No.047 April 2020 a Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard
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No.047 April 2020 A Monthly Newsletter for Chilmark & Ridge and Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St Leonard Teddy Bear Hunt Welcome to the April issue of The Village Voice Please join the fun of the Chilmark Bear Hunt and put your Teddies in What a world of difference a month makes. your windows, for passers-by to When the March issue of The Village Voice spot. went to press, Chilmark’s main concerns were the effects of February’s relentless rain, Quarantine Quiz and the likely re-opening date of The Black Huge thanks to the Jacobs family Dog. Roll forward four weeks, the fields and for ensuring we have a date in our footpaths have dried out, the Winterbourne otherwise empty diaries to look level is dropping fast, and every pub in forward to each Thursday night. Britain is closed. How to join in: [email protected] Chilmark set the pace in responding to Wiltshire’s call for a network of village Church Survey volunteers to ensure that everyone’s needs The results of the St Margaret’s would be cared for in the ensuing pandemic. survey are on pages 8&9. Only 29 With our Parish Council chair Patrick Boyles replies were received but it isn’t and his wife Mary already in self-isolation, too late to add your views. Please PC member Morag Philpott stepped forward email them to to offer her services as the village COVID-19 [email protected] - coordinator. Little could she have guessed they will be forwarded to the PCC that, in just over a week, Chilmark’s response in confidence. to her call for help would be featured in The Guardian newspaper and then on BBC Focus Magazine television as an example of communities There is no print version of this pulling together in the face of adversity. month’s Focus magazine but it can be read at www.tisburyfocus.com Three weeks on, the original band of Chilmark & Ridge volunteers has swollen to a remarkable 45, all helping in numerous ways from shopping, to delivering Village Voice website medication, to ensuring that all elderly or vulnerable neighbours have someone Current, recent and back issues looking out for them. If anyone reading this today does not know who their local of The Village Voice can be coordinator is, and needs help, PLEASE contact Morag Philpott by telephone on downloaded from: 01722 717897 or email: [email protected] www.chilmarkvillagevoice.co.uk The majority of Chilmark & Ridge residents are likely to be reading this issue of The In this issue Village Voice online as we’ve restricted the print run to cater only for those residents with no internet access (the purpose being to limit unnecessary footfall round the Contact Numbers 2 village during Coronavirus restrictions). We are concerned that villagers without Village News 4-7 the internet (a larger group than you might think) are missing out on important Church Times 8-10 information and potential support. Please do alert us if you know of anyone who might need assistance during the current difficult times. Other News 12-16 Recycling & Waste 14 Owing to the restrictions, St Margaret’s Church will remain shut this Easter for possibly the first time in its history. We wish you the happiest possible Easter and Local Police 16 thank everyone in the village for their generosity and gestures, large and small, which have made such a difference to the lives of many in recent weeks. 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] 2 The Village Voice - Diary April Dates for your Diary 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] 3 The Village Voice Parish Council News criteria will apply to potential purchasers. To read the latest minutes and future agenda: www.southwilts.com/site/chilmarkparishcouncil/ English Rural is keen to ensure that local buyers or local people are informed of the sale and where to apply at the The Annual Parish Assembly and the AGM of the Parish earliest opportunity. Council scheduled for 6 May 2020 has been cancelled and will not take place until The Government lifts the Stay at Anyone interested should contact Pam Howard of English Home requirements of the Coronavirus Act. Rural on 020 7820 7930 option 2, or email [email protected] As reported in previous issues, Cllr Patrick Boyles was due to retire as Chair of the PC at the AGM and Cllr Liza For more information about English Rural visit: Jack had announced she would not be seeking re-election www.englishrural.org.uk to the Parish Council. These changes are now on hold until the AGM takes place. Patrick Boyles writes: My term as Chair of the Parish Council continues until the first item of business of the AGM (whenever that is held, either remotely or in physical format depending on what Quiz & Chips Night the Act provides). That first item of business will be for the The Quiz & Chips Night in the Reading Room on Friday members to elect a Chair for the ensuing year, followed by 13 March seems an age ago now, as the last BC (Before election of a Vice-Chair. Coronavirus) event in the Chilmark calendar. Fittingly, we had a bumper turnout, with 44 Quizzers sitting down to With regard to Parish matters that may arise in the absence delicious Fish ‘n Chips served by mobile Chippy Sam and of regular PC meetings during COVID-19 restrictions, Cllr the Frying Machine, up from the New Forest for the night. Boyles explained: Many thanks to Stephanie Lucas at Becketts for generously Subject to advice and guidance…it is probable that myself lending her driveway as venue for the takeaway trailer, as Chair and Sir Richard as Vice-Chair will arrange for once again. business to be conducted remotely with debate, proposals and resolutions recorded and published on our website. Our Clerk Jenny MacDougall has been keeping members updated with guidance from the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and the Wiltshire Association of Local Councils (WALC) on what provisions are in the Act in respect of holding meetings remotely – but we are being asked to be patient while the various provisions are analysed in detail before full comprehensive guidance is provided. Parish Council Clerk vacancy Readers may also be aware that long-serving Parish Clerk Jenny MacDougall had been due to retire with effect from Velazquez, The Rokeby Venus May 2020. In view of the current COVID-19 situation, Jenny has told the Chairman and Vice Chairman that she Thanks also to Henrietta Cockrell for another set of testing is prepared to continue in office for the present time. The Quiz questions that kept the seven teams on their toes process of selecting a successor as Clerk to the Parish right up to the end. The winning team (for the second year Council has therefore been suspended for the time being. running) was the Street Cred partnership of Pattendens and Smalls, plus welcome newcomers to The Street, Peter Latest Planning Applications/Decisions and Eddie Young.