Entry forms now available for Beech's 2nd Summer Show Organised by the 'Beech Gardeners' - the BGs On Saturday 19th September 2015 Beech Gardeners are putting on another Beech Village Show. Enter your home-grown fruit, vegetables and flowers and win 1st, 2nd or highly commended certificates - ... Read more
Valentine’s Night 2015
Beech Villagers enjoyed a romantic Valentines candlelit supper and dancing at the village hall on Valentines night. Hosted by Nick Charman, the hall was suitably decorated with ample evidence of the occasion, with red hearts abounding and red candles burning in champagne bottles, although sadly ... Read more
Children’s Christmas Party report
The Children’s Christmas Party, held on Sunday 17th December was great fun! We had 19 children transforming two poor dads into snowmen via lots of toilet roll! We were especially excited when our VIP, Santa Claus, made a surprise appearance. Thank you Santa Claus for visiting the Beech ... Read more
Beech Christmas Party 2014
The adult Christmas party was on Saturday December 13th and was brilliant! Wonderful food, a short rest while we enjoyed a mind boggling magician before the lovely Paul Fleming fired up his disco, for which we are always so grateful, and to which everybody bopped along!! A big thank you to the ... Read more
Beech Christmas Fayre 2014
The Beech Christmas Fayre at the Village Hall on Sunday 30 November was a great success with the hall crowded out with stalls from local people as well as those from outside Alton. The smell of the bacon butties that were being produced in the kitchen pervaded into the car park in a most ... Read more
Services this Christmas at St Peter’s…..
A warm welcome from all at St Peter's to the whole village as we prepare for Christmas! Friday 19th December: 9.30am - please come and join us to help decorate St Peter's for Christmas! Sunday 21st December: 4pm - Carol Service - Please come and join us for carols, readings and mince ... Read more
A very British occasion
The Beech Fireworks Display 2014 very nearly did not happen. It had rained hard all afternoon, and the team managing the event had a very last minute decision to make when the rain finally began to ease off in the very nick of time. As this is not a pre-ticketed event, we also had no idea how ... Read more
BGs’ Summer Show Winners
The BGs Village Show on Saturday 20th September was a resounding success, with 60 individuals entering 187 entries into 32 classes - a brilliant response! Here (left) is Wolfgang Bopp with his winning man-made cake. Helen Lamb read out the list of the winners of all the prize winners, alongside ... Read more
BGs’ Summer Show Report
The BGs' first ever Summer Show was a rip-roaring success and the Hall was crowded with entries and their entrants from 9.0 am until judging started at 10.30 am. The were beautiful roses - surprising after the dreadful storm we had right overhead a couple of nights before. There were magnificent ... Read more
Deadline extended… Beech Village Show
Entries have been flooding in for the Village Show, but if you missed last Friday's deadline, don't despair, it has been extended until the evening of Tuesday 16th September! So there is still time to... Look out your photography, your paintings, get writing your poetry, keep dead-heading your ... Read more