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IssueNo: 133 -Januarv/Februarv 2011 melarmboroughIIYIJI vourcommunitv newspaper reflecting news, views and events

Welcome ... Many congratulations Martin and a timely thank you for all the work you ...... to the first Flyer of 2017 - another conscientiously carry out on our behalf. bumper edition to start the New Year !

In the past year we have witnessed a Local by-way destroyed by deepening refugee crisis, huge shifts in off-roaders! our own political landscape and the death Wayne Cary of a number of well known figures as well DURING my annual forage for holly to as some prominent members of our own place on my Family Grave at All Saints' village community. Church, I was so saddened to see the utter devastation and total destruction of The beginning of a year gives us a chance the by-way leading to Mountains Lane; to reflect on our achievements and resolve which for those new to the village or to start afresh. It is also an opportunity to unfamiliar with its location. is off Love's change, where possible, those things that Lane. · we might have done differently. It seems that 4X4s and Trails Bikes, who I And it's time to say 'thank you' to you the believe are called "Green-Laners", have readers, contributors , sponsors and totally ripped the heart out of this once members of the distribution team for your th beautiful lane. What pleasure do these support throughout 2016. Now in our 13 people get from trashing the countryside year, with a print run of 570 copies, we in this manner? have grown to become an integral part of the F armborough community I had to enter the field at the side of the lane to continue my walk as the muddy Some say the age of print is dead - not so sludge was over 2 feet deep in places. in ! How has this been allowed to happen to May we wish everyone a belated, happy, what was once a beautiful walk, enjoyed healthy, prosperous , and above all by many generations of my family which peaceful New Year! sadly I will now not be able to share with Rotary Club recognises my granddaughter? Council Chairman's work I would be very interested to hear from THE Chairman of our Parish Council anyone who has complained to either the Martin Carter, was one of a number of Parish Council or Bath and NE people nominated for an award given by Council as in my opinion something needs the Bridge Rotary Club. to be done.

The award is intended to recognise those Another amenity in the village ruined by a who give their time freely and selflessly few ..... yet affecting so many. making an outstanding contribution to the well being of their community and the Our thanks to the Goodwill Club of people working within it. Farmborough for sponsoring this Martin didn't win the award but received a edition of the Flyer. March deadline: certificate of recognition for the Tuesday February 14. Publication: contribution he has made to the life of this Wednesday February 22. village. Recognition so richly deserved.

SOMETHING FOR THE FLYER? Contact Patrick on 01761471074 or 0797 5655 989 or send a text or email: farmborou [email protected] Saturdays @ St. Mary's Farmborough Women's TIMSBURY SURGERY will open from CAMEO - December 2016 8.30am to 10.30am on the following th th Jutta Steffens-Carter Saturdays: February 11 and 25 . WE had a successful trip to Clarks Village , doing some nice shopping and having a COMMUNITY LUNCH lovely time in great company. in the MEMORIAL HALL Our walk at Lake was just as on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 enjoyable. After only a few minutes of rain 12.30 for 12.45 pm. Cost just £4.00. at the start of our walk, it dried up and ~~V©OO~ ~lb

The Parish Council has a list of these jobs Please approach the Parish Council with and is looking for further input from the your job ideas for inclusion on the project villagers to identify other jobs they feel list and once the project list is published to need attention. offer your services. We are hoping this method will improve involvement of the These jobs may be large or small. For community in caring for our community example, we have earmarked approxi­ and speed up the delivery of the jobs that mately £3000 to replace some electrics at need doing. the Village Hall, and at the other end of the scale the bus shelter on The Street needs an annual clean, which may take an hour or so of someone's time. Benefice of Farmborough, and The Parish Council has set aside a project fund of £10,000 for the delivery of these projects.

This money was, in part, accrued because of the sad loss of our Parish Clerk and Village Sweeper when their salaries were Tuesday February 14 not paid for a number of months and the Farmborough Church Parish Councillors undertook the work Start 10.30am Worship at 12 noon without pay. Councillors very often use followed by lunch their own free time to do jobs around the www.messychurch.org.uk village and as such cannot be paid for this work. Please note this project fund is not for village organisations to pay for their own projects. New Planning Applications THE following applications have been The Parish Council's intention is to assign made to Bath and NE Somerset each project a priority for delivery and an Development Management Committee in anticipated cost; this will assist us with our respect of The Paddocks, Timsbury Road, overall budgeting. Farmborough: • Prior approval request for change of The cost will involve material costs and use from Agricultural Barn to 2no the required work time to deliver, paid dwellings and associated operational (currently) at £7.50 per hour. development - 16/06252/ADCOU • Erection of two detached dwellings The list of approved projects will be following the demolition of an existing advertised in the Flyer as well as posted livery building and associated works - on our notice boards. 16/06243/FUL Some of these projects will then be The applications and accompanying plans available as paid work, suitable for an may be inspected on the Council's individual to earn some 'pocket money' or website or viewed at the One Stop Shops for a village organisation to put their in Manvers Street, Bath; Civic members to work and increase their Centre, Market Walk, or The Hollies, income. Midsomer Norton via the self-service computers. From Farmborough tower Carol singing and hand bell Michael Horseman ringing, Christmas 2016 PEOPLE who can hear Farmborough Chris Lovell bells will know that occasionally there are YOU may have heard the strains of "Once longer lengths of ringing rather than the in Royal David's City" or "O Little Town of usual 5 minute bursts! These are usually Bethlehem" in the streets of Farmborough Quarter Peals, with 1260 changes taking or at the Goodwill Club dinner or the pub. 40-45 minutes. Full peals (5040 changes taking around 2¾ hours) are rare at A group of us were singing and ringing Farmborough, the last one being when a carols in aid of two children's charities, the visiting team from Berkshire came in Children's Society and NSPCC. We raised January 2014. However, it is good to £510 (and one chocolate button). The report that some of the Carston and cash will be split between the two Newton St Loe ringers were successful in charities; the chocolate button was, alas, ringing a Peal on Tuesday December 27. a bit damaged and had to be binned. This consisted of 5040 changes in 7 Many thanks to everyone who sang, rang different methods which took 2 hours and or waved collecting tins. 43 minutes. For many years, Oswald has been an The late Harold Parfrey learnt to ring at essential figure, illuminating our hand bell Farmborough and was a member of the ringing. Oswald, a headlight mounted on a Bath and Wells Ringers Association under barrow, was created by the late John Farmborough from 1936 to 1938. His Fray, a farmer and metalworking genius. name is etched on one of the church hand We are very sorry to hear of the passing bells dating from 1937, these being of his widow, Peggy, who died shortly purchased by the ringers after a 'Public before Christmas. Subscription' campaign around the village. He also conducted the first recorded quarter peal in the tower, on May 12 1937, Graham Dall rung to commemorate the Coronation of Acknowledgement HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. I cannot tell you how touched and comforted I was by all the lovely After war service, Harold met and married comments about Graham expressed by so Elizabeth (Bette) and after a couple of many people. years ringing in Bath, they moved to When we moved here from Saltford we Carston tower where they rang from 1948. really wanted to get involved in village life Sadly, Harold died in 1968 but Bette was and after retiring from full time work he a tower of strength at Carston until her certainly did that, I just did not fully realise death last June. how much.

I remember a visit I made many years ago He really enjoyed living in Farmborough to the local WI to talk about bells and bell and loved helping people whenever he ringing, when Bette, unaware that Harold's could, this quality and his sense of name was on one of our hand bells, was honesty and fair play is what I think delighted to be able to ring it. Other endeared him to so many people. members of the family have visited Farmborough from time to time, including Can I thank all those that attended his Harold's son David, his wife Debbie and funeral, he would have hated being the daughters Phillipa and Helena. centre of attention but he would really have loved everyone getting together. David and Debbie conceived the idea of a Peal at Farmborough to be a 'first' for I am absolutely delighted to say that the Phillipa and Helena, and to celebrate the amount raised for the Motor Neurone lives of Harold and Bette, They were Society in Graham's memory is the joined by Robert Perry and Nicki Lang magnificent sum of £1100. On behalf of from Newton St Loe and we are pleased Graham's family I thank you from the to report that their efforts were successful. bottom of my heart. Janis Dall Peggy Fray - Obituary hospital, but they always kept cheerful and positive. As she wished, Peggy died Monica and Michael Horseman peacefully at home on December 2. PEGGY was born to Dennis (always known as Tom) and Elsie Dando in 1939. Stowey church was full for her The family ran a bakery in the centre of Thanksgiving Service on December 22, where she worked for her having been preceded by cremation, and father, gaining skills which she put to good was conducted by the Rector, Rev: Mark use in making delicious bread and cakes Cregan, assisted by Canon John for the rest of her life. As soon as she Simpson, formerly Priest in Charge at learnt to drive, the local delivery round and . was added to her duties. Peggy was a very kind, capable and Tom was one of the bell ringers at Chew helpful friend who will be sadly missed by Magna and at the age of 12 Peggy joined all who knew her. them. Uncle Cecil Bishop also rang at Peggy Elizabeth Fray nee Dando born Chew and regularly joined the ringers at February 2 1939, died December 2 Clutton on their Friday practice night 2016. Peggy often went with him. John Fray was one of the Clutton ringers and their Age UK Bath and NE relationship soon blossomed, their wedding being at Clutton church in Somerset/Health and More October 1962. Partnership Sanjeev Pun John lived at Upper Barrow Hill Farm, AGE UK Bath & North East Somerset Farmborough, with his father (mother Ivy have entered into a partnership with died in 1960) and Peggy soon adjusted to Health & More of High Street, Timsbury, life as a farmer's wife. Peggy looked after BA2 0HT to provide a monthly free the paper work and had a hand in all Information and Advice Service to anyone decisions as John (and originally Dad) over the age of 50. This may be support developed an agricultural engineering for them, a family member or for someone business to run alongside the farm. It they care for. The first session was held takes a very special relationship to live on Wednesday January 18. and work together; Peggy and John certainly had this and made an ideal team. Our information and advice covers a wide range of issues that affect older people Peggy kept goats and poultry and was their families and carers. Examples of expert at embroidery and sewing. She some of the things we cover are care, developed an interest in bee keeping and benefits, housing, consumer issues, debt also wrote a detailed history of both the and local services and amenities. Dando and Fray families, tracing them back to the middle ages. The service also advises on all the other activities/support Age UK and B&NES In due course John and Peggy had three provide throughout the county along with children - David, Andrew and Mary. Mary signposting to other statutory and has married a farmer but both sons have voluntary services. technical jobs. When John and Peggy semi-retired they were able to devote Health and More is a family owned more time to bell ringing and helped with independent business, offering produce several developing teams in the area from Somerset and the surrounding before devoting their energies to Stowey. regions, with a focus on the community Peggy became a widow in April 2014 and and a selection of items for all the family. continued her connection with Stowey, helping with the PCC and other church Health and More is open from 9am to 5pm activities, so we were not surprised when on weekdays and from 9am to 1pm on she wished her funeral service to be in the Saturdays. Closed on Sundays. lovely church there. For more information visit the website at: Both John and Peggy developed cancer healthandmoreonline.com/ or call 01761 latterly end spent much time in and out of 471111 Farmborough Shop 2016 Seedy Saturday 2017 roundup Sam Ross THE seed swap 'spudtacular' will be Community Shop Committee returning on Saturday March 11 from WE welcomed six additional committee 10am to 2pm at Timsbury Conygre Hall. members last year, all of whom helped move the project along in leaps and Swap seeds and browse over 50 varieties bounds, including: of potato, plus onions, shallots, garlic, • signing both a lease and an spring bulbs, herbs and fruit bushes on agreement with the Parish Council sale from 'Pennard Plants', heritage and and the Memorial Hall organic seeds from 'Beans and Herbs', • gaining planning permission to build locally made preserves and crafts, home the shop behind the hall grown produce and plants, and • submitting an application to the homemade refreshments. LEADER fund to cover up to 80% of the building costs There will also be free talks, community • organising three fundraising events: info, and activities for children. Entrance: Pig 'n' Perry, Big Family Apple Day Adults £1, U16s free. More information and Farmborough Lights, that helped about the event will appear in next raise funds through sales, donations, month's Flyer, or keep up-to-date at: and memberships. www.seedysaturday. erg. uk

As a result, we have almost all the pieces VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - FREE LUNCH! in place to build the shop in 2017, but we Community events only work with lots of still need to raise about £30,000 to fit out local people getting involved, so if you the shop, so if you have been holding love the event and can help, in advance or back, now's the time to make a donation on the day, please email: or become a member. [email protected]. uk or call 01761 470690. Volunteers get free Don't forget that you can also raise free entry, drinks, and lunch. donations for us every time you shop online with no cost and no catch via £2K raised by local Tal,ent easyfundraising: https://www.easyfundraising.orq.uk/cause and Trading Scheme [T&GJ s/farmboroughcomm/ Ros Hu/coop For more information, visit: OUR charity for 2016 has been the Great www.farmboroughshop.co.uk or email: Western Air Ambulance and due to the lnfo@farmborouqhsho p.co.u k hard work of our group and several and together , we will build a new generous donations, we are so pleased to community shop for Farmborough. have raised £2,000. A big thank you to all those who have supported us in various Don't forget YOUR ways throughout 2016. community website £1,850 raised by lunch and www .farmborough .org.uk lists clubs/organis­ ations and businesses, plus has details of Christmas Bazaar village facilities and services, news and Sally Davis events. To add your event or news, or THE All Saints' Lunch held in November update any details, please email: raised £550 for church funds while the [email protected] Christmas Bazaar made in excess of £1,300. The organisers would like to New Year's Bells thank everyone who supported both Sam Ross events. THANKS once again to the bell ringers who turned out at midnight to ring in the New Year at Farmborough's All Saints' FREE TO A GOOD HOME Church. It's always a pleasure to hear the Large dog crate - for details please ring bells in our village, but is even more Val Webster on 01761 471963 special at the turn of a new year. Farmborough Christmas again we had a good crowd of 28 and we would like to think that 2017 will see this Lights number of people at each of our sessions MANY thanks to everyone who braved the - more players means more fun! damp weather to support this annual village event on December 10 by coming Looking back at 2016 the total we raised together for some festive cheer! There during the year for the Memorial Hall was was a carol procession, dedication, £620. Anyone can come to our sessions, mummer's play and stories, with food, our fees are not expensive and we can drink and raffle raising over £100 in arrange transport for anyone who cannot donations for Farmborough Community get to the Hall easily; so a big thank you to Shop. all those that already come to our friendly afternoons and we look forward to Special thanks go to Marshall Stevens for welcoming new members. supplying the tree, Paul Evans for the star on the top, Nick and Jeanette Barnett for The dates we shall be meeting in 2017 are providing power to the lights, and Rev. as follows: th Preb. Jan Knott for the dedication, loan of • February 18 th the church and anxiously anticipated bad • March 18 (Easter Special) th jokes ! • April 29 • June 10th th If you think you can provide some short • July 15 th entertainment for Farmborough Lights • September 9 th 2017 - story, song, music, dance, or • October 14 th theatrical sketch, please contact Sam and November 25 (Christmas Special) Phil on 470690 or email: therec@farmborough orq. uk Eyes down at 2.30pm. More information from Jan Jones on 750840. One-to-one computer Did You Know? training Jan Jones Sam Ross THE main prize of the Christmas Tree at RECEIVED new computer, phone or tablet the Christmas Bingo was supplied by for Christmas? Struggling to get to grips Marshall Stevens who lives at no. 6 with it all? Want to improve your technical Ferenberge Close. Marshall plants and skills and confidence? Release your grows Christmas trees locally. He sells frustration with flexible, one-to-one them commercially, but in the village he personal tuition in your own home or donates the tree at the bottom of The office, teaching you the skills you need Batch and supplies the trees for sale at and want. the Church Bazaar as well as the tree in the church. Next year when purchasing One or two hour sessions are available your tree, bear Marshall in mind, he is from £20 per hour. All types of help and happy to deliver them. assistance provided, including getting started, organising files, backing up data, email and internet, office software, Celebrate Christingle with us Facebook and Skype, purchasing advice, Sunday February 5 maintenance, and more. Local references Farmb orough Church at 11am can be provided on request. Contact Sam A collection will be taken for The Ross on: 470690 or sam@picablue co.uk Children's Society to support the Society 's important work with Memorial Hall Bingo children and young people Jan Jones We shall be making the Christingles th AT our Christmas session over 30 people on Saturday 4 at 10.30am in enjoyed a very entertaining afternoon with church and everyone is welcom e to Christmas treats as game and raffle come and help. prizes, and mince pies and chocolates in There will be activities for littlies and the break. Nearly everyone went home coffee and cake too! with a prize. At our first session of 2017, ~fro-w,,, ~ 'Rect"o-ry THANK y ov\. . I caught the tail end of a programme , on We vecdved. V\11,C!Vi.,tJLoveLij greefo1,g.s, TV, in which Kirsty Alsop was co.rd.so.V\..d g[fts. (B.eC11/4t~f1.dr:J wrC!pped.!!) demonstrating how to wrap presents. The It Ls so verjj l~LVl.,dav,,d. we vw LLl::Jdo end result was somewhat stunning. C1p-precLC1teLt Needless to say I found myself unable to T f-tA t---!KYDv\. replicate what she'd done and am grateful for gift bags which make 'wrapping ' a Ol/4'( cvil/4Ycl1e.s LooR,ed. becil.,{tLfu.l present so much easier! At the end of the t l,wo1,{gr1wt c ~wLstV¾cist Ld.eC1111,d tl-1e V¾Cll'\-!j day it's recognizing that it's the gift, itself, YefYesviv.teVl.,tsset'Ved weve cis .scrnV¾""~l::J(;!,s that's important. ever, LVI.,t~V¾e viov,,,ol/4recl ty-cio.LtLoVI.,. T HANK yov\. This month, we shall be celebrating To ciLLwl-10 tooR pr-wt atAd./ oy atteVl.,dedtvie Candlemas , when the infant Jesus comes to the Temple, in Jerusalem. It is the Law vcn{etl::J of se·NLces tl-icit c.eLehatec( that a woman, 40 days after the birth of a C.1-irLs ti¾tl5. male child , should then offer sacrifice at the Temple, for purification. It is the Law that a firstborn son should be presented to Flag Days for February God, by his father , and then bought back 2 - Presentation of Christ in the Temple with 5 shekels. The sacrifice offered , on 6 - Accessio n of Queen Elizabeth 1952 this occasion is two pigeons. Such an 19 - Duke of York born 1960 offering , shows that the Holy Family were far from wealthy . Otherwise there would have been the offering of a lamb. .!A-larch$~n,k~G at ~ll $ .1intG • The Temple is a busy place but this farmborough doesn 't stop two people making an extraordinary discovery. Simeon a Candlemas with Christingles righteous and devout man has felt 11am Friends and Family Service compelled to go to the Temple, that day. With Baptism - Freddie Anna, a prophet, never leaves it; spending 6.30pm Candlemas Communion her time in disciplined prayer and fasting. 11am Holy Communion Both are alert to the action of God in the 6.30pm Begin the Week Service world . They are waiting for the One who is at Bath Abbey-Preacher : Preb Jan to come. Both recognize that it is he, the 8am Holy Communion (SCP) baby Jesus. Mary and Joseph, along with 11am Morning Prayer (SCP) the Child , wouldn 't have particularly stood 11am Friends and Family out. They would have seemed like any of Communion the other ordinary, simple people . They 6.30pm Evensong (SCP) aren't dressed like aristocracy or the wealthy. But Anna and Simeon recognize Tuesday Teas every Tuesday from God- with- us in that most unexpected 2.30pm; Choir Practice from 7 'til 8pm and form. What a gift. Bell Ringing 8 to 9pm every Wednesday. Please see the diary in the church porch; We tend to get caught up in the busyness notice board or 'Trio' for full details of all of daily life and finding time for prayer and services and activities within the Benefice. reading of scriptures can easily be side lined. So, will we, I wonder, recognize God in our midst? Or will we just not notice? Remember, he can and does come in the Memorial Hall Sunday Roast most unexpected of guises. What a gift! l Sally Davis With love and blessing A 3 course lunch, licensed bar and raffle J(J.,t'\/Knott in aid of hall funds will be held on Sunday March 5 - 12.30pm for 12.45. Tickets The story can be read in Luke 2. 22-38 priced at £8.50 adults ; £5 school children are avai lable from Sally Davis on 01761 472356. Molly Davis - Obituary she became a resident at the Bloomfield Care Home, Paulton. MOLLY Davis who has died at the age of 101 helped on the family farm and During her lifetime Molly had seen a great amongst many skills was a dab hand at many changes in the village including new sewing - making bridesmaid dresses and build; an influx of new families and the curtains - made wedding cakes, assisted demise of a number of working farms, with school meals and trained as a nurse. shops, public houses and businesses. Family links remained throughout her life Molly was born in Gloucester to Florence and she appreciated all the help given to and Barton Ricketts who farmed at Laurel her. Molly gave sound advice - which was Farm, Poor Hill, Farmborough. She was sometimes not asked for - but it was the first of three children having two always reliable and you could count on brothers, Paul and John. her for support. Molly attended Farmborough Church of Molly was a founding member of the Primary School leaving at the Farleigh Hungerford WI where she age of 14 when she embarked on a book­ became President, and chairman of the keeping course in Bath; cycling from Farmborough Goodwill Club organising Farmborough to The Globe at Newton St day trips and holidays. She was also Loe and then travelling into the City by member of the local Conservative tram. Association and an active member of All She assisted her parents with the local Saint's Church where she played an milk round, washed utensils and cleaned important role on the Social Committee the churns. When war came she helping out with various fund raising commenced training as a nurse and it was events. At the age of 95 she was still when nursing at Bath's St Martin's driving her motor car. Hospital Molly met the man she was to Molly is survived by her two children, Sally marry, Henry (known as Harry) George and John, a granddaughter, Rose, and Davis. two great grandchildren. Harry was a farmer, and at the time of Molly Ethel Davis born March 22 1915, their meeting, a patient at St Martin's died December 16 2016. Hospital where, following a motor cycle accident, he was in traction for a sciLLr,1,Jol-'lV\.,IAV\..c! R.o.se wouLcxW~e to considerable length of time having suffered a smashed right leg. tl-'laV\..~e,Jer-t'.)DV\,e foY tvieLY ~~V\,c/ wL.sl-'le.s CM.c( .suFfOl't foLLowL111,gMoLL~ '.s c(ecitl-'1 Molly and Harry were eventually married L111,Dee-eVl,lbeY aV\.,ct f uV\,er-a L LV\., Ja V\.,UCll"tJ, at All Saints' Church Farmborough - the reception was held in the grounds of The we Loo~ u-poV\.,1-'ler- -pci.ssL111,ga.s ci Rectory. Following their marriage in 1953 they made their home at F arleigh ceLebvCltLoV\..of a LoV\..gC!V\.,ct LV\..ter-e.st[V\.,g Hungerford where their two children, Sally Ltfe •,..,,.{tviVi.A..Clll'oij e-viaLLeV\..ge.s, ClLLtcil~el/,., and John were born in 1954 and 1955 [V\,vieY .stn.o.e. we •t.1LLLV1.A..L.s.s ner-but respectively. R-V'vOW we were Lucl<-)j to vit:1vevie1cl. v,ev Sadly in 1962, after 18 months of illness, foy .soLo~. Harry died at the age of 41. After Harry's death life was tough. Molly was independent throughout her life and as well as doing her day job she supported The next Saturday a~emoon many causes and charities, took in sewing BINGO SESSION and millinery and became an assistant is on February 1 8 school cook to make ends meet. in the Memorial Haff In 1972 she came to live at Rose Eyes down at 2.30pm Cottage, The Street in her native village of Entrance fee£ 1 (under 14's free) Farmborough where she remained until 2013 when, due to her diminishing health, Farmborough Heroes Remembered! 'Forgotten war hero's Continuing our tribute to the men of this Parish who gave their lives in WW/. memorial campaign' IN 2011 a campaign was launched for Thomas Keeling to be commemorated on the village War Memorial inside All Saints' Church and in the Somerset Guardian on November 1 0 2011 it was posted that the THOMAS EDMUND KEELING initiative 'could be nearing a successful (1886 - 1916) conclusion'. Thomas Edmund Keeling was born in the December quarter of 1886 in Glutton, The campaign to have the name added to Somerset, the son of Thomas and Dinah the memorial was led by the organiser of Keeling. The family are known to have Paulton's Annual Arnhem Memorial lived at Hobbs Wall, in Farmborough, Ceremony, Peter Yeates, whose wife, Bath. Brenda, was the niece of Mr Keeling. In the posting Mr Yeates said: "The Keeling family subscribed to the war memorial and it would be great if Tom's name can now be added to it.

"He longed to return to Farmborough and walk one evening again up Coal [Cold] Bath Lane.

"The Battle of Fromelles was the first big On the 1891 Census Thomas is recorded test for the Australians. The sadness of as age 4, on the 1901 Census he is his death has dogged the family for years recorded as age 14 and a miner (Bill Boy). but now the time has come to He attended Farmborough school until he commemorate his sacrifice." was old enough to work in the mines, which would have been when he was age The campaign has not, to date, been 11 or 12 years old. resolved

In 1908 Thomas decided to emigrate to [21 Letter to-the- Ed,it'or New Zealand and probably departed from Dear Editor, Plymouth, England for Wellington, New I, like Gerald Curtis, am not a regular Zealand on 21 August 1909 on what attender of the church ['It's good to talk or would have been a long and arduous shut up and listen' - Issue 132 of the Flyer] journey by boat. He ended up in Australia but I do believe that the young people of and when the First World War broke out, our village need to be encouraged into the he decided to join up like thousands of church or like the two village chapels it will th others, he joined the 30 Battalion of the lose its attendance and will have to close. Australian Infantry Force (AIF) and was Perhaps not in the near future but it will allocated the service number 2078. He happen if we don't move with the times. was wounded in November 1916, and died from an infected bullet on 11 Jesus said that where people gather December 1916 age 30 years old at together in His name He will be there. Fromelles. He is buried at the St Sever You don't need pews that were put in to Cemetery extension in Rauen, France. His the church to keep people awake during name appears on an Australian war long sermons to worship God. memorial in Canberra as well as his grave in Rauen, he is also remembered on his We have to encourage the young into the parents grave stone here in Farmborough church or there will be no Christian Churchyard which reads as follows: "Also teaching. So if you call yourselves Thomas their son died in France Nov 1 fh "Christians'' act like one and think of 1916 aged 30 years. Asleep in Jesus others not just yourselves. awaiting the resurrection from the dead." Yours very sincerely, David Judd 13.M.'R~Y- The Mead, Farmborough. Christmas 2016 in Solutions to last month's Farmborou h brain teasers set by John Jones COMPLETE the square below using the numbers 1 to 6 inclusive so that each row. column, diagonal and 2 X 3 rectangle contain all six numbers.

2 6 4 1 3 5 5 3 1 6 2 4 4 2 5 3 6 1 3 1 6 4 5 2 6 4 2 5 1 3 1 5 3 2 4 6

The month of February 2004 contained five Sundays. In which year(s) will this fact occur again during the present century? Answer: 2032, 2060 and 2088.

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Kindling for sale 1 X Large bag £5.00 2 X Large bags £9.00 3 x Large bags £12.00

All Kindlingcut and split by halld Contact Ethan to place your order. The Mummers Play: St. George and the 01761 568667 ! can deliver on weekends. Chicken

FARMBOROUGH GOOD NEIGHBOURS

offer free lifts to villagers of all ages (child seat available) to local surgeries and hospitals Contributions for lifts welcome

Contact: Maureen Fletcher 472168 or Patience Barnes 470032

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