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Thursday 8th May 2025, 9:30pm

VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration - Lighting the Beacon

The Ridings, Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury Town Trust will be lighting their beacon at 9.30pm on Thursday 8th May to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. The beacon is one of a chain of beacons across the UK.

www.chippingsodburytowntrust.org.uk/

Venue information

The Ridings, Chipping Sodbury

Wickwar Road, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6GA

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Tuesday 6th May 2025

• 10am: Walking Well Walk, St Mary Centre

• 10.30am: WWII exhibition "Doing your Bit" (Tue-Thu and Sat), Yate Heritage Centre

• 7pm: A Day in the Life of a Medieval Knight and Peasant, Winterbourne Medieval Barn

• 7pm: Prayer time on zoom, Cromhall Chapel

Wednesday 7th May 2025

• 9am: 7th-11th Horse Trials, Badminton Estate

• 9.30am: Castle Crafts Workshop: Yarnies Group, Castle Crafts

• 11am: Knit and Natter, OSJCT Grace Care Centre, Thornbury

• 1pm: Gardening Group, OSJCT Grace Care Centre, Thornbury

• 1.30pm: Let’s Sing to Remember, St Mary's Church Hall

• 2.30pm: Afternoon Tea, Tytherington Baptist Church

• 3.30pm: C The Word English Afternoon Cream Tea and Travel Talks, C The World, Thornbury

• 7.30pm: Quiz Night, Christ the King Church Hall, Thornbury

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• 7.30pm: Tytherington Village Hall AGM, Tytherington Village Hall

• 7.30pm: Home Groups for Bible study and prayer, Cromhall Chapel

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• VE Day 80 – A Shared Moment of Celebration

• VE Day at the Pop Inn Café, Pop Inn Café

• 10am: Sight Support Community Hub and Social Group, Yate Library

• 10am: Coffee Morning in the hall, Cromhall Chapel

• 1.30pm: VE Day Film Showing, Armadillo Youth Venue & Cafe

• 1.30pm: Castle Crafts Workshop: Slate Découpage, Castle Crafts

• 6pm: Cool Ventures Webinar: Starting in Business

• 6.30pm: VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration, Tyler's Field, Yate

• 7.30pm: 7th-10th: Sodbury Players present "Blackadder", Chipping Sodbury Town Hall

• 9.30pm: VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration - Lighting the Beacon, The Ridings, Chipping Sodbury

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