Panto Time is Here
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DVC is preparing for next year's production of Aladdin.
Denton Village News
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Horses Return
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Yesterday's Plough Day at Vale Farm was different this year. For the first time a pair of Shire Horses was brought in to join the tractors and contribute to the work.
There seemed to be more tractors in action than last year but it was the Suffolk Punches who stole the show. It was even possible to pay £10 to take your turn, with suitable assistance, to use them to plough a few furrows. Others preferred to donate the £10 to the event's charity and observe the action.
It was all very impressive and reminded us that not much over 100 years ago horses like these did all the ploughing.
The event raised over £560 for the East Anglia Air Ambulance.
Recount Required
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Yesterday’s Annual Open Show, organised by Denton Gardening Club, was a great success with some wonderful exhibits and close competition. However, checking the score-sheet afterwords produced a small change to the results.
Full details can now be seen on the Club’s Show History Page .
Congratulations must go to all the winners, but particularly to the winner of the overall Championship Trophy – Natasha Kerr.
Cyder With Boules
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More than 60 members and guests of the Black Hand Cyder Society turned up for the Club's annual Boules Championships held at the Darrow Green Road Bouledrome, courtesy of Adele and David Godsmark, yesterday.
This was an afternoon rather than an evening session, so it was cakes rather than barbecue, but a great time was had by all. Matches, on a knock-out basis, were closely contested, but the winning team, "Sticky One Styll", repeated their triumph of last year. Further details, and photographs, can be seen on the Boules Page.Denton Remembers
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Denton played its part in today's celebrations of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, the end of the Second World War.
More than thirty local residents attended the ceremony on the Playing Field to unveil a Plaque next to a tree, a Black Poplar, planted on the North side of the field.
This tree had originally been planted back in 1995 to commemorate the part played by soldiers from this parish in the war against Japan.
Johnnie Carslake, along with Peter Grant and Terry Hanner, had retrieved the original Plaque and made a new, shiny metal replacement.
The ceremony included readings and a dedication from Rev’d Chris Hutton. Everyone there recognised the great sacrifices made by those involved in the conflict, many of whom did not return.
9/11 - I Was There
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What a fascinating story. Attendees at Tuesday’s Denton WI meeting, including guests, were privileged to hear a detailed account of one person’s involvement with that memorable event in New Yark on the 11th September 2001.
Most people can remember where they were on that fateful day but, our speaker, Janice Brooks, was actually working in one of the Trade Centre buildings. She told us how confused everybody was. She was working in the second Tower to be attacked by the terrorists but was not aware of the first impact. Her story of escaping the building, then leaving her own home and, eventually, reaching a friend’s residence, was really amazing.
Thank you Denton WI for organising the event.
Well Done The Lionesses!
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Denton did it's bit in supporting the England's great Ladies Football Team in their campaign for the European Championships.
Defending the title they won in 2023, the team had a great record to live up to and they did this in style.
The Quarter-Final against Sweden, the Semi-Final against Italy and the Final against Spain were all screened at the Village Hall with suitable liquid refreshment and some excellent nibbles provided. More than 40 people turned up for the Final.
The match went to extra time and then penalties but the girls triumphed at last to everyone's relief and joy.
Denton Doing Well
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This year's Annual Parish Meeting, held on Tuesday, demonstrated, yet again, how lucky we all are to live in such a great community.
Reports on the last year, from the Chairman of the PC, on the improvements to the Village Hall and from various Clubs and Societies, all indicated how well things are going.
The Guest Speaker was one of our District Councillors, Chris Brown. He reported on the latest developments in the Government's plans for Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation. Re the former Norfolk and Suffolk would be electing a new Mayor to cover both counties in May next year.
The situation re forming new Unitary Authorities to replace the current County and District Councils was less certain. He described the proposals for one, two or three UAs to cover Norfolk. It was hoped that this would be sorted out in the Autumn.
Appropriate Celebrations
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Thursday’s special event at the Village Hall to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day was a great success with something for everyone.
Stalls provided period games, period foodstuffs and other memorabilia. The bar did a roaring trade and the hot dogs, paid for from the grant received from SNC, went down very well.
The highlights were definitely the speeches, from two of the oldest attendees, Hilda Thomas and Robin Limmer, recounting their experiences during the war and their relief when peace came.
While it was a very happy event, everyone there was constantly reminded of those who gave their lives during the war to make peace possible. This was underlined by the lighting of the Beacon and the singing of “I vow to thee my country”.
Further details of the speeches and some pictures have been added to the WWII item in the History Section.
VE Day Celebrations
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The official date for celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE, Victory in Europe, Day is Thursday May 8th.
A special meeting to discuss how we might celebrate here in Denton was held on Tuesday April 22nd
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The results can be seen in
"Coming Events"