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July 2009 Page 2 The Parish Magazine Parish contacts The Rector Revd. David Howell Parochial Church Council (PCC) The Rectory, Whitbourne Secretary Mr Stuart Beare WR6 5RP 01886 821285 01885 482570 Treasurer Assistant Priest Revd. Doiran Williams Mr Angus Stormonth-Darling Howberry, Whitbourne 01886 821918 WR6 5RZ 01886 821189 Electoral Roll Mr John Bland Officer 01886 853661 Churchwardens: Mrs Sheila Gibbs Councillors Mr John Allan 01885 483491 Edvin Loach 01886 821450 Mr Robert Darby Mrs Yvonne Evans 01885 482284 01886 821811 Churchwardens: Mrs Kathleen Harris Sir Nicholas Harington Tedstone 01885 483681 01886 821819 Delamere Mr Albert Jones 01886 853564 Mr Jerry Cummins 01886 821485 Churchwardens: Mr I Evans-Fisher Upper Sapey Mrs C Evans-Fisher Mrs Celia MacKenzie 01886 853441 01885 483492 Deanery Synod Churchwardens: Mrs Myrtle Kneen Mr John Allan Representatives Whitbourne 01886 821707 Mrs Brenda Allan Mrs Sylvia Bland 01886 853661 Mrs Myrtle Kneen Organist Mrs Sheila Jones 01885 488625 Mr Stuart Beare
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Cover photograph courtesy of Mr Paul Dewey, taken on a sunny June day down Tedney lane of Greater Whitbourne Page 3 From the Rector At the end of this month the school children will start the long summer holiday. In Whitbourne, the school had its Ofsted inspec - tion, always a busy and stressful time. I would like to thank the school staff and the gover - Has anyone noticed . . . nors for all their hard work and the pastoral care they put into the school. Having a church ... any recent change in the quality of school is one of the great strengths of this Parish. Although I must confess that I was not mains water? the best pupil when I was at school. I could not wait for the summer holidays to come. I ask because a resident of the village (who wishes his identity to remain The busyness of life, it seems to me, is one of confidential so as to protect the the things which can so often get in the way of source of his information) tells me any contemplative time that we, as Christians, that Welsh Water have reduced the really should be practising. It is all too true frequency of inspections at the that many of us can let God get drowned out Whitbourne pumping station. He has by the noise of the world that He created and asked me to write to the company do this to the extent that often we stop trying about this, but before I do it would be to make space for the quiet in which to hear His voice. useful to know whether there have in fact been any lapses of quality. The I am aware that 2009 has been a very busy most frequent contamination is from time for many people in the congregation who fine red clay suspended in the water, give so generously of their time and talents although excess chlorine can also be a when it comes to planning and executing the problem. funding campaign that has been happening. I am aware that all of us, both corporately as a If any readers have come across such church and individually, need to make the issues in the last two to three months, time necessary to find where God is speaking I would be grateful for an account of to us - and to make the space in which to hear what happened and whether the mat - Him with the still small voice in which He speaks. ter was brought to Welsh Water’s attention. It would be very easy to think that because we are a very busy church with so much going on, Many thanks in advance, that everything is OK in the spiritual garden - but in the noise and confusion of this world, it Francis Evans is imperative that we all, in doing the work of [email protected] the Lord do not forget to wait upon, to listen and to act upon what we hear from the Lord of the work.
David Howell Rector The Parish of Greater Whitbourne Page 4 The Parish Magazine Parish News Dig out those plants! and local primary schools. There Refreshments include hot food, will be a barbecue and other cakes and cream teas, and enter - It’s only a week or so now until refreshments. Tickets costing £5 tainment ranges from a display the fete. Please don ‘t forget to for adults, £3 for children and of vintage tractors and military keep back a few plants for the £10 for a family, are available vehicles, alpacas and llamas, the plant stall. All contributions are from the college reception. Jump for Joy dance display team, welcome; flowers and bands. Please bring plants to the church - DK yard from Saturday morning Entrance costs £1 per adult (11th July) onwards and we’ll which includes entry into a raf - round them up.We hope to be in Sapey Fun Day fle. Children are admitted free. the usual spot, on the left under a tree. With Alice in Wonderland as a Friendship Club central theme, Sapey3y Fun Day Thank you in advance. and Crazy Dog Show promises to This month Brenda Allan came to offer something for everyone on talk to us about her latest trip to Elaine Brown Saturday July 25th. Tanzania, bringing us up to date on achievements and future Whitbourne WI The event will be held at Kelsey, aims. we had tea and biscuits and Tedstone Wafre, on the a chat. Our June meeting was the garden Bromyard-Stourport road, at meeting which we spent at Sheila 1pm. All proceeds will be split Next month on July 1st, we meet Dodd’s garden. We were lucky equally between the Air at 10.45am in the car park and with the weather which, although Ambulance, Acorns Children’s have a ride out to St Peter’s a little overcast, managed to stay Hospice & the Neuroblastoma Garden Centre for our tea and fine. Sheila took us around the Children’s Cancer Society. cake. Lifts will be available. garden, accompanied by her dog, and pointed out all the work that Anyone interested in giving a LG she had put in over the time they hand or wishing to donate a had owned it. prize or to just get rid of your bric a brac, please contact Dave Recipes galore! There were some beautiful trees Parsons on 01886 853646, email and plants, some clever colour [email protected] or Ever stuck for a different cake to combinations of clematis and Lynne Samuels on 07549 181700. make or some new biscuits to roses mingling and climbing give to guests? Whitbourne CE shrubs. There were also some If you have a skill, hobby, craft primary school’s new recipe interesting sculptures dotted you would like to share with oth - book is full of tried and tested around and, looking through the ers or if you wish to promote recipes guaranteed to please trees, stunning vistas. your business this could be a both adults ands children alike good opportunity to have a small and is illustrated by the children. A few ladies walked around the display stand. Or just come along lake and all gathered for our tea and enjoy yourself - why not Priced £3.50 for the school or and cake and a little business in bring a picnic and just enjoy the £3.85 from the shop (the extra is Sheila’s lounge. We all enjoyed beautiful garden. VAT which the shop must the evening and Heather thanked charge), the book is great value - Sheila for having us. There will be an Alice in if you ever wanted to know what Wonderland fancy dress compe - camel cakes were, this is where Our next meeting is on July 14th, tition, Crazy Dog Show with 21 you’ll find out! when we shall have a talk by the different classes and good prizes Road Safety Officer and the com - for each class, many games, petition is to design a road safe - including crazy golf, learn to play ty sign. croquet, skittles, and wellie LG wanging. As well as a grand draw The circus comes to town! with over £600 worth of prizes, there will also be a raffle for a A home-grown circus comes to helicopter ride at Shobdon QE Humanities College on Airdrome, and a variety of stalls Thursday July 9 from 6pm, fea - including a tombola, bric a brac, turing students for the college vintage clothes, and plants. of Greater Whitbourne Page 5 Help keep an old tradition alive Do you know; rung full circle on a Sunday between eleven and ninety. morning. But sadly some towers There will be a beginners’ course What to do with a tail end? are falling into disuse, partly in Bromyard, probably in because of the cost of repair and October. Then if you decide to A slider from a stay? partly because people cannot carry on, you really need to commit the time to learning to attend two practices a week until What word connects a Coconut ring. you feel confident. If you can Shy with a hand-stroke? manage only one it will take In Whitbourne we are fairly longer. What to do on the command lucky, having a ring of six bells ‘Stand’? and nine people who can ring. Come and see us at the Fete on But have you ever tried getting July 11th, in the church tower, or Yes of course, these are all to do even six people in the same place ring (01886) 821450 and ask for with the noble art of bell-ringing. at the same time? Brenda. Britain is the only country where, in church towers all over the Ideally we could do with three or Brenda Allan land, you can hear bells being four people to join us – aged Half an hour of my day - a snapshot from a farmer’s life The happiest sight of the month pen so was raring to go. He was watching Frank join the herd cantered towards them, bel - after weeks in the bull pen, with lowing shrilly and dribbling – the occasional pony, fresh calved you could sense his train of cow and calf or sheep next door thought ‘Here I am, girls, I’m and plenty of human attention – a-comin …’ he’s a favourite attraction with visiting youngsters – ‘cor Miss, He didn’t seem to mind the e’s massive’ is usually the reac - fact that he received a fairly tion. cool and nonchalant welcome – the cows like to choose their At two and a half years old he moments of amour. still has another two years of growing to do (I hope) – the Beef Frank is one happy chap these Shorthorn is a late maturing days! breed compared with some. cows and calves back out to the Anyway, I had the herd back to field and then went back and Julia Evans Blue Tongue vaccinate the cows opened up the bull pen for Frank and if calving was to start at the to go and join them. beginning of March, mid May was the time for action. We let the He’d seen them all run past his Summer fun at Tiblands Once again we come to the end of enjoying their seaside topic, will be singing some songs are a very busy year, and wave good - music session, story time with the Whitbourne Fete, so please bye to so many faces - reception Father David, gardening and come along and join in the fun. teachers have been visiting the most importantly socialising setting to ensure a smooth tran - with their friends.The children We are hoping to end the term sition from nursery to reception also had a road safety talk. with a beach party, so watch this class. We wish all the children space for some great photos. well in their new classes. Whitbourne reception children Happy summer holiday from enjoyed a play day at Tiblands in everyone at Tiblands. It has been a busy time for the our outdoor area, which was children, preparing Gala entries, great fun! This year, the children Page 6 The Parish Magazine Good progress in Tanga Phew, it’s hot! For the first few were the ones who in 2003 told minutes at the airport it is nice – us of their three main worries: no but it is 7.30 a.m., and it soon money to send children to gets even hotter … and hotter. school, children dying of AIDS, Mind you, the locals say it is and the fact that they had ‘no much cooler than it was last voice’. month, so we were glad we did not arrive in March. ‘What are their worries now’, I asked. Apart from AIDS they In Dar es Salaam we met some could not think of any. AIDS in old friends at the Ministry (of Tanzania is, very slowly, being Livestock Development). Jaspar conquered, although there are Mallya, Francis Nyakyi and still an increasing number of Christine Lyimo, all previous orphans. Having a profitable Buhuri people. I suspect that business has really given them what they really want is more confidence. computers. Our next stop is St. Mark’s Theological College – “Who would like us to visit them there are computers on the high on Saturday morning?” About seas for them, Somalian pirates twenty hands shot up. We had permitting. They say they want time for five. A pig farmer, a veg - 200. They are getting seven. Father Christopher Kiango gives etable and fruit retailer, a woman an orphan his school uniform making clothes and another who In Tanga, friends meet us at the and some soap. embroiders cushion covers, table airport and take us to Mapinduzi cloths and the like. All four now Hostel, where we spend the first children have good sustainable business - half of our visit. I have my own es and the lives of their families room and Sue has the Bishop’s • Uniform, pens, pencils, exercise have improved enormously. The Room. However, celebrations for books and soap for 62 primary last one we visited was a mat a local wedding go on all night school children. maker, but unfortunately she has and we do not get much sleep. cancer and cannot work. Worse, There are not many mosquitoes • Money for medications for 25 her grand-daughter has just pro - though, and for the first few days elderly people (no social security we get very few bites. for them in Tanzania) – and they also had gifts of sugar and maize flour.
I have been asked to pass on their sincere thanks for this relief. Thank you, Whitbourne and friends.
There are now around 190 AIDS orphans in Mapinduzi, our link parish. Most of them live with Aunties and Grandmothers, many of whom have very little Anna Mmbelwa’s pigs do not income and can only just manage normally stand in muck; she to support themselves. Being has just washed them. She has able to send the children to the best pigsty in the neigh - school is a real boon and a bourhood weight off their minds. Charles Peter - we are sponsor - duced an unexpected baby so has ing his catering course One day we have a meeting of had to leave school. Again, with women who have taken out no social security this family is We talked about last year’s micro-finance loans. This scheme really struggling. Christmas Appeal, which raised has now been going for over two £800. This was used for: years. Around 70 women have Cont. • Books for 25 secondary school taken out loans; these women of Greater Whitbourne Page 7 We did manage to build a day off into our programme this time. It had one meet - ing: we invited the church council to supper.
They are very worried about the loan defaulters, but on the other hand have started building a church hall from the profits of the hostel.
Victoria Said’s vegetable stall. She has You might remember we rebuilt her house, which used to have helped them to build the mud walls and thatch roof. It now has hostel – they paid about one brick walls and a corrugated iron third and we paid the rest, The donkey belonging to the roof. mainly from a sponsored Sisters at Neema village - we climb of Kilimanjaro. christened her Becka Anybody fancy another good walk? Beatrice Rufingo’s shop. She now has a trainee assistant. Yes, it was an enjoyable visit. No, it was not a holiday! Brenda Allan
PS. to read more about our visit, see our newsletter which should be out mid- June and will be available in church and on our website:
www.tanga-in-touch.org.uk Paulina Kiondo making a dress for Sue Rain, rain go away - or maybe not!
I was once overheard by the an average rainfall of 21 inches because of water power, but also Editor of this august magazine per year. Wow – that means we because the damp air prevented talking obsessively about rain - are nearly desert so where are the threads from becoming too fall. The ‘normal human’ in her the camels? brittle. Why...because of the rain - put on a brave face and listened fall levels! intently whilst really thinking Thus was my curiosity aroused that I ought to get out more! The and I started to squirrel away I could go on...No! I hear you cry, Editor in her, however, spotted a otherwise useless facts: but is there any practical use for source of material! these random statistics? Not •Edinburgh (only 16 miles away) really, at the age of 10, except Yes, I confess, I have been inter - got 30 inches that I could judge roughly where ested (some say obsessed!) by •Glasgow (only 40 miles beyond to camp in order to avoid midges rainfall for a long time. Why? It that) got 60 inches (ie East of Kenmore!). Later on I stems from two facts learned as •Loch Tay which is 15 miles long developed a compulsion to keep a 10 year old boy: and bestrides the very centre of rainfall charts. I have done so Scotland illustrates how impor - since we arrived in Whitbourne Fact 1) “Deserts have up to 10 tant rain shadows can be. Killin, almost exactly 15 years ago. inches of rain a year.” To a small at the West end, gets 80 inches, boy that seemed huge and if it while Kenmore at the East end is There are some really interesting rained so much, how could half as wet with a mere 40 inch - things (honest!) to say about deserts be dry and arid and full es. what I have learned here...but of camels? •The Lake District gets 120 inch - maybe another time IF there is es! Wow - that explains the lakes! any demand! Fact 2) In East Lothian, Scotland, •Lancashire developed a cotton where I was brought up, we had spinning industry not just Angus Stormonth Darling Page 8 The Parish Magazine Letter from the Bishop of Hereford
It is going to be immensely always been the encouragement brought real blessings to so strange to have a diocese of of Local Ministry, of every many. She, with Michael, has Hereford without Michael and Christian fulfilling the unique also shown a deep commitment Rosemary Hooper in it! They are work that God gives them to do. to our diocesan Companion link a wonderful pair of Christians, He was able to live this out in his dioceses in Tanzania. delightful human beings, and parish ministries, as well as work both have served God and this tirelessly to encourage it as Rural We give continued thanks for diocese unstintingly for 44 years. Dean, Archdeacon and Bishop. It Bishop Michael and Rosemary’s That is quite a record and is foundational in our Christian ministries and we pray for them achievement! thinking and practice, and the in their “retirement”, with the fact that this is a normal, accept - new work and the opportunities There are very few bishops in the ed part of the life of our diocese that that will bring them. Let us Church of England who have is in no small measure down to especially take heart in our own been made bishops to serve in Bishop Michael. Our core Local faith and the unique work that the diocese where they were Ministry Scheme has his print all God calls each of us to do. The already serving as priests or over it. best possible way of honouring Archdeacons, and it is a testimo - Michael and Rosemary is for us ny to Bishop Michael that he has Rosemary and Michael, like all to pray and work for God’s been one of them. Ordained at those of us who are married, Church to continue to grow in the age of 24, he served a curacy know that the marriage “team” is this diocese, and for our own in Bridgnorth before his first absolutely vital to our life and lives to be transformed further, incumbency which was in work in every aspect. Rosemary through grace, in loving service Minsterley. Eleven happy and has fulfilled her own distinctive and action. purposeful years there were fol - ministry among us, as well as lowed by his pioneering work in with their wider family, and Leominster as Vicar, then Team through her own creative gifts. Bishop Anthony Priddis Rector, and afterwards as Rosemary’s teaching and her Bishop of Hereford Archdeacon of Hereford. involvement in so many aspects of parish and diocesan life, Central to Bishop Michael’s including especially as a Trustee understanding of the faith has of the Mothers’ Union, have
We were on the coach going to And in the castle there were Tennis triumph! Goodrich. I liked it because we some arrow slits. Then we went got to talk on the way there. I to have lunch. After that we went liked the portcullis where it came back to school. down. In the towers there were stairs - we had to hold onto a PS It was exciting. rope. It was dark. When we got to the top it was a bird’s eye view. I Cameron Taylor, Class 1 liked having lunch with my friends. Nikki James, Class 1 Nikki, centre, with penpal and Emily Timm, aged 9, from We got on the bus to Goodrich Alex, right Linley Green, a pupil at Castle. We saw some dungeons Whitbourne school, triumphed and we saw a cannon called the in the Bromyard mini tennis Roaring Meg, then we went into tournament - she is shown here the temple with a glass window; with her winner’s medal it was beautiful.
Emily and her fellow pupils When we went to the keep, it was Nikita Smith and Alice Evans exciting because it was high. have taken part in tennis les - Then we went into the moat - it sons offered by QE Humanities was cool because there were College and all reached at least some horses’ stables. It was the semi finals of the tourna - exciting because it was very far ment. down. of Greater Whitbourne Page 9 Goodrich Castle - stormed by Whitbourne school! Classes 1 and 2 from Whitbourne school stormed Goodrich Castle and this time managed to get past the portcullis!
The Class 1 children had been to the castle earlier in the year, but due to a mix-up at the castle, were unable to get inside and so not only spent the day studying the castle’s defences but also had the chance to make friends with children from Goodrich primary school, who have become their penpals. Class 2 outside the castle Their return visit this term took everyone wanted to go up again. them into every nook and cranny Class 2 and Years 1 and 2 went of the castle from the top of the on a trip to Goodrich Castle. Then we went to the dungeon - it keep to the dungeons, and have First, Class 2 accompanied Year 1 was dark, very dark. It was scary, lunch with their penpals. - Class and 2 on the bus. It was a long everyone was clinging onto each 2 picnicked in the castle journey. When we got there we other. Finally, we had to go grounds. split up and Class 2 went to have home. We loved our trip to a break and Class 1 went to the Goodrich Castle - we hope to go Here we include some of their toilet. again! work: After break, we Thanks for taking us. went down a lit - Tamzin Moon tle road to the Class 2 castle. The cas - tle was massive. On Wednesday the 3rd June, We went every - Class 2 and 1 went to Goodrich where - the tow - Castle. We had loads of fun and ers, the kitchen, we saw the Roaring Meg cannon Great Hall, sta - and the keep. On the keep we bles, even in the took a picture of a forest and a moat! Then we lake - it was hard to get up there, had lunch. and there were very small dark steps; you only had a rope to After, we drew hold onto. bits of the cas - tle (all of them We saw the kitchen and loads of were brilliant). other rooms. Then we had out Then we went lunch. When we finished our up the keep (the lunch, we did a drawing of what keep’s a very we thought the castle would have tall tower). looked like in the olden days. I There were end - did the kitchen. Afterwards, we less stairs but looked in the dungeon and it was when we got really, really dark. We went and their the view looked where the moat was but it was incredible. is now grass. Then we headed Beautiful trees, back to the bus. lovely lake. It was so peaceful. Kimberley Jordan Then we had to Class 2 go. But nearly Page 10 The Parish Magazine WI recipes White chocolate berry cheesecake chocolate until well-combined.
2 x 150g bars white chocolate Stir 50g raspberries with 2 tbsps jam. Spoon half 2 x 300g tubs soft cheese (eg Philadelphia) the cheese mixture into the loaf tin, spoon the 284ml double cream jammy raspberries down the centre and then top 50g/2oz caster sugar with the rest of the cheese mixture. Level the top 170g raspberries then press in the biscuits. Cover and chill for 6 5 tbsps raspberry jam hours or overnight. 85g/3oz amaretti biscuits 200g/8oz strawberries (small if possible) Set aside about 6 strawberries. Halve the rest, then a few blueberries (optional) warm in a pan with the remaining jam until soft. Blend to a sauce in a food processor or with a hand Break the chocolate into a glass bowl and put it blender, then rub through a sieve to remove seeds. over a pan of simmering water to melt, making Add a drop of water if too thick. sure that the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Then leave to cool down. Line a lightly oiled To serve, turn the tin carefully out onto a plate and 900g loaf tin with cling film. strip off the cling film. Halve the remaining straw - berries and arrange with remaining raspberries and Whisk the cheese, cream and sugar together till blueberries. Pour over a little sauce and serve the well-blended, then stir into the almost-cool melted rest separately.
Coconut cake Herefordshire Roots
200g block creamed coconut, chopped I am a country girl 3 tbsps rapeseed or groundnut oil Herefordshire born and bred 200g tub soft cheese I love the county 600g/1lb 5oz sugar With all its bounty 5 large eggs Ne’er a truer word was said 2 tsps vanilla extract We have Hereford beef 375/13oz plain flour And Hereford cider 175g/6oz desiccated coconut Hereford honey for less than a fiver icing sugar, raspberry lime drizzle, coconut curls Acres of apple orchards and pears and lime zest to serve Farmhouse shops selling their wares Herefordshire hops, though now in decline (Raspberry lime drizzle - puree 250 g raspberries Will not fade the memory with 3 tbsps brown sugar. Mix in 250g more rasp - Of hops on the bine berries and zest of half a lime.) The smell that stays In your nostrils forever In a small pan, heat the creamed coconut gently Those hop-picking days until it melts. Mix in oil then pour into a large bowl. With friends all together Leave to cool. The rolling hills, the fern covered downs The winding roads from town to town Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a deep 20 Churches and castles steeped in history x 30cm baking tin with baking parchment. Add Tales of the past, myths and mystery. cheese and sugar to the cooled cream, then beat Hereford humour is hard to beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beat - Bold as brass and full of cheek ing well after each, then the vanilla extract and a Country ways, country people pinch of salt. The mix will become mousse-like. Tell it as it is, honest and truthful. Fold in the flour, then the desiccated coconut. So lean on that gate and look around This land of beauty and be proud Scrape into the tin. Bake for about 1 hour until Honoured that you are to live golden brown and a skewer inserted into the cen - in Hereford county with so much to give. tre comes out clean.
Turn out and cool on a rack. Serve, dusted with Shirley Whittall icing sugar and cut into wedges. Pour on the driz - zle, add coconut curls and zest if desired. of Greater Whitbourne Page 11 Agricultural Chaplain’s Report
Set-aside debate regional food. Provenance brand - A 47 page document has been ing had largely been associated produced by the NFU and with fresh meat, fresh produce Country Land and Business and the dairy sectors, but the Association, with support from report by Bidwells Agribusiness the Agricultural Industries suggested that this could also Confederation (AIC), the Farming apply to cereal products. This and Wildlife Advisory Group has begun to develop in the (FWAG) and Linking Environment brewing industry where a compa - and Farming (LEAF) outlining vol - ny produces lager exclusively The Rev Nick Read, Agricultural untary environmental measures, from British-grown barley. Chaplain, Diocese of Hereford aimed at fending off a compulso - Sainsburys was also promoting sure to pesticides remains to be ry set-aside replacement scheme the fact that it used British wheat determined after four appeal which could take 5% of English in its bread. court judges failed to reach a arable land out of production. decision after the end of a four- Resistance to ombudsman day hearing. The judges are The proposals were submitted in The Competition Commission expected to report on their find - advance of the deadline to the produced a 30-day consultation ings within coming weeks. Government’s consultation on on a proposal for an ombudsman 27th May. However the RSPB con - to oversee relationships between Food inflation falling tinues to argue that compulsory suppliers and retailers (see previ - The rate of food price inflation is set-aside, as part of the “cross- ous briefings). However a report set to fall over the next six compliance” measures, is the from a cross-party group of MPs, months according to the English best security for wildlife. called the Grocery Market Action Farming and Food Partnerships Group, suggests that the “big food inflation forecasts. Food Commodity updates four” retailers (Tesco, inflation reached a peak of 12.8% 2,000 dairy farmers from 10 dif - Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda) in August 2008 as a result of ferent countries demonstrated in together with Iceland, were high energy and commodity Brussels at the end of May opposing the scheme claiming prices and a weak pound. It is demanding an immediate 5% cut that it would lead to increased predicted to fall from around in milk quota to bolster prices. food prices. Without voluntary 10% currently to zero by the end EU milk prices have dropped by agreement the Commission will of 2009, with a modest rise early 25% over the last year. The EU have to refer the proposal to the in 2010. Agriculture Commissioner, government. The NFU and the Mariann Fischer Boel, has agreed charity ActionAid took out Animal health update to up to 70% advances in this adverts in the national press to Forecasts of a hot summer have year’s Single Farm Payments explain how an ombudsman was prompted warnings for livestock (from 16th October rather than in the best interests of the con - producers to vaccinate against December) to help support the sumer. bluetongue. All susceptible ani - sector. However, this depends on mals are under risk of infection the ability of national adminis - Field maps being reviewed as the warmer conditions favour trations (in England, the Rural The Rural Payments Agency the midges that spread the dis - Payments Agency) to cope with (RPA) has begun to update its ease. an early delivery. maps of England and farmers are being urged to check their field Defra figures show a rise in UK meat exports have risen to maps. The latest updating uses bovine tuberculosis in species Euro-zone countries due to the data from the 2008 OS maps and other than cattle and badgers. weakness of the pound against aerial photography and is expect - 119 animals across 8 species the euro. This has helped to push ed to be completed by the end of were infected with prime beef and lamb prices up by the year. Farmers with queries Mycobacterium bovis in 2008, a more than 25% and cull cow should use the RPA helpline. See fourfold increase. The biggest prices by over 50% in a year, as www.rpa.gov.uk/rlr rise was recorded in deer (34 ani - beef and sheep exports rose by mals), and goats (33 animals) but over 30% in volume. Appeal Court decision on pesti - it was also found in pigs (10 ani - cides mals), cats, dogs, alpacas, llamas A recent report commissioned by Defra’s attempt to overturn a and sheep. HGCA has highlighted significant High Court ruling that Best wishes opportunities for the cereals sec - Government policy did not pro - Nick Read tor to exploit the demand for tect rural residents from expo - Page 12 The Parish Magazine Upper Norton and the Punchbowl
This walk covers 11km or seven wood. Walk through three fields miles. with the wood on your right. Cross a stile and continue 1. From Whitbourne village hall, through a strip of trees to anoth - turn right down the hill past the er stile, then follow the right- Live and Let Live towards the hand hedge almost to the gate main road. Take care - as ahead onto the road. Before you motorists tear up and down the reach it, cross the hedge by a road. Before you reach the stile and carry on with the hedge bridge, turn right at the entrance on your left to the gate at the cor - to the old drive to Whitbourne ner onto the road at Hill Cross. Hall beside what was the lodge. The footpath goes through a lit - 5. Turn right along the road for a tle archway in the stone wall on short distance, then take a track the left. Go straight ahead on the right in front of a neat through the orchard to a stile at stone cottage. This old road leads the end. Follow the right-hand through part of the hedge up the field. The leat, Brockhampton Estate, which which carried the water from th belongs to the National Trust. It weir to the dam, is just over it. ceased to be a public right of way through a gate into the second Cross the stiles and the bridge in the 19th century but the field and on to the road by a stile over the weir. National Trust has now agreed or gate near the lodge at the end that walkers may use it again. of the drive to Whitbourne Hall. 2 Turn right along the road for 3km or 1.75 miles, until it curves The track goes downhill and 8 You can return to the village uphill through a wood and past a passes through the yard of a hall along the road or keep to cottage on your right. derelict farm, closed by a couple footpaths by going through the of gates, and continues with the kissing gate on the left beyond 3.Go into the field beyond the mature oak wood of Hole the bridge. Go through the first cottage garden and follow the Coppice above on the left and field gate. The stream bends left, line of trees surviving from a fine views of the valley of the but go slightly right up the bank hedge (when the field is under Punchbowl on the right. At the ahead to a foot gate next to the corn, take the nearest tramline) end of the wood, the track curves edge of the wood. Turn right to a stile in the corner at the top. down the bank to two gates in along the hedge through an old Over the stile, turn right along the corner of the field.Go damson orchard to a stile and the hedge to the corner and then through the left one and turn left gate in the corner. up the field with the hedge on along the hedge to a gate into the your right. There is a fine view, paddock in front of the cottage Turn left along the farm track. through the valley of the Teme, ahead. Turn right down the Go through the first gate on the across the plain to the distant driveway to the road. Go left right across the paddock to Cotswolds and the Malverns on along it to reach Badley Wood another gate in the farmyard. Go the right. Cross a small field to a Common. ahead between the sheds on your gate onto a green lane. Climb the left and a cottage on your right stile opposite and follow the 6. Take the second right-hand to a gate into a field. Cross it right-hand hedge through a field track on the common towards a slightly left to a stile in a fence and an orchard to a gate. cottage. Go to the right round its and continue down the next field garden along mown grass until to a gate near the corner. Follow 4. The path goes slightly to the you reach a stream. Follow the the hedge on your right through right along the crest of the hill, path along the bank above it to three fields to the road at with Upper Norton Farm ahead the corner of the common. Turn Meadow Green and carry on to your left, and then down the right over a wooden bridge to a down the road ahead to the Hall. start of a sunken trackway at the stone bridge. other side of the paddock. Cross the stile on the left and climb the 7 Turn left to a stile in the fence Reproduced here with the kind bank to another stile. Turn right and down the bank to a bridge permission of Andrew Kneen along the bank past an old oak over a gully. Carry on above the from his book Walks Around with a tree-house in it and follow stream to a stile into the field Whitbourne. the fence to the corner of the onto your right. Turn left and go of Greater Whitbourne Page 13 At A Glance
Wednesday July 1, 10.45am, Whitbourne village hall car park, Friendship Club meets for outing.
Thursday July 2, 7.30pm, Saltmarshe village hall - church finance presentation. All welcome.
Tuesday July 7, Garden outing to Ivycroft near Leominster. Meet 12.30pm prompt at Live and Let Live on Bringsty Common.
Saturday July 11, 2pm onwards, Whitbourne church, Fete and Annual Garden Show . Stalls galore, bell ringing, competitions and games and fun for all the family.
Tuesday July 14, 7.30pm, Whitbourne Village Hall, Whitbourne Women’s Institute.
Saturday July 25, 1pm onwards, Sapey Fun Day and Crazy Dog Show (Alice in Wonderland theme) at Kelsey, Tedstone Wafre (off Bromyard-Stourport Road). For stalls, please call Dave Parsons on 01886 853646 or e-mail [email protected] or Lynne Samuels on 07549 181700.
Thursday August 13, Garden outing to Miserden Park, meet at Whitbourne village hall at 11am. Please phone Sheila Dodd on 821835 by Monday August 10 to take part.
Friday August 28, Whitbourne Hall, Oddsocks presents Richard III . Contact 821165 for tickets or 01905 611427.
Saturday September 12, Open PCC meeting - venue and time to be confirmed.
EVERY FRIDAY, 9.30 -11.30am Upper Sapey Village Hall FRIDAY MARKET. Fresh produce, crafts and plants. Tea, coffee and cake.
EVERY WEDNESDAY, 9.30 - 11.30am Saltmarshe and District Hall, Coffee and kids morning . This is for anyone who looks after children (carers, childminders, grandparents and parents). The aim of the session is to get people together to socialise and for the children to play. For details please contact Jane Nicol on 01885 488495 or [email protected]
Sapey Cricket Club Fixtures 2009
July 4th Blackpool Home 2.30pm NB Sapey Cricket Club 5th Blackpool vs Ombersley Home 2.30pm play mostly on a Sunday, 11th Ombersley 3rds Sapey 1pm with Ombersley’s 3rd 11 12th Abberley Away 2.30pm using their facilities on a 19th Wyre Piddle Home 2.30pm Saturday, hence the num - 25th Ombersley 3rds Sapey 1pm ber of mentions for 26th Inkberrow Home 2.30pm Ombersley 3rds.
Aug 2nd Pencombe Away 2.30pm 8th Ombersley 3rds Sapey 1pm 9th Ombersley Home 2.30pm 15th Ombersley 3rds Sapey 1pm 16th Abberley Home 2.30pm 22nd Ombersley 3rds Sapey 1pm 23rd Dales Away 2pm
Sept 13th Pencombe Home 1.30pm Page 14 The Parish Magazine
BROMYARD GALA PRESENTS
An evening with 2007 Strictly Come Dancing Champion Matthew Cutler with Nicole Cutler
8pm, Saturday 9th May 2009 At the Q E Humanities College, Bromyard
Tickets £20.00
from Liz 01532 640325 Margaret 01885 483767 Bryan 07729 262333
Ebbw Vale Easter Car Choir Boot Sale In The Trade At the Q E Marquee Humanities College At the Gala Field Bromyard 7.30pm
Saturday 27 June Easter Sunday 2009 th Tickets £10.00 12 April 8am Start From Liz 01531 640325 Boots £6.00 Margaret 01885 No Caterers 483767 Contact John Sallis Bryan 07729 262333 07769 838313
Promote your Business Get a trade stand at the Bromyard Gala July 4th & 5th 2009
Open Trade Stands, Craft Marquee, Food hall Marquee Or the Bromyard Trade Tent. It will cost less than you think!
Contact: Liz Huffer 01531 640325 Ted Parks 01432 820 402 . [email protected]
Mike Cresswell 01885 483 964 Bryan James 07729 262 333 [email protected] [email protected] of Greater Whitbourne Page 15
Useful numbers (all 01886 unless shown otherwise) Knightwick Surgery 821279 Whitbourne Village Shop 822227 Great Witley Surgery 01299 896788 Clifton-upon-Teme Village Stores 812303 Nunwell Surgery, Bromyard 01885 483412 Tiblands Nursery School 821394 Herefordshire Council 01432 260000 Whitbourne Primary School 821266 Worcestershire Council 01905 763763 Clifton-upon-Teme Primary School 812258 West Mercia Constabulary 08457 444888 Saltmarshe & District Hall 853512 Rural policing team: Upper Sapey Village Hall 853327 PC Jill Richardson 07816 548932 Whitbourne Village Hall 821255 CSO Stephanie Annette 07970 602354 Clifton-upon-Teme Village Hall 812880
LJB Stop BOOK KEEPING & ACCOUNTS • BOOK KEEPING • INVOICING at the • CREDIT CONTROL • VAT RETURNS Shop! • SELF ASSESSEMENT Home-made preserves, fresh local fruit T: 01886 821447 M:07753 508 484 & vegetables, cards, stationery, soaps, E: [email protected] household products and much more. ALL YOUR BOOK KEEPING REQUIREMENTS Weekdays: 8.45 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. FOR SALE Saturday: Ladderax Shelf System 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. 6 metal ladders 6’6” high Sunday: 6 glass-front bookcases 36” wide 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. 1 wood-front cabinet 36” wide Run entirely by volunteers 3 wood shelves 36” wide for your community ~ Ideal for home or business ~ Offers please to 01886 821189
The Parish Magazine: advertising rates The magazine is distributed to more than 330 households in Edvin Loach, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafre, Upper Sapey, Whitbourne and Wolferlow. Adverts cost just £16 for a full A4 page - a great way to reach local customers. To advertise, please e-mail your requirements to [email protected] Months 1 3 6 12 Full page £16.00 £48.00 £96.00 £192.00 Half page £8.00 £24.00 £48.00 £96.00 Quarter page £4.00 £12.00 £24.00 £48.00 Eighth page £2.00 £6.00 £12.00 £24.00
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Whitbourne Village Fete and Garden Society Show
th 11 July 2009
We would like to hear from anyone who would like to plan and run a stall We are again very grateful to Mr. and Mrs. G. Cupper for allowing us to use their field for car parking and other activities.
The committee organising the fete are:
Rev. D. Howell 821285 Eileen Badger 821501 Steve Symonds 821736 Maureen Williams 821189 Chris Roberts 821063 Kate Lack 821978 Jerry Cummins 821485
Richard Bond and Mick Adams
We are able to offer the folowing services
~ Grass cutting, Strimming ~ Hedge trimming ~ General gardening
~ Fencing LYN CROSS ~ Pathways CLEANING SERVICES ~ Patios ~ Shed building and repair Established local business, specialising ~ Gravestone resetting, in the cleaning of period homes. cleaning & maintenance ~ Other jobs as required Insured, with excellent references Sensible Rates ~ Quotations 07929895151 Please call Richard Bond on After 6pm week days and any time during the weekend 01886 821641 or 07785 396159 of Greater Whitbourne Page 17
TO THE THEME OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PRIZE FOR BEST FANCY DRESS SATURDAY 25th JULY 1pm KELSEY, TEDSTONE WAFRE, Nr BROMYARD
5 miles from Bromyard on the B4203 (By kind permission of David Parsons)
ENTRY £1 CHILDREN FREE – AMPLE OFF ROAD PARKING
BELLY DANCING FANCY DRESS COMPETITION CRAZY GOLF TO THE THEME OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND
GREAT PRIZES ADULTS & CHILDRENS WELLIE WANGING, STOMP ROCKET QUOITS, CROQUET & Many other Games. TOMBOLA, BRIC A BRAC,TEAS, GRAND DRAW (£600 worth of Prizes)
CRAZYDOG SHOW, WITH 21 FUN CLASSES FEATURING THE AMAZING ENRICO, FORTUNE TELLING DOG
JUMP FOR JOY DANCE TEAM LIVE BANDS VINTAGE TRACTORS MR & MRS COMPETITION & MILITARY VEHICLES TREASURE HUNT RARE BREEDS WIN A HELICOPTER RIDE LOCAL ARTIST VINTAGE CLOTHING
ALL PROCEEDS TO AIR AMBULANCE NEUROBLASTOMA CHILDRENS CANCER SOCIETY
ACORNS CHILDRENS HOSPICE Page 18 The Parish Magazine
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Feet First FOOT HEALTH CLINIC Mark W. Loveday BA (Hons) S.A.C Dip FHPT S.A.C Dip FHPP I offer treatments of: • Corns • Callus • Nails: nail trimming, ingrown nails and thickened nails • Fungal Infections • Verrucas I also offer biomechanical assessments, custom made insoles and general foot care advice.
Prices: Nail trimming - £14 Full treatment (for corns, callus etc… includes a nail trim) - £20 Home Visits - £26
For an appointment please telephone the surgery on 01885 483555 Market Square Surgery, Cutting Edge, 10 The Square, Bromyard of Greater Whitbourne Page 21
WHITBOURNE ON THE WEB Click into the future with the Parish Of Greater Whitbourne’s own website at www.whitbourne.org.uk with links to all sorts of local websites you can find out what’s going on at the school, with the farming community, Tanga in Touch, the People of Old Whitbourne Project and much more. Take a look at the picture gallery or the diary page to see what’s been happening and what’s coming up.
And, for all your online shopping needs, visit www.buy.at/Whitbourne where every purchase earns a commission for the Parish of Greater Whitbourne Keep on buying on line using www.buy.at/Whitbourne to connect you to those retailers that pay us to shop!
Tipton Hall Riding School Red Kite Riding lessons- for all ages and abilities. Pest Control Hacking- through wonderful countryside. Roger Benbow & BHSAI Registered Instructor Horse Livery- small friendly yard. Wildlife Management
Phone: 01885 488791 mobile: 07792 358741 CombiningCombining Tradition and Innovation www.tiptonhallridingschool.com For all your local Pest Control requirements Humane, environmentally responsible methods
Flexible Contracts ~ Individual Treatments
BPCA and NPTA Qualified NPTA and UKPCO member Chris Treuttens All INSECT Pests
Garden & Landscape All RODENT Pests
Maintenance All WILDLIFE Pests
Including Specialized Trapping service Pest Prevention Patios Fencing Free Advice ~ Free initial survey Hedging Free no obligation Quotations
Qualified chainsaw operator Telephone: Telephone Andy Staples on: 01531 670756 or 07789 062450 07977 044987 / 01886 832730
R 2D2 SURVEYS LIMITED Land and Engineering Surveying Services. Topographical Surveys for Planning Applications Setting Out of Civil Engineering and Buildings Volumetric Surveys and Earthmoving Design GPS and Robotic Equipment for fast accurate Surveys Roger Dixon, Smythes Croft, Whitbourne, Herefordshire. WR6 5RP Tel 07973 381362 Email: radixon @ lineone.net Page 22 The Parish Magazine Tiblands Nursery School Whitbourne Nr Worcester WR6 5RE 01886 821394
Sylvia & Trish Garness NNEB NVQ3 TDLB (Assessor for the NVQ) Take Ten More For Play (after school training) Established in 1966, new purpose built building officially opened on Saturday 7th October 2006. Ofsted approved and nursery education grants accepted. Good partnerships with local schools. Open all year round from 8.30-6pm for children aged 2-5 years, offer - ing quality care and education in a secure and nourishing environment. After-school club open Monday to Friday. For more details or to arrange a visit contact Sylvia or Trish. of Greater Whitbourne Page 23
Historic Buildings H B Advisory Service A S
Historic Building Health Checks; Surveys; Specifications; Job Supervision Wide ranging advice - for all types of construction and repair using traditional methods and materials. Over thirty years' experience Principal; Noel Knight IHBC Perryfield House, Whitbourne, Worcester WR6 5RZ tel/fax 01886 822107; mobile 07813 161428; e-mail [email protected]
M. BRADSHAW HUGH DAVIS GENERAL BUILDER GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
Most aspects of tree surgery undertaken, including ALL ASPECTS OF BUILDING WORK pruning, trimming, felling and removal UNDERTAKEN Hedge laying and fencing Mowing and garden maintenance From private garden to agricultural (HLS) work TEL: 01886 821447 NPTC qualified and full public liability insurance MOBILE: 07714 542536 Contact E mail: [email protected] 01886 821542 or 07813 611221
WOODBURNING Have you got a problem with your MULTIFUEL, OIL & ELECTRIC STOVES TV, VIDEO, WASHING MACHINE, MICROWAVE etc ?
FLUE & CHIMNEY LINING OIL FIRED AGA/RAYBURN Then call SERVICING Pat Priest General Electric Services SHOWROOM OVER 20 STOVES ON DISPLAY NOW! STOVAX, AUSTROFLAMM, AARROW, DON & WARMLAND Established locally for 18 years with OPEN over 30 years experience of the WED-FRI 10am-4pm trade. We offer fast, reliable and SAT 10am-1pm AT STEPS FARM, CLIFTON honest solutions to your problems at UPON TEME fixed rate prices 01886 821109 IAN & SUE SPAREY 24 hour answering services
(01886) 812452 07746 762021
HETAS/OFTEC REGISTERED Page 24 The Parish Magazine
BROMYARD BOARDING KENNELS New Barnes, Bromyard, Herefordshire HR7 4PA 1 mile out of Bromyard on the Stourport road (B4203)
Fully licensed and insured Vaccinated boarders only Inspection most welcome By appointment
180-acre country setting for ample daily exercise
Extra large luxury heated accommodation
Proprietor: Richard Evans Tel. & fax: 01885 483486
TAYLORS CONSERVATORY CARE A family run business with an Mick Rone established reputation for Plumbing & Elite Bathrooms professional top quality service THE COMPLETE INSTALLATION Supply and Installation Aftersales care and Re-roofing
We supply and fit: Building alterations to create - Aluminium Windows and Doors that extra space - UPVC Windows and Doors - Hardwood and Softwood Lighting effects Windows and Doors Superb tiling ideas - Conservatories in Hardwood, Air baths installed UPVC and Aluminium Special needs
We are agents for Compton Garages and Alton Greenhouses, also Pilkingtons Approved Installers For that extra care and attentions in your home and a free survey to PLEASE PHONE FOR A FREE QUOTATION discuss your bathroom projects contact us at 22 Saxon Close, Tel/Fax 01886 884598 Clifton-upon-Teme Worcester WR6 6DL 01886 812424 Mob. 07801 281821 of Greater Whitbourne Page 25 J. A. C Joinery Bespoke hand made kitchens, fine furniture and joinery. Please see our website for our portfolio . Competitive prices. To discuss your requirements and request a free quotation, contact us at :- Unit 44 The Hop Pocket craft centre Bishops Frome, Worcester WR6 5BT
Daytime Telephone 07968 343174 or 07742 228196 Evening Tel / Fax 01432 850288 www.jacjoinery.co.uk
Woodend Alan Rogers Painter & Decorator Tree Maintenance Interior & Exterior & Gardening
Heathfield 4 Clover Court Bringsty Bromyard, Nr Worcester Herefordshire, Tel:- 01886 821392 HR7 4BJ Phone: 01885 482916
! Good Eating !
LOGS Outside catering for any occasion 4 Parties, Weddings, Receptions, Funeral teas SALE Very competitive prices & excellent service Call 07721 458089 For more information call: or 01886 821394 Janet Rogers (01885) 482392 Page 26 The Parish Magazine CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING SPECIALISTS PART OF CHAMBERMAIDS EST. 1993 50% Discount Offer
- Fully Trained & Insured Operators CARPETS Normal Discounted - Latest Equipment (average) Price Price - Minimum Drying Times Lounge (15’ x 12’) £52 £26 - We Move Furniture Through Lounge (20’ x 12’) £64 £32 - Customer Satisfaction Guarantee Hall, Stairs, Landing (Standard) £64 £32 - Oriental Rug Specialists Bedroom £52 £26 - Stainshield Treatment - Deodorizer Treatment UPHOLSTERY - Conditioning Treatment 3 Piece Suite from £100 £50 - Quotations on Request Leather Suite price on application
CURTAINS (in situ) * BOOKING LINE * Full Length (per pair) £60 £30 Half Length (per pair) £50 £25 01886 821554 07971 603007 Minimum charge £26
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Specialists, Highfields, Knightwick, Worcestershire WR6 5QG
PIG ROASTS, BUFFETS & BBQ'S
FREE RANGE, TRADITIONAL PORK ROAST Also JACKET POTATOES,SALADS, BBQ GRILL AND BUFFETS TEL: 01885 482941 MOB: 07929 325 885 JCB 3CX and MINI DIGGER HIRE
Please telephone DAVID on ! "
07814 922738 or 01885 482941 #! #$ %&' of Greater Whitbourne Page 27
The Village Stores
For all your day to day needs :-
Daily Newspapers & Magazines Boxed orders for collection Off Licence & Cigarettes Fresh Meat & Vegetables Lottery, E Top up & Credit Card facilities Local Products Organic & Trade goods available
Come along and see us
My Shop is your shop - Shop local
Opening times Monday - Friday 7.00am to 6.00pm Sunday 9.00am to 12.00 noon
27 The Village Clifton upon Teme 01886 812303 TC SERVICES Plumbing & Domestic Appliance Repairs City and Guilds Registered 20 Years experience Public Liability Insured 10% Discount for OAPs Tony Clarke 6 Toll House Close, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5TX Tel: 07793 815369 01905 424738
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Offering quality childcare and pre-school educations For 0-5 year olds JULIET TWINBERROW Open 7.30am - 6.00pm BVM&S, MRCVS Experienced qualified staff Flexible hours PROVIDING A MOBILE Ofsted Registered Nursery Education Grants available VETERINARY SERVICE Also offering job opportunities for professional, committed staff PLEASE TELEPHONE looking for support in their FOR DETAILS career development.
01886 821408 For further details, please telephone Manager or Sandra Sharratt at the Centre 01886 812380 07772 799754 The Village, Clifton-upon-Teme Worcester WR6 6DH
SERVICING & REPAIR Chestnut Construction Ltd TO ALL TYPES OF GARDEN MACHINERY Civil Engineering & Building Work
Site Clearance Earth Moving Drainage Groundworks & Bio Discs Driveways House Building BRIAN RICHARDS Industrial Building Garden & Farm Machinery Clifton-On-Teme 07831 306 487 DAY TIME 01886 812 628 EVENING 01886 821453
COLLECTION & DELIVERY 07817 198303 of Greater Whitbourne Page 29 STEVE WHEELER
Researching Bromyard Area, Local Family,House or Local History? We have Parish Registers, Censuses, maps, newspapers, photos & much more At THE LOCAL HISTORY CENTRE 5 Sherford St, Bromyard (next to the Post Office) Opening Hours Thurs & Fri. 10-1 & 2-4.30 Sat 10-12.30 Tel 01885 488755 (opening hours only) e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bromyardhistorysociety.org.uk
LEE JAMES CARPENTRY & JOINERY
Qualified and experienced in all aspects of carpentry
Kitchens supplied and fitted First and second fix Doors and windows Oak timber frames Loft conversions Roofing Renovations - old and new Plastic facias and guttering
For free quotes, competitive prices and a professional service, please phone: 07779 073870 or 01886 821151
Quality & satisfaction guaranteed Page 30 The Parish Magazine
Whitbourne Community Car Scheme If you have transport problems getting to medical appointments etc. we will be happy to help. Please start ringing from the top of the list
1. Janet Knight: 8216191 2. John Allan: 821450 3. Gillie Stormonth Darling: 821918 4. Susie Tetley: 821432 5. Meg Dawson: 821510 6. Asimina Smith: 812435
- Current charge: 12p per mile from driver's door to driver's door - The service covers all residents in the Parish of Greater Whitbourne - Please give as much notice as possible when you need transport - Our drivers reserve the right to refuse a request if they feel it inappropriate - Volunteers are always welcome; please ring Gillie Stormonth Darling on 821918.
Message to all who display this notice: PLEASE DISPLAY THE LATEST UPDATED COPY - THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION. This page updated July 2009
DANCE CLASSES Monday Whitbourne Village Hall Absolute Beginners Line Dance Course Improver & Intermediate Line Dancing Tuesday Coppertops, Worcester Absolute Beginners Line Dance Course Improver & Intermediate Line Dancing Wednesday Martley Village Hall Classic & Golden Oldies Line Dancing Intermediate Line Dancing Friday Whitbourne Village Hall Absolute Beginners Partner Dance Course Improver & Intermediate Partner Dancing All Classes 7.00pm to 8.00pm & 8.00pm to 10.00pm Jeff & Thelma Mills Tel:01886 821772 Mobile:07733 008664 of Greater Whitbourne Page 31 Church Rotas
Our Parish Cycle of Prayer Useful information 5th July Tedstone Wafre 12th July Tedstone Delamere For the theme of the readings, please refer to the reading sheets available at the back of the Church. 19th July Whitbourne Readers need to check with the celebrant as to which 26th July Wolferlow reading is preferred if an alternative is shown. 2nd Aug Edvin Loach 9th Aug Upper Sapey Liturgical colours: 16th Aug Tedstone Wafre 23rd Aug Tedstone Delamere July: 5th, 12th, 26th; White. 19th; Green 30th Aug Whitbourne August: Green
Flowers & Brasses - Whitbourne Church Cleaning - Whitbourne
5th July Mrs Muriel Jones 4th July Mrs M Kneen 12th July Mrs A Taylor 11th July Mr J and Mrs B Allan 19th July Patronal Festival, Tedstone Del 18th July Patronal Festival, Tedstone Del 26th July Mrs Y Evans 25th July Mrs E and Miss E Badger 2nd Aug Mrs Y Evans 1st Aug Mrs A Evans 9th Aug Mrs Mary Jones 8th Aug Mrs C Buxton 16th Aug Mrs Mary Jones 15th Aug Mrs M Kneen 23rd Aug Mrs D Haddock & Mr L Haddock 22nd Aug Mr J and Mrs B Allan 30th Aug Mrs D Haddock & Mr L Haddock 29th Aug Mrs E and Miss E Badger
Any queries regarding the flowers, please con - Upper Sapey tact Yvonne Evans on 01886 821811.
July Sylvia Bland Sidesmen - Whitbourne August Nicola Clark
5th July Mr D Shaw Anyone wishing to be included in the cleaning 12th July Mrs S Jones rotas can contact Carol Wilde on 853491 19th July Patronal Festival, Tedstone Del (Upper Sapey) or Claudia Buxton on 821583 26th July Mr J Cummins (Whitbourne). New volunteers for any of the 2nd Aug Mrs Y Evans rotas are always welcome. 9th Aug Mrs M Kneen 16th Aug Mrs C Buxton Coffee - Whitbourne 23rd Aug Mr J Allan 30th Aug Mrs S Jones 5th July Mrs A Evans 12th July Mrs E Badger & Mrs P Ransley 19th July Patronal Festival, Tedstone Del Parish Communion Readers - Whitbourne 26th July Mrs W Cummins & Mrs S Dodd 2nd Aug Mr J and Mrs S Bland 5th July Mr J Bland 9th Aug Mrs C Buxton 12th July Mrs M Kneen 16th Aug Mrs A Taylor & Mrs M Williams 19th July Patronal Festival, Tedstone Del 23rd Aug Mrs A Evans 26th July Mrs Y Evans 30th Aug Mrs E Badger & Mrs P Ransley 2nd Aug Mrs B Allan 9th Aug Mrs S Dodd If the dates shown for the Whitbourne rotas 16th Aug Sir N Harington are inconvenient and you are not able to 23rd Aug Mr J Allan change with anyone else on the list, please let 30th Aug Mr J Bland Claudia Buxton know on 01886 821583. Thank you to all those who put so much effort into keeping our Churches running smoothly. Church Services
5th July * 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 4 Holy Communion
St Andrew, Wolferlow 12th July 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 5 Holy Communion
11am Upper Sapey Holy Communion
19th July 10am TEDSTONE DELAMERE St James Apostle PATRONAL FESTIVAL
3pm Edvin Loach St Michael Evening Prayer and all Angels, Upper Sapey
26th July 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 7 Holy Communion
2nd August * 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 8 Holy Communion
St James 9th August 9.30am Whitbourne Tedstone Delamere Trinity 9 Holy Communion
16th August 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 10 Holy Communion
11am Tedstone Delamere Holy Communion
3pm Edvin Loach Evening Prayer St Mary, Edvin Loach
23rd August 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 11 Holy Communion
11am Upper Sapey Family Service
30th August 9.30am Whitbourne Trinity 12 Family Communion
St John the Baptist, Whitbourne
The Holy Eucharist will be offered at Whitbourne every Wednesday at 10.30am * Denotes Book of Common Prayer