The Millennium in the Shirenewton Area
A meeting of interested villagers was held on 6 October 1998 to discuss what might be done locally to celebrate and mark the arrival of a new Millennium. The minutes are available here.
The minutes of the meeting held on 6 April 1999 are also available.
(This page is to do with the celebratory aspects of the millennium - information about the millennium bug can be found elsewhere.)
The Millennium will be celebrated for a whole year, starting with Shirenewton Church Fete 1999, and ending with the Fete in the Year 2000. It is proposed that the theme for the 1999 fete will be "Life in 1900" and we hope stall-holders and visitors as well will come in costume. The theme for Fete 2000 will be "The Future".
We have set up a Schedule of Events - if you want to reserve a date for your event, please contact Peter Hesketh or John Wintersgill.
| Date | Event | Contact | |||
| Saturday | 12 | June | 1999 | Shirenewton Church Carnival and Fete. Theme: "Life in 1900" | Peter Hesketh |
| Saturday | 12 | June | 1999 | Millennium Supper Dance | Barbara Walters |
| Monday | 21 | June | 1999 | Midnight Walk to the top of Gray Hill for the Summer Solstice. | Glynys Macdonald |
| . | 3 or 18 |
July | 1999 | The Last Great Shirenewton Rounders Match of the Millennium. Scratch teams will be picked on the day. | Glynys Macdonald |
| Saturday | 11 | August | 1999 | Not currently linked with a millennium event, but there is a partial eclipse of the sun in Monmouthshire of 95 percent. | . |
| . | . | October | 1999 | Church Open Day | Glynys Macdonald |
| . | . | October | 1999 | Brownies Exhibition | Jackie Broughton |
| . | . | December | 1999 | Millennium Carol Service | Glynys Macdonald |
| Saturday | 25 | December | 1999 | Switch on Church Floodlighting | John Nicholas |
| Friday | 31 | December | 1999 | Family Celebration at Shirenewton School | Tom Rigby |
| Friday | 31 | December | 1999 | Candlelight Procession | John Nicholas |
| Friday | 31 | December | 1999 | Midnight Bellringing | Glynys Macdonald |
| Saturday | 1 | January | 2000 | Mid-day Bellringing | Glynys Macdonald |
| .Thursday, Friday, Saturday | 20, 21, 22. | January | 2000 | Millennium Pantomime | Stu Dutton |
| . | . | Spring | 2000 | The First Great Shirenewton Rounders Match of the Millennium. Scratch teams will be picked on the day. | Glynys Macdonald |
| Friday, Saturday | 14,15 | April | 2000 | Passion Play | Mrs Ann Llewellin |
| Saturday | 10 | June | 2000 | Shirenewton Church Fete. Proposed Theme "The Future" | Peter Hesketh |
| Saturday | 10 | June | 2000 | Golf Club Open Evening and Dinner Dance | Tom Rigby |
| . | . | General | . | Bus shelter for Shirenewton | Community Council |
| . | . | General | . | Traffic calming measures | Community Council |
| . | . | General | . | Memorial Seats | Volunteer required |
| . | . | General | . | Plaque to be placed in Friends Burial Ground | Volunteer required |
| . | . | General | . | WI Tree Planting | Winnie Jones |
| . | . | General | . | Mothers' Union Recipe Book | Auriol Horton |
| . | . | General | . | Involve school children in writing a book on the history of Shirenewton and incorporate a section on walks around the village and a section containing local recipes. | Tom Rigby |
| . | . | General | . | Commemorative present for all school pupils | Tom Rigby |
| . | . | General | . | Organ Recital | John Nicholas |
| . | General | . | Senior Citizens' Commemorative Book | Mrs Kent |
Village twinning, Cricket tournament, Football tournament, Tennis tournament, Possible construction of a second tennis court, Organise Millennium Walks and write descriptions (A map of all footpaths is available from the SCC), Fireworks display, Village permanent barbecue area, Village Christmas Tree, Best kept village competition, Pig roast, Organise an event around the partial eclipse of the sun which will occur on 11th August 1999
If you have any comments, or notice any mistakes or omissions, please do not hesitate to contact the Webmaster.