REMEMBRANCE DAY MASKS
This Remembrance Day you can pay your respects to our war dead with one of a range of (mostly) poppy-themed masks - and raise money for the Royal British Legion in the process.
Please see the poster below for designs, and order from Lucy or Tom in the shop.
Please see the poster below for designs, and order from Lucy or Tom in the shop.
MEDICINE RUN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed for the medicine rota.
Every eight weeks or so you would collect filled prescriptions from the chemist and drop them off at the shop.
It's a great way to help and support less mobile villagers who would otherwise struggle to get their medicines.
Please see Lucy or Tom if you would like to help out.
Every eight weeks or so you would collect filled prescriptions from the chemist and drop them off at the shop.
It's a great way to help and support less mobile villagers who would otherwise struggle to get their medicines.
Please see Lucy or Tom if you would like to help out.
CALLING BISLEY BUSINESSES
With the economy taking a huge hit from COVID, we are keen to do our admittedly tiny bit to help Bisley businesses.
If you run a business in Bisley (or live in or very near to Bisley and run a business outside the village), and you would like us to feature details on our ‘LOCAL BUSINESSES' pages, please just email us the relevant details.
There is no charge!
Some local businesses are already on the tabs above, but we have added almost all of these ourselves; if you own one of these businesses and would like us to add to or amend your details please just say.
Please do continue to support the Bisley News with your ads too.
If you run a business in Bisley (or live in or very near to Bisley and run a business outside the village), and you would like us to feature details on our ‘LOCAL BUSINESSES' pages, please just email us the relevant details.
There is no charge!
Some local businesses are already on the tabs above, but we have added almost all of these ourselves; if you own one of these businesses and would like us to add to or amend your details please just say.
Please do continue to support the Bisley News with your ads too.
THE BEAR INN - REMOVAL OF PROPERTY
The following email has been received:
Dear Sirs
Some items appear to have been removed from The Bear Inn without the permission of the owners, Punch Taverns.
These items include some of the very old settles and tables which add so much atmosphere of the pub, and also the ‘Bear Inn' sign itself. As well as being valuable, they are an irreplaceable part of the village's heritage.
Other items have also been taken away; for instance, several villagers saw metal beer kegs being loaded into a silver car a few days ago (registration noted).
There may be a perfectly innocent and legal explanation, but if not then would you mind publicising that anyone who has information about the whereabouts of items removed from the pub and who is responsible for their removal should please contact Punch Taverns (01283 501600 or 01283 502060) or Gloucestershire Constabulary on 101.'
Dear Sirs
Some items appear to have been removed from The Bear Inn without the permission of the owners, Punch Taverns.
These items include some of the very old settles and tables which add so much atmosphere of the pub, and also the ‘Bear Inn' sign itself. As well as being valuable, they are an irreplaceable part of the village's heritage.
Other items have also been taken away; for instance, several villagers saw metal beer kegs being loaded into a silver car a few days ago (registration noted).
There may be a perfectly innocent and legal explanation, but if not then would you mind publicising that anyone who has information about the whereabouts of items removed from the pub and who is responsible for their removal should please contact Punch Taverns (01283 501600 or 01283 502060) or Gloucestershire Constabulary on 101.'
WELFARE PACKAGES
There are people in the village who are struggling financially with lack of work and so on. Lucie and Tom at the George Stores are coordinating welfare packages - meat, fruit and veg, household essentials - for those who need them.
If you would like to receive such a package, please call in or email Lucie in complete confidence; there is absolutely no need to be embarrassed to ask for help - that's what it's there for.
Likewise, if you would like to help with donations of food, cleaning products, or cash, please email Lucie. Money donated will be used to buy essentials for those who need them.
If you would like to receive such a package, please call in or email Lucie in complete confidence; there is absolutely no need to be embarrassed to ask for help - that's what it's there for.
Likewise, if you would like to help with donations of food, cleaning products, or cash, please email Lucie. Money donated will be used to buy essentials for those who need them.
LONELINESS
Stella Mulligan, who in happier times helps to run the excellent Flicks in the Sticks evenings in the village (now confirmed cancelled in in June, July, and August, with hopes to return in September if the Hall has been reopened by then), has been in touch to make the point that the effects of the lockdown are likely to lead to many people, especially those who live alone, feeling very lonely.
Stella suggests that people do as much as possible to contact friends and family members - a quick phone or FaceTime call, or an email or text message (for those who have the mobile phone coverage) can go a long way to breaking up a humdrum day and making people feel wanted and valued. You can also still write letters, of course!
For slightly more technically-minded people, the Houseparty app (which is available for iPhones, iPads, Macs and systems running on Android) allows groups of family and friends to ‘meet up' and see and talk to each other online. (I say ‘slightly more technically-minded' because it is extremely easy to use.)
Stella suggests that people do as much as possible to contact friends and family members - a quick phone or FaceTime call, or an email or text message (for those who have the mobile phone coverage) can go a long way to breaking up a humdrum day and making people feel wanted and valued. You can also still write letters, of course!
For slightly more technically-minded people, the Houseparty app (which is available for iPhones, iPads, Macs and systems running on Android) allows groups of family and friends to ‘meet up' and see and talk to each other online. (I say ‘slightly more technically-minded' because it is extremely easy to use.)
BISLEY CORONAVIRUS COMMUNITY GROUP
Following the government's announcement of new measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, a Bisley Coronavirus Community Group has been set up to help those villagers who are having to self-isolate.
The village has been split up into various zones, with villagers who are at less risk given responsibility for helping nearby villagers who are at greater risk.
If you are self-isolating and need assistance with fetching food or medicine, or anything else, please contact Lucie in the George Stores (01452 771203) or any of the parish councillors on the telephone numbers or email addresses below.
If you would like to help, please also contact the same people.
The village has been split up into various zones, with villagers who are at less risk given responsibility for helping nearby villagers who are at greater risk.
If you are self-isolating and need assistance with fetching food or medicine, or anything else, please contact Lucie in the George Stores (01452 771203) or any of the parish councillors on the telephone numbers or email addresses below.
If you would like to help, please also contact the same people.
BISLEY ALLOTMENTS - IMPORTANT UPDATES
Please visit this page on our website for important updates about the allotments.
