IssueNo: 142-November 2011 melarmboroughIIYIII vourcommunitv newspaper reflecting news, Views and events

We all owe them a debt of VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED! Do you enjoy the fireworks? We get lots of great gratitude . Stop and feedback about the bonfire night, but none remember the fallen! of it would happen without a group of ARMISTICE DAY and REMEMBRANCE dedicated volunteers. Consider helping SUNDAY are two of the nation's most us make the event a success by joining poignant occasions when we come the team and getting involved with: together to remember each and every • Building the bonfire person who sacrificed their life in conflict. • Putting up and taking down the event On November 11 and November 12 at shelters 11 am STOP and remember them. Cooking and serving food • Serving drinks at the bar • Organising car parking Collecting donations from spectators • Collecting door-to-door donations Farmborough's Service to honour the Any help you can provide, however big or fallen will be held in All Saints' Church on small, will be greatly appreciated. If you Sunday November 12 at 1 0.S0am. are interested then please contact Phil Gray on 07473 383 090 or email; Fireworks and Bonfire Night [email protected] - Sunday November 5 Farmborough Sports an d Social Fingers crossed for a dry and not too cold evening and please make sure your THE annual fireworks display and bonfire animals are safe and secure. is on Sunday November 5 on the Recreation Ground from 5pm. Please note the change of day and earlier start This month 's Flyer time. A HUGE thank you to Preb. Jan; the PCC of All Saints' Church and to Darren Hot food and drinks and a licensed bar will Roberts, Head Teach er at Farm borough be available from 5pm, the bonfire will be School, for facilitating the printing this lit at 5.30pm and the fireworks display will month's Flyer. Also to Amanda for her begin at 6pm. guidance, patience and expertise in operating the machines. Firemagic UK is providing the display once again this year, but we can only run Printing in colour has become too this event with generous donations as it expensive therefore this edition is in costs £2,000 to stage, even if it rains. monochrome. For this we apologise and Therefore, if you are coming to watch the hope it will not spoil your enjoyment of the display, please bring some cash and fill paper. our buckets, which will be at the entrances to the Ree and circulating amongst the crowd. If you still have old £10 notes, £5 notes, and £1 coins hanging around, Thanks to the anonymous sponsor please save them and donate them to us! for this edition of the Flyer. December issue deadline: Tuesday If you live nearby and watch the display November 14. Publication date from your home, then please donate some November 22. money to the event by contacting Phil Gray on 07473 383 090.

SOMETHING FOR THE FLYER ? Contact Patrick on 01761 471074 or 0797 5655 989 or send a text or email : farmborou g [email protected] Farmborough Women's to explain about different paints and their compositions and how egg white was CAMEO used as a varnish before modern day Kathy Redman, CAMEO Press and resin or synthetic ones were available. Publicity Officer FOR the October meeting of CAMEO, Conservation may need to take place due Adele Wright gave a fascinating to changes in a painting over time, presentation about painting conservation. deterioration, reconstruction, dirt or Adele explained about the lengthy training vandalism. Treatments may include process and qualifications needed to varnish removal, retouching, surface become a conservator; An initial cleaning or consolidation. In the case of undergraduate degree, post graduate retouching an oil painting, we were degree, science, art history and practical surprised to learn that oil paint would not conservation experience are all required be used. The medium needs to be which altogether may take eight years or removable in the future if needed so often more to achieve. varnish with pigment or egg tempera could be used as an alternative. Adele started her conservation career training at the Hamilton Kerr Institute and Paintings on wooden boards may need to has also worked for Tate and the National have the individual boards separated and Maritime Museum. Adele is currently re-attached using a 'bridge', stilts and employed at The British Museum in clamps. Holes or tears in a canvas would London. be repaired by carefully weaving into the back of the canvas. The whole conservation process can take hundreds of hours or even years to complete.

Another aspect of a conservator's work is technical analysis. This could include x­ rays which will show losses in the paint, or the use of infra-red which can show the under drawing or whatever is underneath the paint.

Reconstruction is often used to determine how a painting will react to various conservation methods before it is tried on the original painting. Conservator, Adele Wright Jean Rogers gave the vote of thanks and Ann Swabey (Chair) presented Adele with The audience were interested to learn a gift to thank her for designing the about the numerous processes that take CAMEO logo. place before an artist can start painting. If a cotton or linen canvas is going to be Forthcoming events: used, a stretcher (framework) needs to be October 26 - Lunch at The Hunter's Rest made and then the canvas 'stretched' and Glutton attached to it. Next a layer of rabbit skin November 4 - Walk around Stockhill glue is applied to achieve a more solid Wood surface to paint on. Once this has dried, a November 7 - History and facts about priming coat of paint is applied to the Farmborough whole canvas. The next stage is under drawing which is sketching outlines for the intended painting. If white has been used for the priming then the under drawing will often be carried out using charcoal or ink traditionally made from oak galls or carbon black pigment. If the priming layer CAMEO meet at Farmborough Memorial is a darker colour then the under drawing may be done using chalk Adele went on Hall at 7:30pm on the first Tuesday of each month. New members welcome. Saturday opening times @ "Patrick collects and researches the news items, edits, collates, formats and gets it St. Mary's Surgery printed before delivering the publication to TIMSBURY SURGERY will open from a team of volunteers for distribution to 8.30am to 10.30am for routine pre-booked every house in the village. appointments on the following Saturdays: th th November 4 and 18 • "The Flyer is a vital way of communicating and making people feel part of the Patrick gets his community community and we would like to acknowledge his contribution as being not award! only outstanding but of enormous benefit THE Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge has to the entire community of Farmborough." awarded its annual community award to Farmborough born and bred Patrick In accepting the award Patrick thanked Bridges. the Rotary Club members and paid tribute to everyone connected with the Flyer; the At the award ceremony held on contributors, sponsors and members of September 12 Rotary Club President, Vic the voluntary distribution team. Clarke, said, "Patrick is involved with all aspects of village life; he is tower captain at the local church, flag man, maintains the church clock and for many years has The next Saturday a~emoon decorated the church Christmas tree and BINGO SESSION constructed the nativity crib and Easter a "Christmas Special" Garden. is on November 2 5 in the Memorial Haff Eyes down at 2.30pm Entrance fee £ 1 (under 14s free) For more information contact )an Jones on 01761 750840

Goodwill Club Pat Tiley ON NOVEMBER 28 the coach trip will be to 'Oakham Treasures' at Portbury. This is a 'times gone by' museum which will be very interesting. Rotary Club's President, Vic Clarke (left) presenting the Flyer 's Editor with his Before we leave we will have lunch in the award restaurant and then go on to Cadbury Garden Centre; always a great favourite. "His kindness and generosity towards This trip is open to non-members so if you other villagers is legendary, but as a very would like to come please ring Bryn on thoughtful and modest man he seldom 01761 471350 to book your seat. makes public what he does or indeed takes any credit for it. Entertainment for November: 9th Music by Chris Clark rd "However, Patrick's major significant 23 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' with contribution to life in Farmborough is the Tim Lewis Farmborough Flyer a free monthly Bonus ball winners: newsletter that goes to every house in the Joyce Senington and Judith Clark village with news of local events, local people, updates from the church, the All our meetings are held at the Memorial Parish Council, the Local Authority and Hall starting at 2.30pm. If you would like wider initiatives that may affect the village. to join our club please come along. For details ring Pat on 01761 470491. Route 60 plus event FARMBOROUGH GOOD NEIGHBOURS "helping to keep our older offer free lifts to villagers of all ages drivers driving safer for (child seat available) to local surgeries and hospitals longer" Contributions for lifts welcome Ken Webb, Village Agent, West of Contacts: Maureen Fletcher 472168 England Rural Network Patience Barnes 470032 BATH and NE Somerset Council, working Mai and Donny Allen 470277 in collaboration with Somerset County Council are looking to once again run a Route 60+ event. Don't forget YOUR The previous event held in 2015 community website! generated high interest from the general www.farmborough.org.uk lists clubs/ public and greatly helped to make the organisations and businesses, plus has event a huge success. As a result 39 details of village facilities and services, people signed up and completed a news and events available online 24/7. refresher driving lesson. To add your event or news, or update any details, please email: The 2017 presentation will be held at the admin@farmborouqh .org.uk at the same Keynsham Community Space, time as you email the Flyer, and get your Keynsham Civic Centre, BS31 1FS at items on line. 10.30am on Thursday November 2. I hope that you can join us and I look forward very much to seeing you on the day for what is sure to be a very popular, well attended and interesting social event.

Anyone wishing to attend please contact the Village Agent on 01275 333700 mobile 0791 900 6708 to book a place.

All Saints' Church Farmborouqh

ROAST SUNDAY LUNCH ll• ~.. ,111 ,~ .. ,., .. ,...... ' "• • a three course meal C'ALE:NDAR 20 JI fit, to celebrate All Saints' Day [n aid of church funds] The 2018 Farmborough At: The Memorial Hall Calendar is now on sale On: Sunday November 5 priced £5 each. 12.30pm for 12.45pm Tickets: £8 adults Printed on quality paper this unique £4 school children publication is supplied with an are available from Sally Davis envelope and contains a new collection of 13 sepia toned on 01761 472356 or Sue Brown pictures dating from 1910 to 1962 on 01761 471709 with a month to view grid. Raffle - soft drinks - BYO alcohol To order your copy call Patrick on Ticketsare limited to 80 so apply early 01761471074or email to avoid disappointment [email protected] Parish Council News Neighbourhood Development Plans can be general or more detailed , depending Trudi Gilbank - Parish Council Clerk [email protected] on what is important to local people. They THE October meeting of Farmborough must however, conform with the strategic Parish Council was held on Tuesday 10 policies in the Core Strategy and the October 2017 when an update was given national planning policy framework. Once by Mark Swabey, Chair of the Community a Neighbourhood Plan is made it becomes Shop Committee on funding progress and part of the statutory Development Plan the proposed timetable for the building against which planning applications are and opening of the Community Shop. determined .

No new planning applications had been Some local communities in the BANES received, but the following results were area have developed or are developing a noted: Holly Farm, The Green, Neighbourhood Plan for their own Farmborough - 17/03186NAR - Variation communities, for example Clutton and of condition 15 (plans list) of application Timsbury. If you are interested in helping 15/04085/FUL (Erection of 2 no. new to develop a Neighbourhood Plan for dwellings to the rear of the plot and Farmborough, please get in touch with the conversion of existing barn and cowshed Parish Clerk or one of the Parish to create 2 no. dwellings with associated Councillors. A Neighbourhood Planning works. (Resubmission)) PERMIT. Group or Committee for Farmborough Welbeck House, Bath Road, Farmborough would not be lead by the Parish Council, - 17/03471/FUL - Erection of a garage but by a group of enthusiastic volunteers extension and a single story front who the Parish Council will help and extension to the dwelling. PERMIT. support in any way they can. For more information on Neighbourhood Plans The Council discussed the proposed sites please look at the B&NES Neighbourhood put forward within the parish for the Planning Protocol document on the Housing and Economic Land Availability B&NES website which has a chapter on Assessment. neighbourhood planning. There is also a dedicated Neighbourhood Planning Sally Davis, Chair of the Memorial Hall support page and details of Committee gave the Council an update on Neighbourhood Planning workshops with the recent refurbishment of the Memorial presentations on key issues. Hall. For further information please contact The surface of the Play Area is slippery. A neighbourhood planning@bathnes .gov. uk proposal of a working party to get together and clean the surface was discussed. Any Christmas Tree Lighting volunteers to help with this please contact Ceremony- 3 December the Parish clerk. Farmborough Sports and Social The next meeting of the Parish Council THE official lighting ceremony for the will be held on Tuesday November 14 village Christmas tree will be a little 2017 at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall. different this year. The tree will be raised at the bottom of The Batch on Sunday 3 Neighbourhood Plans December from around midday, weather Trudi Gilbank - Parish Council Clerk permitting. The tree will be officially lit on ARE you interested in helping to develop the same day with a short blessing by a Neighbourhood Plan for Farmborough? Preb. Jan Knott and some carols around the tree at 4.30pm. Producing a Neighbourhood Development Plan provides an exciting opportunity for All are welcome to come and help raise communities to become directly involved the tree, to watch it happening and cheer in planning policy. A plan allows the local us on, and/or to attend the tree lighting community to create a vision and planning ceremony. There will be mulled drinks and policies for the use and development of nibbles available during the raising of the land in a neighbourhood. For example, tree and at the ceremony, in return for a where new homes and businesses can be small donation. Please call 01761 470 690 built and what they should look like. if you would like to help raise the tree. Pat Stevens - Obituary After a 19 year roller coaster of serious illness - an illness borne with great PAT STEVENS, who has died aged 67, fortitude - Pat's life suddenly came to an was someone who was always there for end on September 16. She was a people. She gave sound advice, had a remarkable person; an inspirational battler sense of perspective, kept meaningful who never gave up. She is survived by traditions and had a fantastic sense of her husband, Marshall, sons Martin, Robin humour. and Simon and four grandchildren. Patricia Mary Stevens was born in Patricia Mary Stevens, born July 6 Shepton Mallet on July 6 1950; she had 1950, died September 16 2017. three brothers, David, Tim and Richard. Pat attended school in her native town Delphinie Hine - Obituary where she enjoyed sport including netball, DELPHINIE ALYSIA HINE, who has died swimming, water skiing and ballroom at the age of 87, was the widow of the dancing. She put her athletic prowess to Reverend Rupert Hine who was Rector at the test when her youngest brother, All Saints' Church Farmborough from Richard, was born. Apparently Pat 1973 until his sudden death on June 8 wanted a sister and ran away from home! 1984. They were married on April 10 1954 and had three children, Esther, Judith and On completing her education Pat began Paula. training as a nurse at Winford living in nursing accommodation at Chew Magna Rupert was ordained in St Paul's where she met her husband to be, Cathedral in 1964, and before being Marshall. She revised for her nursing licensed at Farmborough ministered at St examinations when sitting on the bank of Matthew's Church, High Brooms, Royal Chew Valley Lake. At the tender age of Tunbridge Wells. 23 Pat became a Sister at Bath's Royal United Hospital - a remarkable feat - At All Saints' Delphinie was a member of where she trained numerous nurses and the Church choir, Enrolling Member of the worked nights to support her young family. Mothers' Union and played an active role Later in her career she took employment at garden fetes and bazaars by making at the Bath Clinic. cakes and other delicacies; something which she continued to do on leaving the Following a long tradition of family village and taking up residence at Penn marriages which began in 1888 Pat and Lea Road, Bath when she attended Marshall were married in the Church of St Emmanuel Church and St John's Church, Peter and St Paul Shepton Mallet in 1972 Lower Weston. Latterly Delphinie moved and made their matrimonial home at 6, to Midsomer Norton and attended St Ferenberge Close, Farmborough. They John's Church there as well as the local had three children, Martin, Robin and Methodist Church. Simon and as the boys grew up No 6 turned into a 'youth club' complete with Following cremation at Haycombe snooker table, dining/table tennis table, 3 Crematorium a Service of Thanksgiving areas of loud music and a cricket pitch in for the Life of Delphinie was held at the the garden with complicated rules of play. Church of All Saints' on Monday October Amazing fun was had by all in the 16; followed by a quarter peal of London Stevens' household with meal times being Surprise Minor consisting of 1272 a very special event with good debate or a changes. board game. Delphinie Alysia Hine, born May 16 1930, died September 27 2017. Pat's musical interest began early when she joined Shepton's town band; an Oops! Sorry! interest she rekindled later in life by IN last month's edition of the Flyer we enrolling with Midsomer Norton and inadvertently stated that the Church Radstock Silver Band where she was a Harvest Festival Services would be held loyal and proud member despite years of on 'Sunday October 2' whereas it should ill health. Other interests included tai chi, have read October 1. We apologise for singing at Dorothy House and supporting the error and hope that readers were not West Ham United. inconvenienced by the mistake. Seedy Saturday plant sales Blue Cedar Homes. If your business would like to donate, please call or email using and seed saving the details below. Sam Ross MANY thanks to everyone who bought Finally, a reminder that groundworks are plants from the sale @ 64 The Batch this now underway behind the Memorial Hall year. The sale raised £65 which will go and are due to be completed by the end of towards Seedy Saturday 2018 at Timsbury November. The shop (portacabin) delivery Conygre Hall on Saturday 10 March from and final works will occur January­ 10am to 2pm. February 2018. If you have any concerns at any point during the building works, Don't forget to harvest and save your please get in touch with us on: 01761 470 seeds from those peas and beans that you 690 or email: [email protected] didn't get around to picking and whose pods have now turned brown and dry. You could even package some of the seeds into little envelopes and bring them to swap for something new and exciting at the seed swap next March! Collect VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would be for us every time you able to help at next year's event, please contact: seedswap@qetseedy .co.uk or shop online! call 01761 470690. Volunteers get free amazoncou-1. JohnLewi\ eb !§§«;<;? ,,,, g entry, hot drinks and a lunchtime snack.

Community Shop news Farmborough Community Shop MANY thanks to everyone who came and supported the shop by attending the Big Family Apple Day on 30 September. It Protect your family from fire was a great success and helped raise Ken Webb, Village Agent £315 for the shop. Everyone enjoyed the A FIRE in the home can be devastating , day and we will be holding the event again destroying property and endangering next September/October. lives. Make sure you and your family are protected. Next, we are planning an exclusive members-only event in the run-up to Avon Fire & Rescue Service offers free Christmas, with limited ticket numbers Home Fire Safety Visits where firefighters available. If you have been holding off visit homes to offer fire safety advice from becoming a member, but would like including information about escape routes, to be invited to these events, then please a night time routine and cooking safely. complete a share offer leaflet (available at 64 The Batch), or download a copy and They will also fit free smoke alarms, if further information from required. Smoke alarms provide an early www.farmborouqhshop .co.uk warning that a fire has broken out, giving the occupants time to escape, especially We appreciate all the financial support at night. from our members and donors who have invested personally between £10 and Just two or three breaths of toxic smoke is £10,000, as well as shop supporters who enough to make someone lose are helping us with our cash flow, but we consciousness , so a smoke alarm could would also like to thank the following make all the difference. businesses who have contributed to our funds: £500 - Western Power Distribution , To find out more or to book a visit call £100 - Davies & Way , £2,000 - Pullman 0117 926 2061, text VISIT to 07507 319 Air Conditioning, £500 - PTM Design, 694 or log on to www.avonfire.qov.uk £650 - Kingsbeech Ltd, and £10,000 - Rubbish! Collection of Community defibrillator waste is changing 010 you know that there is a community defibrillator at Farmborough School? It is THE way your waste collections are made situated next to the school kitchen and will change from November 6 so that while easily accessible from the school car park. the recycling collection will remain weekly, your rubb ish will be collected every other week in a wheeled bin or re-usable All Saints' Gift Day­ rubb ish bag . Saturday November 4 GIFT DAY is the annual opportunity for Council contractors are already rolling out church members and the wider community the wheelie bins or re-usable bags . The of the Parish to show their support for the bins will be delivered to the edge of your work and maintenance of the church by property whereas the bags will be making a special donation. delivered to your door .

Once you have the new container please Very soon Gift Day envelopes will be continue to put your rubbish out as you distributed throughout the village with an normally do until the new collection invitation to bring your donations to the system starts . Do not put out your new church between 1Oam and 3pm on bin or bag until November 6. Saturday November 4 where tea and coffee will be available. Your new bin/bag will include a welcome pack with further information about the Should anyone not receive an envelope new service including , instructions on how they will be available in the church and if to use your new bin/bag , a collection no one is present to receive your gift then calendar for 2017 /18 and details of it may be placed in the wall safe or left at Christmas and New Year changes . the Rectory.

It's important to make sure your recycling and rubbish is out by 7am on the correct day, so please check the calendar carefully as your collection day and time may have changed. Do not put extra rubb ish bags next to your bin or re-usab le bag as they will not be collected .

If you have a problem please contact the Council online at bathnes .gov.uk/recycle IF the Flyer is to survive a NEW EDITOR or the Council Connect team on 01225 and/or VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED! 394000. Since announcing his retirement the December 2 - Christmas Tea Editor has received only one enquiry with to aid Church funds an offer of help with future publications . IT'S beginning to feel like Chr istmas! All Saints' Church will be having Christmas The Flyer has a proud record of service to Tea at the Memorial Hall on Saturday the community and many villagers December 2 from 2pm to 4pm when the consider it would be a huge loss if it follow ing will be on offer : ceased to exist. Community projects can • Afternoon tea including cakes and only work if local people get involved! sandwiches • Mulled apple juice Do you appreciate receiving the Flyer • Christmas gifts each month? Would you like it to • Cake sta ll continue? Do you have spare time? Can • Christmas wreaths you make a commitment to its publication? • Christmas trees and potted plants If the answer is 'yes' to any of these • Live Christmas Music questions and you wou ld like to know • Raffle more, please contact Patrick on 01761 All proceeds will be for Church funds. 471074. November Flag Days

1 - All Saints' Day 2 - All Souls' Day 11 - Armistice Day 12 - Remembrance Sunday 14 - Prince of Wales born 1948 20 - Christ the King and Queen Elizabeth II married 1947 30 - Andrew - Patron Saint of Scotland

"/'.'e offi:}r a r3nge of tntorm~ttOr\ 'Support c1nolJCliv1tie~ sue:, as Puzzle Corner lnfotmo1•on servrce$ and career tntt1me1safely and cybot advic& 1ncl1.1d1r,g CV$ bull)1t19 Puzzle 1 Scx.Jat ho;:altha.,d Relalions"l1ps Creative arts 3nc c:,,okin9 Using three different digits, write down Drugs a1.i AJco'lot Sotf..cstoem& E/'Tlotior..ol any three digit number. Reverse and Tl'IJ):!I,such 3$ theme p,0rb 0, Res!lio,lee a~venturous .:ictiv,t·es. Sp0tts actl'l•t•H subtract the smaller number from the larger. Denote your three digit answer by CONTACT:Peter or: 07530 203497 p~ter [email protected]:uk. A Now reverse A and add A Your final Slt 'l c:I,N o,i h E::iit It's Free, Confidential result should be 1089. Is this always the <;r,rnc,·sN Co 11,,t 11 and Friendly y.,..d,c:...,...,r;t case? Can you suggest why? Proof With effect from November 16 2017 the available if required. Youth Bus will be at the Memorial Hall Puzzle 2 Car Park every Thursday evening from In the number sequence 123456789, 7pm to 9pm insert + and/or - to produce the following results: [a] 100 (bi 10 [c] 1. For example; to obtain 50, we could write 12 - 3 + 45 + 6 + 7 - 8 - 9 = 50. All Saints' Church Puzzle 3 Farm borough Complete the Soduko square shown CHRISTMAS WIREATHS where all rows, columns, 2X3 rectangles and both diagonals contain all the six numbers 1 to 6 inclusive. (Not easy).

. . l We are planning to make a limited number wreaths for 2 Chrishnas so it is important to place your order as soon as 3 4 possible; deadline December 15. The wreaths will be made from 5 the beginning of December and can be collected or delivered [if Thanks to John Jones for setting these not too far away] up until brain teasers testing our grey matter. December 21. Wreaths are Solutions will be published in next month's £6-50 each. Toplace your order Flyer. No winners!' No prizes!! It's just for fun. contact Sally Davis at 1 Church Lan~ Fam1borough, BA2 oAN or call 01761 472356. Please indicate if the wreath is to be British Summertime ends at 2am on hung on a door or placed on a Sunday October 29. Remember to grave. put your clocks back one hour!