2015 Compton Bassett
Curry & Quiz Night

Saturday 7th March 7:00 pm -Bar open 6:45 - in Compton Bassett Village Hall

Tickets £10 to include Quiz and food.

Ticket Line: 01249 811076

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Starring Kevin Tomlinson and Guests

Saturday 18th April 7:00 pm Village Hall

A comic look at love in all its many forms (Improvisation, Sketches & Stand up) Details.....

“We are arranging a social evening on Friday 27th February between 7-8 pm so you can have a sneaky preview of our new Compton Bassett village sign over a glass of wine.  We will be asking you for a small donation towards the cost of the wine and the 6 metre oak post support for the sign.  It’s not every day that you get the chance to “own” a bit of village history – even if it’s only a post!  Please give us your support.   We will be erecting the sign in March once we get enough funds for the oak post (£250). 

Benson Village Hall is also having bit of an internal “spruce up” this year with changes to the entrance lobby scheduled in February and a cleaning blitz in the Spring, so on the 27th February, the first of our forthcoming events, you will get two for the price of one – a preview of the lobby and a preview of the new sign.  

Compton Bassett took part in “Operation Harness” in January where Wiltshire Police held a County wide Speedwatch event.  Our “bit” took place on 20th January between 1 and 3pm where Pete Szczesiak & Peter Alberry accompanied by 6 Police Officers monitored traffic in Compton Bassett. We could see the car bonnets dipping as soon as the motorists became aware of the significant police presence – so we only recorded a single speeding event during the 2 hours of checking. 

So Speedwatch is taking off again – we have the laser camera until the end of February – so we’d like to build a data base of speeding vehicles throughout the day over the course of February, particularly mornings and evenings, so that we can us the information to lobby for reduced speed limits as recorded in the Compton Bassett Neighbourhood Plan.  We have 8 trained volunteers so far with a number of others applying for training later this year. If you’d like to be involved please e-mail p.alberry@btinternet.com.

Together we can make a difference.

With the season of good will soon upon us our thoughts are turning to perhaps our families, or our friends, those with whom we enjoy our time.

Maybe we can cast the odd thought in a different direction, to those who may seem to many to have so much and yet have nothing. There are many, even within our own village, who may be facing a Christmas that is not how they would like it to be.