Ninfield

Alice in Wonderland?!: Well, it's my all time favourite children's book, and I believe there are elements within that affect our lives today.. '˜Time', for instance, is always at a premium in Alice's world down the rabbit hole; the White Rabbit himself is constantly looking at his watch and saying '˜I'm late'! Alice boasts of being able to '˜beat time', and gets told sharply that '˜Time' won't put up with that; '˜it won't stand a beating'! Now, I would like to have an '˜Eat Me' cake, whose results would be a '˜Pause of Time'- in order to catch up with the stuff that happens in between all the planned things that take up every minute of the day and that make me run out of time on a regular basis!! We're racing towards the end of the month, Mothers' day is fast approaching on Sunday 26th March; this will definitely be a chance to stop for a bit and enjoy some Time with E.M...I'll make sure of that!

Ninfield Scouts Table Sale: This Saturday, 18th March, at the Memorial Hall, from 1pm-3pm, entry 50p!. This is an event organised and hosted by the 1st Ninfield Scout Group, who are working towards their Fundraiser Activity Badge and World Challenge Award where they have to do something for the local community. They have chosen Ninfield Memorial Hall as their good cause, and to honour all the requirements needed, they have to organise, plan and evaluate the activity as well as run a cake stall with teas and coffees. This Table Sale fits nicely in the monthly Market listings, and you will find some of the regular stallholders at the Hall on Saturday; For more information on the Scouts other events in the year, email [email protected] or call Richard Creasey on 07970559226.

Ninfield Action Group: The next NAG meeting is on Monday 20th March in the Reading Room at 7.30pm, and Chairman Paul Coleshill will be pleased to see as many people as possible to update them on the Local Plan. Parish Councillors will also be on hand to answer questions, as far as they are able; there are 600 pages to the new Plan which means yet more reading and cross referencing! There will be discussions on the next stage of the consultations, and the possible ramifications on the application recently submitted for a development off Manchester Road. Do go and find out all the latest details, lots of hard work goes on behind the scenes to try and get the best for the Village; if you’re a ‘Facebooker’, then go to the NAG page for the chance to view Ninfield’s relevant pages in the Local Plan .