Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower Fund

30/10/2026

Our Clock Tower quiz night is SOLD OUT! Raising just over £1000 on table sales alone! 🎉🕰️

A huge thank you to everyone who has booked. We can’t wait to see you at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall this Sunday, 1 November!
For those joining us, your free welcome drinks will be available from 7pm, with a big thank you to Spotlight Catering for kindly providing them. 🥂💚

There’ll also be a raffle on the night to add to the fun and help raise a little more for the Clock Tower appeal.

Bring your thinking caps and your best team spirit. We can’t wait! 😄

22/10/2026

🚨 JUST 3 TABLES LEFT! 🚨
Well, Chipping Sodbury, you've certainly got your thinking caps on! 😂

We're down to the FINAL THREE TABLES for our Clock Tower Quiz Night on Sunday 1st November!

And don't forget, the winning team will each receive a ticket to Good Times Festival 2027, thanks to the wonderful team at Good Times Live! 🎉

🕰️ Sunday 1st November
📍 Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
⏰ Doors open 7pm, quiz starts 7.30pm
🎟️ £30 per table of up to 6 people
🥂 FREE welcome drink included!

All proceeds go towards restoring our much-loved Clock Tower. 💚

THREE TABLES. THAT'S IT!

So if you've been meaning to book, now really is the time!

🎟️ Grab one of the last tables here:

Join us at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall for A Question of Time, a fun quiz night raising funds to help preserve our much-loved Clock Tower.

21/10/2026

🎄 IS IT TOO EARLY TO MENTION CHRISTMAS?… We're doing it anyway!
Our lovely Chipping Sodbury Christmas cards have arrived, and they're NOW ON SALE at the Tourist Information Centre!

Featuring two beautiful snowy scenes of our town, including our much-loved Clock Tower, they're a lovely way to send a little bit of Chipping Sodbury to friends and family this Christmas. 🕰️

🎄 Just £5 for a pack of 10 cards!
🎄 Two gorgeous designs to choose from.
🎄 Pick your favourite design or have a mixed pack of both!
And the best bit?

💚 EVERY PENNY goes towards our Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower restoration fund!
So, if you're one of those wonderfully organised people who starts buying Christmas cards in October (we salute you!), pop into the Chipping Sodbury Tourist Information Centre and grab yours.

And if you're not that organised... well, there's a first time for everything!
A little Christmas cheer and a little love for our Clock Tower, all wrapped up in one pack.
Available now at Chipping Sodbury Tourist Information Centre!

21/10/2026

🎃 FANCY WINNING A HALLOWEEN TREAT? 👻
The lovely Stacey at The Salon, Chipping Sodbury has been busy organising a fantastic Halloween raffle to help raise money for our Clock Tower restoration fund! 💚

And just look at those prizes!

🎟️ Tickets are £2 each or £10 for a book.

You can pick yours up from:

🎃 The Salon
🎃 Sodbury Florist
🎃 Chipping Sodbury Tourist Information Centre

The draw takes place at the Halloween Disco on Saturday 24th October.

A huge thank you to Stacey for organising this and to everyone who has donated prizes!

Good luck, everyone!

19/10/2026

🎉 A LITTLE WORD FROM JAMES MURDEN! 🎉
Well, we did promise you a rather special prize for our Clock Tower Quiz Night... and now we can finally reveal it!

A HUGE thank you to James Murden, Tom Campbell and the whole team at Good Times Live for generously donating six tickets to Good Times Festival 2027 for our winning quiz team! 🏆

That's a ticket for every member of the winning team!

And with only a few tables left for Sunday 1st November, you'll need to be quick if you fancy your chances!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-question-of-time-the-chipping-sodbury-clock-tower-quiz-night-tickets-2002378604308

18/10/2026

🕰️ TICKETS ARE GOING FAST... AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE YET! Well, Chipping Sodbury, you do love a good quiz night!

Tickets for our Clock Tower Quiz Night on Sunday 1st November are selling brilliantly, and we're now down to a limited number of tables!
And here's the funny thing...
We haven't even told you what the winning team gets yet! 🤫

We can tell you THREE things...
🏆 It's a fantastic prize with a very Chipping Sodbury connection!
🏆 It's not just one prize for the winning team. EVERY member of the winning team gets one!
🏆 And we think you're going to be rather pleased when we reveal it! 😉
As if that wasn't enough, everyone gets a FREE welcome drink on arrival! 🥂

📍 Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
📅 Sunday 1st November
⏰ Doors open at 7pm, quiz starts at 7.30pm
🎟️ £30 per table of up to 6 people

All in aid of our Clock Tower restoration fund. 💚

So, gather your cleverest friends (or at least the ones who are good at guessing!) and get your table booked before they're gone!
🎟️ BOOK YOUR TABLE HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-question-of-time-the-chipping-sodbury-clock-tower-quiz-night-tickets-2002378604308

And keep your eyes peeled for that prize announcement... it's a good one!

15/10/2026

💚 WHAT A FANTASTIC EFFORT FROM THE 1ST CHIPPING SODBURY BROWNIES! 🕰️
Well, haven't these young ladies been busy!
On Monday evening, we had the absolute pleasure of meeting the 1st Chipping Sodbury Brownies at the Clock Tower, where Brownie Evie proudly handed over an incredible £442.33 towards our restoration fund!

And how did they raise all that money?
By getting stuck into a good old-fashioned Bob-a-Job!

🐴 Horse riding and mucking out stables
🐷 Cleaning out guinea pigs
🚗 Washing cars
🌷 Gardening and planting
🍰 Holding a cake sale
🐕 Walking dogs
🍽️ Even waitressing for Granny!

And the best bit? There's still more money to come!
What an absolutely brilliant effort from these youngsters. They've worked so hard, and we couldn't be more grateful.
A huge thank you to every single Brownie, their leaders, their families and everyone who gave them jobs to do.

And a special thank you to Evie for presenting the money on behalf of the group to our representative Jane Lund. 💚
Our Clock Tower has watched over generations of Chipping Sodbury families, and how lovely to see the next generation helping to look after it.
Well done, girls! You're all little stars! ⭐

14/10/2026

🕰️ DID YOU KNOW CHIPPING SODBURY ONCE HAD A CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS OR A FACE?

We all know our Clock Tower, but did you know that St John the Baptist Church once had a rather unusual clock of its own?

Dating back to around 1700, this historic clock had neither hands nor a clock face!
Instead of showing people the time, it struck the hours using the church bells. 🔔
For generations, people in Chipping Sodbury could hear the time without ever needing to see it!

According to local historical records, the clock mechanism was removed from the church tower in 1963.

And that's where we'd love your help...
Does anyone remember hearing the old church clock striking the hours?
Perhaps you've seen the mechanism over the years, or know a little more about its history?

We'd love to hear your memories and see what else we can uncover about this fascinating piece of Chipping Sodbury's past.
After all, our Clock Tower isn't the only timepiece with a story to tell! 🕰️

Photo Credit Gill Twyman

13/10/2026

💗 A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALICE AT SWAGGER! 💗
What a lovely bit of news!

Throughout September, Swagger - Unique Gifts & Jewellery raised a fantastic £213.12 for our Clock Tower Fund through sales of their special Clock Tower items! 🕰️

A huge thank you to Alice and everyone who popped into Swagger and made a purchase. It's wonderful to see our local businesses getting behind the campaign.

And knowing Alice, she's not one to stop at just one good idea!
Rumour has it there's another little something in the pipeline... but our lips are sealed for now! 🤫

Watch this space!
Thank you, Alice. You're an absolute star!

THANK YOU to everyone who purchased a Clock Tower item throughout September at Swagger! We managed to raise £213.12 from the sells of these items which will go towards the much needed Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower Fund.
We have also donated some Suzy Furse Chipping Sodbury Items onto Chipping Sodbury TIC for them to create another little fundraiser. Details to be shared soon 💙