LIBRARY: Today (Friday) the mobile library unit once again returns to Westfield at the usual two stops of Geary Place in Moor Lane then Churchfield by the A28, 2.25pm-3.15pm and 3.30pm-3.55pm respectively.

HALLOWEEN: This afternoon, the special party for Halloween takes place in the Community Hall, 4pm to 6pm, for £1 plus an apple. This is for primary school-age children and should be good fun thanks to the mums who decided to organise it. It would be appreciated if the older children who take to the streets after dark would please observe the posters that some residents are displaying which indicate non-participation in this custom.

PLOUGH: Tonight (Friday), the Dare to Wear Pink Contest is at The Plough Inn on the Moor. Entry is by a £2 donation for Breast Cancer Awareness and a £15 meal prize each will be presented for the best dressed female and male. Also, tickets for the Christmas raffle are available, also the Christmas menu.

CHURCH: This Sunday, the first in the month, at the parish church of St John the Baptist, Westfield, Holy Communion (1662) is at 8am. Nine Thirty Start at 9.30am followed by Parish Eucharist at 10.30am. You are welcome for Morning Prayer which is said in church at 9.30am Monday to Friday and lasts about 20 minutes.

FUNERALS: Two funerals of much loved Westfield residents take place next week.

All friends are welcome to the service for Pat Angel, formerly of Moorhurst, which takes place in Westfield Parish Church on Tuesday (November 4) at 2.15pm. Cremation follows. The Co-operative Funeral Services of 233 London Road, St Leonards, will forward any donations in Pat's memory to St Michael's Hospice. There will be family flowers only and people will remember the many flowers, fruit and vegetables they obtained from Pat and his interest in people.

The funeral for Anne Norris, of Crowham Manor Farm, is on Saturday, November 8, at 11.30am in Westfield Parish Church, followed by burial in the churchyard. All friends are welcome afterwards at the farm to reminisce on Anne's life and the part she played in the lives of so many. Anne loved flowers but, by request, at her funeral they will be from the family only.

CRAFT: Please note that the Craft Fair planned for Saturday, November 8, is not taking place.

CHRISTMAS: There are some seats left on the coach shopping trip from Westfield to Romford Market on Wednesday, November 26, organised for Westfield Community Association. Phone Joan on 01424 752463 to book a seat at £9 each.