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GORSLEY VILLAGE HALL
Our committee meetings take place on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. We always welcome new people to help us put on a programme of activities to involve the village and to raise money for the hall’s maintenance. 100 Club winners for November are: Don McKenzie - £25.00; Dorothy Hillier - £10.00; and Sue Bailey - £5.00
For more information please contact:
Hall Secretary, Anne Course
Hall Bookings Secretary, Margaret Evans: 

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GORSLEY COMMUNITY SHOP
This Autumn we have noticed that our shop is very dependent on the weather and with the last couple of months being so wet, we have had fewer customers through the door. Please help us by telling your friends and family that we are open; that we have free parking, a friendly team of volunteers and a good range of products; and we ask for your continued support throughout the winter months. 
If you’ve been in the shop lately, you will have noticed that we have some exciting Christmas products on offer, including our well stocked Christmas Hampers. We make these hampers to order, so please call in to order yours as early as possible. We are also taking Christmas orders for bacon, sausages, sausage meat etc. to be delivered by our butcher John Pritchard just before Christmas. Please ask for details. 
The Post Office staff are ready to help you with all your Christmas mailings and can advise you on the best way to send your packages. We sell One for All gift cards, redeemable in many outlets and online; and don’t forget that we are your local bank for cash or cheque deposits and cash withdrawals. 
The last posting date for 2nd class is Wednesday 18th December so remember to get your cards in the post before then. 
Christmas Closures - The shop and Post Office Counter will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Friday 27th December. The shop will be open from 9 am–11 am on Wednesday 1st January 2025. There will be no PO counter this day. All other days over the Christmas period will be normal hours. 
The directors, staff and volunteers wish you all ‘A Very Happy Christmas’ and look forward to seeing you in the shop again soon.

BINGO
Bingo is held at Gorsley Village Hall on every 4th Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. The cost is £5 for 6 games with a break halfway through.

100 UP AT GORSLEY HALL
For the first time in its history Newent & District Probus Club has a centenarian among its members and to mark the occasion, Chairman Fraser Gunn welcomed Geoff Thomas who kindly agreed to give a presentation on “One hundred years of change”.
Geoff entertained members with his tales of growing up both pre-war and in the 2nd World War and what life was like without the consumer goods, the foodstuffs and the technology that we enjoy and sometimes take for granted today. He emphasised how much cleaner the environment is today and how much of the drudgery has been removed from modern day living. Afterwards he and his colleagues enjoyed a selection of specially baked birthday cakes, and he was wished many more birthdays to come.
Newent Probus Club meets twice monthly at Gorsley village hall to hear talks from a variety of speakers. It hosts regular monthly pub lunches plus quizzes, skittles matches and the like.
New members are always welcomed, and details can be obtained from the club secretary Kelvin Ashby on Newent & District Probus Club (newentprobus.com)