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 Parish Council as chairman, a vital role in our village participation in local government. He has guided our Memorial Hall management committee as Chairman, having achieved the complete refurbishment in 2009 of the old 1957 building after an extended fund-raising campaign to become one of the most sought-after venues in the area.

On his watch, the village benefitted from many Bonfire Nights’ firework displays, from summer Bank Holiday Duck Races, from July Party-in-the-Park events, from March Big Breakfast days at the Hall, from April Big Bake-Offs, from Gold- and Platinum-Jubilee celebrations and cream-teas, from earlier annual summer Carnivals – he has promoted a long list of such fun events in our village.

At the meeting, colleagues and residents were present to thank Chris for his extended service, with a small presentation after an address by our new Parish Council chair Keith Goodwin. The village approved whole-heartedly of the renaming of the Memorial Hall meeting venue as “The Chris Miles Room”, and presented Chris with an engraved room name plaque as a memento.

The photos below by Packington Post photographer Karn Turnbull give an insight into a joyous village evening celebration