Text For Parish Magazines

This is the text I plan to send to the contacts at each of the Parish magazines (Coombe Bissett, Bishopstone, Broadchalke and Bowerchalke). I think it's best to keep it as short as possible with a pointer to this blog and the e-mail address, although that might exclude those without Internet access. So, I need to give that some thought...Also, need to make sure M&D are OK with receiving any mail for us!

The Old Bowerchalke Cricket Club
Do you remember the old Bowerchalke Cricket Club that folded in the early 1970s? If so we'd be very interested in hearing from you. Although neither of us played for Bowerchalke (we both lived in and played for Bishopstone) we have a keen interest in finding out more especially as so many of our family played there down the years. So we've set out to do just that. With the Chalke Valley Cricket Club planning to move to its new ground in Bowerchalke soon there seems no better time than to look at the history of the old club to record stories, memories and memorabilia and provide a link with the past.

We're interested in finding out about any of the following but please don't limit yourself to this list if you have something which may be of interest to us which you'd like to share:

* Stories and memories about games you may have watched or played in, players who played for the village, the cricket field, some of the characters who watched, the old Bell Inn, amusing stories, anecdotes and so on.
* Have you kept any old Bowerchalke village Cricket Club memorabilia such as: fixture cards, photographs, newspaper clippings, notebooks, scorebooks, trophies or medals?
* Did you ever play against Bowerchalke for another village team? If so we'd like to hear from you too about your experiences, home or away!

If you do have anything you think we might be interested in please feel free to contact us at the following e-mail address: bowerccmem@btinternet.com or alternatively write to us at: ENTER ADDRESS HERE. We will get back to you.

Our intention is to capture as much of the history as we can digitally so anything physical would be scanned or photographed, acknowledged and returned. With that in mind we have set-up a website at the following address so you can find out a bit more and follow our progress: http://bowerccmem.blogspot.com/

Many thanks! We look forward to hearing from you.
Keith and Stuart Gulliver, February 20th 2009