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PLEASE NOTE From 23 June, the outreach Post Office in the village hall will only be open on Mondays.

The Village & Community Magazine for May 2025 is now available on this link. There will also be some printed copies available in south entrance porch at the Village Hall, courtesy of Tractor Spare Parts Ltd.)

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Village Hall – Annual Resident’s Meeting (AGM) Thursday 12 June at 7pm

hall interior

All Parish residents are warmly invited to this annual meeting. Anyone who lives in the Parish, who might use the premises now or in the future, is essentially a beneficiary of the Village Hall charity, and your views on what the committee does are important. As usual, all current trustees step-down at the AGM and although they may offer to re-join, we are always keen to see new people with the ideas, skills and willingness to help us manage the charity, and the premises we all use, for the future. You can view a copy of the last year’s AGM here.

HELP IS NEEDED! We urgently need one or more additional volunteers to join us, particularly to handle bookings and/or accounts – more information on the village hall page here.

‘Save The George’

The George

‘The George at Alstonefield Community Benefit Society’ is now officially registered and we have launched our Share Offer, donation and fund-raising efforts, with the aim of raising the necessary funding to purchase the freehold of The George from Marston’s.
In the meantime, the pub is open with a temporary tenant, offering good quality pub food (booking not essential). Dog and people friendly. Closed Mondays; open from midday on other days; closed 2.30pm-5.30pm and after 9pm Tues-Thurs; Fridays/Saturdays open midday – 2.30pm, then 5.30pm til late; Sundays midday – 7pm. Check out its new website here (or its Facebook page here). 

The Watts Russell ArmsWATTS RUSSELL

Just down the hill at Hopedale, the Watts Russell (01335 310126) is open 12 – 9pm at weekends, and from 5 – 9pm weekdays except Thursday (closed all day). Live music is regularly hosted here, sometimes on its outside stage. For more details, please phone or go to the Watts Russell website or its Facebook page. 

Staffordshire Farm Watch

We’re all aware of the rise in rural crime, particularly within the farming sector. Staffordshire Police are working with local communities in the Moorlands area to tackle these issues and have set up a Facebook page to keep everyone (or at least those who use Facebook) up to date. Please visit and ‘like’ their page at: https://www.facebook.com/StaffsFarmWatch/  If you see or hear anything suspicious, please call the police non-emergency number: 101. You can also sign up to receive communications from the police by downloading this form: Moorlands Farm Watch