2012 Dobcross Calendar On Sale Now
The year must be marching on, because the Dobcross Calendar for 2012 has gone on sale! As always it includes some special images taken in and around the village. This year’s chosen pictures were the work of Shaun Pereira, Tim Newbold, Darren Hargreaves, Simon Wray, Charlotte Brett, Gill Brett, Jason Harrison, Michael Powis and Bob Taylor.
With the details, it’s over to Michael Powis of the Dobcross Diary and Dobcross Village Community:
THE CALENDARS ARE AVAILABLE at £6 each or two for £10 from The Swan, The Navigation, Saddleworth Museum, Brownhill Countryside Centre, Dobcross Post Office, or direct from Tim on 07515 392462 (free delivery in Saddleworth).
The judging at the recent Dobcross Village Fête.
We are really pleased with this year’s photographs. Although we say it every year, we think this year’s calendar is the best yet.
Around 300 photographs were entered and we are very grateful to Pat and Paul Clegg and John and Jo Dewhurst who faced the daunting task of narrowing these pictures down to a shortlist of just 36. The standard was very high, so I know they didn’t have an easy job.
Thankfully the most difficult job of all – choosing the winning photographs – was left for the public to decide. The calendar stall at the village fete proved a popular attraction and 1,500 votes were cast, with the most popular images selected to appear in the calendar.
Funds raised by the DVC are available to local community groups, societies and projects. We have recently been able to help the Dobcross Elderberries, the Dobcross team for the Saddleworth Olympics, Oldham Mountain Rescue and others.
Anyone with suggestions of how to invest DVC money back into the village is very welcome to contact members of the DVC. Details are in the Dobcross Diary, or you’re very welcome to come along to the regular meetings of the DVC, the next being tonight at 8pm in The Swan.
Please keep your eyes peeled and your cameras with you as you make your way around our lovely village, ever ready to snap that perfect shot for the Dobcross Calendar 2013!
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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