I am literally so excited I could vomit! My usual print shop that I use for the Bugles quoted me an extortionate price to print and bind the Lockdown Bugle as it is so big and they don’t really have the equipment for binding it. So I have had to Read more…
Another beautiful new arrival to the family – please welcome Haylen Grace Battrick. Haylen was born on 25th August – David, Nat and Aston are all delighted, as are we. More details in the September Bugle. xx
How lovely – two cousins born to the Garner branch of the family within 4 days of each other! Note from Hannah and Ted… Meet Bobby Maxwell Waite, born 17/8/20 @ 7.01pm after a very similar labour to Joni – even ending up being born in the same birthing pool Read more…
It is with enormous excitement that I can announce the safe arrival of our newest family member, Ada Jean Waddell – born on 13th August 2020 at 02:40am at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Woolwich. Congratulations Sarah and Blair – we can’t wait to meet her. More details in the Read more…
As we have all found ourselves – wherever we are in the world – impacted by the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all been living through.a period of World history that will never be forgotten. Rather than sticking with the usual Bugle format, we are thus creating Read more…
Producing a Bugle is a few days of ultra-busy as I fit it all in around my normal working day, so the moment I get back from the printers with the warm copies in my hand is always a happy one. Despite having spent three days editing it all, it’s Read more…
Yes, it’s that heady time of year again! Janet and team are busy organising the 45th Poole Games, to be held this year at Smallwood Manor – possibly the last time we will visit this beautiful venue that has hosted a number of past games. All details for booking in Read more…
Here it is, hot off the press, revealing that the CACK (Cover Art Competition for Kids) was won this year by Sophie. For the full scoop – and brimming with family news – please grab a hot cup of tea, a warm mince pie, a comfortable chair by the fire Read more…
Don’t forget all you parents and grandparents out there, that there is a fabulous festive art competition this month for any child artists in our midst. The only rules are that entrants must be under 16, the picture must be properly Christmassy and it must feature at least one Bugle Read more…
Summer is already becoming a distant memory but it was lovely to catch up with everyone’s summer holiday adventures. Huge apologies that I missed one article out of The Bugle last edition. Sorry Jane et al – I will tag your entry onto the Christmas edition for posterity, but so Read more…