Cranham.net - 5th October 2009
Welcome!

Welcome to Cranham.net's email.

If you have any photos you think Cranham.net readers would be interested in please send them to
simon@giantplanet.com

As always - if I have missed something please do let me know - I can always do a follow up email.

Simon

Picture of the week...

Please send pictures to me...
simon@giantplanet.com


Air Balloon - Jeff Whitton

From the same spot - 3rd October 2009

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New School websiste

The new school website is up and running with several useful pages and lots of photographs.

You can download the latest newsletters and check out the up and coming events.

Surprisingly it can be found at...

www.cranhamschool.co.uk

Quiz Night

CRANHAM PLAYERS MAY NOT WELCOME THE THREE WISE MEN BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS MOST WELCOME




ON FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER IN THE VILLAGE HALL AT 7.30PM
FOR THE CRANHAM PLAYERS ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ
Free to members, £2 others please make up tables of eight players
BYO refreshments

Book your place on 813620

Wine and Cheese Tasting Evening

Wine and Cheese Tasting evening at the Village Hall
Friday 9th October at 7.30,
Tickets £11 per person.

Limited numbers so please let me know if you would like tickets asap Proceeds in aid of Cranham School Fund;

Waitrose and Hania are supplying the wine and cheese as per last year.

Nick & Julia Holyoake
info@holyoaketraining.co.uk

Jungle Jog



Dear All

One of my sons is running in the Jungle Marathon next month. Simon has paid all the expenses and entrance fees himself and is asking for sponsorship, with ALL donations going to The Alzheimers Society.

This event is a 200km ultra marathon in the Brazilian jungle!
From time to time we all get asked to donate to charity. I hope you will consider this request favourably because of the personal contact and it is a very worthwhile charity.

Thank you very much Best wishes,

Nigel

To see details of the event go to
www.junglemarathon.com



To sponsor
http://www.justgiving.com/simoncooper3/

Did you know...

From time to time I am contacted by people interested in the history of Cranham - They find my email address from the web site and I simply pass them on to Janet Witton who does all the work and goes into great detail to answer any questions.

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by someone who was interested in Eric Blair (George Orwell) and his stay at the sanitorium in Cranham.

Many of you will know this already but...

The Sanitorium in Cranham woods was actually two sanitoriums

An older one to the west (Cotswold Sanitorium) used until between the wars and a newer one based on a conversion of Cranham Lodge to the east. They were separated by a brick house, where the medical staff stayed. (The Red House - as was)


Map 1901

Cranham Lodge

Eric Blair stayed in a hut at the side of Cranham Lodge -- which was demolished and replaced by the saw mill.
Cotswold Sanitorium


This is the 1st hospital in Cranham wood built in 1899. It was taken down and the buildings sold off after the first world war.
One of the buildings in the photo is still serving as the Village Hall at Whiteway today. Over 100 years later not bad for a wooden building!

Alan Terrell's film on the BBC

The Cranham Players Writing Team is proud to announce that a film made by member Alan Terrell was broadcast by BBC Wales this week. You can watch "Hill of Dreams" on the BBC iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n1k6p/Hill_of_Dreams/ You can also try: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8271760.stm

Hope you'll listen as if it proves popular Al might get some more commissions from the Beeb.

And Finally...

Thinking about skiing this winter?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBc9zEK7Edo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbQ6b4JD5YY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJt36f4XCDM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFqQOlYE4EE