The Forge Garage – Sept News
Brailes Show
Our treasurer has crunched the numbers this year £10k has been shared with organisations in the parish as follows:
| Organisation | Amount |
| Brailes Village Hall | £4,500 |
| Brailes Play Area | £1,500 |
| Brailes Footpath Group | £500 |
| Brailes Speedwatch | £500 |
| St George’s Church | £500 |
| Winderton Church | £500 |
| Brailes School | £300 |
| Brailes Pantomime | £200 |
| Brailes Brownies | £200 |
| Brailes Village Website | £200 |
| Brailes Players (new drama group) | £200 |
| Brailes Football Project | £200 |
| Feldon News | £100 |
| Village Upgrade Project | £100 |
Once again, sincere thanks go out to the committee, volunteers, landowners, sponsors, local community, local businesses and visitors.
Your ongoing support is vital to the continued success of the show.
Plans are already afoot for Brailes Show 2027 on 14th August and new ideas are essential to keep the show changing and interesting.
If you’d like to get involved in someway please contact Katie on 07794339867.
Brailes Play Area
The play area is the responsibility of the Brailes Village Hall and Playing Fields Charity. The play area itself generates no income so is entirely dependent on fundraising by volunteers and grants to enable it’s maintenance and the purchase of new equipment. If you’d like to get involved please contact Katie on 07794339867; committing to organise a single event each year would be brilliant – as they saying goes, every little helps.
Ticket link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stratfordtheatrecompany/2405199
Forge Garage – at Your Service!
There has been dew on my windscreen for the last week as we welcome autumn and I’ve got some numbers and statistics for you this month.
Did you know….
- The maximum car MOT fee of £54.85 has been frozen at that rate since April 2010. Source: motcost.com
- Over 1 in 5 (20%) drivers admit to missing their MOT deadline, and more than half of those (52%) have missed it more than twice. (Source: Confused.com)
- The average labour rate in England is currently £85 Source: Garage Industry Trends
- 300,000 vehicles are driven without insurance in the UK every day. Source: Motor Insurers Bureau
- The legal minimum tyre tread depth for cars in the UK is 1.6mm across the central three-quarters of the tyre’s width, around its entire circumference. Source: RAC
- Forge Garage will be 75 years young next year and is still in the same family that started it
- Each year we use over 2,600 tea bags to make the tea for the team at the workshop
See you next month, Katie and Simon
Forge Garage Brailes Ltd
01608 685247
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