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BISLEY OPEN GARDENS - THIS SUNDAY (JULY 3)
Bisley takes part in the annual Gloucestershire Open Gardens scheme this Sunday (July 3).
Three gardens are open - at Paulmead, Pax, and Wells Cottage, with homemade teas available at the first of these.
Entry for all combined is £5 (children free) and the money raised will go to Marie Curie, the Queen’s Nursing Institute and Carers UK.
The three - which are all near the wells - are beautiful gardens of differing styles.
Paulmead is a one-acre, terraced and landscaped garden constructed in stages over last twenty-five years, and features a natural stream garden, herbaceous and shrub borders, a formal vegetable garden, and a summerhouse overlooking the pond.
Pax is a small box and yew topiary garden comprising three ‘rooms' with Arts & Crafts inspired planting, in a hidden away location with lovely views.
Wells Cottage is just under an acre, also terraced on several levels with formal topiary and beautiful views over the valley. There is a lot of informal planting of trees and shrubs, lawns and herbaceous borders, rambling roses, and a vegetable garden with raised beds.
For more, see the official twitter account @Glosngs or the Facebook page, Gloucestershire NGS, or visit this link.
If you're visiting, please don't park in the Bear car park unless you are also using the pub; it can get very busy with people travelling for Sunday lunch and customers must come first.
Three gardens are open - at Paulmead, Pax, and Wells Cottage, with homemade teas available at the first of these.
Entry for all combined is £5 (children free) and the money raised will go to Marie Curie, the Queen’s Nursing Institute and Carers UK.
The three - which are all near the wells - are beautiful gardens of differing styles.
Paulmead is a one-acre, terraced and landscaped garden constructed in stages over last twenty-five years, and features a natural stream garden, herbaceous and shrub borders, a formal vegetable garden, and a summerhouse overlooking the pond.
Pax is a small box and yew topiary garden comprising three ‘rooms' with Arts & Crafts inspired planting, in a hidden away location with lovely views.
Wells Cottage is just under an acre, also terraced on several levels with formal topiary and beautiful views over the valley. There is a lot of informal planting of trees and shrubs, lawns and herbaceous borders, rambling roses, and a vegetable garden with raised beds.
For more, see the official twitter account @Glosngs or the Facebook page, Gloucestershire NGS, or visit this link.
If you're visiting, please don't park in the Bear car park unless you are also using the pub; it can get very busy with people travelling for Sunday lunch and customers must come first.
FREE TO A GOOD HOME
Our 10ft trampoline - outgrown by our children - is available free of charge.
A few of the springs are slightly rusty, but it is otherwise in very good condition.
Lovely for youngsters on summer days.
Must be collected - please email the webmaster (or apprehend him in the Bear or the Stirrup) to arrange.
A few of the springs are slightly rusty, but it is otherwise in very good condition.
Lovely for youngsters on summer days.
Must be collected - please email the webmaster (or apprehend him in the Bear or the Stirrup) to arrange.
GIFFORDS CIRCUS
This year's Giffords Circus season kicked off on April 14 at Fennell's Farm, the circus's home on the edge of Bisley.
After two weeks at Fennell's, the troupe will go on tour until September, taking in venues elsewhere in Gloucestershire, as well as in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, and London.
The show this year is called ¡Carpa! , and it has a Mexican theme, with Mexican performers joining the circus for the season; director Cal McCrystal promises lots of ‘skill, humour, turmoil and excitement'.
See our Giffords Circus website page for more details and links for tickets and so on.
After two weeks at Fennell's, the troupe will go on tour until September, taking in venues elsewhere in Gloucestershire, as well as in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, and London.
The show this year is called ¡Carpa! , and it has a Mexican theme, with Mexican performers joining the circus for the season; director Cal McCrystal promises lots of ‘skill, humour, turmoil and excitement'.
See our Giffords Circus website page for more details and links for tickets and so on.
STROUD: TIMES ‘BEST PLACES TO LIVE 2022'
Stroud has once again been named one of the country's best places to live by the Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
(For visitors to Bisley, Stroud is four miles away, and our closest town.)
In 2021 it was named the overall* best place to live; this year it is one of eight runners-up in the South West regional section.
The newspaper praises the ‘vegan football club' and the town's ‘radical edge' and ‘eco-conscience', which includes ‘mung beans and beanies, changing the world one sustainable soya latte at a time'.
‘It’s one of the contradictions of Stroud,' it says, ‘that many of the people who say they love it choose to live in a village in one of the valleys or on one of the commons, rather than in the town itself.'
We couldn't possibly comment.
There's more on Stroud in our ‘About Bisley' section above.
*This year the Times gives that accolade to Ilkley, where they like to perambulate without hats; the South West regional title goes to the Chalke Valley in Wiltshire.
(For visitors to Bisley, Stroud is four miles away, and our closest town.)
In 2021 it was named the overall* best place to live; this year it is one of eight runners-up in the South West regional section.
The newspaper praises the ‘vegan football club' and the town's ‘radical edge' and ‘eco-conscience', which includes ‘mung beans and beanies, changing the world one sustainable soya latte at a time'.
‘It’s one of the contradictions of Stroud,' it says, ‘that many of the people who say they love it choose to live in a village in one of the valleys or on one of the commons, rather than in the town itself.'
We couldn't possibly comment.
There's more on Stroud in our ‘About Bisley' section above.
*This year the Times gives that accolade to Ilkley, where they like to perambulate without hats; the South West regional title goes to the Chalke Valley in Wiltshire.
JAMES WHITESTONE'S BRILLIANT ART...
...has just been added to our ‘Local Artists' tab (please click on the drop down men u at the top).
James, a former Bisley Bluecoat School and TK pupil, who graduated from the University of Gloucester with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, is based at the Tivoli Press and specialises in letterpress and design.
Here's a beautiful hand-printed letterpress villagescape showing the George Stores in Bisley. Available on heavyweight A4, deluxe recycled stock, a print costs just £10, and framed would make a lovely keepsake (as well as being a great way to support a young local artist).
James, a former Bisley Bluecoat School and TK pupil, who graduated from the University of Gloucester with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, is based at the Tivoli Press and specialises in letterpress and design.
Here's a beautiful hand-printed letterpress villagescape showing the George Stores in Bisley. Available on heavyweight A4, deluxe recycled stock, a print costs just £10, and framed would make a lovely keepsake (as well as being a great way to support a young local artist).
STAFF WANTED AT GEORGE STORES
The village shop is looking for staff.
Please pop in and enquire if you would like more information.
Please pop in and enquire if you would like more information.
PLEASE SUPPORT BISLEY BUSINESSES
The government lockdowns and vast, inflationary money-printing have caused a great deal of damage to the country's economy.
Across the country thousands of little firms - collectively our biggest employers - have closed down, and millions of people have lost their livelihoods.
These are hard times for everyone, but please do everything you can to support our local businesses.
If everyone in the village spent five pounds a week in one of the pubs and the shop it would go a long way towards ensuring their survival, and the jobs of the people who work there.
You could buy your vegetables from the farm shop - and an occasional takeaway from What's Cooking at Dove Cottage.
You could buy your fuel at the garage, and have your car serviced and repaired locally.
If you need a driver to take you somewhere, use Phil Bradley or Ian Neighbour.
If you know people who are thinking of a spring or summer ‘staycation', point them to the places to stay in Bisley.
The ‘Local Business' tab above gives more local services you can use - and if you run a local business, please get in touch. We're happy to put your details on this website free of charge.
We're all very lucky to live in this wonderful village - the more we can help each other the better!
Across the country thousands of little firms - collectively our biggest employers - have closed down, and millions of people have lost their livelihoods.
These are hard times for everyone, but please do everything you can to support our local businesses.
If everyone in the village spent five pounds a week in one of the pubs and the shop it would go a long way towards ensuring their survival, and the jobs of the people who work there.
You could buy your vegetables from the farm shop - and an occasional takeaway from What's Cooking at Dove Cottage.
You could buy your fuel at the garage, and have your car serviced and repaired locally.
If you need a driver to take you somewhere, use Phil Bradley or Ian Neighbour.
If you know people who are thinking of a spring or summer ‘staycation', point them to the places to stay in Bisley.
The ‘Local Business' tab above gives more local services you can use - and if you run a local business, please get in touch. We're happy to put your details on this website free of charge.
We're all very lucky to live in this wonderful village - the more we can help each other the better!
FAREWELL, MICHAEL
Michael Wiggins' daughter Allyson Wilkes has been in touch to thank all those who attended the recent celebration of his life at The Stirrup Cup.
Michael - a popular and long-time villager - sadly died at the end of January, aged eighty-five.
In lieu of flowers, Allyson and her family have asked that donations be made to the Woodland Trust.
There are some nice pictures of Michael and a copy of his (very amusing) eulogy at the above link for those who would like to see them.
