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Take a little time to browse our pages and discover what goes on where and when in our area. Within our pages you can also find out who does what locally. If you would like to contribute anything to any of our pages, including your favourite picture from where you live in our area, please follow the links on the Contact Us page. We would love to carry all the info for your local club or association and best of all, it’s all for free!

The map on the left is fully navigable plus you can zoom in and out by using the controls in the top left corner and if you view the larger map you can enter street view by dragging the little yellow person onto the map to where you want to view and go for a virtual walk around our streets and lanes.

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CHRISTMAS CREATIVES WINNERS

The Caldwell family clearly have some creative genes! The judges were enchanted by Katie’s vibrant painting of St Etheldreda’s Guilsborough, overflown by Santa and his reindeer, winning the 15 and over category; similarly the Postbox, Santa and Robin picture by younger sister Sophie, with appliqué snow, is beautifully three dimensional and wins the 10-14 category. Mum Chip sent in the beautiful frosty holly photo, which forms the left background of our banner and wins the adult category, and Diana Harper was runner-up with the frosty leaves photo on the right of the banner. In the 9 and under category it was Guilsborough Snow Girl by Libby Wilson from Cold Ashby that impressed us, meeting the ’local’ brief with originality. And what a poem from Lucas Gibson! Congratulations all round!

All winners and runners-up will be receiving prizes and certificates from the Village Link team.

All winners and runners-up will be receiving prizes and certificates from the Village Link team. Runners up are:

Pop! My eyes open,

Down the stairs I creep,

To find a bundle of colourful gifts,

Under the tree in a heap.

Click! Now the lights are on,

And now my parents are here,

We scream and shout and wave our arms,

And then we start to cheer.

Rip! Now our presents are open,

Look. I’ve got a toy,

Christmas is a wonderful time,

For all the girls and boys.

Ding! The family have arrived,

And now it’s time to eat,

Now lets have a Christmas dinner,

Come and take a seat.

Lucas Gibson

My Christmas Poem!!!

Santa in the Chimney, Eleanor Clark, aged 9

Village scene, Oscar Wilson, aged 11

Christmas Dinner poem and drawing Florence Willmore, aged 10

Merry Christmas picture and poem Coen Gibson, aged 8

Thank you to Hollowell Steam from the Village Link team for the donation!

It will help us keep advertising prices low for the local businesses that support us. Hollowell Steam gave away £73,000 to local charities, community groups and good causes. Full article on Hollowell & Teeton Village News page.

Picture shows Village Link’s Sarah Dalzell receiving a cheque from Jim Hollowell, with new chairman, Neil Byrd in the background.