Ashburnham

The Ashburnham and Penhurst Gardening Club are next meeting on June 23 at Ashburnham Church Hall, 7.30p.m. This month they are visiting members’ own gardens. For more information, contact Brian Holdstock on 01323 832082 or view their website: www.ashpengc.org.uk.

The Afternoon Book Group’s May gathering is on June 27, 2 p.m. During June they will be reading ‘Love and Summer’, by William Trevor. It is a story of a farmer still mourning his first wife, whilst his young orphaned wife, Ellie, has an illicit attachment with a newly arrived stranger in the village. The villagers can only hold their tongues and watch as fate takes an inevitable course. If you would like more information, please get in touch with Nicky on 01424 892474.

The Evening Book Group are not meeting during June.

The East Sussex County Council Mobile Library service will next be in Ashburnham (by the chapel) on Thursday, July 3, 17 & 31, 9.50a.m. - 10.10a.m.

Ashburnham Church is holding a Men’s Breakfast on July 5, 8.30 a.m. at Ashburnham Place. Paul Wenham, General Director of Ashburnham Place, will talk on ‘5 minutes that changed my life’. To book your place in advance, please contact John French 892580 or John Cormode 848415. A donation of £5 per head to cover the costs is asked.