The Ullenhall Update

January 2012 St. Mary’s newsletter

The ‘Ullenhall Update’ is the new Dear Friends, version of the Ullenhall Parish Magazine. It will still be free of Happy New Year! Welcome to the new style monthly ‘Ullenhall Update’. charge but now will be monthly. I hope you will all support Sarah & Tom, our editors, on this new We want to let you know what is venture. Well, here we go – 2012 – the year of the Queen’s Diamond happening in the parish of Jubilee, the year of the London Olympics, the Leap Year with an extra Ullenhall - the village, Blunts Green, Deans Green, Hall End, the day, and the year when you will....well, who knows. I do hope that, Road & all the whatever your plans and dreams, you will join us in worship at St. surrounding area. Mary’s. If you are organizing a village event or an event for charity, St. Paul said that there are three things that are of uttermost please let us know. If you know of importance – faith, hope and love; these are the three things we focus a special event, such as a birth or on in church, and boy do they help us get through the year! special wedding anniversary, please let us know. In fact anything that you think would be of interest! Faith does two things for us: it gives us inner strength and it gives us the bigger picture that helps us put life into perspective. It is a new year & a new start. We hope that you will approve of this Hope keeps us going even when plans fail and dreams vanish. Hope tells new format. Wishing you a ‘Happy New Year’. us that there is always something worth waking up for. I was talking recently with someone who was facing an almighty challenge. One Tom & Sarah Ashton morning they were sitting up in bed wondering how they were going to face the day. Suddenly they were overwhelmed by the reassurance that Services for January ‘they were not alone, but that God was with them’.

Love speaks for itself. By focussing on love we infuse ourselves with 6pm Services at St Mary’s 1st – Holy Communion goodness – it’s like a light that shines inside us. 8th – Evening Prayer th This is the year when you will....well, who knows. Whatever happens, 15 – Evening Prayer nd walk with Christ and let faith, hope and love bring quality to your days. 22 – Evening Prayer 29th – Candlemas at Yours, in Christ, St. Nicholas’, Beaudesert

John Ganjavi

Priest in Charge: Rev’d. John F. Ganjavi (792570) Churchwardens: Derek Jones (792999) Rosemary Tisor (792352) Lay Reader: Malcolm Aldridge (794019)

This year’s Church Fete will be held on Saturday 9th June

There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins – Ecclesiastes 7:20

Ullenhall Parish Council PLANNING DECEMBER 2011 MEETING REPORT Applications The best news at the December meeting was The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – 11/02569/FUL Mr. Trevor Bucknall, th that the hall was warm! 4 June 2012 Fosters Farm, Ullenhall - Conversion Thank you to the Village Hall It was agreed to form a local of existing stable building to create Committee for the new insulation Committee to plan for the event. two holiday cottages. No work. Thanks also to the W.I. representations made, application Committee for the very pretty Up-date on Outstanding issues fully supported. Christmas Tree.  One of the bollards on the Our new President Mrs Ann traffic calming to the north of Returns Runacres welcomed us with a the village is missing, and some 11/01382/LDE Jill Huckerby, Chapel humorous story. Welcome back of the reflectors are also Gate Farm - Certificate of Lawful Ann. We were also pleased to see missing. W.C.C. are awaiting existing use or development granted Lesley Newman who lives part of her delivery of bollards. for Chapel Gate Lodge. life in France.  It was agreed to monitor the 11/01746/FUL T M Evans and Sons, Mrs Carolyn Gascoigne expressed verges by all current Botley Hill Farm - Permission with her thanks to Mrs Dot Cox our developments. Conditions former Treasurer for all her hard  The Mount Pleasant Road sign 11/01747/LBC T M Evans and Sons, work, and said she hoped to has been knocked off the posts Botley Hill Farm - Consent Granted follow her example. We were and is awaiting repair. reminded that subscriptions were with Conditions. due in January. Streetscene will mend the sign when they are next in the area. NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY 6TH The Beetle Drive made a small FEBRUARY 2012 profit. Many thanks to David Evason County Council for acting as Beetle Master again.  Henley Library - still negotiating The minutes are on the Parish Finally our speaker David Howe for premises Council notice board & ullenhall.net. talked about "Christmas Magic or  The Localism Bill - this will Clerk: Mrs Pat Hughes - 792338 Humbug". He began with a series of greatly affect Parish Councils 'cracker jokes'. "What do snowmen eat at Christmas?" "Ice Crispies" and they need to be kept up to date with relevant information Americans don't understand our Ullenhall Friendship Group enjoyment of crackers as they don't  The Council Tax for 2012-2013 is have them - especially as we then under review At 12.30 p.m. on December 6th, throw away the resulting mess!  The plan for 2013 is that 35 Friends met for a Christmas Fire Station will have 24 Lunch at the Holly Bush. What does the royal family do at full time fire fighters and Christmas? They give each other practical presents and at 3.00pm operate a 24 hour service A roaring log fire, Christmas decorations and crackers greeted they all watch the Queen's  Unemployment in Warwickshire Speech! for 16 to 24 year olds stands at us on the tables. By the time we 6.5% of the age group had bought drinks, and chatted Between 1790 and 1836  Rationalisation of W.C.C. to each other we were all feeling Christmas was rarely celebrated in , and later, 11 December premises is under way rather hungry and we were not was the earliest time for Christmas  The Council has received an disappointed. Our meals were all pre-ordered and Kim and her to be advertised in the shops. Award for the Best Council staff worked very hard to ensure Website Pre-television we listened to the that we enjoyed ourselves. The  County are well prepared for radio with "Much Binding in the service was excellent and the winter gritting with full stocks of Marsh", "Life with the Lyons", and food was delicious. listened to a ventriloquist on salt and grit "Educating Archie" !! This last was  The Superfast Broadband Thank you to the Holly Bush for accepted as normal! Project needs support from ensuring that we had such a residents festive and cheery start to the A good talk as always from David Howe. Stratford-on-Avon District Council Season of Goodwill.  Planning Regulations are set to Our meeting ended with mulled wine change in 2012 A Happy New Year to all our and wonderful mince pies.  A question was raised as to members. Our next meeting will when the old Yew Tree Farm be in early spring. Carole Holt house was going to be demolished. G. Atkinson will Annie Harris look into this issue. Poppy Appeal 2011 Many thanks to all who contributed to the village Dates For Your Diary Poppy Appeal. A total of 5 th January WI – 7.45pm Village Hall £440.87 was raised. RSPB Action For Birds – John Clews Contact Ann Runacres 797970 10th January Henley Flower Club – 7.30pm Memorial Hall Thank you . . . A Workshop-materials provided-bring scissors A very big thank you to May & Peter Penny. Tickets on the door £5 Contact Paula Pugh 07974640994 th May took on the role of Magazine 17 January Henley Wildlife Society – 7.45pm Baptist Hall Distributor from Jean Dukes over 12 years Through Wildest Russia – Roger Butler ago. This involved collecting the printed Contact Dave Evason 793260 th magazines from Dukes’ shop in Henley & 24 January Gardening Club – 7.45pm Village Hall distributing them to all the magazine The Contemporary Alpine Garden – Dr Jean Page deliverers, as well as sending magazines to Contact Penny Stott 792251 nd people who had moved away from Ullenhall 2 February WI – 7.45pm Village Hall but who still wanted to hear all the news. It Life & Times of A Coach Courier – Ann Davenport seemed a very appropriate role for people Ullenhall Village Hall living in “The Old Post Office”. They have st 31 December New Year’s Eve Party – David Waller 794543 now decided to take a well-earned th 28 January Snow Ball – John Hughes 792338 retirement. Thank you for all your time that

Winners of the December 100+ Club Draw were: you have put in over the years. Marcia Slater, Boz Davies, Cindy Brittan

Richard Burman, Shirley Clayton, Roger Harris

Contact list for 2012 to cut out & keep

USEFUL CONTACTS FOR 2012 Parish Councillors: MP: Nadhim Zahawi -

John Clayton (Chair) – 794760 [email protected] - Joan Bucknall (Vice-Chair) – 792788 01789 292723 Norman Gascoigne (Highways & Pavements) – 792847 Margaret Morris (Other) – 792942 County Councillor: Jane Strugnell (Countryside Rights of Way) – 795084 Mike Perry - David Waller (Street Lighting – Charity Field) – 794543 [email protected] - Pat Hughes (Clerk) – 792338 01564 829214

Village Contacts: District Councillor: Village Hall Committee – David Waller (Chairman) – 794543 George Atkinson - Village Hall Hire – Catherine Waller – 794543 [email protected] Tennis Club – Richard Scott – 782775 01564 793478 Gardening Club – Penny Stott (Publicity) – 792251

Women’s Institute – Ann Runacres (President) – 797970 Warwickshire County Council: Friendship Group – Ann Harris – 795576 01926 410410 (Mon-Fri: 8am-8pm Neighbourhood Watch – Jim Griffin – 792868 Church of England Children’s Society Secretary – Ruth Aldridge - 794019 Sat: 9am-4pm)

Warwickshire Police: In an emergency, when there is a crime in progress Stratford-on-Avon District Council: or a life at risk, always call 999 or 112. To report a crime that has 01789 267575 happened, provide information about a crime that has happened or for information & advice call 101. General contact details 01926 415000

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