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NEW CHURCHWARDEN AT BLUNTISHAM-CUM-EARITH

At the parish’s vestry meeting on 28 April, David Findlow was elected as churchwarden alongside Peter Brace. Andrew Edney becomes assistant churchwarden. David has also been appointed as the parish safeguarding officer.

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PATRONAL FESTIVAL AND WELL-DRESSING

In June we celebrate the Birth of St John the Baptist (traditionally 24 June) with our annual well-dressing and flower festival. This year’s theme is the 70th anniversary of Guiding in the village.

To create the well-dressing of the Holy Well we need volunteers to:

– prepare the clay to go into the frames that hold the design. We call this ‘flaunching’ and this year it takes place on Saturday 8 June at 10 am at the church. No special skills are needed, just as many flaunchers as possible, young or old. Just wear overalls or old clothes, as it involves playing with mud! Refreshmenst provided.

– making the colourful design by carefully inserting flower petals, leaves and other materials into the clay in the well-dressing frames. If you’ve never done it before you will get plenty of help from the experienced petallers. Just turn up from about 10 am on 18th–21st June.

The festival begins with  a service and the blessing of the well at 6 pm on Friday 21 June, with an outdoor party afterwards.