Village Voice February/March 2014 | Page 7

Positions vacant BIGHTON NEWS Monthly Draw winners December 2013: £50: Malcolm Smith £30: Andrew Skirton £20: John Sargent £15: Chris Edwards £10: Simon McCowen (for Jack) January 2014: £50: Sheila Lovett £30: Simon McCowen (for Louisa) £20: James & Nicole Richards £15: John Sargent £10: Dawn Love Wanted: selfless individuals to run jumble sales in aid of Bighton Village Hall. See previous article for details. Must be dedicated, hard-working, practical and above all, cheerful. Please make yourselves known to the village hall committee. Fete profit The fete committee has announced the profits from Bighton Fete for 2013. Profit on spreadsheet: Children’s World profit: Profit to be distributed to: ● Bighton Village Hall: ● PCC: £3,685.54 £116.69 £1,784.43 £1,784.43 As calculated by: (£3,685.54 - £116.69) / 2 Bighton Village Hall AGM The Bighton Village Hall AGM will take place on Wednesday 23rd April at 7.30pm. JUMBLE SALES Farewell to Sheila + Christine. After many years of hard work, Sheila Lovett and Christine Hurn are retiring from running jumble sales at Bighton Village Hall. Over the years they have raised thousands of pounds in aid of the hall, and been involved in every aspect of the work, from recruiting help, advertising, accepting donations, sorting, setting up, selling, clearing up afterwards and disposing of unsaleable goods. And every time, they have been awarded a simple ‘Thank you to Christine and Sheila’ in this and previous village magazines. On behalf of Bighton Village Hall, we thank them for all their hard work and wish them a well-deserved rest. They’ll be a hard act to follow. All Saints Church Celebrations over Christmas The 2013 Christmas season was heralded by the candlelit carol service held at All Saints Church Bighton. A congregation of some 60 people gathered to hear the 2000 year-old Christmas story of the Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The story opened with the first verse of the carol Once in Royal David’s City being sung solo by Trinity Defelice-Hubbard and continued with traditional carols and readings relating the events. The readers were members of the local village organisations and th