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Love it or loathe it, the former Darcy House site's re-development is starting to take shape. The developer Banner Homes have provided some artists impressions and information of the forthcoming houses on the site being marketed as Pemberley Place, a name clearly designed to relate to the heritage of our village.

A number of historic pictures have been provided which date back to 1866, making them the oldest ones we have to date.
The pictuers have been published in the picture gallery.

A special thanks to David and Pene Whitaker for releasing these pictures to us.

Do you have any other historic pictures that you would be willing to share - if so, please contact us and we'll do the rest.

During November, there have been a number of cases of vandalism and theft in the village, these include :

• A broken window at the schoool
• Eggs being thrown at the school
• Damage to the sign on the village green
• Damage to the bin on the wall, by the village green
• Damage to the electricity supply on the village greeen (leaving it in an unsafe state)
• Damage to the steps of the school - by a large waste bin
• Theft of the wheel washing equipment at the Darcy House development.

Yes the Greyfriar managed to get to the finals of the Fullers Pub of the year competition again.

Having won the competition in for the category village / rural in 2003, failing to get into the finals in 2004, winning in 2005 we were very pleased to be in the final once again for 2006. The competition is for all Fullers pubs whether they are managed or tenanted and is judged in three stages.