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22/12/2025
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We hope you enjoy this fun film we made a few years ago.
A Visit from St Nicholas – 'Twas the night before Christmas 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', attributed to Clement Clarke Moore helped to define the modern image of Santa Claus and Christmas. The poem is read by Gill Fras...
25/09/2025
Thank you to the Stratford Herald for your report on the opening of Heartwood Inns Red Lion Stratford upon Avon! And for making us your Picture of the Day!
24/09/2025
Thank you to Heartwood Inns for inviting us to take part in the opening of the fabulous Red Lion, Stratford upon Avon. Chorus, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff and Katerina enjoyed meeting people in the town and at the beautifully refurbished pub, and A Merrie Noyse Minstrels supplied the soundtrack.
24/09/2025
We had a great weekend at the wonderful Bewdley Museum, sharing all things Georgian chocolate for the museum’s Georgian weekend. We were delighted that our friend Satu Mannonen was also there.
16/09/2025
16/09/2025