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Inkpen History Society Meeting
The next meeting (
Friday 11th October, 7pm, at the
Pavilion on the Inkpen Playing Field) will be a more streamlined
meeting that the previous ones so do come along. As always, there
is time for a cuppa and a chat within the meeting. Entry is just
£2 per person. This is all part of your history, please come and
join us. See you there.
September Pop-In Café
The Pop-In Café continues its normal first and third Thursday
of the month openings with many new faces over the summer
months.
For the two cafés in August, we suggested that all donations go
to causes which seem uppermost in most people’s mind: MacMillan
Cancer Support and Dementia UK. For MacMillan Cancer Support we
raised £60 and for Dementia UK, £102. In September we raised
finds for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance, £105. A big
thanks to all those that donated. The three charities have
expressed their thanks to you.
Now we've done with fund-raising for a while, do come and join
use for a cuppa and a chat with friends or new acquaintances .
In case you haven’t been to the café before, it’s at the Inkpen
Playing Field Pavilion, first and third Thursdays of each month,
10am till 12:30. All are very welcome. Join us and bring a
friend if you can.
The purpose of the café is to provide a space for local people
to come along and socialise – meet and chat. We have provided
the opportunity for people to donate simply because the 3
charities that we are supporting are the ones that most local
people are likely to use in one way or another.
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STARGAZERS
A few of us watched the Perseid meteor shower amongst the
backdrop of the northern lights. Some beautiful results
and video clips. Thank you all.
We’re now approaching the period of dark evenings when
stargazing comes into its own. There will be lots to see,
provided the weather is kind to us. If you are interested
in joining in, email inkpen.climate@outlook.com. No
experience is required, but always helpful.
To help all of us that are looking at the night sky,
please turn off any of your unnecessary outside lights.
They really do limit what we can see. Give us a helping
hand. Thank you.
Our Next meeting is on Friday 18th October, 7:30 pm,
at the Pavilion on the Inkpen Playing Field. Do come
and join us. Entry is just £3 per person.
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Going for a walk
If you want a breath of fresh air
and some exercise, check out the Inkpen
walks, but keep your
distance from others, that's at least 6 feet apart in old money.
If you feel that you should wear a face mask when outdoors, then
checkout the design given on the
News page.
On the news page this month there are a number of updates
including from the Inkpen Primary School and pre-school, from
the Playing field trust and Village Hall, and there's this
months Police Report .
Climate change issues.
The IMPFT, the playing field trust, is in the process
of installing solar panels and a key entry system. The trust,
chaired by Brian Cox, is aware of the need to reduce its carbon
footprint and is making what progress it can. The solar panels
are clearly there to reduce the trust's reliance on fossil fuel
energy, and to feed whatever extra is generated back into the
grid. The key entry system is there to make sure energy is only
consumed when the facilities are in use. Many of you are
choosing to adopt private energy saving measures - the trust is
focused on trying and do the same.
We are depending on renewables to help us get to net-zero carbon
emissions. If you'd like to see what contribution renewables are
making on a daily basis, have a look
here.
Please give us a hand – Oak Trees in Inkpen
We need
your help to measure oak trees. Measuring tree
girths helps us to evaluate changes that have taken place in
Inkpen and enable future researchers to
evaluate the effect
of climate change on tree growth and distribution. This is
work of real value, be part of it. Go to
inkpenhistory.uk to find out more.
