Wow- what a day; 5-0 victory to Geddington and the biggest crowd we’ve had in years, if not ever, thank you all for your support and your generous donations to The Fire Fighters Charity
Photos by G. Atkins.
Last Saturday we entertained 72 of the village’s Senior Citizens with a Scottish-themed dinner. We were delighted to have the village’s own piper, Nick Tysoe, perform for us alongside our own GVFB choir, with our renditions of Flower of Scotland, Auld Lang Syne, and I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers!
Thanks must go to Ali and his team in the kitchen for another great dinner, plus our entertainers Ruby and Steph & Tom.
On Sunday, we took our engine The Queen Eleanor around the village to see how easy it was to drive an emergency vehicle in some of the busier parts. We know the village has being discussing the difficulties the emergency services would have and we thought that we might be able to help visualise the situation.
It was by no means as busy as it has been recently and we’re happy to report that we made it through – albeit with the need of someone outside watching each corner.
That said, there was definitely one (maybe two) ‘pinch-points’ causing concern.We hope it helps the discussion and if there are other areas of the village you think it would help for us to check out, please get in touch.
The GVFB and village volunteers today completed part 2 of the annual Geddington and Newton spring clean. Circa 30 large bags of rubbish were collected from the roadside verges and hedgerows of Newton Rd, out toward Newton Village.
Passers by and cyclists were delighted with the activity taking place and to be fair to all involved the result is fantastic. Well done to organiser Pete Faulkner, Section Leader GVFB.
The Volunteer Fire-bobbies have been doing their thing again! Following the “Great Storm Ciara” and the follow up from “Storm Dennis” the village school was left with quite a bit of debris to clear from fallen branches etc. The clean-up took place on Saturday morning.
James McLean (Community Officer for the GVFB) commented;
Despite a bit of equipment failure, the playground was successfully cleared.
Community Officer
“A great effort from those who answered the call for assistance from the school saw the task completed in double quick time. Despite a bit of equipment failure of pressure washers halfway through, the playground was successfully cleared.
There are a few follow up tasks, which require a bit more specialist equipment. We have promised to return and tackle these extra jobs in a few weeks.
Not included in the photo were the new C.O Colin and ex Adjutant Graeme. Thanks to everyone for their time, it is very much appreciated by the school”
Well done to James for organising the works!
It is with great pleasure we can announce that, for the second year running, the winners of the Squirt are…. Geddington!
A MASSIVE thank you to Northants Fire Service, who brought along a number of cadets this year – we hope you enjoyed yourselves! Finally, thanks to all those who came out in the cold and wet to cheer us on, and for all the donations received.
The 2019 GVFB Trundle will be the 20th year this great event has taken place. Enter a team or come and watch one of the UK’s oldest most successful strangest endurance events. Family friendly and food and drink available all day.
The marquee has already had some good use this Summer at both the Brickyard Garden and Street Cricket – where we also manned the BBQ!
After a request for help from a Scout parent, we began work last week to clear the footpaths to the Youth Club. Thank to those who helped!
The annual Trundle will be held this year on 24th September 2017. It will start at 11am and is once again being held with the help and support of Geddington Cricket Club.
If you are interested in entering a team, please read the rules below…
Contact Darryl 07837 397148 to enter or for more information