Welcome to the all new, bright sparkling Doxey Times under its new editorship.

We start with a competition featuring a fabulous prize. Anyone spotting the deliberate spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, typos or factual errors wins the opportunity to become a proof reader! Please ring John on 604233, if you spot the mistake in this or any future edition.

Hurry to book for the trip to Blackpool on

Saturday, 2 September
leaving Stafford at 9.30 a.m.
returning by 9.30 p.m.

Prices are:
Adults - £14.50;
Seniors - £11; Children - £9.

These prices depend on numbers. If we can fill a coach, the price drops to £10 per head and there will be some flexibility about the start and finish times. Call Dave on 600094. Full payment will be required by 13 August.

Some of you may be aware that Doxey Pre-school Playgroup has come across a temporary funding shortage. I am sure that many of you will have fond memories of your time or your children's time there.

We are looking for ideas of how to fill the funding gap and hope that you will have some good ones.

Please ring Claire on 244026 or Noris on 229060 with your suggestions or to find out more about the facilities on offer.

For a trial period in August a lunch club will be run in

Any resident of Doxey will be welcome. A good time to meet others. Prices will be competitive. No need to book.

Do you fancy being in films? Now is your chance.

As part of the Stafford Film Festival, a film called "Victoria Pleasure Grounds" is to be produced. Shooting will take place on Saturday 9^th and Sunday 10^th September.

Actors of all ages are required. If you are interested in taking part or helping in any way come to a meeting

in the Sutton Centre, Sutton Drive

Children at Doxey Primary School have made a three-dimensional model of Doxey. This will be on view during September to give people a chance to pinpoint areas of Doxey which need development or preservation. Times and venues will be advertised in local shops. Come along to a viewing and have your say.

The Community Association’s August meeting will be a social evening when residents of Doxey can meet the trustees and find out what the Association has been doing in the last 12 months.

Light refreshments will be served.

All Doxey residents will be welcome.

The next theatre production in Doxey will be by our old friends the Mikron Theatre Company. The performance will take place

on Sunday, 24 September

The play - "Mrs Brunel" - is about the life and work of the great engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel as seen through his wife's eyes. As usual, there will be the songs, the humour and the pathos.

A collection will be taken at the end of the performance and a donation of around £5.00 per head is suggested. There are no tickets so come early to be sure of your seat.

We are sorry that County youth officer Sue Fox’s new work is taking her away from Doxey. The Community Association would like to thank her for her sterling work for Doxey, particularly in supporting the Youth Forum

22 people attended and had a really good time at this taster Indian dance workshop. People were surprised at the effort required for such delicate movements. Many have expressed an interest in following this up. Look out for announcements in Doxey Times. Hopefully, more free sessions can be offered in the near future. As usual, look out for an announcement in Doxey Times.

Watched by a capacity audience, this performance by the Etruria Café Theatre brought professional theatre once again to Doxey. If you have any suggestions as to other events people might be interested in then please ring Anita on 605653. The Etruria company are hoping to do some workshops in Doxey in the future.

Doxey players are planning their second pantomime for Easter 2007. They will be looking for cast members from all age groups and of course for backstage crew. Lookout for more information on this and on the forthcoming workshops in future issue of Doxey Times

Thanks to the Doxey Times a piano has now found a new home and its previous owner has a little more space in his home. If you have any large items you no longer need, but which someone else might want for free then they can be advertised in the Doxey Times. Ring John on 604233.

In June Two Doxeyites - Geoff Moore and Rob Belcher - went to Azerbaijan as part of a group working on facilities at a psychiatric hospital in Azerbaijan. They hope to write an account of their experiences to be published on this website. When this is done a brief note will be put in the paper version of Doxey Times.

Every Monday 10.30 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. in the community centre in Sutton Drive. Drop in for a natter and a cuppa.

Next meeting 1^st Wednesday of the month at 2.00 pm in the parish church hall. Come along and make new friends over tea and biscuits.

Digital photography.

Meet with others to develop your skills. No charge. Call 607771.

Next meeting 10^th August at 7.00 p.m. at Doxey Primary School.

Learn how to save a life with one of our local doctors. Call Joan on 251622 for details, dates and times.

Published by Doxey Community Association. If you need further information or want to make a comment or to put something in a future issue of Doxey times, call 604233 or email press@doxeyca.org.uk, or leave a message at the Sutton Centre, 43 Sutton Drive