Village Link
News from the Winterbournes
Summer 2018 No 118
The Glebe Hall 25 years ago – out with the old, in with the new
Winterbourne Parish Council
Councillor Dr Charles Penn (Chairman)
Councillor Maureen Atkinson (Vice-Chairperson)
Councillor Dr Peter Biggins
Councillor Adrian Burrows
Councillor Brian Campbell-Kearsey
Councillor Neil Grace
Councillor Roy Judd
Councillor Mari Ostli-East
Councillor Michael Young
Unitary Councillor Mike Hewitt
Any Parish related inquiries should be made in writing to the Parish Clerk in the first instance which will then be brought to the attention of the Parish Council.
Melanie Thomas, Parish Clerk, Windrush, Kings Paddock, Winterslow, SP5 1RZ.
Telephone: 01980 863802 Email: [email protected] Web site: http://www.winterbourneparishcouncil.com/
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Village Link
A magazine produced by the Parish Council three times annually providing news, information and items of interest for the Winterbournes.
Delivery helpers
Heather and George Shepherd, Sue Davis, Peter Post, Jenny Lloyd, Nikki Palmer, Isobel Rider, Sue & Don McIntyre, Maureen Homer, Charles Penn, Ian Berry- Bowers, Pam Newton, Ann Howell, Trevor Lewis, Margaret & Simon Ward, Neil Grace, Carol Biggins.
Deadlines for receipt of items for publication by the editor are: 4th November 2018
Items that miss the deadline date are unlikely to be included.
Whilst it would be preferable for items to be emailed, this is in no way compulsory and handwritten articles are also welcome.
Email: [email protected]
From the Editor..
The Village Link magazine is published three times a year and distributed free of charge to all households in the Winterbournes and Hurdcott. In order to keep the cost down, the magazine is printed in black and white. However, we have more flexibility with our website so all material submitted for the summer edition with colour (generally photographs, posters and advertisements) will appear on the Parish Council website in colour (please see: http://www.winterbourneparishcouncil.com/facilities/winterbournes-village-link.php). Any feedback you have on this, or other aspects of the Village Link content and presentation, will be welcome.
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Contents
Winterbourne Parish Council...... 2
From the Editor...... 3
Contents ...... 4
Contact Numbers for Wiltshire Council (South) ...... 5
Parish Council ...... 8
Chairman's Report ...... 8
Community Speed Watch ...... 9
Fly Tipping – what can you do? ...... 11
Community Days in the Winterbournes ...... 12
Annual Parish Footpath Walk plus activities for all ages ...... 13
About theVillage website ...... 13
About the New Glebe Hall website ...... 14
Jumble Sales 2018 ...... 14
Glebe Hall Management Committee ...... 14
Winterbourne Glebe Hall Prices for Hiring 2018 ...... 17
Winterbourne Post Office and Stores ...... 17
Amesbury Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team ...... 18
Volunteering ...... 20
Bourne Valley Link Scheme ...... 20
Interests and Activities ...... 22
Moviola Night at the Glebe Hall...... 22
Club Friday ...... 22
Bourne Valley Tuesday Club ...... 23
Bourne Valley Singers ...... 24
Bourne Valley Historical Society ...... 24
Bourne Valley Women’s Institute ...... 27
Newbourne Players ...... 28 4
Porton Flower Club ...... 28
Winterbourne Cricket Club ...... 29
Bourne Valley Horticultural Society and Gardening Club ...... 30
Churches ...... 32
Bourne Valley Methodist Church ...... 32
Anglican Parish News ...... 34
Countryside Matters ...... 40
Young Winterbourne ...... 41
Bourne Valley Explorer Scout, Scout, Cubs and Beaver Groups ...... 41
1st Winterbourne Rainbows ...... 44
1st Winterbourne Brownies ...... 46
2nd Winterbourne Brownies ...... 48
Ist Winterbourne Guides ...... 50
Winterbourne Earls Church of England School ...... 50
Porton Toddler Group ...... 52
Forthcoming Events ...... 53
Advertisements ...... 58
Advertising in the Village Link ...... 70
Useful Telephone Numbers ...... 71
Village Diary ...... 72
Contact Numbers for Wiltshire Council (South)
Main number 0300 456 0100 Mincom for hard of hearing 01225 712500 Automated payments (24 hours) 0300 456 0119 Blue badges 01225 713002 Bus passes (Over 60s and disabled) 01225 713004 Council tax benefit and housing benefit 01722 434483 Council tax enquiries 01722 434222 Children’s Services 01722 438165 General enquiries 01722 336272 Homes 4 Wiltshire 01380 734734 Household waste collections 01722 434319/434320 Housing general enquiries 01722 434280
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Leisure centres: Amesbury Leisure Centre 01980 622173 Durrington Leisure Centre 01980 594594 Salisbury Five Rivers Leisure Centre 01722 339966 Tisbury Leisure Centre 01747 871141 Libraries 01225 713000 Parking 01722 434326 Planning 01722 434541 Pest Control 01722 434319/434320 Recycling/black boxes – Hills Waste 0845 6032085 Registration – Births, Deaths, Marriages 01225 713007 Roads and pavements 0300 456 0105 School admissions 01225 713010 School special educational needs 01225 718095 School transport 01225 713004 Social care – adults 0300 456 0111 Social care – children 01225 773500 Website www.wiltshire.gov.uk
MESSAGE TO ALL DOG WALKERS
Did you know that bagged dog waste can be left in any roadside waste bin?
No need to hang it in hedges or on footpath gates!
Tell your friends.
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Parish Council
Chairman's Report
Community resilience and crime prevention –how can you help?
Community resilience and crime prevention is one of the Parish Council “portfolio tasks”. With budgets for Wiltshire Council and other county services, including the police, under pressure we increasingly have to do more to help ourselves, our neighbours and the emergency services. At the beginning of this year we revised and published the Winterbournes’ Initial Response Plan for Civil Emergencies. This can be found on our Parish Council website at: http://www.winterbourneparishcouncil.com/governance/winterbournes-initial- response.php. This includes contact details for a range of organisations, and links to Wiltshire Council emergency response plans and guidance. It is difficult to predict what might arise that would count as a civil emergency. In the Winterbournes flooding is high on the list, along with traffic incidents. Yet this year we have been hit by an unusual amount of snow and now seem to be heading for a drought! We also need to consider the impact that an emergency elsewhere might have on our community and facilities. Our Initial Response Plan is therefore “work in progress”. We discovered for example, during the snow fall in March that Wiltshire Council resources were limited such that the A338 through the Winterbournes was not cleared, despite being a “strategic” route, and this caused many of us some difficulty for a few days. We now have more details of Wiltshire Council’s winter response policy and plans, and can further develop our own plan accordingly. Crime prevention is also something that we can all help with. Although there have been some very dramatic (extreme) events nearby this year, problems within the Parish are generally at the less serious end of the scale (see our local crime report and the advice on fly tipping, both in this issue). There are many ways we can protect ourselves and our neighbours; vigilance and keeping houses, vehicles, outbuildings, sheds etc. secure. It is also very important that we report ALL crimes, no matter how minor, or suspicious behaviour, to the police. You may think it is not worth doing so, but if the police have a full picture of what is happening, they may see trends or patterns (places, times, types of crime), and act accordingly. We have an excellent community policing team in Amesbury who will proactively work with us to deal with problems. An example of this has been the recent investigation by the police into antisocial behaviour and damage by the Glebe Hall, helped by our own CCTV recordings.
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Last, but by no means least, speed watch. Concern over the speed of traffic along the A338 features highly in any consultation or survey we conduct. Our speed watch team complement (and do not replace) the police. They act as a visible deterrent, and drivers recorded at high speed can expect to hear from the police as our data are passed on to them. Speed watch data are also used by the police to identify high risk locations and time (on one occasion our team recorded up to 6% of drivers over 35mph in the village), so that they can (and do) target their “speed traps” to best effect. So please……… Get in touch with the Parish Council if you have views on, or can help with, with responses to civil emergencies (including extreme weather) and other local activities such as speed watch, or Neighbourhood Watch. Report crime, and other incidents, to the police (call 101). If you can, provide as much detail as possible, especially vehicle registration numbers if applicable. Stay safe, be secure, and drive carefully. Charles Penn, Chairman, Winterbourne Parish Council
Community Speed Watch
During December 2017 I agreed to take over the role of speed watch coordinator and informed both Winterbourne Parish Council and Wiltshire Police of the change. In preparation for the reintroduction of the Winterbourne speed watch, I attended a community speed watch (CSW) team leader evening at the Nadder Centre, Tisbury on Wednesday 10th January 2018. This enabled Winterbourne to re-establish links with Leanne Homewood, the community speed watch coordinator who is located at the crime prevention department of Wiltshire police, Community Speed Watch Support Team, Trowbridge Police Station, Polebarn Road, Trowbridge BA14 7EP. The Winterbourne speed watch team was formally recognised by the CSW as being active from 1st February 2018 with receipt of the speed camera. The members of the local CSW are currently: Graham Lloyd, George Shepard and Becky Baker and as from 1st June Jim Hibdige also re-joined the group. All have been trained by the Wiltshire police. The speed camera is now shared with a newly formed team at Porton and exchanged every two weeks which is working well.
The Wiltshire Police approved sites from which the team can operate are located at Paddock Close, lay-by opposite St Michael’s Church, Mellow Thatch and Vicarage Lane Entrance. All sites have been assessed by the Wiltshire police and checked for safety and risks. The team can only operate from these agreed sites and operate within a ‘code of practice’ to ensure a consistent approach for the operation of the
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CSW scheme and the motoring public. One session during May was undertaken by Wiltshire police traffic officers at lay-by opposite St. Michael’s Church. The operation practice of CSW team requires that they record the registration numbers of vehicles exceeding the local speed limit. This information is passed to the Wiltshire police CSW coordinator and a letter is sent from the police warning the registered keeper of the vehicle and outlining the findings.
If certain vehicles are found to be persistently offending, the police will target them, with a view to issuing a Fixed Penalty Notice or to instigate court proceedings.
With the resources available, the aim of the team has been to undertake a speed check at least twice each week when the speed-camera is available during each fortnightly session. This is dependent upon the weather and personal availability of each team member.
Item Date Location Time Total Cars No Approx. Comment Recorded >35mph % No.>40mph 1. Monday Paddock 14.45- 583 2 0.34 Nil 05.02.18 Close 15.45 2. Tuesday Paddock 15.30- 1213 6 0.5 Nil 13.03.18 Close 16.30 3. Wednesday Mellow 09.30- 654 8 1.2 Nil 06.04.18 Thatch 10.30 4. Tuesday BV School 15.25- 571 19 3.3 2>40 03.04.18 16.25 5. Friday St Michael’s 18.30- 400 19 4.75 9>40 13.04.18 Layby 19.30 6. Monday The 08.00- 718 15 2.10 7>40 07.05.18 Paddock 09.00 7. Friday Paddock 15.15- 1248 5 0.35 1>45 08.06.18 Close 16.15 8. Sunday St Michael’s 08.50- 348 22 5.98 1>50 10.06.18 Lay-by 09.50 12>40
Since the CSW team only consists of four members it has proved extremely difficult to ensure the minimum coverage of all four sites, during each two-week session, when the camera is available. To be fully effective with our coverage of all locations and be able to vary the times, there is a need to encourage more local participation. No responses have been received from the article put in the last Village Link. When the team is present in the village there is a noticeable decrease in speed through the village. Therefore, it would prove beneficial if we could expand our activity to include early mornings, evenings and weekend traffic in response to expressions of concern by many in the village. This could only be achieved by having more trained members added to the CSW team.
Graham Lloyd Winterbourne speed watch coordinator
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Fly Tipping – what can you do?
Fly-tipping is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act (1990). The maximum penalties for fly tipping on summary conviction are a £50,000 fine and/or twelve months imprisonment, and on conviction in a Crown Court an unlimited fine and/or five years imprisonment. In addition, Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) for small scale fly tipping can also be issued (Currently £400). Preventing fly-tipping in the first place is key. If any fly tipped waste is traced back to the household it came from, the householder could be prosecuted or fined for breaking the law. This applies to any waste including; domestic everyday waste, bulky household items and garden/green waste i.e. garden improvement work, tree or hedge maintenance.
If you are a householder, you are required to take reasonable steps to check that people removing waste from your premises are authorised to do so. • Ask the person taking the waste where it will be going and ask to see their Waste Carriers Licence. If they don’t have one, don’t use them. • Check whether they are registered by calling the Environment Agency on 03708 506506 for an instant waste carriers validation check, or by visiting the Environment Agency's Public Registers web page: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers • Keep a record of any paperwork they give you, the dates you used them, their name, telephone number and vehicle registration number so that if they do fly tip your waste you will be able to pass their details to the council. Reputable, licensed waste removal businesses will issue you a waste transfer note or receipt which is used to record the removal details and demonstrates safe and lawful waste management. • Report anyone who is not registered to the Environment Agency on 03708 506506.
Taking into account the above responsibilities, the council is also advising that householders and businesses don’t fall foul for a growing criminal industry of “Facebook fly-tippers” who pose online as legitimate waste removal companies but then fly tip the waste. The Council is seeing a huge rise in bogus waste removal firms advertising on social media. If you come across fly tipping, please report it using the My Wiltshire App, or for cases within this parish to the Parish Clerk (place, time, description of waste). If you witness fly tipping, please report this immediately, with vehicle registration number if possible.
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Community Days in the Winterbournes
Why were we voted Best Kept Large Village in Wiltshire in 2016 and why is the village still looking good? It is because people living here regularly pick up litter, report fly tipping and care about their village. For that little bit extra, the Parish Council organizes regular community days. Anyone can take part, as there are jobs to suit all abilities and the reward is a bacon and mushroom butty or two!
So far this year we have: Cleared and opened up a number of footpaths Spread scalping on worn footpaths Cleaned equipment in the village playground Cleared builders rubble from the “mound” site in the village playground, ready for re-seeding Maintained the hedge and vegetation in St. Edward’s Churchyard Maintained and re-planted the shrub bed at Summerlug corner Removed staples from telegraph poles Done litter picking Cut back overhanging vegetation from some pavements Almost re-painted the Green Bridge in Tanner’s Lane (see the before and after photos) Before
After
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If you would like to take part, or if there is a job that needs doing, please contact the parish clerk, Melanie Thomas (details on inside front cover)
Annual Parish Footpath Walk plus activities for all ages
Sunday 9th September 1.30-4.30pm. We will meet at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls anytime between 1.30pm and 4.30pm, to pick up a map of the Village Footpaths and a questionnaire to report on the condition of the footpaths. It is important that all footpaths are recorded as being walked annually to keep them open. You can walk one or more footpath, as you wish. Dogs and children welcome! Complimentary hot and cold drinks will be available at the Hall. Suitable footwear recommended!
Further information from Maureen Atkinson 01980 611311 or at [email protected]
About theVillage website
www.thewinterbournes.org.uk Our village website is available to all as an instant source of what’s
Our village website is available to all as an instant source of what’s happening in The Winterbournes and the Bourne Valley villages, including: What’s On & When, with details of who to contact Latest news MOVIOLA in the Glebe Hall Neighbourhood Police bulletins Timetable for kerbside Rubbish & Recycling collections Opening times for Household Re-cycling Centres – AMESBURY & SALISBURY Timetable for Mobile Library visits And more . . . As always, if you would like us to publish any pictures, news, details of past or forthcoming events, publicity for your local group or indeed anything that would interest readers, please get in touch at: [email protected]
John Brown Web coordinator 01980 611352 13
About the New Glebe Hall website
www.glebehall.org.uk
The Winterbourne Glebe Hall has become a very popular venue to hire for Business meetings Training sessions Conferences Concerts and other musical events Drama performances Large family celebrations Wedding receptions Children’s parties
The Glebe Hall website is targeted at people looking to compare village halls to hire for an event. Did you know that Winterbourne residents are able to hire the Winterbourne Glebe Hall at specially discounted rates?
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Jumble Sales 2018
8th September- Jumble sale in aid of Salisbury Hospice 3rd November- Jumble sale in aid of the Glebe Hall
Glebe Hall Management Committee
Winterbourne Glebe Hall 25th Anniversary celebration
The 25th anniversary celebrations held from 24th to 26th May 2018 proved a great success. It was wonderful that over 100 guests accepted the invitations to an evening
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Hilary Sharland, one of the original driving forces associated with getting the hall funded and built, provided a summary of her experiences and thoughts during the early days and expressed her delight that the Glebe Hall is such a well-used facility and remains in such good condition. It was also pleasing that Paula, Susan and Debbie (formerly Burton) came to represent their father, Ron Burton, who chaired the early group and guided the building and running of the new Glebe Hall in those early years. The chairman outlined how over 25 years the costs of the facility have escalated and how it’s current and future existence is dependent on the involvement of the village community and thanked all involved in bringing this event together for all to enjoy. Finally, Rev Peter Ostli-East concluded the presentations by expressing how fortunate the village and church community is in having a facility that draws so many diverse interest groups together. He proposed a toast to the success of the last 25 years and he together with the chairman and Hilary Sharland cut the anniversary cake to mark the occasion.
May I take the opportunity to thank Jane Lackey, Chris Brown, Maureen Atkinson for their help organising the event and supplying the wine, Joanne Sankey for producing the splendid buffet and all the organisations for making up the displays on show?
Both the Saturday and Sunday events and displays organised by the regular users proved a resounding success and provided the opportunity for all to see and experience what goes on in the village hall. Thanks to all for the tremendous efforts made during the weekend. The feedback indicated that the event was informative, 15 surprising and extremely enjoyable. I hope that membership of all the groups benefits as a result. Thank you to all in the Winterbournes who came to view the event and hope that you now have a deeper understanding of what goes on, how you may be able to help and perhaps be stimulated to join one of the many groups that meet regularly at the Glebe Hall.
Thus at the start the next 25 years, I am pleased to report that the Glebe Hall is still heavily in demand with bookings strong for the latter part of the year and during 2019. It is pleasing to see yoga, Pilates and music for the very young ‘Moo Music’, now being firmly established as regular users. The Glebe Hall Management Committee continues to work hard to keep up with the increasing maintenance programme and identify those areas of infrastructure that require replace or upgrading. Our continuing problem associated with heating the small meeting room will hopefully be resolved before the onset of the colder evenings.
Please note that the waste recycling arrangements have changed from July. Since Wiltshire Council has contracted out village hall collections to Hills, we are now being heavily charged for the service. The current arrangements require that only general waste is to be disposed of within the metal bin outside. Therefore, NO GLASS, CARDBOARD, TINS, RECYCLABLE PLASTICS, OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MUST BE PLACED IN THIS BIN and these items must be removed by all hirers to be recycled.
As a reminder, fundraising events in the process of being organised include the early Christmas Fayre on October 20th. I would like to thank the Newbourne Players for their donation of £100 as a result of putting on their murder mystery play on the May18th &19th and look forward to their proposed Christmas show of Cinderella 13th, 14th & 15th December 2018. We have also received donations of £100 towards making the hall ‘dementia’ friendly after discussions with the Alzheimer’s Association and £1000 towards refurbishment of the stage lighting. In addition, the committee continues to take every opportunity to apply for grants towards up and coming major projects that are to include upgrading the main hall lighting and external system and replacement of floor covering in annex and kitchen. We are also mindful that the main hall wooden floor is reaching the end of its life expectancy and will need replacement within the next few years. Thank you to all who support the Glebe Hall and we welcome any reasonable suggestions that people feel would improve the facilities. Enjoy the current beautiful weather we are having and your summer holidays and keep a look out for all the events being planned at the Glebe Hall over the coming months.
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Winterbourne Glebe Hall Prices for Hiring 2018
Vicarage Lane, Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury, SP4 6HA Registered Charity 279405 Description Price £
Daytime (whole premises) 16.25* Per hour
Evening (whole premises) 21.50* Per hour
Small Meeting Room** (Ron Burton Room) 11.00* Per hour
Weddings Additional hours may be (includes 6pm Friday to 10am 495.00* available at time of booking Sunday) for an extra £15.50 per hour.
Cleaning after wedding 50.00
Cleaning after special events 42.00
*Discount may be available for Winterbourne residents — please enquire. **Small Meeting Room has self-contained access from outside, also may be available with access to kitchen & toilets — please enquire
Jane Lackey Booking Clerk 07840887842 [email protected] website: www.glebehall.org.uk.
Winterbourne Post Office and Stores
Winterbourne Post Office and Stores has been crowned Britain’s Best Community Retailer at the Post Office 2018 Retail Sales Awards! The ceremony at the Park Lane Hilton in June celebrated the hard work, community spirit and excellent levels of service provided by teams working in over 11,500 branches across the country. Wendy, Trevor, Heather and Julie would like to thank everyone who uses Winterbourne Stores; you have made this possible and without you there would be no shop or Post Office. We intend to continue to serve this fantastic community for many years!
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Amesbury Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team
Watch out if you are wanted in Wiltshire
We are launching a new campaign called 'Wanted in Wiltshire' to highlight our most wanted suspects and appeal to the public to help us in locating them. It follows the success of the 'Wanted this winter' campaign at Christmas which saw 22 outstanding suspects successfully dealt with. We are asking the public to help police by calling us with information on the location of any of our wanted outstanding suspects. This will enable us to arrest them swiftly saving time and resources chasing people who do not want to be found around the county. A new dedicated area on our website will let the public browse our live wanted appeals and advise how information can be passed to the police. At the heart of every crime there are victims and witnesses that are impacted and our aim is to make the justice process as speedy and smooth as possible. As many of you will know, a disproportionate amount of police time is spent
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Amesbury Rural Council Report June 2018
Current Priorities include the Glebe Hall & car park, Winterbourne Earls. On 5th June 2018 a target patrol was instigated at the location due to increasing incidents of antisocial behaviour of youths. Patrols have been carried out in the evenings and will continue at this time. Some youths have recently been identified and given words of advice.
Amesbury Rural Area local crimes
Burglary 8th June Langfords (Non dwelling) suspect(s) have entered a shed by breaking the lock and stolen a quad bike and bicycle
Theft 1st June High Post suspect has filled vehicle with fuel and left petrol station without paying. 2nd June Longhedge males stopped suspected of stealing bricks from building site 5th June Berwick St James suspects have taken cash from honesty box at location. 23rd June Winterbourne Stoke suspect has left the filling station making no attempt to pay for fuel. 23rd June Winterbourne Gunner suspect has entered secure vehicle and stolen tools from within.
Criminal Damage 2nd June Winterbourne Earls antisocial behaviour caused by youths in cars, littering and causing damage to bollards. 4th June Shrewton car has been damaged by passing vehicle whilst parked in the road. 18th June Middle Woodford suspects have been hare coursing overnight and have caused damage to crops.
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This link, https://www.police.uk/ will allow you to check statistics in more detail for your area and all surrounding areas.
If you wish further detail please contact your local officers: PCSO 3961 Tina ROYLANCE [email protected] or PC 1481 Lucy WILEMAN [email protected]
Please dial 101 to report a crime and 999 in an emergency.
Pc 1481 Lucy Wileman Amesbury Police
Volunteering
Bourne Valley Link Scheme
Our volunteers provide neighbourly services to those in need (not only transport to hospitals, GPs, dental surgeries, hairdressers and shopping, but also visiting for a chat and providing friendly company or going for a pleasant drive to a place of interest) in the Bourne Valley parishes of Cholderton, Newton Toney, Allington, Boscombe, Idmiston, Porton, Gomeldon, the Winterbournes and Hurdcott.
Please come and join us at our combined Coffee Morning and AGM on Saturday 22nd September at Idmiston Memorial Hall, Porton from 10.30am -12.00 noon
Together with an opportunity to be able to view the annual report and a summary of the Link Scheme finances, there will be a talk on gentle, strengthening exercises. The recent coffee morning at Cholderton village hall was a great opportunity for clients, friends and volunteers to meet for a catch-up and coffee and also to show our gratitude to Diana who is retiring as one of our co-ordinators. We are delighted that she is remaining on the committee as assistant treasurer. Our wonderful group of dedicated volunteers has driven an astounding 19 298 miles and carried out 348 Good Neighbour tasks in the previous twelve months to April 2018. If you would like to help, you will find your involvement with the Link Scheme
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This is a recent social gathering of Bourne Valley Link volunteers at Cholderton Charlie’s for afternoon tea.
Please help by becoming one of our Link volunteers If you would like to join our wonderful team of volunteers, then please call the Link number for information. There are a variety of tasks and you can choose how much time you are able to give to this valuable service. The scheme is a registered charity; volunteers receive expenses only and users are asked to make a donation in a sealed envelope (according to their means). Ring the Co-ordinator on 01980 611117 to use the scheme.
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Interests and Activities
Moviola Night at the Glebe Hall
Moviola is currently taking a break for the summer, but will be back in September with a varied programme of films for you to enjoy. As before, the choices of films available will be circulated among our regular patrons, and if you wish to be involved in choosing these films, please let me know. Final selection will be shown on the Village Website www.thewinterbournes.org.uk as usual and on posters around the village. We try to make our film evenings something our audience can look forward to. As well as teas, coffees and a range of luxury ice creams at budget prices, we have red or white wine by the glass. Please tell your friends and neighbours; if they haven’t been to our film nights at the Glebe Hall, now is a good time to give it a try!
John Brown 01980 611352
Club Friday
Club Friday exists to offer friendship, food and entertainment for older people living in the Bourne Valley. We open every Friday through the year, except from Good Friday and during the Christmas Holidays. Our day for guests starts at 10am and ends at 3pm. We are blessed with volunteer drivers who collect and return our guests from their homes. Recently we have said farewell to our long-standing chairman, Lt Col Gordon Geddie OBE, and whilst he has stood down as chairman, he continues in his role of volunteer driver and assists in setting up for the day. On behalf of all involved in Club Friday, I wish to thank Gordon for his unwavering support and dedication over many years, thank you! We are fortunate to have appointed a new chairperson to the committee, Nicki Coleman; Nicki was already a helper and trustee here at Club Friday and has taken on this new role. I look forward to working with Nicki in the future. In recent weeks we have enjoyed the fantastic Woodford ukulele band, and been entertained by Phil and Carol Still, who compered ‘Play Your Cards Right’! Great fun! We have also enjoyed a trip to a pub in the New Forest for lunch. In the coming weeks we have armchair Zumba and a visit from some of the children from Winterbourne Earls Primary School.
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On the first Friday of every month we have a sale morning, with homemade cakes, biscuits and scones a speciality. There are also books, jigsaw puzzles, clothing and other pre-loved items for sale. Come and find a bargain!
We are a genuinely friendly group and rely on the goodwill of our volunteers to keep offering this valuable service. However, we really do need to recruit more volunteer helpers. We arrive at 9am to set up for the day and leave by 3.30pm however, we would greatly appreciate a morning or afternoon if a full day is too long. Please consider coming and seeing what we do, meet me, Lisa, the organiser and have a chat over a cup of tea or coffee. Perhaps you have some spare time around your studies, your current job, family responsibilities or are retired. It could even be a good way of gaining some work experience with older people. Duties are varied and could include: helping with activities, playing games, taking part in quizzes, washing up, making hot drinks, tidying up and most importantly talking to our guests. Thank you to our regular volunteers, we would not exist without you! I appreciate your support and commitment to Club Friday.
Lisa Stubbs Organiser 07870 203374
Registered Charity Number 1034491
Bourne Valley Tuesday Club
We extend a very warm welcome to anybody from the Bourne Valley to join us for our fortnightly meetings held in the Methodist Church at 7.30pm. An exciting program has been lined up for the autumn starting with a good old fashioned game of beetle drive on September 11th. We then have a series of talks including a representative from the Mission Aviation Fellowship, a talk and demonstration on flower arranging, to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night we are holding a bonfire and BBQ evening at Kirkee, Gomeldon Road. What has become an annual event is the skittles evening to be held at the Swan in Stoford which includes a two course dinner. There are several other evenings which as we go to print have not been finalised.
If you would like to enjoy a social evening do come and join us; we are a very friendly bunch of village folk of all ages.
For further information contact one of our committee members below.
Crispin 01980 611372 Joy 01980 611857 Lynne 01722 327614 Mike 07745 345887
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Bourne Valley Singers
Our spring concert in Porton Church went very well; we had a good and receptive audience and enjoyed singing a 'mixed bag' of songs. Over £400 was raised to support St Nicholas Church and the Deanery Mission Project 2018; project Uganda: harvesting rainwater (a Winterslow based charity). The trio and quartet helped out allowing some of us to sit back and enjoy the full effect; when singing your own part tends to dominate! There were super refreshments and we were made very welcome. There was only one minor complaint (from a husband) that there were none of our 'saucy songs’, but you can't sing those in a church, can you?! We have been invited to sing there later this year. We are practising for our concert with cream tea on the afternoon of September 30th in the Glebe Hall, which will have a vaguely floral theme running through it entitled Natures bounties. Further details can be found in the ‘what’s on ‘section. The quartet and trio have performed in care homes and hospitals as part of the Elevate scheme which we support. This is an initiative to make a hospital stay a little less onerous for the patients. About ourselves; we are a group of nineteen ladies led by Anne, our musical director. We all enjoy singing three or four part a capella music of all types. We are all very young at heart although we have two new grannies among us (Lawrence, six months and Evie six weeks). Our other grannies are more experienced! Singing is of benefit to health and however low we feel before we start and it is often quite an effort to get to a rehearsal, we go home on a high. We look forward to seeing you on September 30th.
Glenys Hollingdale–Smith
Bourne Valley Historical Society
70th anniversary celebration
Some 70 members and invited guests attended the Society’s celebration event on 15th March. Chairman, Tony Lyons reminded the audience of life in 1948 when everyone was still carrying an identity card and a ration book. There were 800,000 German prisoners of war in the UK awaiting repatriation many living in camps in the Bourne Valley. Archivist, Angela Armstrong mounted an excellent display showing the Society’s events and achievements over 70 years, including hand written manuscripts and the stuffed head of a fox chased by huntsmen into the toilets of the old Winterbourne Earls Primary School and killed. A fox has since become the school logo. This was also depicted, together with the Society’s logo, on the celebration cake. 24
Dr Keith Norris, previous archivist, who spoke on the History of the Society and Maureen Atkinson, secretary for 30 years, cut the celebration cake, with Chairman, Tony Lyons looking on. Note the quill pen and ink stand, plus the fox's head, decorating the cake.
The first meeting of the Bourne Valley Historical and Record Society was held on 3rd February 1948 and the founder members were Rev & Mrs Blair, Cdr & Mrs Skyrme, Mrs Sassoon (mother of Siegfried Sassoon, the war poet), Mrs Piggot and Messrs. Bernard White, Alan Bray, John Musty, S. Rogers, Joe Rowden and Charlie Bray (who was appointed secretary). The internationally known archaeologist, Dr John Stone who had lived at The Poplars, Winterbourne Gunner since 1938, was not present, but was elected vice president at the first AGM and president at the second. The aims of the Society were to collect and preserve documents, maps and prints relating to the history of the Bourne Valley between Ford and Boscombe village, with a view to publishing a complete history. For the first 38 years meetings took place in the Winterbournes, in members’ homes, namely The Vicarage, Figsbury Farm, Manor Farm Winterbourne Gunner, The Manor House Winterbourne Dauntsey, The Croft, The Grange, The Elms and The Poplars. Meetings were mainly devoted to discussions on new material and copying them, by hand, into record books. In 1957 there were three members of the Society engaged in original research on local history. The first and foremost was Charlie Bray, the first secretary. He was born in Winterbourne, served in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1, and then worked as an electrician in various parts of the country before returning to the Bourne Valley in 1937. He lived in digs in Ladysmith, East Gomeldon and spent nearly every penny he earned on history books and research fees in libraries. He was employed as an electrician at Porton Camp and travelled everywhere by bicycle. His research method was to copy documents by hand into record books, which are still held by the Society. The parish chests, held by local churches, were a valuable source of information on births, marriages, deaths, wills plus church wardens’ accounts and visitations etc. In the past, the vicar or the curate was one of the few people in a parish who could read and write. Charlie taught himself to read Latin and old English.
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The second researcher was Mr Jack Judd of the Manor House, Winterbourne Dauntsey. His early interest was Ferncot in Winterbourne Dauntsey and the pedigree of local families. He later wrote the “History of Winterbourne Gunner”. Interestingly, the annual rent of Ferncot from 1695 to 1938 was one red rose! The third researcher was Dr John Stone, a senior scientist at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down. He was an amateur archaeologist with an international reputation. He came to the area in 1928 and lived at Ford, before buying The Poplars in Winterbourne Gunner in 1938. He transferred to the Microbiological Research Department when it opened in 1951, where he was keeper of the documents. At the Society’s first AGM he gave a lantern lecture entitled “A thousand years of archaeological history with special reference to the Bourne Valley.” Other founder members of interest were Mr Bernard White, who used his talents as a photographer to copy documents and record old buildings. He was made president for life in 1964, a post he filled until his death in 1980 at the age of 91. Commander Skyrme of Figsbury Farm gave several talks about his work on the Arthurian Period. John Musty carried out several important archaeological excavations, such as the deserted medieval village of Gomeldon, which lay in Humpty Dumpty Field, Winterbourne Gunner.
Society Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month (except August and December) at the new time of 7.30pm in the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls.
Future Meetings in 2018:
September 20th: Robert Key, “A Palace, a Prelate and Murder Most Foul - The true story of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket. It all started in Clarendon Palace, east of Salisbury...” October 18th: Nick Griffiths, “Wiltshire in the Age of Arthur” November 15th: Tony Lyons, “The War Dead of the Bourne Valley.”
Membership of the Society is currently £13 per annum and includes attendance at 10 lectures, plus a monthly newsletter that includes a summary of the lecture given at the previous meeting. Members also have access to a large archive collection of photographs and documents, including full reports on topics of local historical and archaeological interest. Visitors may attend up to two meetings for a donation, before they are asked to join. Please contact Maureen Atkinson on 01980 611311 or at [email protected] for further information. Website: www.bournevalleyhistory.co.uk
Maureen Atkinson
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Bourne Valley Women’s Institute
Well we struggle on! We had a very good meeting in March, when Dr Francis Burroughes, an old friend, talked about the perils of amateur dramatics. Dr Burroughes, as well as a church organist for over 50 years, was the conductor of numerous choral societies, operatic societies and musical groups in the Yeovil area. The list went on and on: the dressing room had an earth floor which flooded; the scenery was hired and of limited range and was recognised by the audience in every performance from panto to G&S; the pantomime cow fell down the stairs and broke a leg; the donkey (real) behaved impeccably during rehearsal but then refused to leave the stage during a love duet; the mayoress, returning late from the interval, tripped and rolled down the aisle into the orchestra pit demolishing a cello in the process! Our speaker in April, a blue badge guide, told us of some of the places of entertainment in Salisbury. The Market place has long been used as a place to celebrate major events from coronations to jubilees. At one grand dinner there were 4,000 men, but no women allowed! Salisbury boasted four cinemas at one time, but now only one remains. Films included a silent Charlie Chaplin movie in 1908 and ‘The Battle of the Somme’ in 1916, surely the first of its kind. The Regal became a bingo hall and the New Picture House is now the City Hall. The old Playhouse was originally a Methodist Chapel subsequently demolished and the site then occupied by the Multiyork store. The historic house of John Halle became the Gaumont Theatre in 1931 and has been an Odeon cinema since 1964 where the main auditorium was built in a Tudor style. The Vine Inn (Dinghams since 1982) reputedly had a theatre as did the Sun Inn (now The Slug and Lettuce). Many famous actors and actresses visited Salisbury including David Garrett, Peter Ustinov, Laurence Olivier and Buddy Holly! Waterstones was a multipurpose assembly rooms still retaining some original features. Our president remembers ballet lessons there in times past. A lively discussion was held with many members reminiscing on the previous incarnations of many of the places mentioned. The Figsbury group meeting in May heard about living on a small sailing yacht, and the next one in November will be about making silver clay jewellery. The May meeting was a DIY one where we discussed the resolution on mental health followed by a celebratory tea party for our 96th birthday in which members indulged in cakes and savouries with recipes provided and a magnificent chocolate cake made by our president. After welcoming two new members, we now number 17, but that’s still not enough. The June meeting was cancelled as too many members were away which would have meant a poor audience for the speaker now rearranged for later in the year. We had a small display at the celebration for the 25th anniversary of the Glebe Hall though sadly not manned due to holidays again. We were not able to display our beautiful scrap books and embroidered cloths. 27
Membership includes entry to the annual council meeting in the City Hall and access to the many courses offered by the national and local federations of the WI, both at local level and at the Denman College in Oxfordshire. Members have so far taken advantage of music courses and a visit to the poppy factory at Richmond. The quizzical pursuit team were disappointed when the local round was cancelled. The July meeting will be about Horatio's Garden at the hospital and August brings our garden meeting. The September meeting entitled four funerals and wedding promises to be interesting! Details of our meetings can be found on the notice boards outside the Post Office and the Glebe Hall. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month in the Glebe Hall at 2pm.
Glenys Hollingdale-Smith
Newbourne Players
There have been a few changes to your local amateur dramatics group this year. We are lucky to have several new members bringing enthusiasm, talent and fresh ideas both to frontstage and backstage. In May we performed a murder mystery; "A Frightful Evening", directed by Martin Joint. It was well received as were the accompanying fish and chips, and we were surprised at the sleuthing skills of our audiences who cleverly saw their way past the Austrian socialist fisherwoman, the conker in the pocket and Gilly Fish's bad back and recognised the pivotal role of the yo-yo in the dastardly murder of Courtney Fish, author extraordinaire. Martin will be directing our Christmas pantomime this year, a traditional tale involving unpleasant stepsisters, a pumpkin and a glass slipper, any guesses as to what it is? The dates for the pantomime are 13th, 14th and 15th December so please make a note in your diaries! If you are interested in any area of amateur dramatics and would like to see what we do, we meet the first Wednesday of every month in the Glebe Hall at 7.30pm; please feel free to pop along. Alternatively email [email protected] or see Wendy in Winterbourne Stores for more information.
Wendy Merrifield
Porton Flower Club
We are delighted that our numbers continue to rise. We are a friendly group, always pleased to welcome new faces. We meet at Porton and Idmiston Village Hall on the
28 second Wednesday of each month, at 7.15pm. During the last few months our arrangements have depicted various subjects and it is interesting to see a wide variety of arrangements all on the same subject; no two are ever remotely the same. We all encourage one another, and have fun together. During the next few months our subjects include: arrangements in a jug; shades of autumn; using recycled materials; arrangements using different textures. We were delighted to take part in the Glebe Hall 25th Anniversary weekend. Our popular Annual Christmas Flower Demonstration will be held at the Glebe Hall on Thursday, 29th November, at 7.30pm; always a popular event so book the date. More details in the next edition of the Village Link.
For more information on our meetings please contact our Secretary, Penny Fleet 01980 611815.
Maureen Homer
Winterbourne Cricket Club
Progress is at last being made on a much needed new pavilion after several club members and local tradesmen offered to build it for free. By eliminating the labour cost, which accounts for the majority of the build, we can set a realistic target of around £20,000 which needs to be raised in the next year to pay for it. If anyone would like to get involved or help contribute to the new pavilion, then we would love to hear from you; contact us through our website. On the pitch we are enjoying an incredibly successful season and have just completed our 8 week "All Stars" course which has seen 75 five to eight year olds enjoying cricket at the ground every Thursday evening. We hope many of these juniors will continue to play for the club for many years to come as we now have Under 9's, Under 11's and Under 13 age group teams for them to progress into. The seniors are currently lying second in their Hampshire League division, having lost just one game so far this year. Our Wednesday T20 team has started to struggle for numbers recently, so if there is anyone who would be interested in playing for a few hours on a Wednesday evening, please get in touch. As ever, we always welcome new players or volunteers, and our ground is probably the best in the league so there is no finer place to come and play or watch some cricket. Our website address for anyone wanting to get in touch or keep up with developments is: www.winterbournecc.com
Ryan Hughes Chairman [email protected] www.winterbournecc.com
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Bourne Valley Horticultural Society and Gardening Club
Evening Meetings
Our April speaker, Nick Gilbert, talked about his love of dahlias which began in childhood and led to him developing his specialist nursery in Sherfield English. The huge variety of colours and shapes of flower-heads, illustrated by photographs, showed that there must be a dahlia to suit every taste. He had even supplied a specific dahlia at the request of Monty Don’s team, for a production of Gardener’s World. May’s AGM including a cake and plant sale was very well attended. New members were welcomed and the committee was re-elected with an additional member, Elizabeth Lyall, who has been instrumental in creating and designing our website: www.bvhsgardeningclub.com. In June the meeting took the form of a question and answer session with Andy and Angela Ward, a husband and wife team with over 40 years of horticultural experience, who run a small nursery in Cheriton Village near Alresford. They both love butterflies and have developed a plant list to help garden lovers to attract pollinators into their gardens. Their knowledge of the subject was fascinating and inspired enthusiastic conversation amongst all.
The evening meetings are held at the Glebe Hall on the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. All visitors are very welcome to attend. The entrance fee for non-members is £1. Apart from a talk and refreshments afterwards, there is a ‘taster’ table with ideas as to what can be made from surplus produce, a garden produce ‘bring and buy’ sale and a raffle.
Forthcoming evening speaker meetings:
6th September: An evening with John Trim talking about ‘Vegetables all the year round’. 4th October: ‘Life as an Entomologist’ with Dr Trevor Lewis, back to talk to the club by popular demand 1st November: Charles Gilchrest on a topic yet to be confirmed. His previous talks on fungi and foraging and on pruning throughout the year proved very popular, hence his return. 6th December: Mince pies, mulled wine and a seasonal presentation.
Other Events: At the end of May, BVHS & Gardening club participated in the Glebe Hall 25th anniversary celebrations with a stand displaying information about our club. We invited Roger Hiron, whose evening talk was cancelled due to the March snowfalls, to 30 come along and act as ‘plant doctor’ as well as sell some of his more unusual plants. He was kept busy on both counts.
The Annual Summer Show 14th July
After a rather wet March on top of already damp ground, and unseasonably hot days from May onwards, gardens and allotments have benefited, with abundant early crops of fruit and vegetables and magnificent displays of flowers as this year’s Annual Show demonstrated. Despite the distractions of football and Wimbledon, the event was well supported, with 64 participants displaying over 300 entries between them. The summer weather enhanced the enjoyment of the day.
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Trophy Winners List
Award Division Winner’s name
REED CHALLENGE CUP Division 1 Vegetables Saleh Rebdi SKYRME CUP Division 2 Fruit Bob Dunster DREW WILKINSON CUP Division 3 Flowers Terry Cox DAISY COTTLE CUP Division 3 class 36 sweet peas Terry Cox GORDON SALE CUP Division 3 class 53 Pam Newton FOTHERGILL CUP Divisions 1, 2& 3 most points Saleh Rebdi FELTHAM ROSE BOWL Division 3 most points, roses Clare Dunster BANKSIAN MEDAL Most points in divisions 1, 2&3 Saleh Rebdi JUDD CUP Division 4 Flower arranging Penny Fleet GRICE CUP Division 5 Wine Terry Cox THETFORD CUP Division 5 Best in show Terry Cox PITT CUP Division 6 Domestic Sarah Luckham NATHANIEL JAMES SALVER Division 7 Photography Elizabeth Lyall VICAR’S TROPHY Division 7 Best photo Gregory Burrows SANKEY TROPHY Division 8 Craft Stephanie Budd EARLS MANOR TROPHY Division 8 Best in Show Joan Curtis GRACE STAFF SHIELD Division 9 Children Freya Burrows
Clare Dunster Secretary 01980 619121
Churches
Bourne Valley Methodist Church
Minister: Rev. Margaret Jones 01722 421224 [email protected]
Senior Steward: Joy Davey - 01980 611857
Services are held each Sunday at 10am; All Age Worship and Holy Communion monthly. Occasional services as announced. Please see Church notice board for details. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Bourne Valley Methodist Church has had an unsettled time in respect of its minister over the last year or two. Its members have continued to do the work of ‘being 32 church’ in the Bourne Valley; worship, church activities, and showing the love of Jesus in the community, have continued unabated. I’m very happy to be able to introduce myself as the minister who has been ‘looking after’ the church since January this year, and who will continue at least until August 2019 (God willing). I lead worship there roughly once a month (this is how things work in Methodism), and of course keep in touch in between. I’ve been ‘retired’ as a Methodist minister for nine years now, and have lived in Salisbury for ten years, together with my husband Chris who is also a Methodist minister. Having spent some time working in the central administration of the Methodist Church, I’m particularly delighted to be once again in touch with a congregation and a part (albeit a small one) of a village community. This is more than enough about me.
As we all either enjoy and/or suffer from the summer weather (which perhaps may have changed by the time you read this or perhaps not!), and as we either have holidays and new experiences, or wish that we could, or just enjoy our familiar surroundings; let’s remember that anyone, at any time, can:
Say (not necessarily out loud) a quick ‘thank-you’ to the Creator of this amazing world. In the words of Charles Wesley, John’s brother and a brilliant hymn-writer, God is ‘the bountiful donor of all we enjoy’. Offer (not necessarily out loud) a quick prayer for help, for ourselves or for someone else. An ancient prayer is simply ‘Lord have mercy, Jesus help’. Prayers aren’t only for church; we can focus our thoughts on God anywhere, at any time, confident that God hears our prayers. We may not ‘get what we want’, but we believe that God will always have something good waiting for us, even in the middle of troubles. May we all experience many blessings this summer.
Bourne Cafe
This new venture, which was introduced in the last issue of Village Link, has proved to be a great success, with increased numbers of people coming along each month. If you haven’t tried it already, do come along: it’s a great place to take a break over a cuppa, to meet old friends and to make new ones; the second Saturday of every month, 10.00am-12 noon.
We are delighted to welcome the newly-formed Bourne Valley Guide Company, who will be meeting on our premises from the beginning of September.
Dates for your diary: Harvest Festival: Sunday 30th September Harvest Supper and Auction of Produce: Monday 1st October 33
Shoebox Service and gifts for Samaritans’ Purse: Sunday 4th November United Service at St. Michael’s for Remembrance Sunday: 11th November 10.45am.
Margaret Jones
Anglican Parish News
The Vicar: Rev Peter Ostli-East 01980 611350 [email protected]
On Sunday 29th July there will be one Team Service at 10.00am in St Andrew’s Newton Toney for everyone in the Bourne Valley, when we will have the opportunity to hear more about this year’s Alderbury Deanery Mission Project: Project Uganda which is based in Winterslow, and works in the Rukungiri province in Uganda helping a local school and community. The charity is currently working to improve facilities to enable rainwater to be harvested more efficiently. Do come and hear about this valuable work, and support our fundraising efforts. Refreshments offered after the service in church.
Bourne Valley Prayer Tree If you would like someone to pray for you, or know a family member or friend who needs prayer, why not involve the Prayer Tree, by contacting Ali Joyce, 01980 619195 or email: [email protected] with a date when you would like the prayer to begin, and please also let her know as and when the need for prayer changes. Thank you.
Team Prayer
Be with us, Lord, in all we do and say, Visit each home with your peace and love Turn all hearts and minds to you, our loving God, in Jesus’ name, Amen Not just Sundays… everyone is welcome to all our Church services and events:
Prayer Meeting at 5.00pm (for approx. half an hour) first and third Mondays of each month, in St Michael’s Winterbourne Earls (NOT in August)
Compline (a short, traditional, prayerful service at the end of the day) is now offered at St Mary’s Winterbourne Gunner on the fourth Tuesday of each month, starting at 8.30pm. (24th July; 28th August; 25th September & 23rd October). Come along and enjoy the peaceful, prayerful atmosphere of this ancient, yet vibrant church.
Wednesdays 9.30am Holy Communion in St Michael’s W Earls (NOT in August)
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At this time of year, while many people enjoy holidays, our farmers are busy gathering in the harvest, which in turn provides food and sustenance for us and others, here and around the world. Do remember in your prayers all who work on the land, and join us for Harvest Festival services and celebrations: Sunday 23rd September at 11.00am in St Michael’s Winterbourne Earls, and on Sunday 7th October at 9.30am in St Mary’s Winterbourne Gunner with a bring & share lunch in the churches afterwards!
Please keep supporting the Trussell Trust... see the lists of goods particularly needed now, in your local church, or on the Trust’s website. Items can be left at your local Church, where volunteers will deliver them to the Trust. Thank you.
Remembrance 100 One hundred years ago, King George V led the nation in a national day of prayer for peace on 4th August 1918. 100 days later the war ended. This year, Churches across the UK will be praying for peace in the 100 days before Remembrance Sunday, from 4 August to 11 November. To help you pray through the 100 days and to consider what it means to be a peacemaker, HOPE has compiled a 144-page anthology of prayers and stories called 100 Days of Peace and Hope written by Christians across the denominations, living and working in different contexts and countries.
Copies can be ordered from HOPE, 8A Market Place, Rugby, CV21 3DU Tel: 01788 542782. Email: [email protected].
In our local churches, we will also make available copies of a pocket-sized booklet called Silence which can be used at Remembrance services, and to reflect on life's big issues.
Saturday 8th September is Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust ‘Ride & Stride’ day and the churches in the Bourne Valley, as well as many others in Wiltshire, will be open for you to visit, between 10.00am and 6.00pm. If you would like to take part in this
35 event, by walking, cycling or horse riding, to as many churches as you like, please let Rev’d Peter Ostli-East know asap, so you can have a sponsor form, as this is a great fundraising opportunity for WHCT, and your local Parish church, with donations shared between both charities.
If you’re not feeling so energetic, or have other commitments that day, you can play your part by sponsoring someone who is able to join in the ‘Ride & Stride’ and if you can Gift Aid your donation, so much the better! Many thanks and best wishes to all!
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the RAF, and we will be commemorating this at 11.00am on Battle of Britain Sunday, 16th September at St Michael & All Angels, Winterbourne Earls. All serving and former members of the RAF, RAFA and the Air Training Corps of the RAF Air Cadets, their families and friends, are particularly invited to this service, as we honour those who fought to preserve the freedom which we now enjoy, and give thanks for the sacrifice they made.
St Michael & All Angels church in Winterbourne Earls continues to celebrate its 150th anniversary this year with a Team Service (for all in the Bourne Valley, and beyond) at 6.00pm on Sunday 30th September. We are delighted that Rt Rev’d Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury will be preaching and presiding at this Service, which will be followed by refreshments in church – do come and join us!
We are still raising funds to restore the Bells and Clock in St Michael’s, and are very grateful for all the support received from the community over recent months, THANK YOU. More activities are planned in coming months, so look out for posters with details soon!
Petanque aka boules Take advantage of the longer evenings, and come and enjoy a game of Petanque at the Vicarage, Winterbourne Earls from about 4.00pm on a warm Sunday afternoon... Give us a ring to check it’s on, 36 and bring a bottle and some nibbles, if you wish, to help create a friendly ‘ambience’ in the Valley. No previous experience is necessary and all playing equipment will be provided! Call Peter or Mari on 01980 611350 for more information. Please Note: this is NOT just for ‘church’ folk, everyone is welcome – and if you’re planning a holiday to France, it’s a great chance to get in some practice for their national sport...!
Please do not hesitate to contact the Priest in Charge, Rev’d Peter Ostli-East on 01980 611350 or by (new) email at: [email protected] for more information about activities at the Anglican churches in the Bourne Valley.
Keep in touch with your local church each week with In Touch the regular ‘pew sheet’ with details of services and events in the Team, and nearby. Pick up a copy in church, or email the Team Office: [email protected] and your e-address will be added to the distribution list.
The Team website is at: www.bournevalleychurches.org.uk please visit it, and let us know your thoughts, ideas and comments.
Remember, the Churches are here for YOU, but we need your presence and support if each Parish Church is to flourish and remain viable.
Peter Ostli-East Letter from the Vicar’s Wife Mari... Whenever I write this letter for the Village Link, I count on God for some inspiration... I want something wise, witty and, while I think that possibly there is sometimes some wisdom, the wit always seems to escape me. Perhaps it’s God’s sense of humour that I should so often feel that I appear pious through this letter when, in fact, piety is something that no one who knows me would ever accuse me of...! And so, this is the thought that came to me this time: all our lives we often put our faith in the wrong things. First, we put great faith in our parents, and clearly some parents are more deserving of this faith than others, sometimes through circumstances not entirely their own fault. Hopefully, as we grow older, we are able to be forgiving and more understanding of parental behaviour that made no sense to us when we were young, and yet still shapes our life in some way. As we grow older we put our faith in money, friends and education, and perhaps most foolishly of all, in ourselves. Occasionally, I long to go back to a time when I “knew” what was what, and the only possible way to go about things, and what to believe, and I was also happy to dispense this advice - and felt rather put out when it wasn’t always accepted or acted upon.
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Of course, we are able to make good plans and wise decisions, but we can also make poor plans, and even poorer decisions, because we are human beings at the mercy of our fears, our weaknesses, our biology and sometimes our arrogance. The only “thing” we can really put our faith in is God, and we are truly blessed if we are led even to consider this avenue. The Bible tells us how to prosper, how to be at peace and how to thrive, if only we are prepared to listen. Even with the greatest advantages, we are likely to know sadness, disappointment and failure, at some stages in our lives, and it is then that our faith is most important. Too often, instead of considering our own behaviour and attitudes, we blame these adversities on God and turn our backs on Him. We put such value on what we consider to be “success” but all that is required of us is to love, which can often look like failure, and to be ready to fail gloriously, while loving God, each other and ourselves with all our strength and being - and to know that, in the end, through God’s provision, “all will be well, and all things will be well..”
St Michael’s and St Mary’s Churches Fete Saturday 30th June 2018
We were fortunate this year with the weather, a glorious heat wave some would say too hot! Fete mornings are always busy with people gathering on the Glebe field erecting gazebos and tents and setting up the various stalls. This year we needed plenty of shade; thanks go to all those that lent us gazebos and helped put them up and came back at the end to dismantle and clear the field. For many, the procession is the focal point of the Fete, bringing together different members of our community lining the route and following the procession into the field. The procession was led by the Fete prince and princess, Winterbourne School pupils, Jacob Reid and Alice Connolly who travelled in style in the Morris Minor kindly loaned by Richard Folkes and driven by David
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Baker. Thanks to Liz Lyall for the photographs.
Amongst the procession were Rainbows, Brownies, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers with their own piper, Hamish Jack. We saw The Flintstones, Prohibition, WW2 Fighter Pilots and an MG car. Special thanks must go to Winterbourne Gunner DCBRNC for allowing the procession to gather there and for the use of the car park.
Lynsey Docherty, local soprano, opened the Fete with a musical rendition accompanied by her Riverside Singers. She had earlier had the task of judging the procession entries.
The results were:- Overall Winner 2nd Winterbourne Brownies Winner Best Small Float the Palmer Family – Flintstones Runner Up Best Small Float the Baker Family – Prohibition Winner Best Large Float 1st Winterbourne Rainbows Winner Walking Group 1st Winterbourne Brownies Joint Second Walking Group Bourne Valley Scout Group and Piper Nathan and Scott – WW2 Fighter pilots
The Fete was sponsored this year by local estate agents, Myddleton and Major. The traditional stalls were very busy along with the tours of the Church tower. Children were entertained by the Wessex Community Circus whilst adults enjoyed a cool glass of Pimms, cider and beer or delicious cream teas. The ice-cream stall had a steady queue all afternoon. 39
There are too many people who gave of their time and help in so many ways to make the Fete a continued success, to single everyone out. I would, however, like to thank Philip and Joe Harvey for providing and cooking the hog roast (always very popular) and for allowing the use of their paddock for car parking. The final figure raised will be in excess of £4,000 which is excellent and shared between the two churches.
Next year’s Fete will be held on Saturday 6th July. If anyone has any comments or feedback please get in touch; we are always looking for new ideas.
Joanne Bartlett 01980 610800
Countryside Matters
Garden fledglings
For many common birds the first, or even the second, brood of this year's young have now hatched and fledged. Among these there are a few species that can be seen in or from most gardens. Young robins are the most active and noticeable. They are speckled brown with short tails and do not develop their red breasts until late summer. Some parents can become sufficiently bold to take crumbs for their young if offered on an outstretched hand.
Young blackbirds are shyer and often chirp whilst sheltered in a bush for a few days after fledging. Both male and female are streaky brown like the adult female. The black cock sometimes takes care of them, whilst the hen starts to incubate a new brood. The dry May this year made it difficult for the adults to find enough food, especially worms, to promote rapid growth.
Perhaps the most common bird in Winterbourne gardens is the wood pigeon. They have an unusually late breeding season with a peak of territorial activity in mid- summer. Interestingly, when eggs are in the nest, the cock and hen have incubation “shifts”, the male sitting on the flimsy nest between about 10.00 and 17.00 hours, with the females taking over during the evening and night. However, these incubation shifts are frequently interrupted, causing the adults to take time away from the nest, thus leaving the eggs vulnerable to predators such as magpies and jays. At this time of year their broken white eggshells are often seen on the ground. Unlike other birds, pigeons are exceptional for feeding their young on the equivalent of “milk”, a protein- rich secretion produced in the crop, which the young “drink” from their parent’s throat. Both parents produce this for about 16 days then gradually encourage chicks to 40 take seed and leaves from the crop as well as milk, slowly weaning them on to an adult diet.
Trevor Lewis
Young Winterbourne
Bourne Valley Explorer Scout, Scout, Cubs and Beaver Groups
St George is the Patron Saint of Scouting as well as England and so St George’s day is celebrated each year by our District. As well as remembering our Patron Saint all scouters from Beavers to Leaders also renew their Scout Promise. This year the celebration took the form of a grand fete on the Wyndham Park open space in Salisbury. Before the fete opened there was the “official business” of the day: a short reflection; the renewal of promises; the presentation of some Scouting Awards; finally the launch of the District’s new initiative the District campsite fund. We have challenged ourselves to raise enough money to buy a campsite for the use of the District. The Bourne Valley was represented at the celebrations by members from all the sections and despite the very cold weather we all had a great day. There were a myriad of side shows from games, crafts, tombola, refreshments to axe throwing! There were also races for the groups to enter a team of 2 each of beavers, cubs and scouts. We won the tug of war and put a team in each race; at the end of the afternoon we had won the St George’s cup, another trophy for our cabinet! May always heralds the Scout group’s AGM. This year it was well attended and the hall was more or less full. As well as the “business” of the meeting the beavers and cubs who had achieved the Chief Scout Bronze and Silver Awards over the past year were awarded their certificates, the badges having been awarded as the young people finished the requirements. The evening ended with cheese, wine and soft drinks for those driving and the young people! The group also helped run some activities at the Glebe Hall’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations on the 26th May. We were part of the day for youngsters; manning the archery, dragon racing, cooking marshmallows over an open fire and also cooking the hot dogs. It was a “free” day, apart from the refreshments; there was also a bouncy castle, races and crafts to keep the children busy, all for free!
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At the Winterbourne village fete members of the group from all sections marched in uniform in the parade with Hamish, one of our Explorer Scouts, playing the bagpipes. Then at the fete we manned the BBQ and Ian, Scout leader, was the story teller in the tepee. The following Tuesday, yes the evening of England’s victorious match with Colombia, we had our annual strawberry and cream evening! We set up a big screen to show the match and as it was a beautiful evening our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Leaders and their families all turned out whether they were football fans or not! It was a great evening enjoyed by all and we raised over £500 for our funds.
Cub section
At the beginning of the summer term we welcomed 2 new recruits from our Beaver colony This term the pack have kept busy working towards a big selection of badges: the membership award – learning about the history of scouting, the scout family, the promise and law; the teamwork badge - code of conduct, log chews and team games; team leaders badge – the older cubs taught the rest of the pack and some leaders a new skill; our world challenge – litter picking around Winterbourne; our adventure challenge – tracking; our skills challenge – volleyball, a new sport taught to then by Sarah, a friend of Jacala’s; lastly the final part of the air activities Stage 2 – a visit to the Boscomb Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum where the cubs had a whale of a time, climbing in and out of the various flying machines. One of the highlights was
seeing the atomic bomb, de-activated I hasten to add, that they have there and learning a bit about it. It was a great evening enjoyed by everyone, including the leaders and the cubs were once again a real credit to the Bourne Valley too. Many thanks to the volunteers at the collection who opened up in the evening when they are usually closed and especially Norman who prepared a power-point presentation based on the Air Activity 2 badge. 42
In the middle of June, 29 cubs, 1 beaver and 6 leaders attended the District visit to Brownsea Island. It was very relaxed day where the cubs were able to climb trees, play and just spend the day in the countryside. Due to their enthusiastic, noisy enjoyment, we didn’t see any of the wildlife not even a red squirrell!! Our lunches were a great attraction to the peacocks however! It was a long day but some very tired and happy young people were delivered back to their families in the early evening! The following weekend was the pack annual summer camp, this year held at 1st Sandleheath Scout HQ. It was a very hot weekend so amongst the usual activities water games played a large part for the cubs and the leaders! Over the weekend the cubs worked for the backwoods cook, (cooking over an open fire without using conventional plans!), outdoor challenge and adventure challenge badges. Activities included making camp gadgets and flagpoles, building shelters, first aid, campfire singsong, an assault course and making whizzers as well as the cooking over fires and the water games! As you can see it was a busy couple of days and nights, we even fitted in some sleep, though not much! After camp we had an evening of games, outdoor ball and indoor board games, a very low key evening after the busy camp! As I write I have just returned from the pack “fun in the river” evening. Bagheera from Idmiston Scouts brought down the runner up Scout raft from the District Scout raft races, and all the cubs had a great evening paddling around the ford at the end of Tanners Lane. They also built a dam, probably from their training as Beavers and had a massive water fight with the Scouts from Figsbury Troop who spent their evening at the ford too!
Akela
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1st Winterbourne Rainbows
We are all looking forward in Guiding to our new programme which eases Rainbows on into Brownies; the transition should be easier with badges starting in Rainbows and continuing throughout their guiding life. We also celebrated Rosie Taylor’s 18th birthday. Rosie has helped at Rainbows since she was 14, starting as part of her Duke of Edinburgh award and then continuing to become a young leader. Over the last four years, she has given up her time to come and help every Monday evening. Rosie has shown so much dedication to the unit and now she is 18 she is going on to do the adult leadership qualification and become an assistant leader in the unit.
Rosie and Willow Happy 18th birthday Rosie!
We have had new girls starting this term and they have enjoyed learning about the ‘plastic ocean’ and recycling. We also had a fun splish, splash, splosh evening where we all got soaked playing all sorts of water games.
1st Winterbourne Rainbows won the best large float category at fete this year.
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The girls put a lot of effort into their float for the fete making fish and beautiful flowers; it was great fun riding in the trailer! Dom pulled the trailer (again borrowed from the River Bourne Community Farm) with his Land Rover. The girls had great fun and enjoyed the experience. The Rainbows had a great evening entitled ‘I’m a Rainbow Get Me out of Here’. We dressed up as explorers doing bush tucker trials, had a visit from the Reptile Ranch and a sausage sizzle. The girls were really interested in all the ‘critters’ they met.
Isla with the very jumpy Daisy with a tarantula! lizard.
Fluffy the albino boa constrictor.
Get me out of here!
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We do need extra adult help at all the Guide units in the village. If you feel you would like to come along and join us please contact me on 01980 610060.
To add your daughter to the waiting list you need to go to Join Us on www.girlguiding.org.uk and register your interest.
Jane Lackey (AKA Willow) and team
1st Winterbourne Brownies
We ended last term with what is becoming an annual Easter egg hunt. As many of our Brownies decide to make their promise outside of the usual meeting place, we don't often have an event at which Brownies can earn their hostess badge. The girls took the opportunity to invite their families along and serve tea and cake and as a result 12 hostess badges were earnt. A great achievement, especially for those adults supervising in the kitchen!
This term we have enjoyed the warm weather by moving some of our activities over to the park in the village. As well as using this time for team building games, we have continues to work towards our toymaker and world culture badges. For the former, we have designed and made finger puppets and put on plays for the rest of the unit in our puppet theatre and made board games for others to play. The "Faberge" eggs that the Brownies made towards their world cultures were beautiful. We have also continued to work towards our Region SWE Bot badge by making paper aeroplanes and trying to put wooden skewers through balloons without popping them which was much harder than the instructions suggested it should be.... On 9th June, 9 brownies joined other Rainbows, Brownies and Guides from across the Division at our County Guide Centre at Berwick St. James for a day of science based activities. The girls made aeroplanes, helicopters, experimented with bubbles and gloop amongst other things and had a great time. For the village fete, we had a walking float with the theme "If Brownies ruled the world". All of the Brownies designed a banner detailing the one thing that they would change, ranging from no cruelty to animals, clean water for everyone and eating a lollipop every day! We had a great time and everyone thoroughly enjoyed both the parade and helping on the stall afterwards. An added bonus was that we came 1st in the walking float category!
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We are finishing the term with a promise ceremony held in the river; fingers crossed the weather stays hot for the next week or so. Over the summer holidays, we are looking forward to our time traveller district camp where 52 brownies, 27 guides and their leaders from Bourne Valley District will be staying near Southampton and enjoying a week of adventure. Twelve Rainbows will be joining us for the day during the week as we all go to Manor Farm for the day.
Next term, we are looking forward to using some of the resources from the new Girlguiding programme, which is being launched on 21st July. The badges and programme for all sections are being revamped and it looks like it will offer a range of new opportunities for girls at all levels of the organisation; exciting times ahead!
We meet at the Methodist Church Hall on Thursday evenings. If you would like to put your daughter on the waiting list for Brownies, please contact Sarah (Brown Owl) on 01980 610743 or [email protected] or register via the Girlguiding website (http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved/volunteer/register_your_interest.aspx)
Sarah Laver (Brown Owl) 01980 610743
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2nd Winterbourne Brownies
This term the Brownies have been working towards the science investigator badge. Experiments have included identifying which food substances are most acidic (using red cabbage as an indicator), building structures using marshmallows and sticks, how colours are made and how stars aid navigation. An enjoyable evening was spent racing balloon powered cars and launching balloon powered rockets. Louisa gave an interesting lecture on ‘fuel for life’ about nutrition and the importance of a healthy balanced diet. To complete the badge we visited the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop where we felt extremely privileged to be the first Brownie pack to see the new army flying memorial, a tribute to more than 5,000 military personnel killed while involved in army aviation. Our tour guide, Joanna, escorted us around the museum while explaining the history of early flying machines. The highlight was an interactive section where the Brownies dressed up and sat in a helicopter before constructing their own gliders. Other activities this term have included making colourful dragons and flags to commemorate St George’s day; participating the 25th anniversary celebration of the Glebe Hall by providing craft activities for children; and joining other Rainbows, Brownies and Guides at the Sarum division day at Berwick St John where activities centred around air and water.
The picture shows the Brownies toasting marshmallows.
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Prior to the fete, we were busy wrapping small gifts for the lucky dip stall and preparing our float. Our efforts were rewarded when ‘at the seaside’ was awarded the best overall float in the procession complete with sandy beach and donkey. At the fete we ran the lucky dip stall; guess the number of sweets in the jar (winner Lucy with 100) and guess the name of the unicorn(winner Gracie with ‘Cuddles’ )We also sold ducks prior to racing them at our Brownie meeting which was then rounded off with a BBQ. The winning ducks were: 1st Margaret Ward with 621; 2nd Christine Lake (66); 3rd Isla Shellum (31). We now have the Bourne Valley District camp to look forward to in the summer holiday.
We do have places available for girls aged 7-10 years. If you would like to put your daughter on the waiting list please contact Snowy Owl on 01980 611376. You will also need to go to “get involved” at www.girlguiding.org.uk to register your interest. The 2nd Winterbourne Brownies meet every Monday during term time in the Glebe hall.
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Ist Winterbourne Guides
New Guide Unit Opening September 2018
Monday evenings from 6.30 - 8pm in the Bourne Valley Methodist Church, Winterbourne Dauntsey.
All girls aged 10-14 years welcome.
For more information please get in touch with Sally Ragbourne Hawling or Sarah Preece Email: [email protected]
Winterbourne Earls Church of England School
The children all came back from their Easter break with energy and smiles on their faces, ready for this extremely busy and long term.
Sports As ever we have had a hectic, but successful sporting calendar this summer and we are very proud of the enthusiasm and behaviour of our pupils at these events. The term started with the annual Figsbury Challenge, which was another well attended successful event raising over £1000 for the school and our nominated charity Place2B. The Winterbourne team made it through the county finals of the tri-golf competition. The team had a fantastic day at Marlborough College for the county finals, where they had the opportunity to meet a real Olympian and hold an Olympic Gold Medal. The highlight though was the opportunity to take part in an inflatable obstacle course! On Saturday 21st May, Winterbourne Earls Primary School took part in the local schools’ mini-marathon in Laverstock. As always this was a special event involving most schools in the Salisbury area and the weather was gorgeous. All the children did fantastically, with many of them achieving personal best times. Particular congratulations to Sophie H who came first in the under 9 girls race and Isaac who came 3rd in the under 11 race for boys, a great achievement amongst so much strong competition! The
50 school was awarded second place in the Under 9 girls’ medium school category. Well done to all children for their participation. Tuesday 19th June saw the Salisbury Stingrays primary schools’ swimming gala, where our team of 4 boys and 4 girls from years 4-6 swam amazingly well. Our girls’ team came 1st in their relay, a fantastic achievement, while the boys came a very respectable 7th. We are very proud of their achievements. Our annual sport’s day was held on a beautiful sunny Monday in June. The weather held for us both during the morning for the potted sports house competition and for the races in the afternoon. A great day was had by all. Other sporting events this term have included the Y5 dance festival when the children came back buzzing and were raving about the modern dance and jazz. Also Y1 fundamentals involving the children joining others from local schools to experience a range of sporting activities at St Edmunds led by the Y10 girls and all had a great time. Rounders Y4; the children played brilliantly and came 2nd in the festival and deserved a big “well done”. Cricket Y4/Y5; the children had a great time and came 4th in the tournament; they were a credit to the school. Finally tag rugby Y3/4 when the children were a credit to the school and thoroughly deserved the accolade of overall champions at the Festival.
Trips Year 3 have been studying local history and managed a trip to Old Sarum to look at the old castle and cathedral and learn the reasons why it was decided to relocate the city of New Sarum to its present day site. They then had a visit to New Sarum/Salisbury itself to have a tour of the city, have a look at census records and old maps of the town at the library, followed by a visit to Salisbury Museum to have a look at local artefacts. A local tour of the Winterbournes guided by Mrs Atkinson of the Bourne Valley Historical Society was also thoroughly enjoyed by the children. Year 4 joined year 3 on their trip to Old Sarum and the local tour of the Winterbournes, but they also enjoyed an afternoon at South Wilts Grammar School for a science afternoon. Back in April, year 4 set off for the Jurassic Coast trip that had been delayed due to snow in February. The weather couldn’t have been more different with blue skies and sunshine for the whole 48 hours. The children were all very well behaved and had a very enjoyable time looking at the geological wonders of Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove before fossil hunting on Charmouth Beach. Year 5/6 had an informative and enjoyable trip to the Winchester Science museum at the beginning of term, including a session in the Planetarium. In late May, year 6 was lucky enough to be invited to visit Cranbourne Chase Estate to participate in the countryside day; a very popular event for schools. Year 6 are also very lucky to have been invited to attend a leavers’ service along with many other schools at Salisbury Cathedral. Year 1 and 2 have an exciting trip to Longleat planned; although the coach
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School Performance Rehearsals are in their final stages for the year 5/6 end of year production “Oh what a knight!” We are looking forward to the final performances this week at the school. So as ever, it has been a fun and amazingly action packed term. Our summer holiday will be a well-deserved rest for everyone, children and staff alike!
May we take this opportunity to wish everyone a fantastic summer?
Porton Toddler Group
Are you a parent, grandparent or carer? Looking for something to entertain your toddler or baby Why not pop along to Porton Toddler & Baby Group. We are a very friendly, welcoming group and would love to see you Thursday’s 10am – 12pm (term time) Porton Memorial Hall £2 per family with snacks provided for children, tea & coffee for adults
We have lots of fun activities Including toys, book’s, weekly craft tables, singing and seasonal activities.
We look forward to welcoming you Shirley Moores 01980 611614 52
Forthcoming Events
The Village Diary is now held in Winterbourne Stores. Please feel free to add details of future events.
Saturday 28th July 2018 from 6pm Jazz Picnic with Pete Allen in a beautiful thatched barn at Winterbourne Dauntsey. Tickets £21.00 from Chris on 01747 858016. In aid of Hope & Homes for Children, Registered Charity no. 1089490.
Sunday 29th July 2018 - 3-6pm Tea Party at Winterbourne Dauntsey. Tickets £10 (£5 children) to include...scones, cream and jam again PLUS croquet on the lawn and classic cars to admire. In aid of Hope & Homes for Children, Registered Charity no. 1089490.
Wed 8th Aug at 2.30pm – Bourne Valley Women's Institute at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. GARDEN PARTY. Visitors are very welcome.
Sat 1st Sep from 2.30 to 4.30pm – SCOUT JUMBLE SALE at The Memorial Hall, Porton. Sale of Clothes, Books, Toys & Bric-a-Brac. Refreshments & Raffle. Donations of items gratefully received - Contact Samantha Jack, 31 East Gomeldon Road, Gomeldon, SP4 6LA. Tel: 01980 611466, or drop off at The Memorial Hall, Porton between 1pm & 2pm. All funds raised go to the fundraising efforts of Eloise, Fiona and Seth; local scouts attending the World Scout Jamboree in America in 2019.
Thurs 6th Sep at 7.30pm – Bourne Valley Horticultural & Gardening Club, in the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. John Trimm will give an informative talk on "VEGETABLES ALL YEAR ROUND". Contact Pam 01980 619204 [email protected]
Sat 8th Sep at 2.00pm – JUMBLE SALE at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls. Proceeds to Salisbury Hospice (Registered Charity). Donations of Jumble accepted at the Hall from 9.30am to 11am.
Sun 9th Sep 1.30-4.30pm Annual Parish Footpath Walk plus activities for all ages. Meet at the Glebe Hall anytime between 1.30 and 4.30 to pick up a map. Further information from Maureen 01980 611311 or [email protected].
Wed 12th Sep at 2.30pm – Bourne Valley Women's Institute at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. Speaker: Jane Arnold on "Four Weddings & a Funeral". Visitors are very welcome. 53
Thurs 20th Sep at 7.30pm – Bourne Valley Historical Society in The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA – Robert Key, “A Palace, a Prelate and Murder Most Foul – The true story of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket. It all started in Clarendon Palace, east of Salisbury…” Visitors are welcome to attend for a donation. Contact Maureen 01980 611311 or www.bournevalleyhistory.co.uk
Sun 30th Sept at 2.30 – Bourne Valley Singers present Nature’s Bounty; a programme of songs and madrigals in The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. Tickets available from Isobel 01980 611375 or Isa 0797643601. See poster for details.
Thurs 4th Oct at 7.30pm – Bourne Valley Horticultural & Gardening Club, in the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. Life as an Entomologist with Dr Trevor Lewis. Contact Pam 01980 619204 [email protected]
Wed 10th Oct at 2.30pm – Bourne Valley Women's Institute at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. MEMBERS MEETING. Visitors are very welcome.
Thurs 18th Oct at 7.30pm – Bourne Valley Historical Society in The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA – Nick Griffiths, “Wiltshire in the Age of Arthur”. Visitors are welcome to attend for a donation. Contact Maureen 01980 611311 or www.bournevalleyhistory.co.uk
Sat 3rd Nov – JUMBLE SALE at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls. Proceeds to Winterbourne Glebe Hall (Registered Charity). Donations of Jumble accepted at the Hall from 9.30am to 11am.
Wed 14th Nov at 2.30pm – Bourne Valley Women's Institute at the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. Speaker: Mrs Margaret Bowman on "Enham Trust for the Disabled". Visitors are very welcome.
November – Bourne Valley Scouts will be taking part in the Scout Christmas Post 2018 as in previous years. The scheme aims to sell special Stamps & to deliver your Christmas Cards to a defined area in Salisbury & South Wiltshire. For further details, contact Jon Moores 01980 611614.
Thurs 15th Nov at 7.30pm Bourne Valley Historical Society in the Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA. Tony Lyons, “The War Dead of the Bourne Valley.” Visitors are welcome to attend for a donation. Contact Maureen 01980 611311 or www.bournevalleyhistory.co.uk
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Our advertising prices are given below. Our circulation is now 600 copies and our readership is much more. The magazine therefore gets to a lot of people in the area.
It would help us to keep costs down if we use email rather than postage. Please could all advertisers include an email address where possible?
When submitting an advert please send it to:
If you are not sending it by email please post it to the Editor:
Dr EJ Penn Grange Cottage Gaters Lane Winterbourne Dauntsey SP4 6ER 01980 610979
Our advertising prices for 2018 (still kept at 2016 rate) are given below. Please indicate how long you would like your advert to run (there are three issues a year) and what size you would like it to be, remembering that the magazine is printed in black and white and is in A5 format.
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Useful Telephone Numbers
Allotments Roy Judd 611751 Amenities Maureen Atkinson 611311 Anglican Churches Rev Peter Ostli-East 611350 Beavers Shirley Moores 611614 BV Nursery School Gaenor & Martyn Noakes 611766 BV Singers Anne French 610062 Brownies (2nd Winterbourne) Heather Shepherd 611376 Brownies (1st Winterbourne) Sarah Laver 610743 BV Link Scheme Co-ordinator 611117 Country Matters Trevor Lewis 610715 Cubs Shirley Moores 611614 Club Friday Lisa Stubbs 07870203374 Glebe Hall Bookings www.glebehall.org.uk 07840887842 Historical Society Maureen Atkinson 611311 Horticultural Society Pam Taylor 619204 Methodist Church Rev. Margaret Jones 01722 421224 Methodist Hall Bookings Maureen Homer 611172 Newbourne Players Wendy Merrifield 07825290108 Pilates Angie Sutton 07876160706 Porton Badminton Club Jan Fower 610063 Porton Flower Arrangers Penny Fleet 611815 P.O. and Store Trevor & Wendy Merrifield 611201 Rainbows Jane Lackey 610060 Scouts Shirley Moores 611614 Sew, Knit & Natter Joanne Sankey 551118 Team Rector Rev Peter Ostli-East 611350 Tuesday Club Crispin Bickle 611372 Village Link Editor Liz Penn 610979 Website http://www.winterbourneparishcouncil.com
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Village Diary
(Events take place in The Glebe Hall except where indicated)
Monday
Pilates: 10.00-11.00am Rainbows: 4.30 - 5.30pm (term time only) Brownies: 6pm – 7.30pm (term time only) Sew, Knit and Natter: 7pm – 9pm (1st and 3rd Mondays in Ron Burton room)
Tuesday
Tuesday Club: 7.30 pm Methodist Church Hall (fortnightly) Cubs/Scouts: 6.15pm –9 pm (Term time only)
Wednesday
Bourne Valley Singers: 7.00pm Methodist Church Hall Yoga: 6.15 – 7.15pm Newbourne Players: 7:30pm (1st in month) Bourne Valley Women’s Institute: 1.30 – 4.15pm (2nd in month) Parish Council: 7.30pm (3rd in month –Ron Burton Room)
Thursday
Salisbury Astronomical Society: 7.30pm (1st in month – Ron Burton Room) B.V. Horticultural Society: 7.30pm (1st in month) B.V. Historical Society: 7.45pm (3rd in month) Moviola: (4th Thursday in month except in summer months & December) Brownies: 6pm – 7.30pm (term time only) Methodist Church Hall Moo-Music 9.45 -11.15am (term time only)
Friday
Pilates: 10.00-11.00am Table Sales: Methodist Church Hall (1st Friday every month except January) Club Friday: 10am – 3pm Methodist Church Hall
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