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Hungerford Rotary 
Annabel King, Chairman of Hungerford Rotary's Youth
service Committee is seen
with President Hugh Pihlens, presenting a cheque for £250 to
Dee Anderson, Deputy Head of Hungerford Primary School towards the cost of
special equipment and aids.....such as the puppets shown in the photograph
and coloured numeracy pieces.
The President expressed..... "a wish to stay in very close contact
with the school especially during this year, their Centenary in September".
Hungerford Historical Society
’Tommy’– Professor Richard
Holmes 27th January
Renowned author, lecturer, and TV presenter Richard Holmes enthralled a packed
house with his talk on the British army during the First World War.
He started by revealing how the army at the time was made up from career soldiers,
volunteers, the TA and conscripted soldiers, the latter 3 groups becoming essential
as most of the first were wiped out in the first year. He told us how the trenches
were constructed, the impact the shell had on warfare and described a typical
day in the life of Tommy.
The talk finished to a long, and well deserved, ovation.
We are Clean and Green
BatteryBack at Hungerford Library
The recently introduced EU Batteries Directive requires that 25% of household
batteries placed on the market each year are recycled by September 2012.
The current recycling rate in the UK totals 2.3%. To help achieve this aim,
Hungerford have chosen to be part of the BatteryBack scheme.
It is very simple, you just post your batteries through the hole in the top.
What happens to the batteries once they have been collected? The batteries
are sorted into chemical type, bulked up and then sent on to treatment facilities
for 100% recycling; recovering all base metals and plastics.
For more information please visit http://www.batteryback.org
USE IT OR LOSE IT
………………..An announcement from the
Royal British Legion in Hungerford
Due to the economic climate,
as from the first week in Feb we will be closed on Monday and Wednesday
evenings, a decision not taken lightly. However
action had to be taken to reduce running costs and thus enabling the
club to carry
on trading.
Other cost reductions have been implemented and hopefully we will be
able to continue to trade. I feel I must also say a term that's used
in many
small towns and villages during this recession 'use it or lose it' it
is as simple
as that.
On a brighter note we still have functions at the club including:-
Womens Section meetings are the first Tuesday of the month
Dancing Classes with Rita Long on the 2nd,3rd and last Tuesday of the
month
Thursday Night Bingo, and the last Friday of the month is the Hungerford
Jazz Forum to mention a few.
We are open @ 7pm Tuesday, Thursday Friday, Saturdays and Sundays
We have a lovely function room we hire out for parties
Kind regards, Club Chairman Paul Hewer