MARCH & APRIL 2017 Published on behalf of High Littleton Parish Council News & Views Clubs & Organisations News from the Parish Council Editor: Karen George High Littleton Beaver Scouts – Contact:- At last the new bus shelter opposite the Post Offi ce in High Littleton is complete [email protected] Tricia Horwood Tel: 01761 470809 To advertise contact Vicki Smith 07815 620247 [email protected] with Real Time Information. The Council has patiently monitored and chased Copy deadline for May / June 2017 issue: High Littleton Scout Group Contact:- B&NES Public Transport Offi cer for progress, who in turn has had to chase various 1/4/2017 Simon Walker [email protected] contractors to complete the work. Schools High Littleton with Farmborough Brownies Contact:- Ann Edwards Tel: 07989 630541 B&NES Engineer Design Group asked the Council what design they would like on the High Littleton Pre School – Tel: 07971 914659 [email protected] Village Gateway entering Hallatrow from Paulton. The Council thought it would be [email protected] High Littleton Toddler Group a good idea if the High Littleton School children could come up with a design. This High Littleton C of E Primary School Contact:- Becky Fulford Tel: 01761 470410. suggestion was well received and the Council look forward in seeing the chosen design. Tel:- 01761 470622 High Littleton Bell Ringing – Contact: - offi [email protected] Jenny Cornwell. Tel: 01761 453641 There will be changes to the collection of rubbish collection as from 6th November 2017. Norton Hill School – Tel: 01761 412557 [email protected] Most households will be changing to every other week for their rubbish collection. As [email protected] High Littleton & Hallatrow Village Day Somervale School - Tel: 01761 414276 Committee - Contact: Chris Wootten Tel: from the 9th March 2017, households will be receiving letters informing them how the [email protected] 01761 471106 [email protected] changes will aff ect them. Writhlington School - Tel: 01761 433581 High Littleton Ladies Group [email protected] Contact: - Mavis Hurley Tel: 01761 471647 Planning Applications in December 2016 & January 2017 Registered Childminders High Littleton Luncheon Club – Contact: - Maureen Carey Tel: 01761 471852 Jo Mansfi eld-Tel: 01761 471754. 07968 756917 16/05332/FUL Provision of 3 no. dormer windows to north elevation (Retrospective). High Littleton & Hallatrow WI - Contact:- Wendy Conner-Tel: 07952 955392 Vicky (Secretary) Tel: 01761 472959 Brooklands, Paulton Road. The Council agreed to Object in Principle due to invasion of BANES freshfi [email protected]. neighbourhood privacy. Main Switchboard - Tel: 01225 477000 High Littleton Men’s Football Team Council Connect - including waste & recycling, Contact:- Nathan Randall Tel: 01761 472307 16/05601/FUL Erection of 1no. bungalow with associated works to rear of No.1 Fairview roads & highways and general, library & [email protected] (Resubmission). 1 Fairview New Road. The Council agreed to Support this application planning enquiries. Tel: 01225 394041 Vets: Gary Elliott Tel: 07812 132202 subject to the Planning Authority making a condition that the existing garage shall at all Local Councillor - Les Kew Tel: 01761 452649 U11s: Phil Smith Tel: 01761 471051/ 07766 times be available to the proposed dwelling for vehicular parking and that the current St Johns Ambulance - Tel: 01761 453464 305222 rear entrance, which services the Applicant’s property, shall be permanently closed. MP Jacob Rees Mogg - Tel: 0117 9872313 U10s: Dave Corbett Tel: 07730 612140 High Littleton Parish Council Clerk- U8s: Jake or Steve Hillier Tel: 07805 679971 16/05745/FUL Erection of a detached garage. The Gables Hallatrow Hill. The Council U7s: Justin Perrigo Tel: 07702 820006 [email protected] agreed to Support this application. Police -To report damage, vandalism and High Littleton Recreational Ground Committee – Contact:-Carey Gilliland thefts anonymously- Tel: 101 16/05766/ADCOU Prior approval request for change of use to Agricultural Barn to Woodland Trust: Tel: 01761 472108 [email protected] Recreation Ground Club Tel: 01761 472223 Dwelling (C3) and associated operational development. Calf Shed West of Broom Hill, Doctors Surgeries & Hospitals between 8pm and 10pm. Broom Hill Lane. The Council agreed to Comments only with this application, stating that Cameley Surgery, Temple Cloud Pigeon Flying Club Tel: 01761 436041 it is out of character with the Village Design Statement. Tel: 01761 452205 Cam Valley Arts Trail Group Tel: 07763218176 Elm Hayes Surgery, Paulton Hallatrow NSPCC Committee 16/05799/ADCOU Prior approval request for change of use to Agricultural Barn to Tel: 01761 413155 Contact: Jay Appleton Tel: 01761 452116 Dwelling (C3) and associated operational development. Beef Shed East of Broom Hill, St Mary’s Surgery, Timsbury [email protected] Broom Hill Lane. The Council agreed to Comments only with this application, stating that Tel: 01761 470880 Methodist Church Centre it is out of character with the Village Design Statement. Paulton Memorial Hospital, Paulton Contact:- Maureen Carey Tel: 01761 471852 Tel: 01761 412315 Holy Trinity Church 16/05921/FUL Erection of detached bungalow and new detached garage for existing Royal United Hospital, Bath Revd Guy Edwards Tel: 01761 416581 Tel: 01225 428331 Church Hall Tel: 01761 471017 dwelling. Willow Glade, 17 Scobel Rise. The Council agreed to support this application. 2 3 Planning Applications in Dec 2016 & Jan 2017 cont. High Littleton Pre-School 16/06152/FUL Erection of two storey side extension. Mai-See View Scumbrum Lane. During High Littleton Pre-School Term 3 we focused on “Going The Council agreed to Object in Principle due to overdevelopment. on a Bear Hunt” which the children have thoroughly enjoyed. All aspects of our activities have been based around this very 16/06139/CLEU Subdivision of main dwelling into 2 no. dwellings (Certifi cate of popular pre-school story. We made bear bread, cookies and rice Lawfulness of existing Use). The Croft, Bristol Road. The Council agreed to support this cakes. The childrens’ “welly walk” to Greyfi eld Wood was aimed at looking application. for a bear, fortunately we couldn’t fi nd one! The children have been making bear foot prints, masks and playing in the muddy gloop. We created scenes from the Information can also be found on the two notice boards by the Post Offi ce in High story in our creative tray and acted out the story using props. We even bought a snow Littleton and the Old Post Offi ce in Hallatrow, or you can visit the Parish Council website machine to recreate part of the story. Every day the children were actively acting out www.highlittleton.org.uk the story following the “story making” ethos, which they showcased to their parents and families on our last day of term. Even the youngest of our children memorised the story and can sit and share the book with their friends. This term we are looking at Three Billy Neighbourhood Plan Update Goats Gruff as our story making theme and the Gruff alo is our book theme, where we will Feedback on views expressed at the NP Drop-in event on 26th November 2016 has be exploring the story by creating activities based around the Gruff alo storyline. been delivered to parishioners. The views of local businesses are also being sought and a Landscape Assessment Survey is to be undertaken to support the NP. Work is underway in drafting the NP for consultation with parishioners later this year.

Classes in Ballet, Modern, Tap & Jazz Tel. 01761 479026 Classes held in Timsbury, Camerton, Midsomer Norton, Chew Magna, Keynsham & Saltford. Ages from 3 years onwards. We are thoroughly enjoying our sessions with the EcoWild team on our Thursday morning sessions, where the children pootle off into the woods for the morning, rummage around, make fi res, forts, get creative and of course get as muddy as possible whilst going off on adventures set out by Emily, Lucy and Jane.

We would like to welcome Becky Fulford back after her maternity leave and two new members of staff , Emily Gostlin and Taya Stenner. If you would like to fi nd out more about the pre-school please visit our website www.highlittletonpreschool.co.uk or give us a call on 01761 47 0410.

Karen Grinham, Pre-School Leader 4 5 The First World War Spring 1917 parishioners raised money to commission a marble tablet in memory of Reggie. This tablet was placed in the Wesleyan Chapel but has disappeared since this building was One hundred years ago war was still raging on the Western Front, an area on converted into Biggs offi ces. If anyone knows the whereabouts of this memorial please the border of France and Belgium where two vast armies were dug into muddy contact the writer on 457015. trenches and waging a war of attrition. Two men from this parish were killed during April 1917, some fi ve months after the Battle of the Somme. It is remarkable that Private Maggs received no offi cial recognition for his heroic deed. Another local soldier Private Thomas Sage of the Somerset Light Infantry was awarded Wilfred Salvidge had been employed as a bootmaker in Paulton and was living in the Victoria Cross for exactly the same action at the Battle of Passchendaele and he Hallatrow when he joined the Devonshire Regiment in March 1915. He was married to survived his injuries. Eleanor and was one of four brothers , George a printer at Purnells, Edward a miner at Farrington and Samuel, who all served in World War 1. He had survived the carnage of Rob Ladd the 1st July 1916, the fi rst day of the Battle of the Somme where he was involved in an attack on the village of Mametz.

On the 2nd April a combination of Australian and British troops attacked and captured Poppy Appeal 2016 the village of Ecoust-St Mein. It was during this sortie that Wilfred was killed. Many of This year the total amount donated to the Poppy Appeal from the three villages High the British casualties were from the Honourable Artillery Company and it is after this Littleton, Farrington Gurney and Temple Cloud was £4,121. This was made up as follows: regiment that the military cemetery in which Wilfred is buried, is named. Wilfred’s House Static Church Events Donations Wreaths WI Totals brothers despite being injured, survived the war. to house Points £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Reginald Maggs was a courageous but tragic war hero. The son of Gilbert and Sarah of High Littleton 689 650 265 46 40 199 195 2,084 New Road, High Littleton, Reg married Florence Dowling and lived at Chapel House with Farrington 30 565 271 32 6 – – 904 their young daughter Muriel. He was a carpenter by trade but at the outbreak of war was Temple Cloud – 753 380 – – – – 1,133 delivering bread for the Co-op in a horse drawn cart. By all accounts Reg was active in

village life and played the organ at the Wesleyan Chapel, now Biggs offi ce. The total was up by £385, which was due to the success of the RBL Poppy Boxes given to He was serving in the 22nd Northumberland Fusiliers which attacked the enemy lines the Primary School (thank you parents!). near Vimy Ridge on the 9th April when he was fatally wounded. In a letter from the hospital chaplain to his father, he tells of the brave deed that caused his injuries: John SHEARS (Area Poppy Organiser)

You will have received the sad news that Pte R Maggs died in hospital here on 12th April and I should like to send you my deepest sympathy with you in your deep sorrow and to tell you how your beloved son received his wounds, poor fellow. He was terribly INVITATION FROM HIGH LITTLETON & wounded when he was brought in here. He had lost both hands and both eyes and was wounded in other parts of the body. But he had a wonderful spirit. He really gave his HALLATROW VILLAGE DAY COMMITTEE life in order to save his comrades. A bomb (which was dropped by one of his chums) We are holding our annual Celebration Tea Party at 4pm on fell among a group of men. Your son saw the danger and immediately seized it to fl ing Saturday 13th May at High Littleton Church Hall and we would it away before it exploded. It burst in his hands however and he received the whole love you to join us. The event is open to anyone in Hallatrow charge in his own body. He undoubtedly saved his comrades. In the hour of your great & High Littleton who is over 60 and is free to come along and sorrow it will be a comfort to know that he died a noble death. enjoy tea and entertainment. Transport is available. The hospital where Reggie died was situated on the French coast near Le Touquet and If you would like to attend please ring Pete Maule 472959 by he is buried in the Etaples Military cemetery, the biggest in France with over eleven Monday 1st May. thousand graves. Village Day Committee Amazingly, no gallantry award was given for this selfl ess act but his family and 6 7 Rec Ground Trust News Following our January AGM we have a busy year planned up at the Rec and hope the bulbs planted by Barbara and John make a lovely display at the car park entrance as Spring approaches. From dogwalkers and the school to sports teams and clubs, the Rec continues to be a precious green space and resource for the village as a whole which we need to work to maintain and protect.

The new surfacing outside the Club entrance looks great and, alongside the usual tidying as the busy football season continues, we are looking into some major maintenance on the changing room roof and along the western boundary treeline. We are continuing to report on events and news via our Facebook page so do get in touch there if you’d like to raise anything for our agendas. Our meetings continue on the third Thursday of the month up at the Recreation Club and we’d always welcome any more village residents who can spare some of their time to help out.

Carey Gilliland, Chairperson

Green Lane Farm Bed and Breakfast

More details available at www.greenlanefarmbandb.co.uk Alternatively please call Caroline on 01761 452833 or email [email protected]. Remember there are many public footpaths in and around our parish including this one from the Rec Ground car park- so get those boots on and explore! Photo courtesy of Carey Gilliland. 8 9 Swan Transport High Littleton Primary School Swan Transport off ers a personal transport service using volunteer drivers, to those We welcomed Mairi from CLIC Sargent during Collective Worship who are elderly, frail or disabled and on a low income (under £16,000). Our team of to tell us all about the charity and how the money we have raised volunteer drivers use their own vehicles to pick people up from their door, providing so far could be spent. £2.50 could pay for a copy of CLIC Sargent’s an arm if needed, and take people to health appointments/social activities, then bring magazine ‘Shout Out!’ for children age 7 to 13, supporting them during them home afterwards and drop them at their door. This is especially helpful for those and after treatment and helping them feel less isolated. £33 could pay for a family to who can’t easily use a bus. stay overnight in one of CLIC Sargent’s nine homes providing free accommodation near to specialist children’s cancer treatment centres. The journeys can include; hospital and doctors appointments, visits to the dentist/ opticians, the hairdresser, shopping (assisted shopping is also available with drivers if requested) or visiting family and friends. The journeys normally take place from Monday to Friday during working hours - 9am to 5pm, though there is fl exibility with this. Just occasionally drivers have covered journeys on evenings and weekends but there is limited availability. Swan covers journeys within the B&NES area, though again with some fl exibility, as we have travelled further afi eld.

There is a suggested donation per journey which ranges from £6.50 for a local return using a local driver, through to £20.50 for a return journey into Bath, for example to the RUH, which is quite a saving on using a taxi. All our drivers are paid mileage at Inland Revenue rates whilst giving their time freely. Swan supports those who have savings of up to £16,000, but if a client is over that threshold they can become a member of the Midsomer Norton and Radstock Dial-a-Ride: 01761 418097, who may refer them to us for journeys.

New Drivers

We are very keen to recruit more drivers at the moment, and we particularly need drivers in your area. All our drivers are vital in enabling us to off er this important service. Swan We also received a certifi cate thanking us for the £261 we raised at our Christmas Fayre, Drivers can choose how much or little they would like do to fi t in with their lifestyle. They Christmas nativity performances and our KS2 carol concert! Fantastic! can have regular journeys, or drive as and when they are available - even just one journey once in a while. As a volunteer driver, you will need your own vehicle. If you know of Gareth Griffi th anyone who may be interested in helping their local community in this way, we would be very glad to hear from them! Do you like dogs? Swan Transport is a member of Localgiving where if you wish to support us by making Can you help? Village Day Committee is looking a donation we would be very grateful, as all funds raised will go towards helping us for 3 - 4 people who like dogs and would be able provide this valuable service. Just go to: https:// to help out with the Scruff s Dog Show for Village localgiving.org/donation/swan-advice-network Day (Sat 26th August). We need help before the day and on the day itself. To contact Swan please call us on: 01761 439548 or If you can spare some time to help us put this email: [email protected] to speak to popular event on again please speak to Chris Sarah or Ann Wootten on 01761 471106.

10 11 Spring Exhibition & Sale Conygre Hall Saturday 29th April 11 - 5pm Free Entry All welcome Members will be demonstrating, showcasing & selling their work. www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk facebook.com/camvalleyartstrail

H��� L�������� R��������� C��� Shop local for all the gift s that you need !! YOUR FRIENDLY LOCAL CLUB HOME OF HIGH LITTLETON FC, HIGH LITTLETON PIGEON at FLYING CLUB AND NUMEROUS SKITTLE TEAMS Beautiful gifts OPEN Lovely things for everyone……. Monday - Saturday: 8pm till 11.30pm Come and have a wander round, we’ve always Sunday: 7.30pm till 11pm something new. Tel; 01761 472223 (during opening times only) Gorgeous smells and accessories, prett y things for the home, scrumpti ous children’s clothes & traditi onal toys. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME Membership £3 adults , OAP free. Open: 9.30am-5pm (Mon- Sat) 10am – 4pm (Sun) [email protected] 01761 452442 Enjoy our friendly atmosphere and cheap prices! Home Farm, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6UB

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High Littleton & Hallatrow WI HOLY TRINITY Holy Trinity Church Hall We began 2017 with two successful fund raising events to which we invited family CHURCH SERVICES and friends. Early in the New Year we enjoyed a fi sh and chip supper and fi lm night. 5th Mar 10.00 Family Service with This was followed later in January by a very enjoyable quiz night and ploughman’s supper. Holy Communion Our thanks go to Paul Craddock for compiling the questions and acting as quizmaster. For Hire 12th Mar 9.30 Holy Communion The money we raise at such events supports the work of local charities. 19th Mar 9.30 Morning Worship Need a space for a meeting, We meet on the fi rst Tuesday of each month in the Church Hall at 7.15pm. At our February 26th Mar 9.30 Cafe Style service for party or club? The Church meeting the speaker was Brian Hill from the Somerset Ornithological Society who told us Mothering Sunday Hall is available to hire about the birds we can see in our gardens and how to create a bird friendly environment. (Church Hall) evenings and weekends. 2nd Apr 10.00 Annual Parochial Our programme for this year includes a range of diff erent speakers and events. We are (located next to the school also planning trips, hands on workshops and more Community Lunches. Church Meeting with Holy Communion across the road from the If you would like more information about the WI please contact Sheila on 01761 470962 9th Apr 9.30 Holy Communion church) or Helen on 01761 568125. Visitors are always welcome to come to our meetings. 16th Apr 9.30 Easter Day Holy Communion Sheila Richardson, President 23rd Apr 9.30 Joint Benefi ce Service To book call at St John’s Farrington Gurney 01761 471017 Holy Trinity Church 30th Apr 9.30 Morning Worship I enjoy my telly-watching. I like documentaries on history or nature, I like arthouse movies and thoughtful dramas. But if I am not watching those, I am often watching Holy Trinity Church - 2017 Diary Dates ‘Have I got News for You’, ‘Mock the Week’ or stand-up comedy. I watch TV to inform and challenge, but also to switch off . Laughter is always relaxing. Comedy is mostly 22nd April Bingo at the Rec 7.30pm undemanding, but NOT always brain-dead. Comedy gives us a sideways, subversive take 20th May Spring Supper 7.30pm on everyday life. At best, it enables us to name attitudes and experiences that would 7th July Sausage Sizzle at the Craddock’s 7.00pm otherwise remain hidden. That’s part of its appeal for me. 26th August Village Day Teas and Bottle Stall 23rd September Skittles at the Rec 7.30pm Stand-up comedy is very direct. A good comic speaks into thought-processes and 2nd December Candlelit Supper 7.30pm emotions that are very familiar, and puts a surprising twist on them, even when 16th December Christmas Bingo at the Rec 7.30pm entertaining a whole arena full of people. The teacher from Nazareth whose life, death and new life is the basis of my faith had Holy Trinity Christmas Collections something of that. No-one lacking a sense of humour could command love and loyalty, and above all, the huge following that Jesus was able to. Humour, satire, the absurd, Carol Service £345.94 shared between the Cheshire Home at Timsbury and are all there if you read between the lines. However, the real point of his stories was to Dorothy House change people’s thinking and actions – to transform their lives. He spoke in parables Christingle £309.40 ) both for the Children’s Society – shocking stories, stories that make you see things diff erently. He spoke about ‘the Box collection £647.88 ) Kingdom of God’, an alternative take on what is really important, a joyfully diff erent way Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year and especially of seeing, thinking , feeling and acting. His invitation is to follow him, and so discover with our Christmas collections. this richly diff erent way of being human. Church Wardens Revd Guy Edwards 01761 416581 [email protected] 14 15

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18 19 What’s On in March & April Monday 6th March Ladies Group Meeting, Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm ‘In the Steps of St Pauls’ - Rev M Slocombe Tuesday 7th March WI Meeting, High Littleton Church Hall, 7.30pm ‘Lip reading’ - Janice Fisher Wednesday 8th March Village Day Meeting Methodist Hall, 8pm Saturday 11th March Village Litter Pick, Meet 10.30am at The Star Inn car park or the Triangle, in Hallatrow. All help welcome. Saturday 11th March Seedy Saturday, Conygre Hall Timsbury 10am - 2pm Tuesday 14th March Parish Council Meeting, High Littleton Church Hall, 7pm Thursday 16th March Rec Ground Trust Meeting, High Littleton Recreation Club, 7pm Thursday 16th March Cam Valley Arts Trail Group AGM , The Railway (skittles alley) Clutton, 7.30pm Tuesday 21st March Ladies Group, Fish & Chips at The Haynes, 7pm Monday 3rd April Ladies Group Meeting, Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm ‘Butterflies & Moths’ - John Cummings Tuesday 4th April WI Meeting, High Littleton Church Hall, 7.30pm ‘The Art & Antique Market’ - John Weallans Wednesday 5th April Village Day Meeting Methodist Hall, 8pm Tuesday 11th April Parish Council Meeting, High Littleton Church Hall, 7pm Thursday 20th April Rec Ground Trust Meeting, High Littleton Recreation Club, 7pm Saturday 22nd April Art Exhibition & cream teas, Brook Cottage, Rotcombe Lane 1-4pm Saturday 22nd April Holy Trinity Church Bingo Evening, The Rec Club. 7.30pm Monday 24th April Ladies Group Meeting, Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm Speaker to be confirmed Saturday 29th April Cam Valley Arts Spring Exhibition & Sale, Conygre Hall, Timsbury 11 - 5pm. Free Entry. Refreshments.

Cover Photograph ‘Local Wildlife’ courtesy of Yasmin Wahid If you have a photo of the local area or local event you’d like to go on the News & Views cover then send it in to [email protected].

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