Table Top Sale – September 2022
Villagers searched cupboards, lofts and garages to dig out their unwanted items to make some extra cash. The Community Space was filled...
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- Oct 2
Coffee Morning Talent!
Our regular coffee mornings are a hive of local talent! Ann has run craft mornings for those with nifty fingers and a creative spirit...
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- Oct 2
Cookery Demonstration – August 22
Our regular fortnightly coffee morning was enhanced by the lovely Ellie, who came to demonstrate a fantastic all-singing, all-dancing...
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- Sep 12
National Heritage Open Days
Saturday 10th September 2022 After the success of last year, we took part once again in the National Heritage Open Day. Despite School...
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- Jun 15
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee At Great Wigborough
The Community Space was transformed for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with bunting, balloons and flags! The tables were laid down the...
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- Apr 10
Easter Themed Coffee Morning
There was a buzz about our coffee morning this week. We beavered away making fabric flowers under the careful instruction of Ann. ...
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- Mar 23
Coffee Morning in aid of Ukraine Appeal
Our coffee morning on 17th March 2022 was a great success. All donations for the delicious home-made cakes and drinks were sent to the...
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- Mar 9
Operation Churchyard – Phase 3
A big ‘thank you’ to all our volunteers who turned out again to tackle the brambles and hedging that had encroached upon the churchyard. ...
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- Feb 14
Operation Churchyard
Phase two of Operation Churchyard took place on a cold, but infinitely brighter day than phase one! Our band of volunteers, well wrapped...
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- Jan 16
Restoring the Beautiful View from St Stephen’s
On a misty, murky Saturday morning in January, an intrepid band of volunteers set about clearing the dense growth of brambles and...
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- Dec 6, 2021
Cheese and Wine Evening at St Stephen’s
When the Community space was formally opened back in June by the Colchester Mayor, Councillor Robert Davidson, we were still limited to...
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- Oct 25, 2021
Heritage Open Day
Saturday 11th September 2021 St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough, took part, for the first time, in the national initiative to open...
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- Aug 15, 2021
Coming soon! Heritage Open Day
Join us at St Stephen’s for the final event in our summer programme - Heritage Open Day on Saturday 11 September. The event will include...
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- Aug 15, 2021
Churchyard Minibeast Hunt
Youngsters and their families enjoyed a fun churchyard safari, hunting for minibeasts, before crafting their own spectacular dragonflies...
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- Aug 14, 2021
Visitors go batty as meteors light up evening of summer fun!
The inaugural St Stephen’s at Night event was a great success with about 40 people enjoying an inspirational evening of bat-watching,...
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- Aug 9, 2021
The Earth Moves At St Stephen’s
Three generations take part in fun earthquake experiments at the ‘shake table'. Great excitement was had on Wednesday 28 July, when the...
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- Jul 10, 2021
Preparing For The Family-Friendly Walks
Martin Crowther, our friendly Heritage Officer, gets down to business, clearing some of the paths for the walks. There are three walks,...
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- Mar 13, 2021
Flower festival fêtes, fancy bazaars and bowling for a pig!
In our latest blog, Great Wigborough resident Ann Coates looks back fondly at St Stephen’s flower festival fêtes in the 1980s and 90s. We...
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- Feb 20, 2021
John Betjeman and The Wigwigs - the truth revealed
Poet Laureate John Betjeman. Copyright National Media Museum. Following some in-depth research and aided by a fortuitous £5.50 purchase...
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