Cottingham Church was alive with music on 16 August when the 24 Carat Jazz trio returned to St Mary Magdalene as part of the church’s popular ‘Sunday Sessions’ series. Featuring Jane Smith on vocals and tenor sax, John Deane on…
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Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra’s concert at Cottingham Church on 30 May raised £600 towards the project to install a toilet at the church, bringing the total raised so far for this project to more than £13,000. The concert featured 18 saxophones…
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Fundraising activities in Cottingham and Middleton over the festive season have raised an amazing £4,523 for village and local good causes. Thanks to everyone who has put so much effort into organising these events, and to everyone who has got…
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Huge thanks to the 16 households who decorated their windows as part of the very first Cottingham and Middleton Christmas Window Trail this year. Thanks too to the villagers who purchased trail maps from the shop. Each map included a…
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This year’s Ghost Stories for Christmas, held at St Mary Magdalene Church on 13 and 14 December, have raised an amazing £930, with £730 going to the church new loo fund and £200 to Cottingham Friends of Green Spaces (FroGS)….
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We are individually auctioning these super cute mini needle-felted sculptures of the Cottingham Alpacas, which have been hand made in Cottingham from each of The Boy’s own fleece! There is one of each of The Boys, and each model stands…
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The Dr Albury Chronicles is a series of three ghost stories, written by Pete Bowman and set in and around the villages of Cottingham and Middleton. Live readings of the stories by George West-Robinson at St Mary Magdalene Church on…
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On 10 September, 70 people enjoyed a fun evening walking around Middleton and Cottingham drinking wine, chatting and meeting new villagers at the annual village Wine Safari, which was back after a few years’ absence due to Covid restrictions. Our…
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The 2021 ecological survey commissioned by Middleton RAG identified four protected great crested newts,18 smooth newts and a number of rare, endangered bat and bird species in ponds and fields on Ashley Road. Thanks to everyone who donated to the…
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