NNeewwss aanndd NNootteess for Bodenham, Britford, Charlton All Saints, Nunton and Odstock February 2012
In this issue: Common sense and some good cheer! Page 2 February is for me the dullest, most dreary of months. Days are still short and dark, the • WI weather often grey and damp. So anything to cheer me up is more than welcome! The • Chalke Valley Link Scheme joy of the internet means that I often get sent things to make me chuckle. A recent arrival was a set of delightfully wrong answers to some school tests – eg : • Hospital Parking and A338 Q What does varicose mean? • A338 and Britford A Nearby . • Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Q What happens to your body as you age? Page 3 A When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental. • Messy Church Innocent enough mistakes, the kind we have all made. As children grow up, both their • Seedy Sunday vocabulary and understanding steadily increase. But far more important, and the mark of • Passover Supper true maturity, is surely growing in wisdom. Wisdom is not just being clever, but that lovely • Farrant Singers combination of common sense and careful judgement, humility and the ability to reflect on • Barn Dance life. The Bible lays great store on wisdom, for it is rooted in trusting God and seeking to • Charlton All Saints know his ways. So wisdom is a gift of God. But thank God for humour and laughter too!! Garden Society Page 4 But the good thing about February is that we have Lent to look forward to – and this year I • Christian Aid Pub am delighted that our Lent Project will be supporting Morning Star – a fantastic local charity Quiz working with the most vulnerable in our society. We want to buy them a new van to help • Jumble Sale their work. I hope you will want to give towards this! Watch out for our planned events..... • Chalke Valley Flower Alison Williams Club • Radnor Arms • CB & Homington Garden Club Church of England Services • Cream Teas • Christian Aid th 9.30am Parish Communion Britford AW Fundraising 5 February rd 11.00am Family Service Nunton ACFT 3 Sunday before Page 5 11.00am Parish Communion Coombe Bissett DH Lent • Spring Supper 6.00pm Choral Evensong Homington AW • Mugabe and the 12 th February 9.30am Parish Communion Odstock AW White African 2nd Sunday before 11.00am Choral Matins Charlton All Saints DB • Ads Lent 11.00am Family Service Coombe Bissett AW Pages 6 - 9 th • Ads 19 February 8.00am Holy Communion Britford AW Sunday next 9.30am Parish Communion Nunton AW Page 10 before Lent 11.00am Family Communion Homington MT • Regular Events • 22 nd February Diary Dates 7.00pm Holy Communion with Ashing Coombe Bissett AW • Crossword Ash Wednesday
th 9.30am Parish Communion Charlton All Saints AW 26 February st 11.00am Family Service Odstock LB 1 Sunday of Lent 11.00am Choral Matins Coombe Bissett DH News & Notes Editor: Adrian Taylor 9.30am Parish Communion Britford DH rd 01722 325862 4 March 11.00am Family Service Nunton ACFT nd (email below) 2 Sunday of Lent 11.00am Parish Communion Coombe Bissett JT Deadline 6.00pm Choral Evensong Homington RR 18 th of each month AW = Revd Alison Williams, DH = Canon David Henley, JT = Revd Jenny Taylor, DB = Denis Blake MT - Revd Michael Turner, RR = Revd Roger Redding, LB = Lavender Buckland, ACFT = Adrian Taylor
Issue 430 website: www.newsandnotes.co.uk - 1 - email: [email protected] February 2012 Odstock, Nunton & Bodenham W I Hospital Parking and A338 Carol Stratton Julian Johnson The January meeting was opened by the President, Parking Elizabeth Cutter, who welcomed everyone, especially Hopefully, the parking restrictions on the Odstock the one new member. She also thanked Sally Hadley Road outside the hospital should now be in place. for the lovely flower arrangement she had done for Following the postponement from the original the President’s table. The usual business meeting December date, the lining gang was due to start work followed with announcements for the Book Club, on Monday 23 rd January, but was delayed on other Walking Group, Skittles, Scrabble and the newly jobs resulting from wet weather earlier in the month, formed Gardening Club. and they are now re-scheduled to start on Thursday The second meeting of the Gardening Club will on 26 th January. These measures should finally put an 2nd February at 2pm in the Radnor Hall. It will include end to the traffic hazard that drivers to and from the a seed swap and a Bring and Buy of any hospital have had to endure for many months. paraphernalia to do with gardening, books, tools etc. A338 There will be a charge of £6 to cover the next 5 Unfortunately this is not the end to traffic holdups. meetings and coffee. The surface of the A338 was badly damaged by icy A new idea put forward by Elizabeth Cutter at the weather a couple of winters ago and so the stretch meeting was for members to create a Cook Book of between the Park & Ride at Britford and the start of favourite family recipes and she asked members to the dual carriage at Bodenham will be resurfaced give this some thought. between Monday 5 th and Friday 16 th March. The The announcements of County events was read out work will be carried out at night between the hours of by Anna Treseder who was standing in for Jean Van 7.00pm and 5.00am when the road will be closed and Hagen, who is unfortunately still unwell. Sheila May, traffic diverted. Outside these hours, the road will be Treasurer then gave her financial report. open to all traffic but delays are expected. Altogether The speaker for the meeting was Peter Knight who the work is anticipated to take ten nights to complete but weekend work is not anticipated, so Saturday 10th gave a very interesting talk on the “Ancient Sites of th Wessex”. He began by saying how lucky we were to and Sunday 11 March will not be affected. live in Wiltshire which is so prolific in historic and ancient stone sites, and an area which is visited by A338 and Britford people from all over the World. He went on to talk Bryan Rycroft, Britford Parish Secretary about Stonehenge, Avebury, and the Giant at Cerne During early March, the A338 between the Britford Abbas and other interesting sites in Wessex, and how Park and Ride and the Bodenham by-pass will be many of these sites are connected by the ley lines resurfaced. (see above) and flows of energy. After the talk, Julia Joynt gave the vote of thanks. There has been a meeting between the officials involved and Malcolm Hitchings, Britford Parish The flower of the month was won by Kaye Freil with a Chairman, to discuss any possible problems. winter flowering Clematis. The next meeting is on 13 th February and the talk will be “Jinny Hats” by Mrs The work will take place at night and there will be Jane White. diversions. This will be discussed at the February Parish Council meeting The Chalke Valley Link Scheme The CVLS provides good neighbour support with transport and other practical help for residents. Of Diamond Jubilee the five N&N villages, it covers all but Charlton All Saints. Celebrations For Transport requests, phone: Saturday 2nd June Anna Mynott on 01722 718780 2.30pm – 8.30pm For Care and Support, phone Britford Village Green Debby Underhill on 01722 421270 Cash bar, Hog Roast, There is no set charge, but you are invited to make a games and entertainment, donation towards our administrative costs. children's Fancy Dress Our co-ordinators and drivers are all volunteers and Please bring a contribution to the buffet there may be times when we do not have a volunteer available. Please give as much notice as possible. For more information: Email: [email protected] Those in Charlton All Saints are covered by the Tel: 01722 329766 Downton Link Scheme and the numbers are: www.britford.net Co-ordinator - 01725 513807 Wear red, white & blue! Befriending and Recruitment Officer - 01725 510256
Issue 430 website: www.newsandnotes.co.uk - 2 - email: [email protected] February 2012 THE FARRANT Messy Church SINGERS at St Andrew’s, Nunton and the Barker Room for parents, grandparents and child carers CONCERT with their children from 0 - 5 years at Monday 6th February from 10am – 12 noon NUNTON CHURCH on Theme "Creation” - Coffee/ tea, chat, activities for the TH children, Bible stories, singing and a simple lunch THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY No charge, but donations welcome. 8.00 to 9.15 pm For more details, ring Debby 01722 329769 Wine and nibbles Tickets at £10 from Harry Joynt on 01722 329782 or at the door SEEDY Sunday In aid of the th 26 February, 2-4pm NUNTON CHURCH TOWER APPEAL Memorial Hall, The Borough, Downton At SEEDY Sunday people bring their spare seeds and plants and swap them for others, or just leave them for other people to take in exchange for a Odstock with Nunton and Bodenham PCC donation. ‘More Veg’ Seed Company will also be invites you to there – they sell seeds in small quantities, many of throw off the Winter Blues which are organic. Also for sale will be seed potatoes and Frolic Frivolously at a and onion sets. But it’s not just about seeds! Come and learn about keeping bees or chickens (last year one of the The February Fling chickens laid an egg during the afternoon!), A Barn Dance permaculture, composting, wildlife at The Radnor Hall th gardening, biodynamics ..…. 7.30pm on Saturday 25 February We are also having an area Tickets £10 to include a light supper aimed at budding gardeners; Come with your friends and family there will be a demo vegetable Contact Maggie Metcalfe plot and experienced local for details and to book tickets - 01722 325825 gardeners to answer your questions. [email protected] To continue the theme of sharing spare items, we have a RECYCLING CORNER for any unwanted gardening magazines, books, flowerpots and tools that you wish to swap or donate. Charlton All Saints And make sure you leave time for a drink and home- Garden Society made cake! Everyone welcome, whether or not you have items to Programme for 2012 swap/donate. Meetings start at 7.30pm in the Church Downton Green Group. Phone 01725 511649 or Monday 2nd April 511055 for more information. Alan Edmonson - Soil Conditioning AGM PASSOVER SUPPER Monday 30th April Radnor Hall Richard Cripps - Gardening for wildlife without chemicals 6pm on 5 th April th £7.50 per person including wine Monday 28 May Bookings 01725 510983 or 07777 665903 Alan Edmondson - Gardening with native plants Tommy or Caroline Winternitz June/July A family occasion to commemorate Summer Outing/Garden Party the first night of the Passover festival. Monday 24 th September We follow an abbreviated form of the Jewish Quiz Haggadah including a traditional Seder meal. This is th what Jesus celebrated with his friends on that first Monday 29 October Maundy Thursday. Our Passover Supper explains Jonathan Garrett - Container Gardening the context and origin of the Eucharist Barbara Box - 01725 510758 [email protected]
Issue 430 website: www.newsandnotes.co.uk - 3 - email: [email protected] February 2012 Christian Aid Committee Beat those February blues! RADNOR ARMS St Thomas’s is organising a Pub Quiz Night at the Red Lion Hotel (meeting room) Friday 10 th February, 7.30 for 8pm Fri 3 rd Feb - Mussels & Frites Proceeds are going to Christian Aid. £9.95 Tickets are available for £4 each; drinks and nibbles th will be available at the bar. Fri 10 Feb - Duck Supper Night Can you make up a team of 8? Two courses - £12.95 Teams from all Salisbury churches are invited. th For tickets, contact Clare Cook Tel: 01722 414855 Thu 16 Feb - Steak Night £9.95 Thu 23 rd Feb - Game night Wilton and District Youth Band Four Courses with pud - £12.95 Jumble Sale Fri 24 th Feb - Fish & Chips th Two courses - £10.95 2.00pm - Saturday 25 February nd St George’s & All Saints Church Hall Fri 2 Mar - Starters & Puds Lower Road Harnham in miniature £10.95 Admission 20p Refreshments Please call 01722 329722 to book If you have Jumble please ring 01722 330048 or 01722 322090 (Odstock) to arrange collection.
Chalke Valley Flower Club Coombe Bissett & Homington Liz Long 01722 780448 Garden Club A bright new year for flower arrangers. Coombe Bissett Village Hall Monday 20 th February As the aconites and snowdrops push through the cold 7.15pm tea/coffee for 7.30pm start winter soil we shall be creating warmer days with a floral demonstration called Bring Me Sunshine. That Diana Guy - Beyond the Gate is the name of the show that kicks off another year of events for the Chalke Valley Flower Club. This first evening of flower arranging is presented by Katie Brighten up Winter! Baxter at Broadchalke Village Hall on Wednesday 22 nd February starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 at CREAM TEAS the door on the night. in the CHAPEL, BROAD CHALKE We have a dynamic programme of events throughout every Sunday afternoon the year embracing regular flower arranging shows and talks, as well as special outings to places of in FEBRUARY interest. We also have a busy season in front of us 2.30 – 5pm carrying out flower arranging ourselves. Weddings Come and chat to friends and enjoy yummy are our speciality, but we are available for other special occasions too; see our website tea and cakes www.chalkevalleyflowerclub.org.uk for details. We are always attracting new members who want to Christian Aid Fundraising have a go at something novel and different. Some There are sausages from the “Good Little Sausage regulars just attend the meetings and watch Company” available at Waitrose, and they are on demonstrations. Others join to meet new people and special offer in Salisbury at the moment. 7p per socialise. We welcome new learners who want to join packet goes to Christian Aid and there is a whole our flower arranging teams. There can be a real range to choose from. sense of achievement working on some of the big wedding plans that we are invited to undertake. So Another good idea is to send used stamps to whatever attracts you, it is clear that there is plenty of Christian Aid to be sold for additional funds. The activity at our club. Try us in 2012 and see what you Methodist Church in Salisbury has a box for this think. purpose or they can be posted to Christian Aid, 57 High Street, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 2AP
Issue 430 website: www.newsandnotes.co.uk - 4 - email: [email protected] February 2012 Spring Supper Plumbing and Drainage nd 22 March • Plumbing Coombe Bissett Village Hall 7pm • Heating "Love yourself! Have we all been seduced by the cult • Blocked Drains/Toilets/Sinks of self-esteem?" • Bathroom and Kitchen installation Speaker: Glynn Harrison Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Bristol University • All work Fully Guaranteed & Member of General Synod • 25 Years’ Experience Cost £10 to include a glass of wine • Free Quotes Tickets from Coombe Bissett PO, Alison Williams, Please call David on Debby Underhill and Wendy Duke 01725 512645 or 07818 046222
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Issue 430 website: www.newsandnotes.co.uk - 9 - email: [email protected] February 2012 Regular Events WI Second Monday of the month, 10.00am, Radnor Hall, Bodenham Singing Group Every Tuesday (ex. Aug/Dec.), 7.00pm, Barker Room, contact Adrian Taylor on 01722 325862 Tiny Tots Wednesdays (ex. Aug.) 9.45 – 11.45am, Radnor Hall, Bodenham (Suzie Orchiton - 01722 502026) Britford (The Green), alt. Thursdays, 9.40 – 9.55am (2th and 16th February) Mobile Library Charlton All Saints (‘phone box), alt. Fridays, 10.25 – 10.40am (10th & 24th February) Nunton (The Orchard), monthly, 11.55 – 12.25pm (15th February) Acorn Social Coffee Morning – Wednesdays 10.30am, Bingo – Fridays 7.00pm at the Orchard Club Open Circle Dancing: 2nd & 4 th Mondays each month, 7.30pm, Radnor Hall Folk Dancing/ Local Vocals: 1 st Monday each month, 7.30 pm Radnor Hall Local Vocals Contact Clare Chitty on 01722 330871 Diary Dates 6th February Messy Church, St Andrew’s, Nunton and the Barker Room, 10am - 12noon (see page 3) 9th February Farrant Singers, St Andrew’s, Nunton, 8.00pm - 9.15pm (see page 3) 10 th February Pub Quiz, Red Lion Hotel, 7.30pm (see page 4) 25 th February Jumble Sale, St George’s and All Saints Church Hall, Harnham, 2.00pm (see page 4) 25 th February February Fling, Radnor Hall (see page 3) 26 th February Seedy Sunday, Memorial Hall Downton, 2 - 4pm (see page 3) 7th March Mugabe and the White African, Broad Chalke Village Hall, 7.00pm (see page 5) 22 nd March Spring Supper, Coombe Bissett Village Hall, 7.00pm (see page 5) 28 th March Chalke Valley Link Scheme AGM, Broad Chalke Village Hall, 7.30pm 2nd April Charlton All Saints Garden Society, Church, 7.30pm (see page 3) 5th April Passover Supper, Radnor Hall, 6.00pm (see page 3) 30 th April Charlton All Saints Garden Society, Church, 7.30pm (see page 3) 2nd June Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Britford Village Green, 2.30 - 8.30pm (see page 2)
Very Quick Crossword 1 2 3 Across This month the crossword is of 1. Location the “quick” variety. 4. Large spoon As mentioned last month, if any readers would like to have a go 5. Take exam again at compiling something similar, 4 Down either cryptic or plain, and send 1. Type of bear it to me, I’ll include it in a forthcoming edition. 2. Mountain range Editor 3. Work hard 5 Solution next month and on the News and Notes website The solution to the Little Cryptic Crossword in the January 2012 edition of News and Notes is Across: 1.Radar 4. Bling 5. Loyal Down: 1. Rebel 2. Dairy 3 Regal There are hints on the News and Notes website which show how these are reached.
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