Efen May 2012
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Church and community news from the Forest Edge Group of Churches serving the villages of Birdwood, Bulley, Churcham, Huntley, Longhope and May Hill eFEN May 2012 Print to PDF without this message by purchasing novaPDF (http://www.novapdf.com/) What’s on in May 2012 Page No. Tues. 1st at 7am May Day Breakfast at May Hill Village Hall 39 Weds. 2nd Churcham Garden Club meets at Churcham School 18 Weds. 2nd at 7.30pm Huntley Garden Club meet at the Village Hall 20 Thurs. 3rd at 9.30am Dymock Forest Rural Action meeting 45 Sat. 5th at 10am Saturday Mart at May Hill Village Hall 39 Sat. 5th at 10am Café Bonnies at The Latchen Room, Longhope 25 Sat. 5th at 2pm Huntley Church—visit of Glos Organists Association — Sun. 6th at 3pm Licensing of the Rev. Chris Sterry at Longhope 13,14 Tues. 8th at 7.30pm Maytime - A Flower and Food Demonstration at All Saints 31 Church, Longhope Thurs. 10th at 9.30am Dymock Forest Rural Action meeting 45 Thurs. 10th at 7.30pm Longhope W.I. meet at The Latchen Room 36 Thurs. 10th at 7.30pm Friends of Longhope Church A.G.M. 25 Sat. 12th at 10am Annual Plant Sale at Longhope 29 Sat. 12th at 10.30am Churcham Garden Club meet at Milton Cottage, Birdwood 18 Weds. 16th 7pm Churcham Garden Club Meal at Beechwood Restaurant 18 Thurs. 17th at 10.45am Longhope Experience at All Saints Church Longhope 35 Sat. 19th at 10am Christian Aid Coffee Morning at Huntley 21 Tues. 22nd at 7.30pm MAY HILL W.I. meet in May Hill Village Hall 41 Thurs. 24th at 10.30am Ann’s Coffee Morning at The Latchen Room 31 Sun. 27th at 2pm Open Garden at Lower Farm House, Clifford Mesne 41 Tues. 29th at 10.30am Churcham Mothers' Union 17 Weds. 30th Churcham Garden Club’s Garden Visit to Cliffords Mesne 18 Forthcoming Events in June Mon. 4th Diamond Jubilee Fun Day at Huntley 24 Mon. 4th at 7pm Diamond Jubilee Event at Tibberton Court Bank 21 Tues. 5th 2.30pm Diamond Jubilee Tea Party at Huntley Village Hall 21 Sat. & Sun. 23rd & 24th Lea Open Gardens 41 2 Print to PDF without this message by purchasing novaPDF (http://www.novapdf.com/) CONTENTS of Forest Edge News Page No. What’s On 2 Editor’s Page 4 Neighbourhood Watch Update 5 Postcard from the Postmaster 6-7 News from Village Agents 8-10 Parish News 11-16 Churcham & Bulley News 17-19 Huntley News 20-24 Longhope News 25-37 May Hill News 38-42 RSPB News 43 The adverts start— and the themes/categories are: Miscellaneous adverts 45 Post Office 46 Builders/Decorators/Property Maintenance 46-48 Garden Services 48-51 House Clearance, 51-52 Estate Agent 52 Electrical/Plumbing/Boiler services 53-55 Carpentry/Wood Supplies, 55-56 Home Interiors, Cleaning Services 56-60 Financial Services 60-61 Computer Services 61 Sewing Alterations 61 Animal/Pet Services, 62 Hair & Beauty 63 Leisure/Hobbies 64 Craft/Music 64-65 Holidays 65 Public Houses/Tea Rooms/Catering 66-69 Care Home 70-71 Plant Hire/Agricultural & Car Services 69 & 72 Education—pre-school 73 Dental Services 74 Funeral Services 73,74,75 3 Print to PDF without this message by purchasing novaPDF (http://www.novapdf.com/) The Editor’s page Dear Readers I really hope you approved of the changes to Forest Edge News. The magazine now looks clean and bright and is more appealing. A few of you told me you would prefer to see something a bit ‘lighter’ on the back page so this month I’ve given a special page to Julibate! It would be really good to use the back page for local photographs or artwork. Please send articles and I’ll do my best to include them at some time in the future. Meanwhile, there’s a lot going on the Forest Edge area so there’s no excuse for staying home too often. Don’t forget this magazine is also available on-line. Log onto www.fenmag.co.uk and check it out. Ed (alias Carole Sleeman) How to contact the Editor— how to place an advert— how to pay for an advert and how much it costs— the name of proof reader for the current month THE EDITOR: Carole Sleeman, 37 The Willows, Latchen Hill, Longhope, GL17 0QS. (Please send any items to Carole via email or typed script.) The DEADLINE for contributions for the next issue to the Editor is 5pm on the 15th of the current month. T: 01452 830069 E: [email protected] THE ASSISTANT EDITOR and COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT CO-ORDINATOR: Monica Richardson, The Old Forge, Old Monmouth Road, Longhope, GL17 0NZ. T: 01452 831162. E: [email protected] (Please send all manuscript articles to Monica.) (The DEADLINE for copy to Monica is the 14th of the current month.) Entries for the magazine must have a signature which will normally be published with the article. Please include full contact details in case the Editors need to contact you. Anonymous articles will not be published. Commercial advertisements are charged as follows: 1/4 page £ 3.15 per month £ 37.50 per year Small surcharge for 1/2 page £ 6.30 per month £ 75.00 per year out-of-area advertisers Whole page £12.60 per month £150.00 per year Cheques to be payable to “Longhope PCC” please. The Proof Reader this month was Val Williamson of Longhope. The Editor and Publishers of this magazine accept no responsibility and make no general endorsement for goods, services or opinions appearing on its pages. © Forest Edge News 2012. All rights reserved. No part may be reproduced without prior consent from the Editor. [Printed by perpetua press of 20 Culver Street, Newent. T: 01531 820816] 4 Print to PDF without this message by purchasing novaPDF (http://www.novapdf.com/) Neighbourhood Watch Update Electricity Saving Device (Scam) Elderly people are being targeted with a scam involving an Electricity Saving Device. People have been telephoned and offered a special device to save them electricity, the unit costs £99, which they are told, that it can save that amount in a quarter. This is obviously not so. When the device arrives, when plugged in, does absolutely nothing. The company supplying it is from the USA. Called ITDEV Corp, 57a Lafayette Ave, suite #4, Suffern, New York, 10901. Usually a couple of days after the unit has been delivered the person receives a telephone call from a company called Claims Management to say that they have been the subject of a scam and that they should pay £160 for solicitors fees and are entitled to compensation of £1120. They are told to purchase a UKASH voucher for this amount and that they will receive a cheque in the post within a few days. There is no such company as Claims Management and is also part of the scam. I have been notified of one elderly lady receiving the device without her knowledge of purchase. As she had not purchased the device, she went straight to the bank and they confirmed that £99 had been taken from her account. She explained that she had not made the purchase they realised that her card had been fraudulently used and cancelled her card and issued a new one and refunded the £99. The Bank ( Barclays) stated that they had come across this before. Trading Standards are aware of the situation. If you know of any incidents please report it to Trading Standards or the Police straight away. Fraser Gunn On behalf of West Gloucestershire Neighbourhood Watch Association 5 Print to PDF without this message by purchasing novaPDF (http://www.novapdf.com/) A Post Card from the Postmaster STAMP – EDE AT THE POST OFFICE Unprecedented scenes of panic and pandemonium have been seen throughout the months of March and April in the hallowed halls of Mrs King’s Stamp & Send Emporium. The seeds of anarchy were sown late in two thousand and eleven when the hint of a massive price-hike slipped into the nation’s consciousness like a late Dad at the back of a school Nativity performance where his son was playing second shepherd. Her Maj Her Self and Me My Self were also complicit. Mrs K giving the Royal Thumbs-up or Regal Wave of the Velvet Glove or whatever when the flunkey visited Buck House in October seeking Sovereign assent to the scam and me inadvertently setting the hare running by way of a Chinese whisper sort of a scenario. You will all remember, I am sure, that First World War joke when a message was sent down the line to “Send reinforcements! We are going to advance,” when it reached the other end had become, “Send three and four pence. We are going to a dance.” Well I’m sure I must have said something like “There’s no need to worry. I’ve got plenty of stock,” which ended up as “You’d better all hurry. I’m empty of the lot.” Announcements of shortages of things, whether real or perceived, tend to have the same outcome. I’m certain if I started a rumour (not true of course) that there was a scarcity of sugar at Shirley’s everyone, regardless of the quantity of Tate & Lyle lumps in their larders, would rush down to Central Stores like a plague of lactose, loving locusts and clear her entire stock in seconds thus fulfilling the prophesy. So, once news officially came out that stamps were indeed going up and by a massive fourteen pence (that’s an increase of thirty-nine per cent Missus!) the flood -gates were well and truly open.