Brian's concert was enjoyed by many and raised £254 for the chapel. Thank you.
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Eleven gardens were open and over 180 people visited at least one garden making it a very successful weekend. The weather stayed reasonably dry for most of the days and the refreshments and plants and fruit sold well. Many thanks to all those who opened their gardens, prepared cakes and served teas as well as all the background organisation and setting up tasks which make these weekends such a success. Over £2700 was raised towards the upkeep of the Chapel. With thanks to Vince our quizmaster £225 was raised for the chapel. Seven teams fought it out bravely with the tie breaker demanding the need to work out how many red London buses there were! Once again our annual fish and chip supper quiz turned out to be a success. Vince our quizmaster supremo did a "tremendous" job of keeping the quiz teams in check. His "horrendous" questions kept all the contestants working hard and even the "hazardous" waste from the fish and chips was swiftly dealt with making the whole evening a "stupendous" success. We even had to deal with a question like "which are the only four commonly used words which end in DOUS?" Can you guess the answers yet? Many thanks to all who helped set up, wash up and keep the punters happy with particular thanks to Vince our quizmaster. The winning team "Aint got a clue" clearly did; with a winning score of 48. However the other teams mostly kept them very honest. The Mensa rejects, Dream team, The cottagers, Pennys gang, The odd bods, Been here before and the 5% club all enjoyed themselves immensely. Once again Vince, our quiz supremo, reigned as he hosted a successful evening. Fish and chips (with pie and other alternatives) were enjoyed as brain food before the questions started this year without a picture round. Did you know when the £2 coin was introduced (1997) or can you put the battles of Bosworth, Waterloo, Agincourt and Stamford Bridge in date order from the oldest first? Turned out the winning team "March Hares" could do so. The runners up question to the rest concerned each team working out the square mileage of Lake Ontario and with a lot of low guesses two teams went high with answers of 1800 and 12700 were not close but both were about 5000 miles out. The actual answer of 7550 lead the runners up prize going to team "Lost the Plot." There was also a guess the sweet competition which ended up with two winners who both guessed 192. With thanks to our quiz master Vince and all the rest of the team for a really enjoyable evening which raised £229 for Chapel funds. The harvest supper was a success with quizmaster Vince once again showing why his quizzes are the best. Our thanks goes to Vince, Christine, Malcolm, Sue, Colin and Valerie for their organisation and service for the Harvest supper as well as the super quizmaster Vince wowing us with a colour picture round and several other hard general knowledge themed rounds. Who knew who was Time Magazine featured lady of the year in 1952 amongst other items. The sunny lovely weather helped bring in a lots of visitors and made the 2023 open gardens event a proper success. Many thanks to all the eight gardens as well as the hordes of volunteers who manned stalls and made or served refreshments. Without any of you it would not have been such a spectacular weekend. Final total is still being counted but its heading for over £2000 in total. And for those who saw Arthurs tractor it does move. Postscript
One of gardeners was out shopping and was approached by a lady who said "didn't you open your garden up last weekend?" On the affirmative she continued "we had such a marvellous afternoon in Nether Whitacre. Everyone was so friendly. the gardens were all beautiful and the cakes delicious!" Well done everyone. Over 60 people joined us at the church this afternoon for tea and cake. Choir led the singalong and everyone joined in old folk songs. It was all good fun but if you did not get your Coronation coins, you must contact the parish clerk or speak to Jill. Thanks to all who made cakes, washed up or put up decorations for this special event. Vince was our ever brilliant quiz master both posing and delivering the questions. With rounds on food and drink as well as a literacy round (which was a stinker!) Many thanks to all those who came and supported the quiz, our washing up team and of course Vince as we raised £208 for the chapel.  Brian's concert not only entertained a full house it also raised a lovely total of £320 for the chapel. Brian loved the evening as everyone joined in and made it a great night.
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