Larkhall Community

Some people see February as the tail end of winter but for the Romans living in our valley two thousand years ago, the first of February was the start of spring. To them snowdrops promised the return of the sun and the new growing season. Here at New Oriel Hall we love the spring term. [...]

A church in the Community and for the community After the very cold Christmas Season, many of us will be looking forward to the lighter, warmer days of spring. As the days move on, gradually at first, hardly noticeably, the days lengthen, the bulbs begin to break through the surface of the earth and the [...]

Are you a genius with the cocktail shaker? The Larkhall Festival Cocktail Competition is your chance to create a delicious, original cocktail – either alcoholic or non-alcoholic – which if it wins, will be on offer throughout the festival weekend. To enter, send us your cocktail recipe using the competition entry form. You’ll be able [...]

It’s simple: just enter the competition to stand a chance of winning two tickets to see the hilarious, quick-fire improvisation comedy show ‘instantWit!’ You are just three steps away from having the night of your life!

Music Festival for Bath Bluegrass and Americana music are coming to Bath in May. Following on from the success last year of Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys at The Pavilion, Lambridge councillor Bryan Chalker has been appointed Artistic Director of the city’s first-ever Appalachian Festival.

Friday 11th March – Alice Park Sleep out for just one night and help those who are forced to sleep out every night. Julian House are organising a sponsored Sleep-Out on Friday 11 March at Alice Park and are inviting members of the public to join them. It might seem a romantic idea – sleeping [...]

Photographs of Alice Park taken in 1938 clearly show a flag-pole standing close to the main gate in Gloucester Road. This was erected by Herbert MacVicar, who created the park in memory of his wife Alice, who died in 1936. It was Herbert’s wish that the anniversary of Alice’s death on November 22 be remembered [...]

I will set the scene for this profound statement. We are sat in the cafe at Alice Park and it’s pouring with rain and it’s January…not warm. We are chatting about what’s coming up this season at the park.

Last December was the coldest since records began in 1910 and some experts claim that temperatures were the lowest for 130 years. Many of us were housebound but made the best of a bad situation…

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