West Ilsley News www.westilsley.org November 2019 EDITORS Andrea Cook Liz Dray Race Night Clock Cottage The Malthouse Saturday 23rd November, 2019 - 7.30pm In  281224  281688 The Village Hall [email protected] [email protected] Join in the fun Deadline for the next publication is: Complimentary snacks, Pay Bar, First race 8.15pm th 5 pm on Wednesday 27 November Tickets– book with Ros or Alison, £5 adults £3 DIARY concessions, u16 free [email protected] or 281471 NOVEMBER [email protected] or 281705 5th Bonfire night fireworks Own and name your horse for £2 pounds – prize for 16th Rock and Saxophone choirs church concert winning owner 23rd Village hall Race Night Contact Alan Bloor on 281341 or [email protected]

ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH WEST ILSLEY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS November Services at All Saints’ Church We’ll be doing Christmas 3rd Family Communion 9.30am Greetings in WIN again this 10th Remembrance Service 10.55am year – in aid of church funds. 17th No service in All Saints *See Café Church below Please drop your cheque 24th Family Service 11.00am (payable to All Saints’ Church Please see the lych gate notice board for details of West Ilsley) or a cash other services in the benefice or go online at donation in to me by the WIN deadline – 5pm on www.eastdownland.org.uk Wednesday 27th November. You can email your All Souls’ Service message to WIN as long as your name is on the This year we will be holding our Downland All Souls’ donation envelope! Andrea Cook, Clock Cottage Service on Sunday 3rd November at 4pm in St James’ Church, Leckhampstead. All are welcome to this special service of remembrance and West Ilsley Village Hall Committee: thanksgiving, but especially those who have recently Bonfire Night Fireworks lost a loved one. (Donations from WI Fete, Village Hall activities Working Party Tidy Up for Remembrance Day and village organisations) We will be holding our usual church and churchyard working party on Saturday 9th November. Hopefully, you will have the odd spare hour or so to join us from 10.00am to tidy up the churchyard before the Remembrance Day Service the following day. Help with the church cleaning would also be much LOCATION appreciated. Please bring rakes, secateurs, dusters, Please gather in the Recreation Field polish, etc. Free entry Remembrance Day Service – Sunday 10th All villagers and their friends and families November at 10.55am welcome to join us for a fun evening on We hope you will join us in Tuesday 5th November, 2019 remembering and giving thanks for BBQ from 6.15pm, Bonfire lit at 6.30pm, those who have fought for this Fireworks at 7pm country, many of whom have died in BBQ (Hot Dogs and Burgers) and Refreshments action for us, over the years. As usual, available for sale from 6.15pm we will have the Act of Remembrance by the War Memorial and then move into the church for the rest of the service. Please try and arrive in the churchyard before 10.55am as the Act of Remembrance starts promptly. As always, there will be a donation sent to the Royal British Legion.

Café in All Saints’ Church Village Hall (RG8 9SE) Our usual monthly café will not take place in Saturday 23rd November 2019 November. Our next café will be on Sunday 8th 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon December from 10am. “Turkey & Tinsel Bazaar” Rock Your Sax Off FREE Walter’s Turkey Tastings This great evening of entertainment provided by & Mulled Wine! Rock Choir and Newbury Saxophone Choir takes CHARITY stalls: th place on Saturday 16 November from 7pm – R.N.L.I.: Christmas cards & gifts 9.30pm in All Saints’ Church. Refreshments will be Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice: available during the interval. Tickets are £10 for Children’s knitted clothes/soft toys/gifts etc. adults and £5 for under 18s and can be purchased R.D.A: Wildlife photographs & cards from Rosanne. Email: [email protected] or PLUS telephone: 01635 280553 / 07881 780748. Christmas wreaths (freshly made to order), *Café Church Service Potted & festive plants, Christmas trees, The next Café Church Service will be at 11am on Home-made Preserves (many gift packaged) th Sunday 17 November at St Mary’s, . Home-made cakes & pies of all sorts! Come at 10.45am for refreshments before the Hand-crafted cards & festive gifts, service. Fresh fruits & vegetables Dates for your Diary Fairtrade groceries & Children’s Tuckshop st Sunday 1 December – Downland Advent Carol Warm welcome, refreshments & MORE! Service at St Barnabas’ Church, at 6pm. FATHER CHRISTMAS visits at 11 a.m.! th Sunday 15 December – All Saints’ Carol Service at RAFFLE in aid of Newbury Women’s refuge 6pm in church – followed by mulled wine and Draw 11.30 a.m. mince pies. Details: 01635 578090 or 579344 Christmas Day – Family Communion at 9.30am. LIKE “Aldworth Saturday Market” on FACEBOOK! Contacts: Churchwardens: PARISH COUNCIL Ian – 01635 281625; Alexandra – 01635 281306 Read the latest Parish Council Minutes and hear Rector: Revd John Toogood – 01635 247566 - how village matters are being addressed. Visit our [email protected] village website at www.westilsley.org - all the latest East Downland Benefice Office: - 07957 458107 - minutes from our meetings are available under the [email protected] – Usually manned on “Parish Council” tab. Thursday & Friday mornings between 9am and 1pm. 2019 Parish council meetings: Kay and Ian Fewtrell-Smith 11 Nov

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COUNCILLOR CAROLYNE CULVER WHO TO CONTACT On Monday 28 October West Council is VILLAGE HALL holding its first climate conference, a public forum to Ros Duckworth–Bookings–281471 discuss how it can meet its target to become carbon [email protected] neutral by 2030. Rates: £10.00/hr Villagers £12/hr Non Villagers Newbury Weekly News reported that the footpath PRESCRIPTIONS closure notice in the centre of the village has been Prescriptions are delivered from Compton on extended for another six months, but did not mention Tuesdays mornings at 8.30. Please collect that progress is being made to resolve the issue. I yours from 2 Morland Close on Tuesday or have been in contact with residents and the Thursday evening between 6.00 and 7.30. countryside team at WBC and they are working Repeat forms can be posted through the letter together to resolve the issue. I can’t say more than box anytime before Monday evening for the that for the time being, but I wanted to reassure following week’s delivery. Thank you for your residents that we aren’t all sat on our backsides co-operation in keeping to the times listed. doing nothing about it. Tony Elliott We are creating a community orchard in PATIENT REPRESENTATION GROUP and hope to begin planting in late November. If you Fred Carter are interested in coming to visit and find out more [email protected] 281621 about the project please contact me. I know for CHURCHWARDENS example that , also in this ward, would like Alexandra Axtell 281306 to create an orchard. Ian Fewtrell-Smith 281625 Councillor Carolyne Culver TENNIS COURT Ridgeway ward Membership: Please email [email protected] [email protected] Play without joining - book and pay via PESTCO westilsleytennis.jezzam.com or the link on MOLES RATS WASPS MICE COCKROACHES westilsley.org BIRDS FLIES FOXES SQUIRRELS ANTS PARISH COUNCIL residential, agricultural and commercial work Clerk: Robert Edwards www.pestco.biz Inna Fowler - [email protected] 280501 Mobile 07796615818 01488 670028 Mobile: 07778093931 [email protected] Chairman: Rollo Duckworth – [email protected] 281471 Alan Bloor - [email protected] 281341 Alan Beaumont – [email protected] 07980 875179 Anna Sugden – [email protected] 281784 Justin Gilbert – [email protected] Graham Woods - [email protected] Remedial body Therapy DOWNLAND VOLUNTEER GROUP Rachel uses a combination of Remedial sports 01635 578394 massage and McTimoney chiropractic to address Office hours 9.30 to 11.30 problem areas. Treatment aims are to encourage Monday to Friday symmetry, identify muscle imbalances, improve www.downlandvolgroup.org posture and alleviate discomfort. Not In pain? It is also a good idea to get yourself DVG HANDYBUS SHOPPING - £3 RETURN assessed even when you are not in pain as a (approx 1 hour shopping time) preventative way of fine tuning your posture and Didcot - Tesco Wantage – Sainsbury’s spotting minor issues before they build into bigger Tuesdays Wednesdays problems. (monthly) (fortnightly) Outward Journey Outward Journey Tel: 07879475557. E: [email protected] Time Place Time Place www.rachelchandlerchiropractic.co.uk 9.45 am Chieveley 9.45 am Chieveley 10.15 am Compton 10.15 am Compton Back for 2019 10.30 am East Ilsley 10.30 am East Ilsley A local, reliable, hard-working gardening service 10.40 am West Ilsley 10.40 am West Ilsley To Book Telephone John Jeffery 07437 543098DVG Office Telephone 01635 578394

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