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Parish Link [ParishLink] community newsletter serving Kensworth, Studham and Whipsnade, in South Bedfordshire, UK
Welcome to the electronic edition of Parish Link, a newsletter serving the villages
of Kensworth, Studham and Whipsnade in rural South Bedfordshire, UK. This electronic
newsletter has been designed to complement rather than replace our traditional paper-based
newsletter, and hopefully extend its reach to enable previous residents and continuing
friends of our village communities to remain connected with us, wherever they may
be located around the world.
Welcome to Parish Link
What’s On Guide
To assist organisers of events across the three ParishLink villages to avoid diary clashes, and to provide a guide that everyone can easily access via the internet, we are now offering a What’s On Guide. To access this you will need a recent version of Adobe Reader installed on your PC. For the vast majority of those viewing this website, such software will already be loaded onto your system. If that is not true for you, click on the relevant icon below to download and install the required software.
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Whipsnade Village Festival 2009
The long-
To see photographs of the Scarecrows click here
For more Flower Festival photos, please click here To see photographs of the Fete, click here
Flower & Vegetable Show 2009
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Once again the weather was kind as Kensworth held its annual show in and outside the Village Hall. The event attracted more than 200 entries and considerable numbers attended during the afternoon to appreciate the quality of all the exhibits and artwork by members of the Chiltern Art Group.
To see who won the various prizes. and to see many more photographs, please click here
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Studham on the Box
The Red Lion pub in Studham appeared in a Channel 4 documentary programme in October,
and our good friends from ‘The Green Office’ featured. The Green Office are a group
of keen golfers who base some of their social and local fund-
For more details, please click here >
In late November, a film crew from ITV visited St Mary’s Church in Studham to film scenes for a new drama to be broadcast later this year. All the action took place outside in the churchyard, with over 100 technical crew members easily outnumbering the six or eight thespians. (Your editor is sworn to secrecy over the famous actor who also made an appearance in the main scene, for fear of giving the plot line away ... however, he might be susceptible to a little inducement!).
Is it possible that sexism reared its ugly head again, or simply that our own lovely
Rector was not a paid-
Red Lion Too
Kensworth Old Time Music Hall
March 2010
A cast of thousands joined forces, under the direction of Jim Putterill in March 2010, to provide a wonderful evening of entertainment in aid of the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity. For more, click here >
MC, Jim Putterill
Kensworth Methodist’s Flower Festival
To see an enlarged version of any photograph, please click on the image
Kensworth Carnival 2010
To see an enlarged version of these pictures, please click on the image
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Service
Studham May Fair
Kensworth May Festival 2010
Singing of traditional May Carols
For more pictures of Studham May Fair 2010, click here
To see an enlarged version of these pictures, please click on the image
For more pictures of Kensworth Carnival 2010, click here