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We have a winner!

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We are pleased to reveal the cover image for Issue 7 of The Three Villages Magazine, which is due out at the start of September!

The photograph featured on the cover this time is by Nicholas Cox. 

© Nicholas Cox

We asked Nick to tell us a little about the image and himself…

‘The photograph was taken on the village green in autumn, facing north with the sun behind me, so probably a Sunday morning dog walk when I usually go down to Rye House and back.

We moved from Ware to Cresset Close over 30 years ago – we were the third family to move into what was then a new estate. We moved to the Granary in 1999, the last to move into the original phase. I sit on St Margarets Parish Council and also East Herts District Council, representing Ware Trinity on behalf of the Green Party. I’m a self-employed building services design and project manager with long term clients mostly in London. I’m designing my own ground source heat pump for my own home.’

Thank you to Nick for letting us use this stunning image.

If you haven’t done so already, get your copy of Issue 6 before it disappears!

Thank you for your continued support,
The Three Villages Team

Summertime ‘Flash Fiction’ Writing Competition: Extended

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If you haven’t already sent in your entry for our Summertime ‘Flash Fiction’ Writing Competition, it’s not too late!

We have extended the deadline to 11th July, so you still have a little bit of time.

Email entries to threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com and please state in your covering email how you are connected to the three villages.

We look forward to reading the entries and, with local author Annette Hannah, deciding on the winner.

The winner will be revealed and their fiction published in the September Issue of The Three Villages Magazine! They will also receive a free signed copy of Annette Hannah’s latest novel, Lottie’s Little School of Dance (which is due to publish in August 2023).

Issue 6: Have you picked up your copy yet?

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In case you missed it, Issue 6 of The Three Villages Magazine published on 1st June and is available to purchase for just £1 at various locations including:

St John the Baptist, Great Amwell
St Mary the Virgin, St Margarets
St Andrew’s, Stanstead Abbots
The Village Pharmacy
The Maltings Coffee House
Stanstead Abbotts & St Margarets Village Club

This issue includes our regular features along with the first in our brand new series entitled Local Historic Faces & Places; an exciting Summertime ‘Flash Fiction’ Writing Competition in conjunction with local author Annette Hannah; photos of the wonderful Coronation events enjoyed by everyone in May; a feature on local charity, Small Acts of Kindness; and a whole lot more!

Pick up your copy while it is still available! If you are having trouble getting a copy, please do let us know and we will do what we can to help.

The Three Villages Team
threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com

The Three Villages Magazine: Issue 6 published!

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The June 2023 issue of The Three Villages Magazine is here and available to purchase for £1 across the three villages. Be sure to pick up your copy!

You can find it at a number of locations including, but not limited to:
St John the Baptist, Great Amwell
St Mary the Virgin, St Margarets
St Andrew’s, Stanstead Abbots
The Village Pharmacy
The Maltings Coffee House
Stanstead Abbotts & St Margarets Village Club
The Red Lion
The Bridge Shop

We hope that you enjoy this latest issue. If you are struggling to get a hold of a copy, please do get in touch and we will see how we can help.

Thank you for your continued support,
The Three Villages Team

Summertime ‘Flash Fiction’ Writing Competition

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We have teamed up with local author, Annette Hannah, to run a ‘flash fiction’ writing competition this summer. Annette’s latest book, Lottie’s Little School of Dance, is due to publish shortly. It follows Lottie as she starts a new life in Bramblewood (a setting inspired by our local area of the three villages). To mark Annette’s new book coming out, we thought we would invite our local writers to pick up a pen or boot-up their laptops and get writing! There are just a few rules…

Please send entries to threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com or post to 53 Lawrence Avenue, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts SG12 8TY.

**DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 11th JULY**

The Three Villages Magazine: Issue 6 is coming soon…

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Issue 6 is off to the printer today, which means that in a few weeks it will be published! At the start of June, it will be available to purchase for £1 at various locations across the three villages.

This issue includes our regular features along with the first in our brand new series entitled Local Historic Faces & Places; an exciting Summertime ‘Flash Fiction’ Writing Competition in conjunction with local author Annette Hannah; photos of the wonderful Coronation events enjoyed by everyone in May; a feature on local charity, Small Acts of Kindness; and a whole lot more!

If you have any questions about how to get hold of a copy, do please be in touch using the CONTACT US page, or directly by emailing threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com.

Thank you for your continued support.

We need your photos!

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If you attended a Coronation event and got some photos, please do send them to us! We would love to feature images of all the fun that was had over the Coronation Weekend on the inside covers of our June issue of The Three Villages Magazine.

Please send the images (in as high resolution as possible and with a caption) to print.threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com as soon as you can! The deadline for getting the files to the printer is 15th May, so photos need to come in before then. Do make sure that you have permission from those in the photograph too!

Thanks for your help.

Anna Bond, Editor

Issue 6: Cover Photograph Winner!

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The winner of our Issue 6 cover photograph competition is the wonderful image ‘Rainbow River’ by Gary Forrest.

Rainbow River © Gary Forrest

Gary moved to the three villages along with his family in September 2020 and in his spare time has taken some lovely photographs of the area, including this winning image.

We asked Gary about his photography and here’s what he said:
‘I have been into photography ever since I can remember and have spent a lot of my time doing big game photography in Zimbabwe which was never dull, and I’ve got a lot of stories that I laugh at now but were certainly not funny at the time. Photography around the UK is different, and dare I say it, more interesting, in the way there are clear cut seasons and the amazing variation of photography you can experience just in one place over a year. The historical side is also captivating, and something we never had at home – and I do now and again get a shot of squirrel falling out a tree.’

Thanks to Gary for letting us use this enchanting photograph on our cover.

Issue 6 will be published at the start of June, so if you haven’t done so already, get your copy of Issue 5 before it disappears!

Thank you for your continued support,
The Three Villages Team.

Have you picked up your copy yet?

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In case you missed it, Issue 5 of The Three Villages Magazine published on 1st March 2023 and is available to purchase for just £1 at various locations including:

St John the Baptist, Great Amwell
St Mary the Virgin, St Margarets
St Andrew’s, Stanstead Abbots
The Village Pharmacy
The Red Lion
The Maltings Coffee House
Stanstead Abbotts & St Margarets Village Club

If you are struggling to get a hold of a copy, please do be in touch and we will see how we can help.
The Three Villages Team

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