Wrington, , Redhill and Burrington Village Journal

July/August 2017 LOCAL CHURCHES AND SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES ALL SAINTS’,

Rector: Under Vacancy Assistant Priest: Revd Andrew Hemming 01761 462582 [email protected] Lay Readers: Francis Montagu 01934 862626 Angela Smythe 01761 462601 Churchwardens: Andrew Whiting 01934 862039 Fiona Densham 01934 862327 Pastoral Visitors’ Administrator: Gill Whiting 01934 861294 (with answerphone)

Church Office / Reading Room Hire: 01934 861294 9.00 am – 12 noon The Triangle, Tuesday to Friday Wrington, BS40 5LB [email protected]

Holy Communion (Not 2nd Sunday): 8.00am 1st Sunday: United Benefice Communion – Feb / May / Aug / Nov 10.00am 2nd Sunday: Communion 9.30am 3rd Sunday: All Age Worship 9.30am 4th / 5th: Parish Communion 9.30am Weekly: Evensong (BCP): 6.30pm

WRINGTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Minister: Revd Duncan Tuck 01934 707143 [email protected] Secretary: Alan Durston 01934 863367 [email protected]

Sunday Worship (Communion on 2nd Sunday) 9.30am 2nd Friday: Venerate 7.30pm CHRIST CHURCH, REDHILL

Chapelwardens: Bill Hillis 01934 863567 Deirdre Taylor 01934 862080

1st Sunday: United Benefice Communion – Apr / July / Oct / Jan 10.00am Other weeks: Parish Communion 11.00am ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS’, BUTCOMBE

Churchwardens: Becky Patch 01761 463863 Jane Pemberton 01275 472213

1st Sunday Explore @ Butcombe in Village Hall 9.00am No service in church; please join United Benefice Service 2nd Sunday Parish Communion 11.15am 3rd & 5th Sundays Family Communion 11.15am 4th Sunday Parish Communion (except last Sunday April-Sept: Evensong 6.30pm) 11.15am

HOLY TRINITY, BURRINGTON

Churchwardens: John Lee 01761 462243 John Dixon 01934 862248­­

1st Sunday: United Benefice Communion – Mar / June / Sept / Dec 10.00am 2nd Sunday: Holy Communion (BCP) 8.00am 2nd / 4th Sundays: Mattins 11.00am 3rd Sunday: Family Communion 9.30am 5th Sunday: Parish Communion 11.00am Editorial

I am starting this editorial with we still do not have an Editor. a piece of housekeeping. If you regularly or occasionally submit I am hoping that by the September articles to the Journal it would be very issue we will have a new Editor in helpful, if it is prepared in advance place, so that things can get back of the final submission date, if you to normal and all contributors can would send it on to the Editor. This have someone regular to contact. would save him, or her, having a mad dash to set the copy for submission I omitted to name Bob Bowen to the printers for publication. as the photographer who kindly let me use his photo of the children The Village is looking rather lovely taking part in the Wrington Village at present with all the early roses and Pageant. Thank you, Bob. lavenders in people’s gardens but it is such a shame that so many residents Judith Gallop do not keep their overhanging shrubs Committee Member trimmed back from the pavements and footpaths. I walk around the For the time being, contributor Village quite often and frequently and correspondents should have to walk in the road to avoid still email their copy to: such obstacles. Perhaps trimming your overhanging shrubs and [email protected] hedges could be the ‘job for July’. Typed and handwritten copy You will have noticed that we may be sent or given to Judith have returned to the cover picture Gallop, 3 Westward Close, of the Village Halls, this is because Wrington, BS40 5LU.

Editorial email address: [email protected] Typed and handwritten copy to Judith Gallop, 3 Westward Close, Wrington BS40 5LU. All advertising enquiries to Judith Gallop 01934 862621 Copy deadline for July issue: Thursday 10th August.

1 From Wrington Rectory

FROM THE REGISTERS

CONFIRMATION 11 May Jane Watson Sam Mills

FUNERALS Christ Church 16 May Brenda Lee, aged 51 18 May Graham Baxter, aged 82

What Sort Of God Do of God we believe in, if indeed we do You Believe In? believe. Some people seem to believe in a god of death rather than life, and As I write this we are dealing some Christians, past and present, as with the after-effects of two horrific well as some of other faiths, appear terrorist incidents, one in Manchester to do that. Some believe in a god and one in London. They have of vengeance more than a God of shown both the worst and the love. It’s also possible to be forever best in people - the worst in the looking to the past rather the present attackers who have no regard for and future. There is a tendency in human life, their own or anyone our British way of life to do just that else’s. And the best in the reactions these days, to be nostalgic for the of those who helped, showing way things were as the present and something about people of different future seems confusing. But the God nationalities, faiths and backgrounds revealed in Jesus Christ is one of in our cities working together. pure love - wherever love is, God is. And he is a God of hope who wants The Muslim Council of Great Britain us to build lives and communities have called the attackers a “cult of justice, fairness, tolerance and of death” and said that what they compassion. You don’t need to be say and do has no basis in Islam. religious to do that, of course, but I They are right and it is good that am convinced that that is the future Muslim and Christian leaders can God invites us to build and be part of. stand together when these things happen, as well as at other times. From our retired Minister, David Heslop All this may seem far from Wrington, but it made me ponder on what sort

2 From Wrington Rectory

A Final Farewell To Nicholas, You Can Help Us Our Rector, And Ruth As we look for a new rector we Nicholas left us on his 70th would like to invite you, our village birthday in May after a whirlwind of community, to tell us what you think farewell celebrations reflecting our is important about our/your church. gratitude for his 13-year ministry with us caring for the four churches What would you like the in our Benefice of Wrington with church to offer you? Redhill, Butcombe and Burrington. What is the most important quality In Wrington our community said you envisage in a new minister? farewell at his last Sunday service on 23rd April, and his wider family What would you like to see and friends from his previous happening over the next 5 years? churches said farewell at his last service of evensong presided over Answers to the Church Office by his long-time friend Bishop [email protected] or in David Jennings on 14th May. If confidence to the churchwardens. you did not manage to get to one of these events, Richard Thorn has Beware church members put a record for posterity on the bearing clip boards… we look village website, including sound. forward to your thoughts.

We wish Nicholas and Ruth well A Final Thought in their retirement in Clevedon under the watchful eye of Noel Take time out, find a place to Hector, our previous rector. sit and to enjoy the tranquillity of our churchyard, watch the Using Our Refreshed Church world go by and appreciate God’s creation. Breathe the Now that re-ordering is behind fresh air and feel refreshed. us, we are beginning to appreciate the increased flexibility of space we Andrew Whiting & Fiona Densham now have. We have already had Churchwardens music concerts, café church, a flower festival, cream teas and that’s just for starters. Come and enjoy our redecorated church, put your head round the door and be ready to be pleasantly surprised or even amazed.

3 From Wrington Rectory

REGULAR EVENTS

ALL SAINTS’, WRINGTON

Every 1st Friday of the Month 2pm Edward Bear Club For pre-school children & their parents/carers in All Saints’ (except Good Friday & during August)

Every 1st Tuesday 10am-12nn The Alzheimer’s Society Hub in the Reading Room

Every 2nd Sunday 4pm Messy Church in the Memorial Hall Fun and food for the under-11s and their families

Every 3rd Sunday of the Month 9.30am All Age Worship Breakfast Café Church A different kind of worship!

CHRIST CHURCH, REDHILL

Every 4th Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm Coffee’N’Company An opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new ones over coffee and cake

Every 4th Sunday 4-5pm Storytime A time to explore Bible stories - for primary aged children and their families

Alternate Thursdays 2-3.30pm The Tot Spot Come and have some fun with other young parents and their toddlers

4 From Wrington Rectory

ST MICHAEL’S, BUTCOMBE

Every 1st Sunday of the Month 9am X-plore@Butcombe in the Village Hall

HOLY TRINITY, BURRINGTON

Every 1st Friday of the Month 9-11am Burrington Community Coffee Morning in the Village Hall

UPCOMING EVENTS

1 July 10am-5pm Wrington Garden Trail - see posters for further details 2 July 10am United Benefice Service at Christ Church 10.30am Ordination of Andrew Hiscox as Deacon (from Holy Trinity, Burrington) at Wells Cathedral 4 July 10am-12nn Alzheimer’s Society Hub in the Reading Room every 1st Tuesday of the month 6 July 2-3.30pm The Tot Spot in Christ Church every alternate week 15 July 2pm Burrington Village Fête 2pm Butcombe Fête in the Old Rectory Garden 2pm Wrington School Summer Fair 21 July 2.30pm Burrington School Leavers’ Service in Holy Trinity 22 July 12.30pm Wrington Minibus Fundraising Lunch at Yeomans NB NO Edward Bear Club during August! 6 August 10am United Benefice Service at All Saints’ 19 August 12-2.30pm BBQ at Christ Church

5 I.T. for the Terrified

I.T. for the Terrified – for all your friends and family online, etc. computer training needs. A skill- Our opening hours are flexible, sharing, informal, community because we have different trainers project. Run by a Committee with different skills on different levels – Staffed by Volunteers. on different days, and need to work round when the hall is available, but I.T. for the Terrified is now we will arrange an appointment to suit using Cheddar Village Hall for our both parties as quickly as we can. computer training sessions, with an ethos of friendly, informal, relaxed Appointments are essential and and individual help to use your cost £20 for a two-hour session. computer, tablet or smartphone. We can cover Windows, Macs, Contact us at I.T. for the Terrified: android phones, android tablets 01934 741751 (usually and iPads. If you need the use of goes to answer phone) one of our machines, please let us www.itfortheterrified.co.uk know as this can be arranged. [email protected] Using Cheddar Village Hall, Church Anyone of any age or ability can Street, Cheddar, , BS27 3RF learn how to order prescriptions or (next to Cheddar Church\) library books, do your shopping, Registered Charity No. 1130308 share photos, email or chat to : Company No. 06779600

Alzheimer’s Society and Yeo Valley Lions

Dementia is a progressive disease from 10am to noon, starting on of the brain and currently over 4 July at the Reading Room. 850,000 people are living with the condition, and this is predicted to If you are worried about your increase to over a million by 2025. memory or have had a diagnosis of Dementia, or someone you know Yeo Valley Lions Club is working is affected by Dementia, please closely with the Dorset and Somerset come along to the Information Hub/ Locality of the Alzheimer’s Society to Café for support and advice. help to develop services to support families in the Yeo Valley area. It For details, call Helen is sponsoring the establishment Harvey-Foster Alzheimer’s of an Information Hub/Café in Society - Dementia Support Wrington. The hub will take place Worker on 07740456706. on the first Tuesday of each month

6 Summer Concert

concert will include serious items by Mozart (‘Ave verum corpus’), Bach and Handel (‘Zadok the Priest’), with the odd bit of pastiche thrown in (eg ‘Bach goes to Town’ and the north country ‘Messiah’). There will be spirituals, Gilbert & Sullivan A Member of and Offenbach, together with some solos and duets, all showing the great variety of music that the choir Summer Concert - has performed over the last forty Saturday 24th June 2017 years. Once again the evening will be directed by Gordon Pullin and Forty Years of Singing should prove to be an entertaining, uplifting and enjoyable evening. On Saturday 24th June Singers will be The concert will be held at celebrating 40 years of singing 7.30pm in St Andrews Church, in Congresbury with a concert Congresbury. Tickets are £8.00 in St Andrews Church reprising including refreshments in the favourites from those 40 years. Old School Rooms afterwards and can be obtained from the Our recent programmes have Post Office or on the door. tended to be based on a theme. This

Saturday, 1st July Wrington Garden Trail, 10am-5pm

Tuesday, 4th July Council Area Officer “surgery”,John Locke Room, Silver Street, 10-11am

Friday, 7th July Wrington Friendship Club meeting, 2:30-4:30pm (and fortnightly thereafter)

7 Churchill Academy & Sixth Form

New business and underway and the building computing building gets the will be operational before the Dulux seal of approval summer holidays begin.

Churchill Academy & Sixth Form Chris Hildrew, headteacher said, showcased their new business and “I’m thrilled with the building. It’s computing building to students on modern, spacious and will be a Monday, along with a special guest. fantastic learning environment for our students. These are the type of Lewis the Dulux dog visited facilities that our students deserve.” the site to conclude the project with SmarterSpaces, who have Churchill have also secured supported the school with colour £3.9million funding for a new schemes and paint. Students science and technology building with underwent a colour training session building work set to commence in where they learnt about the colour the summer. “This is a really exciting wheel, relationships of colours time for Churchill. As we celebrate and how using this knowledge our diamond jubilee year we’re not can create a colour scheme. They only celebrating the past history of then created their own colour Churchill, but looking forward to schemes using this knowledge. having the facilities that match our outstanding school, and that are Final work to set the classrooms fit for the students of the future.” up ready for students is currently

8 Wrington Friendship Club

Meetings are held at the is our annual Strawberry Tea, with Memorial Hall from 2.30 pm until delicious scones made by Vera, one 4.30 pm once a fortnight. of our long standing members.

At our meeting on 26th May, we Our meetings in July will be were treated to a talk and short 7th and 21st, the 21st being a demonstration by Dan Lloyd on bring and buy afternoon. Acupuncture, which was very well received and our members found it There will be no meetings in August, extremely interesting. At our usual as we usually close for holidays. tea break, Dan spoke to several members and gave more little titbits The club will then start the of his experiences, he has said autumn/winter time on September that he would be willing to give 8th with entertainment by another talk at a future date and Diane Saunders (Rainbow). we thought it would be entertaining if it was a talk on Chinese New If you would like to join us Year, so we will be pencilling a please just turn up on the date date for that, watch this space!! and we would be pleased to see you. FFI 01934 863829 Our meetings in June were on 2nd just an informal afternoon with Shirley West. Bingo and a chat, and 16th which

Yatton Bridge Club

Our group would very much If you have a partner just come in welcome new members. on the evening (Jack Crease room)

We are a small friendly club If you need a partner or would playing duplicate bridge every like more information please ring Wednesday evening in Village Hall, from 7.00-10pm Rosey on 01934 876886 or 07976 835341

Saturday, 15th July Burrington Village Fête, 2pm

9 Wrington WI

Our meeting this month was a agreed to let us to use their garden week later than usual due to the for the event. This will be held on Memorial Hall being used as the Thursday 10th August 2017 at 3 p.m. village polling station. Gabrielle welcomed everyone and she then Our speaker this month was our read a report from our delegate own Franca Knight with a talk entitled from Nailsea WI who had attended “Inside Leg and Corsets”. She told the Annual Meeting in Liverpool. us about her work in wardrobe in She informed us that the resolution film, theatre and television. She receiving an overwhelming number worked with many famous actors of votes was “Plastic Soup: keep including Peter O’Toole, Colin Firth Microplastics out of our oceans” and Joanna Lumley. Macbeth, Blood Brothers on Tour and Casualty We are meeting for an informal were just a few of her interesting get together at The Little Red Beetle jobs. It was a fascinating insight at 2 p.m. on 28th June. Our next into her work which often involved craft session will be embroidery long hours and a lot of travelling, with Monica Hicks in September sometimes to beautiful places. at the Little Red Beetle. If you are interested please contact Franca Our next meeting is on Thursday for details. We also have a village 13th July 2017 at 7.30 p.m. at the walk with Margaret Barker on 4th Memorial Hall and the speaker will July, meeting in Broad Street at 6.30 be Emma Britton from BBC Radio p.m. followed by a drink in the pub. Bristol. If you would like to join us Hopefully the weather will be kind. as a guest at any of our meetings we would love to see you. We do not have a meeting in August but hold a garden party instead and Diane Reay Pauline and Tony Jefferies have kindly

Cheddar Male Choir

What do you do on Tuesday nights? Please come along and listen or join Cheddar Male Choir are looking in just so you can see how much fun for new members and are holding it is to sing in Cheddar Male Choir. If two open evenings on Tuesday you are unsure then don’t be there’s 4th and 11th July at 7:30pm. We no pressure on you. Why not bring will be at the Cheddar Village a friend or group of friends as well. Hall next to the church. Looking forward to see you.

10 Musical Concert to raise funds for Burnham RNLI Lifeboats.

PERFORMING: Cheddar Male Choir, Burnham Coastline Singers and the U3A Ukulele band

Princess Theatre, Burnham on Sea Saturday 1st July

Doors Open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start.

Tickets are available from Burnham’s Lifeboat Shop or the Princess Theatre and Arts Centre at £10 each. This will be a great concert with many popular songs and music. You will thoroughly enjoy the entertainment as there’s something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you there.

11 12 Bowls Club

I THINK WE WILL winning ways have been restored MEASURE THAT! with a victory against Congresbury. Both our teams have league fixtures Did you know! and cup competitions throughout The oldest lawn bowls site still the coming month so if you wish to played on is in Southampton. come along and support just contact Records show that the green has one of the Club members for details. been in operation since 1299 A.D. Whilst there are other claims of Players Needed greens being in use before that As always we are always looking time, these are unsubstantiated by for new members. Many of you will proper or sufficient documentation. have attended our open days and During the reign of Richard II bowls we know that several of you really were referred to as “gettre de pere” enjoyed trying our sport. Why not or “jetter de pierre,” and describes contact us to arrange a further taster throwing a stone, probably as round session or come along and watch as possible. In the early 15th century one of the league or friendly games. bowls were made of hardwoods and then after the 16th century A final thought! discovery of Santo Domingo, of If at first you don’t succeed, lignum vitae, a very dense wood. try one of the following:-

Season Underway (1) Blame your Bowls Our ladies continued their League (2) Blame someone else fixtures with a home win against (3) Seek coaching Fosseway. For the men, the season started poorly with losses against Andy and Wendy Tandy Ashcombe and Wedmore but 01934 863684

Arthritis Research UK - Chew Valley Branch Our next event is our Annual books, puzzles and Bring & Buy. Summer Coffee Morning on We also hope to have cakes for Wednesday, 12th July from 10.30 sale – all donations for this stall – 12.30pm at Liz Balmforth’s in will be gratefully accepted. Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton. Coffee/ tea + biscuits - £1.50. Raffle,

13 Burrington News

From Holy Trinity Church PCC has met this month and decided This month we have said farewell on the outline of our contribution to Nicholas and Ruth. We shall miss to the united benefice profile, and the enthusiasm and pastoral care as which of us will represent the parish well, of course, as the great musical in the appointment process. talents of them both. There was a well- attended last service where the There is a good deal of extra parish presented them with a voucher responsibility to ensure the parish for the opera at Covent Garden which continues to function properly in the we are sure they will enjoy together. absence of a vicar. I am sure the archdeacon’s office will be helpful and Nicholas’ departure puts the united we rely heavily on local retired clergy. benefice into a transition period There is also a big gap to fill in the during which there is a great deal organ playing now that Ruth has left. of talk and paperwork resulting in a united benefice profile and a picture Wish us luck in the of what talents we are looking for next few months! in the new appointee. Burrington has not been in with Wrington John Dixon – Churchwarden and Butcombe for any previous appointments, and I trust the three www.burrington-pc.org. can work well together and uk/holy-trinity-church/ make a good appointment. Burrington

From the Altar Guild date but expressions of interest for Holy Trinity Church, Altar Guild when tickets are available please will be organising a Safari Supper contact Mo Taylor (01761 462274) in aid of church funds on Friday, 20 or Heather Lee (01761 462243).’ October. Further details at a later

From Burrington C of The school productions are always E Primary School very successful and we are expecting July is always a busy month at the same this year. The production school as we prepare for our whole is held in the Burrington Parish school production which this year is Rooms and there are usually some ‘Olivia’, a female version of Oliver. tickets available for our afternoon All of the children take part and the performance although the evening older children have speaking roles. performance is always a sell-out.

14 Burrington News

One of the highlights of this month as Mr Mason who is a PE teacher at for the school is the Countryside day, Churchill, also comes to teach PE organised by the North Somerset at Burrington on a regular basis. It is Agricultural Society, when the always lovely to hear how our ‘old’ children get chance to learn about pupils are getting on at secondary many aspects of the countryside school or at university or work. We and farming. This has always been have had lots of great feedback extremely well organised and very about last year’s Y6 who are doing informative and the children have particularly well at Churchill. If you learnt a lot, whilst having fun. are a previous pupil from Burrington, we would love to hear from you At the end of term, we will be saying and if anyone would like to keep up a fond farewell to our Y6 pupils who with our news through our weekly are moving on to secondary school. newsletter then please email us at The majority of the children will be [email protected] going to Churchill Academy. All of or the newsletter is always available the children have enjoyed induction on the front page of our website at days at their new schools. The www.burrington.eschools.co.uk children who are going to Churchill Academy will have a familiar face, Alison Waite – Headteacher

Wrington Gardening Club 20th July - this month we will be Kumpel - for August we will be back visiting the lovely ‘Yellow Book’ in the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm - garden belonging to Jo Shepherd there may be local honey for sale. (thankyou Jo - a real treat for us) - Park Cottage, Wrington Hill. As If you have any queries about parking is limited we will meet for car the club or the above meetings sharing/directions in the Memorial do please contact me. Hall car park, leaving at 6.30pm. Members have free entry to Summer fruits - gooseberry pie, the garden. We welcome non- raspberry jam on buttermilk scones, members but ask that you pay freshly picked strawberries, still your individual entry charge. warm from the sun, blackcurrants, Tea/cakes etc will be available red currants, and new seasons - not included in entry fee. honey all topped with golden, crusty, clotted cream. - wonderful! 17th August - ‘A Year in the Life of a Beekeeper’ - Belinda and Zdanek Maggie Williams - 861126

15 16 Butcombe Church News

Butcombe parishioners said something like a teddy to cuddle. farewell to Ruth and Nicholas Maddock with wine and canapés 2 July also sees the ordination of at ‘Twinners’, by kind invitation Andrew Hiscox at Wells Cathedral. of Vivien and Jonathan Hayward. We pray all blessings upon Andrew Gifts of a vase with an engraving and his family as they begin a new of St Michael’s, tickets for a test phase of their journeys of faith. match at Lord’s, a cheque and a bouquet were presented to them. Saturday 15 July, 2.00pm The Village Fête in The Old The children gave a compilation of Rectory Garden (please see their poems and pictures, including details elsewhere in the Journal) a month-old baby’s footprints. Ella Patch and Annabel Worle recited a As we look forward to the summer ‘Nicholas’ acrostic, whilst Frank Worle in the beautiful sanctuary of peace spoke of his reflections of ‘Rector that is Butcombe, we hold all Nicholas’ with much appreciation those affected by the barbarity of and humour. It was a bittersweet terrorism, wherever it happens, in our occasion filled with thankfulness thoughts and prayers. May peace and laughter. We wish them a long break out throughout the world. and happy retirement in Clevedon. St Michael’s is open every day for May God’s blessing be with them. anyone wishing to enter for private prayer or thought. If you wish to Sunday 2 July, 9.00am in the talk with a member of the ministry Village Hall: Xplore. We invite team, contact details are printed on everyone to bring their teddy bears the inside cover of this Journal. to share a scrumptious (?outdoor) breakfast and an act of praise Angela Smythe to God. I wonder if Jesus had

Thursday, 20th July Wrington Gardening Club visit to Park Cottage, Wrington Hill (meet at Wrington Memorial Hall car park at 6:30pm)

Thursday, 20th July Redhill Classic Car & Motorcycle Gathering at the Recreation Field, 7-10pm

17 North Somerset Council

Terrorism Threats can be their eyes and ears, in After the recent terrorist attacks efforts to keep us all safe. the terrorism threat level was raised to critical in the UK. Complaints To North Somerset Council and Somerset Police If you wish to make a formal issued the following advice: complaint to North Somerset Council, the procedure and complaint forms · There is currently no known threat are available on the NSC website to the South West and it is unlikely at http://www.n-somerset.gov. we will need to call on support from uk/ (click on Complaints under My the military although the situation is Council). You may feel strongly being kept under constant review. and wish to complain to the Local Government Ombudsman straight · Neighbourhood teams are away, but the Ombudsman will providing support to different places not respond unless the Council of worship, and the Force Chaplain has first investigated itself. and his team are working with people There are 3 stages to complaints. of all faiths in the community. Stage 1 takes place when the service itself (eg Highways, Waste) · public events are being reviewed investigates and responds to the for security and police support. resident. If the resident is not satisfied with the response then he/ · Members of the public are she can move to Stage 2 where likely to see an increased police the Chief Executive Mike Jackson presence at large public and looks into the matter. If the resident community events and they is still not happy with the Chief shouldn’t be alarmed by this. Executive’s response then he/she can complain to the Ombudsman. · Officers from event planning teams and protective security experts Historical maps launched online will be working with event organisers Historical maps of North Somerset to ensure venues have appropriate are now freely available online at security measures in place. www.kypwest.org.uk, thanks to the Know Your Place West of · the public should be vigilant project, supported by the National and report anything they think Lottery. Five historic map layers might be suspicious to the police of North Somerset are now online, allowing you to explore some of · the police depend on the most famous natural and man- information from the public, who made landmarks, from Uphill to

18 North Somerset Council cont.

Wrington Vale, and Royal Portbury and diverse community map of Docks to the famous Grand Pier local heritage for everyone. More at Weston. Alongside historic than 50 project volunteers are maps you can freely explore data preparing further historic maps, from the Historic Environment which will be added onto the Record for North Somerset. website over the coming months.

You will also be able to upload Deborah Yamanaka and share your own information 01934 862109 about the area straight onto Know [email protected] Your Place, helping to build a rich

Wrington URC Chapel

By the time you read this, our free event in aid of Vine Counselling, Family Fun Day should have been in Congresbury on 2nd July. over. I write before it happens, so Look out for posters. I’m still praying for good weather and a great turnout. This is put on Men’s and Women’s breakfasts in conjunction with All Saints, and I happen from time to time, so hope you thoroughly enjoyed it as keep your eye out for news. a simple gift from the churches. As usual, our Sunday morning We enjoy eating, laughing and worship is at 9.30am. Bible Study celebrating together. Venerate is groups are worth joining if you our regular time for contemporary, have any queries or simply like a relaxed worship, with great music. good chat. ‘Sunbeams’ mums and The next one happens on 9th July tots group meets on Wednesday at 5pm, at the start of which we mornings in term time. See our are invited to picnic together in notices for details, view our new Bridget and Guy’s field, at Simshill, website on wringtonchapel.com, off Ropers Lane. Again we pray for or pop in and see us sometime. good weather. But all are welcome to bring some food and to enjoy the Have a great Summer. evening of chat and music together. Every blessing On top of that, the Venerate music group will be playing at an Reverend Duncan Tuck

19 Views from Christ Church, Redhill

One of the many privileges of others. It has been the experience my role is in leading worship in the of many across the country, and schools of Burrington and Wrington. wider afield, that exploring your That will not involve all the children relationship with God with others in Redhill, but quite a number. This and across generations is both worship can take the form of ‘Open deeply rewarding and tremendous the Book’, a dramatic telling of a fun. This is the essence of what the Bible story, through to a discussion church should be to its community. exploring what difference God and For some people traditional church the Christian faith might make to our services do exactly that, and our lives. Whatever the theme, the intent current Sunday services do have is the same, to share a sense of hope a strong sense of joy. But this is in God by exploring the possibility of:- not right for everyone. Some may prefer something as informal as a 1. There being more to Cafe Church, where we sit around life than only that which we table sharing coffee and croissants, can touch and control. discussing the evidence of God in our Papers, or in a Video Clip, or 2. Never needing to feel even in a Bible passage. The things totally alone and hopeless. that trouble us, we might offer up to God, asking for His help. 3. There being a hope Christ Church is looking at for the human race that goes providing something of this ilk to beyond simply surviving. Redhill, to see if it is helpful. Whether it is something that we can enjoy This is all about our personal together and enjoy with our families. relationship with God. That may If you are interested, please get in be a very personal thing to you, touch. I will be making enquiries which you express privately in about interest in this around the the garden or by by enjoying our village over the next few months. countryside. Or, the exploring of your relationship with God, might Wishing you peace and joy be something that you would like to do with others of a similar mind. Andrew You might want this for yourself, or Rev’d Andrew Hemming for your family, or to be something Priest for Redhill that you do with your family and

Thursday, 10th August Copy deadline for September issue of the Wrington Village Journal

20 Wrington Parish Council

New Roundabout at the ‘Rec’ you have regarding highway, You might have noticed a new road maintenance, footpath roundabout at the ‘Rec’. The old and drainage issues. roundabout was more than 45 years old and almost a museum piece! The Parish Council meetings Council were delighted to receive in July & August 2017: grant funding from the Big Lottery to Tuesday 18 July - Planning enable the purchase. We hope young Committee meeting at 6.00pm people enjoy the new equipment. Wednesday 19 July – Parish Council meeting at 7.30pm Keeping in touch Tuesday 8 August - Planning Don’t forget to try the Parish Committee meeting at 6.00pm Council’s website (http:// Tuesday 29 August - Planning wringtonparishcouncil.gov. Committee meeting at 6.00pm uk) where you can access lots Note – there is no Parish of useful information about the Council meeting in August Council, our services, planning applications etc. The Council also The John Locke Room is open posts useful information on Twitter to the public on Tuesday and and Facebook. Give it a try! Friday mornings (except Bank holidays) from 10am-12noon. North Somerset Council Area Officer ‘surgery’ Tuesday 4 July Fiona Burke and 1 August, 10-11am, in the Clerk John Locke Room, Silver Street. Tel 863984 Come in to talk to Jeff Shipway [email protected] from NSC about any concerns www.wringtonparishcouncil.gov.uk

Thursday, 17th August Wrington Gardening Club talk “A year in the life of a beekeeper”, Memorial Hall at 7:30pm

Saturday, 2nd September Wrington Show 2017, Memorial Hall

21 Redhill Village Hall/Club Events

Classic Car and the mix of local professionals as well Motorcycle Gatherings as open mic slots; Let us provide Thursday 20 July & Thursday the perfect atmosphere for a drink 17 August from 7pm - 10pm. All or two with friends. Call Jerry on budding enthusiasts are welcome 07900 587646 for more information. to park up for a chat and meet like-minded people. BBQ food Redhill Village Harvest Fair, available, plus hot and cold Flower & Produce Show beverages from the bar. Come Sunday 10 September along and enjoy the vehicles on - 2pm - 4pm. show, held on the Recreation Field. Adult and Childrens exhibts on display, ploughmans lunches, teas & Breakfast Gathering will cakes, stalls. Free Entry. All welcome. be held on Sunday 8 October from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Redhill Village Hall/Club, Church Road, Redhill, North Somerset Open Mic Night BS40 5SG. Located off the A38, Jerry Blythe will be taking a break south of Bristol Airport (Open in July and August and returning on: 6 days a week from 7pm) Friday 1 September - 8pm -11pm to [www.wrington.net/ organisations/ host the next open mic night in the redhillclub] or facebook page: bar room at Redhill Club, starting at Redhill Village Hall. Membership 8pm. Join us and unwind with an still only £5 to join. Forms available evening of live music, acoustic singer- from the bar. Tel: 01934 862619. songwriters at their very best. Enjoy

Saturday, 15th July Butcombe Fête in the Old Rectory garden, 2pm

Saturday, 15th July Wrington School Summer Fair, 2pm

Saturday, 22nd July Wrington Minibus Fundraising Lunch at Yeomans, 12:30pm

22 After a sell-out run in Bristol, North Somerset based Living Spit return to Theatre Tropicana for a laugh-till- you-cry, quirky rendition of

The Hare and

theBarry Hare, Tortoise. Wrington running champ. Fit, popular and, above all, fast.

Toby ‘Tortoise’ Gollop, eater of doughnuts. Look up ‘relaxed’ in the dictionary and you’ll see his picture.

Two very different men. One running club, and the race to end all races. Told entirely in rhyme and song, this promises to be an epic tale of romance, redemption and rural running rivalry that will leave you breathless.

Tuesday 20th, Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th June

7.30pm (90 minutes including interval)

Price: £10 | Age 12+

23 On our farms

It seems there is a never ending and slurry comes in. As well as light quest to grow food for the animals and moisture crops need nitrogen, farmers look after. This can either phosphate and potash to grow. A be in the form of stored food such fantastic source of these nutrients as silage and hay, or fresh food are animal manures. Unfortunately, that stock consume straight from quite often, these manures produce the field. The obvious food in this an odour when they are applied category is grass. This is what we to the land and for a short time see every day as we drive around the after. Farmers try hard to reduce locality. For sheep, this is always a the amount of odour produced by year round food source. For cattle, using modern machinery to apply it is mainly seasonal from April to slurry direct onto the soil and where October with the exception of some possible plough manure straight in cattle that graze all year round. to the ground. As well as reducing However there are alternatives to the smell more nutrients are made grass that cattle can graze in the available to the crop which means winter months. A healthy diet of less manufactured fertiliser is mixed forages such as stubble required. There is plenty of grass in turnips, forage rape, kale, beetroot the fields around the Parish which and swede can provide nutrients will be made into second cut silage through the winter. Of course, the or hay in the next month or so. As crops don’t grow overnight and well as that, rape and barley will planting needs to be planned. The be ready for harvesting. Plenty to mix can follow a grass crop or more see when you are out and about often a cereal crop. So, the crop around Wrington. And don’t forget of wheat, barley or oilseed rape the wildlife. Has anyone heard harvested in August could well be a Cuckoo this year? There has replaced with a crop sown ready for been one very vocal one at the cattle to eat in the middle of winter. bottom of Redhill amongst all the other wildlife that we are so lucky As well as animals needing to have right on our doorstep. nutrients to thrive so do the crops. Recycling in farming is nothing new Nick Green and this is where farm yard manure

Thursday, 17th August Redhill Classic Car & Motorcycle Gathering at the Recreation Field, 7-10pm

24 Wrington Community Mini Bus

JUNE AND JULY 2017

WESTON Wednesday WELLS Wednesday

July 05 No trip to WsM July 12 09:30 July 19 09:30 July 26 13:30 Aug 16 09:30 Aug 23 09:30 Aug 30 13:30

GENERAL PUBLIC TRIPS

Monday July 03 10:30 am Nailsea Wednesday July 05 09:30 am Lyme Regis Saturday July 08 09:30 am Frome Market Friday July 14 09:30 am Lynton and Lynmouth Saturday July 15 10:30 am Nailsea Thursday July 20 11:00 am Burnham on Sea Monday July 24 09:30 am Sherborne Friday July 28 11:30 am Pub lunch at The Failand Inn Monday July 31 11:00 am Cadbury Garden Centre Wednesday Aug 02 09:30 am Dorchester market Thursday Aug 03 10:30 am Thornbury & Oldbury on Severn Monday Aug 07 10:30 am Nailsea Monday Aug 14 09:30 am Cardiff Bay Friday Aug 18 2:00 pm Tea time trip Monday Aug 21 2:00 pm Nailsea Tuesday Aug 22 11:00 am Tyntesfield Thursday Aug 31 11:30 am Pub lunch at The Blue Bowl, West Harptree

All the public journeys above should be booked with Alison Robbie on 862953 (e-mail [email protected]). Journeys may have to be changed for various reasons so please check when booking your seat on the Minibus.

Saturday July 22nd, 12 noon onwards Minibus lunch at Yeomans, Ropers Lane, Transport available – please contact Alison Robbie (details above)

25 Wrington Community Mini Bus

PRIVATE BOOKINGS

For any private events please ring Janet Walters on 861153 or email to [email protected] for information on what is required when booking the minibus for a private function.

Please bear in mind that to use the minibus you will need to obtain a volunteer driver from the Minibus Society’s list of approved drivers.

Wrington Show 2017

This years show will be held on Saturday 2nd September If you want to enter our “ grow 2017 in the memorial hall. a potato in a bucket” class, Pauline Jefferies has the seed Schedules will be in the shops end potatoes and buckets. Go on of June /early July . It will be free to have a go, its a bit of fun. enter all classes for everyone so I do hope we have lots of entries. Prize There are lots of classes for monies will be given to children only. children to enter including the children’s bakery cup class 64. The Entry forms will be accepted in recipe will be in the schedule and the memorial hall on Wednesday its a lovely cake to make anyway. 30th august 7-8pm. Come on children lets have plenty of entries from you this year. The photographic subjects classes 44 and 45 are “a busy Any profits made from the show photograph” and “a holiday snap”. go to local good causes and charities. Lets make it a good one. The painting subjects class 61 and 62 will be “ a cow or cows” Looking forward to receiving all and “a view to feature a gate”. your entries and seeing you there. The local branch of the Royal The children’s painting or drawing British Legion will be holding their classes 69,76 and 80 will be “a very popular raffle at the show. cow or cows or “a view to feature Jim swords. Show secretary. a gate”. Children can put an entry of both subjects if they want.

26 Wrington Garden Trail

The licence is here. is definitely on! Saturday 1st July 2017 10.00am to 5.00pm

We have a great range of gardens both large and small - old friends and ones that haven’t been open before.

Lunch is at Brookside, teas at the Denshams - all as it should be.

Programmes on sale shortly - £5.00 for adults, accompanied children up to 16 free.

All proceeds to charity - half to Church Funds, because Gabrielle does so much to help, and half to Samaritans, Weston Branch who struggle a bit.

Come along for a ‘great day out’ and no need for the car, and fund-raise for local charities

27 Dates to remember

Saturday, 1st July Wrington Garden Trail, 10am-5pm Tuesday, 4th July North Somerset Council Area Officer “surgery”,John Locke Room, Silver Street, 10-11am Friday, 7th July Wrington Friendship Club meeting, 2:30-4:30pm (and fortnightly thereafter) Saturday, 15th July Burrington Village Fête, 2pm Butcombe Fête in the Old Rectory garden, 2pm Wrington School Summer Fair, 2pm Thursday, 20th July Wrington Gardening Club visit to Park Cottage, Wrington Hill (meet at Wrington Memorial Hall car park at 6:30pm) Redhill Classic Car & Motorcycle Gathering at the Recreation Field, 7-10pm Saturday, 22nd July Wrington Minibus Fundraising Lunch at Yeomans, 12:30pm Tuesday, 1st August North Somerset Council Area Officer “surgery”, John Locke Room, Silver Street, 10-11am Thursday, 10th August Copy deadline for September issue of the Wrington Village Journal Thursday, 17th August Wrington Gardening Club talk “A year in the life of a beekeeper”, Memorial Hall at 7:30pm Redhill Classic Car & Motorcycle Gathering at the Recreation Field, 7-10pm Saturday, 2nd September Wrington Show 2017, Memorial Hall

Editorial email address: [email protected] Typed and handwritten copy to Judith Gallop, 3 Westward Close, Wrington BS40 5LU. All advertising enquiries to Judith Gallop 01934 862621 Copy deadline for July issue: Thursday 8th June.

28 GENERAL INFORMATION

EMERGENCY - Fire/Ambulance/Police 999 Police: General 101 Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 District Councillor Wrington 862109 Doctor’s Surgery Langford 852906 Emergency (out of hours) 111 Dispensing Chemist Wrington 862369 Dental Surgery Wrington 863363 S.W.E.B. Emergencies Bristol 0800 365 900 Bristol Water Works Bristol 9665881 Baby Clinic, Nurses House, Stockmead Tues 10-12 noon Churchill 852927 National Marriage and Family Guidance Council (Relate) Weston-s-Mare 627206 Caretaker Memorial Hall Wrington 862898 Helpline Co-ordinator Wrington 0709 298 3064 Samaritans Bristol 9831000 Weston-s-Mare 632555 Post Office Counter Wrington 862768 Wrington Website www.wrington.org.uk Veterinary Surgeon Wrington 862497 Parish Clerk John Locke Room 863984 Fiona Burke Wrington and Redhill Journal 60p. per copy Subscription Rate £6.00 per year (Ten issues)

Contributions should be sent to: Judith Gallop, 3 Westward Close, Wrington, Bristol BS40 5LU. Tel: 862621 Email: [email protected]

Information on cover pages is correct at time of printing. Subsequent alterations, if notified to the Editors, will appear on the last page of text.

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