FEBRUARY to MARCH 2019
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FEBRUARY to MARCH 2019 Diary of Events Date Event Feb 5th Village Link - Meesden Village Hall 7.30pm - “Kazakhstan” – Speaker Ray Munden who will be talking about his travel experiences in Kazakhstan. Feb 12th Village Supper Club – The Woodman, Nuthampstead – 7.30pm. Feb 14th Hormead Garden Club – Hormead Village Hall 8pm - Anne Rowe 'Hertfordshire Gardens in the Stuart and Tudor Times' Feb 20th Meesden Village Hall Committee meeting 7.30pm at the hall. March Village Link – Meesden Village Hall 7.30pm – TBA 5th but hopefully it will be “History and Technology of Pottery” – Speaker Helen Baron and if so she will give a talk and practical demonstration of her work as a ‘potter’. March Village Supper Club – The Woodman, Nuthampstead 12th – 7.30pm March Hormead Garden Club – – Hormead Village Hall 14th 8pm - Tom Cole 'Lawns from establishment to maintenance ' March Meesden Village Hall Quiz night in aid of church 16th funds – 7.30pm – further details from Richard Crookes 01279 777345 May 25th (Advance notice) The Rogation Walk Editors: John and Patricia Hamilton, Red Stack, Anstey, Herts. SG9 0BN Tel. 01763 848536 [email protected] Please send in your own news to: Jackie Godfrey on 01763 848732 or [email protected],uk (for Anstey); Martin Hugi [email protected] (for Brent Pelham): Margaret Beach on 01279 777195 or [email protected] (Meesden), Or, for last minute material, direct to the editors. The next deadline is 15th March 2019 Alzheimers. If you are involved in caring for somebody with Alzheimers, there is a small group which meets at the Tea Room and Wine Bar, High Street, Buntingford every 3rd Wednesday of the month 10am to 12 noon. If you are interested please just turn up to a group meeting or else call Herts Help 0300 123 4044 or 01763 289433. Meetings are free of charge and may well help you. GOOD NEIGHBOURS SCHEME – If you need a lift to a hospital, or doctor’s surgery, or help with the shopping, just give us a ring on 01763 848536. There is a local Supper Club: on the second Tuesday of each month. It is held at The Woodman, Nuthampstead at 7.30pm (please book on 01763 848328). Free to anyone who will come to collect. TV stand now surplus to requirements. In very good condition – see photo (the stuff on the top shelf is protective plastic squares that can be moved to go precisely under the TV/TV legs that is/are to be sited on the stand). Will take up to 42” TV. Max load 14kg. Measurements: - 80cm wide, 45cm deep, and 53cm height from floor. If you are interested please ring 01763 848536 and arrange to collect. First come first served! The East Herts District, Town and Parish Council elections are due to be held on Thursday 2nd May 2019. If you have any interest in standing for election as a Parish Councillor yourself or wish to nominate someone for election, please note the following important dates: Notice of Election - publication deadline - Tuesday 26th March. Candidate Nominations Close - 4.00pm on Wednesday 3rd April 2019. The Notice of Election publication will appear in the local newspapers and on parish notice boards on March 21st and will detail the application process. The publication will also become available on the following website: https://www.eastherts.gov.uk/article/35594/Current- Elections Community Bus. Jeff Jones, the County Councillor for Buntingford District, has asked us to remind people that there is an hourly Community Bus service to Buntingford Town Centre from the villages every Tuesday and Thursday. If this service proves successful, consideration will be given to making the service available on other days of the week. Jeff regularly attends Parish Council meetings in our district, so if you want to attend any Parish Council meetings and speak to Jeff, why not check with your Parish Council clerk and come along to a meeting? He says: - “I hope residents of Meesden and Brent Pelham have seen the BCAT bus bringing residents from the villages into Buntingford for their shopping, medical, banking and social needs. I hope the service is of use, but we would love to see more residents use the service. Use it or lose it! The service operates four times a day from Meesden on a Tuesday via Anstey and Wyddial, and on a Thursday from Brent Pelham via Gt and Little Hormead and Hare Street. Pick up for both villages are outside their respective village halls although you may hail the bus anywhere along the route. We are currently buying a second bus as a back-up and to possibly offer shopping trips to main shopping destinations. Full details of the service are available on the Buntingford Town Council website at www.buntingford-tc.gov.uk/bcat or call the BCAT Hotline on 07391 994723.” Cllr Jeff Jones Hertfordshire County Councillor and BCAT Lead [email protected] Village Route Tuesday Service Wyddial, Anstey & Meesden Buntingford – High St / Church St 10:15 11:45 13:45 15:15 Wyddial – Phone Box 10:20 11:50 13:50 15:20 Wyddial – Church 10:22 11:52 13:52 15:22 Meesden – Village Hall 10:34 12:04 14:04 15:34 Meesden – Elm Cottages 10:35 12:05 14:05 15:35 Anstey – Blind Fiddler / Moatside 10:40 12:10 14:10 15:40 Anstey – St Georges Church 10:42 12:12 14:12 15:42 Anstey – Lincoln Hill Cottages 10:44 12:14 14:14 15:44 Wyddial – Phone Box 10:50 12:20 14:20 15:50 Buntingford - Medical Centre (on request) 10:55 12:25 14:25 15:55 Buntingford – High St / Church St 11:00 12:30 14:30 16:00 You can hail the bus anywhere along the route and the driver will stop when safe to do so. For pick-up and drop-off outside these areas please call the BCAT HOTLINE on 07391 994723 and we will endeavour to deviate the route to collect you. Fare £1 per journey Village Route Thursday Service Brent Pelham, Gt Hormead, Lt Hormead & Hare St Buntingford – High St / Church St 10:15 11:45 13:45 15:15 Brent Pelham – Village Hall 10:30 12:00 14:00 15:30 Gt Hormead – Three Tuns 10:35 12:05 14:05 15:35 Gt Hormead – Willow Close 10:38 12:08 14:08 15:38 Lt Hormead – Phone Box 10:45 12:15 14:15 15:45 Hare St – Swan Tea Rooms 10:50 12:20 14:20 15:50 Buntingford - Medical Centre (on request) 10:55 12:25 14:25 15:55 Buntingford – High St / Church St 11:00 12:30 14:30 16:00 You can hail the bus anywhere along the route and the driver will stop when safe to do so. For pick-up and drop-off outside these areas please call the BCAT HOTLINE on 07391 994723 and we will endeavour to deviate the route to collect you. Fare £1 per journey First Aid Training Thank you to everyone who has asked for a free First Aid training course. We are hoping to book two dates in April, thus giving everyone a choice of two dates and we will let all who have contacted us know the available dates by email. Training is open to all residents of the Brent Pelham and Meesden Parishes, so you could perhaps encourage a neighbour to join you. The course will cover the following: Dealing with a non-responsive person, Dealing with a non- breathing person, Choking, Break/fractures, Trips/falls, Fits and seizures, Burns and scolds, Bites and stings, Anaphylaxis, Cuts and bruises, CPR /defibrillator, when to call 999 . If you have not yet been in touch, and would like to attend, please email [email protected] or Sarah Fryer [email protected] or phone Trevor Hughes on 01279 777404. Night Shelter and Food Bank — Holy Trinity, Bishop's Stortford, The staff at the night shelter — Holy Trinity, Bishop's Stortford, would like to pass on their heartfelt gratitude to the local community [Anstey, Brent Pelham and Meesden] for all generous donations given over the past couple of months. Any surplus was handed over to the food bank - sited at the Methodist Church, also in Bishop's Stortford. All goods to date have needed to be of the non perishable variety, i.e. tins, packets, etc. More recently they were a little short on 'treats' such as: speciality soups, teas, coffees, sweets, cakes etc. As we move into the New Year it might be helpful [wherever possible] to think about goods with the best nutritional or healthy option value, for example - tinned fruits in juice etc. Thank you again! There is a collection box at the back of the Brent Pelham Church — please feel free to donate, even if it is just one item. There is generally always a shortage of helpers. Please contact: [email protected] if you feel able to volunteer. Garden & DIY Equipment A reminder that we have equipment that is available for people to borrow. For full details of the equipment visit https://www.brentpelham-meesden-pc.org/ and check out the Loan DIY Equipment tab. Please do let us know if you have equipment that we can add to this list. [email protected] / 01763 849949 or Dave Oxley: [email protected] / 01763 848584. Non-members are welcome to join us on the night, as a guest (for £3) or to sign up as a member. Membership is still just £12 per calendar year and allows free entry to all 9 films! Please note that all www.ansteyvillage.co.uk memberships were due for renewal as from January.