Longparish Cricket Club
100 Club draws
November monthly draw
1 st £35 48 Peter Herbert
2 nd £15 58 Georgina Bonathan
3 rd £15 29 Cheryl Dowler
Christmas Draw
1 st £50 44 Martyn Clarke
2 nd £25 28 Georgina Bonathan
3 rd £25 57 Jan West
4 th £15 157 Neil Bonathan
5 th £15 31 Pat Motley
6 th £15 39 Jane Young
7 th £15 204 Ray Smith
8 th £10 90 Mrs M.Turner
9 th £10 81 Maggie Barber
10 th £10 74 Spencer Haines
LADY KATHLEEN BIRNIE
15 th February 1911 –21 st November.2003
Lady Kathleen Birnie died peacefully on 21st November 2003 at the Amesbury Abbey Nursing Home. She was 92 years old.
Sally, as she was always known to her family and friends, was born Lady Marguerite Kathleen Courtenay, the third daughter of the Reverend the 16 th Earl of Devon. Her father unexpectedly inherited the title upon the death of both his elder brothers. Her early childhood was spent in a country vicarage before they moved to Powderham Castle near Exeter.
In her early twenties she went out to India where she subsequently met her husband Colonel ‘Bill' Birnie. He served with the Army in India for many years and was a member of the famous, albeit unsuccessful, Everest Expedition of 1933. Upon retirement he became Secretary of the Church of England Children's Society from 1949 until 1965.
In 1968 they came to live at The Cottage in Longparish opposite the school. They both loved their garden and after his death in 1976 she continued to keep it in good order. In later years she became an expert at lighting bonfires and pruning apple trees
In the winter she was to be found in the kitchen boiling marmalade. This then , together with jars of her gooseberry jam, became the centrepiece of the produce stand at the annual Village Fete in the summer. Over the years she must have raised nearly £3000 from her sales of marmalade.
Throughout her time here she produced beautiful flower arrangements to decorate St Nicholas' Church and dried flowers for the Christmas bazaar. She was always very generous in providing cutting material from the garden.
She was the best of neighbours and her reminiscences of life in India are fondly remembered. She will be sadly missed as a much-loved member of the village community and our condolences go to her two daughters, Susan and Angela, and the grandchildren.
John Woodcock & Barry Sterndale-Bennett
St Nicholas Wives Group-
The Christmas Gathering will be at Longparish Village Hall at 7.00pm on Thursday January 15 th 2004 Gloria Goodliffe 720425
Longparish Village Hall
FILMED RACE NIGHT
FRIDAY JANUARY 16th
7.30pm
Come along and enjoy the suspense and thrills of attending a race meeting.
A light supper is included.
Bring your own drinks
ADMISSION £3.50 per person
Tickets from Maggie Barber 720459
Mary Jo Darrah 720320
Andrea Hulme 720347
Jim Neal 720429
All proceeds will go to the Longparish School and Community Project
H.D.R.A. Organic Gardening Hampshire Group
24-25 January 2004
10am – 3pm
Testbourne Community Centre, Whitchurch
Over 100 varieties of seed potato 13p per tuber or by the 2.5kg net.
Refreshments & talks Children's activities
Admission £1.50 per adult
More information 01256 893264