Grimsargh Celebrates Preston Guild 2012 Week

This was a fantastic project, initiated by the Parish Council, organised by a wide-ranging group and participated in by a large proportion of the Village.

It was all part of the Preston Guild 2012 celebrations with a programme of events in and around Grimsargh, timed earlier in the year to enable people to also fully participate in the City Centre events in September.

There was a marvelous programme of eventswith activities to suit all ages and tastes.

Local children were engaged in designing the fabulous Grimsargh Celebrates Preston Guild Logo.

Colour printed programmes of Grimsargh events were be being delivered to every household in Grimsargh - you can view a copy here.

The programme details are given below:

Date & Time	Event	Venue
Friday 25th May, 8.30-10.30pm	Quiz Night	Grimsargh Club
Saturday 16^th June, 9am – 1pm	Scarecrow Making Workshop	Farmers Market at the Village Hall
Saturday 16th June, 2.30pm	Parish Church of Grimsargh St Michaels Annual Garden Party	Grimsargh St Michaels Primary School
Saturday 16th June, 7.30pm to late!	Live Swing Band Night Featuring "Switched on Swing"	Village Hall
Sunday 17^th June, 12– 3pm	Family Picnic on the Village Green	Village Green
Sunday 17^th June, 1.30pm	Unveiling of the Children’s Mosaic on the Village Green	Village Green
Monday 18^th June, 1– 3.30pm	Young at Heart Celebration of Preston Guild	Village Hall
Monday 18^th June, 6.30 – 9pm	Walking GPS Treasure Hunt	Starts from the Village Hall
Monday 18^th June, 7.30 – 8.30pm	A History of the Preston to Longridge Railway	Grimsargh Club
Tuesday 19^th June, 10am	Walk to Brockholes Nature Reserve taking in the Guild Wheel	Starts from the Village Hall
Tuesday 19^th June, 7.30pm	"A Light-Hearted Look at Village Life" by Grimsargh Players	Village Hall
Wednesday 20^th June, 1-3pm, Village Hall	A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party hosted by Grimsargh Pre-School	Village Hall
Wednesday 20^th June, 7– 8.30pm	Combined Schools Concert	Village Hall
Wednesday 20^thJune, 7pm ‘til late	Traditional Pub games	Grimsargh Club
Thursday 21^st June, 7.30 – 9.30pm - A photographic history of Old Preston and Preston Guilds since 1902	A photographic history of Old Preston and Preston Guilds since 1902	Village Hall
Saturday 23^rd June, 1pm	Grimsargh Field Day	Parade starts from the Village Hall and then the main action is on the Village Green
Sunday 24^th June 1pm and 3.30pm	Grimsargh Heritage Walks	Start from the Village Green
Sunday 24^th June, 8pm	Cheese and Wine Evening	Grimsargh Village Store & Post Office
Sunday 1^st July, 10am – 4pm	Open Gardens	Leaflets with directions being given out at Grimsargh Club
Friday 14^th September, 7.30 – 10pm	‘Purcell to Puccini’ - A Classical Musical Evening	Village Hall

Acknowledgements

A lot of hard work went into the organisation of the events given in this programme. Each one has had a chief point of contact, who has been part of the Working Group which has been meeting and collaborating for many months now. Our sincere thanks go to these people: Nicky Baylis, Lesley Brooks, Peter Burton, Joyce Chessell, Jean Gornall, Mary Harty, David Hindle, Liz Hindley, Marie Hutson, George Mackin, Siân Middlebrough, Eileen Murray, Pat Tucker and Jayne Woollam.

There are many others who have been “on the sidelines” or will be involved as the events take place – and our gratitude goes out to those people too.

Congratulations to Amelia Small who won the competition to design our special "Grimsargh Celebrates Preston Guild" logo, which is given at the top of this page and adorns the front of the printed programme. It is a beautiful piece of artwork and we are very grateful to her for her talents!

Additional thanks are given to Pat Tucker who, despite stepping down from the Parish Council last year, continued in the role of coordinator and has done a fantastic job of pulling everything together.