You now have your own village noticeboard... on the internet. Use it to ask for help and advice, keep others informed of events and ... anything you would normally put on a notice board. To use it, go to the www.22villages.org main page, click on the noticeboard  then you will see the screen opposite. Clicking on any notices or replies on the board will show their contents on the right. If you wish to reply to any notices, click on [Reply] at the top. To 'put up' a new notice click on [Post], remember to summarise your notice in the Subject line as that will be all people see (initially) on the noticeboard. Replies and messages can take up to 10 mins to appear. Could I ask that everyone checks the noticeboard once a week, that way it will become a great way of getting and receiving support/advice/ideas etc. We will also be recruiting historians and other experts to visit regularly. So if you need anything (heritage-wise), stick up a notice. If you are looking for information on a particular subject you can quickly check all messages using the [Search] facility. Finally unlike real notices you don't have to take them down, they just move further down the list!

Tithe Maps Talk  (& Open Meeting) Wed 18th August, 7.30pm
Santon Downham Village Hall is kindly hosting the next bi-monthly 22villages open meeting. Colin Dring, our guest speaker will to tell us about Tithe Maps and The Enclosures. It would be helpful to have an idea of numbers so could you let Joe know who is hoping to come from your village.

Early Project Packs
have been requested by Moulton, Barton Mills, Cavenham and Tuddenham and will be with them in three weeks time. Those of you who prefer to wait will have their village pack available at our official launch on Monday 23rd August at FHDC Offices in Mildenhall (is it in your diary?)

Welcome to Elveden
who now have a village contact, Jim Rudderham. So anyone with useful information about the village should send an email to elveden@22villages.org

Have Your Say!!!
This is EVERYONE'S newsletter, so if you have something to let others know about send it to Joe for consideration in the next newsletter, or you could put it on the website noticeboard.

£50 Cash for Your Village
Forest Heath District Council have agreed to make an added contribution to the project of over £1,000. This will be offered to participating villages to help with photocopying and other 'out of pocket' expenses. Each village will receive £50 and you are asked to let Joe know if you would like your village to benefit from this help.

Don't Forget... Every Tuesday 7.00pm-7.30pm
There is an opportunity to 'talk' live (via your keyboard) to support staff, heritage experts and other villages. Simply connect to the internet at 7pm, go to the www.22villages.org web site and click on the "7pm Tue" notice . This could become a great way of keeping in touch, so find out now what its all about...

Regards
Joe@22villages.org
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