No.018 May 2017

A Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and with

Thank you! Welcome to the May issue of The Village Voice Our thanks go the 10-strong Birdsong, blossom and bluebells seemed abundant in equal measures in Chilmark team of Village Voice distributors, during April, with crisp clear mornings heralding yet another shower-free day. It headed by Stephanie Lucas, who was perfect weather for those enjoying Easter holidays though not the conditions uncomplainingly deliver The Village that farmers and gardeners would have been hoping for. Maybe May will bring the Voice to your home each month. long awaited rainfall, much-needed by the 90 young saplings planted by Chilmark We would be lost without their and Fonthill Bishop School pupils at the end of the Easter term. April was also tireless support. We also thank our the month in which Chilmark was treated advertisers whose input, along with to a perfectly resurfaced stretch of road, the Parish Council grant, is vital in namely the B3089 (see p8). covering the production costs of The Village Voice. In tandem with the lovely weather, the last few weeks saw an unwelcome upsurge Village Voice news (‘outpouring’ might be more appropriate!) Current and back issues of of dog poo in and around the village, on The Village Voice can be footpaths, roads, and verges. This was downloaded from the website: not a pleasant accompaniment to the www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk warmer days and is an embarrassment If you wish to share village news or for the majority of Chilmark’s dog-owners information, please email who take poo bags with them on walks to [email protected] ensure they can clear up their pooches’ by- products. One of the worst affected areas In this issue was the footpath leading from Claybush up to Ridge – the fact it runs across Contact Numbers 2 agricultural land does not mean it’s ok to What’s On & Diary 3 leave poo on the path. The parish council has done what it can with notices around Village News 4-8 the village reminding dog-owners of their Church Times 10-12 responsibilities – it is illegal to leave your Other News 13-20 dog’s faeces lying around in a public area – so it would be good to think everyone can Recycling & Waste 15 Tree planting at Chilmark and work together to ensure Chilmark doesn’t Local Police 16 Fonthill Bishop School resemble a dog-poo dumping zone. Goods & Services 17-19 On a more positive note, there’s plenty to look forward to in the coming weeks, starting with the Fonthill House Gardens open day, on Sunday 7 May, in aid of Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop School (see P7) and finishing with a return visit by White Horse Morris dancers to The Black Dog, on Wednesday 31 May.

We wish you many happy May days.

The Editorial Team The Village Voice - Village Directory

The Village Voice Editorial Team Copy deadline 20th of each month. Please note that there will be one issue for December & January (copy deadline 20 November) and one issue for July & August (deadline 20 June). Items will be welcomed from any individual or village organisation and should be sent to the Editor. However, newsletter content remains at the discretion of the Editorial Team and on some occasions will be space dependent. If you wish to advertise in the newsletter, please contact the Treasurer. Editor Sarah Miller 01722 717473, [email protected] Whitehill, Beckett’s Lane, Chilmark Deputy Editor/ Treasurer/ Advertising/ Mike Scott 01722 716971 [email protected] Joint Deputy Editor Bev Small 01722 716943 [email protected] Design & Layout Glen Miller 01722 717473 [email protected] Goods & Services Directory Felicity Trotman 01747 820503 [email protected] Distribution Stephanie Lucas 01722 716463

Directory Clerk to the Parish Council Mrs Jenny MacDougall, 01722 790339 [email protected] Chairman, Parish Council Mr Patrick Boyles, 01722 716416 [email protected] Citizens’ Advice Bureau 03444 111444 www.cabwiltshire.org.uk Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop School 01722 716348 www.chilmarkfonthillbishop.wilts.sch.uk Chilmark Cricket Club Carl Jacobs, 01722 716422 [email protected] Doctors’ Surgery Hindon 01747 820222 www.hindonsurgery.co.uk Doctors’ Surgery Tisbury 01747 870204 www.tisburysurgery.nhs.uk Flooding - emergency number 0300 456 0100 (24hrs) Neighbourhood Watch Mary Boyles, 01722 716416, [email protected] NHS 111 Service Call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency Police (non-emergency) Tel: 101 (emergency? - call 999) Pothole & Fly Tipping Reporting go to www..gov.uk and select ‘Report’ Reading Room bookings Mrs Jenny Gavin, 01722 716306 [email protected] South Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison, 0207 219 8337 [email protected] Scottish & Southern Electricity 0800 0727282 Power Cut? dial 105 or visit www.powercut105.com Tisbus 07500 802525 www.tisbus.co.uk Tisbury Sports Centre 01747 871141 [email protected] Tisbury Library 01747 870469

Village Show (Horticultural Society) Jo Scott, 01722 716971 [email protected] Wessex Water Leaks: 0800 692 0692 Supply & Sewerage: 0345 600 4600 Wiltshire Council 0300 456 0100 www.wiltshire.gov.uk Wiltshire Councillor Cllr Bridget Wayman, 01747 830406 [email protected]

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May Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 2nd 7pm Social Stitchers Chilmark Reading Room (CRR) Thursday 4th 7am-10pm Wiltshire Council Elections CRR Friday 5th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Sunday 7th 12-5pm Fonthill House Gardens open Fonthill Bishop (in aid of Chilmark School) Wednesday 10th 7pm Chilmark Parish Assembly / PC AGM CRR Friday 12th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Monday 15th 6.30pm Pilates CRR Tuesday 16th 7pm Social Stitchers CRR Friday 19th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Monday 22nd 6.30pm Pilates CRR Tuesday 23rd 2.45-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close Thursday 25th 7.30pm Village Show meeting The Black Dog Friday 26th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Saturday 27th Start of Wylye Valley Art Trail Monday 29th Half Term week Chilmark School Wednesday 31st 8pm White Horse Morris Dancers The Black Dog June Friday 9th 7pm Licensing Service of Revd Elaine Brightwell Chilmark Church Saturday 10th 10am-4pm Team Rubicon Open Day HQ - former RAF Chilmark Saturday 17th 2.30-4.30pm Chilmark Church Fete The Old Rectory September Saturday 2nd Chilmark Village Show The Fairmead

Activities Contacts:

Social Stitchers - Emily Wilkins on mob 07523 131630 Art Group - Jane Hobbs 01747 871200 Reading Group - Sally Butcher on 01722 716387 or [email protected] Pilates - Shirley Rutter on 07733 085077 or [email protected]

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Parish Council News for breaking the law. Always ask to see your contractor’s To read the latest minutes and future agendas: Waste Carrier Licence; if they don’t have one, don’t use www.southwilts.com/site/chilmarkparishcouncil/ them!

Unitary Elections Keep a record of any paperwork they give you: dates, Just a reminder that Thursday 4 May is Polling Day for the name and telephone number. Report anyone who is not Wiltshire Council Unitary Elections. registered to the Environment Agency - 03708 506506. You can also call the EA on the same number for an instant A week later, on Wednesday 10 May, 7pm, the annual waste carriers’ validation check or do this on-line at: Chilmark Parish Assembly will be held in the Reading https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/ Room, followed by the AGM of the Parish Council. The search-waste-carriers-brokers-regime?regime=lower-tier Annual Parish Assembly provides an opportunity for parishioners to hear about the activities of the Parish If you see any fly tipping, you can report it on the Wiltshire Council during the year as well as village organisations, Council website or the MyWiltshire phone app. The Council such the Reading Room, The Village Voice and the will only remove it if it is on Council land or the highway. If Claybush Playground Management Committee, which are it is on private land, unfortunately, it is the responsibility of supported by the Parish Council through grants. Everyone the landowner to remove it. is welcome to attend and ask questions on matters of interest within the community. As an alternative, householders are able to obtain a Van Permit from the Council that allows residents to transport Chilmark Parish Assembly will be held on Wednesday larger loads to the Household Recycling Centres (HRCs). 10 May, 7pm, in the Reading Room followed by the AGM Staff at the HRCs are trying to prevent commercial of the Parish Council. All are welcome to attend. vehicles from using the HRCs illegally and will question a van or pick-up driver, or a car with a trailer, but if you have a Van Permit you are able to use the HRCs. The Resuscitation Training (CPR) Van Permit Scheme will give you 12 permits a year free of There will be another opportunity to learn/update charge. Apply on the Wiltshire Council website. If you do resuscitation skills, including use of the Chilmark not own a van or pick-up, you are able to nominate a friend defibrillator, on Saturday 3 June @ 10am. Come and or family member’s vehicle, but you will need to ask them learn in an informal environment with lots of chance to for the vehicle registration details first. practice and ask any questions. It could literally make the www.wiltshire.gov.uk/household-recycling-centres-permits difference between life and death!

Please contact Lynn Menzies on 01722 717925 or [email protected] to book a place.

Sessions are open to all (including children if accompanied by an adult). Please ask if you have any health concerns; even if you are unable to perform CPR yourself, you will at The touring production of Pentabus Theatre’s As the least be able to direct others. Crow Flies on Maundy Thursday proved a sellout success. Based on the true story of a woman who struck up an unlikely friendship with a wounded crow, the play Fly Tipping featured a beautifully-designed set that took up more Bridget Wayman writes: than half the Reading Room floor space! All thanks to the I want to comment on littering and fly tipping as there 45-strong Chilmark audience who happily squeezed into seems to have been a recent surge in this illegal activity. a reduced and intimate ‘auditorium’! The performances of the three talented actors charmed everyone. Staged I hope there will be an effort in the new Council to step in conjunction with Playhouse, this was another up its efforts in educating the small percentage of people lovely production to reach the Reading Room courtesy of who litter. Large numbers of people volunteer their time to Rural Arts Wiltshire. carry out village litter picks. This year, in the Great British Spring Clean in Wiltshire, more than 3200 volunteers took There are no further ‘special’ events in the Reading Room part in more than 142 events, collecting over 1882 bags calendar for the coming months though plans are afoot for of rubbish. In addition, the Council spends £2.5 million of a family-based Halloween event at the end of October. In taxpayers’ money litter picking – £0.5m more than last the meantime, damp-proofing work to one of the Reading year. Room’s external walls will be undertaken and regular activities and classes will continue as normal. The next Fly tipping is an offence, with a maximum penalty of Reading Room committee meeting will be on Wednesday £50,000 fine or/and 12 months imprisonment. For small 12 July at 6.30pm. Minutes of the latest meeting (5 April) scale tipping a Fixed Penalty Notice (currently £75) can be can be found on the Reading Room website: issued plus legal costs and compensation. Householders www.chilmarkreadingroom.co.uk and businesses must understand their obligation to dispose of their waste legally.

If you are having rubbish cleared from your property, or some hedges cut, always check that it is removed by Authorised Waste Carriers. If it is traced back to the householder’s address you could be prosecuted or fined

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In Tribute you have anything that has grown too big and, if so, can The Reading Room committee was greatly saddened to you spare some and pot it up. We would love perennials, learn of the death of fellow committee member Viv Lowe, annuals, herbs or anything else you think may sell. of Pound Barn, Ridge. In the relatively brief time that Viv was on the Reading Room Please get in touch with Felicity Pattenden 716271 committee (18 months), she was the inspiration/organiser [email protected] or behind last May’s hugely popular Queen’s Birthday Tea Bev Small 716943 [email protected] if you can help and also a stalwart supporter of the Christmas Bazaar and in any way. All offers of help and kind donations will be its produce stall, as well as other Reading Room events. enthusiastically welcomed. Only six weeks ago, whilst being cared for in Salisbury Hospice, Viv was still coming up with suggestions for Church Fete Teas future fund-raising projects for the Reading Room. Sally Butcher and Lisbeth Diaper are organising the Church Fete Teas this year. As usual we would like to offer a great Farewell selection of good things to eat and so will be very grateful Krysia Kirkpatrick, a former stalwart member of the for all offers of cakes and help. We can be contacted by Reading Room committee said farewell to Ridge at the end phone: Sally 716387 and Lisbeth 716809. of March after nearly 12 years living at Knap Farm. Krysia, who has moved to , served on the RR committee for seven years, including five as Treasurer. We will miss her energy and enthusiasm and wish her much happiness in her new home. As well as providing unfailing support to the Reading Room, Krysia was the distributor of The Village Voice in Ridge. Our thanks go to Krysia and also to Rosemary Macdonald who has kindly stepped into Krysia’s shoes as Village Voice distributor for Ridge.

Pilates in Chilmark Pilates classes on a Monday evening, 6.30-7.30pm, are a new fixture in the Reading Room in response to popular request. Shirley Rutter, a qualified Pilates teacher from Shaftesbury, is taking the classes which are open to men and women of all ages. They are aimed particularly at people who are active, doing physical work or hobbies (eg building work, gardening, working with horses etc). There are a few spaces left (maximum class size of 9) and so if you are interested, please contact Shirley ASAP on 07733 085077 or by email: [email protected]

For latest Reading Room news please visit www.chilmarkreadingroom.co.uk Village of the Year? Do you think Chilmark has what it takes to be a contender Chilmark Church Fete for UK Village of the Year? Actress Penelope Keith and a On Saturday 17 June, 2.30-4.30pm, the Chilmark Church team of judges will be visiting villages across the country Fete will be taking place in the gardens at The Old Rectory, this summer to find a winner for brand new Channel 4 Chilmark, by kind permission of Neil and Susie Sutton. series, Village of the Year 2017. The competition boasts a £10,000 prize, for the winning village to spend on a All welcome so please bring family and friends - it promises community project. You can nominate a village if you live to be a wonderful afternoon of fun. There will be a Raffle, or work in it. If you would like to find out more, and consider Teas, Cakes, Ice Creams, Sweets, Plants, Bottle and Book applying on behalf of Chilmark, then please visit: Stalls, Sideshows, Table Sales, traditional Fete Games www.villageoftheyear.co.uk - The deadline for applications and much more. is midnight on Sunday 14 May.

We still need more helpers to put up Tents on Friday evening and take them down again straight after the Fete – beer will be provided.

We are gathering donations for the Raffle and the Bottle Stall. There will be donation boxes at the front door at Chilmark House to gratefully receive raffle prizes and bottles. Patrick and Janey Middleton are also kindly collecting bottles; please contact them on 716231 or drop off bottles at Manora, Salisbury Road, Chilmark.

Calling all Gardeners Please do join our plant growing promise challenge and grow 2, 5 or 10 plants for the Church Fete Plant Stall. Are there any gardeners who are busy dividing perennials? Do 5 The Village Voice

Jake Taylor at mid on, the other, and this is not a misprint, a clean bowled in-swinger. Carl Jacobs - leading wicket taker for Chilmark, season 2017. A chilly but satisfying day for Chilmark CC: Chilmark 169-6 (Jack Stearman 53, B King 50 not out) Chilmark Cricket Club defeated Horninghsam (C Jacobs 2-6, C Sheppard 2-12). Chilmark CC got their season underway at on the 16th of April, defying chilly conditions and a wedding Player Profile reception at the village hall, to win in a canter.

Brand King and Jack Stearman opened the batting, the latter fresh from a tour of Sri Lanka with South Wilts CC. His form reflected the honour too, as he batted authoritatively on his way to a second half century for the club, eventually dismissed for 53. King wintered in Wilton, however he matched his young batting partner by reaching his half century also, before retiring.

Chaz Sheppard came in at three, promised much, but delivered five; his LBW dismissal paving the way for the latest father/son duo and new Chilmark residents Rod and Jake Taylor, to occupy the crease. Taylor senior immediately showed how they do it in South Africa, launching consecutive sixes over the mid wicket fence, on his way to a swiftly compiled 29, while Jake took a Name: Carl Jacobs more measured approach. Unfortunately their partnership Hair status: Short back and sides… ended when Taylor senior called his son through for a risky Nickname: The Chair second, only to see him run out. Someone will be getting Games: 118 Runs: 1118 @ 14.91 Wickets: 40 @ 19.75 extra dessert. No story about Chilmark Cricket Club can be written without the name Carl Jacobs frequenting the text. He Frog Lane’s most famous (though far from its best) played in the first game in 2002 and has been an integral cricketer, Ben Fowles, spent the winter on a treadmill. part of the organisation ever since, gradually tightening his The training was in evidence too, as he trotted out of his grip on power until finally becoming Chairman a few years crease and was stumped for three. Ricky Corbin, in the ago, a position he will not relinquish easily. team as a bowler, managed one, before Ben Eastmond cracked a huge six over point as he and Jason Stearman As a cricketer Jacobs makes an excellent administrator. saw Chilmark’s total reach 169 after the 35 overs. In 96 innings for the club he has passed 50 on just two occasions, whilst his inability to hold the easiest of catches Eastmond and King opened the bowling, the two is legendary. His bowling benefits from his own captaincy, spearheads restricting the runs with some tight bowling, often bringing himself on at the end of games, with the before the former induced a catch for Rod Taylor at mid opposition on their knees and their weakest batsmen at on. Two overs later he had a second, this one caught by the crease. But if he’s a dictator, he’s a benevolent one, King at slip, before King himself bowled Horningsham’s wielding his power for the greater good. When possible number four. he gives everyone a bowl, even Ben Fowles, and if there were statistics kept for shrewd field placements or astute Chilmark were dominating, with the hosts at 15-3 after ten bowling changes, Jacobs would be top of the list (but overs. Windmill Will Thompson then nearly made it four, again, this is because he usually appoints himself captain). only for Corbin (in the team as a bowler) to run everywhere Famous for wearing his whites to breakfast on game days but underneath the skied ball. Jake showed which of the (and occasionally non game days) Chilmark Cricket Club Taylors is the better bowler, causing numerous plays and wouldn’t be the well-oiled machine that it is, without The misses from his excellent swing bowling, while his father Chair. would rather forget his first delivery for the club, which went backwards.

Jack Stearman made the next breakthrough, taking a sharp caught and bowled chance, before Ricky Corbin proved why he’s in the team, threatening the home side’s best batsman with some (not always intentional) short stuff, then knocking back his middle stump.

A rare dropped catch by Chaz Sheppard was mirrored by a frequent one from Ben Fowles; however they both soon redeemed themselves - Sheppard taking one off his own bowling, before Fowles, in scenes of unbridled joy, held a catch at mid wicket.

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Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop School

Just a reminder that Lord Margadale and the Fonthill Estate are kindly opening the Estate gardens in aid of the School on Sunday 7 May, 12 – 5pm (see panel advert). Lord Margadale has also asked our children to help design labels for jars of Fonthill House Honey that will be sold at the garden opening. There will be a paid bar courtesy of the Beckford Bottle Shop along with tea, coffee and cakes on sale, and a raffle. Please do come and join us. Our warmest thanks to Lord Margadale for his generosity.

There was a busy end to the spring term at school. We gave nearly £300 in sponsorship to the NSPCC, played in a football tournament at the Nadder Centre, enacted a Play in a Day, and enjoyed a wonderful Easter Egg Hunt.

We wish to thank Mrs Middleton and volunteers from the Church for coming into school to help pupils to make the posies that we presented at the Mothering Sunday Celebration Assembly. Thank you also to Mr and Mrs Power for the wonderful gift of 90 trees to the School. They kindly offered to help the pupils each plant a tree in the grounds, at the end of March. We would also like to thank Mr Ian Sutcliffe, one of the governors, for all his wonderful work with the Chamber Choir and our weekly music assemblies. He helped us to rehearse our songs for our Easter service at St Margaret’s. Thank you to another governor, the Rev Graham Southgate for taking this important service. We are lucky to have such warm support, and we are grateful for the time they give to the school.

We were sorry to say goodbye to our long serving Teaching Assistant Mrs Jane Wooldridge just before Easter. She has been an important part of School life for nearly 14 years, and we want to thank her for everything she has done and wish her the very best in the future. We are pleased to announce that Mrs Suzy Pilbrow, from Whitesheets School, started as the new TA in Sycamore class after Easter.

So what can we look forward to this term? We will take the SATs tests that pupils have been working hard to prepare for; we will be unveiling a special plaque in the library to thank Mr Rawlins for his most generous donation to our school and we are planning to perform our own pantomime. We will also take part in cricket festivals at Bryanston School and Sherborne Cricket Club, as well as an Inter Rural School Olympics; Elm Class will go on a residential trip and we will hold our traditional Sports Day. Plus, our Summer Fayre will be on Saturday 1 July.

We currently need to find a temporary cleaner as one of our cleaners is recovering from an operation, and can only do limited hours. We are looking for 5 hours a week, but can accept less hours if this is a problem. The rate of pay is £7.83 per hour. Please contact the school office if you’re interested. 01722 716348 / 716487

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Tar Very Much Well, now Chilmark has its very own Silk Road! The B3089 has been stripped down, re-tarmaced and re-signed. It’s a great job, and we should all be grateful. It looks good, drives smoothly, and sounds – silent!

The Boys from the Black Stuff completed their labours in just over a week. During this time, those of us who live next to the road – “riverains”, or bank dwellers in French, were involved in a fascinating game of outguessing the Men with the Cones, who arrived at 8.30am each day to position their barriers for the day’s work. We did our best to park our vehicles outside the ‘cordon sanitaire’, braced for a quick getaway without recourse to their circuitous detours. However, you could usually blag your way through, and the sentries showed great courtesy, even rising to a semi- archaic “Sir” or “Madam” on occasion. The silky B3089 About two inches of old tarmac was removed, disclosing a sound surface underneath, how many years’ old – anyone’s guess – and the new aggregate was laid and rolled meticulously: it’s not going anywhere. With a final application of lines and signs the job was completed to time, and we owe the Team our gratitude. Tar very much! Patrick Middleton

Chilmark Village Show Your village show needs you! Just a reminder that we are meeting again at The Black Dog on Thursday 25 May, 7.30pm. This is another open meeting for the village to come and offer suggestions for this year’s Show (Saturday 2 September) and to hear from us how things are going. Please DO come along on the night – we look forward to seeing you. Viv James, Jo Scott & Jenny Williams

White Horse Morris Dancers White Horse Morris return to the Black Dog, on Wednesday 31 May, at 8pm. A fun and atmospheric evening of traditional folk dances will be in store.

White Horse Morris Men was formed in the winter of 1950/51, adopting the pre-1778 Westbury White Horse as their symbol. This symbol formed part of the original kit with the White Horse badge central to the baldrick (crossed bands of fabric) of which the colours represented Wiltshire, with green for Salisbury Plain, white for the chalk hills and blue for the sky.

Over the years they developed a reputation as an excellent dance side offering folk dances from a range of mainly Cotswold traditions. In September 2011 it was decided to make the side mixed-sex, thus becoming White Horse Morris. Numbers are flourishing and the style and energy that has always characterized White Horse has been maintained.

Do come along for a glimpse of this wonderful tradition. You can even join in.

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9 Focus Point - The Elephant in the Room Jo is to be licensed by the Archdeacon of Sarum on At about this time last year I brought a toy elephant to Wednesday 3rd May in Tisbury Parish Church (Saint John church and placed it in a prominent place at the front of the Baptist), beginning at 7 p.m. the church. When people asked me about it I said simply “we don’t talk about that”. The beginning of my sermon The Reverend Elaine Brightwell was “there is an elephant in the room, have you noticed?” The Bishop and I are also very pleased to announce that I was preaching on John 21: 12 –15 and reflecting on “the the Reverend Elaine Brightwell has accepted the post of elephant in the room” between Peter and Jesus whilst Team Vicar in the Nadder Valley to be based in Dinton, sharing breakfast on the shores of Lake Galilee. Such and it is anticipated that her licensing will take place in a lot had happened since Caesarea Philippi when Peter June. had, with the help of God’s Spirit, recognised Jesus as the Elaine currently lives in Somerset where she is the Messiah. When Jesus told his disciples that he must go to Associate Priest in a benefice of four rural parishes of Jerusalem and that he would be put to death, Peter tried Pilton, Croscombe, North Wootton, and Dinder, a post she to stop him and Jesus rebuked him. I am convinced that has held for the last 4½ years. if Jesus had been willing to fight when he was arrested at During this time Elaine has been a self-supporting priest the garden of Gethsemane then Peter would have stayed, and so has been working in Bristol where she manages but when Jesus refused to fight, Peter ran away – just as the Bristol Methodist Centre - a day centre for homeless Jesus had predicted. I cannot imagine what it must have and vulnerable adults, which she will be leaving at the end been like for him to see his friend and teacher flogged and of April put to death on the cruel cross. Elaine spent her teenage years in , so returning to Salisbury diocese will be something of a coming home There could be no doubt that he shared the joy of Easter for her. She worked overseas for about fifteen years Sunday, knew the excitement of seeing Jesus raised from supporting aid agencies working with refugees from the dead, but still there was something between them and Cambodia and Afghanistan. it is interesting to see how Jesus dealt with this particular “elephant in the room”. Please put the date in your diary – it would be wonderful to see as many people as possible at these two services. When I was a teacher in Primary School there were times Graham Southgate, Team Rector when something happened between the children which required intervention. The usual thing was to sit them down, ask them what had happened and to work through why it was a problem. Jesus doesn’t do this – there is no post mortem on the situation. Instead there is a simple question which is asked three times in slightly different ways “do you love me?” to which he eventually says “Lord you know everything, you know that I love you”.

Love is at the heart of our relationship with God. By his death on the cross he calls us to accept his gift of unconditional love and forgiveness and to respond by showing love to others.

If you feel that there is an “elephant in the room” between you and God there is no need to fear. God is waiting for you to return to him, to show you his unconditional love. As we accept the forgiveness that he offers so he fills us with his Spirit and transforms our lives. Don’t delay – sort out those elephants today! Revd Denise Binks, Methodist Minister

Clergy arrivals The Reverend Jo Naish Now that she has set up home in the Nadder Valley, I am very pleased to be able to announce that the Reverend Jo (Joanna) Naish is to be licensed as an Associate Priest for the Nadder Valley Benefice. After studying Russian, Jo worked as a language teacher in Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. She trained for the priesthood at Sarum College, was ordained in 2009 and served her curacy in the Parish of the Woodford Valley with Archers Gate, and served both there and in Amesbury as Associate priest. Jo and her husband Geoff moved to Tisbury from Salisbury in early 2017; they have three grown up children. Jo is interested in art, history and music and love being outdoors, spending free time walking whenever possible. 10 NADDER VALLEY BENEFICE – CHURCH SERVICES – MAY 2017 Date 7th May 14th May 21st May 25th May 28th May 4th June SUNDAY Easter 4 Easter 5 Easter 6 Ascension Day Easter 7 Pentecost Rogation Sunday (Thursday) Southern Area

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SUTTON 1800 EBCP JN 0930 PCO2T GS 0930 PCO2T CS - - 1800 EBCP

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BARFORD 1115 FC MH 0930 MCW LAY 0800 HCBCP JN - - 0930 PC GS 1115 FC

BAVERSTOCK 0930 HCBCP GS 1115 FC JN 1115 PC RW - - 0930 MCW - LAY 0930 PCT

CHILMARK 1115 PCT JH 1115 MBCP LAY 1115 FC GS - - 1115 MPr LAY 1115 PCT DINTON There will be no services at Dinton Church during the re-roofing work. Instead Dinton’s services will be held at Baverstock Church (above) T. EVIAS 0930 FS LAY ------0930 FS T. MAGNA - - - - 0930 FC GS - - - - Western Area - -

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0800 HCT JN 0800 HCBCP GS TISBURY 0930 FS LAY 0930 PC MH 0930 PC followed JH 1930 PC JN / 0930 PC MG 0930 FS by beating the 1800 PCT RW 1800 QF LAY GS 1800 P & P GS 1800 PCT bounds GS 1800 Choral E

BCP – Book of Common Prayer CW – Common Worship HC – Holy Communion (said) PC – Order 1 Communion (with hymns) PCT – Order 1 Communion, traditional language (with hymns) CbE – Communion by Extension PC O2T Holy Communion Order 2 traditional language (with hymns) FC – All Age Family Communion FS – All Age Family Service SoW – All Age Service of the WordM -- Mattins or Morning Prayer QF – Questioning Faith MPr – Morning Praise E – Evensong or Evening Prayer P&P – Prayer and Praise CF – Colin Fox CS – Chris Savage GS – Graham Southgate JA – Judy Anderson JH – John Hamilton JN – Jo Naish MG – Michael Goater MH – Mark Hayter RW – Richard Wren

Church Cleaning Rota New Chilmark Churchwarden If you have any queries please contact me on The Churchwarden and Parochial Church Council of St. 01722 716571 - Many thanks, Chrissie Eden Margaret’s, Chilmark, are delighted to welcome Richard Haupt as the second Churchwarden; he will be sworn in at April Group the ‘Visitation Service’ at Wilton Parish Church on 25 May. 2nd five Richard is already a mainstay of St. Margaret’s: a member, 9th six with his wife Motoko and daughter Hannah, of the choir, a Lay Leader of our monthly Morning Praise service, and a 16th seven very willing pair of hands whenever needed. 23rd eight 30th nine Richard has a deep knowledge of the liturgy - and his love of music and singing will be an added bonus. So, welcome, Richard! Janey Middleton Chilmark Parochial Church Council (PCC) The Safeguarding Officer (Child Protection) for the Church of St.Margaret of Antioch, Chilmark, is Mrs Jane Middleton - 01722 716231.

Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust This year’s Ride and Stride fundraising event for churches across the county takes place on Saturday 9 September. We are looking for a good soul from the locality to coordinate the event. Please contact the churchwardens if you are able to help.

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TEAM CLERGY Revd Dr Graham Southgate, (Rector). The Rectory, Shaftesbury Road, , SP3 5JA 01722 714826 Parish Priest responsible for Ansty, Fovant, and Email: [email protected].

Revd Mark Hayter, (Associate Priest) High Spinney, Sutton Road, Fovant, SP3 5LF 01722 785176 Parish Priest responsible for Hindon with Chicklade and Pertwood Email: [email protected]

Revd Jo Naish, (Associate Priest) 01747 871820.

LICENSED LAY MINISTERS Miss Judy Anderson, 29 Brook Close, Tisbury SP3 6PW 01747 873142 Mrs Thelma Caughey, Steeple Close, High Street, Hindon SP3 6DJ 01747 820840

PARISH CENTRE Hinton Hall, Church Street, Tisbury SP3 6NH 01747 871697 9.30-11am Monday-Friday Email: [email protected]

TEAM ADMINISTRATOR Mrs Carol Sayes, Cleeve Hill, Vicarage Road, Tisbury SP3 6HZ 01747 871805 Email [email protected]

CHURCHWARDENS Chilmark: St. Margaret of Antioch Fonthill: All Saints with Berwick St Leonard Mrs Jane Middleton 01722 716231 The Hon. Mary Morrison 01747 820231 Richard Haupt Mrs Penny Mellish 01747 820524 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Priest: Fr. Robert Miller, Trellis House, High Street, Tisbury SP3 6JR 01747 870228 [email protected] MASSES Tisbury, Sacred Heart: Sunday 9am (sung) & 6.30pm (said) Wardour, All Saints: Sunday 11am (sung)

TISBURY METHODIST CHURCH Minister: Revd Denise Binks, 7 Ridge Way, Shaftesbury SP7 9HB, [email protected] 01747 854631 Sunday Service: 10.30am

CHILMARK CHURCH, ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH Treasurer Major John Eden 01722 716571 Choir Felicity Pattenden [email protected] 01722 716271 Organist David Davies [email protected] 01722 714440 Polly Dickins [email protected] 01747 870226 Bells Linda Jones [email protected] 01747 870595 Angus Menzies [email protected] 01722 717925

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Hindon Surgery News - Data Sharing cost of this trip is £8 (children £4) plus the cost of your You will probably have read that concerns have been lunch. Pick-ups start at 10am returning by 4pm. raised about the NHS IT systems in general practice and the sharing of data. The Information Commissioners Don’t forget our regular monthly lunch outing, to be held Office (ICO) has given advice in relation to these concerns on Wednesday 17 May. Tisbus will be taking members and issued the following statement: back to an old favourite of theirs – The Udder Farm Shop at East Stour. Great home cooked food made with the best “The ICO has data protection compliance concerns about ingredients from the local community, and served with a SystmOne’s enhanced data sharing function [SystmOne is warm and friendly welcome. Along with lunch will be the the computer system used by Hindon Surgery]. However, opportunity to buy some wonderful produce from their deli, given the possible impact to patient care, the ICO is not fishmonger and butchery, sourced from local farmer, and advocating that users switch off data sharing at this stage.” at a reasonable price. Remember to bring your reward card to collect points that you can redeem against future Keith McNeil, NHS Chief Clinical Information Officer, said: purchases. If you haven’t got a reward card, don’t worry: “Access to good information is essential to good care. with The Udder Farm Shop being a firm favourite for Doctors, nurses and other health care workers need to Tisbus members, you will be able to collect one on the day see a person’s medical history to be able to give them safe and build up your points total on future trips. The cost of and effective treatment. this trip is £7 (children £3.50) plus the cost of your lunch. Pick-ups start at 11am returning at 2.30pm. “Every health and care worker knows that medical information is sensitive, personal and should only be Remember to take advantage of the door-to-door service accessed when appropriate. Rules about appropriate use on our regular shopping trip: every Tuesday to Salisbury; are written into individual contracts, and for clinicians it is every Thursday to Shaftesbury; the 1st and 3rd Friday also part of professional codes of practice. of the month to and every Friday to Tisbury. Those with Senior Citizen bus passes can travel on all our “Medical data should always be managed fairly and shopping trips (listed above) free. Don’t forget children lawfully, with the highest levels of security and safety. travel at half fare and under 8s travel free as well. We also Access to records in commonly used GP IT systems is cater for wheelchair users, and carers travel free with the audited and can always be traced back because users log person they are caring for. If you would like to book a seat in using unique identifiers and secure access methods. on one of our trips, find out more about Tisbus, become a member, or a volunteer driver, then simply call our “We are currently working with TPP and GP representatives administrator on 07500 802525. to address concerns raised by ICO.”

Min Teare Fonthill Park Cricket Club News We said goodbye to Min Teare this month, who has now The village cricket season does not really start until the retired after working for the surgery for over 30 years. We end of April, yet this proved a very busy month. Because will miss her greatly and wish her well in her retirement. a lot of what we do relies on grass, a lot of time is needed to nurture, coax and control it (and I am not talking about Job Vacancy the variety that put Chilmark in the national news earlier We are advertising for a Receptionist/Administrator to this year!) work with us during the afternoons, covering reception and taking on a number of administrative tasks. Full details The mild winter led to a lot of lush growth and so it took are on our website at www.hindonsurgery.co.uk. extensive mowing and rolling to get the outfield down to a Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely point where a cricket ball would travel over it feely; but now the ground at Fonthill Park is back to looking its stunning best, with the characteristic daffodil beds still in flower Wylye Valley Art Trail on the top boundary amid primroses and bluebells in the The 9th Wylye Valley Art Trail gets underway on Saturday woods. This is indeed a beautiful place to play ’s 27 May. The nine-day festival of visual art and craft “summer game”. provides a unique opportunity to see the wide range of art being created in South Wiltshire. Some 73 venues, FPCC relies on everyone getting involved and this season including many within a 10-minute drive of Chilmark, will we have a new maintenance team working on the ground. be open from 10.30am to 5.30 each day, admission free There was a great turnout to assemble the pitch covers, to all. To find out more about who will be exhibiting and nets and sight screens in that lovely early summer weather where, visit the Art Trail website: http://wvat.co.uk we enjoyed in the first week of April. Players have been trying to get themselves back into shape with weekly indoor nets sessions at Nadder Sports Centre in Tisbury May musts with with Tisbus since January before moving to outdoor practices at the Tisbus will be treating its members to a new experience ground. With another full fixture list ahead of 20:20 games, this May – The Wylye Valley Art Trail. On Wednesday 3 on Wednesday evenings, and friendlies against local and May Tisbus will be visiting eight of the sites involved in the touring teams at weekend, new members are always Art Trail between Tisbury & Hindon (Sites 59, 60, 61, 49, welcome, so please do come along or get in touch. 50, 51, 52 & 53) and stopping for lunch at The Lamb Inn, Hindon, between villages. There are some beautiful and For more information please contact the Club via amazing sights to be seen on this tour, all designed and [email protected] produced by talented local artists: painting, drawing, felting, Mark Mikurenda, Hon Secretary woodwork, glass, silver jewellery, pottery, sculptures and photography, on display in some wonderful locations. The 13 The Village Voice

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Films in Tisbury Friday 5 May -The Light between Oceans (12A) – starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander and based on a best selling book. In the aftermath of World War One, a lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby rescued from a drifting boat. It is a great film and one very much worth seeing.

Friday 9 June we are ACTUALLY showing La La Land (12A) - yes the one they thought had won the Oscar. It is funny, very human and should provide a great evening’s entertainment. The story is simple: Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars - but success mounts....

Venue: The Nadder Centre, Weaveland Road, Tisbury, where there is plenty of room and car parking. Doors open at 6.30pm; film starts 7pm. Tickets: £6 from Kate Good Pottery, High Street, Tisbury (closed on Mondays). Tel: 01747 870367. Any profit from the films will go to the General Fund, St John’s Church, Tisbury.

The good news is that Tisbus are happy to arrange transport to the Centre, so if you would like a lift, do ring 07500 802525.

The Cinema will be closed in July and August and reopen on 8 September with a brand new selection of films!

Recycling & Waste Collection dates for May 2017

Tuesday 2nd - Household waste

Tuesday 9th Blue lid - plastic bottles, cardboard, brown paper, shredded paper Black box - glass bottles & jars, newspapers, junk mail, Join our Heating tin cans, clothing, silver foil Green lid - garden waste, NOT household compost Oil Buying Club! Tuesday 16th - Household waste Tuesday 23rd - Blue lid, Black Box, Green lid and SAVE up to Tuesday 30th - Household waste 10% on your For more details of which bin to use, visit the following link: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling/recycling heating oil cost! • Free to join • Independent of suppliers • Order for more than one location • Pay the supplier direct • Bi-monthly reminders • Over 500 members FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FREE REGISTRATION VISIT: www.nadder.oilbuyingclub.com

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Wiltshire West Community your dog’s good nature means it won’t chase or attack Policing Team livestock. If your dog’s natural instinct to chase livestock kicks in it could be too late before you realise anything is 18 April, Dinton, Theft: offender entered wrong,’ said PC Marc Jackson the operation Rural Crime parked car and stole rucksack. lead for Wiltshire. 12 April, Mere, Criminal Damage: at 5am, offenders were interrupted attempting to Livestock worrying is a criminal offence and the penalty steal a garden seat; they smashed an can be 6 months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to ornament before running off. £1000. It is traditionally thought of as a dog biting/attacking 11 April, Dinton, Attempted Theft: offender smashed livestock but it also means: window of car parked in National Trust car park and • Chasing livestock in such a way as may be reasonably searched the contents; nothing stolen. expected to cause injury or suffering; in the case of ewes, 10 April, Tisbury, Criminal offence: offenders left taxi this includes abortion or loss or reduction in the number of without paying. offspring she has. 5 April, Mere, Burglary: at some point over the last month, • Not having a dog on a lead or under close control when a tool was used in a perceived but unsuccessful attempt to close by, or in a field or enclosure with livestock. break into a dwelling via a window. 5 April, Tisbury, Theft: at 17:55 hours on 5 April, a male PC Jackson added: ‘The public need to be aware that suspect stopped his vehicle outside property, exited his sometimes when entering a field you may only be able to vehicle and stole a copper flower pot from the garden of the see a small part of it. So you need to be 100% sure before property. The suspect returned the pot when confronted you go in that there are no livestock out of site, maybe by the owner. over the brow of a hill. 1 April, Fonthill Bishop, Burglary: overnight on 31 March “We want people to go out there and enjoy the countryside. suspects damaged the main gate to gain entry to the If people are out using the public rights of way with a dog, location. An external shed door was damaged and entry use a bit of common sense. Use a lead if there is livestock gained but nothing appears to have been stolen. A window around and don’t deviate from the footpaths as potentially to the cricket pavilion was also smashed. they could be trespassing.” 31 March, Tisbury, Arson and Criminal Damage: at around 18:35 hours on 31 March, suspect kicked the wing Andi Witcombe, the National Farmers Union (NFU) county mirror off of the reporting person’s vehicle during a road adviser for Wiltshire said: rage incident. ‘The National Farmers Union Mutual found that in 2016 31 March, Dinton, Theft: offender gained entry to parked they had 50% more livestock worrying claims compared car and stole two bags containing clothing and tools. to the previous year. For the farmer it is particularly 31 March, Broadchalke, Theft: offender smashed window distressing and worrying; they spend every day of the year of parked car and stole bag. taking care of their animals and to see them worried or 27 March, Tisbury, Theft: between 25 and 27 March, entry injured is incredibly distressing for them.’ gained to a securely parked vehicle and various items including expensive binoculars were stolen from within. SCAM Warning Footnote: If you are interested in receiving (or just reading) As the Village Voice went to press, Wiltshire police urged these alerts directly from the Community Messaging villagers to be alert to a new scam targeting the vulnerable. Service, please access https://wiltsmessaging.co.uk and An elderly resident in the area has recently received a follow the instructions. telephone call advising that the roof of her house was in such a poor state it was in danger of damaging a Team Contacts neighbour’s property; the caller said police would become Sector Head: Inspector 2517 James Brain: involved if she did not get it fixed immediately. The caller [email protected] then went on to ask for credit and debit card details; when Deputy Sector Head: Ps 1629 Gill Hughes: these were not given, they said they would be round to the [email protected] house to take the owner to the bank to obtain money. On Community Coordinator: Pc 1570 Amy Hardman: this occasion, they did turn up to the house, and tried to [email protected] gain access. Wiltshire police believe this was an attempt Local PCSO: PCSO 6126 Vicky Huntley: at threatening the homeowner into complying with the [email protected] scammers’ request for money. The Police added that in no circumstances would they get involved with general house maintenance issues and have Police call for Dogs on Leads around livestock given the following advice: Wiltshire Police are urging dog owners to be more ‘Please do not agree to any work to be carried out as a responsible when walking their pets following a sharp result of an unsolicited telephone or house call. Do not increase in cases of livestock worrying across the county. give cold callers your bankcard details and do not allow The call comes in response to a National Farmers Union yourself to be bullied into going to your bank to take report that livestock worrying is a significant and increasing money out for these unscrupulous people. Please pass issue for Wiltshire farmers, particularly from January to this information onto friends and family. May when sheep are in the field and lambing. Finally, if this does happen to you, please call Wiltshire Police, on 101, with as much information as possible ‘We are asking dog owners to be responsible when out (including vehicle registrations if you can safely get them) enjoying our countryside. Keep ALL dogs on a lead around so that we can try to stop these people targeting others. any livestock. Whether your dog is large or small, naughty or well behaved, the message is simple. Keep your dog on a lead when you are near livestock. You can’t assume 16 GOODS AND SERVICES DIRECTORY –FEBRUARY ‘17

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BUILDING CONTRACTOR All aspects of general building and refurbishment, including the installation of kitchens and bathrooms. Member of the Federation of Master Builders. HETAS approved installer. For all your building requirements, please contact: P. F. PARSONS LTD. Unit 1, Wylye Road, Hindon, Salisbury SP3 6ER.Tel [01747 820422] email: [email protected] web: www.pfparsons.co.uk

CARPENTRY AND JOINERY All aspects of carpentry work undertaken: extensions, new builds, renovations, cut roofs, built-in wardrobes, design, supply and install kitchens. 20 years’ experience. Please find me on Facebook pages. Simon Penson Carpentry, The Old Post Office, Hindon, Salisbury SP3 6DJ Tel [01747 820377, mobile 07540184604] email: [email protected]

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FIELD AND STABLES Field and stables available near HIndon for 1 or 2 horses or ponies. Details on request. Anne Spanton, Tel [01747 820259]

FONTHILL TIMBER LIMITED Locally felled, milled and delivered timber to your requirements for fencing, timber buildings, garden furniture, beams etc. Call [01747 871142] or [07708 584794] – Phil Farnell or Jane Fogarty.

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Ridge Chapel ‘You should know, he’s been at Sunday School.’ O dear, Former Chilmark School pupil Mike Rawlins lived in Ridge were we in trouble. Our sins had found us out! during the 1940s when Ridge Chapel (now a home) was still very much in use for the purpose it was built for. Here, Harvest Festival at the chapel was always a lovely Mike shares his memories of the chapel where he had to occasion. There was no shortage of country produce to attend Sunday School and an evening Sunday service display and give thanks for. Some years, flowers could each week. The chapel was run as a union between be short because Harvest Festival would be held in mid the Congregational Church in Tisbury and Brown Street September and it was not uncommon to have hard frosts Baptist Church in Salisbury. earlier in the month. Not only did we have the joyous ‘Inside the chapel there were the traditional pews, pulpit Harvest Service on the Sunday, there was also midweek and painted letters behind this bearing the words “Seek Service followed by the sale of the produce. People would the Lord and his strength”. Underneath the floor was a come from chapels in neighbouring villages to share in this baptistery (a sunken receptacle used for baptism by total occasion and it was no surprise that a bus would arrive immersion) that in my time was never used. The chapel with a load of people swelling the congregation to capacity. had its own loos, accessible only from the outside, that Mike Rawlins consisted of a long wooden toilet seat with a hole for adults then a smaller hole for children, with a bucket that had to be emptied. It also it had its own small copper, a vessel under which you lit a fire to heat water to make tea etc for any chapel functions. There was no water so this had to be carried from Knap Farm. There was also no electricity. Paraffin was the fuel used for the heating and lighting; rather smelly, but no alternative. The chapel was built on sloping ground and, at the rear was a stable underneath the floor of the chapel, where originally the preacher could leave his horse. I never saw a preacher arrive on horseback, but preachers came from far and wide, by various means of transport.

There were those who would come out from Salisbury on the Wilts and Dorset bus to Ridge cottages, situated on the B3089, and then had about a mile to walk over the hill to the chapel and afterwards walk back to catch the bus home.

The chapel was built with voluntary contributions and labour from its members. Before it was built, the congregation met in members’ houses. When I was there it was run by two sisters, Elsie and Flo Harris, the same sisters who farmed at Knap Farm, just a short distance down the hill. Before this it was run by their late father. They were two very Victorian ladies who worked very, very hard on the farm and had hearts of gold.

The evening service was quite an experience, attended by Advertising in The Village Voice about 30 people. The preacher was always forthright in Revenue from the quarterly Goods & Services Directory his preaching, with wonderful gifts of praying. The hymns goes to Chilmark Parochial Church Council (via Hindon sung were from Sankey and Moody’s Sacred Hymns and PCC). Cost (for 30 words max) is £16 for 4 issues (a Solos and the harmonies were quite extraordinary and year); £12 for 3 issues; £8 for 2 issues; £4 for one issue. were a great enhancement to the worship. Music was Please contact Felicity Trotman (see Village Directory, provided by Flo Harris playing the harmonium. page 2) if you wish to include an entry in the next Sunday School was run by a Mrs Eva Sparshott - a Directory. Cheques payable to Hindon PCC. lovely gentle lady. She was the wife of a gamekeeper who worked for Fonthill Estates and lived in the Keeper’s All other advertising revenue (display and classified Cottage in Ashley Woods. She was a very warm, caring, adverts) goes towards The Village Voice printing costs. loving lady. The Sunday School was made up of about 20 children and she had a lot to put up with from us boys. I Display advert prices as from 1st September 2016 are: remember very clearly singing the hymn ‘Jesus wants me quarter page - £60 per year (10 issues) for a sunbeam’ where Pete Worvell and myself substituted eighth page - £40 per year the words ‘Jesus wants me for a stink bomb’. Yes, we did have a lecture, but we were into stink bombs at the time. Classified adverts can be run for up to three issues at the rate of 10 pence per word (30 words max) per issue. On another occasion the older boys persuaded Pete and Should you wish to place a display or classified advert myself to play truant from Sunday School and hide in please contact our Treasurer Mike Scott: woods until it was all over, which we did, they telling the [email protected] teacher that we were unwell. What we hadn’t reckoned for was that Mrs Sparshott had to pass Pete’s home when she The Village Voice walked home from Sunday School. She saw his mother in Printed by Spectrum Design & Print, the garden and asked, “How’s Pete now?”. She replied, Wilton 01722 742678 20