Neighbourhood News Issue 465
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Neighbourhood News Issue 465 Dates for the Diary 7th Oct – Harvest Festival Service 11th Oct – Calligraphy in Clyffe 12th Oct – Harvest Festival Supper 17th Oct – Bushton Bookworms 18th Oct – WI Meeting 20th Oct – Hilmarton Moviola 27th Oct – Quiz Night 28th Oct – BST Ends 31st Oct – Halloween 18th Nov – Big Breakfast 1st Dec – Christmas Bazaar There are plenty of opportunities to meet up with members of the community this month. The Harvest Festival Service, The Harvest Festival Supper and to round it off, Quiz Night! A reminder: Clocks go back this month. QUIZ Night – Saturday 27th October – see separate advert for more details but please do make an effort to come – the more people the better! 101 Club Draw August: 1st Kay Woodward, 2nd Sandy Angus, 3rd Rosemary Wiltshire September: 1st Paul Greenway, 2nd David Dunevien, 3rd Tony Billington. DEFIBRILLATOR – A reminder to all that a defibrillator is installed at the Village Hall, Bushton. Code for defibrillator is C159X. if you would like to borrow the CD that explains how it works please email Peter Gantlett at [email protected]. Community Website - http://www.clyffepypard-bushton.com/ What’s on in the Community Elsewhere in this newsletter, you will read an account of another highly successful Produce Show. All it remains to say is that we thank Jan Hargrave for all the time she puts into it, ensuring its continued popularity, and making it a hugely enjoyable community event. Looking well ahead, we are planning for our New Year Dinner in January, and many Wiltshire Federation events to mark its centenary year, as well as our own Institute’s trips and meetings. But before all that is The Big Breakfast. Do put Sunday 18th November in your diary! As ever, we will be serving a full English breakfast with tea, coffee and orange juice from 9.30am to 11.30am, all for £6.50 adult, £3.50 for 5 - 11 year olds and £2 for the under fives. It’s a great chance to catch up with friends and neighbours over brunch. The WI’s last meeting was attended by some visitors as well as fifteen members, and we were educated and entertained on the history and construction of the Windsor Chair by a craftsman who has made many successful limited editions. This month, on Thursday 18th October, we hear from a handwriting expert, and in November welcome the return of Matthew Sproston with anecdotes and stories of the late and much loved Victoria Wood. We offer a free “taster” evening, so do come along if you think you could be interested in joining us. Meetings begin at 7.15pm on the third Thursday of each month and are usually in the Village Hall in Bushton. Please call or e-mail Sally Fox, 01249 891442 or [email protected] to find out more. Advanced tickets: Breda Cottage (34 Church Road, Hilmarton) or email [email protected] For more information call Geoff Procter on 01249 760312 What’s on in the Community. Bushton Bookworms Twilight Children by Tory Hayden proved to be quite controversial – comments ranging from ‘it shouldn’t have been written’ to ‘a harrowing story that I couldn’t put down’. Always more discussion with a book like this one! Here our book choices for the next 2 months • 17th October: The Stopping Place by Helen Slavin • 13th November: A dark and Twisted Tide by Sharon Bolton Having sent a list of the books that we have read over the last 4 years we have gained a new member!! So, if you would like to browse the list and maybe then join us, do contact me, Barbara Davis 01793 739017 or 0796 223 6678. Produce Show – September 8th Well we didn’t need to be worried! Even in such a dry Summer, so many of you still managed to produce wonderful flowers, fruit and vegetables from your gardens. There were even more exhibitors and entries than last year. As usual the most popular classes were in the photography section, although not quite so many of you had taken photos of “The Big Mistake” or wanted to share them! The patchwork class and haiku were also very well supported. How difficult it must be for our judges to make their decisions. Thank you to everyone who made the Show possible this year, for all those who helped with the organisation, entered all the different classes or came to admire them. Thank you also to the Parish Council for their financial support, without which we would find it difficult to cover all our costs. Once again, we were delighted to welcome an exhibition of the photographs in the Hilmarton Gardening Club competition. Many congratulations to all our trophy winners. The children’s awards were won by Rosie Gantlett (under 7), Charlotte Flight and Edward Miller (7 to 11) and Sophie Miller (11+). The Vi Wiltshire Cup for flower arrangements was won by Pam Boole, the Kitty Pill Award for Handicraft by Madelaine Flight and Nigel Bailey was awarded the Foxwell Goblet for gaining most points in the photography classes. Brian Reynolds was the gentleman with the highest number of points as well as winning the Ray Smith Goblet for his vegetables, including that most amazing pumpkin. But very special congratulations must once again go to Val Calloway who entered an amazing 47 different classes and overall gained the most first places and most points, as well as winning the individual award for Home Economics. If you have any ideas for something you would like to see in the Show do let us know. We’ll start the planning for the next one in the new year. What’s on in the Community. Ellen Blacker, Health & Wellbeing Champion - Malmesbury, Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Community Areas I am around for general help and support on a wide variety of issues including transport, mobility and safety around the home and reducing the feeling of loneliness. Give me a call on 07557 922020 and leave a message. I only work part time but will get back to you as soon as possible. Ellen Blacker Health and Wellbeing Champion Wiltshire Council| Monkton Park|Chippenham|SN15 1ER| Mob: 07557 922020 Marlborough Artists’ Pop-Up Show Christmas Saturday 24 November 10 - 4 in Avebury Social Centre Marlborough Artists are a local group of artists from an area covering Pewsey to Hungerford to Royal Wootton Bassett. For one day only, there will be a pop-up show of their work in Avebury Social Centre which is in the main street opposite the Church. There are very affordable paintings and hand-made cards and objects small and large. Home-made teas and Toilets available! Please come and join us. Calligraphy in Clyffe The Calligraphy Group usually meet twice each month on the 2nd and 4th Thursday mornings 10.00 to 12.00 in the Village Hall. The next session is: Thursday, October 11th All ages and abilities are represented within the group. We would be very pleased to welcome anyone else who is interested and would like to join us at the start of this new “term”. Each member pays their share of the hire of the hall and towards the general running costs. If you are interested in joining this group or would like more information or to come for a “taster” session, please get in touch with Jan (01249 890726 or [email protected]) What’s on in the Community. COMMUNITY NEWS On behalf of Eve Clements, Laura Trowbridge and Linda Clements Sadly, our wonderful husband, dad, Grampy and Peppy; Leo Clements, died on Friday 21st September. This was following a short, intense battle with a very rare complication of diabetes; liver disease. We will be holding a celebration of his life on Monday 8th October at 1pm at the new crematorium at Royal Wootton Bassett / M4 Junction 16, then a reception afterwards at Bushton Village Hall. We would love to see you there to join in sharing your memories of Leo with us. Please wear casual clothes, in any colour (but avoiding all black if you can). As you probably know, he hated funerals. Leo's wife and children will be doing flowers. If you would like to make a donation in his memory there will be a collection for Brighter Futures at the celebration or via Maslin’s. Welcome to new residents: Polly Ryan and Gerry Brain have moved into May Cottage from Royal Wootton Bassett. We hope they will be very happy in their new home. Fibre Broadband Availability Wiltshire Online was asked to inform us when fibre broadband would be available in the Bushton/Clyffe Pypard area. The news is that your premises now have access to a Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) connection. In order to upgrade to a fibre service, you will need to contact an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that offers FTTP. Please be aware that not all service providers offer the FTTP service - this is the choice of the service provider and is outside the scope of Wiltshire Online to influence. We are aware that the following ISPs are offering FTTP services in Wiltshire: • 123Telecom Ltd • 4Com Plc • Amvia • BT Retail • Eurolink Connect Limited • IDNet • Zen Internet Please note that we do not endorse one provider over another and we encourage residents to undertake their own research to identify a provider and package that best suits their needs. In order to upgrade to an FTTP service you will need to: • Make contact with your current service provider to let them know you would like to switch provider (if your existing ISP is not currently offering FTTP) • Make an order with your chosen provider that offers FTTP.