Did you see this beautiful rainbow over Packington on Saturday evening? Have you got a good photo of it? If so, why not share it over on our Facebook page? This one was taken by Packington resident Lisa Mayles.

The 24th Annual Open Gardens Day took place on August Bank Holiday Monday when the glorious weather helped to attract record numbers to the village.

In all, over 600 people visited 12 gardens which ranged in size from a few square yards to several acres. The refreshment spots were kept busy with cream teas, cold drinks and ice cream being particularly popular. Live musical entertainment was provided by Nick and Joy Gravestock with friends, the local ‘Phoenix’ ponies put in an appearance and lots of bargains were picked up on the plant, books, produce, craft and anything gardening stalls. A display in Holy Rood Church by the Packington Village History Group entitled ‘Packington Time Line’ gave a fascinating insight into life in the village over the centuries.

In all, the event raised a record total in excess of £3,555.00 for the village church building repair fund.

Thanks go to everyone who helped in any way to make it such an enjoyable and successful day.

Geoff Gasson

The COPY Closing Date for the next issue is Wednesday 4th September for issue on  the 18th.
If your group meeting is just after the 4th, we may be able to hold a space for you. Please e-mail the editor or ring Natalie on 589453 to ask.

Please send articles, reports on meetings, photos and “dates for the diary” including regular meeting dates to the editor. What is YOUR group doing for the next 2 months?

We would also welcome views or open letters to the editor from anyone about things of interest to villagers.

Please keep articles to around 200 words and please send lots of pictures. Please note that articles may be edited to fit available space.

  This Packington Post website with its new Blog format is easy for YOU to contribute to directly. All Packington Groups and facilities should be represented here. It takes half an hour to learn how – please contact our web facilitator Robert Dilworth who will be happy to help YOUR group have YOUR OWN dedicated access.

  The email alert system is very successful, thanks to former editor, Stephen Plummer. You get to read things as they happen rather than waiting for the next Packington Post. To join, just e-mail Stephen at alerts@packington.info.

Contact Editor Natalie on 589 453 or editor@packington.info.

Action is needed NOW for the September edition of your village magazine!

September is nearly here – last year’s milestone  70th Anniversary show was one to remember, and with this year’s  far better summer, this year’s Packington Show looks like being even better.  We strive to improve year on year.

The Show is SO IMPORTANT to the whole Village and to all that have supported us for all the years.  Without that support it would not be possible.  Times are given .. Click here to read more..

This year’s Packington CC Fun Quiz Night will be held on Saturday 5th October at Packington Memorial Hall, 7-30pm for an 8-00pm start. Entry is for teams of 4 players, and the cost per team is £12 – yes that’s right, £3 per head for an evening’s entertainment, you can’t say fairer than that!!

We will have the usual mix of theme rounds, picture quizzes and the dreaded (for me!) music round! As ever there will be a licensed bar to help oil the wheels & cogs of your brains as you attempt to answer the questions. It’s all light-hearted though, we aim to keep the emphasis on the “fun” aspect of the evening!

All proceeds from this event go into the Cricket Club’s funds to help pay for ground and equipment maintenance, club insurance, etc. So to book your team’s place phone Giles Bee on 07806 557728 or email gilesbee@hotmail.co.uk.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

As well as the printed magazine and this website, the Packington Communications Group also has a social media presence on both Facebook and Twitter. Why not like our page on Facebook or follow us on Twitter? If you’ve already done that, why not share those links with your family and neighbours?

Don’t forget that you can also subscribe to the email alerts. Simply send an email to alerts@packington.info with your name, address and contact number and we’ll add you to the list for future alerts. We currently have about 100 of the 300 households on that mailing list, it would be great to get that number up.

Village Gardens Open Day – Major Village Event on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2013 from 2pm to 7pm.  Admission is by passport to up to 12 gardens, Adults £3.50, Children 50p to include FREE quiz.

Refreshments including cream teas ..Click here to read more..

Sunday 18 August – 8th September – 29th September 2013

Summer Superheroes needed! The Blood and Transplant Service of our NHS needs to build stocks ready for winter. We can’t donate while we have ‘flu, or have just had ‘flu, so summer donations are vital. Best to book an appointment by calling 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk – two sessions, morning 0945 to 1230 and afternoon 1400-1600. You don’t need to be superhuman to be a superhero!

You can of course just turn up at:

Hood Park Leisure Centre, North Street, Ashby

Neighbourhood Watch Alert Report:
Burglary  – High Street, Packington – Tuesday 16th July between 0001-0700.  Entry gained via an unsecured ground floor window and tidy search made,  Handbags, money and credit/debit cards stolen.

If you have any information on the above, please ring 101 or 999 in an emergency.

This was HERE, in our village High Street, last Tuesday. Perhaps we’ll all check OUR downstairs windows are secure, tonight, and every night?

Apologies that we’ve been off-air for so long, but now we’re back. We’ve had to move hosting companies and are taking the opportunity to update the technology that the Packington Post website is built upon. We’re now using WordPress and that should make it much easier for the members of the Packington Communications Group to add new content.

If you’re wondering what happened to all the content on the old website, you can access an archive version here, while we transfer the content to the new site.