Peter Burr has lived in Cople most of his life and, with the help of his family, has collected a fascinating archive of family and village historical articles.

The collection is not yet sorted, indexed or catalogued. When descriptions were written on the back of a picture this is usually shown in the image before or after the image in question.

Friend's of Cople Church hosted a Murder Mystery evening on Halloween.

Photos by Ian (IW) and Marilyn (MS)

Please excuse my blurry pictures, Ian

All Saint's Church held an Arts and Crafts weekend. The Chuch was filled with some brilliant work from the local residents. It was a successful exhibition and well worth seeing.

Photos by Ian and Julie from the exhibition and the Harvest lunch in the village hall

The free, charity supporting Cople Proms music festival

Photos by Archie and photos from The Ska Masters' Facebook page (with permission from Archie)

Additional photos kindly sent in by Marilyn Southgate (MS) Nov 09

The annual and very popular Barn Dance at Oak Farm, Moxhill in aid of the Friend's of Cople Church.

Photographs courtesy of Marilyn Southgate and Quentin Dawson

The annual Cople Church fete was held on a gloriously sunny day in June 2009.

Photos by kind permission of Marilyn Southgate and Julie Scherrer

A wonderful, fund-raising French Evening was held at the Cople Church by the Friends of Cople Church. Guests were asked to dress in "French style" whilst enjoying a French themed meal, a quiz on all things French and French wine and cheese.

Two or three inches of snow fell on Cople early February 2009
Photos by Ian Whiting unless stated otherwise

The annual Friends of Cople Church Safari Supper. Photos courtesy of Julie Scherrer

The National Churches’ Trust has very kindly approved a grant of £5,000 to All Saints Church, Cople to help meet the costs of the work done on the floor.

The old wooden floor, which was on three levels and in a bad state of repair, has been replaced with smart flagstones all on one level, rendering it more accessible to those with disabilities and providing a splendid area for activities undertaken by various groups, for example, the Sunday School, Tiny Tots and the Friends.

The Mediaeval Banquet was held in All Saints Church, Cople. Photos courtesy of M Southgate

Cople's scarecrow festival organised by the part-time Scarecrow Organiser: Rev. Lynda Klimas

You too can play "Guess the Fairytale characters"

The Friends of Cople Church Champagne Breakfast.

All photos courtesy of Marilyn and Vaughan Southgate (see captions MS and VS)

Photographs by kind permission of Julie

NB Some of these photos include pictures of children. The children are not identified but if the parent or guardian has an objection please let me know and we will remove the photo(s).

Photos by kind permission of Julie

NB Some of these photos include pictures of children. The children are not identified but if the parent or guardian has an objection please let me know and we will remove the photo(s).

Photographs by kind permission of Julie

Photographs by kind permission of Julie

Photos by kind permission of Julie

After a week of indifferent or even squally weather, the day of the barbecue dawned with glorious sunshine and cloudless blue skies and the good folk of Cople and their friends took full advantage of it, shorts and panamas being the outfits of choice. Summerhill Farm Shop turned up trumps with delectable new season's lamb and succulent sausages, and our chefs cooked them to perfection. As always, there was an array of delicious salads and scrumptious desserts; wine and beer from Potton brewery ensured that liquid refreshment was in plentiful supply, and music from Saxophrenia fed the soul.

We are indebted to Brian and Judith Howard for the loan of their lovely garden, and indeed to our indefatigable team for their sterling efforts. Our thanks go as well to all those generous people who gave prizes for the raffle, which made a handsome contribution towards the overall profit of 787 pounds.

Vaughan Southgate

Dedication of the extension by the Bishop of Bedford.

The photograph of the Junior Choir includes Alaine Cockings, Jill Ebbs, The Lord Lieutenant (Mr. Sam Whitbread), The Bishop of Bedford (The Right Reverend Richard Inwood), and The High Sheriff, who read the lesson. The 'old' vicar, Rev. John Terry, is pictured with Brian Howard

Pictures courtesy of Julie Scherrer