No.045 February 2020
A Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard
Church Survey – Welcome to the February issue of The Village Voice Your views please Inside this issue you will find a The long awaited news that The Black Dog simple survey asking for your sale had finally gone through came just in honest views about the future time for Christmas. And what a Christmas role of St Margaret’s Church in present for the residents of Chilmark: not village life for the next 50 years only was The Black Dog no longer in the and beyond. While this much loved ownership of a brewery (Wadworth, to be historic building - with its distinctive precise); rather, 2020 will see our village spire, fine peal of bells and chiming pub once again run as a Free House, and clock - has been a centre of on similar lines to an award winning local worship and community for some in rural Dorset (namely, The Royal Oak at 800 years, its future as a village Cerne Abbas). Celebrations all round. asset is not assured. Chilmark Parochial Church Council is keen As many of you will have spotted, work is to know your views and would already underway to bring the pub premises be grateful if you could please back into decent shape for re-opening as complete this survey and return it soon as possible. The new Licensee & to the box in the Church porch, by manager Andrew Killingback is very much Sunday 23 February. A pdf version hoping it will be ready for Mothers’ Day of the survey can be downloaded weekend, ie 21 & 22 March, but he’s not from the Village Voice website - making promises at this stage: www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk Should you wish to return the ‘We are so very pleased to announce that completion finally took place on Friday completed form by email, rather 13th December and we are very much looking forward to opening and running The than hard copy, please email it to: Black Dog on a similar basis to the Royal Oak Cerne Abbas, a truly independent [email protected] cosy traditional country pub serving good home produced food with a good range of ales, ciders, lagers & wines. We intend to open all day, everyday, for drinks and Village Voice website serve food for lunch and dinner. Current, recent and back issues of The Village Voice can be We very much look forward to welcoming you all and will let you know as soon as downloaded from: we have a firm opening date. We would also very much like to thank all those who www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk have visited the Royal Oak in Cerne Abbas.
In this issue For staffing & general enquiries we are currently using our email address at The Royal Oak, which is [email protected] and telephone 01300341797. Contact Numbers 2 What’s On & Diary 3 Kind regards and very best wishes, Andrew & team.’ Village News 4-8 Andrew is still keen to hear from potential staff members, as currently advertised Church Times 9-11 on the board outside The Black Dog: a Chef, Front of House staff, a Cleaner and a Other News 13-20 Kitchen Porter are all required. Anyone interested should use contact details above. Meanwhile, we’re keeping all fingers crossed that the much needed refurbishment Recycling & Waste 14 work goes according to plan. Local Police 20 Goods & Services 18-19 We wish you a happy February. 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 The Village Voice - online : www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk 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, 07890 894 570 [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.wiltshire.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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February Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 4th 2-4pm Social Stitchers Chilmark Reading Room (CRR) Wednesday 5th 9am Kettlercise CRR Friday 7th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Monday 10th 6.30pm Pilates CRR Wednesday 12th 9am Kettlercise CRR Friday 14th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Monday 17th Start of Half Term Chilmark & Fonthill School Tuesday 18th 10am-1pm Children’s Holiday Workshop CRR Tuesday 18th 2-4pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 19th 9am Kettlercise CRR Saturday 22nd 7 for 7.30pm The Good Liar, Teffont Film Club Teffont Village Hall Monday 24th Back to School Chilmark & Fonthill School Monday 24th 6.30pm Pilates CRR Tuesday 25th 2.55-3.20pm Mobile Library Hops Close Friday 28th 6.30 for 7pm The Goldfinch, Tisbury Moviola Nadder Centre, Tisbury March Monday 2nd 6.30pm Pilates CRR Tuesday 3rd 2-4pm Social Stitchers CRR Wednesday 4th 9am Kettlercise CRR Wednesday 4th 7pm Parish Council Meeting CRR Friday 6th 10.30am Art Group Life Drawing CRR Friday 13th 7 for 7.30pm Quiz ‘n’ Chips Night CRR
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] Kettlercise - Annabel Webb - 07816 621300 or [email protected] Astronomy - Rod Greening 01722 717462 or [email protected]
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Parish Council News Round the village carol singing To read the latest minutes and future agenda: I’m quite surprised that The Met Office weather forecasters www.southwilts.com/site/chilmarkparishcouncil/ have not been in touch with the organisers of Chilmark’s round the village Carol Singing as it ALWAYS rains (or Matters arising at PC meeting on Thursday 15 January snows - twice) when the carol singers set out! But all the more poignant a reminder of the plight and misery of 20 mph speed limit update the homeless in our society. Thank you to the generous Parish Councillors heard that following the advertising of people of Chilmark who donated the fine sum of £181.95 the proposed 20 mph limit through the village, Wiltshire to Salisbury Trust for the Homeless during carol singing Council received a request from a parishioner to extend on the night of 21 December. And a big thank you from further the reach of the speed limit. The Council has the carollers to those on our route who kindly offered us advised that this request constitutes an objection and as warming drinks and Christmassy nibbles. such will now have to be considered by Wilshire’s Cabinet Felicity Pattenden Member for Highways, Transport and Waste. As a result, there will be some delay to the final decision. However, the Highways officer dealing with the case seemed confident Pop up Pub Carols Night that the final outcome would be unaffected. Chilmark Reading Room saw a bumper turnout for Sophie Eden’s wonderful Pop Up Pub Carols night on Monday 23 Water Splash - B3089 December. With the usual venue, The Black Dog pub, out Following continued complaints to Wiltshire Highways of action, Patrick & Mary Boyles arranged for freelance about problems caused by lack of effective drainage on licensee Peter the Publican to run a popular busy bar, the B3089 opposite Greensand Cottage, the Department while delicious mulled was prepared and served by Grant has now agreed to install an additional gully that should and Morag Philpott. Our particular thanks go to Sophie help alleviate the situation. It is hoped this will be installed Eden for organising such a fun evening, including the in the next few months. PC members heard it was the raffle, and to Chrissie Eden for providing wonderful table Highways Engineer’s view that a new soak away system decorations. All in all a great success, which raised £80 was too expensive to consider as the problem was rated a for Reading Room funds. low priority, and not even a hazard. Resident James Lock described how the water splash soaked pedestrians on Sophie writes: ‘Thank you very much to everyone who the pavement, as well as visitors to his house. He added came and sang carols and festive songs at the Pop Up Pub that the front windows of his house were continuously filthy Carols in the Reading Room. I’m very grateful to you all as due to the splash back. it was a great night and we couldn’t of done it without your support. My sincere thanks also to Sarah and Glen Miller, Parish Council Clerk Vacancy Grant and Morag Philpott, Patrick and Mary Boyles and In view of the Parish Council Elections in 2021 and in my mother for their help and contribution to the evening.’ order to create a smooth transition, the Clerk Mrs Jenny MacDougall submitted her wish to retire, with effect from May 2020. Applications for the Clerk vacancy should be submitted by 14 February - see next column.
Parish Precept Parish Councillors agreed a new Precept of £8,500 for the coming year 2020-21. This represents a slight increase of £250 on the current rate that should contribute towards the estimated cost of the 20mph traffic signs, assuming the proposed new speed limit goes ahead.
Fly tipping Members heard that there has been a surge in fly-tipping incidents in the parish over the Christmas period. The Vice Chairman asked whether this increase may have been due to the level of charges imposed for removal by a licensed commercial company? Wiltshire Councillor Bridget Wayman explained that companies disposing of waste must hold a commercial license, hence the £25 fee charged by Wiltshire Council for collection of large items. This was simply to cover costs. She reminded councilors that Wilshire urges the public to report fly tipping on the MyWiltsApp and warns the public not to touch any fly- tipped items as they could be hazardous to health. There is a reward of £100 for reporting an incident with details of the offenders’ vehicle registration number, time and place etc; the reward rises to £200 if it results in a successful prosecution in the courts. She stressed that Wiltshire Council takes this issue seriously.
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Christmas Bazaar Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the Reading Room Bazaar in December. A great range of specialist stalls, generous donations to the Raffle, Tombola and Produce stalls, and delicious mulled wine and mince pies all made for an enjoyable and successful afternoon, raising the fantastic sum of £1,205. This annual event is the Reading Room’s key fundraiser of the year and your support is much appreciated by the Reading Room committee.
Dimmers Fitted We are delighted to report that dimmer switches have now been fitted to the infrared wall heaters in the Reading Room. This followed feedback that the new heaters were excessively ‘bright’ on the eye and also a little too hot on some occasions. We are relieved to hear from some of our regular hirers – Social Stitchers, the Art Group and Pilates – that the new Dimmers have solved the problem.
Forthcoming events for the year At the committee meeting in January, members agreed an exciting programme of events in the Reading Room for the coming year. See below and please make a note in your diary!
• Friday 13 March Quiz & Chips Night with Fish & Chips from the fantastic Sam & the Frying Machine (sustainably- caught fish plus vegan & gluten free options). Doors open 7pm, Quiz starts 8pm. Tickets £10 per head, booking essential (with food preferences). Contact Sarah Miller from 1 March on 01722 717473 / [email protected]
• Friday 8 May (Bank Holiday Friday) VE Day Village Tea, 3-5pm - everyone welcome; this will be run on similar lines to the wonderful Queen’s Birthday Tea in 2016.
• Saturday 20 June Ceilidh Night in the Reading Room! A Ceilidh band has already been booked for this exciting event. Early booking will be essential as numbers limited on space grounds.
• Sunday 30 August Reading Room Family BBQ - a repeat of last year’s popular event on the Reading Room Patio.
• Saturday 31 October Halloween Family Drop In - a half-term favourite for Chilmark’s younger folk
• November 2020 (date tbc) Casino Night in the Reading Room! Watch this space for more info.
• Saturday 12 December - Reading Room Christmas Bazaar
The next Reading Room Committee Meeting will be on Wedneday 22 April at 6.30pm. Minutes of the last meeting can be viewed on www.chilmarkreadingroom.org.uk
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Reading Room Internet Access? At the January RR meeting committee members agreed to ask residents whether they felt there might be any use for internet access in the Reading Room. If you have any ideas on whether a Wifi connection might make the Reading Room useful for purposes other than those currently available (eg educational?), we would be interested to hear from you. Please email your thoughts, either way, to: [email protected] Thank you.
Christmas Wreath Workshop 2019 Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported the 7th Christmas Wreath Workshop. We managed to squeeze in 23 wreath/arrangement-makers as I was keen to include all the newcomers to the village. It was a very enjoyable evening and we raised £225 for the Hayes House Nursing Home activity / outing fund. We hope to purchase them a new giant sized Scrabble board as this game is such a great favourite.
My thanks also go to my wonderful team of helpers. I could not do it without you! Looking forward to seeing you all at the 8th Workshop at Christmas 2020. Chrissie Eden
Detecting Delights Frequency of detecting decreased over the festive period due to shorter daylight hours and very wet days. This provided an opportunity to catch up on indoor admin, processing of finds, Finds Liaison Officer’s visit, research, kit preparation, software updates, landowner liaison, conference planning and lobbying. The latest batch of artefacts returned from the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum included a lovely garden find from Chilmark. It is the second horse pendant found in the village during 2019. Museum description as follows:
A complete copper alloy Medieval horse harness pendant, dating to Village Vandalism AD1200-1400. Hot on the heels of a pre-Christmas spate of fly-tipping in The pendant is quatrefoil the village (p4), came the equally unedifying outbreak of in plan with a transverse wheelie-ban vandalism. During a four-day period over New suspension loop. Year, four blue-lidded wheelie bins were dragged some The pendant is decorated distance before being partially emptied of their contents in with cast recessed fields The Street and then slung into the Winterbourne, leaving a inlaid with enamel, with a trail of plastic rubbish in their wake, both in and out of the square topped shield in water. The perpetrators were disturbed during the fourth the centre, defined by a such ‘incident’ (late one evening) and were seen heading reserved border. out of the village at speed in a dark green hatchback/ The shield is emblazoned: Peugot 307 type car, ‘gules three lions passant guardant or.’The It has subsequently emerged that similar incidents surrounding lobes were were taking place all around the Tisbury area (namely filled with blue enamel, with probable foliate motifs. Tuckingmill, Wardour, Semley and the Donheads). The police say they can only act if someone is able to provide Dimensions: 35.40mm in length; 25.56mm in width; them with a number plate for the suspected car; some 2.87mm thick; 8.4g in weight. The loop is 9mm in height Chilmark residents have seen a similar car speeding with a circular perforation 2.6mm in diameter. through the village on several occasions. Please keep your Jonathan Brooks - [email protected] eyes peeled and call police on 101 with any information. Thank you.
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No Milk Today.... …or ever again? Some residents in Ridge have been advised that, after a service of well over 10 years, Milk & More are no longer going to deliver milk to our doorsteps as from 1 February. Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop School
It appears that: ‘The reasoning behind this decision, is because we aim to complete all of our deliveries by 7am. Oak Class has been having fun learning about the story As your current milkman covers such a large geographical of the Gingerbread Man. Children ended the topic with the area, he is unable to finish his milk round by this time.’ enjoyable task of baking and decorating their own versions to take home. The alternative recommended dairy in Gillingham has advised that Ridge is too far out for them. Church Farm Dairy in Semley has just installed an additional milk refill station, but only in Ansty; attempts to set one up in Tisbury have so far been unsuccessful.
What is the result of all this? More of us will have to make special journeys in our cars in order to obtain fresh milk, thereby effecting more carbon emissions; and buy milk in plastic containers at a time when we are endeavouring to cut back on plastic usage. Surely this is not the way we want to be heading at this critical moment of climate change?
Sycamore Class has been learning about ancient civilisations and pupils are excited about their upcoming visit to the Ancient Technology Centre at Cranborne. Elm Class has been studying space and everyone is very excited to be welcoming Chilmark Astronomer Rod Greening, in the coming month, to talk to them and plan a star gazing evening.
We used to consider the milkman in Ridge quite heroic, especially in wintertime: now it would seem they are not prepared to go that extra mile. I am not sure how widespread this issue is, but short of Ridge engaging its own herd of cows, does anyone have any suggestions or observations to make, please? Ridge has only just recovered its missing post-box after a period of four months; we really do not want our doorstep milk to become a thing of the past. Linda B. Jones
Political Success Our belated congratulations to former Chilmark resident Selaine Saxby who at the December General Election achieved her ambition to be elected as a Conservative MP. www.chilmarkfonthillbishop.wilts.sch.uk
Selaine became the first female MP for the constituency of North Devon, winning by a majority of 14,813 votes. When living in Chilmark, at Spring Cottages, Selaine fought her first General Election campaign in 2015 as the Conservative candidate for the safe Labour seat of Llanelli in Wales. Good luck at Westminster, Selaine!
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From our Cricketing Correspondent Future Salisbury For those of you missing the high season prose of CCC Chilmark’s Wiltshire Councillor Bridget Wayman is urging scribe Brand King, the long wait is nearly over. As some villagers to provide feedback to the latest proposals for the will recall, Brand spent the winter of 2017-18 in a remote Salisbury Central Area Framework (CAF). The Framework part of County Donegal, honing his writing skills with a is intended to be a blueprint for future developments and first novel in mind. We are delighted to announce that the projects, with a view to boosting the city’s recovery and product, An Irish Winter, is about to appear in print. The economy. novel follows the gradually intertwining lives of Felix and Alice, two strangers who seek refuge from their pasts in a The views of the public about the proposed objectives of quirky and wistful Irish village. the CAF were sought in the summer of 2019; Wiltshire is now wanting feedback on their revised version of the We treat you below to the opening line of An Irish Winter, plans, based on the comments received last year. which will be available late Feb/early March 2020, courtesy of publishers Choir Press: It was a cold day in December Councillors say the city centre faces challenges that when I first saw my name written in the sand… threaten its vibrancy and the livelihoods of those that depend on it. This includes the long-term recovery following the incidents in 2018, the threat of climate change and Remembrance Sunday Aircraft Noise flood risk, changing shopping habits and unaffordability of In the December issue we reported that a complaint had homes. been logged with the RAF’s Low Flying Complaints Unit about overhead aircraft noise during the Remembrance As well as asking for comments on the CAF it is also seeking Sunday service in Chilmark (Sunday 10 November). feedback on a number of specific projects including: The complainant has now heard back from the RAF Fisherton Street City Gateway Enhancements, the Air Command Secretariat, with both an apology and an Station Quarter, Transport Accessibility, River Corridor explanation, as below: Improvements, Public Art Projects & Wayfinding, and a Heritage Trail App ‘I am sorry to hear that you have been disturbed by military aircraft activity and that your first email was not To view the Salisbury CAF and the exhibition display initially acknowledged. I can confirm Tutor aircraft from boards, please visit: www.wilts.gov/salisburyfuture Southampton University Air Squadron were operating from Boscombe Down on 10 November, conducting Air Alternatively, paper copies of these documents are Cadet experience flying. available during normal opening hours at: Salisbury Library, Wilton Library, Wiltshire Council Offices (Bourne Please allow me to assure you that the Ministry of Defence Hill) and Five Rivers Leisure Centre. takes its responsibilities to the public very seriously indeed and would prefer not to cause any disturbance to those on The consultation runs until Friday 28 February. Please the ground. note that any responses received after this time may not be taken into consideration. I fully appreciate your concerns regarding this activity on Remembrance Sunday. The Officer Commanding of To comment, please complete the online survey, download Southampton University Air Squadron has been made a survey form, or pick up a survey form from one of the aware of your complaint and I would like to assure you locations listed, and return by email to: that Remembrance Sunday did not go unobserved at [email protected] Boscombe Down. As with many military establishments, Or by post to: the RAF element of the Station participated in a number of Future Salisbury, Wiltshire Council, The Council House, local parades and remembrance services on 10 November, Bourne Hill, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3UZ and the entire site observed a two-minute silence on 11 November. Should you require any further information please email [email protected] or Once more, I am very sorry that you have been disturbed telephone 01225 718430. by military aircraft activity and for any distress caused.
8 Focus Point Christmas has hardly finished but after 6 January, when Christmas ends with the visit of the Wise Men (Three kings), it is usual to pack up the family nativity set for use next year. The details are a bit blurred: in the Gospel story we are told that there were three gifts - gold, frankincense and myrrh - rather than three Wise Men, and the result of the enquiry set in place by King Herod implies that they had been seeking the child for some two years. That seems like quite a long search.
One Bishop, in a pastoral letter to be read in all the churches of his diocese after Christmas, recalled his days as a parish priest when, faced with people enquiring about becoming members of the Catholic Church, his first question would be: ‘What are you seeking’. A common answer was: ‘To belong’. I guess that is a response encountered by many Christian ministers in similar situations. Sometimes an enquirer, describing the journey, talks about a long search.
One of my Christmas presents was The Joy of God, a well-reviewed collection of writings by a Benedictine Sister of St Cecilia’s Abbey on the Isle of Wight (Sister Mary David, Continuum 2019, £12.99). Sister Mary wrote about the quest to find God: ‘Our desire for God leads usto seek him. It is to embark on a journey’. Shrewdly she observed that the Christian story is as much about finding as seeking, adding that ‘today it is seeking that is all the rage, which is prized more highly than finding.’
If you happen to be interested in early Christian heresies, look up Gnosticism (Greek: gnosis = knowledge). Sister wrote: ‘One of ancient Gnosticism’s favourite doctrines was the glorification of the eternal quest, a desire to know all God’s mysteries by our own power’. She quoted St Irenaeus on people who are always looking beyond, their quest being eternal, to the point where they never find the truth. It’s a great excuse for never making a decision. I might add, a similar quest for certainty causes some people never to stay in one job or to get round to marrying until they are absolutely certain that this one is the Right One. But alas, no-one is perfect. Sad, really, but very common. And it looks so plausible.
Well, may your decisions, whatever they are, lead you to much happiness. And if you are one of those who dithered too long on the edge of the school swimming pool you will never know the joy of being a confident swimmer. Fr Robert Miller
Gospel of St Matthew Following his previous popular talks on Mark and Luke, Fr Nicholas King is returning to Tisbury to talk about St Matthew on Saturday 29 February, 11.30am (coffee before). Fr King is a leading scripture scholar and the author of many well-known books including an entirely new translation of the bible. He returns to Tisbury at the invitation of Tisbury Catholic Church and his talk will take place in the Methodist Chapel, in the High Street. Everyone welcome.
9 NADDER VALLEY BENEFICE – CHURCH SERVICES – FEBRUARY 2020 Date 2nd February 9th February 16th February 23rd February 26th February 1st March SUNDAY The Presentation 3rd before Lent 2nd before Lent Next before Lent Ash Wednesday Lent 1 Southern Area -EB -JN +TF -MH -JN +TF +JN
ANSTY 1115 MBCP LAY 1115 PC GS 1115 HCBCP GS 1115 FC GS – – 1115 MBCP COMPTON – – – – – – – – – – – FOVANT 0800 HCO2T GS 1800 EBCP GS 0930 PC GS – – 0800 HCO2T SUTTON 1800 EBCP JN 0930 PCO2T GS – – – – 1800 EBCP SWALLOW- 1115 PCT GS 1800 EBCP GS 0800 HCBCP GS 1115 MBCP LAY 1100 HCT GS 1115 PCT CLIFFE + Ashing Northern Area
BARFORD 1115 FC MH 0930 MCW LAY 0930 HCBCP TF 0930 PC EB 0930 HC + EB 1115 FC Ashing BAVERSTOCK 0930 PCT EB – – – – – – – – – CHILMARK 1115 PCT EB 1115 MBCP LAY 1115 FC TF 1115 MPr EB – – 1115 PCT DINTON 0930 HCO2C MH 1115 PC TF 0930 FC EB 0930 MCW LAY – – 0800 HCO2C T. EVIAS 0930 FS JA – – – – – – – – 0930 FS T. MAGNA – – – – 1115 FC EB – – – – – Western Area
CHICKLADE – – 1800 EBCP MH – – 1115 PCBCP MH – – – HINDON 0930 PC JN 0930 FC MH 1800 EBCP JMH 0930 PC MH 1100 HCT + MH 0930 PC Ashing FONTHILL 1700 EBCP JMH 0800 HCBCP JMH 0930 MBCP JA – – – – 1700 EBCP BISHOP FONTHILL 0800 HCBCP JMH 1115 MBCP JMH 0800 HCBCP EB 1115 MBCP JMH – – 0800 HCBCP GIFFORD + AMP/APCM 0800 HCT TF 0800 HCBCP JMH 1000 HC JN TISBURY 0930 FC JMH 0930 PC JMH 0930 PC JMH 0930 PC JN 1930 PC + JMH 0930 FS 1800 Chor E JA 1800 RS JMH Ashing /JA 1800 PC
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 Word HC O2T / C – Order 2 Communion traditional / contemporary M – Mattins or Morning Prayer MPr – Morning Praise E – Evensong or Evening Prayer RS – Reflective Service EB – Elaine Brightwell GS – Graham Southgate JA – Judy Anderson JMH – Juliette Hulme JN – Jo Naish MH – Mark Hayter TF – Tina Fox
St Margaret’s Chilmark – Church Notices April and it is hoped that there will be other Chilmark and/ or Ridge residents interested in filling the vacancies. Date for the diary: Sunday 10 May Fonthill House Garden will be opening in aid of our The coming years are likely to prove vital in determining churches, and Chilmark will be running the cake stall, so how St Margaret’s will continue to have a role in village bakers, servers, car park assistants, please stand by your life, particularly given the ongoing decline in church beds! More details in due course. This is a very generous attendances across the country. Please do consider opportunity made possible by Lord Margadale, and a good whether you may be able to play a role in safeguarding the way to raise money for St Margaret’s....and in a delightful future of our historic church. setting. To this end, please complete the survey that accompanies Church Cleaning Rota this Village Voice; also consider adding your name to the Many thanks to all of you who are on the cleaning Rota. Church Electoral Roll so that you can vote at the Annual Your help is much appreciated. If you have any queries Meeting for the election of members, and on other matters, please contact me on or to be elected to the PCC. Currently, there are just 32 01722 716571. Thank you. Chrissie Eden Chilmark and Ridge residents on the Electoral Roll out of a population of more than 500. February Group If you would like to have your name added, or have any 2nd three queries, please contact: 9th four Lynn Menzies, Electoral Roll Officer for St Margaret of Antioch, Chilmark, on 01722 717925 or at Beech House, 16th five Becketts Lane, Chilmark. 23rd six Current members of the Chilmark PCC are: March Revd Elaine Brightwell (Chm) 1st seven Mrs Janey Middleton (Church Warden, retiring) 8th eight Mr Richard Haupt (Church Warden) Sir Peter Jennings (retiring) 15th nine Mrs Catherine Quaile Sir Richard Packer Mr Neil Pattenden PCC News Mr Glen Miller As reported in the December Village Voice, two members Mr Johan Denekamp of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) are retiring at the forthcoming Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting in 10 Benefice of Nadder Valley (Team Ministry)
TEAM CLERGY Revd Dr Graham Southgate, (Team Rector). The Rectory, Shaftesbury Road, Fovant, SP3 5JA 01722 714826 Parish Priest responsible for Ansty, Compton Chamberlayne, Fonthill Gifford, Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard, Fovant, Sutton Mandeville, Swallowcliffe, and Tisbury. email: [email protected].
Revd Elaine Brightwell, (Team Vicar) 01722 717883 Parish Priest responsible for Barford St Martin with Burcombe, Baverstock, Chilmark, Dinton, and Teffont Evias with Teffont Magna. email: [email protected]
Revd Juliette Hulme (Team Vicar) The Rectory, Park Road, Tisbury, SP3 6LF 01747 871957 Parish Priest responsible for Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard, Fonthill Gifford, and Tisbury. email: [email protected]
ASSOCIATE PRIESTS Revd Mark Hayter, High Spinney, Sutton Road, Fovant, SP3 5LF 01722 785176 Parish Priest responsible for Hindon with Chicklade and Pertwood email: [email protected] Revd Jo Naish, Coombe Warren, Hindon Lane, Tisbury, SP3 6QQ 01747 871820 email: [email protected] Revd. Tina Fox, The Pightle, The Street, Teffont, Salisbury, SP3 5QP 01722 716010 email: [email protected]
LICENSED LAY MINISTERS Canon 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 Mr Richard Haupt 01722 717472
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 Choir Felicity Pattenden [email protected] 01722 716271 Organists David Davies [email protected] 01722 714440 Hannah Haupt, Richard Haupt 01722 717472 Bells Linda Jones [email protected] 01747 870595 Angus Menzies [email protected] 01722 717925
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Tisbury Surgery them on an agreed basis with the pharmacist. First and foremost, the staff at the surgery want to thank Dr Laurence Carter, Dr Adam Smith our patients for the lovely Christmas cards and gifts. It always overwhelms us how generous you all are and we shall enjoy eating our way gleefully through 2020! Hindon Health - Managing Insomnia Once again we are asking our patients to help us. This There have been a few cases of patients contracting flu time it is to improve our management of insomnia (poor in Tisbury, none of whom had had a flu vaccine. NHS sleep). In the last three months we issued over 250 England reports that this year’s vaccine is a good match prescriptions to more than 90 patients for sleeping tablets, for current prevalent strains of flu; so, if you have not yet and we are the highest prescribers in Wiltshire despite had a vaccination and are eligible for one, do please book being low prescribers for all medicines. into a nurse clinic. We currently have availability of both the under-65 and over 65 flu vaccines. NICE has guidance about the management of insomnia and the safe use of sleeping tablets. They do have a We are in the process of overhauling how we run our role, but should only be used for a maximum of a single childhood immunisations. The main appointments will now prescription for two weeks when other measures have be offered on Thursdays between 1 and 2pm; the aim failed. In future when someone sees us about problems being that this is after nursery but before the school run with sleeping we will recommend sleep hygiene, referral to and so, hopefully, will be more convenient for our patients. IAPT (clinical psychology service that you can self-refer to It also avoids our urgent Sit and Wait clinics so children will by calling 01722 820267) for CBT (cognitive behavioural not be exposed to coughs/colds etc in the waiting room. therapy) and mindfulness. All of these are more effective These appointments have two nurses present to deliver measures, especially long-term. It is common to sleep what we believe to be our best and safest service, in line poorly after a distressing event or bereavement but this is with national recommendations. We will take over booking a normal process that it is usually better to work through these appointments from Public Health as parents reported without medication. receiving letters just before booked appointments. Any feedback on our service is welcome. We appreciate that There is an excellent book called ‘Overcoming Insomnia’ these timings may not be convenient for a small number of by Colin Espie, a clinical psychologist who runs a sleep our patients so please talk to reception if this is the case. service in Glasgow. Buying this, reading it and acting on his advice may be your best investment in 2020. He writes Several patients have asked for explanations of about Sleep Hygiene which aims to make people more medications and the types of prescriptions: aware of behavioural, environmental, and temporal factors that may be detrimental or beneficial to sleep by: Acute: emergency or one off prescription - Should be processed by the pharmacist the same day or ordered for • Establish fixed times for going to bed and waking up the next working day if not on the shelf. (and avoid sleeping in after a poor night’s sleep). • Try to relax before going to bed. Please note that none of the medication types listed • Maintain a comfortable sleeping environment: not too below can be requested by telephone. This prevents hot, cold, noisy, or bright. our lines from being too busy for patients to get through. • Avoid napping during the day. • Avoid caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol within 6 hours of Repeat: patient can request medication as and when they going to bed. need it via the surgery. We then send it to your nominated • Consider complete elimination of caffeine from the pharmacy - typically within hours of the request. It can diet. take up to 48 hours over the weekend. Please allow 4 • Avoid exercise within 4 hours of bedtime (although working days before collection. Requests can be made exercise earlier in the day is beneficial). online or via written request at reception. • Avoid eating a heavy meal late at night. • Avoid watching or checking the clock throughout the Repeat Dispensing: prescriptions are sent down to night. the pharmacy at an agreed period - usually this is 3, 6, • Only use the bedroom for sleep and sexual activity. 9 or 12 months depending on the patient, their medical • There is a lot of information on the web on CBT and problems and any requirement for reviews. Patients do mindfulness. not have to contact the surgery for their medication but should be able to collect their medication the same week In 2020 we will be having more training on ways we can each month from the pharmacy. After the agreed period help patients on regular sleeping tablets (and opiates) to ceases, eg 6 months, the pharmacist should advise the reduce their use. patient to contact the surgery as they have been given their final month’s prescription. This should allow ample And finally, thank you for all your kind cards and gifts over time to arrange the necessary reviews if they are required. the festive season. I’d like to wish you all a happy and The receptionist will advise you whether you need a nurse healthy 2020. appointment or blood test, and whether you need to see Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely the doctor or not.
Automatic: reserved for suitable patients only. Prescriptions are printed weekly, signed by hand by each doctor, delivered to the pharmacy and then take 4 working days to be processed. These are not suitable for the majority of patients. Patients do not have to contact the surgery for their prescriptions but should be able to collect 13 The Village Voice
TISBUS Needs Volunteer Drivers Your community transport charity TISBUS desperately needs volunteer drivers to keep our buses on the road, to make a real difference to the lives of residents of Tisbury and the surrounding villages. ● You can drive whenever it suits you. ● All you need is a current and clean licence. ● Even once a month would be a big help. Please see tisbus.co.uk/volunteer/ Thank you.
Regular Shopping Trips Every week TISBUS makes shopping runs to Shaftesbury, Salisbury, Warminster and Gillingham, picking up members from their door and returning them home afterwards. If you’d like to get out of the house, catch up on some errands, and pick up a few things, these fun and convenient shopping trips could be just the answer. To be included on trips, members must confirm their booking by 12 noon on the day before travel. To book a seat, or for dates and times, please contact the TISBUS Coordinator Bev Ford on 07500 802525 or [email protected]. For more info, please visit tisbus.co.uk
Recycling & Waste Collection for February
• Tuesday 4 - Household waste (grey bin) • Tuesday 11 - Green lid - Garden waste (no household compost) Blue lid - plastic bottles, cardboard, brown paper, shredded paper Black box - glass bottles & jars, newspapers, junk mail, tin cans, clothing, silver foil • Tuesday 18 - Household waste (grey bin) • Tuesday 25 - Blue lid, Black box, green lid
March • Tuesday 3 - Household waste (grey bin)
For more details of which bin to use, visit the link below: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/recycling
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Teffont Film Club – Spring 2020 The Shaftesbury Area Talking Newspaper Saturday 22 February – The Good Liar Talking Newspapers have a provenance stretching back to Consummate conman Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) has 1968 and, for the passed 25 years, the Shaftesbury Area set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Talking Newspaper has been published. Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren), worth millions. And Roy means to take it all. From their very first meeting, Roy Every Friday afternoon, the latest edition is recorded. begins plying Betty with his tried and true manipulations, On Saturday morning, courtesy of Royal Mail, copies of and Betty, who seems quite taken with him, is soon going the recording land on the doormats of visually impaired along for the ride. But what should have been a simple listeners all over the Blackmore Vale from Blandford to swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the Wincanton, and from Sherborne to Tisbury. ultimate stakes – revealing more insidious deceptions that will take them both through a minefield of danger, intrigue Numerous volunteers edit, read, record, pack and and betrayal. post a ‘sound’ newspaper, so that people whose sight problems prevent them reading easily can be kept up to Saturday 21 March – Knives Out date with selections from the current editions of the local A modern American whodunit, starring Daniel Craig and newspapers and magazines; these include the ‘Blackmore Jamie Lee Curtis Vale Magazine’, the ‘Salisbury Journal’ and the ‘Western Gazette, and occasionally other journals too. Saturday 18 April – Official Secrets A British-American docudrama based on the life of GCHQ It’s very informal - there are often poems and jokes that whistleblower Katharine Gunn have taken the readers’ or editors’ fancy - and there’s even a local and parish news supplement with selections from Venue: Teffont Village Hall. Doors open 7pm; films start local monthly magazines such as ‘The Village Voice; these 7.30pm. Price £6 on the door. Information and booking enable listeners to stay in touch with events and people’s [email protected] ideas that are nearer to home.
Moviola in Tisbury – Spring Season The recording itself comes in the form of a memory stick Friday 28 February - The Goldfinch (15) that is easily inserted into a simple player. Players can be A boy in New York is taken by a wealthy Upper East borrowed and new listeners are coached, if required, on Side family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the how to use the player but in fact it is all very simple. Being Metropolitan Museum of Art run by a charity, the service is entirely free; this includes loan of the player, and receipt and return of the memory Friday 27 March - Rocketman (15) sticks in their wallets. A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. New listeners are always very welcome, so if you know of someone who might be interested in receiving the Talking Friday 24 April - The Good Liar (15) Newspaper or would like to learn more about it, do please contact the Secretary, Collette Drury on 01258 473923 or Moviola meets at the Nadder Centre, Tisbury. Doors and at [email protected] bar opens at 6.30pm and the programme starts at 7pm. Make a note in your diaries – we would love to see you there. Silent Disco for over 65s Seniors, people living with dementia and carers are invited to come and sit or dance at Tisbury’s first ever Silent Disco, Chai, Chat and Chapati - Thank You with music from the 50s, 60s and 70s on headphones, A very heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to my Research has proven that the power of music and dance charity fund raising event – Chi, Chat and Chapati – in reactivates memories and can create happy states. Tisbury in November. I am totally amazed that so many people were so very generous with their time, patience and Do please join us for this free activity (funded by Wiltshire money to make the evening a great success. As a result Council) on Thursday 19 March, 10.30am, at the Nadder we raised far more than I expected and I was able to send Centre, Weaveland Road, Tisbury SP3 6HJ. off a cheque for £424 to the Ayub Hamdard Foundation. Ayub is currently in England raising the profile of his foundation especially among the Pakistani and trekking/ mountaineering communities and he is overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Tisbury. Pakistan does not receive very positive press from us and the good within is often overlooked. He is currently working on a project to build an earthquake proof building to provide shelter for the families displaced each year in the valley by quake, landslide and melting snow. It will also provide a safe, upstairs space for the women of the area. Also on the list is a school for the guja (gypsy) children who currently learn in a small two-man tent.
What I have learnt is that we should never be surprised by the good in the broad world, and in our immediate surroundings in particular. What a wonderful community we live in. Thank you.. Brigid Budd 15 The Village Voice
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Hindon Village Stores – volunteers still needed! We are always on the lookout for new volunteers to help run our community-owned village stores, at the heart of the Hindon community. There’s a job for everyone: shifts are two hours and you can do as many, or as few, as you like; currently there are several shifts we need help with.
Enthusiasm, a pleasant manner and good sense of humour are the chief requirements; no experience necessary as training will be provided and you will never be left on your own. It’s a great way to meet people, especially if you are new to the area.
If you are interested, please do get in touch with Jules Garner-Rudman on 01747-820366 or email [email protected]
Air Ambulance Anniversary Wiltshire Air Ambulance is celebrating its 30th year of operation this year.
Countless lives have been saved since it began operating in 1990. As a result, a generation of people have been able to resume their lives and celebrate special milestones such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries or the birth of children and grandchildren.
To highlight its work, former patients whose lives have been saved are featured in videos each month throughout 2020 on our social media channels and website, along with an opportunity to make a donation.
Wiltshire Air Ambulance is not funded directly by the Government and receives no National Lottery grants. As such it is only able provide its vital service thanks to the generosity of people, community groups, schools, businesses and grant-making trusts who make donations.
It costs £3.75 million a year to keep the lifesaving service operational and last year it undertook 1,233 missions – an increase of 12% on 2018.
Jill Crooks of Wiltshire Air Ambulance said: ‘We are honoured to serve Wiltshire and surrounding counties. With your help we can be here to save the next generation.’
To donate, head to the charity’s website www.wiltshireairambulance.co.uk/generation 17 Goods & Services
ADMINISTRATION SERVICES – Book-Keeping/Secretarial Service Available for Book-keeping - experience of Sage and Key Accounts, VAT Returns. Secretarial Service to suit your requirements, any work undertaken, reasonable rates. Anna Butler – 0755 155 8216 [email protected].
ARCHWAY COMPUTER TRAINING We provide computer training at your office or home-based business, tailor-made to meet your needs. Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, etc. See our website for further details. Janet Donbavand, Tel [07477 578417] email: [email protected] web: www.archwayct.co.uk
BLACKSMITH & GENERAL ENGINEER All decorative, ornamental & functional metalwork undertaken. High quality work. Competitive prices. Gates, Railings, Curtain poles, Fireplace items, Weather vanes, Garden structures. Structural, Architectural & more. JOHN EDMUNDS Tel [01722 781212] email: [email protected]
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
COUNTRY CARE Qualified local carer, offering care and support for the people of Hindon and surrounding villages. SYLVIA PARRISH Tel [01747 820018] or [07795262130, evenings and weekends]
DRY STONE WALLING AND LANDSCAPING Dry stone walling and landscaping. Reliable, professional family-run business. Patrick Houchen – DSWA member. Tel. [01963 371123], mobile [07791588141], web: www.yenstonewalling.co.uk
FEET FIRST Foot Health Professional providing quality footcare in your own home. Fully trained and insured. Find out more at www.tisburyfootcare. com. Treatments include nail cutting, corn and callus removal and more. Emily Boulting, Tel. [07551 751642], email [email protected]
FONTHILL TIMBER LIMITED – HARDWOOD LOGS & KINDLING Seasoned barn-stored hardwood logs, cut and split to your requirements and delivered. Also nets/sacks of dry kindling supplied. Call Phil Farnell, Tel. [01747 871 142]
HAPPY HOUND DOG GROOMING SERVICE An experienced, friendly service in a quiet area of Chilmark. City and Guilds trained. Fully insured. Kay Rooke, Unit 3 The Courtyard, Field Barn Building, Ridge Farm, Chilmark: Tel [01722 716626], Mobile [07900 350846], email: [email protected]
HINDON VILLAGE MARQUEES Marquees 16 x 6m, 6 x 4m and furniture for hire locally at low rates to benefit Hindon causes. Erection and dismantling service if required. Further details: [email protected] or [01747 820321]
MR CASTLE’S LANDSCAPE GARDENING From complete landscaping to general maintenance, including – driveways, decking/patios, fencing, tree surgery and waste removal. Get in contact for a free quotation. MR CASTLE, 9 Hill Terrace, Hindon, SP3 6EL. Tel: [07743 904662], email: [email protected] Web: www.castlelandscaping.co.uk
NATURAL ENERGY THERAPY (HEALING) AND COUNSELLING Support and change to improve health and life. Clinics: 5 Ridgeway, Chilmark and Lifecare Health, Frome. Tel [01722 717870] email: [email protected] web: www.RuthBridgeman.co.uk
NATURAL STONE SERVICES All aspects of stone masonry – new build, rebuild, repairs, traditional lime pointing, floor/wall tiling in stone, ceramics, etc. Hard landscaping – walls, patios, paths, etc. Listed building works. No VAT. ROBIN EVANS 22, Frickers Paddock, Chilmark, SP3 5BU. Tel [07979 513096], emaii: [email protected]
OLD RECTORY BED & BREAKFAST A beautiful refurbished Bed & Breakfast offering a two-bedroomed family suite and two double en suite rooms. Free wifi. Reduced rates for groups and longer-stay guests. LYNDA and COLIN MASEFIELD, The Old Rectory, Chicklade Salisbury SP3 5SU. Tel [01747 820000], web: www.theoldrectory-bandb.co.uk
PAINTER AND DECORATOR SAUL MITCHELL. Maintaining the Past, Designing the Future. Est. 2004. All aspects of Interior and exterior decorating. Covering your local area. Tel [01747 830029] Mobile [07787 927455] Goods & Services
PRECISION PLUMBING AND HEATING SERVICES We are a family-run business covering all aspects of plumbing and heating, dedicated to offering a professional, friendly and reliable service. Proud members of Checkatrade. Emergency callouts available. Tel [07866000075, evenings and weekends 01747 820804], email precisionplumbing [email protected]
PRESTIGE INTERIOR JOINERY All aspects of carpentry undertaken. Specialising in bespoke interior joinery, wardrobes, fitted bedrooms, cupboards, kitchens, cabinets, bookcases, dressers. Tel: [07540 184604] email:[email protected] www.prestigeinteriorjoinery.co.uk
RURAL VIEW ESTATE AGENCY Your local estate agent. Selling, letting and managing all types of property. CHARLIE GRAHAM, Manor Farm Estate, Chilmark SP3 5AF. Tel [01722 716895] email: [email protected]
SEPTIC TANK EMPTYING Septic tank emptying, Luxury toilet hire, Temporary toilets, Portable and Luxury Showers, Temporary Fence, Barrier and small container hire and sales. ROB BEALE LTD, Copse Side Farm, Ansty SP3 5PS. Tel [01747 871464], web: www.temporarytoilets.co.uk
SOFT FURNISHING Loose covers, curtains & blinds etc. professionally made. AMANDA COWARD Buzzard House, Underhill, East Knoyle SP3 6BS. Tel [01747 830197]
TANK SERVICES Specialist in domestic, commercial and agricultural fuel oil storage, water tanks, rainwater harvesting, chemical tanks, with associated pumps, hoses, meters and filters. Also supplying tank security and other tank accessories. Southern Tank Services, Unit 2, Eastern Works, Sutton Mandeville, Salisbury SP3 5NL. Tel [01722 714514] email: [email protected]
TIM HYDE THATCHING Traditional thatching in English wheat straw, water reed and long straw. Reports for surveyors and insurers. Full roofs or ridges, walls and summer houses. Traditional hedge-laying also carried out. TIM HYDE, The Stables, Milton Farm, East Knoyle, Salisbury SP3 6BG. Tel [01747 830718] mobile [07880557436] email: [email protected] web: www.timhydethatching.co.uk
TRACEY WROTH BEAUTY THERAPIST Tracey Wroth Beauty Therapist. 25 years experience. Offering Aromatherapy Massage, Waxing, Eyelash/Eyebrow tinting, Facials, Eyelash extensions, Manicure & Pedicure, Biosculpture Nails & SNS Nails. Tel [07973 519187] www.traceywroth.co.uk
TRANSFORMATION YOGA including RELAXATION Small groups or one to one. Learning to move well. Hindon Village Hall, Wed eve. Tel [01722 717870] email: [email protected] Web: www.RuthBridgeman.co.uk
YEOMAN TREE SPECIALISTS Tree surgery, dismantling, stump grinding, tree planting, woodland thinning, fruit tree care. Free estimates. Fully insured. YEOMAN TREE SPECIALISTS Tel [01597 850155] mobile [07860 177486] email: [email protected]
The lake at Ridge, photograph by Rosemary MacDonald The Village Voice - Local Police
Wiltshire West Community Waste Free Feb Challenge Policing Team, Tisbury Community Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is challenging the community to reduce its waste for the month of February. Recent Crimes of note Cotton Down, Tisbury, 10 January - You can set your own limit. Zero waste, or a jam jar’s Burglary: unknown suspect/s entered worth, is not realistic for everyone but this challenge is a a house and stole a large amount of great opportunity to look at the rubbish you are producing personal items including cash, jewellery and see what you can do to reduce it. Why not set yourself and a computer table. The home was a goal to produce no more than one carrier bag’s worth surrounded by a high fence and gate. of rubbish for the month, or one black sack, or a two-litre Fovant, 28-29 December – Deer poaching: farmer bottle’s worth? discovered that acres of rape seed crop had been driven over, also large pools of blood discovered linking to deer If watching your waste for a whole month isn’t possible, try poaching. The tracks left appeared to be from a lighter 4x4 it for a day, or a week or two? type as the depth of the marks was not from a heavy vehicle, You don’t have to hide away and avoid the supermarket – which due to the rain might have got stuck. Fences were you can use materials that can be re-used, recycled and cut to gain access. Other neighbouring farms affected. composted, but anything that would usually end up in the Fovant, 29-30 December - Farm Theft: unknown suspect bin must go in your February waste container (bag/sack/ has pulled down a metal barrier and gained entry to a bottle/jam jar or match box!). farmyard. A storage outbuilding was broken into and scaffolding tubes and barriers stolen. You will learn to get savvy with your shopping, recycling Dinton, 20-30 December – Farm Theft: unknown person/s and everyday habits that could lead to some lasting have gained entry to location by cutting padlocks to gate. changes. They have then cut padlocks to the barn and ripped the side of the barn open, taking an Ifor Williams tipper trailer If you produce less waste during your Waste Free Feb and some small hay bales. Total value of items and challenge then you can honestly feel you have had a damage caused is approx £6,000 positive impact on the planet.
What does waste-free living actually mean? It means avoiding unnecessary waste and reducing the need for a rubbish bin. There are huge positive environmental impacts to producing less waste:
• Fewer resources are used as raw materials – water, oil, energy, land, etc. • Less waste will be sent to landfill and incineration • It sends a message to businesses: we don’t want your waste • Councils will spend less on landfill tax (currently £91 per tonne).
For more information on how to take part in the challenge, visit: www.wiltshirewildlife.org/waste-free-february East Knoyle, 23-24 December - Dog theft: unknown suspect/s have used unknown means to gain access to kennels at a farm and have stolen four dogs, including three spaniels (see picture). Advertising in The Village Voice East Knoyle, 23-24 December – Farm Theft: unknown Revenue from the quarterly Goods & Services Directory goes to suspect/s have used unknown means to remove the gate Chilmark Parochial Church Council (via Hindon PCC). Cost (for to a farmyard and once inside have entered a stable and 30 words max) is £16 for 4 issues (a year); £12 for 3 issues; £8 made off with batteries, Christmas presents and horse for 2 issues; £4 for one issue. Please contact Felicity Trotman food worth £200. (see Village Directory, page 2) if you wish to include an entry in East Knoyle, 20 December - Stable Theft: unknown the next Directory. Cheques payable to Hindon PCC. suspect/s have stolen straw and horse feed from a stable. All other advertising revenue (display and classified adverts) goes towards The Village Voice printing costs. To contact your Community Policing Team (CPT) about a community-related matter, such as a school visit, please Display advert prices as from 1st September 2016 are: email: [email protected] quarter page - £60 per year (10 issues) Please note that this mailbox is not monitored 24/4 eighth page - £40 per year
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