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he pathway out of Lockdown appears to be on If we are unable to travel abroad, To receive the Ttarget! Let us hope the good news continues; the we have lots of lovely resorts in more people we get vaccinated the quicker we can these islands. We have come Pershore Times through the lockdown and return to a normal life again. It has been a long and by e-mail visit unpleasant time. People have been very patient and managed to produce this newspaper every month. Thanks www.pershoretimes.co.uk want only to be rid of this awful killer. There is a feeling to all our fantastic contributors enter your name that we have turned the tide, the worst is over and we and advertisers - a very big thank and e-mail address have good times ahead. you indeed! Let’s hope that Covid stays under in times of crisis. Pershore town control and the government seems very much back to normal, Congratulations! releases the last lockdown rules. but sadly all summer festivals The vaccine has been the lifeline had to be cancelled. Plans may Jayne Winter has been and with medical science be afoot for some form of awarded Fellowship of the working together all over the celebrations later in the year! Royal Photographic Society. world; it has been incredible. The Jazz Festival has been given The team at Oxford and the approval which is great news for Her beautiful photographs have vaccine rollout have been the club and Pershore. appeared on our front page for brilliant, with target after target We have lots of good things to some years. being achieved and sometimes look forward to. The weather surpassed. We have shown the forecast looks good, let’s hope Congratulations on this world once again what a resilient this keeps up after all the rain in outstanding achievement. www.pershoreonline.co.uk and inventive nation we can be May. Holiday time is coming.

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More than £4.3million will be improved in total saving Like many other organisations, in touch if you would like help spent by improving households up to £450 a year on and Pershore Read to improve your reading skills – the energy efficiency of fuel- their fuel bills and helping to cut Easy Group, formed just last or know someone who would. poor homes across the district carbon emissions as part of year, was badly affected by You can contact me on after several successful funding Wychavon’s Intelligently Green Covid. But as restrictions ease, 07799 053831.” You may have bids. Wychavon has received a Plan. Wychavon has also the team is preparing to help heard Richard Madeley making share of £5.8million from the received £700,000 from the first more people across the area the Radio 4 Appeal for Read Government’s Social Housing phase of the Government’s improve their reading skills. Easy on Easter Sunday and it Decarbonisation Fund as part of Green Homes Grant Local The Read Easy Team is currently featured on Stacey Dooley's new a joint bid with Rooftop Housing Authority Delivery Scheme. working with three readers - two Fresh Starts podcast for BBC Group, Trent and Dove Housing This money is being used to coached remotely and one face Radio 5 Live. Natasha (Tash) Group, Citizen Housing Group improve the energy efficiency of to face – ranging in age from 18 shared her story of learning to and Trident Group. 155 homes across the district to 62. And there are two more read later in life in an episode Some £3million of the money through the installation of solar who are being enrolled now. that was released on Tuesday 4th will be spent in Wychavon on panels, solar thermal panels and Readers are paired with Coaches, May. You can hear it exclusively installing energy-efficient solar draught-proofing. who are trained to guide them on BBC Sounds. Sue Oxley and solar thermal panels, Another £650,000 has already through well-tried and nationally added “We're grateful to our external wall insulation and loft been pledged to Wychavon as recognised tutoring methods. local libraries (Evesham and insulation. Work is being part of the second phase of the The process is supported by the Pershore) for providing Covid targeted at low income scheme. The money will again resources and expertise of the safe venues for face-to-face households in fuel poverty and be targeted at fuel-poor national Read Easy organisation coaching and we hope to expand homes with a poor energy households and details are being (www.readeasy.org.uk). to further venues in the efficiency rating. The rest of the worked up about how the Team Leader, Sue Oxley, says future.We're also looking for two money will be spent on homes in funding will be distributed to “It's never too late to learn! We more members for our management Staffordshire and Birmingham. make the maximum impact. have several more trained team – a Literary Specialist and More than 260 properties will be coaches, eager to help, so do get a Venues co-ordinator. Plum Festival’s new art competitions! simply, Fruit and Vegetable the youth competition is split Growing. into the following age categories: We would like Art Competition 4-7 years entrants to use this archive as 8-11 years inspiration. Entrants might 12-14 years make a trip to the hovel sites 15-18 years restored as part of the project Winning entries will be selected and complete a sketch on site. from each category and prizes You might be inspired by an oral awarded to each. testimony about life on the land We are very excited to announce or speak to one of your the judges for the competitions own relatives whose experiences this year are Michael Amies of market gardening might BEM and Pershore’s very own inspire a creative response! ‘Banksy’ Mr Sce! You might have even worked in However, there’s not long left to the industry yourself and wish to get your artwork entered, as the express your memories deadline for entries is: through the medium of art. Most Friday 25th June 2021 importantly, we encourage There are only a few weeks left wider series of events inspired entrants to respond as creatively to enter Pershore Plum Festival’s by recent work conducted at as possible. For more information, new Art Competitions! Archive and The adult competition is split please visit Open to both children and adults, Archaeology Service on Market into two separate categories; www.pershoreplumfestival.org.uk the competitions form part of a Gardening Heritage, or more amateur and professional, whilst /art-competition.html Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 3 Extended school days Thank you Liz - should focus on play Welcome Dan!

Educational psychologists are paint, try different crafts, and May's local election saw the but each one has its own urging the government to re- socialise will all lead to learning retirement of long-standing Lib- character and it's very satisfying think the way it approaches the and the development of Dem County Councillor Liz to see them getting sorted out.” so-called ‘catch up’ programme important life skills. Tucker of Throckmorton. Liz Liz was Leader of Hereford and for children in schools, with a We have an opportunity now to had represented Pershore for Worcester County Council from focus on play, socialisation and re-think what we view as ‘good sixteen years and been a county 1993 to 1998 and oversaw the wellbeing as opposed to just outcomes’ for children. By councillor for a total of forty creation of Herefordshire as a adding more hours of lessons to having schools as the centre of years. Over that time she was separate Council. the timetable. With an extended the community they can be used councillor for a wide range of Liz is succeeded as County school day being suggested as to help tackle social inequalities villages between Worcester and Councillor for Pershore by part of the Covid recovery plan, and give all children access to the Warwickshire border. fellow Lib-Dem Dan Boatright, members of the British the resources and support they Although now retired from the who won the election with a Psychological Society’s Division need. For example, for children County Council, she still resounding 784 majority. of Educational and Child who have no safe spaces to play represents the Ward in Dan lives in Pinvin and already Psychology are advocating a outside at home, having access Wychavon. She's also deeply represents Pershore on holistic approach to learning to the school playground to play involved in the Pershore Wychavon and the Town within these hours, saying that football with their friends would Riverside Youth Centre, Council. He's a committed this is an opportunity to re-set be invaluable. For children living supporting young people across environmentalist and dedicated our priorities for our children in overcrowded accommodation the area. to getting the County to take and their education. it could give them space to read Liz's hallmark has always been whatever steps are needed to They are also highlighting the and do their homework, or find service to the communities she become carbon neutral by 2050. need for school to be the heart of their passion such as music or represents. She says He says the community, with the other forms of art. If we create “I lost count a long time ago of “At the moment we're still going opportunity of longer school the right environment for our the number of town and parish in the wrong direction, but this is days providing safe spaces for children to thrive, then good council meetings I've been to. a battle we must win, for all our children to play, socialise, and academic achievement will be a Many of the problems are the sakes.” engage in activities such as by-product of this. These plans same in different communities music, crafts and sports. must be psychologically Vivian Hill, vice-chair of the informed, and children must also DECP said, be consulted on what they want “If the school day is to be and what they need to thrive. extended, it’s important is that It is important as well that these we don’t just fill those extra services are properly resourced, hours with more and more we cannot expect teachers to just formal teaching sessions. It is do more and more after an about developing a balanced incredibly difficult 15 months.” offer and recognising that learning is a dynamic process. We urge the government to use this as an opportunity to re-set To receive the the approach we take to Pershore Times education and our children within schools. by e-mail visit Children don’t have to be sat at www.pershoretimes.co.uk desks in a classroom to learn, enter your name giving them space to play sports, and e-mail address 4 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times kcCarpets Ltd Quality Carpets start here! • Choose at home or visit our showroom • Experienced advice • Modern and traditional floor coverings • Old fashioned personal service • Surprisingly competitive prices Start with a ‘no obligation’ quotation and finish with a beautifully carpeted home. 4 High Street, Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1BG Tel: 01386 552152

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The Women’s Health Pregnant women and women of younger people are now being Strategy will address women’s childbearing age are also under- called forward to get their first health in over the represented in clinical trials, jab. Nearly 40 million people course of their lifetimes from which can create troubling gaps have had one jab and 24 million adolescence through to older in data and understanding. This people have had both doses. I age. It will focus on health issues problem affects half of our know people are so grateful for specific to women as well as the population. It can lead to poorer the work of the NHS, the county ways in which women advice and diagnosis and, as a council and the army of experience health issues. result, worse outcomes. volunteers who have been To enable as many women as I encourage as many woman as helping to make this possible possible to have their say and possible to take part and share and I join them saying a big capture a variety of views on their experiences and together thank you to each and every one access to services, experiences we can create a healthcare of them.Our roadmap out of and health outcomes, the call for system that is better, and fairer lockdown is built around four evidence has been extended by for us all.” Over the last few weeks, people steps and contingent on meeting two weeks and will close on have been getting out and about four tests. We will hear about the June 13th. and thankfully enjoying some final step out of lockdown in the Harriett said: The consultation can be found at sunshine. One of the remarkable coming weeks and I firmly “For generations, women have https://www.gov.uk/government/c things that I have seen is how believe that the Government lived with a health and care onsultations/womens-health- many pubs and restaurants have should follow the data rather system that is mostly designed strategy-call-for- been able to invest in their than dates to make these by men, for men. This has meant evidence/womens-health- venues to make them covid-safe decisions. The key is to avoid that not enough is known about strategy-call-for-evidence but also improve their outdoor overwhelming pressure on the spaces. It’s now down to us to NHS, not to prevent every case. show our support by going out a It will be a balance, but I am bit more and helping them to confident that vaccines work - reap the benefits of their please play you part by getting Barclays offers meeting investment. vaccinated as soon as you can Shops are opening, people are and together we will get our returning to offices and I’ve been lives back to normal very soon. over Malvern closure able to return to doing some face In the meantime, with weather to face visits and meetings. this warm, let’s enjoy the Harriett Baldwin will meet with as possible to get a better level Some of my work is still done wonderful attractions of the Barclays Bank to discuss plans of detail on this decision. over online conferencing staycation. Who needs the Med? to shut the Great Malvern branch I understand that the bank has later this year. seen a decline in visits in person The MP received a reply to her but it has been a pandemic, and I request for information and has am concerned that Barclays, like Volunteers for agreed to a meeting to other high street banks, are understand the thinking behind withdrawing from offering vital Commonwealth Games the decision to close the popular high street services at a time branch. The bank has set out its when we need to show support Harriett Baldwin MP has I know of many local people case for closing the branch for local businesses and local encouraged local people to get who took part in those games which includes declining footfall shoppers. With the bank network on the starting blocks to take and took those skills into the in the branch and changing shrinking, this will mean fewer part in next year’s next chapter of their working consumer behaviour, with more trips to the high street which will Commonwealth Games in lives.I am sure that this will customers banking online. It has have a knock on effect on local Birmingham. The international appeal to people of all ages but also committed to working with traders. I welcome the bank’s sporting event is scheduled for I hope young people will, in the elderly and vulnerable commitments to support its July and August next year across particular, see this as a way to customers who will be affected elderly and vulnerable customers the second city and organisers learn new skills as well as taking by this closure. but I will keep the pressure on are looking for volunteers to part in a fabulous international Harriett said: this bank and others to support register their interest from next sporting event. “I welcome the swift response the high street at this critical month. Over 13,000 people will I hope people will be inspired to from Barclays Bank and plan to time in our national covid take part in helping to run and take part and that some of the follow up with a meeting as soon recovery plan.” manage the games and all 13,000 helpers will come from volunteers will get extensive West Worcestershire, helping to training which could help to give make the Commonwealth Games Send us details of your next event them a kick start in their 2022 a stunning success.” to feature in the What’s on in the next issue of working lives. Harriett said: Applications will open on 1st “It is widely acknowledged that June and local people can find Pershore Times the London Olympic and out more by visiting the games Paralympic Games were made website at Email: [email protected] significantly better by the www.birmingham2022.com/get- amazing army of volunteers and involved/volunteering www.pershoretimes.co.uk 6 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times

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It will do this by Council, District Council, The offering a whole range of Friends of Pershore Hospital, facilities and resources from help The Abbotswood with form filling to finding out Trust, Liz Tucker and the about the many social and County Councillor’s fund and leisure opportunities available in Pershore Rotary Club. the area. The helpful team will The National Lottery has provide you with a cuppa while provided funds for its running listening or pointing you in the costs. Wellbeing is defined as a right direction to meet your state of being ‘comfortable, enquiries or specific needs. healthy and happy. We would all Many people are unaware of the like to feel this way and it is range of activities and services good to know that the Hub will that can be accessed both locally be there to help us all achieve and nationally. There is plenty of this goal. When you are on the information available online, if High Street from June 23rd, you know where to look and do pop in, Gill and her team what you are looking for! would love to see you. Help is available for those less confident with technology or for Gill and Chris Perks preparing for opening those who would simply like to Initially the Hub will be open chat about things. The aim is to Wednesday, Thursday and Pershore Wellbeing Hub is geared up to go but the premises help everyone feel a sense of Friday - 10am -3pm. preparing to open its doors on are not quite ready till then. fulfilment by achieving their Also keep a look out on June 23rd . Gill Perks Situated in what used to be goals, building self-confidence Facebook for updates (chairperson) and her team of K.C. Carpets, it is ideally placed for and making the most of their Visit their website : enthusiastic volunteers are easy access on Pershore High Street. lives. pershorewellbeinghub.co.uk ‘Find Fluffy’ campaign to support Grace Kelly Cancer Trust Darren Wilkins, Managing Michelle Nolan, Charity Director at City Signs explains, Engagement Co-ordinator says “All charities have been hit hard “The team at the GKCCT are by the COVID-19 pandemic absolutely delighted to be with fundraising being cancelled involved in such a fun campaign since the first lockdown. Grace and as always to be working Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust alongside Darren and the team at acts as a critical lifeline to City Signs who are long standing families across the region so we supporters of the charity. This want to do all we can to provide campaign is going to be so much support. The ‘Find Fluffy’ fun for everyone, just what we fundraiser was born as a follow- all need easing out of lock down up to a successful social media after such an uncertain and campaign we ran a couple of worrying time. We hope our years ago called ‘Where’s supporters, friends and families Squeegee’. Our followers found will get fully behind the it a lot of fun and highly campaign and come up with engaging, so this time we wanted some great adventures for to use the same formula whilst Fluffy.” supporting our chosen charity Worcester based City Signs Ltd, Childhood Cancer Trust website Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer launches their ‘Find Fluffy’ and making a suggested donation Trust.” campaign in support of the of £5. Then a competition will The Grace Kelly Childhood Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer run throughout the year for those Cancer Trust is a national charity Trust, as a fun way to raise much who share their photos on social working to help children and needed funds to help support media of Fluffy in the most young people affected by cancer. For more information about families who have been given a unusual places and post with the Focused on early diagnosis, City Signs’ new ‘Find Fluffy’ devastating cancer diagnosis. hashtag #findfluffy. raising awareness, supporting campaign and to request a The ‘Find Fluffy’ Campaign A prize for the best #findfluffy families and research, it’s a Fluffy in the post which launched on 10 th May, photo will win a voucher from charity committed to helping visit the Grace Kelly Childhood involves supporters requesting a Anja Potze Fine Jewellery Ltd in both cancer sufferers and their Cancer Trust website Fluffy via the Grace Kelly Worcester. families. www.gkcct.org/findfluffy 8 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times had painted black – they had been in the fire. To represent the flames, Flower club news she used pale yellow spray chrysanthemums and also slightly brighter yellow blooms together with beautiful ‘fiery’ roses. For her third design, Yvonne produced a hot iron and stand, again using oasis in a tray. She attached yucca leaves horizontally on each side of the stand with stems of cream stocks following the line of the leaves. She used a few sprigs of ‘commercial’ foliage to hide the oasis plus a little Cupressus from the garden. Then cerise roses and glorious coloured stems of alstroemeria which Yvonne felt looked a little like the flowers of sweet peas. Her final design was based on a cast iron umbrella stand in the shape of an umbrella with a dish of oasis at the top. She put branches of rubus (blackberry) which her husband detests in the garden to hang down from the top of the umbrella plus sprigs of bright green Cupressus and then homegrown branches of double purple lilac which unfortunately we were not able to smell! And from Mr. Aldi again, some purple tulips to match. All Yvonne’s designs were very beautiful and we wished we could appreciate their scent. We look forward to having her back again at On the evening of Wednesday, the 19 th May we as members of our usual venue. Pershore Flower Club were delighted to welcome again, this time on zoom, Yvonne Berry of Munderfield near Bromyard who is a hairdresser by day, to demonstrate to us from her “garden shed” with both her husband and her dog hiding behind the background! As she needed to purchase flowers from the supermarket rather than the wholesalers, she was very grateful to Mr. Aldi and Mr. Tesco for their good healthy blooms. The title of her demonstration was “Any Old Iron” so she began by using a rustic set of kitchen scales complete with weights and a dish containing oasis, into which she inserted pieces of senecio and Cupressus with a creamy white flower. To represent the cooking flour on the scales, she used white rosebuds and white lilies. Then to emulate the flour dispersing into the air, she used sprigs of gypsophila. Next was a cast iron grate, again with a tray of oasis, with pieces of rustic wood. She used fatsia leaves, some of which she College showcase advancements in horticulture In its futuristic facilities, which importing much of its fresh include an indoor hydroponic grown produce, particularly plant-growth chamber and an during the winter months. Now outdoor vertical farm, that we have left the EU it is tomorrow’s technology is even more crucial that we already being road-tested. become more self-sufficient.” Professor Roy Kennedy said: Event organiser, Dr Anjana “We focus on a range of cutting- Patel, Agri-Tech Research edge technologies that benefit Assistant, Pershore College, sustainable food production such said: “Our Festival of as multispectral sensing and Horticultural Technology will disease diagnostics. If the UK provide a unique opportunity for agricultural and horticultural Worcestershire businesses and A new event to celebrate the make the case for businesses to sector is going to achieve net individuals not familiar with the latest technological get involved in this fast-growing zero-carbon emissions by 2050 agri-tech sector, to get a real breakthroughs from the world of sector of agricultural technology. then we need these technologies insight and understanding of the horticulture is being planned by It will be the first time in well to be taken up and implemented opportunities and the financial Pershore College. over twelve months that throughout the country. There is support available. We have a A Festival of Horticultural interested members of the public also the enormous issue of food line-up of insightful industry Technology will take place in will be able to meet the waste with an estimated one- speakers, and a range of two parts over the summer with scientific team in a face-to-face third of food produced for companies that will be an evening of talks and context. The college has been a human consumption lost showcasing the latest in networking on Tuesday 29th renowned centre of horticultural globally. Clearly, this is a time of hydroponic technologies, so we June followed by a day-long excellence since it was founded great challenge but also of great very much look forward to agri-tech showcase featuring in 1954, and for more than 65 opportunity. Britain has some of welcoming businesses or demonstrations, talks and tours years, students have learnt their the best growing conditions for individuals interested in getting on Wednesday 21st July. trade with famous alumni fruit, vegetable and ornamental involved in this ground-breaking Organised by the GrowAgri including David Domoney and crops in the world. The industry area.” Worcestershire project, the Chris Beardshaw. is worth £3 billion per year, and For more information about the initiative will showcase the work Now in the 2st Century, it is fast the Vale of Evesham is famous Festival of Horticultural of the pioneering Agri-Tech becoming a research and for its production of soft fruit, Technology go to Research Centre led by academic leader in the plums, salad and vegetable www.wcg.ac.uk/horticultural- Professor Roy Kennedy. implementation of technology in crops. festival or to get involved email A programme of speakers will agriculture and horticulture. At present the UK is reliant on [email protected] Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 9 Heritage & History Traveller & Showpeople Society sites proposed New pitches and plots are being year resulted in 10 suggestions proposed to increase the amount which were all assessed and of accommodation available for considered unsuitable. This was Traveller and Travelling the third invitation for people to Showpeople across South submit potential sites. Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Council Malvern Hills District, and district owned land has also Worcester City and Wychavon been considered, but none of District Councils need to provide these sites were suitable. about 72 extra pitches and 9 Landowners and agents who put additional plots by 2033 to meet forward land as part of the South demand. Worcestershire Development A public consultation has now Plan for housing and started on the Traveller and employment were also asked Travelling Showpeople Site whether they would support an Allocations Development Plan alternative use for Traveller Document, which sets out where accommodation, but this did not some of these sites are proposed. result in any additional sites. They are: Cllr Lucy Hodgson, Chair of the Malvern Hills: South Worcestershire Hillbee Farm, Welland Road, Development Plan Joint Upton upon Severn - 3 new Advisory Panel, said: “It is pitches at e important we make provision for Wychavon: the Traveller and Travelling The Orchard, Knowle Hill, Showpeople community not only Evesham - 5 new pitches at to make sure they have access to existing site the same services as the settled Blossom Hill, Village Street, community, but to reduce the Aldington - 2 new pitches at risk of unauthorised or existing site inappropriate sites being Virgin and Child panel, 1320-40, St John’s Church, Hughes Barn, Road, developed. Many of our local parish variations and the Virgin has a – new site providing 6 I’d urge people to read the churches have stained glass from blue halo. It is thought likely pitches document in full, take part in the Medieval times, but that an itinerant stained glass Worcester City consultation and make their unfortunately, most fourteenth maker used the same design to No sites are currently planned. views known”. and fifteenth century glass is craft both panels. It is almost Sites were submitted for The consultation runs until now only fragmentary. certain that he painted a full- Worcester City but having been midnight on 5th July. Comments St John the Baptist Church scale outline of the design onto a assessed against the various can be made online at in Fladbury has a medieval gem sheet of wood which he then criteria, none were found to be www.swdevelopmentplan.org. in the form of a panel with an used to cut the pieces of suitable. Paper copies of the proposals are image of the Virgin and Child. coloured glass to make up the This will leave a shortfall across available from libraries in The panel, thought to date from images. The coloured glass then all three council areas to be met Tenbury, Upton, Malvern, 1330-40, is 56 centimetres high had details painted on and the through applications coming Pershore, Evesham, Droitwich, and 34 centimetres wide (22”x glass fired in a kiln to make the through the standard planning Broadway, St Johns, Warndon 13”). Although it is thought to details permanent. The pieces of process. and The Hive. have been made for this church, glass had then to be leaded Finding suitable sites to meet the the panel is now preserved in before the panel was erected in needs of the Traveller and a light box in the south aisle of a window opening. Stained glass Travelling Showpeople A public briefing was held on the nave of the church. makers still essentially use the community has proved difficult. Tuesday 25 May at 6.30pm on The light box allows the panel to same processes today when A call for people to put forward Zoom. For details please email be back-lit enabling the image crafting a stained glass window. potential sites in October last [email protected] and colours in the glass to be The Priory Church at Great appreciated. In the panel the Malvern has a number of mid- Virgin, wearing a crown and fifteenth century windows, a green garment, is seated on a while St Mary’s Church, Get your business noticed! throne. The Christ Child, in Fairford, has an almost complete white, is sitting on her lap. He set of windows of around 1500. Advertise in blesses his Mother with His The Fladbury panel was right hand and holds a fruit in exhibited in the London Royal From Pershore Times His left. 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Films Frankie (12A) Raya & the Last Dragon (PG) Thu 8 Jul - 7.30pm Sat 29 May & Directed by Ira Sachs Thu 3 Jun - 2.30pm 1hr 40mins Directed by Don Hall Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00) 1hr 43mins My New York Year (15) Tickets: £5.00 Fri 9 Jul - 7.30pm, The Secret Garden (PG) Mon 12 Jul - 2.30pm Tue 1 Jun - 2.30pm; Directed by Philippe Sat 5 Jun - 7.30pm; Falardeau, 1hr 41mins Mon 7 & Thu 10 Jun -2.30pm Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00) A Picture of You…… Directed by Marc Munden Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) And so it was, as ‘Indie’, top Mandy uses mainly soft pastels, 1hr 36mins, Judas & the Black Messiah (15) dog in Pershore Rotary’s recent but has worked with many Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00) Sat 10 Jul - 7.30pm online Dog Show and favourite different mediums in the past. Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) Directed by Shaka King of all the children at Abbey Park She says, “I have always loved Nomadland (12A) 2hrs 5mins School in Pershore, received her creating art and found it a Fri 4 Jun - 7.30pm; Fri 11 Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00) reward – a specially commissioned great way to relax. I paint Jun - 3.00pm; Sat 12 Jun - Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) portrait of herself. wildlife and try to keep my art 7.30pm Cinema Paradiso (12A) This was the occasion when close to nature. However, Directed by Chloé Zhao 1hr Thu 15 Jul - 7.30pm ‘Indie’ and her owner Rebecca I have painted many subjects 47mins Directed by Guiseppe Scully, Executive Headteacher at including architecture, Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00), Tornatore, 2hrs 3mins, Abbey Park, were presented landscapes and portraiture.” Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) 1988, Italian with subtitles with their Judges Favourite prize Mandy was thrilled at the The Man in the Hat (12A) Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00) by local artist, Mandy Walters. opportunity to spend time with Fri 11 Jun - 7.30pm; Mon Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) “The portrait is beautiful, and Indie and paint her portrait. 14 Jun - 2.30pm we are very grateful to Mandy “Indie is a real school superstar” Directed by Stephen Events for donating her time and talent, she said. More information Warbeck & John-Paul 42nd Street - The Musical and to Pershore Rotary for about Mandy Walters’ work can Davidson, 1hr 36mins Thu 3 Jun - 7.30pm; organising the presentation” be found on her website. Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00), Sat 12 Jun - 2.30pm said Rebecca. mandywaltersartist.com Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) 2hrs 22mins Also featured in the photograph With 1.2 million members, Tickets: £14.00 are Darcy holding the portrait of Rotary is one of the world’s 23 Walks (12A) 16 & under £10.00 Indie who said, largest and most successful Sat 19 Jun - 7.30pm; Mon “Indie is cute, I love her” and humanitarian service 21 & Thu 24 Jun - 2.30pm The Human Voice (15) Nathaniel, “Indie is a lovely dog organisations. If you support Directed by Paul Morrison Thu 17 Jun - 7.30pm that everyone loves. I don’t have Rotary’s ideals and can help us 1hr 42mins Directed by Pedro Almodovar a pet dog; she is the closest one in Pershore to make a difference Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00), 30mins + Q&A 46mins I have.” in our community, please contact Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) Tickets: £9.00 Local artist, Mandy Walters is a Kit Carson our Secretary at A Room With a View (PG) full time artist working from her [email protected] Fri 25 Jun - 3.00pm Orchestra of the Swan: home studio in Tewkesbury. or on 07747 117624 Directed by James Ivory 1hr Petite Symphonie 52mins, 1985 Fri 18 Jun - Tickets: £7.00 (£6.50) 4.00pm & 6.30pm Number 8 1hr Dream Horse (PG) Tickets: £15.50 High Street Pershore Worcestershire WR10 1BG Fri 25 & Sat 26 Jun-7.30pm; Box Office: 01386 555488 www.number8.org Mon 28 Jun - 2.30pm Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Email: [email protected] Directed by Euros Lyn Back Together 1hr 53mins Thu 1 Jul - 7.30pm; Box Office Opening Hours Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00) Sat 3 Jul - 2.30pm Telephone Bookings: Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) 2hrs 20mins Mon & Tue 10am - 4pm, Wed to Fri 10am - 6pm, The Father (12A) Tickets: £15.00 Sat 10am - 4pm + 6pm - 7pm on performance evenings Fri 2 & Sat 3 Jul - 7.30pm; In Person Bookings: Wed & Fri 3pm - 6pm Mon 5 Jul - 2.30pm Directed by Florian Zeller, No door sales 1hr 36mins Booking closes 30 mins before start time. Covid-19 safety Tickets: £8.50 (£8.00), measures in place. Socially distanced seating. Matinee £7.00 (£6.50) A maximum of six individuals or two households can be seated together. 12 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times Garden Watch Villages of Culture The Sounds of Summer

Nature announces the coming of as church services are taking summer with the sight of swallows place and on special occasions skimming over the rooftops and even hymns are sung, outside in the sound of the cuckoo. the fresh air of the churchyards. The government declared the Beyond June the villages have a start of summer by permitting range of events planned which further steps along the road out were originally pencilled in on of lockdown but around the the calendar but now can be villages of England summer inked in. More on these events The garden has changed colour! wet days to feed on the poor starts with the sound of ball on later. Last month the hidden The trees are fully clothed now worms poking out their heads. willow, the appealing cries of treasures within the village in a whole range of shades of Mr Hoppity (the one-legged cricketers and the sound of church churches were identified and this green and some dark reds. The pheasant) is still making the bells released after lockdown. month churchyards reveal their leaves are all beautiful, some occasional appearance. He is so Life at last appears to be secrets. The churchyard at St. large, some small, some well fed, it is amazing he can returning to a type of normality Michael's, Churchill is attractive variegated, some plain. balance on one leg! across the country and in the with its wildflowers but amongst Amongst them, there are A grey squirrel has been villages we can see the summer the flowers is a gravestone splashes of colour- the laburnum scurrying around the garden, flowers signalling the start of dedicated to the Nuns of the with its golden clusters, the pink digging up his cache of nuts summer and the calendar again Order of Poor Clares who whispy fronds of the tamarisk, from last Autumn. Sophie, our begins to reveal community escaped the terrors of the incredible blues of the dog, is obviously aware of its events. Events started with a Revolutionary France in 1792 ceanothus, honeysuckle and scent but, so far, has not caught rush. On the 6th May local and were given refuge at roses all adding to the profusion sight of him! elections took place all around Churchill Wood Farm by the of growth. The ceanothus is buzzing with a the country and our village halls Berkeley Family of Spetchley. Poppies are once more bursting variety of bees all busy at their were opened for the first time At St. John the Baptist Church, from their fat buds providing a task. Many other insects now fill for more than fourteen months , a number beautiful flush of crimson. The the air providing sustenance for as polling stations. On the 18th of projects are being planned alliums are standing tall and the birds. There are not many and 27th May the Villages of involving the creation and straight, purple pom-poms on butterflies as yet. Culture held their own Sewing B recording of species of sticks. Already the ferns have There are always sounds to be event, or more accurately, wildflowers and the protection unfurled and the hosta leaves are heard apart from the bird song. a Sewing Bunting event in and listing of lichens. In recent full and strong. The peonies are Bleating lambs cry pathetically preparation for Village of years observations have been still waiting as too is the for their mothers, ducks and hens Culture events and also the conducted by Dr. Christopher clematis. My replacement lilac is cluck noisily and the cockerel is annual fete to be held in White Henry who identified more than waiting to be planted but last crowing even before dawn. At Ladies Aston on the 26th 70 varieties of wildflowers and year's bush has defiantly put out night, there is the occasional June. Planning is well underway the British Lichen Society lists a single flower from the cropped hoot of an owl and, in the for this event as permission was 70 types of lichen from a survey roots! The rhodedendron is a distance, the barking of deer. granted by the government undertaken in 2003 and soon to beautiful deep red and the multi- There is never complete silence! for village fetes as early as April. be repeated. The task today is to coloured wallflowers provide Alas,it is time once more to From the 19th May singing in develop these wildlife habitats. both colour and scent. tackle the weeds before they the orchard recommenced From the churchyard of The birds are still visiting the strangle the other plants. following the government St. Leonard's in Broughton feeders, occasionally joined by a The grass is growing at a relaxing of rules on “Magic Hackett an unusual architectural green woodpecker grubbing on tremendous rate but the garden is Monday,” 17th May, and feature can be observed - a bell- the lawn. Grey-capped jackdaws looking good. A great place to included in the song list was the cot. John Noake in his book have been taking advantage of relax and just enjoy. appropriately song entitled “The Rambler in Worcestershire “From a Distance” made famous (1854)” recorded, “the church is by Bette Midler sung socially a simple small oblong building, distanced, of course. Further with wooden bell-cot, a small To receive the activities included “Beating the shelter for church's two medieval Bounds” on the 23rd May, a bells”. So with the sound of bells Pershore Times tradition dating back to Anglo- and singing in the villages, a by e-mail visit Saxon, or even Roman times. type of normality is returning to www.pershoretimes.co.uk This was the first combined the countryside. enter your name and email address event for the Villages of Culture Future events: See the Facebook since March 2020. page for more details In addition, regular events such bit.ly/villages-together Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 13 Cooking for fun! Ailsa Craddock norm – but sometimes even the Tomato Sauce Cider, cream and apple sauce ubiquitous sausage, burgers and 2 tablespoon olive oil ∑30g butter steaks can be a bit unimaginative ∑1 onion finely chopped ∑1 shallot, finely chopped so this month I thought I would ∑1 clove garlic, grated ∑75ml cider give you a few sauces to bring 400g tinned chopped tomatoes ∑75ml apple juice the simple to life! You can freeze ∑½ teaspoon oregano, basil or ∑150ml chicken stock any left over – if it’s just for one, mixed herbs (a cube is fine!) you can use the ice cube dish. Heat the oil in a frying pan and ∑100ml double cream fry the onion over a low heat for ∑100g apple, diced 5 minutes, stirring well. Add the ∑1 teaspoon cornflour Mushroom Sauce garlic and cook for a few Melt half the butter in a small 1 tablespoon olive oil seconds more. saucepan and fry the shallot 15 g butter Add the tomatoes and herbs and without browning, until soft. As I write this, in three days’ 1 onion, finely chopped cook for another five Add the chicken stock, cider and time, here in England, more of 1 clove of garlic, peeled and minutes. Splash in a little water apple juice and boil until reduced lockdown will cease and we can crushed to loosen the sauce, if needed, by half. Strain and return to the meet with friends and family in 225g mushrooms, sliced and season. pan, discarding the onion. Stir in our homes, pubs and restaurants 150ml white wine To vary: add 1 -2 pinches of the cream. Mix the cornflour and normality will beckon. (don’t forget a glass for the chef) dried chilli flakes with a tablespoon of water or I’ve realised how much social optional – could use water Stir in 2-3 tablespoons of single cider and stir into the sauce. intercourse revolves around food ∑150ml crème fraiche or double cream or crème fraiche Cook gently, stirring for a and drink – from meeting for a 1 tablespoon chopped parsley or soft cheese or mascarpone and minute. Melt the remaining coffee, afternoon tea, lunches Salt and pepper at the end of the cooking time. butter and fry the apple and dinner. It is said that you get Fry chopped bacon or salami or until lightly brown. Add to the to know better those with whom Heat the oil and butter in a pan ham when cooking the onion. sauce and continue to cook for you break bread and I think, it’s and add the onion and cook until two – three minutes true. Relaxing, drinking and softened but not coloured. eating, talking and laughing, Add the garlic and mushrooms serious discussions and gossipy and cook for three – four minutes interludes all are easier revolving until the mushrooms are soft but around a table. And that said, have not released their juices. Summer also beckons and the Add the wine and reduce the BBQ season. Slapping meat volume of liquid by half. Stir in and/or fish or even vegetable the crème fraiche and parsley. alternatives on the barbie are the Season.

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WAAF Doreen Wilson (Mrs Doreen Boller) ± secretary to Medical Officer, SSQ, 1942 ± 1945 Photo: Mrs. Pam Walker Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 15 Women’s Hour! Here comes the sun (maybe!) Susan Catford freezing cold. Then graduating to two of (usually) guaranteed happy to be outside again! the luxury of a caravan. Quite sunshine was and is, my idea of a We have booked an ‘amber’ cosy, it kept out the elements but real holiday. holiday for July more in hope the trip across a damp field to a No housework, no dog-walking, than expectation. If it turns concrete block of loos which no preparing meals, just a chunk green, we will be off, if not, we seemed to attract the local moth of self-indulgent time to lie will have to wait a little longer. population, was not good. Later a around, eat drink, sleep and read After all, we do need to support chalet at Pontins in Devon – a (lots!). Waking to a blue sky, the tourist industry and my sun cheaper option than Butlins- breakfast al fresco and exotic cream is getting close to its use- seemed very exciting and the sunsets are on my list of by date. Whatever happens, drive down the Fosse Way to get favourite things (it is a long however we spend the summer, there felt like going to another list!). we will just be grateful that we country. It must have been a bit Sadly, all of this has had to be on are still here and hope that things of a nightmare for my parents hold since last year. Holidays continue to get better than this with six excited children in were cancelled but how lucky we time last year. Here’s to a Vacation, staycation, location, the back seats! All these were to have a beautiful Spring flaming June!!! I don’t care, gradually took us further afield with lots of sunshine. A sunbed I NEED A HOLIDAY!!! discovering new areas of the in the garden was not quite the I love my family, my friends, my country which felt very different same but books were read, dog, my home, my garden and to home. Sometimes we were chilled wine was drunk and the the beautiful countryside around lucky and had sea, sunshine, gentle splash of the water feature us but I would seriously benefit sandy beaches and comfortable could (vaguely) pass for the from a change of environment, beds. At other times the weather sound of the sea. What was very just for a little while! Somewhere was variable, unseasonal, even strange was to look up to a blue different with sunshine, sea, the downright cold!! sky empty of aeroplanes and smell of suntan oil, a warm But they were holidays and for vapour trails. No excited swimming pool, chilled white the most part, left a favourable holidaymakers flying to exotic wine and a good book. Not too impression and some happy places. much to ask for is it? memories. This year I am feeling optimistic! There are holidays and holidays. It was only several years later I’m sure the sun will shine I have tried most from the that I took flight to foreign parts. eventually, although May has disastrous camping family That was when I discovered that been a serious let-down. Having holiday in North Wales as a wonderful feeling when you step shivered outside pubs in layers of child - torrential rain, no sewn-in out of a plane and into a warm clothes, it will be good to meet ground sheet, spiders taking balmy atmosphere. From that friends indoors. However, if we shelter under our pillows and time I was hooked! A week or do get some sun, we will all be

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The Queen Elizabeth Inn Main Street, WR10 3HS 01386 710251 [email protected] www.elmleycastle.com Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 19 Teenage Focus! - Gregory Sidaway (17) Behind the Wheel Mr Walter Arnold, daredevil of drivers spend two weeks of their 1896, who howled down the lives waiting at red lights, while roads of Kent at eight mph, four around ninety percent admit to times the speed limit. When I singing behind the wheel. first started driving, my take-it- The biggest thing I had to get my easy-there’s-no-rush speed meant head around – and this is pretty deer could hop across the road in obvious – was that I have to front, then have time to nip back literally keep going. Early on, across and pick up something whenever I’d stall, my immediate they’d forgotten, before I’d reaction was to let go of the reached them. Had I been born wheel, throw my hands up in one hundred and forty years ago, surrender, as if to say: “Right I would’ve blown the bowler hats that’s it. Game over. Pause the off anyone nearby. world. I’m getting out.” To any So I discussed this with a few fellow learner drivers, don’t do friends. They all agreed that no that. Anyway, the theory test is adult driver follows all of the also somewhere on the horizon. rules we’re taught, one of them I thought in the UK we had quite Thus I do return, fellow reader! made myself a spicy chicken even said they had to pull over to a few rules … I hope you’re well and are panini under the grill, although I let a woman pass because she’d In Russia, it’s actually a criminal enjoying the most recent lifting think I left it under there for too been driving with only a hair’s offence to drive around in a dirty of restrictions. Meetings indoors, long because it’s just come out breadth of space behind her. car. In Spain, it’s illegal to outside gatherings of thirty covered in ash and looking like “Also, adults like to run across drive barefoot or in shoes such as people, hugs – some are probably Dante’s Inferno. Oh well. Tiny the road right in front of your flip-flops or high heels. enjoying that last one more than details, I suppose. car, causing you to panic and Meanwhile, in Costa Rica, it’s others. But, all in all, things are Now, for the last few months, the stall in front of a pub full of actually legal to drink and drive looking pretty good for the UK, big thing to talk about in Sixth people,” said another. – so long as the driver sensibly except maybe in Eurovision. Form has been driving. More and I once had to avoid a jogger on a pulls over when they begin to With all these restrictions lifting, more of us are clambering into country road laden with puddles; feel the effects. we’re no longer the troglodytes the driving seat and discovering I passed him with ease, feeling Anyway, I’m on the waiting list we were during lockdown. the importance of emergency quite good about myself, but then for driving lessons, so hopefully You could be reading this stops, so I thought it about time accelerated only to jam the things will get better and traffic anywhere: your sofa at home, to shed some light on the subject. gearstick into first instead of lights won’t appear so intimidating. perhaps at your desk. Perhaps For some background information, third. I felt the car hiccup and For now, I must bid you farewell, you’ve picked this up in Tesco modern roads were first made for jerk forward, as if even the fellow reader. Leave your and you’re reading it while bicyclists not cars – though the engine was saying: “Well, that sofa or your desk and make the queueing to purchase some milk. auto-mobile soon took needs improvement.” I’m yet to most of these freer times. Well, regardless, make precedence. The very first brave traffic lights, though. It’s (I would hope you’re not still yourself comfortable. I’ve just speeding ticket was given to a reckoned that, on average, queueing in Tesco.) Country file Water Voles Water voles are very similar to human terms, that would be an brown rats and have sometimes enormous amount to eat! been referred to as water rats but They breed in the Spring, having there are no such things! They three or four litters in a year of are smaller than a rat, furrier, up to five young. They have a with a blunt nose, small ears and short life span of only six to a furry tail – quite pretty little eighteen months. animals. Water voles can be seen Water voles, as you would throughout mainland Britain but expect, can be found along they are now an endangered rivers, streams, ditches, ponds, species due to habitat loss and lakes and wetlands. Their predation by the American mink. burrows can be seen in the sides They are shy creatures, always of river or canal banks, small wary of predators, but if you round holes, often with a nibbled keep a look out for the tell-tale ‘lawn’; around the entrance holes in river or canal banks, where they feed from the grass. you may be lucky enough to They need to eat 80% of spot one as it plops into the their body weight every day to water and swims away. survive. If you think of that in 20 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times If you have a small Holiday lets business Carol Draper Summer is now officially here and as - think about PR lockdown lifts thoughts will be turning to going on holiday. As uncertainty about foreign travel Ruby Edwards continues, the likelihood is that many will be holidaying in Britain choosing to stay in self-catered accommodation. This year the prices being charged for holiday accommodation have increased dramatically and as interest rates remain at an all- time low, this may lead some to wonder if investing in a Furnished Holiday Let (FHL) might not be such a bad idea. There are plenty of opportunities to obtain purpose-built, ready furnished holiday lets and if you choose to invest in Not all Public Relations firms come up with a plan. something like a chalet, lodge, or static caravan on a designated are equal. And sometimes small - Make sure you have metrics in holiday site there is no Stamp Duty Land Tax charge. can be just as effective as big. place to measure how things are Small Agencies have the going and if they’re meeting There are numerous letting sites available online to help expertise that large organisations expectations. Take regular you promote your accommodation and manage the lettings diary. and companies can tap into at a meetings and adapt the plan as Advertising costs, booking fees, maintenance costs and cleaning fraction of the cost. What really necessary. costs are all allowable expenses against the profits made. matters is that you gaining If it doesn’t work out, change To qualify as a Furnished Holiday Let the property should be successful Public Relations. things up. Be open and honest. commercially let with the intention of making a profit. Successful Public Relations is We recently worked with a client getting the right people to pay to help grow their marketing The accommodation must be in the UK or European Economic Area attention to you at the right time function. They needed extra and must be furnished sufficiently for normal occupation by visitors. and depending on connections, support, so we sourced a The accommodation must be available for let for at least 210 days a experience and approach, the reputable company and are year and must actually be commercially let to the general public for strategies PRs devise can be working with them to give our at least 105 days a year. There is nothing to stop you using the very different. Therefore your client what they need. This accommodation for private purposes, or for allowing friends and results may vary widely and this symbiosis is great for our client family to use the accommodation, but those days will not count as can happen with marquee and good for us as we can learn being days available for commercial letting. names, small Agencies and along the way too. We were As the owner of a FHL is classed as a trader there are several tax freelance Public Relations alike. open and honest about our advantages to owning a FHL which are not available to owners of A word from the wise: capabilities and identified a need long-term accommodation lets. These include allowances for - Why not check out the PR's for extra support with their furniture, fixtures and equipment purchased for the FHL, loan previous form by way of case marketing. interest, and Capital Gains Tax reliefs for traders. What is more, studies? Take a look at their With a small bespoke Agency unlike other rental income, profits from a FHL count as earnings for Google reviews and testimonials you can gain successful Public pension purposes. and take note. Relations, value for money - It's advisable to regularly (especially when you're pay-as- Something to think about as you enjoy a drink and watch the sun go collaborate with your PR firm to you-go) and integrity in the down… make the most out of the shape of open and honest relationship. Share stories about communications. And that works Carol Draper FCCA a new starter, product and for us and our clients. Clifton-Crick Sharp & Co Ltd service, think about reactive PR How about you? along with proactive PR and

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS ADVISORS To receive the Pershore Times 40 High Street, Pershore, Worcestershire WR11 1DP Tel: 01386 561100 Fax: 01386 561040 by e-mail visit Email: [email protected] www.pershoretimes.co.uk www.accountantsworcestershire.co.uk enter your name and email address Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 21 Jazz News Peter Farrall Reflexology Angela Johns their own approach, pitching in to a joint venture. There was much collaboration as well as head scratching, discussion and a coffee break. Happily it turned out well in the end but the negotiation along the way was a twisty-turny path that highlighted the personality of each person and required a variety of team working skills to get the job done. My job as a therapist also requires some team working skills. My clients rely on me to be professionally trained, skilful and sensitive to their needs. As facilitator, I provide a safe, private and relaxed space to allow them to take just what they need at a pace that is right for them. But I can't do my job alone. My client is the other team member. They Life can be like a flat- lead by setting the goal and the pack project, can't it? agenda but most importantly they are Some of us like to try it without mindfully present. This is when reading the instructions; some the magic happens. With great study instructions in detail team before plucking up the courage work problems can be solved, to start; some tend to blame the ideas exchanged and the load can instructions when they are be lightened. misinterpreted; some are satisfied with only a couple of Angela is a qualified screws left over as long as it Reflexologist, Aromareflex George-Huxley holds together; yet others are Practitioner and Reiki Teacher/ perfectionists who might even Practitioner. She is passionate It has seemed such a long time in Berkeley Square” add their own touches. about her therapies and spends but, finally, we have presented The audience were demonstrably Which are you? quality time with her clients to our first club session since happy to be listening to live jazz Recently, I was amused to facilitate their wellbeing. February 2020. Seating enough again and there was a unanimous observe a DIY project involving You can find her at fans to make the event show of hands when asked if flat-pack. Three individuals with angelajohns.co.uk financially viable whilst still they would like another such complying with the covid session in June with a possible distancing requirements, entailed move back to the Football Club a departure from our customary in July. venue at Pershore Town Football The June afternoon session will Hughes & Club to the larger village hall at again be at Elmley Castle Village Elmley Castle. It was also an Hall with an All Star local band afternoon concert, another including a dear friend of Company departure from routine, Pershore Jazz, George Huxley, Pershore Times approached with a sense of coming out of semi-retirement to curiosity by some of the fans and once again delight us with his General & Book Printers some apprehension by the heart-warming style of jazz. Publishers committee as to how well it was All being well, this event will be received. However, all was well regulation free but best to check Book Binders Stationers and most of the audience, being on our website or ring before 8 Church Street forewarned that there would be attending in case we have to Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1DT no bar or refreshment facilities, revert to distancing rules and Tel:01386 803803 had arrived with a mini picnic make it advance booking only. [email protected] and an impressive range of Wednesday, 30th June www.hughesprinters.co.uk Four generations of printers drinks. Elmley Castle Village Hall The Zoltan Sagi Quartet took to Doors open 12.30pm the stage and swung into a Music at 1 o’clock diverse programme of pershorejazz.org.uk mainstream jazz ideally suited 07487 606964 Photographs for a sunny afternoon deep in the find us on Facebook printed from your phone Worcestershire countryside and or just email them to even a local blackbird Help the Homeless contributed his four bars through [email protected] www.streetlink.org.uk 01386 803803 the open doors at just the right tel 0300 500 0914 moment in “a Nightingale Sang 22 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times Bring your own BBQ The Ripple Effect Pam Clark Emily Papirnik Don’t you love it when people give you tips or helpful suggestions? I do, I love it when someone tells me something that works. Something that helps with cooking, gardening, lifestyle, wellbeing or pretty much anything that can make my life easier with that nugget of knowledge. I love my clients understanding what a difference just slowing and lengthening their breath makes. Emily Papirnik I love that moment when a client Intention 07973 232177 realises that just changing the chair they sit on or the table they I love it when people start to sit at can change how their back realise those little ‘tips’ really do As BBQ season get’s into full refreshing and delicious in equal feels. help, really do make a swing and we can once again measures; play around with the I love it when my client changes difference or when I hear that enjoy the company of others in flavours. the lead or harness that their dog something little has started to our back garden I thought I Fish is the unsung hero of the wears and they find that they no change a cycle of behaviour or would offer some top tips for a BBQ and I hope you enjoy this longer get the shoulder ache or discomfort. When people start to delicious, healthful BBQ. Barbecued Harissa Sardines wrist pain. notice the negative words they All too often we might find 8 sardines (or mackerel fillets) I love it when clients say they say to themselves daily, ourselves munching on a rather 1 heaped tsp harissa paste now stretch in the shower after hourly or even minute by minute charred sausage or some pretty extra virgin olive oil work and don’t get the and in that noticing can do anaemic looking salad leaves; juice of 2 lemons habitual spasms in their something about it. but it really doesn’t need to be natural yoghurt, to serve hamstrings anymore. I love it when people treat that way. Outdoor dining can Mix the harissa paste in a bowl I love it when my friends, family themselves the way they would offer a chance to try new with a glug of olive oil and the and clients start to realise the their best friend. flavours and by bringing a dish juice of one lemon. Gently importance of putting If you are reading this try it. Try to our friend’s soirée we can massage the mixture into each themselves first. thinking about how you can have some influence over the fish. Place on the barbecue and They start to understand if they make yourself smile, how you foods we are eating; whilst cook for a minute or two on each focus on their own happiness can be kind to yourself, how you bathing in the warm glow of side, brushing with more harrissa first they can do so much more can help yourself in any given “being helpful”. No burnt if desired. Turn the sardines very for others, but if they put moment. sausages for us! gently. You can tell if they are themselves after everyone else If you feel good yourself the One of my most favourite cooked if you can pinch the flesh they will quickly run out of ripple effect is phenomenal. summer-time salads involves from the thickest part fairly steam or love. Have a go! dicing some red onion and easily. 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relaxingrelaxingg body and mind Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 23 How to create a dog friendly garden Nikki Hollier – Border in a Box it. Water features may attract slugs, snails and frogs. It’s advisable to remove them as they can cause lungworm in your dog. Plant choices There are many plants that are toxic to dogs such as foxgloves, yew, aconite, hydrangea, and daffodils. Its always best to Nikki Hollier check before planting - The [email protected] Dogs Trust has created a very @borderinabox useful list which you can The most popular individual pet the smell can be tempting to download for free here - www.borderinabox.com owned in the UK is the dog, dogs and its harmful if eaten. https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/hel Royal Horticultural Society with around 12.5 million dogs in Lawns p-advice/factsheets- Silver Medal Winner & the UK. Dog urine contains high levels downloads/factsheetpoisonoussu Peoples Choice Award Winner So, trying to create a garden of nitrogen which can cause bstances09.pdf. middle of the border. suitable for dogs and their dead patches on the lawn. Its Use robust plants such as Calendula officinalis – it likes hoomans to enjoy together can advisable lavender and vibernum, full sun or part shade, flowers be tricky. to water the patch as soon as alongside annuals such as from June to October, and the Here are some ideas on how to possible to neutralise it. You Antirrhinum, Centaurea, and petals are edible, so it brightens create a pretty garden easily. could add horticultural lime to Calendula. up the dinner plate! It grows to If you can create a ‘dog’ section the watering can which helps to Antirrhinum majus, ‘Admiral around 0.5m tall so is ideal for such as a sandpit to allow your neutralise the acid in the urine to White’ loves full sun, flowers the front of a border. dog to dig is perfect as it will reduce the dead patches. from June to September, and is save your garden borders being Design a cottage garden favourite. dug up (after some training). Dogs like to be stimulated so It grows to around 1.2m tall, so However, not everyone has the why not create pathways through it adds height to the border too. luxury of space so an alternative your garden and use ornamental Centaurea cyanus - another plant is to raise your plants away from grasses such as Miscanthus that enjoys full sun, flowers your pet by having a raised bed. either side. Water features are from July to August, and is Fill it with suitable plants and great fun for dogs but remember loved by butterflies and bees. mulch with bark chippings. NOT to add any chemicals to the It grows to around 0.7m tall Avoid using cocoa bean shell as water in case pets try and drink which is great for the front or June gardening tips Reg Moule BBC Hereford & Worcester rhododendrons after flowering to bags, in a shady spot. encourage new growth. Late June If you need more fish in your Lift and divide flag iris after pond this is an ideal time to flowering. Re-plant young introduce them. When picking growths, keeping rhizomes above strawberries always remove any soil level.Prune back side shoots rotting fruit, otherwise problems on cytissus (broom) after increase. Watch out for cabbage flowering to keep plants neat. white butterflies around your Deadhead roses regularly to brassica plants. If you do not like prolong flowering. Remove any to use chemical sprays try “suckers” as soon as they appear. Grazers G3 organic caterpillar Watch out for algae and repellent. Sow radicchio now for blanketweed in pools. winter salads. Choose a good The introduction of a product coloured variety like pallo rossa. based on barley straw can Early June them on line or mail order. Sow salad crops regularly, in provide an organic control Mulches help to conserve water June is one of the worst months small amounts, sowing the measure.Feed tomato plants but the soil must be moist before for pest and disease attacks, so second row as the first emerges. regularly from when first fruits they are applied. check plants regularly. If using a Tomatoes can be planted begin to form, using tomato Sow quick growing hardy trigger spray product remember outdoors. Select a sheltered site food. Take out one third of the annuals e.g. clarkia, Virginia to shake it first. and support the plants. older branches on deciduous stocks for late colour in dull Mid June Take cuttings from dianthus shrubs, like Philadelphus, spots. When watering Make sure plants in tubs and (pinks). They root easily now in Weigela and Deutzia after concentrate on climbers on walls, baskets are fed regularly, as well a shady spot. Lettuce will not flowering. Put cymbidium container and basket plants, as watered. Many climbing germinate in hot weather. Sowing orchids outside in a sheltered, newly planted items, dahlias, plants can be increased by in moist drills in late evening shady spot until late autumn. sweet peas, leafy veg. crops, layering at this time of year. helps, Shade the greenhouse, Keep them well watered and fed celery and fruit bushes. Mow the lawn to leave the grass ventilate it well and spray water over this period. Dig up bare centred alpine plants 2.5cm (1in) tall. Makes grass over the floor to raise humidity. If pollen beetles infest your cut and divide them, re-planting the more drought resistant. Take softwood cuttings from sweet peas, put them in water in young pieces from around the Treat established lawns with a shrubs. Remove 7.5 cm (3in) of a shed for a while. The beetles edge. If you use nematodes to lawn weed killer but not if there shoot tips. Root in pots of gritty will fly into the window attracted control vine weevil grubs buy is a drought. Dead head compost, placed in polythene by the light. 24 Issue 61 - June 2021 - Pershore Times Coffee Break Across Down

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Donations in Monica’s memory for Pershore Food Bank The Publishers of the Pershore Times hold no responsibility for and Pershore & District Volunteer Centre may be sent to: the accuracy of any details contained within the advertisements. E Hill & Son Funeral Directors Tel: 01386 552141 Dr Kennedy, Jean Margaret of Pershore. Retired Medical Practitioner Copy Deadline Died peacefully at home on June 1st 2021, aged 96 years. July Issue - 25th June 2021 Enquiries to: E Hill & Son Funeral Directors, Tel: 01386 552141 E. Hill & Son Funeral Directors Hughes & Company Printers Online service Printer Cartridges and all Stationery Products Delivery by Post or Courier Design House, 8 Church Street Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1DT Tel:01386 803803 www.hughesprinters.co.uk Pershore Times - June 2021 - Issue 61 27 Little Less Obvious...... Brian Johnson - Thomas want to spend the rest of your they could find to the Moon’s day shivering !) surface. If walking over lava It’s the volcanic nature of the fields sounds a little boring then island which predominates – there’s the chance to take a it’s at the junction of two guided walk over some truly tectonic plates – where America awe-inspiring glaciers, for meets Europe – which are example, or to take some really, actually drifting apart by a few really, wild hikes in the largely centimetres a year, hence all the uninhabited interior. subterranean activity. Perhaps I should also find space This certainly has it’s good to mention the wildlife, not just points, though – hot water is whale watching (organised trips abundant everywhere and that from the harbour in Reykjavik) means that heating bills are but especially bird watching for pretty cheap for the locals so the island is a haven for so very that, for example, visiting a many avian species, especially public swimming pool means eider ducks, arctic terns, gannets There’s still a lot of confusion the year round. that you get almost a Spa-like and guillemots. Hides have been around regarding when, indeed Indeed, there’s something quite treatment for just a couple of set up at many locations across ‘if’, more destinations will be special about soaking in very pounds. For the facilities the island to facilitate viewing added to the government’s green warm water in the open air with everywhere are excellent – alas, for visiting twitchers. list and – thinking about it – snowflakes gently descending on that means the prices everywhere So, there we are, something very this prompted me to remember your head and shoulders, perhaps tend to be similarly elevated. different which is also ‘legal’ in Iceland. Not an obvious destination as an extra last-minute treat on Reykjavik, the capital and main these Covid cursed times. but, the more I think of it, the the way back to the airport from population centre, is thus not For those of us who are not more I want to suggest it to you. your hotel. cheap but you can still find some going far, though, there’s quite a This thought has been reinforced The island is, of course, known bargains. One of the favourite lot happening locally between when I discovered that Icelandair, for being very, very volcanic and local pastimes is people watching now and the end of July. the national airline, currently currently visitors are being and, while you might pay quite a Especially worth mentioning have a flight sale on with flights offered the trip of a lifetime to an bit for your Americano, nobody perhaps is the Midsummer starting as little as £121 and, active volcanic site at Geldingadur will push you to finish it and Garden Festival at the Three even better, a short break where you can see erupting lava move on. (Also, if you’ve Counties Showground for three package valid until September spouts rising up several hundred pushed the boat out too far last days from 23rd June, for just £399 for three nights. feet. That’s in addition to the night then the hot dog stand by (www.threecounties.co.uk) See www.icelandair.com for many, many, geysers – hot water the harbour is a reasonable the return of the Longborough details. spouts – which exist all over the standby – just look for the Festival Opera (www.lfo.org.uk) So what can you see in a short place, most famously at the burgeoning queue!). However, to the Cotswolds from now till break to Iceland? eponymous site of Geysir where it’s the rest of the island which August and a more normal Well, we actually went in the every few minutes plumes of hot can truly enchant you because it service on the steam railway Winter which is also good as you water shoot into the sky (it’s is just so utterly different. Did from Toddington up the line to can usually see the aurora always wise to check which way you know, for example, that part Broadway and down to borealis – the Northern Lights – the wind is blowing when you of the planning for NASA’s Cheltenham Racecourse at night and some perennial visit because it’s surprising how Moon expeditions was done (www.gwsr.com). favourites, such as the famed quickly hot, wet water becomes here? Blue Lagoon, are enjoyable all cold, wet water and you don’t The landscape was the nearest Such a lot to look forward to! Competitive Golf back at The Vale The Ladies Section of The Vale finish their game fifteen minutes Golf Club on Wednesday 10th later. The Winners were May took a step closer to D.Castle, J. George, Pauline Kay normality. For the first time and Pauline Hawkins from the since May 2019, they held their Vale, 2 nd J. Marks, J. Jones, Lady Captain’s Charity AM/AM. J. Bishop, J. Ingram from the Sixty four players took to the Worcestershire, fairways to raise funds for 3 rd S.Inglis, S Rollins, charity. The three sections of the S. Carlson, S. Martin from Vale, Vale have pooled their resources Worcester GC Droitwich and and all fund raising during the Broadway. rear will be equally divided The event was generously between The Grace Kelly sponsored by Simon Thomas of Childhood Cancer Trust and Thomas Brothers of Redditch. Prostate Cancer UK. Everyone who played marvelled The players started off in lovely at the remodelling of the Vale sunshine, but it wasn’t long Clubhouse, which had taken before they encountered rain, shape during lockdown, and also thunder and eventually lightning. the enormous amount of Five teams were called off work which had been carried out towards the end of their game to the course to make it one of because of the lightning, and the finest courses in the S.W. four trepid teams returned to Midlands. Hughes & Company Pershore Times SPOT Printers - Publishers & Bookbinders - Stationers 8 Church Street, Pershore WR10 1DT SHOP! Tel: 01386 803803 See Page 25 www.hughesprinters.co.uk Four generations of printers Anglers Corner - Trout So to trout then. Three species supermarkets, all reared to a them nymphs. When these decide are common to the UK, though similar size for the table. to hatch they slowly rise to the one is an imposter. That’s the Brownies, not the cub/scout surface, where the trout will also rainbow trout, with its iridescent variety, are also reared, though take them mid water, we call violet and pinkish hue. This fish the wild fish also breed naturally them buzzers or hatching originated from the colder waters and are predominantly a river nymphs. Once on the surface the of North America and Canada. fish, though they can be found, insect hatches out into a real fly, Our native trout is the brown usually deep down, in big (the dry fly) and trout will take trout, golden yellowish with deep reservoirs. They can live for 20 them there too before the fly gets red spots. (the one in the picture). years, grow to 20lb or more, a chance to take off. Then there are sea trout, silver by which time they prefer to eat Certain fly species hatch at with black spot markings. A fish small fish, rather than small flies. different times of the year, so it’s which can’t seem to make up its Now all these trout species can useful to know which species mind if it’s a salmon or not. Like be caught on bait like worms, or hatch when. Dragon flies, and salmon they live some of their on spinners with different types their cousin the damsel fly, their various hatching stages, but life at sea around our coasts then of lure, but most Anglers prefers usually hatch out around July, believe me the excitement felt come into the rivers to spawn. to fly-fish for them. This Mayflies tend to be….er… May, when a fish rises to your fly, Rainbows were imported many involves flinging out a weighted and low and behold March engulfs it, then strips line off the years ago and farmed, then line from a specially designed Browns will be….? reel at express train speed is a stocked in lakes and reservoirs rod, on the end of which is a Go on guess. There are many thrilling experience. Capturing for the angler to catch. They length of fine line, and tied on other aquatic flies too, midges the fish is one thing. Deceiving don’t naturally spawn in the UK, the end is a fly, made of feather, for instance, but most of their it into taking some bits of fur and and die relatively young. Five silk, or fur to resemble the real lives are spent under water. They feather is quite another. I can’t years is about average, assuming insect. And here’s where a only hatch into a proper fly at speak for the fish, but they must of course they haven’t been Degree in Etymology is helpful. breeding time. feel well and truly conned. That caught before this. These are the Trout will feed on creepy All the Angler’s artificial flies in one in the photo certainly did. ones you see on the slab in crawlies on the bottom, we call his box represent real flies in It’s a brownie from the River Test Grassroots rugby’s future – Partnership and co-operation proves key Some of the time the players train at Pershore and some of the time at Droitwich and it has been working really well, since both of our clubs have the same ethos and approach. The game was great spectacle, and a reasonably sized, but socially distanced group of spectators were entertained by what proved to be a wonderful advert for junior rugby. Whilst Upton managed to hold on to a win, much spirit and potential for the future was shown by the Pershore/Droitwich boys. After just two training sessions together they made both coaches and parents very proud, working well as a team, their team play improving as the game went on.” Photograph by Martin Peters New players, whatever age and Eagerly anticipated Under 14’s junior side from Upton, who had and player numbers have whether experienced or new to competitive rugby returned to ex-Malvern players as well to reduced as plans to play junior the game, are welcome at Pershore on 24th May when boost their numbers. games of rugby have been Pershore and Pershore and Droitwich Under Ben Andrews, Pershore Under thwarted for so long. But this Droitwich rugby clubs. 14’s joined forces to form a 14’s coach said: joint venture has given players a Telephone Ben Andrews for more Barbarian team to play a fifteen- “All of our local rugby teams very welcome opportunity to details – 07779 927852 or email a-side home match against a have been hit by the pandemic finally play rugby together. [email protected]