ON Saturday, April 30 there will be the Hanley Swan Market & Café at the village hall in Hanley Swan from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. As a community market all of our proceeds go to local causes. Our latest donation will go towards another traffic calming device for the villages so that our communities can hopefully have safer lives. In recent times we have also made donations to local projects and organisations such as the Pre-School, The Community Orchard and college students through the Book Bursary.

This month’s market promises to be a very good one. We are offering everything from fresh vegetables to local honey, and the famous Vera’s Apple Juice, as well as beautiful plants and gifts; also we have some new stalls, which will be offering massage, and a WI stall offering cakes and needle work. There will also be the regular fantastic café offering the opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new ones.

Our lovely musical duo of ‘Doug & John’ is sadly now reduced to one as John has had to retire due to ill health. We wish him well.

This whole event has free entry and is aimed at ‘bringing the community together’. There is lots of free parking too. So, please come along and support your local Market - we love to see new faces!

SARAH DARWENT