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“If we haven’t got it, we’ll get it..” – Peter Swift of Daybreak Services Peter Swift, Packington’s favourite provider of almost anything and everything at Daybreak Services, asked Packington Post to pass on his thanks and his Christmas message that next year he will aim to provide an EVEN BETTER service for the village: Christmas …
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Starlight Carols at the Bull & Lion Salvation Army brass band is coming on Thursday 21st December 2017 at 7 pm to hold a Starlight Carols evening outside the Bull and Lion. . The village pub and the village church invite you to wrap up warm, bring a torch or lantern and join in festive …
Pop into the Ready Room at the back of the village church for FREE coffee or tea, with cake and cookies. Available each month on the THIRD Wednesday. Next on 20th December 2017; then 17th January 2018, 21st February, 21st March… Hosted by Ann Wathes
Wheelie Bin days 2018
Purchase a beautiful 2018 Calendar of Packington This beautiful 12-page Calendar of Packington has been produced by local residents to raise funds for Party In The Park on Saturday 7 July 2018. This wall-hanging Calendar is in A5 format, opening to A4, with a page for each month. The Calendar would make an ideal Christmas …
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Village Event: Family Fun, with Tea Room, cakes, craft stalls and a raffle! . Please come and help us – at Harry’s fund-raising event this Saturday from 10am to 1pm – in Packington’s Memorial Hall We are trying to raise money – £17,000 – for stem cell treatment abroad. There will be a tea room, …
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Ashby’s best food and drink festival – Market Street Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2017 – Don’t miss out! FREE parking available! Great Food and Drink at the Ashby Food Gusto Christmas Fair – Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December The Market Street in Ashby de la Zouch will come to life with the …
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Our Parish Council rarely meet unannounced, a one-line agenda quietly slipped out. What’s up?
Our History is taking place NOW – Join us to help record it ! Packington Village History Group (PVHG) invites you to an Open Meeting to discuss its forthcoming activities and encourage you to join us as a new member. PVHG needs to re-launch itself, to record the history of the coming years of our …
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Ashby Tesco Roundabout Night Closures A511 JUNCTION with NOTTINGHAM ROAD and ASHBY BYPASS (TESCO ROUNDABOUT) Leicestershire County Council (LCC) Highways has agreed to a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order: A temporary weekday overnight road closure at the Tesco roundabout on the A511 and Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouch from the Monday 20th November to Friday …
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Biking and the outdoors as medicine for mental illness ? – a new local initiative by Packington resident Marc Stapleford – FREE to join in. Marc writes: Join me in a new monthly ride initiative, which will focus on connecting people with the outdoors, using biking and the great outdoors as medicine in the management …
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Packington Cricket Club Quiz Night Saturday 18th November 2017- Doors Open 7:15pm Packington Memorial Hall, 3 High Street, Packington, LE65 1WJ Bar available 1st Prize – £60 2nd Prize – 6 bottles of wine 3rd Prize – Chocolate hamper Raffle and Games during the interval £15 per team of 4, Max 25 teams – to …
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A petition to Parliament demanding a debate to stop HS2 can be accessed HERE – please join us and sign it!
This village meeting, organised by the Packington HS2 Response Team in the Memorial Hall, was attended by approximately 60 residents. The aim of the meeting was to give villagers a better understanding of what the Team have being doing on their behalf in respect of HS2, since the public meetings in January and February, and …
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