Archive of posts filed under the Major Event category.
Open Gardens 2025 – The very best of Sunshine and happy visitors
Monday 25th August 2025 was one of the NICEST late-August days EVER in our village, and a bumper day for raising funds for our village church fabric fund – desperately needed after the former under-pew heating system had to be removed. Congratulations go to long-term village heroine Lesley Birtwistle for leading this wonderful event again, …
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Four decades of service – Packington thanks Chris Miles for his forty years of dedication to our village institutions.
Friday 1st August 2025 saw a village meeting at our Bull and Lion venue for a presentation to one of our most industrious village residents – Christopher Miles. Chris has chosen recently to step back from his leadership and participation over the past 40 years in major village institutions. In particular, he has led our …
2025 May Queen Award ceremony and Penny Royal Garland Dancers at our Bull and Lion
Once again, nice May Day 2025 evening weather was welcomed, and allowed the traditional May Queen award presentation to proceed without thick coats or umbrellas this year, as was the case last year too. The PennyRoyal Garland Dancers joined the Packington Morris Men and their music-makers in a parade round the village, progressing up High …
Big Breakfast 2025 – the Photos
Saturday 1st March 2025 – Dydd Dewi Sant or Saint David’s Day – was a bright sunny crisply cold morning, and during four hours, hundreds of village residents and locals came to our charity event, the Big Breakfast, raising money for LOROS, our special local Leicestershire hospice organisation for Relief of Suffering.. Here are the …
Flood Action Team – FLOAT – Autumn 2023
In the early hours of 18th September 2023 an intense series of rain storms affected Ashby de la Zouch and the surrounding areas. The huge volume of water that fell quickly saturated open ground areas and began a rapid run off, through rain water gullies and drainage systems, into the Gilwiskaw Brook towards Packington. Unfortunately …
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Packington Show – Saturday 2nd September 2023
Our village Horticultural Society PHS held it’s annual September first-Saturday Show again this year on 2nd September. This was the 80th year since the first show in 1943 held to support village members serving the armed forces in wartime. The pictures try to give a flavour of the enthusiasm of the village to support this …
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Village Open Afternoon at our Memorial Hall – Saturday 17th June 2pm – 4pm
FREE hot drink or glass of Prosecco.. Pop in for 5 minutes, or stay for longer. Our Bar will be Open! Information on Village Groups, Clubs, Societies, events, and activities will be on display at Memorial Hall starting at 2pm on Saturday 17th June 2023. Plus you can MEET the PEOPLE behind all these ! …
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Big Breakfast 2023 – Saturday 4th March
Our village special 2023 Big Breakfast charity event this year followed the familiar pattern of previous years. Organiser Debbie Hamilton supported teams of volunteers, mainly from our village but also welcoming some from Ashby and surrounding areas. A fuller set of images by our Packington Post photographer are here on Facebook From 9am to 1pm …
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Bonfire Night 2022
Thanks to Packington Post photographer Karn Turnbull for these dramatic images of our Bonfire Night Saturday 5th November 2022 celebration at the Recreation Ground:
August Bank Holiday Monday Open Gardens 2022
Our village Open Gardens has been running for 30 years, and this year was led by High Street residents Nick and Joy Gravestock – who also provided live music for much of the afternoon at their venue, as seen below with Joy on violin and Nick on guitar: Again this year our Open Gardens was …
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Platinum Jubilee Review – Sunday 5th June 2022 – Church Service and Street Party
Church Service Another two events on this day. A well- attended Church Service (Songs of Praise) commenced at 10.30am with songs chosen by those present, and accompanied by Chris Miles on the organ. The service was led by Lesley Birtwistle who gave a short message. Hymns ranged from the quiet and reflective to the rousing …
Platinum Jubilee Review – Saturday 4th June 2022 – Party in the Park
The evening Packington Platinum Jubilee Party in the Park on Saturday 4th June 2022 was another major village event. The wind was a little wearing, with blankets and thick coats in evidence, but a large circle of gazebos and tented windbreaks had quickly sprung up in a ring, focussed on the live music in the …
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Platinum Jubilee Review – Saturday 4th June 2022 – Strawberry Cream Tea afternoon: 2 – 4pm
Platinum Jubilee Review – Friday 3rd June 2022 – Musical Extravaganza Evening
The Fish and Chip Van was brilliant. They served ninety meals within the hour, and everyone thought they were delicious. Towards the end of the meal, Packington’s resident saxophonist, Nicola, played some terrific well-known tunes. By the end of her show many of her audience were humming or singing along Robin gave without notes a …
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