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Turvey News

The village magazine of Turvey and Cold Brayfield

Turvey News is produced quarterly and is delivered free to all the homes in Turvey and Cold Brayfield. It is produced by a team of volunteers and is funded entirely by advertising.

Send a Message If you'd like to say "Thank you", "Congratulations" or "Well done" to someone, please let us know.
What's On? We're always happy to publicise local fundraising events free in our What's On section online and in the magazine, however if you would like more space guaranteed we ask for a donation of £10 per page. A higher rate applies to commercial adverts, details are in the Articles & Advertising section.
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Click the link below to read or download the latest online issue, or see the magazine archive for previous editions.

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Articles & Advertising

We welcome articles written for Turvey News, they could be about our village or village organisations, other items of local interest, recipes, jokes - use your imagination! Opinions expressed in Turvey News are those of the original contributors and are not necessarily shared by the team. We reserve the right to refuse to publish text submitted and to edit all material provided.

Writing guidelines

Please use the following guidelines when writing your article:

File Format: We prefer to receive articles electronically, written using Microsoft Word whenever possible - please try to avoid the use of PDFs because sometimes we have to edit articles or change the formatting to fit things in. We do, of course, welcome articles written by hand and will type them up for you.
Page Format: Use A4 page size with margins of 2-2.5cm and font size of minimum of Arial 12pt, Times New Roman 13pt or similar. Articles are reduced to A5 during the duplication process.
Images: Gone are the days when we could only print in black and white - we love including colourful images to illustrate your articles! If possible please also send us the original image file, as well as including it in your article, so that we can tweak it if necessary.
Article length: Recommended maximum length of one A4 page, although we realise this isn't always possible.

Information for Advertisers

To advertise in the next edition please email the team at turveynews@hotmail.com. The copy date for adverts is usually a week earlier than that for articles.

Advertising Rates

	Single Issue	Four Issues*
Full Page	£25	£69
Half Page	£15	£39
Quarter Page	£10	£29
One-off full page for local organisations advertising an event: £10

* Please note: the special rate for four issues assumes no changes to the advertisement between issues.

File Format: We prefer to receive advertisements electronically and can print from most file formats, e.g. Microsoft Word, PDF or JPEG. If you need us to edit your advertisement (e.g. due to a change of contact details), please note that we can only do this for Word files.
Size: Turvey News is printed with A5 pages but is laid out with A4 pages. Adverts may be full page, preferably portrait, half page landscape or quarter page portrait or landscape. We prefer to receive adverts formatted for A4 size but can accommodate adverts formatted for A5 size.
Design Services: If you would like to just send us your text we are happy to design very simple advertisements using Clip Art or similar. We will send your advert to you for approval before it is placed.

Copy dates

Next Issue

Turvey News is produced four times a year. Send your adverts and articles to us via email to turveynews@hotmail.com, drop them in to John at Central stores or hand them to any team member. For advertising information, see Articles & Advertising.

Summer 2023, Issue 175 (due out early June)

Closing date for receipt of advertisements: midday, Sunday 7th May 2023
Closing date for receipt of articles: midday, Sunday 14th May 2023

Please submit items for inclusion by midday on the closing date, we cannot guarantee inclusion for items submitted after the deadline. Please note all dates are subject to change.

What's on in & around Turvey

Click on an event in the calendar to see more details of the event. If there's a web link or attached document in the event description, click on the "more details>>" link at the bottom of the description to open another page which includes an active hyperlink and downloadable version of the document. The tabs on the right hand side let you change the view to display a week or a month at a time, or to display a complete list of events (the "Agenda" tab).

Is there an event you'd like us to add to the calendar? Just drop us an email to turveynews@hotmail.com with the details; don't forget to include contact information for the event. See the Turvey Noticeboard Facebook page for more local information and events.

Links

Links to other sites of local interest. Please let us know of any others we should add here.

All Saints' Church	Details of Services, Events, Notices, Contacts etc. for Turvey's parish church.
Domesday Reloaded: Turvey	In 1986, 900 years after William the Conqueror’s original Domesday Book, the BBC published the Domesday Project, an ambitious attempt to capture the essence of life in the United Kingdom. People were asked to record what they thought would be of interest in another 1000 years. The results were stored on laser discs but the technology to read these was very expensive and didn't catch on. To prevent it from being lost, the information captured by the project was uploaded to the BBC website, then later transferred to the National Archive site.
Turvey Amateur Theatrical Society (TATS)	TATS staged their first production in 1979 and put on two or three plays, musicals or revues every year.
Turvey History Society	Explore the history of the village from pre-history to the present day. The site features articles, voice clips and collections of photos.
Turvey House	Turvey House and gardens are open to the public to enjoy (check the website for opening dates and times) and are available for weddings, corporate events and filming.
Turvey Mysteries	Turvey Mysteries first came together in 2005 to perform Tony Harrison's celebrated cycle of mystery plays, as originally staged by the National Theatre with music by the band Home Service. The plays, which have now been performed twice in the wonderful historical setting of All Saints' Church, Turvey, are community productions.
Turvey Noticeboard	Turvey's Facebook page - news, views, events, and items for sale or wanted in Turvey, Cold Brayfield & Newton Blossomville.
Turvey Pre-School Playgroup	Everything you need to know about our village playgroup.
Turvey Primary School	Our village school, for ages 4-11. Formerly Turvey Lower School.
Turvey Village Hall	The community venue for the residents of Turvey and surrounding villages, with rooms and equipment available to hire for events and parties.
The Turvey Website	Find out more about the history of the village, and the families who lived here.
Wikipedia Article	Turvey's Wikipedia page.

Contact us

Send your adverts and articles to us via email, drop them in to John at Central stores or hand them to any team member (see the latest issue for a list of team members). Items submitted after the deadline cannot be included.

turveynews@hotmail.com

Magazine archive

We first made Turvey News available online in the summer of 2020 during the first COVID lockdown, because we weren’t sure whether it would be possible to get it printed and distributed. It proved to be a great success, so we've continued to publish the digital version, as well as print and deliver the paper copies. Most of the digital editions are available here, simply click the link below to read or download.

To read the current issue online, please see the Home section