Filby hits the Headlines in 2008
Whilst headlines and articles of immediate interest or note are initially posted here they are eventually moved to the appropriate page for the year. This is where you will find the ongoing story of Filby in Bloom.
Britain in Bloom Judging
Britain in Bloom judging took place on Tuesday 5th August between 11:30 and 1:15.
Fingers crossed.
19, 20 July 2008
Open Gardens- Open Gardens Weekend was on the 19th and 20th July. New this year: the FEPOW bed, the water feature, new feature bedding as well as the open gardens. Also the events in the Church and the Filby Local Roots exhibition in the Church Hall. The Filby Association was also present.
18 June 2008
The baskets are starting to go up.
16 June 2008
I noticed this evening that many of the new lamp posts have sprouted hanging basket brackets.
We also have new Welcome to Filby signs.
The following press release was sent to the EDP and Great Yarmouth Mercury:
Date: 14th June 2008 For Immediate Release
New Village Signs for Filby
On Saturday 14th June 2008, Filby's In Bloom Team erected a pair of new village signs on the A1064 Main Road entrances to the village.
The spectacular signs were designed and built by village resident Tom Green, over a period of five months. After many iterations, Tom chose to employ the Grebe symbol, often used by Filby in Bloom, as the basis of his design.
The signs were constructed in mosaic format from hand cut tile. Supporting frames were supplied by J & M Edwards Precision Engineers Ltd.
The signs were put up in good time for Filby's entry into the Anglia In Bloom competition. Judging will take place on Wednesday 16th July. Filby is also representing the Anglia Region in this year’s Britain in Bloom competition that will be judged on 5th August. The new signs can be seen during Filby’s Open Gardens Weekend on 19th and 20th July.
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FEPOW Dedication
The service to dedicate the new FEPOW memorial flower bed was held on the Pound at 2:00 on Sunday 6th July 2008.
BBC Radio Norfolk broadcast the programme Maggie's Brew from Filby between 2:00 and 4:00 and there were interviews with FEPOW and a report on the Filby Association reunion.
New Water Feature
The new water feature, designed by Elle Beattie from Langley School, Loddon, will be delivered and erected over the 4th and 5th July. It will be inaugurated on Monday 7th July at 3.00 p.m.
Anglia in Bloom - Judging 2008
Judging this year took place on Wednesday 16th July 2008.
- Was the installation of the new lampposts completed in time?
- Were they be wired up and working?
- Were the old standards removed?
- Watch this space.
Open Gardens 2008
Open gardens this year will be held over Saturday and Sunday the 19th and 20th July.
Maps will be available from the Post Office and refreshments will be served in the pavilion on the Playing Field
Do not forget the Display in the Church and the Community Roots Exhibition in the Church Hall. Go to Local Roots or use the Local Roots tab above for more information.
This website aims to show who we are, what we are doing as well as what we have achieved in the various "in Bloom" competitions.
We also have a sister site for Filby Village which covers topics not appropriate here.
Details of the awards won by the village can be found, you guessed it, by going to the Awards page and then by following the links to the various years.
There is still a lot of work to be done before this site is anyway near complete so you may find strange screens or links that have yet to be forged. Please visit regularly to see what has changed.
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Using the menus you should be able to navigate the site using just about any web browser on any operating system.
Most of the pages are being rewritten to take advantage of the leaner code, flexibility and quicker download times offered by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). However, pages should still display reasonably, if not correctly, even if you are using an older browser (like Netscape 4.x which does not understand some CSS commands) or Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows (which does not always render CSS correctly).
If the page display is a real mess perhaps it is time to consider upgrading to the latest version of browser or try a newer, alternative browser. Most of the better ones are free to download and are being actively supported.
If you experience any particular difficulty accessing any of these pages please send an email to the address below.
If you have any comments on the site or the efforts of the village please email to: pottingshed@filby-in-bloom.org.uk
Praise is always welcome but criticism can help our continued development.
It is time to say farewell to our old signs. They have served the village well.
However, that's never all there is to it:
When the Judges have visited and left to determine their verdict on our efforts, only the day after all the excitement, the work goes on.
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