Welcome to Quedgeley News!
Quedgeley News is a magazine published monthly by Quedgeley News Limited, a wholely owned trading subsidiary of the charity, Quedgeley Community Trust, and delivered free to all the 6,700 homes and many businesses in Quedgeley. Feel free to look around our web site where you will find more information about our trust along with information on Quedgeley and back issues of our publication.
This picture is of the church in Quedgeley, St James that dates back to 1210. Quedgeley was once made up of several farms, but is now home to over 6,100 houses and a population of nearly 12,000 people. It’s no longer a village; in fact it’s big enough to be a town.
Quedgeley Community Trust is 30 years old and is a continuation by a group of people who got together to arrange and celebrate the Queens Silver Wedding Anniversary back in 1972. They had so much fun that the concept of a community continues and it publishes a monthly 44 page magazine, a mixture of local news and adverts to keep this ever growing village of Quedgeley together. Any profit it makes it gives back in grants to deserving local groups.
Latest News - Updated Saturday July 31st 2010 at 6:38pm
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The annual Quedgeley Show was held on Saturday 10th July at Severn Vale School. Full report and some pictures in August issue below or click on photos on the toolbar above and see even more!
We are currently short of distributors in a number of roads in Kingsway and despite a number of attempts few people have come forward. As you probably know, everyone who helps QN does so as a volunteer, no one is paid. However, distributing the magazine each month will take no more than 30 to 40 minutes and will help people to get to know their neighbours and build community spirit. The roads we are currently having problems with are:
- Goose Bay Drive
- Locking Drive
- Systerton
- Uxbridge Lane
- Wattisham Road
- Fylingdales Gardens
- Mona Avenue
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August 2010
Quedgeley Show 2010
The sun shone for this year's annual Quedgeley Community Trust's show on Saturday 10th July. A steady queue of people were waiting for the doors to open at 2pm and the afternoon started with an welcome speech from Rev Richard Atkins, a resident and former minister of Quedgeley Methodist Church, but now the Faith and Ethnics Producer for BBC Radio Gloucestershire. There was plenty to see and do in the Hall and foyer, from craft stalls to exhibitions by local groups and organisations such as the St John Ambulance, the Air Training Corps, the Police, the Scout and Guide Group, and the Parish Council. There was a bouncy castle outside for the children as well a show inside with entertainment by "Tom Foolery". These children were easily recognisable from the animal shaped balloons they were carrying after enjoying an afternoon of entertainment which also included Punch and Judy as well as a flea circus! In the Hall we were treated to stage entertainment throughout the afternoon with Mike and Pat Crowther's dance group "Stepping Out" giving us a line dancing demonstration, the Glee Singers from Severn Vale and later some dancers from Linda Virgo's Street Dancing Troup. Everyone in the Hall rewarded them with loud applause. Possibly the most hardworking group of people during the afternoon were the ladies of the Friends of Severn Vale School who kept everyone well fed with their delicious homemade cakes and refreshments.
However, we mustn't forget that the main purpose of the show each year is for local people to enter their garden produce, flowers, craft, photos and home baking into the show categories to be judged. This sort of show is fast disappearing, but we at Quedgeley Community Trust have vowed to keep it going and once again it was well supported with entries well up on last year. It was great to see some entries from people who had never thought to enter before and the pride on the faces of many when they found they had won a prize! The adult and children's group entry sections were again disappointing with only 4 entries overall. Those who did enter did themselves proud and won some much appreciated cash for their group or school. 1st in the Adult section was Gloucester Sugarcraft (£60), 2nd Quedgeley W.I. (£40). The Children's Section was won by Fieldcourt Infant with Fieldcourt Juniors 2nd. So if you were at the show and are involved in a school or children's group we hope you took note to enter next year and show us what your group can do, people really do enjoy seeing these exhibits.
Lastly thanks must go to everyone who helped to make the day an extremely successful one, especially the Committee and members of Quedgeley Community Trust, Quedgeley News and Quedgeley Health & Fitness Club. Look out in Quedgeley News for the date of next year's show and make a date to be there!
Let's give the shield and cup winners their moment of glory: The Brearey Cup (Wine Making) was won by Robin Screen, The Davenport Shield (Garden Produce) went to Carena Sharpley, Janet Freemantle collected the Quedgeley Community Cup (Flowers) and The Freemantle Plate for Art and Craft went to June Bitten, the Balchin Trophy for home baking went to Rosemary Gudge. The Ross Trophy was won by Tim Bircher and the Sharpley Shield (both for Photography) was awarded to Jean McCarthy. Finally the W.I. Shield went to Kathleen Snoad and the W.I. Cup to June Bitten.
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