music Festival 2020 and check the website for updates https://www.westmeonmusic.co.uk
The fruits of your labours last November. Egremont Russets, Orange Pippins, Falstaff apple trees now bearing fruits. Photos – Lucy Pringle.
And finally the 2020 Hollyhocks!
ARCHIVE – June 2020:
Minutes of the May 12th On-Line PC Meeting are now on the Parish Council website.
The Church clock is still striking, the Horse Chestnut flowered, the birds are singing, baby birds are screaming to be fed and the Queens Head Pub, currently The Sheet Shop has extended opening hours, https://www.facebook.com/The-Queens-Head-Sheet-119785861398172/
And if you’re being cautious about going to the garden centre and need plants, there’s a selection for sale at The Harrow pub, usually replenished on Saturday mornings.
ARCHIVE – May 2020:
SEE THE PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITE FOR CURRENT NEWS ON RUBBISH COLLECTION ETC, AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION.
http://www.sheetparishcouncil.gov.uk
The Parish Council are hoping to hold a short on-line “Teams” P.C. meeting to discuss any urgent P.C. business on Tuesday, 12th May .. an agenda will be advertised as usual on the Parish Council website and noticeboards next week and any public comment can be e-mailed to the clerk Jenny Hollington, in advance of the meeting. See her email address on the PC website – link above.
With lock-down set to continue, let’s give a “shout out” to the brilliant team of volunteers in Sheet – they have been absolutely wonderful (and will continue to be) in helping out where required. See the Parish Council website for how to contact them if you are in need of assistance.
The really useful Sheet Shop, aka The Queens Head pub continues to expand their range and of course, takeaway Pizzas – see their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/The-Queens-Head-Sheet-119785861398172/
And we’re continuing to clap for the NHS and other carers on Thursday evenings at 8pm.
Finally – some of you may have seen these 2 videos, but you may enjoy another look:
Quarantine through Art
Music in lockdown
#StaySafe
ARCHIVE – April 2020:
The Street Party planned for July has, of course, sadly been cancelled due to Coronavirus. The Sheet Association had intended this be a bi-annual event but hopefully we’ll be able hold it next year.
Can’t get a supermarket delivery slot? Don’t want to queue round the block?
GO TO THE SHEET SHOP – AT THE QUEENS HEAD PUB
Tuesday to Saturday. 8.30am – 10am and 4.30pm to 8pm
Groceries, Dairy & Meat, Dry Goods, Pasta, Tins, Beans, Draught Beers, Wines, Soft Drinks, Takeaway Coffee, Takeaway Menu. www.thequeensheadsheet.com
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- If you haven’t been able to get out and about for a while, here are a few cheery photos
- And if you’re missing your outdoor exercise routine – join The Green Goddess for her daily routine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibGjSYNJIJ0
- And most importantly – stay safe.
ARCHIVE – March 2020:
UPDATE – 13TH MARCH. PLEASE NOTE THE FILM CLUB SHOWING OF FOUR LIONS NEXT THURSDAY 19TH MARCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
Spring is near. Seven Goldfinches spotted recently and photographed by Lucy Pringle. And a Plum Blossom blooming in the recently planted Community Orchard, photographed by Jayne Flatt.
Two Film Club events this month – Four Lions, a dark comedy, on Thursday 19th March and Film Quiz on Saturday 21st March – quiz proceeds to Rosemary Foundation. See full info on both at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms Quiz tickets at https://en-gb.facebook.com/sheetfilmclub/ or sheetfilms@gmail.com
2020 Sheet Village Street Party – The Sheet Village Association is planning another Street Party to be held on Sunday 19th July in conjunction with Sheet Church’s Festival service on the Green. If you’d like to help with this event – setting up, manning stalls, before and on the day please let us know via the Contact Us page.
If you use and value our local library in Petersfield you may be interested in taking part in the library consultation (deadline 18th March) www.hants.gov.uk/library-consultation
ARCHIVE – February 2020:
Film Club presents ‘RED JOAN’– Thursday 27th February
Red Joan is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn and adapted by screenwriter Lindsay Shapero from Jennie Rooney’s 2013 novel of the same name which was inspired by the case of Melita Norwood, the scientific researcher who was in 1999 unmasked as a Soviet spy. Judi Dench plays Joan in old age, a dithery but lucid old lady who is suddenly brought in for questioning by Special Branch officers who have been astonished to find her name in files handed over by a recent Soviet defector. Young Joan is played by Sophie Cookson. See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms
ARCHIVE – January 2020:
Wishing everyone a peaceful, happy and healthy 2020.
The Sheet WI have published their 2020 Programme – see the WI page. The first event of the year is Road to the Rockies by Carol Watson. Carol’s talk will be illustrated with her spectacular photographs of the wildlife and scenery.
The new information plaque for the Horse Chestnut Tree on the Green has been installed:
Film Club presents ‘WILD ROSE’– Thursday 16th January
Wild Rose is a 2018 British musical drama, directed by Tom Harper, staring Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters, in which a fiery Glaswegian singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan and her single mother Marion dream of Nashville glory in this gritty feel-good feature. See full info at www.webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms