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VE DAY 8TH MAY 1995 IN SWALLOWFIELD
RUSSELL PLAYERS
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the privations of those wartime years.
Rationing fluctuated throughout the war but,
on average, one adult’s weekly ration was
4oz bacon and ham (about 4 thin slices), one
shilling and ten pence worth of meat (about
8oz minced beef), 2oz butter, 2oz cheese, 4oz
margarine, 4oz cooking fat, 3 pints of milk, 8oz
sugar, 2oz tea and 1 egg. It didn’t look much!
Our local brewery, Courage, produced a special
run of bottled “Courage 1945 Ale” based on an
original H&G Simonds 1945 recipe retrieved
from the archives at Courage. We were able to
serve this very special, and aptly named, ale in our
Naffi. It was very popular!
Mags Broadhurst
RISELEY VILLAGE TEA ROOM
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his was to be an update on the goingson at Riseley Village Tea Room but,
so far, not a lot has happened. Just
my alternate day visits to check that there
have been no break-ins, floods, electrical
outages etc. It’s all been ok so far.
The gardens are blooming. Caroline has
been busily giving the borders a stern talking
to, whilst head down, bottom up, in amongst
the weeds. Caroline was delighted to be
approached by a charming gentleman who
offered to help with the pruning. Of course,
his kind offer was taken up and the pruning,
cutting-back and dispersal was carried out.
I’m sorry to say I
have no idea who
the kind gentleman
was, but I offer our
sincere thanks for
his most thoughtful
gesture. Caroline
was delighted and,
I think, rather taken
aback and also
quite cross with
herself not to have
taken a name. So,
kind gentleman,
make
yourself
known if you see
any of us tea room
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t is fairly quiet for the Russell Players at this
time, inasmuch as no sets are being created, no
costumes are being sourced, no searches are
being made for props and there are no rehearsals.
However, we are keeping our hand in by holding
weekly script readings via Zoom. Various plays
are being read, always for fun but sometimes
to test the feasibility and practicality of them
being performed at some time in the future. This
bodes well for our audiences as we should have a
wonderful selection of plays to perform when the
time comes for us to open the doors once again.
It is apparent that we are not the only ones
using the wonders of modern technology to
hold play readings. One of our former members,
Katie Cooke (nee Took), wrote asking if we had
any photographs of a play we performed called
‘Wyrd Sisters.’ The company she has joined is also
enjoying evenings
of play readings and
the next one they
plan to read is ‘Wyrd
Sisters.’ Luckily, Mags and Chris Broadhurst had
photographs of that production in their archive
and are sending them to Katie to share with her
fellow thespians.
We would like to take this opportunity to send our
thanks and best wishes to all our supporters.
Do visit the Russell Players website
www.russellplayers.co.uk
for
up-to-date
information about our activities. If you would like
to join the Russell Players, please contact Maggie
Uttley on kcuttley@aol.com or 0118 988 2954.
Juliet Devon
FARLEY HILL BOWLS CLUB
types going to and fro.
There’s tea and cake for
you, once we are open
again.
We
had
arranged
to host the VE Day
celebrations in Riseley
but, as that was shelved,
we decided to carry
on regardless and the village was suitably
decorated, bunting abounded and villagers
took to their front gardens and verges to
celebrate. A joyful day was had by all and the
tea room bunting was used after all.
Once we get the government go-ahead,
Riseley Village Tea Room will reopen – tea
& cake, scones with jam & cream, delicious
sandwiches aplenty. Aprons on and smiles
in place, we will be ready to throw the doors
open and welcome all.
In the meantime, here are a couple of photos
from VE Day.
B
ecause of the coronavirus lockdown, like
most bowls clubs in the UK, we cancelled
all our matches until the end of June, with
an expectation that none would be possible
this season. At the time of writing, we have
just learned from Bowls England that sufficient
easement of the lockdown rules may make it
possible for singles and maybe even doubles
matches to be played, but between club members
only. We await clarification and further guidance.
If you are keen enough to want try this sport this
year, it may be possible to arrange this on a oneto-one basis only.
We are a small, friendly club
in a country village setting,
with ample easy parking; at
the Victory Hall, Church Road,
Farley Hill RG7 1TR; which is
less than 1 mile off the A327
between Eversley and Arborfield. If you want
any further help or information, please contact
Bill Dowling, Club Secretary, on 01344 772 130
or email secretary@farleyhillbowlsclub.org.uk or
visit our website, www.farleyhillbowlsclub.org.uk
Bill
SWALLOWFIELD ART GROUP
Class is still suspended for Swallowfield Art Group,
so there isn’t the usual range of subjects painted
in class to tell you about. So, I thought it might
be helpful to give some pointers to any would-be
portrait artists on how to draw the human face.
A common mistake is to put the eyes too far up
the face and to make them too big. In the diagram,
you can see that the eyes are roughly halfway
down the face. Divide the face up as shown to give
the correct placings for the nose, mouth and ears.
1. Draw lines to
divide the face
into two halves
vertically
and
horizontally. The
eyes are on this
line. When drawing in the eyes, imagine that five
of them fit cross the line, but only draw in the
second and fourth. This will stop you from drawing
enormous alien eyes! Pay attention to the shape
of the eyes as they will not be perfect ovals.
Pam Wright, Manager
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