Open Gardens 2022 - This will be on Sunday July 10th 1-6pm
St George's Day 2022
St George’s Day celebrations being held at The Bricklayers Arms Thornton on Tuesday the 26th April 2022 consisting of enjoying Jan's delicious home made pies listening to the “Last of the Proms of the Proms” followed by a sing a long to famous songs such as Rule Britannia- plenty of bunting and flags etc Ticket £10 p.p. A great night out! It is national history that all church bells are rung on St. George’s Day ( or close to) to celebrate the day, Thornton ringers will be participating in this by ringing between 6,30 and 7,15pm. All are welcome to attend and even “have a go”at chiming. Tickets can be obtained from Eric Roberts on 01530230743 or 07854079904 - Limited Numbers.
Clear Our Sale - February 2022
OPEN GARDENS 2021
Take time to enjoy this 16 minute video of the beautiful gardens in our village of Thornton.
If you enjoy viewing, please consider making a JUST GIVING donation to The Friends of St Peter’s Church at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thornton-open-gardens-2021. LOGO AND LINK (the link also appears in the info below the video for your convenience)
This event has been sponsored by: The Garden Design Company https://www.thegardendesignco.co.uk/ and supported by: Chariot Garden Services – Matt 07855559381 ChariotGardens@hotmail.com Prestige Pressure Washing Services - 07942 321709 prestigepressrews@gmail.com Leedham Farm Dairy and Farm shop - https://www.leedhamfarmdairy.co.uk/
Cards available from: gatapping@gmail.com 07719882144
Many thanks to all who have taken part and invited us to share your garden!
Christmas Craft Fayre - 16th November 2019
This year’s Friends of St Peter’s Christmas Craft Fayre was one of the most successful yet, with a big increase in visitors and a total of £1345 raised for the repair and conservation of St Peter’s Church. A very generous donation of £200 from Midland Quarry took the total to £1545.
A very jovial Father Christmas arrived at Thornton Community Centre on the back of a steam traction engine. It was a real joy to see Colin Harris driving the engine around the village with Father Christmas waving to folk as he passed by.
The 21 stalls displaying a whole host of beautiful items, many homemade from knits, bags, pictures and calendars to decorations, jewellery, bird boxes, and chopping boards, were a delight to see. Visits to Father Christmas in his grotto, and activities and crafts in the children’s corner were enjoyed by many. Martin’s Christmas quiz was as popular as ever and provided much conversation and speculation. The usual cake stall, tombola and raffle were very well supported by everyone and there was many a bargain to be found on the Bric a Brac stall. The café proved so popular that the kitchen ran out of food - especially the delicious bacon cobs!
Comments from the visitors and crafters alike were all about the friendly happy atmosphere that pervaded the day. Indeed all the crafters replied with a resounding ‘Yes’ when asked if they would like to book a stall next year.
A huge thank you to the stall holders, helpers and visitors alike, who supported this joyful event. A lot of hard work and effort but well worth it all.
The magnificent sum of money raised will help with the repairs to the church roof after thieves stole about 1 ton of lead in October. Thank you.
Michaelmas concert - Sunday 30th September
Annual Heritage Weekend - September 9th/10th at St Peter's Church
Church open and local history talk given by Pete Leadbetter with a chance to look through old maps and photos of our lovely village.
OPEN GARDENS - Sunday 17th June
Sunday 17th June saw the whole village of Thornton buzzing with folk clutching yellow programmes as they made their way around the fourteen gardens on show. It was quite a sight to behold! Despite the slightly uncertain weather, being Fathers’ day and the World Cup on the TV, the event managed to attract 420 people from the village and the surrounding area. And that was just the adults - there were children too, busily looking for the hedgehogs hidden in each garden.
Last minute deadheading and repairs after the rain and wind of the preceding 48 hours, had the gardens restored and back to looking at their best. Stretching the full length of the village, the gardens showed a great variety of styles.
With refreshments, plant sales, book sales and games, there was plenty going on at the various locations. The Community Centre was a hub of activity, as was the Church which was beautifully decorated with flowers.
As well as being a wonderful village occasion, the day raised an amazing £1848 for the maintenance, restoration and improvement of the church.
Friends of St Peter’s would like to thank ALL those who gave their time and energy into helping out in any way. But special thanks have to go to those who made the commitment early on and agreed to open their gardens for others to enjoy - without them the event would not have been possible - and they did us proud! Our thanks, too, to Leicestershire Garden Design for supporting the event. It seems that, although there were a lot of exhausted people by the evening, everyone had a thoroughly enjoyable day!
St George's Day Celebrations - Monday April 23rd.
Pie night at The Bricklayer's Arms and a "Last Night of the Proms" singalong.
Annual Meeting Friday 20th April 2018 at Thornton Community Centre
