The Secretary of Caldecote Church Friends, Peter Robbins, reports that major works were carried out to repair and restore parts of the building and also the two harmoniums.  Funds amounting to £50,000 were made available by the Friends of Friendless Churches, owners of the church building.  Much of the motivation for making the Church usable again has almost certainly been set in motion by the two popular Fuchsia Festivals that our Society staged at Caldecote in 2006 and 2008. It has been our privilege to play a part in the restoration of this attractive little church and we look forward to July 10th/11th 2010 when we will have the pleasure of decorating the newly refurbished Church once again.  Our Chairman and Vice chairman have already visited St Mary Magdalene since its extensive facelift and were most impressed with the improvement. It will be a perfect background for our 2010 Festival.

This year we will  also be staging a Festival at All Saints, the parish church of Upper Stondon, Beds, on July 31st/August 1st and our Annual Society Fuchsia Festival on the last weekend in July 24th/25th at our regular meeting venue, the Parish Hall, Henlow, Beds.  All past members are invited to come and talk about old times!

This means another busy year for Beds & Herts but we rely on the enthusiastic support of our members.